The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21

''Tho people are all ~ n superior
class. cultured and highly educated.
but all live about the same in homo-
made houses, tho furniture Ike
wise, only thoro are little touches
OF refinement manifested every
where, however crude the home
may be- The bricks are made by
the nigRers and tho houses built
| bungalow style.
Fathers house Il quite nice. r.,
| the one sister at home, II so artistic.
/ She has stenciled curtains, painted
pictures, mnde the most artistic
vases by cnameling tins and odd
| Jars In RuskIn colors and has made
| chair covers and cushions. etc. But
| of course IT has been the work o'
! years
THE life makes up for much--so
| much air 80 much space, such won
derful views and distances wherever
/ one lifts ones eyes Then the sum
sets and sunrises are worth living
| for. q. love IL ali. Tho days are
short, for night sets IN at 6 O'Clock
| In May. and there is no going out
afterwards. II is our winter and
some days are chilly, others are no,
but the nights are cold
Since thcn tho sister In our part
~ the world has written begging
for details. those details that have
! become n matter ~ course TO the
one In their midst and which she
doesn't think worth telling about.
but which, now that the bride and
her husband have their own home,
the American wo wants TO picture.
She wants to know what tho other
does with her time, how she shops.
what Kind Of curtains Fe has up nj
/ I. la "a a
pie she comes IN contact with.
"Espcclally the people" she wrote
this English girl In Rhndosia; 'thc
! friends I have made in Americn
| look quite startled when | mention
that my sister married an African
/ DO explain"
Aud SO. Just the other day came
| this satisfying reply, written March
| 20, Of this year:
sister Mine: First and foremost
| I'm bobhed! In fact, shorter than
| bobbcd, and it has made me look
30 absurdly young that II sounds
! ridiculous on my part to oven try
| to converse In words OF wisdom.
"My hair was not looking too
good and Edward. who takes keen
Interest In every detail pertaining "a
his wife, was not satisfied with II
and sald, cut IL Off / took him at
his word and n friend who was
staying here just shcared me. They
say ! look like cholr-hoy and
can only hope ChOlr-boys look pre-
Bentnhlo.
"You say tell you more OF Rho.
dcsia, but surely my letters are ful
OF tile topic. In fact am no keer
whom | once start that T have TO pul
n curb on myself.
"To mo II In a delightful country
IN only FOR lts unConventiOnality.
| suppose 10 In about the newest Brit.
ish possession there Is and Is the
weIderst combination OF the ultra.
modern and the stOne-age.
'In town, along by fhe side OF the
latest alX-Cylinders, rumble wagons
drawn by 16 or Is oxen. Houses In
town are many OF them built on
American bungalow plans, n double
storiod house Is a rarity. but out.
side on the farms whore individuals
are their own architects, builders
and everything else. the most re-
markable homes are to he found.
People come 20 settle and take
over about 900 acres. They hit or
n likely spot and Immediately erect
pole and daga tmud) huts, some ol
them quite charming once. and
there they live while land is beinl
broken up and pig-sties, etc. are
put up--these latter being of much
more Importance than the dwell
inR-house. The intention IL o
course TO nut up ultimately "A goo,