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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20

IL touched upon the facts are starts
ling. Just how un4sFpaad the teach-
err In cousAon schoile are does NOT
stick IN nseaosy. and He theme 10 ever
T. live ou1 s1pS the tnuckEaker who II
out Of other muck
In the Worlds Work for July II Il
put In this manner:
Tho average wage Of Ill public
school teachers in the United States,
including the teachers in all our cities.
10 ono dollar q day for the working
days Of the whole year-less than $500
per annum. or less than $40 week.
The average pay in eleven states 10
less than 800; in eight states It 10 less
than 5000; in two states less than $3.50.
OF course. q large proportion OF
these Ill rewarded toilers are using
the teachers chair as a makeshift. or.
II somewhat mixed metaphor will be
forgiven. stepping stone. Many OF
them are young persons-often minors
who hope to do better Some OF
them are derelicts who have done bet
ter. Many of them have no special
preparation for their work.
The situation is improving. There
are more we'll built schoolhouees and
fewer half starved school teachers
than there formerly were. But, never
theiess, here Is one form Of labor sad
ly neglected by element that shouts
for the laborer. parades in his behalf,
votes and legislates for his welfare.
Perhaps this Is because so few Ameri-
cans are properly educated as to the
fundamental needs Of education in
America, one of which is adequate
pay az an inducement to efficient
teachers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
A Necessary Git.
1.-THE Churcnman.]


How many Of our welfare-worke
are alive to their lack of spiritual dag
nosis? That, too, is a heayen-sent
gift, and when ever 1t is found it
should be made the most of: for hui
man happiness is ultimately state of
mind. Knowledge of human nature
and not least of ones self, enters into
this gift Of spiritual diagnosis, and so
do tact and syrnpathy-all springins
from the personal experience which has
no counterfeit. According to ST. Paul.
the discerning OF spirits was special
gift of the Holy Ghost, vouchsafed not
to all Christians, but to some. When
the school Of philanthropy graduates
its pupils we hope it WILL have inspired
them to covet this gift. and on Bonded
knee to ask it Of Him who knew what
is in man." In Florence Nightingale.
to all her other talents this was su-
peradded; yet today in many phil
anthropic institute there are men and
women who are careful and troubled
about many things" but who have not
come to see that this one thing they
lack.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
WAS loRIMER SENATOR?

Illinois IS debating a question raised
by the attorney general OF that state.
This Official insists that it is beyond
the power Of the governor TO appoint a
successor 70 the deposed senator. argu-
ing that because his election was IL
senator and thus no vacancy except
that caused by expiration of the previ-
Gus term exists This stand of the at
torney complicates matters for those
who had already settled in their minds
and perhaps by prearrangemeat the
succession thru appointment. 1t also
opens a question for the lawyers.
The probability IS that the attorney
generals view will not prevail. If il
dies then every official act OF Lorinler
during his incumbe ncy would natur-.
ally be open to the same objection OF
Illegally. The United States senate
has found the man unfit TO sit in that
body because Of corruption in his cleo
ton but It did not go SO far as to de-
clare the election Illegal or to decide
that he had not been elected by the
votes Of the legislature OF the state
however they may have been procured.
Lorimer drew the salary OF the Office.
conducted the affairs of his position
and to all intents and purposes was
senator from Illinois until he was GUST
The easier and more sensible way
out of il is to call it vacancy and
let il go at that. Technicalities in
politics. whether legal or within the
party organization, are not popular this
year,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20

