Why, when the sun is gold,
The weather fine,
The air (this phrase is old)
Like Gascon wine;—
Why, when the leaves are red,
And yellow, too,
And when (as has been said)
The skies are blue;—
Why, when all things promote
One’s peace and joy—
A joy that is (to quote)
Without alloy;—
Why, when a man’s well off,
Happy and gay,
_Why_ must he go play golf
And spoil his day?
“A DEEP STUDENT OF THE GAME.”
We have found on the links at Manchester, Vt., opportunity for uncommonly
deep study. It took us three (ladder-steps) to get out of one pit. The
caddie retrieved the ball.
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“Romberg’s Sign,” says a medical writer, indicates locomotor ataxia;
if, when the eyes are closed, the body sways several inches, we have a
positive Romberg. On the other hand, if the eyes are open when the body
sways, we have the average golfer. In either case, when the condition is
advanced, “the body is likely to topple over.”
Pourquoi, indeed? He goeth forth at noon-time, chattering, laughing,
overflowing with goodnature. He cometh in at eventide, sore, sullen, and
silent, except for an occasional curse. Man that is born of woman is full
of foolishness.