Life — February 21, 1901 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY GCLF LINKS. elma, that mapte’s shade, vex the turf in many mouldering bea ternal bunker tala, The rude forefathers of the barn Of to the harvest did thelr sick! Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe hus broke— Ab, but they bad no inusblea then to wleld, They never learned to use the Vardon stroke. The poor old xoula, they only lived to toll, To sow and reap and die, at last, obscure ; They never with thelr nibitcks tore the soll— How sad the golfess annals of the poor! ‘The pomp of power may once have thrilled the souls Of unenlightened men—to-day tt sinks Beneath the saving grace of eighteen holes | The pathy of glory lead but to the links, Perhaps in this neglected spot fs Iatd Some heart that would bave quickened tothe gamo; Hands that the lovely Uaify might have swayed, To Colonel Bogle # everlasting shame. Fall many ah Because no was passed b uttering Mag was hi Full many a «mooth and nacred putting gre They tore up with the plough and dida't care, me village Taslor who, with dauntiess breast, 1d warg the fall or awing the mute, Inglorious Travis here may r Some Harriman who never lost a tll, Som Far from the eager fonrsome's noble strife They levelled bunkers and they piled the bay, Content to go uncaddied all through iife, And never were two up with one to piay | No further seek their hardships to disctose, Nor stand in wonder at their lack of worth ; e In these hupkers Jet their dust repose ‘They didn't know St. Audrews was on earth! Kiser, in Golf. ‘Tne, planist Martine at Vassar College. Why Sleveking recently gave a concert nit Was over the gitts, according to their custom, gathered tn the corridors to discuss the stranger. They quickly agreed that, though his technique ts wonderfal and bia fngering exceedingly awkward, hia most conspicuous charactertatlc Is bis conceit which they pronounced “ enormous” They were consequently delighted when their estimate was confirmed hy one of the professors, upon whose shoulders had fatten the duty of looking after the comfort of the guest of the college. At the hotel, the Professor, as an act of courtesy, wax ubout to register for Sleveking, when the latter calinly waved him aside, remark- ing majestically : + Perhaps they would like my autograph.” ‘The professor retired In confuston and thereafter allowed the planist to do all the writing which e his way, — New York Evening Sun. Mans Twatn declares that when a man makes an appeal for charity, It is a great mistake to get everybody ready to give money and then not pass the hat sme years ugo io Hartford,” he sald, the other day, * weall went to the church on # bot, sweltering night, to hear the annual report of Mr. Hawley, a city misatonary, why Went around ftnling the people who needed help and dist Want to ask for it. He told of she Iife tn the cellars wher poverty resided, he gave Instances of the herolsm and dere lion of the poor. The poor are always good to cach other, When ® man with millions gives, we make a great deal ¢ noise, It’s nolse in the wrong place, For it's the witowy mite that counts. Well. Hawley worked me upto # gre state. I couldn't walt for him to get through. 1 bad foot hundred dollars in my pocket. 1 wanted to give that ant Lorrow more to give. You could see greeutucks Iu erer eye. Buthe didn't pass the plate, and It grew hotter and we grew aleepier. My enthustasm went down, down, dows— one hundred dollars at # time, til Goally, when the ple came round, I stole ten cents out of It. So you see a negieet like this may lead to crime."*— Argonaut. AN instance of that legal courtesy which Is 2 synonym ct Congressional courtesy occurred in Galesburg court rosa the other day Attorney Jim McKenzie and a lawyer froa East Galesburg became Involved In a wordy dixcusston, te Which each qnestloned the other's word. The East Galesburg legal ght maintained Ils position, claiming that he cou find his authority. He turned over the pages of the statute book, when, quick as x fash, Mac wild “You will find what you want on page—, sectlon— The Innocent attorney looked np the reference and foved the law governing the runuing loose of Jackasses. Aud the court smiled.— Philadelphia Item. 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