Excerpt from What Shall We Do to-Night? Or Social Amusements for Evening Parties: Furnishing Complete and Varied Programmes for Twenty-Six Entertainments It has long been a settled and accepted fact that "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy;" and if this be true of Jack, it is equally true of Gill. It is essential in matters of recreation, that, in order to enjoy ourselves thoroughly, we must relax more or less the sedate gravity of maturer years, and bring ourselves down to the youthful level of Jack and Gill - before their fearful fall, of course, as the parlor floor offers no opportunities for the 43 ad accident that tradition has ascribed to them. In fact, there is nothing more delightful than, laying aside all stately dignity and unnecessary restraint, to devote the whole or part of an evening to social amusement, pure and simple. Sometimes, but not very often, we find in society a gifted individual who knows how to take the lead in a few round games, and is able to divert the company with a trick or two. His opportune talents are rewarded by a flattering prominence, and he steps out from the ranks to assume a well-deserved leadership. But his resources are, perhaps, soon exhausted. He has succeeded in raising a keen appetite for more of the same sort, which he is unable to appease. His laurels fade - he relapses into his former insignificance.

Like Jack, he strives to climb. He shouts, "Excelsior!" and falls back, the victim of exhausted energy; involving, perhaps, in his catastrophe, some amiable Gill, who has kindly lent her aid to further his lofty designs. To aid the talented and to direct the uninitiated, this work has been prepared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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