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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09
BIC CHAUTAUQUA
FOR WHEELING
City 10 Have One of Best Entertain.
mcnts This Summer Ever Seen
in This Community.

In about three months thu big Khaki
tents which lhr Rriparh rhautauQuas
have had piicheri in lhn National Guard
camps down South viii b. shipped
noflh for u~. on ik" CircTii Of which
This city is 4 part. Their HaS not been
Il l"I-up i'll the soldier entertainment
since he camp; were Uprnrd last fall,
but III" building If Liberty lhnatr"S in
the concentration points makes il pos
Siblr for III" tents to b" brought hack
for $rrvicr on >hc regular loop.
While particular care will h' taken
not ~ uN"rdu liz military and til" pa.
iriniiC this coming season, the Rrd'
path haurauUuaS vii! present Il num-
Der Of features that are timely and
full Of thrills. Their. will b" speakers
who have tasted hitier service nj the
front. and musical companies fsatur-
iEg costumes and sketches that give an
insight into the lighter life ol the men
! in tn, trenches. one or two happy
SURPRISES ia his connection arc prom
Srd
/ The biz Kryl bani headed by tho
wuridfamnuS Unrn"ilSt and director.
Buhumir kryl. u! Chicago. Will b" IL
musical hcatiln,.r. This will he tho
largest and most expensive attraction
ever offered un II" Krdi'ath circuit.
Also an opportunity Will hr given 10
hear u group nf EinSion opera artists
and other singers Of mole.
l'riur.sE N,atHnwHSu. Ui IN" Frnnh-
scot Indian trIu" Of Maine, will he in-
other f'aIur" attraction. Sh" l. 4 l"h!'
rr among song birds. and in addition to
this she viii r..Iai" Indian legends, ap-
p,arinS always IN costume.
Tn" usual morning hour and $tnr?
features will hr offered this summer,
and ii there is 10 hC any change in
2Oiry TN The part Of The Chauianqua
manacrmcnt. il will b. in offering
program even stronger than in prey
OF. SEASONS, ii such thing Is possible.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09
ATTENP TOPUT
DANPER On DR..
HILLS LECTURE
PRO.GERMANS CIRCULATE FALSE
RUMOR THAT LADIES SHOULD
NOT ATTEND.
Fair Sex Are Especially Invited 10
Hear Eminent minister-WIll
Hand 1t to the Huns.

II developed last niGhi that Inc
pro-C;ermans were attempting tn put
a dampcr on the Rev. llr. Newton
Dwight Hills lecture to he gwen ~
Tho Virginia theatre tomorrow al"r
noon AT o'clock.
The Hun advocates put IN clfc"'"
ton Yesterday that women w"Nlh ""'
br permitted 10 attend The decture'
and further. that il They dld 'h'
sneaker would say things that wou1u
be- f.mharraSslnS 10 ladies. IN" pr"
German activity in this case -
done in the Same deceptive mahhf''
member Of IN" committee VINO
is brincin; pr Hills 10 Wheeling
stalled LAST night THAI ladies were 'S
pcciaIly invited 10 attend the lee
turc. that nr. uilliS---onc OF III" moSi
esteemed and polished ditinfS III
! this country would say nnihinc tn"'
any lady might not hear without th'
least blush Of embarrassment: 'ha'
| his lectures have been attended ny
thousands OF women all over tho
country, and his remarks arc. o.
course, pure and ChaStc in every way
The circulation Of rumur rrH'r''
! ing upon Or. Hills as gentleman.
! and 10 put a qurtus upon Ill" rTo"
that will attend the lecture. Is u.s.
another 'dctcsahle and ronirmptlp:f
sneaking act by pro-(frTmanS VII" a'F
cndeayoring 20 suppress over! 'nl"E
! that is truthiuIly Told about inc yer
man atrocities. which pr. llIil% Is So'
in: to hand right nfG III" reel 'nmoF-
row afternoon It is hut natnra! 'tA'
! thu German sympathzcrs IN ms
community would dc ali they co"l"
ito throw water upon n" lecture
which promises to fairly Sizzl" win
; the things DR.. Hills has seen in
, Belgium and France durin" the Nar.
I Will Present Or. Hills.
; nr. Hills will De presented 10 thr
audience by IN" Rev. H. T.. l.. StrldeF,
rector OF 81 Matthew's Protestant
church The speaker is ON" nj the
most learned. logical. eloquent ana
impressive men upon the American
platform toGay. He has delivered
the lrclu7r--"Th" Atrocities OF Ger
many IN many paris ol The n1t'o
Sales. lie will tell nj III" things he
has seen in hr war in The haiti" rf9'
den zone Of hlcndshnd and d"ain.
The lecture will b" illustrated, AMI
is FREQ.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09

department, today notified IN" commits
S!nu.rS OF Ai!cgh"E? count? that the
order for raising OF the county. bridges
spanning tn. Allegheny river her" had
been suspended for the period o; tn"
war. The reason assigned Tor the suS-
pension is III" lnadviSabiltty OF allowing
'h.. ISSUANCE Of securities and the plac-
ing q orders FOR materials necessary
Tor the changes ~ IN" present tim.
In suSpsndirg the order Which WAS is-
sued March -. 1917. and which has been
vigorously opposed 10y the y!r:. - lit;s-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09
River NEWS

The river was stationary a. tn. WAR
last evening wiki l. g.; ;A'h.S on
the guags. Tn" sag - -" NrN'cn"h
dam WAS = ;c"t s Iac;:.: and til" river
was stationary. Tho weather was "E':t7
i, the upper Wiley and tho rivers $;a-
tionary. 49,
The Liberty viii ARR" al ms
morning from Marietta :.::'i ~iii i''T'
axain a, Il:3g for Mr'a::,'rn*. TIL" 81?
OF ParkrrsI,u-E is In" % ar-iv'' t"-'1S
.nroute from cincinnati 20 Pittsburgh
The Dunbar vii! arCiE.; tomorrow u'"TH-
ing from ParNarshurg on n" WAY ="
PITTSBURGH ou is frs; TIN sine" last
December. Tha Milton !"tt T''Si' r'i:':
morning Cor Ma;anoras.
Wont Raise Bridge.
F.TTTSBC EGH. March S--Fh" M
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09
Rtver Kilograms

DAVIS ISLAND D.AM--il feet. sta
tinnnry: clear.
CTECBENVHLE-16." feet station
ary, clear.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY feet. rising;
cl,nr.
MOHGANTOwS- fec.. station
airy; clear.
on. CtTY--G.1 feet. falling: clear.
WARREN---5 feet. failing; clear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09

Wont Raise Bridge.
PITTSBURGH. March S.--''h" w1:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09
A ILLNESS BAEoMETEE.

III" hlimh," penny i" IN unfail:ES
barometer ~ business. iIurins p"ri"dS
Of depression: p"nUI"S ar"uHuiat" in tn
sub treasures. but when business: -
hrisi, i.i"y arr. on III" move. WHlrh
tn" rcnTi"S for AZ iUiichticn rs 10 IN"
,.ni,li;i"n ~ business.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09

Uruguay has appoIat"d commission
to investigate the fcaSihilIt: Cf q
scheme {" turn the locust i'"si :Hto q,
blessing by using th"s" insects II ~"
manufacture Of fertilizer. soar AMI ,uh-
.lr:iu'S and stock food.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-09

burgh and tho county. tho county auth
critics were ordered to prepare all plans
and make preparations I" resume 'hc
work Immediately after tho war.
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nIsCELLAnEous MAm<ETs.
The Metal Markets.

DeHNHT stttItTIeHI pTlCts. : ! !
Bar silver ................. $1.0i y
Copper ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 26.62 z
teau ..-.-..... S,V5-
Spelter /. ............... $50
Tungsten concentrates. unit. 2I.50
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IsREs.
Butter.

Creamerles. ex. LIST grade. Id. So
Creameries. I'd grade. b.. 81
Packing stock .............36 SO M31
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Price Of sugar.

New York.-Sugar-Cent 7.es I;
cut loaf. 1850: crushed, 1925: mould A.,
$50; cubes. 9.75; XXXX powdered, $50;
powdered. 9.15; fine granuiated aud
diamond A. 800; confectioners A. $50:
No. !. s.s5.
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sheep.
Hay and Grnia Market.
Of. o. b. Denver. Carload Price.
Hay.

