The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-28
MUSINGS BY THE WAY.
(By J. Marvin Nichols)


10y ]. Marvin Niehols)
II is so very strange! Today an
outraged public holds up its hands
in holy horror because Olive Frens-
tad. as Salome, goes through the dan
gerous performance Of removing, one
by one. the seven wells that drape
her dreamy form while she dances.
The next night. those devout protest.
ants attend the playhouse in body.
oh, pshaw
\ certain man passed through the
penitontiary gate. he was on his way
thither to serve an is months term
because he had wrecked a bank and
showed 10000 deep in his jeans. on
the threshold he met man just en-
tering upon his freedom. This fellow
had completed term Of is years for
stealing a few bull yearlngs.
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In the proportion that the rotten
ness and Sodomitic nature of pre-
sent day social life comes to the sur
face. in that same proportion are we
reminded that Mans greatest hap.
piness can only be found in peace
ful and happy home where virtue
and morality cit enthroned, where
no man can enter except he has a
passport, the sign and grip of a gen
tleman. and you will never have
cause to be ashamed of the acqualnt
ance of profligate fools who bring
disgrace and modification"
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a late journal set for the disap-
probation of things, declares that
public opinion If rightly trained, has
more power to eradicate immortality
than all the laws. executioners and
prisons in the land Stamford White
(and We must tread lightly, now that
he Is deadl is not the only deprayed
one. These hoartless vampires are ev.
lcrywhcre. This great tragedy is no
more than a terrific shock that must
come when a forbearing public so
fawns as to slip the bride OFF of mod
.rrn social life. Above the wild tn
multi Of all this moral maelstrom pub
lie opinion Is going to speak in thun
derous tones.
The most dangerous power In the
world is the rayishing eye-the ca
ressing voice of an elfish woman
whose beauty is like a fairy dream
And many a poor fellow is held re-.
sponsible for the spectacular career OF
"a pie girl" who deliberately chose
her way long before she ever saw
him | have read somewhere that It Is
always the queen spider that spins
the silken web.
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Here to my mind, is the one bold
paradox in nature. There are those
who as mighty genius makes them
capable Of eagle flight; yet, because
the blood Of beasts is in their veins.
they wallow In the stencil and muck
Of the farthermost bogs. The marvel
Is that one can live in both these
extremes at one and the same time
his head in the clouds, his hands in
the dirt.
Wisconsin is the first to leglsjate
on theatrical attire. Tha other day
one Of her solons dared to introduce
a bin that requires the sklr. 70 reach
AZ least four inches below tie knees
While this is great bl1v to modern
effort to elevate dramatic art, 1t is
calculated to make restless the "un.
dressed" fashion seen in the evening
functions among the swell and the
elite.
The den. roof garden theater caves
studios and the habitats of the de
PRAYED rich-luXurios, brilliant, and
wild with beauty-are not the lairs
of an ignorant mob fresh from the
underworld They belong ofttimes to
those influential enough to forbid the
court TO publish names, These per
fumed and sweetly scented harems
belong TO the elect and chosen. And
that reminds me that birds OF prey
build their nests up nigh.