Year: 1879




may be got out of this game.


"Dumb Cambo" is another good
, game. When playing it half the
party leave the room, and those who
remain choose a verb, which the
others are to guess. When the alb
sent ones return they are told of a
word which will rhyme with the word
fixed upon, and they consult to-
gether to find out what it is. In
stead of speaking their guess they
act it. If they guess right they are
applauded; if they fail they are
hissed. A word spoken on either
side, excepting by the actors for pri-
vate consultation, entails forfeit.


a very old, but very amusing
game, is " Simon" Simon is chosen
from the company. He and the rest
of the players set themselves in cir
. Gle around the fire, and Simon gives
his commands. If he prefaces them
by the words Simon says" they
are to be obeyed, however ridicu-
lous they may be. If these import
ant words are omitted, the COM
mands are not to be obeyed, and any
who acts upon them must withdraw
from the contest. When Simon is
clever and quick Of speech this game
makes great fun, and it is very ab-
surd to see large company imitat-
ing his movements. "Simon says
Thumbs up. Simon says Thumbs
down. Simon says, touch your
boots. Simon says, stop touching
your boots; touch your boots again.
Some one is sure to blunder.


Shadow Bluff is a pretty variety
of "Blind Mans Bluff and is q
safe and pretty game for young peo-
If there is curtain in the room it
should be fastened down to make
smooth surface. If there is no cur
tain, sheet or table-cloth will be
required. The one who is to be
blind man seats himself behind the
curtain with his back to his compan-
ion and to the light. The rest pass
by him SO that their shadows may be
thrown upon the surface, and the
one whom he names from the shad-
ow is to take the place of the blind
man. The players are allowed to
dress themselves up, and to disguise
themselves in any way they like.
Very confusing shadows may be
made with little ingenuity. The
hair may be let down, or fastened
up IN style different to that in which
it is usually worn: or the player
may wrap himself in sheet and
spread his arms wide under it, thus
making shadow like bat; or the
finger may be held over the nose to
hide its shape. If the blind man
looks around to the actors he must
pay forfeit for the otfense.


Schoolmaster" may be pro-
nounced a prosaic sort of game, but
it is astonishing how much amuse-
ment it is capable of affording. The
players seat themselves in a circle
and one of their number, the school
master, places himself before them.
Pointing to one he says, "Tell me
name of the town beginning with
such -and-such q letter" at the same
time fixing upon q particular town
in his own mind. If, before the
schoolmaster has time to count ten
in an audible whisper, the scholar
can name q town beginning with
that letter he is allowed to retain his
place: but if not the question is
passed on to his neighbor; and this
is repeated again, until the town the
schoolmaster thought of is guessed.
Those WHO can name town, " go
up in GLASS; or take the places of
those who cannot do SO; and if
three or four players are passed, the
one who succeeds the leng 9Th passes
them all, and each one must move
q step downwards to make room for
him. When the schoolmaster likes
he can name an animal, bird, a
fish, Il river, continent, poet, a
statesman, an d author or celebrat-
ed character instead of town.


Russian Scandal is q very in
teresting game. In this game one
member of the company writes
story on slate, making it as full of
incident as he can. He then goes
outside the door and calls one of
his companions to him and reads the
story aloud once very distinctly.
After doing this he summons another /
of the party, and narrates the story
to him as exactly as he can remem.
Der it. The third person tells it to
fourth, and the fourth to fifth, and
SO on until each party has had the
the story narrated to him privately
and solemnly outside the door.
When all have heard it, the last one
to go out comes into the room and
narrates the story to the whole COM
pany. The original is then read
from the slate, and it is quite curl
Gus to notice how it has altered in
the course of transmission. There
is no necessity for any intentional
inaccuracy. If only there is plenty
of incident in the tale, it will be