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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17
The Minister Of Police.

Two hundred years ago. on the 2Sth
day OF June, Jean Jacques Rousseau
was born in Geneva, Switzerland.
France is celebrating the bicentenniai
of his birth in the feryent, enthusiasts
tic manner of that race. Although
Rousseau's name can not be directly
connected with America, the fact re-
mains, nevertheless. that certain of
his writings, and teachings had di-
Frect influence in bringing about our
revolution In IT'S, which preceded the
great upheaval in France. Rousseauss
writings set the whole of Europe
aflame, and sparks from that fire were
borne across the ocean For Americas
connection at thai time was Intimate
with both England and France, and
the tapers of Thomas Paine and
Thomas Jefferson were undoubtedly
lighted at the great flame kindled By
!: Rousseau
Perhaps no more picturesque figure
| has adorned the pages of history than
| this dreamer. Dirty and unkempt, IA
nous for his laziness, and with d
great appetite for absinthe, Rousseau
was familiar figure in the Paris of
1 his time. He was the leader of a
group of pamphleteers, and King
Louis and his band of royal conspira-
tors dreaded his utterances more
THAN they would have dreaded a
plague. Carlyle was among the first
Ito assign Rousseau his just place, Sc
lecting him for his Hero as Mar
iof Letters.s It has remained for mod
ern writer wildly to set him forth al
d a character in an authentic historical
novel, and this is what Henry Mount
JOY has done in The Minister Of Pc
Effce. 1t is timely that this monumen
tai work should have been published
on this, the bicentennial of the philos
opher's birth
One can get good knowledge o
: Rousseau's work from the pages o
history, but it is the mission OF III,
historian 70 relate facts as they oc
Icuy, rather than 70 draw intimate pic
tures Of the actors as they were Thi
field il left open for the Historical
Z novelist, and it was the knowledge o
!, this that led Henry Mountioy t
write The Minister of Police.
AS student in Paris Mr. Mountjo
made careful study Of Rousseau an
his companions who played their part
in the great drama Of the Frenc
: revolution. He has become thorough
y ly imbued with the spirit OF the timei
: and his book gives vivid pictures {
Rousseau, De Sartines. LIE Due d
: Richelieu. Louis XIV. and others, VII
= We're the leading figures Of the tim
One meets these men In natural 81
roundings, and az the participants
"a a story which might well have bee
il real life. He sees them as men, not q
N puppets. and in this way his know
j edge of them is far more vivid tina
n. could be gained from reading histor
10 alone,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

In the role OF Casabianca critics as
sert that J. Ham Lewis of Chicago
rivaled at Baltimore the historic pose
of w. Roscoe Stubs of Kansas at
Chicago. Both standing on the burn
ing political decks presented striking
figures OF courage. endurance and vol
ume of sound There was slight diff
ference In the rival performances. ].
Ham stood unmoved as the caloric agi-
tated his whiskers. while W. Roscoe
famed the volume OF hot air.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

turned to his home in Macomb last
week.
Roy Burner Of Keokuk visited over
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ambrose Burner OF this city.
Miss Anna Sebree and Miss Lillian
yertner are spending their vacation in
Denver, Colorado.
Rev. Denham and children, Wilfred
and Clarice expect to leave tomorrow
for Des Moines for ashort visit.
Marriage Licenses.
W. r. Kirkbride, Warsaw; Mrs
Belle Tarr. Warsaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Nathan Sherman of Wilmington.
Vt. who is ninety-four years old, has
taken entire care of his garden this
year and milks his cows every morn
ing. Joseph Papineau of Stowe, who is
eighty-four years old, assisted in spslt-
ting sixty cords of hardwood and piled
seyenty-five cords of hardwood during
the late winter and spring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Two hundred Turks We're disposed
of in the latest engagement in Tripoli.
Sc states the Italian account. When
the Turks are heard from the score
board will show about twice that num-
Der of Italian dead Outside OF the
parties interested no one disputes the
score.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

