Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-25

FleasanL games tor thanksgiving, In
which both old and young people are
interested, are played as follows:
Transposltions- list OF words
for each person present by using only
once the letters found in the names
Of certain flowers, states, authors, etc.,
or any words you may select The let
tiers Of these words transposed give the
word sought.
For instance, take Rhododendron.
Using the letters we have the words
odd, or, end, horn. From Bachelors
Button, club, lose, tab, torn. Massa-
chusetts gives seat, suet, smash; or
hats, seat, muses.. Newfoundland,
weld, nun, do, fan. North Carolina, no,
chair, la, torn.
From Constance Fenimore WOolson,
we have Moore, stain, scowl, fence,
noon. 1t is much easier to ascertain
the word sought If designated as a flow
er, author, ETC., but It sharpens ones
wits wonderfully to find them without
any clue.
In the list Of ten or a dozen words,
which is about all person will care
to have at once, 1t Is nice to include
his or her name.-Claribel.
Rhyming the company in
line or circle around the room. Let
the first one announce line of poetry.
The second must follow with a line
that rhymes with the first and agrees
with 1t in meter or measure. The third
must follow with another, and so on
around. II there are many in the COM
pany the last word of the first line
should be one that has plenty of rhym-
ing words. If the company is small,
more difficult rhymes may be selected.
In a recent game the following was the
result. The first one repeated line
from one Of Bryant's poems, and the
others followed as indicated:
/. "Heaped in the hollows of the
grove"
2. Lie all the ashes from our stove.
3. Wen scatter them all round the
cove.
4. And cover up the treasure-trove.
5. Then you and together, love,
6. VIII all around this country rove
A good deal OF amusement Is afforded
by the odd and incongruous lines that
are sometimes given. The line must be
supplied in a given time, say one min
ute, or forfeit must be paid.--G. G. H.
The Messenger.-Th party are seat
ed In line, or round the side Of the room,
and some one previously appointed en-
tiers with the message. my master
sends me to you, madam" or, "slr," as
the case may be, directed to any indi-
vidual he may select at his option.
"What for?" is the natural inquiry.
ITO do as do" and with this the mes
senger commences to perform some
antic which the lady or gentleman must
imitate-say he wags his head side TO
side, or taps with one foot necessarily
on the floor. The person whose duty
1t is to obey, commands his neighbor to
the right or to the left to do as l do"
also; and so on until the whole COM
pany is in motion, when the messenger
leaves the room, re-enterlng 1t with
fresh iniunctions. While the messen-
ger is in the room he must see his mas
ter's will obeyed, and no one must stop
from the movement without suffering
a forfeit. The messenger should be
some one ingenious in making the an
tics ludlcrous, and yet keep within
moderate bounds, and the game will not
fail to produce shouts of laughter.
Another game, of much the same
character, is known by the title, Thus
says the Grand Selgnor." The chief DIFF
ference is that the first player is sta
toned in the center Of the room and
prefaces his movements, which the
others must all follow, by the above
words. II he varies his command by
framing It, $50 says the Grand seig-
nor" the party must remain still and
decline to follow his example. Any one
who moves when he begins with $50"
or does not follow him when he COM
mences with "Thus." has to pay for
felt.