hat does he
bid me do?" in answer to which the first player says: "To work with
one as I do." The second player, working in the same manner, must turn
to his left-hand neighbor and carry on the same conversation, and so
on until every one is working away with the right hand.
The second time of going round, the order is to work with two, then
both hands must work; then with three, then both hands and one leg
must work; then with four, when both hands and both legs must work;
lastly with five, when both legs, both arms, and the head must be kept
going. Should any of the players fail in keeping in constant motion, a
forfeit may be claimed.
* * * * *
RED CAP AND BLUE CAP
The players seat themselves in a circle to represent tailors at
work on a piece of cloth--a handkerchief or a duster will answer the
purpose. A leader or foreman is chosen, and every one of the company
is named in turn Red Cap, Blue Cap, Black Cap, Yellow Cap, Brown Cap,
etc. The leader then takes the piece of cloth and pretends to examine
the work which is supposed to have been done by the workmen. He is
supposed to discover a bad stitch and asks: "Who did it, Blue Cap?"
The latter immediately answers: "Not I, sir." "Who then, sir?" "Yellow
Cap, sir." Yellow Cap must then answer at once in the same manner and
name another workman. Any one who fails to answer to his name pays a
forfeit. If carried on in a brisk manner, this game will cause endless
amusement.
* * * * *
IT
One of the players is asked to go outside while the company thinks of
some person in the room, and on his return he has to guess of whom the
company has thought.
The players then arrange themselves in a circle, and agree each to
think of his or her right-hand neighbor; it is best to have a girl and
boy alternately, as this adds much to the amusement.
The one outside is then called in, and commences to ask questions.
Before replying, the player asked must be careful to notice his or
her right-hand neighbor, and then give a correct reply. For instance,
supposing the first question to be: "Is the person thought of a boy or
a girl?" The answer would possibly be "A boy;" the next person would
then be asked the color of the complexion, the next one the color
of the hair, if long or short, etc., to which questions the answers
would, of course, be given according to the right-hand neighbor.
Nearly all the answers
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