The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-09-17
Written for the Demoerat-Star.
CRAMBO.
BY HELEN b. B.


Tam an old maid; havelong since
abandoned any idea OF welded
bliss, but let me say just here, to
eslighten a mistaken world, that
old maids can be happy. l know |
am. Just let them take an interest
in young people, in social pleasures,
aud let the bug-bear matrimony
alone, and they win find a cheerful
content will pervade their lives.
This is my recipe for il, aud ! have
tested it and found it good.
Well, / am going to write to the
DEMocRAT.STAR about Crambo,
and / had better begin. Ii is a
game, aud it is such a promoter of
sociability and pleasant feeling
that ! want to tell my friends in
Scranton how to play it, and l
promise it will eliven many win
ter night.
The other evening we had fine
time at Crambo. | live at home
with my parents, aud have two
younger sisters. They have a great
deal OF company, girls and young
gentlemen, and quite often when
there is q parlor full | join them,
but never when Lily's sweetheart
comes by himself do / disturb the
lovers tete-a-tete.
On last Friday my sisters had
two girls staying with them. Lily's
friend, May Irwin, was here, and
Mignon, my youngest sister, bad
Madge Weston to spend the night
aud two young men camein, Messrs.
Richard and CASTOR, respectively
in love with Lily aud Mignon, so
there was gay, young crowd. AT.
ter music and conversation had
filled an hour or SO quite pleasantly,
| walked into the parlor and pro,
posed "a game of Crambo. The
suggestion was received withsex-
clamations of delight, and prepala-
tious to play it was Immediately
begun. Lily sprang into the hall
after "a gentleman's hat, and soon
became busily engaged In filling il
with small pieces OF paper just
large enough to hold u written
word. Mignon seized another hat
and began putting into it long slips
of paper, on each OF which a ques.
ton was to he written. May began
cutting up letter paper into pieces
about the size Of a visiting card,
aud Madge collected all the lead
pencils she could lind aud taxed
Mr.. CASTOR TO trim them.
"Is all ready now y l said.
+" Have each of you a pencil "
Upon finding them settled, to be
gin | handed sround the first hat
that held the little slips. They
each took one and became very
quiet, pondering upon a word to
write on the paper, which must be
done very secretly. After each
person was supplied took piece
and wrote u word, put it in ha,
and went around to collect the 9th
er slips. New the long narrow
pieces were given, aud everybody
wrote a question. Then they were
collected, after which the hat with
the words was handed around aud
each Que drew out q slip. After
that the questions were passed and
everybody took one. Sometimes
the combination of word and ques
ton is very laughable, and this Il
a very amusing stage of the game
just here the largest pieces Of pa
per are distributed, upon which th'
player is expected to answer th'
question he gets, in rhyme, and use
the word that is written on thu
little slip. Quiet prevailed fo1
some time. Pencils went to work
or we're held thoughtfully by thos
less gifted in orthometry than thei
c,Il,I, ,yb;Ia t..as wore q nnzzled
mystitied expression. AT last whel
ali have written, each one pins BIZ
word, question and answer togeth
er and puts it in hat where the,
are mixed up and drawn out one b.
one to be read aloud.
We all appointed Mr.. daston y
perform this Office and settled ouI
. selves to listen and guess the ar
thor. Ii we fail in this last, "
must pay Q forfeit, and after th
reading the forfcits can be sold, bu
, We seldom 60 through this rs 1t
, such a worn out feature.
"Attentionp said Mr.. Castor
and clearing his throat he dive
into the hat and brought out some