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Show Fill-In Ideas for a Party BY WALTER KING QAMES and eats are double bill headliners that attract most attention at the party fun show. But the little extra stunts and fill-in fill-in shorts help round out the complete com-plete program. To provide a well-balanced bill-of-fare at a party you should have a few simple stunts in reserve so you can sprinkle the duller moments mo-ments with added amusement. These stunts should be such that you can spring them at short notice no-tice without having to chase around for a lot of fancy equipment equip-ment An ordinary paper napkin can be used for "a test of strength." Roll it up loosely, then twist it tightly into a long rope-like strip. Now challenge anyone to tear it in two by grasping it with hands an inch or so apart near the middle mid-dle and pulling. It can't be done by anyone except yourself. will enable you to produce the coin of their choice. And so it will. For when you toss all four coins in a bag you are able to reach In and bring out the coin of the date selected. The reason for this is that the constant handling of the coin heats it up so when you thrust your hand into the bag you are easily able to detect which coin they selected without looking into the bag at all. pOR a contest stunt, stage a lunch race. Tic three or four marshmallows on the end of a four-foot length of string. Suspend the string from a tack in the top of a doorway and have contestants, contes-tants, one at a time, see how long it takes them to devour the treats. As use of hands are barred, it might be well to have them tied behind the contestant's bark Tunc! each player but allow no mm': than three minutes for earn 1 ' the marshmallows are well coatc .l with powdered sugar you will some queerly powdered faces before be-fore the game is over. A good gag stunt is to defy anyone any-one to sing a song or say a piece while holding a pop bottle full of water on the back of each hand. When you say that such pressure on the back of the hands makes a person completely dumb you are sure to be challenged. However, How-ever, once the smarty has said his piece he will find himself in a very embarrassing situation. He can't get the bottles off the back of his hands until you coma to his assistance. It is the little, extra, interesting stunts like these that do most td make your party a standout event that will linger long in the minda of those who were fortunate enough to be invited. When you take over, you make sure the ends of your fingers are quite moist Then, when you grasp the twisted napkin, you moisten the absorbent paper and it tears apart quite easily. Switch to pepper. Tell your friends it is a hot detective. It can pick out a boy's finger from a girl's finger any time at all. To prove this, shake a film of pepper onto the surface of some water in a cup. Have three boys did then-fingers then-fingers in the glass, one at a time. The pepper seems to be quite friendly it clings to their fingers. Now have one of the girls try the experiment. The pepper behaves quite differently. It clearly runs away from the girl's finger. Why? Because you have tipped off the girl to put a thin fil of butter on her finger first. rPHOUGHT reading is always a Literally Correct An alert park policeman found a tearful little girl searching foi her parents one Sunday afternoon "Now don't cry, honey," said the officer. "I'll find your fathei for you. What does he look like7 Does he have a mustache?" "Yes," replied the lost young-ster, young-ster, "but he keeps it shaved off.'' popular stunt. Hroduce three or four one-cent pieces all with different date marks. Have someone some-one select one of the coins, note the date and then pass it on to all others present for inspection. The only thing you ask is that each person examining the coin must close his hand and repeat tne date of , the coin to himself three times. This, you explain. |