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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-10-25

cial hour was featured by a vocal mum
Der by Miss Grace Gates. The home
was decorated with pink and white
Killarney roses.
The Social Embroidery club enjoyed
a social afternoon yesterday with Mrs
l. {. Baker of l2l4 North Broadway
Willing the hours with embroidery and
crochet Mrs Bakers special guests in
cluded Mrs J. b. Marker Mrs. Louise
ASkew of Guthrie, Mrs. George Martin
OF Crescent. Mrs. MAYNARD Cornelius.
Mrs. {. NJ Thorp, Mrs W. n b tfadd,
Miss Mary Hooker and Miss Mildred
hughes.
Mrs. C. r. Walterhouse of Ponca
City, a guest through the opera season
OF Mrs Nina IIightower OF III West
Ninth street returned to her home yes
tcrday
Miss Marie Johnson, daughter Of
Mrs Emma Johnson of l61O West Sec
ond street, who has been very i'll OF
typhoid fever, is now slowly improving.
y
Mrs. Paul Brown and her little
daughters Helen and Martha Elizabeth
who have been the houseguests of Mrs.
Brinkcnstaff and Miss Elizabeth Ar
mold of 800 West Twenty street
for two weeks, left last evening re
turning to their home in North Man
chester, Ind
Mrs Pierce Cornelius of Mangum
and Mr. and Mrs A. G. Hippen OF Ho-
bart have been guests this week in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Hippen OF
l222 West Thirty eighth street Mrs.
Cornelius returned home yesterday and
Mr. and Mrs Hippen will remain for
an extended visit.
Mrs Walter Caudll gave a line party
yesterday afternoon honoring Mrs. !
NJ Bonham of Hobart. Her guests were
Mrs. Bonham Mrs. James Hines, Mrs.
J. d, Morse Mrs. w. /. Perkins Mrs
A {, Hippen and Mrs viii Hippen.
Mr. J J Thompson and Mrs. Matte
Swain gave their friends surprise by
stealing away to Guthrie Yesterday and
being quietly married. Judge Chappelle
officiating. Mr.. and Mrs Thompson
will be at home temporarily at 1854
Wea Second street
8S
The Twentieth Century club will meet
tomorrow afternoon in the home of
Mrs J H. Bolinger at Twenty fourth
and Lincoln when the program will
consist OF reading by Mrs Ben Davis
a vocal selection by Mrs. Bolinger and
a round table discussion Of current
topics
The Economy club met Yesterday with
Mrs. IT. G. Huseman Of 707H West
California Cards occupied the hours.
with Mrs Bert BcalS making high
Scotc Mrs Edward Caplung PLAYED
substitute hand This club has dis
pensed with iavors, and all money re-
ceived into the treasury from dues or
otherwise is given TO the Red Cross
fund. The next meeting will he with
Mrs, Carrie Babs'ek at on West Fifth
street
The Putnam Heights Patrons club
will meet IN the kindergarten rooms Of
the school building at }o'clock tomor
row, and a large attendance Of the pa
irons IS desired as there will bc i'm
portant business.
2
Gen Roy Hoffman was over from
Camp Bowie yesterday and returned last
evening accompanied by Mrs Hoffman
Mrs. Paul Brown and daughters
Helen and Martha Elizabeth oi North
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An Extra Service

