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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
BIG HOLE OPENED
IN RIVER LEVEE.
Eight of Ten Communities
Near Ferriday, La, AL
ready Under Water

NEW ORLEANS. April 27,--As n
result OF tho breaking OF the levee
OF the Mississippi river near Ferri-
day. La, 5 OF 10 small communities
as far north as Sicily island. along
the Missouri Pacific railway are al.
ready inundated. The towns OF IA
nola, Junks, clayton and other
communities will have 20 feet OF
water within - hours. engineers
estimate.
with practically all hope OF clos-
ing the brcak IN the lcvce at Farri-
day Ia. abandoned the break there
now having widcncd TO approx
matcly l,500 feet, loyce engineers to-
day turned their attention to other
points where danger threatens. The
most pronounced danger IL at Ar
kansas city. ARK, and Plaqucmine,
La
Two important breaks In the sys-
TEN IN this state today have em-
phnsiAcd the Importance OF levec
protection work, according 10 the
engineers In charge, and the planters
are showing more Willingness to CO.
operate at poydras. 12 miles below
New orleans, where about three
hundred and fifty families were
driven out Of a section OF st. Bcr-
nard parish between the river and
Lake Bnrgnc. Water now In the
Mississippi river below Old river ia
half a foot TO one foot higher than
In 1912. with these conditions, the
weather bureau points out, IL the
levees below old river hold the
water now flowing through the Fer
riday crcvasse will reach STANCE
of one foot or more above that of
1912 when much OF this same area
was flooded.
The crevasse, which occurred this
morning, was on the left bank of
tho Mississippi. l2' miles below New
Orleans, and had wldened to 400
feet late today Efforts to tie the
ends of the lcvee to present crum-
bling are still under way. no ef-
fort having been made as yet to
close the gap. the Batture and levee
having casted into the river water
from the crcvasse Is ovcrflowlng
sugar and trucking lands m St Ber-
nard and Plaquemine parishes and
will pass through Lake Borgne and
Breton Sound into the gulf
Train crews have removed from
the stricken area all men. women,
children and household effects that
could be reached. Some fear is felt
that in some parts OF Concordia and
Catahoula parishes. isolated families
may be unaware OF their danger.
Fifty or more families are. today
occupying box cars for improviscd
houses ~ sicily Islands.
Boats are plying over various
parts OF southern Catahoula and
most OF Concordia parishes In an
effort TO pick up refugees. Scores
OF flood sufferers are said to have
been saved in this manner. Rescue
workers report that at least three
fourths OF Concordia and Catahoula
parishes are already inundated, and
that the water Is rapidly spreading.
Refugees from the flooded area
are being taken to Jonesville and
Harrisonburg.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
Mortuarp
Gilfillan.

Gilfillan.
Edward w. Gilfillan. "a years Of
age, dled at the home of his daugh-
yer, Mrs. c. T. Cagel, lie South De-
'olt avenue, Thursday. No funeral
fsirangements have yet been made.
aIthough the body will probably be
aAen 10 Bartlesville for burial. The
ulecedsed was member of the
Ahights Templars and this order will
piopably officiate at the funeral
services.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
You Know A Tonic Is Good

b.h II makes you eat like hungry
vo,, ana brings back the color to
Sir cheeks. You can soon feel the
GpVnsthening, invigorating effect Ot
ToNICSE TASTELESS CHILL
N0NIC' Observation-Disclosures,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28

Capital invested in the button man
ufncturinR Industry in tho United
States Is approximately 100000, 900.
and the sum paid in wages IN tho
last fiscal year amounted TO over
SO. nnn nnn.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
Back TO Old Gas Rate.

That decision has been handed
down by the federal court which
apparently sets the Sapulpa gas
rate back to AZ cents, was the sub
stance OF a telegram received here
late today by City Attorney LeRoy
j. Burt and sent from Oklahoma
Clty by Attorney Henry G. Snyder
VINO has represented Sapulpa in the
gas rate fight Snyder's telegram
was as follows:
'federal court denies Injunction
IN an gas cases Hold premature
ly brought"
The. gas rate has been 81 cents
mere for some time, which was a
temporary rate set by the federal
court until 1t could make a final de.
cision in the case.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
NIcNcllis,

N. .thelma, 6-months-old daughter of
~ and Mrs. II. McNellis, died at
,e family residence Wednesday
hn,oo,.nlng. Besides the parents, a
EEtoCher and sister survive. Rev. w.
D., 1arvin, pastor of the Bullette
~. b.esoyterian church, offSiated at
TIe Tb funeral services which were held
issstsday afternoon at 2 o'clock. IN,
'"eht was made in Rose Hill.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28
NOunt.

