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Show it Killing Time on I a Rainy Evening. If fvRETTI soon It will bo too warm t T J to spend tho evenings Indoors, but IflQ ' r" Jf Jt happens to ben stormy night ldi i d 'ou can Sct a congenial crowd Ifc i togolhcr, try some of theso games l5 I to while the hours away: ijQ ; Tho first la called smiles. The players : I Klt around In a circlo with serious fncc3. P I Then one smiles. After a moment he puts g'i! f( h,s hand up to his face. " takes oft " his U I smile (or In other words becomes gravo 5f. J again) and " throws " It across to an- C other player, who. as he " catches " It, jjE begins to smile. Then he throws Jils smile ttf ' to another and becomes grave. nd so on lijjl 1 from player to player. But If any player 5fi ' Bmllea or laughs out of his turn he has to ifi f lcao the circle. The player who remains iS I longest wins. it f Here 18 another, called emergencies. !,W Y that is lots of fun: All players scat tbem- W selves In a circle. Each whispers to his hri ' neighbor on his right an emergency and . j3i to the ono on his left a remedy. When all U aro ready Mrs. A. aslcs Mr. B. what ho 5S would do In the emergency given to her its i and he tells her the remedy given to him, I- and so It goes on. It Is often mostamus-Ing mostamus-Ing For Instance: " "What would you ; , do If the monument wero to fall upon you" " Wrap It In two yards of red llanncl and apply a mustard plaster." ' For a game called testimonials let tho Irt : ; guests gather round tho tabic, each liav- B ing a pencil and piece of writing paper, fj; , Ask each to write a comic testimonial, f(& '; elmllar to Uioso teen In newspapers. rU ; When each has finished, exchango all o round the table, then read out one by one. (W I Hero Is an example: " Dear Sir: Two iW i months aso 1 used your hair restorer on K 5 my dog's tall. It not only cured the dog's DJ' ' tall but grew a new dog on tho old tall. fr Thanking you for the new dog. Your. Hi 'J Mlko Mugg." |