Any number.

Parlor.

Each player is given a card or sheet of paper prepared with the following questions, or they may be dictated at the time. The one wins who has the largest number of answers correct.

What kind of cake would you buy for—

  1. Sculptors? (Marble cake.)
  2. Politicians? (Plum cake.)
  3. Geologists? (Layer cake.)
  4. Advertisers? (Cream puffs.)
  5. Dairymen? (Cream cake.)
  6. Milliners? (Ribbon cake.)
  7. His Satanic Majesty? (Angel's food.)
  8. Babies? (Patty cakes.)
  9. Lovers? (Kisses.)
  10. The betrothed? (Bride's cake.)
  11. Gossips? (Spice cake.)
  12. Carpenters? (Plain (plane) cake.)
  13. Idlers? (Loaf cake.)
  14. Pugilists? (Pound cake.)
  15. One who lives on his friends? (Sponge cake.)
  16. Dynamiters? (Raisin cake.)
  17. Invalids? (Delicate cake.)
  18. Convalescents? (Sunshine cake.)
  19. "Boodlers"? (Dough-nuts.)
  20. Those who sample all these too much? (Stomach ache.)

CAT PARTY

5 to 30 or more players.

House party.

Each player is provided with a sheet of paper on which are written the following questions. Each question is to be answered with a word, of which the first syllable is cat. The player wins who writes the largest number of correct answers, the list of answers being read by the host or hostess at the close of the time allowed for the game.

Examples of questions are given below:—