Telegrams
Each player is provided with paper and pencil, upon which any twelve letters are written, with sufficient space left between for words.
The leader gives a topic, such as a wedding, accident, invitation, &c. A watch is placed on the table, and from ten to fifteen minutes given, during which each player concocts a telegram from the letters supplied by his left-hand neighbor.
At a signal, the telegrams are thrust under a hat, and read out in turn by the leader.
Example 1.—Topic: a sensational robbery.
| S. | B. | O. | B. |
| H. | M. | J. | P. |
| K. | I. | P. | H. |
From these letters may be devised the following telegram:— “Serious burglary; one box hairpins missing. Jane prostrate; kindly inform police—Henry.”
Example 2.—Topic: a catastrophe.
| C. | A. | S. | D. |
| P. | B. | C. | A. |
| B. | Q. | D. | W. |
“Cat ate Sunday dinner. Please bring cheese and bread; quite distracted—Wifie.”
The funnier the telegram, the greater the laughter when it is read out.