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A Penny Entertainment
A penny party is a very amusing entertainment for an evening. With the invitations request each guest to bring a penny, not for an admission fee but for use in the games.
For each guest provide two cards and a pencil; one card should be blank, the other have a list of the things to be found on a penny. The list should be numbered and each person is expected to make out as many as he could, prizes being awarded for the best and poorest list. Find-1. Top of hill. 2. Place of worship. 3. An animal. 4. A fruit. 5. A common fruit. 6. Links between absent friends. 7. Union of youth and old age. 8. A vegetable. 9. Flowers. 10. What we fight for. 11. A metal. 12. A messenger. 13. A weapon of defense. 14. A weapon of warfare. 15. A body of water. 16. A beverage. 17. What young ladies want. 18. The most popular State. 19. What men work for. 20. Sign of royalty. 21. A jolly dog.
The answers are-1. Brow. 2. Temple. 3. Hare (hair). 4. Date. 5. Apple. 6. Letters. 7. 1894 (the date of the penny). 8. Ear. 9. Tulips (two lips). 10. Liberty. 11. Copper. 12. One sent (cent), 13. Shield. 14. Arrow. 15. Sea (c). 16. Tea (t). 17. Beau (bow). 18. United States (matrimony). 19. Money. 20. Crown. 21. A merry cur (America). Usually a half hour is allowed for filling out the blank cards, and after that some time for correcting the lists and awarding prizes. SILHOUETTES.
For a "Silhouette Entertainment" the ladies' names are written on blank cards and enclosed in envelopes, which are then put in a fancy basket and passed around to each gentleman in turn to take an envelope, and the lady mentioned on the card in his envelope is his partner, each to draw the other's profile. All are then given pencil and paper-bookbinder's paper, white on one side and black on the other, is the best-and if the company is a large one, place at one end of the room three boards, so that three couples can then be employed at one time. Tack the paper black side next to the board; the lady then sits in a chair, so that the shadow of her profile will be cast on the paper by an unshaded lamp or candle, and the gentleman carefully traces out her profile, after which she traces his profile. When the three couples have finished, the traced paper is removed; others take their places, while they adjourn to another room, where should be a table supplied with white paper, four or five pairs of scissors, and two bottles of library paste, the parties sitting down and cutting out carefully the traced heads and pasting them on white paper, with the black side out. When all are ready, pin the silhouettes on a screen, and the guests vote which is best, next best, and the poorest, and prizes are given to the ones decided upon.