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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28
THE YOUNGEST TOWN IN STATE
SHOWS HEELS TO HUNDREDS OF
OTHER CITIES IN OEMoNSTRA-
TING HOW TO BUILD.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE

signs from the ciCth banner to the
finest kind of gold leaf work. They
also do general contracting bust
ness and take any kind of painting,
outside or inside. This firm is now
engaged in painting the new o.. y. VI.
a p. railroad depot at Ringing. and
have several other big Jobs contracted
for.
W II Divers, senior member of ,he
firm came from Waurika, where he
served as mayor o. the city and also
mad the honor Of holding the same
office in AnadarRo previous to his
removing to Waurika Mr.. Divers is
booster right and is for Ringing
flfst. last and Ill the time
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28

sary for us to provide a vast amount
of storage facilities, and this is being
supplied as fast as the material can
be brought here and the tanks built.
We expect to have a steel tank farm
on our lease second to none in the
field, and comprising one of the big,
gest private tank farms in the state.
We will continue to put in tankage
just as long as It is necessary.
"The present conditions in the field
! mean as regards pipe line facili-
ties and the price of the crude-will
gradually get better. 1t is impossible
to keep the price of oil down to what
1t is now. The experts of the gov
eminent testify that our oil is prac.
tically as good as that of the Penn
sylvania field, for which far greater
price is paid. This showing, together
with the recent court decision making
pipe lines common carriers and the
activity of both the state and federal
governments in oil matters, insures
a better condition in the field"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28

hope to see men elected in suffic-
iont numbers to rout the machine
politicians who are always there to
organize the two houses without re-
gard to the welfare of the state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28

FOR SALE-Farm and city property.
f. +. Tucker. No. s North Wash.
ington, Ardmore, Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-06-28

FOR SALE-Oil lands, wildcat or pro-
ducing. Box 12i. F. Z. Tucker.
Ardmore, Okla.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
JANUARY MAGAZINES.
CONTENTS AND PLANS
The Atlantic Monthly Raymond Polncare Question
of Public Pocy-A Memoir or the Empress
Frederick-Bcst Sellers.

House." The Hear; Of the Hiils The
Inside Of the Cup" The Valiants u W..
ginia" and "rhe Amateur Genuemsa
The comment accompanying this ir
demonstrates how utterly unreliable zen.
eral conclusions drawn from IN NUT h
And. apropos Of hest-scliois. the Febrt.
ary issue ~ "Thc BOOkman' will discus
one Of them who did good work In mh
dag. but is now not so much forgotten :.
read ln a humber sphere. The New You
Public Library contains not one of her
thirty novels: ~ all it's branches Tiers
are only two copies each Of Phyllis" and
Molly Bawn." and these branches IN
remote districts. whore patrons are SUP
posed not 70 have reached the general
level OF culture
But In very cheap paper-back reprints
her books still sell by thousands: ana
for this reason those OF the youness,
generation who place her at an associate
her name with Laura Jean ilbbey ana
Bertha NJ. Clay az "A "snopgirls delight
an injustice 10 writer Of charming sns
humorous love stories in an accurate
social setting
Very true. And. by the way. who real.
Ouida nowadays-s far greater best-s.llsy
still OF quarter OF A century ago?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
Books ra AUTHORS g REVEWS 80 COMMENT

of the Krupp scandal that
furnish the author with his most po-
tent material. He looks into this mat
ter Of the manufacture Of war scares
at home as well as abroad, indeed Us
book is addressed chiefly to Amer
cans. No doubt he goes too tar III Ms
reasoning that the manufacturers OF
arms. ammunition and armor plate arc
the real instigators Of the worlds per
petual war scares, and, no doubt, ne as
cribes too great q power, in the last'
decisive phase, to international hish
finance. but there is enough OF truth
in his view OF matters 10 make Tue
pages devoted TO these subjects worth
while pondering And his view OF
armed peace" is that fortunately N
creasngly held by thinking people the
world over
We have our own problems OF war
and waste. our own alarms for TIE
present and the future, and TO these
the closing pages of this book are de-
voted. II is a telling contribution 10
the literature of it's subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03

