The Penn's Grove record., 1923-11-02
IN AND ABOUT NEW YORK CITY
New Fashion Fads And The Rage For
The New Chinese Game Is On

A lady living on Long Island fed
some lettuce leaves to a back door
tramp rabbit one morning. The next
morning he brought another one with
him and received their breakfast. The
third day, he brought three and the
next day he brought nine hungry com
panions, evidently thinking she was a
generous member of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
but she called the dog on them fearing
that she would have all the rabbits on
Long Island at her door daily. The
incident ended.
About Nah Jungg
In Washington, d. c., a resident who
does not know how to play the game
is like the wall flower in a dance room.
There are a number of similar games
with different names.
The legend is that 5000 years ago
game was played by the fishermen in
China along the shores of East Chen
Lake, near Ningpo. A wealthy man
employed many men from villages to
fish for him. AS they were landsmen,
when the winds arose, they soon be-
came seasick. AS the boss, Isaac Wal
ton. decided that seasickness was a
matter of the mind, imagination, so
a game was devised called Nah Dian,
which they played and thereby forgot
their NAL de mer.
Nah Jungg, or whatever you may
call it, has taken all America by storm.
Next General Chen Yu-munn, whose
chief job for his country was that of
bandit catcher, found that his men
would go to sleep while on the watch
He invented some new cards along
this line and started his men playing.
He never had any more trouble with
sleeping sentinels. Evidently by re-
ports, it gets you good and proper.
The games cost all the way from
$500 to $3.50. Even our late Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding We're fond of
Nah Chungg. Americas lust for Nah
Jungg has been so great as to nearly
drive dealers mad. In their request to
China for more they are answered.
"No get plenty bones." The bones are
secured of the shinbone of the COW.
Small section, about seven inches. The
Chinese COW refused to yield any
more. The American, in his ever get
there method replied, "We'll get
EN-" Kansas and Omaha were over
hauled. Now Messrs. Swift, Armour,
Cudahy and Libby, great beef killers,
are supplying rush orders to China,
till the great American beef barons
are paying more attention to the Nah
Chungg need of bones that the sau-
sage and porterhouse steaks. Even
the elephants of India and Siam are
stampeding back to the jungle to save
their protruding front teeth, needed
for ivory sets.
Small factories have been consoh-
dated under one roof in Shanghai. All
kinds of money are offered the
chinks, skilled and otherwise, to work
like mad to make these games. Now
all parts are made under one roof, eX-
cept the bamboo pieces for the backs
of the tiles. These must be dried and
seasoned for s months. The thickness
of the bone "face" on the tiles deter
mines the purchase price of the game
sets. Very primitive methods are
used in the polishing of the tiles.
So many names have been given
this game that appeal was made to
DR.. SEE, of the Chinese Legation,
Washington, D. c., with name like the
founder fisherman SIZE, says there is
only one Chinese Nah Chongg game,
call or spell it as you will.
Even Wall Street is Chongg wild. |
too, am going to GimbePs to watch it
played, and tell you more about it.
The new Chineses game, Nah Jungg,
which is so popular, is being taught
here in department stores. Tables full
full of young men are being taught
daily. For long time you could hear
the name, "Ma Jungg," and not know
whether it was flower or disease.
am supposing it is a gambling game,
they wouldn't be so keen knowing it
here in New York.
The young girl students are wearing
Just bands of wide ribbon about their
heads instead of hats and you would
think it was the popular "sheik' tur-
ban. If you look again you can see
the "crownless" affair.
On Fifth Street, New York City, the
old style of wide ruffles on the bot
tom Of skirts are frequently seen.
Ladies, it will soon be the extra buying
of few more yards of dress material.
Fifth Avenue leads the United States
and We nave to come to it.
1t is very interesting to watch the
JIdlllC pOlIceIHdH dI Ine cOuSeSleu Col
nerS on Filth Avenue at 42d and 32d
Streets. They work with their fingers
and hands in white gloves and are
constantly talking They can put it
all over the mute language. The New
York drivers obey implicitly. Never
is an auto pulled. The New York
auto drivers beat the world, but I
am told a taxi driver cannot stand
more than ten years of it and he Is
rarTous wreck.
4 traffic officer placed near school,
now carefully he was with the small
children, how he would hold them ten
derly by the hand till the way was
cIeared-and then send them onward
and how they would scuttle across
from the curb to his sheltering arms,
till he could clear the other part of
road for them, just reminded me of
a scared rabbit across a country road
" Jersey fronting a team or auto.
Lillian Corliss Hires,
New York City.
More About Ma Jongg
Before being permitted to be plaV-