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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
HERBERT QUICK
PRAISES CITY
Greater Than Athens at It's
Zenith, Writer Asserts,

oklahoma City is greater than eN-
ery,hing that makes Tor better hu-
man life than was Athens IN ITS ictl-
clean age" that is one ot the hoQnc'N
thrown at Oklahoma City hy Herbert
Quick In an article entitled After the
War Orders. What IN the current
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Quick, who as member OF the
federal farm loan board, paid VISIT
10 Oklahoma City two months ago,
gives Oklahoma City the hest piece ot
national advertising this city has re-
ceived in years.
The Quick article deal, with farming
possibilities ~ the United Stalcs
Here is the quotation that mmc-
datcly concerns Oklahoma City.
"Why has the American farmer NOT
developed this business IN the past.
Because he has not been properly II
nanced' What prospect j, there that
he will be better financed in the iu'
tures The prospect held out by the
Federal Farm Loan act now rapidly So
ing into operation under which GOV
crnmentally supervised system OF IL
nance for the farmer is set up alongside
the govcrnmcntally supervised system
oi finance Tor the merchRlt manulac
turcr and city dwelotagcncrally What
reason is there for thinking that this
will accomplish for American indus
tries the results limited al above Per
haps we had better examine the latter
question somewhat more III detail
a little more than a quarter OF =
century ago there lay in the Terri
tory OF Oklahoma enough good agrlcul-
tural land to make smalliSh state, all
unoCcupicd and as bare as Nature made
IT, II was that part OF the prrsen, state
of Oklahoma which, as distinguished
from the old Indian Territory was
called Oklahoma Territory. On Ger
tain day 1t was to be opened to settlers
ever seen OF the value OF the business
growing out OF supplying the wants OF
community OF farmers
The prospective farmers lined up
along the Kansas line and waited for
the drop OF the hat or whatever other
Nklldl was tlN'U l'l INV El'dN lNNll
Lined up with them were aN many more
who sought to establish themselves as
merchants, bankers, doctors, LAWYERS
dentists. brokers. real estate dealer,
gamblers. parasltes-evcry walk oi life
and most OF lis runnngs and creeping,
being represented And when the time
came for the start away they
>treamed across the prairie rush
line one hundred miles long on
horseback. in vehicles, on loo, the
strong, swift and the cunning and prov
ident drawing away from the ruck, who
laborcd along, in dust, disgust and de
spait, to take what wa, lett after the
first comcrS were served
The business site IN Oklahoma Civ
pointed out to nc as the best is nov
owned by the druggist who located il
as the reward Of his speed in the great
ruSh-and Oklahoma City is a real eli,
now, with a powerful business lltc. q
great population. and everything that
any great city possesses. II is a greater
city than was Athens in It's Pcriclcar
agc-greatcr in everything that makes
ior better human life, Like Athens il
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

protested, He might easily get IN
bag mixed with some other one
For heavens sake, Madgc!" the ej
.ple'Iye was accompanied by one
Dlcky's blacklist frowns, do quit wo|
rying about everything and nothiu(
You are the original little kili-joy."
Although was distinctly worri(
over the bag. which was an expcnsi1
one and contained the little personl
accessories OF the toilet, many OF the|
gifts which | cherished, | said nothir|
more ! told myself grimly that II
saw some one walk off with the bag
would not raise my voice in prote1
And TO this determination I adhere
even when a few minutes later ! sa
the dusky George" place under N
serving table by the side of our bs
another very like it, belonging to N
aggressive woman with whom Dich
had ALREADY clashed twice.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
31 DRESS }. E.!!
AVll]DY N,v>e Rkttenhouse

