GV 1471 .C45 Copy 1 TERTAINiNG M^DE ES^SY. v t mN oai Lluiiimia maaaiKsaaai PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS 6Ae COPY. Class __^liflZizC?_/ Bnnic ^ V ^ GoipghtN" COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT ENTERTAIISriNG MADE EASY BY EHiEANOR OHAMPIwAIISr OHIGXGO PERCY ROBERTS 1»05 <» 'V. ^ "■ UBftASY of GCNGRcSs! iwu Copies Keceivtiu iVlAR 13 1905 SotJ^rigni Lm^ -Mm. 1^90 6- viu'iSa ^ XXc. Moi // 112. 9JL j COPY B. COPYBIGHTEDx 1905 BY Percy Roberts CONTENTS. Page SCJGGKSTIOJ^^S FOR A FLORAL EYEKIN^G." 5 GuESsiiiTG Games 7 'A Floral Love Story."— Guessing- Game ]No 1 7 'A Floral Wedding. "—Guessing Game No. 2. 10 'Floral Conundrums." — Guessing Game No. 3 11 'Hidden Flowers."— Guessing Game No. 6 12 'xl Colonial E yening. " . .V 13 'A Valentine Party. " . . .X — . ■ 14 'St. Patrick's Day." . .^ ; 16 'An xIll Fool's Day Party. " ■^. 18 'For Military Cinch or Whist. ". .5 19 'The Alphabet Sociable." 'i 20 'Suburbs OF Chicago."— Guessing Game No. 5 21 'Flowers of all Nations."— Guessing Game No. 4 23 'Generals of the Civil War, "—Guessing Game No.7 24 'The Carpenter's Tool Chest." — Guessing Game No. 8 25 'For the Fourth of July. " \ 26 'Cats You Have Met."— Guessing Game No. 13 27 'For Halloween. " ": 28 'Cities. ' ' — Guessing Game No. 10 30 'SCRA3IBLED Eggs." — Guessing Game No. 11 31 'A Cake Walk."— Guessing Game No. 12 31 'Birds. "—Guessing Game No. 14 /. 32 'Magazines."— Guessing Game No. 9 33 'The Poverty Social. " 34 'A Juvenile Party. " 36 'Clothes. ' ' — Guessing Game No. 15 37 'Wives."— Guessing Game No. 16 38 'Nicknames of the States. " — Guessing Game No. 17 39 'A Library Party. " 40 'The Tin Wedding." 40 'The Wooden Wedding. " 41 'The Golden Wedding. " 42 'A KoMANCE OF THE BOOKSHELVES." — GuessingGame No. 18 43 'Actors. "—Guessing Game No. 19 44 'Poets and Authors." — Guessing Game No. 20 45 'A Letter from Shakespeare. "—Guessing Game No. 21 46 ' Wedding OF the Operas."— Guessing Game No. 22 47 'A Romance in Songs."— Guessing Game No. 23 48 l5/)e Foreword 'pHIS book is designed to be a friendly ad- * viser to the busy person who desires to entertain a few friends, and who must add the duties of serving maid to those of a host- ess. It is composed of a series of suggestions which may be enlarged upon or curtailed, as the circumstances may demand. Very often, when in search of a new idea, we find that they, like troubles, often bring with them a troop of friends. So if you get the right idea, you may vary it at pleasure, and with a small outlay of work and money, arrange an evening "without a dull minute." This collection has never before been published, the games and contests are strictly modern and up-to-date, and among them is undoubt- edly the one you are looking for. ElMTEETAINIlS^G MADE EASY Siiggestions for sl FIofslI Evening x\s a general rule, I always think that the easiest way to entertain from twelve to twenty-four persons is to play cards for the early part of the evening, then pass the slips for a guessing contest, which gives the host- ess a chance to look after the refreshments, wliich should be prepared before as much as possible. Sometimes, however, it is desirable not to play cards, and then there is no better way than to have a central idea, and have everything correspond with it. After decid- ing to have a floral evening, issue your invi- tations upon dainty notepaper with a spray of roses in the corner. Take down your heavy portieres, and make ropes of paper roses by twisting strips of dark green tissue paper, and adding a pink or yellow rose every few inches. The best way to make the roses in the quantities you will need, is to take a strip of tissue paper six inches long and two inches wide, and cut slits every inch and a half. Then curl the edges over a hat pin, and wind around with the curled edges outward, and attach to stem. This makes a 6 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY very fair imitation of a tea rosebud, and after a little practice, they can be made very rapidly. Use these rose ropes profusely in decorating, and with a few of the real article placed here and there in tall vases, your rooms will look like fairyland. A good way to serve refreshments is to seat your guests around the^wall of the din- ing room, with the table in the center. Have the table decorated with roses, and rose shaded candles. You will find a rope of roses looped around the edge to be effective. If you have ices, let them be in the form of a flower, and serve with it angel cake flav- ored v/ith rose. If you want to serve frappe from the dining table, and have no punch bowl, do not despair but take a common deep mixing bowl from the kitchen, cut a strip of cardboard the right height, and long enough to go around it, put on a full frill of pink crepe paper, with a few of your invalu- able paper rosebuds, and your punch bowl is complete. From it you can serve frappe, lemonade, or fruit salad. These suggestions could be elaborated upon to an infinite degree, but enough has been given to insure the success of the even- ing, if used in connection with any or all of the floral contests which follow. ENTERTAINING MADE EASY Guessing Games. The most popular diversion of the day is some form of a guessing contest. They are suitable for all occasions, and never fail to arouse a deep interest. To use these games, write out as many slips as there are to be guests, leaving a space blank to be filled in by the answers. Distribute these slips, with a well sharpened pencil, announc- ing a time limit, in which the blanks are to be filled in. At the end of this time, collect the slips, and award a small prize to the one nearest correct. Or printed slips, ready for use, can be obtained of the publisher of this book for a trifling sum. A Floral Love Story. Guessing Game No. 1 The names of the flowers to be filled in by the contestants Fair Violet a maiden was, sweet William was her lover. Their path was twined with bittersweet, it did not run through clover. The maiden's tresses raven were, her cheeks a lovely rose, S ENTERTAINING MADE EASY She wore fine ladyslippers, to warm her small pink toes. Her pDppy was an elder, who had a mint of gold, An awful old snapdragon, to make one's blood run cold! His temper