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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01

Lowering Men on stretchers Without
JsrrInS Requires an Expert
Hand.

| A hospital train had come in. Brit
Ish train. The twilight had deepened
into night. Under the pickering arc
| lamps, in that cold and dismal place
| (Boulogne), the train came to quiet
stop. Almost Immediately It began to
unload
Half way down the car wide win
dow was opened and two tall lieuten-
ants, with four orderlies, took their
place outside. It was very silent. CIR
ders were given in low tones.
One by one the stretchers came;
one by one they were added 10 the
lengthening line that lay prone on the
stone flooring beside the train. There
was not jar, not an unnecessary mo
ton. One great officer, very young,
took the weight of the end as 1t
came toward him, and lowered 1t with
marvellous gentleness as the others
took hold. He had trick Of the wrist
that enabled him to reach up, take
hold and lower the stretcher, without
freeing his hands. he VAS marvel
ously strong, marvelously tender.
The stretchers were laid out side by
side. Their occupants did not speak
or move. 1t was as II they had
reached their limit OF endurance. They
lay with closed eyes or with impas-
sive, upturned faces, swathed In their
brown blankets against the chill. Here
and there a knitted neck scarf had
been loosely wrapped about head.
All over America women were knit
ting just such scarfs.
And still the line grew. The car
seemed inexhaustible Of horrors. And
still the young lieutenant with the ten
der hands and the strong wrists took
the onus Of the burdens. the muscles
Of his back swelling under his khaki
tunic. II were asked to typify the
attitude OF the British army and OF
the British people toward their wound
cd, / should point to that boy. Moth
ing that ! know of In history can
equal the care the English are taking
of their wounded in this, the great
war.--Mary Roberts Rinehart in the
Saturday Evening Post.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Crushed by Modern Conditions.

OF all the modern worlds strong
holds of machine-driven labor none
can compare with Belfast and Glasgow
to emphasize the truth Of Ruskin's de-
nunciation of modern industrialism.
Ugliness and monotony are here the
keynotes of life-great barracklike
buildings, where the workers toll
eternally in their day and night shifts;
long rows of sordid cottages, smoke
begrimed and hideous, where, in their
long hours of ease, the men converge
upon the corner saloons as their chief
recreation and solace, while the won.
en- pursue their truant offspring in all
manner of unsavory haunts. One of
the commonest and saddest sights OF
Belfasts mean streets after work
hours is street corner group OF girls
from ten to twelve years of age, each
carrying her younger brother or sis
ter tightly fastened to her by the
ubiquitous shawl Small wonder that
under such conditions the mill hand
woman has hardened, that her fea-
lures and her manners have lost the
gentleness and grace that should be
woman's birthright.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
PASSING OF GREAT ATHLETE
Jim Thorpe Falls to Make Good a.
Regular on New York Giants
II Sent to Jersey City.

That ball player is not necessarily
an athlete, according to the accepted
meaning OF the word. has been shown
rather conclusively In the release OF
Jim Thorpe, under optional agreement,
20 the Jersey City club of the Inter-
national league.
Thorpe, the greatest athlete Amer
lea ever produced-the man who was
honored by the king of Sweden--after
two years Of effort has not been able
to make good az regular on the
New York Giants. He was the fastest
runner on the club, with the possible
exception of Hans Lobert; he was
the strongest of muscle by far; he
was the best wrestler; he had swing
that could throw a weight farther
than any man on the club, and he
could outjump any member Of the
team by many inches. Still. Thorpe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Jim Thorpe.

was not ball player; that is, not
the kind McGraw must have.
McGraw tried Thorpe as regular
at the beginning Of this season, figur-
ing that he was ready now or would
never be. Occasionally the Indian
could hit the ball mile, but more
frequently he would strike out He
apparently lacked the baseball instinct
which, strangely enough, is possessed
In large quantities BY even runts
and weaklings who cannot run
fast, who are not strong of muscles
and who could not win an athletic
prize to save their lives.
The only thing left is for Thorpe to
feel his way as regular. If he can
do better by working every day Nc
Graw will give him chance at the
end of the season. If he cannot he
retires as the greatest athlete in the
world who could not win berth on
major league ball club.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01

Thomas Nelson Page, since he mar
ried rich wife, hasn't written a line.
Kipling practically stopped writing as
soon as he accumulated fortune. Sir
James NJ Barrie, once his plays made
him wealthy, ceased grinding out any
thing except a one-act trifle per an
mum. It's the same thing with Hall
Caine, too"
The speaker was Bryant Cullen, the
English critic, editor and publishers
reader He resumed:
Lack of cash-is the one great
cause of progress. The world moves
because, most likely, it can't pay
the rent"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Pleas Pass the PomeIe.

