The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13

got money uowndays Think ~
what they had according 90 our
standard of gold and silver
NorOs mother was murdorcss.
that Is why the old liberjiuc took
stakes fastened them into the
ground aud then took men and
women who believed In Jesus Christ
and covered thcir bodies with rosin
and tar strnppinR them TO posts, set
fire to thom, and then he drove hiv
churiots 600 HE drunken Tovclry,
while they were cinerated 10 ashes,
becausc they would deny faith IN
Jesus christ
In this war, why. the Turks lined
fhc ArmouiHns up by the tens OF
thousands and said. "If you VIII
acknowledge Allah as God and Mo-
hammcd as the prophet we will let
YOU co." and rather than dip their
colorg 90 old Mohammed they died
by the tens Of thousands with the
name OF Jesus Christ on their lips.
Patrick Hcnry's mother was olo-
qucnt. that is the reason that every
school boy from New YORK TO san
Francisco knows. Give mo liberty
or give me death" Phillip Cod
rich's mother taught him Biblical
history IN the old Dutch fire place
and the pictures In front OF IT,
Home authority ana nome examples
are needed.
Home FIRST.
! have Travelled up and won this
lard and I have met every bcas,
upon the arena and am convinced
now that neither law or gospel can
mako q nation great without homo
authority aud home example. Pa
rental neglect is one OF the prinCl-
pal causes for tho failure ~ boys
Judiclous control ana moral train
ing are absolutely indisp /;
neglect IN not less fatal.
Tbat fooldoting parent who can
not bear TO correct that boy may
be compelled 10 see him corrected
In tho rcformatory and By the SOW
crcignty of the Isowcr OF the state.
| know a good many people go
around and sncer at the boy and
sGy, 20. be Is t.ci TO h.s mother r
aprOG strings" But that Is an an
Client term OF roproach ana II Is de-
signed to separate youths with pink
hair from the last vestige Of SELF re-
straint and from self respect and
| that snccrinR use OF that phrase will
convert u fairly decent boy into q
/ loud-mouthed. staggering tough
with the vocabulary OF n BOwcry
!
/ wharf rat and the symptoms are:
Ability 10 absorb lore fine-cui
/ than "A two-story cusp!dor can hold,
n lie on his tongue that would make
old Ananias look like n chrome oi
truth crushed 70 earth. and when a
boy begins 20 hang his hat over one
ear and hit the clgarets, and th'
booze, and calls his father, "the old
man" and puts In a good share oi
tho night chasing with some chicken
down the White Way. and trylnt
TO win IA jackpot on two fours, and
lays up against n quart Of Red Eye
iu some suds parlor, and crawl
into the hay from the last dane,
with n three-step headache, rs dol
lars to doughnuts that some cheai
skate OF n sport has called upOr
him to assert his Independence OF
that string dangling from hi
mothers waist line known as ~hel
apron string.
but. say, the young fellow whit
allows himself TO he laughed int.
cheap imitation of n threo-cara
sport, IN u weak sister, take II from
me. And the Indifference OF SOM
fool parents helps the game along
The father who orawls under tn
blankets at s o'clock and allows hi
, son to give the cops a merry chas
until the cocks crow will need
four-section fire ladder to get
look into heaven.
Some parents are so darnc'
afraid that their boy will he called
q milk sop. that they let the bar
down SO low that there is nothinl
to stop him Ia his mad. wild rusl
to hell. But I have noticed this
that the boy who Is tied TO hi
mothers apron strings, who can
tell four aces from "A load OF alfalfi
when there are 40 applicants 70
the Job, he goes home with the blu
ribbon and tagged No. lin othe
words. he comes home with tho ba
con. lie is the fellow, yes; now, on
the sporty guy, with a green vest
and spats, q silk lid. puffy, eyelid
! he looks as good 10 a hard -heade
business man as counterfeit dollar
Q You bet your life.
/ would rather be hundre
times over land | woGld rather hav
e ny boy, and I know you woui
a SoLIs. ued TO his mothers apro
4 strings than hooked up to an appe
% tito for 60-Ccnt booze and a Consum
. ing desire TO steal the next iackpo
4. of pants, they never hemstitch
y it fierce? Can you beat III
l. Obedience ibcgins nl nome.
n Anarchy is not Oorn in Hay Mar
i ket riots. OF Chicago, right off th
e reel--no. sir! Whether a boy wi
It respect laws Is determined
y whether he will obey at home c
II not. We've got 49,O00,O00 farmer
& In this country who are being taugt
Il through the papers how to rais
lt hOgs--how to put a few moT
pounds on his ayoirdupols, and an
" other kink In his tail. And we v
l. got one institution that has a d,
u partment for the American boy
h how to raise him, one college that
'r got a department for the America
d boy! My friends, street mob, III
d question OF obedience is settled
ie the home, ana II they viii not obt
theirs fathers or mothers they won
n obey the social or moral or civ
= power
I'd one OF the danger signs OF ol
IN time is tho curse OF idle mother
u who just board around. They nGy,
= darn a sock, they never patch a pa
~ OF pants, they never hemstticn
D. handkerchief or put any insertion
what do you call those! They Iu
'e Kind OF drag themselves down
p their meals and II they ever 20 ~
Il ls TO some entertainment. to son
't opera, to some fashionable dres