was like sour grass, his daughter's heart he wrung, With words both fierce and bitter, he had an adder's tongue. The lover's hair was like the flax of ijure Grer- man type. He wore Dutchman's breeches, he smoked a Dutch- man's pipe. He sent her buttercups by the pound, and choicest wintergreens. She painted him forget-me-nots, the bluest ever seen, He couldn't serenade her within the nightshade dark. For every thyme he tried it, her father's dogwood bark! And so he set a certain day to meet at four o'clock. Her face was pale as snowdrops, e'en whiter than her frock. The lover vowed he'd pine and die if she should say him no, And then he up and kissed her beneath the mistletoe. enteetai:n"I]S"g made easy 9 , 'My love will iiveforever, my sweet, will you be true? Give me a little heartsease, say only, "I love yew!" She faltered that for him alone she'd orange blossoms wear, Then swayed like supple willow, and tore her maiden hair, For madder than a hornet before them stood her pop, Who vowed he'd cane the fellow until he made him hop! Oh! quickly up rose Mary, she cried, you'll rue the day, Most cruel father! Haste, my dear, and lettuce flee away! But that inhuman father so plied his birch rod there. He settled all flirtation between that hapless pear. The youth a monastery sought, and donned a black monkshood, The maid ate poison ivy, and died within a wood. 10 ENTERTAIl^^ING MADE EASY A Flora.1 Wedding. Guessing Qame No. 2 1 At what hour Avas the service held? Four O'clock 2 What furnished its illumination by day? Sunflowers 3 What furnished its illumination by night? stars of Bethiehem and Moon Flowers 4 Who rang the bells? May Bells, Blue Bells and Hare Bells 5 What was the interior decorated with? Flags 6 Who were the bride and groom? Narcissus and Lily of the Valley 7 Who performed the ceremony? Jack in the Pulpit 8 What did his assistant wear? Monkshood 9 What elder read prayers? Elder Berry 10 Who was best man? Johnny Jump Up 11 What eight ladies were bridesmaids? Black Eyed Susan, Bouncing Betp Marigold, Primrose, Rosemary, Daisy, Sweet Marjoram and Rose of Sharon 12 What was worn on their hands? Fox Gloves 13 What two men were ushers? Sweet William and Jack Rose 14 What two tramps occupied places? Wandering Jew and Ragged Robin 15 What word composed the benediction? speedwell 16 What fee did the minister receive? Pennyroyal ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 11 Flora.1 Coiwindrums. Guessing Qame No. 3 What herb is most injurious to beauty? Thyme Why is green grass like a mouse? Because the cattle eat it Wlien is a note of hand like a rosebud? When it is matured by falling due What did Jack Frost say when he kissed the lose? Wilt thou? And it wilted Why is a widow like a gardener? Because she tries to get rid of her weeds When is a man an herb? When long experience has made him sage Why is asparagus like a dry sermon? The most enjoyable part is the end Why is a young lady like a sheaf of wheat? She is first cradled, then thrashed, and finally becomes the flour of the family What is the sun's trade in the month of May? Mason Why is a woman's age like a floral bell? It is never told Why is the letter A like a honeysuckle? Because a B follows it Why is an Easter lily a i:>oor marksman? It shoots before it has pistils 12 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY Hiddeiv Flowers. Guessing Game No. 6 1 OmtgfetAcifre — Forget-me-not 2 Ilonucmbe — Columbine 3 Logrognrynmi — Morning filory 4 Atihiicares— China Aster 5 Sythrcuaemhmn — CJirysanthemum 6 Ifdlafod— Daffodil 7 Putcbtreu — Buttercup 8 Naebvre — Verbena 9 Gtenmetoin — Mignonette 10 Tohpileroe — Heliotrope 11 Lkloyhohc — Hollyhock 12 Npnartacikoni — Carnation Pink 13 Fswnrloeu — Sunflower / 14 Mgaiuren — Geranium 15 Tcslimea — Clematis 16 Tmuanruist — Nasturtium 17 Yceuskheoln — Honeysuckle 18 Legodrndo — Golden Rod 19 Tyhanhci — Hyacinth 20 Flytlylovlielahe— Lily of the Valley EKTEETAINING MADE EASY 13 A Colonial Evening. Ask your guests to wear the full skirt and fichu ot' Martha Washington, and send out your invitations in the candy box hatch- ets with the removable handles, writing the address on the blade. Use the colonial col- ors in decorating — buff and blue — and, of course, cherries. Have for your centerpiece a miniature tree with artificial cherries. Provide each guest with a crayon and draw- ing paper, and let them draw the head of George Washington, with a suitable prize for the best one. Write a short history of the Revolution, with important events left blank, and Jet the guests fill these in. For the guessing game use "The Nicknames of the States," and give a small bronze head of Washington as the prize. Upon a sheet draw a representation of a cherry tree, and provide each guest with an artificial cherry and a pin. Blindfold them in turn and let them pin the cherry on the tree. Let your refreshments be as old-fashioned as possible. Provide each guest with a short story or anecdote of colonial times, and after the refreshments are served let them read these. If any have any heirlooms of "ye olden times, " ask them to bring them and to tell their history. 14 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY A Valentine Party. It has been so many years since the merry old sain^ left us this sentimental holi- day, that it is difficult to find anything abso- lutely new. However, the old things can be made over to look like new, which will answer quite as well. Of course, hearts are the decorating keynote, and "Hearts" must be the card game you play. Let your color scheme be pink and white, instead of the regulation red. Let the music, if you have any, be "The Bride Elect March," "O Prom- ise, Me," and the "Wedding Marches." Have the chandeliers draped with strings of hearts. Have the guests choose partners for cards by taking a pink card, cut it heart sh'aped, and then cut it in two in a zigzag manner. Put those for the gentlemen in tiny pink envelopes, and those for the ladies in white, and those who hold the pieces that match are partners. Have the score cards heart shaped, and cut tiny hearts out of gummed paper for marking the games. For the guessing game choose "Wives" and one or more of the floral ones. Have the dining room table outlined with