The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-02-22
lola might well be named the "City

lola might well be named the "City
of Churches" for we have eleven
churches, and large majority of our
people are either members or regular
attendants at the services. And it
is with great pride that we claim that
there is not dive, gambling den or
house of ill-fame within our limits, as
is the case with some of our neigbor-
ing towns. lola has good society-as
good as you can find anywhere, and
our people are friendly and charitable.
We have all branches of good mer-
camille stores and this is one of the
best trading places in the west. You
never see or hear a loud crowd of
bOisterous people on our streets, es-
peciaily on Sunday, because nearly
everybody goes to church, and we have
some of the best preachers i'm the
State. Come to lola to live.
1t is said that a man who won't take
a paper because he can borrow one,
has invented machine by which he
can cook his dinner by the smoke fro L
his neihbor's chimney. This same
fellow sits in the back pew in church
to save interest on his contributions.
And is always borrowing ride to
town to save the wear and tear on
his own horse flesh. Yes, we know
him. He is first cousin to the man
who never winds up his watch for
fear of breaking the spring. He un-
doubtedly was near relative of the
man who went into the back yard cur
ing the recent cold snap, soaked his
hair in water, let it freeze and then
broke it off in order to cheat the bar
Der out of hair cut
Mr.. and Mrs. A. f. Wright gave a
most pleasant party last Friday even
ing in honor of their younger daught-
er, Miss Blanche. A bout forty-five
persons were present and the evening
was spent in very pleasant manner.
There was music for those who liked
it; cards for those who wished TO
play and dancing for those who
wished to dance. About 1890 some
delightful refreshments consisting of
sandwiches and coffee and ice-cream
and delicious cake were served.
Misses Adah and Blanche Wright
proved themselves very delightful
entertainers, and about II o'clock all
went home assuring the hostess that
they had had most enjoyable time.
The first question man asks when
he sees girl flirting is whether she
is respectable; it raises a doubt at
once, says an exchange. This being
the case, surely no modest girl can af
ford to indulge in the pastime When
the down is brushed from the peach
its beauty is so marred that it can
never be restored, and so when a
young girl throws lightly aside that
sweet and modest reserve so becoming
to a maiden, and which so elevates
her as to enable her to command the
respect of all, she loses her greatest
charm and becomes cheap and COM
mon. Flirting may seem to the giddy
and thoughless girl to be wonderfully
amusing and she may get the idea
that she is fascinating, but it is a
most degrading thing and should be
frowned upon by every young lady
who has ambition to become worthy
and charming one.
The following gem which has been
going the rounds of the press without
credit, should be cut out by every
maniand pasted in his hat as a remind
er of his duty, when he desires to
speak i'll of any woman's character:
Remember this young man-be care
full what you say about woman's
character. Think how many years
she has been building 1t, of the tolls
and privations endured, of wounds
received, and let no suspicion follow
her actions. The purity OF woman is
the salvation of the race, the hope of
future greatness and the redemption
of man. Wipe out her purity and
man sinks beneath the wave of des-
pair, with not star to guide his life
into the channel of safety. Think,
then before you speak, and remember
that any hog can root up the fairest
flower that ever grew, so the vilest
man can ruin the purest wOman's
An exchange say, ask the average
person how many stripes there are in
the flag, ana he will answer readily
enough; thirteen. But ask him how
many are red and how many are white,
and he will hesitate in such way as
to make it clear, that at the best, he
is only guessing. Well, as the matter
of fact, the red stripes number seven
and the white number six. Nearly
all the details of the official flag are
fixed by law. Besides the designation
as the number and color of stripes, it
is decreed that the flag shall be three
TIMES as long as it is wide, and that
the Union shall level with the sixth
strip, and shall be one-third the length
of the flag. There is a star in the
Union for each state. The position
+hat tho stars shall take has never