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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
FOR GREATER ECONOMY
Legislative Committee on Retrerch.
mont and Reform Soon to Frame Re-
port For Presentation at Next SEES.
sion-Pian Of Grouping Departments
Under General Heads 10 Proposed.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 6.--Senator Joe
Allen, wearing a smile almost as big as
his majority. came to town yesterday
on business; but he says that the leg
.slative committee on retrenchment
and reform will meet in a week or so
and endeavor to frame up the report
that is to be presented to the legisla-
ture next winter This report will be
before the public II long enough time
in advance of the meeting of the leGis-
lature so that Its main features may
all be understood by the people. II
is the fruit of the movement started
during the last session to work out
some needed reforms in the details of
state administration. One OF the first
steps was to enlarge the committee
and place funds at it's disposal for this
work.
The general plan to be recommended
will be that of grouping the depart
ments under general heads and re-
organizing with view to greater
economy.
81 do not believe that 1t would be
possible to have officials more faithful
and to secure better results from what
expenditure is made" said the SEN
ator, than at present. under the sys-
tenn we have. But the trouble with
our system OF state administration is
1t has just grown up. AS things are
needed additions have been made. We
have built on here and there and some-
times the additions are not attached
at the right place. We need to have
the work better arranged and simpli-
fled and we will get better results"
One plan Is to give to the governor.
for instance, greater power and re-
sponsibility. to make him in fact the
head of the state in all administrative
affairs As 1t is now he has compar-
atively little authority. He can do
very little to correct wrongs he may
know exist. He has little power over
finances. Many of the real executive
departments are located far away from
his influence. Some of the other
elective offices have executive duties
that are incompatible with their pres
ent positions.
The plan of grouping together differ
ent departments will make the work
easier and more effective. For instance
under the department OF industry there
will be grouped all that relates to
industrial affairs, with such assistance
3S mage be needed. All the educational
forces should be grouped together All
the inspection work may be under one
bureau.
The report of the efficiency engin-
GERS employed by the last legislature
has been found Of value to the COM
mittee in working out the plans de-
sired. but the report will not be ap
proved as a whole. Some OF the sug-
gestions of the efficiency engineers. or
expert bookkeepers. were visionary in
the extreme and had no practical value.
The report of the committee will be an
entirely new thing and In every way
unique. 1t is sure to be one of the
features of the coming legislature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
FOR COSTIVE BOWELS,
SOUR STOMACH, COLD OR HEADACHE

1T isn't indigest1on--it's bilioueneaA
and constipation. Try Cascarets: they
sweeten the stomach. remove the sour,
fermenting food and foul gases: take
bile from the liver and carry on the
constipated waste matter from the
bowels. Then your stomach trouble.
headache. bad cold and all such misery
ends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06

That awful sourness, belching Of acid
and foul gases: that pain In the pit Of
the stomach, the heartburn. nervous
ness nausea, bloating after eating.
feeling of fullness, dizziness and sick
headache. means your stomach Is sour
your liver Is torpid--your bowels con-
stipated. 1t isn't your stomach's fault
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
Clarke May Attend Conferences.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Nov. 6.-Governor
Clarke received very cordial invita-
ton yesterday. along with congratu-
lations to attend the conference Of gov
ernors at Madison next week. He Is
hoping to be able to attend but the
work on his table has piled up greatly.
The conference is an annual affair
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
VOTE COUNTY FARM HOME.
Tax Levy Of $4,000 in Webster County
Approved at Election.