pink hearts around the edge, and in the center have a round, rather high vase containing as many pink ENTEKTAINIIJ^G MADE EASY 15 and white carnations as there are guests, and from each one have a ribbon of the contrast- ing color lead down to a white tissue paper parcel daintily tied with pink ribbon. These parcels will each contain a home-made Val- entine in rhyme, made with special reference to the one it is intended for, and may be elaborate or merely a card, as your fancy dictates. For choosing partners for refresh- ments take a pink heart, about a foot across, and tack on it white hearts with a lady's name on the back. Provide the gentlemen with a blow gun with a dart in it and tell them to go back to first principles and ' 'go gunning" for a partner. Of course, your refreshments will be pink and white, as much as possible, and you might serve pink lemonade during the evening. "Mamma," said 5-year-old Elmer, who was tired of staying in the house, "come out in the back yard and play a game of football with me." "I can't play, dear," replied the mother. "Huh!" exclaimed the little fellow, scornfully. "That's what comes of having a woman for a mother." Giles— "I understand they are going to vaccinate all the policemen. " Miles— "What's that for?" Giles— "The mayor is afraid they might accidentally catch something. " 16 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY Si. PsLtrick's DsLy. When you send your invitations, on green paper, state that you expect every one to be provided with at least one good Irish story. Your decorations cannot be too green, and an occasional paper snake will help. Play cinch, and have the score cards deco- rated with a shamrock, and use shamrocks to score the games, the one bringing in the largest bunch winning the prize, which might be a "lucky clover" paperweight. Have a few guessing games, "Cities" and "Clothes" would be good. Or you might vary the latter by having a sample of each kind of cloth, and providing each guest with a needle full of green baby ribbon to string them on, the first one to bring you a correct string to win the prize. Sing "The Wearing of the Green" "Kathleen Mavourneen, " and other Irish songs. To choose partners for supper, make as many leaves of lettuce out of green crepe paper as there are ladies, and conceal in each leaf a slip of paper bearing a lady's name, and pass the leaves to the gentlemen, who will then look up their partner. For refreshments serve potato salad on a lettuce leaf, sandwiches wrapped in white tissue paper, and tied with green baby ribbon, ENTEETAINING MADE EASY 17 doughnuts and coffee, and if you can get it, pistachio ice cream. For your table decora- tion have a pool of water, (a mirror) sur- rounded by water lillies and their leaves (of paper), and have a lily and a leaf at each plate. Around the pond group paper mache reptiles, turtles, frogs, etc. , which may be given out later as souvenirs. After supper let your Irish stories be the feature. After every one has given the one asked for, ask for more. The best stories in the world are Irish ones, and every one knows at least three, and after they get well started, prob- ably more. A correspondent at Birr, Ireland, describes a lady being killed while hunting, and adds: "The deceased met with a similar accident on a previous occasion." Another "had been in the Transvaal between six and seven times," and still another correspondent declares, with a spirit which only does him credit, that he has "never put his name to an anonymous letter." "This evening's perform- ance cannot take place; it will be repeated to-morrow night," is a provincial announcement. An Irishman was lately employed by one of our large railway companies as a porter. Shortly after he began his duties a woman went up to him and said: "I have just lost the train; how long shall I have to wait for the next?" "Be jabbers! you had better go and find the one you lost, else the company will be^fter yez," returned Pat. 18 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. An All Fool's Day Party. If you can, draw the head of a jester, with cap and bells, on your invitations, and let the wording be something like this: "Will you come on April 1, and be foolish with me — also others?" Your card game would be "Blind Euchre," in which every one holds their hands wrong side out; other- wise it is played the same as the regular game. Provide each guest with a tiny bag, and give them beans for each point won. On the tables have plates of bon bons, with a few "fool" candies among them (stuffed with cotton, flavored with soap, etc). After about five games of cards, give each guest as many beans as they have in the bag, and bring in a basket full of packages, each one securely tied and all filled with the most ridiculous things you can think of, some tiny thing in a large parcel. Have your most original guest auction these off, payment to made with the beans won at cards. For the guessing games have "Actors" and "Cats." Pass around menu cards with numbers on up to 10, and let each one choose two things. In the kitchen these might stand for these: 1 Glass of water. 2 Cracker. 3 Lump of sugar. 4 Coffee. 5 Cream. 6 Olives. 7 Sandwich 8 Doughnut 9 Toothpick. 10 Napkin. Then serve your real refreshments, and then ask each guest to give a true account of the most foolish thing they ever did. EXTErvTAIlvriXG MADE EASY, 19 For Military CincK or Whist, Of course the flag is the keynote of your decorations. If you can get large ones to use for portieres, so much the better. Get the red, white and blue crepe paper and make shades for all your gas globes or lamps. For the centerpiece of tlie table make a small tent, with a grass plot around it, and about it group soldiers — tin ones or lead. If you can have music, let everything be martial and soul-stirring. On each table place a glass filled with sand, in which stand pen- nants on which are printed the names of forts — Fort Sumter, Fort Donaldson, etc., — until all your tables are named. Mark your score cards with the name of the fort instead of by number — thus. Fort Sumter north, Fort Sumter south, Fort Sumter east, Fort Sumter west. For game markers use small flags, so that the one who holds the most flags wins the prize. At