not merely to make and preserve the
individual home, but to give to the
community those spiritual qualities
which she gave to the home.
Many of the psychic functions OF
motherhood she is discharging in
the school She is making play
grounds for children. healthier CON
ditions in schools. fairer conditions
for the work OF men, women and
children in farm, store, factory, shop
and mine. The ideal is that OF uni
versa motherhood all the women
being responsible that every child Is
loved. cared for and given fair
chance. She is beginning to see that
she Is responsible for much Of the
municipal housekeeping.
Woman and Social Life.
The relations between young peo-
PIE must be so arranged that all the
power Of sex and the passion OF love
and desire shall lead toward attain
ment and growth and beauty and
power. To make goodness aIluring
i and show the shallowness and stupid
lity OF vice TO bring the qualities and
Esprit OF the home into the commun'
! ity. to embody such ideals In the com
mon habits, the daily life OF people
lis such task, such an opportunity
as has never before been given to the
world Thus are the age-going quail
lities of women needed in our new
world to realize its surprising pos
!sibilities as well as to save it from
lsnlritual disaster. &
Sex Difference in Social Responsible
ity.
We are significant in the worlt
mainly by the extent to which we
as individuals and as groups, diffel
from each other. My special placs
in the world is due to my differences
rather than to my likeuesses to othe1
people. For example. woman Is a
sure to have the suffrage as the It'd,
is to rise. as skillful as man is, no
because she, like him, Is human be
ling, nor for any ether reason of like
mess or duplication at all, but becaus'
she is different. because she can d
what he cannot, because the worl'
needs her peculiar and special abb
titles It is because she is different
because these differences are funda
mental world needs. that it is neces
jsary that she shall bring these di
ferences to the service Of the worls
: This fact, whether woman wants
or no, the suffrage will force ineYi
ablg upon her We insist that sh
I must speak, but because she Is di
ferent and not because she is Xix
The vote Is no end in itself.
serve the community in ways
(which she is the creator and specia
.. list is the end, and toward this servis
1.-THE women of the civilized world al
. pressing, most of them unconscious
:. "a few Of them consciously, but all
them inevitably.
Work as Discipline Today.
We are many of US distressed
the lack of responsibility which
many children show their failu
a to understand and yield to the deep
h needs OF work and its place in Ii
il in the old DAYS was associated wi
/, 1.-THE faithful performance of the dai
g work in the home and the deep IL
e tsons which were learned by workil
Ialcngside of the parents.
d, We have thought, however, tn
g these lessons lay in the specific wo
il [done--so we have organized the e
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Fifty.fve members OF the famous An
rient and Honorable ARTILLERY company
Of Boston have sailed for England on
mission of peace. good will and
nigh living. The ancients hare achiev-
ed international renown for their valor
in attacking ccmmissary departments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Mrs. Jennie Denny. fifty years old, a
popular resident of Grand Rapids,
Mich. was member of the graduating
class of the Central high school there
this year. Mrs. Denny was teacher
IN the city schools before her mar
rage, and as she Intends to enter the
University Of Chicago next fall, she
took short high school course to pre-.
paSorfay the reaaired entrance exam
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

For the second time in two years
the authorities of Philadelphia ignored
bond brokers and placed loan OF
81, 500,000 among home people The
bonds in large and small denomina
tons carried 4 per cent and were over
subscribed, bringing slight premium
over par
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

representative at uJarez and he Sc
cured an order from General Yn
salazar. commanding the rebels. to
leave the colony. The time limit had
expired before the courier could re-
turn and it is feared serious trouble
has already occurred in the colony.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

When the voice Of experience pipes
the game, lei nesTsess bow and be
silent Colonel BRYAN says from the
press tables of the Coliseum: There
s a liberal education In national con.
Eentions" Also. a liberal profit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

