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OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
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Save the Waste and Win the War"
HEARTLESS OR THOUGHTLESS?
T3IX KNTI.Y we have heard several complaints ,of the
tendency of Oklahoma City landlords to penalize
children. Douhtlesi you have notice) the frrfrnry with
which the "for rent" advertisements specify "no children,"
or "adults only." A few also bar d"ns, hut it is anainst
the children the har sinister is most frequently raise .1. We
re reminded of Him who said, "Sufler lillle chihlren to
Come unto me"; He was so different from those who hold
their hardwood finish too prerbms to hear the palter of
little feet, and count their polished mahonany brighter
than the shining countenances of childhood. Douhtless,
however, most of these discriminating landlords are
Christians of a sort, or think they are. All, no douht, feel
they are quite human, not to say humane, hut there they
stand convicted of holding paint and varnish worthy of
greater consideration than childhood's happy hour.
Perhaps we should give them the henefit of the douht,
ami deem them thoughtless, rather than heartless, hut it
it our purpose, if we can, to make them think. Have
they thought, for instance, that children are the hope of
humanity: the future of the stale, the nation and the
race? They should thjnk of that, and that they have set
themselves thus against their city and their country. Have
they stopped to consider that the need of children grows
greater as the sacrifices of war increase? That is so
palpably true that the blind should see it. And these men
who are giving aM, or hararding all, for the sake of hu
manity; it is for the children of today and tomorrow
that those men are fighting and dying. How sordidly
elfish and degradrd seems the anti-children landloid in
comparison.
Ami do not imagine we stand alone in branding the evil
of this handicapping course. Other cities have seen it and
corrected it by ordinance. The landlord may think be
owns his property, and with self-centered defiance con
tend he can do with it as he will. He is right to a degree,
but he must not forget that bousing is also, in a measure.
S public and civic problem, and recognized as such. Also,
the renter has rights, including the right to raise a family,
which is also something of a duty. The children have
rights, as well, and aren't strong enough to fight for them,
which is why we grasp a handy cudgel to lake their part.
It has probably incurred lo the kaiser bv this time that
be was wrong in the supposition that America couldn't
raise an army
THE DUTY OF VOTING.
'TMIFI'F. was such ttici.il opposition to the school bunds,
budget increase and playground', levy tli.it the real
danger of defeat was in neglect. Fortunately tlie real
workers rallied ami prevented lethargy from winning the
day. A step forward has been taken, which is to the credit
of Oklahoma City. Our schools will catch up with the
city's growth, and the spirit of the vote cast Tuesday
augurs well of a determination to keep them abreast with
our future growth. It is timely, however, to say a word
of the duty of voting, for the ballot is a duty as well as a
privilege. There are other duties, of course, some of
which are more importnnt, but this cannot be a govern
ment of the people, by the people anil for the people unless
the people vole when the occasion demands it. Many a
Worthy measure has been defeated by self-satisfied folk
who really favored it, hut were too busy or too tired to
journey to the polls. That is wrong, and it shouldn't he
neies-ary to furnish motor transportation to get a citirn
to use his voting franchise Voting is a duly as well as
a privilege, and should be attended to the same as paying
tases. regular work and oilier unpleasant performances.
You also probably know men for whose especial benefit
fou would like to sre the draft age raised to forty years
HUNS IN NEUTRAL LANDS.
IIFITH the new sedition law supplementing the espionage
law, America should he able to handle Herman
propaganda effectively, partirulatly sime a large maiority
of Americans are loyal to the core, and pi ejudiced against
the Huns in no half-hearted manner It is the painful
truth, however, that the spread of I rtissian poison isn't
limited to America nor to the other allied nations. In fart,
the propaganda is more intensive and v -idrsprcad in the
neutral countries, for the very good reason that the kaiser's
gents have freer hand in such regions, and also because
Germany has nearer an even break with public opinion in
juch lands. There has recently been evidence of the growth
of pro-German sentiment in Mexico, which hasn't loved
America much for several seasons Carrana is almost
openly pro-German and the Teutons find a fertile field in
that land of manana which may cause future complications.
But c in the other Latin-American countries, several of
which have broken relations with Germany, it might fie a
fine idea for America to do a little propaganda work on
iti own part; at least enough to show those peoples that
their interests are linked with ourt.
el Gompert recently warned union men to refrain
f coots of action they couldn't defend when the
Wyt coant boms frora over there. And thai advice may
. Abo I Pfilj4 to poj oyJiHt of labor union.