the head table tie a bugle instead of the regulation bell. For the guessing game choose "The Generals of the Civil War." When the refreshments are served place the small card tables together, and for lunch cloths use the ones made of paper napkins with the flag in the corner, 20 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. and, of course, have napkins to match. If you cannot buy these, make them out of the napkins sewn together; it takes one dozen napkins to make a lunch cloth. You will find that they will look very pretty and effective, and in most cases that to have the guests all together at one long table is prefer- able to tete-a-tete effects. The Alphabet Sociable. Provide as many pieces of bristol board about two inches square as you expect guests. With a soft brush and ink print letters upon these, making more vowels and letters that are commonly used than those which are used less frequently. As the guests enter have some one ready to pin a letter on each one. G-ive them paper and pencil, and tell them to talk to no one until they have formed a group that will make a word of more than three letters — for example, 0-U-E,-S may talk together, but 0-U-K, may not. Then, by drawing an H into the circle a new word is formed — H-0-U-E.-S; and so on. The different groups are to see how many words they can form. Binker— "Mrs. PufTering claims to be a 'daughter of the revolution ' " Bunker— "Oh, yes. Her father used to run a merry-go- round." ENTERTAIISriNG MADE EASY 21 Suburbs of Chicago These Questions are Answered by the name of a Suburb within the City Limits of Chicago Guessing Game No. 5 1 A noted river in England, and a low place between hills. Avondaie 2 A noted duke, and a piece of ground enclosed for pleasure. Argyie Park 3 A color, and an elevation above the ground. Auburn Heights , 4 A structure for passage over a river, and a haven. Bridgeport 5 A gay young lady, and a small collection of houses. Belleville 6 A small stream and a harbor. Brookhaven 7 A noted general during the civil war. Burnside 8 An instrument used by a butcher, and a village. Cleaverviile 9 A piece of charred wood and a division of time. Colehour 10 A pipe of peace and an eminence. Calumet Park 11 The son of a king, and a pleasure ground. Dauphin Park 12 The border of a thing, and a large col- lection of trees. Edgewood 22 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY Suburbs of Chicago, Continued 13 The author of ''The Circuit Rider," and "K.OXy." Eggleston 14 The father of algebra, and an enclosed piece of ground. Eudid Park 15 An extensive wood and a valley. Forest Glen 16 A barnyard fowl and a piece of land surrounded by water. Goose island 17 A color, and a portion of the solid part of the globe. Grayland 18 A certain breed of cattle. Hoistein 19 The father of Democracy. Jefferson 20 A kind of cloth, and a small valley. Lawndale 21 A famous abbey. Melrose 22 A bird, and a number of trees. Ravenswood 23 To draw, and the proper study of man- kind. Pullman 24 A large stream of water, and a low place between hills. Rlverdale 25 A point of the compass, and a color. West Auburn 26 A point of the compass, and a wild heast. South Lyons 27 Timber, and a space of ground covered with grass. Woodlawn ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 23 Flowers of all Nations. Guessing Game No. 4 What Flower Makes You Think of 1 A fortune hunter — The Marigold 2 Of the first snow — The Snowball 3 Of McKinley— The Carnation 4 Of thoughts — The Pansy 5 Of California — The Yellow Poppy 6 Of Egypt — The Lotus 7 Of Grermany — The Cornflower 8 Of Jerusalem— The Rose of Sharon 9 Of the Alps — The Edelweiss 10 Of Holland— The Tulip 11 Of China — Cherry Blossoms 12 Of Japan — The Chrysanthemum 13 Of France — The Lily 14 Of Ireland — The Shamrock 15 Of Scotland— The Thistle 16 Of England— The Rose 24 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. GenerdLls of the Civil War. Guessing Game No. 7 1 To bestow. Grant 2 To gather cloth, and a male individual of the human race. Sherman 3 A wine, and a man's name. Sheridan 4 A dairy product, and a tract of land. Butterfield 5 What the profane man did when kicked by the cow. Custer 6 To consume with fire, and the edge of a thing. Burnside 7 A servant whose business is to take charge of the liquor. Butler 8 A kind of drink. Meade 9 Eight furlongs. Miles 10 The doubting apostle. Thomas 11 A piece of unhewn timber, and an adjective. . Logan 12 A calm or sheltered place. Lee 13 To boast. Bragg 14 A chest of drawers, and to protect. Bureau gard 15 One who hooks. Hooker 16 Not hasty, and to draw near. siocum ENTERTAIKIKG MADE EASY 25 The C^Lfpenter's Tool Chest. Guessing Game No. 8 The tools are hidden in the poetry, the letters appearing in regular order, though seldom in one word. The famous old painters had zeal in their art, They worked; 'twas no sham, mercy, no! on their part. Just follow these hunters up lane and down dell. What artist you know can paint horses so well? Now look at this profile — the light on the hair. The blush on the cheek, the complexion so rare. This fair ample velvet of drapery holds A color so deep — plum, methinks, in the folds. A vine-covered cottage with thatch etched so fine. You can see the straw edge overhanging the vine. The night before Christmas; the child and grandsire, The funny bit stockings tliat hang by the fire. That monarch is elegant there in his pride; His ebon-skinned followers stand by his side. You'd know him a ruler, so haughty and still, A Xerxes whose law leaves to no one free will. That worthy frau Germany claims, the dear soul, Surrounded by children. Now isn't she droll? One architect only could draw, I aver, A structure like this. Yes, 'tis Wren, Christopher. How true is the drawing, while others who brag Sometimes snip perspective to naught but a rag. And these are American miniatures; fine! The artists award them a place on the line. The child with the rabbits looks ready to speak. The sturdy small man with the tan on his cheek. This mountain's Pike's Peak, rising up to the skies. What wonderful coloring over it lies! A pompous old doctor, who surely must be As skilful in ails as our old Doctor Lee. We shook so at hearing his "Put out your tongue!" This boy looks as if lie'd prefer to be hung. This boat on the Nile is a singular sight. It's odd, for this crew's dressed in flowing robes white. I'm not hypercritical. I persevere In stud-y of art, and I judge without fear. And all disagreeing I'm letting you do. Opinions are free for myself or for you. 1 Adze. 2 Hammer. 