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GAMES FOR 
 EVERYBODY 
 
 BY 
 
 MAY C. HOFMANN 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 DODGE PUBLISHING CO. 
 
Copyright, 1905, by Dodge Publishing Co. 
 
 "GAMES FOR EVERYBODY" 
 
GAMES FOR EVERYBODY 
 
 FOREWORD 
 
 EVERY one is fond of having a good time 
 when invited out to a party or social. 
 Sometimes a stupid evening has been 
 spent because either the guests were not con- 
 genial or the hostess had not planned good 
 games. The purpose of this book is to fur- 
 nish just what is needed for a pleasant home 
 gathering, church social, or any other indoor 
 occasion. 
 
 Very few, if any, of these games require 
 much preparation. Just use what is in the 
 house, follow the directions given, and a good 
 time wiir be the result. Some of the games for 
 "Adults" can be played by the younger ones, 
 and vice versa. Other games, by being 
 changed a little by the hostess, can be made to 
 suit the occasion. 
 
 Many of the good old games that every one 
 
GAMES FOR EVERYBODY 
 
 has played are here, while the newer ones, 
 which may be strange at first, will prove most 
 enjoyable when every one has "caught on," 
 «s the saying is. M. C. H. 
 
GAMES FOR CHILDREN 
 
GAMES FOR 
 EVERYBODY 
 
 GAMES FOR CHILDREN. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 ANIMAL SHOW. 
 
 AN amusing game for children is one in 
 which each child is to make some sort 
 of animal out of vegetables or fruit, and 
 toothpicks. 
 
 When all the children have arrived, pass 
 around slips of paper containing a number and 
 the name of some animal. Each one must 
 keep secret what his animal is to be. 
 
 Let the hostess prepare a basket of vegeta- 
 bles, potatoes, beets, carrots, and fruits, lem- 
 ons, bananas, etc., suitable for the occasion, 
 from which the children can take their choice 
 
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 to make their animals. Plenty of toothpicks 
 must be provided for the legs, ears and tails. 
 
 Allow five minutes for constructing the crea- 
 tures. 
 
 Then collect the specimens, pinning a num- 
 ber corresponding to the one on the slip, to 
 its back, and arrange the "show" on a table. 
 Many queer sights will be seen. 
 
 The children, having received pencil and pa- 
 per, should be told to write down the number 
 of each animal, and opposite it what the ani- 
 mal is intended to represent. 
 
 A prize can be given to the one who has 
 guessed the greatest number correctly. 
 
 CHASE THE RABBIT. 
 
 AH the children kneel on the floor in a ring 
 with hands on each other's shoulders. 
 
 One is chosen to be the "rabbit" and runs 
 around outside the ring and touches one of the 
 players, who is to chase him to his "hole." 
 
 The minute the player is touched he must 
 run to the left, while the rabbit goes to the 
 
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 right, must tag the rabbit when they pass each 
 other and try to get back to the "hole" again. 
 If he fails, he becomes the "rabbit," and the 
 game goes on as before. 
 
 SOAP-BUBBLE CONTEST. 
 
 Provide each child with a clay pipe and 
 prepare two basins of soap suds for the game. 
 If a little glycerine is put in the water, the bub- 
 bles will last longer. 
 
 Divide the company into two sides, an even 
 number in each. Stretch a cord or rope at 
 a medium height across the middle of the 
 room. Two children, one from each side, play 
 at a time. Each stands on his side, blows the 
 bubble from the pipe and blows it toward the 
 opposite side, and over the rope if he can. If 
 it goes over the rope without breaking, he has 
 won one point for his side, if not, his side has 
 lost. Tally is kept as each set plays, and the 
 side that has the most points, wins, and surely 
 deserves a prize. 
 
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 ROSE GUESS. 
 
 Any child can play this simple game. Take 
 a full blown rose and hold it up where all can 
 see it, then let them write on a slip of paper 
 how many petals they think are in the rose. 
 
 The petals are then counted by one of the 
 children and the one who guesses the nearest, 
 receives a prize. 
 
 Any flower with many petals, can be used. 
 
 NEW BLIND MAN'S BUFF. 
 
 The one who is chosen for the "blind man" 
 does not have his eyes bandaged as in the old 
 game. 
 
 Stretch a sheet between two doors and place 
 a light, candle or lamp, on a table some dis- 
 tance from the sheet. The "blind man" sits 
 on the floor or low chair in front of the light 
 facing the sheet, but he must be so low down 
 that his shadow will not appear on the sheet. 
 
 The children form a line and march single 
 file between the light and the "blind man," 
 
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GAMES FOR CHILDREN 
 
 who is not allowed to turn around. Thus 
 their shadows are thrown on the sheet and as 
 they pass, the "bhnd man" must guess who 
 they are. The children may disguise their 
 walk and height, so as to puzzle him. 
 
 As soon as the "blind man" guesses one cor- 
 rectly, that one takes his place and becomes 
 "blind man," while the former takes his place 
 in the procession, and the game proceeds as 
 before, but the children had better change 
 places, so the new "blind man" won't know 
 their positions. 
 
 FINDING FLOWERS. 
 
 A very simple game for children is one 
 played like the old-fashioned "London Bridge." 
 
 Two children with joined hands stand oppo- 
 site each other, and the rest form a ring and 
 pass under the raised hands, while they re- 
 peat, 
 
 "We're seeking a pansy, a pansy, a pansy. 
 We've found one here." 
 
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 As they say "here," the raised hands close 
 around the child who was passing by, and 
 "Pansy" takes the place of the one who caught 
 her, and she names some other flower which 
 is to be found, and the game goes on as before, 
 substituting that flower for pansy. 
 
 Then it continues until all the flowers are 
 "found." 
 
 BEAN-BAG CONTEST. 
 
 Prepare an even number of bean bags of 
 moderate size, half of one color and half of an- 
 other. 
 
 Appoint leaders, who choose the children 
 for their respective sides. There should be 
 an even number on each side. The opponents 
 face each other, with the leader at the head, 
 who has the bag of one color at his side. 
 The bags are to be passed, 
 I St, with right hand, 
 2d, with left hand, 
 3d, with both hands, 
 ^th, with right hand over left shoulder. 
 
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 5th, with left hand over right shoulder. 
 
 Before the contest begins, it is best to have 
 a trial game, so all understand how to pass the 
 bags. 
 
 At a given signal, the leaders begin, and 
 pass the bags as rapidly as possible down the 
 line, observing all the directions. The last 
 one places them on a chair, until all have been 
 passed, and then he sends them back, observ- 
 ing the same rules, until all have reached the 
 leader. 
 
 The side who has passed them back to the 
 leader first, and has done so successfully, is 
 the winning side. 
 
 BLOWING THE FEATHERS. 
 
 The children are seated on the floor, around 
 a sheet or tablecloth. This is held tight by 
 the players about i^ ft. from the floor, and 
 a feather is placed in the middle. 
 
 One is chosen to be out, and at a given sig- 
 nal from the leader, the feather is blown from 
 
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 one to the other, high and low, never allowed 
 to rest once. 
 
 The player outside runs back and forth, try- 
 ing to catch the feather. When he does suc- 
 ceed, the person on whom it rested or was 
 nearest to, must take his place. 
 
 SCHOOL. 
 
 The players sit in a circle, and each takes 
 the name of some article found in the school- 
 room, such as desk, rubber, blackboard, etc. 
 
 One of the players stands in the center and 
 spins a plate on end; as he does so, he calls 
 out the name of an article which one of the 
 players has taken. 
 
 The person named must jump up and catch 
 the plate before it stops spinning. 
 
 If he is too slow, he must pay a forfeit. It 
 is then his turn to spin the plate. 
 
 HIDE THE THIMBLE. 
 
 AH the players but one, leave the room. This 
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 one hides a thimble in a place not too con- 
 spicuous, but yet in plain sight. 
 
 Then the others come in, and hunt for the 
 thimble ; the first one seeing it, sits down and 
 remains perfectly quiet until all the others 
 have found it. 
 
 The first one who saw it, takes his turn to 
 hide it. 
 
 FAN BALL. 
 
 Make two balls, one red and one blue, out 
 of paper thus — 
 
 No.I 
 
 NoJl 
 
 No.3 
 
 Slip No. I in No. 2, and No. 3 fits over and 
 bisects the other two. 
 
 Appoint two leaders who choose their teams ; 
 each team takes a ball and a palm leaf fan. 
 
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 GOALS — Three chairs, one at each end of 
 the room and one in the center, at equal dis- 
 tance from others. 
 
 Two play at a time, one player from each 
 side. The player stands in front of his goal 
 and at the word "ready," fans his ball to the 
 opposite goal. It must go through the back 
 of the chair in the middle of the room, and 
 through the opposite goal, in order to win. 
 When all have finished playing, the team which 
 has the most successful players in it, wins the 
 game. 
 
 SPOOL FLOWER HUNT. 
 
 Gather together as many spools as possible, 
 marking each with a separate letter, which, 
 when put together, will form the name of some 
 flower, such as: rose, violet, daisy, pansy, etc. 
 Stand all the spools in a row, those forming 
 names standing together. 
 
 One child, the gardener, gathers up all the 
 spools and hides them in all the corners and 
 out-of-the-way places in the room, only one 
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 spool being in each place. When all are hid- 
 den, the children are summoned in to hunt for 
 the flowers. 
 
 The object is to find such spools as form a 
 name. As the spools are found, the children 
 see if the letters on them spell a flower. 
 
 When the hunt is over, the one having the 
 most complete sets of flowers is the winner. 
 
 MARBLE CONTEST. 
 
 Cut five holes of different sizes in the lid of 
 a pasteboard box. Number the largest hole 
 5; the next largest 10; the next, 20; the next, 
 50; and the smallest, 100. 
 
 Place the box on the floor and give each 
 child an equal number of marbles. The ob- 
 ject of the game is to see which child can count 
 the most by dropping the marbles into the 
 box through the holes. 
 
 Each player in turn stands over the box, 
 holds his arm out straight, even with the 
 shoulder, and drops the marbles one by one 
 into the box. If one goes through the larg- 
 
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 est hole it counts 5, if through the smallest, 
 100, and so on, count being kept for each 
 player. The one scoring the greatest nutnber 
 of points is the winner. 
 
 PASSING BY. 
 
 An amusement for children on a train, or 
 at home when it is raining, is the following, 
 and it will help to while away the time. 
 
 If there are several children, choose sides 
 and appoint one to keep the count for his side. 
 Each side sits by a different window and 
 watches the passers-by. Every man counts 
 i; every women 2; baby 3; animal 5; white 
 horse 10; black cat 50. 
 
 As a child sees someone passing, he calls 
 out the number for his side; if a woman, he. 
 says 2; if a man and woman together, it will 
 be 3, and so on. 
 
 If the children are looking upon the same 
 street the side that calls its number out first 
 adds it to its score. It is more exciting if the 
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 different sides have different streets to look 
 ,out on. 
 
 If on a train, one side sits on the right and 
 the other on the left, and when an object is 
 seen, they call out right, 5; or left, as the case 
 may be, for the mother, or older person to 
 put down on the score card. 
 
 The side which succeeds in reaching 100 
 first is the winning side. If the trip is long, 
 500 can be the limit. 
 
 THE SERPENT'S TAIL. 
 
 This is a Japanese game, and is played this 
 way. All the children form a line, each resting 
 his hands on the shoulders of the player in 
 front of him. One child is chosen out, and is 
 called the "catcher." The first child of the 
 line, or "serpent," is called the "head," and the 
 last one, the "tail." 
 
 The "catcher" stands about three feet from 
 the "head" and when someone gives a signal 
 he tries to catch the "tail" without pushing 
 anyone, or breaking through the line. 
 
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 The children forming the "body" defend the 
 "tail," by moving about in any way they 
 choose, but the line must never be broken, as 
 the "tail" is considered caught if it is. 
 
 When the "tail" is caught, the "catcher" 
 becomes "head," and the "tail" is then "catch- 
 er," the last child in the line being "tail," and 
 the game goes on as before. 
 
 LITTLE BO-PEEP. 
 
 Dress the little girl in whose honor the party 
 is given as little Bo-peep, with a little crook. 
 
 Hide small toy sheep all over the room in 
 every nook and corner. As each child comes, 
 give her a little stick fixed up like a crook, and 
 tell the children to find the sheep. 
 
 After the hunt is over, award the child who 
 found the most sheep some little prize. Each 
 may keep the sheep she finds. 
 
 If the party is in honor of a little boy, change 
 it to "Little Boy Blue," and have horns in- 
 stead of crooks. 
 
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 SPOOL ARMIES. 
 
 Children may derive a lot of fun from a large 
 supply of empty spools of all shapes and sizes. 
 Pieces of cotton batting stuck in the opening 
 at the top may serve as heads. 
 
 For the "army" gather together as many 
 spools of the same size as you can, number- 
 ing each one. Choose a large spool for the 
 general. 
 
 Arrange them in rows with the general at 
 the head of a chair or box. A small ball, or 
 pieces of muslin knotted into small balls, will 
 serve as ammunition. When the battle be- 
 gins, each child aims at the general, endeavor- 
 ing to knock him over, and as many others 
 as he can. The score is counted after each 
 attack. If a spool has fallen over, but not 
 off the chair, it counts but half its number; 
 if on the floor, it is "dead," and the whole 
 number is counted. 
 
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 SPINNING FOR zo. 
 
 On a board or piece of cardboard, mark with 
 pencil or ink, the design illustrated, the size 
 of the circles varying with the size of the 
 board. 
 
 A top may be made out of an empty spool 
 by taking one end of it and sticking a piece 
 of wood, pointed at one end about an inch 
 long, through it. Each spool makes two tops 
 
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 which are spun with the thumb and forefin- 
 ger. A penny may be used to spin, in fact 
 any small thing that spins will do for a top. 
 
 Number the circles as in the diagram. Place 
 the top on the dot in the center of circle 20 
 and spin it. The number of the circle the top 
 stops on, is the number scored. If on a line 
 it counts for the circle next it. If outside 
 the line of circle 5 it counts nothing. 
 
 Any number can play and any number, such 
 as 100 or more, may be the score. 
 
 SHOE HUNT. 
 
 Shoes, four inches long, are cut out of card- 
 board, from patterns found in catalogues. The 
 pairs are mixed and hidden all over the room, 
 high and low, behind pictures, under mats, etc. 
 
 The girl or boy finding the greatest number 
 of shoes that prove to be pairs receives a 
 prize. 
 
 To add to the merriment, several pairs of 
 real sho«s may be hidden, too, and the chil- 
 dren will enjoy hunting for the mates. 
 
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 HOP-OVER. 
 
 Fun for the children is in store when they 
 play this game. All stand in a circle, not too 
 near each other. One player stands in the 
 center, holding a rope, or stout cord, at the 
 end of which is attached a weight of some 
 kind. 
 
 At the word "ready" the one in the center 
 whirls the cord rapidly around near the floor. 
 The players, to prevent it from touching their 
 feet, hop over it as it approaches them. 
 
 In a short time every one is hopping and a 
 lively time ensues. The one whose feet were 
 touched takes the center place and endeavors 
 to hit some other player's feet. 
 
 BOUQUET. 
 
 This is played similarly to "Stage-coach." 
 Any number of children can play it. One is 
 chosen out and is called the "gardener." 
 
 All the children sit in a circle and the "gar- 
 dener" gives each one in turn the name of 
 
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 some flower. When all are named the "gar- 
 dener" stands in the center of the circle and 
 tells how he has gone to the woods to gather 
 certain flowers, how he has transplanted them 
 to form a lovely garden, the care he has to take 
 of them, and so on, telling quite a long story 
 and bringing in the names of all the flowers 
 he has given to the children. 
 
 As a flower is mentioned, the child who has 
 that name rises, turns around, and sits down 
 again. Anyone who fails to rise when his 
 flower is named must pay a forfeit. When the 
 gardener says something about a bouquet, all 
 the children rise and exchange seats. Then 
 the "gardener" tries to get a seat, and if he 
 succeeds, the person who has no seat becomes 
 the "gardener" and the game goes on as be- 
 fore. 
 
 MAKING SQUARES. 
 
 Mcike a square or rectangle of dots, as shown 
 on page 26. 
 
 Provide the children with pencils. Each one 
 
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 makes a line joining two dots but tries to pre" 
 vent the others from making a square. 
 
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 For a while it is easy, but soon the number 
 of dots is scarce, and it requires careful mark- 
 ing to prevent the squares from being formed. 
 Finally all the chances are gone and the next 
 player completes a square, as a reward he is 
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 given another chance, thus completing several, 
 then he joins two dots and the next player con- 
 tinues. 
 
 Each one places his initial in his completed 
 square, so the score is easily counted. The 
 one who has succeeded in making the most 
 squares is the winner. 
 
 SIMPLE SIMON'S SILLY SMILE. 
 
 All the players sit in a circle and one who 
 is bright and witty is chosen as leader. He 
 stands in the center of the circle and asks the 
 most ridiculous questions he can think of. 
 
 The players when asked any question, must 
 always answer "Simple Simon's silly smile." 
 No other answer will do and whoever laughs 
 or fails to say it correctly, must pay a forfeit. 
 
 TEA-POT. 
 
 One player leaves the room, and while he 
 is gone the rest decide upon some word which 
 has several meanings, which he must guess 
 when he comes in. 
 
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 The rest of the players converse about the 
 word, but instead of mentioning it, say "Tea- 
 pot" in its place. Suppose the word chosen 
 is "vain." No. i may say: "She is altogether 
 too tea-pot for me." (vain) No. 2 says : "The 
 tea-pot pointed North yesterday." (vane) No. 
 3: "The tea-pot is blue." (vein), and so on, 
 each in turn making some remark about the 
 chosen word until the player has guessed it 
 correctly. The person who gave thie broad- 
 est hint about the hidden word must leave the 
 room next. 
 
 BLIND MAN'S BUFF. 
 
 It is hardly necessary to describe this game 
 as almost everybody knows how to play it. 
 There may be some who do not know, how- 
 ever, so it is included here. 
 
 Clear the room as much as possible, push- 
 ing all the chairs, tables, etc., against the walls. 
 The child chosen as "Buff" is blindfolded, and 
 is asked the following question by the other 
 children. "How many horses has your fs^^ 
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 ther got?" He answers "Three." "What 
 color are they?" "Black, white, and gray," is 
 answered. Everyone calls out "Turn around 
 three times and catch whom you may." 
 
 "Buff" turns around, and then tries to catch 
 whoever he can. The children try to escape 
 him by dodging him until finally one is caught, 
 and before the handkerchief is raised, "Buff" 
 must guess whom he has caught. If he 
 guesses correctly, the one caught becomes 
 "Buff." 
 
 CAT AND MOUSE. 
 
 The children sit in two rows facing each 
 other, with a space between. Blindfold two 
 children, one being the "cat" and the other 
 the "mouse." 
 
 The "cat" stands at one end of the row and 
 the "mouse" at the other. They start in op- 
 posite directions and the "cat" tries to catch 
 the "mouse." The children may give hints 
 as to the direction the players are to go in. 
 
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 When the "mouse" is caught, he becomes 
 "cat," and another child is chosen as "mouse." 
 
 MUSICAL CHAIRS. 
 
 Musical Chairs, or Going to Jerusalem, is 
 a favorite game of the children. Someone 
 who plays the piano well starts up a lively 
 tune and the children march around a row of 
 chairs which have been arranged facing al- 
 ternately in opposite directions. There should 
 be one less chair than the number of players. 
 
 When the music stops, each child tries to 
 find a seat. Someone will be left out, as there 
 is one chair short. This one takes another 
 thair from the row and the game continues 
 until there is one child left with no chair. Tijis 
 one has won the game. 
 
 BUTTON, BUTTON. 
 
 All the children sit in a circle with hands 
 placed palm to palm in their laps. One child 
 is given a button and she goes to each in turn, 
 
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 slipping her hands between the palms of the 
 children. As she goes around the circle she 
 drops the button into some child's hands, but 
 continues going around as long after as she 
 pleases, so the rest will not know who has it. 
 
 Then she stands in the middle of the circle 
 and says: "Button, button, who has the but- 
 ton?" All the children guess who has it, the 
 one calling out the correct name first is out 
 and it is his turn to go around with the but- 
 ton. 
 
 STATUES. 
 
 Arrange all the children except one on 
 chairs or a bench. This one is the leader and 
 she stands on the floor in front of the chil- 
 dren. Beginning at one end of the row, she 
 pulls each child from the bench, letting her 
 remain in whatever position she falls. Some- 
 times she can tell them how to pose, for in- 
 stance, she will say "Like an angel," and that 
 child will fold her hands and look upward. 
 Another might be "cross school-teacher," and 
 
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 this child may pretend to be scolding some- 
 one. Each child remains perfectly still, posed 
 in the attitude suggested, until all the chil- 
 dren are on the floor. Then the leader se- 
 lects the one she thinks has posed the best 
 and that one takes the leader's place and the 
 game goes on as before. 
 
