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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Monday. February =. 1921

AStrologors read this as a mosf
unlucky day, for Saturn. Mars and
Neptune are all in malcfic aspect
Th"re Is also assign that scem, 10
toroshadow propa sanda that viii
greatly disturb the public mind and
distort the national viewpoint.
The sinister star that is believed
to menace this country may give
warning or diplomatic complication.
and trouble with other countries.
\ representative Of tho United
states is to gain world fame, owing
TO ms part in international neEo.
tiations.
Again Saturn gives warning con.
corning the resources Of tho earth.
which will be the cause of trouble.
Neptune IL in n place that is sup
posed to indicate a furry over oil
and even heavy losses in stocks.
This - particularly unfortunate
rule Tor those who seek to convince
Legislators of tho wisdom Of radical
policies that affect precedent in the
army and navy.
1t is not favorable day for
starting on journeys that may bring
gain through commercial tranaci,ou.
the Influences being thwarting and
disturbing.
Speculation should hc avoided an
through this month for tho stars IN.
dicate sudden slumps in tho mar.
kct.
Railways are TO have a year ~
prosperity. despite all peesimis,ic
predictions, 1t is proEnostiCated.
Danger Of accident Is supposed 70
be increased under this direction o'
tho stars.
Severe carthnuakc shocks ar.
threatened soon after the now moon
this month.
Saturn on the mid heaven IN Rus.
MA and Mars on the nadir denote
grave troubles. The assassination
Of a distinguished man is forcr
shawowed.
Persons whose hirthdate ~ (,
should pursue routine affairs dur.
ing the coming year and avoid lti.
cation. Attention to business will
insure success
Children born on this day may he
exceedingly psychic and should he
trained along practical lines ~
thought and activity.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
barometer of Public Opinion
And Again. Mr. McCullough.

Editor World: The narrow minded and In
Hnuti.hE remarks Of j. $. Mccullough in Fri
d'NH 'Iaromotcr' mako It impossible for mo
{" sit tight any Longer and see Working women
'"nd'Igd without saying a word In defense.
MI No SAYS that married women are not anx-
iouS Tor work, but desire only the "fat check
How many men are there, including MIR Ne
Nh" would work II he received no Compcnsa-
u"nf Yet he scores women for possessing that
motive.
True, he admits that II the employed wife
Is helping her husband In "A financial matter hc
would -" tn" first T." commend her. I have no
doubt there are many. even as myself who are
doing that very thing.
with tho existing high rate OF rent nearly all
young couples desire homes Of their own And
th"y arc urged 10 buy homes IN order 10 reduce
r'ht, incidentally, thata about all the so-called
investigation committee" has done in tho ,ay
OF reducing rents. They urge young people who
are paying rents To buy their own homes But
as tho salaries of most young men recently dis
charged from the army are pitifuv inadedtinte
To meet rent light gas and water bills Install
menus on furniture, living expenses ana still
hay" enough LEFT for a payment on a home the
wife who wants that homo someday in order
thnt children may bless them and be com
t"itnhIy housed and fed and wen educated goes
out 10 Wotk IN an olilce and puts her pay check
IN savings account. later TO be applied 10 Tho
m"use ,,n mat WIZ become home. Tho motive
Hlak's her n conscientious worker and M asset
Mr Me SAYS he has Investigated tho motives
ot som. u married women in his employ and Is
women employed In Tulsa shrdIu shrdlu shrdl
hundred, possibly several thousand married
women employed in Tulsa alone. is if fair ~
JudEe 10y tho records of twelve?
In closing, ! want To quote for your attention
a paragraph from Mr.. Mes letter:
personally, | have bOsorvCd that unless n
woman Is naturally first class clerk has a
Ap'ndld cdu'aton, tho best character and per-
s"nauty she IL menace 10 an office rather
than an acquisition" '
Just how does that hear upon tho oucstIo,
Married Women working" Doea no ,no,r
uht IN ms opinion "A married woman possesses
none or theSe qualiticsP That only a single girI
or man can have a splendid education or the
best character or pcrsonalityP
| "a
row as to express such cave man views Tnt
us nope he Ia tho exception, rather than Tho
rule. ' ''o
WORKING MARRIED WOMAN.
Tulsa January 2S
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

