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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1911-12-21, Page 9r,or' ws•+" e. ta{r _fic,a o.+- --,. r.u• �tRffia ¢, THE SIGNAL : GOIJERICH ONTA RI ( ) Tut.Rsnsv, Dar smitlflt 21, 1011 • CD41111.11STMAS Tricks With Sheets to Divert the Christmas Company AgH should always be pro- vided ided for ohlldraa's Christ- mas games Arranged as a senses it series many pur- IMMO MAIM sbadew pictures and lashes Mow. Two capital gable ata played in this Basalar. fee use se Wain about nka lathes wide shesid be cut in the Sheet at a essvamleR height for af- forest perms' to stud and show only their eyes. No Sat should be back of the sheet. and the company seated In front must goes whose eyes are staring at ties A variation of this idea may be even move amusing because It affords opportunity ter misleading the guess- ers. Install Of as opening the sheet le drawn •f a few lashes from the seer Is order to show the fast of those into stead behind it. Boys according. ly.put es skirts, and girls slip their basis tato their father,' shoes, get- ting down os all fasts is order to de- enve. Another mirth provoking trick for children of all ages and one that will be heartily appreciated by adults L called mesmerism Blacken the cen- ter of the under side of a small plate by holding it over the dame of a can- dle. being careful not to soil the edge or top. Put this plate upon another and place them In front of you. The person to be mesmerised must be seated so that by no posstbfity can he see his redectioe in the glass. but must be in full view of the audience. The mesmerist says Impreegively: "You must look me steadily to the eye all the time- Deal remove your eyes an instant from my face. but do just as 1 do slowly—ane (picking up the blackened plate and banding it to the victim so that the black is toward the spectators). Hdid it so (taking up the other plate and bolding it with the concave side toward himself). Now this way (rubbing kW Anger round and round the back of the clean plate and the one who is mesmerised drawing bis round the blackened one uncon- scious of its condition). now so (draw- ing the tinges down the right cheek) - Never mind bow they lamgb. You must not look down. Steady. Now again" (rubbing the finger as before and drawing it across the other cheek). The operation may be repeated until the face of the one mesmerized pre- sents a most comical appearance and the audience Is convulsed with laugh- ter. SNIGGLE THE SPRIG. of a bar—always jest when you do bot expect it—the player lifts her hands vff the piano. Iliverybody must then attempt to get a seat. and. Se there are only eleven, am pigeon will„ of course, be left oat Mor he is then out of the game and must sit down and watch it. Thea a chair Is taken away. ten be- ing left: The dancers resume their dance as soon as the music begins The moment it steps they try to get a chair each, and one is, of course. again left out. Then another chair is taken away and the dance resumed. The game goes on, losing a dancer and a chair each time. till two dancers and one chair only are lett Then the two dance wildly around the chair. and when the music suddenly stops one sits down, and the other is "out," like the rest. IVY AND HOLLY. DOLL -DRESSING 14INTs. Make the Clothes S. They Will Cess Ow—T1a New Dell Mus. Ire doll dresetig time. and every woman with a small toddler le her era firmly se time enough to leek atter Immo et these in ether families to head at it. la mating dresses tee dolls li le the i who wanes who kmws that tae usual order a the limes of thing sneak be severs•& and that toe the poet I child the deli should have it auk dress. while tee the dell et the well to M and the dross may be at pretty or walla mull er dettea swim trimmed with sarsew wettest Abbot. A den Ia a silk dram is the tame- less* child's dream et Miss To her It le the unattainable and the gimlet" C. sequently rummage the scrap beg et silk pieces when dressing her a deli or use a discarded sash ribbon. 