 OUR COOK DOESN'T LIKE PEAS. 
 
 AU the players except one sit in a row. This 
 one sits in front of them and says to each one 
 in turn: "Our cook doesn't like P's; what 
 can you give her instead?" 
 
 The first one may answer "sugar" and that 
 will suit her, but the next one might say "Po- 
 tatoes," and that will not do, and he will have 
 to pay a forfeit because the letter "P" comes 
 in that word. 
 
 There is a catch to this as everyone thinks 
 that the vegetable "Peas" is meant instead 
 of the letter. Even after everybody has dis- 
 covered the trick it will be difficult to think 
 of words, and if a player fails to answer be- 
 
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 fore 5 is counted, a forfeit must be paid. "My 
 grandma doesn't like tea (T)" is played in 
 the same way. 
 
 HOLD FAST, LET GO. 
 
 A simple game for small children is the fol- 
 lowing. Each child takes hold of a small sheet 
 or tablecloth, the leader holding it with his 
 left hand, while he pretends to write with his 
 right hand. 
 
 The leader says: "When I say 'Hold fast,' 
 let go ; and when I say 'let go,' hold fast." He 
 calls out the commands one at a time and 
 the rest do just the opposite of what he says. 
 Whoever fails must pay a forfeit. 
 
 SIMON SAYS. 
 
 One child is selected to be Simon. The rest 
 of the children sit around in a circle. Simon 
 stands in the middle and gives all sorts of or- 
 ders for the children to follow. Every order 
 which begins with "Simon says" must be 
 
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 obeyed, whether Simon performs it or not, but 
 if Simon should give some order, such as 
 "Thumbs down," whether he puts his thumbs 
 down or not, it must not be obeyed by the 
 others because it was not preceded by "Si- 
 mon says." 
 
 All sorts of orders such as "Thumbs up," 
 "Thumbs down," "Thumbs wiggle-waggle," 
 "Thumbs pull left ear," etc., are given. The 
 faster the orders are given, the more confus- 
 ing it is. A forfeit must be paid by those who 
 fail to obey the orders. 
 
 OLD SOLDIER. ^ 
 
 One child, who represents the old soldier, 
 goes around to each child in turn and begs 
 for something, saying that he is poor, hungry, 
 blind, etc., and asks what they will do for him. 
 
 In answering the old soldier no one must 
 use the words, "Yes," "No," "Black," or 
 "White." As soon as a child is asked, he must 
 answer immediately. If he does not, or says 
 any of the forbidden words, he must pay a for- 
 feit. 
 
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 HIDE AND SEEK. 
 
 One child is chosen out. This one stands 
 by a post or in a corner which is called "base," 
 and hides his eyes. The children decide among 
 themselves how much he shall count while 
 they are hiding. Suppose they choose loo, 
 then he counts 5, 10, 15, 20, etc., until he 
 reaches 100, and then he calls out : 
 
 "Ready or not. 
 You shall be caught." 
 
 Each child having hidden in some place 
 while he was counting, remains perfectly still 
 while he is hunting for them. If he passes by 
 some child without finding him, that one can 
 run to the "base" and say "One, two, three, 
 I'm in free!" As many children as can try to 
 get in "free," but if the one who is out tags 
 any of them before they reach "base," the 
 first one tagged is the next to hide his eyes. 
 
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 HANG-MAN. 
 
 Two children may derive a great deal of 
 amusement from this simple pastime. At the 
 top of a piece of paper write all the letters of 
 the alphabet. Underneath, the child who has 
 thought of a word or short sentence puts a 
 dash down for every letter contained in the 
 word thought of. 
 
 Suppose the words thought of were "Game- 
 book," it would be written thus: 
 
 The other player asks if the word contains 
 "a," and the other puts it in its proper place, 
 crossing the letter off of the alphabet above. 
 The other guesses different letters at random, 
 every right one being put in its place, while 
 for every wrong one a line is drawn to help 
 construct a gallows for the "faang-man." If 
 there are many wrong guesses, the "hang- 
 man" may be completed and then the word is 
 told the other player. The players take turns 
 in giving out and guessing the words. 
 
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 The gallows is made thus for every wrong 
 guess. 
 
 A A A A A A 
 
 J A 
 
 W" 
 
 BIRD, BEAST, OR FISH. 
 
 A simple little game for amusing two chil- 
 dren is the following. Write on the top of 
 a slate or paper the words "Bird, beast, and 
 fish." 
 
 One child thinks of the name of some ani- 
 mal and puts down the first and last letters of 
 the word, marking dashes for the other let- 
 ters. His companion thinks over all the names 
 
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 of animals he knows containing that number 
 of letters, until finally he has guessed what 
 it is or else has given up. If he guesses cor- 
 rectly it is his turn to give either a bird, beast, 
 or fish. 
 
 PETER PIPER. 
 
 This is an amusing game for children. A 
 blackboard is needed upon which the verse, 
 "Peter Piper," etc., is illustrated or written so 
 that the words are mixed up and it will be 
 difficult to point out. Some older person will 
 be needed to superintend the game. 
 
 One child is given a pointer and as the others 
 sing, to any familiar tune (Yankee Doodle, for 
 instance) : 
 
 "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 
 Now if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled 
 
 peppers, 
 Where is that peck of pickled peppers, 
 Peter Piper picked?" 
 
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 she must point out each word or drawing as 
 quickly as it is sung. 
 
 If a mistake is made in pointing, the child 
 takes her place with the rest and another child 
 is out. Each one is given a turn. 
 
 It is an achievement, if done successfully, 
 and some suitable gift should be given as a 
 prize. 
 
 LOOK OUT FOR THE BEAR! 
 
 Any number of children can play this game. 
 One is chosen to be the "bear," and he hides 
 in some part of the room or garden, while the 
 jest, with their backs turned, are standing at 
 their goal. 
 
 As soon £s the children have counted 50 or 
 100, they all scatter and hunt for the "bear." 
 The child who finds him first calls out, "Look 
 out for the bear," and all the children run to 
 their goal. 
 
 If the bear catches any while running for 
 the goal, they become "bears." These "bears" 
 hide together and the game continues imtil all 
 the children are "bears." 
 
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 HOOP RACE. 
 
 All children love to roll hoops. For a lit- 
 tle folks party, plan to have as many hoops 
 as children, so each can have one. 
 
 Bind these around with tape or ribbon. The 
 children contest one at a time. The child who 
 succeeds in rolling his hoop around the room 
 three times without having it turn over or 
 stop, wins the prize. 
 
 If the room is very large once or twice 
 around will be enough, so the children aren't 
 tired out. 
 
 BUTTON FUN. 
 
 An amusement for small children^ is to 
 gather together as many buttons of all shapes 
 and sizes, plain and fancy, as can be obtained. 
 
 The largest button is the father, the next 
 size is the mother, several children arranged 
 according to size, and a tiny one for the baby. 
 
 Plain buttons are called servants, others 
 animals and pets. The children arrange their 
 
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 families in pasteboard boxes, using pasteboard 
 cards for chairs, carriages, etc. All children 
 like to play "house," and a whole afternoon 
 can be whiled away making stores out of 
 cards, to do shopping in, and boats for the but- 
 ton-children to play in. "School" also can be 
 played and the boys enjoy forming rows of 
 soldiers and parading up and down. 
 
 STEPS. 
 
 One child is chosen out. This one stands 
 by a post or door with his back to the other 
 players. The rest of the children stand in a 
 row at the other end of the room or porch, as 
 the case may be. 
 
 The one by the door counts s, slowly or 
 quickly, and then turns around. While he is 
 counting and his back is turned, the others 
 take as many steps forward as they can with- 
 out being caught. If anyone is moving when 
 the player turns around, they exchange places, 
 and' the game continues, the children advanc- 
 ing step by step toward the goal. When one 
 
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 has reached the goal and touched it, he can 
 go back again and begin all over. The one 
 who touches the goal the greatest number of 
 times just by stepping, and has not been 
 caught, wins the game. 
 
 HE CAN DO LITTLE. 
 
 All the players sit in a circle. One, know- 
 ing the catch, begins by saying: "Ahem, he 
 can do little who cannot do this." While say- 
 ing this, he taps a stick on the floor several 
 times. 
 
 This stick passes from one to the other in 
 turn, each one thinking that the stick must 
 be tapped a certain number of times, but the 
 catch is that just before saying "He can do 
 little who cannot do this," each one ought 
 to clear his throat as the leader did at flrst. 
 Allow the game to continue around the circle 
 two or three times before explaining the catch. 
 A forfeit is paid by each player who does 
 not do it correctly. 
 
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 WINK. 
 
 AH the girls sit in a circle, and the boys stand 
 outside, one boy behind each girl's chair. One 
 chair is left vacant, but a boy stands behind 
 it, and by winking at the girls one at a time, 
 tries to get one for his empty chair. 
 
 As soon as a girl is winked at, she tries to 
 leave her seat, and take the vacant one, but 
 if the boy behind her touches her before she 
 leaves the seat, she cannot go. Each boy has 
 to keep his eye on the one who is winking and 
 on the girl in his chair, for if he is not watch- 
 ing, she may escape before he has time to 
 touch her, and then it is his turn to do the 
 %fvinking and get a girl for his chair. 
 
 If the winking is done quickly it adds to the 
 interest of the game. No boy can keep hold 
 of a girl all the time ; he must only touch her 
 when she starts to leave her place, and then 
 if she is beyond arm's length, he cannot call 
 her back. 
 
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 DOUBLE TAG. 
 
 The children stand in pairs, one behind the 
 other, in the form of a circle, all facing the 
 center. 
 
 Two of them are out, one who runs away, 
 and the other who tries to catch him. The 
 one who is running away may place himself 
 in front of any couple for safety and he can- 
 not be tagged, but the child at the end of the 
 trio must run, and if he is caught before he 
 can stand in front of another couple, he is the 
 catcher and pursues the other child. 
 
 PUSS IN THE CORNER. 
 
 All the children except one stand in corners, 
 or in any fixed stations if there are not enough 
 corners to go around. The one who is out 
 stands in the middle to represent "Puss." The 
 players then beckon to each other one at a 
 time saying, "Here, puss, puss," and run and 
 change places with the one who is calle4. 
 
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 Puss tries to get one of the vacant places. 
 If she succeeds, the child who is left out is 
 "Puss," until she manages to obtain a place. 
 
 I HAVE A BASKET. 
 
 One child begins by saying: "I have a 
 basket." The one to his left says: "What is 
 in it?" The first one replies with the name 
 of some article beginning with "a," as "ap- 
 ples." 
 
 No. 2 says : "I have a basket," and the next 
 one to him says: "What is in it?" No. 2 re- 
 plies: "Apples and bananas," (or some other 
 word beginning with "b"). 
 
 No. 3 says : "I have a basket." No.- 4 asks 
 the same question as before and No. 3 responds 
 with "Apples, bananas, and cats," and so on, 
 each in turn repeating what the others have 
 said, and adding another article, which com- 
 mences with the next letter of the alphabet. 
 Whoever forgets what the other articles were 
 must pay a forfeit. Thus it continues until 
 
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 the last one has named all the articles in or- 
 der, and ended with "z." 
 
 STILL POND, NO MORE MOVING. 
 
 All the children form a circle, joining hands. 
 One is blindfolded, given a cane, and standa 
 in the middle of the circle. 
 
 The children march around her, going fast 
 or slowly until she taps on. the floor three 
 times with the cane and says: "Still pond, no 
 more moving." The children drop hands, and 
 remain perfectly still, right where they are. 
 
 The one in the middle feels her way toward 
 the children, holding the cane in front of her. 
 The first child who is touched with the cane 
 must take hold of it. The blindfolded one 
 says, "Grunt like a pig," and the one holding 
 the cane must grunt, disguising her voice if 
 possible. If the blindfolded one guesses who 
 she is, they exchange places, and the game 
 goes on as before, but if she fails, she has an- 
 other turn and may tell the player to "Bark 
 like a dog" or "Mew like a cat" until she 
 guesses the right one. 
 
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 RING ON A STRING. 
 
 Slip a ring on a long piece of string hav- 
 ing the ends knotted together. The players 
 stand in a circle and the string passes through 
 their closed hands. Each makes the motions 
 of passing something. 
 
 The ring circulates from one to another, 
 while a player in the middle tries to find it. 
 As soon as the ring is found, the person in 
 whose hands it was takes his place, and the 
 ring is passed as before. 
 
 HUNT THE SLIPPER. 
 
 All the children except one sit on the floor 
 in a circle, with their knees raised. The one 
 left out brings a slipper, and handing it to one 
 child says: 
 
 "Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe. 
 Get it done by quarter-past two." 
 
 He walks to the other side of the room and 
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 in a minute comes back and asks if the shoe 
 is done. In the meantime the slipper is be- 
 ing passed from one to the other, under their 
 knees. 
 
 The child who is asked if the slipper is done 
 says she thinks her neighbor has it, the neigh- 
 bor is asked and receiving the same answer 
 the one hunting it goes from one to the other 
 until the slipper is found. If it takes too long 
 for him to find it, the slipper may be tossed 
 across the circle, so it will be easy to follow 
 it up. 
 
 WHAT IS MY THOUGHT LIKE? 
 
 All the children except one sit in a circle. 
 This one thinks of something and, standing 
 in the middle of the circle, asks each one in 
 turn: "What is my thought like?" 
 
 Each one names some object, and when all 
 have been asked, the leader announces what 
 her thought was and each in turn must prove 
 the resemblance between his answer and the 
 thought. Whoever fails must pay a forfeit. 
 
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 Suppose the thought is a stove, and No. i 
 says: "Like the sun." No. 2, "Like silver," 
 then the second time around No. i can say: 
 "A stove is like the sun because they both 
 give heat;" No. 2 can say: "A stove is like 
 silver because they both shine when well pol- 
 ished," and so on. 
 
 ORANGES AND LEMONS. 
 
 The two tallest children, one named "Or- 
 ange," the other "Lemon," join hands and 
 form an arch for the other children to pass un- 
 der. The children, holding on to each other's 
 dresses, march in single hie and sing: 
 
 "'Oranges and lemons,' say the bells of St. 
 Clement's, 
 
 'Brickbats and tiles,' say the bells of St. Giles, 
 
 'You owe me five farthing,' say the bells of St. 
 Martin's, 
 
 'When will you pay me?' say the bells of old. 
 Bailey, 
 
 'When I grow rich,' say the bells of Shore- 
 ditch, 
 
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 'When will that be?' say the bells of Stepney, 
 'I do not know,' says the great bell of Bow. 
 Here conies a candle to light you to bed. 
 And here comes a chopper to chop off your 
 head." 
 
 When the last line is sung the child who is 
 under their arms is caught and asked in a 
 whisper if he will be an orange or lemon. He 
 answers, and joins whichever side he chose, 
 holding the other around the waist. The 
 game continues until all are caught, and then 
 there is a tug-of-war between the oranges and 
 lemons. 
 
 RED-HOT POTATO. 
 
 The "potato" in this game is a knotted hand- 
 kerchief. One player is chosen for the center, 
 and the others sit around in a circle. The one 
 in the center throws the "potato" to anyone 
 in the circle. This one must throw it to an- 
 other player and so on, tossing it from one 
 to another, and never allowing it to rest, 
 
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 The player in the center tries to catch it. 
 If he succeeds, the one who last tossed it ex- 
 changes places with him, and the game goes 
 on as before. 
 
 JUDGE AND JURY. 
 
 Arrange the children in two rows, facing 
 each other. The judge sits at one end in the 
 aisle. He asks one of the jury a question (any- 
 thing he happens to think of). The one who 
 is questioned must not answer, but the child 
 sitting opposite him must reply for him, be- 
 ing careful not to use any of the following 
 words in his answer. Yes, no, black, or white. 
 Some answer must be given, whether it be sen- 
 sible, or not. 
 
 Whoever fails to answer before the judge 
 counts lo, or answers out of turn, or uses any 
 of the forbidden words must either pay a for- 
 feit or become the judge. 
 
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 :|1EUBEN AND RACHEL. 
 
 Blindfold one of the players. All the rest 
 form a ring and dance around him until he 
 points at some one. That one enters the ring 
 and the blindman calls out: "Rachel;" she 
 answers: "Here, Reuben," and moves about 
 in the circle so as to escape being caught by 
 "Reuben." 
 
 Every time the blindman calls out "Rachel," 
 she must reply with "Reuben" and thus it goes 
 until finally "Rachel" is caught. "Reuben" 
 must guess who she is, and if he guesses cor- 
 rectly, "Rachel" is blindfolded and the game 
 goes on as before. If not, the same child is 
 "Reuben" again. 
 
 FROG IN THE MIDDLE. 
 
 The children form a ring. One, the frog, 
 is chosen out, and he stands in the middle of 
 the circle. 
 
 The children, holding hands, dance around 
 
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 him, saying: "Frog in the middle, jump in, 
 jump out, take a stick and poke him out." As 
 the last line is sung, the frog takes one child 
 by the hands and pulls him to the center, ex- 
 changing places with him. The children con- 
 tinue dancing around and singing while the 
 frogs jump thick and fast. The game con- 
 tinues until all have been frogs or are tired 
 out. 
 
 HORSEMEN. 
 
 This is a rough-and-tumble game for the 
 boys, and must be played either outside, or in 
 a large bare room. 
 
 Sides are chosen, the big boys taking the 
 small boys on their back, carrying them "pick- 
 a-back." The one carrying the boy is called 
 the horse, and the other the rider. The sides 
 stand opposite each other and when a signal 
 is given, they rush toward each other, the 
 horses trying to knock down the opposing 
 horses, and the riders trying to dismount each 
 other. 
 
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 The game continues until a single horse 
 and rider remain, and the side to which they 
 belong wins the game 
 
 MY HOUSE, YOUR HOUSE. 
 
 Attach a string to the end of a small stick. 
 At the end of the string make a loop that will 
 slip very easily. On a table make a circle 
 with chalk. 
 
 The leader, or fisherman, arranges the loop 
 around the circle and holds the stick in his 
 hand. Whenever he says : "My house," each 
 player must put his first finger inside the 
 circle, and leave it there. When "Your house" 
 is said, the fingers must be withdrawn. 
 
 The commands must be given very quickly, 
 and the fisherman must be quick to jerk his 
 rod, thus catching several fingers. 
 
 A forfeit should be paid by everyone who 
 is caught, and the fisherman can exchange 
 places if he wishes. 
 
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 MALAGA GRAPES. 
 
 All the players sit in a circle and one who 
 knows the trick takes a small cane in his right 
 hand ; then, taking it in his left hand, he passes 
 it to his neighbor, , saying: "Malaga grapes 
 are very good grapes; the best to be had in 
 the market." He tells his neighbor to do the 
 same. 
 
 Thus the cane passes from one to the other, 
 each one telling about the grapes; but if any 
 should pass the stick with the right hand, a 
 forfeit must be paid. The trick must not be 
 told until it has gone around the circle once 
 or twice. 
 
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 PART II. 
 SPOON PICTURES. 
 
 IT will be necessary for two of the players 
 to know how to play the game. One 
 is sent out of the room, and the other 
 remains inside to take a pi6ture of one of the 
 guests. This is done by holding up a spoon 
 or some polished surface to a player's face. 
 
 When the picture is taken, the one outside 
 is called in, given the spoon, told to look at 
 it, and guess whose picture it is. In a short 
 time she has guessed correctly, to the amaze- 
 ment of the guests. She leaves the room 
 again, while another picture is taken, is called 
 in, and guesses that, and so on. 
 
 If any guest thinks he can do it, he may have 
 a trial, but he may fail. Finally it is discov- 
 ered that the one who remained inside and 
 took the pictures sits in exactly the same po- 
 sition as the person whose picture was taken. 
 If his feet were crossed and his hands folded, 
 
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 the leader will take that position. If another 
 person is in that position, the one who guesses 
 waits until one makes a change, and thus the 
 name may be guessed. 
 
 BOOTS, WITHOUT SHOES. 
 
 All the players are sent out of the room. 
 The leader remains inside and calls one player 
 in. They both sit down together and the 
 leader says : "Say just what I say. Say boots, 
 without shoes." (With a short pause after 
 boots.) The victim may repeat the whole 
 sentence and the leader says, "No, I want you 
 to say boots, without shoes," and thus it may 
 go on until the leader has given the simple 
 statement in all sorts of tones and expressions, 
 and finally, the player realizes that when told 
 to say "Boots, without shoes," she must sim- 
 ply say "Boots." 
 
