Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-04
Looker-On In Iona

Literary Digest had the advertisement
from which the clipping below was
taken. Grinnell people and graduates
OF the college there, while Professor
Heron occupied the chair of applied
christianity, will particularly appreciate
the wording of the lad"
Men come to the socialist movement
by various paths-many thru a feeling
of class interest, others thru intellect
ual, aesthetic or ethical revolt against
the stupidity. the ugliness, or the
cruelty and sham of capitalist society.
! George D. Heron belongs to the last
named group.
{; An intense moral enthusiasm domi-
ates his thought. When he became
professor of applied christianity N
GTinne!l College, he tried TO apply the
teachings of Jesus to social affairs.
The result was an explosion. He lost
his academic chair and gainei FIR
wider audience audience"
! A friend sends the following On pub
| lie playground, which the writer is glad
TO endorse and insert in this column:
"On our visit TO Iowa Falls we dis
| covered a small movement under way
that every city and town in Iowa might
emulate with results that are i2con.-
measurable. Quietly, the subject of
public play ground for Iowa Ealls is
being taken up with the ultimate idea
Of having one of these splendid insti-
tutiors in that city. The playground
movement in Iowa is a comparatively
now one hut its success III cities and
towns in the east indicate thta men
and women, seeking to accomplish Socd
for this and coming generations, can
fird nothing more worthy of their +f-
forts than a public playground In their
home town. II requires no diccernment
10 appreciate the fact that the Average
boy and girl is denied a proper place
for recreation during the long summer
vacation. To provide such place 's
the mission of the playground move
ment. Instead of playing in the streets
as is so common in our Iowa cities ana
Towns, a tract of ground is secured an6
fitted up with proper parapharna'ia TOT
outdoor exercise and amusement. On
the playground is found liberty us
ually denied the youngster Tor tncre nc
can run. veil and have a good time in
his own sweet way without bo'n' n!s
the neighbors. Here is found a oase-
bail diamond for the boys %a5 love the
national sport, tennis co1f'' s"ihsS'
rerry-go-round, wading pools for the
kiddies, sand piles for the ltsie sols'
horizontal bars and other outdoor
gymnasium equipment In facl, the
place is an open spot where the young
sters and their parents may go or rec.
reation assured that the grounos WIZ
be at all times under proper sune'-
vision. one is Impressed with the iacI
thar near most OF our cities and towns
are beautiful! spots that are no" d
little value compared with what lHe"
will be hundred years from II DIV as
that are adaptable for public play
rounds which we can now secure 10
opr chi,dren's children where they may
have an opportunity to know some
+binp nj the ioy. Of outdoor life which
c.ra ia the Iowa pioneers when they
carnrad out Of doors and padded .hei-
canoes Up and down our streams,
The Ack!ey merchants have starte1
q scheme which promises to IL some
70 the middle Of the week trace. ihes
buy Of Mr.. Frartz. the moving picture
proprietor, a certain number OF admit
ta-ra tickets. good only on Wednesday
afternoon and evening. These tickets
are given TO the farmers ana thelr lam
lilies who come to town ana &C soi!!
trading on Wednesdays. II mas alreaHs
brought results favorable to the cash
registers of the merchants, the on!s
drawback seems TO be the number Oh
town neople trading on Wednesdays al
so would like tickets to the snow.
Illustrating how the parcels post sys-
TEN is appreciated, lady at Merriam
Park half way between st. Paui ana
Minneapolis. sent some cut MOVERS 1or
an Easter gift to her mother IN Mar
s,,alltoUn. The package left st. Paui
at 6 o. M and was delivered IN Mar
sh.!ltown the following morning al
$3.50. They were as fresh as tho cut
in a home flower garden the nisht De-
| fore. The expense for this trip OF sew
/ eral hundreds miles and delivery IN
Marshalltown was cents.
! sneakins Of delivering things. an
| Iowa Falls market man received an
order for 10 cents worth OF steaK-tnis
over the phone. AS his delivery team
was out making the rounds, and tnis
! phone customer needd the meat TOT
dinner. admitting she had forgotten 10
order sooner the market owner went
ont and hired a boy to take 1t up TO the
! lady's residence. But he had to pay the
! boy Is cents.
! Rockwell is to have electric nghts.
The city takes twenty-five for pubic
public use. and farmers and town peo-
Die enough to warrant the Shefneid
! Electric Light Company. running line
from Sheffield to Rockwell. eight miles
| at a cost in the vicinity OF $lo.ooo. Al
will be q twenty four hour service. and
the probabilities are will be paying
| investment for all concerned
| There must have been at least w.
900 900 wild geese travelling over Iowa
on Easter night Of the big storm Mar
shalltown people heard their cries OF
distress, from apparently thousands OF
frightened geese, and they were 10
close to the ground many looked out on
the streets expecting to see them by the
hundred But the BOWS paper tells an
Identical story. Travelling men sas
some were captured by boys In Fort
Dodge. And the writer has been IN
twenty towns since Easter where many
heard the geese driven out OF the Sky
by the big wind. As these twenty towns
are more than afty miles apart east and
west. and over a hundred miles apar,
north and south, and in every place the