with straps over the shoulders. as a
leading fashion, they multiplied over
this continent in SO prodigious a man
ner that one grew lrrltated at the sight
of the uniform One fclt like beating
the air and asking ii there were no
originality left in wOmankind. Wasn't
there some designer who COULD bring
up over the horizon new fashion or
a new silhouette. or advance a single
new idea which might hit evening
dressing off the level
The Condition This Winter.
France, aided by America, dismissed
the full tulle skirt and the tight SILVER
bodice There are Survyals OF TINS
fashion on the stage, III some shop
windows and at a few OF the Broad
way restaurants. but the smart woman
and her conservative followers VIII
have nothing TO do with the costume
which was run 20 ground, then hutico.
They saw IN magnificent medlaevaliSm
the one chance for escape, and they
turned from irivol,y to scdateneSS IN
the twinklmg OF an eye.
Now exactly the same thing con,
fronts Us this season that confronted
us last winter; We are all dressed
allke Mli'ionS ni mcn''eNs, ''u, NJ
must nave peen SOFA he,"ccn nd' 'iH. I'.,
Dor ana los Angeles no maui, "''"' ".
woman asked ucS'Shc' N,c XIV M
'he sahd"'rh gown ann So :" WV
opera al dances. ana III u'V 'V'tHu
rants one saw lroch, Una, "au ~.
NuaiHnt surfaces WIN "u'' :" wv,
embroidery done III S'h'p'' '"''" "
outline al cages,
One was grateful Tor inc ao'c,'oc .. o
nrapery ana gratcln' iot inc 1ps'''L' IVY
oi hips' lherc was 'na',e ~, u' 'n'
woman over - 10 ,ook aS ''uus" 'u' m
had some ulphi'N ic''' anu ''c'I'
'he gladly adopted 'he various Pu'Ne'
OF med'acvaiismA<ha' 'naue ,o'" Ap
peafance III evening" ntess' 'o"'e ~ =,
me arusuc women dld II very we,' We,
and theSe are the ones ,na' Nnou'o " "
COPIED as long as iheu'ae'a''S"' e
mains -, ~.
but france Whispers mat INC ~
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

racy. II is only one of galaxy of cit
les in Oklahoma. all oi them resting at
bottom on the farmers OF that state
The development of rural life. the
supplying OF the needs OF the farmers,
has sown cities over the prairicS, not
only OF Oklahoma Ia, of the whole ma
ton When county or so IN South
Dakota was opened up few years ago
towns a hundred miles off felt the new
blood oi the farmer trade pulsing
through the veins Of business. and felt
II still; while new towns sprang into
being IN month, most oi which have
been prosperous municipalities ever
since. Seattle forged ahead OF her
competitors when she appropriated the
business ot being the home por, of Alas
ka, with new population that was in
significant compared with the settled
farm population of any good congress
sional district IN the states The bus
mess OF financing the operations OF ,
million new farms would be felt ,C the
very ends OF the finger tips OF Amcri-
can business life"
The moral is There is not sin.
81, one of the old states OF this union
tha, does not possess It's own Oklahoma
waiting for the opening
Rudolph CAM, pianist January IS
Musical Art institute. Tickets Soc ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

try Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. ! took elk bottles and today l
Am healthy woman able 10 do my own
homework. l wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia y. PinkhamS
Vegetable Compound, and hnd out for
themselves how good II is"-M Nm. Cart
A. Kisso, bs6 North Ave, Aurora, III.
The great number Of unsolicited tes-
hmonlsls on hle st the Pinkhsm Lab.
orstory, many Of which are from time
to time publlshed by permission, are
proof Of ths value Of Lydia Z. Pink
mans Vegetable Compound, In the
trestment Of female lille.
Every aillng woman In the United
States 10 cordially invited TO writA 10
The Lydia Z. Pinkhsm Medicine Co.
(conRdsntiaD, Lynn, Mass., for special
sdvice. II Il free, will bring you health
and may ssvs your ufs.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

After all, Dicky, you can't blame her y
| said timdly. "She was there before
us, and should have had the table
Two Bags Alike.
Nonsense" Dicky returned, there
is no question OF precedence where a
head waiter with a grin like that is
concerned. The only rule he knows IS
the amount OF the tip that he pushes
down into his Jeans.
Here. George, take care OF this for
me" He indicated as he spoke, the
unlucky bag which had been the limo
cent cause OF his irritation with me
over our delayed luncheon
The dusky walier-Dicky always
calls every waite1George-stooped for
the bag. and | saw him thrust it care
lesSly under serving table some dis
tance away
Are you sure tina, is safe, DiokyI" |
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

period there has been SameneS in
the mass OF apparel intended for those
on pleasure bent at night, that has
palled on us
There have been quick enough
changes in the Silhouette in evening
gowns during the last three years.
There is no need OF complaint to be
made against that feature. oi fashion,
but a fashionable places after J
o'clock in the evening, the women pre-.
sent the aspect OF having been cut out
by the hundreds. as one cuts OF, a
doll from thickly waddcd square OF
paper
The same corditlon prevailed last
winter When short, loopcd skirts OF
nel I'D tulle were attached to round
or pointed bodiccs OF bullion cloth
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
Mitchell Head Is
Real Live Wire

