Fun for the Household: A Book of Games
Fun for the Household.
A BOOK OF GAMES.
BY EMMA J. GRAY. —————— PUBLISHED BY THE CHRISTIAN HERALD. Louis Klopsch, Proprietor, BIBLE HOUSE, NEW YORK.
Copyright 1897 By LOUIS KLOPSCH.
When children have passed beyond the rattle age, they reach out their hands for baa-lambs, woolly sheep, cows with bells, cats that meaw, and dogs that say bow-wow.
The next advance in amusement is to play with a toy that goes on wheels, and therefore for a half hour at a time, little folk will be content by drawing around the nursery such toys as trains of cars, horses with long tails, express wagons, etc., etc.; and then follows the period when pretty lady dolls must go out to drive in a pretty carriage accompanied by mistress baby, whose chubby hands push the doll’s carriage ahead, and nurse’s ever vigilant eyes keep watch, so that neither baby nor the baby’s doll, like the historic Jack and Jill, fall down and break their crown. And mechanical dollies are also in demand,—lady dolls that lift their veils, smile and bow; gentlemen dolls that are orchestrian leaders; boy dolls that can turn somersaults and effect other athletic feats. And about this time if nurse is careful to keep sharp eyes on the scissors, colored pictures may be cut out and pasted in scrapbooks, or paper dolls may be arrayed as their youthful mothers desire. Or bright pieces of silk may be sewed together, provided the thread is tied into the needle’s eye, so that it cannot be pulled out. Or wonderful castles may be built with packs of cards, or towers and steeples with building blocks. Noah’s ark will do great service, as will also tops that spin, and hoops that may be rolled or twirled, and drums that may be beat, and whistles and horns that may be blown.
But, notwithstanding all the toys and amusement therefrom, there will be heard the oftentimes plaintive wail, “Play with me, please play with me.” And then it is that the wise mother or nurse will introduce a simple game. Perhaps Puss in the Corner, or Blind Man’s Buff, or perhaps hide behind a large chair or screen and call aloud, “Where am I?” and such a mischievous laugh will follow when the toddling child finds the one who has thus hidden!
Emma J. Gray
Fun for the Household.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTORY.
FUN FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
LITTLE FOLKS.
A LITTLE CHILD’S PARTY.
THE FARMER’S SONG.
THE PIE-MAN’S SONG.
FLY SOUTH.
THREE BLIND MICE.
THE HOLIDAY CALENDAR.
THE SEA AND HER CHILDREN.
CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER.
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
HOW MANY?
ALPHABETICAL PLAY.
BLINDFOLDED PLATTER TWIRLING.
THE WILD BEAST EXHIBIT.
NEW TAG.
THE GREENGROCER.
RUBIES AND EMERALDS.
WHAT THE DANDELIONS SAID
DAISY CATCH.
DIBBS.
TOUCH.
SNAPPING-ROPES.
BOYS AND GIRLS.
SILHOUETTES.
THE SURPRISE.
HAPHAZARD READING.
SING, BIRDIE, SING.
SQUIRREL IN THE MIDDLE.
TABLESPOONS.
THE EMPEROR’S COURT.
THREE LITTLE PIGS.
THE FUNNY PRIMA DONNAS.
DO YOU HEAR?
LAUGHABLE DINNER.
JOLLY PLAY.
THE DWARF.
CROWN GAME.
GUESS.
THE CIRCLE.
TWO SKIPPING-ROPE GAMES.
RUNNING FOR THE CAP.
FIRE-ARCH DISCOUNT GAME.
THE BAGATELLE BOARD COUNT GAME.
FUNNY QUESTIONS WITH FUNNY ANSWERS.
JUDGE AND JURY.
THE CARD INTRODUCTION.
HARMONY SOLOISTS.
JIG-I-TY JIG.
CIRCLE GAME.
THE HUNT FOR THE KEYHOLE.
ACTING PROVERBS
GOSSIP.
THE FLORIST.
MY LADY’S RECEPTION APPAREL.
THIMBLE GAME.
THE TOUCH GAME.
THE CONCERT.
A CURIOUS CAT.
A BOAT RACE.
THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL.
THE WAR OF THE ROSES.
UNBAR.
BIRD TEST.
“IT.”
THE CENT HUNT.
A FAGOT PARTY.
THE HUNTER.
FIVE.
BREAKFAST.
ALPHABET.
NINETY-NINE.
THE DAILY PAPER.
THE NEW DIXEY’S LAND.
BATTLE OF FLOWERS.
GRACE HOOPS.
AN AMATEUR CIRCUS.
THE STILL HUNT.
LAWN GOLF.
GROWN-UPS.
ALPHABETICAL GEOGRAPHY.
COMPOSITION.
INITIAL PLATTER TWIRLING.
OVER, OVER, WHOSE HEAD IS IT OVER?
TEAKETTLE.
AUTHORS.
AUTHORS.
GHOST.
CELEBRATED AUTHORS.
THE ARSENAL.
MAGICAL READING.
LAUGHABLE RHYMES.
MAKING A DICTIONARY.
DESERT ISLAND.
THE BUTTERFLY TEST.
A SKATING PARTY.
PROGRAMME.
SPECIAL FÊTES.
LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY AMUSEMENTS.
ST. VALENTINE GAMES.
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY ENTERTAINMENT.
APRIL FOOL GAMES AND TRICKS.
EASTER FROLICS.
MAY-DAY FESTIVITY.
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
HALLOWE’EN GAMES AND TRICKS.
CHRISTMAS JOLLITY.
BIRTHDAY IDEAS.
BIRTHDAY TABLEAUX.
METHODS OF CHOOSING PARTNERS.
TANGLES AND FORFEITS.
TANGLES.
ANAGRAMS.
CROSS-WORD ENIGMAS.
NUMERICAL ENIGMAS.
DECAPITATIONS.
DROP-LETTER RIDDLES.
DROP-LETTER PUZZLES.
OPENING LINES OF FAMILIAR SONG.
ANSWERS TO CHARADES, ANAGRAMS, ETC.
IN THE ADIRONDACKS.
THE FLOWER-TEST.
II.
HOURS WITH THE POETS.
“THANK YOU!”
A STORY WITHIN A STORY
ORRIN THE BOOTBLACK.
BREAKFAST-TABLE DECORATION.
HOW THEY PLANTED THE NASTURTIUMS.
A GARDEN PARTY.
THE KING’S CHILDREN.
FOR THE BOYS.
“I WISH I WERE A GENERAL.”
A HEBREW CHRISTIAN.
THE BABY’S LESSON.
PARLOR FORTUNE-TELLING.
CHURCH COURTESY.
A BRAVE BOY.
