The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-31

Clean, unadulterated nonsense can al
ways get a laugh from me. l love 1t
and so 40 most Americans | remem-
ber one bit of Weber and Fields serious
" acted nonsense that always left me
gasping for breath. 1t was the silliest'
most inconsequential bit Of acting that
genius ever dared to put in show that
cost the spectator 81 a seat. 1t was
prize fight between Weber and Fields,
and one of those matchless comedians
showed the other how to do II. Ihey
rut up their money and put on the
gloves. and Immediately the rank anna
tour began TO batter the wise one over
the head but that was not the way TO
30 it. The wise one explained that that
was not at all the proper way TO do IT,
He explained that he would show the
MOOR amateur the right way. He stood
the poor amateur just where he wanted
nim, turned his face at the proper angle
and then arranged his hands. He stepped
off ana considered the poor amateur
4ut did not feel just satisfied. He ar.
ranged the hands again, placing them
Gown at the sides of the poor amateurs
legs. Then he told him to keep them
there Then he stepped up quickly and
hit the poor amateur "a whale Of a blow
IN the face and knocked him clear across
the stage and into the wings. 1t was
awtully funny: everyone in the house
screamed with joy The poor amateur
was such a fine example Of simple
mmded, confding idiocy.
have to laugh in the same uncon,
trolled way when I see the conliding
manner in which some Americans are
letting the willy but trcachcrous German
peace propagandsts convince them that
we ought to let our hands hang at our
-.des turn our faces at the right angle
and stand in idiotic poses until we get
the blow I'm the face that will knock
us into the wings. For pure, unadul.
tcrated nonsense the act beiuE staged by
the wise German agents and the simple,
minded peace lovers is enough to make
anyone sick with laughing.
ON the one hand is a Germany in
arms with millions of veteran soldiers
and an armament such as no man
ireamed of ten years ago, and, on the
other hand. our simple-mindcd peace
I,yare vtpu1I loyo me- uoea ae tho moor
.,,,.torr "Ctand horo +,r, ,.o,,r L.,d
this wav nnt ron, hands down at your
Sides say the German agents, and the
p purchased or infatuated peace propa.
gandists echo, stand here, turn your
lead this way. nut your hands down
at your sides" A fine future for the
great American nose if we did it.
If America keeps her hands down she
will be knocked not only into the wings
but off the stage and off the earth
p with America out of the war the bes
i that can be hoped is a drawn battle
ending with n hands off, peace, anC
leaving Germany, as the saying IS, 'al
dressed up and nowhere to GO Ger
i many's "all dressed up wilt mean Z
= Germany dressed in hardened, veteran
e armies, in trained commanders, in tho
r finest possible military equipment an
with an untouched navy vast air force
and no one knows how many slhma
S rines. The nowhere TO GO Will mear
e Africa and Asia, where Germany want
. ed to gain dominions. But there VIII Dc
t one place where Germany all dressed
e up" can 60. She can come to America
l. She can come to South America ilrs'
or to Mexico, an ] that IL where sh
will come and where a9e mas plinne
u to come.
e What happens when German agent
j. oven partially convince q EopdlN nun