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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
THE HIRED MAN.

Davenport Democrat
The suggestion is made that there
might be less trouble in handling the
farm work and growing and getting
in a good crop, if little more atten-
ton We're paid to not irritating the
hired man."
A farmer who evidently has had eX-
perience with hired men writes that
their scarcity is not due 70 long hours.
arduous tasks and insufficient remun-
GRAFTON. Good hands are always ready
to work overtime, when X is necessary,
he says, because they take an interest
in having the work go. Fer the same
reason they are willing to work hard.
But they should be encouraged to feel
this interest in their work, and for this
reason when it is on the move, should
not be called off to hitch UP team for
some one to so driving, or some equally
trifling service. If allowed to get re-
suits, he will push with energy to make
the work move, while If subject to
trif1ing Interruptions, he will soon lose
interest in its progress.
1t isn't the work or the hours that
a good hand quits for. adds our in
formant: it's having his pride walked
over. He is aggressive and forceful
and more sensitive than is usually
realized. Let him become interested
IN his work and planning to WIND
up some JOB. and then just as he
gets things going right and is count
ing for finish, let hum be called
away for something not of pressing I'm
portance, and you should not blame
MIN If he says thi3gs"-or If repe-
tition of it is followed by his quitting
1t would not require a great stretch
or the imagination, either, to apply
this to almost every avenue Of life be-
sides the farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
THE HONEY" GIRLS AT AMES.
TCedar RaDids Republican


The girls in the Ames domestic sci
ence department are becoming famous
They are noticed even in Boston.
. where the Christian Science Mont
tor, speaking of one Of their expert
ments. or rather achievements, says
; that the young girls in the junior class
are being taught to do some practical
things, the buying and the planning
for meals. al q cost Of 25 cents each,
These meals have become so popular
that the room in which the public is
allowed TO partake of them has its
tables engaged far ahead This is
part Of the course in home economics
in that school. 1t is the practical part
of the education.
We are told that the meals thus
served for % cents never cost more
than 1e cents, which is the limit
placed on expenditures. The only
elements that do not enter into the
calculations are rent and the labor of
the girls. Both Of those would have
commercial value outside of a school
and would have to be figured in some
where. The girls OF the class. we are
told. take a day on which they are
hostesses and on that day she must
do all the planning. including the buy
ing and the making up OF the menu
There is great rivalry. naturally. to
see who can accomplish the most with
the 10 cents per plate.
But best Of all is the quality of the
cooking which is furnished at Ames.
That is. after all the main considera
zion. There Is plenty of food stuff in
the world. but most OF 1t is atrociously
cooked, literally spoiled in making it
eatable. Not only are the materials
poorly used, but many OF them are
wasted and the best is made out Of
very little of 1t.
The Monitor wishes the Ames girls.
and their influence might overspread
the United States. Then the quality
Of living would so up and the price go
down. "Since the Ames girls them
selves are not numerous enough to go
around says that paper. "the next
best thing is to see that the influence
of their accomplishments in home
economics be wide spread"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
THE OLDEST INHABITAST
Prin gbar Roll I


This is not the mildest winter ~
iowa within the memory of anv one
now NVlng. The writer has lived "a
winters in OBrien county. The winter
OF lS7o-7s was milder than this. Thai
WINTER plowing was done every month
IN the year; the farmers sowed WHITE,
wheat in February: the writer planted
corn the 10Th OF April and there was
10 frost after that. There was no,
emo" enough to track rabbit unit
March ., 1876. At no time in the white,
was the frost in the ground more than
seven or eight inches deep. There was
no ram but some foggy. misty days
- - vas warm enough to thaw any day
IN the winter when he un shone AT
no time did the thermometer show a
temperature as low as zero, Most r.,
me time the temperature was above
freezing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
CASE OF EMANCIPATION"

