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TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1922 NEW YEARS PARTY FESTIVE AFFAIR Convention Hall Will Bo Scene of Gaiety on Monday Night The WflKoat Nw Team party In tho history of Tulsa will ha staged at ooitvontlon hall Monday nlRht fit tha coiiclitilon or the performance itt "Up In tha Clouds' when the floor will bo immediately cleared for dancing. The ilmw will mart Promptly nt 8 oVlocK anil' Will con-1 ClUile about 10:30. Wlillo thn dancers aro making marry tha tnembera of tit company will be lmnueted on Ult Htan nml tovrnl times tha curtain will ( runic up and aoiijrui arurifr by tha ban-! (lunters. The artora will mlUKle Willi 1 flu crowds and participate In l ho riattcsH attar midnight. I'eraonw who puichaso tlrkvta for either Ilia Tuiw day ma Inee or night how will Iks furnished nn Identification raid wliloh will permit t limn to Kiijny tl Monday rriijlit party. Will II. Johnstone, tlio newspaper nnd itSKS humorist, who Is r' gftonitble for Mr. (lnltea' "Tuka It Prom JIc," ia tha author of "t'p In thu Clouds." Ho has ovnlved a book nn chuck full of aUKh-coiiiirlin OplMidofl nnd amnrt ropnrteo us tlio ' 'Turk army In full of cueilnea 'fhe plot Involvaa Ilia character In ft inovlo enterprise oIoiik farclnl ! lines with a sentimental touch hero and thcro to odd zest to tlio more ! ludicrous portioni. Chief of tlio fun mnker la Charles I Meaklns, wall known a "I'rmco I Danllo" of "The Merry Widow" re j Mown. Ho baa able confederates In I Gertrude O'Connor, an apt lady j JOuy, and Jack Hhuehan In tlio n.l' ot camera man. On thlM trio fall 1 tho brunt of tha funimiklnff. Ac- ! oordlmr to Now York iinnnion who , Viewed "Up In the Clonda" during i Its run nt tho r,vrlo nnd Kortv- fourth atrnot theaters. New York. their efforts aro crownod with auc- ceas. Ily UIWK flACHR. Tt nilvht In- mid that a. naw year begins evi-ry day, I ho date asle-.- d la purely abi Prary. The n lent i:ryp tlana nnd l'hoonb lana atarted their I wlvc-mofiih BcptHmlrer X (tha au tumnal equinox j; tho early (I roc lis rhoae December 11 (tho winter aol Ileal, but In tho fifth cemury II. C. switched off to the aumirver ffolallcu. June 21. Thn nnolent Itornana began the yoar December 21. Hut Jiillua Caesar, by enforcing the adoption of tba Julian calondar, made thn data January 1. Thereafter the Ho muna ceWirnlod the flrat day of January an a public holiday, with anorlfleea to Jonna, exchange of glfta and masquerading. Formerly all 'hrlt''idom In ICit rope n'-i'epti-d March 2j ft Now Yi'ara d iv. but tho (J i i-ji'rlan calon dar, Pi 15K2, nK'in male Jiyiuaiy 1 H9HBI! TULSA OltlKNV CUT BK.VT JN Checks From 'I'lila Section Tiitnlnl .More Tlmn Sil.dOO, 1m Itriiort (ilvcn 'I'llNn'H flliHl 1022 lflflH In fhn Womeli's Chrlatlnn oolletrea of I ho orient ronchod tho Amerlran lnnd (ltiarlarH at lioaton Into lnat nlKht. Juat 24 houra lipforo thn uxplrntlon nt mUlnlglit, Dccmbpr 31, ot John I). Itockefoller'a offer to Klvo ono dollnr for nyry two dollars con tributed to tho cauo by others. Thla city's cnab ;ltt to tho col IfSfPn totitllr-d ?,70B up to last nlcht, nccordlnir to Mrs. W, II. llemlrnn. Oklahoma atnto chairman. Thp" dhucka from Tulsa, Clnremoro, Altus, Ardmoro, Vlnltn, Muskosce. Klnc flBhor and Cherokee amounted to ft, 000. Mm. Hundren lind not ro- rnlvnd t.