The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-08
Distance, of Years,
Very Often Lends
Enchantment.
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NORA COLE SKINNER

" T. haven't changed par
w ucIo. This modern scncra-
ton u ours We still make
- Jun or the old folks when they tell
hs the moon shOno brighter back
IN the old states "befo' the war"
and the wntcrmelons were juiCicr.
and tho potatoes were bigger and
swretcr.# but we're Just Ike them.
read thig sdlib the other dn,
lts meant 90 be funny. hut lt'H
1ulghty close ON the heels of lraE
edy.
II looks az n Jonca is better
satisfied with his wife"
Yes, he ls, You -ce. hc went
back ana saw the girl hc has been
dreaming VI for the past 20 years
Twenty years mouucd away In
acknowledgements Not wholly
dissatisfied %ith the wife OF HIS
bosom, but uuconsriDusly com
pairing that wife with the fresh.
rosy checked girl he used 10 40
with before hc met hur Com
pairing thg Others looks her dis
position, her witty. Nippant re-
pnrtc, her nuiacl'y or her dcmure.
engaging glance Remembering
her soft white hnnds, her trim
figure. her EHyety and her come.
hither smile
When two people have been
married eight or ten vrurs. and
have acquired three or four chill
dren, they don't feel 4 thru IKE
radio trhnsmisglon passing
through their entire system Lhln
their hands accidentally touch on
tho wheel ~ their car. or in the
dark at the movies incoming
away, he can easily recall tho
trickliug little spusms that affected
his spinal column when the girl
D. used 10 go with grabbed tho
lines OF their favorlte livery horse
when the first automobile I'm town
hove iu sight. or reached FOR the
paddle OF their cauuc--nnd hls
hand cAEe In contact with hers.
An. his wife had done the best
shc could In her way. no doubt.
ana she had made good mother
Tor the Riddles, hut as for him, ne
needed moro than the prAv things
OF life. lie had 1ssuredly missed
something OF the higher warnings
that he was peculiarly nt,uned to.
Who knows Nut what he made n
sa3lmistake when he chose The one
he ala In place OF the girl of the
long ago.
Turn over You're snoring.
II would do Us all good N We
could see the objects now that We
kept company" with when we
were Is, 20 and IS wed thank
our stars for Susie and the Kids.
or John and his bald spoi--Hs the
CASE mL5ht ne The gilt-cdgr OF
double harness wears on after a
few years when rough places have
been got over with many tiffAnd
scowl and the children have been
pulled through whooplng cough,
measles and mumps Husband
and wife are lcfi limp az ~rlg,
and with about NJ much ~ thnt
dcslranle unknown quantity" to-
ward each other that acts AZ n
s'imulant to a masculine vnrietist
nv a pair of deuccs
But think again. You and that
old Hweetheart of yours couldn't
buggy y-ride or canoe the rest OF
Your days. and were YOUR hand to
meet hers In tho movies tonight.
you'd probably think you'd coll
lidcd with the knotty rought
fingers ~ z Bridget from some
body's kitchen, or tho sluashy Fat
paw or some boarding house keep
er Of your bachelor days
Folks like TO rave about
First Loye--how sweet il is
but o.
Folks seldom we'd first love.
And that's why they cap drlyel
So"
Tho thing we didn't get In Hfc
makes an atluring picture IN retro