The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-22
DraWing-ROO M Amusements.

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Drawing Room AmuSementS.
In all games where forfeits have beer
paid they are to be redeemed by the sub
mission to certain penalties. The infiic
ton of them is delegated to player
who kneels down with his face concealed
in the lap of lady, who takes each for
felt and, holding it up, asks: Whar
shall be done by the owner of this pretty
thing?" The forfeit crier then names
the penalty to be inflicted; and, as there
is always difficulty in assigning punish
ments of an amusing character, the task
of prescribing them should be given to d
player distinguished by experience or in
vention. For the benefit of those who
possess neither, or who wish for a ready
means of vindicating the majesty of the
law, here are few tasks which may be
imposed:
Kiss your shadow.-The intelligent
criminal will in this case place himself
between the light and 3 lady, upon
whom his shadow will then fall. Ver6unl
sap.
Make your will, which consists in leav.
ing to each of the company such of your
good or bad qualities as they are deficient
in. This will probably bring out many
latent differences of opinion.
Kiss the candlestick. he can, the
culprit will induce a lady to hold can
die for him, and then will take mean
advantage of her good nature
To sing in cats concert. This works
off several forfeits at once. The culprits
are made to sing each verse OF "a differ
ent song at the same time. There should
be leader to start them. The effect is
delightful.
State why you have not paid your
washerwoman.
Make speech on the difterential cal.
culus, with musical illustrations.
State whether you would prefer to be
yourself eaten by an alligator, or an ALI
gator eaten byyourself, and give your rea,
sons.
Run through the table.-Here the cul.
prit may try it first with the multiplied.
ton table.
To dance blind quadrille cul-
prits are blindfolded and set to dance a
quadrille TO music, which results in con-
fusion, if not in confusion.
To cap verse.-The forfeit crier re.
cites verse of poetry, and the culprit
must Immediately follow with another
verse beginning with the last word of
the model. If he cannot recollect one
then he must improvise one, on pain of
another forfeit.
To illustrate one of your best qualities
in each corner of the room.-If the cul-
prit has sufficient belief in himself he
may illustrate mercy, generosity, truth
and constancy by the aid of little pan.
tomime.
To bite an incn off the poker.-This
consists simply in biting the air an inch
from the end of the poker.
To give your man characteristic
culprit is to go to the lady who is crying
forfeits, and to say: Il wish to recon.
mend my servant" "What character do
you give him?" GA perfect charac-
ter" The lady then asks how he can dc
various things, and is answered with the
name of the person best known excel.
lence in that respect. {" How can he
TALK" "Like Sidney Smith" How
can he write poetry" Like Tennyson.
Glow can he read?" "Like Charles
Dickens" How can he make speech?'
Like Gladstone;" and so on. If the
lady does not agree as to the excel.
lence of any of the models mentioned
she must say so, and state her reasons,
when another model is presented.
To be a deaf beggar.-Each of the
company makes three remarks to the cul
prit, to the first two of which he replies
/" can't hear" while to the third he an.
swers: 81 hear" The joke consists in
making the first two remarks very pleas
ant, and the third very disagreeable.
Tell the only lady you love in the room
that she is ugly and disagreeable, and
ask her if she returns your affection.
Pose for a statue. = The culprit is
placed on chair, and each of the com.
pany puts him or her into some position
explaining at the same time the idea in
tended to be conveyed or the statue it is
intended to represent.
Preach a pleasing sermon without any
text.-The culprit begins various dis
courses on various subjects, each one OF
which is objected to by somebody, and il
therefore held not to be pleasing Wher
all have objected, he finally breaches his
sermon on-nothing.
Should any of the culprits possess {
peculiar aptitude for doing anything
amusing, whether it be singing comic
song, initiating well-known actor, OF
writing verses, he should be set to give
specimen of his power. 1t will be seer
that in this way the tasks which are capa
BILE of being imposed may be multiplied
indefinitely.