(jnnrt from ntlir inljt Jj tio Btntc,"wiileh tvero to wlro direct ly to Uoston. jSnlo ofthn Harriett Carter atraw Itif rv fhorlonko r cipna wna a foa turo of tho campaign hero. UnooN loVieJ plodKea ingdu thla yoar may bo collected boforo January 31, nnd ctcdltcd In tho Ilockofoller offer, VltXN SlUSlCAfj TlltlVTMI!T rinjurK i;n!on Will 1 tender n Tro. CiMin County lirm dnl Hoyrt' Iloinn The Tulsa Mtilclana' union will taka music to thoii who have fow opportunities to hear music when delegations from tholr body visit tho Tulaa county farm and the Tulsa boya" home Monday -.morning and louder musical programs, accordliiK to tholr annual custom, A party of 13 musicians will tako the musical treat to each Institution, atartlne; on their way at 0:30 Sunday morning. For i number of yetvwj tho Munl clnna' union paid a New Years call on the county farm only, .but the boyk homo has been added and In tho year to come the union oxpecta to do Mmllarly by other Institutions Mualclnns' ttntona all ovor tho coun try follow the practice. Mayor JantM Couzens, of Detroit, nowly-appolnted United Statca sena tor rro.u .MlehlKiin, started In fhe bualnefti world fta a train newsboy on tho aamo lino with Thoman ISJI eon. Sunator Cousnns was 1G yoara old whon he entered tho field of endeavor. J'rrtj-rr.TlmliiR Ilounibiwa l"Vom n Mcdliu'tnl AI(iMiutry. tho proper dnte thouKh It wna not adopted m aurh by Kncland until 17S1. A yrar l tho period of time re quired by tho en r'h to travel ono complete circuit of Ita olllptlral path around tho nun. Hut thin period In n trifle morn thnn 305 dnya and no, to keep the calendar straight, wo add onn dny every four years. Unspoken Dinlofue in n Pullman Car En Route to Tulsa rs once Taxpay ers Tutort city has a tax rato for 1922 of 5.02. Evury $10 0 assessed valuation will cost you $5.02. In rendering your cash in bank and on hand (Jo not include Hi money on deposit with us. Special jnwi mnko money doposited with u NON-TAXABLE. Ask us about our tux free investments. . O&fca Building &. loan Association, Koroword Tho lady ahd the Rontlcman, strnncors to each oth er, liavo been ahown to the flrat nvallnbln place In tho car, fixed up by tho porter after, tho nlKht'a aleoptne, nil. . . .- . ... .... I t? t)lt iviltnll llilnneii Woll, well, I rathor fancy thla. Of course I can't help looking at her, L. Ho probably ml ml a it overy bit us much nn 1 do. Wonder If I did my hair well! O. And they my women don't look so well In tho morntngl h'lie cortalnly looks ns If hn slept welll fi. What u nuisance to keep looking out of tho window like thin! (1, Quite a good profile, fine probably known It. U There ho was looking, tool If this isn't tho alllleut situation! CI. Very flno eyes Indeed. Thla begins to bn Interesting. L.- Strangely enough, It would aoem natural It we wore sitting to gether, O. -Hope nobody butts in here. Thla In Just nice. I,. I'm going to look again; he svema a perfect gentleman. O. Ahl I.. Dear I wonder If ho'a been looking nt mo all this tlmel Here after I'll hoop looking out. O. That was really very good and worth watching for. Hop sho'll turn again. U Oraclous, thia open window! I'm going to ancexe. My handker chief must have left it in the berth, O. There, sha'a gone, and w didn't even get to "Oood morn ing!" Mighty shy, though, I'll pay. Woll, might Just aa well go out and emoko now. I (returning with rscovared linndlierchlef ) Oh. he'n gone! The hiiAlnee r' keeping tab on time has ox.rc lied human tngenuit ever aim e tne ilayi of nnelent Baby lon, whan the prleat-aatronom'rs had charge of It. There la tnueh about It that la pmillng. What In time any way '.' The phllosophe. h will tell you that there la no audi thing; that It doea riot really exist. Today la thn aame day an yeaterday. though tha earth In tha meantime ban revolved nnee on Its axis lime 4a the onn thing that stands otiil unchangeable; nlwaya, day or night thla year or next oentury, It It th at me time. Stnra Sot tlio Tlmo. The natronomer of today, whose purposes nra wholly prar'lcal. loi-l-a nt thn mntter from a different nn Ble, It la ho who detnrmlnen for us the tlmn Of day, and who ants all our clorkn. Hut he doe not reek-.n by the aim, n wo are accustomed ''- do, ho geta his "dope" from tlie alara. At tho naval observatory In Wash Inttton a great teleaeopn la p"!r,trl nl n ehom-M pnrt of (b hi"ivll where a "bright particular a'ar" rnuat. as the earth revolves, pao a'-rnsa Its flM of view. The inMv at which thn elar lntoraects a "cro.n xvlrc" of the Instrument inarka a r ertjiln minute and second of time, and by It In corrected a magtsr clo. k which, by a spark sunt all over the ccuitry at exactly noon overv dav, nets all tho electric clocks and drops 'he "tlmo hails." Tho only true time Is star time, nnd It li determined by obsorvntlon of cno or another of tho ao-callcd "fixed" atar.s. As ft matter of fact, every onn of thoan atara Is traveling through s-paco nt a npaod many tlma groa'er than that of a riflo bullot; but tholr dlatancen from us are so enormous that tho plnces they oc cupy In tho heavoni do not change perceptibly In centui'ln. Whern shall wo conalder that wo aro "at" on tho first day of tho year 192S? Naturally, wo hatl legarO ourselves na being Junt about where wo worn Janunry 1. lOilJ. C.irrect enough. In no far aa our planet's po sition In relation to tho sun Is con cerned. A Might Through Space. ' nut the truth Is that In the 12 months which have passed since then we havo left behind u. at a dlKtntice nlmo't Inconceivable tho region In spare whero Wo wern ft year ago. During all Of that pcil d the atiii. with tlio enrtti and ,ts evcn nsler planen, bia bi n 'rive. in? in a attalglit ilno turom;ii tho llmltlena "i-l at a, tpced of 11 rii.l'is a n.c- urid ' Just fU'ifrn that r'it reiving out of amount ctr ciidiett i ir- uli-Juur- Ancient Tlmo lump and Cnndlo. ney around hn nun, wo are travollng with that luminary on a straight away courso 39 000 miles overy hour, or i;so,4oo mllen every dny. Wo shall bu distant 3tG,SOO,0iO miles on Janu.aiy 1 from where wo were on tho fu-at day of January a yoar ago. 13very hu inn n holng la a clock. Tho heart In tho escapement, which makes tho tloka. TJio hour hand Is tho atoniftch. Man wan the flrat and orlglnnl ctock. Ilia body kopt tlmo for him ngea beforo thcro were me chanical clocks or watchoa. Tho human clock has no pendu lum. It In a npring clock, tho oprlng being tho alimentary ayatom. Ono wind it up when ha oata. If thero Is anything wrong with tho mechan ism, it Is likely to ahow on your face 1. e., on the faco of tho clock. Watches and clocks set atondards of time which aro purely arbitrary I anil artificial, Tho philosopher are I right in aajing that time. In thu. aenso in which wo uunK ot u. nun no exlatenco. The only thing com piehenslble thnt we mean when wo speak of duration of tlmo Is tho do i ny of thlngn. Things pans, not time. It was the onclont Egyptians who first hit upon tho notion of dividing tho days and nights Into twelfths, find the Idea was adoptod bydho Ilo mans. Hut, bocauu nights and dnya vary In longth with tho ncaaons, no atiiiable elork could be devlaed for keeping tlmo on this baala. It Was Hlpparchua who first suggested the scheme we employ today, of dividing I - t .