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Evening star., 1912-07-04

While the club women of the country
are divided in their opinion as to whether
or not they should have the riSht to in
huence legislative action by means Of
the ballot, they all unite in the belief that
there are legislative movements in both
the states and the nation which merit
their heartiest support In every state
there is legislative committee repre-
senting the club women, which hives at
tention to the matters requiring action
in that particular state. while the general
federation through its legislative COM
mittee endeavors 10 secure the passage
or the defeat of bills which affect the en-
tire nation.
At sresent the subjects in which the
club women Of the country are most
actively interested include the establish
Snent of a national children's bureau, the
placing of arg objects upon the free list,
the securing Of the Appalachian forest
reservation. the health department. bill,
which may include anti-tubepculosis
provision. and the consideration Of means
for reducing the death roll Of industry by
laws which require greater provision for
the safety of the employees in mines, fac
tories and other industries. The children's s
bureau is now established and a woman
is at it's head
The plan of work of the general fedora
tion provides that three members of the
committee shall be
Three Mem bcrS located in Wash
Stay in Capital. '0n are ,brs a a,,a '".s ~
give frst-hand information as to the
progress and conditions of the national
bills in which the club women are inter
ested. The chairman OF the committee
then passes the work along to the club
presidents throughout the country by
means of circular letters and other liter
atIre. and in this way letters and petit
tions are sent in at the time when they
will do the most good. In this connection
il should be borne in mind that the Con-
stitution of the United States preserves
10 all citizens the right OF petition. Mar
riage could not take this right away from
woman even IL she was laboring under
the disabilities of the common Jaw Let
tiers to representatives and senator's. un-
less from personal friends, are apt to be
thrown into the waste paper basket after
q polite acknowledgment but any pe-
tition addressed TO the United States Sen
ate or House OF Representatives, when
presented. must be filed and noted in the
Congressional Record.
During the past two years thousands of
petitions. as well as letters, have been
pouring i'm from
Many Petitions the country re-
Upon Legislation ,,xe 's ms..nrsa s's'a, -
which the club women interested. because
of notices issued by the general fereda-
tion since the last biennial. One of the
last OF these measures to secure their in
terest has been the bill providing for the
abolition of the poisonous white phesphor-
GUS match. Club women from every state
have sent in petitions urging the pas
sage of this bill because this Is the last
of the great civilized nations which has
not enacted some such measure.
There is a growing desire. upon the part
Of club women to become better informed
regarding matters OF legislative procedure,
Evening star., 1912-07-04
HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF

HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF
35c and soc Stockings.
and there are more soc than 35c ones)
Go on sale tomorrow at, pair. -. $50
Take your choice of
-gauze isle or silk lisle, Black
lightweight cotton or White
medium weight cotton Tan
plain, embroidered Pink
or lace ankles. Sky
All with garter tops: all Lavender
with the ONYX stamp of Navy
quality, and all without Gold
reserve at, pair. 25c Bronze
soc Silk Boot Hose.
The famous ONYX Stocking never
sold anywhere for less than JOc a
pair; black, white and tan.
Pair. .................. ~
z pAIRQ 31 ~
Evening star., 1912-07-04
EVER EATEN A PAPAyA?
MAYHAPS YOU WILL
New Breakfast Fruit Is Sure
to Come Into
Use.