rouge and other cosmetics thought
the added charge imposed for taxes
all went to help pay for the war.
They were mistaken to the tune OF
more than s2j,O00, 900. treasury ex-
perts said. This they compute as
the sum dealers failed To turn in,
and loosely drawn tax laws, make
It virtually impossible TO trace tho
offenders.
Secretary OF the Treasury Houston
recommends to congress that this
be changed. lie urged that manu-
facturers Of cosmetics. medical
preparations and other similar lux
ury' items be compelled, under re-
vlscd tax laws TO pay the tax and
affiN the stamps before shipment.
This will stop the payment OF tho
tax on the individual sale. The GOV
ernment will collect the tax from
manufacturers, producers or i'm
purters
Secretary Houston said only $50
100000 in revenue taxes was coll
lected from this source last year. lie
estimates 1t should have netted the
government probably double that
sum. Revised laws to he drawn ty
congress, he said. should definit ,ly
fix the manufacturers liability and
make evasion OF the law impos DE.
Tho public pays in the end all ~
this tax, but more rigid check on
manufacturers will assure that such
tax payments Will reach the treas
ury.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
The Promoters Wife
By JANE PHELPS

aud girls get here. They can play
rough house with anything In the
world
You have children" | asked,
amused.
-Four Of them. The huskicsts,
ltvlicsts four you ever set eyes on.
There amt a one of them can't
ride IA broncho, and do stunts that
would firghten city yOungster
most to death to look at. an y rr
finc bunch If | do say it," father
crly pride in his tones, and on his
face
"ThereIl be room for them all, ,"
Frederick told him.
There would have to be. They'd
bust the walls IL there warn't. No
Cooping them youngsters up in two
by four rooms. They are used to all
outdoors you know. They don't
think house is good FOR anything
only To cat and sleep in"
Before he left ne had given Mr.
Frederick a check for the house and
furniture. lie also had said that I
was TO remain rCnt free for the two
months which would pass before he
could bring on his family.
THAT IS very kind OF YOU"
stammerod, almost overcome. Sure
ly there was good in everybody.
This man whom / had refused TO
receive was doing me a great kind q.
ness, helping US more than he real
ICED.
After he had gone Mr.. Frederick
turned to me.
Tell me-" he pointed to the paper.
Did you mention Mrs. Orton?"
| repeated my conversation with
the reporter word for word as near
ly as | could remember, I told him
of the expression OF surprise on the
mans face at my answers to his
questions, and that he had seeming
~ gone away disgusted because he
had been unable to get any informa-
tion from me.
Those fellows can make n story
out OF nothing" he grumbled after
laughing AZ what | told him THE
idea of YOU telling him you didn't
know anything about anything II
| had said that it would have been
all right. lie saw through il
though, or he wouldn't have called
you clever, lie knew you was STALL
ing him
But this is awful to have it pub
lished things Ike this. things [
never said, Is there nothing I can
do Is one obliged to submit to it2"
Under the circumstances, ycs.
should you make n fuss It will only
bring more notoriety And that we
can't afford 10 have at the present
stage OF the game" He then told me
or the progress they were making
in listing the creditors, and brought
me copy Of the letter offering TO
settle which he had drafted when
ne loft | flct really encouraged to
believe that somcway we were go
mlE to get out Of the terrible tangle
all right--bcoause ~ his helm Uo
was very pleased At getting rid OF
the house 80 easily.
"Terle's check viii 20 long way
toward satisfying lot Of small in.
Ecsiors, he said as he left me. Neil
no told me. would bc able to return
To me In a day or two.
Tomorrow--frcderick suggests Bah
and Ncil live in rne country.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Times Have Changed

Editor world: In your issue OF January as
read a letter by a woman stating that women
had taken mems Jobs away from them. IL this
is true, what has become of the women's ,york :"
who took that away from them?
About tIfty Years ago 1t took young woman
VINO was a wife and mother Of one baby All
day to do her housework. Washday she some.
times worked into tho night before she got her
four-rnom house cleaned her clothes dry ard
brought In, the meals prepared and tho baby
nut TO sleep by rocking him and singing a
since then times have changed. A woman
does not have four TO clean. Sho lives
IN two-room apartment with four-room ct
ficicney. who made these apartments with
a disappearing bed In the living room and a
complete kitchen in closet or tho dining
roumH
Instead OF sweeping her floors and washing
her dishes shc would have done so years
ago she uses vacuum cleaner and an electric
savers
Mon AHA
Instead OF spending hours bending over the
wash tub she sends her clothes to the laundry.
Who made the laundries?
Instead Of baking her own bread and cakes
she buys thom at the bakeries. Who made
these bakeries that can prepare bread for hun
drods in the same time that she could make
hatch for her own family?
Men did!
Instead OF spending an hour cooking vego-
tables and fruit. she opens soIuc canned goods
who made these canning factories that can
take care Of tons Of food in the same amount
ot time she could cook meal in the old
fashion way
Men did'
Instead of doing hcr own spinning, weaving
and sewing she buys her clothes ready made.
who made these looms and power-driv ma
chimes that can do I'm few days more work
than she could do In years'
Men did'
Instead Of rocking tho baby to slccp and sing.
inE a lullaby 10 him, she puts him I'm n ham
mock style h0ssanct, gives him a push and
turns on the phonograph. Now who made
these hlsSanCtS and these phOnugraphs7 that
can reproduce her own voice?
Men did,
am di2Zy. Won't some Ccar-headcd person
stand mp and ten the world who took whose
work away from whom?
READER
Tulsa, January -.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
THE VIEWPOINT TELLS n.

