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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
"FArHER,s Clues

What sort of a father are your
This question is found on every pro-
gram Of what is claimed to be the
first fathers club in the United
States, organized at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, little over year ago. ac-
cording to information received at
the home education division Of the
United States bureau Of education.
Ten clubs, with an average mem
bership Of fifty have been formed
during the year for the purpose "of
bringing the fathers into closer
touch with the children, the teachers.
and the board Of education, in an en-.
deavor to bring about the very best
results for the betterment OF the chill.
dren." The motto OF these clubs is
Make the Indifferent Different
Membership is limited to males TWEEN.
ty-one years Of age or over.
Each month the fathers clubs" de.
bate such questions as: Are our
children trained for, or away from.
the age in which we live? How many
children out Of 1000 reach high
SShOOA LII Jul tO"h: "Adt duOuI lhc
rest? Or they discuss topics like the
following: Comparative public ex.
penditures in various states; juvenile
courts; schoolhouse instruction;
compulsory education; open-air
schools; Fairgrounds; medical in.
spection; sex question; business edu-
cation; the cultural influence OF
newspapers, magazines, music, books,
etc; women on the school board; the
school house as community center
Guests representing various com.
munity groups are invited to the
meetings; interested fathers from
.other districts; clergymen; physi.
clans of the neighborhood; members
OF the board OF education; mayor
and city council; and the bar asso
citation. The clubs were addressed al
different times during the year by &
Judge OF the United States circuit
court, university professors, sena
tors, school superintendent, a judg,
Of the superior court, a member o
the state board Of education, as wei
as other interested citizens.
1t is planned in the near future t,
form the existing clubs into fedora
ton. with q uniform program for al
| the clubs every month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE
UNITED STATES.

The total number Of medical stu
dents in the United States for the
year ending June 30. 1914, was 16,oo2'
a decrease OF 513 below last year,
decrease OF / $40 below 1912 and de-
crease OF 1850 below 1904, when u.s.
142, the highest number Of students,
were enrolled. OF the total number
OF students, 15.43S were in attendance
at the non-sectarian (regular) col
Ieges; 1874 at the homeopathic and 30
at the eclectic colleges. The attend
ance at the non-sectarian colleges
shows a decrease Of 4s1 below that OF
last year, decrease Of 1888 below
1912 and decrease OF s,492 (3s per
cent? below 1908. when 1880, the
largest number OF non-sectarian stu
dents, were enrolled. In the homeo-
pathic colleges there was q decrease
of S. below the attendance OF last
year, decrease OF 81 below 1912 and
q decrease Of 1,105 (5s per cent? be-
low 1900, when 1909, the largest num-
Der of homeopathic students, were en-
rolled. The eclectic colleges show IN
increase OF II over the registration OF
last ,ear but decrease OF 3S below
1912 and decrease OF IA (73 per
cent? below 1904, when the largest
number of eclectic students were en-
rolled.
The total number Of graduates for
the year ending June 80, 1914. was
1884, a decrease of 387 below 1913,
and decrease Of Sss below 1912.
The total this year is 2,153 (37.5 per
cent? less than In 1904, when 5,757.
the largest number, were graduated.
The number Of graduates from the
non-sectarian colleges was 1865 or
314 less than last year, and BAL less
than in 1912. It Is q decrease OF
1926 (s5 per cent? below 1904. when
$3.50, the largest number. were grad
uated from non-sectarian colleges.
From the homeopathic colleges there
were 1874 graduates, or s. less than
in 1913, and 81 less than In 1912. 1t
is decrease Of 266 (63 per cent?
below 1905, when 420, the largest num-
Der OF homeopathic physicians. were
graduated The eclectic colleges grad
uated 20. or 90 less than list year,
and 40 less than. In 1911. 1t Is a de-
crease OF ISL 1888 per cent? below
1890, when 221. the largest number
OF eclectic physicians. were gradu-
ated. These figures are from the an
nual report on Medical Education
published by the Journal OF the Amer
lean Medical association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
xeokuk. Iowa September 20, 1914
INDIAN SUMNER.

INDIAN SUMNER. =
There came darkness on the autumn
hills
That suddenly hid the glory OF the
leaves,
The rich, high tapestries Of the earth's
room,
Hung by mad magician in the night
flushed rains descended, and a veil
Of mist
Shut from my eyes the crimson and
the gold,
u .perial purple and embroidered red
That wrapped the walls Of God.
& Beauty was lost
TO one who craved It in that solemn
time,
The sad years long, slow marching
afternoon.
Then 10! saw lamp at the valleys
door,
And a young girl with summers van
ished smile
Passed down the singing corridors,
and Dlazed
with suns miraculous the vestured
hills.
Il followed her, strange ghost of the
lost June,
Until the kingly pomp OF autumn fell
In. tragic ruin up and down the world.
Charles Hanson Towne.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE.

