s no occasion to "choose sides" for that has been done in advance. But when boys of the same school or association meet for a game

is it?" If the guess is right, the boy making it is "It." "Drawing straws" i

ieces as there are to be players. One of the blades is cut

hat the first boy to choose a straw will select the short one. This in a measure spoils the fun, and to guard against it the lads are often made to stand up in a line and each one in turn pulls

own hand, cries, "Who is short straw?" At that each

h fists closed, place one above the other and ask, "Which is it, Joe; high or low?" If the empty hand is chosen the boy go

y which the one having the first ch

ndful of pebbles, marbles or other small objects, and cl

n in number, he has lost, and the other boy has first choice; or if it is a

carry such things, though never for long. "Heads or tai

ed on one side is used, and the boy

Each section and each crowd of boys has its own way of choos