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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
The woman's Suffrage Congress.

Henry Watterson in the Louisville
Courier-Journal: The feminine conyo-
caticn which has begun It's sessions
In Louisville puts the Courier-Jourral
at a certain disadvantage
There are times when even the
most oracular are at loss quite
clearly to see and surely to decide
whether to laugh, or to whistle. 1t is
not always easy to sit steady In the
boat. The narrow strip of territory
lying between the devil and the deep
blue sea-or. as We sometimes rude
ly put it in our vernacular, betwixt
hell and the iron works. SO stud
pits that safe transit seems hopeless.
AS rule, one has to shut his eyes
and trust to his legs, blessing his
good fortune if he gets across with
skin intact and whole bones. The
present array raises such dilemma.
1t is most imposing. We dare not
laugh, and we are altogether too po-
lite to whistle
Let US at once relieve the tension
by saying that the strangers within
our gate are heartily welcome Hos
pitality at least knows no sex. But,
upon the threshold, We are met by
the embarrassment OF not knowing
just how without offense to address
our rather disconcertfng guests.
Some of them we are told resent tho
title of lady" as over formal, whilst
others reject the appellation of "wo-
men," as too familiar; the Courier
Journal cannot say "Fellow-Iadies,"
or "Fellow-women," because. presum-
ably, the Courier-Journal is "he''-
a mere man as 1t were-and IL it
should raise stentorian voice and
exclaim, Females" there would be
trouble "for sho',"
1t Is a feminine prerogatiye to eat
her cake and have it. He who does
not concede this is no man at all. So,
how is the Courier-Journal to proceed
and what is it to say in order that it
may not perpetrate some absurd sole
cism or gaucherie; for, mark, you, in
its own clumsy way, the Courier-Jour-
nal has been fighting the woman's
battle for emancipation time out of
mind
Bandinage aside, there is so much
in the movement which is about to
have its expression here that we dis
approve and yet so much of it's ideals
with which we are in the completest
sympathy. that it is hard to draw the
line between the fanciful and the
real, the true and the false; that
which may be pursued with safety by
women having the honest support of
men, and that which is the emanation
either of fanatical exploitation or or
eanized selfishness; because, in all
agitations appealing to popular emo
tion-masculine no less than feminine
the sinister elements OF ambition
and vanity and greed. arrive soon or
late at the front to take the lead and
to play upon the passion and credul.
ity, too often the ignorance, of the
many. IN every great affair the char
acter Of the leadership even as much
as the justice of the cause, has de-
terminate Influence upon results.
III
Absolute equality of birthright can
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
Henry Watterson on Suffrage
Famous Louisville Editor When Sufags Come
Speculation to Woman's Sphere

pitch shall be defIed. Yet whenever
the mothers in Israel demand the baI-
lot for themselves, and their daugh-
tiers, the fathers and brothers and
sons in Israel are likely, like Capn
Scost'a coon, Ito come down.
III
This is not to say that good would
come OF it. There cannot be quail
fed equality. When men and women
are brought to a common level and
standard-the woman reduced
how shall their duties be partitioned,
and where shall the word find its
needfuI elevation and -epose?
There must be a raised dais. a kind
OF right divine somewhere. In Amer.
lea, at least. the woman holds it
When one man is to obey another
man. observes Dick Deadeye, equal
ity is out of the question" When the
position of men and women is inter
changeable, there is danger of CON
fusion both in the matter of terms
and obligations. Universal educa-
ton and universal suffrage portend
universal revolution. That is the
hope, the faith of socialism. Shall it
be realized in the Millennium? Or,
shall it bring forth other ones of
blood and flame. to end in despot-
ism?
Our very dear and most welcome
guests should not be too sure that
they are right. There is a danger In
universaiity. There is danger in
precipitancy. They should seek to ar
rive at Truth, bearing in mind that
truth is a shield, having two sides to
it. Coursing down the river of time,
dame prudence keeps to the middle
OF the stream On either hand are
rugged banks, OF shifting sands, with
what beyond of wooded mystery she
knows not, SO that is rarely, perhaps
never, safe to land Qualified woman
suffrage already exists everywhere;
the woman absolute over the schools
and the institutions of charities and
corrections.
Meanwhile, the area of woman's OPP
portunities and woman's work wild
ems, as it surely should. 1t is the
Courier-Journal opinion that her in
fluence will only degenerate in pro-
portion to her political activities. In
our opinion she is putting the ballot
against the home, traIscendant influ-
ence for good against dangerous in
fluence for evil. We are afraid she
will find when it is too late that she
has been playing with fire.
The movement has in 1t too much
OF sex antagonism. There are too
many women embarked in it who
have sex grievances. The he-woman
is as Objectionable az the sherman:
The physiological inequalities were
placed for some all-wise purpose. The
sex functions are plain. They cannot
be gainsaid They actually exist. Ii
out of the agitation there should
come larger freedom for women
ard greater consideration for the
rights of women among men. then
Heaven speed it; but we should none
OF US forget that disease and sin, cor
ruption and dirt seem inherent to the
human species, and that, until these
are exterminated we may not hope
for the ideals either of the mascu-
line, or the feminine dreamer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

