The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-16

English language. They say Shikes-
poaro had the most extensive vocab-'
ulary Of any human being. lie could
use ( 900 words The average man
or woman uses but 1000. Iutus
Choate could use 1900 words, and
Milton could use 5000 words. En-
rich your vocabulary. Every word
coined or copied Increases your ca
parity 20 express you thought
Someone has said ~ sou viii al
vide the sins OF the world into two
parts. half Of thom would be the
sins ~ the tongue
II we knew what other people
were saying about us we would not
have four friends In the world. When
you have entered a room and there
ga lu! Ia the conversation II II
dollars 20 doughnuts they were talk
ing about you.
stop Gossip.
Dr. Talmadge said Discount -
per cent for the spirit of gossip; 20
per cent for Ignorance OF facts and
when you get through you have
nothing left"
Don't you. utter careless words
when Lord Byron was q young
man hc heard Of n girl, in whom he
was Interested and whom he loved,
saying In response 20 question that
somebody had prorUunded TO her
+ If she would marry Byron Pooh,
do you think / would marry that
/ crippled young fellow"
It made him cynical and he never
had much regard for a woman the
rest Of his life although they put
him into his grave when he was only
81 years old.
Count Tolstoy when he was home
--ali his nelghbors and friends used
to laugh al him because he was so
| Ugly and when he was alone In the
secrecy of his room he would cry
4 TO think his features were 80 repul-
sivc Don't utter careless words.
Don't utter proud words. Tb'
great Roman general said, 81 have
/ only TO stamp my foot and all Italy
will spring TO arms Later on when
/ their enthusiasm COols off, some Of
his enemies said, "Pompey. now Is
the time TO stamp your foot
Adelaide. the proud, naughty
| daughter OF the Duke of Savoy said,
We'll they will reason with me
when l become queen Of England. y
has not become queen OF England
yet.
And don't utter bitter words. Vol
taire said OF Frederick the Great.
tears my flesh with the other"
And Samuel Johnson. the English
philosopher, was seated at the table
with his wife. and she looked into
I tho face Of her husband as he was
/ about 20 ask "A blessing on the food,
and she said 10 him, samuel. don't
| go through the mockery Of thanking
| God FOR the bounties which we have
whom in less than two minutes you
will he condemning the food on the
/ table"
SO what the world needs is a lit
tie cheer. Tho world needs a song.
/ Down In old Kentucky they are
building n monument to the memory
OF Stephen Foster who wrote The
/ Swanee River" "Old Black Joe" and
MY Old Kentucky Home"
Somebody paid $4,000 not long
| ago for the table on which Robert
Burns wrote should Aud Acquain-
tance BE Forgot" Three thousand
dollars!
Most OF your enemies are within.
7 may have enemies out there, that
may slander me and they may want
TO kill me, but, o, the people who
talk about you never harm you.
When ! hear anybody talking about
somebody else, you can bet your
sweet life that they are trying 70
drag somebody down to the low
sinking, Collaboration cesspool Level
whore they live and they can't stand
90 see anybody else higher up.
Oh, n word is an arrow poisoned
with pain,
or n thorn or rose or a serpent OF
stings,
or tear or smile or a Joyous re
frain.
or the note Of a song that with mel
ody rings.
II God had possession OF our
mouths, we would see the greatest
revival the world has eyer known,
No lie. no Misrepresentation. no de-
ceit no wrong, no back biting, no
knocking, no sinners Everybody
would speak words of encourage
ment Everybody would give you
the glad hand Nobody criticizing
No white lies. No blaclllists
oh, x Almighty God only had out
mouths how much he could keep out
that the devil stuffs in. Oh, what a
time we would have.
on, there won't be 80 much mon
ey spent for tobacco. when that
time comes. There would not be 90
much money spent for beer, for
cocktails and so little given to the
church OF God Almighty
There Would BE Changes.
Some of our church pillars would
not be so noisy In politics and so
quite In religion, II God Almighty
owned their mouths, and there
would be more preaching out of the
Bible and less highbrow preaching
II God had four mouths you would
be better all around. How hard il
would Se for a sinner to get away
II everybody were looking for
Christ? How many troubled hearts
you can comfort every day7 How
many tears would soon be wiped
away? How many homes Of squalot
and want would be made glad
How many willing hands would be
lifting burdens? How many things
you would find pleasure in doing
you would stop doing, il God only
had your hands. Things that we
do that make us proud, make Us
selfish, make MS devilish, make US
Iunclean, make US un-Christian.
Present your bodies" That
hbody you love as you love our wife
That body that can bleed. That
body that can suffer, That body
.