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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

''oo''''''' "I'' .'
Hood luck Is In my h'ndI'oN
TS"nyS t''1 " ~, ',0'',lur
lin Peter lust rua same
Peter Rahhit unIr that up us he
hurried lippert,.uru.rp Iip. over to
the Old Orchard fl. .uun for johnny
Chuck IIr fomrd .IDNuuN giving his
Youngest children -. lesson In the i'm
%portnut art or vnt.nIug out for duu
yer Peter ,st dow. 200 wait until the
lesson WAS over when the youngsters
wer, Mt Inst sent ,.nmperiug to JOIN
their mother at the house under the
old annie tree I'm fine far corner OF the
Old orchard ,Jonum CHUCK turned to
Peter with n sirb
rs n very r|,,uuu-Ihlp matter To
bring children M right. isn't itG said
he.
Peter nodded. "Il certainly is. he
REPLIED. 1T certainly is That re.
minds me- Of whBt came over to see
Won about. john, Don't You think
we ousnt 10 train our children that
II isn't enough ro lust watch out for
themselves, but that they ought 60 do
fine ,pme thing for ,lrlr neighbours
Johnny Chuck considered thi, grave.
Ia for A few minute IIr Vas just
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No II Marriage.


q o q U o q o o . q q q q 0 o o
ID WHEN We arr young and We q
q are happS We laugh Sometimes q
% when We are old We weep with joy q
d Hut when We are quite Did We q
% uraNrll aud rr,rrrntly give thanks q
q for the peace which has been q
% ,ouchsAfrd US o
q o . q q % o q u % u q u
The night after my mother had
walked Unexpectedly into the sitting
rUum and had found Charles uud my
self with our arms about each other
/ went, directly after dinner, 20 the
front window 10 watch for him AZ
usual My mother, the evening before,
had stood In the proper attitude "
offended motherhood protecting It's
young until the front door had CLOSED
upon Charles Then she dropped the
tHhlesu. She had kissed me In an ub.
sent minded aud perfuuctory manner
upon my forehead aud had told me 10
run along 10 bed"
Az fur as / was concerned the In
rldent had M little Significance | had
almost forgotten II next morning
was accustomed 10 being permitted to
do things that subcuusciuusly felt
were wrong and To being sCOlded out
NJ a clear sky for other things that
really had mot the falntpst idea were
rrprrseuhisble / was seventeen years
old. hut | WAS unaware " any method
my mother used IN bringing up her
children 1 was still completely In
the dark ~ 10 what she might Rp
prove on iisapproye | think when
she f,ll she was not giving mp the
PROPER interest aud care Tor twenty
Four hours. or more. she would ScOli
us lu ~ wholesale manner fur epvry.
thlnv we did Then she would forget
M fNr . week on ten days, serene In
the knowledge NJ having done her
duty.
| put down her sharpness tC
Charles ON the previous evening {,
one NJ her reucurrcnt spells NJ "doinl
her duty So | stayed at the win
dow and watched FOR him withou.
any thought that anything was to b,
changed And he aid not come. II
reality perhaps only IA half houI
passed. but n seemed IN mel hH,
been standing In the window n Ions
long while when I turned away dc
iectedlv deciding ! was not to see hin
that evening
II was just then my mother an,
father came into the sitting room Ia
gether My mother walked towar,
me At once. she took one " m.
hands and led me- quite gently to IN
sofa where Charles and | had so ufte
sat Father paced the floor.
Charles has been 10 scc YOU
father she told me.
ooh has he9' answered yRguel,
did he tell father why he was no
coming this evening""
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
JOY KILLERS At WORK.

