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Show APPROPRIATE, ORIGINAL GAMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Suggestion for Decoration of the Table for Washington's Birthday Luncheons. Easy and Inexpensive As the prettv colored shot was projected pro-jected toward the center of the room, the boys and girls endeavored to catch it. As soon as any player had caught one ball he or she withdrew from the field, retaining, of course, what was caught. When the red, white and blue tissue paper coverings were stripped from the shot, it was found to consist of delicious balls of popcorn or ribbon candy, which were promptly enjoyed. Those who failed to catch a cannon ball were afforded a chance to distinguish distin-guish themselves and incidentally to win a prize in the game of the Thirteen Original States. For this little cards were distributed, having pencils attached with tri-colorcd ribbons, and the numbers from I to in inclusive written down the left-hand margin. The young folks drew up their chairs in a emi-circlc. facing the map, which had formed Exhibit 3. luich boy and girl was now called on to identify tIit States ' by writinu their name, .as these were supposed to be opposite the numbers on the cards, for identification. :- 1 Fifteen-ininulcs was allowed for thi feat. 'The players who at the end of that time was found to have named the most. States correctly won a prize. This was an interesting volume of . stories frr.iTi .early, American- hitoryi v.-- Then a merry scramble game, which eoivi'tcd in seeing who could, blindfolded, blind-folded, phce a laurel wreath on the patriotic 1""ws of our first president, rcpre rented by the crayon portrait. Euch- girl or boy in turn had a handkerchief bound over his eyes and was given the laurel (cut from a green cloth and stiffened by pasting on a buckxam foundation), foun-dation), with a strong pin through it All those who made their way successfully success-fully across the room without the advantage ad-vantage of eyesight and honored the Father of Hi Country with a garland, were eligible to draw for the prize. The foundation of another sport was a penny flag of the smallest size obtainable, obtain-able, not more than about two inches in width- To arrange the game the children all withdrew into tlie hall, while some elder person placed the flag upright somewhere on . the scene of action. The object was not to hide the flag, but to have it displayed somewhere some-where in some rather inconspicuous position, where it would not necessarily catch the eye of anyone cnteriirg the , room. - As soon as llie flag was poised the young folks were readmitted to the parlor.- The person fir to sight the flag did not announce the fact but quietly took a scat., Anyone seeing a player seated also sat down, whether he himself him-self hail discovered the whereabouts of the flag or not. Thi; continued until but one boy or girl remained standing. This person -wa shouted 'down by the rest of the company, V. ho called out in uni'on, "General George Washington." Washing-ton." The olayer caught napping was, of course, considered out of the game. The flag was rcrlrc:u si" li:r:s. ;ix players bsins tli:rcfor; caught of- j |