Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-03
Old Traders
Dope

STOP, LISTEN, THINK! ENthi
TIME OUR ALLIES LOSE WI Osi-
EVEN NOW, THAT ITALY Is BilNG
EXTERNfIN MATED, 1T HAS CAST
THE DEEPEST GLOOM OVER ALL
THOUGHTFTL PATRIOTIC AMER-
ICANs, FOR 1T MEANS FOR EVERY
ITALIAN LOST THAT AN ANERI-
CAN BOY MUST TAKE HIS PLACE,
FOR ALL OUR ALLIES ARE USING
THEIR FULL STRENGTH NOW,
AND If WE WIN (iND WE Will
VIM, 1T MUST BIZ WON BY FREE
AMERICA.
We now have thousands of OUR
SONS In the TRENCHES IItHIlNG
our battles for LIBERTY and IitEE-
DOM. We will soon have million
more OF our brave young sons In the
trenches OF France and Belgium and
then comes another call for FIVE
MILLION more OF the young and
strong OF our land and then IL we do
not win. then we will HEAR THE
TAPPING of the DRUM for ALL THE
OLD DADS, ~ now IL WE DO NOT
BACK OUR UNCLE SAM WE WILL
ALWAYS WISH WE HAD.
1T DOESN'T NATTER WHETHER
YOU LOVE WILSON or NOT, and
(OLD TRADER DOES NOr)-WE
ARE IN FIGHT FOR HUMANITY
well, even In the THICkEST of shot
and shell, even though IL be In the
VERY JAWS of HELI-IET US
EACH of Us DO OUR DUTY and do
Il wcll!!. SOME SAY THE OLD
DOPER IL DRUNK. SOME SAY thN
OLD TRADER L. CRAZY. PERHAPS
NONE of THEM ARE VERY MUCH
WRONG. BUT the OLD DOPEN is
EVER READY TO GO WITH OLD
GLORY WHEREVER SIZE MAY
FLOAT, either right or wrong. bus
here Is hoping and praying that She
may ever float RIGHT.
THE OLD DOPER HAS LIVED
MANY YEARS. He has no CARES,
for EACH OF HIS FAMILY Is SELF
SUPPORTING for HE has TRAINED
EACH of THEM TO WORK and never
shirk and now III our Uncle sam can
use such man as Old Trader, the
Old Cuss j. ready and willing Ia go.
But the Old Dopcr cannot help IL he
cause hc Is not now young and strong,
but his heart IL Right and hc Is Ready
and willing To give all his might 10
sur UNCLE SAMMY To PRESERVE
hAERTY. 4 man or aoman who Is
so uNTHOUGIITFULo or so DAMNA-
BILE as TO not give RAP "a the
PLEADING OF HOOVER should
either be seat 10 the TRENCHES of
POOR BLEEDING BELGIUM or be
QUICKLY SENT on HIS or HER
ROAD To HE'LL NO WAITING for
the WAR IL NOW GOING ~N, and
OUR OWN BRAVE SONS are NOW
in the TRENCHES with MILLIONS
MORE to FOLLOW. We now have
no time to WASTE with SLACkERS.
HANG them wherever found and save
our brave boys who are now In the
a
are now preparing 10 go.
Save your money, for winter Is COM
Ing on. You will see Blue Days as
sure as you are born. If YOU have u
job that gives you Meat and Bread,
hold IL! IL Is True that the Old
DOPER l. Blue, hut what l. the matter
with you? Have YOU got a home for
your WIFE and BABIES? or do YOU
live In a Rented Room?2? What will
you do With your loved ones when YOU
lose your job or our Uncle Samuel
calls you ia go to France or ilclSium?
Go To work and build home Let the
Rrafting landlords alone. Let your
babies ROMP and ROAM in uhcir own
HOME. Teach them independence.
TEACH THEM not to TIP the HAT
or BOW to ANY MAN who may he
HIGHER UP NOW. Tell them that
they can fill his place. Old Trader
came to Tulsa broke.
The people of Tulsa have hccn good
TO the Old Dopcr and he has Sue
CEEDISD In II financial way and HE
PRAYS that Il Is EVEN GREATER
THAN THAT. lie hopes that ne has
made FRIENDS. THE OLD DOPER
LOVES EVERYBODY. BUT SOME
ANARCHISTS DO NOT LOVE HIM
and make u practice of IMPOSING
UPON HIM. HOW LONG SHALL IT
LAST??
when you READ the NEXT DOPF.
the OLD DOPIIR MAY he In Jail or
Forget it?
If n Poor Iaboring Man who raises
and supports BABIES wants u home
for his loved ones. see the Old Dopcr
ana TALK 1T OVER But no BACH
CLOR or no STACKER OF NATURE,
NEED APPLY. You must own and
support one or more babies or do not
waste time with the OLD TRADER.
Traders No. 1