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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27

praying, or you win remain away from
the meetings. We will hold prayer meet
ing on another night. and 1 shall refuse
admission to any among you who bring
personal criticisms into your public
prayers"
This started difficulties. fast and
thick. as the young minister knew 1T
would. She says: AT the evening meet
ing the leader of one of the factions rose
to his feet with the obvious purpose of
starting trouble He was . retired sea
captain. OF the ruthless type. that knocks
"a man down with a Delaying pin, and he
made his attack in a cnaracteristically
straight from the shoulder fashion.
Among other things he said:
This gal comes to this church and
undertakes to tell us how We shall pray
That's a highhanded measure. and i. for
ore, amt goin' to stand 1t. want to
say right here that shall pray as I like.
prayed in this heavenly way for fifty
va ars before that gal was born. and she
cart dictate to me now"
This created uproar. but DR.. Shaw
insisted that the congregation should
hear the captain out: For" she said.
lit is the last time he shall ever speak
at one of our meetings. do not intend
t. allow him anybody else to interfere
with my meetings. You are sea cap
tain. What would you do TO me IL came
on board your ship and started a mutiny
in your crew or tried to give orders.
You would put me ashore or in irons
Now. Captain Sears. I mean to put you
ashore I am master of this ship. I
have set my course. and mean to follow
it, III you rebel, either you VIII get out
or I will But until the BOARD asks for
my resignation, I am in command"
Toi Annals surprise. the captain ap-
peared at church the following Sunday.
- >r4v
ed in the church was one of her strong
est supporters.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27
FLIMSEY'S MAIDEN SPEECH

time. until at last, by the laws Of con-
trariefy. the name Flimsey attached it.
self to the lovely pink and white beauty,
with big blue eyes, wealth Of golden
curis, a rosebud mouth, voice the tim
Der of which could be clearly distinguish
OF nursery differences, and a remarkable
backbone that seemed to set at defiance
all the tradition Of the family in regard
to femininity.
Flimsey grew in grace, beauty and
backbone, as the years went by. Having
little but her charming individuality u
command her to the attention of tina,
social world which she seemed created
to adorn, she made the most Of these
graces of personality with which nature
had lavishly endowed her, and from the
time her mother introduced her at the
meeting of the Monday Afternoon Bridge
Club. in long clothes and an ivory com
fort In her mouth, pointing with pride to
the fact that the frock was made from
one of her own summer lingerie gowns.
she displayed sang-froid and camara-
derie that were decidedly alluring
The same evening her father present
ed her to the governor of the state clad
in a nightgown made of linen pillow
slip taken from the best company bed,
1t having been one of a pair that came
as a wedding gift in the linen shower
a
month before. She slapped the governors
face and tweaked his nose with a vigor
and directness that proved her no re-
spector of persons, but later won her way
To the heart of His Excellency by throw
ing her arms around his neck and allow
ing herself to be kissed. before she was
laid to rest on the divan, barricaded with
several big, fat pillows. while the Hon
Judson. her mother, the governor and
one of the many generals in the neigh
bcrhood. played game of Boston-which
went far to prove that they were too
libera1-minded to remember the demar-
cations of Mason and Dixon's line.
She snored all through the game witch
marked indifference to the rules OF Ell
quette. and her parents, instead Of APP
precfating the enormity Of their only
daughters behavior, treated her lapses
with much levfty. and did not allow II 20
prevent their white washing the general
and the governor with much thorough
ness.
Flimsey found herself, by the time she
could talk in two syllables, caught in a
network of tradition. fine-fibred and
strong. the web Of which she promptly
proceeded to demolish, and thereafter set
herself to the unraveling OF pet theories,
the dropping of carefully set stitches. and
the ripping up of nicely French felled
seams of propriety with such total dis
regard of all preconceived family ideals
as to knock into a very much cooked nat
any plans her fond parents might have
laid as to her following In the footprints
many generations for their reverence for
a certain Madame Grundy and her care
fully established laws.
FIimsey had little regard for law, this
disregard having been brought about.
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Hon Judson Tredennis were merry
meals. Tho Hon. Judson liked 70 laugh
and his wife liked to laugh with him. ana
Flimsey had caught the conta0on wnen
young. along with measles and other
childish ailments. and had never become
immune.
when they had nothing else to laugh
about they laughed ut each other, ana
the Hon. hudson had even been known
to. crack joke at the expense OF ms
campaign manager. under the very NO.
LOT that august parsonage. to poke run -
the campaign bureau. and to make light
of the ways and Means Committee to its
VERY face This levity OF MIND had
tendency to prejudice persons IN mgn
places against him. but 1t may be tnas
Flmsey had gotten some OF her oackDone
from the Hon. Judson himself. At any
rate, when he felt inclined to snap his
fingers he snapped Them, and when he
wanted to throw open the windows ana
let in the light on dark corners. ne ola
So without much as saying hy-your-
leave. to anybody A 'consequence o.
which was that at the time OF his can
didacy for governor, having been lured
into the arena with promises which were
made only to be broken he found HIM
self in the peculiar position Of . man
opposed to his own political constituents.
and with that reckless disregard OF con-
sequences which was one Of his delight
full. II dangerous attributes, he proceeded
to stick his heels in the ground with
stubborness. and refused to pick chest
nuts out of the political fire for either
one side or the other.
The Hon. Judson having been known
for some years by the nickname Of "Old
Honest and Easy his friends and emo
mics found with some chagrin that he
was not % easy AZ honest. He refused
to be = political tool. whereupon the
Ways and Means Committee pulled its
purse strings taut. and the Hon. Judson
found himself hampered upon every side.
a sort OF political boycott having besn
Instituted against him.
The Hon. hudson had not been par
tfcularly keen for the race Mt first In
deed. II II had not been for the fact
that the Hon. Mrs. Judspn thought II
would be nice to be the First Lady ~
the State. and that Flimsey had always
wanted to live in the Executive Mansion
up on The Hin. because the garden was
20 beautiful and the rooms % nice and
big. and she had played there IN her
babyhood days. with the children Of the
governor whose nose she had fweaked.
the Hon Judson never would have en- :
tered the race
But now that he had entered II. Finn
sey wanted him to win. and having ac-
quired the habit Of letting FIimsey have
her way In all things. and having inner
tied , Discrimination to retreat under fire,
the Hon. Judson ct his firm young jaw
and made up his mind q Win or know
the reason why
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27
BY CELIA MYRovER ROBINSON
In the Southern Ruralist.

