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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
ANOTHER CHANCE.

DFRllAIs the showing Of Red Cross o call ~ Oklahoma Iy and
county , stand comparison with other part, tie state Possibly the
, Averages up with the the that respect u the 'i
remain, that c show ng isn't could he desired nor all Mat should
h, obtained Nothing percent enrolment furnish proper
,rscr TO the roll cali doubtful such result IS possible ln'
,o,. who have hc,ad delayed their payment arc to have a'e'
eN, The war savings Subscriptions throughout "c
week and similar mean, Of providing for the dy likely to be arranged
elsewhere
Here then fitting opportunity Tor observing Christmas week man
r co beautifully in accord with real Christmas spirit that hoped
,ba, anv who have so long postponed such action viii avail themselves
,, las, chance For sake they should not neglect ior the
shame Of the Stacker gutter tic Of those who could sub
scribe and will not the sake Of others they should make '
Red Co, ChridmaS For the welfare Of humanity IS essential That h'
work 90 ON and can be Financed only through public ucroo
1t seems unnecessary enumera,e the phases oi tins work 81"
mercy vet some NAV lie odurate still emphasize the
fact that there are wounded m 10 he healed brave
men who never thought quitting their 1.-the bodies ie sacrifice
IN, altar Of their country Il little tg comparison that
asked Of any or a OF US yet little the difference
between life stricken either ot onr army or
among the allied peoples
And another word added for those allied peoples the regions so
t.n swept BY They need help and he asking IT, but
for wear, they endured such burdens America has been hap
piy spared The the Huns their portion
Their homes laid waste daughters brutal slavery
and vet there was a weakening II they asking help
in hone winning independence and usefulness
thew are asking only little them and than Ameri-
should give with grateful hearts
Those who and dollar will longer withhold the
dollars if their humane That Christmas spirit which
tends to make US all little little onsdea others.
should help final Of the o call for It the spirit OF Christ
Christianity which spck when tho Red Cross calls
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Government ownership another o, in Russia where the boeyk
and finds what formerly prosperous
iuons running behind with failure looming certainly ahead
occasionally with reasonable degree of and sat
siacton but business institution specially the hole
so Russia for evidence that effect, Under government
control and with largely increased railroads promptly showed
deficit while there tho postal department. highly perfected and always
running behind.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

People have been so patriotic for a
year that one nigh, say, IN closing,
that i, looks like a red, white ana
blue Christmas. with the accent on the
wltc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

And here's hoping your Christmas
spirit isn't tho sort which causes a
headache and vain regrets in the c &
dawn of the morning after.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
Ola Sfo1ies
ron Ne Hmes Mse
Twenty Years Ago.
BY BRIGGS
NO ROOM
ukOUQ piRSO

Clarence Douglas has removed from
Nrdmore to thi, city and IS occupying
the MoMufty rcsidcncc.-Purcell Reg
istcr
Billy Oycrholser oi the poSioiiice IS
ill Lhc work ol the p1s;oiiice is so
heavy that II the government doe, not
supply relief in extra clerks. the en-
,ife ioroe will be worn out before the
holidays.
John Hrabe and sor, have given
tho use OF their hall for a Christmas
celebration
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Complaint also made that the service of the express isn't
he government took them Then the express
companies competitors Of the parcel and than
does today when both under the control and about bad
the other
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Twas the night before christmas.
And all through the house
There WAS sufc something surrirg
Friend wife saw "A mouse
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Fashions are such that we have
spotted several who are gAang to
have m unfair advantage when
they hang up their stockings.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Money sometimes makes a fool
OF man, and 1t doesn't always
require a fortune, at that
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
RRg3113i91.6
@eMsAaEz M411HsoeF
CHRISTMAS GLEE.

