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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
4eop BLESS US ONE AND ALL"

There is sufficient cause for thank
fitness today. The country in gen.
eral may offer thanks for the best
crop of a decade, for the continuance
of business prosperity and the hope
which present conditions offer to the
future, Mr.. Hanna is thankful over
the defeat OF his rival, Chicago over the
settlement of Its street car strike ana
the wives and children of the strikers
are tearfully thankful as well. Per-
haps Mr.. Fitzsimmons Is dimly thank
full that he won the decision and the
long end of the purse last night al
San Francisco and his opponent, MI.
Gardner, is thankful that no worse
thing happened to him. 1t is a day for
remembering mercies OF thankfulness
for blessings vouchsafed more than
to be prayed for. an occasion for graf
itude more than expectation. 1t is the
day when we take stock Of the COOL
that has come to US and belongs to
memory more than hope.
II each individual were to count his
causes for thankfulness perhaps the
first thought would be gratefulness for
life and health and comfort In the
home. Thanksgiving is peculiarly a
home holiday. It centers in the life
of the family. It is essentially human.
That there are warmth and cheer ami
hope and happiness about the f1reside;
that the wife's eyes are bright and
the baby plump and hearty is cause
for deep gratefulness. to the Giver tho
much may have been withheld. There
is no special privilege or caste in this
kind Of thankfulness. 1t belongs like
love in every human life and blossoms
on every hearthstone. Old and worn
but never over-quoted the prayer of
Tiny Tim applies as aptly to this
Thanksgiving as to the first one-God
bless us one and ALL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

The Modern Magazine, and It's Reader.
Some one once paraphrased an old
saying, into show me the newspa per
man reads" and I'll show YOU the
man. This may have been true at one
time, bu; today. with the universal as
sortment of all kinds of news and COM
ment the daily paper appeals to no one
particular class of readers, and Is onl,-
selected by subscribers and purchasers
because each paper has some promi-
nsht news feature that especially
pleases said readers. But the modern
magazine has evolved into specially.
Thus we have mems. womens, boys.
and girls magazines. No trade or pro-
fession but now has a magazine de-
voted entirely to the interests of such
trade or profession. There was a time
when a sporting paper covered the
entire field of sports. Now subdivisions
have occurred, and the gun and the
rod each demand separate magazine.
That baseball, football, basket ball,
golf and cricket magazines shall in the
near future compete with the poker,
cribbage. whist, pinschle, seven-up,
bridge and old maids weekly papers is
more than probable.
But to the class of magazines more
properly to come under the head of lit
erature, these words have reference
For instance. one Of our oldest month
lies has had curious experience. AS
this was one of the high-prtced publi-
cations, 1t naturally first felt the COM
petition OF the low priced Go cent?
magazines. Attempting to meet 1t by
reduction in price, their circulation and
consequent advertising patronage
went to the dogs" Just in time, the
publishers, to save wreck, put back
the price to the old figure. improved
the style, quantity and quality. and to-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

their reigns with new dogmas. Plus
TX. established that of the immaculate
conception. Leo MIL, who was great
ecclesiastical statesman. did not need
TO commend himself to posterity in
this way.
The boys and girls are now oil school
who may some day see the Industrial
development of the old south surpass
that of the Old north-the textile fac
tories of New England, New York and
New Jersey and the iron works OF
Pennsylvania eelipsed by those of the
carolinas, Georgia. Alabama and Ten
nessee In the number of bales con-
sumed. the southern cotton mills are
already ahead of those in the north;
the number used by the former in the
wear ending Aug. 81 last having been
1000. 729. against 1,96T,635 In the north.
This Is all the more remarkable from
the fact that even as late as 1889 tbs
amount consumed at the north was
three times as great as that used in
the southern mills In value of product
the north is still away In the lead, from
the finer quality of the goods pro-
duced: but it is claimed that tho
southern mill owners are now getting
ready" to produce finer goods a we'll
as the coarse sheetings. ticks, denims.
etc. to which they have heretofore
limited their attempts. The vast adj
vantage of manufacturing on the spot
where the fibre grows, thus saving two
freights. may ultimately bring about a
transfer to southern mills of nearly
the whole of that portion of the worlds
cotton manufacturing which is done
for the benefit of American wearers.
Cttumwa is in extreme danger of
losing her water supply The high wa
ter that flooded the city and did untold
damage to property last fall also
the course of the Dies Moines
river at that point. leaving the water
station on little BAYOU in place of on
the main channel. There is now great
CANCER That the freezing of the bayou
may cut off the water supply of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