In order to serve carefully the large
response which is attending this un-
usual sale Of silks, we have increased
our selling force in the silk depart
ment
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81 n R. AND MRS BRYAN
MWl WHITFIELD Of l4io West
UNIl Thirty-firSt street will enter
tain at O'Clock dinner a
group of the members OF the
Joi de Vie Dancing club IN their home
tomorrow evening In the decorations
the national chlor scheme will he car,
red out the dinner table having a cen
trepiecc Of American Beauty roses and
violcts Miniature Uncle Sam figure,
and flags mark the places, The invita-
tions include Mr. and Mrs. Io,cph
Hoffman, Mrs Lawrence Mills, Nj
and Mrs. Paul Cootcr, Mr. and Mr.,
Clay Hancock and Mrs Roy Bledsoc
Following luncheon the party will at
tend the Joi de Vie dance which event
opens the seasons dances to be held by
that club this winter at Conant hall
y y
Mr. and Mrs, Claude Powell Of lll2
West Tenth street entertained at
luncheon yesterday Mrs. John Bishop.
Mrs DR.. Moore. and Mrs Charlie, vii.
lis OF Saltwater and Mr.. Frank Whit.
zen. followed by matinee party at the
Palace theatre.
Miss Bernice Picket, oi Shawnee wa,
Inc weekend guest OF Miss Helen
Brooks at the \ W {. A. Miss Nell
Parks also OF Shawnee, visited Miss
Brooks and attended grand opera.
=
The Wednesday Afternoon Auction
club which was announced to meet with
Mrs. C. l. Conncllce yesterday ha,
been postponed until next Wednesday
Chapter f. p +. O is meeting this
afternoon with Mrs f. b. Jeffrey of
lilo East Tenth street
Y Y y
A delegation consisting OF Dr. and
Mrs. H. +. NauHorn. Mrs. J. n.
Schwoerke, Mr. and Mrs II. ] Young.
Mr. and Mrs C. n Boicrs and daughter
Miss Erma, Mr. and Mrs Y. b. Brad
ley, Mr. w T. Figh,maStcr Mr. and
Mrs. r. F Robins Mr.. and Mrs. w.
II. Inflow, Mrs. Nola Nandcrsol. Mrs.
Anna Estes, Mr. and Mrs. {. NJ. Pink
ertor, Rev. a r. Spcer, Mrs. Ora
Bragg, Judge J. S. Estes and Mr.. A. !.
McMahan left last evening for Kansas
City to attend the national convention
of the Christian church including all
departments Of the church. The con
vention will be in session from the oath
20 the 3lst OF this month. Dr. Van
Horn appears on the program with
"Benevolencc' the subject Of his ad-
dress.
3
A pretty Halloween party was given
Yesterday afternoon by Mrs +. II. Nor
man in her home at 1917 West Fifth
street, with Mrs. G. l.. Walters. Mrs.
J. r Kitchen, Mrs A. d. Filler and
Miss May Horn as special guests in
addition to the members OF the Royal
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Jol De Vie club, opening dance, Co
nAnt hall.
Mrs. Frank W. wardwell, Informal
afternoon complimentary 20 Mr.
Joseph hASoh Mckee and Miss Miriam
Reed
PhilomAthea club, He'd Cross head
qbarter-
Twentieth Century club, Red Cross
rooms.
Executive board meeting, SOrOsis club.
sorosis hall.
r. r. o.. unit. Rcd Cross rooms
Oklahoma bridge club, evening party
In home Of Mr., and Mr. Ferry y.
Williams.
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IN VOGUE

Chicago Models Display $4,000
Worth OF gowns a few nights ago,
in Opening the Annual Fashion
Show There.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
A Prayer.
BY DAVID c. BANGS.

Father. From out this world Of sin.
Where millions fall mid battles din.
Give our fair land. ere It's too late.
The men, oh Lord. to make state!
Oh give Us men with visions clear.
With rugged hearts. who know no fear;
Who fight for truth. whate'er their fate;
The men. oh Lord. to make a state!
Great men-of prescience brave and bold
mistaken by the lure Of gold;
Too manly 20 procrastinate:
TIE men. oh Lord. to make a state.
God-glfted men--of wisdom. power:
In storm, the oak; in sunshine, flower
Too lofty, far. to cherish hate.
The men, oh Lord, TO make a state!
Men who can stand upon the earth.
Who trust in Him of lowly birth;
Firmly for right-nor hesitate;
The men, oh Lord to make state.
While nations war in bloody strife;
Unleashed by hell--take human life:
oh give to us men-strong and great;
The men, oh Lord, TO make a state!
Men like our Wilson--Washington,
Grant, Lincoln. the immortal one
To hearts like these we trust our fate
For such men, Lord. will make q state!
Evening star., 1917-04-15