PROTECTING THE SOLDIERS.
PRAISE is due the city commissioners for passing an
ordinance providing a fine for those who profiteer on
soldiers or sailors. It is sad to think there are any so
lost to a sense of gratitude or patriotism as to see in the
uniform only an opportunity for a hold-up game. But
we know, unfortunately, that there are such; there are
those whose god is money and whose creed is selfishness,
and whose business ethics consist of getting the coin. That
there should be some of them here is not strange, for the
breed is widespread, and complaints of such merchandising
methods have come from many towns and cities where
fighting men are found.
The ordinance here, if properly enforced, should end the
evil, and that it may be properly enforced, all publicity
possible should be given the measure. It should he posted
where soldiers can see it, and thus be prepared to pro
tect themselves, and also gain a knowledge of this city's
efforts to protect them. They will be grateful for such
consideration, although it is little enough to do in return
for what they are doing. Iutthermore, the widespread
heralding of this ordinance will tend to check the harpies
who would prey on those defending them.
What Oklahoma City has done in this matter all other
cities and towns should do, for wilh an army of the pro
portions we are raising, soldiers will be frequent guests
in every hamlet in the land, For the most part they will
be tlie honored guests, but there will be those in most
places ready to rob them if they can. The chance sliould
he denied them, and a penally applied for offenses of this
kind. And those cities near ramps and cantonments
should make a special effort to get in line There is noth
ing in the ordinance 10 discourage legitimate business,
which has boomed in many places a a result of soldier
patronage, but it gives some assurance of the square deal,
which should be part of the democracy for which our men
aie fighting.
I'.ager as we are for the truth of the aitcial't con
troversy, (ititon I'.orglinn must produce heller evidence
than calling other people bats if he hopes to be convincing.
MOBILIZE THE HARVEST HANDS.
TOTALIZING the vital necessity of saving the wheat crop,
the governor of Kansas has issued a proclamation
organizing and calling for volunteers for a "harvest" army.
Kansas w ill need oO.OOO harvest hands, and it is certain they
can't be called from other stales, as they have been in years
gone by, and all town men not engaged in work essential
to the war are asked to enroll in these harvest legions,
and employers are urged to release as many men as pos
sible. Oklahoma's wheat ac reage is less than that of our
neighbor to the north, but it is large. The harvest comes
when there is a rush of other farm work, and the usual
mobile army of harvest bands will be missing. To avert
waste there should also be an organized eflort here to
enroll the men engaged in non-essential occupations. Go
ing to the harvest fields this year is a patriotic service,
in which the pay should be a secondary consideration. The
work is bard anal the hours long, but it is work which
must be done. W'e should know by this time the wisdom
of preparedness, and prepare at once.
Afler listening to an oil promoter talk for a time, it
seems foolish for anjone to be poor. However, "many
aie called, but few are chosen "
NAMES AND NUMBERS.
JJI-.I.I'F IT. criticism lieing in order, we loose a shaft of
that sort toward Secretary McAeloo, who, as director
of the railroads, has changed or proposes to change, the
names of noted trains to the mere numbers by which the
diligent dispatcher keeps track of their movements. Thus
the "Twentieth Century Limited" will become merely No.
14, and instead of the (ioblen Slate Limited, the Hlack
Diamond, the Sunset Kxpress, the Overland Limited and
all the list of trains de luxe, we shall have but a further
array of arithmetic. I'rrhaps Ihete is efficiency in the
change, and possibly the names were advertising, as the
Pooh-Hah of the administration insists, but they gice a
touch of beauty to a prosaic pursuit and make traveling
easier. Also, the change is small town stuff, for it is the
deniren of the kerosene circuit who knows each passing
train by its numerals, and Is down at the station to see
it pass. Besides, names are readily remembered, and num
bers are difficult for those with no taste for mathematics.
If names must he abandoned to some extent, it would be
well to spare the trains and work on those Pullman mon
ickers which no one can pronounce.
"F.at mu-hroorns and save food," savs a headline And
something like tint wouW be the only excuse for eating
parsnips.
A Kansas educator is calling on the business men to
help save the wheat crop. As a harvest hand the average
business man is a great four minute speaker.
