Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-13
THIS AND THAT
ny CHIRLES u. TRACEWELL.

Players of Jacks" rise TO the defense
Of the ancient game. aS witness the ioi'
lowing letter, typical Of many received
Dear sir, | saw your article IN Inc
Star this afternoon, and YOU said you
didn't think any one played Jacks ans
more. but you are wrong, for all oil tht
girls that live on lakewood terrace pas
Jacks.
One girl got some for her birthday
and then every one got some, 80 ina
now even the boys play My hrothri
and a boy up the street play lot
We now ere trying to see VINO cat
get the most jacks. have "A now
My mother told me some Of The thing'
She used to do with Jacks
Every morning we say Let's play
Jacks, and there is a loud shout ol
first. second, etc.
my mother plays with M quite
often. | think it is lots OF fun to play
and you are never lonesome when yot
have them with you,
so now You know that not every ont
has stopped plcying Jacks.
Very truly, yours. JEAN LOWE
Age 10"
* s. x
Thank you Jean.
We stand corrected, and are VerJ
glad so to stand When. in the course
Of our dissertation upon that Crane
bouncing ball game, One, two, three
OIeary," we expressed the SorroWfu
belief that no one played Jacks" any
more. we had a sneaking hope that
some one would correct us.
The first one to do so was you, anc
so you secure the good publicity which
Is always the due Of those who do goot
deeds first
Recall Lindbergh
We might lecture the world here q
bit on the difference between good anc
bad publicity, but we gladly pass or
tand back to your good letter, and &c
those other letters III which little chill
dren inform III that Jacks still are
IA force In the world
This is exactly as it should be
Anything which can keep children
still for even so little as five minutes
ought to continue to exist.
Little girls. Of course, are not quite
such perpetual motion machines as
small boys, but all of YOU today are
full of vim, pep" and rigor. preferrme
to hop over gates rather than WALK
through them.
This. too, is exactly as it should be
Instead of delicate children, the WorlC
wants healthy, robust ones. and thC
more they climb and the louder they
Shout the more likely they are to bt
healthy.
This supreme health. however, some
times gets on the nerves of some of us
old dodgers. and when it does, we r.
ioice to see a group OF little girls quietly
playing with dolls.
Maybe some afternoon we viii WalE
along Oakwood terrace for the express
purpose of seeing the children there play
with Jacks"
When we expressed the honest doubt
that this game was played any more, We
were baSing our opinion upon the chi
dren who live in our block, where bounc-
ing balls are the articles used in the
favorite game of the moment
Among the girls. we reitcrate
The boys of our block today have
one passion. one only game
1t is catching bumblebecs tsnme-
times called "humblebees,' but We have
always thought that absurd, and. sc
stick to the other spcllingl
What the boys do with the humble
bees we don't know. Last year VIC
caught one handsome little fellow catch
ing them solely for the purpose Of dash
ing their brains out on the pavement
Is is necessary 70 state that We repri-
manded him severely for this unneceS-
sary cruelty? And is it necessary to say