was more interesting to the soldiers
than the war before their eyes, and
CONFESS their conviction that America
would come in" was greater than
mine.
American Flag in Paris.
AS for France, the breaking off of re-
lations with Germany was for Paris
ultimate proof that the United States
was to enter the war. On the day this
happened all Paris rose to the event as
it had not risen to any incident in the
war. Paris sees American troops al
ready coming down the Champs Ely
sees" Joseph Reinach. the famous
statesman journalist, said to me. and it
was the fact American flags began to
appear beside those of the allies in
Paris. and France celebrated. soberiy
but quite unmistakably, the greatest
event." as Reinach said. since the Ger
man defeat at Verdun.'
In discussing this point / cannot help
recalling a personal experience on the
6th of April. just one year before
America entered the war. On that day
lunched with Gen. Dubois in the cita-
del at Nerdun. Outside the German
shells We're falling, transforming the
town into ruin. Beyond the river
and north. by Dead Mans Hill, musket-
ry and machine gun fire was rolling up
with that crescendo which marked the
greatest of the German attacks three
days later. and IN the citadel-the sim
gle salvation of refuge in all this she'll
cursed region-we sat in easement, a
few officers. the staff Of the general
and myself. and at the close of the
luncheon Gen. Dubois raised his glass
and drank to America and the hour
when my country would stand with
France in the battle for civilization and
dem ocracy. / think any one who could
have seen the faces of those officers
and men would have felt. as l felt then,
that the entrance of America will have
a moral effect in France which goes
beyond the value of army corps and
dreadnaughts.
And now that the United States is in
the war. / confess that in the light of
my own experiences of a few weeks
exaggerate the moral effect 1 remem-
Der that Jules Cambon, French ambas-
sador in Berlin at the moment the war
began. and now in the French state
department, said to me: "All of Mr..
Wilson's statements are splendid, save
Peace without victory; what can it
| mean? Surely France cannot accept
that"
Today all this has passed. The fear
that MIR. Wilson would supply rally
ing point for the pacitists of France
and of Great Britain. a basis for the
| groups that desire peace at any price
and at the cost of national safety, is
gone. Even if the summer campaign
does not bring decisive victory. il will
be hard to start a new peace agitation
! like that of last fall, because there
will be no President Wilson to serve
as the mouthpiece of such proposals.
Evening star., 1917-04-15

Minister Miluikoff Of Russia has put
the peace leaven to working in the
hearts and minds of both Bulgarian OF
hcials and peoples: The Bulgars ana
Russians always have had much IN
common. This keen bond of sympathy
undoubtedly has been strengthened by
the course of events in Russia The
new RUSSIAN government has given e1-
preston to the desire to pursue an ab-
solutely fair course toward the Balkans
when the war shall have ended. What
may be good proof that the Russians
will play absolutely square In the fu-
ture is the expression of the new gov
ernment that it will not insist on the
Russianfzation of the Dardanelles. a
policy formulated under the car. This
possibly will have an effect on the
Turks as well as the Bulgars. but it Is
believed that II any nation decides to
the first will be Bulgaria. Austria
Hungary will be the next, but. owing
to the many ties that bind the Austrians
to Germany. the independent action
mere Will be more difficult than in case
of the Bulgars.
Rioting among Bulgarian peoples,
with the aid of troops. was reported
during the week. Mutinies frequently
nave been reported among Bulgarian
soldiers on certain sections of the Ma
cedonian front People are growing ex-
tremely weary of sacrifices. particu-
larly when the opinion Is growing with
rapidity that the cause of the quadru-
pie alliance is doomed and that the ter
rltorial rewards in Macedonia, prom
ised to the Bulgarfans for entering the
war on the side of Germany. never can
be realized.
The Bulgarian situation, as we'll as
the Austrian, is well worth watching
closely during the coming weeks. Lit
tie events may bear fruit Of surpris-
ing proportions.
X x
rrh,+ ., ..,,
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Perils Abound
for New Russia

Ao1 NeW nuss1a. established order
of things in Petrograd daily is made
more apparent. The very elements
overthrow Of the czar was accom-
plished seem to be making their hand
felt. German Influences still are at
work among the worknIen Of the ma
ton and numerous strikes have been
conducted in recent weeks. while the
German socialists have not abandoned
their attempt to force Russia into q
separate peace. Philip Scheidemann,
socialist leader of Germany and who
appears to be working hand in glove
with the German government, has left
Berlin on a secret mission, and Scan
dinavian dispatches indicate that he
has gone to Sweden, from which coun-
try he will direct his efforts to foment
discomfort and possible open revolt
among Russian socialists against con-
tinuation in the war.
There has been q growing feeling IN
Russia among certain classes that
peace should be brought about. On the
other hand. the army has reannounced
Its fealty to the provisional govern
ment. The so-called committee OF
workmen's and soldiers delegates has
met with little response to its moves
looking toward the immediate estab-
iishment of a republic and the imme-
tionary ideas of government.
The provisional government and the
committee of the duma both have
called upon all classes of people to
stand united in the face Of the menace
offered by the German legions fighting
on Russian soil. The leaders Of the
new regime have offset in a large
measure efforts to perpetuate discon-
tent among the workmen and many OF
the factories making munitions, guns
SllDnltpS
more resumed operations on the ap-
peals of the officials OF the provisional
government.
If the efforts OF the new governmen,
be assumed that the chaotic conditions
in the interior will be entirely cor.
rected and the Russian armies conse.
quently will be furnished with enough
sinews to press the conflict which IL
sure to rage along the eastern from,
during the coming summer.
RuSsia's danger was plainly pointe6
out by Premier Lvoff in a frank discus.
sion of the shoals that must be success
July avoided If Russia is to emerge
from the present struggle victorious. 1,
was plainly stated that If the German:
are to be turned back from further ag-
gression on Russian soil, there must be
loyalty and unity of the people.
Unquestionably further strife and tur
moil in the interior will hazard Russia
prospect of combating the German ar
mics during the coming months and il
more time is allowed to elapse before
the Germans take up a systematic plan
or military activity against the Rus
slams, 1t is to be expected that the new
regime will have things largely in hand
and will have fair chance of success
fully frustrating every German move or
the battlefields.
The Russian army is confident, but
asks cooperation behind the lines The
one chief aim of the provisional govern
ment at the present juncture is to &C
successfully combat the Vaccinations
of the malcontents that this desired CO.
operation shall continue uninteruptedly
during the entire course of the war
Evening star., 1917-04-15

