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Evening star., 1924-11-30
BY RING LARDNER.


"O the editor: During my stay
In Europe which by this time
pretty near everybody knows
/ was there or 1t amt my
fault, why 1 looked over the
different games which they are play
ing there now to amuse 5themself and
it struck me like bolt':from the
blue that the American and Canadian
public might be interested In hearing
a few details in regards to the great
new national game of Europe, Eng
land and the continent.
| This game is called Gwaff1e in all
languages and Is a discreet combi-
nation Of golf, tennis, billiards, check
ers. soccer foot ball, horse racing.
base ball and bridge. 1t can't be
played except by party at least
Ave hundred all of who must be
stopping at the same hotel and have
their evening clothes on or prove
that they have got same.
The game starts like parchesi, that
Is, you have got to shake five or
you can't come out After you get
out, the next move Is like checkers,
namely you can only move one space
at a time unless you have got
king. And you must always move
ahead which makes 1t different than
foot ball, where l have noticed lots
The idear of the game is to keep
remembering which game you play
next. The third tier In this game of
Gwafffe is something very similar to
what we cali our bridge whist. The
player who has moved nearest the
goal In the checker game asks for
pack OF cards and II is his first bid
and the other players are not allowed
even to look at him. leave alone
\ Sc
established bid and YOU can't over
bid him.
Then they suddenly break into the
horse-racing game and bring out the
dice and they shake them three times
and when they get through shaking,
whoever IS looser says that is horse
on you and the opponent gets mad.
That usually starts fight such as
we have in our country except that
who ever wins don't get paid nothing
or the looser either.
The next part of the game is vir-
tually the same as we call our Soc
Ger foot ball and the difficult part is
that everybody has to go back to
their room and put on their soccer
costumes. which Is composed of a
few scanty garments. This usually
takes a long while especially in cold
climates like England, France, Ger
many. South Africa and other coun-
trys. At this junction they generally
switch to crap game and the next
question is whose dice are they 60
ing to use. This Is the derivation of
the word Gwafiie which technically
means you can't use my dice except
at your own risk.
The party that loses at this game
Is obliged to go from where ever
they are to Philadelphia and watch
city series between the two Phila-
delphia ball clubs.
Next comes the switch into tennis
which makes the game versatile be-
cause you have got to do all your
talking in whatever language the
country is played in. Like for inst.
suppose you was playing Gwafie In
Slovenia. why instead of saying are
you ready. YOU would say. "Effie
vowel which means virtually the
Evening star., 1924-11-30
A Cup of Tea From China.

Have a cup of tea?" says China to
the rest of the world, for from the
land of dragons and mah-jong comes
most of the tea we drink.
The trees in the great tea gardens
are raised from seeds, and are kept
trimmed to about five or six feet
high. If they were allowed to grow,
they probably would reach a height
of about 25 feet. In about three
years after planting the first crop of
leaves can be gathered, and from
then on they are usually gathered
four times each year, the trees yield
ing for about 25 or 80 years.
The leaves are first dried, as they
are full Of sap or juice after they are
picked. The drying Is done in sew
eral ways. Usually it is done on
trays made OF bamboo. The leaves
are rubbed and rolled between the
palms of the hands. so that they may
dry more quickly and evenly
Next they are fired" or placed, a
few at a time, in iron pans over
charcoal fire. They are left In
these but a short time, for they are
hot. If the leaves are sufficiently
Evening star., 1924-11-30