 Each player in turn is called in and put 
 through the ordeal, affording much amuse- 
 ment for those already in the room, until all 
 have guessed it and laughed over it. 
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 PROVERBS. 
 
 Any number of persons may play this game. 
 One is sent out of the room while the rest 
 choose some proverb. Then he is called in and 
 asks each player in turn a question. In the 
 answer, no matter what the question is, one 
 word of the proverb must be given. 
 
 Suppose the proverb "Make hay while the 
 sun shines" is taken, then player No. i would 
 have "Make"; No. 2, "hay"; No. 3, "while"; 
 No. 4, "the"; No. 5, "sun"; No. 6, "shines"; 
 No. 7, "make" ; etc., giving each player a word, 
 often repeating the proverb several times. 
 
 The answers to the questions must be given 
 quickly, and no special word emphasized. 
 Often the one guessing will have to go around 
 several times before he can discover any word 
 which will reveal the proverb. The one whose 
 answer gave the clue must leave the room 
 next, and it becomes his turn to guess. 
 
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 ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, OR MINERAL. 
 
 When the party is large, this game affords 
 much amusement. One player is sent out 
 of the room. While he is gone the players de- 
 cide upon some object which he is to guess. 
 He is then called in, and asks each one a ques- 
 tion. 
 
 The answers to the questions must be either 
 "Yes" or "No," and a forfeit must be paid if 
 any other answer is given. 
 
 Suppose the object chosen is a piece of coal 
 in the fireplace. The player will begin by 
 finding out whether the object chosen is o£ 
 the animal, vegetable, or mineral kingdom; 
 thus the following questions may be asked : "Is 
 it a mineral?" "Yes." "Is it hard?" "Yes." 
 "Is it very valuable?" "No." "Is it bright and 
 shiny?" "Yes." "Is it gold?" "No." "Silver?" 
 "No." "Is it in this room?" "Yes." "Is it 
 black?" "Yes." "Is it a piece of coal?" Yes." 
 
 The correct object being guessed, another 
 player is sent out and the game continues. 
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 WHAT TIME IS IT? 
 
 It requires two players who understand this 
 ga^e, a leader and his accomplice. The ac- 
 complice leaves the room, while the leader and 
 the rest remain inside. The leader asks the 
 players what hour they will choose for the 
 accomplice to guess. One will say: "Four 
 o'clock." The assistant is called in and he 
 questions the leader, saying: "Well, what 
 time is it?" The leader answers thus : "Don't 
 you know?" ; next, "Doubtless, dancing time." 
 The assistant immediately answers "Four 
 o'clock," to the amazement of the company. 
 
 The key is that each hour, from i to 12 
 o'clock has been named according to the let- 
 ters of the alphabet in rotation, from A to K. 
 The leader, in answering, must be very care- 
 ful to begin each answer with the letter in- 
 dicating the chosen hour; thus in the above 
 the assistant noticed that each answer began 
 with "d," and "d" being the fourth letter, four 
 o'clock was the time chosen. Only the ex- 
 
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 act hours must be chosen. As the different 
 players think they understand the game, they 
 may take the assistant's place, and many lu- 
 dicrous mistakes will be the result until the 
 game has been explained to all. 
 
 IT. 
 
 One of the players who does not know the 
 game is sent out of the room. While he is 
 gone, the others are supposed to be thinking 
 of some person whom he is to guess when he 
 comes in, but it is arranged that each one de- 
 scribes his right hand neighbor when asked 
 any questions. It is more amusing if the cir- 
 cle is composed of boys and girls alternating. 
 
 The player is called in, having been told be- 
 forehand that he is to guess what person the 
 company thought of and that that person is 
 "It." 
 
 He begins by asking "Is it in this room?" 
 "Yes." "Is it a boy?" "Yes." "Is his hair 
 long or short?" "Very long," and so on, until 
 the information he has obtained may be the 
 
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 following : "A boy, very long hair, pink waist, 
 blue eyes, has a beard, very stout, about 6 feet 
 tall, about 8 years old." The player, aston- 
 ished at such information, may keep up guess- 
 ing, until, by closely questioning each one, he 
 guesses correctly. If he cannot guess, it is 
 explained to him who "It" is. 
 
 HOW, WHEN, WHERE. 
 
 One of the players leaves the room while 
 the others select some word with two or three 
 meanings, which is to be guessed. Suppose 
 the word "trunk" is thought of. When the 
 player is summoned in he asks each one in 
 turn "How do you like it?" The answers may 
 be "full of clothes," "when the outside is 
 brown," (meaning a tree trunk), "shut up in 
 a cage," (referring to an elephant's trunk). 
 
 The next time around the question is "When 
 do you like it?" and the answers may be, 
 "When I'm going away," "When I'm in the 
 country," "When I visit the Zoo." 
 
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 The last question is "Where do you like it?" 
 and the answers may be "In my room," "In 
 the woods," "On the animal it belongs to." 
 The questioner must try to guess the word 
 from the various answers. If he succeeds, the 
 person whose answer revealed the word must 
 leave the room, but if he fails, he has to guess 
 again. 
 
 BUZ. 
 
 AH the players sit in a circle and begin to 
 count in turn, but whenever seven, or any mul- 
 tiple of seven comes, "Buz" is said in its place. 
 If anyone forgets he may be put out and the 
 game commenced over again, but it is more fun 
 if the players go right on with the counting, 
 as many will fall off when the count is up in 
 the hundreds. The game may be continued 
 as long as is desired. 
 
 Suppose the players have counted up to 
 twenty, the next one would say "Buz," as twen- 
 ty-one is a multiple of seven ; the next, "twen- 
 ty-two," the next "twenty-three," and so on. 
 
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 The one having "twenty-seven" would say 
 "Buz," as it contains seven. When seventy 
 is reached, the numbers are said, "Buz one," 
 "Buz two," etc.; "double Buz," for seventy- 
 seven, and so on. 
 
 "Siz" may be substituted for six and its 
 multiples, and "Fiz" for five, just for variety. 
 
 JENKINS UP! 
 
 Divide the company into two sides. One 
 division sits around the table on one side, the 
 other on the opposite side. The members of 
 division "A" put their hands under the table 
 and a small coin, dime or quarter, is passed 
 from one to the other. 
 
 When division "B" thinks they have had 
 enough time, the players call out, "Jenkins 
 up!" and the players of "A" hold up their 
 closed hands, and when "Jenkins down!" is 
 called, they must place their hands, palm 
 down, on the table. The players of "B" must 
 guess under which palm the coin is. Each 
 player has one guess, those on the opposite 
 
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 side raising their hands when requested to do 
 so. 
 
 If "B" guesses correctly, the coin is passed 
 over to them and "A" must guess who has it, 
 but if not, "A" keeps the coin, and "B" has 
 another trial for guessing. 
 
 Tally may be kept, i being counted for every 
 correct guess, and a certain number, as 50, may 
 be the limit. The side gaining 50 points first 
 is victorious. 
 
 STATE OUTLINES. 
 
 This is a splendid game for the beginning 
 of an evening as the guests mingle together 
 and become acquainted while hunting for their 
 partners. 
 
 The hostess prepares pieces of cardboard on 
 which she has drawn the outline of a state 
 without the name. The state capitals are writ- 
 ten on separate pieces of paper. The cards 
 and slips are handed out haphazard as the 
 guests arrive. 
 
 The object of the game is to find the state 
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 to which the capital belongs or vice versa, as 
 the case may be. 
 
 The one who succeeds in locating his capital 
 first is the winner. 
 
 The hostess can arrange for the length of 
 time. 
 
 PREFIXES. 
 
 One of the players is sent out of the room. 
 The others then decide upon some word which 
 he is to guess when he returns. He is told 
 what the prefix of the word is, and must guess, 
 by asking questions, what the rest of the word 
 is. The players answer his questions by their 
 manner or actions. 
 
 Suppose the word chosen is "encouraged," 
 the answers may be given in a cheerful way. 
 
 The player who is guessing may think of 
 any number of words with the prefix "en," but 
 he must continue asking questions until the 
 right word has been guessed. 
 
 The player who has revealed the word by 
 his or her actions, takes the other's place and 
 
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 leaves the room while the rest are deciding 
 upon some word for hirti to guess. 
 The game continues as before. 
 
 MY FATHER HAD A ROOSTER! 
 
 All the players sit in a circle, the leader be- 
 gins by saying, "My father had a rooster!" 
 The player to his left says: "A what?" 
 The leader answers: "A rooster!" Each 
 player repeats this in turn to his left- 
 hand neighbor who asks the question, until 
 it is the leader's turn again. 
 
 He then repeats the first part and asks the 
 player next to him, "Could he crow?" The 
 player answers, "Crow he could." This is re- 
 peated by each player with the previous ques- 
 tions. The next time the leader says "How 
 could he crow?" The player on the left an- 
 swers "Cock-a-doodle-doo !" This goes around 
 the circle again and when the last one has 
 taken part, all together say "Cock-a-doodle- 
 doo," as a finish. 
 
 No one is supposed to laugh during the whole 
 
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 game, whoever does, may either pay a for- 
 feit or is out of the game. It is best to have 
 a person who knows the game sit next to the 
 leader, so they can start the game correctly. 
 The complete statements are these, 
 
 "My father had a rooster !" 
 
 "A what?" 
 
 "A rooster!" 
 
 "Could he crow?" 
 
 "Crow he could!" 
 
 "How could he crow?" 
 
 "Cock-a-doodle-doo !" 
 
 CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED 
 ANSWERS. 
 
 All sit in a circle for this game. The first 
 one begins by whispering some question to his 
 left hand neighbor, such as "Do you like ap- 
 ples?" The second player must remember the 
 question asked him, and he answers No. i by 
 saying, "Yes, the nice, red, juicy kind." This 
 answer belongs to No. i and he must remem- 
 ber it. No. 2 asks No. 3 a question, being care- 
 
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 ful to remember his answer, as it belongs to 
 him. Suppose he asks, "Are you fond of 
 books?" and the answer is "Yes, I read every 
 one that comes out." Thus No. 2 has a ques- 
 tion and answer that belong to him. 
 
 Every one in turn asks a question and gives 
 an answer, remembering the question he was 
 asked and the answer his neighbor gave him, 
 which belong to him. When all have had a 
 turn, No. i begins by saying aloud: "I was 
 asked: 'Do you like cats?' and the answer 
 was 'Yes, the nice, red juicy kind';" No. 2 
 says: "I was asked, 'Do you like apples?' 
 and the answer was, 'Yes, I read every one 
 that comes out,' " and so on. 
 
 MAGIC WRITING. 
 
 An assistant is necessary for this game. One 
 gives a little talk about sign-language and says 
 that he can read any sign made with a stick 
 on the floor, and will leave the room while the 
 others decide upon some word for him to 
 guess. 
 
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 Beforehand, it has been agreed upon be- 
 tween the leader and his assistant that one 
 tap of the stick on the floor will represent "a" ; 
 two taps, "e"; three taps, "i"; four taps, "o"; 
 five taps, "u." Thus all the vowels are indi- 
 cated by taps, and the consonants, by having 
 the first word of the sentence which the leader 
 gives begin with the chosen letter. The let- 
 ters of the chosen word must be given in or- 
 der. 
 
 The leader, who remains inside, knows the 
 chosen word, and when the assistant is called 
 in, he makes many signs with the stick, tap- 
 ping in the proper places. 
 
 Suppose the word chosen is "Games." When 
 the assistant is called in, the leader begins by 
 making many scrolls, etc., on the floor, then 
 says : "Great fun, isn't it?" (initial letter "g"), 
 then one tap, "a"; "Many don't know what 
 I'm writing." (initial letter "m") ; 2 taps, "e"; 
 "Sometimes it is hard to read." (initial letter 
 "s"). Then a few more marks, so as not to 
 end too abruptly, and the assistant says 
 
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 "Games," to the astonishment of the com- 
 pany. 
 
 This is continued until some have guessed, 
 or until the trick has been explained. 
 
 FAMOUS NUMBERS. 
 
 Provide the players with pencil and paper. 
 Each one writes a number on his slip. The 
 papers are collected, mixed up, and each player 
 draws one. Each in turn must name some- 
 thing or someone suggested by that number. 
 The one who is unable to name anything must 
 pay a forfeit. 
 
 Suppose No. I has 4, he will say : "My num- 
 ber is 4; the Declaration of Independence was 
 signed on the Fourth of July." No. 2, "My 
 number is 13 ; there are thirteen stripes in our 
 flag." No. 3, "My number is 60; there are 
 60 minutes in an hour." 
 
 MAGIC ANSWERS. 
 
 One is sent from the room and the others 
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 decide upon some object which is to be guessed 
 when the player enters. 
 
 The player outside has an accomplice in 
 with the others who asks the question when he 
 returns. It was arranged between them that 
 the object chosen should be named after some 
 four-legged thing. 
 
 Suppose a book is chosen by the players. 
 When summoned in, the accomplice asks : "Is 
 it any one in this room?" "No." Is it a hand- 
 kerchief?" "No." "Is it a picture?" "No." 
 "Is it a dog?" "No." "Is it this book?" 
 "Yes." 
 
 Another arrangement is to have the correct 
 object mentioned after something which is 
 black, such as shoes, ink, etc. 
 
 MODELLING. 
 
 Provide each player with a card and a tooth- 
 pick, also a piece of gum, or paraffine if pre- 
 ferred. 
 
 The hostess announces that when she says 
 "Ready," the gum is to be chewed until she 
 
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 tells them to stop, and then each one is to 
 take the gum, place it upon the card, and with 
 the aid of the toothpick, model either an ani- 
 mal or a flower, keeping his selection a secret, 
 as each one can choose what he wishes to 
 model. The hostess keeps an eye on the time 
 and when time is up, (any length she chooses) 
 all the cards are collected and placed on a table 
 for exhibition. 
 
 There is a curious mixture of cows, cats, 
 dogs, sunflowers, pansies, violets, etc. Vote 
 is taken upon the best model and a prize is 
 awarded the victor. 
 
 SCISSORS CROSSED OR UNCROSSED. 
 
 A simple catch game is as follows. It is 
 best if two of the company know how to play 
 it. One of the two is the leader and the other 
 helps her out. 
 
 The leader hands a closed pair of scissors 
 to her accomplice, who takes it and says: "I 
 received these scissors uncrossed and I give 
 them crossed." (Opening the scissors as she 
 
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 speaks.) She passes them to the player on 
 her right who should say: "I receive these 
 scissors crossed and I give them crossed." (If 
 they are left open; if closed, they are un- 
 crossed.) Those who do not know the game 
 receive the scissors and pass them and say 
 what they think they ought. It may be just 
 what the player before said, but the condition 
 of the scissors may not be the same, and, there- 
 fore, it is not right. 
 
 Thus each one has a turn, and the game 
 continues until some bright player notices that 
 the scissors are called crossed when they are 
 open and uncrossed when they are closed, and 
 that the player who knows the game crossed 
 her feet if the scissors were crossed, and if 
 not, her feet were uncrossed, or resting on 
 the floor as usual. 
 
 Thus the object of the game is to change the 
 words and the position of the feet in accord- 
 ance with the position of the scissors. 
 
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 CAPPING VERSES. 
 
 To while away the time before dinner, or 
 while sitting in the twilight, this is a simple 
 amusement for those who love poetry. 
 
 One begins by giving a line or verse of 
 poetry. The next one continues, but his verse 
 must commence with the last letter of the pre- 
 vious verse, and so on, each one capping the 
 other's verse. 
 
 Suppose No. I quotes: 
 
 "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen 
 And waste its sweetness on the desert air." 
 
 No. 2 continues quoting: 
 
 "Romeo J wherefore art thou Romeo?" 
 
 No. 3: 
 
 "O speak again, bright angel." 
 
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 No. 4: 
 
 "Like summer tempest came her tears, 
 'Sweet, my child, I live for thee.'" 
 
 and so on until the guests tire of it. 
 
 RABBIT. 
 
 The leader, who knows the game, asks each 
 one in turn : "Do you know how to play rab- 
 bit?" When all have answered, he says : "Do 
 just what I do, and I will show you how." 
 
 ist. All stand in a row. 
 
 2d. All kneel down on one knee. 
 
 3d. All place the first finger of the right 
 hand on the floor. 
 
 When all the players are in this position, 
 just as they are losing their balance, the leader, 
 who is at the head of the line, pushes against 
 the player next to him, thus knocking over the 
 whole row. As they fall amid laughter, he 
 calmly announces that that is the way to play 
 rabbit. 
 
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 GHOST. 
 
 Turn down the lights. All the players sit 
 in a circle. The leader has a button which 
 she gives to some player, as in "Button, 
 button, who has the button?" The one 
 who guesses who has the button takes 
 the leader's place while the leader be- 
 comes a ghost and remains outside the 
 circle. She can talk to the players in the 
 circle, but no one except the one in the mid- 
 dle can answer her. Anyone who does, be- 
 comes a ghost with the leader. 
 
 Every effort is made on the part of the 
 ghosts to induce the players to answer. The 
 button keeps going around the inside circle, 
 the one depositing the button becoming a 
 ghost when a correct answer is given and the 
 other one taking his place. 
 
 The game continues until all are ghosts. If 
 there was one who was not enticed, that one 
 wins the game. 
 
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 WHAT AM I? 
 
 One of the players is sent out of the room. 
 The rest decide upon the name of some animal 
 which he is to guess. 
 
 When he returns the players question him 
 in turn, imitating the habits of the animal 
 chosen and asking questions as if he were that 
 animal. 
 
 For instance, the animal chosen is tiger. The 
 questions may be, "Do you scratch?" "Are 
 your claws sharp?" "Do you howl at night?" 
 etc. The player thinking they have named 
 him a cat answers, "Yes," and says, "Am I a 
 cat?" When answered in the negative, the 
 players still question him until he finally 
 guesses tiger. The player whose question be- 
 trayed the name of the chosen animal then 
 takes his place and the game continues as be- 
 fore. 
 
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 NEEDLE THREADING. 
 
 Procure several large jars. Stand these on 
 their sides. Only men can contest for this, 
 as ladies are supposed to be expert needle- 
 threaders. 
 
 Four or five men contest at a time. Each 
 sits on a jar with his feet crossed in front. The 
 leader hands each a needle and thread. Al- 
 low five minutes for the contest. 
 
 The jars, being on their sides, will roll 
 around, and as the contestants have their feet 
 crossed, it is a difficult task to remain still long 
 enough to thread the needle. Those who suc- 
 ceed deserve some sort of prize. 
 
 CONFUSIONS. 
 
 The players are provided with pencil and 
 
 paper. Each player selects the name of some 
 
 animal, fish, or bird, and mixes the letters so 
 
 as to spell other words. For instance, if one 
 
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 chooses elephant, the words might be "pent 
 heal" ; if monkey, "o my ken," while mackerel 
 may be "mere lack." 
 
 Allow five minutes for making the "confu- 
 sion," no letter can be used twice, and words 
 must be formed. Then the hostess rings the 
 bell and each player in turn reads his "con- 
 fusion" to the rest who guess what his chosen 
 word is. Each puzzle is carefully timed. The 
 one whose puzzle takes longest to guess is the 
 winner, therefore, each person must mix the 
 letters as much as possible. 
 
 Sides may be chosen if preferred, the players 
 taking turn alternately, the side which has 
 taken the least time to guess the puzzles is the 
 victorious side. 
 
 VERBAL AUTHORS. 
 
 The players sit in a circle. One is chosen 
 as judge and he keeps tally. Each player in 
 turn, rises, and names some well-known book. 
 The first one to call out the name of the au- 
 thor scores a point. The game continues until 
 
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 the interest ceases or the store of literary 
 knowledge is exhausted. The player having 
 the most points is the winner. 
 
 This game may be played in another way. 
 Instead of calling out the author as the book 
 is named, provide each guest with pencil and 
 paper and announce that as a book is named, 
 each player must write down the author and 
 the name of some character in that book<.-^ 
 
 Examples : 
 
 "The Taming of the Shrew"— 
 
 Wm. Shakespeare — Petruchio. 
 
 "Nicholas Nickleby"— 
 Chas. Dickens — Mr. Squeers. 
 
 "Ivanhoe"— 
 
 Sir Walter Scott — Rebecca. 
 
 PIN DOLL BABIES. 
 
 Any number may play this game. If there 
 are men and women it is more amusing. 
 
 Divide the company into groups of five or 
 
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 six. Each group sits around a table upon 
 which are pins, needles and thread, scissors, 
 for each player but no thimbles, and strips of 
 tissue paper, colored and white. 
 
