Then form a magic ring of the candles in the centre of a dimly lighted room. The ring should be about three feet in diameter.
Blindfold one of the players and have the entire party join hands and run three times around the lighted candles.
Then, leaving the blindfolded player standing two feet from and facing the ring, let the others fall back while a chair is placed before her, a fan is handed to her and she is told to make three trials at fanning out the candles over the back of the chair.
After the third trial she must remove the bandage from her eyes and examine the papers on the candles that are left burning, reading aloud the words which reveal her character.
To avoid any danger of skirts catching fire, care must be taken that no one approaches the candles too closely after they are lighted.
Another game is called the
Bean Bag Test
Into a bag that will hold four or five quarts, pour three quarts of dried beans and in their midst hide a ring, a thimble and a brass button.
Have ready a bright new tin cup and let each player in turn dip into the bag and take out a cupful of beans which must be emptied into a plate.