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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
UsURPING SAM BLYTHEs PRIVILEGES

Failing to find anything humorous in the Euro
pean war, it appears now that Irwin s Cobb the
fat humorist Of the Saturday Evening Post stands
accused of having faxed IN interview with Lord
Kitchener Probably he did not know that Lord
Kitchener is a mighty hard man to interview, and
the worst Of it is that he has usurped the privilege
Of Samuel G. Blythe another humorist employed
on the same magazine
II has been declared repeatedly by Mr. Blythe
that he quit drinking, and presumably there has
since that time been no temptation for him to ex-
aggerate to a noticeable degree It is not record
ed that lIumorst Cobb ever drinks or that he ever
quit, but he is a Kcntuckan by birth II is barely
possible that this fact may account for the lapse,
IL il is a lapse
few days ago Cobb was in Germany, eating
and drinking with the German officers. They
wanted to fill him full, apparently not only of war
news. but everything else in sight Instead Of be
ing thrown into prison like other correspondents
Cobb was invited to eat with the German officers
While II is true he did not get photograph Of him.
self in the net Of eating with them he drew q
beautiful pen picture of the event
Then he apparently Jumped over to the British
side where Sam Blythe was working and lust a
week after Blythe had told how scorcyc Kitchen
or was Cobb sent in an interview with him in which
he was made to appear as giving M his inner
most thoughts and other things relative q the
war
It is apparcri that Colonel Cobb has made a
serious mistake but whether IT was in taking the
Kitchener interview if he did fake it. or scoop
inc Colonel Rvthc on his own run we are unable
at this time TO determine That is a matter which
naturally comes before Col George Horace Lori
mer for determination, At any rate the gentle
reader is bcqiunng to learn that he must also take
the war news in the magazines as we'll as the news
papers with grain of salt
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

wishing suddenly that her own hair
was not brown and that her black
eyes were blue, They went 20 the
basement Della's knees no longer
tremble,l. They ratified aud knocked
together. Her breath came fast In
the basement the glum young man
led them TO tall spectacled woman.
who was dustlng the notions counter
Two new oles, Miss Gray"
Della bit her lips TO hide their tremr
bling and looked around to see tlP
nearest exit, With the girl Of yell0w
hair shs somehow slid In behind
the counter, took the cashbook handed
her, gulped her name and heard her
number Then suddenly Miss Cray
was called away.
Della raised her eyes and met the
blue ones. Are you experienced"
gulped their owner Through the gulp
quiyered scared sob.
Della opened her eyes In glad
amaEemcnt. "N-no. Are your
"NnO"
lheh Miss Gray came back and flu.
iShed the Instructions aud initiation.
Della swung airtly home that
night with all the aplomh Of busl
ness woman. We'll, did they swallow
your asked brother, sarcnsuCally.
you don't look like suicide"
Della blushed How had he guess
ed her secret intention, "Oh. It is moth
Ing TO go 10 work" she said radlantly.
There's girl there met. We're 60
Ing to be chums She's got yellow hair
And her brother runs all elevator
there. And he lets us ln." glgung
even when its too crowded for the
other girls And, say, Anna, with my
dollar this week I'm going to buy four
yards Of pink cotton null. II you
would cut waist cut | can make
It. And with my dollar next week
there's n gray satin shape. II is mark
cd down cause the season II over "
breathlessly. And Belle-thaps her
name-Rays look swell In II. And
her brother says"
$50 soOnw said Anna. mockingly
But the mockery was not unknd
and only Della's mother heard her
say It. And DellR's mother looked ten
derby AZ Della.
Il like to work" said Della med
ltntively ~ wish I'd started q long
time ago"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
ABOUT OUR CELEBRITIES.

Edward A. Schmidt OF Philadelphia
was reelected president OF the United
States brewers at the resent ooDyeu.
tiOn In New Orleans.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels in
an official Communication" announces
that the official spelling II dread.
naught," not ~dreadnought"
Andrew Carnegie, In a recent ad
dress, said he hoped 70 get TO heaven
through his attempts TO be Of service
to his fellowmen, but that he had
doubts about It
Governor Major OF Missouri has just
had four Of the degrees Of Scottish
Masonry conferred upon him He has
been q member OF the Masonic frater-
nifty since he was twenty one years old
William ] Bryan came nearest to
being president Of tho United States
On July 4, 1919. On that date Mr.
Bryan was acting president during
the absence Of President Wilson and
Vice President Marshall.
President Woodrow Wilson has given
II out that the usual state reception
and dinners at the white House this
winter, including the New Years re.
Ception TO the public. viii he abandon
cd because OF the death OF Mrs Wilson.
Egbert O. Jacobson Of New York Is
the winner Of the 300 prize offered by
Massa achusetts Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation for the best poster appropriate
TO woman suffrage Mr.. Jacobson's de
sign was one OF eighty submitted by
artists all over the United States and
was the unanimous choice OF the
Judges. II represents the noble head
Of n woman with lictors' rods behind
10 represent civil authority and the
motto, Equality Ia the sacred law Of
humanity"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
STARTLING REPORT MUST BE FALSE

