Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-17
Letters of Lemuel Bean

"a litio while. Then some spmbrc-
hued agent gets on thoir tran ana 10
la all off llut while thev shiuo they
DO shine and Il keeps the billion in
candescents OF the Great Jazz Way
usy 10 outshinc them. They occupy
the choicest tables and they eat thc
choicest foods and the question of
price IA three thousand miles "a yyov.
Jus, as the war was TWO years ago.
Their only good quality h that thcy
Keep their money circulating. The,
arc treated with great respect b,
head walters and receive an the how
Ing and serapiuE that go with roy.
ATTY out for an airing Come casy. Eo
easy is the motto. n round steak
went up TO SO an order these birds
would still be ordering tho choicest
cufH OF porterhousc.
Most OF these new nrAYlonalreg
have fine offices and are known as
good fellows They rouse thom
selyea from their sluuSbrrs at the am.
holy hour OF 9 O'Clock In tho after
noon and are cared Tor hy their priv
ate BARRIERS. are hathcd and mafslgtd
and pomadei and arc ready for the
business of tho day about 4 o'clock
The business ~ the day consists in
counting Nhc days receipts. After
that they are prepared 90 mlugle
with the syuCopatFd harmonies of
Broadway until the last owl car has
hit the dismal trail for the barns and
the last taNiCab has been ghuueI OF
the street by the last policeman.
Like the festive U-tuat. one of
these pond lilies blossom lust about
80 long until somebody dropa u
depth charge which takes lI the io,
out " NE. Around the hydfant .u.
Times square. which lg known local.,
as the Forty ty-SccOnd street Country
club. these KAY young blades may be
seen pfeeniuK themselves any sunny
oftcrnon and wondering what they
VIII do TO whilc away tho evening Al
these gatherings they proudly relate
their exploits In the realm or polite
robbery and laugh merriy over the
gul!lbii,ty OF their customer. IL is
told that rubberneck wagon. filled
with moolic visitur8 passed the hy-
drant loungers one du. and one OF
the occupants Of tho bus raised his
ADAMS apple above the herd and
shouted Thar la tho coufounded
siicker that done rpe outn my monr,
with thcsfako mining stock" " aud. hys
actual count, 2N ot the aickerg dis
appeared as N hy magic leaving mo-
racc. ns they fay in Trltoulc circles.
When the f,st gold brick artist
Broadway painted his
paving brick with 10 cents worth of
GIT and started out 90 hecomc d,
Wholesaler he started Romothlnr
People are sull buying them
gold bricks, but something lust aa
good. ns they say iu the drug stores
taking Improves TN clcycrueqs az
time wags on. In some Instances it
mas become quite scientific and high
hrowcd For Instance. there bns
sprung up in Manhattan "A hardy
race Of circular letter fakcrs who try
to camouflnRe Themselves uudpr IN.
virtues OF religion Pamphlets ASSURE
lng FREQ access Co heaven arc sold az
modcrCP priccH and the interest OF
Tho suckers thus worked up to a high
pitch OF enthusiasm.
The stock In trade of these ch,ri1-
,ars n some chcer-up gush which
hey soil To those who are lonely
and heart sick and far from home
'tien the silliost gratis gct over best
md bring I'm the dough People Will
still bite on anything
The old Metropole hotel I'm front
M which Gambler ltoyeuthaI WAS
was once n gathering
place for chariatans. but % has sine,
passed into other hands. lg now un
ordinary behaved restaurant.
and the other charh'nra havui
'locked elsewhere.
The authorities keep gslhorIug
hem In. but thcy keep multiplying ?
Ike trench coolies. and now forms
" graft appear daily Tho only WI .
10 beat thein is 10 wipc them out oUe|
at time The best way 90 escape (
yraftors tn New York Is to Tlyc same |
ly, attend TO your own business ard I
not Try 10 penetrate any of the mys /
tories OF tho infinite hy way Of tho /
pamphlet route.
am putting mine Into thrift /
stamps and am doing nicely thank !
YOU Hoping YOU are ihe same. Z rr- |
main, yours, LEI.