The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
FLOWER GUESSING GAME.
Directions Concerning a Novel Entertain
mont Interesting to All.

mont Interesting to All.
A bright and novel entertainment
may be given with the aid Of the flower
guessing game As an illustration is
here reproduced, from The Ladies Homo
Journal, a description Of one of those
entertainments
When the guests had assembled, all
were surprised by a most novel sight.
On the picture frames, etc, were hung
white cards, similar in size to dance
programmes, tied with ribbons, each
card having 4 number and question
written upon it. The ladies wero to
guess the answers, which were the
names of flowers. Each guest was hand
ed card on which We're numbers in rO-.
tation from / to 30. A narrow ribbon
held the pencil to the card. This
beautiful flower guessing game, seem
ingly difficult at first, after being thor
oughly explained became very easily
understood. The hostess explained by
reading from card No. ], on which the
following was written My first wears
my second on her foot " The answer, Of
course, Lady, slipper, - cur hostess
then told Us to write On our cards oppo-
site No. l. Then reading card No ?,
Ca Roman numeral. y the answer being
"Ivy' (IV), she asked us 30 put ivy Op-
posite No. ? on our cards.
At the close Of the game the cards
were collected and correct answers
counted on each card, and the prizes,
four in nun ber, awarded to the most
successful ones. The prizes in this in
stance were flower bowls, vases and
the like. The questions asked were sim
ple and the answers familiar flowers.
20
3. The hour before my English cousins tea
Pour O clock.
4 Good nlarletings-B Butter and eggs.
s. A very gay and ferocious animal-Dande-
lion.
g. Ny first is often sought for my second
1fariEold.
z A young mans farewell to his sweet
heart ForgetInenot'
s. Her reply to him Sweet William
g. The gentler sex of the Friend persuasion
Quaker ladies.
lots own doctor-Self heal.
II. M first is as sharp cs needles; my second
is as soft as down-Thistle down
u. My first is a country in Asia: my second
is the name of q prominent New York family
China aster.
l3.-Ny first is the name Of bird: my sec
ond is worn by cavalry non-Larkspur.
Il. A church ofiicia1-Elder-
Is. A very precise lady-Primrose-
16. A tattered sonEster- Ragged robin.
II. Ny first is sly, but cannot wear my sec
ond-FOxelove.
IS. The color Of q borse-SOrreI-
10. A craze in Holland in the seventeenth
century-Tulip-
20. My first is an implement Of war; my sec
ond is place where money is coined-Spear-
mint
81 A disrespectful name for physician
Dock
%. Fragrant ietters-Sv7eet peas.
%. Ny first is white wood; my second is
the name Of yeuOwish Rhenish wine-Holly-
hook.
p. What the fether said to his son in the
morning Johnny jump upi'
p. My first is q facial expression OF pleasure
my second woOdsman's means Of livelihood
-Smilax
e. An animal Of the jungle is my first: my
second is the name Of a tail. fair lady-Tiger
lily
q. Ny first is made in dairy but is seldom
served in my second-Buteercup.
g Ny first wears my second on his head
Coxcomb.
%. A close comp Sticlktiekt.
60 a fashionable evening shade for dresses
-Heliotrope