Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-06-08
NINE. MERRrs ADVICE
ENJoyAsLE GAME FOR WINTER
EVENING 10 "uP JENkiNs.-
idea Originated In the East, and 10
Cure TO Afford Lots Of Fun-va-
rious Flowers Of the States
Given From Memory.

Have you aver played the exciting
game Of up Jenkins? Z" II not try 1t;
l was initiated last summer while at
an eastern resort, and even the quite
grown up lads and lassies enjoyed a
round at 1t and the hotel living room
used to ring with merry laughter.
I hope / can make the rules clear so
you can all understand, and the faster
1t 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 ie made for the first start, and 1t Is
the place Of the leader of the "in"
team to say what shall be done by the
"out" team, who have a coin "a quar-
ter is best) which they must endeavor
to keep concealed.
The players on the "out" side pass
the coin from one to another beneath
the table. leaving 1t hidden with one
Of the members.
When the leader calls up Jenkins"
and raises his hands over his head.
the opponents follow his example with
their hands closed. He says Down
Jenkins" and brings his own hands
down on the table. The ."out" team
follow his example and now the lead
er must say under which hand the
quarters is concealed. Crying "off,"
which means of the table, he touches
each hand which he thinks is empty
and leaves the hand which he suspects
has the coin until the last. II he Is
mistaken and the coin is beneath one
OF the hands he has ordered "off," his
side loses and the other team ia Gin"
and his "out." If the last hand should
happen to have the. quarter, the game
Is won and another turn is taken. The
side that is "out" must follow the Cd
ponents' captain only: II he says up
Jenkins" while his hands remain on
the table and the hands of his team
go up, the opponents take no notice Of
the order, o IL 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 "in" team. The
hands are brought down on the table
hard to smother the ring of the coin.
States and Their Flowers.
Some time ago 1 had a request 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
they have been selected by a vote of
the school children.
? / do not give this as an authoritative
list, but print 1t as 1t came to me:
Alabama, golden rod; Alaska, forget
mehot; Arkansas, apple blossom; Cal
ifornia, golden poppy. Colorado, col
umbine; Connecticut, mountain laurel:
Delaware, peach blossom; Florida.
orange blossom; Idaho, syringa: IH-
noiS, violet; Iowa, golden rod; Kansas.
sunfower; Kentucky, golden rod
louisiana, magnolia; Maine, pine cone
and t%assel; Maryland, black-eyed SUI
san; Michigan, apple blossom; Minne-
sofa, moccasin; Mississippi, magnolia:
Missouri, golden rod; Montana. bitter
roo Nebraska, golden rod; New Mex
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
clover; Washington, rhododendron:
West Virginia, rhododendron; Wiscon.
sin. violet; Wyoming, gentian.
NINE. MERRI.