Chapter XXX: A Paper Chase

FUN! Why what can compare with it? The clear frosty air is full of life, the blood is rushing tumultuously through your veins and your feet are tingling to be off on the chase. It is healthful, it is inspiring, it is glorious fun. You must think, too, in order to be successful either as hare or hound, for the object of each is to outwit the other, and Paper Chase is a game that requires the use of brains as well as muscle.

The Hares and Hounds

compose the party. Two hares and as many hounds as you will, the more the merrier. Each hare must carry a bag filled with paper cut into small strips. The hounds carry only the weight of their responsibility to entrap and catch the hares.

The Game

is a country game, of course. Who would think of the hares and hounds dashing in a mad run through the streets of town or village. And it is a noisy game with the Kee-ooi! Kee-ooi! of the fleeing hares, and answering La-ha-hoo, La-ha-hoo! of the pursuing hounds.

Select a convenient club-house or residence for the meet and let there be two hares and at least six hounds.

The first thing to be decided upon is the distance of the run, which should not be too great, especially for beginners. The next is the agreement between the hares upon a general plan to be pursued in their tactics, which must be kept secret from the hounds.

The morning hours are best for the game, and a hearty appetite for lunch, or the hunt-breakfast, it might be called, is the result.

At a Given Time

let the hares start off together, scattering their bits of paper as they go, to be followed ten or fifteen minutes later by the hounds, who are led by the paper on the tracks of the hares.

The object of the hares is so to scatter the paper in their cross-country run as to lead the hounds on

A False Scent.

This is sometimes done by the hares making a detour into a field, doubling back on their tracks and running in quite another direction. Or they may provide a number of false scents leading from one point.

To be sure all this uses up much precious time, but the compensation lies in mystifying and delaying the hounds, each of whom must decide for herself which trail is the most likely to prove the one the hares have really taken.

When

The Hares Are Off

and the fifteen minutes up, the hounds must start in pursuit. Their object is to head off and catch the hares before they can cover the given distance and again reach the place of meeting. A hound must not only come in sight of a hare but must touch her in order to make a catch. Each player in the paper chase acts for herself, and if she succeeds in catching a hare she wins the honors. And a hare reaching home without being caught wins great honor. The hares keep together, but the hounds may scatter at will, though no girl should risk going too far alone.

From time to time the hares must give their cry Kee-ooi! Kee-ooi! that the hounds may not go too far astray, and the hounds reply with their La-ha-hoo! to let the hares know they are on their tracks.

Over Fences, Across Brooks,

taking to the cover of the woods, or speeding along the roads, it matters little how you get there, the object is to reach the point you have decided upon over the shortest route and in the least possible time.

This is the fun of it, the wild scramble over all obstacles and the exultant moment when, if a hound, you have run down the hares or, if a hare, you outwit the hounds and make the home-run in safety. The game requires good generalship on both sides, quick thought and ready decision.

How to Dress.

A short skirt, loose, stout walking shoes, and a sweater make the most comfortable costume. Wraps will be found in the way and uncomfortably warm, and you cannot run very well in overshoes. If your feet get wet keep on running and you will not take cold, but have a change of foot-wear ready that you may replace wet shoes and stockings with dry ones as soon as you reach the house. Also throw a wrap over you upon your return so that you may not cool off too suddenly after your long run.

Light bags for the hares to carry may be made of cotton cloth with straps of the same to throw over the shoulder.

Good health, good-fellowship, good-nature, and fair play are the requisites for the complete enjoyment of this most exhilarating of all games.

INDEX

A

Adjusting warp, 19
African hut, 306
Alligators, clay, 193
Amusements, Mayday, 237
Andirons, 142
Anemones, 296
Angling, Easter, 231
Animals, tissue-paper, 75
Apple, Indian, 209
Apple, Jap, 211
Apple-seeds, 261
Apple tower, 214
Apple toys, 206
Arch, door, 177
Armor, alligator, 197
Arrow-heads, 122
Arrow-shaft, 123
Arrows for Mayday, 238
Assumption, Cathedral of, 175

