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+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13022 ***
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+MY BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES
+
+by
+
+CLARENCE SQUAREMAN
+
+1916
+
+With Full Page Illustrations from Photographs Loaned
+by The Chicago Park Commission
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: Cover.]
+
+
+
+
+[Plate 1]
+
+
+
+The publishers gratefully acknowledge their thanks to the Chicago
+Park Commission for the loan of the photographs of which the half tone
+illustrations used in this book are copies.
+
+
+
+
+INDEX OF INDOOR GAMES
+
+  Acting Proverbs 37
+  Acting Rhymes 54
+  Adventurers 41
+  All Fours 64
+  Alphabet Game 84
+  Animal, Vegetable or Mineral 45
+  Ants and the Grasshopper 91
+  Balancing Spoon 114
+  Band Box (Charade) 29
+  Beggar My Neighbor 69
+  Bingo 96
+  Birds, Beasts and Fishes 61
+  Bird Catcher 26, 105
+  Birds Fly 100
+  Blackboard Relay 102
+  Blind Man's Buff 18
+  Blind Man's Wand 47
+  Bob Major 24
+  Bridge of Knives 112
+  Buff Says Buff 18
+  Buzz 16
+  Card Games 13
+  Cat and Mouse 17
+  Cat and Rat 104
+  Cat's Cradle 81
+  Charades 28
+  Checkers 56
+  Changing Seats 102
+  Chinese Shadows 118
+  Coach and Four 93
+  Cock Fighting 83
+  Consequences 43
+  Circle Ball 106
+  Crambo 44
+  Coin Trick 115
+  Cross Questions and Crooked Answers 11
+  Crows' Race 104
+  Cushion Dance 77
+  Dancing Egg 111
+  Dancing Pea 114
+  Dead Ball 106
+  Diamond Ring 78
+  Dodge 107
+  Dominoes 58
+  Draw a Pail of Water 87
+  Drop the Handkerchief 15
+  Duck Under the Water 88
+  Dumb Crambo 24
+  Dwarf 21
+  Earth, Air, Fire and Water 44
+  Eraser Game 106
+  Eraser Relay 108
+  Family Coach 14
+  Farmyard 77
+  Feather 50
+  Find an Object While Blindfolded 117
+  Fives and Threes 60
+  Flag Race 103
+  Flowers 80
+  Flying 47
+  Forbidden Letter 78
+  Force of a Water Drop 115
+  Fox and Chickens 107
+  Fox and Geese 83
+  Fox Chase 103
+  French Roll 27
+  Frog in the Middle 100
+  Gallery of Statutes 51
+  Game of Cat 34
+  Game of Conversation 50
+  Garden Gate 27
+  Giant 83
+  Grand Mufti 79
+  Green Gravel 59
+  Hand Shadows 118
+  Hands Up 48
+  Hide the Thimble 103
+  Honey Pots 85
+  Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon 52
+  How to Light a Candle Without Touching It 112
+  How, When and Where 21
+  Huckle, Buckle, Beanstalk 102
+  Huntsman 51
+  Hunt the Ring 49
+  Hunt the Slipper 48
+  I Apprenticed My Son 17
+  I Love My Love With an A 43
+  I Point 78
+  I Say Stoop 100
+  I Sell My Bat, I Sell My Ball 81
+  I Suspect You 68
+  It 53
+  Jolly Miller 55
+  Judge and Jury 48
+  Jumping the Rope 105
+  Last Man 102
+  Little Lady 99
+  Living Pictures 34
+  Living Shadows 119
+  Lodgings to Let 49
+  Lost and Found 45
+  Lubin Loo 97
+  Magic Music 16
+  Magic Thread 111
+  Magic Whistle 92
+  Magic Writing 79
+  Malaga Raisins 93
+  Man and Object 54
+  Man With His Head the Wrong Way 117
+  Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over 89
+  My Master Bids You Do as I Do 52
+  Mysterious Ball 117
+  Noughts and Crosses 61
+  Oats and Beans and Barley 95
+  Obstinate Cork 112
+  Old Maid 66
+  Old Soldier 22
+  Oranges and Lemons 12
+  Our Old Grannie Doesn't Like Tea 42
+  Paper and Pencil Games 61
+  Personations 83
+  Pigeon House Game 95
+  Poison 103
+  Pope Joan 67
+  Postman 20
+  Postman's Knock 42
+  Preliminary Ball 107
+  Proverbs 38
+  Puss in the Corner 20
+  Questions and Answers 88
+  Racing and Counting Scores 101
+  Red Cap and Blue Cap 53
+  Revolving Pins 116
+  Riddles 69
+  Riding the Bicycle 104
+  Rule of Contrary 26
+  Running Maze 92
+  Ruth and Jacob 56
+  Sally Water 94
+  Schoolmaster 25
+  School Room Basket Ball 101
+  School Room Tag 108
+  Sea King 17
+  Seat Tag 106
+  Sentinel Drop 115
+  Serpentine Maze 110
+  Shadows 118
+  Shouting Proverbs 38
+  Simon Says 26
+  Six and Five Make Nine 113
+  Slap Jack 104
+  Slow Poke 110
+  Snap 65
+  Snip, Snap, Snorum 66
+  Speculation 63
+  Spelling Game 86
+  Stool of Repentance 49
+  Squirrel and Nut 101
+  Suggestive Breathing Work 103
+  Swimming Needles 111
+  Tag Me or Heads Up 105
+  Tag the Wall Relay 110
+  Teacher 105
+  Teacher and Class 109
+  Think of a Number 119
+  Third Man 107
+  Thought Reading 70
+  Tit, Tat, Toe 61
+  To Balance a Coffee Cup 112
+  To Guess Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes 120
+  To Tell the Age of Any Person 120
+  Trades 61
+  Travelers' Alphabet 14
+  Tricks and Puzzles 110
+  Twirl the Trencher 11
+  Vanishing Dime 113
+  What's My Thought Like? 81
+  Wonderment 89
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+
+"Let the child imbibe in the full spirit of play. There is nothing
+like it to keep him on the path of health, right thinking and mind
+development."
+
+That is the guiding purpose of the author. The reader will find in
+this book a collection of old and present day games. The student of
+Play has long realized that there are no new games, that all our games
+of today are built on the old timers.
+
+The purpose of My Book of Indoor Games is to furnish amusement,
+entertainment and to be the means of sociability. So very often the
+question comes up--"What shall we do?" In many cases this book serves
+only as a reminder, the games and parlor tricks are well known but
+cannot be recalled at the critical moment. A combination, such as
+this, of the best of the old-fashioned games and a carefully compiled
+list of the games of today will furnish much help to the young in
+their search of entertainment and amusement.
+
+But the book will be equally useful to grownups. The author has seen
+staid, respectable people play "Lubin Loo" with as much zest and
+spirit as the youngest group of children. All of us have played
+"Going to Jerusalem." The spirit must be there; there is nothing so
+contagious as the spirit of play.
+
+
+
+[Illustration: Hide--then go seek]
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+TWIRL THE TRENCHER
+
+This is a game which almost any number of children can play.
+
+The players seat themselves in a circle, and each takes the name of
+some town, or flower, or whatever has been previously agreed upon. One
+of the party stands in the middle of the circle, with a small wooden
+trencher, or waiter, places it upon its edge, and spins it, calling
+out as he does so the name which one of the players has taken. The
+person named must jump up and seize the trencher before it ceases
+spinning, but if he is not very quick the trencher will fall to the
+ground, and he must then pay a forfeit. It is then his turn to twirl
+the trencher.
+
+A very similar game to this is "My Lady's Toilet." The only difference
+is that each player must take the name of some article of a lady's
+dress, such as shawl, earring, brooch, bonnet, etc.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
+
+To play this game it is best to sit in a circle, and until the end of
+the game no one must speak above a whisper.
+
+The first player whispers a question to his neighbor, such as: "Do you
+like roses?" This question now belongs to the second player, and he
+must remember it.
+
+The second player answers: "Yes, they smell so sweetly," and this
+answer belongs to the first player. The second player now asks his
+neighbor a question, taking care to remember the answer, as it will
+belong to him. Perhaps he has asked his neighbor, "Are you fond of
+potatoes?" and the answer may have been, "Yes, when they are fried!"
+
+So that the second player has now a question and an answer belonging
+to him, which he must remember.
+
+The game goes on until every one has been asked a question and given
+an answer, and each player must be sure and bear in mind that it is
+the question he is asked, and the answer his neighbor gives, which
+belong to him.
+
+At the end of the game each player gives his question and answer
+aloud, in the following manner:
+
+"I was asked: 'Do you like roses?' and the answer was: 'Yes, when
+they are fried!'" The next player says: "I was asked: 'Are you fond
+of potatoes?' and the answer was: 'Yes, they are very pretty, but they
+don't wear well.'"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ORANGES AND LEMONS
+
+Two of the players join hands, facing each other, having agreed
+privately which is to be "Oranges" and which "Lemons." The rest of
+the party form a long line, standing one behind the other, and holding
+each other's dresses or coats. The first two raise their hands so as
+to form an arch, and the rest run through it, singing as they run:
+
+  "Oranges and Lemons,
+  Say the bells of St. Clement's;
+  You owe me five farthings,
+  Say the bells of St. Martin's;
+  When will you pay me?
+  Say the bells of Old Bailey.
+  I do not know,
+  Says the big bell of Bow.
+  Here comes a chopper to light you to bed!
+  Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"
+
+At the word "head" the hand archway descends, and clasps the player
+passing through at that moment; he is then asked in a whisper,
+"Oranges or Lemons?" and if he chooses "oranges," he is told to go
+behind the player who has agreed to be "oranges" and clasp him round
+the waist.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The players must be careful to speak in a whisper, so that the others
+may not know what has been said.
+
+The game then goes on again, in the same way, until all the children
+have been caught and have chosen which they will be, "oranges" or
+"lemons." When this happens, the two sides prepare for a tug-of-war.
+Each child clasps the one in front of him tightly and the two leaders
+pull with all their might, until one side has drawn the other across a
+line which has been drawn between them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MUSICAL CHAIRS OR GOING TO JERUSALEM
+
+This game must be played in a room where there is a piano.
+
+Arrange some chairs, back to back, in the center of the room, allowing
+one chair less than the number of players. Some one begins to play a
+tune, and at once the players start to walk or run round the chairs,
+to the sound of the music.
+
+When the music stops, each player must try to find a seat, and as
+there is one chair short, some one will fail to do so, and is called
+"put." He must carry a chair away with him, and the game goes on again
+until there is only one person left in, with no chair to sit upon.
+This person has won the game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TRAVELER'S ALPHABET
+
+The players sit in a row and the first begins by saying, "I am going
+on a journey to Athens," or any place beginning with A. The one
+sitting next asks, "What will you do there?" The verbs, adjectives,
+and nouns used in the reply must all begin with A; as "Amuse Ailing
+Authors with Anecdotes." If the player answers correctly, it is the
+next player's turn; he says perhaps: "I am going to Bradford." "What
+to do there?" "To Bring Back Bread and Butter." A third says: "I am
+going to Constantinople." "What to do there?" "To Carry Contented
+Cats." Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FAMILY COACH
+
+This is a very good old game, and is most amusing if you can find some
+one who is a good story-teller.
+
+The players sit in a circle and every one, except the story-teller,
+takes the name of some part of a coach or its equipments; for
+instance, door, step, wheels, reins, box-seat, and so on.
+
+When all are ready, the story-teller begins a tale about an old coach
+and what happened to it, how it went on a journey, came to grief, was
+mended, and started off again. The story should be told fluently, but
+not too quickly. Every time any part of the coach is mentioned, the
+player who has taken that name must rise from his seat and then sit
+down again.
+
+Whenever "the coach" is mentioned, all the players, with the exception
+of the story-teller, must rise. Any one who fails to keep these rules
+must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF
+
+A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one child, who
+is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He walks round the
+ring, touching each one with the handkerchief, saying the following
+words:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  "I wrote a letter to my love,
+  But on my way, I dropped it;
+  A little child picked it up
+  And put it in his pocket.
+  It wasn't you, it wasn't you,
+  It wasn't you--but it was you."
+
+When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief behind one
+of the players, who picks it up and chases him round the ring,
+outside and under the joined hands, until he can touch him with the
+handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the first player joins
+the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the second to "drop the
+handkerchief."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAGIC MUSIC
+
+One of the players is sent out of the room, and the rest then agree
+upon some simple task for her to perform, such as moving a chair,
+touching an ornament, or finding some hidden object. She is then
+called in and some one begins to play the piano. If the performer
+plays very loudly, the "seeker" knows that she is nowhere near the
+object she is to search for. When the music is soft, then she knows
+she is very near, and when the music ceases altogether, she knows that
+she has found the object she was intended to look for.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUZZ
+
+[Plate 2]
+
+This is a very old game, but is always a very great favorite. The more
+the players, the greater the fun. The way to play it is as follows:
+The players sit in a circle and begin to count in turn, but when the
+number 7 or any number in which the figure 7 or any multiple of 7 is
+reached, they say "Buzz," instead of whatever the number may be. As,
+for instance, supposing the players have counted up to 12, the next
+player will say "13," the next "Buzz" because 14 is a multiple of 7
+(twice 7)--the next player would then say "15" the next "16," and the
+next would, of course, say "Buzz" because the figure 7 occurs in the
+number 17. If one of the players forgets to say "Buzz" at the proper
+time, he is out. The game then starts over again with the remaining
+players, and so it continues until there is but one person remaining.
+If great care is taken the numbers can be counted up to 70, which,
+according to the rules before mentioned, would, of course, be called
+Buzz. The numbers would then be carried on as Buzz 1, Buzz 2, etc., up
+to 79, but it is very seldom that this stage is reached.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I APPRENTICED MY SON."
+
+The best way of describing this game is to give an illustration of how
+it is played. The first player thinks of "Artichoke," and commences:
+"I apprenticed my son to a greengrocer, and the first thing he sold
+was an A."
+
+Second player: "Apple?" "No."
+
+Third player: "Almonds?" "No."
+
+Fourth player: "Asparagus?" "No."
+
+Fifth player: "Artichoke?" "Yes."
+
+The last player, having guessed correctly, may now apprentice his son.
+No player is allowed more than one guess.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAT AND MOUSE
+
+The children sit in two rows opposite each other with a space between.
+One child takes the place of "cat," being blindfolded, and one takes
+the place of "mouse," and is also blindfolded, the cat standing at
+one end of the row and the mouse at the opposite end. They start in
+opposite directions, guiding themselves by the chairs, the cat trying
+to catch the mouse. When the mouse is caught it is made the cat, and
+one of the company takes the place of the mouse.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SEA KING
+
+This game can be played by any number of children. They proceed by
+first choosing one of the party to act as the Sea King, whose duty
+it is to stand in the center of a ring, formed by the players seating
+themselves round him. The circle should be as large as possible. Each
+of the players having chosen the name of a fish, the King runs round
+the ring, calling them by the names which they have selected.
+
+Each one, on hearing his name called, rises at once, and follows the
+King, who, when all his subjects have left their seats, calls out,
+"The sea is troubled," and seats himself suddenly. His example is
+immediately followed by his subjects. The one who fails to obtain a
+seat has then to take the place of King, and the game is continued.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUFF SAYS "BAFF"
+
+This is a game in which no one is allowed to smile or laugh. All the
+players, except one, sit in a row or half circle; one goes out of the
+room and returns with a stick or poker in his hand, and a very grave
+and solemn face. He is supposed to have just returned from a visit
+to Buff. The first player asks him: "Where do you come from?" "From
+Buff." The next asks: "Did he say anything to you?" To which the reply
+is:
+
+  "Buff said 'Baff,'
+  And gave me this staff,
+  Telling me neither to smile nor to laugh.
+  Buff says 'Baff,' to all his men,
+  And I say 'Baff' to you again.
+  And he neither laughs nor smiles,
+  In spite of all your cunning wiles,
+  But carries his face with a very good grace,
+  And passes his staff to the very next place."
+
+If he can repeat all this without laughing, he delivers up his staff
+to some one else, and takes his seat; but if he laughs, or even
+smiles, he pays a forfeit before giving it up.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BLIND MAN'S BUFF
+
+In the olden times this game was known by the name of "Hood-man
+Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to be "blind man"
+had a hood placed over his head, which was fastened at the back of the
+neck.
+
+In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff," and very
+popular it is among young folk.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Before beginning to play, the middle of the room should be cleared,
+the chairs placed against the wall, and all toys and footstools put
+out of the way. The child having been selected who is to be "Blind
+Man" or "Buff," is blindfolded. He is then asked the question, "How
+many horses has your father got?" The answer is "Three," and to the
+question: "What color are they?" he replies: "Black, white, and gray."
+All the players then cry: "Turn round three times and catch whom you
+may." Buff accordingly spins round and then the fun commences. He
+tries to catch the players, while they in their turn do their utmost
+to escape "Buff," all the time making little sounds to attract him.
+This goes on until one of the players is caught, when Buff, without
+having the bandage removed from his eyes, has to guess the name of the
+person he has secured. If the guess is a correct one, the player who
+has been caught takes the part of "Buff," and the former "Buff" joins
+the ranks of the players.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PUSS IN THE CORNER
+
+This game is really for five players only, but, by a little
+arrangement, six or seven children can take part in the fun.
+
+Four players take their places in the different corners of the room,
+while the fifth stands in the middle. If a greater number of children
+wish to play, other parts of the room must be named "corners," so that
+there is a corner for every one.
+
+The fun consists in the players trying to change places without being
+caught; but they are bound to call "Puss, puss," first, and to
+beckon to the one they wish to change with. Directly they leave their
+corners, the player in the center tries to get into one of them.
+
+When the center player succeeds in getting into a corner, the one who
+has been displaced has to take his place in the middle of the room.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE POSTMAN
+
+For this game all the players, except two, seat themselves in a
+circle. One of the two left out is blindfolded and is called the
+"Postman," the other is called the "Postmaster-General." Each of the
+players seated in the circle chooses the name of a town, which the
+"Post-master-General" writes down on a slip of paper, so that he may
+not forget it. He then calls out the names of two towns, thus: "The
+post from Aberdeen to Calcutta." At once, the players who have taken
+those names must change places, and while doing so the "Postman" must
+try to catch one of them. If he succeeds in doing so he takes his
+place in the circle, having chosen a town for his name, and the one
+caught becomes "Postman" in place of him. Sometimes "General post"
+is called, when all have to change places, and the "Postman" is then
+almost sure to gain a seat.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DWARF
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This is a most amusing game if well carried out. The two performers
+must be hidden behind two curtains in front of which a table has been
+placed.
+
+One of the performers slips his hands into a child's socks and little
+shoes. He must then disguise his face, by putting on a false mustache,
+painting his eyebrows, sticking pieces of black court plaster over one
+or two of his teeth, which will make it appear as though he has lost
+several teeth. This, with a turban on his head, will prove a very fair
+disguise. The second performer must now stand behind the first and
+pass his arms round him, so that the second performer's hands may
+appear like the hands of the dwarf, while the first performer's hands
+make his feet. The figure must, of course, be carefully dressed, and
+the body of the second performer hidden behind the curtains.
+
+The front player now puts his slippered hands upon the table and
+begins to keep time, while the other performer follows suit with his
+hands.
+
+The dwarf can be used either to tell fortunes, make jokes, or ask
+riddles, and if the performers act their parts well, the guests will
+laugh very heartily.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE
+
+One of the company goes out of the room, while the others choose a
+word to be guessed, one with two or three different meanings being the
+best.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+We will suppose that the word "Spring" has been thought of. When the
+person who is outside the room is recalled, he (or she) asks each one
+in succession: "How do you like it?" The answers may be "Dry" (meaning
+the season), "Cold and clear" (a spring of water), "Strong" (a
+watch-spring), and "High" (a jump). The next question is: "When do you
+like it?" The answers may be: "When I am in the country," "When I am
+thirsty," "When my watch is broken."
+
+The next question is: "Where do you like it?" and the answers may be:
+"Anywhere and everywhere," "In hot weather," "In the clock." The game
+is to try and guess the word after any of the answers, and if right,
+the player last questioned takes the place of the one who is guessing;
+if wrong, the questioner must try again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OLD SOLDIER
+
+Old Soldier is a game for young children, and though it seems very
+simple, yet there is a good deal of fun in it. One of the children
+pretends to be an old soldier, and goes round begging of each of the
+other players in turn, saying that he is "poor, and old, and hungry,"
+and asking what they will do for him or give him. In answering the Old
+Soldier, no one must say the words: "Yes," "No," "Black," or "White,"
+and he must be answered at once without hesitation. Any one who does
+not reply at once, or who uses any of the forbidden words, must pay a
+forfeit.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BOB MAJOR
+
+Two of the players sit down, and a cloth, large enough to prevent
+their seeing anything, is put over their heads. Then two other persons
+tap them on the head with long rolls of paper, which they have in
+their hands, and ask, in feigned voices, "Who bobs you?" If either of
+those who have been tapped answers correctly, he changes places with
+the one who has tapped him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DUMB CRAMBO
+
+Divide the company into two equal parts, one-half leaving the room;
+the remaining players should then select a word, which will have to be
+guessed by those outside the door. When the word has been chosen--say,
+for instance, the word "will"--the party outside the room are told
+that the word they are to guess rhymes with "till." A consultation
+then takes place, and they may think that the word is "ill." The
+company then enter and begin to act the word "ill," but without
+speaking a word. The audience, when they recognize the word that is
+being performed, will immediately hiss, and the actors then retire and
+think of another word.
+
+Thus the game goes on until the right word is hit upon, when the
+company who have remained in the room, clap their hands. The audience
+then change places with the actors.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TRADES
+
+Each player must choose a trade and pretend to be working at it. For
+instance, if he is a tailor, he must pretend to sew or iron; if
+a blacksmith, to hammer, and so on. One is the king, and he, too,
+chooses a trade. Every one works away as hard as he can until the king
+suddenly gives up his trade, and takes up that of some one else. Then
+all must stop, except the one whose business the king has taken,
+and he must start with the king's work. The two go on until the king
+chooses to go back to his own trade, when all begin working again. Any
+one who fails either to cease working or to begin again at the right
+time, must pay a forfeit.
+
+A somewhat more elaborate and livelier game of Trades is played by
+each boy in the party choosing a trade which he is supposed to be
+carrying on. The leader must invent a story, and, standing in the
+middle, must tell it to the company. He must manage to bring in a
+number of names of trades or businesses; and whenever a trade is
+mentioned, the person who represents it must instantly name some
+article sold in the shop.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration]
+
+THE SCHOOLMASTER
+
+This is always a favorite game. One of the players is chosen
+schoolmaster, and the others, ranged in order in front of him, form
+the class. The master may then examine the class in any branch of
+learning. Suppose him to choose Geography, he must begin with the
+pupil at the head of the class, and ask for the name of a country or
+town beginning with A. If the pupil does not reply correctly before
+the master has counted ten, he asks the next pupil, who, if he answers
+rightly--say, for instance, "America," or "Amsterdam," in time,
+goes to the top of the class. The schoolmaster may go on in this way
+through the alphabet either regularly or at random, as he likes. Any
+subject--names of kings, queens, poets, soldiers, etc.--may be chosen.
+The questions and answers must follow as quickly as possible. Whoever
+fails to answer in time, pays a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RULE OF CONTRARY
+
+This is a simple game for little children. It is played either with
+a pocket-handkerchief, or, if more than four want to play, with a
+table-cloth or small sheet. Each person takes hold of the cloth; the
+leader of the game holds it with the left hand, while with the right
+he makes pretense of writing on the cloth while he says: "Here we go
+round by the rule of contrary. When I say 'Hold fast,' let go; and
+when I say 'Let go,' hold fast." The leader then calls out one or
+other of the commands, and the rest must do the opposite, of what he
+says. Any one who fails must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SIMON SAYS
+
+Seat yourselves in a circle and choose one of the company to be the
+leader, or Simon. His duty is to order all sorts of different things
+to be done, the funnier the better, which must be obeyed only when the
+order begins with "Simon says." As, for instance, "Simon says: 'Thumbs
+up!'" which, of course, all obey; then perhaps comes: "Thumbs down!"
+which should not be obeyed, because the order did not commence with
+"Simon says."
+
+Each time this rule is forgotten a forfeit must be paid. "Hands over
+eyes," "Stamp the right foot," "Pull the left ear," etc., are the kind
+of orders to be given.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BIRD-CATCHER
+
+To play this game you must first decide which one of you is to be the
+Bird-catcher; the other players then each choose the name of a bird,
+but no one must choose the owl, as it is forbidden. All the players
+then sit in a circle with their hands on their knees, except the
+Bird-catcher, who stands in the center, and tells a tale about birds,
+taking care to specially mention the ones he knows to have been chosen
+by the company. As each bird's name is called, the owner must imitate
+its note as well as he can, but when the owl is named, all hands must
+be put behind the chairs, and remain there until the next bird's name
+is mentioned. When the Bird-catcher cries "All the birds," the players
+must together give their various imitations of birds. Should any
+player fail to give the cry when his bird is named, or forget to put
+his hands behind his chair, he has to change places with Bird-catcher.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FRENCH ROLL
+
+A good many children may play at this game. One player is called the
+buyer, the rest form a line in front of him and take hold of each
+other. The first in this line is called the baker, the last the French
+roll. Those between are supposed to be the oven. When they are all in
+place the buyer says to the baker, "Give me my French roll." The baker
+replies, "It is at the back of the oven." The buyer goes to fetch it,
+when the French roll begins running from the back of the oven, and
+comes up to the baker, calling all the while, "Who runs? Who runs?"
+The buyer may run after him, but if the French roll gets first to the
+top of the line, he becomes baker, and the last in the line is French
+roll. If, however, the buyer catches the French roll, the French roll
+becomes buyer, and the buyer takes the place of the baker.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GARDEN GATE
+
+The Garden Gate is a very pretty game. A ring is formed of all the
+players except one, who stands in the middle. The others dance round
+her three times, and when they stop she begins to sing:
+
+  "Open wide the garden gate, the garden gate, the garden gate,
+  Open wide the garden gate and let me through."
+
+The circle then dances round her again, singing:
+
+  "Get the key of the garden gate, the garden gate, the garden gate,
+  Get the key of the garden gate and open and let yourself through."
+
+The girl inside the circle, pretending to sob, replies:
+
+  "I've lost the key of the garden gate, the garden gate, the garden gate,
+  I've lost the key of the garden gate, and cannot let myself through."
+
+But the dancers dance round and round her, singing:
+
+  "Then you may stop all night within the gate, within the gate,
+        within the gate,
+  You may stop all night within the gate, unless you have strength
+        to break through."
+
+The captive then rushes to the weakest part of the ring, and tries to
+break through by throwing her whole weight upon the clasped hands of
+the children, and generally contrives to break through, the one whose
+hand gives way being made captive in her stead.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+CHARADES
+
+A back drawing-room with folding doors makes a very nice theater for
+acting charades. Almost anything may be used for dressing up--shawls,
+anti-macassars, table-cloths, handkerchiefs, cast-off dresses, or a
+dressing-gown. The latter is a very useful garment in representing an
+old gentleman, while tow or white fire shavings make excellent wigs.
+
+The great thing in a charade is to try and puzzle your audience as
+much as you can. You must choose a word of two or more syllables, such
+as "Bagpipe." First you must act the word "Bag," and be sure that the
+word is mentioned, though you must be careful to bring it in in such a
+way that the audience shall not guess it is the word you are acting.
+
+Next comes the word "Pipe," and this must be brought in in the same
+manner. When you have acted the two syllables, you must act the whole:
+"Bagpipe."
+
+Before beginning the charade, you should arrange who is to bring in
+the charade word or syllable. You must also settle what you are going
+to say, or at least, what the act is to be about. Let every scene be
+well thought out and be as short as possible. You must be as quick as
+ever you can between the acts, for all the fun will be spoiled if
+you keep your audience waiting. If you have no curtain or screen, the
+actors must simply walk off the stage at the end of the scenes.
+
+To act charades well, one requires a little practice and plenty of
+good temper, for, of course, only one or two can take principal parts,
+and therefore some of the children must be content to take the smaller
+ones. It is a good plan to take it in turns to play the best parts,
+and if the elder children are kind and thoughtful, they will try
+to make some easy little parts, so that their younger brothers and
+sisters may also join in the fun. Here we give you a very simple
+charade, the words of which you may learn, and then act, after which
+you will very likely be able to make up charades for yourselves.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE "BAND-BOX" CHARADE
+
+SCENE 1: A STREET
+
+This can be made by placing a row of chairs with open backs near the
+wall facing the audience; a child is stationed behind each chair, and,
+looking through the open back, pretends to be looking out of a window.
+
+BAND
+
+First Child behind chair.--Oh! dear, how dull our street always is. I
+declare nothing nice ever comes this way.
+
+Second Child.--No, I quite agree with you. Why, I haven't seen a
+"Punch and Judy" for months. I wish my mother would go and live in
+another street.
+
+Third Child.--Never mind, let us go out and have a game.
+
+(Enter five or six children--or a lesser number, if more
+convenient--carrying toy musical instruments.)
+
+First Child.--Hurrah! Here comes a German band. Come along, children;
+let's go and listen to it.
+
+(The band groups itself at the end of the street, and the children
+stand round. After tuning up, the band begins to play.)
+
+Second Child.--Now, Mary Jane, we can dance. I'll dance with you.
+
+Third Child.--No, I want to dance with Mary Jane.
+
+First Child.--I don't want to dance at all.
+
+Second Child.--You must.
+
+Third Child.--Yes, you must.
+
+(Band ceases playing and one of the bandsmen comes round for money.)
+
+First Child.--I haven't any money.
+
+Second Child.--But we haven't begun to dance yet.
+
+Bandsman.--You shouldn't have been so long arguing then. Surely you'll
+give the band a nickel, after all the pretty music it has played?
+
+First Child.--I won't.
+
+Second Child.--I won't.
+
+Third Child.--And I won't.
+
+Bandsman.--Well, you are mean. Come along. (Beckoning to the rest of
+the band.) We'll go, and it will be a long time before we come down
+this street again.
+
+(Curtain falls.)
+
+
+BOX
+
+SCENE 2: A ROOM
+
+Tommy (hopping about the room, waving a letter in his hand.)--Hurrah!
+hurrah! Uncle Dick is coming. Hurrah! hurrah!
+
+(Enter Tommy's brother and sister and papa and mamma.)
+
+Papa.--What's the matter, Tommy?
+
+Tommy.--Uncle Dick has written to say he is coming to spend Christmas
+with us, and he is bringing me a Christmas box.
+
+Mamma.--How kind of him! But be sure you are careful not to offend
+him, Tommy. He is rather a touchy old gentleman.
+
+Sister.--I wonder what it will be, Tommy.
+
+Brother.--I hope it will be a set of cricket things, and then we can
+play cricket in the summer.
+
+Tommy.--Oh! yes, I hope it will be, but whatever it is, it is sure to
+be something nice.
+
+(Begins hopping about again. Enter Uncle Dick, a very old gentleman
+with a gouty foot. Tommy does not see him and goes banging into him,
+treading on his gouty foot.)
+
+Uncle Dick.--Oh! oh! oh! oh, my toe!
+
+Tommy.--Oh! Never mind your toe! Where's my Christmas box?
+
+Uncle Dick.--Your Christmas box, you young scamp! Think of my toe.
+
+Tommy.--Please, uncle, I'm very sorry, but I do so want to know what
+you have brought me for a Christmas box.
+
+Uncle Dick (roaring).--Here's your Christmas box, and may it teach you
+to be more careful in future. (Boxes Tommy's ears.)
+
+(Curtain falls.)
+
+
+Here is a list of words which will divide easily into charade words:
+
+  Brides-maids. Sea-side. Car-pen-try.
+  Cur-tail. Nose-gay. In-do-lent.
+  Hand-i(I)-craft. Turn-key. Hand-some.
+  Key-hole. Rail-way. Sweet-heart.
+  Port-man-teau(toe). Mad-cap. A-bun-dance.
+  In-no-cent. Fox-glove. Pat-riot.
+
+To make your charades a real success, you will, of course, require a
+curtain. A very effective one can be made with a little trouble and at
+a small cost; indeed, the materials may be already in the house.
+
+First you must fix a couple of supports on each side of the room,
+taking care that they are screwed firmly into the wall, and also
+taking care not to damage the paper.
+
+If you are a neat workman, you will find on taking out the screws that
+the two small screw-holes on each side will scarcely be noticed, as of
+course the supports must be fixed near the ceiling.
+
+You must then put up your curtain-pole, which should be as thin as
+possible, so that the rings may run easily. A cheap bamboo pole is the
+best.
+
+Two wide, deep curtains are required; very likely the nursery curtains
+may be suitable.
+
+On to these curtains you sew a number of small brass rings, which you
+can buy for about 20 cents a dozen, or even less. The rings should be
+sewn on the curtains, as you see in the illustration, right across
+the top, and from the extreme top corner of the curtain, slantingwise
+across to the middle.
+
+The top rings are passed along the curtain-pole, a string (marked in
+the illustration A1) is sewn on to the curtain, and threaded through
+the rings until it reaches A2. It is then threaded through the rings
+on the pole until it reaches A3, when it is allowed to fall loose.
+
+The same arrangement is gone through with string B. The bottom of the
+curtain must be weighted with shot, or any other weights that may be
+convenient.
+
+When the curtain is to be raised, the stage manager and his assistant
+stand on each side of the stage with the strings ready in their hands,
+and at a given signal--the ringing of a bell is the usual sign that
+all is ready--they each pull a string, and the curtains glide to each
+side, and may be fixed to hooks, put up on purpose.
+
+When the curtain is to fall, the two in charge of it must simply
+loosen the strings and let them go, and the weights cause the curtains
+to fall to the center.
+
+All sorts of useful and ornamental "properties" may be made at home
+for a very small cost. Cardboard, and gold and silver paper, and glue
+go a long way toward making a good show.
+
+Swords, crowns, belts, gold-spangled and gold-bordered robes can be
+made from these useful materials, and look first-rate at a distance.
+
+An old black dress with little gold stars glued or gummed to the
+material would make an excellent dress for a queen. The swords or
+belts must first be cut out in cardboard, then covered with gold or
+silver paper.
+
+To make a good wig, you should shape a piece of calico to fit the
+head; then sew fire shavings or tow all over it. If you wish for a
+curly wig, it is a good plan to wind the shavings or tow tightly round
+a ruler, and tack it along with a back stitch, which will hold the
+curl in position after you have slipped it off the ruler. These few
+hints will give you some idea of the very many different costumes
+which can be made by children out of the simplest materials.
+
+[Illustration: THE CURTAIN CLOSED]
+
+[Illustration: THE CURTAIN OPENED]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GAME OF CAT
+
+The person who is to play the part of Cat should stand outside the
+door of the room where the company is assembled. The boys and girls,
+in turn, come to the other side of the door and call out "miaou." If
+the Cat outside recognizes a friend by the cry, and calls out her name
+correctly in return, he is allowed to enter the room and embrace her,
+and the latter then takes the place of Cat. If, on the contrary, the
+Cat cannot recognize the voice, he is hissed, and remains outside
+until he does.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LIVING PICTURES
+
+Living pictures are very amusing if well carried out, and even with
+little preparation may be made very pretty or very comical, whichever
+may be desired. It is perhaps better to attempt comical ones if you
+have not much time in which to arrange them, as the costumes are
+generally easier to manage, and if you are obliged to use garments not
+quite in keeping with the characters, it does not matter much; indeed,
+it will probably only make the audience laugh a little more.
+
+The great thing in living pictures is to remain perfectly still during
+the performance. You should select several well-known scenes either
+from history or fiction, and then arrange the actors to represent the
+scenes as nearly as possible.
+
+Simple home living pictures are a great source of fun, and many a
+wet afternoon will pass like magic while arranging scenes and making
+dresses to wear. Newspaper masks, newspaper cocked hats, old shawls,
+dressing-gowns, and sticks are quite sufficient for home charades.
+
+Suppose, for instance, you think of "Cinderella" for one tableau. One
+girl could be standing decked out with colored tissue paper over her
+frock, and with paper flowers in her hair, to represent one of the
+proud sisters, while Cinderella in a torn frock is arranging the other
+proud sister's train, which may consist of an old shawl. Bouquets of
+paper flowers should be in the sister's hands.
+
+"Little Red Riding Hood" is another favorite subject for a living
+picture. The wolf may be represented by a boy on his hands and knees,
+with a fur rug thrown over him. Red Riding Hood only requires a
+scarlet shawl, arranged as a hood and cloak, over her ordinary frock
+and pinafore, and she should carry a bunch of flowers and a basket.
+
+All living pictures look better if you can have a frame for them. It
+is not very difficult to make one, especially if you have four large
+card-board dress-boxes.
+
+Having carefully cut out the bottoms of the boxes, place the frames as
+here shown:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Cut out the center framework, leaving a large square, so:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+You must then fasten the four pieces together by gluing cardboard on
+each side of the joints, and you will have a very good frame, which
+you can cover with colored paper or ornament with muslin.
+
+This frame will last a very long time if carefully treated. It should
+stand upright by itself; but if it is a little unsteady, it is better
+to hold it upright from the sides. Of course, this will only make a
+very small frame, but you can increase the size by using more boxes.
+
+If you have no time to make a frame, arrange your figures close to a
+door, outside the room in which the audience is seated.
+
+When quite ready, some one must open the door, when the doorway will
+make a kind of frame to the living picture.
+
+It is always well to have a curtain if you can; a sheet makes an
+excellent one. Two children standing upon chairs hold it up on each
+side, and at a given signal drop it upon the floor, so that, instead
+of the curtain rising, it drops. When it has been dropped, the two
+little people should take the sheet corners in their hands again, so
+that they have only to jump upon the chairs when it is time to hide
+the picture.
+
+Of course, these instructions are only for living pictures on a
+very small scale; much grander arrangements will be needed if the
+performance is to take place before any but a "home audience."
+
+As I told you before, comic living pictures are the easiest to perform
+on account of the dresses being easier to make, but there are other
+living pictures which are easier still, and which will cause a great
+deal of fun and merriment. They are really catches, and are so simple
+that even very little children can manage them.
+
+You can arrange a program, and make half a dozen copies to hand round
+to the audience.
+
+The first living picture on the list is "The Fall of Greece" and
+sounds very grand, indeed; but when the curtain rises (or rather, if
+it is the sheet curtain, drops), the audience see a lighted candle set
+rather crookedly in a candlestick and fanned from the background so as
+to cause the grease to fall.
+
+Here are some other similar comic tableaux which you can easily place
+before an audience:
+
+"Meet of the Hounds."--A pile of dog biscuits.
+
+"View of the Black Sea."--A large capital C blackened with ink.
+
+"The Charge of the Light Brigade."--Half a dozen boxes of matches
+labeled: "10 cents the lot."
+
+These are only a few of the many comic living pictures you can
+perform; but, no doubt, you will be able to think of others for
+yourselves.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ACTING PROVERBS
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The best way to play this game is for the players to divide themselves
+into two groups, namely, actors and audience. Each one of the actors
+should then fix upon a proverb, which he will act, in turn, before
+the audience. As, for instance, supposing one of the players to have
+chosen the proverb, "A bad workman quarrels with his tools," he should
+go into the room where the audience is seated, carrying with him a bag
+in which there is a saw, a hammer, or any other implement or tool
+used by a workman; he should then look round and find a chair, or some
+other article, which he should pretend requires repairing; he should
+then act the workman, by taking off his coat, rolling up his sleeves,
+and commencing work, often dropping his tools, and grumbling about
+them the whole of the time.
+
+If this game be acted well, it may be made very entertaining.
+Sometimes the audience are made to pay a forfeit each time they fail
+to guess the proverb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SHOUTING PROVERBS
+
+This is rather a noisy game. One of the company goes outside the door,
+and during his absence a proverb is chosen and a word of it is
+given to each member of the company. When the player who is outside
+re-enters the room, one of the company counts "One, two, three," then
+all the company simultaneously shout out the word that has been given
+to him or her of the proverb that has been chosen.
+
+If there are more players present than there are words in the proverb,
+two or three of them must have the same word. The effect of all the
+company shouting out together is very funny. All that is necessary is
+for the guesser to have a sharp ear; then he is pretty sure to catch a
+word here and there that will give him the key to the proverb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PROVERBS
+
+This is a very interesting game, and can be played by a large number
+at the same time. Supposing there are twelve persons present, one is
+sent out of the room, while the others choose a proverb. When this is
+done, the "guesser" is allowed to come in, and he asks each person a
+question separately. In the answer, no matter what question is asked,
+one word of the proverb must be given. For illustration we will take
+"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
+
+  1. John must use the word "A" in his answer.
+  2. Gladys must use the word "bird" in hers.
+  3. Nellie must use the word "in" in hers.
+  4. Tommy must use the word "the" in his.
+  5. Estelle must use the word "hand" in hers.
+  6. Ivy must use the word "is" in hers.
+  7. Wilfrid must use the word "worth" in his.
+  8. Lionel must use the word "two" in his.
+  9. Vera must use the word "in" in hers.
+  10. Bertie must use the word "the" in his.
+  11. Harold must use the word "bush" in his.
+
+The fun becomes greater if the answers are given quickly and without
+allowing the special word to be noticed. It often happens that the
+"guesser" has to try his powers over several times before succeeding.
+The one who by giving a bad answer gives the clue, in turn becomes
+guesser, and is then obliged to go out of the room while another
+proverb is chosen.
+
+Here is a list of proverbs:
+
+  A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
+  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
+  A cat may look at a king.
+  Aching teeth are ill tenants.
+  A creaking door hangs long on the hinges.
+  A drowning man will catch at a straw.
+  After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
+  A friend in need is a friend indeed.
+  A good servant makes a good master.
+  A good word is as soon said as an evil one.
+  A little leak will sink a great ship.
+  All are not friends that speak us fair.
+  All are not hunters that blow the horn.
+  All is fish that comes to the net.
+  All is not gold that glitters.
+  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
+  A pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at last.
+  A rolling stone gathers no moss.
+  A small spark makes a great fire.
+  A stitch in time saves nine.
+  As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
+  As you sow, so you shall reap.
+  A tree is known by its fruit.
+  A willful man will have his way.
+  A willing mind makes a light foot.
+  A word before is worth two behind.
+  A burden which one chooses is not felt.
+  Beggars have no right to be choosers.
+  Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
+  Better late than never.
+  Better to bend than to break.
+  Birds of a feather flock together.
+  Care killed a cat.
+  Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
+  Charity begins at home, but does not end there.
+  Cut your coat according to your cloth.
+  Do as you would be done by.
+  Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.
+  Do not spur a willing horse.
+  Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
+  Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
+  Enough is as good as a feast.
+  Faint heart never won fair lady.
+  Fine feathers make fine birds.
+  Fine words butter no parsnips.
+  Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
+  Grasp all, lose all.
+  Half a loaf is better than no bread.
+  Handsome is as handsome does.
+  Happy is the wooing that is not long in doing.
+  He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.
+  Hiders are good finders.
+  Home is home though it be ever so homely.
+  Honesty is the best policy.
+  If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
+  It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
+  It is never too late to learn.
+  It is not the cowl that makes the friar.
+  It is a long lane that has no turning.
+  It's a good horse that never stumbles.
+  It's a sad heart that never rejoices.
+  Ill weeds grow apace.
+  Keep a thing for seven years, and you will find a use for it.
+  Kill two birds with one stone.
+  Lazy folk take the most pains.
+  Let sleeping dogs lie.
+  Let them laugh that win.
+  Make hay while the sun shines.
+  Many a true word is spoken in jest.
+  Many hands make light work.
+  Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
+  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
+  Necessity is the mother of invention.
+  Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
+  Old friends and old wine are best.
+  One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter.
+  People who live in glass houses should never throw stones.
+  Possession is nine points of the law.
+  Procrastination is the thief of time.
+  Short reckonings make long friends.
+  Safe bind, safe find.
+  Strike while the iron is hot.
+  Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
+  The more the merrier, the fewer the better cheer.
+  The darkest hour is just before the daylight.
+  The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.
+  There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
+  There's a silver lining to every cloud.
+  Those who play with edge tools must expect to be cut.
+  Time and tide wait for no man.
+  Too many cooks spoil the broth.
+  Union is strength.
+  Waste not, want not.
+  What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.
+  When rogues fall out honest men get their own.
+  When the cat's away, the mice play.
+  Willful waste makes woful want.
+  You cannot eat your cake and have it also.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE ADVENTURERS
+
+This is a very good game and will combine both instruction and
+amusement. The idea is that the company imagines itself to be a
+party of travelers who are about to set out on a journey to foreign
+countries. A good knowledge of geography is required, also an idea of
+the manufactures and customs of the foreign parts about to be visited.
+It would be as well, if not quite certain about the location of the
+part, to refer to a map.
+
+A place for starting having been decided upon, the first player sets
+out upon his journey. He tells the company what spot he intends to
+visit (in imagination) and what kind of conveyance he means to travel
+in. On arriving at his destination, the player states what he wishes
+to buy, and to whom he intends to make a present of his purchase on
+returning home.
+
+This may seem very simple, but it is not nearly so easy as it appears.
+The player must have some knowledge of the country to which he is
+going, the way he will travel, and the time it will take to complete
+the journey. To give an instance, it will not do for the player to
+state that he is going to Greenland to purchase pineapples, or to
+Florida to get furs; nor will it do for him to make a present of a
+meerschaum pipe to a lady, or a cashmere shawl to a gentleman.
+
+More fun is added to this game if forfeits are exacted for all
+mistakes.
+
+The game continues, and the second player must make his starting
+point from where the first leaves off. Of course, all depends upon the
+imagination or the experience of the player; if he has been a traveler
+or has read a good deal, his descriptions should be very interesting.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+POSTMAN'S KNOCK
+
+One player begins the game by going out of the room, and then giving a
+double (or postman's) knock at the door; it is the duty of one of
+the other players to stand at the door inside the room to answer the
+knocks that are made, and to ask the postman for whom he has a
+letter. The postman names some member of the company, generally of
+the opposite sex; he is then asked, "How many cents are to be paid?"
+Perhaps he will say "six"; the person for whom the letter is supposed
+to be must then pay for it with kisses, instead of cents; after which
+he or she must take a turn as postman.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"OUR OLD GRANNIE DOESN'T LIKE TEA."
+
+All the players sit in a row, except one, who sits in front of them
+and says to each one in turn: "Our old Grannie doesn't like T; what
+can you give her instead?"
+
+Perhaps the first player will answer, "Cocoa," and that will be
+correct; but if the second player should say, "Chocolate," he will
+have to pay a forfeit, because there is a "T" in chocolate. This
+is really a catch, as at first every one thinks that "tea" is meant
+instead of the letter "T." Even after the trick has been found out it
+is very easy to make a slip, as the players must answer before "five"
+is counted; if they cannot, or if they mention an article of food with
+the letter "T" in it, they must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I LOVE MY LOVE WITH AN A."
+
+To play this game it is best for the players to arrange themselves in
+a half circle round the room. Then one begins: "I love my love with an
+'A,' because she is affectionate; I hate her with an 'A,' because she
+is artful. Her name is Alice, she comes from Alabama, and I gave her
+an apricot." The next player says: "I love my love with a 'B,' because
+she is bonnie; I hate her with a 'B,' because she is boastful. Her
+name is Bertha, she comes from Boston, and I gave her a book." The
+next player takes "C," and the next "D," and so on through all the
+letters of the alphabet.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONSEQUENCES
+
+One of the most popular games at a party is certainly "Consequences;"
+it is a very old favorite, but has lost none of its charms with age.
+The players sit in a circle; each person is provided with a half sheet
+of notepaper and a pencil, and is asked to write on the top--(1) one
+or more adjectives, then to fold the paper over, so that what has been
+written cannot be seen. Every player has to pass his or her paper on
+to the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top of
+the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor (2) "the
+name of the gentleman;" after having done this, the paper must again
+be folded and passed on as before; this time must be written (3) one
+or more adjectives; then (4) a lady's name; next (5), where they met;
+next (6), what he gave her; next (7), what he said to her; next (8),
+what she said to him; next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what
+the world said about it.
+
+Be careful that every time anything has been written, the paper is
+folded down and passed on to the player on your right. When every one
+has written what the world says, the papers are collected and one of
+the company proceeds to read out the various papers, and the result
+may be something like this:
+
+(1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr. Brown (3) met the charming
+(4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her a flower (7)
+and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said to him: "Not for
+Joseph;" (9) the consequence was they danced the hornpipe, and the
+world said (10), "Just what we expected."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EARTH, AIR, FIRE, AND WATER
+
+[Illustration]
+
+To play this game seat yourselves in a circle, take a clean duster
+or handkerchief, and tie it in a big knot, so that it may easily be
+thrown from one player to another. One of the players throws it to
+another, at the same time calling out either of these names: Earth,
+Air, Fire, or Water. If "Earth" is called, the player to whom the ball
+is thrown has to mention something that lives on the earth, as lion,
+cat; if "Air" is called, something that lives in the air; if "Water,"
+something that lives in the water; but if "Fire" is called, the player
+must keep silence. Always remember not to put birds in the water, or
+animals or fishes in the air; be silent when "Fire" is called, and
+answer before ten can be counted. For breaking any of these rules a
+forfeit must be paid.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CRAMBO
+
+One of the party leaves the room, and on his return he is asked to
+find a word which has been chosen by the other players in his absence;
+and in order to help him, another word is mentioned rhyming with the
+word to be guessed. Questions may then be asked by the guesser, and
+the players must all introduce, as the final word of their answer,
+another word rhyming with the word chosen. For instance, suppose the
+word "way" is selected. The guesser would then be told that the word
+chosen rhymes with "say." He might then ask the first one of the
+party: "What do you think of the weather?" and the answer might be:
+"We have had a lovely day." The second question might be: "Have you
+enjoyed yourself?" and the answer might be: "Yes; I have had lots of
+play." The game would proceed in this way until the guesser gave the
+correct answer, or one of the party failed to give the proper rhyme,
+in which case the latter would then be called upon to take the place
+of the guesser.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOST AND FOUND
+
+A very similar game to "Consequences" is that of "Lost and Found,"
+which is played in an exactly similar manner, but the questions are
+quite different: (1) Lost, (2) by whom, (3) at what time, (4) where,
+(5) found by, (6) in what condition, (7) what time, (8) the reward.
+
+The answers may be something like the following: (1) Lost a
+postage-stamp, (2) by sister Jane, (3) at three in the morning, (4) at
+St. Louis, (5) it was found by a policeman, (6) rather the worse for
+wear, (7) at dinner-time; (8) the reward was a kiss.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, OR MINERAL?"
+
+This is a capital game for a large party, for it is both instructive
+and amusing. Two sides are picked, one has to guess what word or
+sentence the remainder of the company has chosen. They go out of the
+room, and when the subject has been decided upon, return and ask a
+question of each of the other side in turn. The answer must be either
+"Yes" or "No," and in no case should more words be used, under penalty
+of paying a forfeit. The first important point to be found out is
+whether the subject is "Animal," "Vegetable," or "Mineral." Supposing,
+for instance, the subject chosen is a cat which is sleeping in
+the room by the fire, the questions and answers might be like the
+following: "Is the subject chosen an animal?" "Yes." "Wild animal?"
+"No." "Domestic animal?" "Yes." "Common?" "Yes." "Are there many to be
+seen in this town?" "Yes." "Have you seen many this day?" "Yes." "In
+this house?" "No." "Have you seen many in the road?" "Yes." "Do they
+draw carts?" "No." "Are they used for working purposes?" "No." "Is the
+subject a pet?" "Yes." "Have they one in the house?" "Yes." "In this
+room?" "Yes." "Is it lying in front of the fire at the present time?"
+"Yes." "Is the subject you all thought of the cat lying in front
+of the fire in this room?" "Yes." The subject having been guessed,
+another one is chosen and the game proceeds. The questions are limited
+to twenty, but it is hardly ever necessary to use that number.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HUNT THE SLIPPER
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The players seat themselves in a circle on the floor, having chosen
+one of their number to remain outside the circle. The children seated
+on the floor are supposed to be cobblers, and the one outside is the
+customer who has brought his shoe to be mended. He hands it to one of
+them, saying:
+
+"Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe; Get it done by half-past two."
+
+The cobblers pass the shoe round to each other as quickly as they can,
+taking care that the customer does not see which of them has it. When
+the customer comes to fetch it he is told that it is not ready. He
+pretends to get angry and says he will take it as it is. He must then
+try to find it, and the cobbler who has it must try to pass it to his
+neighbor without its being seen by the customer. The person upon whom
+the shoe is found must become the customer, while the customer takes
+his place in the circle on the floor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FLYING
+
+This game requires for the leader a person who can tell a story or
+make a little amusing speech. Each one who plays must place the right
+hand upon the left arm. The leader then tells a story, during the
+telling of which whenever he mentions any creature that can fly, every
+right hand is to be raised and fluttered in the air to imitate the
+action of flying. At the name of a creature that does not fly, the
+hands must be kept quiet, under pain of a forfeit. Thus:
+
+  The little wren is very small,
+    The humming-bee is less;
+  The ladybird is least of all,
+    And beautiful in dress.
+  The pelican she loves her young,
+    The stork its parent loves;
+  The woodcock's bill is very long,
+    And innocent are doves.
+  In Germany they hunt the boar,
+    The bee brings honey home,
+  The ant lays up a winter store,
+    The bear loves honeycomb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BLIND MAN'S WAND
+
+This is another way of playing Blind Man's Buff, and is thought by
+many to be an improvement on that game.
+
+The player who is blindfolded stands in the center of the room, with
+a long paper wand, which can be made of a newspaper folded up
+lengthways, and tied at each end with string. The other players then
+join hands and stand round him in a circle. Some one then plays a
+merry tune on the piano, and the players dance round and round the
+blind man, until suddenly the music stops; the blind man then takes
+the opportunity of lowering his wand upon one of the circle, and the
+player upon whom it has fallen has to take hold of it. The blind man
+then makes a noise, such as, for instance, the barking of a dog, a
+street cry, or anything he thinks will cause the player he has caught
+to betray himself, as the captive must imitate whatever noise the
+blind man likes to make. Should the blind man detect who holds the
+stick, the one who is caught has to be blind man; if not, the game
+goes on until he succeeds.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+JUDGE AND JURY
+
+The company should be seated in two lines facing each other, and one
+of the party should then be elected to act as judge. Each person has
+to remember who is sitting exactly opposite, because when the judge
+asks a question of any one, it is not the person directly asked who
+has to reply, but the person opposite to the judge. For instance, if
+the judge, addressing one of the company, asks: "Do you like apples?"
+the person spoken to must remain silent, while the person who is
+opposite to him must reply before the judge can count ten; the penalty
+on failing to do this is a forfeit. A rule with regard to the answers
+is that the reply must not be less than two words in length, and must
+not contain the words: "Yes," "No," "Black," "White," or "Gray." For
+the breaking of this rule a forfeit may also be claimed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"HANDS UP!"
+
+[Plate 3]
+
+The company in this game must divide, one-half taking seats on one
+side of the table, and the other half on the other side; the players
+on one side being called the "guessers" and the players on the other
+side being called the "hiders." A button or any small object is
+produced, and the hiders have to pass it from hand to hand, under the
+table, so that those sitting opposite may not know who holds it. When
+it is hidden, one of the guessers cries out, "Hands up!" Immediately
+the hiders must place their closed hands on the table; the guessers
+have then to find out which hand holds the button. If successful,
+the hiders take their turn at guessing. The person in whose hand the
+button is found must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LODGINGS TO LET
+
+The company sit in a circle, and a player stands in the center. There
+is one spare chair, and the game is for this player to get possession
+of a vacant seat. When the game begins, every one moves as quickly as
+possible to the chair next beside him or her, and as this is done all
+the time, it is difficult for the person who is looking for "lodgings"
+to find a place by slipping in among them, and his attempts will cause
+much amusement.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HUNT THE RING
+
+For this game a long piece of string is required. On this a ring is
+threaded, and the ends of the string are knotted together. The players
+then take the string in their hands and form a circle, while one
+of the company, who is called the hunter, stands in the center. The
+string must be passed rapidly round and round, and the players must
+try to prevent the hunter finding out who holds the ring. As soon as
+he has done this, he takes his place in the circle, while the person
+who held the ring becomes the "hunter."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE
+
+The players sit in a circle, in the center of which a stool is placed.
+One of the company goes out of the room, and the rest say all sorts of
+things about him. For instance, one will say he is handsome, another
+that he is clever, or stupid, or vain. The "culprit" is then called
+back into the room and seats himself on the stool, which is called
+"the stool of repentance," and one of the players begins to tell him
+the different charges which have been made against him. "Some one
+said you were vain; can you guess who it was?" If the culprit guesses
+correctly, he takes his seat in the circle and the person who made
+the accusation becomes the "culprit" in his stead. If, however, the
+"culprit" is unable to guess correctly, he must go out of the room
+again while fresh charges are made against him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FEATHER
+
+Having procured a small flossy feather, the players sit in a circle as
+closely together as possible. One of the party then throws the feather
+as high as possible into the air, and it is the duty of all the
+players to prevent it from alighting on them, by blowing at it
+whenever it comes in their direction. Any player whom it falls upon
+must pay a forfeit.
+
+It is almost impossible to imagine the excitement that is produced by
+this game when it is played with spirit, and the fun is not altogether
+confined to the players, as it gives almost as much enjoyment to those
+who are looking on.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GAME OF CONVERSATION
+
+To play this game successfully, two of the company privately agree
+upon a word that has several meanings. The two then enter into a
+conversation which is obliged to be about the word they have chosen,
+while the remainder of the company listen. When a member of the
+party imagines that he has guessed the word, he may join in the
+conversation, but if he finds he is mistaken, must immediately retire.
+
+To give an illustration: Supposing the two players who start the
+conversation decide upon the word "box." They might talk about the
+people they had seen at the theater and the particular part of the
+house in which they were sitting. Then they might say how nice it
+looked in a garden, and one might mention that it grew into big trees.
+Perhaps one of the company might imagine that he had guessed the word
+correctly and join in, when the conversation would be immediately
+changed, and the two would begin to converse about a huge case in
+which a very great number of things were packed away. By this time,
+possibly the person who joined in the conversation will leave off,
+completely mystified. If, however, the word should be correctly
+guessed, the person guessing it chooses a partner, and they together
+select a word, and the game begins again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GALLERY OF STATUES
+
+For this game all the company leave the room with the exception
+of two. One of these then stands like a statue, with perhaps the
+assistance of a tablecloth or something similar as drapery, while the
+other acts as showman.
+
+When the position is decided upon, one of the company is called in and
+taken on one side by the showman, and is asked his or her opinion as
+to the merits of the statue. It is almost certain that some suggestion
+will be made; in that case he or she is made to assume the attitude
+suggested, and another player is called in, to whom the same question
+is put, and another suggestion made and adopted. As each statue is
+added to the gallery, a great deal of merriment is caused, and in a
+short time a large collection will be obtained.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE HUNTSMAN
+
+One person represents the huntsman, the other players call themselves
+after some part of the huntsman's belongings; for instance, one is the
+cap, another the horn, others the powder-flask, gun, whip, etc.
+
+A number of chairs are arranged in the middle of the room, and there
+must be one chair less than the number of players, not counting the
+huntsman.
+
+The players then seat themselves round the room, while the huntsman
+stands in the center and calls for them one at a time, in this way:
+"Powder-flask!" At once "Powder-flask" rises and takes hold of the
+huntsman's coat.
+
+"Cap," "Gun," "Shot," "Belt," the huntsman cries; each person who
+represents these articles must rise and take hold of the player
+summoned before him, until at length the huntsman has a long line
+behind him. He then begins to run round the chairs, until he suddenly
+cries: "Bang!" when the players must sit down. Of course, as there are
+not sufficient chairs, one player will be left standing and he must
+pay a forfeit. The huntsman is not changed throughout the game, unless
+he grows tired, when he may change places with one of the others.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HOT BOILED BEANS AND BACON
+
+This is a game for young children. Some small article is hidden in the
+room, while the little one who has to find it is sent outside. This
+finished, the players call out together: "Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon;
+it's hidden and can be taken." The little one enters and begins
+to hunt about for the hidden article. When she comes near to its
+hiding-place, the company tell her that she is getting "hot"; or, if
+she is not near it, she is told that she is "cold." That she is "very
+hot" or "very cold," will denote that she is very near of very far
+away from the object that is hidden; while if she is extremely near,
+she would be told that she was "burning." In this way the hidden
+object can be found, and all the children can be interested in the
+game by being allowed to call out whether the little one is "hot" or
+"cold."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"MY MASTER BIDS YOU DO AS I DO."
+
+For all those children who are fond of a little exercise, no better
+game than this can be chosen. When the chairs are placed in order
+round the room, the first player commences by saying: "My master bids
+you do as I do," at the same time working away with the right hand as
+if hammering at his knees. The second player then asks: "What does he
+bid me do?" in answer to which the first player says: "To work with
+one as I do." The second player, working in the same manner, must turn
+to his left-hand neighbor and carry on the same conversation, and so
+on until every one is working away with the right hand.
+
+The second time of going round, the order is to work with two, then
+both hands must work; then with three, then both hands and one leg
+must work; then with four, when both hands and both legs must work;
+lastly with five, when both legs, both arms, and the head must be kept
+going. Should any of the players fail in keeping in constant motion, a
+forfeit may be claimed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RED CAP AND BLUE CAP
+
+The players seat themselves in a circle to represent tailors at
+work on a piece of cloth--a handkerchief or a duster will answer the
+purpose. A leader or foreman is chosen, and every one of the company
+is named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap, Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap,
+etc. The leader then takes the piece of cloth and pretends to examine
+the work which is supposed to have been done by the workmen. He is
+supposed to discover a bad stitch and asks: "Who did it, Blue Cap?"
+The latter immediately answers: "Not I, sir." "Who then, sir?" "Yellow
+Cap, sir." Yellow Cap must then answer at once in the same manner and
+name another workman. Any one who fails to answer to his name pays a
+forfeit. If carried on in a brisk manner, this game will cause endless
+amusement.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+IT
+
+One of the players is asked to go outside while the company thinks of
+some person in the room, and on his return he has to guess of whom the
+company has thought.
+
+The players then arrange themselves in a circle, and agree each to
+think of his or her right-hand neighbor; it is best to have a girl and
+boy alternately, as this adds much to the amusement.
+
+The one outside is then called in, and commences to ask questions.
+Before replying, the player asked must be careful to notice his or
+her right-hand neighbor, and then give a correct reply. For instance,
+supposing the first question to be: "Is the person thought of a boy or
+a girl?" The answer would possibly be "A boy;" the next person would
+then be asked the color of the complexion, the next one the color
+of the hair, if long or short, etc., to which questions the answers
+would, of course, be given according to the right-hand neighbor.
+
+Nearly all the answers will contradict the previous ones, and
+something like this may be the result: "A boy," "very dark
+complexion," "long yellow hair," "wearing a black velvet jacket,"
+"with a dark green dress," "five feet high," "about six years old,"
+etc. When the player guessing gives the game up, the joke is explained
+to him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ACTING RHYMES
+
+For this game, half the players go outside the door, while those who
+stay in the room choose a word of one syllable, which should not be
+too difficult. For instance, suppose the word chosen be "Flat," those
+who are out of the room are informed that a word has been thought of
+that rhymes with "Cat," and they then have to act without speaking,
+all the words they can think of that rhyme with "Cat." Supposing their
+first idea be "Bat," they come into the room and play an imaginary
+game of cricket. This not being correct, they would get hissed for
+their pains, and they must then hurry outside again. They might next
+try "Rat," most of them going into the room on their hands and feet,
+while the others might pretend to be frightened. Again they would be
+hissed. At last the boys go in and fall flat on their faces, while the
+girls pretend to use flat-irons upon their backs. The loud clapping
+that follows tells them that they are right at last. They then change
+places with the audience, who, in their turn, become the actors.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAN AND OBJECT
+
+Two persons go out of the room, and after agreeing together as to what
+they shall represent, they come back again, and sit side by side in
+front of the company. One of the two takes the part of some well-known
+person, and the other represents an object which is closely connected
+with that person; for instance, say one represents the governor,
+and the other the mayor. When the two return to the room, the other
+players take it in turns to ask each of them a question, to which
+both the man and the object must reply either "Yes" or "No," until the
+right person and the right object have been guessed.
+
+The first player will perhaps ask the "man:" "Are you alive?"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The man will reply, "Yes;" then the object is asked: "Are you of
+wood?" "No." The second player next questions him, and then the third,
+and so on until every one has had a turn at questioning, or the person
+and the object have been guessed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE JOLLY MILLER
+
+The players decide among themselves which one of their number shall
+act the part of the Jolly Miller. This being done, each little boy
+chooses a little girl as partner; the Jolly Miller having taken his
+stand in the middle of the room, they all commence to walk arm-in-arm
+round him, singing the following lines:
+
+  There was a jolly miller who lived by himself;
+  As the wheel went round he made his wealth;
+  One hand in the hopper, and the other on the bag;
+  As the wheel went round he made his grab.
+
+At the word "Grab" all must change partners, and while the change
+is going on the miller has the opportunity given him of securing
+a partner for himself. Should he succeed in doing so, the one left
+without a partner must take the place of the Jolly Miller, and must
+occupy the center of the room until fortunate enough to get another
+partner.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RUTH AND JACOB
+
+[Illustration]
+
+One player is blindfolded, the rest dance in a circle round him till
+he points at one of them. This person then enters the ring, and when
+the blindman calls out "Ruth," answers "Jacob," and moves about within
+the circle so as to avoid being caught by the blindman, and continues
+to answer "Jacob," as often as the blindman calls out "Ruth." This
+continues until "Ruth" is caught. "Jacob" must then guess who it is he
+has caught; if he guesses correctly, "Ruth" takes his place, and the
+game goes on; if he guesses wrongly, he continues to be "Jacob."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHECKERS
+
+This is a splendid game and one very easily learned. It is played upon
+a special board with thirty-two white and thirty-two black squares.
+
+Two persons play at the game, who sit opposite to each other. The
+players have each a set of twelve pieces, or "men," the color of the
+sets being different, so that the players can distinguish their
+own men easily. The men are round and flat, and are usually made of
+boxwood or ebony and ivory, one set being white and the other black.
+
+Before placing the men upon the board, it must be decided whether the
+white or the black squares are to be played on, as the whole must be
+put on one color only. If the white squares are selected, there must
+be a black square in the right-hand corner; if the black squares are
+to be played upon, then the right-hand corner square must be a white
+one.
+
+The movements in checkers are very simple; a man can be moved only one
+square at a time, except as explained hereafter, and that diagonally,
+never straight forward or sideways. If an opponent's man stand in the
+way, no move can take place unless there be a vacant square beyond it,
+into which the man can be lifted. In this case the man leaped over is
+"taken" and removed from the board.
+
+The great object of the game, then, is to clear the board of the
+opponent's men, or to hem them in in such a way that they cannot be
+moved, whichever player hems in the opponent or clears the board
+first gains the victory. As no man can be moved more than one step
+diagonally at a time (except when taking opponent's pieces), there can
+be no taking until the two parties come to close quarters; therefore,
+the pushing of the men continuously into each other's ground is the
+principle of the game.
+
+In beginning the game, a great advantage can be obtained by having the
+first move; the rule, therefore, is, if several games are played, that
+the first move be taken alternately by the players.
+
+When either of the players has, with his men, reached the extreme row
+of squares on the opposite side (the first row of his opponent), those
+men are entitled to be crowned, which is done by placing on the top of
+each another man, which may be selected from the men already removed
+from the board. The men so crowned are called "Kings" and have a new
+power of movement, as the player may now move them either backward or
+forward, as he wills, but always diagonally as before.
+
+The Kings having this double power of movement, it is an important
+point for a player to get as many men crowned as possible. If each
+player should be fortunate enough to get two or three Kings, the game
+becomes very exciting. Immediately after crowning, it is well for a
+player to start blocking up his opponent's men, so as to allow more
+freedom for his own pieces, and thus prepare for winning the game.
+
+It is the rule that if a player touch one of his men he must play it.
+If player A omit to take a man when it is in his power to do so, his
+opponent B can huff him; that is, take the man of the player A off the
+board. If it is to B's advantage, he may insist on his own man being
+taken, which is called a "blow." The usual way is to take the man of
+the player A who made the omission, and who was huffed, off the board.
+
+It is not considered right or fair for any one watching the game to
+advise what move to be made, or for a player to wait longer than five
+minutes between each move.
+
+Great care should be taken in moving the men, as one false move may at
+any time endanger the whole game.
+
+With constant practice any one can soon become a very fair player, but
+even after the game has been played only a few times it will be found
+very interesting.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DOMINOES
+
+There are several ways of playing Dominoes, but the following game is
+the most simple:
+
+The dominoes are placed on the table, face downward, and each player
+takes up one, to decide who is to play first. The one who draws the
+stone with the highest number of pips on it takes the lead. The
+two stones are then put back among the rest; the dominoes are then
+shuffled, face downward, and the players choose seven stones each,
+placing them upright on the table, so that each can see his own
+stones, without being able to overlook those of his opponent.
+
+As there are twenty-eight stones in an ordinary set, there will still
+be fourteen left from which to draw.
+
+The player who has won the lead now places a stone, face upward, on
+the table. Suppose it be double-six, the other player is bound to
+put down a stone on which six appears, placing the six next to the
+double-six. Perhaps he may put six-four; the first player then puts
+six-five, placing his six against the opposite six of the double-six;
+the second follows with five-four, placing his five against the five
+already on the table; thus, you see, the players are bound to put down
+a stone which corresponds at one end with one of the end numbers of
+those already played. Whenever a player has no corresponding number he
+must draw from the fourteen that were left out for that purpose. If,
+when twelve of these fourteen stones are used up, he cannot play,
+he loses his turn, and his opponent plays instead of him. The two
+remaining dominoes must not be drawn.
+
+When one of the players has used up all his dominoes, his opponent
+turns up those he has left, the pips are then counted, and the number
+of pips is scored to the account of the player who was out first.
+
+If neither player can play, the stones are turned face upward on
+the table, and the one who has the smallest number of pips scores as
+follows: If the pips of one player count ten and those of the other
+player five, the five is deducted from the ten, leaving five to be
+scored by the player whose pips only counted five.
+
+The dominoes are shuffled again, the second player this time taking
+the lead, and the game proceeds in this way until one or other has
+scored a hundred, the first to do so winning the game.
+
+This game is generally played by two only, though it is possible for
+four, five, or even six to join in it; but, in that case, they cannot,
+of course, take seven stones each, so they must divide the stones
+equally between them, leaving a few to draw from, if they prefer it;
+if not they can divide them all.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GREEN GRAVEL
+
+In this game the children join hands and walk round in a circle,
+singing the following words:
+
+  Green gravel, green gravel, your grass is so green,
+  The fairest young damsel that ever was seen.
+  I'll wash you in new milk and dress you in silk,
+  And write down your name with a gold pen and ink.
+  Oh! (Mary) Oh! (Mary) your true love is dead;
+  He's sent you a letter to turn round your head.
+
+When the players arrive at that part of the song, "Oh, Mary!" they
+name some member of the company; when the song is finished, the one
+named must turn right round and face the outside of the ring, having
+her back to all the other players. She then joins hands in this
+position and the game continues as before until all the players face
+outward. They then recommence, until they all face the inside of the
+ring as at first.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FIVES AND THREES
+
+This is another game that is played with dominoes, and is one of
+the most popular. It is excellent practice for counting, and to be
+successful at it depends, in a very great measure, upon skill in doing
+this. Two, three or four players may take part in this game. After the
+dominoes have been shuffled, face downward, each player takes an equal
+number of stones, leaving always three, at least, upon the table; no
+player, however, may take more than seven, and it is perhaps better to
+limit the number to five.
+
+In playing dominoes, it should always be borne in mind that one end
+of the domino to be played must always agree in number with the end of
+the domino it is to be placed against.
+
+The object of the game is to make as many "fives" and "threes" as are
+possible; for instance, a player should always make the domino show
+fifteen if he can, as three divides into fifteen five times, and five
+divides into fifteen three times, and he would thus score 8 (three
+and five). The way to count is to add the two extreme ends together,
+always, of course, trying to make the number as high as possible, and
+to make it one into which either three or five will divide, as if a
+number be formed into which these numbers will not divide, no score
+will result.
+
+Suppose there are two players, A and B. A starts the game by playing
+the double-six, for which he scores 4 (three dividing into twelve four
+times). B then plays the six-three, making fifteen, and thus scores
+8 (the highest score possible, as explained above). A next plays the
+double-three, which makes eighteen, and scores 6 (three dividing into
+eighteen six times). B then plays six-blank onto the double-six on the
+left-hand side and scores 2 (three dividing into six twice). A holding
+the blank-three, places it onto the blank end, making the number nine,
+and scores 3. B next plays the three-four, which makes ten, and 2
+is added to his score (five dividing into ten twice). Thus the game
+proceeds, each player trying to make as many fives and threes as
+possible.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+PAPER AND PENCIL GAMES
+
+BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES
+
+Take your pencil and write upon the top of your paper the words,
+"Birds, Beasts, and Fishes." Then tell your companion that you are
+going to think of, for instance, an animal. Put down the first and
+last letters of the name, filling in with crosses the letters that
+have been omitted. For example, write down on the paper C*******e.
+Your companion would have to think of all the animals' names that he
+could remember which contained nine letters, and commenced with the
+letter C and ended with "e." If the second player after guessing
+several times "gives it up," the first player would tell him that the
+animal thought of was "Crocodile," and would then think of another
+Bird, Beast, or Fish, and write it down in a similar manner. If,
+however, the name of the animal be guessed, then it would be the
+second player's turn to take the paper and pencil.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NOUGHTS AND CROSSES
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This is a game every boy or girl thoroughly enjoys. Take paper, and
+with a pencil draw four cross lines as shown:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Two persons only can play at this game, one player taking "noughts,"
+the other "crosses." The idea is for the one player to try and draw
+three "noughts" in a line before the other player can do the same
+with three "crosses." Supposing the player who places his "O" in the
+right-hand top corner, the player who has taken the "crosses" will
+perhaps place an "X" in the left-hand top corner. The next "O" would
+be placed in the bottom left-hand corner; then to prevent the line of
+three "noughts" being completed, the second player would place his "X"
+in the center square. An "O" would then be immediately placed in the
+right-hand bottom corner, so that wherever the "X" was placed by the
+next player, the "noughts" would be bound to win. Say, for instance,
+the "X" has chosen the "noughts" commences and was placed in the
+center square on the right-hand side, the place for the "O" to be put
+would be the center square at the bottom, thus securing the game. The
+diagram would then appear as illustrated:
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"TIT, TAT, TOE"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+There can be two, three, or four players for this game. First take
+paper and pencil and write the players' names across the top of
+the paper in the order in which they are to play. Next draw a large
+circle, in the center of which draw a smaller one, placing the number
+100 within it. The space between the inner and outer circles must be
+divided into parts, each having a number, as shown in the diagram.
+
+This having been done, the first player closes his eyes, takes the
+pencil, and places his hand over the paper, the point of the pencil
+just touching it. He then repeats the following rhyme, moving the
+pencil round and round while doing so:
+
+  Tit, tat, toe,
+  My first go,
+  Four jolly butcher boys
+  All in a row.
+  Stick one up,
+  Stick one down,
+  Stick one in
+  The old man's crown.
+
+At the word "crown" the player must keep the point of the pencil
+firmly on the paper, and open his eyes. If the pencil is not within
+the circle, or if within but with the point of the pencil resting upon
+a line, then the player gives the pencil to the next player, having
+scored nothing.
+
+If, on the contrary, at the end of the rhyme, the pencil is found to
+be resting in a division of the circle, for instance, marked "70,"
+that number is placed beneath the player's name, and the section is
+struck by drawing a line across it. If afterward the pencil rest in a
+division of the circle that has been struck out, the player loses his
+turn in the same way as if the pencil were not in the circle at all,
+or had rested upon a line of the diagram.
+
+The game continues until all the divisions of the circle have been
+scored out, when the numbers gained by each of the players are added
+up, and the one who has scored the highest number of points wins the
+game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+CARD GAMES
+
+SPECULATION
+
+Speculation is a game at which any number of persons may play. The
+stakes are made with counters or nuts, and the value of the stakes is
+settled by the company. The highest trump in each deal wins the pool.
+
+When the dealer has been chosen, he puts, say, six counters in the
+pool and every other player puts four; three cards are given to each
+person, though they must be dealt one at a time; another card is then
+turned up, and called the trump card. The cards must be left upon the
+table, but the player on the left-hand side of the dealer turns up
+his top card so that all may see it. If it is a trump card, that is to
+say, if it is of the same suit as the card the dealer turned up, the
+owner may either keep his card or sell it, and the other players bid
+for it in turn. Of course, the owner sells it for the highest price he
+can get.
+
+The next player then turns up his card, keeps it or sells it, and so
+the game goes on until all the cards have been shown and disposed of,
+and then the player who holds the highest trump either in his own hand
+or among the cards he has bought, takes the pool, and there is another
+deal.
+
+Should none of the other players have a trump card in his hand, and
+the turn-up card not having been purchased by another player, the
+dealer takes the pool.
+
+If any one look at his cards out of turn, he can be made to turn all
+three up, so that the whole company can see them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ALL FOURS
+
+This game takes its name from the four chances or points of which it
+consists, namely, "High," "Low," "Jack," and "Game." It may be played
+by two or four players, but the same rules apply to each.
+
+The four points, which have been already mentioned, count as follows:
+"High," the highest trump out; the holder scores one point. "Low," the
+lowest trump out; the original holder of it scores one point even if
+it is taken by his adversary. "Jack," the knave of trumps; the holder
+scores one point, unless it be won by his adversary, in which case
+the winner scores one. "Game," the greatest number of tricks gained by
+either party; reckoning for each Ace four toward game, each King three
+toward game, each Queen two toward game, each Jack one toward game,
+each Ten ten toward game.
+
+The other cards do not count toward game; thus it may happen that
+a deal may be played without either party having any to score for
+"Game."
+
+When the players hold equal numbers, the dealer does not score.
+
+[Plate 4]
+
+Begging is when the player next the dealer does not like his cards and
+says, "I beg," in which case the dealer must either let him score one,
+saying, "Take one," or give three more cards from the pack to all the
+players and then turn up the next card for trumps; if the trump turned
+up is the same suit as the last, the dealer must give another three
+cards until a different suit turns up trumps. In playing this game the
+ace is the highest card and the deuce (the two) is the lowest.
+
+Having shuffled and cut a pack of cards, the dealer gives six to each
+player. If there be two playing, he turns up the thirteenth card for
+trumps; if four are playing, he turns up the twenty-fifth. Should the
+turn-up be a jack, the dealer scores one point. The player next the
+dealer looks at his hand and either holds it or "begs," as explained.
+
+The game then begins by the player next the dealer leading a card, the
+others following suit, the highest card taking the trick, and so on
+until the six tricks have been won. When the six tricks are played,
+the points are taken for High, Low, Jack, and Game.
+
+Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the player next to
+the dealer scores the point for the game. If only one trump should be
+out, it counts both High and Low to the player who first has it. The
+first great thing in this game is to try and win the jack; next you
+must try and make the tens; and you must also try and win the tricks.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SNAP
+
+The pack of cards is dealt round, face downward, and each player packs
+his cards together, without looking at them, and then places them in
+front of him.
+
+The first player then turns up the top card of his pack, the next does
+the same, and so on in turn; but, as soon as a player turns up a card
+corresponding in number to the one already lying, uncovered, on the
+table, one of the two to whom the cards belong cries, "Snap."
+
+Whichever succeeds in saying it first takes, not only the snap card of
+the other player, but all the cards he has already turned up, and also
+those he has himself turned up. The cards he wins must be placed at
+the bottom of his own pack.
+
+The one who succeeds in winning all the cards wins the game. It
+is necessary to be very attentive and very quick if you want to be
+successful at this game.
+
+There is a game very similar to the above called "Animal Snap." Each
+player takes the name of an animal, and instead of crying "Snap," he
+must cry the name of the animal chosen by the player who turned up the
+last card. For instance, suppose a five be turned up and a player who
+has chosen the name of "Tiger" turn up another five, instead of crying
+"Snap," "Tiger" would be called if "Tiger" did not succeed in crying
+the other player's name first.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SNIP, SNAP, SNORUM
+
+This is a first-rate game and very exciting. Any number of players may
+take part in it, and the whole of the fifty-two cards are dealt out.
+
+Each player has five counters, and there is a pool in the middle,
+which is empty at the commencement of the game.
+
+The first player plays a card--say it is a six--then the one next to
+him looks through his cards, and if he has another six he puts it down
+and says, "Snip"; the first player must then pay a counter into the
+pool.
+
+If the next player should chance to have another six, he plays it and
+says "Snap," and the one who is snapped must pay in his turn, but the
+fine is increased to two counters. Should the fourth player have the
+fourth six, he plays it, and says, "Snorum," and the third player must
+now pay; his fine is three counters to the pool. No person may play
+out of his turn, and every one must "snip" when it is in his power.
+When any one has paid the whole of his five counters to the pool he
+retires from the game; the pool becomes the property of the one whose
+counters last the longest.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OLD MAID
+
+From a pack of cards take out one queen, shuffle the cards and deal
+them, face downward, equally among all the players. The cards should
+then be taken, the pairs sorted out and thrown upon the table. By
+"pairs" is meant two kings, or two fives, and so on. When all the
+pairs have been sorted out, the dealer offers the remainder of his
+cards to his felt-hand neighbor, who draws any card he chooses to
+select, though he is only allowed to see the backs of them. The player
+who has drawn then looks at the cards to see if he can pair it with
+one he holds in his hand; if he can, he throws out the pair; if not,
+he must place it with his other cards. It is now his turn to offer his
+cards to his neighbor, and so the game goes on until all the cards are
+paired, except, of course, the odd card which is the companion to the
+banished queen. The holder of this card is "the old maid."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+POPE JOAN
+
+This amusing game is for any number of players, and is played with a
+wooden board which is divided into compartments or pools, and can be
+bought cheaply at any toy shop for a small sum. Failing a board, use a
+sheet of paper marked out in squares.
+
+Before dealing, the eight of diamonds is taken out of the pack, and
+the deal is settled by cutting the cards, and whoever turns up the
+first jack is dealer.
+
+The dealer then shuffles the cards and his left-hand neighbor cuts
+them. The dealer must next "dress the board," that is, he must put
+counters into the pools, which are all marked differently. This is the
+way to dress the board: One counter to each ace, king, queen, jack,
+and game, two to matrimony (king and queen), two to intrigue (queen
+and jack), and six to the nine of diamonds, which is the Pope. On a
+proper board you will see these marked on it.
+
+The cards are now dealt round to the players, with the exception of
+one card, which is turned up for trumps, and six or eight, which are
+put aside to form the stops; the four kings and the seven of diamonds
+are also always stops.
+
+If either ace, king, queen, or jack happen to be turned up for trumps,
+the dealer may take whatever is in the compartment with that mark; but
+when Pope is turned up for trumps, the dealer takes all the counters
+in Pope's compartment as well as those in the "game" compartment,
+besides a counter for every card dealt to each player, which must, of
+course, be paid by the players. There is then a fresh deal.
+
+It is very seldom, however, that Pope does turn up for trumps; when it
+does not happen, the player next to the dealer begins to play, trying
+to get rid of as many cards as possible. First he leads cards which he
+knows will be stops, then Pope, if he has it, and afterward the lowest
+card in his suit, particularly an ace, for that can never be led
+up to. The other players follow when they can; for instance, if the
+leader plays the two of diamonds, whoever holds the three plays it,
+some one follows with the four, and so on until a stop occurs; whoever
+plays the card which makes a stop becomes leader and can play what he
+chooses.
+
+This goes on until some person has parted with all his cards, by which
+he wins the counters in the "game" compartment and receives from the
+players a counter for every card they hold. Should any one hold the
+Pope he is excused from paying, unless he happens to have played it.
+
+Whoever plays any of the cards which have pools or compartments takes
+the counters in that pool. If any of these cards are not played, the
+counters remain over for the next game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I SUSPECT YOU"
+
+This game may be played by any number of persons. As soon as the cards
+have been dealt and the players have examined their hands, the one on
+the left of the dealer plays the lowest card he has (the ace counting
+lowest). He must place the card face downward on the table, at the
+same time calling out what it is. The next player also puts down a
+card, face downward, and calls the next number; for instance, if No. 1
+puts down a card and says "One," No. 2 says "Two," No. 3 "Three," and
+so on.
+
+It is not necessary for the card laid down to be actually the one
+called out. The fun of the game is to put down the wrong card without,
+any one suspecting you. Naturally, it is not often that the cards run
+straight on, as no one may play out of turn, and if one player thinks
+another has put down the wrong card, he says, "I suspect you." The
+player must then show his card, and if it should not be the one he
+said, he must take all the cards laid down and add them to his pack;
+if, however, the card happens to be the right one, then the accuser
+must take the cards. The player who first succeeds in getting rid of
+his cards wins the game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOR
+
+The cards are dealt equally to the players. The first player puts down
+a card, face upward, upon the table. If it be a common card, that
+is, a two, or three, or anything but a picture card or an ace, his
+neighbors put down in turn their cards until a court card (that is, a
+picture card or an ace) turns up.
+
+If at last an ace be played, the neighbor of the one who plays it must
+pay him four cards; if a king three cards, if a queen two, and if a
+jack one. The one who played the court card also takes all the cards
+that have been played, and puts them under his own pack. If, however,
+in playing for a court card, one of the players puts down another
+court card, then his neighbor must pay him, and he takes the whole
+pack instead of the previous player. Sometimes it happens that a
+second player in paying puts down a court card, and the third player
+in paying him puts down another, and so on, until perhaps the fourth
+or fifth player actually gets the cards in the end.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+RIDDLES
+
+Few children think they will ever tire of playing games; but all the
+same, toward the end of a long evening, spent merrily in dancing and
+playing, the little ones begin to get too weary to play any longer,
+and it is very difficult to keep them amused.
+
+Then comes the time for riddles! The children can sit quietly round
+the room, resting after their romps and laughter, and yet be kept
+thoroughly interested, trying to guess riddles.
+
+It is, however, very difficult to remember a number of good and
+laughable ones, so we will give a list of some, which will be quite
+sufficient to puzzle a roomful of little folk for several hours.
+
+Why are weary people like carriage wheels? Answer: Because they are
+tired.
+
+An old woman in a red cloak was passing a field in which a goat was
+feeding. What strange transformation suddenly took place? Answer: The
+goat turned to butter (butt her), and the woman into a scarlet runner.
