Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-03-31
Parl0r Game.

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ParlOr Game.
"WHAT shall we do, mother, what shall
we playf" perplexing question oft times
to poor mother, who has no frisk left in
her, and wonders why the children can't
be content to sit still as other people do.
Dear madam, they can't You might as
we'll ask your cider-barrel TO stop working.
Their legs and arms are all a-twitch with
the Unsuitable fermentation of their age
their brains are electric with growth.
Let them have their fun now at the proper
season, and they won't be half so likely TO
take it by and by at the wrong
Let them act charades, get up tableaux,
dance about, "dress up" Never mind if
II does pull the room to pieces; or, IL the
comfort of an invalid or busy person is in
vaded by the noise, let them play games,
of which there are plenty neither bolster
Gus nor difficult. They will enjoy them
all the more if you will lay down your
work for while and take a part with
them.
There is "piano kaleidoscope" for in
stance, which will keep group of little
ones enchanted and happy for whole
evening. The lid of the piano is raised
and folded over so as to form, with the
aid of the piano cover, a long, triangular
passage. The children stand at one end
of this peeping in the other is brightly
lit by gas branch or a couple of candles,
and mother holds upat the opening q Sc
ries of gay objects, such as flowers, lamp
mats, bead-baskets, which, triply reflected
in the polished wood, make a series of
beautiful effects, like those of kaleido-
scope.
Or there is the "Game of Statues"
Everybody is statue, excepting two who
enact a Snowman and would-be pur
| chaser. The Snowman must be the
funny one" of the family He describes
the statues, turns them round, gives the
prices, indicates their best points, regrets
that this ones nose was little injured in
packing, and that one got dirty on the
voyage and hasn't had its face washed yet (;
the statues meantime standing perfectly
still, with immovable faces. Anyone who
moves or laughs is punished by forfeit
" "MenageTie" is another nice game, es-
pecially if there happens to be family
grthering or little party. The older peo-
pie arrange themselves as audience, one
person acts Snowman, the rest are put out
of the room and, enter one by one. The
Snowman states that he has the finest col
lection of beasts ever seen; brought to-
gether at vast expense from every quarter
of the globe; and including every animal
that went into Noah's ark. What would
the gentleman (or LADY, like to SEQ! The
visitor is pretty sure to choose some out.
ofthe-way creature like a crocodile or
gorilla in hopes of posing the Snowman,
who prolongs the conversation little, and
manages to extract sketch of the animal
and his ways. After which he draws aside
the curtain, behind which q looking-glass
is hidden, and Tom, who has demanded
the chimpaDzee-a troublesome creature,
always in mischief, a dreadful glutton
cleans them, secs his own face! And
Flora, who has asked for the porcupine, a:
''cross, sulky good-for-nothing creature
good for nothing but to make pin
cushions" is scandalized by similar re
flectionl Well managed, this game car
be made very amusing.
Musical fright is noisier. A row o.
, chairs-one less in number than the per.
sons playing-is ranged down the middle
: of the room. Some one plays the piano
/ while the children dance in circle. Sud
denly the music stops and the players
, run for chairs. One person of course iaili
to secure any, and is counted out of the
, game. After each turn chair is with
, drawn till only one chair and two players
? are left; the one who gets that is declared
: winner.
"Russian scandal" is played in thi
wise One person takes another out o
the room and tells him a story. Playel
No Q calls out No. 3 and repeats the sam,
! story. No. 3 tells No. 4, and and so OF
till all have heard it, when the last tolC
q rehearses the story aloud to all the others
3 the version being generally widely differ
!. ent from the original, each person having
a unconsciously added or left out something
2 "The reviewers. This is game fO
| older boys and girls. Each is furnished
with pencil and paper, and begins b.
e writing the name of an imaginary boob
i on the top line, folding it once, and passing
f it to the next player who adds a secon(
, name and an "or," aud hands it on. Eacl
f then write the authors name, a motto, al
! "opinion of the press" and secon,
!. "opinion of the press" The papers ar
4 then opened and read-the contents run
: ming something in this wise:
Dilly Ducker,
The Fiend d the Hills.
By
/ Penelope Perry.
Motto:
81 heard little lamb cry, 'BaaH"
"Sweet- -soothing-satisfactory Home Rel
= ister.
g "a book calklated to make the American eagl
e schreech proudly and flap his wings.-henneban
, Argus.
!, "Word and question" is also played wit
a pencil and paper. Each player writes
q word and a question on two different slip
of paper, folds them, and lays them in tw
q baskets provided for the purpose. The
3 are then distributed hap-hazard, and ever
h person writes a rhyming answer to tn
q question he draws, in which the word
n introduced. This game gives great oppo
/. tunity for clever young people to sho'
v their cleverness. .-Seri6ner's Monthly.