Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1924 — Page 3

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MAH-JONG GAME A MID-WEST INVENTION I J. P. Babcock, a Hoosier, adds one more hoax to Indiana’s long list; name doesn’t, mean anything in any language; inventor didn’t dream of it becoming so popular.

There was once a gentleman who I braved the perils of a dreaded Thilx ' I tan temple, where sounded sepulchral gongs and flamed sinister fires, to I swipe for his collection ii rare old an- * hang kwi vase of the |;6rl I ti dynasty. Now the foot is white n m had m ver ' trod the sacred precincts of the Thibetan town, let alone the temple. The \ doom of death had been culled down upon all persons and all objects of I alien extraction or manufacture, by the native Zi-nng-whai-wahis, or priests and their so-hung-zlhiu-hiits, or assistants. Several thousand of them were flung in a terrible cordon about tb<* walls of the town, for all the world as imp' netrable ns Michigan's line. But nevertheless our hero slipped > in, di' irui' d as a shipment of Italian- - as, knifed a priest or two, hit a few zohung-zi hiu-hius over the head with less valuable pieces of vasery, and made off with his life and the vase, stamped on bottom with the legend made by Tutwiler and Zlgholz. South pond. Indiana. Indiana has been passing things off for what they are not for the past 50 years. Almost 40 years ago James Whitcomb Riley, with his tongue In his cheek, wrote a poem called “Leonanie" and passed It off ns a hitherto unpublished lyric of Mr. Edgar Allen Poe. He got away with it. But back to our main story, to which we have been gently leading up in order tiiat the shock will not kill anyone. It is the story of the latest Indiana escapade, if you will. Mak-Jong — brace yourself — the ancient Chinese game, as redolent of the yellow kingdom as a cup of rice or a dish of tea or a guttural rung from the lips of the Shanghai himself, was invented by Mr. J P. Babcock. of Indiana. IT. S. A. Do not tell this abruptly to your whitehaired aunt who has learned to speak mandarin and to eat chow-mein in order to throw Mahjong teas with the pro|»r atmosphere. U't her case into the tragic truth gently, or you'll have a cold relative on your sofa. Rut it is the truth and. whereas, the truth often hurts, what's got to be has to. and the los Angeles Times hiys a heartless reporter who interviewed this Mr. Babcock. .Mr. Babcock recently got to that city from China, where he has spent, off and on. 10 years. Mr. Babcock docs not look at all like Tully Marshall or Wallace

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I Beery in a villain role. He i ;1 n quiet, I rather frightened young man. the I counterpart <>f any normal graduate of an American university, a nlcelooklng blond man of about 30. To look at him, it Is said, no one would believe j he could have done a thing, for i there is not a truce of cruelty about 1 the ideasing lips, no glint of torture ' in the frank, tqien eyes. , He speaks of Mali Jong, It is true, with a certain sacred reluctance, but he does not shrink away and cry out when the chief of polite suddenly shoots tip the curtain and reveals to him a complete get of the intricate ivories on a table in tile wall. He confesses but he does not break down. Mr. Babcock has been in the merchandise business in China and lias picked up many dialects there a nd learned many games. One of these latter was a Chinese game known in the Mandarin tongue a'i ma chiao. It was while playing this comparative- 4 ly innocent game one summer's even- 1 ing that the horrible idea of vengeance , flashed into Mr. Babcock's brain. And 1 he invented Mah-Jong. Th» name > doesn’t mean anything in any language. It's sort o' like Uneeda or I Zu-Zu, Which will probably bring j a flush to the faces of those laities who have pronounced it in front of a miror with a Chinese grammar in their hands, in order to get the right “ong" sound. “I had an idea of commercializing ■ the thing as a novelty in America, but I never dreamed it would take on the aspect of the -Browning club craze of 30 years ago,” said Mr. Babcock. "I did not dream of all the , accessories that Americans would add ' the mah jong tables, cabinets, count- ‘ e’rs, etc) 1 have trouble keeping up with the game. The first edition of i the rule book rapidly became out- ! dated” Mr. Babcock, dodging rate mah-jong' | Chinese game, camo over on a ship in ' whose hold were 170 tons or so of 1 ivory nnd bamboo in the shape of ■M)ah-Jong sets.; Many ships have i come before and many more are coming. The game has gone like wild ' fire through America. Canada . and England. Mr. Babcock is in a fair way to get wealthy, for he receives 1 royalties, too. from silks and seeds and socks and everything else that , manufacturers wish to name "mahlong brand", on account of the popularity of the old Mandarin name. Mr .Bagcoek. dodging irate m ih j ing widowers and lionizing mah-jong ladies who have reconciled themselves to the shock of the news that the ancient old Ta Ming game is the work of a youthful Hoosier, says he wants to get back to China, where they play mah jong. Mah jong Is as Chinese as the forward pass. Kessinger's Mid-West Magazine. ■■■■ O Pick All-Sjar Team At Hartford City Hartford City. Ind., March 3—Announcement was made Saturday evening nf the all-district team, following th" close of the district tourna- . here. The men sleeted for this mythical team are Frantz. Boltin nnd Huffman of Liberty Center; Gerber, of Bluffton, and Reasoner, of Hartford , City. The defeat of Bluffton by Liberty Center In the final game of the tourney, 27 to 13 was as decisive as the score. Liberty Center was the dark horse of the tournament and it was the const-nun of opinion that the best team on the floor won. The Lllwrty Center team will ably represent the district in the regional meet at Fort Wayne. _ i PHI OELTi NOTICE Regular meeting of the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity at 8 o’clock this ev- < venlng. All members urged to be present. Linn, president. I o— ——— Lafayette. IndSpradling. Purdues basket shooting ace. continued to hold the lead among Big Ten contenders with a total of 113 points. His nearest competitor la Miner. Ohio State, with 109. o For Swollen Joints 1 Most remedies fall but Joint-Ease ( succeeds. . . .. , It's for joint troubles onlv. whether 1 In ankle, knee. hip. elbow, shoulder. < finger or spiue—whether rheumatic , or not. ’ l] it limbers up stiff. Inflamed, palp- f ful. creak) Joints eo quickly you’ll be astonished. . , < Two seconds' rubbing and away It ■ go* s through skin and flesh right down to the bone and ligaments— ( that's why ft succeeds. A»k any rollable druggist. , 1 •

