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Show BUBBLE GAMES. How lo Havo a Jolly Evening: Blowing: Blow-ing: Bubbles In to u Goal, Probably tho liveliest amusement for an ovunlug party may be enjoyed by means of a cake of brown soup and a liuntlrtr of common clay pipes. Tho game should be played in the dining' room, where a basin, of strong sonp suds Is plucud lu thu center or tnc table. Tho young pud old folks, ns well, aro given clay pips, wllh neat ribbons attached, and au Ironing board covered with clotli Is rested on the backs of two chrdrs of different height. At tho lower end of the board two pieces uf wowl are fastened so ns to stand upright on either side of tho board, forming n goal, Now tho object ob-ject of thu gauio Is forouuh player I u turn to dip his pipe In the suds, blow u bubble, drop it on tho upper end of the board and carefully blow It forward, and, If possible through tho goal. As It Is very diillcult to drop thu bubble on tho board, each one is glyun three chances, and dually, the ono who suc ceeds In blowing tho most bubbles through the goal is the winner, Novel prizes for tho game, would l.o n big, decorated cUy pipe for the winner, win-ner, and the smallest clay plpo to bo bought as tho booby prize At tho end of tho game, If n number of persons have made tbo ganionumberof "goals," u fur'bur Interesting bubble contest can bo Introduced. All should start together to-gether to blow largo bubbles, tho one who blows tbo largest being ths .winner .win-ner of tho evening. Tbo addition of n small amount of glycerlnu to tho soap suds will pinko tho game easier, preserving tho bubbles to gnviter slzo nnd strength. Further fun mny bo had by two, tbreo or four poisons blowing one lureo bubble, by placing (he pipes togethur us thu bub Idus mo being ntown. |