WELL ring the Christmas bells
w this year without a sob or sigh;
we'll sing the carols, loud and
clear, beneath the winter sky; for we
have dropped the weary weight that
We endured through years OF fate, the
years Of war and Prussian hate, and Z
we are stacking high God rest you,
merry gentlemen, let nothing you dis.
may, for we may sing our hymns
again, as on an older day; the future
seems no longer dour, and like an evil
dream the hour that saw q madman
drunk with power, Is past and done
away. Again the rafters ring with
glee, as in the peaceful days, and on
the spansled Christmas Tree the tapers
shed their rays; the children raise
their joyful shouts, their parents, old
and wintry scouts. forget their ring
bones and their souts, and dance In
iory ways. God rest you. merry gen.
,lemen, and merry ladies, too; the old
gray world is young again. and seems
rs good ss new the night OF misery
departs. the shadows lifted from our
heans, and pesce's kind and useiul
arts once more arise in view. The
woods. the hillsides and the dells AZ
white with Christmas rime, ID let 90
ring the Christmas bells a. In the
olden time and let Us 40 on buoyant
ieet from door 10 door. along the
street, and sing, the carols. old and
sweet that br athe a love sublime.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Hotel the larger plan against prohibition thirteen
state familiar with hotel prices the larger c, have 10 doubt
Of the ability OF the lauilod, 10 finance such a campaign
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

price, keep soaring going to be about the no
which used to go with them during this ics,al
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Mud !, a grcs, institution, in some
WAYS. but It makes rotten highways.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

II /, difficult Tor ono who payS the
grocery bill, 10 understand why am o.
uuc take, anything TO improve his ap-
petite.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

According 10 the Waco Times Her.
aid, what Is tak'ng place In Europe b
whet will take place In any eovntsy
where freedom Isn't the wsseax4d q
oil lsgig!stNq- :
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Among gluton, punishment there the Arkansas who
has lust married ior the twelfth time
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
Fifteen Years kyo.

Mr., Frank + Johnson. who was 10
enjoy a southern trip during the holl-
days. has been obliged TO postpone
the trip owing TO the severe illness OF
her little daughter. flhelWyn.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

As Abe Martin might pu-,t
It's gettin' so ieller can miss a
war movie without feeling un-
patriotic.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

The average investigation finds ont,
q grcl, deal NAT everyone knew III
The llr.t nlalc.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
CONCERNING SUBSTITUTES.

tFf0m the CLINTON Ncssrngfrl
Clu,un is bone dry. al right. hut so
long MS hair tonic and toilet waters
are sold there are some fellows who
" lll continue 10 get drunk.
There j., so much cnuccit in the
world that q man is apt TO think his
opinion Is public opinion
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
AsIT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

When permitted to selec, his own
a loaier picks a busy man
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Mrs. K. A. klcinschmidt is enter
tanning her mother Mrs. Diedrich-
son. OF Milwaukee, Wis.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

We ,rr hy the paper that II i'n,
ann,, inc llw To hug IN Oklahoma.
and auy Other decision ON that point
would have made lot ct people
guilty oi c.n,cmp, Of court or some
thing
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24
fo,.1@,1T ~,
PREACHING AND PRAcrIcING

NJ hNit hND INV
No must confess thing or two,
The while We rush our lshOrs through
50 We can act upon tho plan
We've often urgcd on maid ard man,
which " a. say 90 makes uA wince)
Wen pHifunly1 some merchant prince,
And do our shopping early soon,
quite cifly-ln the Afternoon,
Tho straight confession which ~ good
To. souls Nhlph do not ~ they should
h thereby llnoi from our chest
ma n Wo dldut do our best
To practice wisdom 'htt wo pfotch.
We tell sou 40 and likewise each
That IL u rather common mult
On which 'tWrtc vain - can u halt
The father tolls MS son and heir
NDi 10 pollule his system fair
iy smoking " the hl'hN weed,
Nnd possibly m" suu VIII heed
ThIt san" advice ur stern command,
But did smokes on tu beat the bund
t.rIil the blooming cows come home
or hc IN planted meath the loan.
Tho mother tolls her daughter dear
How perfect ladies should appear
Ana what Hhr ought 10 do and uy
70 register the proper way,
Then mot ~ Journeys tl hTr club
'rr make mistakes Whl'h Huy duh
who knew the rules ~ etiquette
Might well avoid already get
Tho tcsth.r irUa h,r pupils hoW
rf win ha hurrl tof the brow,
lut shr lust keeps On teaching uefe
~ n-fa which Hre hardly iir,
NubsH along the lino " goes,
Ng tGrly even Dolv knows
ma though thrv write pr talk or 'ca'N.
They mrcly practice what they preach.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs A. r. Kerr have ar
rived in the city to take mp a perma-
nen, residence. Their former home
was in Corsicana. Texas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
Flying for Novices