+
+Why does a duck go into the water? Answer: For divers reasons.
+
+Spell "blind pig" in two letters. P G; a pig without an I.
+
+Which bird can lift the heaviest weights? The crane.
+
+Why is a wise man like a pin? He has a head and comes to a point.
+
+Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond? Because he is a Jew-ill.
+
+Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as stone?
+Because they never saw it.
+
+What is that which is put on the table and cut, but never eaten? A
+pack of cards.
+
+When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it? When he folds
+it.
+
+What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has devoured
+itself? A candle.
+
+Why is a dog biting his tail like a good manager? Because he makes
+both ends meet.
+
+What thing is it that is lower with a head than without one? A pillow.
+
+Which is the left side of a plum pudding? That which is not eaten.
+
+What letter of the alphabet is necessary to make a shoe? The last.
+
+If all the seas were dried up, what would everybody say? We haven't a
+notion (an ocean).
+
+Why is it certain that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not written by the hand
+of its reputed author? Because it was written by Mrs. Beecher's toe
+(Stowe).
+
+Why is a fishmonger never generous? Because his business makes him
+sell fish (selfish).
+
+What is that which works when it plays and plays when it works? A
+fountain.
+
+What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet there will
+be some remaining? The word wholesome.
+
+Why are fowls the most economical things a farmer can keep? Because
+for every grain they give a peck.
+
+Why is it dangerous to walk in the meadows in springtime? Because the
+trees are shooting and the bulrush is out (bull rushes out).
+
+Why is a vine like a soldier? Because it is listed and has ten drills
+(tendrils) and shoots.
+
+If a man who is carrying a dozen glass lamps drops one, what does he
+become? A lamp lighter.
+
+What belongs to yourself, but is used more by your friends than by
+yourself? Your name.
+
+A man had twenty sick (six) sheep and one died; how many were left?
+Nineteen.
+
+Which is the best day for making a pancake? Friday.
+
+What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
+Yesterday.
+
+What four letters would frighten a thief? O I C U.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Why is a spider a good correspondent? Because he drops a line at every
+post.
+
+When is the clock on the stairs dangerous? When it runs down.
+
+Why is the letter "k" like a pig's tail? Because it comes at the end
+of pork.
+
+What is the keynote to good manners? B natural.
+
+Why is a five dollar bill much more profitable than five silver
+dollars? Because when you put it in your pocket you double it, and
+when you take it out you will find it in-creases.
+
+Why is a watch like a river? Because it doesn't run long without
+winding.
+
+What is that which flies high, flies low, has no feet, and yet wears
+shoes? Dust.
+
+Which is the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of your nose.
+
+When has a man four hands? When he doubles his fists.
+
+What trees has fire no effect upon? Ash trees; because when they are
+burned they are ashes still.
+
+What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine-driver?
+One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
+
+What is that which goes from Chicago to Philadelphia without moving?
+The road.
+
+Which is easier to spell--fiddle-de-dee or fiddle-de-dum?
+Fiddle-de-dee, because it is spelled with more "e's."
+
+When may a chair be said to dislike you? When it can't bear you.
+
+What animal took most luggage into the Ark, and which two took the
+least? The elephant, who took his trunk, while the fox and the cock
+had only a brush and a comb between them.
+
+If a bear were to go into a dry goods store, what would he want? He
+would want muzzlin'.
+
+Why was the first day of Adam's life the longest? Because it had no
+Eve.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Why is a washerwoman like a navigator? Because she spreads her sheets,
+crosses the line and goes from pole to pole.
+
+Why is it that a tailor won't attend to business? Because he is always
+cutting out.
+
+When can a horse be sea-green in color? When it's a bay.
+
+Why were gloves never meant to sell? Because they were made to be kept
+on hand.
+
+When are we all artists? When we draw a long face.
+
+Why are watch-dogs bigger by night than by day? Because they are let
+out at night and taken in in the morning.
+
+Why is B like a hot fire? Because it makes oil Boil.
+
+Why is a schoolmaster like a bootblack? Because he polishes the
+understandings of the people.
+
+When is a store-keeper always above his business? When he lives over
+his store.
+
+Which is the liveliest city in the world? Berlin; because it's always
+on the Spree.
+
+Why is a water-lily like a whale? Because they both come to the
+surface to blow.
+
+Why is a shoemaker the most industrious of men? Because he works to
+the last.
+
+What is book-keeping? Forgetting to return borrowed volumes.
+
+Why is scooping out a turnip a noisy process? Because it makes it
+hollow.
+
+Why are teeth like verbs? Because they are regular, irregular, and
+defective.
+
+What ships hardly ever sail out of sight? Hardships.
+
+When is an artist a dangerous person? When his designs are bad.
+
+Why are tortoiseshell combs like citadels? They are for-tresses.
+
+Why is the Isthmus of Suez like the first "u" in cucumber? Because it
+is between two "c's" (seas).
+
+What motive led to the invention of railroads? The loco-motive.
+
+Why are deaf people like Dutch cheeses? Because you can't make them
+here.
+
+When is the best time to get a fresh egg at sea? When the ship lays
+to.
+
+Who was the first whistler? The wind.
+
+Why need a traveler never starve in the desert? Because of the sand
+which is (sandwiches) there.
+
+Why is sympathy like blindman's buff? Because it is a fellow feeling
+for a fellow creature.
+
+If a Frenchman were to fall into a tub of tallow, in what word would
+he express his situation? In-de-fat-i-gabble. (Indefatigable.)
+
+Why is a dinner on board a steamboat like Easter Day? Because it is a
+movable feast.
+
+Spell "enemy" in three letters. F O E.
+
+Why is a little man like a good book? Because he is often looked over.
+
+Why is a pig in a parlor like a house on fire? Because the sooner it
+is put out the better.
+
+What is the difference between a soldier and a bombshell? One goes to
+wars, the other goes to pieces.
+
+Which is the only way that a leopard can change his spots? By going
+from one spot to another.
+
+Why did Eve never fear the measles? Because she'd Adam.
+
+When is a tall man a little short? When he hasn't got quite enough
+cash.
+
+What houses are the easiest to break into? The houses of bald people;
+because their locks are few.
+
+Why is a watch the most difficult thing to steal? Because it must be
+taken off its guard.
+
+Why is there never anybody at home in a convent? Because it is an (n)
+uninhabited place.
+
+Why does a person who is not good looking make a better carpenter than
+one who is? Because he is a deal plainer.
+
+What is the best tree for preserving order? The birch.
+
+Why is shoemaking the easiest of trades? Because the shoes are always
+soled before they are made.
+
+What plant stands for No. 4? IV.
+
+How can a gardener become thrifty? By making the most of his thyme,
+and by always putting some celery in the bank.
+
+Why is it probable that beer was made in the ark? Because the kangaroo
+went in with hops, and the bear was always bruin.
+
+"What was the biggest thing you saw at the Panama Exposition?" asked a
+wife of her husband. "My hotel bill!" said he.
+
+Why is C like a schoolmistress? Because it forms lasses into classes.
+
+What is that which never asks any questions and yet requires many
+answers? The street door.
+
+If a man bumped his head against the top of a room, what article of
+stationery would he be supplies with? Ceiling whacks (sealing-wax).
+
+Which is the oldest tree in the country? The elder tree.
+
+Which is the longest word in the English language? Smiles; because
+there is a mile between the first and last letters.
+
+What is that which happens twice in a moment and not once in a
+thousand years? The letter M.
+
+How many sides are there to a tree? Two, inside and out.
+
+What sea would a man most like to be in on a wet day? A dry attic
+(Adriatic).
+
+Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge? Because it must be ground
+before it is used.
+
+What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a troublesome
+boy? One is to be well shaken before taken, and the other is to be
+taken and then shaken.
+
+What makes more noise than a pig under a gate? Two pigs.
+
+When is a door not a door? When it is a-jar.
+
+What is the difference between a naughty boy and a postage stamp?
+Because one you stick with a lick, and the other you lick with a
+stick.
+
+Why did William Tell shudder when he shot the apple from his son's
+head? Because it was an arrow escape for his child.
+
+What is that which the more you take from it the larger it grows? A
+hole.
+
+What is the best land for little kittens? Lapland.
+
+Why should a man always wear a watch when he travels in a waterless
+desert? Because every watch has a spring in it.
+
+Of what trade is the sun? A tanner.
+
+What relation is a doormat to a door? Step-fa(r)ther.
+
+What is that which you cannot hold ten minutes, although it is as
+light as a feather? Your breath.
+
+What is the worst weather for rats and mice? When it rains cats and
+dogs.
+
+What is that which never uses its teeth for eating purposes? A comb.
+
+When are two apples alike? When pared.
+
+What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison? One
+cannot see to go and the other cannot go to sea.
+
+Why is a plum cake like the ocean? Because it contains so many
+currants.
+
+What pudding makes the best cricketer? A good batter.
+
+When is a sailor not a sailor? When he's a-board.
+
+Why is the snow different from Sunday? Because it can fall on any day
+in the week.
+
+What trade would you mention to a short boy? Grow sir (grocer).
+
+What tree is nearest the sea? The beech.
+
+Why is a game of cards like a timber yard? Because there are always a
+great many deals in it.
+
+Why is a tight boot like an oak tree? Because it produces a corn
+(acorn).
+
+Why is a city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world?
+Because each year it is Dublin (doubling).
+
+What is the easiest way to swallow a door? Bolt it.
+
+Why is a dancing master like a tree? Because of his bows (boughs).
+
+Name a word of five letters from which if you take two but "one"
+remains. Stone.
+
+Why is A like twelve o'clock? It is the middle of "day"
+
+When is a man thinner than a lath? When he is a-shaving.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THOUGHT READING
+
+This is a very good game, which always causes considerable amusement,
+and if skillfully carried out will very successfully mystify the whole
+company.
+
+It is necessary that the player who is to take the part of
+thought-reader should have a confederate, and the game is then played
+as follows:
+
+The thought-reader, having arranged that the confederate should write
+a certain word, commences by asking four members of the company to
+write each a word upon a piece of paper, fold it up in such a
+manner that it cannot be seen, and then to pass it on to him. The
+confederate, of course, volunteers to make one of the four, and writes
+the word previously agreed upon, which is, we will suppose, "Ohio."
+
+The thought-reader places the slips of paper between his fingers,
+taking care to put the paper of his confederate between the third and
+little finger; he then takes the folded paper from between his thumb
+and first finger and rubs it, folded as it is, over his forehead, at
+each rub mentioning a letter, as O, rub, H, rub, I O, after which he
+calls out that some lady or gentleman has written "Ohio." "I did,"
+replies the confederate.
+
+The thought-reader then opens the paper, looks at it, and slips it
+into his pocket; he has, however, looked at one of the other papers.
+
+Consequently he is now in a position to spell another word, which he
+proceeds to do in the same manner, and thus the game goes on until all
+the papers have been read.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CUSHION DANCE
+
+The children first of all divide themselves into two parties. They
+then form a ring, and commence dancing round a hassock which is
+placed, end upward, in the middle of the room. Suddenly one party
+endeavors to pull the other party forward, so as to force one of their
+number to kick the hassock and upset it.
+
+The player who has been unfortunate enough to touch the hassock has
+then to leave the circle. The game proceeds until only two remain; if
+these two happen to be boys, the struggle is generally prolonged, as
+they can so easily jump over the hassock, and avoid kicking it.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FARMYARD
+
+This game, if carried out properly, will cause great amusement. One
+of the party announces that he will whisper to each person the name of
+some animal, which, at a given signal, must be imitated as loudly as
+possible. Instead, however, of giving the name of an animal to each,
+he whispers to all the company, with the exception of one, to keep
+perfectly silent. To this one he whispers that the animal he is to
+imitate is the donkey. After a short time, so that all may be in
+readiness, the signal is given. Instead of all the party making the
+sounds of various animals, nothing is heard but a loud bray from the
+one unfortunate member of the company.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I POINT"
+
+It is necessary in this game for the player acting the part of guesser
+to have a confederate; he is then able to leave the room, and on his
+return to mention what person was pointed at during his absence. It is
+done in this way: It is agreed between the guesser and his confederate
+that whoever speaks last before the door is closed upon the guesser
+shall be the person who is to be pointed at. It is very seldom that
+any one discovers this trick.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DIAMOND RING
+
+The players sit in a circle with their hands placed palm to palm,
+the little fingers downward, between the knees. One of the company is
+chosen to act the part of maid. She takes a ring between her palms,
+which she keeps flat together in the same way as the rest. She then
+visits each person in turn and places her hands between the palms
+of each, so that she is able to slip the ring into some one's hands
+without the others knowing. When she has visited each, she touches one
+child, and says:
+
+  "My lady's lost her diamond ring;
+  I fix upon you to find it."
+
+The child touched must then guess who has the ring. If she guess
+correctly, she becomes the maid; if not, she must pay a forfeit. The
+maid then touches some one else and repeats the two lines given above.
+Each guesser may be allowed three trials.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FORBIDDEN LETTER
+
+The idea of this game is to try how many sentences can be spoken
+without containing a certain letter which has been agreed upon.
+Supposing, for instance, the letter "f" is not to be introduced; the
+first player might ask: "Is this a new game to you?" The second player
+could answer: "Oh, no! I played it years ago when quite a youngster."
+
+He would perhaps turn to the third player, and ask: "You remember it,
+do you not?" The third player might answer: "Yes; but we used to play
+it differently." This player, having used a word with an "f" in it,
+must pay a forfeit and remain out.
+
+The answers must be given at once, without hesitation, and the player
+who avoids for the greatest length of time using a word containing the
+forbidden letter wins the game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GRAND MUFTI
+
+One of the company is chosen as Grand Mufti. The others then form a
+circle with the Grand Mufti in the center, and every action which he
+performs, if preceded by the words, "Thus says the Grand Mufti," must
+be imitated by every member of the circle.
+
+The Grand Mufti, in order to lead one of the company astray, will
+sometimes omit to say the words: "Thus says the Grand Mufti;" in this
+case, if any member of the company imitate his action, he is compelled
+to pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAGIC WRITING
+
+In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states to the
+company, after a few remarks on ancient sign-language, that he is able
+to read signs made with a stick on the floor, and agrees to leave the
+room while the company decide upon some word or sentence.
+
+The game is played as follows: It is agreed by the player and his
+confederate that one tap on the floor shall represent A, two taps E,
+three taps I, four taps O, and five taps U, and that the first letter
+of each remark the confederate makes shall be one of the consonants of
+the word or sentence decided upon by the company. The consonants must
+be taken in order. On the player's return, supposing the word chosen
+to be "March," his confederate would commence: "Many people think
+this game a deception" (initial letter M). One tap on the floor (A).
+"Really it is very simple" (initial letter R). "Coming to the end
+soon" (initial letter C). "Hope it has been quite clear" (initial
+letter H).
+
+A few more signs are made so as not to finish too abruptly, and the
+player then states the word to be "March." If carefully conducted,
+this game will interest an audience for a considerable time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FLOWERS
+
+The company divides itself into equal sides, and each side must have a
+"home" in opposite corners of the room. The sides retire to their own
+"homes," and one side privately chooses a flower, then crosses over
+to the other corner and gives the initial letter of that flower. The
+children on the second side must try and guess the name of the flower,
+and when they have done so they catch as many as they can of the
+opposite side before they reach their "home."
+
+Those caught must go over to the other side, and the game goes on
+until one side has won all the children. The sides take it in turns
+to give the name of the flower. This game may also be played in the
+garden.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FOX AND GEESE
+
+One of the party, called the Fox, goes to one end of the room, and
+the rest of the children arrange themselves in a ring, one behind
+the other, the tallest first and the smallest last. The first one is
+called Mother Goose. The game begins by a conversation between the Fox
+and Mother Goose. "What are you after this fine morning?" says she.
+"Taking a walk," the Fox answers. "What for?" "To get an appetite for
+breakfast." "What will you have for breakfast?" "A nice fat goose."
+"Where will you get it?" "Well, as your geese are so handy, I will
+take one of them." "Catch one if you can."
+
+Mother Goose then stretches out her arms to protect her geese and not
+let the Fox catch one. The Fox tries to dodge under, right and left,
+until he is able to catch the last of the string. Of course, the brood
+must try and keep out of reach of the Fox. As the geese are caught
+they must go over to the den of the Fox, and the game continues until
+all are caught.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I SELL MY BAT, I SELL MY BALL"
+
+A ring is formed with one child in the middle, who is called the
+"drummer-man." Whatever this child does the others mimic, moving round
+as they do so, and singing the following words:
+
+  "I sell my bat, I sell my ball,
+  I sell my spinning-wheel and all;
+  And I'll do all that e'er I can
+  To follow the eyes of the drummer-man."
+
+Any one who does not at once imitate the "drummer-man" must pay a
+forfeit and take his place as "drummer-man."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?"
+
+The players sit in a circle, and one of them asks the others: "What's
+my thought like?" One player may say: "A monkey;" the second, "A
+candle;" the third, "A pin," and so on. When all the company have
+compared the thought to some object, the first player tells them the
+thought--perhaps it is "the Cat"--and then asks each, in turn, why it
+is like the object he compared it to.
+
+"Why is my cat like a monkey?" is asked. The other player might
+answer: "Because it is full of tricks." "Why is my cat like a candle?"
+"Because its eyes glow like a candle in the dark." "Why is my cat like
+a pin?" "Because its claws scratch like a pin."
+
+Any one who is unable to explain why the thought resembles the object
+he mentioned must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAT'S CRADLE
+
+Take a piece of string and knot the ends together and slip it over
+your hands, as in Fig. 1.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Next wind the string round your hands, not including the thumb, as in
+Fig. 2.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Slip the second fingers through the string on your hands and you have
+your cat's cradle, as in Fig. 3.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+You must now ask a second person to put his thumbs and first fingers
+through the cradle, as in Fig. 4.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Draw out the string and take it under the cradle, and you will have
+Fig. 5.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Slip the thumbs and first fingers again into the side pieces of the
+cradle, draw the string sideways and take it under the cradle, and you
+will have Fig. 6.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Now curl the little fingers round the string, slipping one under the
+other as shown, and draw out the side pieces.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Slip the thumb and first fingers under the side string, bring them up
+the middle, and you have your original cat's cradle again.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PERSONATIONS
+
+To play this game the company seat themselves in a circle, while one
+of the players commences to describe some person with whom most of the
+other players are familiar, and continues until one or other of the
+company is able to guess from the description who the person may be.
+
+The one guessing correctly then commences to describe some one. If,
+however, the company are unable to make a correct guess, the player
+goes on until some one is successful.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FROG IN THE MIDDLE
+
+One child is seated on the ground with his legs under him, while the
+other players form a ring round him. They then pull him about and give
+him little pushes, and he must try to catch one without rising from
+the floor.
+
+The child who is caught takes the middle, while the frog joins the
+circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GIANT
+
+This game must be arranged in the nature of a surprise for the company
+assembled. The giant is formed by two youngsters, one of whom seats
+himself on the shoulders of his friend. A large cloak should then be
+thrown over them, to make it appear as if it were only one person, and
+the top boy might wear a mask to prevent recognition. The giant then
+enters the room and commences dancing. Great amusement is afforded the
+little folk by this game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COCK FIGHTING
+
+This is a most amusing game, and although only two boys can play at
+it at one time, they will keep the rest of the company in roars of
+laughter. The two who are to represent the "cocks" having been chosen,
+they are both seated upon the floor.
+
+Each boy has his wrists tied together with a handkerchief, and his
+legs secured just above the ankles with another handkerchief; his arms
+are then passed over his knees, and a broomstick is pushed over one
+arm, under both knees, and out again on the other side over the
+other arm. The "cocks" are now considered ready for fighting, and are
+carried into the center of the room, and placed opposite each other
+with their toes just touching. The fun now commences.
+
+Each "cock" tries with the aid of his toes to turn his opponent over
+on his back or side.
+
+The one who can succeed in doing this first wins the game.
+
+It often happens that both "cocks" turn over at the same time, when
+the fight commences again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration]
+
+GAMES WITH THE ALPHABET
+
+It is necessary for these games that a large boxful of letters should
+be provided, which can be purchased at any toy store or made by the
+young people themselves by being cut out of newspapers. The children
+should seat themselves round the table; the letters should then be
+well shuffled and dealt round to the players. Each child has to form
+a word or sentence out of the letters which he has received. Another
+variation is to select a long word, and then in a given time to try to
+form several words from it. Names of well-known men, places, etc., can
+also be given. These games are not only amusing, but serve at the same
+time to instruct the young folk.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HONEY POTS
+
+For little ones there is scarcely a more popular game than "Honey
+Pots." Small children of three and four can be included in this
+game, but there should be two bigger children for the "Buyer" and
+the "Merchant." The children, with the exception of the Buyer and
+Merchant, seat themselves upon the floor of the room, with their knees
+raised and their hands clasped together round them. These children are
+called "Honey Pots." The Merchant and the Buyer then talk about the
+quality and quantity of the Honey, and the price of each Pot. It is
+agreed that the price to be paid shall be according to the weight of
+the "Honey" and the "Pot." The children are carefully "weighed" by
+raising them two or three times from the floor and swinging them by
+the arms, one arm held by the Merchant and the other by the Buyer.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When the "Honey Pots" are all weighed, the Buyer says he will purchase
+the whole of the stock, and asks the Merchant to help him carry the
+Pots home. Then the Merchant and the Buyer carry the children, one by
+one, to the other end of the room.
+
+When all are safely at the Buyer's house, the Merchant goes out of the
+room, but suddenly returns and says to the Buyer: "I believe you have
+carried off my little daughter in one of the Honey Pots." The Buyer
+replies: "I think not. You sold me all the Pots full of Honey, but if
+you doubt me you can taste them."
+
+The Merchant then pretends to taste the Honey, and after having tried
+two or three Pots exclaims: "Ah! this tastes very much like my little
+daughter." The little girl who represents the Honey Pot chosen by the
+Merchant then cries out: "Yes, I am your little girl," and immediately
+jumps up and runs away, the Buyer at the same time endeavoring to
+catch her.
+
+When the one Honey Pot runs away, all the others do the same, the
+Buyer catches whom he can, and the game recommences.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SPELLING GAME
+
+Each player in this game has what are called three "lives," or
+chances. When the company is seated in a circle, the first player
+mentions a letter as the beginning of a word. The game is for each
+of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it, keeping the word
+unfinished as long as possible.
+
+When a letter is added to the former letters and it makes a complete
+word, the person who completed it loses a "life." The next player then
+begins again.
+
+Every letter added must be part of a word, and not an odd letter
+thought of on the spur of the moment. When there is any doubt as
+to the letter used by the last player being correct, he may be
+challenged, and he will then have to give the word he was thinking of
+when adding the letter. If he cannot name the word, he loses a "life;"
+but if he can, it is the challenger who loses.
+
+This is an example of how the game should be played. Supposing the
+first player commences with the letter "p;" the next, thinking of
+"play," would add an "l;" the next an "o," thinking of "plough;" the
+next person, not having either of these words in his mind, would
+add "v;" the next player, perhaps, not knowing the word of which the
+previous player was thinking, might challenge him, and would lose a
+"life" on being told the word was "plover." The player next in turn
+would then start a new word, and perhaps put down "b," thinking of
+"bat;" the next thinking, say, that the word was "bone," would add an
+"o," the next player would add "n;" the player whose turn it would
+now be, not wanting to lose a "life" by finishing the word, would add
+another "n;" the next player for the same reason would add "e," and
+then there would be nothing else for the next in turn to do but to
+complete the word by adding "t" and thus losing a "life."
+
+It will be seen that there are three ways of losing a "life." First,
+the player may lay down a letter, and on being challenged be unable to
+give the word. Secondly, he may himself challenge another player who
+is not at fault. Thirdly, he may be obliged to add the final letter to
+a word, and so complete it.
+
+This is a most amusing game for a large party, for as the different
+persons lose their three "lives," the players gradually dwindle down
+to two or three, when it gets very exciting to see who will be the
+last person left in, for he or she will be declared the winner.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"DRAW A PAIL OF WATER."
+
+  "Draw a pail of water
+  For my lady's daughter;
+  My father's a king and my mother's a queen,
+  My two little sisters are dressed in green;
+  Stamping grass and parsley,
+  Marigold leaves and daisies,
+  One rush, two rush,
+  Pray thee, fine lady, come under my bush."
+
+Two children stand face to face, holding each other's hands. Two
+others also face each other holding hands across the other two. They
+seesaw backward and forward, singing the above lines.
+
+When they come to the line, "Pray thee, fine lady, come under my
+bush," another child pops under and comes up between one child's arms.
+They sing the verse again and another child creeps under another pair
+of arms, and so on until there are eight children standing facing each
+other. The must then jump up and down until one falls down, when she
+is almost sure to pull the others over.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
+
+Each player is furnished with a pencil and two slips of paper. On the
+first slip a question must be written. The papers are then collected
+and put into a bag or basket.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Then the players write an answer on their second slip. These are put
+into a different bag, and the two bags are then well shaken and handed
+round to the company.
+
+Every one draws a question and an answer, and must then read the two
+out to the company.
+
+The result is sometimes very comical; for instance:
+
+Questions
+
+  Do you like roses?
+  Where are you going to this summer?
+  Do you like beef?
+  Do you like spiders?
+
+Answers
+
+  Yes, with mustard.
+  I am very much afraid of them.
+  Yes, without thorns.
+  To Switzerland.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DUCK UNDER THE WATER
+
+Each child chooses a partner and stands opposite to her, so that two
+long lines are formed. Each couple hold a handkerchief between them,
+as high as they can lift their arms, so as to form an arch. The couple
+standing at the top of the lines run through the arch without letting
+go their handkerchief, and station themselves at the bottom of the
+lines, raising their handkerchief again so as to continue the arch.
+This is done by each couple in succession until all have had a turn.
+Whoever breaks the arch or drops the handkerchief must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WONDERMENT
+
+It is necessary that two only of the party should have a knowledge of
+this game, and then "wonderment" is sure to be the result.
+
+The two players agree that a certain word shall be regarded as a
+signal word. As an illustration, imagine this word to be "and."
+
+One of the players asserts his belief that he is gifted with second
+sight, and states that he is able to name, through a closed door, any
+article touched by any person in sympathy with him, notwithstanding
+the said person may attempt to mystify him by mentioning a lot of
+other articles. He then chooses his confederate, as being one with
+whom he may be in sympathy, and goes outside.
+
+The player in the room then proceeds to call out, perhaps, as follows:
+Table, Rug, Piano, Footstool and Chair, Lamp, Inkstand. He then places
+his hand on the back of a chair and asks: "What am I touching now?"
+the answer will, of course, be "Chair," because the signal word "and"
+came immediately before that article.
+
+If the players are skillful there is no need for the trick to be
+discovered.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"MOTHER, MOTHER, THE POT BOILS OVER"
+
+A number of children choose one of their number to be "mother" and
+another to be the witch. One child represents the pot, and the others
+are named after the days in the week, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. If
+there are too many children they might be called after the months.
+
+The mother first names the children, next she takes the pot and
+pretends to put it on the fire. She tells the eldest daughter that she
+is going to wash, and that she must take great care of her brothers
+and sisters while she is away, and on no account to let the old witch
+into the house. She is also to look after the dinner and see that
+the pot does not boil over. The mother then goes away, and the eldest
+daughter pretends to be very busy.
+
+The child who is supposed to be the witch knocks at the door, and asks
+if she may come in and get a light for her pipe. She must pretend to
+be very old and walk with a stick.
+
+"Come in," says the eldest daughter; "what do you want?"
+
+"To light my pipe at your fire."
+
+"Very well, but you must not dirty the range."
+
+"Certainly not; I'll be very careful."
+
+While the eldest daughter pretends to look on the shelf for something,
+the witch puts her dirty shoe on the range, catches hold of Monday
+(the youngest child) and runs off with him. The child who is the pot
+now makes a hissing noise and pretends to boil over. The daughter
+calls out:
+
+"Mother, mother, the pot boils over."
+
+"Take a spoon and skim it."
+
+"Can't find one."
+
+"Look on the shelf."
+
+"Can't reach."
+
+"Take the stool."
+
+"The leg's broken."
+
+"Take the chair."
+
+"The chair's gone to be mended."
+
+"I suppose I must come myself."
+
+The mother comes in from the washtub, drying her hands.
+
+"Where's Monday?" she asks.
+
+"Please, mother, some one came to beg for a light for her pipe, and
+when my back was turned she took Monday."
+
+"Why, that was the witch."
+
+The mother pretends to beat the eldest daughter, tells her to be more
+careful another time, and goes back to the washtub. The game then goes
+on as before, and each time the witch comes she takes away a child,
+until at last even the eldest daughter is taken. The pot boils over
+for the last time and then the mother, finding all her children gone,
+goes to the witch's house to find them, when this conversation ensues:
+
+"Is this the way to the witch's house?"
+
+"There's a red bull that way."
+
+"Then I'll go this way."
+
+"There's a mad cow that way."
+
+But the mother insists upon going into the witch's house to look for
+her children. The witch generally hides the children behind chairs.
+The mother stoops over one child: "This tastes like Monday," she says,
+but the witch replies: "That! it is a barrel of pork."
+
+"No, no," says the mother, "it is my Monday, and there are the rest
+of the children." The children now jump out and they and their mother
+begin to run home; the witch runs after them, and whoever she catches
+becomes witch, while the witch becomes the eldest daughter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER
+
+Lots are drawn in order to decide who shall be the grasshopper; the
+ants then seat themselves in a circle, while the grasshopper writes on
+a piece of paper the name of a grain or food which a grasshopper might
+be supposed to like. He puts this in his pocket and then addresses the
+ants:
+
+"Dear friends, I am very hungry; would any of you kindly give me some
+food?"
+
+"I have nothing but a grain of barley," says the ant spoken to.
+
+"Thank you; that is of no use to me," replies the grasshopper, and
+goes on to the next player. As soon as any one offers the grain
+of food which the grasshopper has written down the paper must be
+produced, and the one who guessed the word pays a forfeit and becomes
+grasshopper. If no one guesses the word, the grasshopper pays a
+forfeit.
+
+The game then goes on in the same way, except that a different
+question is asked on the second round.
+
+"Neighbors," says the grasshopper, "I have eaten abundantly and would
+have a dance. Which would you recommend?"
+
+A waltz, a polka, a quadrille, etc., are suggested, and when this
+question has gone the round, the grasshopper asks what music he can
+dance to, and the ants suggest the music of the violin, the piano,
+cornet, etc. Then the grasshopper says he is tired of dancing and
+wishes for a bed, and the ants offer him moss, straw, grass, and so
+on, to lie upon.
+
+"I should sleep very comfortably," the grasshopper says, "but I am
+in fear of being pounced upon by a hungry bird. What bird have I most
+reason to fear?" The ants answer: The rook, the lark, the cuckoo, etc.
+
+When the game is ended, the forfeits that have been lost must be
+called.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MAGIC WHISTLE
+
+All the players but three stand in two rows facing each other. One
+player sits at the end of the two rows, another leads a third player
+into the room and makes him kneel down before the player who is
+seated, and who is called the President.
+
+The President then proceeds to make all sorts of "magic" passes over
+the kneeler's face, back, and hands. While he is doing this, the boy
+who led the victim in fastens a whistle to his coat. It must be slung
+on to a piece of string or tape, and fastened very loosely, so that
+it can be easily grasped and yet will not knock against the wearer's
+back.
+
+The whistle is then blown by the boy who attached it, and the kneeling
+boy is told to rise and search for the magic whistle. The players
+who stand on each side must hold their hands before their mouths and
+pretend to blow whenever the whistle is blown, which must be as often
+as any one can get a chance without being found out.
+
+The victim will search all along the rows trying to find the magic
+whistle, and it will be some time before he discovers that it is
+pinned to his own coat.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A RUNNING MAZE
+
+Form a long line of children, one behind the other. The leader starts
+running, and is followed by all the rest. They must be sharp enough to
+do exactly as the leader does.
+
+After running for a moment or two in the ordinary running step, the
+leader changes to a hopping step, then to a marching step, quick
+time, then to a marching step, slow time, claps and runs with hands on
+sides, hands on shoulders, hands behind, etc.
+
+Finally, the leader runs slowly round and round into the center, and
+can either wind the children up tightly or can turn them on nearing
+the center and run out again. For another change the long line can
+start running and so unwind the spiral.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE COACH AND FOUR
+
+Two children stand hand-in-hand, side by side. These are the front
+horses. Two others, close behind, stand also hand-in-hand and side by
+side. These are the back horses.
+
+Slip reins over the left arm of one of the front horses, and over
+the right arm of the other. The two back horses hold on the reins,
+standing inside them. A driver must then be chosen, who gathers up the
+reins in his left hand and in his right hand holds a whip.
+
+Running beside him, equipped with a horn and parcels and letters,
+is another child, who acts as guard or conductor. The rest of the
+children form village streets, by standing in rows facing one another.
+
+The coach and four, with the driver and guard, gallop about the room
+and through the villages, the guard blowing his horn and tossing out a
+paper or letter here and there.
+
+Change horses every now and then, so that all may have a turn at being
+horses. A change of driver and guard, too, is also much appreciated.
+
+When the children have had about enough of this game, start a cheer as
+the coach dashes through the villages for the last time. Two coaches
+greatly add to the fun and enjoyment, as they have to pass and repass
+each other.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MALAGA RAISINS
+
+The players sit in a circle, and one who is acquainted with the trick
+takes a small stick in his right hand, makes some funny movements
+with it, and then, having taken it in his left hand, passes it to his
+neighbor, saying: "Malaga raisins are very good raisins, but I like
+Valencias better." He then tells his neighbor to do the same. Should
+any of the players pass on the stick with the right hand, they must
+pay a forfeit, but of course they must not be told what mistake they
+have made until the stick has been passed right round the circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SALLY WATER
+
+This game can be played by any number of children. A ring is formed
+in which all join with the exception of one little girl, who kneels in
+the center of the ring. The children then dance round her, singing the
+following verses:
+
+  "Sally, Sally Water, sprinkle in the pan,
+  Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man;
+  Choose for the best and choose for the worst,
+  And choose the very one you love best.
+
+  "Now you're married I wish you joy,
+  First a girl and then a boy;
+  Seven years after, son and daughter,
+  Pray, young couple, come kiss together."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When they come to the words, "Rise, Sally!" the child in the center
+rises and chooses another from the ring. The next two lines are then
+sung, and the two children in the ring dance round and kiss. Sally
+then joins the ring, the second child remaining in the circle, and the
+game is continued as before until all the players have acted the part
+of Sally.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PIGEON-HOUSE GAME
+
+Make a ring of children. In the center place five or six of the
+smaller children of the party. This forms the pigeon-house and
+pigeons.
+
+Now choose one child (boy or girl) to open or shut this old-fashioned
+dovecote.
+
+He runs round the ring outside and gently pushes the children in
+toward the center, and close to the pigeons, who are sitting on the
+ground softly cooing (or not, just as they please).
+
+This done he moves back. Let him be called the farmer or the farmer's
+boy, if a name is wanted.
+
+A pretty and lively tune is now started on the piano. Directly it
+begins, the boy runs forward and pulls open the ring of children,
+which widens out with raised arms, to form pigeon-holes.
+
+The pigeons rise to their feet and fly out of these holes, round and
+round the room.
+
+As the music begins to stop and die away, the pigeons should return
+to their dovecote, and when the last note sounds they should all be
+settled again. The farmer's boy now runs round the ring, closing it in
+and making all safe for the night.
+
+This game can be played without music, and the elder children can take
+their turn at being pigeons.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY
+
+All the children form a ring with the exception of one player, who
+stands in the center. The children then dance round this one, singing
+the first three lines of the verses given below. At the fourth line
+they stop dancing and act the words that are sung. They pretend to
+scatter seed; they stand at ease, stamp their feet, clap their hands,
+and at the words: "Turn him round," each child turns round.
+
+They then again clap hands and dance round, and when the words,
+"Open the ring and take one in," are sung, the center child chooses a
+partner, who steps into the ring, and the two stand together while the
+other children sing the remaining verse, after which the child who
+was first in the center joins the ring and the game is continued as
+before.
+
+  "Oats and beans and barley O!
+  Do you or I or any one know
+  How oats and beans and barley grow?
+
+  "First the farmer sows his seed,
+  Then he stands and takes his ease,
+  Stamps his foot and claps his hands,
+  And turns him round to view the land.
+
+  "Oats and beans and barley O!
+  Waiting for a partner, waiting for a partner.
+  Open a ring and send one in.
+  Oats and beans and barley O!
+
+  "So now you're married you must obey,
+  You must be true to all you say,
+  You must be kind, you must be good,
+  And help your wife to chop the wood.
+  Oats and beans and barley O!"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BINGO
+
+  "The miller's dog lay at the mill,
+  And his name was little Bingo,
+  B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,
+  His name was little Bingo.
+
+  "The miller he bought some peppermint,
+  And he called it right good Stingo,
+  S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,
+  He called it right good Stingo."
+
+One child represents the miller, the rest stand round him in a circle,
+and all dance round and sing the verses. When it comes to the spelling
+part of the rhyme, the miller points to a child, who must call out the
+right letter.
+
+Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LUBIN LOO
+
+This game can be played by any number of children. The players form a
+ring by clasping hands; they then dance round singing the first verse,
+which after the second verse serves as a chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo,
+  Here we dance lubin, light,
+  Here we dance lubin, loo,
+  On a Saturday night."
+
+While singing the second verse, the children stop, unclasp their hands
+and suit their actions to the words contained in the verse.
+
+  "I put my right hand in,
+  I put my right hand out,
+  I give my right hand shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+Each child while singing this first stretches her right arm toward the
+center of the ring, then draws the same arm back as far as possible,
+next shakes or swings her right hand, and when the last line is sung
+she turns right round. The children then once more join hands, and
+commence dancing, at the same time singing the chorus. The game
+proceeds as before until all the verses have been sung. Here are the
+remaining verses:
+
+  "Here we dance the lubin, loo,
+  Here we dance lubin, light,
+  Here we dance lubin, loo,
+  On a Saturday night.
+
+  "I put my left hand in,
+  I put my left hand out,
+  I give my left hand shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my right foot in,
+  I put my right foot out,
+  I give my right foot shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my left foot in,
+  I put my left foot out,
+  I give my left foot shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my own head in,
+  I put my own head out,
+  I give my own head shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my both hands in,
+  I put my both hands out,
+  I give my both hands shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my both feet in,
+  I put my both feet out,
+  I give my both feet shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE LITTLE LADY
+
+For this game a number of pieces of rolled-up paper to represent horns
+are required. Whoever makes a mistake in the game has a horn stuck
+in her hair; or, if little boys are playing, the horns might be stuck
+behind the ears.
+
+The leader of the game begins by saying to her right hand neighbor:
+"Good morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a pretty lady, always
+pretty, come from that pretty lady, always pretty" (here she points
+to the girl on her left), "to tell you that she owns an eagle with a
+golden beak."
+
+The next player turns to her right-hand neighbor, saying: "Good
+morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a pretty lady, always pretty,
+come from that pretty lady, always pretty" (here she points to the
+last speaker), "to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak
+and silver claws."
+
+The next girl continues the story word for word, adding "a rare skin."
+The next adds "diamond eyes," and the next "purple feathers." If there
+are a great number of children, other charms must be added to the
+eagle, but each child must say the whole of the story, and for each
+mistake made she receives a paper horn, which must be stuck somewhere
+about the head. At the end of the game a forfeit must be paid for each
+of these horns.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"BIRDS FLY"
+
+This is a very simple game. Each player places a finger on the table,
+which he must-raise whenever the conductor of the game says: "Birds
+fly," "Pigeons fly," or any other winged creates "fly."
+
+If he names any creature without wings, such as "Pigs fly," and
+any player thoughtlessly raises his finger, that player must pay a
+forfeit, as he must also do if he omits to raise his finger when a
+winged creature is named.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+I SAY STOOP
+
+Teacher says to the class: "I say stoop."
+
+Upon the word stoop all the children must stoop. If they do not they
+must be seated. The teacher must say "I say stand." The children must
+stand. If they do not they must be seated.
+
+This game will cause the children to think quickly, and to act
+quickly.
+
+The teacher can say: "I say fold the hands behind the back.
+
+"I say take a deep breath of air."
+
+"I say hands on hips."
+
+"I say raise the arms over the head."
+
+Anything else may be substituted; those who are slow to act and think
+must be seated.
+
+The one who remains standing the longest wins.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FLAG RACE
+
+Players seated at desks. Rows need not be full, but there must be same
+number in each row. Choose a player to stand in front of each row to
+hold the flag, and another to stand at the rear of each row. At the
+signal the rear player of each row rises, runs to the front, takes the
+flag from the one holding it, carries it to the one standing at the
+rear, and takes his seat. As soon as he is seated the next player goes
+and takes the flag back to the player in front. This continues till
+all have run. Be sure that no team has an unfair advantage because of
+the positions taken by the flag holders.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SQUIRREL AND NUT
+
+Players all seated, but one, heads on desks and eyes covered, one hand
+open on desk with palm up. The odd player is a squirrel and passes
+up and down between the rows and puts a nut in the hand of some
+player.... This one rises and chases the squirrel. If the squirrel
+is caught before he can reach his own seat, the one who caught him
+becomes squirrel; if the squirrel is not caught, he can be squirrel
+again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RACING AND COUNTING SCORES
+
+Make a scoreboard on the blackboard, indicating each row by a number
+of letter. Players run as in "Racing" (First Grade, First Half Year).
+Have front players run, tag front wall and return to seats, sit erect;
+mark score; others in a similar manner. Repeat, runners tagging rear
+wall. See which row has largest score.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SCHOOL-ROOM BASKET BALL
+
+Place a basket in the front seat of the second row and another in the
+front seat of next to last row. Draw a throwing line on floor 20 feet
+from each basket. At some time beforehand choose four captains and
+have these captains choose teams, choosing in turn. Teams stand at
+least two rows apart and behind throwing line, each team having a
+ball. Captains stand beyond baskets, two captains at same basket. Each
+captain passes the ball in turn to his players and they throw for
+the basket. Team throwing the most baskets in a round wins one point,
+first to get five points wins the contest.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LAST MAN
+
+Players seated at desks. Rows playing must be full rows. The game is
+much like "Fox and Squirrel" (see First Grade, Second Half Year).
+One player is "it," and there is one runner, besides the full rows
+of seats. The runner may come to the front of any row and call "Last
+Man," and then each player in that row must move back one place,
+leaving the front seat for the runner, who is now safe. The last one
+in the rear of the row will be out of a place and thus becomes runner.
+When a runner is tagged, he is "it," and the one who caught him
+becomes runner and must get out of the way at once.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHANGING SEATS
+
+Players seated at desks. When teacher commands "Change right," all
+move one place to right and the right hand row stands. In like manner
+the command may be "Change front," "Change back," or "Change left." At
+first it is best to follow each change by the reverse, so as to allow
+those standing to get seats, but later they may be told that they
+must run to the vacant seats on the opposite side or end of the room.
+Leaders may be chosen to act in place of the teacher.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HUCKLE, BUCKLE, BEANSTALK
+
+The children close their eyes and put their heads on their desks.
+A small object--a thimble or button--is placed in plain sight. At a
+signal, the children move about the room, and when they see it, take
+their seats without making any sign of its whereabouts. The first one
+to see it may hide it the next time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BLACKBOARD RELAY
+
+This is like the blackboard relay played in the third grade, but
+instead of marks and letters, words must be written; these may be
+required to form a sentence, numbers may be written and afterwards
+added, subtracted, etc., by the succeeding players, or each player may
+write his own name. It is often interesting to have the last player
+required to erase all his team has written, or each child may erase
+his own writing, passing the eraser as he did the chalk.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HIDE THE THIMBLE
+
+One child goes out of the room. A thimble or button is placed in plain
+sight by another child. The one who was sent out is then guided to the
+object by the clapping of the children--soft clapping for "cold," and
+louder for "warm."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SUGGESTIVE BREATHING WORK
+
+1. March winds whistling through the trees. Inhale a deep breath and
+imitate the wind.
+
+2. Keeping a feather in the air. Run with head back and blow short
+breaths, keeping an imaginary feather from falling to the ground.
+
+3. Making Ocean Waves. By blowing the water in a large basin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FOX CHASE
+
+Four farmers are in their home in the country enjoying a quiet
+evening.
+
+They hear a sound outside, they watch and listen and decide that the
+foxes are near the cabin. They wait until they are very close, then
+give chase--and catch as many as they can before the foxes have
+reached their home in the forest. All caught become farmers and help
+to catch the rest.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+POISON
+
+The players join hands to form a circle. About ten erasers are placed
+in the center of the circle, with spaces between them through which a
+player might step. The players then try by means of pushing or pulling
+their comrades by means of clasped hands, to make them knock over the
+erasers. Any player who knocks over an eraser or who unclasps hands
+must take his seat, the erasers again being replaced. The first
+players so leaving the circle form a scrub circle. The player wins who
+remains longest in the first circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SLAP-JACK
+
+All the pupils are seated except one. The odd player walks or runs
+through the aisles, touching some player, and runs around the room
+in the direction he is going. The one touched immediately leaves his
+seat, and runs around the room in the opposite direction. The first
+one back in the empty seat wins.
+
+Dodging through the aisles to shorten the distance is not allowed. The
+run must be around the outside of the room.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CROW'S RACE
+
+All players form in a straight line. Grasp just above ankles and on
+"Go," run a very short distance and return, keeping hold above ankles
+all the time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RIDING THE BICYCLE
+
+Hands in position in front, as though grasping the handle-bars,
+running in place with lifting the knee high and pointing toe to the
+ground. The same movement, traveling forward with short, quick steps.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAT AND RAT
+
+Children form a circle around the room, with hands joined. A "cat"
+is chosen to stand outside the circle, a "rat" to stand inside. The
+players are friends of the rat, and raise their arms to let him under,
+but keep them down when the cat tries to get through. The cat chases
+the rat in and out of the circle, among desks and over seats, till the
+"rat" is caught, when a new cat and rat are chosen.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+JUMPING THE ROPE
+
+This makes a splendid combination exercise. Swing the arms in a large
+circle, as though swinging the rope, and jump each time that the
+rope comes down. Travel forward with the same exercises, jumping and
+landing on one foot instead of both.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TEACHER
+
+The children stand or sit in one line. One is teacher and he or she
+throws a bean bag or soft ball in rotation down the line, the child
+missing goes to the front. When the teacher misses he or she goes to
+the foot and the child at the head becomes teacher. No bad or swift
+throws are counted.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BIRD-CATCHER
+
+This game is a great favorite with all the children, even in the upper
+grades. Two players are chosen as bird-catchers, and stand in one
+corner of the room. The "mother-bird" is chosen to stand in another
+"nest" in the other front corner of the room. The other players are
+named in groups (those in one row of seats usually) for various birds,
+"robins," "wrens," etc. As the name of each group of birds is
+called, they go to the back of the room, and, at a signal, run to the
+"mother-bird's nest." The bird-catchers try to catch them before they
+reach it. The "birds" dodge in and out among the desks, jumping over
+the seats, etc. The mother-bird and bird-catchers count their birds at
+the end of the game, and all "fly" back to their seats; that is, wave
+their arms and skip to their seats.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TAG ME, OR HEADS UP
+
+The pupils, upon the command of the player who is the leader and
+stands in front of the class, fold their arms upon the desk and lower
+the head upon the arms. The leader has an eraser or other article
+which he places upon one of the desks. He commands "Heads up" and the
+pupils raise their heads. The one finding the eraser on his seat rises
+and chases the leader. If he catches him he becomes the leader; if
+not, the first one is again the leader. If they fail to catch him
+after two trials he chooses another leader.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+AN ERASER GAME
+
+A boy places a rubber eraser, or any small object, on the desk of a
+girl. She takes the eraser and chases him around the room to his seat.
+If she tags him, he goes to the corner to stand, with others who are
+caught, till the end of the game. The girl then puts the eraser on a
+boy's desk, and the game continues.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CIRCLE BALL
+
+Children stand in a circle around the room; one stands in the center,
+with a bean bag or ball, and makes quick throws to children in
+different parts of the circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SEAT TAG--A SCHOOL-ROOM GAME
+
+The one starting the game runs and tags someone near and gets to that
+child's seat as quickly as he can. The child tries to tag him on the
+way. If he tags him the one tagged must go in the mush pot, that is,
+to go to the front of the room and sit down. The one who caught him
+continues the game, and when another one gets in the mush pot the
+first one is permitted to take his seat. The game continues until all
+have had a run.
+
+The runs should all be very short to make the game go quickly.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEAD BALL
+
+Children stand by desks. A tennis or soft rubber ball is thrown among
+the players. The child hit sits and is out of the game. The child
+standing near where the ball falls throws it the next time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRELIMINARY BALL
+
+Children stand in rows, facing each other, two rows of desks between
+them, those on one side having bean bags. On the teacher's counts they
+throw to those in the row opposite, throwing and catching with both
+hands. After a given number of throws, they put the left hand behind
+them, throwing and catching with the right hand; the same with the
+left hand. This is good muscular training.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DODGE
+
+Players divide into equal groups. One group forms a circle, the other
+within. Outside group has a volley or an outdoor baseball with which
+they try to hit the one's (players) within. As soon as one is hit he
+must immediately join the circle and help hit the others. When all
+have been tagged in this way, groups change places and repeat. The
+two players who were last to be hit in the two games are captains to
+choose up for the next time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THIRD MAN
+
+Played much like "Three Deep." Players stand in couples, facing each
+other, couples scattered in any way around the room. The runner is
+free from being tagged when he steps between the two players of any
+couple, and the chaser must chase the one toward whom the runner turns
+his back.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FOX AND CHICKENS
+
+Choose a player to be fox and another to be the mother hen. The
+players are the chickens and all form in a line behind the mother hen,
+and each one grasping the waist of the one in front. The fox tries to
+tag the last chicken; the line, led by the mother hen, turns and tries
+to keep between the fox and that chicken. When the last chicken is
+tagged he becomes fox, and the mother hen chooses another player in
+her place.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ERASER RELAY
+
+Place an eraser on the front desk of alternate rows. At a signal to
+start the first child in each row takes the eraser in both hands and
+passes it over his head to the child behind him. This continues till
+the last child receives it. The last child runs forward with it,
+running down the right aisle. On reaching the front seat, his entire
+row moves one seat backward, so as to leave an empty seat in front.
+The runner then sits down in the empty seat and passes the eraser
+backward with both hands as before stated.
+
+The changing of seats should be on the left side.
+
+The game ends when each child is returned to his own seat.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SCHOOL-ROOM TAG
+
+Mark a circle on floor in front of desks. Choose a player to be "it."
+He stands near but not in the circle and calls the names of three
+players. The players must rise and try to reach the circle without
+being tagged. They run in any style in either direction.
+
+The first one tagged is "it" and the game continues as before. If none
+are caught, three more are named. Encourage naming players who have
+not been called.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SERPENTINE MAZE
+
+Players all in single file, teacher leading. Each player reaches right
+hand forward to player next in front and left hand back, grasping
+hands. March forward, circling to left and winding up into a spiral.
+When tightly wound, last player should lead, all turn about to left
+and wind up, circling to right. Several variations should be used
+later:
+
+1. Same as first method without grasping hands.
+
+2. When wound as far as possible and leave enough space, teach circles
+right from center of spiral and line follows, passing out in a reverse
+spiral; this is done first grasping hands and later without.
+
+3. When leader reaches center of spiral, tight wound, she signals to
+players in some direction and they lift arms, forming arches, under
+which the line may pass, teacher leading, hands are kept grasped in
+this case.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TEACHER AND CLASS
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Similar to "School Ball." A leader is chosen for each group of eight
+or ten players, the players in a line and the leader eight or ten feet
+away at the side. A row in the school-room may be taken as a group,
+with a leader standing in front. The leader tosses the ball or bean
+bag to the players in turn, beginning at the head. Any player missing
+goes to the foot. If the leader misses he goes to the foot and the
+one at the head becomes leader. If the ball goes twice around and the
+leader does not miss, he goes in the line just above those who have
+missed and the head player becomes leader.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BLACKBOARD RELAY
+
+The competing rows must be placed where there is a blackboard at the
+front of each row. First player of each row has a piece of chalk. At
+the signal he runs to the board and makes a mark with the chalk, then
+he returns to his seat, and hands the chalk to the next player, who
+runs and marks in his turn. Later, players may be required to make
+a cross, circles, capital letters, small letters, add columns of
+numbers, write words, construct sentences. The teacher is the judge
+as to whether the marks come up to the requirements, and each team is
+charged with a foul for each defect.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TAG THE WALL RELAY
+
+This is like "Racing" (See First Grade), but more continuous. Two or
+more rows compete. The player in the back seat rises at a signal from
+the teacher, runs forward down the aisle, tags the wall at the front
+of the room, and returns to his seat. As soon as he has reached his
+seat the player next in front of him does the same, the relay being
+complete when each player in turn has run. The line whose front player
+is seated first wins.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SLOW POKE (INDOORS)
+
+Alternate rows of children are chosen. On a signal from the teacher,
+the last children in the alternate rows, run down the aisles, turn to
+their left; run down the other aisle, turn on reaching their seats,
+and tag the person who sits in front of them. The person tagged does
+as the first person did, tagging the person in front only when he
+reaches his starting place. Each person running when tagged. Equal
+numbers should be chosen for each row. The object of the game is
+to see which row is the winner, depending entirely upon alertness,
+quickness of mind and honesty in playing with fellow students.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+TRICKS AND PUZZLES
+
+Any one who wishes to play a trick or show off a puzzle should test
+it privately, before attempting to show it before company, for often,
+owing to some slight error, the trick may at first prove a failure,
+whereas a little practice will soon make one perfect.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANCING EGG
+
+Get a hard-boiled egg and place it on the reverse side of a smooth
+polished plate or bread-platter. If you now turn the plate round while
+holding it in a horizontal position, the egg, which is in the middle
+of it, will turn round also, and as the pace is quickened, the egg
+will move more and more quickly, until it stands up on one end and
+spins round like a top. In order to be quite sure that the experiment
+will succeed, you should keep the egg upright while it is being
+boiled, so that the inside may be hardened in the proper position.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MAGIC THREAD
+
+Soak a piece of thread in a solution of salt or alum (of course, your
+audience must not know you have done this). When dry, borrow a very
+light ring and fix it to the thread. Apply the thread to the flame of
+a candle; it will burn to ashes, but will still support the ring.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SWIMMING NEEDLES
+
+There are several ways of making a needle float on the surface of the
+water.
+
+The simplest way is to place a piece of tissue paper on the water and
+lay the needle on it; the paper soon becomes soaked with water and
+sinks to the bottom, while the needle is left floating on the top.
+
+Another method is to hang the needle in two slings made of threads,
+which must be carefully drawn away as soon as the needle floats.
+
+You can also make the needle float by simply holding it in your
+fingers and laying it on the water. This, however, requires a very
+steady hand.
+
+If you magnetize a sewing-needle by rubbing it on a fairly strong
+magnet and float it on the water, it will make an extremely sensitive
+compass; and if you place two needles on the water at the same time,
+you will see them slowly approach each other until they float side by
+side, that is, if they do not strike together so heavily as to cause
+them to sink.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BRIDGE OF KNIVES
+
+Three knives may be supported by their handles in the following
+manner: Place three glasses in a triangle, each side of which must be
+about the length of one of the knives. The blade of the first knife
+should rest on the blade of the second, by passing over it near to the
+point where the handle and blade are joined; the blade of the second
+passing in the same manner over the blade of the third, which is to
+be made to rest on the blade of the first. The handles being then
+carefully placed upon the glasses, a bridge is formed strong enough to
+bear a considerable weight.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO BALANCE A COFFEE-CUP ON THE POINT OF A KNIFE
+
+The articles necessary for the performance of this trick are very
+simple, a dinner-fork and an ordinary sized cork being all that are
+needed. Fix the cork firmly in the handle of the fork, then stick
+the fork into it so that two prongs shall be on each side of the cup
+handle, and slope the fork in such a way that its handle will come
+under the bottom of the cup. The heaviest weight being thus brought
+underneath, you can hold the cup on the point of a knife, if you very
+carefully find the exact place on which it will balance.
+
+As the surface of the cup is usually glazed, the hand which holds the
+knife must not tremble, or the cup will slip off.
+
+You may also obtain the same result by using two knives instead of a
+fork.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE OBSTINATE CORK
+
+Take a small cork and ask some one to blow it into a fairly large
+sized, ordinary bottle that has a neck.
+
+This seems to be quite an easy matter. The one who tries it will
+probably blow as hard as possible upon the little cork; but, instead
+of going into the bottle, as expected, it will simply fall down. The
+harder the puffs or blows, the more obstinate the cork will appear to
+be; and even if the effect of blowing gently be tried, it will be of
+no use; the cork will not go into the bottle, much to the amusement
+of those who are watching. The reason why the cork will not go in is
+this: The bottle being already full of air, when the cork is blown,
+more air will be forced into the bottle, and consequently the air
+inside will be greatly compressed and will simply force the cork back.
+The following is a simple way of overcoming the difficulty: Instead
+of trying to force the cork through the compressed air in the bottle,
+just the contrary should be tried, that is, some of the air should
+be sucked out of the bottle; this being done, the bottle will become
+partly emptied, and when the outside air rushes in to fill up the
+empty space, it will carry the cork with it to the bottom of the
+bottle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SIX AND FIVE MAKE NINE
+
+This is a simple little puzzle. Take eleven strips of cardboard, lay
+six of them at exactly equal distances on the table, and ask one of
+the company to add the five other strips and yet only make nine. It
+is done by placing six of them parallel to each other--the others are
+used to spell out the word nine.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE VANISHING DIME
+
+Stick a small piece of white wax on the nail of the middle finger of
+your right hand, taking care that no one sees you do it. Then place a
+dime in the palm of your hand and tell your audience that you can make
+it vanish at the word of command.
+
+You then close your hand so that the dime sticks to the waxed nail.
+Blow on your hand and make magic passes, and cry "Dime, begone!" Open
+your hand so quickly that no one will see the dime stuck to the back
+of your nail, and show your empty hand. To make the dime reappear, you
+merely close you hand again and rub the dime into your palm.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO LIGHT A SNOWBALL WITH A MATCH
+
+Roll a snowball and put it on a plate. While rolling, contrive to slip
+a piece of camphor into the top of it. The camphor must be about the
+size and shape of a chestnut, and it must be pushed into the soft snow
+so as to be invisible--the smaller end uppermost, to which the match
+should be applied.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANCING PEA
+
+For this trick, take a piece, two or three inches long, of a stem of
+a clay tobacco pipe, taking care that one end is quite even; with a
+knife or file, work the hole at the even end larger, so as to form a
+little cup. Choose the roundest pea you can find, place it in the cup,
+and blow softly through the other end of the pipe, throwing back
+your head while you blow, so that you can hold the pipe in an upright
+position over your mouth.
+
+The pea will rise, fall and dance in its cup, according to the degree
+of force you use in blowing, but you must take care not to blow too
+hard, or you may blow it away altogether.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BALANCING SPOON
+
+Place a half-opened penknife on the edge of the table and hang a large
+cooking-spoon by its hook on to the knife, just where the blade and
+handle join. Place the spoon so that its inner (concave) side is
+facing the table and, after swinging for a little while, the knife and
+spoon will keep still in perfect balance. Even if you fill the spoon
+with sand it will not fall, so long as the heaviest point is under the
+edge of the table.
+
+The cooking-spoon is hung on to the half-opened penknife where the
+blade and the handle join, and you can now place the end of the
+knife-handle on the tip of your finger, on the edge of the table, or
+on the rim of a glass which is standing near the edge of the table,
+and your knife and spoon will balance perfectly, without falling over.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FORCE OF A WATER-DROP
+
+Get a match and make a notch in the middle of it, bend it so as to
+form an acute angle, and place it over the mouth of a bottle.
+
+Now place a dime or other small coin on the match and ask any one to
+get the coin into the bottle without touching either the bottle or the
+match.
+
+This is very easy to do. Dip your finger in a glass of water, hold it
+over the place where the match is notched, and let one or two drops
+fall on this point. The force of the water will cause the sides of the
+angle to move apart, and the opening thus become large enough to let
+the coin fall into the bottle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SENTINEL EGG
+
+This trick requires care and patience. You must lay a piece of
+looking-glass on a perfectly even table; then take a new-laid egg and
+shake it about for some time until the white is well mixed with the
+yolk. In this condition it is possible to balance the egg on its end
+and make it stand upright on the glass. This trick is more certain
+to be successful if you are clever enough to flatten the end ever so
+slightly and evenly, by giving it a gentle and unsuspected tap.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE COIN TRICK
+
+Take a coin in each hand and stretch out your arms as far apart as you
+can. Then tell your audience that you will make both coins pass into
+one hand without bringing your hands together. This is easily done by
+placing one coin upon the table and then turning your body round until
+the hand with the other coin comes to where it lies. You can then
+easily pick the coin up, and both will be in one hand, while your arms
+are still widely extended.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WONDERFUL PENDULUM
+
+If you fill a wineglass with water and place a thick piece of paper
+over it so that no air can get in, you will find that you can turn
+the glass upside down without spilling a drop of water, because the
+pressure of the air on the outside will keep the paper from falling
+off. It is on this principle that the present pendulum is to be made.
+Take a piece of cardboard larger than the mouth of the glass; pass a
+cord through a small hole in the center of the card, and fasten it by
+means of a knot on the under side, then carefully cover the hole with
+wax, so that no air may get in.
+
+Place your cardboard over the glass full of water, and by making a
+loop in the end of the cord you can hang the glass from a hook in the
+ceiling without any fear of its falling off. In order to make sure
+that no air can get into the glass, it is wise to smear the rim with
+tallow before laying the cardboard on.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE REVOLVING PINS
+
+Take a piece of elastic which is not covered with silk or wool, and
+through the middle of this stick a pin, which you have bent as shown
+in the illustration.
+
+Now hold the elastic between the thumb and first finger of each hand
+and twirl it round, stretching it a little at the same time. The rapid
+movement thus caused will make the revolving pin look like a glass
+object, and if you have a strong light falling on the pin and a dark
+background behind it, the resemblance becomes very much stronger.
+
+After a little practice you will be able to represent many things in
+this way--cheese dishes, vases, champagne glasses, etc.; and if the
+bent pin should fall into a horizontal position while revolving, on
+account of its shape, you can tie one end to the elastic with a piece
+of white thread, which will not in any way interfere with the working.
+
+This trick looks well in a darkened room, when the pin is illuminated
+by a ray of sunlight coming through a hole in the window shutter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MYSTERIOUS BALL
+
+This seems to be a plain wooden ball with a hole bored in its center,
+through which a string is passed. The ball will move lightly up and
+down this cord, but let some one who knows the trick take the string
+in his hand and it becomes quite a different matter; the ball will
+move quickly, or slowly, at command, and, if told to do so, will stand
+still until ordered to move on again.
+
+The reason for this peculiar behavior is that inside the ball there
+are two holes, one of which is quite straight, while the other is
+curved, and turns out of the straight hole.
+
+It is through this curved passage that the cord is passed, and you
+can easily see that to regulate the movements of the ball, it is only
+necessary to hold the string more or less tightly. If you hold the
+cord perfectly tight, the ball will not be able to move at all. The
+ball can be purchased at any top shop.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MAN WITH HIS HEAD THE WRONG WAY
+
+Put on a coat and vest so that they fasten behind. Then fix a mask
+over the back of the head and a wig over the face. The effect is very
+curious.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO FIND AN OBJECT WHILE BLINDFOLDED
+
+To play this trick, you must take one of your friends into your
+confidence. Borrow a watch and put it in your pocket, and then ask
+your audience to sit at the end of the room, blindfold your friend,
+and lead him outside. Now say: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you will give
+me some small object to hide, I promise that the blind man will find
+it, although I shall not even tell him what he is to look for, and I
+shall lower the gas, so that if the bandage should slip, he will
+still be unable to see." A key, pencil, or any small thing having been
+handed to you, lower the gas and proceed to hide the object, at the
+end of the room, mentioning where you have put it, but not mentioning
+that you have placed the watch close beside it. You then request
+"Silence" and lead in the blind man and ask him to begin his search.
+He is guided, of course, by the ticking of the watch, and knows that
+whatever he finds close to it is the object hidden. When he calls
+"Found," he must slip the watch into his pocket. You then turn up the
+gas and quietly ask your audience if they do not think your friend is
+a very clever fellow?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHINESE SHADOWS
+
+Here is a simple way of making shadow pictures: Place a candle on the
+table and fix a piece of white paper on the wall at the same height
+from the ground as the light is. Now place some non-transparent
+object, as, for instance, a large book, between the candle and the
+paper, and on one side of the table place a mirror so that it will
+reflect the light of the candle on to the paper on the wall. If you
+now put little cardboard figures between the candle and the mirror, a
+shadow will be thrown on the white paper and you can move your figures
+about just as you please.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HAND SHADOWS
+
+It is very difficult to explain how these shadows should be made, but
+you must bear in mind the fact that it is necessary to stand between
+the lamp and the wall, and extend your arms so that the shadow of your
+body does not interfere with the picture shadows you intend to make
+with your hands. The illustrations given will show you how to make
+two very good shadow pictures, but the fun of the game is for several
+people to make up pictures of their own, and see who can succeed in
+making the best.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GAME OF SHADOWS
+
+For this game you require a white sheet to be hung up at the end of
+the room. Then the "shadow-makers" take up their places on low stools
+behind the sheet. There must be only one lamp in the room, which
+should be placed about six or seven feet behind the "shadow-makers."
+Then the "shadow-makers" drape themselves with shawls, or anything
+handy, and take their places so that their shadows are thrown upon the
+sheet. They must, of course, try to disguise themselves, so that the
+"shadow-seekers" may not be able to guess their identity. By loosening
+the hair and letting it fall over the face, a girl may appear like a
+man with a beard; bending the finger over the nose gives one a very
+queer-looking hooked nose in the shadow, and entirely alters the
+appearance of the face. Covering one's self up in a sheet and then
+extending the arms gives one the appearance of a large bat. As soon as
+a "shadow-maker's" identity has been guessed he must take his place
+as a "shadow-seeker," and the one who guessed him becomes a
+"shadow-maker." The penalty of a glance behind the sheet on the part
+of the "shadow-seeker" is to pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THINK OF A NUMBER
+
+Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to tell you
+what it is. Tell him then to double it. When he has done that, let him
+add an even number to it, which you must give him. After doing this,
+he must halve the whole, then from what is left, take away the
+number he first thought of. When this is completed, if he has counted
+correctly, you will be able to give him the exact remainder, which
+will simply be the half of the even number you told him to add to his
+own.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LIVING SHADOWS
+
+In order to make these, you must stand in the corner of the room, near
+a mirror. Let some one hold a light behind you, so that the shadow of
+your head and shoulders will be thrown upon the wall, and also that
+the reflected light from the mirror will fall at exactly the same spot
+as the shadow of your head.
+
+If the mirror is now covered with a piece of thick paper, from which
+two eyes, a nose, and a mouth are cut out, the effect shown in the
+drawing will be produced. In order to make the shadow still more
+lifelike, cut out two pieces of paper, fasten one over the mirror, and
+move the other over it. In this way the eyes and mouth of the shadow
+may be made to move.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO GUESS THE TWO ENDS OF A LINE OF DOMINOES
+
+For this trick a whole set of dominoes is required, the performer
+taking care to hide one of the set, not a double, in his pocket. The
+remaining dominoes should be shuffled, and placed according to the
+ordinary rules of domino games, and the performer undertakes to tell,
+without seeing them, the two numbers forming the extremes of the line,
+set during his absence from the room. The numbers on the extreme ends
+of the domino line will be exactly the same as the numbers on the
+domino which the performer has in his pocket. If he is asked to repeat
+the trick, he should be sure to change the hidden domino, or he may
+chance to be found out.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO TELL THE AGE OF ANY PERSON
+
+Prepare a set of cards by making a copy of the tables given here. Hand
+them to the person whose age you wish to ascertain, and ask him to
+name the cards on which his age appears.
+
+If you then add together the first number on each of the cards he
+names, the total will be the age required.
+
+No. 1 Card  No. 2 Card  No. 3 Card  No. 4 Card  No. 5 Card  No. 6 Card
+   1  29       2  30       4  30       8  28      16  28      32  44
+   3  31       3  31       5  31       9  29      17  29      33  45
+   5  33       6  34       6  36      10  30      18  30      34  46
+   7  35       7  35       7  37      11  31      19  31      35  47
+   9  37      10  38      12  38      12  40      20  48      36  48
+  11  39      11  39      13  39      13  41      21  49      37  49
+  13  41      14  42      14  44      14  42      22  50      38  50
+  15  43      15  43      15  45      15  43      23  51      39  51
+  17  45      18  46      20  46      24  44      24  52      40  52
+  19  47      19  47      21  47      25  45      25  53      41  53
+  21  49      22  50      22  52      26  46      26  54      42  54
+  23  51      23  51      23  53      27  47      27  55      43  55
+  25  53      26  54      28  54
+  27  55      27  55      29  55
+
+*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13022 ***
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+<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13022 ***</div>
+<h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman</h1>
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+<br />
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/cover.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/cover.jpg"
+             alt="Cover." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h1>My Book <i>of</i> Indoor Games</h1>
+
+    <h3><i>by</i></h3>
+
+    <h2>Clarence Squareman</h2>
+
+    <h4>(1916)</h4>
+
+    <h4>With full page<br />
+    illustrations from<br />
+    photographs<br />
+    loaned by The<br />
+    Chicago Park<br />
+    Commission</h4>
+
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page4"
+       id="page4"></a>[pg 4]</span>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate1.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb1.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 1 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The publishers gratefully acknowledge their thanks to the
+    Chicago Park Commission for the loan of the photographs of
+    which the half tone illustrations used in this book are
+    copies.</p>
+    <hr />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page5"
+       id="page5"></a>[pg 5]</span>
+
+    <h2>INDEX OF INDOOR GAMES</h2>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Acting Proverbs <a href="#page37">37</a></p>
+
+            <p>Acting Rhymes <a href="#page54">54</a></p>
+
+            <p>Adventurers <a href="#page41">41</a></p>
+
+            <p>All Fours <a href="#page64">64</a></p>
+
+            <p>Alphabet Game <a href="#page84">84</a></p>
+
+            <p>Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
+            <a href="#page45">45</a></p>
+
+            <p>Ants and the Grasshopper
+            <a href="#page91">91</a></p>
+
+            <p>Balancing Spoon <a href="#page114">114</a></p>
+
+            <p>Band Box (Charade) <a href="#page29">29</a></p>
+
+            <p>Beggar My Neighbor <a href="#page69">69</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bingo <a href="#page96">96</a></p>
+
+            <p>Birds, Beasts and Fishes
+            <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bird Catcher <a href="#page26">26</a>,
+            <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Birds Fly <a href="#page100">100</a></p>
+
+            <p>Blackboard Relay <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Blind Man's Buff <a href="#page18">18</a></p>
+
+            <p>Blind Man's Wand <a href="#page47">47</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bob Major <a href="#page24">24</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bridge of Knives <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>Buff Says Buff <a href="#page18">18</a></p>
+
+            <p>Buzz <a href="#page16">16</a></p>
+
+            <p>Card Games <a href="#page13">13</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cat and Mouse <a href="#page17">17</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cat and Rat <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cat's Cradle <a href="#page81">81</a></p>
+
+            <p>Charades <a href="#page28">28</a></p>
+
+            <p>Checkers <a href="#page56">56</a></p>
+
+            <p>Changing Seats <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Chinese Shadows <a href="#page118">118</a></p>
+
+            <p>Coach and Four <a href="#page93">93</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cock Fighting <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Consequences <a href="#page43">43</a></p>
+
+            <p>Circle Ball <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Crambo <a href="#page44">44</a></p>
+
+            <p>Coin Trick <a href="#page115">115</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cross Questions and Crooked Answers
+            <a href="#page11">11</a></p>
+
+            <p>Crows' Race <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cushion Dance <a href="#page77">77</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dancing Egg <a href="#page111">111</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dancing Pea <a href="#page114">114</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dead Ball <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Diamond Ring <a href="#page78">78</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dodge <a href="#page107">107</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dominoes <a href="#page58">58</a></p>
+
+            <p>Draw a Pail of Water <a href="#page87">87</a></p>
+
+            <p>Drop the Handkerchief <a href="#page15">15</a></p>
+
+            <p>Duck Under the Water <a href="#page88">88</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dumb Crambo <a href="#page24">24</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dwarf <a href="#page21">21</a></p>
+
+            <p>Earth, Air, Fire and Water
+            <a href="#page44">44</a></p>
+
+            <p>Eraser Game <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Eraser Relay <a href="#page108">108</a></p>
+
+            <p>Family Coach <a href="#page14">14</a></p>
+
+            <p>Farmyard <a href="#page77">77</a></p>
+
+            <p>Feather <a href="#page50">50</a></p>
+
+            <p>Find an Object While Blindfolded
+            <a href="#page117">117</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fives and Threes <a href="#page60">60</a></p>
+
+            <p>Flag Race <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Flowers <a href="#page80">80</a></p>
+
+            <p>Flying
+            <a href="#page47">47</a></p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page6"
+               id="page6"></a>[pg 6]</span>
+
+            <p>Forbidden Letter <a href="#page78">78</a></p>
+
+            <p>Force of a Water Drop <a href="#page115">115</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fox and Chickens <a href="#page107">107</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fox and Geese <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fox Chase <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>French Roll <a href="#page27">27</a></p>
+
+            <p>Frog in the Middle <a href="#page100">100</a></p>
+
+            <p>Gallery of Statutes <a href="#page51">51</a></p>
+
+            <p>Game of Cat <a href="#page34">34</a></p>
+
+            <p>Game of Conversation <a href="#page50">50</a></p>
+
+            <p>Garden Gate <a href="#page27">27</a></p>
+
+            <p>Giant <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Grand Mufti <a href="#page79">79</a></p>
+
+            <p>Green Gravel <a href="#page59">59</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hand Shadows <a href="#page118">118</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hands Up <a href="#page48">48</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hide the Thimble <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Honey Pots <a href="#page85">85</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon
+            <a href="#page52">52</a></p>
+
+            <p>How to Light a Candle Without Touching It
+            <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>How, When and Where <a href="#page21">21</a></p>
+
+            <p>Huckle, Buckle, Beanstalk
+            <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Huntsman <a href="#page51">51</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hunt the Ring <a href="#page49">49</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hunt the Slipper <a href="#page48">48</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Apprenticed My Son <a href="#page17">17</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Love My Love With an A
+            <a href="#page43">43</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Point <a href="#page78">78</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Say Stoop <a href="#page100">100</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Sell My Bat, I Sell My Ball
+            <a href="#page81">81</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Suspect You <a href="#page68">68</a></p>
+
+            <p>It <a href="#page53">53</a></p>
+
+            <p>Jolly Miller <a href="#page55">55</a></p>
+
+            <p>Judge and Jury <a href="#page48">48</a></p>
+
+            <p>Jumping the Rope <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Last Man <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Little Lady <a href="#page99">99</a></p>
+
+            <p>Living Pictures <a href="#page34">34</a></p>
+
+            <p>Living Shadows <a href="#page119">119</a></p>
+
+            <p>Lodgings to Let <a href="#page49">49</a></p>
+
+            <p>Lost and Found <a href="#page45">45</a></p>
+
+            <p>Lubin Loo <a href="#page97">97</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Music <a href="#page16">16</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Thread <a href="#page111">111</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Whistle <a href="#page92">92</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Writing <a href="#page79">79</a></p>
+
+            <p>Malaga Raisins <a href="#page93">93</a></p>
+
+            <p>Man and Object <a href="#page54">54</a></p>
+
+            <p>Man With His Head the Wrong Way
+            <a href="#page117">117</a></p>
+
+            <p>Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over
+            <a href="#page89">89</a></p>
+
+            <p>My Master Bids You Do as I Do
+            <a href="#page52">52</a></p>
+
+            <p>Mysterious Ball <a href="#page117">117</a></p>
+
+            <p>Noughts and Crosses <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Oats and Beans and Barley
+            <a href="#page95">95</a></p>
+
+            <p>Obstinate Cork <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>Old Maid <a href="#page66">66</a></p>
+
+            <p>Old Soldier <a href="#page22">22</a></p>
+
+            <p>Oranges and Lemons <a href="#page12">12</a></p>
+
+            <p>Our Old Grannie Doesn't Like Tea
+            <a href="#page42">42</a></p>
+
+            <p>Paper and Pencil Games <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Personations <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Pigeon House Game <a href="#page95">95</a></p>
+
+            <p>Poison <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Pope Joan <a href="#page67">67</a></p>
+
+            <p>Postman <a href="#page20">20</a></p>
+
+            <p>Postman's Knock <a href="#page42">42</a></p>
+
+            <p>Preliminary Ball
+            <a href="#page107">107</a></p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page7"
+               id="page7"></a>[pg 7]</span>
+
+            <p>Proverbs <a href="#page38">38</a></p>
+
+            <p>Puss in the Corner <a href="#page20">20</a></p>
+
+            <p>Questions and Answers <a href="#page88">88</a></p>
+
+            <p>Racing and Counting Scores
+            <a href="#page101">101</a></p>
+
+            <p>Red Cap and Blue Cap <a href="#page53">53</a></p>
+
+            <p>Revolving Pins <a href="#page116">116</a></p>
+
+            <p>Riddles <a href="#page69">69</a></p>
+
+            <p>Riding the Bicycle <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Rule of Contrary <a href="#page26">26</a></p>
+
+            <p>Running Maze <a href="#page92">92</a></p>
+
+            <p>Ruth and Jacob <a href="#page56">56</a></p>
+
+            <p>Sally Water <a href="#page94">94</a></p>
+
+            <p>Schoolmaster <a href="#page25">25</a></p>
+
+            <p>School Room Basket Ball
+            <a href="#page101">101</a></p>
+
+            <p>School Room Tag <a href="#page108">108</a></p>
+
+            <p>Sea King <a href="#page17">17</a></p>
+
+            <p>Seat Tag <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Sentinel Drop <a href="#page115">115</a></p>
+
+            <p>Serpentine Maze <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Shadows <a href="#page118">118</a></p>
+
+            <p>Shouting Proverbs <a href="#page38">38</a></p>
+
+            <p>Simon Says <a href="#page26">26</a></p>
+
+            <p>Six and Five Make Nine
+            <a href="#page113">113</a></p>
+
+            <p>Slap Jack <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Slow Poke <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Snap <a href="#page65">65</a></p>
+
+            <p>Snip, Snap, Snorum <a href="#page66">66</a></p>
+
+            <p>Speculation <a href="#page63">63</a></p>
+
+            <p>Spelling Game <a href="#page86">86</a></p>
+
+            <p>Stool of Repentance <a href="#page49">49</a></p>
+
+            <p>Squirrel and Nut <a href="#page101">101</a></p>
+
+            <p>Suggestive Breathing Work
+            <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Swimming Needles <a href="#page111">111</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tag Me or Heads Up <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tag the Wall Relay <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Teacher <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Teacher and Class <a href="#page109">109</a></p>
+
+            <p>Think of a Number <a href="#page119">119</a></p>
+
+            <p>Third Man <a href="#page107">107</a></p>
+
+            <p>Thought Reading <a href="#page70">70</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tit, Tat, Toe <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>To Balance a Coffee Cup
+            <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>To Guess Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes
+            <a href="#page120">120</a></p>
+
+            <p>To Tell the Age of Any Person
+            <a href="#page120">120</a></p>
+
+            <p>Trades <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Travelers' Alphabet <a href="#page14">14</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tricks and Puzzles <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Twirl the Trencher <a href="#page11">11</a></p>
+
+            <p>Vanishing Dime <a href="#page113">113</a></p>
+
+            <p>What's My Thought Like? <a href="#page81">81</a></p>
+
+            <p>Wonderment <a href="#page89">89</a></p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page9"
+       id="page9"></a>[pg 9]</span>
+
+    <h2>INTRODUCTION</h2>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <p>"Let the child imbibe in the full spirit of play. There is
+    nothing like it to keep him on the path of health, right
+    thinking and mind development."</p>
+
+    <p>That is the guiding purpose of the author. The reader will
+    find in this book a collection of old and present day games.
+    The student of Play has long realized that there are no new
+    games, that all our games of today are built on the old
+    timers.</p>
+
+    <p>The purpose of My Book of Indoor Games is to furnish
+    amusement, entertainment and to be the means of sociability. So
+    very often the question comes up&mdash;"What shall we do?" In
+    many cases this book serves only as a reminder, the games and
+    parlor tricks are well known but cannot be recalled at the
+    critical moment. A combination, such as this, of the best of
+    the old-fashioned games and a carefully compiled list of the
+    games of today will furnish much help to the young in their
+    search of entertainment and amusement.</p>
+
+    <p>But the book will be equally useful to grownups. The author
+    has seen staid, respectable people play "Lubin Loo" with as
+    much zest and spirit as the youngest group of children. All of
+    us have played "Going to Jerusalem." The spirit must be there;
+    there is nothing so contagious as the spirit of play.</p>
+    <hr />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page10"
+       id="page10"></a>[pg 10]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/10.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/10.png"
+             alt="Hide&mdash;then go seek" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page11"
+       id="page11"></a>[pg 11]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/11.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/11.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h1>INDOOR GAMES</h1>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Twirl the Trencher</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a game which almost any number of children can
+    play.</p>
+
+    <p>The players seat themselves in a circle, and each takes the
+    name of some town, or flower, or whatever has been previously
+    agreed upon. One of the party stands in the middle of the
+    circle, with a small wooden trencher, or waiter, places it upon
+    its edge, and spins it, calling out as he does so the name
+    which one of the players has taken. The person named must jump
+    up and seize the trencher before it ceases spinning, but if he
+    is not very quick the trencher will fall to the ground, and he
+    must then pay a forfeit. It is then his turn to twirl the
+    trencher.</p>
+
+    <p>A very similar game to this is "My Lady's Toilet." The only
+    difference is that each player must take the name of some
+    article of a lady's dress, such as shawl, earring, brooch,
+    bonnet, etc.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cross Questions and Crooked Answers</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game it is best to sit in a circle, and until
+    the end of the game no one must speak above a
+    whisper.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page12"
+       id="page12"></a>[pg 12]</span>
+
+    <p>The first player whispers a question to his neighbor, such
+    as: "Do you like roses?" This question now belongs to the
+    second player, and he must remember it.</p>
+
+    <p>The second player answers: "Yes, they smell so sweetly," and
+    this answer belongs to the first player. The second player now
+    asks his neighbor a question, taking care to remember the
+    answer, as it will belong to him. Perhaps he has asked his
+    neighbor, "Are you fond of potatoes?" and the answer may have
+    been, "Yes, when they are fried!"</p>
+
+    <p>So that the second player has now a question and an answer
+    belonging to him, which he must remember.</p>
+
+    <p>The game goes on until every one has been asked a question
+    and given an answer, and each player must be sure and bear in
+    mind that it is the question he is asked, and the answer his
+    neighbor gives, which belong to him.</p>
+
+    <p>At the end of the game each player gives his question and
+    answer aloud, in the following manner:</p>
+
+    <p>"I was asked: 'Do you like roses?' and the answer was: 'Yes,
+    when they are fried!'" The next player says: "I was asked: 'Are
+    you fond of potatoes?' and the answer was: 'Yes, they are very
+    pretty, but they don't wear well.'"</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Oranges and Lemons</h3>
+
+    <p>Two of the players join hands, facing each other, having
+    agreed privately which is to be "Oranges" and which "Lemons."
+    The rest of the party form a long line, standing one behind the
+    other, and holding each other's dresses or coats. The first two
+    raise their hands so as to form an arch, and the rest run
+    through it, singing as they run:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Oranges and Lemons,</p>
+
+            <p>Say the bells of St. Clement's;</p>
+
+            <p>You owe me five farthings,</p>
+
+            <p>Say the bells of St. Martin's;</p>
+
+            <p>When will you pay me?</p>
+
+            <p>Say the bells of Old Bailey.</p>
+
+            <p>I do not
+            know,</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page13"
+               id="page13"></a>[pg 13]</span>
+
+            <p>Says the big bell of Bow.</p>
+
+            <p>Here comes a chopper to light you to bed!</p>
+
+            <p>Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>At the word "head" the hand archway descends, and clasps the
+    player passing through at that moment; he is then asked in a
+    whisper, "Oranges or Lemons?" and if he chooses "oranges," he
+    is told to go behind the player who has agreed to be "oranges"
+    and clasp him round the waist.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/13.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/13.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The players must be careful to speak in a whisper, so that
+    the others may not know what has been said.</p>
+
+    <p>The game then goes on again, in the same way, until all the
+    children have been caught and have chosen which they will be,
+    "oranges" or "lemons." When this happens, the two sides prepare
+    for a tug-of-war. Each child clasps the one in front of him
+    tightly and the two leaders pull with all their might, until
+    one side has drawn the other across a line which has been drawn
+    between them.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page14"
+       id="page14"></a>[pg 14]</span>
+
+    <h3>Musical Chairs or Going to Jerusalem</h3>
+
+    <p>This game must be played in a room where there is a
+    piano.</p>
+
+    <p>Arrange some chairs, back to back, in the center of the
+    room, allowing one chair less than the number of players. Some
+    one begins to play a tune, and at once the players start to
+    walk or run round the chairs, to the sound of the music.</p>
+
+    <p>When the music stops, each player must try to find a seat,
+    and as there is one chair short, some one will fail to do so,
+    and is called "put." He must carry a chair away with him, and
+    the game goes on again until there is only one person left in,
+    with no chair to sit upon. This person has won the game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Traveler's Alphabet</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a row and the first begins by saying, "I
+    am going on a journey to Athens," or any place beginning with
+    A. The one sitting next asks, "What will you do there?" The
+    verbs, adjectives, and nouns used in the reply must all begin
+    with A; as "Amuse Ailing Authors with Anecdotes." If the player
+    answers correctly, it is the next player's turn; he says
+    perhaps: "I am going to Bradford." "What to do there?" "To
+    Bring Back Bread and Butter." A third says: "I am going to
+    Constantinople." "What to do there?" "To Carry Contented Cats."
+    Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Family Coach</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very good old game, and is most amusing if you can
+    find some one who is a good story-teller.</p>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle and every one, except the
+    story-teller, takes the name of some part of a coach or its
+    equipments; for instance, door, step, wheels, reins, box-seat,
+    and so on.</p>
+
+    <p>When all are ready, the story-teller begins a tale about an
+    old coach and what happened to it, how it went on a journey,
+    came to grief, was mended, and started off again.
