The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-11-29

plnos a fellow would stand some
chance of not being wounded or killed,
but on the gridiron it is q dead sure
thing that he win be hurt, II not
manned for life or killed outright.
Roustabout has seen few glove con-
tests and prize fights in his day, but
he never saw the contestants get the
abuse that the players oin the ordin-
ary game OF foot ball. In fight, a
broken nose or black eye is usually
the extent ofthe injuries, while in the
foot ball game it is generally q
sprained back, a rupture or some in
ternal injury that will stay with the
victim and weaken his constitution
all his life. 1t looks to Roustabout
that there is a bigger defect than the
one found in the Titus Amendment,
in that statute which prevents sports
from giving an exhibition of the
physical training and permits the
flower of the land to pummel and
MAIN and kill each other on the foot
ball field. While Roustaboutis is not
member of any church his leanings,
from early training, are toward one
which does not seriously object to
certain worldly amusements, yet
every time he attends foot ball game
he feels he is trampling under foot
sacred teaching of that denomination.
And Just how Christian colleges can
countenance foot ball, under the guise
of physical culture" is sixteen to
one puzzle to Roustabout.
~
Roustabout often smiles when he
calls to mind the first thing he at
tempted to write for the newspaper.
He was SO exact that the article was
refused, and the news he covered six
pages of manuscript to relate was
told in the paper in two lines For
this reason his sympathy goes out to
''new beginner" on the Scranton
Journal who lost his job for writing
the following which was published by
an oversight of the editor. He no
doubt told the truth, but he was too
exact:
"Win Shortridge and Bette Bloom
field were married last evening, The
church was prettily decorated with
flowers and plants borrowed promis-
cuously from all over town from peo-
pie who didn't want to loan them.
| The decoration was done under pro-
test by some of the members of the
church, who were asked to do so by
the bride and couldn't well refuse.
The ladies are of the opinion that If
the couple we're so bent on having a
stylish wedding they should have had
been willing TO have paid some one 10
| chase all over town for day getting
flowers together and then taking
| them home again. The bride wore a
handsome Silverstein gown, made at
home, and the groom was decked In
| a $40 hand me-down suit. The ushers
wore cutaway coats borrowed for the
occasion. Sallie Bolts was maid of
honor and the consensus of opinion
was that she was two to one prettier
than the bride. The young couple
took the morning train for Des
1 nOlu6b, Wu6T6 Iu6y wiz sPOhN hlNA .
money in few days than Will can
earn in three months Will says that
now he's married he's sgoing to settle
down. Some OF our merchants think
it would have been better If he had
settled up first. The groom gets a
salary of S27 per month which is about
the allowance Bette has been used
to for pin money. We wish for Wills
sake that the old saying that it takes
no more to support two than one
wasn't lie The bride sent up 9
shoe box full of a conglomeration oi
stuff supposed to be cake. If this is q
sample of Bettie's cake we feel sorry
for win. Our shepherd dog fell heir
to the cake and now he is lying In
the cold ground. But this wedding
is cone of our funeral. If Will anc
Bette are satisfied, we've no kicR
coming"