She used to stay at home a month or
even quarter OF year at a time
without coming to town-that woman
of the farm. She used to come at those
intervals longer or shorter sitting on a
board laid across a wagon box with a
quilt folded and laid on the board as a
shock absorber. She used to carry
water from the spring or drag it pain
fully from deep we'll by means of a
windIass and a long rope with an old
wooden bucket at the end or from a
drilled we'll by rope, pulley and a long
tin bucket with a valve in the bottom;
she used to milk most OF the cows. set
the milk in tin pans or crooks, skim it
with a perforated tin skinner, churn the
cream with her own hand and send the
butter to town to "buy the groceries"
She used to do the hired mans wash
ing and mending' along with that Of
the rest Of the family. She used to
tend the garden while she was resting.
She never had bank account or dol
S-AS
loom charges on the rag carpet for
which she sewed rags by a dim kero-
eene lamp of evenings. Her house was
her prison, her clothes a fright. her
only outlook for rest that indefinite pc
Rod which remains between the time
when she would be too old to work and
the call to the long sleep He giveth His
beloved-that woman os the old time
prairie farms.
Surely she has risen and her emanci-
patton has come. The farm house to-
day is as foreign to that Of forty years
ago as the automobile is different from
an OK cart. A tap brings water. twist
of the thumb and finger and the touch
of lighted match illuminates the
house. the hired mans laundry work
affects her no more, she goes to town
when the spirit moves her and the
lumber wagon has backed up to Civ.
place to the luxurious carriage or the
still more luxurious motor car. The
thin, badly cut cloak and blanket shawl
Of those days has been supplanted by
a fur coat that defes wind and wealth :
er. Her clothes match her city sisters
in cut and quality, she has money in
her purse and spends 1t as she chooses
She brings no lunch to be eaten in
the "store they trade at" despises
crackers and cheese once counted a
luxury, and the best place in town ISM
any too good for her figuratively OF
literally.
Speaking OF the emancipation Of
woman" the woman of the farms is the
best example Of what progress has
done for the sex within half century
A little thing like the voting franchise
needn't and doesn't worry her much
She has come up from bondage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
THIRTY YEARS sALooNLEss

ebster city Freeman Tribune.
1t is now nearly thirty years since
iesalized saloon has been in operation
IN Webster City. 1t was on the night
OF the third of July, 1884. that the
saloons in this town closed their doors
never to open again. At that ti,ne
ou!te few Of our people said at will
XIII the town but the experience has
heen just the reverse Then we had
ten legalized saloons, paying a license
we believe of $500 each. The town ha ,
thrived since without this "blood
money and large majority of our
people are more strongly opposed than
ever to the saloon. 1t will not be many
years-perhaps not twenty-until we
shall have national prohibition and the
manufacture or sale of all intoxicants
for the purposes Of beverage will be
thing of the past in this country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
A STANDARD PRODUCT.

The machinist was putting one piece
Of metal where It belonged beside an
other these machines are made to
Q standard" said he. IF you break
or lose or wear out one part you can
ct another very soon. They are made
10 standard
The orchardist was sorting over his
sappies, throwing some aside and put
ting others carefully into = particular
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

old place In Clay county. Missouri. ana
spends the winter on his farm. hves
miles northwest Of Fletcher, Okla. He
has been doing this, for the past five,
years. A visitor found Mr.. James at
the pillow. looking like anything but 2
despeCado. He avoids talking OF the
old days - much as possible The lit
tie farm house sitting on the hill Is
painted . dasxling white. both interior
ana exterior. and n scrupulously neat
In contrast to many southwest Okla
homa farm houses. The land Is fertile.
and the place 10 well stocked. 1t is
cared for by hand In the summer
From the Kansas City Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
fits Of the corporation It aims to pun
ish," argues the Sioux City Tribune.