rave you ever eaten q papaya? The
cnances are that unless you are q tropical
gioDe trotter you have not. They are not
on the market here. but they are COM
ing as breakfast fruit just as surely as
the grapefruit came. The Department of
Agriculture has been experimenting with
them for several years, and David Fair
child. chief of the division of foreign
plant introduction, has just received a
shipment from Jamaica that has won
friends in the department. Papayas are
being grown to some extent in Florida
and southern California, but the trouble
is that up to date there has been no way
to insure their being the good sort. and
some Of them are very good and some the
reverse.
Fruit Is Dark Green.
The fruit is a dark green and pear
shaped, and running from the size of a
big orange to medium sized water
melon. 1t cuts like a canteloupe, and has
seeds in the interior cavity like a cane
loupe. There the resemblance ceases
When it is just ripe enough it is of al
most a custard consistency, and the ha
vOr Is distinctive, but more like an apfl-
cot than anything else. y fair-sized on
will divide up like a canteloLpe for Iabi.
purposes.
Tney run the widest range of taste, the
best varieties being exceedingly good.
The trouble is that many of the fruits are
by the Wild trees growing
around them and there has never been
any telling whether Seeding would
come true to type.
Has Rapid Growth.
The fruit is tropic one and grows rap
idly. Some Of the seedlings planted in
February bear fruit in November. The
fruiting season is long. running about six
Experiments in shipping the
fruit from Jamaica show that papayas
keep. for fifteen days. When shipped
from Flor:aa this would give an abun-
dant time for marketing.
The department now is in correspond
ence with grower in Jamaica who
claims he has been sable to grow the
fruit from cuttings. If this Is the case 1t
of course solves the problem Of propagat-
Ing the good varieties. Experiments are
to be tried in the greenhouses here with
cuttings, and If they are successful the
papaya will soon be put on the market
from groves in southern Florida and
southern California.
Evening star., 1912-07-04
Opinion Divided
Upon Curfew Laws.

IL III q II y
towns has been conceded. and the efforts
of most of the federations are still In
favor of their extension. The objection
urged against them is that they are apt
to increase the number of arrests OF ju-
venile offenders. This difficulty can be
overcome by providing that the officers
escort the children to their own homes
rather than take them to the station
house under arrest, and that the parent
be considered as the offender rather than
the child.
The federation in each state has now a
special committee to consider the indus
trial conditions of women and children.
This committee usually works along the
following four lines: 1t gathers informa-
der which women and children are COM
PEELED to work. 1t finds out from ply
sicians, philanthropists and experts Of
various kinds what the ideal requirements
should be concerning age, sex, mental and
physical progress, hours of work. santa
ton, and the living wage in connection
with the various industries Of the state.
1t endeavors to discover what efforts are
being made to enforce existing laws, bad
though they be, what reforms are being
aS.tated, and what public and private
ton. Having secured these facts proper
ly authenticated, the legislative commit
tee places them at the disposal of every
club in the state, SO that each club may
become In turn center for a campaign
of education, anu be enabled to use It's
full influence in aiding the state to over
come the unfavorable conditions.
Evening star., 1912-07-04

appointment OF
Public MatrOnS matrons is being
a. emphasized. and
ing for the position of such matrons have
been SO generally adopted throughout the
country during the last ten years that
there are few states in which some such
provision has not been made. The ap-
pointment of police matrons at the po-
lice stations in all large cities is reform
measure almost entirely due to the efforts
Of the club women of the country. The
esta ablishment of special department for
women and children in the labor bureaus
Of the different states is a measure that
the legislative committees of a number
Of state federations now have under con-
sideration. This has already been brought
about in Minnesota chiefly through the
influence of Mrs. Perry Starkweather, who
went before the legislature OF her state
with the following statement: There are
10000 women who are at work in Minne-
sofa. II they work 300 days in a year
and earn an average of a dollar day
their earnings amount to $9,OOOOOO
year. Our creamery industries are worth
$4,000 year. and We have forty men to
look after their interests. Don't you think
that we should have at least one woman
who will look after the interests of
$9,OO0.O0O worth Of women And the
members of the legislature evidently
agreed with her. for they appointed a
woman whose duties are to investigate
the conditions that surround women at
work. and to recommend to the legisla-
ture such measures as would tend to
conserve their general welfare.
y \
While there is a difference of opinion
cI,
Evening star., 1912-07-04

lie buildings. the librarians and even the
secretaries to the governors and other
state officials can be appointed only after
a competitive civil service examination.
The value of civil service examinations
for the officials of such public institu-
tions as asylums, prisons. jails and aims
houses is being strongly urged by club
women throughout the country.
Evening star., 1912-07-04

In every institution where women and
children are to be placed the need Of the
Evening star., 1912-07-04

During the past two years thousands of
petitions, as well as letters, have been
Evening star., 1912-07-04