No candidate for presiden, Of ,ht
United States could keep closer 10 tire
pulse ot the people by actual contact
from coast to coast in metropolitan ard
rural districts than John n. Bate. vice
president and chief engineer of the
Michel Motors company, who is here
for the automobile show.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

the states" said Mr.. Bate "Wc bring
out all the new ideas and Improvements
we can think of, but We don't consider
a thing failure just because some one
else thinks OF it first. 1t may be an
idea tha, is worth investigation, and an
Invention that we want, for nothing IS
too good for the Mitchell
John Bate on one OF those scmi-an-
nual Still hunts imprcSseS one as a
dynamic force always on the job He
watches and strains at the leash con-
tinually, ever alert nothing escape,
and the six Feature Car as the Nit
chcll is known, is the result
Il am not one of those fellows who
can see only one good car There are
lots OF good cars and all | claim is
that the Mitchell is one OF the best Of
them"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

The automobile
manufacturer who
goes to sleep on the
job. being content
TO let well enough
alone, and never
t kinks to look
around the county
to see what other
manufa cturers and
inventors are doing.
is on the road to
failure said Mr..
Bate. who has been
out III California
looking over the
coast conditions.
81 travel all over
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
MRS. K|ES0 SICK
SEVEN MONTHS
Restored to Health By Lydia E,
Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound.
Aurora, Ill,--"For seven long months
suffered from . female trouble. with

severe pains In my
back and sides until
| became % weak |
could hardly walk
from chair 10 chair.
and got % nervous
I would jump at the
slightest noise. l
wss entirely unfit
TO do my house
work. ] Was giving
up hope Of ever be-
Ing we'll, when my
-l.1.. ..L.l
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

is commercial city. but, unlike the
glory that was Greece, its greatness IS
based on recognition OF the principle
of dcmocracy-l know what some nigh,
say about that, but mean real dcmoc-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
RED CROSS BALL Blue

That's the idea A pure blue, true
blue. no dope. Gives to clothes q clear
white, winter than snow he careful
use the best Large packag, sold by
good stocet' only, cents. Ask Tor Il
lo.day.-Ady.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
gowns, after the Directoire manner,
and have proved quite effective.

NEW YORK. -- The designers
OF new clothes have decided that
something new is needed in evening
gowns With the exception OF the ad-
vent OF medieval robes as a substitute
for the irivoltics Of the Louis Quinzc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24
The Aisles Abound in Rare Economies


lines nmerabe
offered suitable
Week of The Clearance Sa-Remember!
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

Railroad Fares Re-
funded According to
the Plan of the Re-
tailers' Association.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-24

DON'T TAKE ANY KIND OF
QUlNINE.
for colds, lagrippe Take Laxative
Coldinc Tablets Guaranteed. Is cents
at all drugglS,s--Adv.
The Dermott news., 1917-02-22

The duck averages ten dozen eggs
 n about seven months laying.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-04
WHICH WAYl

Every minute on the waves of the
fathomless sea the pilot of the ship
keeps his eye on the compass and
chart that his vessel may safely and
expeditiously reach the port. The
slightest neglect may turn the steam
or from it's course across the path of
other ships, result in wreckage on
the shoals of treacherous coasts or
dash against unheeded rocks.
Obstacles and by-paths no less IN
number or importance, confront the
lives of men day to day. But do the
wise, the foolish or the unwary realize
their circumstances as does the pilot
of the ship and remind themselves OF
the way n which they are going?
Certain it is, that consciously or un-
consciously everyone is moving In
some direction. The correctness OF 1t
and its directness rests with the self
concerned.
As the merchant takes his inventory,
as the mariner observes his course
and the teacher regards his premises
SO. also it is but the way of wisdom
for men and women to pause at times
and take their bearings. Hitch your
wagon to a star" writes Locke. IN
less the rope is watched it may be-
come confused and lead to unknown,
unchosen stars. To choose the place
in life one aspires to fill and having
done so, to steer with unclouded
vision and undaunted determination
toward the goal desired is the task OF
herOiSm
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-04
THE OPEN COLUMN
Theodore SplerIng's Concert.


