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Object Name

Ad, Magazine

Published Date

September 6, 1924

Catalog Number

2011.0410

Author

Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co.

Subjects

Advertisements
Billiard halls
Billiard parlors
Billiard rooms
Billiard table industry
Billiards
Community centers
Cultural facilities
Gender (Sex)
Men
Newspapers
Recreation
Recreation facilities

Title

"Billiards: A Gentleman's Game," Saturday Evening Post, September 6, 1924

Physical Description

10 3/4" x 13 7/8". Some folding and minor tears.

Collection

Brunswick

Summary

A newspaper advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post marketing billiards and public billiard rooms to upper-class men. The ad suggests the game of billiards develops certain characteristics of gentlemen, namely "patience, good judgment and self-control," and "poise, bearing and a certain manly grace," a reference to William Thackeray's Henry Esmond. The reverse side of the page features a ScotTissue (of S. P. Co., or Scott Paper Company) advertisement and an excerpt from Professor, How Could You!, a 1924 novel by Harry Leon Wilson.