The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-12-29


money to give her the clothing O
The fashion plate ladies and movi
aueens. Perhaps she came with th
intent of making herself useful i
The world.
She got Job. II was Eork. II tha
constitutes jnb! She shaved ain
hours day behind counter or pos
sihIy she stacked matches in boxe
no matter she got the job.
And the salary, magnificent $40
week The clerks in Perkins stor'
back home only got SO but then sh'
was ignorant as yet you see.
/ SO she drifted along until one fin
night she found herself hanging owe
the railing Of the river bridge poclS
setbook empty, hungry y--contemplatint
a leap from the bridge--or worse.
Then there is the working man.
He knows no trade for he grew
up In untrammeled America
where one Is permitted to do as
he plcases. An nduIgent father
had not insisted on him learning
anything useful His mother up
held him in idIcness.
Possibly the father went
broke. Possibly he never had
anything. At least we find our
hero at forty. discouraged, Know
ing no trade, on the bum.
A bad season strikes his sec
tIon OF the country. He has no
money, no friends. Thsn we find
hIrl~-whcrc?
Riding the rods to better
land, In iaii and out, a knight of
the clnder trail.
The poor man comes one dreary
night 10 cold home. He Is
out Or work. He knows no friends
His children are hudded around Q
stove Id which the last embers are
dying. A small girl Of four weeps
sor food.
a mother in tho next room ;herf
are two rooms lies in bed Of olr
blankets and ragged great coats. Sht
! II moaning in pain.
h a little life Ia to come into tM
World before many hours have pass
IN There is no doctor, no provis
iEls. There is no fire, no light
4 kln despair the man goes into tht
ilght stumbling against the COLI
wind seeking assistance in his trou
Tie. d
There Is gutter bum who mas
\ mo knowledge Of how loathsomc
\ he really is. Drunken, abused,
/ aSklcked and cuffed he lodges ~
4 human beings.
Like trounced dog he avoids
people yet ne must seek them.
\ At last he decides that he is
1 down and out. He goes down the
; street with longing in his heart.
He longs to tell some one how
l he despiscs self.
| He has reached the turning
point. VIII some one hold out a
! hand?
Ha! ha! he laughs. HE knows
the world.
Then there is the woman withou
shame. Christ had compassion oil
her kind but she has come to thinl
,thst no one else had. Harpy likI
Ishe plies her way about the street
lof the great city.
Her cheeks are incarnidine. He
soul il as red as her painted lips
Her eyes are as full of guile as tn
misshapen mind.
unloved. much caressed. hunted, II
prey upon society she comes to tn,
slast step down, then she finds gol,
iin her heart. Does anyone else fin,
III?
SO they run through the annals @ 4
life. But here is what happened.
The simple girl went to clean
boarding house and after a few
n years made good. She blossomcd
into flower Of pure woman.
k~~a
The worklnuman went to work.
Ing mans hotel. He was given
shelter and clothing with food as
the lowly Naxarenc comm landed.
He learned = trade and became
Il! useful. He became producer.
The poor man sent his wife
to maternity home where she
\ received good care. His chiIdren
II were sent food, clothing and
v fuel,s
N The gutter bum was offered =
|, chance at self rehabilitation. Ne |
n made good. He quit drink, rot =
job and was useful.
The harpy was sent to res
\ cue home and became woman.
She who was old only In expert.
/. enee again learned the simple
love Of child. she was saved
fos the world.