THE "TWENTY QUESTIONS" GAME.
An Interesting Divers! art For a Whole TloomAil of Clever People. Among the most acceptable games for Bujhll coinpftiues is the game of "Twenty I Questions," a. great favorite with the English, although not widely known here. The reqnisites for "Twenty Questions" are, first, two rooms, tliat the company may be divided into two sides. The division of tho guests may be done by their Selecting one of two colors in bslla, balls or ribbons, or by the choosing of sides nfter the old fashioned spelling school style. The hostess must see to it that there be an even division of the objects and exactly the same number as there are guests, in order to prevent the leaving out of a friend or other awkward mistakes. Two leaders or spokesmen Bhotild be chosen, the host being naturally one of them, and it will also save further mishaps if the second leader be previously selected and given the idea of the game. The sides being selected cither by drawing of ribbons or by choice of the leaders— a method which has its awkward sicle where there are people sensitive to being the last chosen in a company — each side retires to its own room and selects an object which its opponents are to discover by the asking of '20 questions, or as many less than that number as may be. A scribe is chosen for each tide to keep a record of the questions and and answers by numbers, that no confusion may arise from misunderstood questions or replies. To this end each scribe should keep tally on two sheets of paper — the questions of big own side with the respective answers on one, and the opponents' questions and the replies of his own side on tho other. Tho object selected may be inanimate, animate, ancient, modern or historical, may exist in fact or fiction, the only qualification being that it shall be sufficiently well known bo that a majority of the players on tho other side may be supposed to have seen or read about it. A spirit of fairness should of course be shown in the selection of objects, and in each case the answers should be honest and not hairsplitting, although giving as little information as possible. Such objects as Ben Franklin's loaf of bread, which he carried under his arm as he walked up Market street in Philadelphia, the metal cap of the Washington monument, the last rail laid on a local railroad, the armor of the Black Prince in the Tower of London and Rip Van Winkle's gun will illustrate the wide- range of choice in objects permissible. After each side announces the choice of its subject through its leaders by knocking on the door, hostilities begin. Each side deliberates on the questions to be given the other and its own replies with closed doors, each guest contributing informally his ideas of wording the replies and questions and his guesses as to the enemy's object. But communication with the opposing side must be conducted wholly through the leaders, the other people being silent when the doors are open. And the leaders must not make answers or put questions without first consulting their respective sides. The doors should never be opened without a warning knock. Any question is allowable, the first one being generally, "To what kingdom does your object belong?"- ' ' ' ' The Skulls at Maivern Hill. "I think the ghastliest sight I ever saw," said Sheriff Barnes, "was during the late war on the field of Malvern Hill. I was in tho battle and a more terrific engagement I never witnessed. But that is not the exact time to which I refer. About a year after the battle was fought my regiment was ordered out into the neighborhood of the same old field. Wo went over tho very samo gi'ound, and there in the open field, exposed to the torrid sun, were bleaching the bones of our comrades who fell in that awful engagement. It was a sight I ehall never forget. On every side- lay a waste of skulls— skulls of almost every shape and size— a modern Golgotha. "We could not identify them, however, and could only gaze with a feeling of sorrow on the aggregate pile of human beads that had once been full of life and feeling. After the deeper emotions excited by the spectacle had worn away I thought of the infinite variety of shapes that were presented by the heap. There Were no two of the same shape or size, And it was rather a matter of curious though melancholy interest to inspect the different skulls as they lay crumWiug in the sultry atmosphere of that August day."— Atlanta Constitution. The Strike of a Sex. The women of Africa are taking on advanced airs and trying independent experiments that rather outherod the suffragists here. A strike has taken place among the women of the Akona tribe, J unique in plan and definite in purpose. They protested without avail against tho treatment of the husbands and fathers. Then they talked it over with the preliminary of organization, with no constitution and bylaws, and appealed to another tribe with whom the Akonas were not on good terms. This tribe agreed to take in all the dissatisfied women, and the village awakened the next morning to find all its women and girls gone and work at a standstill. The result was a ready assent to all that the women requested and great rejoicing when the industrial element of the town returned The Stomach and the Tongue. A bad stomach is a bad thing to own. It is the source of all the badness in the world, an able member of the Social Purity society declares. Drug shops are full of stuffs. For good digestion many of them are best let alone. Fruit salts and old fashioned salts are not harmful. Then there are figs — always worth their weight in gold— and tamarinds from India are fine. They come in tinfoil, like many of the oriental fruits, and are sold by fruiterers at 50 or 60 cents a pound. No matter what you do, look at your tongue and keep it red, even if yon can't keen it BtilL
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Manawatu Herald, 11 June 1896, Page 4
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