She came as an unwelcome guest.
with not a penny in her pocket and no
silver spoon in her mouth. Her mother
accepted her advent, as she accepted
which had always characterized the
Stuart family. one of the oldest and
r~ost honored in the state OF her birth.
Her father. noble scion the house of
Tredennis, long noted for it's gallantry
and substantially received her with
diplomacy, a distinguishing trait of his
house for generations. without commit
ting himself to enthusiasm.
The fact that the family purse was
me 1t in -the-mouth waters that Mammie
knew so well how to cook-did not
make the least difference in the polite
ness with which she was received Her
mother relinquished bridge with sigh,
II is true, and gave UP her afternoon
stroll down Broad street, with some re-
iuctance, and her father denied hims elf
cigars and took to smoking stogies on
the sly and cancelled an order for some
rare editions he had long coveted. But
they did not allow the small and unwci-
come stranger to feel any lack of hospi-
tality, but invited her to take pot-luck
with them with that charming inconse-
quence which had made the Hon. and
Mrs. Tredennis such an acquisition 20
the social and civic life Of the commun-
ity in which they and their forbears
had long resided.
AS for the young lady herself, it made
rot the slightest difference to her that
she had not a dollar to her name She
was descended from long lire Of an
cestry which had been for hundreds of
years too busy making history and Gre
ating political situations to think with
any degree of seriousness on the subjest
of ways and means. The Ways and
Means Committees had always attended
to such details. without tresspas sing upon
the attention of the Hon. Judson Horton
Tredennis, his ancestors or his descen-
dants.
Among the many claims to distinction
that Mrs Tredennis possessed was the
womanfy quality of amiabflity under any
and all circumstances. and the Hon judi
son. with many other admirable traits,
was blessed with strong sense of hu-
NOR. which had enabled him to meet the
exigencies of everyday modern life with
ease and assurance.
A natural hesitancy in offending the
many members of the Stuart and Tr,-
dennis families. who sent in lists Of
names. and suggestions as to their an
plication. by every mail. led to the small
person receiving. after some weeks spent
in pleasant discussion OF the subject. q
number Of frivolous applications. among
clcthes and Miss Flora McFlimsey. The
latter sobriuuet was that by which Mrs.
Tredennis introduced her at her first az
ed Flora and Miss McF1imsey for some
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27

