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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
WOMEN and OLD men
DO WORK OF GERMANY
BY HERBERT COREY

Berlin, DE, D. Along the railroad
just outside of lbbenbureu Is larry,
garden Next To ii Is AN open field
As the train rolled by my companion
logged my arm and pointed.
Look, said he There Ii key
hole picture Of an Germany"
On the wide field hundreds Of young
men and boys were drilling. Thry
were running I'm extended order. They
were at the manual Of arms. They
were Eaiug through the gymnastlc
whic&ery TO make them proficient lu
killing men They were throwing
themselves on the ground when the
order was given the skirmish line g.
takc cover Some Of them seemed Jr
low the military age
In the markrr garden II hundred or
more young women were Strengthening
up from their work to watch the train
10 by. Some of them put hands to
their tired backs Some still leaned
with hands OH knees The more ro-
bust forgot for the moment the wedding.
nr the hoelng, or whatever toll Il was
that employed them In thnt garden, t.
wnIe u cheer hand at the passing
train
A SOmbcr SCenC
The men urr going tO war said
my companion sunhprl The women
are doing the work "
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

hotel a mother and her three dAugh-
ters did all the work. except that
which could be put upon a porter who
was evidently not military material
The railroad porters when there
were porters aging men. We
saw few beef cattle. 80 far as possible
every horse had been taken to the
war Even the government can get no
more.
I'VE ask prisoners to volunteer In
hauling the carts laden with building
material" said the guard at the camp
for prisoners Of war at Doberitz.
Many Of them like to work. II helps
keep them I'm condition, aud It breaks
the monotOny,'
But why do you not use horsesy"
I'VE cant get horses" Mid he. "Nut
for love or money They have all
been taken for the army
II Is desolate landscape one sees
from the car wlndows-a mauless.
almost llfeless landscape 0ne
feels that behind the screen the
country is throbhing with industry.
That industry il all directed toward
the one cnd-thc making of war, Few
factory chlmncys ARE smoking The
few are apt to be engaged In furnish.
Ing food or clothes or arms for the
men Mt the front
Germany Saved Her Crops.
BEFORE the LAndsmm was called
out the winter wheat crop had been
put In. Germany made her next sen.
sons food supply secure 20 far as she
could. Then she sent her men 10 fight.
Az they come back wounded they find
on every railroad stntion platform n
hot soup stand with nurseS and
mattresses In attendance A surgeon
Is there to wait upon them As fast
as they regain their strength they
go back to the trenches. The growing
crop NJ soldiers * not being neglect
ed The boys who In England would
be Boy Scouts. with bare knees and
cowboy hats. are drilling under some
retired sergeant
They will be ready two three
wears from now" said my informant
Before they are called up for their
first year " service they win have
learned at least the first principles
~ discipline nnd drill'
The boys like II. II gives them two
afternoons "A week away from school
and books. and Gruan srhoolhoy
does not Hike books nt school any
more than any other schoolboy. IN
spite NJ his hesppctarlcd reputation
The girls Hre studying first aid and
the care NJ wounded instead " French
and English
/ Every German man and woman has
been taught for forty wears to believe
this war must come Each has been
| trained to believe that he must do his
part. Now that the war has come each
~ doing II, az Il matter of course
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
A TEXAS WONDER

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Hall a21 Olive street st. Louis Mo Sold
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

shop here but who can remember
nothing II hls pust, except TINT hr
thinks he regutnod Consciousness four
or five ycnr, ago ina hospital either
H. Los Aurclos or Pasadena CRlif
The man who has mkou lh' mu'
OF Alfred G. luWuwr. plays classical
music with rnsr according to those
who hnyc heard hin nnd says that at
times he can reminder painting por
tuits md thcatrlml -rrucry
Lawrence claims he cannot rcmem
brr all he has duLr since hc lrft Cali.
ruruln aud came lrrr 4 peculiar de
feet IA the toe, Of both feet. It X hop.
cd, may identify him
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he wnscnl fnst enough So that George
hnd to go Zoo the crlrk after his littel
huthrr
George is very mad AT Lance, as he
cot cold going In the crick after his
lilJrl hruthrr y he says II Is the last
time he will lend him Tor amy moar
experiments tin he knows how thay
ARE going tu tern out
TUB MITE TONITE
The only sushul event for this cav
uuiuE are baths
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

