Bacone College - Warrior Yearbook (Muskogee, OK)

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34 THE BACONE CHIEF She has an influence upon the younger people and has that beauty of thought and life which wins admiration. People make way for her and have respect for her. Anyone coming in Contact with her will love and admire her. She is a pattern, and leader of young girls,-the most influential leader,-why? Because she is the Ideal Young Woman. If you look closely you will find that the culture of her heart and mind, and the refined nature have led her to give careful attention to her appearance, conversation and manners. i However well a woman may look to outer things, she cannot be truly loved and admired or attractiveg she cannot express the full degree of magnetism which draws others toward her, winning for her friends and influence, unless she carries herself well. She doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone or despise, A For naught that sets one heart at ease,- Or giveth happiness or peace,-- Is low-esteemed in her eyes. She is most fair and thereunto Her lifeedoth rightly harmonize, Feeling or thought that was not true, Ne'er made less beautiful the blue Unclouded heaven of her eyes. -Tennyson. IDA R. TIGER, '16. A TRIP TO MARS. After planning a trip to Mars last summer, I secured an airship and a birdman for the purpose of sailing upon the air to the planet. ' August the 14th We left this earth for our long and ad- venturous tour of the air, and after viewing some of the large cities from the airship it was not long until we were lost from sight. Traveling this way for about a week we found that in the distance we could see a planet which we supposed to be Mars, and which we had decided to explore. In about three hours we landed on the planet and after find- ing some old acquaintances I learned from them that we had landed on the wrong planetg inlstead of being on Mars I was on the planet Jupiter. I decided to visit my old friends in their beautiful homes. I first stopped with William James, the mayor of the town, and then I visited with Paul Philpin, who was the editor of a newspaper, both of these old schoolmates, and I talked of old times at Bacone. After staying there three more days I secured supplies enough to last for two weeks and then started from Jupiter.

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THE BACONE CHIEF 33 murs of a disheartened people, overwhelmed by their daily burdens. All at once, I thought that I had graduated, that I had placed my LL. B. in my trunk, and was being floated across the mighty Atlantic. When I landed in England, it seemed to me to be vastly different from the England of which I had studied. As I toured my own native country of Ireland, I was surprised to see soldiers here, soldiers everywhere, who showed the scars of recent service. However, I said to myself, I am much pleased to note the number of men who represent them in the English Parliament. As I entered Berlin one evening I saw happy crowds of people thronging the streets, shouting something, which I later learned was Hurrah for the President l A few days later, while in Paris, I noticed that everyone seemed con- tented, even gay, and while reading the editorials in the paper, I was impressed by the number of references to Rus- sia. Even the people on the streets seemed to talk about nothing but- What! OH! The ten o'clock bell! Have I been dream- ing? JNO. L. MURPHY. - THE IDEAL YOUNG WOMEN. Elbert Hubbard usays, You had better live your best and act your best, and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomor- rows that follow. I have in mind the Ideal Young Woman. She has a cheerful and happy countenance and this is the best invest- ment a woman can make. It is a double reaction g just the habit of a sunny countenance makes one feel better. Even those around her have the same feeling and through them again reacts upon self. Her dress and hair are always neat, plain and simple. She never dresses to the extreme in order to attract the at- tention of others. She never wears an ornament simply be- cause it is pretty in itself g cheap jewelry and trinkets are never seen about her. Her voice is low and sweet and you never hear her using by-words or slang expressions. She is gentle, kind, unselfish, sincere and has respect for those about her. Her grace of movement expresses the rythm and har- mony of her inner life. She is never silly, and while on the streets she ims careful of her actions and conduct. She has no desire to go to dances, balls, or moving picture shows.

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THE BACONE CHIEF 35 When we had traveled for two days I thought I could see a moon which belonged to some planet, but seeing no other signs of the planet I decided that I was mistaken. After nine days more we came in sight of another planet which proved to be Mars. In about two hours we alighted and found some very friendly little people who were the first we had seen of their kind. We inquired and found that we were on the right planet this time. The people were so delicate that we had to be careful to keep from hurting them when we picked them up or played with them. They had a great number of railroads with trams about three times the size of our toy trams, and al- though we think these to be very much too small to be of any use here, they are serviceable on Mars. These little people lived in small dugouts on the hill- sides. While I was on Mars there was an earthquake which, although not very great to me, was very destructive to my new friends, for a great number were killed and also a great number were left homeless. Two days later Jesse Tiger and Murrow James came to Mars and as I had been schoolmates with these boys, it was not so lonesome for me as at first. On account of this I de- cided to stay another week and attend a field meet to be held by these little people. The day came and one of these small men showed us the field where the meet' was to be held. We were asked to be judges so we started the events among which were the 10-foot and 20-foot dashes, the 100-foot and 200-foot run, the low hurdles and the high hurdles which were about six inches and nine inches high, respectively, the high jump, the pole vault, the stone put Cinstead of the shot putj and the gravel throw. After the meet was over our small friends. said that there were some records broken in the meet. Two days later I secured supplies such as they had and. then told Murrow and Jesse good bye, and left the planet Mars. When we had traveled for a week, we again came in sight of a planet, which on closer observation I decided was the earth. We started straight for it, and in less. than three hours landed in Mexico. There was a battle going on at the time, so I left that country and made my way back to St. Louis, the place from which I started. H. G. GARNER, '17. ABSOLUTELY TRUE. Longevity is a rather fancy name for a dog, but when the particular dog is a large brute, red-headed and dreamy-