Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-13

that he simply went around into the
next alley and killed more bumblebees?
BOYS are like that
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Little girls. however, being made of
sugar pnd spice and everything nice, as
the r0r sind 50 long ago, would not for
anything pluck bnmhlcbacs out Of holly
hack blossoms Tor the purpose 81 slam
ming tnfm on tu the paVCmcDtS,
A better game with bumblebccs II
an" must interfere with their activities
IN Ia conilnr them In empty garages
and listen to them buzz
siumr ut the boys Of our ncighborhood
ARE doing this. evidently with great
rcliah The more bees, Of course, the
louder thr buzz.
Competitive bux2ing. on large scale.
goes on urcagantly. one may wonder
what happara when Daddy comes homo
and opens The doors nntl out dashcs n
horde II angry bumbcbecs
Another bumblcbCc sport Is the FOL
lowing
First. connnc q rrbellious bumblebcc
to Tin garage. and th"n. after he be-
comes quite bot open the door bit.
Smart bumblcbocs, who's" l. O. Is
high win b. able to discover the open
ing in 10 seconds or less, but those bees
which have not drunk their milk as
Mamma told them to, and who have
screamed and kicked over their spinach.
will REQUIRE 80 seconds at least to find
the exit
Thus We soc, Jean. that bumblobecs
arc exactly like little boys and girls.
As a matter Of fact VIZ would not be q
Bit surprised to learn they play Jacks,
too.
Il = Il II
Over in England and Scotland they
sometimes call lackstones "chrckstone&.
A check" was pebble used i'll playing
the game. this became ''Chack' and
then chuck, Just how it turned into
lack" we don't know
To chuck" 4 pebble at some one
means 10 toss it lightly, In the manner
of one playing chuckStOneS, checkstones
or jackstoncs Here Is a pretty instance
of the relationship of words. 1t takes
us back through the games Of chess and
checkers, perhaps the first checkers
were merely pebbles used upon the
cheCkercd square. In England today,
the spelling "ChequPr" is still preferred,
but most authorities agree that in using
checker" we of the United States are
nearer to the genius of the Language
our correspondents letter brings out
very well some Of the essential traits of
children in playing games. whether
Jacks. hi9h-spy or Whatnot.
one girl got some for her birthday
and then every one got some A neigh
borhood will be utterly devoid Of rubber
balls. for instance until little jamie sud-
denly appears upon the horizon with 4
very neat specimen.
The next afternoon--after daddies
have had time to go to work and come
back again-rubber balls begin to bios
som on every sidewalk, so that by the
end Of the week one can scarcely get
along the pavement
we now are trying to see who can
get the most jacks" Competition is
not only the life Of trade, 1t is the very
heart blood of childhood. Who renem-
bers when ne collected milk tops
I'VE have a belief that that isn't done
any more, either, but we rather hesi-
tate to say SOL
II think it is a lot Of fun to play. and
YOU are never lonesome when you have
them with you" This is one of the
happy points Of the ancient and honor
able game Of jackstones. We are glad
that Jean recognizes the good of being
by ones self every now and then. With
good books, good games good thoughts,
one need never be lonesome.