among all workers and employers. In
the smaller cities there IL half day In
every week when business 10 slow and
the employer could without serious
check to his business or disaccommoda-
ton to his patrons grant a half holiday
to those who work for him. 1t would
be largely to his advantage as regards
the sentiment OF the workers whose at
tfrude toward the Arm makes 50 much
for its success or reverses. The en-
ployer who has his employees working
with him" has always vast advantage
over that other who has persons work
ing for him. There are some things
which wages can not buy and which
like kissing. come by favor 1t would
appear to be reasonably easy to ar
range half holiday which would per-
nit at least half the employed labor
in stores and ordinary business places
an outing on the same afternoon.
The men and religion movement
could not do better than to give this
point attention. Most OF the Sunday
baseball is played because the six day
employees who insist on baseball have
no other day TO play or to watch their
favorite diversion. When Sunday Is
the only holiday in the week 1t is hard
to keep 1t holy day. A half holiday
would go a long way toward minimiz-
ing Sunday games and would be re-
ply to the argument in defense of Sun
day play that 1t is the only time we
have for recreation
The action of the railroads is worth
considering from several points OF
view. One of these is whether the
man who has the half holiday is more
efficient and better help all around
than the other who begins at Z on Mon
day morning and quits at s Of Satur-
days
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
THE CHURCH IS NOT A PlLoRY.

The Iowa Public Welfare League
recommends TO mayors and justices OF
the peace that men brought before
them guilty OF r!sdemeanors he SEN
fenced to put on clean linen and Their
best clothes and attend church five
times for minor risdeneanors and ten
times for more serious offenses or that
fines be levied and credit Of 81 20 81
be allowed on the fine for each at
tendance at church service. the Of
fender 10 be allowed. 10 choose the
church he will attend, II the trans
ressor appears before the court the
second time the number Of times
he must attend church. IS TO be in
creased.
It is little hard to understand
whether the Welfare League bases It's
hopes of reform upon the clean linen
or the reformatory influence Of good
sermon or the agony coinciden: upon
a poor one
Anyway, the church is not a public
nillory and should rot be substituted
for the public stocks. In the smaller
cities, at any rate, to sentence Offend
ers to church attendance for misce-
meanor would be equivalent to tying
them up in the public square SO far IS
the misdemeanant is concerned. Then.
too, it may we'll be considered that the
church and its services are rot part of
a penal code or the penalties therein
provided II the church is anything
it is holy place, not substitute for
the whipping post or the chain gang.
If the desire IS to get away from
the foolish and wicked idea that a fine
taken from a family's supper. is suf-
ftcient punishment for the offending
head Of family. we would do better
to furnish a place where misdemean-
ants can be employed under persons
competent to get the work out Of them
and wages paid to the families AS
matters stand, we are lodging the
question, and this suggestion Of turn
ine church edifces into pena! institu
tons is one Of the lodges.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
Topics of the Times

L Lorinler never was senator, VIVA,
of the s6s6.s6 per month he drew reg
ularly from the United States treas
ury?
Perhaps those tickets to the third
party convention are high, but per
haps they are worth the money. 1t all
depends on whether You prefer ring
seat at prize fight or good place
in historical gathering.
one Of the serious objections some
democrats have TO Wilson is that he
is TOO We'll educated.
Il may be necessary to put over tHe
reform Of big campaign funds unit!
late in November.
10 Bailey is right about one thing.
Theer is no good reason why the
Archibald case should not be imnedi-
a.eIy considered and settled.
I, does seem that the Chicago cor
venron should have been included III
tho new list of seven wonders OF the
world
Col. Lafayette Young's conversion
tho sudden as that of Saul, doesn ap-
near TO have struck him as hard as
in me case Of his biblical contempor-
airy.
Turning from contemplation Of the
seogra pfical relation of Italy TO 'he
AIMS. il may be suggested TO the 1917
graduate that just beyond the city
corporation limits lies the harvest Aeio'
TIE Lorin7er case should suggest u
the voters that II is easier TO keep q
had man out than 10 get him out after
he is il.
Another thing against Woodro"
wilson IS that he used to sing tenor
in a choir.
Has anybody stopped to consider
that the elimination Of the campaign
fund means the elimination OF tha'
band Of fervid patriots ~ao never
work except in campaigns?
The attention Of Minnesota Morse
men il being called 10 the ending syl-
liable Of the name of the cemocfaeie
candidate. Minnesota repuo 'ica'iS
have a habit Of voting for men "hose
names end with son.
Calmly amid the crash of party mat
,ar and the crush of political worlds
Leslie NJ. Shaw keeps on looking io'
-he price Of that southwestern Iowa
railroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
v.luabI. Church Adjunct.

