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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Nn bas Yubllfum.

Die o5reie Breiie fir geras" miro
ar iiber $50 Boitofficen perianot,
uno bot cine eroBe 8erbreitung in
Ser Na6bar-H epublif Merifo. i'm Sl-
oianer 9erritorium uno Oklahoma.
sSbr Civilizations .@ehiet in Seras
eritreft iid bon @alDeiton Bis binani
nad 9eniion bonn 0uBeriten Often
bis nab 81 9nio i'm ferniten @eiten
es idIieBt ielbitperItdnoli1 nit be-
ionoers aoblreihen 2eiern oag oidt.
beiiebelte Niittel-Geras uno Den Sio.
peiten elm. @ub in Merifo bot fie
cine groBe @erbreitung.
3iuci 8eiicnoe lino beitdnoig,
iabrein iabraus i'm 3ntereiie oes
8Iattes nnteruegs uno flbren benz.
ielben i'm 8erein nit unieren ribri.
gen 2ofaI-aganten fortndbrenb neue
2eier an.
5n anbetra6t oieier Sotiaden if
Die sSreie Grelie fir Seras", mo es
ii6 oarum banbelt, Die 5euti6e 8e.
Dolferitng ai erreiden cas- bette Sin
seige-M ebinm i'm Staatt Ieras.
Die Srcie Ereiie fir Scras Ynbliibinl
NDmDanu.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
TO The PUBLIC.

Tbs weekly issueof the"FREIE
PREssE FER TEXAS has po-
sitively the largest circulation
of all German papers published
In the State Of Texas. 1t is
mailed to $50 post-ofices, and
has an extended circulation in
Mexico il the Indian Territory,
and in Oklahoma.
1t clrculates from Galveston
to D~enison. from Marshall to FL
Paso and of course mainly III
the thickly populated central
and southwestern parts of the
state. as also In Mexico.
Two tlaveilng men and ou1
very active local agents are con
tinuously adding new sub
scribers to the lists.
In consideration of these facts
the FREIE PREssE FUER TEXAS
claims to be the best adver-
Using medium IN the State OF
Texas, when 1t is the object to
reach the German read'ng pc
pnlatlon.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Wffemhrrtfu.

Dienitmdbden: .Md, entfdulbisen
Sic. gndbige 5rau: in Der 3eitung
jtanb. BOB Elm Mdbden perlanst tpirb;i
lit bas bier DieLeidt ridtisg"
.Nein, bas pirb tpobl auf Der anbern
9eite fem; i'd made mir oaes ieI@
her, n4a, bas tpdre ia grade 10
mos fir midi"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Herfehitea Gxperftnent.

Der feline Grib psrfdnt in Die @ez
tpobnheit. itets, tpenn ibm etpas nift
pabf. gu f9impfen. Sein papa IN
terfagt inn bies, nit benz guten aatb,
ftets. tpenn er pOrbdtte. gu fdimpfen,
erft Bis feds 81 5dblen - in Der Mn=
nabme, baB er bann bas @9impfen
unterlaHen niirbe. 4iir3lid paBte
ibm bic 9uppe nidt, unb CT rief -
Iaut 5dbIenb: neins, anei bret, bier
flint. feds - bic Supp Is a. 6au.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Aettrr perTud1.

priDotier Meier trifft in Mariens
bab einen 8etannten. Der Oh feiner
G4ulben fid feines guten Hufes err
freut. sgaanu,1 rebet i'm Meier an.
Sic ou9 bier2" nSa pi1en e.
lautet bic Mntport. init 10 an 9au9
lam I bo' mir orbetten, unb ba baben
bolt meme Gldubiser gu elmer gntfets
tnngsfur acknowledgment"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
pnIfIkrintuut.

gatte: Was lieft Du benn boa"--
Satin: n@inea 8rief Don Mama.A
- @atte: sGntbdlt CT etpas tpi9s
tises2" Satin: SD tpeib ni9t,
iA babe bas poftifriptum NOD nidt
eelefen.4
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
8ericbt
&auinlupQe.

sam slntuniu, Sec, %. Sea. = Or
binary 7/16 Gts.; @oob Srbinarp 51i15
Gts.; 2op 0tiobling 6A Gts.; Wioo=
ling IA Cts; 8oob MiDoling Sh
ets.; @ioolins Sair 8% gt5.
Galpeftpn, Sec, %. Seq. = Grpis
narb 5 7/16 Cts; @opb Niobling 6/15
Cts; 2op 0eioolin9 IA Cts; M1oh@
ling 8A Cts; @poD Weibbling 9B Gt5,
Mibblin9 Sair 9B @ts.
Stem Orleans, 2a., %. Sea. = @ooo
Ordinary 69/16 Cts, 2on Weibbting
Z 1916 Cts; 0iiboling 811/16 Cts;
@oob WftbOling 1916 Cts; Wibbz
ling Snir 97/16 gts.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Gin 9dpInnberser.

