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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-23
Business Opportunities

HOTEL Europeanl Ardmore, Okla
clearing the price asked. yearly.
High class business established. Don't
bother unless you have money and
want a cash money.maker. No trades.
Half cash. Never offered before
Business elsewhere Address Box
271. Phone 1916 for appointment
Deal with owner. l5.l4t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-23
Wanted to Rent
Oil Lands and Leases

HAVE BUYERS for oil production.
Submit anything you have, giving de.
tails in first letter. Address Box 477.
Ardmore, Okla. 49,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
ON THE RIVER

By Walt Whitman. Vast and starless, the pail of heaven Laps on the trailing pail below; And forward, forward. in solemn dark
 ness,
 As if to the sea of the lost we go. Now drawn nigh the edge of the river. Weird-like creatures suddenly rise; Shapes that fade, dissolving outlines, Baffle the gazer's straining eyes. Towering upward and bending forward, Wild and wide their arms are thrown, Ready to pierce with forked fingers
 Him who touches their realm upon. Tide of youth. thus thickly planted,
 While in the eddies onward you swim, Thus on the shore stands a phantom
 army.
 Lining forever the channels rim. Steady. helmsman! you guide the i'm
 mortal;
 Many wreck is beneath you piled Many brave and yet unwary sailor Over these waters has been beguiled. Nor is it the storm or the scowling mid. night, Cold or sickness or fires dismay- Nor is it the reef, or treacherous quick sand, Will peril you most on your twisted way.
 But when there comes voluptuous Ian. Soft the sunshine silent the air, Betwitching your craft with safety ant
 sweetness
 Then. young pilot of life. beware!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

A man doesn't mind being henpecked by his daughter. But it Is different when his wife tries it.
 When fortune is good enough to man to let him profit by his mistakes the darn fool is tempted to go and make more. Any man can tell you how some other man ought to spend money The fellow who says "ain't' thinks it is awfully funny to hear another man say ''haint. What has become of the old-fashioned man who used to wear trimmed specs?
 No man ever has as good a time down town as his wife thinks he has. Any farmer can tell you that the man who can drive an army 800 miles couldn't drive a pig 800 feet. 1 The heroine in the popular novel is
 wearing fewer clothes and fewer morals :! than formerly. | If man hasn't any spectacles to mis- 1 lay around the house he is always holler- 1 ing because he has mislaid his pipe. ] What has become of the old-fa shioned | girl who used to wear 'rat?" | One time when wife will take her hus-
 bands advice is when he tells her to dc
 as she blame pleases l The old-fashioned man who was afraid
 that he wouldn't leave footprints on the sands of time, now has a son who is afraid that he won't be able to cover ur | his tracks.
 Always put off until tomorrow the
 things you should not do at all. | A mule can't get ahead when Nhe is
 kicking. Neither can man.
 Any man can fool woman If she want'
 him to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Inauguration Day
Should Be Changed

l M BOUT every four or eight years
 GS much is said about the advisa-
 bility of changing the time for the
 presidential inauguration. March 4 is usually a winter-like day Bright skies and high temperature have been
 the exceptions. Last Sunday and Mon
 day brought the national capital typi-
 cal inauguration weather. The first democrat invested with
 the presidential office since the civil
 war was Grover Cleveland. March 4,
 1885, happened to be a day of sun- shine and balmy air, but Cleveland's second inauguration came with a bliz- gard.
 An old citizen of Washington who
 has kept record of the weather says that in sixty years only five inaugur- ations have come with beautiful
 weather. Most of the other days were
 dark and "raw."
 April 30 has been proposed as good
 date for the inauguration. In Wash ington spring is usually backward but the records prove that the latter part of April is warm and free from
 "rainy spells" The talk about changing inaugural tion day will go on, but it will be long time before any congressional leader comes forward ready to push the desired measure. If the change is ever made the health board will re- cord an appreciable decrease in pneu- monia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Momticello for Sale
 To Ghe Government

