You have asked the children to tell of their amusements, so we send
you a game called "Genteel Lady." You must have a number of twisted
papers made to represent horns. For each mistake that a player may
make, a horn is stuck in the hair. The game begins by one of the
party saying to her neighbor on the right hand, "Good-morning,
genteel lady, always genteel. I, a genteel lady always, come from
that genteel lady always genteel" (pointing to the person on her
left hand) "to tell you that she has an eagle with a golden beak."
This is repeated by the next girl, who must add something to the
last phrase, but must keep strictly to the formal introduction. It
is quite likely that she will make a mistake, and if she does, she
is immediately to receive a horn. After this she will be called
"the one-horned lady, always one-horned," until she shall receive
another horn, when she will be called "the two-horned," etc. Each
person who repeats what has been last said without making a mistake
must add something--as silver claws, diamond eyes, raven plumage,
or whatever else she chooses--to the description of the eagle. At
the end the horns, which are regarded as forfeits, are all
ransomed.
We like the stories in YOUNG PEOPLE very much indeed.
FANNIE and ANNIE.
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