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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Pittsburgh steel COMPANY, quarterly Of
81. - on preferred; payn bic December ! 10
holders of record November -
Continental Paper Bag COMPANY qua r
terly OF | y per cent ON preferred and com
mon, payable November II to stock Of record
November S
Diamond Match Company uuartc.ly of =
per cent parabc December 10 to stock ui
record November 30
Detroit United Railway COMPANY. quar-.
tcrty of 81 share, payable December | tu
stock of record November IL.
Silvcrsmths Company. S'mlannual of ::
per cent On common and quarterly of y.
ptr cent ca preferred. both payable Nuvcin-
byr II to holders of record November o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
FRESH FRUITS

r., Oranges and lemons were quiet ana easier.
,iuns: Apples, New YORK. per bbl.-WeaIthy
Sam 5;a0 Alexander. 81 at; Fall Pippln, 81
90; SNOW. Sim5; Maiden Blush. SIm5. 30;
Hghba lh lr, rdston s4@' ~ Ora yenstein So. 500
Hq5' various yarties $a@+; apples. Penn
sxxlHHnan9ii47 nnI, wrS,n1ac nsr hbl.,ir',nes
Zen Davis, 81 400 ! ~; York lmperiql, s.. 80
basket, toc a 81. ~; do. pei, bush, basket.
l3c@ 81 40 crabapples rer q bush basket
$3.50 ounces, New York: per bbl,. sdgs;
YORK, per hush, haasket-Neurre, bose, saa.
? Jo sheldon $sas pears, California. p.r
a.; lemons, per boz, SOC; ORANGES, Calf
furnia. prr box, 5000; do Florida ner
crate. ss@i; grapefruit. per box; -sag4
Pnsaphlies, Gpban, pes eFats so 51; ds'
Jersey, per bush boy, s.,oo@sll2; grapes
concord, % a 30e. Delaware, aid27e; grapes
New York, per lSIl5, basket CONCORD 81; p
ga ntaloupes Colorado. Honey Dew per fiat
crate sl.50M2: Cassaba melons western
per crate, s2M Ia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
can. Money Committee Unfair

Sn,al;ine Of the restrictions placed on
snerulation by the New YORK money
committce-ror II still continues a ier
tile field for dlscussion-the pfht'p"'
mariner of a large brokeraee an" III
vestrueut house said yesterday lhat IL
was hardly fair for the committee to
toka such action in the way they ana
as thrv punished the decent innocent
with the guilty. The time selected 10
nut the drastic rule into offec'. too ne
said was i'll chosen, ms every hrm Whch
had any sense of honor or decshrE was
busy helping with the Liberty Loan ahd
i'm other ways employing every means
,o prevent even the appearance OF going
into the money market III 'ohP''ll'""
with the Government
The root of the whole trouble ne saln
could ha traced to "A few dlSreputaple
concerns. which took advantage of the
decent firms being engaged IN the I4'p-
erty Loan campaign TO boost the mar
ket in a most unreasonable manner Tor
certain stocks whose value Is questionable
and sending them un 10 SIX ana seven
times their real values Il inoW inns
he said, "as | am on the board of some
of the concerns represented by these
stocks. of course" he continued, there
were some stocks which We're boosted,
INT they have the values back of them,
But | blame the committee OF the New
York Stock Exchange, whose bushes
/ il was to scrutni2e the daily reports OF
loans which were demanded recently by
a ruling Of the exchange. IT these re-
ports had received the attention winch
il was intended they should, the present
restrictions would not be necessary"
He continued to say how hurtful to
such a firm as his own the new rules
for margins would be. we carry he
said, the accounts of hundreds OF men
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

No Steel Curtailmeni i'm Pittsburgh

pittsburgh. oct, 31.-RepCrts of steel
cancellation by the Government find no
confirmation here or in the Mahonlng
Valley. If peace is at hand, il is not
finding reelection in the demand for shell
steel. The Pittsburgh Steel Company
reports that it's ALLEGATIONS for January
ana February are at the same rate as
those for November and December Fur
,her evidence of the demand fo. shell
steel is found in the fact that there has
been no Interruption in the work of get
ting the DonCro plant of the American
steel and Wire Company ready for roll
ing shell rounds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
VEGETABLES