- 24 hours tho porte-d between sunrise and mnrlso. What the Chlncso call a Joss-stlck la famlllnr to tho American small boy m "punk," for lighting fire crackers, It l.i made of sawdust rnixod vl'h a little glue and rolled Irto a cylinder two feet long In China such iiticks are burned lu tem ples beforo tho altarH of the gods, who aro supposed to enjoy tho smell; but, when marked off Into lengths representing hours, they servo the orlentnls as timckeepem being consumed very slowly without flame. One-of tbeni will last half a day Cnndlos were used In the game way by the anclont Itoraans, and aro to this day employed for timekeeping In many Catholic churches In Ku rono. Ono may atlll buy "time can dles" In out-of-the-way placon In England, marked In sections that represent hours more or lew accu rately. They wore In common uso in that country aa far bnek na tho reign of King Alfred, shielded by seroons of horn, and courting by length of candlo Is ft custom, not yet altogether forgotten. Tlmo Cnndlea nnd Honrglawica. The candlo, for timekeeping was replaced by the snndgtasn or hour glass, which oven at tho present day has not gone out of uso altogether. Dovlceu of this kind, which mark tho passage of mlnutw by a trlcklo of flno grains of quartz nand, are com monly utilized In restaurants and hotel kltchcna to tlmo tho boiling of oggs, and many a housowlfo em ploys tho anelent contrivance for tho same or Ilka purposes. In Catholic monastrles and con vents hourglasses aro used to regu- lito tho length of prayers. Some of them aro set In elaboratcly'vrotlght frames of bronze, sliver or gold, nnd. dating back to the later middle ago, are very Interesting to tho tu dent of antiquities. Tho natives of 1'olyncsia, to reck-' on time, stick Into the ground the midrib of a palm leaf, on whlrh nro : tkowerod a number of thn oily nuta of the candlenut tree. These nuta aro of nearly uniform slzo. and, when tho uppermost one Is lighted, burning with a clear bluish flame, It continues to bum for Just about 10 minutes, thereupon Igniting ho next ono boneath. Thun tho burning of a 1 x-nut p '.m ' and o takes approxl i mntoly ono hour. USEING PLENTY GAS lninne! Supplant Chnrconl Ktvcs With Artificial Fuel tho lc iiiiinil Incro.-iHliUT. Ttr the Amoclatfil Prm. TOKIO. Juponso are becoming grcator usera of go," and g.ia cook atoves and boaters gradually are re placing charcoal fires nnd braziers. Tho can companies have thus tar brrn unnbio iu Willi tii d3- innnd. Tho amount of gas distri buted by tho Toklo aaa company in creased from n billion nnd a half cublo feet In 1912 to nearly three billion cublo feet this year, despite the fact that tho company ban de clined to InBtall additional -motors since 1914 owing to tho city having refused its request to Increase prices when tho cost of coal wont up. However, tha compnny Is now erecting a new plant and at the end of thin year, local gas consumers will havo available a dally supply of four million cublo feot, according to officials of the company. Sarah Bernhardt Is Planning Her Return To the Stage Soon PAniS, Deo. SO. Whether Sarah Uernhnrdt, who announced yesterday that aho would return to tho stage noxt Wednesday can persuade her physicians that she is ready for tho opening per formance of 'Un nujet d no man" seems problematical. Doctors and frionds believe It may be