This is great year for apples.
Complete reports OF the crop show
general Improvement with an estimat-
ed total crop of 100000 barrels. or
fifth larger than In the two pre-
vious years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES.

Rudyard Kipling says things no one
else would dare to say, and he invar-
iably says them in a way to COM
mand attention. His latest utterance
is in the form Of a poem which s-p-
pears-of all pubIications-in the
Ladies' Home Journal, and in 1t he
takes stand against votes for wom-
en- and the other things that women
are seeking in their efforts to put
themselves on an equality with men
In every particular The poem is en-
titled The Female OF the Species"
and subtitle explains that it is "a
Study in Natural History
The dominant thought of the poem
Is that the female OF the species is
more deadly than the male" six of
the thirteen stanzas end with this
affirmation. Mr.. Kipling begins by
saying that peasants In the Himalayan
mountains are not afraid Of the he
bear, but run from the she-bear, lest
she rend them. While the male cobra
Will avoid the foot of man, his mate
will not do this. The early Jesuit
Fathers found the warriors easy to
get along with, but after some exper-
ience in the matter, prayed to be de-
livered from the squaws. After MAX
ing observations to this effect, Kip
ling sings as foIlows:
Mans timid heart is bursting with
the things he must not say
For the woman that God gave him
isn't his to give away:
But when hunter meets with husband
each confirms the others tale
The female OF the species is more
deadly than the male.
Man, the bear in most relations worn
and savage otherwise,
Man propounds negotiations. Man ac.
cepts the compromise;
Very rarely will he squarely push the
| the logic Of fact
To it's ultimate conclusion in unnitI
gated act,
After celebrating this train OF
thought for several stanzas, the poet
indicates wherein he thinks woman's
essential difference from man lies.
She is welded to convictions-in de-
fault OF grosser ties;
Her contentious are her children,
Heaven help him, who denies.
He will meet no cool discussion, but
the instant, white-hor, wild
Weakened female of the species war
ring as for spouse aad child.
Unprovoked and awful charges-even
go the she-bear fights;
Speech that drfps, corrodes and pois-
ons-even SO the cobra bites:
Scientific vivisection of one nerve till
1t Is raw,
And the victim writhes in anguish
like the Jesuit with the squaw.
SO 1t comes that Man, the coward,
when he gathers to confer
With his fellow braves in council,
does not leave a place for her
Where, at war with Life and Con-
science, he uplifts his erring
hands
To some God Of Abstract Justice
which no woman understands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

Throw Out the Life Line" is the
latest hymn to be put under ban as
"idiotic" by Governor Woodrow viii
son of New Jersey. The governor Is
either very shortsighted or else he
doesn't expect to become the Demo.
cratic nominee for President. If he
should succeed in landing the coveted
honor he would need that line the
worst way
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

a Missourian has discovered that
the reason girls don't have any luck
fishing is because they refuse to spit
on the bait.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

Sunday mornings automobile score
in Peoria, on the authority of the
Herald-Transcript. At the First Pres
byterian church. i; at the Baptist
church. q; at the Scientist church. Z;
at DR.. Carpenters church, 9; at the
Creye Occur club, II; at the Country
Club, 90. The figures carry with them
their own comment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

