Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-18
The Struggle


~ th, ,ui uf the second Wrrh o'
he Irtrol-. residence Iu AfCadh
Inings hnl strnightrnri oui some
what M. huus" was sweet hiSl al
ffdrNtv. even 'huush Eiith hdi h'"n
iuHsto iu stretch her house inuu'5
10 cover u,v flulHhluRh. ana John
couldn't SPARE any. hecdus" his gar
den. nov under way thhuh 10 Al
nhk,.s br.r. had cost more thhn hr
expected
"Hut realiN dr,f,r. he rooms look
quite Japaucsj declared AIS VIE,
t.NHys upt,uustly. with 80 lii'lc ~
thrm Nuu know th, Jdps .augh At
our olfillui tuuu.H Ihcy never
put uu. flower ur stalk into a vase
En,ouraEod by lIls praise ana Z ne
obvious enjoyment John hhl the
children not out ~ Arcadia Ediih
took pride IN her small home hud
worked herself tu thluucsS keeping
n clean ami attractive. Thc prom
lem - household help was her worst
diffir ulty. next To money shortage.
Edith WIS used tu rigid economy
aui knew the utmost linits tu winch
= dollar could be- mad" 90 go.
But g. huy ana cook the meals
wash DISHES. make beds. sweep. iu-',
mend con- me eternal mVnding ,,
tend the door. care fur the Riddles
ana entertain We. meaning but hoic-
some callers. reduced her At nisht 10
4 state ~ uotNr.ftaG4lr which mad"
! ~ a feat uf absolute hetoiHm to dress
tni appear sprightb against John
homecoming
In her sew Nurk fa'. sarah ia.
competent but willing. came every
| ..n Il
home tu sleep ia Arcadia not tot
,u,r or money could u 'hted HtI
he hired All the girls In that part
OF the universe seemed to work ~
factories only families who lived
| ~ huge houses and kept four or i've
servants managed TO keep th"ir
| help" There was not even laun'
dress IN be rnsuatcd The Ferrols
had to send their wash" Ia lnun-
dry IN DanVillr, the nearest town.
| They charged 10 cents "A dozen Tor
APPAREL aud t6 for "flatwork,' care
lcssiy done at that. and with an
| extra levy fur the messenger VINO
called for and delivered LII Blake
| made her husband tote their 'laun'
| dry into town In suit case cdch
| Monday morning and tote II out on
| Friday. to his vast disgust i'ut
| Edlth couldn't hiring herself TO FOL
low that plan and tried to sklmp on
| other things IN order to pay the IN
satiable laundry boy
They lNed very simply ana poor
| John mggcd bundles out from the
city until hc felt as II they actually
Irew upon his person NeVerthe-
irs.. with the water TAX uf tlb a
J year (Which they hadn't dreamed nt
and "a dozen other taxes, ana ne
| high cost of evcrything, hoth Edlth
and John sometimes were liirtily
! pennlcsn at the end ~ the week
! On- day. IN the midst OF cookie-
making Edith found herself short 81
sugar Small Jack, waiting 10 'uck
out the pan VIII his finner pleaded
| to go TO the store Jack" loved thdt
dingy country store. whose numer-
ous and varied mysteries and friend
| Is. rural niiuuaphoro appealed to his
| Imagination.
An right. sugar boy" said his
mother, counting out tn. money
| from her fiat purse the last silver
rulns Il contained. Don't lose moth
J cr's money And sister must 10 with
| you son"
The children were gone 40 long
| that Edith. already worried and
| tired. went TO the porch 10 look for
/ them. Up the road came the pair,
| Jack with arms tightly clcnched
| over scrap ~ paper hag, his his
/ sister wiping tears from his lace and
| telling him To hc "a man. not a
baby" Seeing his mother. he burst
| into hystcrical snhS
we only stopped n minute, muv.
vcr." he eulped, 10 sec frog -
| Many breath cntCh,ncs ana gasps
4 put the sugar ON rock, i
catchcd him. Ana | didn't know the
| rock was Wet mower. A-h-i ana
| the bag bursted and -al--all the
| sugar came out --'
II was the last straw EhBh put
nor hands to her face, her strained
nerves. giving way
tru be con,lnuedJ