The war opens up to our manufac-
turers great possibilities In South
America. Temporarily at least. there
should be much new business. But
European exporters will not lie down
after the war IL over, and watch
Uncle Sam walk of with their $780,.
600, 900 annual trade.
The question is largely whether our
manufacturers will take the trouble
to adapt themselves to the whims and
Municipalities Of these localities. The
tendency formerly has been to send
these people, not what they wanted,
but what we thought they ought to
want. Somewhat better results have
been had for few recent years, but
our exporters still have great deal
to learn II they are to compete per-
manently in this field.
The reports of our consuls show
what stupid blunders have been made
in the past. Many goods intended for
Portuguese speaking countries would
have Spanish labels. Shipments have
been marked in feet and pounds. for
countries using the metric system.
Many manufacturers would ship
goods in great flimsy cases, tackled
together with light nails. They might
have to be trans-shipped from steam
er to harbor lighter. thence to river
boat, again to railway, and finally to
OK team. They would encounter trop
zeal rains and heat. If they held to
gether, they might prove too heavy
for the human carrier at the end OF
the journey.
The business men OF these coun
tries have the Latin-American love
for forms and ceremonies. The ap
proach of our breezy statesmen strikes
them as rough and abrupt. Socia,
relations precede business in the trop
les. And no matter how well mar
can work off goods in Oshkosh OF
Seattle, If he only speaks pigeon
Spanish in South America, 1t Is like
Hungarion laborer trying to sell
grand pianos on Fifth avenue.
1t is great field for young men
who are willing to grow up with the
country, and form a link between oul
mills and South American customs
and ideas. That is the way the Eng
lish and Germans won the business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Some people will pay s25 week
board to stay in a summer resort
where the principal occupation is 60
ing to the postoffice for letters and
newspapers from home
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Information received from Alaska
says that Lord William Percy. natur-
alist and sportsman. has bagged q
specialized" elder duck, species
which has been supposed to be ex-
tinct.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
is in successful progress" observes
the Burlington Hawk!Eye.
Iowa compIimented.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Everybody
in the state seems to be delighted with
which made Colonel David G. Palm
er the commander in chief Of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

At the cattle shows, the cattle can
usually be found over In some little
pen back of the horse jockeys quar-
tiers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

In spite of all the penalties i'm
posed by the statutes for idle and
disorderly conduct, some people con-
tinue to write war poems and send
them to this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

After spending the permanent work
appropriation in raking muck from
the cutters to the middle Of the
highway, many road makers go homo
confident that it will last until the
next rain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Ex-King Manuel OF Portugal has APP
pealed to the Portuguese republic to
join with the allies against Germany.
Manuel declares he has offered his
personal services to the king OF Eng
land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Although many people are hard up
and can't pay their grocery bills, the
government persistently refuses to
issue them any Of the emergency
currency
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Vessels lined with metal that will
patented by a Pennsylvania to heat
liquids as they are being poured from
one to another. s--,...
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

The sufferings Of some Of the tour.
fists in Europe, with all their bag
gage lost but six or eight trunks, ex.
cites much compassion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

The European war Is going along
satisfactory to most of the countries
tengaged in it, according to reports
from the respective countries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

The New Jersey Audubon society,
OF which George Batten OF Montclair
is president, has issued a statement
denying that the society is opposed TO
all cats and desired to legislate
against them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

A machine which he claims shows
the existence of psychic emanations
from the human body and measures
them, has been invented by Kansas
City physician. w.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Grand Army Of the Republic. While
the compliment to the colonel is q
merited one; there is also q compli-
ment for the good state Of Iowa in
that election, and there is no good
citizen who does not appropriate
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

The office boy feels he can not
i properly begin the work Of the day
until he has talked over the war
news with the boss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

Social stability requires character;
character requires religion; religion
requires worship; and worship re-
4quires Sabbath-Guizot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Mrs. Rosemary S. Woodston, grand
daughter Of President Grant, died on
F September 2, at Hampstead, L. L.,
aged "a years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

There is profound satisfaction
among the leaders of all political par
ties that they have secured the
United States big wheat crop.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

II we had to turn our own grind
stones we wouldn't have so many
axes to grind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

The college students haven't
pitched much hay the past summer.
1T might lame their pitching arm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

A grass widow is never as green as
she acts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