Special to Times Republican,.
Fort Dodge, Nov. 6.-The proposition
to levy tax OF $4,000 to provide for
modern county home on Webster
county's fine county farm, was carried
by a big vote in Tuesdays election.
The county has been using "a totally in
adequate and ranshackle structure for
many years. Plans for an up-to- date
and fireproof structure will be formed
at once.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
Call For Bank Statements.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Nov. 6,-Banks OF Iowa
organized under state laws are asked
10 make a statement OF their condi
ton as OF date Nov. to the state
banking department.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06

A Berlin professor estimates the conn
mercial value Of electricity of flash OF
lightning lasting for one-thousandth OF
a second at 20 cents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-06
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHA1LTowN. IOWA: NOVEMBER

personal tight made upon him by the
enemies OF the movement, the organ
ICED work has been allowed to drag.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17

Eleanor Kahn is one of the little
girls of the moving picture world
who has grown into the business and
into the hearts of the public at one
and the same time. She belongs to
the eastern company of the 'Essanay
players.
-O-O-
PLENTY
Counsel-Tm sorry 1 couldn't do
more for you.
Convicted Client-Don't mention
it, guv-nor; amt five years enough?
Miss Jennie Butts, an aged spinstsr
in Ithaca, N. Y, has q cats, IL COWS
and horses, -
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17
STUFFED ONIONS

Boil large-sized onions until tender,
allowing one for each person to be
served. When they can be pierced
with a fork drain and set aside to
cool. Take great care to keep the
shape perfect. When cool, with
sharp knife remove center. Mix three
tablespoons of minced ham, three
tablespoons of bread crumbs, one
tablespoon of butter, one egg, three
tablespoons of milk together. Salt
to taste. Fill the space in each onion
with the mixture Put in baking dish.
Dot each onion with butter Add one
cup Of sweet cream. Sprinkle with
bread crumbs. Bake in slow oven
half an hour.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17

be wholly in love with her if I stay
here. That might not suit you"
Does it suit her?" challenged Mr..
Ross.
81 think SO, hope So" answered
Bert.
Then go and sett1eit with her and
decide on my offer"
And an hour later Bert had accept
ed the position, for Elsa had accepted
him.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-17
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FARCE?

Hash was a delicacy unknown to
the early Romans. When a cook in
the kitchen of julius Caesar tossed a
few left overs" together, he pepper
ed it and sailed it and served as far
cire." The dish was never known out
side of Rome, but the word Travelled
over to France, and some time about
the 18th century French dramatists
began applying the word, which liter
ally means stuffed" to a certain
kind of grotesque comedy. The Eng
ish adopted it and MOVE it has uni
versal currency as applied to a form
of theatrical entertainment which
has no plot, but is stuffed" with fun
and music and spiced with wit.
-O-O
MRS. MuchWed has certainly had
very diversified life" You mean di-
Yorce-iied. Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

And
 As long as man has the ballot and patronizes the comic weekly" wom- ens clothes will continue to evolve to supply humor to a weary land in which ] the subjects for mirth would seem to be unfortunately few and hard to find.
 In the big cities of the world-Paris, tic City-the Easter Parade" is the theme of every newspaper writer, car toonist and magazine scribe who is pushing the goose quill And
 fertile field Is afforded this year. for never before have womens clothes been so bizarre, so outre and so queer
 Perhaps The styles of today were predicted in the far away decades of the long ago, for see what comes to us from the cen turies past:
 What noise is that? Who is this woman who advances heralded by plaudits? Let us draw near, let us con- slider the crowd that surges about her Is she unclothed? I hardly know-come nearer yet-here is a subject worthy of my pencil Behold her thin pantaloons like Monseigneur's the Comte dArtois famous skin brooches. This ladys neither garment, excessively tight though sill<en in texture, is adorned with a kind of bracelet. The upper dress is skillfully cut open and the full bosom is displayed. heaving under ex- n1 a1x int cambric garment reveals the legs and thighs. clasped by golden circlets set with diamonds
 ''So slight veil remains that I hard ly know whether the removal of it's transparent folds would not be a s~in to desty."-Mercier, 1797.
 Here the present day styles are fore cast
 Here is the diaphanous skirt and the "Pantalette" skirt both of which are bidding for favor.
 A woman said the other day that there was a style for everybody this season except the "suffra gette."
 "She added that the "suffragette fig ure' didn't count much in the present day "get up."
 How those women love each other"
 To my mind
 The suffragette is just the one who can wear the styles of today to perfee- ton, for they need the courage Of a Pankhurst and the starvation fight" to be able to wiggle into them
 A woman cannot eat and wear them.
 The styles are really Starvation styles in which the fat woman is not considered. '
 Men talk about. and laugh at, and poke fun at women's clothes. and de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

