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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
SET TIE EXAMPLE.

In shining contrast with the vindic-
tive language Of the party plat
form In regard TO dlsloyalty among
the naturaliled citizens. which Mr..
Wilson is supposed to have dictated
almost word for word. he made a
splendid talk the other day to con-
vention In Washington relating TO the
duty OF the native born people toward
these adopted citizens. We have put
ir a great deal OF time lately IN de-
nouncing those who accepted the
protection of the stars and stripes and
yet could not get over giving the old
country the first place in their de-
votion when extraordinary events put
them 70 the test. The president in
fers that one reason they have not
learned more thorough loyalty is
because they have not had the evnm-
pie set before them clearly by those
who claim American nativity. lie
urged that VIC Of American lineage
should take mere pains TO teach these
foreign born brethren the objects and
aims OF free country. and above all
to show them by example what 10y
atty really Ia We have ourselves
been much To- blame for the failure
TO assimilate the emigrants. We have
held up an Invisible carrier and wait
cd for them TO do al the advancing.
while we regarded them with mixed
feelings OF amusement or suspicion.
II is too true that with the average
American tho sacredness OF his obli-
cation 70 the government is a matter
unless some F1eat event puts hun 20
the test He has plenty OF patriotism,
Int II is only apparent on special oc-
oasions. On other occasions ne is
more likely 10 dcnounce the govern
ment and impress his hearer with the
idea that the United States is not
worth fighting for anyway. We can
not blame the naturahse1 citizen for
holding his patriotic duty in light
esteem when Re gets DO instruction
or announcement from those who
were born under the flag. In spite Of
this. however. the test has usually
proven that the hyphenatcd citizen
was among the first To make sacri-
fices for the good of the nation.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
JUST AN ORDINARY.

Just an ordinary fellow. born the
ordinary way.
Had the colo. cried and fretted.
Then was good. was coddled, petted.
Was brought up from day to day just
the ordinary way.
Just an ordinary fellow. grew the
ordinary way.
Lived and soon was grown and mar
ried.
Then grew old. then gray. and
tarried-
TIL he died one winter day. Just the
ordinary way.
Just an ordinary fellow. wasn't bril-
hant any way;
No one ever said Hes witty:
No one thought him great-the
pity!-
Wasn't rich. but lived his day In the
ordinary way.
Just an ordinary feilow-why did
thousands love him, pray!
Just because he'd won them gently
By his quiet love mtently.
He had won them day BY day tust the
ordinary way.
-Gaccn Telegraph.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
INGUAL RECKLESSNESS.

The St Louis Republic discusses
soberly the question Of whether the
sporty use OF alright" Is sufficiently
general TO entitle that nngual freak
to a place in the dictionary as a rec
ognizod English word. or course the
word has no logical reason for exist
cree, and is only the product Of the
haste of the age, its love OF ahbrevia-
tion and the certain amount Of poetic
license that is generally conceded to
the writer OF the news Of the prize
ring and the ball park. The language
OF the average sporting editor is al
most like a foreign tongue to the per-
son whose lingual acquaintance Is
confined TO terms which have distion.
airy approval. Personally. we think
alright is ahominable and should
not be admitted to good society. BE
that as II may. the sport writer IS not
the only culIrit when II comes 10
numbering the language. Just the
other day a merchant advertised that
he had for sale good pant. Ger
ta!nly II is quite common with the
real estate men and some others TO
tax about n good buy. as though
they had license TO forcibly seize
upon a verb and make q noun out OF
It. But II is hopeless for us TO think
that we or any other conscientious
lingu'sts can nope 70 held the English
language still where It Is. The Ian
guage is Just Ike our citizenship we
are al the time receiving accretons
from other sources. some good, some
tolerable. and some outrageous-but
Just in this way g language evolved
and II is useless to try to call q halt
on the process. Many Of the words
now dignified by a place IN the die
were nothing but the most
DEGRADED slang OF the Sums or the
lingo Of some trade or avocation
twenty or thirty years ego, but they
came into su'h genera! use after
while that the photographers gave
them An o. K Twenty years from
now we may recognize . noun buy,
n singular for -pants'. and consider
Il perfectly proper TO amalga,nate
-ali right" into one breezy word. No,
re can't stop the language iom
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