1E CONGRESSMAN LEVY of
 A New York, who bought Thomas Jefferson's old home in Virginia Monticello, near Charlottesville hoping to sell the property to the United States. He is a rich man and is in no hurry. He has standing of fer of $1,OOO,OOO for the historic es- tate, but being a democrat and a patriot he is willing to let Uncle Sam have it for $500, ,000-a bargain price. Many prominent members of Con- gress have expressed themselves in favor of accepting Mir. Levy's offer, and had it not been for the enormous expenditures necessitated by war pre- paredness the Ideal" would doubtless have been closed last year.
 The government should own Monti- cello and it is Safe to assume that it will some day acquire it. It is be- lieved that MT. Levy would be willing to take less than $500,000. Before the trade is made committee of ap- praisal will be appointed to say what Monticello is worth intrinsically. A large sum would have to be added for sentiment, and that, of course, could not be estimated in terms of ordinary market value.
 Monticello will always be Mecca for democratic pilgrims. When the government buys the place the ques- tion will be what use should it, be
 put to? It is too far away from populous centers to be converted into museum; but it is sacred enough for the United States to maintain it simply as an historic shrine.
 There is proposition now pending
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
THE ALAMO

From the Kansas City Times.
 The Alamo is mission church at San Antonio, in what is now Bexar county, Texas. In 1886 it was occupied by about 150 of the revolutionists in the Mexican war. Though attacked by 4ooo/ Mexicans under Santa Ana, the Texans held it from February 23 to March 6 when Santa Ana took it by storm. All but seven of the garrison perished, six of these being mur- dered after their surrender, and one man escaping to report the affair. In this garrison were the celebrated David Crockett and Col. James Bowie inventor of the bowie knife. The memory of this massacre became an indictment to the Texans in subsequent encounters, and Remember the Alamo!' became a war cry in their struggle for freedom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Gernmam CoI0mises
 In S@Mth Ann@niea

4O0 HQONUS SUU 6AU0UVS4 UVsG1
 THE AGE-HERALD publishes on
 @S it's editorial page this morning an article from the National Geo. graphic society, Washington, which shows to a remarkable extent the "Germanization" of southern Brazil.
 While at one time an imperial edict was issued forbidding the emigration of Germans to Brazil, the more re- cent policy of the German govern ment has been to encourage it, with the evident purpose of establishing on the continent of South America a little fatherland," where the German language is spoken, German cus- toms sare strictly adhered to and the national idea is cherished as warmly as if the colonists were with in stone's throw of the Rhine.
 That this purpose has been achieved is indicated by the large amount of territory at present occupied by Ger mans and the thoroughness with which "kultur" has been applied.
 The real motive behind the success ful colonizing of southern Brazil was to gain foothold in the western world and enable Germany, when the time came, to dispute the Monroe doc urine with the United States. Few people realize how strongly en- trenched the Germans are in South America. If there should ever be a war between the United States and Germany, these South American neighbors of ours who have no inter- est in Pan-American councils, would have to be reckoned with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
AuSormobile Show
 Great Success

10 IRMINGHAM'S first great auto ~ mobile exposition, being held this week, is a splendid success. Never before were so many handsome auto cars assembled in the south and mo- where in this country, perhaps, has finer taste been shown in display.
 All sizes and patterns are on exhi bition and not only are the pleasure cars marvels of beauty, but heavy service machines and little runabouts are likewise stylish in appearance.
 It used to take a fortune to buy high cylinder car, and the lighter contrivances cost quite a substantial sum, but the manufacturers have learned how to bring down costs. The mechanical genius who has improved on the machinery of the automobile, the artistic finisher who has improved on the looks of the car and the bus mess man who has worked out the bookkeeping econmies of the manu- fracture are all alike benefactors of society, to say nothing of commerce.
 It was only few years ago when no man thought of buying car un- less he was rich. Today any man of modest means can afford to own car. Some men indeed who are not quite out of debt are known to possess automobiles. The prices are so tempt ing that some ambitious people sim ply cannot resist the temptation of buying one.
 Go to the automobile show and see the last word in style. Whether you are prospective purchaser or not it will be worth while for you to look ss over the exhibition and see what is being done for the comfort and con- y&nience of a busy, bustling world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
RECIPROCITY.