necessary to keep her from tho theater a while longer, "If I rested too long, I would not ltvo," alio asserted. She ex plained that she had promised .Hacha Oultrj'i author of her new play -that she would be ready to act Wednosday ovenlng. "1 shall bo there," she added, "you ran bet on It." MAY GET DRUG PEDDLERS i I earliest timekeeping contrivances uro attributed to the Arabs, who lung before the birth of Christ pos sessed considerable astronomical knowledge and had mado Important progress In tho development of the phyalcnl aclcneca generally. Most remarkablo of ancient clocks, however, was tho one constructed In S9S, A. D.. by the Chinese astrono mer Talang. It was a machine mounted on a miniature terrace, 10 foct high and divided Into three s'orles. Twelve Images of men, ono for every hour, appeared in turn upon tho terrace. Another set of automata struck the hours and eighths of hour The power to operate tho mechanism won fur nished by railing waier, We eay that time flics. in rwl ity It ia the one thing fxta J' changing and eternal, it is the sam tlmo all tho time. Wo do th. fi7l ' The earth flics around the nun j the sun files, taking us with it Its straightaway journey throu space. At all events, It seems tc ,h straightaway, though it may C ' enormou.i curvo forming part of . circle about, a monster s'&r ti . Inconceivable distanee. ' Tho only thing ko know about tt la that during the coming year V. shall cover on that amazing celeoi.i trip nearly 350,000.000 mi e-- twelve-month henco shall bo that f,. away from tho plaro in wn h . find ourselves on New Tea.'s dij We Wish Everyone Tho Anvlita Expected In Toa An Ktrlcs Tlat Will Stop J)rus Traffic, SAN FIIANCISCO, Dec. SO. An nouncement was mado today by Louis Keh, secretary of the state board of pharmacy, that two nrresta are immlent in Ioe Angeles which when made aro expected to bring Into custody leaders of the narcotic ring that supplied Wallace Held and ether members of .the film colony with drugs. John Dlturl, one suspect, is already under arrest in tho -southern city, Zeh said, having been trapped by agents of the boUrd In a $1,200 cocaine deal in original packages. Tha retail value of tliia connlgnmont of drugs was tstimatod at 10,000. The first all-steel sleeping ears for use on tho continent were built In England and sent to Trance. "Polion Penman" Catight t,OS ANOKLRfl, Dec. 30. With tho arrest of Carl C. Mains, tho aher- i iff'n office, working In connection with federal officers, iwllevo they have nut a aton to "nolson pen" let ters which havo terrorized prominent fomlnltto film stnra recently. Ac cording to tho officers, such letters were sent to Mario Pravost and other picture actresses. Mains Is charged with sending obscene literature through tho malls. Tlireo Killed by Twin. SOUTH URND, Ind., Dec 80 Two men and ft woman1 wro killed hero early todny whon a fast New York Contral freight train struck tho automobile they were riding in. Tho victims, Louis Uubo lutein and Iteed Olbney, both of LaFnyette. wcro killed Instantly. Ruth Venator, uicu nnoriiy nuurwaru in a iiosuuuj. The automobile wns completely do mollnhed. ' m B U D E CI a a ,a :c IB n n n' D U staaaEaranoannistiaaa mS a h a H "a The Garment Factory Will Keep OPEN HOUSE New Year's Say until l o ,iock r. m. I'OIt pj HOURS SS-lnch Embrold J cred and plain tissue glng- hams, regular 98e, per tj? yard, for 6 hours; ; yards for .... N"o C, O. D'e No DellTcrica. 