Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-04
A LITERARY CANE.
II I. Instructive and Highly Inteessttr
and Not Hard 70 Learn.

| II 4. Instructive and Highly Interesting
and Not Hard 10 Lsern.
| The following game is instructive. q well
as highly interesting and is apt 70 pleas all
the young peopie and thear elders TOO
Select a numt.r of slips Of paper Of 90
| ME-, cards would It's better and let ths 6ag
sister, VINO is apt to be the good angel ~
veil, copy on each card a quotation from
some author Each card must he numbered
| differently, l, :, ), etc. and 10 on As she
writes the verse, let the best writer among
the little ones write the name Of the author
on another card. numbering it to match the
| quotation thus:
| mo. |. Every why hath = wherefore,"
| The companion card will be.
No. l. Shakespeare
| These cards, once prepared, will serve for
future occasions and on . rainy day or win
ter evening will prove a blessing to those
| who wish 10 furnish a pastime To the chill
| dren.
Prepare about twenty OF twenty five ques-
| tions and As many answers, for . small num-
b-r OF children, the games will he short,
| and they will have the fun Of winning
| quickly let the little ones seat thems.lv ~
| IN IA circle and the big sister will deal tine
ards evenly, after mixing the questions and
| answers She will then address the one u
her left
Who has said Every why hath . where
| forer'
The one asked will look into his hand, and
| If among the answers finds No l.
Shakespeare, will answer, and the trick will
bs his. Other wise. the question will be asked
again till it reaches the one who holds the
| No | answer
1t will then be his turn and he will choose
any one OF his questions, not combining him
self to tn. order of the numbers
IL Is well to write question over the
verse and answer over the authors name.
In a short time the children will become -
familiar with the answers that they may dis
card the answer cards altogether In that
case the one who holds No |" will ask his
neighbor the author Of . quotation, and IL
he is able to answer from memory he wins
the trick In case he does not remember il
passes along Till some one is lucky enough TO
recollect the authors name and he is then
the winner.
In this case it will he necessary to have
some one not playing keep . list near At hand
to correct any mistakes The following list
may serve as a guide to those who have not
a collection Of favorite quotations, and i,
may he enlarged or cut down At will
L ITO all that SOW, the time Of harvest
shall be gwen = Whittier
IT'S only noble 20 be good - Tenny
son.
3 II love all who love truth Elizabeth
B Browning
= 80 long Is you arr innocent fear moth
ing n-Longfellow.
S "Our place is kept ready for rs to al it ct
| Adelaide Proctor
g. Lofty thoughts and lovely deeds -
Owen Meredith
7. BE slow to blame Mary Hewitt
s. king Of two hands, b. does his part
| Lowell
9 Garry Learning to it, height F ner-
10 "Uae your manners discreeuy in all
kinds Of company ."-Shakespeare
IL Right the day must win '-Faber.
II "Unspoiled by praise or blame IT
B. Aldrich
Is II bold it unfui to de.pond "-Cel,a
ThAxter.
~ His words are bonds -ShAkespeare
Is IAN Who JOY would win must share it
Happiness vas horn a twin Byron.
IS The first virtue is to temper we'll thy
tongue n-Chaucer
| Il Wishing OF ali employments is tn
worst. " Young
| IS There is no virtue like necessity. "
Shakespeare
~ III you've wrongei him, speak him
fair - Holmes
% II it rains let it rain. We shall not
drown Alice Carey
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