The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-22
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oRRETT, sTs ENTLEMAN-
Aslocal man who, ,has resided III Fair;
mont all his life said last evening that.
| he had lust been talking with James
n. Gorbett. who appeared ut the Grand
Opera House last night with George.
Evans Honey Boy Minstrels. and he
was very much Impressed with Cor
bett The speaker said This is tho
third time in the past twenty years
| lIhayes talked with corbett; The first
time was Just before he fought with,
Sullivan and ! have had two,other con
)versations with him since he5has been
on the road and 4 want to say that
every inch Of Corbettt is1a gentleman;
when I say gentleman ] mean just
what such title implies, or rather it
Is used more fullyto convey. never.
took a great deal of stock in prize
fighting for the principal reason that.
the participants were usually OF the.
tough order and had little refinement.
but James J: is certainly an exception
The is one Of the very few men who
have won honor!;in the ring that such
a title has not made a fool OF, and they
dissipated in all vices and went to the
bad just as soon as they were de-
clared the champion fighters OF the
world. tn,
Corbett has emphatically demon
stra,ed that 1t makes no difference
what occupation or profession a man
might pursue he can be gentleman II
The wants TO, and. believe me, that it
pays in the long run. If Corbett had
met been gentleman and followed the
course the majority OF his professional
predecessors have done in the years
gone by, he. too, would today be.
classed with them. Corbett is clean,
cut man and true American; he Is
polished and he does not resort to
slang or bowery talk but uses good
English and It shows plainly that he
was we'll reared and has been associat-
cd with gentlemen. 5
"iou can't fool the majority OF peo-
pie as to what you are by lot OF af-,
fectatioh; this old world is getting too
wise for that. have my first man to
know who has become popular with
the best people because he posed as
IA tough; | have my first pugilist to
know personally who ever got any
IaureIs from the people because he
was seeing how rapidly he could burn
the candle at both ends. Such men as
Corbett are credit to any vocation
| care not what that pursuit shall be-.
| have my first person yet to see who
has one word to say against James J..
Corbett.
There is another thing like about
Corbett." concluded the. speaker.
THAT he is always pleasant, always in
a good humor. Every time have
net him he was Just as happy as a
school boy AMI was told by his man
'ager that he never saw him when he
had crouch on. That brings about
this thought: Who wants to have any
thing to do with an. old crouch one
who is always looking on the dark side
of life; 1t is true We all have our. up
land downs--more downs than up. but
we also have our pleasant times.
have known many a person to quit
dealing at stores because Of crouch.
clerk and ! have known men who dis
liked to so to public places because
there they would meet Mr.. Crouch.
Some people seem to actually get pleas.
use out of being natural, and their
natural way is to be unpleasant, It
Ihas been truthfully said that crouch.
ness is the forerunner of wrinkles, and
mo one has to tell me that Corbett is
"a member OF the International and
Loyal Order of Grouches, for his face
shows none Of those snarling wrinkles,
and in six years he will be a half cen
fury old His face is as free of