The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-30
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.

Direct from l)lhIS 10 NOllHuul'l
This diary thing Is. Of course, all .
Il bluff II really were keeping
diary though would make note
of the man saw In the Chicago
restaurant He ordered a ncul that
cane to an even dollar Then he asked
fur little pitcher Of cream, which
was ~ cents more. When the walter
cume around with the slip, the man
discovered that he had just $lO5 In
change, or 8 cents less than he re
uured aside from the tip. l saw him
open UP IL wallet and pull out one
lone bill which happened to be II
fifty lie seemed to shrink from the
Idea OF breaking that fifty just for
, the sake Of Il nickel lie looked at
the slip and then at his Sl.O5. Then
his face suddenly showed the light OF
Inspiration
Here's II dollar five, he told the
waiter, In a breezy tone full Of good
cheer, but you want II nickel more,
don't your Well, III give you back
half Of this cream
| And before the waiter had recovered
his cOmposure the diner had showed
the half filled little cream pitcher
toward him, seized his hat and bland
/ ly departed.
A few minutes ago | went into the
IlayatOry TO try out my new safety
razor. Three other men were there
shaving. This makes nine men |
have seen shaving today ON the train.
Aud every one of the nine without n
single exception made one or more
remarks boustug uf the peculiar
toughnrss of his beard, the peculiar
way his beard grows, Or the difficulty
|hnrhrrs have shaving him ! am try
INK tu recall II | have ever known a
man STD modest that he would not
umg about the wiry, manly quality
uf his daily growth " beard
We Just stopped briefly nj EmpOrin,
kan. the town definitely affixed TO
the map 10y William Allan white.
The first time | ever heard OF Elm
porla was when read an article by
William Allan white, entitled New
York aud EmpOria" IN which the au.
thor sharply cOntrasted the adyan-
tages Of Emporln over Il the woll-knOwn
eastern metropolis as II place OF resi-
dence. Now, the average town Of
the size Of EmpOria does not neces-
sarily size mp as an idyllic dream city
when viewed from the railway sta
ton. This Is true OF Emporia and II
occurred to me that little rs | like
New York, n | lived In Emporia, aud
had 60 move 10 New York, ! might Ia
time be able 70 reconcile myself to
the change
Having this in mind | went out on
the station platform and engaged an
Innocent hystHudrr In conversation
: | spoke TO him about his fellow
townsmans article. aud asked him II
. 1.-THE average Emporian would take the
same view as White
well. | don't know" he replied
wrinkling his brow aud seeming tC
I weigh the proposition with Judicial
) impartiality; 81 was In New York foi
the first time year before last, and II
some respects II wasn't 81 bad. Tn,
subway had funny smell TO II, 1
smell that never noticed anything
- quite like anywhere else. but that
e OF course, WIS a small matter IN,
= thing that struck me most Of all wal
where a woman would dry clothes
and rwhere man would 20 In Ia,
, evening 10 loaf"
!. One is impressed In going through
! Kansas with the blgness OF the farm
d and the smallness Of the barns. Judg
~ Ing Just by what one can see fron
the Santa Fe railroad, a Kansa
farmer builds his barn In indirect ra
u ito to the size Of his farm
N II must he difficult one imagine,
st to he neighborly In Eansas Folk
-, live FAR apart In Kahsas and IN
y, roads look black and sQushy, Hut
- am assured that after travelin
ID through New Mexico Kansas wi
" seem fairly grcgarlous and compar,
AZ lively congested.