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Show George Bernard Shaw has many arguments ar-guments in favor of glove contests in his novel entitled, "Cashel Hyron's Profession." According to his hero, whoso profession Is prle lighting, the sport Is far more humane than hunting, hunt-ing, less cruel than .vivisection, and far more noble than warfare between countries. He says: "Look at tho thousands killed In battlcl Did you ever hear of an) one being killed In tho ring? Why, from first to last, during the wholes century that prize lighting has been going on, there's not been six fatal accidents at really respectable respect-able lights. Its safer than dancing; many a woman has danced her skirt into the tire and been burned. Fence fought a man who had spoiled his constitution con-stitution with bad living; and he ox hausted himself so by going on and on long after he was beaten that he died of it. If you'd heard the fuss that even the oldest fighting men made over It you'd have thought a baby had died from falling out It. cradle. A. good milling does a man more good than harm " -J |