String Partners. (Small Group.)
A large paper heart is suspended in a doorway. A hole has been pierced in it, large enough to hold half as many strings as there are people present. These strings have been put through the hole just as evenly as possible. When the time for choosing partners has arrived, every man takes hold of a string on one side and every girl takes one on the other. At the signal from the leader they pull down, tearing the heart and straightening out their strings without letting go, to find out who has the other end. That “other end” is of course one’s partner.
Taking a Chance!
The men are blindfolded while the girls all line up in a row. The men are led up one by one to the row of girls and are asked to go down the row, shaking hands with each girl in turn until they come to the girl they want for a partner. They are warned that they cannot go to the end of the row and then come back for another chance, but that if they have not chosen by the time they come to the last girl, this last one will be their partner. Girls are not allowed to indicate in any way who they are. Any girl who does is put at the end of the line.
Proposals. (Small Group.)
Two widths of wrapping paper are pasted together so that they form a curtain. The ladies stand behind this with their left hands stuck through the paper. All means of identification, such as rings, have been removed. The men have been provided with ten cent store rings, no two alike, and as they pass down the line, reviewing the hands, they put the ring on the finger of the lady of their choice. When all the ladies have been presented with rings, the curtain is dropped and the men claim their rings and their partners.
Professions. (Small Group.)
The men have been given cards on which are written the professions each one of them is to pantomime. The ladies have been given cards on which corresponding professions are named, and as soon as each lady recognizes the profession being pantomimed as the one corresponding with hers, she claims her partner.
Sometimes, however, she makes a mistake. She thinks a man is pantomiming the dentist’s profession, whereas in reality he is a piano tuner!
The following professions may be used to good dramatic advantage: