| Show BATTLING NELSON AND ELLA ELLA FLAGG YOUNG EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS OF THE MORNING CHICAGO Jul July 16 m may como come and alliances may mat go but but th the entente existing between n Mrs Irs Ella Flagg Young superintendent dent of oC schools school and Battling Nelson elson I Ithe the pride of ot Hegewisch seems scerne destined des des- tined Lined to exist forever or forever or at least des I until un un- til Ul death do thorn part I Recently Jt it U will wilt bo be remembered the Uler appeared at the tho board boardrooms boardrooms rooms a as a unit lInit of ot a delegation Rc seek seek- k- k p. p honl for On that occasion he ho recalled tender os oi vi me Ule he watt was a alad alad alad lad in school there and how much ho thought of pf Mrs Young as os his district superintendent Compliments of equal magnitude were returned to tho the lon hero by Mrs r Young Youns- Surprise Surprie for Mrs Young When When she went vent to her office yes yes- Mrs Young I to KO RO through the mail which had been piled on oil her bar desk At the top of cf the pile was a thick envelope From it Mrs Young drew forth a blue col- col ered cred paper covered book on the cover of which In highly ornate lettering let let- appeared I tho the inscription Ring Battles vf f Centuries For the moment Mrs Young was puzzled She Sho could not pot fathom what connection tho the directing of oC a 8 public school hool system might have hove with dl dis dissertations on oil the fine tine art of ot upper upper- cutting cuttin and the science of or swats to tu the solar plexus Nevertheless she Mt relt Impelled to turn the ot othe the he cover cover and and th there le solved d the mys mys- tr tery Lery On It Jt was written With kindest regards to the worlds world's greatest reat woman from Battling Battling Bat Bat- Lung Nelson Further perusal of ot tho the book disclosed die dis closed that t a 0 chapter of It had been written by the battler battier himself It Il was waa a I graphic account of ot how he had lifted his way to Immortality and tho first place In citizenry Refers to Old Sc Well Yell up at tho beginning of the chapter however there was wa a 1 paragraph paragraph para para- I graph which did not d deal 1 with the 1 battlers battler's prowess In manipulating right hooks and left jabs It had bad been marked with a Q pen and read as fol follows follows tol- tol I lows I will never for forget et our first school school- l ous J because It was waa a dingy ding one- one room room house where all tho the children assembled for th lr with one teacher Now we have c several schools with plenty of ot teachers Ella Flagg Young our of ot gave save me a. a a lecture In 1990 1390 which I OlIver forgot and d to make mo me what I am nm today After Atter reading the chapter Mrs Young wrote and ond sent the following letter My Dear Dur Mr Nelson The Tho sketch of your career a 3 COP copy of ot which you ou sent me Is very inter- inter eating I appreciate your though thoughtful thoughtful- ful- ful and courtesy courteny in sending It I I hays have no doubt that you will continue in the same line Une of clean athletics mat flint you ha have vc since you left the tho Henr Benr Henry Henry- HenryClay Clay s school hool at nt lIege Hege- wisch Such Is the explanation of ot ho how Ring Battles of Centuries CenturIes' last night found Its way to a shelf In Mrs Youngs Young's library It holds a a. place be between between between be- be tween Mme Kindergarten ten ton Methods and a set et of ot Gibbons Gibbons' Rome Borne |
