A. Oakey Hall was Mayor of this ]
town. The country was recuperating
from war; men were generally rest
less and dissatisfied much as they
are to-day. Of one thing we may be1
sure: Mr. Mathews has not seen any
body get ahead without working, or
achieve notable success without
sweating copiously in the process.
Lean Land Versus Athletic#.
, Dr. Eugene Criixy of Litchfield
county, Connecticut, Ui a chemist who
' is interested in the enrichment of the
: soil of his State. He is also ? prac
tical man who knows how to pet
i uction. Therefore Dr. Criixy in
j forms the world that the poorness of
I the Nutmeg soli is weakening the
athletes of Yale as well as the mere
I natives.
I We have seen other arguments tor
I the rehabilitation of the Connecticut
1 soil. Pome have aald that it should
' be accomplished to give a good ex
ample to all New England. Others
I have pointed to the great markets the
l .State has in Its own manufacturing
1 towns. But nobody offered such ?
I potent argument as Dr. Crij.ly'*.
' Every son of Ell will respond, we
are sure. Yale enn never have a
) runner as fast as Chamjcy Paddock
until Connecticut is made as fruitful
as southern California. Yale's foot
hall taam will be crushed by the
SI wash eleven, who will come from
the fat corn lands. No hall player
from lean New Haven will bat home
runs off the large thowed pitchers of
Golden Kansas until Connecticut Is
Abundantly fertilized.
