Show three chinese game games let out the doves at the cry of at let out the doves one ot of the larger girl title takes bold of 0 alo baud bands ot at two of the mailer smaller girl girls one ot at whom represents a dove and the other a hawk the rhe hawk stands behind the big girl ind lad the dove in front ot of her she throve throws tho dove aay aay as she might lots toss a bird in the air and as the child nine runs ehe she waves her arina arms as though they were wings lags the hawk Is then thrown in the same way ay and it tol fol 10 ion 1 the dove tho the big girl then clapa claps her bands hands as the chinese do to bring their pet birds to them end and the dove it if not caught returns to the cage seek for Gold This Is 1 a variation at 0 our popular jacks several girls gather up rome pebbles squat down la in a group and scatter all the pebbles then one draws drawn her finger between two ot at the stones and maps snaps one against the other it the be hits it the two stones are taken up and put aside to her credit she Is entitled to draw her finger again between two more and snaps them when she misses an other gill girl takes up what pebbles aro are lett left scatters scat tera thein them snape snaps them takes them up and so on until one or aloth er child gets the moat of the pebbles and the game Is won hon kick the Marb loa two boys and two marbles are required the first boy says to the second I 1 kick this marble north south east west pointing to one ot of the marbles only one kalcl Is al allowed lovied it be he succeeds he wins it he falls the other wins win if be puts it north as ordered be may kick again agala to hit the other marble in which case he wins again it if he bits hits the marble and goes north as ordered at one kick he wins wine double fach boy tries to leave the marbles in bi difficult a position as possible for hia bin successor and here comes in a peculiarity which makes this game unique among all games it the poel post tion in which the marbles are left Is too difficult for the me other to play he may refuse to kick and the first boy Is obliged to play his own difficult game new version of a peanut party arrange tables as for a progressive I 1 card game only place a generous handful of peanuts in the shell in the center of seh table and provide a pair of long tongs like those that come in boxes bozen ot at candy for each player after the fashion of jack straw straws the game la in to see how many peanuts can be removed without moving one when on one 1 la moved the player gives up and the next one trie tries at the end of twenty minutes a bell Is rung and the player at each table having the most peanuts progresses the winners at the different tables play another round until there is I 1 only one winner who rec eloes the reward which may way be a large pe peanut anut candy box filled with salted peanuts children love this game the main thing la is to impress upon them all ie is that they must play air fair stood bill england This gaine originated fir firstin merrle mertle england and was played by the milkmaids A certain number ot at stools stool flat stones st onesin in the open air and cushions in door doors are net up in circular form ILI a considerable distance from each oth er and every one of thera them Is occupied by a single player when the ball bill to 1 thrown with the j nd ad up in the ail all by it who atanas station in the center ol 01 I 1 the circle every one of the players la to obliged to alter hia his situation running in succession from tool stool to stool and it 11 he who threw throw the ball ca can regain it in time to strike any one ot of the players before reaching the tool stool to which be he la Is running I 1 it takes hie his place and the person touched must throw the ball until he can in like manner return to the circle rising quickly from the stone or cushion requires considerable agility on the part of the players duck the Ini laii two captains are chosen and rind each captain then chooses alternately the remaining company until two tuo to long ng lines u are formed they face each oth er holding hands tightly one captain cal q the name of 0 one of bis ibis strongest etron gest boys and this boy runs and hurls burls himself bt between two vito boys of the opposing side it he succeeds in breaking through fh lb he be takes back with him to bis his own side all the boys on the line below the place where be he broke through if he Is unsuccessful ful he must join the aide side this I 1 Is a kept up each side taking a turn un til all the boys are on one side the captain included the strongest boys should be eta cloned near the top of the line near neat the captain and stratagem strat egem Is show shon in trying to catch the strong boys off their guard by pretending to tackle the weak boys at the bottom of the line A juggling match at english country fairs this amusement used to be in great favor A large circle by ft rope was occupied by nine or ten people and all except one were blindfolded this one was called the because he be held in his band hand a small bell which be rang incessantly ills lite corn com pan lons following the sound ot at the bell tried to catch him it at the end of an art allotted time he was not caught he received a prize otherwise the prize went ent to tho ca caliber cati tiber pebble chaia chase greek in this more modern amusement of the greek children the leader stands amongst the players holding a pebble between the palms of his bands hands each player extends bis his bando hands palm to palm and the leader puts his hands hand between the palms of each oa as to drop in the pebble be he la to holding the player who receives the pebble ie Is chased by the others and may only be saved by returning to the leader and giving the pebble to him the chase may begin as soon as the players suspect who has the pebble so each player should carefully watch the bands and faced facea of the others to see bee who gets it and as soon as an he suspects one start to chase him leaders and players must exercise ingenuity to keep the secret of the where whereabouts abuts of the pebble but not after the last pair of at hands has been passed MADAME MERRI |