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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30

Paul +, Harris. founder of Rotary
was born April 10, 1SGS. at Racine.
Wis lie is % years OF age. After
receiving his preliminary education
In public schools and the academies
I'm Vermont. he was a student at the
state university Of Vermont at Bur-
lington and continued his literary
studies at Princeton university lie
took his law course at the University
Of Iowa city and graduated i'm 1891,
was admitted to the practice Of law
I'm Iowa the Same year. and received
his Illinois license as an attorney
and counselor at law In 1895. lie has
been engaged In the practice OF his
profession In Chicago continuously
since. lie was married to Miss Jean
Thompson, "A native OF Edinburgh,
Scotland, July ., 1910.
Paurs life contains 20 many Incl
dents that a mere recital Of them
would fiji the word limit OF this
sketch. As a boy he was regarded as
incorrigible and his misChicvous
propensitics continued up into HE
young manhood. The older members
OF the Rotary club OF Chicago can
regalo you by the hour with stories
OF the practical Jokes he was author
OF in the early days OF the club. Up
on leaving Princeton university in
1859 he entered the office OF n mar
BILE quarrying company at Rutland.
Vt, and spent a year in their serv-
ice. lie then moved TO Des Moines,
Iowa. whore he entered a law office.
but finally elected to pursue his law
studies In the University OF Iowa.
After completing his law course in
| 1891, he spent the following five
| years in seeing the world and learn
ing to know his fellows ly actual
of conditions
| Those Nears wore all fmll nf ad-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30

made their stay in Leavenworth en-
joyable, thus helping to strengthen
the morale Of our army and navy.
The Crowning feature Of the past
year OF the club and a monumental
work for years to come Is the new
school building program just be-
gun. The bonds have been issued
and sold and new buildings Will go
up this spring. This may not seem
such n magnificent achievement 10
the outsider, but to the resident
of Leayenworth II makes II diff
ferent impression. The club through
its committee in charge had an or
ganization that did its work thor
oughly The vote carried In spite OF
bitter opposition and in the face Of
present high taxes.
In conjunction with the building
program, the club is at this timp Civ
ing a three day carnival, known as
the Festival of Fun, for the benefit
of Fairgrounds for the children of
the schools. ono evenings program
was pulled Off" last night. A large
crowd was present and a remarkable
program was put on. Tho hall was
beautifully decorated. A stage was
constructed with appropriate sur
roundings. Tho "show' was a very
highs grade one and was pronounced
by the public as tho greatest thing
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30
Cushing, Okla.

one of the main objects OF Ro-
.ary is TO develop in its members
tbe spirit Of fellowship, sociabillty
and team work. The Gushing club
sarly reallzed that in order to ac-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30

venture for him During ~ is period
he worked ~ q cub reporter ON daily
Iapcrs I'm san Francisco and Denver
rode the range In the COW country,
picked oranges IN southern Louis
lana, sold marble and granite, cross
cd the Atlantic twice ON cattle ships.
and made q third trip To Europe on
business for George ". Clark, OF
Iacksonvillc. Fla, who later became
tho first president OF the Rotary
club OF jacksonville In 1895 he felt
he had gained sufficient practical
experience to be OF service TO his
future clients and opened Il law Of
fico In Chicago. Ilo had neither
friends nor relatives In Chicago but
chose that city because ho consid-
cred Il the city of dcstiny.
In 1905. as a result Of his study
and reflections, Paul had formulated
a definite philosophy OF business ro.
latlons. Calling together three of his
friends each Of whom was engaged
I'm Il different line OF business, he cx
pounded his theory 20 them. This
group mot formally thereafter, grad
ually adding to It's number, and
evolved a scheme OF organization
which finally contaminated In Feb
ruary 1905. iu what is now the Ro-
tarv club OF Chicago.
Through the propaganda OF Paul
Harris, this novel organization soon
had Countcrparts I'm other cities in
the United States.
After a few years the necessity for
some organization to bind these dif-
ferent clubs TO gothcr became appAt-
ent. Thereupon Paul Harris, Ches
Perry and others organized the Ma
| tioral Association OF Rotary Clubs
| nf A Fnn "A a IA IA
| the extension of the movement into
Canada ana Great Britain, the pre-.
| out International Association OF Ro-
| tary Clubs was formed.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-30

