Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-12-20

until the music stops. when they all
scra for seats. OF course one
player is bound to be left out. as there
is one chair short. This player pays a
forfeit and retires from the game
Another chair is taken away. and then
he game goes on until all are out
but the winner
In nelghbors there should be AS many
chairs as there are players. The
children should be divided into two
sides of equal number. all the players
of one side being blindfolded and talk
ing possession of the chairs i'm such a
way that each player has an empty
chair at his right hand. The other side
II then move silently into the middl
of the circle and at "A given signal they
must mysteriOusly and nOiselessly seat
themselves i'm the vacant chairs. At
the word sing" the players who are
not blindfOlded should start to sing
either Il prearranghd tune or anything
that happens To occur to them; but
they should endeavnr to disguise their
voices as much as possible. Each
blindfolded player is expected to guess
from the voice who Is singing at his
right hand. Zach may have one guess.
Those whose guesses are correct take
their bandages off and blimdfold the
eyes of their singing neighbors. The
unsuccessful guesSerS must try again.
Blind mans buff for young and old
is a game that will always be popular.
A different version of 1t is called ami
mails" One player is blindfOlded and
the others station themselves around
tlae room. The blind man feels his way
around until he touches some one and
that person must at ono give an imi-
tation of some animal sound. a horse
neighing. ~ donkey braying. a cat. dog.
fowl. pig. bird. etc. The blind man must
guess the name of his prisoner by the
voice. If he guesses right the prisoner
becomes the blind man. If not. the
blind N releases the prisoner and be-
gins again.
Another blindfolded game is called
Steps" Here the blind man is told
how many steps he may take in order
to be able tn touch IA certain PLAYER.
1t is a funny game because the blind
to the length and direction of the
steps he is allowed to take. OF course
the other players must stand perfectly
still when they have taken their first
positions.
Still another blind mans game is
called "Spooning.' The players take
their position around the room and re
main perfectly stiil. The blind man
has a large spoon with which he
touches the PLAYERS and tries to dis
cover who they are. The players should
try To disguise themselves as much as
possible. tying shawls Or handkerchief
r"und their necks. standing on tiptoe
or crouching to make themselves
shorter
Spin the Plate is a game that has
been played by generations of children.
The children are all seated i'm q row
across the room. One is given a plate
and told tn spin it in the middle OF the
room calling out the name of another
PLAYER as hr spins it The player whose
name is called must run and catch the
plate before 1t stops spinning. II lie
fails. he pays a forfeit which he must
redeem later by performing some stunt
required Of him.
Mulberry Bush is a game always en-
joyed by little children. because they
must initiate. the actions suggested in
the song. Theresare few persons who
do not know the tune of this old Eng
fish s:nG which the children join hands
and sing:
Here we go round the mulberry bush,
the mulberry bush. the mulberry
bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush.
On a fine and frosty morning.
The other verses ring the changes on
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