sed the submarine war as a blow at
their existence heavier than any they
had known.
Britain's Grim Peril to Come.
No one in authority believes that
Britain can be starved in six months
or a year. but if the war goes two
wears more the present rate of de-
Struction of shipping will bring Brit
ain face to face with grim peril. unless
the United States, by using interned
German ships, by using and building
American ships. contributes to the
right side of the shipping balance Ac-
tually the British and the French be-
lieve the submarine attack is Ger
manys last bid for victory. and they
both look to the United States as the
one nation in a position to defeat this
venture declsively. by policing the seas
and by mobilizing its available tom
mage.
The question of financial aid is more
intricate but not less pressing. An
extension of credit IN the shape of
loans to France and Belgium. as we'll
as Great Britain, with possible loans
to Italy as well, will ease the situation
IN all these countries; il viii have
something of the effect of a trans
fusion of blood; it will place the vast
credit of the United States behind the
oatants are feeling the strain of the
financial burden, and Germany most of
all, for Germany is today bankrupt and
facing ruin.
In Paris bankers talked with me and
spoke in amazement Of the German
provocation of the United States be-.
cause they regarded the United States
as the one possible lender to Germany
after the war. That Germany should
close this avenue for her restoration
seemed to them an act of madness not
to be explained save as one more proof
that the German r1lers had taken leave
Of their senses And it seemed to me
that one of the most appealing circum-
stances in American Intervention, so
far as the allies were concerned, was
that it insured to these countries finan-
cfal relations with the United States
after the war: it assured them Ameri-
car money with which to rebuild their
ruins and resume the work of peace.
Looking backward. ii seems that the
moral effect of American entrance was
what was most discussed wherever
went. France and Britain nAver under
stood our neutrality; it was a puzzle
and problem: il was a darkness in
which they groped hopelessly. Presi-
dent Wilson was inexplicable: Ameri-
can ignorance of the facts of the world
war as Paris and London saw them, a
mystery beyond solution. Particularly
in France there was craving for the
Endorsement of French action by the
other great republic. which would
abolish the last doubt the last protest
of the pacifist.
Evening star., 1917-04-15

A French phonosraph for teaching
languages displays printed words ana
phrases on a moving reel as the seunds
issue from the horn.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Greatest Allied Success Since verdun

| In sum. our entrance into the war
will be for the allies, Immediately. a
heartening and a reinforcing which
viii have an effect that viii be incalcu-
lable-an effect upon the firing lines,
where American flags have already
| been shown and busy bulletin boards
| have transmitted the news to the Ger
man trenches. The arrival OF d small
: ieXpeditlonary force viii complete what
I the French and British agreed would
war and the most important success
since the Marne.
Beyond this the material aid that we
render viii he viewed in the light of
allied necessities Since the suoma-
rine war is the greatest menace to,
Britain and to the allied cause, our
aid in breaking this blockade will be
most eagerly expected. as 1t VIII de-
feat what is regarded as the last bid
of the Germans for victory. the last
questions of loans. questions OF credit.
with the eventual dispatch of great
army, if the war lasts for another year,
as the best informed soldiers with
whom I talked in England believed.
The United States has now assumed
the position in the ranks of the foes or
Germany long held by Britain. And
Britain is holding the place. in part. OF
France. This year the great enort IN
the west and the great sacrifice must
be made by the British. and it means
not less than a million casualties. Next
year, when We have begun to have
real army. there may be need Tor our
man-power, too. This Is the european
may be two more years OF war ahead.
and the defeat of Germany may not De
achieved until attrition reaches point
still far distant
Evening star., 1917-04-15

