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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
Missionary Meeting.

Missionary Meeting.
A splendid meeting of the Foreign
Missionary Society of the Broadway
Methodist church was held on yester-
day with Mrs. Sallie Smith.
The Bible Study was from Acts
"A woman the First European Con
vert" being the lesson topic.
Mrs. Gentry Hodges was leader and
read splendid paper on the signifi-
canoe of Pauls going to Europe.
Mrs. Morris Sass discussed the top
ic, THE Gospel in Africa
Mrs. Winton spoke OF Mexico, as
an open door for missionary endeav-
or.
Brazil Nuts" was the question box
in which questions relative to Bra
zil were asked by the leader.
The program closed with these
queries, since the hour was grow
ing very late.
The society after this will meet
the third Tuesday in each month,
and that part of the program which
was omitted at this meeting will be
the lesson topic at the next meeting
on the third Tuesday in April.
The lesson topic at this meeting
will be the first lesson in the book,
Western Women in Eastern Lands"
The first chapter has as a topic,
What Our Mothers Have Told Us"
Mrs. J. A. Madden will be leader.
Ex**A
kosmos klub.
The KOsmos K,ub met on yester-
day afternoon with Mrs. Walter Mad
den at most pleasant session of
the club.
Dainty refreshments were served
Mesdames Adams, Bleakmore, Cruce,
Dobbins Evans, Hanks, Kinkaid, Ne
Cullom, Reichelderfer, Madden, Viii
liams, Woods, Frame, Myers, Wal
lace Sutherland. Kennard, Clark,
Parvine, Henley and Miss Lipscomb.
The club meets the coming week
to sew with Mrs. Reicht.IerfeY
The following week Mrs. Harold
Wallace will be hostess.
s***.
Small Fancfes.
Beads.
Cross stitch.
Striped ribbon.
Bags for every froak
Separate little tafreta coats.
Contrasting shoes and stockings.
Slippers with god and colored
heels.
Parasol, scarf and hats to match
instead of the hat and muff sets.
Candle shades made of nlet lace
and cotton bale fringe
Shocked frocks for the little ones
with yokes of baby Irish and waist
cords.
Military galoon for trimming bags,
all kinds of fame ywork and spring
muffs
Born, on Wednesday. to Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Kirkpatrick, a son who
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07
To Feast on African Meats.

Forty pounds of assorted African
meats kept fresh in cold storage and
fifty pounds of dried African meat
will be served at dinner to be given
here tomorrow night by Capt. Fritz
Duquesne, a widely known sportsman
to party Of congressman. The menu
will include such delicacies as roast
ed dikdik, fried koodee, broiled gi-
raffe steaks, boiled klipspringer and
croquettes of kori-bustard.
Captain Duquesne belives the Unit
ed States should import certain va
rieties of African wild animals and
turn them loose to multiply in the
forests and plains of the south and
west The animals which the con-
gressmen are to sample are not OF
ferocious variety and would be easy
to raise in this country, the captain
believes.
-~~.o-o-o.-oo.~-o~-ooo-o-o o-o-o~~o-o-o-~~~~-oo~~
has been christened Mark Spau ding
Kirkpatrick.
<x4xA
Mr.. Presly Maxwell arrived We'd
nesday from Kentucky to visit Mrs.
Carrie Maxwell and her children. A
telegram calling him home was re-
ceived the following morning and he
left at once accompanied by Mrs.
Carrie Maxwell who will return \
month later.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

Mrs. Walker Leaves.

Mrs. George II. Walker left to-
day for Chicago, en- route to Alaska,
where she joins Judge Walker and
her younger son, Richard In leav-
ing Ardmore, Mrs. Walker carries
away nothing but pleasant memories
of the townspeople for few women
have been so generously beloved by
their friends.
Her sweet and charitable DISPOSE
ton, her charming personality, her
kindness and thoughtfulness will
not be forgotten by those whom she
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

"EALTH CLUB Baking Powder
through its great leavening force-is
safeguard against baking failures.
Thousands of women, who are praised
continually for their baking ability, know this
to be fact.
Health Club is economical, too. 1t works
as we'll In cold water as other powders do
with milk. And you need use only half as
much, as one teaspoon of Health Club goes
as far as two teaspoons of the other kinds.
Every ounce of Health Club receives the
oven test before it is marketed. Enough
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

has been christened Mark Sparkling
Kirkpatrick.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-07

