Judge — September 10, 1910 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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Summer Games for the Children. 9 OW TO provide entertain- ment for the little ones in the summer season has been for a long time one of the chief problems of the parent, and in order to assist them along health- ful and profitable lines (G Juvce has asked Professor Wil- berforce Jenkins, the eminent <P” Kiddologist, to prepare a few suggestions tending toward a solution of the difficulty. He has kindly consented, and herewith presents a few gen- eral hints for the guidance of all whom it may concern. Garden Golf—This game is played with two clubs, consisting of a hoe and a rake. Any number of children may play it, and the score is counted according tothe number of stones removed from a garden patch with NATURE LESSONS. Young spendthrifi—* Dad told me to take my les- sons in life from nature, and this one showing the dutiful parent feeding its young certainly makes a hit with me. Great is nature !"" a stated number of strokes, The child who gets the greatest number of pebbles or stones of any description into a wicker bas- ket in one hundred and fifty strokes receives the prize. Second and third prizes may be offered if the parent sees fit. A glass of soda water or a box of caramels makes an excellent prize for this game, which is ex- ceedingly healthy. Garden Archery--This is much like the game of garden golf, but is played without clubs, A target is erected in a neighboring field, and the children take turns in throw- ing the stones picked up inthe garden at it. Score is made according to the number of hits, but all the stones must come from the garden itself, and outside stones must not be introduced under any circumstances. Potato Race—This is one of the most ex- citing games yet invented. Each child dur- ing the potato season is turned loose in the potato patch, with a trowel in one hand and a basket in the other. The child who at the end of thirty minutes has gathered the greatest number of potatoes and placed them in a barrel in the cellar is the winner. The Lawn Marathon—Provide a lawn full of weeds of all kinds, and immediately after breakfast line the children up inarow on the front piazza and at a given signal let JUDGE them run three times around the lawn, and | then, getting down on | their knees, pick what- | ever weeds they find in | sight, placing them in- | side a jute bag, with which each child should be furnished. The child picking the greatest | number of weeds before noon is declared the | winner, Much amuse- ment can be got out of the scramble which will ensue for the final weeds as the game progresses. The Lawn-mower Dash—Each child is assigned to fifty or sixty square yards of law given word, all having been provided with freshly sharpened lawn mowers, the start is made, and the youngster cutting all the grass on his particular square in the fewest number of minutes becomes the champion for theday. These events held twice a week will do much to keep the children occupied ina health-giving sport and will also save their parents considerable money in hired- man hire in the course of the season, The Cross-country Run—If you live in a section of the country where the post-oflice is two or three miles away, a go-as-you- please run across the fields from your house to the post-office and back after the mail will cause the kiddies much delight. The winner is the boy or girl who during the week most often succeeds in bringing home the mail. A companion game, a variation of this, is called Going for the Cows, to be played on the farm, the object sought being to bring the cattle home instead of the letters. Needle Ball—-This is rather a game for little girls than for boys. The family eS qi) Hat] seSdslnid alos hdl sly WAIT TILL HE GETS HOME. “* Great Scott! my hat just fell off."" Cheer up, that 's not such a killing matter."* * Ain't, eh? lid landed in the yard, and wifie thinks I''m in Chicago.’ Well, we 're now passing over my place, and the hosiery is placed ina large basket in the middle of the floor, and the contestants are each provided with a needle, a spool of darning cotton, and an ivory ball. At a signal from the mother of the family, each child eeizes a pair of socks from the basket, or a pair of stockings—it matters not which —and begins to darn it. The game lasts for one hour, and the child who darns the fewest number of either in that period of time becomes Booby and has to finish the contents of the basket. Sawbuck or Hatchet—This is a most’ ex- citing contest. It is played by two boys, each of whom is provided with a cord of wood, one having also a saw and a saw- horse, and the other using a hatchet. The lad who turns his woodpile into kindling wood the sooner becomes the champion until a new supply is needed, when he must defend his title against all comers. WinAc hho ANOTHER USE FOR THE AEROPLANE, A device employed by up-to-date farmers in times of drought. comicbooks.com