El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-10-08
THINGS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
Game OF Sliced Animals, Musical
Guessing Contest and Little Boy

Dolls.
| Buffalo Express.
! The sliced animal game is a unique
device for drawing room amusement
From four to ten can play at this game,
and if many take part large table is
necessary. The box of sliced animals
is turned upside down on the table, and
each player takes four slices, the faces
being turned down.
The one who plays first lays out one
of the sections face up. The clever
player will m AXE blind lead-that is.
not giving away the animal by the
head. The next player looks to see if
e has any part that will add to what
the other has played. If not, he draws
from what remained in the center of
the table, and, failing to get q salts
factory slice, he does not play, and the
next in turn tries.
Counters must be provided for each
person. a color for each. These will
need to be punched SO as to be placed
on file when the player has succeed
ed in fitting part to the animal
These counters can be easily cut out of
thin cardboard. When the animal is
completed the player who has contri-
buted the most parts wins one point.
One animal being completed, another
is started. This game sometimes be-
comes rather uproarious, as the most
grotesque errors are often made in try
ing to fit the pieces.
The proper prize for such q game
as this would be some child's book on
animals or Noah's ark.
Most children like to play in the wa
ter, and it is quite an art to teach them
to do SO without getting wet. 1t is not
the getting wet which does harm, but
the remaining so, and clothes may be
changed. Sailing boats in the bathtub
and blowing bubbles may be carefully
done, and when too many children do
not participate in the frolic the players
can keep the mselves dry.
Exact that when one gets wet the
amusements must stop at once. There
small boy found in the hydrant, as so
many small boys do, a magnet whose
attractions no punishment could out
weight. She made him a waterproof
garments sort OF over all with
sleeves-bought him rubber boots, and,
thus protected, let him play in the wa
ter only insisting that he must put on
his waterproof before going near the
hydrant No colds were taken
watering the flowers and the
grass plot became one of that
small boys best beloved occupations.
Constant repression is productive of
more harm than good. "Hush'' and
''Stop'' may be said from one days
end to another and produce nothing
but i'll temper. The true secret of
success in managing children is to
teach them to occupy themselves pleas
antly and profitably. A busy child is
always happy, and, as Mark Twain
IA
virtuous." Moreover, do not forget
that little judicious letting alone is
sometimes advisable with children. rs
with older people.
OF the doll population males form
perhaps per cent. and females IS per
cent, says the New York Sun. Many
dolls are capable of passing as either
according to the way in which they are
dressed, but in some the male sex is
indicated by parting their hair on the
side. Another popularity about boy
dolls is that a great rnsny of them rep
resent types. Many sailor dolls are
sold, some of them logged out in
white flannel suits of the regulation
cut and with the broad-tOe sailor
hats, making very trim and jaunty fig
ures. There are dolls dressed as Little
Lord Fauntleroys. There is a boy doll
known from it's dress as a marquis, and
there is q farmer boy, standing with his
suspenders over his shoulders and
wearing a straw hat. very pretty fig
ure, indeed. There are many harlequin
figures and many Santa Clauses and
many negro boys, these including dolls
and wOrsted. Some boy dolls and girl
dolls are sold together in pairs. There
is for instance, a couple known as the
bride and bridegroom: another pair is
known as Uncle Sam and the Goddess
of Liberty.
Among more conventional styles
there are boy dolls dressed as little
men and wearing derby hats, and boy
dolls dressed as old men and as chill
dren, and then there are handsome, big
boy dolls dressed in silks and satins.
The idea OF padding large box es-
pecially for baby comes from a busy
minister's wife and when baby is safe
ly in it his mother may have many
quiet hours. Take a large dry goods
box with sides just high enough for
Pad the box carefully with brightly
colOred quilt and it is ready for use,
either in the house or out. Here baby
is safe from drafts, he can learn to
creep. to raise himself to his feet and
walk, and when tired of that exercise
can have his toys and play with them
in the bottom Of his box AID scatter
them about to his hearts content, and
yet always have them within his reach.
A good guessing game for small
evening entertainment causes consid-
cradle fun. Eoch guest should be ask
ed to wear something representing the
name of piece of vocal or instrument
tai music, prize to be given to the
one guessing the largest number. To
carry out the musical idea the prizes
might be something in the wsye of q
book of songs or Instrumental music,
and as BOBBY prizes little music box
or toy drum or violin might be offered.