The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-10-27
NEW GAME FOR THE LAWN.
tennis and Croqnet Likely to he su
perseded by DoxiI.

perseueu by DOxil.
II you happen TO be calling at a snlnir.
pan villa which boasts the luxury of a
avn and young female society," ms
he clearinghouse advertisements put
[, the chances are that you will hear
continually a word you probably never
heard before. AT Richmond, at Hamp-
stead, at Willesden the one great topic
of tea table discussion Is a thing called
'doxll." At first you wonder If It is a
patent meat essences. IA lung tonic or
4 kind of soap. Then somebody takes
pity on you and tells you hat doxil Is Il
new game-at least, Il ne~wly-reyiyed
Did one-the outdoor diversion which
q to supersede lawn tennis and cro-
luet; and that, as the opportunities 1t
affords for flirting are enormous, 1t bids
air to exceed eyen these in widespread
popularity.
Taking these things into considera-
ion, a representative of the Daily Mail
travelled down 10 Richmond a day or
w ago TO witness a quartet of young
people playing doxil. After watching
the game from the edge of the lawn
FOR the space of twenty minutes he
came to the conclusion that IL doxil
booms 1t Will be mainly on account OF
one word. Philosophers have asserted
that the word "love" In tennis Is no
small adjunct to the game.
In doxil 1t Is kiss" The players are
continually kissing one another. Kiss
on-the-lawn would he an Infinitely bet
ter name than doxll. Not that any real
OSCILLATION goes on, but a blind person
In the vicinity o%Yerhearing such re-
marks as There, Mr.. Archer, you
kissed me-" THAT makes four kisses
to me, Miss Mabel".' would be apt TO
form his or her Owl conclusions.
To describe doxil In n word one might
call II n combination of pool and GRO
1uet. 1t Is played on a smooth lawn
with twelve balls of different colors.
The balls are propelled by mallets-
called In doXil 'pounders"-which are
themselves only balls at the end of a
long stick or pole. To begin with. 1t Is
absolutely necessary that the person
with the blue ball, for Instance. should
first kiss" the red. If It Is proxlmate
this Is not such Il difficult matter, al
though. owing to the curious form of
the mallet, not quite so easy as IL looks.
II the red ball Is In some other portion
Of the lawn It Is very difficult indeed.
but If the blue player hits the red he
ean then proceed to score of the green.
II he succeeds, then any other ball
counts. To hit a ball three times out
IF the proper order-that Is, II blue
kisses yellow or green first Instead OF
red-counts your ball out.
The game Is always played with
twelve balls. II only two persons play,
then each divides the balls; IL four,
then three each.
The balls are se~yerally drawn for In
the first instance and white begins
play.
White plays on black. but II any other
ball plays on black It Is. ipso facto,
dead. On the other hand. any player
who "kisses" white scores at any pc
Rod N the game. \ kiss on white
move the obloquy OF n cipher so
hat a player who. having already made
two ciphers, and who would in the or
llnary course of affairs become dead,
IS on kissing" the white ball. saved
from extinction and scores one, besides
Immediately continuing to play.
When four play twenty points are
game.
Taken altogether, doxil is by no
means n bad game. 1t Is said TO be Of
German origin. but so. by the way. is
Santa Claus. Doxil may never achieve
the heights Of popularity which its sis
ter sport. croquet, once achieved, but
II will not he at all surprising II, thanks
to It's aid. English lawns and English
lovers were merrier next summer than
aver.-London Mail.