The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01
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THE police are searching for a
young couple driving white wire
wheeled roadster yesterday near
Hands Park. 1t Is declared the
driver kept his eyes and lips toward
the girl instead of toward the ROAD.
The Fairmont Independent tells the
world.
A spoonng and love sick
vounoster has no more license
to drive an auto than a fellow
who is full Of moon up to his
ears. Either is a menace to
pedestrians.
Faribault News: The widespread
publicity attending the discovery OF
the skeleton of young Mount at
Northwestern university has created
a powerful revulsion against haZing.
II is probable that hazing is not as
bad as most people, think, the death
either being accidental or due TO
causes not connected with nazlL5,
But hazing is a barbarous and use
less custom and should be abolished
1t has to answer for many minor
injury and much suffering and II re-
mains to be shown that it serves any
useful purro-e. Most college auth
critics are lst 1t and, II the truth
were know is probable that a
very consiL Ole part OF the stud
emit bodies of the colleges would like
participating.
Hazins could be stopped
college authorities would kick.
into the middle Of next week
those who engage in the barhar-
GUS practice,
Over $500 readers of Golfers
have now made known their choice
for president, and nearly half OF
them have voted for either Warner
G.. Harding or Henry Ford. Mr.. Har-
ding is a nose ahead this week, So
curing 13,0S0 votes as against 1877!
NJ Mr.. Ford. Next in order are:
McAdoo, 5000; Cox, 4,2S5 Johnson
1888; Hughes. 1858: Smith. 2.972
Hoover, 1920; La Toilette, 1,716i
Wood, 1,185: Borah, $685. Under
wood, 765. One thousand four hun
dred and thirty two voters divided
their ballots among twenty-four 9th
er candidates. Three votes have beer
counted fors woman-Judge Flor
ence E. Allen of Ohio. the only wo
man voted for so far.
Mr.. Ford had better look to
his laurels, and poor Robert la
Toilette! He has nothing on the
snail.
The Winona Republican and Her
aid remarks that "a Minneapoli!
minister wants the radio broadcast
ing Of religious services confined II
week days. AS a means OF brfnginl
the church to shut ms on the Sab
bath, he says, radio is all right, bu
the trouble is that able bodied church
members take advantage of II. HI
finds that in a country town the at
tendance atachurch is decreased
thirty per cent if a radio servict
happens to coincide with the loca
church service. Furnishing religion
to radio fans through the weel
would doubtless be good thing
Some of them would never get int
touch with the church in any othe
way And any infusion of religion
into week days is so much to tn
good AS for Sunday. it is certain
listen to the church service sitting
laZi,y in a comfortable arm chair d
home. The service is more than tn
mere sermon and music. The at
mosphere Of the sacred place an,
The close association Of worshipper
are things that cannot be conveyet
on radio.
Is there not fear that the
people will be radioed into indo-
lent ease7 Religious service by
radio, concerts by radio, lectures
by radio, news by radio and the
latest is the curing OF Ills by
radio. What next, Horatio?
Lady Greenwood wife of Sir Ham
ar Greenwood, is puzzled over tn
high salaries paid TO topnotchers L
American baseball and compares tn
income with that of British cabine
minister She directs attention to tn
salary Of the prime minister, whic
is $4,000. about $4,000 a year. Tn
same salary is paid TO the lord hig
chancellor, the chancellor of the ex
chequer and the secretaries OF state
The first lord of the admiralty an
the minister Of labor each receiv
1000, about s9250 a year. Lad
Greenwood is Mortified to learn tina
Babe Ruth gets s65,O0O, Ty Cob
$4,000, and iris Speaker. Eddie Col
Inns, Walter Johnson and Roger
Hornsby, $4,000 each.
y y y
The ball players are getting In
the salary class with the movie
actors-and ls il any wonder
that boys have an ambition to
take their places In front Of
camera or on the diamond in
stead Of occupying q pulpit or
the seat of pedagogic? Money is
great line.