would you like to have some vegeta- bles from my garden this year?" asked the first suburbanite.
 "of course I would answered the sec ond suburbanite.
 ''Then prove it.
 'How?"
 "By keeping your chickens at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
THAT UNDELIyERED SPEECH

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
 q have great speech, undeliyered, which I propose to deliver throughout the country. ."-Senator La Toilette.
 Thus the senator is calling himself to the lecture platform. If the senator got what was due him he would be delivering this speech in cell 10x6. We want none of his speech in these parts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Wife Has Rights
a Court UJph0lds

a Court UpEa0lds
 M NEW YORK judge has decided S that wife may 'frisk" her husbands pockets of loose change, if he doesn't give her enough money to pay household expenses.
 A decision so far-reaching should not go unnoticed. Wives have gone through the pockets of their sleeping husbands ever since pockets were in y,ksiAd. and while looked upon as their aafkiienable right, this method for dis counting the stinginess of husbands has wanted judicial backing. The wife in the New York case who had her husband haled to the court of domes- tic relations because he frustrated her pocket-picking by going to bed with his trousers on, must have felt reasonably certain that the court would give it's sanction. Out of a weekly wage of S15, the husband had been accustomed for nine years to allow her $4 and $5 week for house. \hold expenses and the care of two children.
 That husband thought he was play ing a smart trick, but now he will have to make more equitable divi- sion of his income. On the particular night when the wife's raid brought on domestic crisis, she took $14 and left Friend Husband with a lone dol lar.
 Now, a dollar week for inciden- tals is hardly enough in large town where there are many ways of spend ine- money, but if the misguided hus- hanA in this particular case gets that
 sh hereafter he may consider him. lucky. However, if he is one of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09

those fearless married men who will do anything, regardless of the conse- quences, he may "hold out" what he considers an amount sufficient for his needs before Friend Wife gets within striking distance of his pay envelope. Iris often done, as court records show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
PAINFUL REMINDER

From Everybody's Magazine.
 The master of the household had or dered that the maid should clean coat of his with gasoline. The order was not carried out; 50 he asked his wife;
 "why won't this girl of ours clean my coat with gasoline?" "oh." said the wife. lever since that chauffeur tilted her she hasn't been able to stand the odor of it.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
THE uNwE1coME GUEST.

THE UNWELCOME GUEST. Farewell, Winter, On your way; Soon we'll greet
 The smiles of May. Buds will blossom,
 Birds will sing, Poets chant
 The verdant spring. Farewell, Winter,
 Haste along; We don't like
 Your breezes strong. Nor the cold that
 Nips us till, Coughing, sneezing,
 We fall i'll. Farewell, Winter,
 Grim and sere; Frosty monarch
 Of the year. Spring has charms You'll never know; Pack your grippe" Forthwith and go!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
PROBABLY NOT.

q see where the toy makers have pledged their support to President Will son."
 'eWeli, I don't suppose Germany would object to having our merchant ships armed with toy cannon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09