Born, on Wednesday. to Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Kirkpatrick, a son who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
she HOLDS IT UP TO THE
Girl Who Thinks "AlPs Fair in Love"

been a traitor to a friend. You have
degraded yourself to suspicioning a
man whose love you pretended to re-
turn. And THEN, you have justified
your dishonorable performance with
the false assumption that "all is fair
in love"
It Just ISN'T. however! Dishonor
Is just as much dishonor in love as 1t
Is in banking. If Il taught girls any
lessons, II they were not so unutterably
stupid in matters of the. heart, the
punishment of finding out that lovers
ARE untrue would be a blessing.
Trickery and Deceit
It would be a good thing that girl
should find the trickery and deceit she
looks for when she practices the same
criminal method of seeking, If she ever
seemed to deduce the healthful lesson
that her own dishonor needs correcting.
What possesses girls to believe they
can raise nice, large, juicy grapes on
a wild sowing of thistles? There is not
one girl in a thousand who trusts an
other when there's man in the ques-
ton. Why? Because she knows she
IL not to be trusted herself, and she
measures her girl friends by the yard
stick of her own infidelity. the false
i6ea that all Is fair in love-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
MR.. PEEVED PROTESTS

There's going to be a strawberry
festival at the church tomorrow
night" announced Mrs. Peeved, as she
ran the darning egg through one of
her husbands socks and shook her
head at the gaping holes.
How interesting" replied Mr..
Peeved, who was deep in batting av-
erages and pitching arms.
And 1 want you to come along"
Ridiculous
What exclaimed Mr.. Peeved, me
go to a strawberry festival? Not in a
million years petty. When let any
body drag me into a bunch of hens
running around with strawberries in
their fingers just call up the padded
cell authorities and give 'em my ad-
dress. will you, petty? Strawberry
festival? Oh, sugar! Don't make me
laugh, petty, please: it's too warm"
We'll, I told the ladies ia bring you
around, and the rest Of them are going
to bring their husbands. and 1 don't see
why you can't be obliging''
NO, petty" said Mr.. Peeved, with an
air OF finality. 81 just can't see myself
ladies' husbands are fools enough to
trot along there'n be men enough with
out me-"
Very well. If you won't you won't, I
suppose" sighed Mrs. Peeved. There's
no use urging a man to do what he
doesn't want to. There's one thing
they're going to have at the festival
that l don't approve of, anyway. 1 told
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

the committee It wasn't right to have
one Of those kiss selling booths even it
they did need the money, and here
they've gone and got twelve Of tbs
pretttest girls they could find to sell
kisses at dollar apiece. 1 think It's
scandalous. that's what think"
Yes" agreed Mr.. Peeved, reflectiveIy,
I don't approve Of that sort Of thing
myself. Do you know, petty, I've been
thinking the thing over, and perhaps
it's not exactly right to hold back Just
because I don't like strawberry fes-
rivals.
As you say. the other ladies will
all have their husbands, and maybe
you'd feel sort of-sort of out of
the running if I didn't come along.
think I'll go. petty"
Mrs. Peeved looked at him narrowly.
You don't need to-" she said
sharply. It'd rather go alone"
"Oh. you would! You would! Well,
I've heard lots about the inconsistency
of women, but this takes the cake.
One second you're half bellering be-
cause l won't go with you, and the
next you stand on your ear because
want to be reasonable. Just foR
that I insist on goingH
Then you'll go alone! II you 90,
I'll stay home"
'WeH both stay home, them
doomed Mr.. Peeved, as a vision of
twelve lovely kiss sellers sailed out
of his horizon, and he returned to his
paper, while Mrs. Peeved snatched I'D
the sock again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

