The Opelousas courier., 1892-03-19
WINTER EVENING GAMES.
ENTERTAINING YOUNG PEOPLE
THESE LONG NIGHTS.
Variety of Diverting and Laueha.
BILE Indoor Amusements lii Which
EYerVhndv IAN D. rticinata

1t is often found q little difficult to
tntertain a party Of young people even
when there is plenty of music. The fol-
owing games may serve as an aid 10 this
Erection.
FRENCH BLIND MANS BUFF.
Children form in a circle. One is in
he center, 5lindfolde1 and furnished
Nth a stick. The children dance around
n a circle, to music if possible, until
he blindfoldcd person knocks the stick
n the floor. Then they stop instantly.
The blindfolded person lifts the stick to
ONE ona in the circle, and asks a ques-
ion. The one addressed answers in &
disguised voice. rs soon as the blind
olded guesses am lone by mean of the
roice, he changejtplaces with that per-
on.
GAME OF ADJECTIvEs.
One player writes a letter, which Of
curse he does not show, leaving blanks
OF adjectiyes. He then asks each player
or an adjective, filling up the spaces in
rider as he receives them. The letter is
likely to eau a laugh when completed.
TABLEAUX.
A very delightful evening entertain.
nent can be gotten up by having some
interesting story read or poem recited,
ind illustrating it's most picturesque por-
ions by a tableau, the reader pausing
While the curtain draws back. revealing
he grouped figure, then continuing the
tory until there is another opportunity
or an illustration. OF course, the mau-
.gement of the tableau requires taste and
kill, bnt with a little practice it a be
endered very effective. The arrange
nent for stage and curtain is simply done
oy laying on the floor blocks of wood the
'equired height, placing over them planks
n such a way a, they will not tip, and
hen covering the whole with carpet or
Jugs. In fBaat of this platform extend
. heavy wire fastened to small hooks
icrewed in the wall; the curtain, made
Of any dark material, is attached to the
wire by rings.
DUTCH CONCERT.
The players sit or stand round the
,oom in a circle. The leader assigns to
each some musical instrument, as harp,
lutte. violincello, trombone, etc., and
.lso selects,one for himself. Some we'll
snown tuS is then given out, and the
players begin to play accordingly, each
LONG his best to initiate, both in sound
md action, the instrument which has
oeen assigned to him, the effect being
generally extremely harmonious. The
.eader commences with his own instru-
nent, butowlthout any warning suddenly
ceases, and begins to perform instead on
she instruments assigned to N or other
Of the players. Such player is bound to
notice the change, and forthwith to take
10 the instrument just abandoned by the
eader, mourning a forfeit if he fails to
10 so.
GROSS QUESTIONS, CROOKED ANSWERS.
The company sit around, and each one
whispers a question to his neighbor on
The right and then each o1e whispers al
answer SO that each answers the question
propounded By SONS other player, and
of the purport of which he is of course
ignorant. Then every player has to re-
cite the question he received from one
player and the answer he got from the
other, and the ridiculous ineongruity oil
these random cross questions and crooked
answers will frequently excite a good
deal of sport. One, for instance, may
say, 81 was asked IF I considered
dancing agreeabIe2' and the answer was,
sYestelday fortnight" Another may
declare, II was asked if l had seen tht
comet2' and the answer was, He was
married last year.'n A third, 81 was
asked, what | liked the best for din
ner2' and the answer was, The E nperor
of China
WHAT Is on 1T.
Undertake to tell, after something has
been written on a piece of paper, Whai
is on it. Take the writing, roll it up,
and, after a few passes of the hand say,
tNow drop the paper Oh the floor in the
middle Of the room, and, to deprive me
of all the chance of taxing it up, place
It under both your feet" I then pro
coed to take up any object named ant
inform you at onc what Is on the paper
After a few mysterious monents to keep
the spectators on the alert, you turn t
the person standing on the paper an'
say, 81 engaged to inform you what i
on the paper. You are on it,
THE MINISTER'S GAT.
Draw your chairs in a sort Of cirel
and let each person nane an adjective
beginning with the letter A, in this way
tsThe minister's cat IS ambitious, say
one. Amphibio,ts, aesthetic, ancient
active, athletic, antartic, say Others, un
til everything beginning with the lette
is thought of. Then the letter B. j
used. aTne ministers cat is bump
tious.n Others say belligerent, bank
rupt, benignant, beseeching, beautiful
etc. When you come to G, the cat
cautious, courteous, contesting, conid
ing, cataleptic, c~ontradicting, cruel, etc
II ORDER or WHISTLE.
The candidate for admission to Til
Order must not have seen the game BIZ
fore. Bliudfold him and go throug
with such mock initiation az your in
genuity may suggest the most in
portant part Of which will be to pt
upon him a cloak from the back
which must hang a short string with
small whistle at the end. Then tell hi
that only one thing remains to be dol
to make him a member, he must asce
tain who has the whistle, and aft,
sounding it once, unblind him and
the fun begin. Some one at his bae
uses the whistle; he turns to seize it al