Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
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HATS ON AND OFF.

Mere men and perhaps Il majority of
the other. sex will be inclined to give the
lchurch-going women of Oak Park
credit for great good sense in deciding
thereafter to remove their hats and bon
nets during church services. During
such weather as prevailed last week
fer instance. woman is certainly
more comfortable without a hat. and
there is also to be considered the fact
that a display of elaborate millinery in
|. the peWs is likely To divide the atten-
ton of the congregation with the words
Of wisdom uttered srom the pulpit
In. striking contrast With the action
tot the Oak Park Women is the dictum
lof a sensational preacher at Hacken-
sack, N. j., who has quoted to the
women OF his congregation the words
Of ST. Paul, in which ile declares that
women should not appear uncovered in
the sanctuary aud has practically or
dsred them to Near their bonnets in
church ii they wish To maintain their
standing The New Jersey sensational
list forgot 20 take into consideration
that the women of ST. Paul's time did
not wear hats. but were veiled after
the fashion Of oriental countries, and
| that for woman publicly to expos e
| her face was an unusual and almost i'm
iprpper astloii
Between New Jersey ana oak Park.
1.-The palm must be awarded To the lat
ter. The Women VI the Chicago sub
nrb nave simply given another exhibit
zion Of their good sense and goud jldg-
Imeni, While the Ncw Jersey Clergyman
iis displaying only mis- Ignorance and his
iaprarsnt!y overwhelming desire to get
This name into the newspapers.
|. NATURES PRUNING METHODS.
u. S. Trigg IN Rockford Register.l
/ II is Very interesting to note the
methods employed BY nature To keep
within proper limits her products both
/ IN the animal and vegetab Bile Morld The
checks aud Limitations which are placed
upon the multiplication OF animal and
!sinsect life arc wonderful. these checks
all working automatically Thus we
IND that one species is almos. always
E4ths food nf soii,e stronger and higher
type of life, which fact. cruel tho It
seems 70 be, Very effectually nsures
maintenance of {, proper balance be-
tween this varied species When be-
cause of artificial or abnormal causes
the propersr ratio is disturbed, az 1t some
times is, nature usually comes to the
rescue With ether and more arbitrary
methods. for instance. when too many
hogs are kept she sends the cholera.
when too many hops are grown on a
given area che SETS the hop louise TO
work. When too many peaches are
grown the ysllows' Is the remedy;
when too many people get to living on a
square rodzof earth diphtherla, fevers
cholera and piagus reduce their number
In the vegetable World she has multi
tnde of agencies % do the needed prun-
Iing7-the cyclone, the great wind the
| hail. sleet. lightning, frost drought, fire;
this tree broken that 1t may grow more
beautiful, that one SCARED by an cleo
ls;i,ic stroke and killed that it may make
support for some beautiful vine this
one killed BY slow starvation that the
room occupied BY il may help TO make
E.its fellows more fruitful; very, very lit
! tiesin all the intricate and mysterious
Y Process of what is akin to human sym
apathy and help forsthe weak, but rather
I Away and ever the merciless rule of
4 the survival Of the flttes, obtaining.
And II all must be for the best because
| II VAS SO ordered, and is seen to be the
4 best by him who reads nature's book