“Can you play cabbages?”
Neighbor—“No.”
Leader (suddenly)—“Then why on earth are we sitting here?”
The blank expressions which result in this query are ludicrous in the extreme, and are followed by bursts of merriment.
The Lover’s Coming
All the members of the party save one are massed together at the end of the room. The leader walks close to them, and throws a light rubber ball towards any person she likes.
The person must be prepared to catch the ball. As the leader throws it, she accompanies the action with these words, “My lover comes thus”—the ball is tossed in a way to illustrate the manner of the supposed lover. The thrower terminates her sentence by a letter of the alphabet. The one to whom the ball is thrown has to provide an adjective beginning with the given letter as she catches the ball—thus:
Leader—“My lover comes g”—(throws ball).
Catcher—“Gayly”—(tosses ball back).
Leader—“My lover comes h.”