Testimonial. "- Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR HIN, l2 King St., Westbrook, Maine.
 Mansion, Wis. - "At the Change of Life suffered with pains in my back and Joins until could not stand. also had night-sweats SO that the sheets would be wet. I tried other medicine but got no relief. After taking one bot tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound l began to improve and I continued its use for six months. The pains left me, the night-sweats and hot flashes grew less, and in one year was . different woman. I know have to thank you for my continued good health ever since. = Mrs. M. J. BRowNELL. Mansion, Wis.
 The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl. dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by q W0mans and held in strict confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

tiger in eats that makes them worth study. You are never sure of a cat For all his Cor her) ''domestication" the critter is fierce, wild and untamed at heart.
 The cat is an aristrocrat, loves to be immaculate and magnificent; loafs; is or was dhey tell me cats have given up housing and you have to depend upon a trap) a hunter; certainly Is an amor ist, a musician and a fighter. Why does this splendid, clean being conde- scend to dirt, run to the coal bin?
 have a big gray cat, with a glorious long arching tail, blooded cat with eyes of yellow green and the Lord knows how many other colors, eyes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

men (and in lots of men, too) as in the grass, and the flowers, and the trees. l They blossom. I That Easter has been sort of an 'open sesame" along these linesl | Femininity sallies forth in new togs, hats, bonnets, shoes and parasols, and everybody is happy but poor old dad, who is buried beneath a hecatomb of milliners' and dressmakers' bills. Curious But
 Clothes and religion come into very close juxtaposition at Eastertide. Who was it that said of woman that
 "The consciousness of being well dressed filled her soul with a sereneness that religion had never been able to supply?" As matter of fact 1t is odd that re- ligion and clothes have ever gotten to- gether, for clothes and sin for some reason seem to have and to be always closely allied. Eve sinned. " nctneT--
 She sinned that she might have clothes,
 Or
 Got clothes because she sinned, is not quite clear.
 In any event.
 There were no clothes until there was sin, and no sin until clothes were at hand
 Today
 Many men of many minds declare that woman's love of clothes is respon- sible for a deal of the present day sin.
 Sin brought on clothes, and clothes brought on work.
 Adam had to quit leading the simple life" and "get busy
 Clothes have kept him and his sons and all the animals of the world busy ever since It is safe to say that there were no news stands" in the Garden of Eden during the first two weeks after Crea- tion.
 If there were. surely there were no comic papers or illustrated books of jokes And The reason is not hard to find Woman's dress was a subject not vet introduced into the Garden of Eden.
 History has no record of man smiling before this important event took place.
 Lonesome?
 of course Eve was Lonesome enough to die-until she met the serpent.
 The serpent was the first summer man." No doubt if we could know things as they really were that memorable prom enade took place and the stranger rec commended apples as a fine thing to eat for the complexion, we would have ob- served copy of the Ladies Ter Home Journal tucked snugly away under his right arm-maybe published in some far-on planet where comic history was more advanced. Let us assume, just for the sake of argument, that the serpent did suggest to Eve that he could tell her the latest and most ap-to- date styles.
 And
 Being a woman she listened,
 And
 We'll
 We'll skip the sad part of the evic- tion.
 We all know that
 And
 Take up the story next.
 A dreadful thing happened to Mother Ere;
 She had to make her own clothes;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