The stage doorkeeper sighed as he
glanced over the fashion page and
then winked at the stage-struck youth
These 5upee-cuIotty things that the
women threaten to wear certainly are
the ridiculous lookin' garments, amt
they?" Then he paused and turned
to another page. Listen" he said.
This here article says that Miss Ally
Mode, who's dom the livin' statuary
here this week, Is the real originator
Of the garment, and here's a picture
Of her as she went down Main street
in 1t yesterday afternoon.
Some Crust
THAT girl has some crust, all right.
She's got a good act, and while she
don't wear much more than a spot
light on the stage, she's got the right
idea of dressfn' to attract attention on
the street. This is a right pretty
article and tells how she designed her
split skirt herself and wouldn't let
any hand touch it until 1t was fin
ished. All the cores and hens and
gussets and biases were done by her
own dainty fingers. If you don't be-
lieve 1t, here's a picture showing her
with a thimbIe on. You can't get
very far away from that, can you?
Now, the fact that she built the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Loretta's Looking Glass

The heart of the hatefulness OF which
she was guilty was that she herself
loved the man. And she tried with
every deceptive method known to a
girl to find out whether the friend loved
the man she loved and whether the man
had made love to some one besides her
self. 1t was all underhanded. ignomini-
Gus. 1t was debasing to the friendship
she pretended, for the girl who trusted
her. 1t was unjust to the lover. 1t was
generally mean and decidedly snippy.
But she called 1t fair. She con-
sidered 1t justiflable. And II she had
found out that the lover was playing
q double part. she would have climbed
up on a pedestal Of outraged virtue
and reproached him with his deceit.
Think OF It! Or rather, just re-
member what you have done yourself
at one time or another. You have
turned yourself into a spy. You have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Reddy Smith On
The Forgetful Mind

De thing dat causes de mos trubls
wild people. Jimmie. Is de way dey
rushes into uh thing widdout thinkin'.
Now, course, I amt sayin' never done
it-but-
Member de little CURL wild de dark
hair an blue eyes, cute little thing.
dat ulster wurk uver in de Mutuars
OFFICES? She ulster be Milligen's sons
best gurl.
Well. one day I'm uh standin' uver
by de stature when she Gums erlong
wild Mflligen's son. She wus goin'
uh-way fur uh pleasure trip an he wus
talkin' tn hur.
'Berdie." he wus sayin', WOO can't
swim, an de river down dere Is danger
Gus. Don't go canoein' wild anybody,
but wait till Gums down"
"AI right, Charlie" she ser sweetly,
1T won't!''
Member" he SEE uh-gain, IF yu'd
hav' listened before. yu'd hav' saved
yourself uh lot NV truble uver sum
things; now, don't do itr'
Well, Jimmie, she goes uhway, an
two days later he gifts uh telegram
sayin' she wus drowned when uh canoe
she wus in upset.
She went widdout thinkin', hur mud
der said, but 1t wus too late den, an
Milligan's son amt been de same since.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

tering up the shelves, so 1 tried my
hand at that sign thing. Pretty nifty
idea, 1 thought it was, too. Make
cocoon buckwheat cakes with this
-four" the sign read.
Well, they asked the question, all
right. why COCOON
They make the butter fly" I'd come
back, with my best little bow.
The little joke was appreciated. all
right, but nary a sale. The boss wanted
explanations, and when 1 told him he
all but threw me in the pickle barrel.
After he'd finished II dawned on me
that butter Is forty cents a pound.
Can you beat It?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
THE STAGE DOORKEEPER

gown herself gives the story human
interest, and I'll bet that a lot Of swell
DANES followed her around with pho
tograptic eyes and tried to get the
hang of how the thing was cut.
Brass Rail Boulevard
"She allowed herself to be inter
viewed on the subject. as you can
plainly guess, and our own little press
agent was on the spot ready to hand
out the salve to the interviewers and
take charge Of them afterwards and
pilot them back to their offices via
Brass Rail boulevard"
The stage-struck youth had listened
carefully, and was about to say that
he would stand for a harem skirt If
any girl had the ingenuity to make one
herself, when the telephone bell rang,
Answer that" said the doorkeeper,
and after the boy had hung up the re-
ceiver he demanded: And who was IL
and what did he want?"
"Oh! nobody or nothing much" said
the youth. 1T was only the adver-
Using manager for the Comet depart
when Miss Ally Mode is going to re-
turn that sample harem skirt that she
wore yesterday afternoon"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
A Clear Misquotation

