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The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08

told you that my cousin Is sensitive about people
making motions in his presence and VIII have To re-
quest you 10 do II you may get hurt. Even now
he thinks that YOU making game OF him.
Olaf looked black the main street in Ionkers
after O'Clock at night.
II guess 1 can take caro- OF myself" boasted Hoddy
Remember Mr.. Sloy, If anything happens, have
warned YOU
Then gave Olaf the office BE went for Sloy got
my first surprise he missed him. Roddy. using foot
ball tactics hsd ducked under him. Then The fulloack
launched IN dying tackle before Olaf could recover
his balance He hit the Swede amidshps and down he
went The knee In the brisket next and the con
traSt between my champion and Roddy was painful
could have wcpt. Roddy showed his head into the
and aud walked on his face. Finally Rcddy got up
and left the Swedish head stuck there Next be Paci-
fled the screaming girls and walked or with Vera on
his | had already pictured myself doing that
very thing Olaf just withdrawing bis head from
the beach He sputtered and spit out sand for some
time and then
The answer, Sandy. Wen. 1 sent Olaf home by
freight and left on the next train myself. And, by
the way. what BOddy Sloy doing when you saw
hlmf
"Ob" replied Sandy .hc Is dcvotng his life Dobly
the task of spending his wlfes money. He married
your friend. you know. Vera Chiving0on Chnse."
81 guess that's why IL 10 play football, Sandy"
l answered, You can't beat IT.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08

tried bribery. l caJoed. But they didn't care Tor
ice cream soda and base when 1t came to
candy.
They were all at hand at the roll call for dinner
however dressed up like fingers. Now 'Roddy'
bad stage manager. He had kept unde"
all the afternoon. Not glimpse OF himself
did he permit escape but he made his entrance FOG
the evening performance with the salad, had
played Il matinee to empty seats myself. He wore n
dress suit that fitted If it hated 10 he around with
him. The coat left him at the collar and Joined him
again ut the waist He looked as lonesome as bell
buoy In it. He rcsembcd for all the world black
smith who is badly out Of focus
With his coming there was n hush He noticed II.
too ] would have anticipated safer passage with
yoke Of oxen route through china emporium
than with him through the dining room. But was
prciudced He only came cropper on walter VINO
was travelling light There no break In the ST.
cuce until he seated himself and then the very evl
dent tension snapped.
"Roddy Sloy. OF Yale" whispered Ncrn In awe
uudgug Genevieve And back and forth and up and
down the room there echoed in feminine tones
There's Roddy Sloy, the Yale full back"
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08

more than half way across the room bought him
some clothes and led him forth He had become so
well schooied In talking with his hands that anv one
who did not understand the Sign language would GER
tainiy have considered him chatterboy I had care
fully instructed him that he not 10 begin work ON
Roddy's dsintegratlon until he had received a Ger
ain signal from
The thing went along very smoothly and 7 was
pleased with myself or course had 10 be y little
careful AT the table and keep passing things TO Olaf
so that his hands would be full and ho wouldn't be
tempted to go after game of his beat kept him so
busy eating that he did not have chance TO talk II
be had been Inclined which he was not For the
rest Kept him away. explaining that on account OF
his aGIctIon he was naturally sensitive At Intervals
and Swedcs until Olaf was for declaring war on the
United States for harboriug such citizen.
Roddy had been very busy With the girls In the
meantime. and especially was he exceedingly solid
with Vera Bradstreet rated her fathers fortune as
the highest I'm the standing. l content to let
things rest for n few days.
Then one day ot dinner. after Olaf had pointed out
to me the vandS Of his selection the menu MS was
his custom, and | had ordered the whole layout To
play 1t safe. n stranger sat down at the table he
was an odlSh man with OF those skinned diamond
effects top and pitfu struggling bit OF hair that
reminded one for all the world of n grass out6ed.
He soon scrapcd acquaintance. After brief
conversation he asked about my friend l ex-
plalned that he my deaf and dumb cousin and
that the only means of reaching him was through
signs new light came into the little mans eyes,
and he took of his gold trimmed glasses and polished
them offcctionatey.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
Expert in Sign Language.


