The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-04-14
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What Dicky Did When He Discovered
Msdge With Doctor Petit
BY &els GorrisouC

iNn bpNAoi 'A'As
CD ESERNED seats Say where |
X do you think YOU are, You're |
lucky to be alive without /
'houtlng about reserved seats
An undcrSizcd rather anacmic look |
lng youth. whose truculencc was IN IN
verse proportion to his dimensions |
glowcred at Doctor Petit when the .
Dung physician proficrcd him his re
served seat coupons.
imagine Doctor pcttt, under all
lis professional calg. has quick ten
Ecr. | saw his hS clcnch inyoluntari-
" at the ulhcr's impcrtnence, then the
fingers relaxed, and he said quietly to
me.
THAT is better Stlll--we can sit any
where We please This little balcony
looks pretty good 20 me"
lie indicated a whole section OF
raised seats Just at the lett OF the en-
trance and commanding good view
not only OF the speakers stand but
II the whole hall CuriouSly enough
the seats were empty The people
coming IN from the crush outside were
hurrying as fast as they could toward
The floor seats in the body of tho hall
The usher who had spoken so i'm
perriuenty stood directly IN front OF
I've little gate like entrance leading 10
the section oi reserved seats As Doc
tor Petit and | started for the seats
he stepped back and spread his arms,
warding us away
Can't ~ in there he growled. "go
on down in the middle OF the hall where
the rest oi them arc
"Nnat'S the reason Doctor Petit
, commanded 81 thought YOU said there
we're no reserved seats any more"
Don't give me any Of YOUR lip" the
youth repeated 81 tell YOU YOU can't
60 in there"
Doctor Petit reached out Siuewy
/ hand, grabbed the youth by the collar
ard with a quick motion spun him
around and gave him shove which
/ almost sent him ON his face Before
! tive lad could recover himself the phySl-
clan mad seized my arm and hurried
nc into the tdpmoSt row OF the sec
uon oi raised seats
saw the boy whirl around aud start
toward Us then. as he saw many other
people following our example. trooplng
INTO the section that We had already in
,adel. I've scratched his head in hcwild
cred fashion shrugged his shoulders
and turned again to his work
why do YOU suppose he was so he
tcrmined we should not come up here ''
| | asked
"On, a dozen reasons" Doctor Pet
Il, rclolncd lightly "Hc may have
been instructed TO hold them for some
political club; he may have wanted
imply to display his petty authority
ot-why worry ahou, the workings oi
possessed by the youth we have lust
such an apology Tor a brain as /,
encountered. Just watch this crowd
worth seeing. isn't II"
II was indeed a sigh, worth record
ing IN ones memory. From every en-
trance men and women were pouring
into the hall as VI they were born,
upon the cres, OF steady rcsiStlcS
flood
A Sutging Mob.
here was an open space, extending
from the speakers stand clear acros,
| the hall, which was free oi chairs. Inn,
this went the more enthusiastic W IN,
crowd, and IN an incredibly Shnttt,m,
| It was packed as closely as an eNpcri.
cnccd employc.oi a sardine canning iac
tory could have done II.
The rest OF the chair space on IN,
lower floor was also quickly filtd. an,
then the crowd started Tor the tier, al
gallery seats which surround the Get
den auditorium
suppose It really was q longer time
hut i, seemed only two ur three minute
before every seat IN the bahuny an,
floor oi the immense hall was filled
and people, IN defiance oi all ire rec
ulatluns, were packed IN the open spar,
between the door and the seats.
Then the ingtcSs oi people cease,
suddenly
They have closed the doors" re-
marked Dr Petit, "and high time toe
Wonder where they'll hold the overflow
meetings There must he MOD0 prnpl
shut out
/ did not want 10 appear nervous, bu