1iSung high cost OF living, and in a
geheial sense the demand IS ,ast. But
when It comes to considering the
question Of higher wages for one line
Of industry alone. especially when
that Industry is 4 public service, It is
worth while TO remember that the
ei'nung of thii demand, while 1t tet-
ters the condition of those who con-
tend for il Is bound to make living
more expensive for the rest of hu-
man.ty. THIS Is one OF the great
problems that IS before the PEOPLE Of
the United states in the matter of the
controversy between the railroad Of
ficials and their employees. The nat
ural balance will be maintained.
whichever way the decision goes. II
the railroads pay their men more
money and that Increase, as they
claim. raises the cost Of operation
above the possibility Of profit as
rates are now, the inevitable result
Will be that the railroads must raise
their rates or go out Of business. We
do not know just how the railroads
are prospering, for figures are easily
ugglcd by the artist in thai line to
make the pdblic believe either way.
II is not to he expected that we will
be asked to believe unuualificdly the
figures shown by either side of the
controversy, but the public does want
a settlement that will not Increase the
burdens OF the masses. even IL a few
are deserving Of bigger wages. The
benefit would be lopsided and woIid
do more harm 10 the nation than
coed. This government Is for the
greatest good to the greatest number,
tnd some agency should be invoked
that Is able TO bring this controversy
to a peaceful solution without in3us-
tice TO any one.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
Roman Woman Won Higher Place
as Result of Punic Wars.

What some prophets are saying
will happen to European women after
the present war did actually happen
TO Roman women as the result Of the
Punic wars before the Christian era
thciI legal and social status was bet
tered.
Prior to that time Roman matron.
while highly respected, had no legal
status as a person" before the law
and no separate property rights. She
passed out of the "potestas''-power
of her father into the "manus" of
her husband. II was written in the
Institutes of Roman law that moth
ing could be granted in the way of
Justice to those under power-i. e.. to
slaves. children and wives; for IL is
reasonable to conclude that, since
these persons can own no property,
they are Incompetent to claim anv.
thing in point OF law"
During the time when Roman men
were away from home, however.
from 264 TO 202 B. c., the manage
ment or their households and estates
fell upon their wives Such women
would submit with III grace to re-
strictions upon their daily lives and
interests imposed by the husband on
his return from the wars" The Gus
tom Of free marriage without "manus''
and only upon consent OF the woman
resulted. and the law forbidding n
woman TO be made an heir at law
was .9bviated by the creation OF trusts
Tor th~ benefit OF women.
Also. rs men diminished In numbers
after the long and fierce Pupic wars
the social status OF women slowly rose
They retained the authority they bnd
won over their households and de-
naAnded their share Of the nav 0-.ek
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
WAGES AND LIVING COST.

Economic students have often as
Serted that n fallacy OF demands for
hifh wages wos that natural laws de-
nlanded q balance. II Is not always
the best thing that wages should be
high, for of necessity II makes the
cost Of the necessities OF living higher
and nature maintains ner balance. II
everybody had plenty Of money they
could buy more freely. but no human
device could prevent the prices OF
what they bought coming up. Most
of the demands for higher wages.
however, are predicated on an already
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

