The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-17

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The sorfbbler at that time lived VIZ ~
In Chicago and mon In those days y -
and in that grand burg ate at homo
and drank downtown. later ne Ey~Ess-
moved 10 New York, whore men n -
drink at home and cat downtown = zsszM
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And he observed md ne reflected, AlfTsyyN,
and he changed his line to say! 49, ss,.
into the fs NJ every man come &Pk#9
many wpmou. divided into three kgfef
olasses--tho women he loves, the W569RA
women who loyo him, ana tho tN
women he marries"
But tho theorem n the in a
its basic clements, Just a couple
Of Ks plus couple Of US viii re
spond to the general privileges and
limitations Of the official big league
rules that guide the destinles OF I plus y Tho
.xloms stfi AZ and tho equations still eduate.
Manhattan Island is tho great hothouse hotben
OF the triple triangle; and It's main drag, TO w.t. the
Hate Right Way, is Trinity Trail.
For along Broadway may he found tho glass
orashers and the comeons the gold diggers ana
,he daddiea the lowdown heels and the lofty souls
the bobbed haired burglar and the hairy-chestei
van who believes in women, the mddy ambitious
Eirl and the vilainous vulture, the millionaire AMI
the apache. tho adventures and the adventurer
the Ewill skinner who never looks up and the
dreamer who never glnnces down, the harpes and
the iezebela and the hunks and the stars and the
guns and the money-changers and the inspire /
geniuses and the tortured spirits and the immortal
and tho damned
And there the trinity Of mans complicated ratl)
with woman reaches its tallest peak and becomes
involved until not even the highest or the lowest
mathematics can find scientific solution. For the
processes Of addition and subtraction are unceas'
A.. ittVa aF NH
plicatIon and division. while many OF the integers
are reduced to fractions with every wink and smile
and drink and guile and in love this ia dec'
nal hero and twotoearry there. with an ever shir-
ing and drifting and sitting and grlrting variation
that ia quicker than the hand. which s faster than
the eye.
II man ever started to compile who's
whose OF Broadway, no would have to Issue It as
n daily-pot overlooking the night editions anc
sometimes the sporting extras.
Along this trail ]. Fielding Fosdick travelled.
Fosdick was some past thirty He was from
Indiana He was willing to run a trick with o.;
against ANYBODY II It promised profit he a.
tracted women, and they intrigued him. ~he fol-
lowed se. Of flexible ethics operated by trained
conscience that would listen to reason he was for
safety first ami every for himself; he bor
rowod all the traffic would bear and lent when no
had TO little he could get away with; he sus-
pectcd every and expected TO be suspected nv
all; he was within the law when the law was look
ing; his right hand knew exactly whom his lert
hand was doing he had asbestos ears aud a cold
contempt for theoretical altruism.
Mrs Fosdick was typical as was her spouse;
Her attitude toward him was, "Well, he's my hus'
band, I've got him whether he likes IT or not, ami
I'd like to zee the egg get away from me-huh"
All thought or even all talk Of lovehird stun
igN haA IN ted
Wortham because he had seen her in a bathing
suit and she had married him because she couldn't
buy the kind OF clothes she craVed on her salary
as a mancurist plus her tips an expert firt
Nina had never been wicked-except In her heart
mind, soul and spirit, Her hard Judgment had told
her that woman who keeps herself respectable
and thus hooks some man into providing for her
the mpregnable security OF Mrs, sits prettiest In
the poker game OF this existence for she can call
any mans bluff and take down the antes steadily
even though she must forego the longchance shots
at RlfIing inside straghts In the feature pots
She would,have sued him for breach Of promise
IN a minute II he hadn't married her when he did,
and she wouldn't have divorced him for all he ever
could get though che might have yielded separate
maintenance at a figure.
The Fosdicks quarreled and wrangled, at home
or anywhere, yet they were not living In an armed
neutrality At times they enjoyed hfe together
for the physical returns OF living meant much TO
them both Fosdck cared for her in a way because
she was a beautiful woman and afforded him a
flash that made other women look him over and
other sore, and she was fond OF him inasmuch
as he paid her bills and took her out"
Neither had any hearthunger any tender H.
lusions OF a celestial affinity such uumines tha
home OF the sweetly mated pair The Fosdicks
used up more jealousy on one another than the
most infatuated couple on earth, but it was nose
because each feared the other was having some
fun than that each so treasured possession and Sc
sacredly guarded the honor or the beautiful inst
tuition.
Fosdck. when he gave the matter any com
parative thought, which wasn't distressingy often
for he was quite resigned to letting things 81
along they were going-knew he didn't love
Nina