It seems incredible that men calling themselves gentlemen should not only do such things, but speak of them unconcernedly afterward.
In England, which is the home of football, the game is rough enough, but kicking or "hacking," as it is called, is not allowed, and the man who would deliberately strike or seek to injure another in the course of a game on account of a private grudge would be forced to leave college and hounded out of society. The love of sport for sport's sake is so well developed in England that a man would be disgraced for life who would so far forget himself as to permit any such exhibition as the one quoted above.
WORD-BUILDING PRIZE CONTEST.
The Great Round World, 3 and 5 West 18th St., N.Y.
Gentlemen: I am in receipt of the kodak camera won as a prize in the recent contest, and wish to thank you most heartily for it. It is a gratification to win anything by the exercise of one's wits, and I shall highly prize the kodak and appreciate your generosity as well.
Very cordially yours,
Hannah K. Peck.
Meriden, Conn., Nov. 12th, 1897.
The Great Round World, 3 and 5 West 18th St., N.Y.
Gentlemen: My daughter begs to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of the pocket kodak, being the second prize in the recent contest....