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page15"
+       id="page15"></a>[pg 15]</span> The story should be told
+       fluently, but not too quickly. Every time any part of the
+       coach is mentioned, the player who has taken that name must
+       rise from his seat and then sit down again.</p>
+
+    <p>Whenever "the coach" is mentioned, all the players, with the
+    exception of the story-teller, must rise. Any one who fails to
+    keep these rules must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Drop the Handkerchief</h3>
+
+    <p>A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one
+    child, who is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He
+    walks round the ring, touching each one with the handkerchief,
+    saying the following words:</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/15.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/15.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I wrote a letter to my love,</p>
+
+            <p>But on my way, I dropped it;</p>
+
+            <p>A little child picked it up</p>
+
+            <p>And put it in his
+            pocket.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page16"
+               id="page16"></a>[pg 16]</span>
+
+            <p>It wasn't you, it wasn't you,</p>
+
+            <p>It wasn't you&mdash;but it was you."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief
+    behind one of the players, who picks it up and chases him round
+    the ring, outside and under the joined hands, until he can
+    touch him with the handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the
+    first player joins the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the
+    second to "drop the handkerchief."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Magic Music</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the players is sent out of the room, and the rest
+    then agree upon some simple task for her to perform, such as
+    moving a chair, touching an ornament, or finding some hidden
+    object. She is then called in and some one begins to play the
+    piano. If the performer plays very loudly, the "seeker" knows
+    that she is nowhere near the object she is to search for. When
+    the music is soft, then she knows she is very near, and when
+    the music ceases altogether, she knows that she has found the
+    object she was intended to look for.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Buzz</h3>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate2.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb2.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 2 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>This is a very old game, but is always a very great
+    favorite. The more the players, the greater the fun. The way to
+    play it is as follows: The players sit in a circle and begin to
+    count in turn, but when the number 7 or any number in which the
+    figure 7 or any multiple of 7 is reached, they say "Buzz,"
+    instead of whatever the number may be. As, for instance,
+    supposing the players have counted up to 12, the next player
+    will say "13," the next "Buzz" because 14 is a multiple of 7
+    (twice 7)&mdash;the next player would then say "15" the next
+    "16," and the next would, of course, say "Buzz" because the
+    figure 7 occurs in the number 17. If one of the players forgets
+    to say "Buzz" at the proper time, he is out. The game then
+    starts over again with the remaining players, and so it
+    continues until there is but one person remaining. If great
+    care is taken the numbers can be counted up to 70,
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page17"
+       id="page17"></a>[pg 17]</span> which, according to the rules
+       before mentioned, would, of course, be called Buzz. The
+       numbers would then be carried on as Buzz 1, Buzz 2, etc., up
+       to 79, but it is very seldom that this stage is reached.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"I Apprenticed My Son."</h3>
+
+    <p>The best way of describing this game is to give an
+    illustration of how it is played. The first player thinks of
+    "Artichoke," and commences: "I apprenticed my son to a
+    greengrocer, and the first thing he sold was an A."</p>
+
+    <p>Second player: "Apple?" "No."</p>
+
+    <p>Third player: "Almonds?" "No."</p>
+
+    <p>Fourth player: "Asparagus?" "No."</p>
+
+    <p>Fifth player: "Artichoke?" "Yes."</p>
+
+    <p>The last player, having guessed correctly, may now
+    apprentice his son. No player is allowed more than one
+    guess.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cat and Mouse</h3>
+
+    <p>The children sit in two rows opposite each other with a
+    space between. One child takes the place of "cat," being
+    blindfolded, and one takes the place of "mouse," and is also
+    blindfolded, the cat standing at one end of the row and the
+    mouse at the opposite end. They start in opposite directions,
+    guiding themselves by the chairs, the cat trying to catch the
+    mouse. When the mouse is caught it is made the cat, and one of
+    the company takes the place of the mouse.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Sea King</h3>
+
+    <p>This game can be played by any number of children. They
+    proceed by first choosing one of the party to act as the Sea
+    King, whose duty it is to stand in the center of a ring, formed
+    by the players seating themselves round him. The circle should
+    be as large as possible. <span class="pagenum"><a name="page18"
+       id="page18"></a>[pg 18]</span> Each of the players having
+       chosen the name of a fish, the King runs round the ring,
+       calling them by the names which they have selected.</p>
+
+    <p>Each one, on hearing his name called, rises at once, and
+    follows the King, who, when all his subjects have left their
+    seats, calls out, "The sea is troubled," and seats himself
+    suddenly. His example is immediately followed by his subjects.
+    The one who fails to obtain a seat has then to take the place
+    of King, and the game is continued.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Buff Says "Baff"</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a game in which no one is allowed to smile or laugh.
+    All the players, except one, sit in a row or half circle; one
+    goes out of the room and returns with a stick or poker in his
+    hand, and a very grave and solemn face. He is supposed to have
+    just returned from a visit to Buff. The first player asks him:
+    "Where do you come from?" "From Buff." The next asks: "Did he
+    say anything to you?" To which the reply is:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Buff said 'Baff,'</p>
+
+            <p>And gave me this staff,</p>
+
+            <p>Telling me neither to smile nor to laugh.</p>
+
+            <p>Buff says 'Baff,' to all his men,</p>
+
+            <p>And I say 'Baff' to you again.</p>
+
+            <p>And he neither laughs nor smiles,</p>
+
+            <p>In spite of all your cunning wiles,</p>
+
+            <p>But carries his face with a very good grace,</p>
+
+            <p>And passes his staff to the very next place."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>If he can repeat all this without laughing, he delivers up
+    his staff to some one else, and takes his seat; but if he
+    laughs, or even smiles, he pays a forfeit before giving it
+    up.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Blind Man's Buff</h3>
+
+    <p>In the olden times this game was known by the name of
+    "Hood-man Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to
+    be "blind <span class="pagenum"><a name="page19"
+       id="page19"></a>[pg 19]</span> man" had a hood placed over
+       his head, which was fastened at the back of the neck.</p>
+
+    <p>In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff,"
+    and very popular it is among young folk.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/19.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/19.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Before beginning to play, the middle of the room should be
+    cleared, the chairs placed against the wall, and all toys and
+    footstools put out of the way. The child having been selected
+    who is to be "Blind Man" or "Buff," is blindfolded. He is then
+    asked the question, "How many horses has your father got?" The
+    answer is "Three," and to the question: "What color are they?"
+    he replies: "Black, white, and gray." All the players then cry:
+    "Turn round three times and catch whom you may." Buff
+    accordingly spins round and then the fun commences. He tries to
+    catch the players, while they in their turn do their utmost to
+    escape "Buff," all the time making little sounds to
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page20"
+       id="page20"></a>[pg 20]</span> attract him. This goes on
+       until one of the players is caught, when Buff, without
+       having the bandage removed from his eyes, has to guess the
+       name of the person he has secured. If the guess is a correct
+       one, the player who has been caught takes the part of
+       "Buff," and the former "Buff" joins the ranks of the
+       players.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Puss in the Corner</h3>
+
+    <p>This game is really for five players only, but, by a little
+    arrangement, six or seven children can take part in the
+    fun.</p>
+
+    <p>Four players take their places in the different corners of
+    the room, while the fifth stands in the middle. If a greater
+    number of children wish to play, other parts of the room must
+    be named "corners," so that there is a corner for every
+    one.</p>
+
+    <p>The fun consists in the players trying to change places
+    without being caught; but they are bound to call "Puss, puss,"
+    first, and to beckon to the one they wish to change with.
+    Directly they leave their corners, the player in the center
+    tries to get into one of them.</p>
+
+    <p>When the center player succeeds in getting into a corner,
+    the one who has been displaced has to take his place in the
+    middle of the room.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Postman</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game all the players, except two, seat themselves
+    in a circle. One of the two left out is blindfolded and is
+    called the "Postman," the other is called the
+    "Postmaster-General." Each of the players seated in the circle
+    chooses the name of a town, which the "Post-master-General"
+    writes down on a slip of paper, so that he may not forget it.
+    He then calls out the names of two towns, thus: "The post from
+    Aberdeen to Calcutta." At once, the players who have taken
+    those names must change places, and while doing so the
+    "Postman" must try to catch one of them. If he succeeds in
+    doing so he takes his place in the circle, having chosen a town
+    for his name, and the one caught becomes "Postman" in place of
+    him. Sometimes "General post" is called, when all have to
+    change places, and the "Postman" is then almost sure to gain a
+    seat.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page21"
+       id="page21"></a>[pg 21]</span>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Dwarf</h3>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/21.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/21.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>This is a most amusing game if well carried out. The two
+    performers must be hidden behind two curtains in front of which
+    a table has been placed.</p>
+
+    <p>One of the performers slips his hands into a child's socks
+    and little shoes. He must then disguise his face, by putting on
+    a false mustache, painting his eyebrows, sticking pieces of
+    black court plaster over one or two of his teeth, which will
+    make it appear as though he has lost several teeth. This, with
+    a turban on his head, will prove a very fair disguise. The
+    second performer must now stand behind the first and pass his
+    arms round him, so that the second performer's hands may appear
+    like the hands of the dwarf, while the first performer's hands
+    make his feet. The figure must, of course, be carefully
+    dressed, and the body of the second performer hidden behind the
+    curtains.</p>
+
+    <p>The front player now puts his slippered hands upon the table
+    and begins to keep time, while the other performer follows suit
+    with his hands.</p>
+
+    <p>The dwarf can be used either to tell fortunes, make jokes,
+    or ask riddles, and if the performers act their parts well, the
+    guests will laugh very heartily.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>How, When, and Where</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the company goes out of the room, while the others
+    choose a word to be guessed, one with two or three different
+    meanings being the
+    best.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page22"
+       id="page22"></a>[pg 22]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/22.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/22.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>We will suppose that the word "Spring" has been thought of.
+    When the person who is outside the room is recalled, he (or
+    she) asks each one in succession: "How do you like it?" The
+    answers may be "Dry" (meaning the season), "Cold and clear" (a
+    spring of water), "Strong" (a watch-spring), and "High" (a
+    jump). The next question is: "When do you like it?" The answers
+    may be: "When I am in the country," "When I am thirsty," "When
+    my watch is broken."</p>
+
+    <p>The next question is: "Where do you like it?" and the
+    answers may be: "Anywhere and everywhere," "In hot weather,"
+    "In the clock." The game is to try and guess the word after any
+    of the answers, and if right, the player last questioned takes
+    the place of the one who is guessing; if wrong, the questioner
+    must try again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Old Soldier</h3>
+
+    <p>Old Soldier is a game for young children, and though it
+    seems very simple, yet there is a good deal of fun in it. One
+    of the children pretends to be an old soldier, and goes round
+    begging of each of the other players in turn, saying that he is
+    "poor, and old, and hungry,"
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page23"
+       id="page23"></a>[pg 23]</span> and asking what they will do
+       for him or give him. In answering the Old Soldier, no one
+       must say the words: "Yes," "No," "Black," or "White," and he
+       must be answered at once without hesitation. Any one who
+       does not reply at once, or who uses any of the forbidden
+       words, must pay a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:90%;">
+        <a href="images/23.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/23.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page24"
+       id="page24"></a>[pg 24]</span>
+
+    <h3>Bob Major</h3>
+
+    <p>Two of the players sit down, and a cloth, large enough to
+    prevent their seeing anything, is put over their heads. Then
+    two other persons tap them on the head with long rolls of
+    paper, which they have in their hands, and ask, in feigned
+    voices, "Who bobs you?" If either of those who have been tapped
+    answers correctly, he changes places with the one who has
+    tapped him.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dumb Crambo</h3>
+
+    <p>Divide the company into two equal parts, one-half leaving
+    the room; the remaining players should then select a word,
+    which will have to be guessed by those outside the door. When
+    the word has been chosen&mdash;say, for instance, the word
+    "will"&mdash;the party outside the room are told that the word
+    they are to guess rhymes with "till." A consultation then takes
+    place, and they may think that the word is "ill." The company
+    then enter and begin to act the word "ill," but without
+    speaking a word. The audience, when they recognize the word
+    that is being performed, will immediately hiss, and the actors
+    then retire and think of another word.</p>
+
+    <p>Thus the game goes on until the right word is hit upon, when
+    the company who have remained in the room, clap their hands.
+    The audience then change places with the actors.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Trades</h3>
+
+    <p>Each player must choose a trade and pretend to be working at
+    it. For instance, if he is a tailor, he must pretend to sew or
+    iron; if a blacksmith, to hammer, and so on. One is the king,
+    and he, too, chooses a trade. Every one works away as hard as
+    he can until the king suddenly gives up his trade, and takes up
+    that of some one else. Then all must stop, except the one whose
+    business the king has taken, and he must start with the king's
+    work. The two go on until the king chooses to go back to his
+    own trade, when all begin working
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page25"
+       id="page25"></a>[pg 25]</span> again. Any one who fails
+       either to cease working or to begin again at the right time,
+       must pay a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <p>A somewhat more elaborate and livelier game of Trades is
+    played by each boy in the party choosing a trade which he is
+    supposed to be carrying on. The leader must invent a story,
+    and, standing in the middle, must tell it to the company. He
+    must manage to bring in a number of names of trades or
+    businesses; and whenever a trade is mentioned, the person who
+    represents it must instantly name some article sold in the
+    shop.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/25.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/25.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h3>The Schoolmaster</h3>
+
+    <p>This is always a favorite game. One of the players is chosen
+    schoolmaster, and the others, ranged in order in front of him,
+    form the class. The master may then examine the class in any
+    branch of learning. Suppose him to choose Geography, he must
+    begin with the pupil at the head of the class, and ask for the
+    name of a country or town beginning with A. If the pupil does
+    not reply correctly before the master has counted ten, he asks
+    the next pupil, who, if he answers
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page26"
+       id="page26"></a>[pg 26]</span> rightly&mdash;say, for
+       instance, "America," or "Amsterdam," in time, goes to the
+       top of the class. The schoolmaster may go on in this way
+       through the alphabet either regularly or at random, as he
+       likes. Any subject&mdash;names of kings, queens, poets,
+       soldiers, etc.&mdash;may be chosen. The questions and
+       answers must follow as quickly as possible. Whoever fails to
+       answer in time, pays a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Rule of Contrary</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a simple game for little children. It is played
+    either with a pocket-handkerchief, or, if more than four want
+    to play, with a table-cloth or small sheet. Each person takes
+    hold of the cloth; the leader of the game holds it with the
+    left hand, while with the right he makes pretense of writing on
+    the cloth while he says: "Here we go round by the rule of
+    contrary. When I say 'Hold fast,' let go; and when I say 'Let
+    go,' hold fast." The leader then calls out one or other of the
+    commands, and the rest must do the opposite, of what he says.
+    Any one who fails must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Simon Says</h3>
+
+    <p>Seat yourselves in a circle and choose one of the company to
+    be the leader, or Simon. His duty is to order all sorts of
+    different things to be done, the funnier the better, which must
+    be obeyed only when the order begins with "Simon says." As, for
+    instance, "Simon says: 'Thumbs up!'" which, of course, all
+    obey; then perhaps comes: "Thumbs down!" which should not be
+    obeyed, because the order did not commence with "Simon
+    says."</p>
+
+    <p>Each time this rule is forgotten a forfeit must be paid.
+    "Hands over eyes," "Stamp the right foot," "Pull the left ear,"
+    etc., are the kind of orders to be given.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Bird-Catcher</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game you must first decide which one of you is
+    to be the Bird-catcher; the other players then each choose the
+    name of a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page27"
+       id="page27"></a>[pg 27]</span> bird, but no one must choose
+       the owl, as it is forbidden. All the players then sit in a
+       circle with their hands on their knees, except the
+       Bird-catcher, who stands in the center, and tells a tale
+       about birds, taking care to specially mention the ones he
+       knows to have been chosen by the company. As each bird's
+       name is called, the owner must imitate its note as well as
+       he can, but when the owl is named, all hands must be put
+       behind the chairs, and remain there until the next bird's
+       name is mentioned. When the Bird-catcher cries "All the
+       birds," the players must together give their various
+       imitations of birds. Should any player fail to give the cry
+       when his bird is named, or forget to put his hands behind
+       his chair, he has to change places with Bird-catcher.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>French Roll</h3>
+
+    <p>A good many children may play at this game. One player is
+    called the buyer, the rest form a line in front of him and take
+    hold of each other. The first in this line is called the baker,
+    the last the French roll. Those between are supposed to be the
+    oven. When they are all in place the buyer says to the baker,
+    "Give me my French roll." The baker replies, "It is at the back
+    of the oven." The buyer goes to fetch it, when the French roll
+    begins running from the back of the oven, and comes up to the
+    baker, calling all the while, "Who runs? Who runs?" The buyer
+    may run after him, but if the French roll gets first to the top
+    of the line, he becomes baker, and the last in the line is
+    French roll. If, however, the buyer catches the French roll,
+    the French roll becomes buyer, and the buyer takes the place of
+    the baker.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Garden Gate</h3>
+
+    <p>The Garden Gate is a very pretty game. A ring is formed of
+    all the players except one, who stands in the middle. The
+    others dance round her three times, and when they stop she
+    begins to sing:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Open wide the garden gate, the garden gate, the
+            garden gate,</p>
+
+            <p>Open wide the garden gate and let me through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The circle then dances round her again,
+    singing:</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page28"
+       id="page28"></a>[pg 28]</span>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Get the key of the garden gate, the garden gate,
+            the garden gate,</p>
+
+            <p>Get the key of the garden gate and open and let
+            yourself through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The girl inside the circle, pretending to sob, replies:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I've lost the key of the garden gate, the garden
+            gate, the garden gate,</p>
+
+            <p>I've lost the key of the garden gate, and cannot let
+            myself through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>But the dancers dance round and round her, singing:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Then you may stop all night within the gate, within
+            the gate, within the gate,</p>
+
+            <p>You may stop all night within the gate, unless you
+            have strength to break through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The captive then rushes to the weakest part of the ring, and
+    tries to break through by throwing her whole weight upon the
+    clasped hands of the children, and generally contrives to break
+    through, the one whose hand gives way being made captive in her
+    stead.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>CHARADES</h2>
+
+    <p>A back drawing-room with folding doors makes a very nice
+    theater for acting charades. Almost anything may be used for
+    dressing up&mdash;shawls, anti-macassars, table-cloths,
+    handkerchiefs, cast-off dresses, or a dressing-gown. The latter
+    is a very useful garment in representing an old gentleman,
+    while tow or white fire shavings make excellent wigs.</p>
+
+    <p>The great thing in a charade is to try and puzzle your
+    audience as much as you can. You must choose a word of two or
+    more syllables, such as "Bagpipe." First you must act the word
+    "Bag," and be sure that the word is mentioned, though you must
+    be careful to bring it in in such a way that the audience shall
+    not guess it is the word you are acting.</p>
+
+    <p>Next comes the word "Pipe," and this must be brought in in
+    the same manner. When you have acted the two syllables, you
+    must act the whole: "Bagpipe."</p>
+
+    <p>Before beginning the charade, you should arrange who is to
+    bring <span class="pagenum"><a name="page29"
+       id="page29"></a>[pg 29]</span> in the charade word or
+       syllable. You must also settle what you are going to say, or
+       at least, what the act is to be about. Let every scene be
+       well thought out and be as short as possible. You must be as
+       quick as ever you can between the acts, for all the fun will
+       be spoiled if you keep your audience waiting. If you have no
+       curtain or screen, the actors must simply walk off the stage
+       at the end of the scenes.</p>
+
+    <p>To act charades well, one requires a little practice and
+    plenty of good temper, for, of course, only one or two can take
+    principal parts, and therefore some of the children must be
+    content to take the smaller ones. It is a good plan to take it
+    in turns to play the best parts, and if the elder children are
+    kind and thoughtful, they will try to make some easy little
+    parts, so that their younger brothers and sisters may also join
+    in the fun. Here we give you a very simple charade, the words
+    of which you may learn, and then act, after which you will very
+    likely be able to make up charades for yourselves.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The "Band-Box" Charade</h3>
+
+    <h4>Scene 1: A Street</h4>
+
+    <p>This can be made by placing a row of chairs with open backs
+    near the wall facing the audience; a child is stationed behind
+    each chair, and, looking through the open back, pretends to be
+    looking out of a window.</p>
+
+    <h4>BAND</h4>
+
+    <p>First Child behind chair.&mdash;Oh! dear, how dull our
+    street always is. I declare nothing nice ever comes this
+    way.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;No, I quite agree with you. Why, I
+    haven't seen a "Punch and Judy" for months. I wish my mother
+    would go and live in another street.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;Never mind, let us go out and have a
+    game.</p>
+
+    <p>(Enter five or six children&mdash;or a lesser number, if
+    more convenient&mdash;carrying toy musical instruments.)</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;Hurrah! Here comes a German band. Come
+    along, children; let's go and listen to
+    it.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page30"
+       id="page30"></a>[pg 30]</span>
+
+    <p>(The band groups itself at the end of the street, and the
+    children stand round. After tuning up, the band begins to
+    play.)</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;Now, Mary Jane, we can dance. I'll dance
+    with you.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;No, I want to dance with Mary Jane.</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;I don't want to dance at all.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;You must.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;Yes, you must.</p>
+
+    <p>(Band ceases playing and one of the bandsmen comes round for
+    money.)</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;I haven't any money.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;But we haven't begun to dance yet.</p>
+
+    <p>Bandsman.&mdash;You shouldn't have been so long arguing
+    then. Surely you'll give the band a nickel, after all the
+    pretty music it has played?</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;I won't.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;I won't.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;And I won't.</p>
+
+    <p>Bandsman.&mdash;Well, you are mean. Come along. (Beckoning
+    to the rest of the band.) We'll go, and it will be a long time
+    before we come down this street again.</p>
+
+    <center>
+        (Curtain falls.)
+    </center>
+
+    <h4>BOX</h4>
+
+    <h4>Scene 2: A Room</h4>
+
+    <p>Tommy (hopping about the room, waving a letter in his
+    hand.)&mdash;Hurrah! hurrah! Uncle Dick is coming. Hurrah!
+    hurrah!</p>
+
+    <p>(Enter Tommy's brother and sister and papa and mamma.)</p>
+
+    <p>Papa.&mdash;What's the matter, Tommy?</p>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Uncle Dick has written to say he is coming to
+    spend Christmas with us, and he is bringing me a Christmas
+    box.</p>
+
+    <p>Mamma.&mdash;How kind of him! But be sure you are careful
+    not to offend him, Tommy. He is rather a touchy old
+    gentleman.</p>
+
+    <p>Sister.&mdash;I wonder what it will be, Tommy.</p>
+
+    <p>Brother.&mdash;I hope it will be a set of cricket things,
+    and then we can play cricket in the
+    summer.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page31"
+       id="page31"></a>[pg 31]</span>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Oh! yes, I hope it will be, but whatever it is,
+    it is sure to be something nice.</p>
+
+    <p>(Begins hopping about again. Enter Uncle Dick, a very old
+    gentleman with a gouty foot. Tommy does not see him and goes
+    banging into him, treading on his gouty foot.)</p>
+
+    <p>Uncle Dick.&mdash;Oh! oh! oh! oh, my toe!</p>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Oh! Never mind your toe! Where's my Christmas
+    box?</p>
+
+    <p>Uncle Dick.&mdash;Your Christmas box, you young scamp! Think
+    of my toe.</p>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Please, uncle, I'm very sorry, but I do so want
+    to know what you have brought me for a Christmas box.</p>
+
+    <p>Uncle Dick (roaring).&mdash;Here's your Christmas box, and
+    may it teach you to be more careful in future. (Boxes Tommy's
+    ears.)</p>
+
+    <center>
+        (Curtain falls.)
+    </center>
+
+    <p>Here is a list of words which will divide easily into
+    charade words:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Brides-maids. Sea-side. Car-pen-try.</p>
+
+            <p>Cur-tail. Nose-gay. In-do-lent.</p>
+
+            <p>Hand-i(I)-craft. Turn-key. Hand-some.</p>
+
+            <p>Key-hole. Rail-way. Sweet-heart.</p>
+
+            <p>Port-man-teau(toe). Mad-cap. A-bun-dance.</p>
+
+            <p>In-no-cent. Fox-glove. Pat-riot.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>To make your charades a real success, you will, of course,
+    require a curtain. A very effective one can be made with a
+    little trouble and at a small cost; indeed, the materials may
+    be already in the house.</p>
+
+    <p>First you must fix a couple of supports on each side of the
+    room, taking care that they are screwed firmly into the wall,
+    and also taking care not to damage the paper.</p>
+
+    <p>If you are a neat workman, you will find on taking out the
+    screws that the two small screw-holes on each side will
+    scarcely be noticed, as of course the supports must be fixed
+    near the ceiling.</p>
+
+    <p>You must then put up your curtain-pole, which should be as
+    thin as possible, so that the rings may run easily. A cheap
+    bamboo pole is the
+    best.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page32"
+       id="page32"></a>[pg 32]</span>
+
+    <p>Two wide, deep curtains are required; very likely the
+    nursery curtains may be suitable.</p>
+
+    <p>On to these curtains you sew a number of small brass rings,
+    which you can buy for about 20 cents a dozen, or even less. The
+    rings should be sewn on the curtains, as you see in the
+    illustration, right across the top, and from the extreme top
+    corner of the curtain, slantingwise across to the middle.</p>
+
+    <p>The top rings are passed along the curtain-pole, a string
+    (marked in the illustration A1) is sewn on to the curtain, and
+    threaded through the rings until it reaches A2. It is then
+    threaded through the rings on the pole until it reaches A3,
+    when it is allowed to fall loose.</p>
+
+    <p>The same arrangement is gone through with string B. The
+    bottom of the curtain must be weighted with shot, or any other
+    weights that may be convenient.</p>
+
+    <p>When the curtain is to be raised, the stage manager and his
+    assistant stand on each side of the stage with the strings
+    ready in their hands, and at a given signal&mdash;the ringing
+    of a bell is the usual sign that all is ready&mdash;they each
+    pull a string, and the curtains glide to each side, and may be
+    fixed to hooks, put up on purpose.</p>
+
+    <p>When the curtain is to fall, the two in charge of it must
+    simply loosen the strings and let them go, and the weights
+    cause the curtains to fall to the center.</p>
+
+    <p>All sorts of useful and ornamental "properties" may be made
+    at home for a very small cost. Cardboard, and gold and silver
+    paper, and glue go a long way toward making a good show.</p>
+
+    <p>Swords, crowns, belts, gold-spangled and gold-bordered robes
+    can be made from these useful materials, and look first-rate at
+    a distance.</p>
+
+    <p>An old black dress with little gold stars glued or gummed to
+    the material would make an excellent dress for a queen. The
+    swords or belts must first be cut out in cardboard, then
+    covered with gold or silver paper.</p>
+
+    <p>To make a good wig, you should shape a piece of calico to
+    fit the head; then sew fire shavings or tow all over it. If you
+    wish for a curly wig, it is a good plan to wind the shavings or
+    tow tightly round a ruler, and tack it along with a back
+    stitch, which will hold the curl in position after you have
+    slipped it off the ruler.
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page33"
+       id="page33"></a>[pg 33]</span> These few hints will give you
+       some idea of the very many different costumes which can be
+       made by children out of the simplest materials.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/33-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/33-1.png"
+             alt="THE CURTAIN CLOSED" /></a>THE CURTAIN CLOSED
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/33-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/33-2.png"
+             alt="THE CURTAIN OPENED" /></a>THE CURTAIN OPENED
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page34"
+       id="page34"></a>[pg 34]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Game of Cat</h3>
+
+    <p>The person who is to play the part of Cat should stand
+    outside the door of the room where the company is assembled.
+    The boys and girls, in turn, come to the other side of the door
+    and call out "miaou." If the Cat outside recognizes a friend by
+    the cry, and calls out her name correctly in return, he is
+    allowed to enter the room and embrace her, and the latter then
+    takes the place of Cat. If, on the contrary, the Cat cannot
+    recognize the voice, he is hissed, and remains outside until he
+    does.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:90%;">
+        <a href="images/34.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/34.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Living Pictures</h3>
+
+    <p>Living pictures are very amusing if well carried out, and
+    even with little preparation may be made very pretty or very
+    comical, whichever may be desired. It is perhaps better to
+    attempt comical ones if you have not much time in which to
+    arrange them, as the costumes are generally easier to manage,
+    and if you are obliged to use garments not quite in keeping
+    with the characters, it does not
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page35"
+       id="page35"></a>[pg 35]</span> matter much; indeed, it will
+       probably only make the audience laugh a little more.</p>
+
+    <p>The great thing in living pictures is to remain perfectly
+    still during the performance. You should select several
+    well-known scenes either from history or fiction, and then
+    arrange the actors to represent the scenes as nearly as
+    possible.</p>
+
+    <p>Simple home living pictures are a great source of fun, and
+    many a wet afternoon will pass like magic while arranging
+    scenes and making dresses to wear. Newspaper masks, newspaper
+    cocked hats, old shawls, dressing-gowns, and sticks are quite
+    sufficient for home charades.</p>
+
+    <p>Suppose, for instance, you think of "Cinderella" for one
+    tableau. One girl could be standing decked out with colored
+    tissue paper over her frock, and with paper flowers in her
+    hair, to represent one of the proud sisters, while Cinderella
+    in a torn frock is arranging the other proud sister's train,
+    which may consist of an old shawl. Bouquets of paper flowers
+    should be in the sister's hands.</p>
+
+    <p>"Little Red Riding Hood" is another favorite subject for a
+    living picture. The wolf may be represented by a boy on his
+    hands and knees, with a fur rug thrown over him. Red Riding
+    Hood only requires a scarlet shawl, arranged as a hood and
+    cloak, over her ordinary frock and pinafore, and she should
+    carry a bunch of flowers and a basket.</p>
+
+    <p>All living pictures look better if you can have a frame for
+    them. It is not very difficult to make one, especially if you
+    have four large card-board dress-boxes.</p>
+
+    <p>Having carefully cut out the bottoms of the boxes, place the
+    frames as here shown:</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/35.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/35.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page36"
+       id="page36"></a>[pg 36]</span>
+
+    <p>Cut out the center framework, leaving a large square,
+    so:</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/36.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/36.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>You must then fasten the four pieces together by gluing
+    cardboard on each side of the joints, and you will have a very
+    good frame, which you can cover with colored paper or ornament
+    with muslin.</p>
+
+    <p>This frame will last a very long time if carefully treated.
+    It should stand upright by itself; but if it is a little
+    unsteady, it is better to hold it upright from the sides. Of
+    course, this will only make a very small frame, but you can
+    increase the size by using more boxes.</p>
+
+    <p>If you have no time to make a frame, arrange your figures
+    close to a door, outside the room in which the audience is
+    seated.</p>
+
+    <p>When quite ready, some one must open the door, when the
+    doorway will make a kind of frame to the living picture.</p>
+
+    <p>It is always well to have a curtain if you can; a sheet
+    makes an excellent one. Two children standing upon chairs hold
+    it up on each side, and at a given signal drop it upon the
+    floor, so that, instead of the curtain rising, it drops. When
+    it has been dropped, the two little people should take the
+    sheet corners in their hands again, so that they have only to
+    jump upon the chairs when it is time to hide the picture.</p>
+
+    <p>Of course, these instructions are only for living pictures
+    on a very small scale; much grander arrangements will be needed
+    if the performance is to take place before any but a "home
+    audience."</p>
+
+    <p>As I told you before, comic living pictures are the easiest
+    to perform on account of the dresses being easier to make, but
+    there are other living pictures which are easier still, and
+    which will cause a great deal of fun and merriment. They are
+    really catches, and are so simple that even very little
+    children can manage them.</p>
+
+    <p>You can arrange a program, and make half a dozen copies to
+    hand round to the
+    audience.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page37"
+       id="page37"></a>[pg 37]</span>
+
+    <p>The first living picture on the list is "The Fall of Greece"
+    and sounds very grand, indeed; but when the curtain rises (or
+    rather, if it is the sheet curtain, drops), the audience see a
+    lighted candle set rather crookedly in a candlestick and fanned
+    from the background so as to cause the grease to fall.</p>
+
+    <p>Here are some other similar comic tableaux which you can
+    easily place before an audience:</p>
+
+    <p>"Meet of the Hounds."&mdash;A pile of dog biscuits.</p>
+
+    <p>"View of the Black Sea."&mdash;A large capital C blackened
+    with ink.</p>
+
+    <p>"The Charge of the Light Brigade."&mdash;Half a dozen boxes
+    of matches labeled: "10 cents the lot."</p>
+
+    <p>These are only a few of the many comic living pictures you
+    can perform; but, no doubt, you will be able to think of others
+    for yourselves.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Acting Proverbs</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:18%;">
+        <a href="images/37.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/37.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The best way to play this game is for the players to divide
+    themselves into two groups, namely, actors and audience. Each
+    one of the actors should then fix upon a proverb, which he will
+    act, in turn, before the audience. As, for instance, supposing
+    one of the players to have chosen the proverb, "A bad workman
+    quarrels with his tools," he should go into the room where the
+    audience is seated, carrying with him a bag in which there is a
+    saw, a hammer, or any other implement or tool used by a
+    workman; he should then look round and find a chair, or some
+    other article, which he should pretend requires repairing; he
+    should then act the workman, by taking off his coat, rolling up
+    his sleeves, and commencing work, often dropping his tools, and
+    grumbling about them the whole of the time.</p>
+
+    <p>If this game be acted well, it may be made very
+    entertaining. Sometimes the audience are made to pay a forfeit
+    each time they fail to guess the proverb.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page38"
+       id="page38"></a>[pg 38]</span>
+
+    <h3>Shouting Proverbs</h3>
+
+    <p>This is rather a noisy game. One of the company goes outside
+    the door, and during his absence a proverb is chosen and a word
+    of it is given to each member of the company. When the player
+    who is outside re-enters the room, one of the company counts
+    "One, two, three," then all the company simultaneously shout
+    out the word that has been given to him or her of the proverb
+    that has been chosen.</p>
+
+    <p>If there are more players present than there are words in
+    the proverb, two or three of them must have the same word. The
+    effect of all the company shouting out together is very funny.
+    All that is necessary is for the guesser to have a sharp ear;
+    then he is pretty sure to catch a word here and there that will
+    give him the key to the proverb.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Proverbs</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very interesting game, and can be played by a
+    large number at the same time. Supposing there are twelve
+    persons present, one is sent out of the room, while the others
+    choose a proverb. When this is done, the "guesser" is allowed
+    to come in, and he asks each person a question separately. In
+    the answer, no matter what question is asked, one word of the
+    proverb must be given. For illustration we will take "A bird in
+    the hand is worth two in the bush."</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>1. John must use the word "A" in his answer.</p>
+
+            <p>2. Gladys must use the word "bird" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>3. Nellie must use the word "in" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>4. Tommy must use the word "the" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>5. Estelle must use the word "hand" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>6. Ivy must use the word "is" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>7. Wilfrid must use the word "worth" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>8. Lionel must use the word "two" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>9. Vera must use the word "in" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>10. Bertie must use the word "the" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>11. Harold must use the word "bush" in his.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The fun becomes greater if the answers are given quickly and
+    without allowing the special word to be noticed. It often
+    happens that <span class="pagenum"><a name="page39"
+       id="page39"></a>[pg 39]</span> the "guesser" has to try his
+       powers over several times before succeeding. The one who by
+       giving a bad answer gives the clue, in turn becomes guesser,
+       and is then obliged to go out of the room while another
+       proverb is chosen.</p>
+
+    <p>Here is a list of proverbs:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>A bad workman quarrels with his tools.</p>
+
+            <p>A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.</p>
+
+            <p>A cat may look at a king.</p>
+
+            <p>Aching teeth are ill tenants.</p>
+
+            <p>A creaking door hangs long on the hinges.</p>
+
+            <p>A drowning man will catch at a straw.</p>
+
+            <p>After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a
+            mile.</p>
+
+            <p>A friend in need is a friend indeed.</p>
+
+            <p>A good servant makes a good master.</p>
+
+            <p>A good word is as soon said as an evil one.</p>
+
+            <p>A little leak will sink a great ship.</p>
+
+            <p>All are not friends that speak us fair.</p>
+
+            <p>All are not hunters that blow the horn.</p>
+
+            <p>All is fish that comes to the net.</p>
+
+            <p>All is not gold that glitters.</p>
+
+            <p>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.</p>
+
+            <p>A pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at
+            last.</p>
+
+            <p>A rolling stone gathers no moss.</p>
+
+            <p>A small spark makes a great fire.</p>
+
+            <p>A stitch in time saves nine.</p>
+
+            <p>As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.</p>
+
+            <p>As you sow, so you shall reap.</p>
+
+            <p>A tree is known by its fruit.</p>
+
+            <p>A willful man will have his way.</p>
+
+            <p>A willing mind makes a light foot.</p>
+
+            <p>A word before is worth two behind.</p>
+
+            <p>A burden which one chooses is not felt.</p>
+
+            <p>Beggars have no right to be choosers.</p>
+
+            <p>Be slow to promise and quick to perform.</p>
+
+            <p>Better late than never.</p>
+
+            <p>Better to bend than to break.</p>
+
+            <p>Birds of a feather flock together.</p>
+
+            <p>Care killed a cat.</p>
+
+            <p>Catch the bear before you sell his skin.</p>
+
+            <p>Charity begins at home, but does not end there.</p>
+
+            <p>Cut your coat according to your cloth.</p>
+
+            <p>Do as you would be done by.</p>
+
+            <p>Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.</p>
+
+            <p>Do not spur a willing
+            horse.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page40"
+               id="page40"></a>[pg 40]</span>
+
+            <p>Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
+            wealthy, and wise.</p>
+
+            <p>Empty vessels make the greatest sound.</p>
+
+            <p>Enough is as good as a feast.</p>
+
+            <p>Faint heart never won fair lady.</p>
+
+            <p>Fine feathers make fine birds.</p>
+
+            <p>Fine words butter no parsnips.</p>
+
+            <p>Fire and water are good servants, but bad
+            masters.</p>
+
+            <p>Grasp all, lose all.</p>
+
+            <p>Half a loaf is better than no bread.</p>
+
+            <p>Handsome is as handsome does.</p>
+
+            <p>Happy is the wooing that is not long in doing.</p>
+
+            <p>He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.</p>
+
+            <p>Hiders are good finders.</p>
+
+            <p>Home is home though it be ever so homely.</p>
+
+            <p>Honesty is the best policy.</p>
+
+            <p>If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.</p>
+
+            <p>It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.</p>
+
+            <p>It is never too late to learn.</p>
+
+            <p>It is not the cowl that makes the friar.</p>
+
+            <p>It is a long lane that has no turning.</p>
+
+            <p>It's a good horse that never stumbles.</p>
+
+            <p>It's a sad heart that never rejoices.</p>
+
+            <p>Ill weeds grow apace.</p>
+
+            <p>Keep a thing for seven years, and you will find a
+            use for it.</p>
+
+            <p>Kill two birds with one stone.</p>
+
+            <p>Lazy folk take the most pains.</p>
+
+            <p>Let sleeping dogs lie.</p>
+
+            <p>Let them laugh that win.</p>
+
+            <p>Make hay while the sun shines.</p>
+
+            <p>Many a true word is spoken in jest.</p>
+
+            <p>Many hands make light work.</p>
+
+            <p>Marry in haste, repent at leisure.</p>
+
+            <p>Never look a gift horse in the mouth.</p>
+
+            <p>Necessity is the mother of invention.</p>
+
+            <p>Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.</p>
+
+            <p>Old friends and old wine are best.</p>
+
+            <p>One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a
+            winter.</p>
+
+            <p>People who live in glass houses should never throw
+            stones.</p>
+
+            <p>Possession is nine points of the law.</p>
+
+            <p>Procrastination is the thief of time.</p>
+
+            <p>Short reckonings make long friends.</p>
+
+            <p>Safe bind, safe find.</p>
+
+            <p>Strike while the iron is hot.</p>
+
+            <p>Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take
+            care of themselves.</p>
+
+            <p>The more the merrier, the fewer the better
+            cheer.</p>
+
+            <p>The darkest hour is just before the
+            daylight.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page41"
+               id="page41"></a>[pg 41]</span>
+
+            <p>The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.</p>
+
+            <p>There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.</p>
+
+            <p>There's a silver lining to every cloud.</p>
+
+            <p>Those who play with edge tools must expect to be
+            cut.</p>
+
+            <p>Time and tide wait for no man.</p>
+
+            <p>Too many cooks spoil the broth.</p>
+
+            <p>Union is strength.</p>
+
+            <p>Waste not, want not.</p>
+
+            <p>What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.</p>
+
+            <p>When rogues fall out honest men get their own.</p>
+
+            <p>When the cat's away, the mice play.</p>
+
+            <p>Willful waste makes woful want.</p>
+
+            <p>You cannot eat your cake and have it also.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/41.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/41.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Adventurers</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very good game and will combine both instruction
+    and amusement. The idea is that the company imagines itself to
+    be a party of travelers who are about to set out on a journey
+    to foreign countries. A good knowledge of geography is
+    required, also an idea of the manufactures and customs of the
+    foreign parts about to be visited. It would be as well, if not
+    quite certain about the location of the part, to refer to a
+    map.</p>
+
+    <p>A place for starting having been decided upon, the first
+    player sets out upon his journey. He tells the company what
+    spot he intends to visit (in imagination) and what kind of
+    conveyance he means to travel in. On arriving at his
+    destination, the player states what he wishes to buy, and to
+    whom he intends to make a present of his purchase on returning
+    home.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page42"
+       id="page42"></a>[pg 42]</span>
+
+    <p>This may seem very simple, but it is not nearly so easy as
+    it appears. The player must have some knowledge of the country
+    to which he is going, the way he will travel, and the time it
+    will take to complete the journey. To give an instance, it will
+    not do for the player to state that he is going to Greenland to
+    purchase pineapples, or to Florida to get furs; nor will it do
+    for him to make a present of a meerschaum pipe to a lady, or a
+    cashmere shawl to a gentleman.</p>
+
+    <p>More fun is added to this game if forfeits are exacted for
+    all mistakes.</p>
+
+    <p>The game continues, and the second player must make his
+    starting point from where the first leaves off. Of course, all
+    depends upon the imagination or the experience of the player;
+    if he has been a traveler or has read a good deal, his
+    descriptions should be very interesting.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Postman's Knock</h3>
+
+    <p>One player begins the game by going out of the room, and
+    then giving a double (or postman's) knock at the door; it is
+    the duty of one of the other players to stand at the door
+    inside the room to answer the knocks that are made, and to ask
+    the postman for whom he has a letter. The postman names some
+    member of the company, generally of the opposite sex; he is
+    then asked, "How many cents are to be paid?" Perhaps he will
+    say "six"; the person for whom the letter is supposed to be
+    must then pay for it with kisses, instead of cents; after which
+    he or she must take a turn as postman.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Our Old Grannie Doesn't Like Tea."</h3>
+
+    <p>All the players sit in a row, except one, who sits in front
+    of them and says to each one in turn: "Our old Grannie doesn't
+    like T; what can you give her instead?"</p>
+
+    <p>Perhaps the first player will answer, "Cocoa," and that will
+    be correct; but if the second player should say, "Chocolate,"
+    he will have to pay a forfeit, because there is a "T" in
+    chocolate. This is really a catch, as at first every one thinks
+    that "tea" is meant instead of the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page43"
+       id="page43"></a>[pg 43]</span> letter "T." Even after the
+       trick has been found out it is very easy to make a slip, as
+       the players must answer before "five" is counted; if they
+       cannot, or if they mention an article of food with the
+       letter "T" in it, they must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"I Love My Love with an A."</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game it is best for the players to arrange
+    themselves in a half circle round the room. Then one begins: "I
+    love my love with an 'A,' because she is affectionate; I hate
+    her with an 'A,' because she is artful. Her name is Alice, she
+    comes from Alabama, and I gave her an apricot." The next player
+    says: "I love my love with a 'B,' because she is bonnie; I hate
+    her with a 'B,' because she is boastful. Her name is Bertha,
+    she comes from Boston, and I gave her a book." The next player
+    takes "C," and the next "D," and so on through all the letters
+    of the alphabet.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Consequences</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the most popular games at a party is certainly
+    "Consequences;" it is a very old favorite, but has lost none of
+    its charms with age. The players sit in a circle; each person
+    is provided with a half sheet of notepaper and a pencil, and is
+    asked to write on the top&mdash;(1) one or more adjectives,
+    then to fold the paper over, so that what has been written
+    cannot be seen. Every player has to pass his or her paper on to
+    the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top
+    of the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor
+    (2) "the name of the gentleman;" after having done this, the
+    paper must again be folded and passed on as before; this time
+    must be written (3) one or more adjectives; then (4) a lady's
+    name; next (5), where they met; next (6), what he gave her;
+    next (7), what he said to her; next (8), what she said to him;
+    next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what the world said
+    about it.</p>
+
+    <p>Be careful that every time anything has been written, the
+    paper is folded down and passed on to the player on your right.
+    When every one has written what the world says, the papers are
+    collected <span class="pagenum"><a name="page44"
+       id="page44"></a>[pg 44]</span> and one of the company
+       proceeds to read out the various papers, and the result may
+       be something like this:</p>
+
+    <p>(1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr. Brown (3) met the
+    charming (4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her
+    a flower (7) and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said
+    to him: "Not for Joseph;" (9) the consequence was they danced
+    the hornpipe, and the world said (10), "Just what we
+    expected."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Earth, Air, Fire, and Water</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/44.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/44.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>To play this game seat yourselves in a circle, take a clean
+    duster or handkerchief, and tie it in a big knot, so that it
+    may easily be thrown from one player to another. One of the
+    players throws it to another, at the same time calling out
+    either of these names: Earth, Air, Fire, or Water. If "Earth"
+    is called, the player to whom the ball is thrown has to mention
+    something that lives on the earth, as lion, cat; if "Air" is
+    called, something that lives in the air; if "Water," something
+    that lives in the water; but if "Fire" is called, the player
+    must keep silence. Always remember not to put birds in the
+    water, or animals or fishes in the air; be silent when "Fire"
+    is called, and answer before ten can be counted. For breaking
+    any of these rules a forfeit must be paid.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Crambo</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the party leaves the room, and on his return he is
+    asked to find a word which has been chosen by the other players
+    in his absence; and in order to help him, another word is
+    mentioned rhyming with the word to be guessed. Questions may
+    then be asked by the guesser, and
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page45"
+       id="page45"></a>[pg 45]</span> the players must all
+       introduce, as the final word of their answer, another word
+       rhyming with the word chosen. For instance, suppose the word
+       "way" is selected. The guesser would then be told that the
+       word chosen rhymes with "say." He might then ask the first
+       one of the party: "What do you think of the weather?" and
+       the answer might be: "We have had a lovely day." The second
+       question might be: "Have you enjoyed yourself?" and the
+       answer might be: "Yes; I have had lots of play." The game
+       would proceed in this way until the guesser gave the correct
+       answer, or one of the party failed to give the proper rhyme,
+       in which case the latter would then be called upon to take
+       the place of the guesser.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Lost and Found</h3>
+
+    <p>A very similar game to "Consequences" is that of "Lost and
+    Found," which is played in an exactly similar manner, but the
+    questions are quite different: (1) Lost, (2) by whom, (3) at
+    what time, (4) where, (5) found by, (6) in what condition, (7)
+    what time, (8) the reward.</p>
+
+    <p>The answers may be something like the following: (1) Lost a
+    postage-stamp, (2) by sister Jane, (3) at three in the morning,
+    (4) at St. Louis, (5) it was found by a policeman, (6) rather
+    the worse for wear, (7) at dinner-time; (8) the reward was a
+    kiss.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?"</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a capital game for a large party, for it is both
+    instructive and amusing. Two sides are picked, one has to guess
+    what word or sentence the remainder of the company has chosen.
+    They go out of the room, and when the subject has been decided
+    upon, return and ask a question of each of the other side in
+    turn. The answer must be either "Yes" or "No," and in no case
+    should more words be used, under penalty of paying a forfeit.
+    The first important point to be found out is whether the
+    subject is "Animal," "Vegetable," or "Mineral." Supposing, for
+    instance, the subject chosen is a cat which is sleeping in the
+    room by the fire, the questions and answers might be like the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page46"
+       id="page46"></a>[pg 46]</span> following: "Is the subject
+       chosen an animal?" "Yes." "Wild animal?" "No." "Domestic
+       animal?" "Yes." "Common?" "Yes." "Are there many to be seen
+       in this town?" "Yes." "Have you seen many this day?" "Yes."
+       "In this house?" "No." "Have you seen many in the road?"
+       "Yes." "Do they draw carts?" "No." "Are they used for
+       working purposes?" "No." "Is the subject a pet?" "Yes."
+       "Have they one in the house?" "Yes." "In this room?" "Yes."
+       "Is it lying in front of the fire at the present time?"
+       "Yes." "Is the subject you all thought of the cat lying in
+       front of the fire in this room?" "Yes." The subject having
+       been guessed, another one is chosen and the game proceeds.
+       The questions are limited to twenty, but it is hardly ever
+       necessary to use that number.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hunt the Slipper</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/46.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/46.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The players seat themselves in a circle on the floor, having
+    chosen one of their number to remain outside the circle. The
+    children seated on the floor are supposed to be cobblers, and
+    the one outside is the customer who has brought his shoe to be
+    mended. He hands it to one of them, saying:</p>
+
+    <p>"Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe; Get it done by half-past
+    two."</p>
+
+    <p>The cobblers pass the shoe round to each other as quickly as
+    they can, taking care that the customer does not see which of
+    them has it. When the customer comes to fetch it he is told
+    that it is not ready. He pretends to get angry and says he will
+    take it <span class="pagenum"><a name="page47"
+       id="page47"></a>[pg 47]</span> as it is. He must then try to
+       find it, and the cobbler who has it must try to pass it to
+       his neighbor without its being seen by the customer. The
+       person upon whom the shoe is found must become the customer,
+       while the customer takes his place in the circle on the
+       floor.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Flying</h3>
+
+    <p>This game requires for the leader a person who can tell a
+    story or make a little amusing speech. Each one who plays must
+    place the right hand upon the left arm. The leader then tells a
+    story, during the telling of which whenever he mentions any
+    creature that can fly, every right hand is to be raised and
+    fluttered in the air to imitate the action of flying. At the
+    name of a creature that does not fly, the hands must be kept
+    quiet, under pain of a forfeit. Thus:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>The little wren is very small,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The humming-bee is less;</p>
+
+            <p>The ladybird is least of all,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">And beautiful in dress.</p>
+
+            <p>The pelican she loves her young,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The stork its parent loves;</p>
+
+            <p>The woodcock's bill is very long,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">And innocent are doves.</p>
+
+            <p>In Germany they hunt the boar,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The bee brings honey home,</p>
+
+            <p>The ant lays up a winter store,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The bear loves honeycomb.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Blind Man's Wand</h3>
+
+    <p>This is another way of playing Blind Man's Buff, and is
+    thought by many to be an improvement on that game.</p>
+
+    <p>The player who is blindfolded stands in the center of the
+    room, with a long paper wand, which can be made of a newspaper
+    folded up lengthways, and tied at each end with string. The
+    other players then join hands and stand round him in a circle.
+    Some one then plays a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page48"
+       id="page48"></a>[pg 48]</span> merry tune on the piano, and
+       the players dance round and round the blind man, until
+       suddenly the music stops; the blind man then takes the
+       opportunity of lowering his wand upon one of the circle, and
+       the player upon whom it has fallen has to take hold of it.
+       The blind man then makes a noise, such as, for instance, the
+       barking of a dog, a street cry, or anything he thinks will
+       cause the player he has caught to betray himself, as the
+       captive must imitate whatever noise the blind man likes to
+       make. Should the blind man detect who holds the stick, the
+       one who is caught has to be blind man; if not, the game goes
+       on until he succeeds.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Judge and Jury</h3>
+
+    <p>The company should be seated in two lines facing each other,
+    and one of the party should then be elected to act as judge.
+    Each person has to remember who is sitting exactly opposite,
+    because when the judge asks a question of any one, it is not
+    the person directly asked who has to reply, but the person
+    opposite to the judge. For instance, if the judge, addressing
+    one of the company, asks: "Do you like apples?" the person
+    spoken to must remain silent, while the person who is opposite
+    to him must reply before the judge can count ten; the penalty
+    on failing to do this is a forfeit. A rule with regard to the
+    answers is that the reply must not be less than two words in
+    length, and must not contain the words: "Yes," "No," "Black,"
+    "White," or "Gray." For the breaking of this rule a forfeit may
+    also be claimed.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Hands Up!"</h3>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate3.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb3.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 3 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The company in this game must divide, one-half taking seats
+    on one side of the table, and the other half on the other side;
+    the players on one side being called the "guessers" and the
+    players on the other side being called the "hiders." A button
+    or any small object is produced, and the hiders have to pass it
+    from hand to hand, under the table, so that those sitting
+    opposite may not know who holds it. When it is hidden, one of
+    the guessers cries out, "Hands up!" Immediately the hiders must
+    place their closed hands on the table; the guessers
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page49"
+       id="page49"></a>[pg 49]</span> have then to find out which
+       hand holds the button. If successful, the hiders take their
+       turn at guessing. The person in whose hand the button is
+       found must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Lodgings to Let</h3>
+
+    <p>The company sit in a circle, and a player stands in the
+    center. There is one spare chair, and the game is for this
+    player to get possession of a vacant seat. When the game
+    begins, every one moves as quickly as possible to the chair
+    next beside him or her, and as this is done all the time, it is
+    difficult for the person who is looking for "lodgings" to find
+    a place by slipping in among them, and his attempts will cause
+    much amusement.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hunt the Ring</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game a long piece of string is required. On this a
+    ring is threaded, and the ends of the string are knotted
+    together. The players then take the string in their hands and
+    form a circle, while one of the company, who is called the
+    hunter, stands in the center. The string must be passed rapidly
+    round and round, and the players must try to prevent the hunter
+    finding out who holds the ring. As soon as he has done this, he
+    takes his place in the circle, while the person who held the
+    ring becomes the "hunter."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Stool of Repentance</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle, in the center of which a stool
+    is placed. One of the company goes out of the room, and the
+    rest say all sorts of things about him. For instance, one will
+    say he is handsome, another that he is clever, or stupid, or
+    vain. The "culprit" is then called back into the room and seats
+    himself on the stool, which is called "the stool of
+    repentance," and one of the players begins to tell him the
+    different charges which have been made against him. "Some one
+    said you were vain; can you guess who it was?" If the culprit
+    guesses correctly, he <span class="pagenum"><a name="page50"
+       id="page50"></a>[pg 50]</span> takes his seat in the circle
+       and the person who made the accusation becomes the "culprit"
+       in his stead. If, however, the "culprit" is unable to guess
+       correctly, he must go out of the room again while fresh
+       charges are made against him.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Feather</h3>
+
+    <p>Having procured a small flossy feather, the players sit in a
+    circle as closely together as possible. One of the party then
+    throws the feather as high as possible into the air, and it is
+    the duty of all the players to prevent it from alighting on
+    them, by blowing at it whenever it comes in their direction.
+    Any player whom it falls upon must pay a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <p>It is almost impossible to imagine the excitement that is
+    produced by this game when it is played with spirit, and the
+    fun is not altogether confined to the players, as it gives
+    almost as much enjoyment to those who are looking on.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Game of Conversation</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game successfully, two of the company privately
+    agree upon a word that has several meanings. The two then enter
+    into a conversation which is obliged to be about the word they
+    have chosen, while the remainder of the company listen. When a
+    member of the party imagines that he has guessed the word, he
+    may join in the conversation, but if he finds he is mistaken,
+    must immediately retire.</p>
+
+    <p>To give an illustration: Supposing the two players who start
+    the conversation decide upon the word "box." They might talk
+    about the people they had seen at the theater and the
+    particular part of the house in which they were sitting. Then
+    they might say how nice it looked in a garden, and one might
+    mention that it grew into big trees. Perhaps one of the company
+    might imagine that he had guessed the word correctly and join
+    in, when the conversation would be immediately changed, and the
+    two would begin to converse about a huge case in which a very
+    great number of things were packed away. By
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page51"
+       id="page51"></a>[pg 51]</span> this time, possibly the
+       person who joined in the conversation will leave off,
+       completely mystified. If, however, the word should be
+       correctly guessed, the person guessing it chooses a partner,
+       and they together select a word, and the game begins
+       again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Gallery of Statues</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game all the company leave the room with the
+    exception of two. One of these then stands like a statue, with
+    perhaps the assistance of a tablecloth or something similar as
+    drapery, while the other acts as showman.</p>
+
+    <p>When the position is decided upon, one of the company is
+    called in and taken on one side by the showman, and is asked
+    his or her opinion as to the merits of the statue. It is almost
+    certain that some suggestion will be made; in that case he or
+    she is made to assume the attitude suggested, and another
+    player is called in, to whom the same question is put, and
+    another suggestion made and adopted. As each statue is added to
+    the gallery, a great deal of merriment is caused, and in a
+    short time a large collection will be obtained.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Huntsman</h3>
+
+    <p>One person represents the huntsman, the other players call
+    themselves after some part of the huntsman's belongings; for
+    instance, one is the cap, another the horn, others the
+    powder-flask, gun, whip, etc.</p>
+
+    <p>A number of chairs are arranged in the middle of the room,
+    and there must be one chair less than the number of players,
+    not counting the huntsman.</p>
+
+    <p>The players then seat themselves round the room, while the
+    huntsman stands in the center and calls for them one at a time,
+    in this way: "Powder-flask!" At once "Powder-flask" rises and
+    takes hold of the huntsman's coat.</p>
+
+    <p>"Cap," "Gun," "Shot," "Belt," the huntsman cries; each
+    person who represents these articles must rise and take hold of
+    the player summoned before him, until at length the huntsman
+    has a long line behind him. He then begins to run round the
+    chairs, until he suddenly
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page52"
+       id="page52"></a>[pg 52]</span> cries: "Bang!" when the
+       players must sit down. Of course, as there are not
+       sufficient chairs, one player will be left standing and he
+       must pay a forfeit. The huntsman is not changed throughout
+       the game, unless he grows tired, when he may change places
+       with one of the others.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a game for young children. Some small article is
+    hidden in the room, while the little one who has to find it is
+    sent outside. This finished, the players call out together:
+    "Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon; it's hidden and can be taken." The
+    little one enters and begins to hunt about for the hidden
+    article. When she comes near to its hiding-place, the company
+    tell her that she is getting "hot"; or, if she is not near it,
+    she is told that she is "cold." That she is "very hot" or "very
+    cold," will denote that she is very near of very far away from
+    the object that is hidden; while if she is extremely near, she
+    would be told that she was "burning." In this way the hidden
+    object can be found, and all the children can be interested in
+    the game by being allowed to call out whether the little one is
+    "hot" or "cold."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"My Master Bids You Do as I Do."</h3>
+
+    <p>For all those children who are fond of a little exercise, no
+    better game than this can be chosen. When the chairs are placed
+    in order round the room, the first player commences by saying:
+    "My master bids you do as I do," at the same time working away
+    with the right hand as if hammering at his knees. The second
+    player then asks: "What does he bid me do?" in answer to which
+    the first player says: "To work with one as I do." The second
+    player, working in the same manner, must turn to his left-hand
+    neighbor and carry on the same conversation, and so on until
+    every one is working away with the right hand.</p>
+
+    <p>The second time of going round, the order is to work with
+    two, then both hands must work; then with three, then both
+    hands and one leg must work; then with four, when both hands
+    and both legs must <span class="pagenum"><a name="page53"
+       id="page53"></a>[pg 53]</span> work; lastly with five, when
+       both legs, both arms, and the head must be kept going.
+       Should any of the players fail in keeping in constant
+       motion, a forfeit may be claimed.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Red Cap and Blue Cap</h3>
+
+    <p>The players seat themselves in a circle to represent tailors
+    at work on a piece of cloth&mdash;a handkerchief or a duster
+    will answer the purpose. A leader or foreman is chosen, and
+    every one of the company is named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap,
+    Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap, etc. The leader then takes
+    the piece of cloth and pretends to examine the work which is
+    supposed to have been done by the workmen. He is supposed to
+    discover a bad stitch and asks: "Who did it, Blue Cap?" The
+    latter immediately answers: "Not I, sir." "Who then, sir?"
+    "Yellow Cap, sir." Yellow Cap must then answer at once in the
+    same manner and name another workman. Any one who fails to
+    answer to his name pays a forfeit. If carried on in a brisk
+    manner, this game will cause endless amusement.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>It</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the players is asked to go outside while the company
+    thinks of some person in the room, and on his return he has to
+    guess of whom the company has thought.</p>
+
+    <p>The players then arrange themselves in a circle, and agree
+    each to think of his or her right-hand neighbor; it is best to
+    have a girl and boy alternately, as this adds much to the
+    amusement.</p>
+
+    <p>The one outside is then called in, and commences to ask
+    questions. Before replying, the player asked must be careful to
+    notice his or her right-hand neighbor, and then give a correct
+    reply. For instance, supposing the first question to be: "Is
+    the person thought of a boy or a girl?" The answer would
+    possibly be "A boy;" the next person would then be asked the
+    color of the complexion, the next one the color of the hair, if
+    long or short, etc., to which questions the answers would, of
+    course, be given according to the right-hand neighbor.</p>
+
+    <p>Nearly all the answers will contradict the previous ones,
+    and <span class="pagenum"><a name="page54"
+       id="page54"></a>[pg 54]</span> something like this may be
+       the result: "A boy," "very dark complexion," "long yellow
+       hair," "wearing a black velvet jacket," "with a dark green
+       dress," "five feet high," "about six years old," etc. When
+       the player guessing gives the game up, the joke is explained
+       to him.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Acting Rhymes</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game, half the players go outside the door, while
+    those who stay in the room choose a word of one syllable, which
+    should not be too difficult. For instance, suppose the word
+    chosen be "Flat," those who are out of the room are informed
+    that a word has been thought of that rhymes with "Cat," and
+    they then have to act without speaking, all the words they can
+    think of that rhyme with "Cat." Supposing their first idea be
+    "Bat," they come into the room and play an imaginary game of
+    cricket. This not being correct, they would get hissed for
+    their pains, and they must then hurry outside again. They might
+    next try "Rat," most of them going into the room on their hands
+    and feet, while the others might pretend to be frightened.
+    Again they would be hissed. At last the boys go in and fall
+    flat on their faces, while the girls pretend to use flat-irons
+    upon their backs. The loud clapping that follows tells them
+    that they are right at last. They then change places with the
+    audience, who, in their turn, become the actors.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Man and Object</h3>
+
+    <p>Two persons go out of the room, and after agreeing together
+    as to what they shall represent, they come back again, and sit
+    side by side in front of the company. One of the two takes the
+    part of some well-known person, and the other represents an
+    object which is closely connected with that person; for
+    instance, say one represents the governor, and the other the
+    mayor. When the two return to the room, the other players take
+    it in turns to ask each of them a question, to which both the
+    man and the object must reply either "Yes" or "No," until the
+    right person and the right object have been guessed.</p>
+
+    <p>The first player will perhaps ask the "man:" "Are you
+    alive?"</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page55"
+       id="page55"></a>[pg 55]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/55.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/55.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The man will reply, "Yes;" then the object is asked: "Are
+    you of wood?" "No." The second player next questions him, and
+    then the third, and so on until every one has had a turn at
+    questioning, or the person and the object have been
+    guessed.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Jolly Miller</h3>
+
+    <p>The players decide among themselves which one of their
+    number shall act the part of the Jolly Miller. This being done,
+    each little boy <span class="pagenum"><a name="page56"
+       id="page56"></a>[pg 56]</span> chooses a little girl as
+       partner; the Jolly Miller having taken his stand in the
+       middle of the room, they all commence to walk arm-in-arm
+       round him, singing the following lines:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>There was a jolly miller who lived by himself;</p>
+
+            <p>As the wheel went round he made his wealth;</p>
+
+            <p>One hand in the hopper, and the other on the
+            bag;</p>
+
+            <p>As the wheel went round he made his grab.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>At the word "Grab" all must change partners, and while the
+    change is going on the miller has the opportunity given him of
+    securing a partner for himself. Should he succeed in doing so,
+    the one left without a partner must take the place of the Jolly
+    Miller, and must occupy the center of the room until fortunate
+    enough to get another partner.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Ruth and Jacob</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:27%;">
+        <a href="images/56.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/56.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>One player is blindfolded, the rest dance in a circle round
+    him till he points at one of them. This person then enters the
+    ring, and when the blindman calls out "Ruth," answers "Jacob,"
+    and moves about within the circle so as to avoid being caught
+    by the blindman, and continues to answer "Jacob," as often as
+    the blindman calls out "Ruth." This continues until "Ruth" is
+    caught. "Jacob" must then guess who it is he has caught; if he
+    guesses correctly, "Ruth" takes his place, and the game goes
+    on; if he guesses wrongly, he continues to be "Jacob."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Checkers</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a splendid game and one very easily learned. It is
+    played upon a special board with thirty-two white and
+    thirty-two black squares.</p>
+
+    <p>Two persons play at the game, who sit opposite to each
+    other. The players have each a set of twelve pieces, or "men,"
+    the color of the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page57"
+       id="page57"></a>[pg 57]</span> sets being different, so that
+       the players can distinguish their own men easily. The men
+       are round and flat, and are usually made of boxwood or ebony
+       and ivory, one set being white and the other black.</p>
+
+    <p>Before placing the men upon the board, it must be decided
+    whether the white or the black squares are to be played on, as
+    the whole must be put on one color only. If the white squares
+    are selected, there must be a black square in the right-hand
+    corner; if the black squares are to be played upon, then the
+    right-hand corner square must be a white one.</p>
+
+    <p>The movements in checkers are very simple; a man can be
+    moved only one square at a time, except as explained hereafter,
+    and that diagonally, never straight forward or sideways. If an
+    opponent's man stand in the way, no move can take place unless
+    there be a vacant square beyond it, into which the man can be
+    lifted. In this case the man leaped over is "taken" and removed
+    from the board.</p>
+
+    <p>The great object of the game, then, is to clear the board of
+    the opponent's men, or to hem them in in such a way that they
+    cannot be moved, whichever player hems in the opponent or
+    clears the board first gains the victory. As no man can be
+    moved more than one step diagonally at a time (except when
+    taking opponent's pieces), there can be no taking until the two
+    parties come to close quarters; therefore, the pushing of the
+    men continuously into each other's ground is the principle of
+    the game.</p>
+
+    <p>In beginning the game, a great advantage can be obtained by
+    having the first move; the rule, therefore, is, if several
+    games are played, that the first move be taken alternately by
+    the players.</p>
+
+    <p>When either of the players has, with his men, reached the
+    extreme row of squares on the opposite side (the first row of
+    his opponent), those men are entitled to be crowned, which is
+    done by placing on the top of each another man, which may be
+    selected from the men already removed from the board. The men
+    so crowned are called "Kings" and have a new power of movement,
+    as the player may now move them either backward or forward, as
+    he wills, but always diagonally as before.</p>
+
+    <p>The Kings having this double power of movement, it is an
+    important point for a player to get as many men crowned as
+    possible. If each player should be fortunate enough to get two
+    or three Kings, the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page58"
+       id="page58"></a>[pg 58]</span> game becomes very exciting.
+       Immediately after crowning, it is well for a player to start
+       blocking up his opponent's men, so as to allow more freedom
+       for his own pieces, and thus prepare for winning the
+       game.</p>
+
+    <p>It is the rule that if a player touch one of his men he must
+    play it. If player A omit to take a man when it is in his power
+    to do so, his opponent B can huff him; that is, take the man of
+    the player A off the board. If it is to B's advantage, he may
+    insist on his own man being taken, which is called a "blow."
+    The usual way is to take the man of the player A who made the
+    omission, and who was huffed, off the board.</p>
+
+    <p>It is not considered right or fair for any one watching the
+    game to advise what move to be made, or for a player to wait
+    longer than five minutes between each move.</p>
+
+    <p>Great care should be taken in moving the men, as one false
+    move may at any time endanger the whole game.</p>
+
+    <p>With constant practice any one can soon become a very fair
+    player, but even after the game has been played only a few
+    times it will be found very interesting.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dominoes</h3>
+
+    <p>There are several ways of playing Dominoes, but the
+    following game is the most simple:</p>
+
+    <p>The dominoes are placed on the table, face downward, and
+    each player takes up one, to decide who is to play first. The
+    one who draws the stone with the highest number of pips on it
+    takes the lead. The two stones are then put back among the
+    rest; the dominoes are then shuffled, face downward, and the
+    players choose seven stones each, placing them upright on the
+    table, so that each can see his own stones, without being able
+    to overlook those of his opponent.</p>
+
+    <p>As there are twenty-eight stones in an ordinary set, there
+    will still be fourteen left from which to draw.</p>
+
+    <p>The player who has won the lead now places a stone, face
+    upward, on the table. Suppose it be double-six, the other
+    player is bound to put down a stone on which six appears,
+    placing the six next to the double-six.
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page59"
+       id="page59"></a>[pg 59]</span> Perhaps he may put six-four;
+       the first player then puts six-five, placing his six against
+       the opposite six of the double-six; the second follows with
+       five-four, placing his five against the five already on the
+       table; thus, you see, the players are bound to put down a
+       stone which corresponds at one end with one of the end
+       numbers of those already played. Whenever a player has no
+       corresponding number he must draw from the fourteen that
+       were left out for that purpose. If, when twelve of these
+       fourteen stones are used up, he cannot play, he loses his
+       turn, and his opponent plays instead of him. The two
+       remaining dominoes must not be drawn.</p>
+
+    <p>When one of the players has used up all his dominoes, his
+    opponent turns up those he has left, the pips are then counted,
+    and the number of pips is scored to the account of the player
+    who was out first.</p>
+
+    <p>If neither player can play, the stones are turned face
+    upward on the table, and the one who has the smallest number of
+    pips scores as follows: If the pips of one player count ten and
+    those of the other player five, the five is deducted from the
+    ten, leaving five to be scored by the player whose pips only
+    counted five.</p>
+
+    <p>The dominoes are shuffled again, the second player this time
+    taking the lead, and the game proceeds in this way until one or
+    other has scored a hundred, the first to do so winning the
+    game.</p>
+
+    <p>This game is generally played by two only, though it is
+    possible for four, five, or even six to join in it; but, in
+    that case, they cannot, of course, take seven stones each, so
+    they must divide the stones equally between them, leaving a few
+    to draw from, if they prefer it; if not they can divide them
+    all.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Green Gravel</h3>
+
+    <p>In this game the children join hands and walk round in a
+    circle, singing the following words:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Green gravel, green gravel, your grass is so
+            green,</p>
+
+            <p>The fairest young damsel that ever was seen.</p>
+
+            <p>I'll wash you in new milk and dress you in silk,</p>
+
+            <p>And write down your name with a gold pen and
+            ink.</p>
+
+            <p>Oh! (Mary) Oh! (Mary) your true love is dead;</p>
+
+            <p>He's sent you a letter to turn round your head.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page60"
+       id="page60"></a>[pg 60]</span>
+
+    <p>When the players arrive at that part of the song, "Oh,
+    Mary!" they name some member of the company; when the song is
+    finished, the one named must turn right round and face the
+    outside of the ring, having her back to all the other players.
+    She then joins hands in this position and the game continues as
+    before until all the players face outward. They then
+    recommence, until they all face the inside of the ring as at
+    first.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Fives and Threes</h3>
+
+    <p>This is another game that is played with dominoes, and is
+    one of the most popular. It is excellent practice for counting,
+    and to be successful at it depends, in a very great measure,
+    upon skill in doing this. Two, three or four players may take
+    part in this game. After the dominoes have been shuffled, face
+    downward, each player takes an equal number of stones, leaving
+    always three, at least, upon the table; no player, however, may
+    take more than seven, and it is perhaps better to limit the
+    number to five.</p>
+
+    <p>In playing dominoes, it should always be borne in mind that
+    one end of the domino to be played must always agree in number
+    with the end of the domino it is to be placed against.</p>
+
+    <p>The object of the game is to make as many "fives" and
+    "threes" as are possible; for instance, a player should always
+    make the domino show fifteen if he can, as three divides into
+    fifteen five times, and five divides into fifteen three times,
+    and he would thus score 8 (three and five). The way to count is
+    to add the two extreme ends together, always, of course, trying
+    to make the number as high as possible, and to make it one into
+    which either three or five will divide, as if a number be
+    formed into which these numbers will not divide, no score will
+    result.</p>
+
+    <p>Suppose there are two players, A and B. A starts the game by
+    playing the double-six, for which he scores 4 (three dividing
+    into twelve four times). B then plays the six-three, making
+    fifteen, and thus scores 8 (the highest score possible, as
+    explained above). A next plays the double-three, which makes
+    eighteen, and scores 6 (three dividing into eighteen six
+    times). B then plays six-blank onto the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page61"
+       id="page61"></a>[pg 61]</span> double-six on the left-hand
+       side and scores 2 (three dividing into six twice). A holding
+       the blank-three, places it onto the blank end, making the
+       number nine, and scores 3. B next plays the three-four,
+       which makes ten, and 2 is added to his score (five dividing
+       into ten twice). Thus the game proceeds, each player trying
+       to make as many fives and threes as possible.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>PAPER AND PENCIL GAMES</h2>
+
+    <h3>Birds, Beasts, and Fishes</h3>
+
+    <p>Take your pencil and write upon the top of your paper the
+    words, "Birds, Beasts, and Fishes." Then tell your companion
+    that you are going to think of, for instance, an animal. Put
+    down the first and last letters of the name, filling in with
+    crosses the letters that have been omitted. For example, write
+    down on the paper C*******e. Your companion would have to think
+    of all the animals' names that he could remember which
+    contained nine letters, and commenced with the letter C and
+    ended with "e." If the second player after guessing several
+    times "gives it up," the first player would tell him that the
+    animal thought of was "Crocodile," and would then think of
+    another Bird, Beast, or Fish, and write it down in a similar
+    manner. If, however, the name of the animal be guessed, then it
+    would be the second player's turn to take the paper and
+    pencil.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Noughts and Crosses</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/61.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/61.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>This is a game every boy or girl thoroughly enjoys. Take
+    paper, and with a pencil draw four cross lines as shown:</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/62-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/62-1.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Two persons only can play at this game, one player taking
+    "noughts," the other "crosses." The idea is for the one player
+    to try and draw three "noughts" in a line before the other
+    player can do the same with three "crosses." Supposing the
+    player who <span class="pagenum"><a name="page62"
+       id="page62"></a>[pg 62]</span> places his "O" in the
+       right-hand top corner, the player who has taken the
+       "crosses" will perhaps place an "X" in the left-hand top
+       corner. The next "O" would be placed in the bottom left-hand
+       corner; then to prevent the line of three "noughts" being
+       completed, the second player would place his "X" in the
+       center square. An "O" would then be immediately placed in
+       the right-hand bottom corner, so that wherever the "X" was
+       placed by the next player, the "noughts" would be bound to
+       win. Say, for instance, the "X" has chosen the "noughts"
+       commences and was placed in the center square on the
+       right-hand side, the place for the "O" to be put would be
+       the center square at the bottom, thus securing the game. The
+       diagram would then appear as illustrated:</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Tit, Tat, Toe"</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/62-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/62-2.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>There can be two, three, or four players for this game.
+    First take paper and pencil and write the players' names across
+    the top of the paper in the order in which they are to play.
+    Next draw a large circle, in the center of which draw a smaller
+    one, placing the number 100 within it. The space between the
+    inner and outer circles must be divided into parts, each having
+    a number, as shown in the diagram.</p>
+
+    <p>This having been done, the first player closes his eyes,
+    takes the pencil, and places his hand over the paper, the point
+    of the pencil just touching it. He then repeats the following
+    rhyme, moving the pencil round and round while doing so:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Tit, tat, toe,</p>
+
+            <p>My first go,</p>
+
+            <p>Four jolly butcher
+            boys</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page63"
+               id="page63"></a>[pg 63]</span>
+
+            <p>All in a row.</p>
+
+            <p>Stick one up,</p>
+
+            <p>Stick one down,</p>
+
+            <p>Stick one in</p>
+
+            <p>The old man's crown.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>At the word "crown" the player must keep the point of the
+    pencil firmly on the paper, and open his eyes. If the pencil is
+    not within the circle, or if within but with the point of the
+    pencil resting upon a line, then the player gives the pencil to
+    the next player, having scored nothing.</p>
+
+    <p>If, on the contrary, at the end of the rhyme, the pencil is
+    found to be resting in a division of the circle, for instance,
+    marked "70," that number is placed beneath the player's name,
+    and the section is struck by drawing a line across it. If
+    afterward the pencil rest in a division of the circle that has
+    been struck out, the player loses his turn in the same way as
+    if the pencil were not in the circle at all, or had rested upon
+    a line of the diagram.</p>
+
+    <p>The game continues until all the divisions of the circle
+    have been scored out, when the numbers gained by each of the
+    players are added up, and the one who has scored the highest
+    number of points wins the game.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>CARD GAMES</h2>
+
+    <h3>Speculation</h3>
+
+    <p>Speculation is a game at which any number of persons may
+    play. The stakes are made with counters or nuts, and the value
+    of the stakes is settled by the company. The highest trump in
+    each deal wins the pool.</p>
+
+    <p>When the dealer has been chosen, he puts, say, six counters
+    in the pool and every other player puts four; three cards are
+    given to each person, though they must be dealt one at a time;
+    another card is then turned up, and called the trump card. The
+    cards must be left upon the table, but the player on the
+    left-hand side of the dealer turns up his top card so that all
+    may see it. If it is a trump card, that is to say, if it is of
+    the same suit as the card the dealer turned up, the owner
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page64"
+       id="page64"></a>[pg 64]</span> may either keep his card or
+       sell it, and the other players bid for it in turn. Of
+       course, the owner sells it for the highest price he can
+       get.</p>
+
+    <p>The next player then turns up his card, keeps it or sells
+    it, and so the game goes on until all the cards have been shown
+    and disposed of, and then the player who holds the highest
+    trump either in his own hand or among the cards he has bought,
+    takes the pool, and there is another deal.</p>
+
+    <p>Should none of the other players have a trump card in his
+    hand, and the turn-up card not having been purchased by another
+    player, the dealer takes the pool.</p>
+
+    <p>If any one look at his cards out of turn, he can be made to
+    turn all three up, so that the whole company can see them.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>All Fours</h3>
+
+    <p>This game takes its name from the four chances or points of
+    which it consists, namely, "High," "Low," "Jack," and "Game."
+    It may be played by two or four players, but the same rules
+    apply to each.</p>
+
+    <p>The four points, which have been already mentioned, count as
+    follows: "High," the highest trump out; the holder scores one
+    point. "Low," the lowest trump out; the original holder of it
+    scores one point even if it is taken by his adversary. "Jack,"
+    the knave of trumps; the holder scores one point, unless it be
+    won by his adversary, in which case the winner scores one.
+    "Game," the greatest number of tricks gained by either party;
+    reckoning for each Ace four toward game, each King three toward
+    game, each Queen two toward game, each Jack one toward game,
+    each Ten ten toward game.</p>
+
+    <p>The other cards do not count toward game; thus it may happen
+    that a deal may be played without either party having any to
+    score for "Game."</p>
+
+    <p>When the players hold equal numbers, the dealer does not
+    score.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate4.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb4.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 4 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Begging is when the player next the dealer does not like his
+    cards and says, "I beg," in which case the dealer must either
+    let him score one, saying, "Take one," or give three more cards
+    from the pack to all the players and then turn up the next card
+    for trumps; if the trump turned up is the same suit as the
+    last, the dealer must give another
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page65"
+       id="page65"></a>[pg 65]</span> three cards until a different
+       suit turns up trumps. In playing this game the ace is the
+       highest card and the deuce (the two) is the lowest.</p>
+
+    <p>Having shuffled and cut a pack of cards, the dealer gives
+    six to each player. If there be two playing, he turns up the
+    thirteenth card for trumps; if four are playing, he turns up
+    the twenty-fifth. Should the turn-up be a jack, the dealer
+    scores one point. The player next the dealer looks at his hand
+    and either holds it or "begs," as explained.</p>
+
+    <p>The game then begins by the player next the dealer leading a
+    card, the others following suit, the highest card taking the
+    trick, and so on until the six tricks have been won. When the
+    six tricks are played, the points are taken for High, Low,
+    Jack, and Game.</p>
+
+    <p>Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the
+    player next to the dealer scores the point for the game. If
+    only one trump should be out, it counts both High and Low to
+    the player who first has it. The first great thing in this game
+    is to try and win the jack; next you must try and make the
+    tens; and you must also try and win the tricks.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Snap</h3>
+
+    <p>The pack of cards is dealt round, face downward, and each
+    player packs his cards together, without looking at them, and
+    then places them in front of him.</p>
+
+    <p>The first player then turns up the top card of his pack, the
+    next does the same, and so on in turn; but, as soon as a player
+    turns up a card corresponding in number to the one already
+    lying, uncovered, on the table, one of the two to whom the
+    cards belong cries, "Snap."</p>
+
+    <p>Whichever succeeds in saying it first takes, not only the
+    snap card of the other player, but all the cards he has already
+    turned up, and also those he has himself turned up. The cards
+    he wins must be placed at the bottom of his own pack.</p>
+
+    <p>The one who succeeds in winning all the cards wins the game.
+    It is necessary to be very attentive and very quick if you want
+    to be successful at this game.</p>
+
+    <p>There is a game very similar to the above called "Animal
+    Snap." Each player takes the name of an animal, and instead of
+    crying "Snap," he must cry the name of the animal chosen by the
+    player who <span class="pagenum"><a name="page66"
+       id="page66"></a>[pg 66]</span> turned up the last card. For
+       instance, suppose a five be turned up and a player who has
+       chosen the name of "Tiger" turn up another five, instead of
+       crying "Snap," "Tiger" would be called if "Tiger" did not
+       succeed in crying the other player's name first.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Snip, Snap, Snorum</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a first-rate game and very exciting. Any number of
+    players may take part in it, and the whole of the fifty-two
+    cards are dealt out.</p>
+
+    <p>Each player has five counters, and there is a pool in the
+    middle, which is empty at the commencement of the game.</p>
+
+    <p>The first player plays a card&mdash;say it is a
+    six&mdash;then the one next to him looks through his cards, and
+    if he has another six he puts it down and says, "Snip"; the
+    first player must then pay a counter into the pool.</p>
+
+    <p>If the next player should chance to have another six, he
+    plays it and says "Snap," and the one who is snapped must pay
+    in his turn, but the fine is increased to two counters. Should
+    the fourth player have the fourth six, he plays it, and says,
+    "Snorum," and the third player must now pay; his fine is three
+    counters to the pool. No person may play out of his turn, and
+    every one must "snip" when it is in his power. When any one has
+    paid the whole of his five counters to the pool he retires from
+    the game; the pool becomes the property of the one whose
+    counters last the longest.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Old Maid</h3>
+
+    <p>From a pack of cards take out one queen, shuffle the cards
+    and deal them, face downward, equally among all the players.
+    The cards should then be taken, the pairs sorted out and thrown
+    upon the table. By "pairs" is meant two kings, or two fives,
+    and so on. When all the pairs have been sorted out, the dealer
+    offers the remainder of his cards to his felt-hand neighbor,
+    who draws any card he chooses to select, though he is only
+    allowed to see the backs of them. The player who has drawn then
+    looks at the cards to see if he can pair it with one he
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page67"
+       id="page67"></a>[pg 67]</span> holds in his hand; if he can,
+       he throws out the pair; if not, he must place it with his
+       other cards. It is now his turn to offer his cards to his
+       neighbor, and so the game goes on until all the cards are
+       paired, except, of course, the odd card which is the
+       companion to the banished queen. The holder of this card is
+       "the old maid."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Pope Joan</h3>
+
+    <p>This amusing game is for any number of players, and is
+    played with a wooden board which is divided into compartments
+    or pools, and can be bought cheaply at any toy shop for a small
+    sum. Failing a board, use a sheet of paper marked out in
+    squares.</p>
+
+    <p>Before dealing, the eight of diamonds is taken out of the
+    pack, and the deal is settled by cutting the cards, and whoever
+    turns up the first jack is dealer.</p>
+
+    <p>The dealer then shuffles the cards and his left-hand
+    neighbor cuts them. The dealer must next "dress the board,"
+    that is, he must put counters into the pools, which are all
+    marked differently. This is the way to dress the board: One
+    counter to each ace, king, queen, jack, and game, two to
+    matrimony (king and queen), two to intrigue (queen and jack),
+    and six to the nine of diamonds, which is the Pope. On a proper
+    board you will see these marked on it.</p>
+
+    <p>The cards are now dealt round to the players, with the
+    exception of one card, which is turned up for trumps, and six
+    or eight, which are put aside to form the stops; the four kings
+    and the seven of diamonds are also always stops.</p>
+
+    <p>If either ace, king, queen, or jack happen to be turned up
+    for trumps, the dealer may take whatever is in the compartment
+    with that mark; but when Pope is turned up for trumps, the
+    dealer takes all the counters in Pope's compartment as well as
+    those in the "game" compartment, besides a counter for every
+    card dealt to each player, which must, of course, be paid by
+    the players. There is then a fresh deal.</p>
+
+    <p>It is very seldom, however, that Pope does turn up for
+    trumps; when it does not happen, the player next to the dealer
+    begins to play, trying to get rid of as many cards as possible.
+    First he leads cards which he knows will be stops, then Pope,
+    if he has it, and afterward
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page68"
+       id="page68"></a>[pg 68]</span> the lowest card in his suit,
+       particularly an ace, for that can never be led up to. The
+       other players follow when they can; for instance, if the
+       leader plays the two of diamonds, whoever holds the three
+       plays it, some one follows with the four, and so on until a
+       stop occurs; whoever plays the card which makes a stop
+       becomes leader and can play what he chooses.</p>
+
+    <p>This goes on until some person has parted with all his
+    cards, by which he wins the counters in the "game" compartment
+    and receives from the players a counter for every card they
+    hold. Should any one hold the Pope he is excused from paying,
+    unless he happens to have played it.</p>
+
+    <p>Whoever plays any of the cards which have pools or
+    compartments takes the counters in that pool. If any of these
+    cards are not played, the counters remain over for the next
+    game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"I Suspect You"</h3>
+
+    <p>This game may be played by any number of persons. As soon as
+    the cards have been dealt and the players have examined their
+    hands, the one on the left of the dealer plays the lowest card
+    he has (the ace counting lowest). He must place the card face
+    downward on the table, at the same time calling out what it is.