Editor the Missourian: A marvel
ously clear technique in rapid scales
and arpeggios; pure limpid tones in
the melodic passages; and this on
background of a boldly dramatic
presentation, are the distinguishing
characteristics of the playing of Theo-
dore Spiering as were evident last
night in the third concert OF the Phi
Mu Alpha series. If he failed to grip
the audience with the classical so
nata" of Tartini, the impression pro-
duced by the magnificent "Praelud-
ium and Allegro" by Pugnaui-kreis-
ler was all the more decisive. How
ever, not until the Concerto did ne
show that complete ease and mastery
of technique, that forgiving quality
in Interpretation which arouses ne
responsive chords in ones own heart
and which mark the true artist. Each
phrase was clearly marked, either
with its own majestic climax or Its
deft disappearance in the following
Here he was in his element. in the
rendition of this number he displayed
such complete abandon as was appar-
ent at no other time during the pro-
gram. 1t marked the high point IN
the program, both on account OF ITS
mastery rendition and its position.
Quite foreign to the apparently in
tended gradual development o. the
rCgram, but yet very welcome as
contrast to the other selections was
the introduction of "Ripples', CON-
posed by Cecil Burleigh, conteinpor-
ar, American composer. This num-
ber was substituted for Zephyr
pr J. Hubav. "Ripples' is noteworthy
on account of its being a succesiful
attempt in the modern vein Of charac-
teristic music by means of the modern
harmonic structure as displayed es-
pecially in the accompaniment.
The program closed with the sell
dom played "Valse-Scherzo" by Tsch-
aikowsky. 1t is a decidedly attractive
selection with its fine harmonic
changes as a background, and was
well adapted to the artist on account
of its passionate rythm and highly
emotional content.
In spite of the enthusiastic ant
sometimes insistent applause, the au'
dience had to content itself with The
rehearing of the delicate "Ripp!es,
as the lone encore.
]. II. MUELLER
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-04

Kansas City Star, When 1t comes 10
the German individual attitude there
is no distinction between the German
people and the German government.
Doctor Hill told of various attempts
TO democratize Germany and their
failures. The present empire, he said
was organized through a policy OF
blood and iron.
IAN empire that since the Franco
Prussian war practically has wor-
shiped a German brute is the one al
lied against us today. Knowing that,
no one can be surprised at the atroci-
ties committed in Belgium, or now
practiced on the people of Northern
Italy.
when the head OF education in
Germany promulgates an idea it is
taught in all the schools the next
day. They are taught that the state
can know no wrong. That is why
the German people celebrated the
sinking of the Lusitania and why
they would approve heartily the treat
ment of women and children of Bel
gium, France and Italy. The kaiser
can do no wrong, they are taught
from babyhood, and they believe it"
The speaker said that with all the
boasted German kultur the schools
there teach little of the truth about
the United States. In 1913, when his
daughter was there, he said it was
being taught that the Middle West in
this country was inhabited princi-
pally by Mexicans and rowing bands
of Indians and that st. Louis was its
German center"
Doctor Hill spoke of the relation OF
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-04
Daily Hoover Hint

One of the suggestive "wheatless
day menus prepared by the home
economics department of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, with recipes, is as
follows: i
Breakfast-Grapes, oatmeal with
dates, top milk. corn meal mullins,
coffee (milk for children).
Luncheon-Salmon box, tomato
sauce. peas, grape jelly, steamed bar
ley pudding, and fOamy sauce.
Dnner-Braised beef, Drowned pO-
tatoes. caulifiower, cranberry sauce.
chocolate pudding. and top milk.
Corn meal muffins-1 cup sour milk,
4 teaspoonful soda dissolved in ] tea
spoonful of water, tablespoonful
shortening. / tablespoonful sugar, 3
teaspoonfuls baking powder, l egg, u
teaspoonful salt, ~ cups cornmeal.
Bake in small muffin tins for 20 min
utes.
Salmon Box-Line a bread pan well
creased with warm steamed rice, fill
the center with cold salmon, faxed
and seasoned with salt and pepper.
Cover with rice and steam one hour.
Turn on hot platter and serve with
cream or tomato sauce, thickened
with cornstarch, barley and potato
-four
Steamed barley pudding cup mo-
lasses. l cup sour milk, egg, l tea
spoonful soda, u cup corn meal, l cup
barley -four. Hteaspoonful salt. l cup
chopped raisins. Beat egg, add mo-
lasses, milk and soda dissolved in a
little cold water Sift corn meal and
barley -four together, and put into
well creased small baking powder
tins or pop-over cups. If the latter
are used, cover each with well greas-
ed paper. Steam two hours.
Foamy sauce-1 egg, q cup sugar
1 teaspoonful vanilla, a cup hot milk
Beat the egg until very light. add SUI
gar and continue beating; just before
serving add Z cup hot milk.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-04
THE CIVILIAN SWORD