IF you have plenty Of common sense
and a grain of hunror you can succeed
in the job you have" says the Newton
Journal. III you ara a success where
You are now it's nine chances out OF
ten that you will succeed in any other
joD you max tackle"
Another question Mr.. Meredith
must be prepared for, is whether to
tighten or loosen the liquor laws" says
administra ton means one or the other.
and the people are not likely to let
anything slip by thru inattention.'
THE rapidity with which the rail-
roads handle freight shipments is such
that If farmer wanted to market his
cattle in Chicago when 3 years old, it
would be necessary to ship his calves
as soon as they were weaned," COM
plains the Rockwell monograph.
There is one thing about the reor-
ganization Of the republican party that
should be remembered suggests the
Perry Chief, the foundation must be
built on a lot located on the same
street as where the common people
live"
The Muscatine Journal says: TAX
ing advantage of the congressional va
cation, painters and decorators have
been at work on the capitol at Wash
lngton, and also on the senate and
house office buildings. The peoples
money is thus being wasted merely to
crafty the esthetic tastes of the resi-
dents of Washington, D. c Mr.. Row.
ley, of keosauqua, may yet have to run
FOR the presidency
What shall we do TO entertain the
SlTls says religious exchange notes
the Clinton Advertiser and declares
| that "a man who needs advice as to
how to entertain the girls is not fit to
edit a religious paper"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
story q HistL;fs.

EXCUSE me, SIR" said the seedy one
In the hotel lobby, but, tho q stranger
to me, your face seems familiar. Have
you any relatives in Atlanta?"
mot one" was the reply. Years
ago I floated down the Chattahoochie
river on raft, leaving all my rela-
tives behind. The raft was wrecked
in q storm and had to swim ashore.
with a forty-pound catfish in tow. I
traded the fish for weeks board, put
an 'ad' in the Lost column, recovered
my wrecked raft and started lumber
yard. You can get a doubleheader Of
near beer at the bar on the left. Here's
the price."-Atlanta Constitution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
A Law FOR CANDIDATES.


[Iowa City Republican,
There ought to be = law compelling
every candidate for the legislature to
make an affidavit before his name ap-
pears upon the official ballot that he
has not pledged himself as 10 how ne
will vote on measures that will come
before the legislature. as a result OF
personal importantly. This would not
interfere with candidates declaring
themselves upon public questions. In
visible government gets in its work by
forcing candidates. usually under i'm
piled threats, to make pledges as to
how they will vote on certain questions.
For dozen years hardly person has
been elected TO- the Iowa legislature tln-
less pledged a. to how he will vote OH
questions relating to the liquor traffic
and woman suffrage. The best leg
isators are those left free to vote as
they think best. The tagged legislator
is a public menace.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
Iona Newspapers
HER BOARD OF TRADE
IShpOoDi1on W.,

ohe shenandoah woman should be
sl'en desk in some big office. She
Is some financier. She is borrowing
esss Just at present, when they are 40
cents per dozen, from every ne;ghbor
Within radius of two or three blocks
men the slump comes and they eo
down to about IS cents, she will begin
paying them back and realize a clear
proht Of over 100 per cent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
r1MEsREpuB11cAN, MARsHA1LrowN 1owA JANUARY 1s 1914

and Of the federal constitution. 1t has
been usurped during the practical
reign Of big business in the great COR
poration building era Of our history.
The era Il passing and with 1t Will
pass from power those who assert an
authority higher than that Of the
people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
MID. ADVERTISING.


To the man who follows the adver-
Using and real estate trade game for
period of years, the buying public
resolved itself largely into two classes
First, there are the people who buy
when they feel like it, or run short OF
articles without much system. Second,
those who watch the local trade market
as keenly as the buyer of a manufac-
turing concern watches the commercial
papers.
That may take time. but it is scienti-
f1c buying. The canny housewife
knows that in the month Of January
the merchant is up against the PROPOSE
tion Of reducing stocks. Not all his
ventures have succeeded He did not
expect them to. Some changes must
be taken. Irregularities in weather and
caprices of popular taste have left
parts of his stock unsold. He must
do one Of two things; carry stock
over. borrow money to hold it. pay
heavy insurance, take chances of style
changes or deterioration, or cut his
prices
The majority Of the merchants cut
prices regularly during the latter half
of the winter to meet these conditions.
The scientific house buyer makes the
bulk OF the winter purchases during
this period. What is not needed this
season will be useful another winter.
This trade is mostly reached through
advertising. Every advertisement at
this time of year is closely scanned,
not merely with the casual hope of
some unexpected bargain that may
fit in some time, but in pursuance with
; settled policy Of buying in the lowest
| market.
AS 1t takes too much time to run
around the stores and see what the
merchants are doing. the public
watches the newspapers and visits the
places that have made known their
bargains. January is peculiarly a
month when the newspaper is a direc-
tory of economy. The people who
don't read the store advertising miss
chances to keep the cost of living
down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
Topics of the Timse

