Sir Barton Moneybags, M.D., Was quite as plain as man can be; But cash, and clients, and such things. Had given to him an air of kings. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 34 wordsThis is a very amusing gaine—with a moral—and played by people with imagination and ingenuity, can be what is euphemistically termed "screamingly funny. ...
Article : 170 wordsAt this season of the year there is an irresistible inclination amongst young and old to "romp," and few but the most inactive want to sit down to quiet card ...
Article : 127 wordsThis is a quite ridiculous little "catch" game at least for the one caught—the others think it intensely interesting. The one "to be caught" goes out of the room ...
Article : 132 wordsThis is a very entertaining little diversion and gives plenty of scope for the ingenuity of the players, and for their histrionic skill. A few go out of the ...
Article : 110 wordsI wonder, for instance, how many have tasted the delights of that delightful old American game, immortalised in a certain very popular American children's book ...
Article : 148 wordsThis is a deliriously childish game that the little ones simply revel in and at a children's party is enormously popular. The players are marshalled in rows under ...
Article : 176 wordsThis is a real, old-fashioned "catch" game, and grown-ups and children have for generations derived huge amusement from the simple and harmless deception ...
Article : 156 wordsTwo sides play this game. Two people go out of the room, and those who remain divide into two groups or "clumps." Those outside think of some particular ...
Article : 156 wordsA game of blind man's buff, in which the blindfolded identifies his "catches" with wooden spoons, has great possibilities. The blind man who has been "caught" is ...
Article : 154 wordsThis is a very interesting table game, that will much entertain young and old, and will be a welcome relief after the romping and exertion of "round" games. ...
Article : 136 wordsIn North Germany a person must not spin during the twelve nights of Christmas lest he or she should walk after death; nor after sunset on Saturday, for ...
Article : 141 wordsThis is a very hilarious game and provocative of a great deal of mirth. Children, of course, adore a huge romp of the kind, and I have seen grown-ups derive ...
Article : 143 wordsFor this game you want two people, one to play cat and the other mouse. They are both blindfolded, and the cat's business is to catch the mouse, while the mouse ...
Article : 177 wordsThis is another excellent table game. Each papier is supplied with a pencil and paper, and writes the name of anyone who may be left a legacy. The paper is ...
Article : 130 wordsIn certain parts of Worcestershire and Staffordshire the idea prevails that a silver coin from the Christmas morning offertory is a sovereign remedy for any ill ...
Article : 152 wordsThis is to be recommended for its sheer frivolity, and is perhaps best suited to those who arts not "scant of breath." A sheet, hung up divides two "sides," one ...
Article : 143 wordsA very simple way of creating merriment is to place a lighted candle on the table, stand a person a few yards away from it, blindfold him, and then invite him to ...
Article : 71 wordsGuessing games are always popular, and great entertainment is afforded by ranging a number of players in a room and selecting those who shall amuse them ...
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Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), Sat 14 Dec 1912, Page 20
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