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  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