The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-01-27
A FEW PARLoR GAMES.
That Afford Amusement and are Mirth-
Provoking and Entertaining.



The games that follow are not all "f them
particularly new, but they are very pleasant
and sIe quite worth trying:
Uur player SAYS, Have you seen my ca p
Tie ~x' player says. Yes. I've seen your
caf." I'D" you know What my cal Ii d"insg'
"Yes, know what youl cat IL doing" "D"
L." And then if the player neglec's to purr
or scrach, she pays q forfeit. or couis'
this game may be var ed considerably by
choosing some 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 q book Pr The answer would
naturally be, "To read" But instead she
asks another question of her right hand
fiiend, and when the questions have gone
around the circle, the original question aud
th. last answer are given aloud-of conis"
producing much laughter among the party
Puzzle Music. One player leaves thr
room and the rest deter mine upon s"mrthint
he must do when he returns. Say he las :"
dang. around Tie room 10 discover hiddrI
person, or TO touch b particular ohj"ci.
When he enters he Is Informed by song ~
piano when he Is near o. far from his object;
the singing ar playing becoming louder OF
softer as he approaches or recedes from the
solution. With little trouble this mry be-
made a most amusing game. II Is, In fact
but modification Of the old nursery frolic
eliot Boiled Beans and Bacon"
The Traveler.-The traveller leaves the
roem, and then the company determine upor
the country he Is to visit. and prepare &C
cordingly. Say he Is to guess Germany
you have . student with a long pipe, a book
and spectacles; Turkey. lady In q turban
reclining on y sofa cushion; Lapland, tent
with natives sitting round fire. This may
be made by few chairs turned upside down
and q tablecloth thrown over them, the ma
tives wrapped In Jshawls, etc. The travsle,
comes In at given signal, and must guess
the country shown or pay forfeit.
The Key ofthe Kings Garden.-The plar
Is for on. 10 give sentence: II give you tn,
key Of the Kings garden" The next per
son repeats the senteiice with All addition
81 give you the string that holds the key o.
the Kings garden" Then the third adds
~ give you the scissors TO cut the string tina
holds the key Of the Kings garden" The
fourth: II give you a patent file to sharper
the scissors to cut the string that holds th,
key Of the Kings garden" A fifth: II give
you box to hold the patent file to sharper
the scissors TO cut the string that holds tn
key of the Kings garden" aud so OH till on,
person fails and pays forfeit.
The Secret that Travels.-A game Of th'
simplest character. but which among youn!
people sill often be found to afford genuine
amusement. IL has Its sdvant age-that All,
child can join In 1t without having previous
ly possessed knowledge of the pastirne
The players sill round a table; or nj ieas
dispose themselves In circle. One playe
starts the gam" by whispering a sentence Il
the ear Of player on the right hand. Thi
sentence Is the secret. The player to whom
the secret Is confded tells 1t to his RICH,
hand neighbor, and so on oil round the cir
Gle. The last player repeats the sentenc
aloud q he understood II, and then the Or,
player gives out the sentence In Its origina
form. As = general rule IL will be foun
that In passing from one TO another th
words have been SO altered ~ TO be almo.
unrecoenizabie.