The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-01-05
Our Ysang People
PAa1os aAM1s.
The Fourth Estate, or tbs HoraiAg
PAPER.

To render this triie sufficiently
imposing to stimulate the interest
OF a social party, it is necessary to
select as leader some person OF
oratorical fisency, who need not be
in the secret, but who need only be
asked to make a speech in extrava
CANT laudatfon OF the powers Of the
press, and close the grafton by ask
ing each member Of the company in
succession the simple question
How can two persons be supper
ted upon a single copy of a morning
paper without seeing each otherT
Varied solutions will easily present
themselves regarding salaries, etc +,
but these are rejected with the ex
PLANTATION that a physical and Visi
bic support is meant. The true so
luton can only be found by spread
ing a newspaper open on the floor
and passing it under door. BY
shutting the door enc person can
stand upon the journal in the room,
and the other on the outside, with
out seeing each other. This catch
can also be made to serve as a for
felt, two persons being condemned
to discover the solution without as
sistance from the rest Of the com
pany.
THE MAYOR.
A social party comprising persons
old and young can find mutual en-
tertainment in the clever replies in
this game. The leader assumes,
with some pomposity, to be enti
tied TO the office of mayor, and calls
upon each of the other players to
select some trade, business or pro-
fessiOn, and 30 impress his choice
upon his memory. When this pre-
liminary task is completed the
mayer addresses, according to ais
fancy, any member by the title he
has assumed, as for instance: MAS
ter Cobbler, 1 called at your house,
but you were not at home. Where
Were YOU? The cobbler must re
ply, instantly: Il was at the tail
or's,'' or any other that he selects.
The tailor cries out, instantly:
What forT" The cobbler must at
once furnish some suitable reason,
such as: ITO buy a coat" adding,
''But where were your The tailor
replies: AT the bakers" The
baker must quickly ask: What
for?' The play thus continues,
compelling every one to be on the
alert, as all failures are punished
with forfeits. Any player may say
that he was at the mayors, who
must in turn ask: What forT'
This generally provokes an anus
ing reply, and the mayor then
starts the rounds again.
TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS.
This is a social pastime suited to
a domestic circle, where each mem
Der is ready to suffer a little for the
advantage OF the general "fun."
Pieces Of blank paper Of equal size
must be distributed, so that each
player is supplied, and armed also
with a pencil Each player is di-
rectsd to draw a head of a human
being, animal or bird, with a sketch
Of the neck, and then fold the pa
per sharply backwards so as to hide
the head while leaving a trace of the
neck visible. The papers are then
collected and redistributed. The
artists are next requested to add a
body, joining it on to the lines Of
the neck. This is also folded back,
and after the papers again change
hands, the limbs and feet are to be
added in the same manner. When
these sketches are entirely finished,
they should DO collected in box,
and each participant in the game is
in turn formally informed that his
portrait is finished, and he is re
quested to take it 1T hazard from
the motley collection The absurd
and INDUSTRIOUS creations thus manu-
featured may be imagined, and
when considered as portraits they
often can produce considerable fun
1t the expense of the unlucky
drawer.