Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 July 1919 — Page 14

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KANSAS CITT. Mo, July 1.—Let* take & peek into the Willard home. After reaching Lawrence, Kas* one la directed one mile west of town to the champion's home, says a writer In the Kansas City Star. Entering: the driveway one naturally expects to find the air filled with boxing gloves on the hands of all the little Willards, endeavoring to become the future Champions. But how disappointing. Instead, everything Is quiet and serene. Birds are singing, a locust flits from its resting place in one tree to another and the silence is broken only by the occasional cackle of the Chickens picking here and there In the grass around the entrance.

Nettled back among the large frees id soothing greet* grass Is & twoframe house. Barns and other tbulldings, the Bort that may be jound on a thousand farm* in Kansas, are to the side and rear of the bouse.

There are no boxing platforms built Around in the yard and not a thing to suggest that the world's champion resides at

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yardmen or guards to encounter and the front door is gained without Interference except for a good natured bark from a lazy dog that is not even interested enough to leave his shady abode under large tree sear the house. "Meet Alan, Three Years Old.

A knock at the door is answered, Hot by a maid with a lace cap and White apron, holding a card tray and With a cool countenance and glassy stare, but by a small—a very small— boy. He is dressed in overalls, barefooted and with an abundant sprinkling of "chigser" bites. Across his cheek is a telltale smear of Jam.

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year-old son. Would he call his mother to the door? For a minute or two it was a question. Before the decision was made the mother appeared. "Why don't you call up? Monday Is our busy day," smilingly reproved wat chamPi°h's wife, who was attired t\f01ln a light housedress, the sort moat y any wife and mother might be found ffch

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wound her home. N o w y o u a v e o w a k a o u n ttt place awhile until I can get ready W join you," added Mrs. Willard.

And she was the world champion's fdfe! On a farm, a mile from town, tier little flock of children gathered around her, dressed in overalls, barefooted and jam-stained, Just like one might find the children on almost any farm. One's thoughts were prone eelk-\to recall the wives of other champions :nd existence they led in their days prosperity and fame.

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CI, Lead the Simple Lffi. fakrJi A few years ago, before Willard tally,\Won pugilistic fame he and hia little fcundajntmily resided on a small farm west feere suihffopeka. They lyere Uj. .very modre directl,circumstances then, "but Were cialism, aft, Today almost the fifth anniflequent denln1»_____ |T any manner finclples of

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versary of the time when he wrested the world's championship title from "Jack" Johnson, negro, he continues to reside on a farm and lead the simple existence of the soil.

But we must not forget that Mrs. Willard will be out ln a few minutes. In the meantime there Is no opportunity for lonesomeness. Jess, Jr., five years old Enid, 4, and Alan, volunteered themselves a committee for the entertainment of strangers. Frances, eight yeara old. It was said, was upstairs dressing her dolls and probably would not care to come down. Zella, 11 years old, eldest of the champion's children, was over at her grandmoth-

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er's picking raspberries, volunteered Jessf jr. "There's my dad's horse," said Emil, pointing to a large gray standing in the corner of the barn lot, lookin? lonesomeli in the direction of the house. "His name's Grey Eagle," fee little girl promptly added. f'he barn lot of the champion's farm wis a typical one. In one corner were two calves lying down in the snade. Adjoining was the chicken yard with geese, ducks and other members of the fowl family, scratching here and there, now and then breaking the silence with a cackle, crow or quack.

The champion's wife might have taken longer with her preparations except for the discovery by one of the children of a barbed "wire cut on one of the forelegs of his mother's favorite saddle horse. The child lost no timo in getting to the house and informing* his mother. And it should be said that the mother lost no time in get» ting to the barn lot from the house.

"First Aid" to the Horse. Visitors, figuratively speaking, were brushed aside by the champion's wife, who hurried to the horse's side, picked up its foot and made a thorough examination. Worried over the outcome of the July 4 contest? Not one bit. Her favorite animal had a little scratch on its leg and now all her sympathy and time were, directed to caring for that wound.- Jess might get his nose bloodied or lose a few teeth, or he might get knocked out. But that was neither here nor there— at least at this time.

One of the children Was dispatched for the hired hand with instructions for him to bring a pail of water and a sponge. In the meantime the champion's wife hurried back to the house for a bottle of disinfectant. "With the assistance of the farm hand she bathed and dressed the wound. "Do you think it will make him lame?" she anxiously inquired of the hand. Assured that it would not, Mrs. Willard appeared greatly relieved and for the' first time in. almost a half hour she smiled. "I would not have anything happen to him for the world," she said, wiping the perspiration from her jface and hands with a handkerchief.

The Willard place is little diffeient from the ordinary farmer's home, except for the large house with its modern conveniences. While the grounds, generally speaking, are kept in fairly good shape, it is noticeable the weeds have gained a hold here and there. The grass directly in front of the house is kept at a neat length, but on the sides it has gotten beyond lawn mower treatment. Jess Willard can't be expected to trim Dempsey and the grass at the same time, can he?

