Entertainments for Home, Church and School

YMES-MOST IMPROBABLE STORY- ANIMATED

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seated in a circle, and one who understands the ga

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uy?" is the req

t he can, in pronouncing the word, touch the object mentioned. Then the second player addresses his ne

touching it, or names one that has

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nce himself on his left knee. One of the candles is lighted; the other is not. The holders are required to light the unlighted candle from the lighted one. The conditions are simple enough, but one would hardly believe how often the performers will roll over on

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n reach of each other and blindfold them. Give each a saucer of cracker or bread crumbs and a spoon, then request them to feed each other. The frantic efforts of each victim to reach his fellow

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like manner a set of haphazard answers. The question cards are then collected and distributed to the players on the other side, while their answer are divided among th

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on the left must respond with another line to rhyme with the first. The next player gives a new line, of the same length, and t

g but your dad's bow-wow. 3rd. Player.-He is chasing our black

ers can easily give the game a most interesting turn and provoke rhymes that are original and wi

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ost improbable story in fifteen minutes wins a prize. The allotted time being up, the papers are collected and re-distributed so that each players receives an

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rs make up, each one to represent some character in the picture. Out of their number some one is chosen to act as stage manager and he poses the figures. Two roo

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en recalled, and each in turn asks him a question referring to the character he has been elected to represent. When h

best?" No. 2 says: "Do you approve of a man marrying his deceased brother's wife?" No. 3 adds: "Were you very sorry your brother died?" etc., while A, after guessing

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players will each one take one of the empty seats next to those who are blindfolded. When requested to speak or sing they must do so. It is permissible to disguise the voice. The blindfolded neighbor must guess who is speaki

. The leader then plays a familiar air on an instrument, and says, "sing!" All must sing until

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ut a sentence (one of the following), and each repeats it in turn, any

ed haddock, a black spot on the bla

ls sea

f Mr. Smith's fish-sauc

eth and it s

k thistl

freshly fried

issing Kate, the fact we all three saw, I s

im, swan, swim; Swan swam

p snuff, I sn

blighted the brig

r, low rol

p ogle an owl and oyster? If Oliver Oglethorp ogled an owl an

bs; Hobbs nobs with Snobbs and robs Nobbs' fob. "That is,"

es shine Susan. She ceaseth shining shoes a

und roll Robert Rowley rolled round. Where ro

tringer snared slickly s

police dis

ines upon