The El Reno Daily Democrat (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 33, No. 223, Ed. 1 Monday, May 26, 1924 Page: 4 of 4
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EL RENO DAILY DEMOCRAT
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Old Smith
and His Toy
Soldiers
DRIVER FLED FROM
“MESS OF WIDDERS”
Baked Peas Good, but
Possibly Remembered Tcny
Weller's Warning.
By MORRIS SCHULTZ
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<$. I#i4. W««i«m *N*w»pap«r l'ni<*n »
\\7 •'* HoYS were all dreadfully
* ^ afraid of Old Man Smith. Ilf*
II' <*d In u little house rouud the corner
nil alone. He had a married daughter
vho used to call and quarrel with him
i very week or so.
"That Simpson woman's trying to
I Old Man Smith declared senile, so
t. t she can get her hunds on Ids prop
city," my father said, “lie's as sens
tide as you or me."
I didn't understand what that meant.
To ua boys old Man Smith was a con-
stant Invitation to deeds of heroism.
It was an achievement to throw a
handful of sand against his windows
and acoot away ns his angry face ap-
peared, to listen to his threats bawled
lifter ua.
“Hot you don't dare knock on Old
Man Smith's floor and run, Skinny I"
"Het you I do!"
“Let’s see you 1"
I set off, tny heart heating swiftly,
to execute the dare. 1 woh caught.
The first stroke of the knocker hail
hardly resounded when the door
opened suddenly. Old Man Stull h
stretched out u long arm and hauled
me Inside. I was sure my last hour
hail come.
"Oh please, Old Man Smith, I won t
do It again If you’ll let me go!" I
howled.
Old Man Smith stood looking at me
queerly. "Ever play soldiers?" he
asked.
"Sure, when I got them," I answered,
more confidently.
He led me Into a hnck room. The
floor war covered with soldiers, regi-
ments of them, with cannon and fort-
resses.
“Come on, lot's have n game,” said
Old Man Smith, handing me a pea-
shooter.
As soon ns my terror had worn off
I flung myself Into the game. We
played for hours, as It seemed. 1 for-
got that my opponent was Old Man
Smith.
"Hun home now, Johnny, and come
hnck when you feel like it,” said old
Man Smith. "It's so long since I was
h boy."
"Did you play aoldlers then?" I
asked.
"Never had any. This is our secret,
Johnny; don't you let on!"
I agreed, anti, thrilled with our se-
cret, departed.
"Gee, Skinny, wlmt’d he do to you?'
asked the boys.
"Took me Inside and give me can-
dles and cakes and picture books," I
lied.
I was a hero after that. M.v weekly
visits to Old Man Smith's house were
the subject of awe and admiration.
And I drew on my Imagination to my
playfellows.
We played soldiers, we marched
round the table, blowing 'lie trumpet
and banging drums. Anil there was
one nfternoon when we scooted round
the big back yard together, laughing
and tumbling down like two kids, in-
stead or an old man and a boy. I
quite forgot that Old Man Smith
wasn't my age at all.
"I never did this when T was a boy,"
said Old Man Smith. "We do have a
good time, don't w<*, Johnny? But you
must never tell! If that cut found
out—" I didn’t know which cat be
meant.
I never had so much money ns In
those days. There was a silver dollar
for me every week when I went away.
One day a strange lady stopped me In
the street.
“You are Mr. Smith's friend, aren't
you, boy?" she asked.
"Ycs’m."
“What do you do when von go to see
him?"
"Oh, we play things." I had quite
forgotten Mr. Smith's Injunction. The
strange Indy smiled at me.
"On you like Ice cream, boy?"
I admitted I did. So she took tne to
an ice-cream shop ami stuffed me with
Ice cream und cukes, and I told her
everything Old Man Smith and I did
together.
Next week when I went to piny the
house was closed. I thought Old Man
Smith must have gone for a holiday.
"That Simpson woman's had her fa-
ther taken away us senile," said my fa-
ther to my mother that night. "They
took him tiff today."
"Good gracious!" my mother* ex-
claimed.
