Playtime games for boys and girls; told in story form

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... play first? " queried Sylvia. " I know an interesting card game," replied Aunt Ruth, "if you want to help me make it." Of course they wanted to, that very minute; but how? Auntie went across the hall into the room that was to be hers, and presently came back with an armful of old magazines and some empty pasteboard boxes. "The game is to be about a family calledwhat name should you like? " "Holiday," suggested Juliet. " All right. It shall be ' The Holiday Family.' Suppose you look through that magazine for a good picture of Mr. Holiday, and Sylvia may find a pretty wife for him. They must have plenty of children, so Eveline can look for the babies, and name them. Gilbert may hunt for the animals--horses, dogs and cats--for they will want pets. Estelle can choose the house and furniture, and I will select the visitors and the servants." "Then what will we do with the pictures? " asked Sylvia. "Paste them on cards of the same size, and play a game with them." " How lovely! Here's a beautiful wife for Mr. Holiday." "And here's Mr. Holiday!" Juliet cried, holding up the picture of a fine-looking man. Eveline was chuckling over her pretty children--ten of them--while Estelle had already discovered a beauty of a house, and was selecting its furniture. Gilbert, meantime, was finding plenty of occupants for the Holiday stables and kennels. It was happy work, and when the pictures were neatly pasted upon the cards, the children handled them with delight. There were more than seventy in all, and Aunt Ruth wrote the name under each picture, and divided them into classes--Mr. and Mrs. Holiday and their children making one class, th...