=, CharIes Newton Yount. IS years
" tse, died Wednesday night at his
TToome, l400 North Detroit avenue.
dneS body will be taken to Hubert,
oAia'' for burial and funeral serv-
ICES viii be held there.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-28

FERRIDAY. In. April 27.-Un-
less dozen gasoline power boats
are Immediately forthcoming, a
considerable loss OF life In the In
undated district about here is
feared. Mayor II. ID. Fleming de-
clared this afternoon. A rush call
has been sent TO Natchez. Miss.
FOR the boats. the mayor said, but so
far they have been slow in arriv-
ing.
Thousands Of acres OF lnnd are
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27

to marry man who has no morals,
but she will never marry man whose
clothes and manners are n source OF
Jest and amusement to her family. A
boy NAV resist his mothers tears and
entreaties, and persist in his infatuation
for an utterly unworthy girl, but 1t is
all off the minute his friends commence
joking him about his girl eating peas
with knife.
In former days parting a couple, who
thought themselves in love, was esteem
ed the best way OF breaking of match.
II generally had the contrary effect, and
hurried it up, because there is nothing
like absence and distance to clothe any
one in the chiffons of romance, and put
halo about his or her head.
/ IL isn't absence that is the test Of love.
It's presence, and If you want TO break
off match there is nothing like giving
young couple an overdose OF each
/ others society. \ long motor trip, with
tire trouble, is guaranteed TO break off
any match except the kind that is made
in heaven.
Sometimes when girl refuses to listen
go argument, mother can deal with the
incident quite efticaciously by having
little heart to heart talk with the man
knew one such case, in which mother
gently shunted away on the tracks sew
eral impecunious sutors, by artlessly
telling them how extravagant Mamie
was in her tastes and how devoted tC
dress she was, and how much money II
took TO support her, and how miserable
she would be if she didn't have all oi
the imported fnery to which she hac
been accustomed. They couldn't SEE
themselves qualifying as bill payer fol
that kind of wife, and so they quietly
faded away.
Another mother, whose daughtel
thought she had a mission to reform
a young rounder by marrying him, wa
saved from the fate OF drunkard's wifi,
by her mothers sending her to visit ON,
. of her old friends who had made jus
such an unfortunate marriage. On,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27
A mothar writes:

A mother writes:
"My daughter is in love with a most
unworthy man and insists upon marry
ing him. ! have reasoned with her,
plead with, her, tried in every way to
convince her of the miserable fate that
surely awaits her II she becomes this
mans wife, but to no avail. She is deaf
TO my entreaties and prayers. Can you
tell me any way in which | can prevent
this foolish girl from wrecking hertlfe.
There are good many WAYS by which
undesirable marriages may be broken
off, hut the one way in which they never
can be broken OF is the way that parents
nearly always choose. And that is by
the strong-arm method. Opposition is
the first aid to fool weddings, and is
responsible for more Ill advised unions
than any other one thing on earth.
Especially is opposition fatal meas
ure TO take with girl. Every woman Is
partisan by nature. She rallies IN
stinctlvely 10 the attacked SIDE. She Is
always with the under dog, and you
have onlv 10 criticise one Of her friends
/ to put her on the defense, and start
her out with o search warrant to find
ms. or her good points
Besides, opposition rouses her tight
ing blood Forbid the house to a young
man and any girl with the spirit OF Il
mouse will meet him on the outside, even
il he bores her to tears. Abuse man
enough. and whether a girl was interest
ed or not in him before, she will cham
pion his cause until she imagiues herself
in love with him Forbid girl 70 marry
a man, and nine times ont OF ten she
will do il because she considers It so ro-
mantle, and herself so like movie
heroine with hard-hearted parents.
Nevertheless, match can be broken
off, and perhaps no better method has
ever been advised than that adopted by
Colonel Newcomb in dealing with the
acute heart attack Of his nephew, Arthur
Pendennis. You remember that the
colonel raised no objections to the match
He said nothing of the disparity of age
between the boy and his very mature
sweetheart. He offered no objection
on the score Of the lady's morals and
social position, both Of which were
? dubious.
He merely remarked, as he looked
over one Of her love letters, "Ah, ] se'
that she spells affection with one {,
, and that turned the tmck. The you'll
who was prepared 10 fight family OBJ
jections 10 the last ditch, went dowI
before the first sneer.
,, and ridicule is still the most poten
weapon that any one can use agains
youth. The young cannot stand being
+ laughed at, and the quickest way L
disillusion anyone is TO poke fun at thei
romantic idols A girl may be willin,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27
cess so overwhelmingly against me.
Stop the Carl"