98c 1 'J ; JL V & O :5 GREETINGS k m P i SINCUMtU BUILDIMO Tulsn's Oldest Asn. I Our Sincere Wish For All Tulsans A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Tulsa Street Railway Company Capital Up to a Million Furnished We will underwrite and soil a good oil royalty or industrial fitock issue. Have syndicate of in vestment bankers who control large distributing organizations. Highest of references. Write including full details, to Thompson-Martin Co. Philadelphia Stock Exchange Bldg., Philadelphia, P. a a B c fi V K3 B 0 tt B a a D D n n B D B 19 B B a von md HOORB S8-In. wool sergv. i r. Millar It. -n,l 1 1ft fnr t hour., QO 1 yards for UOC No a. O. D's Wo Deltrcrkw. port II0UU8 SLIa. aolld pink chambray ginghams; for i hours, per 1 A yard lUC No O. O. D'a No Dcllterlca. von HOURS St-ln. mlim1 atrip rtngh&ms; for I houra, 1(1. yard lUC No O. O. 1 No fe!lTerl-. van HOURS Il-ln. plaid dreaa gingham, for B hour, Ed 10c No tt O. D'a No DdlTerlca. von 5 HOURS JT-ln. clleo for I hour, "7 1 par yard I IfC No O. O. D'a No DellTcrlca, I'OK 5 HOURS Sl-In. b e a. o h cloth regular 49c yard fV.r.dr 49c No O. O. D'a Ho Dellfcrlcs, 5 HOURS rure white towel ing regular 16o yard for t hours. 71 per' yard I 2 C No O. O. D'a No DrilTerlca, FOIl HOURS 40-ln. crepe d chine regular J1.98 yard for S houra. rf 1 OQ per yard tpla&ii No O. O. D'a No Dcllvcrlca. ron HOURS Beldlnga guaran teed aatlna for petticoats and bloomsr: f-J 4A for 8 houra, y ard t? JL fi 3 No J. O, D'a No Delltcriea, KOK HOURS Beldlng guaran teed dru antlna, all Bilk; regular . yd. 1 on for t hours, yd. ?l0s No O. O. D'a No Deltrcrteti. FOIl 5 HOURS SSo sale of mes "salines, taffeta and foul ards, 38-ln. wide; regular Jl-88. for 6 QQ hours JOC No O. O, D'a No Dr!lTcries. FOIl mmt HOURS S0-ln. caracul 5 cloth, fur cloth, silk seal plush and all fur cloaklnga that have sold all season for S.50 yard, &i ar for 5 houra .... tprzi70 No O. O. D's No DcllTcrlca. FOR 5 HOURS lJdls' bungalow aprons, regular SSc and Jl.49; for S hours, Jf each 4C Only 3 aprons to a customer No O. O. n'e No Drlircrlrn. FOR HOURS H-In. Bilk velvet, all colora and hlack; regu lar J1.9S yard; qq for B hours, yard VOC No O. O. D'a No Dcllrcriea. FOR 5 HOURS 40-ln. chiffon and panne velvets, also duve tlnes in all colors; regular H.95 and SS.96 yard; for S houra, (q qj" yard 0OV0 No O. O. D'a No Dcllvcrlca. I'lis- Do Not Ask Ua to Deliver Ncvt Voars Day Phone Osnire ?4 for Free Delivery on Any Stcrrhandlsa We Csvry Tulsa Garment Factory Just Acrona the Midland Valley B. R- lrncka on Seventh Bf OSAOC 701 h fliaiiamniiiiiHiiaiiiiiaf BI 0 0 a a B Q a B 91 a m B 19 R B a a or or at K D Q .9 a a n H Q n . EI O B B a H a B E a m m B B B Clock at Naval OIscrvatory Which Sota tlio Tlmo for tho Wliolo I'nltcd Stati-n, In Canada, an Indian guide travel Ihb ahead ot his party ots up in tho teiow a tall stick, and marks thu lino of the shadow which It casts. Thus, when thoso who follow him reach the spot. In pursuing tho trail, they can toll, by noting the shift of tho r.hadow, how many hours have olapsod since he was there, nnd can estimate Vow far ho la In advance of them. Tho sundial is understood to bo ot Arabian origin, and no mo of tho ! rh-Y - b Jri nUPfjy New Year Halliburton "Abbott Co. Our Store Will Remain Closed Monday in Observance of the New Year Holiday ZJ Z US May good health be yours througK all of 1923 and may you also enjoy, the attendant blessings of material prosperity, wealth of friendships and pleasant occupation. Tulsa B rea d Company MAKERS OF