Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-02

Affairs Of Iowa People Taking Place In Iowa
Towns.


make It quiet affair. The citizens of
the city have appreciated the devotion,
the self sacrifice the true spirit and
love displayed by one of its best young
ladies'. Miss Eva Gibhs, the accom-
Splished nurse, While recuperating at
.Colfax from over work was summoned
to this city to take care of a quaran-
tined home on the south side. She Inn
inediately answered the summons by
her presence here. She found the small
pox. Her parents advised her not TO go
near. and her friends insisted that che
stay away, but as she expressed it: I,
is my duty to go and must go" For
fifteen long weeks she has been shut up
With smallpox patients, and no one
knows, who has not had experience, the
loatllsomenes OF the disease. There has
been altogether thirty-five cases, and
out of this number but one case under
her care was lost. While discharging
her duties she hersalf caught the dis
ease. and only by the close watchcare
given her by the city physician, her life
would have been given up az sacrifice
for others. Her entire conduct has beer
that of devoted, pure spirited lady.
IT takes heroism to go into missionary
fields, 1t requires devotion to hold the
front file the battle line. The bravery
of 'Hobson and the devotion of the he
roes of Santiago are no more to be com
mended than the acts of Miss Eva
Gibbs. and Ii was to express the admir-
alton for such conduct that the grateful
people of Mason City. hardly person
failing to respond to the call, contribute
ed to a purse and a beautiful ring, sci
with a three-fourtfs, one-Sxteenth, one
sixty-fourth diamond real beauty
Vas purchased and presented to her
The friends assembled at the home o1
MIR. rCliggitt at 8 o'clock Saturday eve.
ming. DIR. sWale very nicely inveigled
Miss Gibbs to the home. Friends az
sembied and Miss Gibbs was ushereC
into their presence. Mr.. Cliggitt in q
Very neat speech spoke of what wa.
about to be done, and called upon Rev
Clinton to finish the speech. The pas.
tor is always happy and what he said
was full of truth and spoken in a man.
ner impressing all. The beautiful ring
the polished diamond, were used I,
syfnbolize the virtues of the one who
was about to become its pos,sessor. Al
1.-The conclusion Miss Gibbs endeayoreC
to accept it With a few words, but che
vas so overcome that expression almos
failed her. The simple thank you ant
! the kind people of the city, was abou
all she could say. Sitting down she ex.
pressed herself that she had done moth:
Ing more than her duty, and knowing
all that she did and passing thru wha
nardships which came in her path, II
was worth all to knew that the people
thought of her 80 Well. She would b,
willing to do 1t all over again il the cal
game. Miss Gibbs will take a vaca.
ton of several weeks Her health Ii
rather Impaired by overwork and sh,
hopes soon to regain her strength. Sh,
occupies a very warm place in tn,
thearts.of the people of Mason City.
FROM SHIRT WAIST TO MOTHER
HUBBARD.
washington Press.
Down-east humorists pretend tina
Fashion has decreed shirt waist 70
men for summer comfort and that ];
imam arrayed in white or pictorial THU
Stunts, muslin, silk or gauze. frequent
| parlors comes to- the table. goes t,
church in his shirt sleeves. as do ladies
\ Why not? He leaves off coat and YES
and suspenGers. girt With belt tina
adds more color.
Sis is real and evolu
ton. ..5. The colored negiigee shir
has been en- reggie and comme8il fal
4 (excuse our French for some time I
may bear all the colors Of the rainbow
| the wearer Is presentable if he onl,
wears "a white collar with 1t. The cuff
4 may be colored or white. Any kind of I;
Lite will do, whether a ministerial whit
4 bow OF. a sailor sweep. The cuff but
lions should be link. All this, to get ri,
of vest. For severe style. and abso
]lute decoruin there should be a yellow
belt to match your shoes and, perhaps
lyour moustache. But the hot vest goe
off. Now make the shirt pretty enough
the coat may go also. and with it per
fleet comfort. No, not perfect. Man
jabsolute summer comfort will never b
realized until fashion allows him t
wear Mother Hubbard 1t is yer.
ln1uch like the old Roman togas an,
Things that the orators spoke in.-tlla
Iloose garment Of yoluminous folds sucl
las the Hebrews as Well as Roman
wore, and the Arabs still slosh aroun,
lin. and our supreme Judges.
The shirt waist is really one OF TIL
IgaYest things ever invented for womer
1t is pretty and 1t is handy and com
/ Portable. Why should not men shar
Tits simplicity, ccolness and beauty
1 Women share lots Of their comfortabl
4 things with men.-soft hats, collars
jcuffs. etc, and. surely. women Will no
Igrudge men their shirt waist.
In summer a vest is an abominatior
land n coat, If it fits. is q nuisance an,
Ian ingenious device for torture. Yo
walk home. several blocks away. t
s5dinner in shirt sleeves, and are mig
|ready To perish but must crawl into
west. at least into a coat. before the
i allow you at table. while every fe
4 male present looks as cool as a cucum
Der IN a white or figured waist, Tha
4 horrible coat turns a faucet in ever
}lpere, and you irrigate and-swear. I
lis too sticky. Why roast--in this world
We know not the temperature of tn
4 next
tigliest Of all hideous things is
dress suit. 1t is black. You look, in i,
Hike beetle with a white breastplatt
Great expanse of shirt bosom. pallic
shiny, SO glairy a fly could not keep ii
footing there. Stiff cuffs. garrote col
liar. white tie. You look as II the under
l.taker had laid you out for the caske