Mutter: .9dnsden merle Dir bas
Spri9ipDrt: ,Wer einmal liigt benz
glaubt ma ni9t unb tpenn er aud bic
Mabrbeit fpriGtp1 9dnshen:
~Mama, Denn i9 Dir u einmal bic
Mabrheit iose, glaubft Du mir bonn
aIIes2"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Au ,,a ntel 1T ,..,neInnn.

9err (als Inn Der Mirtb Mirftel
empfiehl): sd banfe beftens; tpifz
fen Sic: ib befu6e pferbeausIte1un>
gen, pferberennen, fpiele in Der
pferbelotterie, tpoau fon i'd ba nod5
MiiriteI eifen2n
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Responsibilities Renehnteu.

9offdranae (als Der 2anbesfirif
BET Der 8efi4tisuns etnes @utsbofes
aud in ben aubftaG fdaut, gum 8ez
fiber): nnm 9immeIstpiqen. 70 Ders
onlofen Sic bod, baB fid bas @ieb
BON feinen pldBen erbebt!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
AnuIru,1eft.

ngfa, Rarl, tommif Oh NIT einsn
trinfen2" .g3ein, i9 trinfe iibers
baupt ni4t, unb beute nun f9on gar
niat. neil mein Sreunb seitorben 1T,
unb iibrigens baB i'd eben erit eifen
aetrunfen!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
9n,u Rens,, IL, nie Grnufe.

sd bin piit1enb iiber bic 8oronin
= lie bot MIDI cine bumme 8ans GEE
f9impft!l" 80, bas biirFen Sic ibr
ni9t 70 libel nebmen fe lit nut,
einmaI 70 aufri9ttg!!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Ser ltnter3eid1nete aiebt 4

Ser Undergraduate eiebt 8ri-
batifiilern Spradunterridt nod ben
tleueiten Metbooen uno Wabbiilfc-
GtullDen fir iolhe Sdiiler, Oeneit es
idmer faat, BET Dem 2ebrgane in
ben offentliden Shulen mit5ufom-
men. Muh bereitet er iunge 2eute
CUR gufnabme in's College Dor.
Eanl Webcntbin.
Yrin5ipal oes oeutiben Inter
rihts on ben 0ffentlifen Gdulen.
308 Sing @iGiam 9troBe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26

0eindt. Gin dltli6er W1ann nit
ettpos germoeen iudt nnterfunit
alS @eieaidoiter BEL elmer Gltereil
Dame oOer @itme. gu ~erfrogan in
Ger Office oieier 3eitung.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
@en1Iie

aartoffefn, California, $3.50 mao
SLIGO per gentrer.
8piebeln. geaop 9anner, S1.65 nla
$1.75.. Seras $1.25 unb $1.35.
Snmaten, 8eros. 1925 per 4 aori1S
Crate.
aohI. $3.50 per 100 9funb.
8phnen, Crime Serns. 80 gts., Stun.
De @a6s 90 Gts. per &iiIte.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26

Sansbaltcrin geIndlt BON einent az
teren aqeinitebenoen ocltiden Mam.
@utes Seim. gu erfragen in Der Of-
fUe Der .Sreien 9reiie@.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
eh.Mar

got antonio, %. Seq. 1908. =
0dfen $3.50 big 1926 per 100 gfo.
&iihe $1.75 Bis $40.
glllen unl uStaes" $t.75 biz $3.50.
Sdbrlinae 1926 biz 1926.
&dlber $3.50 Big 1926.
S6afe $500 big 1926.
3iegen $500 biz 1926.
S6ipeine $3.50 biz $3.50.
ct. 2oltis. 90. Sea. 1905. - 91iib~
bieb, 3atibes 81 70 biz $3.50. Seras&
@ieh $500 big $3.50.
S6ipeine 1926 big $5.95.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Auerntuna.

pump: nSeut' babe i'd einen idrede
Iiden Sraum gebabt, mir trdumte, Der
Monat bate 6unbert Sage"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
gaumlpuliame11 nub Seiien grpSnftc.

Trima gaumipoaiamenzW ebl per 8ote
ne $23.50 unb $3.50.
ganmlpolliameneSel rob, 40 unb 4o13.
$4.10.
9rima gaumipouiomenz&ude per
Come $24.00.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26

nd On srunbsitiger 9immel.
mas babe i'd ba nit meiner Mabnung
augerihtet!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1908-12-26
Seize.
6G1tte.

