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Show MARBLES CAME i-ROM GERMANY. Delight of Children Originated In World's Toyshop. Marbles got their name from the fact that originally little bits of marbles mar-bles weie rolled down tho hills and rounded nnd pounded by other stones until they become toys for children to play with. It la said that tho Dutchman exported ex-ported them to England, from whero wo got them. Whether they did or not makes little difference to tho boys nud girls of to-day. No matter who Introduced Intro-duced tho world to marbles as toys, they aro with us. nnd always vylll be. Somo of you win them from other children some of jou trade postage stamps for them; but some person originally or-iginally bought them from tho little store uround the corner, whonu owner got them from that greatest toy shop In tho world Germany. In the beginning marbles were called call-ed bowls, and men and women pfayed with them, as well as children. Hundreds Hun-dreds of millions of commies and agates and glassies and shiners aro sent to America and the children get mora pleasure out of theso cheap little lit-tle toys than almost anything else. Washington Star. |
