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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25
J. /. THOMPSON, EDITOR.
J. n. SHEPARD. MANAoEh.

Smith was removed to the hospital where
it was found he had suifert d . fractured
arm. MISS Harding also suffered to some
extent by the experience Il
Miss Boyd is still quite i'll at this writ
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25

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Youths Companion.
The NAV Deliueator (lSo5) presents
the following collect for club women:
Keep MS o Gsd from Pettiuess; let us
be large in thought. in word in deed. s
Let us be done with faultfinding and
leave off self seeking.
May we put away all pretense and
meet each other face to face-without
self pity and without prejudice.
Nav we be never hasty in Judgment
and always generous.
Let us take time for all things; make
to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us TO put into action our bet
ter impulses, straightforward and un-
afraid.
Grant that we may realize it is the
little things that create differences;
that in the big things of life we are at
one.
And may we strive to touch and to
know the great, common womsn's heart
Of us ali, and, 0 Lord God, let us not
forget ia be kind!
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-25

Of us ak, and, o Lord God, let us not
forget q be kind!
The value of the woman's club to
the individual member, WAS the subject
Of discussion by the members OF one
of our clubs recently. Fourpapers on
the subject were read by as many mem
beers giving their ideas of what the CLUB
has done for them and what it would
do for others. s@G
Cleaned from the papers read and
from expressions by members VINO
gave Testimony" at the close OF the
meeting at least ten definite Dement'S
are derived, and this is a list of ten
things the club was said to do Tor
women:
l. Proves that men are no smarter
than women.
9. Enlarges tne heart and broadens
the mind.
3. Makes better wives and mothers.
4. Is woman's greatest educator.
6. Makes women more neighborly.
6. Creates spirit of sisterly love.
:. Teaches charity, the sweetest OF
earthly virturas.
s. Is the greatest influence for real
culture.
8. Teaches woman a higher duty
than gossiping.
10. Association makes for the great
est good to the greatest number.
The Iowa Federation of Women's
clubs has reached its fourth milestone.
The result of the work has been very
encouraging from the small beginning
of Eve clubs, it has steadily grown
until now there is enrolled thirty clubs
with at least four hundred associate
members.
The spirit of the Iowa Federation is
investigative and interpretive. 1t
probes clear to the heart of things
believing that nothing is without a
heart-and that in accordance with
the fullness thereof, the mouth speak
eth ond coutributh to the issues of life,
We have come to realize that we are
q part Of the vast evolutionary tide OF
our age; that each act operates for the
lasting good or i'll of humanity, and
the recognition of this truth has stimu-
lated such degree of righteous ener-
~ the sum total of events in the past
four years evidences an encouraging
increase in that inspiraticnal influence
which we call progress. .',5.~
Our State Federation stands pledged
TO those great ideas of liberty and pro-
press which are the very breath of the
future. de-
The rusult of this oneness in the in
terest of humanity is the humiliation
Of sex Limitation; for in Gods vineyard
truth and liberty are single light"
and the conservation of the best to the
needs Of the world lifts men and wo-
men into that upper and ideal sphere
OF human unity.
Here merit alone is the test and stan
.eard and infinite possibility is the goal
of desire to be attained by all.
There is no excuse for the mind that
stun ble.h in intellectual MONDAY, and
in the rarifed mental atmosphere OF
the centuries to come difficulties will
be overcome by spiritualized reason,
whose prophetically penetrating Wis.
ion will be SO quickened by divine
illumiua,ion that it will be able to
grasp and to solve the mysterious prob
lem Of the past, the present and the
future.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
WHAT REAL GRAND JURY MIGHT DO.

