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

untll tne music Stops, Wlen tney all
scramble for seats. OF course one
player is bound to be left out. as there
is II chair short. This player pays~a
forfeit and ~retires from the game.
Another chair is taken away, and hen
the game goes OH until all are 'out"
but the winner.
In neighbours there shoul be as many
chairs as there are players. Tho
children should be- divided into two
sides OF equal number. all the players
of n side being blindfolded and ak
Ing possession of the chairs in such a
way that; zach player has an empty
chair at his right hand. The other side
must then move silently into the middle
OF the circle and at a given signal they
u 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 p~rearranged tune or anything
that happens to occur to them; hut
they should endeavor to disguise their
voices as much as possible. Each
blindfolded player is expected to guess
from the voice who Sc singing at his
right hand. Each may have one guess.
Those whose guesses are correct take
their bandages off and blindfold the
eyes of their singing neighbors. The
unsuccessful guessers must try again.
Blind mans buff for young and old
is ii game that will always be popular.
\ different version of 1t is called "Ani-
mails One PLAYER is blindfolded and
n others station themselves around
t:se room. The blind man feels his way
around until he touches some one and
that person must at once give an imi-
tation OF some animal sound. a horse
neighlng. a donkey bra ying. a cat. dog.
fowl. pig. bird. etc. The blind man must
guess the name of his prisoner by the
voice. III he guesses right the prisoner
becomes the blind man. If not. the
blind ms releases the prisoner and be-
gins again.
Another blindfolded game is called
Steps" Here the blind man is told
how many steps lie may take in order
to be able to touch "A certain PLAYER.
1T is a funny game because the blind
ma makes such ridiculous mistakes as
to the length and direction of the
steps he is allowed to take. or course
the other players must stand perfectly
still when they have taken their first
positions.
Still another blind mans game is
called '~Spnoning." The players take
their position around the room and re-
main perfectly still. The blind man
mas 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 az
possible. tying sha wis or handkerchief
around 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 to spin it in the middle of the
room calling out the name OF another
player as he spins it The player whose
name is called must run and catch the
plate before 1t stops spinning. III he
fails. he pays a forfeit which he must
redeem later by performing some stunt
required "f him.
Mulberry Bush is a game always en-
joyed by little children. because they
must initiate the actions suggested in
the song. There are few persons who
do not know the tune of this old Eng
/! fish Song which the children join hands
and sing:
Here we go round the mulberry bush.
the mulberry bush. the mulberry
bush.
Here W. go round the mulberry bush.
On a fine and frosty morning.
The other verses ring the changes on
This is the way to wash our clothes
Iron our clothes-comb our hair
wash our face-go to school--learn tn