Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1882 — FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. [ARTICLE]

FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.

A Sunday school teacher in Maine who had grown eloquent in picturing to his little pupils the beauties of heaven, finally asked: “What kind of little boys go to heaven." A lively little four-year old boy held up his hand. “Well, you may answer," said the teacher. “••Dead ones!" the little fellow shouted. - f • ♦ Evening Amusements for lonng People. A game of the simplest character, but which among young people will often be found to afford genuine amusement. It has its advantage—that any child can join in it without having previously possessed a knowledge of the pastime. The players sit around a table, or at least, dispose themselves in a circle. One player starts the game by whispering a sentence in the ear of the player on the right hand. This sentence is the secret. The player to whom the secret has been confined tells it to his right hand neighbor, and so on all ground the table circle. The last player repeats aloud the sentence as he understood it, and then the first player gives out the sentence in its original form. As a general rule it will be found that in passing from one to another the words hav» been so altered as to be almost unrecognizable. There are several such games, which all can take part in, and which will cause much fun. Hand each one present a scrap of paper, and asked each to diaw. with a pencil, from memory, the size of a dime, or 10 cent piece. The circles that will be drawn, their difference among themselves, and the manner in which they are unlike the real coin, is very am<>sing. Such tricks as these have their uses in educating the eye. Another, quite a-i surprising in its results, is to pin a piece of paper on the wall, or better to a door, extending from the floor upward for a foot or more. Now ask each one to mark on this paper, with a pencil, the probable height of an ordinary hat—one of the stiff kind called “plug" hat, usually worn by men. The difference between the marks and the real height of the hat, when placed on the floor will raise a hearty laugh. It is well to ask each one, as the mark is made to put his or her initials againts it. Of course, the larger the number who take part in amusements of this kind, the greater the merriment.