We might follow Miss Gail as she follows directions on her cards.
Her first card reads, “Go look on the third shelf of the music cabinet.” There she finds another card which bids her go up to the front bedroom and look under the red pin-cushion. The card there asks her to look under the gas stove in the kitchen for further instructions. Next she is to look under the foreleg of the wash machine in the laundry, and there she finds a card which tells her that she will find her partner in the living room on the couch.
He, in the meantime, has had just as varied a journey, and his last instructions were to look on the couch in the living room for a charming partner.
When the weather permits, it adds a great deal to put part of these different trips out-of-doors.
The Matrimonial Bureau. (Small Group.)
Early in the evening every guest is given a piece of paper and a pencil, and is asked to write out his or her ideal of a perfect husband or wife. Names are signed on the backs of these descriptions, and the papers are collected. Later in the evening, just before refreshments, the papers written up by the ladies are given out to the men, and vice versa. Then some man designated by the hostess reads aloud the description handed him and says in addition, “Marion Davis wrote this. This is her idea of a perfect husband; which of us is he?” and by popular vote the men pick out the perfect partner for Marion Davis.
She has her turn too, however. She reads the idea given her, announces who wrote it, and then asks the ladies to help her find the perfect partner for this deluded man. They do so joyfully!
Thus it goes around the entire group. Each one reads his description, tells who wrote it, and the group picks out the ideal partner for each one. Some of them have difficulty in recognizing themselves.
Note.—Unless otherwise designated, all these events may be used for either large or small groups.