3 Plane. 4 File. 5 Level. 6 Plummet. 7 Hatchet. 8 Wedge. 9 Bit Stock. 10 Chisel. 11 Rule. 12. Ax. 13 Augur. 14 Wrench. 15 Nippers. 16 Reamer. 17 Saw. 18 Bits. 19 Spike. 20 Nails. 21 Hookb. 22 Screws. 23 Calipers. 24 Gimlet. J 26 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY For the Fourth of July. Let us suppose you have a porch. Hang it around with Japanese lanterns, and in one corner have a large pail half filled with ice and containing some pleasing drink, or water; bank this around with moss and potted plants so it will look like a pool in a forest, and- hang near it a porcelain cup. Have plenty of cushions about and comfort- able chairs, with fans convenient for those who want them. Have a "cobweb party," making the web of different colored strings and running them in and out all over the porch, and even around the surrounding bushes. Take an ordinary firecracker, tie a slip of paper with the name of a guest to it, and have these hang about on the web. Each guest has such a firecracker, and at the end of the string have a souvenir of the evening. This web should be quite elab- orate and will take some time to untangle. Now have a ball of soft wool with every little while a firecracker tied in. Have as many of these "periods" as there are guests, and have one start a story, unwinding tiie string as ho tells it, until he comes to a "period." Then he tosses it to some one else, who continues the story in his turn. ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 27 Cats Yo\i Have Met. Guessing Game No. 13. 1 A dangerous cat. — Catastrophe 2 An aspiring cat. — Catamount 3 A cat that can swim. — Catfish 4 A cat that can fly. — Catbird 5 A cat that will be a butterfly. — Caterpillar 6 A library cat. — Catalogue 7 A cat that asks questions. — Catechism 8 A cat's near relation. — Catkin 9 A cat that is good to eat. — Catsup 10 A horned cat. — Cattle 11 A cat that throws stones. — Catapault 12 A tree cat. — Catalpa 13 A water cat. — Cataract 14 A cat that flavors the grapes. — Catawba 15 A cat that covers acres of ground. Cataclysm 16 A subterranean cat. — Catacomb 17 A cat that, living, appears dead. Catalepsy 18 A cat prized as a gem. — Catseye 19 A cat with a cold. — Catarrh r 28 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY For Halloween. Word your invitations something like this: "On Halloween, that fateful night, come arrayed in sheet and pillowslip white." Have all the lights turned down and shrouded in blue cvepe paper, all the mirrors covered with whiting, and a few alcohol lamps placed about. Each guest must be provided with a number, to be fastened on their arm, and as they arrive — clothed in sheet and pillow slip — not a word is to be spoken, and everyone is to be provided with a card and pencils, and guess who is who. If the guests come from too far away to arrive in costume, provide a room where they can don their ghostly attire. After a short time, collect the cards and then the ' 'ghosts" can come to their own. Have an ' 'Art Gal- lery" prepared where objects represent pic- tures. A key and a knob are "Things to Adore" ; a sack of flour and a scuttle of coal are "Household Treasures, " etc. This should be in a separate room, and a half hour given to make up the "catalog." Have prepared a number of things to be distinguished by the sense of touch. Blhidfold all the guests, and have these objects passed from hand to hand. ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 29 For instance, take a lady's fur collar, roll it up in a ball; a scrub brush; an old switch; and, worst of all, take an old kid glove, stuff it with bran, sew it up at the wrist, let it soak a day or so, and then wipe off all the water you can. You will need about ten of these objects. Have them passed rapidly from hand to hand and give a small prize to the one who guesses them all correctly. In the center of your table have a large golden pumpkin, lined with tissue paper, and con- taining as many English walnuts as there are guests. These nuts are gilded and contain a blank piece of paper. They are tied with red ribbon, with a long streamer which goes out to the plate of each guest. After the refreshments, every one is invited to draw on the string, and open the nut. Hold the blank paper over a candle, and lo — there appears their fortune for the coming year. Write these with sympathetic ink, which turns brown upon the application of heat. Now turn out the lights, and tell ghost stories, and uncanny experiences. They were discussing^ bravery. "Talk about risks," boasted the man in red-topped boots. "Why, I have been on a jury that tried western outlaws." "That is nothing," replied the quiet man; "I have been on a jury that decided which was the prettiest baby at a baby show." 30 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY Cities. The following are answered by a City of the U. S. Guessing Game No. 10. 1 Where all have bean. Boston 2 The greatest engineering feat. Wheeling West Virginia 3 A military defense and a Paris dress- maker. Fort Worth 4 A city whose end and aim is "Go." Chicago - 5 Our board of city fathers and a precipice. Council Bluffs 6 An opera encore. Sing sing 7 Named for a king of France. st Louis 8 A farmer who was twice dictator of I^Ome. Cincinnati 9 Named for an ancient city, whose down- fall after a long siege avenged the abduction of a woman. Troy 10 A place for lingerers. Tarrytown 11 The father of his country. Washington 12 A high place and what finishes a meal. Mt. Desert 13 A superlative and rushing waters. Grand Rapids 14 The greatest surgical feat. Lansing, Michigan 15 A girl's name and a Roman garment. Saratoga 16 A small stone. Little Rock 17 The opposite of old, and a royal French family. New Orleans 18 The first great evangelist. st. Paul 19 The goddess of morning. Aurora EXTEP.TAIIS^ING MADE EASY 31 Scrambied Lggs. Guessing Game No. 1 1 1 Grregfesid — Fried Eggs 2 Peperddoggs — Dropped Eggs 3 Tongestsago — Eggs on Toast 4 Baldgemsgrecs— Scrambled Eggs 5 Diggedveels — Deviled Eggs 6 Tragsgeese — Easter Eggs 7 Regwags — Raw Eggs 8 Gesboglied — Boiled Eggs 9 Gingerdangs — Darning Eggs A Cake Wo^lk. Guessing Game No. 12. 