If desired, the players can go from one table to the other; the one who succeeds in putting the most puzzles together out of the five, is the winner.
HEARTS AND MITTENS.
Cut out of red cardboard half as many hearts and mittens as you expect in your company. Out of blue cardboard cut hearts and mittens for the rest of the company. Number them so every heart has its corresponding mitten. Attach strings or ribbons to each and place them in a basket.
Each guest takes the end of a string and pulls out his heart or mitten, as the case may be. Each one then hunts for his partner.
When all are paired off, a circle is formed and someone strikes up a lively march. Whenever the music stops, all the ladies stand still, and the gentlemen move up one. This goes on until everyone has had a different partner, and finally, when the original one comes, there is a grand march before the circle breaks up.
RIVEN HEARTS.
Another way of securing partners for the evening is as follows: Suspend two large hearts made of either white or red paper from the ceiling, several feet apart. Make a hole in each, through which are hung the ends of long strings. The ladies hold the strings on one side and the gentlemen on the other.
When the hostess gives a signal, all pull on their strings. Thus the hearts are riven and partners are found holding the ends of the same string.