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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

WAUKOMlS, Okla. Aug j,--(Spe-
cial O--probably the smallest person in
Oklahoma to be affected by the rccen,
army draft was W, Carnot DodSon of
this city who is less than four feet
high Mr. Dodson, who is writer
and lecturer, makes his home with his
parents who reside on a farm near
this city His exact height is three
fee, and ten inches lie weighs 70
pounds
Born in Kentucky he is a member
Of a family OF five boys and two girls
together with his pm ents all OF whom
are Of average size Physicians have
been unable to account for his dimnu-
tive size AT birth he was OF normal
size, weighing nine pounds He was
graduated from the Tonkawa school
some years ago, and has spen, some
time touring this and other states in
lecture work.
This winter Mr. DodSon expects to
enter theatrical work and will play
the part Of left" with the Gus Hlll
Mutt 4 Jeff company" He expects
Ego leave for New York City the
latter part Of AuruS, TO begin his
work lie has written several stories
for the leading magazines Of the east,
and dcvoteS much time ~ this work
when not otherwise engaged
He cannot drive an auto because his
legs are too short to- reach the neceS-
sary pedals, and says he cannot buy
ready-made clothing or shoes, which
all must be made 10 order
"My age" said Mr. Dodson We'll
Just say that came within the recen
draft limit NV number was j67, ant
was the nine Thousand eigh, hundre,
and twenty seventh nu",brr drawn out
A brother, Claude + DodSon man
agcr OF the Dodson Motor company n
this city is six feet one inch tall anC
weighs around 10 pounds.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

tlrried creature into naming some day
for which he can think Of no adequate
excuse 10 refuse Do you imagine for
an instant. girls. that that kind OF a
holdup business gets you husband z
Never on earth. None OF u' like to be
coerced into doing the things we don't
wan, 10 do, and the most unwilling per
son in the world is the unwilling guest
Personally am convinced that the
telephone has had more 10 do with the
falling of in the marriage rate and the
increase in bachelor girls than any other
one thing IN the world
II shows woman'' hand too com
pletely when she starts out husband
hunting When she importuncs a man
TO come to see her who doesn't desire
10 40 to see her. when she tries to nag
him into coming when he doesn't come,
and rcproaches him over the phone for
not coming, i, simply rouses the stub
born donkey tina, is IN every man and
make, him put his back up and say tina,
he'll be hanged II he'll go TO see any
woman excep, OF his own volltion
OF course many women do nveigle
men into coming TO see them, and taking
them to places and eventually into
marrying them who never would have
though, of it themselves, but these WON
en- ply their arts at close range. Their
appeal is softened and ethetealited By
proximity, by smiling lips and wistfuI
eyes. and rosy cheeks and fluffy hair
and all the graces and charms of fem
inini,y. Such an appeal coming over
cold, hard, prosaie telephone wire-and
coming at an inopportune time--is an
other story altogether yet, Morris
Kindly bear these few facts m mind
girls. Jus, remember tha, the telephone
I ring never changes into a wedding rims
and that the very sufest way 10 alternate
any interest a man may feel IN YOU IS tt
harry his life out Of him hy calling him
M over the telephone Reflect that the
! lelephone is intended for business and
not for gossip or chatter OF spooning
and when YOU do have 10 Use II, let ynur
communication he Of spartan hrcWtN
Don, be one oi those foolish ergln'
afflicted with telcphunltlS who can no
more pass desk telephone without
calling up every man they know than =
drunkard can get hy a saloon And 81
as a reward for your virtue, men vii
rise up and bless your name, and a mil.
Ilonairc will marry you through sheet
gratitude
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
Dorothy Dix Says
THE TELEPHONE PEST.
BY Dorothy Dix
The Worlds Highest Pad Woman Writer