Sdfpere bonn Qonbe.. III Gts
2eid]te, bonn Sdla6ter.. ..12
Sdtpere aeial5ele. :. 8
2ei6te 9efal8ene. -. $3.50.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1s, 1908.
THE AFRO-AMERICAN AND
JUSTICE

"The Afro-American and Justice"
is the caption of an article which ap-
peared in The Independent sometime
since, prefaced by the following note:
"The white woman who writes this
article is Northerner, now resi-
dent in the South. Naturally it
would be unwise to print her name
Editor
Naturally" our inference from the
foregoing preface was, that the
Northern white woman, during her
residence in the South, had seen
some things which did not accord
with the statements of the Southern
orators and newspapers, and reading
the article soon convinced us that
she had learned some things which
surprised her.
i Among those things was the fol-
lowing incident: Col. Y. and family
were living in the house Of the South
!. ern young woman who told the story
to the Northern woman. Col. Y.
was simply wild over the Booker
Washington incident, the entertain
1nent Of the Tuskegee educator at
the White House; he could hardly
talk Of anything else but the OUT
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
The Reign Of Diabolo

r = =
united end to end, and this is spun,
thrown and caught by means of a.
cord attached at the ends of two
sticks. Sounds easy, doesn't it? tits
after you have practiced until you are
ready to qualify as professional
juggler.
Those who have become experts
will declare that 1t is not a very diff
fcult matter to make this cone spin
with such rapidity that it will retain
its balance on the string. It is really
on principle similar to that employ
ed in the spinning of the gyroscope
top. After this is accomplished the
player losses the cone aloft, sending
it to height Of fifty feet if he wishes,
catching it skillfully again on the
string as it descends.
/: The number Of times the cone can
be caught without falling to the
ground indicates the proficiency of the
player in singles. The scheme may
also be worked on the principle Of
tennis pairs or quartets stationing
themselves at various parts Of the
court and passing the cone back and
forth. According to the printed rules
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

rage Of it, and the kind Of man it
mast be who would associate with a
"nigger.' Well, that winter, mann
ma had the worst time with the
house girls; she couldn't keep one a
month to save her life. Finally,
when a particularly good one gave
notice, mamma concluded to ask her
why she was not satisfied with the
place. She said: Il like the place
well enough, Mrs. F., but you can't
keep any house girls as long as Col.
y. stays here" Then she told mann
ma that was why every girl left; that
there was no place in the house
where they were safe from the adj
vances Of Col. Y; that he even stop
ped them in the halls and followed
them into the rooms where they were
doing their work.
Col. Y. was an ex-Confederatei Off.
Ger and father of family, and was
regarded as typical Southern gen
tleman. And it is just such unclean
animals as he who can rant most
Justify about social equality"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
WELCOME MILEsToNES.
They Always GLADDEN. the Heart of the
Pedestrian.

They Always GLADDEN. the Heart Of the
Pedestrian.
In a walking trip milestone along
the way is the most companionable fell
low in the world; your spirits rise as
you near him as though you were
about to greet human friend, and
they keep almost consistently on this
high level till his brother mile dis
tant advances to meet you.
And when you overlook one of this
friently company because of an en-
croaching bank or screening boughs,
says the Travel Magazine, his neigh
Dor further on comes to you doubly
welcome. At the latter end of this
passage in the journey your spirits
flag a trif1e as though oppressed by a
sense of desertion You may even
scowl at the overhanging bank which
is more than a party to this conceal
ment.
Those worthy persons who attend to
the roads should see to it that every
milestone within their province stands
out frankly from its leafy background.
Observance of this, however, would
rob the wayfarer of that leap of the
heart which is his when the stone tells
the story of two miles done rather
than one. For however much the
landscape and the minute world at his
feet may claim the footfarer's admira-
ton he is still keenly alive to the vir-
tue of decent, distances covered in his
days journey.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
In the Early Victorian Period.

twine made taut by extending the
sticks which he held, one in each
hand. France became so infatuated
with the apparently childish game
that the craze inspired articles in the
journals and the making of numerous
cartoons, which are to be seen in the
Paris museums at the present day.
Seriously speaking, diabolo has
much to recommend it. It is really
an ideal form of exercise for most of
the muscles Of the body. It keeps
the eye and the brain on the alert, and
as to the arms-well, diabolo is al
most equal to boxing for giving them
strength and cunning The fact that
it is a most becoming" game may
have had something to do with it's
popularity! It is indeed an extremely
graceful game if we'll played, which
cannot be said of tennis. Unlike the
latter game, diabolo permits the wear
ing Of the most elaborate frocks,
which is a telling point in its favor.
It may be played both indoors and out
in the open and by one person or by
ten-acre field full of them. There
seems to be no limit to the combina,
tions that may be evolved, and, best
of all, it is as suitable for women as
for men.
It is a game. that responds gener-
ously to devoted practice, and it re-
quires a steady hand, steady eye
and unlimited practice. The appa-
ratus required is ridiculously simple.
Two cones, perfectly balanced, are
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
Bad, But Still Good.

