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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18
CHARACTERS BOTH
COMIC And QUAINT
Joint Party at Young Mems Christian
Association Afforded Unlimited
Enjoyment for
Guests.
FIFTY MAsQUERADERs
That Number Appeared in Striking
costumes-Grand March ana
Other Features Were En-
Pertaining.

The parlors and auditorium of the
Young Mems Christian Association
were thrown open last evening for
the joint character party of that asso-
citation and the Young Womens Chris
tian Association, and more than one
hundred members were in attendance
The affair was one grand success and
. pleasing informality made everyone
plunge into the spirit of it.
Nearly fifty appeared in costumes,
some representing well known char
acters of history. while others were
content with simply a comic makeup.
|. was in the large auditorium that the
big fun took place. It started with the
arrival of the Pax Indians, six in
number and looking fearless enough
to scalp the pale faces present The
dusky-skined warriors pitched their
tent in the middle of the floor and
gave war dance that set the audi
ence laughing heartily. When the
smoke had cleared from these hostil-
tiles a grand march started in which
those costumed took part It was lead
by Miss Jessie Banks, costumed as a
negress, and H. T. Powers as her l1us-
band. This same couple later put on
Is musical number that proved the hit
of the evening. Following were the
characters and people in the grand
march:
Portia-Mrs. r. c .Hufstader.
Che Che San-Meta T. Hummer.
Gold Dust Twirs-Janet Shoel and
Leila Hummer.
Uncle Sam-H. T. Powers
Martha washington Emale Pence.
O-Myo-San-Isabelle Herbert.
Yukson- Mrs VIM. Aldrich.
Evangell.a Puritan Mae Lam
berta futile.
Dutch Kid-Marie Mosely.
Daffadon Dilli-Julia Rela,ld.
Sonbonnet Baby-Mary O'Brien
Japanese Girl George Schroeder.
Dutchess-D Dorothy Renaud.
Japanese-Eva HUDSON.
Aunt Jernima -Jessie Bank
Miss Holland-Hazel Reiner.
Janice Meridith-Helen Reiner.
Folly-Harriet Wright.
Queen of Hearts-Olive Williamson.
Don 1u1AOlS--W w. IL. y uHlSS.
Old Fashion Girl-Maud Immegart.
Colonial Lady-Ruth Zimmerman.
Folly-E Elizabeth Foelker.
French Girl-Beatrice Williamson.
Gretchen-Anto Hunfstader.
Cow Boy-Adah Musser.
Lavender and Lace-Ruth Hamill.
Under the Liliacs-Clara Trott.
f-f low.
Jos. Dixon-H. T. Powers.
Negro-Earl Carpenter.
Old Cy-Helmuth Pease.
Old Cv's Wife-Guy Fulton.
Old Cy's Kid--Ilarence Span.
Indians-Puss Huiskamp, Teddy
Bear Elder, Chief Keokuk Wilson
Fox Fulton, Heap Big Smoke in the
Face Strickler, wild Rose Newcomb,
Judges' Awards.
It was the duty # five iudges-Prof
William Aldrich, Mrs. Harry Reeves
Mrs. Henry ". Huiskamp, Miss Har
riet Solomon D. Frank NJ Fuller
to award prizes to the various types
of masqueraders. These awards were
as follows:
Artistic-Miss Herbert.
Quaint-Miss Immegart, MS. Pence
Best Group-Indians.
Acted parts best-Ada NJ -sscr, Rob
ert Hufstader.
Original Guy Fulton. Helmutf
Pease.
Funniest-Gold Dust Twins, Janet
Shoels, Leila Hummer
Unique Elizabeth Foelker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18

A few minutes delay in treating
some cases of Group, even the length
of time It takes to go for a doctor
often proves dangerous. The safest
way is to keep Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy in the house, and at the first
indication of Group give the child a
dose. Pleasant to take and always
cures. Sold by Wilkinson & Co., and
J. f. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18
D. |. HOFFER
The TRACK man
Instructor From University Of Chicago
is One Of the Best Men in
County in Conducting
Meet.
SOMETHING ABOUT HIM
Established Name For Hir self for
Dispatch and Ability to Run
of Track Events With
Speed.
Especial to The Gate City.1

