1. What sort of cat is allowed in a library? (Catalogue.)
  2. What sort of cat makes you think of reflected sounds? (Catacoustics.)
  3. What sort of cat unites well with a toilet article? (Catacomb.)
  4. What sort of cat requires a physician's attention? (Catalepsy.)
  5. What sort of cat is feared by soldiers? (Catapult.)
  6. What sort of cat is bad for the eyes? (Cataract.)
  7. What sort of cat is to be dreaded? (Catastrophe.)
  8. What sort of cat is allowed on the table? (Catsup.)
  9. What sort of cat goes to Sunday school? (Catechism.)
  10. What sort of cat do girls most detest? (Caterpillar.)
  11. What sort of cat makes small boys weep? (Cat-o'-nine-tails.)

CRAMBO

10 to 30 players.

House party.

Each player is provided with two slips of paper, and also with another full sheet of paper and a pencil. On one of the slips he writes a question. This may be as serious or absurd as fancy dictates. On the other slip of paper he writes a word, either a common or proper noun. The slips containing the questions are then collected in a box or hat, and those containing the nouns in another receptacle. The questions are thoroughly mixed and passed around, each player drawing one. The same is done with the nouns.

Each player must then write a verse which shall answer the question and contain the word that he has drawn, no matter how irrelevant they may be. A time limit is generally given for this performance, varying with the facility of the players.

The following may serve as examples. The author recalls a very grave banker, not suspected of humor, who drew the question, "How long should you roast a leg of mutton?" The word drawn was "Finger." He wrote:—

"To roast the mutton, let it linger
Longer than to roast your finger."

Another business man drew the question, "What is the difference between doughnuts and sponge cake?" The word was "Youth." He wrote:—