The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
KANSAS COMMENT
DANGEROUS SPORTS.

DANGEROUS SPORTS.
| Greatly though we regret the nac-
esslty for calling attention to this
1ialter, IL becomes our duty to sound
lne eiarion note of warning to our
sIeat institutions of learning against
While lettering in one of the school
grounds of SaIina YESTERDAY a bright
s anu nopeful young girl Of only ten
s Suiilners was violently precfpitated to
the ground, breaking her arm
ms should be a warning to the ed
the heads of our great Institutions of
snSI eoucation.s Suppose the teeter
slouIQ become engrafted upon these
scnools, with all It's fforrid possibili-
.les suppose that day after day the
teeter should be allowed TO reap its
harvest of broken arms and mangled
members: Gould the parents of these
olsIleured beings ever forgive or for
get! Note what the teeter did to a
n-year-old child in Salina, and con-
.eHipla1e now much more serious the
tragedy if scores and scores of Young
men ana women should be cut down
sport.
Football has claimed it's thousands,
put the teeter might claim it's tens of
thousands Who can tell? True. the
teeter, 50 far as we know, has claimed
only one victim, but the warning is
evident. 1t should be crushed to earth,
even as football has been crushed to
earth, Tor the protection of the rising
generation.-Salina Journal
THERE ARE SEVERAL MORALS.
A Iayorville. I'LL, woman had her
Daiiot ana her husbands check folded
IN ner purse. When she went to the
polls she voted the check and kept
the oaliot' Her husband lost in a tie
10 %11 L.
would have been elected.
me pessimist will declare that it
served the husband right for bribing
MS wife to vote for him Had he Civ
en- ner the ticket and promised the
check after his election. he would
have been successful
me sucker for popular govern
ment Will declare that as no sane wo-
man would spend a check in that silly
manner, the intent of the voter was
election. interpreting the intent of the
voter, should have first counted that
check as vote for the husband, and
after reasonable rakeoff, restored
the balance to the wife.
The suffragist will apologize for the
error by saying that woman SO rare
ly has her husbands check in her
purse that the mistake could not oc-
cur often enough to justify comment.
Many man under the old ballot sys-
of tobacco into the box in lieu of a
ballot
But what is the use? The morals
derivab1e from this incident are so
manifold that each reader can find
one for himself.-Wichita Beacon
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THE PROPER CARE.
Athletes of Los Angeles and vicinity
pull off an annual mountain climb
ing race at Mt. Wilson every spring.
This year 1t was won by Mrs Marie
Reideselle, a woman of fifty, who
started last and, finished first, in a
race against many noted athletes
You may not approve of a woman of
fifty appearing in red tights, and 1op-
ing up a mountain. but even If the
unconventionals shocks you, you must
admit it is worth while to live so one
could do such q thing at fifty. It is
a triumph of physical culture and
right living which should carry al
lesson; the lesson of outdoor exer-
else, proper food, and fresh air; in
short, that it pays to take care OF
yourself. This woman is vegetarian,
and lives by herself on a mountain;
is something of a hermit, in fact, but
it does not follow that one must de-
vote all time to physical training to
get results. A moderate effort in the
line every day will bring sufficient re-
ward.-Atchison Globe.