her mp, BADLY and coldly, as hun,reS'
stalking her prey instead OF tlmld
deer that the man must pursue at the
risk Of his life to capture And 1t
drives man TO irenN hy iYerrupting
him IN the great game Of business
Try to look at tho subject from the
mans point of view, gr,, and you will
sec how idiotic a thing Won do every
time YOU take up a telephone receiver
and call up man
Suppose the man is in bu,inc. for
himself lie is merchant or broker.
or lawyer or doctor II is in business
hours He has a customer that he has
been working over for couple of hours
to get him up to the buying point, An.
other minute and the trade would be
clinched Ting ling ling, goes the
telephone He picks It up. A voice al,
the other end OF the wire says This is
Mabel. Didn't we have a perfectly
lovely time last night at the party
Wasn't Sally Jones DIRE" jus, perfectly
sweet, and WASH, Tom Smith mad2
etc, etc, and so on, and so on
The man grindS his teeth In helpless
rage He cant beat girl over the ,tle
phone, though he would like to, and by
the time he has choked Mabel of the
customer has had sober second thought
and backs out OF the bargain
Or II the man is a lawyer, he may
he Just on the point OF catching subtle
point IN pefplcxlnR case that he, been
studying over Tor hours, when the fool
ring OF some fool girl knocks the elusive
/ idea out OF his head Or. If he is a
doctor, he may be interrupted in con
sultatlon that was all important 10 him
and where every minute was more
precious than gold
II the man works for somebody else II
is nothing less than criminal for gitI
TO call him up in business hours, be.
cause every time she does it she cop
ardites his job Telephone Johnnie, whC
has to be dropping his work do,er
times a day to run TO the tclcphon,
booth lasts AS long IN an office as d
snowflake does on the equator
Think OF these ,hiegS, girls. and ~
10 decide how much VI a hit YOU max,
with man by calling him up ON m,
telephone IN business hours.
Most of the girls who call men up d,
II to make date, They say. Won't yol
come mp to the house tonight '' And ,
man says mo" they say "Wha, an
YOU going TO do tomorrow night" -
the night after Or the night ate
that Or the next nigh, following
And So op until they badger the poor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
lE}2eC. C; czeE EQ Tg1

Soiroe Bridge club Wednesday evening
having as their additional guests Mr..
and Mrs w, b. Fcigley and Miss Doro-
thy McGhee Mrs. n. e. Orr and Mr..
and Mrs Homer J. Wilkins made the
high scores The next meeting is Aug
ust 10 at the home OF Mr. and Mrs
Carl l.. Bonnet, 1000 Wes, Fourteenth
street
DR. Charles T. Barker Of ll}0 West
Sixteenth street returned yesterday from
an extended trip through Wyoming aud
Colorado Mrs Barker, who is in Mani
tou, will not return until September
Y Il 2
Mr.. James McMahan of Okemah,
Okla, who was the guest Wednesday OF
his aunt Mrs Claude + HenSley and
Mr. lienslcy OF 32S East Eighth street,
returned home that evening accom-
panied by Miss Dorothy Nenslcy who
will make two weeks visit in Oke-
NAH
The ArbutuS club met Yesterday with
WI = - l. wv Npll w 1919 NVN TllSt
street Mrs J s Wilson and Miss
Nina Nichols were special guests, the
high scores being made by Mrs G f.
l,ndley and Mrs NJ { Mcdonald The
club will meet August 10 with Mrs {
w Wllkie S29 East Ca,alpa avenue
y n
Mrs r. A Macklanburg ll29 East
Tenth street, was hoStc" to the u. A
y. 7. club Yesterday when an informal
musical program was presented by Mrs
Alfred II Kindred and Mrs. Edith
Swan Zediker The contest favors were
won by Mrs Gus Mackanburg and Mr.,
G. L. Dawson Mrs S. J. Pryor was a
special guest The club will be enter
tained in two weeks By Mrs J. w
Prince, 420 East Fifth street
v "
Mrs T + Tarbunon Mrs. John May.
field and Miss Hazel Mayiield, all OF
Kansas City, are the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs James Fee, l702 West Second
street
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

A YOUNG man asks me to write
Aiew feeling words about the iele- lie.
4 Aphone pest, and more especially
about the female of the species who IS
more deadly than the male Also there
are more OF her, which makes her a
proportionately greater menace TO the
peace and happiness Of the community
Says this young man 81 know very
nice girl of whom | used to think good
deal In fact, was on the verge OF
falling in love with her until dlScov-
cred that she was a victim OF the tclc
phone habi,-and, believe me, Id about
as soon marry woman with the NOR
phlne habit
81 am beginning to dislike and dread
this girl because she makes my HE \
burden to me by telephoning me. There
is never a minute OF the day or night
that ! am safe from her, She calls me
up at my business office and she insists
that every evening at 8 o'clock ! shall
call her up, no matter where ! am It's
a coniounded nuisance, ! see this girl
two or three times a week and we've
got nothing on earth 10 say to each other
over the telephone, but here ! am held
up on the end Of wire to chatter like
an idiotic monkey about nothing
why oh, why, do girls annoy men
by ceaselessly calling them up on the
phone Why haven't they got enough
sense to know that nothing gets on a
mans nerves so quickly as to be inter
rup,ed in business hours and that there
is absolutely no other one thing ON earth
that girl could possibly do that SO
surely makes him feel that she is an old
woman OF the sea tied around his neck
with wire that he can't break, as tor
her to always be on his track with the
phone" ?"
That's what one young man says
girls, and take /, from me, he's no pc.
culiar old Crouch 1t is what every
young man would like to say to every
girl he knows, il he had the courage
Indeed, SO great have been their suffer
ngs in the matter that | have hearc
more than one youth express the ierven
wish that Mr. Bell had died with hl
great invention unnvcnted
"Whom the gods would destroy the,
first make mad" says the old adagc
A modern feminine version OF this an
cient bit of wisdom might be, the Rir
who would make herself unpopular will
/, men gets busy with the telephone
. y Certainly there is no way in which
, ytung woman can queer herself puickc
~ more completely II dlspelS ever
scrap OF illusion about her 1t show
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