Don't say grapefruit What has
long been known by that name is
henceforth to be called "pomelo." The
United States department OF agricuI-
ture has decided that the fruit should
be rechristened because its former
name has become 50 misleading. The
cultivated fruit no longer grows In
clusters, like gigantic punches OF
grapes, as it did in Its uncul.ivated
state. The fruit grows in groups Of
two OF three, but generally singIy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
EIIzabeth's Fathers.

In the primary history class the
teacher used the word forefathers, and
proceeded to explain its meaning. Il
haven't any four fathers" objected
Elizabeth when the teacher had said
that every little boy and every little
girl had forefathers. you certainly
have" answered the teacher. Every
child in the world has forefathersl
i've only got two fathers" persisted
Elizabeth; my heavenly Father and
my unheavenly father"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Most CURIOUS Plant.

A very curious plant. which has been
famous since ancient times, is the
Scythian lamb-ctherwis known a.
the golden-haired dog. II looks re-
markably like an animal, and In early
days was popularly supposed to COM
bine In some mysterious way the at.
tributes OF animal and plant. The be-
lief was that 1t sprane from = seed
and turned on Its root until It do
voured all green foods within reach,
wheranpon II perished OF starvation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01

Subscribe ror the p~uy nsprss.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
pspa's Prayer,

A Topeka Sunday school teacher
asked one OF her little girls II she re-
membered to say her prayers in the
morning as y vi AZ at night. relates the
Kansas City Star. mo. ma'am, but
papa does" replied the child. "That's
nice. and what does papa say for the
morning prayest" asked the teacher.
"oh. he just says. Lord, how hate 70
get up"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Great Eieldinn Recruit.

Mike McNolly. a rookie who is un-
derstudy OF Larry Gardner at third
base in the Boston Red Sox lineup,
is said to be the greatest fielding re-
cruit seen at that station in the Ameri-
can league this season. but Mike can't
hit like Larry.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Good Apples.

When buying apples pick the hsavt
st; also test the fruit by seeing II.
when pressed with the thumb, 1t Yields
with q slight cracking sound.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Daily Thought.

Persons and events may stand for a
time between you and reckoning. but
u is only postponement. You must
pay at last your own debt.-Emer.
son.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-01
Lack coomb. MIuht Help.

Jack Coombs might help Connie
Mack out right now in his weak pitch
Ing department -~->.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Valuable Chinese Coins.

An American. who recently arrived
In Peking from the far interior OF Chi
ma, had with him when he reached Pc
king a string of copper coins with
holes through the center such as he
had been using on his journey. The
whole string, two feet In length. was
deemed to be worth 1bout ten or nj
teen cents, for the coins were only the
ordinary cash" in current use In the
province of Shensi, from which the
traveller came: but upon examination
by a member of the American legation
who knows the Chinese language It
was found that some bore the mark
of emperOrs as far back as the yeaI
Isl Il & Gn ttt :; uie We're cast
49,; ,.scntiua .,el 'lsn Sinct me h.
ginning of the CHING dFhratN many
of The Ming dynasty. and even the
dynastieS that precede the latter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10

