Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-30
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
LOCKER In IOWA.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
For the Times Republican.

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! For the Times Republicans
| Gray, Nov. 29.-It's question IL 1T
makes much difference what we eat,
when or where we eat it, or what it's
| favored with. This bit of philosophy
was suggested by overheafing the land
! lady (who sat behind the writer in the
passenger coach) confideiftally telling
a freined the trouble she had with
| help. Would you believe it, said
she, that that girl actually Favored the
pudding with stomach bitters? Not
| whisky bitters, probably they would
have liked that, but home made bitters
/ made myself You see the vanilla bot
tie stood there on the shelf, and l told
the girl to wait till the pudding was
cool and then put in three teaspoonsful
of vanilla. The first l knew about it
was when the girl waiting on the table
said some of them were not eating
their pudding. So when she brought
back some dishes of the pudding 1
tasted it. Then the cook owned up she
took the flavoring out of that bottle of
stomach bitters. l wouldn't have cared
SO much If it had been only our regu-
1t to them, but it was banquet given
by esocitey. Didn't any of them
eat it?" asked her friend Eat it?
man ate dish his neighbor didn't care
for was the reply. Why, one trav-
cling man ate all there was in his dish
and didn't kick either
q
The Morse case at Grinnell has at
tracted more attention and caused
more comment than anything in Iowa
for many moons. AS may be supposed,
all sorts of opinions have been ex-
pressed. The general remark has been
Il wonder that they washed their
dirty linen at the town pump
And here are some general features of
all such cases. One can guarantee the
same comment on the next case of
scan-mag. The poor man says it
shows the rich are no better than the
rest Of us. <. fact he Is very much of
the opinion they are worse. The av
erage man is sure that Mrs. Morse was
innocent of all the charges against her.
The average woman is of the opposite
opinion and nothing will convince her
that that railroad parting kiss was pla-
tonic. mo married woman has a
right to kiss a single man for graft
tude." one good sister remarks. The
Looker-on was on the point of
asking how about kissing a married
man, and thought better of 1t. The ay-
erage man thinks Morse made a mighty
good deal in settling for $4,000, and
the average woman says he was q fool
to pay anything. While this case has
furnished much intellectual (?) enjoy
ment, it has not had the extreme high
flavor that 1t would have had IL a
preacher had been mixed up in 1t. II.
the dear public loves one thing more
than another, it is for an account of
another preacher gone wrong" And
the man who objects to the papers pub
fishing such disgusting details of d.
vorce cases has been heard from.
Strange to relate he was able to furnish
the LOCKER on with .the disgusting de-
tails of this case from carefully
read paper half a day in advance OF the
writer's getting copy of it.
A few weeks ago the writer was in
4 small Iowa town where they had a
dance the preceding Saturday night.
He heard some young men giving in
terested listeners detailed account of
it. Either the Looker-on dreamed 1t
or has read the account of 1t In some
old story book, for 1t was identical in
substance of what happened in the
Patagonian islands 1000 years ago.
The young women We're there in all
their finery. faces painted and feathers
and red colored dresses in profusion.
Gold and jewelry We're on their arms
and necks and jewels in their ears
The young men gathered. hanging
around the building. and few ventured
in to dance. till they had consumed
much fire water. and thus got their
courage up to the point Of approach
ing the fair young women present.
Then some old men pounded on a drum
while younger ones blowed horn, or
twanged the strings of a curiously
shaped instrument. All OF these in
struments finally got together In time
keeping unison, as far as time was con-
cerned, when chief came to the front
shouting some unintelligible words,
and the war dance commenced. Round
and round these couples went, till ma
ture asserted itself, and out of breath,
finery torn. perspiration causing the
red paint to run in streakS down their
faces, these fair maidens We're taken
to their seats by the gallant young
men. Others took their places and
"the fun was fast and furious" A 4
good friend of the musicians kept
them fully supplied with fire water and
soon they We're In a condition to play the
same tune over and over till morning