Trade was slow and values of onions were
slightly weaker other vegetables showed
little change Quotations We're as follows
No 1, 3.5OGpi,50i No. 9, sa@2; s,.
white potat9es. Jersey, ppeeTr y bush basket Rt
toes. Jersey and Pennsylvania. per 100 lbs.
Green Monntain;; No !, dnH"S s2;ao@s; Giants;
potatoes, Jersey. per basket. No. I. 70@00ci
No. 9 4o@a5c; sweet poa,sadISosss;, pasdSs ESSs.ern
shors per SSl No s3yaaE@sSs: s9 spats
5ocG ti.75; celery. New York; per bunch.
lsgeds cae,uamSsrs s,aa New x xSrk per & sssiSSt; 81;
81 ~ Ss,sc. e " n : i'as :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, oct. 31.-Spot cotton was
easy today, with prices quiet on the basis
If a, decline of 40 points for mddlinc,
old contract, at 22.95d, The sales were
1000 bales. The receipts were 2OO0
bales, including 1900 bales American.
Futures were easy in the early dealings.
Spot prices We're: American. middling
fair. 236id; good middling, 22.95d mid
ding, 2o.32d; low middling, 21.27d : good
ordinary, i9.75d, and ordinary, 19.23d
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
1ENEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA STOCK Pr
STOCK TRADING IS EXTREMELY MN
DULL ON THE LOCAL EXCHANGE
Business Early in Session Is Made Up of Small, Odd
Lots. With Changes in Prices Few and
Uniniercsting- Advances

of
small
small and
unchanged while
United
cligh their previous
IA
Wcsmoeland Coal yielded
/ a sale
Philadelphia the discussion
shortage and financing problems apparently causing no uneasiness
o
a
changed
bulk the
slightly
without changes quotatona
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK

Pnilh. oct IS 1918.
N tn rggullssr meeting Of 'hs hoard Of
.semhnnual dividend of ten per rent u0o.) }
WAS declared. free of tax aud payable Nov J..
1918. to stockholders of record at the close
of business Oct II. 19lS. In addition the
sum of sT5O. 900 was carried to surplus. maxi
ing that account $4,000, 600. Checks Will
be mailed, ~
]. wM. HAnDT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
BAR SILVER

Today Yes Thurs High Low
New York
(cents) .1,01h l.O1B LOIS 1.0lis s5B
(pence, 40m 4ois ioh 49h 4as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
No Change in Refined Sugar

New York. oct. 81 All grades of re
fined sugar remain unchanged with loca
=. .iiners quoting 9". less per cent f01
cash for fine eranulated Raws are un
changed at G.05jc for 96 centrifugals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
sCnrT PAPER GnMrANY

Philadelphia. oct. -. 1N1S.
The Board of Directors of the Scott Paner
Company have. this day declared the regular
semiannual dividend of 3t.oo. payable No
vember I. 1918, On the preferred stock Of
.he company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
THE GIR\KD NAr!p>AL RANK

Z Philade phia, Pa. October -, 1918.
4. The Board Of pircc'4rs mas this day de-
payable NGvenh,er 1. 1918. u stockholders
Of record at the close Of business ON OCtO.
Der 30. 1918.
Checks will be mailed
EVAN RANDOLPH. Cashier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

New York. Oct. 3l.--The Dow Eheml-
cal Company has declared an extra divi-
dend of 64 per cent ON the, common
stock in addition TO the regular quar-
common and IN per cent OH the pre-
ferred. All diHdends are payable No
yssn3sF s. !eek "a! of record Aoys'A'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
Financial Briefs