The plan of work of the general fedora
tion provides that three members of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05

represent majority Of the Republican
voters in Wyoming, and win probably
have no hand in naming that states
delegates to Chicago. In New Hamp-
shire Governor Bass leadership is
opposed by the two senators and the
two representatives in congress. and
probably by majority OF the Repub-
lican voters. In Nebraska and Kansas
delegates will be elected st primary.
and until the vote is counted no man
guess as to its result is worth much.
1t is to be hoped that the Michigan
legislature will make provision for
similar primary in that state, SO
that the value OF Governor Osborn
prophecy may also be tested"
It is conceded that the seven gov
errors may be firmly convinced that
it was confided to them to read the
hearts Of the voters and to unrayel
the secrets OF the future. But 1T Is
suggested in the same connection
that to the cautious observer 1T must
seem as il they had overworked the
gift of divination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
BAN ON BAGGAGE SMASHING.

The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
company has set an example in an Inn
portant matter that other railroad
companies would do we'll to follow.
Hereafter it will be the gentle art OF
the baggage custodian rather than the
rough tactics of the baggage smash
err along the lines of that road. Every
employee throughout the system has
been notified that rule requiring the
careful handling OF all kinds of bag
gage is TO be rigidly enforced. In ad
dition agents especially those at
small stations-have been directed to
exercise particular care in having all
baggage, mail and express matter TAX
en- into the baggage-room immediate
ly after being deposited on trucks
and platforms. By strict attention to
this requirement, 1t is declared, dim.
( mutton in the number of complaints
concerning the loss of baggage and
express and the miscarriage Of mail is
4 sure to follow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05

Expectation of eggs from the United
States last year, Notwithstanding high
prices, was the largest ever recorded.
While current reports indicate I'M
usually high prices in the domestic
markets for this article of. consump-
ton and commerce, the bureau of sta
tistics is reporting larger exports in
this line than ever before. The num-
Der OF eggs sent to foreign countries
In the year ended with December,
1911, was thirteen and quarter mil
lion dozen valued at s2.7o0,O00, while
the maximum record Of any earlier
calendar year was eight and a quarter
million dozen, valued at $1,f50,00o, in
1907. In addition to this, there were
sent to Hawaii and Porto Rico about
l15o, 900 dozen, whereas imports Of
eggs in 1911 amounted to less than
one million dozen. valued at about
/ $780, 900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
THE DEMAND FOR ROOSEVELT.

In trying to measure the strength of
the demand for Colonel Rooseveit's
nomination, voiced in the letter sent
him by seven Republican governors,
Tho New York Tribune takes into con-
sideration what proportion of the vote
IL the electoral college is represented
by the states for which those COVER
nors assumed to speak. In the cleo
toral college Of 1912 there will be SCI
ginia. Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Wyoming, Michigan, Kansas and Mis-
souri, will hare sixty-six members
q little more than one-eighth Of the
whole. The seven governors, there
fore, assuming that they really repro
sent their own people, are entitled to
sreak with authority for the voters of
I only one-eiglth of the union, and the
Tribune declares that they go far
beyond the sphere of their own official
observation and into the realm of
mere conjecture when they declare
their belief that "a large majority OF
the Republican voters OF the country
favor your Colonel Roosevelt's) nom
nation and large majority OF the
PEOPLE favor your election as the nexi
President OF the United States
The Tribune properly questions Il
the states Of West Virginia, Nebraska
New Hampshire, wyoming. Michigan
/. Kansas and Missouri are tied to tn,
! apron strings, Of their respective GOV
t ernors. Governor Glasscock canno
5 deliver West vlrtsinia's vote-in the ma
n tional convention, nor can Governo
y Hadley deliver Missouris AS to tn
= situation in these several states
e says.
\ II is highly probable that major
g lty of the West Virginia and Missoul
e delegations will favor President Taft
m denomination. Joseph NJ Carey {
e wyoming was elected governor on
i democratic and progressive Republ
can fusion ticket, defearne a reguIa
Republican candidate. He does M
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Send Il In.