can offer the class that enjoys such
food "a square neal at a low price.
and the magazine publisher prescribes
along exactly the same lines. Some
of our modern magazines are all pork
and beans. Another publisher caters
to class that want their mental foo
'gamey"-want 1t Is near putrifaction
as can be handled and hold together.
BY hold together. understand, as loud
as will go through the United States
mail. So certain realistic writer's offer
their readers stories that are perfectly
proper in language. but horribly sug-
gestive in thought, designedly so. This
class of readers want this kind Of men
tai food and are willing to pay an ex-
known to the publishers OF such maya
zines.
Another class OF magazines cater en-
tirely to the Bertha NJ. Clay and the
Duchess style of admirers. At the risk
OF personal trouble the writer calls
them the sweet girl graduates con-
ISOLATION. The kind Of stories our
daughters desire before they are mar
ried, and an inherited taste on the fem
mine side of the house. And SO on.
Columns could be filed in describing
such magazines and their inevitable
readers. That much good time is
wasted in the sense that II such pub
LEGATIONS were not in existence. the time
we have for reading would be better
employed with better reading. Is adj
mitted by all observers. Fortunately,
the other side Is that the boy reading
his magazine, has hol dof something
a little higher in thought and express
sion than his former dime novel. Still
more fortunate for the present age is
the sure evolution of the reading habit
into something better Many staid
matron of today wonders how 1t was
that once she SO thoroughly enjoyed
| the love stories OF the New York Led
..,ff 1x. va
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
Favorite Hymn Writers.

Many of the hymn writer's most pop
ular with Protestants nowadays were
not Protestants, but Catholics and con-
verts to the church. Not to speak Of
Cardinal Newman's Lead, Kindly
Light" Father Faber's adapt
ed of course-are included in every
hymn book of every denomination.
Canon Oakley's translation of the
"Adeste Fidelis" is by far the most
popular version of that sweet hymn;
of the many TRANSACTIONS of the "Stabat
Mater" the best known is that by Fa-
Their Edward Caswell; Brightly
Cleans Our Banner" so frequently
heard In Protestant churches and so
great a favorite with Protestant sun
day schools. was written by another
convert priest, the Rev. Thomas POI
ter. Then there are Father Raves.
Mr.. Hawker. coevntry Patmore, Ade-
lafde Proctor and others not few.
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contrasting color in oriental satin. 1t Is
Joined up the sides and lower edges.
The distinctive touch consists in cut
ting the top into tabs, turned under to
form loops. \ number OF rings half an
inch in diameter are sewed below the
tabs, and ribbon or cord is run through
them to draw the bag by.
An exceedingly dainty bag is one in
the rosiest shade of pink satin en-
broidered with design of yellow clus-
ter roses 1t is lined with primrose silk,
but the top, instead of being split into
tabs, is turned down and hemmed.
No rings are sewed on, but running
slide of ribbon, and all along one side
on the lower edge and beneath the frill
is succession Of tiny bows alternately
pink and primrose. This is charming
in lily leaf green satin embroidered
with lilies of the valley and lined with
white, or in nasturtium shadings.
Some smart bags have part Of the
center of the pattern cut away, allow
ing the lining to be seen, and the raw
edges outlined In gold Japanese thread.
Pretty pieces Of Japanese embroideries.
now SO fashionable, make effective
bags if insertions Of oyster white satin
are mixed with the embroidery strips.
Painting on satin is not very success
full. 1t is apt to rub and certainly does
not repay the time spent on 1t, as the
surface covered is one impossible to
fill with striking clusters Of flowers.
Suede leather can be pressed into
service and looks well studded with
tint jewels and embroidered in silk and
gold thread, but it should only be used
for special occasions, as it catches the
dirt
The great advantage Of the theater
bag, apart from its usefulness. lies in
the fact Of its being an economical
present. and one which uses up all
remnants.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