'The eliki to whom silk is no rarity le better pleased with the daintiness et the organdie doll. Such details as a sash with bag bops and ends. bows en the shoulder* and a jaunty one la the hair count for much in general tdectives's& sad doll bats may be bought at many &op* if one has not the ingenuity to make one of a bit of fancy braid and velvet, which is easily done. A child's deafgbt 1s to have • sniff sad boa resembling fur for the doll. A Rhymed Qom* Fee the Older Boys and Girls. Boys and girls enjoy a rhymed pas- time called try and holly. Suggest the plan of it to them and they wilt amuse themselves with the adven- tures of the two heroines for quits awhile. Chairs are arranged in two rows. and the children sit facing each other. One youngster begins with some ad- venture, as "Holly and Ivy went out to a party." Thechild sitting oppo- site must complete the rhyme with another couplet—for Instance, "Holly and Ivy came beck hale and hearty." Then there L the fun provoking con- test called dramatic adjectivee- H, ' the company L divided up into twat bands, one of which retires, while the other remains in the parlor and de- djdes upon some adjective to be acted out in gesture language—for example. gay or doleful or vivacious. When the word has been decided upon the absent memberu must be summoned. and they are called upon to guess from the pantomime of the others what the adjective decided upon may be. If they can guess It in thr. a mla- utes a point is won by their aide, and the others withdraw. After three minutes the pantomime can be kept up if the opposition is determined to discover the right word, but a success point no longer represents a point won. As soon as the word is guessed play- ers turn about and those who have guessed become actors. Several monde are played. and the greatest number of points won by either side wins the game. All those who belong to tie winning side might draw for a prise If it U desired to make an award. "Sniggls the sprig" means simply snare or catch the sprig. Any bit of green plant will do for the latter, and any number of children can play the game- Some one who is not playing bides the sprig, and all search for it When found ft has to be carried to a fancifully trimmed pole and tied there. Thisis no easy matter, for the sprig must first go through the hands of ev- ery player, and it is every ones aim to catch it before 1t reaches the pole. No attempt to do this can be made. however, until the sprig has returned to the bands of the finder and that player Is running for the goaL in the midst of the general search. when the finder has found the sprig. he approaches his nearest neighbor and quietly bands tt to him. At the same time he gives his neighbor Na 2, which means that this one is the second person to bold It The latter in torn as carefully passes it on and num- bers this player a unit higher. So the game goes on until the last of the players has held the sprig. This one knows that he L the last, for the rea- son that before the game began a count was taken. and each participant knows just how many persons are tak- ing part When the number L given to each player the first same of the finder is whispered also. As soon as the last player receives the sprig be passes It to the finder, who at once runs for the goal with it. All follow and give chase except the last player, who is not permitted to run. in the scrimmage that follows the sprig may be snatched • dosed times That one is victor who succeeds to placing it on the pole. Should it be the ander, then his triumph will have bees so much the greeter, for he will have bad the most dllaculties to over - cow to doing this. HURRAH FOR SNAPDRAGON! An Old Game That Always Commands Applause. Snapdragon is a dlverdon of Christ- mas time in England. The requisites are one or two large platters such as roasts are seri ed on. sotee large, fat raisins, a little trendy or gin, a match and a darkened room. The platters are arranged thus: if there is but one and the party Is of moderate num- ber it is laid in the center of a dining table; If the number of players is large, then two platters are laid, one at each end of the table, or there may be two small tables, with a platter on each. Next the raisins are laid over each platter. singly and at short dis- tances' apart A small quantity of brandy or gin to then poured over each platter and lighted. Out go all the lights in the room, leaving none but that from this dancing blue flames to the platters. Everybody shivers' and feels uncanny, and the fun begins. Each player "snaps" at ■ raisin on the dish, and, hit or miss, the blue dame clings to the fingers in writhing. forked tongues, thus providing the "dragon." The raisins are all finally secured, the flames die out, the lights are turned on, and the company U ready for other amusement/ unless, as is often the case, there L a call to re peat the fun just ended. A etarel onetime *fords exercise and lea. A young lady le ngwted to take her pleas at the plane and play dbV (leemtams meek. Some elates are placed doers the renter