Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-29

| That interesting sport called ''tiddledy-
winks," otherwise known as the idiots de-
light" described recently in TIE STAR, has
already achieved great popularity. But It'd
| dledy -wlnks tennis is new and most attractive
The usual "tiddledies' and ''winks'' come in
the box, together with a green flannel tennis
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-winks is some
thing particularly exciting and is performed
just like progressive anything else.
Another new and pleasing game is called ''re-
yersi and is played upon sort of checker
board with sixty-four spaces. The players must
be only two, and each Of them has thirty-two
OF the sixty -four pieces, which are red on one
side and yellow on the othe:. 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 the red
side. First, the four middle spaces are occu.
pied by the pieces one at time after which
each player can only place piece in a vacant
space next to one of his opponent, pieces, and
must also so place it as to reverse one or
moro more Of his adversary's. Reversing is
| done In this way: According to
the rule all OF the opponents pieces that lie in
| continuous, unbroken line straight or dag
onal, between the piece played and any other
piece OF the same kind are captured and turned
belonging to the captor. A piece once laid
down is never removed from place. but may
| be reversed any number of times Should a
player not be able to play he loses his turn un-
tn he is able to place piece. The game is fin
| ished when the board is entirely covered by the
| slxty-foui 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.
AN ITALIAN NOVELTY.
The 'game of Louisa is a novelty brought
| over by a lady of that name from Italy Two,
thres or four people can play it, board
checkered in the shape of a cross, with yellow.
black and red spaces, is used. Each PLAYER
| throws dlce from box to determine how many
| spaces he snail move at play, the object being
| to make the entire round of the board and get
in 'hOme." somewhat as in the game of .'par-
cheesi." In fact, the game of Louisa is only a
modification OF parcheesi, though it claims to
There is an improved kind of steeplechase
game also, which has very elaborate board
| and IS very expensive, costing 1880. BY its
| rules each person enters a horse for the race
paying stated amount into the pool for the
privilege. Dice are thrown to determine the
| leaps that each animal makes in its journey
| around the course. II player stops at the
spaces marked 20, 80, 10. So co, 20 or 80 he goes
back to the start and begins over again. Sup
| posing that he is so unfortunate az to pause at
| 49, 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 if he jumps beyond it he
must throw his die until he gets a number that
will take him back to 100, when. if he has
| reached it before any Of his adversaries, he
wins While yet in the game he may enter a Sc
cond horse at any time by paying so per cent
OF the ordinary fee for entrance.
HOW ALADDIN IS PLAYED.
aladdin" is another new game played on a
board in the middle of which is a space
marked treasure The players make their
way around the board by throwing dice, NOV
ing their pieces accordingly from place to
place while in the center is placed a box filed
| with big beads of different colors to represent
diamonds, rubies and gold. Each player has a
wooden jewel cup and bowl As MANY rs four
can play. each one having mis- own starting
point. Should player stop on a space marked
with representations of one, two or more
! jewels he takes that number of actual Jewels
from the treasure in the middle 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 genii'' 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, and if he
pauses on "a space occupied by another PLAYERS
piece, he takes to himself ell the Jewels in III,
hitter players cup What jewels have beer
poured into the bowls cannot be taken away.
When the treasure is all gone the player who
has the most of it wins.
POPPING THE QUESTION.
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 it.
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 together. For example, his
card reads: II love You. viii You marry me?
Say yes and gain q treasure. Say no and you
| lose one." The answer, likewise taken at ran
dom, may read: ~ would rather wed kanga-
| roo than such popinjay as you" The next
proposal may obtain . more favorable answer
| such g.: .'Oh, sir, this il $3.50 sudden that
hardly know what to say" And 30 the game
goes until the cards are all exhausted. This
sport Is highly recommended for Introduction
to bashful lovers.
Considerate.-Eond Husband-"But, Bessie.
hat rIr - q. 49,