Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
INTERESTING READING FOR THE
YOUNG FOLKS.
How Children ia Olden Times
Amused ThemseIves-A Very Pecn-
liar KIte-DumRs and His Doss-
south African INatiir Choir.

Have YOU ever wondered how the
children who lived hundreds of years
ago amused themselves? They conld
not go Swimming over the country on
bicycle and were less fortunate IN
the number of toys and games In
vented for their amusement, still II Is
surprising to learn how many games
they played which are similar to the
ones now enjoyed by Young America,
one of the oldest games is ball Ac-
cording to ancient legends the nrst
ball was made by Il Greek lady and
given TO Nallsicia. the Phaeclan prln
cess, who treated Ulysses so kindly
The Greek lady also taught her how 70
use it. This old world Of ours mas
made perhaps three thousand revolu-
lions around the sun since that, yet we
still play ball.
old English pictures show us boys
and girls, scantily dressed, playing
handy ball or golf. Each one has
long stick crooked NJ one end. That
is. perhaps. the earliest form Of bali
playing with bats.
Holes are made In the ground and
the one who drove the ball in the holes
with the fewest number OF strokes won
the game. Then they played balloon
ball and bowling. The English boys
who played ball upon London commons
some I'VE hundred years ago used 70
put horse-beans or peas in their balls
SO that they would make noise when
they kicked them.
One OF the Roman kings. when boy
spent many hours. 10 is said, IN play
ing a game Of marbles called taw,
Glass marbles We're unknown at that
time, but they found the game fully as
interesting when played with nuts.
Leap-frog and game similar 70 hide
and-seek were played in ancient times,
! PAPER kites were sent up by the young
John Cinnamon" before Columbus dis
| covered America
| Boxing wrestling, running and char
/ lot racing were very serious sports
/ among the Greek youths. II was an
| honor OF a lifetime to be Victorious IN
/ any OF these sports on the plain Of
4 Olympia during the great festival held
there once in four years.
BattledoOr and shuttlecock Is an Old
game and one often played by the chill
dren Of larger growth IN England
France and other countries. II Is sal
that the Siamese play shuttleCock IN ~
astonishing manner Their battleloor'
being nothing more nor less than th'
soles OF their very at feet
Spelican or jack straws Is an oil
English game A story Is told ~
young Englishman who had a passion
for that degrading Vice gambling II
haa sduandcred his whole estate Il
this way Some Of his wealthy rela
tions offered to give him new FORUM
il he would sOlemnly promise never I
| play any games they enumerated. The
made out a list Of every game the.
could think u, even marbles and a
!. promised never 10 play them. BH
they missed one Soon after III y MI
given him his new fortune they f1un
him playing Jack straws with one g
his Old cronips at EiO for a plain stra'
I and 50 on up.
, The training and flying Of hawks o
falcons was a popular amusement 70
/ young and old IN the middle agai
! Many tales relating 70 this pastm
have come down to MS. one ~ Boz
i caccios has been used as 4 basis q
Z d drama by Tennysou and 3 poem p
!. I.ongfellow. The latter entitled "Th
! Falcon Of Ser Fnrdprigo' Il interesting
. giving one an idea Of falconry in thos
n DAYS:
t THE p0mp and futter ~ brave n
4 COury.
& The bells. the iesses. the bright, sea
e let hood.
i The flight and pursuit DER field an
= wood
Il All these forevermore are ended noy
. No longer victor but the victim thou
g Mary s Stelson.