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Show Simple Parlor Games. A Jolly game for a mixed gathering is called bridge: It is played with, ordinary or-dinary playing cards, dealt as for whist. Four people play at a table, the couples being partners.' Each person per-son wears a little plain card which is to be punched to show the games won. The person having the most-punched cards wins the prize.' The Interest In the game grows when you are able to censure your partner for leading the wrong card. The real Joy, however, how-ever, is after the hand has been played, when you spread out the cards and hold a post mortem, showing the partner exactly how he or she made a grievous mistake each time he or she trumped or followed suit. A very popular parlor game Is called Courtship. Two people only play the game. The hands are not played; they are held sometimes for a whole evening. The gentleman leads with a box of candy and a bunch of flowers, flow-ers, following with theater tickets. He does not know whether he wins or loses until after marriage. "Afternoon Call" Is a delightful par-' lor game. It may be played by from two to four people. One of them Is the hostess, the others are callers. The game requires no special apparatus. It consists in recalling as much gossip gos-sip as possible about acquaintances, also clinical data regarding operations, opera-tions, and excruciating details of painful pain-ful symptoms and protracted illnesses. After these topics have been exhausted exhaust-ed the players take up dresses, bonnets bon-nets and servants. The game is finished fin-ished when the last one leaves. The one staying longest has the right to 5uy things about the others. |