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Show continues until a signal is given, at which each keeps whatever article h4 has at that time. Mrs. It. E. C. AMUSING QUESTS Entertaining Suggestions From Various People in Different Parts of the Country A STUNT which never fails to amuse a party, and which Is particularly popular among men. Is trying to brush a coin out of the palm of the hand. Provide a quarter and a whisk broom and lot each one try It In turn. The coin must be placed In the little depression in the middle of the palm, and the motion of the broom must be purely a brushing one; It Is not fair to dig out the quarter quar-ter with the end of the broom. It sounds very easy, but I have seen dozens doz-ens of people try to dislodge the quarter quar-ter and not one of them succeeded. L. W. THE following diversion will be found a laughter producer for anv company ot wideawake. Intelligent Intelli-gent people. Let each guest draw a picture at tho head of a sheet of paper, pa-per, and at tho bottom of tho p.ie give tho TITLE of the subject. Then, turning turn-ing the paper up. over this title, so that no one can see what the artist has written, pass the paper to the left-hand neighbor, who scans the sketch and writes above the artist's turned over ptrlp what he or she thinks the picture represents. To a clever or witty person per-son It usually represents something very different from tho original title hut that will be all the more funny. YSncn all havo written a title one person per-son may read the papers, letting the audience see the sketch before the titles ti-tles are read The real titles should bo read beforo the others. E F P TWO P.ACES which I witnessed on shipboard last autumn when homeward bound from Europe might well bo adapted for home use. The clgaretto race could be ridded of possible objections by using cubeb cigarettes instead of tobacco. At one end fif the deck. In a breezy spot, wero stationed four young women In a row, each equipped with a large match-box filled with matches; at a distance of perhaps twenty paces were placed four young men with unllghted cigarettes In their mouths. At the signal th men ran to the girls, and the fellow who first got back to the starting place with his cigarette burning was the winner, us was also the plrl who held the lighted light-ed match for him, a prize being awarded award-ed each. The matches were kept from being quickly extinguished In tho breeze by holding them inside the snace A WHITE ELEPHANT PAUTY 1s great fun for either young or elderly people. Each ono Is sent an Invitation bidding him to the party and asking him to take advantage ad-vantage of the occasion to get rid of SOu?L wn,tu lr-hant. Any article which Is undesirable to the owner, or. as s more often the cae. a ridiculous article purchased f,-.r the occasion U brought, neatly wrnpped up and made as deceptive rs possible in outward appearances. ap-pearances. At a given signal each one may exchnngo his white elephant for one belonging to some one else, which ho takes to a secluded corner and opena. if he does not care to keep it ho carefully does It up again and starts out to rnako a fresh exchange. This t made In the box by pushing the lnslda l'0!"1'0" Partly out. but even with this aid in the excitement of the moment some girls had to light several matches before riving their man a "light." and some did not succeed at all. In the house windows might be opened nar tho match lighters during the race to render the feat more difficult. The other race wns a slight variation ox the familiar needle race. Four young men ran to four young women, us In the event Jus t described, each fir! holding hold-ing a r.ewjle n on nancj- thrP!lfj (n lne ki Thc ounf nlan was permitted fo hold the young woman's wrtt while threading the needle. The man who TwSt "rr,v"J at the Htartlng place with th threaded needle was the winner. |