The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-22
A KNIGHT
OF 1901
NJ WILLIAM Bios $.
downright. 1901. by Authors syndicsts.l

ay have been the third" or 1t may
sa,e been the fourth" reader-was
one which, among other classic Sc
ections, contained the account in
,erse of how, when the queen
- the medieval fctc had ban
,ered Lord Francis to chase aft
Or The glove she had wantonly
thrown into the arena among fero-
sious collection of man-eating lions.
The active and astute Lord Francis
snoht,y leapeJ" down to the arena
sands. deftly snatched up the lady's
olive before the astonished lions could
Azure out what he was up to, climbed
pimbly back to his seat by the fair
hdy's side, and then-good Lord Fran
esi-threw the glove, slap bang, right
In the lady's face.
"Not love" quoth he, "but vanity,
prompted such deed as this"
The poet fails to inform us upon the
poini. but one can imagine that after
This there were no wedding bans for
the fair adye and Lord Francis, who
was the catch Of the season, and that
she was exceeding sore about it, and
reperted her folly at leisure.
There may be different mental atti-
.udes regarding the propriety OF this
mpestuous conduct of Lord Francis,
some, no doubt. conte nding that no
true gentleman would under any stress
Of irritating circumstances return to
lady her glove by throwing il sharp
" into her face. and that this breach
OF decorum at once stamped the knight
as hoorish-mannered and racous-
minded person. whose name should be
stricken from the blue book of his day;
but +. appears TO be majority point
Of view that the lady was served ex-
sctly as She deserved, and that IL she
went unmarried to the end of her days
she received only such measure as she
melted. And strangely enough, il il
the ladies' themselves who most ar
IDENTIFY uphold this latter view Of
the case.
In the midsummer Of this first year
OF our newest century, the big city of
Chicago, stirred Ivy the public spirit OF
denness what had been a readily APP
parent fact for three whole genera
tions-thaf IFS far-stretching shore Of
sandy beach and cooling water was a
heritage OF the people, and had not
been designed by nature as a riparian
asset for land-grabbing corpora tions
or an easy dumping spot for the re fuse
OF contractors. Accordingly, private
means having furnished the equip
ments OF which the civic purse had de-
MED, or never thought Of, there were
established all along the shore, from
The mouth OF the sedgy Calumet 10
far Lake View, public bathing beaches.
provided with convenient dressing
rooms. with soap and towels and bath
Ing suits, free for the uses ofall who
came, with life lines and foa ting ra ITS
upon which the bathers could disport.
and above all. with expert a attendants
20 teach the art OF swimming and 10
be at touch in any moment % per;,
which might unhappily overtake the
inexperienced or the venturesome
me waters Of Lake Michigan are cold.
ana only when an east wind rolls its
.uh-heated surface in upon the shall
lows OF the western shore is II really
adapted Tor pleasure bathing.
fuo'lc appreciation of this new.
round lnNury-and tacit condemna-
WI ~ We civic stupidity which had
- iong denied it to the people, its
rat owners-was evidenced AT once
= we vast popularity these free bath
ing beaches leaped into in an in
Nant ana continued to hold until the
n,ipping air Of fall rendered undress
esPorting on the sands no longer a
pas'ime and joy. Hundreds of thou
SANDS OF visitors, the records show.
par'ook Of their advantages during
the brief season.
~ was at the most frequcnted OF
al these beaches so opened TO pub
nc use that young Elmer Armstrong.
university matriculant, whose leg
~ had been stout heart and am
p'''oh 70 rise, strong body and the
nafdy constitution beque a thed by
sturdy iorbears, a pure mind and in
uep'd resolution. He had, besides, q
WIDOWS blessing and couple OF
hundred dollars he had earned as an
amateur life saver before he became
freshman at 10.
No' much, you will say. when il
must be reckoned that this was abb
'olu,ciy all he had in the world, be-
.ond the dear memory of how his
no'ner had loved him, and had toiled
,ong that he might go through the
high school. Well, there are those
worse equipped, many men whose
"n''e hairs speak OF that wisdom
whose seed are trial and experience
would prefer Elmer Armstrong; cap
"a, % youth and courage and hope
nu hyalty to two hundred times two
.unured dollars in the bank. without
nose things. 1t wasn't the pawn
"ohers' but the youth who were
s"iit and strong, whom the ancients
crowned with laurel.
ana Elmer Armstrong passed use
III and prosperous and sunlit
GUNNER. Useful because his swift