IA frIshy bull chasing bunch of
boys in the suburbs of New York ran
into 2 small powder magazine and
overturned it When the smoke Of the
explosion rose above the scene. there
wasn't enough of the bull left 10
grease a sausage machine. The bays
we're unframed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Woodrow sss,son never kisses
babies other than his own. Ard yet
thoughtless party patriots are assert
Ing that Wilson can be elected Presi-
dent of this glorious country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Chamberlain,s Stomach and Liver
Tablets gently stimulate the liver and
bowels to expel poisonous matter,
cleanse the system. cure constipation
and sick headache. Sold by Wilkins
son & CO Pharmacy, and J. r. Kieds
! - Z. ~.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Uncle Chauncey Depew is circulat.
Ing around Chicago competing with
the prophets of gloom His nredic
ton of large funeral next fall IS nc
joke. With the usual assortment o.
national tickets in the field an invol
untary rush to the boneyard is newt
able.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

From, franklin. Va. comes the report
Of the marriage OF silas Sewer. 81
years old, and Sarah Tusing, ~. They
start their welded life with twenty
children, each having ten children by
q first marriage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17
PROOF oE WILL.

State Of Iowa. Lee County, IS. In
District Court.
TO All Whom It May Concern:
Notice is Hereby Given, That on
THE Bird day of July. A. D.: 1912. a pa
per was opened and read by the
Clerk OF the District Court pf Lee
! County, Iowa, pufporting to be tbs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Miss Alma Hummel. who had been
postmistress Of Wetmore, Kan. twelve
years, left the rostoffice building, its
equipment and the lot upon which it
stands. all Of which were owned by
her. TO the town of Wetmore. a pros
porous country community of about
500. about ninety miles northwest of
Kansas City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Price, Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Pelle Bicks-
Ter. Mrs. yictorine Cook and Mrs Et-
ia Dilts. Salem. autoed in the Bicks-
ler's automobile, to Keokuk Tuesday
to enjoy a visit with friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Newark. y. j, has book agent who
Is within q few days Of the century
mark. He IL George Clinton Paire,
Bho will be 100 years Old On July
next. In the Oranges, Montclair and
Newark Mr. Paine and his hickory
stick are a familiar sight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Cheer up the National Packing COM
pany viii soon be dissolved, and then
you can cut your meat bill in two-b by
buying half as much meat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Address Delivered By Haey Quick Director Of the Depart
Child Hygiene ST Russell Sage Founda OH


ments OF the ixUfK 4enh tools into in@n-
ual training, We have developed, sys-
tematized. organized and pedagogical
lied cooking and sewing into domestic
science and domestic art From two
to four hours Of laboratory work per
week has taken the place Of from six
to twelve hours q day Of real work
with real mother doing real WORK for
real people in real home. And we
are only just beginning TO realize that
learning how to do work in no respect
has the character effect OF doing wcrk.
and that being taught Is one thing.
and working with. it another, and that
knowing how, and having respcns-
Utility for, are all different In their
effects upon life
Social Function Of Work.
About cooking, for example, have
grown most OF the social feelings and
customs OF the family. To break
bread or to east salt together is a
social fact far deeper in significance
!tnan is the knowledge OF physics and
chemistry involved in the cooking.
The college girl gets her chafng dish
not because she is hungry, but to
feed her soul with the charm OF COM
lradeship.
| To meet the new and larger respon-
sibilities It is necessary that the
woman of the present world affairs
shall
1 1. Continue in her learning to do
team work. To bring about home
conditions of beauty. comfort, health,
social happiness and wholesomeness
lin the community. means the very
highest order OF mutual loyalty and
of team work. This is new demand
upon woman.
/ O. 1t is necessary that the con-
! seriousness of dignity, romance and
/ beauty be again restored to daily
work, that it may once more take the
4 Fundamental place IN the training OF
strong. true character.
3. The psychic, relations between
daughters and mothers have been
i hurt by those forces which have
i lessened their working together.
!, These relations between mothers and
I daughters are to be not only brought
y hack but to be deepened and render
led more beautiful
4 4. And last, and most important and
\ most difficult. the nature Of true so
4 cial relations is to be SO revealed
.ithat 1t is evident that the adventure
t romance and happiness are to b.
Il found in those human relationship.
e which are found on the broad roads
1 of lifes and work rather than in III
J. fenced OF sloughs and deserts.
O The deepest need OF woman is tn
h need Of being needed. This Is wh.
L she responds to the sick or cripplea
e child. If ever woman was needej
e lit is today. The very riot of our mater
y iial riches is the peril of our souls
# Woman Il already taking hold OF tn
present material world. giving TO
and bringing into It the love and sci
vice and spiritual relations which /
yithe old days created the home an
o which today are changing the mar
e made work house into place ado
II quate to the glorious future Of life 9
e human beings
Ii The Camp Fire Girls is an orgal
yIization which aims to bring the powe
s. LOT organization and the charm of r
g nance again into the humble acts an
needs of daily life. 1t is a deliberai
1t attempt to help meet the new an
X splendid social work which is hefol
elus.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

