Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-06
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

spring wall paper trade. The strike led
| to an extensive use of soft coal. and the
atmosphere of larger cities has been SO
smoky in consequence that wall papers
everywhere have been ruined.
| BY virtue of law passed at the last
session of the legislature, New York
| is now the the only state. we believe, in
which a man or woman is absolute
nobody can photograph or reproduce
another's lineaments without that 9TH
er's consent. This enactment very eff
|fectually remedies the condition of at
| fairs brought out by recent decision
of the New York courts which held that
there was nothing even to prevent a
woman's portrait from being used with
out her consent on a tobacco or whisky
| label.
What interesting sermons you
preach!''
Yes. The time should have been in
q theological seminary / spent in SOW
ling my wild oats" Life.
Referring to President Roosevelts
dedicatory address at st. Louis the New
York Sun says it is the finest thing he
has done since he began to speak in
public. The Suns references to the
president are not always so full of COM
pliment He pleases the Sun and the
coterie it represents better as speaker
on didactic subjects than as trust
smasher.
The story of the Indian who, SEN
fenced to be hanged for murder. was al
lowed his freedom without bonds upon
his promise to appear at the time and
place fixed in the decree for his hang
ling. promise which was faithfully
kept, is matched by another which
comes from the same section. The ter
ritory of Oklahoma having no peniten-
tiary, its criminals are cared for by its
ueighbor Kansas A man walked into
the prison at Lansing a few days ago
and presented a letter to the warden,
which said the bearer had been con-
yicted of manslaughter and sentenced
for term of four years. AS he was
known TO be honest, the services of a
sheriff were dispensed with on the
ground of economy.
A young Maryland widow has just
won a strange lawsuit. She had num-
her of teeth filled with gold, and after
the work was done she said that 1t was
not satisfactory. The dentist asked to
examine his work, and while doing so
pulled out all the teeth which he mad
Ifilled with gold. He said in court that
he could not afford to lose the gold IL
he was not to get his money but the
Judge thought he had been q bit hasty,
and 1t cost him $4,000.
The Carroll Sentinel remarking on
the haphazard method of collecting
jmortuary statistics in vogue in this
state thinks until the present system is
changed to require doctors to certify
births and deaths at once, paying them
for it, and providing a penalty for nom
no attempt to collect this information.
The Sentinels criticism of the slack
ness shown by physicians in reporting
this important public information is
well taken. However, there seems no
good reason to pay physicians for per-
forming public duty. There is no
more reason why he should be paid for
reporting death or birth more than for
reporting "A case of smallpox Or scarlet
fever. The imposition of severe PEN
atty and its application to few in
stances of gross carelessress would re-
suit in a crop of valuable statistical in
formation.
In his fast day proclamation the gov
ernor of Maine said: '.Whollycontrary to
good sense and in spite of my own con-
victions, 1 do now appoint a fast day,
hoping nobody will observe 1T, feeling
sure that it is mockefy and a farce,
and wishing with all my heart that it
might be abolished and thus enable me
to keep clean conscience" The good
old Puritan day has certainly fallen far
from its ancient honor and respect
when the governor feels impelled to
speak of it in such terms, and it cer-
tainly would be well to abolish 1t.
1t pays to teter-totter. Witness the
glory of Uncle George Perkins.-Iowa
City Republican.
The Republican forgets. A slight
exercise of memory will recall an occa-
sion where teter- tottering teetered d
candidate upside down before state
convention. Think hard!
Chicago has a new organization of
women. 1t is called the Medical Wom-
ems Club, and, as its name implies, 1t
lis composed of women physicians. The
club has been organized for scientific
research, with the additional object of
bringing women physicians into closer
social relations with each other. 1t Is
said to be the only society composed OF
professional women not affiliated with
q Greek letter fraternity. The club
started few weeks ago with mem
bership of sixty.
CARROTS two school buildings are to
be given distinctive names in accord
ance with the custom obtaining in most
cities, and among the names suggested
are those of Samuel j. Kirkwood and
Ansel Briggs. one, Iowa's first gov