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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23
(By 4 Womanl

When the geniar gentleman from
the Ardmoreite asked me for a thrift
story, he suggested write about
Women and their misconception Of
thrift, their inability To adapt them
selves To- their S,ations in life, their
eternal desire to make better show
ing than their pocketbooks justified,
tnelr social climbing, cxtravagances
and easily lost perspectives."
In other words, their lack Of a prac-
teal working knowledge Of good old
fashioned thrft-as understood and
exercised by men.
l said. 81 would NOT, but | would
just dole on telling the truth about
thrift as | see it practiced in the
lives of men and women"
Thrift in its accepted meaning is
frugality, economy. as distinguished
from wastefulness, extravaganza. My,
how those synonyms conjure UP in
he m nds of the maic"ity OF women,
the skeleton in their family closet.
Thrift is as much in the wool and
warp of women as her eyes and teeth.
What nature failed to give, years OF
experience did. In primitive times
when the male stalkcd his prey and
felled it with club to the woman,
he assigned the task of separating and
preparing it for soups. fricassees,
c.othing and footgear for himself and
all the little slvages Who dwelt in
his cave. To her fell the art ol
preserving the lcft-overs against the
rainy day when business was bad or
the male had a crouch from a cold in
his head or from golf tournament,
world series or any other condition
or alibi used in domestic circles.
To this good and prosperous day
women iIf the rank and file of lifC
are preserving food, cooking left overs
sponging, pressing, making half worn
garments serve the younger members
OF the family, bargain hunting, plan
ming, scheming, practicing economy in
! thousand ways undreamed by men
Men believe that thrift like charity
| begins at home. and as the women
stay there they let her have the big
gest use of it. Some mems claim tC
economy is to tell the other fellow how
to practice it--usually the other fel
/ low is his better half.
We hear that Xantippe was scod
| but just the same she gathered thC
herbs for soup and re-seated their lit
tie boys pants while Socrates preach
ed the simple life in the market places
Women are doing the same thing to
day, only they are not making sucl
a fuss about ii and the neighbour
haven't found it out.
Hotels complain that most womer
patrons. travellers. delegates TO con
ventions--even suffragsts-leave th
hotel ut breakfast, dinner and suppo
for the cafeteria. There Is no com
plant registered against the NAL
patronage on this score.
Men who declare Drinking by onei
self 10 be a crime" must consider eat
ing alone a msdemeanor. They seldom
do it, Do men eat box lunches OF
trains? Not while diners run ant
gongs beat at Harvey houses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23
JUST LIKE A WOMAN" SHE REFUSED
TO DISCUSS TOPIC ASSIGNED HER

