Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-28
Tuesday. May 81, 1859.
FUN FOR THE COUNTRY HOME.
A New Game That Offers Amusement FOR
summer sojourners.

N NtN tAttt ihtt outt" w
summer sojourners.
When a large party of ladies and
gentlemen are assembled together in a
country house for shooting, races or
other amusements in the daytime. a
new game in which all can join in the
evening is welcomed. The following
description of one may be therefore
acceptable. The lady OF the house and
one gentleman should be il. the secret
Of the game. which is TO be played
after dinner. As, however, the guests
meet in the drawing room for what is
aptly called the mauvaiS quart d'heure
before that meal is announced, the
gentleman who undertakes the man
agemeut Of the game goes round TO
each gentleman. basket or hat in hand,
and asks from each a small sum, 10 be
subsequently, divided into first and
second prizes for the winners, and
thus gives rise TO much curiosity and
conversation during the progress of
dinner as TO what the game can be.
Dinner over, the ladies leave the din
Ing Don and retire 10 the drawing
room, when the hostess explains to
them what 10 expect.
In the meanwhile the gentleman
who acts as manager asks each other
gentleman in turn TO accompany him
TO another room, where will be found
already prepared large sheets of fools
cap paper, on which is written the
name Of each fair lady. and each gen
tleman is required 10 write. one at a
time, so that there may be no collu.
sion, a description opposite 10 every
lady's name of what its owner is wear.
ing that evening-color, material,
jewels, headdress, the more details the
better-and TO do this rapidly in the
space Of five minutes. As one gentle
mar after another completes his paper
he is sent TO join the ladies in the
drawing room, who, now being in the
secret, watch gleefully his entrance,
and the furtive glances he casts at the
dresses Of the wearers instead Of at
their fair faces.
Whenall have done and are reassem-
bled in the drawing room the mana
ger" arranges the ladies at one ehd of
the room in a semicircle, first select
ing five OF the yc1ngest ladies and i'm
paneling them 10 act as a jury and
sit together on n side Of the circle.
AT the other end of the room a sort of
improvised platform is erected, on
which are placed the gentlemen, and
on a high stool in the center each gen
tleman in turn ismade 10 stand, while
the manager stands below and in a
loud voice reads out his paper and the
description he gives Of the ladies and
their costumes.
Great merriment is caused by the
reading Of these papers, the cata-
logues Of the colors, ornaments. etc
beng as often absurdiy wrong and to-
tally different 10 what is really worn
as wonderfully near the mark. The
hye ladies of the jury note these diff
f~erences, and afterward consult and
decide upon whom the prize for the
most accurate description is 10 be giyen,
n In many cases il will be found
that the person least suspected Of OBJ
serving a lady's toilet will he the one
who proves the most correct in his re-
marks, and the beaten candidates will
often plead that they were too absorb.
ed in the contemplation of the ladies
themselves, or in the interest Of their
conversation, TO notice what they had
on. Anyway, this game will produce
much fun and merriment; and if a
good many young people are present,
AN impromptu dance will aptly close
SO pleasant an evening. = London
Queen.