Show EV MUSIC FOR new york feb 23 for the medal which offered by the of of the state 0 island for the best musical composition adapted to the words at samuel francis america has closed interest has been shown by american composers and more alian compositions have been contributed e must lo 10 the committee having the mauer in charge the anward will be announced july 4 most girls anu unu komae boys have played in their time the gamo of dibs or knucklebones knuckle bones or jackstones jack stones but few of them know that the game has existed since the third century B 0 and is probably stilt older how it was played in days no one can tell but the ankle joint bones of the sheep ox deer and pig were used and the game was called astragal from the latin word for the ankle joint in scotland pel bacs are often employed whence the bamo even precious and gold and bronze stones havo been used nud in some countries the bones were marked with numbers and colored to represent kings queens knaves and pawns |