II they are not busy at one thing
they ARE huttiug into something else
the loy killers. The tell us what We
must cut. how wr must sleep aud
Just how the breath should be drawn
The things we like are not good for
III. The fact is taught 10 rs In child
hood by the JOY killers sometimes
the family physician, sometimes our
own parents, or perhaps Il wise neigh
Dor.
Going out into the world We meet
the joy killers ON every corner and
at every crook I'm the road They are
loaded with don't and a long mem
Org Is required 10 remember the
things We must not do. Ncarly every
thing We do IL wrong aud will be- Diet
rimentnl to health The things We
don't do would he good FOR us.
But Il great many people are likely
to resent the han the joy killers have
placed ON the C]hautauqua salute.
which has seemed M innocent aud
harmless way " showing npprOyu.
The, hive believed that It was tHr
less detrimental 90 health than stamp
lug the feet uud causing dust 10 arise
aud nearly smother those who
stamped II seemed less strenuous
than haud.clapping and was less noisy
than shouting approval with the Gus.
tom0ry three cheers
Now come the health officers with
the statement that waving Of hand.
kerchiefs fills the mir with millions Of
gems. II Is u dangerous practice, az
eording 10 their theory, for the germs
are breathed into the lungs Of those
present and taking purt IN the salute
They may De- right about It, too but
these health Officers become joy kill.
ers, just the same Hand clsppiuv
will scatter germs, too no doubt. s.,
there is no way left FOR us 10 signify
our approval aside from shouting
Rnd that is likely to make us hours,
N pgrripd tu extremes
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WRITING A THOUSAND STORIES
BY Thornton W. Burgess.

Tonight appears the thousandth
Bedtime Story of the little people who
dwell In the Green Forest, make glad
the Green eAladOws, work and play
In the Smiling Pool and along the
Laughing Brook, and ARE the joy OF
the Old Orchard. | have been asked
t. tell something " what the writing
VI these stories has meant 10 me and
Of what 1 myself have gained from
the work.
Looking back over II little more
than three years tu the first Of these
daily stories aud trying 10 analyze all
that the writing ~ them has meant
10 me, / find II difficult to express.
First ~ all. II has meant opportunity
opportunity To try In Il small way
10 pay my personal debt " gratitude
for the Unborn love " nature which
has been mine since | can remember.
by leading others TO take an interest
In what meant so much 10 me Oppor
tunity IN plant the seeds NJ love In
the hearts ~ children opportunity to
I'm some small measure do suihevnms
IN behalf " the little wild ueighhurs
without whom this would indeed be-
II dreary and hopeless place.
Aud It has meant the JOY " self.
expression, NJ creative work. than
which there Is no keeuer Joy. II has
meant the making " many friends
and the delightful discovery FOR my.
self that the heart ~ a child endures
even though the head becomes I'll
yered. II has meant the satisfaction
which m from the knowledge that
something which IL worth while ~
being accomplished. for certainly that
which makes for the preservation Of
Wild life Ii worth while.
|. l have been asked many times how
Il II possible to write a story every
day and keep It up l have been
asked n the work does not become
lrksome, II Is possible 10 do this
simply because am personally I'm.
terested aud find my own pleasure In
the doing " II. From all parts ot
America and even from ~ far away
Ms Toxic, japan, have come letters
from little children aud from hig chill
dren. from parents and grandparents
and each one VI these letters " aU
inspiration, FOR further endeHvor.
A little boy from Japan writes m,
that Blacky the Crow speaks the SAINT
language there that he does here fl
America. From Northern Quebec al
old trapper writes that all the It'll,
wild folks are now called by nam,
where he lives. From Chicago Gomez
a letter from a woman 10 thank m,
for the influence the daily stories ar,
LAYING In the moulding of her littl,
6~year-Old boys character. A blint
grandmother OF st Louis dictates
letter 10 express the pleasure whlcl
she finds In seeing once more IN
|, green meadows and green forests u
, childhood through the medium Of IN
stories. BOYS write me that they hRv
, given mp their traps. and instead o
killing are doing what they car /
make life easier for their little viii
neighbOrs, School teachers take m
trouble to send a word of apprecia
ton Of the help In nature stud
I which they find through the mediuI
~ these stories.
And the children God bless IN
little folks. Their letters come fror
every state Nn the union, written I
sprawllng hand printed and som,
times written for them hut man
testify dictated by them These letter
alone are a stimulus which would b
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sufficient were there no other " keep
the work going.
II my renders, little and big, have
gained something VI enjoyment,
something Of knowledge, something
Of helpfulness from the thousand
stories, the gain 10 the author has
been more. Many letters have been In
the nature Of appreciation and 20
thank me for the stories. The greater
appreciation aud thanks Is due from
me- to my readers for the help and IN.
SEPARATION which they have No freely
given me. The writing OF II thousand
stories has not been Il task, but a
pleasure.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