OF it's kind ever staged in Lcavon-
worth. with two nights moro 20
run the club Is confident of doing
big work for city school play
grounds.
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

toilet. The "beauX," and "dandies,"
and "gallants' attred themselves In
their best and started out early in the
morning, calling first at the houses
where matrons received, and afterward
upon the younger ladies'. The drinks
that were offered at every house of
any prominence were ardent and di-
verse.
1t was not until about the middle of
the century or thereabouts that the
| abuse which finally led to the GUS
TOMS decline began. For years the
candles rlvaled one another in the
length of their calling lists, and the
calls soon came to be nothing more
than hasty gorgngs of cake and gulp-
ings of wine.
Then the ladies-the matrons as
we'll MS the young women-began to
vie with one another in the number of
their callers. This led to the most
extraordinary practices. Callers were
recruited, drummeG up. Cards an
nouncing that Miss This-or-That would
be "at home" on January / were sent
out almost indiscriminutely. The Sun.
Cay newspapers began 90 print lists of
those who would receive, and the
houses of those mentioned in the lists
were sure to be besieged by numbers
of men whom the ladies' had never met
or heard of and desired never to meet
again.
Men would go calling in couples
and parties, and even in droves of 3O
or more, remaining as short time nj
each stopping place as possible, and
announcing everywhere how many
calls they had already made, and how
many they expected to make before
they finished. AT every place they
drank The result was a most nm.
pailing assortment of "jags" long be-
lore sundown, and crowding of the
police stations at night.
This New Years observance finally
became so abused that it was called
national evil" and was attacked bv
leformers everywhere and ministers
Numbered against it from the pulpit.
Finally fashion set its face against it
and 1t died gradual death.
Its place was taken after a while by
eating and drinking in the restaurants,
and by the street carnivals.
If Croesus himself had come hack
to earth and had visited New York
or any big city in the country-in 1905,
he couldn't have got seat in any
restaurant of note after ten o'clock the
night of December 81, for all his
fabulous wealth. In fact, he probably
couldn't have got inside the door.
Every table was engaged-at big
prices and long in advance. Diners
mad to get out at nine o'clock and
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Wings of Birds and Fishes

