The papers are again collected and at refreshment time are passed out to their rightful owners to be read aloud.
Amateur Vaudeville.
The names of very well-known popular songs are written out on separate slips of paper. One of these slips is pinned on each guest as he comes in. Instead of greeting each other as usual, they are to shake hands with everyone and without saying a word in greeting, are to sing the song with which they are labelled. Anyone who is caught talking instead of singing his song is required to sing it alone before the group.
May the leader have mercy on her guests and not keep up this gentle game of greeting for more than four or five minutes!
Progressive Nonsense.
Tables are arranged as for any progressive game, the winning two advancing to the next table. Guests are in couples, two couples to a table. At table No. 1 the ladies are to compete in doing a sum in arithmetic, while the men’s contest centers around three buttons which are to be sewed on a piece of cloth.
At table No. 2 the ladies darn a sock with their left hands, while the men compete in paring one large potato apiece.
At table No. 3 the men write out a recipe for mince pie, while the ladies write a fifty-word essay on politics, which they must read aloud to the judges.
At table No. 4 the ladies tie their partners ties, the hostess acting as judge, while the men darn socks.
Further competitions may center about the following events: