The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-06
Tulsa Festival
Merely Copied
After AncientS

Constantine Porphryrorcnitus iIg,
gled the received impaticntly.
Byzantine 4432' he said "and
make IL snappy. Central"
To byzantine 4i32. who was An.
tasius Sinaites, he said
we will have festival tomor,
row. Declare holiday, fix my hand
ana seal thereunto and notify the
evening papers"
And so the next day Theophrastus
closed his law office. Hercules
Ehut up his training quarters, Eu
Pmpus put up a CLOSED .for tho
day sign on the door OF his ready
TO wear emporium and Apnxye-
menus stuck his head lettuce and
radishos IN water to keen them
fresh until his grocery store could
legally open the gay after. Then
everybody fhrgot about business
and watched Zeus throw thunder
bolts, saw the hpeciar act put on b.
sophocles. heard Demosthenes de
liver an Grafton. Homer play the
aeollan and surged In dense crowds
Tor a glimpse OF the famous movie
star Aphrodlte.
1t was success, all right. tina,
festival, according TO Aristophanes
story In the morning paper next day
and everybody had a wonderfu
time. But the next morning bust
ness was slow; whole day had
been lost and hustle was as Tar
from the minds OF the shopkeepcrs
as shopping was from the minds "
potential buyers. SO eventually the
fall OF Greece must have been the
answer to business blindness.
The evolution Of the festival dat.
ing back from the dim dark ages ~
the past when wandering nomadi
tribes celebrated the monthly
changes of the moon to the present
time reflects in measure the so.
luton Of business and socia
thought. The earliest festivals con.
tained the genn OF the idea about
which the Tulsa Harvest Festival l-
built-the agricultural and seasona
phases. days were set apart for cX-
pressioR OF gratitude. Thanksgiv.
ing. most school children in tn =
country believe, is an essentla
American dav and Of cons. la a
sense II Is but 1t had its thought in
ception years and years before tho
austere Pilgrim fathers ever set
stern faces againsS>the red savaEer,
or the indian. The tribal calendar
OF the red men OF this country wa
tail OF festivals set apart from tho
the hlEhest-sun, or summer, corn or
gathering season. fall to cohonk
winter. Feastt2gA and dancing and
recital Of heroic songs celebrated
seasonal changes and cav. thank
for the richness OF field and foresl
that materialized in Little Chestnu,
Moon and Big Chestnut Moon, Sep
tember and October. The Creek
began their fall festivals in the
month OF Big Ripening Moon, Au-
gust, after the ripening Of the new
corn and feasting and dancing anG
songs fonmed their program.
Tho modern cleanup campaign
and fall festival were combined n
the Cherokee autumn celebrations
Heap big spotless town was the sum
total OF the Cherokee's three dayr
Of fasting that preceded the fal,
festival proper. They piled up an
burned al the rubbish, renovated
their wigwams. set their furnitur,
foursquare and washed their cur.
tains. This while they resoIutely
turned their faces away from food
Then. this annual orgy OF sanitation
completed, they set out the HtuffeS
Nrkey and the pumpkin pies and
Toasted and danced IN order OF con
veDence,.
I. The Algonquin Indiana, OF yir-
ginia celebrated their ann8 8l har-
vest festival in a way almost identi-
cal with the celebrations OF TODAY
Recital OF heroic songs. the giving
OF dances upon whose symbollsr
and execution there had been law
ished lot OF thought and timo
and the singing OF heroic song
were the outstanding features OF
these festivals. me Hopl OF Arl.
zona developed perhaps the mos,
perfect and the most elaboratr
festivals OF any OF the Indian tribe
of America.
In the primitive life of the Indian
climatic conditions were so closer
if'erwoven with existence and all
activities OF theirs were so de
pendent upon weather changes that