That Paris savant who says man Is
dirtier after bath than before prob
ably never enjoyed a plunge in the
crystal waters OF the placid Missouri
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

The church is to be congratulated
when finding fiy In its ministerial
ointment, it jerks it out and casts it
aside.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

A goosebery pie must be the
sook's idea of joke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

'Tis an i'll wind that profits nobody.
Chicago editors brushed up on the
Ten Commandments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

A Binghamton woman goes to Jail
for beating her husband. The weaker
sex must be protected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

The esteemed Ormsby sicHarg ap-
pears to be among the lost. strayed OF
Kidnapped.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Golfing is still good at Chevy
chase.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

All winds pass in time, political and
otherwise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Second Justice Hughes motion to
keep the supreme court out of poll
;ics, whatever else happens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

The head switchman must have
missed that signal to bolt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Now. all wise political prophets will
,egin to revise their forecasts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

watch for the .I-told-you-so" boys
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17

Z Most of our grandparents lived In.
homes which were largely SUFFICIENT
TO themselves That is, the mothers
knitted stockings, WOKE the cloth for,
and made. the clothing; cooked and
served the food, churned the butter.
made the bedding. did the washing.
prepared fer and served guests, cared
for the sick, had many children and
died young.
meet today are fundamentally diff
ferent from the conditions which
faced our grandparents when they
we're children Steadily. one after
another OF the occupations, trades,
industries and arts have been taken
held of BY the community, organized
and placed upon a basis of effective
ness unimagined in the old days OF
home manufacture The beauty OF
our clothes, the comfort OF our
dwellings, the variety and quality OF
our tools. the bewildering world OF
books, the space devouring railway
the steel structure business houses
forty stories high, the great hotel, the
bake shops. specialized farms. schools
lchurches. theatres. clubs. political
parties, universities, world news and
travel, all proclaim that the humble
attachments of the home were hui
| first steps. and that larger and more
varied groupings of human beings
icouls attain ends undreamed OF il
the oIden days. It is not. as SO man.
sadly declare. that the home is degen
lerating. The splendid truth is tina
infant activities born and raised il
the home are now stepping out int
the community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17
Man Made Modern City.

The wonderful new social integra-
ton of the world became possible
only when man had harnessed power
and had invented machines. With
most OF the things that most OF the
people of all the world have done
during all the ages He has thus
Increased the riches of the world
more IN one generation than had
been accumulated in all time before
This, as have already said, wac
done mainly by man and not by
woman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17
woman,s World changed.

The result has been fundamentally
TO alter the adjustment Of woman
to the world In the oiden days man,
with his weapons. provided food,
shelter and safety. Woman made OF
them the home she converted pas
sion. into love. domesticated beauty
invented industry and was the moth
er of happiness.
Today man has again gone ont, this
time into the social world and with
his TOOLS and harnessed world power
has again brought back food. shelter
and safety from the primitive dan
gers. Food from the, whole world in
a new abundance and a SURPRISING
variety, shelter such as was never
dreamed of before, and has doubled
the average span Of life by lessenins
Its dangers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-17
Woman Follows Mans Work.

