Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-21

VI ~ : lnuts and raisins. The
NG somnolent spirits have
- & taken their after-dinner
nap and the more siren
N0- uous ones have come
ETT&<fT4 back from a brisk after
tNt? Adinner tramp. It's grow
tE>i ~ -. ~ ing colder outside. Twi-
- x-A light is approaching
C.zs-.-zsE&5I Within. around the
open fire, houkemates and guests have
gathered for Jan evening of Thanks
giving jollityN
And now What shall we do? No
ory, brain-raIsk king game of whist, no
stylish hand '1f bridge-nothing like
that is meant{ for this glorious occa-
sion. Any kind Of cards is too exclu-
sive, too colo blooded for this hour.
No. next ons the Thanksgiving pro-
gram is an elvening of good, whole
some. silly. Jolly games.
few suggestions in the line of
games OF tfis sort may help the
housemotheE make this Thanksgiving
evening is Ian especially jolly one.
telegram" is good game to get
every one into good humor as quickly
as possiblel Supply each member of
the company with pencil and a
sheet OF paper. Each person is then
10 say ofAhand some letter OF the al
phabet. - fhe letters, in the order
named 4 are taken down by the whole
compaeny. The stint set is for each
one t{lD write telegram made up of
WORLDS beginning with the letters Civ
en-. 4 All the letters must be used. the
orr >nal order must be preserved and
no Extra words can be added. When
III z kilograms are completed they are
gRthered in, mixed up and dealt out
sfgain that responsibility for and per-
4onality in them may be impossible
10 place.
After they have been read, a new
Hset of letters is given and new tele-
kgrams composed. Very shortly each
u one in the company will be chuckling
4 with delight over his own efforts and
roaring with laughter over the ingen-
/ ious and ridiculous conglomerations
that will be read. From A B c ID f F
&c II J. for instance, one might pro-
Xtduce Aunt Betsy's COW dying
"Editha funked German" - "Holo-
4 caust imminent. Jane" Another might
make of it "AlI broken-hearted. Come
directly Ever faithful George has
4 ANONYMOUSLY Tilted"
= Gossip is great fun. though no
q one wants to play it more than few
q Minutes Let the entire company
stand side by side on a straight line.
Then let the person who stands at
one end whisper something very
quickly in the ear of his next door
Lfneisbbor. The minute he stops whis-
'pering. the next door neighbor i'm
parts the message just as swiftly and
I Just as secretly to his neighbor and
SO on down the line.
~ When the last person in line is
j! reached the originator of the message
Ftells the company what ne said and
J the man at the other end what was
v said to him. or course. the original
remark has been garbIed. The moral
5. and the laughter are both obvious.
HI Games in which two OF the COM
III ,sry. confedcrates. mystify the rest
are always fun. although they can. Of
N course. be played only once. Prime
mong these is The Wand Passes
nc Of the company is sent from the
l. 2. IN Another. who Is in league with
put first. promises That when he holds
Al wand. which may be cane OF
ynall ,relIa. over some member Of the
fnpany. the exiled member will be
10 nc 10 tell over whom. The door
,usf be left open. The confederates
hr zplain that this IN order not to in
-herrupt the current OF electricity be-
4 vecn them.
I The magic-monscr allows the com
Ssanv 20 chat few minutes after his
n 1rfcderate has departed. Then he
M sdscniy breaks in upon the CONVERSE
4. ton. waving the wand and saying in
q scpulchrsi tone. The wand passes.
Tho exile answers from the next
room very solemniy. let u pass
Again comes the announcement. The
/ wand passes and again the answer.