Governor Clark seems to be one OF
those purposeful, sincere men who
when they believe thing is right are
ready to stand or fall with 1t. Clarke
has been an excellent governor. he
has made no enemies that any good
and honest business governor would
not have made and deserves the con-
fdence and appropriation OF all Iowa 1t
is unthinkable that such as the Row
leys should be able to arouse any ap-
preciable sentiment against him.
Get your seat at the ringside. Time
is called in the Second district.
We take q forty degree rise Of the
mercury as the natural thing and a
forty degree drop as a calamity, look
for sunshine as a sure thing and snow
as an accident here in sunny Iowa.
Iowa is blowing for wheat in Jan
uary Of course there are other places
where they should pillow for wheat in
January if they could raise the wheat.
Harry Thaw is likely to get out.
Perhaps that's the best way cut OF it.
Let him go and strange the next news
to chronicle one Of those soft spots in
January
The Iowa City Republican says there
hasn't been any gambling to amount
to anything in that town. However
there was a story floating about town
as to two local sports" who took away
from the university town $500 in
cash and an automobile al one session.
1t was rumor only and did not go into
details as to whether the auto or the
coin came from the student body. But
it certainly looks like something had
been doing "on the green;
Wonder how the man who makes ear
muffs is keeping alive this winter.
Old Mother Jones" is an example Of
what heights Of Importance woman
may attain 10. The authorities of Colo
RADIO sent the militia to put the old
lady out of Trinidad That must have
been a glorious day in the annals of
the soldiery Of Colorado
You wouldn't take your little boy or
girl over to the neighbours to amuse
by seeing somebody die. Then why
take them to the deathbed scenes in
the moving pictures? a lot of the rep
reservations of crime, killing and death
needs to be cut out of the movie filins
or the movies cut out Of the children
itinerary of amusement.
Putnam county in Indiana boasts
that her 500 miles CT improved gravel
and macadam roads constitute more
miles of hard roads than any other
county in the United States except
one in New Jersey. This feels like the
can at the end of dogs tail to other
counties in Indiana so petition for
stone roads signed by practically every
land owner in Springfield township is
up in Allen county and the farmers liv-
ing near Rochester have petitioned for
concrete road.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

Police testimony that the Mount
Ralner postoffice robbery ~as the work
CT tyros rests on the substantial
grounds that they left the safe
Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

Frank James, Retired Bandit.
Frank James is growing old and Mis-
souri, winters are too severe for his
thin blood. The former bandit has
prospered and is able to afford both
summer and winter homes. When the
frost is on the pumpkin he leaves the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

Baseball games are being played
cal!y and nightly now by the magma ties.
New York Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

j. P. Morgan, ST., restored the stolen
cope TO the town Of Ascot. His son
might DO as much for.the state of Vir-
ginia.-Boston Herald,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

Another evidence that this is still
more or less land of free opportunity
is Mr.. Henry c. Ford.-Colmbus (O)
State Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

fed. It 10 . fne institution chat
Quincy has, and there ought to be
others like It wherever they may be
needed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

Inc government is going to build a n
Aiashan railroad. What q speech on
This Ballinger could make if he had
lived.-Detroit News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

whenever the public attempts to
punish corporations by imposing spe-
cial taxes against them. 1t only adds
to the burden it already 10 carrying
and at the same time adds to the pro-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