oYour new society, What's that
.Iuhup, began .y lUok Interested.
Then Peter explained his great Idea
NJ banding together all the httle PEG
Die who vrur tur In Il society to be
chilled The Ancient order Of Qunddies,
rsrh member Goo agree aud promise 10
do what he could for the good OF All,
and 10 give uHruIug Whenever a com
mon danger N0. near, Ilai name
sounded ,rry tHud and imposing as
Peter rrlIrI b. .ur aud 1t rather tlrk1rl
Johnny Chu.a
who else Ur..ugsg' he asked.
"Nobudy hur Mrs. Peter and the chil.
drpn. uu0 they Nrn't know IT yet tN
rrptIuu Mrs Peter. You see | only
Thought of Itu uttle while ago and
hurried right over here 70 tell You
So that YOU would be II N the very
first member, We can have meetings
end-and do uI kinds OF things, ANA
help one another The last is the best
part " It."
Just su." declared Polly Chuck,
who had come up while Peter had been
wv so AH a
explaining johnny and VIII JOIN
the Quaddics right now, Peter ana
wen get as many Of our nelghbors
IN Join as we can"
"Rut.' began Johnny.
There are uu nuts about IT. declar.
ed Polly. We've Joined the Quad
dies aud that's ull there Is to IT,"
Good Tor yuu Polly J" cried Peter
"Now. when first proposed u to Mrs
Peter she was Just like Johnny, tu'I
" butts
"Thcn she was very foolish To allow
YOU IN start the hing" declared Polly
Chuck. ~ I had been In her place
and hadn't approved OF II II would
have ended right there"
Aud Peter knew nv the way sh'
smoke that II WAS all true, for Polly
chuck had n mind of her own. AnC
ne was glad she approved OF I'M
Ouaddies. Tor n was very clear tina.
n she hadn't Johnny Chuck woul'
never In the world have Joined.
Next story Peter Rabbit Calls
Mating
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Seeing America First

From the diary &c
Al II dinner last night l heard two
women talking across the table. one
wa II delightful old soul with gray
hair aud Il lace cup, and the other II
s]prinEtly young finishing school prod
uct, who talked with II slight menu
card accent.
Can you imagine anything more
distressing the young woman was
saying. We were unable to get Il
drawing room, mgtah, and |, and had
10 come across the continent In an
ordinary sleeping section. | slept In
the uppah berth. / had never been
Ia All uppHh before. II was awful.
Have YOU ever tried ruhding across
the continent without any drawing
ROOM
Well" replied the dear old lady
with the lace cap, with "a sort Of apollo.
gectic tone. 80 low that only a few at
the table heard 1t, you know | never
have crossed the continent but once,
aud then it wac impossible tO come In
II drawing room. | made the trip Ia Il
wagon
Here was an experience that i'm
pressed me with the vitullzing quail.
4 tie, " the California climate far more
than all the enthusiastically suuerla,
tiye,talk " the California native
/ went from Los Angeles over to
Santa Ana one day 10 call ou nm
elderly couple who had moved Ia
California some thirty years ago from
the little town where I was raised.
iu the Tar of days when I used Ia
play In their back yard they had
owned Il horse-u rather nmiable,
pleasant. faced little ul dhurse with an
odd sort NJ y coat that was a cross
between a dun and a bay. | recalled
that was fond " this horse thirty
wears ago, and had felt n keen sense
" regret when these good nelghbOrs
took II with them 10 California.
40 | inquired What ever became
u the horse with funny colorf'
In concert they pointed out u win.
dow and replied
There he IT,"
Sure enough, leaning against .
fence I'm the barnyard, under the shad,
NJ "A shelving palm, was by ole
friend the horse, In the same peculisl
coat and looking NJ hearty and pros
porous az when | last saw him thirty
years previous"
The California cline had suited tina
horse exactly. | learned ON lnquir!
that the other memoirs NJ his famil!
which had remained In the east die,
comparatively Premature deaths-al
under thirty.
Al Riverside, Cal, the other day
went out tu n government lndiai
! school on q peculiar mission, | de
p sired to find. II possible, a mollycOd
I die Indian. II seemed TO me that on
" several hundred Indian pupil
there might Ne one Individual VIII
had taken up our modern civllizatlo
y and gone with II the whole distanc,
even 10 the extent ~ wearing a wris
p watch and spats, and having socif
4, ambitions. An Indian like that ougf
, to I've worth looking nj, and n ther
was one 10 he found | wanted b. 80
y him. But my quest was n failur,
I The head NJ the school gave me HI
u personal word ~ honor that, no
withdrawing all the civiliEing II
o fluences brought to bear on his N
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
pills, he had never encountered such
Il thing as II mOllycoddle Indian.