Chairman Russell OF the corporation COM
mission refused to permit the introduction ~
afhdavts in the telephone hearing. Tho chair
man ruled that witnesses should not De offered.
In other words, the citizen patron OF the tclc-
phone company was required 20 assume tho roIc
of complainant and subject himself to cru-
cism and loss OF time before the chairman
would entertain the idea OF affordng rclicf
That the chairman was within the law of
judicial procedure there is no question. But in
eyitably his ruling suggests a rather too warm
sympathy for the telephone company. The
oretcally, at least, the corporation commission
was created TO protect the citizen against the
cupidity and arrogance OF public utility corpora
tions. The individual citizen suffers injustice
uncomplaningy in many instances because. 10
complain involves many things. A mere writ
ten complaint calling attention TO certain NAL
practices should be sufficient to start the com
mission Investigation OF It's own volItion.
Because it was created and IL being maintained
al public expense for that purpose
Logically TOO. the commission should be
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
ClIAPTEI, CXV.

CHATTER CIV.
Under the flaming caption there
followed such garbled version OF
what | had said as left me gasping.
| had been represented as saying
my husband never confided In me,
that ! knew nothing OF him and his
business. but In such a way az car
ried the impression that Neil and |
were not congcninl Then To my
horror a reference was made TO
Mrs. Orton, voilcd. but none the less
plain. 1t spoke OF handsome
widow; Of Neils acquaintance with
her; OF tho fact that he had been
seen with her often. 1t was "a hor-
rid article, scurrilous, in its insin-
uations, yet never saying a word for
which the paper might be obliged
20 give satisfaction. From that time
I have had Il hateful admiration for
reporters
Mr.. Frederick came that afternoon
bringing Mr., Toarle to look at the
house. asked him in. IL he had
seen tho Argus. lie 'ct me know that
he had and that he would remain
and talk to me about Il after Tearle
went. iIc saw my distress, and
smiled rcassuringly
Tcarle was delighted with the
mouse, ANA IN MS rough way so eN-
pressed himself
MY wife couldn't begin 10 fix up
a ranch like this" ne told me.
she amt that kind. Shes ranch
er's daughter. She can ride a hoss
"A mighty sight better than she
could buy Jimcracks like these even
II she had all the money in the
world. It's most too fine, but
guess az long as | have made nm
my mind to be swcll like other
folks, the best amt none too good,
I've worked like n dog all my life
and I'll be damned--heg your par
don ma'am--if ! aIn't earned the
right To throw my mnoey away II
| want to-"
ITS a good investment. Tearle
Dirt cheap at the price offered
you"
There won't be much Investment
70 these duds inside wnen my boys
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

Nellant. It should know Of it, own initiation
that the public utilities are not imposing on the
public oven without any complaint from tho
citizen patron.
Inevitably, we think. a judicial or semi judi
cial official will by his conduct clearly indicate
whore his Sympathlcs are. For instance. the
pence officer or public prosecutor who holds
thai no has no instruction to know anything Of
his own accord. but can only act on tho com
plant Of citizen, can always be classcd as
being In sympnuy with the criminal class.
sympathy bcgcta zeal n tho corporation
commission was zonlously attached 10 the wei
fato of the citizen d. would not mike tho cltl-
zon's pleading 80 difficult. n would not In our
opinion, be 8o ready 10 accept the pleading and
showing OF The ufIy concerns without ni7i
confirming the ploadtngs ana tho ehowiuga by
Investigations Of ne own
Chairman Russell hos posed rather dcma-
goncnlly In times past as rho nvorngc citi,cn's
friend. Hts apparent kindly feeling ror the pub
lir uIuy couccrue strains the confidence or his
fH'uds almost ~ tho breaking point
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Bennie's Notebook
THE MOON

