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        That bees shed their coats in the Fall.

        No longer they clamor for stories

        As they cluster in fun 'round my knee

        But each little darling is bursting

        With a story that he must tell me,

        Giving reasons why daisies are sexless

        And what makes the turtle so dour;

        So it goes through the horrible gloaming

        Of the Well-informed Children's Hour.

      With all the expert advice that is being offered in print these days about how to play games, it seems odd that no one has formulated a set of rules for the spectators. The spectators are much more numerous than the players, and seem to need more regulation. As a spectator of twenty years standing, versed in watching all sports except six-day bicycle races, I offer the fruit of my experience in the form of suggestions and reminiscences which may tend to clarify the situation, or, in case there is no situation which needs clarifying, to make one.

      In the event of a favorable reaction on the part of the public, I shall form an association, to be known as the National Amateur Audience Association (or the N.A.A.A., if you are given to slang) of which I shall be Treasurer. That's all I ask, the Treasurership.

      This being an off-season of the year for outdoor sports (except walking, which is getting to have

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      neither participants nor spectators) it seems best to start with a few remarks on the strenuous occupation of watching a bridge game. Bridge-watchers are not so numerous as football watchers, for instance, but they are much more in need of 

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