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| Title | File:How to behave and how to amuse. A handy manual of etiquette and parlor games (1895) (14760202906).jpg |
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| Description on Commons | Identifier : howtobehavehowto00sand ( find matches ) Title : How to behave and how to amuse. A handy manual of etiquette and parlor games Year : 1895 ( 1890s ) Authors : Sandison, George Henry, 1850- comp Subjects : Games Amusements Etiquette Publisher : New York, The Christian Herald Contributing Library : The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor : The Library of Congress View Book Page : Book Viewer About This Book : Catalog Entry View All Images : All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: either side of the pin, and this latter, displacinga proportionate body of water, will float on thesurface, just as a lucifer match would do. Thesame experiment may be performed with a needle,and it must not be supposed that a very fineneedle or pin alone is suitable. Text Appearing After Image: Shadows -^n the wall. (125) 126 HOW TO AMUSE. Hit or Miss. Great amusement is excited by this game whenplayed in the presence of a company of guests.Spread a sheet upon the floor and place two chairsupf>n it. Seat two of the party in the chairswithin reach of each other and blindfold them.Give each a saucer of cracker or bread crumbs anda spoon, then request them to feed each other.The frantic efforts of each victim to reach his fel-low sufferers mouth is truly absurd—the crumbsfinding lodgment in the hair, ears and neck muchoftener than the mouth. Sometimes bibs arefastened around the necks of the victims for pro-tection. Going Shopping. A lively game of talk and touch. The com-pany is seated in a circle, and one who understandsthe game commences by saying to his neighbor atthe right: *I have been shopping.* *What did you buy? is the required response. A dress, a book, some flowers, apencil—whatever the first speaker wishes, pro-vided always that he can, in pronouncing theword Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
| Creator credit (Artist) | Sandison, George Henry, 1850- comp |
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| Date on Commons | 1895 |
| Licence (LicenseShortName) | No restrictions — see the licence page |
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