one time. and at was hard to tear
him away when the curtain went up.
And an "Outlook" luncheon which she
attended was great fun" In Chicago
the Anti-Cruelty Society asked leave
TO buy up the whole house for the
first performance of THE Playboy.
They meant TO sell the seats at an in
creased price for their charity and be-
lieved il was likely to draw the largest
audience.
Upon the second visit Of the Irish
PLAYERS to America there were no
riots and we were of the happy people
who have no history, unless it may be
of the continued kindness of America
and of the growing kindness and bet
ter understanding on the part of our
own countrymen." THE volume con-
cludes with a series Of appendices
which contain a list Of plays produced
by the Abbey Theatre Company and
its predecessors, with dates OF hrst
performances, explosive press notices
colorful news articles and a number OF
curious letters. among these last a
Black Hand letter to Lady Gregory
embellished with a drawing of coffin
and a pistol.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03

'Drhe Atlantic Monthly" begins the ne"
year with an issue Of such excellence That
IL deserves special mention. Every article
II contains is worth while. VI. Ernest
Mlmnet, writing Of President Poincare'
gives a most informing review OF French
political conditions internal and external
since the Combes Ministry. Miss Agnes
Repplier, who long ago assumed half
whimsical. half serious, old-fashioned pose
in order to give sharper point 10 the
expression of her sensible point Of view.
protests against the confusion OF present
day educational ideas. methods and pur-
poses-our educational vaudeville" Ed
ward s. Martins Much Ado About Won
en-" is a brief reply 10 Mr.. Georges much
discussed paper on feminist Intentions
i'm the December number Of this review
Mr.. Martin, by the way. quotes Lord Hal
danes recent reference 10 "sittlichkeit."
retaining the word. As matter Of fact,
Lord Haldane proved himself bad Ger
manist when he used the word, for what
he meant was site -custOm-nOt STU
iichkeit" which means morality JOAN
Burroughs writes most appreciatively OF
the philosophy Of Bergson, whom he calls
"a prophet OF the soul" Alvin Saunders
Johnson states The Case Against the
Single Tax" in his second paper on the
subject From Annie Nathan Meyers arti-
Gle on The Vanishing Actor. and After
which contains much controversial state
ment, one quotes the clever phrase that
1T is not the art Of acting that is In
danger, but rather a certain tradition Of
acting is passing away And, in the
field of art. there is also a psychological
study Of the relation OF music to poetry.
John Galsw9rthy contributes short
story; the new instalment of the Letters
of a Woman Homesteader' deals with the
still timely topic Of a Christmas tree.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
"EVERYBoDYS MAGAZINE

AT this moment an excellent way TO b.
sensational is not to be sensational. \
new and very effective style Of muckrak-
ing, IT appears. and most praiseworthy
one too. is to attack the evil OF the hour
by the exploitation OF examples OF virtu.
Everybody ''rushes." as college bows
say. a reactionary propaganda under The
flag that it does not print tainted hc-
ton And in an article in this number
declares that the time is now past. as the
"wittlcism OF Western editor" put II.
sex o'clock SO this issue. following
up an editorial straight talk" OF a couple
OF months ago. features a variety OF short
stories designed TO cheer but not 10 I'M
ebrlate. so 10 say. Leonard Merrick.
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1who begins a
serial story and Lloyd Osbourne are
among the contributors OF fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