cess 30 overwhelmingly against me.
Stop the Carl"
One by one the items on the list of
things that must be adjusted before
leaving were crossed off. Mrs. Ilcer,
hurriedly summoned, announced. her
perfect willingness to transfer Jerry
the redoubtable Sam and herself to our
menage until | returned. Marion was
in the seventh heaven of delight at
being entrusted with the care OF Junior,
and knew that never young monarch
would have so devoted n slave, knew,
also, that Lillian's loving supervise on
would be always over the child. That
Mother Graham was safe IN the care OF
thos e same capable hands, while Dickys
moro or less erratlc attempts TO help
would also be made of use by lllllan !
also knew. So, at last, the final detal
completed, and with small bag packed
for my journey, | lay down TO lew
hours sleep before time to go TO the
train.
intended TO drive my own car to the
train, taking Jerry Ticer with me to
drive il back. But when ! rose from
the substantial breakfast which Mrs.
Ticer had prepared, and went out on
the verands, found Dicky's car, with
4 Dicky himself at the wheel, standing by
! the steps. He was frowning, and the
tonneau door was open, indicating that
he did not intend me to ride on the seat
with him, so that knew he was still
angry. But my heart leaped at the
! knowledge that Dicky would not permit
me 10 GO to the station without HIM.
With ooniugal clairvoyance also knew
/ that he wss as anxious as to make up,
but that his pride had compromised with
his tenderness in the leaving of the ton
neau door open. With the eyes of the
TIGERS and Lillian upon me, however
for they were all upon the verands to
bid me good-by-'I could do nothing but
put my bag into the tonneau, and pre-
/ pare To get in myself.
! Hurry Dicky commanded curtly'
you've Just time TO make the tran:
| obeyed him, and the machine had
/ leaped forward before | had closed the
door. | knew that he had mistaken the
time. and guessed that he had done so
Intentionally that he might have an ex-
cuse for not alighting and helping me
into the car, his invariable courteous
custom. But held no rancor for this,
and determined that even II missed
that first train would not let our quar-
rel stand a second longer than neces-
ssry. So as soon as we were well out
of sight of the house l uttered little
exclamation as Of dismay.
Stop the car, Dicky" ! exclaimed,
81 dropped my glove
He obeyed, but did not turn around.
So | clambered out of the tonneau, then
with a quck movement swung open the
front door, climbed in beside him.
reached past him, and turned off the
ignition switch. smiling with meaning
ful saucy tenderness at him as ! did SO
Go be continued,)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Papc.

