No matter what happens to the balloon they are to keep their arms linked. A balloon is so very dependable in its actions that it is a simple matter for two people of different minds to make it take a straight and narrow path!
Stepping Stones.
Two couples compete against each other. The man of each couple is given two folded newspapers, one for each hand. At the signal for starting he quickly puts one of the papers down and the lady steps on it with her right foot. He then puts down the other paper a little distance ahead, and she steps on it with her left foot. He puts the first paper as far forward as he thinks she can step, and she puts her right foot on it. Then the left, the right, etc., etc., the object being to reach the goal, some thirty feet away, before the other couple can reach it, the only rule being that the lady must walk on newspapers only, which her partner places for her.
Said partners are always too ambitious in setting out the papers, and it takes considerable stepping to bridge the gaps.
Helpless Eating.
Each contestant is given a large cracker. She is to place it in her mouth, put her hands behind her, and at a signal, start to eat the cracker with no help from her hands. The one who whistles first after eating her cracker gets a good big prize.
Air!
Contestants are lined up facing the crowd. If they can whistle it is infinitely funnier to use the whistling contest. If they cannot whistle let them sing a high note. In either case, at a signal, they start to whistle or sing, and the one who can hold her note the longest without taking another breath gets a toy balloon as a prize.
Lemon!
Contestants are provided with a lemon and a lead pencil. They are to roll the lemon with the lead pencil at least fifty feet and return. The one who gets his lemon back first gets the lemon.