CUBS’MANAGER TRAINS 1 HPI I - '5 ctJ > ~ j WILLIAM KILLEFER Avalon, Cataline Island, Cal.—This photo shows Bill Killefer, manager of the Chicago National league team, who Is training bis hopefuls here for ihe 1924 season. The "Reindeer” has several good prospects in this year's bunch. !F RHEUMATIC BEGIN ON SALTS Says We Must Keep Feet Dry. Avoid Exposure, Eat No Sweets Stay off the damp ground, avoid exposure. keep feet dry, eat no sweets of any kind for a while, drink lots of water and above all take a spoonful of Jad Salts occasionally to help keep down uric and toxic acids. Rheumatism is caused by poison toxins, called acids, which are generated in the bowels and absorbed into the blood. It Is the function of the kidneys to filter this a* id from the blood an<l cast it out in the urine. Th-* pores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of this impurity. In damp and chilly, cold weather the ikin pores are closed, thus forcing the kidneys to do double work; they become weak and sluggish and fail to eliminate this poison, which keeps accumulating and circulating through the system, eventually settling in the ioints and muscles, causing stiffness, aoreness and pain, called rheumatism At the first twings of rheumatism •jet from any pharmacy about four ounces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoonfnl in a glass o f water and drink bo tore breakfast each morning for a week. This is helpful to neutralize acidity, remove body waste also to stimulate the kidneys, thus helping io rid the blood of these rheumatic poisons. Jad Salts is inexpensive, and is ■nude from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with llthia. in<i is used with excellent results by •housands of folks who are subject to i luumatlsm. o Possibility Os A Tie Looms In Big Ten Race H’nlte.l Press Staff Correspondent) Chicago. Mar. 3—As Big Ten bas ketbaii goes into the last lap of the season. Furdue and Chicago are tied for first place and with the posalbil ty that five teams may lie for first ulace with 8 games won and four lost. The standings are as follows: W L Pct Purdue 7 3 700 Chicago 7 3 700 Ohio State 7 4 636 Wisconsin f> S Michigan 6 4 600 Illinois 5 < M 0 Indiana « 5 640 Minnesota < ® 400 lowa 2 7 226 Northwestern 0 10 000 o COLLEGE BASKETBALL At Minnesota— Vniveraity of Minnesota. 41; Ohio State. 38. St. Viators. 26; Valparaiso. 17. t’nlversity of Wlaconaln. 23; Northwestern. 18. At Kalamazoo. Mich.— Notre Dame, 33; Western State .Normal. 22. Michigan. 24; Chicago. 23. ■I I ■ O Woman Stunt Performer Killed In Airplane Crash San Antonio, Texas. March 3 —Mrs. Bertha Horchem. "stunt" performer with an airplane circus owned by her husband, was killed here during a circus Sunday when a wing of her plane broke while she was going into a nose dive. She was 1.600 feet above the ground when the wing broke. The plane crashed in the midst of a large crowd gathered to witness the circus, All spectators had rushed to safety, however. Horchan collapsed after seeing his wife's lifeless body removed from the wreckage. ——— o— ——— Mrs. Kats Burdg spent the week end at Fort Wayne as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yahne.

NOTED ENTERTAINERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR LOCAL APPEARANCE HERE SOON The Pierces, Stars of Lyceum, BrlnflIng Delightful Program of Standard Plays and Sketches The Pierces of Boston (Mr. and Mrs. Hurry R.) are on their wuy here with their delightful tulscellaneous program of famous plays nnd sketches. The statement can be truthfully mude BP Is / W i 1 ■ !

> that the Bierces are stars in iyceum work and very unusual artists. They i successfully blend humor and pathos ■ with an undercurrent of the moral up- ‘ lift needed in the tragedies and corn- ‘ edles of dally life. The Pierces will give an entertain- ? rnent at the high school auditorium * in Decatur. Thursday evening. March ; 6 Sen. Batt Improving i Evansville. Ind.. Mar. 3- (Special 1 to Daily Democrat) —State Senator r Charles S. Batt, Terre Haute, who has been ill at a hotel here for the z past few days, was reported "much » better” today and plans to return io a Te*re Haute Tuesday. { e Kokomo—The Kokomo Aviation s corporation will rebuild its hanger J and equip itself with airplanes to replace the sixteen planes and the hantr ) er and supplies burned in a $56,000 I fire recently. * *

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Minneapolis — The Vnlversity of Minnesota, through Athletic Director F. W. I.uering, has challenged Yale to a series of three hockey Kamen tn dr-cide the national collegiate hockey title.

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