| was mad at my sister Gladdis for
diffrent reasons and the door bcll rang
and | went and IL was man With
baska full Of spools Of thred and safety
pins and ordnerry dangerous pins and
dIfrent things, saying, Is your mother
in2
Wich Jest then / had good ideor,
saying, No but my sister is, do you
wlpt 10 see herr
Yes, I'm not partickler, sed tho man,
and ] sed, All rite, come on IN the
parIer and III call her
o pIlj wait beer, sed the man, and |
sed, No, come on in, she don't hike 10
come TO the frunt door, she likes TO
buy things in the parler, and The man
sed, Well il you insist. And he went
IN and sat down in the parler on the
edge Of chair as il be was trying 70
do CRATE balancing trick. Being a
skinnie man with & red nose and one
eye half shut And / went UP and
Gladdis was IN her room in Der red
dressing gown looking AZ ber face in
the fnirrer as IL she never saw II before,
me saying, Hay Gladdis, there's some
man down in the parler says he w1nts
TO see you.
0, who is it, who can it be, dident
he give you bis name? sed Ciaddis,
and sed, No, dident ask him, and
Glsddis sed, 0 it must be that nice
| Mr.. Macknamara the bug collector that
! met at the dance, he sed he mite
drop erround.
! Maybe il is, he looks like q bug
collector, | sed Wich be did, and
Gladdis sed, o grayshiss and heer ! am
not dressed, 20 down and entertaine
him 8 second and tell him III be down
IN a minnit. And ! went down sgen
and the man was still setting on the
edge Of the chair, me saying. She'll be
rite down, and the man sed, Thank
you very mutch, but are you sure II,
all rite me being in heer? and sed,
Sure, told her you wss in heer. And
pritty soon Claddis came in looking
al lxclted az il she had got dressed
in a fearse hurry, and she looked al
the man with the baslnt on MS lap and
he tried TO SIT even ferther 81 the edge
of the chair and had 70 quick sit back
/, agen on account Of that being ths
ferthest edge there was, and Gladdir
J sed, Wat is this, joak7 and the mar
sed, No indeed, ! vac brawt IN bee
, agenst my Will, / dident w1nt to com,
in, was invited in espeshilly, woulc
you care to buy eny pins OF needles o
thred2
No would not, good by, sed Gladdis
!, And the man quick got up and wen
/. out, me going out with him 20 Claddi
wouIdent have a chance 70 do euythin
70 noe and then ran up the street Tx
the diclins 80 the man wouldent eithel
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27
that make il dark" said the old lord.

that make il dark. said the old lord.
IL YOU can cut them all by dinner
time, you may have your dinner; II
YOU cannot do this YOU will not get
anything. Now, let me see II you
really do want TO work or ii you are
begging because you are lazy,
Picking up sn AK IN the yard, Ivan
threw II over one shoulder and started
for the woods. But the good cook,
knowing the boy must be hungry, ran
after him when his master left the
kitchen and tucked under this arm a
bundle OF food
When Ivan opened 1t he found
bread and meat and, dropping the AK,
he ran as fast as he could back TO his
home TO give il to hls mother. Then,
taking only enough TO keep him from
being faint. Ivan ran back to do the
work the old lord had told him 10 do
10 earn his dinner.
But though he worked hard and
fast, there were many trees standing
when the sun rose high II the sky anc
told him II was dinner time, and lvar
knew that it would be useless TO re-
3 turn 70 the castle, for the old lore
] hOAAQ tAAc W W tA'N %@-%-'
dinner, even if he promised TO do thu
rest Of the task he had set for him.
Fortunately, Ivan had not eaten al
of the food he bad brought with him
There was a bit Of bread and mea
left, and sadly he sat down under
tree 20 eat the scsnt meal.
How long be sat there he was neve
able 70 tell, but suddenly he hearC
voices, and, looking behind the tree
he was surprised TO see hundreds o
little brown men dancing about al
IRON pct over a small fire.
But the queerest thing about Thu
strange sight was not what he saw
but what he heard, for as these funn.
little brown men danced they sang
Nothing 10 eat, we've nothing 70 eat
Oh, for a mortal with q small bit 0
meat"
Ivan glanced at his hand, in which
he still held the bit of meat. Th'
bread he had already eaten.
"Of what use would q bit Of meat b
among so many?" he thought, ant
then again the queer song came TO hi
ears:
Nothing 20 eat, we've nothing 10 eat
Oh, for a mortal with small piece o
meat"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27
THE sANDMAN's COMING.

