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Show Fun For Your Family By MISS ABB IE CONDIT National Recreation Association. Such timely suggestions are offered of-fered in a bulletin entitled "Games and Songs in Wartime" issued by the New York State Extension service serv-ice that we can do no better than share them with you. The bulletin points out that as work hours in spring and summer become longer there will be fewer times when people can play together, and it is increasingly important that these occasions oc-casions be planned better. "There should be a period of recreation while folks gather for 4-H, Home Bureau or other meetings, between business and work periods, or after the meetings. Singing, folk dancing, games any of these are good group activities. Have something always ready, and plan social evenings to which folks can walk." Spring Showers. Teams stand in single file, lined up behind a starting start-ing line. Stretched across the opposite op-posite end of the room is a length of cord, the clothesline. In front of the line, opposite each team, is a box of clothespins and an improvised "wash basket" in which are several sev-eral articles reminiscent of the weekly week-ly wash. Upon a signal, the first person in each team runs up to his respective wash basket, takes out the articles, hangs them on the line with the clothespins, and runs back to. the starting point. If an article falls down, he must go back and fasten it securely. The second person per-son runs up, takes down the wash, puts it in the basket and places the clothespins in their box. The game continues until the winning team finishes first. Seed Identification. Players should be given a pencil and paper to write down as many different kinds of seeds as they are able to identify from numbered saucers on a table. There should be about 15 varieties available. A Farmer's Love Letter. Read the following letter aloud, saying "blank" at the appropriate places. Divide the group into teams and see which can call aloud or write down the most correct vegetable or fruit answers. "My darling Sweet (Potato). (Po-tato). Do you (carrot) all for me? My heart (beets) for you and my love is soft as a (squash). I am for you strong as an (onion). You are a (peach) with your (radish) hair and (turnip) nose. You are the (apple) of my eye, so if we (cantaloupe) (canta-loupe) then (lettuce) be married, for I know we will make a happy (pear)." Hidden Hats. Give each of the players pencil and paper, and tell them to write as many words containing con-taining the word "hat" as they can think of in five minutes' time. A tiny bonnet may be given to the one who produces the longest list and to the one who thinks of the longest word. Examples of words which may be used are: hatchet, chatter, etc. Spring Hat Parade. Take the colored col-ored hats displayed in magazines and cut every hat into an equal number of pieces. Then mix up the pieces. Seat the guests around the table or around the room and let everyone draw one piece. Then give them an equal number of other pieces. Everyone is to pass a piece to the right until she has succeeded in collecting all the pieces that belong be-long to her hat. The first one done may be the prize winner. Ring the Bunny's Ears. Cut the silhouette of a large rabbit from a sheet of heavy white cardboard and tack it against a box so that it can stand upright. Tie a big bow of pink crepe paper around its neck and place it in the center of the room. Let each guest try his luck at ringing the bunny's ears. Use ordinary jar rubbers for rings. See who can ring the most "ears" in five trials. Released by Western Newspaper Union. |