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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
Luke McLlke Saws.

Funny how women will try to fool
themselves. For instance, every woman
believes that she can make good coffee.
II some girls ever did get money
enough 10 buy a pair Of stockings thar
cost $40, they wouldn't he happy unless
they wore their skirts so that abou,
$40 worth OF the stockings would show
They claim that practic, makes per
feet and that experience is the best
teacher But you may have noticed that
the more times a man gets married the
less sense he displays in picking a wife
Even when she remembers tha, he
once called har the sweetest thing in
the world. a woman will claim that her
husband has no Imagination.
The old fashioned man who wai
tIckIed 10 death when he got a pair o
red-topped boots for 4 birthday presen
now has a son who is highly peeyeC
unless he gets an up-to-thc minute road
'tcr for birthday present
We hate to knock the movie heroes
but It sure would jar a fillum fan il
said fan ever got look at a real COW.
boy and discovered that a cowboy otter
wears oyeralls and a derby hat and ir
many ways resembles and smells like
the men who act as chambermaids ir
city livery stables.
One Of the remarkable things in life
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

is how easily a little, weak, ninety
pound woman can break big, l9O
pound man
II a man ever found as much hair in
the comb after he combcd hi, hair as 0
woman does he would have a kiuen iit
Bn a woman doesn't do any worrying
She saves the combful and put 1t back
on her head.
Once IN a while a man takes a day
off when he celebrates his birthday Bul
it is regular thing for a woman "a
take a year off when she celebrates q
birthday
We never could understand why a
woman who lives on her husband think,
It IS up to her 10 scorn the woman who
works for her living.
Maybe if his wife wouldn't rsminC
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

original pledge, as was the case OF I.
w. Taylor who doubled his amount
promised. The total amount comprised
l40 receipts, some Of the largest
contributors being l. {. Thurman.
Theodore Maxiield x Co, the Knights
Of Pythias, Parker Gordon Cigar Co,
and i A Gross Construction Go.
The department IS starting tclc-
ohone campaign on Wednesday for all
delinquent plcdgers, and IS calling for
Volunteer helpers in this work There
is work for six assistants. and it is
hoped that at least this many II not
more, will offer their services,
The Red Gro" Surgical Dressing
rooms are cutting fiveyard rolls Tor
Wednesdays work and the Tuesdays
output is very gratifying to the depart
ment 3J8 eight by twelve pads were
made sixty fiye-yard rolls completed
and 200 two by two wipes were placed
on the shelves ready for shipment The
En- Avant club and the Maywood Pres.
byterian units are at the Central Surgi.
cal workshop for the day, together with
many high school girls whose nmhl,
fingers are proving surprisingly eff.
cient, and who vii be sorely missed
when September calls them back ts
their studies.
The Epworih and Sixteenth unit has
changed the time for its mecling'
from to { o'clock to new hours which
are from 8 10 II O'Clock on Tucsda,
mornings. There were sixteen womc
present Tuesday OF this week, and a
large amount Of work was accom-.
plished, among which were ten refugee
shirts.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
Problems
,%We Heart
Y MIS- EZLLdHt2H IIGTAl2)tW