"I guess he was. They found the
house full of children's toys."
I didn't understand. I went to the
house every day for weeks, looking for
my friend. But Old Man Smith never
came hack.
Had Odd Sound
The Dutchman still retained a
strong accent, although he had been
In the country forty years, and he
was a church warden. When the
rector complained that a certain
parishioner hud culled him a perfect
ass, and asked advice, the reply,
though well Intentloncd, sounded am-
biguous :
"All you should do vlll pc yoimt to
bray for him, as usual."—Loudon
Answers.
Fifty-Fifty
Reggnr—I'leuse give a poor old
blind man a dime?
Lady—Why, you can see out of otic
eye!
Beggar—Well,-then, give me n nl' hel. \
Can't Supersede Beans
I like huked |h-um; we have them '
once u month, -u>s Arthur Staples. In
the Lewiston (Me.) J..uniul. They ure
not so good a- baked beans that you
can cat twenty times u no nth and
have brand new four times u month
In c bean pot all your own. We ure ,
, Softools dev.♦A i»«p*^tlvel.T to pollfT thp displays of this department will
* a _ I .. I... I.. a .... • 1 ■ • ys t e,.nI _ . * «
cal and admin Mrutlve science, tropi-
cal medldne and natural sciences.—
School Life.
In a certain old New England sea-
port the toll of the sea throughout |
many years left so many widows that .
they formed an Important part of the
population. Some of them, resident
upon a street thHt though It possessed ,tn'* ",l*- 11 *" * " *■ '' I until
another name was never called any- . :|b'‘Ut Inn t their sides with
thing except Widows' lane, even took richness.
a curious pride In their estate and * hkc to see them roll out i: at
rather resell tad the Intention of a new- I ’hey ileum in tin* indh'llglit I ru-
ly married couple to build u house on , n " s,in -• They ought to lm
the on remaining vacant lot.
"Being as we're all widows on the n,,'s ,":'1 Uu* *"*rk ought to lo.-k •
Herons Prey on Trout
Many trout In the Musselshell re-
gion of Montana l ave be n destroyed
by the blue hep'll. v.*h!cli stands In the
not raising • d hnked-hean experts rifiles " Mream in I spears tlsti all
nowadays. 1'ey must use n-n-oiiahly I 'hiy long, aeconline to J. B, Bonham,
new beans ..Id be..ns are not so g...*.! ranger. He recommends the
lane. It don't seem sultuble," one of
them explained to the bride, "und,
lookin' for'urd, your husband not be-
ing a seafaring man, there's no reason
to think you'd he left a widow any
umre likely thun him to be left a
widower. Still, If you're reully set on
coming, we'll try and make you feel
os If you was one of us."
Strange to say, It was that kindly
offer which Induced the brlds to select
a site elsewhere. She did not wish to
feel like u widow; she never became
a widow nor did she ever dwell In
Widows’ lane.
Kate Douglass Wiggln In her recent
reminiscences relates that there was
at the time she first took up her resi-
dence in Hollis a singular lack of men
In the society of the village, says the
Youth's Companion. "Almost all the
ru> Idy-
llic covers of an old I.......
brown and ;ig»-<I with beauty.
Baked peu> are il..nc exactly like
baked beans, pork und nil. linked in
the pot und brown u berries- thou, h
Just which berry i* "blown" Is ditll
cult to say
There !> another dish that my moth
er us. .1 to make, si .- used to t : .
apples and |m irter and
them, put In a i.-italn aim uni if
brown sugar und ' um- other tl i,
and (iut the whole in a bean pot. I’ .*
them in n slow oven In* used to I*.ii-.-
them In the ol.| hrl.l, oven with it-*
slowing heat tliaf lasted for many
hours. When tl.. v -.-me .ait they arc
like a Jelly. The substance Is ns re.I
he diagrams showing how far-reach-
ing this department of applied edu-
ction Is.
One of the unique displays will he
th- to rest protection posters made
by the students of the South Hills
bigii school of Pittsburg. Pa- f"r the
American Tree \sm lation or Wash
ington. I). C- Mrs. Sherman his Just
received from Charles Lnthrop Pack,
president of the American Tree As
rotation » letter telling of the great
work done for tree planting by the
killing of I «>r»ns t" preserve the tr.uit.