The contents of the January North
American" are about evenly divided be-
tween politics and economics on the one
hand and belles-lettres on the other. In
his monthly department. the editor takes
a decidedly gloomy view Of The Presi-
dents Vision. Horace White analyses
The CufrcL-. Bill in the Senate':
Daniel f. Kellogg is pessimistic on tie
subject of The Disappearing Right Of
Private Property: and W. Jet Lauck.
discussing The Plight Of the Railroads. -
lays down a set of conditions under
which the roads might be allowed to in
crease their freight rates. The question
whether Grover Cleveland was counted
in" I'm this State in 1884 is discussed from
the Republican and Democratic points OF
view by William Gorham Rice and
Francis Lynde Stetson. Some sensible,
moderate words, based on irst-hand
knowledge of conditions and people. are
spoken by Captain G. II. Shelton, L. S.
A., in Filipino Capacity for Self-Gov-
ernment" The writer declares himself
friend of the F'ilipinOs, and il is as
their friend that he gives his opinion
that they are lacking now. Individually
and collectively, i'm the capacity for self
government. and particularly for self
government under republican forms. and
that. left 10 themselves. chaos will sooner
or later inevitably occur Richard Fis-
guirs Death and la Mort is a study
of the influence of language upon thought
in the literatures OF England and France.
Lawrence Gilman's department of Music
and Drama is this month largely de-
voted to glorfcatlon of Richard
Strauss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
HARPER,s MONTHLY.

Mrs. Eugene McLean's "reminiscences ~
the time when the States Seeded g
whose publication is begun in the Jsnu.
airy number Of Harper s." promise 10 \.
OF genuine interest as contribution =,
the background OF history. In this frs,
instalment she describes the atmoSnhsys
OF Washington at Lincoln's first inaur.
ration. and quotes Mrs Llncoln's ssvlr,
that IT had been the most unhappy dsvs
Of her life Those interested viii And !,
Professor Fred W. Eastman's paper On
THE Physics OF the Emotions som.
curious evidence Of the fact that emotions
are something more than mere states Of
mind-that they are accompanied. for in.
stance, by momentary changes in tina
blood. Richard lie Gallienne is renrs.
sented twice in this issue by poem and
by his further instalment OF his narrative
OF his trip through Provence which IL
devoted this time 10 a visit 10 Alphonse
Daudets mill. And. speaking ~ travel
Norman Duncan continues 90 write with
undiminished picturesqueness Of the AUS
tralian desert. He has here a tale % a
swagman who. meeting a band Of black.
women in the bush, was accosted bv one
OF them in French as well as English
There is some good poetry in this number.
from which is selected Sara Teasdale's
The Look:
Strephon kissed me in the spring.
Robin IN the fall
Buc Colin only looked al me
And never kissed at ALL
Strephon's kiss was lost I'm lost
Robin's lost In play.
But the kiss in Collins eyes
Haunts me night and day.
Arnold Benefits new novel. THE Price
or Love. is continued. Margaret Doland
contributes the first part Of Turn
About" which is to be concluded I'm the
February issue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
Maoe/. hEl-1ys H0u5E (t-.1 RrrDv5pUr hx@ IrAlAND:
AouSHIoV /zyFIhV- co.,

Most of them retain their timeliness;
that of some Of them will, as matter
of fact, grow with the passing of the
years for. at the end Of this year the
outlook is none too bright for the cause
he has at heart. Even Mr.. Winston
Cburchilrs suggested naval holiday
seems to have gone up in the smoke Of
costly target practice.
That war destroys the best Of a Ea-
ton leaving the weaklings to perpetu-
ate the race, is one Of Mr.. Jordan's ia %
vorite arguments. 1t is as old as
Sophocles, as new as the evidence seen
in modern Europe. in the apparently in
creasing exhaustion Of England, who
has for centuries sent her vigorous best
to found an empire, as well as on the
Continent, SCARED and scared by mil
lennum of wars. But il is the facts
brought to light in the course of the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Mr. Fitchett's History Of Australia Concluded
Lady Cregory's Own Story OF the Irish
Theatre-A Clever New Essayist.