>
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Mr. ID. L. Hof.
fer, the man whom the management
of the Tri-State track meet has Sc
cured to be referee and starter of the
third annual meet on May Z, is we'll
qualified to serve in this position. Mr..
Hoffer is at present instructor in the
Bartlett gymnasium Of the University
of Chicago and is a great favorite with
his classes. Manager Parsons is to
be congratulated on having landed
such an able. experienced and efficient
official.
Five years of Y. NJ. C. A. athletic
work as director of gymnasium and
track performances has well fitted Mr..
Hoffer for the position OF referee and
judge. In Colorado Springs and in
the Hyde Park Y. M. G. A. in Chi
cago, he has had much experience as
track work and gymnastic director.
AS associate director at Hyde Park
he was under the direct tutelage OF
Mr.. Spalding.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18

HESTER:
Cold Medal Flour makes the iightes,
sponge cake ! ever saw. RACHEL.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18
What He Has Done.

During the time Mr.. Hoffer held the
position of superintendent of athletics
IN the public schools of Maaitou, Colo.
RADIO Springs and Colorado City, he
had charge of the meets conducted by
the anti-cigarette league, composed of
tie older boys i'll the public schools.
AS referee in these meets he won lau-
rels. In one meet there were twenty
seven teams represented and their
numbers amounted to 152 entries, with
ten events on the program. The
meet was started at 2:30 o'clock and
in two hours and a quarter 1t was
finished. 1t is easy to see that inter-
est could not lag in meet pulled off
in such record time. Mr.. Hoffer es-
tablished a name for himself for dis
patch and ability to run track events
in this affair. This instance is suffi.
cient to show what kind of director
will appear at Keokuk on May 7.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18
Work Has Been Extensive.

Mr. Hoffer is quite modest In speak.
ing Of his past abilities in this line
However, he did admit that he had
judged or started meets both large
and small ones for number of years
His work as director of athletics in
the association work, of course, gave
him chance to further use his ability
along the lines Of track athletics, so
it is by no means stranger to the
track who will handle the starting gun
in the big meet Of May Z.
Personally Mr.. Hoffer is a mighty
fine man and the fellows here are
much pleased with him. He is pleas
ant and jolly and in every way friend
ly. His work as instructor in the
gymnasium here is of high standard
and he is well thought of officially.
1t will be worth something to track
teams to work under a man of the
experience Of Mr.. Hoffer's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-18

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13

which permitted them to have chill
dren that did not mean an absolutely
dead burden.
In the north, where the children go
to work in the mines when quite
young, they are still considered an as
set, and statistics show that in these
districts the population is still increas-
ing
The education laws also have in
| fluenced the number of births, and
anyone can convince himself that in
the districts where they are not strict
| ly enforced there are a greater num-
Der of children born, while the birth
| rate is lowest where the children are
compelled to go to school up to the
/ full age. The schools deprive the par
ents of the work of the children.
| There is then great difference be-
tween the causes of diminished num-
bers of birth in the well-to-do and
poorer classes, but besides the causes
mentioned, there are hundred, not
to say thousand, others.
| The actual marriage conditions, and
the neglected education of our young
girls. are among these, and it is squar
ely up to the politicians to suggest
the remedies
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13
Cause of Birth Rate Decrease in France
BY Prof. DR.. E. DcB0vc, University of Paris

good or bad laws that have been pass
cd during the last century or more.
Let us take a law passed during
the revolution: the abrogatiOn of the
privileges of the first born, in many
ways a just and equitable measure.
The cutting up Of inheritance has
changed our customs. Among the
higher classes today families with on
~ one Or two children are the rule.
The first born is the child, the second
is accepted as an insurance against
sickness or death, and the third is an
intruder.
There is a more recent law, that in
troduced by Theophile Roussel, for
| the protection of infancy-a most ben
eficial law.
Mothers" this law says, must
not take positions as nurses until
they have nursed their own child fol
at least seven months
There can be no doubt as to the
excellent effects of this law, but it is
nevertheless certain that it has help
ed to diminish the number of births
In the country districts, where nur
ses come from, these are getting
scarce. The young mother has ceased
to be a source of income to her hus
band and family. This does not soun(
very sentimental, but it is true never
theless.
Our workmen and peasants have al
ways considered their children an as
set as soon as they were strong enough
to work. They meant so many more
hands to earn money in the factory
or help cultivate the farm. The mos
excellent law regulating the work o
women and children has robbed The
working classes Of one Of the means
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13