belonged to the lundsturm, for his
muustache wns Of that sweeping, up
turned type favored 10y the elder gen
Grafton Of German soldiers He had
had his turn In the trenches, FOR his
left hand was In sling No doubt
hc thanked God for that youud 1t
helped him to come back home and
help with the threshlng aud see that
all was well before winter set In
and his wound had ~ far healed that
he might 90 back to the front
Horses Taken for Army.
At one NJ the two small tOwnhotels
I'm which We slept the entire work of
the Inn the one starred by Bacdekcr
was carried on by an old man and
his son consumptiye. and his daugh.
ter u round faced little madchen with
merry eye. At the other small town
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
80 They Gave II to Fatty Believes
and Hr Drank II Al

that anything 90 ctc a drink ls hotter
than nuthlng
LANCES QUEER UuG
Lance Rugrrts new dog the one that
was 50 NANNY hrrdsc uu mixed up.
showed himself up this morning
George Mclouuhln's Utur hruthrr
was lent by George TO fall In the crick.
M as Lance could src would the dog
be a good lifc sui,rr or not Gporvr's
little hruther done his part all rite.
fnlling In very good when hp was
pushed by George, & the dog started
IN fine, too He run down 10 the edge
NJ the crick 4 looked Ike he was rn.
ing to jumy In very nohul. but lust
then the part ~ him that didcnt Ike
waiter got existed 4 started To run
away Lance hit him where he was
mostly setter a he gave sort NJ
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05

with long gray whiskers, was feed
ing the machine Another old man
acted as engineer. Al first we saw no
one else Then We discovered the own
er Of the farm, helping to thresh
out his meagre crop against the hard
winter to come
lie wore the greenlsh gray uniform
~ the German army Evidently he
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
IN OUR SCHOOL


bloodhound yell tie would have went
In the water then, but the part of him
that was hcrd dog seen snow bird
onNer Ia the bushes a went nftcr IT,
lie dklent ~ very fast his legs not
being mats which gaiyc him kind OF
Il loEsided mushun when he run, but
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
OLD EMPLOYE APPOINTED
POSTMASTER AT KANSAS CITY

Kansas city, Dec. 5-W N. Col.
Inns has been appointed postmaster "
Kansas City lie has been connected
with the local postofrice twenty seven
years Ms superintendent Of the money
order division.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-05
DEFECTIVE TOES HOPED TO
CLEAR MYSTERY or LIFE

Dallas, Tex Dec 6 Efforts have
been begun through local npwsya
per TO unreyeal the past Of a white
hnired man Of approximately fifty
years who Is running small tailor
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-17
Breezy Zuzane Statutes the Flag