The staying power of nation at
war ia a matter of thrift So long as a
nation can clothe. feed and munition
its armies and feed and clothe its
civilians, SO long can it fight. And 1t
is onlv through economy and self
denial that there can be any endur-
ance in war times when the labor
supply has been drained by the de-
mands of the armies. For this rea-
son waste and extravaganza are both
criminal and dangerous.
When the Germans began to ration
their people. and long time ago II
was too. the Allies were jubiiant
thinking this indicated that the enemy
was short of food. The real reason
WAS that the Germans recognized that
their staying power depended on
thrift and began to practice it before
the necessity arose.
This provision of the Germans is
one of the wisest of the war in point
of prolonging their staying power.
The Americans, the French, the ltal-
ians and the British all are showing
examples OF thrift. The French and
the Italians are carrying on in the
face of difficulties greater than those
of any other nation. Not only now
but after the war we will have 10
practice thrift devotedly and earnest
ly. Unhappily thrift as habit mas
been taxed We had to face con-
scription and we may have to face the
taxation of extravaganza. In a nut
shell. our national duty is to decrease
consumption and increase production
We must live to work, not work To
live. We must work longer hours, with
brains as well as muscles. The more
we produce, the more must We pu'
by-piling up our salable commodl-
ties as a miser boards his gold. IL
must be a part of our patriotism e
contribute as much as We can OF oui
labor and our savings to the govern
ment. If We do this, not only shai
we outlast the Germans in war, bu'
We shall be in an enviable position tc
pay off our debts after the war
Furthermore. only by this methoc
alone can we build up those industries
which will have suffered from the
war.
II every man works his hardest VIII
hand and brains, increasing produc
tion, sturdily denying himself un
necessary expeditures, limiting MI
consumption, then America shall no
only pay its debts. but build up
certain future of great industrla
prosperity. Thus, and thus only, cal
the individual, in pursuing his owl
welfare, contribute to the genera
good
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-04
THE NEW BOOKS
"Oyer the Top

With the reading public avidly de-
youring almost any work concerning
the war to which their friends or
relatives have been or will be called
on to help, Arthur Guy Empey's s
"Over the Top" is destined to become
one of the most popular sellers in
America. Dealing with the every
day life of the British Tommy from
the standpoint of an American who
couldn't wait for the United States to
enter the war, the book gives in an in
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American soldier may expect to find
in France and the trenches.
The issues at stake in the World
War are not discussed in this book.
Mr.. Empey merely states what is
happening to those who are doing the
actual fighting and who are more
concerned about the "coOties". and
trench rats than they are about the
rights of small nations.
But all in the trenches is savOred
with war. The plays which the
Tommies produced almost under shell
fire joke about the war, but there is
the ever present hope of peace and
"Blighty"
The story starts wnen MFR. Empey
leaves Jersey City, N. j., for England
his trouble about getting into the
British army, life in the trenches un'
til he is wounded in a trench raid anG
is sent to "Blighty," and concludes
with his return to the States.
Mr.. Empey's book gives in mos'
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dealing with the most horrible OF
wars, what agencies are doing the
most in helping win the war. His
viewpoint is that Of the man in the
trenches and the criticisms are some
what biased, but they are the same
that our men will make when they
are greeted with the new life on the
battle front.
Americans are supposed to be mas
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the book contains a dictionary Of
British cockney which has sprung al
since the war, with some entertaining
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