, and proper use. ana these Instrument
were given to man for benencent pur.
I. poses. but man in his search foi
avoidance Of moral responsib bility has
made OF them the road TO quick deg
? radiation It Is not pertinent TO the
question 10 denource these agencies
that have beeL misusoG. but 20 seek
TO impress mankind with .he foolish
ness OF turning good into evil We
must strike at mans sense If right
and dscency rather than TO force him
to be good by putting these things
out Of his reach.
We cannot make men good BY re-
moving temptation we must depend
on his awakened moral sense and his
knowledge OF what is good FOR him
and what Is harmful. Every expert
ence in life hos two aspects II may
be an opportunity to US or It may be
temptation. Wealth gives fine op-
portunity for unselnsh service. but to
many Il opens the way to unwise in
diligence Poverty may save a man
from this temptation, but It makes
him liable 10 envy and discomfort. A
good dinner may make you a better
man. or It may be 4 source Of sorrow
and pain. Temptations surround us
everywhere and no laws Of man can
remove them In fact, temptations
are necessary to make US morally
strong. You can no more develop
moral strength without temptation
than you can make an athlete without
vigorous exercise. You can no more
come to exalted character without
wrestling with temptation than you
ran scale the Matterhorn without
climbing. We should not seek tempta-
ton, but unless we are trained TO re-
sis, evil we Will remain moral mol
.ycoddle. We cannot assure our hoys
and girls a good moral life by build
ing wall of ignorance between them
and evil suggestions Unless liquor
and other things that tempt men TO
excess could be benished from the
earth altogether, We can never pro-
duce a race OF sober and virtuous peo-
pie by prohibltory legislation. The
moral sense nf the young must be cul-
tivoted and their judgment developed
80 they will know what and how
much OF any good thing is beneficial
and what and how much is damaging.
Instead OF bapishine everything that
some people have abused. We should
show them how to make a proper use
Of everything useful and how 10 avoid
turning the blessings OF natural life
ntc curses It must all depend on the
individual whether the race is 20
climb or to deteriorate. Let us warn
rather than forbid.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

h.', been time. perhaps. when the
masses were ignorant anc thought
less and rs1d rules Of conduct were
needed 10 keep them In restraint It
Is not 80 now. for the more restraint
that Is put on the twentieth century
man, unless you can show him good
and sufficient reason why he should
be restrained. the farther you drive
him gway from voluntary acceptance
Of your rules Accepting first the
car linal principles Of righteousness
every man must decide those details
for himself II MI. Jones believes
that uoater-g1lnr is tal f.r her soul,
IT is bad for her and she should not
20. T. stay away Is not only her
privilege. 5u: her duty But ,7"t does
not make Il right for her to lay down /.
- rlt tHat Mrs smith must not 80 .
tc tho theIter II Mr. Smith finds re
taxation. instruction and inrU.rauon
there E,,y man IS CAPABLE OF
reading his bible 'or himself ami the
time is past when he will to',ratc
having his roI.lou cut and dried for
Inn and doscG out Ike SO much med
icinc Those who would ser out to
mould humanity into forms OF thcir
own i,si,uinr should remember that
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
Fate

Two spirits born the whole wide uni
verse apart
. With Loves pulse throbbing in each
beating heart
To speak in different tongues, ano
have no thought
But that Jehovah in his works had
wrought
Each for the other. somehow. some
where, in unknown lands,
Ger wind-lulled seas that kiss the
gold -streWn strands
Where some day they would cross,
defyng Death
With yearning souls aflame and
trembling breath,
And all unCOnSCaously their footsteps
bend
To shape their every act to this one
end,
That one day, out of darkness, they
To read Lies hidden meaning in each
others eyes!
And turning from the fitful fields Oh
strife.
They too, shall walk the brighter
paths Of Life
SO calmly, side by side. in Loves en-
brace.
With wlstful eyes that watch each
tender fdCe,
With hands that ever clasp, with lips
that ever meet
In cups Of kisses rare o'erflown with
blisses sweet;
With voices blending low DER wood
land, glen and dale
ANA eager ears that catch the Lovers
raptured tale;
With kind and winning words. witt,
gentle, loving ways
Ihey wander on. united, throughout
the endless DAYS:
And living thus are satisfied, nor do
they hesitate
To enter Death togcther-this. too.
dear heart, is FATE
PRESTON 5. DAVIS.
Ninita, Okla
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
MORAL STRENGTH.

