Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-26

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Even If many Of your old faithfuls
are booked for other parties, now is
q splendid chance to branch out a
bit and get better acquainted with
some new people. Get on the tele-
phone and canvass your classmates
and casual friends. They'll be indy
ingly grateful to you.
Dancing is bound to be the chief
entertainment at most New Year
Eve parties, so clear space and put
on a few crepe paper streamers for
decorations. If you despair at the
idea Of getting most Of the furniture
out of the living room, why not try
dancing on the concrete floor In the
basement? You can move the radio
down there, and a little powdered
wax will make q good jittering
surface.
Canes Should
Be Gay.
A few games are a good idea be-
fore the rug-cutting starts. They
should be sufficiently mad and hi
larious to fit the occasion. Start of
with the following gag, which would
break the ice even If the thermome-
ter stood at 10 below zero:
Prepare a dozen lengths Of cord
about 3 feet long. AS each couple
arrives, tie the ends of one cord
around the girls wrists, making the
loops loose, but not loose enough to
allow the hands to be withdrawn.
Do the same to the boys wrists with
another cord-but pass this cord
between the girls arms before
tying It,
Now the couple is loosely held
together with the cords, which join
their wrists and cross each other.
The idea is for them to get apart
without breaking a cord or untying
a knot. 1t can be done-but before
they discover the secret, they will
go through gyrations which will De
a Joy to behold. Undoubtedly you
will have several couples all trying
to get loose at once before the last
guests arrive, and everyone will be
ready for anything after this.
Another amusing stunt is to
separate the guests into two teams,
sending them into different rooms
and providing each group with a
blanket. One member Of each team
is chosen to drape himself in the
blanket. Then the two opponents
sally forth and encounter each other
Warily they come to grips, endeavor-
ing to learn the identity of their
opponent before their own identity
is guessed.
BY Their Feet We
Shall Know Them.
If the blankets are still intact
after this is over, hang one of them
in a doorway between two rooms,
leaving l2-inch space open at the
bottom. Now have a girl take her
shoes of and stand hidden behind
the blanket with only her feet and
ankles visible, while the boys try to
guess her identity. A boy then re-
moves his brogans, and the girls get
their chance at guessing. BY the
time everyone has had his turn,
dignity-if any-will have vanished
completely.
If the guests at your party know
each other well, and can take 1t,
Mixed Resolutions" is grand New
Year game. Seat the crowd in a
circle and give each sheet of paper
and a pencil. Then tell them to put
down the name of the hostess, and
after it write resolution which
they think she should make for 1910.
When they have disposed of the
hostess, they write down the name
of the first guest, with what they
think is an appropriate resolution
for him. No names are signed to
the sheets of paper. so everybody
can let his sense of humo- 60.
When all the guests have been
covered, the hostess gathers up the
sheets of paper. Then she takes
up each guest In turn, reading all
the resolutions which have been
suggested for Jane Jones and
Johnny Smith.
This is a very funny game, but
you'd better not play 1t with people
who are sensitive to criticism be-
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