wonders OF New Zealand, Mr.. Goodng
dispels some OF the current misconce'-
tons concerning industrial, political
and social conditions in the dominion.
New Zealand is decidedly not a social
list country politically -only 1000 So
cjalst votes in "A total Of 47o.oOo were
cast at an election held two years ago.
The countrys legislation is strongly So
cialistic however. whence no doubt
the weakness Of the party. since there
seems to be no need of il. Labor has
enormous political power in New Zee
land. yet the country has never get
had labor government. Furthermore,
this Utopia Of popular imagining IS
found TO have many imperfections on
closer examination. Child labor 10
strictly prohibited in factories, shops
and mines, but il exists away from the
urban centres. There is no chronic
pauperism in New Zealand. but TIE
population knows acute attacks OF this
economic disease. And unceasing leg
islative labor tinkering is apt TO upset
business at any moment. But these
flaws are only>the as yet unavoidable
waste of the pOltical-ecOnOmic expert
ment station that New Zealand un-
Oubtedly is.
Withal. the New Zealanders, it APP
pears, are well pleased with them
selves They accept admiration as
their due and resent criticism, a some
what common human attitude. Also,
they are inveterate gamblers, not only
al horse races but in an ingenious lot
terry system as well. The Maoris re-
ceive, of course. the attention they
have always commanded. but our ad
thor is at his best when he goes sight
seeing. his enthusiasms being amply
supported by the many excellently
printed illustrations of his pleasant
book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
EPICS IN OUTLINE
An Easy Road to Learning the
Great Stories of the World.

THE BOOK oF THE EPIC The
By H. 4. Guerber. With an introduce
ton by Berg Esenwein. Lit. d., and
sixteen Illustrations from the mas mas
ters Of painting. Emo PIP. 1913.
Philadelphia: J. Is. Lippincott Company.
There is no easy road, 1t used TO be
said to learning. But in these days
four or FIVE minutes before breakfast
every morning with the Worlds Great
est Literature is frequently recon-
mended for the acquiring of liberal
education Mr.. Howells confessed the
other day TO his never having read
THE cid" and added that he did not
believe that it ever was intended TO be
read. 1t is quite likely that there are
many persons who have never read
Paradise Lost" or The Faerle
Queene." but, far from being in posi-
ton gracefully to confess il, wish that
they had, or could. And the young
student" and the busy general
reader" to whom this book is ad-
dressed, may reasonably be pardoned
for hesitating to sit down to one of
those ancient epics. many of which are
80 voluminous that even one of them
printed in full would fill twenty-four
volumes as large as this" Here then.
are offered the principal examples of
the time-honored stories Of the world
in scenario" from the Book of Job to
"Aucassin and Nicolette.' The book
may, indeed, serve to introduce many
to a store Of fine things which have
been known to them only by name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
EXCELLENT WHIMSEY
A Modern Imitation of an Old
Model.

NEW BROOMS. BY Robert j. shores
12mo. up. vii, 263. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Sir" writes Lucy Lackwit to the
editor Of The Idler. protesting against
things that are different" Il lay 1t
down as proposition not to be re-
futed that a good imitation is better
than a poor original" And every one
will agree with her that few can pro-
duce anything which is both original
and good. AS to an author, if he imi-
tate good models. she regards his imi-
tation as an evidence of sound sense
And here, Mr.. Idler, she says, is Sc
cret: 1--WE never grow tired of the
things we really like. When we
really like an author we like another
author who is like him. When we
really like a melody, we like another
melody which is like it," Well, New
Brooms" is an uncommonly good irni-
tation of an old model, and as original,
too. by the way, as almost anything
YOU please. Writing I'm a manner de-
lightfully reminiscent of Addison and
Steele. Mr.. Shores discusses with abun-
dant wit and whimsey, in letters from
various characters to the editor Of
The Idier. various topics of to-day.
Very amusing is the letter from A..
| Visionary. questioning whether Mr.
! Chesterton is alive. "Is he not.
rather" inquiries Mr. Visionary, "a
| very amusing conception Of what a
man might be-" And, then, the writ
er considers him las an idea" And,
! ne concludes:
II Mr.. Chesterton Is All idea and is
/ thinking of becoming a man should
strongly advise him against adopting
such Il course. | like him much better
/ as an idea. lie is so much more plausi-
/ bic that way
/ AL Trust. a cial worker puts forth
an excellent idea for the reform OF
! criminals. The influence of clothing
I upon character" he mentions, has
! long been recognized" We should MT
/ be content with relieving the conVicts
of their shameful uniforms. He ad-
vances constructive reform. and sug-
gests that every prisoner be furnished
with "a decent wardrobe. say. two or
/ three business suits of good quality
and correct cut, walking coat or
/ frock for afternoon wear. evening
dress, silk hat and a dinner coat. "
| And then a mirror should be placed in
every cell, for "a pleasing image in a
mirror increases our self-respect." IN
suggested in the letter. Beds for the
/ Bad" Any essay I'm the book will
tickle the fancy Of any one possessed
OF fancy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
New Edition. Just Published
IN THE VANGUARD
Edition.
BY KATRINA TRASH