 The hostess hands each guest a large wooden 
 tlothes-pin which is to be dressed as a doll, 
 ttsing the tissue paper for dresses and hats. 
 
 All begin to work at a given signal and the 
 hostess allows a certain length of time for the 
 dressmaking. There is much merriment, as it 
 is nearly as awkward for the ladies to sew 
 without a thimble as it is for the men to use 
 a needle. 
 
 When the time is up, these doll-babies are 
 arranged in line for inspection. Two judges 
 are appointed to decide upon the best and the 
 worst. Prizes are awarded. 
 
 BUILDING SENTENCES. 
 
 The hostess begins by sa5ring one word and 
 announces that each word of the sentence 
 must begin with the initial letter of the given 
 word. The player to her right gives the sec- 
 
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 ond word, the next player, the third, and so 
 on, until the sentence is complete only when 
 it reaches the hostess. 
 
 Each player must be careful not to give a 
 word which with the others completes the sen- 
 tence, as the hostess is the only one who is 
 supposed to finish it — ^but sometimes it seems 
 as though all the words of that letter have been 
 taken; if this is the case, the player who fin- 
 ished the sentence must pay a forfeit or drop 
 out of the game. 
 
 Suppose there are nine players and num- 
 ber one says "An," number two "Angry," num- 
 ber three "Ape," number four "Ate," num- 
 ber five "Apples"; thus number five is out or 
 pays a forfeit as the sentence is completed and 
 there are still four more to play. Thus the 
 sentence might have been "An angry ape ate 
 attractive, audacious, ancient April apples." 
 
 This sentence is absurd, but the more ridicu- 
 lous, the greater the fun. 
 
 For the second turn the player to the right 
 of the hostess begins, using a word beginning 
 
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 with another letter and so on, until each player 
 has started a sentence. 
 
 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 Select two leaders from the company. Each 
 leader chooses players for his side. The sides 
 stand opposite each other. One leader begins 
 by giving the name of some river, mountain, 
 lake, city or town, state or country, located 
 in any part of the world, that begins with the 
 letter A, the other leader answers back with 
 another geographical name commencing with 
 A. The two leaders continue with the letter 
 A until they can think of no more names, then 
 they commence with B, and so on, until every 
 letter of the alphabet has been used. 
 
 The players on the opposite sides simply 
 help their leader with the names, as soon as 
 one thinks of a name it is passed up to the 
 leader to help him. No place can be named 
 twice. The side that stands up the longest 
 wins. 
 
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 Another way to play this game is as follows. 
 Having chosen the sides as before, one leader 
 begins by naming any place, lake, river, etc., 
 commencing with any letter ; the leader on the 
 other side then follows with a name commenc- 
 ing with the last letter of the previous name; 
 then the player next to the leader on the op- 
 posite side follows with a name commencing 
 with the last letter of that name and so on, 
 each player has a turn as it goes from side to 
 side. Suppose the leader names Washington, 
 the next New York, and so on. Thirty sec- 
 onds is allowed to think of a name, if he fails 
 in that, he must drop out. Any one may be 
 challenged to locate the place which he has 
 named. The side which has kept up the long- 
 est, is the champion. 
 
 WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ? 
 
 Predicaments of the worst kind are thought 
 
 of and written on pieces of paper. These are 
 
 handed among the guests, who write out an 
 
 answer, telling the best way out of the diffi- 
 
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 culty. Each question begins with "What 
 would you do if ?" 
 
 When all have written their answers, the pa- 
 pers are collected in a basket, mixed up, and 
 each one draws one out. The answers are 
 then read aloud. 
 
 Examples: What would you do if you fell 
 into a tar barrel? I would be too stuck up to 
 do an3^hing. 
 
 What would you do if you should meet a 
 footpad? I would say, "Please, sir, go away." 
 
 WATCH TRICK. 
 
 It will require two people who know this 
 game to be in the secret. One of them leaves 
 the room while his cpnfederate remains inside 
 with the others. ' He hides an article which 
 the rest of the players have selected, in an ad- 
 joining room which is totally dark, placing a 
 watch with a moderately loud tick, either on, 
 or as near to the hidden object as he can. The 
 rest of the players must not know anything 
 about the watch, as they are kept guessing how 
 
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 the player who is out, succeeds in finding the 
 hidden article in the dark room. 
 
 When everything is ready, the one outside 
 is called in, led into the dark room, and hunts 
 for the object. The rest must remain very 
 quiet, as it breaks the "charm," so the leader 
 says. Guided by the ticking of the watch, and 
 knowing that it is there, he soon discovers the 
 hidden object to the surprise of the others. 
 
 He and his confederate may take turns go- 
 ing out and after a while, if the company are 
 very quiet, one of them might hear the watch 
 ticking and the trick is disclosed. 
 
 FIND YOUR BETTER-HALF. 
 
 Select a number of pictures of men and 
 women from fashion papers, advertising books, 
 etc. If possible, try to procure them in pairs, 
 that is, a man and a woman contained in the 
 same picture, or two having the same expres- 
 sion. Number the pictures in pairs, thus 
 there will be two of No. i, of No. 2, No. 3, etc. 
 
 Give the young ladies the pictures of the 
 
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 men and the young men those of the ladies. 
 Each one then hunts for his partner or "bet- 
 ter-half," comparing the pictures and number. 
 The more mixed the pictures were when 
 given out, the longer it will take to find part- 
 ners. 
 
 WORDS. 
 
 The players form a line as in a spelling 
 match. Sides may be chosen if preferred. The 
 first one begins by giving the first letter of a 
 word, "A," for instance, thinking of the word 
 "Animal." The next player, thinking of "an- 
 imate," says "n." The next, thinking of "an- 
 tidote," says "t," but this with the other letters 
 spells "ant," so he must go to the foot of the 
 line. 
 
 The object of the game is to keep from add- 
 ing a letter which finishes the word. Often 
 one will give a letter, when thinking of another 
 word, which will complete a word. If he does 
 not notice his mistake, the others call out 
 "foot." 
 
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 LETTERS. 
 
 Empty the contents of a box of "anagrams" 
 on a table so all the letters are in a pile face 
 downward. The players sit around the table. 
 
 The leader begins by turning up one of the 
 letters and says, "Bird." The players all see 
 the letter, and the first one who responds with 
 the name of a bird commencing with that let- 
 ter is given the card, and then it is his turn to 
 turn up a card, calling out "Bird," "Animal," 
 "Fish," or "Famous Man," or ansrthing he 
 wishes. Suppose the first letter was "E," and 
 a player answered it with "Eagle"; the next 
 letter was "G," and "Famous Man" was called 
 out, someone would say "Grant." 
 
 The one who has answered the most, thus 
 obtaining the greatest number of cards, is the 
 winner. 
 
 SEEING AND REMEMBERING. 
 
 Fill a table with all sorts of things, books, 
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 gloves, dolls, pins, scissors, food, some large, 
 striking picture, another very small object. 
 Keep the table covered until ready for use. 
 
 Then remove the cover and let all the guests 
 march around it three times, touching noth- 
 ing on it, simply looking. The cover is re- 
 placed and each one is given a pencil and pa- 
 per on which he writes down as many things 
 as he can remember were on the table. 
 
 The one who has the largest list of correct 
 names receives a prize. The objects may be 
 auctioned off afterwards. 
 
 LIVE TIT-TAT-TO. 
 
 On a sheet mark a regular tit-tat-to diagram 
 in black point. Stretch the sheet so it will be 
 smooth on the floor. Divide the company into 
 sides, a captain being appointed for each side. 
 Call one side the crosses and the other side the 
 zeros. 
 
 When a signal is given, the captain of one 
 side takes his position in any one of the squares 
 of the diagram. The captain of the other side 
 
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 follows, taking his position, then a player of 
 the first side takes his position endeavoring to 
 be in a row with the first move, so the next 
 player on his side will form the third cross or 
 zero, as the case may be, in the row, either 
 straight or diagonally, and win the game for 
 that side. 
 
 The winning side then changes to zeros if 
 they were crosses or vice versa. Let each 
 player have a turn, as there are only nine 
 squares, and as the game may be won before 
 they are all filled, some may not have a chance 
 to play. It is best, when playing a new game, 
 to let those who did not play before have first 
 play. 
 
 BITS OF ADVICE. 
 
 Each person is given a slip of paper and pen- 
 cil. The leader then tells the players to write 
 a bit of advice, original if possible, on the pa- 
 per, fold it, and drop it into a basket as it passes 
 by. 
 
 The papers are all mixed up and the basket 
 
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 is passed again, each player taking one, but 
 not unfolding it until he is told to. 
 
 Before opening the papers each one must 
 say whether the advice is good or bad, neces- 
 sary or unnecessary, and whether he intends 
 to follow it. When the paper is unfolded it 
 may be the opposite of what he has said. 
 
 PICTURES. 
 
 Provide the players with pencil and paper. 
 All sit in a circle. The leader announces that 
 pictures are to be drawn in this manner. First, 
 draw a head (either animal or human), fold 
 the paper, pass it to the right. 
 
 Second — Draw a neck, shoulders, and arms. 
 
 Third — Complete the body (the former 
 player having left two lines below the fold of 
 the paper). 
 
 Fourth — The skirt, trousers or legs, as the 
 case may be. 
 
 Fifth — The feet, and if you wish to add to 
 the fun, the last one writes a name either of 
 some one present or some not6d person. 
 
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 The papers are folded and passed after each 
 drawing and the last time, they are all opened 
 and passed around to be inspected and laughed 
 over. 
 
 \^ IS' FOLD, 
 
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 HOUSEHOLD GOSSIP. 
 
 One of the guests is sent out of the room. 
 The hostess asks the remaining players to say 
 something about him. As each one in turn gives 
 his statement, she writes it down with the per- 
 
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 son's name on a piece of paper which she keeps. 
 The player is then summoned in and she 
 reads the statements about him one at a time 
 and he must try to guess who said it. As soon 
 as he guesses one correctly, the one who said 
 it must go out of the room and the game goes 
 on as before. 
 Examples — 
 You have the family eyes. 
 Your chin is too small. 
 The left sleeve of your coat has a spot on 
 it ; and so on. 
 
 TABLE FOOTBALL. 
 
 The "football" for this game is an eggshell 
 which has had the egg blown out of it. The 
 players sit around the table with their cap- 
 tains, who have been previously chosen at 
 each end. There need not be just eleven on 
 each sjde^as in a regular game, but any num- 
 ber. "Each captain chooses his side. 
 
 Boundaries are marked on the table with 
 chalk or tape, the two ends being the goals. 
 
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 When all are ready, the eggshell is placed 
 in the middle of the table, a signal is given, and 
 the members of each team blow the shell 
 towards his goal. No player can leave his 
 place, and the "football" must be moved en- 
 tirely by blowing. 
 
 Regular football rules are used and the count 
 is the same as in football. It will add to the 
 interest, if the two te£uns stand for rival col- 
 leges. 
 
 _^ MUSICAL MEDLEY. 
 
 Number eight slips of paper with the same 
 number. On each slip write a part, or a line 
 from a verse of a familiar song. Suppose set 
 No. I was a verse of "America," this is the 
 way it would be written. 
 
 I. My country, 
 
 I. 'Tis of thee, 
 
 I. Sweet land of liberty, 
 
 I. Of thee I sing; 
 
 I. Land where my fathers died, 
 
 z. Land of the pilgrim's pride, 
 
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 I. From every mountain side, 
 
 I. Let freedom ring. 
 Prepare as many slips in groups of eight 
 as there are guests. Give each one a slip at 
 random and tell each to find the rest of his set. 
 When the players of one group have found 
 each other, they stand together in one corner 
 of the room and practise their song. Each 
 group does this until all the groups are formed, 
 and then, commencing with No. i, each group 
 in turn sings its song aloud for the benefit of 
 the audience. 
 
 ANOTHER MUSICAL MEDLEY. 
 
 Provide each player with pencil and paper. 
 Before playing this game it must be arranged 
 with someone who plays the piano well to 
 have a list of popular songs ready, which she 
 must play one right after the other. 
 
 When the leader gives a signal, the pianist 
 strikes up a tune and continues playing from 
 a part of one song into another until she has 
 reached the end of her list. 
 
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 The others write down on their papers the 
 names of the songs as fast as they are played, 
 and when the pianist stops, the correct list is 
 read by her, and the rest check off their lists. 
 Prizes may be awarded. It is a strange fact, 
 that after such a medley, there will be very 
 few, if any, who have correct lists. 
 
 PASSING CLOTHESPINS. 
 
 Sides are chosen among the players. Each 
 side then takes its position, forming a row on 
 the floor, the leader at the end. The sides 
 face each other, but quite a space is left be- 
 tween them. 
 
 At the head of each line is placed a basket 
 containing twelve clothespins. Each player 
 is instructed to hold his neighbor's right wrist 
 with his left hand, thus leaving one hand (the 
 right one), free. 
 
 The leaders begin by passing the clothes- 
 pins, one at a time, down the line, each player 
 being careful not to drop one. When one 
 reaches the end of the line, the last player 
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 places it on the floor beside him until all twelve 
 have been passed, then he passes them, the 
 same as before, up the line to the leader. 
 
 The side which succeeds in passing all its 
 clothespin back to its leader first is the vic- 
 torious side. It is best to have a trial game 
 first, so that the players may become used to 
 passing with one hand, thus being able to do 
 it rapidly for the regular game. 
 
 If a clothespin is dropped, the player who 
 dropped it must pick it up and pass it on. The 
 rest must wait until it is passed before passing 
 any of the others. 
 
 PANTOMIME. 
 
 Give each guest a slip of paper, folded, con- 
 taining words which can be acted in panto- 
 mime. Each one must keep his a secret, as the 
 rest of the company guess what he is acting 
 out. 
 
 The players sit in a circle, and the one act- 
 ing in pantomime his words, stands in the mid- 
 dle where all can see him. 
 
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 Suppose one had "Dog" on his slip, he would 
 pretend to pet him, call him, and make him 
 perform. Another might have "Blackberries" 
 and make all the imaginary motions of pick- 
 ing and eating them, and being caught on the 
 bushes. If one has "Strawberry shortcake," 
 she can go through the process of making the 
 imaginary cake, and hulling the berries for it. 
 
 As soon as it is guessed what the player's 
 word is, the rest call it out. 
 
 BIRDS FLY. 
 
 The players sit in a circle, one person who 
 is quick and witty is chosen as leader. He 
 stands in the center of the circle. 
 
 Whenever he mentions any animal that flies 
 all the players make a flying motion with their 
 hands, but if he names something that doesn't 
 fly, he alone makes the motions ; if any player 
 makes the motion when he ought to be still 
 he is out of the game. Suppose the leader be- 
 gins by saying "Parrots fly," all must move 
 their hands up and down whether the leader 
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 does or not, but if he says next time "Horses 
 fly," all must remain still. 
 
 It is a good plan to call the names quickly, 
 inserting many that don't fly, when the play- 
 ers are excited, so they will be confused and 
 many will be out. 
 
 TJilPS AROUND THE WORLD. 
 
 There are several ways of playing this game, 
 here are two. Provide each guest with a lit- 
 tle paper book to represent a guide book and 
 a pencil. 
 
 Articles of all kinds have been scattered 
 around the room to represent different coun- 
 tries, states, or cities. A little package of tea 
 suggests China; a paper fan, Japan; a piece 
 of cotton batting, Louisiana; a wooden shoe, 
 Holland ; a stein, Germany ; and so on. Allow 
 a certain length of time for the guesses, then 
 collect the little books, and the player who has 
 guessed the greatest number correctly receives 
 a prize. 
 
 Another way. The players sit in a circle, 
 
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 Number One names some place beginning with 
 the letter A, and asks No. 2 what he shall do 
 there. No. 2 answers in words beginning 
 with A, and he, in turn names a city commenc- 
 ing with B, and asks No. 3 the question. Thus 
 each player must answer the question of his 
 neighbor, and name another place. 
 
 For example: 
 
 "I am going to America, what shall I do 
 there?" 
 
 "Admire Astrakhan Apples. I am bound for 
 Boston, what shall I do there?" 
 
 "Bake beans and brown bread. My journey 
 takes me to Chicago, what shall I do there?" 
 
 "Catch cold," etc., etc, 
 
 JACK'S ALIVE. 
 
 A piece of kindling wood is held in the fire 
 until it is well lighted. It is then passed from 
 one player to the other, each one saying in 
 turn, "Jack's alive." The instant the stick 
 ceases to burn "Jack" is "dead" and the one 
 who is then holding it has to pay a forfeit. 
 
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 It is passed very quickly from one to the 
 other, as each player wishes to get rid of it 
 before the spark goes out. 
 
 For a forfeit, the man who was holding it 
 will have to undergo the process of having a 
 black mustache made with the charred end of 
 the stick. 
 
 GOING A-FISHING. 
 
 Cut a number of small fishes about two 
 inches long out of cardboard. Each fish counts 
 five, but two, which may be a little larger, are 
 numbered ten. A loop is made with thread 
 on the back of each iish. 
 
 Rods (sticks about a foot long with string, 
 at the end of which is a bent pin, fastened to 
 each) are provided for the players. 
 
 The fishes are placed on the floor or table 
 and, at the word "ready" from the leader, all 
 the players go a-fishing. Each tries his best to 
 hold his rod steady enough to slip the bent 
 pin through the loop of thread. As soon as 
 a fish is caught all must stop until the signal 
 to begin again is given. 
 
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 Everyone tries to catch the fishes marked 
 ten, but sometimes it is wiser to catch as many 
 ordinary ones as a person can, thus making 
 more points. The player scoring most points 
 is victor. 
 
 CONSEQUENCES. 
 
 Provide each player with pencil and paper. 
 The first thing to write on the paper is an ad- 
 jective which applies to a man. The paper is 
 then folded over and passed to the right. This 
 time each one writes the name of a man (either 
 present or absent), folds the paper so the next 
 one can't see what is written, and passes it on 
 to the right. This is done each time and the 
 order of names is as follows after the first two, 
 then an adjective which applies to a lady, then 
 a lady's name; next, where they met; what 
 he said ; then, what she said ; the consequence ; 
 and last of all, what the world said. 
 
 After all have finished writing "what the 
 world said," the papers are passed to the right, 
 opened, and read aloud. 
 
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 Thus: 
 
 Handsome 
 
 Mr. 
 
 (met) Pretty 
 
 Miss 
 
 (at) The Fair 
 
 (he said) Have you heard the news? 
 
 (she said) I intend to go home. 
 
 (the consequence was) They never spoke 
 
 again, 
 (the world said) "As you like it." 
 
 PERSONAL CONUNDRUMS. 
 
 The guests are requested to think up some 
 conundrums about some person in the pres- 
 ent company. 
 
 Each one in turn gives his conundrum and 
 the player to his left must answer it if he can ; 
 if he fails, any one present may help him out. 
 
 The conundrums may be written if preferred, 
 mixed up in a hat or basket and each player 
 takes one to answer. 
 
 Some of them may prove very funny. For 
 
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 the best conundrum and best answer given, 
 a prize may be awarded. 
 Examples-^ 
 Why is Mr. like the flatiron build- 
 ing? 
 Because he is so very tall. 
 
 Why is Miss like sugar? 
 
 Because she is easily melted, that is, over- 
 come. 
 
 HUNTING THE WHISTLE. 
 
 The players who know how to play this 
 game stay in one room, while the others go 
 into the hall, or another room. Those know- 
 ing the trick sit down in chairs which have 
 been arranged in two rows, with an aisle be- 
 tween. 
 
 The leader calls one in from the other room 
 and explains to him that there is a whistle in 
 the room, and as he hears it blown he must 
 find it. He can make a long speech about the 
 whistle so as to interest the player, because 
 
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 someone is then pinning the whistle, (which is 
 on the end of a string) to the player's coat. 
 
 Both the leader and player stand at one end 
 of the room, between the two rows of chairs. 
 When the leader says "go," the player starts 
 on his hunt. The rest of the players pretend 
 they have the whistle, and blow it whenever 
 it chances to pass their way. Thus the player 
 is kept going from side to side until finally 
 someone happens to pull the string and he 
 feels it and discovers the whistle on his own 
 coat. He then takes his place with the rest 
 in the row and another one is called in and 
 goes through the same hunt. Thus it contin- 
 ues until all the players know the game. 
 
 THE FIVE SENSES. 
 