McCanAlish.
T was evening at the Clay Bank
and the Turtle Family had fin
tshed it's supper. Ma Turtle was
i washing the dishes; Pop Turtle
was reading the Shantytown
"Bugle"; Tommy Turtle and Brother
Jack Rabbit were holding forth at
the supper table on the merits of
faith, hope and charity. while Brother
Peter Paul Raccoon was playing on
the piano.
Paul! Paui." called Ma Turtle in
from the kitchen. Don't bang! Don't
bang! Or. If you must bang-put on
the soft pedal!"
Everybody got hope" said Tom
my Turtle. 'Old Jim Crow been
washin' himself with white soap for
20. 20 years. He amt never give up
Right" replied Brother Jack Rab-
bit. 'you know d old gag about
while dere's life, dere's soap'r'
"Speakin' OF faith.'' said Tommy
Turtle, what could equal d faith
of Brothah Silas Billygoat. who Offer
ed to bet a farm dat his Daddy could
eat anything.
Il amt sayin' but what old Nico-
demus Goat could eat pretty near
chew up and swallow q piece of a
brickbat, Just like as if'n It was rock
candy. D. next day I axed him did
he feel any untoward symptoms from
d. performance. And what do you
s'pose he said? He says. No. he
says, I must say I amt been dis
commoded any!
"At any rate" continued Tommy,
"Brothah Silas went and laid wager
DIST his Daddy could eat Anything
anybody else could eat-which was
fair enough. and 4 wonderful oppor-
tunity for d. neighborhood.
Well some Of d. folks got der
heads together, down at d. Cross
Roads store. and dey had = great
palaver bout what they Ewine to axe
old Nicodemus to eat. One OF 'em
suggested a tuckey buxza'd. but den
somebody axes. Who gwine to do d
handlin' OF him. So. tuckey buzsad,
as q piece de resistance. went into
d. limbo. along with picked eers
feet 'brickbats with whipped cream
Evening star., 1924-11-30

We must keep her mind happy
and serene" said the great special
ist. land let nothing upset her"
Mrs Morton had these words in
mind as she fixed up the room in the
city apartment which was to be
Ruth's. The Mortons were the rich
est people in Normanville. but all
their money could not stave off the
dread disease which had made them
fear that Ruth would never walk
again. However, the city specialist
assured them that it was quite posi-
BILE for Ruth to be cured, but it
would mean visits from him twice a
week. Therefore, Mrs. Morton rented
an apartment in the city for few
months and prepared to bring Ruth
in to the specialist.
The room that was to be Ruth's
had two big windows facing on
quiet park. There was one small
window at the back facing on an
alley and the back yards Of some
shabby houses on a street behind 1t.
How depressing.'' shuddered Mrs.
Morton, remembering the doctors
Ruth. and she ordered lovely
Chinese screen that completely con-
cealed the window. The whole room
was beautifully and brightly fur
nished. There was a shelf for all of
Ruth's books, all sorts of games to
amuse her. and a wheel chair that
could travel about the room.
Ruth's nurse was a pleasant young
girl who took Ruth for an airing
in the park every morning and
amused her in the afternoon. The
two grew quite chummy, and Mrs.
Morton, feeling she was not really
needed, became interested in settle
ment work which took up most of
her afternoons.
In spite Of all that was done for
her. Ruth was unhappy and discon-
tented. She was irritable that her
mother really dreaded being with her.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
Everything in New Game

same thing. But ] suppose / could
explain 1t much better by describing
the tennis part of q Gwaffie match
which l played in Drojudia with the
Princess Kapon of Hajach as my
partner and our opponents In the
badly mixed doubles was the Per-
sian crown Prince, Jai Alai. and his
morganatic wife, Caroline Morgan.
1t was my first serve and / shot over
what / thought was an ace. Mrs.
Morgan missed 1t.
Wasn't that an aace?" I asked her.
"Oh. no." she laughed. I'VE are
playing with deuces wild" ..
After that neither Of US spoke to
the other one. 49,.
The first set went to ten games
all and I said to the Prince, we GER
tainly have gone to the deuce lot
OF times.
$50 have you." was his reply
When the tennis was over they
started the dog racing part of the
game which discourages a good play
er because In the first place we hadn't
broughten our dogs along and in the
second place they don't allow, no
foreign dogs to take part in the
event. After about three days OF
this my partner and ] walked out on
the whole event but suddenly an Of
fetal come up and says you are Amer
leans and ought to win at base ball
which is the only event left.
Just then Umpires KLEIN and O'Day
come up and says the game was
called on acct. Of darkness All and
all, we was both discouraged but al
the same Gwaf1ie is a great game
and should ought to be took up by
Americanos. or as We cal! them
Americans
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Which Are Of Interest to Younger Readers
Behind the Chinese Screen

