Evening star., 1936-08-23

bet on the side Of any person or per-
sons who shall 50 play" As for billiards.
only games played with two, three
and four balls and the game called
Pool are permissible"
One cannot help but wonder whether
the present much discussed game
tables operating in the District Of
Columbia are the descendants Of
those alphabetical ones and "rooley
pooley" decried over q century and
a quarter ago by the Georgetown Cor
poration.
Going from the year 1911 to 1912,
we find the towns name written
George Town" in q rare second edi-
ton of Thomas Jefferson's Manual
of Parliamentary Practice for the Use
of the Senate of the United States,
With the Latest Additions Of the Au-
thor, Published by Joseph Milligan
and by William Cooper, Washington
1872"
In 1913 the same printers print
Georgetown as one word in . quaint
volume entitled THE Improvement
of the Mind, Containing q Variety OF
Remarks and Rules for the Attain
ment Of Communication Of Useful
knowledge"
F. G. Ridgely's treasured THE
Odyssey of Homer, translated from the
Greek by Alexander Pope" in two
volumes, is the first imprint in the
Peabody room collection to use the
term Georgetown. D. of c." The
date Is 1914 and the publishers are
Richards & Mallory of Georgetown,
and p. H. Nicklen, Philadelphia.
Also Ran Book Store.
Another imprint of the year 1914
is Sophia Ridgely's copy of "The
Works of Hannah More" published by
the Georgetown, d. c., arm Of Rich
ards & Mallory, who kept a book
store on Bridge street, now M street.
According to q statement they make
about themselves, they kept Q large
and general collection of books which
they sold to public and private libra
ries on as good terms as can be OBJ
tanned in any city in America"
Another gem in the collection is THE
Family Instructor; in Three Parts Re-
lating to Parents and Children, to
Masters and Servants, to Husbands
and Wives, to which is added several
new dialogues and q number Of Pray
ers intended for Private and Family
Devotion printed in Georgetown
(Col' A." in 1914. Included are testi-
monial letters of appreciation of the
volume from the Rev. w. d. Addison,
F. S. Key of Georgetown and the
Rev. w. H. Wilmer of Alexandria, who
tells the reader that he knows 'of few
books next to the Bible which are 80
well calculate to make families know
and love their duty" He also pledges
himself to extend its circulation as far
as will be In his power.
"Wm. Duffy, Bookseller and Sta
toner" of George Town, d. c., 1917"
uses the hyphenated writing Of the
old towns name in bringing out the
Poor Mans Controversy or Religious
and Moral Instructions and Exhorta-
tions by j. Monnock o. s. B." The
title tells us that there Is another pub
lication entitled THE Poor Mans
Catechism." posthumously published
by his friends.
Another set Of sermons was also
published in Georgetown, d. c." In
1919 by Elijah Weems under the title,
Select Sermons on Important Sub
jects taken from the manuscripts Of
the Reverend Clark, late Of Charles
County, MARYLAND"
Chronologically the next imprint
gives the year 1871 with "Georgetown,
D. c." printed as we now would write
it, published by Joseph Milligan,
Jacob Gideon Jun, Printer, Washing
ton City"
History Of the World.
Historical Letters Including q Brief
but General View Of the History Of
the World, Civil, Military and Reli-
gious, From Earliest Times to the Year
Of Our Lord 1920, by John B. Colvin
ESQ. Second Edition. Georgetown,
d. c." Is the next chronological step
toward our time, with "Georgetown"
printed just as it is today. 1t was
Published by Joseph Milligan." Jacob
Gideon, Jun" was the printer. Testi-
the pen Of ~. Marshall, David Ram
say, tn. Jefferson, Rufus King and
Joseph Story"
Next in order is q work Detailing
Important Means of Preserving Health
from Infancy to Old Age With an
Appendix containing Hints Respect
ing Treatment of Domestic Animals
and the Best Means Of Preserving
Fish and Meat by tn. EweIl, M D.,
Of Virginia, Georgetown, D. c., 1924.
James c. Dunn Printer"
Suggestions are given, for instance,
as Ito using Spanish flies or the
Potato fly for exciting blisters by
finely powdering them and mixing
them with equal parts Of beeswax and
tallow." Mustard seeds also are rec
commended for the same purpose.
Likewise, there are recipes for making
ointmsnts, dogwood and wild cherry
tonics and bitters from gentian roots.
Nor is the young mind left unim-
proved in these interesting old books.
In the year 1880, to which we now
come, the printing Of the towns name
seems to coincide with our current
practice, as Is illustrated in . famous
school book of the time which re-
joices In Q title 30 long that no pupil
Of any period could possibly have said
1t in one breath. The youngsters in