THE charge OF extravaganza which
Candidate Hamilton is making against
Governor Clarke's administration
would have more weight II Mr.. Ham
ilton would name a few items which
he would cut out II chosen governor"
suggests the Harlan Republican.
The Ida Grove Record-Era says
Tom Steele /. q man who makes a
favorable impression without effort"
:. mo one who approves the course
of President Wilson can express his
approval except by voting for Maur-
ice Connolly for SENATOR" declares the
Rock Rapids Review. "If he votes
against Connolly he votes against
Wilson becuse Connolly Is standing in
the shoes of Wilson"
Connolly represents Wilson about
as wheelbarrow resembles six
car" says the Marshalltown Times
Republican.
In announcing Senator Cummins'
arrival in Iowa the Glidden Graphic
says: Get ready to hear the explo-
sion Of some OF the statements made
by Connolly and Hamilton in recent
political speeches"
| "The Governor Clarke turning move
ment on the Hamilton tax DOGGY plank
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

"The Governor Clarke turning move
ment on the Hamilton tax DOGGY plank
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

Read The Daily Gate City. Il
cents per wssz.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

that compliment, and who does no
feel proud and happy over the col
onel's election?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20

The Ida Grove Record-Era says
Tom Steele Is man who makes a
impression without effort"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-09-20
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22

the western counties of Arkansas, was found asleep in the woods near here and arrested by United States marshals posse on charges of operating an illicit still.
 Dale lay asleep on his rife at the foot of tree. Awakened to find six guns pointed at him. he showed fight. but was soon overpowered.
 Dale's crude still and 260 gallons of liquor We're confiscated and the opera tor put in jail. His whisky making de- vice was of the portable kind generally known as wildcat still. As early as 1894 attempts were made to corner Dale and scores of government officers after trailing him for months in isolated re- gions of Scott and Polk counties aban- doned the chase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
A Singhalese Romance

Y Ablil lilt 1HlISlldIl I1tIdlu.
 Jivi was little Buddhist girl, orig inally named Kalu Menikka. which means a black diamond; Mennikka is an ending which all the women of her taste have, as she was an up-country Singhalese-the people who held out to the last against foreign rule and influence in Ceylon Jivi lived with me for years.
 You thing I very proud, Amma?'' she asked wistfully. Why. no, Jivi; why do you say that?" q think I very proud. '' she replied. q high-caste girl. Horatula- he low-caste man, but he very good man. tloratula, he love me very much, many years. love him, too, but I not let him know if. 1 just as if I not love him at asl, because l high-caste girl and he low caste man; you think I very proud?" "I don't know, Jivi' I said, ''the only way l think you can settle 1t is to pray over it.
 Now, Horatula had been a Buddhist. but had been converted years before in an up-eountry, but low-caste village. in ceylon His had been a wonderful case of conversion from the darkness of heathenism to the light, and he had been an officer in the Salvation Army longer than had Jivi Horatula had &C., cofnpanied others on several tours in England and America, but had come
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
Dug Quail From Snow
om the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Springfield, Mass.--Digging live quail out of snowbank may sound like a yarn upon which to look with suspicion but that was what the keeper at. the state hatchery at Wilbraham did after the recent snowstorm
 The fact that the keeper found the birds buried beneath foot of snow is taken as an indication by sportsmen that many others have died beneath the snow and that the hunting next sea son will be far from good
 The flock the keeper rescued is one that is allowed to roam at will on the game farm. After the big storm he noticed that the quail had disappeared search of outbuildings failing to re- veal them he took q shovel and pro- ceeded to dig in field not far from the house where he had noticed that the quail spent most of their time.
 Eventually he discovered the birds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
DEVELOPMENT OF :
 THE HINDU'S BODY
Many of Tricks of Magacians Are Done by Means of High Physi-
 cal Efficiency

Into one of the big downtown adver- Using offices strolled q dark little man. olive brown of complexion, straight of hair, with dull gray eyes and thin ner- your fingers, says the New York Sun In the midst of the hustle and rush of the office the little stranger hesitated awl1- wardly, timidly, looking about him in fu- tile search for a friendly face. But the world of materialism hurried all about him, shouting orders, shunling papers banging typewriters, stamping up and down in self-sufficient disdain of this visitor from the far land, "bacl of the beyond" For though the little Hindu sage who stood and lived in the center of the whirl of the 20th century is a successful business man and holds a high degree from a great European university his life concerns itself not in the slightest with what we choose to call the things that are"
 No, many of the stories of the ca are not true" replied the little doctor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22

