The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-02
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laughter. He is tall, he has a fine |
personal appearance, his language is
beautiful. the sentences well rounded, |
the voice we'll trained and his powers |
to impart mirth would sparkle at a
session of the Gridron club in Wash |
ington. The transportation of land
terrapins from Texas to Kansas to
eat the grasshoppers, the plowing of
hogs in Kansas while the children
rode the pigs to school, the pension
papers of Kansas, the trigger finger
of Texas, his love of preachers, form
ed in his early boyhood, were stories
set to the music of joy giving mirth
that made the banQueters glad Graves
Leeper was there.
A medley of southern airs by the
High school orchestra, with Sol Low
enstein as leader, was enjoyed. Some
of the members of the orchestra are
not more than eight years of age,
but as the beautiful strains of music
floated through the banquet hall, the
people voluntarily rose to their feet
and stood until the music ceased. 1t
was an inspiring portion of the even
ing's program,
Judge Freeman made response to
the toast, Judicial Requirements"
His heart had caught the spirit of
the occasion and he would not be tied
to a subject so dry on such an oc-
cason. He brushed the subject to
one side in a most happy manner
and told story of a set of brothers
in Kentucky who packed their few
belongings and came to the west to
leave their impress upon a new state
which had not yet been carved from
the great domain of the unclaimed
west. That speech was a beautiful
eulogy upon the Cruce family and
upon Lee Cruce. He was frequently
cheered. His words touched a re-
sponsive chord in every heart as Bill
Freeman always does on every oc-
casion, and the banquet to Lee Cruce
would not have been complete with
out the recital of the unwritten his
tory it told of the struggles with
poverty and of the climb up the lad
der, as Lee Cruce has climbed.
1t was a most happy and pleasing
response which Attorney w. d. Pot
ter made to the toast, The Ladies'"
He said in part:
When | was first notified that the
committee had selected me to deliver
a toast on the ladies l declined, first,
for the reason | thought they were
too good to talk about, and second,
for the reason, that Notwithstanding
years of study, | cannot understand
them. Had been on the committee
to select someone who understood
my subject, | should have unhesi-
tatingly selected book agent.
'The Creator made the world and
then made man, but in His wisdom
He saw that man was unable to
take care of himself. or manage the
| universe, so He created woman, and
stopped Since then, she has man
aged the universe herself, she has
been the guiding star of progress, she
has been connected with every great
event, and every worthy ambition.
She has directed the course of all
mankind As mother she advised her
son as to his conduct and his health,
as sister she advises him to attend
! to his own business. and as wife she
advises him on every subject, wheth-
er real or imaginary.
My wife advised me to be brief
tonight in my discussion of this
subject, one about which | have
thought much the better part of my
life. and about which an encyclo-
pedia could be filed and the half
never told.
I've all worship the ladies, or most
of them, and yet would not be one
for anything in the world
"The ladies make life worth living.
They make the sweet in home,
sweet home; they make sacrifice
pleasure; they almost make a dry
toast at dry banquet, as blessed
to the giver as it is to the receivers.