1 What kind of cake should a geologist eat? — Layer Cake 2 What kind a pugilist? — Pound Cake 8 What kind a lover?— Kisses 4 What kind a gardener?— Fruit Cake 5 What kind a glover? — Lady Fingers 6 What kind one who lives on his friends? Sponge Cake 7 What kind a politician? — Election Cake 8 What kinds a jeweler? Gold and Silver Cake 9 What kind would one have who ate all these? — Stomach Ache 32 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. Birds. Guessing Game No. 14 1 What bird is a coin of the United States. The Eagle Is an awkward clown. — Jay Is untruthful. — Lyre ■H^ Represents future bliss. — Paradise 5 Is timid and shrinking. — Quail 6 Brought fame to a poet. — Raven 7 Is a mimic Mocking 8 Is one of the canonical hours. — Vesper 9 Was an early explorer. — Drake 10 Is a stormy sea after dark. — Nightingale 11 Is a sovereign. — King 12 Is frozen vapor. — Snow 13 Essential to the dress of man. — Tailor 14 A woman's name. — Phoebe 15 A pseudonym of contempt. — Cuckoo 16 Is a church dignitary. — Cardinal 17 Is frolicsome. — Lark 18 Is a household pet. — Cat 19 Is melancholy. — Blue 20 Is a rascal. — Loon 21 Is a Quaker lady Dove 22 Is cruel. — Butcher 23 Follows the harvest Thresher 24 Is an iEolian harp. — Humming 25 Is a member of the D. A. R. — Regent ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. 33 Magazmes. The following are answered by the name of a Popular Magazine. Guessing Qame No. 9 1 One hundred years Century 2 Santa Glaus. — St. Nicholas 3 An ancient minstrel. — Harper 4 A public place in Rome.— The Forum 5 An early N'ew England settler. — The Puritan 6 Veracity. — Truth 7 One who sketches. — The Delineator 8 A noted fairy Puck 9 A large body of water.— The Atlantic 10 The sailor's hoodoo.— The Black Cat 11 A dispenser of justice Judge 12 A prospect ^The Outlook 13 What we all cling to Life 14 A planet -The World 15 A citizen of the world Cosmopolitan 16 A show ground -The Arena 17 A boy's jack knife — ^The Youth's Companion 18 Part of a rope The Strand 19 A child at night Wideawake 20 Hash — Review of Reviews 34 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY The Poverty Social. Send your invitations on brown wrap- ping paper, with the request that they sliould wear their "oldest" clothes. Your decorations here will consist in taking down all your decorations, your curtains, draperies, etc. , and for your mantel shelf cut a lambre- quin of brown paj^er. Bring out your oldest chairs, dig ancient furniture out of the base- ments and .attics, and for lights use candles, set in candlesticks made of turnips, bottles, etc. Have a large stone crock of water in one corner, with a tin cup hanging over it. After the costumes have been duly admired, play a few games of cards. Have a few guessing games — "Poets" and "Authors" would be good — and then pass sli].>s of blank paper and request a four-line piece of poetry containing the words "poverty" and "love." Take a vote as to which is the best, and announce a prize. Then give each guest a paper with a number of hap-hazard letters written on it — for instance, a-p-1-e-w-p-s-p-r-a, — and request them 'to write a telegram, properly addressed and signed, beginning each of the words with the letters in the order given. For instance with the letters ENTERTAINIIs^G MADE EASY. 35 given above the telegram might read: "iVlice passed last evening with Paul. Send partic- ulars right awajc " Your refreshments would be pork and beans, with gingerbread and coffee. Under each napkin have a quotation regarding "Poverty." The following are samples: ' 'A blind man is a poor man, and blind a poor man is, For the former sees no man, and the latter no man sees." ' ' Whereunto is money good? Who has it not wants hardihood, Who has it has much trouble and care. Who once has had it has despair." ' 'Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, We will stand by each other, however it blow. " "Op)pression and sickness and sorrow and pain. Shall be to our true love like links to a chain. " ' 'Joy, Temperence and Repose, Slam the door on the doctor's nose." ' 'Then let's go back again, back to Griggsby's Station, Where we used to be so happy and so poor." 36 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. A Juvenile Party. Send out your invitations on the tiny stationery furnished for children, written in a large schoolgirl hand. Word them some- thing like this: "Will your mommer let You Come & play with Me wedsday Evenin? then lam 10 years old." The guests must all dress like ten-year-olds, or much of the fun is lost. After a proper length of time, to allow for inspecting the costumes, bring in large bowls of soapsuds, made with white castile soap and a little glycerine, and a clay pipe for each guest, the handles prettily tied with baby ribbon. Give a prize to the one who blows the largest bubbles, the brightest bubbles, and the bubbles that last the long- est. You might play a few games of ' ' Casino' ' "Old Maid" or other juvenile card games, and you might have a "Derby." For this color six eggshells, each a different color, and give one to your six most noisy guests, together with a palm leaf fan, tied with long streamers of ribbon to match the color of the egg. Let the six contestants stand in a row on one side of the room, and fan the egg- shells across the room and back to the start- ing point, the winner to be presented with a toy whip. "Bean Bag" 'would be a good game, and so would "Ring Toss, " (which is ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 37 a parlor game of quoits. ) Dress up a row of rag dolls in the most ridiculous way you can think of, and tack them securely to a long stick, in a row. Have soft rubber balls, and give each guest three or five throws, depend- ing upon how much of a feature you wish to make of the game. Have all the prizes childish ones, and the evening one of pure nonsense, which, you know, is now and then, "enjoyed by the best of men." Ch)tKes. Guessing Game No. 15 What kind of cloth should a 1 Banker wear? — Check 2 Fisherman — Net 3 Painter— Oil cloth 4 Hunter — Duck 5 Politician — Canvas 6 Newspaper man — Print V Landscape gardener — Lawn 8 Dairyman — Cheese cloth 9 Baldheaded man — Hair cloth 10 Convict — Stripes Which way does the head turn on a two- cent postage stamp? 