Buying Prices.
Colorado. upland, n ton. S23.00p 400
Nebraska upland, per ton. 23.0OW2i
Prairie hay. Colorado and
Nebraska, per ton. 2O.OOH.lOo
Timothy. per ton. 23.UUu 2J.Ou
Alfalfa. per ton. .......... 2O.oUp 2a'nV
South Park. per ton. 23.OOM 21.On .
Gunnlson Valley. per ton 23.OOu24.
straw, per ton. 5.00m 500
Grain.
Oats. Nebraska 100 lbs. buying. $50
Colorado oats. bulk. buying 20
Corn chop, sack. selling 3iO
Corn in sack selling. ......... 3.35
Gluten feed sacked selling 3.3@
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs. setting. 1.30
Flour.
Hungarian Patent. gs lbs. sacked.
subject to discount. t.............. S5.l4
Hungarian. rs lbs. sacked. sub
ject to discount. nt..............-.. 2.of
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kan.n. d1ty Produrr.

Kansas City, Mo.--Butter--Cream
49c: seconds. i11c: packing. SIC.
Eggs-Firsts, 4lc: seconds 36c.
Poultry-Hens. 2thc: roosters, ISc
springs, 25c; broilers, 25c.
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HIDES AND PELTs.
Dry Flint Hides.

Pound.
Fallen. all weights. Nos. /, 2 flat. 2sc
Bulls and stays, Nos. and ? flat. .Isc
culls and glue hides. ...........,...I6c
Salted hides, &c to Be per lb less
Horse hides one-half to thirds
The price Of green salted.
Dry Flint P-Its.
Wool peIts. butchers and mur-
rains together .........,.....4f .4fm4Tc
short wool pelts, .,....... .sg44oe
Butcher sheariings No. 1......371 II 30e
10 . murraiu shearlings ...... .124v14c
Bucks. saddles and pieces OF
pelts ..... ........ ........, 25c
Green snIter Hides. Etc.
Heavy cured. No. (oNer %
lbr.) -........-..-.-. -. II glSc
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Chicago 1--we stock auotntIon..

Chicago-Hogs - Butchers S2O.1O4
206O: light, S20.25M2O.65; heavy. $is.sb
1890: rough. $1s50g1s15; pigs good
and choice, $18.50M1g.25.
1 Cattle-Beef cattle, good. choice and
prime. 3ls.25D1s.50; common and me-
dium. $1,000 % 1925; butcher stock. COWS
and heifers, y7.65 % 1875: Gamers and
cutters, t6.65m7.65; stockers and feed
ers. good, choice and fancy, $1,000
1900; Inferior. common and medium.
$1,000 90: veal calves, good and
choice, $3.50 1880.
Sheep-Top native lambs. s17.75:
Westerns. 1880: lambs. choice and
prime. $11.65m 1850: medium and good
$4,000 IT .65; cu1ls, 3lO00aI35O: ewes
choice and prime. S11.50912.25: medium
and good. si0.25ni1.5o; culls, $4,000
500.
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Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry.

Roosters, Id. .............10 mi2
Turkeys, 10 lbs. or oVer..23 M25
Hens ................. m2I
Ducks, young .-..-......... ~
DuclSlings, 10. ........... 81
Geese ....,....... 20
Springs .............. 2T
Broilers, ~ to lbs ...... 80
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Buts-r. Exx-. Potatoe. .nd poult

5sc.
Eggs = FIrsts. 43@44c: ordinary
firsts. 4lD42hc; at mark. cases In
cluded, 40Q43c.
Potatoes - Minnesota early Ohio
bulk, 32.35 u 2.40: do sacks. y25Oh ass;
WISCONSIN bulk. S2.3042.i0: do sacks
S2.5042.55.
Poultry = Fowls. ssasOc; springs.
Ehc.
Linseed.
Duluth.-Linseed--s4
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
The Overture of Death
(By FRANK STURGIS).

