oned, the
player who has taken that name must rise from his seat and then sit
down again.

Whenever "the coach" is mentioned, all the players, with the exception
of the story-teller, must rise. Any one who fails to keep these rules
must pay a forfeit.

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DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF

A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one child, who
is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He walks round the
ring, touching each one with the handkerchief, saying the following
words:

[Illustration]

"I wrote a letter to my love,
But on my way, I dropped it;
A little child picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
It wasn't you, it wasn't you,
It wasn't you--but it was you."

When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief behind one
of the players, who picks it up and chases him round the ring,
outside and under the joined hands, until he can touch him with the
handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the first player joins
the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the second to "drop the
handkerchief."

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MAGIC MUSIC

One of the players is sent out of the room, and the rest then agree
upon some simple task for her to perform, such as moving a chair,
touching an ornament, or finding some hidden object. She is then
called in and some one begins to play the piano. If the performer
plays very loudly, the "seeker" knows that she is nowhere near the
object she is to search for. When the music is soft, then she knows
she is very near, and when the music ceases altogether, she knows that
she has found the object she was intended to look for.

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BUZZ

[Plate 2]

This is a very old game, but is always a very great favorite. The more
the players, the greater the fun. The way to play it is as follows:
The players sit in a circle and begin to count in turn, but when the
number 7 or any number in which the figure 7 or any multiple of 7 is
reached, they say "Buzz," instead of whatever the number may be. As,
for instance, supposing the players have counted up to 12, the next
player will say "13," the next "Buzz" because 14 is a multiple of 7
(twice 7)--the next player would then say "15" the next "16," and the
next would, of course, say "Buzz" because the figure 7 occurs in the
number 17. If one of the players forgets to say "Buzz" at the proper
time, he is out. The game then st