Life — September 24, 1908 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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While there was some friction between the various bodies of athletes and the English offi- cials—and certainly the latter made some mis- takes—no one can prove any charges of inten- tional injustice or discrimination against any athlete or body of athletes. Charges that were made in the heat of com- petition and by men smarting under defeat have since been withdrawn. Several of the best men of the United States team have stated in the public press of Boston and New York that there had been no cause for complaint, and that they were perfectly satisfied with the treatment that they had received at the hands of the English authorities. Your clever cartoonist—for I will admit that his work is clever, even if based on a false- hood—was particularly unfortunate in choosing the “ Marathon ’* race as his subject, as surely there is no shadow of doubt as to the fairness shown in that race. It is cartoons such as you have issued and the yellow journal screeds about international sport that cause so much trouble, and make out of a grand idea, such as the Olympic games, one source of irritation and international jealousy, destroying the very spirit which the games pur- pose to create and foster. Yours sincerely, A. T. Chapman, Montreat, September 4, 1908. MIXED PARENTAGE A. small boy, writing a composition on Quakers, wound up by saying that the “ Quakers never quarrel, never get into a fight, never claw each other, and never jaw back." He added: “Pa is a Quaker, but I really don’t think ma can be.""—Tit-Bits. “On my knees I begged her for a kiss." “And what did she say?” “Told me to get up and be practical." —Louisville Courier-Journal, Inretticent Rescuer (to skater who has fallen through): “ Steady, old man, steady! Keep cool! 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