The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-30
OF Interest
To Women

Sorosis in New York became of age
and had a birthday party. They In
vited every woman's club that could
be located-ninety-seven in all. The
party was held in New York, and
many Of the clubs sent represents.
tives. Before the session closed
some one suggested a federation, and
those present banded themselves to-
gether to work "f0r the cause OF wom-
anhood throughout the world" To-
day there are in the federation siA
thousand clubs, with over q million
members.
Perhaps no other word is more
o~verworked by women or in speaking
of women than the word Charm" It
is greatly abused in its use because
few people really possess 1t. In a
current magazine the late Frederic
Townsand Martin, q man known in
society in many lands, has this to
say about It. and he seems to have
pretty clearly defined the quality
charm" ut is a combination OF
culture and religion. Wherever it is
found 1t Is the greatest social force
known In society. The possessor of
it may be comparatively poor In
worldly goods, may not be the intel
lectual peer Of those around her. but
nevertheless she possesses the great
est possible social force. Charm is
the fruition Of a really unselfish. low
ing character. It is q flower that
does not require a hot house; 1t can
be grown in a humble abode as easily
as in a palace. On the bosom OF a vii
lage maiden II she be well born it re-
poses as exquisitely as on the cor
sage OF a queen. Perhaps that is why
we leave no spot u%nexplored in our
wistful search for It"
Do you know the name Of the man
and the woman who discovered anaes-
thesia and took away the horror of
surgery and indeed made possible
many surgical operations which we're
quite impossible without anesthetics?
1t was d.. and Mrs. William T. G.
Morton OF Boston. They experiment.
ed with ether on animals and ON
WINGED themselves OF Its safety and
its humiliation Of pain. To make
certain its use Mrs. Morton gave IL to
to her husband and when he was un.
der its influence thrust q pin into his
leg and her finger acros his eye
ball. He did not vince and she knew
he was unconscious and feared that
he might not regain. consciousness,
but that the absolute insensibility to
pain meant death. When he came
out from the influence, they knew
that they had conquered pain.
Professor Adrian on his Burbank
lecture tells this remarkable story Of
the finding Of the first seed from
which timothy is raised. A man years
and years ago in New England,
went duck hunting. He tramped all
day, but didn't succeed in shooting a
single bird. On his way home, a
flock of ducks flew high above his
head and he took a shot at them and
winged one which he carried home.
In its craw was found a spear Of grass
with seed on It. the like OF which he
had never seen. He planted IL in the
garden and saved the seed the next
season and from that strange source
came timothy. Scientists have not
been able to discover whence It came
or in what land that bird had picked
UP the strange new seed. The hunt
er's surname was Timothy, hence the
name Of the grass.
Ten thousand women gathered one
day last week in Denver to pray for
peace and adopted a resolution Glitch
they sent to President Wilson ex-
pressing appreciation Of his peace
proclamation and Of his attitude re-
garding war. The convocatiof OF
women included every creed and sect
and reflected the attitude Of Amerf-
can women az a whole on the bless
Iings Of peace and arbitration.
The young woman will read with
appreciation this advice which Bob
Burdette once gave to a young man
who said he wanted to marry q girl
with domestic tastes. you say that
you demand a domestic, useful wom-
an as your wife. II that's the case,
marry Nora Mulligan, your laundress'
daughter. She v had a sick day
in her life, takes in washing and goes
out house cleaning and cooks for a
family Of seven children. and. her
mother and three section men who
board with her. / don't think she
would marry you, because Con Regan
the track walker, is her style of a
Let us just examine your qualifica-
lions as a model husband after your
own matrimonial ideas, my boy.
Can you shoulder a barrel of flour
and carry 1t down cellar? Can you
spade up a half acre Of ground for q
kitchen garden? Do o know what
will take the lime taste ont Of the
new %cistern? And can you patch the
mat pz.lx g. xL~ lstoh4n roaoo9 Cor