This continued for about a month.
and then suddenly change came, in
Ruth. There was a. new sparkle in
her eyes. all the old discontented
lines disappeared, and, too, she began
to mend more rapidly. The doctor
was pleased. "Sho has at last re-
signed herself to waiting quietly
until the treatment Is over" he said.
1T will not be very long now"
Mrs. Morton gratefully raised the
nurses wages, feeling that she was
no doubt responsible.
Then one afternoon Mrs. Morton
came home early, unexpectedly. She
ran into Ruth'e room, stopped and
gave q little cry Of surprise. The
nurse was gone. and at first she did
not see Ruth. Then she heard a
merry peal of laughter and Ruth's
voice. There at the back of the room
screen was pushed aside and Ruth,
with a cape to protect her from the
chilly air. sat by the window.
And then the big fox said-,"
Ruth was relating. Mrs. Morton
slipped up and peered over her
shoulder. Under the window sat \
whole group of youngsters listening,
spellbound, to Ruth's story.
Suddenly they saw Mrs. Morton
and called to Ruth, VINO turned
quickly. and looked at her mother.
as though she had been caught
stealing. "Oh, mother" she ex-
claimed, "I hope you won't be angry
But you see one afternoon I got
curious and looked behind the screen.
There were a bunch of these poor
youngsters, not old enough to go to
school, playing in the alley. They
didn't seem to know what to do with
themselves and spent most of their
time quarreling. You see. most Of
their mothers work all day. So I got
the nurse to go away afternoons. go
to the movies or something. and I
tell them stories and teach them
games. It's been more fun.
Evening star., 1924-11-30
astiron sausages with tomato

and 'castiron sausages with tomato
sauce
VI merely mention desc items" said
Tommy, ito show you what gosh
darnsd fool things folks will think
of on some occasions. - -
FINALLY old Billy Muskrat pipes up
and says: Lets be reasonable he
says. why not axe him II he can
eat crow
Good enoughr answers all a ass
semblAge.
And So" said Tommy. ito make a
long story endless, dey set q certain
date for a. entertainment and Nico-
demus Billygoat agreed to enter d
contest and eat crow.
well, me and Daddy Bluejay was
deputised to fetch d. crow In. We
laid our. traps with reasonable eau
ton, and we finally trapped d big
Evening star., 1924-11-30

gest. ugliest, toughest crow dat ever
! set eyes on. We carted him in and
turned him over to d kitchen and d.
kitchen folks took Mister Crow an6
dey plucked him clean tdey had to
pull his pin feathers wild q claw
hammer), and dey billed him., and dey
baked him, and toasted him, ano
roasted him It'll dey wasn't any mo-
Juice left i'm him dan a bag Of saw
dust. And. when he was cooked
down to q hunk Of pure leather, dey
just sprinkled a little cayenne pepper
on him and mounted him mp in a
shower of parsley.
"Oh. he looked fine at dat! Just a
brown an crisp and. tender-fooktns.
Daddy. Nicodemus took his sea
and he tucked a.napkfn under hi
chin and den he kind of smacks his
lips over dat crow meat, and looks
Evening star., 1924-11-30

dried after the first firing they are
finished: IL not, they are fired once
again. The tea is then spread out
and the broken bits of stems are re-
moved.
The large tea-hongs use a peculiar
method for rounding the leaves. In
one Of the places several Chinese roll
and toss balls about with their bare
feet. The balls are about the size OF
foot balls and are partly filled with
tea. Although this performance looks
like a game, IL is really very hard
work. AS the balls are tossed about
the tea leaves are given their round
ed or twisted appearance.
In the largest tea-hongs there are
professional tasters who grade the
tea and fix it's value before shipping.
They do nothing but sip tea from
small cups, and this is considered q
very important line of work. requir-
ing a particular. experienced taste.
Evening star., 1924-11-30