perhaps, from the fact that in lieu of a
| high chair she had sat for years on a
Blackstone atop of q split-bottomad
stool. had played train with other dusty
tones, built houses with them, and In
later years had seen them taken to the
pa wnshop. along with articles of furni-
tvre Of far greater value. and left from
time to time, in order that there might
be something for Mammie to make the
waters out of, and for her mother to buy
the bridge prize with.
The books were generally redeemed in
time to save the family honor. just an
the waters were usually forthcoming and
the bridge prize usually paid for.
The only thing that was pawned that
never was redeemed that Flimsey could
remember was the necklace OF amethysts
in a quaint and beautiful setting. which
had been promised to her when she
reached her eighteenth year. She was
sixteen when this was pawned. and she
SAT- at family council while the subject
under discussion was whether her pa
rents had the right to jeopardize the
family jewels.
question, as she decided many other
subjects that came under her notice, as
she shot from pink and white and god
ba byhood to q pink and white and gold
ladyhood. dashing I'm. on her way up.
where her parents feared to tread. knock
vau1ting hurdles prichly wfth traditions
and vigorously kicking over the traces
OF family PRIDE. without Qualm AZ to
what or whose pet pretudices were
trodden under her dashing feet
On the OCCASION of the pawning of the
necklace. funds were needed to. finance
political campaign in which the Hon.
Judson Horton Tredennis was running
for the governorship OF his state. The
Ways and Means Committee were at the
end of the rope and the Hon. Judson at
the end OF his wits, when F7fmsey's
mother said. with beautifully assumed in
difference:
we might raise money on the anne
thysts-'
But the Hon. Judson would not hear
of it They were to be F1imseyss on her
eighteenth birthday.
Flimsey sat on the much linked ma
|hogany table In a lavender kimona. kick
ing her heels and listening imperturb-
ably, Withholding her decision until all
the returns were in
But after the subject had been dis
cussed and rediscussed. and the decision
had been reached that the amethysts
must not be touched. she took the neck
lace hung it about her neck and pirouet-
ted about the room. casing in the mirror
at herself and otherwise conducting her
self like young peacock.
She ate her supper with the necklaces
cleaning against her soft round throat.
and it was = merry meal. in spite Of
the menu Consisting Of fig preserves and
bread and butter and bread and butter
and fig preserves. with milk from one
lean COW which composed the family
dairy
Most Of the meals at the home or tn,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27

As a step toward the solution of the
delinquent girl problem Chicago has
opened a new Parental School for Girls
Mrs. Charles J. Smith. OF Lexington, IS
the first woman to be honored with the
presidency of the University of Kentucky
Alumni association.
A woman OF Alameda, Calf. has been
granted a divorce OF her testimony that
her husband had bought her only two
dresses in seventeen years.
More than five per cent of all the con-
ivicts in English prisons are women
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27

ALL WOMEN STORE
WORKERS RECEIVE
MINIMUM WAGE


wasnineton' July IA minimum
49, OF $3.50 per week Tor women en-
E.0y 80 IN n,. ~ mercantne s:eaDLisnmsnts
tne ct OF Coiumoia ma been
aSroed upon oy twelve oonfsrees rep
resenting the 1000 women % ennplcyed.
the 100 or more merchants Of Washing-
ton. and the gensral public. Who were
caied toesthor BY the Minimum Wags
slider tho wages conditions IN this In
dustry.
The order VIM - into effect Novom-
Der !. after which time every woman with
seven month"; appearance must receive
at least $3.50. Bsginnsrs must resolve
a lest for the fir.t three months Sisse
ana Tor the next four unonths e11.6o Per
week.
Tnis agreement. which ahas beon signed
~ All parties TO the couforouoa oofa the
nignest standard yet reached through
| minimum wage LEGISLATION Tor voupon
anywners IN the world. xhe next high-
60 - ths 1850 peP Woek fixed Tor the
women In the printing ana publishing In
dustry Of the District q Columbia, and
next to that conog e1oGo fixed " enc
minimum wage board % the otats of
Washington-
| ~. unosr the pouey aaopted . he ps.-
tslct e COLUMBIA Minimum Waoo beard.
tnis v1s.b0 wage aoreeneut haG boGn ~
rived At through gonuine collective
bareAin. negotiated actually by che Wom-
en- workers concorned, the merchants
| tnemeelves. ana the puuaic. Tho Wom-
ems representative. who were pomiuatod
two months $50 by baIot NJ mass
MEETING which overfIowea the U. q. Ma
tional Museum au6itorium, were lflso
Ina Courtney aalogWoman IN tho shirt.
waist department. Of 0orfluk1oss upooialty
shop: Miss Mary Sullivan. snlo0Wouaan
| In the hoslery department q Wholvnrd
= Lothropss dopart1nonk store. ana MIR
Ma Dobkin. os1osWomAn IL 1rlchaela.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27

