The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17
THE POOR COLE WIDOW.
SIZE HAS TO GO TO THE LINKS 10
SEE HER HUSBAND.
Not Until She Has Become Expert May
She Get Near Him-When He Does Como
Home HIS Talk II Of the Game-Her
Only salvation Is to Become n Dcvotec.

Only salvation IL 70 Become n Dcvotrc.
For several years now the golf widow's
situation has been most pathetic. bat she
gets very little sympathy from any one
save the other golf widows. and they are too
busy sytnpathizing with themselves 10 frol
anothcr's woes. The attitude of the general
public toward the stricken one l.: Serves hr
right. Any one who is fool enough not to play
the game deserves any hard luck rhc cpt,..
Your true yealo; Is proverbl6lly Handicapped
A married woman to-day must play golf W
give up her husband. Even when she plu,s
she probably has only the melancholy sntsfar
ton of occasionally seeing the nutter Of hi. guf
coat across a far bunker; but tha, / something.
It's a devoted and self-sacriilcing man who Ila'.
golf with his own wife. save al rare ~lnicr,ul4,
when no man friend * In sight or when h" lnls
inclined 10 show his proud superiority b, q
little valuable instruction. Flat'cry iG!iciulaly
administered will ai7o bring the 'aulir -
gether on the links occasionally. II n wife can
only seduc, herself 10 a condition Of aWe-,irlck
appreciation. and knows just enOu'h about Tho
game 10 wonder and adore in technical sporting
terms. she may be allowed to trail around tho
links with her husband, but II takes tact 10
achieve this proud distinction. The most she
can hope for under ordinary circumstances 10
to lunch or dine with her golf-smitten husband.
and hear him fight his battles over again; but
that Is better than dining and lunching alone
and she may prevent complete and final ~
arrangement.
The wife Of a cummuter has an especially
hard time. lie is so hurried and he really
doesn't have time TO 90 home ut all save foe
purposes OF sleep. Yet, after all, the city man
does the same thing, and It is harder for his wife
TO follow him TO the links than It is for the wife
of the 10 follow him, so perhaps
honors are easy. The business mar doesn't 70
nome from the office TO change his clothes.
Not he. He keeps golf toys In his locker at the
club. As early as he can possibly cut business
he leaves the Office, races for a train. goes straight
to the links. plays until dark and dimes at the
clubhouse. where he and the other men tell what
would have happened II what did happen hadn't
happened. Later he goes home so tired and
sleepy that he doesn't stand upon the order Of
his going TO bed, but goes at once. unless he stays
awake long enough TO tell his wife about his
phenomenal drive from the sixth tee and, the
spectacular Ions, put by which he halyedt The
lemonade so much the. worse for her.
The golfer goes 10 the office early. so, that he
can get away early, and IN the gray 16 d%wn ne
virtues Of his new brassey and the approach he
has Learned from Nardon. Then he. goes on.
wondering Wnptner The WeAIneT VIII De YOU
heavy for good work across the green, and call.
home for dinner. unless krains hard.
oGdnt,sss gov w,asS srr are IN p iiSa of d }U5 s9rn
A wet season Is their only hope. ana the Wet
ness must be Of The wettest variety No or
binary drizzle will stop a golf game. No thun-
der shower will daunt a golf fend. i,
"Over at home" says Willie. every well
| regulated and warranted golf professional 10
a Willie, though there Is some slight variety
L In our nnmasl mo one Wad think q STOPPING
for a Scotch mist, and any Scotch mist rs Q
deal worse than this bit of drizzle."
And the American devOtees OF the ancient
| royal game, turn up their coat collars, take Q
grip upon their clubs and their stoioism and
paddle around the links, warmed by the thought
! that the quality OF the clubhouse Scotch" is
beyond reproach.
So only a summer OF continuous and pouring
OF a non-solfng wife, and, II there Is anything
in prayer. it's a lucky thing for the general
public that the golfers are praying for fair
| praying for foul. and that the former class out
number the latter.
e. saStTrdaE and md. Sunday MitS y, Ss .;1.t e hs be the DAY day.
They are field days now, and the insidious thing
about the game Is that there's no age limit
thing rom the infant to the octogenarian Is
fair. prey for the golf germ. and only paralysis
or blindness can make masculinity Immune
day playing in certain clubs, and there has been
a good deal OF eloquent arguing for and against
It. There's no denying that a day on the links
Is a tremendous physical invigcrator for q
man confined 20 an ofice during the week, and
when one gets into the morals Of the problem
the issues are sadly complicated. but there's
the golf widow. Some concession, ought TO be
made to her; but, UP TO date, no silver-tongued
orator has pleaded her cause.
On the whole, the best thing the deserted
they ike It or not. They may hate violent
exercise. and the sun may give them head
aches and ruin their compilations. and they
may find goling so fatieuing and time-consum.
ing that It leaves no time or energy for social
duties or care Of home and children: but. II they
are going to leave all things and cleave 70 their
husbands, they will have to do their cleavinx
on the golf links. II health or home cares
absolutely prevent their playing the game.
they will have to summon their feminine for.
titude aud resign themselves to the role u
Golf ur;dnw