Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-23

THE ROSARY OF a RAMBLER.

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1.-THE ROSARY OF a RAMBLER. !:
The mothers congress, which il
holding Its sessions in Des Moines this
week, is a notable example OF what
and concentration on the
part OF one woman can do. This gather
ing OF women has hitherto been held
only in the larger cities of the east.
The west seemed no more ready to ex-s
tend hospitality that the east was
ready to accept 1t. But there was one
Iowa woman who determined that for
the good Of all concerned the congress
should be held west Of the Mississippi.
Therefore she extended an invitation
to the women to come to Des Moines
and by sheer force of will she has made
possible the great convention which
has made Des Moines the Mecca of 80
many pilgrims feminine this week.
Sectional strife is one of the hardest
things in the world to overcome. and
the thinly yelled contempt which those
who live down east feel for the states
wild and woody is not pleasant TO one
at all sensitive. The greatest difficulty,
however, was not one from afar, but
one at home. The women OF the state
knew little Of the work. and what Is
far worse, cared little. Those who at
tended the state federation at Burling-
ton year ago can readily recall with.
what little enthusiasm the announce
ment of the honor shown the state was.
received. From the most advanced of
the club women came jests and sneers
concerning child study work in which
only old maids and childless women
took an interest. A year of unceaslng
work can accomplish what in the ag-
gregate seems wonders, and that has
been the gift OF Mrs. Isaac Lea Hills,
of Des Moines, to the mothers con-
gress. The splendid convention which
has shown the east and the west that
their aims are one and that true
motherhood knows no sectionalism. has
been made possible only by her energy
and love for the cause, and each wo-
man who mas attended the sessions
and been helped thereby should silently
give vote Of thanks to Mrs. Hills.
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II is the season of the year when a
|lassitude unknown during the other
months becomes very common, when
energy gives way to listlessness, when
that tired feeling" seems to have
come to stay. Now it is that the drug
gists and the concocters Of patent
medicines reap their harvest, for va
| ried indesd is tile list of tonics, bit
Z nd h1ood yt,rif}arc which fha aver.
age person hurls inside of himself in
4 the vain belief that he is taking care
of himself. And all the time the real
tonic which will invigorate mind and
body is at hand. only to be passed by
because it is without price. For the
great helps to nerves and Worn
out bodies are fresh air
/ sunshine and exercise. Yet how few
there are who are wise enough to take
them in liberal doses, eschewing bottles
and pills altogether. The DEGREES OF
fashion have one thing for which to bs
4 praised the making popular of out
4 door sports. Healthy bodies and care
free minds will be the result. The gol
/ grounds furnished amusement to man,
\ 5devotees las. summer and the roster TO,
4 3this year promises to be yet larger
Men and women of business as we'll a.
Il those of leisure will frequent the plac
{ and the skill which the enthusiast
may acquire at the game will b
as nothing compared to the good whic
. the hours spent in the open air will
for their health. The American peopl
. have always looked upon sports a
something very unnecessary and tend
a ing only to the frivolous. No amuse
ment should be turned into bushes.
but one need not fear that little tim
4 spent in some outdoor game will affee
u him as golf did the old Scotch minister
"A Who was asked how he could reconcil
1.-THE amusement and his profession
= lsstWeel. L have been thinking on tina
d meself," he said, AN l hae conclude
: to gle it up What, give up golf?
81 .said his questioner. "Ah. moo, mon. 81
{ up the ministry" But it is altogethe
I5probable that long before he had turne
av4cation into vocation his body ha
become so sturdy and strong that a
:. indoor life was not to be tolerate
j, again.
A child may sometimes forget an el
preston which he wishes to use, bl
the derivation of words and Limitation
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of language are not such insuperab
5 obstacles to him as they might pro,
$ to grown-up people. Yet sometim,
1 the most clever child can not make Il
dull man or woman understand. A Ii
E tie 4-year-old who had attended a II
e I 9vival meeting and been much impress,
. with the music If not with the theoloe
was attempting to sing one Of her +;
vorites one day. For some reason 81
could not catch the tune, and asked Il
!. maid who had accompanied her 70 Il
I meeting to aid her. But the maid d
e not know what song she wanted. ev'
. when she called for Sling it ava
sling 1T away. OF course she was di
gusted that she was not understot
!. and it was little wonder. for Sling
. away" is not so far off from "Thro
out the life line"