The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-27

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nice, gingery, little slap at the house,
a sort of farewell singer from the late
occupant OF the White House.
/ About the eleventh hundred and sew
enty-seventh message from President
Roosevelt transmitted the report of a
Homes Commission" to Congress.
Communications from the late Pres
4 sident were SO much of daily diet,
that nobody paid any attention to this
particular message and report Who
cared about ZONES" when there was
nice scrap on about the Secret Ser
vice? So the message and report
were printed, distributed, and, 1t seems
most of them were consigned to the
waste basket without even glance by
a majority Of the busy legislators.
Some eagle-eyed statesman, how
ever, happened to open the Homes
report one day, and found 1t told more
picturesque tales about human vice
and devilishment than he'd ever found
collected in one volume. That states
man read ali the naughty parts, and
the next day in the Senate blushed out
loud for its badness. Others hustled
out and found copies that later raised
their voices on the floor of both
houses and said Naughty! Naughty!
Now the Homes Commission is re-
port of 3S1 pages, Most of the mem
bers only hastily read the Elinor Glyn
parts, and skipped the rest, 1t re-
NAMED for Jim" Tawney, Chairman
, of the appropriations committee to dig
little deeper. He found a perfect
, mine of information on what to eat
what to wear, where to live, how to
live, what's naughty and what's good
/ and has been edifying his colleagues
, with the result of his researches ever
since.
) Among the bits of wisdom discover
. ed by Tawney are the following:
e SKINNED milk is the residue after
{ the cream has been removed.
t Butter is formed by churning the
e cream of milk"
a Boots and shoes are intended to
S protect the feet from the even and
t. rough surfaces the ground, from
e cold. wet, and heat
e ct is a good plan to use nightshirts
e and pajamas."
Speaking Of dreams the Homes
J. report says: practical experience
h teaches us that dreamless sleep Is
e in every way recuperative, while
e dreamful night produces tired feel
IS in the morning: hence dreams shoule
r. be avoided, If possible
e Clothing" the report also inform!
d us, must be adapted to climate ant
seasons"
- All of which is, as Rep. Mann apt
"a ly expressed it in the House, ate
Tawney had read few OF the ABOVE
Interesting, If true.
But apart from the universal en-
g cvclopedic character of the book
: aside from its hints on how to Wasl
IL the baby and on how many slices o
bread should be eaten at each meal
why children leave home where no
to borrow money, the number of MIL
lion of germs in one small cubic incl
of air space, the report introduces
new member of the famous In Bat
= Club"
Congressman Crumpacker, (Rep
Roosevelt. through the report, got
nice little dig at the Hosier congress
man for his championship of a meas
ure for the review in the courts
fraud orders issued by the Postonlc
j. Department. This was done by IN
Producing an extract from maya
~ zine article. The statement was mao
l. in the article that the influences De
hind Crumpaeker were lot OF paten
,. nostrum fakes and get-rich-quic
e scheme workers. This pill 1t says
!, "was railroaded through the House.
There is man on the government
e nav roll whose specified duty - IN
- making of quill pens 1t is llgh'
:. congenfal employment, too for u
al very seldom has to fashion any neN
noints-the same old quilts have bee
doing duty for several years.
Then thhere is another man WI
draws money from Uncle Sam Whos
sole duty is to march slowly ana VIII
digniied manner in front OF MN
other dignitaries, who, however, q
: lot more to earn their money.
- The Supreme Court of the oniee
8: States gives employment to these wv
unioue servants of the public.
The Court of last resort OF u
st United States is the most lnterestln
deliberative body in the country
A. apart from its eminence, its dlstlnc
s. i've character and membership. III
e small court chamber is enshroude
g in the gloom of tradition. The Sena'
|d Iof the United States occupied the san
!, room until 1883. wherefore their Gins
W to it something of the atmosphere
n. olden days.
On the tables reserved for the cou
sci in the room may still be found qui
n mems. neatly arranged beside inkstan'
of ancioit pattern, and the America
of today is almost disappointed not
find the sand for hlotting that used