ERBERT CHOYNSKI attorney law declares that Super
paid $4,000 apiece the overhead trolley
wire franchise permit recently granted the United
Railroads He adds that Mayor Schmitz and Abe Rue
paid $4,000 for their part promoting the grant
We do know whether Mr. Choynsk has any evidence
back his charges other than the gossip of the based
the suddenly apparent auenc of like Lonergn who be
fore he took Office found difficult earn than SIS week
Other members of the board showing signs of unexpected
prosperity that did their labors before they
official The vulgar spurge made by Mayor Schmz in
the gossip and compes the question:
Where did he get it?"
If Mr. Choyn has any evidence that goes beyond these
and inenc il is his duty officer of the bring it
Grand Jury will shortly be mpaneed. The present
body merely tool Of Ruef The city well
Graham has the chance of lifetime nqustor
that will 60 the OF the corruption that acts
cipal state.
Judge Graham believes grand jurors
drawn selected Ruef he esor No
better than Judge Graham whether this
The responsibility for giving the city active
mined Grand Jury the Presiding Judge San Francisco
betrayed by her The Supervisors touch nothing that has
money for them and the necessary work rehabilitation
undone The Mayor has deserted and spending
which everybody believes dishonesty acquired Rue
fact and grows wealthy off the spos The police dmorazed
by the fact that they used collection agency bbes
The District Attorneys political travelling the highways
and byways Office negectng but
drawing his salary.
The picture overdrawn changed twenty
four hours if Judge Graham will give Jury
that business would bring those officials
been spending money like drunken sailor make explain
the That police
thief
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
CHEER UP, UNCLE.

NCLE JIM HILL has keeper
He is Overlooking fountain of good advice AS grow
old they become gaulous We like hear uncle talk
does uncle.
president and the Great Northern
railways INDUCES worship of ancestors Instead he
He feels deep and abiding of obligation
and assigns population Of 100000 for the United States
than twenty years have
2OOO0O0O people These filling figures on the
simplicity of prophetic rule of three which, this regard
whit superior to the rule of thumb
Doubtless when these periods fulfilled much
population than have Whether the figures will
those based uncles rule very Popua
ton attention to arithmeca proportion 1t much
concerned with potatoes.
Uncle Jim like the lone watcher of the thinks he
has discovered and monsous planetary intruder nno-
wonder the invasion is delightful the whole
world TO witness Uncle Hill has been busy all
week Nautilus lived hundred
the old Of thumb that is botherng brought him
up against the wall which beating his
venerable head.
Of settled melancholy when he discovered thought pop
uaion increases geomea ratio while the subsistence
added ahmetcal ratio only AS the this un
equal the world rapidly approaching That was
hundred years ago. and the world has yet except in
spots The facts Nautilus talking So uncle
The growth Of population which uncle bases
rule OF thumb due chiefly to the improved transpor
which important part science and
greatly population would have grown rapidly indeed might
have stood still Population follows and does precde
food limit
Jim good point concerning our spendtrift habit
wasting the forests We should reform that altogether
be used and point mines
well taken Ores like and will grow
The contemporary world is entitled all it Dig We do
share uncle's posterity worship.
scarcely whether proud pleased
discovery of what Nautilus thought
but he should take heart OF and remember there
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12

.HE dates have been announced by
Mrs Ynez Shorb White for her
Friday Cotillon Club dances. OF
which she will have five this
winter, instead OF four. as heretofore.
They will be given in the ladies grill
room of the Palace Hotel, which an
nouncement has been made in former
seasons. but which is now so sadly
different in meaning. rhe same rules
as to early hours will prevail. and Mrs.
White and the patronesses will make
every effort to have them as like as
possible to the successful dances Of
former years. The frst dance will be
on Friday, November 23, and the others
on the following dates: Friday. De-
cember IA; Friday, January IL; Friday,
january 25; and Friday, February s.
The affair on January IL will be one Of
the events Of the season, as it is an
nounced as a bal poudre- The patron
esses are Mrs. William B. Collier. Mrs.
Edward L. Eyre, Mrs. James Follis,
Miss Gwin, Mrs. Eleanor Martin. Mrs
1. Lawrence Poole and Mrs. ]. de Barth
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
OCTOBER II, 1906
Minneapolis People Show .lhey
Appreciate Direct Primary
Bv Georce a. Van ssr11itI1-

