152 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

The person who catches the handkerchief must con-
tinue the game by throwing it to another.
No animal must be named more than once.

 

JERKING STRAWS.

A NuMBER of straws or fine splinters of wood are
allowed to fall in a heap on the table. The game consists
in each of the company removing dexterously one of the
straws, without in the least disturbing the others. This
is the best done with one of the sticks neatly cut to
a point, or a crooked pin placed at the end. She who
succeeds in moving one on the foregoing terms, may
continue to play until she shakes the heap, when the
next tries. Those who gain the most straws win the
game. It is common to distinguish one of the sticks
by a mark, signifying that it is a king, another a queen,
anda third a bishop, the king counting for four, the
queen for three, and the bishop two.

 

THE APPRENTICE. ;

‘Sue who begins, must say she apprenticed her son
to some trade, and only mention the initial letters of