Forward! Forward musicians charge has
Play France marred dumb
Let each comrade behind with dying
Hear the overtopes OF glory Overture OF
Toward rampars ninety meters through the
gloom,
poppy bandsnen to their doom
Lyric heavens
Then volley the calling
Bombqrdmens blending with the
Ger the stricken youths like falling the poppys
Charged the chaseur glory through the shekng reeg
sobs Mother filled the burrows oft heard
Many the lights of
When the charge had there No
every valiant minstrel Of little band
n
OF the ns the OF France
Gould angel No Mans Land be playing in trance?
with agare.
Murmued like the
OF horror melody
All night rembled dgng Flanders
Searchghts the tuneful woodland Swift like torches
through the
passing to heaven. mortal breath
AS could watt into that trumpet such overture Death
fluttering purple
Not n demons grimace anguished
n
bed laid a
That the mnsres brow whittier than3a ls
Still the trumpes heart throbbng parting
Kissed grace
his feverh genlyaimost filled place
could
life that its beauty for tho melody
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
KNOWS FROM EXPERIENCE
REAL WORTH OF BEAUTY.

| am anXionsly interested in beau
ty. Six years ago | was sighttcss:
/ passed two years in a dark room
Not continuously, of course, but con-
tlnually enough to discover some of
the biologic ard philosophic secrets
of life: that out of black comes
white: out of pain ineffable peace;
out of Hell, Heaven. And much
more. have written all but little
of my poetry and music In a dark
room, so most of the children Of my
fancy know only gdrrets gloom
and were nursed with pain, One of
my cells was high-up in the pavil-
ioned awe of a London building
overlooking the mirk and dreary
Thames; the other cell was, in New
York city. in a sort of cupcla-eYrie,
overlooking the serrated towers or
Manhattan's mart-those blood tow
ers of the new feudal barons OF the
earth some day to tumble into revo-
lutionary ihvines Of gore. And
through the mists Of my eyes, IN
such quarters. beauty came like
turquoise mists DER mountains drlv-
en-. It was my compensation for
bearing part of life's exacuon OF
suffering.
1 have founded "The Beautfying
America Movement" In conjunction
with some of the country's philan-1
thropic and plutocratic people Its
purpose is to foster the beauty spirit
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05

beautiful buidllngs-lt will save your
time. Oklahoma, like Greece OF
antiquity's graceful season, II
warmed by the enchanted rays OF
beauty. I am dizzy at the fancy
OF your future. oklahoma will know
adversely and suffering--and In the
not too distant future--for pain Ia
the great alchemist that transmytC;
gold into beauty. The black of'tts
whole world Is being destroyed by
fire. as II was before by water. Ex-
termination has versatile technique.
Il includes the battlefield, pestllence.
famine, earthquakes, monsoons. tor
nados. And meteorologic Wllainies
are happening In our dear land every
day with awesomc frequency. Pile
up the gold for your happiness for
the solace OF others--the suffering
and the beauty Of tho world.
Beautlfy Tulsa architecturally,
with the meter of the portrait and
landscape painter, the magic OF the
couturier, the tenderness Of music,
the felicity of drama. When this war
In over (seems like a discord of irony
to murmur It's endlng), weary heroes
murmur it's, ending) weary heroes .
will return after the Calvary amid
the Golgotha wales OF adorable
France. Let them come home to
dear ones who I'll their arms with
flowcrs and their rooms of rest with
soothing decorations of beauty Let
them see the light Of the soul---the
human mind--in every face.
France IN beautiful woman
whose gentle charm and melancholy
rapture have won the love of tho
entire world. II you want to know
how the heroic Ftenchmen per-
formed the Miracle OF the Marne,"
and fought for their own with n
tigrine ferocity that swept the por-
cine hordcs OF the Rhine back into
he bloodplts OF fear. begin right
n Continue---to make
your country--to make oklahoma.
Deautiful--and then fail in love with
nth your soil. That Ia what tho
Frenchmen did--and the ineffably
tender French women. Love and
death are welded and beauty was
the prlestess that made them one
When the heroes come home their
will be symphonic with
CONTINUED ON FACE TEN
THIS SECTION.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05