'.Des Moines has benefited less from
state money. has had fewer state APP
preparations, and fewer state institu-
tons than any capital city in the
west" insists the Dcs Muines Regis
ter and Leader. 1T has built UP less
with state aid. On the other hand, no
city has done more to make a city Of
Itself with it's own money than Des
Moines. These are the cold facts. Why
should not these facts be recognized
and accepted?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

Inc theory that the public is cIamor-
ing lor lower rates is not borne out bv
fuiihan car conditions. The upper
oerths, tho cheaper, are never in de.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

The Scranton Journal says Cover
nor Clarke has done much which en-
titles him to this honor. not the least
Of which was his promotion Of the
capitol extension idea"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

DR., S. Weir Mitchell was so unk;na
10 the quality not quantity" theory nj
sro"lng families that he consented 10
DE one Of nine children and still,
achieved remarkable career-Chi-
cago News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16

Get your seat at the ringside. Time
is called in the Second district.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
Wonder how the man who makes ear
muffs is keeping alive this winter.

Old Mother Jones" is an example Of
what heights Of importance woman
NAV attain TO. The authorities of Colo
RADIO sent the militia to put the old
lady out of Trinidad. That must have
been a glorious day in the annals of
the soldiery Of Colorado
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-16
Frank james, Retired Bandit.

Marshalltown, Jan. Is.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13
SETTLING A BET
BY Jim Nance.

BY Jim Nance.
A reader of The Day Book Writes,
Dear Mister Jim Nance,
I'D thank you if you'd settle now
A little bet for me.
My men friends say they bet you
won't,
We girls just bet you will.
Below you'll find our little bet,
Come on now, where's your skill?
("The bet is that you won't write a
piece Of poetry about Oshkosh, Wis.,,
and about Will Jeff ever be as big as
Mutt?'")
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13
WARNS MINERS AGAINST GOING
INTO CIVIL COURTS

Des oMines, Ia, March 15.-Pres.
Rogers of Iowa district, United Mine
Workers, at convention denounced
miners who go into civil courts to en-
force contracts. He said the courts
were opposed to organized labor(and
the convention adopted resolution
suspending a union member six
months and fning him SIS and court
costs who in future starts suit in a
court.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13
THE GIRLS WIN

I'm sort of strong for suffrage, so
! guess that I'll begin
To write those little poems, so
That bunch of girls can win.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13
WATERFALL FACES SERIOUS
CHARGE WITH GIRL

Harry N. Waterfall, wealthy ticket
broker, and Gertrude Friedlander, a
young girl, were arrested on serious
charges in the girls apartments, 1928
Prairie avenue. States attorneys
Office has received many complaints.
Chicago equal suffragists want
city ordinance for a minimum scale
for men and women in trade occupa-
tons.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13

TWO YOUNGSTERS DIE-U. c.
COULDN'T HELP ON FUNERALS
When John Moser's two little
daughters, Martha, 31a, and Annie,
one year old, died Sunday and Mon
day, respectively, George Scott, the
undertaken who had been notified by
the physician of the condition Of the
family, telephoned to the United
Charities.
An investigator came. He looked
at the two dead children and heard
the sad story of the father. ''T have
no money to bury Them said Moser.
The investigator shook his head.
Eve can do nothing for you" he said.
eff you wish we will send you to the
Home of the FriendIess," and walked
out.
Ashamed of himself, he turned
back and gave neighbor $3.50 gro
Gerry order for the bereaved family.
Meanwhile kind-hearted neighbers
took up a collection for carfare so
that the sorrow-stricken parents
could attend the children's funeral
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13
OSHKOSH, WIS.

In state that borders Illinois
There lies town in bliss,
Now you may not believe it, but
They call it Oshkosh, Wis.
I've never seen the bIoomin' town,
quite refuse TO rap.
! only know, by goIIy, that
The town is on the map.