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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

WOmen's blsek silk Hose --
Clocked with white at Sl0O aud
$3.50 a pair.
WOmen's White Silk Hose -
Checked with black. lt Sl.OO and
$3.50 II pair.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

articles. such as perfumes. toilet
waters, soap. sachet powders aud
talcum powder. Priced at Sl.00,
sl.25, Sl.50 and S2.00 box.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

Gloves, Sl.00-They have one
pearl clasp aud come In gray aud
tan
liayser's 2.Clasp Leatherette
Gloyes-In black and white, tan.
gray. biscuit. NJ SOC 7Je and 81.
Kayser's 2Clasp ShamOiSettes
In black, white and grny;
priced regularly at SOC, but made
special Friday and Saturday, zoe.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17
YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST.

Come tomorrow and enlist the
help IT fifty odd stores and sec
tlons In this immense establish
ment Christmas gifts Of ratical
mture are here on six immense
floors. SHOP EARLY! SHOP
EARLY!
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17
EXTRA GOOD GLOVE SPECIAL
FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS

FOwnes Simmons and Chanute GOveone aud two
clasp kid goepue in black white aud
gray washable doe white only gloves In tanall N25
and and 5S ss1Srsy ys@"s s, Priced specially for Friday 95c
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

Miss Fthyn Eastman entertained
the Auction club Wednesday, Mrs.
George Held playing the substitute
hand, Mrs u G. Cornish. who made
the top score, will be hostess In two
weeks.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

But women with the weeping habit
can't keep their powder dry
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17
MaN7MMAw7e7,&
E33if11Hl I1! ECI3 EIas9lE
Boxed Hosiery For Holiday Gifts

Mems Combination Sets -
Consisting Of ] pu!r Isle hose
aud / silk tie, IN Christmas
box cOl0rs, black navy aud
gray at SOC box
Womens Silk Lisle Hose
Two pairs IN Christmas hoV,
In black only, at Sl.O0 a box
Women's Gordon or PhOe-
nix SILK Hose uair IN
Christmas box; colors lack,
white and cOlOrs. NJ 81 100 box.
Mems Combination sets 49,
Consisting Of / pair sIlk
socks aud one silk tie n
match, In Christmas box
black and coIors, at Sl.O0 u box.
Mems Combination Set, -
Consisting Of pair slIk half
hose and l hose suppOrtrr IN
Christmas box; black and rul
0rs, at Sl.00 box.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

Invitations were received We'd
nesday In the city for the wedding OF
Miss IneS Kinney, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs James Kinney OF Beliaire, o.,
and Mr.. Edward King Gaylord. which
viii be solemnized Tuesday afternoon,
December % at the home OF the bride.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

M. Gaylord will depart Monday for
Bellaire, Following wedding trip,
Mr.. Gaylord win bring his bride here
and they win he nj home 10 their
friends at $50 West Fourteenth street.
Mrs. Harry Adams was hostess
Wednesday to the u. r. club. having ~
additional guests Mines Charles or
vile Jackson, l.. =. owen and MI
Pearl CranOr High score, were made
hv Mines. Owen aud A. l. Thompson.
The hostess for the next meeting In
Two Wr.ks will he announced later.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

BAGS. S2.48.
Coming at this season. this
special should have an appeal
that IL far-reHching. Nothing
better as Gift. They are fitted
and Handsomely lined. ANY
shape You desire
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

Miss Mary Julia Chase, who has
been the guest Of Miss Camille Sulli-
van will depart tonight for Lawrence,
Kan, for short visit before going
to her home In Emporin. Kan
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1914-12-17

