The Bright Young People are busy as ever thinking out modern equivaints for the nursery games of Kiss in the Ring" and "Blind Man's Buff" of Victorian days. Perhaps it is owing to the extreme youth of the debutantes of to-day that gates have suddenly become such an important part of their entertainment, and it is certainly fa sign of the tines that such prim games as vegetable, mineral" have no part in the frolics that take place in modern Mayfair.
The other night at a dance given by a well-known London hostess a game of "Sardines" was a last minute addition to the programme, and so ingrained is this game spirit. that even at the most important balls a few of the younger set were be seen enjoying a quiet round of snot the old game, but a new icipate in this game, which consists of an endeavour by one couple to touch another and escape before being touched back. The Inst couple touched continue the chase in and out of the crowd on the dance floor.
The result is all the more exciting when it has to be played surreptitiously and with so much decorum that the hostess does not discover it, "Sardines" is a more elaborate form of amusement which is played in the dark and extends all over the house. It is akin to "hide and seek," but instead of one seeking the rest, one, the ultimate "Sardine," hides and the whole company sets out to find him or her and join the sardine in the hiding place, the last to do so being the next The searchers call in the dark to each other. Those who have found the sardine do not answer, so that the remainder can tell how the search is going. When only two are heard answering each other the hunt becomes thrilling.
The game become exciting when the first "sardine" has hidden in some small cupboard and the rest} have to squeeze in like the remaining ines ina tin. ick the Bucket" is another favourite which is played in the dark. A "he" is chosen and given 'a wastepaper basket to place at the top of a flight of stairs. Shoes are removed by everyone, and at a given signal the hiders emerge and try to kick the basket downstairs without being caught. Tt is placed each time, and the first to be caught is the next "he."
"Piggie." which is played in the light, lends itself to a good deal of laughter.
'Again a "he" is chosen to catch the rest, and having caught someone he has' the privilege of putting the victim into the funniest position he can think of while his friends atend round and laugh. The thus affected skirts lend grace of movement as do Tooge scarves
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