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Show ' The Heart Hunt and Other Amusing Games and p Pastimes. 1 j t r jJf for ft Valentino day ' ' Jsf pnr'v '8 ln tno orm of i t a ncllr' hunt. Small 6ti 1 paper hearts, red and J wnlt0' 81,0,1111 1)0 M ft Y J(m. 1,11 about tho J room, with occasional V V chocolate or other T I candy henrts hero and ' iVx'- thcrc' Tll ol)Joct 18 j,l ? for each person to search for the- hearts, and the ono who nnds tho greatest number of pa-I pa-I por ones, which nro the real counters in tho game, wins tho first prize. I Tho first prlzo should be something j ln the form of a heart, say a photo- ' grapli holder, a charm, n locket, or n j bonbonnlcrc. Somo of tho hearts j should bo broken Into two pieces if j candy ones, or torn If paper, and spc- j .cinl prizes offered to those who And ' tho pieces (tint fit together. Tho pluycr who finds most hearts ' 'is supposed to bo tho ono who will 'first bo married. To tho ono who j finds least, n consolation prlzo should bo given. If a girl, a sultnblo prlzo j would bo a ten cup and saucer, or a j worsted kitten, ns sho Is destined to j 'bo nn "old maid." A sultnblo conso-' latlon prlzo for a boy would bo n card lM The King of Hearto and the Fortunn-telllng Target. of buttons, or n llttlo work basket, ns ho will linvo to lenrn tho uso of them In his bachelorhood. Another gamo appropriate to tho day Is "Drokon Hearts." Cut out cf red cardboard n.. many hearts,, about nix Inches ncros3, ns you will havo j pairs of guests. Then, with shnrp I shears, c ich of these Into many j small plci iupiaro, crescent Him pud, I wedgo sh 1, and so on, keeping tho pieces of Inch l.?art soparato from , j the others by putting them Into nn envelope. Now, from different colored-.popers cut small ( arts, two of each, and put them Into two howls. Tho plnyors then select ono ench, tho girls from i -one bow), tho boys from nnothcr, and tho boys then find their partners ln tho girls who havo hearts mntchlng In color thoso thoy havo 'selected. Tho envelopes are then distributed, "ono to eaoh couple, nnd they mtist . rriry to put tho pieces together to form n perfect heart. Tho two who first I do this stand up and aro crowned with I red roses mndo of paper, as this wns I a classic Honor bestowed upon Cupid, I tho god of lovo. If you profer, tho girl I may bo crowned with roses nnd tho boy with n laurel wreath. This diversion Is especially good I fun. Got a Bhcct of henvy cardboard, I twenty-five or thirty inches square, I and draw on it ns Inrgo n heart as you can. Then cut tho henrt put I and cover It with whlto muslin to strengthen It; It may also bo braced nt tho back by strips of wood. Around tho edge of tho heart paint L a border In green, nhout thrco Inches wide, which of course, gives you tho I outlines of n green heart. Insldo this 'j paint n black heart of tho Bruno width, and again n third In yellow, a fourth W In blue, u fifth In red, nnd In tho cen- ( tor a bull'soyo of gold paint, leaving S ft spaco of whlto unpalntcd. Having propnrod as ninny nrrows as there aro guests and a glided Cupid's If It clinnco to hit the white, You will meet your fs'.o to-night. All ulc.no your years wilt mellow, Should your urrow meet the yellow. If tho dnrt go wide astray. You will throw your henrt away. Should It plerco tho heart of gold, Joy for you, nnd lovo untold! If you hnvo a Valentino day party you will serve refreshments, and tho Idea of tho day of hearts and love' must bo carried out as far as possible pos-sible ln everything arrnnged. A very pretty way to send your1 guests to tho dining-room Is to have somo pink flowers In two separate baskets, pink carnations for tho boys nnd pink roses for tho girls, for pink Is tho special color of tho god of lovo.' Wrlto beforehand on small cards tho names of somo famous lovers of history his-tory and fiction, fnstcnlng tho cards' with tho names of men to tho carna-tlons carna-tlons and thoso with tho names ot women to tho roses. Such names, should bo selected as Romeo and Juliet, Orlando and Rosalind, Hamlet and Ophelia, Petrarch and Laura, Danlo nnd Dcatrlce, Leicester and Queen Elizabeth, John Alden nnd l'rlscllla, Queen Victoria nnd Princo Albert, and so on. Then ns each boy takes a carnation nnd reads tho nnmo on tho card, ho must find tho card with tho corresponding corre-sponding roso card; that is to say, Ilomco must find Juliet, Orlando mut find Rosalind, and so on, and thoy go to tho dining-room matched in that way. The dining-room decorations should bo In pink, nnd ns far as posslblo, heart shaped, Pink cropo paper can ho effectively used to glvo tho shape to all tho dishes. Tho ico cream should bo served in heart shaped molds or In tho form of two doves billing and cooing, and tho cream might bo pink In color. Pink henrts, with llttlo lovo versed attached, should he placed at tho guests' places, and theso may bo taken away as souvenirs of tho evening. Following nro a few verses that might be used: Oh, there's nothing half bo sweet In llfo As I.ovo'b young ihcnm. Moore. I'lilns of love ho sweeter fnr Than all other plcasuiea are. Dryden, For lovo Is heaven, nnd hcnvoii Is Invo. Scott. 'TIj letter to hnvo loved nnd lost Than never to linvo loved nt nil. Tennyson. There's bonRnry In tho love that enn bo reckoned. Shakespeare, For toasts, thoso who remember nny other quotations about lovo may reclto them, or each guest might read aloud, between tho times of sorvlng, tho quotations on tho heart shaped cards. Above tho tablo a bow and nn arrow ar-row might bo suspended, or a cupId, or both. When tho guests havo como ba;lt from tho dlnhfg-rooin to tho parlor, hand to each one n llttlo laco edged vnlontlnp, with a pencil nttachod by; means of a narrow pink ribbon, and on tho bnck of which tho following questions nro written. The nnswors to tho questions all begin with tho |