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Show I ! Mrs. Babe Ruth Says King Slugger's a "Home Boy" If I There Ever Was One They Call Each Other "Hon!" r 1. E. A. Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK. June 1-'. This story is about the side of Babe Ruth's life you seldom hear mentioned. But it's the side that cornea first with Babe; nevertheless. Every time Babe steps up to the plate there's a woman back in tho grandstand who's pulling just a little harder than anybody in tho park for another one "over ihe fence!" You guessed it Mrs. Babe. Calls IHni "Hun' She calls Babe "Hon" short for "Honey' and Babe calls her '"Hon' ; sort of a mutual agreement. She is the wife of the man who is more talked of today than the president pres-ident if the United Stales. She has two big interests in life to see Babe hit home runs and to preside pre-side over their homo life. She's so ardent a fan thai she koin home after a game just as tired as 1 Babe. But she and Babe are boiu ; 'home folks" and their homo life comes firsi. in spite of all the priory and the excitement an'?, tho 'success of Babe's IU20 performance. She. Wauls 10 Cook. Hotels Babe don't caro for 'cm. He's strong for the home brand of living. The Ruths want id get settled down is some quiet littlo apartment home where Mrs. Babe ca.i broil Mr. UalH-'s stqaks. fry his potatoes and fix ju.-t the kind of fancy dishes she knows he likes best. They are to take an apartment on Riverside Drive soon and settle right down to real old-fashioned housekeeping house-keeping like they used to live befon-Ruth befon-Ruth became a celebrity and was just a common cvery-day ball player. I Babe's n Homebody. "Babe's going on the road." sn Mrs. Ruth, "and when he comes back; v "i I'll have a little place all fixed up for him. He certainly is a homebody if there ever was one. "Of course, T realize that Babe's interests arc divided just li'.: any1 1 other man's must br. lLilf of his life ii baseball ;ind the niioi half is me. "I go o every, game at the lJoio Grounds and work Just as nardu.as he does. Then, when , it's over, we are . v u in n out and tired. Jl is going to be great when we get settled in a little home." she . says. Rith's slugging '"'example has not only concerted the Huggins crew In- I to a gang of terrors with the blugeon, j I but has plunged ihy whole Ban John- son orchard Into a clouting "souse." I Moro long'-dlstance hits are being ecorded this season than modern baseball base-ball is used to tasting. The only answer to it Is that thu home-run psychology which has been introduced so potently j I by Ruth. Is having lis effect on all, , other players. |