Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-19
A Christmas Party Fof Grown Up
That Costs $500.

Last week l wrote upon the sub
iect, "A Christmas Party for Your
Child That Costs But $3.50" In
the past few days / have received
so many letters from my readers
asking for suggestions concerning
Christmas parties for grown-ups,
that | believe an article on this
subject, too, would be appreciated.
Christmas week is q splendid
time to pay off ones social debts,
for the average family has a
Christmas tree or the home is dec
Grated in some other seasonable
way, md the giving of a party at
this time does not entail any extra
expense for decorations. There
they are whether you give a party
or not!
Call the party can Old-F Fashion
ed Christmas Party" This will
license you to play all those good
old games that were played in the
day when forfeits took the place of
prizes. Today, the person who is
good at a game or contest is gen.
orally awarded a prize; but in
grandmother's time the person
who was not good at g gemo or
contest had to pay q forfeit. And
fOrfeits are Just as much fun to-
day as they were yesterday. Have
no prizes in your party. The So
is al needed for refreshments.
When the guests arrive and are
gathered in the drawing room,
start the good old game of Cha
rades. Divide the guests into two
factiOns--one to act, and one to
he the audience. The actors will
go out of the room, decide upon
the word they are to act out, then
come in and act it while the other
side sits and guesses what word is
being enacted.
Good words are: "Conundrum"
(frst act out CO." then Nun"
then Drum" then the whole
word together); Operation (first
act out opera" then ''shun," then
the whole word at once); Meta
physician" (first act met" then
IN" by suffering, then physician"
then the entire word--perhaps by
shaIling hands with some man and
calling him "Doctor"). Charades
take up a good deal of time and it
will he the hour for refreshments
Ivy the time the guests tire of them.
The menu will be:
Mock Chicken Salad.
Thin Bread and Butter Sand
wiches.
Hot Coffee. Layer Cake,
Assuming that the party will
consist of ten persons, spend the
So as follows: Three-quarters of a
pound of coffee at 40c pound,
soc Uhls will allow everybody a
second cup). Two loaves of bread
for the sandwiches at 10c per loaf
tf YOU bake them yourselfl, zoe.
Oue-half pound Of butter at coo a
off the shoulder at 35c pound,
zoe. The salad dressing, home
m0de. Toe. And the homemade
layer cake about 40c. Each person
viii have one slice Of layer cake
(cut the cake into 10 pieces)
served on an individual plate with
a fork. The salad should also be
served on small individual plates.
The sandwiches will be heaped on
two large plates.
After the refreshments. forfeit
games will be played. Two good
ones are RED Hot Potato and
Empty Hands," The first of these
Is played by someone's starting a
funny story and suddenly stopping.
throwing a knotted handkerchief
to another person Gas though it
were hot potato) and the other
person is supposed to continue the
story. II he fails to do so at once.
he must pay a forfeit.
The second game is played by
distributing shall cards among the
guests, leaving four guests empty
handed. Someone is time-keeper
and at signal from him every
body must pass his card rapidly
to his neighbor. At the end OF 10