It is to laugh

by Edna Geister

Partnership Relay.

Six or eight couples are placed in groups of two couples each, one couple standing behind the other, the entire group about twenty feet from a goal line. The girls take their partners’ arms and retain possession throughout each event despite the inevitable protest at lagging. At a signal, each first couple walks to the goal line, carrying out directions given before each event of the relay; then hurries back and touches off the second couple. Events might be as follows:

1. Each man carries a glass full of water. At the goal he hands it to the girl who must drink it all before they can rush back to the starting point.

2. Together they clap hands and sing Yankee Doodle as they walk to the goal and back.

3. Each man has a cracker. At the goal he gives it to his partner, who must eat it, and is not allowed to start back until she can whistle.

4. At the goal line the man sings up the scale and waits for the girl to sing down the scale before they can go back.

5. While they are hurrying to the goal line the leader may blow her whistle at any time, which is the signal for them to turn completely around once, and then continue their course. Because their arms are locked and because they always have different ideas about the right way to turn, complications arise!