of the neem, trek to bast. Isar ase lem la wareibeir than the player& Suppose them are twelve el$&ree to play You piers neves chairs, ten bark to beet, glee mars. Thele the t welt' e eM*ea dame hand he baud •rassd the Make is Das to the seneie. ?I *Bfh—Msikeiee Ass the adde A SUGAR PLUM SHOWER. $er•mhling Per These Dainties a Jelly hemp. Make a large bag of thin white pa- per, fill it with sugar Ritmo and tie a string around the top to keep it fast. Then suspend it from the ceiling or from a large door trams and provide a long. light stick. Each child is blindfolded In turn and the stick put into the child's hand She is led within reach of the bag and told to strike it. It she succeeds in her aim and tears • hole in it the sugar plums are scattered on the door, and the little ones scramble for them, but It is by no means easy to strike a sue pended object blindfolded. Generally many attempts are made unsuccessful- ly. Each child la allowed three trials The maker of the bag can put is it tiny books, pincushions or any little toy with the sugar plums. An tildes person should always superintend le order that everything may go smooth- ly. I' I 111 AS ' A Christmas Flashlight ES A Santa Claw Party - For Christms►s Evening 1"9101t a gay frolic of a Chriseree party with the guests tires the ages of tea to fifteen see thane lines for the invitation: Wim you Demo to my party And meet a 'dear old frien4Y' Don't bethsr'Dout iso dethes bat thing& "at as up good to MM. Flee we win /hells. Ter we will play; We will dance: We will take a turn with Santa Claus Should we have a Utile chanty Come from eight to Moves. Decorate with holly. mistletoe and quantities of Japanese lanterns Santa Claus may receive with the young host or bonen, shaking bands with each guest, pulling snapping mot- to caps with them and throwing gay garlands of crape paper over their shoulders. Then Santa disappears, only to come back with his pack, from which each child draws a Christmas favor. When the dining room is thrown open Santa leads the way to the tune of a lively march. He may than take his leave with a "Merry Christmas to all. and to all a good night" now. MET and these may be made of eiderdown flannel with dashes of ink in imitation of ermine. Remember above all things that no- body sews the clothes on to stay now. adays U you do not make the dolly's outfit so that it will "button and un- button" alas for the gratitude that you will receive. Then, too, no dresser of dolls in her senses would brays the scorn of the present day Maud or Mil- dred by presenting bet with a doll that lacked "really truly" shoes and stock- ings of good style. The little tot herself will be per- fecta "crazy' about one of the new doll muffs. This affair is to be had in regulation size for a child from three to eight years old and is made of white fur. It differs from the usual muff because of the doll attachment Dolly's arms and bands show at the top of the band warmer, and her legs and feet, clothed in fur, dangle down at the bottom. Very cute is the rab- bit pocketbook for the small girl's use when she goes shopping. A SEARCH GAME. Made{ Nelly Lesvos All Over the Nouse. Pee a pretty Christman search gams whlh yeseg Mikes as well as the Oder bars and girls ren a% eat several bsadred little belly leaves from gree Bated paper and bide tbese all reeled the thetas At a gives atrial tee young r4a newer of Is sate& of Meese symbol' of the seems The TeoleMltt Sidles the greatest `somber of tis Is the ten minutes allowed for the searel Mae/ receive some laetmeemetve poise dseeret l with • dotes ~emoting icily. A LAST MINUTE GIFT. An Rosily Made SN of Dainty Cw- tews Nothing could be easter to make than the bag illustrated, and for this reason it is a splendid last minute gift All you have to do is to double In half about a yard of famed cretonne and where the tura is made fa the ma - 44, i`,. LU WhT Naos me. teeth overeat* the edges together fee half the lenges et the eretonma la the center of U. two sides of the cretonne gather the Material to a Mem et tape tour Molise dep. attach bows of some prettily mired ribbed'. mad whale the WWII are sewed ee the gift le o eleted. SANTA CLAUS' CLAWS. it was on a late October afterimage that he Sat drifted into the settle - Meet bese. He was sot the type that nwally seeks eat each a phew There wee teething Imelda about kits —withisg suggestive et the lmmlRaK His silvery white hair was breabed beet beat a tem et dlatisctive rogue - meat. which eves the matte of d1F stiatlaa amid set hide. He leeksd efseedlegk