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Title: Things worth doing and how to do them
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Beard, Lina Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, joint author
Subjects: Amusements Games
Publisher: New York, Scribner's
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e and pretty scene. The game, though intended for four players, may also beplayed by either two or eight players. When only two takepart, each must play the twelve roses belonging to his side; inother respects the rules are the same as in a four-handed game.When there are eight players, four must stand on each side andeach player have three roses, two players necessarily playing thesame color, but not in the same bed, as the garden on both sidesmust be divided into four beds that every player may plant rosesin a separate flower bed; otherwise the original rules hold good. Plant Your Garden if You Can may be adapted to the housewhen chill Autumn days appear and the weather grows cold andrainy. When played indoors the beds may be marked out bywhite tape as on the green lawn, only in this case wooden clothes-pins would be of no use, and thumb tacks, such as are used byartists, must take their place to fasten the tape down on a barewooden floor, and safety-pins when the floor is carpeted.
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CHAPTER XIV JOLLY LITTLE SANTA CLAUS WITH HIS REINDEER ANDSLEIGH O you want to see—actually see!—Santa Claus seated in his sleighfilled with toys, and driving hisfamous reindeer? You may do soand have him come to your home.Even if there is no chimney andopen fireplace for Santa Claus toclimb through, the blithe littlefellow can be induced to appear,sleigh and all, and he will keephis turnout standing perfectly still that all the family may have a good, long look at him. But you must carefully follow directions and help Santa Claus get ready for your Christmas (Fig. 200). It would be difficult to say positively how long Santa Claus has lived, or when he first made his appearance, but we all know just how he looks, His eyes twinkle, his dimples are merry,His cheeks are like roses, his nose like a cherry. We know that he is sure to come every Christmas, and the girlsand boys look forward gladly to his visit. The little Hollanders 163

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