Evening star., 1925-11-15
Game With Kick Again Demonstrates
Power Over the Young and the Aged
ny NINA WILCOX PUTNAM.

A s Queen Eliza beth once wrote
~ in her book Other People 8
~ Children. and How to Raise
Il Them, The only way to keep
the younger generation from
getting what they want is to kill 'em
off before they are old enough to ask
for it
And the great truth of that state
ment come into my mind the other
daN when Junior commenced hound
Ing me for foot ball. Like as usual
he begun his dirty work by giving
me big kiss and telling where [
was the incest mommer in the world.
Ihen he says say Ma, d'you know
what I'd like you TO get me. And
says no. what is 1t this time darling?
And he says I'd like you to get me
foot ball. ! wanner practice at
home and get to he regular player
and be on the all American team
n'everythinS.
And I says. why darling mommer
dont want YOU playing any such
rough game. YOU might hurt your
self something terrible. I says, and
beside, your rich Uncle Will is com
Ing for visit, and | want he should
think you are a thorough little gentle
man. not some big rough neck with
maybe a broken nose. And Junior
says why do you want him TO like
me? And [ says never mind that
darling. you are too young 10 under
stand, run along now and play some
nice quiet game that won't mess you
up.
Rut when our Junior gets q idea
In his head it's as hard to get out
as flies from a fruit cake. Say Ma. he
SAYS | want foot ball anyways.
please gimme one. I won't play with
It much. III just look at 1t. And
] says no such thing. ] know YOU,
Junior Jules. onct you get that i'm
pliment of sport YOU naturally are
conner have ideas in your head about
playing with 1t. and next thing I know
you will he coming home from school
In ambulance. And Junior says
sw shucks, Ma, what do you know
about foot ball, anyways?
Well I says, | know that It's too
hot for you, they play it on grid
iron and most OF the players get
pretty we'll cooked one time or an
other Also that many nose. rec
ord. and engagement has been broken
in foot ball. and the costume looks
ike something the dog had been sleep
Ing on. No. Junior, ] says. II is no
Game for nice little boys like you.
And Junior SAYS aw shucks. | amt
nice little boy. ] don't wanner he.
neither. And ] says we'll you'll be
one while your Uncle viii is here or
7 Euara ntee TO hand you ont little
physical instruction where it will do
you the most good. and | don't mean
your head, neither.
Well, Junior went on ont mutter-
ing TO himself. He is most orig
inai child, different to any other l
have ever seen, and when won't
give In to him, he will talk in a
tone just high enough for me to hear.
II | want. and he will say things to
the effect. / hate you all. nobody don't
like me around here, guess I'll run
away and be cowboy or a india n
chief. or sump'n then you'll all wisht
YOU had been good TO me. And all
like that. He certainly gets the worst
notions. for young one.
WELL anyways. Junior went along
off 10 play Tiddlewinks. like
told him. and [ set down a minute to
look at the newspaper to see if the
cash grocery had any specials l could
use this dag, on account I had in
vited the minister to supper to meet
Uncle Will. 1t being my idea this
would make a good impression on the
both OF them, and ! would in this
way kill two birds with one batch of
hot biscuit. see? And while | was
turning over the paper looking for
their daily ad. why ] come upon the
sporting page. and what would be the
first thing I seen but the picture of
2 foot ball player. rear view. snapped
In action. and underneath ii SAYS j.
!. Crashem, University fullback, al
work.
Well Hot BoZo. he certainly had
= full back anybody could see that.
or maybe ii was the costume. Just
what the boy was working at, though,
was kind of hard to tell. unless 1t was
Al running away from some wild ami.