The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-11-19

open fire. housemates and guests have
gathered for an evening Of Thanks
giving jollity.
And now what shall we do? No
Try, brain-racking game of whist. no
stylish hand Of bridge-nothing like
that is meant for this glorious occa-
sion. Amy kind of cards is too exclu-
sive. too cold blooded for this hour.
No. next on the Thanksgiving pro-
gram is an evening Of good. whole
some. silly. jolly games.
A few suggestions In the line of
games of this sort may help the
housemother make this Thanksgiving
evening Is an especially jolly one.
| Telegram" is a good game to get
every one into good humor as quickly
as possible. Supply each member of
the company with pencil and a
sheet Of paper. Each person Is then
to say offhand some letter of the al.
phabet. The letters, in the order
company. The stint set Is for each
one to write a telegram made up of
words beginning with the letters CIV
en-. All the letters must be used, the
original order must be preserved and
no extra words can be added. When
the kilograms are completed they are
gathered In. mixed up and dealt on,
again that responsibility for and per
sonality in them may be impossible
to place.
After they have been read. a new
set of letters Is given and new tele
grams composed. Very shortly eacl
, one In the company will be chucklinl
} with delight over his own efforts an,
roaring with laughter over the ingen
ious and ridiculous conglomeration
; that will be read. From A B c D Il
G H ]. for instance. one might pre-
. duce Aunt Betsy's COW DYING
: "Editha fiunked German" = "Holt
q caust imminent. Jane" Another Nigh
z make of II "All broken-hearted. Com
directly. Ever faithful George ha
1 ignominiously Tilted"
;. Gossip" is great fun. though n
= one wants to play it more than fe
: minutes. Let the entire compan
= stand side by side on a straight lin
q Then let the person who stands ,
Il one end whisper something vel
Ir quickly In the ear Of his next dot
j. neighbor. The minute he stops viii
pering. the next door neighbor II
parts the message just as swiftly al
y Just az secretly to his neighbor al
a SO on down the line.
When the last person In line
:. reached the originator Of the messal
"a tells the company what he said al
the man at the other end what W
y. said to him. OF course. the origin
A. remark has been garbled. The MOI
n and the laughter are both obvious.
IN Games In which two of the CO
pany. confederates. mystify the n
s. are always fun. although they can.
9. course. be played only once. Prii
Oh among these Ii The Wand Passe
One Of the company In sent from I
:, room. Another, who In In league vi
no the FIRST. promises that when he hol
Il. the wand, which may be q cane
umbrella, over some member Of
company, the exiled member will
aole 10 tei over WuonA. 1n0 "a
must be left open. Tho confedera
- explain that this In order not to
terrupt the current Of electricity
" tween them.
10 The magic-monger allows the Ct
= pany to chat . few minutes after
- confederate has departed. Then
he suddenly breaks In upon the CONVEX
his ton. waving the wand and saying
m q sepulchral tone, Tne wand passe
The exile answers from the n
for room very solemnly. Let II pal