The time mas come when We shoule
get away from the preiudtces OF the
Iast and strive to get clearer con-
cepton Of the values Of things in
themselves Religion and morals. es-
pecially In :hcir practical application
70 the lives OF human beings, have
suffered because we have clung too
much 10 traditions. taking the words
Of other people instead OF thinking
out the problems Of life as shown by
the evidence before US. We are
striving all the time for a cleaner and
better citizenship, hut VIC have en-
dcaNored too much TO cure the ap-
pearlnces OF things instead OF getting
down to the root OF the difficulty. To
sum II all up, We have depended on
rules and restrictions and overlooked
himself TO direct his conduct by in
tolliEcnt principles. The gist OF good
tents that govern the life of the in
dividOal, and IL is here that we must
look for Improvement instead OF a
code OF laws. Laws are necessary
for the regulation OF the ignorant or
the unprincipled, but they cannot be
made a moral guide for the man Of
Intelligence and good intcnts. We
have figured that the way to make
men good citizens was to remove from
them all temptations to do wrong, and
by law we have tried To draw an alb
soluto line between right and wrong
for the guidance Of all men alike.
1t is time for us to cast up a reck-
oning and see how many good end
desirable things we may have cast
into the discard and labeled with our
disapproval. not because we have
any moral reason for so doing or any
evidence in our own experience to
condemn them, but just because scme
man who claimed to speak with au-
thority had taught us that they were
frauEht with danger Human ma
turc Is possessed OF many traits that
are not in themselves bad when
rightly directed, but when misdirect-
ed are fruitful OF damage We have
made the mistake OF condemring hu-
man nature instead OF condomninE
the misuse Il natural traits The
natural Instincts or man we're given
hn FOR a good purpose and It Is only
man that Is to blame for diverting
them from their good intent and
making them instruments OF evil. The
instinct for reproducing the species is
God given trait and is not wicked,
yet It's misuse has produced disease,
doformity. sorrow. misery, crime and
all the catalogue OF sins The love
" pleasure and appreciation OF Joy
and gladness - good thing. yet
when Cne gels 10 worshippinC the
sources OF pleasure and making a cod
Of gratifying his desires he is On the
road to hell Even such things as
are so generally denounced. rs the
use OF stimulating drinks and Of mar
cotics and sedatives have their right
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

AS Mary was clearing The table she
remarked shyly to her misti ess:
fiease. mum. Pm thinking I'll
have to give you notice.
Notice. Mary!" exclaimed the lady
OF the house in surprise. But what
LOT Why do you want to leave ?"
On. num-" said Mary, twisting
uei - nhgers coy.y together. I'm
thihking about getting married."
And who is the happy man, may
ask ~ questioned the mistress, her in
terest in a love story promptly reused.
He-he sits across the chapel from
And what's his name?"
a. dont-don't knowl" confessed
tho maid.
What! You're surely not engaged
to marry man whose lame you
don't know"
Not exactly engaged. num-" cor
retted Mary. hut he's been lookin'
at me, and think he'll soon be
speakln'l"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
CHURCH AND THEtrER.

The Methodist church has no; yet
been nble TO shake off the incubus Of
some OF the sntiquated methods of
discipline with which well meaning
men ~ past era loaded It down. } ct
is significant that at each recurring
conference The voting strength OF the
Pharasaic element grows weaker and
there Is evident a growing sentiment
for saner and more liberal policy.
fhe oid-time notion OF many religion
'sts was that anything that contrib
ltcd TO pleasure IN worldly sense
was OF necessity inimical to srir.tu-
'hty, lust In line with the recluscs Of
The middle ages who thought they
W'r" getting nearer to God by getting
farther away from men. Realiaing
tha, II was easy for people to get so
carried away by worldly joys that
they had no time left to devote to
their souls welfare the architects Of
church discipline thought they were
doing Gods service by putting n ban
on all things that did not have a re-
lleious flavor so great was their
'oncern for the spiritual, or rather for
the form OF spirituality. that they
could not understand that man
owed any duty to his physical sclf or
.hut 1t was possible for anything that
Was not strictly religious to be any
ing but sinful. SO. while they we're
hot able to assign any reason for
of their intordiotions. they
Jumped the whole business into one
H.t Of condemnation and provided
penalties for those who would not be
restrained within the bounds OF their
hcum
That the church has little by little
grown out or this narrow conception
IS both a crc1it TO the church and n
gain to real christianity, but that 1t
moves slowly is evidence that all the
old-time bigotry is not gone 1t is the
same spirit as that OF the Pharisecs
whose falling was that they put all
The emphasis on the forms Of piety
snd ignored the greater importance
Of hearty recutude. There never was
any real Justification for the church
turning lis back on the theatcr. the
dance ard a number Of other amusc-
mcnts that are not only void OF harm
In themsolvcF. but are IN many rela-
tens absolutely beneficial, except
that when thoy became objects OF the
church's condemnation they soon
grew BY tho nature Of things into evil
agcpci ies-thc absence Of religious
people from such pleasures leaving
them wholly to the devices Of the de-
praved. Te stage, 10 begin with is
full Of possibilities for good and
should he an ally OF the church in
stead OF an enemy. and that II Us not
an ally is only because a large part OF
the religious people have been antag-
onistc 10 II The whole trouble is
hot these church rules have been
built up. not on the teachings Of the
t.hle. but on rome mans or set OF
mems opinions and prejuiices. and
the idea, as we said before, came
from the old notion Of the monls and
nuns that the less enjoyment one had
In the things OF earth the more fitted
hey were to come into tie Joys OF
heaven.
The greatest error OF this position
s that It fails to recognihs the in.
lividualiiy OF conscience. There may
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