winds of the south. and purified by the
winds that blow from the northwest,
as from any other part of the country.
The Marshalltown paper is mistaken
when it says that the Iowa author must
so abroad for the mighty inspiration
OF mountains and primeval forests.
What's the matter with primevai
prairies?
Where in this world are there such
mighty energies displayed? Where is
there such a sweep of vision? Where
are men stronger? What does forest
have to do with it? 1t is said of So
crates that he seldom Went outside the
walls of Athens. The country can
teach me nothing he was in the habit
of saying, people can"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
IOWA AND AUTHORSHIP.

[Cedar Rapids Republican,
The keokuk Standard and the Mar
shalltown Times Republican have been
discussing Iowa authors, who they are
and why the state does not produce
more of them. Octave Thanet and
Hamlin Garland are drawn into the dis
cussion, as about the brightest lights
in the literary horizon of this state,
The Marshalltown commentator
thinks that Iowa Is too commercial for
literature and the Keokuk paper thinks
that Iowa lacks the scholastic instincts
and that Iowa colleges fail to dominate,
the thought of the communities that
harbor them. The Iowa City product,
it is stated. is more apt to be a politi-
clan than a literary man.
1t is always pleasant to dissent, and
controversy is the breath of life, but
in this instance one finds it hard either
to dissent or to controvert unless it is
the statement that Hamlin Garland and
Octave Thanet are great authors.
Heaven bless them for they are credit
able writer's, but they are simply a lit
tie less ephemeral than the rest of the
book makers In this state. Neither one
has struck a note that will long rever-
berate in the world. When they die
they will, probably receive honorable
mentions, but their books will soon be
forgotten. Few people can name any
of their books twelve months after
they are published. Mr.. Garland is
one of the most successful make be-
lieve artists in the humhuggery of
American literature.
And as a matter OF fact. why this
yearning after authors. on the part OF
Iowa? Bookmaking-the most ephe-
neral of books. Thousands of books
are made every year and the one who
pays for the making is fortunate If
enough copies are sold to pay the costs.
Now and then the people go crazy over
a book-just as that Fifth avenue mob
of women went crazy over the Goelet
wedding, and then everyone buys 1t and
makes a great furore. But it soon dies
out.
or course, a real creator would be
welcomed, q man with mission, with
an epoch making book, but after all
has been said that can be said in favor
of American literature. there has hard
Nv been an epoch-making book produce
ed In this country. For the most part
American literature has been the re-
echoing of the past and the reflections
of other countries. Plenty of pretty
end dainty things are done in prose.
and verse, and bound up in handsome
covers, but all America is still without
an author of the first rank. She hardly
has an honorable mention in the sec
ond class.
Why then, brethren of the press. be
so distressed over Iowa's lack OF pro-
gress in this respect. When America
does speak to the world the speaker
is apt to come from these produc-
tive prairies, instinct with the energy
Of reproduction, sweetened by the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
NEWS BUTCHERS AND LITERATURE.