! Few men wear darned sox. II hurts
| their feet, poor dears. Women $
cotton stockings, even though they
are replaced by silk in the afternoon,
/ show the marks of wear as well as the
patch of yhrift. She doesn't tlp an
obsequious waiter for service she
| doesn't get. Every train porter who
! lifts off her hand bag. every bell boy
/ for the pitcher Of water the hotel
management hires him to bring. She
rides in street cars, not tax's. un-
/ less man takes her. Drinks tea,
mostly, not things that cost ten dol,
lars n quart, uses a postage stamp to
convey congratulations, condolences or
to make an appo ntment rather than
telegraph, in short, she husbands her
resources in thousand careful ways
and it's not stinginess either, just
economy, thrift, sense.
AS for adapting herself to her con-
dition in life, most women do 1t cas-
/ ily. naturally. and for the exception
that proves the rule, I'll say this, put
baby in her arms, and like the rest
Of the women she will adjust herself
TO any station even If it's the lowly
wash tub or the business end Of a
perambulator land she wont be
ashamed TO be seen on Main street
with it, ether.
Women are culprits when it comes
10 personal adornment and in seeking
to accomplish this desired END on
limited means, they have developed a
sense of thrift along with an artistic
temperament. The latter is greatly
appreciated by the male members of
society. | must add. however. that
after a visit to the up to date. prosper
Gus haberdasher's where one looks
with wonder on the multi-colorei ties,
(,hey are not only sold at Christmas)
the richly woven underthings that
are built for more than mere prOtec-
tion from winter winds, gloves, muff-
lcrs. the quiet, unassumiLg, conven-
tional business suit, and learns the
price of all this rich Lpparel-one
feels that women, alone, are not com.
mitted to the vanity of personal adorn.
ment.
than women-especially in prosperity
count among my friends a number
Of women, the wives of rich men, ant
women rich in their own right anC
almost without exception they are eco
nomical not eXtravagant, helpful
not was,eful. Their perspectives ar,
as straight as a fiddle string.
The man who said "An empty pocke
e book is the best guardian of a mans
virtue-the poorest for women" mus
have based his reckoning on a gen
Grafton of rich men. Not all, bu
by far too many men stand adverst!
= better than prosperity. In the forme
state the cardinal qualities in men (ii
! which | am a true believer) are ex
ercised and developed, in the latte
whether from nerve strain attendan
upon success, or a development of eg
! commensurate to it. his perspective i
pretty liable to get lop sided, wheI
1t does. not ALL | earnestly repeat, bu
too many OF them leave the family I,
the wife. the state TO the politician
the city 10 any one who will run it
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23

the principle of proper care for the
welfare of others. A woman who was
impoverished by she long illness OF
her husband had to learn to earn a
living for herself and children after
his dcith. She could earn only a
small wage because her thought had
been d,voted to home making. That
woman is today hurdcncd by the
rent profitccr. The high price for
her rental cannot ever benflt the prof
iteer but d will result in waking up
this woman and she will find a way
to build home of her own.
Building Up Vices
This country has always had prohi-
btion and there has been more or
less of demand for goods that had
10 be handled in bootleg way. This
temptation has caused many men and
especially young men to enter this line
of business because it give promise
CT good money and easy money. There
never was such a mistake made. Some
big profits and easy money may come
fcr 4 time but the man who engages
in the business is building up in his
twn intellect the vices that lead to
| failure and 10 trouble without end
and to absolute ruin. He brings not
cnly ruin 10 himself but Frequently to
his family and loved ones.
A Homeless Man
Ardmorc has o citizen who has
worked hard for more than twenty
years and does not own home. lie
has bought lots In coast towns, he
owns what was ieputed to be rubber
| plantations he owns some mining
stock but he is a poor homeless man
today and his family is paying The
penalty with him. The moral to this
is short. Invest in your own home
town where you know what you are
getting. DO not speculate until you
/ have some money that you can af-
ford to gamble with and thai. time does
not come until you have yourself and
your family cared for. As II rule dc
not buy lots in additions when there
are lots for sale in the main portion
of town. BE content with smal
S'bNIiSH III % 'HIlh w W ~ DulhliE tui
loan company until you are able tt
make the first payment. The mar
who listens to the rosy-hued tales Of
the salesman pays a penalty.
Invest at Home
There are hundreds Of men her,
who have lost money in building ant
loan stock. Invest your money il
your home company where you know
honorable men are at its head an(
where there is some protection giver
you by law. Or put your money II
a savings bank at home when yol
know II is safe and where it help.
build your own community.
Make Your Opportunity
There are hundreds of young mcr
VINO worry and worry and fritter away
all their early life looking for some
th'ng and never find it. Your gooC
sense ought to tell you to max,
something instead OF hunting some
thing. Make a way for investment
by beginning with your home bank
II NE first Investment is but n dol
lar the next one will be bigger an,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23
Nv ONE MAN DEVELOPED POWER TO
THINK; SOME EVERYDAY PROBLEMS

