The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-10
The Struggle
Observation-Disclosures

Ihere arc some obligations--sociA ciA /
Kindness extended, hospitality given,
and the like--whlch one can school
oneself to own without loss Of self.
respect one can even accept flndu.
elai help from friend perhaps.
under some circumstances For It is
oIleh an act OF grace to take II prof
fered kindness
Hut there are times when to ask
from certAn quarters lH unthinkabte.
To trade, Tor example. upon a friend :
obligation IA Edgar had done I'm the
case OF the Fenns. TO Edgar Flow
erton. however. the need for more
money TO complete his invention was
as compelling as tho necessity for
caring for public health tfr providing
toou Tor the needy. lie regarded has
wafer heater as a sort OF public utiil-
" s"ufething the community should
take hand In developing II neCcs-
sary, To Ned tho end was the main
thing 10 consider The means TO 1t
was purely detail and didn't mat
ter 20
To his sister. Edlth Ferrol the
shame Of his'borrowing money from
man who owed his very place in
the community to the Fcrrols' be b.
frionding Of him, a man who In all
decency could not refuse tho aid. was
y burning Disgrace. The monpy
Edgar had borrowed from Fem be
came a nightmare OF worry
Once more tho old problem Of
money became "A poignant torment 10
Edith tcrrol Added " the weight
OF debt to Fcun was me- certainty
that as Hoon MS her husband discov-
cred whore Ned had got tho money
there would he an outhurst from
him. Johns patience was already
exhausted, Edith well know. II woull
not surprise her H. outraged at Mods
failure TO keen his promises, John
sent him out OF their home.
In hor frenzy OF worriment Edith
pictured hor brother. her little boy q"
Ms she always thought OF him, adrift
in the world. without money, vet
burning with his faith In his own
ability, desperate for a chance TO
wSest success from the undertaking
he had laborcd 10 put through.
That In just how BOYS are tempted
into dishonesty, she thought bitter
". Somebody will come along and
offer him money to do some crook ed
thing Perhaps some interruptions
woman Edith put her hnnus
over her face and rocked back and
forth IN her stress "Oh. my little
brother How can find a way ou'
for Sou'' She remembered back in
the past when Ned was a miSchicvous
intp and she. his wise old sister who
adOrcd him. thought up ways to s.IN o
him from patcrnal wrath, or moth -
cr.S ready slipper
~ hcr problem were on'v some
thing other than money Rut II was
always money -. money money -
first her long fight To make John
give her a housekeeping and personal
allowance. then the struggle with
soaring food costs. then the loss OF
his position and the mighty effort to
prepare and publish Mise Selden' =
hook then the coming Of her hrothc =
with all his strength and weaknesses.
his promising talcuts ana his broken
promises and another des-
pcratc clawtng and digging Tor
money money money, to help miA
through the crisis'
some boys arc ruined with too
much money" Edlh muttcrcd re-
Henfully. thinking OF tho worthless
spendthritts who swarm the white
lighted part OF broadway. "and somo
with the lack Of IL! must
find the way out | must hs smart
enough 10 think of some way 10 earn
a bit ot money quickly must
must ...'
As she paced the floor, forcing her
hrsius from sluggish. huusew lfelv
channels ~ thought INTO the foreign
realm 81 vommcrclalism, In came
Lillian Elakc, who. with match
making eve on her dchutnute niece
and Faith handsome young broth.