The Coreopsls club was entertained
Wednesday by Mrs. W. T, Germany,
Mrs. l.. II. Hood and Mrs A. Wilman
being additional guests. The afternoon
was spent with Christmas needlewOrk.
The next meeting will be December
30 with Mrs. II. q. Hlsel.
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ditions in poorer quarters and the in- herent uncleanliness of the people
 soon after ths Red Cross established headquarters In Vera Cruz the United states army sanitary officer requested the Red Cross to assist it in it's anti tuberculosis campaign hy employing nurses to visit ull persons known to be suffering from tuberculosis, and to in- struct them in the necessary steps to prevent tho spread of the diesease and in the first clements of home hygiene.
 The nurses encountered really ap- palling conditions. From eight to fifteen people. including those afflicted witit tuberculosis lived in one room not over r feet square without sanitary ap- pllances of any kind. the only means of ight and eentilating boiug the one door which opened as 2 rule on an in- tcrior patio of courtyard
 owing to the fact that there w;,s ITO certainty as to the stay Of the Ameri- can truONs in Vera cruz. it was realized that only small permanent relief iil this line could be afforded; but Il was considered worth whfle to take every possible, precaution to prevent tho spread of tuberculosis in Vera Cruz while the American soldiers, bluejackets and marines were stationed therc.
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guard, but was not at all enthusiastic about entering. because of the terrible stench and maniaeal outeries of th, piis- oners. The conditions were certainly no better in April. 1914 Tons of sulphur aud other disinfectants, large quantities of soap. much steam, and many days of hard labor were required on the part of the American soldiers and the native laburers before the army sanitary officers gave their approval of the prison.
 All prisoners who were found to be ur- justly inearcerated, or confined on merelY political charges. were released at once sentenced and who had not finished theif terms wer dtaind Tn prison was then tuned into barracks for U detachment oi American soldiers and marines
 Previous to the arrival of the Aineri- can forces, Vera cruz was sorely af- flcted with flies. which swarmed bs thousands in restaurants and cafes anu kitchens. and for blocks around Che market places. sWaeonloadssvt svt ant1atst, which had accumulated for years be- hind ranges anu on the walls and floors. were removed from some of the best Iatronized cafes
 Another important faetoi. in the clean llness of the city was the placing Of galvanized iron garbage cans with COW CTS. all over the city. and the resu- lar collection three times each day ot all garbage deposited in such cans.
 Attacking the White Plague
 The tuberculosis problem in Vera Cruz is an especially serious one, be- cause of the very congested living con
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certain articles of apparel or house. hold furnishings on the lines in the rear of her apartment windows. By these lines her wardrobe and the char acter of her apartment is known. Thereon is seen the "make-overs" in clothes, etc, and the lines form a con- tinual subject of interest and discuss sion. They arouse envy, and the arous- ing thereof generally results in the voicing of a word or so of adverse criticism full of real poison for unsus- pecting Mrs. Jones' only Mrs. Jones is not unsuspecting-she is wise and Is generally there" with the customary "come- back
 Everybody has line on the amount of rent paid by everybody else, and the elevator boy is most respectful to the renter of the most expensive apartment. Perhaps I should say more nearly respect full, since the elevator boy of Manhattan appears to have attended that school of life in which respect is not included in the curriculum. and the appearance of it is only brought into play upon the re- ceipt of what he deems an adequate tip for his services In running the elevator as per agreement with his regular en- ployer.
 Oh, it's merry old existence. this apartment house life. But one can accus- tom ones self to anything. Trees, lawn vlsta-such things are out of the uues- ton unless one lives on Riverside or Morningside, where his windows face the Hudson or Central park, but a flower box upon the window ledge does duty as garden and the platform of the fire es-
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An Interview With the Sultan of Turkey

gets his wives, il he runs across one or two of them aftur they have returned frum Reno, he knows them nstintly; he may mol know theere last names, but he don let on But look at you. l sneered. The miIdest thing that can be sed of you k that you air almost biggimonius. hate to tell you but don | approve ot your conduct; hate to put it rite square up to a> crowned especially when sed crowned he'd is q mise fellow like you, and in trubble besides but Vour actsions have been slandallus, The Sultn begged me not to he hard on him. He sed he would try to do bettnr, He sed that l had conVinsed him that it was all rong, and that II he cam back into full power he would not put so much expression into the marryage bizness He sed he d be- gin with a moderate nunbur of wives Ill the next administrator say 150, and gradually work them down to il stand.
 So I was glad that had sceen him. He is q reel lovvabull chap with q high forehed running all the way down to the collar but tun on the back of his neck. He wares a svmatur and eel-rings and uther clothes and hunted look in his eye. Just what ise his nasion will cut in this war, am not sure, neethm is enny boddy else, but per sunnelly the Sultin appealed to me verry much. His mannur tuched me; also tryed to tuch him, but he sed theere was nuthing doing; he sed he had spint all his surplus
 
