The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-05
HOLD.UP GAME OF CHICKEN
Sport in Which a Girl at the Fair
Was An Expert
Once.
She Describes the Game and Draws
a Fetching Picture to
illustrate.

Attention, If you please, young ladies'!
How many of you have ever played
'chicken?'''
One girl at the state fair yesterday
answered without being asked. And while
waiting for bashful misses to confess it
may be explained that this girl was keep
ing out Of the rain and inspecting the
poultry building. II think we should all
take an interest in agriculture, it's such
an important industry" she observed in
structively to her escort. Lets look at
the dear old chickens
The next moment she and he stood be-
fore the coop containing a large Buff
cochin hen. The young woman gazed for
moment and then flung her parasol
around her hat in discreet imitation Of
those Beirut "feux dc joie.'' 'Ye gods!
see what o. fat fellow! and what fuzzy
feet he's got hasn't he? He's Just like
we girls used to be at school!'
Honest now, KID rejoned the youth
IN brotherly or cousinly accents "You
glrls mad fuzzy feet! Besides it isn't the
hens feet that are"
Stuff" interposed the 'kid" in the
shlrt-Waist gown. That's what I say
STUN! You know perfectly we'll that I
don't mean what I said + meant-what ]
mean sa1d-O, you do know anyhow! ]
was thinking how roly-poly that Cochin
CHINA chicken is, how just like we used
TO De when we played chicken nights at
| school," .e - +. f
when you played chicken?a O, YES, ]
see, when you and that freckled churn
! used to sing, maybe?" .|ir
tfeckled? Why Dorothy had only two
and perhaps I haven't heard you sing
| But 1s 1t actually possible that you dom
Know how to play chicken? I'll tell you
| then Now, listen, stupid. First you
choose one that hasn't too much ruffles
and lace, an old one generally"
AN old what? Old chicken?"
.O-o-o-o-o-o-o-o (These are audible
d1mples) "Me-O-my!" exclaims the
maiden, recovering self-control II didn,1
tell you, did I, that you play chicken with
:your-with girl's-that is, want to sax
that-one" deliberately cone plays
chicken with ones night-one's robe d.
mutt, you understand . :
you take an old one, so as not tt
tear IT, or not to care If you do tear. 70,
stand up steady near the bed post ant
put >one-one foot into one sleeve and {
second foot into the other sleeve, lust a..
II the gown Was-Well, as If it wasn't 3
gown. And then you put your head ou
thru the neck. And don't have your hail
done but only mussed up, like that chicken
there has his. And first, should say
you tie string around the lower end O
the gown so it stickc. out fan ia shion-
see what lovely tail feathers that Cochin
got! AND then you lean over and pu
your hands on your knees inside the gown
and hop around the room, and shake 70,
head and holler, Clue cluck- cluck- cluck
a-doodle- doc! exactly like the real beast
and peck at all the other girls in. bed an,
well, that's playing chicken! Couldn'
you do 1t, don't you think, If you exerte,
your mind?"; :. :. 80 ="
Say, Miss Girl, do you take me for
| lightning calculator? What are Won trv
ing to tell anyhow? Here, draw a littl
picture and maybe I can understand"
she drew the picture on a program
book. He examined it, appeared i'm
pressed, and said, I'D like to see yol
play it, that's ALL"
Then he dropped the picture" so |
might appear herewith: