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"A Merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance." The desire to play and frolic seems to be a heritage of mankind. In infancy and early childhood this joy and exuberance of spirit is given full sway. In youth, that effervescent stage of human existence, "joy is unconfined." But in middle age and later life we are prone to stifle this wholesome atmosphere of happiness, with care and worry and perhaps, when a vexed or worried feeling has been allowed to control us, even forbid the children to play at that time. Why not reverse things and drown care and strife. | GAMES FOR ALL OCCASIONS BY MARY E. BLAIN CHICAGO BREWER BARSE CO. Copyright 1909 By Brewer Barse Co. PREFACE A Merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. The desire to play and frolic seems to be a heritage of mankind. In infancy and early childhood this joy and exuberance of spirit is given full sway. In youth that effervescent stage of human existence joy is unconfined. But in middle age and later life we are prone to stifle this wholesome atmosphere of happiness with care and worry and perhaps when a vexed or worried feeling has been allowed to control us even forbid the children to play at that time. Why not reverse things and drown care and strife in the well-spring of joy given and received by reviving the latent spark of childhood and youth joining in their pleasures passively or actively and being one of them at heart. So presuming that men are but children of a larger growth the games pastimes and entertainments described herewith were collected remembered and originated respectively with the view of pleasing all of the children from the tiny tot to and including the grown-up each according to their age and temperament. M. E. B. Pg 8 Pg 9 Pg 10 Pg 11 GAMES FOR TINY TOTS A RUNNING MAZE Form a long line of children one behind the other. The leader starts running and is followed by all the rest. They must be sharp enough to do exactly as the leader does. After running for a moment or two in the ordinary running step the leader changes to a hopping step then to a marching step quick time then to a marching step slow time claps and runs with hands on sides hands on shoulders hands behind etc. Finally the leader runs slowly round and round into the centre and can either wind the children up tightly or can turn them on nearing the centre and run out again. For another change the long line can start running and so unwind the spiral. BEAN BAG All stand in a line except one who is the leader who stands a short distance opposite the line. Pg 12 The leader throws the