A judge from one of the African
crown colonies, now home on leave,
is telling this story: It is the custom
in the local courts to administer to the
natives the form Of oath which they
consider most binding. One day a
Christian colored gentleman, of whose
good faith the Judge entertained some
doubts, was about to give evidence. At
his own request he was allowed to
take the oath of Christian Then the
judge intimated that he must also be
sworn in the native fashion. The man
was visibly Disconnected. ooh! no,
massa," he pleaded. "Not dat. Me
very bad native, but me dam good
Christian - Manchester Guarian.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
Built From Wreckaqe.

The village of Mapleton, near Horn
sea, furnishes a novelty in the shape
Of a peculiar shed.
The front of the building, which is
in the occupation Of T. AXE, joiner, is
decorated with the figure heads and
name boards of vessels which have
been picked up from time to time on
the coast in the intermediate neighbour
hood, and the arrangement is so in
genious that the shed is constant
source of attraction. The Amcott, for
instance, was wrecked at Aldborough,
few miles farther along the coast,
but before the lifeboat could reach
her the crew had persisted.
The church is close to the shed. It
was restored in 1856, when spire
was added to the tower. The stone
employed for building this was part
of the cargo of vessel wrecked near.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
BUYING TITLES.

Commenting upon the rumor of the
engagement of Miss Vanderbilt to
some foreigner with an unpronounce
able name, the Inter Ocean says:
The average European man re-
CARDS every woman as more or less
his inferior, to be treated as such I'M
less she happens to possess power
which he fears and which therefore
must be propitiated. And the aver
age European woman, especially of
the so-called upper classes regards
every woman who is not other Euro
pean social world as an upstart who
must be Kept in her proper place
who may be tolerated but who can
never be accepted on plane of full
equality"
There is much truth in the fore
going. The Englishman whose an
cestors came over with William the
Conqueror no more regards an
American woman as his social equal
than Gov. Vardaman regards his
bootb1ack as such and this explains
why such alliances generally turn out
SO miserably as they have done in
many notable instances.
Still, so long as so much funkey-
ISM, IS, exists way up yonder American
helresses will continue to expend
millions in buying up these degener-
ate foreigners.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

of the game, it is possible to make the.
cone revolve rapidly like a top by
holding one stick-the left ne-at
the height of the hip and moving the
right stick up and down. In actual
practice this has been found to be al
most impossible. A trial-several of
them, indeed-convinces the would-be
diabolist that the rules promise too
much. The cone may be started read
lily enough, but prevailing on it to
continue to revolve in the same d.
rection with anything approaching
speed is quite different proposition.
The cone persists in revolving in the
opposite direction, or it falls off the
string without any apparent cause for
so doing, or, perhaps, if it should hap
pen to remain on the string, it twists
itself about in the most aggravating
manner.
A Great Future.
When pingpong is recalled the pos
sibilities of the vogue of diabolo prom.
Use to be limitless. The game is yet
in it's infancy, but the chief skill at
present seems to consist of catching
the bobbin a great number of times
without missing it. At the moment
the record is held by a French youth,
who has caught the bobbin 1907 con-
secutive times in 100 minutes.
The throwing and catching of the
bobbin is an excellent exercise for
girls. One moves about quickly in
playing and adds grace to the figure
by the necessary pastures. The arm
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
NOT YET OUT OF POLITICS.

. 81 F.. Iq. y
THE boys should beware of the
ubiquitous reporter and the ever
lasting interview. Nothing goes but
what appears in these columns. To
be caught by the nape of the neck
and the seat Of the breeches and
tossed heels over head into print by
space-writer who undertakes to tell
the public what he thinks you think
and that without notes, or even a
note-book-has become an added
peril Of modern travel.'
So says Mr.. Watterson, of the
Louisville Courier Journal, anent the
report sent out by some son Of Anan-
las, to the effect that Mr.. Watterson
would take no more part in politics.
Every sensible Afro-American is
fully prepared to sympathize with
Mr.. Watterson; for things have
reached such a pitch in this country
that the ubiquitous" and ubiquitous
reporter has out-Eeroded Herod in
unscrupulous and persistent lying
concerning his race. But
Large feas have little feas,
And these have less to bite EN-,
The lesser ones have lesser still,
And so, ad inhnittn.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
UNCLE REMUs INTERVIEWED.