38 ENTEKTAINIKG MADE EASY Wives. Guessing Game No. 16. What would be an appropriate name for the wife of a 1 C'lergym^n? Mary . 2 Doctor? Patience . 3 Gambler? Betty 4 Dancing master? Grace 5 Fisherman Nettie ,6 Gasman? Meta ' 7 Milliner? Hattie 8 Gardener? Flora 9 Civil Engineer? Bridget 10 Life Saver? Caroline 11 Upholsterer? Sophy 12 Pianist? Octavia 13 Sexton? Belle- -14 Printer? Adalin^ 15 Jeweler? Ruby • 16 Baker? Patty V 17 Poultryman? Biddy 18 Groceryman? Olive . 19 Florist? Rose,, ENTEETAINING MADE EASY 39 Nickaames of tke States. Guessing Game No. 17 A traveler started out for a walk, and having been in the new South, he turned about to visit the "Old North," although he had heard that the course of ' 'Empire" was in a different direction. Taking his "Pal- metto" cane, h,e bade good-by to his daugh- ter, ''Little Rhody," who happened to be in the kitchen grating a "Buckeye," which she thought was a "Nutmeg." She gave him a light repast, consisting of the wing of a "Blue Hen," served on a "Granite" dish. He left home, hurried over the bridge, on the "Keystone" of which he paused to call his "Creole" servant, who was trying to "Suck- er" a. "Hoosier" farm.er, who was sailing on ..the "Bay." Then, directing his course by a "Lone Star," which was about to set below the top of a lofty "Pine Tree," he started for the "Old Dominion," and arrived safely. If you think your guests might not read- ily recall these names, it is a good idea to read the list first, to assist their memories. 1 *'Oid North"— North Carolina. 2 * 'Empire"— New York. 3 ''Palmetto,"— South Carolina. 4 "Little Rhody" —Rhode Island 5 'Buckeye"— Ohio. 6 "Nutmeg"— Connecticut. 7 "Blue lien" — Delaware. 8 "Granite" — New Hampshire. 9 "Keystone"— Pennsylvania. 10 "Cre= ole" — Louisiana. 11 "Sucker" (succor)— II inois. 12 "Hoosier" — Indiana. 13 "Bay" — Massachusetts. 14 "Lone Star"— Texas. 15 "Pine Tree"— Maine. 16 "Old Domin- ion" — Virginia. 40 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY A LibraLfy Party. With each invitation give a small card bearing the name of a book, with the request that the receiver should in some way repre- sent it. Following is a list of suitable books : 1 Black Rock 14 Seven Oaks 2 The Spotted Bird 15 Two Arrows 3 The Lig-ht that Failed 16 Rose in Bloom 4 The Lamplighters 17 Far Above Rubies 5 Uncle Tom's Cabin 18 Prue and I 6 As in a Looking Glass 19 Five Little Peppers 7 Lucile 20 Soldiers Three 8 Mine Own People 21 D'ri and I 9 Redgauntlet 22 All Aboard 10 The Sketch Book ' 23 We Two 11 Houseboat on the Styx 24 The Four Georges 12 A Lady of Quality 25 Dreams 13 Face to Face 26 Three Men in a Boat Provide each guest with a card and pen- cil, and have them guess "who is what." A small picture of an author would be a suit- able prize. In connection with this have the guessing games of ' 'Poets and Authors, " and "A Romance of the Book Shelves." I5he Tin Wedding. Go to a tinner, and secure pieces of tin the shape of a postal card, and paste your invitations on these. Make a number of jar- denaires for your flowers by taking a pair of tinners' shears, and cutting tin cans into fancy shapes. For the flowers, make them EKTEETAINING MADE EASY 41 out of silver paper, and attach them to bright pieces of wire. You can have a large quan- tity of these flowers, and will find them very attractive by gaslight. A string of morning glories made, leaves and all, of silver paper, would be very pretty trailing over your lace curtains, picture frames, etc. A choice col- lection of tin cans, fantastically cut and twisted, will hold your fruit, and form the centerpiece, from which a train of round disks, about the size of a quarter, overlapping each other like fish scales, lead to each plate, terminating in a tin box, which contains either a souvenir or bonbons. Have every dish on the table of tin, even the plates. All the games you have call for tin prizes. Have a shooting target covered with silver paper, marked off in rings, each ring to score a cer- tain number. Provide each guest with a tin blow pipe, gayly decorated with long rib- bons, and let each have three "blows", the one with the highest score winning a prize. Bhe Wooden Wedding. Write the invitations on birch bark, or the paper made in imitation of it, and send them out in little round wooden boxes. Have your home as near like a woodland scene as possible, with boughs, potted palms and ole- 42 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY anders. Perhaps yon can get real vines from the woods. There are a nnmber of things yon can do with shavings from a carpenters' shop, in the way of picture drapes, etc. For your table build a tiny saw mill, with bits of mirror for water and a little birch canoe. Pile moss around it, and around the edge lay ferns. Use wooden dishes as much as possi- ble, and at each place have a small wooden box, containing a number of short stories and anecdotes, that you have saved from time to time. After the refreshments, let these be opened and read. l5/)e Golden Wedding. Your invitations, will be printed in gold, and the yellow chrysanthemum will be your flower. Use it lavishly, and if you cannot get the real ones you can make really beau- tiful ones of paper. If you can get a large pumpkin, cut in basket shape, line it with yellow paper, and use it for fruit. Have a row of chrysanthemums around the base of the pumpkin, and a large fluffy one at each plate. Let the refreshments be as yellow as possible, lemon or pumpkin pie, gold cake, and if you serve ice cream, let it be molded in the form of an orange. If possible, have gold banded dishes. ENTERTAINING MADE EASY 43 A RomaLnce of the Bookshelves. Guessing Game No. 18 In the prepared slips the spaces occupied by the names of the books are ieft blank. 1 The girl and heroine, my friends, Was known as Alice of Old Vincennes. 2 She lived when Indians were in power. And not When Knighthood was in Flower. 3 And in those past times, quaint and olden, She fell in love with Eben Holden. 