Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-12-29
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~ROM tho dawn OF one New
Years Day until the next. many
y things transpire In tho world OF
men. Tho big things In year
the events that make history
those In which are involved great
principles OF the nations and the ones
that Impress by their sheer magni.
tude-are remembered by tho world
IN general for many day and re-
told for generations that follow after
But every year, there Is sue
cesslon Of events Of minor moment
that are duly chroncled IN the news
papers because Of their unusual char
meter and interest at the timc-and
then promptly forgotten. Every now
and then one comes across them IN
the daily papers md wonders, per-
haps, that such things could exist
In this 2Oth century A partial sum
mary Of such happenings In the year
Just drawing TO a close, however,
cannot but impress upon the mind the
verify Of that old Rdage Truth Is
stranger than nctlon."
Running almost the complete gamut
OF human emotion, the queer events
OF 1912 are no more amazing. per-
haps, than those Of other years. But
that they are unusual can scarcely
be sainsaid. They vary in character
from comedy to tragedy, from the
noble to the ignoble, from the ridl-
culous to the grave and from the
plausible to the apparently impossl-
BILE
As rule, a dinner is either a good
or bad one, according to ones ap-
petite and the vlands provided. But.
at ono given at Atlantic City N. j.,
last January, the guests were pres
ented with one-hundred dollar bills
as souvenirs OF the occasion-and
there were over dozen guests. The
host was wealthy retired business
man Of that place and the dinner was
given for his sons and daughters and
their wives and husbands II was, Of
course, strictly a family affair.
The guests were lcarcely seated
when one OF the daughters, who had
Just lifted her napkin, cried What
is this?" A hundred dollar bill had
fallen out In TO her lap.
yours" replied the host with a
smile.
There wore numerous gasps Of
Rmazement and a hurried unfolding
OF napkins-and more gasps
Are they souvenirs or favors?"
asked another daughter.
play them both ways across the
board" laughed the pleased father.
Make them EOuvenirs-unless you
need them as a favor" And then
he chuckled softly to himself.
quite different In character was
another family dinner during the
same month, in Chicago, Ill. Just a
month before, woman had identi-
fed and buried much mutllated
body, killed by street car, as that
OF her sister. Imagine, then, her CON
SternatlOn as she and her family sat
at dinner to see this sister walk
calmly into the room and draw a
chair up to the table.
rs 1t really you. or are we going
craZy!" the shocked woman cried.
1--WE buried you month agow
We'll, I'm not exactly dead" the
equally amazed sister answered, land
] hope TO live for some time" Later.
an effort was made to Identify the
corpse buried as that Of the sister.
The very last cry" In dinners. how
ever was one given in San Francisco,
when 1912 was but few weeks old. |
1t was heralded widely as the animal
dinner" and cost a pretty penny.
Through the art and devices OF the
decorator. the scene OF the dinner
was q fac-simile Of a Jungle with !
figures OF lions and tigers, giraffes and !
elephants peering out from miniature
thlckets; It was the Introduction of
living creatures, however, that gave
the AFFAIR its real aplomb.
Frogs. lizards. canary birds. ducks |
parrots and even crabs kept the lay |
figures OF the beasts Of the Jungle |
from feeling lonesome. The lizards
squlrmed about in the grass and flow |
er decorations on the table and frogs |
hoped into the laps Of the guests |
causing many feminine cheek to |
blanche even through Its coat OF |
Ducks waddled around |