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Show An Italian Game. ' A traveleirdescribes a game whioh is popular with the children of Italy. It Is very liko oue played by American children. In Italy the game is called counting the eggs, and is thus played: The children sit in a row on the grass, with every pair of brown feet well in eight. The mother counts her eggs that is, tho children's feet and then says: "Now, there are 16 eggs. Be sura on don't eat any while I go to church. " In her absence the children f-uck up a certain number of feet under their frocks and say, "What a long time mother is at church!" She comes heme., counts the eggs and says: "Why, how is this? I left 1G and now there are only ten." The children answer that a woman wom-an came while she was gone and offered four chickens for tho six eggs, and they took her offer. "Where are the eggs?" asked tho mother. "Down in the field, " they reply. The mother goes to seek them, and no sooner is her back turned than all her children jump and dance about, shouting, "We've eaten them ourselves," whereupon the mother has to catch them all and whip them. The last one caught has to be tha mother the next time. Mrs. W. sr. Aram of Oakland, Ual., has been appointed by Sheriff White one of his deputy sheriffs. Only one duty du-ty will be assigned to .Mrs. Aram that is to act as an escort to insane women taken to the asylum. |