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GAMES AND TRICKS

IVI-IAT AM I? I am a bird 0f letters three, Just add one letter More to me. And I am still A bird, you'll see. Answer: Fowl.

TRY TIIIS TRICK

You can perform this little trick upon your friends when there is a cloth on the table.

Place a. few forks and spoons on the cloth and say to your friend!

"Could you take those spoons and forks of! the tabl ewithout touching them?"

She is sure to say that it is im- possible, and then you promise to d0 ii.

‘Think how surprised she will look when you just lift the spoons and forks up in the cloth !

You have done as you promised for you are lilting them otI the iklIJill but you are certainly not touching them, you m. Isn't ii a good irick.

A GOOD TRICK

‘Iliis simple little trick is sure to amuse your lriends.

To work it you must have a. gins full oi’ water, a needle and a mag- net.

Drop the needle into the water and watch it till it sinks to the bottom.

"Now," you ask, "can anyone take the needle out of the water without spilling any of the water or wetting his fingers?"

Alicea little consideration your audience will decide that it is quite impossible,

You now produce your magnet, tic a piece of thread to lt,' lower it into the glass and place it over the needle. Draw the magnet up the side of the glass and the needle will .fol1ow.

HGURE TRICK Ask your chum what {our flftcens make, and if he is good at arith- metic, he will be sure to say sixty. “I ‘can prove you wrong." you say

then, and you do so by placing the -

four fifteens as you sec below. They make much more. than sixty, don't they?

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TIIE HIDDEN PROVERB

Con‘ you find the proverb which is hidden away in the following pu raigrn ph i’ .

"I don't know where Alice is," said Jack, as he sat down to din- ner, "rhcrc is no excuse ior being so late," said mother. “She is a naughty girl. Wilr you try and find her, John?" "There she is, rnolherl" cried Jack, with a hearty laugh. "Sho is hiding under the table!" “Comeput at once, Alice," said mother, trying not to smile. “That is not the way to behave at dinner- time!"

Answer:

"Where there is a will there is a

way."

“KING 0F THE RING"

This Jolly gamc is for two or more players. It will keep you warm on a cold day. I1 there are only two playing. draw a ring on the ground about sL~< (eet across, but make it larger for more children.

The children go into the ring, fohl their amis, and then hop about on one leg. And while they do this Hwy have to lry to bustle the other plmverr; ouv. of tho ring.

Anyone who uses his hands or puts two feet on the ground is out oi the grime. The player who is left m ihr- ring, oi‘ course, wins tho gunic.

ENIGMA

My first is in evening, but not in moru.

My second is in laugh, but not in 600ml.

My third is in cinder, but not in coaL

My fourth Ls in chime, but not in toll.

My filth is in goat, but not in ram.

My sixth is in mutton, but not in ham.

My seventh is in livc, but not in dic.

My eighth i5 in weep, but lloi. in cry,

My ninth is in water, but not in wine.

m whole is an island in the Pa- cific. ~

CAN YOU D0 THESE? Shut your eyes tightly. Now place Answer: Vancouver.

your feet side by side, and touching also press your knees together.

Now see how long you can stand perlectly still, without swaying at all. You will be surprised.

Bit. down on a chair and then try to get up without bending your body or putting your leg back under the chair. You'll be clever i! you can do that.

Lay a match across the nail of your middle finger of your right hand, and try to break it in hall by pressing upon it with the first and third fingers of the same hand.

Stand with your left foot, left shoulder, and the loft side of your head touching the wall, and see how far you can kick out with your right foot.

SPARROWS A BLESSING

A Minnesota elevator manager makes his premises a veritable bird Sanctuary. He feeds them on quack grass seed and screenings. He even maintains, beside the office, a flow- er garden for them, with watering basin where they continuously drink and bathe. Sparrows, blue- birds, robins, blackbirds, bluejays, and all the bird tribe arc there in great numbers. Sparrows, says this grain man, are a great blessing to a grain elevator. They rid the pre- mises of bugs, beetles, moths, grass- hoppers and all those insects that deteriorate grain and plant life. He says sparrows will not touch the grain as long as there are insects and screenings or weed seed avail- able. Their nesting nuisance, he argues, is very small in comparison to the good they do.

--National Grain Journal.

