The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-08
BY JULIA BLANSHARD NEA Service Writer

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 New York.-This is year when every girl should jump at the chance to give leap year Valen- tines party
 You can do such different" things in the way of entertainment, refreshments, creating an atmo- sphere of gaiety.
 In the first place, when you phone your friends, tell all the girls to cut out and bring along pictures of some famous movie romance couple. There are such notablcs as Doug and Mary, young Doug and Joan, Constance and her Marquis, Gloria and her swain, and so on.
 When the whole crowd arrives, and 1t comes time to pair off for games. give the girls chance to bowl over q partner who will be hers for the evening. This is the way to do it. Have some of the cute little place cards for men. This year they mnye be mice, clowns, anything just a bit derosa = tory since it's lady's year, being 1 leap-year. Have one marked ir tiny letetrs with the name of each man guest present and then. stand the whole lot at the end of the dining room table. Line the girls up at the other end and in tunr let them roll one of those little colored cotton balls down the table to knock her partners card over. As each girl hits her partners card the hostess should give her the card and she will have to go find her partner. When all the girls have bowlcd over a partner, then is the time for them to bring out the movie pictures and pin their own on themselves and their TO- mantle mates picture on the part ncr. If there are several couples of the same names, it's funnier and more confusing.
 Catering to the Vogue for Games. If you are having guessing games which include writing down an swers, furnish little heart shaped score cards for the answers and pencils with tiny decorative dolls heads for writing. Making the greatest number of words out of letters in saint Valentine" is a simple and interesting game of this sort. Give the guests ten minutes, let them work in pairs and the pair with the largest number of words receive some small prizes, done up in heart boxes!
 As q variation of the old pea nut hunt, try hiding dozens of those tiny candy hearts on which little verses are written. This mixes up the crowd, you can put them every where and practically all folks like hunting games.
 You can pass another half hour pleasantly by cutting up Valentines into four pieces each and passing around the pieces. Matching up your own piece, when there are three more to go with 1t, isn't as sample as it sounds and you get some highly humorous effects be- fore you find your own clique. Filming heart onto a figure, blindfolded, is another Valentines day event that is fun. Since 1t is a winter of games, you can have tho fourSomes paired up by the valentine matching spend an hour or so at various games, ping pong; indoor quoits; one of the bowling games. or playing parchesi. bridge or hearts.
 Have your refreshments play up Valentines day and make the ladies wait OF their men partners. A buffet supper is an excellent idea or you can pack in lunches for two in individual hcart-shaped box cs If you are having buffet supper, have the table cloth white with red hearts. and perhaps silver and gold ones too. Have an as- sortment of the cute little favors, and perhaps the cute hcart-shaped candles that come this year as heads to little wooden men. You can get hcart-shaped plates for serving. cut your sandwiches in heart shapes and you can mold your chicken salad in big heart shape, with pimento cut in tiny hearts to decorate 1t. Last, but not least, heart shaped ices and ice creams. and big heart shaped cake, make it real Valentines party