Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-28
Looker-On In Iona

Ogden, Nov 2s-Its far away
,enough TO now mention it. No one will
recognize the man and place But
something ought to be done about it..
Something more than newspaper
notice. He has practicsd medicine for
many years and with the practice has
grown an increasing use of some drug.
till today his case is hopeless. Hour
after hour he sits in his office half I'M
consious OF what is going on in this
world or any other The office has
not been swept out for months. Medi-
! cine bottles open and corks are every
where scattered on the floor. The
forceps he used to pull that boys
tooth is covered with dried blood.
Other surgical instruments are very
rusty. Dust covers the table and
prescription case. In one corner are
some bandages carelessiy thrown there
after some operation. An unciean
| saw-dust spittoon gives evidence that
the old Doctor still chews tobacco. His
personal appearance shows he neglects
his razor and the laundry. His
towels would disgrace farm hand.
Yet this "old doctor" has quite a
practice. He's the best doctor in town
when he's sober one hears very fire.
quently. And the wonder is, "he is
| still employed by the best families in
! town."
| In Milwaukee the other day they
had "a Symphony concert" an audi
ence Of 5000 people at 10 cents ad-
| mission, receipts $500. No comps The
above suggests something. Nearly
every town in Iowa, has a glee club. an
orchestra or brass band. Some of
them mighty good ones Why not
initiate Milwaukee and give 10 cent
entertainments frequently during the
winter months. The moving picture
business shows that the people attend
in crowds the low priced shows. Give
them a good low priced musical pro-
gram and there's plenty of people in
every town to fill hall, church or the
| theater. Last Saturday night there
was an excellent musical concert at
| the Methodist church. There was
easily a thousand persons present. OF
course it. was free and OF course 1t
would not do to have paid enter
tainment Sunday nights. But were
that number of people glad to attend
entertainment of newest classical
music, these people neglected
theatrical show and five movies. A
ITO cent entertainment of a popular
program would proba bly, have a big
audience any night in the week. And
every week of this exception the size
of the audiences applies to small
! towns of Iowa.
The writer is not citizen OF Mar
shalltown SO what follows is not home
taffy. If you want to find out whether
the boys and girls of Marshalltown are
interested in their school work get on
a corner say two blocks from school
house at eight thirty in the morning
and hear what these school children
talk about on their way to school. The
writer takes a street car every Mon
day morning and knows what he ID
| talking about. And the boys and girls
know what they are talking ABOUT
and are trying to learn by asking one
another all manner of questions or
givig their experiences in trying TO
work out some hard problem at home
the night before. And the teachers
come in for such large amount OF
condemnation Wonder II she expects
me to commit to memory thirteen
pages, etc.. '1 just simply can't work
it,. "If Vera Cruz was on the Allan
tic or the Pacific ocean" Il think we
girls ought to have q swimming pool
lit would not hurt the old building
IT don't believe Sue Jones will pass the
next term, and so on as they pass by
the man waiting for the street car
The funny business is when school
is over, the return trip. Then. foul
nice healthy, pretty girls Of sixteen
locked arm in arm fail to turn out FOL
the tired travelling man, and as they
go by are they talking OF school ane
studies? Not much. What "he" sale
seems to be upparmost in their minds
'"That new hat she bought is terrible"
"I'I bet we beat 'em tomorrow. The,
just can't play basket ball." Wonde'
IL this kind Of morning talk and
evening conversation goes ON ever
where.
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