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MONG the largo varied col· lection of new books to be found at Brewer's Bookshop is one which, besides being more than reasonably priced, is of ve special use and interest to Women. That la "Every Wo- man's Home Doctor," edited by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, with contributions by over 40 specia; lista.
Not only la It A substantial volume, but it can claim to be volume with a personal and indi- vidual appeal that
The underlying touching can rival. conception of the work is that good health can be attained and preserved by ascertain tion of the book been carefully constructed to cover the most Im portant subjects from the point of view of the seeker of health. Every effort has been made by The authors to deal with the scientifle facts in a way which enables them to be fully understood and appreciated by the on-techritical mth
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Care of the Older Child are posed of a series of articles. Other seetions Bre *Foundation's Health," "Ilygione of the Home, "The festthy Diet," "Special Health Problems of Women,” Voman and Her Beauty."
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Games For The Family
PRIVATE
'ATE LIVES ja-tho fatuat rethiement in the "Fr thinking of something" family. It grew out of the Camillar "Twenty Questions," and is.one game that can be made an abs- trase and complicated as the cru- dition of the players permits. Along with the match-and-bottle, gatne, this is the particular favourite of at least two seta of young people from different col· leges.
"Private Lives" starta, mikly with "1" saying “I'm thinking of someone who begins with a certain Initial" (Unless otherwise stated, only last names are used).
You
may take real people, living or dead, or fletional characters, provid
ed only they're familiar to everyone
1
or ought to be. Say that the initial letter is announced as D. The other players ask in turn, “Are you e or (somebody)?"
a thing, a place or v
be that can be answered by a
beginning in D.) for instance, might ask, "Are you an vergn irie elderly gentleman who war disappointed in the
And
which he devoted to House The next player might answer, "So, I am not ask bini, "Are you a well-known
"No, I
ontemporary who recently met end?" "it" might answer, I am not Dalfuss," or "No, i vam not Dillinger." IL woulda't matter whether his reply tallied with what the questioner had in nind, provided he could answer with a 1) that made sense in rela-, tion to the query. But sooner or
later he won't be able to answer with a . Asked, for instance,
"Are you a famous friend?" he may be quite incapable of thinking of Damion. As soon as he gets stuck, he can be challenged with a direct question about the character he has in mind, "Are you real or he tional?" is a good place to begin. Every time he is stamped on 1)'s, another direct questibu can be aski e unt someone guesses the char aeter with which "I" started.
"Guggenholm." (why so called, no one seems to know): In this game you draw a square ruled off into five places each way. Above the top line you lustruct the players to write a five-letter word, as BEAST, letter to each column, Opposite The five horizontal rows you them write five categories, as
have
flowers, cities, toys, rivers arid anl mals. Then each player must fil In the squares with words of the, proper crosswise category and tho proper up and down initial. For dowers, under beast, for instance, you might have Battereny, Edel reiss, Aster, Springa, and Tulip.. The player who fills in the most squares in a given time, say five minutes, wits.
"Chost." This is a happy hunting grobid for the spelling wizued. You probably know this one; but for the
fow who don't, lot's ron through one iotind. With the players in a line
a
or circle, one starts with a letter. The following players niust 44444 cac!i
R Totter; but It the
lotter you add makes word you're third A
of a gheat," And you must have a real word in inlud, for you can be challenged at any time and if you haven't an act uni word in which the series of ters ats, you're a third of
too. Let's start with A. The next
player says I The next can't fidd Another 1 without being a "ghost."
影
he
at
says
G. Ho had been in algebra," but the next sur him by
O Instead of adding
1. And the following player, also taken by surprise, takes a chance Challenged, he ad on anying T mits he hasn't the
what word could test idea of
"algot."
ho's third of a ghost. But mean time the rest have caught on and they finish "Algonquin with satis faction down to the last one who can't help adding the N and becom ing a "ghost." But since it takes three "ghosts" to put a player out, the law of averages does a good deal to even up the element chance.
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