The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-24
CHILDREN'S GAMES.
Suggestions for Entertain
ing the Little Ones Given
BY An Expert.
HANGMAN'S A N
Patti in Dublin-The Nursery
Dining Room-What Swiss
Brides Get.
HANGMAN'S GAME.

A reader recently wrote to the Phila-
deiphia Press" asking for information
about children's games. The woman's
page has given many ideas for enter
tanning the Older folk during the holi-
day. but as every housewife would prob
ably nave a Number of children tor amtlse
some suggestions were wanted in that
line. she said:-
What do you amuse the children with
in the holiday parties" I asked OF an
colder sister," who is famed for her
ability to delight the numerous half
crowns that frequent the house. 4
don't mean little children" ] added.
"but those who stand from IL to 49,"
"Wefl, there is the game of twenty
questions. That always proves interest,"
ing.
I'm this game the 'chooser' mentally
decides upon an object and announces
to the others that he has it in min
when they try to discover it by means
of twenty questions and three guesses.
The first question is always, ITO which
kingdom does it belong-animal, vegeta-
BILE or mineral?' Then follow such ques-
lions ISIS 1t useful?' Is it in the
room?' or Does it belong to his fam
ily?' etc., until the questioners believe
they have obtained a clue, when they
follow it up by skillful questioning until
it is found to he a fallacy, or else SO
we'll proven that a guess may be haz-
arded. Questions may be asked directly;
not, for instance, What color Is MI!
How large is it?' And the one 'ques-
toned must answer only by yes or no.
Count is kept of the lumber OF ques-
lions and final guesses. Twenty ques-
TONS besides being fascinating in IN
terest, is of use to the mind in its law--ar-
like strategy of deduction. A large com
pany should be divided by choosing
sides'-one side to select the word and
the other side to discover it, the win
ming side, of course. being the one which
is enabled to discover the most words
by means of the twenty questions and
three guesses-
s"Then there is the fun or rnyming
words. = a,aotaa ~ ono If the
players, and a word m a,and sxed , W,on
should be hail, the leader would say, =,
have a word which rhymes with sail,
The guesser does not name the WORD
stead. the definition of hat word; as, II
he wishes to find out whether 1t IS jail,
he will say rs it a prison? while an the
first must disc discover ms. and t give II # MS IS a aot
SWtI Inc WIN S6 sA1Ns
JAIL Again the question may be asked.
is it not small?' But when there comes
the question, Is it frozen rain drops?
the answer will be, Tt is hail. Failure
to guess the word, or to rightly define a
word-though the language need not be
the exact language OF the dictionary-
causes the loss of the game, Wnicn 70
nize a word thus expressed by It's mean
ing, so failing to answer a question. Il
is always in each game the n
,o~,of1Fnr
IT find that another favorite is Hang
mans Came One selects a proyerD,
representing it on p by a short line
for each letter it contains Tns,s with ~ tb proper nper
verb should be, Make hay while the
sun shines it will appear in this man. "a
others will then guess, taking one letter
at a time, what letters of the alphabet
are contained in the words. If in the
above example, "a is proposed, the pro
yerb-giyer will remove a short line IN
either the first or the second word, and
insert "a in its proper place; 80 Wlt1
every letter that Is correctly guesseu
that letter should be written IN some
one place where it belongs; such place, II
there should be more than one, at TIE
option of the writer. For often. as WORDS
develop. they may be rendered blaine
or more obscure by the oroer IN which
saThe guesser at any time has access
to the paper, and may obtain from u q
hint of the answer before the hlling-up
is fnished. If a letter is guessed, how
| ever, which is not in the ~proverb, the
hangman' will make a gallows in the
| space below, on the paper, to which,
when another mistake has been made, ne
will suspend a head; for each succeed
| ing, incorrect guess there will appear a
| neck, body, legs, feet, arms n hands
| in consecutive order. Features may also
be added, if SO agreed upon. When the
| figure is complete the gMegser is hang
| ed The effort to save ones self from
| such impending doom, by guessing the
proverb before the execution is accom-
sThe drawing need not be at all elab-
| crate. The gallows may consist Of 9
| perpendicular line, from the top of which
| extends on one side a horizontal line
| and the mar a simple outline that any
| child may draw. But the older boys and
girls will take pride in having the draw
| ing as we'll executed as their chosen
proverb is difficult to guess"