Cherokee Weekly Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1915 Page: 3 of 10
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THE WEEKLY MESSENGER CHEROKEE OKLAHOMA
BETTIIIG Oil GOLF
Enthusiast Gives Up a Little Dis-
sertation Effect of Lecture However Is Some-
what Spoiled by Admission Which
Is Made in the Concluding
I Paragraph
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By WALTER PRICHARD EATON
Man Is a betting animal Apparently
betting Is a deep-rooted Instinct for
many men have been known to bet who
were never taught that it is wrong
When a New Englander bets of course
it is easy to understand for he has
been taught from childhood that gam-
bling is the eighth deadly sin which
naturally makes it attractive (It is a
high tribute to the ethical ingenuity
of the Puritan mind that the grab bag
at the church fair has always been ex-
empt) We can well remember our own
thrill of wickedness when at the age
of twelve we wagered a dollar on the
Harvard football team Our satisfac-
tion was somewhat diminished after
the game for that was before the days
of Charlie Brickley
Many men bet however without
even the' Incentive of committing a Bin
They bet when they haven't the slight-
est pleasant twinge of conscience
They bet not even to make money but
Just for the sake of betting They bet
on a ball game a horse race the day's
run of a steamer — on anything which
has the element of chance about it We
once knew of an automobile party who
made a pool on the number of Ford
cars they would meet in a day — and
they missed ail the scenery they were
touring to enjoy
But nowhere is betting carried to
such an extreme at the present time
as on the golf links Serious writers
'(and most golf writers are very Berl-
ous) have called it "the menace of the
game" A certain well-known club near
New York which has many members
from Wall street has been forced to
adopt a rule against it whether from
ethical grounds or because the four-
somes delayed play by reckoning up
their complicated accounts on the
greens we cannot say It has been
stated that sums as high as $6000 used
to be wagered on a single game even a
single BhoL Fancy facing a water
carry of 160 yards with $6000 depend-
ing on your stroke! Would you press
or wouldn’t you? It is bad enough for
some of us to know that the price of
the ball depends on that stroke!
We were playing the other day in a
foursome which deserved the name
Building
For Years to Come
In the erection of modem buildings the primary
thought is for endurance
The same thought should be given to building our
own body and brain — but few give it This building
process requires certain essential food elements which
within the body are converted into the kind of brain
bone nerve and muscle capable of enduring the severe
tests of work and time
Grape-Nets
FOOD
is scientifically made of whole wheat and malted barley
and supplies in splendid proportion all the nutritive
values of the grains including their vital mineral salts
which are all-important for life and health hut lacking
in much of the food that goes to make up the ordinary
diet
A daily ration of Grape-Nuts food is good “build-
ing for sound health of years to come
“There’s a Reason”
Sold by Grocers everywhere
the old Judge used in Barrie's play “a
fearsome" Two of the players were
broken Between holes they talked
stocks On the tees they laid bets
“Give me a stroke on this hole for
five balls?" one would say to the other
"You’re on”
If one or the other got into trouble
and saw he had no chance he picked
up without more to-do and began to
plan how he could win something back
on the next hole The pair ended the
match with one owing the other a gin-
ger ale and their scores were so bad
that we will not mention them
The funny part of it all was that
both of them really fancied they had
been playing golf and they actually
bad enjoyed themselves Now of
course they hadn't been playing golf
any more than the man who pokes
around "because it keeps him out in
the open air” or "gives him exercise"
There is only one valid reason for play-
ing golf or any other real game — and
that is a desire to solve as far as
possible the problems of that game
and match your muscular control and
skill against the control and skill of
another The man who picks up in
a bunker because he sees he can't
win a bet by playing out hasn't the
first faint Bpark of golf understanding
in his soul He Is not a golfer he is
a gambler The real golfer plays out
not because be has any chance of win-
ning that hole but because every Bhot
is practice and the game demands of
its true disciples a completed card
Tt more betters you have in your
ub the fewer first-class players will
'you have
We had intended here to add some-
thing about the bad effect betting has
on the caddies but we haven’t time
We’ve got to hurry down to the links
and play off a match with an old ad-
versary for a ball a hole
(Copyright 1915 by W O Chapman)
A Diplomat
“Do I have to pay fare for the little
fellow?" asks the mother of the driver
of the Jitney bus
"Is he over five?" asks the driver
“Yes"
"Then he has to be paid for"
The mother pays and goes on her
way contented A remaining passen-
ger asks:
“What would you have done if the
child had been under five?"
