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Show c- flvItQ enough to be cheerful r When everything'a goinc first rate, f y& But th& Pitcher worth while f CSSZZy 18 th0 ono vho am smile vNj When, rpo Johnson etepa to ihe plate. r.i ii -r"' r 1 i'iti.i Tho caddy looked and looked and looked And looked and looked and looked. But gosh, he could not find the ball His customer ha'd hooked. Ho looked and looked and rubbered and He gazed and peeked and spied. But ho could not find the rubber pill fAUhough ho tried and tried. ' At last the owner said: "111 give A quarter for that ball." "Hurrah! I've got ltl" yelied the kid With no delay at all. This bit of rhyming tells what a tip will do on a golf course. A tip gets action there Bettor action oven than ono gets on a Pullman or in a hotel. But caddy tipping1, has gTown to such proportions on this account that tho leading golf officials have undertaken to find ways of solving it perhaps by abolishing tipping of caddies. It is fair to think that to abolish 1 . tipping is well-nigh impossible. But If it is tho best thing to do a sentiment senti-ment may be croated that will stop the practice. Golf clubs aro doing more and more for the welfare of the caddies. Institutions Insti-tutions have grown up around' tho caddy houses of tho country, and there are playground 'schools and trained leaders to holp tho boys. But it Is.a matter of doubt whether these elaborate systems got as mucti action out of the boys as tho homely treatment of letting them havo clubs and play over the course occasionally and giving them tips. The best treatment for tho caddies comes from each individual club member. mem-ber. Boys aro Imitative. Some golfers golf-ers who put up monoy for caddy wol-fare wol-fare and education set a mighty bad example to the boys when thoy're on tho course. The ethics of scoring, their language, their conduct on the fairways and In tho club house count a whole lot moro In tho uplifting, of the caddy than tho gymnasium and I playground and trained instructor. |