The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-20
for TMnnnen.

given In 10 III tnSrt WILL bS lWo pdfiS-
The first being called identifying Ads"
the second Word Making
Before the guests arrive prepare th!r-
ty-five pretty tally cards. and to each
attach a small colored pencil with mar
row ribbon as IN the case of progressive
euchre. the cards-down the left
HAND ~side-numbers should be written,
from one to thirty-ive-
From the largest and most widely
known of the magazines, cut the pictorial
parts of ~thirty-one Advertisements. The
name of the firm advertising should be
cut away These pictures are then pasted
upon separate cards, They may be larg-
er or small thar the tally cards to
meet the taste and must be numbered
as l. 2, 3 etc. up to 81
Some member holds a bell and directs
proceedings. Each guest is gwen a tally
and a picture card. Exactly sixty seconds
is the space of time in which he must
eontrive to write upon his tally the name
of the firm whose advertisement the
picture represents. The name must be
written opposite the number upon his
tally which is borne by his picture card.
When the bell is sounded each guest
passes his card promptly to his left-hand
neighbor, that he may have his inning
at the same card. A minute is allowed
to this. and the game goes on.
The guest whose tally Is most correct
ly filed wins the prize. Several prizes
moay be awarded. 1t Is we'll to choose
the most popular IDS. which can be
found. 1t may be thought that the most
popular of these would be recognized in
Somali land. or the Soudan. and that
their choice would make the game too
simple. but with the name removed.
many a familiar ad. will prove a puzzier.
The second part IS sWord Making"
For this piece OF Jollity eighteen envel-
opes are required and eighteen pairs of
tally-cards.
The tallys must pair together, two by
two. each pair being distinguished by a
little decorative sign painted upon it-as,
for instance, two Will ave tiny cupids.
two more pansiess another two, butter
flies. These unexact.ng devices may be
painted by hand, little oolored pictures
which children buy for their albums and
designate as knick-knacks, may be used.
One envelope must bear the same de-
vice and accompany each pair of cards.
Letters are cut from a newspaper to
spell words. Letters enough for two
words are put In each envelope say in
one maeistrom, and elephant. In an
other, brse-a-brac, and euphony. .
The words in each envelope are always
different. A list of the envelopes with
their respective words being kept by the
master of ceremonies. The cards are
numbered from / to Is. To each man in
the company is given an envelope and a
card. He chooses as his partner the
woman whose card corresponds in design
with his own
In this way two minutes are allowed
The partners must during that time as
certain what words were contained in
each envelope, and write the result
upon their Individual cards. The bells
ring at the expiration Of two minutes
and the envelopes are passed along from
right to left. When the game is over
the card having correctly named the
greatest lumber of words wins the prize.
The least number receives the "booby."
kind
f'ShaII I serve eatables?" cries. the
wduld-be hostess at a tally party.
II II can De dffOEue1s yes GJlcS dHA
sandwiches or ices and cake would be
well in keeping. And the brain work of
filing the cards is apt to stir up an appe-
title. For brain work 1t is, although It
may not seem that way to the uniniti-
ated.
At a tally party which I attended last
week, the affair broke up with some
lively tunes upon the piano and a half
hours dancing. This is still another Jug
gest.on for the affair And a delightful
one.
It is not oftensthat a woman is conn
PEELED to so through life as the heroine
of a romance that never existed, but
such is the fate of a woman in Monterey.
Sonora Maria Ingacia Bonifacio, who for
forty years has been pointed out to
strangers as "Sherman's sweetheart"
Show me Sherman's sweetheart, and
the rose tree they planted" is one of the
first requests made by strangers visiting
historic old Monterey.
Sonora Bonifacio-Senora by courtesy.
for she was never married-lives in a
quaint old adobe on Alvarado street. She
is a CHEEKY, brown-eyed, little woman.
and viii tell you that she is sixty-hve
Years old. but you cannot believe it.;
there are few gray hairs and fewer
wrinkles, and her laugh is the clear. ring
ing laugh of a girl 1t does not seem pos
sible that she is the love-lorn maiden
who was. engaged to marry General Sher-
man when he was a simple lieutenant
sn Monterey and she but a girl in her
teens.
He gave her a beautiful golden rose.