TINE literature of the heavier than air
i flying machine includes works Of a
historical, technical and war time expert
ence nature, but SO far as we know no
volume has been published with the idea
in view Of telling an aspirant for place
in the Air Service, as they style it now in
the army, just what an airplane is and
how it works, and all the other things such
an aspirant has to learn before he can be-
come pilot, an observer or an air fighter
flying alone.
1t is to fill such gap in airplane liter
allure that Flight Commander W. G. Nc
Minnies of the British navy has written
Practical Flying, work for which Major.
Gen. W. s. Braneker of the Royal Air
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

Forces has written a cOmmendatOry IN
PRODUCTION in the course of which he
speaks of "pilots to-day performing evo-
lutions with the utmost confidence which
eighteen months ago meant almost certain
DEATH"
The aviator-author of this text has per-
formed his work well, for in the simplest,
clearest language he tells his reader every
thing he needs to know. After discussing
the type of man who makes flier he
describes the Theory and Practice Of
Flight; the Elementary Principles Of Air
plane Engines ard Causes Of Engine
Troubles; the successive moves made in
learning to fly; the use and working Of
the many instruments that are part Of
the modern military airplane; and map
reading. There is also an excellent CLOS
sary of terms commonly used in aviation.
Flight Lieut.. f. J.. Ford, R. n, has
contributed many illustrations and dia-
grams that are models of clarity and of
much use in making plain the technicali-
ties of the machines and their progress
through the air. Although the book is
written solely from the viewpoint Of Brit
ish practice in flying, that does not miti-
gate in the least its very great value to
the beginner in the art of aviation, to
whom it can be heartily recommended.
PRACTICAL FLYING. By FLIGHT Com
WANDER W. G. McMlNNIEs, r. n. George
Ii. DOran Company. $3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
The Attack Develops Along Five Fronts

that period of his career was captain
and was lecturing at the Naval War Col
lege at Newport, r. /. He not only said
TO his navy officer pupils that it was "a
work I commend heartily to you,' but he
cited the book as IAN apt illustration Of
the interesting change in the direction Of
naval thought in the last thirty years
Mahan constantly quoted from it and said
he meant to-" And if we had no other
evidence of the value and high importance
CT this work the praise Of the leading
American authority on sea power and
naval strategy is witness enough to its
merits.
The text of this second edition is iden-
teal with that in the first. What Sir
Julian proposed to do in his work was
to show through the Seven Years War
tour concurrent French and Indian War;
the Importance of that element which he
styles "the function Of the feet in war;"
which reaches higher and more widely
than what is usually understood by naval
strategy, and which, combined with the
functions of the army and diplomacy,
forms part Of major strategy that
overtops naval strategy proper. Corbett
styles the war he has studied to throw
light on this perfection of combined
strategy "Pitt's War;" owing to the fact
that Pitt and his System" was the real
cause of England's victory.
The importance Of Corbett's work lies
in the fact that it impresses on its
readers the writer's appreciation Of in
ternational conditions as an essential fac
tor in all military plans" an element of
naval strategy which not so long since
was decried. And Capt. Mahan said in
his lectures at the War College that the
greatness Of Pitt in respect to the conduct
of the war lay in the fact that Pitt con-
trolled the naval, military and the diplo-
matte factors, stressing in his talk the
word "and."
IF there are any students Of naval his
tory or strategy or international affairs
who have missed this work we recommend
it to them not alone for its technical as
pect but for the grave charm Of the
authors incisive, forward moving style.
ENGLAND IN THE SEVEN YEARS
WAR. By SIR JULIAN 8. CoRBEFT. Long
mans, Green Co. ~.
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The Orators Plattsburg

