The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-09
KANSAS COMMENT
THE Now FOOTBALL.

THE NEW FOOTBALL.
The new football. If the rules com
| mittee succeeds in getting the propos-
ed changes through. will be just about
as exciting as pink tea without
color scheme, and would make a real
old timer blush just to remember that
ne ever wore moleskin suit.
While the costumers have not yet
announced just what sort of suits will
be the mode for the gentle contest,
it is probable that they win have trains
and be trimmed in val lace. The pro-
hibition of the flying tackle and the
rigid restrictions placed on pulling ana
pushing the players, will make such
garment feasible, and insure safety to
the fabrics employed
A division of the game Blto four
quarters of 10 minutes each will add
much to the sociability Of the gridiron,
as it will allow more opportunity for
conversation and will make it possible
to change partners oftener. The long
er interval between the second and
third quarters can be utilized nicely
for serving refreshments. the tables
being placed at the goal nearest the
players SO as to require but little eff
fort for the huskies to reach susten-
ance.
There have been no rules formulated
as yet in regard to cheering, but there
is no doubt that the war crv now used
as college yell. will make the play
ers of the new game nervous and that
dulcet notes must be employed In the
ers when one of the players gets
dead" on another. or the center gets
wired" and can't pass through the
wicket in two tries.
It'll be nice game. all right when
the committee gets through with IT.
but there'l be times when some of
US would like to turn back a few years
and see a contest of the old sort
Ottawa Republic.
THE FRAnTTES OF VIRTUE.
To put ones heart into ones work,
to speak the truth. to honor ones
father and ones mother are virtues
which all men should possess. 1t is
possible, however. for the quality OF
these virtues to fall below par
through extremeness. some men
work too hard. They not only give
their mental facilities to the accom-
plishment of daily tasks but steep
their souls day and night In the broth
of useless labor. For them there is
no such thing as rest: the result is
that they grow old before their time.
To always speak the truth also has
its disadvantages. The person, who
in answer to an invalid's query
tells the sufferer that his face is paler
than usual, not only runs the risk that
the aiIing one may learn to hate him
but commits an act which amounts
almost to a crime. Would 1t not be
far better to speak a few false words
under such a condition than to insist
upon the truth. the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
And duty to ones parents, where
shall the line be drawn? Many a
life has been wholly ruined through
q false Interpretation of the COM
mandment, ''Honor thy father and
thy mother" Many an old maid is
year by year growing to be an older
old maid simply because she feared to
to leave mother, and because the
man who might have married her OBJ
jected to the maternal parent being
made q third party to the marriage
contract.
These are only small part of the
fralties of virtue but they count for
a good deal.-Hutchinson News.