Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-02-04
listed there is plenty Of money among
those ordinarily very poor
Hive Of Industry.

listed there is plenty Of money among
those ordinarily very poor.
Hive Of Industry.
In Glasgow prosperity is abounding.
This is accounted for by the enormous
demand in the shipyards and in the
great engineering shops. From Green
ock to the Broomieaw every shipyard
on the Clyde Is choked with work. The
banks of the river are q hive Of indus
try in shipbuilding and ship repairing.
in the great steel works the same
story is told. The guns that are being
forged the munitions that are being
made, are beyond reckoning in duan-
tity and Glasgow has money far in ex-
cess Of the days before the war. At
a football match played in Glasgow on
the third Saturday Of October. between
the Celtics ard the Rangers about 70,.
600 spectators were present. The total
of the gate money was not published.
but l know that the sum taken was
between $500 and $4,000,
OF course Glasgow is different from
other cities, for there a very great
part Of LAs male population has been
compelled, much against its inclina-
ton, to stay at home for the purposes
of national industry. Indeed when the
nation began the organization of its
industry for war purposes great num-
bers of mechanics we're brought back
unwillingly from field service to take
their places In the workshops
Edinburgh Hard Hit.
In Edinburgh, where the law courts,
the university and the rich insurance
and investment companies give SO
much employment to highly educated
men, the collapse of investments, the
almost deserted courts and the drop in
the number of students, who prefer
the battle field to the professors lee
lures, have all had an adverse effect.
Life, however, goes on almost as usual.
The theaters and other places of
amusement are crowded, the restaur-
ants and the tea rooms are always gay
and the streets are filled with military
men. Prince street is thronged by
the same fashionable crowd.
There are great battle squadrons
keeping their ceaseless vigil off the
coasts, and the-naval man finds Edin-
burgh his most convenient city for
relaxation. Admirals who have al.
ready won renown can be met with
here of an afternoon. Admiral Sir Da.
vid Beatty and his American wife are
often in the city. Lady Beatty is TAX
ing a large part in Edinburgh affairs
Their home is Aberdour castle, a love
ly place on the Firth of Forth about
an hours run from the city.
The shops are as brilliant and as
crowded as in pre-war days.
Englshmen In Regiments.
There are more than Scotsmen In
the Scottish regiments. The stirring
strain of the pibroch and the swing oi
the kilt have brought in a number oi
Englishmen. A Manchester lad crossed
into Scotland and enlisted in one oi
the Highland regiments. He was 10
Gated for months in Inverness and
much to his disappointment, he did not
get a kilt, but was served out with
"trews," Weeks passed and no kilt!
came along.
Then word came that the regiment
was to be shifted to the south of Eng
land preparatory to crossing to France
Three days leave was given. The
young Englishman was mortified al
the thought of returning to Manches
ter to bid farewell to mis- friends, not II
the splendor of the kilt but in every
day trousers. He appealed to one o
the sergeants of the regiment. After ;
great deal of argument the sergeant ar
ranged to lend him a kilt for three
days for a dollar. He left in the traiI
in great glee and for a couple of day
staggered about Manchester in all thu
glory of his Highland uniform.
Nemesis, however, overlook him, TO
on the third day he had such terribl,
cold that the doctor ordered him t.
bed. The young Englishman joineC
his regiment a week later in the gar
ments his legs were most accustomed
to.