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The Washington times., 1921-01-27
THE British have been driven out
of Persia. London admits it.


= The Persian leaders, includ-
ing the mobiles, have declared for the
Soviet form of government.
These are great events. They
threaten the fall of that enormous
edifice of dominion which English
policy has been creating and aug
menting for more than three hun
dred years.
The keystone of that great arch of
political and financial dominion
which England has built across the
world is India. Whenever England
loses her Asiatic possessions, the
British Empire, in the form in which
the world has so long known it,
will cease to exist. When the key
stone is taken away the whole arch
will tumble.
We think that tremendous fall
draws near
!. Look at the map of Asia and see
the perilous position in which the
British power over that continent
is now placed.
The active enemies of British i'm
perialism in Asia are the Russian
Soviet Republic; the Turkish Ma
tionalist government, which controls
Asia Minor; the Arabian Moslems,
who are again in alliance with the
Turks, and the mutinous inhabitants
of India.
Between India and the hostile
Turks and Arabians lie Persia and
Afghanistan.
It is no secret that the Soviet Re-
public has a hard and fast treaty
with Afghanistan, the most danger
Gus fighting nation of all the states
of Southern Asia and already well
equipped for war and encouraged
and backed up by strong Soviet
forces assembled at Merv, a point
on the Trans Caspian Railroad about
equally distant from the borders of
Persia and Afghanistan and not
much over one hundred miles from
either.
Now that Persia has rebelled
against British rule and driven out
the British military forces and in
stituted Soviet form of govern
ment. India is completely surround
ed by States which are bitterly hos
tile to and which are vindictively
determined to destroy every vestige
of English dominion on the CONT
lient of Asia.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

Gypsy Queen who tells you for 30
cents you will take a long journey
and for dollar that you will be
happily married and have oodles of
children and money, the guild Of
prophets has flourished.
But while we are familiar with
playing cards, coffee grounds, ouija
boards, also chiromancy, necromancy
and pedomancy, also astrology and
second sight, Mrs. Darville has
new one.
1t might be called spiromancy.
For she foretells the future by
reading ones breath.
Her only apparatus is a mirror.
Upon the polished surface of this
her clients breathe. Madame pom
ders over the mark made. And she
tells you what is going to happen.
But, one may ask, breath marks
quickly evaporate, and how can she
fix them long enough to read their
StOryT
All! that is madame s little secret.
She has a way. She renders the
breath impression permanent and
studies it at her leisure.
For every persons breath writing
is different from that of every other
person. AT least, so says madame.
Like finger prints, you understand.
She has wisely begun by giving a
seance to newspaper men, whose
future, being of all mems, perhaps,
the most uncertain, is a good test
of her ability.
Unless the police interfere, she
evidently has a brilliant career be-
fore her, for the crowds have al
ready begun to line up at her door.
There may be but few Urbe Dar-
villes, but of such as seek her and
her kind-there is one born every
minute.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
RUBE BAREFACTvs QUERIES.

Q. Our girls society, "The Young
Wrens," Is pldnntn0 to 0iuc spread
in honor Of q boys athletic club. Can
you suggest menu tohich toould be
appropriate for this occasion n!-Groce
FuIly.
A. Let your pocket book be your
guide. After all it isn't the menu
that counts-it's the men you sit
next to. my dear.
Q. Lost night, after Ue had been
sitting long sDhile IN silence, my girl
told me to start the pictrolo. What did
she mean by thotf-B. Slider.
A. 1t was about time you started
something.
Q. What Is a musical comedyf-FooI-
osopher.
A. A nocturnal display of synco-
pated anatomy. Where have yos
been?
Q. Could you ten me ~Ao tssus~sed
and Introduced the shin,myf-A oxt0ss
A. The Shakers.
Q. Epcrything drink goes to M
hood. How con prevsnt thiss-Cy
Dcrr.
A. Stand on your hands awhile
@. What do you thisk Of rou tor
stockingsf-O. Seymour.
A We've looked up this sub1ecS
very thoroughly and as far as wa
can see they show excellent form
Q. Can a person be tsco pIdcse et tA<
sdmc time III. Acce.
A. Certainly. Tuesday I wss %
work and homesick.
Q. Don't you think the 0kl ssho us01
merit door to you dresses ocyy beostsfsa-
lyf-O. Darn.
A. Can't say-there's . troe b.
tween our houses.
Q. what, IN pour estimation, u tAs
toughest thing on edrthf-Hoso0rd N0tt
A. A boarding-house canary that
sings bass. OHIO.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

What's wetter than a lady
standing under a waterfall with
a WAVE In her hair. a CATA-
RACT in her eye. a CRICK in her
neck, a SPRING In her walk.
and wearing HIGH-TIED boots.
LOUISE II.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
g. >llEARlsn sn55EErs|
THE "CONTRIB's- SONG.

want to be "contrib" and with the
'contribs" stand,
With Waterman behind my ear and scratch
pad In my hand.
wouldn't be the President, a Senator, or
King;
| wouldn't be an Emperor for all their
wealth can bring;
wouldn't be an angel, for angels have to
sing;
ia rather be a contrib than any other
thing OHIO.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
The Goddess Vesta.

vesta was the goddess of the home and fire,
and her temple the oldest in Rome. IL con-
tanned image of the goddess, but had fire
which rekindled by friction on the Roman
New Year and attended constantly by the vestal
virgins.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
sCRIPTuRAL ITEMS.

Isaiah, Sth w., 14th chap, mentions
the word "feller." Why is 1t spelled
that way?
Exodus, % ", IL chap, has the word
"Bason." Why?
A wrestling match is mentioned in
Gen. "a and 20 ", 32nd chap.
Putting girdles and bonnets on men
is mentioned in 0 v, 10th. chap.
Exodus.
First prisoner of war-See Gen. IL
", 14th chap.
First letter written-See End Sam.
II and IS W. 11th chap.
The oldest riddle was "Samson's"
in lith chap, Judges, 14v. II. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
Cork-Wood Production.

The total world production OF corkwood Is es-
timated at 396s32, 900 rounds OF which 40 per
cent is produced in Portugal, 30 per cent In
Spain, 20 per cent in Algeria and Tunis and
per cent in France and italy.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
Largest Flower CITY.

Swedish women OF all classes are particularly
fond OF flowers and in proportion to It's size and
population Stockholm has more flower shops
than any other European city.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
NED,s SUGGESTIONS.

where did you buy her, mamma
Asked three-year-old Ned OF me,
As he leaned over the dainty cradle
His new little sister to see.
IAN angel brought her. darling,
answered, and he smiled;
Then softly bent his curly head
And kissed the sleeping child.
But a sudden change came o'er him'
And he said. .n I'd been you.
While / was about II, mamma
CURLY.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
Mr.. B. Baer
MORE DISARMAMENT.

Instead of battleship
gray, all the navies OF the
world will soon be painted
boudoir pink.
England Is going to cut
her fleets down to battle
strength. America Will
take all the swanboats off
Central Park lake. JapaI.
will inaugurate the naval
holiday by giving her gun
ners five minutes off 70,
lunch.
Rumania will keep her
navy for the present. Prob
ably the present is for
Bulgaria. It's always mer-
ry Christmas time in the
accide It ward of the
League of Nations.
The Sultan has chisclled
the harem army down t.
a war footing OF two thou
sand. He used to have over
eleven thousand wives and
now considers himself a
bachelor. over on this
glorious side of the Allan
tic one wife means a war,
but most OF the boys have
MT got a vote on the dis
armament question.
The German navy is still
on its aquatic festival. The
great yacht race at Scapa
Flow resulted in a dead
heat between the Kaiser
and the junk man. How
ever, Willie is still danger
Gus so long as he can get
a rowboat and a package
of shooting crackers. He
is still using that two
handled saw on Holland
logs. Both tho handles are
on the Crown Princes side.
The Kaiser hasn't given
up hope of launching a
new navy. He's got "A
cigar box. An he needs is
the crew.
Persia, Tibet and Hooll-
ganland have published
their desire TO enjoy peace
Just as soon as the lght-
ing stops.
The Bullshoviks arc wi.
ing to join up in signing
an armistice when wars
get slack. The supply ex-
ceeds the demand now and
they are willing to sacrl-
Nee their wars rather than
see 'em turn sour on the
shelf. y
Jugo-Slavia and Greece
have signed n treaty not
TO hght with anybody else
but themselves. Italy Is
preserving n strict neutral
ity in this peace.
Looking over the situa-
tion from q non-partisan
angle you must admit that
the dove of peace makes a
nne bowl OF pigeon chow
def
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
England Has Not a Single
Friend in All the World