 cash buying windsheelds for his wives
 Yours trooly,
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or person, for the family to go to a cas- ket maker and rent basket (usually of the toughest and cheapest boards, and without lining) for $1.5o to s2 in Mexican money, and the father or a male member of the family win put the casket on his head and trot home with it. He also brings with him candles, which he has bought. and artificial flowers and robe or shroud, which he has rented for one or two pesos more.
 grave two feet deep has been prepared and the annual rental of one or two pesos paid in advance. Then the body. shorn of its rented flowers and shroud, is rolled into the grave. The grave is filled and the casket, shroud and flowers are carried back to the casket maker where a re- bate of about one-thrd of the deposit is received. If at the end of the year the annual rental Is not promptly paid in advance, the bones are taken up and thrown into large pit built for that pur- pose in one corner of the graveyard, and . the grave is rented to somebody else. Control of Vice
 The question of prostitution is al- ways serious one in Vera Cruz. as in all seaports. Immediately after the American occupation several hundred women established themselves in the segregated district and elswhere in Vera Cruz. About one-half were Mex jeans, the remaining half were French. Spanish. Cuban or American. a,
 On July 1 the commanding general put into effect an order deporting all prostitutes not Mexicans by birth or naturalization. It has been found nsc-
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essary for several years past to main tain a large hospital with about 300 beds for the treatment exclusively of women with venereal diseases In a hospital of approximately the same size as this for women. an average of 200 men are being treated for the most horrible forms of venereal diseases.
 As a general rule there is a great deal of dysentery and typhoid fever in Vera Cruz from May to August of each year. Knowing this, the medical offi- cers of the United States army took the necessary steps. immediately after the occupation, to prevent epidemics of these diseases among the American forces. The first step in this direc- tion was the compulsory vaccination for smallpox of everybody. both native and foreign, within the American lines, as we'll as of all people entering Vera Cruz from the outside. After the Amer ican forces had been in Vera Cruz one month there were only two cases Of smallpox within the American lines and these had come in from outside places.
 Pure Water
 The water supplies, both public and private. were carefully investigated. and all water used for drinking pur- poses was thoroughly tested by san itary officers of the United States army. Wells containing impure water were either sealed or filled up and the great est preceution was taken to prevent the use Of unpotable water Stagnant pools or puzzles were drained off and filled up and damp patches of ground. wheth-
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CT inside of houses or outside, were given heavy coating of dry earth and gravel. People were instructed not to use cows milk unless it had been boiled.
 The American forces were given pler tiful supply of quinine and practically ev- erybody that appeared at the Red Cross headquarters was dosed with it if he showed any malarial tendencies what ever. With puddles and pools of stagnant water obliterated, and low places which night collect water also filled, there was no place for malaria mosquitoes to breed and therefore malaria disappeared from Vera Cruz as If by magic.
 Perhaps the most noteworthy feat per formed by the United States military off that of cleaning the ancient and notorious fortress prlson of San Juan de. Clloai In the harbor of yora Cruz. It was evident that the fortress had never been cleaned in it's entire history of several centuries, and the filth was indescribable.
 A Mexican Prison
 As an illustration, there was one large room in the interior of the prison with very thick stone walls and stone rooe. tn. only light and ventilation of which came through few small slits in the walls not over six inches wide. The room was as dark as night and had no sanitary ar rangefnents of any sort. I had personally visited this prison in the summer of l91y :. At that time there were 600 prisoners con fined in that one room. stepped 10 tho door, as 1t was opened few inches by the
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NY FEW YORK, November 7.-(Spe- IlN cial.)-It is amusing to one ps7a7soI who is familiar with apart )sk2Sz4x2) ment house life here to hear
 New Yorker condemn life in smaller cities in other sections of the country on the ground that "every- one knows too much about your busi- ness" As 8 matter of fact, that which the cosmopolite chooses to call village gossip is even more in evidence in the heart of Manhattan than else where.