EAR MRS. THOMPSON: | am a
young girl of l8 and | have been
going with a boy two years my
senior love this boy very much and
he loves me, but he gets very mad at
me If talk to anyone else EXCEPT him
as he is very jealous boy lie got
angry az me ome time ago because !
didn't go home with him. ! didn't tell
him that was going home alone or
with someone for | don't think he has
TO know everything | do.
Now he won't speak to me when
we meet each other | love this boy
very much and want him to come hack
to me. but will not speak first What
shall | do? YOURS TRUl Y.
You cannot expect him to come back
II you do not speak to him. 1t is your
place to speak first OF course he
should look pleasant enough so that you
would feel encouraged to speak. 1t was
not necessary to give him reason
why you could not let him take you
home. But naturally he drew the con-
clusiOn that someone else did. An cx-
iremcIy Jealous person is never a very
satisfactory friend
Dear Mrs Thompson. I have been
married seventeen years. Ny husband
and | have been separated three years.
lie drank a great deal and was not
good to me. left him but we have
coPveSponded Of late. He wants me
TO come and live with him again but
| can't make up my mind to 60 al
though ! still love him. What must
| do, go TO him or stay where | am and
sue for divorce as have been think
ing OF doing Tor some time? Please
tell me what would be the best.
BLUES.
Do not 60 back TO your husband TN
less you are very sure that he has
stopped drinking Write a letter TO
the company he works for and see what
they have to say about his conduct To
go back to him now might make II i'm
possible for you to get a divorce for
some time in case you wish IT, After a
separation Of three years you would not
have trouble getting one. Since vou
love your husband a divorce would be
unwse Believe in him and consent to
return when he can prove that he has
not touched liquor for a year.
pear Mrs Thompson: ! have been
goifs about with a girl l8 years old for
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

him Of it so often man might live cons
lentedly with her withou, noticing that
he had ceased to love her.
Give your enemy a little credit.
Though all your friends forget you, you
can bet that he won't
The average woman may have a hard
time remembering names and faces. But
she has a wonderful memory for hats.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

81 7RS. HENRY OVERHOLSER
INN of 4OS Wcs, Fifteenth street
IWI will leave the first Of the week
= VS g., .aat Coior,do nb.r. ,b,
q, W wv ,L Np'', -'., 80 ".'N ,,..
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'e'noe' 10 a
Me, Norr, U,rrb,'r, and marty
of tr,.,d, from Houston TryaT w,r,
~. r,,.,ts ot Ne Z EJo,- tTo,roId
100 Weo, c;.,oan,L s,ra., ~, Tns,d,y
.rho 49,, !. c,a,or;,a ,v,,,, ~ ~ Cbi,,go ,TJ
.,ao,rd mo rJ't :, . ,onnJ ,re J@,y @ ,y,,b NJr,
tIo,,oIJ
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
LukeML14e
His Column
(ODl<LsA-LLI Nm


Lose. lose. lose,
Wen soon be an also rnn.
And Oh Tor u flork of pit.hDra
VINO could nuke tho bAiterN fan.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
N6fflerfs
TELEPHONES.

sewinn and Rnittins de.
Ftuneni, Maple t2iR.
Centrn' surgical DrcssinEs depart
Int Maple sDl.
Eiks Hail sight Surgical Dressings
W, Maple y16.
~ omen. Council Of Defense. Maple
Med Cross Chapter Secretary. Maple
heii-t. Maple tsO.
offices for Ited Croas
bsses In first aid, hume caro- Of the
" and dietetlcs, Maple i47B.
Ted Cross CHnieen service. Maple
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
Mvsiernns Nine

The figure nine is the most my0cri-
Gus Of all numerals Multiply it by
any number and add the result; it will
always total one Of more mines.
Take any row Of figures you please
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

The convic'S had ON orchestra; twas
bad, twiEt you and me.
Thcy were familiar with tho burs but
they couldn't gof the key.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
Oneer

A temper rs a useless thing
That you can't ''ll or buy:
There's not soul that wants &c.,
Yet 20 keep II We Oh Try.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

Gabe-Money IS the root Of all evil
Steye-Yes, and we are all busy dig
gng.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07
Aftrr the Hnnevmnnn-

She-Does his wife look up to him9
He-She used TO, now she sits up for
him.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