Ireland is in armed revolt; Egypt
is in revolt and upon the point of
establishing its independence; the
Turks are in military control of
Asia Minor, and with their outposts
within sixty miles of Constantinople;
Arabian tribes are everywhere in
arms, alike against the Greeks, the
French and the British; Persia is
freed from British occupancy and
welcoming alike the Soviet armies
and the Soviet form of government;
and Afghanistan is armed and ready
to declare war the moment Lenin
gives the word and then to pour
down through the mountain passes
a flood of Russian and Afghan
soldiery to assist the mutinous In
dian populations to drive British
rule from India.
British Imperialism, like the Brit
ish army in France in 1917, stands
with its back to the wall. The vital
difference is that there were power
full allies to save the British army
from wreck, but there are. no allies
anywhere either able or willing to
save the British Empire from wreck.
America might save and secure
British Imperialism, if it would, but
America will do no such thing.
We have tried one experiment of
that kind and we all know the
thanks we received.
The American people have put
away Mr.. Wilson and all his works.
They have consigned to the same
limbo the subservient and unpatri-
otic Anglophiles who followed Mr..
Wilson into the camp of British i'm
perialism and deluded the nation
into going with them.
The British Empire emerged from
a war fought upon high pretenses
of liberty and justice for all people,
only to redouble the vigor OF its
unvarying policies of subjugation
and spoiation of every people
over whom it could extend its power.
The result is that England has not
single friend in all the world.
All over the earth, peoples diverse
in race, in language, in religion and
in government await with the same
complacent expectancy the fall of this
dreaded and colossal Imperialism,
which gives liberty only to the
people of England and extends the
scepter of tyranny over every other
people that falls under its dominion.
Gypsy Queen who tells you for 80
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
DRAMATIC MOMENTS.

TIN q real lady," says the cook, az
she reaches for the stove litter.
Same here" says the laundress, a.
she raises the flatiron.
F. VETTER.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

He-Is Frasers wife fond OF argu-
ment?
She-She is so fond of 1t she won't
even eat anything that agrees with
her ALICE.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
CURIOUS MONEY PROBLEM.

A man with sum of money
enters Cafe No. I and proposes
that IL the proprietor will dou-
BILE his money he will spend $40.
This the proprietor does and the
$40 is spent The man goes to
cafes . and 3. makes identically
the same proposition and II ac-
cepted. leaving No. 3 without n
cent in his pockets. How much
money did he have at the start?
MUSICIAN.
The only man who will have
chance boxing Dempsey Is the I'M
dertaker. DAN ID. LYON.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Registered U. s. Patent ONCE.
BY K. C. B.