Mrs Trasks play In the Vanguard has achieved the
usual distinction for piece Of dramatic literature OF second
edition within year A distinguishing feature OF this
success lies in fact that is the only dramatic work ever
written of which international arbitration the motive I'm
the Vanguard has been read in public by statesmen, poll
tcans cegyen lecturers and Others and publication OF
the year has aroused greater discussion.
Opinions of Leading Reviewers
which Katrina 1rask makes
andla columns cyl
a
Katrina Trask wonderful
place among the csBrook-
Daily Ed9e
with the incisye wit OF shaw mtsated deep
brilliantly philosophy preached Dy
considerable of roec expression
lis asteryp production The san Francisco Chronicle
The bgns sparkling dialogue and clever handling
W the play out the usual confines OF cn
porary drama. Lake CHy NeUS
unanswerable in IS cosene reality 'Chrstian Work
The # : In
in its word paintings and entertaining
Of the OF tn. will ongw
vision OF the fooshnes aud uhy aud the
utility OF peac'The albany TmesUnoH
interesting story logic with writing that
Washington Erening Star
strong o reading
". T. AmcnraH
In is ON
and read t"-Unty Chicago. ~
Cloth gilt top Sl.2s net
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
PEACE AND PLENTY
President Jordans Essays on
the Cost of War.

WAR AND WASTE. \ Series OF DISCUS
sions of War and War Accessories By
David Starr Jordan. Emo. pp. ~. 20.
Doubleday. Page a co.
David starr Jordan * one oil me
most eloquent advocates Of universal
peace. his eloquence being particularly
effective because it's arguments are 30
largely economic practical The brieier
and longer papers from his pen on the
subject collected in this volume Were
contributed at various times within inc
last two years To American periodicals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03

ont" forgetting that he was speaking
Of a prisoner at the bar. An Irish wit
ness. who was determined in his in
sistence that the play was "libidinous'
when asked If anything immoral had
happened on the stage answered, not
when the curtain was up. In The
midst of strenuous scenes in the course
of battles for a high cause IL Is most
fitting To see Colonel Roosevelt "shak-
ing his fist" from his box I'm the thea
tire and saying 10 swarm Of reporters
II am giving you that straight; mind
Won. take il down as say it, Lady
Gregory is very grateful for the sym
patty ana support extended by Roose-
Welt To the Irish players. She brought
him a cup of tea behind the scenes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
The BOOKMAN

Our only purely literary monthly begins
the new year, the twentieth OF its exist
ence, with the serial publication OF the
first biography of the Empress Frederick
vet written. The name Of the biographer
is withheld. According to its custom, the
gives a list of the six best-sel-
ing novels of the year Just closed, as fol-
lows: "V VS. Eyes" THE judgment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
MORE REVOLUTIONARY ROMANCE

MIR. Frank Harris, an outspoken per-
son. who is known in this country as
we'll as in England. has written
novel Of the French Revolutionary
period, which Will be published under
the title Of Great Days"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-03
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