Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-10-03
THE DOWN AND OUT CLUB.

The Down and Out club has It's members in every
city, town and hamlet of the country you brush against
them in the ,ongcscd market places, You find them far
from the haunt, Of men, drowning their lives IN dleness
eating the bread Of self cproach and drinking the leaves
that ar, away, found in the bottom Of the chace OF
pleasure, says John Jayne
Men come into membership in the club IN partc
ular way; somc very few however to its entrance
by the avenue of sickness aud pain, trudgc along
81 Wcarness street." Others through "Lazness al
and st other. over the rough and rugged path Of Don't
Care"
The term, OF entrance to the club are very simple,
there mo- leumg Of petitions, no recommendations pre-
.cntcd no characters youccd for Zee, or dues co
lrccd N enc has to do /, to confess to himself that
he is Down and Outer and he is admitted at once into
ire iuucJ circle Of the great fraternity Of men who have
failed o -crcw ,hcir courage to the sticking point and
have "uid down in time, OF stress doubt or danger
There oc no large manufacturing establishments en-.
gaqcd IN turning out the resalia and emblem, of the
Down and Out cmb Yet the rgaa is well recognized
well authenticated, while over the person of every mem
bcr Of tie club +, written, stamped and stained the IN
sigma Of the order
You have no difficulty in recognizing a Down and
Outer wherever he may be- He has a hangdog, detected
beaten and au0,,ed appearance He shows in his face
that he ma, los, hope, and doesn't care whether school
keeps or not His handshakc is weak and iabby, aud
as he replies to your questions, he has shtty look in hls
eve and whine in his voice that declare in mmlstak
able language that he has taken his past masters de-
gree il the ,ub His clothing is unkcmpt solled and
tycd He is lstless weary, sad and above all eXces
siycly lrcd Of it ALL Rarely it that u man who comes
iuto full membership in the Down and Ont club ever
takes his papers of resignation from it, He knows hi
ha, been fool 10 identifying himself with it, yet he Lack
the courage to say his fellow cubmen 81 am goin!
to get out"
II doe. no, tequire much energy to get into the club
On the contrary it is the lack of energy that lands TIN
member within the precincts of the Down and Cutters
But does take courage, pluck and tremendous deter
mined stick to-it veness for when once membe
or ON the verge Of membership to get up and away fror
the no1ious influence that, while supplying still attract
the men to membership in the club
You never find strong hearts joining the Down an
Cutters You find men who have the courage of the
convictions and the determination of their best judgmcn
near the entrance place of the club.
Men may be in hard circumstances bills may
lstaring them in the face, creditors pressing bankruT
suits pending, yet the real man of grit, gumpton an
lginscr never thinks of applying for membership in tn
club In trouble he may be- he grinds his teeth
little firmly, gets fresh grip on his courage an
makes another Srikc, and perhape th, Time to win
There are three kinds of men who invariably Ian
lin the Down and Out club First, the who whine
abou not having any chance torgetful of the fact ha
linen make chances The second is the who gives
Ito dscouraeement forgetting that encouragement is
blue glass that changes the complexion of the brighte
opportunity down the street The third is the one VIII
!, continues to depend dad "wait for dead men
shoes, until waiting to be virtue and the hab
of laancsS is woven into the warp and woof of his ben
If yoN are q full of the American spirit of pluc
and push YOU won't think of Joining the Down and OF
club.