The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-10

lowed tO use tho terms. represent
or indicate tho two names, tho
height and depth, the divinity and
tho depravity. Tho Rrccuish Of hu-
man nature is found on the tear
stained pages Of human history.
For cruelty of heart who could
equal old Nero, tho drunken.
Wroichcd libcrtIne who fddled
while Rome burned md had the
body OF Christians soaked in pitch
and tar and then fastened 30 stakes
md sot on rirr io illum,ue his race
rourso while hc drove hts chariot
iu drunken rcvrlry. while bodies
woro iuDiuorntod 80 ashes for no
other crimu than that they be
Iioyod in JcHuq Christ, and they told
that Ola rcprobate he could head
into hcli' For cruelty, who could
beat that?
or old Alula. king OF tho HUNS.
called THE Scourgc Of God" For
hlEotrv who over oqualcd Queen
Isabella of spain, who said, - have
dcpopulatod happy villages and rich
towns and fertile fields In the holy
name ~ religion" 2"
For hcnrtlc4 cruelty who ever
cquHlcd Borgia who used 10 invite
his cncmioH to q banquet and upon
tho protcnsc Of friendship and hoG-
pltalty would drop deadly poison
Boo their Cupg and when thoy drank
n they would faIl 20 the floor and
writho In agony and he would
laugh al their struggling and he
would only be happy when their
dead bodies we're dragged awav7
For pitlabic circumstances that
VIII touch your hCartrtriugs, reHi
the autobiography OF Edgar Anon
Poe, who tells us that u Infancy ~
was fed on % mild coucortlou OF
liquor 10 keep me quiet Poor
Poe died OF dclirium tr"W"0g in
Baltimore. October 70 lsf9. and he
cried out.
'TuE, rug form from OF the door,
Take your b'ak from OUT my
Quoth the raven. Ncyormoro'"
Gilbert. tho grave digger NJ
Monte carlo, whcrn the great gam
bling he'll % tmuro people commit
suicide az Monte carlo than any
spot on earth. but we never hear
about -. for ,ho press rs suhsldizod.
os Is also the priesthood and the
from tho gambling hell OF Monte
Cmlo) said, "Lifo is IL gamo Of
ca luco.'
Monte carlo ls perhaps ono al
tho most beWitchlnRly beautiful
spots on earth, for flowers ana trees
from every Clmc and paradise are
'o DO found there blooming beneath
the sun Of the Mediterranean.
Gilbert 81 tho professional grave
digger and they have men who do
nothing but wander and roam
through those lahyrintAs Of beauty.
aud Whenever they hear the crack
uf % revolver they have blood
bounds to hunt ont tho body and
they viii Slip roll Of bills In his
puDNct To- dIlaN suspicion that the
man has com mittcd suicide because
ne has lost all a. tho gambling hell,
for fear there viii be an exodus OF
the people whose pockets they
haven't picked yet. they want to
keep them little longer.
Gilbert Is the official grave
digger at Monte Carlo, and he said,
Life Is "a Famo OF chance"
lie has got another guess com
Ing. No, sir, life IL not a game ot
rhancc' 30 you mean to tell me
that fellow i4 down there hitting
the booze because Of chance? No
he chose to do ~ DO you mean to
tell mo that girl 81 selling her
wOmanhood because OF chance? No,
str sie made her choice,
Make Our Own Fortunes.
DO you mean to toll me that fell
low IN ~ thief because of chance =
No, he made his choicel 30 you
mean to toll mo ] am n Christian
because OF chance2 No, made my
choice I'm going tn heaven instead
OF holl. I made my choice. There's no
chance to 1t all, not at all, not
bit!
We make our fortunes and then
somebody tries To name 1t fate. or
chance. Every man ia the architect
OF his own fate. Charles Stuart
Parncll, the great Irish orator, be
lieVed In luck or chance. why, he
wouldn't pass another on stair
way for fear Il would hc bad luck:
he wouldn't sleep In a room with
No. 10 ON the door for fear q
would be bad luck, no wouldn't sit
I'm room where three candles were
burning, lac would Kot up and blow
one out for fear It would be bad
luck; and he wouldn't begin n jour
noy on Friday for fear Il would be
bad luck; he would not begin "a new
project In October and yet he fell
and tho world gasped. lie violated
a moral law, he chose 20 violate
the moral law, Il wasn't luck or
chance with PHrnCl, he made his
/ choice, He mudo that choice, he
went down.
No II IL free with everybody to-
1 day, to make his choice and turn
away from God and from this truth
/ Ana yet lyay, throbbiUE TN the
/ breast of every man and woman OF
/ tho hurrying, rushing, pushing,
crowd. going pCllmoll down tho
/ street, Is a force that woos them and
[ plcada with them to do right. calls
to the very highest In their litc AZ
tho sun kisses the moisture into the
skies
believe that at heart nine teuths
OF tho people tp the world want to
be better than thoy are, / make no
exception. YOU may brand them as
hard and cruel and reckless, still |
will plead the cause for that man
or woman.
why" YOU say to me, docs the
druuk1rd or the harlot want To be
bvttCrH"
Cudouhtcdly' I have never seen
La drunkard iu my line THAT didn't
want To- b, sober and do the right
thing, no matter how low down he
is. l'vC never seen any, and ~,
faced thpm for q years. They all
want TO do better than they are
Let me paint YOU picture, Reel.
ms down some street iu this city
tonight is some fellow who, Tor the
love ot whisky has thrown away
his sOlf-rosptct and decency, "a home,
a place among decent men and Wom-