Man has made of his new world a
wonderful, a magic place in which
to work, in which to make physical
attainment. He has not made OF il.
however, a good or a beautiful rlace
in which to live He has made of the
community a factory, not a home.
The world-old power and skill ard
devotion of woman are again being
called for and being given. but now
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-15

The string 81 Republican defeats
has NOT entirely died out ii the Nllds
.of Kakaak0. judging from the loud
peda1ine voice Of protest raised n
that coneesfsd district last night BY
! Hawaiian Who upon arraienment e
police court this morning answered
Is flle name of Hookain1ahp
II was 4 nerre racking and thick
tongue brand Or melody that was sent
forth III such volumes that the police
FASTENED 10 the scene
fudge Nonsarrai sifted fhek matter
down To the last note and then pre-
snmably taking into conside rati0n the
sweeping B0urbonie victory n the
city and county Of Honolulu levied g
minimum fine.
A local jehu booked Il the station
under the name Of Green will be ar
rafgned tomorrow upon charge ot
needless driving. While no disasterous
results followed the alleged wild
ride, the officers took the driver into
camp and win endeavor to prosecute
the case 70 the end
Lee Tuck viii have % take hts
chances With the Grand jury and
should he Be indicted. will then lace
rial st Circuit Court upon q charge
cf uffering 4 false check The Chi
nese Is charged with having passed
bit 81 paper bearing the Signature
81 the 6 X. Lum Company which
when presented to q local pand foI
collection was returned with the brlei
mole no funds written thereon.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-15

your hair becomes light, way, fluf-
ii. ABUNDANT and appears IS soft, ius-
trons and beautiful as ] young girls
after I sDanderine hair cleanse. Just
try tl,is-moisten cloth with little
Danderine and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking one small
strand st time. This will cleanse
the hair Of dust. dirt and excessive
OH and id Just few moments you
have doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-15

This Is tie season 81 tie year when
mothers feel very much concerned or
81 the frequent colds contracted ~
their c1i|drtn. and h61e abundant re1-
son for ii. IS every cold NeakeIs the
lungs. lowers the Vitality and paYes
the way Tor fhe more serious disease
that IS often follow Chamberlain, s
Cough Remedy IS famous for It's cures
and Is pleasant and safe 70 take. For
sale 81 an dealers. Benson, smith &
ca. Ltd. agents for Hawaii
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-15

TERIE loss Hh1t peril 60
health and happiness hes a

They mean the failure q that bal
ance between hunger and fsp'en'zh-
ment that preserves the health.
When tic system IS perfectly VEL
tic nerves get their proper nt1r',''-
I:aeel from tic daily food But Illness,
Werky, die severe actlXItIss q nl11<f0
liz. oIfen drain the nerves q mol
strength t1an s restored g them q
IL ordinary way the balance !. de-
screwed, and troubles begin Acre
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-06-04
Is Decided by Interstate Com.
merce Commission as Not
Unreasonable.

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided that freight rate of
$2.53 per ton on, limestone per ton
shipped in carloads from MartInsburg.
w. Va, to Portsmith, o., is not I'M
reasonable or unjustly discriminatory
The decision was given ON a COM
plant OF the Portsmtth steel Com
pany against the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and ornegg.
The. freight rate has been, reduced
from $9J53 per ton of 2, 900 pounds to
$1.$5 per ton of 2,24O pounds. The
Portamlth Steel Company after the
rate had been reduced applied for re-
paratioH on forty-one carloads Of
limestone shipped at the former rate.
the difference between the two rates
to $f.65G.62. The conn
mission decided that the old rate was
not unreasonable and dismissed the
complaint. 81