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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
HoPkiNsoN SMITH is plscouR.
AnEn

Americans OF the twentieth century
are fast losing all appreciation of ar,
ana literature, and the automobile and
tango are responsible. according to
y Hopkinson Smith, artist. engineer
ana author. In newspaper interview
IN Chicago on Thursday Mr.. Smith
/ pemoaned the waning interest In art
ana letters, and incidentally asserted
mat woman suffrage throughout the
United States would be about the
worst thing which could befall the ma
ton. Among other things he said
There cannot be doubt that the
Americans OF today are ceasing to
read good literature. The automobile
Is directly responsible for this lack of
interest. There was a time when the
man Of means journeyed through
Europe by train and coach and really
saw the sights Of the old world. Now
he takes his automobile, or hires one,
drives into city, sees the city hall,
and, imagining he has seen everything,
drives on to the next town.
$50 busy are the people OF the pres
Sht Joy Wltu dutOluOUllS6, Idu6OS
morning. noon and night, and their
bridge parties that they do not have
time to sit down and really enjoy
book
Mr.. Smith also expressed regret that
theatrical managers are putting on
such plays as THE Traffic" and the
Coward" and other dramas deal
ing with the sex problems He
thinks that the greatest mistake the
women Of this country have ever made
ia in seeking the ballot. In his view,
when a woman stands on platform
waving flag and demands the ballot
she loses much of that something
which men the world over have rever.
ed and respected.
Mr.. Smith, who is seventy-fiye years
old and who has spent much time i'll
Mexico gathering material for books,
IS confident that President Wilson has
made great mistake In his handling
,f the Mexican situation and predicts
hat England will enter the southern
'epublic ard shatter the Monroe doc
.rine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
HuIes for Parents.

A child wants what he wants when
he wants it, and he ought to have it,
Il ct a child make his moral code Let
the child develop in accord with his
instincts. Woods Hutchinson al
the HYGIENE Congress.
Should William-bless the angel
child
Feed Baby Nell on paris green
Or dope the twins with kerosene
Rebuke him not! Be calm. Be mild.
The darling's only working out
His moral code; his sole intent
It's ethical Development
It's nothing to be cross about.
Should grandpa siumber on the couch,
With gaping mouth grotesquely wide.
And Helen pop toad inside,
Don't scold the precious. Never
crouch.
For II parent interferes
With every young experiment.
Scowling on youthful merriment,
How can they learn. the little dears7
shouId there be guests, and Tiny
Tim
The cunning cherub. and beg
To bite some stranger on the leg,
Pray. crafty the childish whim!
Children must cut their teeth some
how:
Their instincts tell them what the,
need;
| Let each work out his little creed
unshadowed by your frownng brow
| New York Evening Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
A CIVIC CENTER

a civic secretary" IN evarv -,
munity, particularly in rural aistr,c.s
responsible for organizing and pro.
iiotins citizens' meetings in the com
mon interests in public school bnild.
lngs' Is suggested by Edward !
ward, adviser on socia, center 40
Seiopment at the University Of VIE
eonsin' as means of increasing the
interest OF the people in public nrob.
lens and issues.
Mr. ward organized In New york
state I'VE years ago the fra, eoc,.,
center known In this country c,naa
'nat time he has been instrumental ~
extending his idea over the coun+rv
ana cooperating with Charles ~
Holman, newspaper and mayaz,na
writer of Madison. Wis. IN deve,on
ing the rural social center r.
interview In Chicago on Thursdav he
said: ne
Fupiic school buildings are ALREADY
e.ng widely used as meeting places
,of tfe discussion of questions Of NH.
nc moment, but the idea needs con
eehtration by placing the direction NJ
these meetings in the hands of civic
secretary, who keeps In touch wifi
the civic affairs of his own and other
communities and aids the people with
@hom he lives In keeping in touch
With the most advanced ideas In civic
and public betterment.
In word, his work would consist
In making civic intelligence, More
intelligent voting in elections. pro-
noting more efficient expenditure of
public funds and removing questions
o! civic betterment and Improvement
from the realm of politics would re-
suit
In the larger cities are now found
the city and civic clubs, which servo
as leaders in the work. This is not
true in smaller communities.
Our past practices has been to use
school buildings as Intelligence fac
tories for children only. But adults
are making use of them, too
There is a bill pending in congress
4 to permit the use of school houses in
the District of Columbia for social
centers and "neighborhood council
/ houses" Outside the District OF Co
lumbia the matter of granting permits
sion to use the school houses for such
purposes is in the hands of local
authorities. The idea is a good one
and should be encouraged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
WHAT is A suFFRiAeErTEY