low. FOR passing man.
.RouT THREE OR BIGGER boy.
AND WHEN one
AND SOME one.
HE ASKED him
HAD MADE him please:
TO HELP him
OF A little wagon, "atross."
AND PROUDLY. WHILE THE little
HE DRAGGED it out ENTERED MILD
AND UP the steps,
AND TO the sidewalk. -
AND PLAYING there so FAR from home.
BUT HE went on.
AND DRAGGED the
OF HIS own age. cart.
AND Whatever AND TURNED
thrill. corner.
A LITTLE boy gets. TWO B.o.hs away
IN A th!!ee.year heart. ANt stoppes asrN ne
me- Ah"Hi2 ie''' AND DROPPED the
WHEN HIS eyes be- handle
OF THE little cart.
ihls L.riL. sfi' AND TURNED
AND ON this day. around.
HE SAID to her. WITH hungry look.
.DO YOU want AND SAID to her.
wide. >. 'DIMMIE A tiss"
AEn d;J '"H sa'o sue AND SHE was defiant
ANN THEN no soid AND SAID she
wouldn't.
WELL, DET on, AMI IN .ono.
then" AMI -. anRry 'ohes'
AND SHE detted on. ne oA.D W hef'
AND FOR block. "wELLs tban 3 DEr off,
AND SHE detted off.
AND WALKED back
HE STOOD in wait home.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

As one of the G. o. o. f. OF the
G. o. c., why not call the two
astronomers at the head OF the
column the Gateposts to the
Land Of Wit, Wisdom. and
Humor?
CHARLOTTE Russo.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
DOGS.

Appropriate gifts for the fol-
lowing:
Butcher. bull: tobacconist, s2itz;
milkman. water-spaniel; cook,
Irish setter; poultryman, retriev-
er; bald-headed man. Mexican
hairless; old maid. lap: furrier.
fox terrier; installment collector,
hound; aviator. airedale: Chinese
laundryman, Pekinese: baby. toy;
pugilist, pug; soldier. chow: cross
ing cop, pointer. JULES BACK.
don't ask for whiskey,
i don't ask for a gold mine:
I'd rather hsve old, II. and S.
Any old time.
HARDWARE JAKE.
Some people are so occupied in
being real Christians every minute
they hardly have time to visit
church on Sunday? PEANUTS.
She-That was pretty bad about
that girl and two fellows being locked
in a garage all night?
He-Who was it?
She-Lizzie Ford and Dodge Broth.
ers. GEORGIA PEACH,
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

Faint heart ne'er won fair
lady" but many guy wishes
he hadn't been so darned courag-
eous. IZZY.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

Looking over the situa-
tion from a non-partisan
angle you must admit that
the dove of peace makes a
nne bowl OF pigeon chow
der.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27
When your hand itches. 1t is .
sign company is coming, and
when your Head itches it's a sign
that they have arrived.
SAYS WHICH.

SUCCESS is found in Arkansas,
South Carolina and Virginia. In
each State there is a town of this
name. DOC RADFORD.
Archie--Whats n diplomat?
Cakie--Its a fellow who smiles
when he pays n dinner bill at a big
Washington hotel DAN ID. LYON
MEN, NOT GOLD.
To our serious minded readers AID
all others lest they forget our brave
boys in their scramble for gold:
(EMERSON.)
Not Gold. but only man, can make
A Nation great and strong,
Men who, for truth'and Honor's sake,
stand fast and suffer long.
Brave men who work while others sleep,
who dare while others ny,
They build a Nations pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
Here's a sentence that can be read
backward or forward with the same
result: "Snug and raw was 1 eH
/ saw war and guns"
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

I'll say that E. M. O'SULLIVAN
seems to be looking sharply to be
able to talk about mothers wearing
their skirts as high as their daugh-
ters. The idea that because one is
a mother she must stand in cor
ner with her hair in braid, her ears
pinned back, and a long skirt. is
silly. MOTHER.
SOME SONG TITLES.
Love in Lilac Time" Tn q Per-
sian Garden" go Feather Your
Nest I'D Like to Do It," "Under
the Cuban Moon" "Margie" Is ~Whis-
pering," "A Young Mans Fancy" 'Tn
NV Baby's Arms" Darling" "Old
Man jazz is Japanese Sand Man"
and has "Dancemania."
PHILpEKx.
Drunk Tin gutter)-No, no, can't
get up.
Cop-why not?
Drunk-Two men holding me down.
w. WALTER.
Many who see that famous sign
on Pennsylvania avenue,
"a SOBER Tailor"
remark, There's reason"
PEP.
The Washington times., 1921-01-27

Jugo-Slavia and Greece
have signed n treaty not
TO flght with anybody else
but themselves. Italy Is
preserving n strict neutral
ity in this peace.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-29
HEARD FROM ruE PEOPLE.