Miss Ida l.. Webster IS holding the
position OF sporting editor on one OF
the Toronto daily newspapers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

about ten months and we have been en-.
gagged for about three months The
girl has asked me several times II she
could keep on writing letters to boy
friends, have always told her that
| did not think it was right that she
should do not write to other girls
or care anything for them. Do YOU
think she should keep on writing to
other boys? NOBBY.
She should not write to other boys
,ince you object II thev are soldiers
,hc probably feels that her letters mean
too much 10 them for her to stop writ
ing even # you do object Do not in
slst upon her giving up correspondence
with soldiers.
Dear Mrs. Thompson have been
keeping company with a young lady Tor
the past three months, and | think a
good deal OF this lady. She treats me
as ! could expect from any lady, but al
the same time her father seems 10 be
very indifferent as to my calling al
his home TO see my friend, although he
has never said anything to me. but he
{, always saying something to her about
me calling 10 see her, and she tells
me about II.
also have another young lady friend
that | think lust about as much OF as
the one that | am keeping company
with now, but she is not located IN this
city Do you think that it would be
best for me 20 discontinue calling TO
see lhis lady and call on the other one
~ continue. as / am, against her
fathers will, JIMMIE.
Paint heart never won fair lady"
! II you care Tor lhc girl, don't give her
! mp just because her father objects TO
YOU There IS no reason why you
should not keep both the girls as friends
until you decide TO marry one OF them.
III
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

In Scotland il is a belief that idiots
are incapable OF sncczing and the pow
cr to DO so is deemed evidence Of the
possession Of a certain degree Of in
'elligcnCc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

The verdont green and tho Impld sheen
Where wood and water meet.
The ancient view. ma only twD
on the ancient rustic sent
The wHrh'ing birds. ME- tender words.
The sound ~ % klaG Jr two.
And HE story old has again been told,
A / have no doubt sou knew
-Lipp.nDOtts
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

Mother, want that basket, want
t basket, Mother You know
en't used sugar in my ice tea for
Ks and weeks and | have saved 50
ts. | know | have" That basket
in the Liberty kitchen and the
thful admirer was the little daughter
Leo Myer All food conservation-
are sure to receive their reward.
Dough it may not be so visable as the
ket. After a visit to all departments
he kitchen the happy little Hoover
|" left with the basket on her arm.
a smile that won't wear off
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

pear Mrs Thompson: | have been
GOING about with girl l8 years old for
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-07

The headquarters of the Red Cross
Tort wonderful returns from the pay
nt OF pledges, SSS477 being turned
% their Golfers on Tuesday. People
responding readily TO the cause. aud
,st every one IS prompt and gencr-
:. Some are addin~ m1-c ihzn ,t-'-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
AS to Remarkable Longevity.

We have ali read of Thomas Parr,
who lived to be one hundred and fifty
two. Likewise of the countess of Des-
mOnd, one hundred and forty-five !;
Margaret Patten, one hundred and
thirty-seven; Thomas Damme, one
hundred and sixty-four; John ROvin,
one hundred and seventy-two; and Pc
ter TOrton, wno reached the age of one
hundred and eighty-fve. But these
cases Of extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept, and dates of occurrences
were usually fixed by associating them
in memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
A mans identity was liable to be con-
fused with that Of grandfather of
the same name.
Nowadays nobody lives to any such
ages. Why imagine that the extreme
limits of longevity have shrunk within
the last two or three centuries?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
Winters Discipline

He who marvels at the beauty of the
world in summer will find equal cause
for wonder and admiration in winter.
It is true the pomp and pageantry are
swept away, but the essential elements
remain-the day and the night, the
mountain and the valley, the elemen-
tai play and succession, and the per-
petual presence Of the infinite sky In
winter the stars seem to have rekin-
died their fires, the moon achieves a
fuller triumph, and the heavens wear
a look of more exalted simplicity
Summer is more woOing, more
versatile and human, appeals to the
affections and the sentiments, and fos-
ters inquiry and the art impulse. Win
ter is Of a more heroic cast, and adj
dresses the intellect. The severe
studies and disciplines come easier in
winter. One imposes larger tasks upon
himself.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
Remedies for the Earache.

