The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-11

Of hanld'icaps !. / q {! ]
{, u 80 !
Exactly ~ the, racer who possesses
some slight advantage over his com
petitors IL made to carry weight, 90 the
player in . handicap party who shows
q disposition to get ahead Is held oack
by added burden Herein lies the run
of the affair.
The games are played from table "
| table. They are described in the
woman,s Home Companion as follows: |
| At each table there Is a 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 a.
the second table in addition 10 the
work which belongs there.
For the first table provide large
box of anagram letters Zach player
in turn draws one from the box, ana
ten minutes are allowed in which 10
form wiz them twenty good English
the table in front of the player. and
when the bell rings as a signal for the
, finish they are examined by the host
ess, and pronounced correct or incor-
Z rect.
At the second table the players are
! asked to write the names Of one nun
dred famous men and women
Button-sewing renders third tabie
$ a lively one. Ten must be sewed 10
" strips Of cloth Buttons with fonr
r holes are chosen. The thread must
: pass three times through each hole
t A "cutting-out" contest next taxes
d the eyes and fingers. Each person is
It given four pastsboard models, by each
d of which he must make four copies
Is separately Folding the paper is IL
4, legal.
e At a fifth table the players receive
skeins of embroidery badly tan
lie gled. The two longest pieces OF TINS
ID silk disentangled promotes the tWe
Id skilful people.
at In the sixth heat ask each player Il
n. write the letters OF the alphabet. an'
opposite each of them geograplca
name of prominence beginning witt
that particular letter. Thus: A. Asia
B. Baltic; G, China; d. Dahomey.
u This completes the series of six ia
Ia bles Seats are drawn for as IN pro
n sressive euchre. The two persons wh
IL are first to complete the circuit WI
S the prize. In order to progress 1t Is nc
necessary to have done the exat
ng amount Of work prescribed by tab
N at which one is placed. but to nav
I'D done more than other people at u
"a same table 1t is always the two Pc
ne. sons who have been most successful
ILL any stage who progress TO the next.
mt Now for the handicapping! The t"
on players who are entitled to pass fro
any table on account OF superior %ol
lit each receive a handicap which tn
on will be Obliged to assume. At the hr
ith table, for example, the two who pr
lid gress each receive slip. when I
a quests that the first ten presidents
tub the United States be written down
ort the order in which they came. 1t mt
gea be made at the second table IN ad'
'els tion to the work OF naming famo
men and women.
ard The two players who are most 81
Why cessful in naming the one hundred :
son nous people while at the second Ia
we are sent forward to the third. But
either or both of these Two We're hs
the dicapped from the first table they mt
lree in addition have completed their Ii
ter OF presidents. All papers are tai
bot away by the hostess at the end
t in each round, so that any two play
ONE who have failed in a former after
] to must begin again on the same Sfo'
the as the newcomers. except that L
are exempt from handicaps.
S in
un- The handicap taken from the sec
the table requires the players TO drive
~ IL nails apiece in straight line
.ns small pieces of pine board.
aced .,,;., +,,,, ,.,ers n,oe
nter, ,:n,, r,;+h an ,rdor +o CT,
bar h"i' sa:.;o 90
es of tWen's h'e
,.+ar other work
The burden attached to the fo'
. Ia stage takes the form OF an alter
,au. ner coffee-cup filled with three K
of grain The work here consist
VIZ separating the grain into three
'ne heaps. each formed Of one kind oi
real. .
along The fifth handicap consists in ad
hlll, correctly good column of figures
that ,;,.. =; nor
,eded. ine ..,.nnah,, 30 +an IN,
:, ,,;s words misspelled.
:, had Each person progressing nas
rden, pasted upon his tally-card. Two
. that are always pasted at each table.