her and made her forget that she was
poor and lonely.
Tom, rather new to town, decided
the same evening to walk up Broad
way.
They met at Herald square, looked
fairly into each others faces and then
quickly away In all the immense
desert of New York they avoided this
little oasis Of friendship. But Tom re-
membered the egg and the cat and the
roof, and Polly the seeds and the dog
and the chickens. He wandered up
to Forty-second street, she down to
Twenty-third.
Polly turned. SO did Tom. Polly
stopped to look into q window.
Someone said. Hello, grille, nice
night" in a strange masculine voice
and linked his arm familiarly
through hers.
Polly shrank back frightened. Then
she suddenly saw Tom rushing at
her tormentor like thunderbolt and
swing his right fist under the mans
neither Jaw.
Come with me. Polly" cried he as
the man staggered back. "Ill take
you home IL you don't hate me too
everlastingly much to let me walk
beside you
"Oh, Tom! never meant to do 1t.
1t slipped, truly. The egg. l mean"
you proud little thing! And you
lat mo THAI x,o, vnoopt its Than I'm
sorry about everything I've ever done.
I've been a nasty brute and am heart
lily ashamed of myself. But l hope
I'm q man now. The world makes
one look at things differently. doesn't
it? We all need to get out and be
shaken up a little"
Indeed. yes!" agreed Polly, and.
later, when they had reached her
steps and Tom leaving, she asked:
Wont you come to see me, Tom!
I'm afraid we cant talk over the good
old times at home, but we can babble
at least about future prospects. We
have that in common, although mine
are not as rosy as had expected"
Tom promised eagerly. Polly
Browns the prettiest girl I've seen in
New York" was his comment to him
self going home. Il shall certainly
try to make up for lost time while
she is here. What a fool I've been
all these years." Then whimscally,
81 wonder what mother would say
But he need not have worried, for
Polly got this letter the next morn
ing from her father:
Dear Daughter: Aunt Peg got sick
and went home last week. Widow
Watterson took pity on a lonely old
man and sent in the finest things to
eat you ever tasted. OF course | had
to take the dishes back, and fixed a
broken water pipe for her. She's a
fine woman, Polly. It's terrible how
I've misjudged her all this time. Hope
you are we'll
Your loving Father"
"P. S-Widow Watterson promised
tonight TO become Mrs. Brown. Wish
me Joy, Polly"
Copyright. 1915. by the Mcclure News
paper Syrdicate.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
THE FAMILY CONSIDER
BY HOPE AlNsLEE.


Durant looked up at the opening and
closing of the outer door to the studio.
Just minute, ,Jim,'' said he.
1t was not Jim. She stood with her
back to the door and looked at him
with eyes full of accusation, biting her
lip to keep back the betraying tears.
Great Caesars ghost. Mamie,
where did you drop from" exclaimed
Durant. You poor little kiddie. Come
here
Nan flung her fur scarf point blank
at him as he started for her.
Il hate you, Dickie Durant," she
stormed You left me down home
there at the mercy of Aunt PAMELA
and Bob. And hate Bob, and I'd hate
Aunt PAMELA. too, only she's rela-
tive"
Why discriminate" Durant re-
sponded. You hate me, your best big
brother Bob doesn't count. You
can't stay here. kiddie." He looked
around the studio.
why not?" Mamie set her suit
case down and proceeded to take of
her velvet tam and cloak. I'll keep
house for you, Dicky. You may draw
my beautiful, high-bred profile, and
I'm sure it's whacking improvement
on the awful things you've been doing,
too. can tell you that. I'll be your
chaperon when you have models-you
do have them, suppose, poor old Dick
and I'll do anything in the world
you tell me to except go back home
to Aunt Pam That / won't do
"My dear child" Dick drew her
down beside him on the couch, my
dear, misguided, exuberant, willful lit
tie sister will you listen to old Dick
for half minute. You can't stay here
with me Jim shares this whole shack
with me"
Jim? Jimmie Wethersell?
thought he'd gone to the war" Sud-
den dismay overspread Nannies face.
He said-he promised he'd go-I-I,
oh, Dick"
There. there, kiddie, don't do that.
Hush now" he urged. II didn't mean
to be inhospitable. Why, I'm tickled
to death to have you here"
He held her away from him, and
looked long and anxiously at her.
Just lie down there while make you
some tea in a jiffy.'
But Nan curled over on the cushions
and sobbed softly, wretchedly.
Il didn't know he was here she
said brokenly. "Oh, Dick, Dick, you
don't know"
Know WHAT" said Dick, sternly
Now look here, Nan. This is all fool
ishness, you know. Jim's my friend
and we've both known him for years
know Aunt PANS set against hin
because his grandfather came Soutf
after the war and made money, buy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
A FAMILY HuD
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

