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CLEM HIS UP TO WU HI AND LOIS THE MENACE CITIZEN COMICS TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1971 PAGE 25 IT'S BETTER THAN BEING- A SOUND SLEEPER LIKE OUR NEIGHBOR YES, MY INSOMNIA IS AWFUL LATELY YOU STIL! AWAKE TELL ME WHY! Afc WllSON SAYS ITS WIZARD OF ID PfSWA USO EA HEX ITUPMTtff BRENDA STARB SANDWICH, PLEASS, WHILE THlSrSUT. IHAVSNO PEKQL BLOKDIE WE'LL HERS REX MORGAN TrteY VVERg A AT THE CMC- Win a valuable prize. Sead yoor question, name, address and age to TELL MEJffHY! care of this paper. The New Book Knowledge 21 volume encyclopedia for school and borne wOI be awarded for the letter selected. In the case of duplicate questions, the author of "Ten Me Wbyl" will select the winner.

Today's sinner is: GRETCHEN PETERS, Cnla Vista. Calif. Who First Used Playing Cards? No one is sure who first invented playing cards. But, according to the New Book of Knowledge, there are records to show that people in China and India had playing cards-around 900AD. In the earliest times cards were used for telling fortunes as well as for playing games.

The cards of the Far East were divided into suits; or groups. Each suit'bad its own special markings. This system of dividing the pack into suits has come down to our day. By the 14th century, playing cards were being used in Italy, France, Germany and Spain. The early Italian cards were picture cards called tarots.

There were 22 in a deck. The 22nd card in a tarot deck was called the fool The joker, or extra card, in today's pack developed from this card. The pack of 52 cards we use today originally was called the French pack. It was adopted by the English. The picture cards king, queen, jack are still shown in the costumes worn by the 15th and 16th century kings of England.

The first playing cards were painted by hand. Later on cards were printed from woodcuts. Cards were first printed on pasteboard about 300 years ago, but the modem mass printing of cards began in the 19th century. Did you know that originally cards had no.indes numbers in the corners? You had to look at the face of the card to see what you held in your hand. In the late.

19th century, index numbers were placed in the corners. This made it possible to hold cards in a fan shape and see every card at a glance. In the 20th century, when bridge bacame popular, cards were made narrower from 2 inches to inches so that players could hold 13 cards atatime. FUN TIME The Chuckle Box Ed: DM you like the second act of the Beverly: I. didn't see it.

The program said "Second Act -Two years later," and I couldn't wait. Jean: My brother is only 2 years old and can spell his name backwards. Bill: What's his name? Jean: Otto. HOW MANY? How many words about.poetry can you make from these letters? Use them in any order, but only as often as they appear in the boxes. See tomorrow's paper for the answer.

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