+    The next player also puts down a card, face downward, and calls
+    the next number; for instance, if No. 1 puts down a card and
+    says "One," No. 2 says "Two," No. 3 "Three," and so on.</p>
+
+    <p>It is not necessary for the card laid down to be actually
+    the one called out. The fun of the game is to put down the
+    wrong card without, any one suspecting you. Naturally, it is
+    not often that the cards run straight on, as no one may play
+    out of turn, and if one player thinks another has put down the
+    wrong card, he says, "I suspect you." The player must then show
+    his card, and if it should not be the one he said, he must take
+    all the cards laid down and add them to his pack; if, however,
+    the card happens to be the right one, then the accuser must
+    take the cards. The player who first succeeds in getting rid of
+    his cards wins the game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page69"
+       id="page69"></a>[pg 69]</span>
+
+    <h3>Beggar My Neighbor</h3>
+
+    <p>The cards are dealt equally to the players. The first player
+    puts down a card, face upward, upon the table. If it be a
+    common card, that is, a two, or three, or anything but a
+    picture card or an ace, his neighbors put down in turn their
+    cards until a court card (that is, a picture card or an ace)
+    turns up.</p>
+
+    <p>If at last an ace be played, the neighbor of the one who
+    plays it must pay him four cards; if a king three cards, if a
+    queen two, and if a jack one. The one who played the court card
+    also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them
+    under his own pack. If, however, in playing for a court card,
+    one of the players puts down another court card, then his
+    neighbor must pay him, and he takes the whole pack instead of
+    the previous player. Sometimes it happens that a second player
+    in paying puts down a court card, and the third player in
+    paying him puts down another, and so on, until perhaps the
+    fourth or fifth player actually gets the cards in the end.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>RIDDLES</h2>
+
+    <p>Few children think they will ever tire of playing games; but
+    all the same, toward the end of a long evening, spent merrily
+    in dancing and playing, the little ones begin to get too weary
+    to play any longer, and it is very difficult to keep them
+    amused.</p>
+
+    <p>Then comes the time for riddles! The children can sit
+    quietly round the room, resting after their romps and laughter,
+    and yet be kept thoroughly interested, trying to guess
+    riddles.</p>
+
+    <p>It is, however, very difficult to remember a number of good
+    and laughable ones, so we will give a list of some, which will
+    be quite sufficient to puzzle a roomful of little folk for
+    several hours.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are weary people like carriage wheels? Answer: Because
+    they are tired.</p>
+
+    <p>An old woman in a red cloak was passing a field in which a
+    goat was feeding. What strange transformation suddenly took
+    place? Answer: The goat turned to butter (butt her), and the
+    woman into a scarlet runner.</p>
+
+    <p>Why does a duck go into the water? Answer: For divers
+    reasons.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page70"
+       id="page70"></a>[pg 70]</span>
+
+    <p>Spell "blind pig" in two letters. P G; a pig without an
+    I.</p>
+
+    <p>Which bird can lift the heaviest weights? The crane.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a wise man like a pin? He has a head and comes to a
+    point.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond? Because he is a
+    Jew-ill.</p>
+
+    <p>Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing
+    as stone? Because they never saw it.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which is put on the table and cut, but never
+    eaten? A pack of cards.</p>
+
+    <p>When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it?
+    When he folds it.</p>
+
+    <p>What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has
+    devoured itself? A candle.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a dog biting his tail like a good manager? Because he
+    makes both ends meet.</p>
+
+    <p>What thing is it that is lower with a head than without one?
+    A pillow.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the left side of a plum pudding? That which is not
+    eaten.</p>
+
+    <p>What letter of the alphabet is necessary to make a shoe? The
+    last.</p>
+
+    <p>If all the seas were dried up, what would everybody say? We
+    haven't a notion (an ocean).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it certain that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not written
+    by the hand of its reputed author? Because it was written by
+    Mrs. Beecher's toe (Stowe).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a fishmonger never generous? Because his business
+    makes him sell fish (selfish).</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which works when it plays and plays when it
+    works? A fountain.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet
+    there will be some remaining? The word wholesome.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are fowls the most economical things a farmer can keep?
+    Because for every grain they give a peck.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it dangerous to walk in the meadows in springtime?
+    Because the trees are shooting and the bulrush is out (bull
+    rushes out).</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page71"
+       id="page71"></a>[pg 71]</span>
+
+    <p>Why is a vine like a soldier? Because it is listed and has
+    ten drills (tendrils) and shoots.</p>
+
+    <p>If a man who is carrying a dozen glass lamps drops one, what
+    does he become? A lamp lighter.</p>
+
+    <p>What belongs to yourself, but is used more by your friends
+    than by yourself? Your name.</p>
+
+    <p>A man had twenty sick (six) sheep and one died; how many
+    were left? Nineteen.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the best day for making a pancake? Friday.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which everybody has seen but will never see
+    again? Yesterday.</p>
+
+    <p>What four letters would frighten a thief? O I C U.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:55%;">
+        <a href="images/71.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/71.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Why is a spider a good correspondent? Because he drops a
+    line at every post.</p>
+
+    <p>When is the clock on the stairs dangerous? When it runs
+    down.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is the letter "k" like a pig's tail? Because it comes at
+    the end of pork.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the keynote to good manners? B natural.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a five dollar bill much more profitable than five
+    silver dollars? Because when you put it in your pocket you
+    double it, and when you take it out you will find it
+    in-creases.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a watch like a river? Because it doesn't run long
+    without winding.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which flies high, flies low, has no feet, and
+    yet wears shoes?
+    Dust.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page72"
+       id="page72"></a>[pg 72]</span>
+
+    <p>Which is the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of
+    your nose.</p>
+
+    <p>When has a man four hands? When he doubles his fists.</p>
+
+    <p>What trees has fire no effect upon? Ash trees; because when
+    they are burned they are ashes still.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an
+    engine-driver? One minds the train and the other trains the
+    mind.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which goes from Chicago to Philadelphia without
+    moving? The road.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is easier to spell&mdash;fiddle-de-dee or
+    fiddle-de-dum? Fiddle-de-dee, because it is spelled with more
+    "e's."</p>
+
+    <p>When may a chair be said to dislike you? When it can't bear
+    you.</p>
+
+    <p>What animal took most luggage into the Ark, and which two
+    took the least? The elephant, who took his trunk, while the fox
+    and the cock had only a brush and a comb between them.</p>
+
+    <p>If a bear were to go into a dry goods store, what would he
+    want? He would want muzzlin'.</p>
+
+    <p>Why was the first day of Adam's life the longest? Because it
+    had no Eve.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:45%;">
+        <a href="images/72.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/72.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Why is a washerwoman like a navigator? Because she spreads
+    her sheets, crosses the line and goes from pole to pole.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it that a tailor won't attend to business? Because he
+    is always cutting out.</p>
+
+    <p>When can a horse be sea-green in color? When it's a bay.</p>
+
+    <p>Why were gloves never meant to sell? Because they were made
+    to be kept on hand.</p>
+
+    <p>When are we all artists? When we draw a long face.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are watch-dogs bigger by night than by day? Because they
+    are let out at night and taken in in the
+    morning.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page73"
+       id="page73"></a>[pg 73]</span>
+
+    <p>Why is B like a hot fire? Because it makes oil Boil.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a schoolmaster like a bootblack? Because he polishes
+    the understandings of the people.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a store-keeper always above his business? When he
+    lives over his store.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the liveliest city in the world? Berlin; because
+    it's always on the Spree.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a water-lily like a whale? Because they both come to
+    the surface to blow.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a shoemaker the most industrious of men? Because he
+    works to the last.</p>
+
+    <p>What is book-keeping? Forgetting to return borrowed
+    volumes.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is scooping out a turnip a noisy process? Because it
+    makes it hollow.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are teeth like verbs? Because they are regular,
+    irregular, and defective.</p>
+
+    <p>What ships hardly ever sail out of sight? Hardships.</p>
+
+    <p>When is an artist a dangerous person? When his designs are
+    bad.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are tortoiseshell combs like citadels? They are
+    for-tresses.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is the Isthmus of Suez like the first "u" in cucumber?
+    Because it is between two "c's" (seas).</p>
+
+    <p>What motive led to the invention of railroads? The
+    loco-motive.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are deaf people like Dutch cheeses? Because you can't
+    make them here.</p>
+
+    <p>When is the best time to get a fresh egg at sea? When the
+    ship lays to.</p>
+
+    <p>Who was the first whistler? The wind.</p>
+
+    <p>Why need a traveler never starve in the desert? Because of
+    the sand which is (sandwiches) there.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is sympathy like blindman's buff? Because it is a fellow
+    feeling for a fellow creature.</p>
+
+    <p>If a Frenchman were to fall into a tub of tallow, in what
+    word would he express his situation? In-de-fat-i-gabble.
+    (Indefatigable.)</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a dinner on board a steamboat like Easter Day?
+    Because it is a movable feast.</p>
+
+    <p>Spell "enemy" in three letters. F O
+    E.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page74"
+       id="page74"></a>[pg 74]</span>
+
+    <p>Why is a little man like a good book? Because he is often
+    looked over.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a pig in a parlor like a house on fire? Because the
+    sooner it is put out the better.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a soldier and a bombshell?
+    One goes to wars, the other goes to pieces.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the only way that a leopard can change his spots?
+    By going from one spot to another.</p>
+
+    <p>Why did Eve never fear the measles? Because she'd Adam.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a tall man a little short? When he hasn't got quite
+    enough cash.</p>
+
+    <p>What houses are the easiest to break into? The houses of
+    bald people; because their locks are few.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a watch the most difficult thing to steal? Because it
+    must be taken off its guard.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is there never anybody at home in a convent? Because it
+    is an (n) uninhabited place.</p>
+
+    <p>Why does a person who is not good looking make a better
+    carpenter than one who is? Because he is a deal plainer.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the best tree for preserving order? The birch.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is shoemaking the easiest of trades? Because the shoes
+    are always soled before they are made.</p>
+
+    <p>What plant stands for No. 4? IV.</p>
+
+    <p>How can a gardener become thrifty? By making the most of his
+    thyme, and by always putting some celery in the bank.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it probable that beer was made in the ark? Because
+    the kangaroo went in with hops, and the bear was always
+    bruin.</p>
+
+    <p>"What was the biggest thing you saw at the Panama
+    Exposition?" asked a wife of her husband. "My hotel bill!" said
+    he.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is C like a schoolmistress? Because it forms lasses into
+    classes.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which never asks any questions and yet requires
+    many answers? The street door.</p>
+
+    <p>If a man bumped his head against the top of a room, what
+    article of stationery would he be supplies with? Ceiling whacks
+    (sealing-wax).</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the oldest tree in the country? The elder
+    tree.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page75"
+       id="page75"></a>[pg 75]</span>
+
+    <p>Which is the longest word in the English language? Smiles;
+    because there is a mile between the first and last letters.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which happens twice in a moment and not once in
+    a thousand years? The letter M.</p>
+
+    <p>How many sides are there to a tree? Two, inside and out.</p>
+
+    <p>What sea would a man most like to be in on a wet day? A dry
+    attic (Adriatic).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge? Because it must
+    be ground before it is used.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a
+    troublesome boy? One is to be well shaken before taken, and the
+    other is to be taken and then shaken.</p>
+
+    <p>What makes more noise than a pig under a gate? Two pigs.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a door not a door? When it is a-jar.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a naughty boy and a postage
+    stamp? Because one you stick with a lick, and the other you
+    lick with a stick.</p>
+
+    <p>Why did William Tell shudder when he shot the apple from his
+    son's head? Because it was an arrow escape for his child.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which the more you take from it the larger it
+    grows? A hole.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the best land for little kittens? Lapland.</p>
+
+    <p>Why should a man always wear a watch when he travels in a
+    waterless desert? Because every watch has a spring in it.</p>
+
+    <p>Of what trade is the sun? A tanner.</p>
+
+    <p>What relation is a doormat to a door? Step-fa(r)ther.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which you cannot hold ten minutes, although it
+    is as light as a feather? Your breath.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the worst weather for rats and mice? When it rains
+    cats and dogs.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which never uses its teeth for eating purposes?
+    A comb.</p>
+
+    <p>When are two apples alike? When pared.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in
+    prison? One cannot see to go and the other cannot go to
+    sea.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a plum cake like the ocean? Because it contains so
+    many currants.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page76"
+       id="page76"></a>[pg 76]</span>
+
+    <p>What pudding makes the best cricketer? A good batter.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a sailor not a sailor? When he's a-board.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is the snow different from Sunday? Because it can fall
+    on any day in the week.</p>
+
+    <p>What trade would you mention to a short boy? Grow sir
+    (grocer).</p>
+
+    <p>What tree is nearest the sea? The beech.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a game of cards like a timber yard? Because there are
+    always a great many deals in it.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a tight boot like an oak tree? Because it produces a
+    corn (acorn).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in
+    the world? Because each year it is Dublin (doubling).</p>
+
+    <p>What is the easiest way to swallow a door? Bolt it.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a dancing master like a tree? Because of his bows
+    (boughs).</p>
+
+    <p>Name a word of five letters from which if you take two but
+    "one" remains. Stone.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is A like twelve o'clock? It is the middle of "day"</p>
+
+    <p>When is a man thinner than a lath? When he is a-shaving.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Thought Reading</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very good game, which always causes considerable
+    amusement, and if skillfully carried out will very successfully
+    mystify the whole company.</p>
+
+    <p>It is necessary that the player who is to take the part of
+    thought-reader should have a confederate, and the game is then
+    played as follows:</p>
+
+    <p>The thought-reader, having arranged that the confederate
+    should write a certain word, commences by asking four members
+    of the company to write each a word upon a piece of paper, fold
+    it up in such a manner that it cannot be seen, and then to pass
+    it on to him. The confederate, of course, volunteers to make
+    one of the four, and writes the word previously agreed upon,
+    which is, we will suppose, "Ohio."</p>
+
+    <p>The thought-reader places the slips of paper between his
+    fingers, taking care to put the paper of his confederate
+    between the third and little finger; he then takes the folded
+    paper from between his thumb
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page77"
+       id="page77"></a>[pg 77]</span> and first finger and rubs it,
+       folded as it is, over his forehead, at each rub mentioning a
+       letter, as O, rub, H, rub, I O, after which he calls out
+       that some lady or gentleman has written "Ohio." "I did,"
+       replies the confederate.</p>
+
+    <p>The thought-reader then opens the paper, looks at it, and
+    slips it into his pocket; he has, however, looked at one of the
+    other papers.</p>
+
+    <p>Consequently he is now in a position to spell another word,
+    which he proceeds to do in the same manner, and thus the game
+    goes on until all the papers have been read.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Cushion Dance</h3>
+
+    <p>The children first of all divide themselves into two
+    parties. They then form a ring, and commence dancing round a
+    hassock which is placed, end upward, in the middle of the room.
+    Suddenly one party endeavors to pull the other party forward,
+    so as to force one of their number to kick the hassock and
+    upset it.</p>
+
+    <p>The player who has been unfortunate enough to touch the
+    hassock has then to leave the circle. The game proceeds until
+    only two remain; if these two happen to be boys, the struggle
+    is generally prolonged, as they can so easily jump over the
+    hassock, and avoid kicking it.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Farmyard</h3>
+
+    <p>This game, if carried out properly, will cause great
+    amusement. One of the party announces that he will whisper to
+    each person the name of some animal, which, at a given signal,
+    must be imitated as loudly as possible. Instead, however, of
+    giving the name of an animal to each, he whispers to all the
+    company, with the exception of one, to keep perfectly silent.
+    To this one he whispers that the animal he is to imitate is the
+    donkey. After a short time, so that all may be in readiness,
+    the signal is given. Instead of all the party making the sounds
+    of various animals, nothing is heard but a loud bray from the
+    one unfortunate member of the company.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page78"
+       id="page78"></a>[pg 78]</span>
+
+    <h3>"I Point"</h3>
+
+    <p>It is necessary in this game for the player acting the part
+    of guesser to have a confederate; he is then able to leave the
+    room, and on his return to mention what person was pointed at
+    during his absence. It is done in this way: It is agreed
+    between the guesser and his confederate that whoever speaks
+    last before the door is closed upon the guesser shall be the
+    person who is to be pointed at. It is very seldom that any one
+    discovers this trick.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Diamond Ring</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle with their hands placed palm to
+    palm, the little fingers downward, between the knees. One of
+    the company is chosen to act the part of maid. She takes a ring
+    between her palms, which she keeps flat together in the same
+    way as the rest. She then visits each person in turn and places
+    her hands between the palms of each, so that she is able to
+    slip the ring into some one's hands without the others knowing.
+    When she has visited each, she touches one child, and says:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"My lady's lost her diamond ring;</p>
+
+            <p>I fix upon you to find it."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The child touched must then guess who has the ring. If she
+    guess correctly, she becomes the maid; if not, she must pay a
+    forfeit. The maid then touches some one else and repeats the
+    two lines given above. Each guesser may be allowed three
+    trials.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Forbidden Letter</h3>
+
+    <p>The idea of this game is to try how many sentences can be
+    spoken without containing a certain letter which has been
+    agreed upon. Supposing, for instance, the letter "f" is not to
+    be introduced; the first player might ask: "Is this a new game
+    to you?" The second player could answer: "Oh, no! I played it
+    years ago when quite a
+    youngster."</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page79"
+       id="page79"></a>[pg 79]</span>
+
+    <p>He would perhaps turn to the third player, and ask: "You
+    remember it, do you not?" The third player might answer: "Yes;
+    but we used to play it differently." This player, having used a
+    word with an "f" in it, must pay a forfeit and remain out.</p>
+
+    <p>The answers must be given at once, without hesitation, and
+    the player who avoids for the greatest length of time using a
+    word containing the forbidden letter wins the game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Grand Mufti</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the company is chosen as Grand Mufti. The others then
+    form a circle with the Grand Mufti in the center, and every
+    action which he performs, if preceded by the words, "Thus says
+    the Grand Mufti," must be imitated by every member of the
+    circle.</p>
+
+    <p>The Grand Mufti, in order to lead one of the company astray,
+    will sometimes omit to say the words: "Thus says the Grand
+    Mufti;" in this case, if any member of the company imitate his
+    action, he is compelled to pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Magic Writing</h3>
+
+    <p>In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states
+    to the company, after a few remarks on ancient sign-language,
+    that he is able to read signs made with a stick on the floor,
+    and agrees to leave the room while the company decide upon some
+    word or sentence.</p>
+
+    <p>The game is played as follows: It is agreed by the player
+    and his confederate that one tap on the floor shall represent
+    A, two taps E, three taps I, four taps O, and five taps U, and
+    that the first letter of each remark the confederate makes
+    shall be one of the consonants of the word or sentence decided
+    upon by the company. The consonants must be taken in order. On
+    the player's return, supposing the word chosen to be "March,"
+    his confederate would commence: "Many people think this game a
+    deception" (initial letter M). One tap on the floor (A).
+    "Really it is very simple" (initial letter R). "Coming to the
+    end soon" (initial letter C). "Hope it has been quite clear"
+    (initial letter H).</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page80"
+       id="page80"></a>[pg 80]</span>
+
+    <p>A few more signs are made so as not to finish too abruptly,
+    and the player then states the word to be "March." If carefully
+    conducted, this game will interest an audience for a
+    considerable time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Flowers</h3>
+
+    <p>The company divides itself into equal sides, and each side
+    must have a "home" in opposite corners of the room. The sides
+    retire to their own "homes," and one side privately chooses a
+    flower, then crosses over to the other corner and gives the
+    initial letter of that flower. The children on the second side
+    must try and guess the name of the flower, and when they have
+    done so they catch as many as they can of the opposite side
+    before they reach their "home."</p>
+
+    <p>Those caught must go over to the other side, and the game
+    goes on until one side has won all the children. The sides take
+    it in turns to give the name of the flower. This game may also
+    be played in the garden.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Fox and Geese</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the party, called the Fox, goes to one end of the
+    room, and the rest of the children arrange themselves in a
+    ring, one behind the other, the tallest first and the smallest
+    last. The first one is called Mother Goose. The game begins by
+    a conversation between the Fox and Mother Goose. "What are you
+    after this fine morning?" says she. "Taking a walk," the Fox
+    answers. "What for?" "To get an appetite for breakfast." "What
+    will you have for breakfast?" "A nice fat goose." "Where will
+    you get it?" "Well, as your geese are so handy, I will take one
+    of them." "Catch one if you can."</p>
+
+    <p>Mother Goose then stretches out her arms to protect her
+    geese and not let the Fox catch one. The Fox tries to dodge
+    under, right and left, until he is able to catch the last of
+    the string. Of course, the brood must try and keep out of reach
+    of the Fox. As the geese are caught they must go over to the
+    den of the Fox, and the game continues until all are
+    caught.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page81"
+       id="page81"></a>[pg 81]</span>
+
+    <h3>"I Sell My Bat, I Sell My Ball"</h3>
+
+    <p>A ring is formed with one child in the middle, who is called
+    the "drummer-man." Whatever this child does the others mimic,
+    moving round as they do so, and singing the following
+    words:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I sell my bat, I sell my ball,</p>
+
+            <p>I sell my spinning-wheel and all;</p>
+
+            <p>And I'll do all that e'er I can</p>
+
+            <p>To follow the eyes of the drummer-man."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Any one who does not at once imitate the "drummer-man" must
+    pay a forfeit and take his place as "drummer-man."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"What's My Thought Like?"</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle, and one of them asks the
+    others: "What's my thought like?" One player may say: "A
+    monkey;" the second, "A candle;" the third, "A pin," and so on.
+    When all the company have compared the thought to some object,
+    the first player tells them the thought&mdash;perhaps it is
+    "the Cat"&mdash;and then asks each, in turn, why it is like the
+    object he compared it to.</p>
+
+    <p>"Why is my cat like a monkey?" is asked. The other player
+    might answer: "Because it is full of tricks." "Why is my cat
+    like a candle?" "Because its eyes glow like a candle in the
+    dark." "Why is my cat like a pin?" "Because its claws scratch
+    like a pin."</p>
+
+    <p>Any one who is unable to explain why the thought resembles
+    the object he mentioned must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cat's Cradle</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a piece of string and knot the ends together and slip
+    it over your hands, as in Fig. 1.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/81-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/81-1.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Next wind the string round your hands, not including the
+    thumb, as in Fig. 2.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/81-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/81-2.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page82"
+       id="page82"></a>[pg 82]</span>
+
+    <p>Slip the second fingers through the string on your hands and
+    you have your cat's cradle, as in Fig. 3.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:40%;">
+        <a href="images/82-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-1.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>You must now ask a second person to put his thumbs and first
+    fingers through the cradle, as in Fig. 4.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/82-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-2.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Draw out the string and take it under the cradle, and you
+    will have Fig. 5.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/82-3.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-3.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Slip the thumbs and first fingers again into the side pieces
+    of the cradle, draw the string sideways and take it under the
+    cradle, and you will have Fig. 6.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/82-4.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-4.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Now curl the little fingers round the string, slipping one
+    under the other as shown, and draw out the side pieces.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:44%;">
+        <a href="images/82-5.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-5.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Slip the thumb and first fingers under the side string,
+    bring them up the middle, and you have your original cat's
+    cradle again.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:48%;">
+        <a href="images/82-6.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-6.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page83"
+       id="page83"></a>[pg 83]</span>
+
+    <h3>Personations</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game the company seat themselves in a circle,
+    while one of the players commences to describe some person with
+    whom most of the other players are familiar, and continues
+    until one or other of the company is able to guess from the
+    description who the person may be.</p>
+
+    <p>The one guessing correctly then commences to describe some
+    one. If, however, the company are unable to make a correct
+    guess, the player goes on until some one is successful.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Frog in the Middle</h3>
+
+    <p>One child is seated on the ground with his legs under him,
+    while the other players form a ring round him. They then pull
+    him about and give him little pushes, and he must try to catch
+    one without rising from the floor.</p>
+
+    <p>The child who is caught takes the middle, while the frog
+    joins the circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Giant</h3>
+
+    <p>This game must be arranged in the nature of a surprise for
+    the company assembled. The giant is formed by two youngsters,
+    one of whom seats himself on the shoulders of his friend. A
+    large cloak should then be thrown over them, to make it appear
+    as if it were only one person, and the top boy might wear a
+    mask to prevent recognition. The giant then enters the room and
+    commences dancing. Great amusement is afforded the little folk
+    by this game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cock Fighting</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a most amusing game, and although only two boys can
+    play at it at one time, they will keep the rest of the company
+    in roars of laughter. The two who are to represent the "cocks"
+    having been chosen, they are both seated upon the
+    floor.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page84"
+       id="page84"></a>[pg 84]</span>
+
+    <p>Each boy has his wrists tied together with a handkerchief,
+    and his legs secured just above the ankles with another
+    handkerchief; his arms are then passed over his knees, and a
+    broomstick is pushed over one arm, under both knees, and out
+    again on the other side over the other arm. The "cocks" are now
+    considered ready for fighting, and are carried into the center
+    of the room, and placed opposite each other with their toes
+    just touching. The fun now commences.</p>
+
+    <p>Each "cock" tries with the aid of his toes to turn his
+    opponent over on his back or side.</p>
+
+    <p>The one who can succeed in doing this first wins the
+    game.</p>
+
+    <p>It often happens that both "cocks" turn over at the same
+    time, when the fight commences again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/84.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/84.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h3>Games with the Alphabet</h3>
+
+    <p>It is necessary for these games that a large boxful of
+    letters should be provided, which can be purchased at any toy
+    store or made by the young people themselves by being cut out
+    of newspapers. The <span class="pagenum"><a name="page85"
+       id="page85"></a>[pg 85]</span> children should seat
+       themselves round the table; the letters should then be well
+       shuffled and dealt round to the players. Each child has to
+       form a word or sentence out of the letters which he has
+       received. Another variation is to select a long word, and
+       then in a given time to try to form several words from it.
+       Names of well-known men, places, etc., can also be given.
+       These games are not only amusing, but serve at the same time
+       to instruct the young folk.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Honey Pots</h3>
+
+    <p>For little ones there is scarcely a more popular game than
+    "Honey Pots." Small children of three and four can be included
+    in this game, but there should be two bigger children for the
+    "Buyer" and the "Merchant." The children, with the exception of
+    the Buyer and Merchant, seat themselves upon the floor of the
+    room, with their knees raised and their hands clasped together
+    round them. These children are called "Honey Pots." The
+    Merchant and the Buyer then talk about the quality and quantity
+    of the Honey, and the price of each Pot. It is agreed that the
+    price to be paid shall be according to the weight of the
+    "Honey" and the "Pot." The children are carefully "weighed" by
+    raising them two or three times from the floor and swinging
+    them by the arms, one arm held by the Merchant and the other by
+    the Buyer.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/85.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/85.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page86"
+       id="page86"></a>[pg 86]</span>
+
+    <p>When the "Honey Pots" are all weighed, the Buyer says he
+    will purchase the whole of the stock, and asks the Merchant to
+    help him carry the Pots home. Then the Merchant and the Buyer
+    carry the children, one by one, to the other end of the
+    room.</p>
+
+    <p>When all are safely at the Buyer's house, the Merchant goes
+    out of the room, but suddenly returns and says to the Buyer: "I
+    believe you have carried off my little daughter in one of the
+    Honey Pots." The Buyer replies: "I think not. You sold me all
+    the Pots full of Honey, but if you doubt me you can taste
+    them."</p>
+
+    <p>The Merchant then pretends to taste the Honey, and after
+    having tried two or three Pots exclaims: "Ah! this tastes very
+    much like my little daughter." The little girl who represents
+    the Honey Pot chosen by the Merchant then cries out: "Yes, I am
+    your little girl," and immediately jumps up and runs away, the
+    Buyer at the same time endeavoring to catch her.</p>
+
+    <p>When the one Honey Pot runs away, all the others do the
+    same, the Buyer catches whom he can, and the game
+    recommences.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Spelling Game</h3>
+
+    <p>Each player in this game has what are called three "lives,"
+    or chances. When the company is seated in a circle, the first
+    player mentions a letter as the beginning of a word. The game
+    is for each of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it,
+    keeping the word unfinished as long as possible.</p>
+
+    <p>When a letter is added to the former letters and it makes a
+    complete word, the person who completed it loses a "life." The
+    next player then begins again.</p>
+
+    <p>Every letter added must be part of a word, and not an odd
+    letter thought of on the spur of the moment. When there is any
+    doubt as to the letter used by the last player being correct,
+    he may be challenged, and he will then have to give the word he
+    was thinking of when adding the letter. If he cannot name the
+    word, he loses a "life;" but if he can, it is the challenger
+    who loses.</p>
+
+    <p>This is an example of how the game should be played.
+    Supposing the first player commences with the letter "p;" the
+    next, thinking of "play," would add an "l;" the next an "o,"
+    thinking of "plough;" the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page87"
+       id="page87"></a>[pg 87]</span> next person, not having
+       either of these words in his mind, would add "v;" the next
+       player, perhaps, not knowing the word of which the previous
+       player was thinking, might challenge him, and would lose a
+       "life" on being told the word was "plover." The player next
+       in turn would then start a new word, and perhaps put down
+       "b," thinking of "bat;" the next thinking, say, that the
+       word was "bone," would add an "o," the next player would add
+       "n;" the player whose turn it would now be, not wanting to
+       lose a "life" by finishing the word, would add another "n;"
+       the next player for the same reason would add "e," and then
+       there would be nothing else for the next in turn to do but
+       to complete the word by adding "t" and thus losing a
+       "life."</p>
+
+    <p>It will be seen that there are three ways of losing a
+    "life." First, the player may lay down a letter, and on being
+    challenged be unable to give the word. Secondly, he may himself
+    challenge another player who is not at fault. Thirdly, he may
+    be obliged to add the final letter to a word, and so complete
+    it.</p>
+
+    <p>This is a most amusing game for a large party, for as the
+    different persons lose their three "lives," the players
+    gradually dwindle down to two or three, when it gets very
+    exciting to see who will be the last person left in, for he or
+    she will be declared the winner.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Draw a Pail of Water."</h3>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Draw a pail of water</p>
+
+            <p>For my lady's daughter;</p>
+
+            <p>My father's a king and my mother's a queen,</p>
+
+            <p>My two little sisters are dressed in green;</p>
+
+            <p>Stamping grass and parsley,</p>
+
+            <p>Marigold leaves and daisies,</p>
+
+            <p>One rush, two rush,</p>
+
+            <p>Pray thee, fine lady, come under my bush."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Two children stand face to face, holding each other's hands.
+    Two others also face each other holding hands across the other
+    two. They seesaw backward and forward, singing the above
+    lines.</p>
+
+    <p>When they come to the line, "Pray thee, fine lady, come
+    under my bush," another child pops under and comes up between
+    one child's <span class="pagenum"><a name="page88"
+       id="page88"></a>[pg 88]</span> arms. They sing the verse
+       again and another child creeps under another pair of arms,
+       and so on until there are eight children standing facing
+       each other. The must then jump up and down until one falls
+       down, when she is almost sure to pull the others over.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Questions and Answers</h3>
+
+    <p>Each player is furnished with a pencil and two slips of
+    paper. On the first slip a question must be written. The papers
+    are then collected and put into a bag or basket.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:40%;">
+        <a href="images/88.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/88.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Then the players write an answer on their second slip. These
+    are put into a different bag, and the two bags are then well
+    shaken and handed round to the company.</p>
+
+    <p>Every one draws a question and an answer, and must then read
+    the two out to the company.</p>
+
+    <p>The result is sometimes very comical; for instance:</p>
+
+    <p>Questions</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Do you like roses?</p>
+
+            <p>Where are you going to this summer?</p>
+
+            <p>Do you like beef?</p>
+
+            <p>Do you like spiders?</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Answers</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Yes, with mustard.</p>
+
+            <p>I am very much afraid of them.</p>
+
+            <p>Yes, without thorns.</p>
+
+            <p>To Switzerland.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Duck Under the Water</h3>
+
+    <p>Each child chooses a partner and stands opposite to her, so
+    that two long lines are formed. Each couple hold a handkerchief
+    between them, as high as they can lift their arms, so as to
+    form an arch. The couple standing at the top of the lines run
+    through the arch without letting go their handkerchief, and
+    station themselves at the bottom of
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page89"
+       id="page89"></a>[pg 89]</span> the lines, raising their
+       handkerchief again so as to continue the arch. This is done
+       by each couple in succession until all have had a turn.
+       Whoever breaks the arch or drops the handkerchief must pay a
+       forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Wonderment</h3>
+
+    <p>It is necessary that two only of the party should have a
+    knowledge of this game, and then "wonderment" is sure to be the
+    result.</p>
+
+    <p>The two players agree that a certain word shall be regarded
+    as a signal word. As an illustration, imagine this word to be
+    "and."</p>
+
+    <p>One of the players asserts his belief that he is gifted with
+    second sight, and states that he is able to name, through a
+    closed door, any article touched by any person in sympathy with
+    him, notwithstanding the said person may attempt to mystify him
+    by mentioning a lot of other articles. He then chooses his
+    confederate, as being one with whom he may be in sympathy, and
+    goes outside.</p>
+
+    <p>The player in the room then proceeds to call out, perhaps,
+    as follows: Table, Rug, Piano, Footstool and Chair, Lamp,
+    Inkstand. He then places his hand on the back of a chair and
+    asks: "What am I touching now?" the answer will, of course, be
+    "Chair," because the signal word "and" came immediately before
+    that article.</p>
+
+    <p>If the players are skillful there is no need for the trick
+    to be discovered.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over"</h3>
+
+    <p>A number of children choose one of their number to be
+    "mother" and another to be the witch. One child represents the
+    pot, and the others are named after the days in the week,
+    Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. If there are too many children
+    they might be called after the months.</p>
+
+    <p>The mother first names the children, next she takes the pot
+    and pretends to put it on the fire. She tells the eldest
+    daughter that she is going to wash, and that she must take
+    great care of her brothers and sisters while she is away, and
+    on no account to let the old witch into the house. She is also
+    to look after the dinner and see that the pot
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page90"
+       id="page90"></a>[pg 90]</span> does not boil over. The
+       mother then goes away, and the eldest daughter pretends to
+       be very busy.</p>
+
+    <p>The child who is supposed to be the witch knocks at the
+    door, and asks if she may come in and get a light for her pipe.
+    She must pretend to be very old and walk with a stick.</p>
+
+    <p>"Come in," says the eldest daughter; "what do you want?"</p>
+
+    <p>"To light my pipe at your fire."</p>
+
+    <p>"Very well, but you must not dirty the range."</p>
+
+    <p>"Certainly not; I'll be very careful."</p>
+
+    <p>While the eldest daughter pretends to look on the shelf for
+    something, the witch puts her dirty shoe on the range, catches
+    hold of Monday (the youngest child) and runs off with him. The
+    child who is the pot now makes a hissing noise and pretends to
+    boil over. The daughter calls out:</p>
+
+    <p>"Mother, mother, the pot boils over."</p>
+
+    <p>"Take a spoon and skim it."</p>
+
+    <p>"Can't find one."</p>
+
+    <p>"Look on the shelf."</p>
+
+    <p>"Can't reach."</p>
+
+    <p>"Take the stool."</p>
+
+    <p>"The leg's broken."</p>
+
+    <p>"Take the chair."</p>
+
+    <p>"The chair's gone to be mended."</p>
+
+    <p>"I suppose I must come myself."</p>
+
+    <p>The mother comes in from the washtub, drying her hands.</p>
+
+    <p>"Where's Monday?" she asks.</p>
+
+    <p>"Please, mother, some one came to beg for a light for her
+    pipe, and when my back was turned she took Monday."</p>
+
+    <p>"Why, that was the witch."</p>
+
+    <p>The mother pretends to beat the eldest daughter, tells her
+    to be more careful another time, and goes back to the washtub.
+    The game then goes on as before, and each time the witch comes
+    she takes away a child, until at last even the eldest daughter
+    is taken. The pot boils over for the last time and then the
+    mother, finding all her children gone, goes to the witch's
+    house to find them, when this conversation ensues:</p>
+
+    <p>"Is this the way to the witch's
+    house?"</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page91"
+       id="page91"></a>[pg 91]</span>
+
+    <p>"There's a red bull that way."</p>
+
+    <p>"Then I'll go this way."</p>
+
+    <p>"There's a mad cow that way."</p>
+
+    <p>But the mother insists upon going into the witch's house to
+    look for her children. The witch generally hides the children
+    behind chairs. The mother stoops over one child: "This tastes
+    like Monday," she says, but the witch replies: "That! it is a
+    barrel of pork."</p>
+
+    <p>"No, no," says the mother, "it is my Monday, and there are
+    the rest of the children." The children now jump out and they
+    and their mother begin to run home; the witch runs after them,
+    and whoever she catches becomes witch, while the witch becomes
+    the eldest daughter.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Ants and the Grasshopper</h3>
+
+    <p>Lots are drawn in order to decide who shall be the
+    grasshopper; the ants then seat themselves in a circle, while
+    the grasshopper writes on a piece of paper the name of a grain
+    or food which a grasshopper might be supposed to like. He puts
+    this in his pocket and then addresses the ants:</p>
+
+    <p>"Dear friends, I am very hungry; would any of you kindly
+    give me some food?"</p>
+
+    <p>"I have nothing but a grain of barley," says the ant spoken
+    to.</p>
+
+    <p>"Thank you; that is of no use to me," replies the
+    grasshopper, and goes on to the next player. As soon as any one
+    offers the grain of food which the grasshopper has written down
+    the paper must be produced, and the one who guessed the word
+    pays a forfeit and becomes grasshopper. If no one guesses the
+    word, the grasshopper pays a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <p>The game then goes on in the same way, except that a
+    different question is asked on the second round.</p>
+
+    <p>"Neighbors," says the grasshopper, "I have eaten abundantly
+    and would have a dance. Which would you recommend?"</p>
+
+    <p>A waltz, a polka, a quadrille, etc., are suggested, and when
+    this question has gone the round, the grasshopper asks what
+    music he can dance to, and the ants suggest the music of the
+    violin, the piano, cornet, etc. Then the grasshopper says he is
+    tired of dancing and wishes
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page92"
+       id="page92"></a>[pg 92]</span> for a bed, and the ants offer
+       him moss, straw, grass, and so on, to lie upon.</p>
+
+    <p>"I should sleep very comfortably," the grasshopper says,
+    "but I am in fear of being pounced upon by a hungry bird. What
+    bird have I most reason to fear?" The ants answer: The rook,
+    the lark, the cuckoo, etc.</p>
+
+    <p>When the game is ended, the forfeits that have been lost
+    must be called.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Magic Whistle</h3>
+
+    <p>All the players but three stand in two rows facing each
+    other. One player sits at the end of the two rows, another
+    leads a third player into the room and makes him kneel down
+    before the player who is seated, and who is called the
+    President.</p>
+
+    <p>The President then proceeds to make all sorts of "magic"
+    passes over the kneeler's face, back, and hands. While he is
+    doing this, the boy who led the victim in fastens a whistle to
+    his coat. It must be slung on to a piece of string or tape, and
+    fastened very loosely, so that it can be easily grasped and yet
+    will not knock against the wearer's back.</p>
+
+    <p>The whistle is then blown by the boy who attached it, and
+    the kneeling boy is told to rise and search for the magic
+    whistle. The players who stand on each side must hold their
+    hands before their mouths and pretend to blow whenever the
+    whistle is blown, which must be as often as any one can get a
+    chance without being found out.</p>
+
+    <p>The victim will search all along the rows trying to find the
+    magic whistle, and it will be some time before he discovers
+    that it is pinned to his own coat.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>A Running Maze</h3>
+
+    <p>Form a long line of children, one behind the other. The
+    leader starts running, and is followed by all the rest. They
+    must be sharp enough to do exactly as the leader does.</p>
+
+    <p>After running for a moment or two in the ordinary running
+    step, the leader changes to a hopping step, then to a marching
+    step, quick <span class="pagenum"><a name="page93"
+       id="page93"></a>[pg 93]</span> time, then to a marching
+       step, slow time, claps and runs with hands on sides, hands
+       on shoulders, hands behind, etc.</p>
+
+    <p>Finally, the leader runs slowly round and round into the
+    center, and can either wind the children up tightly or can turn
+    them on nearing the center and run out again. For another
+    change the long line can start running and so unwind the
+    spiral.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Coach and Four</h3>
+
+    <p>Two children stand hand-in-hand, side by side. These are the
+    front horses. Two others, close behind, stand also hand-in-hand
+    and side by side. These are the back horses.</p>
+
+    <p>Slip reins over the left arm of one of the front horses, and
+    over the right arm of the other. The two back horses hold on
+    the reins, standing inside them. A driver must then be chosen,
+    who gathers up the reins in his left hand and in his right hand
+    holds a whip.</p>
+
+    <p>Running beside him, equipped with a horn and parcels and
+    letters, is another child, who acts as guard or conductor. The
+    rest of the children form village streets, by standing in rows
+    facing one another.</p>
+
+    <p>The coach and four, with the driver and guard, gallop about
+    the room and through the villages, the guard blowing his horn
+    and tossing out a paper or letter here and there.</p>
+
+    <p>Change horses every now and then, so that all may have a
+    turn at being horses. A change of driver and guard, too, is
+    also much appreciated.</p>
+
+    <p>When the children have had about enough of this game, start
+    a cheer as the coach dashes through the villages for the last
+    time. Two coaches greatly add to the fun and enjoyment, as they
+    have to pass and repass each other.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Malaga Raisins</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle, and one who is acquainted with
+    the trick takes a small stick in his right hand, makes some
+    funny movements with it, and then, having taken it in his left
+    hand, passes it to his neighbor, saying: "Malaga raisins are
+    very good raisins, but I like Valencias better." He then tells
+    his neighbor to do the same. Should
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page94"
+       id="page94"></a>[pg 94]</span> any of the players pass on
+       the stick with the right hand, they must pay a forfeit, but
+       of course they must not be told what mistake they have made
+       until the stick has been passed right round the circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Sally Water</h3>
+
+    <p>This game can be played by any number of children. A ring is
+    formed in which all join with the exception of one little girl,
+    who kneels in the center of the ring. The children then dance
+    round her, singing the following verses:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Sally, Sally Water, sprinkle in the pan,</p>
+
+            <p>Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man;</p>
+
+            <p>Choose for the best and choose for the worst,</p>
+
+            <p>And choose the very one you love best.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Now you're married I wish you joy,</p>
+
+            <p>First a girl and then a boy;</p>
+
+            <p>Seven years after, son and daughter,</p>
+
+            <p>Pray, young couple, come kiss together."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/94.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/94.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page95"
+       id="page95"></a>[pg 95]</span>
+
+    <p>When they come to the words, "Rise, Sally!" the child in the
+    center rises and chooses another from the ring. The next two
+    lines are then sung, and the two children in the ring dance
+    round and kiss. Sally then joins the ring, the second child
+    remaining in the circle, and the game is continued as before
+    until all the players have acted the part of Sally.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Pigeon-House Game</h3>
+
+    <p>Make a ring of children. In the center place five or six of
+    the smaller children of the party. This forms the pigeon-house
+    and pigeons.</p>
+
+    <p>Now choose one child (boy or girl) to open or shut this
+    old-fashioned dovecote.</p>
+
+    <p>He runs round the ring outside and gently pushes the
+    children in toward the center, and close to the pigeons, who
+    are sitting on the ground softly cooing (or not, just as they
+    please).</p>
+
+    <p>This done he moves back. Let him be called the farmer or the
+    farmer's boy, if a name is wanted.</p>
+
+    <p>A pretty and lively tune is now started on the piano.
+    Directly it begins, the boy runs forward and pulls open the
+    ring of children, which widens out with raised arms, to form
+    pigeon-holes.</p>
+
+    <p>The pigeons rise to their feet and fly out of these holes,
+    round and round the room.</p>
+
+    <p>As the music begins to stop and die away, the pigeons should
+    return to their dovecote, and when the last note sounds they
+    should all be settled again. The farmer's boy now runs round
+    the ring, closing it in and making all safe for the night.</p>
+
+    <p>This game can be played without music, and the elder
+    children can take their turn at being pigeons.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Oats and Beans and Barley</h3>
+
+    <p>All the children form a ring with the exception of one
+    player, who stands in the center. The children then dance round
+    this one, singing the first three lines of the verses given
+    below. At the fourth line they stop dancing and act the words
+    that are sung. They pretend
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page96"
+       id="page96"></a>[pg 96]</span> to scatter seed; they stand
+       at ease, stamp their feet, clap their hands, and at the
+       words: "Turn him round," each child turns round.</p>
+
+    <p>They then again clap hands and dance round, and when the
+    words, "Open the ring and take one in," are sung, the center
+    child chooses a partner, who steps into the ring, and the two
+    stand together while the other children sing the remaining
+    verse, after which the child who was first in the center joins
+    the ring and the game is continued as before.</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Oats and beans and barley O!</p>
+
+            <p>Do you or I or any one know</p>
+
+            <p>How oats and beans and barley grow?</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"First the farmer sows his seed,</p>
+
+            <p>Then he stands and takes his ease,</p>
+
+            <p>Stamps his foot and claps his hands,</p>
+
+            <p>And turns him round to view the land.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Oats and beans and barley O!</p>
+
+            <p>Waiting for a partner, waiting for a partner.</p>
+
+            <p>Open a ring and send one in.</p>
+
+            <p>Oats and beans and barley O!</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"So now you're married you must obey,</p>
+
+            <p>You must be true to all you say,</p>
+
+            <p>You must be kind, you must be good,</p>
+
+            <p>And help your wife to chop the wood.</p>
+
+            <p>Oats and beans and barley O!"</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Bingo</h3>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"The miller's dog lay at the mill,</p>
+
+            <p>And his name was little Bingo,</p>
+
+            <p>B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an
+            O,</p>
+
+            <p>His name was little
+            Bingo.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page97"
+               id="page97"></a>[pg 97]</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"The miller he bought some peppermint,</p>
+
+            <p>And he called it right good Stingo,</p>
+
+            <p>S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G
+            with an O,</p>
+
+            <p>He called it right good Stingo."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>One child represents the miller, the rest stand round him in
+    a circle, and all dance round and sing the verses. When it
+    comes to the spelling part of the rhyme, the miller points to a
+    child, who must call out the right letter.</p>
+
+    <p>Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Lubin Loo</h3>
+
+    <p>This game can be played by any number of children. The
+    players form a ring by clasping hands; they then dance round
+    singing the first verse, which after the second verse serves as
+    a chorus.</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, light,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>On a Saturday night."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>While singing the second verse, the children stop, unclasp
+    their hands and suit their actions to the words contained in
+    the verse.</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my right hand in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my right hand out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my right hand shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Each child while singing this first stretches her right arm
+    toward the center of the ring, then draws the same arm back as
+    far as possible, next shakes or swings her right hand, and when
+    the last line is sung she turns right round. The children then
+    once more join hands, and commence dancing, at the same time
+    singing the chorus. The game proceeds as before until all the
+    verses have been sung. Here are the remaining
+    verses:</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page98"
+       id="page98"></a>[pg 98]</span>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance the lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, light,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>On a Saturday night.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my left hand in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my left hand out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my left hand shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my right foot in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my right foot out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my right foot shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my left foot in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my left foot out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my left foot shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my own head in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my own head out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my own head shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo,"
+            etc.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page99"
+               id="page99"></a>[pg 99]</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my both hands in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my both hands out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my both hands shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my both feet in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my both feet out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my both feet shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Little Lady</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game a number of pieces of rolled-up paper to
+    represent horns are required. Whoever makes a mistake in the
+    game has a horn stuck in her hair; or, if little boys are
+    playing, the horns might be stuck behind the ears.</p>
+
+    <p>The leader of the game begins by saying to her right hand
+    neighbor: "Good morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a
+    pretty lady, always pretty, come from that pretty lady, always
+    pretty" (here she points to the girl on her left), "to tell you
+    that she owns an eagle with a golden beak."</p>
+
+    <p>The next player turns to her right-hand neighbor, saying:
+    "Good morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a pretty lady,
+    always pretty, come from that pretty lady, always pretty" (here
+    she points to the last speaker), "to tell you that she owns an
+    eagle with a golden beak and silver claws."</p>
+
+    <p>The next girl continues the story word for word, adding "a
+    rare skin." The next adds "diamond eyes," and the next "purple
+    feathers." If there are a great number of children, other
+    charms must be added to the eagle, but each child must say the
+    whole of the story, and for
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page100"
+       id="page100"></a>[pg 100]</span> each mistake made she
+       receives a paper horn, which must be stuck somewhere about
+       the head. At the end of the game a forfeit must be paid for
+       each of these horns.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Birds Fly"</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very simple game. Each player places a finger on
+    the table, which he must-raise whenever the conductor of the
+    game says: "Birds fly," "Pigeons fly," or any other winged
+    creates "fly."</p>
+
+    <p>If he names any creature without wings, such as "Pigs fly,"
+    and any player thoughtlessly raises his finger, that player
+    must pay a forfeit, as he must also do if he omits to raise his
+    finger when a winged creature is named.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>I Say Stoop</h3>
+
+    <p>Teacher says to the class: "I say stoop."</p>
+
+    <p>Upon the word stoop all the children must stoop. If they do
+    not they must be seated. The teacher must say "I say stand."
+    The children must stand. If they do not they must be
+    seated.</p>
+
+    <p>This game will cause the children to think quickly, and to
+    act quickly.</p>
+
+    <p>The teacher can say: "I say fold the hands behind the
+    back.</p>
+
+    <p>"I say take a deep breath of air."</p>
+
+    <p>"I say hands on hips."</p>
+
+    <p>"I say raise the arms over the head."</p>
+
+    <p>Anything else may be substituted; those who are slow to act
+    and think must be seated.</p>
+
+    <p>The one who remains standing the longest wins.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Flag Race</h3>
+
+    <p>Players seated at desks. Rows need not be full, but there
+    must be same number in each row. Choose a player to stand in
+    front of each row to hold the flag, and another to stand at the
+    rear of each row. At the signal the rear player of each row
+    rises, runs to the front,
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page101"
+       id="page101"></a>[pg 101]</span> takes the flag from the one
+       holding it, carries it to the one standing at the rear, and
+       takes his seat. As soon as he is seated the next player goes
+       and takes the flag back to the player in front. This
+       continues till all have run. Be sure that no team has an
+       unfair advantage because of the positions taken by the flag
+       holders.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Squirrel and Nut</h3>
+
+    <p>Players all seated, but one, heads on desks and eyes
+    covered, one hand open on desk with palm up. The odd player is
+    a squirrel and passes up and down between the rows and puts a
+    nut in the hand of some player.... This one rises and chases
+    the squirrel. If the squirrel is caught before he can reach his
+    own seat, the one who caught him becomes squirrel; if the
+    squirrel is not caught, he can be squirrel again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Racing and Counting Scores</h3>
+
+    <p>Make a scoreboard on the blackboard, indicating each row by
+    a number of letter. Players run as in "Racing" (First Grade,
+    First Half Year). Have front players run, tag front wall and
+    return to seats, sit erect; mark score; others in a similar
+    manner. Repeat, runners tagging rear wall. See which row has
+    largest score.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>School-room Basket Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Place a basket in the front seat of the second row and
+    another in the front seat of next to last row. Draw a throwing
+    line on floor 20 feet from each basket. At some time beforehand
+    choose four captains and have these captains choose teams,
+    choosing in turn. Teams stand at least two rows apart and
+    behind throwing line, each team having a ball. Captains stand
+    beyond baskets, two captains at same basket. Each captain
+    passes the ball in turn to his players and they throw for the
+    basket. Team throwing the most baskets in a round wins one
+    point, first to get five points wins the contest.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page102"
+       id="page102"></a>[pg 102]</span>
+
+    <h3>Last Man</h3>
+
+    <p>Players seated at desks. Rows playing must be full rows. The
+    game is much like "Fox and Squirrel" (see First Grade, Second
+    Half Year). One player is "it," and there is one runner,
+    besides the full rows of seats. The runner may come to the
+    front of any row and call "Last Man," and then each player in
+    that row must move back one place, leaving the front seat for
+    the runner, who is now safe. The last one in the rear of the
+    row will be out of a place and thus becomes runner. When a
+    runner is tagged, he is "it," and the one who caught him
+    becomes runner and must get out of the way at once.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Changing Seats</h3>
+
+    <p>Players seated at desks. When teacher commands "Change
+    right," all move one place to right and the right hand row
+    stands. In like manner the command may be "Change front,"
+    "Change back," or "Change left." At first it is best to follow
+    each change by the reverse, so as to allow those standing to
+    get seats, but later they may be told that they must run to the
+    vacant seats on the opposite side or end of the room. Leaders
+    may be chosen to act in place of the teacher.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Huckle, Buckle, Beanstalk</h3>
+
+    <p>The children close their eyes and put their heads on their
+    desks. A small object&mdash;a thimble or button&mdash;is placed
+    in plain sight. At a signal, the children move about the room,
+    and when they see it, take their seats without making any sign
+    of its whereabouts. The first one to see it may hide it the
+    next time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Blackboard Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>This is like the blackboard relay played in the third grade,
+    but instead of marks and letters, words must be written; these
+    may be required to form a sentence, numbers may be written and
+    afterwards added, subtracted, etc., by the succeeding players,
+    or each player may <span class="pagenum"><a name="page103"
+       id="page103"></a>[pg 103]</span> write his own name. It is
+       often interesting to have the last player required to erase
+       all his team has written, or each child may erase his own
+       writing, passing the eraser as he did the chalk.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hide the Thimble</h3>
+
+    <p>One child goes out of the room. A thimble or button is
+    placed in plain sight by another child. The one who was sent
+    out is then guided to the object by the clapping of the
+    children&mdash;soft clapping for "cold," and louder for
+    "warm."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Suggestive Breathing Work</h3>
+
+    <p>1. March winds whistling through the trees. Inhale a deep
+    breath and imitate the wind.</p>
+
+    <p>2. Keeping a feather in the air. Run with head back and blow
+    short breaths, keeping an imaginary feather from falling to the
+    ground.</p>
+
+    <p>3. Making Ocean Waves. By blowing the water in a large
+    basin.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Fox Chase</h3>
+
+    <p>Four farmers are in their home in the country enjoying a
+    quiet evening.</p>
+
+    <p>They hear a sound outside, they watch and listen and decide
+    that the foxes are near the cabin. They wait until they are
+    very close, then give chase&mdash;and catch as many as they can
+    before the foxes have reached their home in the forest. All
+    caught become farmers and help to catch the rest.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Poison</h3>
+
+    <p>The players join hands to form a circle. About ten erasers
+    are placed in the center of the circle, with spaces between
+    them through which a player might step. The players then try by
+    means of pushing or pulling their comrades by means of clasped
+    hands, to make them <span class="pagenum"><a name="page104"
+       id="page104"></a>[pg 104]</span> knock over the erasers. Any
+       player who knocks over an eraser or who unclasps hands must
+       take his seat, the erasers again being replaced. The first
+       players so leaving the circle form a scrub circle. The
+       player wins who remains longest in the first circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Slap-Jack</h3>
+
+    <p>All the pupils are seated except one. The odd player walks
+    or runs through the aisles, touching some player, and runs
+    around the room in the direction he is going. The one touched
+    immediately leaves his seat, and runs around the room in the
+    opposite direction. The first one back in the empty seat
+    wins.</p>
+
+    <p>Dodging through the aisles to shorten the distance is not
+    allowed. The run must be around the outside of the room.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Crow's Race</h3>
+
+    <p>All players form in a straight line. Grasp just above ankles
+    and on "Go," run a very short distance and return, keeping hold
+    above ankles all the time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Riding the Bicycle</h3>
+
+    <p>Hands in position in front, as though grasping the
+    handle-bars, running in place with lifting the knee high and
+    pointing toe to the ground. The same movement, traveling
+    forward with short, quick steps.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cat and Rat</h3>
+
+    <p>Children form a circle around the room, with hands joined. A
+    "cat" is chosen to stand outside the circle, a "rat" to stand
+    inside. The players are friends of the rat, and raise their
+    arms to let him under, but keep them down when the cat tries to
+    get through. The cat chases the rat in and out of the circle,
+    among desks and over seats, till the "rat" is caught, when a
+    new cat and rat are chosen.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page105"
+       id="page105"></a>[pg 105]</span>
+
+    <h3>Jumping the Rope</h3>
+
+    <p>This makes a splendid combination exercise. Swing the arms
+    in a large circle, as though swinging the rope, and jump each
+    time that the rope comes down. Travel forward with the same
+    exercises, jumping and landing on one foot instead of both.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Teacher</h3>
+
+    <p>The children stand or sit in one line. One is teacher and he
+    or she throws a bean bag or soft ball in rotation down the
+    line, the child missing goes to the front. When the teacher
+    misses he or she goes to the foot and the child at the head
+    becomes teacher. No bad or swift throws are counted.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Bird-Catcher</h3>
+
+    <p>This game is a great favorite with all the children, even in
+    the upper grades. Two players are chosen as bird-catchers, and
+    stand in one corner of the room. The "mother-bird" is chosen to
+    stand in another "nest" in the other front corner of the room.
+    The other players are named in groups (those in one row of
+    seats usually) for various birds, "robins," "wrens," etc. As
+    the name of each group of birds is called, they go to the back
+    of the room, and, at a signal, run to the "mother-bird's nest."
+    The bird-catchers try to catch them before they reach it. The
+    "birds" dodge in and out among the desks, jumping over the
+    seats, etc. The mother-bird and bird-catchers count their birds
+    at the end of the game, and all "fly" back to their seats; that
+    is, wave their arms and skip to their seats.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Tag Me, or Heads Up</h3>
+
+    <p>The pupils, upon the command of the player who is the leader
+    and stands in front of the class, fold their arms upon the desk
+    and lower the head upon the arms. The leader has an eraser or
+    other article which he places upon one of the desks. He
+    commands "Heads up" and the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page106"
+       id="page106"></a>[pg 106]</span> pupils raise their heads.
+       The one finding the eraser on his seat rises and chases the
+       leader. If he catches him he becomes the leader; if not, the
+       first one is again the leader. If they fail to catch him
+       after two trials he chooses another leader.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>An Eraser Game</h3>
+
+    <p>A boy places a rubber eraser, or any small object, on the
+    desk of a girl. She takes the eraser and chases him around the
+    room to his seat. If she tags him, he goes to the corner to
+    stand, with others who are caught, till the end of the game.
+    The girl then puts the eraser on a boy's desk, and the game
+    continues.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Circle Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Children stand in a circle around the room; one stands in
+    the center, with a bean bag or ball, and makes quick throws to
+    children in different parts of the circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Seat Tag&mdash;A School-room Game</h3>
+
+    <p>The one starting the game runs and tags someone near and
+    gets to that child's seat as quickly as he can. The child tries
+    to tag him on the way. If he tags him the one tagged must go in
+    the mush pot, that is, to go to the front of the room and sit
+    down. The one who caught him continues the game, and when
+    another one gets in the mush pot the first one is permitted to
+    take his seat. The game continues until all have had a run.</p>
+
+    <p>The runs should all be very short to make the game go
+    quickly.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dead Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Children stand by desks. A tennis or soft rubber ball is
+    thrown among the players. The child hit sits and is out of the
+    game. The child standing near where the ball falls throws it
+    the next time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page107"
+       id="page107"></a>[pg 107]</span>
+
+    <h3>Preliminary Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Children stand in rows, facing each other, two rows of desks
+    between them, those on one side having bean bags. On the
+    teacher's counts they throw to those in the row opposite,
+    throwing and catching with both hands. After a given number of
+    throws, they put the left hand behind them, throwing and
+    catching with the right hand; the same with the left hand. This
+    is good muscular training.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dodge</h3>
+
+    <p>Players divide into equal groups. One group forms a circle,
+    the other within. Outside group has a volley or an outdoor
+    baseball with which they try to hit the one's (players) within.
+    As soon as one is hit he must immediately join the circle and
+    help hit the others. When all have been tagged in this way,
+    groups change places and repeat. The two players who were last
+    to be hit in the two games are captains to choose up for the
+    next time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Third Man</h3>
+
+    <p>Played much like "Three Deep." Players stand in couples,
+    facing each other, couples scattered in any way around the
+    room. The runner is free from being tagged when he steps
+    between the two players of any couple, and the chaser must
+    chase the one toward whom the runner turns his back.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Fox and Chickens</h3>
+
+    <p>Choose a player to be fox and another to be the mother hen.
+    The players are the chickens and all form in a line behind the
+    mother hen, and each one grasping the waist of the one in
+    front. The fox tries to tag the last chicken; the line, led by
+    the mother hen, turns and tries to keep between the fox and
+    that chicken. When the last chicken is tagged he becomes fox,
+    and the mother hen chooses another player in her place.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page108"
+       id="page108"></a>[pg 108]</span>
+
+    <h3>Eraser Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>Place an eraser on the front desk of alternate rows. At a
+    signal to start the first child in each row takes the eraser in
+    both hands and passes it over his head to the child behind him.
+    This continues till the last child receives it. The last child
+    runs forward with it, running down the right aisle. On reaching
+    the front seat, his entire row moves one seat backward, so as
+    to leave an empty seat in front. The runner then sits down in
+    the empty seat and passes the eraser backward with both hands
+    as before stated.</p>
+
+    <p>The changing of seats should be on the left side.</p>
+
+    <p>The game ends when each child is returned to his own
+    seat.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>School-room Tag</h3>
+
+    <p>Mark a circle on floor in front of desks. Choose a player to
+    be "it." He stands near but not in the circle and calls the
+    names of three players. The players must rise and try to reach
+    the circle without being tagged. They run in any style in
+    either direction.</p>
+
+    <p>The first one tagged is "it" and the game continues as
+    before. If none are caught, three more are named. Encourage
+    naming players who have not been called.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Serpentine Maze</h3>
+
+    <p>Players all in single file, teacher leading. Each player
+    reaches right hand forward to player next in front and left
+    hand back, grasping hands. March forward, circling to left and
+    winding up into a spiral. When tightly wound, last player
+    should lead, all turn about to left and wind up, circling to
+    right. Several variations should be used later:</p>
+
+    <p>1. Same as first method without grasping hands.</p>
+
+    <p>2. When wound as far as possible and leave enough space,
+    teach circles right from center of spiral and line follows,
+    passing out in a reverse spiral; this is done first grasping
+    hands and later without.</p>
+
+    <p>3. When leader reaches center of spiral, tight wound, she
+    signals <span class="pagenum"><a name="page109"
+       id="page109"></a>[pg 109]</span> to players in some
+       direction and they lift arms, forming arches, under which
+       the line may pass, teacher leading, hands are kept grasped
+       in this case.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Teacher and Class</h3>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/109.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/109.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Similar to "School Ball." A leader is chosen for each group
+    of eight or ten players, the players in a line and the leader
+    eight or ten feet away at the side. A row in the school-room
+    may be taken as a group, with a leader standing in front. The
+    leader tosses the ball or bean bag to the players in turn,
+    beginning at the head. Any player missing goes to the foot. If
+    the leader misses he goes to the foot and the one at the head
+    becomes leader. If the ball goes twice around and the leader
+    does not miss, he goes in the line just above those who have
+    missed and the head player becomes leader.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Blackboard Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>The competing rows must be placed where there is a
+    blackboard at the front of each row. First player of each row
+    has a piece of chalk. At the signal he runs to the board and
+    makes a mark with the chalk, then he returns to his seat, and
+    hands the chalk to the next player,
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page110"
+       id="page110"></a>[pg 110]</span> who runs and marks in his
+       turn. Later, players may be required to make a cross,
+       circles, capital letters, small letters, add columns of
+       numbers, write words, construct sentences. The teacher is
+       the judge as to whether the marks come up to the
+       requirements, and each team is charged with a foul for each
+       defect.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Tag the Wall Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>This is like "Racing" (See First Grade), but more
+    continuous. Two or more rows compete. The player in the back
+    seat rises at a signal from the teacher, runs forward down the
+    aisle, tags the wall at the front of the room, and returns to
+    his seat. As soon as he has reached his seat the player next in
+    front of him does the same, the relay being complete when each
+    player in turn has run. The line whose front player is seated
+    first wins.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Slow Poke (Indoors)</h3>
+
+    <p>Alternate rows of children are chosen. On a signal from the
+    teacher, the last children in the alternate rows, run down the
+    aisles, turn to their left; run down the other aisle, turn on
+    reaching their seats, and tag the person who sits in front of
+    them. The person tagged does as the first person did, tagging
+    the person in front only when he reaches his starting place.
+    Each person running when tagged. Equal numbers should be chosen
+    for each row. The object of the game is to see which row is the
+    winner, depending entirely upon alertness, quickness of mind
+    and honesty in playing with fellow students.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>TRICKS AND PUZZLES</h2>
+
+    <p>Any one who wishes to play a trick or show off a puzzle
+    should test it privately, before attempting to show it before
+    company, for often, owing to some slight error, the trick may
+    at first prove a failure, whereas a little practice will soon
+    make one perfect.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page111"
+       id="page111"></a>[pg 111]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Dancing Egg</h3>
+
+    <p>Get a hard-boiled egg and place it on the reverse side of a
+    smooth polished plate or bread-platter. If you now turn the
+    plate round while holding it in a horizontal position, the egg,
+    which is in the middle of it, will turn round also, and as the
+    pace is quickened, the egg will move more and more quickly,
+    until it stands up on one end and spins round like a top. In
+    order to be quite sure that the experiment will succeed, you
+    should keep the egg upright while it is being boiled, so that
+    the inside may be hardened in the proper position.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Magic Thread</h3>
+
+    <p>Soak a piece of thread in a solution of salt or alum (of
+    course, your audience must not know you have done this). When
+    dry, borrow a very light ring and fix it to the thread. Apply
+    the thread to the flame of a candle; it will burn to ashes, but
+    will still support the ring.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Swimming Needles</h3>
+
+    <p>There are several ways of making a needle float on the
+    surface of the water.</p>
+
+    <p>The simplest way is to place a piece of tissue paper on the
+    water and lay the needle on it; the paper soon becomes soaked
+    with water and sinks to the bottom, while the needle is left
+    floating on the top.</p>
+
+    <p>Another method is to hang the needle in two slings made of
+    threads, which must be carefully drawn away as soon as the
+    needle floats.</p>
+
+    <p>You can also make the needle float by simply holding it in
+    your fingers and laying it on the water. This, however,
+    requires a very steady hand.</p>
+
+    <p>If you magnetize a sewing-needle by rubbing it on a fairly
+    strong magnet and float it on the water, it will make an
+    extremely sensitive compass; and if you place two needles on
+    the water at the same time, you will see them slowly approach
+    each other until they float side by side, that is, if they do
+    not strike together so heavily as to cause them to sink.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page112"
+       id="page112"></a>[pg 112]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Bridge of Knives</h3>
+
+    <p>Three knives may be supported by their handles in the
+    following manner: Place three glasses in a triangle, each side
+    of which must be about the length of one of the knives. The
+    blade of the first knife should rest on the blade of the
+    second, by passing over it near to the point where the handle
+    and blade are joined; the blade of the second passing in the
+    same manner over the blade of the third, which is to be made to
+    rest on the blade of the first. The handles being then
+    carefully placed upon the glasses, a bridge is formed strong
+    enough to bear a considerable weight.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Balance a Coffee-Cup on the Point of a Knife</h3>
+
+    <p>The articles necessary for the performance of this trick are
+    very simple, a dinner-fork and an ordinary sized cork being all
+    that are needed. Fix the cork firmly in the handle of the fork,
+    then stick the fork into it so that two prongs shall be on each
+    side of the cup handle, and slope the fork in such a way that
+    its handle will come under the bottom of the cup. The heaviest
+    weight being thus brought underneath, you can hold the cup on
+    the point of a knife, if you very carefully find the exact
+    place on which it will balance.</p>
+
+    <p>As the surface of the cup is usually glazed, the hand which
+    holds the knife must not tremble, or the cup will slip off.</p>
+
+    <p>You may also obtain the same result by using two knives
+    instead of a fork.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Obstinate Cork</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a small cork and ask some one to blow it into a fairly
+    large sized, ordinary bottle that has a neck.</p>
+
+    <p>This seems to be quite an easy matter. The one who tries it
+    will probably blow as hard as possible upon the little cork;
+    but, instead of going into the bottle, as expected, it will
+    simply fall down. The harder the puffs or blows, the more
+    obstinate the cork will appear to be; and even if the effect of
+    blowing gently be tried, it will be of no use; the cork will
+    not go into the bottle, much to the amusement of those who
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page113"
+       id="page113"></a>[pg 113]</span> are watching. The reason
+       why the cork will not go in is this: The bottle being
+       already full of air, when the cork is blown, more air will
+       be forced into the bottle, and consequently the air inside
+       will be greatly compressed and will simply force the cork
+       back. The following is a simple way of overcoming the
+       difficulty: Instead of trying to force the cork through the
+       compressed air in the bottle, just the contrary should be
+       tried, that is, some of the air should be sucked out of the
+       bottle; this being done, the bottle will become partly
+       emptied, and when the outside air rushes in to fill up the
+       empty space, it will carry the cork with it to the bottom of
+       the bottle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Six and Five Make Nine</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a simple little puzzle. Take eleven strips of
+    cardboard, lay six of them at exactly equal distances on the
+    table, and ask one of the company to add the five other strips
+    and yet only make nine. It is done by placing six of them
+    parallel to each other&mdash;the others are used to spell out
+    the word nine.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:40%;">
+        <a href="images/113.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/113.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Vanishing Dime</h3>
+
+    <p>Stick a small piece of white wax on the nail of the middle
+    finger of your right hand, taking care that no one sees you do
+    it. Then place a dime in the palm of your hand and tell your
+    audience that you can make it vanish at the word of
+    command.</p>
+
+    <p>You then close your hand so that the dime sticks to the
+    waxed nail. Blow on your hand and make magic passes, and cry
+    "Dime, begone!" Open your hand so quickly that no one will see
+    the dime <span class="pagenum"><a name="page114"
+       id="page114"></a>[pg 114]</span> stuck to the back of your
+       nail, and show your empty hand. To make the dime reappear,
+       you merely close you hand again and rub the dime into your
+       palm.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Light a Snowball with a Match</h3>
+
+    <p>Roll a snowball and put it on a plate. While rolling,
+    contrive to slip a piece of camphor into the top of it. The
+    camphor must be about the size and shape of a chestnut, and it
+    must be pushed into the soft snow so as to be
+    invisible&mdash;the smaller end uppermost, to which the match
+    should be applied.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Dancing Pea</h3>
+
+    <p>For this trick, take a piece, two or three inches long, of a
+    stem of a clay tobacco pipe, taking care that one end is quite
+    even; with a knife or file, work the hole at the even end
+    larger, so as to form a little cup. Choose the roundest pea you
+    can find, place it in the cup, and blow softly through the
+    other end of the pipe, throwing back your head while you blow,
+    so that you can hold the pipe in an upright position over your
+    mouth.</p>
+
+    <p>The pea will rise, fall and dance in its cup, according to
+    the degree of force you use in blowing, but you must take care
+    not to blow too hard, or you may blow it away altogether.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Balancing Spoon</h3>
+
+    <p>Place a half-opened penknife on the edge of the table and
+    hang a large cooking-spoon by its hook on to the knife, just
+    where the blade and handle join. Place the spoon so that its
+    inner (concave) side is facing the table and, after swinging
+    for a little while, the knife and spoon will keep still in
+    perfect balance. Even if you fill the spoon with sand it will
+    not fall, so long as the heaviest point is under the edge of
+    the table.</p>
+
+    <p>The cooking-spoon is hung on to the half-opened penknife
+    where the blade and the handle join, and you can now place the
+    end of the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page115"
+       id="page115"></a>[pg 115]</span> knife-handle on the tip of
+       your finger, on the edge of the table, or on the rim of a
+       glass which is standing near the edge of the table, and your
+       knife and spoon will balance perfectly, without falling
+       over.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Force of a Water-Drop</h3>
+
+    <p>Get a match and make a notch in the middle of it, bend it so
+    as to form an acute angle, and place it over the mouth of a
+    bottle.</p>
+
+    <p>Now place a dime or other small coin on the match and ask
+    any one to get the coin into the bottle without touching either
+    the bottle or the match.</p>
+
+    <p>This is very easy to do. Dip your finger in a glass of
+    water, hold it over the place where the match is notched, and
+    let one or two drops fall on this point. The force of the water
+    will cause the sides of the angle to move apart, and the
+    opening thus become large enough to let the coin fall into the
+    bottle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Sentinel Egg</h3>
+
+    <p>This trick requires care and patience. You must lay a piece
+    of looking-glass on a perfectly even table; then take a
+    new-laid egg and shake it about for some time until the white
+    is well mixed with the yolk. In this condition it is possible
+    to balance the egg on its end and make it stand upright on the
+    glass. This trick is more certain to be successful if you are
+    clever enough to flatten the end ever so slightly and evenly,
+    by giving it a gentle and unsuspected tap.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Coin Trick</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a coin in each hand and stretch out your arms as far
+    apart as you can. Then tell your audience that you will make
+    both coins pass into one hand without bringing your hands
+    together. This is easily done by placing one coin upon the
+    table and then turning your body round until the hand with the
+    other coin comes to where it lies. You can then easily pick the
+    coin up, and both will be in one hand, while your arms are
+    still widely extended.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page116"
+       id="page116"></a>[pg 116]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Wonderful Pendulum</h3>
+
+    <p>If you fill a wineglass with water and place a thick piece
+    of paper over it so that no air can get in, you will find that
+    you can turn the glass upside down without spilling a drop of
+    water, because the pressure of the air on the outside will keep
+    the paper from falling off. It is on this principle that the
+    present pendulum is to be made. Take a piece of cardboard
+    larger than the mouth of the glass; pass a cord through a small
+    hole in the center of the card, and fasten it by means of a
+    knot on the under side, then carefully cover the hole with wax,
+    so that no air may get in.</p>
+
+    <p>Place your cardboard over the glass full of water, and by
+    making a loop in the end of the cord you can hang the glass
+    from a hook in the ceiling without any fear of its falling off.
+    In order to make sure that no air can get into the glass, it is
+    wise to smear the rim with tallow before laying the cardboard
+    on.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Revolving Pins</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a piece of elastic which is not covered with silk or
+    wool, and through the middle of this stick a pin, which you
+    have bent as shown in the illustration.</p>
+
+    <p>Now hold the elastic between the thumb and first finger of
+    each hand and twirl it round, stretching it a little at the
+    same time. The rapid movement thus caused will make the
+    revolving pin look like a glass object, and if you have a
+    strong light falling on the pin and a dark background behind
+    it, the resemblance becomes very much stronger.</p>
+
+    <p>After a little practice you will be able to represent many
+    things in this way&mdash;cheese dishes, vases, champagne
+    glasses, etc.; and if the bent pin should fall into a
+    horizontal position while revolving, on account of its shape,
+    you can tie one end to the elastic with a piece of white
+    thread, which will not in any way interfere with the
+    working.</p>
+
+    <p>This trick looks well in a darkened room, when the pin is
+    illuminated by a ray of sunlight coming through a hole in the
+    window shutter.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page117"
+       id="page117"></a>[pg 117]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Mysterious Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>This seems to be a plain wooden ball with a hole bored in
+    its center, through which a string is passed. The ball will
+    move lightly up and down this cord, but let some one who knows
+    the trick take the string in his hand and it becomes quite a
+    different matter; the ball will move quickly, or slowly, at
+    command, and, if told to do so, will stand still until ordered
+    to move on again.</p>
+
+    <p>The reason for this peculiar behavior is that inside the
+    ball there are two holes, one of which is quite straight, while
+    the other is curved, and turns out of the straight hole.</p>
+
+    <p>It is through this curved passage that the cord is passed,
+    and you can easily see that to regulate the movements of the
+    ball, it is only necessary to hold the string more or less
+    tightly. If you hold the cord perfectly tight, the ball will
+    not be able to move at all. The ball can be purchased at any
+    top shop.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Man with His Head the Wrong Way</h3>
+
+    <p>Put on a coat and vest so that they fasten behind. Then fix
+    a mask over the back of the head and a wig over the face. The
+    effect is very curious.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Find an Object While Blindfolded</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this trick, you must take one of your friends into
+    your confidence. Borrow a watch and put it in your pocket, and
+    then ask your audience to sit at the end of the room, blindfold
+    your friend, and lead him outside. Now say: "Ladies and
+    gentlemen, if you will give me some small object to hide, I
+    promise that the blind man will find it, although I shall not
+    even tell him what he is to look for, and I shall lower the
+    gas, so that if the bandage should slip, he will still be
+    unable to see." A key, pencil, or any small thing having been
+    handed to you, lower the gas and proceed to hide the object, at
+    the end of the room, mentioning where you have put it, but not
+    mentioning that you have placed the watch close beside it. You
+    then request "Silence" and lead in the blind man and ask him to
+    begin his search. He is guided, of
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page118"
+       id="page118"></a>[pg 118]</span> course, by the ticking of
+       the watch, and knows that whatever he finds close to it is
+       the object hidden. When he calls "Found," he must slip the
+       watch into his pocket. You then turn up the gas and quietly
+       ask your audience if they do not think your friend is a very
+       clever fellow?</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Chinese Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>Here is a simple way of making shadow pictures: Place a
+    candle on the table and fix a piece of white paper on the wall
+    at the same height from the ground as the light is. Now place
+    some non-transparent object, as, for instance, a large book,
+    between the candle and the paper, and on one side of the table
+    place a mirror so that it will reflect the light of the candle
+    on to the paper on the wall. If you now put little cardboard
+    figures between the candle and the mirror, a shadow will be
+    thrown on the white paper and you can move your figures about
+    just as you please.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hand Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>It is very difficult to explain how these shadows should be
+    made, but you must bear in mind the fact that it is necessary
+    to stand between the lamp and the wall, and extend your arms so
+    that the shadow of your body does not interfere with the
+    picture shadows you intend to make with your hands. The
+    illustrations given will show you how to make two very good
+    shadow pictures, but the fun of the game is for several people
+    to make up pictures of their own, and see who can succeed in
+    making the best.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Game of Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game you require a white sheet to be hung up at the
+    end of the room. Then the "shadow-makers" take up their places
+    on low stools behind the sheet. There must be only one lamp in
+    the room, which should be placed about six or seven feet behind
+    the "shadow-makers." Then the "shadow-makers" drape themselves
+    with shawls, or anything handy, and take their places so that
+    their shadows are <span class="pagenum"><a name="page119"
+       id="page119"></a>[pg 119]</span> thrown upon the sheet. They
+       must, of course, try to disguise themselves, so that the
+       "shadow-seekers" may not be able to guess their identity. By
+       loosening the hair and letting it fall over the face, a girl
+       may appear like a man with a beard; bending the finger over
+       the nose gives one a very queer-looking hooked nose in the
+       shadow, and entirely alters the appearance of the face.