A Mississippi woman is suing her
husband for divorce because he keeps
eighteen pet dogs. Maybe he was
driven to the dogs?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

knows the capacity of machine,
and he regards it believe a man
should not be placed below machine
in this respect"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
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THE GATE CITY COMPA1s1s~
No. IL. North Sixth st., keoHuN'
THE GATE CITY is on sale 1t u
following news stands.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

in a newspaper published there. What
for?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31
Bronze Replacing Brass,

Bronze Is taking the place OF brass
in the fixings OF railroad passenger
coaches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-31

lected. He would make a great gov
NOR
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Absolute equality of birthright can
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
BISHOP THEN IS TO SPEAK
Will Address Prison Congress Meet.
ing at Auditorium Sunday.
MAUD BURLINGTON BOOTH ALSO
Other Famous Speakers TO Take
Part in the Exercises in Com
nectiOn with the National
Prison Congress.

Since the last edition OF the program for
the National Prison congress was Issued
Bishop John Il. Then of Lincoln has
consented to address the mass meeting
Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium and
a new program for that day is being
printed.
This will be the first opportunity Of
fered to most of the people OF Omaha to
hear Bishop Then. Announcement Of his
address Will be made in the Catholic
churches Sunday morning. and It is ex-
pected that Catholics and Prostestants
will fill the Auditorium at the afternoon
meeting
Father Patrick McGoverh will pro-
nounce the invocation. Besides Bishop
Tihens address there will be addresses
by Maud Ballington Booth. DIR. Charles
K Henderson of Chicago, Judge q. a.
De Courcey of Boston and ]. 7. Gllmour
OF Toronto, at the head of the prison re-
form movement IN Canada. The Fourth
infantry band from Fort Crook will play.
Many delegates to the congress have
already arrived. including those who also
are delegates to the national convention
OF the society for the Friendless, which
is in session at the Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
Stotts is Convert
to Land Exposition

Irwin A. stotts, OF Cody. Nsb, who
came TO Omaha 20 participate in the
Ak-sar-Ben festivities. and incidentally
20 DO his fall buying. has become so in
terested in the Land show that opens
Monday night he win stay over to see
Il. Uncle Irwin" as Mr.. stotts IL known
in Cherry county, IL an old settler In
that region. with farming and business
interests that keep him busy.
IT never have much time 10 spare"
said Mr., stotts, at the Merchants, but
Ak-sar-Ben always draws me 10 Omaha
Now. since / have learned something
about the Land show, am going to see
II through. That IL the kind of thing
that VIII help the west more than any
thing I know OF and Il II is made an
annual affair every county In Nebraska
will shortly DO vieing with the better
advertised sections Of the Pacific coast.
while have been In Omaha I have
made Il a point 70 attend several OF the
churches, and have heard some sure
pure preaching. II carried me back to
my boyhood days In Missouri. when we
used TO travel all day by wagon to at
tend the old-fashioned reVivals."
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
PosTMASTER'S SON WILL
NOT CONTEST ELECTION

Roland Thomas, the university student
who was deposed from the presidency OF
the junior law class at Lincoln on the
grounds that the choice was the result
Of illegal voting Is a son OF Postmaster
u. r. Thomas OF Omaha. II Is announced
that the second election will not be con-
tested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
UNIVERSITY CLUB PASSES
HENDERSON RESOLUTIONS

The University club OF Omaha, Of
which General Charles f. Henderson
was a member. has passed the following
resolution of regret at the death OF the
general;
whereas, The University club OF the
city of Omaha has learned with deep
regret of the death of General Charles
II. Henderson, one Of its most dis
tinguished members. and
Whereas, The University club remem-
bers the valuable services rendered by
him 10 the city OF Omaha \and the state
Of Nebraska and this nation and Is mind
full OF his many friends and high stand
ing in this community; therefore, be II
Resolved, That the University club Of
the city OF Omaha at a meeting held on
the 10th day OF october. 1911, unanimously
voted TO extend 10 the family and friends
OF the deceased its sincere and heartfelt
condolences; and be II further
Resolved That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the Univer-
slty club, a copy transmitted to his be-
Tesved family and the press OF Omaha.
CHARLES @. MCDONALD.
CLEMENT CHASE,
STANLEY NJ. RoSEWATER.
Committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
Sledgianowski is
Held for Robbery