The Prince of Wales might find a
bride in Amertca on his forthcoming
visit--and then again. he may find that
not all his royal titles will win heart
in America But Albert will meet in
Washington some of Americas most
charming beauties. And Washington So
cisty . Learning to couI- esy and study
ty. Three of the girls here shown. Miss
Harding. Miss Brown and Miss Simonds.
were picked as the prettiest at the south
ern relief ball given recently in WASH
ington. The others, the daughter cf
Representative Bankhead and the dausn-
tiers Of Secretary Glass. are among the
NEST popular inl social circles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27
DAILY THOUGHT.

Diamonds are only found in
the darkness of the earth, and
truths are only found in the
depth of tho't.-Victor Hugo.
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Lines Worth Remembering.
Ten thousand yesterdays are
not worth one today.-Samuei
Woodwork.
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DAILY THOUGHT.

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
Welfare LEAGUE
FORMED TONIGHT
Meeting at Chamber Of Com
merCe for Organization,

The Public Welfare League Of OK
hhoma City will be permanently OF.
ganlicd at meeting N the Chamber
ui Commerce At \ o'clock ,orig'' "
mi, meeting officers will lc clrc'cl
and the executive committee dc'ig
mated by John X BoAldaar viii he
fA,ilicd.
The committee consists Of Fred
Bcarly. s A. layton. H. g. Hatfield
l. II. BAILEY. Henry g. Snyder Rev
W. n. B. Urch Rev Frank Barrett
Mr., r. Haskell. Mr., ! y
S,hwoerkc. Mrs Frank u Lucas, !
\ Whnciofd. I g. Landon Dr. =
K. Cunningham. Judge ! y Dudley
Iudgc J. X. kca,on. Miss Edith John.
SON. Mont Powell. G y Parker. DR.
Louis J. Moorman. Miss Cora vii
son Mrs Roger =. Coates. Miss Lima
Davis. Mrs. John II S,ubblciicld, DR.
Joseph Blatt, DR. ! + Martin, Mi,
" I pei'ce and II A Douglas
This board. among rs other dutlc,
will submit to the mayor list o
ten names from which will he shoser
the five members Of the city boifC
oi public welfare a constitution ior
the league will bc acted on at th'
meeting
NcN, Sunday afternoon ! X Cod
ding. president oi tho NATIONAL vel
fare league. will address mas'meet
ing ~ this city Coddlng ~ waflcl
ui the Kansas peniien,lar,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24

talinr to obtain from the enemy now
what they angrlly rejected then
Must Finance Food.
II was clear that this hard hitting
completely turned the tables. Later.
i-orping the personal question, Err
berger turned TO the immediate iu.
'ure and told the now frightened
house that within ior,ngh, there
must be devised methods acceptable
To- the allies OF financing the purchase
ot foods He uttered the SterneSt
warning that il the German workmcn
rendered It impossible 10 expor' the
things Germany can give in exchange
ioJ food they would find thcmSclyei
ia MAY. lunc ard july faced by an
appalling famine for which they would
lnly have themselves 10 thank This
was addressed largely 10 the indcrcnd-
ent socialists as message 10 the
SpariacanS Then turning again to the
national liberals, he warned them all
as holders Of foreign securities tha,
unless these are voluntarily given to
the government as a means OF plNmcn,
lor food rigorous steps would be
taken 10 cOuiisCa'c them
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
WAR STAMP MEN
OUTLINE PLANS
County Directors to Be Ap-
pointed This Afternoon,

The county and district chairmen
OF various war saving committees in
the state met in the Lee Hucl,ins hotel
this morning ! r Weyland director
!or the federal diS,r,c, spoke at the
meeting 4 general discussion iol-
lowed Weylands talk on the plans for
a thrift campaign which will be ini-
tated IN the state Immediately,
The conference will meet again this
afternoon when it is expected that a
director for each county will be ap-
pointed TO take the matter OF thrift
mp in schools and among the farmers
" his section
W. NJ Morris; secretary OF the COM
mit,ee who is presiding at the confer
enoe said this morning that in the
coming drive the committee wanted
to emphasize that the main purpose
was to instill thrift.
"Our purpose" he said, is to sell
the thii, idea. and TO impress upon
the people the importance OF saving
even though the war is over
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24

neni local business man and two mar
ried women; that the police conlis.
Gated a quart and a half of whisky
~ the automobile IN which tho editor
the business man" and married WON.
Ell were sitting that the polce took
the four to the office OF Chief Nichols.
and that the chief turned them loose
u have three aiildayiis to prove
what say" Walton declared. "lnd !
am going to start an investigation into
Why Nichols released that high.bfow
OF yours II i, had been some poor
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
TWO LOCAL NAMES
IN CASUALTY LIST