Tho rosy clouds float over head,
The sun is going down:
And now tho ssndman's gentle tread
Comes stealing thru the town.
white Sand" White Sand" no softly
cries
And as he shakes his hand
Straight away there hes on babies
eyes
His gift o.f shining sand.
Blue eyes. grey eyes, black eyes and
brown.
As shuts the rose. they softly close,
When he goes thru the town.
He smiles to gee the eyelids close
Above the happy eyes;
And every child right well knows
Oh, he is very wisel
But II. as he goes thru the land,
A naughty baby cries,
His other hand takes dull grey sand
To close the wakeful eyes.
Blue eyes, grey eyes, black eyes and
brown,
| Ae shuts tho rose, thsy softly close
When no goes thru the town.
/ So when you hear the sandnan's song
Sound thru the twilight sweet
BE cure you do not keep him long
Awaiting in the street.
Lie softly down. dear little head
Rest quiot. busy hands.
Till, by your bed his good night said
He strews the shining sands.
Blue eyes. grey eyes, black eyes ant
brown,
As shuts the rose. they softly close
When he goes thru the town.
Margaret Thomas Janvier.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27
ARE you SATISFIED
WITH YOUR PICTURESY

Not long ago ! went into house
where this sight met my eyes-~a broad
picture hanging in narrow, yertichl
space: tall narrow picture hanging
in a horizontal space; and two round
placques and one round picture all
ndorning the walls Of the same room
II would not be ovcrdrawing matters
TO say that this picture-arrsngement
hurt. ] had an oflicious impulse to
whisk the broad picture into the hori-
zontal space, 10 whisk the tall and mar.
row picture into the vertical space, and
TO remove at least two Of those circular
ornaments from the wall But, instead,
sat and reflected that no matter how
expensive picture Qor they we're both
good pictnres--exqtiisite etchings) one
could afford TO buy, one was, after all,
handicapped il one had not the taste 10
place il artistcally upon the wall
Contrary TO the usual belief pictures
are not absolutely indispensable IN
well-frnished room If the wall spaces
are not too large and bare, or II the walls
are paneled or dec Grated with mirror,
sconces, or have their baroness broken
up by electric sidelights, pictures may
be even superfluous.
But in tho average home there are
bare, plain wall spaces which must be
made more attractive and less monot-
onous by pictures. And in selecting
these necessary pictures we find IT q
help 10 keep in mind these laws laid
down by eminent interior decorators:
Rather than choose amateur efforts
with paints or crayon, select good
photographs of tho worlds masterpieces
these come in brown and grey Some
good color prints from both new and
old masters arc also worth considering
Delicate water colors, etchings, paint
ngs by true artist-these, Of course
are to be most desired, although foi
many Of us they are financially out oi
reach.
A good picture deserves good
frame. The frame should never be st
large or ornate or obstruslve as to "a
sert itself at the expense of the pio
ture. The width, style and color o
the frame should be suited 10 the pic
n ture. Light pictures such as etching
and many water colors-iook bes
framed in light, delicate mOldlngs, witi
or without mat as the case may re
quire. Photographs in gray or brown
tones stand heavier, darker frames
| toned TO harmonic with the picture
4 Colored pictures perhaps look best u
gilt frames, but the gilt should b
| duiled.
/ The question Of whether a mat
necessary, may be decided as follows
if the frame does not isolate the pictur
d sufficiently, then a mat OF harmonlzin
: color may be used But strong cor
e trasts between frame, mat and pictur
!. (suoh as one often sees in framed er
d cravings or photographs surrounded b
Is white mat and black framej shoul
IT be avoided; for such contrasts are 70
,e startling TO find a place in any tastef
h color scheme Of room. Also do NJ
put very dark pictures on a light wa
1- and very light pictures on dark wa
n A picture should be hung fat again
a the wall, not tilted out from il, al
p should be about on level with yo
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-27

weeks observation of the poverty, and
the makeshifts, of n drunkard's house
hold; one weeks observation Of the
heartbroken, care burdened woman,
old before her time, whose romance had
ended in n sordid struggle with life, was
all the girl needed to cure her of her
folly, and to keep her from making tpe
fatal mistake of throwing in her lot with
that OF weakling.
But the best time TO break off An un.
suitable match is before it begins. Ir
love, an ounce of prevention is worth q
pound of cure. Az far as possible keeT
your boys and girls from associatinG
with those whom you would not b,
willing to accept in pinch as an in-lav
After that, the matter is on the knee
Of the gods.