 All the players sit in a circle. No. i begins 
 by naming something he has seen, being care- 
 ful what his last word is, as it must furnish 
 him with a rhyme for the rest of the game. 
 Each player in turn tells what he has seen, 
 then No. i repeats his first statement and adds 
 
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 what he heard, the next time, what he tasted; 
 then what he smelt; and lastly, what he felt. 
 For example, No. i says, "I saw a ring of solid 
 gold." No. 2 says, "I saw a boy fall off the 
 car. 
 The second time round No. i says, 
 
 "I saw a ring of solid gold. 
 I heard a story twice told." 
 No. 2 says, 
 
 "I saw a boy fall off the car. 
 I heard the war news from afar." 
 
 and so on, after going around five times. No. 
 I's complete rhyme would be, 
 
 "I saw a ring of solid gold. 
 I heard a story twice told. 
 I tasted cheese that was too old. 
 I smelt hay that soon would mould. 
 I felt for something I couldn't hold." 
 
 Do not have the verses written as there 
 is more fun in trying to remember one's 
 rh]mie. 
 
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 WIGGLES. 
 
 Provide each guest with pencil and paper. 
 Papers four inches square will be large enough. 
 Each player draws a line about an inch and 
 a half long with one or more quirks in it, in 
 the upper left hand corner of the paper. 
 
 The papers are then passed to the player to 
 the right who must draw some picture out of 
 the "wiggle" in the corner. The paper may 
 be turned in any position. Allow five minutes 
 for the drawings. 
 
 At the end of this time, each one writes his 
 name on the paper and hands it to the hostess. 
 A committee is appointed to decide upon the 
 best "wiggle-picture" and a prize is awarded 
 to the artist. Examples — 
 
 T 
 
 The heaviest Une is the wiggle. 
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 TELEGRAM. 
 
 Provide the players with pencil and paper. 
 Each one then writes on his piece of paper ten 
 letters of the alphabet in any order, using no 
 letter twice. The papers are then passed to 
 the right and each one is requested to write 
 a telegram, using the ten letters for the begin- 
 ning of the ten words, just in the order given. 
 The papers are then passed again and the tele- 
 grams are read aloud. Some will be very amus- 
 ing. 
 
 Examples — 
 A. E. F. J. K. L. N. O. P. T. Am ever 
 frightfully jealous. Keep lookout now 
 on Pa's tricks. 
 C. B. D. W. G. H. S. I. M. Y. Come back. 
 Down with Grandma. How shall I meet 
 you? 
 
 SPELLING MATCH. 
 
 Choose leaders and divide the company into 
 sides. The sides stand opposite each other^as 
 in the old-fashioned spelling match. 
 
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 The leader, who may be the hostess, has a 
 spelling book from which she selects the words 
 which the players must spell backwards. 
 Words of one or two syllables may be chosen, 
 and if, when spelt backwards, they spell other 
 words, so much the better. 
 
 The players take turns, one on one side, and 
 one on the other, and so on, until all have 
 spelled. If any fail to spell the word back- 
 wards, or do not pronounce it afterward, if it 
 can be pronounced, they must drop out. The 
 side which stands up the longest is the win- 
 ning side. 
 
 Some words are: 
 
 Star Now Pan Dew 
 
 Mat Eve Bard Tub 
 
 Stop Eel Tops Ton 
 
 Ten On Den Nun 
 
 POOR PUSSY. 
 
 AH the players sit in a circle, one being 
 chosen out. This one kneels before each player 
 
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 in turn and says, in pitiful tones: "Meow!" 
 Each player, when addressed by "pussy," must 
 say, without smiling: "Poor Pussy." 
 
 "Pussy" addresses each player three times, 
 trying her best to make the players laugh. If 
 the one she is kneeling before does laugh, they 
 exchange places, but if not, "pussy" moves 
 on to the next one. 
 
 GUESSES. 
 
 Each player receives a slip of paper and pen- 
 cil. The leader begins by saying: "Guess 
 how high the door is." "Guess how 
 thick that book is." "Guess how tall Mr. 
 Blank is." "How far does this chair stand 
 from the floor." 
 
 He allows a few seconds after each question 
 for the players to write their answers. After 
 twenty, or more guesses have been asked, the 
 papers are passed to the right hand neighbor 
 for correction. 
 
 The leader then measures each article, per- 
 son, or thing, with a tape measure, and the 
 
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 guesses on the lists are checked off. The per- 
 son who has a correct list deserves something 
 for a reward. 
 
 NUT RACE. 
 
 Choose two captains from the company, who 
 select sides until all the guests are on one side 
 or the other. 
 
 Place a pile of mixed nuts on the floor and 
 an empty bowl about three feet from it, at one 
 end of the room and at the other end another 
 pile and bowl. 
 
 The captains and their sides stand by their 
 respective pile of nuts. When the signal is 
 given each captain takes as many nuts on the 
 back of his left hand from the pile as he can 
 gather without the aid of his right hand and 
 carries them to the empty bowl at the oppo- 
 site side of the room. The players follow the 
 captain in turn continuing until the pile is 
 gone and the bowl is full. 
 
 The side which succeeds in filling its bowl 
 first is victorious. 
 
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 TORN FLOWERS. 
 
 Prepare a table full of different colored tis- 
 tue paper, bottles of mucilage and white cards, 
 one for each guest. 
 
 The players sit around the table, the hostess 
 gives each a card and announces that each 
 one is to make a flower out of the tissue pa- 
 per, but as there are no scissors each one must 
 tear his paper and every one knows how hard 
 it is to tear tissue paper. Each one keeps the 
 name of his flower a secret. As they are made 
 they are pasted on the cards. Each card is 
 numbered and when all are done "tearing," the 
 cards are collected and placed on a table for 
 exhibition. 
 
 The player guessing the greatest number of 
 flowers correctly receives a prize. The game 
 may be varied, as either animals or vegetables 
 could be torn. 
 
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 SPEARING PEANUTS. 
 
 Fill a cup with peanuts, two of which are 
 blackened with ink on one end. 
 
 The guests play one at a time. No. i sits 
 down by a table, empties the cup of peanuts 
 in a pile on it and is given a hatpin with which 
 she spears the peanuts one at a time without 
 disturbing the pile, and places them back in 
 the cup. A few minutes is allowed each player ; 
 when the time is up, the peanuts in the cup are 
 counted, the blackened ones count ten apiece 
 and the plain ones', one. 
 
 Tally is kept for each player and a suitable 
 prize is given to the one who succeeded in 
 securing the largest score. 
 
 PEANUT HUNT AND SCRAMBLE. 
 
 Before the guests enter the room, hide pea- 
 nuts in every conceivable place, behind pic- 
 tures, under chairs, on the gas fixtures, among 
 the ornaments, five or six in vases, etc. 
 
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 Give each guest a paper bag as he enters 
 the room into which he places all the peanuts 
 he finds. Allow a certain length of time for 
 the hunt, then collect all the bags and select 
 a good tall person who stands on a chair and 
 empties the contents of each bag on the floor 
 as fast as he can and a lively scramble for them 
 ensues, then the one who has the greatest num- 
 ber of whole peanuts collected deserves a prize ; 
 the others can eat their peanuts as a comfort. 
 
 MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 A blackboard and different colored chalk will 
 be necessary for this game. 
 
 Give each guest a slip of paper on which is 
 written the name of some song. 
 
 The leader announces that each one in turn 
 steps up to the blackboard and illustrates his 
 song in the most vivid manner possible. Each 
 player is numbered and after No. i finishes his 
 drawing the others write their guesses on pa- 
 per opposite his number and No. 2 erases the 
 former drawing and illustrates his song. Thus 
 
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 each one takes his turn, allowing time for the 
 others to write their guesses. 
 
 When all have had their turn the correct 
 list is read by the leader, the players check- 
 ing their own lists. Prizes may be given to 
 the one having the most correct answers and 
 to the person who illustrated his song the most 
 artistically. 
 
 Suggestions for songs are "Sweet Bunch of 
 Daisies," "The Four-Leaf Clover." "My Old 
 Kentucky Home" may be illustrated by draw- 
 ing a house in the outline of the state of Ken- 
 tucky; "Home, Sweet Home," by a house and 
 a jar of sweets near it ; "America," by the out- 
 line of North America. 
 
 AN APPLE HUNT. 
 
 The hostess should prepare beforehand cards 
 four inches square and outline on each an ap- 
 ple by dots concealing the outline with other 
 dots. In one corner of the card is stuck a nee- 
 dle containing enough green thread to outline 
 the apple. These "apples" are then hidden by 
 
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 groups, five in a group, in different parts of the 
 room. 
 
 A set of directions is prepared such as, No. 
 I, "Look under the mat" ; No. 2, "Look under 
 a certain rocking-chair," and so on. Five of 
 these directions are sufficient, the last one tell- 
 ing where the apple is hidden. There are dif- 
 ferent sets of directions lettered A, B, C, etc., 
 five in a set, all lettered alike ; the group of five 
 apples being at the end of each set of direc- 
 tions. 
 
 As each guest arrives he is given No. i of 
 some set. Following that, he finds No. 2, and 
 so on, until he finds the five apples, one of 
 which he takes, finds the dotted apple, threads 
 the needle and outlines it with the green cot- 
 ton. The one who succeeds in finding his ap- 
 ple first and makes the neatest outline is the 
 winner. 
 
 SHOUTING PROVERBS. 
 
 The more playing this game, the merrier it 
 will be. Send one of the players from the 
 room. The others decide upon a familiar prov- 
 
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 erb which he is to guess when he returns. Sup- 
 pose the one chosen is "A rolling stone gath- 
 ers no moss." Beginning with the leader and 
 going to the left each player in turn takes one 
 word, thus the leader has "a," the next "roll- 
 ing," the next "stone" and so on, repeating it 
 until every player has a word. If the company 
 is large two or three might have the same 
 word. 
 
 When the one who was out is summoned in, 
 he counts 1,2,3; when he says 3, all the play- 
 ers shout their word. It will be very con- 
 fusing and hard to hear any one word, but after 
 the second or third trial, one word which was 
 heard above the rest might suggest the whole 
 proverb. 
 
 " The player who is out is given five trials in 
 which to guess ; if he does not succeed, he must 
 go out again, but if he has listened attentively 
 to one or two, and has guessed correctly, the 
 player whose shouting gave away the proverb 
 is then sent out and the game continues as be- 
 fore. 
 
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 BAKER'S DOZEN. 
 
 This game is just for two and is similar to 
 Tit-tat-to. Make a drawing like the illustra- 
 tion and the game is ready. 
 
 13 
 
 12 
 
 II 
 
 10 
 
 No. I chooses a figure which No. 2 must try 
 to guess by iniicating with a pencil dot of 
 
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 mark at the side of the different spaces, until 
 he has guessed the number chosen. 
 
 The numbers in the different spaces marked 
 by No. 2 are added to his score ; and those un- 
 marked are added to No. i. 
 
 Suppose No. I chooses 13, and No. 2 marks 
 first 4, then 10, 9, 5, 2, and finally 13, the sum 
 of all these (43) will be No. 2's score, while 
 the sum of the numbers unmarked (48) be- 
 longs to No. I. 
 
 The game may be played as long as is desir- 
 able, but it is more exciting to have a fixed 
 number, such as 300 or 500. 
 
 PEANUT CONTEST. 
 
 Place two small bowls on a table at one end 
 of the room, at the other end of the room on 
 a table have two bags of peanuts and two 
 knives. 
 
 The players may choose partners in any 
 way desired. The partners play together. 
 
 The leader gives a signal, watches the time 
 and keeps tally. When the signal is given a 
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 player, with his partner, steps to the table con- 
 taining the peanuts, each takes a knife and 
 when the leader says "go," each places as many 
 peanuts as he can on the blade of the knife and 
 carries it with one hand to the other end of 
 the room, where he deposits the peanuts and 
 returns for more. As many trips can be made 
 as the time will allow. Three minutes is good 
 time. 
 
 When the time is up the leader says, "Stop," 
 and the number of peanuts in each bowl is 
 counted and accredited to the two players. 
 Each pair takes turn in playing, time and tally 
 being kept for each until all have played. 
 
 The list of contestants is read aloud, the 
 partners who succeeded in carrying the great- 
 est number of peanuts to their bowls receive a 
 prize. 
 
 DEFINITIONS. 
 
 Provide each player with pencil and paper. 
 The leader has a dictionary which she opens 
 at any place and selects a word which the rest 
 are to define. 
 
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 The players write the word and their defini- 
 tion of it on the slips of paper. When the 
 leader taps a bell all the slips must be collected 
 and mixed up in a basket or hat. 
 
 Each player then draws out a slip and the 
 definitions are read aloud in turn. The leader 
 decides which one has written a definition most 
 like the one in the dictionary. The author 
 of the best one rises, receives the dictionary, 
 gives out a word and the game proceeds as be- 
 fore. 
 
 ALPHABETICAL ANSWERS. 
 
 Prepare cards with one letter of the alpha- 
 bet on each, omitting V, X, Z. Of course if 
 the company is large, several will have the 
 same letter. 
 
 The cards are pinned on the guests, and it 
 is announced that no one must answer any 
 question presented to him except by a sentence 
 commencing with the letter on his card, the 
 answer being given before the questioner could 
 count ten. 
 
 No two players can question a person at 
 
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 the same time, and no one can give the same 
 answer twice. 
 
 If a player begins his reply with a wrong 
 letter or does not answer in time, his letter is 
 taken from him by his questioner, who adds it 
 to his and he then has the privilege of answer- 
 ing with either of his letters. The player who 
 is without a card is supplied with one again 
 but after the third trial he. is out of the game. 
 
 PITCH BASKET. 
 
 Select a number of small fruit baskets, all the 
 same size, and have a box of checkers handy. 
 Suppose you have five, on the bottom of one 
 mark 20, on another 15, on two, 5 ; and on the 
 other, o. Place the baskets in a row on the 
 floor so their numbers cannot be seen. 
 
 Choose sides, giving the red checkers to the 
 leader of one side and the black checkers to 
 the other. One side lines up about 10 ft. away 
 from the baskets, the leader giving each player 
 a checker; if there are any left he keeps them 
 and has the privilege of throwing them. Each 
 
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 one in turn throws his checker into any basket, 
 trusting to luck that they fall into a basket 
 with a number on it. 
 
 When all have played the leader turns up 
 each basket to see its number and count^pft 
 number of checkers thrown into it. If there 
 were two in basket No. 20, it would count 40 ; 
 if 3 in one basket No. 5, it would be 15 ; if four 
 in the other basket No. 5, 20 ; and if there were 
 3 in basket o, it would count nothing. Thus 
 the score for that side is 75. The players on 
 the other side line up and play as the others 
 did. The order of the baskets must be changed 
 by someone not of that side, so no one knows 
 which is which. Their score is added up. 
 
 The game continues until a certain number, 
 300 or 500, has be,en reached. The side scor- 
 ing that number of points first is victorious. 
 
 WHO AM I? 
 
 As the guests arrive pin a card with n name 
 of some noted author, statesman, or poet wiit- 
 
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 ten on it, on their backs, so that every one can 
 see it but themselves. 
 
 Of course, each person wants to know who 
 he is, so the guests talk to each other as though 
 they were the person whose name is on the 
 other's back, but do not mention the name, 
 and from the conversation, they have to guess 
 who they are. 
 
 PROGRESSIVE PUZZLES. 
 
 The players are provided with pasteboard 
 cards 2 inches square, and scissors. At a sig- 
 nal, given by the hostess, they must cut their 
 cards in four pieces, the cuts must intersect 
 in some place, but the card can be cut in any 
 other way. 
 
 When the cards are cut and the four pieces 
 mixed, they are passed to the player at the 
 right, who has to put the four pieces together 
 correctly. 
 
 A certain time is given for each puzzle and 
 each time it is passed to the right, until each 
 player has his own puzzle again. 
 
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 TIT FOR TAT. 
 
 Plan to have an even number of guests in- 
 vited, half ladies and half gentlemen. 
 
 Provide thick boards for each lady, also a 
 hammer and paper of tacks, and for the men, 
 plain hats (untrimmed) and material for trim- 
 ming, also a paper of pins. 
 
 When all the guests arrive set them to work. 
 The ladies have to hammer as many tacks in 
 straight, in their boards as they can, during 
 the allotted time, while the men trim their 
 hats, choosing their material from that which 
 is provided. When the time (which may be 
 as long or as short as you wish) is up, the men 
 put on their respective hats and pass before 
 the ladies for inspection; the one having the 
 best trimmed one receives a prize. 
 
 The men inspect the work of the ladies, and 
 the one who has hammered the most tacks into 
 her board "straight," receives a prize. 
 
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 EYE-GUESSING. 
 
 Hang a sheet or screen in a doorway be- 
 tween two rooms and cut six holes, the size 
 and shape of eyes, each pair a distance apart, 
 in it, some up high and some down low. 
 
 Choose groups of four to go behind the 
 sheet, the rest of the guests staying in the 
 other room. 
 
 Three of the chosen four look through the 
 holes at a time. The short ones can stand 
 on chairs and look through the high pair, while 
 the tall ones can stoop down, thus confusing 
 those who have to guess who the pairs of eyes 
 belong to. 
 
 A short time is given for guessing each 
 group, and then the next set go out. 
 
 The guesses are written on slips of paper 
 and after all the eyes have been "examined," 
 the correct list is read by one who stayed be- 
 hind the sheet all the time. 
 
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 THE PRINCE OF WALES. 
 
 Any number can play this game. The play- 
 ers stand in a line around the room and num- 
 ber themselves, beginning with one, until each 
 has a number. 
 
 The leader, who has no number and who 
 has charge of the game, begins by saying— 
 
 "The Prince of Wales has lost his hat, all 
 on account of No. i. Sir;" then No. i says: 
 "No, sir, not I, sir. No. 5, (or any number he 
 wishes), sir." Then No. 5, repeats what No. 
 I said, giving another number instead of 5; 
 but if he fails to respond, then the leader says, 
 "No. 5 to the foot, sir," and then all those who 
 were below No. 5 move up one, and thus their 
 niunber becomes one less. 
 
 The leader begins again and he must be very 
 quick to send those to the foot, who fail to 
 respond. 
 
 COMMERCE. 
 
 The guests are seated around a table, each 
 one having a pile of fifty beans in front of him. 
 
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 The leader has two packs of playing cards, one 
 of which is used for an auction sale, one card 
 at a time being sold to the highest bidder, who 
 pays for it in beans. 
 
 When all the cards of the first pack have 
 been sold, the players arrange their cards and 
 beans on the table ready for business. 
 
 The auctioneer then holds up the second 
 pack and announces that he will call the cards 
 off one at a time, and as he does so, the player 
 who has the duplicate of that card must give 
 it up to the auctioneer. 
 
 After each calling there is a little time al- 
 lowed to buy or sell the cards, the object of 
 the game being either to have more beans 
 than any one else, or to have the duplicate 
 card which is at the bottom of the second pack, 
 thus causing a very exciting time as the sec- 
 ond pile diminishes. 
 
 LAUGH A LITTLE. 
 
 The players sit in a circle with one in the 
 middle for leader. The leader must be one 
 who laughs heartily and is very quick. 
 
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 He begins the game by throwing a plain, 
 white handkerchief up in the air, as high as he 
 can, and while it is in the air, everyone must 
 laugh, but the minute it touches the floor, there 
 must be perfect silence. The leader must 
 catch those who are still laughing and send 
 them from the ring. 
 
 The game goes on until every one is out of 
 the circle. If there should happen to be one 
 who doesn't laugh when the handkerchief is 
 on the floor, he surely deserves a prize. 
 
 LOCATION. 
 
 Choose two leaders who select sides. One 
 begins by calling the name of some town or 
 place and then counts ten. While he is count- 
 ing, the opposite opponent must answer where 
 the place is. If he fails to answer before ten 
 is counted, he must drop out. 
 
 Then the leader of the other side takes his 
 turn, and challenges some player of the oppo- 
 site side. 
 
 The side which stands up the longest, wins 
 the game. 
 
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 FASHION NOTES. 
 
 The names of various fashion papers, such 
 as "The Delineator," "The Styles," "Le Bon 
 Ton," "Ladies' Home Journal," are written on 
 cards, which are cut so that it requires the two 
 parts to know what the title is. Distribute 
 these among the guests, who hunt for the cor- 
 responding part, thus getting their partners; 
 crayon and paper is given out and the ladies 
 are requested to draw and color a gown rep- 
 resenting the one she has on, while the men are 
 asked to write a description of the gown. 
 
 The drawings and descriptions are collected 
 after time is allowed, and placed on a table 
 for display. 
 
 Prizes may be awarded to the partners hav- 
 ing the best drawing and description. 
 
 STRAY SYLLABLES. 
 
 Prepare long strips of paper on which the 
 guests are requested to write several words 
 
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 of three or more syllables, leaving spaces be- 
 tween each syllable. 
 
 When this is done, cut up the words into 
 Idle syllables and mix thoroughly. Then each 
 player draws three syllables and tries to con- 
 struct a word. 
 
