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Show Anent the Billiard Cue. Concornlng tho billiard cuo and tho old-fashioned "bllllnid mace," or "billiard "bil-liard mast," as Cowpor wrote tho word, It may bo noted that tho original origi-nal French term for tho Instrument of tho gamo was "Masse" or "billiard." "Queue," according to Llttre, was at first tho namo of tho tapering "tall" or striking end of tho less clumsy Kick that subsequently rose Into favor, and oventunlly camo to mean that stick itself. "Quouo," In tho senso of tho tnll of a wig, used sometimes some-times to bo written "cuo" In English, but wo rcscrvo tho French spoiling now for this and for tho tall peoplo at a theator door, giving tho English to tho billiard stick and to tho actor's "cuo" If that also ropresonts "tall," tho tall of tho preceding speech. Hut, as tho actor's cuo used to bo writton "q" or "qu" it has been thought to ropresont tho Latin "quando" (when). |