"Just So" says Perky. But Algy has
strong argument off the same pad.
Algy says" he stopped to cough-that
you have to go. Algy says that unless
you apologize you have to 60"
What do you know about that? That
was going some for Algy, wasn't it. when
me and Perky had made him what he
was? Me to be driven out of the place
because Algy's dame gave me the frosty
eyei
Perky" / says, "are you going to
stand for that? Are you going to let me
be thrown down that way? Say, you
have heart? Don't you remember how
you and me plugged at this game, you
being boss and me being the little rosy
headed office muse, before Algy ever
drifted in? Are you going to say in
suited Gwendolyn and stand for Algys
bluff"
Perky put his hand on my shoulder.
Honest! it was the first time met him
that he had touched me with his hand,
and nearly tainted.
Suzanne" he says, you got to salute
the fagl"
Never, Perky" l says. IF you feel
that way about tiff you feel you can't
take my part and fire Algy out of the
Treasurer job-all right I'll be good.
I'll crawl under the shed and gnaw a
bone, won't utter peep. But I won't
apologize"
You've got to salute the flag,
Suzanner says Perky. "Algy is right.
| hate to say it. but facts are facts. You
iusulted Gwendolyn. And she didn't in
suit you"
"Ah, cheese it, Perky" says. Hear
my side You heard Algy's. Hear what
l can tell you"
81 don't have to-" says Perky. "Algy
holds 70 per cent of the proxies TO. next
weeks election. He just told mes
"Whewp l says. l let my head fall,
thinking maybe Perky would poke a
shoulder under it, but he wasn't ripe for
that yet. saw just where me and Perky
stood. If | didn't apologize, out would
go. If Perky took my part, out he
would go. Algy had usl I did some
Marathon thinking. If went l would
never have a chance to grab Perky for
a life job of outstanding. and Perky
didn't care enough for little crimson top
yet to be .chucked out on her account. /
saw pretty straight that, with all those
proxies in Algy's pocket, Gwen must
have been insulted quite unnecessarily
l saw, by about % per cent, that l had
been hasty and thoughtless. But it did
bore me to have to stand up and FIRE
little old twenty-one-gun salute to Gwen
dolyn. thought couldn't do it.
And then | saw | had a second think
coming to me. should worry about a
salute! Everybody in the world just
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nervously. anxiously, the men and
women who thronged the station from
the incoming trains.
"Are you waiting for friends?" asked
the gateman, who had noticed his Gag
erness.
mo. it isn't that" said the other. q
happened to have little time between
runs and l heard that Mr.. Underwood
was passing through the station.
worked out at Fort Howard alongside
of him in the days before he got 81
a day. | don't suppose he would speak
to me even if he did remember me, but
| would like to say I'd seen him."
well, l don't know" said the gate
man. "Mr. Underwood doesn't put on
any Jugs. He might speak to you if he
remembers you"
Then the two men stopped talking,
for far down the platform with firm
quick steps, came the man of whom
they were speaking. The eyes of many
of the employees who recognized him
as their chief were turned toward him
and he nodded to them as he passed.
The brakeman, recognizing him, shrank
back as he approached. But Mr.. Un-
derwood's keen eyes-as keen as they
were when he asked for his first job
out at Fort Howard-had been OBJ
servant.
'Why. hello, JIM he said. stretch
ing out his hand to the brakeman.
Where did you come from?"
Glad to see you remember me, Mr..
Underwood" said the man, embar-
raised, but beaming with pleasure.
Don't you Mr.. Underwood me-"
was the railroad presidents reply. I'D
like to know how l could forget you
after all those years we worked togeth-
er out at Fort Howard" And Mr.. Un-
derwood broke into laugh that made
his companion in overalls feel that, after
all, there wasn't such a wide gulf be-
tween a railroad brakeman and the
president of the road.
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But / know a man that will suit
you," said the mail carrier to the
freight master. "The fellow that plays
the violin at the boarding house. He's
been to school and his father is a par
son, SO / guess he can do more reading
and writing than he'll ever need to do
in handling freight. Just give him a
chance for the job and l know you will
want him."
The freight master did give Fred the
chance, and after his first day in the
freight office there was no question as
to his fitness. AS freight handlers went
and for ST a day he was a good bar
gain.
In the next thirty years circumstances
changed much with the gang foreman
of Fort Howard who got his first job
with the railroad as freight handler.
After several years of apprenticeship in
railroad matters, during which he rose
from his first position as freight hand
Ter in Fort Howard to a position as
brakeman and clerk, he was promoted
to the position of superintendent of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad. From that position he was
appointed general superintendent of the
Minneapolis, ST. Paul and Sault Ste.
Marie Railroad, then vice president of
the Baltimore and Ohio, and now for
a dozen-odd years he has been presi-
dent of the Erie Railroad.
In the Offices of the Erie Railroad
Frederick d. Underwood is known as
the most democratic and unpretentious
of men. 1t is said-though he does
