Evening star., 1918-01-20

who believe in ''the rules of the game" :"
| Life's chessboard will not be tipped
over.
Were those old Hindoos-or Chinese
who invented the game Of chess centu-
ries ago. prophets Of the great emanci-
patton of women which would seem to
| be coming on apace throughout the
civilized world?
Was it merely chance or was 1t fore
sight which made the creators Of that
game give the queen more power than
| is possessed by any other piece on the
board?
/, Probably those old ginks didn't fore-
/ see woman suffrage, but they certainly
did give the queens on both sides about
| all the power necessary to win the day.
Those were days when woman had
little actual power, except such as they
might possess through their ability to
J sway the sentiments and actions of
men.
Yet what did those old fellows do.
when they got UP their idealized game.
today as popular as 1t ever was in its
history? Did they set the queen back
in the corner and restrict her moVe-
ments to q trip to the grocery store
each day for the benefit of her lord and
master? -, II
Not on your life!
They made it rule Of the game that
the queen should be "it."
The queen can move where she
pleases, and as far as she pleases, In
conformity to the rules. Of course. She
is the only piece which can move
straightaway. diagonally. forward or
backward, to the limits OF the board.
She commands the whole board, at ono
sweep, in conformity to the institutes
and rules of the game. 1t must not be
forgotten. She can't jump around like
a knight, for one thing.
Maybe those old fellows didn't actual
ly see what Congress is about to do. but
it is pleasant to think that there was
more than coincidence in the powers
they gave the queen.
Take the king, too.
Kings were in flower in the days
chess was thought up, but they were
made to play a negative role on the
chessboard. The king Is the fellow who
sits at home. He scarcely dares go out
for an airing. He covers behind the
first line defenses Of pawns. ana Is
protected throughout the game by his
bishops, knights, castles and his loyal
queen.
Every time I look at that first line OF
pawns on the chessboard. think OF the
fellows out in the trenches. and then OF
the kaiser safe at homo. and
But. enough! Life and war are two
things, and a game Of chess Is game
of chess. after all.
They didn't violate '-meatless day" after
all.
Food conservation hath its heroes and
heroines no less than war.
A young housewife of this city bought
herself lamb stew, and that evening set
it forth for the delectation OF her husband.
The stew was mostly lamb bone. the
husband thought. as he searched the dish
for bit of meat.
His probe proved unsuccessful.
But he didn't say anything.
Neither did his wife, but she was think.
ing a lot.
All of sudden the husband spoke up.
why. this is meatless day." he
gasped, horror struck in remembrance.
"It is" she said. grimly.
This same young woman received an
express package from the west one day
last week.
On account Of freight and express con.
gestion she had expected that 1t would
be weeks before the package arrived. So
when she received 1t but a few days after
expressage she was somewhat surprised,
and expressed her surprise to the ex-
pressman.
'T thought there was freight conges-
tom" she remarked.
Huh" said the expressman. chats
all over now"
"But does McAdoo know it?'' she
asked.
I wonder n he does.
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