 If a word can't be made of all three syllables, 
 maybe it can be made of two, but if it is 
 then impossible to construct a word, the player 
 must wait until the rest draw three syllables 
 again, and perchance he may be able to con- 
 struct two words, using the syllables he could 
 not use before. 
 
 The one constructing the most words, wins 
 the game. 
 
 QUAKER MEETING. 
 
 All llie guests sit in a circle and the leader 
 begins by sajring: "This is a very solemn oc- 
 casion." He then twirls his thumbs and looks 
 very solemn. Commencing with the player to 
 the right of the leader; each one in turn re- 
 peats what he has saidV^very solemnly twirls 
 
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 his thumbs, and keeps twirling them, until 
 each one has repeated it, and it is the leader's 
 turn again. 
 
 He then says, "Sister Jane died last night," 
 still twirling his thumbs. This goes around 
 the circle as before. Then the player to ' le 
 right of the leader says, "How did she d"^" 
 and he replies, "Like this," moving his ght 
 hand up and down. Thus each one te^^' his 
 neighbor, and makes the motion just a , the 
 leader has done. 
 
 After each one has said this, still repeat- 
 ing the same question and answer, the leader 
 moves his left hand up and down, too, thus 
 both hands are going ; the next time both hands 
 and the right foot are moving; then both hands 
 and both feet ; next, hands, feet, and head, bob- 
 bing up and down ; last, fall back in the chair 
 uttering a hideous groan as if dead. 
 
 No one must laugh during the whole game; 
 whoever does, must leave the circle. 
 
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 MAGIC MUSIC. 
 
 One player is sent from the room and the 
 rest decide upon something he must do when 
 called in. 
 
 When this has been done he is summoned 
 by*magic music which is made by having one 
 of the players strike on something which will 
 make a noise. If there is a piano, so much the 
 better, if not, a piece of metal or a bell will 
 do. 
 
 As he nears the object which he is to find the 
 music grows very loud, and faint when he is 
 far away. 
 
 Suppose he is to take a flower from a vase, 
 and give it to one of the players. As he nears 
 the flowers, the music grows louder and louder, 
 and if he touches one, it stops; then he knows 
 h^ has to do something with it. If he smells 
 it, the music grows faint, and he knows he is 
 wrong. As he starts to give it to the play- 
 ers, the music varies until he has given it to 
 the right one. 
 
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 Someone else then leaves the room, and the 
 game goes on as before. 
 
 PATCHWORK ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 For this game it is necessary for the hostess 
 to collect a large number of pictures from 
 magazines, advertisement pages or papers. 
 These are placed in the center of a table around 
 which the players are seated. 
 
 Each guest is provided with a paper at the 
 top of which is written a quotation. The 
 hostess announces that each player is to illus- 
 trate his or her quotation with the pictures 
 provided. The pictures are pasted on the pa- 
 pers, and if necessary, a background can be 
 made with pencil or pen and ink. 
 
 The papers are then arranged on a table for 
 inspection and a prize is awarded for the best 
 illustration. 
 
 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Provide the players with pencil and paper. 
 The leader then announces that a biography 
 
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 is to be written, and the first thing to write is 
 the name of some person in the room; the pa- 
 per is folded over so the name cannot be seen 
 and passed to the player at his left, who writes 
 a date which is the birth date, and the name 
 of some town; the paper is folded again and 
 passed to the left and this time a sentence of 
 ten words is written about early childhood — 
 from one to ten years. Next, a sentence of 
 same length telling of events between twenty 
 and forty years; next, between forty and fifty 
 j^ers; date of death next, last, remark about 
 this life. When all has been written, the folded 
 papers are passed to the left again and each 
 player reads his paper aloud. 
 
 The more ridiculous the sentences, the bet- 
 ter the biography, and as no one knows what 
 is under the folded parts, sometimes the date 
 of death will be earlier than that of birth, or 
 there will be a vast difference in time. 
 
 Example — Name, John Smith, Born, July 
 4, 1449, Boston. From i to 10 years, mischiev- 
 ous child, qtiarrelled with everybody, expelled 
 from school, stole eggs. 
 
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 From 20 to 40, stayed home, did dressmak- 
 ing, became sickly, remained an old maid. 
 
 From 40 to 50, became a wealthy widower, 
 left with three children to raise. Died January 
 I, i860. Most remarkable man that ever lived 
 in his little town. 
 
 ORCHESTRA. 
 
 Any number can play this game, the more 
 the merrier. Each player is told to play some 
 imaginary instrument. The leader with an 
 imaginary baton, begins by humming some 
 lively, familiar tune. The players follow with 
 motions suitable to their instruments and sing 
 the tune the leader is humming. 
 
 When the leader pretends to play some in- 
 strument, the player who has that imaginary 
 instrument, must pretend he is leader and beat 
 time with the baton, but as soon as the real 
 leader changes the instrument or beats time 
 again the player must continue with his own 
 instrument. 
 
 The leader must be quick to change from 
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 one instrument to another and the players 
 must be quick to follow him, for if they don't, 
 they have to leave the orchestra until the piece 
 is over. 
 
 Who iS my next-door neighbor? 
 
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 Half of the company are blindfolded. They 
 are Wd to a row of chairs arrai^ged in the mid- 
 dle of the room, each sitting so there is a va- 
 cant chair behind him. s" 
 
 The other half, who are not blindfolded, very 
 quietly take the vacant chairs and sit perfectly 
 still. 
 
 The leader then announces that those not 
 blindfolded are to sing when he gives the sig- 
 nal, and the blindfolded ones, who are to re- 
 main still, must listen attentively to their right 
 hand neighbor and guess who he is. 
 
 Some familiar tunes must be chosen and the 
 singers can disguise their voices if they choose. 
 The leader begins by playing the tune on the 
 piano and when he says "Sing," the victim 
 singers begin while the blind victims listen. 
 
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 One verse of the song will be enough for 
 this medley and those whose voices have been 
 recognized, exchange places with the blind- 
 folded ones, while the others remain in the 
 same place until the listener has guessed who 
 he is. The game then goes on as before. 
 
 FIRE. 
 
 Choose two leaders from among the players. 
 Each leader chooses his side. The sides sit op- 
 posite each other, the leader of one throws a 
 ball to any one in the opposite side. As he 
 does he says either, "Earth," "Air," "Water," 
 or "Fire," and counts ten. 
 
 The person who caught the ball must an- 
 swer before he finishes counting ten. If 
 "earth" was called he must name some quad- 
 ruped found therein; if "water," some fisa 
 must be named, or "air," the name of some 
 bird; but if "fire" was called he must remain 
 perfectly still. 
 
 If the players give a wrong answer or speak 
 when they should be silent they are out, and 
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 ithe leader must throw the ball to some one 
 else, but if the players answer correctly, it is 
 their turn to throw the ball to someone in the 
 opposite side, and the game goes on as before. 
 The side whose players stand up the long- 
 est, wins the game. 
 
 THE MONTHS. 
 
 The leader need be the only one who un- 
 derstands this game. He asks, "What month 
 are you going away in?" One player might 
 answer "September." He then asks, "What 
 will you wear?" "What will you take 
 with you?" and "What will you do?" 
 All the answers must be given with the 
 initial letter of the month chosen. For 
 instance, the answers to the above questions 
 may be: ist, "£:Ik stockings," 2d, "Sardine 
 sandwiches," 3d, See the sights." 
 
 The answers will probably be mixed as the 
 players do not know the trick. Each one who 
 misses pays a forfeit, and the leader questions 
 the next player. When one or two do catch 
 
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 on, the more ridiculous they make their an- 
 swers, the funnier the game. 
 
 BELL BUFF. 
 
 In this game all the players except one are 
 blindfolded. This one is called the guide and 
 has a small bell which he rings during the 
 game. 
 
 All the blind men are led to one end of the 
 room by the guide. He then takes his posi- 
 tion a little distance from them and rings the 
 bell, which is the signal for the game to begin. 
 
 The blind men grope around wildly for their 
 guide who rings the bell all the time, but must 
 move in diiiferent places, so ^s to escape the 
 blind men who are hunting him. The blind 
 men are only guided by the sound of the bell, 
 and the guide must be very quick to change 
 his positions or he will be caught by his pur- 
 suers. 
 
 The first blind man who catches the guide, 
 exchanges places with him, and the game goes 
 on as before. 
 
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 POSTMAN. 
 
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 The players sit in a circle ; one is chosen fot 
 "postman," is blindfolded, and another is 
 chosen for Postmaster. 
 
 The Postmaster gives each player the name 
 of some city or town, and stands outside the 
 ring so he can give orders. 
 
 The "postman" stands inside the circle and 
 when the Postmaster says, "I have sent a let- 
 ter from New York to San Francisco," the 
 players having these names must exchange 
 places, and he must try to capture one. If he 
 succeeds he takes that one's place, the one 
 caught then becoming "postman." 
 
 The Postmaster must exchange names very 
 rapidly, and if a player should remain seated 
 when his city is called, he has to be "post- 
 man." 
 
 If the Postmaster says, "general delivery," 
 all exchange places, and the "postman" tries 
 to secure a vacant place. 
 
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 SPOONEY FUN. 
 
 All die players sit in a circle. One is chosen 
 to be out. He is blindfolded and given a spoon 
 (a large one) with which he is to feel. He 
 stands in the middle of the circle, then is 
 turned around three times and told to guess 
 who the first person, which he touches with the 
 spoon, is. 
 
 He advances cautiously until he touches 
 someone. Then with the back of the spoon 
 he feels the person all over. The players must 
 keep perfectly quiet, disguising themselves if 
 they see fit, as the collars and cuffs of the men 
 will be felt very easily with the spoon. 
 
 As soon as the blindfolded one has guessed 
 who the player is he was feeling, they ex- 
 change places and the game goes on as before, 
 but if he fails to guess the first time, or has 
 felt with his hand instead of the spoon he is 
 out again and remains out, until he has 
 guessed correctly. 
 
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 CITIES. 
 
 Provide all the guests with pencil and pa- 
 per. The hostess then requests that each write 
 the name of the city in which he was born, and 
 under that a sentence, descriptive of that city 
 or containing something suggestive of it. The 
 letters of the city form the words of the sen- 
 tence and must follow in regular order. 
 
 Allow fifteen minutes for composing the sen- 
 tences, then collect them, mix them up, and 
 each player is given one. Thus each one has 
 some other person's slip to read. The one who 
 composed the best sentences deserves a prize. 
 
 Examples — City, New York. 
 
 Sentence — N-ow, E-very, W-all St., Y-ankee, 
 O-wns, R-eal, K-ingdoms. 
 
 City, Chicago. 
 
 Sentence — C-onflagration, H-igh, I-n, 
 C-rowded, A-reas, G-rew, O-n. 
 
 GOING TO CHINA. 
 
 This is a catch game for those who have 
 never played it. The leader begins by saying, 
 
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 "I'm going to sail for China next week, I would 
 like to have you go, what will you take?" This 
 question is asked every player and there are 
 many different answers, but all cannot go, as 
 they have not answered correctly. 
 
 The point is, if you wish to go sailing, you 
 must take something which commences with 
 the same letter as the initial of your last name. 
 The leader then says, "You can go." 
 
 For example, suppose the player who is 
 asked the question says she will take bananas. 
 If her last name begins with B she can go, 
 but if not, the leader says, "Lou cannot go this 
 trip." 
 
 The game continues until every one has 
 guessed the trick and they can all go.. 
 
 A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS. 
 
 Provide each player with pencil and paper 
 and a penny. The hostess explains that the 
 answers to the following questions are things 
 which are found on every penny. 
 
 The questions may either be written on the 
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 paper beforehand or the guests can write them 
 as the hostess asks them. A prize may be 
 awarded to the player whose paper contains 
 the greatest number of correct answers. 
 
 I. An emblem of victory, (laurel wreath). 
 
 2. An emblem of royalty, (crown). 
 
 3. A South American fruit, (date). 
 
 4. A spring flower, (tulips, two lips). 
 
 5. A portion of a hill, (brow). 
 
 6. A portion of a river, (mouth). 
 
 7. A messenger, (one cent, sent). 
 
 8. A piece of armor, (shield). 
 
 9. Mode of ancient punishment, (stripes). 
 10. Means of inflicting it, (lashes).' ' 
 
 II. Something to be found in school, (pu- 
 
 pil). 
 
 12. Three weapons, (3 arrows). 
 
 13. An animal, (hare, hair). 
 
 14. A part of a stove, (lid). 
 
 15. Plenty of assurance, (cheek). 
 
 16. The first American settler, (Indian). 
 
 17. Part of a duck, (feathers). 
 
 18. A place of worship, (temple). 
 
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 19. Two sides of a vote, (eyes and nose, 
 
 ayes and noes). 
 
 20. The cry of victory, (won, one). 
 
 MISQUOTED QUOTATIONS. 
 
 Choose very familiar quotations from Long- 
 fellow, Shakespeare, Tennyson, or any well- 
 known author or poet, and write them on slips 
 of paper. 
 
 Change some of the words of the original, 
 or even a whole liile, and when each guest re- 
 ceives his slip he is requested to repeat the 
 quotation correctly. 
 
 For example — "To be, or not to be; that is 
 the question," may be written, "To be, or not 
 to be : that is the problem." 
 
 LITERARY SALAD. , 
 
 Salad leaves are prepared for this game by 
 folding and twisting pieces of green ti^pe pa- 
 per until they look like lettuce leaves^ I'hen 
 paste slips of white paper containing a quota- 
 tion, on each leaf. 
 
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 The participants of this salad are requested 
 to guess the name of the author of their quota- 
 tion. This may be played very easily at a 
 church socictl where the leaves may contain 
 Bible verses instead of quotations, and the 
 players are asked to tell just where their verses 
 are found, in what book and chapter. 
 
 BROKEN QUOTATIONS. 
 
 This is a good game to play at the begin- 
 ning of a social gathering, as the guests have 
 to mingle together and thus become better 
 acquainted, and the stiffness of a formal gath- 
 ering passes off. 
 
 The hostess has prepared familiar quota- 
 tions which were written on paper and then 
 cut in two or three parts and pinned in dif- 
 ferent places around the room. 
 
 The guests are requested to find as many 
 quotations as they can during a certain length 
 of time. 
 
 As the parts are scattered all over the room, 
 it isn't as easy as it sounds to find the com- 
 
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 plete quotations. The person gathering the 
 most quotations, deserves a prize. 
 
 PARCEL DELIVERY. 
 
 Packages of all shapes and sizes and securely 
 wrapped up are prepared by the hostess who 
 has numbered each one. The players are pro- 
 vided with pencil and slips of paper with num- 
 bers corresponding to the numbers on the par- 
 cels, arranged down one side. 
 
 The guests sit in a circle and the packages 
 are passed from one to the other. Each one 
 is allowed to feel the packages as much as he 
 pleases, but no one must look inside. 
 
 As the packages are passed, the names, 
 guessed by the sense of touch, are written op- 
 posite their appropriate numbers on' the slips 
 of paper. 
 
 After all the bundles have been passed, the 
 hostess opens each one and keeps account of 
 those who have guessed correctly, while those 
 who have failed, are requested to read their 
 guesses as this affords much amusement. 
 
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 WHO ARE THEY? 
 
 Photographs of noted people, labelled with 
 names that do not belong to them, are hung 
 about the room. Each picture is numbered. 
 
 The guests, provided with pencil and pa- 
 per, are given a certain length of time in which 
 to guess the correct names, which are written 
 opposite their corresponding numbers. 
 
 Familiar photographs such as Dickens, 
 Shakespeare, Washington, Lincoln, Napoleon, 
 etc., should be chosen. 
 
 SWAPS. 
 
 The guests are requested to bring something 
 wrapped up in paper, which they wish to get 
 rid of. 
 
 The hostess prepares a duplicate set of num- 
 bers, pinning one number on each parcel, as 
 the guests pass by her. When she gives a sig- 
 nal (clapping hands or ringing a bell), the two 
 persons having No. i pinned on their pack- 
 
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 ages exchange them, those having No. 2, and 
 so on, until all have exchanged or swapped. 
 Then all open their packages, some may have 
 received better things, while others may have 
 a worse swap. 
 
 ' Talking shop. ' 
 
 Partners may be chosen for this game by 
 writing names referring to ladies on one set 
 of papers like, "Judy," "Jill," "Juliet," and 
 names referring to men on another set of pa- 
 pers like, "Punch," "Jack," "Romeo." Hand 
 each guest a slip of paper with the name on it 
 and each one hunts for his partner. 
 
 When all the partners are found, the leader 
 announces that at a given signal all the ladies 
 are to talk to their partners for five minutes 
 about household affairs, shopping, or fashions. 
 Each man listens attentively to his partner, 
 and when the five minutes are up, he has to 
 write a short account of her conversation, on 
 paper, which the hostess provides. Five min- 
 utes is allowed for this. 
 
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 Then the men talk to the ladies for five min- 
 utes about business affairs. Stocks, law, build- 
 ing or medicine, and it is the ladies' turn to 
 write a short composition of what she heard. 
 
 The papers are collected, the hostess reads 
 them, and a prize is awarded to the best or 
 most amusing account. 
 
 SIGHT UNSEEN. 
 
 Partners may be chosen in any way for this 
 game. The host gives each pair a sheet of pa- 
 per and pencil. The partners decide among 
 themselves which one is the best artist, he or 
 she (as the case may be) takes the pencil and 
 paper, while the other receives some common 
 object from the host. 
 
 The chairs must be arranged side by side, 
 but facing in opposite directions, so the one 
 who is to draw may not see the object his 
 partner has. When the signal is given to be- 
 gin, the one having the object describes it to 
 his partner, who must draw it, from the de- 
 scription given. 
 
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 After twenty minutes have passed, the draw- 
 ings and their objects are collected, arranged 
 side by side, and it is decided by vote which 
 drawing is most like the object it represents. 
 
 A STUDY IN ZOOLOGY. 
 
 It will be necessary to have several sheets 
 of silhouette paper (black on one side and 
 white on the other), a large sheet of white 
 cardboard, several pairs of scissors, and as 
 many pencils as there are players, for this 
 game. 
 
 Each player is handed a piece of silhouette 
 paper, on the white side of which is written a 
 number and the name of some animal. The 
 players are handed pencils and requested to 
 draw the animal, assigned to each, on the 
 white side of the paper. The animals are then 
 cut out and handed to the hostess. Fifteen 
 minutes are allowed for this. 
 
 The hostess, having collected all the ani- 
 mals, pastes them back side out, on the sheet 
 of cardboard, and writes a number correspond- 
 
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 ing tc the one already on the animal, under- 
 neath each. The cardboard sheet is hung up 
 where all can see and the players are handed 
 pieces <Sf paper with numbers arranged down 
 one side, on which each player is to write op- 
 posite its corresponding number what each 
 animal is supposed to represent. 
 
 A prize may be given to the one guessing 
 the greatest number of animals correctly. 
 
 AUCTION SALE. 
 
 Provide twenty or more bundles, all shapes 
 and sizes, securely wrapped. Each bundle has 
 a name on it suggestive of what is inside. For 
 instance, "A pair of kids," may contain two 
 kid hair curlers, "A bunch of dates," may be 
 a calendar; "A diamond pin," a dime and a 
 pin. 
 
 Each guest is given a bag containing fifty 
 beans, no one can bid higher than fifty. 
 
 The auctioneer, who must be a witty per- 
 son, who can carry on a lively bidding, stands 
 by a table where the parcels are piled, and car- 
 
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 ries on the sale until all the parcels are sold. 
 The bundles are then opened by the pur- 
 chasers and there is much merriment over the 
 contents. 
 
 THE GENTEEL LADY. 
 
 The players sit in a circle. The leader be- 
 gins by sajiing, "I, a genteel lady (or gentle- 
 man, as the case may be) always genteel, come 
 to you, a genteel lady (or gentleman) always 
 genteel (bows to the player on the right), from 
 yonder genteel lady (or gentleman) always 
 genteel (bows to player on left), to tell you 
 that she has an eagle." 
 
 The next player repeats that word for word 
 and adds something about the eagle, for in- 
 stance, the last part may be, "to tell you that 
 she has an eagle with silver beak." The next 
 player may add, "golden claws," the next 
 "emerald eyes," the next "purple feathers," and 
 so on. 
 
 The players who repeat every word cor- 
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 remain "genteel," but those who make a mis- 
 take become "horned" instead of "genteel." 
 
 The leader has charge of the "horns" which 
 may be toothpicks or pieces of paper twisted 
 up tight. For every mistake a "horn" is 
 tucked in the player's hair. Each player re- 
 peats what the leader has said, but if the player 
 next to him is "horned," he must substitute 
 "homed" for "genteel" when referring to him. 
 
