THE SUNDAY OHEGONIiLN, PORTLAND, NOTEMBEB 30, 1902.
ANIMAL LIFE IN "WINTER
SOME PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE NEW YORK SUBURBS
HOW SQUIRRELS CHANGE THEIR DWELLINGS
TWO SUMMERS ago I took up my
residence in one of the thickest
tracts of -woodland on the Pali
sades. I was so pleased with the ad
vantages it presented for the study of
animal life that, as Autumn came on, I
still stayed there, and when "Winter, in
Its turn, succeeded, I decided to remain.
Indeed, I live there now, happy in hav
ing acquired many new ideas in regard
to the ways of animals In "Winter.
Every one knows how the gray. squirrel
in Summertime makes for himself a nest
of twigs or leaves in the branches of
trees and retires to it in his leisure to
sleep or gnaw at the nuts that he has
gathered in the vicinity. During th Sum
mer I saw near my house many such
nests, and I caught glimpses of their
owners capering along the branches, or
peeping at me cautiously, showing only
noses and eyes over some thick limb or
from behind some excrescence on the
tree trunk.
When the nights began to get cool,
and long before the frost set in, the
gray squirrels" changed their Summer
quarters and made for themselves nest3
in holes high up "in the larger trees. I
knsw many of these retreats, for often
times I would see the squirrels near them,
and they weuld run Into these very holes
if I unduly alarmed them.
One day in October, while sitting very
stlll for a long time on. a rock under
some thick bushes, I saw a gray squirrel
very busy on the trunk of a dead cedar
tree. He was stripping off the fibrous
bark. He would roll a large wisp 'cf it
in his teeth and carry it off to the great
hollow oak which he had chosen for his
AVlnter dwelling. I sat there watching
him for nearly two hours, and in that
time he made three journeys for cedar
bark. I naturally concluded that that
gray squirrel would continue to live intho j
oak all Winter, but when the frost grew j
severe he moved to some warmer place.
Where his new retreat was I could not
learn. Thus, he made at Icaot three
changes of habitation, all according to
fhr. fnmlltinn nf thp wpnthcr.
Of the red squirrels I got much more
exact and interesting information. All
through the Summer- there was a whole
colony of them in the trees around my
house. After much watching in the month
of October I located what I supposed to
be the Winter retreats of two parties of
them. One nest was in a hollow beech,
and it had several dwellers In common.
The other was in a hickory, and. as far
as I could learn, there never was in it
more than one squirrel, and he lived
there all through October and November.
These nests were not more than TO or SO
yards from my windows, so I kept con
tinual watch on them. t
At last there came a heavy fall of snow,
accompanied by a frosty wind, and my
red squirrel in the hickory tree moved.
He did not move alone, but went with
six others, probably those from the beech
tree, to a large chestnut 30 yards nearer
my door. In the ground under this chest
nut tree there Is a hole about as large
as a rat hole, and into this the red squir
rels flocked to pass the severest part
of Winter.
The nest of the red squirrel, like that of
Its gray brother. Is made of cedar bark, i
I saw fragments of the bark on the sides j
of the hole under the chestnut tree.
Twenty times during the Winter I put i
a handful of nu,ts at the mouth of this
hole. If I put them there at midday, j
they often remained untouched all day j
and through the night, but they were In- j
after .sunrise. I found that all squirrels
come out of their nests about sunrise. On
many days they go back In less "than an
hour and do not come out again all day. j
My cellar has served as a Winter re-
treat for many animals. Late In the Fall
some garter snakes came In there to 111- i
bcrnate, and I left them to sleep In peace. '
When snow came a mink also took up his
abode .there. He soon discovered and ate
several of the garter snakes. Two shrews
also put in an appearance, and they
came out on sunny days, through a lit
tle hole In front of the door, to enjoy
the warmth of the Winter sun. They had
a regular time for appearing, usually
about 20 minutes to 2, and on these oc
casions they took away the little morsels
of meat which I placed by the door for
them.
Many other creatures last Winter shared
my dwelling with me, numerous large
eyed wood mice being among the number
that kept me company.
One evening a gentleman called to see j
me. I had just finished tea and laid the .
tray with the tea things upon It on top I
of a snake's cage near my elbow. j
"Look at your elbow." said my visitor. ;
There was a large, brownish-red wood ;
mouse sitting upon the edge of the tea
cup that I had been drinking from. j
"Sit still," said I, "he is an old friend
and will take his tea if we don't scare
him."