Writing OF the Church and Social
Service in San Francisco. the Rev.
Eward L. Parsons tells the interesting
experience Of the Daughters OF the
King who started about three years ago
to provide place where business wo-
men could go at noon to eat their
lunch and rest The girls come, he
says, from the Offices and the great
stores They are a wholesome. self
respecting type. They appreciate to
the full the opportunity which the rest
room offers The growth Of the work
indicate. that. On the opening day
three years ago, twelve women came
The next day there were thirty-tive
The old quarters were enlarged and
finally, year ago. the present rooms
were opened Between three and four
hundrd women come to them each day.
They find six rooms. including kitch-
en- and dressing room, all on one floor.
There is the lunch room. where fifty
small tables make it possible for friends
to sit in groups. Five cents procures
hot coffee. tea or bouilion, and five
more. rolls. pie or cake. No other
charge is made. No other provisions
are supplied The lunch room is in
tended as a place where the women
may bring their own lunch. 1t is not
restaurant. After lunch they may
&C to the reading room. where they will
find books and writing materials, to
the rest room, with its comfortable
couches, or to the music room, where
many gather to play and sing. Each
day members of the Daughters of the
King are present to help. The church
in San Francisco Is doing no kindlier.
more joy-giving service than this I'M
ostentaious work of the women.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
THE MONEY GETTER.

He never romps the children on his
knees.
7. is all the same to him if skies
are gray:
tn him shady oak is just tree.
A holiday is just wasted day.
ne doesn't know a thing Of laughing
streams,
ON fishing trips he's ne'er been
known to go:
He never builds a castle in his dreams,
But people say he gets the money
though.
ue seldom spends an evening with
his books.
He's never read the masters Of the
past:
He only knows two speeds-slow and
fast,
And by choice he always takes the
last.
The finer shades Of manhood reach
him not,
The sweeter depths Of life he doesn't
know;
He seems to have no secret sacred
spot,
though
ne cannot talk Of music or OF art.
He never gave rose bush any care;
HIS life is spent forever on the mart
Where only cries OF commerce I'LL
the air.
put he can talk Of dollars with will
His eyes grow bright IL you but
mention gold,
'Tis true he fills his money bags, ou'
still
ia rather keep my day dreams and
grow old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
TINE RAILROAD THINKS IT PAYS.

A q result Of a series Of conferences
held among presidents Of railroad en-
fer1ng Chicago, 10000 freighthouse en-
tployes viii be given a half holiday on
saturday during the present summer.
( Tho railroad presidents no doubt had
.1n mind the welfare Of their employees
ana not less the idea Of added effici-
SAacy thru the natural gratitude OF en-
{pioyea toward an employing corpora
lfion which thought Of their comfort and
(wen being. There is no manner OF
tAcubt that the freight men and the rail-
lteads win both be better OF by reason
~ IL Aalf holiday.
what II true among the freightmen
znud thols employers = true everywhere
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
Beware Of Saskatoon!
IToronto Jack Canuck. ]

IOrOntO JACK NaIUCh.J
We warn our readers against gong 10
Saskatoon on spec" There Is Work TOT
pick and shovel men only, as most OF
those engaged there at present are for
eisners-Italians. Galicians and Mace
donians-Canadians or old country
men would necessarily frd the labo.
conditions anything but congeniai
Rents are very high and house and
lot can be purchased in Toronto for
the price demanded for few feet OF
land in Saskatoon. You pay s2o a
month for howell. These facts ought
to make a man hesitate before he goes
TO the expense Of travelling so far to
find out If real estate men have told
him the truth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
What Makes !. Match Strike.