conditions the will of the people would
have to be needed in almost every re-
spect. Now the people could say to
Emperor William, I'VE want this. We
must have that. You know the conse-
quences if our demands are not met
After the war the government would
be in position to say: I'VE are ready to
grant this. You may have that, but no
more. We have no outside enemies to
meet. We are in position to grant you
so much and no more. Better be con-
tent with what you have"
1t is this very thought that must be
holding forth in the minds of the lead
ers of the movement for Immediate. not
delayed. reforms.
Close students of the German situa-
tion see a growing desire to press home
the present advantage ot the people.
and it would not be at all surprising
to see the retchstag committee appoint
ed for the purpose report sweeping IN
ternal changes. and. Furthermore, see
the body accept them in toto.
Though reports are vague in their de-
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Clash of Glasses
Would Be Danger.

ate the present forms would bring on
open revolution in Germany That this
would force an end to the present strug-
gle is unquestioned. The lower classes
have been the worst sufferers from the
war 1t is from the lower classes that
emanate the demands for an immediate
peace, disregarding Teutonic territorial
aspirations. Inasmuch as they complete
j., outnumber the higher classes, form
ing a veritable sleeping lion in so far as
manifestation of their power is con-
cerned, undoubtedly they would be sue
cessful should they reawaken and set
forth to end the present monarchial
forms. That peace would come from the
activities OF these peaCe-Seelsing peoples
goes without question.
Already il is being commented upon in
Berlin and other parts Of the German
empire that the promise of electoral re-
form should be carried out at once in
stead of being deferred until after the
war This sentiment is not universal.
however. and the chief proponents of de-
lay, it is plainly noted, compose that
section of the German press more or
less subject to the whims and desires
OF the prevailing "Prussan au-power-
fuls.'
Though undoubtedly the German peo-
pie have been forced 20 suffer priva-
tions of varying kind and to varying
degree because of the restrictions
thrown about them by the present sys-
TEN of government, 1t generally is
recognized that change in the cleo
toral system of Prussia and other
provinces of the German empire will
not alone suffice. There are many other
reforms which must be wrought while
Germany is in the process of setting
her house in order. There is a growing
demand that when once the present
order is in the course of refurbishinR
/ all questions be cared for at the same
time
Although the kaiser and Chancellor
Won Bethmann Hollweg have promised
| a change. there is a growing belief that
mere promises to adjust conditions aft
! er the war will not curtail the growing
demands for immediate changes. I'm
questionably after the war has been
! fought the present government will be
| in better position to grant Just such
! reforms as it gees f1c. Under present
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Lloyd George Weeks Ago Felt Sure
of Gern1anys Submarine Campaign
England and France Want American Troops at Front
Not So Much as Military, but Moral Factor---Act
Blow to "Peace-at-AnyPrice Advocates Abroad
By FRANK H. SIMONDS,

Author of "The Great War"

Cpyigt The TibuneAs The New YorkTn nbune.
to o troops fo seri,u in
the trenches but feel that volunteers could and will
Il Americans the front
in uarms mae b n n lie d week OF february b. the
il
tofA American miitryp lin t
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Battle May Settle
Winner of the War.

well, that the decision in the present
way in so far as the western front is
concerned may be reached. y military
decision here likely will force a general
decision in the conflict, for it long has
been declared that the story of the
western front will be the story OF the
war.
Allied capitals are confident that the
nresent German retirement is but the
beginning stage of one which viii carry
fhe Germans out Of France and through
Belgium back into their own border
lines Germans take different view.
Though protesting to believe that the
Germans are in danger, they Deverthe-
less declare that the allies are in
greater peril, for the present re-
-rcat is a part Of the German plans.
Put that the German government is not
SO confident that it can continue 10
make the German people believe every
thing is well is Indicated by the Ger
man official reports which are unusual
in their 5riefnsss- Germans during the
course of the present war, when the
tide has been going against them. never
have dwsIt upon their military opera
tions and in q great measure have said
] iothiHg except that which might be in
terpreted more or less favorably.
While the United States has been
events the