Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-12
Never Was There Such
Rejoicing as That of
Yesterday.
ANY OLD WAY RIGHT WAY
Impulse Rules as People
Give Vent to Pent-
Up Feelings.
Peace ran riot in Tulsa yesterday.


Exuberance. pent up for over a
year and half. was unleashed as n
by the magic which brings wax tdl-
ness out OF dreams and fop' "a
boisterous hours Tulsa celebrated
the greatest event in the history Of
the world as no other eveB' was ever
celebrated or ever will je celo-
bratcd
There was nothing to indicate that
false hopes had previously turned
loose the floodgates OF joy. II any
energy had been out OF season and
in advance OF the real ev-nt whose
celebration the world had been wait
ing for, there was nothing in the
temper Of VivaCiousno% OF the
crowds 10 indicate that this was any
thing but the original and only bill
without dress rehearsals Bedlam
had apparently been outstanding its
forces during all the months Of
bloodshed and strife for this eli
max which found itself when once
the magic word went forth that the
world was at the thresh old OF peace
again.
ont OF the stiffness OF the night
II came. II was ,imost canny In its
manner Of intruding itself upon the
minds Of those thousa ndS who had
been waiting for such a word, but
whose minds had become stccleJ to
the uncertainties Of war, and who
slept in serene confidence that "A
divine Providence would soon direct
the world back along the paths of
peace.
The shrek of n factory whistle
followed by other shrieks thrust the
announcement in to the dreams OF
the night II was the siren OF peace
but those who heard II wanted the
assurance that there was no mistake
this time. II was . o'clock yesterday
morning that peace and hedlam
reached Tulsa, hand In hand From
that time on there was nothing to do
but to allow this SUPERB -cnthusiasm
accumulated during lS months Of
tense, heart breaking sacrifice and
anxiety to spend itself All tempera-
ments were one. The staid banker
and the hard handed laborcr looked
upon deCOrum from the same
heights, The matron.y housewife
and the woman OF the streets forgot
everything but the great topic
Peace had come and the whole
world was rejoicing
Any way to celebrate was the
proper way. II was day of i'm
pulse. Whatever came 10 mind was
the proper thing to do. Proprietics
went into the discard and what in
peaceful times might be looked a.
as unCOuth or unchaste. in
Yesterdays peace time. WIS passed by
in a spirit Of forEetfulncss and for
givinEness as being perhaps suited
by circumstance to the most momcn-
tous event in history.
So 1t went by. within ten minutes
after the sirens proclaimed the news. |
guns were popping ana automobiles
were being taken out OF their garages /
to he put In trim for this day OF
all days. Anything for JOY was tn" /
An old tin wash,ub was /
A boon. Tied to the rear Of the |
it served to drag the past I
IN the dust and boom the kaiser's .
loom az it flopped over the rough .
places and sent out its din Flags |
we're everywhere. Anything that
)Ore tho culors was appropr ,at" as
IN ornament. Service flags which |
nave hung in conspicuous places as
hinEs sacred and only to be touched .
n spirit Of reverence, were torn
rom walls and windows and borne
Is streamers from automobiles whose
,wpers proudly proclaimed that they
lad a real part In winning the war
which had been so gloriously termi-
lated
Pack and forth. the crowds surg"d
IS the day advanced. for daylight
rad found the downtown streets as
'ullv alive as il it were midday Ry
light o'clock, traffic along Main
street was at a standstill, except ror
he cclehrators. II early became cv-
dent that business must stand aside
or peace so the keys went into the
loors Of business houses and their
and tho clerks Joined /
he thhbnEs which echoed the peace
icws
A steady procession of automobiles
With their Cclehrants chOkcd com 4
,letely at Third and Main streets and !
ttempts to cross hcrS were useless
'hief OF Police Allen early In tho
lay found that his task was set and
hat the best that could he done was
u prevent peace riot from becOm-
ny nm open riot
Practically cveE misrcmcanor ON
he statute books was erased for The
law II would have been useless to