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Show aster Games. There are several games which form a part of the German children's amusement amuse-ment at Easter time. One is that of striking eggs, the broken one becoming the property of the one who has the un- broken one. Tho two eggs frequently have to be knocked several times before either will crack. Another pastime is I that of throwing eggs in the air and 1 trying to catch them; whoever first catches the egg can add it to his previous pre-vious stock. Then there is a more elab-t elab-t orate game than either. A plot of grass is selected, a hundred feet long by a few i feet wide, and at either end of this space i is placed a basket; one contains chaff, j tho other eggs, which may lie boiled or ! unboiled, white or colored. Then two ' persons, who have been previously se-; se-; Jeered, step forward to play the game, i One is to run a given distance, the other ! is to safely throw the eggs from one ' basket to the other; whoever first com- pletes his task will receive a prize, which j is presented with much formality. The boiled eggs are then distributed among ! tlie jn-ople, and the raw ones are after- ward cooked and eaten. Emma J. Gray ! in Good Housekeeping. |