156 HOME AMUSEMENTS.

without speaking, and the rest must find out the word
he represents. Another runs along on all fours for
rat, another endeavours to fill.a large chair and look
big for fat, and so on all round till no more-rhymes can
be found.

 

MY LADY'S TOILET.

Eacu having taken the name of some article of dress,
chairs are placed for all the party but one, so as to
leave one chair too few. They all sit down but one,
who is called the Lady’s Maid, and stands in the
centre; she then calls out “My Lady’s up and wants
her shoes,” when the one who ‘has taken that name
jumps up and calls “shoes,” sitting down directly. If
any one does not rise as soon as called, she must
forfeit. Sometimes she says “My Lady wants her
whole toilet,” then every one must jump up and
change chairs, and as there is a chair too few, of course
it occasions a scramble, and whoever is left standing
must be lady’s maid, and call to the others as
before.