RAISING THE DRAFT AGE.
ejMIFRK is renewed talk that the government may soon
raise the draft age to forty years, which is quite all
right if such a change is needed to supply man power. It
is a painful truth that there are numbers of men between
the ages of thirty-one and forty who haven't yet volun
teered although having no plausible excuse for keeping
out of the service The draft would show them their duty,
and many of them would make excellent fighting men
And, while extending the draft limit, there is military
as well as economic wisdom in extending it downward,
sav to nineteen, as well as upwards. Without knocking the
efforts of us old heads unduly, it is a truth borne out hy
history that the youngster, as an average, makes the better
fighting man. Our Civil war was fought largely by men
under twenly-one, and there are many thousands below
that age now in our army and navy. They volunteered, as
youth is so apt to do, and will prove fighting sons-of-guns
when the test comes For the economic side, it is,
of course, true that most of the older men have more of a
fixed place in the affairs of the nation, and their going
would upset the machinery somewhat. However, the war
is the main thing now, and men should go as needed, and
they will.
As a patriot, Arthur Geissler is undoubtedly a fairly
competent insurance man.
- Secretary Baker is convinced that America has plenty
of machine guns, and in time the Huns wilt also tee the
matter ia that light
iAtieMlttke
-His Column
Hoorayl
Our Armv leaves no )nh undone,
Our Nnvy la the hrsl alloHt;
So 'twill them hoth we'll whip the linn.
And get the filthy Knlxer'a gout.
Then It Happened.
"That fellow who just went out
makes money by keeping his revolver
loaded," said the Rummy, as he
grabbed a handful of toothpicks.
"What is he, a guard or some kind
of a watchman?" asked the Barkeep, as
he picked up the hung starter.
"No," replied the Kummv. as be
headed for tlie door "He owns a
merry go round "
Oh, Joy!
Hefnre we die. Ihert Jijsf one nl"h
We'd r 1 it v e of tiitnl old Mliti'A Kite:
We'd like lo find N'linn place where i.,h
Arct J11M as plentiful hn hull.
Trie Wise Fool.
"Fame is hut a bubble," observed the
Sage. (
"Yes," agreed the Fool, "and every
man miisl do bis own blowing."
Huh!
Thul mnn In sure n (unity gink.
In fuel, he in a fn-iik:
For, when hi' RtMn ton nnh h t r.-Tifr drink
He's crrtiiln lo rcI wrnk.
Mean Brute!
"It savs here that a wealthy West
ern man lias left $.slKl.li(l to the woman
who refused to marry him JD ycats
ago," said Mrs. G.ihh, as she looked up
from the newspaper she was reading,
"That's what I call gratitude," icm
I'tciited M r. ( l.ibb
Police!
bed men nnrned '.nod who had earned
ntui li III fame,
Hna n iieiKhhor, end Cnnee Is this
nelghltor'n name:
That I'nutiee Is hnd tl Is quite plnln to
nee.
And while (Inrt In not good, he's as good
as 1'nnliee.
Next!
f ninnmlngtnn. III . Pfnr )
Fpb Keel, who has been a helper at
the blacksmith shop and doing hair
(lilting and shaving on the side, has
accepted a posiion as off bearer at the
sawmill and will nunc bis baiber tools
over tbere.
Trades Is Tiades.
Card of a Cincinnati man:
William C. Tolbver,
5-M W. Fifth Street.
Ijnbalmer and Pianoisi.
Come Right In!
Miss Tv a Ford has been finding the
Club lonesome, so we have induced Mrs
Iva Henry, of Huntington, W. Va , to
keep her company
Giddap!
A. Pigg is a grocer in Clayville, Ky .
and as he has the only store in town
he manages to hog the trade.
Great Game.
The Inundrenn enn't piny hnll, I know,
if thlB there la no doubt;
And yet It Is a pleasure, brt,
To nee her line em out
fiike M' I, uke.
And Smith, who nlnirn In the ortetts,
Hnn not n single trnee
Of knowledge of hnnetin.ll. and yet
He's nlrong at second hnsn
Newark Advocate.
Names Is Names.
Miss A. Train lives in Sc?tile.
Our Daily Special.
A Poor I-ool Can Always Be Worked
Both Wavs.
Watch Us Growl
A branch of the Club has been
started at Kennva, W. Va , wilh the
following charter members:
I. Neal. A. Wellman, John Swin
Homer Irons. Watt Hums, f Trust v.
and Will Liken.
The Reasons.
Why do men drink? Ton nk of me.
The reimon's very plnln to nee:
One drinks because he feela so triad.
Cine drlnka hecaune he feels so bed
Luke M Luke.
Why do men drink? Ton aak me.
For many rensona, I reply;
cine drinks heratma he'a "wet," and (tee!
