Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-08

Just as looked up she was taking
-. few practice swings at boulder and
the manner in which she addressed that
boulder reminded me wildly of Miss
Collett at the top Of her swing. When
she brought the sledge down on the
boulder, she had a superb follow
through
What a stance!" I exclaimed, with
impulsive admiration. There is the
perfect woman golfer, and she never
had a lesson in her life. If Grantland
Rice or Kerr Petrie could only see her!"
What on earth are you talking
about?" demanded the lady who is
driving me, with asperity.
Golf" i said quickly. "YOu were
telling me that these Arabs were a
mOrOse people and that they had no
sports. From what / can make out
those two girls are playing a crude
Berber version of golf. That tall one
is ringer for Glenna COllett, or as
near as she could be in those clothes.
But instead of the clubs / have
been reading about, the driver, the
brasSie and the putter, she is carrying
different implements. I think that /
can make them out for you. She has a
sledge which corresponds to the driver,
a mattock that might pass for maShie
niblick and little hammer that might
be called a putter. the thing that she
breaks the little rocks with. OF course,
Glenna Collett carries larger assort-
ment Of clubs, because she is playing
tournament golf for an international
championship. while these two girls are
playing for pleasure and recreation"
Pleasure" said the lady who Is driv-
ing me with a sort of sniH that felt
was out of place while was In that
poetic sort of mood.
Certainly" said. "They are only
breaking 10 yards of rock, which CORE
spends to our 10 holes of golf, and they
will be through in time to cook dinner
by the time that the husband comes
home from his discussion of Arabian
politics at the cafe and all worn out
There are no golf widowers among the
Berbers. so far as I know. Sport is never
allowed to disrupt the Arabian nome.
RUT I was made to realize that was
- getting too gabby quickly enough
ooh, you miserable men," said the LADY
who is driving me, and did not ike
the way that she said it. did not
invent this game Of Berber golt Ior
women, and my attitude toward any
! feminist movement always has peer
| passive.
Cant you see that they are not en-
| toying that drudgery?" demanded the
lady who is driving me. Look at their
! faces"
1 did. The one that looked like
! Glenna Collett naturally was not at al
/ hard to look at But I had nothing
! further to say about anything. I real
/ iZe at last occasions when I have
opened my mouth and put one Of my
Well-shod feet into it,
And you compare them ia free
American women on the links" said
the lady who Is driving me with
some of that Scottish scOrn she fire.
quently gets into her annunciatiOn--
and more frequently OF late, l am
beginning 70 think.
did but die not say anything more
| have seen so many OF the ladies o
my own, my native land work quite hare
| in taking up the real game Of golf.
have seen them stand for bawling on
from profane Scotch professional. anc
l have seen them walk over the link
when every corn on their tender dog
was screaming aloud. You can see tina
kind OF suffering In Florida this time o
the year If you are the kind OF person
who likes to watch suffering ones ant
see civilized women torturing them
selves and their poor little dogs.
But am not that kind Of man. d.
not Ike to see any human being suffer
still can say here that those two Der
J Der girls seemed to be having goo'
time at their road golf, and ! still thin
that the Berber Glenna Collect won tn
match.