The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

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 commuter to
follow him, SO perhaps honors are
easy. The business man doesn't go
home from the Office to change his
clothes. Not he. He keeps golf tos
in his locker at the club. AS early MS
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 club house, where ne
and the other men tell what would
have happened if 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 long put
by which he halved the seventh hole.
If she doesn't know the tee from lem
onade so much the worse for her.
The golfer goes to the office early, so
that he can get away early, and in the
gray dawn he talk across the breakfast
table about the virtues of his new
brassey and the approach he has learn
ed from Vardon. Then he goes off,
wondering whether the weather will
be too heavy for good work across the
green, and calling back over his shout
der that he will not be at home for
dinner unless it rains hard.
Countless golf widows are praying
for rain as ardently as Texas farmer
in time of drought. A wet season is
their only hope, and the wetness must
be of the wettest variety. No ordinary
drizzle will stop a golf game. No
thunder shower will daunt golf fiend.
"Over at home," says Willie, (every
well regulated and warranted golf pro-
fessional is Willie, though there is
some slight variety in our names),
mo one wad think O. stopping for a
Scotch mist, and any Scotch mist is a
deal worse than this bit of drizzle."
And the American devotees of the
ancient royal game turn up their coat
collars. take grip upon their clubs
and their stiocism and paddle around
the links. warmed by the thought that
they are living up to Scotch tradition
and that the quality Of the clubhouse
Scotch" is beyond reproach.
| So only a summer of continuous
and pouring rain can restore the golf
ing husband to the arms of a non-golf-
ing wife, and, If there is anything in
prayer, it's a lucky thing for the gen
eral public that the golfers are praying
golf widows are praying for foul. and
that the former class outnumber the
latter.
Saturday and Sunday used to be the
days for domestic Joys. with the tired
business man. They are field days
now, and the insidious thing about
the game is that there's no age limit
Immunity from attacks Of the disease.
Anything from the infant to the octo.
genarian is fair prey for the golf
germ, and only paralysis or blindness
can make masculinity immune. Local
attacks of morality have stopped Sum
day playing in certain clubs and there
has been a good deal of eloquent ar
guing for and against it. There's nc
denying that day on the links is a
tremendous physical invigorator for a
man confined to an Office during the
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ais Of the problem the issues are sadly
complicated, but there's the golf wild
ow. 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 de.
serted Wives can do is to get into the
game. whether they like 1t or not
They may hate violent exercise, and
the sun may give them headaches and
ruin their complexions. and they may
find golfing SO fatiguing and time.
consuming that it leaves no time o,
energy for social duties or care Of
home and children; but. If they are
going to leave all things and cleave te
their husbands. they will have to de
their cleaving on the golf links. Il
health or home cares absolutely pre-.
vent their playing the game. they will
have to summon their feminine forti.
tude and resign themselves to the
role Of golf widow.
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