The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-05-19

room ana each player should be pre-
senIel with a teaspoon. Each player
who succeeds in picking up a bundle
on his teaspoon. and running across
the room with il so poised, is entitled
to the present contained in the bundle.
The bundles should NOT be touched bv
either hand, and if dropped must be
picked UP on the spoon again The
player who fails 10 do this, while any
Of the contestants slowly count five is
nut out of the game I.ookers-On find
this very laughable. as the PLAYERS
faces ani attitudes are apt to be in
excited sympathy with every effort
Of the treacherous bundle auI the
struggle is highly amusing
Buy" is a lively and Interesting
game Any number except seven may
play The players seat themselves in
circle or about a table One begins
the game by exclaiming One" The
4 player 10 The left says Two" and so
ii goes around until it arrives at sew
en-, which number must NOT be men
+ t!oned, but in it, place the word buy"
! m4st tie used. Whenever the number
seven occurs or any number into
which seven can he divided buy
must be used instead Of that number.
Any one mentioning seven or any
number with seven in il instead of
buy. or calling out of her turn or
| naming Il wrong number. must nav
forfeit, After she has paii the for
felt ehe calls ont one" and this time
the player 10 the right says Two" so
that each gets different number.
When. after little practice, the cir
Gle gets as high as seventy-one. then
Buy one Buy two" etc, must be
used and for seventy-seven. Buy,
buy and so on. Ii the player whose
turn 1t IS to speak delays longer than
While any member OF the circle can
moderately count five, she must pay
forfeit
New Magic Music" is another old
game with slight additions. Chairs
are placed as in the Old game. every
alternate one facing the opposite way,
and one less than there are to be play.
ers. Each should be adorned with a
tiny bow of red or blue ribbon on the
back, alternating the colors, and each
player should be presented with bow
to match, the colors being equally d.
vlded The bows should be worn
prominently attached to the coat or
bodice. The players arrange them
selves in file and some one begins to
play lively air upon the piano Beat
ing time with their hands the players
march rapidly around the chairs, I'M
u! the music suddenly ceases, then
there is mad scramble for the chairs,
each player being obliged to take one
decorated with his own color. If
wrong seat is chosen a forfeit must be
paid The player who is left without
chair the oftenest should be present.
ed with BOBBY prize
Manners is another popular game.
one OF the players leaves the room
while the others decide upon some ad-
Jective or adverb, such as proud"
silly, gay, and SO on. On being
recalled the player asks any question
she wishes from each person in turn,
the answer being given in the manner
OF the word chosen, but not using the
word-that is, in a proud manner or
Sayly as the case may be. This Is
until the word is guessed.
or II, after inquiring from each of the
players. the right word is not known,
a forfeit must be paid, and the game
begins again
good memory game is called "Sug-
gestiOns." At least four or five plav-
ars are necessary, and more IL possi-
Die, as the more the merrer All but
one sit in a semi-circle and the one
who does not do SO Sits facing the
others and is provided with a pencil
IND paper He or she calls upon one
II the PROFESSIONALLY the one far
hest to the left-for suggestion.
Having received it he jots it down.
md asks the next player what that
suggests to him, writes that
Town. and inquiries Of the next player
What the second suggestion suggests to
lin. and so on, To explain, the first
digestion might be Apples" What
10 apples suggest to you?" the inter-
ocutor would inquire of the player on
he first players right IAN orchard"
e might reply This to the next play
r might suggest climbing trees. This
gain may suggest broken head" to
be next player suggesting to the next
layer AN Irish fair" and naturally
rom this st. Patrick" Snakes" and
The Zoo would follow When the
uggestions have gone round two or
hree times or more, according to the
lumber playing, the players all stand
p, except the one who has taken
otes of the suggestions He now
aadS out the last suggestion made.