The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-22
SOME THINGS FOR
WHICH PINGP0NG
Is RESPONSIBLE.
"NoU play the game says a learn


patient. "till the brain centers
that supply the nerve stimulus 70 your
wrist are exhausted. then the muscles
Of your wrist and forearm become very
sore aud sti1. That is what physicians
name the pingrong arm.
II that were she only consequence OF
the latest fashionable game. folk would
oe lei down easy but x Is not Thir-
teen new fashions. BY the count. take
their rise from this weird. soul absorb
ing play. The thlrteenth Is The ping
pong slipper. IN order to make her
foot look cunning and seductive the
pingpong young lady iacases II IA q
slipper built on me steep Inclined
plane style. her toe upon TIRE CARPET.
her heel Invisible even beneath tie
shortened skirt. Her heel IS thus pat
away cut Of sight by reason ef having
under Il heel created By the Shoe
maker. This heel is three inches hfxh
and narrow in proportion. The evident
intention OF the rinrpour slipper,
bringing al The woman's weight unca
the frcnt quarter Of her fo0s ana spiav-
Ing II out around is 10 make the foot
TIE share OF the piaEpong racket. thus
developing The pingpong foot tee. The
result thus Tar. however. Is discourage
ms the only bones and muscles r.
spending properly 20 the treatment
being those OF the familiar bunson ioint.
Mhich IS already huiging besuIssuliy.
We may hope. though. that in time the
toes. too. viii assume the proper ian
shape.
As yet not many persons have gon.
absolutely crazy over the current lad.
Though an actress has brought sstt 10
have the great game which Is PLAYED in
room over her head stopped lest she
co so insane Bur she herself IS not a
player and therefore is only negatively
affected in her mind BY the xaras. 50
Tar as heard from the minds OK playera
themselves are not numerously disturb
ed This IS probably because among
the cevotees 81 the noble game a ma
Jority are Of the large and hIghiy r.
spectacle class OF community that have
no minds 20 speak Of. They are safe.
1Gt there IS a piuguons ear. 4 Is
slightly long usually. It's REGULARITY Is
ihaf everything Il catches takes Tor IL
the sound pingpong. pingpoug. Church
bells on sunday ring out no more ding
dong, bur pingpoug. The rhythnlo
beat OF the wheels % a train IN molten.
the puffs OF the engine. utter only ping
pong. pingpong' The drumbcat Of me
military company casts
upon the air waves OF plngponx. The
girl who fortunes her neighbora all day
hy running scales on the piano pounds
out only pingpong. pinEpong. 70 tia
victim with the game ear.
There IS a pingpong racket that does
not always appear IN the game. II
comes after the game Is over. and Il Is
homemade The husband makes Il
when his pingpoug wife returns after
from uttle game that abb
sorted her tilI she forgot her own lone
IS hubby. Sometimes il is wife that
the racket when her hus-
band stays out late. This resulting
Jacket is even more exciting than ths
original racket game itself YET a third
homemade pingpong racket is heheld
when the crusty old baldheaded IA
ner's daughters new pingpoug cos
un4e comes home with the bin attack
d 1t is OF white cloth and lace. with a
yiliowy green cash embroidered with
rackets. The crusty parent
slances az the bili and r0ars.
What's this7 what's this fool
hing? III not pay such bills az these.
--t@h ~ - et+N"tN - tAAtH h"k+Ns
low -
Here, papa. dear soofhlngiy says
Mariana. She leads him 10 the ping
Yong table.
Fudge" he exclairns. 'Isssnrna see
What Is driving the senses cut Of al
rour shallow heads"
Mariana hands him the racket and
'an. HIN. nm, Puff balls. feather
ieadsi Come here. Mariana. Where
'ou goin'g Take the racket and play
Ne opposite Pingpong. pingponRi"
From that day the game ciasrnn an
,ther victim. the crusty parent All ,hs
more victim because the older people
row the nrmer the seizure that grips
hem. The crusty parent 81 eumeahed.
n a few days be wears The plnGpons
mile. II Is a fixed drawing hack and
Upward Of the lips toward the ears.
moving The teeth or lack ~ them. as
he case may BE-. 81 "a aorfr shau the
OH coUntenance and more cisfreaslnz
han even the bicycle grin.
KATHARINE BLADES