The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
Spring Fashions in Marbles.

There is harbnger the arrival of ethereal
mdness, commonly denomnated spring" than the ap-
pearance OF the local small boy his marble games
blocking the sidewalks and starways with his petty
gambling devices From large number Of children
gagged it is evident that the rs-
ing generation inclined to be sporty.
II is, however. much marbles at stake az
the pride of winning, OF which the marbles the
ward and visible FORM that makes their acquisition so
prime necessity to boyhood happiness.
The game of Chase" one of the most popular mar
bic games. 1t be played by two or more The first
player tosses his Shooter which larger the ord-
nary marble. short distance away. player
tosses his shooter the shooter" and If he hits
he gets marble, but if he does hit the first boy
leaves the shooter where lands ready
one 10 TOSS II only two are playing, the first player
tosses MS shooter at the second players shooter
and so until OF them hits the others shooter
Then he gets marble and his shooter out again.
odd and Even is another gambling which is
played with marbles One boy holds many
marbles as he likes Another whether is odd
Il Is oaa ana ne suesses odd ne WINS all the
marbles in the hand If he even" and it odd hs
forfeits marble The players take holding
another way to play this game is TO give as many
marbles when yoa guess wrong the player holds
One incident witnessed of boy holding
tire sack Of marbles $50 in all The other player guessed
even, which it was, and he gained all the marbles
Bump Out" is marble game by two players. Ono
of the players puts marble about feet from some
wall he bounds another marble against the wall and
ground. II it hits he gets the marble. Otherwise he
leaves the where stops The other player
tries the thing. and SO on till one OF them hits a
marble The one that hits gets all the marbles the
ground.
In Ring a game that is played with as many as
you Ike 1t IS best to select place that is level that
the marbles will not roll away Some boys make ring
and in it they place marbles apiece You stand
short distance away knuckie down TO ground and
shoot at the marbles in the ring with Shooter If you
knock marble out Of the ring you get a marble and
have another shot If don't hit any you have to leave
your shooter" where It goes
The next player either shoots the marbles or the
other fellows shooter II he is shooting at the shoot
err and hits IT, he gets marble which he takes out OF
the ring He then gets another turn The next player
does the same all the marbles are out of
the ring Then they put marbles in and continue the
game
Keeps is still another marble game An ordinary
box is required, which has hole top one
and one-half inches square The box places
L on the ground and another boy drop marble
into the hole from his waist line. the marble goes in
The hole the dropper gets and extra If it doesn't
The owner OF the box the marble pig In the Pen
one OF the favored games with marbles It is pyed
With piece Of board about feet long which has
loches along the lower side. The numbered
lp to ten The board is held some other
convenient place, but sidewalk is best If the marble
hat is rolled into No. TO- player gets ten marbles
md the he rolled in If he rolls marble into No
De gets four marbles. All the marbles Go not roll
nto the pen the owner of the board gets.
A shooter is larger than ordinary marble There
ire many different kinds Of marbles Among them clay
glass crocke and ircn. You buy crockies for
'ent Others cost more. You also buy twenty clay
marbles for a cent.