The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-21
SOME HOLIDAY GAMES,
New Amusements Devised for
Young Folks for Christmas.

The great toy manufacturers, in prepara-
ton for the Christmas soon to arrive, have
got out some very interesting novelties in
the way of games, which will tempt those
who want to purchase such means of amuse-
ment for the young people.
That interesting sport called "tiddledy-
winks." otherwise known as the idiots
delight" has already achieved great popu-
larity. But riddledy -wiDks tennis is new
and most attractive. The usual fiddle
dies" and "winks" come in the box, to-
gether with a green flannel rennis-court
marked In white with the proper lines, and
also wire net with posts that can be set up
across the middle Of the flannel. With this
apparatus you play tennis by the same rules
as are adopted on grass court, swapping
the winks with the tiddledies over the net
and back. Progressive tiddledy-~inks is
something particularly exciting, and is per-
formed just like progressive anything else.
Another new and pleasing game is called
"reversi," and Is played upon a sort of
checker-bnard with sixty-four spaces. The
players must be only two, and each of them
has thirty-two of The sixty -four pieces, which
are led on one side ana yellow ON the other.
AT the beginning the pieces are not put ON
the board, but are placed upon it one after
another, each player taking his turn. One
player places his with the yellow side up
and the other With tile red side. First, the
four middle spaces are occupied by the
pieces, one at il time, after which player
can only place a piece in vacan: space
next to one of his opponents pieces and
must also so place it as to reverse one or
more of his adversary's. Reversing is
done in this way: According to the rule all
Oh the opponents pieces that lie in a contn-
uuus, unbroken line. straight or diagonal,
between the pieces played and any other
piece of the same kind are captured and
turned over-i. e. reversed" SO as to show
the color belonging to the captor A piece
once laid down is never removed frUm
place, but may be reversed any number of
times. Should player not be able to play
he loses his turn until he is able to place
piece. The game is finished when the hoard
is entirely covered by the sixty-four pieces,
or when neither player is able to place
man, the victor being the player who has
the greatest number Of pieces Of his own
color on the board.
The game of Louisa" is novelty brought
over by lady of that name from Italy.
Two. three or four people can play it. A
board checkered in the shape of a cross, with
yellow, black and red spaces, is used Each
player throws dice from box to determine
how many spaces he shall move at play,
the object being TO make the entire round Of
the beard and get in ''home," somewhat as
in the game of 'parcheesi." In fact, the
game OF Louisa is only modification of
parchees, though it is claimed to be an i'm
provem2nt
chase game also, which has very elaborate
board and is very expensive, costing 81 80.
by It's rules each person enters horse for a
race, paying stated amount into the pool
for the privilege. Dice are thrown to deter
mine the leaps that each animal makes in its
journey around the course. If player stops
at tile spaces marked 20. 80, 40. 80, 60, 70, so
or 80 he goes back to the start and begins
over again. SuppOsing that he is so I'M
fortunate as to pause az so, he must leave the
game unless he cares TO enter another horse,
paying the same entrance fee as before. The
player who first reaches 100 wins the pool,
but il he jumps beyond it he must throw his
die until he gets a number that will take
him back to 1C0, when, if he has reached 1t
before any OF his adversaries, he wins.
While yet In the game he may enter sec
ond horse at any time by paying 90 per cent
of the ordinary fee for entrance.
Aladdin is another new game played
on board, in the middle of which is a space
marked treasure" The players make their
way around the board by throwing dice,
moving their places accordingly from place
to place, while in the center is placed box
filled with big beads of different coIors to
represent diamonds, rubies and gold. Each
player has wooden jewel cup and bowl.
As many as four can play, each one having
his own starting point Should Mayer stop
on space marked with representations of
one, two or more Jewels, he takes that num-
Der of actual jewels from the treasure in
the mlodle and puts them into his cup.
When he gets five or more Jewels in this
way he pours them into his bowl. But if he
should stop on one of the four places marked
forfeit to the geni," he must return to the
treasure any jewels he may have in his cup.
Ii he alightS upon one of the two spaces
marked with lamp. he has another turn,
ana II he pauseS on a space occupied by an
other players piece, he takes to himself all
the jewels in the latter players cup. What
jewels have been poured into the bowl can
not be taken away. When the treasure is
all gone the player who has tho most of it
wins.
A game called popping the question: is
played with cards. half of them red and the
other half white. The two players must be
OF opposite sexes, the lady taking the white
cards and the gentleman the red. Each red
card has proposal of marriage of some sort
upon 1t, while each white card is inscribed
with some reply. The gentleman draws
first, hands the lady card from his pile,
and she responds with one from her pile.
the question and the answer being read to-
gether. For example, his card reads: ~
love you. WIN you marry me? Say yes
and gain treasure. Say no and you lose
one" The answer, likewise taken at ran
dom, may read: 81 would rather wed kan
CARGO than such popinjay as you" The
next proposal may obtain more favorable
answer, such as: "Oh, sir, this is $3.50 sud-
den that hardly know what TO say" And
SO the game goes until the cards are all ex-
hausted. This sport is highly recommended
for introduction to bashful Ioyers-Wash-
ington Star.