The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-28

anu Hciis bul FOu IdH I hIbub asHa''"'
sin.
when am In Chicago, which ian't
aften, and whom I am in there at
night. which is less, there is one
place | always go 10, that is the old
Pacific Garden mission. where 80
years ago. one dark. stormy night
found Jesus Christ aa my Savior.
Watched Dcrclicts.
was there some time ago. ] had
spoken and | felt tired and weary
and I turned 20 Nell and ] said.
"Nell, let's walk home. II won't take
us long and II will rect me 10 get out
in the air and keep away from the
crowd"
so we stepped out on Van Buren,
and walked west TO clark street. We
turned north on Clark street a block
10 jackson boulevard and turned
west on Jackson boulevard and when
Ve reached tho foot OF LaSalle street
the clock In the tower struck 10.
said, Nell, it's 10 o'clock. Wouldn't
you like TO 90 down 10 the Harrison
police station They are rounding
up the human derelicts. They are
lust bringing them In. It's 10
o clock. Tho devil like the beasts OF
proy. stalks forth when the sun goes
down. when darkness settles over
this old earth"
Foul vermin In human form wrig
gle and crawl our streets. Midnlgh'
o. earth is midnoon In nell Ne"
YORK asleep, Chicago asleep, Phlla'
dclphia asleep, Boston hs,eep' lltts'
burgh asleep. Cleveland alseep, Den
yer asleep, st. Louis, san Francisco
Los Angeles all asleep.
A..
holding high carnival Debauchory Is
,nwakc. lust Is awake, murder j.
awak,. Oh. all the vileness tha'
dnura the world Is awake. Now th'
BANQUET of old Bacchus, now You car
hcor the click of the gamblers chips
now champagne and wine sparkle ahe
the bcer fuams over the lip OF th'
rup now (ohi listen to thnt--th'
voiced shrieks of loathsome bias
nb.nv Old Jazebel epreada hsl
nets and old Dslilah shears the loCH'
| Of the young Sampsons VINO I'M
fools rest their heads In her zap
Music ia IN fun blast around tn,
| hotels. around the theaters, nrouh'
! the restaurants. around tho chbaretH
around the fan-tan dives ant
around the opium joints, stale hee'
| Iointa. houses OF ehame, lncarhat'
Tiends OF both sexes that hiocrhat'
and eonEregate In the cesspoois o
iniauity and quagmires OF iil'h a"'
damnation.
mn noljca, flash your lantern. fo'
-, ,naLe me believe but that all
,hnse meals Of laughter and Jest rlva
| tbo MI of hell for their despair 10
mat sound doesn't come from near
pure. noble, happy but from ip
wnose hearts are black ana we, an'
are the nests of all that y cursed
81, IA 10 o'clock, Nell. II Is !
o,clock. wouldn't you IKE 70 90 y
the Harrison street police sta''um .
It's 10 o'clock. Yes W ~
hack and said to my irlonu' 80
Iarkln. the desk sergeant. tlo 70
10 give me passes for the ueli san ,t,
'aTed. the Missus and Wou'a I'm
TO go below o,o,hos man an,
said LACK. stay here a little while,
80 ,.a.,. aewn and there were W
,oon or twenty mon piled up on VI
stone floor, nothing hut neMspapo',
for n bed and | said, iher"
sin. sim .,onnea 4
,rop, ~ a cell. on, and there stoo
n man nude to his waist ~ opu
ros covered with great blotehe
~ iooked Ike Carbunclea OF pidc
and nurple gnd green ana yeiioV
IIts hair matted and his eyes oionS
sho, ana yermin was wrigsHns 1V'
him and l said TO Ted is no Nv
and bughouse ?" .Lo ,,sr,
lie said, mo, he is COKE i'e"
II IL dope"
Nv God% It Is almost hopele
when dope sinks its fsnss lnto So
A fellow will break away from u
booze game and win out ana u
Ia thief he will become square
there are mighty few OF theht IN
ever get away from the sIlp ,
dope. l said, "Wih you give III
dope7" ,
will die" IL. =,
! hypodermie syringe and shot II in
his arms and he cooed like bal
4 tugging at It's mothers breast.
I, said There It is, now SIM f'
! cant argue against sin.
! we went on. There was a c'
1 about az long as my platform but
Q little wider. In It were IA gil
=, with the dew of youth on their bro
, 9ome of them didn't have cloth
I enough on them to make pad (
- a crutch They were so beast
l drunk they could not stand and o.
J.. Of thom leaped to her feet. SELF
what had been the remnants OF
e silk waist and bought with the prl
. OF her shame, she ripped 1t fro
I her body and stood nude to h
y waist and the vilest profanity al
. obscenity that ever heard. ha
. heard men curse and damn but
e think when those girls were hla
n pheming and sneering, all the deV
{ in the nit OF hell stopped their ca
t and cried, Enough Bnoug
Il Enough!"
4 said, There It is sin! Slnli y
/. can't argue against sin. It's In I
/. world. you can't get away from 1t,
/, Hello"
e Good morning, sir
How do you do
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