Show Oj 0 T NEW W GAME THAT S 7 I 7 J I L fi I 4 t p o V VI I I t I 1 tC t J C 4 i ii a f fC fr C r I Two positions in playing picking the bobbin up on the string spinning the to keep it bal balanced balanced balanced on the string is moving westward Italy has been raving about it for a year France Prance is devoted to It England Is fast falling under its sway America will wUl have the craze I soon There is no avoiding It came from the Orient and it will wn reach there th re again having traveled around the world It fascinates men women and children Neither young nor old giddy nor dig dignified dignified sick nor well weak nor strong are are immune Is worse than smallpox you cant be b vaccinated arid and thus escape It It can be played in indoors indoors Indoors doors and out of ot doors door It Is omni omnipresent omnipresent omnipresent present once it strikes a community is lu a game Just a simple little game g me that th t looks like a childs plaything It originated probably In China hundreds of years ears ago It struck the Occident once before and was then known as the devil devit and two sticks I Every toy dealer has It In his stock I But the new has caught on than did a few years ye rS ago Rich and poor p or alike are I playing it In England and all alt classes wilt will soon be victims in America The tools of the sport consist of ot two sticks between which is strung a tight strong cord and a bobbin shaped like a big spool and made of ot wood tin or celluloid The game Is la to pick up the bobbin on the cord make it rotate rap Idly hurl it high in the air ar and then catch it on the cord again Sounds childish It But it has taken Europe by storm The game may be played by individuals Individuals nals or by teams throwing the tho bobbin from one person to another There are ire area irea a thousand variations but they are all in the same line throw the revolving revolvIng ing lug bobbin and catch it again Its not as simple a trick as it appears why it is called Dla olo Its the tha devil to catch that bobbin without dropping it to the ground In French cities everybody plays it One sees persons walking along the streets tossing spools on a cord Chil Children Children Children dren play it everywhere Business Businessmen men play on the way war home from the office Tournaments lee are re held In England it has assumed the proportions of a sport There are profession professional al at teachers of Weekend Di parties are given by society lead leaders leaders ers era It Is played in the drawing rooms of the aristocracy and aud in tho the area areaways areaways ways was of the The game has taken all Europe by storm It sounds sound like a foolish pastime for a I grownup but the best critics of the staid London papers say it is a won wonderfully wonderfully fascinating game Everyone who tries it once plays It like a fan fanatic fanatic fanatic thereafter It is said t to rival tennis football and golf in Its allurements And It Is coming to America You had better become an expert now and be able to shine whoa wh n the craze strikes Salt Lake City |