The destruction of trout by the blue
heron also was called to the alien-
t on . f Minnesota -i>,*rt-in.*n lest sum-!f,,,jcr.,tw| wnm,.n during garden and
nu*r. Conservationists, however, are
not unanimous in their approvul of an
“open season" on blue heron, and tin*
birds are protected by law.
Consumption of Copper
World consumption of copper for
.*; tit months last year gave an enil-
mnted annual into of 2,7A<MKM.OtKl
I o,aids.
In New York
A restaurant in the theater gone
Hilvertis. I or late* l i'.-rs. Try our
lull lun.-h-hrenI,fast with pie.
forest protection week.
Well Known Speakers.
Mrs Winter announces such well-
known speakers a - Mrs Carrie (’lino
man Catt wboo subject will he "Citi
1/ m hip"; Whiting Millhms. writer
and investigator of working con.li
tions nil over the world, who will
• peak cm "M n-niim-; of Mon;, and
So large will be the attendance art
the biennial that there will he seven
receiving lines at the opening roe*»i>-
lion. Mrs. Oliver C. Bryant naa nr
ranged for thirty noon-tine lunch-
eons. at each of which there will he
'.MOO hostesses, Mrs. Rdlth Middleton
Hoesch has been making arrange-
ments for displays of the federation
work for six months. Mrs Charles,
E. Hutchinson has been drilling a
squad of fifty women on "Know Los
Angeb* ' H >r the inform:! Ion bur*
rnu at the ((deration headquarters.
. . Public welfare, fine arts, \merlcin
citizenship npd foreign relations are
the subjects to be taken up during
the closing days of .he biennial.
Entertainment for Delegates.
(': lifnrnin and the entire West
Coast has been making plans for
months to entertain the delegates af-
ter the sessions cle-o \t Santa Rosa
l.uther Burbank will -how the women
Mrs. Robert Hurdett widow of tie jthroui'.li bis famous gardens. A trip
famous httmori t, will t*d| of "Am-1 will be made to Santa Cruz and the
ns (lie ......... of a Baldwin. Mv wife | ft , . ...
...... [of the i. a,s i .... o the Eustachian
Catarrhs! Deafness
I ' . Mill..ini .1 i niiilltlon
bus tiled It. b t it I'ons hardly as
g.n..^,s It 1,'M-d In be.
men had died In the Civil war. gone
West nr left the little village for towns yypu, proccS3 ;{as*rn3
where there was more lucrative work f
to he found. I remember leaning out j ' Marketit.J of Oran'CS
of my bedroom window one morning
on henring the sound of a heavy truck
and saw that It was filled with split
pine boards— ‘cut rounds’ and stick
Ins.’
" T think you have mistaken the
house,’ I said, ‘for we have ordered no
wood.*
"’Ain’t there a wldder In this house?
They told me to bring this wood down
to a wldder In Salmon Falls.’
"‘Oh, yes,' 1 replied. ‘The wldders
are all right; It's only the wood that’s
wrong. I am the Wldder W’tggln; my
mother Is the Wldder Bradbury; the
Indy who owns the house Is the Wld-
der Akers; but we don’t need wood.'
" 'Would It be for the house down
tho road n piece?’
“ ‘Very likely; the Wldder Pennell
lives there, and the Wldder MacLeese
at the end of the bridge; or, If you go
up the street, the Wldder Sweet lives
In the white house, and the Wldder
Dunn across the way In the brick one.
Shall I make a list and throw It out
of the window?'
" ‘Land, no,' he grunted, ‘I don't
want no list of wldders. I’ll take the
wood back to Clark's mlljs. get the
right name and have somebody else
haul It over. A man ain't safe In such
a mess of wldders.' "
rub-. V .i.'ii iiii.i tub,' . Inflamed yon
h» v>- H runiM •. -i.iiimI or Imperfect
H'-ari v I'm the li i’ammatlon can
I— rcu. e*b \ ini- h..tr!ng may be de-
S'-OM'I f *“ v< r
in i * cvnitnn STe-mriy- will
do Whn*. *v« . i.- i ►... . ■ rid y-.iir nysfctn
cri an Women's Flubs in Other
Lands." Oilier speakers will he Mrs.
