How to behave and how to amuse. A handy manual of etiquette and parlor games (1895)
Sandison, George Henry, 1850- comp · New York, The Christian Herald · leaf 94
n. ist Player.—I think I see a brindle cow. 2d Player.—Its nothing but your dads bow wow. ^ ^ ^ ^ 3d Player.—He is chasing our black Tommy cat.4th Player.—Poor puss had best get out of that, etc. Any amount of nonsense may be indulged m a FRENCH RHYMES. 99 game o^ this sort, within proper limits.… … Thk Fivk-Straw Puzzi^e;. You are supplied with five straws of equal length(about three and a half inches), and you are re- %..quired to lift all five, holding only the tip of oneof them. A glance will show you the arrangementof the ^Ye little straws and the coin in their cen-tre, which is, as will…
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