I had hardly said the words when the
wood mouse went down Into the cup and
- licked up a few drops of tea and undis
solved sugar that remained at the bot
tom. In every room In my house I met those
beautiful wood mice, but as they have
none of the objectionable characteristics
of the common and repulsive house
mouse, but. on the contrary, are pretty
in coloring and tame and gentle, I' liked
to have them as fellow-lodgers, and I
hope they will invade my house this Winter.
During the first Summer I spent in the
IXTO TIIIS HOL73 THE RED SQUIRRELS FLOCKED.
away all except six. which I kept In a
cage In my snakeroom. Little did I dream
at the time that I was scouring the woods
for these squirrels that in the Fall 1
would have a colony of them In a little
wooden pavilion at the back of my house.
In a cavity in (he roof of this pavilion
two or more of them made a nest. I
would often hear them while readlpg In
could not possibly climb. I thought that
they were safe on the ehelf, but when j
went to the basket some time later J
found it nearly empty. Where the nuts
had gone I could not tell.
Now, there was in that room a lounge.
upholstered in haircloth, with a spring
bottom. One day it was necessary to
remove this lounge. I lifted one end and
the pavilion, and would sometimes see i gave It a vigorous pull. The rattle of
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nights, for they are nocturnal in their ! It surprised me, so I gave the lounge a
habits. Frequently I would put nuts out good shake, .whereupon two flying squlr
for them, which they always took away, rels jumped out and ran into a hole un
I thought that they would remain all ! der the stairs. They had stolen my hick
oln ofenilMara Yip, crOSSea Dlg-UUU21cu
brooks with a rush and a bound. He
scrambled down jungle-covered ravines.
deep and -rocky, and aasnea up ine oiner
side. He climbed tne mountain, dui me
veteran beaters were already there wav
ing arms to head him off.
With set Hps no yelling now tne norse-
men" followed. And ever at his heels the
beagles and the swifter deerhounds yelped
and snapped.
Twice he plunged into deep jungle and
lay In the depths panting, but the eager
bea-gles worried him out. From the
second thicket he fled, wearied. Mc
Naughton had watched the thicket closely.
"Back us lies the Malulla Lake," he
condescended to explain; and hardly had
he spoken when the jungle opened and -out
came the wild-eyed elk and charged the
crowd!
Clean through them all he burst. Toung
Prior's horse shied and threw him. The
servants howled in dismay and scattered.
The elk rushed right through and was
again away.
"We have lost him!"
"Head him off!"
"He's making straight for the lake!"
But the dogs and McNaughton followed.
and, as swift as' a horse on that uneven,
stonv ground, ran Rama Rama, the
swiftest of runners.
Straight to the lake went the quarry,
straight for the precipice where no horse
or dog could follow.
At the edge the beast faltered and
turned at bay. The dogs sprang on him,
apd he tossed them high In the air. Mc
Naughton saw hope and leaping from hl3
horse, drawing his long knife, making
ready for the dangerous attack.
But the elk suddenly turned and leaped,
and a. great plunge followed the leap. The
dogs yelped dismally on the brink. The
beaters wailed. But, almost as quick as
the elk, Rama dived.
McNaughton looked over, silent, breath
less. The dogbojs cried out in amaze
ment. The elk was swimming. Rama
dived deep and came up. The elk saw
him and swam madly for him. bellowing.
Rama had his long knife In his teeth and
dived again. The elk rose high in the
water with a loud bellow of agony, and
the lake's surface was stained with blood.
Rama had otabbed him behind the left
shoulder, deep into the heart.
A looped rope was on the pommel of
a saddle, and before the dying animal
could sink Rama ha,d It passed to him
and naa supped tne noose round a nlnd
leg, himself dodging the sharp hoofs and
horns cleverly. Then the bearers cheered
and chattered and howled as they hauled
in the elk and Rama. McNaughton, In
a whirl of delight, dived deep Into his
pockets and handed to Rama as many
rupees an he could hold in 4 his great fist.
But Rama turned away, bent his head
and did not touch the money. All the
beaters and servants were silent in as
tonishment at the refusal of so much
wealth, but McNaughton understood. He
turned to the crowd.
