The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-04-21
HIGHLY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
1T Was However, Satisfactorily Set
tied to All Concerned.

1t Was However, Satisfactorily. Set
tied to All Concerned.
The several gentlemen present, who
were incidentally viewing their reflec-
tons in the plate glass mirror behind
the polished mahogany barrier in the
resort presided over, by the swell bar
keep had argued the question for up
ward of an hour without arriving at a
satisfactory conclusion.
AS it was long past dinner hour and
their wives were undoubtedly getting
purple in the face at their dilatoriness
in reaching the home board in time to
save the meal from getting cold, it was
decided, after the bottle had been
passed around for. the fifth round, to
leave 1t to the man in the trimmed
white duck Jacket for decision. 1t was
a very important question, and he was
not a philOlOgist, litterateur nor dill
ittante correspondent. "
Why, the baseball ed, of course, -
promptly decided the accommodating
Individual appealed to-. 55 ss "a.
The pugilistic ed. is paid Of deuces,
he Isl, compared with the baseball ed.
Say. now yoi - 1ne tender. The
baseball, ed. 81 singing English, is a
Sporting genius Of transcendent fame
and iridescent hue. Oh, say, that's too
good! You fellows that had the
pugilistic eds end are dead losers.
Now, I'm fair. will confess that the
pugilistic ed. does as we'll as he can.
as well in fact, as the limited vocabu-
larry he has at command admits. But
one may understand, that is, the aver
age citizen who can read and write,
can understand, at the account. Of the
seventeenth round the condition Of the
principals and their seconds, and
whether the champion is in or out: of
the ring, l#.1" .sE:2
but the baseball ed. - and. the swell
barkeep raised his eyes reverently be-
fore he let them fall into the bottom
Of the glass he emptied. 1.-THE base
ball eds vocabulary is as limitless as
the plains, as deep as the ocean, as pro-
found as the mystery of the sphinx and
as expressive as all these combined.
His skill in the choicA of words and
terms in applying them to the game and
it's players, in that they all have a
contrary, or. no meaning in the die
tionary, is simply beautiful, and we,
we, the devotees of the noblest game on
earth, understand each other and every
one of his efforts and appreciate them
accordingly. 81: >..: +...>' - -.%,
Why, the game would be dead dull
reading and would of itself sing into
ynpopularity If it wasn't for the wide
awake, word coming baseball ed.
When the average citizen reads that
Muffy Base is doing Reuben Glue
sketch on his farm does he know what
Muffy Base is doing? All, you fellows
who backed the pugilistic ed. turn pale,
and we'll you. ought. OF course, the
average citizen don't know Muffy
Bases doings from a side Of beef. But
we do all right, and that's enough.
If the av. cit. wishes to enlfghten
himself and turns to the dictionary
what does he find? Reuben is defined
as a name, glue as a sticky substance,
sketch picture, and farm'5a plan
tation. :.Z. Il :, +. !5
Don't you pugilists tell me these
definitions bear no relation to baseball,
and are otherwise unintelligible as the
sentence is used. . It's just because you
chaps are dead sore losers. S.@z . s@
Furthermore. there are 1O,345 words
of this class in the baseball ed. g private
lexicon, and the fans know, every one OF
Them, see? If the rest Of the people
don't understand it is the fault OF their
ignorance" -Washington Star.