The number OF births is annually
decreasing. the number of deaths is in
creasing, and the population of France
grows smaller every year. During the
first six months of 1909 it decreased
in fact with 2S,203, this number rep
resenting the difference between the
numbers of deaths and births. These
figures are exact, but 1 will give some
more.
In the period lying between 1886
and 1889, where the average number
of male births was $4,000, this aver
age number continually decreased. In
the three years from 1905 to 1908, the
number of male births in no year ex-
ceedcd 4O3, 1000; in other words, a de-
iicit of $4,000 male births annually, as
compared with the eighties.
France is growing weaker. Every
year she sees the number Of her COM
ing generation growing smaller. From
Il military standpoint, this is a verit-
able calamity. What are we to do?
When patient first visits a physi-
clan, the latter always first tries to
locate the causes of the illness, and,
when he has found them. he begins
to fight them.
The causes of the great chronic ill
ness from which France is suffering
have, in my opinion, never been suffi-
GENTLY looked into, but without want
ing to pose as politician, l may say
that the causes are political as well as
social.
Our race is neither less vigorous,
nor less healthy than in the past, but
the conditions of life have changed.
The depopulation of France is due
primarily to complicated ensemble of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13
OLD ENGLISH PLAY
''She Stops to Conquer" Will
Be Given by a High
School Class.
CAST AN EXCELLENT ONE

The 12B English class under Miss
Tallant presented Goldmith's play.
She Stops to Conquer" in the High
School chapel Friday afternoon. This
presentation was a trial and was wit
messed by members of the faculty and
friends of those presenting the play.
The trial proved a success in every
respect and it is probable that it will
be chosen as the play to be presented
by the senior class at graduation in
June. Each member of the cast pre-
sented his or her part in very pleas
ing manner. Miss Tallant is being
congratulated on her efforts in Sc
curing the best available talent neces-
sary in the production of this play.
Following is the list of those repre-
senting the different characters:
Mrs. Hardcastle. ....... Aisle French
Miss Hardcastle. ....... Ruth Marlatt
Miss Neville ...... Pearl Guernsey
Maid Amy Horton
Landlord. .............B Blair Converse
Sir Charles NARROW 49,. Percy Smith
HardcaStle ............C Castle HobSon
Hastings ................ Paul Carver
Tony Lumpkin Clarence Ferling
DiSSOTN .lINlH Noilll
George Shepman, Rodney Foulke,
! Frank Schalk and Clifford Plum
mer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13

The best investment about the house
Wouldn't be without it at any price.
No more cold feet in the house.
Makes house like summer in winter.
Used less fuel than would have
used in stove.
The principle is correct, the results
surprising.
Above are sample expressions re
garding Pilgrims furnace.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13
REAL ESTAT
TRANSFERS

Ethel NJ. Oler to Jas l.. Pearce,
lots 20-21 Williams burg-sS00.0O
John NJ Maxwell to Walter G. Alex
ander, lots 949o J. NJ. Maxwell Add
city.
Dickinson Trust Company TT. to
Turner w. Hadley, lot II Home Seek,
ers Add city-s1.OO.
Francis H. Edmunds to Turner W
Hadley, lots IS, 10 Home Seekers Add
city-$1 90.
Inez NJ. Hirshburg to Jno w. Reed
ct at PIT. S. e. Or. Sec %, twp. 10
range1, Boston Twp-$25O0O.
Alonzo Marshall to Vine Scott, PIT
N. r. Or. Sec. 30, twp. IS, range IS
Perry Twp-$200.
VIM. H. Edwards to John J. ROLAND
ct at, lot rs Christian Fetta's Ado
city-$35OO
Perry J. Freeman. Gdn. to VIM. H
kiser lots 21-22 Blk. 16. w. of r. ant
S. of n. r. c. city-s200.
Blanch J. Handel to Lewis E. Tiff
PIT lots 80, 312, 313, Elizabeth Starr:
Add city-$29O0.
Michael kennedy to Winifred Ken
nedy ct at, PIT. n. W. Or. Sec. So, twp
IA. range I. Wayne Twp-$1.O0.
Winifred Kennedy TT. to Michae
Kennedy ct al, PIT. N. w. Or. Sec. SO
twp IA. range 1, Wayne Twp-$1.O0.
| Bridget Dinkins to Geo. Essenmakel
ct al, lot I.ombards Sub. city-s1200
Rebecca G. Oler ct al, to Daniel c
Moore, PIT. lot %, Greensfork-$20O.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13
A Curtous nSyal CuStcm.