Mrs. Willard, now attired in a simple blue and white summer dress, sleeves at elbow length ana without a hat, showed the visitors around the place. With the children trailing along, now and then hesitating to slap a "chigger" on their legs, the champion's wife led the way to the hog lot. She aroused the "porkers" from their places in a regular hog "wallow." Looking at them admiringly, she said: "They're Poland-Chinas and we

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The glonou# out-o&Joow beckons you, every day. You may auto on thousands of miles of smooth boulevards. I You may camp in lovely Yoscmite, of where the Big Tree groves are, or alongside* some ice-cold mountain brook.

Yott may climb the snowy slopes of Mt. Whitney or Mt. Shasta. You may bathe in the blue Pacific—where the surf rolls in, or in quiet waters.

Go to California this summer1 and see for yourself* On the way visit some of the National Parks and National Monuments—the nation's play grounds—Rocky Mountain, Glacier, Yellowstone, Mt. Rainier, Crated Lake, Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde and others. Return, if desired, through the Pacific Northwest.

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think they are mighty good looking pigs." fihe Likes Dairy Work,

Peacefully grazing in a pasture to the west were eleven Jersey cows. "We have all the milk we need and plenty left over for the hogs," the wife explained. "Every weeK." she continued, "we ship from fifteen to twenty gallons of cream to a Topeka creamery."

And the ehamplofi's wife was proud of that fact. In separating the milk and the making of butter, Mrs. Willard takes a great interest and assists in the twice daily task.

Except for an 11-acre field ln alfalfa, a small corn patch and a good sized garden, the remainder of the 55-acre Willard farm is in pasture, i "Mr. Willard is away a great deal of the time, and we just put in enough for our immediate needs," the champion's wife explained rather apologetically.

The champion's wife may not go through the regular daily routine of the ordinary farmer's wife, but her neighbors will testify that she can be found most any day in the garden vigorously using a hoe, pulling weeds, and over in the chicken pen working with her flock of more than two hundred Plymouth Rocks. "We do not have to buy any eggs the year round, and we have all the frying chickens we need," Mrs. Willard said proudly.

By this time ZelTa returned home from her grandmother's, driving a small spotted pony to a small cart, in which all the Utile Willards have an equal interest. 'How many berries did you pick, Sis?" one of the children asked. "Made a dollar," she answered as she sought the shade of the big front pcrch beside her mother.

And the champion's daughter appeared just as proud of her morning accomplishments and the dollar she earned, just as though her father was not worth almost a million of them. "Oh, mother! There's going to be a circus in town July 7. May I go?" the little berry picker asked. "Yes, dear," the mother answered. "And can I go, too, mother?" asked another, then another and so on down through the family roll call.

And, motherlike, the champion's wife assured the children each separately and collectively that they would see the circus. "Do be careful, Jess, you'll fall," suddenly warned the mother to Jess, jr., who was attempting to effect a rear entrance to the cart seat. The warning was Useless, or not only did Jess, jr., succeed, but so did two of the other children as well.

The children would all have their pictures taken If they could sit in the cart, so those who had not followed the leadership of Jess, Jr., piled In. The setting was perfect and the camera man was just ready to snap all the little Willards when the pony took one step forward for a nibble of taller grass and jarred two of the little Willards from their pose to the ground. But with the assistance of the mother the champion's children were held in and the photograph taken.

Never Saw Prize Fight, The private gymnasium of the world's champion was not presentable, the mother said, because the children had been playing there in their father's absence and had scattered feathers from a pillow over it. No, Mrs. Willard doesn't discourage pillow fights, but alkout anything more vehement she is strangely silent She never saw a prize fight in her life. .v

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of slight figure and has dark hair and eyes. She appeared" exceptionally youthful for her family of five wholesome and healthy children, to whom she is devoted to the fullefet degree. Zella and Prances attend the public schools of Lawrence. The mother takes them to and from the school house in her big motor car. Although the possessor of her own car, it is not hard to discern the saddle horse is just as popular with the champion's wife. Mrs. Willard is of a quiet disposition, has a well modulated voice and answers questions only when urged. As to her husband's attainments in the pugilistic world and the financial success it has brought, one hears nothing. Not once was there a reference by the wife or children concerning the approaching event in Toledo July 4.

As for the farm life, the champion's wife adores it. She would not again live in the city. "You know I came from the farm and I am at home and contented here. In the city we are stared at, but here in Lawrence we are just one of the folks," she added.

And that little statement from the champion's wife is the best insight to her character. 6he loves her children, her home and the simple things of life. There are no frills, no results of get-rich-quick or sudden fame.

But will not Mrs. Jess Willard see the big fight? She will not. She never has seen even a boxing contest and apparently has no ambition to.

So, in the meantime, while the champion trains to retain his title and millions are on edge awaiting the July 4 event, Mrs. Willard will mother her little flock and take care of the farm. She believes that Jess is big enough to look out for himself.

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