taberealas Ile Use mass and blotters. and. yeestttlp a bit of ataadal MQsemit heat bee like Newton. tie Maki 7 ase sa ditty that morning. be= ed sada is a fertalg t sad yet agais. Is the renes et his el die •)ties Wow ter whose he always twisted oyes MI`fe 'radially pissed tagetiez Wd tslnetaat story. He had came deem a wed eM Itawtbiu"W fanny, was seated at eau et the eskers saber - Hiles ash had bis as Wil dal le a Hs melees beak. But the Mak habit tembesse Itself +r hr. Ho bad asserld, but W nal e W demise Ws after ewe year.. She was less slier dead. se woes e.!1 ett file raledlaM tandly. He bad gene thneagh the fsdee rfbaWe esseetesee that the mess whe to dews as/ out sessetlmM sheen, though ad always. thank Gell It was almost tin* years ago that he had left the east Santa Claus' claws can be played by any number of children. First of all, the players sit in a cir- cle itcle on the door, with their feet stretch- ed out in front of them, and then one of the party starts singing: Santa Claus, claw ons Manta Claus, claw two. How many claws has Santa sett Manta, come toil me and draw it in. As the singer pronounces each word she touches the feet of all the players Is turn, allowing one word for each bot When she comes to the last word, "in," the player whose foot she touches draws It in, as she has bidden. This goes on until all the feet but one have been drawn in. The owner of that foot has to pay a penalty for being last. To pay the penalty the player gets down on the ground on hands and knees, and one by one the other play- ers, who have been fortunate enough to get out, place various articles on the losing player's back, saying: "What is this over you?" The child on his or her hands and knees says what he or she thinks it may be. If it happens to be a handkerchief and the player guesses a fan the oth- ers say, "Let handkerchief stay until fan comes," and the handkerchief Is placed on bis or her back. This goes on until a heap of all sorts of things has been loaded on the poor penalty payer's back. As soon as the player guesses correctly what Is being held over him or her, however, be or she L allowed to get up, and then they play again and again until they are ON % Per Mebslst. Tour friend who owns as mime. Ml. will appredat• a gift et sae aka sew tourist's towhees er plink Mem nese Notate a half des areal Nikita .easel plates, tem. teens and mamas, eellapeibls dusting cep, paper etaglid s and .arises amides for tine es a daye enlist I!lase eedb se= er Mawmall Isr1�Sg1 dindied gip am MOM111.116141.41111114 --moselptsik tired. THE CHRISTMAS DONKEY. 9 MOWS had sew hewas la Mies" est is what you need. If the first bot - loom trees every d i time fie. a ds tie fait to benefit,money oney t s p the city, �t )twe ells moose of he boom, treturned. Ask your druggist.broken in spirit. Di ambition and remote -MILES MEDICAL CO.. remote- Can Melte. tee Mud.d •A• .t.v.v tlelag. te se te the Maybonse, tee weals te easel mere than earn the 10 tents seemeary fee a bed and the additional pittance der feed A few days before Christmas the man appeared again at the settlement. "If—if you bad some shoes, mise, that wean It my big feet I'd be very glad to west for ties These are—well. they're pretty summery for walking the streets. rve put newspapers is the soles, but they're wet clean through-" Nothing in the right alae could be found, and the man was told to return in a few days, when a pair would be awaiting him. Meantime Miss New- ton procured from a friend some new heavy shoes, and, leaving them In the oece on the day before Christmas, she said to the one in charge: "Give these to my lodging house friend when be comes, please, and tell him I cannot see him today. I'm leav- ing for home tonight, and I have a hundred and one things to do besides Packing. It's all right about the shoes He needn't work them out Tell him they're a—a sort of Christmas present and to come and nee me after New Year's" But when the nun came that after soon he insisted upon seeing Miss Newton. "It will take only a minute." he urged. "I'm sorry to trouble you, miss," he apologised when she appeared. "1 promise not to keep you long. But I thought to myself as I sat there reading in the public library" the "I Suffered Inte>ise Pains in My Left Side." Do you realize it is better to be safe than Sony, that it is the best policy to lock the stable door before the horse lb stolen? Dr. Mimes' Heart Remedy cured Mrs. C. C. Gokey, of a stub- born case of heart disease, such as thousands are now suffering with. Read what she says: "Before