THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
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HUMOROUS SIDE OF GOLF
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THE BALMY BREEZES OF
THE SUNNY SOUTH
Are laden with Health and Happiness for the Worn-out
Wrestler with the Strenuous Life.
But you cannot repair wasted tissue or restore strength to
jangled nerves with air and sunshine alone.
The stomach calls for a food that supplies body-building
material, in its most digestible form. Such a food is
Shredded Whole Wheat.
It is made of the whole wheat, cleaned, cooked and drawn
into fine porous shreds and baked. These delicate shreds con
tain all the nutritive elements of the whole wheat grain and
are taken up and assimilated when the stomach rejects all
other foods.
hrdded Wheat Is made in two forini-.DICUIT and
THISCUIT. The DIHCIJIT U delicious for lreaktat with
hot or cold milk or cream, or for any meal in combination
with fruit or veg-etaulea. THISCUIT is the shredded whole
wheat cracker, crisp, nourishing- and appetizing. Delicious
as a toast with beverag-es or with cheese or preserves.
"It's All in the Shreds."
THE NATURAL FOOD COMPANY
Niagara' Falls, N. Y.
Pinehurst Department Store.
We carry a full line of Fancy and Heavy
GROCERIES
Such brands as are handled by New England Grocers.
The Dry Goods and Shoe Departments
ire complete. Stock bought in Northern Markets. Quality Standard for seleo
tion. Full line of Columbia, Saxony Floss and Germantown Yarns.
A. Complete Assortment of Finest Ribbons and Embroidery Silks.
The Latest Styles of Stationery, both Printed and Plain.
GENERAL SUPPLY OF
FIELD AND TRAP SMOKLESS AMMUNITION-
Prices on par with New England Markets.
Ebbitt House
Army and Navy Headquarters
WASHINGTON, D. C.
American Plan, Rates $3, $3.50 and $4 per day.
Rooms with Baths, $5. Parlors extra.
Special .Rates to the Clergy.
H. C BURCH, Proprietor.
JACKSON SPRINGS HOTEL,
JACKSON SPRINGS, N. C.
Close by the famous Mineral Spring, water from which was award
ed silver medal at St. Louis exposition.
Hotel modern in every respect,
Golf, Tennis, Shooting, Fishing, Boating.
For booklet or information, addrea
ROBERT IRVIIST, . . Manager.
O HAVE a ready wit is
an excellent trait, but a
still better possession is
a keen sense of humor.
There are far fewer peo
ple in the world who
prefer to laugh than groan over unto
ward incidents, and it is greatly to be re
gretted, for in this case the minority have
distinctly right upon their side. Life is
short, and those who possess the faculty
of seeing the comic in the struggle for
existence are never at a loss for amuse
ment. They invariably grasp the funny
side of every situation and this quality
stands them in good stead in important
crises, as from constantly taking a light
view of affairs they see them in their true
proportion and are not always on the
alert to detect and resent imaginary
slights and rebuffs. To preserve a calm
equanimity is to suffer far less from the
minor worries of life.
In games it is very necessary to be able
to view matters from a humorous stand
point. Golf especially is so serious in
itself and brings so many difficulties and
cares in its train that the only resource
left is to treat it as lightly as possible.
Missed shots bring such heavy penalties
on the head of the unfortunate player and
missed putts have such a demoralizing
effect that were he not able to treat them
as an ever-recurring jest he would be
completely weighed down with sadness.
Every one can see at a glance how
wretched and miserable a golfer becomes
when off his game, and there is no more
lamentable spectacle than those who are
dependent on golf for their sole interest
in life. The chief difficulty appears to
be that one can very readily see the
laughable side of an opponent's mistakes,
grasp at once the amusing weaknesses of
his disposition and catch the humorous
points in his game, yet when it comes to
our own turn the case appears totally dif
ferent. Similar results somehow wear a
different aspect and it is hard to realize
that one may present an equally funny
appearance.
THE RIVAL OP THE FISH TALE.
Golf lends itself to laughable incidents
and the vagaries of some players are most
amusing. Fortunately for their own
peace of mind they become so absorbed
in the game that they are quite uncon
scious of the spectacle they present. It
has lately been the fashion, and the hu
morous artists have revelled in it, to de
cry and satirize the "Golf Girl." Amusing
sketches are given of her various atti
tudes and costumes and altogether she is
held up to ridicule, but surely it is better
that she should fall unsconsciously into
these natural positions than that she
should adopt a stiff self-conscious style,
playing constantly, as it were, to the gal
lery. Golfers are not more enthusiastic
than "devotees" of other sports. Every
game has its own faithful band of fol
lowers who talk and think principally
about that game and take a superlative
interest in everything connected with it.
Golf stories are occasionally most
amusing and rival fishing tales in the way
of veracity. They are usually about won
derful deeds done in past rounds on the
links, but sometimes they are of a more
general character. The following is rather
a good story illustrating the ignorance of
the general public with regard to golfing
terms. The incident occurred in a large
hotel at a well known resort. One of the
players wished to know if she could get
nails put in her shoes at the clubmaker's
shop close by, or if she would have to
take them into town. She asked at the
office and was referred to the hall porter,
who in the most solemn way replied,
"Oh yes, miss, certainly miss, you can get
them put in down there at the shop where
they repairs caddies and them things."
Golf certainly must have a difficult
phraseology for outsiders to understand,
but all "shop" talk is very much the
same, crucially interesting to the initiated
and Hull in the extreme for those who do
not understand the subject in question.
The humorous side of golf is seen at its
best during a large open meeting where
players from all directions are collected
together, and spectators assemble to
watch the matches. Few people realize
how dangerous it is to discuss the appear
ance, personal history, dress, character
and other matters of interest connected
with the players while following the
match. Some one near at hand is sure to
be a relation or any rate a friend, and it
depend's upon the listener's sense of hu
mor whether he or she is deeply aggrieved
and ready to demand satisfaction, or
whether he or she is only amused.
WILD CONFUSION.
The final round of the open ladies'
championship meeting played at Troon
was most productive of amusing inci
dents. At the time it was terrible, too
terrible for words, but looking back at it
from a distance makes it appear in a dif
ferent light and some of the incidents
were very funny. The rabble was per
fectly dreadful and every one seemed to
have gone demented for the time being.
Directly the players hit their balls there
was a wild stampede and they were swept
away and overwhelmed in the mad rush.
Hound the greens a solid block of people
about 20 or 30 deep took up their posi
tions, and through this phalanx the play
ers and their caddies had to be forced, the
council of the club and Union officials
acting as a sort of battering ram and
bodyguard. Every now and again a
pause would ensue as one of the caddies
had disappeared, until after the lapse of
a few minutes a breathless struggling
figure would be shot out on to the green
and the game would be renewed again.
Neither of the finalists could see the other
play, and neither could have the least
idea as to how they stood with regard to
strokes.
At each hole they had to wait in pa
tience until the green was reached and
then find out whether one was playing
the odd or the like or the other perchance
two more. The onlookers were .also put
to unusual straits. Some plied their fists
and umbrellas with great vigor to secure
a standpoint from which to see the game,