DOT PUZZLE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18015, 27 November 1926, Page 19

DOT PUZZLE.

GAMES TO PLAY. BOBBING FOB APPLES. This is a jolly game for a children's party. You till a barrel or small keg with water, and drop in an apple for each player. Then tie the players’ hands behind their backs and give the signal to start. Each player tries to pick up his apple with his teeth, and the first to do this wins. This contest causes a lot of amusement. A GOOD GAME. Have you ever tried balancing the matchbox? It will make you ache with laughing. Divide the. players into tfvo equal lots, and form them into two straight lines.. Safety matchbox covers are placed on the noses of the persons at the heads of the two lines, and at a given signal the.two.lilies, have a race

by each player passing the cover from his nose to the nose of the person next to him. The side which gets its cover safely to the -end first (via the noses) wins; but woe to anyone who drops it, because then the line has to start again at tlie beginning. If you want to make the game more difficult, tie the players’ hands behind their backs. ANIMAL GAME. This is a jolly game, and causes much merriment, especially at a large party. When the guests are all seated, go | round to each one and whisper the j name of some animal; then say aloud: i “ When sav ‘ Go!' each one make the sound of the animal you represent.” When this has been done, go round again and whisper to one the name of some animal, but to every other one whisper, “ .Keep quiet when I say ‘Go!’ ” The effect is very, comical when only one person responds. i A BANQUET FOB, THE FISHES. The owner of an estate one day found a trespasser fishing in his lake, so he went, up to him and said:— “ Do you know, sir, that this lake is private property and that you are fishing in it without permission?” “ You are mistaken sir,” replied the fisherman, ‘‘ I am not catching your fish/’ “Not catching my fish!” cried the angry landowner. “ What do you mean, sir? Surely I can believe my own eyes?” ” No, sir; I am feeding your fish. 1 haven’t landed one yet, and. nearly all my bait is gone.” APPLES ON STICKS. Choose firm, ripe apples, and put a. stick, about 4in Long, in each. Boil 31b of brown sugar in one pint of water and a teaspoon of golden syrup until brittle; add extract of lemon an 1 a little cochineal. Dip the apples in the syrup and turn over and over until ithev are covered. Put them on a buttered plate and remove them be fore they are quite cold.