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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
poc1oRlhe CRIME AND POVERTY

The man who builds sleeping porch
Tor his children is no more sensible
than the community which erecIs a Y.
II. c. A. building sufficient % the popu-
lation. Open air sleeping and common
precaution have reduced ne death rate
from consumption from 2l4 out 10
every 100 900 of population 20 i55 The
Y. NJ. C. A. can show a record OF re-
duction o. youthful crime and a per
centage Of gain in esAciency thai makes
it Of more community value than The
sleeping porch on the dwelling.
The Y. VI C A IS bar between che
boys and the reform schools
Diphtheria used to kill 50 per cent
of those attacked by II. Modern meth
DDS reduced that percentage very ma
teriaily. The discovery Of the anti
toxin has reduced diphrherias percent
age Of the whole number Of deaths from
81 per cent in 1855 70 per cent today.
The Y. NJ c. A Is an aa,i-toxin against
crime and wo-thlessness We ought 70
be willing TO buy enough 70 trea. our
own communities.
Medical men know more than they
used 10. They are more efficient. Peo-
pie know better how 70 care FOR them
selves In New York City the death
rate has dropped from 20 per thousand
to 15.4 within the last twenty-five
years We know more aoou. the cure
for criminality We Know il IS by way
Of being a disease that proper care
can avoid And We know that the com
mon ground Of the Z VI. c. a. where
all creeds and classes learn the plain
commonssnse Of life and duty IS g cs.-
tain preventive ot moral and physical
contagion.
Childhood mortality has fallen from
q OF the total 20 L Of !. because al
know better how 70 care for children
and more of Us are doing it. Why not
use the same good sense and preventive
measures TO increase child morality?
Three diseases once considered IN
eontrollable are yielding 10 modern good
sense and activity. tuberculosis "
phoid, diphtheria. Those other alleged
ly uncontrolIable diseases, crime and
poverty. need treatment. Let's trea,
them in an up-to-6ate Y " G. \
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

given the best training and education
that horsemen know for horses. And
he won. when he didn't finish nrst ne
came with the bunch well up. With
out the careful attention Of those who
knew he might have been criooer. ne
might have been Scared with wire
cuts. he might have developed atavistic
impulses which would have made him
a dangerous outlaw. He might have
caused a tragedy.
A boy is only a prospect Well born
of native energy. winner in the be-
sinnins-but at best only pros
peot. He needs the very best school
ing. He needs the hes, trainers. He
must be started right and kept right.
He must know the great principles of
life snd practice them day by day.
Thus he grows strong and fearless.
The multiplication table isn't enough.
Abstract teaching OF morals isn't
-I2ObS-l. ne !!cSssS ~ oul ~ iN.i ~.
er colts and earn the game of life
right. Like racing automobile he
needs the factory preparation. careful
adjustment OF each part 10 each. He
needs the men in the pits. Then he is
At 20 go fast and carry a life and per
haps half dozen lives without much
fear Of tragedy
That is why the y NJ. c. y buildings
ring the earth ike the parallels of lati-
tude huilded by willing hands and Of
Acered By trained men. They are man
factories. They ara buiwarks against
tragedy. They are schools where
standard performance Is taught. They
are driver. factory. pit. They make
good. strong men out Of boy prospects.
one 0: the cheapest investments any
community ever made is ,he Y. NJ. {.
a center. II IS one OF the guarantys
agains, such horrors as that which
shocked Us yesterday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

81 q - !. & o.. :.
other Tor suffragists. New York judge
hnds himself In q rather unenviable
position. His, severest critics--as he
might easily have foreseen-are the
members Of the very sex he sought to
conciliate.
The Judge had before him woman
charged with particularly odious Of
tense; on her perjured testimony an
innocent man had been Kept in jail for
accosting women. Malice was evident.
The woman. who said she was suf-
fragist. later admitted she had per-
1ured herself to obtain conviction
The judge thereupon remarked thai
the suffragists do not appreciate how
lightly the law sits upon women: IL
the prisoner were a man he would send
her to Jail. but. since she was woman,
he would let her go because the in
dignation OF her sex would be reused
If he committed her"
1t was a particularly unhappy re-
mark on the judges part. and it reused
the sharpest resentment, among the
leaders of the suffra g1st party. Dis
elimination in favor OF women was
also an insult to women they said. ITO
bestow or accept favors is deadening
to the moral fiber" Our right is to be
judged. not condoned." We suffrag isfs
so far from wanting advantages on ac-
count Of our sex, are willing and anx-
ioIs that those superficial advantages
which women enjoy under the law he
legislated out of existence" The primer
of the suffragis1 movement served ev-
cry purpose in making up criticisms
Of the judge. He should take few cor
respondence school lessons in the ele-
inents of votes for women"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Alone, But Not Lonely.

