| Show WOMEN AND CHESS PLAYING 1119 tory tells tell offo of yo great chess chef players among women A great many newspapers are commenting on the fact that history does not record a woman who has excelled in the game of chess there is something strange in the fact that only men have mastered this great game to become proficient in this game one must have tife the cool calculating faculty of the mathematician the nerve of the professional gambler and the face of a sphinx in addition to this one must have a great deal of time to devote to the study of the game it is this last which makes the absence se neep of f female chess players so curio curious us says the omaha amalia world herald in this busy age men have no time to learn the game unless they steal it away from their business A man in business must be at his office not later than nine a m then he has to read the morning paper for an houri hour talk politics until eleven go out to lunch and remain until one p m take a country customer out to see the sights of the city until three p m return to the office and dictate to the stenographer until four p m and then go home so utterly tired out that he feels cross kicks the family cat across the sitting room viciously shakes the furnace so hard that be breaks the grate prowls growls at his dinner and finally goes down town and plays freeze out for the cigars in order to secure relief from the cares and dexa eions of business life with a woman it is different she has a great deal of spare a wonder awender that the chess champion of tle the world is not a female all a woman has to do is to get breakfast got get the children ready for school wash the Ir breakfast elfast dishes sweep the house make the beds dust peel the potatoes for dinner go to the grocery and market get lunch for the children when they come home from school at noon see that their hands band and faces are arc clean before returning wash the dishes again sew buttons on her husbands shirt patch tommys tommas trousers let a tuck out of susies dress darn a basketful 0 of f socks get supper wash the dishes agai again n get the children ready for bed and last of bf au all prepa prepare re for the b breakfast in the morning if she would put her spare time after these few little tasks are done in learning to play chess champion lasker would soon lose his laurels but instead of this she puts in in her spare time darning more socks and sewing on more buttons and it is safe to say that the chess championship will be held by a horrid man for ages to ome |
