The record-union., 1897-12-16
NEW PARLOR GAMES.
Good Way to Help Entertain Par
ties-Golf Played With Cards.

Good Way to Help Entertain Par
ties-Golf Played With Cards.
Hosts of new and lively games have
been added TO this seasons pastimes TO
begulile the long evenings now at hand.
! From English country homes, where
young and old alike delight in games.
comes new one, called THE Review
ers''
! 1t is played as follows: Each member
OF the party is provided with a sheet of
note paper. One writes the title. real or
imaginary. of a book. folds the paper
down, and passes it to his next neigh
Dor, who gives it an author, covers it,
/ and passes the paper on to the next,
| who ADDS motto. The two persons
| Following add opinions of the press.
! The writers then change places, and
papers are passed around once more,
SO that there may be fresh reviewers
for each paper.
When finally the papers are read
aloud they are found, as a rule, to be
most entertaining.
THE ROYAL.
Another game which grownups, as
well as children, are playing in Eng
land is called the royal game. 1t is
played with a pack of cards, fifty-two
| in all. Each card bears an excellent
likeness of some member of the royal
family - the Queen, Prince Albert,
Prince of Wales, Duke and Duchess of
York and the Edinburg and Hesse fam
lilies The game is a reminder Of our
old friend, authors.
A player as soon as he has his fam
lily made up, places the cards as q trick
on the table, and the player who gets
the most tricks wins the game. 1t is
considered an instructive game, and
useful in impressing on youthful minds
the relationship of the royal family.
ST. ANDREWS.
Another game played with cards, es-
pecially designed. is called St. Andrews
Ii is adapted from golf. Both this and
the royal game may be purchased here
For ST. Andrews the cards bear spirited
sketches of various events in the game
of golf-the tee off, through the green,
the approach the hole-out and so on.
The ffty-two cards are arranged in
four sets, and two, three, or four may
play. BESIDES these there is a set of
penalty cards, each of which counts as
an extra stroke. The score is kept in
the same manner as in the game Of golf
AS to games with ordinary playing
cards, there are any number from
which to choose
SIFT SMOKE.
Sift smoke is an amusing game play-
ed With complete pack of cards, di-
V1ded into halves one portion being
dealt round to the players and the
othef remaining on the table, the last
card dealt being the trump. The cards
rank as at whist. The tricks are of no
value, but each player must follow suit
led o. play a trump. For each trick
gained, the player takes a card from
the un5ealt portion, and he who can
hold cut longest wins the game.
SNIP-SNAP-SNO
This game Is played by any number
with full pack of cards. The PLAYERS
having placed before them five count
ers rs STOCK" the cards are dealt in
the usual way. The motif of the game
consists in playing a card of equal
value with that of the next PLAYER.
This 81 .ps you. If the third player has
card of like value you are snapped.
and then, if a fourth card be PLAYED
by the following player you are snored.
IhuS, say A plays a knave. and B like
WISE plays a knave, A is shipped, and
places one counter in the pool. IF G.
also mas knave b is snapped and paws
Two IN the pool, and if d has the Other,
knave is snored, and paws in three
The fourth, of course, is safe. becausa
all the four knaves are now plaved
NO person may play out of his turn.
but every one must snip.or snap when
IL vs. IN MS power. When any player
mas PAID into the pool his five counters.
ne retires from the game. and the pool
becomes the property of the one whose
mana holds out longest. The cards are
sometimes dealt three or four times
oetore the game is decided. The deal
Is taken IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Leader