Evening star., 1897-12-02
WILL 10U PLAY Doxu,
Aehnss and Cr"auet Likely 20 he sv-
perreded by n New Game.

per.eded by New Game,
From the London Mail
III you happen to be calling al n suburban
VIVA which bossts the luxury of a lawn
anu young female society" as the board
ine mouse advertisements put IT. The
e"ai'Oes arc that you will hear continually
WORD you probably never heard hefore
AL richmond. al Hampstead. at N-fIlasd.n
'"e one great topic of tea table discussion
Is thins called ''doxil' AT first ,o,, yr,,,-
Ger III IL Is patent meat essence n lupy
tonic or u kind Of soap. Then somehody
taxes pity on you and tells Won thar doxl
as new game--at least a n.x.,Iy ,.,.,,-,
Diu oHe-'he outdoor diversion which is ln
sePeiSe"e lawn TERMS and croquet. ana
that, as the opportunities 81 . safor3s -.
Aiiths are enormous. IL bids fair To- ex-
gu eEeh these IN widespread popularity.
iahlhs these things INTO consideration a
representative of the Daily Mail Travelled
down To Richmond a day mr. ruo a., a.
witness quartet Of young people plaNiay
HoNh- After watching the gam. fron, tbe
edge OF the lawn ior the space OF twenty
minutes ne came TO the conclusion thai IL .
ooNil booms il will be mainly on s1coI,,
OF one word Philt sophers have asserted
that the word love" in tennis is no small
adjunct to the game
In doNil IL Is kiss The plavers are
continually kiss sing one another Kiss-on-
the-la"n- would be an Infinitely hptTer
rame than doXil. Not that any real oscu-
lauor goes Oh. bu; a blind person in the
..TLts oNerhearirg 81 ch remarks as
mere, Mir. Arc her YOU kissed .ne-'
Ihat makes four kisses to ne Miss Ma
bel! would be apt TO fern his or her own
conclusions
10 describe dcxil in a word. one might
can II a combination of pool and croouei.
IL is played on smooth lawn with twelve
paiis OF dii1erent colors. The balls are pro-
l l.Iieo ny mailets-called in doNil pound
-"hlch are II cnlselves OILY balls ar
tne ehd OF long stick o. Lole To b,,,i,,
WITH II Is absolutely necessary, ma ~
person with the llue baiL for instance
shou!d frst kiss" the red IL n "a NV
te, ete tnis Is not such a difficult matter.
aithough, owing 10 the curious forms Of
the maliet. not quite SO easy a. n Io,l,.
III the red ball is in some OF her portfoa Of
me lawn IL is very difilcult indeed hut az
the piue player hits the red he can thon
proceed TO score OFF tn, green If no Si.c
ceeds. then any other ball counts To hIt
pan thrce times out of The proper order
thal is, IL blue kisses yellow or green first
instead OF red-counts your own ball out.
Inc game is always PLAYED with Twelve
bails. If only two persons play tnen each
divides the balls, if four then three each.
Inc balls are severally drawn for In the
flrst instance and white begins play
White plays On black, but if any other
ball plays On black it is. ipso facto. dead
on the other hard, any player who 'kisses''
W hlte scores at any period of the game A
kiss on white removes the obloquy of a
cipher, so that a player who, having al
ready made two ciphcrs. ana who would in
the ordinary course Of affairs become dead,
is on kissing the white ball saved from
extinction ar1 scores one, besides imme-
diately continuing to play.
When four play, twenty points are the
game.
Taken altcSethr, doXil is 10y no means a
had game. 1t is said To be of German orr
gin, but so. by the way. is Santa Claus.
DoXil may never achieve the heights OF
popularity which its sister sport, croquct,
once achieved. hut il will not be at all sur
prising if. thanks to its aid. English la Sns
and English lovers were mCrrier next sum-
mer than ever.