When any Spanish sovereign dies
the body is at once submitted to the
process of fOssliZation. nor can it be
placed in the royal pantheon until the
body has been absolutely turned into
stone. Curiously enough. the period
required for fOssilization varies con-
siderably. Some royal bodies have
become solidified in a very short Pc
Rod. while others have taken years be-
fore the fossilization took place.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13
j. s. AND WHISKY
(American News SerNice)

Washington. ID. G.. Feb. ie.-RcSu-
lationS governing the proper labelling
of WHISTLES under the Taft decision
on what is whiskey" have been pre-
pared by Secretaries McNcaSh, NaSel
and Wilson. BEFORE they are made
public. however, the whiskey interests
will be given hearing which has
been set for next "Wednesday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13

Ambition.
Ambition causes fsol to jump at
the moon and fall in the mud.-Chica-
go News.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-13

Defined.
Willie-Pa, what are conversational
powers:" Pa-South American repub.
lics.-Puck.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
BY Proxy.

BY Proxy.
"The king is going to raise some
pin money by starring his court jest
ers in vaudeville" Hell try to live
by his wits, eh?"-Kansas City Times
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
COMFORT ON THE VERANDA
Furnishings That Are Just Now High
in Favor With the Leading
Decorators.

For the ideal veranda the decora-
tors are now recommending Windsor
chairs, armchairs and settees and
French fibre rugs, which come in
brown and green in very charming
colorings.
The Windsor chairs are to be had in
the original at very moderate prices
considering their age and in very good
reproductions at even more reasonable
rates The French fibre rugs which
have proved so very satisfactory for
veranda use are made from grape vine
fibre by the French peasants. They
are very durable. There are also the
Celtic rugs, which come from Scot
land and are in variety of colors,
n ost of which are decidedly vivid.
The veranda tea table which is sup
posed to harmonic most admirably
with the Windsor chairs is the Jaco-
bean round table, which, although very
expensive in the antique, is to be
found in creditable reproductions.
Then for the lighting of this quantity
furnished veranda there are wonderful
lanterns of frosted glass and brass.
These in the original are rare and
correspondingly expensive, some Of
them costing several hundred dollars
apiece. There are, of course, many
varieties of lanterns which even
among the genuinely old are quite
inexpensive.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
Novel Finish to Gown.

A novel finish to a gown seen re-
Gently consisted of a fine white lawn
frill taken down the left side of n
waist in delicate mauve and from
shoulder to wrist through the upper
part of the sleeves. The edges were
first cut in large shallow scallops only
a little more than ripple and piped
with a darker shade of mauve. Then
the frills were set on and held down
at intervals with mauve cord loops
passing over buttons of the same color
covered with crochet. The skirt was
of the same shade as the waist and
the finish black satin belt and
cravat to match.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
New Turnover Collar.

A new idea in collars is the turn
over in white linen, striped with a
color and decorated with a simple en-
broidery worked in cotton the shade
of the stripe. The edge is buttonhole
scalloped and above it the design may
be simple eyelets or a scroll.
Another improvement seen in linen
collars that are to be closed with q
brooch is the tiny eyelet worked on
the ends through which the pin is
passed. This saves forcing it through
the stiffly starched linen and, of
course, the collar will last much
longer for not being pierced in num-
ber of places.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03

INNER cards, or place
cards, are just as much a
part of the table decora-
tions nowadays as the
flowers on the table. They
are modern institutions,
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
Curtain ShrInkage.

In making curtains Of Swiss or any
other material that will shrink, buy
a half yard more than the desired
length. When making the heading to
put the rod through turn the extra
length over on the front of the cur
tain, hem with narrow hem. When
gathered on the rod it makes a val
ence ruffie which is attractive. When
the curtains are washed let out the
heading, and If there is any shrinkage
the extra length may be> used to
lengthen the curtain.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03

