234 THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPAEDIA, 



The Man ivho is too Happy. 

 ONE GENTLEMAN AND Six LADIES. 



The gentleman sitting in the middle of the room must be complimented 

 and paid attention by each lady in turn. Without rising, he is to respond 

 by every species of grateful manner; first murmuring in a whisper, 

 " I'm too happy," increasing in the tone of his voice each time, till reach- 

 ing the highest note, he rushes out of the room. 



The Quakers Meeting. 

 THE WHOLE COMPANY. 



The leader of the game must arrange the company in a circle as Qua- 

 kers. The ladies need only sit up very primly, and twirl their thumbs 

 round and round slowly, looking steadily on the carpet. Any lady look- 

 ing up, or ceasing to twirl her thumbs, must pay a forfeit. Then the 

 leader of the game must direct a gentleman to repeat after him, in a draw- 

 ling tone (twirling his thumbs slowly all the while), these words : 



" Verily, verily, I do say." 



Each gentleman must repeat the same words, in turn, twirling his 

 thumbs the while. When they have been repeated by all the gentlemen, 

 the first must say : 



" Verily, verily, I do say 

 That I must go to-day." 



The words are to be echoed in like manner. Then the first speaker 

 adds: 



" Verily, verily, I do say 

 That I must go to-day, 

 To visit my sick brother, 



0-BA-DI-AY." 



After which he rises, goes into the middle of the room, and kneels down. 

 The nearest gentleman follows, and kneels close to him ; the next close to 

 the last, and so on, till they form a line. Then the leader of the game 

 must place himself last, kneeling also ; and, by giving a sudden push to the 

 last player, he will cause the whole row to fall down like a row of cards 

 on the carpet. The ladies are strictly forbidden to laugh at the catastro- 

 phe, or to cease twirling their thumbs, under pain of paying a forfeit. 