Tho action of thc corporation commission In
decreasing rosnl pnaeaugor and Pullman
ratio. lu Dkllhomo effective June 10. IS rather
convincing proof that the commission has been
hearing from the pooplc In terms more forciblo
than complimentary
Naturally wo must applaud the action ~ tho
pommisdon bclatcd though It is. We shall
frotn from too ~ GA proia" until we have proof
that the reform is genuine such proof 10 como
when domestic corporations. such az tho okla
homa Natural Gas company, TO be specific. or
the I.l Telephone company, next asks for spo-
ral fayors iu the way of advanced ratcs
II the decision in the railroad case is lndlca-
ti.r ot Eruuiur reform then an hail. rut II
II bc merely gesture, calculated TO hind the
foll, and pave the way for a further bending Of
the knee TO Oklahoma corporations, then It Is
roptchcusiblc 10 a degree We shall wait and
we shall see. The people had almost dcspalrcd
Of tho corporation commission ever serving
thom. Tho railroad decision Eivca them hopo
hut It does not convince by any means.
Let the railroads appeal to tho Interstate
commission an they choose. Now IL as good
time as any to determine whether a sovereign
state has any rights whatever that the federal
system must respect The point IL that tho
state commission has for once at least decided
for tho welfare Of the vast majority instead Of
for the special interests OF an insignificant mt
uorlty.
Lot us mako the most Of that.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-29
TAN NNsISSNiI.NTS

u .lltfa 10. tho piul,ps, of ax aas.ssora to
iu.rh .qllIIl, tax assessments rather t.u 200
irrr,lso tax nas,ssm,uia Yet ihc latter is too
frequently the apparon, purpose.
There il, vas, possibility of positive Injury 500
the tax return made thia year u Tula, Tho
sy.tcn, has grown up h,r, of futfine nn nsa,s.-
n,cut c,rn two years. This i. th, year for the
now oeso4amont and naturally tho newly
elected Assessor is drarious Of showing a vast
increase In taxable wealth
Nor would thorc ho injury or Injustice n the
i,yy f,uoy.d tho a,a,s.pcut cotiIiably But
tbis IL doe, mot do II rcduirca no argument 10
proyc the wisdom Of a. high, or ull.valuo ass
sos,ment ana low tax rate. Hut tho difficulty
lies I'm ACQUIRING such "a result. TIE Ias nscas-
mcnt virtunly doubled the taxable wealth ~
the county. vet tho reduction in levy was merely
nominal not sufficient 10 Justify
In round figures. II We are correctly Informed.
the taxable wealth ha. stood nt approximately
$50. 900 600. n is said that the eaualizat ion
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-29
State Campaign viii Be Lurid
Machine Men Wage Desperate Fight Recover Standing With VoteOd
Put Only Best Men on Firing Line.