of life, the Old Worlds matchless
Jewel, in this Promised Land of
America: to encourage real artistic.
aesthetic, intellectual and spiritual
values; In short, the genuine incep-
tion OF the real. fundamental life of
the countrys future.
We have three great needs a. the
present time. the successful prose.
cution Of the war; the alienation OF
pain through the charities; the SOW
ing OF the seed, in the heat and the
pain, OF our artistic and spiritual life.
The latter not intrusively, as war,
positive destruction OF "black mag
ic," is first In the formula
GENUS NOW BURIED
AS IN DAYS OF OLD.
We have five or six really splendid
geinuses of beauty and truth in this
country. Men whom France, the
Occidental Mother of art, would
raise 10 the crest of the Arch OF
Triumph, arc ecorned In this nation
of wonderful Instinct, and three OF
them, J know at times, are In actual
need OF the cardinal necessities OF
life. The greatest philosophic mind
this country has ever produced Is
now honeycom bing itself correcting
hog reports for a New York daily;
the rarest stylist in the field OF the
essay OF the past ten years, In a press
agent for a glass of beer In order
to get bread for his childrens
mouths: our finest epic poet is living
in a hut In California Geniuses OF
beauty, this IL their need in our
midst. l AM giving all / have to stop
ii, to encourage beauties OF archi-
lecture. sculpture, poetry. music.
painting, dress and the other grace
full expressions OF man. in this coun-
try.
Chatterton died OF broken heart
in garret--so did Beine. Middle
ton. a modern poet of great laurel
promise. weary of the muddy tread
ing CT the Twentieth Century, took
his own life. "The music-makers
the dreamers, the wanderers, by des-
olate streams--the movers and the
shakers OF the world-for each age
IA a dream that is dying or one that
Is coming to birth--are supposed by
the scheme OF modern life to die In
u garret on n bed OF bloody manu-
scripts.
1t must stop. It will stop stop soon.
This Is the land of gold, therefore,
Il is to be the land OF beauty. And
The souls OF beauty, who some day In
his country will cash the heavens
with their mighty threnodies. will
he appreciated and loved even as
Homer was---after his death. !
Gold is mere in fabulous sums, and
beauty. also. And why? What IN
the destiny Of Oklahoma7 We are
what the sun makes us. The same
run. at the same angle. that shone
down upon ancient Greece. and mel
owed lis soul into artistic express
lions OF deattless beauty. Is shining
iown upon oklahoma. Oklahoma Ia
n the same latitude az Greece, The
beauty spirit OF life came from the
,un and waited from the Land OF
he Rising sun 70 India, Egypt.
Greece, italy and France In success
lon. The matrix Of the sun ac-
'ouched the Vedic philosophy OF
ndia (ths highest vibration Of splr-
tual whiteness ever recorded), the
Iyramidal wonders OF Egypt, the
,arbarian, exauisitely sensuous stat
les and temples of Greece, the can
'as and roadways harmonies Of
rome. the haunting fragrances OF !
sallic aesthetics.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
Magic City Can Become the Most Beautiful in World
.,,~>s.. Nth sigh for Paris. !
~ !: :; e ; !: !. : !. : !. !. ! i: !.
yI%,N2 Rome and the Land
A AMls of Isis, l took the |
ENEAI3 gray road to the sun
set January last in |
MLWBN@ search OF health, a
lNeS new Muse OF Poetry /,

