The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-12
Thou Shalt
Not Steal
y, NORA COLE SKINNER,

She Wuuldn 90 you personal IN
rirv for anything In the world, she
n uly adores you, thinks you and
.fbe chilling are part OF her great
responsipilty. and she would no
.,ore sfegl from YOU than she would
4 fall 20 keep up her lodge dues-but
IN, .fakas' enough out of your
house 90 keep another larder sup
rued and overflowng.
In her eyes It is not stealing, It If
4 90, sin.
Regarding sin. especially what we
4 arc plcnscd to cali little sins, we all
have a varied conception. No two
scalrs weight alike. Some magnify
.,s pb4sp and overlook another as
4 of no consequence.
For instance, some wouldn't
n uirk ~ pulling n needle through
4 nair embroidery hoops on Sunday.
\ ,r darulng teeny-weeny hole IN
n ,be.r best hose. yet would sit up and
u r,ad a novel all afternoon that was
n not III to be read even on week
N day Some are shocked to death at
4 ~ fragrant "sins" OF their friends.
4 ,oi when pinned down. can look you
In The eve and insist they didn't say
h." when YOU know they did!
a There is most attractive little
II Girl that Is admired very much for
n rr splendid religious principles,
4 who is a real influence in the activi-
8 tics Of the church, who wouldn't
Il think Of playing cards and always
n calls for one table OF dominocs at
8 every party she attends, even
though bridge Is the pnstime OF the
!. evening. yet she laughed and told at
the last party Of dueer Curlo cor
10 a.. -.
Y advertisements and price tags that
+ she had schemed and gone to the
greatest trouble TO acquire as souve-
4 Mrs
OF course she didn't dream that
"rogue" could be tag dominating
n that corner she so gloated over, and
Il /, would take long time to realize
Au applied to this fun loving and
Hnugh!ng girl, hut surely 1t would be
a true Each little sign and tag that
n abe had inuocently pulled off while
II The proprietor or clerk looked the
h o,her way perhaps had caused end
vi less trouble. the loss of many sales,
eNrcnuyencncc, the confusing Of
~ prices or dates of entertainments.
and no end of general mixups. And
IA who knows but what some hard
II vorking rill or man has lost the con-
f.dence Of the employer because Of
4 the remOyal-maybe even lost their
N Job?
We have all asked our hostess II
"a the beautiful Madeira napkins were
n 70 he souvenirs. but did we ever
\ imagine that at q party where only
Il the most refined were expected to be
found aud in one of our most gem
n tee homes, a young matron really
n conf seated one, not only one. butt
N am told, she has taken almost a
"a dozen.
At another party In the heat Of
"a summer, the graduation fans of the
N Young daughter of the. hostess we're
III placed about. one on each card table.
"A Tor those who were warm to use
III and would you believe It, when the
n sues's mad gone--ond of the pretti-
N est fans was found to have gonc~with
81 them.
:. ;. Il Has quite a Joke, perhaps the
n girl who took IT felt herself some
II thing Of a sport. but the fan was a
II real loss 10 its owner, having come
III from across the seas, and its going
~ threw shadow over every guest
81 there. Yet not every guest, for some
n were known to he above such action.
~ 20 that LEFT but a few to be suspect
M ed still all but one of these was mis-
M Judged
III We used to consider people like
rJshat kleptomaniacs. Have times
n changed?
Some people can't pass fruit
~ stand without picking up an apple
and pure food laws and flies are not
~ The only reasons why Confectioners
no longer keep trays of delicious
candy open atop their show cases.
q Just scads of people think it great
n iln to steal a ride.
lears ago when many travelled on
n passes, | saw woman who had
N come far on the train on "A pass,
a,ross three states, and her child
who should have paid half fare had
y crawled down among the bags and
n wraps each time the conductor had
come through the train.
n sshe told about It, laughed, and was
proud Of the achievement. But even
the half fare didn't register q
"a great loss to the railroad company
"a ana They could stand IL better than
81 she' can we wonder Mt the child
"a now grown. still carrying those Same
n principles iustilled in youth, or bo
II .urprlscd to hear that he hof
"A brought sorrow and disgrace TO his
N entire family connection?
a Just lately the dean Of n univcr-
NN ety warned tho Glec club "a It start
N Yea OF on its winter concert tour
Il mot To take things from the Pullman'
ana hotels as they went from place
10 place.
n souvenir hunters have SO dc
Il spoiled public property by taking
n IoNess. china ash trays, bureau ac'
4 'eSorles and silver that the genera
II sunlic must pay more for acconmo'
ua'lon to cover tho "overhcad"---t
part Of the overhead" being. n
a p'aln words, theft. one hotel ever
"A vent 80 far as to post n sign In th'
a -tAn dining room. saying: TAKE
4 @ your spoon with you; it's charged e
n your account"
4 II is said that ono of the emhar
Il IasSments visited upon Prcslden
ana Mrs. Harding since their occu
4 pancy OF tho white house / tn,
n stat amount OF silver that dis1p
h,ars every time they entertain. AnC
uu' hIeN report comes that gIcst'
an ultrafashionable function n
NJ o r Paris mansion of the duke O
eans, pretender to the FrCncl
nrone. We're amazed to he courtc
A Dosly Dosy but firmly held up by privat'
n hl,,e and searched as they left th'
r,ts "pSts door. Prince Philipo cX
a'hed that he estimated that dur
"E period of 10 years he had los
4 ute than 250,000 francs worth q