Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06
TRIMMING CONTEST
HAVE THE MEN ORNAMENT
WoMEN'S HATS.
The Fair Sex Can Take a Hand at
Whiting Paper
Knives

spring bonnet and whiting contest
would be amusing. Competitions of any
sort are always interesting and such a one
AT this season will be especially appropriate
Have In readiness as many hat frames OF
wire and buckram. or cheap straw hats. as
there are young men expected Have also
q box full of cheap artificial flowers. ribbons
discarded plumes or anything in the milli-
merry line that you have on hand or can get
from your friends. Provide also needles
and thread and plenty of pins.
For the young women of the party have
pocket knives and little strips of wood that
you can get at any carpenter shop Pull
out the dining table to full length. lay hats
trimmings and whiting materials in the
center. range all your contestants about it
and then state that half hour will he
given for the men to make Easter bonncts.
and the women, paper cutters; the best
effort on either side to be rewarded with a
prize. II there are older people present let
them aCt as judges. III not appoint a COM
mittee of three to decide. There will be no
stiffness in contest of this sort as every
one Will plunge at once into business and
competition will be keen.
Flour Mold
This is an old game but one that is in
variably lively. The mold is prepared be-
forehand by packing pastry -four closely in
a bowl from which, with little care. it can
be turned out without scattering Cover
a stand with a towel and put it in the CEN
ter of the room. Set the mold turned out
on a dinner plate in the center of the table
and on top of the mold place a gold ring
on edge. Now form the company into line
give the leader a dinner knife and instruct
him to cut tiny slice from the loaf with
out disturbing the ring, unless he is pre-
pared to pick II out from the flour with his
teeth AS fast as one cuts the knife is
handed TO the next in line AS the work
of demolition goes on the excitement deep
ems, for no one wishes to be the one cutting
when the ring drops. II fortune DEGREES
that the young man with a luxuriant beard
be the carver at the critical moment the
glee of all save the victim is naturally en-
HANGED by his appearance as he energies
from his dusty rite. A towel and a whisk
broom should be ready for his immedat e
relief
Potato Race.
This sport is always entertaining. Ten
round potatoes. with two vegetable dishes
and two tablespoons, are the materials re-
qufred for the play. Place the potatoes in
two parallel rows three feet apart five
vegetables in each row. A dish heads each
row The company forms in two equal
lines. one behind each row. and the lines
are numbered. reSpectiv ely with odd and
even numerals. A timekeeper is appointed
to keep tally and call the contestants who
are allowed just three minutes for the trial
When all is ready Nos l and . take their
spoons and start down their respective lines
The object being to see which side each
member in turn can gather up the line of
potatoes one at time. in the spoon carry
them to the vegetable dish and deposit them
without touching the potatoes with the
hands
If more literary game is preferred try
this.
Literary Tea Party.
Prepare a list Of questions and answers
the latter being alphabetically arranged and
all ending i'll the sound of tea" Here is a
portion of clever list prepared by Brook
lyn hostess and her husband wher Celebrat-
Ing their tin wedding anniversary There
Were fifty questions typewriter on sheets
on paper and handed each guest with a
pencil aud the request that these be flled
for correct answers given below consisted
Of t"acUp and saucer tea caddy. teapot
tea'ray. teaCozy and teaspoon.
Questions and Answers.
Q y very sweet tea in it's uses. says
Shakespeare. A. Adversely
Q When we find ours. marriage is not a
failure A Affinity.
q When unadorned, adorned the most.
A Beauty
Q The soul of wit. A Brevity
q The most unpopular tea in Brooklyn.
A. b. r. r.
Q Makes glad the dentists heart. A.
Cavity.
Q. These three. but the greatest of these
is A Charity.
Q. Perish discretion when it interferes
with this tea. A Duty.
q. Carriers have some. but a billiard has
the most OF this tea. A. Elasticity
.. Edison has been very successful with
this brand OF tea. A. Electricity
.. The germs of contempt breed in this
tea. A. Familiarity.
Q. Thy name is woman. A Frailty
Q. The only kind OF tea they have in lee
land. A. Frigidity.
Q. When the foreman mentions this tea
the prisoner shoulders. A. Guilty.
o. The best policy, though insurance
agents will not admit 1t. A. Honesty
.. The riddle Of the universe which every
body hopes for. A. Immortality.
. What crimes have been committed in
thy name. A. Liberty.
O. The brightest Jewel in the crown OF
wnmanhood. A. Modesty.
q The mother of invention, but some say
laziness is A. Necessity.
O This tea is found in every sentence
Penalty.
Q Verbal fencing which is perfect wher
II affects its purpose with double edge
A Repartee.
O A kind of tea that drunkards seldom
indulge in. A. Sobriety.
O \ tea which made William Penn IA
nous a Treaty,
O The food Of fools. A. Vanity.
O A very heavy tea. A. Weighty.