New-York tribune., 1912-03-17


Come. come quickly!
Bring the grass also"
Il cannot; its edge is too sharp"
"Kaw-seey Kaw-kaw!
What did this big rock do to you?
Here is the rock!"
The passing Of the rocks takes place at the
end of each line, and at the final pass the bio
rock is loudly slapped down before the
player who is caught, whereupon that in.
dividual must reveal the name of his or her
lover. The game is continued until all are
caught.
A MOTHER game involving amatorv reve.
latiOnS is called the "whoorah p'av."
having evidently been introduced from that
bellgerent tribe through some Of its children
at the mission schools. The leader stands in
the center of a group of a dozen or 50 bows,
who crowd closely round him, Squatting on
the ground with their knees drawn ND 10
form arches, and the series Of arches so
formed makes a circular tunnel round the
leader The boys all place and keep their
hands in this tunnel while a ball is passed
from hand to hand as rapidly as possible
from right to left or always in the same
direction.
The leader now tries to get possession of
the ball by diving for it, thruSting his hands
into the tunnel at any point where he thinks
he can catch it. He is not allowed TO keen
his hands in the tunnel, waiting for the bali
to cone round but must withdraw them
quickly and try some other point.
Whoever holds the ball when it is caught
must tell the name OF his love, and no
PLAYER is allowed to name the same girl
twice. During the diving the following song
is sung over and over.
LEADER: "Numah jollay oh-h-h-h jollay!"
CHORUS OF PLAYERS: "Jollay-a-a-yl"
MAN must not be red, oh red"
OUALAH VINGO, or monkey Jump is the
~ same as the American game Of leap frog.
At each Jump the jumper calls Out "qualah
vingo!" and the jumper answers "Nngo"
(jump).
GONNA TEAH, or cut the elephant .cOm.
~ ma, elephant, and tedh, CUT, is another
circle game, in which one boy plays the part
of the elephant and stands in the center Of a
circle about twenty feet in diameter; the
other players then hop into the circle, one
mop OILY DtlllS dllDNN'4' anu u y w. NltAp VI
"cut" the elephant The elephant may
move round inside the circle as freely as he
pleases; but the player must stand in his
place on one foot until he has slapped the
elephant. Should the elephant leave the
circle, the players may do so also; should any
PLAYER put both feet on the ground within
The circle or fail to hop out in one hop after
having cut the elephant, he must take the
elephants place.
THESE people have few toys. One Of the
commonest and simplest is the tap
tap, made by cutting flaps in a piece Of
sugarcane or Cornstalk. In operating the toy
the child throws the flaps back and forth,
thereby making tapping sound, from
which the name is derived.
A MOTHER simple homemade plaything
n which gives rise to much acute transi-
tory iov in the life Of the youngster is the
lilv top. In all inland marshes, lake bayous,
and sluggish streams there grows on siX-foot
stems the beautiful African water lily, Of
several different species, from foot to TWO
feet in diameter, with pure white or deep blue
corola and bright yellow stamcnS. These
magnifcently beautiful nymphG, which
would readily sell at from one to ten dollars
each at metropolitan florists shops, are here
used by the Nature-loving children for max.
ing tops. -, g.,