“Boston boys are sore because the girls are playing marbles. Gee whiz, hoaly smoak, paw, isn’t there any limit to sex invasion?” Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, March 22, 1922, Night Extra, Page 8. Their Marble Playing Blazed a Trail for Others “Hoaly Smoak”! In recent posts we have noted that we enjoy browsing in the … [Read more...] about Girls Are Crack Shots With A Marble
Marble Stories
A Nest of Monkeys
"It is a bold mouse that makes her nest in the cat's ear." --- Danish Proverb A Few Thoughts about Nests Yellow Jackets make their nests in the ground. Storks make nests; so do osprey. Machine gunners use nests and sometimes snipers, too. Alligators, blue birds, some spiders curl leaves into nests. Bees, and whole families of … [Read more...] about A Nest of Monkeys
Cave Pearls and Marbles
File: Cave Pearls—Rookery, Lower Cave, Carlsbad Cavern (51202462532).jpg[1] “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Hamlet, I.5 Cave What? We wrote about natural marbles in one of our earliest posts Marbles from Mother Nature. One type, Cave Pearls, is an international … [Read more...] about Cave Pearls and Marbles
A Lead-Clad Marble
Yep, a Lead-Clad Glass Marble: But Why? We learn a lot of interesting things from the comments we receive from this magazine and from emails from readers of our book The Secret Life of Marbles. We enjoy hearing from readers. Just awhile ago we received this intriguing email sent from an iphone. A Remarkable Email “I found this … [Read more...] about A Lead-Clad Marble
Road Trip to West Virginia III
“Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall….” Daniel 5:5-12 “Everybody’s Leaving Town….”[1] This old truck is ready to haul one more load of scrap glass down from Pennsylvania or one more truck load of crated marbles to the rail depot. It was a misty cool morning as we climbed down the ridge … [Read more...] about Road Trip to West Virginia III
West Virginia Here We Come!
“Almost Heaven….” Wild & Wonderful Some of our readers live in West Virginia and they have the luxury of exploring the wild and wonderful State at their leisure. Others of us have visited many times, explored the Rails to Trails and other hiking trails, and seen mink in the wetland., We know for certain that black bears … [Read more...] about West Virginia Here We Come!
Playing Marbles As Shown on Dutch Tiles
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. “Tiles with Scenes of Children Playing”; BK-1955-328-A; Netherlands ca. 1680 – 1730; Tin glazed earthenware majolica; height c. 107 cm × width c. 80 cm; Used with Permission Wie wat bewaart, die heeft wat . Who saves, has something. Old Dutch saying. 400 Years of Playing Marbles & Other Children’s … [Read more...] about Playing Marbles As Shown on Dutch Tiles
What a Spectacle! The Rest of the Story
“What is history, but a fable agreed upon?”---Napoleon Bonaparte On The Hunt for Marble Competition Medals We had been learning about marble competition medals, as told in the first part of this story, for many years before we ever found one for sale. We had had no luck finding one until we visited an antique shop in Tifton, … [Read more...] about What a Spectacle! The Rest of the Story
What A Spectacle! National Championship and Tournament Marble Medals
“Not so bad – huh” Ray Snow, artist. Harrisburg Telegraph, PA, 1924. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. “Memory itself is an internal rumour.”— George Santayana, Reason in Science, 1906. 1922 Was a Long Time Ago Einstein theorized that both time and space are relative. One … [Read more...] about What A Spectacle! National Championship and Tournament Marble Medals
Meet Me At The Rio: On The Track of Theater Marbles
"I'd horsewhip you, if I had a horse." - Horse Feathers (1932) Five unused tickets to the one-night-only Midnight Burlesque Show La Vie Paree, Saenger Theatre, Mobile, Alabama, 13 January 1934. Balcony seats cost .55¢ with tax. “Say it Ain’t So! A Fantasy?” Note from the Editor: This story was updated on February … [Read more...] about Meet Me At The Rio: On The Track of Theater Marbles
As Real As A $3.00 Bill!
“Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.” George Washington[1] A $3.00 Bill & Marble Packaging It isn’t illegal to print $3.00 bills. The United States government has never issued one so it can’t be counterfeit. Likewise it isn’t illegal to print headers that look “defeated” ---shop … [Read more...] about As Real As A $3.00 Bill!
Shipwreck Marbles: Found from Wreckage
The Transatlantic Steamship Liverpool. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division 2003679830 “…If this life is a shipwreck, we must rescue as many as we can, and not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” Peter Gay: his viewpoint about the message of Voltaire’s story “Candide” “Down to the Sea in … [Read more...] about Shipwreck Marbles: Found from Wreckage