There has been admitted to the list
of the New York Stock Exchange Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Company
seven-year per cent convertible bonds,
due August |. 1925 American writing
Paper Company, $l15S,000 old Colony
Trust Company and Central Union Trust
Il Company. of New York, temp DraIy inter
changeabc certificates of deposits for
first mortgage sinking fund bonds, due
July /. 1919. Stricken from the list:
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company subscription receipts for seven
year per cent convertible bonds due
August l. 1925, first nstallment paid
and full paid.
The committee ON securities of the
New York Stock Exchange has ruled that,
although notice had been received Of The
declaration of ~ per cent dividend on
the stock of the Illinois Central Rail-
road payable on December to holders
of record of November 6. the stock
would not sell eX dividend on the latter
date because of the provisional character
Of the dividend. which is to be paid if
funds are available from the Govern
ment or on Il later date when such funds
are received. The committee stipulates
that unless there is contrary notice Il
duebill shall be attached to all certif-
Gates delivered after November 6, these
to be signed by the person in whose
name the stock attached stands.
Increases of s5,962,O19 in the total val
uation and $SS,10S in the total tax
to be derived from these figures are
shown in the annual statement of the
valuation and assessment of New Jer-
sey Railroad and Canal properties for
the year 1913 as made public at Tren-
ton today by the State Board of Taxes
and Assessment.
i, The New York Subtreasury lost $S6,-
4 900 to the banks yesterday, making a
cash net loss since Friday of $4,000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
CLEkRINGS AT NEW RECORD
Business of Local Banks This Month
Hit, New Ton

Local bank ciearincs We're sWclled in
October by Liberty Loan payments, the
total exchanges being $i,SS6,l19,9l0.
This compares with $l.569, 40O,G2i in Dc-
tohcr, 1917 The largest volume of
Cle@r'ugs in any other month were ST.
165.Sl2.1Sl in July 1918.
Monthly clearines compare:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
BANK CLEARiNGS

Banl, civarings inday compared with cor
responding day last two years:
l9lS 1917 1916
phila.. $7l sol iau So S2I ~ S3t 3sn, SO
boston ;,3, Gu3Oi2 ~. 1875. .G9o - ~ ,0S2
New Y'k .Gi7.13l 80 G1S. 7iG, IO@ I0I,iiS 30
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
y lOrh Railudvs Net Decreases

of Railways
the York and to make
by earnings
n
of while the
in
of
of a
iwith
For the the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
PHlLA. INACTIVE STOCKS

Following are quotations for inactive
stocks listed In the Philadelphia stock
Exchange and in which there were no
transactions today, The price given Is
the last previous CLOSE:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
REFINED SUGARS


cHEEsE-Demapd WAS fair, and values
were steadily held; The following eT, were
fancy fn R fresh. SO q ssM q specials nisner:
New York. whole-milk, fair TO good. fresh.
~ s31a c. do, 10. fair to good, az q Sahc.
BUTTER-Trade was quiet but with
stronger outside adyiees the market ruleu
tirm Quotations. SOid-packed creamery
extra. 5SAc; higher scoring. good. 59ls u
III hci extra lrsts. 5Il2 % 5sc; firsts. 560p
johbing at 03 Gl6oc: fair 10 good at 5sW02c.
EGGS-Recepts We're light and the mar
liz MS Free cases. nearby irsts. $3.50 per
crate; current receipts. 81. 10 per case;
xl7,7O per case, inferior lots lower; storass
ssSs s'i s s2g fsssS's Il ~ ~ & ssssi ss: = =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
GRAIN AND FLOUR

wHEAT-Rcceipts 37,i7l bushels. Tho
in export elevator tGovernment standard in
spection standard prices--No. l, red winter.
2aD; No. /. northern spring, s2.39 No. |.
bard winter. $3.50: No. l. red winter, gar
red winter 81 SO; No. .. northern spring,
81 3s No. g hard winter. 81. 36; No. . red
wln:er gaglicky, s2st; No ?, red smut,S' t,S
ern spring, sa.32; No. 3, hard winter. $. 81
No. 3 red winter garlicky. $3.50; No. g.
red smntty. 81. 30.
CoRN-ReggeIp,s,. llsG bushels; The ma mar
Quotations; car lots for local tradeIYel
oATs-Receipts., al,e7D bushels;; Trad
was quiet but prices were steadily main,
No. 2 white. s7oiq a soc:' Standard Whit;
white 7Sla m77ia C.
FLOUR Receipts, SOC 2ii lbs in sacks
The market continued weak with buyers In
tations follows, TO arrive. per i06 lbs, in
as-lb. sacks--Winter wheat, 100 per cent
-four St0MlO.25; Kansas wheat, 100 per
cent flour, $40 50dn 10 80; spring wheat lot
per cont $40 50m11
RYE FLOUR Eas auiet and STEADY; w,
quote AT SIS. aOM9.S 50 per barrel in sacks. as
to quality
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
PROVISIONS

