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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
GOOD BUSINESS.

If | possessed a shop or store
I'd drive the grouches off my floor
I'd never let some gloomy guy
Offend the folks who came to buy.
I'd never keep a clerk,
With mental toothache at his work
Nor let a man who draws my pay
Drive customers of mine away
I'd treat the man who takes my time
And spends nickel or a dime
With courtesy and make him feel
That | was pleased to close the deal,
Because tomorrow, who can tell?
He may want stuff | have to sell
And in that case then glad he'll be
To spend his dollars all with me.
The reason people pass one door
To patroniZe another store,
Is not because the buster place
Has better silks or gloves or lace,
Or cheaper prices, but it lies
In pleasant words and smiling eyes;
The only difference, | believe,
Is in the treatment folks receive.
1t is good business to be fair,
To keep a bright and cheerful air
About the place, and not to show
Your customers how much VA know.
Whatever any patron did
I'd try to keep my temper hid,
And never let him spread along
The word that had done him wrong
-BOSk0n GIObe
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
MOTHERS ALMANAC.

/ tell you, when it comes to dates,
My mothers just the boss!
She tells me all | want to know
'Thout ever gettin' cross.
You'd think she'd get mixed up some
At school | know I do
Bout Washington and Plymouth Rock
And Fourteen Ninety-tWo.
But mother says, "The war with Spain
Was fought in SO,
The year you all had chicken pox,
Exceptin' Sister Kate.
1.-The Boer War in Africa
That was a dreadful thing
Began in 80, | know,
For Jack was born that spring.
I'm '9S the Spanish ships
Were sunk in Cuba channels,
Twas summer, for you children had
Just changed your winter dannels.
I'm 1904, my dear,
The Russians fought the Japs,
That year was very cold, and you
Had chilblains and the chaps"
There's six of us, and we're mixed up
With hist'ry just that way
Sometimes it's measles, Group or
humps,
But there's no date that ever stumps
My mother, night or day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

assured she now took up the second
box On it her mother had written:
This will show you what you will be"
In vain Mary Mildred tried to guess
what it might contain. Upon opening
it and removing the wrapping paper
she held an ivory paper weight in her
hands that had been carved artistical-
ly into a miniature skull and cross
bones This symbol of death gave her
so severe shock that she wept bit
terly, and prayed to our Lady to pro-
tect her from the vanities of the
world.
And finally, trying her tears, she
took up the third box in spirit of
resignation and read: This will show
you what you ought to be-" With a
sigh and some misgivings, Mary Mil
dred opened it and to her delight
found a little statue of our Lady.
This she Rugged and kissed with child
ish delight. When she eventually re-
covered her senses, Mary Mildred re-
allied that her dear mother had dis
covered her evil tendency and made
use of these means to teach her a
statutory lesson. On her knees she
then thanked God for having given
her so good a mother, and resolved
to keep this Christmas present con-
stantly before her eyes. Later on she
had reason to thank God for having
preserved her from the vanity and
fattery of a foolish world, which she
first encountered within the hallOWed
precincts of convent walls.
Rep p GGiesm0Hn
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
A PRETTY LEGEND.

There is a pretty legend about the
Irish Harp. In the olden times siren
sang ner song under the seas. She fell
in love with a handsome youth whom
she met in the cleaning on the green
shores of Erin. The youth proved I'M
faithful. The mournful weeping Of the
siren reached heaven, which looked
down on such pure, warm love and
changed her beautiful form into a
harp.
Her bosom still was fair and her
cheeks smiled with the same beautiful
smile. From these was formed the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

They seem as very trifes, yet they
have pow'r malign;
They enter, oft unnoticed-as it were,
without design;
They creep, like Eden's serpent, push
ing beauteous buds aside;
They poison Friendships flower which
the strongest blast defed!
A barrier forever puts some heart far
from our own;
Along life's dismal highway now one
soul plods on alone;
misunderstanding cruel makes all ex-
PLANTATION vain,
And a loving heart is broken upon
the rack Of paint
Amadeus o. S. F.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
portion of her weekly salary.