+       Covering one's self up in a sheet and then extending the
+       arms gives one the appearance of a large bat. As soon as a
+       "shadow-maker's" identity has been guessed he must take his
+       place as a "shadow-seeker," and the one who guessed him
+       becomes a "shadow-maker." The penalty of a glance behind the
+       sheet on the part of the "shadow-seeker" is to pay a
+       forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Think of a Number</h3>
+
+    <p>Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to
+    tell you what it is. Tell him then to double it. When he has
+    done that, let him add an even number to it, which you must
+    give him. After doing this, he must halve the whole, then from
+    what is left, take away the number he first thought of. When
+    this is completed, if he has counted correctly, you will be
+    able to give him the exact remainder, which will simply be the
+    half of the even number you told him to add to his own.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Living Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>In order to make these, you must stand in the corner of the
+    room, near a mirror. Let some one hold a light behind you, so
+    that the shadow of your head and shoulders will be thrown upon
+    the wall, and also that the reflected light from the mirror
+    will fall at exactly the same spot as the shadow of your
+    head.</p>
+
+    <p>If the mirror is now covered with a piece of thick paper,
+    from which two eyes, a nose, and a mouth are cut out, the
+    effect shown in the drawing will be produced. In order to make
+    the shadow still more lifelike, cut out two pieces of paper,
+    fasten one over the mirror, and move the other over it. In this
+    way the eyes and mouth of the shadow may be made to move.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page120"
+       id="page120"></a>[pg 120]</span>
+
+    <h3>To Guess the Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes</h3>
+
+    <p>For this trick a whole set of dominoes is required, the
+    performer taking care to hide one of the set, not a double, in
+    his pocket. The remaining dominoes should be shuffled, and
+    placed according to the ordinary rules of domino games, and the
+    performer undertakes to tell, without seeing them, the two
+    numbers forming the extremes of the line, set during his
+    absence from the room. The numbers on the extreme ends of the
+    domino line will be exactly the same as the numbers on the
+    domino which the performer has in his pocket. If he is asked to
+    repeat the trick, he should be sure to change the hidden
+    domino, or he may chance to be found out.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Tell the Age of Any Person</h3>
+
+    <p>Prepare a set of cards by making a copy of the tables given
+    here. Hand them to the person whose age you wish to ascertain,
+    and ask him to name the cards on which his age appears.</p>
+
+    <p>If you then add together the first number on each of the
+    cards he names, the total will be the age required.</p>
+
+    <table summary="Telling a person's age"
+           align="center" border="1">
+        <tr>
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 1 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 2 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 3 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 4 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 5 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 6 Card</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">1</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">2</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">4</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">8</td>
+
+            <td align="right">28</td>
+
+            <td align="right">16</td>
+
+            <td align="right">28</td>
+
+            <td align="right">32</td>
+
+            <td align="right">44</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">3</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">3</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">5</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">9</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">17</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">33</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">5</td>
+
+            <td align="right">33</td>
+
+            <td align="right">6</td>
+
+            <td align="right">34</td>
+
+            <td align="right">6</td>
+
+            <td align="right">36</td>
+
+            <td align="right">10</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">18</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">34</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">7</td>
+
+            <td align="right">35</td>
+
+            <td align="right">7</td>
+
+            <td align="right">35</td>
+
+            <td align="right">7</td>
+
+            <td align="right">37</td>
+
+            <td align="right">11</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">19</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">35</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">9</td>
+
+            <td align="right">37</td>
+
+            <td align="right">10</td>
+
+            <td align="right">38</td>
+
+            <td align="right">12</td>
+
+            <td align="right">38</td>
+
+            <td align="right">12</td>
+
+            <td align="right">40</td>
+
+            <td align="right">20</td>
+
+            <td align="right">48</td>
+
+            <td align="right">36</td>
+
+            <td align="right">48</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">11</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">11</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">13</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">13</td>
+
+            <td align="right">41</td>
+
+            <td align="right">21</td>
+
+            <td align="right">49</td>
+
+            <td align="right">37</td>
+
+            <td align="right">49</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">13</td>
+
+            <td align="right">41</td>
+
+            <td align="right">14</td>
+
+            <td align="right">42</td>
+
+            <td align="right">14</td>
+
+            <td align="right">44</td>
+
+            <td align="right">14</td>
+
+            <td align="right">42</td>
+
+            <td align="right">22</td>
+
+            <td align="right">50</td>
+
+            <td align="right">38</td>
+
+            <td align="right">50</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">17</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+
+            <td align="right">18</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+
+            <td align="right">20</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+
+            <td align="right">24</td>
+
+            <td align="right">44</td>
+
+            <td align="right">24</td>
+
+            <td align="right">52</td>
+
+            <td align="right">40</td>
+
+            <td align="right">52</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">19</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">19</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">21</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">25</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+
+            <td align="right">25</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+
+            <td align="right">41</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">21</td>
+
+            <td align="right">49</td>
+
+            <td align="right">22</td>
+
+            <td align="right">50</td>
+
+            <td align="right">22</td>
+
+            <td align="right">52</td>
+
+            <td align="right">26</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+
+            <td align="right">26</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+
+            <td align="right">42</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">25</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+
+            <td align="right">26</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+
+            <td align="right">28</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+        </tr>
+    </table>
+<br />
+<br />
+<div>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13022 ***</div>
+</body>
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+<h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman</h1>
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+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
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+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+<p>Title: My Book of Indoor Games</p>
+<p>Author: Clarence Squareman</p>
+<p>Release Date: July 25, 2004  [eBook #13022]</p>
+<p>Language: English</p>
+<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p>
+<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MY BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES***</p>
+<br />
+<br />
+<h3>E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, David Newman, William Flis,<br />
+    and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team</h3>
+<br />
+<br />
+    <hr class="full" />
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/cover.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/cover.jpg"
+             alt="Cover." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h1>My Book <i>of</i> Indoor Games</h1>
+
+    <h3><i>by</i></h3>
+
+    <h2>Clarence Squareman</h2>
+
+    <h4>(1916)</h4>
+
+    <h4>With full page<br />
+    illustrations from<br />
+    photographs<br />
+    loaned by The<br />
+    Chicago Park<br />
+    Commission</h4>
+
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page4"
+       id="page4"></a>[pg 4]</span>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate1.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb1.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 1 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The publishers gratefully acknowledge their thanks to the
+    Chicago Park Commission for the loan of the photographs of
+    which the half tone illustrations used in this book are
+    copies.</p>
+    <hr />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page5"
+       id="page5"></a>[pg 5]</span>
+
+    <h2>INDEX OF INDOOR GAMES</h2>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Acting Proverbs <a href="#page37">37</a></p>
+
+            <p>Acting Rhymes <a href="#page54">54</a></p>
+
+            <p>Adventurers <a href="#page41">41</a></p>
+
+            <p>All Fours <a href="#page64">64</a></p>
+
+            <p>Alphabet Game <a href="#page84">84</a></p>
+
+            <p>Animal, Vegetable or Mineral
+            <a href="#page45">45</a></p>
+
+            <p>Ants and the Grasshopper
+            <a href="#page91">91</a></p>
+
+            <p>Balancing Spoon <a href="#page114">114</a></p>
+
+            <p>Band Box (Charade) <a href="#page29">29</a></p>
+
+            <p>Beggar My Neighbor <a href="#page69">69</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bingo <a href="#page96">96</a></p>
+
+            <p>Birds, Beasts and Fishes
+            <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bird Catcher <a href="#page26">26</a>,
+            <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Birds Fly <a href="#page100">100</a></p>
+
+            <p>Blackboard Relay <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Blind Man's Buff <a href="#page18">18</a></p>
+
+            <p>Blind Man's Wand <a href="#page47">47</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bob Major <a href="#page24">24</a></p>
+
+            <p>Bridge of Knives <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>Buff Says Buff <a href="#page18">18</a></p>
+
+            <p>Buzz <a href="#page16">16</a></p>
+
+            <p>Card Games <a href="#page13">13</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cat and Mouse <a href="#page17">17</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cat and Rat <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cat's Cradle <a href="#page81">81</a></p>
+
+            <p>Charades <a href="#page28">28</a></p>
+
+            <p>Checkers <a href="#page56">56</a></p>
+
+            <p>Changing Seats <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Chinese Shadows <a href="#page118">118</a></p>
+
+            <p>Coach and Four <a href="#page93">93</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cock Fighting <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Consequences <a href="#page43">43</a></p>
+
+            <p>Circle Ball <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Crambo <a href="#page44">44</a></p>
+
+            <p>Coin Trick <a href="#page115">115</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cross Questions and Crooked Answers
+            <a href="#page11">11</a></p>
+
+            <p>Crows' Race <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Cushion Dance <a href="#page77">77</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dancing Egg <a href="#page111">111</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dancing Pea <a href="#page114">114</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dead Ball <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Diamond Ring <a href="#page78">78</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dodge <a href="#page107">107</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dominoes <a href="#page58">58</a></p>
+
+            <p>Draw a Pail of Water <a href="#page87">87</a></p>
+
+            <p>Drop the Handkerchief <a href="#page15">15</a></p>
+
+            <p>Duck Under the Water <a href="#page88">88</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dumb Crambo <a href="#page24">24</a></p>
+
+            <p>Dwarf <a href="#page21">21</a></p>
+
+            <p>Earth, Air, Fire and Water
+            <a href="#page44">44</a></p>
+
+            <p>Eraser Game <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Eraser Relay <a href="#page108">108</a></p>
+
+            <p>Family Coach <a href="#page14">14</a></p>
+
+            <p>Farmyard <a href="#page77">77</a></p>
+
+            <p>Feather <a href="#page50">50</a></p>
+
+            <p>Find an Object While Blindfolded
+            <a href="#page117">117</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fives and Threes <a href="#page60">60</a></p>
+
+            <p>Flag Race <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Flowers <a href="#page80">80</a></p>
+
+            <p>Flying
+            <a href="#page47">47</a></p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page6"
+               id="page6"></a>[pg 6]</span>
+
+            <p>Forbidden Letter <a href="#page78">78</a></p>
+
+            <p>Force of a Water Drop <a href="#page115">115</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fox and Chickens <a href="#page107">107</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fox and Geese <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Fox Chase <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>French Roll <a href="#page27">27</a></p>
+
+            <p>Frog in the Middle <a href="#page100">100</a></p>
+
+            <p>Gallery of Statutes <a href="#page51">51</a></p>
+
+            <p>Game of Cat <a href="#page34">34</a></p>
+
+            <p>Game of Conversation <a href="#page50">50</a></p>
+
+            <p>Garden Gate <a href="#page27">27</a></p>
+
+            <p>Giant <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Grand Mufti <a href="#page79">79</a></p>
+
+            <p>Green Gravel <a href="#page59">59</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hand Shadows <a href="#page118">118</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hands Up <a href="#page48">48</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hide the Thimble <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Honey Pots <a href="#page85">85</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon
+            <a href="#page52">52</a></p>
+
+            <p>How to Light a Candle Without Touching It
+            <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>How, When and Where <a href="#page21">21</a></p>
+
+            <p>Huckle, Buckle, Beanstalk
+            <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Huntsman <a href="#page51">51</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hunt the Ring <a href="#page49">49</a></p>
+
+            <p>Hunt the Slipper <a href="#page48">48</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Apprenticed My Son <a href="#page17">17</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Love My Love With an A
+            <a href="#page43">43</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Point <a href="#page78">78</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Say Stoop <a href="#page100">100</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Sell My Bat, I Sell My Ball
+            <a href="#page81">81</a></p>
+
+            <p>I Suspect You <a href="#page68">68</a></p>
+
+            <p>It <a href="#page53">53</a></p>
+
+            <p>Jolly Miller <a href="#page55">55</a></p>
+
+            <p>Judge and Jury <a href="#page48">48</a></p>
+
+            <p>Jumping the Rope <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Last Man <a href="#page102">102</a></p>
+
+            <p>Little Lady <a href="#page99">99</a></p>
+
+            <p>Living Pictures <a href="#page34">34</a></p>
+
+            <p>Living Shadows <a href="#page119">119</a></p>
+
+            <p>Lodgings to Let <a href="#page49">49</a></p>
+
+            <p>Lost and Found <a href="#page45">45</a></p>
+
+            <p>Lubin Loo <a href="#page97">97</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Music <a href="#page16">16</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Thread <a href="#page111">111</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Whistle <a href="#page92">92</a></p>
+
+            <p>Magic Writing <a href="#page79">79</a></p>
+
+            <p>Malaga Raisins <a href="#page93">93</a></p>
+
+            <p>Man and Object <a href="#page54">54</a></p>
+
+            <p>Man With His Head the Wrong Way
+            <a href="#page117">117</a></p>
+
+            <p>Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over
+            <a href="#page89">89</a></p>
+
+            <p>My Master Bids You Do as I Do
+            <a href="#page52">52</a></p>
+
+            <p>Mysterious Ball <a href="#page117">117</a></p>
+
+            <p>Noughts and Crosses <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Oats and Beans and Barley
+            <a href="#page95">95</a></p>
+
+            <p>Obstinate Cork <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>Old Maid <a href="#page66">66</a></p>
+
+            <p>Old Soldier <a href="#page22">22</a></p>
+
+            <p>Oranges and Lemons <a href="#page12">12</a></p>
+
+            <p>Our Old Grannie Doesn't Like Tea
+            <a href="#page42">42</a></p>
+
+            <p>Paper and Pencil Games <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Personations <a href="#page83">83</a></p>
+
+            <p>Pigeon House Game <a href="#page95">95</a></p>
+
+            <p>Poison <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Pope Joan <a href="#page67">67</a></p>
+
+            <p>Postman <a href="#page20">20</a></p>
+
+            <p>Postman's Knock <a href="#page42">42</a></p>
+
+            <p>Preliminary Ball
+            <a href="#page107">107</a></p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page7"
+               id="page7"></a>[pg 7]</span>
+
+            <p>Proverbs <a href="#page38">38</a></p>
+
+            <p>Puss in the Corner <a href="#page20">20</a></p>
+
+            <p>Questions and Answers <a href="#page88">88</a></p>
+
+            <p>Racing and Counting Scores
+            <a href="#page101">101</a></p>
+
+            <p>Red Cap and Blue Cap <a href="#page53">53</a></p>
+
+            <p>Revolving Pins <a href="#page116">116</a></p>
+
+            <p>Riddles <a href="#page69">69</a></p>
+
+            <p>Riding the Bicycle <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Rule of Contrary <a href="#page26">26</a></p>
+
+            <p>Running Maze <a href="#page92">92</a></p>
+
+            <p>Ruth and Jacob <a href="#page56">56</a></p>
+
+            <p>Sally Water <a href="#page94">94</a></p>
+
+            <p>Schoolmaster <a href="#page25">25</a></p>
+
+            <p>School Room Basket Ball
+            <a href="#page101">101</a></p>
+
+            <p>School Room Tag <a href="#page108">108</a></p>
+
+            <p>Sea King <a href="#page17">17</a></p>
+
+            <p>Seat Tag <a href="#page106">106</a></p>
+
+            <p>Sentinel Drop <a href="#page115">115</a></p>
+
+            <p>Serpentine Maze <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Shadows <a href="#page118">118</a></p>
+
+            <p>Shouting Proverbs <a href="#page38">38</a></p>
+
+            <p>Simon Says <a href="#page26">26</a></p>
+
+            <p>Six and Five Make Nine
+            <a href="#page113">113</a></p>
+
+            <p>Slap Jack <a href="#page104">104</a></p>
+
+            <p>Slow Poke <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Snap <a href="#page65">65</a></p>
+
+            <p>Snip, Snap, Snorum <a href="#page66">66</a></p>
+
+            <p>Speculation <a href="#page63">63</a></p>
+
+            <p>Spelling Game <a href="#page86">86</a></p>
+
+            <p>Stool of Repentance <a href="#page49">49</a></p>
+
+            <p>Squirrel and Nut <a href="#page101">101</a></p>
+
+            <p>Suggestive Breathing Work
+            <a href="#page103">103</a></p>
+
+            <p>Swimming Needles <a href="#page111">111</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tag Me or Heads Up <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tag the Wall Relay <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Teacher <a href="#page105">105</a></p>
+
+            <p>Teacher and Class <a href="#page109">109</a></p>
+
+            <p>Think of a Number <a href="#page119">119</a></p>
+
+            <p>Third Man <a href="#page107">107</a></p>
+
+            <p>Thought Reading <a href="#page70">70</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tit, Tat, Toe <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>To Balance a Coffee Cup
+            <a href="#page112">112</a></p>
+
+            <p>To Guess Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes
+            <a href="#page120">120</a></p>
+
+            <p>To Tell the Age of Any Person
+            <a href="#page120">120</a></p>
+
+            <p>Trades <a href="#page61">61</a></p>
+
+            <p>Travelers' Alphabet <a href="#page14">14</a></p>
+
+            <p>Tricks and Puzzles <a href="#page110">110</a></p>
+
+            <p>Twirl the Trencher <a href="#page11">11</a></p>
+
+            <p>Vanishing Dime <a href="#page113">113</a></p>
+
+            <p>What's My Thought Like? <a href="#page81">81</a></p>
+
+            <p>Wonderment <a href="#page89">89</a></p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page9"
+       id="page9"></a>[pg 9]</span>
+
+    <h2>INTRODUCTION</h2>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <p>"Let the child imbibe in the full spirit of play. There is
+    nothing like it to keep him on the path of health, right
+    thinking and mind development."</p>
+
+    <p>That is the guiding purpose of the author. The reader will
+    find in this book a collection of old and present day games.
+    The student of Play has long realized that there are no new
+    games, that all our games of today are built on the old
+    timers.</p>
+
+    <p>The purpose of My Book of Indoor Games is to furnish
+    amusement, entertainment and to be the means of sociability. So
+    very often the question comes up&mdash;"What shall we do?" In
+    many cases this book serves only as a reminder, the games and
+    parlor tricks are well known but cannot be recalled at the
+    critical moment. A combination, such as this, of the best of
+    the old-fashioned games and a carefully compiled list of the
+    games of today will furnish much help to the young in their
+    search of entertainment and amusement.</p>
+
+    <p>But the book will be equally useful to grownups. The author
+    has seen staid, respectable people play "Lubin Loo" with as
+    much zest and spirit as the youngest group of children. All of
+    us have played "Going to Jerusalem." The spirit must be there;
+    there is nothing so contagious as the spirit of play.</p>
+    <hr />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page10"
+       id="page10"></a>[pg 10]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/10.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/10.png"
+             alt="Hide&mdash;then go seek" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page11"
+       id="page11"></a>[pg 11]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/11.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/11.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h1>INDOOR GAMES</h1>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Twirl the Trencher</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a game which almost any number of children can
+    play.</p>
+
+    <p>The players seat themselves in a circle, and each takes the
+    name of some town, or flower, or whatever has been previously
+    agreed upon. One of the party stands in the middle of the
+    circle, with a small wooden trencher, or waiter, places it upon
+    its edge, and spins it, calling out as he does so the name
+    which one of the players has taken. The person named must jump
+    up and seize the trencher before it ceases spinning, but if he
+    is not very quick the trencher will fall to the ground, and he
+    must then pay a forfeit. It is then his turn to twirl the
+    trencher.</p>
+
+    <p>A very similar game to this is "My Lady's Toilet." The only
+    difference is that each player must take the name of some
+    article of a lady's dress, such as shawl, earring, brooch,
+    bonnet, etc.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cross Questions and Crooked Answers</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game it is best to sit in a circle, and until
+    the end of the game no one must speak above a
+    whisper.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page12"
+       id="page12"></a>[pg 12]</span>
+
+    <p>The first player whispers a question to his neighbor, such
+    as: "Do you like roses?" This question now belongs to the
+    second player, and he must remember it.</p>
+
+    <p>The second player answers: "Yes, they smell so sweetly," and
+    this answer belongs to the first player. The second player now
+    asks his neighbor a question, taking care to remember the
+    answer, as it will belong to him. Perhaps he has asked his
+    neighbor, "Are you fond of potatoes?" and the answer may have
+    been, "Yes, when they are fried!"</p>
+
+    <p>So that the second player has now a question and an answer
+    belonging to him, which he must remember.</p>
+
+    <p>The game goes on until every one has been asked a question
+    and given an answer, and each player must be sure and bear in
+    mind that it is the question he is asked, and the answer his
+    neighbor gives, which belong to him.</p>
+
+    <p>At the end of the game each player gives his question and
+    answer aloud, in the following manner:</p>
+
+    <p>"I was asked: 'Do you like roses?' and the answer was: 'Yes,
+    when they are fried!'" The next player says: "I was asked: 'Are
+    you fond of potatoes?' and the answer was: 'Yes, they are very
+    pretty, but they don't wear well.'"</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Oranges and Lemons</h3>
+
+    <p>Two of the players join hands, facing each other, having
+    agreed privately which is to be "Oranges" and which "Lemons."
+    The rest of the party form a long line, standing one behind the
+    other, and holding each other's dresses or coats. The first two
+    raise their hands so as to form an arch, and the rest run
+    through it, singing as they run:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Oranges and Lemons,</p>
+
+            <p>Say the bells of St. Clement's;</p>
+
+            <p>You owe me five farthings,</p>
+
+            <p>Say the bells of St. Martin's;</p>
+
+            <p>When will you pay me?</p>
+
+            <p>Say the bells of Old Bailey.</p>
+
+            <p>I do not
+            know,</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page13"
+               id="page13"></a>[pg 13]</span>
+
+            <p>Says the big bell of Bow.</p>
+
+            <p>Here comes a chopper to light you to bed!</p>
+
+            <p>Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>At the word "head" the hand archway descends, and clasps the
+    player passing through at that moment; he is then asked in a
+    whisper, "Oranges or Lemons?" and if he chooses "oranges," he
+    is told to go behind the player who has agreed to be "oranges"
+    and clasp him round the waist.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/13.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/13.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The players must be careful to speak in a whisper, so that
+    the others may not know what has been said.</p>
+
+    <p>The game then goes on again, in the same way, until all the
+    children have been caught and have chosen which they will be,
+    "oranges" or "lemons." When this happens, the two sides prepare
+    for a tug-of-war. Each child clasps the one in front of him
+    tightly and the two leaders pull with all their might, until
+    one side has drawn the other across a line which has been drawn
+    between them.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page14"
+       id="page14"></a>[pg 14]</span>
+
+    <h3>Musical Chairs or Going to Jerusalem</h3>
+
+    <p>This game must be played in a room where there is a
+    piano.</p>
+
+    <p>Arrange some chairs, back to back, in the center of the
+    room, allowing one chair less than the number of players. Some
+    one begins to play a tune, and at once the players start to
+    walk or run round the chairs, to the sound of the music.</p>
+
+    <p>When the music stops, each player must try to find a seat,
+    and as there is one chair short, some one will fail to do so,
+    and is called "put." He must carry a chair away with him, and
+    the game goes on again until there is only one person left in,
+    with no chair to sit upon. This person has won the game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Traveler's Alphabet</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a row and the first begins by saying, "I
+    am going on a journey to Athens," or any place beginning with
+    A. The one sitting next asks, "What will you do there?" The
+    verbs, adjectives, and nouns used in the reply must all begin
+    with A; as "Amuse Ailing Authors with Anecdotes." If the player
+    answers correctly, it is the next player's turn; he says
+    perhaps: "I am going to Bradford." "What to do there?" "To
+    Bring Back Bread and Butter." A third says: "I am going to
+    Constantinople." "What to do there?" "To Carry Contented Cats."
+    Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Family Coach</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very good old game, and is most amusing if you can
+    find some one who is a good story-teller.</p>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle and every one, except the
+    story-teller, takes the name of some part of a coach or its
+    equipments; for instance, door, step, wheels, reins, box-seat,
+    and so on.</p>
+
+    <p>When all are ready, the story-teller begins a tale about an
+    old coach and what happened to it, how it went on a journey,
+    came to grief, was mended, and started off again.
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page15"
+       id="page15"></a>[pg 15]</span> The story should be told
+       fluently, but not too quickly. Every time any part of the
+       coach is mentioned, the player who has taken that name must
+       rise from his seat and then sit down again.</p>
+
+    <p>Whenever "the coach" is mentioned, all the players, with the
+    exception of the story-teller, must rise. Any one who fails to
+    keep these rules must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Drop the Handkerchief</h3>
+
+    <p>A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one
+    child, who is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He
+    walks round the ring, touching each one with the handkerchief,
+    saying the following words:</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/15.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/15.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I wrote a letter to my love,</p>
+
+            <p>But on my way, I dropped it;</p>
+
+            <p>A little child picked it up</p>
+
+            <p>And put it in his
+            pocket.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page16"
+               id="page16"></a>[pg 16]</span>
+
+            <p>It wasn't you, it wasn't you,</p>
+
+            <p>It wasn't you&mdash;but it was you."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief
+    behind one of the players, who picks it up and chases him round
+    the ring, outside and under the joined hands, until he can
+    touch him with the handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the
+    first player joins the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the
+    second to "drop the handkerchief."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Magic Music</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the players is sent out of the room, and the rest
+    then agree upon some simple task for her to perform, such as
+    moving a chair, touching an ornament, or finding some hidden
+    object. She is then called in and some one begins to play the
+    piano. If the performer plays very loudly, the "seeker" knows
+    that she is nowhere near the object she is to search for. When
+    the music is soft, then she knows she is very near, and when
+    the music ceases altogether, she knows that she has found the
+    object she was intended to look for.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Buzz</h3>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate2.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb2.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 2 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>This is a very old game, but is always a very great
+    favorite. The more the players, the greater the fun. The way to
+    play it is as follows: The players sit in a circle and begin to
+    count in turn, but when the number 7 or any number in which the
+    figure 7 or any multiple of 7 is reached, they say "Buzz,"
+    instead of whatever the number may be. As, for instance,
+    supposing the players have counted up to 12, the next player
+    will say "13," the next "Buzz" because 14 is a multiple of 7
+    (twice 7)&mdash;the next player would then say "15" the next
+    "16," and the next would, of course, say "Buzz" because the
+    figure 7 occurs in the number 17. If one of the players forgets
+    to say "Buzz" at the proper time, he is out. The game then
+    starts over again with the remaining players, and so it
+    continues until there is but one person remaining. If great
+    care is taken the numbers can be counted up to 70,
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page17"
+       id="page17"></a>[pg 17]</span> which, according to the rules
+       before mentioned, would, of course, be called Buzz. The
+       numbers would then be carried on as Buzz 1, Buzz 2, etc., up
+       to 79, but it is very seldom that this stage is reached.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"I Apprenticed My Son."</h3>
+
+    <p>The best way of describing this game is to give an
+    illustration of how it is played. The first player thinks of
+    "Artichoke," and commences: "I apprenticed my son to a
+    greengrocer, and the first thing he sold was an A."</p>
+
+    <p>Second player: "Apple?" "No."</p>
+
+    <p>Third player: "Almonds?" "No."</p>
+
+    <p>Fourth player: "Asparagus?" "No."</p>
+
+    <p>Fifth player: "Artichoke?" "Yes."</p>
+
+    <p>The last player, having guessed correctly, may now
+    apprentice his son. No player is allowed more than one
+    guess.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cat and Mouse</h3>
+
+    <p>The children sit in two rows opposite each other with a
+    space between. One child takes the place of "cat," being
+    blindfolded, and one takes the place of "mouse," and is also
+    blindfolded, the cat standing at one end of the row and the
+    mouse at the opposite end. They start in opposite directions,
+    guiding themselves by the chairs, the cat trying to catch the
+    mouse. When the mouse is caught it is made the cat, and one of
+    the company takes the place of the mouse.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Sea King</h3>
+
+    <p>This game can be played by any number of children. They
+    proceed by first choosing one of the party to act as the Sea
+    King, whose duty it is to stand in the center of a ring, formed
+    by the players seating themselves round him. The circle should
+    be as large as possible. <span class="pagenum"><a name="page18"
+       id="page18"></a>[pg 18]</span> Each of the players having
+       chosen the name of a fish, the King runs round the ring,
+       calling them by the names which they have selected.</p>
+
+    <p>Each one, on hearing his name called, rises at once, and
+    follows the King, who, when all his subjects have left their
+    seats, calls out, "The sea is troubled," and seats himself
+    suddenly. His example is immediately followed by his subjects.
+    The one who fails to obtain a seat has then to take the place
+    of King, and the game is continued.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Buff Says "Baff"</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a game in which no one is allowed to smile or laugh.
+    All the players, except one, sit in a row or half circle; one
+    goes out of the room and returns with a stick or poker in his
+    hand, and a very grave and solemn face. He is supposed to have
+    just returned from a visit to Buff. The first player asks him:
+    "Where do you come from?" "From Buff." The next asks: "Did he
+    say anything to you?" To which the reply is:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Buff said 'Baff,'</p>
+
+            <p>And gave me this staff,</p>
+
+            <p>Telling me neither to smile nor to laugh.</p>
+
+            <p>Buff says 'Baff,' to all his men,</p>
+
+            <p>And I say 'Baff' to you again.</p>
+
+            <p>And he neither laughs nor smiles,</p>
+
+            <p>In spite of all your cunning wiles,</p>
+
+            <p>But carries his face with a very good grace,</p>
+
+            <p>And passes his staff to the very next place."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>If he can repeat all this without laughing, he delivers up
+    his staff to some one else, and takes his seat; but if he
+    laughs, or even smiles, he pays a forfeit before giving it
+    up.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Blind Man's Buff</h3>
+
+    <p>In the olden times this game was known by the name of
+    "Hood-man Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to
+    be "blind <span class="pagenum"><a name="page19"
+       id="page19"></a>[pg 19]</span> man" had a hood placed over
+       his head, which was fastened at the back of the neck.</p>
+
+    <p>In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff,"
+    and very popular it is among young folk.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/19.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/19.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Before beginning to play, the middle of the room should be
+    cleared, the chairs placed against the wall, and all toys and
+    footstools put out of the way. The child having been selected
+    who is to be "Blind Man" or "Buff," is blindfolded. He is then
+    asked the question, "How many horses has your father got?" The
+    answer is "Three," and to the question: "What color are they?"
+    he replies: "Black, white, and gray." All the players then cry:
+    "Turn round three times and catch whom you may." Buff
+    accordingly spins round and then the fun commences. He tries to
+    catch the players, while they in their turn do their utmost to
+    escape "Buff," all the time making little sounds to
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page20"
+       id="page20"></a>[pg 20]</span> attract him. This goes on
+       until one of the players is caught, when Buff, without
+       having the bandage removed from his eyes, has to guess the
+       name of the person he has secured. If the guess is a correct
+       one, the player who has been caught takes the part of
+       "Buff," and the former "Buff" joins the ranks of the
+       players.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Puss in the Corner</h3>
+
+    <p>This game is really for five players only, but, by a little
+    arrangement, six or seven children can take part in the
+    fun.</p>
+
+    <p>Four players take their places in the different corners of
+    the room, while the fifth stands in the middle. If a greater
+    number of children wish to play, other parts of the room must
+    be named "corners," so that there is a corner for every
+    one.</p>
+
+    <p>The fun consists in the players trying to change places
+    without being caught; but they are bound to call "Puss, puss,"
+    first, and to beckon to the one they wish to change with.
+    Directly they leave their corners, the player in the center
+    tries to get into one of them.</p>
+
+    <p>When the center player succeeds in getting into a corner,
+    the one who has been displaced has to take his place in the
+    middle of the room.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Postman</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game all the players, except two, seat themselves
+    in a circle. One of the two left out is blindfolded and is
+    called the "Postman," the other is called the
+    "Postmaster-General." Each of the players seated in the circle
+    chooses the name of a town, which the "Post-master-General"
+    writes down on a slip of paper, so that he may not forget it.
+    He then calls out the names of two towns, thus: "The post from
+    Aberdeen to Calcutta." At once, the players who have taken
+    those names must change places, and while doing so the
+    "Postman" must try to catch one of them. If he succeeds in
+    doing so he takes his place in the circle, having chosen a town
+    for his name, and the one caught becomes "Postman" in place of
+    him. Sometimes "General post" is called, when all have to
+    change places, and the "Postman" is then almost sure to gain a
+    seat.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page21"
+       id="page21"></a>[pg 21]</span>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Dwarf</h3>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/21.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/21.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>This is a most amusing game if well carried out. The two
+    performers must be hidden behind two curtains in front of which
+    a table has been placed.</p>
+
+    <p>One of the performers slips his hands into a child's socks
+    and little shoes. He must then disguise his face, by putting on
+    a false mustache, painting his eyebrows, sticking pieces of
+    black court plaster over one or two of his teeth, which will
+    make it appear as though he has lost several teeth. This, with
+    a turban on his head, will prove a very fair disguise. The
+    second performer must now stand behind the first and pass his
+    arms round him, so that the second performer's hands may appear
+    like the hands of the dwarf, while the first performer's hands
+    make his feet. The figure must, of course, be carefully
+    dressed, and the body of the second performer hidden behind the
+    curtains.</p>
+
+    <p>The front player now puts his slippered hands upon the table
+    and begins to keep time, while the other performer follows suit
+    with his hands.</p>
+
+    <p>The dwarf can be used either to tell fortunes, make jokes,
+    or ask riddles, and if the performers act their parts well, the
+    guests will laugh very heartily.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>How, When, and Where</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the company goes out of the room, while the others
+    choose a word to be guessed, one with two or three different
+    meanings being the
+    best.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page22"
+       id="page22"></a>[pg 22]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/22.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/22.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>We will suppose that the word "Spring" has been thought of.
+    When the person who is outside the room is recalled, he (or
+    she) asks each one in succession: "How do you like it?" The
+    answers may be "Dry" (meaning the season), "Cold and clear" (a
+    spring of water), "Strong" (a watch-spring), and "High" (a
+    jump). The next question is: "When do you like it?" The answers
+    may be: "When I am in the country," "When I am thirsty," "When
+    my watch is broken."</p>
+
+    <p>The next question is: "Where do you like it?" and the
+    answers may be: "Anywhere and everywhere," "In hot weather,"
+    "In the clock." The game is to try and guess the word after any
+    of the answers, and if right, the player last questioned takes
+    the place of the one who is guessing; if wrong, the questioner
+    must try again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Old Soldier</h3>
+
+    <p>Old Soldier is a game for young children, and though it
+    seems very simple, yet there is a good deal of fun in it. One
+    of the children pretends to be an old soldier, and goes round
+    begging of each of the other players in turn, saying that he is
+    "poor, and old, and hungry,"
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page23"
+       id="page23"></a>[pg 23]</span> and asking what they will do
+       for him or give him. In answering the Old Soldier, no one
+       must say the words: "Yes," "No," "Black," or "White," and he
+       must be answered at once without hesitation. Any one who
+       does not reply at once, or who uses any of the forbidden
+       words, must pay a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:90%;">
+        <a href="images/23.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/23.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page24"
+       id="page24"></a>[pg 24]</span>
+
+    <h3>Bob Major</h3>
+
+    <p>Two of the players sit down, and a cloth, large enough to
+    prevent their seeing anything, is put over their heads. Then
+    two other persons tap them on the head with long rolls of
+    paper, which they have in their hands, and ask, in feigned
+    voices, "Who bobs you?" If either of those who have been tapped
+    answers correctly, he changes places with the one who has
+    tapped him.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dumb Crambo</h3>
+
+    <p>Divide the company into two equal parts, one-half leaving
+    the room; the remaining players should then select a word,
+    which will have to be guessed by those outside the door. When
+    the word has been chosen&mdash;say, for instance, the word
+    "will"&mdash;the party outside the room are told that the word
+    they are to guess rhymes with "till." A consultation then takes
+    place, and they may think that the word is "ill." The company
+    then enter and begin to act the word "ill," but without
+    speaking a word. The audience, when they recognize the word
+    that is being performed, will immediately hiss, and the actors
+    then retire and think of another word.</p>
+
+    <p>Thus the game goes on until the right word is hit upon, when
+    the company who have remained in the room, clap their hands.
+    The audience then change places with the actors.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Trades</h3>
+
+    <p>Each player must choose a trade and pretend to be working at
+    it. For instance, if he is a tailor, he must pretend to sew or
+    iron; if a blacksmith, to hammer, and so on. One is the king,
+    and he, too, chooses a trade. Every one works away as hard as
+    he can until the king suddenly gives up his trade, and takes up
+    that of some one else. Then all must stop, except the one whose
+    business the king has taken, and he must start with the king's
+    work. The two go on until the king chooses to go back to his
+    own trade, when all begin working
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page25"
+       id="page25"></a>[pg 25]</span> again. Any one who fails
+       either to cease working or to begin again at the right time,
+       must pay a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <p>A somewhat more elaborate and livelier game of Trades is
+    played by each boy in the party choosing a trade which he is
+    supposed to be carrying on. The leader must invent a story,
+    and, standing in the middle, must tell it to the company. He
+    must manage to bring in a number of names of trades or
+    businesses; and whenever a trade is mentioned, the person who
+    represents it must instantly name some article sold in the
+    shop.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/25.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/25.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h3>The Schoolmaster</h3>
+
+    <p>This is always a favorite game. One of the players is chosen
+    schoolmaster, and the others, ranged in order in front of him,
+    form the class. The master may then examine the class in any
+    branch of learning. Suppose him to choose Geography, he must
+    begin with the pupil at the head of the class, and ask for the
+    name of a country or town beginning with A. If the pupil does
+    not reply correctly before the master has counted ten, he asks
+    the next pupil, who, if he answers
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page26"
+       id="page26"></a>[pg 26]</span> rightly&mdash;say, for
+       instance, "America," or "Amsterdam," in time, goes to the
+       top of the class. The schoolmaster may go on in this way
+       through the alphabet either regularly or at random, as he
+       likes. Any subject&mdash;names of kings, queens, poets,
+       soldiers, etc.&mdash;may be chosen. The questions and
+       answers must follow as quickly as possible. Whoever fails to
+       answer in time, pays a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Rule of Contrary</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a simple game for little children. It is played
+    either with a pocket-handkerchief, or, if more than four want
+    to play, with a table-cloth or small sheet. Each person takes
+    hold of the cloth; the leader of the game holds it with the
+    left hand, while with the right he makes pretense of writing on
+    the cloth while he says: "Here we go round by the rule of
+    contrary. When I say 'Hold fast,' let go; and when I say 'Let
+    go,' hold fast." The leader then calls out one or other of the
+    commands, and the rest must do the opposite, of what he says.
+    Any one who fails must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Simon Says</h3>
+
+    <p>Seat yourselves in a circle and choose one of the company to
+    be the leader, or Simon. His duty is to order all sorts of
+    different things to be done, the funnier the better, which must
+    be obeyed only when the order begins with "Simon says." As, for
+    instance, "Simon says: 'Thumbs up!'" which, of course, all
+    obey; then perhaps comes: "Thumbs down!" which should not be
+    obeyed, because the order did not commence with "Simon
+    says."</p>
+
+    <p>Each time this rule is forgotten a forfeit must be paid.
+    "Hands over eyes," "Stamp the right foot," "Pull the left ear,"
+    etc., are the kind of orders to be given.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Bird-Catcher</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game you must first decide which one of you is
+    to be the Bird-catcher; the other players then each choose the
+    name of a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page27"
+       id="page27"></a>[pg 27]</span> bird, but no one must choose
+       the owl, as it is forbidden. All the players then sit in a
+       circle with their hands on their knees, except the
+       Bird-catcher, who stands in the center, and tells a tale
+       about birds, taking care to specially mention the ones he
+       knows to have been chosen by the company. As each bird's
+       name is called, the owner must imitate its note as well as
+       he can, but when the owl is named, all hands must be put
+       behind the chairs, and remain there until the next bird's
+       name is mentioned. When the Bird-catcher cries "All the
+       birds," the players must together give their various
+       imitations of birds. Should any player fail to give the cry
+       when his bird is named, or forget to put his hands behind
+       his chair, he has to change places with Bird-catcher.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>French Roll</h3>
+
+    <p>A good many children may play at this game. One player is
+    called the buyer, the rest form a line in front of him and take
+    hold of each other. The first in this line is called the baker,
+    the last the French roll. Those between are supposed to be the
+    oven. When they are all in place the buyer says to the baker,
+    "Give me my French roll." The baker replies, "It is at the back
+    of the oven." The buyer goes to fetch it, when the French roll
+    begins running from the back of the oven, and comes up to the
+    baker, calling all the while, "Who runs? Who runs?" The buyer
+    may run after him, but if the French roll gets first to the top
+    of the line, he becomes baker, and the last in the line is
+    French roll. If, however, the buyer catches the French roll,
+    the French roll becomes buyer, and the buyer takes the place of
+    the baker.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Garden Gate</h3>
+
+    <p>The Garden Gate is a very pretty game. A ring is formed of
+    all the players except one, who stands in the middle. The
+    others dance round her three times, and when they stop she
+    begins to sing:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Open wide the garden gate, the garden gate, the
+            garden gate,</p>
+
+            <p>Open wide the garden gate and let me through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The circle then dances round her again,
+    singing:</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page28"
+       id="page28"></a>[pg 28]</span>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Get the key of the garden gate, the garden gate,
+            the garden gate,</p>
+
+            <p>Get the key of the garden gate and open and let
+            yourself through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The girl inside the circle, pretending to sob, replies:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I've lost the key of the garden gate, the garden
+            gate, the garden gate,</p>
+
+            <p>I've lost the key of the garden gate, and cannot let
+            myself through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>But the dancers dance round and round her, singing:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Then you may stop all night within the gate, within
+            the gate, within the gate,</p>
+
+            <p>You may stop all night within the gate, unless you
+            have strength to break through."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The captive then rushes to the weakest part of the ring, and
+    tries to break through by throwing her whole weight upon the
+    clasped hands of the children, and generally contrives to break
+    through, the one whose hand gives way being made captive in her
+    stead.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>CHARADES</h2>
+
+    <p>A back drawing-room with folding doors makes a very nice
+    theater for acting charades. Almost anything may be used for
+    dressing up&mdash;shawls, anti-macassars, table-cloths,
+    handkerchiefs, cast-off dresses, or a dressing-gown. The latter
+    is a very useful garment in representing an old gentleman,
+    while tow or white fire shavings make excellent wigs.</p>
+
+    <p>The great thing in a charade is to try and puzzle your
+    audience as much as you can. You must choose a word of two or
+    more syllables, such as "Bagpipe." First you must act the word
+    "Bag," and be sure that the word is mentioned, though you must
+    be careful to bring it in in such a way that the audience shall
+    not guess it is the word you are acting.</p>
+
+    <p>Next comes the word "Pipe," and this must be brought in in
+    the same manner. When you have acted the two syllables, you
+    must act the whole: "Bagpipe."</p>
+
+    <p>Before beginning the charade, you should arrange who is to
+    bring <span class="pagenum"><a name="page29"
+       id="page29"></a>[pg 29]</span> in the charade word or
+       syllable. You must also settle what you are going to say, or
+       at least, what the act is to be about. Let every scene be
+       well thought out and be as short as possible. You must be as
+       quick as ever you can between the acts, for all the fun will
+       be spoiled if you keep your audience waiting. If you have no
+       curtain or screen, the actors must simply walk off the stage
+       at the end of the scenes.</p>
+
+    <p>To act charades well, one requires a little practice and
+    plenty of good temper, for, of course, only one or two can take
+    principal parts, and therefore some of the children must be
+    content to take the smaller ones. It is a good plan to take it
+    in turns to play the best parts, and if the elder children are
+    kind and thoughtful, they will try to make some easy little
+    parts, so that their younger brothers and sisters may also join
+    in the fun. Here we give you a very simple charade, the words
+    of which you may learn, and then act, after which you will very
+    likely be able to make up charades for yourselves.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The "Band-Box" Charade</h3>
+
+    <h4>Scene 1: A Street</h4>
+
+    <p>This can be made by placing a row of chairs with open backs
+    near the wall facing the audience; a child is stationed behind
+    each chair, and, looking through the open back, pretends to be
+    looking out of a window.</p>
+
+    <h4>BAND</h4>
+
+    <p>First Child behind chair.&mdash;Oh! dear, how dull our
+    street always is. I declare nothing nice ever comes this
+    way.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;No, I quite agree with you. Why, I
+    haven't seen a "Punch and Judy" for months. I wish my mother
+    would go and live in another street.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;Never mind, let us go out and have a
+    game.</p>
+
+    <p>(Enter five or six children&mdash;or a lesser number, if
+    more convenient&mdash;carrying toy musical instruments.)</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;Hurrah! Here comes a German band. Come
+    along, children; let's go and listen to
+    it.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page30"
+       id="page30"></a>[pg 30]</span>
+
+    <p>(The band groups itself at the end of the street, and the
+    children stand round. After tuning up, the band begins to
+    play.)</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;Now, Mary Jane, we can dance. I'll dance
+    with you.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;No, I want to dance with Mary Jane.</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;I don't want to dance at all.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;You must.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;Yes, you must.</p>
+
+    <p>(Band ceases playing and one of the bandsmen comes round for
+    money.)</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;I haven't any money.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;But we haven't begun to dance yet.</p>
+
+    <p>Bandsman.&mdash;You shouldn't have been so long arguing
+    then. Surely you'll give the band a nickel, after all the
+    pretty music it has played?</p>
+
+    <p>First Child.&mdash;I won't.</p>
+
+    <p>Second Child.&mdash;I won't.</p>
+
+    <p>Third Child.&mdash;And I won't.</p>
+
+    <p>Bandsman.&mdash;Well, you are mean. Come along. (Beckoning
+    to the rest of the band.) We'll go, and it will be a long time
+    before we come down this street again.</p>
+
+    <center>
+        (Curtain falls.)
+    </center>
+
+    <h4>BOX</h4>
+
+    <h4>Scene 2: A Room</h4>
+
+    <p>Tommy (hopping about the room, waving a letter in his
+    hand.)&mdash;Hurrah! hurrah! Uncle Dick is coming. Hurrah!
+    hurrah!</p>
+
+    <p>(Enter Tommy's brother and sister and papa and mamma.)</p>
+
+    <p>Papa.&mdash;What's the matter, Tommy?</p>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Uncle Dick has written to say he is coming to
+    spend Christmas with us, and he is bringing me a Christmas
+    box.</p>
+
+    <p>Mamma.&mdash;How kind of him! But be sure you are careful
+    not to offend him, Tommy. He is rather a touchy old
+    gentleman.</p>
+
+    <p>Sister.&mdash;I wonder what it will be, Tommy.</p>
+
+    <p>Brother.&mdash;I hope it will be a set of cricket things,
+    and then we can play cricket in the
+    summer.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page31"
+       id="page31"></a>[pg 31]</span>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Oh! yes, I hope it will be, but whatever it is,
+    it is sure to be something nice.</p>
+
+    <p>(Begins hopping about again. Enter Uncle Dick, a very old
+    gentleman with a gouty foot. Tommy does not see him and goes
+    banging into him, treading on his gouty foot.)</p>
+
+    <p>Uncle Dick.&mdash;Oh! oh! oh! oh, my toe!</p>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Oh! Never mind your toe! Where's my Christmas
+    box?</p>
+
+    <p>Uncle Dick.&mdash;Your Christmas box, you young scamp! Think
+    of my toe.</p>
+
+    <p>Tommy.&mdash;Please, uncle, I'm very sorry, but I do so want
+    to know what you have brought me for a Christmas box.</p>
+
+    <p>Uncle Dick (roaring).&mdash;Here's your Christmas box, and
+    may it teach you to be more careful in future. (Boxes Tommy's
+    ears.)</p>
+
+    <center>
+        (Curtain falls.)
+    </center>
+
+    <p>Here is a list of words which will divide easily into
+    charade words:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Brides-maids. Sea-side. Car-pen-try.</p>
+
+            <p>Cur-tail. Nose-gay. In-do-lent.</p>
+
+            <p>Hand-i(I)-craft. Turn-key. Hand-some.</p>
+
+            <p>Key-hole. Rail-way. Sweet-heart.</p>
+
+            <p>Port-man-teau(toe). Mad-cap. A-bun-dance.</p>
+
+            <p>In-no-cent. Fox-glove. Pat-riot.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>To make your charades a real success, you will, of course,
+    require a curtain. A very effective one can be made with a
+    little trouble and at a small cost; indeed, the materials may
+    be already in the house.</p>
+
+    <p>First you must fix a couple of supports on each side of the
+    room, taking care that they are screwed firmly into the wall,
+    and also taking care not to damage the paper.</p>
+
+    <p>If you are a neat workman, you will find on taking out the
+    screws that the two small screw-holes on each side will
+    scarcely be noticed, as of course the supports must be fixed
+    near the ceiling.</p>
+
+    <p>You must then put up your curtain-pole, which should be as
+    thin as possible, so that the rings may run easily. A cheap
+    bamboo pole is the
+    best.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page32"
+       id="page32"></a>[pg 32]</span>
+
+    <p>Two wide, deep curtains are required; very likely the
+    nursery curtains may be suitable.</p>
+
+    <p>On to these curtains you sew a number of small brass rings,
+    which you can buy for about 20 cents a dozen, or even less. The
+    rings should be sewn on the curtains, as you see in the
+    illustration, right across the top, and from the extreme top
+    corner of the curtain, slantingwise across to the middle.</p>
+
+    <p>The top rings are passed along the curtain-pole, a string
+    (marked in the illustration A1) is sewn on to the curtain, and
+    threaded through the rings until it reaches A2. It is then
+    threaded through the rings on the pole until it reaches A3,
+    when it is allowed to fall loose.</p>
+
+    <p>The same arrangement is gone through with string B. The
+    bottom of the curtain must be weighted with shot, or any other
+    weights that may be convenient.</p>
+
+    <p>When the curtain is to be raised, the stage manager and his
+    assistant stand on each side of the stage with the strings
+    ready in their hands, and at a given signal&mdash;the ringing
+    of a bell is the usual sign that all is ready&mdash;they each
+    pull a string, and the curtains glide to each side, and may be
+    fixed to hooks, put up on purpose.</p>
+
+    <p>When the curtain is to fall, the two in charge of it must
+    simply loosen the strings and let them go, and the weights
+    cause the curtains to fall to the center.</p>
+
+    <p>All sorts of useful and ornamental "properties" may be made
+    at home for a very small cost. Cardboard, and gold and silver
+    paper, and glue go a long way toward making a good show.</p>
+
+    <p>Swords, crowns, belts, gold-spangled and gold-bordered robes
+    can be made from these useful materials, and look first-rate at
+    a distance.</p>
+
+    <p>An old black dress with little gold stars glued or gummed to
+    the material would make an excellent dress for a queen. The
+    swords or belts must first be cut out in cardboard, then
+    covered with gold or silver paper.</p>
+
+    <p>To make a good wig, you should shape a piece of calico to
+    fit the head; then sew fire shavings or tow all over it. If you
+    wish for a curly wig, it is a good plan to wind the shavings or
+    tow tightly round a ruler, and tack it along with a back
+    stitch, which will hold the curl in position after you have
+    slipped it off the ruler.
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page33"
+       id="page33"></a>[pg 33]</span> These few hints will give you
+       some idea of the very many different costumes which can be
+       made by children out of the simplest materials.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/33-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/33-1.png"
+             alt="THE CURTAIN CLOSED" /></a>THE CURTAIN CLOSED
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/33-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/33-2.png"
+             alt="THE CURTAIN OPENED" /></a>THE CURTAIN OPENED
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page34"
+       id="page34"></a>[pg 34]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Game of Cat</h3>
+
+    <p>The person who is to play the part of Cat should stand
+    outside the door of the room where the company is assembled.
+    The boys and girls, in turn, come to the other side of the door
+    and call out "miaou." If the Cat outside recognizes a friend by
+    the cry, and calls out her name correctly in return, he is
+    allowed to enter the room and embrace her, and the latter then
+    takes the place of Cat. If, on the contrary, the Cat cannot
+    recognize the voice, he is hissed, and remains outside until he
+    does.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:90%;">
+        <a href="images/34.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/34.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Living Pictures</h3>
+
+    <p>Living pictures are very amusing if well carried out, and
+    even with little preparation may be made very pretty or very
+    comical, whichever may be desired. It is perhaps better to
+    attempt comical ones if you have not much time in which to
+    arrange them, as the costumes are generally easier to manage,
+    and if you are obliged to use garments not quite in keeping
+    with the characters, it does not
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page35"
+       id="page35"></a>[pg 35]</span> matter much; indeed, it will
+       probably only make the audience laugh a little more.</p>
+
+    <p>The great thing in living pictures is to remain perfectly
+    still during the performance. You should select several
+    well-known scenes either from history or fiction, and then
+    arrange the actors to represent the scenes as nearly as
+    possible.</p>
+
+    <p>Simple home living pictures are a great source of fun, and
+    many a wet afternoon will pass like magic while arranging
+    scenes and making dresses to wear. Newspaper masks, newspaper
+    cocked hats, old shawls, dressing-gowns, and sticks are quite
+    sufficient for home charades.</p>
+
+    <p>Suppose, for instance, you think of "Cinderella" for one
+    tableau. One girl could be standing decked out with colored
+    tissue paper over her frock, and with paper flowers in her
+    hair, to represent one of the proud sisters, while Cinderella
+    in a torn frock is arranging the other proud sister's train,
+    which may consist of an old shawl. Bouquets of paper flowers
+    should be in the sister's hands.</p>
+
+    <p>"Little Red Riding Hood" is another favorite subject for a
+    living picture. The wolf may be represented by a boy on his
+    hands and knees, with a fur rug thrown over him. Red Riding
+    Hood only requires a scarlet shawl, arranged as a hood and
+    cloak, over her ordinary frock and pinafore, and she should
+    carry a bunch of flowers and a basket.</p>
+
+    <p>All living pictures look better if you can have a frame for
+    them. It is not very difficult to make one, especially if you
+    have four large card-board dress-boxes.</p>
+
+    <p>Having carefully cut out the bottoms of the boxes, place the
+    frames as here shown:</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/35.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/35.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page36"
+       id="page36"></a>[pg 36]</span>
+
+    <p>Cut out the center framework, leaving a large square,
+    so:</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/36.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/36.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>You must then fasten the four pieces together by gluing
+    cardboard on each side of the joints, and you will have a very
+    good frame, which you can cover with colored paper or ornament
+    with muslin.</p>
+
+    <p>This frame will last a very long time if carefully treated.
+    It should stand upright by itself; but if it is a little
+    unsteady, it is better to hold it upright from the sides. Of
+    course, this will only make a very small frame, but you can
+    increase the size by using more boxes.</p>
+
+    <p>If you have no time to make a frame, arrange your figures
+    close to a door, outside the room in which the audience is
+    seated.</p>
+
+    <p>When quite ready, some one must open the door, when the
+    doorway will make a kind of frame to the living picture.</p>
+
+    <p>It is always well to have a curtain if you can; a sheet
+    makes an excellent one. Two children standing upon chairs hold
+    it up on each side, and at a given signal drop it upon the
+    floor, so that, instead of the curtain rising, it drops. When
+    it has been dropped, the two little people should take the
+    sheet corners in their hands again, so that they have only to
+    jump upon the chairs when it is time to hide the picture.</p>
+
+    <p>Of course, these instructions are only for living pictures
+    on a very small scale; much grander arrangements will be needed
+    if the performance is to take place before any but a "home
+    audience."</p>
+
+    <p>As I told you before, comic living pictures are the easiest
+    to perform on account of the dresses being easier to make, but
+    there are other living pictures which are easier still, and
+    which will cause a great deal of fun and merriment. They are
+    really catches, and are so simple that even very little
+    children can manage them.</p>
+
+    <p>You can arrange a program, and make half a dozen copies to
+    hand round to the
+    audience.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page37"
+       id="page37"></a>[pg 37]</span>
+
+    <p>The first living picture on the list is "The Fall of Greece"
+    and sounds very grand, indeed; but when the curtain rises (or
+    rather, if it is the sheet curtain, drops), the audience see a
+    lighted candle set rather crookedly in a candlestick and fanned
+    from the background so as to cause the grease to fall.</p>
+
+    <p>Here are some other similar comic tableaux which you can
+    easily place before an audience:</p>
+
+    <p>"Meet of the Hounds."&mdash;A pile of dog biscuits.</p>
+
+    <p>"View of the Black Sea."&mdash;A large capital C blackened
+    with ink.</p>
+
+    <p>"The Charge of the Light Brigade."&mdash;Half a dozen boxes
+    of matches labeled: "10 cents the lot."</p>
+
+    <p>These are only a few of the many comic living pictures you
+    can perform; but, no doubt, you will be able to think of others
+    for yourselves.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Acting Proverbs</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:18%;">
+        <a href="images/37.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/37.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The best way to play this game is for the players to divide
+    themselves into two groups, namely, actors and audience. Each
+    one of the actors should then fix upon a proverb, which he will
+    act, in turn, before the audience. As, for instance, supposing
+    one of the players to have chosen the proverb, "A bad workman
+    quarrels with his tools," he should go into the room where the
+    audience is seated, carrying with him a bag in which there is a
+    saw, a hammer, or any other implement or tool used by a
+    workman; he should then look round and find a chair, or some
+    other article, which he should pretend requires repairing; he
+    should then act the workman, by taking off his coat, rolling up
+    his sleeves, and commencing work, often dropping his tools, and
+    grumbling about them the whole of the time.</p>
+
+    <p>If this game be acted well, it may be made very
+    entertaining. Sometimes the audience are made to pay a forfeit
+    each time they fail to guess the proverb.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page38"
+       id="page38"></a>[pg 38]</span>
+
+    <h3>Shouting Proverbs</h3>
+
+    <p>This is rather a noisy game. One of the company goes outside
+    the door, and during his absence a proverb is chosen and a word
+    of it is given to each member of the company. When the player
+    who is outside re-enters the room, one of the company counts
+    "One, two, three," then all the company simultaneously shout
+    out the word that has been given to him or her of the proverb
+    that has been chosen.</p>
+
+    <p>If there are more players present than there are words in
+    the proverb, two or three of them must have the same word. The
+    effect of all the company shouting out together is very funny.
+    All that is necessary is for the guesser to have a sharp ear;
+    then he is pretty sure to catch a word here and there that will
+    give him the key to the proverb.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Proverbs</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very interesting game, and can be played by a
+    large number at the same time. Supposing there are twelve
+    persons present, one is sent out of the room, while the others
+    choose a proverb. When this is done, the "guesser" is allowed
+    to come in, and he asks each person a question separately. In
+    the answer, no matter what question is asked, one word of the
+    proverb must be given. For illustration we will take "A bird in
+    the hand is worth two in the bush."</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>1. John must use the word "A" in his answer.</p>
+
+            <p>2. Gladys must use the word "bird" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>3. Nellie must use the word "in" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>4. Tommy must use the word "the" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>5. Estelle must use the word "hand" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>6. Ivy must use the word "is" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>7. Wilfrid must use the word "worth" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>8. Lionel must use the word "two" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>9. Vera must use the word "in" in hers.</p>
+
+            <p>10. Bertie must use the word "the" in his.</p>
+
+            <p>11. Harold must use the word "bush" in his.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The fun becomes greater if the answers are given quickly and
+    without allowing the special word to be noticed. It often
+    happens that <span class="pagenum"><a name="page39"
+       id="page39"></a>[pg 39]</span> the "guesser" has to try his
+       powers over several times before succeeding. The one who by
+       giving a bad answer gives the clue, in turn becomes guesser,
+       and is then obliged to go out of the room while another
+       proverb is chosen.</p>
+
+    <p>Here is a list of proverbs:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>A bad workman quarrels with his tools.</p>
+
+            <p>A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.</p>
+
+            <p>A cat may look at a king.</p>
+
+            <p>Aching teeth are ill tenants.</p>
+
+            <p>A creaking door hangs long on the hinges.</p>
+
+            <p>A drowning man will catch at a straw.</p>
+
+            <p>After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a
+            mile.</p>
+
+            <p>A friend in need is a friend indeed.</p>
+
+            <p>A good servant makes a good master.</p>
+
+            <p>A good word is as soon said as an evil one.</p>
+
+            <p>A little leak will sink a great ship.</p>
+
+            <p>All are not friends that speak us fair.</p>
+
+            <p>All are not hunters that blow the horn.</p>
+
+            <p>All is fish that comes to the net.</p>
+
+            <p>All is not gold that glitters.</p>
+
+            <p>All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.</p>
+
+            <p>A pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at
+            last.</p>
+
+            <p>A rolling stone gathers no moss.</p>
+
+            <p>A small spark makes a great fire.</p>
+
+            <p>A stitch in time saves nine.</p>
+
+            <p>As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.</p>
+
+            <p>As you sow, so you shall reap.</p>
+
+            <p>A tree is known by its fruit.</p>
+
+            <p>A willful man will have his way.</p>
+
+            <p>A willing mind makes a light foot.</p>
+
+            <p>A word before is worth two behind.</p>
+
+            <p>A burden which one chooses is not felt.</p>
+
+            <p>Beggars have no right to be choosers.</p>
+
+            <p>Be slow to promise and quick to perform.</p>
+
+            <p>Better late than never.</p>
+
+            <p>Better to bend than to break.</p>
+
+            <p>Birds of a feather flock together.</p>
+
+            <p>Care killed a cat.</p>
+
+            <p>Catch the bear before you sell his skin.</p>
+
+            <p>Charity begins at home, but does not end there.</p>
+
+            <p>Cut your coat according to your cloth.</p>
+
+            <p>Do as you would be done by.</p>
+
+            <p>Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.</p>
+
+            <p>Do not spur a willing
+            horse.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page40"
+               id="page40"></a>[pg 40]</span>
+
+            <p>Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
+            wealthy, and wise.</p>
+
+            <p>Empty vessels make the greatest sound.</p>
+
+            <p>Enough is as good as a feast.</p>
+
+            <p>Faint heart never won fair lady.</p>
+
+            <p>Fine feathers make fine birds.</p>
+
+            <p>Fine words butter no parsnips.</p>
+
+            <p>Fire and water are good servants, but bad
+            masters.</p>
+
+            <p>Grasp all, lose all.</p>
+
+            <p>Half a loaf is better than no bread.</p>
+
+            <p>Handsome is as handsome does.</p>
+
+            <p>Happy is the wooing that is not long in doing.</p>
+
+            <p>He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.</p>
+
+            <p>Hiders are good finders.</p>
+
+            <p>Home is home though it be ever so homely.</p>
+
+            <p>Honesty is the best policy.</p>
+
+            <p>If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.</p>
+
+            <p>It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.</p>
+
+            <p>It is never too late to learn.</p>
+
+            <p>It is not the cowl that makes the friar.</p>
+
+            <p>It is a long lane that has no turning.</p>
+
+            <p>It's a good horse that never stumbles.</p>
+
+            <p>It's a sad heart that never rejoices.</p>
+
+            <p>Ill weeds grow apace.</p>
+
+            <p>Keep a thing for seven years, and you will find a
+            use for it.</p>
+
+            <p>Kill two birds with one stone.</p>
+
+            <p>Lazy folk take the most pains.</p>
+
+            <p>Let sleeping dogs lie.</p>
+
+            <p>Let them laugh that win.</p>
+
+            <p>Make hay while the sun shines.</p>
+
+            <p>Many a true word is spoken in jest.</p>
+
+            <p>Many hands make light work.</p>
+
+            <p>Marry in haste, repent at leisure.</p>
+
+            <p>Never look a gift horse in the mouth.</p>
+
+            <p>Necessity is the mother of invention.</p>
+
+            <p>Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.</p>
+
+            <p>Old friends and old wine are best.</p>
+
+            <p>One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a
+            winter.</p>
+
+            <p>People who live in glass houses should never throw
+            stones.</p>
+
+            <p>Possession is nine points of the law.</p>
+
+            <p>Procrastination is the thief of time.</p>
+
+            <p>Short reckonings make long friends.</p>
+
+            <p>Safe bind, safe find.</p>
+
+            <p>Strike while the iron is hot.</p>
+
+            <p>Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take
+            care of themselves.</p>
+
+            <p>The more the merrier, the fewer the better
+            cheer.</p>
+
+            <p>The darkest hour is just before the
+            daylight.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page41"
+               id="page41"></a>[pg 41]</span>
+
+            <p>The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.</p>
+
+            <p>There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.</p>
+
+            <p>There's a silver lining to every cloud.</p>
+
+            <p>Those who play with edge tools must expect to be
+            cut.</p>
+
+            <p>Time and tide wait for no man.</p>
+
+            <p>Too many cooks spoil the broth.</p>
+
+            <p>Union is strength.</p>
+
+            <p>Waste not, want not.</p>
+
+            <p>What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.</p>
+
+            <p>When rogues fall out honest men get their own.</p>
+
+            <p>When the cat's away, the mice play.</p>
+
+            <p>Willful waste makes woful want.</p>
+
+            <p>You cannot eat your cake and have it also.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/41.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/41.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Adventurers</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very good game and will combine both instruction
+    and amusement. The idea is that the company imagines itself to
+    be a party of travelers who are about to set out on a journey
+    to foreign countries. A good knowledge of geography is
+    required, also an idea of the manufactures and customs of the
+    foreign parts about to be visited. It would be as well, if not
+    quite certain about the location of the part, to refer to a
+    map.</p>
+
+    <p>A place for starting having been decided upon, the first
+    player sets out upon his journey. He tells the company what
+    spot he intends to visit (in imagination) and what kind of
+    conveyance he means to travel in. On arriving at his
+    destination, the player states what he wishes to buy, and to
+    whom he intends to make a present of his purchase on returning
+    home.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page42"
+       id="page42"></a>[pg 42]</span>
+
+    <p>This may seem very simple, but it is not nearly so easy as
+    it appears. The player must have some knowledge of the country
+    to which he is going, the way he will travel, and the time it
+    will take to complete the journey. To give an instance, it will
+    not do for the player to state that he is going to Greenland to
+    purchase pineapples, or to Florida to get furs; nor will it do
+    for him to make a present of a meerschaum pipe to a lady, or a
+    cashmere shawl to a gentleman.</p>
+
+    <p>More fun is added to this game if forfeits are exacted for
+    all mistakes.</p>
+
+    <p>The game continues, and the second player must make his
+    starting point from where the first leaves off. Of course, all
+    depends upon the imagination or the experience of the player;
+    if he has been a traveler or has read a good deal, his
+    descriptions should be very interesting.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Postman's Knock</h3>
+
+    <p>One player begins the game by going out of the room, and
+    then giving a double (or postman's) knock at the door; it is
+    the duty of one of the other players to stand at the door
+    inside the room to answer the knocks that are made, and to ask
+    the postman for whom he has a letter. The postman names some
+    member of the company, generally of the opposite sex; he is
+    then asked, "How many cents are to be paid?" Perhaps he will
+    say "six"; the person for whom the letter is supposed to be
+    must then pay for it with kisses, instead of cents; after which
+    he or she must take a turn as postman.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Our Old Grannie Doesn't Like Tea."</h3>
+
+    <p>All the players sit in a row, except one, who sits in front
+    of them and says to each one in turn: "Our old Grannie doesn't
+    like T; what can you give her instead?"</p>
+
+    <p>Perhaps the first player will answer, "Cocoa," and that will
+    be correct; but if the second player should say, "Chocolate,"
+    he will have to pay a forfeit, because there is a "T" in
+    chocolate. This is really a catch, as at first every one thinks
+    that "tea" is meant instead of the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page43"
+       id="page43"></a>[pg 43]</span> letter "T." Even after the
+       trick has been found out it is very easy to make a slip, as
+       the players must answer before "five" is counted; if they
+       cannot, or if they mention an article of food with the
+       letter "T" in it, they must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"I Love My Love with an A."</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game it is best for the players to arrange
+    themselves in a half circle round the room. Then one begins: "I
+    love my love with an 'A,' because she is affectionate; I hate
+    her with an 'A,' because she is artful. Her name is Alice, she
+    comes from Alabama, and I gave her an apricot." The next player
+    says: "I love my love with a 'B,' because she is bonnie; I hate
+    her with a 'B,' because she is boastful. Her name is Bertha,
+    she comes from Boston, and I gave her a book." The next player
+    takes "C," and the next "D," and so on through all the letters
+    of the alphabet.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Consequences</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the most popular games at a party is certainly
+    "Consequences;" it is a very old favorite, but has lost none of
+    its charms with age. The players sit in a circle; each person
+    is provided with a half sheet of notepaper and a pencil, and is
+    asked to write on the top&mdash;(1) one or more adjectives,
+    then to fold the paper over, so that what has been written
+    cannot be seen. Every player has to pass his or her paper on to
+    the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top
+    of the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor
+    (2) "the name of the gentleman;" after having done this, the
+    paper must again be folded and passed on as before; this time
+    must be written (3) one or more adjectives; then (4) a lady's
+    name; next (5), where they met; next (6), what he gave her;
+    next (7), what he said to her; next (8), what she said to him;
+    next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what the world said
+    about it.</p>
+
+    <p>Be careful that every time anything has been written, the
+    paper is folded down and passed on to the player on your right.
+    When every one has written what the world says, the papers are
+    collected <span class="pagenum"><a name="page44"
+       id="page44"></a>[pg 44]</span> and one of the company
+       proceeds to read out the various papers, and the result may
+       be something like this:</p>
+
+    <p>(1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr. Brown (3) met the
+    charming (4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her
+    a flower (7) and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said
+    to him: "Not for Joseph;" (9) the consequence was they danced
+    the hornpipe, and the world said (10), "Just what we
+    expected."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Earth, Air, Fire, and Water</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/44.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/44.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>To play this game seat yourselves in a circle, take a clean
+    duster or handkerchief, and tie it in a big knot, so that it
+    may easily be thrown from one player to another. One of the
+    players throws it to another, at the same time calling out
+    either of these names: Earth, Air, Fire, or Water. If "Earth"
+    is called, the player to whom the ball is thrown has to mention
+    something that lives on the earth, as lion, cat; if "Air" is
+    called, something that lives in the air; if "Water," something
+    that lives in the water; but if "Fire" is called, the player
+    must keep silence. Always remember not to put birds in the
+    water, or animals or fishes in the air; be silent when "Fire"
+    is called, and answer before ten can be counted. For breaking
+    any of these rules a forfeit must be paid.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Crambo</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the party leaves the room, and on his return he is
+    asked to find a word which has been chosen by the other players
+    in his absence; and in order to help him, another word is
+    mentioned rhyming with the word to be guessed. Questions may
+    then be asked by the guesser, and
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page45"
+       id="page45"></a>[pg 45]</span> the players must all
+       introduce, as the final word of their answer, another word
+       rhyming with the word chosen. For instance, suppose the word
+       "way" is selected. The guesser would then be told that the
+       word chosen rhymes with "say." He might then ask the first
+       one of the party: "What do you think of the weather?" and
+       the answer might be: "We have had a lovely day." The second
+       question might be: "Have you enjoyed yourself?" and the
+       answer might be: "Yes; I have had lots of play." The game
+       would proceed in this way until the guesser gave the correct
+       answer, or one of the party failed to give the proper rhyme,
+       in which case the latter would then be called upon to take
+       the place of the guesser.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Lost and Found</h3>
+
+    <p>A very similar game to "Consequences" is that of "Lost and
+    Found," which is played in an exactly similar manner, but the
+    questions are quite different: (1) Lost, (2) by whom, (3) at
+    what time, (4) where, (5) found by, (6) in what condition, (7)
+    what time, (8) the reward.</p>
+
+    <p>The answers may be something like the following: (1) Lost a
+    postage-stamp, (2) by sister Jane, (3) at three in the morning,
+    (4) at St. Louis, (5) it was found by a policeman, (6) rather
+    the worse for wear, (7) at dinner-time; (8) the reward was a
+    kiss.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?"</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a capital game for a large party, for it is both
+    instructive and amusing. Two sides are picked, one has to guess
+    what word or sentence the remainder of the company has chosen.
+    They go out of the room, and when the subject has been decided
+    upon, return and ask a question of each of the other side in
+    turn. The answer must be either "Yes" or "No," and in no case
+    should more words be used, under penalty of paying a forfeit.
+    The first important point to be found out is whether the
+    subject is "Animal," "Vegetable," or "Mineral." Supposing, for
+    instance, the subject chosen is a cat which is sleeping in the
+    room by the fire, the questions and answers might be like the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page46"
+       id="page46"></a>[pg 46]</span> following: "Is the subject
+       chosen an animal?" "Yes." "Wild animal?" "No." "Domestic
+       animal?" "Yes." "Common?" "Yes." "Are there many to be seen
+       in this town?" "Yes." "Have you seen many this day?" "Yes."
+       "In this house?" "No." "Have you seen many in the road?"
+       "Yes." "Do they draw carts?" "No." "Are they used for
+       working purposes?" "No." "Is the subject a pet?" "Yes."
+       "Have they one in the house?" "Yes." "In this room?" "Yes."
+       "Is it lying in front of the fire at the present time?"
+       "Yes." "Is the subject you all thought of the cat lying in
+       front of the fire in this room?" "Yes." The subject having
+       been guessed, another one is chosen and the game proceeds.
+       The questions are limited to twenty, but it is hardly ever
+       necessary to use that number.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hunt the Slipper</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/46.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/46.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The players seat themselves in a circle on the floor, having
+    chosen one of their number to remain outside the circle. The
+    children seated on the floor are supposed to be cobblers, and
+    the one outside is the customer who has brought his shoe to be
+    mended. He hands it to one of them, saying:</p>
+
+    <p>"Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe; Get it done by half-past
+    two."</p>
+
+    <p>The cobblers pass the shoe round to each other as quickly as
+    they can, taking care that the customer does not see which of
+    them has it. When the customer comes to fetch it he is told
+    that it is not ready. He pretends to get angry and says he will
+    take it <span class="pagenum"><a name="page47"
+       id="page47"></a>[pg 47]</span> as it is. He must then try to
+       find it, and the cobbler who has it must try to pass it to
+       his neighbor without its being seen by the customer. The
+       person upon whom the shoe is found must become the customer,
+       while the customer takes his place in the circle on the
+       floor.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Flying</h3>
+
+    <p>This game requires for the leader a person who can tell a
+    story or make a little amusing speech. Each one who plays must
+    place the right hand upon the left arm. The leader then tells a
+    story, during the telling of which whenever he mentions any
+    creature that can fly, every right hand is to be raised and
+    fluttered in the air to imitate the action of flying. At the
+    name of a creature that does not fly, the hands must be kept
+    quiet, under pain of a forfeit. Thus:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>The little wren is very small,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The humming-bee is less;</p>
+
+            <p>The ladybird is least of all,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">And beautiful in dress.</p>
+
+            <p>The pelican she loves her young,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The stork its parent loves;</p>
+
+            <p>The woodcock's bill is very long,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">And innocent are doves.</p>
+
+            <p>In Germany they hunt the boar,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The bee brings honey home,</p>
+
+            <p>The ant lays up a winter store,</p>
+
+            <p class="i2">The bear loves honeycomb.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Blind Man's Wand</h3>
+
+    <p>This is another way of playing Blind Man's Buff, and is
+    thought by many to be an improvement on that game.</p>
+
+    <p>The player who is blindfolded stands in the center of the
+    room, with a long paper wand, which can be made of a newspaper
+    folded up lengthways, and tied at each end with string. The
+    other players then join hands and stand round him in a circle.
+    Some one then plays a <span class="pagenum"><a name="page48"
+       id="page48"></a>[pg 48]</span> merry tune on the piano, and
+       the players dance round and round the blind man, until
+       suddenly the music stops; the blind man then takes the
+       opportunity of lowering his wand upon one of the circle, and
+       the player upon whom it has fallen has to take hold of it.
+       The blind man then makes a noise, such as, for instance, the
+       barking of a dog, a street cry, or anything he thinks will
+       cause the player he has caught to betray himself, as the
+       captive must imitate whatever noise the blind man likes to
+       make. Should the blind man detect who holds the stick, the
+       one who is caught has to be blind man; if not, the game goes
+       on until he succeeds.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Judge and Jury</h3>
+
+    <p>The company should be seated in two lines facing each other,
+    and one of the party should then be elected to act as judge.
+    Each person has to remember who is sitting exactly opposite,
+    because when the judge asks a question of any one, it is not
+    the person directly asked who has to reply, but the person
+    opposite to the judge. For instance, if the judge, addressing
+    one of the company, asks: "Do you like apples?" the person
+    spoken to must remain silent, while the person who is opposite
+    to him must reply before the judge can count ten; the penalty
+    on failing to do this is a forfeit. A rule with regard to the
+    answers is that the reply must not be less than two words in
+    length, and must not contain the words: "Yes," "No," "Black,"
+    "White," or "Gray." For the breaking of this rule a forfeit may
+    also be claimed.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Hands Up!"</h3>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate3.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb3.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 3 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The company in this game must divide, one-half taking seats
+    on one side of the table, and the other half on the other side;
+    the players on one side being called the "guessers" and the
+    players on the other side being called the "hiders." A button
+    or any small object is produced, and the hiders have to pass it
+    from hand to hand, under the table, so that those sitting
+    opposite may not know who holds it. When it is hidden, one of
+    the guessers cries out, "Hands up!" Immediately the hiders must
+    place their closed hands on the table; the guessers
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page49"
+       id="page49"></a>[pg 49]</span> have then to find out which
+       hand holds the button. If successful, the hiders take their
+       turn at guessing. The person in whose hand the button is
+       found must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Lodgings to Let</h3>
+
+    <p>The company sit in a circle, and a player stands in the
+    center. There is one spare chair, and the game is for this
+    player to get possession of a vacant seat. When the game
+    begins, every one moves as quickly as possible to the chair
+    next beside him or her, and as this is done all the time, it is
+    difficult for the person who is looking for "lodgings" to find
+    a place by slipping in among them, and his attempts will cause
+    much amusement.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hunt the Ring</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game a long piece of string is required. On this a
+    ring is threaded, and the ends of the string are knotted
+    together. The players then take the string in their hands and
+    form a circle, while one of the company, who is called the
+    hunter, stands in the center. The string must be passed rapidly
+    round and round, and the players must try to prevent the hunter
+    finding out who holds the ring. As soon as he has done this, he
+    takes his place in the circle, while the person who held the
+    ring becomes the "hunter."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Stool of Repentance</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle, in the center of which a stool
+    is placed. One of the company goes out of the room, and the
+    rest say all sorts of things about him. For instance, one will
+    say he is handsome, another that he is clever, or stupid, or
+    vain. The "culprit" is then called back into the room and seats
+    himself on the stool, which is called "the stool of
+    repentance," and one of the players begins to tell him the
+    different charges which have been made against him. "Some one
+    said you were vain; can you guess who it was?" If the culprit
+    guesses correctly, he <span class="pagenum"><a name="page50"
+       id="page50"></a>[pg 50]</span> takes his seat in the circle
+       and the person who made the accusation becomes the "culprit"
+       in his stead. If, however, the "culprit" is unable to guess
+       correctly, he must go out of the room again while fresh
+       charges are made against him.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Feather</h3>
+
+    <p>Having procured a small flossy feather, the players sit in a
+    circle as closely together as possible. One of the party then
+    throws the feather as high as possible into the air, and it is
+    the duty of all the players to prevent it from alighting on
+    them, by blowing at it whenever it comes in their direction.
+    Any player whom it falls upon must pay a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <p>It is almost impossible to imagine the excitement that is
+    produced by this game when it is played with spirit, and the
+    fun is not altogether confined to the players, as it gives
+    almost as much enjoyment to those who are looking on.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Game of Conversation</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game successfully, two of the company privately
+    agree upon a word that has several meanings. The two then enter
+    into a conversation which is obliged to be about the word they
+    have chosen, while the remainder of the company listen. When a
+    member of the party imagines that he has guessed the word, he
+    may join in the conversation, but if he finds he is mistaken,
+    must immediately retire.</p>
+
+    <p>To give an illustration: Supposing the two players who start
+    the conversation decide upon the word "box." They might talk
+    about the people they had seen at the theater and the
+    particular part of the house in which they were sitting. Then
+    they might say how nice it looked in a garden, and one might
+    mention that it grew into big trees. Perhaps one of the company
+    might imagine that he had guessed the word correctly and join
+    in, when the conversation would be immediately changed, and the
+    two would begin to converse about a huge case in which a very
+    great number of things were packed away. By
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page51"
+       id="page51"></a>[pg 51]</span> this time, possibly the
+       person who joined in the conversation will leave off,
+       completely mystified. If, however, the word should be
+       correctly guessed, the person guessing it chooses a partner,
+       and they together select a word, and the game begins
+       again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Gallery of Statues</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game all the company leave the room with the
+    exception of two. One of these then stands like a statue, with
+    perhaps the assistance of a tablecloth or something similar as
+    drapery, while the other acts as showman.</p>
+
+    <p>When the position is decided upon, one of the company is
+    called in and taken on one side by the showman, and is asked
+    his or her opinion as to the merits of the statue. It is almost
+    certain that some suggestion will be made; in that case he or
+    she is made to assume the attitude suggested, and another
+    player is called in, to whom the same question is put, and
+    another suggestion made and adopted. As each statue is added to
+    the gallery, a great deal of merriment is caused, and in a
+    short time a large collection will be obtained.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Huntsman</h3>
+
+    <p>One person represents the huntsman, the other players call
+    themselves after some part of the huntsman's belongings; for
+    instance, one is the cap, another the horn, others the
+    powder-flask, gun, whip, etc.</p>
+
+    <p>A number of chairs are arranged in the middle of the room,
+    and there must be one chair less than the number of players,
+    not counting the huntsman.</p>
+
+    <p>The players then seat themselves round the room, while the
+    huntsman stands in the center and calls for them one at a time,
+    in this way: "Powder-flask!" At once "Powder-flask" rises and
+    takes hold of the huntsman's coat.</p>
+
+    <p>"Cap," "Gun," "Shot," "Belt," the huntsman cries; each
+    person who represents these articles must rise and take hold of
+    the player summoned before him, until at length the huntsman
+    has a long line behind him. He then begins to run round the
+    chairs, until he suddenly
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page52"
+       id="page52"></a>[pg 52]</span> cries: "Bang!" when the
+       players must sit down. Of course, as there are not
+       sufficient chairs, one player will be left standing and he
+       must pay a forfeit. The huntsman is not changed throughout
+       the game, unless he grows tired, when he may change places
+       with one of the others.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a game for young children. Some small article is
+    hidden in the room, while the little one who has to find it is
+    sent outside. This finished, the players call out together:
+    "Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon; it's hidden and can be taken." The
+    little one enters and begins to hunt about for the hidden
+    article. When she comes near to its hiding-place, the company
+    tell her that she is getting "hot"; or, if she is not near it,
+    she is told that she is "cold." That she is "very hot" or "very
+    cold," will denote that she is very near of very far away from
+    the object that is hidden; while if she is extremely near, she
+    would be told that she was "burning." In this way the hidden
+    object can be found, and all the children can be interested in
+    the game by being allowed to call out whether the little one is
+    "hot" or "cold."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"My Master Bids You Do as I Do."</h3>
+
+    <p>For all those children who are fond of a little exercise, no
+    better game than this can be chosen. When the chairs are placed
+    in order round the room, the first player commences by saying:
+    "My master bids you do as I do," at the same time working away
+    with the right hand as if hammering at his knees. The second
+    player then asks: "What does he bid me do?" in answer to which
+    the first player says: "To work with one as I do." The second
+    player, working in the same manner, must turn to his left-hand
+    neighbor and carry on the same conversation, and so on until
+    every one is working away with the right hand.</p>
+
+    <p>The second time of going round, the order is to work with
+    two, then both hands must work; then with three, then both
+    hands and one leg must work; then with four, when both hands
+    and both legs must <span class="pagenum"><a name="page53"
+       id="page53"></a>[pg 53]</span> work; lastly with five, when
+       both legs, both arms, and the head must be kept going.
+       Should any of the players fail in keeping in constant
+       motion, a forfeit may be claimed.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Red Cap and Blue Cap</h3>
+
+    <p>The players seat themselves in a circle to represent tailors
+    at work on a piece of cloth&mdash;a handkerchief or a duster
+    will answer the purpose. A leader or foreman is chosen, and
+    every one of the company is named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap,
+    Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap, etc. The leader then takes
+    the piece of cloth and pretends to examine the work which is
+    supposed to have been done by the workmen. He is supposed to
+    discover a bad stitch and asks: "Who did it, Blue Cap?" The
+    latter immediately answers: "Not I, sir." "Who then, sir?"
+    "Yellow Cap, sir." Yellow Cap must then answer at once in the
+    same manner and name another workman. Any one who fails to
+    answer to his name pays a forfeit. If carried on in a brisk
+    manner, this game will cause endless amusement.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>It</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the players is asked to go outside while the company
+    thinks of some person in the room, and on his return he has to
+    guess of whom the company has thought.</p>
+
+    <p>The players then arrange themselves in a circle, and agree
+    each to think of his or her right-hand neighbor; it is best to
+    have a girl and boy alternately, as this adds much to the
+    amusement.</p>
+
+    <p>The one outside is then called in, and commences to ask
+    questions. Before replying, the player asked must be careful to
+    notice his or her right-hand neighbor, and then give a correct
+    reply. For instance, supposing the first question to be: "Is
+    the person thought of a boy or a girl?" The answer would
+    possibly be "A boy;" the next person would then be asked the
+    color of the complexion, the next one the color of the hair, if
+    long or short, etc., to which questions the answers would, of
+    course, be given according to the right-hand neighbor.</p>
+
+    <p>Nearly all the answers will contradict the previous ones,
+    and <span class="pagenum"><a name="page54"
+       id="page54"></a>[pg 54]</span> something like this may be
+       the result: "A boy," "very dark complexion," "long yellow
+       hair," "wearing a black velvet jacket," "with a dark green
+       dress," "five feet high," "about six years old," etc. When
+       the player guessing gives the game up, the joke is explained
+       to him.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Acting Rhymes</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game, half the players go outside the door, while
+    those who stay in the room choose a word of one syllable, which
+    should not be too difficult. For instance, suppose the word
+    chosen be "Flat," those who are out of the room are informed
+    that a word has been thought of that rhymes with "Cat," and
+    they then have to act without speaking, all the words they can
+    think of that rhyme with "Cat." Supposing their first idea be
+    "Bat," they come into the room and play an imaginary game of
+    cricket. This not being correct, they would get hissed for
+    their pains, and they must then hurry outside again. They might
+    next try "Rat," most of them going into the room on their hands
+    and feet, while the others might pretend to be frightened.
+    Again they would be hissed. At last the boys go in and fall
+    flat on their faces, while the girls pretend to use flat-irons
+    upon their backs. The loud clapping that follows tells them
+    that they are right at last. They then change places with the
+    audience, who, in their turn, become the actors.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Man and Object</h3>
+
+    <p>Two persons go out of the room, and after agreeing together
+    as to what they shall represent, they come back again, and sit
+    side by side in front of the company. One of the two takes the
+    part of some well-known person, and the other represents an
+    object which is closely connected with that person; for
+    instance, say one represents the governor, and the other the
+    mayor. When the two return to the room, the other players take
+    it in turns to ask each of them a question, to which both the
+    man and the object must reply either "Yes" or "No," until the
+    right person and the right object have been guessed.</p>
+
+    <p>The first player will perhaps ask the "man:" "Are you
+    alive?"</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page55"
+       id="page55"></a>[pg 55]</span>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:75%;">
+        <a href="images/55.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/55.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The man will reply, "Yes;" then the object is asked: "Are
+    you of wood?" "No." The second player next questions him, and
+    then the third, and so on until every one has had a turn at
+    questioning, or the person and the object have been
+    guessed.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Jolly Miller</h3>
+
+    <p>The players decide among themselves which one of their
+    number shall act the part of the Jolly Miller. This being done,
+    each little boy <span class="pagenum"><a name="page56"
+       id="page56"></a>[pg 56]</span> chooses a little girl as
+       partner; the Jolly Miller having taken his stand in the
+       middle of the room, they all commence to walk arm-in-arm
+       round him, singing the following lines:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>There was a jolly miller who lived by himself;</p>
+
+            <p>As the wheel went round he made his wealth;</p>
+
+            <p>One hand in the hopper, and the other on the
+            bag;</p>
+
+            <p>As the wheel went round he made his grab.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>At the word "Grab" all must change partners, and while the
+    change is going on the miller has the opportunity given him of
+    securing a partner for himself. Should he succeed in doing so,
+    the one left without a partner must take the place of the Jolly
+    Miller, and must occupy the center of the room until fortunate
+    enough to get another partner.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Ruth and Jacob</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:27%;">
+        <a href="images/56.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/56.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>One player is blindfolded, the rest dance in a circle round
+    him till he points at one of them. This person then enters the
+    ring, and when the blindman calls out "Ruth," answers "Jacob,"
+    and moves about within the circle so as to avoid being caught
+    by the blindman, and continues to answer "Jacob," as often as
+    the blindman calls out "Ruth." This continues until "Ruth" is
+    caught. "Jacob" must then guess who it is he has caught; if he
+    guesses correctly, "Ruth" takes his place, and the game goes
+    on; if he guesses wrongly, he continues to be "Jacob."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Checkers</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a splendid game and one very easily learned. It is
+    played upon a special board with thirty-two white and
+    thirty-two black squares.</p>
+
+    <p>Two persons play at the game, who sit opposite to each
+    other. The players have each a set of twelve pieces, or "men,"
+    the color of the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page57"
+       id="page57"></a>[pg 57]</span> sets being different, so that
+       the players can distinguish their own men easily. The men
+       are round and flat, and are usually made of boxwood or ebony
+       and ivory, one set being white and the other black.</p>
+
+    <p>Before placing the men upon the board, it must be decided
+    whether the white or the black squares are to be played on, as
+    the whole must be put on one color only. If the white squares
+    are selected, there must be a black square in the right-hand
+    corner; if the black squares are to be played upon, then the
+    right-hand corner square must be a white one.</p>
+
+    <p>The movements in checkers are very simple; a man can be
+    moved only one square at a time, except as explained hereafter,
+    and that diagonally, never straight forward or sideways. If an
+    opponent's man stand in the way, no move can take place unless
+    there be a vacant square beyond it, into which the man can be
+    lifted. In this case the man leaped over is "taken" and removed
+    from the board.</p>
+
+    <p>The great object of the game, then, is to clear the board of
+    the opponent's men, or to hem them in in such a way that they
+    cannot be moved, whichever player hems in the opponent or
+    clears the board first gains the victory. As no man can be
+    moved more than one step diagonally at a time (except when
+    taking opponent's pieces), there can be no taking until the two
+    parties come to close quarters; therefore, the pushing of the
+    men continuously into each other's ground is the principle of
+    the game.</p>
+
+    <p>In beginning the game, a great advantage can be obtained by
+    having the first move; the rule, therefore, is, if several
+    games are played, that the first move be taken alternately by
+    the players.</p>
+
+    <p>When either of the players has, with his men, reached the
+    extreme row of squares on the opposite side (the first row of
+    his opponent), those men are entitled to be crowned, which is
+    done by placing on the top of each another man, which may be
+    selected from the men already removed from the board. The men
+    so crowned are called "Kings" and have a new power of movement,
+    as the player may now move them either backward or forward, as
+    he wills, but always diagonally as before.</p>
+
+    <p>The Kings having this double power of movement, it is an
+    important point for a player to get as many men crowned as
+    possible. If each player should be fortunate enough to get two
+    or three Kings, the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page58"
+       id="page58"></a>[pg 58]</span> game becomes very exciting.
+       Immediately after crowning, it is well for a player to start
+       blocking up his opponent's men, so as to allow more freedom
+       for his own pieces, and thus prepare for winning the
+       game.</p>
+
+    <p>It is the rule that if a player touch one of his men he must
+    play it. If player A omit to take a man when it is in his power
+    to do so, his opponent B can huff him; that is, take the man of
+    the player A off the board. If it is to B's advantage, he may
+    insist on his own man being taken, which is called a "blow."
+    The usual way is to take the man of the player A who made the
+    omission, and who was huffed, off the board.</p>
+
+    <p>It is not considered right or fair for any one watching the
+    game to advise what move to be made, or for a player to wait
+    longer than five minutes between each move.</p>
+
+    <p>Great care should be taken in moving the men, as one false
+    move may at any time endanger the whole game.</p>
+
+    <p>With constant practice any one can soon become a very fair
+    player, but even after the game has been played only a few
+    times it will be found very interesting.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dominoes</h3>
+
+    <p>There are several ways of playing Dominoes, but the
+    following game is the most simple:</p>
+
+    <p>The dominoes are placed on the table, face downward, and
+    each player takes up one, to decide who is to play first. The
+    one who draws the stone with the highest number of pips on it
+    takes the lead. The two stones are then put back among the
+    rest; the dominoes are then shuffled, face downward, and the
+    players choose seven stones each, placing them upright on the
+    table, so that each can see his own stones, without being able
+    to overlook those of his opponent.</p>
+
+    <p>As there are twenty-eight stones in an ordinary set, there
+    will still be fourteen left from which to draw.</p>
+
+    <p>The player who has won the lead now places a stone, face
+    upward, on the table. Suppose it be double-six, the other
+    player is bound to put down a stone on which six appears,
+    placing the six next to the double-six.
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page59"
+       id="page59"></a>[pg 59]</span> Perhaps he may put six-four;
+       the first player then puts six-five, placing his six against
+       the opposite six of the double-six; the second follows with
+       five-four, placing his five against the five already on the
+       table; thus, you see, the players are bound to put down a
+       stone which corresponds at one end with one of the end
+       numbers of those already played. Whenever a player has no
+       corresponding number he must draw from the fourteen that
+       were left out for that purpose. If, when twelve of these
+       fourteen stones are used up, he cannot play, he loses his
+       turn, and his opponent plays instead of him. The two
+       remaining dominoes must not be drawn.</p>
+
+    <p>When one of the players has used up all his dominoes, his
+    opponent turns up those he has left, the pips are then counted,
+    and the number of pips is scored to the account of the player
+    who was out first.</p>
+
+    <p>If neither player can play, the stones are turned face
+    upward on the table, and the one who has the smallest number of
+    pips scores as follows: If the pips of one player count ten and
+    those of the other player five, the five is deducted from the
+    ten, leaving five to be scored by the player whose pips only
+    counted five.</p>
+
+    <p>The dominoes are shuffled again, the second player this time
+    taking the lead, and the game proceeds in this way until one or
+    other has scored a hundred, the first to do so winning the
+    game.</p>
+
+    <p>This game is generally played by two only, though it is
+    possible for four, five, or even six to join in it; but, in
+    that case, they cannot, of course, take seven stones each, so
+    they must divide the stones equally between them, leaving a few
+    to draw from, if they prefer it; if not they can divide them
+    all.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Green Gravel</h3>
+
+    <p>In this game the children join hands and walk round in a
+    circle, singing the following words:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Green gravel, green gravel, your grass is so
+            green,</p>
+
+            <p>The fairest young damsel that ever was seen.</p>
+
+            <p>I'll wash you in new milk and dress you in silk,</p>
+
+            <p>And write down your name with a gold pen and
+            ink.</p>
+
+            <p>Oh! (Mary) Oh! (Mary) your true love is dead;</p>
+
+            <p>He's sent you a letter to turn round your head.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page60"
+       id="page60"></a>[pg 60]</span>
+
+    <p>When the players arrive at that part of the song, "Oh,
+    Mary!" they name some member of the company; when the song is
+    finished, the one named must turn right round and face the
+    outside of the ring, having her back to all the other players.