Names OF two Oklahoma City BOYS
appear in the casualty list today: That
OF Chester +. Shaver. serving with the
Thirty-sixth division, l42nd infantry,
and that OF Warren X. Williams.
Two weeks ago a letter was re-
reiyed from Shaver BY his mother,
Mrs. Cora Johnson, $50 Fast Fifth
street. stating that he was in the hos
pital recovering from a gas attack, but
expected to return to duty within a
few days. Before joining the army
Shaver was an employe of the Grlgsby
Grocery company at 424 East Eighth
street.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
HICN MASON SAYS
HE'S APPROACHED
(cortlnusd from Page ~

you are putting over the drtiest
work any candidate has ever been
asked to s,asd in this town
Better Be CAREFUL"
But YOU had better he careful about
what YOU say about me. | have sew
eral thousand friends in this town.
And | don't care to have you call me
up agaiN
Walton declared further that he Is
for s,rc, enforcement OF law, and ,ha,
under the presen, city administration
open gambling is in progress here.
Protected gambling is running IN
Oklahoma City righ, now" he said
and Chief Nichols knows about IT, !
am for enforcement Of the law all the
time, and | intend TO start an invesu-
cation to see why the gambling is no,
stopped here now"
Editor Drunk"
He made the further charge that
AN editor" employed by the 0klaho.
ma Publishing company had beer
found drunk a few nights ago on the
Exchange avenue bridge by police
] that with this editor" was \ promi.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
WILLIAMS IS GIVEN
Favorable REPORT

WASHINGTON. Feb. - by a
strict partisan vote oi Q to !. the sen
ate banking committee decided today
10 recommend confirmation oi the
nomination Of John Skellon Williams
10 succeed himself as comptroller OF
the currency.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
ARMY DEATHS
TOTAL 1o7,444
Bullets Killed More Men
Than Disease,

WASHINGTON, Feb. "a 2l-Dea,hs
during the war in the American cxpe-
ditiomry forces and among troops in
the United States from all causes,
the war department announced today,
numbered l07 ,4I4
In the expedi,ionary forces the total
wa. 729Sl. or these, 20,829 resulted
from disease, 4S.j6S from injuries re-
ceived in battle and 1854 from all
other causes.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
Vital Statistics
Ssrrlaus Lleen,s.

Marriage Licenses,
John Morrison, 20 years old and
Betty Chapman. .S Years old. both -
Oklahoma C''y
RcriSmln r,Amsa is wears o,d. and
Minnie stith, 70 years cid, both q Oa.
lahoma Ct!.
births
Mr.. and Mrs Arnold Garner, Klowa,
Mr.. aud Mrs Bert Mcmillan. 1870 East
Twelfth street, girl
Mr.. md Mrs Earl Scott. Shield.
uellhts, hoy
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe 7. HAYS. ThI-.
Meth street and Harvey avenue. boy
Mr.: and Mrs. Charles Porter. Shle'ds
Heights girl
Mr. and Mrs Lylo Dunn, 1929 West
Twenty second street boy
Mr.. and Mrs, Frank ulrlch. ll5 West
Avenue Y, tirl
Mr. and Mrs. William Costello. az
West California avenue, girl,
Deaths.
Adds HAVE, lO9i, East Main street
Thomas Murphy, Wesley hospital.
Bulidlno Permits,
Joe " Moser frame dwelling, 2il'
West Hudson, $1,000
Joe L. Moser, one.s,ory brick building
S25-i7 wcst Reno av,nie, $4,000.
J. II Struck, frame dwelling lig
West Sevsn,n street, 5000,
W. u. Tollver. frame dwelling, 50
East Hecond street 500.
" v. Bingham two-story brlcl
!, church bi5 Third street 100000.
A. n, Townsend, repairs TO dwelling
$50 East Third street. 1900.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-24
Hsbitual Constipation Cured
In'i4 to 2i Days.

IAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a
specially prepared Tonic Laxative for
Habitual Constipation II relieves
promptly hut should be taken rcgu-
larly Tor IL to y days to lsaucc reg
uiar action. 1t Stimulates and Rees-
la,eS. Very Pleasant to Take SOC
pcr bottle (Adv) }