clare they are impossible and all that, but the women go merrily on wearing the craziest things imaginable. paying no heed whatever to their remarks, nay, even to the trouser effects.
 Two hundred years ago Joseph Addi- son wrote in "The Spectator" that "Whenever he saw woman affect mems styles he knew it was with an evil intent to strike the other sex" Mr. Addison should "Spectate the present day fashions. He would not be struck;
 He'd be annihilated I cannot wear the old clothes l wore last spring, alack Because my waistband now has crept
 And makes me look all back And as for sleeves, more dolorous
 Than ever is my song Whereas they have been full and short,
 Today they're small and long! Fen ones anatomy is not Exempt from sudden change: We take on flesh, or cast 1t of, In manner passing strange! Dame Fashion says: You must be fat,
 Or svelte, or quaintly lean, More Boticelli-like-" and 10! NO other type IS seen! On. Mother Eve why did not you
 Withstand the serpent's wiles? Then we, your daughters, had not
 known
 This curse of varying styles
 The Modish.
 There is no one period in history which can claim the fashions of today.
 Styles of costumes may be Hopping about in an ether of Directoire, Wat teau or the Second Empire. but it is difficult to decide which;
 And
 It Is hard also to decide which of the three has the greatest influence.
 In the meanwhile the fashion mari- ner' observes one steady point of view of the shifting landscape.
 "Miladi is assuming them all"
 See what ingenuity is employed in the "get up'' of the Easter costume of the year of 1914!
 Madame's high coiffed hair is declared beneath a Watteau bonnet turned up defiantly in the back, a flat and sloping front looking like a toboggan slide;
 The parasol she carries over her dainty head is a quotation from a Bag dad landscape.
 The collar that she wears is either a Medici, Gladstone. or Pickwick,
 Her cape wanders far afield from said collar by being Richelieu of won- derful lace or one culled straight from the shoulders of a Spanish bull fighter
 And
 From all these, the Louis heel with the quaint mixture of fippancy and practicality secedes with triumphant finish,
 Pretty picture-eh?
 Can you imagine what all this costs? Just ask 'dear old dad
 He's the one who digs up" and "foots the bills"
 He's the one who must work and swelter and scheme and plan. to provide the tremendous amount of money to pay for all these crazy fashions.
 Wouldn't it be far better if on Easter morn--the glorious, beautiful morn on which the world raises its voice in golden ,hallelujahs for a risen Savior. for the silly. foolish women who spend thousands and thousands, and millions and mill lions of dollars on such frivolous dress, to give, say, just one-half of that mammoth sum to something worth while.
 What do frills and burbelows and gsw- gaws amount to anyway. in the final an- alysis? The Recording Angel, sitting on high, jots down on the credit page against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

that in the dusk look bigger than the illuminated dial of the city hall clock Velvet cushions are hardly good enough for him. He would scorn to put his paws on any other than an antique rug. Yet at times this fellow, Robin Gray is his name, will disappear for days He comes back bedraggled, smeared with ashes, stained, whole tufts of his beautiful fur missing, a dirty and disconsolate puss He knows it. He is particularly affeetionate and purrful till We have washed him and he has washed himself many time and oft
 In time he becomes naughty, Iuxur- ious and indifferent again.
 Why do the cleanest cats joyfully expose themselves to dirtp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
Aristocrat and Tramp

LtlleF m the New York Sun.
 The letter in the Sun about the.Furr- ed Devil of the Goals" interests me and other eat fanciers, including most poets.
 am not prepared to admit that the cat is "devil,' though I never saw an angelic cat. It is the part devil or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

He gave up nothing during Lent, Which made his pastor sore; During the forty days he spent Just as he'd spent before. The priest advised him exercise Restraint, but he did f1out Such words with contumelious eyes, And bade him "cut it out" q gave up nothing during Lent" He said. "Ill tell you why And possibly you'll then relent: The apples of my eye Consist of daughters six, and say, Your cynic words pray stem; You ought to see on Easter Day What I give up for themi
 The Paterfamilias. When the glorious rays of the gold yellow sun of Easter morn shine upon this big old busy city(that is, if it isn't raining) a rare spectacle will greet the eye.
 The Easter Parade will be on. Odd
 Isn't It.
 How old human nature will burst through the garniture of religion? No doubt the divine and spiritual pre- vail to great extent
 No denying that
 But
 In many cases, the pagan, the human, the natural crops out in great bumps. Nature begins to burst forth in wo-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
FRECkLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Brjng Out Ugly Spots
 How to Remove Easily.

