The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-06-23
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[&A =. BY Della Taylor

Let's have a Game Room, nautic-
In which s.. young you, s and d. old can rally
It's easy to do, II you have the
A "hanguut,' for parties right on
the place.
Not unlike the pendulum Of a
clock, our tastes swing first this
way and then that. Four or five
years ago, the older generation
was lamenting the sad fact that
"home was but q place to sleep
in" To-day, however. the pendu-
lum has swung back the other way
and wo find many of our wander
ing boys and girls gathered around
the family hearth, enjoying games
and entertainment right at home.
Modern life in cities often mean
that we live in apartments ana
have little. II any. extra space.
However, II any Of us are FORUM
ate enough to live In a house, we
really should convert a part OF
either the cellar or the attic into
a game room. The cellar is usual
ly the better place, as 1t Is far
away from the rest Of the house
and there Is no one underneath
to disturb.
whether you have a fairly large
space or not, 1t may be made most
attractive at q little eost. Red and
white checked Bingham or color
ful theatrical gauxe gives cheer
full appearance to a room OF this
kind.
Last Sunday I enjoyed a real
"shore dinner" in the Cape Cod
Room at the Drake Hotel in Chi
cago, where sea foods are spe-
cialty--and what q dinner It was!
The room itself was equally de-
lightful and 1t gave me q grand
idea for, planning game room.
The whole effect can be made
very nautical ana quaint. To be-
gin with, the room should be par
titioned Off from the rest Of the
cellar or attic with beaver board,
on two opposite walls, portfolios
may be made. Directly behind
these glassed portfolios may be
suspended small tropical fish aqua
RUINS, illuminated from behind.
This gives the effect Of being In
mid-ocean and seeing fish swim by
the portfolios. To further empha-
size the marine atmosphere, of
your own Cape Cod ROOM, an old
fish net may be draped across the
corner OF the room. Also life pre-
servers and oars may be hung on
the walls. One one or two sides
Of your room, horizontal lockers
may be built. When open these
may be used as seats and when
closed they make q perfectly grand
place to stow-away games and
equipment and that sort OF thing.
A ships clock, q model OF a ship,
an officers cap, a ships bell and
other sea-faring paraphernalia
will also do lot to add "color" to
your room.
Using your old radio which you
discarded when you bought the
new one will mean that, instead
Of rolling back the living room
rugs and generally devastating the
whole first floor Of the house, the
young people will invariably ad-
journ to this part of the house to
dance. Or, II they feel game
minded. ping-pong table will
mean hours Of fun. as well as real
exercise. Some people may think
ping-pong il children's game.
but its increasing popularity has
proven II to be a marvellous rec
reation. Try 1t for three or four
hours sometime and you will find
that 1t is an awfully exciting game
and wonderful exercise. Other
healthful indoor games are Deck
Tennis, Shuttle Board and Quoits.
There will. OF course. be evenings
when less active entertainment Is
In order. Therefore, the inevitable
bridge tables. backgammon board.
chess. dominoes. anagrams. Jig
saw puzzles. etc. should always be
among those present"
After games and exercise. hot
soup always tastes grand. The fol-
lowing recipe may be made before