"Descriptions"

"Give every guest a sheet of stationary with the name of some other guest written at the top. Instruct them to consider the person whose name they have and write a description of their appearance, talents, and abilities. At the end of five minutes the hostess should collect the papers and read the description, omitting the names at the top. As the papers are read, the guests try to judge who is being described. The author of the description that is most readily recognized receives the prize."
-excerpt from "Games for Young People: A Collection of Over One Hundred Games for Indoor Parties" by Alfred Froh and Margaret King, copyright 1943

I have quite enjoyed reading through this book for many reasons, the first of which being the quiant, old-school language and phrases it uses to detail the rules for each game. This one doesn't have many examples of that, but you can kind of get a sense of what I mean. Also, some of the games are pretty hilarious, and require the doing of things no self-respecting, 21st century person would do at a party (unless perhaps they were drunk). I also love the little things - the use of the word "stationary" rather than just paper, using "consider" and "judge" in ways we don't very often today, the use of the word "omitting" (I love that word for some reason), and the great alliteration at the end (the "r's" in bold).