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Show Dlsbolo In the Past. More diabolo discoveries. In the National Library at Paris ure tw prints, one entitled "Tho Game of DU bolo at the Beginning of the Last Cen tury;" tho other entitled "Tho Devil! for Four (tho old diabolo)." Twc couples are playing diabolo excitedly In a room; the furniture Is upset and the mirrors broken. Another design is. entitled: "The Good Dovil, How Ho Goes!" A young woman throws u big, simple fellow In the air, and from his pocket fall pieces of gold. In the same picture is another woman, with her diabolo cord round the neck of n man, with tho Inscription below: "See how we lead them!" Diabolo raised a furor in France In 1812. It was thon, according to the Figaro correspondent. Imported from England, and an English Eng-lish caricature ot a later date represents repre-sents a great Wellington sending to St. Helena's a very little Napoleon riding rid-ing on a diabolo. Long before the revolution of 1789 some missionaries In Peking sent an exact reproduction of diabolo to a French minister of state who collected Chinese curiosities. curiosi-ties. The Chinese are always found to have forgotten everything we are beginning be-ginning to learn! Dundoo Advortlser. |