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Show MATE you over played "tele grams?" It Is a j;nio for a crowd of young or old, or both. Not n very deep or in-' in-' trlcnte game, nor yet a. particularly clc- vntiiiK one, but, nevertheless, full of Jolly, mirth provoking qualities and Just tho thing for your holiday party. To carry out tlio Idea properly slips of yellow paper should bo handed to each participant and pencils provided for them. Each one is to write thirteen different letters at tho top of their slip that Is, any thirteen from the alpha-' betlcal tvrouty-slx, but without repetition. repeti-tion. For Inubtnoe, one mlcht write B, G, K. L. M. T, E, W, C, S, n, O, It. Another A, B, 0, D, E, P, G, H. I, J, K, L. 51, nnd bo on. Tho slips arc then to bo passed n!onr to rlcl.it M?M nelpliborn. -who 1 ...-. t ' wo m .i - i i ii -M - must make nn undQMtarinable tolcsrnm of thirteen Wortla". using Iho characters at the top of' the Klips handed them for the flr8t letter of each word, To thoroughly Illustrate, tuko tho flrst ex-nnip'.e ex-nnip'.e plven above. IJoro Is n specimen speci-men 'telcsnun" from It: "Better ko Kingston Into Monday. Try exp'ro'Js Willie Candy soldier. Hope i orders rushing." j Nofe the fragmentary Keiitoncea, such j as arc Konernlly employed- In corrc-, Rlondeco of this tiovt. Tim possibilities possibili-ties for SMod humored fun In tho compiling com-piling of "tolcsrams" mnouf! a rovd of friends are omUohs. But, of course, they cannot lie satisfactorily Illustrated in public print. As In any similar panic, cure should bo exorcised In not btomIK dnnperously personal. At Brat glanre the second example of letters uh given above (the Unit thirteen thir-teen In our alphabet) might .seem to bo difficult of extension. But such Is not tj)u cnse-ln tho wide Intltude of sense (and nonsense) allowable In the enme. For instance, bore Is only ono way out of the thousands In which It can be quickly written: "Any bright colored dress excellent for Granville's hop. IUey Joins kisses. Loving mother." - Upon completion tho "telegrams" are gathered up in a basket nnd read nloud. either by n disinterested party or Homebody Home-body sheeted from among tho players themselves. Tho only way to appreciate the game of "tclcgrnu"lii to try It.- |