Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-12-21
FIRESIDE GAMES FORYULETIDE
\ Custom Due TO Bashfulncss Which
Shouit! be Frowned Down

\ Custom Due to Bashfulncss Which
should be Crowned Down.
The observance of Christmas without
the games on Christmas eve and Christ
mas night is a thing not even to be CON
sidered as a possibility. and, whether
the mistletoe is to be held RESPONSIBLE
for II or not. it is certain that all kinds
Of old-fashiOned kissing" games are al
lowed and allowable on this one festival
of the year.
Just why pretty girls should set aside
single dya when they will allow them
selves TO be kissed-in puhic--iS Il prob
lem too deep To be solved by any male
and mortal mind. But it is a fact, and
Young and old will celebrate the day
with the good old hearty games Of Clap
In and Clap Out "Postoftice," Snap
and Catch EN- Drop the Handker-
chief and the numerous brood of mirth
provoking sports which result in the for
felt so often paid by 'kneeling to the
prettieSt. bowling to the wittest and
kissing the one You love hest
\ means suhtcrfuge of hashful boys
and girls is to apply the last part of
the sentence imposed by kissing either
their father or their mother. This should
he sternly discountcnanced and ruled
down by every Santa Claus judge and
jury. 1t is an evasion, if not a violation
of Christmas law, and deserves severe
punishment. even to the point of actually
indicating the one who shall be the re-
cipient of the osculatory salutation.
Among the Christmas games that have
made and will make generations of
whole-souled men. women and children
laugh the hearty laugh that is the best
aid to the digestion of a Christmas din
.ner are shouting proverbs" with its
boisterous fun. and the quieter game of
proverbs, in which all persons have as
signed TO them word from the proverb
selected, and in reply to a question by
the one who is it, must weave the word
into the response. Proverbs should he
selected that contain common words
such as
Mans work from sun to sun.
WomanS work is never done"
Or,
HE that will not when he may
When he will he shall have nay
OF course, Going to Jerusalem" will
play prominent part in the revels of the
night, and If the hostess is wise there
will he candy-pulling and corn-poppinc.
n charming girl never looks as well as
she does when both her hands are abso-
lutCly helpless as she pulls candy. and
if any young gentleman is mean enough
to take advantage of her defenSeess con-
dition and kiss her, then let him suffer
the punishment which he win have
brought uDon himself.
Charadcs are as inScpcrabe from n
AHflSiuldS mixing as the royal
plum pudding itself, and a curtain may
he arranged in any parlor by securing
piece of gas pipe long enough to go
across the room and placing over the ends
OF it two wooden blocks which are pad
ded and fitted against the wall. This OBJ
NiateS the necessity of brea king either the
paper or the plaster.
One word of warning to the actors-dO
not waste time in preparing yourself to
| appear ON the stage, aud do not depend
so much ON the words you speak as ON
your acting to convey the desired idea.
Dumb Crambo' is delicious fun, and
should not he omitted from any we'll
/ regulated Christmas programme. In an
| old-fashioned Christmas game the play
| ers are divided into two groups. one Of
which stays in the room, while the other
| retires TO the hall.
| Each of the hall party in turn initiates
| the sound of some anmal--a cat a dog.
| cow or what-not and each member of
| the party in the room is allowed a guess
| as 10 who has given the imitation-and,
in case of doubt what the animal imi-
;ated was. Failure is. of course, paid by
| forfeit
| Ii your home is large enough by all
means have Mt least one game of Hide
and Seek" and one of Blind Mans
Buff" Then there is still to be remem-
| bered Pussy Wants Corner and the
| Fruit Basket" A good old game is
stage Coach" and the narrator of the
| story should be the beSt-natured and
quickest-witted member of the party
| For rough and tumble fun suited to the
tastes of small boys who are possible
| football players in the future there is
nothing like scramble" for peanuts.
/ The average small boy would rather
scramble" for one peanut than have a
| half n peck of the Italian national
| fruit" poured into his lap.
As a finale do not forget that there is
! only one real finish 10 r Christmas even
| ing. namely. a Virginia Reel" And
| see 10 il that there are no spectators who
plead the impo;ent excuse that they do
! not know how To dance Everybody
| can dance a Virginia Reel and ii any
| one refuses exercise the right Of making
| good the saw. which may be read for Jhs
| occasion: Those vino can reel and
won't reel must be made to reel =