'raordinary session. the awful pre-
fix House Bill So and So Is at
tached TO more than so per cent OF
those appropriations. And the aver
age man does not dig deep below the
surface. Marx tn" prediction that
the Trapp folks Will actually charge
the republican house of representa-
tlves with e&travagancc and 1t will
take a rather superb leader to pre-
vent them making the charge stick
in the public mind.
The first political incident OF i'm
portancc following adjournment of
the Legislature was a called meeting
OF tn. so-deuOminated organization
Young Peoples Democratic club 1t
Is an oifshopt to the old Young Mems
Democratic club, which lost its
Identity when Assistant Attorney
General kathcryn van Leuveu cap
turcd 1t al McAlestCr two years ago
ana forced recognition Of the women.
The 'statc-widc" meeting was held
in room Of the Lawrence hotel and
80 extra chairs were brought in to
accommodate the hOrdes expected to
attend. Three people attended,
among whom was not Chairman
Myers Of MCAlester. Myers is a sol
der but has not dared TO snOnp
around much with the state demo-
cratic machine. The fun attendance
follows: Earl Bryan. assistant secre-
tary state school land commission:
Mrs. Wheeler, wendell johnson and
the 80 rented chairs
Stropg rcsolutio,s ac,o,,,ci,r tho
rcf,nblfT,ns f,,,t tbnir S,t'nrn - -
urn mn 80 bioh .,1,IarJs- o,5 Snr
tha bn,,s. ~ rr,,r,,,rta,l,,n. d, rass,
inc rcsniY,inn ~ rnn,iarncpc 80 :,
p,nras.,,t,t,yc I,,r Gni,r,, nerr,,
were passrd bv pnanim1us votes
I,I,,,c,,o nc,,n,i,,, ,,t,o
Cb1irp1n I nfay.ttn : rcaiiv no
comirf a,ftyr' Ills first r1rvC was
,o soma out LETTER commcndinr
Homo, ,,nn,riuf,.. -n.srb dnrIaI,i,,s
that rho Irorur Of nations is stiIi an
issuo I'm nIdItion he apnonnccd +ho
appoiuimcnt 81 MIS- r. "a Fite ~
Tahlag,lah as chairman of the yyor,-
ems lI,rr,u Of the state. r1mn,ittre.
Followers of senator Gore viii re-
call ,hlt when Mrs. Fitc was sun
pos,dIv organizing tho democrlfi,
Women ,f IN. state during l9,0 'that
She sp,uf fha major norton ~ her
,fne rrganiliug tI,m far SCott Fcr.
ri. ror Iru.trd states senator.
Thos, who fourncvcd through the
mud ana slime OF that awfli Cnm-
paign lu an effort 70 return the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-29


Editor world. have been an Interested read
cr OF the Barometer Of Public opinion on all
contributor but since reading ia" NcuucdJ doc
tors view point In Mondays World, | am
HnNiuus to give mine.
lie states that many well meaning people
are continually bringing mp the subject demand
ing ono standard for both man and woman. and
lac thanks the female part of the population,
that such thing is not possible"
MIR. Editor Webster has not supplied the
words for me TO use in expressing my opinion
OF thlS wise solomon, but 10 challenge him
or any other person to prove by the Bible that
God ever made one standard for woman and
straight from the realms OF his titanic Majesty,
risht and wrong and drrc him 10 try 1t.
immortality ls wrong, We all know IL. God
says He dohEhtcth In the chastity Of women
thll means an women ana not Just your lam
ily Again he says: "Noman's virtue is far
above rubios" can a woman keep her chaste-
ness and let the man have the double-standard.
doctor? How do you explain that2 II tho
woman Is yirtuuus the man IS compelled to be
too and II the man is immoral. there must be
OF necessity, woman connected with 1t. How
can there be two staudaTds, one for man and
another for woman. Everything clean and
meant that just few women 70 be virtuous
and the other part to be yamps in order 10 pro-
one must sin to Keep mine from doing wrong.
At the last daN all women and all men will be
judged 10y the same law and pay the penalty for
yamping. or be rewarded for this virtue alike.
| do not know how to cure thia vamping In
men OF women only by educating them 20 a
higher standard of living. This idea Of two
straight from the realms of his satarc Majesty.
and NO other place. | will say further. a man
or woman who Is married and will not keep
thcms,Nts yirtuuus for wife or husband, wants
90 bo Numprd. don't fear contradiction on
the standard OF the home "a household di-
ytdrd against us",t cannot stand, the Bible
ON Gods Law, that is whore the trouble is now.
people, because ut tAcIy own evil desires aud
passions won't bo governed 10y any law ot Gods
or man. SO 40 order to protect oar homes We
mus. have ono WIN iNN kld