BY studying the wing structure of
flying fish, an authority on the flight
of birds has found that their wings
are some four or five times as efficient
for soaring flight as the wings of
birds. He attributes this to the fact
that the fin rays formed projected
ridges on the under surface of the
wings. BY experimenting with models
fashioned on similar lines, he found
that the fin ray caused sheltered
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many removed to the banks of the
Ohio. where he became the great
sachem of his tribe. and acquired a
wide reputation for wisdom. firmness
ana moderation. According to tradi.
tlon, he signed the treaty with VIII
liam Penn. and chosen by the
troops of Washington as patron saint
III place of st, George. His princi.
pal maxim was unite. In peace for
mutual happiness; In war for mutual
defense" For what reason he was
called Saint" does not appear In any
of the literature about him.
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Clever, but the Latin says it NOR,
forcibly: Crowned-with-laurel Horace
what you say is true: Flies than tn,
southeast wind faster time the devour
er Of things.
And the second quotation above
neatly supplements the first by say
ing: Times change and we are changed
in them.
All of which suggests most forcibly
that time has destroyed the old-fash.
Toned method of observing several of
our American national holidays; that
the times have changed and we in
them.
Now, there's the Fourth Of July. for
example. The old-fashioned Fourth
Is so entirely gone that we don't quite
know what'o do with the day. In the
Old days we used to twist the Lions
tail when we didn't know what else
to do, but since we fought side by side
with the British in the Great War,
that seems as out of place as do fire
crackers and the casualty list of small
boys
And it's just about the same with
New Years Day. About all that's
left us is to listen to the whistles blow
ing at midnight and to make good res
olutlons. And what changes the day
has seen since first Americans began
its celebration
Americas celebration of New Years
Day owes nothing to Puritan New
England. In the North New York. be-
ing Dutch, was the center Of New
ears gayety. The South, being Eng
lish, but not Puritan, also celebrated
enthusiastically. The custom of max.
Ing calls probably is as old as civilized
man; it is likely that it originated
independently in almost every cline.
Old-time European chieftains used to
set New Years" apart as day on
which they would condescend to re-
ceive substantial tributes from their
underlings. Queen Elizabeth re-
eeived New Years calls every year,
and there was always much rivalry be-
tween her ambitious courtiers as to
the quantity and value of the gifts
they should bestow upon the virgin
sovereign. 1t was on n New Years Day
that Sir Walter Raleigh gaddened the
queens heart with memorable pair
of silk stockings-the first ever made
and worn in England.
In Holland the custom of making
New Years calls had been general
long before the settlement of New
Amsterdam, and the natives of the
Netherlands who came 20 live in the
New World brought the practice with
them. And. of course, they had
plenty to eat and drink-for who ever
heard Of Dutchmen who did not take
good care of their stomachs?
Up to the beginning of the Nine
teenth century the typical New Years
observance was a neighborly custom.
1hen 1t became an observance decreed
by fashion and was observed In every
city OF any size in the country.
The younger women of such house-
holds as had daughters were the host.
esses, and great was their rivalry. one
with another, in respect of richly load
ed refreshment tables and elegance of
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30
THE GULF STREAM

A correspondent writes n surprising
story about the influence of the Gulf
stream upon Ireland He says that
there is stretch Of about. ten miles
at Achill Head, County Mayo. where
the stream hits ireland. This point
is actually tropical, md bananas.
palms and various fiorh flourish there
as they do in the tropfs, while mile
or so. either north on south of this
point has the cold, damp temperature
VI the rest Of Ireland.
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

ancestors did a thousand years ago,
while in the city his brother or son ia
driving an engine, running cotton
mill or operating cold-storage plant.
The extraordinary feature is that the
nation that invented credit, gunpow.
der, paper, ink, printing, glass and
porcelain should, after the lapse of all
the centuries, be engaged In acquiring
what amounts to the second steps In
the advancement of the very arts and
crafts that 1t introduced.-Isaac r.
Marcosson 10 the Saturday Evenina
Post.
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30
CREDENfIALS S WERE TEIENIN ORDER

watchword was efficiency and one of
the first things he did was to visit the
colnpany's studio at Hollywood, where
he spent several days, prying into
everything, insistently demanding eff,
cheney.
= Zone day very famous American
author, one of whose, novels was be.
ing filmed, happened to be crossing
the lot, when he encountered the new
president. &R
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

known. Tradition says that. after
preaching the Gospel In .scythia.
northern Greece, and Epirus. he suf.
fered martyrdom on the cruss at
'Patrae, In Achaia, g. or 10 AID. A
cross formed of beams obiouely
placed is styled st. Andrews cross
st. Andrew is held In great venern-
tion. in Russia as the apostle who. nc
cording to tradition. first preAchetl
the Gospel in that country, ana ID
both Scotland and RUSSIA there n ~
order of kpighthood named -
honor. 4 Izs +. z
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Scotland's Patron Saint

st. Andrews day Is November 80.
st. Andrew, the patron saint of Scot
land, was the first disciple of Christ.
and afterward an apostle. He was.
ike his brotheI Peter, fisherman.
Previous to his recognition Of Christ
as the Messiah he had been numbered
among the disciples Of John, the Rap-
tist. The career Of st. Andrew as an
apostle after the death of Christ Il un-
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30
Saint Tammany."

st. Tammany, the tutelary genius
OF the famous Tammany Society of
New York city. was famous In
dian Chief, about whom many fancied
legends have gathered. He is said
TO nave been native of Delaware.
After attaining his majority, st. Tam
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30
Surely Writer Should Have Been
Equipped With the Implements
Of His Alleged Profession.

