Or else I’ve made a mistake,
And the date is far too late.
Now you must guess my name
Or this fortune’s very tame.
Or ask questions, to be followed with appropriate answers.
“Shall I marry Sue?”
“There’s a rival in the case. A very rich and stupid fellow.”
The Prophetic Rose.
In an archway hang a huge rose made of tissue-paper of a deep red color, the petals being dark at the centre. The players are told that the darker petals belong to the boys, and the girls should visit the rose first. Each girl in turn should step toward the rose, and break off a petal. On the reverse side she may read her fortune; for delicately pasted to the rose petal will be a white one, and on this the girls fortune will be written. Everybody reads their fortune aloud, for all are as interested to learn the future of their friends as their own. When the girls finish, the boys follow in a similar way. Some of the fortunes might be: