The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 8

EMBER 29, 1922 tHE SEATTLE STAR ‘Mah Jongg Has Oriental Fascination Seattle Women Fall Victims to Game Beginning Tomorrow The Tailored Ready Co. Features A GREAT SPECIAL PURCHASE OF 2,300 OVERCOATS Here, men, is your opportunity. This is probably the most extensive selection of Qvercoats—at the most phenomenal savings—ever featured by this Great Depart- ment Store for Men and Boys. 145 All the new styles in Virgin fos. is the special purchase price on this group of plain and fancy wool Belted Coats, shown in popular browns and grays. 19 At this price we show every conceivable style, including the popular plaid backs in medium iris met asks, Ske long click tn the bechgrowne ere the bone-ceuntny mt : Wool Overcoats. Full belted, little gerne in front are pak fone blocks, Their names, from left to right, | half belted and plain back row, Four Chracater, and Seven ; second row, Nine Bamboo, One Bamboo models. Most extraordinary figure), a Season, West Wind, One Circle, and Red Dragon. sf K : ry * * * 8 4% values at this special purchase shaded rose lights, set the incense learned to keenly play Mah Jongg. to price. burning, then gathered about the! take it with them as & favorite pas Mah Jongg table to play the new-| time into middle life, and then tn found game in all the Oriental at | old age to consider it a blessing with | mosphere attainable in an Occidental which to while the hours away. } dwelling. Ships for many years have been | New-found game, I have «aid.| making trips from the Pacific const | Yes, it ts that—on the Pacific|to China. Yet, somehow, the akip- | coast and in Seattle, But alack,| Pers and adventurers failed until re- | S, again—how far behind times are the Pacific coast and Seattle. Mah Jongg fascinated Confucius and his lady friends in China more than | cently to pay particular attention to | the seemingly fascinating game. The | little bamboo and ivory blocks, with | the pretty figures painted upon | | ‘ 7 298 and heavy weights. lengths and long ulster lengths. Usually sold as high as $50. Both knee ‘ a them, meant nothing to the Occiden- | tale bat unintelligible heaps and rows of good-looking “dominoes.” | Last summer, however, the Mah It tm believed the game originated | Jongg industry had reason to grow in Ningpo or Canton, and from one in China. Some sea captain, or | or the other of these places spread | tourist, perhaps, became interested — China. For years past, now, | by chance in the game. He played it Get your Overcoat now, by inspecting this unlimited selection. Also, start the New Year in one of The Tailored Ready Co.’s 2-PANTS SUITS || + $25—-$30-$35 | REMEMBER: “The Extra Pair Doubles the Wear.” All styles, sizes, colors and fabrics await your selection. Tailored Ready Co. 401-407 Pike Street — Corner Fourth youth of that country have in the Orient, and his friends there joined = him. The interest grew jamong the white people of the Far Bast, and gradually spread across | the Pacific to the west coast of Amer. | jica, Mah Jongg sets, having been carried #9 entertaining little curios | from the Orient, at first by individ- uals, commenced being imported tn |larger numbers by firms that pinced them on exhibition and sold them to | those whom the Mah Jongg craze | was beginning to affect. Just before Seattle's craze began lite development, Charles G. Hansen, | at that time port captain for the Ad | miral line in this city, made a trip | to the Orient, returning with a net | of Mah Jongg in his suit case. Hence, | Mra, Hansen, wife-of the captain, be. came one of Seattie’s Mah Jongg en- thuniasts. | FIRST CLUB ORGANIZED It was she who organized the first Mah Jongg club in the city. More} |than three months ago, at the reat idence of Mrs. Hansen in the De {La Mar Apartments, eight young} |women met to play the Chinese | |game. They wore mandarin coats 4 Chinese kimonos. In their hair were Oriental combs, bands and pins. Incense smouldered in the room they occupied, while shades | were drawn and rose-shaded globes cast their ght over the Mah Jong« tables, The women were Mra, John Griffith, Mrs, Warren W. Bell, Mrs. BE. W. Horseman, Mrs. A. V, Hol-| man, Mre. W. A. Kautz, Mra. A. G Craig, Mrs. Harvey B, Cochran and Mrs, Hansen. Tho they had met previously and played, they had not | — until this day “organized.” They | now meet practically each week at the residence of some one of their) members for an afternoon of Mah Jongs. Is there anybody who knows what ought to go your pantry better than you do? Of course not! _ That’s one reason you enjoy buying groceries of IGGLY WIGGLY. You are not asked to buy a bot of things you don’t need and don’t want. You wall , select just what you want, tells you the cost, you pay take your purchases with you. of any better way of getting what