The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-17

ono OF the boys woke me In my bed
10 tell me over the Telephone thnt an
A. T. bulletin had Just brought some
bad news. when he said what the new
wns | sat right up straight even
rocked u bit. guess. Davis MAS atEl
TN. readers may know luchntd hh'Y
Ing Davis welt Hut the writers hn'S
blcklo Davis better
To have known hi paragraphs. hl'
chnrncterS his descriptions his e'linn''''
hiS philosophers and hi tou'h-hnd ="
fnshrS was u great adventure iut I"
hissc known the mnn VAS more
Davis wa nr beyond aud nbovc nc
In the business of putting words 10
grthcr And h" Wst the sort ~ man
who Welded none of hi superiority.
though ne had I'm" iaFl" ~ thlnf
nno knew no bomhast or sclf'hss"ruon
hut his oulct. silk lined manner Was
81 sure. 20 poised lie had seen every
thing AT lonst twice lIs memory was
card indcxod and system. flied. II" was
the intimate uf every man ~ prominence
IN the world. from the cLar of Hussn
10 Kid Rrosd
lie used to nkc TO h"nr mr. talk lie
and Charles Dana Gih.un paid many
q luncheon check to letcn io my brnsh
opinions Their genius never shnm'd
nc talked rlgh, ont They would
exchange looks ~ though 10 say, Listen
10 the lmpudcn, Hid" But they meyer
laughed ! can never remember seeing
DnyiA laugh. and nll the world VIII tell
you he had n sure shot scus" NJ humor
ilc was too reserved 10 laugh Maybe
he laughed when he Was alone But N
smother were looking DAVIS couldn't
admit that he had been shocked into q
dsplay llc had loads NJ dignity. Even
Vtcn 1T hi. greatest cnsc he was lli
lordly Nnu Rbb"r most alwaN'
Davis Was no -nob Bui neither did
h, teri that ne hid To rub against nl
his fclIoVmon Ilc liked hW forbddine
club. his arlstorfati, hotel ind the I'M
mnrulatc everything Not that h.
wouldn't rough II In = war camp and
walo uycf' lie would and hc did
Probably NO man went through more
self-ohoscn phyhcal hardship than
Dnyi. Rui in town he dressed IN quiet
elegance. Rhiurcd pcrFpirition and was
oh such gentleman
N thc Roosevelt convention In l0l2
We v'ro CAD to DO with sandwchc'
aud bad coffee cent IN from neigh.
bnfiug lun hroom We we're. sll hui
U,Vis lio mad arranged with Mr.
UaN.s that shc send him snack from
a., Blaok tone n came 20 quart u
chnmpnguo IN th'rmos bottle and q
cold brnl'd partridge Vow "asn.l
uot foresight ma wasn't that jus'
1lr IN,s' N' vailed the lunch h.
for. % gDt 10 him tr' We drank h'
good wine ana nt" tho blrd Sow, wtsn
that Just llkr q lot ~ rough iOport'ff
H. came ~ great hmih NJ Writers
~, mother Etbccrn Harding DAVE. Wn'
mmnu ~ fiction author and article
contribution a. brothers are well
known uoW.pHprr and magazine men
The flovor ~ ths lit"rAp garden wnl
born in Philadelphia M isG w." VA
educated Of L"high and Johns Hnpklnf
", 'bfuk, W Ia, the Philadelphia
Pro- and went in the New YORK sun
u wasn't Ions b'lnr" ho was tcUog
ny'd IT, put through few -hut
stnrrrs thpi took and then b" b"p'i
The Van u ht-i aefies md Nrni" him
s'lf into h,tNtu lto wa n an ever
Nsi. oorunr'inn and bis World event ~
HE um's r. Sutton for Important new
phistot NJ nur viewpoint slVaNt.
writer n supreme fiction. maEnificcu
skill. danst, punches and humufnu
vsliups
IN 1899 hf published soldiers " For