The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-18

E6Cu guest ON arriving IccctSSS
tally-card with pencil attached, and
proceed to write at the head of the card
his or her own name and book title.
About an hour or an hour and half is
allowed for circulating" in quest of
information Each one guesses as many
titles as he can and records them with
the owners names on his card When
the bell is rung for time the cards are
collected, and the name and title at the
top of each card is copied to obtain q
correct list. This list IS read aftee the
cards have been returned 10 their own
ers, and each cancels his incorrect
guesses The greatest number Of cor
rect guesses receives a prize and the
lowest number a BOBBY prize.
The book title idea is also applies to
q bright table game called ''book-titie
Illustrating" Paper and pencils are
dealt out Each participant makes q
mental choice of book title. and keeps
1t sedulously concealed from the rest.
Each then proceeds to make as telling
and graphic an illustration of his title
as the limits Of time ard paper viii adj
NIT Of Much elaboration is not desir-
able, as that consumes time and makes
the movement Of the game too slow.
Space must be left at the top of the pa
per for list q guesseS When time is
called and work ceases, each passes his
brief study, registers his guess at the
title at the top of the page and turns il
down on the under side. then passes it
on to his next left-hand neighbor, re-
ceiving in turn another sketch on his
right Each paper thus makes the
round, returning finally to its original
owner, who writes on it the correct
title, which is then compared with the
recorded guessea
Sketching games and matches of all
kinds are popular in these days of uni
versal art education. when almost every
one can WELD a pencil or crayon to
some extent
At a recent young girls luncheon. at
which a band of whilom schoolmates
celebrated a reunion, series of animal
sketches provoked unbouuded mirth.
In the dining room the girls places at
table were indicated by cards bearing,
not a name, but instead some pretty or
witty quotation with a personal sllu-
sion to the destined occupant of the
place. At the conclusion of the meal,
on their return to the drawing-room,
they found the furniture increased by
a black board on an easel planted before
them It's presence was explained
later.
A folded scrap of paper was handed
to each of the young ladies. bearing the
name of an animal, which they were
admonished to keep secret They were
then advised that they were expected
to come up to the board in turn. and
make sketch of the animal assigned
them, while the op-lookers were to
guess at the subject OF the representa-
ton.
Let any one who thinks it Is easy to
sketch even a familiar animal from
memory make the attempt, and see
whether or not the result will remind
her of the proverblal German professors
camel. One young lady. whose talent
for decorating with pen and brush is
the admiration of her circle of friends,
had the horse assigned to her, and snan-
aged to elaborate one which was
promptly classified as donkey by the
majority of those present On the
other hand, a girl who protested that
she could not draw line. with few
telling strokes made a capital success
of kangaroo |. turned out that she
had recently visited a menagerie in
company with some small cousins, and
had been compelled to make a lengthy
study of the animals attitude and ways
and means of. losomotion. None OF
those present possessed the accomplish
ments of Mast rs a rapid delineator,
but the entertainment proved Il success,
nevertheless. or perhaps for that very
reason, and will no doubt be duplicated
with all sorts of variations in the
course of the season. -larper's Bazaar.