ing it yourself? Franco- H.B.B. | CUDAHY'S po American | Wisconsin | SUNLIGHT ‘Au Spaghetti | PEAS, | EGGS, or pks.. Varieties, perean | No. 2 cans per dozen 8c | llc | 16c 45c DRIED FRUITS ++ 1O@ DEL | LIBBY’S MONTE | ai as / BRITE TOMATO MM | Cleanser SAUCE, | PEACHES | percan | No.2%can| Der can | | 84c | 32c | 6c { Just what i# the secret of the | Wind, and ye, too, will possibly lose SOAPS eam fascination? Players them. By the shaking of dice the wail | thy head to Mah Jonex. oie | Fels Naptha , rent quite certain, Maybe |is opened. The individual making | o4 | _SUN- TEETH e The i ‘Modena EXTRACTION Practice and the FREE DAILY ber, being labeled definitely from 1/ it; nor can one learn It by reading to % Of each separate number | about It there are four, making 108 in all Get ye a Mandarin coat, throw) The winds and the special honor | dice with the hope of being an Mast | pieces complete the set. WHO EL: Could Not Learn on a Christmas Wore Pajamas on e PIANO a | u Motorcycle Ride @ a away,” much usage of almost mean ingles Chinese words, A sequence| ST. JOSEPH, Mo Breathless ©& m(QQ068 of three ix “chow”; three of a kind| Wearing pajamas, Thomas Carlton me fs “po! four sets of three and | dashed into town on his motoreyele Retiring Reductions | ae say “Chow” or “Pong,” or better | pair ts “Mah Jongg.” |to get help when his farmhouse yet, “Mah Jongg.” Maybe the| But one cannot appreciate the|caught fire. Quick aid was given secret of the fascination Hes in the | crazy little game till one has played and the building saved. combination of all these things and | 22 — peterennos - more—even in the silliness of the funny little game that in some ways resembles rummie and domi. noes. It t*, however, much more com plicated than either of the latter. |The first step in the playing of | Mah Jongg, a8 said, i, the building of the Chinese wall. With four people at a table, each player selects 34 of the blocks at random, making a row before him 17 blocks long and two hich, #1) placed ¢ . wards. The rows are shoved to gether, and lo! the wal BE AN Practical Common Sense of the matter both unite in Demanding the Protection of TITLE INSURANCE Whenever You Buy Real Estate, or Lend on the Security of Real Estate. e 206-Mule Team prettiness of the little half-|the highest throw becomes the TKe, Port Pay, ouall . thick blocks with bamboo} “east wind,” and open: : “= i — ae) wc Abedin backs, and designed bone or ivory| And the game progresses. There | Onto PAINLESS ‘ Fouorn's|pu HAM’S| LIPTON’S | Hershey's | COFFEE | C06 TE 509 Our whaiebone rubber, which not cover the roof of the mouth you have two or more teeth. faces. Maybe it's the Chinese|is much “drawing” and “giving | words which the players needs must use while involved in the game, One experiences a delightful Oriental | thrill when, making a play, he ean Dec. 20. | . 296 tbs... VEGETABLES "S SWEET POTATOES, No. 2% can... YS SAUERKRAUT, No. 2% can.. SPINACH, No. 2% can... SOLID PACK TOMATOES, No. 2% cai Natural Rubber, set of teeth U.S.NAVY YARD Take Fast Steamers at Colman Dock REGULAR SCHEDULE Seattle Daily 9:00, 10:30, 11:80 2:15, 6:16 p.m. Gum Lyke Rubber, a perfect re-| roduction of the buman et 0 teeth GOLD CROWN BRIDGEWORK Most of our present patrona, ded by our early custom. | vork ts still giving good | ITEMS ON THE SAME LOW BASIS Title Insurance IS ISSUED BY Washington Title ' Insurance Company “Under State Supervision” Assets More Than $675,000 “ = air + | aon = E c Bs eBiacent Sunday Fea NS SPECIALNIGHT SERVICE y, 9:30 p.m Examination free. | Friday, Saturday and | AUTOMOBILE FERRY CUT RATR DENTISTS | On r ~ The Liberty Market, 1508 First Ave, Queen City Market, Fourth Ave. and Pine St. and West Alaska 1185 34th Ave. at Union St. University Way 14th Ave. and E. Pike Broadway North st Roy 14th Ave. 8. and Beacon EIGHT STORES—W. L. Avery, Pres, and Mgr. Next Store to Open—23rd Ave, and E. Union “Pape’s Cold Compound’’ Breaks a Cold in Few Hours | Instant Relief! Don't stay stuffed. EAST WIND up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Take ‘Pape’s Cold Compound” every two a ee SAN, hen, are : hours until three doses are taken. ing pieces, of which there are 34 ‘phe first dose opens elogged-up nos different kinds, Thx called “circles,” “character “yamboos,” second and third doses usually break up the cold completely and end all grippe misery. “Pape's Cold Compound” is the quickest, surest relief known and tw only @ few cents at drug stores. Tastes nice, Contains no quinine. The | Insixt upon Pape's. fextra trip Sat @ Bun, 9:80 p.m. Vussenger Fare 80¢ Round Trip Navy Yard Route 7:16, 11:80 a m., 8:15 p.m, rile and alr passa ops Coluak Deok Mate 2008 Dayenn sp nose running padache, ‘core are each nine in num dullness, ferertenr. ng. 2nd Ave. und University st. Oven © te @ Dally—® te 12 Suadaye foe Som