to make one of the four, and writes
the word previously agreed upon, which is, we will suppose, "Ohio."

The thought-reader places the slips of paper between his fingers,
taking care to put the paper of his confederate between the third and
little finger; he then takes the folded paper from between his thumb
and first finger and rubs it, folded as it is, over his forehead, at
each rub mentioning a letter, as O, rub, H, rub, I O, after which he
calls out that some lady or gentleman has written "Ohio." "I did,"
replies the confederate.

The thought-reader then opens the paper, looks at it, and slips it
into his pocket; he has, however, looked at one of the other papers.

Consequently he is now in a position to spell another word, which he
proceeds to do in the same manner, and thus the game goes on until all
the papers have been read.

* * * * *

THE CUSHION DANCE

The children first of all divide themselves into two parties. They
then form a ring, and commence dancing round a hassock which is
placed, end upward, in the middle of the room. Suddenly one party
endeavors to pull the other party forward, so as to force one of their
number to kick the hassock and upset it.

The player who has been unfortunate enough to touch the hassock has
then to leave the circle. The game proceeds until only two remain; if
these two happen to be boys, the struggle is generally prolonged, as
they can so easily jump over the hassock, and avoid kicking it.

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THE FARMYARD

This game, if carried out properly, will cause great amusement. One
of the party announces that he will whisper to each person the name of
some animal, which, at a given signal, must be imitated as loudly as
possible. Instead, however, of giving the name of an animal to each,
he whispers to all the company, with the exception of one, to keep
perfectly silent. To this one he whispers that the animal he is to
imitate is the donkey. After a short time, so that all may be in
readiness, the signal is given. Instead of all the party making the
sounds of various animals, nothing is heard but a loud bray from the
one unfortunate member of the company.

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"I POINT"

It is necessary in this game for the player acting the part of guesser
to have a confederate; he is then able to leave the room, and on his
return to mention what person was pointed at during hi