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a third group of five. While this last group is preparing a charade, the second group is putting on its pantomime, and so the game continues. If the audience fails to guess the word within the required time, then the same group is given an opportunity to act another word. Good charade words are as follows: Aeroplane Air-oh-plane Antarctic Aunt-ark-tick Buccaneer Buck-can-ear Charlatan Char-lay-tan Falcon Fall-con Handicap Hand-eye-cap Handkerchief Hand-cur-chief Microscope My-crow-scope Automobile Ought-oh-mob-eel Pilgrimage Pill-grim-age Sausage Saw-sage Stiletto Still-let-toe Bandage Band-age Stationary Station-airy Feline Fee-line Rainbow Reign-beau Bookworm Book-worm Handsome Hand-some Penitent Pen-eye-tent Cribbage Crib-age Broomstick Broom-stick Infancy In-fan-sea Hornpipe Horn-pipe Eyelash I-lash Forswear Four-swear Masquerade Mass-cur-aid Melancholy Melon-collie Pantry Pan-tree Tennessee Ten-I-see Antidote Aunt-I-dote Definite Deaf-in-ate Knight of the Cracker The ladies are lined up on one side of the room. Each is provided with a cracker. The men are lined up on the opposite side. At the signal to go the men rush forward and try to secure a cracker from one of the ladies. They then return to their original line and devour the cracker. Having succeeded in doing this, they return and whistle a tune which must be recognized by the lady. Match Boxing Competitors are divided into equal teams and the teams are arranged in parallel lines. The outside cover of a small safety match box is given to the first man on each team. He slips this over the end of his nose and holds his hands behind his back with the box on his nose. All other players must hold their hands behind their backs. At the signal to start the players having the box on the end of the nose transfer the same to the nose of their neighbor without the use of their hands. The box is passed in this way to the far end of the lines and back. Should it fall upon the floor it is picked up
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