Methuen, "Chess." he was told solemnly, "retains its old rules because the king is so readily assail-jo" As regards card-playing, how-fever, the King, Queen and Knave have been relegated to the bottom of the scale.
Tennis "rabbits" will be cheered to earn on the authority of no less player than J. S, Ollf that it is possible to start playing tennis at too "Jearly an age.
In' his" recent book "The Groundwork of Lawn Tennis," Mr. El puts forward the theory that "an Englishman does not reach his zenith until he is about 32, that it would be possible for someone taking up lawn tennis at had he. sum cient ambition ind perseverance, to become champion of the world." It is Mr. Olts, belle that both he and Miss Belty Nuthall started competitive tennis too early and thus risked staleness. began when he was five years old, for subconscious ideas to become conscious.
In a helpful book about doatness, called "Breaking out of Prison, (published by Messrs. Methuen) there are some excellent rules for those who converse with the dear and have to say everything twice or oftener, The first tells us to call the deal person's attention before begin-ming to speak. The next is to cut out meaningless trimmings and use gestures where gesture will do. 'The ext, to speak slowly. The next to ive' the subject before the details The next, when repetition is necessary, 10 use exactly the same words. The writer also makes the subtle remark that what deaf people want is for go much Information as 19 enjoy the feeling that they are in it too~ that they are at one with their fel-
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