Show Good Games to t Play AVE you played Pillow Dance HAVE H Take ake pillows sofa cushions or hassocks and place them on end around on the floor Divide the company into two sides facing racing each other Let them Join hands bands and dance around the pillows a number of ot times until suddenly one side at a signal pulls the other ther side forward trying to rOl C some one or other of ot that side to overturn a pil pillow pillow pu pulow low lowA A merry scrimmage follows until at last one side or other is guilty of ot overturning a pillow pUlow Whoever did it must drop out of he io o game disgraced dis disgraced disgraced graced and the tho game same goes on one after atter another having to drop out un until until until til finally only one of each side is loft left These two fight It out until one or other triumphs while the disgraced players stand about and cheer their respective champions on rn n Hopping and Jumping are arc both per permitted permitted peri perr perc peri i r c i I IS S I Ic S c as means of ot avoiding a colli collision collisIon sion slon with a pillow A variation of ot the Tamo amo of ot Tag Is known as Divide the players into two sides as os sual each choosing its captain Make a between the tho lines and nd paint a n nag flag on each side twenty feet teet Crom rom the Each side must protect its flag ilag while skirmishers are sent forward to try to capture the Hag belonging to the other side The captains only can tag this be being beIng belag ing lag their way of ot capturing prisoners Ah Au prisoners must go immediately to jail JaU that is drop out of the game There is room for much strategy and cleverness in this game Suppose the opposing captain Is after you Dodge him this way wa and that and meanwhile get one of ot your our to try to distract his attention by feigning to at attack attack attack tack his flag If It he succeeds in divert diverting divertIng diverting ing the captains pursuit to tt himself that gives you your chance to make a adash adash dash clash for the flag seizing s it and pos sibly returning safely and triumphantly home with it although you will have your our troubles for the gallant defenders of or the flag even though th ugh they cannot tag you can struggle to retain the flag while shouting to their captain to come and tag you Whenever your side succeeds In cap capturing capturIng capturing turing the flag the conquered side must humbly walk In your train as prisoners while you ou march triumphantly around the tho block once or twice with the cap captured captured captured flag Hag at the head of ot your procession procession procession sion Another delightful game garn is as suitable for Cor indoors as out It is known as clair clairvoyance clairvoyance clairvoyance One goes out of the room and anda a word is chosen And as she sho en on enters enters you ask Is it a 7 2 naming some article whose first letter Is the first letter of the word she is to guess Then Theil ask Is it a l naming somo some article where the first letter Jetter is the sec second second second ond letter of ot the word to be guessed and son on till the word is complete Thus suppose the word woid was curtain Your question could be Is it a candle Is it an umbrella Is it a n rat Is It a table Is It an apple Is s it ice Is it ita Ita ita a needle By B this time she has found by remembering the first letters or of each word that curtain is what was cho chosen chosen chosen sen Of course shorter words can bo be betaken taken |