Clayton Hamilton, lecturer on the
drama, who has just returned from
two years spent in Hollywood, brings
back this new movie story. g
"one of the big film companies had
just acquired new president fresh
from the cloak-and-suit trade, His
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

And you.' the president demand
ed, what do you do hereT
I'm writer said the astonished
author
IA writer-you a writerr ex-
Claimed the president irately. "A
writer! Where Is your pencil and
paperY"
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

area TO appear back of the ray when
the model moved through the air. His
conclusion is that this sheltered area
acts as a force to drive the wing
ahead when soaring.
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

guards at the doors saw that none ex.
cept those with credentials got in. Dur
ing the last hour of the Old Year the
people feasted, and at the FIST stroke
OF the New Year everybody in every
restaurant arose, wine-glass in hand,
and drank health to the New Year.
1t was comparatively quiet indoors,
but the people in the streets made
noise enough to scare young 1906.
ptvery sort of noise-making implement
known to man except cannon and dy-
namite bombs was in active use.
| Get your horns and ticklers !" was
the prayer roared by thousands Of
takers all evening. Trucks and
wagons were halted ut the curb. load
cd with tin horns and thin sticks with
bunch of hackle-feathers at the tip.
! " you were real devilish New
Years humorist you proceeded like
thiS: First, tickle some stranger un-
der the chin with the feathers; then,
as iie turned to protest, you blew the
horn| in his face
A universal custom of New Years
OF thPse days was the carriers New
1enrS address. This was often in
rhyma if the carrier or any of his
friends could string he jingling
lines together or find an old carriers
address TO copy. Such verses as these
were popular:
This day devoted now to mirth.
10 open house and socia. hearth
friAnlShip
And gives her tuneful harp new strings
While plenty spreads a festive board.
or wine a..d food and ample hoard
In idleness and laughter gay,
To spend the hours this happy day,
All save the carrier. whose snowy feet
Still must pace up the snowy street
so give to him moments heed,
Since he alone this comfort needs,
And to your ample. jovial store
Let him not find a closed door. etc. etc.
By 1914 there were strong indica-
tions of saner celebration of New
Years. The feasting in restaurants
New Years Eve was still in full blast,
with singing and dancing added. But
most of the large cities had ordered
the police to enforce sane" celebra-
tion on the streets. In consequence
there was less noise ana roWdyiSm out
Of doors. Chicago, for instance. for
bade horns, confetti and ticklers.
Cleveland probably had the "sanest"
New Years Eve in 1914. That city
gave the New Year Community
greeting in keeping with the spirit
of community Christmas celebrated n
week before. Twelve bands with $50
musicians, were massed In the public
square. To an audience OF thousands
they played hymns and patriotic airs.
announcement by the police that the
midnight closing law would be en-
forced rigidly cut hotel and restaurant
Festivities down markedly. In Gin
cinnati the police had the promise of
every hotel, cafe and saloon keeper TO
close promptly at midnight Similar
conditions prevailed in Detroit and
indianapolis.
Then came the Great War. And
then prohibition
So mt present the celebration of New
Years Eve and New Years Day, Is he
twiXt and between
What will it be ten years from nowp
And what century hence?
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Odd Contrasts In China,

No country anywhere else presents
such striking contrasts as China. On
the land the farmer is doing his work
by primitive methods precisely as his
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

VER my cabin on Twin Sisters slope
In the Rocky Mountain National Park
Rides the December moon In blue
black sky
To light the Old Year out, the New
Year In
Tahosa-"valley in the Mountain
Tops"
All trimmed about with lofty snow.
clad peaks,
Is dazzling with new-fallen snow; Its
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Tempora mutantur ct nos mutamur in I'm.
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