this Thrift Edition of the Ardrnor-
likes up one man or one woman
causes them TO get out of The
then our energies have been well
fnt and We will bc thoroughly sat
led with our efforts.
he paper that deals with common
Rry day problems in a common
Sc way and talks in the simplcs.
&guage is the one that sends home
most practical thoughts. 1t may
seem so learned but the writer
o picks from his vocabulary the
hplest word to convey his idea is
most forcefI writer. But the
fatest thing is to have an idea to
lvey.
World Open to Women
The world has more liberty today
IN 1t ever had before. When one
aaks of opportunities 1t is not meant
| 1t these opportunities are open TO
I'm alone but they are open to
j,men. Gradually every avenue of
'siness is being opened TO women.
| ey too have the world before them
Ia they can do things and many of
Is shrewd financial minds are owned
women.
Power Developed Within
|Gt IS well to remember than none
us can have things worth while
Zen to us. We must earn them.
be power to think must be acquired
our own selves. We must develop
r own ideas and then execute them.
you have feeling that you must
IN on others, if YOU feel that in
|ery undertaking you must have a
lrtner then you lack sefreliance.
Test Out Yourself
|lf each day you think about the
me things and DO about the same
|ings in about the same old way then
u are in a rut. You can be in a
{ and make a lidle progress with the
tural growth of things but in order
achieve anything worthy Of life
c must get out of the rut.
lie Examined Himself
IA young man who has by his own
forts built W fortune that now
lars the million mark early formed
|e habit of frequently spending n
|w hours by himself He would walk
the country of evenings and in
|,Lge in thought He measured him
III with others. He searched his
oughts to see If he hated any one
|d IL he found hate he went to
ork to eliminate it, lie would ex-
|n'ne himself to see i. he had self
liance and il there was any doub.s
his ability he began TO build up
|rength He said that these walks
|ere used TO think out his problems
Id he solved him problems by build
Is up his own mentality. He read
pod books. he studied books that
|'alt with his own business. He built
life upon foundation of right
|loughts howard others and right
|ioushts toward himself and II we
|ere to use his name you would recog-
ice him as being one of the finest
|lung men that has ever grown up in
bis city.
Proper Thought Of Others
The right Kind of life. Is built upon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23

the man who demons pites that he
can steadily save can build credit
at the bank that will start him in
business or put him IN possession Of
piece Of property.
A Wholesome Influence
When YOU build a bank account
the money you have saved is na half
value is not to be compire1 with the
change you have in your thought and
in your attitude toward life and In
your attitude toward your fellow man.
You begin TO study values and think
business and thinking makes he man.
And as you change your attitude
toward yourself the attitude of your
banker and of your fellow business
men will change toward you and you
begin TO broaden into useful, alert
manhood and you scarcely know how
you did il.
Try This Plan
There ale big per centage Of
young mer who cannot save. They
will out OF the bigness of their hearts
loan the money or help some relative
or play society and spend it. If you
have this disposition and know il
you need not be discouraged for you
are in a big class. There is Still a
way for you to make good. Find a
piece of property that you can buy
on payments and then when you owe
money you will not ulow yourself to
friter it away on others. Be sure
the investment will be worth some
hing when it is paid out and never
let a, payment 80 by and become past
due. Only such debts as lag become
burdensome. Those you pay promptly
do not hurt.
The Greatest Asset
Remember this. that no successful
life can be buiIr without character
and every good character is sue
cessful life even though there is not
great wealth with it. BY character is
meant highly developed and strongly
marked moral qualities, 1t is courage to
resist wrong. il shuts out evil influ-
ences, it leads to honor and no cul-
ture and TO refinement. A man of
character will not dell in sharp prac-
! ices, he is educated TO know right
from wrong and stands out against
the most trying temptation. v is the
saving quality in man and woman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23