CHALK EXPERIMENT If you have a piece oi chalk at home scrape it carefully into lhc

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; I,- The stockings were hung b In hopes that Si. Nicholas soon wo

I Twas TIze Night Before Christmas e

through the house

y the chimney ruith care uld be there;

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shape of a. boat, and then place it on a t-in lid. Now pour some vinegar into thr

The children were nestled all snug in_ Iheinbeds, V. While ziisions of szzg/ar-plums danced m their heads; And mama in her kerclzief, and I in my cap,

Hadjzzst settled our brains for a long Winter's nap. ,.

lid B0 that it runs round your chalk. You will see that a lot oi white foam begins to form roilnd your boat, which will begin io move,

EASY CATCH

Go up to your chum and say: "Ii h man had seven sons and each son had a sister, how runny would there be?"

If he is not smart, he is sure to say fourteen, but you say, "You're wrong; there are only eight. Work that out."

heir-cu TRICK Give your chum a safety match and ask him to strike it on his boot.

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When out on ti: I sprang f rum the bed I0 Jiway to the lrinrlmv I Ilcw like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw

The nwon m: the breast of the IICIU-fGIIQIl snow (Inrc the [us-Ire of mirfrlrlg/ to objects IIGIVOIU When, zrknt lo my imnzlcriny/ (was

lIut a ulinialure slc

‘Vi!!! a little old IIYIITI‘, so Iivrlyl mill (mick,

I knew in a rrlonl/"rt it mam! be SI. Nick.

More rap!!! than eagles Iris - Am! he zrlrislled, and slum

"Now llaslzer! now Ilrmccr," now France)" rind Vixen! g On. (Tomci! nu. (Tupi!!! on, Dunner our! Iiliizerz! To the lop of {he porch! i0 the ’ Now dash array; (lash army; dash away al

e lawn there arose such a clatter, ' see u-hat urns the nratter. '

up the sash.

shnuhl appear, ' ‘g 5gb, mm’ eight tiny reindeer. T

courses than came, fed. nnll called lhemby name: f,‘

lop 0f Ike rraII! I!"

After several attempis he will give > (l ‘ it up. ' i?’ . . . ,7 i. - As (Iry Icnrm: Ilmi I1<"."m'c the uvIrI Izurrzcnno fly, _. Iv ~ ta i - . . , , himowaigudheléily hsoumitileflflll: IVhen Ihrgu meet lull: an. (LIII-HGIRH’. mount to iIic sky; 1 \ mmjch ., _ ‘ . .' 5'0 up to ilzv Izozrsc-In]; Ilu’ com-son's they flew, ~ i. flares up. Your friend will f. ,. , “If” f H if _ I qt N. helm I f‘ mink you very clevm but thaws a s.“ lhtll tue .. .4, r u o og/s, am l . re l- , no. catch in it, you have your shoe ’ ‘And then, in a Ilrinlzling, I Ircarrl on the roof In‘ "dimmed" HP beforehand by rilb- ’I'Irepran1'!ng am! purring of each. iltlle hoof, It; hing ihe side of a new box of As I drew in my head, mu! ILTIS turning around, ’ ' nmwh“ ‘m it- Dnrrn the ("Irimnrgr/ SI. Nicholas came ulith a bound. y, Mind you do not put your foo! _ _ _ _, on we ground 0,. the match Wm IIe was dressed all m f m", f rom Ins Ileud to hrs foot, » ,3 m1 to 5mm and spun your trick And Ins clothes were all tarnished with arrkcs and soot; .‘ v ___ A bundle of toys he Imrl flung on his back, l", AN N900“ GAME And he looked like n pcclrllel- just opening Iris pack. P‘ . . . . i‘ My numb" °‘ pmye" m" ‘like "IS eyes-how [he / Iwmklcll! his (It!!! les~~how mcrr ~ \‘ I P U patrt itnvthis game. They are divided Ilis checks were like roses, Iris nose like a cherry! 1' uimo no glrlgups, and lrom each His (IFOII litllc nmuth u-as drazvn up like a bow, ‘(f g up a goa eeper is chosen. And the beard e; his chin runs as white as the snow. ' ‘ ' To play the game, you will re- _ v,‘ quire a ping-pong ball and some The stump of a [npc he held tight in Iris teeth, ' " books. Remove me glqth 1mm the Am! the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath; , ' f. table and arrange two 10w p118. o; He Imrl a broad face and a round little belly, books at each end. Leave a space That shook when he lmzghed, like a bowlfrll of jelly. z ‘i ht th t I b k ' . . e ween e W0 groups ° 0° s IIe runs chubby and plump, a right Jolly old elf. p5‘, “bow; s“ Inches Wm‘ Thme “n 4nd I lauqhed when I saw hinz in spite of myself ' the "goals." '4 . ‘ . ‘ . ’ . ’ . A wmk of Ins eye um! n ilflill of his head 1 There 1s om’ lmlmnant m“ m Voon (we me to know! had nothin t d d the game. No one may touch the ‘ y ‘ g " N“ ' l“ ball with the hands. and the obivct Ile spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, 3

your opponent's goal. The players arrange themselves round the table and each docs his utmost to keep the ball from nearing the goal of his own side. The side to score the most goals wins the game.

