New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
THE CHARMS OF GOLF
Andrew Carnegie Praises Its
Effect on Temper and "Tung.'
A MINE OF GOOD HEALTH
In simplified Spelling the Laird
of Skibo Extols the Scots
Own Game.

Andrew Carnegie has one or two moro
hobbies than the average citizen can aHord'
One Of them Is golf Another is spelling
reform. Here is an example Of the way he
spoaks about the former. while riding the
latter THE charm OF golf" he says IN
The independent" "who can analyze ana
decide in what II really consists? f1rst'
we need 10 use the plural. IT has not one
but score of charms. We are under Inc
ekv. worshipers Of the God OF the open
Air Every breth seems TO drive away
weakness and diseas. securing for VIZ longer
terms of happy days here on eartn' even
bringing something ~ heven here 10 us
No doctor like Doctor Golf-his cures az
mira culous as those sometimes credl'ep
10 Christian Science. minus its unknown
and mysterious agencies, which are calcu-
lated n alarm prudent people. NOT inc
least Of its virtues is its power 10 anect
the temper and especially the tuns. we
tav only 10 remain silent 10 produce un'
usual results. The preventiv treatment,
successfully applied. has its richest reld
upon the green.
There was a pictur In Punch recently
a caddy following player is hsild by inc
other caddes. Where are you going
Sondyo' I'm going 10 hear this gentleman
nIay golf' Clever lads, some OF the cad
dies, \ real duffer Of noble presence was
an q nract,s game alone Repeatedly he
bad fooled In his attempts TO drive and
finally exclaimd, Well. never fooz'e'
ike this before" Caddie, astonisht, Your
honor has playd before? \ cousin OK mine
made his first trial one morning on Skioo
links. aud, as is often the case when tax
ing II all easily and not trying HARD ne
succeeded wonderfully. He could hardly
wait for the morning game. We started
and he fooled everything and at last |
herd exclamations, and cald out TO him.
What nation" Morrison?' He replied
automatically. Il know. ! know, | felt ~
hut [ didn't think I said IT.
I'VE hav a celebrated professor VINO was
lost from site for time. His caddie al last
coming in site and being askt. 'Where ,he
professor? cald out He's down among the
vhins talkin' 10 hisser.' Loud latter
"A deacon was reported as having re-
signed from his eldership In the Nrk'
Reing askt why by his minister. ne eH-
nlaind that he had either 70 resign or quit
MIA wing golf, and he knew he couldn't 40
that.
"Skibo links hav some celebrities whose
first efforts at golf began there. Freder'c
Harrison had been initiated one morning
and was playing his first match. "heh
he was foozling his way 10 the long mole
for some time | turnd round and asRt,
How many% Three he replied. had
seen him miss frequently. After three ana
seven had been afflrmd ny both seVerai
times. we proceeded to locate the strokes
After getting in few air strokes III
counting the seven, Harrison exclaimd,
Obi make II twenty II YOU count these; L
only hit the ball three times
There are games and games. Does
game make opponents closer and desrer
40 each other. or does it arouse ili-feeing
and ieIousy and drive men apart as rivals
even foes, each srudging the success OF
the other? We often hear accounts OF the
rivalries aroused by some or our games
football especially, and very naturally So
playd az it is with III. when men roll on
the ground attemting TO disable each other'
The reverse is the case with golf. Men be
come dearer friends than ever; the oftener
thev meet on the green the fonder they be-
come of each other and the greater the
longing for their chum's society; and IN
after years. IL separated. each warns as
the name Of the other Is mentioned ana
ends his panegyrio with the ever enhancing
words, murmurd with emotion. All. We
playd golf together Short, simple. SUI
ficient, Golf givs us intervals for exchange
Of mutual thoughts which strengthen tho
ties between us. We rejoice TO see that our
chums are playing well and applaud their
success. Golf IL a game entirely free from
fysical struggles over opponents-the in
eradicable root OF evil in football.
NO game givs so much Of the open
air. the elixir Of life from morning TIL
mite. With modest bite at luncheon,
mayhap il can be playd without undue
fatigue. even by elderly people, and then
there's the few minutes rest and the chat
al the green with your bosom crony. NO
DELAY impairs the game. Sit and mora!ize.
Drive off at your plesure. it's all the same.
II am blest with a clever sister-in-law'
The Commodore mother OF my nine
nefews and neces, who. captivated by the
game. has her own links. She soon found