Another drlnka heeeuae he'a dry
flarcoile (Mo.) Record.
Our Joe Miller Contest
Captain Samuel H. Arthur, of Wash
igio, I). C, claims that the oldest
joke is the one about the Hebrew who
hadn't taken a bath since the Johns
town flood. He fell in love with a girl
and asked her to marry him, hut she
would have nothing to do with him
He told his troubles to a friend, and
the friend advised him to get a hair
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FIT F.I. Fl'Rt r.. dreamed of bv Wilbehn after Sedan, raised its ugly
and mi nii'l.ilile bead 111 the news columns yesterd.iv with the detailed
stories of he (bungs of the citiiiei'T of Austtta and the dermaii kaiser at
(letmail field headquarters
Among other things, the nion.iri lis selected Teuton rulers for the conquered
Russian ptnunces of Lithuania, Com laud, Fsihonia and Poland 1 bey signed
an alliance for twenty years wbnli is said to include a military convention and
provides for the closest economic and customs relations.
Look at the map whuh .shows in black the suhdued territory, which with
Cermanv, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, the central powers, makes a solid
block reaching from the H.iltic to the Hosphorns.
Berlin's direction of atlairs lennese has been unofficial heretofore Today
Austria Hungary has turned the shop of troubles over to the I lohenollerns.
Ibe bouse of the llapsburgs bocottits a vassal in fact where it has been only a
weak sister to be protected beretolnte
The tight agreement means machine guns and shrapnel for the Jilgo Slavs
of the old Bohemian kingdom, whose revolution lor freedom is going wilh such
speed that it was this cmcrgenry, as much as the general economic starvation
of the dual monarchy, which forced the issue ,
Charles can tell his peiqile that the alliance was necessary togrt (ierinan
troops in sufficient numbers to help him on the Italian front in a bid lor victory
that will open the south gale and take Italy off the back of the Teutons. If the
polyglot nations eat this sawdust bread, they will see their revolutions shat
tered into bits by the steel fist as soon as l.etmau organization can perfect the
plans or destruction that have been in gloved bands thus far.
We have to face Mitiel-Furopa. It is an accomplished fact. The kaiser has
opened a new road to the east over the Hlack Sea. Soon bis peace oiler is
coming He wants to restore the west fpr his loot in the east, to give htm a
generation to organize bis JlKl.imO.IHIO seris and develop the economic world
treasure that be holds in his greedy hands.
OldStbdes
yftwTS Time Filo
Twenty Year Ago.
CHARLESTON. S. C, May 15.
Commodore Schley's flying squadron
passed here at 5:.W Sunday afternoon,
stopping just long enough to receive
orders that were waiting on board tha
lighthouse tender Wistare. The squad
ron was under full headway In fifteen
minutes and soon passed nut of range
to the southward.
J-ast night a wtek of festivities of
the high school was inaugurated in the
junior class reception at the home of
T. M. Richardson. This week starts
nut of public school life at least, Okla
homa City's high school class of 'OR a- I
for a week they will be honored and
feted.
'The elegance of last night's reception
augurs for the week's festivities an
elaborateness never reached hy former
commencements. The handsome Rich
ardson home was crowded from 9 until
12 o'clock by a fashionable crowd of
superior looking young men and beauti
ful, tastily gowned young ladies, stu
dents of liie high school.
Yesterday Colonel Johnson receiveif
word from Muskogee that his son, Al
bert Svdnev had been elected second
lieutenant of the second troop of the
Indian Territory volunteer cavalry,
Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Sydney .s
lite stuff of which heroes are made. He
will make a good soldier and will never
ask bis men to go where he will nt
lead them. Tlie city is proud of the
oiing lieutenant.
Fifteen Years Ago.
Miss Campbell, one of the most pnpu.
lar soc iety girls of Columbia. Mn, whs
is the guest of the charming Mrs. W.
I". Wilson, was introduced hy hef
liastess to the tiltra-fashinnablfgSa
younger set Here last evening at a nru-
i 1 ...
limit earn pariv.
lion Claude Weaver of this rity has
received an invitation to deliver the
annual address at the I'nicersity of.
I rv as, at Austin.
lite Hritisli mine field in the north end of the North Sea was put into
operation yesterday. It consists of square miles of hidden destruction
with which John Bull hopes to shut the northern lane of egress into the Atlantic
ocean against the U-boats. News of a wonderful new system of depth mines,
controlled by great nets, exploded when a vessel hits a net a hundred yards
from the bomb itself, has put us on tiptoe for the closing of this great area
of death. The U-boat is leading a dog's life. F.very aggressive step makes us
more ronfident that Jelliroe will make good on his first of August prediction.