B

Baby alligators, 193
Bag, school, 31
Bags, fortune, 262
Ball game, May, 251
Ball of twine, 27
Banana, clay, 201
Band, spinning-wheel, 8
To adjust, 9
Banners, Japanese fish, 171
Barrel-hoop, 62
Basket of shavings, 36
Basket, to make wood, 62
Basket, to weave splint, 68
Baskets as moulds, 187
Baskets, May, 248
Beads, 182
Bed, Japanese, 168
Beds, blankets for dolls', 26
Bell and ball game, 251
Bellows, 153
Binding basket edges, 40
Binding off, 71
"Bird Wish," 337
Birds, tissue-paper, 75, 93
Birds, to feed, 267
Bird's head, finger, 277
Birthday festivals, 170
Blackbirds, finger, 280
Blanket, Navajo, 20, 125
Doll's bed, 26
Blood root, 296
Blouse, Russian, 181
Boats, rose petals, 320
Body, alligator, 196
Bonnet, war, 116
Bonnet-wire stem, 95
Boots, Russian, 182
Bouquet-holder, 58
Bow, 124
Bow case, 124
Bowls, 292
Bows for Mayday amusements, 237
Breakfast, Japan, 168
Broom, show, 172
"Build the Tower," 282
Butt, rifle, 152
Button-mould, 171

C

Calumet, 119
Calyx, tissue-paper, 96
Camp-fire, 342
Cap, rose petal, 328
Card-board, pot hooks of, 145
Carnation-pink, 86, 87
Case, handkerchief, 41
Cathedral of Assumption, 176
"Chai," Russian, 181
Chamois skin gown, 125
Chase, paper, 345
Chicken, tissue-paper, 75
Chieftain's shield, 120
Children, talking, 268
Chimney samovar, 184
"Chin Chopper Chin," 282
Churn, 160
Circle, to cut a, 88
Clay, 187
Clay alligators, 193
Cleaning for spinning-wheel, 8
Cloak, old colonial, 155
Cloth, magic, 264
Clothes-line, possibilities of, 162
Clover, four-leaved, 260
Coat of armor, alligator, 197
Coiled pottery, 187
Colonial kitchen, toy, 133
Colorless vases, 292
Combinations, flower, 291
Common grasses, 53
Conventional designs, 330
Cork churn lid, 160
Counter, store, 308
Cradle, papoose, 130
Crane, 137
Crazy bull, 116
Crosses, paper, 178
Crowding, flower, 290
Cupola, Russian cathedral, 178
Curtain-bee frolic, 48
Curtain, sash, 34
Curtains, primitive reed, 43

D

Daffodil, tissue-paper, 99
Dance, egg, 230
Dasher, churn, 160
"Deer," 338
Design, ornamental, 67
Designs, conventional, 330
Dinner, straw ride, 339
Distaff, 7
Doll, Japanese, 174
Doll, Russian, 180
Dolls' beds, blankets for, 26
Dolls, feast of, 172
Dolls' hammock, 56
Dolls, new race of, 103
Door-way, Russian cathedral, 177
Door-way screens, 149
Dress, Mary's, 217
Dress, May-pole to, 252
Dress, Miss Muffet's, 108
Dress, paper-chase, 348
Dutch windmill, 214

E

Eagle feather of paper, 121
Easter egg games, 227
Edges, basket, 40
Egg games, 227
Elephant, tissue-paper, 83
Encampment, Indian, 111
End-pieces, 63

F

Face, Miss Muffet's, 106
False scent, 347
Faucet, samovar, 182
Feast of dolls, 172
Feather, eagle paper, 121
Feathers, for goose, 221
Fence, paper, 168
Fenced in garden, 168
Ferns, 297
Festivals, Japanese, 169
Finger church, 275
Finger plays, 273
Finger steeple, 275
Fire, tissue-paper, 114
Fireplace, 138
Fish, Japanese paper, 170
Five little pigs, 285
Flax, 10
Flintlock rifle, 151
Floors, Japan paper house, 167
Floral tent, 307
Florida playhouse, 298
Floor, colonial kitchen, 136
Flower lifter, 294
Flowers, to arrange, 289
Folks, finger plays for little, 273
Food, alligator, 198
Fortune bags, 262
Four-leaved clover, 260
Fresh flowers, to arrange, 289
Fringe, to make hammock, 30
Frog, jumping, 264
Frolic, curtain-bee, 48
Frolic with roses, 320
Funny little apple toys, 206

G

Games, egg, 227
Garden, fenced in, 168
Garden, rose girls, 325
Germantown wool for Navajo blanket, 20
Ghost writing, 259
Girl, rose, 323
Gold nuggets, 254
Good Indian, 115
Goose, Mother Goose's, 220
Gown, chamois skin, 125
Grass, napkin ring, 59
Grasses, common, 53
Grasshopper house, 53
Green leaf boat, 322
Green leaves, 291
Groceries, 312
Gun, flintlock, 151

