The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-11
Lillian G. Perkins
SiCns of the Times

with tho lethargy that comes with
k,t weather. those who have charge
OF certain columns, their particular
1ltv 10 find items about people with
which to interest readers, comes
t,sk not to be onvied, for In the
Curry Of the social season, even If 1t
A. "a Chrlstmastime when everybody
is doing something. the task is not
peqr So difficult as IL Is these dead
suumer days when everyone Is
away. speaking In the majority. and
those at home are simply trying TO
kecp cool and are amazed IL uSy
are invited to reply to social que
ries. much less participate. The
week lust closed has had it's pecu-
larities, for absolutely the days
nave been empty Tulsa Is socially
asleep. The Glorious Fourth camo
and vas celebrated quietly as Tar as
Astay.at-home society was concerned.
A few went to Spavinaw. few went
TO Morgans Inn, the Akaka Kama
dance at Crystal Park and the Elks'
dance at Red Fork were the two
prominent affairs In honor OF the
holiday, and both, 30 IL Is authenti-
cally stated, could have had more
enthusiasm. so advisedly, II may be
II seems the central interest of
women these days is concerned with
national politics. Many expressions
are hoard about both the republican
and democratic nominees, but II liz
too early yet TO express any opinion
as 10 whom the major portion of the
women OF tho nauon is to honor
with their vote. 1t may be stated
affirmativeiy though, and the men
OF the country know II to be a truth,
that the party will not dominate the
vote OF the women OF America. Wo-
men. true TO their motherly instinct.
will think OF the home, the state.
then the nation. and they are sure
TO vote for that man who will uphold
the constitution under which, this
@untry has prospered for genera
tons and they will support the tick
ct that will stand behind prohibition.
So. II you chance to hear most of
the women who are at home this
summer. talk about anything aside
from how many glasses OF jelly they
have put up and how they are man
aging TO do their preserving with
the allowance OF sugar accorded
them. II u about national politics.
Those whose vision has a far reach
Ing perspective. say the result In Mo-
vember's election will prove that
women are not only a great factor
IN politics, but they have injected an
unusual quality in elections They
are going 70 vote for that man whom
they think Ia the man for the place,
regardless Of the party behind him.
Someone who writes Interestingly
OF hobbies, says: In the hustle and
hustle OF the restless age, the one
great problem which all classes seem
to take time for Ia the ever impor-
tant question How to Keep Young
and says. "one of the great remedies
against old age Is to have n hobby"
The writer continues:
Almost everyone has a hobby
some favorite fad which he pursues
Eealously without Interior motives
and no thought of gain! In reality
everybody should have two, an in
door hobby and an out-of-door hob
by; more would probably do no
harm. There's nothing like a hob
by for keeping one young. Many
elderly gentlemen attribute their
splendid constitutions to a mania for
dancing or golf, which they indulge
In on every possible occasion.
A famous writer. who died a short
time ago, made practice of collect
Ing all the rejection slips sent her
by magazines For the encourage
snent OF young authors II may be
6ted that they papered q whole
room Another writer, a poet, col
lecied % rejection slips from a single
poem.
This comes close home. this mat
ter OF saving things in the way OF
the Objectionable or unusual Per-
maps few people have so interesting
collection Of unusual things as the
newspaper woman who comes in
touch with the masses each day ell
ther over the phone or in personal
contact In the byways OF life. The
reporter often becomes astonished
a. the outside attitude toward news
papers and the way they vision the
inside trend and mechanics Of the
paper For one thing, the reporter
realizes that the us1lal peraop never