For an earache, dry heat is the SAT-
est remedy. Never should the mother
drop oil or anything else into the ear
without being especially ordered to do
so by doctor. A small hot-water bag
with flannel cover, q kid glOve-finger
filled with salt and then heated in the
oven, or, simply, flannel made very
hot and covered by another one to hold
in the heat, may be placed over the
baby's ear to relieve the pain. If this
does not seem enough, then small
rubber ear-syringe may be- filled with
hot water; and while the lobe of the
ear Isl gently held downward and back
ward the mother should use the
syringe carefully, then apply the hot
flannel after drying out the ear. When
pus has formed, or if this simple treat
ment does not relieve the acute pain,
a doctor should be asked to examine
the ear. Possibly the drum membrane
may need to be opened. Hot boric
acid solution or some other disinfect-
ant will be needed to syringe the
ear if pus is Observation-Disclosures
Wheeler, in the Peoples Home Jour
nal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
First Irish Coaching Company.

In 1915, an Italian, named Bianconi,
started the first coaching company in
ireland, running long cars over vari
Gus regular routes. Long ears soon
became the safest and most reliable
means Of travelling over Ireland, and
Bianconi turned rich and prosperous
Writing in or about 1912, Mr. and Mrs
Hail. who have written much of Ire
land tell us that persons of the high
est responsibility" used the long cars
for travelling. At this time, although
these cars passed through 12S towns,
they had not made their way into the
north of ireland. The cars varied con-
siderably in size, requiring from one to
four horses. The fare, even over the
rOcl<iest roads in the West, was two
pence farthing mile. The Halls care
fully explain that passengers We're pro-
vided with ''dry and comfortable horse
hair cushions and aprons and that, in
wet weather, the long cars never jour
neyed more than two stages without
changing the cushions.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
FIT TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON
Shaft at National Capital Is One OF
the Most Remarkable Ever
Built by Man.

The foundation of the great shaft of
the Washington monument is 81 feet
square and is set in solid rock eight
feet below the surface of the earth.
The interior is only % feet in diameter,
while the exterior diameter is % feet.
This shows the tremendous thickness
of the walls, which are made of per-
fectly fitted stones. No wonder that
this Obelisk has been called "the best
piece of masonry in the world"
Many nations, as well as many cities
and states, wished to contribute to this
great cenOtaph, and as the visitor en-
ters the monument and takes his place
in the big elevator, he may see, as ne
slowly mounts, various interesting
stones from all parts of the world. He
may catch a glimpse of a stone from
"Braddock's field" one from the "bat-
tlefield of Long Island" one from the
Alexandrian library in Egypt, one
from the tomb of Napoleon at st. Hell
ena, a mosaic block from the ruins OF
Carthage, lava from Vesuvius and
stones from Jerusalem and Mecca, be-
sides blocks contributed by 40 states,
Is cities and towns and A societies.
Ten foreign countries sent blocks OF
stone, suitably inscribed, to testify to
their regard.-Mary V. Worstell in st.
Nicholas.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
Pidqin English.

The world pidgin, or pidgeon. as
connected with English, is a China
mans poor attempt to pronounce the
word business. Brewer gives it-busi-
ness, bidginess, bidgen and pigeon.
Pigeon English, therefore, means bust
ness In English. It is q strange ad-
mixture of English, Chinese and Por-
tuguese, and is used in all parts Of
the far east as a means Of communi-
cation between the natives and the
foreigners. During nearly half cen
fury, and especially since the opening
of many ports to Europeans, business
relations have developed to such vast
proportions and reached into so many
channels that some universally under
stood means of communication became
absolutely necessary, and pidgin or
pigeon English was the natural result.
Its requirement in the coast ports, at
all events, is a matter of Importance
both with traders and with natives,
who seek situations in foreign employ,
and 1t has become popular as a medi-
nm of communication.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
How to Tell AGE of Eaas.

There is simple method of ascer-
tanning the age of eggs, based upon the
fact that the airy space at the broad
end of the egg increases with its age.
Now, when the egg is placed in a
tumbler of water in which any amount
of common salt is dissolved, it will,
with increasing age, tend ever more to
assume position with its longitudinal
axis in a perpendicular direction. A
fresh laid egg will lie horizontally on
the bottom of the vessel. An egg from
three to four days old will rise with it's
broad end, SO that its longitudinal axis
forms with its horizontal axis an angle
of 20 degrees. At the age of eight days
the angle increases to 45 degrees, at
the age of two weeks to 60 degrees,
and at the age of three weeks to about
rs degrees. When the egg is more
than month old 1t will float perpen-
Mcularly on its small end.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
Nicknames of Cities.

