Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-04
A Few ParlOr Games.

The games that follow are not all of them par
ticularly new; but they are very pleasant. and
are quite worth trying:
THE CAT.
One player says: Have you seen my cat p
The next replies: ''Yes, I've seen your cat. Z"
"Do you know what my cat is doing" '.Yes,
know what your cat is doing" "Do
1t. And then if the player neglects to purr
or scratch, she pays a forfeit. OF course. this
game may be varied considerably by choosing
any other animal.
THE INTERRUPTED REPLY.
The company are seated in a circle. when one
whispers to her right hand neighbor Say that
she asks: "Of what use is book?" The an
swer would naturally be: ''To read But in.
stead, she asks another question OF
her right hand friend and when the
questions have gone around the circle. the orig
inai question. and the last answer are given
| aloud-of course producing much laughter
among the party.
PUZZLE MUSIC.
One player leaves the room, and the rest de-
termine on something he must do on his return.
Say he has to dance around the room to dscoy-
er hidden person, or to touch particular OBJ
ject. When he enters he is informed by song or
piano when he is near or far from his object !:
the singing or playing becoming louder or soft
er as he approaches or reccdes from the solu-
ton. With little trouble this NAV be made a
most amusing game 1t is. in fact. out a mod
Grafton of the old nursery frolc: Hot Boiled
Beans and Bacon"
THE TRAVELLER
The traveller leaves the room. and then the
company determine on the country he is TO Wis
it, and prepare accordingly. Say he is to guess
Germany. you have student. with long nine
book and spectacles; Turkey, a lady in a tur-
ban reclining on sofa cushion: Lapland, a
tent with natives sitting round a fire. This NAV
be made by a few chairs turned upside down.
and table cloth thrown over them: the natives
wrapt in shalls, etc. The traveller comes i'm at
given signal. and must guess the country
shown, or pay forfeit.
THE KEY OF THE KINGS GARDEN
The plan is for one to give scstence: 81
give you the key of the Kings garden" The
next person repeats the words with an addition
81 give you the string that holds the KEY of the
Kings garden" Then the third adds: ~
give you the scissors TO cut the string that holds
the key of the Kings garden fourth: II
give you patent file to sharpen the scissors
to cut the string that holds the KEY Of the
Kings garden" A fifth IL give a box to
hold the patent file to sharpen the scissors to
cut the string that holds the key of the King s
garden, and SO on till one player fails. and pays
forfeit.
THE SECRET THAT TRAVELS
game of the simplest character, but which
among young people will often he found to af-
ford genuine amusement. 1t has its advantage
that any child can join in it without having
previously possessed a knowledge of the
pastime. The players sit round table: or. at
least. dispose themselves i'm a circle. One play
er starts the game by whispering sentence in
the ear of the player on the right hand. This
sentence is the secret. The player. to whom
the secret has been coIiided. tells if to his right
hand neighbor, and SO on, all around the table
circle. The last player repeats aloud the sem
tence as he understood it and then the first player
gives out the sentence i'm its original form As
general rule. it will be found that in assing
from one to another, the words have been SO
altered as to be almost unacceptable.