WONDERFUL he exclaimed. "I hive made study
of the deaf and dumb all my life. and deeply IN
terested in them. I have taught many apd effected
several cures Great luck. What system does he
use!'
Here was a swell fix. had supposedly been car
tcrvals during the meal. At a loss for an answer,
replied
The Morse code"
How strange 1 heard of that" replied the
professor. Let what ] can do"
He began TO make motions Mt Olaf, to which the
Swedc paved attention whatever. | saw that
only Napolconc stroke could the situation.
Il forgot" answered hurriedly. 81 am interested
In telegraphy. You sec, my cousin born In
Sweden and can only converse In the Swedish sign
language. He doesn't understand any other"
"Ah," mused the professor. rubbing his hands at
the prospect, 'Ill soon teach him English I'll soon
teach him.
led Olaf away from the table as soon as I could
diScnGage him from the menu | that / would
have strike and strike quickly. The situation was
Jogging fnctS, So the next morning when found
Olaf lifting automobile ont Of a pasture where
joy riders had II by mistake the night before
and placing ii back on the road l approached This
Sandy, mind you, the sort OF exercise that he
had taken every morning one OF his chief delights
to pull telegraph poles out by the roots.
| told Olaf that the time for action had come. |
told him some more pleasant tales about Roddy Soy
calculated stir up Olaf, Then l led my forces
the bathing beach where the enemy holding forth.
Many times had warned everybody about the hotel
that there Just thing about which my cousin
wnS sensitive. This have any make mo
tionS when he around because it made him feel
that lie being made game of. l had told Soy
thar III Olaf took offence this he about gentle
rs four-year-old lion. ] pointed 10 his record. Only
thc timely Intervention Of the police, told him, mad
saved Of OafS victims who had made this mistake
This l said the only thing that bothered my poor
deaf and dumb cousin, and that otherwise he was
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08

led him up TO the hotel the back way. He had TO
tack get his shoulders through the doors. ! spent
hour Just walking around and 0dmirlng bim |
sat up all night giving him bis instructions He had
always fancied me at home. probably because l was
such contrast to bis eDormity He WAS naturally
q silent fellow. and / told him that he 10 be my
deaf and dumb cousin.
Z To Disassemble Roddy.
In exchange for his silence he TO get the best
eating at the hotel and purse as soon as he dlsas'
scmbled Roddy Soy. He must pretend 10 talk with
his hands. and above all things he never 10 speak
This easy for him. you had to cn him three or
four hard ordinarily 10 get n word out OF him.
II he slipped up suy of the conditions there was TO
be purse.
Just add a little natural impetus 10 his dislike OF
Roddy Sloy ] told Osf that Roddy had said TINT
Sweden wasn't regular nation. Now. II there was
thing that Olaf was proud OF 1t was his nation
ality
'Show dat fallsh." be said, and bad hard work
restraining blm.
held rebearsas for a week In which period I kept
Olnf under and tried 10 induce him lead his
food his mouth with his fork instead OF the tools
which nature had given him Iu that time never let
him talk. which repeat. easy for him. Finally
when he became finished cpicure that he only
ate with his knife when ne got excited the meat
tough, and speAred bread with bis fork
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
Grand Climax.

When we arrived at the beach Roddy telling
story about himself to the girls He was one Of those
conv ersa tonasts who cannot talk If you tie their
hands behind their back. l had noticed Roddy'S weak
ness before had mentioned Olafs antipathy for
tions Roddv's hands going like Dutch wind.
mill In six knot breeze tho time interrupted him
81 beg your pardon Mr. SlOy" began, but have
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
Concerning Mr.. Roddy Sloy.

