The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-31

But such possibility as is suggest
ed In our heading does not seem to
strike terror into the hearts Of the
American public. rather does the lat
ter court capture BY this newest and
vet Oldest OF games. Diabolo for It is
not az one might suppose game OF
modern invention Il dates back sew
eral centuries, when It was first intro
duced into Europe from the orient, |
where II had been a popular pastime
for nobody knows how long. And
was ever SO innocent and wholesome a
game gaddled with so ominous a name
ais has Diabolo2 To the superstitious
or tlmld the name comes with for
bidding sound. But familiarity breeds
contempt. and one sorgets the name
in the fascination of learning the in
tricacles OF the game. about the only
time that one is apt to think the name
at all appropriate being when the
ivory spool IN spinning through the
air cracks ones head instead Of light
Ing upon the cord held out to re-
ceive it.
It Ii not certain just how Diaoolo
came By its name. It may have been
expressive OF the state OF mind and
feelings OF the FIRST European who
tried TO toss and catch the little double
ton. or it may have been that the un-
certain motion 81 the spool through
the afr was suggestive Of the eYll
spirit which is supposed to hover
around the unr - scll. AT any rate
Dlabolo Il was centuries ago when
Henri iii. of France was fascinated
BY the toy, and Diabolo Il Is to-day as
It whlrls to popular favor again.
Away back at the dawn OF the ias'
century 10 be exact about 1872 when
America and Great Britain were war
ring on the seas. al France got the
Dlabnlo craze. Some benefactor Of th'
eternally bored had dug up out o.
the ales OF the past game ne called
We Dlable" Il IS said BY some Z
have been PLAYED IN Europe zoo year.
before that, and others who 90 paei
sin further find that It was know
IN China even centuries before. a
INV rate ita absolute origin vas NO
considered important enough to cal
FOR monument 70 the inventor 8
history merely brands e as an ar
oient pastime and let's it go at that
The Frenchman who started N
1912 craze for Ie Dlable used lN
sticks 4 BIT of string connecting tn
lin If each. and a bobbln.like ana
which he spun and tossed on %
brsaga If twlne made taut by estenl
Inc the sticks which he held one
each hand. France became 50 iniau
ated with the game that the craze 7
splred articles in the papers ana ca
toons are to be found In museums
Paris to this day
According to c. B. Frey, the gre
English crlcketer. French englnee
M Gustav Philappart, came across y Y
ancient implements for lie Diaole
few months age. He took the old'iaa
toned bobbsn aud from Il made q 50
Of two.headed top cut with geom'
rical care to make the game one
precision. Then he gave bis aiscc
ery to ehe country and @ the wor
called Il "Dlabolo" and the world
day Is Diabols mad.
From Paris the revival Of the ger
spread 10 London, and the British p'
lsc conservative in all things, look
mt Il with interest Then King /
ward saw some children playing
one day. and so the story goes he "
initiated into lts mysteries. He
under its subtle spell, and the ne
went forth that the king had
dorsed the game with HIS own ro'
hands.
This explains in part the query
to the reason for the craze. 50 far
England Ii concerned. for with
majesty playing Diabolo ali his
pIra joined IL forthwith
Across the North sea It went n
and all ever the continent Bridg
the broad Atlantic at bound 1t la
ed On the shores Of America WI