Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-27
,RoUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of LIfe in the
Metropolis.

HtppIes on the turren' Ot bhi =" NV
Metropolis.
Sabbatarians in New York were treated
10 q rude shock recently by the pastor OF
a Catholic church, who took all his boys
to a base ball field on Sunday afternoon
and supervised a warm game OF ball. 1t
differed from the average professional or
amateur game in that cheering was pro-
| hibited. swear words tabooed and scrap
ping forbidden. Even the umpire was
treated with respectful consideration. In
all respects it was a model game, a rare
example OF outdoor recreation and de-
corum.
"All the boys work hard during the
week. says the clergyman, "and need
| recreation on Sunday. 1t is an expert
ment so far and II all goes we'll 1t will be
| continued during the summer. Boys might
do worse things on Sunday"
The Brooklyn Eagle commends the good
example set by this clergyman and declares
that his views are shared by many pas
tors not Of his faith. Amy sport" says
the Eagle. mot wantonly interfering with
the rational observance Of Sunday, any
sport which takes young men and boys
into the suburbs and keeps them in the
open air and sunshine and away from the
| saloons and the street corners should be
| generally commended and encouraged. You
may hear some shouting, for base ball is
not as quiet as ping-pong, and occasion
ally your ear will catch fragments OF Ian
| guage not employed in polite society, but
| th-se ~offenses against the accepted ideas
Of Sabbath observance nay be forgiven
when you realize that in the recreation
| itself there is nothing to degrade and much
to improve. Sunday ball playing is a good
thing when practiced within reasonable
limitations"
During the merry month Of May the med
| ical colleges Of Omaha turned out as me q
| bunch of graduates as ever do1ed the NOR
tarboard. Young, handsome, talented, am
! bilious, energetic-possessing all the nee
essary qualities 70 uplift and adorn the no
Bile profession. But in passing from the
| theoretical to the practical mahJ, doubt
less, were uncertain as to the best route
to the goal OF their ambition. The expert
ence Of a New York doctor, now well up
near the top. may be helpful In getting
there. He was not a genius when he left
college. In talent he admits being inferior
to many in his class. But he had nerve In
Abundance and skill In choosing time and
place to display It. 81 resolved on leaving
the hospital" he says. that, since ! was
not ut aIf a remarkable person, my only re-
| course was to make the public think I was.
I decided that II I could only impress upon
people / met the fact that 1 was a dread
| fully busy man, they would In time come
to believe / was. So, no matter where |
happened to be, 1 always arranged n with
my confederate to be sent for. II / were In
yited to dinner, l had hardly seated myself
when a hurry call came for my services
and. with conspicuous apologies to my host
| ess. I would be obliged to obey the higher
call of professional duty. consistently
permitted my confederate to drag me from
| the theater while the most tragic scene was
| ON. thus giving the spectators an oppor-
| tunity to learn how much my professional
a~ervices were In demand. I never made a
call that I was not hurriedly summoned by
some mysterious patient; the Joys OF re-
ceptIons, Of afternoon teas, OF social inter-
| course of any kind were something was
a stranger to for three weary years
at was rather hard while 1t lasted. but
II was efectual. People began to think
was the real thing; that IL there was such
a demand for my professional advice they
must have Il, too. Thus mediocrity tri-
umphed and many better doctors VINO
started in with me are still prescribing for
italians and workingmen at so cents a CALL
II was at the Wild West show in Brook
] lyn. A young man and his best girl sat In
front OF the observer. Next to the man. on
the other side, was a Hibernian gentleman
AS the show progressed the broneho busters
came on. Ed Soldiers mounted the ugiiest
pony In the bunch and Immediately there
was something doing all over the fore
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