4 portion Of her weekly salary.
There is serious side of life. 1t
is not, and cannot be, all lights and
music and soft, silken frocks. The
average girl should remember this
and resolve to make the most of her
spare time and opportunities.
1t is all very fine to be classed as
popular, to be singled out as a grace
full dancer, or to shine in ones parti-
cular circle; but it is better and wiser
to look out on life seriously now and
then-to make good use of our free
hours, and thus fit ourselves for the
work and responsibilities that each
new day brings.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

frame of the harp, while her lovely
hair that fell loosely over her arm, was
changed into the bright cords which
weave their spell of melody Loves
language is mingled with sorrows
tone in the harp. 1t speaks accents of
love when the dear one is near and
weeps when he is away.
The harp was the favorite musical
the minstrels sang in song and story.
In the banquet halls of chieftains the
Irish harp made music to the song of
victory.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
HER MOTHERS MIRROR.

Some years ago Mary Mildred Moore
entered Catholic academy as
boarder. Endowed by nature with a
good constitution and pleasant feat
ures, she had always been considered
beautiful child. Through the vigil
ance and piety of her mother, however,
Mary Mildred never discovered this
fact until she was sixteen years OF
age. At home she had been assistant
housekeeper and learned the art OF
domestic economy under the loving
supervision of a sensible Catholic
mother. Was there ever girl proud
of the shapely hands that washed the
dishes three times a day? Or vain
about her looks when her face was
covered with healthy perspiration as
she stood at the washtub or scrubbed
the floor on her knees? And both OF
these exercises were emphasized in
the course of calisthenics in Mary
Mildred's home.
Besides being blessed with sensible
parents, Mary Mildred had the good
fortune of being reared in a thor
oughly Catholic atmosphere. When
she was two years old she had al
ready learned to bless herself and to
lisp the Hail Mary, and, by means OF
the Crucifix and the holy pictures
that adorned the walls of her nome,
she was taught the chief mysteries
of her religion, and imbued with a
spirit of faith before she arrived at
the use of reason AS she was born
in a non-Catholic community, Mary
Mildred had not the advantages OF a
parochial school education, but her
mother sought to supply this defect by
her vigilance, her precept, and espe-
cially by her example, until she could
send her children to convent school.
Mary Mildred's departure for the
academy was a source of great JOY to
her mother. In her simple piety this
good woman not only felt confident
the good Sisters would keep her child
from all evil influences, but would
| make of her a valiant woman that
| would rival the one depicted in the
sacred Scriptures At the academy
Mary Mildred soon discovered, to her
surprise, that the discipline was mild
er than in her home, that the good
Sisters could be imposed upon far cas-
| Ter than her mother, that only few
of the girls were imbued with spirit
| of faith and that some of them had
no religion whatever.
Having survived her spell of home
sickness and become acquainted with
the good Sisters and her companions
| Mary Mildred felt at home in the acad
envy, and soon began to grow plump as
a SQUAD and to bloom like an Ameri
can beauty But only after her com
panions publicly admired her looks
and enumerated her charms did Mary
Mildred consider her beauty as hel
own, and not as natural gift OF God
DESTROYS, therefore, of admiring her
self at her leisure she begged hel
mother to send her tiny pocket mir
ror in her Christmas box.
In due time Mary Mildred received
a large box filled with various usefu
articles. In the middle of the boz
she found three small boxes, eacl
securely tied and inscribed in hel
mothers handwriting. On the first SHE
read: This will show you what yo1
seem to be- Hastily she opened i
and to her disgust found that it con
tanned a mirror twice the size of hel
hand. After pouting in silence for
few moments, Mary Mildred took III
the mirror and leisurely admired her
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
AGE OF GENIUS.

At the age of Is David is said to
have written his first psalm. Shelley
wrote Queen Nab" and Mendelssohn
composed his music for "A Midsum.
mer Nights Dream"
At 10 Bryant wrote 'Thanatopsis. "
At 81 Disraeli wrote Vivian Grey.
AT 90 Alexander Dumas wrote sew
eral plays. Voltaire's first tragedy
was brought out and Keats wrote
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06
"SPOONE RISMS j."