“Oh I would have collected the fare
just the same But you see I sent her
away thinking of her child's age in-
stead of his fare”— Judge
Hegemony
Hi Finance— What about the finan-
cial hegemony?
D Vorsay — It's twice what 1 ought
to pay her and I told the Judge so—
Judge
Weeereeeaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeej
Christmas Presents Any Boy Can Make
By A NEELY HALL'
HERE are a few contrivances tor
the kitchen and pantry which
will be appreciated by mother if made
by her handy boy Nothing better could
be selected for h9r Christmas gift
The tool rack shown In Fig 1 Is
most convenient when hung directly
over the kitchen worktable The
length of the hook strip will be deter-
mined by the space in which it is to
bang and by the number of forks
spoons and other tools which it will be
required to hold
The appearance of the rack will be
improved by planing a bevel on the
face edges of the hook strip and the
end blocks as in the illustration Use
brass screws or galvanized nails for
hooks and screw a screweye into the
top edge of each end block to bang
the rack by
The bottle rack tn Fig 2 will bold
your mother's bottles of extract catch-
up sauces and dressings and elimi-
nate the possibility of upsetting bot-
tles when reaching for the one wanted
Narrow Btrlps should be used for the
division strips of the rack to save
space and make the rack light In
weight Laths planed smooth on ail
sides will do for the side and center
strips also for the cross strips The
ends must be about three inches
wide
The swinging shelf shown In Fig 4
is an excellent provision for the sugar
and salt crocks as it makes it possible
to swing these out from between the
I pantry shelves then back into place
after using without lifting them
Fig S shows how the swinging
bracket is made of a strip two inches
wide and ten Inches long (A)' with a
block two inches wide and aix Inches
long nailed to each side of it at one
end (B and how to the top of this
bracket a cake tin is screwed or nailed
2s
on which to set the crock Hinge the
end of the bracket strip A to one end
of the shelf supports or else set tn
an upright piece between two shelves
to screw the hinge to Use a me
dlum-slzed T hinge for this bracket
In the same way that the swinging
shelf eliminates the lifting of the
sugar crock the platform shown in
Fig 6 saves the lifting of the scrub
pall from place to place while scrub
blng as it is provided with castors
so it may be pushed about
Fig 7 abowa bow the castora are
screwed to the platform anil bow
strips are nailed to the edges form
ing a rim that prevents the pail from
sliding off
Either patut or shellac each article
after assembling It and if yon bare
done your work carefully mother will
have something to be proud of
(Copyright by A- Neely Halt)
(Copyright by A Neely Hill)
IT is high time to be making Christ
mas gifts ' nd the little articles it
lustratec' below are so simple that they
can be completed in almost no time
at all They are Inexpensive io make
too requiring only bits of cardboard
and some pieces of silk and ribbon
from mother’s scrap-bag
The pretty heart-shaped needle-book
shown iu Fig 1 has a pair of covers
made of two pieces of cardboard meas
urtng three and one-half inches each
way and four leaves of the same
shape and size cut out of white or pret-
ty colored flannel Place the fiannei
hearts between the covers and pierce
two boles through both covers and
leaves each Bide of the tenter of the
top Then pull a piece of narrow rib-
bon through the holes and tie a small
bow Fasten pieces of ribbon to tbe
lower points of tbe heart both front
and back by which to tie the little
case shut when not in ubo Mark
"Needles'’ upon tbe front cover witb
ink or water colors
Fig 2 shows a book-marker made
of one and one-fourth yardB of No 7
white satin or grosgraln ribbon Cut
the ribbon into two pieces one piece
measuring 12 Inches and the other 24
inches and pull them halt waj
through a little brass ring such as it
used to crochet work fastening them
in place with a few stitches Tc
complete the marker letter the follow-
ing upon the ribbons with black Ink ot
rater colors placing one line of the
stanza on each ribbon end:
"Not mine to tell
If the book la good
But 1 keep my place
As a marker should"
The triangular-shaped book-marks
shown In Fig 3 Is cut from a piece
of while writing paper seven inches
square Fold the square in half diag-
uuaily to cut Blong the folded line
