Now that Mr. Beverly touched on this subject, does anyone know the history
of Chinese checkers?  My grandparents were still playing it in the fifties
when I was a child and I often wondered if it was introduced to European
society with porcelain, silk, etc. or if it was introduced later?  That
single game sure can account for alot of marbles.

Dan Sumner Allen IV
Staff Histarch
DuVall & Associates, Inc.
Grad Canned
Middle Tennessee State University

----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Beverly" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: Marbels at Military Encampments


So, it would not surprise me to find
> marbles on a military site that were used in some form of "adult"
> recreational activities.