The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-29
Our Football Out of Date.


Among the thousands who journeyed
to Princeton not long ago and sat in
the rain to see Yale beat Princeton at
Football was Lord NorthcHffe the Eng
lSh newspaper and magazine owner A
ZINES reporter sought Lord North
chTfe'S opinion of American football af-
terward and got it. Our football is
good, of its kind, he says. and is bril-
hantly played, butt is not I'D to date
had never seen anything ANTIGUA
ted in the United States until 1 saw
this football match today" said Lord
Northciffe. ITO my surprise I found
that the Yale and Princeton teams were
playing Rugby school football, with its
tiresome scrimmages, which outwearied
the British public many years ago The
men played brilliantly. In fact, I don't
remember having seen Rugby football
played better. But 1t was the old
style game with all its tiresome delays
Rugby football is played now, 1 be-
heve, outside of the United States only
in some remote regions of South Wales
and in New Zealand. In this style of
football it is weight and not science
that tells. I feel certain that taking
the teams matched this afternoon, the
Yale men would outweigh the Princeton
men by many pounds. Had I not been
IN charming company, I think should
nave been angry at being taken so miles
on miserable day like today to wit
ness such a dull pastime as a Rugby
football match
THE American people are hustlers If
they wish to keep up their reputation
among the sportSmen of the world 1
would advise them to play an up-to-
date game. At the same time, they
might erect covered stands for the spec
tators, especially for the women At a
rough estimate there must have been
some 5,OOc costly hats spoiled today at
Princeton. 1t seemed to me that under
such conditions as prevailed it took all
the efforts of two bands and six cheer
leaders to arouse interest in the game
among the mere onlookers. New York
Times.
Playwright Cannot Change Her Name
Margaret Mayo, the playwright, can't
use her professional name legally. In
private life she is Mrs. Lillian Slattern
SelWyn, and sought to have the court
legalize her use of Mayo, but Justice
Schmuck. of the city court, has said
nay.
In her petition she says that she is
playwright and authoreSs and was
Her husband Edgar Selwyn, is also
playwright she says, and both have
commercial dealings with people in the
same line of business. They are con-
stantly confusing husband and wife,
and confusion and complications will
continue unless she can change her
name, she asserts. She lives happily
with her husband, at 174S Broadway.
ct can conceive of no reason %ocial,
financial, or otherwise, that would war
rant the granting of SO startling and
novel a request" Justice Schmuck
says.
@She lives apparently with her hus-
band in entire and happy accord and
unity, and the advantages would be far
outweighed by the embarrassing COM
plications that would be sure to follow.
1T requires no specific Illustration to
show the legal as well as the social diff
ficulties that inevitably will follow in a
case where the husband bears one
name and the wife another. The effect
upon the children, the happiness. and
contentmenk by such a disparity OF
cognomens of the parents is in itself
sufficient cause for the denial of this
application" New York American.
Coin Coin for Christmas Gifts.
This is the season when the banks
are on the alert to lay hands on all
the gold pieces attainable. Banks are
LAYING by all possible coin against the
Christmas rush Some years ago
rich woman who had lived abroad
for several years adopted the Euro
pean method of giving all her ser
wants their wages in gold at Christ
mas with a sum half their wages as
a Christmas gift. This fashion soon
spread There are a hundred or more
fashionable homekeepers in New
york who pay their retainers in the
yellow coin at Christmas and about
twice that many men who run big es-
Establishments and like the idea of Civ
ing gold for Christmas remembrance.
The consequence is that gold is hard
to get for about two months before
December Is. The 81 pieces in par
ticular are as scarce as II the country
was on a silver basis. Bankers find
this gold craze a little bothersome,
but they cannot very well disoblige
custom York Press.