The Washington herald., 1912-10-20
AUTUMN Is TIME
FOR HOUSE PARTIES
Coil Nights and Pleasant Days
Make Season Popular.

The autumn is the time to thoroughly
enjoy . house party. The nights are
cool and delightful and the temperature
usually low enough in the day time to
make out door sports q pleasure. in
stead Of . burden a. they are too apt
to be in the warmer months Of July
and August.
The gayeties at most Of the big sum-
mer hotels are over for the season. the
in town and are greatly pleased to re-
ceive a weekend invitation to some
hospitable country house.
Now entertaining guests in the coun-
try II easy enough In the day time
when one has all natures wonderland
to choose from, but sometimes the
evenings drag. The guests are not al
ways 50 fatigued that they wish to 60
early to bed. especially when they have
had q long summer to recuperate from
the fat!gues Of winter.
OF course, II they are card players
an evening at bridge. pinochle or five
hundred is pleasant. especially il the
day has been spent In active outdoor
sports. But when one Is entertaining
a party Of young people. friends OF
the son or daughter OF the house, this
kind Of thing is voted altogether -too
slow"
Something new in amusement Is the
cry Of the younger set. and II always
will be. for 1t is natural for youth to
crave novelty. And no matter how ab-
surd the pastime. as long as 1t interests
u and makes US laugh. 1t does not
matter.
"Contest Party"
A few days ago at q jolly country
house very entertaining contest
party" was enjoyed. It was played at
different tables. exactly like a card
party. but at each table there was a
different thing to do and one moved
progressively from ono table to an
other.
At the first table there were hard
knots to unite: at another different
kinds OF wood that must be named cor
rectly: at another literary contest,
such as giving the real names OF au-
thors who write their names de plume.
At a fourth table one was required to
give the names Of the heroes and hero
ines Of well known novels II there are
more tables than this. on one may be
placed various articles to smell and
taste and on another familiar quota
tons can be corrected.
Another game that was tried At
country house sounds silly, but It GER
tainly provoked peals Of laughter from
both old and young The game il called
Follow Your Nose" and as you will
presently see 1t is correctly named. A
big sheet is stretched across one end of
the room where the game is to take
place. Small holes have to be cut in
this sheet. go the hostess had better pro-
vide an old one. All the men are told to
90 on one side of the sheet and all the
ladies taking part in the game on an
other. The ladies' then stick their dainty
noses through the holes in the sheet and
the game Is for each man to pick out
his particular girl as we'll as to give
names to all the rest Of the noses.
Difficult Task.
The man whose fiancee. or the Lady
to whom he is paying attention without
Intention" as the old definition Of fii-ta-
ton has 1t. Is the happy possessor Of a
patrician or even a tip-tilted nose. thinks
he has an easy task before him until
he discovers half a dozen noses protrud-
Ing at exactly the same argyle.
When the men have guessed all the
noses and written the results on a piece
Of paper bearing the guesser's name. 1t is
their turn to be the nasal exhibit 1t
should be mentioned that under each
hole in the sheet there was q number
pasted ana tne names are written oo"n
on the slips Of paper furnished each
guest In accordance with the numbers.
A prize Is given to the man and woman
guessing the most names correctly. and
there are also two BOBBY prizes.
Another game which can be quickly
gotten up. and which is always interest
ing. even II II Is not absolutely new. Is
Famous People" Pictures Of all sorts
Of celebrities. from actors and actresses
to preachers or even prize fighters. are
cut from newspapers and magazines
These are numbered and pinned on the
wall, and the guests are furnished with
pencil and paper. The object Of the
game ID, Of course, to see who can guess
The lar1eSt number of faces correctly.