+    She then joins hands in this position and the game continues as
+    before until all the players face outward. They then
+    recommence, until they all face the inside of the ring as at
+    first.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Fives and Threes</h3>
+
+    <p>This is another game that is played with dominoes, and is
+    one of the most popular. It is excellent practice for counting,
+    and to be successful at it depends, in a very great measure,
+    upon skill in doing this. Two, three or four players may take
+    part in this game. After the dominoes have been shuffled, face
+    downward, each player takes an equal number of stones, leaving
+    always three, at least, upon the table; no player, however, may
+    take more than seven, and it is perhaps better to limit the
+    number to five.</p>
+
+    <p>In playing dominoes, it should always be borne in mind that
+    one end of the domino to be played must always agree in number
+    with the end of the domino it is to be placed against.</p>
+
+    <p>The object of the game is to make as many "fives" and
+    "threes" as are possible; for instance, a player should always
+    make the domino show fifteen if he can, as three divides into
+    fifteen five times, and five divides into fifteen three times,
+    and he would thus score 8 (three and five). The way to count is
+    to add the two extreme ends together, always, of course, trying
+    to make the number as high as possible, and to make it one into
+    which either three or five will divide, as if a number be
+    formed into which these numbers will not divide, no score will
+    result.</p>
+
+    <p>Suppose there are two players, A and B. A starts the game by
+    playing the double-six, for which he scores 4 (three dividing
+    into twelve four times). B then plays the six-three, making
+    fifteen, and thus scores 8 (the highest score possible, as
+    explained above). A next plays the double-three, which makes
+    eighteen, and scores 6 (three dividing into eighteen six
+    times). B then plays six-blank onto the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page61"
+       id="page61"></a>[pg 61]</span> double-six on the left-hand
+       side and scores 2 (three dividing into six twice). A holding
+       the blank-three, places it onto the blank end, making the
+       number nine, and scores 3. B next plays the three-four,
+       which makes ten, and 2 is added to his score (five dividing
+       into ten twice). Thus the game proceeds, each player trying
+       to make as many fives and threes as possible.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>PAPER AND PENCIL GAMES</h2>
+
+    <h3>Birds, Beasts, and Fishes</h3>
+
+    <p>Take your pencil and write upon the top of your paper the
+    words, "Birds, Beasts, and Fishes." Then tell your companion
+    that you are going to think of, for instance, an animal. Put
+    down the first and last letters of the name, filling in with
+    crosses the letters that have been omitted. For example, write
+    down on the paper C*******e. Your companion would have to think
+    of all the animals' names that he could remember which
+    contained nine letters, and commenced with the letter C and
+    ended with "e." If the second player after guessing several
+    times "gives it up," the first player would tell him that the
+    animal thought of was "Crocodile," and would then think of
+    another Bird, Beast, or Fish, and write it down in a similar
+    manner. If, however, the name of the animal be guessed, then it
+    would be the second player's turn to take the paper and
+    pencil.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Noughts and Crosses</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/61.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/61.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>This is a game every boy or girl thoroughly enjoys. Take
+    paper, and with a pencil draw four cross lines as shown:</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/62-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/62-1.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Two persons only can play at this game, one player taking
+    "noughts," the other "crosses." The idea is for the one player
+    to try and draw three "noughts" in a line before the other
+    player can do the same with three "crosses." Supposing the
+    player who <span class="pagenum"><a name="page62"
+       id="page62"></a>[pg 62]</span> places his "O" in the
+       right-hand top corner, the player who has taken the
+       "crosses" will perhaps place an "X" in the left-hand top
+       corner. The next "O" would be placed in the bottom left-hand
+       corner; then to prevent the line of three "noughts" being
+       completed, the second player would place his "X" in the
+       center square. An "O" would then be immediately placed in
+       the right-hand bottom corner, so that wherever the "X" was
+       placed by the next player, the "noughts" would be bound to
+       win. Say, for instance, the "X" has chosen the "noughts"
+       commences and was placed in the center square on the
+       right-hand side, the place for the "O" to be put would be
+       the center square at the bottom, thus securing the game. The
+       diagram would then appear as illustrated:</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Tit, Tat, Toe"</h3>
+
+    <div class="figleft"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/62-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/62-2.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>There can be two, three, or four players for this game.
+    First take paper and pencil and write the players' names across
+    the top of the paper in the order in which they are to play.
+    Next draw a large circle, in the center of which draw a smaller
+    one, placing the number 100 within it. The space between the
+    inner and outer circles must be divided into parts, each having
+    a number, as shown in the diagram.</p>
+
+    <p>This having been done, the first player closes his eyes,
+    takes the pencil, and places his hand over the paper, the point
+    of the pencil just touching it. He then repeats the following
+    rhyme, moving the pencil round and round while doing so:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Tit, tat, toe,</p>
+
+            <p>My first go,</p>
+
+            <p>Four jolly butcher
+            boys</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page63"
+               id="page63"></a>[pg 63]</span>
+
+            <p>All in a row.</p>
+
+            <p>Stick one up,</p>
+
+            <p>Stick one down,</p>
+
+            <p>Stick one in</p>
+
+            <p>The old man's crown.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>At the word "crown" the player must keep the point of the
+    pencil firmly on the paper, and open his eyes. If the pencil is
+    not within the circle, or if within but with the point of the
+    pencil resting upon a line, then the player gives the pencil to
+    the next player, having scored nothing.</p>
+
+    <p>If, on the contrary, at the end of the rhyme, the pencil is
+    found to be resting in a division of the circle, for instance,
+    marked "70," that number is placed beneath the player's name,
+    and the section is struck by drawing a line across it. If
+    afterward the pencil rest in a division of the circle that has
+    been struck out, the player loses his turn in the same way as
+    if the pencil were not in the circle at all, or had rested upon
+    a line of the diagram.</p>
+
+    <p>The game continues until all the divisions of the circle
+    have been scored out, when the numbers gained by each of the
+    players are added up, and the one who has scored the highest
+    number of points wins the game.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>CARD GAMES</h2>
+
+    <h3>Speculation</h3>
+
+    <p>Speculation is a game at which any number of persons may
+    play. The stakes are made with counters or nuts, and the value
+    of the stakes is settled by the company. The highest trump in
+    each deal wins the pool.</p>
+
+    <p>When the dealer has been chosen, he puts, say, six counters
+    in the pool and every other player puts four; three cards are
+    given to each person, though they must be dealt one at a time;
+    another card is then turned up, and called the trump card. The
+    cards must be left upon the table, but the player on the
+    left-hand side of the dealer turns up his top card so that all
+    may see it. If it is a trump card, that is to say, if it is of
+    the same suit as the card the dealer turned up, the owner
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page64"
+       id="page64"></a>[pg 64]</span> may either keep his card or
+       sell it, and the other players bid for it in turn. Of
+       course, the owner sells it for the highest price he can
+       get.</p>
+
+    <p>The next player then turns up his card, keeps it or sells
+    it, and so the game goes on until all the cards have been shown
+    and disposed of, and then the player who holds the highest
+    trump either in his own hand or among the cards he has bought,
+    takes the pool, and there is another deal.</p>
+
+    <p>Should none of the other players have a trump card in his
+    hand, and the turn-up card not having been purchased by another
+    player, the dealer takes the pool.</p>
+
+    <p>If any one look at his cards out of turn, he can be made to
+    turn all three up, so that the whole company can see them.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>All Fours</h3>
+
+    <p>This game takes its name from the four chances or points of
+    which it consists, namely, "High," "Low," "Jack," and "Game."
+    It may be played by two or four players, but the same rules
+    apply to each.</p>
+
+    <p>The four points, which have been already mentioned, count as
+    follows: "High," the highest trump out; the holder scores one
+    point. "Low," the lowest trump out; the original holder of it
+    scores one point even if it is taken by his adversary. "Jack,"
+    the knave of trumps; the holder scores one point, unless it be
+    won by his adversary, in which case the winner scores one.
+    "Game," the greatest number of tricks gained by either party;
+    reckoning for each Ace four toward game, each King three toward
+    game, each Queen two toward game, each Jack one toward game,
+    each Ten ten toward game.</p>
+
+    <p>The other cards do not count toward game; thus it may happen
+    that a deal may be played without either party having any to
+    score for "Game."</p>
+
+    <p>When the players hold equal numbers, the dealer does not
+    score.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:30%;">
+        <a href="images/plate4.jpg"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/thumb4.jpg"
+             alt="Plate 4 (click to view)." /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Begging is when the player next the dealer does not like his
+    cards and says, "I beg," in which case the dealer must either
+    let him score one, saying, "Take one," or give three more cards
+    from the pack to all the players and then turn up the next card
+    for trumps; if the trump turned up is the same suit as the
+    last, the dealer must give another
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page65"
+       id="page65"></a>[pg 65]</span> three cards until a different
+       suit turns up trumps. In playing this game the ace is the
+       highest card and the deuce (the two) is the lowest.</p>
+
+    <p>Having shuffled and cut a pack of cards, the dealer gives
+    six to each player. If there be two playing, he turns up the
+    thirteenth card for trumps; if four are playing, he turns up
+    the twenty-fifth. Should the turn-up be a jack, the dealer
+    scores one point. The player next the dealer looks at his hand
+    and either holds it or "begs," as explained.</p>
+
+    <p>The game then begins by the player next the dealer leading a
+    card, the others following suit, the highest card taking the
+    trick, and so on until the six tricks have been won. When the
+    six tricks are played, the points are taken for High, Low,
+    Jack, and Game.</p>
+
+    <p>Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the
+    player next to the dealer scores the point for the game. If
+    only one trump should be out, it counts both High and Low to
+    the player who first has it. The first great thing in this game
+    is to try and win the jack; next you must try and make the
+    tens; and you must also try and win the tricks.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Snap</h3>
+
+    <p>The pack of cards is dealt round, face downward, and each
+    player packs his cards together, without looking at them, and
+    then places them in front of him.</p>
+
+    <p>The first player then turns up the top card of his pack, the
+    next does the same, and so on in turn; but, as soon as a player
+    turns up a card corresponding in number to the one already
+    lying, uncovered, on the table, one of the two to whom the
+    cards belong cries, "Snap."</p>
+
+    <p>Whichever succeeds in saying it first takes, not only the
+    snap card of the other player, but all the cards he has already
+    turned up, and also those he has himself turned up. The cards
+    he wins must be placed at the bottom of his own pack.</p>
+
+    <p>The one who succeeds in winning all the cards wins the game.
+    It is necessary to be very attentive and very quick if you want
+    to be successful at this game.</p>
+
+    <p>There is a game very similar to the above called "Animal
+    Snap." Each player takes the name of an animal, and instead of
+    crying "Snap," he must cry the name of the animal chosen by the
+    player who <span class="pagenum"><a name="page66"
+       id="page66"></a>[pg 66]</span> turned up the last card. For
+       instance, suppose a five be turned up and a player who has
+       chosen the name of "Tiger" turn up another five, instead of
+       crying "Snap," "Tiger" would be called if "Tiger" did not
+       succeed in crying the other player's name first.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Snip, Snap, Snorum</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a first-rate game and very exciting. Any number of
+    players may take part in it, and the whole of the fifty-two
+    cards are dealt out.</p>
+
+    <p>Each player has five counters, and there is a pool in the
+    middle, which is empty at the commencement of the game.</p>
+
+    <p>The first player plays a card&mdash;say it is a
+    six&mdash;then the one next to him looks through his cards, and
+    if he has another six he puts it down and says, "Snip"; the
+    first player must then pay a counter into the pool.</p>
+
+    <p>If the next player should chance to have another six, he
+    plays it and says "Snap," and the one who is snapped must pay
+    in his turn, but the fine is increased to two counters. Should
+    the fourth player have the fourth six, he plays it, and says,
+    "Snorum," and the third player must now pay; his fine is three
+    counters to the pool. No person may play out of his turn, and
+    every one must "snip" when it is in his power. When any one has
+    paid the whole of his five counters to the pool he retires from
+    the game; the pool becomes the property of the one whose
+    counters last the longest.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Old Maid</h3>
+
+    <p>From a pack of cards take out one queen, shuffle the cards
+    and deal them, face downward, equally among all the players.
+    The cards should then be taken, the pairs sorted out and thrown
+    upon the table. By "pairs" is meant two kings, or two fives,
+    and so on. When all the pairs have been sorted out, the dealer
+    offers the remainder of his cards to his felt-hand neighbor,
+    who draws any card he chooses to select, though he is only
+    allowed to see the backs of them. The player who has drawn then
+    looks at the cards to see if he can pair it with one he
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page67"
+       id="page67"></a>[pg 67]</span> holds in his hand; if he can,
+       he throws out the pair; if not, he must place it with his
+       other cards. It is now his turn to offer his cards to his
+       neighbor, and so the game goes on until all the cards are
+       paired, except, of course, the odd card which is the
+       companion to the banished queen. The holder of this card is
+       "the old maid."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Pope Joan</h3>
+
+    <p>This amusing game is for any number of players, and is
+    played with a wooden board which is divided into compartments
+    or pools, and can be bought cheaply at any toy shop for a small
+    sum. Failing a board, use a sheet of paper marked out in
+    squares.</p>
+
+    <p>Before dealing, the eight of diamonds is taken out of the
+    pack, and the deal is settled by cutting the cards, and whoever
+    turns up the first jack is dealer.</p>
+
+    <p>The dealer then shuffles the cards and his left-hand
+    neighbor cuts them. The dealer must next "dress the board,"
+    that is, he must put counters into the pools, which are all
+    marked differently. This is the way to dress the board: One
+    counter to each ace, king, queen, jack, and game, two to
+    matrimony (king and queen), two to intrigue (queen and jack),
+    and six to the nine of diamonds, which is the Pope. On a proper
+    board you will see these marked on it.</p>
+
+    <p>The cards are now dealt round to the players, with the
+    exception of one card, which is turned up for trumps, and six
+    or eight, which are put aside to form the stops; the four kings
+    and the seven of diamonds are also always stops.</p>
+
+    <p>If either ace, king, queen, or jack happen to be turned up
+    for trumps, the dealer may take whatever is in the compartment
+    with that mark; but when Pope is turned up for trumps, the
+    dealer takes all the counters in Pope's compartment as well as
+    those in the "game" compartment, besides a counter for every
+    card dealt to each player, which must, of course, be paid by
+    the players. There is then a fresh deal.</p>
+
+    <p>It is very seldom, however, that Pope does turn up for
+    trumps; when it does not happen, the player next to the dealer
+    begins to play, trying to get rid of as many cards as possible.
+    First he leads cards which he knows will be stops, then Pope,
+    if he has it, and afterward
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page68"
+       id="page68"></a>[pg 68]</span> the lowest card in his suit,
+       particularly an ace, for that can never be led up to. The
+       other players follow when they can; for instance, if the
+       leader plays the two of diamonds, whoever holds the three
+       plays it, some one follows with the four, and so on until a
+       stop occurs; whoever plays the card which makes a stop
+       becomes leader and can play what he chooses.</p>
+
+    <p>This goes on until some person has parted with all his
+    cards, by which he wins the counters in the "game" compartment
+    and receives from the players a counter for every card they
+    hold. Should any one hold the Pope he is excused from paying,
+    unless he happens to have played it.</p>
+
+    <p>Whoever plays any of the cards which have pools or
+    compartments takes the counters in that pool. If any of these
+    cards are not played, the counters remain over for the next
+    game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"I Suspect You"</h3>
+
+    <p>This game may be played by any number of persons. As soon as
+    the cards have been dealt and the players have examined their
+    hands, the one on the left of the dealer plays the lowest card
+    he has (the ace counting lowest). He must place the card face
+    downward on the table, at the same time calling out what it is.
+    The next player also puts down a card, face downward, and calls
+    the next number; for instance, if No. 1 puts down a card and
+    says "One," No. 2 says "Two," No. 3 "Three," and so on.</p>
+
+    <p>It is not necessary for the card laid down to be actually
+    the one called out. The fun of the game is to put down the
+    wrong card without, any one suspecting you. Naturally, it is
+    not often that the cards run straight on, as no one may play
+    out of turn, and if one player thinks another has put down the
+    wrong card, he says, "I suspect you." The player must then show
+    his card, and if it should not be the one he said, he must take
+    all the cards laid down and add them to his pack; if, however,
+    the card happens to be the right one, then the accuser must
+    take the cards. The player who first succeeds in getting rid of
+    his cards wins the game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page69"
+       id="page69"></a>[pg 69]</span>
+
+    <h3>Beggar My Neighbor</h3>
+
+    <p>The cards are dealt equally to the players. The first player
+    puts down a card, face upward, upon the table. If it be a
+    common card, that is, a two, or three, or anything but a
+    picture card or an ace, his neighbors put down in turn their
+    cards until a court card (that is, a picture card or an ace)
+    turns up.</p>
+
+    <p>If at last an ace be played, the neighbor of the one who
+    plays it must pay him four cards; if a king three cards, if a
+    queen two, and if a jack one. The one who played the court card
+    also takes all the cards that have been played, and puts them
+    under his own pack. If, however, in playing for a court card,
+    one of the players puts down another court card, then his
+    neighbor must pay him, and he takes the whole pack instead of
+    the previous player. Sometimes it happens that a second player
+    in paying puts down a court card, and the third player in
+    paying him puts down another, and so on, until perhaps the
+    fourth or fifth player actually gets the cards in the end.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>RIDDLES</h2>
+
+    <p>Few children think they will ever tire of playing games; but
+    all the same, toward the end of a long evening, spent merrily
+    in dancing and playing, the little ones begin to get too weary
+    to play any longer, and it is very difficult to keep them
+    amused.</p>
+
+    <p>Then comes the time for riddles! The children can sit
+    quietly round the room, resting after their romps and laughter,
+    and yet be kept thoroughly interested, trying to guess
+    riddles.</p>
+
+    <p>It is, however, very difficult to remember a number of good
+    and laughable ones, so we will give a list of some, which will
+    be quite sufficient to puzzle a roomful of little folk for
+    several hours.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are weary people like carriage wheels? Answer: Because
+    they are tired.</p>
+
+    <p>An old woman in a red cloak was passing a field in which a
+    goat was feeding. What strange transformation suddenly took
+    place? Answer: The goat turned to butter (butt her), and the
+    woman into a scarlet runner.</p>
+
+    <p>Why does a duck go into the water? Answer: For divers
+    reasons.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page70"
+       id="page70"></a>[pg 70]</span>
+
+    <p>Spell "blind pig" in two letters. P G; a pig without an
+    I.</p>
+
+    <p>Which bird can lift the heaviest weights? The crane.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a wise man like a pin? He has a head and comes to a
+    point.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond? Because he is a
+    Jew-ill.</p>
+
+    <p>Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing
+    as stone? Because they never saw it.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which is put on the table and cut, but never
+    eaten? A pack of cards.</p>
+
+    <p>When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it?
+    When he folds it.</p>
+
+    <p>What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has
+    devoured itself? A candle.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a dog biting his tail like a good manager? Because he
+    makes both ends meet.</p>
+
+    <p>What thing is it that is lower with a head than without one?
+    A pillow.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the left side of a plum pudding? That which is not
+    eaten.</p>
+
+    <p>What letter of the alphabet is necessary to make a shoe? The
+    last.</p>
+
+    <p>If all the seas were dried up, what would everybody say? We
+    haven't a notion (an ocean).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it certain that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not written
+    by the hand of its reputed author? Because it was written by
+    Mrs. Beecher's toe (Stowe).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a fishmonger never generous? Because his business
+    makes him sell fish (selfish).</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which works when it plays and plays when it
+    works? A fountain.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet
+    there will be some remaining? The word wholesome.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are fowls the most economical things a farmer can keep?
+    Because for every grain they give a peck.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it dangerous to walk in the meadows in springtime?
+    Because the trees are shooting and the bulrush is out (bull
+    rushes out).</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page71"
+       id="page71"></a>[pg 71]</span>
+
+    <p>Why is a vine like a soldier? Because it is listed and has
+    ten drills (tendrils) and shoots.</p>
+
+    <p>If a man who is carrying a dozen glass lamps drops one, what
+    does he become? A lamp lighter.</p>
+
+    <p>What belongs to yourself, but is used more by your friends
+    than by yourself? Your name.</p>
+
+    <p>A man had twenty sick (six) sheep and one died; how many
+    were left? Nineteen.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the best day for making a pancake? Friday.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which everybody has seen but will never see
+    again? Yesterday.</p>
+
+    <p>What four letters would frighten a thief? O I C U.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:55%;">
+        <a href="images/71.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/71.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Why is a spider a good correspondent? Because he drops a
+    line at every post.</p>
+
+    <p>When is the clock on the stairs dangerous? When it runs
+    down.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is the letter "k" like a pig's tail? Because it comes at
+    the end of pork.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the keynote to good manners? B natural.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a five dollar bill much more profitable than five
+    silver dollars? Because when you put it in your pocket you
+    double it, and when you take it out you will find it
+    in-creases.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a watch like a river? Because it doesn't run long
+    without winding.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which flies high, flies low, has no feet, and
+    yet wears shoes?
+    Dust.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page72"
+       id="page72"></a>[pg 72]</span>
+
+    <p>Which is the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of
+    your nose.</p>
+
+    <p>When has a man four hands? When he doubles his fists.</p>
+
+    <p>What trees has fire no effect upon? Ash trees; because when
+    they are burned they are ashes still.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an
+    engine-driver? One minds the train and the other trains the
+    mind.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which goes from Chicago to Philadelphia without
+    moving? The road.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is easier to spell&mdash;fiddle-de-dee or
+    fiddle-de-dum? Fiddle-de-dee, because it is spelled with more
+    "e's."</p>
+
+    <p>When may a chair be said to dislike you? When it can't bear
+    you.</p>
+
+    <p>What animal took most luggage into the Ark, and which two
+    took the least? The elephant, who took his trunk, while the fox
+    and the cock had only a brush and a comb between them.</p>
+
+    <p>If a bear were to go into a dry goods store, what would he
+    want? He would want muzzlin'.</p>
+
+    <p>Why was the first day of Adam's life the longest? Because it
+    had no Eve.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:45%;">
+        <a href="images/72.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/72.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Why is a washerwoman like a navigator? Because she spreads
+    her sheets, crosses the line and goes from pole to pole.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it that a tailor won't attend to business? Because he
+    is always cutting out.</p>
+
+    <p>When can a horse be sea-green in color? When it's a bay.</p>
+
+    <p>Why were gloves never meant to sell? Because they were made
+    to be kept on hand.</p>
+
+    <p>When are we all artists? When we draw a long face.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are watch-dogs bigger by night than by day? Because they
+    are let out at night and taken in in the
+    morning.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page73"
+       id="page73"></a>[pg 73]</span>
+
+    <p>Why is B like a hot fire? Because it makes oil Boil.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a schoolmaster like a bootblack? Because he polishes
+    the understandings of the people.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a store-keeper always above his business? When he
+    lives over his store.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the liveliest city in the world? Berlin; because
+    it's always on the Spree.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a water-lily like a whale? Because they both come to
+    the surface to blow.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a shoemaker the most industrious of men? Because he
+    works to the last.</p>
+
+    <p>What is book-keeping? Forgetting to return borrowed
+    volumes.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is scooping out a turnip a noisy process? Because it
+    makes it hollow.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are teeth like verbs? Because they are regular,
+    irregular, and defective.</p>
+
+    <p>What ships hardly ever sail out of sight? Hardships.</p>
+
+    <p>When is an artist a dangerous person? When his designs are
+    bad.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are tortoiseshell combs like citadels? They are
+    for-tresses.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is the Isthmus of Suez like the first "u" in cucumber?
+    Because it is between two "c's" (seas).</p>
+
+    <p>What motive led to the invention of railroads? The
+    loco-motive.</p>
+
+    <p>Why are deaf people like Dutch cheeses? Because you can't
+    make them here.</p>
+
+    <p>When is the best time to get a fresh egg at sea? When the
+    ship lays to.</p>
+
+    <p>Who was the first whistler? The wind.</p>
+
+    <p>Why need a traveler never starve in the desert? Because of
+    the sand which is (sandwiches) there.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is sympathy like blindman's buff? Because it is a fellow
+    feeling for a fellow creature.</p>
+
+    <p>If a Frenchman were to fall into a tub of tallow, in what
+    word would he express his situation? In-de-fat-i-gabble.
+    (Indefatigable.)</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a dinner on board a steamboat like Easter Day?
+    Because it is a movable feast.</p>
+
+    <p>Spell "enemy" in three letters. F O
+    E.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page74"
+       id="page74"></a>[pg 74]</span>
+
+    <p>Why is a little man like a good book? Because he is often
+    looked over.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a pig in a parlor like a house on fire? Because the
+    sooner it is put out the better.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a soldier and a bombshell?
+    One goes to wars, the other goes to pieces.</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the only way that a leopard can change his spots?
+    By going from one spot to another.</p>
+
+    <p>Why did Eve never fear the measles? Because she'd Adam.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a tall man a little short? When he hasn't got quite
+    enough cash.</p>
+
+    <p>What houses are the easiest to break into? The houses of
+    bald people; because their locks are few.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a watch the most difficult thing to steal? Because it
+    must be taken off its guard.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is there never anybody at home in a convent? Because it
+    is an (n) uninhabited place.</p>
+
+    <p>Why does a person who is not good looking make a better
+    carpenter than one who is? Because he is a deal plainer.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the best tree for preserving order? The birch.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is shoemaking the easiest of trades? Because the shoes
+    are always soled before they are made.</p>
+
+    <p>What plant stands for No. 4? IV.</p>
+
+    <p>How can a gardener become thrifty? By making the most of his
+    thyme, and by always putting some celery in the bank.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is it probable that beer was made in the ark? Because
+    the kangaroo went in with hops, and the bear was always
+    bruin.</p>
+
+    <p>"What was the biggest thing you saw at the Panama
+    Exposition?" asked a wife of her husband. "My hotel bill!" said
+    he.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is C like a schoolmistress? Because it forms lasses into
+    classes.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which never asks any questions and yet requires
+    many answers? The street door.</p>
+
+    <p>If a man bumped his head against the top of a room, what
+    article of stationery would he be supplies with? Ceiling whacks
+    (sealing-wax).</p>
+
+    <p>Which is the oldest tree in the country? The elder
+    tree.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page75"
+       id="page75"></a>[pg 75]</span>
+
+    <p>Which is the longest word in the English language? Smiles;
+    because there is a mile between the first and last letters.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which happens twice in a moment and not once in
+    a thousand years? The letter M.</p>
+
+    <p>How many sides are there to a tree? Two, inside and out.</p>
+
+    <p>What sea would a man most like to be in on a wet day? A dry
+    attic (Adriatic).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge? Because it must
+    be ground before it is used.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a
+    troublesome boy? One is to be well shaken before taken, and the
+    other is to be taken and then shaken.</p>
+
+    <p>What makes more noise than a pig under a gate? Two pigs.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a door not a door? When it is a-jar.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a naughty boy and a postage
+    stamp? Because one you stick with a lick, and the other you
+    lick with a stick.</p>
+
+    <p>Why did William Tell shudder when he shot the apple from his
+    son's head? Because it was an arrow escape for his child.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which the more you take from it the larger it
+    grows? A hole.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the best land for little kittens? Lapland.</p>
+
+    <p>Why should a man always wear a watch when he travels in a
+    waterless desert? Because every watch has a spring in it.</p>
+
+    <p>Of what trade is the sun? A tanner.</p>
+
+    <p>What relation is a doormat to a door? Step-fa(r)ther.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which you cannot hold ten minutes, although it
+    is as light as a feather? Your breath.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the worst weather for rats and mice? When it rains
+    cats and dogs.</p>
+
+    <p>What is that which never uses its teeth for eating purposes?
+    A comb.</p>
+
+    <p>When are two apples alike? When pared.</p>
+
+    <p>What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in
+    prison? One cannot see to go and the other cannot go to
+    sea.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a plum cake like the ocean? Because it contains so
+    many currants.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page76"
+       id="page76"></a>[pg 76]</span>
+
+    <p>What pudding makes the best cricketer? A good batter.</p>
+
+    <p>When is a sailor not a sailor? When he's a-board.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is the snow different from Sunday? Because it can fall
+    on any day in the week.</p>
+
+    <p>What trade would you mention to a short boy? Grow sir
+    (grocer).</p>
+
+    <p>What tree is nearest the sea? The beech.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a game of cards like a timber yard? Because there are
+    always a great many deals in it.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a tight boot like an oak tree? Because it produces a
+    corn (acorn).</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in
+    the world? Because each year it is Dublin (doubling).</p>
+
+    <p>What is the easiest way to swallow a door? Bolt it.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is a dancing master like a tree? Because of his bows
+    (boughs).</p>
+
+    <p>Name a word of five letters from which if you take two but
+    "one" remains. Stone.</p>
+
+    <p>Why is A like twelve o'clock? It is the middle of "day"</p>
+
+    <p>When is a man thinner than a lath? When he is a-shaving.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Thought Reading</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very good game, which always causes considerable
+    amusement, and if skillfully carried out will very successfully
+    mystify the whole company.</p>
+
+    <p>It is necessary that the player who is to take the part of
+    thought-reader should have a confederate, and the game is then
+    played as follows:</p>
+
+    <p>The thought-reader, having arranged that the confederate
+    should write a certain word, commences by asking four members
+    of the company to write each a word upon a piece of paper, fold
+    it up in such a manner that it cannot be seen, and then to pass
+    it on to him. The confederate, of course, volunteers to make
+    one of the four, and writes the word previously agreed upon,
+    which is, we will suppose, "Ohio."</p>
+
+    <p>The thought-reader places the slips of paper between his
+    fingers, taking care to put the paper of his confederate
+    between the third and little finger; he then takes the folded
+    paper from between his thumb
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page77"
+       id="page77"></a>[pg 77]</span> and first finger and rubs it,
+       folded as it is, over his forehead, at each rub mentioning a
+       letter, as O, rub, H, rub, I O, after which he calls out
+       that some lady or gentleman has written "Ohio." "I did,"
+       replies the confederate.</p>
+
+    <p>The thought-reader then opens the paper, looks at it, and
+    slips it into his pocket; he has, however, looked at one of the
+    other papers.</p>
+
+    <p>Consequently he is now in a position to spell another word,
+    which he proceeds to do in the same manner, and thus the game
+    goes on until all the papers have been read.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Cushion Dance</h3>
+
+    <p>The children first of all divide themselves into two
+    parties. They then form a ring, and commence dancing round a
+    hassock which is placed, end upward, in the middle of the room.
+    Suddenly one party endeavors to pull the other party forward,
+    so as to force one of their number to kick the hassock and
+    upset it.</p>
+
+    <p>The player who has been unfortunate enough to touch the
+    hassock has then to leave the circle. The game proceeds until
+    only two remain; if these two happen to be boys, the struggle
+    is generally prolonged, as they can so easily jump over the
+    hassock, and avoid kicking it.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Farmyard</h3>
+
+    <p>This game, if carried out properly, will cause great
+    amusement. One of the party announces that he will whisper to
+    each person the name of some animal, which, at a given signal,
+    must be imitated as loudly as possible. Instead, however, of
+    giving the name of an animal to each, he whispers to all the
+    company, with the exception of one, to keep perfectly silent.
+    To this one he whispers that the animal he is to imitate is the
+    donkey. After a short time, so that all may be in readiness,
+    the signal is given. Instead of all the party making the sounds
+    of various animals, nothing is heard but a loud bray from the
+    one unfortunate member of the company.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page78"
+       id="page78"></a>[pg 78]</span>
+
+    <h3>"I Point"</h3>
+
+    <p>It is necessary in this game for the player acting the part
+    of guesser to have a confederate; he is then able to leave the
+    room, and on his return to mention what person was pointed at
+    during his absence. It is done in this way: It is agreed
+    between the guesser and his confederate that whoever speaks
+    last before the door is closed upon the guesser shall be the
+    person who is to be pointed at. It is very seldom that any one
+    discovers this trick.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Diamond Ring</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle with their hands placed palm to
+    palm, the little fingers downward, between the knees. One of
+    the company is chosen to act the part of maid. She takes a ring
+    between her palms, which she keeps flat together in the same
+    way as the rest. She then visits each person in turn and places
+    her hands between the palms of each, so that she is able to
+    slip the ring into some one's hands without the others knowing.
+    When she has visited each, she touches one child, and says:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"My lady's lost her diamond ring;</p>
+
+            <p>I fix upon you to find it."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>The child touched must then guess who has the ring. If she
+    guess correctly, she becomes the maid; if not, she must pay a
+    forfeit. The maid then touches some one else and repeats the
+    two lines given above. Each guesser may be allowed three
+    trials.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Forbidden Letter</h3>
+
+    <p>The idea of this game is to try how many sentences can be
+    spoken without containing a certain letter which has been
+    agreed upon. Supposing, for instance, the letter "f" is not to
+    be introduced; the first player might ask: "Is this a new game
+    to you?" The second player could answer: "Oh, no! I played it
+    years ago when quite a
+    youngster."</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page79"
+       id="page79"></a>[pg 79]</span>
+
+    <p>He would perhaps turn to the third player, and ask: "You
+    remember it, do you not?" The third player might answer: "Yes;
+    but we used to play it differently." This player, having used a
+    word with an "f" in it, must pay a forfeit and remain out.</p>
+
+    <p>The answers must be given at once, without hesitation, and
+    the player who avoids for the greatest length of time using a
+    word containing the forbidden letter wins the game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Grand Mufti</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the company is chosen as Grand Mufti. The others then
+    form a circle with the Grand Mufti in the center, and every
+    action which he performs, if preceded by the words, "Thus says
+    the Grand Mufti," must be imitated by every member of the
+    circle.</p>
+
+    <p>The Grand Mufti, in order to lead one of the company astray,
+    will sometimes omit to say the words: "Thus says the Grand
+    Mufti;" in this case, if any member of the company imitate his
+    action, he is compelled to pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Magic Writing</h3>
+
+    <p>In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states
+    to the company, after a few remarks on ancient sign-language,
+    that he is able to read signs made with a stick on the floor,
+    and agrees to leave the room while the company decide upon some
+    word or sentence.</p>
+
+    <p>The game is played as follows: It is agreed by the player
+    and his confederate that one tap on the floor shall represent
+    A, two taps E, three taps I, four taps O, and five taps U, and
+    that the first letter of each remark the confederate makes
+    shall be one of the consonants of the word or sentence decided
+    upon by the company. The consonants must be taken in order. On
+    the player's return, supposing the word chosen to be "March,"
+    his confederate would commence: "Many people think this game a
+    deception" (initial letter M). One tap on the floor (A).
+    "Really it is very simple" (initial letter R). "Coming to the
+    end soon" (initial letter C). "Hope it has been quite clear"
+    (initial letter H).</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page80"
+       id="page80"></a>[pg 80]</span>
+
+    <p>A few more signs are made so as not to finish too abruptly,
+    and the player then states the word to be "March." If carefully
+    conducted, this game will interest an audience for a
+    considerable time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Flowers</h3>
+
+    <p>The company divides itself into equal sides, and each side
+    must have a "home" in opposite corners of the room. The sides
+    retire to their own "homes," and one side privately chooses a
+    flower, then crosses over to the other corner and gives the
+    initial letter of that flower. The children on the second side
+    must try and guess the name of the flower, and when they have
+    done so they catch as many as they can of the opposite side
+    before they reach their "home."</p>
+
+    <p>Those caught must go over to the other side, and the game
+    goes on until one side has won all the children. The sides take
+    it in turns to give the name of the flower. This game may also
+    be played in the garden.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Fox and Geese</h3>
+
+    <p>One of the party, called the Fox, goes to one end of the
+    room, and the rest of the children arrange themselves in a
+    ring, one behind the other, the tallest first and the smallest
+    last. The first one is called Mother Goose. The game begins by
+    a conversation between the Fox and Mother Goose. "What are you
+    after this fine morning?" says she. "Taking a walk," the Fox
+    answers. "What for?" "To get an appetite for breakfast." "What
+    will you have for breakfast?" "A nice fat goose." "Where will
+    you get it?" "Well, as your geese are so handy, I will take one
+    of them." "Catch one if you can."</p>
+
+    <p>Mother Goose then stretches out her arms to protect her
+    geese and not let the Fox catch one. The Fox tries to dodge
+    under, right and left, until he is able to catch the last of
+    the string. Of course, the brood must try and keep out of reach
+    of the Fox. As the geese are caught they must go over to the
+    den of the Fox, and the game continues until all are
+    caught.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page81"
+       id="page81"></a>[pg 81]</span>
+
+    <h3>"I Sell My Bat, I Sell My Ball"</h3>
+
+    <p>A ring is formed with one child in the middle, who is called
+    the "drummer-man." Whatever this child does the others mimic,
+    moving round as they do so, and singing the following
+    words:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I sell my bat, I sell my ball,</p>
+
+            <p>I sell my spinning-wheel and all;</p>
+
+            <p>And I'll do all that e'er I can</p>
+
+            <p>To follow the eyes of the drummer-man."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Any one who does not at once imitate the "drummer-man" must
+    pay a forfeit and take his place as "drummer-man."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"What's My Thought Like?"</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle, and one of them asks the
+    others: "What's my thought like?" One player may say: "A
+    monkey;" the second, "A candle;" the third, "A pin," and so on.
+    When all the company have compared the thought to some object,
+    the first player tells them the thought&mdash;perhaps it is
+    "the Cat"&mdash;and then asks each, in turn, why it is like the
+    object he compared it to.</p>
+
+    <p>"Why is my cat like a monkey?" is asked. The other player
+    might answer: "Because it is full of tricks." "Why is my cat
+    like a candle?" "Because its eyes glow like a candle in the
+    dark." "Why is my cat like a pin?" "Because its claws scratch
+    like a pin."</p>
+
+    <p>Any one who is unable to explain why the thought resembles
+    the object he mentioned must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cat's Cradle</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a piece of string and knot the ends together and slip
+    it over your hands, as in Fig. 1.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/81-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/81-1.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Next wind the string round your hands, not including the
+    thumb, as in Fig. 2.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/81-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/81-2.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page82"
+       id="page82"></a>[pg 82]</span>
+
+    <p>Slip the second fingers through the string on your hands and
+    you have your cat's cradle, as in Fig. 3.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:40%;">
+        <a href="images/82-1.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-1.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>You must now ask a second person to put his thumbs and first
+    fingers through the cradle, as in Fig. 4.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:35%;">
+        <a href="images/82-2.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-2.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Draw out the string and take it under the cradle, and you
+    will have Fig. 5.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/82-3.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-3.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Slip the thumbs and first fingers again into the side pieces
+    of the cradle, draw the string sideways and take it under the
+    cradle, and you will have Fig. 6.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:50%;">
+        <a href="images/82-4.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-4.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Now curl the little fingers round the string, slipping one
+    under the other as shown, and draw out the side pieces.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:44%;">
+        <a href="images/82-5.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-5.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Slip the thumb and first fingers under the side string,
+    bring them up the middle, and you have your original cat's
+    cradle again.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:48%;">
+        <a href="images/82-6.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/82-6.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page83"
+       id="page83"></a>[pg 83]</span>
+
+    <h3>Personations</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this game the company seat themselves in a circle,
+    while one of the players commences to describe some person with
+    whom most of the other players are familiar, and continues
+    until one or other of the company is able to guess from the
+    description who the person may be.</p>
+
+    <p>The one guessing correctly then commences to describe some
+    one. If, however, the company are unable to make a correct
+    guess, the player goes on until some one is successful.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Frog in the Middle</h3>
+
+    <p>One child is seated on the ground with his legs under him,
+    while the other players form a ring round him. They then pull
+    him about and give him little pushes, and he must try to catch
+    one without rising from the floor.</p>
+
+    <p>The child who is caught takes the middle, while the frog
+    joins the circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Giant</h3>
+
+    <p>This game must be arranged in the nature of a surprise for
+    the company assembled. The giant is formed by two youngsters,
+    one of whom seats himself on the shoulders of his friend. A
+    large cloak should then be thrown over them, to make it appear
+    as if it were only one person, and the top boy might wear a
+    mask to prevent recognition. The giant then enters the room and
+    commences dancing. Great amusement is afforded the little folk
+    by this game.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cock Fighting</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a most amusing game, and although only two boys can
+    play at it at one time, they will keep the rest of the company
+    in roars of laughter. The two who are to represent the "cocks"
+    having been chosen, they are both seated upon the
+    floor.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page84"
+       id="page84"></a>[pg 84]</span>
+
+    <p>Each boy has his wrists tied together with a handkerchief,
+    and his legs secured just above the ankles with another
+    handkerchief; his arms are then passed over his knees, and a
+    broomstick is pushed over one arm, under both knees, and out
+    again on the other side over the other arm. The "cocks" are now
+    considered ready for fighting, and are carried into the center
+    of the room, and placed opposite each other with their toes
+    just touching. The fun now commences.</p>
+
+    <p>Each "cock" tries with the aid of his toes to turn his
+    opponent over on his back or side.</p>
+
+    <p>The one who can succeed in doing this first wins the
+    game.</p>
+
+    <p>It often happens that both "cocks" turn over at the same
+    time, when the fight commences again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/84.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/84.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <h3>Games with the Alphabet</h3>
+
+    <p>It is necessary for these games that a large boxful of
+    letters should be provided, which can be purchased at any toy
+    store or made by the young people themselves by being cut out
+    of newspapers. The <span class="pagenum"><a name="page85"
+       id="page85"></a>[pg 85]</span> children should seat
+       themselves round the table; the letters should then be well
+       shuffled and dealt round to the players. Each child has to
+       form a word or sentence out of the letters which he has
+       received. Another variation is to select a long word, and
+       then in a given time to try to form several words from it.
+       Names of well-known men, places, etc., can also be given.
+       These games are not only amusing, but serve at the same time
+       to instruct the young folk.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Honey Pots</h3>
+
+    <p>For little ones there is scarcely a more popular game than
+    "Honey Pots." Small children of three and four can be included
+    in this game, but there should be two bigger children for the
+    "Buyer" and the "Merchant." The children, with the exception of
+    the Buyer and Merchant, seat themselves upon the floor of the
+    room, with their knees raised and their hands clasped together
+    round them. These children are called "Honey Pots." The
+    Merchant and the Buyer then talk about the quality and quantity
+    of the Honey, and the price of each Pot. It is agreed that the
+    price to be paid shall be according to the weight of the
+    "Honey" and the "Pot." The children are carefully "weighed" by
+    raising them two or three times from the floor and swinging
+    them by the arms, one arm held by the Merchant and the other by
+    the Buyer.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/85.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/85.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page86"
+       id="page86"></a>[pg 86]</span>
+
+    <p>When the "Honey Pots" are all weighed, the Buyer says he
+    will purchase the whole of the stock, and asks the Merchant to
+    help him carry the Pots home. Then the Merchant and the Buyer
+    carry the children, one by one, to the other end of the
+    room.</p>
+
+    <p>When all are safely at the Buyer's house, the Merchant goes
+    out of the room, but suddenly returns and says to the Buyer: "I
+    believe you have carried off my little daughter in one of the
+    Honey Pots." The Buyer replies: "I think not. You sold me all
+    the Pots full of Honey, but if you doubt me you can taste
+    them."</p>
+
+    <p>The Merchant then pretends to taste the Honey, and after
+    having tried two or three Pots exclaims: "Ah! this tastes very
+    much like my little daughter." The little girl who represents
+    the Honey Pot chosen by the Merchant then cries out: "Yes, I am
+    your little girl," and immediately jumps up and runs away, the
+    Buyer at the same time endeavoring to catch her.</p>
+
+    <p>When the one Honey Pot runs away, all the others do the
+    same, the Buyer catches whom he can, and the game
+    recommences.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Spelling Game</h3>
+
+    <p>Each player in this game has what are called three "lives,"
+    or chances. When the company is seated in a circle, the first
+    player mentions a letter as the beginning of a word. The game
+    is for each of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it,
+    keeping the word unfinished as long as possible.</p>
+
+    <p>When a letter is added to the former letters and it makes a
+    complete word, the person who completed it loses a "life." The
+    next player then begins again.</p>
+
+    <p>Every letter added must be part of a word, and not an odd
+    letter thought of on the spur of the moment. When there is any
+    doubt as to the letter used by the last player being correct,
+    he may be challenged, and he will then have to give the word he
+    was thinking of when adding the letter. If he cannot name the
+    word, he loses a "life;" but if he can, it is the challenger
+    who loses.</p>
+
+    <p>This is an example of how the game should be played.
+    Supposing the first player commences with the letter "p;" the
+    next, thinking of "play," would add an "l;" the next an "o,"
+    thinking of "plough;" the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page87"
+       id="page87"></a>[pg 87]</span> next person, not having
+       either of these words in his mind, would add "v;" the next
+       player, perhaps, not knowing the word of which the previous
+       player was thinking, might challenge him, and would lose a
+       "life" on being told the word was "plover." The player next
+       in turn would then start a new word, and perhaps put down
+       "b," thinking of "bat;" the next thinking, say, that the
+       word was "bone," would add an "o," the next player would add
+       "n;" the player whose turn it would now be, not wanting to
+       lose a "life" by finishing the word, would add another "n;"
+       the next player for the same reason would add "e," and then
+       there would be nothing else for the next in turn to do but
+       to complete the word by adding "t" and thus losing a
+       "life."</p>
+
+    <p>It will be seen that there are three ways of losing a
+    "life." First, the player may lay down a letter, and on being
+    challenged be unable to give the word. Secondly, he may himself
+    challenge another player who is not at fault. Thirdly, he may
+    be obliged to add the final letter to a word, and so complete
+    it.</p>
+
+    <p>This is a most amusing game for a large party, for as the
+    different persons lose their three "lives," the players
+    gradually dwindle down to two or three, when it gets very
+    exciting to see who will be the last person left in, for he or
+    she will be declared the winner.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Draw a Pail of Water."</h3>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Draw a pail of water</p>
+
+            <p>For my lady's daughter;</p>
+
+            <p>My father's a king and my mother's a queen,</p>
+
+            <p>My two little sisters are dressed in green;</p>
+
+            <p>Stamping grass and parsley,</p>
+
+            <p>Marigold leaves and daisies,</p>
+
+            <p>One rush, two rush,</p>
+
+            <p>Pray thee, fine lady, come under my bush."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Two children stand face to face, holding each other's hands.
+    Two others also face each other holding hands across the other
+    two. They seesaw backward and forward, singing the above
+    lines.</p>
+
+    <p>When they come to the line, "Pray thee, fine lady, come
+    under my bush," another child pops under and comes up between
+    one child's <span class="pagenum"><a name="page88"
+       id="page88"></a>[pg 88]</span> arms. They sing the verse
+       again and another child creeps under another pair of arms,
+       and so on until there are eight children standing facing
+       each other. The must then jump up and down until one falls
+       down, when she is almost sure to pull the others over.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Questions and Answers</h3>
+
+    <p>Each player is furnished with a pencil and two slips of
+    paper. On the first slip a question must be written. The papers
+    are then collected and put into a bag or basket.</p>
+
+    <div class="figright"
+         style="width:40%;">
+        <a href="images/88.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/88.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Then the players write an answer on their second slip. These
+    are put into a different bag, and the two bags are then well
+    shaken and handed round to the company.</p>
+
+    <p>Every one draws a question and an answer, and must then read
+    the two out to the company.</p>
+
+    <p>The result is sometimes very comical; for instance:</p>
+
+    <p>Questions</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Do you like roses?</p>
+
+            <p>Where are you going to this summer?</p>
+
+            <p>Do you like beef?</p>
+
+            <p>Do you like spiders?</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Answers</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>Yes, with mustard.</p>
+
+            <p>I am very much afraid of them.</p>
+
+            <p>Yes, without thorns.</p>
+
+            <p>To Switzerland.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Duck Under the Water</h3>
+
+    <p>Each child chooses a partner and stands opposite to her, so
+    that two long lines are formed. Each couple hold a handkerchief
+    between them, as high as they can lift their arms, so as to
+    form an arch. The couple standing at the top of the lines run
+    through the arch without letting go their handkerchief, and
+    station themselves at the bottom of
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page89"
+       id="page89"></a>[pg 89]</span> the lines, raising their
+       handkerchief again so as to continue the arch. This is done
+       by each couple in succession until all have had a turn.
+       Whoever breaks the arch or drops the handkerchief must pay a
+       forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Wonderment</h3>
+
+    <p>It is necessary that two only of the party should have a
+    knowledge of this game, and then "wonderment" is sure to be the
+    result.</p>
+
+    <p>The two players agree that a certain word shall be regarded
+    as a signal word. As an illustration, imagine this word to be
+    "and."</p>
+
+    <p>One of the players asserts his belief that he is gifted with
+    second sight, and states that he is able to name, through a
+    closed door, any article touched by any person in sympathy with
+    him, notwithstanding the said person may attempt to mystify him
+    by mentioning a lot of other articles. He then chooses his
+    confederate, as being one with whom he may be in sympathy, and
+    goes outside.</p>
+
+    <p>The player in the room then proceeds to call out, perhaps,
+    as follows: Table, Rug, Piano, Footstool and Chair, Lamp,
+    Inkstand. He then places his hand on the back of a chair and
+    asks: "What am I touching now?" the answer will, of course, be
+    "Chair," because the signal word "and" came immediately before
+    that article.</p>
+
+    <p>If the players are skillful there is no need for the trick
+    to be discovered.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over"</h3>
+
+    <p>A number of children choose one of their number to be
+    "mother" and another to be the witch. One child represents the
+    pot, and the others are named after the days in the week,
+    Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. If there are too many children
+    they might be called after the months.</p>
+
+    <p>The mother first names the children, next she takes the pot
+    and pretends to put it on the fire. She tells the eldest
+    daughter that she is going to wash, and that she must take
+    great care of her brothers and sisters while she is away, and
+    on no account to let the old witch into the house. She is also
+    to look after the dinner and see that the pot
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page90"
+       id="page90"></a>[pg 90]</span> does not boil over. The
+       mother then goes away, and the eldest daughter pretends to
+       be very busy.</p>
+
+    <p>The child who is supposed to be the witch knocks at the
+    door, and asks if she may come in and get a light for her pipe.
+    She must pretend to be very old and walk with a stick.</p>
+
+    <p>"Come in," says the eldest daughter; "what do you want?"</p>
+
+    <p>"To light my pipe at your fire."</p>
+
+    <p>"Very well, but you must not dirty the range."</p>
+
+    <p>"Certainly not; I'll be very careful."</p>
+
+    <p>While the eldest daughter pretends to look on the shelf for
+    something, the witch puts her dirty shoe on the range, catches
+    hold of Monday (the youngest child) and runs off with him. The
+    child who is the pot now makes a hissing noise and pretends to
+    boil over. The daughter calls out:</p>
+
+    <p>"Mother, mother, the pot boils over."</p>
+
+    <p>"Take a spoon and skim it."</p>
+
+    <p>"Can't find one."</p>
+
+    <p>"Look on the shelf."</p>
+
+    <p>"Can't reach."</p>
+
+    <p>"Take the stool."</p>
+
+    <p>"The leg's broken."</p>
+
+    <p>"Take the chair."</p>
+
+    <p>"The chair's gone to be mended."</p>
+
+    <p>"I suppose I must come myself."</p>
+
+    <p>The mother comes in from the washtub, drying her hands.</p>
+
+    <p>"Where's Monday?" she asks.</p>
+
+    <p>"Please, mother, some one came to beg for a light for her
+    pipe, and when my back was turned she took Monday."</p>
+
+    <p>"Why, that was the witch."</p>
+
+    <p>The mother pretends to beat the eldest daughter, tells her
+    to be more careful another time, and goes back to the washtub.
+    The game then goes on as before, and each time the witch comes
+    she takes away a child, until at last even the eldest daughter
+    is taken. The pot boils over for the last time and then the
+    mother, finding all her children gone, goes to the witch's
+    house to find them, when this conversation ensues:</p>
+
+    <p>"Is this the way to the witch's
+    house?"</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page91"
+       id="page91"></a>[pg 91]</span>
+
+    <p>"There's a red bull that way."</p>
+
+    <p>"Then I'll go this way."</p>
+
+    <p>"There's a mad cow that way."</p>
+
+    <p>But the mother insists upon going into the witch's house to
+    look for her children. The witch generally hides the children
+    behind chairs. The mother stoops over one child: "This tastes
+    like Monday," she says, but the witch replies: "That! it is a
+    barrel of pork."</p>
+
+    <p>"No, no," says the mother, "it is my Monday, and there are
+    the rest of the children." The children now jump out and they
+    and their mother begin to run home; the witch runs after them,
+    and whoever she catches becomes witch, while the witch becomes
+    the eldest daughter.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Ants and the Grasshopper</h3>
+
+    <p>Lots are drawn in order to decide who shall be the
+    grasshopper; the ants then seat themselves in a circle, while
+    the grasshopper writes on a piece of paper the name of a grain
+    or food which a grasshopper might be supposed to like. He puts
+    this in his pocket and then addresses the ants:</p>
+
+    <p>"Dear friends, I am very hungry; would any of you kindly
+    give me some food?"</p>
+
+    <p>"I have nothing but a grain of barley," says the ant spoken
+    to.</p>
+
+    <p>"Thank you; that is of no use to me," replies the
+    grasshopper, and goes on to the next player. As soon as any one
+    offers the grain of food which the grasshopper has written down
+    the paper must be produced, and the one who guessed the word
+    pays a forfeit and becomes grasshopper. If no one guesses the
+    word, the grasshopper pays a forfeit.</p>
+
+    <p>The game then goes on in the same way, except that a
+    different question is asked on the second round.</p>
+
+    <p>"Neighbors," says the grasshopper, "I have eaten abundantly
+    and would have a dance. Which would you recommend?"</p>
+
+    <p>A waltz, a polka, a quadrille, etc., are suggested, and when
+    this question has gone the round, the grasshopper asks what
+    music he can dance to, and the ants suggest the music of the
+    violin, the piano, cornet, etc. Then the grasshopper says he is
+    tired of dancing and wishes
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page92"
+       id="page92"></a>[pg 92]</span> for a bed, and the ants offer
+       him moss, straw, grass, and so on, to lie upon.</p>
+
+    <p>"I should sleep very comfortably," the grasshopper says,
+    "but I am in fear of being pounced upon by a hungry bird. What
+    bird have I most reason to fear?" The ants answer: The rook,
+    the lark, the cuckoo, etc.</p>
+
+    <p>When the game is ended, the forfeits that have been lost
+    must be called.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Magic Whistle</h3>
+
+    <p>All the players but three stand in two rows facing each
+    other. One player sits at the end of the two rows, another
+    leads a third player into the room and makes him kneel down
+    before the player who is seated, and who is called the
+    President.</p>
+
+    <p>The President then proceeds to make all sorts of "magic"
+    passes over the kneeler's face, back, and hands. While he is
+    doing this, the boy who led the victim in fastens a whistle to
+    his coat. It must be slung on to a piece of string or tape, and
+    fastened very loosely, so that it can be easily grasped and yet
+    will not knock against the wearer's back.</p>
+
+    <p>The whistle is then blown by the boy who attached it, and
+    the kneeling boy is told to rise and search for the magic
+    whistle. The players who stand on each side must hold their
+    hands before their mouths and pretend to blow whenever the
+    whistle is blown, which must be as often as any one can get a
+    chance without being found out.</p>
+
+    <p>The victim will search all along the rows trying to find the
+    magic whistle, and it will be some time before he discovers
+    that it is pinned to his own coat.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>A Running Maze</h3>
+
+    <p>Form a long line of children, one behind the other. The
+    leader starts running, and is followed by all the rest. They
+    must be sharp enough to do exactly as the leader does.</p>
+
+    <p>After running for a moment or two in the ordinary running
+    step, the leader changes to a hopping step, then to a marching
+    step, quick <span class="pagenum"><a name="page93"
+       id="page93"></a>[pg 93]</span> time, then to a marching
+       step, slow time, claps and runs with hands on sides, hands
+       on shoulders, hands behind, etc.</p>
+
+    <p>Finally, the leader runs slowly round and round into the
+    center, and can either wind the children up tightly or can turn
+    them on nearing the center and run out again. For another
+    change the long line can start running and so unwind the
+    spiral.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Coach and Four</h3>
+
+    <p>Two children stand hand-in-hand, side by side. These are the
+    front horses. Two others, close behind, stand also hand-in-hand
+    and side by side. These are the back horses.</p>
+
+    <p>Slip reins over the left arm of one of the front horses, and
+    over the right arm of the other. The two back horses hold on
+    the reins, standing inside them. A driver must then be chosen,
+    who gathers up the reins in his left hand and in his right hand
+    holds a whip.</p>
+
+    <p>Running beside him, equipped with a horn and parcels and
+    letters, is another child, who acts as guard or conductor. The
+    rest of the children form village streets, by standing in rows
+    facing one another.</p>
+
+    <p>The coach and four, with the driver and guard, gallop about
+    the room and through the villages, the guard blowing his horn
+    and tossing out a paper or letter here and there.</p>
+
+    <p>Change horses every now and then, so that all may have a
+    turn at being horses. A change of driver and guard, too, is
+    also much appreciated.</p>
+
+    <p>When the children have had about enough of this game, start
+    a cheer as the coach dashes through the villages for the last
+    time. Two coaches greatly add to the fun and enjoyment, as they
+    have to pass and repass each other.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Malaga Raisins</h3>
+
+    <p>The players sit in a circle, and one who is acquainted with
+    the trick takes a small stick in his right hand, makes some
+    funny movements with it, and then, having taken it in his left
+    hand, passes it to his neighbor, saying: "Malaga raisins are
+    very good raisins, but I like Valencias better." He then tells
+    his neighbor to do the same. Should
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page94"
+       id="page94"></a>[pg 94]</span> any of the players pass on
+       the stick with the right hand, they must pay a forfeit, but
+       of course they must not be told what mistake they have made
+       until the stick has been passed right round the circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Sally Water</h3>
+
+    <p>This game can be played by any number of children. A ring is
+    formed in which all join with the exception of one little girl,
+    who kneels in the center of the ring. The children then dance
+    round her, singing the following verses:</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Sally, Sally Water, sprinkle in the pan,</p>
+
+            <p>Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man;</p>
+
+            <p>Choose for the best and choose for the worst,</p>
+
+            <p>And choose the very one you love best.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Now you're married I wish you joy,</p>
+
+            <p>First a girl and then a boy;</p>
+
+            <p>Seven years after, son and daughter,</p>
+
+            <p>Pray, young couple, come kiss together."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:100%;">
+        <a href="images/94.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/94.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div><span class="pagenum"><a name="page95"
+       id="page95"></a>[pg 95]</span>
+
+    <p>When they come to the words, "Rise, Sally!" the child in the
+    center rises and chooses another from the ring. The next two
+    lines are then sung, and the two children in the ring dance
+    round and kiss. Sally then joins the ring, the second child
+    remaining in the circle, and the game is continued as before
+    until all the players have acted the part of Sally.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Pigeon-House Game</h3>
+
+    <p>Make a ring of children. In the center place five or six of
+    the smaller children of the party. This forms the pigeon-house
+    and pigeons.</p>
+
+    <p>Now choose one child (boy or girl) to open or shut this
+    old-fashioned dovecote.</p>
+
+    <p>He runs round the ring outside and gently pushes the
+    children in toward the center, and close to the pigeons, who
+    are sitting on the ground softly cooing (or not, just as they
+    please).</p>
+
+    <p>This done he moves back. Let him be called the farmer or the
+    farmer's boy, if a name is wanted.</p>
+
+    <p>A pretty and lively tune is now started on the piano.
+    Directly it begins, the boy runs forward and pulls open the
+    ring of children, which widens out with raised arms, to form
+    pigeon-holes.</p>
+
+    <p>The pigeons rise to their feet and fly out of these holes,
+    round and round the room.</p>
+
+    <p>As the music begins to stop and die away, the pigeons should
+    return to their dovecote, and when the last note sounds they
+    should all be settled again. The farmer's boy now runs round
+    the ring, closing it in and making all safe for the night.</p>
+
+    <p>This game can be played without music, and the elder
+    children can take their turn at being pigeons.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Oats and Beans and Barley</h3>
+
+    <p>All the children form a ring with the exception of one
+    player, who stands in the center. The children then dance round
+    this one, singing the first three lines of the verses given
+    below. At the fourth line they stop dancing and act the words
+    that are sung. They pretend
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page96"
+       id="page96"></a>[pg 96]</span> to scatter seed; they stand
+       at ease, stamp their feet, clap their hands, and at the
+       words: "Turn him round," each child turns round.</p>
+
+    <p>They then again clap hands and dance round, and when the
+    words, "Open the ring and take one in," are sung, the center
+    child chooses a partner, who steps into the ring, and the two
+    stand together while the other children sing the remaining
+    verse, after which the child who was first in the center joins
+    the ring and the game is continued as before.</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Oats and beans and barley O!</p>
+
+            <p>Do you or I or any one know</p>
+
+            <p>How oats and beans and barley grow?</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"First the farmer sows his seed,</p>
+
+            <p>Then he stands and takes his ease,</p>
+
+            <p>Stamps his foot and claps his hands,</p>
+
+            <p>And turns him round to view the land.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Oats and beans and barley O!</p>
+
+            <p>Waiting for a partner, waiting for a partner.</p>
+
+            <p>Open a ring and send one in.</p>
+
+            <p>Oats and beans and barley O!</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"So now you're married you must obey,</p>
+
+            <p>You must be true to all you say,</p>
+
+            <p>You must be kind, you must be good,</p>
+
+            <p>And help your wife to chop the wood.</p>
+
+            <p>Oats and beans and barley O!"</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Bingo</h3>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"The miller's dog lay at the mill,</p>
+
+            <p>And his name was little Bingo,</p>
+
+            <p>B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an
+            O,</p>
+
+            <p>His name was little
+            Bingo.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page97"
+               id="page97"></a>[pg 97]</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"The miller he bought some peppermint,</p>
+
+            <p>And he called it right good Stingo,</p>
+
+            <p>S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G
+            with an O,</p>
+
+            <p>He called it right good Stingo."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>One child represents the miller, the rest stand round him in
+    a circle, and all dance round and sing the verses. When it
+    comes to the spelling part of the rhyme, the miller points to a
+    child, who must call out the right letter.</p>
+
+    <p>Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Lubin Loo</h3>
+
+    <p>This game can be played by any number of children. The
+    players form a ring by clasping hands; they then dance round
+    singing the first verse, which after the second verse serves as
+    a chorus.</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, light,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>On a Saturday night."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>While singing the second verse, the children stop, unclasp
+    their hands and suit their actions to the words contained in
+    the verse.</p>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my right hand in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my right hand out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my right hand shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Each child while singing this first stretches her right arm
+    toward the center of the ring, then draws the same arm back as
+    far as possible, next shakes or swings her right hand, and when
+    the last line is sung she turns right round. The children then
+    once more join hands, and commence dancing, at the same time
+    singing the chorus. The game proceeds as before until all the
+    verses have been sung. Here are the remaining
+    verses:</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page98"
+       id="page98"></a>[pg 98]</span>
+
+    <div class="poem">
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance the lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, light,</p>
+
+            <p>Here we dance lubin, loo,</p>
+
+            <p>On a Saturday night.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my left hand in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my left hand out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my left hand shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my right foot in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my right foot out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my right foot shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my left foot in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my left foot out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my left foot shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my own head in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my own head out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my own head shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo,"
+            etc.</p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page99"
+               id="page99"></a>[pg 99]</span>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my both hands in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my both hands out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my both hands shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"I put my both feet in,</p>
+
+            <p>I put my both feet out,</p>
+
+            <p>I give my both feet shake, shake, shake,</p>
+
+            <p>And turn myself about."</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza"></div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p class="i2">Chorus.</p>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="stanza">
+            <p>"Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.</p>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Little Lady</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game a number of pieces of rolled-up paper to
+    represent horns are required. Whoever makes a mistake in the
+    game has a horn stuck in her hair; or, if little boys are
+    playing, the horns might be stuck behind the ears.</p>
+
+    <p>The leader of the game begins by saying to her right hand
+    neighbor: "Good morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a
+    pretty lady, always pretty, come from that pretty lady, always
+    pretty" (here she points to the girl on her left), "to tell you
+    that she owns an eagle with a golden beak."</p>
+
+    <p>The next player turns to her right-hand neighbor, saying:
+    "Good morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a pretty lady,
+    always pretty, come from that pretty lady, always pretty" (here
+    she points to the last speaker), "to tell you that she owns an
+    eagle with a golden beak and silver claws."</p>
+
+    <p>The next girl continues the story word for word, adding "a
+    rare skin." The next adds "diamond eyes," and the next "purple
+    feathers." If there are a great number of children, other
+    charms must be added to the eagle, but each child must say the
+    whole of the story, and for
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page100"
+       id="page100"></a>[pg 100]</span> each mistake made she
+       receives a paper horn, which must be stuck somewhere about
+       the head. At the end of the game a forfeit must be paid for
+       each of these horns.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>"Birds Fly"</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a very simple game. Each player places a finger on
+    the table, which he must-raise whenever the conductor of the
+    game says: "Birds fly," "Pigeons fly," or any other winged
+    creates "fly."</p>
+
+    <p>If he names any creature without wings, such as "Pigs fly,"
+    and any player thoughtlessly raises his finger, that player
+    must pay a forfeit, as he must also do if he omits to raise his
+    finger when a winged creature is named.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>I Say Stoop</h3>
+
+    <p>Teacher says to the class: "I say stoop."</p>
+
+    <p>Upon the word stoop all the children must stoop. If they do
+    not they must be seated. The teacher must say "I say stand."
+    The children must stand. If they do not they must be
+    seated.</p>
+
+    <p>This game will cause the children to think quickly, and to
+    act quickly.</p>
+
+    <p>The teacher can say: "I say fold the hands behind the
+    back.</p>
+
+    <p>"I say take a deep breath of air."</p>
+
+    <p>"I say hands on hips."</p>
+
+    <p>"I say raise the arms over the head."</p>
+
+    <p>Anything else may be substituted; those who are slow to act
+    and think must be seated.</p>
+
+    <p>The one who remains standing the longest wins.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Flag Race</h3>
+
+    <p>Players seated at desks. Rows need not be full, but there
+    must be same number in each row. Choose a player to stand in
+    front of each row to hold the flag, and another to stand at the
+    rear of each row. At the signal the rear player of each row
+    rises, runs to the front,
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page101"
+       id="page101"></a>[pg 101]</span> takes the flag from the one
+       holding it, carries it to the one standing at the rear, and
+       takes his seat. As soon as he is seated the next player goes
+       and takes the flag back to the player in front. This
+       continues till all have run. Be sure that no team has an
+       unfair advantage because of the positions taken by the flag
+       holders.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Squirrel and Nut</h3>
+
+    <p>Players all seated, but one, heads on desks and eyes
+    covered, one hand open on desk with palm up. The odd player is
+    a squirrel and passes up and down between the rows and puts a
+    nut in the hand of some player.... This one rises and chases
+    the squirrel. If the squirrel is caught before he can reach his
+    own seat, the one who caught him becomes squirrel; if the
+    squirrel is not caught, he can be squirrel again.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Racing and Counting Scores</h3>
+
+    <p>Make a scoreboard on the blackboard, indicating each row by
+    a number of letter. Players run as in "Racing" (First Grade,
+    First Half Year). Have front players run, tag front wall and
+    return to seats, sit erect; mark score; others in a similar
+    manner. Repeat, runners tagging rear wall. See which row has
+    largest score.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>School-room Basket Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Place a basket in the front seat of the second row and
+    another in the front seat of next to last row. Draw a throwing
+    line on floor 20 feet from each basket. At some time beforehand
+    choose four captains and have these captains choose teams,
+    choosing in turn. Teams stand at least two rows apart and
+    behind throwing line, each team having a ball. Captains stand
+    beyond baskets, two captains at same basket. Each captain
+    passes the ball in turn to his players and they throw for the
+    basket. Team throwing the most baskets in a round wins one
+    point, first to get five points wins the contest.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page102"
+       id="page102"></a>[pg 102]</span>
+
+    <h3>Last Man</h3>
+
+    <p>Players seated at desks. Rows playing must be full rows. The
+    game is much like "Fox and Squirrel" (see First Grade, Second
+    Half Year). One player is "it," and there is one runner,
+    besides the full rows of seats. The runner may come to the
+    front of any row and call "Last Man," and then each player in
+    that row must move back one place, leaving the front seat for
+    the runner, who is now safe. The last one in the rear of the
+    row will be out of a place and thus becomes runner. When a
+    runner is tagged, he is "it," and the one who caught him
+    becomes runner and must get out of the way at once.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Changing Seats</h3>
+
+    <p>Players seated at desks. When teacher commands "Change
+    right," all move one place to right and the right hand row
+    stands. In like manner the command may be "Change front,"
+    "Change back," or "Change left." At first it is best to follow
+    each change by the reverse, so as to allow those standing to
+    get seats, but later they may be told that they must run to the
+    vacant seats on the opposite side or end of the room. Leaders
+    may be chosen to act in place of the teacher.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Huckle, Buckle, Beanstalk</h3>
+
+    <p>The children close their eyes and put their heads on their
+    desks. A small object&mdash;a thimble or button&mdash;is placed
+    in plain sight. At a signal, the children move about the room,
+    and when they see it, take their seats without making any sign
+    of its whereabouts. The first one to see it may hide it the
+    next time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Blackboard Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>This is like the blackboard relay played in the third grade,
+    but instead of marks and letters, words must be written; these
+    may be required to form a sentence, numbers may be written and
+    afterwards added, subtracted, etc., by the succeeding players,
+    or each player may <span class="pagenum"><a name="page103"
+       id="page103"></a>[pg 103]</span> write his own name. It is
+       often interesting to have the last player required to erase
+       all his team has written, or each child may erase his own
+       writing, passing the eraser as he did the chalk.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hide the Thimble</h3>
+
+    <p>One child goes out of the room. A thimble or button is
+    placed in plain sight by another child. The one who was sent
+    out is then guided to the object by the clapping of the
+    children&mdash;soft clapping for "cold," and louder for
+    "warm."</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Suggestive Breathing Work</h3>
+
+    <p>1. March winds whistling through the trees. Inhale a deep
+    breath and imitate the wind.</p>
+
+    <p>2. Keeping a feather in the air. Run with head back and blow
+    short breaths, keeping an imaginary feather from falling to the
+    ground.</p>
+
+    <p>3. Making Ocean Waves. By blowing the water in a large
+    basin.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Fox Chase</h3>
+
+    <p>Four farmers are in their home in the country enjoying a
+    quiet evening.</p>
+
+    <p>They hear a sound outside, they watch and listen and decide
+    that the foxes are near the cabin. They wait until they are
+    very close, then give chase&mdash;and catch as many as they can
+    before the foxes have reached their home in the forest. All
+    caught become farmers and help to catch the rest.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Poison</h3>
+
+    <p>The players join hands to form a circle. About ten erasers
+    are placed in the center of the circle, with spaces between
+    them through which a player might step. The players then try by
+    means of pushing or pulling their comrades by means of clasped
+    hands, to make them <span class="pagenum"><a name="page104"
+       id="page104"></a>[pg 104]</span> knock over the erasers. Any
+       player who knocks over an eraser or who unclasps hands must
+       take his seat, the erasers again being replaced. The first
+       players so leaving the circle form a scrub circle. The
+       player wins who remains longest in the first circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Slap-Jack</h3>
+
+    <p>All the pupils are seated except one. The odd player walks
+    or runs through the aisles, touching some player, and runs
+    around the room in the direction he is going. The one touched
+    immediately leaves his seat, and runs around the room in the
+    opposite direction. The first one back in the empty seat
+    wins.</p>
+
+    <p>Dodging through the aisles to shorten the distance is not
+    allowed. The run must be around the outside of the room.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Crow's Race</h3>
+
+    <p>All players form in a straight line. Grasp just above ankles
+    and on "Go," run a very short distance and return, keeping hold
+    above ankles all the time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Riding the Bicycle</h3>
+
+    <p>Hands in position in front, as though grasping the
+    handle-bars, running in place with lifting the knee high and
+    pointing toe to the ground. The same movement, traveling
+    forward with short, quick steps.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Cat and Rat</h3>
+
+    <p>Children form a circle around the room, with hands joined. A
+    "cat" is chosen to stand outside the circle, a "rat" to stand
+    inside. The players are friends of the rat, and raise their
+    arms to let him under, but keep them down when the cat tries to
+    get through. The cat chases the rat in and out of the circle,
+    among desks and over seats, till the "rat" is caught, when a
+    new cat and rat are chosen.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page105"
+       id="page105"></a>[pg 105]</span>
+
+    <h3>Jumping the Rope</h3>
+
+    <p>This makes a splendid combination exercise. Swing the arms
+    in a large circle, as though swinging the rope, and jump each
+    time that the rope comes down. Travel forward with the same
+    exercises, jumping and landing on one foot instead of both.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Teacher</h3>
+
+    <p>The children stand or sit in one line. One is teacher and he
+    or she throws a bean bag or soft ball in rotation down the
+    line, the child missing goes to the front. When the teacher
+    misses he or she goes to the foot and the child at the head
+    becomes teacher. No bad or swift throws are counted.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Bird-Catcher</h3>
+
+    <p>This game is a great favorite with all the children, even in
+    the upper grades. Two players are chosen as bird-catchers, and
+    stand in one corner of the room. The "mother-bird" is chosen to
+    stand in another "nest" in the other front corner of the room.
+    The other players are named in groups (those in one row of
+    seats usually) for various birds, "robins," "wrens," etc. As
+    the name of each group of birds is called, they go to the back
+    of the room, and, at a signal, run to the "mother-bird's nest."
+    The bird-catchers try to catch them before they reach it. The
+    "birds" dodge in and out among the desks, jumping over the
+    seats, etc. The mother-bird and bird-catchers count their birds
+    at the end of the game, and all "fly" back to their seats; that
+    is, wave their arms and skip to their seats.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Tag Me, or Heads Up</h3>
+
+    <p>The pupils, upon the command of the player who is the leader
+    and stands in front of the class, fold their arms upon the desk
+    and lower the head upon the arms. The leader has an eraser or
+    other article which he places upon one of the desks. He
+    commands "Heads up" and the
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page106"
+       id="page106"></a>[pg 106]</span> pupils raise their heads.
+       The one finding the eraser on his seat rises and chases the
+       leader. If he catches him he becomes the leader; if not, the
+       first one is again the leader. If they fail to catch him
+       after two trials he chooses another leader.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>An Eraser Game</h3>
+
+    <p>A boy places a rubber eraser, or any small object, on the
+    desk of a girl. She takes the eraser and chases him around the
+    room to his seat. If she tags him, he goes to the corner to
+    stand, with others who are caught, till the end of the game.
+    The girl then puts the eraser on a boy's desk, and the game
+    continues.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Circle Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Children stand in a circle around the room; one stands in
+    the center, with a bean bag or ball, and makes quick throws to
+    children in different parts of the circle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Seat Tag&mdash;A School-room Game</h3>
+
+    <p>The one starting the game runs and tags someone near and
+    gets to that child's seat as quickly as he can. The child tries
+    to tag him on the way. If he tags him the one tagged must go in
+    the mush pot, that is, to go to the front of the room and sit
+    down. The one who caught him continues the game, and when
+    another one gets in the mush pot the first one is permitted to
+    take his seat. The game continues until all have had a run.</p>
+
+    <p>The runs should all be very short to make the game go
+    quickly.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dead Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Children stand by desks. A tennis or soft rubber ball is
+    thrown among the players. The child hit sits and is out of the
+    game. The child standing near where the ball falls throws it
+    the next time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page107"
+       id="page107"></a>[pg 107]</span>
+
+    <h3>Preliminary Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>Children stand in rows, facing each other, two rows of desks
+    between them, those on one side having bean bags. On the
+    teacher's counts they throw to those in the row opposite,
+    throwing and catching with both hands. After a given number of
+    throws, they put the left hand behind them, throwing and
+    catching with the right hand; the same with the left hand. This
+    is good muscular training.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Dodge</h3>
+
+    <p>Players divide into equal groups. One group forms a circle,
+    the other within. Outside group has a volley or an outdoor
+    baseball with which they try to hit the one's (players) within.
+    As soon as one is hit he must immediately join the circle and
+    help hit the others. When all have been tagged in this way,
+    groups change places and repeat. The two players who were last
+    to be hit in the two games are captains to choose up for the
+    next time.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Third Man</h3>
+
+    <p>Played much like "Three Deep." Players stand in couples,
+    facing each other, couples scattered in any way around the
+    room. The runner is free from being tagged when he steps
+    between the two players of any couple, and the chaser must
+    chase the one toward whom the runner turns his back.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Fox and Chickens</h3>
+
+    <p>Choose a player to be fox and another to be the mother hen.
+    The players are the chickens and all form in a line behind the
+    mother hen, and each one grasping the waist of the one in
+    front. The fox tries to tag the last chicken; the line, led by
+    the mother hen, turns and tries to keep between the fox and
+    that chicken. When the last chicken is tagged he becomes fox,
+    and the mother hen chooses another player in her place.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page108"
+       id="page108"></a>[pg 108]</span>
+
+    <h3>Eraser Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>Place an eraser on the front desk of alternate rows. At a
+    signal to start the first child in each row takes the eraser in
+    both hands and passes it over his head to the child behind him.
+    This continues till the last child receives it. The last child
+    runs forward with it, running down the right aisle. On reaching
+    the front seat, his entire row moves one seat backward, so as
+    to leave an empty seat in front. The runner then sits down in
+    the empty seat and passes the eraser backward with both hands
+    as before stated.</p>
+
+    <p>The changing of seats should be on the left side.</p>
+
+    <p>The game ends when each child is returned to his own
+    seat.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>School-room Tag</h3>
+
+    <p>Mark a circle on floor in front of desks. Choose a player to
+    be "it." He stands near but not in the circle and calls the
+    names of three players. The players must rise and try to reach
+    the circle without being tagged. They run in any style in
+    either direction.</p>
+
+    <p>The first one tagged is "it" and the game continues as
+    before. If none are caught, three more are named. Encourage
+    naming players who have not been called.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Serpentine Maze</h3>
+
+    <p>Players all in single file, teacher leading. Each player
+    reaches right hand forward to player next in front and left
+    hand back, grasping hands. March forward, circling to left and
+    winding up into a spiral. When tightly wound, last player
+    should lead, all turn about to left and wind up, circling to
+    right. Several variations should be used later:</p>
+
+    <p>1. Same as first method without grasping hands.</p>
+
+    <p>2. When wound as far as possible and leave enough space,
+    teach circles right from center of spiral and line follows,
+    passing out in a reverse spiral; this is done first grasping
+    hands and later without.</p>
+
+    <p>3. When leader reaches center of spiral, tight wound, she
+    signals <span class="pagenum"><a name="page109"
+       id="page109"></a>[pg 109]</span> to players in some
+       direction and they lift arms, forming arches, under which
+       the line may pass, teacher leading, hands are kept grasped
+       in this case.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Teacher and Class</h3>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:60%;">
+        <a href="images/109.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/109.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+
+    <p>Similar to "School Ball." A leader is chosen for each group
+    of eight or ten players, the players in a line and the leader
+    eight or ten feet away at the side. A row in the school-room
+    may be taken as a group, with a leader standing in front. The
+    leader tosses the ball or bean bag to the players in turn,
+    beginning at the head. Any player missing goes to the foot. If
+    the leader misses he goes to the foot and the one at the head
+    becomes leader. If the ball goes twice around and the leader
+    does not miss, he goes in the line just above those who have
+    missed and the head player becomes leader.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Blackboard Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>The competing rows must be placed where there is a
+    blackboard at the front of each row. First player of each row
+    has a piece of chalk. At the signal he runs to the board and
+    makes a mark with the chalk, then he returns to his seat, and
+    hands the chalk to the next player,
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page110"
+       id="page110"></a>[pg 110]</span> who runs and marks in his
+       turn. Later, players may be required to make a cross,
+       circles, capital letters, small letters, add columns of
+       numbers, write words, construct sentences. The teacher is
+       the judge as to whether the marks come up to the
+       requirements, and each team is charged with a foul for each
+       defect.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Tag the Wall Relay</h3>
+
+    <p>This is like "Racing" (See First Grade), but more
+    continuous. Two or more rows compete. The player in the back
+    seat rises at a signal from the teacher, runs forward down the
+    aisle, tags the wall at the front of the room, and returns to
+    his seat. As soon as he has reached his seat the player next in
+    front of him does the same, the relay being complete when each
+    player in turn has run. The line whose front player is seated
+    first wins.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Slow Poke (Indoors)</h3>
+
+    <p>Alternate rows of children are chosen. On a signal from the
+    teacher, the last children in the alternate rows, run down the
+    aisles, turn to their left; run down the other aisle, turn on
+    reaching their seats, and tag the person who sits in front of
+    them. The person tagged does as the first person did, tagging
+    the person in front only when he reaches his starting place.
