When everything is ready the hostess of the evening should tap a bell for "silence," and announce that ten minutes will be given for each contest; that at the first tap of the bell all must begin to write their answers out, numbering them according to the numbers on the questions; at the second tap the judges are to collect the answers at their respective tables and mark on each player's card the number of points made. The system of marking is as follows: Each player is given as many marks as he has answered questions correctly, and the totals are summed up at the end of the game.
During the progress of the game there must be no talking nor any questions asked. At the third tap of the bell the players at table number one go to table number two, and so on, those at the last table moving up to table number one. This progression continues until all the players have had their opportunity to answer all the questions in the contests. At each change blank paper is distributed, and a bell rung as in the first instance. When the round has been completed the points are counted and the prizes awarded. A popular book makes an excellent first prize; a box of candy in the shape of a book, a second; and a "Primer," a third.
The following are the various contests:
Contest No. 1
- The charming heroine, my friends,
- Was known as —— ("Alice of Old Vincennes").
- She lived when Indians were a power,
- And not —— ("When Knighthood was in Flower").
- And in those past times, quaint and olden,
- She fell in love with —— ("Eben Holden").
- Then, while her friends began to marvel
- A rival came, named —— ("Richard Carvel").
- Each rival his keen sword did draw,
- And heeded not —— ("The Reign of Law").
- They slew each other, alas! and then
- She married a man named —— ("Crittenden").
- The merry bells rang loud in the steeple
- And loudly cheered —— ("The Voice of the People").
- The two rode away on a double bike
- And lived in —— ("Stringtown on the Pike").
- They did not gossip with each neighbor,
- But each one did —— ("The Portion of Labor").
Contest No. 2
Write out the following quotations correctly:
- Beauty is always a thing of joy.
- Let us therefore get up and go to work.
- The man who steals my pocketbook gets very little.
- Every one who knows you, loves you.
- Do pretty and you'll be pretty.
- God keeps the shorn lamb from the wind.
KEY
- A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
- Let us then be up and doing.
- Who steals my purse steals trash.
- None knew thee but to love thee.
- Handsome is that handsome does.
- God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.