Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-15
BOOK TITLE HUNT .
Newport's Newest Game Makes the
Smart Set Think

The smart people at Newport have
a game. and the beauty of it is that
| it does not require wealth to play il.
but simply intelligence, and for that
reason it appeals as much 70 ordinary
| folks as to those eminent mortals
/ who thrive upon the peaks of the
social pyramids. IL is called the book
title hunt, and the person who ism [
familiar with the literature of the day
stands a notaDle chance OF winning
the BOBBY prize, whereas. the PLAYER
who is well up in such matters and
/ possesses the knack of deciphering
enigmas is quite sure to carry away
the trophy of honor. The ordinary
way to play the game is to select the
titles of we'll known books and
then devise fifty emblems represent
ing them. Upon the ingenuity of these
! emblems much of the success of the
gone depends, and if cleverly CON
structed the host and hostess win more
praise than the winner of .Ae prize.
The emblems are strung along a
silken cord stretching from one end
OF the apartment to the other, and in
some cases are worn by the members
or the hosts family, who, of course,
take no active part in solving the rid
dies. -. the first anair OF the kind here
the host wore picture of Shakespeare
surrounded by print of a NUMBER Of
cogwheels cut from some mechanical
paper. This combination represented
Shakespeare's works. On his waist
coat the host also wore a gooi~sizeu
compass, and only a few of the play
ers interpreted this as The Path
finder. One of the daughters of the
family wore around her neck a heel
from a lady's shoe, suspended from a
satir ribbon. Only one of the guests
connected the loose heel with Lucille.
A comparatively easy one was note
written on red paper, and nearly every
one solved it as Tho Scarlet Letter
Sixteen Jumps Of sugar were easily
translated by readers of light ltera-
! tur to mean Sweet Sixteen. An
licepicll, a lampwlck and a bundle of
newspapers all tied together were
easily interpreted as The Pickwicl
| Papers, and piece of paper sus-
pended above two cups of tea had
many translations as over the Tea
cups
4 piece of paper marked with the
number . in small Roman characters
was a puzzle to all except one quick
witted girl who solved it as meaning
We Two. A bow of orange ribbon
told its own story as The Bow of
+ Orange Ribbon, and couple of silver
pitchers were likewise easily read as
Silver Pitchers.
pair of scales, the contents failing
to balance the weights, represented
Weighed and Found Wanting, A
paper with portraits of Cleveland and
Mckinley pasted upon it was easily
guessed by most of the players as in
dicating Past and Present A small
globe circled with the letters A, T.
told its own story of Around the
World in Eighty Days.
Pencil drawings Of a throne and a
pair of patched trousers represented
Seats of the Mighty, and a portrait
of Gen. Grant marked with the letters
is. A. was correctly interpreted by
many as The Essay en- Grant. A por-
trait of the general, cut in two and
only one Of the pieces exhibited, indi-
Gated the story of Only Half a Hero.
The word between with line
above and one below represented Be
tween the Lines, and two silver quar-
ters told the story of Hard Cash a
picture of a pansy vas a stumbling
block to many, except the sentimental
girls, who at once wrote down
IHeartsease. The sentence 1000
nautical miles" written beneath the
letter c. was about the easiest in the
lot, but two pieces Of dough set
many to do some hard thinking before
Dodo was remembered.
Mary had a little lamb" written
twice, recalled to a few Twice-Told
Tales, and a pencil drawing Of a pair
of gates surmounted by a jar brought
to mind Gates Ajar A picture of a
negro's shanty was sufficient to cause
many to write in the little books
Uncle Toms Cabin, and rough draw
ing of midnight cat concert was
Voices of the Night.