If, the stock of literature displayed
trains is to be accepted as typical and
adapted to the taste of the travelling
public, then public taste needs fix
ing" On train this morning a pas
senger ordered the newsboy to bring
him something to read. Haven't any
magazines" said the boy. "but have
you read Harry Tracy It's about the
late outlaw. It's a peach" The pro-
spective purchaser had. as appeared
from the ensuing conference, been de-
prived thus far of that privilege, but
knew opportunity when it came knock
Ing. The news butcher made his sale
and the literary passenger forgot the
word as he followed the fortunes of
I f.the late outlaw" And this on Thanks
giving day!
The boys own literary taste is not to
be held responsible. He carries the
books that sell best. The big company
which supplies him with his literary
wares is watchful Of the public de-
mand If Harry Tracy" and Jesse
James, with their Installations of rob-
berry and murder, are the standard of
the news butchers trade 1t ds because
the supply house has properly gagged
the wants of those who buy books on
the trains. The literary responsibility
of the book is no concern OF the boy or
the book house. They need the money
and take the shortest cut to Its acqui-
sition.
There is prevalent marked and un-
healthy craving for the trashy and vi
cious. Perhaps the newspaper stories
OF criminal climaxes are In a measure
blamable for the vogue of Harry
Tracy" and its congeners. Back of it
all, however, is taste that needs
anne ndment and reform. Good. honest
literature doesn't sell on the trains.
There is no dearth of exciting litera-
lure. OF the better class. but the masses
DO not want it. There is apparently a
Pail for vicious adventure and the
I Frenchified and nasty. The big train
sales fall to Harry Tracy or the
school OF naked and hawdy realism.
lola is always in stock. Robert Louis
Stevenson and Ian McLaren rarely or
never.
Much of the trash sold on the trains
Is absolutely vicious and demoraiiz!ng
It is foolish and filthy and carries con-
tamination. 1t teaches a lesson of
loose morality and is a conformation of
crime. Perhaps the free rity and
township libraries will go far toward
correcting its influence. but there is no
doubt that the trashy and vicious stun
with which the trains and news stands
are cramrned awakens and strengthens
criminal and immoral tendencies and
is responsible for many worthless and
vicious lives.
But think of buying Harry Tracy"
on a Thanksgiving morning!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

Hated, guaranteed price; you direct my
can" If the employer can not direct
that labor he is denied the opportunity
of making it earn more than said work
man could earn for himself and it is
to be presumed that the laborers
price is equal to what he could earn
| for himself hence the euspioser under
| the union demand IS den 10 his mlrg'n
of profit by the very stipulations of the
contract. 1t fires the anger of free
ganization to demand the right to die
tate to him whom he shall pay wages
| to AMI to whom he shall not The
union laborer, We're he to become cap
italist, would not stand it for a moment
and he is unreasonable in demanding
such subserviency on the part of oth-
ers.
The company likewise, wins on its
contention for an open shop One year
ago, 1t is no: likely. this point could
have been carried. but, as the labor
question is studied. it is apparent that,
as between private employers and
worklnen's organizations, the closed
shop is a matter of contract. If, by
concerted refusal to accept employ
ment in an open or non-union shop
union worknen can force or make de-
sirable contract for closed shop
they are acting strictly within the
rights and privileges of free men, but
if the employer refuses TO 50 contract
he should enjoy the unrestricted right
TO employ other men if he can. Any
government that allows his property
tc be burned or his nav workmen to
be stoned is a government of tyranny
by one class over another.
The right of the union to be heard in
the matter of routing cars was a just
one only insofar as the routing af-
fected their comfort and wages. The
company contended for the right to
manage Its own business and to do its
own routing and won. Nevertheless
the workmen Will probably get the
concessions they demanded. Likewise
it was necessary, to compromise that
would settle anything at all, that tha
strikers be allowed to return to their
former jobs and, in conceding this, it
is more than likely that the company
was serving its own best interests.
since the service of the original force
was certainly of much more value to
the company than that of new and
unframed one. The company, on the
ether hand, was justified in reserving
the right to refuse a return to those
men engaged in violence against the
employees or property of the company
during the strike. The result seems a
decided victory for fair play. 1t Will
warn union labor to be cautious and
ressona ble In Its future demands and,
with the advent of greatly curtailed
employment, competition for jobs vii,
mark the Chicago street railway strike
as the turning point In the strike con-
tenticas OF the present Industrial era.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
THEATER BAGS.
They Are Very Acceptable Gifts Mt
Christmas Time