Mrs. Richards will remain a few DAYS
longer.
Mrs John Lesser of 10 West Poplar
avenue. Mrs NJ f. Stout of 1901 West
Twenty second street, and her house
guest, Miss Mary holland Of Richmond,
Ind have returned from visit in
Chickasha, the latter leaving immedi-
ately Tor her home
4
Mrs. Ben T. Head of ia West Ninth
street leaves this afternoon for Sulphur
for a short visit with her son, Mr., Ben
T. Head jr
vi" Marian MeCune OF 504 East
Park place leaves Tuesday for Tulsa
where she will visit until the middle OF
September
Miss Anna and Miss Mabel Matthews
OF the Lois apartments are going to
Medicine Park tomorrow for two
weeks stay
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rose OF Kusa
Okla, are the guests for several days
Of the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs s.
s. Bu,tcriied OF 23lb South Broadway
Mrs Rose was formerly Miss Lucy
Butterfield, whose marriage was So
cial rvent Of June.
Y 4 4
Mr' and Mrs Kent W. Shartel OF 1929
Classen boulevard returned yesterday
morning from three weeks trip
through the east when they visited in
Saco, Maine, Mrs Shartels former
home, New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and Washington.
Mrs. Joe Marsh OF 1920 West Twenty
seventh street is spending two weeks
with relatives in Gainesville. Texas
Mr.. John + Carson OF 2l8 East Elev-
enth street and Mrs Carson's father
Mr.. J. A. Massey are leaving Monday
for Long Beach Cal, where they. will
ioin Mrs. Carson and little daughter for
months stay
Mrs Beuah Oates of l+lS WeS, Thir
,ie,h stree, has returned from Colorado
where she spent the month OF July.
y v K
Mr.. and Mrs ID J Clement OF 1901
West Eighth street entertained the
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
BY Aletha Barr Taft.

n PICNIC party which intended.
IN to have supper Wednesday
IN evening at Northeast lake and
which on account OF the
weather gathered al the home OF Mr.,
and Mrs. r. II. Tidnam, l4Jo West
1hirty-four,h street, included MIR and
Mrs Tidnam Mr. and Mrs George II
Giddngs, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Richards
of Stiglcr, Mr.. and Mrs Charles W.
York, Mi. Lillian Tidnam, Adj Gen,
Ancel carp and William Giddnes.
Mai Donald r. Bonioey and Mrs.
Bonfoey entertained few friends in
formally at dinner at 7 o'clock last
evening at their home, l4D West
Twenty y-first street
Mr. Matt MAYER of l3l East Twelfth
street gave a picnic supper,at North
cast lake Wednesday evening, when his
guests were Mrs {. Sharp, Miss Anna
McRath, Miss Sheppard of Nashville
Tenn. Misses Vida and Hazel Fueh-
ner, Miss Georgiana Sloan, Mr., Har-
old Empie, Mr. Tony Adams, Mr. Al
len Orcutt and Mr. Henry NJ Johnson
\ n v
Miss Madeline Cottngham OF 9l9
West Seventeenth street left last night
for Little Rock, Ark where she will
join Miss Anna Knight of 2l5 East
Eleventh street, to attend eck-end
of festivities a, Fort Logan II Roots
before the men in training in the Off
GERS reserve camps there are called ont
on a final hike before the camp closes.
A number of dances and other interest
Ing affairs have been planned. She
will return Tuesday and with her
mother, Mrs. ! x. Coitingham, leave
Wednesday for a months stay in the
lake district.
Mr. and Mrs George f. Woodward
of 6l6 West Eighteenth street and Mr.
'and Mrs. Murrey b. Leonard of ol5
West Eighteenth street left carly this
morning in the Leonard car for a mo-
tor trip through Yellowstone parl;
They will make short stops at differ
ent resorts IN Colorado also.
y II n
Mr. and Mrs + X. Slack of llO7
West Twelfth street are moving this
week to their new bungalow which they
have built at 1901 West Thirty eighth
street.
Mr.. f. Richard Carhart OF Thirty
seventh street and Mckinley avenue
left Wednesday for Long Beach, whcr'
he will join Mrs. Carhart and their
baby son for months stay.
n 4 \
Mrs Caleb X Br0oks and Miss Amy
Brooks OF 62S West Fifteenth street
who are visiting in Owensville, Ky, are
expecting to go on to New York soor
for a visit OF several weeks
Miss Thyra Weesner Of II West Lo
Gust avenue left Wednesday for twC
weeks visit in NARROW Okla
Mr. Alvin Richards Of Stglcr. Okla
who with Mrs Richards was the CUES
OF Mrs Richards parents Mr. and Mrs
George II Giddings of los West Thir
teenth street, returned home last night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
Lemon Juice
For FreCk|es
a'rIsi Mako beauty lotion At
homo for a few cents Try III