lFannie Stearns Davis in the -Atlantic.1
She was never lonely. she told her
self The solitude Of her old little
white house, sitting retired from the
village street among its lilac trees and
syringas. did not frighten or depress
her. She could spend r whole day OF
rain there, seeing no one but the gro
GERS boy. the big gray cat and ocea-
sional stopped hur-ying figures
out in the wet street: and could
come down into evening calm
", busted Wit, her enforced
or chosen duties and thoughts. a cloud
seemed 10 wrap her round III many
folds OF seciusion till the common
wo-ld OF hurry and friction and loud or
secret loves and hates was dim TO her
eyes and ears Street sounds and
whistles of trains al the crossroads
were munled echoes: but the ticking
of the tall clock. the throbbins Of rain
on q tin roof. the infrequent wind
banging on the loose window. the cats
creepy read on the stairs, grew rhytn-
mic and nsistens.
Yet she was not lonely. she never
stopped TO brood. listening ,ong 10 per
iIous voices. She denied even 10 GER
tain pieces of furniture books or orna-
nen,s. ;heir passive right 10 conjure
up the spectcr of her solitude. II Il
room seemed too vibrant with unseen
pres encsx. she would enter il and drive
OUT the Guivering mystery with some
brisk petty business Of sweeping or
shifting a picture of rearranEing a
bookshelf often she whistled softly
about her work. aitho there were mo-
I,lents when as if by an instinct she
would stop short and glance over her
shoulder TO see nothing, and after ina;
10 be still.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
IN our OWN TOWNS.

One of the poorest things about a
He drives away trade
We ought to remember that in con-
nection with our town. We ought
not to be lazy or Indifferent on public
matters.
When the stranger comes TO town
we ought to show some sort Of interest
in him. He ought to 60 our OF town
remembering it as a place where he
met people ne liked because they
seemed to be interested in him. The
man from out OF town should be met
as we meet people at our own front
door. He should be made welcome.
We ought 70 &c, busy as we can
in the best way we can on all public
matters for the general good. We ought
TO take the clerks case as an illustra-
zion. We ought rot as citizens 10 be
lazy or Indifferent. It's our town. Il
part OF our business.
A man ought always 70 render back
to others what others have rendered
TO him. No man liveth TO himself. He
may think ne does bu, he can, 90 il
and stay alive.
The best town is the one IN which
all classes Of citizens direct their en-
ergies toward one common purpose,
that o. public welfare
It seems easier TO be lazy and in
different than to keep busy.
Let's not drive awaT ANYTHING good
by Indifference.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Love Note. .. an Ar.on.:.e.

HE
Brightest cf the bright To.y
Marching on TO fame,
You're my little nitro
Glycerinous dame,
Let us 10 the paTson-
Eight O'Clock tonight.
SHE.
Can't. I've got 20 arson
Some. and dynamite.
liz.
Can't you quit Your loading
Bombs an hour. my doEc"
SHE.
! must be expioding
or I'm dull. my. love,
HE.
Heart of mine. y5oa can lean some s
Riotwards. fear.
SHE.
Sure. ID love TO bean some
Officer. my dear.
HE.
II we up and marry
Must l join the causs"
Must l burn and harry?
Must | break the laws
SHE
Sir. there.l be no wedding
Till The day you stand
II the dock for shedding
Gore about the land.
HE
Madam. believe you
ASK biz too much,
Not that would peeye you
SHE.
str.
Oh. I'm in DGtca:
SHE.
Bea; il: ! abhor Your
Features: what nose.
Madame. dep.ore your
SHE.
Beat II. Pigeon Toes.
New York Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Cos. Of a colIee. Education.