I began taking Dr. Miles' heart Remedy I had been suffering from letart trouble for over five eas.r1 haill wn eh via yImpossibkrofee meso wto ak dotthinat It minutes work in a whole day. w I *uttered Intense_ pains le my lel side and ander the left shoulder blade. I maid nut sleep as the left ads, and was so Mort Wsth that I thought 1 should ntpvtr b* able to take a 1.11 Meath algia The ug least aselt/meat would brag on the most distressing galian. I had scarcely taken a bottre of the Heart Remedy be- fore I could see a marked chsnCe in my con4lttea 1 began to ampwell, h a good appetite, and Im- proved so rapidly that when 1 had taken ala bottles I was completely MRS. C. C. GOKEY, Northfield, Vt. If you have any of the symptoms Mrs. Gokey mentions, it is your duty to protect yourself. D. Miles' Heart Remedy. A frolic on the order of the ever pop- ular donkey game Is always In order for • Christmas gathering of young folks. Vary the picture a little to suit the occasion end offer • prise to add gest to the struggle• if the shops are not at hand to offer inspiration for the new version of this contest any one with some little artistic skill can draw a picture of Banta Clans on a square of muslin and color with tinted chalks. The youngsters are blindfolded one by ome and are sent to pin a spray of holly in Santa's hand. It is, of course. the one who comes nearest to accom- plishing this feat who wins the prise. a copy of some popular juvenile story. The children who stick their holly sprays fartber away from the mark may be condemned to perform some funny stunts. For instance, they may draw imaginary reindeer in the air with the index linger in the presence of the rest of the company. Cut a turkey out of white cloth and leave off one foot Cut eight or ten feet out of paper, and, after pinning the cloth turkey to a curtain, give each child one of the paper feet Blind- fold one at a time and let each try to pin the foot In place. Some will come quits near If tbey watch closely and take measurements by eye before they art blindfolded. A little beg of candy or some little knickknack from the Christmas tree should be given the one whose foot Is pinned nearest the prop- er place for it HOT COCKLES. Chrietesee Pranks Popular In the Long Age. lidcockle. is a somewhat painful siert of Mind man's Nnt, dear to war gredperests at t'Aridness time. The blindfolded one kneels down In the • eater of the room sod all the rest of the players gtt-e him a hit en the bark Is taro The object N to gems who street the Mew 111 Sees s. a Ter vert rums to made the bitter +women '9t" lairs meet he tatm to strike lightly or this rem. may barmy der arra Xi WAS SI LLZe 17111 AMID sLOrnme. 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WESTY.RVELT, - Char BredAcr.r.ntant, l'tindyal v.,--, o -'--.re' Y often "brushed up." as he would say, on his Latin and Greek history, snit few men were better versed than he on matters of the day) "that it was pretty cold and stormy to walk away out here. But I said to myself. TIM not the one to break my word to the lady who has been my friend.' Be- sides, I wanted to give you • little ' something. I've brought yes a few blotters, fancy ones, for your ewe desk, and here"—le reached down kis pocket—"ls this little knife thought you might use. Irs diver all right—just needs a little polish. I've bad it • loos, keg time, miss • • Thank you for the shoes Yen aur very Wad to take tits trouble ter mer" Trouble! Hies Newton tried te Malt of the right words to reply. The man wanted to work in payment for the shoes. He was mot oe as rend or two. and later permtedes was obtained to give his something to eat. -Thee, miss," said he as he finished a emend cup of cotes and his last alas of bread, "that will do for supper sad tomorrow's breakfast toe. Oh. bell that was geed retool • • • Aad ee yotLYto mats( home fen Chrtetmael lean ISM Me) How I wish I bed a Wee to pa tel • • • Well. muss g,Nlr mil a-4 awry Christmas to yew" Ad he went not apse Ms assume, Its windows glistening with wt� brtdtaaea. It. stores crowded eteveetk hoer abeppent Wb.n Men Newtee retented •tt}m Now Tears abs waited te vNe to bs from her lodging home friend. sever eaveet robots—who kmswst -twrhs cm be r at hems the (IMtNIMM Macaw n at nvbf+'airr. --1!QSS' Limited ..ondon and Edmonton MANUFACTURING FURRIERS ( A satisfactory purchase is not necessarily one 1i 1 that commends it Vti 1 .. • self through cheapness alone but rather upon theovalue you receive for your money. 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