"Behold!" cried he In their own tongue.
"Behold! Henceforth my best of hunts
men, leader of all of you and chief, whom
I misjudged and to whom I make a gift."
He smiled on Rama and Rama looked
up and smiled, and there was peace be
tween them.
MY CELLAR HAS BEEN A RETREAT FOR 3IAXY ANIMALS.
Winter, but, like the red and the gray
squirrels, they had a third and warmer
retreat. (
It happened that for my caged flying
squirrels I had a large basket of hickory
nuts In a little room off the dining-room.
After it grew cold I seldom went into
this room. but one day on entering it I
was surprised' to find that rats were
carrying away my, hickory nuts. A trap
caught all the rats, but the hickory nuts
continued to go. so I put the basket upon
woods I caught 17 flying squirrels. Igave I a shelf near the celling, where the rats
ory. nuts and made their Winter store
house and dwelling in the lounge.
on cutting open the haircloth and
stuffing, I found among the sorintrs the
nuts that they had purloined. So big a
collection naa they made that I filled" a
large bandbox and two hats besides.
After that the flying squirrels lived in
the wall of my snakeroom. whare the
stove kept it warm, and during the night
they came out and took away the nuts
which I placed for them in the evening.
G. R. O'REILLY.
UNCLE SAM'S ISLAND CHILDREN
ONE MILLION AND ONE-HALF TO BE EDUCATED BY HIM IN THE
PHILIPPINES
F the -island domains which uncle
Sam has taken under his care, the
largest is the group of Islands
known as the Philippines, which you will
find on the map lying In the Pacific Ocean
southeast of China. Everybody hasj heard
of the Philippines now; but before Ad
miral Dewey sailed into Manila Bay, at
the beginning of the Spanish War, the
people of . the United States knew hardly
anything of this vast archipelago.
The United States is starting on a cen
sus of the Philippines now. It is esti
mated that there are about 8,000,000 people
there. If the estimate is correct. Uncle
Sam took over with the islands the task
of providing, for the education of some
thing like 1,500,000 of children, many of
whem had never thought of such a thing
as going to school.
Some ofthe chlldr.en aTe little, savage
negritos, living away up in the mountain
forests. They have black skins and their
hair is kinky as that of in African. They
are a small race, many of them almost
dwarfish, and they file their teeth to a
to be the Tagalogs, on the Island of Lu
zon, and, considering the poor opportuni
ties they had, it Is surprising how many
Tagalog boys and girls learned to read
and write.
Tho children of Luzon are thirsty for
knowledge, and, even hi Spanish times,
many of them used to go to Manila to
complete their education, while those who
had wealthy parents wero sent to Europe
for a college course. 1
Uncle Sam has been building and buying
schoolhouses all over the islands, and
now has 150,000 children attending school
every day, which Is probably three times
as many as ever went to school before in
the history of tho islands. In a few
years ho hopes to have 1,000.000 pupils en
rolled in his Philippine schools.
So eager are the children of the. Philip
pines to learn that In Manila and some
other large towns, night schools have
been established for the larger children
who have to work during the day.
Besides the 150,000 children Undo Sam
haa 10,000 grown-ups attending school In
the Islands. These gTown-ups go to school
in order to learn English. Before Dewey
sailed Into Manila Bay an English word
wag seldom heard spoken from one end of
learned it. In some of the schools this Is
still found to be an effectual way of en
forcing study, but as a rule American,
methods have been introduced entirely.
The favorite delicacy of the Filipino
child is the "beblnka." a pancake made of
fermented corn nncl rice, flour mixed and
baked In a pan over live coals. The cake
Is then covered with shredded cocomut
and a Filipino child will eat all the "be
blnkas'.' he can get. In Manila the chil
dren have candy and other sweets, but
through the rest of Luzon the beblnka
is the joy of the children. .
Though Filipino children are small,
they are wiry and strong for their size
and am fond of wrestling. In this sport
their quickness makes them a match for
American children of larger size. u
One game in which they Indulge Is
called the "moro-moro." It is a fencing
game. Two boys will stand up to each
other, each having in his right hand a
long stick to represent a bolo a dort of
long knife or thick sword and in his left
a short stick to represent a dagger. They
fence with each other according to a set
of rules which govern the game, and the
one who touches his opponent ofteneat
WHEN RAMA KILLED THE ELK
STORY OF A HUNTSMAN WHO LEAPED A PRECIPICE AND SWAM AFTER THE
ANTLERED ANIMAL
By P. Y. Black.