a YEAR ago Montaville Flowers, to
"A whose sonorous name may be
properly attached the sonorous title Of
president Of the International Lyceum
and Chautauqua Association Of America,
had an idea. 1t was to assemble in Wash
ington many representative authorities on
international politics, military affairs, la
Dor, government and sociology; and when
they had thus been gathered together to
have them crate on the war, its causes,
and the possibilities of its aftermath.
The meeting was called the National
Conference of American Lecturers and
took place April S-13 last. A Washing
ton editor said Of the meeting: "The Ma
tional Conference Of American Lecturers
came to Washington on Monday morning
wholly unknown; by Tuesday morning
Washington had discovered that it was a
new governmental institution; not an in
stitution Of the Administration, not po-
itical institution, but governmental in
stitution through which public opinion
had found national voice"
Now in spite of the title of the meeting
all the speakers were not lecturers"
word which usually connotes a speaker
who is either a sentimentalist or bore.
Many Of those who addressed the confer
ence were men of quite another caibre.
Andre Tardieu, French High Commits
sioner; Lord Reading, Herbert c. Hoover,
the Belgian Minister, Benedict Crowell,
Assistant Secretary of War; Father John
A. Ryan Of the Catholic University, and
Gustavus Myers were some who spoke.
Forty-fve men and women were heard,
and what they said has been printed in a
volume Of 1863 pages entitled What Every
american Should Know Abou. the War,
title, by the way, that is not likely to
attract attention to the book, more's the
pity, since it is full Of admirable and in
formative reading matter.
Much better is the description given of
the text by the nameless author Of the blurb
on the cover folder, that "this volume is,
in sense, training camp for the minds
Of all patriotic American men and wom-
en-" It is nothing less, and is well worth
reading by all Americans who like to do o
little Intellectual and patriotic training
every day.
WHAT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT THE WAR. EDITED By
MoNTAvILLE FLOWERS. George H. Doran
Company. 81.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
KNITTING and Sewing"
Mrs. NiColls Book
he subtitle of Knitting and Seaing,

THE subtitle of KNITTING and Seaing,
L by Maud Churchill Nieoll Mrs.
De Lancey NieolD, says explicitly thai
the book tells show to make seventy use
full articles for men in the army and
navy" The reader, without instituting au
actual count, will probably gain the i'm
preston that there are decidedly more
than seventy. For the book gives direc-
tons, addresses and illustrations of ma
terials and processes; it illustrates the
different yarns with eolored plates; it de-
seribes plain and fancy stitches for muf-
fers, waistcoats, ties; tells how to make
helmets, caps, muf1ers, gloves, sweaters,
belts and ten kinds of socks!
Such specialties as mine sweepers gloves
and "doddies' are included, and there are
directions for making channels articlesT
waistcoats, body protectors, underwear.
Mrs Nicoll was one of those Americans
who never we're neutral, least of all in
thought. In December, 1914, she began
a course in nursing; in April, 1915, she
got her diploma; in July, 1915, she went
to England to serve and had hardly be-
gun there when she was run down by an
automobile. Ever since she has lived in
London, spending much time in bed and
still, after three years of treatment, able
to walk only the least bit with crutehes.
And so she has knitted. And knitting
she determined to help others to knit.
She wrote this book at home in London,
hard by the anti-aircraft battery in Hyde
Park, during the period Of the Zeppelin
and Gotha raids, some twenty-five in num-
Der. She escaped unhurt.
All this Mr. Nicon tells in his short
preface, and he adds most unusual facts
All profits from the sale of the book, ac-
cruing to the publisher, the George Il
Doran Company, as well as to the author,
ere to 60 to the American Red Cross.
The book: being written in England,
specifies English yarns, but publishers
note gives American equivalents and there
Will be no difficulty in obtaining suitable
materials here.
KNITTING AND SEWING. BY MAUD
CHURCHILL NIcoLL. George b. Doran
Company. sl.75.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
A Naval History of
the Seven Years War