Charges OF breaking and entering and
grand larceny were filed against Fred
sledgianowski In the juvenile division OF
the district court Friday and II found
guilty the lad must be sent 70 the peni-
Tertiary or the state Industrial school.
sledgianowski is well known to Omaha
students OF crime as the boy bandit who
wants TO be honest, but whose home sur
roundings are such as TO make him
hardly responsible for his wrongdoIngs.
Mere than year ago siedgianowski
was implicated In the operations Of the
notorious boy bandits. supposed to be
headed by Monk Trummsr. After
months OF work the police department
succeeded In breaking up the gang.
Joseph rrlmble and several other more
dangerous members Of the gand landed
In the ponitsntiary some months after
the finding Of hundreds Of dollars worth
OF loot In the gangs hiding place; hut
young STRAIGHTFORWARD was paroled.
Ever since sledgianowski's first arrest
the Juvenile authorities have besn trying
to better his environment. but with In
different success. Walter sledgianowskl.
$40 North Twelfth street. father Of the
lad has been in Juvenile court several
times on account Of alleged III treatment
Of his family, but conditions in the
home have not greatly improved.
The new charge against sledgiRnowsxi
was filed BY w. c. HoatOn. a Burlington
railroad Waterman. who says the lad
broke into a Burlington car and stole
four sacks OF wheat. The case win be up
for hearing at Saturdays session OF the
juvenile court.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
General Hospital
Held Responsible
for Wetzel's Death

Verdict against the Omaha General hos
pital for $500 damages for the death
Of the late Alva p wetzel was awarded
his widow Mrs. Fannie w. WetEel. by a
jury in Judge sutton's court Friday
Judgment for this amount was entered.
The hospital will appeal. Wetzel, while
delirious with typhoid fever. jumped out
OF a thlrd-story window OF the hospital
to his death a year ago. Mrs. wetsel sued
for S2O,0Oo charging negligence. The de-
Tense was that under the contract with
tho hospital Wetzel was to receive only
general care and but $40 week was to
be paid for II; that when the care merely
is general q patient cannot be watched
constantly and IL he Injuries and kills
himself the hospital cannot be held re-
sponsible.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
s,on. cl,r oroeerr nominal. :

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct. 1S,-Robbers
blew open the safe in the Court Street
grocery. early this morning securing
nearly 81 900 In cash and several hundred
dollars worth of jewelry.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
Spirits for Rheumatism

The increased use OF spirits for rheu-
matism Is causing considerable discus
sion among the medical fraternity. II Is
A wonderful cure when mixed with GER
tain other ingredients and taken properly.
The following Is the formula; ITO one
half pint OF good whisky Cor sherry
wine IL Il Is preferrod) add one ounce
OF TorTts compound and one ounce OF
syrup sarsaparilla compound Take in
published here last winter and thousands
before retiring" Any druggist has these
ingredients or viii quickly get them. Any
one can mix them This formula was
published here last winter and thousands
we're promptly benefited. II gives inn
mediate relief.
In addition 70 driving out rheumatisrn
this treatment Is a splendid system
builder, soon restoring vitality and ap-
petite. Any one who has rheumatien
should never be without q bottle Of lhil
mixture on hand. 1t Will save many q
doctor bill and much suffering-AdV'
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Plan Of Assessment to Pay for Open
ing Of Boulevard is Approved.
MAHoNEY GETS A VACATION
Will Use ~ In boosting His Cam
didacy for Police Judge
Routine Business at sDe-
eiaI Session.