(icorge W. Plummer. M r hall. Ok'n
, Mrs. Il.’.rry Lilly. New York Citv;
Mrs. William R. Alford, Detroit; Hel-
en H Gardner of the Civil Servlv*
| Commi ion of Washington P F:
Mr . rin'cr Loath wwood Utah, nn.l
Mrs. C. K. Vo wins, Mt. Pleasant
Mich. Mis. Winter will "sound tho
k. vnote" of the oonvonib'n on the ev-
ening of June 3
< i
An orange nun la* inwardly ri■ >.-
when oulwarilly green, :.nd If allow, d
to yellow on the tr. es the marketing
may be delayed pair t.. six weeks and
eonscqueiitly a less favorable price
may he obtained.
This green condition gives" the -ut-
suina orat.ge grower mere .-.*n . rn
than others. Saisumas are raised In
upper Florida, lower Alalutina anil
lower Mississippi. Normally they are
gathered about October 15, but they
can be harvested earlier when arti-
ficial processes of iidoiing are usi .1 to
get sway from the persistent green
ness of skin.
The United States •Department "f
Agriculture has winked out a process
for coloring . .an >s without harming
the fruit, says the Scientific American.
The process consls's of hp-lnvng lilt*
oranges In airtight rooms and sub
Jeeting them to fumes of kerosene
stoves or t" gasoline engine exhaust
The fumes given off dc Irnv the gre n
chlorophyll s,.. that the yellow
orange shows up.
■ t iiitm.ii
• flinri'i
Sold >y all .Ire
*•' r i-:,ec v A
I' caomd by
- • l r over * T;-ars
. ’l oli iio. Ohio.
GATHERING FOR
F
Ell'S
ni a™ want a n
|| COLUMN !«
WANTED
| WANTED - Woman for goner •!
I ourewctk. Address "('' Car.
Democrat. BMfc
LOR A NO. El INS. May 25 1)eb\
Pate-' to the iih nnlal con-,cn ion of
lb-' Getter: I l-'.-.l ration of Women’s
Filths arc art Ivin;; hero on every
f. nii fo" t' e - ossif r whb-h nne*i
Ji, " : i-d vtrnd it tit 11 Junel't *■ h* *’
'b, oowl*’ cl-’c'i 1 I'fflc. r*i '.Ml be
nr- or!, d |o the .li ’o a.iitc * l-.v Mrs
M inn<-a nolle
fbom,*n (J. Winter of
the outgoing president.
Mrs. Mary K Sherman, chairman
of the Department of Edit-
,f iii,. cation and Colorado’s candidate for
t president was among the early arri-
It requires about four days to bring vrU from headquarter- in ’.Va.thin-
Trappers Make Money
In tlie little Island of Tasmania trap-
ping Is a very profitable business. The
trappers supply a market that used to
look to Amorlea and Siberia with skins
of the bumble rabbit, the wallaby, the
kangaroo and the opossum. Inexperi-
enced trappers earn $125 n week and
tho old hands earn as much as $:«K),
according to the Washington Star.
One of the leading fur exporters of
Hobart states that this sum Is a fair
average with many of his customers.
The trappers arq sought after. Cara-
vans go out Into the hush for weeks
buying up skins. Before the advent of
this Industry landowners were glad to
have trappers to keep down the game
that devastated their runs, hut skins
have now become so valuable that they
lease the trapping rights for big sumr
and there are many applicants.
The state government has followed
their lead In respect to crown lands.
Options are n nv held for two seasons
ahead over the trapping country.
onf the yellow of the oranges by this
process. This Is heller than waitln:
four or six weeks for the fruit to ripen
on the trees, rtmuing the risk <-f frost
or storm ilainnge und lacing the prob-
ability of a lower market when the
oranges are ultimately harvested.
