The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-21

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Done imagine toe little ones % your
family ear get along without plenty %
god. healthy home sntase Fnent- They
cant. TIE Jolly good TIRES. the merry
evenings. with games and sport and gen
sraf FUN" are Just ss much a part q SIC
90 them aS they were scGls ten or twenty
Ave or forty years ago 20 you No child
hood 10 complete without them. We can
az remember the time whsn ''xrown-ap''
psFson who knew a lot" OF games. new
or old. and could ser them going. was 4
hero or heroine n everyday hahilinents-
And each woman who has the happiness
% youngsters n her charge should make
herself IA fait on this point. TT7ere have
hsen several very pretty chrd-enz parties
IN Seattle % late and there seems 70 be
growing disposition among mothers 20
provide more lloerally sor the amusement
OF their little ones. consequently a few
Suggestions on entertainment would not
be out % place IN this column.
Charzaes en- pautomirne are not new
idea But perhaps you have never real
tEe6 what an ecstatic evening they make
for young people who range upward 10 II
years.
Let the performers dress uD" There -
nothing which children 50 thoroughly En-
Joy And the costumes are neither intri-
cate nor costly. crash towel suspended
from the shoulders makes handsome
cloak The hearth rug with an animated
being beneath IL makes ferocious beast.
A strip % cardboard cut IN the shape o.
fan represents sn article Of tissue and silk
And 80 the possibilities OF a rug and
feather buster.
II possible choose pair % folding doors
for the performance. II not this arrange
a sheet upon a wire se-ve - a curtain.
The charsdeS are performed by separa ting
some long word in syiiahss. BY acting
each syllable in turn and lastly the word
Itself
Thus Shakespeare may be represented
first % all by some notwithstanding
Individual who comes upon the stage
shaking from head 20 foot. The doors ara
then closed 70 signify that the hrst part ~
the word Is completed. They open once
more 10 exhibit gallant knight in hot
pursuit Of some snarling beast The
knight branaishes a spear OF any stiff ma
teriaI hvsi,abae- Thus the second sy11shss
s. disposed Or
The Anal scene shows a court room.
small courtier-iike man readS-dumb
show. Of coure-to a lady seated upon
throne and wearing huge neck ruffle- II
IL the Bard Of Avon reading before Queen
Bsss Thus the entire name Shakespeare
Is brought in.
Teasing" as charade calls first OF
all. for q number Of old ladies drinking
tea with a funny dumb show. The second
syllable brings in the first attempts Of a
young prima donna. the more ludicrous
teasing have fat man asleep upon
bench. while two wide-awske youths tickle
his face with hong bits OF straw
Still another example. Arrange coun-
try school room and attire one Of the per-
formers a. school master. let al the
school children have books. Let them con
their lessons with much dumb show OF
working the mouth and pickering the
forehead. This will serve for the syllable
scon"
Secondly. have Jewish pedd'er enter
selling smaE merchandise. suspende-s
pins etc
For the syllable gate" have the entire
company of actors dress In odd garments
and walk about the stage I'm couples, each
with a different gait-hoboling. striding.
hopping, skipping, etc.
For the entire word have several verbs
written upon the blackboard the master
pointing 20 these and the pupils IN various
stages 81 conluEating.
These examples are meant merely 70 ex-
pain the plan OF the smuSe ment. There
are thousands Of words 20 be- readily
thought OF which can be used NTH excel
lent effect
II adds much 10 the pleasure % the cha
rades II She actors DE divided into two
bands While hand Ne T. acting hand
No forms the audience and tries TO dis
cover the hidden word and vice versa
TIE plan Is 20 make the word as difficult
ara at the same time as clever as possible
Each guess successfully made scores one.
TIE haud making most successful gnesses
wins the game.
Above AZ IL Is necessary that the older
members conducting q Childreu's Pleasure
AFFAIR should snow "a live interest in st.
should see that each difficulty S. smoothld
cat. each scene made - pass OF wei.
one Of the plcasautest small affairs OF
the season was the subscription hop given
~ q number ~ young men az the queen
Anne clubhouse Friday evening. This
narty was the fret of its ki13 to So given
this season and proved "A most ENJOYABLE
aHslr. TIE ha, was handsomely decorated
ana the music ~ Prof. Wagner fulI or
cHestra WAS al chat could 20 desired The
following ladies acted IA ratrunessFs.
Mrs. Frederick Van WaKc2cn Mrs. Joseph
Eenals Mrs y. y. Perkins and Mrs. clay
p
Mr. ans Mrs ". p. Perkins NJ and Mrs
Caytou ! Egrns. Mr. ard Ms. J0serh
Pen6le. NJ sna Mrs. Frederick Van
Wsxener IS 81 Elise Brookes. Kiss Nellie
Berger Miss Nina Mills Miss Ethel Bag
lev Mss Moue Phillips. Miss Alice
Fischer. Mss Edna W.ttler Mss Irene
pNuuus. Mss Wsrnlfre5 WADE Miss Cecil
Bagiey. Mics May Adsi~ Ms Laura
Eurnsey. Niss Lhura CanaeI5 Miss Julsa
stsxart. Mr. . Winsre3 Crockett. NJ
william SUlrnsn. Nr Lewis Richards.
Mr Howard p Ames NJ Wesley Young.
NJ Free Hicks Mr. C32rence Edwards.
IF Deteert Hicks N-. Norman Pierce
~ ~ Ptsrdy. Nr Frank C. Foster. Mr
pierre Ferry ~ 7 F~ei DuHg. NJ.
Charles CARY. NJ Pred Hammers. Mt
Wars Austin. NJ Joseph Harris NJ
Clarence Fsrnswcyta. n. Fre3 peieknsu.
Mr. Henry y Tomnasor ara Ar VIII
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The Younger society set q the city is
Sadly worked up over ths APPEARANCE n
. aeekfy Journal % an articIe stating that
sae asAll - allowing psnca 10 be served
az social f5a-EIens - pe-uic3oas ar5
ss-~.-ea4F TIA sa-st-fa