Then take one-half and fold It in half
again The dotted line in Fig 4 in-
dicates where to fold Punch bolea
through the folded piece near one open
end (these holes are indicated on the
unfolded piece) and with narrow rib-
bon lace ‘be edges together and tie
the ribbon ends In a bow Cut a pic
lure from a magazine and paste it
upon the front Tnis little marker
tips over the corner of the page you
w-nt to mark
Tne in case shown in Fig 6 re-
quires two pieces of cardboard each
sIt ini'es long -nd one and one-half
Inches vide Cover each piece with
pretty silk turning over the edges ji
tbe silk and basting on the wrong
kide a shown tn Fig 6 Then lay tbe
pieces together and aew the edges
oxer and over as indicated in Fig 8
Fasten a ribbon to tbe ends of ons
tong aide by which to bang up the
case I Fig 6)
Copyright by A Neely HaO)
SUDDEN
Caused by Disease
The close connection which exists
between the heart and the kidneys is
well known nowadays As soon as
kidneys are diseased arterial tension
is Increased and the heart functions
are attacked When the kidneys no
longer pour forth waste uremic poi-
soning occurs and the person dies and
the cause is often given as heart dis-
ease or disease of brain or lungs
It is a good insurance against Buch a
risk to send 10 cents for a large trial
package of “Anuric”— the latest dis-
covery of Dr Pierce Also sena a
sample of your water This will he
examined without charge by expert
chemists at Dr Pierce’s Invalids’ Ho-
tel Buffalo N y When you suffer
from backache frequent or scanty
urine rheumatic pains here or there
or that constant tired worn-out feel-
ing it's time to write Dr Pierce de-
scribe your symptoms and get hiB
Watch Your Colts
Por Coughs Colds sod Distemper and at the first symptoms of any
such ailment give small doses of that wonderful remedy Dow ilia
most used In existence
6POHNS DISTEMPER COMPOUND
Consumers may order direct from the manufacturers Fend rcmltance with
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SPOHN MEDICAL CO MFRS GOSHEN IND U S A
If it were possible to grow hair on
a bald head do you suppose John D
Rockefeller would he wearing a wig?
THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly grizzly gray hairs by
using “La Creole” Hair Dressing— Adv
On Strategy
A well known army officer said at a
dinner in Washington apropos of
strategy:
“The strategist must be very quick
pf decision and very prompt to exe-
cute what he decides There roust be
nothing of Jiggers about the success-
ful strategist
“A friend you know called on Jig-
gers and found the man bending over
a shirt with a rapt dreamy perplexed
look
“'What’s up?’ the friend asked
"’Well’ said Jiggers 'I'm in a
quandary This shirt here is too dirty
to wear and not dirty enough to go to
the laundry and I can't make up my
mind what to do about It’ "
A GRATEFUL OLD LADY
Mrs A G Clemens West Alexan-
der Pa writes: I have used Dodd's
Kidney Pills also Diamond Dinner
Pills Before using them I had suf-
fered for a number of
years with backache
also tender spots on
Bpine and had at
times black floating
specks before my
eyes 1 also had lum-
bago and heart trou-
ble Since using this
medicine I have been
MnAGGemcu relieved of my suf-
fering It is agreeable to me for
you to publish this letter I am glad
to have an opportunity to say to all
who are suffering as I have done that
I obtained relief by using Dodd'a Kid-
ney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills
Dodd’s Kidney Pills 50c per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo N Y Dodd’s Dyspepsia Tab-
lets for Indigestion have been proved
60c per box— Adv
Suspicious Parent
C J Faulkner counsel for the Chi-
cago meat packers in their confiscation
suit against the British government
Bald at a recent dinner:
"Traders could get on better tf the
British were not so suspicious They
doubt everybody They are like the
father— only more so
"A father in a deathlike silence
called downstairs to his daughter sol-
emnly: “ ‘Hannah what time 1b it?'
"A pause and Hannah answered:
“’It’s Just quarter after ten fa-
ther’ "
“‘All right’ the father said 'And
Hannah don’t forget to start the clock
again after the young man goes out
to get his breakfast’ ’’
Economy
"I’m through with the pnny-wise
pound-foolish’ policy” said the young
wife on her return from the grocery
“That’s fine’’ replied her husband
"You are just th9 dearest little econ-
omist in the world By the way how
do you go about it?"
