The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-26

ieci SORT OF NcuruinR to dust
loose from the statistics OF your
respectable drab existence and put
on colorful trappinRs which will
transform YOU. even for n few hours
into somebody olsc2 II 10. you are
merely running truo 10 form as n
regular human being and obeylng
the ago-oll Impulse 10 sprout new
foliage because you feel II In your
bones that tho tircsoino winter viii
soon ho over. Tho snow may lie in
tho streets. dopressingly deep and
dingy aud the furnace may still bo
a tax on your purse ana energy. but
deep within YOU there's mysterious
prophetic stirring that makes your
blood feel bubbly now and then, and
YOU simply have TO do something
about o.
"R-r-r-rouRhly spoakln'" NJ
Harry Lauder would say. that is
why stail, middle-aged people. wear
ing bells, may be seen loyousiy
piau,iuE about with tine Younger Fet
at costume balls, or waving stnge
sword and demonstrating the real
thing in amateur thoatricals. The
children. bless 'cm, don't need any
seasonal motive for that sort OF
thing; they're always ready to droEs
MP and make believe at moments
notice: but 10 takes that first ten.
tativc radio from spring to turn
the Erown-ups into their earlier
sclyos and Rct thom longing 10 dram
attic again some hnlf-forgotten
fairy tale Doubtless the first spring
prophecies have filled humanity
with GOV since tho beginning OF
timc, tho most magnificent festlvala
NJ tho ancient peoples we're glorl-
flCntlOuH OF the powers Of nature,
"a old W..la
fonstH rorrcspondcd 90 the days
when the sun began 70 come back"
aa definite assurance that tho year
had started on the long, long trail
to spring.
So much for the "cosmic urge"
which sets the masked ball rolling,
II is simple and primitive thing,
compared TO tho mental kind which
sometimes seems TO sway the mask
er's choice OF borrowed self. We
moderns love that popular and Inn
prossiyo word. psychology; well.
here ~ n chance TO use ID for our
entertainment. Not that one need
waste good gray matter upon the
street mummors sthat swarm at
Halloween and New Year, for
imagination seems to play little part
IN such gatherings. Give the Hal
loween masquerader something finv-
ored with slap-stick fun and he IN
satisfied. while the New Year
shooter" demands only more yards
of satin and velvet aud more pounds
or paste gems than rival kings"
or else he aspires 10 he the most
tivlty.
Any one who lovos to muse upon
our funny little human ways can
lind plenty OF diversion at a masked
bail OF the better sort preferably
one whoro number OF his own ac-
Guaintnncos arc gathered together.
Offhand, we say that masquerades
are meant to conceal identity: but
mink agninl Don't they, on the con-
trary. givo us many X-ray glimpsos
OF hidden traits, completes and de.
sires, perhaps unBuspected even by
their possessors2 What opportuni-
ties they give for clothing and vital
iaing tho secret self. ordinarily
smothered by convention, or sup
pressed through policyl
In other words, don't people do
lot of hiding behind themselyes7
Look around the ballroom and select
what our literature teacher used 20
call n few specific instances. There's
Alice. who has one OF those angelic
voices apd sings In the choir In a
way that seems divinely inspired.
Alice is n good little girl, too, de-
voted TO her music. and kindly toll
Grant of her mothers old-fashloned
notions; but your memory OF the
day when you saw her devouring
with worshipful eyes the poster por-
trait OF n certain musical comedy
star has set you wondering whether
after all Alice was 100 per cent de-
muro. Well, here she ls, In hi
2arro costume borrowed from the
current "Follies." and. honestly, it's |
shorter at both ends than the seem
cry OF most OF her friends. Yes, that
was Alice who Just aimed IA saucy
little kick at pieTrots hat. Like |
wise, there's Mr.. Guppy, whom YOU
have known only as gentle gray
clad yosman, the office underling
OF the firm; when the masquerade
season comes around, no gets even
with fate Tor a while by Rtruttlng
about as very, very free pirate, or
a monarch with an atmosphere OF
commanding power and dignity,
"drost In Il little brief nuthority";
but it's pleasant while II lasts, and
gives him breath OF liberty. Notice
tho red and yellow. near tho buffet;
he Is that sgood-lookng young pro-
motor In our suburb. and his every
day business manner when he tries
to sell lot to homoly old Miss
Boggs would mako Chesterfield sick
with jealousy. Courtesy Is his mid
die name. but his Unborn clownish
instincts don't have to DO reprcssed
tonight, and secure behind his mask,
he grabs and devours successive
plates OF Ice cream which the walter
Is trying to pass TO some old ladies'
among The spectators LAWYER
Grace, admired by his feminine
cliouts Tor his refined, sympathetic
manner and fsstidious delicacy OF
speech, IN having the time of his life
as tho dazzling blonde show-girl.
whose mrld filtration with the coon
comedian Is voted n perfect
scream" And. by the way. there's
another interesting question. Why
do so many men who eloct the role
of female impersonator" choose the
ono type of female TO impersonate?
Tho college authorities have recently
taken SHY at this branch Of psy.
,hologS, in connection with college
dromatics, 40 We may leave tho mat
ter In their expert hands.
suppose We watch Mr. Briggs.
Hos merchant of good standing.
and in real life ho Is the most dis
erect ot men, aud apparently quito
satisfied 10 possess ono cultured and
arlFtoorBtiu spouse. Here at the
masked bail he appears in the flow
ms robes OF the far east, which
BRING out unexpected hints OF the
orient in his face and hearing And