not boast of it himself-that he never
forgets the face of any one whom he
has ever known.
In the passenger station of the
Erie Railroad in Jersey City, one
morning a few years ago, grizzled
man in overalls stood waiting on the
platform. He was brakeman in the
employ of the company and he watched
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sort of tone gag over, miss Gwendo-
Ign is my guest here. l expect her to be
treated with civility. She is soon to be-
come m, wife,
as that sol" I says, like real hidal-
goette. "Well, I'm nothing but the Of
fee door mat since you stopped holding
my hand Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat
urdays and every other Wednesdays,
suppose. l suppose it's up to me to be
walked on without talking back. Pardon
me, Algernon, but red-headed door mats
can't help shifting when they're walked
on"
'I'm sure l said nothing to the girl,
says Miss Gwendolyn.
"You~bet you didn'tw l says. "But
you left it unsaid in a tone | didn't like.
A naughty. silence is kind of feather
no one can pin on this Senegambian
snail"
Well, that was so. I'll let anybody
call me anything she chooses, in words,
and I'll do my feeble best to hand back
some links of vocabulary that will be
guaranteed to make the straightest hair
curl in the dampest weather, but it is
not fair for queen In tango gown to
haught at stenographer in black
skirt and a $2.64 shirt waist. She can't
Taught back. A sweet little key pound
er like me can't do the haughty-look
thing in plain clothes while sitting with
her feet in the waste paper basket. The
very best she can do under such circum-
stances only gives an impression that she
has just swallowed her gum and mourns
the loss.
81 am sure Miss Gwendolyn meant
nothing" says Algy.
81 am sure | would not wish to offend
any of Algy's employees" says Gwen
dolyn.
"GeeP l says. DO you get what she
called mean employe? And me the
lady that started Perkins and Algy in
the Society for the Prevention of Pin
ming Feathers on Snails Say, just be-
cause Perkins & Partner once paid me
wages, is that any reason l should be
called an employe? l don't need any
Perky, or Algy either, to keep me en-
ployed. l keep myself busy"
Well Algy turned redder than ever.
Right in the middle of scrap, and when
your almost-wife has been called down
by the other scrapper, is no time to sit
on a chair and explain the complexities
of a business that hardly stands explain
ing. Algy couldn't herd Gwendolyn
aside and explain that Perkins & Part
ner were only paid Auditors of the Pre-
vention of Feathers on Snails Society,
and that to shift my salary they had
made me Secretary of the society while
Perky was only President of it, and Algy
only Treasurer. Me an employed I'm
a salaried officer.
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1--WE will say no more about it" says
Algy, turning away. Come, Gwen"
They went out, to tango tea or some
other joy joint, suppose, and went
right ahead hitting the keys. fit hadn't
been that was still just as much in love
with Perky as ever l would have
chucked the ink eraser into the paper
basket, taken my powder rag and gone
home. A redhead never has to hunt a
job long. The truth is I'm getting so
dippy about Perky that if l don't discov-
er a way to hook him soon I'm going to
hunt up his double and marry that. But
a girl can't stand for everything.
Presently Perky came in and handed
me a nod and went into his Office. /
heard him kick the cuspidor and slam
the Directory of Social Climbers into the
corner, so | knew he was worked up
about something. l waited until things
Gained down and blue streak of cigar
SNAKE was floating over his partition,
and then l stuck three fresh hairpins in
my rudy top and sailed into Perky's
Office He had his feet on the top of his
desk and his head on the back OF his
chair, and as went in the ash fell from
his cigar and went down his collar. He
arose with a gesture of wild surprise
that was quite free from JOY and grab
bed his shirt front. He held it far out,
like a Barbara Frietchie saying, Shoot
if you must this old gray head, but spare
my dollar shirt-he said" l waited un-
til the ash had cooled and then spoke.
"Algy has to go!" says I.
WHAT" says Perky, patting his shirt
front.
"Algy," / says. "He has to go. Him
and me can't stay in this shop together
any longer. His bride-to-be-"
yes" says Perky slowly. 81 met
Algy. Algy spoke of things. Algy told
of the-the insult"
vi inc Insult 10 Wc, 1 says.
"Of the insult to Gwendolyn," says
Perky.
well, l went right up in the air. 1
went up so high l could have done
eighteen loop-the-loops before alighting.
l told Perky few things l thought he
might not like to hear. Insult to Gwen
dolynl And me in the Office before Algy
ever stuck his nose inside the doori And
me the very first piece of Office furniture
Perky put in the oficei And me and
Perky good friends and companions in
hard-uppishness months before Algy
drifted in! Insult to Gwendolyn! told
Perky just what had happened. I made
him see that was the insulted dame.
yes" says Perky, from a superficial
view one might say you were the insult
ed party, Suzanne, but are you?"
Take it from me, Perky" says, eff
there was nothing else to it but the cinch
/ have that Algy has to go it would
prove that l was the insulted skirt"
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Real Romances of the Business World

