Corey Game Co Boston, 1938 Original Game of Sentences wooden chopsticks When I purchased this piece

When I purchased this piece

somewhere between late 19th and early 20th century

Made of cigar boxes

It once would have held a pair of safety goggles

Harry Ingalls of Swampscott

Corey Game Co Boston, 1938 Original Game of Sentences wooden chopsticks When I purchased this pieceFrom what I can tell, this great "Original Game of Sentences" is quite rare; I can't find another set out there for sale anywhere, and just one reference to it. A pretty great one I think it though, featuring a hundred or so cards printed with evocative phrases, which players draw from the deck and play in turn, with the first player able to make a (sensical and grammatically correct) sentence taking that sequence of cards and winning points. Super