lCh-istian Science Monitors
1, is To be hoped that the figures re-
gently tabulated at Yale. showing the
cost OF college education. viii not be
taken AZ anal and beyond repair. for
such an acceptance Of them must
needs he deterrent to many an amoi-
toius boy or hopeful parent thru the
inability 81 most persons to come NJ
to their Itahe- extrayagan. showing.
These figures place the total cost OF
four-year course necessary TO the
bachelor Of arts degree at $3.50. This
amount is divided among the four
wears in the following manner: FRESH
man year s!.62o, sophomore year Sl.oa2.
junior year s113s and senior year
si.is2. Now TIE general average for
students il American colleges. We
should say. does not by any means
agree with these figures from Yale.
Some time ago, in series Of articles
upon the colleges written By an expert.
il was said that the probable cost Tor
o boys four YEARS stay at college
| would be $4,000 The same writer.
however, showed that thrifty indi-
vidual, By the practise OK economy.
might easily get thru the four-year
! course at any of the American colleges
at a cost under $4,000; remArkins that
| this is quite frequently done.
| AS a matter Of tact there are thou
sands Of young men who support them i
selves while at college. and thruons
every section Of the United States this
feat is not only possible but feasible
| At the smaller colleges of the west and
the universities of that section the
| t.f,. those
Of the larger eastern colleges, but tut
tion in ali American colleges Is 10"
| Books, too and cost OF LABORATORY ap
| paratus are TOW ut very feasonapis
| figures. and board can be mad at !:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
ONE or OUR eUARAk1Ys.

Tragedies ike that which occurred
near Beaman are among the anomalies
of modern civiliza ton. They are pc
sond norma understanding because
they are utterly abnormal. Suicide
IS understandable. but il is beyond the
normal mans understanding that a
father should STAY his own children.
We teach children the multiplication
table because they Will need ii in al
most every commercial transactions;
we teach the great principles OF morals
! and ethics because those questions are
! 10 be settled every day-that is we
teach them as best we can. We desire
oar children to succeed in business and
70 be good men and women. We en-
hood and womanhood: and We have
oueceeced. Men are better than they
were. Sucn tragedies as that under
Azocussion are utterly abnormal. q
svvsrsion TO savasery. They are acct
Aonfs. not incidents. Something was
wrong with the man. Something vital
- shifted, loosened, perhaps the
c,skruction was faulty. AT any -ate
IL crash came.
when q great race has been run and
= record broken the winner begins a
inog way back Of the day and the vic
fSfy. The horse that won was bred
e16ht. He was schooied from the earii-
- Available minute. His faults Of ac-
to- were corrected. He was shoe
xa6ht. driven right, kept clean. Joined
~ conformation and desire 10 go fas
49, - habit and the know how. HI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Iona Newspapers
THE NEED OF Iowa
rc,ouncil bluffs Nonpareil. l

Strange as it may seem, the chiet
need OF Iowa at this time is Iowa pa
triotisu,. We need manufactures soil
conservation. good roads and better
educational systems. We need library
extension, reform in prison administra :
ton and a general i'm provement all
along the line. But at the root of all
these things lies state patriotism. We
need to do these things because of our
boys and girls and because of the fact
that in manx directions we are slipping
behind our sister states. This Is ali
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

her over the unfortunate condition Of
poor little Prince Don Jaime. VINO 4
deaf and dumb. The sducens who has
four children, two sons ana two dangh-
tiers. expects another domestic event
shortly and has retired with her court
to La Granja. forty miles from here.
It has been reported that the royal
family IL seeking to induce Miss Helen
Keller, the wonderful American deaf
and blind girl, to come to: Spain to in
struct little Don Jaime, who IL now 5
years old. King Alfonso and Princess
Victoria were married May 81. 1906.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

Katherine l.. Norton, New Bedford,
Macs, says: Il had terrible pain across
my back, with burning and scalding
feeling. took Foley Kidney Pills az
advised, with results certain and sure.
The pain and burning feeling left me. L
felt toned up and inrigorated. rec-
ommend Foley kidney Pills" For
backache, rheumatism, lumbago, and
all kidney and bladder ailments. use
Foley Kidney Pills. Mcbride q VIII.
Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

