A CHINESE TALE.
A PLEASANT indoor amusement for whiling away the hours -of a rainy day is the Chinese party, first cousin to the familiar donkey party at one time so popular. Against a vivid red background rests a melancholy Mongolian bereft of his queue. It is the business of the blindfolded player to restore this important bit of bead-gear to the unfortunate Chinaman. Ludicrous in the extreme is the effect of a braided pigtail falling like an exaggerated goatee from the chin of the"patient, poor unfortunate. Many lawn parties have been enlivened this summer by this evolution of the donkey party, a Mg'tree being pressed into-eervice for the benefit of the patient Celestial. The prizes are frequently rare and costly, the wealthy adding this feature in order to give spice to the mirth-provoking game.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VII, Issue 3, 17 January 1891, Page 19
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135A CHINESE TALE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VII, Issue 3, 17 January 1891, Page 19
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