There was a fair jobbing demand and the
in sets, smoked and air-dried isc. western
ma rket ruled steady Quotations: City beef,
beef. in sets. smoked, 4sc city beef.
smoked, ace; beef hams. $50; pork. family
ss$@oi; hams s p eursa 81, iS9, iiSS29se, sstM q
smoked, 3s@3sA e: other harms. smoked
sE cured as to brand AND averass cr ss
S7% C: do boiled boneless h1c, picnic shout
adsrs, p cured loose co;Jno aIe; DO smoked
Hss breaas i% baeoa as 10 to
and average. city cured, 47,A q breakfast t
bacon, western cured, AIN CT lard, western
rendered 90 40 20I1 c,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

49, Al cuban citi2clrs between the ages
Of - and 90 y"ars old residing in tho SStatcH
of PENNSYLVANIA aNd Delaware must call at
the otIic" Of the Cuban Consul. RnS Chostuut
St, Philadclrhia, Pa. to hc rCCstpr"l, ac-
cording to the law of compulsory military
service in cuba. Rraistrlt'On Will close ON
the 10th OF D.crmher. 1918.
T. !. I.IIS. fnnsul OF cuba.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

iy-,s5o ESTATE or WILBUR e. EVANS.
49, deceasrd--iettcrS OF adminisl ra lion
on the above estate having been granted to
the undersigned, AL persons indebted to the
said estate are requested to make payment.
and those having claims to pr, sent the same.
without delay, to
(NRSD CADDIE V. WAGNER
1.S w. Tuipchoc<en st.
Germantown. Phiia.. Pa.
Or to her attorney.
HARTMAN YEREES,
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OT ~ IVY IT u Il'-N
HARTMAN YERKES,
1918 Land Title Building
III. IL. 4. I'll In


49, NJ! cuban citiH'us between tho ages
of 81 and IS years old residing IN the states
of PENNSYLVANIA and Delaware niuSt cali 1T
the office Nf ~" trhsh Consul G'S ''h Stnut
st. Philade phia, Pa. to bc rcetstcred ac-
cordng to the law Of compulsory military
service in cuba. i.crist"nt on viii close on
the 18th Of pcc"lnhcr. 1918.
T. ~ Is ,'n1Srl ,'uhu
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
BROKERS HOPEFUL.
OF MARKET RISE
L. 5. Steel Dividend Gut Regard
cd as CONGRATULATIONS
Problem Interests

It was natural that the cut IN the
,,,,.ia.rd of ,ho Emitted states Steel Cor
''N'"''" w w, ..,.., .,,,,io
poration should ne the pH'''P"' 'P'
of discussion in the financial dlstr'''
,.,s,a.1.,. >s ,nticinatcd in this col
.,.i,,,, ,,o s,oc,, took
u'''h th' "aE P''> '"'''
a drop when the market "P'"'" anu
,inucd declining for some time.
-, ,..,,,.,,. s,i1 the action
Ni''E ,,,,,
of the steer n"ar" "'"'r ''''
stances, was conservative ana WAS goo"
,,,,s,,,,ss H,.rry the whole list de
-, ,..,.,,., ,.,ia T., s,nn,thv and
'''ie"' DIS ~ ,,a
also, it was said, on account Va '''
,cv,s FROM i-urope which ON the Whole
,,o, cn,,siter.a as unsatisfactory.
was n,',.,. ,,,,.,.. s.ia ne does
one WeH-NhoWh oroN'' ''"' ''>
not look for serious o''i'l' III '''' rs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31
MONEY LENDING RATES