day or two ago dispatch from Amsterdam
VIA London announced that the German governor
OF Brabant had demanded 81 100000 a month from
the Begians in his province for the maintenance
OF German troops and that war levy Of $4,000,
oOO had been placed upon Belgium generally as a
penalty for violations Of neutrality" by that
state and for losses ensuing thcrefrom to Ger.
many. II is hard to believe that such report can
be accurate, even though it may seem 10 come
from a reliable source
Aside from the inhumOnity Of demands of the
sort outlined they would be In direct conlradc.
dietion of the professions made by the Germans
when they first invaded Belgium and they would
he open violations of those international conven.
tiOns TO which the government in Berlin does not
hesitate to appeal from time to time
Under the provisions Of the second Hague con.
ference pillage is formally forbidden Neither can
any general penalty, pecunisry or otherwise. be
inflicted upon population on account of the acts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
REsUMING BUSINESS WITHOUT NOISE

The New York stock exchange resumed its
business ON a moderate scale without he least dis
urhoncc and without any excitement
The situation reminds one Of the great debate
chat took place in 1879 when il was resolved to
resume spccie payment on January first of that
year The resolution had been taken as early as
in 1878 and the secretary Of the treasury directed
to accumulate coin to pay of greenbacks as fast
MS they were presented for redemption
When the resolution was taken the greenback
was at a heavy discount compared with gold and
the opposition party rdiculcd the notion that re.
sumption could be accomplished on particular
day years ahead Some said il was like resolving
to alight from balloon to a certain place no mat
ter how high in the air the baoonist might he
Nevertheless the money was accumulated in
the treasury for the purpose Of redemption and
when January first came around no greenbackS
were presented and the nation resumed the specie
payments without the slightest jar Of any doscrip
ton in the wheels of business
The stock exchange has not resumed business
fully hut there was so much fear of disturbance
that it began only with dealing in bonds and for
cash and already nearly all who are interested in
finance perceive that il is perfectly safe to resume
business to the full
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Of individuals for which they cannot be-regarded
as Jointly and severally responsible
OF course these provisions might be lodged, but
any impositions like those reported would be es-
sential infractons Of The Hague obligations More
over. and this is the more practical point, such a
course of oppression if generally known would ef-
fectually and Justly ALLEVIATE from Germany any
sentiment in her favor that may exist in neutral
countries
1t would be justification of all that nation $
worst enemies are saying concerning her supposed
ruthlessness, heartlessness barbarism and faithful
ness to obligation, The money received would be
money obtained at cost of great permanent INJURY
to Germany No explanations would be accepted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
DELLA GOES TO WORK
ICoDIrighL i0la, bJ " wsrosr

