The Nome daily nugget., 1913-12-15

The enthusiasm eVmcoQ ht tne puiI game Friday night shows that interest in the national game is not abating. even when played under the handicap ot a roof and a wooden fioor instead os out in the open under the blue sky and on a turf diamond. It is good clean sport, baseball. and the attend nnce and interest in the game prove that the people of Nome arc alive and will back anything that is done In the interest of the community at large.
 Yesterday the first dos race was run over the local course. Again a goodiy crowd turned out to cheer the teams nlong, to wager q wee bit, perhaps. nnd to encourage another good clean. healthy sport
 This interest in the things outside .i ,le sortid. but necessary. round of t..siness is conclusive proof of a good spirit prevailing the whole population of this town.
 When man will get out and play
 
 ,.all. when a man will train and race ,lnss and when all of the other people win take an interest in the outcome Of ,he race and the standing of the ball teams there is plenty of the sort of spirit that any town needs.
 Good mixers are what a place like Nome needs and that is exactly what .Eoms has. This is no place for ex- clusivepess or aloofness or snobbish- ness. and we may be thankful that trere is very little of 1t here. In fact 1t is q fortunate condition of circum- stances that makes that product of the larger centers almost an impossibility ir a place like this.
 Ofiicial position or few dollars or an ancient family tree may count In the sachet scented drawing rooms of the so-called social centers but when we get as far away from the velvet carpets and languid atmosphere of the softer life as is Nome these things cease to weigh in the scales of mans worth.
 Up here a man. no matter what his position. no matter what his family or his wealth. Is taken for just what he Is himself And that is ono of the very best things about Q land of this kind. It applies equally to the women as to the men. A female snob would be nc. more of a success in Q place as ,icmocraticaliy healthy as Nome as is the male snob. In fact this is no place for either class or of ohlcial distinction and we may be thankful that there iS s7 little of it here.
 This lack of absurb exclusiveness is one of the things that makes our un- dertalsings n success. 1t ie one of the things that makes the ball games and dos races and church affairs "go" and above all 1t will be the main element In keeping Nome prosperous and hap py A community where people will 6s glad to live because they can live naturally and be counted for exactly VI hat they are worth individually.
 The few exclusives and snobs. and tley are fortunately very few. will also he put down at their proper value. not a. the value at which In their self con- ccit they hold themselves. They will not have n very good time and they do not deserve very good time. They will be lonesome. and they ought to bc lonesome and when everybody else Is cheerful and happy. enjoying the ball ssmcs and dog races and other good times these few exclusives" will be aicne in their falso little world of self Alone and unhappy. And 1t is their own fault. They arc of no usc to the town and there is no reason why they should bO entertained by the town.