 True, we are not neighborly; we don't even refer to New Yorks neigh borhoods--they are always sections ? But in the matter of criticism, curios- ity and gossip. New York is unques- tionably ion the job" from every dawn until each succeeding sunrise. Why, A, who lives in the "Maxixe" apartment building, knows things about B, who also resides therein, that would actu- ally shock the latter himself if he knew he was guilty of them.
 For instance, if MT. Jones stays out late several nights. yet manages to get to work early each morning, the apart ment dwellers in the same building are confident that he is leading a double life. There can be found those who claim to have seen him with so-and- so in another section of the city, and 1t is soon decided that he manages 1t by telling the other party with whom he spends his days and evenings that he works at night.
 Now and then Mrs. Jones hangs out
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must be helped, who had depended upon the passenger traffic. and also the po- litical prisoners who had been re- leased by the American authorities from the notorious prison of San Juan de Ulloa.5
 Where medical or surgical attention alone was requested. this was given or refused as examination indicated neces- sity Where food, money or clothing was requested, a personal visit was made to the home and the statements of the appli- cant were verified. Where money was asked for to cover burial expenses the death certificate was examined and the body was personally seen by worker This was found to be necessary because a few attempts had been made by neighbors to collect money from the Red Cross un- der different names for the burial of the same body
 Wherever employment was desired, this was usually given as soon as the right place cou.d be found. Through the CO., operation of the American army officers who had been given. charge of all public .institut.o oh1 and who needed native help, the Red Gfoss was able to place prac- ticaily every applinai1t.
 The coco medical and surgical cases dealt With in the succeeding weeks covered all the ailments of the native population, or dinary and extraordinary. and the rec ords show that more than 200 varieties of illness received attention.
 Mexican Burial
 ket maker and rent casket (usually of which 55 were paid for by the Red Cross) may. be interesting. In many parts of Mexico It is customary.- upon the death
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He sed he was ashamed to take me to lis home now and introduse me to his fam merly It seems so lonely theere now counting the childrin and nurses, he sed, theere weer only few hundred all told. He sed if this kind of thing kept up, he would dye with no bettur record than King Henry the Ateth or Brighim Yung.
 1 told the Sultin plainly what l thought of him. l did not like to speek harshly to d man who was so rapped in sorrow, but l felt it my duty to do so. | told him that he had abused his privileges, and that if he had not he would not now be in his pres sint plite You weer extravVigant and munkeyed with fortune two proffigately, l sed to him. The idea of a man having moor wives than he could count, told him, seemed repugnint to me in the eXtreem. It is against all idears of retinemint and siv- vilizasion, I told him.
 You have ovverdun tine marrying bizness | sed. No man, | told him indignintly should have so menny wives that theere would be dangur of lis meeting one on the street and not reckognizing hur. Such things, I sed air not countinansed in our best Sirces. We have only one wife at q time in America, sed to him, crushingIy-- mark you, only one. We always wait till the deevorse proceedings air ovver befour we marry agin, sed. We air desent about it, and comply with the law and stay out of jail, l sed withuringy. A gentleman il
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about it. Far be 1t frum mee to be selfish in the mattur. Uther members of my fam merly will have to go two" sed the Sultin l-'swar is all Shurman sed of 1t. All my suns in Series \, B. c and D air old enuff to go to the frunt, and most of them with whom l am persunnelly acquinted seems mise fellows too-it is hard on a father to stand and behold sevverel reggimints of his persunnel fammerly march away"
 The Sultin IS called the "Sick Man of Urope,n still he does not look it. He has dun verly well for a stick man, all things considured. He told me in the strictest confidence to go no furthur that the party in power had cawsed him grate inconven- iense. He sed they weere elected on an econnomy platform but, he sed, theere ad- minnistrasion had not been a successs and he hoped to beet them at the next gennerel electsion. He sed if he could get his entire fammerly and theere relasions to turn out at the poles he had a cleer majority. Apathy, he sed had defeeted him before.
