Judge — February 24, 1923 — page 20: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Lets play—' A Page of Indoor Sports for Indoor Sports Y Conducted by Norway Aytuosy 7 THIS WEEK’S GAME Baseball Solitaire “nis game should really be called “The Home Wrecker,” because it nearly broke up our happy home, and before going into directions, it might be advisable to give the lady of the house a few warning hints. Be letting hubby try it see that all the chairs and movable objects in the house are firmly nailed down. Place a pitcher of ice water and some soothing syrup beside him and then watch him closely as he plays. As soon as his eyes begin to bulge take the children over to mother’s. Keep posted on his progress ning daily. Don’t go near the and if he isn’t able to make it in a week, begin action for divorce. All of which means that even Babe Ruth would have a hard time making a home run on this “diamond,” but just as you are about to throw the goldfish bowl out of the window (you see it was im- possible to nail that down!) remember that it can be done! Lay the cards shown as in the picture. Starting with the card at the right of home plate, the player tries to go around the n order, the different suits as he draws from the remainder of the pack. For example: Take the cards from home plate to first base: If the first card drawn is a heart it is placed, face down, on the heart in the baseline. If the second card is a club, it is placed face down, on the club in the nond” by) matching, se Tf the first the pack is not a heart it is side, face up (forming a discard pile), and the player continues drawing until he turns a heart. The rest of the cards in the mond” must be matched the same way. The player may also draw from the discard pile, when his top card matches the next card in the baselir For example: When the player finally turns a heart he places it, face down, on the heart in the baseline and if the top card in the discard pile is a club, he places i ce down, on the second card in the If the next card in the dis- card pile should be a diamond, he would place that card, face down, on the third card, and so on. The bases must be vovered, as well as the cards in “he base id the player may only go through ack once. Don't be discouraged if you can’t make a home run right away. Rome wasn’t built in a day, neither was Babe Ruth. When Hearts Are Jong I Kretine had known anything about Mah Jong he never would have pulled that stuff about the East never meeting the West. The East has not only met the West but she her for a row of sequences. agog over Mah Jong and the ted the dinner coat. The and “chow- ing” their heads off and along Central Park West, or its mid-western equiva- lent, Tiles are no longer confined to the bathrooms. There seems to be much speculation as to why society has taken up Mah Jong, especially when it is advertised as the game of “One-hundred Intelligences,” but right there is the secret of its popu- larity. There are no partners in this game, and no con ks such as “If you had led a club,” ete., which gives the Dumbest Dc var field, and she can play to her heart’s content without any- one being the wiser, This new fad has also opened up won- drous possibilities for those who y to join the exalted ranks of the ice fork wielders. Any bright young person may disguise himself as a Chin laundryman and gain access to the in- nermost portals, if he knows how to play Mah Jong. He can also pick up a very d living doing odd jobs in laundry . with special prices for family wash, d drawn from placed to one al has supy best families are “punging” 18, Tf you have a highe T Jong with an all Honor hand and f m ce th pr In cr of Judge’s PUNG CHOW Column hi Also known as MAH JO. uu toc Answers to Inquiries alm ; whe and nd that the f On al of hong “and tha at] y significant and pul ‘ i et he tintty for the h makes rive tis the better player. nid asa result, one others even have a chane nt prope nan whe pla. ily every night for two months night he went himself ify you will find that it wil ur inter= lf\ The Cheat. comicbooks.com