Bill" said Sandy. Il Roddy Sloy the other
day You remember hlmT'
Hell always be a scar my memory" replied
"Ic did mc out OF n great summer once Took all the
DANES"
Footbal:" querled sandy. who had evidently been
up against 1t himself And You always were fond OF
d skirt Biz" he added rc1ectiyely.
Didn't / ever tcn you that yarn
Nope" said sandy lie answered The telephone
and srid rcw thousand shares Of Standard Rubber
Il gucs, that viii bold them for n while" he muScd
as he hung up the receiver let her ny, Bill
llc pushed buzzer and o boy bounded into the
room impclcd 10y enthusiasm for his art
-rcll everybody who Is waiting that am engaged
ON Important business and can't be seen this morn
us directed Sandy. Now. Bin. eo 10 II and then
wen 20 out to lunch together I've got couple OF
sptd ones myself that you to hear
began. Here is the story ! told sandy As all
E''n s"rcs have title might call ;hl- one wv ny
" ''i' 10 Play Footballs" rcruse:-
u was ai BalhhuTst Ola The coast II Maine, The last
N'"N'f WIS in college. That was .ne year that you
"'IN'u Your Way to l:lglnnd that cattle tub You
''m''nuei' You ncted Il sort ot chnmbcrmnid TO a
COW. Wei. i;Cd1y Scy wsts ut Bathurst also, and
u't-"t GO hAeWI~c. You know hc had The reputation
l"i t." AdlE mogc cpdrrmis here and there on the
Iildr'no "i This country than any contemporary per
i'In''t lH have chInce with The Girls after ne
dF''uf NJ" fhcn was the tnc when | chanted my
wan ON lnlS about the loncsomcncss OF 40 Arctic
ui-ul- 81 lat piece OF change that ;be North roe
evcn.S Is o., frivolous and festive rs SHlome bah
c'lnrcd in my S"ouEn i'm BathhuTSt after his com
iL- made ihc Sphinx look like Il popular debutante
nj coming rri party.
Wei 10 eliminate considerable thnt followed my
arrival IL say thar making some progress
nh"h- thf lingerie before he arrived. one day he
brc"zcl ln thc noon trnIn Just after all came
hlrk if"m the bathing beach. IL | remember rightly
Was with six or scycn maidons at the time. telling
lhrin now Wen The intercollegiate chess champion
chip
lie billed h. approach. and tie advance publicity
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
Feminine Admiration,

"Alu't he grandE qUered Cynthln
Looks II he might be grand plano
mover" suggested with acerblty. and Cynthia re-
spondcd by doing close imitation of refrigerator
Hes muscular suggested Geraldine
Nj Sloy WAS located at tho next table He handled
his tools In a rough and manly manner and nt one
time appeared TO be IN imminent peril OF making
menu out OF the front Of bis shirt He made great
dying tackle Of the fsh. and when he finally scored
touchdown with the Ice cream he called time lie had
tired out waiter.
Mr. Sloy opened next in the ball room. where the
orchestra was beginning 10 unlmber preparatory 10
an evening Of Terpsichorean entertainment You
remember Sandy how smooth was With my
feet: Well DID l have chance with that football
playing gentleman
The wall flowers answered NO" The girls
clustered around him. rs II be bargain counter
and after the first dance there was dress material
enough 10 start remnant sale didn't dance much
that evening but hung IN the ohng noticing that Mt
Sloy stepped on almost everything but the hoor-
He went through the crowd as II he were executing
a mass play and expected somebody on the SIDE ines
In excaIm almost any minute. NO hope for Harvard"
He handled his partner Ike forward pass And be
cot away with H. while l. generally acknowledged TO
he not only one the but Of the most grace
ful Terpsichorean artists extant stood on the side
lines Ike n nth substitute at football game And
never could see that Donald Brian bad anything on
me- either Mr.. Sloy carried everything before him.
not excepting the yiolnlst on turn around that
worthy's end.
That broke up the dance when he hooked onto the
adder The next morning most OF the girls were
lame but game. l met Vera alone faYorinS her OF
Lex percepubly ,.,..,, 49,,
'Dd you enjoy your dance last nlght' asked.
VERY much" she responded pluckly'
Three nights like that ana Eouh be on
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
EALL Other Heroes Pale Beside the Football Young Man.
Who Is Boanhfuly Favored by Fortune and Fair Women,
as Shoum in the Case of Mr.. Roddy Sloy

