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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
9
In a verse narrative from the Manchester Mirror, a speaker pleads for quiet as nocturnal visitors ascend the back stairs and invade beauty sleep. The speaker imagines drastic ends to preserve rest while characters like Grave Alex Rufus Edwin and a “facteal Maid” are invoked with playful, surreal imagery.
A Washington Star verse recalls anxious Christmas prep as stockin gs shrink and gifts fail. The narrator imagines festive arrangements, hanging a sack by the chimney to await morning.
A survey traces chess origins to 3000 B C and follows its evolution through three eras from ancient Indian roots to modern play. It notes chess boards found in Pompeii, tennis in the 16th century, English cock-fighting origins, golf’s early noble adoption, and medieval bowling, horse racing, handball, football, polo, and related games across Europe and Asia.
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