The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-08
HEARTY PARTIES FOR ST. VALENTINES DAY
By JULIA BLANsHARD MIA gnrvlnn Wrlinr

New York = Valentine parties should be pretty things. Sentimen. tal games should be played, hearts should abound In your decorations, and your refreshments should be molded to flt the occasion and dec. orated with your color scheme.
 This year 1t Is smart to send the new valentine invitations. They come in heart shape, each showing a single figure, an Indian whose aim is. true, an aviator, Q winsome maid. A brand new idea Is the scrambled invitation" Q jig-saw puzzle enclosed with Q sheet Of paper bearing a Jingle such as:
 If my message you would see
 Pleced together 1 must be-"
 one way to make sure that your party will be . colorful one is to ask all the girls to wear white. Have ready for them little bolero Jackets cut or red crepe paper, red berets or other hats each with Q red heart on it. The men should be given paper hats with hearts on them too.
 Use Pink and Silver
 Decorate your house with crepe paper hearts and if you are tired of red yau can shoose ping and sil- yer. for 1t is even smarter and more exclusive than red for 0 color scheme.
 Your table decorations and your favors, can be tremendously pretty this year. Pierrot and Pier rette centerpleces are new. They are made in the form of boxes and contain favors for everybody at the table. Then there are dolls of the Raggedy-Ann type, crlnollne-skirt- cd ladies whose skirts conceal basket of cute favors, and there arc highly polished silver doilies for them to stand on which reflect the whole pretty picture as truly us a mirror.
 Crepe paper dolls and napkins come in 0 variety of valentine de- signs, but 1t is considered bit smarter to set your table with lace paper doines in your schemes color, and you can get heart- shaped ones, in all sizes. And to start right, you can make a crepe paper covered wire heart for your dining room door through which all enter to eat.
 Pairing-OR
 Favors include new little china automobiles with Cupid as driver. These may be used to pair off the couples by placing a girls name in each car and giving the men tho numbers of tho car they will drive. Similarly there are tiny metal bird cages. through which you stick a card bearing the girls names. Pussy cats, particularly an elongated pink chenille variety which is very amusing, and dogs with real fur abound. Numerous candy boxes have funny puppies and kittens on their covers. Snap. pers come big, little and in every variety conceivable.
 The wheel of love will help the party along. Some 20 verses arc on tho wheel and appear one at c time as you spin 1t around. Give each girl ono of these at her place and her partner can spin 1t and know his fate.
 For games, particularly if tho crowd knows each other well ana everybody Is gay, uso the Jig-saw puzzle idea again in this way; Write on separate paper hearts, some stunt or amusing thing each couple should do. Then cut tho heart into pieces, put 1t in m en- velope with tho couples namo on 1t and mako each couple piece theirs together to sec what contri- button they arc expected to mako to tho evenings galety.
 Hints for Games
 Dancing and cards are always nice Vnlentine's amusements. But games promise greater popularity this year, particularly games Of chance. Have pop guns to shoot at heart targets, give prizes for tho best scores in bngatelle, quoits, fishing ponds and othor games.
 It is simple to cut your sand wIches in heart shapes and make your cakes and cookies tho samc shape. You can ice tho lnttcr with red or pink and silver. Your aGlad can be molded In a large heart shape, or two hearts on Q largo platter, with appropriate doeora- lions on the dish. And you can even get little heart shaped pieces of sugar for your coffee, ten or chocolate.