The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-26
THE BALLOON PARTY.
II Trying to blow Bubbles First Il
Boston and After That TO New YOrI

IL Trying to blow Bubbles First Il
Boston and After That TO New YOrl
To play this interesting game. each per-
son should receive a clay pipe ard cup
of very strong soapsuds. A wooden blan-
Ret is brought into the room and a chalk
mark should make a circle In the centre.
about IS inches in diameter This is sup
posed to relAesent Boston, the Hub. In
each corner are other circles, to represent
New York, Philadelphia. San Francisco
and Chicago "A record book and pencil
are at hand to'record the best voyage.
Each in turn is 10 blow bubble and try
to float it off the bowl OF the pipe so that
a breath OF air will wait Il along so that
WAL gently fall in one of the cities. II ie
rails on the blanket anywhere except a
city. il is said to have fallen into the ocean
and that player loses. II II bursts before
reaching any city the player loses three
marks, and must make good landings to-
win what he or she has lost. The blanket IL
to be held by the four corners by some OF
the players.
When player begins to initiate his bali
ioon-blow up the bubble-the rest watch.
ana the recorder marks a success or fail
ure to each trial. The players blow in To-
tation, as many times around as the COM
pany likes. The blower may blow gently
10 try to direct his balloon to any desire
ed city. Those In the four corners count
one each when a successful descent Is
made and three for each descent into Bos-
ton. When everybody's breath has given
OUT the cups and pipes are put away, the
blanket taken out to dry and the account
IS made up, according to the good or bad
marks TO each name. The winner gets a
prize If the blanket gets wet the bubbles
VIII not roll over the surface. 1t is some
tunes necessary to turn 1t on the other
side.
Fire or Water.
In a house where there is plenty Of room
lor NOISY game, the following one Is an
amusing one to play; A boy and girl
are chosen and seated side by side. A
sheet Is thrown over each hiding them
entirely shoes and all, so that no one
could possibly tell which is which, The
whole company except these two and one
to cover them. leaves the room while these
preparations are going on, Then at a sig
MAI they come In one by one, and are ask
ed TO choose which side they will be ON.
one IS supposed to represent fire ana one
water the two most powerful elements.
Wnen all have taken Sides they will be
about equally divided. Then the shaeta
are removed and the two take the head
OF their respective lines. All the children
Clasp their arms around the waists of
those IN fornt TO the leader, and the two
leaders take hold OF hands and pull apart
10 regular tug Of war. II is noisy. but
the children like it, so do the grown folks
The leader who is drawn three times over
chalk line is vanquished, with his fol-
lowers, whether they represent fire or
water.
Stocked Hands.
Another little game Is played BY the
whole company gathering around tabs
and laying their hands in pile. one over
one OF another person. The object Is TO
have them piled up so that when the
leader calls out suddenly, four, seven,
eight or any number the person OWING
the hand at that number in the pile i'm
mediately withdraw It. If he falls 10 do
so, a forfeit is marked against him. AS
fast as a hand is taken out 1t must be-
put back on the top of the pile, and a
penalty Is also paid IL one takes out his
hand out OF turn. II Is no easy natter
for any one 10 keep track Of the position
of his hands, and even the recorder nav
make a mistake. If he or she does-and it
Is found out-the recorder finishes the
rest OF the game in a corner with his or
her face to the wall, and another one is
chosen' Olive Harper.