Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — YOUNG FOLKS' CORNER [ARTICLE]

YOUNG FOLKS' CORNER

f “Guilty or Innocent.” The game called “guilty or innocent” is interesting. One of the company gets himself up to represent the old man of the woods; the rest take the names of various animals, such as lion, tiger, leopard, and so on. The players seat themselves around the room, and the old man, standing in the center, tells them that some one of their number has committed a crime, and he is about to question them in order that he may discover the guilty one. He then begins, “Now. Mr. Lion, where have you been hunting, and what have yon eaten today?” “I hunted in the forest and caught an antelope.” “Then yon are twice guilty and must pay two forfeits,” says the old man. and the Hon must pay his forfeit without being told tbe crime he has committed. The old man passes on to a polar bear. “Where did you bunt, and what have you eaten?” he asked. “I hunted in the water and had a fine fish to eat” The polar bear is pronounced innocent. The real game is that no animal may bring In the letter “o” either in his hunting ground or the food he eats. “Forest” and “antelope” both have an “o" in them, so the lion has to pay two forfeits, whereas, “water” and “fish” having no “o,” the bear was declared innocent. The great fun Is for the old man to keep the secret of “guilty” or “innocent” to himself, bnt even if tbe other players know the secret It is very difficult not to make a slip, as the answers most be given promptly. When the game is over the players most pay for their forfeits in any way the old man decides.

“An Aeroplane Ride.” Tbe game of aeroplane ride provides excellent fun at a party. •' Four persons knowing the game most go in a room by themselves and place an ironing board across two low stools. Have a coffee grinder in the room; then blindfold one of tbe persons in the other room, tell him he is going to fly in an aeroplane and let Lin stand on the ironing board with his hands on the shoulders of one who knows the trick. The order is now given to start the engine. Some one begins to turn the coffee grinder for the engine, two more shake the ironing board (not so violently that the person is thrown off), and the person upon whose shoulders the blindfolded one is resting sinks slowly to the floor by bending the knees. This makes the one on the board feel as though he were really going up. After his ride is over some one else is brought in. and the first one may remain in the room and see how it is done- - “The Whistle.” The game of the whistle is partly a trick. A player who does not-* know the game is put in the middle of the ring, round which a whistle is moving in the way that the slipper moves in “hunt the slipper.” The object of the player in the middle is to discover the person who blew the whistle last. Meanwhile some one skillfully fixes another whistle on a string to the player’s back, and that is the whistle which is really blown. As it must always be behind him when it is blown, nothing but the twitching of the string is likely to help him to discover the blower (and the trick), and in a small circle where every one Is moving and laughing it takes some time to notice the twitching at aIL Jumping Letters. J ump the first letter to the end of the word and change the meaning completely. 1. —Jump to choose from many and have the crisis for politicians. 2. Jump a very small insect and have a note of memorandum. 3. Jump wickedness and find something even worse. 4. Jump to deprive of clothing and find stumbles. 5. Jump to slide and find important features of the face. Answers.—l, Selection —elections; 2, flea—leaf; 3, evil—vile; 4, strip—trips; 5, slip—lips. Beheadings. 1. Triply behead and triply curtail that which signifies a mechanic and leave an inclosure where pigs are kept 2. Singly behead and singly curtail something worn by a ruler of a country and leave to propel a boat. 3. Singly behead and doubly curtail a book used by very young school children and leave the edge or border of anything. Answers —1, car-pen-ter; 2, c-row-w; 3, p-rim er. A City Boy. Willie was on a visit to his ancle in the country and was watching him milking one evening. When he returned to the house his aunt asked him, “Is Uncle Hezzfe through milking yet, Willie r “Not yet” answered Willie.' “He’s finished two faucets and has Just commenced on the other two.” Naughty Neddie. Naughty Neddie stole a pepper. Naughty Neddie did, And he tried to eat the pepper. Did that little kid. But the pepper waa a red one. And it bit him bad. And for certain naughty Neddie la a wiser lad. —New Orleans Times-Picayune.