FORFEITS.

IT is extremely difficult to find such forfeits as are neither dangerous nor unladylike. The following are the best selection I have been able to make:

I.

To laugh in one corner, cry in another, and sing in a third.

II.

To stand in the middle of the room, and first make up a very woful face, then a very merry one; if it be in the evening, a lamp must be held in the hand.

III.

To perform the laughing gamut, without pause or mistake, thus:

VI.

Rub one hand on your forehead, at the same sime you strike the other on your heart, without changing the motion of either for an instant.

V

Two may pay forfeits together in this way :

They stand in separate corners of the room; one begins to walk toward the other, with her handkerchief at her eyes, saying in a dismal tone, "The king of Morocco is dead!" The other passing by her, in the same attitude, sobs out, "Sad news! sad news!" Again passing in the same way, they both repeat, "Alas!

alas !"

This must be done without laughing.

VI.

To keep silence, and preserve a sober face, for two or five minutes, whatever is said or done by your companions.

VII.

To stand up in a chair, and make whatever motions or grimaces you are ordered, without laughing.

Young ladies should be very particular never to exac anything awkward, or improper.

VIII

Kiss your shadow in every corner of the com, without laughing.

IX.

Repeat, without mistake, any difficult sentence which your companions appoint.

X.

Make two lines of rhyme; or if one line be given, find a rhyme to it.

XI.

Say five flattering things to the one who sits next you, without making use of the letter L.

XII.

The one who is to pay a forfeit, stands with her face to the wall; one behind her makes signs suitable to a kiss, a pinch, and a box on the ear, and asks her whether she chooses the first, the second, or the third; whichever it happens to be, is given to her.

the blows and the pinches must not be too hard.

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XIII

Imitate, without laughing, such animals as your companions name.

XIV.

Say to each person in the room, "You can't say boo to a goose!"

XV.

Laugh at the wittiest, bow to the prettiest, and kiss her you love best.

ACTIVE EXERCISES.

SWINGING.

THIS game is dangerous, unless used with discretion. Great care should be taken that the ropes are strong and well secured, and the seat fastened firmly. Little girls should never be ambitious to swing higher than any of their companions. It is, at best, a very foolish ambition, and it may lead to dangerous accidents. Any little girl is unpardonable, who pushes another violently while she is swinging.

JUMPING ROPE.

THIS play should likewise be used with caution. It is a healthy exercise, and tends to make the form graceful; but it should be used with moderation. I have known instances of blood-vessels burst by young ladies, who in a silly attempt to jump a certain number of