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Show AMUSING LITTLE FUN MAKER Game of "Word Rhapsody" Clvts Much Entertainment Excellent School Exercise Afforded. With the coming of the long autumn au-tumn evenings and the entertainments entertain-ments and parties which they bring, cornea the old question: "Isn't there something new that we can play?" It la always difficult to find anything any-thing altogether fresh and original, and some of the older games, a trifle worked over and fresheued up, will be found quite aa Interesting as anything any-thing else. For Instance, there are many word games, but not one ta quite like the little fun-maker known as the "word rhapsody." In playing this game each of the guests la called upon to choose one word. This word Is written upon a little card furnished by the hostess. It may be an adjective, adjec-tive, a verb, a com won or proper noun, ,or any other word that may auggeat Itself. The carda are then gathered up and the hostess writes all the words on a large piece of white paper with a red pencil, so that, when bung up. It can be aeen all over the room. Then each guest Is Invited to write a short story In which every one of the words appears, all of them being used grammatically and in a manner to make aense. The time of work should be limited to ten minutes. min-utes. When the stortea are complete the authors are Invited to read them aloud, or the hostess collects them and reads them herself. The resuM are often very amusing. The rhapsody rhap-sody also makes a good school exercise. |