A long silence followed, natural to
two girls who have loved each other
since childhood-the kind of silence al
ways quoted as the sign of perfect I'M
Outstanding! A clear misquotation!
Were they love letters?'
No one who has never been a girl
can manage to insert such light
hearted, deeply-interested. kindly-curi-
Gus meaning into such a question.
The school girl instantly answered
with a negative. But the methods of
girls are so devious, and 1t is such a
customary treatment of inquiries about
love affairs, that the stay-at-home was
not convinced. She continued her cross
examination, always preserving that
-bantering manner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

he was about to complete his list.
Twas Theophilus' hobby.
And so, in the shadow Of the pyra-
mids. Theophilus eyed fondly the sallow
siren of the sands.
You're peach" he murmured.
Take care, lest give you the stony
stare" she replied. with a light Egyp-
tan laugh. (She did not put stony
in italics and the joke was lost.)
His arm stole around her.
"Ah. the majesty of the sandy
waste" he murmured. She smote him
thrice. Three times she soaked him.
Take that! And that! And THAR
she cried, and sped across the desert
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

floor she the lap the older whose own
heart was breaking at sight of her girls
An mothers reiterated statements OF the loneliness OF soul
in could bring
ee no soothing to the inflicted by careless
Who had leased and about her lack of that fetish of
modern days-beauty.
Turned On the Gas
And sowhen night stopped the doors and windows
and the
You have probably of the little tragedy in the daily
and sighed hyterca girls who take their lives
perhaps held daughters closer to hearts but didn't
your pity to her, too? . &,
She is by no only girl whobranded by her comrades
ugly brought sudden realization of her skin and lack
attempted suicide Why? Because
we have made beauty, all of have set 1t the
coal toward which striving We have declared that
beauty and beauty capable winning and holding
love
1t hurts for such probably
ased about their toks the way they 90 their
Character of the average of sixteen whose
shattered painness who blame them
their pitfu attempts end their lives?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
ADesert Mystery;
Or, Sandy Wastes

From his helmet to his leggings Theo-
philus Mooney was a tourist
In his peregrinations and his pictur-
esque tourist clothes, he had f1irted
with every kind of maiden under the
sun except an Egyptian lass, and now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Our Grocery Clerk
Saws He Fumbled

I've sort OF been bordering over the
boss little stunt of stirring up interest
in slow-selling stock by sticking up
signs that woald start the customers
asking questions.
The boss told me he'd think a whole
lot more of me If I got rid of some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30

TINE two girls were establishing
an intimacy which had been
broken by the long absence Of
one at school.
Did Tom write you while you were
away?" the stay-at-home best friend
asked.
"Oh, yes"" the school girl answered.
"Often7" the other inquired carelessly.
About every two weeks. I think"
the long-absent one returned.
Does he write-interesting letters?"
Yes very"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
WHEN NOAH WAS A BOY

His mother wanted q harem skirt.
His pa kicked, but finally said IL she'd
have her old one made over he'd stand
for 1t. So the carpenter-dressmaker
oiled up his circular saw and Mrs.
Noah mounted the truck. AS the saw
began to eat into the hem. she said:
This is going to be quite painful, but
anything to be In style"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Smiles and Singers
For Warm Days
ENGLISH Joke FOR TODAY

First Glass English Gentlemans but
Ter with London and st. Petersburg ex-
perience, seeks position, highest refer
ences (speaks French). "-Advt. in Novoe
Vreyma.
Good. Now he must try English
Punch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Request Granted

Tramp-Can't you give me a bite or
two, lady?
sink can get 1t for you. Here
Towser!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Regular COMMUNICATE

After the sermon on Sunday morning
the rector welcomed and shook hands
with a young German.
And are you a regular communi-
cant?" said the rector.
YES" said the German; II take the
745 every morning"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
NOTHING TO SAY

Reporter Cat door of mansion)-There
is a rumor that Mr.. Greatman has Just
died. Is this true?
Butler-Yes; but he has nothing to
say for publication.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
He Got II Hard

Cholly Chumpleigh-No: I'll not give
you a chance to throw me down. You're
too slow to make a monkey out of me.
Miss Cutting-Too late, you mean.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Too Much

Son-Dis is perfec', settin' here all
day an fishin'. Eli, dad?
Dad (sighing)-oh, dunno; We have
to bait our hooks!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
THE ONLY PATIENT

