The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-01
MARBLE TIME HERE.

Marble time Is here. Tho backbone
of winter is broken n makes no dif.
ference what the weather man my
say. nor how the ground hoE per
formed. Spring Is coming right along.
and there Will be no more zero wealth
er There never is any zero wealth
er after marble time It's against tho
rules, and the rules OF marble time
are as certain and inyariable as the
laws Of The Medes and Pcrsians-
IL is difficult 20 secure any very re-
liable Information concerning the 1rst
marble time-thc game is Of dogbt-
ful antiquity. The sporting editor
cant toll anything about e. although
there was time when he was more
interested In its preservation than
he now processes 10 be 10 9. lot OF
things pertaining to wrestling. base
ball and other things which do not
interest Il well-rc2ulated 10y half so
much NJ this time as marbles. Sport
Ing editors ought 10 be Interested IN
marble time. because " marks the
beginning OF tho outdoor sports OF
springtImc. Not Is the ono infalllsblc
sign And Il comes without any fool.
l2u III FlAllAlAlc AlFFs nFAN tNN llp AAl'EN-
ings IT committees. nor associations.
nor managers. Marble time just
comes comes everywhere at once
and continues until the pegtop season
opens. which in turn gives way 10 the
spinnIng'top.
II you are the least bit in doubt as
TO the coming OF marble time, just
take a walk TO the school louise IN
your neiGhbcrhood and look In the
windows OF the little store Lot your
eyes foasu upon the luIuriOgs pre-
sentation of pee-wees, commiee. tiger
eye,. Sigates, classics. lmmies and
alleys. They would not hnyc the
place OF honor in the window n II
were not the open season for marbles
II still unconyInced, 20 over 10 the
nearest vacant lot. or look for the
proper cleared space between the
sidewalk and the curb. where tho
small BOYS have congreealed over
coatless and barhc0ded. YOU will nnd
them with purple knuckles shooting
wind .s still chilling, and calling eX-
citcdly in language which has never
yet found It's way Into any dictionary.
although Its right to a place in the
recognized vocabulary is not TO be
questioned, II centuries OF use estab-
lIsh the authority OF words
Do you remember the time when
your mother made a marble bag for
you, secured with a puokerlng string?
Do you remember the capitalist
among your boy friends who posscs-
sed a bag filed and overflowing with
the little spheres. the rosult OF steady
shooting? Do YOU recall tho fact that
marble time just came. that nobody
said anything about II, that IT was
not discussed. that ono day u was
and that every boy of your acQuaint.
ancc had bag or pocllctful OF marbles
and was prepared TO win yours or
lose his2 or course you do. and OF
coursc you don't know the occult rca-
son, Nobody can give the answer,
as the age OF Ann.
DO you remember Zen. fen dubs"
pinch hnvered" Zen horlngs."
"knuckles down, screw bonY." and
those other classics? And did Won
over feel richer In your HE than
when you won the big "carnellan.' II
you ever did win one-it takes
mighty expert player 10 play in the
game when the "carnelian" IS al stake
for a "carnelian," you must remem.
Der. Is worth an entire bag full OF
ordinary marbles.
II may be that you arc a fan In
some particular line and profess 10
believe that marbles is no moro a
game than cTcquet All right, II that
is your position. but It's a "carnclian"
against an ALLEY" that you can't
"knuckle down and mako two good
shots In FIVE. But rs q weather proph
et marble time is cinch. There is
no argument about that No zero !
weather after marble time The first /
robin and the ground hog are all /
right in their way. but marble time |
is as certain as the happiness OK /
Record-Herald.