A "spoonerism" is 4 turned-around
word. For instance, a clergyman re-
Gently told his congregation that he
owed them deep graf of debtitude,"
and at a wedding young man asked
if it was missionary to cuss the
bride"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-06

When a man has perfect compunc-
ton, then the whole world is to him
burdensome and diStasteful.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
United States Is Loued
QndHonoredm in Run1a11ia

London, May 2S.-(By the Asso-
<as,eu Press CORRESPONDENT lately
III Rulnania) The United States is
honored and loved by the Rumanian
above all other nations of the world,
with the possible exception OF
France. To the simple Rumanian
peasant and soldier, America is the
real land of promise, and the Ameri-
can is pictured as a sort of super
man, wealthy, capable, energetic and
efficient, and above all, animated by
the loftiest and most altruistic
ideals.
The secretary of the American
Red Cross Mission. who visited the
Rumanian front in the snow-clad
Carpatnian Mountains late in the
winter, was the first American that
thousands OF Rumanian soldiers had
ever seen, and they showed most
astonishing curiosity and interest in
him. There was more than friend
illness in their salute, not directed so
much 20 the individual as to the
great nation overseas which he was
supposed to .ypify and represent.
Even the officers refused to treat
their visitors as an ordinary guest.
Is Real Fete.
The Red Cross secretary. at the
lime OF his visit, had been living in
IasSy Tor several months on the
ther humble fare w ich was every
1dy'S lot in a country where there
was no abundance, and he expected
no special MSpcnsation regarding
food while with the army. But the
army insisted that this visitor from
the great new ally must be treated
with special favor and his visit made
a real iete.
1t was after rghtfall when the
cd Cross representative reached a
tie observation post on top OF a
fountain. The colonel in charge OF
he post at once telcphoned across
range OF hills to the general com
manding this particular army group.
Half an hour later the general ap-
peared and invited the American to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
MOTOR TRUCKS WILL
HANDLE SHORT HAULS
One Of the Various Side Lines Of
National Defense

Washington, June 2l.-One Of the
various side lines OF national en-
deavor that have come within the
scope OF the National Defense
Council is the task OF stimulating
in some way the use OF motor trucks
in the transportation OF short haul
freight, especially in the distribu-
ton OF products from cities to sur
rounding rural regions, and return
ing food stuffs and farm outputs to
| the consumer,
With government food, railroad
and fuel administrations demanding
assistance for the railroads by the
reduction of their freight burden,
plus all increase in freight rates
hopeful plans are being worked out
by the highways committee OF the
Defense Council to put some OF the
work during the coming year upon
the motor truck and trailer. Repre-
sentatives of twenty states were
called in to see a demonstration re-
Gently of an experimental system
for actually putting some trucks on
the roads, as against merely con
versng pleasantly upon the subject.
The National Councils commit
tee, applying \ plan devised by J.
Clyde Marquis, one OF its members,
selected sample district in Mary
land wrote letters to 100 farmers
who lived in it, received answers in
dicating their Willingness to support
a truck line, and ended by getting
one started. They did the pioneer
investigating work, Mr.. Marquis ex-
plains, and trust that the business
will develop in the particular local
ity to keep the line paying.
The representatives of state com
mittees were asked to observe the
plan, take heart from the endorse
ments 81 government agencies, and
90 and do LIKEWISE or nearly like
wise, all over the United States.
Possibilities are not entirely neg
lected now, the committee reports.
finding that l32 truck lines are run
ming in California and consider
able number in Colorado. A census
now being extended indicates a ten
dencv OF the new transportation
system to extend, whether the De
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23