H

Hallowe'en revels, 259
Hammock, dolls', 56
Handkerchief case, 41
Handle, basket, 40
Handle, churn, 160
Hares, 345
Hut, African, 306
Hat, witch's, 257
Head, Washington, 202
Headdress, Indian, 116
Heddles, how to make loom, 17
Hepaticas, 296
Hibiscus, 86
Holder, bouquet, 58
Home-like rag rug, 154
Home-made loom, weaving on, 15
Hooks, pot, 145
Hounds, 345
Houses, Japan paper, 162
House, grasshopper, 53
Hub, spinning-wheel, 149

I

Indian apple, 209
Indian Encampment, 111
Indian pot, 143
Indian travois, 118

J

Jap apple, 210
Japan, paper houses of, 162
Japanese doll, 174
Japanese paper, 162
Japanese umbrella, 173
Jars, flower, 293
Jumping frog, 264

K

Kago, 172
Keeping store, 308
King, May, 245
Kitchen, toy colonial, 133
Kneading clay, 187
Knitting needle, gun-barrel, 152
"Knives and Forks," "Here are my Mother's," 279
Koi, Japanese, 171
Kremlin, 175

L

Lake, open air, 323
Lamb, Mary's, 219
Lanterns, paper, 167
Leather boots, 181
Leaves, green, 291
Leaves, tissue-paper, 193
Legs, alligator, 198
Lifter, flower, 294
Lifting for Pasch eggs, 227
Line, clothes, 62
Lingerie, Miss Muffet's, 107
Little apple toys, 206
Little bellows, 153
Little Miss Muffet, 103
Little paper houses, 162
Little pigs, famous five, 285
Loom, weaving on home-made, 15

M

Magic cloth, 264
Marvel pictures, 215
Mary, 215
Material, reed curtain, 43
Mats, table, 41
May baskets, 248
Mayday amusements, 237
May-pole, 252
Menagerie, game of, 343
Miniature cathedral, 176
Miss Muffet, tissue-paper, 103
Moccasins, 117
Modelling in tissue-paper, 75
Money, store, 314
Morning glory, tissue-paper, 86, 94
Mother Goose's goose, 220
Mother's knives and forks, 280

N

Navajo blanket, 20
Navajo blankets, 125
Nail, staple, 46
Napkin-ring, grass, 59
Nasturtiums, 290
Nature study, tissue-paper, 86
Netting, rope, 65
Nuggets, gold, 254

O

Odd things in Russia, 175
Odd utensils, 144
Odd colonial clock, 155
Old-fashioned flintlock rifle, 151
Old oaken bucket, 250
Open air lake, 323
Open air play houses, 298
Ornamental design, 67
Oven, 139

P

Paint, for Japan houses, 165
Painting, rose petals for, 328
Paper chase, 345
Paper houses of Japan, 162
Paper lanterns, 167
Paper modelling, in tissue, 75
Paper, store wrapping, 313
Papoose, 130
Parker, Thankful, 146
Party, rose girls, 326
Pasch eggs, 227
Pattern, blanket, 24
"Peel," 144
Pet turtle, 327
Pewter ware, 154
Picnic, straw ride, 333
Pictures, marvel, 215
Pigs, five little, 285
Pin loom, how to make, 16
Pine-shavings, 36
Pipe of peace, 119
Play house, open air, 298
Plays, finger, 273
Pocket-books, store, 314
Pole, May, 252
Possibilities of a clothes-line, 62
Pot hooks, 145
Pot, iron, 143
Pottery, 185
Practice on spinning-wheel, 11
Primitive reed curtains, 43

Q

Queen May, 245
Queer little teeter-tarter, 273

R

Race of dolls, new, 103
Rag rug, home-like, 154
Rare frolic, 320
Reed curtains, primitive, 43
Revels, Hallowe'en, 254
Rice ball, 171
Rifle, 151
Ring, grass napkin, 59
"Rock," 7
Roll, clay, 189
Roll of splint, 68
Rolling, egg, 235
Roof, Russian cathedral, 177
Rookwood pottery, 187
Rope netting, 65
Rose girl, 323
Rose petal boats, 320
Rug, 154
Rules, Pasch game, 234
Russia, odd things in, 175
Russian doll, 180

