Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-01

Some PLEASING Diversions for Winter Evenings

Some pleasing Diversions for Winter Evenings.
A merry party, large or small bright
lights, cracking fire. with the fo'
lsNjng games ought to insure de-
ful eIening<
- AHs Send one person ou;
e .eth ko must he in the secre,
VsT b. The latter tells tn
hafy 4 ossa any object in tn
ssand JEFFERSON outside will IA.
No teuS&hat it is. The object hr-
7hg kelectsfSthe person is called in and
the leadeEseoints 60. ssnumber of things
ncludines7som black. the ohje,,
pointed to immediately after the black
article is the one: iThis can he done a
number IF timcsS and the company re-
main mystifedoas To how the persaH
can always tell thescdrrect object,
Character and Obj4t.-Send two per
sons out of the room. then select a
character and an object which ar
closely related Ia each othcr-for in
stanse, George Washington ana his
Ratchet, Sir Walter Raleigh ANA his
cloak Cleopatra and the asp" cal
in the persons ana tell one Of them ~
he the character III" other the DIN
'7N ana '' i"'
'' nv I''"a,
'"9N'''" 'E NeS ." no. IN
generally, after much questionil 2. find
out W no ana what" they are Per
sons ard ,hisrts4r,o,. i,. ,f lo,.,i to,,..
a., ;..
- "47II's7 l""NH "hi''N'iil''''-
King Of Huuky Bunky ~ game that
sounds very simple. hui never fails -
create finn c.le,r ,,-, ,,..s,,,.,. ,l....
.t,,. I''
'i'ih a. opposite fi'"N 'i tI' l''lA-lh"
farther alar- The better. GIVE each a.
lighted candle and TIL them they must
MOI laneh o,,. ay.n s,qiI. rb.,. .a,.. T.,
'
"''\ "iIr' very STOW LOOKING tarh "th'r
directly IN tn" eye When thrE meet
in the center of the room win bands
unified in r,...,4 .,.,,,
!" ~''''' ''it LOW 'il' SAYS
me NIHS ca tiuNhN tNhkN
is defunct ana dead" the
other rasr0nd;uo.- "Alac a1a..,
ti.,,. AHA ba %" ~, c..... ,,.,.. 't.,.
~ '''' ~ '9'H' al"
lil'i tdN"" S'il""' SAYS: just So-Ju"j
Just 50. Then comes The Response.
How s9d-hovv ead-bov. .adt,, III.
,-p,,1. ,a,n1,- -,- - t ~
+''' q"
thdh I" announce that the King -
dead before they are off in fits uf
~ ~. II ,
aoair ,r,,,.,, ,,Il. ,-,. ....,
~ fS'l''@ "''eH 'auS" uh.Ii
III" tears come at TINS ludlcrouS game.
Gam" OF phSerNduon.-Takc a card. di-
vide ii into five spaces. over the top of
NE first write Sound. over the second
smell. third. Taste, fourth. Touch,
ana over the NTH write Sight. Pass Il
pencil with the cards to each person. Tell
tn" company to listen to see how many
Instruments they can distinguish in the
chinese band which will play in an ad-
joining room, and write them down under
the space marked sound. guitar.
morn D"ll. drum violin and mouth organ
make good combination. Next pass, ono
after the other, bottles filled with various
hquids, each person being allowed one
smell Iurpentine, camphor. benzine
coloShe' peppermint and oil of pennyroy-
al are good. They will write down in the
space marked Smell, the odors they dis
inSWSh. For taste. have mixed sugar
SAT- grated chocolate. cinnamon ana mus
tard' place in bowl with tiny spoons
ana give each taste. For touch, the
OBJECTS can be placed in little bags. each
person putting in his hand to see if by the
sense OF touch he can tell the object. y
potato, piece of bark. a horse chestnut
ar; examples Of what to use. Have a ia
PIE arranged with number of small arti-
CleS. such as a Men uaDkin rino knif.
pencil orange, pistol. paper knife. etc.
me party Will be given one look and will
then write under the head of Sight
what theE remember. No one is allowed
70 heip ms neighbcr. The cards are col
iected ana the one who has charge must
Keep record OF the number Of each art-
tit passed. ana used. The one whose card
Wv, i",s'st average IS the winner 1t
before poinf, "a m ..o iye r,e I'VE senses