Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1905 — FOR THE CHILDREN [ARTICLE]

FOR THE CHILDREN

Game of Telcframi. ftaeh one in the company must be supplied with paper and pencil, and then you ask all together to suggest ten letters of the alphabet, which are then to be written down at the head of each one’s sheet of paper In the order in which they were suggested. Now the players must exercise their xuake up a telegram of ten words beginning with the letters In the order given. After ten minutes or so call, “Time’s up,” and gather up the papers. Display a prize for the oue to be adjudged as best, aud theu read the telegrams aloud. Let the company decide which is best. Here are some examples: Suppose the letters were A L W KB E T O G H. One telegram: Alice Lane will know by evening that Oscar gambles horribly. Another telegram: Another lad will kiss before Edith thinks of going home. Lots of fun in this game. Try it

The Scarlet Tanniter. To seo Uie scarlet tauager Is to remember liim always. He cannot be confused with any other bird. The body of the male tanager is a flaming red. His wings and tail are Jet black. There is no mixing of colors. The female Is olive green, dusky and yellowish below and attracts no special attention. The scarlet tauager nests from the Missouri to the Atlantic. Many have heard of the scarlet tanager who have not seen him. His favorite haunt is in the open woodlands. The nest Itself is a neat, shallow basket of roots, constructed much after the manner of the rose breasted grosbeak. The nests usually contain three or four eggs! They are of a dusky, greenish blue, thickly spotted with purplish brown. By October the male has lost his rich dress, and old and young, clad in plain, unattractive plumage, betake themselves to their winter home in Central and South America.

The Dlrd Dealers. The game of the bird dealers Is played as follows: The children stand In a row, leaving two outside. These two represent the bird dealers. Each child represents a bird, one being a crow, another a crane, another a canary, and so on. One bird dealer says to the other: “I wish to buy a bird.” “What kind of a bird?" asks the second dealer. 'JOfL “A bird that canflj fast,” says the first dealer. “Very well,” answers the other dealer. “Take what you wish.” “Then,” says the first dealer, “I will take a robin.” As soon as the word Is out of his mouth the “robin" must leap from the row and run around to escape. If the dealer catches the bird he puts it into a cage, where It must stay till all the other birds are caught.