Hattie J.
Some of my little friends ask me to tell them of interesting games for the long evenings. Here are two, one of which you will find instructive, and the other amusing. Please try both:
JUDGE AND JURY.
The players elect a judge and three jurors.
Before the game begins, the players, except the judge and jury, take the names of historical personages, as Alfred the Great, Queen Philippa, etc. The judge calls up a player, and asks questions about his or her reign or life.
The player must pay a forfeit for any mistake in answering.
We will suppose a number of children engaged in this play. Edith is the judge. She reads from a paper handed to her:
"I find on my list Sir Philip Sidney, Semiramis, Philippa, Joan of Arc, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth, and Mary of Scotland. Come before us, Sir Philip Sidney, and tell us in whose reign you lived."
Anthony (as Sir Philip Sidney). I lived in the reign of the great Queen Elizabeth, and my home was in Kent.