dine with him. He led the way down
a corridor and ushered the visitor
into large dinlngroom, brilliantly
lighted and proiusely decorated with
American flags and bunting.
AT the tables $50 Rumanian and
French officers awaited the arrival
Of the general ard his guest. AS the
latter entered the room, an orches-
ira in the corner OF the room played
"The S,ar Spangled Banner" and
the officers rose and stood at at
tention until the music had finished
Then they joined in a cheer which
concluded with "Traasca, Ameri-
ca" Long Live America.)
More Luxury.
The unexpected appearance of a
room large enough to be used as a
banquett:ng hall with real orchcs-
ira and piano, at an army outpost
on the peak cf the Carpathian
Mountains, was startling enough
to seem like page from a fairly
tale. Moreover, the menu provided
for this dinner American" was the
most elaborate that the Red Cross
man had eaten since he arrived in
Rumanil several months before. The
piano, which was only one of nine
instruments in the orchestra, had
been captured by the Rumanians
from Tie Germans in the battle of
Rackitash Mountains.
The Rdmanian officers at this time
were expecting great things of the
United States. Most of these ex-
pcctat.onS were destined to disap-
pointmcnt later, but at that time
difficulties of distance and transpor-
tation were regarded by the Ru-
manians as scarcely operative in the
case OF the great and ingenious
people.
Nothing is impossible to the
said a Rumania officer
in his speech at the Carpathian ban
quet in honor Of the Red Cross
representative.
Read it in the Ardmoreite first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
The Winning Of the War Largely Depends Upt
the Energetic Prosecution OF the Oil Business

Our government and its allies are almost entirely
dependent on the American supply OF crude oil Okla
homa produces the greatest supply OF the grade Of
crude oil most desired by the government Most OF the
bateShpS and cruisers OF government and
our allies use oil for fuel The is true of the
great fleet OF deStroyers which effective against
the German submarine The mosquito fleet which
zealously guards shores depends almost entirely
upon our supply OF gasoline for fuel THEREFORE
OIL. is ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FAC
TORS IN PREVENTING THE GERMANS FROM
CARRYING THE WAR INTO AMERICA In France
the allied troops moved and from the battleelds
in motors demanding large supplies OF gasoline. The
huge tanks OF allies. the British. use gasoline.
Everyone knows that the supremacy OF the allies in the
air is almost entirely due to the superior grade OF
gasoline which America IS able to furnish. large
and supply OF lubricants is indispensable
the factories making guns and munitions and to the
factories making machines and tools for the manufac-
ture OF guns and munitions. The winning OF the great
and therefore the perpetuaou Of liberties in
America depends primarily on four things: First.
power; second food: third. munitions, and. fourth
fuel the latter including oil OF its most inds
pensable elements TT IS UP TO THE OKLAHOMA
OIL PRODUCERS TO HAZARD ALL THEIR CAP
ITAL AND TO BEND THEIR ENTIRE ENERGIES
TOWARD MAINTAINING AND INCREASING. If
POSSIBLE. THE SUPPLY OF CRUDE OIL 9TH
ERWISE THEY FAIL IN THEIR DUTY NOT
ONLY TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERN
MENT. RLfT TO CIVIL II ALTON
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23

Read it in the .Ardmoreitc first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23

to be cashcd. 1t was the window OF
the discount cage. and the clerk
handed back the check.
"Tak: it to TIC opposite window,
he said, and vert on with his work.
The cid man examined the check
carefully. then he walked on. About
five minutes later the clerk Of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
THE REMEDY

Was there time when We should be more
careful in the selection OF our state officers Right
now every voter in this state should be burning with
patriotism lmbued with that spirit he should stand
Tor honesty and fair dealing in every respect. He
should satisfy himself that his ideas are properly rep
resented in the state legislature The way to bring
about such condition is make careful inquiry into
the standing. character and intelligence of the candi
dates Tor the state legislature Vote for the fair and
honest man, and turn a deaf tho professional
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
Oklahoma Should Not Interfere With
the Duty of the Oil Producers of
the State to the Federal Government

Burdened the oil business is by the general con-
dtons referred to above from which there can be no
relief, we MUST win the war, it is manifest that
there must be LAST STRAW which will actually
prevent doing full duty to the government.
That last straw is unwse and burdensome legisla
ton by the state OF Oklahoma. which legislation not
only hampers the oil business but is OF real benefit
TO the people OF the state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
How Oklahoma Discriminates Against
the Oil Business

When oil sells for 225 barrel the oil producer
pays a all OF his production at that valuation.
No other kind of property in the state assessed for
taxation at its full value On the contrary other prop
erty is assessed from 50 to 90 percent-rarey more
than IS percent of its value The average rate out
side Of cities and in Oklahoma for the fiscal
year ending June 70, 1917, l767 mills Oil pro-
ducers pay 20 mill their production. The
average rate of taxation railroad property in Okla
homa during the last three years has been about 34
per cent. Oil producers pay ) percent. The
OF coal zinc, lead and jack mines pay mill tax. Oil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
Why the Oil Business Demands En-
cOuragement at This Time

