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Sirs: Reading the rules of the game of Babbitt in TIME, July 26, [MISCELLANY, p. 29] we decided to play a game. The first score I claimed was for a redheaded, spatted chap with a muddled face, a monocle and a fancy hat band. I forgot a cane too. My opponent refused to allow the score. We agreed to let you decide the bet-"Was he a Babbitt?" JOHN COWARD...
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...does one play the new game, "Babbitt...
...game of Beaver. One walked with a companion; one saw a bearded man; one shouted "Beaver," scoring a point for every beard. Game score, as in Fives, was 21. The vogue of Beaver passed two years ago, but recently, on Long Island, a similar pastime started-the game of Babbitt. One drives the highroad, keeping a sharp eye out for Babbitts.* When a Babbitt is sighted, one points a finger at him, shouting "Babbitt." Babbitts travel together, and frequently whole games can be scored from a single car. Score is kept as in tennis- fifteen, thirty, forty, game...
...Babbitt is any person who by his muddled features, raucous costume, attitude or gesture defines himself as inescapably belonging to that type of Native American popularized in the novel of Sinclair Lewis...