"The three-toed horse was a great
side show attraction with circus
some years ago. Yet most OF the peo-
pie who looked at him didn't know
that this freak" merely took after
his ancestors, some of whom had
three toes, and. going away back,
five.
Some of the scientists who dig in
the rocks and 60 on dangerous trips
in the deserts to find skeletons of
these animals of by-gone days have
discovered bones believed to have be-
longed to ancestors of the horse
which show how, gradually, the num-
Evening star., 1924-11-30

few-of that we are not certain. We
do know, however. that once horses
roamed all over North and South
America Their skeletons have been
found buried deep in rock. They had,
for some reason which we do not
know, disappeared before the Span
fards came, SO the horses we have in
this country now are not natiye
American horses. but Of European
stock.
Evening star., 1924-11-30

worn over q scant littls slip Of white
crepe de chine The idea is a good
one and ought to inspire some young
woman with knack for using a
paint brush to make herself a similar
blouse.
!. To speak of an evening blouse q
Evening star., 1924-11-30

| few years ago often caused look
of amusement. A separate blouse was
like tan shoes In the evening-simply
out OF the question. To be sure, you
might, through lack of time or in
difference, remain in the blouse past
candlelight but you didn't call the
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Kneaded 1t.

Mother-Johnnie, why on earth are
you feeding the baby yeast?
Johnnie-Well, she swallowed my
quarter, and I'm trying to raise the
dough. 4
Evening star., 1924-11-30
A SUGGESTION.

Old Gent Tin barber ,shop}--My iiair
is coming out terribly Can you rec
ommend anything to keep it in? II
Barber-Certainly. Wouldn't this
empty cigar box be Just the thing?...
Evening star., 1924-11-30

gay little tunic blouses with floral
designs done by hand.
There is one of white seorgette
with painted designs in pink and
green which are outlined in fine gold
thread. This diaphonous tunic Is
Evening star., 1924-11-30

Clerk-Stockings? Yes, madam. What
number?
Customer-why, two, Of course.
Evening star., 1924-11-30

40 the editor: During my stay
in Europe which by this time
pretty near everybody knows
/ was there or 1t ain't my
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20