A Suggestion" to the country editor
by the old-time Missouri rhymer:
IL you have bit Of news. send 1t in;
Or joke that will amuse. send It in.
A story that is true,
An incident that's new,
We want to hear from you! Send it in.
Never mind about your style. Send 1t
in,
If It's only worth the while, send It In.
or those crops that all amaze
OF the berries "neighbors" raise
OF a section you would praise-send
II In.
OF some patient labor done send 1t
In;
OF a fallen brother won, send 1t in.
OF master who can teach
Truth beyond the average reach
OF a noble, glowing speech, send It in.
Will your story make us laugh? Send
1t in.
Send along a photograph. Send It in
When out fishing, send a note
OF the things you catch afloat,
Or the good times on the boat. Send
1t in
Charles Collins Boland, in National
Magazine for February.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05

3
The fine facilities that the Keokuk
dam when completed will afford for
aquatic sports are coming to public
attention in various parts OF the ccun-
try through the good Offices OF ths
newspapers In It's Sunday issue the
Springfield (Ili.l Register had an ed
itorial paragraph to the following eff
feet:
When the Keokuk dam is complet-
ed the Mississippi river above the
dam will present one of the best wat
er courses for boat racing in America
II will be practically a lake a mile or
more wide and forty miles long. ow-
ing TO the depth of water there will
not be much current and it will be a
great place to have boat racing and
other aquatic sports.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
Why Roosevelt Changed Front
Personal Issue With Cabinet Members Intensified BY Mis-
sive Written Last Political Students Believe
Colonel is Playing Double Headed Came With
Eyes on 1915.

denomination. Reports to this effect
were widely published following the
meeting of the President ana his pred
ecessor at Cardinal Gibbons jubilee
In Baltimore last summer.
Secretary Stimson could not be
reached tonight for any comment on
the latest development in the sfiua-
ton. Secretary Meyer is in Massacnu.
sets. Persons VINO talked with sec
rotary Stimson yesterday, however,
say that he abruptly cut short dis
cussion of what he had understood
Colonel Roosevelt's attitude to have
been when casually informed that t:le
latter had denied saying he would not
be candidate He did say, however,
it is reported, that he had learned
from experience that it is not wise 10
make predictions.
Friends of the adnlinistra ion are
expected to declare anew their justi-
fication for believing President Tart
would not be opposed by his predeces-
sor in Office as result. Of the publ
cation of the extract from letter
written several months ago, when the
former Presidents position was a
matter OF daily speculation and Cos
sip on the part of the public-at-large
Undoubtedly it will be sought to
impress the country with the belief
that by such reversal he had broken
Iyersed his position when he an
lnounced that he would accept the
nomination if rendered to him and
that by such reversal he had torosan
pledges given to mutual friends Of
President Taft and himself. Appar-
entity the personal side OF a bitter
controversy has only begun.
/ Already gossip is busy with the
reasons for the Roosevelt change OF
front. Some shrewd students of poll
tics express their belief that not
many months ago Colonel Roosevelt
felt convinced that no Republican
stood chance OF election to the
presidency this year. Now. 1t is be
lieyed, he thinks he could be elected
but is not nearly as sure that he car
win the nomination.
he wants 10 come DdcA, HoWevel
lit is declared, if not now, then II
1876, and if Taft is renominated and
defeated, it is declared, the. cry i'm
lnlediately will go up that had Roose
welt been the candidate the resul
1 would have been different. That
lit is argued. would set the wheels il
motion Immediately for Roosevelt
nomination in 1915. with a persona1it.
around whom opposition to hin
might be united sadly lacking
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
RAILWAYS ovERWoRKED.

The Railway Business Association
warns shippers that the roads are un-
able to handle the business of the
country. 1t insists that the duty Of
the railways to the shippers is that
the roads shall be equipped to meet
the astonishing growth OF railway
traffic. 1t points out that the ton
mage now is already much greater
than was reached by the high point
in 1907.
That year has stood until now as
the record year in railway tonnage,
but even In these times which some
people persist in calling dull and de-
scribing as a period when business is
so uncertain in itself as to be very
sluggish in movement. tonnage has al
ready reached and overpassed railway
facilities.
The argument made by the associa-
ton in it's bulletin is based on reports
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. 1t is, therefore, not one-sided
or an Interested plea that is made. II
in these comparatively dull times the
tonnage of the roads has already over
passed that of the high record year
when times were regarded as booming
beyond measure, what will be the sit
uation when we turn from the ordin
airy movement of goods of the day to
a period once more of Overlooking
prosperity such as surely is close at
hand and which makes itself felt al
ready in an enormous movement OF
freights?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
district convention instructed its dele.

