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  2. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS READING.

    If 'you have lived in those mountains that shield the mainland of our country from the Atlantic coast line you might have met him. Perhaps it would have ...

    Article : 4,243 words
  3. The Days of the Play Party.

    Modern ideas of propriety have made the play party a thing of the past in localities in which it was once most popular. Parties of this kind still obtain in some ...

    Article : 236 words
  4. GIVE HER A KISS AND LIST HER GO.

    Another game was one in which a young fellow seated himself on one of two chairs in the centre of the room and sang this alluring invitation: ...

    Article : 134 words
  5. A GAME OF MUCH KISSING.

    I recall one game invol[?] [?] much kissing that by the time twenty or more persons had entered into it each would have been kissed fifty or sixty times. When ...

    Article : 367 words
  6. THE THREE TINKERS.

    Again three young fellows would lock arms and march up to some other young fellow in the room, singing: "Three tinkers, three tinkers, ...

    Article : 145 words
  7. THE GAME OF HISS CAT.

    Then there were games of forfeits in which one "kept postoffice," or "measured tape," or "picked grapes," or did other things involving more or less osculatory ...

    Article : 128 words
  8. Christmas Customs.

    All of us have been so accustomed to Christmas customs and Christmas ceremonies over since we can remember anything, that we have come to take the fest val and ...

    Article : 681 words
  9. IT IS DIFFERENT NOW.

    By the time all these games had come to an end your share of kisses may have run up into the hundreds and you were fairly juded with osculatory bliss and were ...

    Article : 188 words
  10. THE KISS WITH NO HARM.

    Another popular kissing game was "Sister Phoebe." When this game was on a girl took her place on a chalr in the centre of the room, while the others sang: ...

    Article : 147 words
  11. The Price you Set.

    The world may get the best of you to-day, but bide awhile, You'll get your turn, If you'll but learn ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. "GRABBING" A PARTNER.

    There was a marching game with no particular name, though I believe it was sometimes called "grab." When playing this game the young fellows chose ...

    Article : 201 words
  13. A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.

    Dear Santa Claus, bring back to me The little brother that I had, And never mind the toys, for he Is all I want to make me glad. ...

    Article : 183 words
  14. THE WEEVILY WHEAT.

    Then there was the singing game called "The Weevily Whent," in the playing of which the young men chose partners and arranged themselves in two long lines ...

    Article : 164 words
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