A Fortune
Teller in the Party
by
Mitch Johnson
All young people love to have their fortune told. They are very
much news conscious, so it is always fun to tell them about
their future and wished. No matter whether its going to be true
or not. Its gives them a great joy. For the joy of your party
gang just prepared with some question which are mainly related
with their likes and dislikes.
Youngsters of
this age are always very news conscious, so it was fun to tell
them that the morning papers wished to carry a full account of
their party. We requested each one to answer in full the
questions asked on the slip of paper handed him. However, each
question was to be answered with two words beginning with the
writers first and last initials. We allowed five minutes for
answering questions. The slips were then passed to the neighbor
on the right who read them aloud. Good questions for this game
are:
1. Where born? 2.
What did father say? 3. Your first words? 4. Favorite sport? 5.
Favorite food? 6. Pet peeve? 7. Secret ambition? 8. Type of
sweetheart you like? 9. Your opinion of this party? 10. Your
opinion of your host or hostess?
After this we
asked the youngsters if they would like to do a bit of spooning.
Lacking any volunteers we picked three couples. The partners
were seated on opposite sides of the table and each was given a
spoon. The spoons were tied together with about eight inches of
string. Then each contestant was given a dish of ice cream. The
object of the game was to see which couple could finish their
ice cream without breaking the string. At a signal the race
began. A broken string disqualified a couple. Winners were
awarded wooden spoons purchased at the dime store.
All young people
love to have their fortunes told. They liked the "Yarn of the
Future." We had prepared for this beforehand by tying a written
fortune every two feet on a ball of yarn. Then we rewound the
ball adding extra yarn so that the paper fortunes wouldn't show.
The host tossed the ball to a guest who unwound until he came to
the first paper. He took it off then threw the ball to someone
else. This continued until each guest had a paper. Then they
took turns reading aloud. Here are some fortune suggestions that
the teen-agers enjoyed:
1. Never get
married on the thirty - second day of the month. 2. Don't get
killed in the dark of the moon - it's fatal. 3. You'll soon be
dead - dead wrong. 4. Don't watch the clock so closely it may
strike. 5. It's unlucky for you to drown on Friday the
Thirteenth. 6. You'll shine in society - if you don't powder
your nose. 7. Don't cultivate a taking way - your friends may
miss things. 8. Beware of courtships - they often sink. 9. Your
rich relatives will soon leave you but they won't leave you
much. 10. If you're looking for love see "1" in the dictionary.
If you want to
have some fun at refreshment time arrange an ice-cream bar. Its
easy to do. On the dining-room table we put several bowls filled
with balls of ice cream one vanilla, one chocolate, and the
other peppermint. We had one pitcher of chocolate sauce, another
of butterscotch and a third of marshmallow cream. A dish of nuts
and one of maraschino cherries completed the supplies. At the
other end of the table we put a supply of sherbet glasses,
spoons and napkins.
Each one became
his own soda jerker. There is something in each of us that
craves to mix fancy sundaes. You'll be surprised at the
concoctions teen-agers will mix and also at the number they are
able to consume. It solves the refreshment problem delightfully
for all concerned.
Great fun is for
sure in the party with a crowd of young boys and girls. Fun in
refreshment is also very much important because they love
eating. Ice-cream, nuts, cherries are all time favorite of most
of the youngsters.
About the Author
Mitch
Johnson is a regular writer for
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