20 the system was openly hapnted in
the face of respectabiIityrs The AFRO
~ance of vice became insufrerabie- The
people demanded an enforcement OF the
law. The Mayor put the lid on As
far as possible he secured a literal
compliance with statute and ordinance.
The saloons, least offensive Of the
lavz-breakers. were confronted by an
immense aggregate loss when 1t de-
veloped that no lodging of the sun
day-cIosing law would be permitted
The brewing and wholesale liquor in
terests of the State. fearing the erect
that strict compliance with the clos
ing law in Minneapolis would have on
other communities. organized to en-
compass the defeat of the Mayor. who
was a candidate for Republican re-
nomination. A campaign fund well I'D
in five figures was raised. being con-
tributed to not in Minneapolis alone.
but by the allied interests throughout
the State In addition to the big
campaign fund. good men were in
duced to enter the primary lists as can
didates, men able by their personal
worth and esteem in which they were
held to draw a large respectable ele-
ment vote. Very likely the hopes OF
the promoters of these candidates.
were realized in some degree
The organization managed to pre-
vent any contest for the Democrats
nomination for Mayor. believing that
the rank and file of the Democracy
could be relied upon TO vote against
the Republican lid" candidate Both
sides were afraid to exercise the chal-
lenge provided by the Minnesota pri-
mary election law and hundreds OF
Democrats did demand and vote the
Republican primary ticket. But there
the plans of the manipulators went
astray. In the wards where the "com-
mon people" were expected TO show
their unhtness for active participation
in politics and subscribe to the bad
policies of bad leaders. the votes were
cast that insured the denomination OF
the reform Mayor-the votes. in a word,
of those who believed in the Sunday
saloon but were willing to sacrifice
that belief in order to indorse a pub
lie servant who stood for the decencies.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
The Smart Set.

shorb- The invitations will be sent
out within the next few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Brockway Metcalf.
Miss Marian Huntington and Mrs.
Franklin Bache Harwood aid not re-
turn to San Francisco from Del Monte
with the others of Miss Huntineton's
guests. They will remain there for a
brief time longer.
Mrs John B. Casserly, who has been
spending the summer at her fathers
country place in Michigan. is in New
York with Mr. -.y. who recently
went East
There has been much alarm among
the lends of 9anford Gwin within
the past few days over the news OF
his second serious illness he was
operated upon recently FOR appendicitis
The operation was successful. but hs
was taken with an attack Of conges-
tion Of the lungs. which occastoned
great Marm- The latest reports from,
New York. where he is at present with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. william
Gwin, who went directly there when
he was first i'll. are that he is better.
and it is hoped that the crisis now
past.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell White have re-
turned to the city and are occupying
their newly acquired residence at zs44
California street Ralston White win
remain in Mill Valley for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Gerstle have re-
turned from a fortnights stay at Del
Monte. They expect to visit Del Monte
later in the season for another brief
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas p Woodward
are stopping at the Hotel Knicksrbock-
er, on Fillmore street and Pacific ave-
nue.. while needed repairs are being
made on their home on Pine and Brod-
erick streets. 1t probably will be late
in the winter before the house in
ready for occupancy.
Miss Vida Jacks of Monterey is stay
ing at the st Francis
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
In the Joke World

Barber-Do you want a close shave?
Patron-No; get away as far as pos
sible. Those onions are herce.-Denver
Post
What is the superlative Of
i'll?
Scholar (after having pondered for
some time)-Dead.-I Monde Umoris-
tico.
How much will it cost me to go
abroad?"
Well" answered the steamship
agent. fthat depends on whether you
play cards on the boat or not."-Wash-
ington Star.
Boarder (finding snail in his cab
bage)-Do you see what 1 have found
in my cabbage. Mrs. stewedprune?
Mrs. tewedprune-Oh, yes. Don't
you care for 1t? You know, they are
quite the fashionable dish now.-Lon-
don Scraps.
'I say. mamma" asked little Tommy.
do fairy tales always begin with
Once upon a timer"
No, dear. not always" replied
mamma; they sometimes begin with
My love, have been detained at the
office again tonight '"-Glasgow News.
gentleman was disturbed, in his
rest in the middle of the night by some
one knocking on the street door.
who's there?" he asked.
"A friend" was the answer.
What do you want?"
'I want to stay here all night"
"All right, stay there, by all means"
was the benevolent reply.-Judge.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12