Il X L Is
price suitable practically to any pock-
etbook. The figures. therefore, given
by another estimator, who is constd-
cring the cost of education as based
upon general estimate Of all colleges
and universities, and not confined to
one school. are much more likely to af-
ford correct impression Of this sub
ject. He places the annual cost to the
ambitious boy who is willing and ready
to exercise economy at $500, and he
says that to allow such a boy $500 per
year to go thru college on will be all
the guarantee necessary that he will
get thru. Nor need there be any occa-
sion for him TO feel embarrassment be-
cause of lsis enforced parsimony.
The figures of Yale, therefore are
hardly to be accepted as criterion for
the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

psssimIsm From Oscar Wilde.
The only way IN which. woman car
reform q man 10 W boring him SO COM
pletely that he loses all possible in.
terest in life.-Wilde.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

One who keeps q gentiemans wine
cellar IS never far from danger, says
the Sioux City- Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

Ii viii not be new work" SAYS the
Sheldon Sun. Tor Senator Cummins 10
help rout the lobbyists in the senate.
He had experience in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Tired o. Deirs Poor.

Oxford undergraduate scholar. who
10 tired OF being poor. wishes to be-
adopted BY wealthy people.
Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

Lloyds in London are quoting
guineas per cent to cover the risk OF
war between the United States and
Japan for three months. They need
the money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Topics of the Times

Inc faraccjsm which Is willing g
d. beneath the hoofs or race horses in
order 20 bring votes for women would
ne rather DANGEROUS thing 10 60 int
tne ballot box with vote.
The telegraph page bears evidence Of
,he modern adaptation % The old pi-ch-
sr proverD thta the au,ois- who goes
often TO rhe top OF the speedo1ete7 IS
busted al last.
one Of the hardes, things 70 star,
Is politics. There amt I'm SIGH tang
as politics in Iowa. But there i a
beautiful prospect for hay and corn
and garden truck
one good turn deserves another The
Y. ". =. \. has done great deal for
Narshalltown. It's cur turn now.
WHAT is 50 rare as furnace ire in
june?
A BOY needs physical director as
much as he needs g dentist
Clear Lake and Okoboji are adver-
Using their attractions. Gear Lake is
doing better JOB than The resort g
the west Of Il. but both are using
prints INK with common sense. That
IS The best way TO attract visitors.
once having spent vacation time al
either Of The Iowa resorts the question
% whe-e 4 good time may be had a; a
reasonable rate VII. settle itself The
Ckoboji people have gone = ne ex-
pense OF a seventy-ave page book. II
time they Will learn that ,he money
used thru the newspapers and other
circulating mediums would have been
much more profitable spent.
VIVA, is the derivation Of the word
,uaatlc?"
Pupii-,Luna, the moon. and-er-
attic, the upper story. Town Topics.
What's the trouble at your house ??
Hunger strike for new bonnet
Your wife refuses 10 ear"
No; she refuses TO cook. kansas
cry Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
Regulating Judicial Mercy"
TCnica 90 Record Heraid.j

In attempting 10 scclimate tin this
country the newly established British
precedent of one law for men and an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

When a man admits ne drinks ne
lets down the bars for the charge thar
he gets drunk" says the Eagle Grove
Ea gle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The truth snail set us free. but i.
would also put 4 LOT Of other fellows
in isi, says the Webster City Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

A stray dog ran into an express Of
ace in Wheeling. W. Va, where clerk
was counting money. seized a wallet
containing SO IN bills and $40 in silver
and dashed down the street. When
recovered most OF the bills had been
chewed beyond recognition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

Jews admitted to the university In
st. Petersburg. Russia, hereafter must
be chosen by lot and not according to
Utility. as heretofore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10

Preparatory TO registering lobby
lists. let US have clear understand
ing of what the term actually means,
saws the Council Bluffs Nonparei For
example. where would Nelson ". AID
rich be counted during his thirty Years
residence in Washington and an equal
term IS member of the senate ?'
Ate. a few more 'bungled' bills are
discovered it may dawn on Iowans thai
something allied the legislature that re-
Gently performed al the state house.
saws the Des Moines Register and
Leader.
The Creston American wonders II
Colonel Hepburn feels uneasy since the
lobby investigation began?"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11

