Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-11-22
PLACED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF SHINING TEETH.
II some IL begins to play on the piano.

il some one begins to play ON the piano,
il there is one. AS he approaches the
object which has been decided upon the
music s%oftens, but when he is wrong, the
music is loud. 1t is very amusing, some
times. when the victim is IN the very act
say of sitting down beside n lady--and
the music comes out with a bang, which
makes the victim jump as if lie had been
suddenly caught in the act Of doing some
thing he ought not to do.
An amusing trick which must be prac-
ticed upon each member of the party sep
arately is called "Initiating into Polite
Society,"" The victim is brought into the
room md directed to stretch out his arm
and point the index finger toward the
head of a pin that has been stuck into
the wall some six feet away. After he
has taken good aim he is told to keep his
arm and finger in that position. and is
then blindfoldcd. The demonstration then
explains that if he is able to walk for
ward. blindfolded, and touch the head of
the pin with the end Of his finger he is
fitted to enter polite society. A good
talker must be chosen to make the eN-
| PLANTATION, so that the victim will be con-
| WINGED that the real test is to be able to
keep the arm in it's original position long
enough to reach the pin head; he will
then start forward, holding his arm out
| stiff and straight, and being blindfolded
he will not see the person who slips noise
lessly in front of him ready to receive
the extended index fisgcr between two
rows of shining teeth. When this is we'll
done it makes a great deal Of fun for cv-
erybody-eXcept the victim, but he gets
in his innings upon the next one who
does not know the trick.
The game of geography, though some
what simple, affords considerable enter
tainment for both old and young. Each
person is provided with pencil and pa
per, and is instructed to write as many
as he can recall of geographical names,
which begin with a letter of the alpha
bet that has been previously agreed up
on. For instance, il the letter A has
been chosen, everybody begins to write as
fast as the names occur to him: Asia,
Africa, Australia, Augusta, Andes. ANA
ION. Aurora County, Arabia, etc. A time
limit of five minutes is allowed, and for
every one which any member has which
nobody else has written he counts FIVE.
Two funny games that are somewhat
similar are the Peanut and the "Pota-
to" games. In the peanut game each
member is provided with a pile Of two
dozen peanuts and a case knife. At a Civ
en- signal each n takes his knife, picks
up as many of his peanuts as he can on
it's blade, and carries them across the
room, depositing on Il plate set for the
purpose. Then he goes back and repeats
the operation, and continues until he gets
them all transported. If any drop on
the floor in the transit they must be
picked up in the same way. The one
who first succeeds in transferring his
pile from one place to the other gets !,
prize.
In playing the potato game, twelve
potatoes of various sizes are used. They
are laid in two rows of six each, at in
tcrvals of eighteen inches between liz.
potatoes. At the end of each row is a
plate. Two ladies are then called for.
ward, and each is provided with a table.
spoon, with which she is told to gather up
the potatoes in her row and carry them
to her plate. The one who first gets hel
potatoes gathered UP and piled on the
plate is allowed to challenge another lady
to a similar contest, and so on until the
t one has played. the one who wins
last being the champion.
An old game, which has been adapted
especially to suit the Thanksgiving sea
son, is the turkey gobbler game. 1t j.
understood that each member is instruct
ed by the leader to give the call of somt
animal, upon a signal agreed upon. Some
ope who has never played the game il
L.
The leader, while pretending to give tn
name of some animal to every. member
really tells all others to keep quiet, an,
when the signal is given the gobbler i
the only animal that is heard. which
indeed, is quite appropriate, considerin;
what day it is, but the victim Of tn