Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-12
TULSA 5 HARBOR
Of missing MEN
SOONER or LATER THEY ALL
DRIFT INTO UNCLE SANS
BUSINESS PLACE.
They MEET At PQSTOFFICE
Many Scenes Of Deepest Human IN
terest Are tO BE seen Daily About
the Doors aud Corridors.

1T is Tulsa's Port Of Missing
Men" said the thoughtful man last
evening as he stood on South Main
street and watched tho moving mass
of humanity that was sihoutted
against the post office building IN he
twilight OF fast fading day
his reference and hs remark
which was followed by word ol
comment now and then a5 some par
tlcular character passed through the
door and shamhlcd or hurried to a
window iu quest Of news, opened up
world Of observations
80 matter who may visit the city
rich. poor a person of the underworld
or last of all "A fugitive from justice
sooner or later they VIII visit TINS
point in the city, continued the OBJ
serving man, "and having occasion To
be frequent visitor In the corr dora
my observations of the Joys and sor-
rows enact II ON the daily screen
hore have been varied and many
secret Correspondence.
"Flrst of all, here is the woman OF
middle age who has never been able
to forget that love affair Of her girl
hood days She may be living very
comfortably, as her clothes would sug-
gest. but discomfort and the knowl- |
edge that he Is in town brings her .
here Meetings at the post ofnce by /
appointment are "A very common oc-
currence There will be rush. .
handshake and few moments conver-
sation will be stolen, Then they VIII
part apparently content with the .
world
This same woman may not have an .
appointment, as is more often the I.
case, but is carrying on correspond I.
ence unheknown to her family at
home. She is guarded always I'm her .
actions. more so than the man and to .
observe the acting she Is forced to do !
at times, is lesson In Itself, She .
will enter with an apparently free .
and easy stride as though it were the .
most natural thing I'm the world for
her TO visit the post office. But a
close observer will see her eyes dart
here and there, looking looking to see /
II she is observed. Sometimes she VIII .
be almost up to a general delivery (
window when she espies an acquaint-
ance, then she feigns that she had
made a mistake, goes 10 the stamp 1
window. mailing slot or perform some .
trivial act and on out of the office only 4
to return within the next few minu-
ties and make inquiry for mail through I
the general delivery, And very sell l
dom do they seem disappointed, for
clerk at one OF these windows tells \
me there are many women known TO II
have resident addresses, who know at /
about what time each week they may
expect a letter through the general
delivery
The men. however. furnish the most
food for thought. for many of them \
are criminals fugitives and what
not upon whose faces are written the
tides OF events as they transpiro
through that little grill work win
dow
Here approaches fugitive. who has
been fleeing since time eternal. to
him. and only this ono touch is open
TO him. Always. under an alias. he
makes inquiry and receives II letter
or card. 1t may be written in hand
hardly legible but II brings tidngs
from those dear to him and a smile, \
maybe the first In many DAYS
brightens his face for moment, But .
a moment only he forgots then he re- 1
members that they are searching .
for him.
Then here comes the boy, always T.
under the age of 20 years, from the /
rural district who has tried the city /
found that It did not respond so
readily as he expected and Is existing |
only for the letter from home that /
will bring him funds TO take him joy /
ously back to the old farm life. Then /
there is the glrl OF the underworld !
Her acquantances and friends inn |
agine that she is care-free and haV-
ing the time OF her life. where the /
lights are bright This is not the |
case though and visit to the post
office corridor boy one who has eyes
will show more sorrow there than
any other class Here also is the
young girl that does not know the