4 Then, when her friends began to marvel, A rival came named Richard Carvel. 5 To gossips, that was the best of spices, But it didn't take long to pass The Crisis. 6 Her friendship, alas! could be bought and sold, So Eben won her with A Pot of Gold. 7 In honeymoons they took no stock, So they quietly settled near Black Rock. 8 They went for a drive on every bright day, xlnd claimed for themselves The Right of Way. 9 Together they shared many a laugh and a sigh, And the best of their friends were D'ri and I. 10 When trouble arose they did not tarry, But went to consult The Man from Glengarry. 11 A friend whose graces did them entrance, Was the sweet and gracious Lily of France. 12 And one tiiey always enjoyed being with. Was that charming maid, Janice Meredith. 13 Horse swapping tales— he loved to share 'em, With these two friends, did David Harum. 14 A friend surrounded by many a snare. Was the gallant gentleman. Monsieur Beaucaire. 15 To a charming hero they oft did refer, The one loved by all, the noble Ben Hur. 16 And opposite to them, across the park, Lived that winsome girl, Beverly of Graustark. 17 Her best friend was that lady of good repute. Known to us as The Ward of King Canute. 44 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. Actors. Guessing Game No. 19. 1 Belonging to a male individual of the human race, and a tract of land. Mansfield 2 A thing woven, and to make a mistake. Weber 3 A piece of enclosed land. Field 4 One who removes the hide. sicinner 5 A rock. stone 6 To take away by force, and a male de- scendant. Robson 7 To chop. Hackett 8 A kind of cloak. Manteii 9 A temporary shelter of light construction. Booth 10 To make a rattling noise. Russell 11 A machine for raising heavy weights. Crane 12 Part of a mill. Hopper 13 A digger of coal. Collier 14 Excellent, and to succeed. Goodwin 15 A person under a guardian. warde 16 A kindness shown, and to deceive. Faversham LoiC, ENTERTAII^ING MADE EASY. 45 Poets ai\d Authors. Guessing Game No 20. 1 Very fast indeed. — Swift 2 Worn on the head. — Hood 3 Belongs to a monastery. — Abbott 4 A dismal color. — Gray 5 Frozen rain. — Hale 6 Private dwellings. — Holmes 7 Not far distant. — Nye 9 Well learned. — Thoreau 10 A breakfast dish. — Bacon 11 The value of a word. — Wordsworth 12 A worker in precious metal. — Goldsmith 13 Small talk and large weight. — Chatterton 14 A young domestic animal. — Lamb 16 A slang expression. — Dickens 17 A fuel and a chain of hills. — Coleridge 18 The jolly author. — Merriman 19 The weary author. — Haggard 20 The married author. — Mark Twain 21 The single author. — Bacheller 22 The uncertain author. — Mabie 23 The inspiring author. — Hope 24 The keen author. — Sharp 25 The brutal author. — Savage 26 Bad to have on the feet. — Bunyon 27 The result of curling irons Burns 46 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY A Letter from Sh^Lkespeare. Guessing Game No. 21 Dear Friend — In answer to your inquiry regarding that violent Scotchman, Macbeth, who made Much Ado About Nothing when bumped into by x^oor old King Lear, I may say that he was properly chastised by those worthy fel- lows, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, who had been spending Twelfth Night with romantic Romeo and Juliet, and were returning home in company with General Julius Caesar and Prince Hamlet. Indeed, the whole party attacked the Scot, and The Tempest of blows rained upon him was no pleasant Midsummer Night's Dream. He was soon forced to flee for his life to the home of that scoundrelly swindler, The Merchant of Venice, who had been entertaining those giddy damsels, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with accounts of The Taming of the Shrew, his daughter. As to those ancient gentlemen, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens, T am glad to report that they agree to send you the Grrecian pamphlet you admired, and. As You Like It, their gift should please you exceedingly. I am sorry I was unable to give you this information before, but All's Well that^Ends Well. ENTERTAINIIS^G MADE EASY. 47 The Wedding of the Operas. Guessing Game No. 22 1 Who were the bride and groom? Romeo and Juliet 2 What was the bride called — from the circumstances of her wedding? The Runaway Gir! 3 At what sort of a party did they meet? The Masked Ball 4 He went as a minstrel. What was he called? Trovatore 5 She went as an Austrian peasant. The Bohemian Girl 6 At the wedding what Spanish girl was maid of honor? Carmen 7 What noted Swiss was best man? William Tell 8 What two ladies were bridesmaids? Lucia di Lammermoor and Linda di Chamouni 9 What four Germans were the ushers? Lohengrin, Faust, Tannhauser and Siegfried 10 Who sang at the ceremony? The Meistersinger 11 What noted person from Japan was present? The Mikado 12 What were the wedding bells called? The Chimes of Normandy 13 What ship did they take for their wed- ding trip? H. M. S. Pinafore 14 When on the voyage who captured them? The Pirates of Penzance 15 What virtue sustained them in captivity? Patience 16 What dark complexioned gentleman rescued them? otheiio 48 ENTERTAINING MADE EASY. A Romance in Song. Guessing Game No. 23 1 What was the hero's name? Robin Adair 2 Where was he born? On the Banks o' Doon 3 The name of his sweetheart? Sweet Rosie 0' Grady 4 Where was she born? On the Banks of the Wabash 5 At what time of day did they meet? Just as the Sun Went Down 6 How was her hair dressed? Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back 7 She was Irish; what was her grand- father's name? McGinty 8 Where is the old gentleman now? Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep 9 What flower did he offer her? The Last Rose of Summer 10 When did he propose to her? After the Ball 11 What did he say to her? o, Promise Me 12 What was her reply? rd Leave My Happy Home for You 13 On what day were they married? On St. Patrick's Day in the Morning 14 The best man was an army officer. Captain Jenks of the Horse Marines 15 Who performed the ceremony? Friar Bold in Order Gray 16 In what church was the marriage? The Little Brown Church in the Dale 17 On^what did they take their wedding trip? On a Bicycle Built for Two LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 020 237 484