Entertaining in the 1930s

Check out this feature from Reminisce it’s an excerpt from a pamphlet published in the late-1930s about entertaining guests at parties.  The pamphlet was called The Party’s On and was released by Toastmaster. 

SCAVENGER HUNT – Use ten-cent store items and hide them carefully in-doors and outdoors if possible.  Divide the guests in pairs and allot half-an-hour for the hunt.  Following are some suggestions for clues to be given the hunters and the items to be used:

What every young girl wants…………………………….. a diamond ring
What every young man wants……………………………. a chicken
What every man fears……………………………………….a rolling pin
What every woman fears………………………………….. a mouse
Every woman’s vice………………………………………….vanity (a vanity case)
Every man’s vice…………………………………………..gambling (a deck of cards)
Something to cause tears…………………………………..an onion
Something to cause laughter………………………………tickling (a feather)
Found at the door every morning……………………….a milk bottle cap
Young people’s favorite study…………………………….stars (movie photos)

My first thought is: I want to have a scavenger hunt at my next dinner party!  (I also want to wear a hat like the ones in the picture, as an aside.)  I think it is hilarious that apparently what “every young man wants” is a chicken.  This is a revelation, had I known this was all it took to appease a man I may have gotten my way a few more times in the past couple of years! (Ha! Don’t we all wish it were so simple?)

Here is a copy of the full article “Party Games for Young and Old.”

Party Games for Young and Old

The full version can be viewed here.

Well, I’m thinking it’s chicken for dinner this weekend! And if that husband of mine gets cheeky, don’t think I won’t use that rolling pin!

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