The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-05
MAKING USE OF
NEW GAMES TAUGHT
suits of Recreation Institute Con-
Quoted by Miss Winans.


Games taught at the recreation insti-
tute by Miss Roberta Winans OF Com
munity Service are being played in vari-
Gus sociables about town, and the partici-
pants are pleased to have something new
in the amusement line Following is
list Of some of the games taught by Miss
Winans, not previously published in The
Reformer:
Birds Fly.
Players all stand and the leader stands
facing them. If the leader says: Birds
/ fly" or Bees fly" or anything that
does fly, all make flying motion. But
if the leader says: pigs fly, or any
i thing that does not fly they must make
no motion. The leader, of course, may
fly at the wrong time, and try in every
way to make the group miss. Those who
make a mistake must sit down.
Say StOop.
| Players stand, the leader facing them.
| If the leader says: II say stoop," or i
say stand" all must do SO, regardless OF
ltYhat the leader does. But If the COM
1nand is just ''StoOp" or stand, with
out the Il say" it must not be obeyed.
| Other commands can be given, such as
down.
The Wind Blows East.
Players stand, the leader facing them.
! If the leader says: THE wind blows east,
! Tor some other direction) all must face IN
that direction. If the leader merely gives
the direction without saying The WIND
! blows" no 4one must move. Those who
move at the wrong time or in the wrong
! time or in the wrong direction sit down.
Square Relay.
/ PLAYERS line up in two teams opposite
/ oh oil
other object from the left end and passes
it down the line. The player on the
right end runs with the bean bag around
the opposite line and stops at the left
end of his own line and passes the bean
/ bag down. Each right end player, as he
receives the bag, runs. The team when
| gets its last player back first wins
Feather Blow.
Tie the cord across the playing space
and arrange half the company on each
4 side. 4 feather is blown back and forth,
each team trying to make it land on the
opponents side, when a point Is scored.
THE feather may not be touched with the
hands.
Jumping Circle.
A bean bag or similar object is tied at
| the end of a piece of rope, and Knot
put in the other end. One player lwho
should practice turning the rope before
handl; stands in the center and swings
/ the rope around so that the bean bag de
scribes a circle on the floor, the other
: PLAYERS form a circle of which the length
OF the rope Is radius, and Jump over
| the bag as it comes to them. Anyone
lwho is hit drops out.
Slap Jack.
| Players in single circle. One goes
around and slaps another on the, back
Z saving sSlap jack - The one slapped
i goes around in the opposite direction and
\ tries to get back to the vacant space
fbefore the slapper. If he does so the
4 Snapper must 90 to the center until the
4 game is over. The one who was slapped
ltlen becomes the. slapper.
Swat Right.
Players in single circle with hands be-
hind backs. One player has swatteI
4 iknotted towel. cap or rolled newspaa
i perl which he places IN someone
! hands. The player with the swatter then
turns to the one on his right mot the
one who gave him the swatter) and
chases him around the circle, beating him
whenever he can. When the player !:
| back, the one with the swatter gives II
to someone else.
Circle Dance.
Music in Social Games and GrouI
Dances, by Elson and Trihing. Couples
in double circle, partners facing eaci
other. Stand still on first measure
stamp three times on second. Pause OF
Z third and clap three times on fourth
j Partners shake hands three times witt
right hands, and three times with left
then turn each other around and tinlsl
n in single circle facing out, all hands
Joined Second part: -Four slides right
face i'm and take four slides left, fac
. out and take four slides right, face II
and four slides left. Third part: All tint
. new partners and stand until the musl
/ starts from the beginning. If there Is al
extra PLAYER he stands in the center I'm
til the change of partners, when he get
partner and some one else IS LETT Il
, he center.
, Tapping.
= One or more players from each sid
blindfolded, and given q cane or am UNI
: brella. \ quarter IS placed II the cen
ter Of the floor space and at signal al
tap with their canes until someone Int
the quarter, which scores a point Tor M
Iside. Then others are blindfolded an
the game continues. Note: I'M
game is of interesting origin, BEN
lplayed by Mohammedan women whel
they are alone.)
Indians Running.
The number of "Indians sent iron
= the room varies according to the abillt
E of the group. Little children start wit
four, and adults can work up TO doze
I or more. Those who go out arrane
y themselves in single file and run mt
IA the room and out again. They then com
y back and stand in irregular order, an
those in the room try to arrange thel
! in the order in which they ran IN hrs
: thus testing their powers OF ooSerVa
ton.
!, NORTHFIELD. MASS.