The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-10

ed and the room Is ablaze with color -
light. for in bowling the faintest snano"
Is opposed TO success.
The game consists OF ten innings. tnfs.
balls 10 an inning. A multiplication "
this makes thirty balls for each player
during a game, and 4 he knocks down
ten pins each time ne sets a ball roiIns
he Will have taken down 800 pms. IN"
Is the highest possible score. but u mas
been reached only a few times IN tns
history OF bowling.
COL. GRANT BOWLING.
An experienced bowler Is Col. Fred
Grant. VIII, bowls with his daughter. Miss
Julia. The two are welcome at all the
private bowling clubs OF New York and
washington. And during the winter there
IS scarcely bowling day. that does
cot find them shaking. hands with the
bowling contingency and measuring skill
with them.
Miss Grant is very accomplished bowl
ar She uses the new balls with nolcs for
the fingers and her choice is a small ball.
whlch she sends down the alley with greet
speed. She is a big, heavy-look,ng girl.
but most graceful bowler Few have
elualled her score, which runs from 10
to POO which is very high for a lady. A
score or 200 means that the bowler has
Knocked down ao pins out OF a possible
300
TWO other accomplished bowlers are
MISS Elsie Clews and her father. ! pier
pont Morgan and his daughters bowl. ana
very familiar sight used TO be r,lliott
+. Shepard and HIS tall girls at the howt
ing afternoon. Bowling seems TO be nor
only the sport OF diplomats but OF FAINT
lies as well.
There IS a bowling club OF New York
OF which Mrs. Columbus Oliver Iselin Is
n member that has one afternoon for
unmarried women. The only married ones
allowed are those who Joined when they
were single. ana even these are expected
10 resign. IL is as much match making
afternoon as ever was planned by mann
mas with daughters. The pater goes 20
these afternoons and. strange TO say. he
is not debarred from playing, but the
pretty matron who steps up the alley. ball
/ I'm hand, puts down a great mark for her
self on the side OF unpopularity.
The verbal etiquette Of tho alley Is sin
g7ilar. IL Is both refined and coarse But
common use IN stately mouths give IL the
sanction Of good English. "A strike" is
where all the pins go down at once before
the first bali. ~ spare" takes two balls
After that the pins are counted as they
go down.
BOWLING LANGUAGE.
''Deadwood" are balls and pins that
lie down I'm the pin pit. "A gut" is a
hole through the middle OF the pms. where
all the central ones are taken down and
the side ones left standing. This IL dread
ed, even by experienced bowlers. a
south-paw swinger is a left-nanded play
er and there Is one well-known lady so
deft with the south paw that a specta-
tor would not notice that she was left
handed.
These are few OF the well-known
terms Of bowling. But there are others
applicable 10 the od-fashioned players
that start a tWenty-pound ball down tho
alley by its own momentum. and do lit
tie more than head its nose" for tho
middle PIN
a favorita stroke OF the champion
bowlers is the strike managed in this
way. 4 very small ball is selected. and
Is started with great force It's aim is
the king pin. which 10 hits hard upon
the left side. The pin topples over to-
wards the right. taking down all the
pins upon the right side OF II. Meanwhile
the ball has bounded towards the left
and is finishing up the pms on the left
side. Properly managed this Is "a strike.
A gay little diplomat much seen at the
| howling alleys Is Meycrvonl Bey. the
| Turkish representative, who has been
for many years a great favorite IN So
ciety He is an expert little bowler but
prefers the ornamental part OF the after
noon
And this brings one 10 the ornamental.
This consists in the passing and serving
OF light refreshments An the afternoon
the servants have been busy dressing
small tables in the side room, or kitch-
en-. At the close OF the first game these
are quickly brought I'm and the hostess
for the afternoon stands behind the tea
kettle and pours tea. The other LADIES
gather around her. while the gentlemen
r,tcx mo the plates Of tea cakes, boxes or
bonbons and little dishes or salan anu
PASS them. The servants replenlsn inc
dishes. 49,.
The part which the Turk loves Is the
distribution Of the prizes. These all INC
afternoon have reposed upon a smai
carved fable. There are bonDon dlshes,
! chatelaine ornaments and hatpins ana
/ am sorts Of trinos. 20 the jewelled oowi-
/ ing-pln. which Is given 10 the lany WIZ
/ ,,i,s first prize or makes the best score
! The bowling afternoon fills three houis
| en- If endowment. and has so much III
! rself that IS pleasuraole mat the ~,
,,sts especially like IL. as they nee1 "
-nnd less upon their limited Engilsh ior
o,tertainment. As a popular New loIs
sro,.t il is the leader ~ the months Vi
November and December .,..,.,>-t,