Nile Irrigation
The phenomenon of the ov.a llowing
of tho Nile occurs regularly every
year, and lasts from the 15th of June
to the 17th of September. After fids
period the river gradually subsides,
leaving a rich alluvial dep. -It for
some six miles on each side of the
stream. A rise of lti cubits Is neces-
sary to furnish the proper Irrl-.itlon.
An excessive rise of (lie river means |
great loss of crops and properly, and
sometimes of human life; while (lie
failure of a few feet may occasion a1
most a famine during the m suing
year. In 1S20 the Nile i-se 2»; . til, t<,
Hnd caused llu* death of ;?0,inhi pm
sons by drowning, as well as tlo- do
struct Ion of a gtv.it amount of pn»p.
ert.v. The average rise at Thebes Is
10 feet; at Cairo, 27 feet. Kansas
City Star.
ton.
Three tl’.ous-in.| dele'-ates. represe-
tint: :i.noo.ooo fe.terate.'l • lubwomen,
are c-xpecled. Ten rnreien coun'lie:
will be represented on ":«ti---»al’otial
Pay." ,\nolhcr big dev of lli • •>,r„:ii
will be “Education Pav." June
when Mrs. Sherman will view tho
iarlotis activities of the organiza-
tion. There will be six division re-
ports. -is most of the netiviti *s of the
federated clubs come under her de
partment of applied education.
Under this beailiny arc such topics
as child welfare, better homes, forest
conservation and garden week In
WANTED By August 1. furnished
.modern cottage or bungalow, close In
Pona 1S34-J. 22tfc
WANTED Women to paint Lamp
uha.de,s for us at home. Easy plm-s
rnt work. Whole or "’rt time. Ad
dr. ss X',leapt Company, -1112. Ft
Wayne, Indiana. 27p
FOR sale
l -----— • - —
FOR SALK Electric wa dter. terms
cl.airs, duofold- buffet. I’hnu.
1259 W.
FOR FALK -Oak diniri - room sui>
| good ear. range, kitchen cabinet
tiihle and refri -crator. Feme TL*
! ari'.n Ci>ina, good iron bed stead
.'lawn mower, and various otheer ar
(Ifp ;.p jn rood * nnditlon. Call
,-*: :!10 West Wade. or phone 1010.1
29,1
FR
THE UTMOST IN DUALITY
Uook's A R MORCOTF YNRN'ISP
will not turn white — will stand ho'
cold water- for floors, woodwork
•mi! furniture - wears like armor
R.dd by l.ong-B'dl Lumber Co m2'
WANTED to Trade; so acres goo.'
alfalfa land for El Reno, resldenc.
property of |i! > value \ddress own
m\ P. P Box 270 El Reno. Okla 9tfi
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INSURANCE AND LOANS
TE'.;\BLNfe COM BaN’K8
t- H31J F.l He.to, Oku
1 n08 jhNSFN
REAL K.-Tt\ ITO
FARM itiv.NF
i .v'HPH A N< !>
--- Phone 377 -
Belgian Education
To train Belgian young men for
service In the Congo as physi. .ns.
technical men and administrative of-
ficers a "Colonial university" Ims
been established at Antwerp by the
Belgian government. This tin vm -lty
has been developed throi'Mi iIt-- mi.
eessful work .*f a high clio..| *.f com- •
mrree, which was founded two years
ago by the commission for ri lo t in
Belgium and the city of Antw. •> to
train boys for colonial service. Ties
s. bool was converted Into i uni . -rsity
last November and it Is imw ka- as
It lias tineo
R. '
Made It Fifty-Fifty
A case was recently brought Into di-
vorce court, In which both parties
charged desertion, but finally made up
their differences and agreed to try
double harness for a while longer.
It developed that the husband hnd
for years been u golf fiend, and be-
cause he did most of Ids work at night
and played golf all day, lie became al-
most a Htranger to Ids family.
Nevertheless, be took It for granted j
that when he did get home, he’d find i
his wife there, and a meal ready, and !