HNAs% set January last in
WXSAG search of health. a
lGS new Muse OF Poetry
and Music, q new dynamic and a
new life,
AS the train left the Grand Cen
tral station. New York city these
haunting lines of Masefied floated
on the orchestraton of my subcon-
scious music.
It's q warm wind the west wind.
full OF birds cries;
/ never hear the west wind but tears
are In my eyes
For It comes from the west lands.
the old brown hills,
And Aprlls In the west wind and
daffodils.
Through the Kansas prairles Of
wheat madness, I began to catch the
spirit of the West, and Kipllng's
melody started ringing in my heart.
speakin' in general I've tried EN-
The 'appy roads that you take DER
the world
speakin' in general ave found 'em
good
For such as cannot use one bed too
long.
But must get 'ence. the same as l
ave done,
And go observin' matters till they
die.
For six weeks | was n cowhov
among the mesas Of Arizona. Rut
sunsets always going down made me
long to see@ oil always going nm
Beauty Is sadness and those Arlzona
sunsets. that go down over the pur-
pie plateaus like myriads of soar
let swans, called the Muse NJ
Beauty 6but scorned the Goddess Of
Health. So with wyoming and the
ranch country in mind. I left Arizona
came here to wait for the Cody
winter to release its blasty grin I
knew therS--,rere Indians ana oil
here, friy r hardly expected to find
miracle.
> And now for n few iunressjors
r not that thev will nrove esnecial,,
interesting or valuable-but tulsa
and Oklahoma have made me won
der, and wondering is the best thing
poet can do.
Tulsa is miracle city. truly.
From n cowpath to a belvedered
skyscraper in less than a score of
years; from a dream that was
scorned yesterday to one with thou
sands of lovers today; a city OF
indian magic and a destiny that
ravishes my truant Imagination.
Why, dear people, Oklahoma is the
heart OF this country, with veins
and arteries of oil, the blood of the
soil, circulation in every direction
like circles on a pebble-cieaved pool
Art, science, the mart. medicine. the
Votaries of Mars, all have search
lights upon you. There is n watch
on every crows nest of every shin
call, ,Ao Co,-.n c..
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05

THE path OF glory leads but TO
the grave Even beautiful thinga
must die. And Asia died materially
10 give Europe Its soul Of beauty.
Even as Europe Is now dying to give
America It's rare and radiant eternal
life. With her kings. priests and
parasites Europe absorbed Asia
! sucked the blood out OF the Cau-
casian race and embalmed IL for all
lime with the chemistry of beauty.
Have we Americans a religion? Most
6ertnfnly-we are pagans-pagans 10
the core--the greatest pagan nation
since the last strain of I.ydian
music. Who Is our gods? Matter.
Motion, Force. Energy. Yolstoi said
U'll boil down his prolixity): No
rational group Of creatures could
live or have lived without q re-
Iigion. | guess he has never visited
Tasmania. Anyway, we Americans
have n religion and IL II was con-
centrated II would be lightning. We
are world-absorbers, titanic an
Iarchists. We are corybantic, nymph-
alep,ic. We are the present. Eu-
rope the past. reborn Asia the fu-
ture. The Louvre, tho Alhambra,
the Vatican and the Kremlin we will
move right over here on the banks
of the Hudson. the oregon and the
Arkansas The heart OF the. world
journeys from the rising to the set
ting sun. That heart. in the breast
OF Aphrodlte, on a galleon of pain.
is now riding the Atlantic en- route
to our millennial sod. The world
sings Its music In cycles. It's our
song now. c
Piutus. the God of Gold. comes
first to a place Of destiny. Then the
horizon is tinged with crimson mists.
and Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty,
appears, II was so with Luxor.
Lucknow, Alexandria, Bagd d a d,
Athens, Venice, Florence and Paris.
II will be the same with Tulsa when
time unfolds what bunglIng reason
hides. Plutus. the God OF Gold, is
not over-welcome at the table OF the
Gods, but he isomost necessary--and
his one dream is the ageless philan-
dering of Aphrodite. And Aphrodite
loves to play with the gold OF Plutus
Gold may he the source OF all evil"
but there Is n kirk in Scotland that
believes In safety first" and con-
signs the passing OF the mite plate
to a one-armed deacon. Brothers
and sisters, there's a fable with n
hidden meaning in that. Any sum
OF money over 25 cents Is n figure OF
speech to a journalist, but never
saw one who despised the green and
yellow balm.
Tulsa, you're a gleam of Aladdin's
lamp. Tulsa, more power to your
Croesian sorceryi Pile up the gold
with the rhapsodio ardor OF the
builders of the Tower OF Babel. You
oil geniuses In Oklahoma are won
oerful: you've got the daring. cour-
age. faith, foresight, faith. indefat-
igable industry and imagination Of
the rarest pioneers that ever tracked
the uncharted. Newton WAS a wild
catter OF the planets; Homer was
OF epic strophes: GHutama
was wildcatter in the white desert
Of God: AMI you Oklahoma super
men gamblers are wildcatters. many |
Of you, OF the Light of the World.