turned into a ragged robin with a
few strokes of your brush dipped In
blue paint, or pink asters If you pre-
fer.
For the farewell lunch to a
bride the heart-shaped card is appro-
pirate. You will notice that the spray
of lilies touches at one side. The
intervening space need not be cut
out, for the white card on the table
cloth is not noticeable. The leaves
should be colored a pale green and
the delicate bells just outlined with
black and tinted yellow to secure the
best effect.
Another hanging basket for the
dinner table is shown with the upper
extension, which should be bent over
and used for the little shelf. Yellow
for the basket and any color for the
flowers, or a variety of pale shades
If It suits you.
Last of all, the rose, which you
will color to suit your own ideas. Cut
out the form and place on the table
at each plate.
Do not forget the names, of course.
But suppose that you do not give
dinners or luncheons? Well, did it
ever strike you of the facile brush
that other people do? And that pin
money earned by filling orders is just
as good as any other kind?
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03

made each side of front. the inner one
stitched to waist, and the other two as
far as bust; round yoke is made Of
piece lace; below this vide braid is
arranged in simple pattern; this also
trims the sleeves at wrist.
Straw hat trimmed with flowers and
ribbon.
Materials required; s yards Shan
tung "a inches wide, " yard lace. IA
yards braid.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
DESIGNED FOR YOUNG GIRL
Simple Little Dress in Which Small
Maiden Would Be Sure to
Look Her Best.

This simple little dress is in nat
ural colored Shantung, and has the
skirt made with a yoke pointed in
front and laid over the lower part,
which is pleated. Three tucks are
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03
Detected.

Tom Dobbs told a country cousin
on meeting her that she looked as
fresh as daisy kissed by dew" She
replied, blushingly: "That wasn't his
name; 1t was Bill Jones, and told
him everybody would find 1t out.
Ideas.
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03

49, are modern institutions,
but answer the purpose admirably,
giving each guest his place in a de-
lightful way and disposing of the
diners according to a prearranged
plan of the hostess.
The sketches given are suggestions
for little place cards, which can be
traced through carbon paper upon
white cardboard and linked la. The
outlines are arranged so that the de-
signs are a continuation of the card
upon which you will write the name
of each guest. Any dotted lines in
dicate that the cardboard should be
bent at that place.
When the additional strip at the
top is placed at the top, hanging
card is the result, to be suspended
from the rim of glass at the plate.
Colors nee not be strictly true to
nature, the selection of shades de-
pending largely upon the color
scheme of the table decorations.
The daisy wreath is quite effective
when merely outlined in ink, with
the yellow centers and green bands
turning through. This flower can be
The Colorado statesman., 1910-09-03


children whose
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a postal to S zun street
teller Man7
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-31
~

true, there was a shortage of more
than two million bales, and there
fore it was the most natural thing
in the world that, in obedience to
the great law of supply and demand,
the price of the staple should ad
vance. The one explanation of the
advance in the price of other things
is that Congress passed a law which
gave the trusts the power to charge
more for what they were selling. The
Tariff wall, which was already so
high that the foreigner could only
come here under the most burden
some terms, cannot now come so
easily as he then could. Inside the
tariff wall, the monopOlies simply
hold the people up. With their cold
storage system, they can create
scarcity even where Nature has been
bOuntiful. For instance, it was dis
covered that in New Jersey, turkeys,
chickens, etc., had been on ice more
than a year; they were perfectly
black. Beef and hog products, NUT
ton, etc., have also been frozen and
stored away by tons, in these cold
storage establishments. Millions of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-31
AS TO LOCAL TAXATION FOR
SCHOOL FUNDS.

Dear Mr.. Watson:-I would like
to have your advice on local taxation
for school funds.
Please advise in your next Jeffer-
sonian. Yours truly,
Hampton, Ga. J. r. BROWN.
Answer.
1 have not given this question any
special study, but it occurs to me
that, where property owners are bur-
dened with the regular State and
County taxes, which, of course, in
volve the taxes for the common
school, that it is adding very great
ly to their burdens to compel them
to pay special tax in some particu-
lar neighborhood. The tendency Of
the town and county tax is steadily
toward increase: the road tax is also
very calling, in some instances: the
tribute that has to be paid to the
school-book trust is tremendous
especially when we remember that,
owing to the fact that somebody in
authority gets "a "rake- off,, the
books are changed SO frequently. To
pay taxes to keep up schools gener-
ally, and then to pay another tax
to keep them up locally, looks very
much like double taxation to me.
Where those who don't own prop
erty can levy that burden upon those
who do, it bears a striking resem-
blance to paying for what, you want
with somebody's else money.