work was fine You know what be for advertIs
Ing ln college His baggage on the porch. Em
blazoned on the trunks "Roderick Sloy, of Yale
and CohOes"
Effectively Labelled
He didn't have such bad paper, though Cllnging
coyly 10 his baggage 4 get OF European labels
that Oscar Hammerstcin would be proud to support.
They were almost good the set bought In
Hoboken In our sophomore year for two bits, You
remember those?
Well, to skip over lot moro Of the subsequent
stuff, the baggage made big hit with the girls
Robert Edeson Harry Woodruff would had they
been standing there. / was At the time walking with
a very recherche summer resort clipping Vera by
name. OF the Kind with incandescent com
peXlon and near SILK hair, WAS rather fond OF her,
and she fancIed me. She caught sight Of the con-
spIcUouS baggage. blind girl would have noticed It.
Elsie she exclaimed to another, "Roddy Soy Is
here. Aln't that grnndy' du6ing up her hair.
II heard be coming, and I'm just crazy to see
him. I'll bet he's so muscular" declared Elsie.
That the end of me. | couldn't pry a single
skirt loose from the hotel that afternoon, even
Alice Smith, who went 10 college and wore spec
taces and thought that pu6s made girl look fast.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08
Delightfully."- Rough.

Then the hero burst upon our view around The cor
nor al Tho porch with ak imninE m7idcns In his
wake Tho rs were scattered through his conyersa-
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-10-08

Copyright 1910 By the New YORK rights rcSerrd)
Il oOTBALL produces street cleaning commits
sloners, obituaries and survivors for million
naircS' daughters to marry and for the million
naIres to support 1t Is profitable game to
play all right when you get through with 1t II
system stand the and tear OF the grid
a football hero makes n real legitimate
enough history hero look like n trlner.
Alexander, for instance, sometimes called the
Great had his day; Napoleon had his twcnty-four
1ours, Nelson mot Battins) his, Washington his and
Corbett and Jeffrles their, but not your Alex
aDders and Caesars not your NapoeoDs and Nelson's,
your Washngtons and Dcweys. even your
Corbetts and Jercs could eclipse the football hero OF
today. The others never come back. The football!
hero doesn't go anywhere that he'll have 10 return
He Just stays Even Jack Johnson, in oil his glory
and vaudeville engagements looks like dark shadow
compared the real up date pgskin pigeon, with
turned mp trousers and brStling pompadour. All
these others had their flaws their petty weaknesses
but put the football hero In his proper environment
and the sun has to smoked glass shield to
shine him.
But to let the story into the block. for this Is In
,cnded to be n story, never football player
myself / have 4 cylinder back and SIX
cylinder Intellect. / couldn't help that. didn't
draw the plans for my style Of architecture Well all
this was brought to my mind when dropped IN to
Sandy Ferguson the other day Sandy and used
10 spend n week every year back in New Haven try
ing to find out who the best chess player In col
lcgc Now Sandy is running couple of trusts and
has Il big board with the stock quotations nicely in
laid on it In his Office. He moves these around to
sut himself and takes the other fellows pawns,
knights or rocks just as he fancles.
Sandy and / were pretty chick when we were In
college That is the only reason thnt can get past
phaanxes of Office boys cohorts Of clerks and private
secretaries now and right into Snndys private Of
flee slipped into Sandss sanctum by the family
entrance the other day after giving q secretary the
open sesame" When Sandy and | had passed the
old grip l opened desk drawer pulled ont a fifty
cent cigar and assumed nonchnant posture with
my feet on top OF couple OF hundred thousand dol
lars worth of c. T. preferred, under which was a
desk.
University Missourian., 1910-11-25
Viewpoints.
What a Student Owes.

To the Editor Of the University MissourIan:
Faith. There is no greater obliga-
ton on the part of student to his
University than Faith. He must have
faith in his professors, and accept
their grades without question. He
must be grateful for what he gets, and
when he draws an ''F"' think of the
ink saved to the University by the
omission of that fatal bottom line, and
be content to funk in good cause.
Hope. OF all duties student owes
to his University Hope is one Of the
most important. He must hope that
he will not lower the standing of schol-
arship of his class through the doubt
full failure of the professor to call upon
him. He must hope that he will pass
the next quiz. He must hope that the
mill tax will be voted upon after he
becomes a man and he can cast his
ballot for it. There are many other
ways of hoping for ones university.
but mere hoping will not carry one
very far, nor ones university.
Charity A student must cultivate
Charity. although the cultivation of
charity is omitted from the curricu-
lum of the College of Agriculture. He
must be charitable and smile-though
the smile be grim-when he finds that
the ten dollars he expected to draw
from last semester's LAB" fees have
dwindled to fve-dollar due bill. Truly
that takes charity, for the lab" fee
clerk always says. You may get this
back at the end of the semester"
But if the student owes his Univer-
sity Faith, Hope and Charity, what
University Missourian., 1910-11-25
POLITICS IN ENGLAND

