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Show I f UM For Your Family By MISS ABBIE CONDIT National Recreation Association. Spring is family time. For instance, in-stance, the first full week in May is celebrated in many churches as Family week. Then in June comes Children's day (June 13) and Father's Fa-ther's day (June 20). ' What more appropriate season for an 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 invi- Problem: How Many Beans in the Bottle?" People come up to the table, ta-ble, write out their guesses, sign them, and drop them in the hat. At the end of the evening, prizes are given for the best two guesses. To make the game fairly difficult, the number of beans should run into the thousands. If the party is an elaborate elab-orate one, let the White Knight himself, in armor, preside over the box. Wonderland Flower Garden. Players Play-ers sit in a circle. Have two circles cir-cles 4f number of players exceeds 40. Each player is given the name of some flower. It doesn't matter if your list ol 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 im-mediately change seats, while the center player endeavors to get one of the vacated seats. When he succeeds, suc-ceeds, 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, tation. This party could be used for 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 sil-houettes cut from red paper and pasted on. Cfane to a "Through the Looking Glass" Party. O Looking Glass Creatures, quoth Alice, draw near. 'Tis 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 rolling. roll-ing. It gives the early arrivals something to do, and each person 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 backwards. Having obtained a signature, the player must write out the name as it is normally written. The person who has the longest list of correct names and signatures wins a prize. White 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 man's hat upside-down (opera (op-era hat preferred). There is a sign over the table "The White Knight's |