S

Sally Walker's hood, 208
Samovar, 182
Sash-curtain, 34
Scales, store, 309
Scent, false, 347
School-boy, 31
Screens, doorway, 49
Seed-top grasses, 61
Shafts, arrow, 123
Shapes, pottery, 192
Shavings, armful of, 36
Shield, Indian, 120
Shoes, Miss Muffet's, 107
Shovel, 144
Shuttle, 19
Sides, to weave basket, 39
"Simon Says," 335
Spindle, 5
Spindle-frame, 5
Spinning, 3
Spinning wheel, 3
Spinning wheel, colonial kitchen, 147
Splint basket, to weave, 68
Splint, roll of, 68
Spokes, splint basket, 69
Staple-nail, 46
Straw, bonnet wire, 95
Store, keeping, 308
Stories, telling, 343
Stoves, Russian, 180
Straw ride, 333
Straw ride picnic, 333
Study, tissue-paper, nature, 86
Sun-bonnet, Mary's, 218
Sun-bonnet, Miss Muffet's, 110
Supplies, store, 312
Supplies, straw ride picnic, 341
Swift dog, 116
Swing, 338
Symmetry, 295

T

Table egg rolling, 235
Table mats, 41
Table, moulding, 188
Talking children, 268
Tangle, word, 337
Targets, Mayday, 240
Tassels, 66
Tea, how Russians make, 188
Teeter tarter, 273
Tenor, singing, 269
Tent, floral, 317
Thankful Parker, 146
Things to make of common grasses, 53
Thread, when broken, 12
Time-piece, old fashioned, 159
Tinfoil, 153
Tissue paper, moulding in, 75
Toaster, 144
Tomahawk, 120
Tools, moulding, 188
Tower, apple, 214
Tower, finger, 282
Toy colonial kitchen, 133
Toys, apples, 206
Toys, tissue-paper, 75
Transparent vases, 292
Travois, to make, 118
Tree, Indian encampment, 129
Trimming, 73
Trousers, Russian, 181
Turkey, tissue-paper, 81
Turning eagle, 116
Turtle, pet, 327
Twine, what may be made of ball of, 27

U

Umbrella, Japanese, 173
Umbrella play house, 299
Uprights, spindle-frame, 5
Utensils, colonial kitchen, 144

V

Variety of candy, 317
Vases, 292
Vases, colorless, 292
Violets, 296

W

Walker, Sally, 208
Wampum, 131
War bonnet, 116
Ware, pewter, 154
Warp, to adjust, 19
Washington, clay head of, 202
Weavers, 68
Weaving on home-made loom, 15
Weaving splint basket, 70
Weights, clock, 159
Wheel, spinning, 3
White-ash splint, 74
Wig, Miss Muffet's, 106
Wigwam, playhouse, 301
Wigwam, to make, 112
Wild flowers, 295
Wild violets 296
Windmill, Dutch, 214
Windows, Russian cathedral, 177
Wing feathers, 222
Wish, bird, 337
Witch apple, 256
Wood-basket, 62
Wood chopper, finger, 277
Word tangle, 337
Woof, 20
Wool, Germantown, 20
Wrapping paper, 313
Wreaths, rose petal, 331

Z

Zulu doll, 115

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired. There is no figure 75.

Page xi, "Witche's" changed to "Witch's" (Witch's Hair)

Page xii, CHAPTER XXVI, "Play-House" and "Play-Houses" changed to "Playhouse" and "Playhouses" to match usage in text.

Page 193, "tanger" changed to "tanager" (cardinal, the scarlet tanager)

Page 206, "fellows" changed to "fellow" (little fellow differs)

Page 273, CHAPTER XXIV came after the chapter title, FINGER-PLAYS FOR LITTLE FOLKS, in the original text. These were switched to follow the form of the rest of the book.

Page 308, "Flay" changed to "Fly" ("Fly away, Jill,")

Page 337, "payed" changed to "played" (easily played as the)

Page 353, "Face, Miss Muffet's" was moved from the last place in the "E" section to the first place of the "F" section.

Page 354, the section titles for "I" and "J" were added to the text.

Page 355, since the text capitalizes all uses of Pasch, the index was changed to reflect this (Lifting for Pasch eggs) and also on page 355 (Rules, Pasch game)

Page 355, "Pocketbooks" changed to "Pocket-books" to match usage in text (Pocket-books, store)

Page 357, "play-house" changed to "playhouse" to match usage in text (Wigwam, playhouse)