NEW YORK k--tall money. mixed col
lateral. opened today "A, per cent for
lending and renewing. ON irdustrials
the opening rate was 6ia per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

PHILiDEIPHIA--c 6 per cent
time, 5$4 m6 per cent. commercial
paper, three TO six months jm6 per
cent six months, 4 per cent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

= The New York Subtreasury lost $50,
900 to the banks yesterday, making d
cash net loss since Friday of S369 900.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

ROuth Omaha Oct 31.--HOGS-Receipts,
BO0O head Closed steady
CATTI E--Receipts. 700 heaed. Stea,dy.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 haed. STEADY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

Kansas City. Oct l.-cATTLE--Receipt
II 900 head
= 'HOGS-Receipts. 1000 head. SLOW. 1Oc
lower. Rough, SI2@ 1870,
4 gHEEP--Receipts. 5000 head.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-31

4 CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS
q .r,nis1..a. nct. III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eeeipis
i3rlev y half cent hihher. Extras
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15
WHY TIE BIOGRAPHY?

What IL the occasion for tho
True Colonel House" serial when
In dragging It's lengthy syndlcatod
way through various newspapers In
tho country that have secured pub.
licatlon rights from the Evening
Post OF New York. In which 1t orig
lnally appeared
Some curiosity is being shown by
editors and newspaper readers In
this rather strained. Illogical work.
In tho natural course OF newspaper
events no such space is ordinarily
given TO any such man. Indeed,
hardly in history, and certainly not
since tho days OF samuel Johnson,
has any private citizen Jared so nj
tho hands OF an admiring scribe,
Is It German propaganda work ot
some subtle sort. or Is Colonel
House being groomod by someone
for tho presidential race in 1902
Colonel House is undoubtedly a
useful citizen. and his friends de-
scribe him as an amiable and level
headed man That he sid not in.
spire the authors cXaggers
statements as TO his world import
ance Is declared to he fact
There are some queer expressions
In these letters. as. for instance, the
statement ;hat some day we may he
told how the kaiser tcarfully told his
sister An sweden years before the
war. that the war party had taken
the control OF Germany entirely out
of his hands.
Despite such expressions that
would seem to indicate a desire that
the kaiser should he absolved from
personal responsibilities for bring
Ing on tho war. II has been denied
that these letters are to he regarded
as anything more than harmless
piece OF clauvinlsm.
1t Is SAID that the manuscript Of
these letters was submitted to Col
onel House for verification Of state
ment OF facts and that tho Colonel
advised against the publication.
Many OF Colonel Houses friends
will regret that the author did not
heed this advice. And all will want
to know IL he is being skllifully used
as the background of an effort o.
create maudlin sympathy for tho
kaiser in order to save him cycntu.
ally from The gallows as the world
greatest murderer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15
ahggBeEi'icntnE
g.IAsFsol'0rt: zs;S e: ~

Let me see 81 promised to tell
you what billy Runuy did with the
cookies which the farmers wife in
the last story gave him because he
knew exactly which were her pic
lures in the old family photograph
album when she wis little girl. !
suppose you think Billy Bunny ate
those cookies right up. But he
didn't He put them In his knap-
sack, first because ne had eaten & g,
many At the table that he couldn't
eat any more, and also because he
thought maybe he'd fund little girl
or boy who loved cookies and he
could give them something whicT
they would like, SO he crankcd ~
tho old Luckymohilc and after he
and Uncle Lucky had seated them
selves on the front seat he said
goodby and started of again, and
by and by. not SO very far. they
came across a turkey Eobblor and Il
rooster who were having . fight
right in the middle Of the road.
Look out Look out'' cried the
Kind old gentleman rabbit because
te didn't want 10 knock thcm down.
you know, and spOn thir FUN for
they weren't hurting each other the |
least little bit For every time the /,
turkey Cohblcr would peck at tht
rooster, Mr. cock 20 -doudlc-dos for 7
that was tho roostcr's pano, would I
jump to one side and tho turkey .
gobhlcr wOul1 almost IAN ON rs
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15
Ripping Rhymes
~ WALT NJ AsoN
" artimc Work