"I never buy less than two pounds
ot anything Se6 I’ve Just bought two
pounds of nutmegs”
80 A P IS 8TRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp Cleanse the scalp by shampoo-
ing with “La Creole" Hair Dressing
and darken in the natural way those
ugly grizzly hairs Price $100— Adv
An Innocent Bystander
“Do you own a motor car':”
"No I merely have a passing inter-
est In them"
Mott particular women use Red Croat
Ball Blue American made Bure to please
At all good grocers Adv
A woman's birthday la a fact but
her age is fiction
To keep clean and healthy take Dr
Pierce' Pleasant Pellet They regulate
liver bowel and atomach — Adv
Some people would rather be happy
than goed
HOW MANY CATTLE
XV want the name of every farmer In Kansas Missouri and Okla-
homa who raises rattle boas or sheep We want Mm to receive our
market letter W want ttm to know axut "hervlce" and what It A
mean to shippers la your name on our list? Put it there today I
TROWER CHASE & McCOUN t
LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE KANSAS CITY MO
DEATH
of the Kidneys
medical opinion without charge — ab-
solutely free This “Anuric" of Dr
Pierce’s is 37 times more acUve than
lithia for it dissolves uric acid in the
system as hot water does sugar
Simply ask for Dr Pierce’s An uric
Tablets There can he no Imitation
Every package of "Anuric" is sure to
be Dr Pierce’s You will find the sig-
nature on the package just as yoq do
on Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
the ever-famous friend to ailing '
women
Worry is a frequent cause and
sometimes a symptom of kidney dis-
ease Thousands have testified to im-
mediate relief from these symptoms
after nsing Dr Pierce’s Anuric Tablets
for the kidneys and backache
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong sick
women well No alcohol Sold in
tablets or liquid
PASTOR LAUGHS AT FUNERAL
So Do the Pallbearers But Not Mourn-
era for There Weren't Any
at the Ceremony
Thefe was a funeral at the Mesa
Congregational church Sixth avenue
and Fifty-fourth street at which every-
body even to the officiating clergyman
laughed and sang and had an exceed-
ingly good time None of the mourn-
ers was scandalized because there
were no mourners Instead there was
a banquet and speeches of felicita-
tion by five visiting ministers In the
middle of it two deacons and two la-
dles of the church acting as pallbear-
ers entered with the bier which was
set squarely in the middle of the ban-
quet table There the torch was ap-
plied and while the corpse burned and
crackled everybody present stood and
Bang “Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow"
The “corpse" was the church mort-
gage of $1600 To give it a regular fu-
neral was the happy idea of the pas-
tor Rev Nathan L Dowell D D win)
personally raised $450 in two dnjs to
lift the debt— Los Angeles Times
Decidedly Ungallant
Robert Lowe the great English com-
moner was exceedingly sarcastic and
frequently ungallant Upon the occa-
sion of a well-known wedding he be-
gan to descant on tbe absurdities in
the marriage service
"When I married" he said "all the
worldly goods with which I endowed
my wife might have been carried jn
a bundle over my shoulder"
“Ah! hut Robert” intdfposed Mrsr
Lowe “there was your great Intel-
lect" "Well I certainly did not endow yotv
with that dear" was the rejoinder-
To Fortify the System
Against Winter Cold
Many iimm of GROVE'S TASTELESS rfalll
TONIC make It a practice to taite a onus Her of
bottles in tbe full toatrengtheo and fortify ibw
MYstera agaiust tbe cold weather tfuriug t be
winter Everyone knows tbe tonic etTcct of
Quinine aud Iron which this preparation con
talm in a tasteless and acceptuble form II
purifies and enriches tbe blood aud builds up
the whole system 50c -
After Graduation
“What has he been doing since he
graduated from college?" “He has
been trying to find out what be
learned" — Life
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few — a beautiful
head of hair If yours Is streaked with
gray or is harsh and stiff you can re-
store It to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using "La Creole" Hair Dress-
ing Price $100— Adv
Another Victim
She — That boy of ours does nothing
but spend money
He— Oh yes he does me
Discordant Objections
“Why wouldn’t you rent that applN
cant your flat?”
“Because I believe he's a sharp"
Not Gray llalre bat Tired Eyes
make us look older than we are Keep you
Eyes young and yon will look young Aflet
tbe Movies always Murine Your Eyes—
Don't tell your age
A woman Is seldom a heroine to her
sixteen-year-old daughter
BROOM CORN
HAVE YOU ANY?
WRITE US
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adds Power and Miiaage eliminate Car-
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W N U WICHITA NO 4-1915
DO YOU RAISE?
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Wilson, C. L. Cherokee Weekly Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 2, 1915, newspaper, December 2, 1915; Cherokee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716285/m1/3/: accessed May 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.