PARTNERS 1f you are giving aChristmas

burly and want to make your chums feel at home. nnd also make

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, Am! laying Iris linger aside of his nose, A ml giving a nod, up the chinmey he rose.

IIc sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard Ilim excluirlz, ere he drove out of sight:

"HAPPY CHRIS’ ‘MAS T0 ALL, AND T0 ALL A GOOD NIGHT."

"m" ‘mummy with each other, you ~ certainly should start ofl’ the party - another, and so on. Thcn as ench with this grime. It make; them m“; guest arrives you pin one of the to each other and causes ever so slips ou his-or her~back, but be ""161" fifll- suro to urrungcvii. so that a girl and

Now, before your iriends arrive l1 boy are paired together. When all out up some plain paper into small your guests have arrived you tell Pieces, largo enough to write the them that they must first. fine out name of some person or object on what they represent by risking "- only write one name on each questions of the other guests hurl, Dflner. but remember that the when they have guessed correctly names must be in pairs. For ln- they must find their partner. This ltfince- if you write down "Bottle" can be done, of course, by reading f" 0M Diece its partner would be the slips on the other children's "Cork." "Dick Whittlngton" ma backs, When all the guests have

his Cat" would be another pulp, been paired of! they then 80 in to "Santa Claus" and his "Reindeer lea.

PROVERI! TITLES

Anollu-r quiet game, suitable for ihc more thoughtful, is a. variation 0i‘ “Proverbs? Write some proverbs oh strips oi paper. “Better late

A Hasty Promise

Bobby: "Mummy, what are you going to give me for Christmas!“

Mother: "O, anything to keep you quiet, Bobby.“ i

Bobby: "Well, nothing will keep me quiet except a drum."

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than never,” and so on, ls many strips as there are players, but if memory falls, the wrlw ml? Put the same proverb on more than one strip and composes, or write; down, an anecdote, or short sin-y, u, illus- trate the proverb he ‘has drown. Whenalloreroadythssmrfsgm read, or told, and tho other plum have to fit each with a ptovgfl) m», Often another proverb than the one chosen will ilt the story better, It is more amusing to toll, ntlm- lhan Wflh tho florist-in any “u, the best illustration of the proverb drawn by the follsr Will! a prim.

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One might any. without knowl- odgo, that there cannot be much room for superiority or inferiority amongst the simple some of child- hood. Scottish nursery rhymes "e- mun to confound all ground-m

’ people who. from the height of

their superior wisdom, look clown on and patron!» children. The songs that shiidwn preter are hr from childish.

when we writs pretty-sweet poems for children, they show their good taste by lslvinr thunftor our- selves to enjoy alone, while they return in their own old rhymes which have a great dsal more sense, and say what they bsve- to soy a great deal more neatly and quickly. than most of the poetry written by grown men for their equals in wis- dom and siu. ‘

There is nothing infantile about the children who enjoy that tale of gluttony, heroin in ifs simple statement o! Gui-gunman feasts. charming in its manner:

' Gea-gle Kilordie gbs Laird o’ the

- Knap, Bumped his brose (porridge) and swallowed the up: (oup) H0 gfed (went) to the bys- (cow- shed and swallowed the coo: (on) "Hey," says Georgie, "I'll-surely dae noo." (now).

That Robslaisim ditty is plain moo! that children wafer sensi- csl nonsense. Ind a plain tale well told. to all the prattling trock ever written with one eye on their moth- ers. It is not the simple singers of childhood we dream o! who find pleasure in chanting:

Puseikie pussikia wow.

Where’ll we get bones (bones) tee (to) chow?

We'll sang m, the bog and worry a. hog, ‘

And thigh’ we'll get bane; enow.

Scottish nursery rhymes have" humor of a startling sort. The up- rorrlous tale of [he Auld Wile is far from gentle or sweet:

iuld iwife, auld wife. Will ye go a shearing’! ‘peak a little louder. sir. I'm unco (somewhat) dull o? hearing. -

\uld wife, auld wife, Wad ye yak‘ a kiss?

"es indeed ,1 will gir, It wadna come. lmiss.

The cream o! tho joke lies in the icting of this tale in dialogue, and whoever has seen a boy shout the ‘int question, but whisper the ss- r0lid—Wh1BIl is so easily hoard- must conclude that children do not ‘rave oyos and oars and live ‘mongsg, grown-up folk for nothing.