while hey make bee line for big
city-and an affinity.
Alexander the Great, kept man at
court to remind him he was not a god.
More men than women need the slings
ana darts Of mis- fortune TO take the
kink out of their perspectives.
1t is true that modern civilization
with its complexities has produced a
class of women who are idlers. pre-
tenders, parasites. women who go in
for bench-legged pups, Hindoo seer's,
cosmic's and other doubtful pleasures,
women who feel and liye and are as
useless as butterflies but they are
not in the majority. Men know II
and are gladdcr about it than any
one else.
A truth can only be approximated by
the process of elimination, 50 putting
aside all petty examples of the dir
ferent brands of economy in men and
women, which after all. are more
traditionally temperamental than other.
wise we must all admit one funda-
mental vital, truth, and that is tina;
the unit on which the nation is con-
structed-is the family.
Women are the custodians, caretak-
ers, the corner stone of the family and
as surely as the sparks fly upward
woman drops to the background every
other consideration when she has a
family.
Economy, self denial and self con
qrol are as much a part Of mother
hood as love itself.
Women are the worlds greatest buy
ers of food, clothing, of every thing
in the home and upon her thrift. econ
omy, ability to manage depends the
success or failure of the home.
Are most homes failures? Thank
God they are not.
j. S. Women practice thrlft-men
preach il.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23
MEN ia||| |g|!IR5'
YOU. TO YOURSELF. DIR.

We know a man who one day dis
covered that when he owed other peo-
pie money, ne somehow managed to
pay it, SO he put himself on his list
Of creditors, paying off the supposed
debt, one dollar the first week. tive
the second, and so on until the tenth
was reached, when he dropped back to
one dollar and repeated the process.
This money was placed TO the credit of
himself in a good bank He was so
delighted with the results, whoch far
exceeded his wildes. expectations. that
ne kept it up. Then along came a big
opportunity, and he was the man who
was able TO grasp it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning
not 10 be measured by the horsepower
of the understanding - Emerson
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-23

For the dead opportunity there is
no chance of resurrection.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
'KENTUcKY's GIANT"
DIES IN KANSAS CITY.

Shelbyvillc. KY, Feb. 24.-Simeon
Cook received telegram from Kansas
City. Mo, informing him Of the death
of his brother. Capt Smith Cook, 81
years OF age, and native OF this
county
He was noted from the fact that
for a number OF seasons he travelled
over the nation with =. T. Barnum's
circus and Coles circus as the Ken
lucky Giant"
He was seven feet tall. perfectly
formed and easily distinguished from
any other individual of hugh stature.
During the session of 1ss9-9O he
was doorkeeper of the Kentucky
House of Representatives During
nearly all his stay in Kansas City he
was a lieutenant of police in Kansas
City. He leaves a widow, but no child
rem. Out of a family of thirteen child
rem, eight brothers and FIVE sisters,
but one sister, Mrs Ella Hulette, of
Louisville, and one brother, Simeon
Cook. of Shelbyville, survive him.
The burial took place yesterday in
Kansas City.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
BUTCHERS BOY HAS PIGEON
POST SYSTEM FOR ORDERS

An entirely practical use of homing
pigeon is reported from England. The
inventor of the system is a butchers
son, who employees his birds regularly
to carry orders from outlying districts
presumably where there are no tele-
phones-to his fathers shop. The plan
works excellently.
When the boy goes to collect orders
he takes six of his fastest birds in a
trap with him. After he has gone a
mile or two and collected a dozen
orders he liberates a pigeon with the
slips inclosed in little metal case at.
tached to the birds leg Before five
minutes have elapsed these orders
are in the shop.
At the various stages of his round
which usually takes three hours. the
other birds with more orders are set
free. and by the time the shop is
reached all the orders received by
this pigeon post have been dispatched.
News.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
HICKMAN BANKS EN-
COURAGE BETTER POULTRY

