PRIZES AT THE PARTY.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 320, 24 December 1929, Page 5

PRIZES AT THE PARTY.

SOME MODERN ENTERTAINING STUNTS. There are hostesses who think it more politic, when devising prize-giv-ing stunts at their receptions, to make these depend upon chance rather than on skill.

One excellent notion for the danceprize is to have the parquet .floor drafted out into squares, each marked with a number. The music ceases at irregular intervals, as in “musical chairs, 71 the master of ceremonies calls out a number at • random, and the couple standing upon the relative squar.e is awarded the prize. A wash of red ochre or whiting can be removed from the floor next day without any trouble.

Another amusing notion is to give a prize for the air-balloon which, tied to coloured papers, rises highest in the air. This is most amusing, of course, when there is a garden into which the dancers can stray.

Some hostesses provide pretty necklaces of coloured beads as prizes for the girls. These are givei to the guests who wear frocks that are most similar in shade, or in best accord with the little trinkets. The decisions are usually arrived at by common consent. Another notion is “ Cinderella’s Slipper. ” A charming pair of silver shoes in a smallish size is presented to the g!rl whose feet they fit best. The claims of the male guests do not enter largely into the average prize schemes, but no onei seqma to resent the Met in the slightest. Indeed, : the ordinary man is apt to appear distinctly embarrassed at winning a prize. A girl, never! L.G.S.