~ NE of the stock arguments of the
professional politician against
the adoption of system of di-
rect primary nomination OF par
tisan candidates for public ONCE is the
alleged unfitness of the general public
more especially that portion OF the
public following the humber walks OF
life, adequately to understand the in
tricacies of politics This self-consti-
tuted guardian of the public conscience
is also prone TO resort to another OBJ
vious untruth-the claim that the pub
lie is as bad as the bad boss or the
,ad boss could not exist.
The great American public is honest
Its sober Judgment can be relied upon
The public conscience may sleep, but
1T is not dead Given the opportunity
to participate in politics. the so-called
common citizen very promptly refutes
any charge of his unitriess by dem
onstrating most forcibIy his compre-
hensive appreciation of the questions
he is called upon to determine, as we'll
as his ability to detect the motives be-
hind the men who solicit his suffrage
The recent municipal primary cleo
tion in Minneapolis furnishes an ex-
cellent case in point. The majority OF
the people in Minneapolis. like major
ity of the people in other American cit
les, are not temperamentaIly inclined to
demand a puritanical enforcement OF
the laws for the regulation of the
liquor traffic and amusement enter
prises Minneapolis was a moderately
wide-open town without perceptibly
jarring the sensibilities of its people
It's wide-openness was for a time
rather decently conducted. The citizen
who believed in the strictest obser-
vance of Sunday laws eventually be-
came reconciIed to infractions not too
fragrant This license was not, as may
readily be believed. granted for moth
ing The immediate benefciaries of
lax enforcement of municipal and State
law contributed to the man higher
up"
Fancied security in public indiffer-
ence famed official cupidity. Soon
every form of vice that paid its tribute
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
Wagnerian Fragment Enthuses
Symphony Concert Audience.
By Jan1es Crawford.

singular beauty. OF the five movements
in the suite the scherzo vivace was the
only one that appeared to find gen.
eral approval among the non-elect the
opening allegro being pronounced too
subdued and too delicately shaded to
catch the popular fancy. The rondo
was a rafting measure. however
OF the last symphony composed by
Mozart SO much has been written in
laudation that it might appear super
fiuous, II not encyclopedia, to say more
than that Conductor Wolfe and his men
gave it splendid treatment. There is
something concerning 1t, however, that
1 have not read. and that is its favorit-
ism as a source OF borrowing" by later
composers. even to those Of the present
day. In its opening movement. an
allegro vivace, one can find the origin
OF entire passages that have been pre-
sented as original by the makers Of
modern comic opera and musical COM
edy scores. The best song in The
Prince of Pilsen'' really owes its tune
fulness to Mozart, although man born
a century later claims it as all his own.
In the menuetto movement there are
frequent hints OF the imperishable
dance music in Don Giovanni" but
that was an instance of one borrowing
from oneself. The entire symphony re-
fleets wonderful musicianship, and the
men directed by DR.. Wolfe seemed to
devote especial care to doing 1t all the
justice at their command The final
fugue, succession of four notes-C.
d. F, E-was splendidly treated by the
violins.
When we saw Die Walkure" played
at the Grand opera-house of immortal
memory we heard the Ride of the
yalkyrs" rendered vocally as well as
orchestraHy. and the weird singing of
the aerial maidens was no less i'm
pressive than the Instrumentation.
There was no Gadsky or Eames-yester-
day at Berkeley to give voice to the
thrilling cry OF Brunhilde. but all the
rest of the wonderful music we had
even better than Mr.. Grau presented it
to US. After the sweet1y somnoIent
number that Immediately preceded it. no
greater contrast of music compositions
or no more convincing tribute TO Wag-
ners versatility could have been ar
ranged.
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
TOO MUCH POWER.

the least surprising find Acting Mayor Gallagher
and Actual Mayor Rue opposed to civil service rules for the
police 1t would in fact be surprising find them in favor of
that plan and should begin suspect the
of some hitherto concealed vice it commended itself the
Gallaghers and the Rue
The San Francisco charter carefully drawn by
who had prophetic that the likely
time another under the control of like Ref
Gallagher The precautions that they took and the restrictions
that they placed the organic law pro-
penstics of the Ruefs and the Gaghes Stated another
the objection that these gentry raise the charter that does
give them they would like
Francisco who place power
of Ruef Gallagher Shmitz this good time for him
to speak up t.si
The only vice Of the city charter that gives the Mayor
much power rather than too little -e4eTnatt
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12

