Evening star., 1922-08-20

tieman from the awkward side GER
tafnly gave much promise. and YOU
could see the pro" coming back to
life. for. as he afterwards said, This
portsider possesses possibilities and
gives every evidence Of being what
Is Known as natural golf player" .
THE next was a man, the kind. that
you instinctively take a liking
10. He was one of the sort that.
having been deprived Of boyhood
pleasures. was. now that he had made
his pile, going to make up for lost
time and mingle play with work 10.
the rest Of his life. You could readily
glimpse that he never had had any
experience in athletics during the
time he was a youngster. for he was
busy either doing chores or running
errands for his mother while the
other boys were out playing ball or
indulging in other of the sports that
existed during his early childhood
days He was earnest, he was eager
and while he never may have his
name carved on the tablet that con-
tains the cognomens of champion
golfers. he will turn into steady.
reliable los or 40 man. and he will
not vary many strokes in his game
from the beginning Of the season
until the winter SHOWS have covered
the course. He will be the old re-
liable partner that you can always
depend upon to pull you out when
you have fooled at the sixteenth
hole
For men must work and women
must weep, there is little to earn and
many to keep. though, the harbor bar
be moaning" These words were
never written for the next one that
appeared. She knew naught Of the
fisher folk of way down east: she
had never read of the three fishers:
she had never seen the stocky. sturdy
women of the New England coast
women whose compilations were
tanned and toughened by the tang
of the salt sea air. She was an
exotic. a silken-caressed creature that
you always picture half reclining on
a divan on which are piled high nu-
merous pillows and cushions Of elder
down softness. She was what you
might call a professional society
beauty. Her maid was her caddy.
Her costume was dream. her golf
bag a creation and her complexion
reminded of a peachbloom vase. Her
tresses disclosed the fact that attend
ance upon them was continuous-yes,
even costly. 1t was her first lesson.
The clubs were shiny. the balls were
white. Gosh. but this was some les
son that he would have to give.
Kindly. quietly the pro" explained
the game. posing in the position that
one should assume when he addresses
the ball. showing the perfect stance.
the proper grip. the drawing back OF
the club. the turning of the body. the
beginning, the middle and the follow
through of the swing. The pupil was
all eyes. but she did not sense just
what she would have to do and in
limpid tones. with a voice caressingly
soft. she inquired II il was necessary
to use exertion to the extent that II
would cause one to perspire freely.
When the pro" explained that this
was one of the physical benefits of
the game she glanced anxiously At
her diamond-incrusted wrist watch
and politely murmured that she had
entirely forgotten an engagement
that she had made the day before.
And as she walked with stately mien
toward her waiting car you knew in
stinctively that she never would re-
turn Spoil that complexion with
plebeian perspiration. to have those
tiny tempting tendrils that lay so
beautifully on that marble-white
brow turn into soggy mass of COM
mon everyday hair-not she.
X X X X
THE day was nearly over and the
pro" upon consulting his en-