AR up the Ceylon Mountain where
the village huts crowded together,
the little naked children, open-
mouthed and wondering, chattered and ad
mired respectfully around the camp and
in the glow of the campfire.
About It lay the dores the masters, all
young men laughing and hearty, with
short pipes In their teeth. -Between their
legs, listening gravely, lolled the veteran
hunters, the leaders of the pack, the wiry,
low-running, clear-throated beagles. Back
in the shadows, with a proud disregard
of the village and the villagers, the dog
boys and the horse-boys tended their
charges, ate their rice and talked of the
elk of the mountaina
There were swift runners to follow the
horses, each with his bright shining hunt
ing blade secure in its sheath, each 'In
the livery of his master. Some wore
snowy head cloths, and some caps of the
skin of the panther. Black and brown
were their faces and their lean limbs, bare
from the knee, with feet Impervious to
thorns or flint stone.
Suddenly from the mountain ridges there
rang a cry.
To their feet leaped the white men; to
their legs jumped the beagles; the at-
tendants ceased their work aqd their chat-'
ter; even the naked children forgot their
awe and listened. It came again from tho
distance the bark of a great bull elk call
ing for a mate.
The hearts of the young men thrilled;
tho swarthy beaters and followers
squatted down again, polishing with re
newed ardor the weapons of the masters;
the dogs whined restlessly in their leashes,
and the pet veterans licked the masters'
faces, eager then and there, by the white
moonlight, to follow the chase.
"A grand lellow byhl3 bark," said Mc-'
Naughton, chief of the hunt. "He should
give us a run. If we can fasten on his
scent tomorrow."
"Over Malulla way," said young Prior of
the Bank, "that is where I judge, and bad
country, too."
"I believe you," said another. "Look
out for croppers tomorrow, if we have a
run. The placets full of jungle patches
and little rocky streams, and dry gullies
lots of jumping."
"Yea," said McNaughton, "and don't
forget that precipice where the Malulla
Lake Hen. We must head him off from
there, or he's lost to us. A man down
Badulla way, old Merrlman, was telling
me of a hunt years ago where the elk
took the leap, plunged into the lake and
swam safely away."
Then to the well-cleaned huts of the
well-paid villagers the hunters betook
themselves, and the attendants rolled
themselves up by the dogs and horses
and silence fell upon the camp.
Rama lay awake and apart from the
other servants Rama, a dogboy and a
swift runner, with a proud heart, now
very sore. All the evening he had re
mained by himself, lying in the long
grass, eullenly watching the firelight play
on the faces of the masters.
Rama was a newcomer to McNaughton's
tea estate. Black, with bright eyes,
straight, swift of foot and strong of wrist,
McNaughton had soon noticed and ad
mired him as one athlete admires the
sinews of a rival. So Rama did not work
In the field long, but was brought to the
kenneto, and the' stables and trained by
the wealthy master to ride, to shoot and
to carry his master s second gun.
and been lost, and Rama was blamed.
More, on arrival at the camp, the master
found he had forgotten his field glasses,
and again Rama was blamed. The master
had even said that Rama was unworthy
to follow the chase and must go back to
the lines and work in the field with the
dumb coolies.
Therefore Rama lay In the dew-wet
grass with a bitter heart, for he admired
and worshipped the master, and It Is hard
to be thrust back by those whom we love.
"When the sky in the east grew suddenly
gray, and quickly changed to pink and
gold, off rode the huntsmen. Behind and
beside them ran the gambolling beagles.
On foot came beaters, dogboys, and a
very few bearing rifles. In the island of
spices Ceylon one must no more shoot
an elk than one would shoot a fox, but
run him fairly down with dog and horse,
and the keen hunting knife to win the
horns.
They were, well in the wild Malulla
country before the sun was hot. Thickets!
of jungle were there, and rocky brooks
and gullies deep and stony.
" 'TIs somewhere here' he lies; 'twas
from here we heard his bark. I'll swear
it," growled McNaughton.
As he spoke near by a densely tangled
thicket that no dog larger than a beagle
could worry through old Torke, the vet
eran of many hunts, gave tongue, barking
as a terrier at a rat hole.