Hickman, KY, Feb. 24.-Through
the Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Hickman and the Farmers Bank at
Fulton, the poultry raisers of this
county will be given an unusual ap'
portunity to get start in pure-bred
poultry. This requires no cash outlay
to begin with
Arrangements have been made to
obtain setting eggs in large quantities
from pure-bred selected utility hoc,Ss
of White Plymouth Rocks, the stand
ard variety for this county These
eggs are distributed to anyone who
agrees to return one good salable pull
let next fall or its value in cash to
the bank for each setting of eggs
received. The object of the plan is to
imp. owe the poultry of the county.
This arrangement was made by
County Farm Agent o. L. Cunning
ham.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
HARDING TO KISS SAME
BIBLE AS WASHINGTON

Washington. Feb. 23.-President-
Elect Harding plans on taking the
oath of Office March 1, to press his
lips to the Bible that was used at the
first Inauguration of George Washing
ton.
In accord with Mr. Harding's wish
es Elliott Woods, superintendent of
the Capitol, arranged today with St
Johns Lodge, No. I, f. and A. M. of
New York City for the use of the
Bible. 1t will be brought TO Washing
ton by committee of Masons.
This Bible was borrowed from St.
Johns Lodge OH the day Washington
was inaugurated after officials in
charge of the ceremonies found that
there was no Bible in the Federal
Building. The Bible is the personal
property of the lodge and has been
carefully preserved
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
WAR DEPARTMENT TESTS
NEW CENTRIFUGAL GUN.

Centrifugal force, the mighty power
that sometimes sends fragments of
heavy hywheels crashing through
brick walls, is bound to become a
potent weapon of warfare il persist
ent inventors win their way. states an
article with illustrations appearing in
the Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
War Department has recently made
tests of a new form of centrifugal
machine gun, invented by two New
York men, the feature of which is an
ingenious timing device.
The barrel. in. long and with its
muzzle 9 in. from the center of re-
volution turns horizontally on a YER
teal shaft, and is inclosed in a disk
like casing.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
ODD ITEMS
FROM EVERYWHERE

Oysters grow on trees in the mouth
OF the Altamba River, Ga. Sour
orange trees grow right on the river
banks and the dropping branches are
under water at high tide. Oysters at
tach themselves to the branches at
the flood and at low tide can be pick
ed off like the fruit on the branches
above.
An American physician who has
collected a mass of statistics regard
ing serious accidents on railways, in
mines and factories, has put it on re-
cord that the dangerous period at the
month is from the goth to the 26ht
He declares that nearly half the bad
accidents of the whole month occur
those seven days.
Owing to the prolonged unemploy-
ment of many of its members, the
Trinity NJ Z. church of Racine, Wis,
has created loan fund to provide as
sistance for parishioners in strained
circumstances, the money being loan
ed without interest.
o
Rudolph Rossiter, an Oxford Uni
versity man, speaks six languages, but
drives a London taxicab for living.
He does not think that his work is
mean for his is the best guilt and
equipped public auto in the city.
Until comparatively recent times the
Chinese we're not allowed to wear
diamonds.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
KANSAS FARMERS ARE
IN WHEAT POOL.

Hutchinson, Kan, Feb. 26-A gig
antic wheat. pool, the first of a series
i'll farmers war for living" prices
was formed here today by the Kansas
branch of the National Wheat Grow
ers' association
The pool will dispose of 50, zoo 900
bushels of 1921 crop in Kansas under
a one-man control
The executive committee today ma
med A. {. Bailey. of Kmsley. Kan,
managing director of the pool The
purpose the committee announced was
to stabilize wheat prices
Every member of the Wheat Grow
ers' association is bound BY the ac-
ton to turn over one-haif of his 1921
crop to the pool
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
Saffron Once Royal Color.

In Ireland saffron early became Q
royal color and, for a long period af-
ter such exclusiveness was taken away
in Erin, the yellow saffrOn-dyed shirt
remained mark Of social distinction
In the Hebrides. In art saffron was
much employed in medieval illumi-
mated manuscripts. In combination
with tin foil as a substitute for gold,
and, Of course. at all periods the color
Ing Of many textiles was done with
little crocus stigmas.