Life — February 2, 1888 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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62 TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. INCE inaugurating its Sing Sing edition, the World has suspended its New Jersey offshoot. Even Pulitzer can't stand too much enterprise. HILE the present zxsthetic- looking two-cent stamp is sold by the Post-office, Postmaster- General Dickinson must expect to find himself on a level with the “green goods” citizens of New York. Yate is in need of $2,000,000. We hope Mr. Cleveland will get rid of the surplus before Mr. Depew enters the White House. Chauncey is such a loyal alumnus he might be carried away by his opportunities to help his Alma Mater out. aco. AND— The General: LIEUTENANT FRASER HAS VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD THE EXPEDITION ? IT 1S ALMOST CERTAIN DEATH! The General: OW, WELL Way I THOUGHT HE WAS ONLY MARRIED ABOUT THREE MONTHS The Colonel; He WAS, BUT HIS WIFE BELIEVES IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN, LET HIM GO THEN, A LETTER. January 31st, 1888. To the Editor of the“ Boston Globe :" Dear Sir— We have received your circular on the subject of pugilism, and would reply to your questions as follows : 1. What in our opinion is the reason for the great interest in pu- gilism and pugilists taken by the American and English people ? Ans. Lire does not think the American people take a great inter- est in pugilism and pugilists. The fact that the newspapers of this land devote more space to pugilism and pugilists than they do to literature and literary men, to state and statesmen, to law and law- yers, to church and churchmen, does not indicate, to our mind, that the American people, as a people, are overwhelmed by the importance of pugilism as a science, any more than the devotion of a third of its space to murders, by the press, is indicative of a widespread regard among educated people for assassination as an art, The newspaper editors, reporters, sluggers and gentlemen of elegant leisure and gory tastes who are overwhelmed by the importance of this science and its devotees, are n0 more the people of America than the three tailors of Tooley Street were the people of England. If the people of England do take a great interest in pugilism and pugilists, as is assumed by your question, we should say it was due to the fact that like attracts like, and the Englishman is attracted by nearly anything that is brutal, for the Briton is brutal in his sports, in politics, in business, in religion, in humor, and, we might add, out of humor. And if the English like it, of course the American contingent need not base their admiration for it on reason. 2. What is the moral effect of pugilism upon young men ? This question cannot be answered, because the effect of it is not moral. 3. Dowe think that boxing isa proper part of the physical training of young men ? We do. We even go so far as to agree with the philosopher who believed that barrelling was necessary for young men between the ages of two and twenty. We would say, before closing, that while Messrs, Sullivan, Kilrain, Smith and other heroes of the prize-ring of to-day exist, we see no reasonable objection to their carrying on their honorable profession until they have knocked each other out, and it is Lire’s opinion that the world can exist, and might even be improved, if all the two- legged brutes were permitted to slay each other. We hardly believe, ONE WAY OUT OF IT. comicbooks.com