The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05

White, Americas ioIemosL hrCnl-
tsct lie considered II tho best
thing he over did. even surrassing
Madison Square Garden. An art
'nnno,sscnr OF the metropolis. pro-
,c.fipg against the sacrifice, said:
asuroiv, New Workers know the
cost on everything and the value of
nothing"
This occurred at tho time the
greatest hue and cry was going UP 70
sspd American dollars TO Europe TO
restore shell ridden cathedrals and
historic mementoes OF the noble
past. And we sent them with
Alacrity.
vut New York and the east do
ssyo many OF their treasures and
hy doing so have many shrines that
tho south and west journey far to
sec.
Plymouth rock Is carefully
Guarded and its crack mended at
pr9pt0us times: the Washington
rnm 40 Cambridge. thanks to care
ana sgicutific forestry still stands;
homes NJ the great are bought and
reclaimed. and practically all the
old states. New York, Pennsylvania,
Virginia and others, have numerous
lists and a pride to the community.
In no way is the adage that
"nrophet Is not without honor cave
An his own country" so true as IN
\ tho attitude OF a locality toward It's
own rusty art gems. We travel dis
tances 10 see those of others, but
we forget what we have right in our
midst.
We Of the southwest must awake
in time, ere the landmarks that
Ink the past are discarded like a
worn coat. and the atmosphere that
might be created TO make our town,
our county and our state peculiarly
itself and no other-lost.
Europe long ago appreciated the
sentimental and financial advantage
Of preserving It's age. Not by them
Is an artistic building despoiled TO
make room for commerce and trade.
They recognize that the world IL
wide, and other blocks, other sites,
answer the purpose OF progress Just
as well, and that I'm retaining its
own individuality through its an
Client and unique edifices, parks.
remeteries, battleflelds and other
hallowed spots II generates n moral
and sentimental worth that o'er-tops
all
Though small and unpretentlous
there IS hardly a church In the
world known to more people than
the chapel on City Road In London
that Charles Wesley built and
served so long as pastor. From Il
the Methodist church has spread to
all lands, and thousands of visitors
10 Britain's metropolis journey past
the more snowy properties to view
It.
Behind the chapel is the grave
yard whore Wesley is buried. Sir
thousand people lie there. Across
the street Is the Bunhill Fields ceme-
terry, at one time chief burial place
OF the non-conformists. 1t contains
the grave Of Daniel Defoe, for
whose monument seventeen thou
sand boys and girls of England sub
scribed. Here also are the graves
Of Isaac Watts and Wesley's mother.
in an adjacent field one hundred
thousand victims of the London
plague have found their last sleep.
In Westminster Abbey a memorial
tablet IS erected 20 John and
Charles Wesley. and at the lower
part Of II tho former is represented
as standing on his fathers tomb
stone In Epworth churchyard and
preaching TO an enthralled congre-
Rahon' Beneath are inscribed the
words:
7 look upon all the worl as my
parish
The old world is full Of such. Lit
! tle wonder we Ell long at some time
TO 80.
In tbc b.,rk 81 ~ vt. f-t.,. a.
the head OF Wall street, Is a ceme-
terry surrounding Trinity church
where the carved names that have
almost worn smooth by time tell OF
people Of colonial and revolutionary
Gays. Last week the decripit gate
keeper, lO7 years OF age was inter-
viewed and talked of New York as
ne had seen 1t press about him. For
more than so years he has guarded
the sacred burial grounds and be-
lore that time he worked on the
spflngler farm at Fourteenth street.
Inc farm ran across what is now
Union square, and though massive
buildings block II out, the home
place, Van Beuren house" is pre-
served today.
The West Is condemned for its lack
OF background, tI7 dition and asso-
cations. Thousands visit the cities
o, the east and Europe each year
Where tablets recall history learned
as school-but we of the west are
Vought young and crude.
We arc young. but we have had
h.en and women good and true, who
nelped mold destiny, and we have
Vualnt and historic buildings and
p.a.S OF ground that speak OF our
pasL Now is the time to save me-
Inentoos, not after the destruction,
site,
why should not we, with so much
,oon and to spare, hold our tradi-
Ils wGns sacred? Why should not we,
WIN here and there hallowed
spoI make a shrine and quiet rest
s pace OF II, that the passing
lahger' and we ourselves, might
Hnnuse mediate and enrich our
ohldhoma and the southwest has
49, shrung up overnight. We, too,
ve past peculiarly our own.
"h5 not cherish g.?
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