" HERE have been few books de-
i voted to war written in the last
decade which have been reprinted since
1914 so well worth while as Sir Julian
s. Corbett's England in the Seven Years
War; A Study in Combined Strategy.
When originally published, in 1908 We be-
ieve, it made a profound impression IN its
naturally limited field, one of its greatest
admirers being Admiral Mahan, who at
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
"Stakes of the War"
Omits the Great Stake

A-ThEolDEN lAFl as every
IL one knows, is extremely good
natured, and never was more so than
when he wrote the first -aid-to- book re
viewers foreword to Stakes Of the Var,
by Lothrop Stoddard and Glenn Frank.
In fact We were tempted to quote it
and let that suffice, but for the fact that
the immortal phrase of Anatole France
about book reviewing popped up into
our memory, and we decided to permit
our soul to have another adventure in
This masterpiece. The adventure was
disappointing
What Stoddard and Frank have at
tempted to do in this work is to spread
before the general reader the historical,
political, racial, religious, cultural and
economic facts about the twenty -four
countries, colonies. and one city-Con-
stantinople-tha are included in what
biS w tutlT lItlt. lUtlE
viewpoint is that of the older diplomacy,
as their language is rich in what Poe
SO wittily called its cant
To them the peace discussions of the
future between the representatives of
the Allies and the Central Powers mean
a group of dignitaries arrayed in moth
ing less formal than morning coats as
sembled around great table in fam
boyant salon parcelling out Belgium,
Finland, the Ukraine and Constantinopie
among their respective Powers. OF the
great moral idea behind this war, Of the
conflict of two types Of Government, no
trace exists in their pages. Historically
their diplomacy advances no farther than
that existing at the close Of the Franco
Prussian War.
Granting that that aspect Of the text
is immaterial, we may examine it merely
from the viewpoint of the facts pre-
scented. One Of the striking Examinations
they have made is the South Sea Islands,
which Germany surely desires to regain
q claim to, which Australia, Britain and
Japan will voice decided objections.
Again, any general reader who would
take the slightest interest in work of
this character knows that the economic
status and future of all the countries that
are "stakes Of the war" are Of the high
est importance in considerations of this
kind. Yet beyond Belgium, Luxembourg
and German Samoa no statistics Of this
kind are given, although they are readily
available, since those quoted are not later
than for 1913.
In addition to the above mentioned
assembled elements there are listed the
nations controlling the several countries,
&C., before and during the war, the
Powers Immediately interested in them
and the solutions Of the problems
created by the war that have been sug-
gested. The tone of these may be indi-
Gated by the statement that the posses
sion Of Belgium by Germany would rem
der reasonably practical German in
vasion of England by virtue of q solid
German foothold on the English Chan
MEL"
Such q statement represents tradition,
not thought. Germany has had such
foothold now for four years and has not
dared attempt an invasion OF Great Brlt-
ain. The statement on page 1862 that
China leased Kiao-chau to Germany in
1896, the year before the German squad
ron occupied that port as a punitive
measure, is an obvious slip.
STAKES OE THE WAR. BY -LoTHRoP
Sronn,pn AND GLENN FRANK. The Cen
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

Each With Appredation BY DIX WILFRl
Honore willde, In The New York Times Maga
story writer In the country whm Norman Duncan
Too Volsmes Each illustrated
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-13
INTERSTATE RATES STAND;
FLORIDA WINS BIG VICTORY
McAdoo Rescinds Confscatory Part
of the Means Florida Will
Get Even Break.

Get Even Break.
Washington, June 13.-Modifca-
tions Of the recent freight rate in
crease order, announced last night by
Director General McAdoo, provides
that the plan by which interstate rates
would have been cancelled when IN
conflict with interstate rates shah Be-
'rescinded; tnat the minimum Charge
of SIS a car shall not apply to local
switching movements, nor to heavy
articles, such as brick, sand, lumber,
ore and coal; that the increase of fif-
teen cents hundred pounds on cotton
is to apply to any quantity instead of
only to carloads.
This modification removes the pro-
vision of the original order which
would have raised rates on many in
trastate shipments on a double basis,
first imposing higher interstate sched-
ules where they existed for interstate
hauls and then raising these interstate
rates rs per cent. In many southern
and western states the result would
have been to increase charges several
hundred per cent.