The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-02
SPEAKING OF WOMEN' s MAGAZINES
The Mother of Couple of College Boys Makes Complaint Things Are Not What They Used to Be-Tried to Be Sporty and the Result Was Terrifying
 Enthusiasm About Football Game
BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

ball. I immediately began to study the ethics of the game. I went to all the games I possibly could I read everything there was to be read about it; had my husband explain everything to me con- corning the game, and so when I went to New York last week, the first thing that I did was to tell my boy that I wanted to go to see his team play, and so we went to the game.' "All of which shows you to be very Up to date mother,. certainly one with ideas as to being companionable with her children" I suggested. Wait till you hear my story out" said l she. ''Of course, I went to the game. My boy came and took me and all the way out he was saying the most curious sort of things about my not understanding the game and all the while was thinking what a grand surprise had in store for him."
 Good old mother" said he. "Of course, you won't understand the game, but I'll tell you when our side is ahead. want you to see 'em play. Gee they are, dandy"
 | Glowing with pride I sat back waiting to show my son that I was a true sport as a mother ought to be, according to the Magazines" said she. "I began to make remarks; essayed perfectly ladylike ap- plause. I commented on every fine point I showed I knew the game. Somehow my boy didn't seem to be enjoying the after noon. Guinness began to deepen on him. When the end came and a touch- down was made, I sprang to my feet and 1 cried:
 Glorious! Splendid! Twenty to six teen. Bully,'
 Jack took me by the arm and we went toward the taxi in silencel
 Whats the matter?" I asked.
 He avoided my eyes and gulped and then said
 T don't want to hurt your feelings, Mother. Honest Injun, l don't. But l. we'll T. err CT just hate to see you so sporty
 But don't you mant me to understand about the things that you are interested in?' l asked, very much hurt
 He shook his head.
 No fellow wants his mother to be a sport. Let some other fellows Mother be one-but not ones very own. Mothers dft-Weil, they are Ol uilelSll. <A fellow neds thm to CT CT tell things to, don't you see? They don't have to know when to cheer a touchdown. I bet my grandmother would have had fit if she'd known how you acted just now
 T hung my head in confusion,' the poor woman went on to say, and all at once l realized that l wasn't the old fashioned kind that I used to be, but m stead I was trying to be a modern, sporty, clever, up to date mother keeping up with the times and talking in sporty terms and acting too young for my years"
 And you attribute all this to the writers in Womens Magazines?" l asked quer- ously.
 Largely" said she. "You can't help but be influenced by what they say. know perfectly well my mother never dared to do such things, because Maga- : zine writers in her time never wrote about anything but recipes and household hints, and the latest knitting stitches.'' There was pause.
 I'm knitting a sweater for Jack now, she said placidly. That's as near being , a true sport as I'm ever going to be after this."