Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-16
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: An Evening j
: of Handicaps 4
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Exactly as the racer VINO possesses
some slight advantage over his COM
| petitors is made To carry weight. so the
player in handicap party who shows
| disposition to get ahead is held back
| by added burden. Herein lies the fun
Of the affair.
The games are played from table to
| 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. II
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 accept h-nGicap or
certain amount of work to be done h.
the second table in additio to the
work which belongs there
For the first table provide a large
box of anagram letters Zach player
| In turn draws off from the 5ox and
ten minutes are allowed n Y hch 10
form with them twenty good English
words. The words arc arranged on
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-
rect.
At the second table the players are
asked to write the names Of one hun
dred famous men and women.
Button-sewing renders a third table
a lively one. Ten must be sewed to
strips OF cloth. Buttons with four
holes are chosen. TIE thread must
pa SIS three times through each hole.
"cutting-out" contest next taxes
the eyes and fingers. Each person ia
given four pasteboard models. by each
of which he must make four copies
separately. Folding the paper is IL
legal
At fifth table the players receive
| aheins of embroidery-silk badly tan
gled. The two longest pieces of this
si X disentangled promotes the two
, shilful people.
In the sixth heat ask each player to
! write the letters Of the a,pha bet, and
opposite each or them a geographical
name Of prominence beginning with
that particular letter. Thus: A, Asia:
b, Baltic; c, China; D. Dahomey.
This completes the series of six t2-
bles. Seats are drawn for as in pro-
Sressive euchre. The two persons who
are first to complete the circuit win
the prize. In order to progress it is not
necessary to have done the exact
amount of work prescribed by table
at which one Is placed, but to have
done more than other people at the
same table. 1t is always the two per-
sons VINO have been most successful at
any stage who progress to the next
Now for the handicapping. The two
players who are entitled to pass from
any table on account Of superior work
each receive handicap which they
will be obliged to assume. At the first
table, for example. the two who pro-
sress each receive slip, which re-
quests that the first ten presidents of
the United States be written down In
the order in which they came. 1t must
be made at the second table in addi-
ton to the work of naming famous
men and women
The two players who are most sue
cesstul in naming the one hundred IA
nous people while at the second table
are sent forward to the third But II
either or both of these two were han
dicapped from the first table they must,
in addition. have completed their lista
of presidents. All papers are taken
awa% by the hostess at the end OF
each round, so that any two players
who have failed in folmer attempt
must begin again on the same ground
are exempt from handicaps.
The handicap taken from the second
table requires the players to drive ten
walls ai'.ese :! 4 straight line into
Small pieces of ne hoard.
From the third + bic players progress
handicapped with an order to string
twenty-five beads in addition to the
other work.
The burden attached to the fourth
stage takes the form OF an after-din
ner cofIee-cup filled with three kinds
Of grain. The work here consists in
separating the grain into three little
heaps. each formed OF one kind of ce-
real.
The fifth handicap consists in adding
correctly good column of figures.
The sixth hindrance lies in correct
ing the orthography of ten English
words misspelled.
Each pei n progressing has a star
pasted upon his tally-card. Two stars
are always pasted at each table. Az
soon as there are two persons whose
tallies show six stars the game is at
an end Thus, to win the game players
must overcome six legitimate tasks
and five handicaps. In every case the
player who progresses must have com-
Dleted his handicap work haYOro ~