Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
EGG AND ram RAcEA
Other Amussnents for Evening
Gatherings.


II your guests like games with plenty OF
action let them play these:
Egg and Fan Race.-Prepare q suhlcient
number Of eggs BY blowing them, and
have as many fans as contestants. Desig-
nate a certain strip Of carpet as the race
course. then at signal all should start for
the goal. propelling their egg shells BY
breexes from tie fans. The first to arrive
gets the prize
Driving the Cows to Pasture.-Somewhat
similar II driving the cows to pasture. For
the cows buy the small wooden or papier-
mache creatures that belong to children Q
barnyard sets. Provide each player with
three OF these animals and q small stick.
The driving is to be done with little taps of
the stick, not by long. steady push The
route over which the animals are to be
driven Is the center Of the room. II in Its
progress one Of the cows fall the driver has
to be discharged and another allowed to set
his cows in motion. The object of this sport
Is to see who can reach the pasture in the
shortest time without any accident on the
road.
II quiet plays are preferred why not try
Who Am II" To play this prepare in ad-
vance number of cards about twice as
large as those used for visiting. and on
each of these write the name Of some we'll
known author. artist, politician or any in
dividual prominent historically, or who is at
present before the public. Take, for in
rome. Mayor Mcclellan. Mark Twain. John
Bunyan. President Roosevelt, Mary Queen
of Scots. Julius Caesar. Bonaparte, Brig
ham Young, Victoria, Vesta Victoria, and
SO on With these inscribed on the card
boards count out in regular child-fashion
to see who Is to be ut" Then pin one
placard upon the back of the person select
ed. Now the tagged individual must find
out as quickly as possible his hidden iden-
tity. To this end he is allowed to go from
one person to another, asking any questions
that will help solve the mystery; but they
must be such that they can be answered by
the single words yes or no. OF course. every
one In the room except the person who is
TT knows the name that he or she is try
ing to find out, and can answer accordingly.
Allow certain number of minutes for the
guessing of each name. If successful in
this a second poster can be pinned upon the
same contestant If not, at the end Of the
time another individual is chosen. Prizes
for those guessing the greatest number cor
rectly may be given.
Musical Contest.-For this there must be
some one who has large repertoire Of
pianoforte pieces at her fingers ends. With
such person at the instrument give each
guest paper and pencil and then let her
play snatches Of music-a few bars from
this light opera. a characteristic passage
from some popular overture, a chorus from
a well-known song, a bit Of ragtime, and so
on Each one In the game must then write
down what he or she believes the name of
each number. Prizes are given to those
whose papers register the largest number
of correct guesses.
Anagrams-Any of the anagram games
makes good fun. Write out, for instance, a
number of duplicate slips containing the
transposed names Of the furniture or brio
a-brac in your room. AS, for instance:
1. Riromr. 6. Ordo.
2. Carih Z Cuhoc
j. Cru. s. kesOcbOa.
4. Tsbeak. 8. Cutiper.
D. Lolwip. 10. Epilaref, etc.
Pass these with pencils to the contestants
and ask them to write opposite the trans
posed words the correct spelling of each.
In the list already given the correct answer
would lie mirror, chair rug, basket, pillow,
door, couch, book case, picture or fireplace.
This schedule can be extended to include
about thirty different objects, and &; prize
may be awarded to the one who guesses ac-
curately the greatest number
Another variation of anagrams Is to give
each person slip Of paper and pencil and
then to announce a word, as. Manhattan"
Mythology" Catholicism" or "Neighbor-
iy,' and ask each player to see how many
different combinations of words he can
make out of the given one in a limited
space of time.
Refreshments-For light refreshments
with wine l would suggest, first, chicken or
lobster salad, with bread and butter sand
witches and olives, then nesselrode pudding
or tutu frutti jelly topped with whipped
cream. macaroons or other small cakes and
the wine.