nail" admitted the boy. He hest
tated a moment before giving the
answer that might cost him the chance
of employment. well, l honestly
haven't had much experience at driv-
ing horses, but don't mind trying. You
see, we never could afford to keep
horses at home. Will you give me a
try at it,"
The foreman consented and the next
day Fred Underwood that was the
young fellows name-arrived early at
the entrance of the mine and after the
proper credentials had been presented
he was assigned his cart and horse and
told the simple duties of a mine cart
driver.
Fred took his seat on the cart with
elation and confidence.
ANY one could drive horse like
that" he thought as he looked at the
mute companion of his toll. Don't
believe that a cannon ball could start
him running"
1t was easy enough, the new work, too,
and,aside from the dirt and the CRIME, it
was not unpleasant. Then some time
the second day-tradition does not say
exactly what hour it was-sn inspira-
ton came to the horse-an intuitive
knowledge that the man at the end
of the reins was a greenhorn; that
he didn't really know anything about
horse and therefore had no right
to be driving one. The horse accord
ingly pricked up his ears and-with a
speed that belied his worn appearance
dashed away, with poor Fred I'm.
derwood helplessly tugging at the reins.
When Fred gathered himself togeth-
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Copyright, Isi4)

ONE forty-hve years ago a young
~ boy, fresh of face and bright of
eye, applied for work at the cop
per mines situated at Fort Howard on
Green Bay, Wis.
Ever had a job before?" demanded
the mine foreman as he scrutinized the
boys face.
NO." admitted the boy frankly, 81
have never worked for wages anywhere
before. have just come from school
at Wayland Academy"
"Schoolboys aren't fit to work in
mines" said the foreman bluntly. "Why
don't your folks support you and give
you a chance to stay at school and
amount to something some time? This
is no place for a greenhorn anyway"
well, you see" the boy explained,
my father can't afford to keep me in
school any longer. He is a minister in
the country near Milwaukee. His sal
airy isn't much and it isn't always paid
at that. There are a good many of
us children, and so l thought I'd 70
to work. l guess l am not so green As
/ look" The boy stretched out his
muscular young arms to show how
much work they were capable of doing.
81 know a lot about work even if I
have been at school, l can saw wood
and drive nail. My grandfather taught
me that" .-....-
"You do look pretty husky" agreed
the foreman, and then he looked over
the list of vacancies in the mine. Did
you say, boy, that you can drive a
horse?" he asked.
what l said was that I could drive
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eoorvisht. 1914. By the Mcclure Ne-spape syndi
cate.)
NAY, honest! about this salute bust
- ness-when you've got T salute
you've got to, haven't you? I've
been shooting off my little old twenty
one guns myself and I know how i,
feels. Listen; it don't feel so worse a.
thail
| wonder what the female of hidalgo
is? Anyway, that's what little red-head-
ed me feels like when any one tries to
swell it over her. l don't know wheth-
or the lady of hidalgo is 'hidalgoess" or
'hidalgoette." but she was the real swell
Mexican dame in the old days, believ.
me, and threw on all the dog there was
being thrown on. She was just one lit
tie hunk Of haughtiness, and any COM
mon wop that looked crossways at her
was dragged right out of the road and
fed to the bulls. l COPIED it out Of the
dictionary that 'hidalgo" once was
''hijo de algo" and that meant son of
something" That's me when l get my
Irish elevated. I'm the daughter of
something. I'm the daughter of genu-
inc imported bricktopped female explo-
sion. When ma passed through Castle
Garden they called out the fire depart
ment and all the inspectors shaded their
eyes. If they had dared give her a
rough look she would have shaded them
for them-dark black with blue shadows
and mile green around the edge.
So when Algy trotted Gwendolyn,
his tanned Society Queen, into the Office
the other day and she sailed past my
desk without saying Good morning, lit
tie sunbeam" or anything else, l could
feel the red blood seeping into my hair
and l shifted so hard l almost ruptured
my tonsils
Beg pardon" she says, turning her
violet orbs my way. Did you speak,"
NO" l says, 81 just shifted up my
common atmosphere so your majesty
wouldn't have to rub against it. Excuse
me for living hate to cumber up the
Office, but funerals are so expensive"
Indeed! she says, and Algy turned
as red as new geranium blossom.
Suzanne" he says in Just exactly the