The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-16
Ms FORGET OUR TROUBLES

Tho World wants to cheer you TINS morning
"a H. may. Because we hear so little OF
cies) s)fui nature in these times. Most folks are
tan4ng. talking, talking instead OF doing, doins'
doing and mostly their talk is OF troubles past
troubles present and troubles yet to come There
is the ever present high cost of living. the In
dustriai unrest, the radical activities. And the
result is that our minds filled with appre-
hension, crepe is hanging in every corner and
we go about with grim foreboding In our hearts
Yet all the while life Is Just fail of beauty
as ever The birds sing they have always
SANG flowers grow and bloom and fade and
die-ust as since creations dawn; opportunity
holds wide her arms promising certain reward
to those who walk into her embrace practicing
thrift, industry and frugality; love In sweet
and plentiful as at any time In the worlds his
tory, the winds blow gently. friendship 'is
as dear; life holds nothing more precious than
that possessed by those united in love and kim
dred tastes with faith in country and God
working happily to sustain tho family relation
and cutting their economic cloth to fit the eco
nomic income.
II Is envy ana extravaganza that arc playing
hob with our lives. These are tho killjoys of
existence. The easiest thing In the world. we
think. is Just to want. The most lamentable mis-
take to permit unwse desire to be born. The
ex-service men envy the wealth accumulated
by the stay at homes who speculated on ma
tion's peril. and they permit themselves to
want a bonus from their government. Men and
women--ourselves you and I-see the parade
of wealth and vulgar extravaganza about us,
and we begin to think that happiness and con-
tentment require that. So we begin to envy the
display and want the means to emulate It,
Egregious mistakel Money buy some
chasabie. Envy! 1t is the of tho world. 1t
is the breeder of discomfort. the incter OF riots
the executioner of true happiness There is moth
ing wrong with the world. The trouble is dis
coverable in the mental attitude of the people
who inhabit the world. You who are earning
a worthy wage can probably never realize your
longing for vulgar display and extravaganve,
but you can suppress the desire. 1t is possible
even now to experience contentment and tran
guilty
strangle envy this very morning. And curb
extravagant desire. Gather your family about
you this Sabbath day and go into executive
session. Count the points by one. You will
find that your outlay for the noncssentials
is far greater than prudence permits. Realize,
one and all of you, that your future is not the
concern OF the community or of the state but
OF yourselves That to attain It individual effort
and individual economies are essential stop.
here and now, considering the troubles OF the
whole world. What you can't help is not your
concern. What is your duty is every other per-
sons opportunity.
Realize that II you are "A real executive you
can and must show 1t in the orderly manner
in which you direct the affairs OF your own
life and household. II you really want the costly
motor car that your neighbor parades set about
mi society
not already possess 1t. And it may be that at