Our young friends may find amusement in forming lines for themselves as much superior to these as possible.
THE TEN TENS.
Take ten pieces of card, and upon each write any ten words; there is no restriction as to the initial letter of nine of the words, but the last word on each card must commence with certain letters which you must in your own mind associate with the numbers 1 to 10, so that by knowing the initial letter of the last word on each card, you can determine its number.
Here are ten cards, (call these the Selecting Cards,) which we give by way of example, though our readers will perhaps prefer having words of their own selection.
| Jane. | Ellen. | George. | James. | Newton. |
| Mary. | Fanny. | William. | Clement. | Davy. |
| Matilda. | Caroline. | Frederick. | Edward. | Morse. |
| Sarah. | Isabel. | Robert. | Ralph. | Fulton. |
| Rosa. | Flora. | Edmund. | Francis. | Franklin. |
| Elizabeth. | Laura. | John. | Edwin. | Arago. |
| Harriet. | Maria. | Alfred. | Walter. | Spurzheim. |
| Ann. | Frances. | Albert. | Charles. | Laplace. |
| Emily. | Edith. | Henry. | Samuel. | Steers. |
| Emma. | Dorothea. | Isaac. | Theodore. | Herschel. |
| Sister. | Rose. | Friendship. | Putnam. | Clay. |
| Brother. | Violet. | Happiness. | Lafayette. | Webster. |
| Uncle. | Lupin. | Industry. | Steuben. | Calhoun. |
| Aunt. | Daisy. | Ambition. | Scott. | Benton. |
| Grandmother. | Tulip. | Energy. | Taylor. | Jefferson. |
| Grandfather. | Peony. | Fidelity. | Green. | Adams. |
| Nephew. | Hyacinth. | Affection. | Harrison. | Madison. |
| Niece. | Pink. | Hope. | Hamilton. | Jackson. |
| Cousin. | Snowdrop. | Justice. | Wayne. | Monroe. |
| Father. | Lily. | Order. | Washington. | Napoleon. |
For these the key words are, "Edith Flown," so that the letters
| E | D | I | T | H | F | L | O | W | N | |
| Stand for | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
For the success of the game, the key words and the numbers denoted by their letters, must be carefully concealed.
Take ten other cards, which call the "grouped cards," and upon one write down the first word from each of the selecting cards, being careful to write them in the same order. Let another card contain all the words which are second from the top, and so on till all the words have been grouped together. As an example, we give the 1st and 4th grouped cards.
| 1st. | 4th. |
| Jane. | Sarah. |
| Ellen. | Isabel. |
| George. | Robert. |
| James. | Ralph. |
| Newton. | Fulton. |
| Sister. | Aunt. |
| Rose. | Daisy. |
| Friendship. | Ambition. |
| Putnam. | Scott. |
| Clay. | Benton. |