East or west, travellers In sleeping
cars have practically the same char
ucteristics. All are ready, with hats
and coats on, and standing In the pas.
sagewHy, for dlsembarklng, from five
to eve minutes before the train
pulls into the station.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
No Lnnh Al An

~" AhAA - NHAH
| know, although I can't say why,
That I'm n most unlucky guy
The cinders blow into my eyes,
The street cars always pass me BY.
The eggs | have to eat are stale.
Each day brings dope cures" In my mai
/ huy. tomorrow there's n sale,
And so | lose a bunch Of kalei
In stores. the elevator gate
Il slammed. while / impatient, wait
To keep q most important date,
And so I'm bound 10 be too late.
Nv dog IL shot. white others run
quite unmulestpd In the sun
And wicked BOYS steal lust for fun,
My choice e%Votlcs. one by one.
n | IN any way could know
That later ON I'm have 4 show
That on my head a crown will glow,
Then ! could stand II here below,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

An old Scotswomnn was famous for
speaking kindly No sheep was So
dark hut she could discover some
white spot 10 point out to those who
could . only hlacknese. On day q
gosslring ncighhor loet patience with
her and said nnprily;
"Wumman ven haze a guide word to
say FOR the deoyIl himself
Instantly came the reply
"Weel. he's q vera industreeous
body :"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
DIFFERENT OPINIONS.

Miss Gushiugton / think Persian
lllHcs are just lovely.
MIR Hickey never saw anything
pretty In them oriental whiskers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

There may be some country on this
earth that Is better than Kay county
right at this time, says the Blackwell
Times Record. but II there n the other
fellow ls welcome to IL This country
Is good enough for us. and with It's
wealth " alfalfa. wheat oats and corn.
with lis fine prospect for fruit OF all
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
State Small Talk

The editor uf the Wagner Record
had never been enthusiastic one way
or the other concerning the road drag
but recently he Inns had had OCCASION
to see It's benefits demonstrated Two
roads lead out from his city. One has
been given several applications NJ the
drag and the other has not. lie says
he IL satisfied now and VIII hereafter
sing the praises Of the druJ.
More than thirty cars Of when; have
been shipped from Pond Greek In the
past two weeks Tor export boy he way
of New Orleans The farmer, got 4
good price for IL.
Curus are bad more ways than uue
A mau wanted IN Oklahoma stopped
Ia Wichita to get his cOrns trimmed
and the police recognized him He
acknow lodged he was a fugitive from
justice and voluntarily agreed to re-
turn to prison.
The Uurant Democrat believes that
"a man will get homcsick to come back
to that town, eyeu though he may have
been called away to IN come political
office. and the McAlester News Capital
SAYS that great MS the sacrifice may be-
II appears that almost the entire male
population ot Dutuut shows ID willing
HESS to make IT,
The city Of Bartlrsyille now shows
a population of l42SO, according to
the new city directory which has been
published The town has shown II
gradual increase over last year.
The Bartlcsyille Examiner says that
Governor Crucr has not made nm
appointment to nh the vacancy On the
corporation commission 80. Governor
Crucc was not In position to make tho
appointment and the independent
should ask some high school boy there
about the change IN administration.
Everybody knows that Roosevelt Is
"a very active fellow but the papers say
the court oyerruled his motion Does
that mems that Teddy Is going tu b"
forever still and quiet hcreaftrry ask,
the Alya Pioneer.
The BartlesviIle Examiner says the
Question has been asked what has be-.
come NJ the boy who used 10 be- uwful-
lv pleased boy the gift " a wherlhurrow
Well SAYS the Examiner. he has grown
mp and his hoy might possibly be- %
tented with the latest coaster brake bi.
cycle. hut nothing but a motorcycle
win make him truly happy
The editor NJ the Seminole County
News has been appointed as one VI the
new school land appraiser and he f.
writing a series u articles about IN,
country he Is seeing.
Three OF our old friends zane bach
this week with strong symptoms NJ th,
front page. says the Tulsa Democrat
7 X. landed next 10 pure reading mat
ter; Leo Frank took first base aud II
ThHw hatted out n single and got men
toned Owing To the war news anC
the excursion from Terre Hautc {,
|Leavenwurth jack Johnson and Old maj
Uucrta failed 10 get In.
The farmers NJ this section have heel
busy for the past two or three week
getting the corn crop planted and IN
b ground ready for action, says the Rof
Eagle The farmers " that section ar
Il looking forward to a bumper crop d
e everything.
, There may be some country on INF
= earth that Is better than KAY count
right at this time, says the Rlackwe
Times Record. but II there n the othp
fellow is welcome to It. This countr
Is good enough for us. and with II
wealth " alfalfa. wheat. oats and corr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

