In which peanuts are featured in a variety of old and new ways.
_Invitations_: Carefully split a large-sized peanut and fold inside
a small piece of white Japanese tissue on which the invitation is
written. Tie the peanut together with a narrow orange ribbon. Or
write the invitation on an orange-colored card and attach to it
several round peanuts, the shells of which have been grotesquely
decorated to represent tiny faces. The color, orange, is suggested in
the invitations, properties and decorations only because it vividly
contrasts with the neutral shade of the peanut.
_Properties_: Upon arriving, the guests are given small orange-colored
paper or tarlatan bags in which they may keep the peanuts won in the
various games. At the end of the party there is a final counting and
the person having the greatest number of peanuts in his bag wins the
prize.
_Note_: The games suggested need not be played in the following order.
This is one arrangement which has proved satisfactory for both large
and small groups. The first three games are played at a table around
which four or six people sit. A bowl of peanuts and two or three
hatpins should be placed on each table before the game starts.