The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-24

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stand
Mr.. Guggenhelm and his secretary
are In full dress III we are going IL
call on Neptune. we viii go dressed as
gentlemen they laughngly say.
The ship Is slowly sinking by tie
head The forecastle Is below the
water The decks are at II ylclcuS
angle The icy waters are full Of
struggling people. Those on the SHY
climb up from deck TO deck. The dark
waters follow them, angry, Jealous,
savage, relentless The decks are nj
most perpendicular The people hang
by the rails. A terrific explosion Uc
ours the ships boilers have bu-st. The
last lights 20 out The great mons, er
slips, slides gently giides surely -
down-down-- down into the sea.
Where once the great ship grandly
fluutcd there Is now Il mass Of wreck
age, the dcnd, the struggles OF the dy.
Ing, nnd the great black all.enfolding
night. overhead the thousand stars
shine with a brightness unaccustOuled.
The Struuses, Stead, Astor, Butt,
Harris, Thnycr Wldcner, GuggenheIm,
Hays | thought | knew you, Just be,
cause / had seen you, realized SOM
what of your able qualities looked into
your eyes and pressed your hands, bur
| did not guess your greatness You
are beyond the reuch Of praise fiat
terry touches yuu words for you
nre vain Medals for heruism- how
cheap the gilt, how paltry the pewter
You are beyond our praise or blame.
We rench out. We do not find you. We
call but you do not hear.
Words uuNnd, considered, were
sometimes flung at YOU, Colonel Astor,
In your lifetime We admit your han.
dicap NJ weulth-pIty you for the &C
cldeut Of bEtn but We congratulate
you that as your mouth was stoppeu
9TH the brine uf the sea, 80 you
stopped the mouths NJ the CHrper, and
uitlcs with the dust of the tomh. II
any think mkindly Of YOU now, be he
priest sor plehelan, let it be with finger
To his lips and look of shame into
his own Calloused heart
Charles NJ HNyp4 You who made
life safe for travellers on shore, yet
yOu were caught In sea trap which
had You hNen manager of that Trans
atlantic line would never have been
sci. buitcd as II were with hlhunu
lives You placed safety above speed
You fastened your faith to utilities, not
futilitics
You and John y Thayer would hnvc
had searchlight and used II In the
4 danger, zone. 50 us 10 have located M
| iceberg five miles away. You would
have filled th pace occupied by that
silly plunge both lhow lronic the
thing when the ship had the whole At
lantic Tor plunge with hun lrel
cOllHpslhle boats, aud nests NJ dOries
You. Hays aud Thaypr, believed II
other men YOU trusted them thl'
time they failed you. We pity them
not YOU,
aud Mr.. and Mrs Straus, envy Sc,
that legacy Of love and loyalty LETT T.
yom children and grandchildren Th,
calm courage that was yours all you,
long and useful career was your gjs
session I'm death. You knew how tu 4,
three great things you knew how I,
live, how 10 love aud how tO die
Archie Butt YOU were newspspe
mpr aud u soldier Everything you Rt
tempted you did gracefully and well
The gloss aud glitter on your spanglet
uniform were pure gold alway
suspected t. You tucked the ladies' Il
the lifehoats az II they were going f.
IN automobile ride. Give my regard
to the folks at home You gally call"
Us you lifted your cap and steppe
back on the doomed deck. You die
the gallant gentleman that you wer,
. luu helped preserve the old EnRli,
tradition, Women and childreL first
All America Is proud of you.
Guggenheim, Wldener and Hnrrl
you were unfortunate In life In ha'
'nG more money than We had That
. why we wrote things about You, al
' printed them In black aud red II yu
were sports YOU were game 10 the las
cheerful losers. and all such are wi
ners As YOU souls play hide-and SEE
with the sirens aud dance with q
' nainds. you have lost interps. ! u
= Rut our hearts are with you still. Vt
+, showed ny how death aud danger Il
VI Hll on u parity. The women In q
I steerage were your sisters he m'
, your brothers, and ON the tablets
y love and memory have graveu 20,
=, names.
y william T. Stead, you were write
- a thinker, speaker, n dOer Of q
p word You proved your case, seal,
the brief with your hearts blood al
u us your bearded face looked In admir-
~ ton for the last time at the twinklin
shining stars, God In pardnable prl
|, said to Gabriel Here comes u man
y And 80 all you knew, aud all IN
~ thousand and half Il thousand moi
" did not know, passed out Of n
earth life into the unknown upon q
', uuforgetting tide You were sacrlfi
:, to the greedy goddess Of luxury al
>, her consort the demon of speed
W :" Was II worth the while? Who shi
:. say The great lessons Of life =
!, learned only In blood aud tears, Fa
3, decreed that they should die for I
" Happily, the world has assed forey
y from the time when n feels sorrl
" for the dead The dcrd are at re
+" their work is ended, they have dru
of the waters Of Lethe, and these n
= rocked In the cradle " the deep. '
y kiss our hands to them hut for I
3 living who wait for toutstep that "
,, never come, and all those who llst
W tor Il voice that win never more
W heard our hearts po cut w tendernc
- love and sympathy, These dead ha
n, not lived aud died IN vain. TIL
~ have brought us all little nearer
: gether-we think better " our XIII
w. One thing sure there are just two
y spectacle ways TO die. one Il ,
W age, and the other Is ny a cident
Z. disease is indecent. Suicide is Ut
" CiOus.
" Ilut tn mss ont as did Mr. and NJ