Polly Brown and her father lived on
one side OF the paling fence that ran
from the street to the back lot and
Tom Watterson and his mother lived
on the other.
Polly Brown grew up to hate Tom
Watterson and Tom had been taught
to dislike the Brown girl. Things
had been much worse since the Incl
dent Of the egg. It really was an &C.
cident, for Polly never meant to hit
Tom in the back with it. She knew it
was passe the minute she discovered
the hidden nest in the chicken coop,
and, picking II up gingerly between
her thumb and forefinger, she had
aimed over the fence into the back
lot. But the egg slipped, and just
then Tom Strengthened up from his
wedding. Polly closed her eyes for
an instant as she heard 1t hit. Then
she lifted her chin two inches and
walked majestically into the kitchen.
After that Tom called her that lit
tie Brown cat" and deliberately let
the grass go three weeks without cut
ting so the dandelions would seed
again and blow over.
Polly had q voice, and 1t was the
summit of her ambition to 60 away to
study.
There is no one in Stolway to teach
me-" she complained. III only had
training l could open studio Of my
own and give vocal lessons here.
Can't l go. father
"Well-you can write to Aunt Peg,
and IL she can come and keep house
for me for year you can go to New
York. / guess l have enough saved
for that The only thing ! hate about
the whole business is that your Aunt
Peg is such blamed bad cook. Any
way, you'd better ask her to come"
Aunt Peg came and Polly went, with
enough money to keep her ten years
, in Stolway, but by compression and
stinting it might stretch for six
months in New York.
Tom had been studying law-odd
hours out of the store and at nights
! for a period Of three years About
the time Polly went away, he passed
his examinations at the bar.
Three months after Aunt Peggy had
been cooking bad meals for Mr.
Brown, a third third cousin Of the
Wattersons in New York told Tom
that he had a splendid opening for
him there So Tom babe his mother
good-by and went to the city Of sky
scrapers.
One night Polly, feeling particularly
blue and lonely in her ugly little
room, desired to take walk dowr
Broadway, contrary to the good ad
vice Of her one or two friends II
town. But the windows fascinatef
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10

ing up our old TOBACCO plantation Tor
a song. That's not Jim's fault It's
grandfathers, for being such chump
he couldn't see ahead. Jim's bully
chap. Why don't you like him.
Il do like him" came from the pill
lows, and just then Jim came leisure
~ out of the inner room. one hand In
his trousers pockets the other holding
his pipe Dick motioned him to be
silent. Jim stared from him to the
crushed forlorn little heap of femi-
ninity on the couch, and squared his
jaws.
You seemed pretty anxious to have
him in bungalow 80, say, trench num-
Der sixty"
81 did not. That's what made me
come away Aunt Pam wouldn't let
me even speak his name, and had to
find out where he was. Dick-can
tell you, please?"
Dick came over quickly to put his
arms around her. but Jim was before
him. She did not raise her head, and
he sat beside her, patting her shoulder
tenderly. grave old Jim who had not
smiled naturally in weeks.
You know the Dale house party?
1t was such wonderful place up in
the mountains. near Staunton. Jim
and hadn't seen each other in
months, and it just all came back to
us, and he said he was going to the
war as artist for some paper, going
right away. and we were out motoring
together, so we just kept on going
and we were married Don't speak
yet, please. Dicke. l can't bear to be
scolded. He went away that after
noon, and just as soon as we even
turned back l was sorry But after
he was gone and | went home,
couldn't stand it When | didn't hear
from him Tiff hed cared he'd have
let me know something"
Jim laid his pipe aside and deliber-
ately gathered her up in his arms.
Don't struggle, Mamie he advised
Maybe I'm a coward, but the Bible
even advises strongly against man
going to war the first year he's mar
ried. So ] came here to Dick. Seems
as If Dicks real popular as family
CONSIDER. You see. after the way you
talked to me that day, | thought you
were pretty sorry, and | felt sorry. too,
that Id even coaxed yon into slipping
into that little church and saying
you'd be my wife. Don't go. Dick"
But Dick strollcd out into the hail
and closed the door after him Jim
looked down at the tear-wet face on
his breast.
What did You d. with the ring?
he asked.
Nan held up her hand with the RING
where it should be, and he held II
against his lips.
/ Wife, love- he said slowly.
Nan arm frightened around his necl
and she lifted her face to his just al
Dickie sauntered in. saying cheerily
The housekeeping studios to lie
across the hall.
downright, 1915. by II" Mcclure News
paper SyndicateD
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
On Talking Too Low.