+    Each person running when tagged. Equal numbers should be chosen
+    for each row. The object of the game is to see which row is the
+    winner, depending entirely upon alertness, quickness of mind
+    and honesty in playing with fellow students.</p>
+    <hr />
+
+    <h2>TRICKS AND PUZZLES</h2>
+
+    <p>Any one who wishes to play a trick or show off a puzzle
+    should test it privately, before attempting to show it before
+    company, for often, owing to some slight error, the trick may
+    at first prove a failure, whereas a little practice will soon
+    make one perfect.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page111"
+       id="page111"></a>[pg 111]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Dancing Egg</h3>
+
+    <p>Get a hard-boiled egg and place it on the reverse side of a
+    smooth polished plate or bread-platter. If you now turn the
+    plate round while holding it in a horizontal position, the egg,
+    which is in the middle of it, will turn round also, and as the
+    pace is quickened, the egg will move more and more quickly,
+    until it stands up on one end and spins round like a top. In
+    order to be quite sure that the experiment will succeed, you
+    should keep the egg upright while it is being boiled, so that
+    the inside may be hardened in the proper position.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Magic Thread</h3>
+
+    <p>Soak a piece of thread in a solution of salt or alum (of
+    course, your audience must not know you have done this). When
+    dry, borrow a very light ring and fix it to the thread. Apply
+    the thread to the flame of a candle; it will burn to ashes, but
+    will still support the ring.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Swimming Needles</h3>
+
+    <p>There are several ways of making a needle float on the
+    surface of the water.</p>
+
+    <p>The simplest way is to place a piece of tissue paper on the
+    water and lay the needle on it; the paper soon becomes soaked
+    with water and sinks to the bottom, while the needle is left
+    floating on the top.</p>
+
+    <p>Another method is to hang the needle in two slings made of
+    threads, which must be carefully drawn away as soon as the
+    needle floats.</p>
+
+    <p>You can also make the needle float by simply holding it in
+    your fingers and laying it on the water. This, however,
+    requires a very steady hand.</p>
+
+    <p>If you magnetize a sewing-needle by rubbing it on a fairly
+    strong magnet and float it on the water, it will make an
+    extremely sensitive compass; and if you place two needles on
+    the water at the same time, you will see them slowly approach
+    each other until they float side by side, that is, if they do
+    not strike together so heavily as to cause them to sink.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page112"
+       id="page112"></a>[pg 112]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Bridge of Knives</h3>
+
+    <p>Three knives may be supported by their handles in the
+    following manner: Place three glasses in a triangle, each side
+    of which must be about the length of one of the knives. The
+    blade of the first knife should rest on the blade of the
+    second, by passing over it near to the point where the handle
+    and blade are joined; the blade of the second passing in the
+    same manner over the blade of the third, which is to be made to
+    rest on the blade of the first. The handles being then
+    carefully placed upon the glasses, a bridge is formed strong
+    enough to bear a considerable weight.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Balance a Coffee-Cup on the Point of a Knife</h3>
+
+    <p>The articles necessary for the performance of this trick are
+    very simple, a dinner-fork and an ordinary sized cork being all
+    that are needed. Fix the cork firmly in the handle of the fork,
+    then stick the fork into it so that two prongs shall be on each
+    side of the cup handle, and slope the fork in such a way that
+    its handle will come under the bottom of the cup. The heaviest
+    weight being thus brought underneath, you can hold the cup on
+    the point of a knife, if you very carefully find the exact
+    place on which it will balance.</p>
+
+    <p>As the surface of the cup is usually glazed, the hand which
+    holds the knife must not tremble, or the cup will slip off.</p>
+
+    <p>You may also obtain the same result by using two knives
+    instead of a fork.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Obstinate Cork</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a small cork and ask some one to blow it into a fairly
+    large sized, ordinary bottle that has a neck.</p>
+
+    <p>This seems to be quite an easy matter. The one who tries it
+    will probably blow as hard as possible upon the little cork;
+    but, instead of going into the bottle, as expected, it will
+    simply fall down. The harder the puffs or blows, the more
+    obstinate the cork will appear to be; and even if the effect of
+    blowing gently be tried, it will be of no use; the cork will
+    not go into the bottle, much to the amusement of those who
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page113"
+       id="page113"></a>[pg 113]</span> are watching. The reason
+       why the cork will not go in is this: The bottle being
+       already full of air, when the cork is blown, more air will
+       be forced into the bottle, and consequently the air inside
+       will be greatly compressed and will simply force the cork
+       back. The following is a simple way of overcoming the
+       difficulty: Instead of trying to force the cork through the
+       compressed air in the bottle, just the contrary should be
+       tried, that is, some of the air should be sucked out of the
+       bottle; this being done, the bottle will become partly
+       emptied, and when the outside air rushes in to fill up the
+       empty space, it will carry the cork with it to the bottom of
+       the bottle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Six and Five Make Nine</h3>
+
+    <p>This is a simple little puzzle. Take eleven strips of
+    cardboard, lay six of them at exactly equal distances on the
+    table, and ask one of the company to add the five other strips
+    and yet only make nine. It is done by placing six of them
+    parallel to each other&mdash;the others are used to spell out
+    the word nine.</p>
+
+    <div class="figcenter"
+         style="width:40%;">
+        <a href="images/113.png"><img width="100%"
+             src="images/113.png"
+             alt="" /></a>
+    </div>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Vanishing Dime</h3>
+
+    <p>Stick a small piece of white wax on the nail of the middle
+    finger of your right hand, taking care that no one sees you do
+    it. Then place a dime in the palm of your hand and tell your
+    audience that you can make it vanish at the word of
+    command.</p>
+
+    <p>You then close your hand so that the dime sticks to the
+    waxed nail. Blow on your hand and make magic passes, and cry
+    "Dime, begone!" Open your hand so quickly that no one will see
+    the dime <span class="pagenum"><a name="page114"
+       id="page114"></a>[pg 114]</span> stuck to the back of your
+       nail, and show your empty hand. To make the dime reappear,
+       you merely close you hand again and rub the dime into your
+       palm.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Light a Snowball with a Match</h3>
+
+    <p>Roll a snowball and put it on a plate. While rolling,
+    contrive to slip a piece of camphor into the top of it. The
+    camphor must be about the size and shape of a chestnut, and it
+    must be pushed into the soft snow so as to be
+    invisible&mdash;the smaller end uppermost, to which the match
+    should be applied.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Dancing Pea</h3>
+
+    <p>For this trick, take a piece, two or three inches long, of a
+    stem of a clay tobacco pipe, taking care that one end is quite
+    even; with a knife or file, work the hole at the even end
+    larger, so as to form a little cup. Choose the roundest pea you
+    can find, place it in the cup, and blow softly through the
+    other end of the pipe, throwing back your head while you blow,
+    so that you can hold the pipe in an upright position over your
+    mouth.</p>
+
+    <p>The pea will rise, fall and dance in its cup, according to
+    the degree of force you use in blowing, but you must take care
+    not to blow too hard, or you may blow it away altogether.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Balancing Spoon</h3>
+
+    <p>Place a half-opened penknife on the edge of the table and
+    hang a large cooking-spoon by its hook on to the knife, just
+    where the blade and handle join. Place the spoon so that its
+    inner (concave) side is facing the table and, after swinging
+    for a little while, the knife and spoon will keep still in
+    perfect balance. Even if you fill the spoon with sand it will
+    not fall, so long as the heaviest point is under the edge of
+    the table.</p>
+
+    <p>The cooking-spoon is hung on to the half-opened penknife
+    where the blade and the handle join, and you can now place the
+    end of the <span class="pagenum"><a name="page115"
+       id="page115"></a>[pg 115]</span> knife-handle on the tip of
+       your finger, on the edge of the table, or on the rim of a
+       glass which is standing near the edge of the table, and your
+       knife and spoon will balance perfectly, without falling
+       over.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Force of a Water-Drop</h3>
+
+    <p>Get a match and make a notch in the middle of it, bend it so
+    as to form an acute angle, and place it over the mouth of a
+    bottle.</p>
+
+    <p>Now place a dime or other small coin on the match and ask
+    any one to get the coin into the bottle without touching either
+    the bottle or the match.</p>
+
+    <p>This is very easy to do. Dip your finger in a glass of
+    water, hold it over the place where the match is notched, and
+    let one or two drops fall on this point. The force of the water
+    will cause the sides of the angle to move apart, and the
+    opening thus become large enough to let the coin fall into the
+    bottle.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Sentinel Egg</h3>
+
+    <p>This trick requires care and patience. You must lay a piece
+    of looking-glass on a perfectly even table; then take a
+    new-laid egg and shake it about for some time until the white
+    is well mixed with the yolk. In this condition it is possible
+    to balance the egg on its end and make it stand upright on the
+    glass. This trick is more certain to be successful if you are
+    clever enough to flatten the end ever so slightly and evenly,
+    by giving it a gentle and unsuspected tap.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Coin Trick</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a coin in each hand and stretch out your arms as far
+    apart as you can. Then tell your audience that you will make
+    both coins pass into one hand without bringing your hands
+    together. This is easily done by placing one coin upon the
+    table and then turning your body round until the hand with the
+    other coin comes to where it lies. You can then easily pick the
+    coin up, and both will be in one hand, while your arms are
+    still widely extended.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page116"
+       id="page116"></a>[pg 116]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Wonderful Pendulum</h3>
+
+    <p>If you fill a wineglass with water and place a thick piece
+    of paper over it so that no air can get in, you will find that
+    you can turn the glass upside down without spilling a drop of
+    water, because the pressure of the air on the outside will keep
+    the paper from falling off. It is on this principle that the
+    present pendulum is to be made. Take a piece of cardboard
+    larger than the mouth of the glass; pass a cord through a small
+    hole in the center of the card, and fasten it by means of a
+    knot on the under side, then carefully cover the hole with wax,
+    so that no air may get in.</p>
+
+    <p>Place your cardboard over the glass full of water, and by
+    making a loop in the end of the cord you can hang the glass
+    from a hook in the ceiling without any fear of its falling off.
+    In order to make sure that no air can get into the glass, it is
+    wise to smear the rim with tallow before laying the cardboard
+    on.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Revolving Pins</h3>
+
+    <p>Take a piece of elastic which is not covered with silk or
+    wool, and through the middle of this stick a pin, which you
+    have bent as shown in the illustration.</p>
+
+    <p>Now hold the elastic between the thumb and first finger of
+    each hand and twirl it round, stretching it a little at the
+    same time. The rapid movement thus caused will make the
+    revolving pin look like a glass object, and if you have a
+    strong light falling on the pin and a dark background behind
+    it, the resemblance becomes very much stronger.</p>
+
+    <p>After a little practice you will be able to represent many
+    things in this way&mdash;cheese dishes, vases, champagne
+    glasses, etc.; and if the bent pin should fall into a
+    horizontal position while revolving, on account of its shape,
+    you can tie one end to the elastic with a piece of white
+    thread, which will not in any way interfere with the
+    working.</p>
+
+    <p>This trick looks well in a darkened room, when the pin is
+    illuminated by a ray of sunlight coming through a hole in the
+    window shutter.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page117"
+       id="page117"></a>[pg 117]</span>
+
+    <h3>The Mysterious Ball</h3>
+
+    <p>This seems to be a plain wooden ball with a hole bored in
+    its center, through which a string is passed. The ball will
+    move lightly up and down this cord, but let some one who knows
+    the trick take the string in his hand and it becomes quite a
+    different matter; the ball will move quickly, or slowly, at
+    command, and, if told to do so, will stand still until ordered
+    to move on again.</p>
+
+    <p>The reason for this peculiar behavior is that inside the
+    ball there are two holes, one of which is quite straight, while
+    the other is curved, and turns out of the straight hole.</p>
+
+    <p>It is through this curved passage that the cord is passed,
+    and you can easily see that to regulate the movements of the
+    ball, it is only necessary to hold the string more or less
+    tightly. If you hold the cord perfectly tight, the ball will
+    not be able to move at all. The ball can be purchased at any
+    top shop.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Man with His Head the Wrong Way</h3>
+
+    <p>Put on a coat and vest so that they fasten behind. Then fix
+    a mask over the back of the head and a wig over the face. The
+    effect is very curious.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Find an Object While Blindfolded</h3>
+
+    <p>To play this trick, you must take one of your friends into
+    your confidence. Borrow a watch and put it in your pocket, and
+    then ask your audience to sit at the end of the room, blindfold
+    your friend, and lead him outside. Now say: "Ladies and
+    gentlemen, if you will give me some small object to hide, I
+    promise that the blind man will find it, although I shall not
+    even tell him what he is to look for, and I shall lower the
+    gas, so that if the bandage should slip, he will still be
+    unable to see." A key, pencil, or any small thing having been
+    handed to you, lower the gas and proceed to hide the object, at
+    the end of the room, mentioning where you have put it, but not
+    mentioning that you have placed the watch close beside it. You
+    then request "Silence" and lead in the blind man and ask him to
+    begin his search. He is guided, of
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page118"
+       id="page118"></a>[pg 118]</span> course, by the ticking of
+       the watch, and knows that whatever he finds close to it is
+       the object hidden. When he calls "Found," he must slip the
+       watch into his pocket. You then turn up the gas and quietly
+       ask your audience if they do not think your friend is a very
+       clever fellow?</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Chinese Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>Here is a simple way of making shadow pictures: Place a
+    candle on the table and fix a piece of white paper on the wall
+    at the same height from the ground as the light is. Now place
+    some non-transparent object, as, for instance, a large book,
+    between the candle and the paper, and on one side of the table
+    place a mirror so that it will reflect the light of the candle
+    on to the paper on the wall. If you now put little cardboard
+    figures between the candle and the mirror, a shadow will be
+    thrown on the white paper and you can move your figures about
+    just as you please.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Hand Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>It is very difficult to explain how these shadows should be
+    made, but you must bear in mind the fact that it is necessary
+    to stand between the lamp and the wall, and extend your arms so
+    that the shadow of your body does not interfere with the
+    picture shadows you intend to make with your hands. The
+    illustrations given will show you how to make two very good
+    shadow pictures, but the fun of the game is for several people
+    to make up pictures of their own, and see who can succeed in
+    making the best.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>The Game of Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>For this game you require a white sheet to be hung up at the
+    end of the room. Then the "shadow-makers" take up their places
+    on low stools behind the sheet. There must be only one lamp in
+    the room, which should be placed about six or seven feet behind
+    the "shadow-makers." Then the "shadow-makers" drape themselves
+    with shawls, or anything handy, and take their places so that
+    their shadows are <span class="pagenum"><a name="page119"
+       id="page119"></a>[pg 119]</span> thrown upon the sheet. They
+       must, of course, try to disguise themselves, so that the
+       "shadow-seekers" may not be able to guess their identity. By
+       loosening the hair and letting it fall over the face, a girl
+       may appear like a man with a beard; bending the finger over
+       the nose gives one a very queer-looking hooked nose in the
+       shadow, and entirely alters the appearance of the face.
+       Covering one's self up in a sheet and then extending the
+       arms gives one the appearance of a large bat. As soon as a
+       "shadow-maker's" identity has been guessed he must take his
+       place as a "shadow-seeker," and the one who guessed him
+       becomes a "shadow-maker." The penalty of a glance behind the
+       sheet on the part of the "shadow-seeker" is to pay a
+       forfeit.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Think of a Number</h3>
+
+    <p>Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to
+    tell you what it is. Tell him then to double it. When he has
+    done that, let him add an even number to it, which you must
+    give him. After doing this, he must halve the whole, then from
+    what is left, take away the number he first thought of. When
+    this is completed, if he has counted correctly, you will be
+    able to give him the exact remainder, which will simply be the
+    half of the even number you told him to add to his own.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>Living Shadows</h3>
+
+    <p>In order to make these, you must stand in the corner of the
+    room, near a mirror. Let some one hold a light behind you, so
+    that the shadow of your head and shoulders will be thrown upon
+    the wall, and also that the reflected light from the mirror
+    will fall at exactly the same spot as the shadow of your
+    head.</p>
+
+    <p>If the mirror is now covered with a piece of thick paper,
+    from which two eyes, a nose, and a mouth are cut out, the
+    effect shown in the drawing will be produced. In order to make
+    the shadow still more lifelike, cut out two pieces of paper,
+    fasten one over the mirror, and move the other over it. In this
+    way the eyes and mouth of the shadow may be made to move.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+    <span class="pagenum"><a name="page120"
+       id="page120"></a>[pg 120]</span>
+
+    <h3>To Guess the Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes</h3>
+
+    <p>For this trick a whole set of dominoes is required, the
+    performer taking care to hide one of the set, not a double, in
+    his pocket. The remaining dominoes should be shuffled, and
+    placed according to the ordinary rules of domino games, and the
+    performer undertakes to tell, without seeing them, the two
+    numbers forming the extremes of the line, set during his
+    absence from the room. The numbers on the extreme ends of the
+    domino line will be exactly the same as the numbers on the
+    domino which the performer has in his pocket. If he is asked to
+    repeat the trick, he should be sure to change the hidden
+    domino, or he may chance to be found out.</p>
+    <hr class="short" />
+
+    <h3>To Tell the Age of Any Person</h3>
+
+    <p>Prepare a set of cards by making a copy of the tables given
+    here. Hand them to the person whose age you wish to ascertain,
+    and ask him to name the cards on which his age appears.</p>
+
+    <p>If you then add together the first number on each of the
+    cards he names, the total will be the age required.</p>
+
+    <table summary="Telling a person's age"
+           align="center" border="1">
+        <tr>
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 1 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 2 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 3 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 4 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 5 Card</td>
+
+            <td colspan="2" align="center">No. 6 Card</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">1</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">2</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">4</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">8</td>
+
+            <td align="right">28</td>
+
+            <td align="right">16</td>
+
+            <td align="right">28</td>
+
+            <td align="right">32</td>
+
+            <td align="right">44</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">3</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">3</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">5</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">9</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">17</td>
+
+            <td align="right">29</td>
+
+            <td align="right">33</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">5</td>
+
+            <td align="right">33</td>
+
+            <td align="right">6</td>
+
+            <td align="right">34</td>
+
+            <td align="right">6</td>
+
+            <td align="right">36</td>
+
+            <td align="right">10</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">18</td>
+
+            <td align="right">30</td>
+
+            <td align="right">34</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">7</td>
+
+            <td align="right">35</td>
+
+            <td align="right">7</td>
+
+            <td align="right">35</td>
+
+            <td align="right">7</td>
+
+            <td align="right">37</td>
+
+            <td align="right">11</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">19</td>
+
+            <td align="right">31</td>
+
+            <td align="right">35</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">9</td>
+
+            <td align="right">37</td>
+
+            <td align="right">10</td>
+
+            <td align="right">38</td>
+
+            <td align="right">12</td>
+
+            <td align="right">38</td>
+
+            <td align="right">12</td>
+
+            <td align="right">40</td>
+
+            <td align="right">20</td>
+
+            <td align="right">48</td>
+
+            <td align="right">36</td>
+
+            <td align="right">48</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">11</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">11</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">13</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">13</td>
+
+            <td align="right">41</td>
+
+            <td align="right">21</td>
+
+            <td align="right">49</td>
+
+            <td align="right">37</td>
+
+            <td align="right">49</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">13</td>
+
+            <td align="right">41</td>
+
+            <td align="right">14</td>
+
+            <td align="right">42</td>
+
+            <td align="right">14</td>
+
+            <td align="right">44</td>
+
+            <td align="right">14</td>
+
+            <td align="right">42</td>
+
+            <td align="right">22</td>
+
+            <td align="right">50</td>
+
+            <td align="right">38</td>
+
+            <td align="right">50</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+
+            <td align="right">15</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+
+            <td align="right">39</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">17</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+
+            <td align="right">18</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+
+            <td align="right">20</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+
+            <td align="right">24</td>
+
+            <td align="right">44</td>
+
+            <td align="right">24</td>
+
+            <td align="right">52</td>
+
+            <td align="right">40</td>
+
+            <td align="right">52</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">19</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">19</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">21</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">25</td>
+
+            <td align="right">45</td>
+
+            <td align="right">25</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+
+            <td align="right">41</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">21</td>
+
+            <td align="right">49</td>
+
+            <td align="right">22</td>
+
+            <td align="right">50</td>
+
+            <td align="right">22</td>
+
+            <td align="right">52</td>
+
+            <td align="right">26</td>
+
+            <td align="right">46</td>
+
+            <td align="right">26</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+
+            <td align="right">42</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">51</td>
+
+            <td align="right">23</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">47</td>
+
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+
+            <td align="right">43</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">25</td>
+
+            <td align="right">53</td>
+
+            <td align="right">26</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+
+            <td align="right">28</td>
+
+            <td align="right">54</td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+
+            <td align="right"></td>
+        </tr>
+
+        <tr>
+            <td align="right">27</td>
+
+            <td align="right">55</td>
+
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+The Project Gutenberg eBook, My Book of Indoor Games, by Clarence Squareman
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+
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+Title: My Book of Indoor Games
+
+Author: Clarence Squareman
+
+Release Date: July 25, 2004  [eBook #13022]
+
+Language: English
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MY BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES***
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+MY BOOK OF INDOOR GAMES
+
+by
+
+CLARENCE SQUAREMAN
+
+1916
+
+With Full Page Illustrations from Photographs Loaned
+by The Chicago Park Commission
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: Cover.]
+
+
+
+
+[Plate 1]
+
+
+
+The publishers gratefully acknowledge their thanks to the Chicago
+Park Commission for the loan of the photographs of which the half tone
+illustrations used in this book are copies.
+
+
+
+
+INDEX OF INDOOR GAMES
+
+  Acting Proverbs 37
+  Acting Rhymes 54
+  Adventurers 41
+  All Fours 64
+  Alphabet Game 84
+  Animal, Vegetable or Mineral 45
+  Ants and the Grasshopper 91
+  Balancing Spoon 114
+  Band Box (Charade) 29
+  Beggar My Neighbor 69
+  Bingo 96
+  Birds, Beasts and Fishes 61
+  Bird Catcher 26, 105
+  Birds Fly 100
+  Blackboard Relay 102
+  Blind Man's Buff 18
+  Blind Man's Wand 47
+  Bob Major 24
+  Bridge of Knives 112
+  Buff Says Buff 18
+  Buzz 16
+  Card Games 13
+  Cat and Mouse 17
+  Cat and Rat 104
+  Cat's Cradle 81
+  Charades 28
+  Checkers 56
+  Changing Seats 102
+  Chinese Shadows 118
+  Coach and Four 93
+  Cock Fighting 83
+  Consequences 43
+  Circle Ball 106
+  Crambo 44
+  Coin Trick 115
+  Cross Questions and Crooked Answers 11
+  Crows' Race 104
+  Cushion Dance 77
+  Dancing Egg 111
+  Dancing Pea 114
+  Dead Ball 106
+  Diamond Ring 78
+  Dodge 107
+  Dominoes 58
+  Draw a Pail of Water 87
+  Drop the Handkerchief 15
+  Duck Under the Water 88
+  Dumb Crambo 24
+  Dwarf 21
+  Earth, Air, Fire and Water 44
+  Eraser Game 106
+  Eraser Relay 108
+  Family Coach 14
+  Farmyard 77
+  Feather 50
+  Find an Object While Blindfolded 117
+  Fives and Threes 60
+  Flag Race 103
+  Flowers 80
+  Flying 47
+  Forbidden Letter 78
+  Force of a Water Drop 115
+  Fox and Chickens 107
+  Fox and Geese 83
+  Fox Chase 103
+  French Roll 27
+  Frog in the Middle 100
+  Gallery of Statutes 51
+  Game of Cat 34
+  Game of Conversation 50
+  Garden Gate 27
+  Giant 83
+  Grand Mufti 79
+  Green Gravel 59
+  Hand Shadows 118
+  Hands Up 48
+  Hide the Thimble 103
+  Honey Pots 85
+  Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon 52
+  How to Light a Candle Without Touching It 112
+  How, When and Where 21
+  Huckle, Buckle, Beanstalk 102
+  Huntsman 51
+  Hunt the Ring 49
+  Hunt the Slipper 48
+  I Apprenticed My Son 17
+  I Love My Love With an A 43
+  I Point 78
+  I Say Stoop 100
+  I Sell My Bat, I Sell My Ball 81
+  I Suspect You 68
+  It 53
+  Jolly Miller 55
+  Judge and Jury 48
+  Jumping the Rope 105
+  Last Man 102
+  Little Lady 99
+  Living Pictures 34
+  Living Shadows 119
+  Lodgings to Let 49
+  Lost and Found 45
+  Lubin Loo 97
+  Magic Music 16
+  Magic Thread 111
+  Magic Whistle 92
+  Magic Writing 79
+  Malaga Raisins 93
+  Man and Object 54
+  Man With His Head the Wrong Way 117
+  Mother, Mother, the Pot Boils Over 89
+  My Master Bids You Do as I Do 52
+  Mysterious Ball 117
+  Noughts and Crosses 61
+  Oats and Beans and Barley 95
+  Obstinate Cork 112
+  Old Maid 66
+  Old Soldier 22
+  Oranges and Lemons 12
+  Our Old Grannie Doesn't Like Tea 42
+  Paper and Pencil Games 61
+  Personations 83
+  Pigeon House Game 95
+  Poison 103
+  Pope Joan 67
+  Postman 20
+  Postman's Knock 42
+  Preliminary Ball 107
+  Proverbs 38
+  Puss in the Corner 20
+  Questions and Answers 88
+  Racing and Counting Scores 101
+  Red Cap and Blue Cap 53
+  Revolving Pins 116
+  Riddles 69
+  Riding the Bicycle 104
+  Rule of Contrary 26
+  Running Maze 92
+  Ruth and Jacob 56
+  Sally Water 94
+  Schoolmaster 25
+  School Room Basket Ball 101
+  School Room Tag 108
+  Sea King 17
+  Seat Tag 106
+  Sentinel Drop 115
+  Serpentine Maze 110
+  Shadows 118
+  Shouting Proverbs 38
+  Simon Says 26
+  Six and Five Make Nine 113
+  Slap Jack 104
+  Slow Poke 110
+  Snap 65
+  Snip, Snap, Snorum 66
+  Speculation 63
+  Spelling Game 86
+  Stool of Repentance 49
+  Squirrel and Nut 101
+  Suggestive Breathing Work 103
+  Swimming Needles 111
+  Tag Me or Heads Up 105
+  Tag the Wall Relay 110
+  Teacher 105
+  Teacher and Class 109
+  Think of a Number 119
+  Third Man 107
+  Thought Reading 70
+  Tit, Tat, Toe 61
+  To Balance a Coffee Cup 112
+  To Guess Two Ends of a Line of Dominoes 120
+  To Tell the Age of Any Person 120
+  Trades 61
+  Travelers' Alphabet 14
+  Tricks and Puzzles 110
+  Twirl the Trencher 11
+  Vanishing Dime 113
+  What's My Thought Like? 81
+  Wonderment 89
+
+
+
+INTRODUCTION
+
+
+
+"Let the child imbibe in the full spirit of play. There is nothing
+like it to keep him on the path of health, right thinking and mind
+development."
+
+That is the guiding purpose of the author. The reader will find in
+this book a collection of old and present day games. The student of
+Play has long realized that there are no new games, that all our games
+of today are built on the old timers.
+
+The purpose of My Book of Indoor Games is to furnish amusement,
+entertainment and to be the means of sociability. So very often the
+question comes up--"What shall we do?" In many cases this book serves
+only as a reminder, the games and parlor tricks are well known but
+cannot be recalled at the critical moment. A combination, such as
+this, of the best of the old-fashioned games and a carefully compiled
+list of the games of today will furnish much help to the young in
+their search of entertainment and amusement.
+
+But the book will be equally useful to grownups. The author has seen
+staid, respectable people play "Lubin Loo" with as much zest and
+spirit as the youngest group of children. All of us have played
+"Going to Jerusalem." The spirit must be there; there is nothing so
+contagious as the spirit of play.
+
+
+
+[Illustration: Hide--then go seek]
+
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+TWIRL THE TRENCHER
+
+This is a game which almost any number of children can play.
+
+The players seat themselves in a circle, and each takes the name of
+some town, or flower, or whatever has been previously agreed upon. One
+of the party stands in the middle of the circle, with a small wooden
+trencher, or waiter, places it upon its edge, and spins it, calling
+out as he does so the name which one of the players has taken. The
+person named must jump up and seize the trencher before it ceases
+spinning, but if he is not very quick the trencher will fall to the
+ground, and he must then pay a forfeit. It is then his turn to twirl
+the trencher.
+
+A very similar game to this is "My Lady's Toilet." The only difference
+is that each player must take the name of some article of a lady's
+dress, such as shawl, earring, brooch, bonnet, etc.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
+
+To play this game it is best to sit in a circle, and until the end of
+the game no one must speak above a whisper.
+
+The first player whispers a question to his neighbor, such as: "Do you
+like roses?" This question now belongs to the second player, and he
+must remember it.
+
+The second player answers: "Yes, they smell so sweetly," and this
+answer belongs to the first player. The second player now asks his
+neighbor a question, taking care to remember the answer, as it will
+belong to him. Perhaps he has asked his neighbor, "Are you fond of
+potatoes?" and the answer may have been, "Yes, when they are fried!"
+
+So that the second player has now a question and an answer belonging
+to him, which he must remember.
+
+The game goes on until every one has been asked a question and given
+an answer, and each player must be sure and bear in mind that it is
+the question he is asked, and the answer his neighbor gives, which
+belong to him.
+
+At the end of the game each player gives his question and answer
+aloud, in the following manner:
+
+"I was asked: 'Do you like roses?' and the answer was: 'Yes, when
+they are fried!'" The next player says: "I was asked: 'Are you fond
+of potatoes?' and the answer was: 'Yes, they are very pretty, but they
+don't wear well.'"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ORANGES AND LEMONS
+
+Two of the players join hands, facing each other, having agreed
+privately which is to be "Oranges" and which "Lemons." The rest of
+the party form a long line, standing one behind the other, and holding
+each other's dresses or coats. The first two raise their hands so as
+to form an arch, and the rest run through it, singing as they run:
+
+  "Oranges and Lemons,
+  Say the bells of St. Clement's;
+  You owe me five farthings,
+  Say the bells of St. Martin's;
+  When will you pay me?
+  Say the bells of Old Bailey.
+  I do not know,
+  Says the big bell of Bow.
+  Here comes a chopper to light you to bed!
+  Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"
+
+At the word "head" the hand archway descends, and clasps the player
+passing through at that moment; he is then asked in a whisper,
+"Oranges or Lemons?" and if he chooses "oranges," he is told to go
+behind the player who has agreed to be "oranges" and clasp him round
+the waist.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The players must be careful to speak in a whisper, so that the others
+may not know what has been said.
+
+The game then goes on again, in the same way, until all the children
+have been caught and have chosen which they will be, "oranges" or
+"lemons." When this happens, the two sides prepare for a tug-of-war.
+Each child clasps the one in front of him tightly and the two leaders
+pull with all their might, until one side has drawn the other across a
+line which has been drawn between them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MUSICAL CHAIRS OR GOING TO JERUSALEM
+
+This game must be played in a room where there is a piano.
+
+Arrange some chairs, back to back, in the center of the room, allowing
+one chair less than the number of players. Some one begins to play a
+tune, and at once the players start to walk or run round the chairs,
+to the sound of the music.
+
+When the music stops, each player must try to find a seat, and as
+there is one chair short, some one will fail to do so, and is called
+"put." He must carry a chair away with him, and the game goes on again
+until there is only one person left in, with no chair to sit upon.
+This person has won the game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE TRAVELER'S ALPHABET
+
+The players sit in a row and the first begins by saying, "I am going
+on a journey to Athens," or any place beginning with A. The one
+sitting next asks, "What will you do there?" The verbs, adjectives,
+and nouns used in the reply must all begin with A; as "Amuse Ailing
+Authors with Anecdotes." If the player answers correctly, it is the
+next player's turn; he says perhaps: "I am going to Bradford." "What
+to do there?" "To Bring Back Bread and Butter." A third says: "I am
+going to Constantinople." "What to do there?" "To Carry Contented
+Cats." Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FAMILY COACH
+
+This is a very good old game, and is most amusing if you can find some
+one who is a good story-teller.
+
+The players sit in a circle and every one, except the story-teller,
+takes the name of some part of a coach or its equipments; for
+instance, door, step, wheels, reins, box-seat, and so on.
+
+When all are ready, the story-teller begins a tale about an old coach
+and what happened to it, how it went on a journey, came to grief, was
+mended, and started off again. The story should be told fluently, but
+not too quickly. Every time any part of the coach is mentioned, the
+player who has taken that name must rise from his seat and then sit
+down again.
+
+Whenever "the coach" is mentioned, all the players, with the exception
+of the story-teller, must rise. Any one who fails to keep these rules
+must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF
+
+A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one child, who
+is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He walks round the
+ring, touching each one with the handkerchief, saying the following
+words:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+  "I wrote a letter to my love,
+  But on my way, I dropped it;
+  A little child picked it up
+  And put it in his pocket.
+  It wasn't you, it wasn't you,
+  It wasn't you--but it was you."
+
+When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief behind one
+of the players, who picks it up and chases him round the ring,
+outside and under the joined hands, until he can touch him with the
+handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the first player joins
+the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the second to "drop the
+handkerchief."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAGIC MUSIC
+
+One of the players is sent out of the room, and the rest then agree
+upon some simple task for her to perform, such as moving a chair,
+touching an ornament, or finding some hidden object. She is then
+called in and some one begins to play the piano. If the performer
+plays very loudly, the "seeker" knows that she is nowhere near the
+object she is to search for. When the music is soft, then she knows
+she is very near, and when the music ceases altogether, she knows that
+she has found the object she was intended to look for.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUZZ
+
+[Plate 2]
+
+This is a very old game, but is always a very great favorite. The more
+the players, the greater the fun. The way to play it is as follows:
+The players sit in a circle and begin to count in turn, but when the
+number 7 or any number in which the figure 7 or any multiple of 7 is
+reached, they say "Buzz," instead of whatever the number may be. As,
+for instance, supposing the players have counted up to 12, the next
+player will say "13," the next "Buzz" because 14 is a multiple of 7
+(twice 7)--the next player would then say "15" the next "16," and the
+next would, of course, say "Buzz" because the figure 7 occurs in the
+number 17. If one of the players forgets to say "Buzz" at the proper
+time, he is out. The game then starts over again with the remaining
+players, and so it continues until there is but one person remaining.
+If great care is taken the numbers can be counted up to 70, which,
+according to the rules before mentioned, would, of course, be called
+Buzz. The numbers would then be carried on as Buzz 1, Buzz 2, etc., up
+to 79, but it is very seldom that this stage is reached.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I APPRENTICED MY SON."
+
+The best way of describing this game is to give an illustration of how
+it is played. The first player thinks of "Artichoke," and commences:
+"I apprenticed my son to a greengrocer, and the first thing he sold
+was an A."
+
+Second player: "Apple?" "No."
+
+Third player: "Almonds?" "No."
+
+Fourth player: "Asparagus?" "No."
+
+Fifth player: "Artichoke?" "Yes."
+
+The last player, having guessed correctly, may now apprentice his son.
+No player is allowed more than one guess.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAT AND MOUSE
+
+The children sit in two rows opposite each other with a space between.
+One child takes the place of "cat," being blindfolded, and one takes
+the place of "mouse," and is also blindfolded, the cat standing at
+one end of the row and the mouse at the opposite end. They start in
+opposite directions, guiding themselves by the chairs, the cat trying
+to catch the mouse. When the mouse is caught it is made the cat, and
+one of the company takes the place of the mouse.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SEA KING
+
+This game can be played by any number of children. They proceed by
+first choosing one of the party to act as the Sea King, whose duty
+it is to stand in the center of a ring, formed by the players seating
+themselves round him. The circle should be as large as possible. Each
+of the players having chosen the name of a fish, the King runs round
+the ring, calling them by the names which they have selected.
+
+Each one, on hearing his name called, rises at once, and follows the
+King, who, when all his subjects have left their seats, calls out,
+"The sea is troubled," and seats himself suddenly. His example is
+immediately followed by his subjects. The one who fails to obtain a
+seat has then to take the place of King, and the game is continued.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BUFF SAYS "BAFF"
+
+This is a game in which no one is allowed to smile or laugh. All the
+players, except one, sit in a row or half circle; one goes out of the
+room and returns with a stick or poker in his hand, and a very grave
+and solemn face. He is supposed to have just returned from a visit
+to Buff. The first player asks him: "Where do you come from?" "From
+Buff." The next asks: "Did he say anything to you?" To which the reply
+is:
+
+  "Buff said 'Baff,'
+  And gave me this staff,
+  Telling me neither to smile nor to laugh.
+  Buff says 'Baff,' to all his men,
+  And I say 'Baff' to you again.
+  And he neither laughs nor smiles,
+  In spite of all your cunning wiles,
+  But carries his face with a very good grace,
+  And passes his staff to the very next place."
+
+If he can repeat all this without laughing, he delivers up his staff
+to some one else, and takes his seat; but if he laughs, or even
+smiles, he pays a forfeit before giving it up.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BLIND MAN'S BUFF
+
+In the olden times this game was known by the name of "Hood-man
+Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to be "blind man"
+had a hood placed over his head, which was fastened at the back of the
+neck.
+
+In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff," and very
+popular it is among young folk.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Before beginning to play, the middle of the room should be cleared,
+the chairs placed against the wall, and all toys and footstools put
+out of the way. The child having been selected who is to be "Blind
+Man" or "Buff," is blindfolded. He is then asked the question, "How
+many horses has your father got?" The answer is "Three," and to the
+question: "What color are they?" he replies: "Black, white, and gray."
+All the players then cry: "Turn round three times and catch whom you
+may." Buff accordingly spins round and then the fun commences. He
+tries to catch the players, while they in their turn do their utmost
+to escape "Buff," all the time making little sounds to attract him.
+This goes on until one of the players is caught, when Buff, without
+having the bandage removed from his eyes, has to guess the name of the
+person he has secured. If the guess is a correct one, the player who
+has been caught takes the part of "Buff," and the former "Buff" joins
+the ranks of the players.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PUSS IN THE CORNER
+
+This game is really for five players only, but, by a little
+arrangement, six or seven children can take part in the fun.
+
+Four players take their places in the different corners of the room,
+while the fifth stands in the middle. If a greater number of children
+wish to play, other parts of the room must be named "corners," so that
+there is a corner for every one.
+
+The fun consists in the players trying to change places without being
+caught; but they are bound to call "Puss, puss," first, and to
+beckon to the one they wish to change with. Directly they leave their
+corners, the player in the center tries to get into one of them.
+
+When the center player succeeds in getting into a corner, the one who
+has been displaced has to take his place in the middle of the room.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE POSTMAN
+
+For this game all the players, except two, seat themselves in a
+circle. One of the two left out is blindfolded and is called the
+"Postman," the other is called the "Postmaster-General." Each of the
+players seated in the circle chooses the name of a town, which the
+"Post-master-General" writes down on a slip of paper, so that he may
+not forget it. He then calls out the names of two towns, thus: "The
+post from Aberdeen to Calcutta." At once, the players who have taken
+those names must change places, and while doing so the "Postman" must
+try to catch one of them. If he succeeds in doing so he takes his
+place in the circle, having chosen a town for his name, and the one
+caught becomes "Postman" in place of him. Sometimes "General post"
+is called, when all have to change places, and the "Postman" is then
+almost sure to gain a seat.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DWARF
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This is a most amusing game if well carried out. The two performers
+must be hidden behind two curtains in front of which a table has been
+placed.
+
+One of the performers slips his hands into a child's socks and little
+shoes. He must then disguise his face, by putting on a false mustache,
+painting his eyebrows, sticking pieces of black court plaster over one
+or two of his teeth, which will make it appear as though he has lost
+several teeth. This, with a turban on his head, will prove a very fair
+disguise. The second performer must now stand behind the first and
+pass his arms round him, so that the second performer's hands may
+appear like the hands of the dwarf, while the first performer's hands
+make his feet. The figure must, of course, be carefully dressed, and
+the body of the second performer hidden behind the curtains.
+
+The front player now puts his slippered hands upon the table and
+begins to keep time, while the other performer follows suit with his
+hands.
+
+The dwarf can be used either to tell fortunes, make jokes, or ask
+riddles, and if the performers act their parts well, the guests will
+laugh very heartily.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE
+
+One of the company goes out of the room, while the others choose a
+word to be guessed, one with two or three different meanings being the
+best.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+We will suppose that the word "Spring" has been thought of. When the
+person who is outside the room is recalled, he (or she) asks each one
+in succession: "How do you like it?" The answers may be "Dry" (meaning
+the season), "Cold and clear" (a spring of water), "Strong" (a
+watch-spring), and "High" (a jump). The next question is: "When do you
+like it?" The answers may be: "When I am in the country," "When I am
+thirsty," "When my watch is broken."
+
+The next question is: "Where do you like it?" and the answers may be:
+"Anywhere and everywhere," "In hot weather," "In the clock." The game
+is to try and guess the word after any of the answers, and if right,
+the player last questioned takes the place of the one who is guessing;
+if wrong, the questioner must try again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OLD SOLDIER
+
+Old Soldier is a game for young children, and though it seems very
+simple, yet there is a good deal of fun in it. One of the children
+pretends to be an old soldier, and goes round begging of each of the
+other players in turn, saying that he is "poor, and old, and hungry,"
+and asking what they will do for him or give him. In answering the Old
+Soldier, no one must say the words: "Yes," "No," "Black," or "White,"
+and he must be answered at once without hesitation. Any one who does
+not reply at once, or who uses any of the forbidden words, must pay a
+forfeit.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BOB MAJOR
+
+Two of the players sit down, and a cloth, large enough to prevent
+their seeing anything, is put over their heads. Then two other persons
+tap them on the head with long rolls of paper, which they have in
+their hands, and ask, in feigned voices, "Who bobs you?" If either of
+those who have been tapped answers correctly, he changes places with
+the one who has tapped him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DUMB CRAMBO
+
+Divide the company into two equal parts, one-half leaving the room;
+the remaining players should then select a word, which will have to be
+guessed by those outside the door. When the word has been chosen--say,
+for instance, the word "will"--the party outside the room are told
+that the word they are to guess rhymes with "till." A consultation
+then takes place, and they may think that the word is "ill." The
+company then enter and begin to act the word "ill," but without
+speaking a word. The audience, when they recognize the word that is
+being performed, will immediately hiss, and the actors then retire and
+think of another word.
+
+Thus the game goes on until the right word is hit upon, when the
+company who have remained in the room, clap their hands. The audience
+then change places with the actors.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TRADES
+
+Each player must choose a trade and pretend to be working at it. For
+instance, if he is a tailor, he must pretend to sew or iron; if
+a blacksmith, to hammer, and so on. One is the king, and he, too,
+chooses a trade. Every one works away as hard as he can until the king
+suddenly gives up his trade, and takes up that of some one else. Then
+all must stop, except the one whose business the king has taken,
+and he must start with the king's work. The two go on until the king
+chooses to go back to his own trade, when all begin working again. Any
+one who fails either to cease working or to begin again at the right
+time, must pay a forfeit.
+
+A somewhat more elaborate and livelier game of Trades is played by
+each boy in the party choosing a trade which he is supposed to be
+carrying on. The leader must invent a story, and, standing in the
+middle, must tell it to the company. He must manage to bring in a
+number of names of trades or businesses; and whenever a trade is
+mentioned, the person who represents it must instantly name some
+article sold in the shop.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration]
+
+THE SCHOOLMASTER
+
+This is always a favorite game. One of the players is chosen
+schoolmaster, and the others, ranged in order in front of him, form
+the class. The master may then examine the class in any branch of
+learning. Suppose him to choose Geography, he must begin with the
+pupil at the head of the class, and ask for the name of a country or
+town beginning with A. If the pupil does not reply correctly before
+the master has counted ten, he asks the next pupil, who, if he answers
+rightly--say, for instance, "America," or "Amsterdam," in time,
+goes to the top of the class. The schoolmaster may go on in this way
+through the alphabet either regularly or at random, as he likes. Any
+subject--names of kings, queens, poets, soldiers, etc.--may be chosen.
+The questions and answers must follow as quickly as possible. Whoever
+fails to answer in time, pays a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RULE OF CONTRARY
+
+This is a simple game for little children. It is played either with
+a pocket-handkerchief, or, if more than four want to play, with a
+table-cloth or small sheet. Each person takes hold of the cloth; the
+leader of the game holds it with the left hand, while with the right
+he makes pretense of writing on the cloth while he says: "Here we go
+round by the rule of contrary. When I say 'Hold fast,' let go; and
+when I say 'Let go,' hold fast." The leader then calls out one or
+other of the commands, and the rest must do the opposite, of what he
+says. Any one who fails must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SIMON SAYS
+
+Seat yourselves in a circle and choose one of the company to be the
+leader, or Simon. His duty is to order all sorts of different things
+to be done, the funnier the better, which must be obeyed only when the
+order begins with "Simon says." As, for instance, "Simon says: 'Thumbs
+up!'" which, of course, all obey; then perhaps comes: "Thumbs down!"
+which should not be obeyed, because the order did not commence with
+"Simon says."
+
+Each time this rule is forgotten a forfeit must be paid. "Hands over
+eyes," "Stamp the right foot," "Pull the left ear," etc., are the kind
+of orders to be given.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BIRD-CATCHER
+
+To play this game you must first decide which one of you is to be the
+Bird-catcher; the other players then each choose the name of a bird,
+but no one must choose the owl, as it is forbidden. All the players
+then sit in a circle with their hands on their knees, except the
+Bird-catcher, who stands in the center, and tells a tale about birds,
+taking care to specially mention the ones he knows to have been chosen
+by the company. As each bird's name is called, the owner must imitate
+its note as well as he can, but when the owl is named, all hands must
+be put behind the chairs, and remain there until the next bird's name
+is mentioned. When the Bird-catcher cries "All the birds," the players
+must together give their various imitations of birds. Should any
+player fail to give the cry when his bird is named, or forget to put
+his hands behind his chair, he has to change places with Bird-catcher.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FRENCH ROLL
+
+A good many children may play at this game. One player is called the
+buyer, the rest form a line in front of him and take hold of each
+other. The first in this line is called the baker, the last the French
+roll. Those between are supposed to be the oven. When they are all in
+place the buyer says to the baker, "Give me my French roll." The baker
+replies, "It is at the back of the oven." The buyer goes to fetch it,
+when the French roll begins running from the back of the oven, and
+comes up to the baker, calling all the while, "Who runs? Who runs?"
+The buyer may run after him, but if the French roll gets first to the
+top of the line, he becomes baker, and the last in the line is French
+roll. If, however, the buyer catches the French roll, the French roll
+becomes buyer, and the buyer takes the place of the baker.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GARDEN GATE
+
+The Garden Gate is a very pretty game. A ring is formed of all the
+players except one, who stands in the middle. The others dance round
+her three times, and when they stop she begins to sing:
+
+  "Open wide the garden gate, the garden gate, the garden gate,
+  Open wide the garden gate and let me through."
+
+The circle then dances round her again, singing:
+
+  "Get the key of the garden gate, the garden gate, the garden gate,
+  Get the key of the garden gate and open and let yourself through."
+
+The girl inside the circle, pretending to sob, replies:
+
+  "I've lost the key of the garden gate, the garden gate, the garden gate,
+  I've lost the key of the garden gate, and cannot let myself through."
+
+But the dancers dance round and round her, singing:
+
+  "Then you may stop all night within the gate, within the gate,
+        within the gate,
+  You may stop all night within the gate, unless you have strength
+        to break through."
+
+The captive then rushes to the weakest part of the ring, and tries to
+break through by throwing her whole weight upon the clasped hands of
+the children, and generally contrives to break through, the one whose
+hand gives way being made captive in her stead.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+CHARADES
+
+A back drawing-room with folding doors makes a very nice theater for
+acting charades. Almost anything may be used for dressing up--shawls,
+anti-macassars, table-cloths, handkerchiefs, cast-off dresses, or a
+dressing-gown. The latter is a very useful garment in representing an
+old gentleman, while tow or white fire shavings make excellent wigs.
+
+The great thing in a charade is to try and puzzle your audience as
+much as you can. You must choose a word of two or more syllables, such
+as "Bagpipe." First you must act the word "Bag," and be sure that the
+word is mentioned, though you must be careful to bring it in in such a
+way that the audience shall not guess it is the word you are acting.
+
+Next comes the word "Pipe," and this must be brought in in the same
+manner. When you have acted the two syllables, you must act the whole:
+"Bagpipe."
+
+Before beginning the charade, you should arrange who is to bring in
+the charade word or syllable. You must also settle what you are going
+to say, or at least, what the act is to be about. Let every scene be
+well thought out and be as short as possible. You must be as quick as
+ever you can between the acts, for all the fun will be spoiled if
+you keep your audience waiting. If you have no curtain or screen, the
+actors must simply walk off the stage at the end of the scenes.
+
+To act charades well, one requires a little practice and plenty of
+good temper, for, of course, only one or two can take principal parts,
+and therefore some of the children must be content to take the smaller
+ones. It is a good plan to take it in turns to play the best parts,
+and if the elder children are kind and thoughtful, they will try
+to make some easy little parts, so that their younger brothers and
+sisters may also join in the fun. Here we give you a very simple
+charade, the words of which you may learn, and then act, after which
+you will very likely be able to make up charades for yourselves.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE "BAND-BOX" CHARADE
+
+SCENE 1: A STREET
+
+This can be made by placing a row of chairs with open backs near the
+wall facing the audience; a child is stationed behind each chair, and,
+looking through the open back, pretends to be looking out of a window.
+
+BAND
+
+First Child behind chair.--Oh! dear, how dull our street always is. I
+declare nothing nice ever comes this way.
+
+Second Child.--No, I quite agree with you. Why, I haven't seen a
+"Punch and Judy" for months. I wish my mother would go and live in
+another street.
+
+Third Child.--Never mind, let us go out and have a game.
+
+(Enter five or six children--or a lesser number, if more
+convenient--carrying toy musical instruments.)
+
+First Child.--Hurrah! Here comes a German band. Come along, children;
+let's go and listen to it.
+
+(The band groups itself at the end of the street, and the children
+stand round. After tuning up, the band begins to play.)
+
+Second Child.--Now, Mary Jane, we can dance. I'll dance with you.
+
+Third Child.--No, I want to dance with Mary Jane.
+
+First Child.--I don't want to dance at all.
+
+Second Child.--You must.
+
+Third Child.--Yes, you must.
+
+(Band ceases playing and one of the bandsmen comes round for money.)
+
+First Child.--I haven't any money.
+
+Second Child.--But we haven't begun to dance yet.
+
+Bandsman.--You shouldn't have been so long arguing then. Surely you'll
+give the band a nickel, after all the pretty music it has played?
+
+First Child.--I won't.
+
+Second Child.--I won't.
+
+Third Child.--And I won't.
+
+Bandsman.--Well, you are mean. Come along. (Beckoning to the rest of
+the band.) We'll go, and it will be a long time before we come down
+this street again.
+
+(Curtain falls.)
+
+
+BOX
+
+SCENE 2: A ROOM
+
+Tommy (hopping about the room, waving a letter in his hand.)--Hurrah!
+hurrah! Uncle Dick is coming. Hurrah! hurrah!
+
+(Enter Tommy's brother and sister and papa and mamma.)
+
+Papa.--What's the matter, Tommy?
+
+Tommy.--Uncle Dick has written to say he is coming to spend Christmas
+with us, and he is bringing me a Christmas box.
+
+Mamma.--How kind of him! But be sure you are careful not to offend
+him, Tommy. He is rather a touchy old gentleman.
+
+Sister.--I wonder what it will be, Tommy.
+
+Brother.--I hope it will be a set of cricket things, and then we can
+play cricket in the summer.
+
+Tommy.--Oh! yes, I hope it will be, but whatever it is, it is sure to
+be something nice.
+
+(Begins hopping about again. Enter Uncle Dick, a very old gentleman
+with a gouty foot. Tommy does not see him and goes banging into him,
+treading on his gouty foot.)
+
+Uncle Dick.--Oh! oh! oh! oh, my toe!
+
+Tommy.--Oh! Never mind your toe! Where's my Christmas box?
+
+Uncle Dick.--Your Christmas box, you young scamp! Think of my toe.
+
+Tommy.--Please, uncle, I'm very sorry, but I do so want to know what
+you have brought me for a Christmas box.
+
+Uncle Dick (roaring).--Here's your Christmas box, and may it teach you
+to be more careful in future. (Boxes Tommy's ears.)
+
+(Curtain falls.)
+
+
+Here is a list of words which will divide easily into charade words:
+
+  Brides-maids. Sea-side. Car-pen-try.
+  Cur-tail. Nose-gay. In-do-lent.
+  Hand-i(I)-craft. Turn-key. Hand-some.
+  Key-hole. Rail-way. Sweet-heart.
+  Port-man-teau(toe). Mad-cap. A-bun-dance.
+  In-no-cent. Fox-glove. Pat-riot.
+
+To make your charades a real success, you will, of course, require a
+curtain. A very effective one can be made with a little trouble and at
+a small cost; indeed, the materials may be already in the house.
+
+First you must fix a couple of supports on each side of the room,
+taking care that they are screwed firmly into the wall, and also
+taking care not to damage the paper.
+
+If you are a neat workman, you will find on taking out the screws that
+the two small screw-holes on each side will scarcely be noticed, as of
+course the supports must be fixed near the ceiling.
+
+You must then put up your curtain-pole, which should be as thin as
+possible, so that the rings may run easily. A cheap bamboo pole is the
+best.
+
+Two wide, deep curtains are required; very likely the nursery curtains
+may be suitable.
+
+On to these curtains you sew a number of small brass rings, which you
+can buy for about 20 cents a dozen, or even less. The rings should be
+sewn on the curtains, as you see in the illustration, right across
+the top, and from the extreme top corner of the curtain, slantingwise
+across to the middle.
+
+The top rings are passed along the curtain-pole, a string (marked in
+the illustration A1) is sewn on to the curtain, and threaded through
+the rings until it reaches A2. It is then threaded through the rings
+on the pole until it reaches A3, when it is allowed to fall loose.
+
+The same arrangement is gone through with string B. The bottom of the
+curtain must be weighted with shot, or any other weights that may be
+convenient.
+
+When the curtain is to be raised, the stage manager and his assistant
+stand on each side of the stage with the strings ready in their hands,
+and at a given signal--the ringing of a bell is the usual sign that
+all is ready--they each pull a string, and the curtains glide to each
+side, and may be fixed to hooks, put up on purpose.
+
+When the curtain is to fall, the two in charge of it must simply
+loosen the strings and let them go, and the weights cause the curtains
+to fall to the center.
+
+All sorts of useful and ornamental "properties" may be made at home
+for a very small cost. Cardboard, and gold and silver paper, and glue
+go a long way toward making a good show.
+
+Swords, crowns, belts, gold-spangled and gold-bordered robes can be
+made from these useful materials, and look first-rate at a distance.
+
+An old black dress with little gold stars glued or gummed to the
+material would make an excellent dress for a queen. The swords or
+belts must first be cut out in cardboard, then covered with gold or
+silver paper.
+
+To make a good wig, you should shape a piece of calico to fit the
+head; then sew fire shavings or tow all over it. If you wish for a
+curly wig, it is a good plan to wind the shavings or tow tightly round
+a ruler, and tack it along with a back stitch, which will hold the
+curl in position after you have slipped it off the ruler. These few
+hints will give you some idea of the very many different costumes
+which can be made by children out of the simplest materials.
+
+[Illustration: THE CURTAIN CLOSED]
+
+[Illustration: THE CURTAIN OPENED]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GAME OF CAT
+
+The person who is to play the part of Cat should stand outside the
+door of the room where the company is assembled. The boys and girls,
+in turn, come to the other side of the door and call out "miaou." If
+the Cat outside recognizes a friend by the cry, and calls out her name
+correctly in return, he is allowed to enter the room and embrace her,
+and the latter then takes the place of Cat. If, on the contrary, the
+Cat cannot recognize the voice, he is hissed, and remains outside
+until he does.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LIVING PICTURES
+
+Living pictures are very amusing if well carried out, and even with
+little preparation may be made very pretty or very comical, whichever
+may be desired. It is perhaps better to attempt comical ones if you
+have not much time in which to arrange them, as the costumes are
+generally easier to manage, and if you are obliged to use garments not
+quite in keeping with the characters, it does not matter much; indeed,
+it will probably only make the audience laugh a little more.
+
+The great thing in living pictures is to remain perfectly still during
+the performance. You should select several well-known scenes either
+from history or fiction, and then arrange the actors to represent the
+scenes as nearly as possible.
+
+Simple home living pictures are a great source of fun, and many a
+wet afternoon will pass like magic while arranging scenes and making
+dresses to wear. Newspaper masks, newspaper cocked hats, old shawls,
+dressing-gowns, and sticks are quite sufficient for home charades.
+
+Suppose, for instance, you think of "Cinderella" for one tableau. One
+girl could be standing decked out with colored tissue paper over her
+frock, and with paper flowers in her hair, to represent one of the
+proud sisters, while Cinderella in a torn frock is arranging the other
+proud sister's train, which may consist of an old shawl. Bouquets of
+paper flowers should be in the sister's hands.
+
+"Little Red Riding Hood" is another favorite subject for a living
+picture. The wolf may be represented by a boy on his hands and knees,
+with a fur rug thrown over him. Red Riding Hood only requires a
+scarlet shawl, arranged as a hood and cloak, over her ordinary frock
+and pinafore, and she should carry a bunch of flowers and a basket.
+
+All living pictures look better if you can have a frame for them. It
+is not very difficult to make one, especially if you have four large
+card-board dress-boxes.
+
+Having carefully cut out the bottoms of the boxes, place the frames as
+here shown:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Cut out the center framework, leaving a large square, so:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+You must then fasten the four pieces together by gluing cardboard on
+each side of the joints, and you will have a very good frame, which
+you can cover with colored paper or ornament with muslin.
+
+This frame will last a very long time if carefully treated. It should
+stand upright by itself; but if it is a little unsteady, it is better
+to hold it upright from the sides. Of course, this will only make a
+very small frame, but you can increase the size by using more boxes.
+
+If you have no time to make a frame, arrange your figures close to a
+door, outside the room in which the audience is seated.
+
+When quite ready, some one must open the door, when the doorway will
+make a kind of frame to the living picture.
+
+It is always well to have a curtain if you can; a sheet makes an
+excellent one. Two children standing upon chairs hold it up on each
+side, and at a given signal drop it upon the floor, so that, instead
+of the curtain rising, it drops. When it has been dropped, the two
+little people should take the sheet corners in their hands again, so
+that they have only to jump upon the chairs when it is time to hide
+the picture.
+
+Of course, these instructions are only for living pictures on a
+very small scale; much grander arrangements will be needed if the
+performance is to take place before any but a "home audience."
+
+As I told you before, comic living pictures are the easiest to perform
+on account of the dresses being easier to make, but there are other
+living pictures which are easier still, and which will cause a great
+deal of fun and merriment. They are really catches, and are so simple
+that even very little children can manage them.
+
+You can arrange a program, and make half a dozen copies to hand round
+to the audience.
+
+The first living picture on the list is "The Fall of Greece" and
+sounds very grand, indeed; but when the curtain rises (or rather, if
+it is the sheet curtain, drops), the audience see a lighted candle set
+rather crookedly in a candlestick and fanned from the background so as
+to cause the grease to fall.
+
+Here are some other similar comic tableaux which you can easily place
+before an audience:
+
+"Meet of the Hounds."--A pile of dog biscuits.
+
+"View of the Black Sea."--A large capital C blackened with ink.
+
+"The Charge of the Light Brigade."--Half a dozen boxes of matches
+labeled: "10 cents the lot."
+
+These are only a few of the many comic living pictures you can
+perform; but, no doubt, you will be able to think of others for
+yourselves.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ACTING PROVERBS
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The best way to play this game is for the players to divide themselves
+into two groups, namely, actors and audience. Each one of the actors
+should then fix upon a proverb, which he will act, in turn, before
+the audience. As, for instance, supposing one of the players to have
+chosen the proverb, "A bad workman quarrels with his tools," he should
+go into the room where the audience is seated, carrying with him a bag
+in which there is a saw, a hammer, or any other implement or tool
+used by a workman; he should then look round and find a chair, or some
+other article, which he should pretend requires repairing; he should
+then act the workman, by taking off his coat, rolling up his sleeves,
+and commencing work, often dropping his tools, and grumbling about
+them the whole of the time.
+
+If this game be acted well, it may be made very entertaining.
+Sometimes the audience are made to pay a forfeit each time they fail
+to guess the proverb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SHOUTING PROVERBS
+
+This is rather a noisy game. One of the company goes outside the door,
+and during his absence a proverb is chosen and a word of it is
+given to each member of the company. When the player who is outside
+re-enters the room, one of the company counts "One, two, three," then
+all the company simultaneously shout out the word that has been given
+to him or her of the proverb that has been chosen.
+
+If there are more players present than there are words in the proverb,
+two or three of them must have the same word. The effect of all the
+company shouting out together is very funny. All that is necessary is
+for the guesser to have a sharp ear; then he is pretty sure to catch a
+word here and there that will give him the key to the proverb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PROVERBS
+
+This is a very interesting game, and can be played by a large number
+at the same time. Supposing there are twelve persons present, one is
+sent out of the room, while the others choose a proverb. When this is
+done, the "guesser" is allowed to come in, and he asks each person a
+question separately. In the answer, no matter what question is asked,
+one word of the proverb must be given. For illustration we will take
+"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
+
+  1. John must use the word "A" in his answer.
+  2. Gladys must use the word "bird" in hers.
+  3. Nellie must use the word "in" in hers.
+  4. Tommy must use the word "the" in his.
+  5. Estelle must use the word "hand" in hers.
+  6. Ivy must use the word "is" in hers.
+  7. Wilfrid must use the word "worth" in his.
+  8. Lionel must use the word "two" in his.
+  9. Vera must use the word "in" in hers.
+  10. Bertie must use the word "the" in his.
+  11. Harold must use the word "bush" in his.
+
+The fun becomes greater if the answers are given quickly and without
+allowing the special word to be noticed. It often happens that the
+"guesser" has to try his powers over several times before succeeding.
+The one who by giving a bad answer gives the clue, in turn becomes
+guesser, and is then obliged to go out of the room while another
+proverb is chosen.
+
+Here is a list of proverbs:
+
+  A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
+  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
+  A cat may look at a king.
+  Aching teeth are ill tenants.
+  A creaking door hangs long on the hinges.
+  A drowning man will catch at a straw.
+  After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
+  A friend in need is a friend indeed.
+  A good servant makes a good master.
+  A good word is as soon said as an evil one.
+  A little leak will sink a great ship.
+  All are not friends that speak us fair.
+  All are not hunters that blow the horn.
+  All is fish that comes to the net.
+  All is not gold that glitters.
+  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
+  A pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at last.
+  A rolling stone gathers no moss.
+  A small spark makes a great fire.
+  A stitch in time saves nine.
+  As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.
+  As you sow, so you shall reap.
+  A tree is known by its fruit.
+  A willful man will have his way.
+  A willing mind makes a light foot.
+  A word before is worth two behind.
+  A burden which one chooses is not felt.
+  Beggars have no right to be choosers.
+  Be slow to promise and quick to perform.
+  Better late than never.
+  Better to bend than to break.
+  Birds of a feather flock together.
+  Care killed a cat.
+  Catch the bear before you sell his skin.
+  Charity begins at home, but does not end there.
+  Cut your coat according to your cloth.
+  Do as you would be done by.
+  Do not halloo till you are out of the wood.
+  Do not spur a willing horse.
+  Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
+  Empty vessels make the greatest sound.
+  Enough is as good as a feast.
+  Faint heart never won fair lady.
+  Fine feathers make fine birds.
+  Fine words butter no parsnips.
+  Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
+  Grasp all, lose all.
+  Half a loaf is better than no bread.
+  Handsome is as handsome does.
+  Happy is the wooing that is not long in doing.
+  He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.
+  Hiders are good finders.
+  Home is home though it be ever so homely.
+  Honesty is the best policy.
+  If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
+  It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
+  It is never too late to learn.
+  It is not the cowl that makes the friar.
+  It is a long lane that has no turning.
+  It's a good horse that never stumbles.
+  It's a sad heart that never rejoices.
+  Ill weeds grow apace.
+  Keep a thing for seven years, and you will find a use for it.
+  Kill two birds with one stone.
+  Lazy folk take the most pains.
+  Let sleeping dogs lie.
+  Let them laugh that win.
+  Make hay while the sun shines.
+  Many a true word is spoken in jest.
+  Many hands make light work.
+  Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
+  Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
+  Necessity is the mother of invention.
+  Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
+  Old friends and old wine are best.
+  One swallow makes not a spring, nor one woodcock a winter.
+  People who live in glass houses should never throw stones.
+  Possession is nine points of the law.
+  Procrastination is the thief of time.
+  Short reckonings make long friends.
+  Safe bind, safe find.
+  Strike while the iron is hot.
+  Take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
+  The more the merrier, the fewer the better cheer.
+  The darkest hour is just before the daylight.
+  The cobbler's wife is the worst shod.
+  There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
+  There's a silver lining to every cloud.
+  Those who play with edge tools must expect to be cut.
+  Time and tide wait for no man.
+  Too many cooks spoil the broth.
+  Union is strength.
+  Waste not, want not.
+  What the eye sees not, the heart rues not.
+  When rogues fall out honest men get their own.
+  When the cat's away, the mice play.
+  Willful waste makes woful want.
+  You cannot eat your cake and have it also.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE ADVENTURERS
+
+This is a very good game and will combine both instruction and
+amusement. The idea is that the company imagines itself to be a
+party of travelers who are about to set out on a journey to foreign
+countries. A good knowledge of geography is required, also an idea of
+the manufactures and customs of the foreign parts about to be visited.
+It would be as well, if not quite certain about the location of the
+part, to refer to a map.
+
+A place for starting having been decided upon, the first player sets
+out upon his journey. He tells the company what spot he intends to
+visit (in imagination) and what kind of conveyance he means to travel
+in. On arriving at his destination, the player states what he wishes
+to buy, and to whom he intends to make a present of his purchase on
+returning home.
+
+This may seem very simple, but it is not nearly so easy as it appears.
+The player must have some knowledge of the country to which he is
+going, the way he will travel, and the time it will take to complete
+the journey. To give an instance, it will not do for the player to
+state that he is going to Greenland to purchase pineapples, or to
+Florida to get furs; nor will it do for him to make a present of a
+meerschaum pipe to a lady, or a cashmere shawl to a gentleman.
+
+More fun is added to this game if forfeits are exacted for all
+mistakes.
+
+The game continues, and the second player must make his starting
+point from where the first leaves off. Of course, all depends upon the
+imagination or the experience of the player; if he has been a traveler
+or has read a good deal, his descriptions should be very interesting.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+POSTMAN'S KNOCK
+
+One player begins the game by going out of the room, and then giving a
+double (or postman's) knock at the door; it is the duty of one of
+the other players to stand at the door inside the room to answer the
+knocks that are made, and to ask the postman for whom he has a
+letter. The postman names some member of the company, generally of
+the opposite sex; he is then asked, "How many cents are to be paid?"
+Perhaps he will say "six"; the person for whom the letter is supposed
+to be must then pay for it with kisses, instead of cents; after which
+he or she must take a turn as postman.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"OUR OLD GRANNIE DOESN'T LIKE TEA."
+
+All the players sit in a row, except one, who sits in front of them
+and says to each one in turn: "Our old Grannie doesn't like T; what
+can you give her instead?"
+
+Perhaps the first player will answer, "Cocoa," and that will be
+correct; but if the second player should say, "Chocolate," he will
+have to pay a forfeit, because there is a "T" in chocolate. This
+is really a catch, as at first every one thinks that "tea" is meant
+instead of the letter "T." Even after the trick has been found out it
+is very easy to make a slip, as the players must answer before "five"
+is counted; if they cannot, or if they mention an article of food with
+the letter "T" in it, they must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I LOVE MY LOVE WITH AN A."
+
+To play this game it is best for the players to arrange themselves in
+a half circle round the room. Then one begins: "I love my love with an
+'A,' because she is affectionate; I hate her with an 'A,' because she
+is artful. Her name is Alice, she comes from Alabama, and I gave her
+an apricot." The next player says: "I love my love with a 'B,' because
+she is bonnie; I hate her with a 'B,' because she is boastful. Her
+name is Bertha, she comes from Boston, and I gave her a book." The
+next player takes "C," and the next "D," and so on through all the
+letters of the alphabet.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONSEQUENCES
+
+One of the most popular games at a party is certainly "Consequences;"
+it is a very old favorite, but has lost none of its charms with age.
+The players sit in a circle; each person is provided with a half sheet
+of notepaper and a pencil, and is asked to write on the top--(1) one
+or more adjectives, then to fold the paper over, so that what has been
+written cannot be seen. Every player has to pass his or her paper on
+to the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top of
+the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor (2) "the
+name of the gentleman;" after having done this, the paper must again
+be folded and passed on as before; this time must be written (3) one
+or more adjectives; then (4) a lady's name; next (5), where they met;
+next (6), what he gave her; next (7), what he said to her; next (8),
+what she said to him; next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what
+the world said about it.
+
+Be careful that every time anything has been written, the paper is
+folded down and passed on to the player on your right. When every one
+has written what the world says, the papers are collected and one of
+the company proceeds to read out the various papers, and the result
+may be something like this:
+
+(1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr. Brown (3) met the charming
+(4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her a flower (7)
+and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said to him: "Not for
+Joseph;" (9) the consequence was they danced the hornpipe, and the
+world said (10), "Just what we expected."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+EARTH, AIR, FIRE, AND WATER
+
+[Illustration]
+
+To play this game seat yourselves in a circle, take a clean duster
+or handkerchief, and tie it in a big knot, so that it may easily be
+thrown from one player to another. One of the players throws it to
+another, at the same time calling out either of these names: Earth,
+Air, Fire, or Water. If "Earth" is called, the player to whom the ball
+is thrown has to mention something that lives on the earth, as lion,
+cat; if "Air" is called, something that lives in the air; if "Water,"
+something that lives in the water; but if "Fire" is called, the player
+must keep silence. Always remember not to put birds in the water, or
+animals or fishes in the air; be silent when "Fire" is called, and
+answer before ten can be counted. For breaking any of these rules a
+forfeit must be paid.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CRAMBO
+
+One of the party leaves the room, and on his return he is asked to
+find a word which has been chosen by the other players in his absence;
+and in order to help him, another word is mentioned rhyming with the
+word to be guessed. Questions may then be asked by the guesser, and
+the players must all introduce, as the final word of their answer,
+another word rhyming with the word chosen. For instance, suppose the
+word "way" is selected. The guesser would then be told that the word
+chosen rhymes with "say." He might then ask the first one of the
+party: "What do you think of the weather?" and the answer might be:
+"We have had a lovely day." The second question might be: "Have you
+enjoyed yourself?" and the answer might be: "Yes; I have had lots of
+play." The game would proceed in this way until the guesser gave the
+correct answer, or one of the party failed to give the proper rhyme,
+in which case the latter would then be called upon to take the place
+of the guesser.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOST AND FOUND
+
+A very similar game to "Consequences" is that of "Lost and Found,"
+which is played in an exactly similar manner, but the questions are
+quite different: (1) Lost, (2) by whom, (3) at what time, (4) where,
+(5) found by, (6) in what condition, (7) what time, (8) the reward.
+
+The answers may be something like the following: (1) Lost a
+postage-stamp, (2) by sister Jane, (3) at three in the morning, (4) at
+St. Louis, (5) it was found by a policeman, (6) rather the worse for
+wear, (7) at dinner-time; (8) the reward was a kiss.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, OR MINERAL?"
+
+This is a capital game for a large party, for it is both instructive
+and amusing. Two sides are picked, one has to guess what word or
+sentence the remainder of the company has chosen. They go out of the
+room, and when the subject has been decided upon, return and ask a
+question of each of the other side in turn. The answer must be either
+"Yes" or "No," and in no case should more words be used, under penalty
+of paying a forfeit. The first important point to be found out is
+whether the subject is "Animal," "Vegetable," or "Mineral." Supposing,
+for instance, the subject chosen is a cat which is sleeping in
+the room by the fire, the questions and answers might be like the
+following: "Is the subject chosen an animal?" "Yes." "Wild animal?"
+"No." "Domestic animal?" "Yes." "Common?" "Yes." "Are there many to be
+seen in this town?" "Yes." "Have you seen many this day?" "Yes." "In
+this house?" "No." "Have you seen many in the road?" "Yes." "Do they
+draw carts?" "No." "Are they used for working purposes?" "No." "Is the
+subject a pet?" "Yes." "Have they one in the house?" "Yes." "In this
+room?" "Yes." "Is it lying in front of the fire at the present time?"
+"Yes." "Is the subject you all thought of the cat lying in front
+of the fire in this room?" "Yes." The subject having been guessed,
+another one is chosen and the game proceeds. The questions are limited
+to twenty, but it is hardly ever necessary to use that number.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HUNT THE SLIPPER
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The players seat themselves in a circle on the floor, having chosen
+one of their number to remain outside the circle. The children seated
+on the floor are supposed to be cobblers, and the one outside is the
+customer who has brought his shoe to be mended. He hands it to one of
+them, saying:
+
+"Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe; Get it done by half-past two."
+
+The cobblers pass the shoe round to each other as quickly as they can,
+taking care that the customer does not see which of them has it. When
+the customer comes to fetch it he is told that it is not ready. He
+pretends to get angry and says he will take it as it is. He must then
+try to find it, and the cobbler who has it must try to pass it to his
+neighbor without its being seen by the customer. The person upon whom
+the shoe is found must become the customer, while the customer takes
+his place in the circle on the floor.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FLYING
+
+This game requires for the leader a person who can tell a story or
+make a little amusing speech. Each one who plays must place the right
+hand upon the left arm. The leader then tells a story, during the
+telling of which whenever he mentions any creature that can fly, every
+right hand is to be raised and fluttered in the air to imitate the
+action of flying. At the name of a creature that does not fly, the
+hands must be kept quiet, under pain of a forfeit. Thus:
+
+  The little wren is very small,
+    The humming-bee is less;
+  The ladybird is least of all,
+    And beautiful in dress.
+  The pelican she loves her young,
+    The stork its parent loves;
+  The woodcock's bill is very long,
+    And innocent are doves.
+  In Germany they hunt the boar,
+    The bee brings honey home,
+  The ant lays up a winter store,
+    The bear loves honeycomb.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BLIND MAN'S WAND
+
+This is another way of playing Blind Man's Buff, and is thought by
+many to be an improvement on that game.
+
+The player who is blindfolded stands in the center of the room, with
+a long paper wand, which can be made of a newspaper folded up
+lengthways, and tied at each end with string. The other players then
+join hands and stand round him in a circle. Some one then plays a
+merry tune on the piano, and the players dance round and round the
+blind man, until suddenly the music stops; the blind man then takes
+the opportunity of lowering his wand upon one of the circle, and the
+player upon whom it has fallen has to take hold of it. The blind man
+then makes a noise, such as, for instance, the barking of a dog, a
+street cry, or anything he thinks will cause the player he has caught
+to betray himself, as the captive must imitate whatever noise the
+blind man likes to make. Should the blind man detect who holds the
+stick, the one who is caught has to be blind man; if not, the game
+goes on until he succeeds.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+JUDGE AND JURY
+
+The company should be seated in two lines facing each other, and one
+of the party should then be elected to act as judge. Each person has
+to remember who is sitting exactly opposite, because when the judge
+asks a question of any one, it is not the person directly asked who
+has to reply, but the person opposite to the judge. For instance, if
+the judge, addressing one of the company, asks: "Do you like apples?"
+the person spoken to must remain silent, while the person who is
+opposite to him must reply before the judge can count ten; the penalty
+on failing to do this is a forfeit. A rule with regard to the answers
+is that the reply must not be less than two words in length, and must
+not contain the words: "Yes," "No," "Black," "White," or "Gray." For
+the breaking of this rule a forfeit may also be claimed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"HANDS UP!"
+
+[Plate 3]
+
+The company in this game must divide, one-half taking seats on one
+side of the table, and the other half on the other side; the players
+on one side being called the "guessers" and the players on the other
+side being called the "hiders." A button or any small object is
+produced, and the hiders have to pass it from hand to hand, under the
+table, so that those sitting opposite may not know who holds it. When
+it is hidden, one of the guessers cries out, "Hands up!" Immediately
+the hiders must place their closed hands on the table; the guessers
+have then to find out which hand holds the button. If successful,
+the hiders take their turn at guessing. The person in whose hand the
+button is found must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LODGINGS TO LET
+
+The company sit in a circle, and a player stands in the center. There
+is one spare chair, and the game is for this player to get possession
+of a vacant seat. When the game begins, every one moves as quickly as
+possible to the chair next beside him or her, and as this is done all
+the time, it is difficult for the person who is looking for "lodgings"
+to find a place by slipping in among them, and his attempts will cause
+much amusement.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HUNT THE RING
+
+For this game a long piece of string is required. On this a ring is
+threaded, and the ends of the string are knotted together. The players
+then take the string in their hands and form a circle, while one
+of the company, who is called the hunter, stands in the center. The
+string must be passed rapidly round and round, and the players must
+try to prevent the hunter finding out who holds the ring. As soon as
+he has done this, he takes his place in the circle, while the person
+who held the ring becomes the "hunter."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE
+
+The players sit in a circle, in the center of which a stool is placed.
+One of the company goes out of the room, and the rest say all sorts of
+things about him. For instance, one will say he is handsome, another
+that he is clever, or stupid, or vain. The "culprit" is then called
+back into the room and seats himself on the stool, which is called
+"the stool of repentance," and one of the players begins to tell him
+the different charges which have been made against him. "Some one
+said you were vain; can you guess who it was?" If the culprit guesses
+correctly, he takes his seat in the circle and the person who made
+the accusation becomes the "culprit" in his stead. If, however, the
+"culprit" is unable to guess correctly, he must go out of the room
+again while fresh charges are made against him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FEATHER
+
+Having procured a small flossy feather, the players sit in a circle as
+closely together as possible. One of the party then throws the feather
+as high as possible into the air, and it is the duty of all the
+players to prevent it from alighting on them, by blowing at it
+whenever it comes in their direction. Any player whom it falls upon
+must pay a forfeit.
+
+It is almost impossible to imagine the excitement that is produced by
+this game when it is played with spirit, and the fun is not altogether
+confined to the players, as it gives almost as much enjoyment to those
+who are looking on.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GAME OF CONVERSATION
+
+To play this game successfully, two of the company privately agree
+upon a word that has several meanings. The two then enter into a
+conversation which is obliged to be about the word they have chosen,
+while the remainder of the company listen. When a member of the
+party imagines that he has guessed the word, he may join in the
+conversation, but if he finds he is mistaken, must immediately retire.
+
+To give an illustration: Supposing the two players who start the
+conversation decide upon the word "box." They might talk about the
+people they had seen at the theater and the particular part of the
+house in which they were sitting. Then they might say how nice it
+looked in a garden, and one might mention that it grew into big trees.
+Perhaps one of the company might imagine that he had guessed the word
+correctly and join in, when the conversation would be immediately
+changed, and the two would begin to converse about a huge case in
+which a very great number of things were packed away. By this time,
+possibly the person who joined in the conversation will leave off,
+completely mystified. If, however, the word should be correctly
+guessed, the person guessing it chooses a partner, and they together
+select a word, and the game begins again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GALLERY OF STATUES
+
+For this game all the company leave the room with the exception
+of two. One of these then stands like a statue, with perhaps the
+assistance of a tablecloth or something similar as drapery, while the
+other acts as showman.
+
+When the position is decided upon, one of the company is called in and
+taken on one side by the showman, and is asked his or her opinion as
+to the merits of the statue. It is almost certain that some suggestion
+will be made; in that case he or she is made to assume the attitude
+suggested, and another player is called in, to whom the same question
+is put, and another suggestion made and adopted. As each statue is
+added to the gallery, a great deal of merriment is caused, and in a
+short time a large collection will be obtained.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE HUNTSMAN
+
+One person represents the huntsman, the other players call themselves
+after some part of the huntsman's belongings; for instance, one is the
+cap, another the horn, others the powder-flask, gun, whip, etc.
+
+A number of chairs are arranged in the middle of the room, and there
+must be one chair less than the number of players, not counting the
+huntsman.
+
+The players then seat themselves round the room, while the huntsman
+stands in the center and calls for them one at a time, in this way:
+"Powder-flask!" At once "Powder-flask" rises and takes hold of the
+huntsman's coat.
+
+"Cap," "Gun," "Shot," "Belt," the huntsman cries; each person who
+represents these articles must rise and take hold of the player
+summoned before him, until at length the huntsman has a long line
+behind him. He then begins to run round the chairs, until he suddenly
+cries: "Bang!" when the players must sit down. Of course, as there are
+not sufficient chairs, one player will be left standing and he must
+pay a forfeit. The huntsman is not changed throughout the game, unless
+he grows tired, when he may change places with one of the others.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HOT BOILED BEANS AND BACON
+
+This is a game for young children. Some small article is hidden in the
+room, while the little one who has to find it is sent outside. This
+finished, the players call out together: "Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon;
+it's hidden and can be taken." The little one enters and begins
+to hunt about for the hidden article. When she comes near to its
+hiding-place, the company tell her that she is getting "hot"; or, if
+she is not near it, she is told that she is "cold." That she is "very
+hot" or "very cold," will denote that she is very near of very far
+away from the object that is hidden; while if she is extremely near,
+she would be told that she was "burning." In this way the hidden
+object can be found, and all the children can be interested in the
+game by being allowed to call out whether the little one is "hot" or
+"cold."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"MY MASTER BIDS YOU DO AS I DO."
+
+For all those children who are fond of a little exercise, no better
+game than this can be chosen. When the chairs are placed in order
+round the room, the first player commences by saying: "My master bids
+you do as I do," at the same time working away with the right hand as
+if hammering at his knees. The second player then asks: "What does he
+bid me do?" in answer to which the first player says: "To work with
+one as I do." The second player, working in the same manner, must turn
+to his left-hand neighbor and carry on the same conversation, and so
+on until every one is working away with the right hand.
+
+The second time of going round, the order is to work with two, then
+both hands must work; then with three, then both hands and one leg
+must work; then with four, when both hands and both legs must work;
+lastly with five, when both legs, both arms, and the head must be kept
+going. Should any of the players fail in keeping in constant motion, a
+forfeit may be claimed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RED CAP AND BLUE CAP
+
+The players seat themselves in a circle to represent tailors at
+work on a piece of cloth--a handkerchief or a duster will answer the
+purpose. A leader or foreman is chosen, and every one of the company
+is named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap, Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap,
+etc. The leader then takes the piece of cloth and pretends to examine
+the work which is supposed to have been done by the workmen. He is
+supposed to discover a bad stitch and asks: "Who did it, Blue Cap?"
+The latter immediately answers: "Not I, sir." "Who then, sir?" "Yellow
+Cap, sir." Yellow Cap must then answer at once in the same manner and
+name another workman. Any one who fails to answer to his name pays a
+forfeit. If carried on in a brisk manner, this game will cause endless
+amusement.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+IT
+
+One of the players is asked to go outside while the company thinks of
+some person in the room, and on his return he has to guess of whom the
+company has thought.
+
+The players then arrange themselves in a circle, and agree each to
+think of his or her right-hand neighbor; it is best to have a girl and
+boy alternately, as this adds much to the amusement.
+
+The one outside is then called in, and commences to ask questions.
+Before replying, the player asked must be careful to notice his or
+her right-hand neighbor, and then give a correct reply. For instance,
+supposing the first question to be: "Is the person thought of a boy or
+a girl?" The answer would possibly be "A boy;" the next person would
+then be asked the color of the complexion, the next one the color
+of the hair, if long or short, etc., to which questions the answers
+would, of course, be given according to the right-hand neighbor.
+
+Nearly all the answers will contradict the previous ones, and
+something like this may be the result: "A boy," "very dark
+complexion," "long yellow hair," "wearing a black velvet jacket,"
+"with a dark green dress," "five feet high," "about six years old,"
+etc. When the player guessing gives the game up, the joke is explained
+to him.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ACTING RHYMES
+
+For this game, half the players go outside the door, while those who
+stay in the room choose a word of one syllable, which should not be
+too difficult. For instance, suppose the word chosen be "Flat," those
+who are out of the room are informed that a word has been thought of
+that rhymes with "Cat," and they then have to act without speaking,
+all the words they can think of that rhyme with "Cat." Supposing their
+first idea be "Bat," they come into the room and play an imaginary
+game of cricket. This not being correct, they would get hissed for
+their pains, and they must then hurry outside again. They might next
+try "Rat," most of them going into the room on their hands and feet,
+while the others might pretend to be frightened. Again they would be
+hissed. At last the boys go in and fall flat on their faces, while the
+girls pretend to use flat-irons upon their backs. The loud clapping
+that follows tells them that they are right at last. They then change
+places with the audience, who, in their turn, become the actors.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAN AND OBJECT
+
+Two persons go out of the room, and after agreeing together as to what
+they shall represent, they come back again, and sit side by side in
+front of the company. One of the two takes the part of some well-known
+person, and the other represents an object which is closely connected
+with that person; for instance, say one represents the governor,
+and the other the mayor. When the two return to the room, the other
+players take it in turns to ask each of them a question, to which
+both the man and the object must reply either "Yes" or "No," until the
+right person and the right object have been guessed.
+
+The first player will perhaps ask the "man:" "Are you alive?"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The man will reply, "Yes;" then the object is asked: "Are you of
+wood?" "No." The second player next questions him, and then the third,
+and so on until every one has had a turn at questioning, or the person
+and the object have been guessed.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE JOLLY MILLER
+
+The players decide among themselves which one of their number shall
+act the part of the Jolly Miller. This being done, each little boy
+chooses a little girl as partner; the Jolly Miller having taken his
+stand in the middle of the room, they all commence to walk arm-in-arm
+round him, singing the following lines:
+
+  There was a jolly miller who lived by himself;
+  As the wheel went round he made his wealth;
+  One hand in the hopper, and the other on the bag;
+  As the wheel went round he made his grab.
+
+At the word "Grab" all must change partners, and while the change
+is going on the miller has the opportunity given him of securing
+a partner for himself. Should he succeed in doing so, the one left
+without a partner must take the place of the Jolly Miller, and must
+occupy the center of the room until fortunate enough to get another
+partner.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RUTH AND JACOB
+
+[Illustration]
+
+One player is blindfolded, the rest dance in a circle round him till
+he points at one of them. This person then enters the ring, and when
+the blindman calls out "Ruth," answers "Jacob," and moves about within
+the circle so as to avoid being caught by the blindman, and continues
+to answer "Jacob," as often as the blindman calls out "Ruth." This
+continues until "Ruth" is caught. "Jacob" must then guess who it is he
+has caught; if he guesses correctly, "Ruth" takes his place, and the
+game goes on; if he guesses wrongly, he continues to be "Jacob."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHECKERS
+
+This is a splendid game and one very easily learned. It is played upon
+a special board with thirty-two white and thirty-two black squares.
+
+Two persons play at the game, who sit opposite to each other. The
+players have each a set of twelve pieces, or "men," the color of the
+sets being different, so that the players can distinguish their
+own men easily. The men are round and flat, and are usually made of
+boxwood or ebony and ivory, one set being white and the other black.
+
+Before placing the men upon the board, it must be decided whether the
+white or the black squares are to be played on, as the whole must be
+put on one color only. If the white squares are selected, there must
+be a black square in the right-hand corner; if the black squares are
+to be played upon, then the right-hand corner square must be a white
+one.
+
+The movements in checkers are very simple; a man can be moved only one
+square at a time, except as explained hereafter, and that diagonally,
+never straight forward or sideways. If an opponent's man stand in the
+way, no move can take place unless there be a vacant square beyond it,
+into which the man can be lifted. In this case the man leaped over is
+"taken" and removed from the board.
+
+The great object of the game, then, is to clear the board of the
+opponent's men, or to hem them in in such a way that they cannot be
+moved, whichever player hems in the opponent or clears the board
+first gains the victory. As no man can be moved more than one step
+diagonally at a time (except when taking opponent's pieces), there can
+be no taking until the two parties come to close quarters; therefore,
+the pushing of the men continuously into each other's ground is the
+principle of the game.
+
+In beginning the game, a great advantage can be obtained by having the
+first move; the rule, therefore, is, if several games are played, that
+the first move be taken alternately by the players.
+
+When either of the players has, with his men, reached the extreme row
+of squares on the opposite side (the first row of his opponent), those
+men are entitled to be crowned, which is done by placing on the top of
+each another man, which may be selected from the men already removed
+from the board. The men so crowned are called "Kings" and have a new
+power of movement, as the player may now move them either backward or
+forward, as he wills, but always diagonally as before.
+
+The Kings having this double power of movement, it is an important
+point for a player to get as many men crowned as possible. If each
+player should be fortunate enough to get two or three Kings, the game
+becomes very exciting. Immediately after crowning, it is well for a
+player to start blocking up his opponent's men, so as to allow more
+freedom for his own pieces, and thus prepare for winning the game.
+
+It is the rule that if a player touch one of his men he must play it.
+If player A omit to take a man when it is in his power to do so, his
+opponent B can huff him; that is, take the man of the player A off the
+board. If it is to B's advantage, he may insist on his own man being
+taken, which is called a "blow." The usual way is to take the man of
+the player A who made the omission, and who was huffed, off the board.
+
+It is not considered right or fair for any one watching the game to
+advise what move to be made, or for a player to wait longer than five
+minutes between each move.
+
+Great care should be taken in moving the men, as one false move may at
+any time endanger the whole game.
+
+With constant practice any one can soon become a very fair player, but
+even after the game has been played only a few times it will be found
+very interesting.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DOMINOES
+
+There are several ways of playing Dominoes, but the following game is
+the most simple:
+
+The dominoes are placed on the table, face downward, and each player
+takes up one, to decide who is to play first. The one who draws the
+stone with the highest number of pips on it takes the lead. The
+two stones are then put back among the rest; the dominoes are then
+shuffled, face downward, and the players choose seven stones each,
+placing them upright on the table, so that each can see his own
+stones, without being able to overlook those of his opponent.
+
+As there are twenty-eight stones in an ordinary set, there will still
+be fourteen left from which to draw.
+
+The player who has won the lead now places a stone, face upward, on
+the table. Suppose it be double-six, the other player is bound to
+put down a stone on which six appears, placing the six next to the
+double-six. Perhaps he may put six-four; the first player then puts
+six-five, placing his six against the opposite six of the double-six;
+the second follows with five-four, placing his five against the five
+already on the table; thus, you see, the players are bound to put down
+a stone which corresponds at one end with one of the end numbers of
+those already played. Whenever a player has no corresponding number he
+must draw from the fourteen that were left out for that purpose. If,
+when twelve of these fourteen stones are used up, he cannot play,
+he loses his turn, and his opponent plays instead of him. The two
+remaining dominoes must not be drawn.
+
+When one of the players has used up all his dominoes, his opponent
+turns up those he has left, the pips are then counted, and the number
+of pips is scored to the account of the player who was out first.
