Show new entertaining year guests the game of the five senses corn conly called perception Is an ex cellena one with which to entertain grown people or children or both at a new year s party one method of arranging the game Is to have a table filled with things to look at the guests are taken into the room one or two at a time and given three minutes to look at the objects on the table when all have seen the objects each 1 provided with paper and pencil and allowed three minutes to write down list ot all they can remember the one who displays the best memory Is given the first prize the objects displaced on the table may be ot any number but for the few minutes allowed for inspection 35 is a good number inkwells pens penholders tea caddies thimbles book and any such articles may be exhibited except that when two of one object are given such as two books the color or some distin gul shing mark about each should be insisted upon and called attention to this method of playing the game calls upon but the sense of sight and Is more easily arranged than when all five senses aie appealed to fhe lat ter however Is excellent tun and gives scope for some and a cooj deal ot cleverness in this case the guests are led into the room se distinct times each time to smell tas e hear see and feel certain objects if there Is a large party it Is best to offer a prize for each of the five tests and have them written up after each one some care must be exercised in the objects selected especially in the tabling when nothing harmful or dis tasteful should be allowed for this teat as well as tor the hearing and belins tan guests 1 A are blindfolded or the room left abao cutely dark it Is not as easy as it sounds to distinguish various musical instruments when they aie not seen A mouth organ zither mandolin guitar and cello or flute a few of each played in t irn are better than an organ or piano which are more easily distinguished for tasting salt cinnamon flour pulverized sugar eatn 1 and allspice are good while tor feeling bananas potatoes a glove filled with bran a cap a cane poker book and quite a number of objects are handled this and observation being easier and therefore requiring more objects than the other two tests the objects to smell are generally liquids such aa vinegar alcohol turpentine benzine glue camphor and cologne A clever hostess selects appropriate prizes tor each test such as a puff box with a puff within for touch ing a vinaigrette or a bottle 0 cologne for smelling an ornament or book for seeing a rabbits foot whistle or a silver table bell tor hearing and a soft scarf or shawl or a silk muffler perhaps for feeling |