The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03

Every game. indoors and out, has it's ardent devotees, and whether the game be one of strength or skill or just plain luck, 1t will be found to have many follower.
 Now dominoes would hardly be classed as a game of skill and cer- tainly not of strength, yet 1t is one of the most popular of indoor sports especially among those who do not desire the gambling features incident to poker, the concentration of thought required for chess or the skill neces- sary for the billiardist.
 The game sof dominoes is popular from the fact that it affords pleasant relaxation with little mental or phy- sical effort. It is the game for the men who desire a little harmless re- creation following the cares and wor- ries of the days business. It brings many a chuclSle when the opponent is sent to the "bone yard" and causes 8 mild triumph when one "dominoes." There is in this city a coterie of business men who thoroughly enjoy a game of dominoes and they fre- auently meet to indulge in their favor ite pastime. As there are few games that are interesting unless a stake is involved, be 1t ever so small, the CO., terie aforesaid usually play for small stake, not so much for it's tn- trinsic value but for the satisfaction of sticking the other fellow.
 On a recent occasion a party of four members of the coterie met at the house of one of the members for a game of dominoes. The host an- nounced that instead of the usual money stakes he would offer some thing unusual to be played for. Of course being guests the others ac- oulesed and suggested that the host ''trot out his prize. which he lm- mediately did.
 It's production caused quite sen- sation. It was a quart bottle of lO- year-old Bourbon whisky of a brand and blend once noted for it's excel- lence and purity.
 Its color challenged the glow of the oriental ruby; its bead reminded oI the iridescent sheen of a string or nearls. its aroma was exquisite as the fragrance of a springtime morning. it's sparkle like unto bottled sunshine. If was at once 6 dream, a delght' veritable poem of liquid Joy. Tea, verify, it was hector TOT the uoos.
 Now inc party were all men who liked a wee drop" occasion pty Ape-Herald of the methods of the bootlegger and the menace of his nroduct they had all joined the front ranks of the water wagon brigade and had come to the con- clusion that Julian Ennis, the "drinking prohi bitionist." was riyht when he said that corn H. ouor "smelled nasty, tastes nasty and is nasty" hence the sensation produced by the sparkling bottle of liouor. And right then and there they fell off the water wa gon with an alacrity equaled to that of a politican erpouslng a cause and with thud that shook the house to it's very foundations.
 "Gentlemen,' said the host as the game was about to commence, 'my proposition is that we will draw partners and play the good old came of drink or smell, which means that the winners Of each game will take a. drink and the losers will have to be content with merely a smell of the bottle or rather of it's contents"
 The proposition met with ap- proval and the game started. And right here let it be said that the quartet played with more care and caution than they ever did when dollars and cents were involved.
 The first game ended with the host and his partners as losers. Everybody grinned. Necessarily the grin of the losers was of the dry variety. The winners took their drink and added to the dis comfort of the losers by extolling