Abstract: An improved device for holding chalk for application to pool cue tips which includes a walled housing that defines a chalk receiving chamber therewithin for receipt of a plurality of cubes of chalk in side-by-side fashion. A front wall of the device has an opening that is adequate in dimension to permit ready access of the tip of a pool cue therethrough for contact with the appropriate surface of the chalk of any one of the cubes that is located behind the slot and within the housing. The chalk holding device according to the present invention is intended for mounting to a support surface such as a wall of a table, building wall or the like so as to preferably present the face of the chalk cubes to a player at an angular relationship in a range of from about 12.degree. to about 45.degree. to the vertical to facilitate ease of use.