Home Amusements.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2861, 11 June 1897, Page 4

Home Amusements.

CIIAKADE3. ; ;• charades are always-. auni-. sing, aud they are very little- trouble, for no istage properties are required. Choose your actovx, clear away some of the furniture in the drawing-room so as to leave a space. at oue end, aufl seat" the audience a.t the othef. ! ,-■ Four pr five people ,are, qujjte, enough to get ni> a charade, and the principal points to be rembmbered 1 are that a : word wHh- easily actod syllables is the best f ...that- the "get. up" of. each actpi-caH.be a little exaggerated, tliat the enunciation - f \ >6t t-heh" words must be distintt]%fidPtfiat ; each : scene should not: las| mftre| tliau five or six minutes, less if possible. : I'he usual plan is to taki6 a wol-d of. two or three syllables, to act eachsyll^ able separately, and then the. whole' word.' ' 'There is such ample choice in words, that itiseeins almost unnecessary to suggest " hairdresser," " carriage," " marrihge," *'- : I)utterfly," " fearless," "mettlesome as suitable fo>r the purpose. All kinds of articles mqy bo used for "dressing up " — shawls, dressing gowns, servants' aprons, caps, any old-, fashioned gowns or bonnets, and, in fact, anything that will help to create some fun. The scenes should be as varied as possible. ; , . Take " Hairdresser," for instance. The first scene might bo. a dame's school where the mistress ■ is vainly trying to impress the -between " air," " hair," and '*' hare" pn hey pupils. The scho'liiKs' : will natufaMly be densely stupid,, aad if one-ror two pf the most <liguitiec^. members of, the family are arriyed in' pinafores there is sure to be plenty of laAVsllteV. : 'Dress js tb^,next syllable, and tliis is n. . yery easy one. The stage can be 'turned into efttier a" dressmaking establishment,' 'where* various customers come to .. jnake ,- f imp^gssiblp . p.urcln\se,s, } or a ladies' "dressfng-roonij' or "a demonstira-t^n-of tlte-Diies's^Reforifi Association, ' each^ mertiiJDivjvi 11. make a : speech 011 ,the. beauty and .fitness of her own cbsttfriie',' each actor 'being a'rrnyed'in the. most outrageous: fashion'; possible";' the ..drjegsing gowns ; pf the family will come .' i.n,' 'spjetid'idly hero. " . ' '-■The liext scene^mig^fbe between- two.: ,sf.T : vaut£, w ; ho rft'iUiHlisjquiJs t;heit!; S }nis- ' tresses' foibles, aud \ypa.knesses . ■ witli great gusio, and 'coiithuiftliy allude to " 'er." « ».c two old- yilitrge icuones gossipiag p^er a possible ,pair, of lovers.. - The whole word sMouft't\be a hairdresdng ( stablishment. v -IjaQy barbers would b« best,, at}d they shqiild be ;arruyed in hype aprons, and carry pn their" business with great 5 detnurcuess and a littlo dash of coquetrj Svhen male customers come in. ..;..,. It is'ah'vjiys'bottjr tuiihve 'scones that will Illustrate-. 'the av-.tcls "ds 'much as* :jjossiblc, lot if the nudienre are kepfc too much in. tlie dark they are apt to become ittipatioiif. Dumb cljaiTvdvs t^v^ capital. f,uu too. The active is al| in .Jiiuib S.how., 'I^lie guesses ut the meaning iire 'usually "very ■ , wide of Hie mark; biit pi'ovoke a good 1 deal of. hilarity. / Children a re. always Interested in chhrades v and on occasions when the' little oheii are allowed "to sit up. -it will be found to be an excellent, way of :) musing them.