Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-17
Epnu ju 4huu rtuhnr Y. 1901

mother. treasured that little boy, and
there is reason to believe that she
thinks her little boy quite brave, after
all.
Mr.. Box, he of that eminently correct
lin fashions and in morals) sheet, the
Ladies Home Journal, has done many
peculiar things in the time that he has
/ been upon the stage before the public
eye. The center of The stage is not all
that he Graves: he must need have the
limeight thrown full upon him at 1t is
upon the virtuous and prosecuted hero
lie in the melo-drama before the end
comes and the villain is denounced and
the good people of the play join hands
in a semi-circle and bow themselves in
farewell to the audience as the curtain
falls. Now Mr. Box must be yirtuous
twho can doubt 1t. after reading all his
Stage advice to young men and womenD
and he may have been prosecuted by
those people who have brains and the
power of expression-Elbert Hubbard
for instance. But he is determined to
be prosecuted still more. He would be
a martyr and in his intense desire he is
emulating the fool and rushing In where
wiser beings would fear to tread. In his
latest issue he offers liberal prizes
(there has never been any doubt but
that Mr.. Box had money enough; that is
not what he lacks) for the letter telling
what department in the Journal is the
poorest and the reason for the choice.
OF course it would be a difficult thing
for the ordinary person to pick out the
department. He would, of course. of all
the evils take the greatest. 1t sounds
easy. but in the case of the eminently
correct Tin fashions and III morls) 1t
would be task such as those simple
words would not imply. Mr.. Box recog-
nizes that 1t will be tremendous task
of course he does. His line of reasoning
is this: There is no department which
is not as nearly perfect as the great
genius Of Edward Box can make it;
therefore how can one tell which is the
WORST. 1t sounds logical doesn't it?
But it is not well to depend too much
upon what Mr.. Box says-unless of
course, 1t be on fashions and morals. The
one wise thing which Mr.. BOX has ever
done is to make the announcement that
the prize winners will be announced, but
that the letters will not be published
Perhaps he is beginning to know some-
thing after all. Let a long suffering
people derive what comfort they ear
from that hope.
There are two men in Marshalltown.
,cronies after a fashion, who are very
fond Of the rod and of the gun. II You
call them sportsmen they are fiattered
and will at once proceed to tell you
stories of their luck. But IL you not
well versed in the nomenclature OF men
who fish and hunt should call them
sports it is more than likely that they
will give you cold glance and have as
little conversation with you as possible.
They have done much to impress the
people of Marshalltown with the differ
ence between those words which to the |
uninitiated person, who does not know
how to have fish unless he orders it from
The market on Friday and who depends
for birds on his .sportsmen" friends,
seem Identical. 1t is well, perhaps, that
there is so much in q name and that
can be made between the two
classes of men who seek good time in
tHe plGdSuISo YWAlClt iiAC All SiAC O0lTOl-l
door world can AFFORD. Otherwise how
could people in general designate the
difference between Lord Dunrayen and
Sir Thomas Upton? The latter is a true
sportsman and he follows the advice of |
Van Dyke that one must make friends
with his luck" after having kept his
tackle in good order A frank express
sion of disappointment at his loss.
hearty congratulations for the better
boat and its crew and the taking Of his
defeat as gentleman should-these
Save entitled Sir Thomas Upton to the
name of a true sportsman" That is
why all those who care for any kind Of
sport and who recognize sportsman
are taking off their hats to Upton. And
two men in Marshalltown are proud that
thru their instruction there are few in
The city who will make the fatal mistake
Of leaving off the last syllable of the
t.tle which Upton has won here on
American soil thru the defeat of his
Shamrock.
EienJish Attack.