AA1 i-utlil Has II terSe
and forceful way of
putting things. Now,
the first quotation
above has been rem
dered in free-and-easy
style:
Old Man Horace. sprigged
with bay
Truly thou dost say, sir.
Time speeds faster on its
way
Than the swiftest racer.
Middletown transcript., 1922-12-30

. forward
NeVer doubted clouds would break
NeVer dreamed, though right were worsted wrong
~ would triumph,
Sleep to wake.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-10-18
Displaying Religious Goods

An obserant business man walking large church
one day the lawn handsome and tasteiuiS
standard upon which displayed movable sign which reau
Live pure speak follow the good else wherefore
We bOrn!'
-rh.r- thought the business himself, for once
can see at glance they have TO offer IN that SHOP
And as he walked unused to the following erect
churches like stores something TO offer to the pubic
u houIdn the churches well the stores let people
Lno what II s Evidently this motto is changed every so
or,.n .v onee week the goods in show window" Ana
the casual passerby be from time to time interest
"A immersed attracted inside what other wares may
he there 10 suit II nice, appropriate way ior
churches advertise
And after all, why not?
The churches offer to the people above the value
Of silver and gold From time to time they complain a'
the eope do not responsive TO these offerings as
they might quite possible that one reason ha'
the wares Offered not sufficiently advertised!
There was a time the draper whom now call the
gods merchants as shOpkeeper of every other
snd depended upon symboical sign TO let pasersby
Ino what he had for and attract customers The
ecclesiastical ornaments architecture which let us kno"
thai given building church may be considered equivalent
20 such a symboical sign
But times have changed People have become accustomed
IN being attracted 10 merchants of the world by lavish
advertisements and extensive window displays They are ac-
cusomed TO seeing sample of the they seek before
they 40 i'm the find them The modern psychology
responds to advertising and expects it.
When the churches apply this principle they viii
no longer complain of empty pewsSuperior Telegram
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-10-18
Making Country Life Popular.

Suppose you were 20 take 100
young men who have left country
towns and have gone on to the
cities, and ask them why they left
their old homes, at least 80 of
them would give as their reason
that their old home was a dead
TOWN" that there was nothing
doing, there as they express 1t.
They would find fault with the
monotony Of the old place and its
lack of interesting life.
You cant live on scenery alone
said one bright young woman who
lived for some years in a feautiful
rural neighborhood, but finally be-
came Disguised with the quiet
life and went on to a large city.
If the country people want to
make their home towns popular,
if they want to retain their young
people TO cultivate the old farms
and put new pep" into the bust
ness and civic life of the place,
they must have 2 little more go
ing on that these young folks will
enjoy.
But middle aged and elderly peo-
pie commonly feel that it takes
all their energy TO make a living,
and they can not devote their
time and efforts to amusing the
young crowd and making them
contented.
There seems to be a lack of in
itiative among the yguHg felix's Vt
many communities. They com
plain bitterly that their town is
dead" yet no one seems to have
energy enough to start something
TO make it more interesting. In
stead Of holding a meeting and
organizing a football or baseball
team, the young fellows will ling.
er around the curbstones and ex-
change cheap gossip and watch the
people that pass by. One of the
biggest problems of the country
life is to provide leadership for
young people when they get into
this aimless and purposeless atti-
tude Of mind.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-10-18
VALUATION OF PROPERTIES
State Completes General Proper
ty Valuation Shows Slight In
crease Over Last Year.

The valuation of general proper
ty in Wisconsin is set at S4,594,-
739, 1862 by the state tax commits
sion. Real estate valuation in the
state is set at S3,670,090,lSS and
personal property at S924,6i9,T4,
This assessment on which tax
rates are based by the state is a
slight increase over that of last
year. but shows a decided halt over
the marked advance that has been
in evidence during the past few
years. Florence county had the
lowest general property assess
ment with the value of its gener-
al and personal property placed
at $5,s33,24l.