Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-06-09
NINE. MERRps ADVICE.
ENJOYABLE GAME FoR WINTER
EVENING 10 sup JENkINs."
Idea Originated In tho East. and IL
Sure to Afford Lots Of Fun-va-
rlous FioWersrof the States
Given From Memory.

daVe you ever aye the exciting
game Of up Jenkins 2" II not try It;
I was initiated last summer while at
an eastern resort, and even the quite
grown up lads and lassies enjoyed q
round at 1t and the hotel living room
used to ring with merry laughter.
I hope 1 can make the rules clear so
you can all understand, and the faster
it is played the more fun 1t is. The
players are divided into sides with
leaders or captains and sit in a line
on opposite sides Of a table. A toss
up Is made for the first start, and It IA
the place of the leader of the "in"
team to say what shall be done by the
out" team, who have a coin "a Qua
ter is best) which they must endeavor
to keep concealed.
The players on the "out" side pass
the coin from to another beneath
the, table, leaving it hidden with one
Of the members.
When the leader calls up Jenkins"
n raises his hands over his head,
the opponents follow his example with
their hands closed. He says Down
Jenkins" and brings his own hands
No"A OA WIG NoDlC. 1n0 OuI l6dm
follow his example and now the lead
er must say under which hand the
quarters is concealed. Crying "off,"
which means off the table, he touches
each hand which he thinks is empty
and leaves the hand which he suspects
has the coin until the last. If he is
mistaken and the coin is beneath one
OF the hands he has ordered "off," his
l d loses and the other team is Gin"
n his out" If the last hand should
happen to have the quarter, the game
Is won and another turn is taken. The
/ d that is "out" must follow the op-
ponents' captain only: If he says up
jenkins" while his hands remain IN
the table and the hands of his team
go up, the opponents tnke no notice of
the order, nor If all hands are held.
up and he calls Down Jenkins" with
out his suiting the action to the COM
mand. The leaders example only Is
followed, not his words, and here is
where many players get caught. For,
all mistakes made by the "out" side a
forfeit Is paid to the Gin" team. The
hands are brought down on the table
hard to smother the ring Of the coin.
States and Their Flowers.
Some time ago had a requesl for
the state flowers and did not have the
list at hand. / am very glad to pub
fish 1t now. I find in some cases the
state legislature has adopted the
chosen flowers, and in some instances
theys have been selected by a vote of
the school children.
j do not give this as an authoritative
list but print it as it came to me:
Alabama, golden rod; Alaska, forget
menot; Arkansas, apple blossom; Cal
~ifornia, golden poppy; Colorado. col.
umbine; Connecticut. mountain laurel;
Delaware, peach blossom; Florida.
orange BLOSSOM; Idaho, syringa; ILL
nois, violet; Iowa, golden rod; Kansas,
sunhoWer; Kentucky, golden rod
louisiana, magnolia; Maine, pine cone
and %tassel; Maryland, black-eyed SUI
san; Michigan, apple blossom: Minnie.
sofa, moccasin; Mississippi, magnolia:
Missouri, golden rod; Montana. bitter
root; Nebraska, golden rod: New Max
ico' cactus; New York, golden rod:
North Dakota, wild rose; Ohio, scar.
let ~carnation; Oklahoma, mistletoe;
Oregon, Oregon grape; Rhode Island,
violet; South Dakota, nat.
ems; Texas, blue bonnet; Vermont, red
cloVeri Washington, rhododendron:
west Virginia, rh%ododendron; Wiscon.
Sin, violet; Wyoming. gentian.
NINE. MERRI.
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