An angry, roaring, barking cry! . The
thicket is burst on the other side and out
runs the great elk, with spreading horns
thrown high and furious eyes.
The keeper called to the dogs, and at
last old Yorke burst out and rushed on
Rama was soon longing for a chance to , the quarry. The elk made to throw him
show his strength and skill, and lo! the
chance had come, and he was disgraced.
On the setting out of this, Rama's first
elk hunt, misfortune had befallen him.
The master's favorite horso had strained
its shoulder at exercise and Rama- was
blamed. Also, a young beaglo had strayed
high on lus antlero, but wary Yorke
leaped aside. Then bewildered by the up
roar, the great beast turned and dashed
away.
Among the first behind him was the
swift runner Ram'a.
Our First TliaulcsKivlnjy Dnjr.
Children, do you know the story
Of the first Thanksglvlntr day
Founded by our Pilgrim Fathers
Inythat time so far away?
They had given for. religion
Wealth and comfort, yea, and" more,
Left their homes, and friends and kindred
For a bleak and barren shore.
On. New England's rugged headlands.
Now where pfaceful Plymouth lies.
There they built their rough log cabins,
'Neath the cold, forbidding skies.
And too often, e'en, the bravest
Felt his blood run cold with dread,
Lest the wild and sayage red man
Burn the roof above his head.
"Want and sickness death and sorrow
Met their eyes on .every hand.
And before the. Springtime reached them
They had burlei half their band.
But their noble, lirave endurance
Was not exercised In vain,
Summer brought them brighter prospects.
Ripening seed and waving grain.
And the patient Pilgrim mothers.
As the harvest time drew near.
Looked with happy, thankful faces
At the full corn In the ear.
So the Governor, William Bradford,
In the gladness of his heart,
To praise God for all his mercies
Set a special day apart.
That was in the Autumn, children,
Sixteen hundred twenty-one.
Scarce a year from when they landed
And the colony begun.
Wo shall never know the terrors
That they braved lone years ago.
But for what their struggles gave us.
We our gratitude can show.
And when in the late November .
Our Thanksgiving feast Is spread, '
'TIs the same time-honored custom
Of those Pilgrims, long since dead.
And the children of New England,
If they feast, or praise, or pray.
Should bless God for those bravo Pilgrims
And their first Thanksgiving day.
Youth's Companion.
A Live Doll Bnby.
Does the little girl of today long for
a doll of real flesh and blood, as I used
to do? I used to want a doll that had
real feelings, one that could understand
and talk real words, and walk by her
self, and take care of herself. A baby
came the nearest to fulfilling my desire,
but there was no baby In our family.
Now, after waiting nearly a quarter of
a century, I have seen tho little live
doll I wanted so many years ago. Per
haps you have already read about her,
for she is a very celebrated doll the
very littlest in the world. Eut to those
who do not know of her I will now Intro
duce Corlta, called the "living doll." Co-
rita Isn't bigger than a baby, only 2G
inches high; and she weighs 23 pounds!
You have all heard of the far-famed Tom
Thumb. Corlta Is smaller than he was;
her tiny feet are baby's feet, clad in
little kid baby shoes. Her tiny body is
perfectly formed and her arms and
neck are plump, and round. When I saw
her at the woman's exhibition in New
York she was dressed in a low-necked
and short-sleeved gown of blue satin.
with a long train a dress just tho right
size, probably, for your biggest doll
Her tiny little hands studded with dia
monds and rubles and emerald3 and
there were jewels In her hair and on her
arms. Her hair, which had a golden
tinge, was colled high on her head, and
little curls lined her forehead. Corita
Is nearly 30 years old very old that
seems to youngsters like you, doesn't it?
but her flesh is soft and pink as a
baby's and her eyes are bright and
snappy. Think how strange for Corita's
mother and father to have so small
grown-up daughter! Corita's parents are
both full-grown.
This little woman must have been tho
dearest of little babies, for her cradle
was no longer than a common-sized
cigar box think of It! and her wholo
frame was so tiny that she was small
enougl to have danced on a half dollar,
The World's Highest Ship.
The new German passenger steamship
Kaiser Wllhelm II, which has been built
for service between Bremen and New
"York, Is, not only tho biggest ship in the
world, but is designed to bo the fastest.
