The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
SHRAPNEi.

the same
SHRAPNEL.
every man for himself, and the
ID take the hindmoSt. (Soclal-
ism as exemplihed in Russia today.
Which comes next, another cs-
cape Of the czar or another sinking
of that Turkish cruiser, We've
lost track Of the game.
There was a time when food
prices were regulated by supply and
demand" Today they are regulated
by the greed OF the man"
The Wilson irown has the big
stick beaten forty ways to one.
Why not have shoeless days as
soon as the weather gets warm
enough to go barefoot
If the Japs and Chinese ever do
start in to "manhandle' Russia,
then good night bolshcyiki.
President Nayin Of the Detroit
Tigers declares he will never re-
lease Ty Cobb, will never sell Ty
Cobb, and will never give Ty Cobb
away. That means that we will be
compelled to kidnap Ty Cobb for
the Ardmore nine.
All the dollars in the world could
not buy victory. Because victory is
not purchasable-it is won. Dollars
can work for victory only in so far
as they are converted into labor
and materials. Ii you buy war saw
ings and thrift stamps it will be
possible for the government to
make that conversion.
Nonsinkable ships sounds good.
Now for a nonbreakable airplane,
and then grand rush for Berlin,
Enter a bank with a smile and
your credits good. Walk in with
a crouch. scared look or pleading
voice and your credits rotten. Ask
any banker.
In time of peace saving is virtue
in war time it is a military neces-
sity
America can show the eighth
wonder of the world in that $l5-a-
week male telephone operator who,
posing as Count Edmond Rouselot
di Castillot,' secret conhdant of the
king Of Spain, cut a wide swath in
Gotham society borrowed $4,000
from one fat New York society
dame, tickled an eager young Amer
lean hciress under the chin and
made her believe he was going to
wed her, and then applied to !. p
Morgan for loan OF fifty million
bucks. Some class that, ch, Ard
more lads:
1t was significant news yester-
day from Austria saying that one
| Vienna newspaper declares that
Millions OF thinking people now
point to Count Czernin and Presi-
dent Wilson, and that Prom oui
side, the predisposition to positive
negotiation has never been inter
rupted, and it is to be hoped thai
negotiations will not be interrupted
from the other side Goodness
what will the kaiser say to this OF
is he slyly putting the Austrian tC
the front as a peace feeler? Prob
ability is that the words mean jus
what they say, that Austria is abou
to break in two and really is anx
ious to get out OF war with Amer
ica. The Austrian ruler and his mil
itary supporters can be given credi
for indulging in little bombast dur
, ing this war, leaving that to tn
, kaiser and the lantern jawed crow
, prince, and it need not surprise tn
/ world if some morning before break
: fast u cablgram announces that En-
' pcror Charles has made 4 peac
proposal to one Uncle Sam. Stran
+ ger things have happened in thi
=. war than this suggestion.
+, Certainly it was one joke tina
n came out Of Amsterdam yesterda
d when a cablegram related that tn
&c emperor OF Austria has decorate
=. several Teuton diplomats for the
y work at the peace parley' at Bres
II Litovsk, peace powwow that brok
up in row, and resulted in ful
ther war by Germany on Russia.
. The Wynnewood New Era say
It "Sin and misery always go togethe
y but sin comes first" Certainly; tn
s SerDent got I'm before Eve ri