When she was ten years old Della
hogan TO dread going to work. She
knew that she would have 10 90
probably when she was fourteen.
That was when all the members Of
the Noyrck family went to work. There
were three girls aud three boys older
than Della and six or seven younger.
Mrs. Noycck was tired, prematurely
aged womnn Dpllas father waa Il
tired premnlurely aged man who only
slgh~I dcjrGcdly and stopped his
shoulders % little more at each fresh
arrival So I'm such condition YOU
simply had 10 90 To work rs soon as
the state law would let you. The you
ger birds are expert in pushing old
cr ones out Of the nest And some
how though the three girls aud three
boys were at work, the family larder
grew no fuller The more they worked
The more they seemed to eat and they
had to have clothes to work in
Thinking Of the clothes Della some
times thought that work would be
cndurable, There was certain red
dress for Instance that she had long
wished But no, work would never
he endurahle Della was a born bun
gler AZ home, In an atmosphere not
critical 10 say the least, she was con
stantly I'm trouble Al the grocery
store, she trlpped over crates. Once
AZ the butcher shop she had tipped
over tray Of fish Once at the deli
catcssen she had spilled accidentally
n big bowl NJ brown beans and scooted
In terror before the big German wom-
ans fury.
Together and separately her older
sisters nnd'hrothcrs had warned Della
that when she went TO work she'd
have to change her propensity. Della
listened uunkingly How could you
change propensity that you had
been horn with aud never been able
to lose? That was the glst OF her
thoughts. although her mental pro
cess NJ reason was beyon dher vocabu-
larv To her relief the age limit was
raised for her When she reached
the maturity NJ fourteen her tired
rrcmaturrly aged mother acquired ty-
uhoid fever, and later supplemented
n with pneumonia, Two older sisters
nnd brother had married and ac.
QuIrcd LHres aud Penates Of their
own housekeeping and nursing fell
upon Della. housekeeping Included
marketing feeding. bathing and dis
cipllulng the younger Novecks. But
she didn't mind She gladly postponed
her cash girl career
She was sixteen when II was finally
decreed that she should 90 downtown
10 work In the same department store
In which her sisters had been EN-.
ploved.
They were Dalncd by her migrate
mi attitude "And believe me" said the
oldest 'vOu got II easter than did.
Not soul did | know-not even the
right street car TO come home on.
without asking a policeman every
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brOthers-in and the one 10 be
added by Anna In month were Door
finds Della had no great opinion
Of matrimony AZ an institution, any.
way. She couldn't zee that II meant
anything but children, work, and
penury
II never let the other girls keep
whole dollar when they started" her
mther bribed softly. In the months
Of sickness Della had grown bit
dearer to her than the careless others
II don't want IT," mournfully. "rn
get fired first day"
"No, you won't Anyway" the
mother impatlently replied, you'd
have to get another job at another
store"
Della shivered, She knew that II
she were fired -borrihle fate.-she
would never have the courage to try
another day In another store.
Her sister Anna, who was staying
home for the last month before her
wedding In order to sew. took her
down town and up to the application
room. Della shlvered at the long
rows OF applicants, the cross looking
men In the shiny oak.trimmed offices,
the buslnesslike heaps Of ledgers, the
swim darting elevators and naughty
elevator boys She pulled back when
they stepped out Of the third elevator
after the third trip TO trim office.
Anna impatiently urged her on. "Sil.
ly" she abruptly said, "You make
me tired And after me getting you
- week instead OF 81, Just because
the manager never had no complaints
about my work. HereW Then Anna
handed her over 10 glum Young
man who was In charge Of dozen
other girls, Della did not look at
anything hut the hens Of their skirts
She felt that Anna, now going down
in the elevator had bRaely thrown her
into den Of lions She felt her knees
give way She wodered n drowning
were a hard death Some said Il was
not. Because, n she were fired. az O,
course, she would be- rather than &c
through this ordeal again she was M
solved 60 straightway jump into ths
lake. And then her brothers and ds
terp--
This way all you new bunch, >
called the glum young man. Here
He pulled the green slip from Dena'l
hand, She vaguely remembered tina
a cross man In an office had given 4
10 Anna who had put n In her hand
You're for the basement notion. An,
YOU" noddins NJ Elri with yellow
| hair Della followed them abisctly
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
GIVING A PEDESTRIAN SOME RIGHTS.

This is the day the pedestrian on the downtown
streets comes into his riohts-if he Savs in the
safety lanes II may be that with practice in the
past many pedestrians in this city have become
artful dodgers and that they have learned m'n
footwork as would hc useful 10 them in prize
fight or a football game. but they will not have
to practice it hereafter
Within the danger zone defined Ms Second
street on the north California avenue on the south
the Santa Fc tracks on the east and Hudson avenue
on the west the pedestrian may cross any Of the
streets in perfect safety hv staying within the
safety lanes That u.s. if the law is enforced, and
It is the intention Of Mayor Grant TO have the po
hcemcn with flat feet enforce IT,
Heretofore the humble person afoot had TO skip
when he saw the proud and arrogant automohiiH
approaching The pedestrian took his life in his
hands and carried il across as best he might de.
pending ON providence and his own agility
Now the law Of the city steps in and says he
shall not be subjected to such dangers The arro.
CANT automOhilist must give way to the humble
person who walks if he is inside the safety lanes
Hereafter the automohist the reckless driver Of
the delivery wagon and even the daring and some
!imes criminal motorcycle rider must look out for
the pedestrians in the safety lanes
And there are some rules. too for those who
walk They must not spit on the sidewalks They
are not expected to stand in the middle of the
street and gossip with their friends They will not
be allowed to block the street traffic for that pur-
pose. They must not cross the streets in the danger
zone except in the safety lanes
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Della thought to herself that abe
would, too, II she were married to
the big, sullen glutton whom her
eldest sister had promised to love,
honor and obey And she listened
meekly when her brothers sarcastical.
ly wanted to know what she'd prefer
for life Morris chair or reclining
carriage. She tried to explain that
II wasn't work she was afraid Of
but they couldn't understand SO fin.
ally she gave up explaining.
You can keep dollar a week {"
her mother told her anxiously. III
hate 10 make you. but ] can't make
what your father gets and the two
boys reach. And, dearle, your sisters
got their chances to get married
down at the store"
Della restrained a sniff. II was
Della's private opinion that her two
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