district convention instructed its dele
gates to vote for him.
Taft clubs and TAFT leagues are be-
ing formed all over the country.
notably in Ohio, New Jersey, Mass
achusetts, New Hampshire. West Viz
ginia, Connecticut and Michigan.
In the state of washington the state
committee has indorsed the candidacy
of Mr.. Taft. The North Carolina COM
mittee has Endorsed the administra-
ton. In New York, Kings county
will send a solid Taft delegation to
Chicago; the Thirty-sixth district
committee has Endorsed the President
and repudiated the recall doctrine,
and the Duchess county committee
has declared for Mr. Taft.
Delegates to state and district con-
ventions from Surrey, Rockingham
and Danyille counties, in Virginia, are
for Taft So are the delegates from
seven. of the eight Iowa counties that
have chosen delegates, Appanoose and
1 Adams being the latest The Second
Kentucky district has Endorsed the
President, and so have Anderson,
! Oconee and Pickens counties. Eleven
oil the fourteen counties in the Fourth
Tennessee district have chosen solid
4 Taft delegations.
4 At Milbury, Mass. Republican
caucus indorsed the President and
Representative Mccall is authority fol-
the statement that the Massachusetts
1 delegation Of thirty-six will be a unit
4 for him.
In Missouri Governor Hadley offered
to divide the delegation, and the an
4 swer of the Taft supporters was te
capture the Third district convention
Polls taken in Washington and II
Minnesota indicate strong prepond
erance Of sentiment in favor OF Presi
dent Taft. A poll Of the congressional
press galleries indicates that in
proportion of three to one the news
, paper correspondents are OF the opin
: ion that Mr.. Tafts denomination i
assured.
II Seventy-eight Of the ninety-six cour
j ties In Tennessee have elected dele
! gates to the district and state conVeI
n tions. OF these. seventy-five are 10
. President Taft, two are for Rooseyel
: and one is for both Taft and Roosevelt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05

Fully nine out of every ten cases
Of rheumatism is simply rheumatism
OF the muscles due to cold or damp.
or chronic rheumatism, neither OF
which require any internal treatment.
All that is needed to afford relief is
the free application OF Chamberlain's
Eminent. Give it trial. You are
certain to be pleased with the quick
relief which it affords. Sold by
Wilkinson & Co., Pharmacy and j. r.
Kiedaisch & Son
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
The Kewanee dn9 Courier is re

The Kewanee dli) Courier is re
sponsible for the following:
There was some discussion this
week as to- whether a patient in Ke-
vance had small pox or Cuban itch
What shall we do? Take referen.
dunn vote to determine? Or leave II
to the men who know ?"
The point is well taken. but in the
interest of the public health it should
be understood that in point OF fact
there is no such disease as the Cuban
Itch Cases so misnamed are In
reality mild cases of small pox and
should be treated as such. Though
mild in themselves, they are capable
OF spreading the infection In its most
yirulent form.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05
The elaborate statistical work u,

The elaborate statistical work I'M
dertaken by the Gallon Laboratory in
England REGARDING the decrease in TIE
size of the English families. which in
dicates that the first two children in
a family are generally not SO strong
physically or mentally as those born
later in the same family is described
in an article Cor the March American
by Albert Jay Mock. The conclusion
is based on TIE tabulation of thous
ands of cases carefully investigated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-05

There is an ordinance which pro-
vides for the cleaning OF sidewalks.
and property owners and tenants
should obey 1t without waiting for th4
city authorities to call their attention
to the matter. A city is known by its
streets and sidewalks, just as a wo'
man is known as housekeeper by
the way she conducts her house and
a man is known by his clothes. There
is also the matter of safety to be TAX
en- into account. In case property
owner neglects his duty he can be
compelled to clean his walks, or the
city will clean them and charge the
expense as a special tax against his
property. Every snow or ice covered
sidewalk in Keokuk should be cleaned
within the next twenty-four hours.