The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-30
rYny TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY.

II tho human species would only confine
themselves To those subjects with which they
are familiar only undertake. TO do thnt which
their training and experience have proven them
ftted for the rest OF humanity could and would
be saved lot OF grief
Why IN II that a man. or woman achieving
prominence in somc particular iino sooner or
later attaches vest Importance TO his or her
opinions on matters In gcncra7 We do not
know that that seems TO he the inevitable re-
suit.
Henry Ford proved himself wizard at
for an un-oody profit and accumulatlng a
fabulous fortune. Al manufacturer and
merchant his views and plans were worth
siderable.
But when he entered the field OF politics,
when he attempted to bring about peace be-
tween tho waring nations when he started him
a publicity organ and began disseminating his
views on economic and sociological questions
no made himself "A clown, n grotcsque absurdty
His views on such things were worth less than
nothing. because his ignorance was and is only
exceeded by his presumption and prejudice.
Likewise John ID. Rockefeller jr. Young
John seemed to III nicely ngcn, for dis
role Of n benevolent iaymen in church aotvi-
ties and at the same time keeping n weather
eye on tho family estate. Ills training and ex-
periencc fitted him for some sort OF leadership
along these lines
But when. the other day, he folt called on to
issue advice to young generally and did
advise them not to sock physical charms when
selecting a life partner from the opposite sex
johnnie Just naturally spilled tho beans and
made himself utterly absurd.
In the first place. nobody gave him a cue 90
speak on tina, subject at all. Because he did
not possess opinions on II that were worth any
thing to anybody. And In tho second place to
speak on 1t was to surely parade his ignorance.
The result is that Johnnie appears as a
grotcsaue faddist of superficial reasoning pow
ers. Because It Is Just far afield to assert
that good looking girls are unsafe as Il would
be to assert that homely girls are always safe.
And 10 make It n rule for man seeking a
wife TO seek only among the homely offerings
would be to discourage matrimony at a time
when the necessities OF the occasion call for
much mntrimony.
At the moment we are reminded OF the phi.
iosophy OF an old head we knew an a boy. His
pate bald and his whiskes picntious though
gray. lilo had raised family, and he had
been divorced from his first wife.
The first time 1 married married for love
and good looks" Quoth he. But now. II seems
TO me that have the right 10 marry for con-
venencc."
This in justification OF his pending matri-
monial step with widow who could neither
read nor write. but who could sign, by mark
her name TO check of six figures. Her home
stead was n thing OF beauty and comfort, but
for herself-surely she should have commanded
The deifed respect of Johnnie Rockcfelerl
II In not only possible TO find the impusions
OF the heart running along with the standards
pleasing TO the eye. hut Il Is as probable that
true merit will be found in a handsome package
in one that exeltes repugnance.
God made all this 80. Johnnie. TO the con-
trary notwithstandng
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