III l. MUM
A tho moon is 50 brlte and shiny
And yet its ony planet,
But that's no diskrace or enything,
Because the moon cant help it;
can IL?
It's bewtiful and yello up in the sky.
Like egg after somebody's fried It.
And jest wen it looks the biggest.
A little shrimp OF a cloud can hide IL.
II shine on us all free and equal,
on poor men as well as on czars,
And tho 1t wont associate with the
It don't mind coming out with tho
stars.
O its awfill cold up on the moon
But people live there, maybe,
II will still be there wen I'm old and
gray.
And 1t was there wen I was baby.
It's a million miles above the erth.
But with telescope you can see It
swell,
And the dammidge would be some
thing fearse
If It ever got loose and fell,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Beauty Pays Heavy Toll
in Taxes to Government

WASHINGTON, Feb. e. Beauty
paid heavy toll in war tax To I'm
Gle sam last year, But beauty also
was Heavily robbed. The govern
mont also lost in the process. Loose
tax laws were to blame, The treas.
ury today estimated that the fair
sex paid many millions OF dollars. in
addition To the purchase prince. in
stamp taxes which never reached
tho treasury.
War taxes on beauty preparations
under present laws are collected by
the dealer. Buyers OF perfumes.
toilet waters. sweet SCENTED soaps,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

Chicngo's smart set ~ anNously seeking in
formation concerning one Herman s Abrams
efficiency expert" who was nm oil promoter
for time In the Windy city, to the everlasting
regret OF certain people who are out something
over $4,000 They have their beautiful iitho-
graphs left. but seem pcevcd because the mag
netc and perfectly polished gentleman over
looked putting any assets behind said ccrtitl-
Gates
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Oklahoma OHtbursts

Jerry Rand intirna,es that the appointment
OF F'riy Miller on "a committee To invest lgatn
WIN me chiropractor bill shows that the present
legislature j. not 10 unsophis'icatcd rs many
people have been led 10 believe.
We have an idea that the commii.ca viii find
that when oil gets into one end Of the pipe lino
u ~ IhbIe psfun out at the othor.
Possibly Tho rnore Of cam Russell lei ou,
Hl ih' pi'hcu'" OF reporter at tho telephone
"l' nearing ~ Tulsa, IL Just sympt ON u sleep
ing scknc5s
one reason why We don't think women viii
u" "ueh smoking, says the Dallas Nrwa is be-
cause IL ls impossible Tor person 90 thoruuEhIy
enjoy smoke without propping up his feet
McCuchoon the cartoouis. calls his wirtcr
nom" Ia the bahamas Treasure Island rtobn-
bly, Ept the idon Tor the uainc from our .br4
'"''' ~ THIS country.
Three star uonu,s.y Of snpulpa wonders f
legislature dld not got Off the rain about H.
ml''' north OF th"ir rght station.
Tho girl on South Main says shc haa rco.had
lho conclusion that the power Of tho pres, d,-
P'h'H largely ON who does the pressing.
Judge Campbell of wichita has probably de-
'.1rd to f'ilr" 9" priNai" business when his term
of office expires. lie has Ius hcId mat woman
h clualiE hab'" with hcr husband fqr the sup
port Of tho family
This fine budding vcathc. D., making tho f,,.
low VINO ~ figuring ON homemade peach brandy
f',i rather nervous.
Tho on and cas- Journal doosn', wan, any
Fno'riug at tho bread line bccausc 10 ls lust an.
"ihcr "ny OF throwing Out she Ufc line we sing
about
chris Anlrcva. restaurant man, hrs decided
than in MuskoRoo and ho ha, hired a 'ioc,or ,o
Keep him alive un'i ho can got bncl. 90 Athour.
wants to die midst familiar surrolalirs,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

We nothing culpablc or Nprehensible I'm
Congressman McCllntock's letter 10 his fellow
congressman. Arriving In Washington after the
him In on the good thing in order that he might
make showing back home. II "our Jin's"
done no worse than that he derives we'll o. his
country.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

woman is writing stories handing out good
advice on the universally popular subject, "How
to bc loved" There is no recipe that can be
relied on. one might as well undertake to give
formula for taking the mumps or falling off
"A bridge. Love just happens. md there is no
rhyme about It, nor fixed symptoms
OF its approach
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Daily Biblical Quotation


Obov my voice ana viii bc your God, ana
ye ahal bc my people. ana walk 500 in all tho
ways that have commanded you, that 10 may
be well unto you-.J,r va. %.
And Oft, whom iu my heart was heard
Thy timely mandate / deferred
The task ~ smoother walks To- STRAY,
But the. | now would aorVo more strictly II
1 may. W. Wordsworth.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

