The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-12-19

must mysteriously and noiselessly seat
themselves In the vacant chairs. At
the word 'sing" the players who are
not blindfolded should start TO sing
either a prearranged tune or anything
happens to occur to them; but
they should endeayor TO disguise their
voices as much as possible. Each
biindfolded player is expected to guess
from the voice who s. singing at his
right hand. Each may have 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 bun for young and old
is a game that will always be popular.
A different version OF II is called "Ani-
mails" One player is blindfolded and
the others station themselves around
the DOM. The blind ma feels his way
aroun until he touches so = one and
that person must at once & We an imi-
tation Of some animal sound, q horse
neighing, a donkey braying, a cat, dog,
fowl, pig, bird, etc. The blind man must
guess the name Of his prisoner by the
voice. II he guesses right the prisoner
becomes the blind II not, the
blind man releases the prisoner and be-
gins again.
Another blindfolded game IL called
steps" Here the blind man is told
how many steps he may take in order
to be able to touch a certain player.
1t Is a funny game because the blind
man 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. 2
Ct,iJ anotba. hItna -
called ~"Spooning.' The players take
their position around the room and re-
main perfectly still. 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 han~dkerchiefs
or c%rouching to make themselves
shorter. 1,#.
Spin the Plate is a game that has
been played by generations of children.
The children are all seated In a row
across the room. One Is given a plate
and told to spin 1t in the middle OF the
room calling out the name OF another
player as he spins II. The player whose
name Is called must run and catch the
plate before 1t stops spinning. If he
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
Y initiate the actions suggested In
the There are few persons who
do not know the tune of this old Eng
lish song which the children Join hands
and sing: O..
Here we 60 round the mulberry bush.
h mulberry bush, the mulberry
Here we 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 u clo~thes--comb our hair
wash our face-go TO schooI-learn to
read-learn to sew--on a fine and frosty
morning.
The Smelling Game can be made very
simple for children by having a few
flowers only, or quite elaborate y for
grownup people by filing small bottles
with different kinds Of perfumes and
other odorous or malodorous sub
stances. One person is blindfolded and
the flowers or perfumes, are given him
to smell. If he guesses what they are
he receives a flower or a favor.
For the Envelope Game there should
be Christmas cards either with pic
lures, verses or notices suggestive of
personal characteristics Of the children
at the party. Each card Is placed in
an envelope and one envelope is handed
to each of h children. Each Of the
players in turn takes out his card,
reads what Is on 1t OF shows the pic
ture, and the other players guess for
whom 1t was intended. q
The Donkey's Tail--A donkey should
be drawn IN q large piece OF paper and
fastened to the wall. The donkey need
mt he a VffaffaL fn A.rkIfS.~ -. - w,...k d.
proportion, but 1t should be without a
tail. The tail is cut separately and a.
pin Is stuck in mi end. Each player
In turn advances, with eyes blindfolded
or tightly shut, the tail in one hand,
and pins 1t as as possible to
where nature intended II TO be. With
small children 1t is better to blindfold
them, as the temptation to peep in or
der to see is too great to be resisted.