Tor the government to buy ShadoW Lawn" near Long Branch, N. J., for g summer White House. President Will son occupied it during last autumn and was pleased with it. The edifice is large and pretentious-fully up to the dignity of an executive mansion.
 It might not be bad idea to make Monticello the summer White House, thereby combining the utilitarian with the historically sentimental. The little mountain overlooking the Uni versity of Virginia is noted for it's summer breezes.
 The Sixty-fourth Congress appro- priated for various purposes $1,352,- 000,0O0, and the appropriation bills killed by filibuster, but which will eventually be passed, amounted to S511, ,3S0,OO0. There will be nothing doing," therefore, in sentimental proj- ects, no matter how meritorious, un- til conditions become normal, but in the meantime it will be we'll to keep Monticello in mind
 It might be well to remind reckless critics of Josephus Daniels that the late Admiral Dewey, who was every inch a sailor, considered MT. Daniels an excep- tionally able Secretary of the Navy.
 A magazine publishes figures to show that bachelors die earlier than married men. Any woman hater will tell you that they also fear death more than mar ried men.
 Trousers are getting to be so popular in Europe that women nurses are wearing them. A nurse in trousers should be safe from the attentions of sentimental po- licemen
 recent disastrous wreck on the Penn sylvania railroad was found due to a combination of events" Yet the combi- nation might have been prevented
 Lloyd George at least has the satisfac- tion of knowing that he is not the first British premier who has been kept awake at night by the Irish question.
 President Wilson may comfort himself with the thought that he is not the only person whose cold was made worse by typical inauguration weather
 Representative Jeanette Rankin is movie fan, but being a strong minded woman, she probably doesn't rave about male idols of the screen.
 American SnlpbulldefS Will build ships for Uncle Sam at 8 profit of only 10 per cent. After all, isn't 10 per cent a reasonable profit? ~
 Mr. Bud" Fishers matrimonial trou- bles will not, for obvious reasons, be conn mented upon by those wags, Mutt and Jeff.
 The war news nowadays is just about as exciting as the detailed report of a bout between two featherweight pugil- ists.
 While potatoes are still for sale in gro- cery stores, a great many people seem to think they are merely on exhibition. The grand old state of Mississippi has no more use for a little American than any other patriotic commonwealth petitive basis will place another barrier around the public trough.
 ,. * <
 Home is where the heart is" also a phonograph and gas stove bought on the~ installment plan.
 
 It is about time for the militant pompa- dour of Bob LaFollette to disappear from public life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09

The golden age for woman, they inform US, Is at hand, Though just exactly what IL IS IS naro to understand. We're given ample warning that the tlme is coming when They're going to dominate the fields now occupied by men.
 Brooklyn Eagle. The golden age for women is here they'd have us know, But as for getting in the field with men, 1t Is too slow, If in the walks of life" she gets, I'll bet new spring hat You'll find her in limousine, and going some at that.
 -Yonkers Stat esman. The golden age for woman, we have heard tell of that age, And also we have heard bunch of mar ried fellows rage, Because at early morning they have found their pockets picked If the golden age of woman isn't here we will be kickedl
 Houston Post The golden age of woman-why, it's been here all the time; She slays her hapless husband and 1t isn't deemed a crime. And now she waxes militant, insisting on her rights Till quaking politicians scarcely sleep at all O nights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09

BEGINNING THE DAY-At the center of the storm, my Lord, meet with Thee. Thou art not moved by cIamor, or turmoil, or battle, or the iron wings of death. Into Thy presence I creep and the calm of the Almighty is round about me. Thy breath is peace. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
BETTER INFORMED.

This war in Europe has caused great many confirmed globe trotters to stay at home and See America First. |"
 That's true. Some of them have been surprised to learn that Oshkosh, Koko- mo and Kankakee are the names of real towns and were not invented by song writers or musical comedy comedians"
 FIRST AID.
 I'm sorry, sir" said the waiter, "but the high price of food has compelled us to serve smaller portions
 gwen smaller than you served before?" Yes, sir"
 Then. suppose you provide first aid to guests?"
 What do you mean by that, sir?" 'Maynifying glasses to help them find their dinners"
 EXCELLENT MEMORY. Your congressman made an eloquent speech asking an appropriation for Jig gers creek To hear him talk, you'd think Jlggers creek was a majestic stream in stead of a thin trickle of water"
 "our congressman once saw Jiggers creek when there was flood that over flowed it's banks for quarter of mile or each side, and he has never forgotten how it looked"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Alabama Boys Did Full Share

'It is certainly good to be back in old Birmingham after long months spent on the border'' remarked J. D. Robinson, a well known young attorney who served in Battery c.
 'True, we spent some very enjoyable days while away, and feel physically better fit from the experience of rough ing it; but it seems good to be once again in civilian clothes and to meet old friends once more.
 But let us not forget the 400O or 50OC other Alabama troops yet remaining on the border. Three regiments of infan- try and one of cavalry are yet to be brought home and mustered out. Accord ing to the present schedule, this will have been accomplished by April 15, and It Is to be hoped that there will be no delay, for I believe the Alabama boys have per- formed full share of service on the Mex ican border"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Atlanta Man Admits It

