The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17

EOR a school girls p'rty where some
other amusement than dancing is de
sired completing pictures is decidedly
successful and not dimcr'' to arrange. y
large room without much furniture is the
best for the picture piecing game. or pic
turc hunt as it may be called. Lnrec
pictures cut from the magazines or cheap
reproductions Of any sort are proper to
lusc for this purpose. ms it would be both
lcNtravaGant and useless 10 employ eX'
lpcnsiyc reproductions.
The game is a modification of the jigsaw
puzzle idea, and is much more interesting
for n number Of people than the jigSaw
puzzles because there is 4 more general
competition. as well rs great deal OF
moving around.
| To prepare for the picture hunt it is
necessary TO have a number Of fairly good
sized pictures, but it is difficult to say
how many unless ono were to know ex-
lnctly how many guests are 10 be present.
! 1T is customary TO have from five to eight
lf'N'"''o ii'' i'fh lpl fuiu 1tIobut anu
the game is much more amusing when
! there are n dozen players than when there
are fewer. 1t is possible 10 use post cards
for the pictures. but they are not so good
,as larger pictures, rs the small size makes
the game somewhat trying 10 the eyes,
Sheets of plain paper arc put up
around the walls OF the room, to which
the pictures may be pinned. Plain brown
wrapping paper Will do. but n prettier
effect IS obtained if dark green plain
paper is used. This is tackled up with
thumb tacks, and on it the pictures are
placed at height which will make them
come on a level with the eyes of the
guests From these pictures pieces have
been cut out as in the jigsnw puzzle, only
Instead of all the picture being cut M
enough Of 1t is allowed to remain 10 tell
TO some extent what the subject is. This
does not by any means make the task OF
finishing the pictures an easy one. be-
cause the missing pieces are not all placed
in one spot. as nrc those OF a iigsaw
puzzle, hut are mixed up together so that
1t is necessary Tor the hunter to have
some clcw TO the subject. or his task would
be utterly hopeless. More than one piece
must be cut from the picture. but il de-
pendS on personal taste whether there
shall 6e much of the original left or only
sufficient TO tell what the picture is IN a
general way
If the girls who are to be entertained
are expert jigsaw puzzlers they usually
enjoy rather stiff picture hunt which
puts them on their mettle aud does not
permit the prize to be won too easily. If.
however. the guests are not 7cry expert
cnced 10 jIgsaw puzzles il is better 10
leave enough Of the original picture
standing to make rhe game comparatively
easy, or they viii weary of it before it is
time TO stop.
The pictures are pinned 10 the sheets
Of paper after they have been cut. aud the
pieces that have been cut out are placed .
On a table in the centre of the room. This
table should be large aud without a cover.
a long, narrow table is better than large.
round one. The pieces from the different
pictures arc mixed up. 50 that it is not.
'usy to SORT them.
Each guest selects picture to com
olete. and then hurries to the table 10
COX for the missing pieces. y bell is ]
.ung to tell when the game is to begin.
There must be plenty OF pins conveniently n
placed, so that the players may get them
o fasten the missing pieces in their 5
,lncos.
The hostess presides over the table on
which the pieces Of the pictures are q
'laced. and as soon as a picture is fin. =
she'd she gives the player a card on which N
he number OF the completed picture is:b
marked. The card has the players name
'ritten across the top. The picture num- 4
ers are made in large letters and pinned T
the sheet of paper above each picture. Is,
The players make haste at their own
weet will, no one being required to keen h
ace with any other player After a suf I,
cicnt time has elapsed to allow most oflb
lc pictures TO be completed the hostess 9,
ngs bell, declaring the contest ended -,
may be that this will not be done until o.
j the pictures have been completed and u.
other times the bell may be rune when nj
lly h1h of them are finished. This de-
ends on the skill Of the players and on as
elr apparent enjoyment of the game. II of
eFSeody seems TO be having u good time I'll