Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

tipns assuring your mother that YOU
have been we'll and that you have
your flannel pnIa mas and that the
cake she sent was fine and Nou were
Just too busy to write uflener and
that YOU cant stay longer than Tues
dny because the boss only gave YOU
two days or.
You are undenlaby the center ~
attraction. the big news of the day.
Pcopl" stare and turn To look ~ YOU
and lnsIinctlvcly YOU know they arc
talking ~ YOU You appear to he
obliviouS of all the Rlances. and when
someone volunteers that he's
Preacher Crowns hoy whose work
ing down AZ Tulsey" your chest cN-
pands a little and you speak with
unnecessarily loudnesn about the
Cosden building and tell how many
millions are deposited In the FIX
change National bank ana repeat n
hit of conversation you had With
Mayor simmons about the water sup
ply.
The daily thirty minutes A. the
postofflCe while Joe Hale. who ir the
towns leading merchant and Justice
OF the peace In addition to being tho
representative ~ the government,
Forts the mail and reads the post
cards while registering pcrplexlty Mt
the handwriting N what makes II
hard for the daily Clarion to he Of
vital interest THIS In the clearing
house for village gossip Those with
news are anxious To impRrt Il. and
there is no heEithncy on the pnrt OF
anyone In exhibiting curiosity Here
YOU learn that Webb Martin from
over AT Rluejncket E down with
pneumonia ana that the widow
ThOmpson's daughter Ii visiting from
Kansas CITY Then widow rhomp-
son. and daughter iertie, whom
YOU remember az "A tow headed girl,
flont In and Gertle essays to high
tone" the simpler folk Because her
perfume In NJ violent properties and
her white spatS are an innovation In
town styles, she ia able to create
decided Impression Though the wo-
men suspect that her diamonds are
paste and her furs are imitation, the
reasonable doubt that turks In their
minds makes Gerties appearance one
Of considerable import
Ia The meantime old man Miles,
the banker, who In also member of
the schoolboRrd and therefore has
private lock box, takes hts letters
from the box one by one and peruscS
them carefully after coughing sur
reptiously to gain the proper amount
of attention. Though the letter In
from the Southern Incubator com
pany, and n replica Of ~ similar let
'crs received on that mail by other
villagers. ne apearr 20 regard II as
"A personal husinesT communication
nf gigantic importance. lie even rc-
ferS 30 " note book In his pocket
and pretends to- compare statement
about the mdisputed superiority OF
the Southern Incubator with nots-
ton IN tho little book and mods Rp.
proNinEly. You are supposed 10
gather that he has decided 10 lend
I'D Marshall that 1900 that has been
The talk OF financial circles for
weeks
Finally the matt te distributed and
Joe Hale shoveS ny the window EV-
eryune In furn walks up To recc ve
the WcNklv furm Journal 80 IL ~
Tuesday and circular letters from
GoDs Hrothers TRilurs Ike miller.
who hasn't had letter for three
wears and seven months. ~ there
with an inquiry that Is a bit sad. he
hasn't missed u uiIht nt tho post
office since last fall, YOU are in
formed. when the creek was too high
to fuTd
The women folks call their floCks
and start 10 their homes The young
ar element. boys and airls are going
into Hattie Moorc'H and IN "A few