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Show GAMES FOR CHILDREN BY EDNA EGAN. rg-j OW to amuse children Is one or D 1 1 llie Problems which every l!y mother must face. The llttlo ones often become restless and want somo new form of amusement amuse-ment A delightful pastime is played with a small feather. Tho children aro grouped together and a mass of fluff Is thrown into the air. It is the business of every player to blow tho feather toward his or her neighbor, for. If the mass of fluff Bhould fall on or near an individual, that person goes out of tho game. The children arc not allowed to run away from the feather outside a definite defin-ite line, which may be marked with chalk. Anyone who is responsible for sending tho fluffy stuff outside of bounds also goes out of the game. An old fashioned game, which is none the less absorbing, Is known as rural spillkens. A number of straws or little straight sticks aro gathered together, and these are stood up so that they all meet at the top and Bprcad out like a tent at the bottom. Two or three additional sticks are obtained, and on tho ond of theBO aro placed crooked pins. Each player takes a crook in turn and endeavors to remove a straw or stick without shaking or throwing down the others. Any culprit goes out of the garoo and the winner is the child who has obtained tho greatest number of sticks. Another simple gamo which can bo arranged anywhere has been called, "Take Care." This must be played out of doors. On a flat piece of ground a little pile of dry earth or sand Is made. Take a small stick and in a cleft at the top fit a squaie of white paper to represent repre-sent a flag. Finally push tho stick down tho center of the mound. Each player is given a stick, and tho object of tho gamo is to remove a llttlo llt-tlo of tho earth from tho mound without with-out upsetting tho flag. Tho last stages ot the game aro exciting, seeing tbat a trifle will often upBet tho flag. The player who 1b responsible for tho failure goes out of the game, and tho flag is set up once more. Tho player play-er who holds out to tho end Is tho winner. win-ner. Somo of tho prettiest things to be mado in the country at this time ot tho year aro leaf chains. Leaves with airly long s tenia should bo employed. suburbanites. The chains arc mado in this wny: Put the stem of one leaf through tho top of another and then pass it back underneath .through its own loaf. A competition can bo arranged in connection with theao leaf chains. First of all, gather a good number of leaves and then offer a small prize to the child who produces the longest perfect chain In five minutes. All young peoplo aro fascinated by chain making, and "when the children aro hot and tired from moro active games tho competition makes a nico change. |