The oil districts in Oklahoma ren-csent a very large
part OF the wealth Of tins state hat being the
oil producers have made large investments in govern
ment bonds have contributed generously TO the Red
Gross and other charities and pay large propo.-
ton OF the war taxes Congress is the point Of
making large increase in the war taxes. THE OIL
COUNTRY WILL MEET ALL THESE BURDENS
PROUDLY. II so happens that the costs of labor and
material IN the oil fields practically twice what they
we're several years Notwithstanding this exten-
sive diversion Of capital which wou'd otherwise 60
into wild cat development the oil throughout the
country have made such patriotic response to the de-
mands Of the government for supply Of oil that II
Is the only one Of the vital needs OF the government
which Is not under direct government control THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Is SATISFIED WITH
OUR EFFORTS TO AID 1T AND ITS ALLIES
But greater supply OF crude oil is needed The
drilling OF known fields will barely maintain the
present production and ever that is doubtful Wild
eating must be resorted to to fully meet the need. of
the government
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
tense Councils plan proves entirely
effective or not,
Unkind.

Boston Transcript: Il only sing
for my friends
"Aai are 'lev still your friends
when you ge, through ?"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23

discount cage had the same cheek
presented to him. Hi, you, the
negro said. You'll have to Tx up
this piece of paper for me. | been
round TO all the windows, and am
none CT them marked Opposite.
p.,d II in the Ardmoreitc first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
The Effect of This Discrimination

In dollars and cents this discrimination actually
prevents the drilling OF wild wells Not only this
but the feeling the part of the oil producers Of the
that their busines. is being Disseminated against
is IN itself encouragement
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-23
HE WAS PUZZLED.
Aged Negro Unable to Find Any
Window Marker Opposite

India 1apolis News: An aged ne.
gro stepped Tito the Indiana Ma.
tional Eank and presented a CHECK
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-04-12

The Anti-Saloon League has
repudiated William Jennings
Bryan. William H. Anderson,
State Superintendent of the An
ti-Saloon League of New York
says he doubts Mr.. Bryan's dis
interested purpose as a prohibit
zionist, and declares that he is
using the prohibition movement
as a stepping stone from which
to further his own political am
billions for 1920. Mr.. Bryan is
president of the Dry Federation,
an organization that would steal
the thunder Of the Anti-Saloon
League and run off with the po-
litical spoils.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-04-12

Mrs. r. T. Howard went to
independence Sunday morning
to attend the general conference
of the Later Day Saints.
Mrs. N. B. Payne and daugh-
ter, Miss Lucy May, went to
Kansas City Saturday evening
for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Therman Good
loe spent Sunday in Wellington.
Arthur Schultz returned Mon
day from a visit in Concordia.
Mrs. Albert shoemaker return
ed Saturday evening to Corder,
after a visit with her father, j.
E. Cross.
Miss Laura Mitchell of Kansas
City, spent Sunday with her
father, Chas. Mitchell.
Mrs. Lee Rice returned to Kan
sas City Sunday evening after a
brief visit with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
u. Rice,
Mrs. w. G. Shelton, who has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. C.
Shelton, left Monday for Dallas,
Texas.
Mrs. S. l.. Humphrey and
daughter of Higginsville, spent
Sunday with her father, J. E.
Cross.
Misses Bessie and Laura Davis
spent Sunday in Bates City.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Stier spent
Sunday in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Homsley
went to Higgiqsville Sunday to
spend the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-04-12
SEED CORN.

Diamond Joe White, heaviest
vielder, best dro ught resister OF
all varieties. This corn was
planted April st n, and has been
tested by Misso uri and Kansas
Agricultural Colleges, In a test
from 1000 grains from 200 ears
every grain geminted- All
private tests have been the
same. The Kansa 5 test was 800.
Statements sent me from Col
umbia, Of tests Of corn from
other sources, gave one at $50
another at 1871 and one as low
as 4O%, and these people
thought they had fine seed corn.
$3.50 per bushel
F. L. Shelly,
lexington, Mo.