or decorative and attractive plants. The mam difficulty about that is they are not given proper and timely attention after they are set out. Then it Is merely the attention that chance may give them. There may be planted cannas, caIadium elephant earl, trimmed or untrimmed eNersreens, spiraeas, crepe myrtle, althea In various colors, or the ground may be covered with trailing plants of various Kinds that are hardy or half hardy. But whatever Is painted in this green strip. let It be given such attention as it should have to make 1t thrive, and then let us all use every effort to present it's de- struetion by the thoughtless child or Srown-up who may pass that way and mutllate 1t, much or little, the start in this direction only encourages others to continue this work of destruction. If this strip Is an ornament let us all show our appreciation of 1t and the person respon- slhle for it by not only admiring it. but doing nothing that will mar it's beauty.
 Do not be afraid to use water on any cry days, for our soil is naturally Il thirsty soil, soon dries out, and when the sun is hot the roots of the grass burn, the surface soon browns and its beauty is gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
Special Sale Standard Room Size RuqS
REDUCTIONS GREAT
Wool Bungalow Rugs $8.5O

Wool Bungalow Rugs S8.50 9x12 all wool Bungalow Rugs, in solid and figured colors; $10 values. Special. .$8.50
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 Royal Wilton Rugs $3450 9x12 Royal Wilton Rugs, lot of about 20 Rugs ranging in price from $40 to $50. Spe- . .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
BIRMINGFIAM'S NEW "CTTY
 BEAUTIFUL" DEPARTMENT
Information Help Advice Address City Beautiful De-
 partment City Hall

Grass, grass and more grass. There isn't anything like the beautiful green of a well kept lawn, or the lovely green strip between the walk and the curb, to make background, or even an approach to a home. If you have a lawn properly made to begin with, and propertly kept after the work of making has been fin- ished then you have all that is esseh- tial to make others feel the prey of the green-eyed monster. There is no one thing that will cause more remark than just this spot of green grass.
 One the lawn is well established has been kept well watered, and induced to grow all that it can, has been kept well moved and rolled, you need not worry about the balance. You may not have another plant in or near the green spot But you will have something that not everyone has, or having. have failed to care for and appreciate enough to give it the attention 1t deserves.
 Sidewalk Shrubs
 Along the strip of green between the walk and curb can be planted a variety
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22

when at last he had been discovered bv
 the capitalist friend ana ensconced in the Inner office. For instance, it is ex- tremely doubtful that the reported phe- | nomenon of the Yogi who threw a rope | into the air and then climbed up the rope | the rope has ever been authenticated by veracious testimony"
 Why, of course not, that's ridicu- lous," interrupted the hard-headed friend
 And yet the little doctor paused and pressed the tips of his thin brown fingers together, staring hard at his companion, and yet l have seen man raise him self from the ground without any ex- ternal aid"
 There was no mistaking the earnest ness of the assertion, get the skeptical capitalist snorted a trrfie and exclaimed: {: i But the law of gravitationr
 Yes, my friend, rejoined the little doctor, and just what is the law of gravitaton?"
 Why, it's the law that"
 'The birds, the balloon, the clouds, do they comply with that law?" Why yes, they all come down event.
 ually,"
 "rhe man came down also.' The New Yorker threw up his hands l "Go ahead, doctor. what next?" 'There is nothing next, my friend. strange and wildly impossible as our whole system may seem, that system Is based upon that which you call physical | development: only, we in the east have studied the development and training of ! the body for over 5000 years; hence we have arrived at stage of efficiency un- comprehended and ineomprehensibe to you.
 We work best on a minimum of nour- fshment on but an hour or two of sleep. That which we eat we assimilate. There is no waste, no useless expenditure of energy. You are still skeptical I can
 not convince you.
 20 'ezIs IeolsHud Jo Nesds no1 loN,,
 muscular perfection. Well, yes, that is something; but when it comes to the
 highest degree of muscular efficiency
 perhaps l may be able to show you a
 little thing"
 Quickly the doctor slid out of his coat
 and stood in his shirt sleeves.
 Have you tape measure here? Yes? Good. Will you measure my chest?"
 Then slowly, regularly, the little iOri- ental began to inhale great draughts of air. Twenty times at least he breathed Tn deeply through the nose, and as he
 breathed his chest swelled and swelled until the buttons of his wastcoat strained at their fastenings. Now measure" he said. The tape showed an expansion of five and one-half inches. That is but one of the things we can do.' smiled the doctor as he bowed him. self gravely from the office. But, great Scott. man. that's a bigger expansion than a prize fighter, a hammer thrower, a professional strong man can show gasped the amazed American
 And the doctor drew himself up to the full dignity of his five feet two inches, you can see that l am scarcely a professional athlete"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22
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