The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
A Game of Authors.
Philadelphia Ledger.


Home entertainments in which Inc
whole family and chance visitors may
join are desirable during the long VIM
ter evenings. Some cleve young wo-
men recently devised a variety of the
game of authors that has proved al
great success.
The way it is played Is for some onel
person, generally the oldest of the par-I
ty. to read from some such list OF pre-
pared questions as is given herewith
while the rest of the company, whoI
are seated in a circle, answer in turn
If No. 1, after a minute or two, cannot
answer the questions put. it is passed
on Until some one does answer 1t, ana
that person is given credit. The one
who answers the greatest "
questions IS given a little prize Of some
kind, and the "booby." Of course. is
also provided for.
Any bright witted person can get up
questions Of their own to supplement
the list below and work in any author
wanted. The ~originators Of the list
herewith given tool up the names or
standard authors for the most part
GA lions house dug inside a hill
where there is no water. Al" wen.
Q.-Pilgrims and fatterers have knelt
low to kiss him. A.-POpe.
Q.-Makes n mends for first class
customers. A.-Taylor. (Bayard Tay-
LORI
Q.-Represents the dwelling of civil
lied men. A.-Holmes.
O.-Is worn on the head. A-Hood.
Q.-The name that means such fiery
things. l can't describe their pains
and stings. A.-Burns.
o.-Belonging to a monastery. A
Prior
Q.-Not one of the -four points of the
compass. but inclining ware one o.
them. A.-Southey.
Q.-What an oyster heap Is about tt
be. A.-Shelley.
GA chain of hills containing {
dark treasure. A.-Coleridge.
Q.-An American manufacturing
town. A.-Lowell.
Q.-Humpbacked, but not deformed
A.-Campbell pronounced cam'el.)
GA worker in precious metals. A
Goldsmith.
GA very vital part of the body. A
Harte. CBret.)
GA lady's garment. A.-Saxe. q
CD
o.-smaI talk and heavy weight. a
d -Chatterton.i
Q.-Comes from 4 pig. A.-Bacon.
GA disagreeable fellow to have O.
ones foot A.-Bunyan.
GA sick place Of worship. A
Churchill.
f "a mean dog it's. A.-Curti:
t George Wllliam.)
Il Q.-An official dreaded by the stu
: dents of English universities. A
Proctor.
GA manufactured metal. A
:, Steele.
Q.-An answer to Which is tn
greater poet, William Shakespeare c
Martin Tupper?" A.-Willis.
Q.-Meat. what are o doing? A
Browning.
Q.-Very fast, indeed. A-Swift.
"a barrier built with an edibl
A.-Cornwall. (Barry.)
GA domestic worker. A.-Cook
Il (Rose Terry.)
GA slang expression. A.-Dlcken
O.-Pack her away closely, do nc
scatter, and doing SO you'll soon get 9
her. A.-Stowe. CHarriet Beecher.)
GA young domestic animal. A
Lamb.
u MdIilIiid Is III pCIlcCl ASallh, II
child" And thus he Named a poe
mild. A.-Motherwell.
GA girls name and a male rela
ton. A.-Addison.
Q.-Put an edible betwixt an ant an
a bee, and a much loved poet you wi
see. A.-Bryant.
GA common domestic animal an
what it can never do. A.-CoWper.
O Q.-Colorless and hard as rock. A
Blackstone.
Q.-Decidedly mixed up. A.-Riley.
VI Clipper floor. A.-Story.
Q.-To secure with anchors. A.
o Moore.
o.-To cross a stream by wading. I
Ford. paul Liecester.)
GA dark color. A.-Black.
=, Q.-Always lively and bright, whetl
er sober or tight. A.-Gay.
Q.-Is found near a vessel. A.
Cable. George W.
Q.-Is what authors n to do.
-Reade. (Charles.)
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