Matches are very useful and also
very interesting things. says writer
in the Children's Encyclopedia. A
match strikes because you make 1t
warm by rubbing it. You have to rub 1t
against s6mething rather rough, so
that there is a good deal of friction
The movement OF the match is him
dered by the rough thing you press II
against, and that is what we mean by
friction This makes the match hot.
Rub the tip Of your finger on your
coat, and you will make 1t hot. too.
Now, the whole point about the
match is that its head is made of a
mixture of things to which nothing
happens as long rs they are kept or
dinarily cool, but as soon as they are
made hot enough they catch fire-that
is to say, they combine with the oxygen
of the air, and 50 burn.
Our business then. is to get a kind
of mixture which will stay on the end
of a piece of wood, or some such
thing, and will catch fire when made
only 30 hot as we can make 1t by rub
bling. About a hundred years ago the
first friction match was made, and al
most the best OF these at first required
a lot of friction, for 1t had to be drawn
up between pieces of sandpaper before
it would catch fire. Then the curious
element called phosphorus. which real
" means light-bearer. began to be
used, and matches were made very
much like those we have now.
The peculiarly Of phosphorus Is
that it readily catches fire just as we
want 1t to do, but q number OF othe
things are put into the match head,
and especially something which Itself
contains oxygen, and can supply It FOL
purposes OF burning even more readily
than the oxygen Of the air. That is why
you get little explosion when you
strike a match.
If you ha1le ordinary matches loose
in your pocket, they may get acct
dentally rubbed and will catch fire
Therefore. 1t was a question whether
there could not be made some kind Of
match which could be struck quite
readily, but Of which we could be sure
that II would strike only when We
meant II to. This kind Of match was
invented more than fifty years. ago
and We call :...::e ::ss fesy matches There
is no phosphorus ID their heads & the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
Church and DEVELOPMENT.

If anything in the providential gov
eminent of God can be called an ex-
periment-and there is much in ire
implications Of the Bible to justify the
term-with what profound interest
may we conceive Him az regarding the
evolution of our American state. A
period Of isolated and sheltered devel-
opment. in which the principles OF
Anglo Saxon liberty and law had time.
not only to strike deep root, but 10
take mature shape and growth in .
national character suited to the con-
ditions present and to come. To this
in a fullness Of time succeeded an
Heterogeneous thrush Of what from va
rious points of view may be called "the
depressed" OF many diverse peoples.
What this land has meant to many has
been depicted touchinsly in a recent
attractive book. The Land Of Prom
ise." by a young Russian Jewesz. Mary
Antin. Only a frame of, government:
admirably = providentially - fitted to
withstand could have resisted such
flood and held its own. As it is, like
the house founded on a rock. tho
shaken, 1t has not fallen. and az far
as can be seen bids fair to house and
to assimilate the myriads OF strang-
ers, modified by the mixture. but not
in essentials changed. "The rivers
OF the food thereof shall make glad
the City Of God" Yet 1t remains still
an experiment, in which probably
very large read1ustments may he re-
quired, as they are now demanded.
Who that believes can doubt the low
| ing favor Of God to this great OK
pertinent! Let US recall the words OF
WASHINGTON OF the evident tokens Of
urovidential care to this United
states: confirmed to as OF today by
the more than century thef has since
elapsed But that the end may be fully
accomplished-that Hiss Will may be
done-tnere must be much confidence
and many intercessoYs: above all. the
church. And what . snobje neld It Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
An increasing number Of people K

An increasing number Of people re-
port regularly of the satisfactory ..
suits from taking Foley Kidney PIN
and commend their healing and enra-
tive qualities. Foley Kidney Pills are
a carefully prepared medicine. guaran-
teed to contain no harmful or habit
forming drugs. They can have only .
beneficial effect when used for kidney
and bladder troubles, for backache.
rheumatism weak back or lumbaSo.
Mcbride & Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
WHERE IT sINNED-
Marion Regitser.1

The Cedar Rapids Republican bolts
the action of the republican state con-
vention-a convention with no faint on
its membership or its action, con-
vention in which the majority num-
bered more than four hundred-sonle
thing unprecedented in Iowa when
there was contest. And what was the
SHINING OF the convention: 1t endorsed
the state. legislative and county tick
cts. II did not endorse the Chicago
convention in nominating a candidate
for president by the votes Of the is
lands of the sea. the democratic states
OF the south and votes stolen from
Roosevelt in sufficient number to win
out by a measly majority OF twenty.
That was its SHINING.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
FIELDERS. CHOICE.