Friend-when do you expect Mr.. Rich
to recover?
Doctor-I don't know: he's the only
patient have at the present time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
TRUSTING away the mi

TRUSTING away the mirror with force that
sent it crashing to the floor, the girl turned with
a gesture of infinite grief to the mother who was
watching her in anxious wonderment.
tits true mother" she cried out, with all the
tragic bitterness of the wistful years in her voice.
its true what the girls said They don't want me
to take a table at the fair because I'm too ugly,
and they only want pretty girls. Marion didn't
nobody ever asks me to do anything except
through pity, and I'll never, never have anybody
love me or want Or
Snhs chnked her and hineinG herself on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
M A ME ELLIS BELLE
They Sure Are Wonderful
Little People and All This
JAP WAR TALK is FOOLISH

"a ;: E
| IA they made good.
!:
I0tN1 n Personally Belle, hope they keep the
| EEES confined the first of the II
IMk n makes much inrestin reading than the tariff
INI1 SY wool Colonel Roosevets bitin rebuke
| Ed I'll o the Association of Ashmen de-
XIX ivered their banquet and calm them account
N-AAN for yelln their the they do. And,
besides does with the list the dead and wounded little
detail the Of hasn't perfected
AS proby heard before, the
wonderful little people, and I'd like them right endin
uggers and monos the peaceful neghbory Why
don't dress like do who here and clothes
Mames Real Fond of the laps
fell in love with the laps saw the first
American that hung though somebodyd ~ them
while they wasn't ooki and anybodyd suggested with
China I'd a said GO ahead people that can't their
pants straight deserve be licked"
But the dfrent Belle There's getn
they're wonderful little people The American eagle has cwed
its victory it's had far, but then it's
tackled where all
backs and each other
Belle battle soldiers slide
foot would be hard hit with ordinary
bullets.
Sherman right in what he said They
change the rules would be like checkers
after could have again play
the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Safe

Angry Farmer-Here, wot you dcin' in
my brook? I shall arrest yer when you
come out!
Voice-I amt a-comin' out. I'm a.
committin' suicide!
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But She Liked II

she-You had no business to kiss me
last night.
He-It wasn't business. It was pleas
nra
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-05-30
Naming No Places

Last night dreamed 1 was dead"
ut was dreadfully warm night,
wasn't it?''
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-10-06
What Was Done With Our
Winning State Fair Exhibit.

Paul Wilson of Hotchkiss. states
that Delta county's state fair ey-
hibit was disposed of as follows:
A selection of the best was sent
to the county fair at Trinidad. The
balance was divided up between
newspaper offices in Pueblo, state
fair offices and placed in the
show windows for advertising pur-
poses. None of IT was sold.
From the secretary of the fair
at Trinidad. Mr.. Wilson has re-
ceived the following letter:
while we could not enter the
Delta county exhibit in competition
with our local exhibits. our judges
were kind enough to place blue
ribbon on 1t as the best exhibit pres
ent. We also have n picture of
the exhibit. Please advise me to
ewhom this should be sent to be-
come part of your permanent ex-
hibit."
The committee having in charge
the Delta county exhibit feel greatly
gratified over these additional re-
suits and have done their best to
make the county's splendid exhibit
as far reaching as possible.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-10-06
Many Hunters are Home.

Local sportsmen have had a
strenuous time this week, at least
most of those who We're out on the
deer trails of this district. Several
of the parties are already home and
they report rain nearly every day
while out and in some of the noun
tain sections there was a light snow
fall.
Among those to come in We'd
nesday. Was Walter Hillman, cash
ier of the First National bank.
Walter went out to the Twenty-Five
mesa and Joined Harry White and
his brother in the search for veni-
son. Each of the trio landed a
fine deer and the local bank man
is not a little proud of his work.
W. A. Davis, his brother, NJ. F.,
and Wiley Tilkenton are also home,
but came in empty handed. They
claim to have looked the Tabaguache
basin over with an eagle eye but
could locate nothing but tracks and
some of these were made by bear.
Jim Wear and his brother, local
blacksmiths, are said to have got
ten a bear. but the report has not,
as yet, been verified.