 Racawse of hard times and the high cost 1T ne sed that he was getting along
 w ggta inst sixteen wives. In the good
 days. he tld me that his fammerly was
 TIT. and moor complicated. He saeaA .oe amerly groop picture, oi
 ~ Tor the former ad demmon strasion in forse . = - lynoise .sss.s
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Exclusive Service the Survey Press Bu-
 reau)
 T~1 HE early withdrawal Of the American military forces from |53{zl5sSS Vera Cruz makes it up-
 perfume to review some of the
 social consequences of their
 occupation to the native popu- iation-in normal times a community of roughly $500 people.
 From April 23, two days after the occupation of the port. to September 2, the American Red Cross maintained headquarters and carried on an active work of relief This was early limited to cases of suffering due either direct ly or indirectly to the American oc- equation of Vera Cruz.
 For example, many of the federal soldiers became panic-stricken upoh the entry of the American soldiers and fled, leaving their wives and families in destitute circumstances. Others re- mained with the army, but inasmuch as the various companies were detailed to different parts and no accurate records we're kept, of individuals, families were unable to locate the husbands or fath- CTS. z
 Relief Work
 Families of wounded soldiers must sustain life untilf the soldiers had re- covered sufficiently to support theh by other means families of tho desd must be cared for; families who had maintalned themselves by the sals Qf 1ottery tickets must be helped fofsnd other employment. since the AnlericAhs prohibited the sale of such tickets. So, tee. the- workers along the water front
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cape can be made to serve as a back yard. The more cautious, however, never ven ture thus to display themselves to the critical gaze of those who live in the same building It is sure to call forth a criticism.
 These little items and incidents are merely offered in refutation of the charge made by the Gothamite that village gos- sip is confined to the smaller towns and cities of this country. Let no New York apartment dweller "get away with that again. His city is quite large enough to play Jekyl and Hyde in. but both the kindly Hyde and the diabolical Dr. Jekyl are criticized and commented upon freely in the sections which they frequent.
 Yet, in these things. New York is merely human. It is not that I would charge Father Knickerbocker with being worse than other municipal old gentlemen: 1t is merely that I would show him to have no real reason to claim total superi- ority in every way. Here upon the heart of the most densely populated island in the world are to be found all the human qualities that characterize Smiths Cross Roads or Jones' Junction.
 FAIR FUTILITY I'm weary today of the fighting,
 I'm worn with the toll and grind; The world seems intent upon blighting-
 It hasn't the time to be kind And there's little to gain,
 So I'm longing in vain
 For the days that are left far behind I'd like to go back to the meadow.
 To roam OCT the hills that knew
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When life held so little of shadow
 And skies were so cloudless and blue; I'd like to go back
 O'ers the well beaten track
 To childhood again-wouldn't you? To feel In my heart the pure joy
 That only the morning can hold: To laugh once again like boy,
 In ripples of silver and gold: To wander again
 In the Valley of Then,
 By the fair little River of Old. I'm weary today of the battle.
 The old, futile struggle of men; The din of the musketry rattle
 The gore-crimsoned mart and the fen; And I long for the shore Of the morning once more,
 And to be just a boy again.
 See that Theodore Roosevelt claims to have seen plans for the capture of New York city. Now, how the dickens did Ted gain access to my private papers?
 The New York newsboy is enterprise ing at least When number of them fail to sell out the papers they have purchased, they form a sort of attacking party and "rush'' a certain section loudly crying 'wuxtry.' The purchasers soon discover it is the same old edition they bought an hour or so earlier-but that does not get them their money back. Nobody seems to worry oyer 1t now-in fact, nobody buys except the unwary or the stranger within the gates. It is reported here that one paper is going to undertake to once more cover the
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Literal

From the Boston Transcript.
 Kate That Bragson grl asserts that she has made q thousand refusals of mar rlage.
 Ethel--Thats tlue.s When Gus asked her to be his wife, she replied: "No. thousand times no.'