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Show NEW CAME PLAYED WITH LETTERS, Btraplo ItnooRli for Children itnd Dlrflcalr Koougli for tlraybaarda. A now game, which affords a good deal of amusement to many pooplo, and also imparts considerable Instruction Instruc-tion to the young In the formation of words, is played in tho following manner, man-ner, with tho letters of tho nlphabot: Half n dozen sets of nil the letters of tho nlphabot nro provided, each letter on a small pleco of pasteboard or wood. One player thon gathers all tho letters before him ou the table and the othor players sit around tho tablo as at cards. Tho player who Iras all tho lot-tcrs lot-tcrs then turns them face downward and proceeds to deal them out. one by ono, to tho othors. beginning with the player sitting at his right hand nnd continuing around tho tablo in ordor. As he deals a letter out ho turns its face up so that all may seo it is an "n't for instance. Tho next player gets an "o," suppose, and ho quickly socs that hlslottor, joined to tho "n" received by tho tlrst pluyee, will form tho word "no." Ho announces tho fact nnd claims the "n." This is surrendered to him nnd ho forms the word "no" on tho table in front of him, and must leavo it there undisturbed until somo other player gets a lotter which, added to the word "no." will form soma othor word. Suppose for instance, that tho third letter dealt out Is a "w." Thcu tho owner of the "w" may claim tho word "no," and adding his "w" to It make it "now." Tho fourth letter turnod up muy bo a "y," and tho ownor of "now" breathes a sigh of relief as he thinks ho will hold on to his word for a llttlo whllo anyway, for tho "now" and the "y" don't seem to mako anything. any-thing. Perhaps sovou letters follow, out of which no combination can bo mado which will spell a correct word, until somo ono gets an "." This lot-tor, lot-tor, in connection with "now," will spell "snow," but if tho lucky owner of the "s" Is sharp enough ho will also claim tho "y" from his ether rival, and poll "snowy." Tho examples given horo aro sample words, as they show more clearly to young minds how tho camo may bo played easily, but whon'n number of letters havo boon dealt out the most skillful spellers may find scope for their abilities, and many are the- combinations com-binations which will escape the notlco of all who nro gathered around the table, for a time, until somo one discovers dis-covers them, as if by accident, and then tho wonder-will be that they were not seen before. One player may not clnlm from nn-othor nn-othor any letter or letters which havo been worked up Into a word without taking that wholo word and using It all, though Its letters may bo entirely transposed, to mako a different word. Tho rango of words may wandor over half a dozen languages,' if tho players so agree, aud thcu tho game beco'mes difficult enough for a Boston bluestocking blue-stocking or d collego professor. The winner of tho gamo is tho player who has tho most completo words sproad out ou tho table in front of him whon tho dealer has turned up the las, lotter he has in his pilo. Long words count no moro than short words, and if two players "tlo" thoy sot to work breaking up their long words into short ones, and this disposes of tbo tie nioo times out of ton. For a largo tiutnbor of playors a largo number of letters is, of course, required, but two I pooplo will often play tho gamo for half an hour beforo exhausting a half dozen completo alphabets. N. Y. Tribune. |