Wartime Work.
The click OF needles ever IL
sounding In my home. while | make
fierce endeayor to grind my dairy
pome. I'm giving Art and Letters
the hardest kind of knocks. while
wife is knitting sweaters. and aunt
is knitting socks. And sundry iG.al
neighbors nave come to knit a while,
and they pursue their labors I'm pa
triotic style. They've talking while
they're knitting, in accents loud and
clear; ana while my harp I'm hit
ting, | cannot help but hear. "Old
JinX is worth a million. and maybe
much heyond he bought, so help
me Lillian, ty-dollar bond.
THE dame who does my washing
Is poor. So poor she groans; but up
she comes a slOshing, and digs ~
fifty bones. The day thGt brought
no wTnging for her has seldom
dawned, but she is gayly singing, he
cause she owns a bond" "Wo'N
know who are the slackers I'll hyt
my widows weeds; we'll spot tho
wordy clackers who don't make good
with deeds. The aidrs and abbettqrs
OF Wilhelm must be canned" The
girls are knitting sweaters and socks
to beat the band, ! hear their
needles clicking, with patrioi'
fire. while | am sadly kicking the
stuffing from my Tyre. Can bard hay"
or sing song my dears.
with all that conversation forever IN
his ears? %
Copyright, 1918. George Matthew Adnns1
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15
SAME oLp SEVEN AND SIN.

"'"sh g "orlH t"rV'h'H
"'7heS ''' ''s coming 'hc milI"ninin
u"'s not hasten It's approach. We
nave p'"n t"id that "h'h ~" hnll"i
n'" oeeh gwen 10 enSIaV'd women.
'h"t the golden age e~ill soon De
uSheren ~ row aias' th're seems
10 nave ARISEN some doubt Ih 'he
'utialo' New york district at the
recent election, agents ~ the local
oP'lon movement assert mat women
opposed 10 prohibition hrtlrnly
went ABOUT repeating, or Young
wherever they got a ch'n"" without
regard to the number NJ times of
the iIleg@Hty Of 'nn action THE
mead or tao movement supplement
ed this accusation by Occurring iHa'
IN tho Large cities women "r''
Swayed by surdid Wptr"# voting lp
retain the traffic hcr'us" ,"f lh"
rear that liz ou'ung "o~'d iuluf'
real estate rentals judgment should
be suspended. however until aup.
porting pronf ~ those charges
comes 10 hand. l;"formcra nrf tNor
prone TO d'crib" rcptrh"nnuir mo-
tives 10 those who refuse 10 accept
their proposals. II is worthy of
note that no woman has been or.
rested for ofteuscs against the clor.
ton laws, which seems TO Guash the
first Indictment The pCrsun who j.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-15
Little Benny's Notebook
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoaking with his feet
up. after suppir yistidday, and | sed.
Pop.
At your service, within reason, sed
pop.
Meening wat did want, and | sed,
| herd OF CRATE. game to play at a.
party, do you wunt to heer it.?
Deeply intristed, I'm sure sed pop.
and | sed, ItS called Stickems.
Not an especially pritty name. but
1t arouses the curiosity. perseed, sd
pop.
Meening for me to tell him about
IT. and I sed. Well. fers. of all you
get big sheet off Of some bed and
the one that's it gets under it,
Under the bed? sed pop.
No, under the sheet. I sed, and
then everybody elts gets derround
with sumthing sharp IN their hand,
IKE FORK or a nife or a needle, and
they all start to say, Sitckem, stick
EN-.
o, begin TO see how the game de-.
rlves its name. sed pop.
Yes, sir. | sed, and then everybody
starts to stick their fork or wateyer
they got throo the sheet.
Heer. let me get this strate. sod
pop, you .neen the persin who (. IL
is still benceth the sheet
Yes sir. sed. and IL he can guess
wien one stuck him last, he aint it
!, n"' more and the one he gesses is
A pritty oonseet. oddly namea.
go out and play. sed pop. NJ ~
Wich I did. ~