Show i SHE SlIE PLAYED P AYED GOLF Brave Efforts of the th Studious Woman Wom to Learn the Game i I Chicago News She first appeared at atthe t the golf gal links in inthe inthe the park one flaY day early earlyn in June sat awhile watching the players and then Uteri went away She returned the follow following following ing day and the next also On the tho third day she brought with her bel a 9 book a R little volume olum on which was wa splashed in glaring gilt this title tit Ie How to Play Golf GoIt I Her indention Jn was evident She was learning leaming the game I With diligent regularity she came camet ev ct every ery cry afternoon for tor ve e days and studied that book boolE boo for an hour or two comparing comparIng ing lug the players with the illustrations In Inthe Inthe inthe the volume She was always alone never addressed any person per on and an l was spoken sp ken to by no one There was something some something thing timing In her air dir that repelled famil familiarity famIlIarity She was a g wo Vo woman woman man tall tail handsome well w developed and about well a little past the age when birthdays are an unmixed joy joyer Her er hair was as brilliantly red as a stormy sunset s and nn very luxuriant ap apparently APparently though of course one can nev never never i ier er be quite sure As If to accentuate the redness re n ss of ot her hair she invarIably ly I carried a gorgeous red parasol Most Moat ornamental she looked as she abc sat there on the bench Und r her crim erlin crimson son canopy poring over the little boot book But one sad Saturday she ceased be being beIng being ing a bench ornament and became b Cam In Instead Instead instead stead a public nuisance On that par particular day da she arrived early with a n gay plaid bag slung BI nf across her shoulder sholder containing three unscratched shin shining lug golf clubs In her lier hand she carried the book the little black book with the big gilt title Having procured a ticket Uck t from the attendant she seated herself While hUe waiting her turn she carefully conned the pages after first rolling her h r sleeves to her h r elbows like th golf girls on the calendars When her number was called she alie marched unconcernedly unc over to the teeing ground built a min miniature minIature mm hill hUl of damp sand placed on Us its summit a snowwhite ball drew from the bag the driver and then consulted the book hook The crowd grinned giggled laughed But to their actions the one seemed utterly oblivious After placing the open book upon the sand she went as deliberately to work to copy the tho illustration on le e page as It if she had been alone on the links JInks After Aft tt r ra ra a few preliminary waggles according to direction she elevated her club chub brought it down to earth with a it ter terrific terrific whack and raised a cloud ot of o sand but left the ball unshaken on the tee This seemed to astonish her but after consulting the book again she essayed essay d another trial trUll This time the ball rolled oliM reluctantly away a few feet teet In the di dl direction direction of the lagoon The crowd shrieked with amusement TIe Thu divinity was as Indifferent ferent as a deaf mute With unruffled t face nee she consulted the T book book ook once more inserted the driver In the bag extract extracted extra 1 ed the tho midiron and went after atter the DL bt The trio of ot impatient boys immediately following her were obliged to wait walt until she had taken ten strokes and the crowd had had ten tell spasms before she sh shwas was far enough out of range for tor them to proceed By that time she had lost lest the ball and had ceased cased c ased temporarily to tobe tobe tobe be a retarding force forc in the game In three hours she sho had reached the th third hole her course thereto being beinS marked by a line of sod md and followed by a n volley ot of hot English expletives expressive of ram rampant rampant rampant pant emotion For three weeks she size appeared dally daily daU on the links oblivious alike to heat ot w wInd Ind or Ot criticism During all that time the only Improvement noticeable In her playing was the absence of the little black book Then she stopped coming and has never been seen since Had she become discouraged It hardly seems possible |