Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-12
Home Diary.

LONDON. Nov. 9--All this talk
about necessary food and necessary
clothes being beyond the reach or
primary people is getting daily more
absurd 1t IL true that II you stlll
continue to put your faith IN lux.
urv shops you are robbed, but II
you keep wise To the trend OF The
times 1t Is not only easy but it~ls
the patriotic thing to do to use gov
ernmcnt controlled goods and eat
government controlled food When
bought shoes for the family In
May last I paid enormous prices
pair OF school boots for my boy OF
eight cost $40 in n west end shop.
To-day 7 went into a small neighbor-
hood store where working people
trade and found government stand
ard shoes of superior quality, real
leather and hand stitched ana
stamped with the government seal
for S3.75. These shoes are 10 be
found all over England and the re-
tailers get a small commission on
the sale price, which Is stamped on
the sole. They are made by the best
factories and for every fifty pairs
turned out for private sale the gov
crnment demands that fifty stand
ard pairs shall be made. 1f there Is
complaint OF the quality. II for any
reason the goods fall below stand
ard. the factory is deprived OF
leather tp the duration.
Tursday-London is flooded with
war bond guns today. However you
go at the big shops, in the SQUARES,
at the railway stations and In the
hotels arc hoths selling certificates.
Outside are the guns, disabled vet
eran artillery still wearing fantastl-
cal camouflage OF green and purple
and chrome You put your GER
tificate in, pull the string and your
bond is stamped. Mt the same time
registering the amount for all the
world to see. In Trafalgar square
an army OF men, women and child
rem are marching steadily on step by
stcp all day long five abreast into
tho trenches which have been made
in imitation Of those in France.
These lead to the cannon where the
bonds are stamped.
Wednesday --- You would think
that there would be excitement In
tho streets Of London today, that
church bells would ring and that
people would fcverishly walt for the
last conditions. Not "A hit OF It. This
war has gone on too long and has
ravaged this country too mcrcilessly !
for the people who are left to be |
able TO spring TO the celebration OF |
victory at the first snuEEestion Men |
and women read with strained faces |
every word printed and then go |
n bout their work as calmly as they |
did when things looked hlackest last |
spring Inside the houses, among /
tho women, there is a lot OF CULVER /
IL al u T-n
ditional barriers are being broken !
down In nv own house this morn |
ing, my maid meeting me in the !
hail burst out: "I've Just read the |
news In the paper you sent down
this morning. Is II true and !
then she stopped and bmshed as IL ,
she had caught herself speaking to ,
a stranger | was 30 thankful to |
meet her on common ground that | /
ioined in as II II were the most nat
ural thing and we went into the din
ing room where there was n fire and |
had a fine talk. She has perfectly /
clear ideas about things and is up
to-datc in the news, has three broth.
Crs at the front and has lost her
sweet heart, but never until this
morning did II occur to her 10 speak
to me on anv subject not concerning
her work, and when I nave made
about things outside or
bits Of news she has al
ways replied Yes mu'an," THANK
you. ma'am."
Thursday went down 10 Wool
wiCh this afternoon to give talk !
about our Parent Teachers aSsocia-
tion in America and the people were
so Interested that they kept on ask
ing questions long beyond the clos
ing time 50 that I lost my train hack
TO London. The thing that seemed /
to astonish them most was that we ,
women in America were able to aC-
compliSh so much even when we /
were without votes and that so many .
OF MS are too busy doing things to
find time to work for equal suffrage .
! told them about our getting the ,
saloons ont Of mile radius from all |
our schools nj home and they sprlng /
back at me with, But II your town
is not prohibition you had no law be
hind YOU" when | explained that
We took the law into our own hands /