Show A THANKSGIVING GAME Hostesses oLhouse partIes and mothers moth-ers expecting their boys and girls home for the Thanksgiving holldas are often glad to hear of a new game or of an old one revived A game in whIch old and young and almost any member can join Is the Bird Fancier A age of chairs must be made and arranged In the middle of the room then a number ot pieces of paper are cut as many pieces as there are players On haIr the number the name lof a bird is wrlttencanary thrush robin and so on These pieces are then folded and put on a plate and passed around to the players Those who draw a bird must walk into the cage md those who draw blanks remain in their seats A merchant is then chosen or bird fancier who stands In the centerof the cage and the birds from that momel must never take theIr eyes from him If a bird is discovered to b looking away he is instantly commanded to pay a forfeit The other players walk round and round the cage doing all In theIr power i to dlvctt thE attention of the bIrds bv I talking to them calling them 1ynani Then the merchant cries out I have a good many fine birds herea plump partridge a flighty canary a sUlky bull nsh and so on Who wilL buy A player standing outside the cag cries I will describe your birds The bird fan ier then calls the birds byname by-name and tellS of their good qualities The fun ta Jithe witty and amusing descrIptions kven by the merchant When the purchaser chooses n bird he or she Is al once released frQm the I I cage All the birds not chose pay a forfeit to the merdhant but the merchant I mer-chant 15 forced to pay the birds who have been sold a forfeit In London Nona parties are the vogueNona replacing that old fayorIte Halma Nona seems to be a very ap propriate name for a game because i Nona was the hour In ancient Rome when the business of the clay ceased I and recreation began Nana is a contest con-test of skill for two or four plaerslt Is played on n board and the pIeces used are knights and menthe men black green red and e11owresemble those used for Halma |