The farmers N this section have been
busy FOR the past two or three weeks
getting the corn crop planted and the
ground ready for action, say the Rolf
Eagle The farmers ~ that section are
looking forward to a bumper crop "
everything.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

Larry Rredy g., Out again. hut there
will be- mo- chance for him to get a
place on the election board as long MS
Chairman DI,rh remains ON the job
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ly set forth that there should be no
further doubt concerning the truth' OF
the situation
Mexico Is drifting toward total de
structlon from which Il mistaken al
truism IL puwerless "a save It, these
American citizens assert The pres.
ent struggle does not represent the
efforts of a people 10 secure liberty
and riyil rights So much rs a clash
Of personal ambition aud revenge
This, In a nutshell, IL Mexico today.
Nothing can be- gained by An endeavor
tu mi]srepresent the facts These
Americans In Mexico believe they
have Il right Ia expect NJ their govern.
u ,nt protection Of their lives and
their property They explain why they
crnnot leave. They ask that the Mex.
lean situation be accepted FOR whit
It Is and mot FOR what It might be-
~ ,.
,n, ,u,n,.. .
,.I,,A -, a.. p.,u.
which TIL, administration came into
power which reads
Every American citizen residing OF
"a''ns property Il amy foreign '"UIi.
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Even n Identified man II apt to
unbeud when he Is broke.
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Spring has come across the land,
An the world Is green and fart
Hut n problems now NJ hand
Causing me a deal N care.
Sow with worry growing lean
DER this problem ~ ! nod
How 10 make a choice between
Garden tools and fishing rod.
Down a road that wanders hencs
on in fancy now | go
on ! st upon n fence
Watching huge tomatoes grow
M ! view green beans With pridst
on ] fish In swHrmiug pools,
While ! struggle 10 decide
Fishing rod, or garden tools1
] am swiftly wearing out,
ANS confusion no accord
SUI | know beyond a doubt
What | can and can't afford.
No In spite Of what ! know,
For decision nothing loath,
! 20 settle II will 90,
Strain a polnt-and buy them both
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Three OF our old friends came back
this week with strong symptoms NJ the
front page. says the Tulsa Democrat
T. H. landed next to pure reading mat
ter; Leo Frank took first base aud II
Thaw hatted out n single and got men
toned Owing to the war news and
the excursion from Terre Hautc To
~Leavenworth Jack Johnson and Old man
Uucrtu failed to get In.
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Next story Peter Rabbit Calls a
Meeting
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II a woman laughs at her own
troubles she doesn't mean H.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24

The editor of the Seminole County
News has been appointed as n " the
new school land appraisers and he X
writing a series " articles about the
country he Is seeing.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1915-10-29
Thorough Work
How N Westminster Citizen Found
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How n Westminster Citizen Found
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Any durable disease of the kidneys,
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Doan's Kidney Pills have been test
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8. ]. Knadler, George street, West
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Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
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