Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-07
Playing Chess

whats in the box?" asked the girl
in pink The young man with the high
forehead smiled at her. I'm going to
teach you chess" he announced. Il
brought over the men,"
why, how perfectly lovely!" cried
the girl in pink, Immediately pulling
off the cover. 81 know I'll be just
crazy about it! Aren't they cunning"
I'm glad you're pleased" said the
young man in a gratified tone. 81 was
afraid you wouldn't want to learn or
would be bored. Few women care
about chess. It's really a great
game!"
"The idea Of not caring about it,"
exclaimed the girl in pink, spreading
out the board. 81 know it's so differ
ent Why, the other girls will simply
die of envy when I tell them I can
play chess! 1t sounds so intellec-
tual!"
Now. We'll set up the men," an
nounced the young man with the high
forehead.
ooh, they're not all alike, are
they" she continued in surprise.
How funny! I should think that
would mix you up dreadfully! Don't
you think it would be lots easier to
play if they were all alike? l heard
of man who could play six games
Of chess at once-let's try it,"
The young man coughed Well,
have men for only one game" he said.
Maybe it would be better just at first
not to try any more!"
"All right" agreed the girl in pink,
cheerfully. "Only I think it would be
loads of fun to have six games at the
same time Then we could walk
around among them. l get awfully
tired sitting still-do you? I guess it's
because I have nerves. My mothers
sister"
"Now I'll move this one" said the
young man. Then he explained the
moves to her and finally said: tits
your turn"
Il think it is perfectly absurd not
to let them all move alike!" she cried
1T just mixes you up! Is that really
the way you have to play or are you
just trying to fool me?"
I'm not smart enough to make 1t
up" said the young man. Men more
brilliant than I invented the moves
hundreds and hundreds of years ago"
We'll" said the girl in pink indig.
nantly, eff they've been playing it so
long l should think they would have
Strengthened it out and simplified il
before now. You move 'em all alike
when you play checkers and you know
what you are doing! If this things a
queen why isn't there a crown or
something on it, and for these horses
that turn cornerstone perfectly
ridiculous!"
You'll understand it after you have
played it a while" said the young
man. I'D move that one to start
with if were you"
"All right" said the girl in pink.
I'D rather shoot this one down the
black squares, though. It's so funny
to see it go crisscross instead OF
straight ahead"
"But you can't" said the young man.
your bishop can't move because that
pawn is in the way!"
I don't think little pawn ought to
count when it's a bishop that wants
to get by" said the girl in pink, argu
tentatively
"Now I'll move this" said the
young man, firmly. "You see, it threat
ems your queen"
I don't see why that is so awful"
said the other. ooh, you say the
queen is the most valuable of all be.
cause it moves farther and in every
direction? Oh, Arthur! saw Marie
downtown today and what do you sup
pose she told me? You'll be surprised!
You'd never guess"
you can't move that way" said the
young man. This isn't dominoes or
checkers-the idea isn't to take all
your opponents mem"
We'll, what is the idea?" demanded
the young woman. "In checkers YOU
try to take 'em and-oh, to checkmate
the king, you say? Well I'd like to
know how I can get anywhere near
your king when you've got him on the
back line with all those other things
stacked up in front of him-you ought
to move en- out. What's that thing?
A castle? How silly! 1t doesn't look
any more like castle than | do! III
it's a castle, why doesn't it look like
one?"
I'm afraid" suggested the young
man, chat chess doesn't appeal to
you! Perhaps we'd better stop play
ing!"
Why I'm perfectly crazy about it!"
insisted the girl in pink. 81 think it
Is terribly interesting and I'm so glad
I've learned how! And don't see any
thing so awfully hard about it either!
But it makes my head ache a little.
so let's play authors for changed"
Dolls Always Known.