Show II FUN SUN FOR Ton FOR YOUR Yoon i FAMILY l A AILY II By MISS ABBIE CONDIT National Recreation Association Spring is family time For instance instance instance in in- stance the first full week in May Mayis is celebrated in many churches as Family week Then in June comes Childrens Children's day June 13 and Fathers Father's Fathers Father's Fathers Father's Fa Fa- Fa- Fa ther's day June 20 What more appropriate season for an family all-family party Through the Looking Glass Party Who could resist an invitation to Looking Glass Land beloved of childhood The Red Queen and White Queen beckon from the tation This party could be used for fora a large crowd of fathers mothers daughters and sons The party is followed by a buffet lunch Invitation Write on white paper with rough edges Figures are silhouettes silhouettes silhouettes sil sil- sil- sil cut from red paper and pasted on Come to a Through the Looking LookingGlass LookingGlass LookingGlass Glass Party O 0 L Looking oking Glass Creatures Alice draw near an honor to see you a favor to hear Let the Looking Glass Creatures whoever they be Come and play with the Red Queen the White Queen and me Time Date Place Games Looking Glass Signatures This is a game which starts the ball roll roll- ing It gives the early arrivals something to do and each person personas as he arrives joins in Paper and pencil are given to each person The game is to go up to others and have them write their signatures in true looking glass style style backwards Having obtained a signature the player must write out the name as asit asit asit it is normally written The person who has the longest list of correct names and signatures wins a a. prize White Knights Knight's Problem This is another game to play while people are arriving A large jar of dry beans stands on a table Beside it are pads of paper pencils and a box or mans man's hat upside-down upside opera opera opera op op- op- op era hat preferred There is a sign over the table The uThe White Knights Knight's I Problem How Many Beans in the Bottle People come up to the ta table table table ta- ta ble write ourt their guesses sign them and drop them in the hat At Atthe Atthe Atthe the end of the evening prizes are given for the best two guesses To Tomake Tomake Tomake make the game fairly difficult the number of beans should run into the thousands If the party is an elaborate elaborate elaborate orate one let the White Knight himself in armor preside over the box Wonderland Flower Garden Players Play Play- ers sit in a circle Have two circles circles circles cir cir- cles if number of players exceeds 40 Each player is given the name of some flower It doesn't matter if your list of flowers runs out and several have the same flower One player stands in the center of the circle and says I enter the garden and I want a rose and a lily Players with those names must immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately change seats scats while the center player endeavors to get one of the vacated seats When he succeeds succeeds succeeds suc suc- the player losing out must take his place in the center When the center announces a windstorm all flowers must change seats Released by Western Newspaper Union |