Among the visitors to the auto show is L. A. Woodward southern district sales manager of the Smith Motor Truck cor poration of Chicago, makers of the Smith Form-A-Truck, who came to look over the show on the invitation of Mr. Dupee, general manager of the Smith Form-A- Truck Sales company of Birmingham. MT. Woodward admitted his surprise at the size of the show and it's excellence as compared to the recent show held in At lanta, where he makes his headquarters.
 In fact, MT. Woodward adds: T thought sufficiently well of the Birmingham show to send both MT. Harper, Alabama dis trict manager for our company, and his assistant, Mr. M. c. Pierce, to be pres ent here during the entire week of the show.
 We are very well pleased with the splendid results which are being obtained here through our Birmingham agency, and with the opening of spring we think Smith Form-A-Trucks will dominate the Birmingham district just as they have done in all sections of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
crown Cars. Being Introduced

While New York, Washington and ether eastern and northern cities have been very partial to what are known as town cars they have not as yet been introduced to any extent in the south" said w. F. Hixon of Atlanta, vho is here for the automobile show.
 "They are the prettiest and most graceful cars that have been made for many years and they come in various models. The town cars on display at the Birmingham automobile show have only been shown in four cities, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Bir- mingham, and it is my opinion that when the southern people realize how beautiful they are and how stylish they will be very popular, as they are open and yet protected, and are ideal for city use."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
PROFESSIONALS, TOO.

PROFESSIONALS, TOO. You frequently see persons with Ha- waian musical instruments who are not Hawaiians"
 eYes. And how many, many times you see people with violins who are not vio- linistsr' PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
Results from Auto Show

Everywhere I go I am asked the same question, What results accrue from automobile shows'?" said H. w. Jameson of Detroit, who is in at tendance at the big auto show here this week, land always answer, Fine results'
 And this is true. Every man who sells an automobile knows that a prospect is very unreliable. He can get a prospect anywhere. He can look in the telephone book and get mans name and go out and look him up, but It's always uncertain because the fellow wants to see every other car before he invests. An automobile show has all the best cars a customer wants to choose from. A man may attend the show with no intention of buying a car and yet when he gets there and sees all the fine cars he gets the fe- ver so to speak, and the next thing you know he's bought car.
 '"rhe New York auto show is the least productive of any show that IS held. Somehow, the people don't buy there, but in Philadelphia our firm sold II cars; in Chicago, 26, and in Baltimore II. That shows results. doesn't it?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
HOTEL LOBBIEs
Pleased With Fashion Week

"The merchants are delighted with the crowds that have been in Birmins- ham shopping this week." said secre- tary Sam Fowlkes of the Business Mems league.
 T was talking to number of them yesterday and they all said they were having record breaking crowds. l be- lieve that Fashion Week this year will be one of the most successful events that has ever taken place Ill Birmin gham, especially for the mer- chants. There are hundreds of out-of- town shoppers here and there's some thing else-the merchants have some thing to show them. don't know when I have seen the department and cloth ing stores of Birmingham so well stocked as they are this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09
WALKS OF LIFE.

,y keeping your chickens at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-09


 Montrose J. Moses in writing of Tajore as "a wise man of the east" says of him. "He visited a school while he was in New York, and during a reading which he gave<he sat in a large arm chair, his
 hand caressng the hair of the smallest child, who sat next to him unafraid and full of wonder. In Bolpur. India. where he has his own school for the Bengal boys, when of an evening he reads to | them some song he has made, some play 1 he has written. or when they can per- suade him to spin yarn of magic or adventure, the little ones creep into the
 room and sit beside him. listening. even though they may not wholly grasp the
 meaning of what he says. Such Is the
 bond between this gentle hearted man :! and children"
 l confess I have not warmed up very much to the apostle of the orient, but this human bit begins to make me thaw towards him.