+
+If neither player can play, the stones are turned face upward on
+the table, and the one who has the smallest number of pips scores as
+follows: If the pips of one player count ten and those of the other
+player five, the five is deducted from the ten, leaving five to be
+scored by the player whose pips only counted five.
+
+The dominoes are shuffled again, the second player this time taking
+the lead, and the game proceeds in this way until one or other has
+scored a hundred, the first to do so winning the game.
+
+This game is generally played by two only, though it is possible for
+four, five, or even six to join in it; but, in that case, they cannot,
+of course, take seven stones each, so they must divide the stones
+equally between them, leaving a few to draw from, if they prefer it;
+if not they can divide them all.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GREEN GRAVEL
+
+In this game the children join hands and walk round in a circle,
+singing the following words:
+
+  Green gravel, green gravel, your grass is so green,
+  The fairest young damsel that ever was seen.
+  I'll wash you in new milk and dress you in silk,
+  And write down your name with a gold pen and ink.
+  Oh! (Mary) Oh! (Mary) your true love is dead;
+  He's sent you a letter to turn round your head.
+
+When the players arrive at that part of the song, "Oh, Mary!" they
+name some member of the company; when the song is finished, the one
+named must turn right round and face the outside of the ring, having
+her back to all the other players. She then joins hands in this
+position and the game continues as before until all the players face
+outward. They then recommence, until they all face the inside of the
+ring as at first.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FIVES AND THREES
+
+This is another game that is played with dominoes, and is one of
+the most popular. It is excellent practice for counting, and to be
+successful at it depends, in a very great measure, upon skill in doing
+this. Two, three or four players may take part in this game. After the
+dominoes have been shuffled, face downward, each player takes an equal
+number of stones, leaving always three, at least, upon the table; no
+player, however, may take more than seven, and it is perhaps better to
+limit the number to five.
+
+In playing dominoes, it should always be borne in mind that one end
+of the domino to be played must always agree in number with the end of
+the domino it is to be placed against.
+
+The object of the game is to make as many "fives" and "threes" as are
+possible; for instance, a player should always make the domino show
+fifteen if he can, as three divides into fifteen five times, and five
+divides into fifteen three times, and he would thus score 8 (three
+and five). The way to count is to add the two extreme ends together,
+always, of course, trying to make the number as high as possible, and
+to make it one into which either three or five will divide, as if a
+number be formed into which these numbers will not divide, no score
+will result.
+
+Suppose there are two players, A and B. A starts the game by playing
+the double-six, for which he scores 4 (three dividing into twelve four
+times). B then plays the six-three, making fifteen, and thus scores
+8 (the highest score possible, as explained above). A next plays the
+double-three, which makes eighteen, and scores 6 (three dividing into
+eighteen six times). B then plays six-blank onto the double-six on the
+left-hand side and scores 2 (three dividing into six twice). A holding
+the blank-three, places it onto the blank end, making the number nine,
+and scores 3. B next plays the three-four, which makes ten, and 2
+is added to his score (five dividing into ten twice). Thus the game
+proceeds, each player trying to make as many fives and threes as
+possible.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+PAPER AND PENCIL GAMES
+
+BIRDS, BEASTS, AND FISHES
+
+Take your pencil and write upon the top of your paper the words,
+"Birds, Beasts, and Fishes." Then tell your companion that you are
+going to think of, for instance, an animal. Put down the first and
+last letters of the name, filling in with crosses the letters that
+have been omitted. For example, write down on the paper C*******e.
+Your companion would have to think of all the animals' names that he
+could remember which contained nine letters, and commenced with the
+letter C and ended with "e." If the second player after guessing
+several times "gives it up," the first player would tell him that the
+animal thought of was "Crocodile," and would then think of another
+Bird, Beast, or Fish, and write it down in a similar manner. If,
+however, the name of the animal be guessed, then it would be the
+second player's turn to take the paper and pencil.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NOUGHTS AND CROSSES
+
+[Illustration]
+
+This is a game every boy or girl thoroughly enjoys. Take paper, and
+with a pencil draw four cross lines as shown:
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Two persons only can play at this game, one player taking "noughts,"
+the other "crosses." The idea is for the one player to try and draw
+three "noughts" in a line before the other player can do the same
+with three "crosses." Supposing the player who places his "O" in the
+right-hand top corner, the player who has taken the "crosses" will
+perhaps place an "X" in the left-hand top corner. The next "O" would
+be placed in the bottom left-hand corner; then to prevent the line of
+three "noughts" being completed, the second player would place his "X"
+in the center square. An "O" would then be immediately placed in the
+right-hand bottom corner, so that wherever the "X" was placed by the
+next player, the "noughts" would be bound to win. Say, for instance,
+the "X" has chosen the "noughts" commences and was placed in the
+center square on the right-hand side, the place for the "O" to be put
+would be the center square at the bottom, thus securing the game. The
+diagram would then appear as illustrated:
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"TIT, TAT, TOE"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+There can be two, three, or four players for this game. First take
+paper and pencil and write the players' names across the top of
+the paper in the order in which they are to play. Next draw a large
+circle, in the center of which draw a smaller one, placing the number
+100 within it. The space between the inner and outer circles must be
+divided into parts, each having a number, as shown in the diagram.
+
+This having been done, the first player closes his eyes, takes the
+pencil, and places his hand over the paper, the point of the pencil
+just touching it. He then repeats the following rhyme, moving the
+pencil round and round while doing so:
+
+  Tit, tat, toe,
+  My first go,
+  Four jolly butcher boys
+  All in a row.
+  Stick one up,
+  Stick one down,
+  Stick one in
+  The old man's crown.
+
+At the word "crown" the player must keep the point of the pencil
+firmly on the paper, and open his eyes. If the pencil is not within
+the circle, or if within but with the point of the pencil resting upon
+a line, then the player gives the pencil to the next player, having
+scored nothing.
+
+If, on the contrary, at the end of the rhyme, the pencil is found to
+be resting in a division of the circle, for instance, marked "70,"
+that number is placed beneath the player's name, and the section is
+struck by drawing a line across it. If afterward the pencil rest in a
+division of the circle that has been struck out, the player loses his
+turn in the same way as if the pencil were not in the circle at all,
+or had rested upon a line of the diagram.
+
+The game continues until all the divisions of the circle have been
+scored out, when the numbers gained by each of the players are added
+up, and the one who has scored the highest number of points wins the
+game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+CARD GAMES
+
+SPECULATION
+
+Speculation is a game at which any number of persons may play. The
+stakes are made with counters or nuts, and the value of the stakes is
+settled by the company. The highest trump in each deal wins the pool.
+
+When the dealer has been chosen, he puts, say, six counters in the
+pool and every other player puts four; three cards are given to each
+person, though they must be dealt one at a time; another card is then
+turned up, and called the trump card. The cards must be left upon the
+table, but the player on the left-hand side of the dealer turns up
+his top card so that all may see it. If it is a trump card, that is to
+say, if it is of the same suit as the card the dealer turned up, the
+owner may either keep his card or sell it, and the other players bid
+for it in turn. Of course, the owner sells it for the highest price he
+can get.
+
+The next player then turns up his card, keeps it or sells it, and so
+the game goes on until all the cards have been shown and disposed of,
+and then the player who holds the highest trump either in his own hand
+or among the cards he has bought, takes the pool, and there is another
+deal.
+
+Should none of the other players have a trump card in his hand, and
+the turn-up card not having been purchased by another player, the
+dealer takes the pool.
+
+If any one look at his cards out of turn, he can be made to turn all
+three up, so that the whole company can see them.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ALL FOURS
+
+This game takes its name from the four chances or points of which it
+consists, namely, "High," "Low," "Jack," and "Game." It may be played
+by two or four players, but the same rules apply to each.
+
+The four points, which have been already mentioned, count as follows:
+"High," the highest trump out; the holder scores one point. "Low," the
+lowest trump out; the original holder of it scores one point even if
+it is taken by his adversary. "Jack," the knave of trumps; the holder
+scores one point, unless it be won by his adversary, in which case
+the winner scores one. "Game," the greatest number of tricks gained by
+either party; reckoning for each Ace four toward game, each King three
+toward game, each Queen two toward game, each Jack one toward game,
+each Ten ten toward game.
+
+The other cards do not count toward game; thus it may happen that
+a deal may be played without either party having any to score for
+"Game."
+
+When the players hold equal numbers, the dealer does not score.
+
+[Plate 4]
+
+Begging is when the player next the dealer does not like his cards and
+says, "I beg," in which case the dealer must either let him score one,
+saying, "Take one," or give three more cards from the pack to all the
+players and then turn up the next card for trumps; if the trump turned
+up is the same suit as the last, the dealer must give another three
+cards until a different suit turns up trumps. In playing this game the
+ace is the highest card and the deuce (the two) is the lowest.
+
+Having shuffled and cut a pack of cards, the dealer gives six to each
+player. If there be two playing, he turns up the thirteenth card for
+trumps; if four are playing, he turns up the twenty-fifth. Should the
+turn-up be a jack, the dealer scores one point. The player next the
+dealer looks at his hand and either holds it or "begs," as explained.
+
+The game then begins by the player next the dealer leading a card, the
+others following suit, the highest card taking the trick, and so on
+until the six tricks have been won. When the six tricks are played,
+the points are taken for High, Low, Jack, and Game.
+
+Should no player have either a court card or a ten, the player next to
+the dealer scores the point for the game. If only one trump should be
+out, it counts both High and Low to the player who first has it. The
+first great thing in this game is to try and win the jack; next you
+must try and make the tens; and you must also try and win the tricks.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SNAP
+
+The pack of cards is dealt round, face downward, and each player packs
+his cards together, without looking at them, and then places them in
+front of him.
+
+The first player then turns up the top card of his pack, the next does
+the same, and so on in turn; but, as soon as a player turns up a card
+corresponding in number to the one already lying, uncovered, on the
+table, one of the two to whom the cards belong cries, "Snap."
+
+Whichever succeeds in saying it first takes, not only the snap card of
+the other player, but all the cards he has already turned up, and also
+those he has himself turned up. The cards he wins must be placed at
+the bottom of his own pack.
+
+The one who succeeds in winning all the cards wins the game. It
+is necessary to be very attentive and very quick if you want to be
+successful at this game.
+
+There is a game very similar to the above called "Animal Snap." Each
+player takes the name of an animal, and instead of crying "Snap," he
+must cry the name of the animal chosen by the player who turned up the
+last card. For instance, suppose a five be turned up and a player who
+has chosen the name of "Tiger" turn up another five, instead of crying
+"Snap," "Tiger" would be called if "Tiger" did not succeed in crying
+the other player's name first.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SNIP, SNAP, SNORUM
+
+This is a first-rate game and very exciting. Any number of players may
+take part in it, and the whole of the fifty-two cards are dealt out.
+
+Each player has five counters, and there is a pool in the middle,
+which is empty at the commencement of the game.
+
+The first player plays a card--say it is a six--then the one next to
+him looks through his cards, and if he has another six he puts it down
+and says, "Snip"; the first player must then pay a counter into the
+pool.
+
+If the next player should chance to have another six, he plays it and
+says "Snap," and the one who is snapped must pay in his turn, but the
+fine is increased to two counters. Should the fourth player have the
+fourth six, he plays it, and says, "Snorum," and the third player must
+now pay; his fine is three counters to the pool. No person may play
+out of his turn, and every one must "snip" when it is in his power.
+When any one has paid the whole of his five counters to the pool he
+retires from the game; the pool becomes the property of the one whose
+counters last the longest.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OLD MAID
+
+From a pack of cards take out one queen, shuffle the cards and deal
+them, face downward, equally among all the players. The cards should
+then be taken, the pairs sorted out and thrown upon the table. By
+"pairs" is meant two kings, or two fives, and so on. When all the
+pairs have been sorted out, the dealer offers the remainder of his
+cards to his felt-hand neighbor, who draws any card he chooses to
+select, though he is only allowed to see the backs of them. The player
+who has drawn then looks at the cards to see if he can pair it with
+one he holds in his hand; if he can, he throws out the pair; if not,
+he must place it with his other cards. It is now his turn to offer his
+cards to his neighbor, and so the game goes on until all the cards are
+paired, except, of course, the odd card which is the companion to the
+banished queen. The holder of this card is "the old maid."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+POPE JOAN
+
+This amusing game is for any number of players, and is played with a
+wooden board which is divided into compartments or pools, and can be
+bought cheaply at any toy shop for a small sum. Failing a board, use a
+sheet of paper marked out in squares.
+
+Before dealing, the eight of diamonds is taken out of the pack, and
+the deal is settled by cutting the cards, and whoever turns up the
+first jack is dealer.
+
+The dealer then shuffles the cards and his left-hand neighbor cuts
+them. The dealer must next "dress the board," that is, he must put
+counters into the pools, which are all marked differently. This is the
+way to dress the board: One counter to each ace, king, queen, jack,
+and game, two to matrimony (king and queen), two to intrigue (queen
+and jack), and six to the nine of diamonds, which is the Pope. On a
+proper board you will see these marked on it.
+
+The cards are now dealt round to the players, with the exception of
+one card, which is turned up for trumps, and six or eight, which are
+put aside to form the stops; the four kings and the seven of diamonds
+are also always stops.
+
+If either ace, king, queen, or jack happen to be turned up for trumps,
+the dealer may take whatever is in the compartment with that mark; but
+when Pope is turned up for trumps, the dealer takes all the counters
+in Pope's compartment as well as those in the "game" compartment,
+besides a counter for every card dealt to each player, which must, of
+course, be paid by the players. There is then a fresh deal.
+
+It is very seldom, however, that Pope does turn up for trumps; when it
+does not happen, the player next to the dealer begins to play, trying
+to get rid of as many cards as possible. First he leads cards which he
+knows will be stops, then Pope, if he has it, and afterward the lowest
+card in his suit, particularly an ace, for that can never be led
+up to. The other players follow when they can; for instance, if the
+leader plays the two of diamonds, whoever holds the three plays it,
+some one follows with the four, and so on until a stop occurs; whoever
+plays the card which makes a stop becomes leader and can play what he
+chooses.
+
+This goes on until some person has parted with all his cards, by which
+he wins the counters in the "game" compartment and receives from the
+players a counter for every card they hold. Should any one hold the
+Pope he is excused from paying, unless he happens to have played it.
+
+Whoever plays any of the cards which have pools or compartments takes
+the counters in that pool. If any of these cards are not played, the
+counters remain over for the next game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I SUSPECT YOU"
+
+This game may be played by any number of persons. As soon as the cards
+have been dealt and the players have examined their hands, the one on
+the left of the dealer plays the lowest card he has (the ace counting
+lowest). He must place the card face downward on the table, at the
+same time calling out what it is. The next player also puts down a
+card, face downward, and calls the next number; for instance, if No. 1
+puts down a card and says "One," No. 2 says "Two," No. 3 "Three," and
+so on.
+
+It is not necessary for the card laid down to be actually the one
+called out. The fun of the game is to put down the wrong card without,
+any one suspecting you. Naturally, it is not often that the cards run
+straight on, as no one may play out of turn, and if one player thinks
+another has put down the wrong card, he says, "I suspect you." The
+player must then show his card, and if it should not be the one he
+said, he must take all the cards laid down and add them to his pack;
+if, however, the card happens to be the right one, then the accuser
+must take the cards. The player who first succeeds in getting rid of
+his cards wins the game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOR
+
+The cards are dealt equally to the players. The first player puts down
+a card, face upward, upon the table. If it be a common card, that
+is, a two, or three, or anything but a picture card or an ace, his
+neighbors put down in turn their cards until a court card (that is, a
+picture card or an ace) turns up.
+
+If at last an ace be played, the neighbor of the one who plays it must
+pay him four cards; if a king three cards, if a queen two, and if a
+jack one. The one who played the court card also takes all the cards
+that have been played, and puts them under his own pack. If, however,
+in playing for a court card, one of the players puts down another
+court card, then his neighbor must pay him, and he takes the whole
+pack instead of the previous player. Sometimes it happens that a
+second player in paying puts down a court card, and the third player
+in paying him puts down another, and so on, until perhaps the fourth
+or fifth player actually gets the cards in the end.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+RIDDLES
+
+Few children think they will ever tire of playing games; but all the
+same, toward the end of a long evening, spent merrily in dancing and
+playing, the little ones begin to get too weary to play any longer,
+and it is very difficult to keep them amused.
+
+Then comes the time for riddles! The children can sit quietly round
+the room, resting after their romps and laughter, and yet be kept
+thoroughly interested, trying to guess riddles.
+
+It is, however, very difficult to remember a number of good and
+laughable ones, so we will give a list of some, which will be quite
+sufficient to puzzle a roomful of little folk for several hours.
+
+Why are weary people like carriage wheels? Answer: Because they are
+tired.
+
+An old woman in a red cloak was passing a field in which a goat was
+feeding. What strange transformation suddenly took place? Answer: The
+goat turned to butter (butt her), and the woman into a scarlet runner.
+
+Why does a duck go into the water? Answer: For divers reasons.
+
+Spell "blind pig" in two letters. P G; a pig without an I.
+
+Which bird can lift the heaviest weights? The crane.
+
+Why is a wise man like a pin? He has a head and comes to a point.
+
+Why is a Jew in a fever like a diamond? Because he is a Jew-ill.
+
+Why may carpenters reasonably believe there is no such thing as stone?
+Because they never saw it.
+
+What is that which is put on the table and cut, but never eaten? A
+pack of cards.
+
+When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it? When he folds
+it.
+
+What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has devoured
+itself? A candle.
+
+Why is a dog biting his tail like a good manager? Because he makes
+both ends meet.
+
+What thing is it that is lower with a head than without one? A pillow.
+
+Which is the left side of a plum pudding? That which is not eaten.
+
+What letter of the alphabet is necessary to make a shoe? The last.
+
+If all the seas were dried up, what would everybody say? We haven't a
+notion (an ocean).
+
+Why is it certain that "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was not written by the hand
+of its reputed author? Because it was written by Mrs. Beecher's toe
+(Stowe).
+
+Why is a fishmonger never generous? Because his business makes him
+sell fish (selfish).
+
+What is that which works when it plays and plays when it works? A
+fountain.
+
+What is that from which you may take away the whole and yet there will
+be some remaining? The word wholesome.
+
+Why are fowls the most economical things a farmer can keep? Because
+for every grain they give a peck.
+
+Why is it dangerous to walk in the meadows in springtime? Because the
+trees are shooting and the bulrush is out (bull rushes out).
+
+Why is a vine like a soldier? Because it is listed and has ten drills
+(tendrils) and shoots.
+
+If a man who is carrying a dozen glass lamps drops one, what does he
+become? A lamp lighter.
+
+What belongs to yourself, but is used more by your friends than by
+yourself? Your name.
+
+A man had twenty sick (six) sheep and one died; how many were left?
+Nineteen.
+
+Which is the best day for making a pancake? Friday.
+
+What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
+Yesterday.
+
+What four letters would frighten a thief? O I C U.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Why is a spider a good correspondent? Because he drops a line at every
+post.
+
+When is the clock on the stairs dangerous? When it runs down.
+
+Why is the letter "k" like a pig's tail? Because it comes at the end
+of pork.
+
+What is the keynote to good manners? B natural.
+
+Why is a five dollar bill much more profitable than five silver
+dollars? Because when you put it in your pocket you double it, and
+when you take it out you will find it in-creases.
+
+Why is a watch like a river? Because it doesn't run long without
+winding.
+
+What is that which flies high, flies low, has no feet, and yet wears
+shoes? Dust.
+
+Which is the smallest bridge in the world? The bridge of your nose.
+
+When has a man four hands? When he doubles his fists.
+
+What trees has fire no effect upon? Ash trees; because when they are
+burned they are ashes still.
+
+What is the difference between a schoolmaster and an engine-driver?
+One minds the train and the other trains the mind.
+
+What is that which goes from Chicago to Philadelphia without moving?
+The road.
+
+Which is easier to spell--fiddle-de-dee or fiddle-de-dum?
+Fiddle-de-dee, because it is spelled with more "e's."
+
+When may a chair be said to dislike you? When it can't bear you.
+
+What animal took most luggage into the Ark, and which two took the
+least? The elephant, who took his trunk, while the fox and the cock
+had only a brush and a comb between them.
+
+If a bear were to go into a dry goods store, what would he want? He
+would want muzzlin'.
+
+Why was the first day of Adam's life the longest? Because it had no
+Eve.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Why is a washerwoman like a navigator? Because she spreads her sheets,
+crosses the line and goes from pole to pole.
+
+Why is it that a tailor won't attend to business? Because he is always
+cutting out.
+
+When can a horse be sea-green in color? When it's a bay.
+
+Why were gloves never meant to sell? Because they were made to be kept
+on hand.
+
+When are we all artists? When we draw a long face.
+
+Why are watch-dogs bigger by night than by day? Because they are let
+out at night and taken in in the morning.
+
+Why is B like a hot fire? Because it makes oil Boil.
+
+Why is a schoolmaster like a bootblack? Because he polishes the
+understandings of the people.
+
+When is a store-keeper always above his business? When he lives over
+his store.
+
+Which is the liveliest city in the world? Berlin; because it's always
+on the Spree.
+
+Why is a water-lily like a whale? Because they both come to the
+surface to blow.
+
+Why is a shoemaker the most industrious of men? Because he works to
+the last.
+
+What is book-keeping? Forgetting to return borrowed volumes.
+
+Why is scooping out a turnip a noisy process? Because it makes it
+hollow.
+
+Why are teeth like verbs? Because they are regular, irregular, and
+defective.
+
+What ships hardly ever sail out of sight? Hardships.
+
+When is an artist a dangerous person? When his designs are bad.
+
+Why are tortoiseshell combs like citadels? They are for-tresses.
+
+Why is the Isthmus of Suez like the first "u" in cucumber? Because it
+is between two "c's" (seas).
+
+What motive led to the invention of railroads? The loco-motive.
+
+Why are deaf people like Dutch cheeses? Because you can't make them
+here.
+
+When is the best time to get a fresh egg at sea? When the ship lays
+to.
+
+Who was the first whistler? The wind.
+
+Why need a traveler never starve in the desert? Because of the sand
+which is (sandwiches) there.
+
+Why is sympathy like blindman's buff? Because it is a fellow feeling
+for a fellow creature.
+
+If a Frenchman were to fall into a tub of tallow, in what word would
+he express his situation? In-de-fat-i-gabble. (Indefatigable.)
+
+Why is a dinner on board a steamboat like Easter Day? Because it is a
+movable feast.
+
+Spell "enemy" in three letters. F O E.
+
+Why is a little man like a good book? Because he is often looked over.
+
+Why is a pig in a parlor like a house on fire? Because the sooner it
+is put out the better.
+
+What is the difference between a soldier and a bombshell? One goes to
+wars, the other goes to pieces.
+
+Which is the only way that a leopard can change his spots? By going
+from one spot to another.
+
+Why did Eve never fear the measles? Because she'd Adam.
+
+When is a tall man a little short? When he hasn't got quite enough
+cash.
+
+What houses are the easiest to break into? The houses of bald people;
+because their locks are few.
+
+Why is a watch the most difficult thing to steal? Because it must be
+taken off its guard.
+
+Why is there never anybody at home in a convent? Because it is an (n)
+uninhabited place.
+
+Why does a person who is not good looking make a better carpenter than
+one who is? Because he is a deal plainer.
+
+What is the best tree for preserving order? The birch.
+
+Why is shoemaking the easiest of trades? Because the shoes are always
+soled before they are made.
+
+What plant stands for No. 4? IV.
+
+How can a gardener become thrifty? By making the most of his thyme,
+and by always putting some celery in the bank.
+
+Why is it probable that beer was made in the ark? Because the kangaroo
+went in with hops, and the bear was always bruin.
+
+"What was the biggest thing you saw at the Panama Exposition?" asked a
+wife of her husband. "My hotel bill!" said he.
+
+Why is C like a schoolmistress? Because it forms lasses into classes.
+
+What is that which never asks any questions and yet requires many
+answers? The street door.
+
+If a man bumped his head against the top of a room, what article of
+stationery would he be supplies with? Ceiling whacks (sealing-wax).
+
+Which is the oldest tree in the country? The elder tree.
+
+Which is the longest word in the English language? Smiles; because
+there is a mile between the first and last letters.
+
+What is that which happens twice in a moment and not once in a
+thousand years? The letter M.
+
+How many sides are there to a tree? Two, inside and out.
+
+What sea would a man most like to be in on a wet day? A dry attic
+(Adriatic).
+
+Why is coffee like an axe with a dull edge? Because it must be ground
+before it is used.
+
+What is the difference between a bottle of medicine and a troublesome
+boy? One is to be well shaken before taken, and the other is to be
+taken and then shaken.
+
+What makes more noise than a pig under a gate? Two pigs.
+
+When is a door not a door? When it is a-jar.
+
+What is the difference between a naughty boy and a postage stamp?
+Because one you stick with a lick, and the other you lick with a
+stick.
+
+Why did William Tell shudder when he shot the apple from his son's
+head? Because it was an arrow escape for his child.
+
+What is that which the more you take from it the larger it grows? A
+hole.
+
+What is the best land for little kittens? Lapland.
+
+Why should a man always wear a watch when he travels in a waterless
+desert? Because every watch has a spring in it.
+
+Of what trade is the sun? A tanner.
+
+What relation is a doormat to a door? Step-fa(r)ther.
+
+What is that which you cannot hold ten minutes, although it is as
+light as a feather? Your breath.
+
+What is the worst weather for rats and mice? When it rains cats and
+dogs.
+
+What is that which never uses its teeth for eating purposes? A comb.
+
+When are two apples alike? When pared.
+
+What is the difference between a blind man and a sailor in prison? One
+cannot see to go and the other cannot go to sea.
+
+Why is a plum cake like the ocean? Because it contains so many
+currants.
+
+What pudding makes the best cricketer? A good batter.
+
+When is a sailor not a sailor? When he's a-board.
+
+Why is the snow different from Sunday? Because it can fall on any day
+in the week.
+
+What trade would you mention to a short boy? Grow sir (grocer).
+
+What tree is nearest the sea? The beech.
+
+Why is a game of cards like a timber yard? Because there are always a
+great many deals in it.
+
+Why is a tight boot like an oak tree? Because it produces a corn
+(acorn).
+
+Why is a city in Ireland likely to be the largest city in the world?
+Because each year it is Dublin (doubling).
+
+What is the easiest way to swallow a door? Bolt it.
+
+Why is a dancing master like a tree? Because of his bows (boughs).
+
+Name a word of five letters from which if you take two but "one"
+remains. Stone.
+
+Why is A like twelve o'clock? It is the middle of "day"
+
+When is a man thinner than a lath? When he is a-shaving.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THOUGHT READING
+
+This is a very good game, which always causes considerable amusement,
+and if skillfully carried out will very successfully mystify the whole
+company.
+
+It is necessary that the player who is to take the part of
+thought-reader should have a confederate, and the game is then played
+as follows:
+
+The thought-reader, having arranged that the confederate should write
+a certain word, commences by asking four members of the company to
+write each a word upon a piece of paper, fold it up in such a
+manner that it cannot be seen, and then to pass it on to him. The
+confederate, of course, volunteers to make one of the four, and writes
+the word previously agreed upon, which is, we will suppose, "Ohio."
+
+The thought-reader places the slips of paper between his fingers,
+taking care to put the paper of his confederate between the third and
+little finger; he then takes the folded paper from between his thumb
+and first finger and rubs it, folded as it is, over his forehead, at
+each rub mentioning a letter, as O, rub, H, rub, I O, after which he
+calls out that some lady or gentleman has written "Ohio." "I did,"
+replies the confederate.
+
+The thought-reader then opens the paper, looks at it, and slips it
+into his pocket; he has, however, looked at one of the other papers.
+
+Consequently he is now in a position to spell another word, which he
+proceeds to do in the same manner, and thus the game goes on until all
+the papers have been read.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE CUSHION DANCE
+
+The children first of all divide themselves into two parties. They
+then form a ring, and commence dancing round a hassock which is
+placed, end upward, in the middle of the room. Suddenly one party
+endeavors to pull the other party forward, so as to force one of their
+number to kick the hassock and upset it.
+
+The player who has been unfortunate enough to touch the hassock has
+then to leave the circle. The game proceeds until only two remain; if
+these two happen to be boys, the struggle is generally prolonged, as
+they can so easily jump over the hassock, and avoid kicking it.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FARMYARD
+
+This game, if carried out properly, will cause great amusement. One
+of the party announces that he will whisper to each person the name of
+some animal, which, at a given signal, must be imitated as loudly as
+possible. Instead, however, of giving the name of an animal to each,
+he whispers to all the company, with the exception of one, to keep
+perfectly silent. To this one he whispers that the animal he is to
+imitate is the donkey. After a short time, so that all may be in
+readiness, the signal is given. Instead of all the party making the
+sounds of various animals, nothing is heard but a loud bray from the
+one unfortunate member of the company.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I POINT"
+
+It is necessary in this game for the player acting the part of guesser
+to have a confederate; he is then able to leave the room, and on his
+return to mention what person was pointed at during his absence. It is
+done in this way: It is agreed between the guesser and his confederate
+that whoever speaks last before the door is closed upon the guesser
+shall be the person who is to be pointed at. It is very seldom that
+any one discovers this trick.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DIAMOND RING
+
+The players sit in a circle with their hands placed palm to palm,
+the little fingers downward, between the knees. One of the company is
+chosen to act the part of maid. She takes a ring between her palms,
+which she keeps flat together in the same way as the rest. She then
+visits each person in turn and places her hands between the palms
+of each, so that she is able to slip the ring into some one's hands
+without the others knowing. When she has visited each, she touches one
+child, and says:
+
+  "My lady's lost her diamond ring;
+  I fix upon you to find it."
+
+The child touched must then guess who has the ring. If she guess
+correctly, she becomes the maid; if not, she must pay a forfeit. The
+maid then touches some one else and repeats the two lines given above.
+Each guesser may be allowed three trials.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FORBIDDEN LETTER
+
+The idea of this game is to try how many sentences can be spoken
+without containing a certain letter which has been agreed upon.
+Supposing, for instance, the letter "f" is not to be introduced; the
+first player might ask: "Is this a new game to you?" The second player
+could answer: "Oh, no! I played it years ago when quite a youngster."
+
+He would perhaps turn to the third player, and ask: "You remember it,
+do you not?" The third player might answer: "Yes; but we used to play
+it differently." This player, having used a word with an "f" in it,
+must pay a forfeit and remain out.
+
+The answers must be given at once, without hesitation, and the player
+who avoids for the greatest length of time using a word containing the
+forbidden letter wins the game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GRAND MUFTI
+
+One of the company is chosen as Grand Mufti. The others then form a
+circle with the Grand Mufti in the center, and every action which he
+performs, if preceded by the words, "Thus says the Grand Mufti," must
+be imitated by every member of the circle.
+
+The Grand Mufti, in order to lead one of the company astray, will
+sometimes omit to say the words: "Thus says the Grand Mufti;" in this
+case, if any member of the company imitate his action, he is compelled
+to pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MAGIC WRITING
+
+In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states to the
+company, after a few remarks on ancient sign-language, that he is able
+to read signs made with a stick on the floor, and agrees to leave the
+room while the company decide upon some word or sentence.
+
+The game is played as follows: It is agreed by the player and his
+confederate that one tap on the floor shall represent A, two taps E,
+three taps I, four taps O, and five taps U, and that the first letter
+of each remark the confederate makes shall be one of the consonants of
+the word or sentence decided upon by the company. The consonants must
+be taken in order. On the player's return, supposing the word chosen
+to be "March," his confederate would commence: "Many people think
+this game a deception" (initial letter M). One tap on the floor (A).
+"Really it is very simple" (initial letter R). "Coming to the end
+soon" (initial letter C). "Hope it has been quite clear" (initial
+letter H).
+
+A few more signs are made so as not to finish too abruptly, and the
+player then states the word to be "March." If carefully conducted,
+this game will interest an audience for a considerable time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FLOWERS
+
+The company divides itself into equal sides, and each side must have a
+"home" in opposite corners of the room. The sides retire to their own
+"homes," and one side privately chooses a flower, then crosses over
+to the other corner and gives the initial letter of that flower. The
+children on the second side must try and guess the name of the flower,
+and when they have done so they catch as many as they can of the
+opposite side before they reach their "home."
+
+Those caught must go over to the other side, and the game goes on
+until one side has won all the children. The sides take it in turns
+to give the name of the flower. This game may also be played in the
+garden.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FOX AND GEESE
+
+One of the party, called the Fox, goes to one end of the room, and
+the rest of the children arrange themselves in a ring, one behind
+the other, the tallest first and the smallest last. The first one is
+called Mother Goose. The game begins by a conversation between the Fox
+and Mother Goose. "What are you after this fine morning?" says she.
+"Taking a walk," the Fox answers. "What for?" "To get an appetite for
+breakfast." "What will you have for breakfast?" "A nice fat goose."
+"Where will you get it?" "Well, as your geese are so handy, I will
+take one of them." "Catch one if you can."
+
+Mother Goose then stretches out her arms to protect her geese and not
+let the Fox catch one. The Fox tries to dodge under, right and left,
+until he is able to catch the last of the string. Of course, the brood
+must try and keep out of reach of the Fox. As the geese are caught
+they must go over to the den of the Fox, and the game continues until
+all are caught.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"I SELL MY BAT, I SELL MY BALL"
+
+A ring is formed with one child in the middle, who is called the
+"drummer-man." Whatever this child does the others mimic, moving round
+as they do so, and singing the following words:
+
+  "I sell my bat, I sell my ball,
+  I sell my spinning-wheel and all;
+  And I'll do all that e'er I can
+  To follow the eyes of the drummer-man."
+
+Any one who does not at once imitate the "drummer-man" must pay a
+forfeit and take his place as "drummer-man."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?"
+
+The players sit in a circle, and one of them asks the others: "What's
+my thought like?" One player may say: "A monkey;" the second, "A
+candle;" the third, "A pin," and so on. When all the company have
+compared the thought to some object, the first player tells them the
+thought--perhaps it is "the Cat"--and then asks each, in turn, why it
+is like the object he compared it to.
+
+"Why is my cat like a monkey?" is asked. The other player might
+answer: "Because it is full of tricks." "Why is my cat like a candle?"
+"Because its eyes glow like a candle in the dark." "Why is my cat like
+a pin?" "Because its claws scratch like a pin."
+
+Any one who is unable to explain why the thought resembles the object
+he mentioned must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAT'S CRADLE
+
+Take a piece of string and knot the ends together and slip it over
+your hands, as in Fig. 1.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Next wind the string round your hands, not including the thumb, as in
+Fig. 2.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Slip the second fingers through the string on your hands and you have
+your cat's cradle, as in Fig. 3.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+You must now ask a second person to put his thumbs and first fingers
+through the cradle, as in Fig. 4.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Draw out the string and take it under the cradle, and you will have
+Fig. 5.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Slip the thumbs and first fingers again into the side pieces of the
+cradle, draw the string sideways and take it under the cradle, and you
+will have Fig. 6.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Now curl the little fingers round the string, slipping one under the
+other as shown, and draw out the side pieces.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Slip the thumb and first fingers under the side string, bring them up
+the middle, and you have your original cat's cradle again.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PERSONATIONS
+
+To play this game the company seat themselves in a circle, while one
+of the players commences to describe some person with whom most of the
+other players are familiar, and continues until one or other of the
+company is able to guess from the description who the person may be.
+
+The one guessing correctly then commences to describe some one. If,
+however, the company are unable to make a correct guess, the player
+goes on until some one is successful.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FROG IN THE MIDDLE
+
+One child is seated on the ground with his legs under him, while the
+other players form a ring round him. They then pull him about and give
+him little pushes, and he must try to catch one without rising from
+the floor.
+
+The child who is caught takes the middle, while the frog joins the
+circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+GIANT
+
+This game must be arranged in the nature of a surprise for the company
+assembled. The giant is formed by two youngsters, one of whom seats
+himself on the shoulders of his friend. A large cloak should then be
+thrown over them, to make it appear as if it were only one person, and
+the top boy might wear a mask to prevent recognition. The giant then
+enters the room and commences dancing. Great amusement is afforded the
+little folk by this game.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COCK FIGHTING
+
+This is a most amusing game, and although only two boys can play at
+it at one time, they will keep the rest of the company in roars of
+laughter. The two who are to represent the "cocks" having been chosen,
+they are both seated upon the floor.
+
+Each boy has his wrists tied together with a handkerchief, and his
+legs secured just above the ankles with another handkerchief; his arms
+are then passed over his knees, and a broomstick is pushed over one
+arm, under both knees, and out again on the other side over the
+other arm. The "cocks" are now considered ready for fighting, and are
+carried into the center of the room, and placed opposite each other
+with their toes just touching. The fun now commences.
+
+Each "cock" tries with the aid of his toes to turn his opponent over
+on his back or side.
+
+The one who can succeed in doing this first wins the game.
+
+It often happens that both "cocks" turn over at the same time, when
+the fight commences again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+[Illustration]
+
+GAMES WITH THE ALPHABET
+
+It is necessary for these games that a large boxful of letters should
+be provided, which can be purchased at any toy store or made by the
+young people themselves by being cut out of newspapers. The children
+should seat themselves round the table; the letters should then be
+well shuffled and dealt round to the players. Each child has to form
+a word or sentence out of the letters which he has received. Another
+variation is to select a long word, and then in a given time to try to
+form several words from it. Names of well-known men, places, etc., can
+also be given. These games are not only amusing, but serve at the same
+time to instruct the young folk.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HONEY POTS
+
+For little ones there is scarcely a more popular game than "Honey
+Pots." Small children of three and four can be included in this
+game, but there should be two bigger children for the "Buyer" and
+the "Merchant." The children, with the exception of the Buyer and
+Merchant, seat themselves upon the floor of the room, with their knees
+raised and their hands clasped together round them. These children are
+called "Honey Pots." The Merchant and the Buyer then talk about the
+quality and quantity of the Honey, and the price of each Pot. It is
+agreed that the price to be paid shall be according to the weight of
+the "Honey" and the "Pot." The children are carefully "weighed" by
+raising them two or three times from the floor and swinging them by
+the arms, one arm held by the Merchant and the other by the Buyer.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When the "Honey Pots" are all weighed, the Buyer says he will purchase
+the whole of the stock, and asks the Merchant to help him carry the
+Pots home. Then the Merchant and the Buyer carry the children, one by
+one, to the other end of the room.
+
+When all are safely at the Buyer's house, the Merchant goes out of the
+room, but suddenly returns and says to the Buyer: "I believe you have
+carried off my little daughter in one of the Honey Pots." The Buyer
+replies: "I think not. You sold me all the Pots full of Honey, but if
+you doubt me you can taste them."
+
+The Merchant then pretends to taste the Honey, and after having tried
+two or three Pots exclaims: "Ah! this tastes very much like my little
+daughter." The little girl who represents the Honey Pot chosen by the
+Merchant then cries out: "Yes, I am your little girl," and immediately
+jumps up and runs away, the Buyer at the same time endeavoring to
+catch her.
+
+When the one Honey Pot runs away, all the others do the same, the
+Buyer catches whom he can, and the game recommences.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SPELLING GAME
+
+Each player in this game has what are called three "lives," or
+chances. When the company is seated in a circle, the first player
+mentions a letter as the beginning of a word. The game is for each
+of the company, in turn, to add a letter to it, keeping the word
+unfinished as long as possible.
+
+When a letter is added to the former letters and it makes a complete
+word, the person who completed it loses a "life." The next player then
+begins again.
+
+Every letter added must be part of a word, and not an odd letter
+thought of on the spur of the moment. When there is any doubt as
+to the letter used by the last player being correct, he may be
+challenged, and he will then have to give the word he was thinking of
+when adding the letter. If he cannot name the word, he loses a "life;"
+but if he can, it is the challenger who loses.
+
+This is an example of how the game should be played. Supposing the
+first player commences with the letter "p;" the next, thinking of
+"play," would add an "l;" the next an "o," thinking of "plough;" the
+next person, not having either of these words in his mind, would
+add "v;" the next player, perhaps, not knowing the word of which the
+previous player was thinking, might challenge him, and would lose a
+"life" on being told the word was "plover." The player next in turn
+would then start a new word, and perhaps put down "b," thinking of
+"bat;" the next thinking, say, that the word was "bone," would add an
+"o," the next player would add "n;" the player whose turn it would
+now be, not wanting to lose a "life" by finishing the word, would add
+another "n;" the next player for the same reason would add "e," and
+then there would be nothing else for the next in turn to do but to
+complete the word by adding "t" and thus losing a "life."
+
+It will be seen that there are three ways of losing a "life." First,
+the player may lay down a letter, and on being challenged be unable to
+give the word. Secondly, he may himself challenge another player who
+is not at fault. Thirdly, he may be obliged to add the final letter to
+a word, and so complete it.
+
+This is a most amusing game for a large party, for as the different
+persons lose their three "lives," the players gradually dwindle down
+to two or three, when it gets very exciting to see who will be the
+last person left in, for he or she will be declared the winner.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"DRAW A PAIL OF WATER."
+
+  "Draw a pail of water
+  For my lady's daughter;
+  My father's a king and my mother's a queen,
+  My two little sisters are dressed in green;
+  Stamping grass and parsley,
+  Marigold leaves and daisies,
+  One rush, two rush,
+  Pray thee, fine lady, come under my bush."
+
+Two children stand face to face, holding each other's hands. Two
+others also face each other holding hands across the other two. They
+seesaw backward and forward, singing the above lines.
+
+When they come to the line, "Pray thee, fine lady, come under my
+bush," another child pops under and comes up between one child's arms.
+They sing the verse again and another child creeps under another pair
+of arms, and so on until there are eight children standing facing each
+other. The must then jump up and down until one falls down, when she
+is almost sure to pull the others over.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
+
+Each player is furnished with a pencil and two slips of paper. On the
+first slip a question must be written. The papers are then collected
+and put into a bag or basket.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Then the players write an answer on their second slip. These are put
+into a different bag, and the two bags are then well shaken and handed
+round to the company.
+
+Every one draws a question and an answer, and must then read the two
+out to the company.
+
+The result is sometimes very comical; for instance:
+
+Questions
+
+  Do you like roses?
+  Where are you going to this summer?
+  Do you like beef?
+  Do you like spiders?
+
+Answers
+
+  Yes, with mustard.
+  I am very much afraid of them.
+  Yes, without thorns.
+  To Switzerland.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DUCK UNDER THE WATER
+
+Each child chooses a partner and stands opposite to her, so that two
+long lines are formed. Each couple hold a handkerchief between them,
+as high as they can lift their arms, so as to form an arch. The couple
+standing at the top of the lines run through the arch without letting
+go their handkerchief, and station themselves at the bottom of the
+lines, raising their handkerchief again so as to continue the arch.
+This is done by each couple in succession until all have had a turn.
+Whoever breaks the arch or drops the handkerchief must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WONDERMENT
+
+It is necessary that two only of the party should have a knowledge of
+this game, and then "wonderment" is sure to be the result.
+
+The two players agree that a certain word shall be regarded as a
+signal word. As an illustration, imagine this word to be "and."
+
+One of the players asserts his belief that he is gifted with second
+sight, and states that he is able to name, through a closed door, any
+article touched by any person in sympathy with him, notwithstanding
+the said person may attempt to mystify him by mentioning a lot of
+other articles. He then chooses his confederate, as being one with
+whom he may be in sympathy, and goes outside.
+
+The player in the room then proceeds to call out, perhaps, as follows:
+Table, Rug, Piano, Footstool and Chair, Lamp, Inkstand. He then places
+his hand on the back of a chair and asks: "What am I touching now?"
+the answer will, of course, be "Chair," because the signal word "and"
+came immediately before that article.
+
+If the players are skillful there is no need for the trick to be
+discovered.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"MOTHER, MOTHER, THE POT BOILS OVER"
+
+A number of children choose one of their number to be "mother" and
+another to be the witch. One child represents the pot, and the others
+are named after the days in the week, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. If
+there are too many children they might be called after the months.
+
+The mother first names the children, next she takes the pot and
+pretends to put it on the fire. She tells the eldest daughter that she
+is going to wash, and that she must take great care of her brothers
+and sisters while she is away, and on no account to let the old witch
+into the house. She is also to look after the dinner and see that
+the pot does not boil over. The mother then goes away, and the eldest
+daughter pretends to be very busy.
+
+The child who is supposed to be the witch knocks at the door, and asks
+if she may come in and get a light for her pipe. She must pretend to
+be very old and walk with a stick.
+
+"Come in," says the eldest daughter; "what do you want?"
+
+"To light my pipe at your fire."
+
+"Very well, but you must not dirty the range."
+
+"Certainly not; I'll be very careful."
+
+While the eldest daughter pretends to look on the shelf for something,
+the witch puts her dirty shoe on the range, catches hold of Monday
+(the youngest child) and runs off with him. The child who is the pot
+now makes a hissing noise and pretends to boil over. The daughter
+calls out:
+
+"Mother, mother, the pot boils over."
+
+"Take a spoon and skim it."
+
+"Can't find one."
+
+"Look on the shelf."
+
+"Can't reach."
+
+"Take the stool."
+
+"The leg's broken."
+
+"Take the chair."
+
+"The chair's gone to be mended."
+
+"I suppose I must come myself."
+
+The mother comes in from the washtub, drying her hands.
+
+"Where's Monday?" she asks.
+
+"Please, mother, some one came to beg for a light for her pipe, and
+when my back was turned she took Monday."
+
+"Why, that was the witch."
+
+The mother pretends to beat the eldest daughter, tells her to be more
+careful another time, and goes back to the washtub. The game then goes
+on as before, and each time the witch comes she takes away a child,
+until at last even the eldest daughter is taken. The pot boils over
+for the last time and then the mother, finding all her children gone,
+goes to the witch's house to find them, when this conversation ensues:
+
+"Is this the way to the witch's house?"
+
+"There's a red bull that way."
+
+"Then I'll go this way."
+
+"There's a mad cow that way."
+
+But the mother insists upon going into the witch's house to look for
+her children. The witch generally hides the children behind chairs.
+The mother stoops over one child: "This tastes like Monday," she says,
+but the witch replies: "That! it is a barrel of pork."
+
+"No, no," says the mother, "it is my Monday, and there are the rest
+of the children." The children now jump out and they and their mother
+begin to run home; the witch runs after them, and whoever she catches
+becomes witch, while the witch becomes the eldest daughter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER
+
+Lots are drawn in order to decide who shall be the grasshopper; the
+ants then seat themselves in a circle, while the grasshopper writes on
+a piece of paper the name of a grain or food which a grasshopper might
+be supposed to like. He puts this in his pocket and then addresses the
+ants:
+
+"Dear friends, I am very hungry; would any of you kindly give me some
+food?"
+
+"I have nothing but a grain of barley," says the ant spoken to.
+
+"Thank you; that is of no use to me," replies the grasshopper, and
+goes on to the next player. As soon as any one offers the grain
+of food which the grasshopper has written down the paper must be
+produced, and the one who guessed the word pays a forfeit and becomes
+grasshopper. If no one guesses the word, the grasshopper pays a
+forfeit.
+
+The game then goes on in the same way, except that a different
+question is asked on the second round.
+
+"Neighbors," says the grasshopper, "I have eaten abundantly and would
+have a dance. Which would you recommend?"
+
+A waltz, a polka, a quadrille, etc., are suggested, and when this
+question has gone the round, the grasshopper asks what music he can
+dance to, and the ants suggest the music of the violin, the piano,
+cornet, etc. Then the grasshopper says he is tired of dancing and
+wishes for a bed, and the ants offer him moss, straw, grass, and so
+on, to lie upon.
+
+"I should sleep very comfortably," the grasshopper says, "but I am
+in fear of being pounced upon by a hungry bird. What bird have I most
+reason to fear?" The ants answer: The rook, the lark, the cuckoo, etc.
+
+When the game is ended, the forfeits that have been lost must be
+called.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MAGIC WHISTLE
+
+All the players but three stand in two rows facing each other. One
+player sits at the end of the two rows, another leads a third player
+into the room and makes him kneel down before the player who is
+seated, and who is called the President.
+
+The President then proceeds to make all sorts of "magic" passes over
+the kneeler's face, back, and hands. While he is doing this, the boy
+who led the victim in fastens a whistle to his coat. It must be slung
+on to a piece of string or tape, and fastened very loosely, so that
+it can be easily grasped and yet will not knock against the wearer's
+back.
+
+The whistle is then blown by the boy who attached it, and the kneeling
+boy is told to rise and search for the magic whistle. The players
+who stand on each side must hold their hands before their mouths and
+pretend to blow whenever the whistle is blown, which must be as often
+as any one can get a chance without being found out.
+
+The victim will search all along the rows trying to find the magic
+whistle, and it will be some time before he discovers that it is
+pinned to his own coat.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A RUNNING MAZE
+
+Form a long line of children, one behind the other. The leader starts
+running, and is followed by all the rest. They must be sharp enough to
+do exactly as the leader does.
+
+After running for a moment or two in the ordinary running step, the
+leader changes to a hopping step, then to a marching step, quick
+time, then to a marching step, slow time, claps and runs with hands on
+sides, hands on shoulders, hands behind, etc.
+
+Finally, the leader runs slowly round and round into the center, and
+can either wind the children up tightly or can turn them on nearing
+the center and run out again. For another change the long line can
+start running and so unwind the spiral.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE COACH AND FOUR
+
+Two children stand hand-in-hand, side by side. These are the front
+horses. Two others, close behind, stand also hand-in-hand and side by
+side. These are the back horses.
+
+Slip reins over the left arm of one of the front horses, and over
+the right arm of the other. The two back horses hold on the reins,
+standing inside them. A driver must then be chosen, who gathers up the
+reins in his left hand and in his right hand holds a whip.
+
+Running beside him, equipped with a horn and parcels and letters,
+is another child, who acts as guard or conductor. The rest of the
+children form village streets, by standing in rows facing one another.
+
+The coach and four, with the driver and guard, gallop about the room
+and through the villages, the guard blowing his horn and tossing out a
+paper or letter here and there.
+
+Change horses every now and then, so that all may have a turn at being
+horses. A change of driver and guard, too, is also much appreciated.
+
+When the children have had about enough of this game, start a cheer as
+the coach dashes through the villages for the last time. Two coaches
+greatly add to the fun and enjoyment, as they have to pass and repass
+each other.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MALAGA RAISINS
+
+The players sit in a circle, and one who is acquainted with the trick
+takes a small stick in his right hand, makes some funny movements
+with it, and then, having taken it in his left hand, passes it to his
+neighbor, saying: "Malaga raisins are very good raisins, but I like
+Valencias better." He then tells his neighbor to do the same. Should
+any of the players pass on the stick with the right hand, they must
+pay a forfeit, but of course they must not be told what mistake they
+have made until the stick has been passed right round the circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SALLY WATER
+
+This game can be played by any number of children. A ring is formed
+in which all join with the exception of one little girl, who kneels in
+the center of the ring. The children then dance round her, singing the
+following verses:
+
+  "Sally, Sally Water, sprinkle in the pan,
+  Rise, Sally, rise, Sally, for a young man;
+  Choose for the best and choose for the worst,
+  And choose the very one you love best.
+
+  "Now you're married I wish you joy,
+  First a girl and then a boy;
+  Seven years after, son and daughter,
+  Pray, young couple, come kiss together."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+When they come to the words, "Rise, Sally!" the child in the center
+rises and chooses another from the ring. The next two lines are then
+sung, and the two children in the ring dance round and kiss. Sally
+then joins the ring, the second child remaining in the circle, and the
+game is continued as before until all the players have acted the part
+of Sally.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PIGEON-HOUSE GAME
+
+Make a ring of children. In the center place five or six of the
+smaller children of the party. This forms the pigeon-house and
+pigeons.
+
+Now choose one child (boy or girl) to open or shut this old-fashioned
+dovecote.
+
+He runs round the ring outside and gently pushes the children in
+toward the center, and close to the pigeons, who are sitting on the
+ground softly cooing (or not, just as they please).
+
+This done he moves back. Let him be called the farmer or the farmer's
+boy, if a name is wanted.
+
+A pretty and lively tune is now started on the piano. Directly it
+begins, the boy runs forward and pulls open the ring of children,
+which widens out with raised arms, to form pigeon-holes.
+
+The pigeons rise to their feet and fly out of these holes, round and
+round the room.
+
+As the music begins to stop and die away, the pigeons should return
+to their dovecote, and when the last note sounds they should all be
+settled again. The farmer's boy now runs round the ring, closing it in
+and making all safe for the night.
+
+This game can be played without music, and the elder children can take
+their turn at being pigeons.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY
+
+All the children form a ring with the exception of one player, who
+stands in the center. The children then dance round this one, singing
+the first three lines of the verses given below. At the fourth line
+they stop dancing and act the words that are sung. They pretend to
+scatter seed; they stand at ease, stamp their feet, clap their hands,
+and at the words: "Turn him round," each child turns round.
+
+They then again clap hands and dance round, and when the words,
+"Open the ring and take one in," are sung, the center child chooses a
+partner, who steps into the ring, and the two stand together while the
+other children sing the remaining verse, after which the child who
+was first in the center joins the ring and the game is continued as
+before.
+
+  "Oats and beans and barley O!
+  Do you or I or any one know
+  How oats and beans and barley grow?
+
+  "First the farmer sows his seed,
+  Then he stands and takes his ease,
+  Stamps his foot and claps his hands,
+  And turns him round to view the land.
+
+  "Oats and beans and barley O!
+  Waiting for a partner, waiting for a partner.
+  Open a ring and send one in.
+  Oats and beans and barley O!
+
+  "So now you're married you must obey,
+  You must be true to all you say,
+  You must be kind, you must be good,
+  And help your wife to chop the wood.
+  Oats and beans and barley O!"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BINGO
+
+  "The miller's dog lay at the mill,
+  And his name was little Bingo,
+  B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,
+  His name was little Bingo.
+
+  "The miller he bought some peppermint,
+  And he called it right good Stingo,
+  S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,
+  He called it right good Stingo."
+
+One child represents the miller, the rest stand round him in a circle,
+and all dance round and sing the verses. When it comes to the spelling
+part of the rhyme, the miller points to a child, who must call out the
+right letter.
+
+Any one who makes a mistake must pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LUBIN LOO
+
+This game can be played by any number of children. The players form a
+ring by clasping hands; they then dance round singing the first verse,
+which after the second verse serves as a chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo,
+  Here we dance lubin, light,
+  Here we dance lubin, loo,
+  On a Saturday night."
+
+While singing the second verse, the children stop, unclasp their hands
+and suit their actions to the words contained in the verse.
+
+  "I put my right hand in,
+  I put my right hand out,
+  I give my right hand shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+Each child while singing this first stretches her right arm toward the
+center of the ring, then draws the same arm back as far as possible,
+next shakes or swings her right hand, and when the last line is sung
+she turns right round. The children then once more join hands, and
+commence dancing, at the same time singing the chorus. The game
+proceeds as before until all the verses have been sung. Here are the
+remaining verses:
+
+  "Here we dance the lubin, loo,
+  Here we dance lubin, light,
+  Here we dance lubin, loo,
+  On a Saturday night.
+
+  "I put my left hand in,
+  I put my left hand out,
+  I give my left hand shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my right foot in,
+  I put my right foot out,
+  I give my right foot shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my left foot in,
+  I put my left foot out,
+  I give my left foot shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my own head in,
+  I put my own head out,
+  I give my own head shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my both hands in,
+  I put my both hands out,
+  I give my both hands shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+  "I put my both feet in,
+  I put my both feet out,
+  I give my both feet shake, shake, shake,
+  And turn myself about."
+
+
+    Chorus.
+
+  "Here we dance lubin, loo," etc.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE LITTLE LADY
+
+For this game a number of pieces of rolled-up paper to represent horns
+are required. Whoever makes a mistake in the game has a horn stuck
+in her hair; or, if little boys are playing, the horns might be stuck
+behind the ears.
+
+The leader of the game begins by saying to her right hand neighbor:
+"Good morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a pretty lady, always
+pretty, come from that pretty lady, always pretty" (here she points
+to the girl on her left), "to tell you that she owns an eagle with a
+golden beak."
+
+The next player turns to her right-hand neighbor, saying: "Good
+morning, pretty lady, always pretty; I, a pretty lady, always pretty,
+come from that pretty lady, always pretty" (here she points to the
+last speaker), "to tell you that she owns an eagle with a golden beak
+and silver claws."
+
+The next girl continues the story word for word, adding "a rare skin."
+The next adds "diamond eyes," and the next "purple feathers." If there
+are a great number of children, other charms must be added to the
+eagle, but each child must say the whole of the story, and for each
+mistake made she receives a paper horn, which must be stuck somewhere
+about the head. At the end of the game a forfeit must be paid for each
+of these horns.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+"BIRDS FLY"
+
+This is a very simple game. Each player places a finger on the table,
+which he must-raise whenever the conductor of the game says: "Birds
+fly," "Pigeons fly," or any other winged creates "fly."
+
+If he names any creature without wings, such as "Pigs fly," and
+any player thoughtlessly raises his finger, that player must pay a
+forfeit, as he must also do if he omits to raise his finger when a
+winged creature is named.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+I SAY STOOP
+
+Teacher says to the class: "I say stoop."
+
+Upon the word stoop all the children must stoop. If they do not they
+must be seated. The teacher must say "I say stand." The children must
+stand. If they do not they must be seated.
+
+This game will cause the children to think quickly, and to act
+quickly.
+
+The teacher can say: "I say fold the hands behind the back.
+
+"I say take a deep breath of air."
+
+"I say hands on hips."
+
+"I say raise the arms over the head."
+
+Anything else may be substituted; those who are slow to act and think
+must be seated.
+
+The one who remains standing the longest wins.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FLAG RACE
+
+Players seated at desks. Rows need not be full, but there must be same
+number in each row. Choose a player to stand in front of each row to
+hold the flag, and another to stand at the rear of each row. At the
+signal the rear player of each row rises, runs to the front, takes the
+flag from the one holding it, carries it to the one standing at the
+rear, and takes his seat. As soon as he is seated the next player goes
+and takes the flag back to the player in front. This continues till
+all have run. Be sure that no team has an unfair advantage because of
+the positions taken by the flag holders.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SQUIRREL AND NUT
+
+Players all seated, but one, heads on desks and eyes covered, one hand
+open on desk with palm up. The odd player is a squirrel and passes
+up and down between the rows and puts a nut in the hand of some
+player.... This one rises and chases the squirrel. If the squirrel
+is caught before he can reach his own seat, the one who caught him
+becomes squirrel; if the squirrel is not caught, he can be squirrel
+again.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RACING AND COUNTING SCORES
+
+Make a scoreboard on the blackboard, indicating each row by a number
+of letter. Players run as in "Racing" (First Grade, First Half Year).
+Have front players run, tag front wall and return to seats, sit erect;
+mark score; others in a similar manner. Repeat, runners tagging rear
+wall. See which row has largest score.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SCHOOL-ROOM BASKET BALL
+
+Place a basket in the front seat of the second row and another in the
+front seat of next to last row. Draw a throwing line on floor 20 feet
+from each basket. At some time beforehand choose four captains and
+have these captains choose teams, choosing in turn. Teams stand at
+least two rows apart and behind throwing line, each team having a
+ball. Captains stand beyond baskets, two captains at same basket. Each
+captain passes the ball in turn to his players and they throw for
+the basket. Team throwing the most baskets in a round wins one point,
+first to get five points wins the contest.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LAST MAN
+
+Players seated at desks. Rows playing must be full rows. The game is
+much like "Fox and Squirrel" (see First Grade, Second Half Year).
+One player is "it," and there is one runner, besides the full rows
+of seats. The runner may come to the front of any row and call "Last
+Man," and then each player in that row must move back one place,
+leaving the front seat for the runner, who is now safe. The last one
+in the rear of the row will be out of a place and thus becomes runner.
+When a runner is tagged, he is "it," and the one who caught him
+becomes runner and must get out of the way at once.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHANGING SEATS
+
+Players seated at desks. When teacher commands "Change right," all
+move one place to right and the right hand row stands. In like manner
+the command may be "Change front," "Change back," or "Change left." At
+first it is best to follow each change by the reverse, so as to allow
+those standing to get seats, but later they may be told that they
+must run to the vacant seats on the opposite side or end of the room.
+Leaders may be chosen to act in place of the teacher.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HUCKLE, BUCKLE, BEANSTALK
+
+The children close their eyes and put their heads on their desks.
+A small object--a thimble or button--is placed in plain sight. At a
+signal, the children move about the room, and when they see it, take
+their seats without making any sign of its whereabouts. The first one
+to see it may hide it the next time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BLACKBOARD RELAY
+
+This is like the blackboard relay played in the third grade, but
+instead of marks and letters, words must be written; these may be
+required to form a sentence, numbers may be written and afterwards
+added, subtracted, etc., by the succeeding players, or each player may
+write his own name. It is often interesting to have the last player
+required to erase all his team has written, or each child may erase
+his own writing, passing the eraser as he did the chalk.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HIDE THE THIMBLE
+
+One child goes out of the room. A thimble or button is placed in plain
+sight by another child. The one who was sent out is then guided to the
+object by the clapping of the children--soft clapping for "cold," and
+louder for "warm."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SUGGESTIVE BREATHING WORK
+
+1. March winds whistling through the trees. Inhale a deep breath and
+imitate the wind.
+
+2. Keeping a feather in the air. Run with head back and blow short
+breaths, keeping an imaginary feather from falling to the ground.
+
+3. Making Ocean Waves. By blowing the water in a large basin.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FOX CHASE
+
+Four farmers are in their home in the country enjoying a quiet
+evening.
+
+They hear a sound outside, they watch and listen and decide that the
+foxes are near the cabin. They wait until they are very close, then
+give chase--and catch as many as they can before the foxes have
+reached their home in the forest. All caught become farmers and help
+to catch the rest.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+POISON
+
+The players join hands to form a circle. About ten erasers are placed
+in the center of the circle, with spaces between them through which a
+player might step. The players then try by means of pushing or pulling
+their comrades by means of clasped hands, to make them knock over the
+erasers. Any player who knocks over an eraser or who unclasps hands
+must take his seat, the erasers again being replaced. The first
+players so leaving the circle form a scrub circle. The player wins who
+remains longest in the first circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SLAP-JACK
+
+All the pupils are seated except one. The odd player walks or runs
+through the aisles, touching some player, and runs around the room
+in the direction he is going. The one touched immediately leaves his
+seat, and runs around the room in the opposite direction. The first
+one back in the empty seat wins.
+
+Dodging through the aisles to shorten the distance is not allowed. The
+run must be around the outside of the room.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CROW'S RACE
+
+All players form in a straight line. Grasp just above ankles and on
+"Go," run a very short distance and return, keeping hold above ankles
+all the time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RIDING THE BICYCLE
+
+Hands in position in front, as though grasping the handle-bars,
+running in place with lifting the knee high and pointing toe to the
+ground. The same movement, traveling forward with short, quick steps.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAT AND RAT
+
+Children form a circle around the room, with hands joined. A "cat"
+is chosen to stand outside the circle, a "rat" to stand inside. The
+players are friends of the rat, and raise their arms to let him under,
+but keep them down when the cat tries to get through. The cat chases
+the rat in and out of the circle, among desks and over seats, till the
+"rat" is caught, when a new cat and rat are chosen.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+JUMPING THE ROPE
+
+This makes a splendid combination exercise. Swing the arms in a large
+circle, as though swinging the rope, and jump each time that the
+rope comes down. Travel forward with the same exercises, jumping and
+landing on one foot instead of both.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TEACHER
+
+The children stand or sit in one line. One is teacher and he or she
+throws a bean bag or soft ball in rotation down the line, the child
+missing goes to the front. When the teacher misses he or she goes to
+the foot and the child at the head becomes teacher. No bad or swift
+throws are counted.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BIRD-CATCHER
+
+This game is a great favorite with all the children, even in the upper
+grades. Two players are chosen as bird-catchers, and stand in one
+corner of the room. The "mother-bird" is chosen to stand in another
+"nest" in the other front corner of the room. The other players are
+named in groups (those in one row of seats usually) for various birds,
+"robins," "wrens," etc. As the name of each group of birds is
+called, they go to the back of the room, and, at a signal, run to the
+"mother-bird's nest." The bird-catchers try to catch them before they
+reach it. The "birds" dodge in and out among the desks, jumping over
+the seats, etc. The mother-bird and bird-catchers count their birds at
+the end of the game, and all "fly" back to their seats; that is, wave
+their arms and skip to their seats.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TAG ME, OR HEADS UP
+
+The pupils, upon the command of the player who is the leader and
+stands in front of the class, fold their arms upon the desk and lower
+the head upon the arms. The leader has an eraser or other article
+which he places upon one of the desks. He commands "Heads up" and the
+pupils raise their heads. The one finding the eraser on his seat rises
+and chases the leader. If he catches him he becomes the leader; if
+not, the first one is again the leader. If they fail to catch him
+after two trials he chooses another leader.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+AN ERASER GAME
+
+A boy places a rubber eraser, or any small object, on the desk of a
+girl. She takes the eraser and chases him around the room to his seat.
+If she tags him, he goes to the corner to stand, with others who are
+caught, till the end of the game. The girl then puts the eraser on a
+boy's desk, and the game continues.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CIRCLE BALL
+
+Children stand in a circle around the room; one stands in the center,
+with a bean bag or ball, and makes quick throws to children in
+different parts of the circle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SEAT TAG--A SCHOOL-ROOM GAME
+
+The one starting the game runs and tags someone near and gets to that
+child's seat as quickly as he can. The child tries to tag him on the
+way. If he tags him the one tagged must go in the mush pot, that is,
+to go to the front of the room and sit down. The one who caught him
+continues the game, and when another one gets in the mush pot the
+first one is permitted to take his seat. The game continues until all
+have had a run.
+
+The runs should all be very short to make the game go quickly.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DEAD BALL
+
+Children stand by desks. A tennis or soft rubber ball is thrown among
+the players. The child hit sits and is out of the game. The child
+standing near where the ball falls throws it the next time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PRELIMINARY BALL
+
+Children stand in rows, facing each other, two rows of desks between
+them, those on one side having bean bags. On the teacher's counts they
+throw to those in the row opposite, throwing and catching with both
+hands. After a given number of throws, they put the left hand behind
+them, throwing and catching with the right hand; the same with the
+left hand. This is good muscular training.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+DODGE
+
+Players divide into equal groups. One group forms a circle, the other
+within. Outside group has a volley or an outdoor baseball with which
+they try to hit the one's (players) within. As soon as one is hit he
+must immediately join the circle and help hit the others. When all
+have been tagged in this way, groups change places and repeat. The
+two players who were last to be hit in the two games are captains to
+choose up for the next time.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THIRD MAN
+
+Played much like "Three Deep." Players stand in couples, facing each
+other, couples scattered in any way around the room. The runner is
+free from being tagged when he steps between the two players of any
+couple, and the chaser must chase the one toward whom the runner turns
+his back.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FOX AND CHICKENS
+
+Choose a player to be fox and another to be the mother hen. The
+players are the chickens and all form in a line behind the mother hen,
+and each one grasping the waist of the one in front. The fox tries to
+tag the last chicken; the line, led by the mother hen, turns and tries
+to keep between the fox and that chicken. When the last chicken is
+tagged he becomes fox, and the mother hen chooses another player in
+her place.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ERASER RELAY
+
+Place an eraser on the front desk of alternate rows. At a signal to
+start the first child in each row takes the eraser in both hands and
+passes it over his head to the child behind him. This continues till
+the last child receives it. The last child runs forward with it,
+running down the right aisle. On reaching the front seat, his entire
+row moves one seat backward, so as to leave an empty seat in front.
+The runner then sits down in the empty seat and passes the eraser
+backward with both hands as before stated.
+
+The changing of seats should be on the left side.
+
+The game ends when each child is returned to his own seat.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SCHOOL-ROOM TAG
+
+Mark a circle on floor in front of desks. Choose a player to be "it."
+He stands near but not in the circle and calls the names of three
+players. The players must rise and try to reach the circle without
+being tagged. They run in any style in either direction.
+
+The first one tagged is "it" and the game continues as before. If none
+are caught, three more are named. Encourage naming players who have
+not been called.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SERPENTINE MAZE
+
+Players all in single file, teacher leading. Each player reaches right
+hand forward to player next in front and left hand back, grasping
+hands. March forward, circling to left and winding up into a spiral.
+When tightly wound, last player should lead, all turn about to left
+and wind up, circling to right. Several variations should be used
+later:
+
+1. Same as first method without grasping hands.
+
+2. When wound as far as possible and leave enough space, teach circles
+right from center of spiral and line follows, passing out in a reverse
+spiral; this is done first grasping hands and later without.
+
+3. When leader reaches center of spiral, tight wound, she signals to
+players in some direction and they lift arms, forming arches, under
+which the line may pass, teacher leading, hands are kept grasped in
+this case.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TEACHER AND CLASS
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Similar to "School Ball." A leader is chosen for each group of eight
+or ten players, the players in a line and the leader eight or ten feet
+away at the side. A row in the school-room may be taken as a group,
+with a leader standing in front. The leader tosses the ball or bean
+bag to the players in turn, beginning at the head. Any player missing
+goes to the foot. If the leader misses he goes to the foot and the
+one at the head becomes leader. If the ball goes twice around and the
+leader does not miss, he goes in the line just above those who have
+missed and the head player becomes leader.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BLACKBOARD RELAY
+
+The competing rows must be placed where there is a blackboard at the
+front of each row. First player of each row has a piece of chalk. At
+the signal he runs to the board and makes a mark with the chalk, then
+he returns to his seat, and hands the chalk to the next player, who
+runs and marks in his turn. Later, players may be required to make
+a cross, circles, capital letters, small letters, add columns of
+numbers, write words, construct sentences. The teacher is the judge
+as to whether the marks come up to the requirements, and each team is
+charged with a foul for each defect.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TAG THE WALL RELAY
+
+This is like "Racing" (See First Grade), but more continuous. Two or
+more rows compete. The player in the back seat rises at a signal from
+the teacher, runs forward down the aisle, tags the wall at the front
+of the room, and returns to his seat. As soon as he has reached his
+seat the player next in front of him does the same, the relay being
+complete when each player in turn has run. The line whose front player
+is seated first wins.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SLOW POKE (INDOORS)
+
+Alternate rows of children are chosen. On a signal from the teacher,
+the last children in the alternate rows, run down the aisles, turn to
+their left; run down the other aisle, turn on reaching their seats,
+and tag the person who sits in front of them. The person tagged does
+as the first person did, tagging the person in front only when he
+reaches his starting place. Each person running when tagged. Equal
+numbers should be chosen for each row. The object of the game is
+to see which row is the winner, depending entirely upon alertness,
+quickness of mind and honesty in playing with fellow students.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+
+
+
+TRICKS AND PUZZLES
+
+Any one who wishes to play a trick or show off a puzzle should test
+it privately, before attempting to show it before company, for often,
+owing to some slight error, the trick may at first prove a failure,
+whereas a little practice will soon make one perfect.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANCING EGG
+
+Get a hard-boiled egg and place it on the reverse side of a smooth
+polished plate or bread-platter. If you now turn the plate round while
+holding it in a horizontal position, the egg, which is in the middle
+of it, will turn round also, and as the pace is quickened, the egg
+will move more and more quickly, until it stands up on one end and
+spins round like a top. In order to be quite sure that the experiment
+will succeed, you should keep the egg upright while it is being
+boiled, so that the inside may be hardened in the proper position.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MAGIC THREAD
+
+Soak a piece of thread in a solution of salt or alum (of course, your
+audience must not know you have done this). When dry, borrow a very
+light ring and fix it to the thread. Apply the thread to the flame of
+a candle; it will burn to ashes, but will still support the ring.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SWIMMING NEEDLES
+
+There are several ways of making a needle float on the surface of the
+water.
+
+The simplest way is to place a piece of tissue paper on the water and
+lay the needle on it; the paper soon becomes soaked with water and
+sinks to the bottom, while the needle is left floating on the top.
+
+Another method is to hang the needle in two slings made of threads,
+which must be carefully drawn away as soon as the needle floats.
+
+You can also make the needle float by simply holding it in your
+fingers and laying it on the water. This, however, requires a very
+steady hand.
+
+If you magnetize a sewing-needle by rubbing it on a fairly strong
+magnet and float it on the water, it will make an extremely sensitive
+compass; and if you place two needles on the water at the same time,
+you will see them slowly approach each other until they float side by
+side, that is, if they do not strike together so heavily as to cause
+them to sink.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BRIDGE OF KNIVES
+
+Three knives may be supported by their handles in the following
+manner: Place three glasses in a triangle, each side of which must be
+about the length of one of the knives. The blade of the first knife
+should rest on the blade of the second, by passing over it near to the
+point where the handle and blade are joined; the blade of the second
+passing in the same manner over the blade of the third, which is to
+be made to rest on the blade of the first. The handles being then
+carefully placed upon the glasses, a bridge is formed strong enough to
+bear a considerable weight.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO BALANCE A COFFEE-CUP ON THE POINT OF A KNIFE
+
+The articles necessary for the performance of this trick are very
+simple, a dinner-fork and an ordinary sized cork being all that are
+needed. Fix the cork firmly in the handle of the fork, then stick
+the fork into it so that two prongs shall be on each side of the cup
+handle, and slope the fork in such a way that its handle will come
+under the bottom of the cup. The heaviest weight being thus brought
+underneath, you can hold the cup on the point of a knife, if you very
+carefully find the exact place on which it will balance.
+
+As the surface of the cup is usually glazed, the hand which holds the
+knife must not tremble, or the cup will slip off.
+
+You may also obtain the same result by using two knives instead of a
+fork.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE OBSTINATE CORK
+
+Take a small cork and ask some one to blow it into a fairly large
+sized, ordinary bottle that has a neck.
+
+This seems to be quite an easy matter. The one who tries it will
+probably blow as hard as possible upon the little cork; but, instead
+of going into the bottle, as expected, it will simply fall down. The
+harder the puffs or blows, the more obstinate the cork will appear to
+be; and even if the effect of blowing gently be tried, it will be of
+no use; the cork will not go into the bottle, much to the amusement
+of those who are watching. The reason why the cork will not go in is
+this: The bottle being already full of air, when the cork is blown,
+more air will be forced into the bottle, and consequently the air
+inside will be greatly compressed and will simply force the cork back.
+The following is a simple way of overcoming the difficulty: Instead
+of trying to force the cork through the compressed air in the bottle,
+just the contrary should be tried, that is, some of the air should
+be sucked out of the bottle; this being done, the bottle will become
+partly emptied, and when the outside air rushes in to fill up the
+empty space, it will carry the cork with it to the bottom of the
+bottle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SIX AND FIVE MAKE NINE
+
+This is a simple little puzzle. Take eleven strips of cardboard, lay
+six of them at exactly equal distances on the table, and ask one of
+the company to add the five other strips and yet only make nine. It
+is done by placing six of them parallel to each other--the others are
+used to spell out the word nine.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE VANISHING DIME
+
+Stick a small piece of white wax on the nail of the middle finger of
+your right hand, taking care that no one sees you do it. Then place a
+dime in the palm of your hand and tell your audience that you can make
+it vanish at the word of command.
+
+You then close your hand so that the dime sticks to the waxed nail.
+Blow on your hand and make magic passes, and cry "Dime, begone!" Open
+your hand so quickly that no one will see the dime stuck to the back
+of your nail, and show your empty hand. To make the dime reappear, you
+merely close you hand again and rub the dime into your palm.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO LIGHT A SNOWBALL WITH A MATCH
+
+Roll a snowball and put it on a plate. While rolling, contrive to slip
+a piece of camphor into the top of it. The camphor must be about the
+size and shape of a chestnut, and it must be pushed into the soft snow
+so as to be invisible--the smaller end uppermost, to which the match
+should be applied.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANCING PEA
+
+For this trick, take a piece, two or three inches long, of a stem of
+a clay tobacco pipe, taking care that one end is quite even; with a
+knife or file, work the hole at the even end larger, so as to form a
+little cup. Choose the roundest pea you can find, place it in the cup,
+and blow softly through the other end of the pipe, throwing back
+your head while you blow, so that you can hold the pipe in an upright
+position over your mouth.
+
+The pea will rise, fall and dance in its cup, according to the degree
+of force you use in blowing, but you must take care not to blow too
+hard, or you may blow it away altogether.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE BALANCING SPOON
+
+Place a half-opened penknife on the edge of the table and hang a large
+cooking-spoon by its hook on to the knife, just where the blade and
+handle join. Place the spoon so that its inner (concave) side is
+facing the table and, after swinging for a little while, the knife and
+spoon will keep still in perfect balance. Even if you fill the spoon
+with sand it will not fall, so long as the heaviest point is under the
+edge of the table.
+
+The cooking-spoon is hung on to the half-opened penknife where the
+blade and the handle join, and you can now place the end of the
+knife-handle on the tip of your finger, on the edge of the table, or
+on the rim of a glass which is standing near the edge of the table,
+and your knife and spoon will balance perfectly, without falling over.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE FORCE OF A WATER-DROP
+
+Get a match and make a notch in the middle of it, bend it so as to
+form an acute angle, and place it over the mouth of a bottle.
+
+Now place a dime or other small coin on the match and ask any one to
+get the coin into the bottle without touching either the bottle or the
+match.
+
+This is very easy to do. Dip your finger in a glass of water, hold it
+over the place where the match is notched, and let one or two drops
+fall on this point. The force of the water will cause the sides of the
+angle to move apart, and the opening thus become large enough to let
+the coin fall into the bottle.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE SENTINEL EGG
+
+This trick requires care and patience. You must lay a piece of
+looking-glass on a perfectly even table; then take a new-laid egg and
+shake it about for some time until the white is well mixed with the
+yolk. In this condition it is possible to balance the egg on its end
+and make it stand upright on the glass. This trick is more certain
+to be successful if you are clever enough to flatten the end ever so
+slightly and evenly, by giving it a gentle and unsuspected tap.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE COIN TRICK
+
+Take a coin in each hand and stretch out your arms as far apart as you
+can. Then tell your audience that you will make both coins pass into
+one hand without bringing your hands together. This is easily done by
+placing one coin upon the table and then turning your body round until
+the hand with the other coin comes to where it lies. You can then
+easily pick the coin up, and both will be in one hand, while your arms
+are still widely extended.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE WONDERFUL PENDULUM
+
+If you fill a wineglass with water and place a thick piece of paper
+over it so that no air can get in, you will find that you can turn
+the glass upside down without spilling a drop of water, because the
+pressure of the air on the outside will keep the paper from falling
+off. It is on this principle that the present pendulum is to be made.
+Take a piece of cardboard larger than the mouth of the glass; pass a
+cord through a small hole in the center of the card, and fasten it by
+means of a knot on the under side, then carefully cover the hole with
+wax, so that no air may get in.
+
+Place your cardboard over the glass full of water, and by making a
+loop in the end of the cord you can hang the glass from a hook in the
+ceiling without any fear of its falling off. In order to make sure
+that no air can get into the glass, it is wise to smear the rim with
+tallow before laying the cardboard on.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE REVOLVING PINS
+
+Take a piece of elastic which is not covered with silk or wool, and
+through the middle of this stick a pin, which you have bent as shown
+in the illustration.
+
+Now hold the elastic between the thumb and first finger of each hand
+and twirl it round, stretching it a little at the same time. The rapid
+movement thus caused will make the revolving pin look like a glass
+object, and if you have a strong light falling on the pin and a dark
+background behind it, the resemblance becomes very much stronger.
+
+After a little practice you will be able to represent many things in
+this way--cheese dishes, vases, champagne glasses, etc.; and if the
+bent pin should fall into a horizontal position while revolving, on
+account of its shape, you can tie one end to the elastic with a piece
+of white thread, which will not in any way interfere with the working.
+
+This trick looks well in a darkened room, when the pin is illuminated
+by a ray of sunlight coming through a hole in the window shutter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MYSTERIOUS BALL
+
+This seems to be a plain wooden ball with a hole bored in its center,
+through which a string is passed. The ball will move lightly up and
+down this cord, but let some one who knows the trick take the string
+in his hand and it becomes quite a different matter; the ball will
+move quickly, or slowly, at command, and, if told to do so, will stand
+still until ordered to move on again.
+
+The reason for this peculiar behavior is that inside the ball there
+are two holes, one of which is quite straight, while the other is
+curved, and turns out of the straight hole.
+
+It is through this curved passage that the cord is passed, and you
+can easily see that to regulate the movements of the ball, it is only
+necessary to hold the string more or less tightly. If you hold the
+cord perfectly tight, the ball will not be able to move at all. The
+ball can be purchased at any top shop.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE MAN WITH HIS HEAD THE WRONG WAY
+
+Put on a coat and vest so that they fasten behind. Then fix a mask
+over the back of the head and a wig over the face. The effect is very
+curious.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO FIND AN OBJECT WHILE BLINDFOLDED
+
+To play this trick, you must take one of your friends into your
+confidence. Borrow a watch and put it in your pocket, and then ask
+your audience to sit at the end of the room, blindfold your friend,
+and lead him outside. Now say: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you will give
+me some small object to hide, I promise that the blind man will find
+it, although I shall not even tell him what he is to look for, and I
+shall lower the gas, so that if the bandage should slip, he will
+still be unable to see." A key, pencil, or any small thing having been
+handed to you, lower the gas and proceed to hide the object, at the
+end of the room, mentioning where you have put it, but not mentioning
+that you have placed the watch close beside it. You then request
+"Silence" and lead in the blind man and ask him to begin his search.
+He is guided, of course, by the ticking of the watch, and knows that
+whatever he finds close to it is the object hidden. When he calls
+"Found," he must slip the watch into his pocket. You then turn up the
+gas and quietly ask your audience if they do not think your friend is
+a very clever fellow?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHINESE SHADOWS
+
+Here is a simple way of making shadow pictures: Place a candle on the
+table and fix a piece of white paper on the wall at the same height
+from the ground as the light is. Now place some non-transparent
+object, as, for instance, a large book, between the candle and the
+paper, and on one side of the table place a mirror so that it will
+reflect the light of the candle on to the paper on the wall. If you
+now put little cardboard figures between the candle and the mirror, a
+shadow will be thrown on the white paper and you can move your figures
+about just as you please.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+HAND SHADOWS
+
+It is very difficult to explain how these shadows should be made, but
+you must bear in mind the fact that it is necessary to stand between
+the lamp and the wall, and extend your arms so that the shadow of your
+body does not interfere with the picture shadows you intend to make
+with your hands. The illustrations given will show you how to make
+two very good shadow pictures, but the fun of the game is for several
+people to make up pictures of their own, and see who can succeed in
+making the best.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE GAME OF SHADOWS
+
+For this game you require a white sheet to be hung up at the end of
+the room. Then the "shadow-makers" take up their places on low stools
+behind the sheet. There must be only one lamp in the room, which
+should be placed about six or seven feet behind the "shadow-makers."
+Then the "shadow-makers" drape themselves with shawls, or anything
+handy, and take their places so that their shadows are thrown upon the
+sheet. They must, of course, try to disguise themselves, so that the
+"shadow-seekers" may not be able to guess their identity. By loosening
+the hair and letting it fall over the face, a girl may appear like a
+man with a beard; bending the finger over the nose gives one a very
+queer-looking hooked nose in the shadow, and entirely alters the
+appearance of the face. Covering one's self up in a sheet and then
+extending the arms gives one the appearance of a large bat. As soon as
+a "shadow-maker's" identity has been guessed he must take his place
+as a "shadow-seeker," and the one who guessed him becomes a
+"shadow-maker." The penalty of a glance behind the sheet on the part
+of the "shadow-seeker" is to pay a forfeit.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THINK OF A NUMBER
+
+Tell some one to think of any number he likes, but not to tell you
+what it is. Tell him then to double it. When he has done that, let him
+add an even number to it, which you must give him. After doing this,
+he must halve the whole, then from what is left, take away the
+number he first thought of. When this is completed, if he has counted
+correctly, you will be able to give him the exact remainder, which
+will simply be the half of the even number you told him to add to his
+own.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LIVING SHADOWS
+
+In order to make these, you must stand in the corner of the room, near
+a mirror. Let some one hold a light behind you, so that the shadow of
+your head and shoulders will be thrown upon the wall, and also that
+the reflected light from the mirror will fall at exactly the same spot
+as the shadow of your head.
+
+If the mirror is now covered with a piece of thick paper, from which
+two eyes, a nose, and a mouth are cut out, the effect shown in the
+drawing will be produced. In order to make the shadow still more
+lifelike, cut out two pieces of paper, fasten one over the mirror, and
+move the other over it. In this way the eyes and mouth of the shadow
+may be made to move.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO GUESS THE TWO ENDS OF A LINE OF DOMINOES
+
+For this trick a whole set of dominoes is required, the performer
+taking care to hide one of the set, not a double, in his pocket. The
+remaining dominoes should be shuffled, and placed according to the
+ordinary rules of domino games, and the performer undertakes to tell,
+without seeing them, the two numbers forming the extremes of the line,
+set during his absence from the room. The numbers on the extreme ends
+of the domino line will be exactly the same as the numbers on the
+domino which the performer has in his pocket. If he is asked to repeat
+the trick, he should be sure to change the hidden domino, or he may
+chance to be found out.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+TO TELL THE AGE OF ANY PERSON
+
+Prepare a set of cards by making a copy of the tables given here. Hand
+them to the person whose age you wish to ascertain, and ask him to
+name the cards on which his age appears.
+
+If you then add together the first number on each of the cards he
+names, the total will be the age required.
+
+No. 1 Card  No. 2 Card  No. 3 Card  No. 4 Card  No. 5 Card  No. 6 Card
+   1  29       2  30       4  30       8  28      16  28      32  44
+   3  31       3  31       5  31       9  29      17  29      33  45
+   5  33       6  34       6  36      10  30      18  30      34  46
+   7  35       7  35       7  37      11  31      19  31      35  47
+   9  37      10  38      12  38      12  40      20  48      36  48
+  11  39      11  39      13  39      13  41      21  49      37  49
+  13  41      14  42      14  44      14  42      22  50      38  50
+  15  43      15  43      15  45      15  43      23  51      39  51
+  17  45      18  46      20  46      24  44      24  52      40  52
+  19  47      19  47      21  47      25  45      25  53      41  53
+  21  49      22  50      22  52      26  46      26  54      42  54
+  23  51      23  51      23  53      27  47      27  55      43  55
+  25  53      26  54      28  54
+  27  55      27  55      29  55
+
+
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