SUH HHU VInU Hr1ng Ouf U2Iy SpOtS S.
 How to Remove Easily.
 Here's chance, Miss Freckle-fa face to try remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable dealer that 1t will not cost you a penny unleya 1t removes the freckles; while If 1t does give you a clear complexion the ex- pense is trifling.
 Simply get an ounce of othine-dou- ble strength from any druggist and a few applications should show you how easy 1t Is to rid yourself of the homely freckles and get beautiful complex ion. Rarely Is moro than one ounce needed for the worst case.
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength ,othine as this Is the prescription sold under guarantee of money back if itlfails to remove freck- les,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

pans m my back and side and was so weak l could hardly do my housework.
 l have taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and it has done me a lot of good. I will re- commend your med icine to my friends and give you permis- sion to publish nv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

many a silly, foolish woman: Extrayagance. Selfishness. Lack of consideration. Shallowness. And Vanity. And The greatest of these is-vanityl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12
WOMEN FROM
 45 to 5 TESTIFY
To the Merit of Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable Com. pound during Change
 of Life.

Westbrook, Me. -" was passing through the Change of Life and had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

As long man has the ballot and patronizes the comic weekly" wom- ems clothes will continue to evolve to supply humor to a weary land in which the subjects for mirth would seem to be unfortunately few and hard to find.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
ECLIPSE OF MOON
TO Be VISIBLE HERE
Washington to Have View Of
Lunar Phenomenon on the
Evening of March H.. !

Washington will have its first and
only chance in 1914 to observe a lunar
eclipse in 1914, on the evening of March
IL. provided, of course, the weather Is
clear.
Shortly after II o'clock the moon will
be almost totally obscured The eclipse
Will last for nearly three hours, starting
at forty-one and eight-tenths minutes
after 9. when the moon first enters the
earths shadow. 1t will emerge shortly
The moon will be full when the eclipse
starts, and will be high in the eastern
heavens almost overhead. At u:12. the
earth will be almost in a line between
the sun and moon and nine-tenths of
the moon will be obscured when the
eclipse Is at its height
August 20 and 81 there will be anoth-
er total eclipse Of the sun, but only the
bare edge will be visible in Washington
at sunrise on the morning Of the 21st.
This might possibly be seen from a high
point with a smoked glass but will be
visible in Europe, Asia and Africa
The last eclipse of the year will be
September 9 and 4, when the earth
passes between the sun and moon a sec
ond time. but this will not be visible in
Washington.
The eclipse Of March II will be visible
throughout the eastern United States, in
Great Britain, Europe, and parts Of Asia
and Africa
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
IF MEALS HIT BACK
AND DSTOMACH SOURS
"Pape'S Diapepsin" ends
stomach misery, Indigestion
i in 5 minutes.

If what you just ate Is souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump OF
lead. refusing to digest, or you belch
gas and eructate sour, undigested food,
or have a feeling Of dizziness, heart
burn. fullness, nausea. bad taste IN
mouth and stomach headache, you can
get blessed relief IN five minutes.
Ask your pharmacist to show you the
formula, plainly printed On these fifty
cent cases Of Pape's Diapepsin. then
you will understand why dyspeptic
troubles Of all kinds must go. and why
they relieve sour, out-of-order stomachs
or Indigestion in five minutes. "Pape's
Diapepsin" Is harmless; tastes like
candy, though each dose will digest and
prepare for assimilation into the blood
all the food you eat; besides, 1t makes
you go to the table with a healthy
appetite: but, what will please you
most, is that you will feel that your
stomach and intestines are clean and
fresh, and you will not need to resort
to- laxatives pr liver pills for bilious-
ness or constipation.
This city will have many "Pape's Dia-
pepsin" cranks. as some people will call
them, but you will be enthusiastic
about this splendid stomach prepara-
ton, too, IL you ever take 1t for fndi-
gestion, gases, heartburn. sourness,
dyspepsia. or any sSbmach misery.
Get some now, this minute, and rid
yourself Of stomach trouble and ind1-
gestion in five ninutes.-Advt.