Squee,e the juice Of two lemons into
. bottle containing three ounces oil
orchard white. shake well. and you have
= quarter pint of the best treckle and
tan lotion. and complexion beautifier. at
very, very small cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toile, counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard white for a few
cents. Massage this swcetly fragrant
lotion into the face, neck, arms and
hands each day and see how freckles
and blemishes disappear and how clear,
soft and white the skin becomes, Yesl
Ii is harmless Adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
Our Fighting Men

Col X + l. Niche who has figured
recently in dispatches as aide to Gen.
Hugh L Scott, chief of the general
staff whom he has accompanied on the
mission to Russia is splendid ex-
ample Of the typical dashlng cavalry
man of the United States army Born
IN Virginia near the close of the Civil
war and named in honor OF the great
Confederate ohieftain Robert F.. Lee,
Colonel Niche was appointed 70 West
Point from the Old Dominion in 1881
and graduated with honors four years
later. He first distinguished himself
while serving under General Fitlhugh
Lee in the Cuban campaign. During
the late troubles on the Mexican Dor
der he commanded the American troops
al Juarez
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
Lirrn Fined on.noo Rfancs.

AMSTERDAM, Aug l-NccordIng
to the Echo de Rclge, the city of
I cge Ia, been fined 500 ono francs
for dlsoheylng an order given by the
German authorize, to demoliSh build
ing. damaged by fire on the QuN des
rcchrurS The .Oual dcs pecheurs
,kir,s the rlgh, bank oi the River
Mcuse, which flows through the cen.
ter of the town
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
Princeton Cuts Down Course.

PRINCETON, N J., Aug. BY
the decision of the special Princeton
faculty committee appointed to con-
slider problems arising on, Of the war,
men may now get their degrees at
Princeton university in three years. in
stead OF four, This will be obtained
by special intensive course OF study and
work during part OF the summer vsca-
tlonS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
Colonel Resigns; He
Wasn't Experier1ced

ST. LOUIS Aug j--Waf,sn
Mabry Of Cape Girardeau. Mo-, ~,
Gently elected colonel Of the Sixth N
fantry. Missouri national guard, ~
signed today giving a. a reason. lsee
Of military experience Major A. Linz.
weller Of the Ndiutant generals. stat.
was elected colonel. Mabry was elect
ed ranking major
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

The Russian commission lr .h,
United State, has several women
among II, members
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

The people in the Pomona district,
Caliiornis, who formerly took but ~
crop from their land, by intensive culV.
va,ion this year will take from two o.
three crops before December i
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

The young lady across the way SAYS
her fathers awiully patriotic ami
she overhead him say that in view
N the war tax ON excess 'proiitS his
company, going TO linn, IT, dividends
strictly to & percent for the present
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03
$12 Linen Suits, So

When you see these white and blue
linen coat suits, examine the quality
Of the materials and the workman.
ship. YOU viii appreciate the value
Made with belts and pockets slres
~ 10 10
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-03

been very much IN demand this sea
son; dresses tina, any woman would
be proud to own and to wear White
and blue combinations, made straight,
lines with novelty belts, Sizes AZ to
"A .ss.F
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-21
Pearl Necklace,
Worth 100000,
Declared Stolen

Los ANGELES. Cal. March IL
Police were asked today to aid in the
recovery OF pearl necklace valued at
approximately $4,000. which was re-.
ported as stolen from Mrs. Frank Sui
lyan Smith Of New York
The necklace consisted OF sixty seven
pearls, said to be perfectly matched.
given to Mrs Smith by her father.
Smith is president Of the Shawmu,
Mining company and the Shawmut
Coal and Coke company
The necklace was missed hy Mrs.
Smith Wednesday upon her return to
the suburban hotel, where she and her
husband had been staying for after
noon tea in a downtown hotel. rri-
yate detectives were called into the
case to avoid publicity but today the
matter was presented to the police
\ reward oi $1,000 was offered to-
day for information leading TO recovery
ot the necklace
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-21
Girl Writes Check
for Own Funeral,
Then Kills Self

