Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1882-01-06
MisGellameaMs.
A FEW PARLOR GAMES.

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them particularly new but they are
very pleasant, and quite worth trying !:
THE CAT.
One player says: Have you seen
my cat y The next replies: Eyes, I've
seen your cat" "Do you know what
my cat is doing 2" Yes, know what
your cat is doing "Do it, And then
if the player neglects to purr or to scratch.
she pays forfeit. OF course. This game
may be varied considerably BIZ choosing
any other animal
THE INTERRUPTED REPLY.
Tho company are seated in circle,
when ono whispers to her right hand
neighbor, Say that she asks : ''Of what
use is IL book 7" The answer would
naturally be: ITO rcad." But instead,
she asks another question of her right
hand friend, aud when the questions
have gone around the circle, tho original
question, and the last answer are given
aloud-of course producing much laugh
ter among the party.
fuHHhE muSlC.
One player leaves tho room, and the
rest determine on something he must do
on his return. Say he has to dance
around the room to discover hidden
person, or to touch particular object
When no enters he is informed by song
or piano when he is near or far from his
object; the singing or playing baooming
louder or softer as he approaches or re-
cedes from tho solution. With little
trouble this may be made most anus
ing game 1t is, in fact, but modera-
ton of the old nursery frolic: Hot
Boiled Beans and Bacon"
THE TRAVELLER.
The traveller leaves the room, aud
then the company determine on the
country he is to visit, and prepare ac-
cordingly. Say he is to guess Ger
many, you have u student, with long
pipe, a book ana spectacles Turkey, a
lady in turban, reclining on sofa
cushion; Lapland tent with natives
sitting around fire. This may be
made by few chairs turned upside
down, and table cloth thrown over
them; the natives wrapped in shawls,
etc. The traveller comes in Mt q given
signal, and must guess the country
shown, or pay a forfeit.
THE KEY OF THE KINd's GARDEN.
The plan is for ono 10 give sen
cace: ~ give you the key of the Kings ,
garden" H,c next person repeats the
words with an addition: II give you
he string that holds tho key Of the
Kings garden" Then the third adds
Il give you the scissors to cut the string
hat holds The key of the Kings gar
len A fourth II give you u patent
lie to sharpen the scissors to cut the
tring that holds the key of the Kings ,
garden" A fifth II give n box to ,,
Iold the patent file to sharpen the scis- .
ors to cut the string that holds the key !,
f the Kings garden aud so on till one !,
layer fails, and pays forfeit. =
TUE SECRET THAT TRAVELS.
A game Of the simplest character, il
ut which among young people will Of il
sn be found to afford genuine amuse- u
rent. 1t has this advantage--that any b
hid can join in it without having pre- II
iously possessed knowledge Of tho b
as.ime. The players sit around table, d
r, Mt least, dispose themselves il cir n
lc. One player starts tho game by d
a sentence in the car Of the b
layer on the right hand. This sen.
,ncc is the secret. The player TO whom
10 secret has been conided, tells IL 10 n
is right hand neigbbor, and so on, all N
round the table circle. The last player tt
,peats aloud the sentence as he under o,
God il, and then the first player gives 3,
ut the sentence in its original form. AS tr
general rule, it will be found that 10 ii
lssing from one TO another, the words ri
ave been 80 altered as TO be almost I'M
,cognizable. The game, Of course, is
Ut likely to be INDUCED in by any but III
Ie young members Of party. "