Washington County Press.]
Senator Cumnins In mis- statement
makes it plain that the individual vot-
er should decide for himself whether
the denomination of Taft was procured
by fraud. Upon this question the voter
himself is the supreme court and if he
finds the nomination to be fraudulent
il is not binding and he should not
vote for Taft. This position will be
approved by every progressive repubn-
can in Washington county ana is sub
stantially in accord with the platform
they have already adopted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
THE FOOL WITH THE PISTOL.
Manson Democrat

On the night of the Fourth of July
young man IN Webster City was
on. riding with two young ladies. In
a moment Of idiotic recklessness he
drew an automatic revolver from his
pocket and fred three shots. One OF
the shots struck a man a long dis
lance away and killed MIN. 1t took
two days to find out who fred the
shots and by that time the young man
had fed and has not Yet been cap
tured. The man who was killed leaves
six children with no mother TO care
for them. This IS merely another
incident to prove that it is criminal
for any man, not an officer OF the law.
10 carry deadly weapon The first
thing the Iowa legislature should do
when Il next meets is 10 pass an IRON
clad law prohibiting the sale Of deadly
weapons TO everybody who has not
perfect right 20 carry them. Many
grave is filed by good and useful men,
women and children who have been
sent there by deadly weapons in the
hands Of totally irresponsible people
who should never be permitted 10
handle a weapon, let alone own and
70 nv one
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20

George L. Hisbie, Manton, Mich.
,sed Foley kidney pills for kidney ana
bladder trouble. He says: r and ar
my case no other medicine canals
Folev kidney Pills for beneficial 0f-.
feet" They are . safe ana rolla6lq
medicine for kidney trouble and thed-
matism. Contain no harmful ara8a.
Mcbride Z viii DRUG GomDey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
inheritance Of iro,, In OIoot.

Iron Is ono Of the most Important
Of organic salts. It makes good red
blood and distributes the oxygen taken
In from the air. Cook1hg my fo0do
containing organic irons destroys ~
usefulness, as 1t II converted into m
insoluble element. Lettacs contains
much iron. Other Vegetables contain-
ing iron are spinach. carrots. onions.
Strawberries, etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20

phosphorus is put on the outside Of the
box instead. and 30 this kind Of match
is almost certain not to light except
when it is purposely struck where the
phosphorus is.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20
RI. urdsrp.;d Teachers.

louisville Courier-Journai.J
standing scandal in this land OF
the pIutocrat and home OF the liberal
e. the Endorsement Of school teach
ers. No matter how often the matter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-20

than six weeks since they shouted that
Iowa went standpat at the june pri-
mary and how then can they bolt with
out injuring their own side OF the
fence?" inquiries the Grundy Rspubli-
can.
Talk alone will not make a good
town better very fast" says the Wav-
erly Independent. IT you want to
achieve a reputation for being good
helper you must occasionally deliver
She goods. It has some times been no.
ticed that some who are the most for
ward with talk FOR new industry or a
worthy enterprise are the most back
ward when 1t comes to signing a docu-
ment guaranteeing a few dollars to
secure the enterprise The right kind
Of talk is good. but 1t should be fol-
lowed with works. Let your light so
we'll as hear about them
"If home, like the lodge rooms, re-
quired some cabalistic word and mys-
terious signs to gain admission" the
Tama News insists that 1.-The majority
of men would probably be regular at
PENDANTS"