According to tho contract with the con
structors she must make at least 25 miles
an hour, and the builders are confident
that she will attain a speed of 27,
To enable her to do this, four separate
sets of mighty engines will drive her."
Nineteen boilers supply steam to them
The ship will be able to carry more
than 2000 persons. She is 14 feet longer
than the Great Eastern, but not as wide
by 11 feet as that monstrous vessel was,
Where the. Great Eastern could have
floated easily, the Kaiser Wilhelm II would
be stuck helpless, for she needs at least
37 feet of water under her to float at all,
sharp point. They live mostly by hunting
and fishing, and use spears and bows and
arrows as weapons. All that the children
are taught is to shoot an arrow, throw
spear and to flsh in the mountain
streams. But the- are taught these things
very thoroughly, and become expert at
such exercises almost as soon as they can
walk.
There arc some other savage tribes, and
down in- the southern islands are the Moro
children, living in the large island of Min
danao and m tho Sulu Islands. All of
these, Uncle Sam has said, eventually
shall put on clothes like American chil
dren and 20 to school.
The great bulk of the inhabitants of the
Islands, however, are not savages, but civ
ilized people. Tnelr civilization is not as
high as that of United States, to bo sure,
but they are civilized after a fashion, and
they had schools In many places before
the Americans came. Except in Manila,
however, the schools did not amount to
much. The most progressive people seem
while the. Great Eastern could na.virra.ta
Ane euj. weni siraignt away over moun-jjn water only 25 feet deep. .
the Islands to the other, but now you hear
English spoken everywhere. The children
learn to speak the language with aston
ishing ease.' Governor Taft says that In a
few years English will be the prevailing
language of the Philippines.
At first the teachers from the United
States found the same trouble that was
found in Porto Rico.
The children insisted on studying their
lessons "out loud," as they had been ac
customed to do under the old Spanish sys
tem. Besides the teachers sent out from the
United S.tate3, there are 2000 native teach
ers, teaching the" children in the prlmary
departments, so you see Uncle Sam has
not made a bad start in educating the
children he has gathered under his flag.
The Filipino child Is a nervous little
youth, and does not like long school hours;
but he is remarkably "bright, as a rule,
and learns quickly. The old Spanish way
of punishing a child who did not know
his lesson was to make him kneel on the
floor in a corner with his book until he
wins the game. Sometimes this game will
be kept up for an hour without either
boy showing signs of giving out, though,"
as a rule, the Filipino child is not fond
of much exertion. In fact, the climate
Is such that nobody wants to exert him
self any more than necessary, for, like
all tho other of Uncle Sam's newly ac
quired possessions, the Philippines I.y.
within the tropics and there is perpetual
Summer there.
If you are fond of fruits and flowers
you would, no doubt, like to go to school
In the Philippines, for outside of some
schoolhouses are heliotropes grown Into
great bushes six feet high, and geraniums
run riot like weeds.. There are flelds of
sugar-cane, groves of bananas and cocoa
nut trees, fields of pineapples and trees
from which hang fruits, many of which
you probably never have seen, such as
the lomboy and loquot, which are like
fine, largo plums; the mangosteen, which
looks like a baked potato, but has a white,
delicious pulp within; and tho lanzon,
which tastes like a wild strawberry.
HOW TO PLAY AT AUCTION
NEW GAME LIKELY TO PRODUCE A MERRY AND LIVELY EVENING, WITH
SURPRISES THROWN IN
NEVER hea
Well, I'll
you don't
By Mary Davison.
EVER heard of an auction party?
tell you about it, and if
get worked up when you
play it. then you certainly need a good,
bracing tonic.
Some little preparation Is necessary be
fore you can hold an auction party, but
there is nothing tiresome about the prep
aration. The coming event casts its
pleasures before, and the half hour spent
in arranging for it is a delightful part of
the frolic.
To begin with, you need 25 blank cards.
One largo sheet of pasteboard, costing 5
cents, will mako this number, if you
want them small of size, and two sheets
will be sufficient if the cards are to be
quite large.
Number the cards from 1 to 25 inclusive,
and upon each paste a picture of some
salable article clipped from newspapers
or advertisement cards. These articles
should be as diverse in character as pos
sible. A lisf distributed somewhat like
tho following would be about tho proper
thing:
A mule. A sewing machine. A hat. A
piano. A pair .of gloves. An umbrella.
