Helen Ada.—The game of tennis, as all others with a ball, is of very remote origin. The Greeks played such. Tennis seems to have originated in or before 1300 in France, and in Charles II.’s reign it was very fashionable. The game of lawn tennis has been evolved out of the old game. A statue was erected to Aristonicus, in commemoration of his superior skill in playing with a ball.
England, Scotland, and Wales.—St. Mary Magdalene was not the sinner you name, but one afflicted with devil possession, seven of which were cast out of her by our Lord.
Father’s Pride and Mother’s Joy.—You cannot show your dislike to anyone in a more innocent and godly manner, especially if they be proved enemies to you, than by kindness and love. If you can do any kindness towards them, you must look for and seize the occasion to do it. This is Christ’s way, and would be your way and all our ways if we were only like Him.
Gertrude’s question is too wide for our space. There are dozens of pretty watering-places in England. But where does she live, and what does she require in a watering-place—quiet or noise? It would be impossible even to suggest a residence unless we had more data to guide us.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Taken from the Sussex Archæological Collections (out of print).
[2] He kept his money-chests in old Temple Bar.
[3] The revenue was often anticipated by tallies.
[4] Madox: “History of the Exchequer.”