At the adjourned meeting OF the city
council Friday morning the ordinance for
assessment to pay the cost OF the pro-
posed boulevard from Thlrty-elghth and
Hamilton streets 20 Thirty-first and
sDregue streets, together with the re-
port OF the appraisers. came up and was
accepted. immediately following the nee
essary ordinance for the condemnation
OF lands and tots and the assessment Of
benefits was given It's first and second
reading The cost OF the proposed extern
sion 20 tho boulevard system is fixed by
the appraisers At tl7,SsL This extension
IL designed to connect Bemis and Miller
parks ultimately
The assessment levies q benefit tax on
every lot between the terminals and be-
tween Thirtieth and Forueth streets
ranging from $50 TO 500 per lot.
The proposition Of cioalng Nicholas
street during the time required by the
interested railroads 70 construct the pro-
posed viaduct was referred 10 the COM
uittee OF the whole.
The Improvement OF Locust street from
Twentieth TO Twenty fourth street was
ordered by grading and paving. the prop
erty owners 10 select the paving material
The proposed change OF grade OF Lake
street from Thlrty-seeond 70 Forty-seoond
street waa referred. BY the terms OF the
ordinance the street would be cut 70 a
depth Of from fifteen 20 forty feet. APP
prRisers on the opening OF Chicago street
from Eleventh 20 Twelfth reported dam
ages OF tlS.2oo.
On his request John j. Mahoney. clerk
Of the Dolice court WAS arantad a Ian %
OF absence OF three weeks TO put In the
time campaigning for the office Of police
Judge
The bond OF the Thomas Realty com.
pany FOR $500 TO indemnify tho city
against damages during the construction
Of the seven-story Keelino building al
Seventeenth and Harvey streets. was ap-
proved.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
K. w. Bartos Dies,
Being Ill a Year

X. W. Bartos. for many years con-
nected with the National Printing COM
pany as one OF It's officers, died Thurs
day night at hts homo, cana South Four
tenth street. He had been al for more
than a year The funeral will be held at
O'Clock Sunday afternoon from the Tel
Jed sekol hall, Thirteenth and Martha
streets. Deceased had resided in Omaha
almost thirty years. He leaves a wife
and several grown children.
Mr.. Bartos Was one Of the organizers
OF the Omaha Tel Jed sokol and for
many years was active In the affairs Of
the society. taking part In the athletics.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
South Omaha Maid
Frightens Wooer

Margaret Mahoney. aged q yeArs. =
beautiful south Omaha maiden. threw a
scare into would-be lover Thursday
night when she swallowed a small quaint
ity OF very much diluted peFmanganate OF
potash. In her quest 70 scare the wooer
Margaret succeeded. but she could not
palm Il off on the three doctors who
were rushed 20 the scene by the fleeing
sweetheart.
II 10 said Bob Young. a driver for the
United Express company, called on the
girl. A quarrel followed. during which
Margaret swallowed the suppOsed-to-bs
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
IS YOUR HAIR STREAKED WITH
CRAY? CRAY HAIR MEANS ACE

your hair has become faded or gray, try
wyeth's sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy,
a preparation which q chemist by the
name Of Wyeth devised q few years ago.
Il is simple, Inexpensive and practical.
and win Danish the gray hairs in a few
days. II is also guaranteed 20 remove
dandruff and promote the growth OF the
hair.
II is a pleasant dressing for the hair,
and after using IL few days itching ana
dryness OF the scalp entirely disappear.
Don't neglect your hair. Start using
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur today and
you will be surprised At the quick results.
This preparation 10 offered TO the pub
lie at fifty cents a bottle. and is recon-
mendsd and sold by all druggists.
Special agent: Sherman a Mcconnell
Drug Co. 18th and Dodge Sta. Omaha
Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
A Few Applications of a SIM
pie Remedy Bring Back
the Natural Color.

How often one hears the expression.
''she Is gray ana beginning to look old"
Il is true that gray hair usually denotes
age and Is always associated with age
You never hear one referred TO as having
gray hair and looking young.
The hair is generally the index OF age.
II your hair is gray. you can't blame
your friends for referring to you as look
ing old. You can't retain youthful APP
pearance II you allow your hair 70 grow
gray. Many persons OF middle age jeop-
ardlze their future simply BY ALLOWING
the gray hair 70 become manifest II
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14
WILCOX SUIT DISMISSED
AND A NEW SUIT FILED

Charles NJ. Garats attachment suit
against Henry Il, Wilcox to recover g.
which he says Wilcox collected as his
agent was dismissed and the attachment
dissolved by Judge Sears Friday ON the
ground that the attachment bond was
Irregular, Garst Immediately started a
new action. correcting the error. and Sc
curing a new attachment Stanley NJ.
RosswStsr. attorney for Wilcox, says he
viii defeat this suit with evidence that
Wilcox does not owe the money.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-14

The Merchant Who Has the Goods is
the One Who Lets the Public Know Il
Throug Advertising In The Bee.