Popular pastimes for amusement and instruction : being a standard work on games, plays, magic, and natural phenomena suitable for all occasions : containing parlor games, charming tableaux, tricks of magic, charades and conundrums, curious puzzles, phrenology and mind reading, palmistry or how to read the hand, humorous and pathetic recitations, dialogues, etc., etc. : including the delightful art of entertaining, the whole forming a charming treasury of pastimes for the home, public schools and academies, lodges, social gatherings, Sunday schools, etc., etc. (1901)
Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia : National Publishing Co. · leaf 65
ite. It is the same as thatused by Draughts. Eight pieces of differ-ent denominations and powers, and eightPawnS; are allotted to each competitor.As a necessary distinction, each set is col-ored in a different way ; one commonlybeing White, the other Red, or Black. Every player is provided with one… … WHITE. ORDER OF THE MEN ON THE BOARD. In placing the board, care must be takenthat a White corner square be at the righthand of each player. It should also beobserved that the Queen must be placedupon a square of her own color.
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