Salt Lake Herald | 1895-02-24 | Page 11 | Shnefer and Ives

Slmcfer nnQ Ire The theatre is going to offer a novel form of entertainment for the amusement amuse-ment of Its patrons Oa March 4th and 5th the celebrated billiard champions cham-pions or wizards as they are sometimes some-times called Schaefer and Ives are going to give some exhibition games The game of billiards is variously regarded re-garded by different classes of people By a few it Is frowned upon on account ac-count of its being surrounded by other objectional features but by a very large per centage of people and especially es-pecially by those who can afford the luxury in their homes it is regarded as one of the most delightful of indoor pastimes It undoubtedly requires some knowledge of the game to thoroughly thor-oughly enjoy it but this is true of most forms of amusement < In some of the large cities of the country billiard clubs have recently been formed for the pleasure and I benefit of both sexes while euchre and whist have been relegated to the rear Mme Patti Is a devoted bllllardlst and Mrs Cleveland is said to be an expert ex-pert the White house billiard room being most frequented of all the rooms in that spacious mansion The styles of game to be played here by the champions will ha what are known as the straight rail balk line cushion carrom and fancy shots