An invalid's chair. A -rocking-horse. A
seaside cottage. A set of Dickens' Works.
A jardiniere of ferns. A chiffonier. A
dog-cart. An overcoat. A parlor lamp.
A gas stove. A yacht. A mastiff. A
weighing machine. - A football. A silver
set, A fur neck ornament. A cow. A
palm in a pot. A side saddle.
The numbers are written on the side of
the card which shows tho picture. Now,
on the reverse side write a fictitious price,
supposed to be that of the article. Tho
prices should be chosen with a regard to
probability. Thus, the price for a fur
ornament for the heck could range from
$8 to $100, but should not be marked 7
cents. The piano might be $300 to $C00.
y When the evening for tTIe entertainment
arrives and brings with It your guests,
endeavor to find a clever auctioneer. If
none of the family Is a good talker, ask
some lively young man or girl to fill the
position, some one is neeuea wno can
.talk, laugh or joke without feeling em
barrassed In the least. If one of the
guests is to be auctioneer, explain to him
that a special prize is in keeping for the
auctioneer If he proves a success, so that
he will gain courage rather than lose it
Tiy becoming master of ceremonies.
Now distribute among those present a
box of paper money. If a box of this
money is not at hand, and cannot be con
veniently purchased, it can be made- In
advance from an extra sheet of card
board,. In making it at home, cut a num
ber of large circular pieces about the
size of silver dollars, and mark them ac
cordingly; .also halves, quarters, dimes
and nickels. About the same size as
dimes are the $20 gold pieces, and of tuose
a generous supply should -be coined. Be
careful to proportion the supply of money
to the prices of the articles, as a $1000
stock would be of no use if the entire
company could not! boast of $1000 between
them. To begin with, give each player
an equal amount of money.
Tho auctioneer takes his position on a
chair or other elevation and auctions off
the articles upon the cards one by one,
treating them as If they were bona fide
belongings 'and not merely representa
tions. Each player bids what he chooses, or
rather what he thinks the article is
worth. Each thing auctioned goes to the
highest bidder. The profit or loss is the
per, using lettuce leaves, pararfine paper
and ribbon to make things look chic and
appetizing. Have exactly the same things
and the samo quantity of them In each
box, but do not let your guests know that
such Is tho case.
Let the auctioneer take up his stand
once more on the chair and redistribute
the paper money. Tho auctioneer is to
ask high bids for the boxes. The would-
difference between the money received . be bladcrs take It for gr'ante(1 that ther;
and the prices marked on the backs of
the cards. When a player has purchased
an article, it is handed over to him with
out further delay.
If any player bids more for an article
than he has in hand, and his bid wins
tho article, which, as a consequence, he
is unable to pay for, he must deliver up
5 cents to every member of the party.
The article, Is again placed on sale. Such
a bid is called a "bluff." If any player Is
suspected of bluffing, but falls to win the
article, no attention is paid to him. It
Is only when he succeeds that the fine is
exacted.
The auctioneer or an "accountant," ap
pointed for the purpose, takes down the
sum for which each article is auctioned
and keeps the statistics for future refer
ence. When all articles have been auctioned
profit and loss are computed. The win
ner of the game is ,the person who has
made the best bargains, getting the most
for his money and who, consequently,
has the greatest amount of money and
goods In hand. The values of the goc)is
purchased are counted up and to them Is
added the sum of the money that remains
to tho purchaser.
For an auction where many varieties
of goods are handled, almost any useful
and attractive article happened upon in
the shops will serve appropriately as a
prize. JThere might "be a principal prize,
with one or two "booblos." Tho auc
tioneer should receive- "a token of esteem
in appreciation of his services."
An amusing auction trick can be car
ried out with little trouble In connection
with the supper menu. Secure as many
dainty white boxes as you expect guests
is some difference in the viands and will
bid in a lively fashion for the receptacle
that appears most tempting. When all
havo been auctioned,, opened and found to
contain exactly tho same refreshments
the bidders will realize that they, like tho
suppers, have been "sold." a deceit which
Is readily forgiven in the enjoyment of
the tender sandwiches, delicious salad and
bon-bons, which the boxes contain. All
boxes should be opened simultaneously.
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