Nothing is Il more acceptable present
than theater bag made to hold fan.
opera glasses, scent bottle and hand
kerchief In choosing materials for a
theater bag you must bear in mind the
worldly circumstances of the recipient,
and if the theater bag will be carried
in and out of trains and trolley cars
select something that does not easily
soil and lose its pristine freshness. 1t
is best always to avoid much span
Cling. as it is liable to tarnish, and
spangles have tendency to fray the
surface of dress material.
A useful theater bag would be one
composed of corntlower blue miroir vel
vet cut thirteen inches deep and twelve
in breadth. 1t should be lined with q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
a Good Name.

From personal experience testify
that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
unequaled as liver pill. They are
rightly named, because they give
strength and energy and do their work
with ease.--W. T. Easton. Boerne, Tex.
Thousands of people are using these
tiny little pills in preference to all oth-
ers, because they are SO pleasant and
effectual. They cure biliousness. tor
pid liver, jaundice. sick headache. con-
stipation, etc. They do not purge and
weaken, but cleanse and strengthen.
Sold by all druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
A Runaway Bicycle

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg Of j. B. Orner Franklin Grove. Ill.
1t developed stubborn ulcer. unyield-
ing to doctors and remedies for four
wears. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured. It's just as good for burns.
scalds, skin eruptions and piles. Twen-
ty-five cents at George p Powers drug
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Iowa City Republican says of
the late Governor Drake: He was a
worthy citizen, who loved his state and
his country, who devoted much to the
general good. Mankind is his debtor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

lar as Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t con-
tains no opiates or poisons and never
fails to cure. For sale by 3. A. Nor
gan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

Fatherly advice Is thus given by the
Mason City Times-H Herald: The school
girl should do two things-take care
of her health and make chum of her
mother"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

the forehead? Do you nave PAIN
across the eyes? Are you losing your
sense of smell? Is there a dropping in
the throat? Are you losing your sense
of taste? Are you gradually getting
deaf? Do you hear buzzing sounds
Do you have ringing in the ears? Dc
you suffer with nausea of the stomach
Is there constant bad taste in the
mouth? Do you have a hacking coughi
Do you cough at night? Do you take
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

The ship subsidy question comes up
in the Waterloo Courier columns as
follows:
That Great Britain should propose to
abandon ship subsidies will be a Sc
we're blow to the contention of those
who maintain that American merchant
marine can only be re-established with
the aid Of subsidies"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
M1sxal4ez9
low A NE w S.
} PAPERS 4 =
THE PUMPKIN VINE.

The Chicago and Northwestern rail-
way has piece OF track running from
Belle PLANE, Ia, to Muchakinock. n
the coal fields near Oskaloosa. 1t Is by
all odds the crookedest railroad in the
state-possibly in the United States. It
twists and turns on short notice and
with such frequency that ever since II
was constructed, about eighteen year
ay., 1t has been known as the pumpkin
vine" So devious are its winnings
that while no one has ever said that
the engineer and conductor of train
could shake hands from their respec-
tive stations as they passed each Other
curyeting thru the hills. 1t has been
stated on good authority that one
must In order to see the caboose from
the engine, look across the country
and also know where to look II he
wishes to see It, The writer of this
was on the first locomotive that came
thru to the southern terminus of the
line. and made number of trips over
the road afterward. He is prepared to
youch for almost anything that may be
said concerning its deyiations. 1t Is
the "meanderngest" piece of railroad
to be found anywhere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

What is the use OF trial by jury,
asks the Davenport Democrat. with all
the evidence before men sworn to do
their duty, If their findings are to be
overturned by those whose sympathies
are appealed to. and who would rather
be obliging than otherwise?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
1Inura Falls Citizen.

AS boy, the writer remembers go
Ing home from school and passing by
the open door Of the open saloon. In
summer the fumes OF beer fioated
gracefully out on the open street and
in the winter crowds OF men and boys
pasted their shanks by the big stove