HUNT THE WHISTLE.
This game is always successful, and a source of very great amusement if only some one ignorant of the secret can be found who will volunteer to act as hunter. Such person is first requested to kneel down while some lady goes through the ceremony of conferring upon him the order of knighthood. During the process, the whistle, attached to a piece of ribbon, is pinned to the coat of the newly-made knight. He is then told to rise and go in quest of the whistle, which is in the possession of one of the party. The hunt now begins, the players all trying to deceive their victim in every way imaginable, and to make him think that they are passing the whistle from one to another. On every possible occasion, of course, the whistle should be sounded, until the deluded knight has made the discovery that the object of his search is fastened to himself.
"I APPRENTICED MY SON."
The shortest way of describing this game will be to give an illustration of the manner in which it is played. John: "I apprenticed my son to a grocer, and the first thing he sold was half-a-pound of C."
Nellie: Coffee?—No.
Sam: Cocoa?—No.
Tom: Cayenne Pepper?—No.
Edith: Chicory?—Yes.
Edith being the guesser of the right article, is entitled to be the next to apprentice her son. One guess only in turn is allowed to each player.