nondescript Hearst league ticket and
give workingmen a chance to do
themselves a real service by voting for
Theodore Bell. This ought to be suf-
fcient notice to Langdon that the one
special interest to which he appeals is
not for him.-Los Angeles Herald.
William K. Langdon of San Fran
cisco is the candidate of Hearst's In
dependence League for Governor. They
call this new party the Doodle Dees.
a prominent lawyer says, because those
words do not stand for anything
Georgetown Gazette.
Hearsts Independence League dug ND
a man named Blagge down at Ocean
Park to run on the State ticket as
Lieutenant Governor In his letter of
acceptance he breaks forth In the fol-
lowing exuberant manner: Having
implicit confidence in the judgment
when properly aroused, of the plain
people, do not believe 1 am too opti-
mistic In saying that / already per-
ceive creeping over the black mountain
OF corruption the faint, rosy streaks
OF a dawn which will brighten into a
new political day, redolent with the per-
fumes of reform and giving promise of
years of decreasing taxation" What
ever else may be said of him Mr..
Blagge is evidently an artist in the use
OF langwidge Riverside Press.
III Candidate Langdon is looking to
the voters for sympathy, his eyes must
be suffering severely from strain and
fatigue.-Los Angeles Express.
Another fellow has asked what a
Doodle Dee is and the Los Angeles
Herald informs him that 1t is the thing
they make holes In doughnuts out of
In other words it is cipher with the
circle erased.-San Diego Tribune
The anti-Hearst Democrats are find
ing much fault with the yellow states
man for so persistently blowing his
own horn. What is the difference be-
tween blowing ones own horn and
ringing ones own beIl?-Bakersfield
Echo.
AS the State campaign proceeds the
Bell ll-Hearst-Langdon wrangle is in
tensified. To say that Republicans
view with complacency the tangle
across the fence would be putting it
very mildly.-Napa Register.
There is something almost pitiful in
the position of the nominee of the So
called independence League for Gov.
ernor The Independence League is
the product of the personal ambition
of Hearst. Langdon, who is said to be
a man of character and ability, was
induced to be the candidate of what
he supposed a promising political
movement.-Pasadena News
The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
Concerning the Doodle Dees

District Attorney Langdon has a
habit of getting into the spotlight
when he thinks he has an audience.
and then disappearing into the slum-
berous wings when his audience begins
to yawn. He made one spectacular raid
on the San Francisco gamblers, and
then quit. But the gamblers didn't.
Now Langdon is seeking a handicap
by taking steps against the United
Railroads for killing too many people
by its cars. After the election Mr..
Langdon will go to sleep again and
dream himself great reformer-Sac-
ramento Bee.
Mr.. Hearst's platform for Langdon's
campaign is not made up of Democratic
planks, but of colored supplements. 1t
would not be surprising if his support
should give way.-Petaiuma Courier.
They've discovered a way to dope"
an auto to increase its speed. They
squirt "piercie'" into it. How would 1t
do to try it on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News.
william II. Langdon. the Independ-
made brief and ineffective speech to
some of the people of Watsonville yes
terday He was given a respectful
hearing, and he presented his case in a
mastery manner. His appeals, how
ever, fell upon deaf ears. =. - Lang
don is virtually disqualified from max
ing a winning fight by carrying too
much weight in the shape of Hearst.
The most that can be said of
Mr.. Langdon is that he is the most in
telligent feature that has ever appeared
in a political sideshow and is deserving
of better fate than that which awaits
him-w -watsonville Register
with Bell denouncing Hearst and
Langdon, and Langdon and Hearsts Ex-
aminer belaboring Bell, our friend the
enemy is having a merry time, and Re-
publican success is certain-always
was certain, for that matter.-Lake
County Bee.
Afford came out and Endorsed Lang
don, and now Hearst and the League
have been repudiated by the California
Democratic party. and the member. of
the State Board of Equalization is in a
great state of excitement. 1t is now
thought that Langdon will get not over
5000 votes In San Francisco, and no
more in the rest of the State.-Modesto
News
Poor Langdonl He represents moth
ing and nobody on Gods green earth
but the greed and selfishness of Hearst
and his renegades.-Los Angeles Her
aid.
Erhe San Francisco Labor Council has
asked Langdon to Withdraw from the