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were present 90 the meeting, having
stationed ourselves where we could
rush IN between them and seize their
weapons
The first thing they did was Ia
shake hands THEN Pete slapped Bill
on the back uud led Ms all IN the direc.
tion of a cigar stand.
"BIl, he said. YOU heat me 10 II
this time, hut n the campaign had
lasted another week I'd have had you
skinned
Maybe you would" said the Hon
William Mullins You had me going
some"
In our ncighhurhood we have come
10 the conclusion that we worried
needlessly We know now that Bill
Mullins and Pete Cahill didn't mean
anything by their public utterances
about each other In the campaign
each spoke " the other an n cntthroat
and CRATER hut they were slmyly fol
lowing n time honored custom.
When ] saw the two last night Bill
and Pete had no cigars. but they sal
close together and we're FletcheriEinr
the same plug NJ tobacco 10 beat the
hand. RICHARD s. GRAVES.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

Subscriptions to Austria'S war loan amount TO
S60OOOO 000 II is not known whether any Of this
sum will be used to buy absorbent cotton for the
treatment Of wounds or whether all will be used
to arrange for new wounds with which to appeal
10 the sympAthy OF America
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

The first eastern official AGAINST whom the re-
call is being worked is John f. Hurley. mayor of
Salem, Mass. and as he persists in defyng public
sentiment with luxuriant set Of sdewhiskers, 1T
tie sympathy will be felt for him
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
PEANUTS N THE UOASTtR

Those who took cluso interest In
the recent campaign doubtless noticed
with regret the enmity that was en-
gendered between men who previously
had been friends They were neigh
hors, perhaps, and boon companions
before a discussion of the issues caus-
ed them TO hate each other.
In my neighbOrhood two old friends
ran for the same office The place
they sought was insignificant and the
emoluments would not pay the cigar
bills ot either OF the aspirants, vet
they fought each other to the last
ditch, TO use campaign expression
which has not yet faded from my
memory
Before the nominations were made
we called one Of our neighhors Bill
Mullins. but now hr is known AZ the
Hon william Mullins, having been
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

elected 10 The insignificant office His
opponent was Pete Cuhtll, but Pete Is
doomed to 20 ON through tho years
without any prefix ro his uHme, hay
ing been defeated
During the campaign the other
urighhOrs used 10 hang around In the
vicinity Of their humr- great deal
OF the time aud several nights we had
Il policeman stationed ou the corner
Within easy calling distance our idea
was to be- present ut any chance
NEE ting Of the opposing candidates
and prevent them from numbering
each other
We had every reason to believe they
would shoot each other at sight Ihnt
impression was created by the political
,porchc, they made I'm the campaign.
lItll started It by branding Pete ~ a
pruftpr and horse thief lie said h"
had positive proof That his opponent
was one uf the worst characters IN the
city
ru say we were surprised expresses
h hut mildly We had been assoclat
ing with Pete for years and hAd not
suspected that there was anything
wrong with him. Bill himself had been
one NJ pete's closest friends since they
were boys. They lived In the same
block and their families were togeth
rr every day. The next night we went
IO hear Pete
And about that time the women be-
rnn To take an interest In the cam
pugn. which made everything worse
/ than ever. When the women take AN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

night for a month. And here I've In.
troduced you to two floorwAlkers and
n lot Of the girls And they'll he good
to YOU, because, II ] do say It myself,
not many girls could handle bar.
gain crowd like could. And I'm
sure I'd rather he back In the store
this minute than staying home week
after week Shaving IN a flat Baby
She paused In horror 10 pull nail
from her seven months ODDS moutn
as II spruwled on the floor.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

An Ohio expert predicts rubber roads in the
no distant future What some Of the sDeed mani
acs need more is rubber Telephone poles.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

As We feared would be- the case.
somebody had told Pete Of the sander
GUS assertions made by the opposing
candidate Pete ls spellblnder, hay
Ing lived IN Kansas, and he proceeded
to discuss the character of Mullins.
When he had finished the audience
stood convinced that Mullins was n
dangerous man tu be at large lie was
chnrced with having committed scores
" crimes. nuy one ~ which should
have landed him In McAhster for a
life term
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

Interest IN n rumnnlgn and tell each
other all they know about the candi
dates II MEANS nothing more nor less
than q scandal
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

Affairs continued I'm this condition
untn the lav after the election, when
Bill aud Pete met for the first time
IT, several weeks All the rest Of us
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

And about that time the women be-
run to take an Interest In the cam
puim, which made everything worse
than ever When the women take an