The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-05
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icatlng liquors which at best undermine tho
physical condition OF men" said tho prohibit
tionists Lot us prohibit the use Of alcohol
60 that everybody can own brick building and
thus not only save money but likewise add TO
the longevity OF human ife.'
And wo did
And no tho saloons were turned into candy
shops, internal bath emporums and tobacco
stores while tho hitherto unoccupled corners
of prominence were converted into gasoline sta
tons for THE purpose of vending gas that youth
might 20 TO hell on six-cyllndcrs sober instead OF
behind old Dobbln intoxicated ~ of yore.
And everybody turned TO buying gasoline
and candy The billion dollars were sup
posed to have saved through prohibition wont
into the Golfers of tho candy purveyors taking
with them several additional millions OF dollars.
The brick buildlngs seemed ~ far OFF az ever,
But. apparently. everybody happy How
ever the prlca OF candy did advance materiallyl
Now we aro again rudeiy Jared Our peace
OF nina was not real The dentists OF tho ma
tion have set about stopping tho consumption OF
candy ut rots the teeth" they aver. And
rotten teeth breed germs and these germs scat
ter through tho human system and play havoc
with tho body. All sorts OF diseases spring
theretrom. Therefore the consumption Of
sweet -atutfs, including tho aforementioned
Internal baths OF various kinds must be--well
first regulated and then prohibited"
In this way to get our brick buildings
and regain our health. Gasoline, OF course,
IL not consumed by peoplc--not yet at least
what the future may hold IN store we may not
say. In any event we can stin find that outlet
for that particular characteristic OF human
nature which demands some sort OF an escape
valve
We don't know why the dentists are COM
planning. They get all the way from $40 TO
$4,000 for carpentering about In our mouths
in order 20 head off these devastating diseases
which are consuming us. To he n dentist in
these modern days with the proper props aud
stage settings Is equivalent 70 being modern
Midas, Yet they arc determined TO take our
candy away from us! And something seems to
tell us theyn get our brick buildings, too
And Just at this Juncture our attention is
directed TO still another loud and raucous com
plant, General Charles H. sawyer. who has
.eomo sort of a position In the medical arm OF
the government and who quite evidently, got
into tho vault whore they keep tho statistics,
has discovered that we are all becoming phys
ioel defects hopclessly such, We don't rightly
know whether this In the same country doctor
Sawyer which the president raised, to the peer
age tho other day. but we suppose he is and
that he feels Il Incumbent on himself 70 do and
say something calculated to Justify the dstinc-
tlon which suddenly and uncNHeetedB came
upon him, AZ any rate. this raj" Sawyer
promulgates lot OF statistics how that we
American people arc becoming horribly de-
fieient In both physical and mental attainmonts
In ata
bald statements First "Americu's physical
manhood is materially deficient" and. second.
TITS mental capacity Is OF mediocre type"
wouldn't that jar you7 To bo sure II would
land does! Enoush has been said In those two
sentences TO Justify tho organization OF at least
stoen societies, to say nothing OF numerous
leagues commissions and boards Naturally
Americas manhood has just naturally got, 20
be saved. even II every mental defect and fad.
dist ana nut in the republic has to be placed
on tho payroll OF tho government. Allow
Americas manhood" to go TO demnltlon both
physically and mentality Well Ne should say
not There are too many long haired men and
short-haired women out OF a Job ana hungorlng
Tor new worlds TO conquer To ever permit such
catastrophe 20 oyertake good old America.
Et rex meus' Likewise ad astra per aspera
And also, retsl
But here again our train OF cloauent Thought
was diverted We read a statement by tho r,ea
zeal association OF America to which old dan
oral' Sawyer surely belongs else he voula nor
have got himself elevated to the nekraye
wherein the dogmatic claim is set form that
human life has been prolonged several years
through the direct instrumontality of the dev.
otees OF this ancient and honorable cult
A statement which seems to muddie AN that
we have previously permitted ourselves 10 nav
because u American manhood is "physioally
deficient ~ the given rstio-we are now quot.
lug old ~osnerar sawyer--to the tune of 81 y