James B. Morrow Of the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat recently interviewed
Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus
when the following conversation,
inter ALA, was had:
"What are your views on the race
question:"
"The Negroes are all right. There
will be trouble and possibly blood
|shed now and then. North and
South, but eventually there will be
peace and good understanding. The
disfranchisement of the Negro will
do him good at least he will be out
[of politics and will cease to be a
football for the politicians, who have
Idone him more injury than any one
|else."
"But isn't the Negro idle and
thriftness?'
mo. He works and is accumulat-
ing property Of course, there are
bad Negroes black, thick men with
small heads, and heels like a jaybird;
you have seen them. They are ami
mails and always will be-. But gener-
ALLY, the Negro has been misrepre-
sented."
docs an education hurt him?"
Does it hurt a white man? There
are plenty of white men in jail and
plenty of others who ought to be, but
that is no argument against schools
and colleges. An education won't
hurt anybody
"You seem to be kindly disposed
toward the Negro?"
II have to be-"
"How is that?"
! The Lord put him here, and it. is
not for me to criticise the Lords
ways or works."
Prohibition, which recently has
been made the law of Georgia, is the
white mans protection, I suppose,
against the black mans crime?"
1T need not be. Away from the
cities the Negro is the most temper
ate person in the world. He may
drink, but he is not drunkard."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
Feeding Tree Trunks.

Mr.. Simon, owner of an estate at
Allaire, Morbihan, France, having
proved that the death of numerous ap-
pie trees was the result of an affection
of the rootlets, rendering them unable
to draw from the ground the elements
necessary for the life Of the tree, con-
ceived the idea of artificial nutrition
by injecting directly into the trunk a
liquid that might replace the sap. s.
The results were very satisfactory,
and other trees, and even cabbages,
caulifiowers and potatoes, have been
similarly treated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18
Prizes for Tanned Faces.

With the object of encouraging the
pupils of the Farnham grammar
school to spend their recent holiday
in the open air as much as possible,
the Rev. S. Priestley, the head mas
ter, offered a prize to the boy who
returned to school with the brownest
face.
On the pupils reassembling for the
summer term twelve we're picked out
as being the most tanned, and it was
announced that the judges had award
ed the prize to Foster, the captain of
the school. It is understood that Eos
ter declines to divulge to the other
boys the secret Of his preparation, if
any.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-01-18

for some time past returning Amer
lcan tourists in Europe had been tell
ing OF the amazing popularity of a
new game in France and later in Eng
land and Germany. It has made its
way westward very deliberately, and,
now mat ina It is here, it turns out to be
A l ll very new nor especially exhil-
a llrlEg, at least to the American tenn
permanent. It is really the revival Of
q game which has been played in the
Far East notably in China sew
eral centuries.
AS rule, Americans are not at all
SLOW IN adopting things which have
obtained unqualified foreign sanction,
and that is what diabolo pronounced
de-ah-bo-lo) seems to have done. The
craze broke out virulently in Paris
ABOUT out two years ago, and with that
point as a source of contagion there
has been every opportunity for it to
spread. At the present time it is as
serted that there is scarcely a man,
woman or child in any European town
OF considerable size who is unfamiliar
with it under some one of its numer-
Gus titles, for it seems to be masque-
rading under various names, all of
them, however, with a pronounced
Satanic flavor. Besides diabolo, it
answers to the call of bon diable, me-
phisto, avilo and perhaps huebsche
teufel. fs
OF Periodic Occurrence.
This devilish pastime- always in
proper sense, be it remembered has
had several periods Of popularity in
France. Its most triumphant vogue
was during the reign of Louis XIV, at
whose court it was fashionable under
the name of double ball. It was
played at many famous fetes at Yer
sailles and at the time was essentially
pastime of the wealthy and the
great.
In 1872 the French fell again under
the spell of the game, which at that
period bore the rather startling title
OF 10 diable," without the temporiz-
ing modification "bon'-plain devil in
all its naked suggestiveness. It's pop
ularity during that revival was confin-
ed to France, for about that time the
English were trying to avoid meeting
American ships on the high seas and
had no room for any other game. The
Frenchman who precivitated the craze
for le diable in 1912 used two sticks.
bit of string connecting the tip of
each, bobbin-like affair which he
spun and tossed ( on the bridge of