My attention has been called to
many other matters, but possibly I
have already offered too many sug-
Hestions. realize that on account OF
your limited time some of them can
not be considered. In conclusion re-
Ieat that the Australian Ballot, an
efficient Primary Law, the Initiative
and Referendum and the Recall should
receive thorough and careful consider
alton at the hands of the Legislature.
We are in duty bound to fulfill these
pledges. fell sure that along the line
of majority Of Recommendation
We are a unit.
am aware that there is always dan
ger of putting on the statute books
too many laws. We sometimes forget
that law enactment Is not 30 import
ant as law enforcement. I unehsitat-
ipgly place the interests of the people
OF Michigan above political partisan
ship. This is an age In which honest
men are glad to cooperate in order
that they may render their fellowmen
the largest and best possible service.
WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11

II. w. Sawyer. who Is interested I'm
Newaygo county lands, writing from
Albuquerque. New Mexico. says: IT.
have spent $1,000 in travelling over the
west the past year and know that no
state In the union offers 90 much for
the money as Michigan"
Attorney General Wykes holds In an
opinion that the state railroad COM
mission has supervision over the
Mackinac Transportation Co.. which
Ia charging 80 cents for transporting
passengers across the straits. An IN
yestigation will be made al once,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11

II the people are to rule through
the agency of the ballot at the election
primary. they must simplify our cleo
ton primary laws. Possibly we are un-
DER the delusion that we have had the
Australian Ballot system for many
8 sears, but as matter of fact, such is
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11
State Salt Inspection.

According to the State Inspectors
report for 1910 1.-THE most recent re-
port could get) over $4,000 was COL
lected from the salt manufacturers of
the state for inspecting" salt that
never was inspected. For this $4,000
no service was rendered the manu-
facturer nor the consumer. BY all
means abolish the State Salt Inspec-
ton farce.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11

The more one surveys the hit and
miss taxation system in Michigan,
the more one Is convinced that radi-
cal changes are needed In the sys-
tenn itself.
The one thing that would greatly
simplify our taxation methods would
be separation OF state and local
taxes. Scracely any one will deny that
this change is needed. but the ques-
ton Is how to bring II about. How
to raise the specific taxes necessary
TO run the state is the most serious
problem.
would suggest three sources Of
revenue. Our present inheritance tax
brings us in a comparatively small
emount. would suggest that this tax
should be largely increased, especially
on extremely large fortunes and the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11
Success Of the Farmer.

In this age 1t Is unnecessary to dis
cuss the all-important function Of the
farmer. Land and labor are funda-
mental to the welfare OF man. In Mich
igan we have too long neglected to
nut to the best possible use our ire
mendous natural riches that come I'M
der the head Of land values. We have
ample room In this state for an add
tional army of thousands Of farmers;
in fact, we have opportunities such
as few other states can offer. would
suggest that this Legislature consider
the importance of creating a Commits
sioner OF Agriculture who shall con-
serve the soil. improve farm methods,
encourage emigration to the Wild
lands OF Northern Michigan; further
more, that the state should extend the
same help to the settler Of this new
land, that the Canandian government
does to similar settlers In the North
west.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-01-11
Sanitary School Houses.


For more than quarter of CEN
fury ] have made careful study of
the school houses in Michigan. The
majority OF them are unsanitary and
unfit for live stock" to occupy. They
rarely furnish adequate light, never
furnish proper supply Of pure air.
are not comfortably heated, and, on
the whole. are destructive to the
health of school children. It should be
remembered that the ordinary school
room, unlike the ordinary dwelling
room. is frequently coupled by very
large number OF children. Probably no
enc reform would exert gerater infiu-
ence in reducing the death rate Of
children than would the construction
OF sanitary-school houses. Ordinarily,
school officers know very little about
modern sanitation. II Is largely ques-
ton Of how large pen" Is required
to protect the boys and girls from in
clement weather. A law should be en-