The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-14
Talk of the T0,uv1

Perhaps Mothers day had been I'd
much for Mother. Or perhaps FathcAe
anxious to mark the occasion. had vol
unteercd to play Mothers part for tn
afternoon. At any rate. somethin
had disturbed the arrangements for II
care of the two little children who
Officer Tom Bishop found wanderirl
hopelessly through Grcnough pa
yesterday afternoon. All the babt
could say for themselves was that Thu ~
couldn't find mamma The threE
year-old girl. the elder. supplied tn
information. Little brother. who wi
two. could only wall. The policema(;
searched vainly through tho park
mamma" Finally nc was forced
take the two youngsters to the rolid
station.
ducklings represents the uttcrmost OF
helpless responsibility. You should
sec q policeman with babies, Bishop
was all alone at the station Yesterday
afternoon with the. two pretty, but
dirty. tired and homcsick children. He
would have had less trouble with a
dozen ycCgmcn. The difficulties in
care of two-year- olds are too we'll
known to mention. Some of them arc
almost too much for incxpericncc
Bishop. Hurried and incpt. was hard
pressed by some of the emergencies
which arose during the afternoon
When he had not to deal with fright
ened bellows there were other troubles
I III too
means of pacifying tho bellows. Alas
the end Of the crying only marked the
beginning Of other difficulties.
BEFORE the afternoon had ended
Bishop vas ready to denouncc all
mothers as careless. irresponsible
creatures. isn't this a fine thing to
have happen on Mothers day." he said.
What do YOU suppose tho mother Of
these kids was thinking Of when she
let them wander out of her sight? IT'S
a blessing that we didn't have to fish
these babies ont OF the creek. I'll
have 4 thing or two to say to mother
when she comes back"
There was some merit i'm his re-
marks. as the police records show. a
great many lost children are reported
at the station. But the events Of the
afternoon increased rather than d.
minished the maternal glory. No bet
ter illustration of the Importance of
mothers than the spectacle of the be-
wildered, helpless police officer could
have been found. And tho police de-
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before tho day was over When the
frightened mother finally called up
she was not even asked to give her
name. The promised chidngs were
forgotten. The police sent the chill
drcn to tho address the mother gave
and were glad enough to do it.
Baseball isn't what ii used to he.
The game of yestcrvear has disap-
peared from the streets and the school
Fairgrounds. The children of 1917
play With big, soft balls which make
gloves unnecessary and diminish the
lament the change and sec in it the
approaching downfall of the national
pastime. These are rash prophets.
If you. too fear that the growing pop
ularity of the soft baseball is threat
ening the game. observe more closely
for awhile. You will find that where
baseball used to be limited to boys old
enough to swing heavy bats and pros
porous enough to own gloves. IT is
now open to everyone. The smallest
youngsters now play; even girls arc on
equal footing with boys. AS soon
as the boys reach the age which used
ing they discard the soft ball as child
ish and take up tho real article. And
instead Of starting out as unskilied
players they begin as experts. The
soft ball is going to produce players
for 1880 who will make Ty Cobb look
like a Three Eye Lacquer.
W. +. Wilcs of Victor. the man who
welcomed the Missoula automobiles to
the valley town yesterday. laughs at
changing weathcrs-and, incidentally.
at many Of the ills that bcsct more
cowardly persons. Wilcs never wears
a hat. Winter and summer sunshine
and rain. are alike to him. He braves
INC worst storms without covering MS
head and colds never bother him.
Even when travelling Wiles goes bare
headed for he is too wise to run the
risk of illness for the sake Of convcn-
ton.
Il did wish once that l had a hat.
though" said Wilcs yesterday. Il
was in Washington. and Senator Myers
was taking mo to the White House to
meet the president. I was barchcad-
ed. of course. During our walk /
thought I noticed several men follow