Farmers seem well pleased with
weather conditions, saying corn is
doing well and that heavy rains have
not injured the small grain to any
Harvey Abrams and party returned
Saturday from their motor trip to the
DalleS of the Wisconsin at Kilbourn
Harvey took the route via Mt. Horeh
and north through Mazomanie and
Black Earth. He is enthusiastic over
this way of making the trip to the
Dalles region, saying the roads are
good and the scenery wonderful.
Harry Walton and wife of Oklaho-
ma City visited here last week as the
guests of Miss Emma Schreiner. Mr.
Walton came to Lancaster about SO
years ago and remained for II years
He erected the studio now occupied
by VIM Brintnall and built up a splen-
did business The Wattons were much
interested in changes wrought in the
city during their absence.
Rev and Mrs. E. Crusius went to
Madison Thursday for a weekend of
sight seeing. In particular they wished
to inspect the state capitol. Rev.
Crusius had been through Madison on
ly and his wife had never visited the
capital city. Their former home was
Minneapolis.
Mrs. Paul HarIoff and Mrs. Fred
Coombs of Madison were here Thurs
day to attend the Lee Morrell funeral.
Other out-of-town attendants at the
funeral were Mrs. Carrie Greer of
Bloomington, aged 80, an old friend
of the family, and Oscar Knapp and
of Tr
Morrell.
Mrs. Anne Schneider, aged IS, pass
ed away at the county insane hospi-
tai last Wednesday morning after an
extended illness. Funeral services
conducted by the Rev. E. Crusius,
were held Thursday noon. Burial was
made in Hillside. Mrs. Schneider
leaves a son, residing in Iowa, and a
number of relatives in this vicinity.
DR.. and Mrs. A B. Cook started on
Wednesday driving to Minneapolis and
Rochester via the KickapoO valley.
They will then go to Waupaca to visit
the doctors folks and will also visit
at Stevens Point and Milwaukee be-
fore returning home.
DR.. S. w. Doolittle and brother,
C1duu6 Ol OlOuSHIOu, duu LII. Cetl CCl
of Chicago departed Thursday on a
motor trip and period of itinerant
camping and fishing in upper Wiscon-
sin and the upper Michigan peninsula,
to be gone several weeks.
Chas. Brown of Muscoda was in
Lancaster again last week in connec-
ton with Peoples State bank matters.
There seems to be no indication OF a
windup of the banks affairs and the
public is apparently apathetic after
the long, though perhaps necessary
delay.
Masters Donald and Frank Bud
worth went to Fennimore, Friday
where they, together with Mrs. May
L. Pipkin, joined Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Newton of Omaha, Nebr., on motor
trip to Madison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simpson OF
Madison motored up and spent Sun
day with friends.
Misses Bethel and Lucille Cardey
visited in Platteville last week with
their aunt, Mrs. Cardey.
Miss Emma Braun of Dubuque Wis
tied in Lancaster over the weekend
as the guest of Miss Mae BROKER.
Leona Mehl of Dubuque is visiting at
the Henry Pagenkopf home and wit
other relatives.
Mrs. L. c. Thomas OIL Sullivan, Ind
returned home Saturday after pleas
ant three weeks visit at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Sidney Hyde.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dersch OF
Stoughton returned home yesterday
| having been called here by the death
of the formers sister, Mrs. Gus Posey.
Mrs. Harvey Hurlburt is in st. Paul
this week buying goods for the holt
| day season. Mrs. Hurlburt drove as
| far as Pra. du Chen.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas E. Smith of Fennimore at DR..
Fowler's hospital, Sunday at 100 p.
| m.
The Misses Ruth McClurg and
Gladys Arnold of Fennimore were
guests of Miss Ruth Mink last Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorman Duncan of
Madison were weekend visitors at the
home of the formers mother, Mrs. Ell
| fie Duncan, in Lancaster.
Mrs. G. W. Long of Madison visited
over Sunday in Lancaster with her
husband. Mr.. Long is engineer on the
ILancaaser- Fennimore-Woo run.
Mrs. John Cox of Fennimore, spent
| Sunday in Lancaster with her hus-
band who is conductor on the way
| freight.
Mrs. L. C. Phinney of West Allis
returned home Monday morning after
visit in Lancaster at the home OF
her son, Neil Phinney, and family.
Miss Ruth Jordan returned to her
home in Barneveld, Monday, after a
visit here with her aunt, Miss Lizzie
Hore, and with other relatives.
Miss Clara Briel returned to her
home in Liberty Monday, having been
here attending the teachers institute.
Miss Briel visited friends here over
Sunday.
Miss Emily Roberts of Chicago is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Roberts, on vacation. She plans
to spend part of her outing in Lam
caster.
Miss Nettie Wieland, who is en-
ployed in Madison, returned to that
city Monday after vacation visit at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Wieland.
l.. J. Becker, breeder of Oxford
sheep, shipped a couple of full blood
individuals to his brother, August
Becker, at Bemidji Mimi, first of the
week.
Miss Ethel Richardson of Wauke-
sha, returned home Monday following
few days visit in Lancaster at the
home of her uncle, Frank Philbrick,
and with Mr. and Mrs. Fred l. Phil
brick.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20

The annual picnic of the Prideaux
families and close friends was held
at McGregor, Ia, last Sunday. There
were about 125 people present from
both Iowa and Wisconsin. Blooming
ton and Lancaster were well repre-
scented. Mrs. c. L. Knapp of Bloom
ington is the chairman of the associ-
alton and Mrs. Flossie Prideaux of
Arlington, Ia, is secretary. A won
derful picnic dinner was followed by
program. The friends and relatives
present from Lancaster were Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Lewis and family, Tom
Haley, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mink and
son, Rex, Mortimer Backus and Mr..
and Mrs WeatherwaX.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-08-20

extent. Some farmers have begun to
thresh while others have still to har-
vest their grain. What the farmers
want now is late, warm fall and a
late frost so the corn may mature
we'll.
Mrs. William Neudorf and daughter,
Regina, Mrs. John McLachlan, of Al
bany, n. Y, spent over Friday in
Lancaster with the George Jerrett
family The Neudorf and Jerrett
families were neighbors near Fenni-
more twenty years ago prior to the
moving of the Neudorf family to New
York. Mrs. Neudorf and daughter
have been visiting in and around Fen
nimore for several weeks.