F'och took another nibble at the thin German line west of the Avre' in the
Montilidter salient yesterday. He won a wood on the west bank which leaves
another German division hanging by their eyebrows, wilh their feetin the
water. In the Lys salient, the Germans tried to get Hill 44 back, but failed
This hill is between La Clytte and Voorniecele and is the high ground cm a
four-mile front which guards the most vulnerable section of the southern side
of the Vpres salient.
I am glad every day when I pick up The Oklahoinan and find that the new
German attack has not developed. F.vcrv day means that 4,K) more American
soldiers have arrived in France W. M. H.
cut, a shave, some decent clothes and
to take a hath and maybe the girl
would look with favor on bis proposal
" Take a bath !" said the suitor. "And
then mavbe she'll turn me down afler
I take the bath! How do I know ?"
Luke Mr Luke Says
Lots of women who think it is terri
ble to gamble will buy cantaloupes and
see no harm in it.
Every small boy is unselfish enough to
give his share of our supply of soap to
those who haven't any over in Europe.
Those who are not getting it are apt
to imagine that there is too much graft
in the world.
You have often met a man who ad
mitted that his salary was increasing
faster than the cost of living, haven't
you? Neither have we.
We are all hunting for something
easier. A farm boy's ambition is to learn
to plow so he won't have to hoe.
While he may not know much of any
thing else, a poor man can always tell
what a millionaire ought to do with his
money.
Tlie woman who wore a tissue paper
combination all last winter is now wor
rying for fear her husband will take his
heavies off too soon.
This isn't such a bad old world after
all. Pug dogs and parrots have gone
mil of fashion.
hen a man has a cold In the bead
he needs a sheet and all of Ins fingers
to attend to it. But a git! ran manage
a cold in the head with a two-inch hand
kerchief. You can't knock a town to a traveling
man who has booked a good order in it.
If there is any money in it, it doesn't
take a man long to make up his mind
to do the right thing.
Nearly all conversationalists and a lot
of automobilists are unable to see what
they are driving at.
Our idea of a henpecked man is a hus
band who has to sleep in another room
because his wife's poodle gets lonesome
unless it sleeps with "Mamma."
How'i the Wafer, Boy?
Dear Luke : Did you know that you
can C. Lawrence Swim in Stillwater?
The Canadian river is about out of
its banks east of the city. '
Ten Yearg Ago.
Mrs. James Chenoweth of
bus avenue and her sister, Mrs. T.
I.eiov North arrived home from a visit
at Little Rock, Monday.
Commencement week of the Oklahoma
City high school will begin this eve
ning at 8 o'clock by the production of
"Fsmerelda." at the Overholser theater.
The drama will he portrayed entirely
hy high school students.
Judge and Mrs. J. V. Sheafor of
Colorado Springs, Miss Ora Brownetl
and I)r Julius Seaforth were the guesti
of Mr. I". K. Gaylord at dinner at .hi
Country club last evening.
V. F. Dicken arrived from Sulphur
Springs last evening.
w.a.a. '
HSjme?
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WE TWO.
MY row is eating wholesome hay,
and so am 1 ; I've shooed all
costly grub away, till peace it
nigh; no highly seasoned food is mine,
no roast confronts me when I dine; I
do not hanker, yearn or pin: for raisin
pie. My cow, she eats the luscious
grass, and so do I; I fill myself with
garden sass, and make it fly; long
since the sweetmeats I forsook; some
wholesome succotash I cook, and drink
some water from the brook, that's extra,
dry. My cow devours no precious
wheat, no more do I ; like her I hoover
ire and eat plain oats and rye; by fol
lowing the food hoard's ruleg my eo
and I, and my two mules, will hely, tt I
though with deadly tools wt mad 1
Teuts die. My cow, she mm and kick
her heels, and so do I; it's wonderful
how good jshe feels, how blithe and
spry; she has no use for roasts and
steaks, for puddings, doughnuts, pis
and cakes, and all the things the baker
hakes, and that is why. My cow stand
lip against the rack, and so do It w
eat our fodder from the stack, without
a ngn ; my cow nil snown me wnat to
eat, and I am nimble on my feet, I'm
growing young, so help m Pete; how'g
that for high?
OH, NO, THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING! -:
Copyright, 1918, by E.
A. Rumley.
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