Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-11-26
LIE cHILDRENIs HoUR
Fill 1t on Thanksgiving with Joys That
VIII Never BE Forgotten

Fill 1t or Thanksgiving with Joys That
VIII Never BE Forgotten.
Let Thanksgiving be a night Of rollick-
ing fun for the children, little and big
In after years, when they are away from
home, its influences will linger around
them still Your son Or your daughter
may be kept in the straight and mar
row way" by the remembrance Of just
one happy home night
A simple game that even the baby can
almost take part in is called Fish,
Flesh or Fowl The leader must stand
and say to one, Fish. flesh Or fowlg
Then, if before lie has counted five, that
one does not give the name Of some fowl,
lie must pay a forfeit. There il lots Of
fun in this game, for, in the effort to
think Of some fowl quickly. one is likely
to get confused and cry ont 'eels. Of
elephants, forgetting that these are
unlikely fowls. The leader must talk
rapidly for the older folk, but more
slowly for tile little ones. It will incite
the latter to look up all the available
names Of fowl when they know this game
is to be played
If there Is large party of boys and
girls, if cousins or neighbors have been
asked in, The Jolly Mariners" is un en-
joyable game Have the parlor doors
opened SO as to pass through one door
and ont at the other The boys All
march around, the one who takes the
lead with handkerchief over his shoul-
lar D,,d an Si,,r-irrr.
We are a set of jolly, jolly lads,
Who have Just arrived on shore.
We spend our days IN many merry ways
As we have done before
And we will turn around and round.
And We will turn around
And lie who finds a very pretty girl
Must kiss her kneeing down
Having chosen his ''very pretty girl,
and saluted her, lie spreads his handker-
chief for her to kneel upon. while ths
girls sing:
Its a bargain. 4 bargain for sou. young man
Its bargain, a bargain for you
You've given your word, row keep i true
And lore her all you can
Then another Lad takes the lead, and
the song is repeated until All the girls
have been chosen.
There isn't much to be said for the
meter or rhyme Of these verses, bnt the
boys and girls will not be too critical
about that, and those who object to boys
and girls Of tender years kissing eact
other may teach the former to make I
courtly bow instead.
MY fathers got home from India" il
q game that never fails to bring dowr
the house. Seat the children on thret
sides of the room, and let the leader sii
50 that he can be seen by ALL He mnst
then say, My fathers got home from
India. "What did he bring you9" one
must be instructed to ask. You reply
"a fan, and then begin to fan yourself
with your hand, which all must initiate.
Then you repeat the remark about the
return Of your father and another asks
What did he bring yousn 1.-TWO fans,
tanning with both hands. which all mus
initiate.
10 the next question the answer is
Two fans, boot and shoe" which
necessitates that both hands 60 through
the motion Or tanning, while the feet
Y tap the floor. TO the next you reply
Two fans, d boot. a shoe and hat,
and then the head must be nodded. Tht
\ first one who misses any motion mus
pay 4 forfeit, and it l. needless to SAY
that the forfeits are many. 1t il really
good exercise, and after the little one
have been thoroughly instructed X
\ games Of this kind. they win relieve you
of their care through many busy hour
by playing them among themselves.
An impressive ceremony that caT
scarcely be called game. j. to ak eacf
one what lie has had I'd be thankful fol-
through the past year, beginning with
the youngest. -St. Louis Dispatch