The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
NEVER AGAIN
Win Robert FitzsimmOns Enter tn,

viii Robert Eitzsimmons Enter the
Ring. Says His Loving Wife.
New York, Jan. Mrs. Robert FItz-
simmons has a signed statement in the
Journal in which she says:
Although my husband, Robert FitZ-
simmons, has often and publicly an
nounced that he win not again enter the
prize ring there are those who doubt
him, or who pretend to doubt him
I wish every one to understand, both
his friends and his enenies-he would
not be the man he is if he had no enc
n1ies-that he has left the prize ring for
ever because wished him to.
He is the kindest and best Of h1s-
bands and fathers
1T was enough for me to tell him he
would make me very happy; that he
would enhance the future welfare and
happiness of our children if he would
stop fighting.
Robert stopped fighting.
Naturally, it cost me some pangS to
make this demand OF my husband Ev-
cry woman will understand-fOr every
woman worthy Of the name adlnires
manly courage and strength-that it
was q. delight to me to welcome Robert
when he returned to me after beatin z
down. annihilatings his opponent in the
ring.
robert to me is the embodiment Of
all that is manly.
He is the man to me
So have always been very proud to
embrace him and to cong-a tulate him
after he has triumphed over brute force
for Robert fights with his head; his fists
are his thoughts his mind impresses his
itself on the puny heads Of his antagon-
lists.
Besides, in asking Robert to with
draw from the ring which he has honor
ed I have made other sacrifices. Robert
earned a great deal of money in the
ring, but money cannot buy happiness
when I asked Robert to put aside his
more strenuous life I knew that force
directed by the stronger brain, has done
most to advance civilization. have
read much history, and while this truth
does not always appear on the surface
it is still the truth.
Had Robert lived in the old days I
would have been queen of the tourna
ment, as I am now, for Robert then, as
now, would have been the victor, both
in the melee and against all single COM
ers.
But greater than strength is self
control. And that my husband has
These so-called fighters who know he
has made up his great mind to quit pug
ilism, but who may not know he has
done so to please me, pretend to try to
tease him into the ring again.
''They viii not succeed He may have
been tempted to call their bluffs as he
strongly expresses it But for my sake
and the children's, he, the best fighter
with Natures weapons on earth, con-
trolls himself.
He will do as I wish.
I'm future Robert will devote himself
to the drama, where his influence will be
entirely for good.
The press. the stage, the pulpit
you see. I place the three great inf1u-
ences for good in the order OF the size of
their audiences.
Newspapers talk to hundreds of thou
sands, and therefore take this means
to let the people know that Robert will
fight no more.
'Theaters hold more people than
churches I am glad to say that Robert
has had very good audiences He de-
serves them. His play, The Honest
Blacksmith teaches a good lesson and
points a good moral.
It shows to every young man the ad-
vantage Of having a trade.
Robert makes a real horseshoe on the
stage.
If he were not the most wonderful
fighter and a good actor he would be the.
best blacksmith in the world He learned
the trade when he was young.
7 would rather see him at the forge
than in the ring
The play points a good moral because
villainy is baff1ed and virtue triumphs.
T hope I have not written too much
sir. This is my last word on the sub
ject, something you men say a woman
must have.
Robert viii not re-enter the prize