Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-06

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| am not knowingly a crank. or 4
fanatic or an opponent of athletic
sports. No one loves to see old ana
young happy, more than l do. |
heartily believe i'll baseball, tennis.
golf. and used to think football all
right. if the players We're not in dan
ger of their limbs being broken |
have never Witnessed Il game. but
have been told by people who have
that the game is, i'll the words of the
head ruler of this city, little better
than bulllight." TO bn fair, to b,.
just To myself ana others, | must lay
my Ignorance of the game and opinion
on the shelf.
Friends, that definition of our mayor
for football was the opinion we ladies
had formed of your boxing club from
the testimonies given by men who hav.'
attended. Two have said, II have
about enough" II DO not care to go
again." BoJh these men are athletic
lovers, | Judge by then oWE talk. Two
young men We're heard to say who had
attended. Il would net think the peO-
pie of this town would allow it," Two
of your leading men of the city APP
pt alcd to the White i:IbhonerS to stop
it. We three ladies We're appoint, d a
committee to appeal to your mayor.
We did. He said he lad no right to
bring the whole city down to his puri-
tanic. and to our puiitanic, way Of
thinking and doing.
We consulted lawyers and they said
1T can be stopped" One said to this
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Vet | like to see the laws on the Maine
. Statute book obeycd, o" else repealed,
AMI new ones made" Another lawyer
said. 1T is disgra ceful. l should think it
would have been stopped long ago"
Enough of this. The most cutting
criticisms / nave withheld, for | feel
with my friends IN the committee,
Mrs. Friend ana Mr.. Humphrey | do
not want to stir W bitter hard feel
ings. We dill feel III first, if there IS
such clearcut law against it, it ought
tnbc stopped, ana if the men won't
stop ii, | suppose W" women can lead
thu, battle. But the afterthOught.
We have had no divine calling, or de-
sire. as did the pure, modest, Joan Of
Are. to enter the fight. AZ no,-b"tt"r
pray, then wait Gods Will.
If only men could see themselves as
God Wills they should, as our carthlT
lords If our individual homes. Sarah
called Abraham lord. W,ll she NIGH:
he was noble. The men i'll our homes
are our towers Of protection. TIL"
Wife'S heart beats quicker when she
hears the dear familiar fpOtstep. The
children cry with joy ana bound 20.
para is cpming.' @, that you men Of
the Club in question, could catch a
glimpse, Il vision Of your grand herl-
tagc as husbands, fathers, brothers.
cons; if you could only realize in loving
truth as the truth lies buried deep in
| the bosom of your wives, mothers.
daughters. sisters, | sincerely believe
YOU would never stooD 10 sports that
would mar the fine ,,dgn of your better
nature on account Of its coarsenes5.
Did you ever think that young child Of
yours, holds YOU in greater esteem.
loves you far deeper than he does his
heavenly Father? II is from you AMI
the mamma he first learns of Cod.
His future ideas AMI life are colored
and stamped by your ideas and faith.
or Lack Of faith in t;oI. in purity, in
refinement.
praise God for the hel itage | have
in my fathers character He was born
in n small town in New Hampshire. in
sight of the White Mountains. lived Il
quiet life has by honest effort accumu-
lated enough of this worlds goods,
but will leave no larS" fortune behind
Yet I'd rather be the daughter OF
Hiram Quimby than the daughter O.
any king.
l heard DR.. Tucl say only yesterday.
Il often wished ! had 4 snapshot OF
the drama enacted by CID DIR. Groose
and his son Sam. 1t was the finest
exhibition Of reverence from n son 20
father | ever saw. DIR. Samuei.
junior. was lrcturing in the clinic room
in jefferson College. IL was stern
man naturally. In the midst of his
lecture the students began to cheer.
Young DIR. Groose looked like a thun-