WASHINGTON, March 2l.-Miss
Madeline Breunlnger. IS years old. a
teacher IN the Webster school. Tenth
and II streets northwest, Yesterday
committed suicide by inhaling illum.
Ia,ing gas in the bathroom Of her
apartment in the Rockingham. 1915
Rhode Island avenue northwest.
T The body OF the woman was found
hy the janitor oi the building when
he broke into the apartment to find
where gas was escaping Acting Cor
oner William b Carr, after inves,igat.
ing the circumstances connected with
the case. pronounced it suicide.
The woman had carefully planned her
death She had written a note to Miss
lellSon. who lived with her. In m,
note was lncloSed check drawn in
favor OF an East Capitol stree, under
takcr TO pay the cost OF funeral and
burial.
Miss Breuninger, il is said. had beer
III for some time and had spent severa
weeks in a hospital
Country people on a party telephone
line hear all the news that's gong.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-21

snow. Hut none Of these sweet posies
could the rabbit uncle find
well. | guess | shall have no good luck
today" at last Uncle Wiggily said. II
may as well go back 10 my hollow stump
bungalow and wait for tomorrow Oh
dear--no adventure at all--its too bad"
Then. all OF sudden. Uncle Wiggly
saw, little way of, through a fringe
Of bushes that. a. vet had only some buds
on them. and no leaves, sammy Littletsil,
the rabbit boy; Johnnie and Billie Bushy
tail, the squirrels. and Jackie and Peetle
Bow Wow. the puppy doss-he saw them
running, skipping and hopping along,
most merrily
Come on" cried Sammic. Come on.
boys. It's right over this way Come on
Go on We're coming" cried the
others
- found it and I'll show all OF you
where II is. went on the rabblt boy.
'ia | wonder what II Is he's found >"
! thought Uncle Wiggily Maybe it's a
! blue bird or an arbutus flower | must
follow and see. Perhaps | shall have an
adventure after all " Now YOU just wait
and see what happens.
So the bunny hurried along after the
animal BOYS. behind the bushes as fast
as he could go. until he saw them all
come TO n stop IN front Of a big stump,
and. standing there, Sammie. the rabbit
| boy. cried
See There II is There's the spring"
"Oh. he's found the spring | was look q
ing for thought Uncle Wigsily. II must
| see It! wonder II It's a bluebird or n
flower and with that he gave an OK
cited jump over the stump right through
! the crowd OF animal boys. down "A littly
hill and-kcr- -plumpo-right into sprinp
of water.
ouch oh, dear, Gurgle- -urgle Club
Why-why didn't YOU say II was y sprinr
a spring Of water" asked Uncle Wig
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-21
BODIES OF BANDITS
HUNG TO TELEGRAPH
POLES ALONG TRACKS

r AREDO, Texas, March q --
Passengers arriving here yes
g terday rode through a lane OF
bullet riddled bodies suspended from
telegraph poles IN the vicinity OF
NanegaS, Men The ghas,ly spec
taclc was staged following battle
between Carranza troops and large
body OF bandits under the comman
ot the tedillo brothers. The losses
were heavy on both sides. The clash
took place last Friday.
After hanging the bandits to the
poles the Carranza soldiers placard-
ed each body with warning that
"a similar fate awaits all outlaws.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-21
Spor&lets

Jimmy Murray manager OF the okla
homa City ball club, yesterday landed
i Il cole Of Galveston cole Is n right
handed slab artist and is efficient In
handling the spitball
The hleacherS for the worlds series
game that have been In the course Of
construction for the past few days. are
now completed The new stand has q
seating capacity of over 500.
The diamond nt Saratoga park will be
ready for play by next Saturday morn
Ing To-day the holes viii he flied In
and viii be- prepared for wcttIug and then
rolling
President Duncan turned down an Of
fer FOR McCahe Yesterday. Paris offered
10 trade ilall, outrcldcr, and Smith.
catcher. hut Duncan figured McCahe for
better than that
Sammy Samson. local fight promoter
received n wire from Hot Sprlngs stat.
ing that the fight that he had arranged
between Young Mckee and Earl puryear
had been postponed Jack Dillon anC
Jack Barr, have been matched to fight
ON the date that Mckee and Iuryeai
were TO have clRshcd
The Tulsa Producers Yesterday slipped
II over tho Kendall college team. The
final score was Z to l.