The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11
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Exactly as the racer who possesses
some slight advantage over his com
petitors is made to carry weight, SO tne
player in handicap party who SHOWS
a disposition to get ahead is held pach 4
by added burden. Herein lies the luh
of the affair
The games are played from table 10
table. They are described In the
womansi Home Companion as follows:
At each table there Is certain amount
of work to be done by each player =
a PLAYER does successfully the work OF
the first table to which he is assigned,
and is ready to pass to the next IN Or
der. he must accent handicap or
certain amount OF work TO be done at
the second table in addition to tne
| work which belongs there.
| For the first table provide large
box of ana gram letters. Each player
| in turn draws one from the box, and
4 ten minutes are allowed in which 10
| form wiz them twenty good Engiish
| words The words are arranged on
the table in front of the player, and
/ when the bell rings as signal for the
finish they are examined by the host
|
rect.
At the second table the players art
asked to write the names of one nun
dred famous men and women.
Button-sewing renders third. tapi
a lively one. Ten must be sewed Il
strips of cloth Buttons with fon
holes are chosen. The thread mus
: pass three times through each hole.
A "cutting-out" contest next take
the eyes and fingers. Each person
t given four pasteboard models, by eac
of which he must make four copie
8 separately. Folding the paper is |
|, legal
e At a fifth table the players recei'
skeins of embroidery-silR badly tai
e gled. The two longest pieces OF tn
d silk disentangled promotes the tN
d skilful people.
It In the sixth heat ask each player
Il. write the letters of the alphabet, az
opposite each of them a GEOGRAPHIC
name of prominence beginning wi
y that particular letter. Thus: A, Asi
D B, Baltic; c, China; D, Dahomey.
q This completes the series of six I
8 bles. Seats are drawn for as in p1
II gressive euchre. The two persons W
b are first to complete the circuit "
a the prize. In order to progress 1t Is I
necessary to have done the exi
ng amount of work prescribed by Ia
n at which one is placed, but to hs
Id done more than other people at
"a same table 1t is always the two p
le. sons who have been most successful
i'll any stage who progress TO the next
Mt Now for the handicapping! The
on players who are entitled to pass IT
any table on account OF superior W
lit each receive a handicap which
on will be Obliged to assume. Al the I
ith table, for example, the two who
lid gress each receive slip, which
a quests that the first ten presidents
tub the United States be written doWr
ort the order in which they came. 1t II
gea be made at the second table in a
els tion to the, work of naming fam
men and women.
ard The two players who are most
Why cessful in naming the one hundred
son nous people while at the second t
we are sent forward to the third. B'
either or both of these two were
the dicapped from the first table they u
ter of presidents. ALI papers are u
bot away by the hostess at the en-
t in each round, so that any Two pa
ONE who have failed IN former aCt
to must begin again on the same gr
the as the newcomers, except that
are exempt from handicaps.
IS in -
un- The handicap taken from the sc
tne table requires the players to driE
90 II nails apiece in a straight line
Tue small pieces of pine board.
aceu From the third table players pro
= - 80 handicapped with an order to
~ 20. as twenty-five beads in addition t.
In+o,. other work.
i'''01 The burden attached to the f
=. !, stage takes the form of an afte
ner coffee-cup filled with three
-. of grain The work here const
separating the grain into three
heaps, each formed of one kind
real.
along The fifth handicap consists in g
hlh, correctly good column of figure
a1 ma The sixth hindrance lies in cC
soueo, ,,.as ing the orthography Of ten e
=, ~ words misspelled.
:, had Each person PtoSleseins i3l's n.s u't2.
Lrden,' pasted upon mas Estiy @ ", )"
c that are always pasfeu at eoch I'd VI
sum- soon as thefe are l"o persons
tallies SHOW six stars the gam
an end. Thus, TO win the game
must overcome six legitimate
Des an anu nv !, ~
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