Willmar tribune., 1907-12-04


I'd rather see than be one"
so that they read:
.''renev was, plpure voc
reven OF hoep ees. I neo
tub nae llet yuo hownay,
therar ees than d'I eb neo,"
instead of having 1t reset he entitled
it "Dusk," and printed it as an exer.
else in Esperanto, and offered prize
of ten dollars for the best English yer.
sion of it.
We must keep up with the restless
march of progress and offer prizes for:
the best completion of an unfinished,
Limerick. This is being done by some
of the most advanced publications Of
the day, and who are we that we
should not remain in the front rank?
This weeks unfinished Limerick is
as follows:
There was an old fellow named Root
To Mexico went on toot,
Old Prexy Diaz
Gave him the pazaz,
And he punched the old man on the
A prize of Is cents will be given
to those who send in the best finish.
ing words to the above Limerick be-
fore supper time tonight, five cents
to be divided among the first 10000
best answers received, six cents to go
to the 10000 second best answers,
and four cents to the sinking fund to
be devoted to the endowment OF Linz
erick asylum for the benefit of those
who lose their minds looking for
trouble in the Limerick line. Address.
The Limerick Editor, Padded Cell
Thirty-six, the New Jersey State Col
lege for the Insane.
RECENT NEWS FROM NEWPORT.
| By general agreement among the
various leaders of Newport society
card-playing for more than $4,000 a
point is hereafter to be regarded as
bad form, and any lady who puts up
her diamond necklace in lieu of real
money will be excluded from the tables
for the rest of the season. This has
been rendered necessary by the ex.
traordinary discovery that 81 per cent
of the Newport necklaces are made OF
paste.
His friends and admirers in all parts
of the country will be glad to hear
that Mr.. Tommy Dare, the ever popu
lar cotillion leader, has quite recov
cred from his severe attack Of brain
fever induced by his having read ,
book recently. He promises not to re
peat his outrageous but rash act again
knowing as he does the consequences
which such strain upon the intellect
invariably entails.
Mr.. GutZon Borglum, the sculptor
is going to make a heroic bronze
statue of Hon. Bob. Fitzsimmons
Well, why not? What better sub
jects have the sculptors of classic
times found for the exercise of thei
genius than the gladiators and strong
men of their day? Surely our mel
of brawn are as much entitled to tn,
immortality Of brass as are our mel
of brains, and whenever our American
nation produces something that il
worthy Of perpetuation in endurin,
form it should most assuredly wei
come the hand that undertakes tn,
task. One of the great troubles will
our national walhallas and halls O
fame is that they contine themselve'
wholly to the memorializing of mel
who were specialists along certain
narrow lines, mostly of the intellect
The affair which expects some day t,
become one of the glories of Nev
York, the Hall of Fame, is gradual,
filling up with tablets to the memor,
of literary fellers, scientists, Statesmen
and what not, but such things as cap
tains of industry, cooks, steel and OF
kings and pugilists are entirely over
looked, although it is highly probable
that the last-named group have don
more for and to the people than thos'
who are more highly favored. A trul,
representative pantheon should cor
tain niche for every man or woman
who has stood preeminent in his O
her day and generation for the thinl
he or she essayed to do. It may b.
better to write great poem than t.
invent face powder that brings smi]
ing youth to thousand wrinkle'
cheeks; it may be better to pen a stil
ring romance than to put up a paten
medicine like that of DR.. Gunyon's TO
instance, which will cure anything
from a pane of glass to a sudden a,
tack of gyascutas; and to be a grea
orator may be better than to be abl
to strike solar plexus blow straigh
from the shoulder that shall send you
adversary Gathering down the corrl
doris of oblivion like a bean from tn
snapper Of the youthful rufian VIII
lies in wait for us on the corner, bu
as long as men seek different laurel
for different things let us by all mean
crown the strivers of the day with tn
laurels that fit them. Bob F1tzsim
mons in brass will make splendi,
and heroic figure, but much will de
pend on Sculptor Borglum's treatmen
of his theme. With the doughty Bo1
before us we should probably recon
mend his pose to be that of the Ia
mented Ajax heroically defying tn,
lightning-a noble and edifying pre-
sentation of his wondrous prowess
But, 1nasmuch as he is not before us
but is in fact 273 miles away from VI
at this writing, very safe distance
we cannot quite see him in that heroic
light and would recommend the scvlu
tor to make his model of the gentle
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