The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

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Pleasant games for Thanksgiving, in
which both old and young people are
interested, are played az follows:
T~ranspositions Write a list or words
for each person present by using only
once the letters found In the names
Of certain flowers, states, authors, etc,
or any words Won may select. The let
ters Of these words transrosed give the
word sought.
For instance. take RhododcndiOn.
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, num-, do, fan. North Carolina, no,
chair, Ia. torn.
From Constance Fcnimora WoOlson.
we have Moore. stain, sc1wl. fence,
noon. II Is much easier 10 ascertain
the word sought II designated AZ u How
or. author. etc. hut II sharpcns ones
wits wonderfully tn find them without
any clue.
In the list Of ten or II dozen words,
which Is about all a person will care
to nave at OTce. 1t is nice 10 include
his or her name Clar'bel.
Rhyming. Arrange the company in
n line or circle around the room. Let
the first one announce Il line Of poetry.
The second must follow with a line
that rhymes with the first and agrees
| with II in meter or measure. The third
must follow with another. and 80 on
around. III there are many In the com
pany the last word Of the first line
| should be II that has plenty of rhyin-
Ing words. II the company Is small,
more difficult rhymes may be selected
In n recent game the following was the
result. The first one repeated a line
from II of Bryhnt's poems, and the
others followed as indicated;
/. "Heaped in the hollows of the
grove"
.. Lie all the ashes from our stove.
3. Wen scatter them all round tho
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T. And cover up the treasure-trO'e.
:. 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 he
supplied i'm n given time. say one min
ute, or a forfeit must be paid.-G. G. II.
The Messenger. The 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, Sir" as
the case may be, directed to any indi-
yidual he may select ut 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
it is to obey, commands his neighbor to
the right or to the left To ID as / do"
also: and so on Until the whole COM
pany IL In motion, when the messenger
fresh injunctions. While the messen-
ger Is In the room ne 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 n ingenious In making the an
ties l%udicrous, 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 knows by the title, THUS
says the Grand Seignor." The chief diff
ference is that the first player Is sta
toned in the center OF the DON and
prefaces his movements. which the
others must all follow, by the above
words. II he varies his command by
framing it, 80 says the Grand Seig-
nor" the party must remain still and
decline to follow his example. Any one
who moves when he begins with So
or does not follow him when he COM
niences with Thus" has 10 pay II for.
felt.
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