Baltimore, Monumental City; Bos-
ton. Hub, Puritan City and City of No
tons; Brooklyn, City of Churches ;
Buffalo, Queen City of the Lakes; Chi
cago, Garden City; Cincinnati, Queen
City; Cleveland, Forest City; Detroit,
City of the Straits Hannibal, Mo-.
Bluff City; Indianapolis, Railroad City (;
Keokuk, Ia, Gate City; Louisville,
Fall City Lowell, Mass, City of Spin
dies; New Haven City of Elms; New
Orleans, Crescent City; New York, EN-
pire City; Philadelphia, Quaker City ;
Pittsburgh, Smoky City and Iron City ;
Portland, Me-, Forest City; Rochester,
n. Y, Flour City; st. Louis, Mound
City; San Francisco. Golden Gate ;
Springfield, H., Flower City; Wash
ington, City of Magnificent Distances.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
PASSED OVER BY TOURISTS
Switzerland Preserves Air Of
Medieval Days.

GruyereS is one of the few spots in
Switzerland whore the tourist is few
and far between. It is an out OF the
way little hamlet where many old GUS
toms have survived among the peas
ants, and doubtless sooner or later the
visitors will discover it and some one
will erect a hotel with 800 rooms on
the site of the present inn and parties
will be made up in Geneva to watch
the peasant dances, and ladies from
Texas and Brazil will be taking photo
graphs Of the ancient cottages on ev-
cry corner.
The town clusters in a tiny compact
group of houses around the site Of the
old castle, as is the way of towns that
were built in the day when castles
were used for protection, and not to
eXort two franc tips from the visitor.
The streets of Gruyeres are narrow
and short; they run at unexpected an
giles and end in little squares and tri-
angles, where daily markets are held.
In one of these squares there is an an
cient stone carved into hollows of va
riOuS sizes. At the bottom of each
hollow is stone plug. This stone is
the time hallowed village measure for
grain and dry produce of all kinds.
The seller pours one of the hollows
full, and the purchaser pulls out the
plug to let the grain run into his
basket.
The houses about the little streets
might be copies of medieval illustra-
tons, and the dates on many of them
go back to medieval times. Each house
has it's little garden full of simple
mountain flowers and in the doorway
or in the garden itself the women sit
at work on the embroidery which is
famous local product Gruyeres is
known for it's embroideries and it's
cheeses, both of which are strong and
guaranteed to wear well.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-05-31
lGORROTES HAVE ODD HABITS
Use No Cutlery, Grabbing Food Out of
a Common kettle-Presented
With a Spoon.

After interviewing me for half an
hour the old chief led me to the feast,
says Edward S. O'Reilly, describing a
visit to the IgOrrotes in the World Out
look. Two huge iron kettles were SIM
mering on the fire. One was filed with
rice and the other had q kind of Irish
stew.
Like all Filipinos, the Igorrot eats
with his hands, but fished q tin spoon
out of my saddle pockets and gave
them lesson in table manners. They
watched every bite took with amaze
ment. After the meal was finished, the
spoon was passed around and carefully
inspected. Seeing that the old chief
was greatly interested In this new-fan-
gled instrument, presented it to him
in a neat after-dinner speech.
He accepted it with delight. Having
no pockets, he stuck the spoon through
q hole in his ear, where he wore it with
a jaunty pride.
Then came the dancing. Hour after
hour they kept it up, beating their TOM
toms and little brass kettles and cir
cling about the fire. They danced in
ordered formation, going through evo-
lutiOns that would have done credit to
a Broadway chorus. In the shadow of
ing with arms outstretched, chanting
in subdued monotone and sWaying to
the rhythm.