"Wn Amcr.cars are a two kinds,
We ert..i NIX rn .frd - too low, par
rcg .fls btclI.r,a European
..rih WI 81 luNH IL ""blic without
{, liz. the necessity OF iuttn6 mute
ON the voice and retiring as though
behind wall They are not noisy or
gay, they do not toot on tin horns, but
they say what they wish without low.
ering the tone to that painful depth
which we n stake for cultivated
note. Let us be brave, and be our
selves; for nothing can be better than
that. "-Lorise Closer Hale, in Cen
fury
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Two Sources Of lncnm.

A Londoner was showing some m
try relative the sights of London
day recently, and was pointing
a magnificent old residence h
years ago by a famous and rather
scrupulous lawyer of his time A,
the Londoner was asked. was he 4
to build a house like that b. bis M
tice?" Yes" was the reply "by
practice and his practices
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Value Of Various Foods.

Butter would De nieniy
food for the body, but proves "ortn'
less as an upbuilder a repairer OF the
waste constantly going on with every
breath inhaled exhaled because OF lts
lack of protein content. The same
rule holds coca I'll -fareA and sugar.
carbohydrates Is. t.g.ycIS or pr2duc-
prs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10

A New York NClI.,.. -. ID.
teresting question "N K,
ding presents? Her Husband Dc,
his to his father and she claim;
wedding presents always belOa.
the wife. Hereafter it may be ..
sary to state whom the gift is inte,
for and file the title at the Ct
house.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Obviousl, Misleading.

Passing a swimming pool In S
city one day two country women
this sign at the entrance q
Gals. In and Out Every HI
That's all nonsense. said one u
women. There amt that many '
en- in this whole county
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
A Terrible Ihouuht.

i see when man runs for office
he has to put himself in the hands
of his friends.
Yes. my dear
If woman ran would she have
to put herself IN the hands OF her
women friends"
! suppose 50
IN VIII run THINK Of taking such
chances! - Louisville Courier-Jour
nal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
Mr.. Grimm Has a Kick,

II know him well enough to say
How are you?' to him" stated Gaunt
n. CT IN. But never do so II
can ;void it, for the Internal bore
thinks really want to know, and tells
--kanSaS CITY Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
a PLACE. for Him.

while At lunch with WflItan Ao
biugdon and Willie Collier. the ae
tors. a young Englishnan. also "a
actor, INDUCED in numerous efi''
cisms Of America and American IN
stitutions 1t became very diseas'e
full to Abingdon. who Is q britis"
subject and was not permitted 10 JONI
the army. even though he applied
If you don't like America and ne'
people," suggested Abingdon to MS
Younger fellow -countryman. why
don't you go over to England and neip
fight for your own country? you
could get in the army y"
No, couldn't" the younger Eng
lishman FASTENED to explain. i tried
but they wouldn't let me In because
they said | had a floating kidney
WE'LL" suddenly interjected Collier
with a bit of sarcasm that wouldn
keep you from joining the navy. would
IT, Saturday Evening Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-10
DRUG Alone Stops Laughter.

Betsy Green. a stout woman
stood beside big fat man at RIVER
view station here. when down tne
street fitted puff Of wind and neatly
removed the fat mans hat and sent
it sailing up Central avenue.
Everyon. smiled as the fat man
gave chase as best his avoirdupo's
would permit Betsy laughed.
When Betsy had laughed for one
hour and As minutes without being
able to stop an ambulance surgeon
stopped it with dose Of morphine
Kansas City Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-18
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