Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-11
talked 70 STUDENTS
Mrs. Nation Gives University
Boys at Iowa City Some
Advice.
Talks AGAINST Smoking and Tells
Them to Emulate Kansas
Students.
Business Men Of Topeka Organ.
ize to Close All Liquor
Joints.
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iowa City, Feb. H.. Have you any
thing to say to students was asked
as Mrs. Nation introduced herself from
the platform of Rock Island train
this morning. Quick as a flash the an
swer came II say to you, go thou and
DO likewise. They are lying in wait to
devour you and blast your young lives. :"
Pointing to a city reporter smoking a
cigar she exclaimed: Now. there is
young man doing wrong. The reporter
dropped his cigar, after "A local temper
ance worker had tried to knock it out Of
his mouth. want you to say to every
student, Mrs. Nation says you wouldn't
smoke cigars in the presence of a lady
and you should be as pure and clean as
that always. want you all to read the
18th Psalm. DO you know what Camp
he'll College students did?n asked Mrs.
Nation, as the train pulled out. They
smashed every Joint in Horton. You
should do 50, too
Mrs. Nation Leaves Des Nio1nes.
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Des Moines, Feb. 11.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
tion's plans were somewhat changed
last night and she departed early this
morning for Chicago over the Rock Is-
land. 1t was planned 10 nave ner go
over the Northwestern via Ames Mar
shalltown and Clinton. She left here
quietly and the crowd at the depot was
mot large when she boarded the train.
this morning. While here, followed by.
n hooting mob OF 400 or 500 persons.
both mensand women. Mrs Nation and
her party visited four Of the principal
saloons. She assured that tha t She had
left her little hatchet at home, but tried
70 persuade them by what she terms
love" that they We're in a bad business
and ought to get out. She soon tired of
this, however, and said afterwards that
the saloon keepers grow fat on moral
suasion and that the only effective rem
Iedy for the evil they represent is to
smash it. She had accepted the escort
of policemen under the promise that
she would not try to destroy any prop
erty In an interview she declared that
the result OF her attacks ON the saloons
in Kansas would be that the MEN of
Kansas would take the matter up and
finish the work. She said that they
would be ashamed by seeing that it was
necessary for a brave woman to do the
work the men Should do.
The saloon of A Romani, the man.
who prepared for her with fifty hungry
rats and mice, was carefully avoided by
Mrs. Nation. She had been told & bout
this place before she started out After
she returned to her hotel she was asked
y If she was, afraid TO go to this place on
account of the rats and mice. Bless
you, no., she said. You jnst tell the
man if he is ready for the fun am and
will go there. I am not afraid of rats
and mice. They wouldn't do me any
harm. They're just as liable to run up.
his pants legs as anybody's. No sir:
I'm not afraid of rats and mice. I'd.
like to see the fun
Yes, my mother died in any asylum"
admitted Mrs. Nation, But she is the
only member OF my family on either
side who was insane. She went insane
because my father lost his property.
Yes, know they: say ITS personal
matter with me. because these saloons
have bit my children Yes I've heard
that, but that isn't the reason. It's be-
case they bite other wornen's, children
and other womeiis husbands. That's
the reason I'm fighting them"