There is the same old-young wisdom. the some comic serious- nus, in the lament of the mrried lfllfl.

Oh that I had ne'er been married.

I wad never had has care.

Now I hu gotten who; and balms.

And they cry Orowdiol (cruel)

evormair.

Geordie Itilordio shows off chil- dren's some of the ludwrous. and the taunting rhyme that children fling st uoh other teltiflu more plainly to their keen eye for ovar- [rown protonsim.

fimmy Pimmy. plpor hat,

Rods a mils upon s cit.

when the at honed (began) to flint-

my. "Y! Jimmy. baud (hold) her in! (tight)

We cannot avoid a fooling o! dis- w» when w murmur uut we too have shuttled and oiled our feathers before the naive eyes of children. But than m man mm than tho humorous and u" u. tlrlo alumni our lsottish aunt! rhrwws , mind that: nus u wide. and includes the tlnlblc u well u the vmir- Ycllll voices summltllo theology n11 mo”, with their 06d male lmn. Iota undo sin. God nude o munklo halo to put

Hahn is.

Of far do»! rum is the old MUM! when popularity (if we an uh popularity to signify its tom- fying appeal to children) ihstifius its inclusion amongst nursery rhymes. when use yo boon s.‘ the day,

N! bonny woo sroodlsn (sleepy)

duo? (pot name for child) Oh I bu been at my stepmothers, Msk my bed. mammisnnw, Mo! my bed, msmmie.

It was a consummate artist who mldo thlt blllld, with its liquid. solemn vowels, and it; strange at- mosphere of evil. But lost children should b, overwhelmed in terror,

- they have tho pretty verso to oom- fm them

Feetiken, fsoiiken, (pet name) when will yo gang? (go)

when the days turn short. and the nights tum 1mg,

I'll wddle and gang, toddlo and

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And lastly we come upon a song, a Jsasmt pastoral picture, whose melody delights us, as it must have delighted many generations of barefoot balms on long summer evenings.

111cm wu an old man stood ‘on a. atone, (stone)

Alwl.’ in a croft (farm) his ieefu’ lane (all alone) An‘ cried on his bonny sleek kw (cattle) i0 come name. Kitty my molly and Kitty her mithsr, (mother)

Kitty my doo, and Kitty Bills-wi- ther.

mngiety, Bpangloly. CPWR W"! Oowdfy.

And these were the names of t!!! suld man's lrye.

gqotlmd has good cause to be mug 01 hsr nursery rHYmC-‘il all‘! u) dctond them new)“ we Hie“- dgdiflng yéaiaency of‘ our time. tor they are olten DWI-Ty. and always slim-Tho Scots Obso-vel‘.

Ghristmas Fairies

Did you know that all the YB?" round the fairies save “P 1°!‘ Qm-istmas, just as you do? Well. they do, but not pennlfis. bwiil" they have no need for money! you'll novsr guess what it isthat they save, so I'll tell you.

Just inside the sales or mirr- limd is the fairies’ savings bank, and every time a. lair!’ Whirl“ V) fsiryiand from doing her day's work in our world she goes to Gob- lin Goodlellwv, who locks after ‘the bank, and tells him nil she has done during the day. Thcn the 80b’ 1m opens his books and writes down Just how many kind things she has done. Thcn, when Christ- mas comes, each fairy him 11 DWE- snt Just as big as the kind thinSS which the gibiin has written in his

‘books.

Now, there was one little fairy named Iiernollo, who was really lazy, for she would much rather swing in her cobweb hammock thnn work. When Christmas came, ulong went Fernella with all the rest to see Goblin Goodfellow.

"What name?" he asked.

“Fernella, please, sir," she Fer- nelia timidly.

The goblin hunted through book after book, and at last he shook his head.

"I'm very sorry," he said shdly, "younnamé isn't written in any of my books." '

Poor Femellal _' She was sorry that she hud been so lazy, (or, of course, there was no Christmns pre- sent for herl ‘

Just then along came Fairy Meli- sande. and, seeing Fernelld crying. she asked what was the matter.

“Dear, dear, that's bBdWpIiU said. v "Never mind, I've got quite a nice, largo present this year. You shall have some oi it."

And so Parnell: had a present

after alli And the fairy queen got ‘If the little goblins to make a spe- cial Christmas tree ior Mefissnde- Just as an extra present. because lbs had been so kind! But Parnell: made up her mind that she would stop being lazy, so that the next year she would be able to have a present that wa- roally and truly her own.

I hoard the bolls on Ohristmas Day 11mi- old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet

no words repent

Of pesos on earth, good will to men. _bon¢lsllow.

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