This is another dangerous game. It consists of several players being seated on the ground in a line, clasped by each other round the waist: when all are thus united, two others tak...
Each gentleman is handed a slip of paper with the name of a lady guest on it. The gentlemen are then requested, one at a time, to go to their respective ladies, giving each a compl...
The group grasp hands, forming a circle. Two individuals are selected, one to be "It", and the other to be chased. These two are placed on opposite sides of the circle. Then "It" e...
A group is divided into two teams, A and B. The game is played around a small building, such as a small school house or wood shed, around which there is free running space. To team...
Although young America is growing more and more fond of out of doors, the lovely old occupation of gardening is less a favorite than formerly: and this is a great pity, for if one...
Players are invited to join the Siam Club, for which certain rites and ceremonies are necessary. Those to be initiated into the club then kneel in a circle in the centre of the roo...
This game is similar to the game "Steps," above described, excepting that the players standing behind "It" assume the poses of statues. "It" upon turning around endeavors to detect...
Contestants lie flat upon their backs and throw an object over their heads with their two feet, for distance.
The best way to play this game is for the players to divide themselves into two groups, namely, actors and audience. Each one of the actors should then fix upon a proverb, which he...
The players join hands and form a circle. One is chosen to be "it" and runs on the outside. He taps another player, who quickly runs in opposite direction. The place he left remain...
Cut alphabet from newspaper and sprinkle on surface of water; letters floating may spell or suggest name of future husband or wife.
One member of each team takes a position on the distance line, opposite to and facing his team. At the signal to go the first man on each team runs forward, locks his right arm in...
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium; parlor._ One player is chosen to be bear, and sits in the center on a stool. The bear chooses a second player to be his keeper....
A book is handed to the pupil in the last seat of each aisle. At the signal to go the pupils holding the book step into the aisle at the right hand side of their desks, holding the...
A sheet is hung up in a doorway. The group is divided into two teams. One group goes behind the sheet. A small hole is cut in the sheet. The members of the group behind the sheet t...
The pupils of each aisle constitute a team. A slip is handed to the one in the first seat in each row. At the signal to go, he writes his full name thereupon and passes it immediat...
One pupil is sent from the room. Thereupon the remaining pupils hide some object agreed upon. The pupil sent from the room is recalled. The teacher or one of the pupils plays the p...
This is a most amusing game, and although only two boys can play at it at one time they will keep the rest of the company in roars of laughter. The two who are to represent the "co...
_6 to 18 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ A long, narrow strip of ground is needed for this game, divided into three spaces measuring from ten to fifty feet square. The central o...
_5 to 30 or more players._ _House party._ Each player is provided with a sheet of paper and a pencil. The game consists in one player writing down something that he has planted and...
This game is particularly interesting if the men and women of the party compete. For each team a pronouncer is chosen who takes his place directly to the right of the blackboard im...
Opponents are placed upon chairs and must stand thereon upon one foot. Each is armed with a long pole, the end of which is padded with a wad of cloth. The object is to dislodge the...
To while away the time before dinner, or while sitting in the twilight, this is a simple amusement for those who love poetry. One begins by giving a line or verse of poetry. The ne...
_10 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ Two parallel lines are drawn across the center of the playground, with a space of ten feet between them, which is neutral territory. A...
1. No bet is payable in any match unless it be played out or given up. 2. If the runs of one player be betted against those of another, the bet depends on the first innings, unless...
Walk backward several feet out of doors in moonlight with mirror in your hand, or within doors with candle in one hand and mirror in the other, repeating following rhyme, and face...
_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom._ This is a schoolroom adaptation of Up Jenkins, and is designed especially for use as children assemble in a class room before the opening of the s...
A White cloth covered the table at this luncheon--a white embroidered linen center piece with lace edge under which showed red crepe tissue paper--vase of red and white carnations....
(Captain Bal V) _20 to 60 players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ _Basket ball._ This game differs from any other form of Captain Ball in the fact that the players progress after each s...
In this game the first player writes the name of an animal at the top of the paper and folds it over. The next writes another, and so on until you have four, or even five. You then...