Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

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| T. man being and
| found what | was
! prepared for and
what | expected-a gentleman a splendid
one with face and d department which
would command respect everywhere
Withal the simplicity of il struck ma
II anything, this very simplicity Of your
Presidents departure from the Black
stone Hotel in the morning to carry out
his arduous days worF was the grandeur
of the whole thing. No fuss. no extra,-
agant cheering, but dignifed respect sutA
as brave men pay tn each other i'm the
eye. in the expression. in the attitude.
You could see "A the motors drove away
from the hotel that President Taft had
the love of the people and their respect
What better crown than that could n,
have, and where could YOU lind a better
man to wear il? There are only two
men in this world that l would IMPLICITLY
obey, even If it meant immediate anni.i-
lation-one is King George. the father of
my tatherland. and the other is. by Your
leave, King George, President Tart. my
Uncle Sam.
OF course. ''rnele Sam ,or many years
"a hundred or more-has been cross with
| ms nephew. He did not approve his
sassy ways He was constantly gfyfn.
nephew advice as To how 10 try and be-
have himself with some SHOW OF aecency
and not try and grab up all the unappro-
pfiated places OF the word. But uncle
| used TO grin up his sleeve quite OFTEN
and chuckle To himself. and occasionally
Iexpress himself forcibly in nevyy's favor,
such as:
nephew of mine amt bulldog. after ali;
and like his ugly face and 1 like that
never-let-go grip of his. and, durn me.
I'm beginning to love the brute, after
Iall md laf.lx h.~.
one slaps you too hard just ring up YOUR
Uncle Sam'-he can do bit of scrap
ping, too
To parable the position Of the semi-
ment Of our two nations, il seems To Inc
like two brothers having auarreled many.
many years ago. and each turning their
backs on each other walked in oppox.-
ton directions. altogether forgetting me
world was round. NOW, after many years
travel. Uncle Sam * firmly ensconced
on this side of the Atlantic and nephew
on tother side. and they have suddenly
come i'm sight of each other
| In this instance Johnny Bun has sat
down on his side and has been lighting
like hell 10 clean up that side OF the
water, and, incidentally. few other peo-
pies water, and Uncle Sam has sat down
| in T.. =. \. and has made and built up
| the largest tract of absolutely Tree. peace
able great country that one community
ever owned. and just at present neither
Bull nor Sam continuing their cir
conference walk.
Uncle Sam has lot To do yet. and he
| is busy doing ii. He is making his
| reople great and prosperous killing the
serpents and making his great home
healthy. Johnny Bull is trying 10 see
fair in his ring. and there is such lot
of foul fighting going on that il takes
him all his time i'm The ring referseing
and trying to make the paths of tie
world safe, that any man. of what
ever creed or nationality. may walk
abroad. be safe, and get fair play. But
that millennium will come. come sure.
only you and l won't live to see II.
| This is a sporting article written for
the sporting page. and hear impatient
sportsmen saying. This IL all very pretty.
but it's not sport. Well | am getting
at that You trust Scotchman To get
| To where he wants in the end. He may
walk ten blocks to save a car fare. but
then, if you only knew il, that was all
/ he had. that car fare. and at the end ar
the walk, after his business interview.
which was successful, he wanted that
/ car fare To buy meal with so that lie
would have sufficient strength 10 start
| in and do justice to his new job
! Well. in your country-and | like the
! fashion-it is the habit of the people. II
they really like man and greatly respect
| him, to be familiar with him and give
| him heart whole well meant advice. Ai1d
whereas ! do no. presume To be COM
! petent to give advice to President Taft,
| stu, when III Ruf~ 40 ~ ftblli' upte.
so when / see Mr.. Taft | am going TO
put my hand on bis shoulder and savs
Oh. you Uncle Tart, give us back our
81 rt, give us back cur racing, ara
| Uncle Taft is going To SAY:
"Oh. you sporty q. WHY don II Won 20
back TO Scotland aud try To teach scotch
men how 10 see a Joke, iISteai If GEM
ing over here and trying u dcmoralize
your cousins with your racing an eyel-
lasting boxing:
* I Sl SVg
Look here. Uncle Taft What Say
say from the heart. with no Interior mo-
tive but that of benetitng my cousins.
whom l have learned To love. Don't ds-
prve the people of their legitimate
sports. please don't. because if you do il
will encourage ilegitimate sports. Ne
must have sports: all men must have
recreation and the only effect of cur
failing sport will he to produce effemi-
nancy. diiletancy among men. or what
ever YOU like to call ii. Let's have Our
racing back: every man loves to own a
good horse and match IL against his
nejghoor. Nine men out of ten like 10
see good. clean boxing: 50 pleas. help us.
Then do away with tine evils Of gam
bling, and only leave what is harmle N
IT. for every man jack of us loves a little
spec. Let the government run totaiiza-
tors on the race courses they do in
France. Then there will be money ~ go
10 the improvement of horse b eeding.
and the gallant horse-one OF mans
erea est friends since the world began
won't be allowed to drop out altogether.
Let's have good, clean boxing: il
makes men young fellows. Half eur
clergymen I'm Britain working among the
poor say they would give up their mis-
sion If it were not for the cleansing ef-
feet of boxing and the maniiness is de-
velops.
Next time, uncle. you come to Chicago
should like il to be able to the Chi
cago international derby. The entries will
be wonderful horses owned by king
George V. Crown Prince Of Germany, Ca
mile Blanc. Marquis de Sante -,
Lord De: by. Vanderbilt, Gould Whitney.
King of Spain. Manuel, Leopold. Roths-
child. Lord Carnarvon. Belmont Keene
and lots of other American Kingston are
not all Americans kings, vide Carnegie
and. lastly. the writer. who has got a
Chicago horse up his s,eeve. His name
is II. f. II. l., which means Hit 'em
hard. Illinois. hit em hard and he In
bally well going to win that race. Why
not? Is he not going TO show EN- what
a Chicago horse can do? Does not Chi
cago lead the world in many things. and
why should II not i'm racing? Well, that's
ALL Unc.e Taft. and please don't be angry
with me.