Lest We forget, let II be repeated once again.
Tulsa needs an ambitious, commodious hotel OF
modern facilities moro than It needs anything
else on earth. And now ls the time to construct
it. Every day OF delay is costing Tulsa some
thing In prestige and opportunity
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

q. A. steiner. commissiora- =,
streets and public property. believe.
ne mayor of Tulsa should SET 4, uacs
for mayors of other cities thar wouls
be hard 20 follow. What Cv
claims steiner, Furnish tho r,,vo.
a common old twenty five -hurdrcs.
dollar car? What. that's absurd, Any
mayor could ride in an au;omobD.
so there's nothing distinctive abon,
that We ought to show some s,yI.
get the mayor "a nice, new. shin,
airplanc and furnish him a prly,fs
chauffeur to operate IL. Then WHOM
lie wanted TO make flying trims 10
nearby Cities) nc could really do M
no; tiguratively but literally. And
I'd carry this project a step far,ho,
Why not equip the roof Of the civ
hall as a landing place for tho mir
plane? Shucks' Tulsa ought 10 sho,,
some speed" Tho mayor opinod thai
he Will he In receptive mood rop
the airplanc as soon as cvcryfnins
else needed by the city has been pur.
chased. However" he explained
TIN afraid that will be several hun.
drcd years after have retired In
private lifc--so 1t won't bcnc0' ne
any"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

viii right or wrong win In wynona2" asks
the Record II We knew more OF the disposition
OF Wynona we might be able to make a fairly
accurate guess. Playing averages we should
say II will be a dog-fall
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

Mr.. Schwab has loft for Europe How tho
times change 1t hasn't been SO very long since
Europe was the poorest place on earth for a
tired man % lind rest.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
Ventures in Common
Sense

For centuries We thought that 10y
means OF Christianity We could in.
duce those with a largo store 20 d.
vide with those who had iltlc NJ
nothing.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07
About Tocn and
in Hotel Lobbies

Inability TO obtain call boy.. =,
necessary electrical cpuipus,, ,.'
an efficient alarm system i. bt.,...,
by j. NJ. Addison. commissions, ~.
police and fire for the fact iL.tu.
Kendall fire station is no, p,,. d..
operation. II tho station wcr, ,,,..,
today, he said. It would be o., or,,
small benefit to residents OF E,,a,r
because they could not get word q.
1t quickly enough in case ~ fir.
According 10 Addison. n qusr..fv -,
fire alarm electrical cquipmcp, c,
dered more than six months Az, ,...
Just arrived. I'VE want ia ,l.. of.
Kendall station Just as soon ,s &, ~
practically possible" he da,l.-oa
but 1t would hardly be a, c,bui
tion OF good judgment 10 omen 4,
right now and place men and trY,J.
out there. IL We do. n VIII h, -
essary 10 maintain u modern Pan,
Revere to spread the alarm e,sr,
time there is "A flre-cNtept th,,
while Paul Revere rodc horse n,'.
modern Revere might poss.b.y us.
"A flivvcr."
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

! do not blame a man Tor r"nca'
ing occasionally: in fact ! rrrom'
mend Il, Every man must NJ tines
read the riot act, and make his .aH-
euage good and strong; ind' d.
sometimes happens that n rrh,
about the only thing that vii. 40
any good, But after your rebellion
return 10 your work, and attend 10
II patiently and carefully, for that u
what is actually coming 10 nan
There may be much leisure 'o'
woman, but not much was ever M
tended for man. Therefore a man
should not start a newspaper or 500
ciety 10 protest and scream. me
only thing for a man TO do ls 10
make his slavery as easy as poeA'
bio,
There IL smothcred rehc.hon ~
every nation, state, city age
neighborhood and family but
usually smolders because the wls"Sl
men have discovered that p'ay.k
with fire IL dangerous thing. Ne
you able to rebel as you sit hc'or'
your fire, thinking OF your ana.Is
and return to your weary work n'N
morning with the knowledge wa.
rebellion does not pay? II you ~.
I'm rebellion, make the best posS Wv
terms with life, take n whipplntt,,
and In future obey the rules = ~, ~
better. Those not in open roh''ug.
are accomplishing more ,han '"'
rebels.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-07

Only few men are willing 20 a.-
tually revolt, and throw up harr'-
cades and set fire 10 things as proc
test; hut nearly every man is a mcn'
tai anarchist.