In fact, thought of nothing else until i * '
one night—she wasn’t there. J
a- Marching tha houaa he
a note on his bureau which was short
und sweet. It rend;
"Dear husband. I have learned to
play mah-jongg."
The Pie and the Peri
"Tills Is hardly the pie for third
prize," complained the chief Judge af-
ter tasting It.
"Did you see the girl who made It?"
asked the Judge who had dune the
Judging.
“No."
"There she Is."
That dazzling blonder
"The same."
"As 1 wus saying," resumed
chief Judge, "this Is hardly the
for third prize. It should have first
prize."—Louisville Courier-Journal.
OR. P B. lies
PHYSICIAN
office f.i Hatched! Rulldlug
221 l ? S Rock 1 mini!
Pf me 2m; PHONES Mes
LAWN MOWErtS
tl und Sharpened by umchln
.*ry \l O Clt’ery
! .ANTR FOR SA’ I.
Poll'..toe. C lio -I* I'uppers. & j
S*« e. f I'... il...••
MICHAEL PRlTZOS
.tt*’ So Choctaw — Phone 7211
' FOR RENT Nicely furnished room
I Twin beds. Convenient to R. 1
[office building and city. I"l Sou’I
! \dmlrc. plume H‘ 15 \V. 22»ft
FOR RENT Five room modem
house at 119 South Admire. Phone
i 572 W. 27p
lb >11 RENT Furnished rooms fo
ligb' hoiiseV.i'pIng elose to mills oi
freight depot. Will give small gar
l.-'i space If il.-slri d Phone .301 J. x
j MODERN Furnished rooms lor rent
420 Smith Choctaw. 2Sp
'FOR RENT At once Modern Turn
ishc.l bou e call 115' .1 4'bi South
Williams. 26tfe
Big Tree*. On Juno Ifi the delegates
will move on to son Francisco. There
the points of interested will bo vlsii-
cil and the San Francisco Clubs will
give ., reception for the delegates.
Oakland. Mills College and the Uni-
versity of California will be visited.
On June 1 k San Vlateo and Santa Cla-
ra Counties will l e on the itinery. -\
mnsicale will be given for the d Jo
•mtes at Poland Stanford University.
From here many mde trips will ba
made, many of the women having
looked passage to Hawaii and Alas-
ka before returning home.
Election of officers will be June 11.
The presentation of tho new officers
will mark the close of the biennial
on the night of June 1.3.
TOD AY—Last Times
HE MURRAY
—m-
—Her most recent photo-
play, stared in Oil
Mexico.
Tomorrow & Wednesday
—The theatre ha* been
sold to the Christian
Church Orchestra for
the presentation of
"THE PASSION PLAY”
—Revenue derived tru e
your attendance will
go to the benefit of
the Orchestra. Two
complete performances
each night, starting at
G: 15.
THU RS-FKI-SAT.
Rex Ingram’s Master-
LOST Vdlow
1151-J.
Pi r Ian Kitten
I'Uvn '! i- - and Hint.
;u>d O ’inn's.
Cull
2fit fi-
ll i lev
27c
piece
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—Look what’s coming at
popular prices—
NKXT WEEK
“THE BIRTH OF
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Woman Win* Honor
When the degree of “Bachalor of
Commerce" Is conferred by the Univer-
sity of Toronto this year for the first
time one of ths asvtn recipients will
bo n wornin—Miss 0. A. McCubbln,
whose horns Is in ths city of OhRtham,
Ont
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CRITERION
THEATRE
Mav 27-28
File Christian Church
Orchestra, who are
sponsoring the picture
will furnish the music
%
HE LIFE
OF
CHRIST HIS DISCIPLES.
Cavili.wi and others. The
PORTRAYING
PILATE. KING HEROD and all Ancient Characters,
Most Magnificent Bible Spectacle
With 2.000 Roman Soldiers
5--MASSIVE REELS--5
The original Wonder Play Staged In the Holy Land. You can see this Gorgeous
Histo.ry Just As If You Traveled to Bavaria to witness the original Prcduction.
.. PRICES 10 — 35 and 55 cents J
Spectacle of Ancient
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