The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-23


IN secluded booths closed OF Ike showcrb
delcaiely turned their faces ~ thoy ciipr
the mysterious shanks with bicycle trousc'
But today that couldn't be- done, bcca
have to be fastened around their thighs. an
Tor ladies" b.cause they snoer at hcini
They mount the bootblack stools OF conn
cigarettes while the polisherB rub away at
wear and seldom oven look up. because 10
don bus conductor legs amt no novelty"
Nowadays tho girls go into barber sho
bobbed and their nccks shaved. Saloons ,
TO escape their arrival TO drink at the bar.
The shoesbluing traffic has changed In
Where II used 20 bo disorganiGcd confua
when ragged boys cruised the cars, tho bot
with liDtlo shoulder boxes and men put II
sidewalks. 1t has been commcrcializcd, inc
ardlzcd into competitive trusts which hav
Offices in sIyscrapera and bank credit, and
manage drovcs Of workers on efficiency ~
brush has been displaced by the flannel
strip and tho cash register has entered as
an essential tool.
The working end OF the game in all OF
the larger northern cities is IN the hands
OF the Creeks. mostly.
Boys are hired taught the craft in half
an hour, sent out to the stands and en-
pected to exist largely on tips. The wages
are negligible. The nickel shine ia for
gotten item, and dime ia the market
price OF black and tan alike. The expense
is small except In the choice Locations"
where rents are worth talking about. And
in those the turnover is respondIngly hand
some.
II seems almost pitiful that the young
Greeks, with their traditions OF art and
poesy and culture and heroism behind
them, should fly their classic nativity to
shine the shoes of tlappers and cakeeaters
in this now land, which was bramble
patch when their country owned the
world
No Olympic fantasies seem to movo
these immigrants, who stolidly shine away
and sweat over the boots OF tho descen-
dants of the peoples their ancestors con
quered and enlightened; no stole pride en-.
Joins them against bending their backs
over the insteps OF tho less endowed by
history and literature
Inc tOnN OF AfHOllOu dlu Ai'AhuuNl hhN
nlghtlIghts on the toes OF stenographers
and shipping clerks in this age, and are
humbly grateful for flve.cent largesse.
Their bosoms burn with the ancient fire.
II lights their hopes for the accumulation
OF enough chicken feed TO finance, ulti'
mntely, n lunch room. corner candy store
or fruit stand
Had hn0n ahln IN mako him
understood to Pete. the youngest Journey
ticular shine stand illustrated here, to p,
that he was descended OF n mighty and 2
would have wondered what Il was all nh
been born In Athens and had never heart
OF the second.rate liner that had brought h
most sumptuoua abode he had ever known
policeman who guided transport traffic on
was the most monumental hero Of all tim
Pete Thought we'll Of his Job, it lett II
tween ten and eleven dollars week, and
his father or grandfather had ever seen
had another shirt, something he could neye
storIed kingdom OF his BIRTH and he slept
three other youths. Besides, he had Sund
luxury that ne hadn't been born TO-, not
with himself for full twontyfour hours.
Movies and bus rides were so far h
aspirations that he didn't even miss the
America for four years, but he had not y
quarter for frivolous diversion He had
dollars IN the bank, and that was more Il
Athens could have assayed, all their subs
Cestral traditions thrown in.
Pete had sold papers until he was OF
enough to lit lis gorgeous black eyes
heavens of shCo.shiuinE
lie spoke gutter English with the full vC
that took in food, money, weather. shoes
fcssional courtesy. terms of the trade, ant
no need for expression.
He had little time for conversation wi
little occasion for it with his patrons, II
him, which occurred rarely, ho gave them
or the bland grin. The obvious qulps OF h
heart from repetition, and had acquired pa
rote BARRIERS are VIGOROUSLY voluble, but
a loQuacious bootblack--eXplaiu that as yo
TO deny Il
Pete's chair entertained mon and girl
tlon. And he pDlshoi the big shoes with
he put into tho dainty ones, lie was nttee
asitated nor annoyed him, Diaphauous hos
spelled caution against stopping enamel
little shoes he attended; n anything, he
chair, because their boots were all alike a
up without even looking, whereas those fen
and pertoratiOns and gimcracks on their f
And women, as class, tipped less steRI
They may rio TO dispute this assertion
Peto himself. l have it, likewise, from
manicure ladies, public switchboard mani
redCaps.
Therefore, when a saucy young womS