The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1906-05-12

| sharp, on the college campus, opposite
the L. & n. r. r. depot, there will be a
scientific game of baseball, between St.
StanisIaus college nine and the Knights
! Of the Cross. This game promises to be
''the best, the biggest, the most inter-
esting game ever Played" Don't miss
it. Come out, and root for your favor
ties. Admission to the game only, %
| cents, or, a 50-cent ticket will entitle
the holder to witness the game and
every feature of the afternoon ard night
entertainment on the church grounds.
| ELEGY WRITTEN IN A BASEBALL FIELD.
The curfew tolls the knen Of parting day
The bleachers are as empty as can be;
The rooter horneward takes his weary way
And leaves the field to darkness and to me.
Now fades the gIimmering landscape on the sight
And all the air is hushed, and calm and still
Yet here the rooteTs yelled with all their might;
% soak it. KNIT! Bust the cover, Bill"
TIark! How gentle the peace that breathes around
Tells nothing of the fan who voiced his sound
Wherein he said the umpire was thief.
Around that diamond now dimly seen
The player rushed until his legs were blurred,
And, o the bleachers grief was tensely keen
When he was run to earth and died at third.
Let not ambition mock their useful sport.
Nor jeer the captains sacrifcIal sign.
Nor grandeur hear, aweary, the report
The short and simple annals Of the nine.
The boast of averages at the bat
And all the bases that the pitcher gave,
To shun the long three-5agger now fall flat
The patch Of glory sidewinds to the grave.
Full many home run finds the felder's hand
And fills the batsman's heart with dark despair
Full many strike is born but to be famed
And wasted its purpose on the severed air.
Next to the madding crowds appiauding strife
The pitcher lifts our hope, and then it falls;
While we object: What then? Not on yourlife! /!
Struck out? Can't you distinguish strikes
from balls? ?"
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day;
The bleachers gape-just as we said before,
And now a strident voice is hurled our way:
Say, mister, did you hear what was the score?''
W. D. N. in Chicago Tribune.
Give your cook a holiday or give your
self day from the kitchen and take
dinner on the grounds. The restaurant
will serve everything good to eat and at
prices extremely moderate. Every pOr-
ton ) and 10 cents. The bill of fare will
include turkey, chicken, roast pork, veal,
salads, pastry and ices, tea, coffee and
chocolate.
Doors on church grounds open at II
a. m. At ; o'clock, sack race for chill
dren; 2:30 o'clock, climbing greasy pole;
at 3 o'clock, catching greasy pig; at +
O'Clock, standing and running Jumping
match, and at o'clock sharp the Crown
ing feature of the afternoon, the Glorious
and Gorgeous Floral Parade, followed
by doll parade. No extra charge to
witness this magnificent spectacle! MIR.
| Thomas L. Evans, chairman of the floral
parade and doll parade committee, or Mr..
B. F. Markey will cheerfully give all in
! formation desired upon application eth
er in person or by phone. No entry
will be received later than Wednesday
| May 10th, at p. IA. Beautiful prizes
will be awarded.
At s o'clock stage exhibition will
take place, showing how accepted can
| didates are initiated into the secret or
der of the Knights of the Cross, reveal
ing the innermost and profound secrets
and mysteries of this order. Your only
probable chance to eyer witness the ike,
Don't miss it, and be wise for all time
| to come.
Every merchant, every business man
is urged to allow his clerks to attend the
| bail game and the afternoon aud even
ing attractions. There will be little OF