 When each one has repeated this tale, the 
 players who have "horns," and there will be 
 many, must pay a forefeit for every "horn" 
 they have. 
 
 RHYMES. 
 
 Provide each player with slips of paper and 
 pencil. The hostess then announces that each 
 one is to write some question at the top of 
 the paper, fold the paper over and pass it to 
 the player at the left, who writes a noun, folds 
 the paper over and passes it to the left again. 
 
 The players who then receive the slips are 
 requested to write one or more stanzas of po- 
 
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 etry containing the noun and question writ- 
 ten at the top of the paper. 
 
 Allow fifteen minutes for this, then pass the 
 papers to the left and they are then read in 
 turn. A prize may be given to the one who 
 wrote the best poetry. 
 
 Examples — 
 
 Question — Where did you get that hat? 
 
 Noun — Fair, 
 
 "Where did you get that hat?" 
 
 Said Shortie to Mr. Fat, 
 "I stole it from the Fair, 
 
 When I was leaving there." 
 
 Question — Can you dance? 
 Noun — Day. 
 
 "May-day! let us away! 
 Can you dance? 
 Here's your chance. 
 On this lovely May-day." 
 
 ART GALLERY. 
 
 Select copies of famous paintings, those 
 familiar to every one, and hang them around 
 the room. 
 
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 Neither the name of the painting nor of 
 the artist must be on it, only a number on each 
 picture. 
 
 Provide the guests with pencil and paper 
 and allow a certain length of time, according 
 to the number of pictures, for guessing the 
 names and artists. 
 
 HUNTING FOR BOOK-TITLES. 
 
 The hostess must prepare beforehand pic- 
 tures, cut from magazine advertisements and 
 miscellaneous articles, suggestive of the titles 
 of books. 
 
 These are arranged around the room, some 
 on tables, some on the wall, and in any place, 
 so all the guests can see them. All the ar- 
 ticles are numbered. 
 
 The guests are handed pencil and paper and 
 the hostess announces that all the articles rep- 
 resent the title of some book and when guessed 
 the names are to be written opposite their cor- 
 responding numbers. Allow half an hour for 
 the hunt, and when the time is up, the hostess 
 
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 reads the correct list and the player who has 
 guessed the largest number correctly, deserves 
 a prize. 
 
 Examples — A large bow of orange ribbon 
 pinned on a curtain, immediately suggests "A 
 Bow of Orange Ribbon," by Amelia Barr. 
 
 A picture of several boys suggests "Little 
 Men," by Louisa M. Alcott. 
 
 A picture of Gen. Grant cut in half suggests 
 "Half a Hero." 
 
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 PART III. 
 JACK FROST. 
 
 AROUND Christmas and New Year's the 
 children will enjoy playing this. All 
 form a circle; one, Jack Frost, stands 
 in the middle. 
 
 Jack Frost runs around inside the circle and 
 touches one child on her right hand, and goes 
 back to his place again. The child touched 
 says: "Jack Frost came this way," the child 
 to her left says: "What did he do?" No. i 
 says: 'He nipped my right hand," (shaking 
 her right hand). No. 2 tells No. 3 about Jack 
 Frost, each doing as No. i did, and thus it goes 
 down the circle, until back to No. i again. 
 
 Jack Frost then steps out and bites her left 
 hand, and now both hands are shaking; thus 
 each time Jack Frost nips some part, that is 
 shaking with the rest, until the children are 
 hopping up and down, and shaking all over. 
 
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 MAGIC CANDLES. 
 
 Arrange twelve candles, one for each month, 
 in a row about two feet apart. Have the can- 
 dles different colors suggestive of the months 
 they represent, such as, green for March and 
 red for December. 
 
 The children form in line and one at a time 
 jump over the candles, which are lighted. 
 
 If a light goes out the child who has just 
 jumped will have bad luck in that month which 
 the candle represents. 
 
 THE LUCKY OR UNLUCKY SLIPPER. 
 
 A slipper is waved three times over the head 
 and then thrown on the floor. 
 
 If the toe be toward the player, good luck 
 is coming. If the heel, bad luck is in store, 
 and if it rests on its side, there is hope for 
 something better. 
 
 CAKES. 
 
 On the six<ii of January, Twelfth Night was 
 celebrated in tiie olden times. Then all the 
 
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 pastry cooks did their finest baking and decked 
 their windows with marvelous productions ol 
 cakes. 
 
 If a party is being planned for this day in- 
 vite your guests to come dressed as cakes. Just 
 the ladies will do this and the men can wear 
 miniature cooking utensils if they choose. 
 
 Give each lady a number and each man a 
 pencil and slip of paper. The men must guess 
 what cakes the ladies represent and write their 
 answers with the corresponding numbers on 
 the paper. 
 
 When all the cakes have been guessed the 
 correct list is read by the hostess and the one 
 having the largest number of correct answers 
 may be awarded a prize. 
 
 A prize may also be awarded to the lady at- 
 tired in the best representation. One dressed 
 in dark brown would suggest "chocolate 
 cake"; another in orange-colored cheesecloth, 
 "orange cake"; another with wreaths of rais- 
 ins, currants and citron, suggest "fruit 
 cake"; while one in just a plain dress with 
 no signs suggestive of any cake may be "lady 
 
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 cake"; another carrying a hammer and pound- 
 ing it whenever she saw fit, suggests "pound 
 cake." . — -* 
 
 VALENTINES. 
 
 When inviting the guests for a valentine 
 party, request each one to bring an original 
 valentine addressed to one of the guests. As 
 the guests arrive, the hostess collects the val- 
 entines, being careful to keep those addressed 
 to ladies in one pile, and those addressed to 
 gentlemen in another. 
 
 The hostess then hands each one a valentine, 
 giving the gentlemen those addressed to the 
 ladies and the ladies those for the gentlemen. 
 The valentines are then read aloud and a jolly 
 time will be the result. 
 
 A prize may be awarded for the best val- 
 entine, the brightest and most witty. 
 
 INITIAL COMPLIMENTS. 
 
 Each gentleman is handed a slip of paper 
 with the name of a lady guest on it. The gen- 
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 tlemen are then requested, one at a time, to go 
 to their respective ladies, giving each a com- 
 pliment, every word of which begins with the 
 initial letter of the lady's first name. 
 
 As each lady is addressed by a gentleman, 
 she replies, using the initial letter of his name 
 in her answer. 
 
 Votes are taken as to the best compliment 
 and answer and a simple prize may be awarded 
 the pair who obtained the most votes. 
 
 HEART HUNT. 
 
 Cut out of red, white, blue, yellow and green 
 paper hearts of all shapes and sizes, then cut 
 each heart into four pieces and scatter these 
 all over the room, on the floor, chairs, tables, 
 behind pictures, etc. 
 
 Allow a certain length of time for the hunt, 
 and when all the pieces have been collected, 
 request each guest to put his pieces together 
 and see how many whole hearts of the same 
 color he has collected. 
 
 The white heart counts i; the blue, 2; the 
 
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 yellow, 3; the green, 4; and the red, 5. The 
 one scoring the greatest number of points is 
 the winner of hearts and deserves a pri^e. A 
 booby prize may be awarded the one who has 
 only broken hearts. 
 
 HEART PRICKS. 
 
 A large heart made of some red material, 
 (flannel or cheesecloth) is pinned securely to 
 a sheet, which may be stretched on the wall 
 or door. In the center of the large red heart 
 is a small white heart, either sewed or pinned 
 on. 
 
 Each guest is given an arrow of white cloth 
 with a pin in one end. When everything is 
 ready the hostess blindfolds the guests one at 
 a time, and standing a certain distance from 
 the heart, starts them in the right direction. 
 
 Each one endeavors to pin his arrow on the 
 heart ; the one pinning it nearest to the middle 
 of the white heart wins the game. 
 
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 VALENTINE PUZZLE. 
 
 Select five good paper valentines. Paste each 
 on a piece of cardboard and cut into small 
 pieces. Have five small tables in the room 
 and place a puzzle on each. If the company 
 is small, assign five persons to a table, if larger, 
 use your own judgment. 
 
 Each one at the table takes his turn, try- 
 ing to put the valentine together in its proper 
 shape. Each player is timed, and the one who 
 succeeds in putting it together in the short- 
 est time is the winner. 
 
 If desired, the players can go from one table 
 to the other; the one who succeeds in putting 
 the most puzzles together out of the five, is 
 the winner. 
 
 HEARTS AND MITTENS. 
 
 C^t out of red cardboard half as many hearts 
 and mittens as you expect in your company. 
 Out of blue cardboard cut hearts and mittens 
 
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 for the rest of the company. Number them 
 so every heart has its corresponding mitten. 
 Attach strings or ribbons to each and place 
 them in a basket. 
 
 Each guest takes the end of a string and 
 pulls out his heart or mitten, as the case may 
 be. Each one then hunts for his partner. 
 
 When all are paired off, a circle is formed 
 and someone strikes up a lively march. When- 
 ever the music stops, all the ladies stand still, 
 and the gentlemen move up one. This goes 
 on until everyone has had a different partner, 
 and finally, when the original one comes, there 
 is a grand march before the circle breaks up. 
 
 RIVEN HEARTS. 
 
 Another way of securing partners for the 
 evening is as follows: Suspend two large 
 hearts made of either white or red paper from 
 the ceiling, several feet apart. Make a hole 
 in each, through which are hung the ends of 
 long strings. The ladies hold the strings on 
 one side and the gentlemen on the other. 
 
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 When the hostess gives a signal, all pull on 
 their strings. Thus the hearts are riven and 
 partners are found holding the ends of the 
 same string. 
 
 PROPOSALS. -^ 
 
 As the guests assemble for the Valentine 
 party, give each gentleman a slip of paper 
 bearing the name of a woman, and the ladies, 
 the name of some man, noted in fiction as lov- 
 ers. Thus the one who has Romeo hunts for 
 the lady who has Juliet on her paper. 
 
 When all know who their partners are, the 
 ladies must evade every attempt on the part 
 of the gentlemen of proposing to them dur- 
 ing the evening. 
 
 A prize is given to the gentlem.an who has 
 succeeded in proposing, and to the girl who 
 has alluded all efforts of her partner by her wit 
 and ingenuity. 
 
 Another way is to have the proposals pro- 
 gressive. Every gentleman must propose to 
 every lady before the evening is over. The la- 
 dies use every effort they can to prevent them 
 
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 from "coming to the point." The man mak- 
 ing the most offers receives the prize. The 
 lady receiving the fewest declarations receives 
 a prize. 
 
 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. 
 
 For a party on this day, the room should 
 be decorated with Hags, hatchets, etc., and red, 
 white, and blue bunting, so as to add a pa- 
 triotic air to everything. 
 
 A picture of Washington may be cut in 
 many pieces for a puzzle. The one who suc- 
 ceeds in putting the picture together in the 
 shortest time receives a prize, which may be 
 a large picture of Washington. ;j*> 
 
 A cherry tree may be represented by using 
 a branch of any tree and decorating it with 
 small candy cherries. If these cannot be ob- 
 tained, any kind of candy may be wrapped in 
 red tissue paper and tied to the branch. The 
 players are blindfolded one at a time, given a 
 pair of scissors, and requested to "cut off a 
 cherry." 
 
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 To add to the fun small paper hatchets may 
 be hidden around the room for the players to 
 find, as in a peanut hunt. 
 
 The head of a hatchet may be drawn on a 
 sheet which is tacked to the wall, and the play- 
 ers are given cloth handles which they are 
 to pin to the sheet while blindfolded. The one 
 who succeeds in pinning his handle nearest to 
 the proper place may be awarded a prize. 
 
 APRIL FIRST. 
 
 For an April Fool's Day gathering, ask each 
 guest to come prepared to do some sleight 
 of hand trick. When all are assembled, each 
 one in turn performs his trick. A vote is taken 
 for the most clever and a prize is awarded. 
 
 Each one present endeavors to fool some- 
 one else during the evening. The one who 
 has not been fooled once during the whole 
 evening receives a prize ; the one who is fooled 
 the most times is given a prize, too. 
 
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 EASTER EGG RACE. 
 
 Color an even number of eggs, half the num- 
 ber one color, the other half, another. Place 
 all the eggs of one color on the floor in a line 
 at intervals of one foot. At the end of the 
 line put a basket. Form a similar line, a little 
 distance from the other, of the remaining eggs. 
 For convenience, we will say one line is of 
 green eggs, the other of pink. 
 
 Choose two players as leaders, who select 
 their sides. One side chooses the green row, 
 and the other, the pink. Two, one player from 
 each side, play at a time. 
 
 When all is ready the two leaders stand by 
 their respective rows, each is given a large 
 spoon, and when told to "go," each one spoons 
 up the eggs, one at a time, and carries them 
 to the basket at the end of the line. The one 
 who succeeds in spooning up all his eggs first 
 wins for his side. 
 
 Thus each player in turn works for his side 
 until all have had a chance and the side whose 
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 players were the most successful is the win- 
 ning side. 
 
 SUSPENDED EGGS. 
 
 After an egg hunt, several eggs may be gath- 
 ered together and a string or ribbon run 
 through each and hung in different lengths 
 from a chandelier. Candy eggs and little bas- 
 kets of eggs may be suspended, too. Place a 
 tablecloth or sheet underneath to prevent the 
 carpet from being spoiled by the downfall. 
 
 Each child in turn is blindfolded and given 
 a cane with which to strike the suspended 
 eggs. Whatever is knocked down is his. If 
 he fails to knock something down the first 
 time, he may have another turn. 
 
 EGG RACE. 
 
 Give each child a tablespoon and a hard- 
 boiled egg. The children form in line and 
 one is the leader. Each one holds the spoon 
 with the egg in its bowl at arm's length and 
 hops on one foot, following wherever the l^adei; 
 leads them. 
 
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 The leader may take them up stairs, over 
 stools, and any place hard to reach on one foot. 
 To drop the egg or rest on both feet prevents 
 one from continuing in the game. She must 
 stay out until the next time round. 
 
 ROLLING EGGS. 
 
 Mark on the table, or on the floor, if pre- 
 ferred, with chalk, four parallel lines, eight 
 or ten feet long, and four or five inches apart. 
 Thus there are three narrow spaces. At the 
 end of each space make a circle, numbering 
 the middle one lo, and the other two, 5. The 
 middle space is marked 3, and the other two, i. 
 
 The object of the game is to have each child 
 roll five eggs, one at a time, down the middle 
 space to the circles at the ends. If the egg 
 goes into the middle circle, it counts 10, but if 
 it stops in the middle space, it counts only 3, 
 and so on, counting the number of the place 
 where it stops. 
 
 Tally is kept for each child, the one scor- 
 ing the most points wins the game. 
 
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 BUNNY'S EGG. 
 
 On a sheet draw a rough sketch of a good- 
 sized rabbit, the regular Easter bunny, stand- 
 ing on its hind legs, and holding its paws as 
 if it were canning an egg. 
 
 Stretch the sheet on the wall and tack it 
 firmly in place. Cut eggs out of different col- 
 ored cloth to represent Easter eggs. The eggs 
 should be as large as the space between the 
 rabbit's paws. In each egg stick a pin. 
 
 Blindfold the children in turn and give each 
 an egg, which is to be pinned on the sheet, and 
 right in "Bunny's" arms, if possible. 
 
 As the children take their turn, no matter 
 how straight on the way they were started, 
 "Bunny" will be surrounded with eggs, until 
 some child pins the egg in his arms. This 
 child deserves a prize. 
 
 JULY FOURTH. 
 
 Aside from the enjoyment of firecrackers, 
 etc., there are a few games to amuse the chil- 
 
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 dren on this day. If a party has been planned 
 for the Fourth, the rooms should be appropria- 
 ately decorated for the occasion. 
 
 As soon as all the children arrive choose 
 two leaders, who in turn select sides. A line 
 is marked on the floor and the sides stand 
 on each side of this boundary line. A few feet 
 from the line on each side is placed an Amer- 
 ican flag. Any flag can be made to stand up 
 by placing the end of the stick securely in the 
 hole of an empty spool. Each leader guards 
 his own flag. 
 
 The children endeavor to secure their op- 
 ponents' flag. If a leader tags anyone who 
 crosses the boundary and comes too near the 
 flag, that child is out of the game. How- 
 ever, if one does succeed in capturing the 
 other's flag, and carries it over the boundary 
 into his side, that side is victorious. 
 
 FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS. 
 
 Flags of all nations are collected and dis- 
 played around the room. Each one is num- 
 
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 bered. The guests are given pencil and paper 
 with numbers down the left hand side. 
 
 Opposite each number the guest writes the 
 names of the country which the flag bearing 
 the corresponding number stands for. Allow 
 a certain length of time for guessing, then col- 
 lect the papers, read the correct list, and cor- 
 rect the papers. Prizes may be awarded, but 
 the satisfaction of having guessed the most 
 seems to be enough reward. 
 
 OUR FLAG. 
 
 Other games for the Fourth are as follows: 
 Each child is given a piece of white paper or 
 cardboard 6% by 2% inches in size. All sit 
 around a table on which are red and blue pa- 
 per and a pile of stars by each one's place. 
 Scissors and a bottle of mucilage are handy. 
 The children are given a certain length of time 
 in which to make their flags, putting the blue 
 field and stars and stripes correctly on their 
 pieces of cardboard. The one who completes 
 his flag first deserves a prize. 
 
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 Suspend a bell in a doorway low enough for 
 the children to reach. The children stand 
 about ten feet away and each in turn throws 
 a beanbag, endeavoring to make the "liberty 
 bell," as it is called, ring. Those who suc- 
 ceed in making it ring receive little bells as a 
 reward. 
 
 The contents of several boxes of torpedoes 
 may be emptied and hidden around the room. 
 The children hunt for them, and have a jolly 
 time shooting them off after the hunt is over. 
 
 HALLOWE'EN. 
 
 A Hallowe'en party is probably the only 
 gathering where the stiffness and formality 
 entirely disappear. Every one is in for a good 
 time, and should be dressed in old clothes 
 ready to try all sorts of experiments. 
 
 Decorate the room appropriately with pump- 
 kin jack-o'-lanterns, greens, weird lights, and 
 strings of peppers, if possible. Mirrors should 
 be in profusion. Effective lights may be made 
 from cucumbers by scraping out the inside and 
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 cutting holes in the rind for eyes and nose, and 
 placing a candle in each. 
 
 Persons dressed as ghosts may receive the 
 guests and usher them into the room where 
 the fun is to be. As soon as a person enters, 
 the hostess, who is not a ghost, blindfolds the 
 victim, and those already in the room take 
 turns shaking hands with him. He has to 
 guess who each person is. It is marvellous 
 how many mistakes will be made, even if the 
 guests are the best of friends. 
 
 HALLOWE'EN STORIES. 
 
 There are several ways of telling ghastly sto- 
 ries on Hallowe'en. Have a large ball of dif- 
 ferent colored yarn handy and before the mid- 
 night hour, turn out the lights, and ask all the 
 players to sit in a circle. The hostess, hold- 
 ing the ball of 3rarn, begins by telling some 
 weird story, unwinding the yarn as she pro- 
 ceeds, until she comes to a different color, and 
 then she tosses the ball to someone in the cir- 
 cle, and that one must proceed with the story 
 
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 until she comes to a different color. It is then 
 tossed to another, and so on, until the ball is 
 unwound and the story ended. 
 
 Another way, more ghastly still, is to give 
 each guest a saucer in which is a handful of 
 salt and some alcohol. Each one in turn lights 
 the contents of the saucer and tells some ghost 
 story, continuing until all the alcohol is burned, 
 and no longer. The stories may be lively or 
 sad. 
 
 HALLOWE'EN FATES. 
 
 For obtaining partners, fill a pumpkin rind 
 with nuts, which have been opened, had the 
 meat taken out, some token of the fate placed 
 inside, and glued together again with a rib- 
 bon attached to each. Those drawing nuts 
 having the same colored ribbon are partners. 
 The one whose nut has a ring in, is to be mar- 
 ried next; if a coin, he is to be the most 
 wealthy; if a thimble* a spinster all her life. 
 The other nuts may have slips of paper with 
 prophecies written on them. 
 
 A bag filled with nuts may be tied up tightly 
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 and hung in a doorway. One of the players 
 is blindfolded and given a stick with which 
 he is to hit the bag as hard as he can, thus 
 breaking it, and scattering the nuts on the 
 floor. The one who succeeds in gathering the 
 greatest number of nuts will be the luckiest 
 during the year. 
 
 Fill two large pans with sawdust. Bury in 
 one pan pieces of paper bearing a rhyme about 
 one's future, these can be about the ladies for 
 the men to draw, and in the other pan verses 
 for the ladies to draw. The papers are folded 
 up tightly. The ladies and gentlemen take 
 turns putting in their thumbs. As soon as a 
 verse is found it is read aloud. 
 
