New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-16
MANY P4RLOR ADJUSTMENTS.
NEW GAMES RECENTLY INTRODUCED AND
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NEW GAMES RECENTLY INTRODUCED AND
CHANGES MADE IL OLD ONES
About seventy parlor games are named the list
If the dealers In chess a decided innovation has
been made within the last few years. involving
change IT, thc shape Of the figures. The low, simply
carved loaded chcssmen known as the stanton chess
men have completely superseded the tall, deliberately
carved figures Of ivory which have so long been In
use. but now declared by players to be I'M
Fledy and easy 10 upset scientific chess players
also prefer simple fiat board of leather. which is
known as the club-b0ard and comes in ecru and
black TO match the Stanton chessmen of carved
yellow lockwood and ebony. Cheap men are often
sold as Stanton chess but the genuine loaded men
arc all stamped cOnspicuOusly with tiny red crown
and cost from 80 to $40 and S12 SET, according to
lie. The men sold at $40 arc extremely large and
most players in the parlcr prefer the medium SIZE
sold al 80 Leather club boards range from fifteen
to twenty inches square and cost from ~ to al
The outfits for many other wellknown games have
been improved. Cribbage-boarls now come with be-
zlque counters on one side and whist counters on the
other, that the boards can be utilized in three
games. With olive wood counters. such a boam IS
So with ivory counters. S1J. Cellulod dice
cups are 81. An improvement in the old game
OF domnoes adds a doube-nine 10 the SET sci Oh
dominoes with the double-nine are 81 30 to - %.
solitaire formerly played on board with brightcol-
ored marbles. is made with pegs, which are not
80 easily put out OF place on the board Boxes OF
olve"ood containing a number Of old games lnciud-
ing chess, checkers backgammon, domnoes, cards aud
crlbbaee-bcams and other outfits. are S45 The
very best are not put In these. II IS therefore
better to buy durable outfit of each game by itsef
Halma is new game introduced last season. winch
Is already attracting the attention OF mahemalclahs
because Of the combination of simplicity and per
pleXy' which II presents 1t IS played on board
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white men. Only two moves are permitted 81 hop
and step" which may be learned n few moments;
yet from such simple beginnings tAe variety OF com
bination seems 10 be Indefinite Halma may be played
by one, two or four persons. single set OF halma
costs III so. a complete set for four table, pro
gresave' hama, So. Eeversi is another new game
PLAYED checker board Of sxty-four squares with
sixty-four pieces red one side ana Diack on tne
other. Each player chooses Color ana the game
IS opened By the first player placing one OF his men
on the empty board of course putting the color
he has Chosen uppermOst BY the Hlles OF the game
when the men of any player arc taken they are not
removed. but simply reversed, showing the other
color. When the game is finished all the squares
must be covered and the player having the most men
OH the board wins Games OF revcrs are 81 to
II 30. The saorboy" the jockey-race' the
e. mall boy are games that never fall to interest
children The "wich's SPELL is new game OF
ibis kind played with dice cups, board men and
the wooden figure Of a witch. Brax and redoubt
other board games. the latter being Played on
board of crussnes and criss-crOss lines with large
dots at certain intersections
Among games for the paror which may De chsseu
under parlOr athletics. are the od'tine Eahes OF
baailedore and shuttlecock and the familiar grace
hoops which are recommended by teachers OF physlca
culture. Tho new game OF balloon Is an exceedingly
graceful and pretty game. II rcquifes hoop OF
bembO0 about twenty inches across. about four feet
from the hoor light rackets and number OF balloons
The agility Of The player In driving these balloons
through the hoop Is a main point OF the game.