| Show A NEW ENTERTAINMENT Cleveland Plain Dealer A Cleveland woman who came home from New York the other day is de delighted delighted lighted with a novelty in entertaining that she Came across during her stay It is called a Chinese QuizZing Party and exercises the mental faculties in ina ina a way that is calculated not to Ibe be too severe a strain for hot weather If possible the guests are entertained on the porch of the home of the hos hostess hostess tess and everything easily available in inthe inthe the way of Chinese decorating is util utilized utilized in order to give the suggestion of proper envIronment There are Chinese lanterns of course and ChI ChInese nasa nese bowls of flowers on Chinese stands and bamboo odds and ends Then each guest is given a card with a ChInese decoration on It and anda a pencil to write the answers to the Chinese quizzes and when the hostess has fired a cannon in her fingers pencils are promptly leveled at the cards and the queries begin There is a reasonable amount of time allowed after each query but when t te e hostess lights and tosses out on the lawn a little fire firecracker firecracker cracker Its explosion is a signal that tIme Is uP and the next query at once follows Here is the list lizt of quizzes which the Cleveland woman brought home What two letters are most popular in China Tea and cue What is proof that the eyes of the Mongolians are open at last The Yellow Sea Through what The open door When the powers get hold of the empress dowager what will they catch A Tartar If youre anxious to go to China what will wilf the government do Take Taku Then what will you be in Trans TransI Transports ports I What the empress dowager govern China Proper When the empress makes the em emp emperor p cry what would he like to do Boxer Boxe What sort of a great eat wall wail are the powers likely to build in th the Flowery Kingdom A partition o or China How Is it if to be ted that the Chinese will wUl take re reverses erses and vie vic victories tories Coolie If the Chinese were Spaniards what would they call the stories of American heroism in China Pig tails What sort of fruit is generally found green and always found rotten in China Mandarins What sort of an army ought to reach Pekin the quickest A Russian army There are Chinese politicians that dont care for Earl LI but who would like what Old Li Hung HungA A bunch of firecrackers is exploded to mark the moment when times up and while the cards are being looked over in order to find the winners re refreshments refreshments ar are served Of course a areal areal real Chinese menu Is impossible and the guests sample it if it was But there should be tea and chopsticks and the prizes must be simple Chinese The queries and answers must be complied compiled afresh for ever every quizzing party of course hut but for ingenious minds this would pe e but little labor Anyway Anyay the lady sa says s it is a delight delightful l ful novelty and she wants to gIve a quizzer of her own at an early date |
