RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29956, 18 October 1962, Page 28

RANDOM REMINDER

DOWNWARD PATH

This space is devoted today to a warning to golfers. Some of them, of course, are already beyond redemption. These remarks are addressed to those whose wives have not so far shown an interest in the game. The thing is, don’t let them. It starts simply enough, with the woman being asked by one of her friends to join a club. There have even been instances where fatuous husbands have persuaded their wives to abandon the melancholy kitchen chores for the intellectual refreshment of dewy fairway*. However it begins, the end result is usually the same. At first, the little woman is thrilled with her re-

lease from domestic chains and is willing to admit to running up a quick hundred before lunch while playing nine holes. But the moment she plays two consecutive shots with some success, she is gone, and with her, her husband. She starts to think about the game, to worry about improving. She comes to the conclusion that perhaps her brassie is too heavy; so she borrows her husband’s spoon. She doesn't like her putter, because it seems to need plenty of use before achieving the desired result She takes her husband’s from his bag. Then she realises that her own bag look* dowdy, and that her husband's is vastly superior. This gives her complete

freedom to chop up his golf balls, to squander his tees. Then she discovers that his trundler is lighter and pulls more easily. And she comes to the conclusion that she needs more practice. But to get to golf she needs bis car. The story now takes a distressing turn. After a few months, the children begin to look pale and wan, mainly through lack of proper nourishment. Relatives leave rude notes in the dust on the furniture. The husband starts dining at his club. Not his golf club. He resigned from that. Subscription* tor the purpoee of pun haalng the original of thte powerful landacape for the city may be left at the office. Pleaae add exchange to country cheque*. ,