Games

Mustard And Cress
Mustard and cress seed can be sown at any time and is almost ...

Stray Syllables.
Prepare long strips of paper on which the guests are reques...

Fox Trail
[Illustration] A large circle is drawn upon the ground. Th...

Line Zigza
I _20 to 100 players._ _Playground; gymnasium; schoolro...

Nut Race.
Choose two captains from the company, who select sides unti...

Cork And Match-box Furniture
This furniture, if very neatly made, can be very successful, ...

Duck On A Rock
This game is also called "Boulder Up." It is not customary to...

Farmer In The Dell
_10 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ ...

SWIMMING.

Observations
Cricket is played by twenty-two persons, eleven on each side, and two umpires, with two persons to score and count the innings. Thirteen players play at one time, viz., two strikers, one bowler, one wicket-keeper, ...

Swimming
No boy should be unable to swim, because it is essential to the preservation of life; but the attainment of the art has been held to be difficult, and the number of good swimmers is very small. The whole science...

Preliminary Exercises In Swimming
We have shown that much of the art of swimming depends upon having confidence, and that that confidence is speedily dissipated upon the swimmer coming in contact with the water. Besides this, a great deal in the ar...