 Example for the men to draw: 
 
 "Medium height, eyes of blue, 
 Charming girl is awaiting you." 
 
 For the ladies : 
 
 "Tall and slight, with red hair. 
 Fond, of walking and fresh air." 
 
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 SOME MORE FATES. 
 
 In addition to the regulation "bobbing for 
 apples," "floating needles," and throwing the 
 apple peel over the head, there are many other 
 amusements of prophecy. 
 
 In a doorway a portiere of apples may be 
 hung. Apples are strung on strings of various 
 lengths. The tallest guests endeavor to bite 
 those swinging on the longest strings stoop- 
 ing in the attempt, while the shorter ones 
 reach for those above. The one who succeeds 
 in eating the whole of his apple just by biting 
 it, will never want for anything. 
 
 A horseshoe is hung in a doorway. Each 
 guest is given three small apples. Each in 
 turn tries to throw the apples, one at a time, 
 through the horseshoe. If he succeeds in send- 
 ing all three through, he will always be lucky 
 during the coming year. 
 
 From the ceiling suspend a large pump- 
 kin, on whose rind all the letters of the alpha- 
 bet have been burned or painted. Twirl this 
 
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 quickly and each guest in turn tries to stab 
 some letter with a hatpin. The letter which 
 is pierced is the initial letter of one's fate. 
 
 Another,-H5wing a wedding ring over a gob- 
 let and repeat the alphabet slowly, the lettsr 
 said as the ring touches the glass is the ini- 
 tial of the future wife or husband, as the case 
 may be. 
 
 This same ring may be suspended from the 
 ceiling, at a convenient distance from the floor. 
 Whoever succeeds in running a pencil through 
 it while walking towards it, without stopping, 
 is the next to be married. 
 
 WATER CHARM. 
 
 Place three bowls on a table, one contain- 
 ing clear water, another soapy or muddy wa- 
 ter, and the third one empty. 
 
 Blindfold the players one at a time, and lead 
 them to the bowls, (whose positions are 
 changed each time) to put their fingers in one 
 of them. 
 
 If a player touches the clear water, he will 
 
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 be happily married; if the soapy water, he 
 will marry a widow; and if he puts his finger 
 in the empty bowl, he will never marry. 
 
 For knowing the occupation of the future 
 one, there are several ways. Articles sugges- 
 tive of different trades may be buried in flour, 
 and the players in turn take a spoonful out 
 of the dish and see what they can find. If not 
 successful the first time, they may have a sec- 
 ond trial. 
 
 Another way is to melt lead and then drop 
 in into cold water, and the form it takes will 
 suggest the trade of the future husband. Some- 
 times the forms are intricate, but if they sug- 
 gest any trade, that is the real one. If it flat- 
 tens out and looks like a book, an author will 
 be the fate; if in tiny pieces, like particles of 
 dirt, a farmer will be suggested, and so on. 
 
 OVER THE CIDER MUGS. 
 
 By each place at the table place a mug of 
 sweet cider, a small bunch of matches, two 
 <;9tidles, and a slip of paper with a pencil. 
 
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 Before the refreshments are served, when 
 all are seated, the hostess announces that as 
 she counts twenty-five slowly, each guest is to 
 write a wish on the paper, light a candle, burn 
 the paper in the light, letting the ashes fall 
 into the cider, and drink the contents of the 
 mug, ashes and all. All who succeed in doing 
 this before twenty-five is Counted, will have 
 their wishes granted. 
 
 Later, ask each guest, to light both candles, 
 naming each after a sweetheart, and allow 
 them to burn as long as they will. The can- 
 dle which burns longest shows which one will 
 prove most faithful. 
 
 SHIPS OF FATE. X 
 
 Prepare as many half shells of walnuts as 
 there are guests. In each fasten a small can- 
 dle with a drop of the wax. 
 
 Fill a tub with water, and before sailing the 
 
 boats, the water should be agitated so as to 
 
 have it wavy. Two at a time may sail their 
 
 boats, lighting the candles as they are 
 
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 launched. The life of the owner is prophesied 
 by the seaworthy qualities of his ship. 
 
 If the storm overcomes the ship, the one 
 whose it is, will be wrecked by adversity. The 
 ship sailing across the tub signifies a long sea 
 voyage, while those remaining by the side 
 show that the person loves home better. 
 
 If the two ships stay together throughout 
 the trip, the couple owning them vnll have a 
 happy marriage. If they bump together, that 
 signifies a quarrel, and if they sail in opposite 
 directions, each person will lead a single life. 
 
 CAKE WITH CANDLES. 
 
 A large cake with as many different colored 
 candles on it as there are guests, is passed 
 around, and each one takes a piece of it, with 
 the candle too, choosing whatever color they 
 wish. 
 
 As the cake passes from one to the other, 
 the hostess reads the following prophecies, 
 having prepared them beforehand to suit the 
 company : 
 
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 "Bright and cheery, candle red. 
 The year is here in which you wed." 
 
 "If your candle green should be. 
 You will find your love at sea." 
 
 "Lonely, hopeless, spinster she, 
 If white candle hers should be." 
 
 "Happy he with candle blue, 
 Thy sweetheart is ever true." 
 
 "She who holds a candle yellow. 
 Marries now a jealous fellow." 
 
 HUNT THE SQUIRREL. 
 
 To amuse the children after the Thanksgiv- 
 ing dinner, ask them all to join hands and form 
 a ring. One is chosen out and is given a nut 
 which he is to drop behind some child. As 
 he walks around the outside of the ring he 
 says: 
 
 "Hunt the squirrel in the woods, 
 I lost him, I found him. 
 Hunt the squirrel in the woods, 
 I lost him, I found him. 
 I won't catch you, and I won't catch you. 
 But I will catch you." 
 
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 As he says the last line, he drops the nut 
 behind some child. That one must pick it up, 
 and run around the circle, trying to reach his 
 place before the other one gets there. If he 
 fails, he is out and the game continues as be- 
 fore. 
 
 CHRISTMAS TREE. 
 
 A novel amusement for children at Christ- 
 mas time is to trim a Christmas tree when 
 blindfolded. Stand a small tree at one end of 
 the room, ready to be trimmed. Have all the 
 ornaments on a table near at hand, ready to 
 be put on the tree. 
 
 Blindfold the children one at a time, lead 
 them to the table to take their pick. The first 
 thing touched must be taken, and after turn- 
 ing the child around three times start him 
 straight toward the tree. 
 
 When he reaches the tree, he must wire the 
 ornament, or whatever he had, in place. Some 
 older' person can be ready to turn the tree 
 around, as it will be trimmed only on one side. 
 
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 if not. The children can have as may turns 
 as they wish until the tree is trimmed. 
 
 CHRISTMAS GUESSES. 
 
 Suspend a large bunch of mistletoe from one 
 of the chandeliers. The children, one at a 
 time, stand under the mistletoe, and guess how 
 many berries there are on it. The berries are 
 counted when all have guessed. The one com- 
 ing the nearest receives a prize. 
 
 While watching the Christmas tree, after the 
 presents have been distributed, some one says, 
 "I see something on the Christmas tree which 
 commences with T. What is it?" Many 
 guesses are given, the one who says "Tinsel," 
 has guessed correctly, and it is his turn to give 
 a guess, which may commence with P and C. 
 Pop-corn is easily guessed, and so on, until 
 everything has been guessed. 
 
 CHRISTMAS WREATH. 
 
 Suspend a large Christmas wreath in a door- 
 way at a convenient height from the floor. Pre- 
 
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 pare in advance "snowballs," made of cotton 
 batting covered with white tissue paper. 
 
 The players stand about eight feet from the 
 wreath, and take turns, one at a time. Each 
 is given three "snowballs," and the one who 
 succeeds in throwing all three, one at a time, 
 through the wreath, is given the prize. 
 
 To make it more exciting, sides may be 
 chosen, and each one of the three snowballs 
 numbered, one being 5, the other, 10, and the 
 third, 20. If the ball numbered 5 goes through, 
 it counts 5 for that player's side. If it does 
 not go through, it is a loss, and so on. The 
 side scoring the most points is victorious. 
 
 CHRISTMAS CANDLES. 
 
 A small tree is placed on a table. The can" 
 dies are lighted. Blindfold the players, one at 
 a time, turn around three times, and allow each 
 to take five steps toward the tree. Then he 
 must blow as hard as he can, endeavoring to 
 blow out all the lights, if possible. The one 
 
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 who succeeds in extinguishing the most re- 
 ceives a prize. 
 
 Another amusement is playing "The night 
 before Christmas" like "Stagecoach." Give 
 each child the name of some part of Santa 
 Claus' outfit, the sleigh, the reindeer, etc. The 
 hostess then reads the well-known story, "The 
 Night Before Christmas." As she mentions 
 the names, the players having them, rise, turn 
 around, and sit down again. When she men- 
 tions Santa Claus, all change places, and she 
 tries to secure a seat. The one left out con- 
 tinues the story, and so on, until completed. 
 
 A GAME WITHIN A GAME. 
 
 While the children are waiting on Christ- 
 mas for their presents, or dinner, or whenever 
 the time seems to drag, suggest that each one 
 think up the best game he knows. 
 
 Give each child a pencil and a card on which 
 the game and the name of the child who 
 thought of it are written. Each one in turn 
 tells his game and all the children play it. 
 
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 When all have had a turn, and each game has 
 been played, the children look over their lists 
 and choose the game they liked best. The 
 originator of the most popular one receives a 
 prize. 
 
 TOSS THE GOODIES. 
 
 The children form a square, each one hold- 
 ing the sides of an old tablecloth or piece of 
 sheeting. In the center of this is placed a pile 
 of nuts, candies, raisins, fruits, and all sorts 
 of goodies. When a signal is given, the chil- 
 dren all together toss the cloth up and down, 
 singing: 
 
 "Toss the goodies up and down. 
 Up and down, up and down, 
 Toss the goodies up and down, 
 Goodies for you and me." 
 
 When the last line is sung, an extra large 
 toss is made and thus all the goodies fiy to all 
 parts of the room. The children then all scram- 
 ble around picking them up and having a jolly 
 tipie, 
 
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 SNOWBALLS. 
 
 A pretty idea for concealing Christmas pres- 
 ents for the children is to make a lot of snow- 
 balls out of white tissue paper and cotton bat- 
 ting, and concealing the gifts inside. 
 
 Pile all these snowballs under the tree, and 
 when the time comes for distributing them, 
 the mother, or some older person tosses them, 
 one at a time, to the children, who are stand- 
 ing at a distance eagerly waiting for them. 
 
 As the children catch them, they step out 
 of line to leave room for others until all have 
 received one. Then all the balls are opened 
 and the presents disclosed. 
 
 DECKING SANTA CLAUS. 
 
 Santa, who has been invited to the party, 
 after being introduced to all the children, sits 
 at the end of the room. 
 
 The children are blindfolded one at a time, 
 and after being turned around three or four 
 
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GAMES FOR EVERYBODY 
 
 times, are told to walk up to him, and place on 
 his head their own caps, which they had re- 
 ceived in bonbons just before. 
 
 The child who succeeds in decking Santa 
 Claus with his own cap may receive a little 
 prize. 
 
 P9S) 
 
NOTE. 
 
 THE Editor will be glad to receive de- 
 scriptions of new games of special inter- 
 est from any of the readers of this book. 
 If you know of any good indoor game your 
 letter will be greatly appreciated. 
 
 Address: Editor of "Games for Everybody," 
 care of Dodge Publishing Co., 461 Eighth Avenue, 
 New York. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 Games for Children. 
 
 Animal Show 7 
 
 Bean-Bag Contest I2 
 
 Bird, Beast or Fish 37 
 
 Blind Man's, Buff 28 
 
 Blowing the Feathers 13 
 
 Bouquet 24 
 
 Button, Button 30 
 
 Button Fun 40 
 
 Cat and Mouse 29 
 
 Chase the Rabbit 8 
 
 Double Tag 44 
 
 Fan Ball , 15 
 
 Finding Flowers 11 
 
 Frog in the Middle 52 
 
 Hang-Man 36 
 
 He Can Do Little 42 
 
 Hide and Seek 35 
 
 Hide the Thimble 14 
 
 Hold Fast, Let Go 33 
 
 Hoop Race 40 
 
 Hop Over 24 
 
 Horsemen 53 
 
 Hunt the Slipper 47 
 
 I Have ,a Basket 45 
 
 Judge and^ Jury 51 
 
 Little Bo-Peep 20 
 
 Look Out^ for the Bear 39 
 
 Ma'lani^ Sc^^liares ,,,,, « 9$ 
 
I N DEX 
 
 Malaga Grapes 55 
 
 Marble Contest 17 
 
 Musical Chairs 30 
 
 \ My House, Your House 54 
 
 \New Blind Man's Buff 10 
 
 Oranges and Lemons 49 
 
 Old Soldier 34 
 
 Our Cook Doesn't Like Peas 32 
 
 Passing By 18 
 
 I Peter Piper 38 
 
 ^uss in the Comer 44 1 
 
 Ked-Hot Pjbtato 50 i 
 
 Vjieuben and Rachel 52 
 
 ^ Ring on a String 47 
 
 ' Rose Guess 10 
 
 School 14 
 
 Serpent's Tail, The ' 19 
 
 Shoe Hunt , 23 
 
 Simon Says , 33 
 
 Simple Simon's Silly Smile 27 
 
 Soap-Bubble Contest a, 
 
 Spinning for 20 26 
 
 Spool Armies /3i 
 
 Spool Flower Hunt / i6 
 
 Statues 31 
 
 Steps 41 
 
 ' Still Pond, No More Moving 46 
 
 Tea-Pot 27 
 
 What is My Thought Like 48 
 
 Wink ,... 43 
 
 (S02) 
 
IN D EX 
 
 Games for Adults. 
 
 Alphabetical Answers 125 
 
 An Apple Hunt 119 
 
 Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral 62 
 
 Another Musical Medley 99 
 
 ■ J«A Penny for Your Thoughts 148 
 
 Art Gallery 160 
 
 A Studyin Zoology 156 
 
 Auction Sale I57 
 
 Baker's Dozen 122 
 
 Bell Buff 144 
 
 Biography 138 
 
 Birds Fly 102 
 
 Bits of Advice 94 
 
 Boots, Without Shoes 60 
 
 Broken Quotations 151 
 
 Building Sentences 85 
 
 Buz 66 
 
 Capping Verses 78 
 
 Cities 147 
 
 Commerce 131 
 
 Confusions 82 
 
 Consequences 106 
 
 Cross Questions and Crooked Answers . . 71 
 
 Definitions , 124 
 
 Eye-Guessing '. 130 
 
 Famous Numbers 74 
 
 Fashion Notes 134 
 
 Find your Better-Half , 90 
 
 Fire •••' 14a 
 
INDEX 
 
 Five Senses, The 109 
 
 Genteel Lady, The 158 
 
 Geography 87 
 
 Ghost 80 
 
 Going A-Fishing 105 
 
 Going to China 147 
 
 Guesses 114 
 
 Household Gossip 96 
 
 How, When, Where 65 
 
 Hunting for Book-Titles 161 
 
 Hunting the Whistle 108 
 
 It 64 
 
 Jack's Alive 104 
 
 Jenkins Up 67 
 
 Laughs a Little 132 
 
 Letters 92 
 
 Literary Salad 150 
 
 Live Tit-Tat-To 93 
 
 Location 133 
 
 Magic Answers 74 
 
 Magic Music 137 
 
 Magic Writing .' 72 
 
 Misquoted Quotations 150 
 
 Modelling 75 
 
 Musical Illustrations 118 
 
 Musical Medley 98 
 
 My Father Had a Rooster 70 
 
 Needle Threading 82 
 
 Nut Race 115 
 
 Orchestra 140 
 
 Pantomime loi 
 
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INDEX 
 
 Parcel Delivery 152 
 
 Passing Clothespins lOo 
 
 Patchwork Illustrations 138 
 
 Peanut Contest 123 
 
 Peanut Hunt and Scramble 117 
 
 Personal Conundrums 107 
 
 Pictures 95 
 
 Pin Doll Babies 84 
 
 Pitch Basket 126 
 
 Poor Pussy 113 
 
 Postman 145 
 
 Prefixes 69 
 
 Progressive Puzzles. 128 
 
 Proverbs 61 
 
 Quaker Meeting 135 
 
 Rabbit 79 
 
 Rhsrmes 159 
 
 Scissors Crossed or Uncrossed 76 
 
 Seeing and Remembering 92 
 
 Shouting Proverbs 120 
 
 Sight Unseen 155 
 
 Spearing Peanuts 117 
 
 Spelling Match 112 
 
 Spoony Fun 146 
 
 Spoon Pictures 59 
 
 State Outlines 68 
 
 Stray Syllables 134 
 
 Swaps 153 
 
 Table Football 97 
 
 Talking Shop 154 
 
 Telegram 112 
 
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IN D EX 
 
 The Months i43 
 
 The Prince of Wales 131 
 
 Tit for Tat 129 
 
 Torn Flowers 116 
 
 Trips Around the World 103 
 
 Verbal Authors 83 
 
 Watch Trick 89 
 
 What Am I? 81 
 
 What Time Is It? 63 
 
 What would you do if—? 88 
 
 Who Am I? 127 
 
 Who Are They? 153 
 
 Who is my Next-Door Neighbor? 141 
 
 Wiggles Ill 
 
 Words gi 
 
 Games for Special Days. 
 
 A Game Within a Game 195 
 
 April First 175 
 
 Bunny's Egg 179 
 
 Cakes 166 
 
 Cake with Candles igo 
 
 Christmas Candles 194 
 
 Christmas Guesses 193 
 
 Christmas Tree 192 
 
 Christmas Wreath 193 
 
 Decking Santa Claus 197 
 
 Egg Race 177 
 
 Easter Egg Race 176 
 
 Flags of AH Nations 180 
 
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I N D EX. 
 
 Hallowe'en 183 
 
 Hallowe'en Fates 184 
 
 Hallowe'en Stories 183 
 
 Hearts and Mittens 171 
 
 Heart Hunt 169 
 
 Heart Pricks 170 
 
 Hunt the Squirrel 191 
 
 Initial Compliments 16S 
 
 Jack Frost 165 
 
 July Fourth 179 
 
 Lucky or Unlucky Slipper, The 166 
 
 Magic Candles 166 
 
 Our Flag 181 
 
 Over the Cider Mugs 188 
 
 Proposals 173 
 
 Riven Hearts 172 
 
 Rolling Eggs 178 
 
 Ships of Fate 189 
 
 Snowballs 197 
 
 Some More Fates 186 
 
 Suspended Eggs 177 
 
 Toss the Goodies 196 
 
 Valentine Puzzle 171 
 
 Valentines 168 
 
 Washington's Birthday 174 
 
 Water Charm 187 
 
 :(307) 
 
THE MOO-COW-MOO 
 
 By Edmund Vance Cooke 
 My pa held me up to the moo-coiv-moo 
 
 So clost I could almost touch. 
 En I fed him a couple of times, or two. 
 
 En I wasn't a f raid-cat — mudi. 
 
 But ef my papa goes into the house. 
 
 En mamma she goes in, too, 
 I just keep still, like a little mouse, 
 
 Fer the moo-cow-moo might moo! 
 
 The moo-cow-moo's got a tail like a rope 
 En it's raveled down where it grows. 
 
 En it's just like feeling a piece of soap 
 All over the moo-cow's nose. 
 
 En the moo-cow-moo has lots of fun 
 
 Just swinging his tail about; 
 En he opens his mouth and then I run — i^ 
 
 'Cause that's where the moo comes out! 
 
 En the moo-cow-moo's got deers on his head 
 En his eyes stick out of their 'place. 
 
 En the nose of the moo-cowrmoo is spread 
 All over the end of his face. 
 
 En his feet is nothing but finger nails 
 En his mamma don't keep 'em cut. 
 
 En he gives folks milk in w/ater-pails 
 Ef he don't keep his handles shut. 
 
 'Cause ef you or me pulls the handles, why 
 The moo-cow-moo says it hurts. 
 
 But the hired man he sits down clost by 
 En squirts en squirts en squirts! 
 
 Copyright, 1905, by Dodge Publishing Co. — from 
 "Chronicles of the Little Tots." 
 
"Chronicles of 
 
 The Little Tot." 
 
 Have you read this charming collection of poems? 
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 literature, and I have never said this before to any 
 writer." 
 
 On the following page you veill find "The Moo- 
 Cow-Moo," taken from this book. Read it to some 
 of your friends. 
 
 Illustrated with .eight beautiful pictures in color 
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