Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1912 — The Finish Fight. [ARTICLE]

The Finish Fight.

Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet, playwright and philosopher, is to fcox for charity’s sake in Paris. A Chicagoan said of this the other day: “Maeterlinck is robust. He should box well. I have often met him on the Riviera. He has a villa at Grasse, and he spends the whole winter exercising out of doors in the dazzling Riviera Bunshine. “He talks excellent English, and at a luncheon at the Grand hotel in Grasse I once heard an American girl ask hlpi: “‘I see that pugilists fight in a ring. What kind of a ring is it, Mr. Maeterlinck? You are an athlete, and so you ought to know.’ “The poet, pushing back his thick, pepper-and-salt hair, smiled and replied: “‘ln the ordinary sparring match, limited to seven or eight rounds, an ordinary ring is used, but when it’s a fight to a finish they always employ a wedding ring.’ ”