Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-25

Eyes indeedy. it's one. this is the way Il
goes, and then he shows or tells me OF some game
like hop-scotch or leap-frog, which IS new. to him
because he has Just grown up to it. but which. has
been played by children in many countries for hun
How do know this is so1 Why because am
beginning to believe that there is rothing new un.
to which we put electricity which is in itself as old
as the world. But about games being old, not
only found that out in pictures and books but am
able to show you.
Here is a queer 9E, old picture painted by PETER
BTUee 1ad BrebG t., nS born IN ts
Netherlands, in the year 1910. He died in 1869, so
this picture was, painted somewhere between 1880
and 1862 for allow him to be twenty years DID, and
it. The picture is in Vienna, Austria, and is
he was doubtless older, before he could have done
called Children at Play"
Just for fun let's see how many games they are
playing that you and know and play ourselves.
Let us begin way up the street see troop of
boys playing soldier the Captain leads with broom
in his hands for sword Those girls sitting near
which. Then there are two parties doing follow
my-leader' and soldier. and there others in the
street playing Embarrassing" marbles and walk
ing on stills.
=, Two boys are quarreling but think that they
will stop, for see, the old lady is leaning from
the window and pouring water on them from a
watering-can A very good way to stop quarrel
There is one chap 1 do feel sorry for and that
is the one who is trying to slide down that awfuly
know that go down like a gentle hill
Look at the "leap-frog'!
trousers which many of the boys is called?
Hose, hosen, and they were stockings and
trousers all in one piece, sometimes with leather
jackets, doublets, jenkins, and a great many of
them were of leather, you although mother
of the hosen mended, the leather doublets wore
pretty well Besides there was another good thing
they did not use them. The different parts of the
clothes were tied together with strings lacngs
These acings often had metal tips prevent their
points ' '' ''''' '''' "''e ''''''
If you had lived then ami were going out In
a hurry to play with the boys you would not have
run to mother crying:
=, Please button my coat" but you would very
likely have gone to her and said:
Please Madam, truss my points"
do not know just what those children sitting
boys jumping down the middle. That group near
them seem to be having fine sport playing Where's
The game those six boys in the middle of the
picture are PLAYING must have been called "Tourna-
the great Tournaments or Jousts were held. which
you can read about in Sir Walter otis "Ivanhoe"
The two boys bending down were horses and
they kept their balance by holding on to the stout
boys mounted on their backs and were the knights
They struggled as to who should get that leather
strap without being ENDORSED" the horses" them
selves meanwhile ear praneing and eurvetting about
bench by the house a boy is playing with a "a tame
string, while two girls within doors are doing whatl
Dressing dolls. do believed
toss rolling hoop, riding barrel, ldid you try
'that?( and Blowing up bladder. This bladder was
used IN rough game 1t was blown up, the neck
OF II tied with string and the other end OF the
string tied to a stick. Then the one who had the
bladder tried to hit someone with it. YOU can see
them playing it up the street The boy in front
who IS blowing up the bladder seems 10 have on
some kind of Dunce-cap. / noticed several others
with the same kind of paper their caps
Near the bladder boy is another kind of tour
nament game. In this il takes three boys to
make the horse, two bending and enc to hold
on 10. Two boys ride each horse. This was a
rough game, and you boy has been hurt,
and they are putting him on the great beam little
What pretty pair of scales she has, wonder IL
mother lent them to her.
Two boys seem to have had some trouble play
ing with a set OF blocks, and just beyond them n
group are having London Bridge" or that Is what
we call IT to-day, of course Dutch children had
another name for it, They are having a good time
playing It, Judge, for their mouths are all wide
open. In the doorway girl is balancing broom on
her niger but what those seated on the steps are
playing, cannot make out. almost expect to see
that basket drop out Of the window perhaps il has
cookies in IT, II it full Of cookies and dropped
how those children who playing whip the top,
There two little girls playing at fitting with
!ong SUCKS with arms on them, two three others
making cheeses" and nearby is lovely mud hut
with hole to crawl in. Three BOYS tired OF piav
are having good swim in the creek.
think that this is the busiest scene ever saw
IN picture. and should not be surprised IL there
looked 49,.
Can you find any1 - AE