The British Parliament is now con-
sidering two widely different plans
for reforming the House of Lords One
plan is to change the membership of
this branch of Parliament, and thus
strengthen it. The other is to take
away from the Lords most of their
present power. and thus keep them
from blocking legislation. Lord Rose
berry proposed the first plan, and the
second is proposed by Mr. Asquith.
The first plan will not change the
membership of the House of Lords in
any great degree. For this reason,
it does not seem that it would cor,
rect those evils it is designed to avoid.
The House of Lords has always been
conservative, and its character under
the plan of Lord Rosebery would not
be changed. 1t is difficult to see what
advantage would be gained from the
adoption of such a plan.
On the other hand, Mr. Asquith's S
plan provides for two great changes.
One is that the Lords are not to be
allowed to reject money bill. This
is direct result of the trouble over
the last budget. The other provides
for the passing of bill over the heads
of the House of Lords by the Com
mons. Neither of these changes can
be called revolutionary. The Com
mons has been the more powerful
House for years. The rejecting of a
measure by the Lords after it had been
passed by the Commons, has served
only to postpone its adoption, and sell
dom to prevent it's final passage.
University Missourian., 1910-11-25
LARGEST CIRCULATION
IN BOONE COUNTY.
EXTEND THE COMMERCIAL CLUB

The business prosperity that has
come to Columbia in the last two
years is largely due to the efforts of
the Commercial Club. In bringing in
dustries to Columbia this club has
been active, putting propositions be-
fore the citizens through the newspa-
pers and discussing them at the
weekly luncheons. At present there
are some offers from corporations un-
der consideration, and the matter of
the electric roads receives continual
stimulus from this club. Also the i'm
provements in the city itself are OBJ
vious.
Considering the good that it has
done for Columbia, would it not be a
good plan to extend the commercial
club so as to make it county organ
ization?
University Missourian., 1910-11-25
cAFFEE'S DEATH A LOSS

In the death of Lieutenant Arthur
G. Caffee, of Carthage, who was killed
by the blowing out of breech-block
in the United States Navy Yard at
Indian Head last Saturday, the United
States loses one of its most promising
naval officers.
Lieutenant Caffee was born and
reared in Missouri and is graduate
of the Carthage high school. About
ten years ago he entered the Naval
Academy at Annapolis. From the
academy young Caffee was graduated
with honors. He spent more than a
year on a training ship and then
served as a midshipman on the battle.
ship Missouri and other vessels of the
feet. He was on the Missouri on
the trip around the world. Several
times he has been in accidents, but
never before had he been injured. In
recognition OF his extraordinary abil
ty he was raised to the rank of lieu
tenant.
1t is truly a sad end to this prom
ising career His father, w. X. CAT
fee of Carthage, formerly colonel OF
the Second Regiment of the National
Guard of Missouri, is prostrated
The state mourns with the Nation
the untimely end of this promising
young officer.
University Missourian., 1910-11-25
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

Association football. or soccer. is
not played at the University of Mis-
souri,, therefore the practical knowl-
edge of athletics here is not complete,
for this game is one of the great
styles of football. 1t is played
throughout England and is the real
foot" ball, for it is played with the
feet and the body, and not with the
hands. Doubtless there are many
in the University who would like to
play the game if they had the oppor-
tunity, for it is less strenuous than
football as it is played here, and re-
quires greater speed. These facts
may appeal to those who are barred
from the present game on account of
physical unfitness. The nature of the
game, that of continual running, per-
mits it to be played all through the
winter If soccer is established here
it should prove interesting to the stu
dents as diversion. Teams
among the students could be selected
and they could have games here on
days that the Varsity football team
is playing away from home.
University Missourian., 1910-11-25

to their own; they love the oid.time
mansion, with its well-kept lawns
and driveways; they are glad to see
the homes of their fathers and mothers
restored, thus renewing the splendor
OF other days; and they are glad that
it will be only few years till all of
these old buildings and grounds will
again be as attractive and inviting
as they were in the ante-bellum per-
iod. JASPER HUTTO.