The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-27
You Cannot Guess
Them by Clothes
These Days
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NORA COLE SKINNER

CINCE We wero a "couple o.
- Kids" we've been advised that
~ many an honest heart may
beat beneath ragged coat. or
shirt. or some other piece Of men X
apparel. and We thought II a
pretty Foutimcnt--f fapcltul
one but we've tested out another
recipe lately and found this much
out for Oursclvcs--thc worlds
been turned upside down and the
ragged coat or the silk shirt is no
ctcW whatever as 10 Who's Who
In America"
Camc 10 this conclusion re-
Gently when I asked the clerk at
the little corner grocery nearest
me how soon we could expect "A
now crop Of orangcs--uoutcm
plating marWAladc--and he told
me he didn't know exactly how Il
was here. but he remembered thB'
when he was at Monte Carlo last
March hc pulled oranges from the
trees every day the season SEEM
ing to be at rs height In southern
France.
Tho grocery clcrk speaking cas-
ullly OF Monte CarlOl It's awful
10 makes us have to be nice to
every body the sntppy DAYS are
over for we can't tell who's been
'alIoud "
\ railroad COACH has always had
is drawback IN the man or wo-
man whose. idea OF "A trip' was to
START and persist IN a ConNcrsa-
tou with the occupant Of the urNt
seat the minute all luggage was
adjusted. ono had 10 pretend to
sleep to escape.
Taking the Frisco one evening
last week for n trip OF u few hours
to the northern part OF tho state,
/ was told | must SIT in the day
coach as 40 seats We're sold in tho
Pullman after night | hate the
crowded day coach at night--the
ungnlnlv forms stretched out with
head thrown back and mouth
open. the crying. banana-eating
children squirming about and
frottug their travel-worn mothers
and fellow passenger to d,strac-
.t!on. selected my seat-com-
paniOn with care, He was II young
hhoror in whom, because OF the
khaki shirt under the new blue
serItr coat, ! knew | could not go
far wrong
"YcS.' he said later. 'It was
all luck in the army either good
luck or had. Now they gave mo
the II. : &. for stunt that any
boy IN the army would have done
had he been In my place. but II
just haI~,ned TO fail 10 me"
Tho distinguished service cross
Sitting next Me, ana | never
dreaming il was there
He was loath to talk but |
wormod II out IN time. fIe was
a sergeant IN the balloon service
-l6 months overseas as the eyes
Of the army. once while float
Ing above the oucnys lines his
balloon was hit hy II German gun,
. army regulations have II that an
enlisted aman cannot jump until
after tho officer has jumped, each
vacating from the opposite side
Of the basket. This was tho
youthful first lieutenants first
forced leap lie appeared dazed
when hit and just hung over the
basket looking down into space.
Il told him TO Jump the eN-
sergeant explained Tor those
doEgouc balloons collapse within
"A few seconds after "A hit, and It
wasn't any time to be meditatin'.
but he couldn't move. was de-
. tcrmlned 20 jump but didn't dare
90 before he did. 80. him bein' a
little fellow. | picked him up in
my arms and threw him out. then
! diNcd hcad-first from the other
side Tho colonel saw the hit and
was watchln, tho whole thing
with glasses ana he recommended
mo for tho II : G.. for savin' my
y officer and sticking to regulations
under stress. H. | WASH /
worryin' none about saviu' my Of
fccr.' he added 20 wipe out all
suspicion of bragEadoc!o. ~ was
them regulations. Army trainin'
Just naturally gets you in the
habit Of rospcctin' them'
when IL comes 20 this matter ot
q great republic" and "democ-
racy'. America has the world
beat We DO love true greatness,
no matter the clothes ana no mat.
ter the grammar, tand It's just
reached the point these days
whore wC.To afraid not TO make
mp 90 cECry Tom, Dick and Harry,
for fear he'll turn out 10 hc some
body we'd pay soc to have tho
autograph of
Burial I'm dry flour Will keep sil