OF Greece. f'e''
wal. therefore, always hostile in
idene 70 women, gives historical ev-
idence of having Indirectly turned IN
ner permanent advantage. Perhons
this Is but another instance of wom-
ans ingenuity in turning seemingly
auVerse conditions into benefit-New
York Sun. '"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
Two OF . Kind.

The Village Grocer (peevishly)-
Look here, Aaron! What makes you
put the big apples on the top of the
barl?
The Honest Farmer (cheerily)-
What makes you comb that long
scalp-lock over your bald spot?-
puck
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
Keeping Friends.

rms poet speaks about keeping
llends with oneself. That sounds nom
sensical for me-"
Not at all. Didn't you ever call
yourself names?"
"Ye~es"
And why7 Because you had done
something Of which YOU did not ap-
provo.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

changing, but we can print some new
dictionaries, so it's eL Ill wind that
blows nobody good.
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: roiITI, II NNNoU>CEMENTs !


T Chandler Of EiIitA hereby srno1nces
his candidacy FOR the Rspgbhrsn nomination
'ur Congress form he FIRST Co. Eressl lnaI
district. subject 90 the vii Of the RsputIirsH
voters ~ ths district sf 'hs August primary
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

= Suppes hfTeby aHnuunces bis csn'
didacy for Commission-r Of Tulsa county
rom District No 2. subject TO the Repub
ieau voters OF Tulsa county at the August
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
FOR CONGRESS

Small Of Tulsa hereby announces h,s
andidaey for The Republican nomiuatIor for
'orgress from the F.rst congres i0nal district
= Ok.Ahoma. subject 90 the will % .he Re
publican voters Of the distrie, a, the August
nrimarIls
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25

FOR CONGRESS. FOURTH DISTRICT
James = Gresham n WeWoka hereby an
1ounces his candidacy Tor the RspubIcAu
nomination for Congress from the Fourth
-or grcssional district Of Oklahoma subject 70
ffe Aurusf nriwarfes
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY

G. p. Baldwin hereby announces bis can
didaey for the Republican nomination for
county Attorney Of 1ults county subject 20
me Republican voters at the August pri
nAries
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-25
R COUNTY ATTORNEY

u NJ hArtindsle hereby announces him
'ef A. Republican candidate for county
'forney subject 10 the decision of the Re
publican voters Al the August primary
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08
Good for Colds.

Honey, Pine-Tar and Glycerine are
recognized cold remedies. In DR..
Belize Pine-Tar- Honey these are COM
bined with other cough medicine in a
pleasant syrup. DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
quickly stops your cough, checks your
cold, soothes irritation of the throat
Excellent for young, adult and aged.
Its one of the best cough syrups made
Formula on every bottle. You know
just what you are taking and your doc
tor knows its good for coughs and
colds. Insist on DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey. Only Csc at PAUL Drug Co.
Adv.
The Adair County news., 1916-03-08

wife, or husband. or children or
neighbors. Many people when
they start to the house of the
Lord slip off as if they were
afraid some one would find out
where they were going. An
drew first findeth his own broth
er Simon and he brought him to
Jesus" John 1:40-Biblical Re-
corder.
Are you helping to kill the
church or keeping it alive?