Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-12

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editor Tulsa Word-For benefit of
writer of female impersOnators artical in
this mornings paper-Dear Sir-Just 4 line
to this dirty piece Of ignorant press work.
tvedntly written by one of your misguided,
misinformed dramatic critics
1--WE are the two female mpersonators
HAT just played Tulsa and will say that we
have had better rearing than the so-callcd
wis, guy that wrote this artical The whole
truth with you boob critics is that they are
used to seeing slap-stick comedy and artistic
acts and they never will be educated to art,
rs they are too ow-browish for that.
Perhaps the wiiter does not know that
We could have him jailed for defamation Of
character and also enter suit against your
paper. Now, we will look for an open
ar"legy at once or we will show him that
Than he thinks.
We would suggest that the writer be
placed in the hone for feebe.mindeI or
better stil the old ladies' home.
Truly your,
(Signed) Nord and Farrell,
write Vaudeville theater Parsons, kan.'
Dated Bartlesyille Okla. July 80, 1870
Ooh. Goshl Ooh, Gosh!i
Also, Dadburnl
Not very long ago We did write brief
artcal' concerning female impcrsonators
in general.
Now, you see what it caused.
At the time the "artcal" was written we
were not aware that pair of female i'm
personators were sojourning in the city.
Wouldn't have known it yet II the above
letter had not been placed on our desk for
attention
Aw, well!
We attended to it all right.
We just naturally wrote the dear boys q
letter.
The man at the next desk read the missiye.
Ee volunteered the information that the
epstls was good.
Or to be exact he characterized it as
But, we dgress.
Let go back to the complaint
We readily admit that we are ignorant
misguided and misnformed
Our admission should make it unanimous.
We also admit we are feeble minded; in
fact we are almost helpless in the head
And should be in the house for the feeble.
minded
We assume they alude to us when they
say the writer should be in such
| institution.
II The construction was taken literally we
could do nothing EXCEPT believe they--the
writers-were seeking admittance into a
home for the mentally lacking.
However, we shall exert our benevolence,
interpreting the letter as they had hoped TO
have il interpreted.
Continuing, we admit we do not amount
to much.
Never expect 10.
While we are overjoyed that they have
been well reared.
Refinement just pops out of every sentence
| of their letter.
All, such tootiful langwidgei
-
For all of their high grade raising they
seem to be balled up on their phraseology
when they mention "slap.stick comedy and
artistic acts" 1t being apparent they were
attempting TO say something about acts de.
void of artistic features.
On the other hand, we are plumb thankful
for the information that female mpersona.
tion is an art.
Somehow or another We always considered
1t an affliction
YEA Bol
a1p la.,;
to SHOW us they are more of man than
We think
Wonder II that's threat or promi,ei
1t will be noticed they say "female i'm.
p1rsohators are more of man. etc.
MEBBE so!
Altho we do not believe there are enough
female impersonators In the world TO mako
one good man.
1t grieves us sorely to learn that we are
| '1ow browish. "
1t must be terrible
Maybe we could have our head shaved,
then we would be high gh-browish.
| Which ought to help some
OH, GEE!
We just can't help but admire the Ian.
gusge beautiful in which the letter is
couched, altho we had to punctuate it,
Rob Ingersol in his most lucid moments
had nothing on them.
| Not a blessed thing.
Let's see: 'The whole truth with you
boob critics is that they are" etc.
Sweet spirits Of asafoetidal
| Aren't that elegant7
Ill bred and improperly reared as we have
been, we still have one consolation.
We may have been misguided, but we are
not alone.
| And we are goshblamed thankful that we
were not misguided into being u female i'm
Oersonator.