Here are some prize-winning de
scriptiye epigrams submitted in re-
cent advertising contest In which
brief definitions of a suffragette were
asked for:
A suffragette Is a woman who
thinks she has been devoted long
enough.
Not satisfied with the last word,
she also wants the first.
She is a woman who needs the
poll for her vaulting ambition.
A suffragette Is sting of beauty
and a jewer forever.
A woman who would rather break
windows than clean them
A woman whose troubles are GER
tainly not little ones.
One who spends more time airing
her views than viewing her heirs.
A woman who will spare no panes
to get her rights.
A woman who would rather rock the
country than the cradle.
Take your pick OF the lot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

President Wilson's message regard
Ing the trusts seems to indicate that
he has made his peace with big bust
ness and that the new legislation
Of peace spells little In the way OF
drastic trust legislation except what
might ordinarily have been expected
had the complexion of the admins
tration not been changed. This will
not suit Colonel Brookhart and a few
Others, but everybody else is might
lily pleased.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

Iowa has enjoyed a remarkable
winter up TO date Only two or three
days that could be rated as cold and
these widely scattered which
prompts the Bloomfield Republican
to say:
It has been custom for some
Hawkeye citizens to hike for Car.
fornia to spend the winter because o,
higher temperature. II is interesting
10 note that some California cali.
ties are cutting ice Will Iowa folks
are praying fer bit of zee weather.
The empty Ice houses over the county
are aggrayating properties just now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

BY killing 103,493 rats Hancock
county in Ohio figures that it has saved
$4,000 bushels of corn, worth $1,000.
The computation is based on govern
ment statistics showing the rayages OF
rats which are credited with the de-
struction of millions of dollars worth
or foodstuffs annually. 1t appears
from this that the rat is factor In
the high cost of living. Swat the ro-
dent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

Chicago ministers propose to use
the telephone as an aid to the "go-to-
church" movement February /. They
will make a Serious mistake IL they
overlook the possibilities involved in
the alarm clock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

The progressive conference at Des
Moines spoke glibly about the Sub.
sidized press" in Iowa. The Boone
News-Rernblican offers to give s25 to
charity If they will name one subsidiz,
ed PAPER in this state. The Mr.. is
In no danger of parting with It's hard
earned coin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
KNOW IT WELL
Familiar Features Well Known TO Hun
dreds Of keokuk Citizens.

A familiar burden in many hon es.
The burden of bad back
A lame, weak CIR an aching back
Often tells you OF kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney pills are for weak
kidneys.
Here is Keokuk testimony.
William Elite. AS Main ST., Keokuk,
Iowa, says: There was an extreme
lameness across my loins and sharp
twinges darted through my back when,
ever I stopped or attempted to stand
erect after sitting for while. Read
ing public statements. given by parties
who had been cured OF kidney COM
plant by Doan's Kidney Pills, I waa
led to get this remedy at Wilkinson &
Co.'S drug store. was greatly relieved
and can therefore, strongly endorse
It."
When Your Back is Lame Remem,
Der the Name" Don't simply ask for a
kidney remedy ask distinctly 70,
Doan's Kidney Pills. the same that
Mr.. Elite had-the remedy backed by
home testimony. SOC all stores. Foster
Milburn Co., Props. Buffalo, N. "
| ADJ
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

When the cats away the mice win
play. A keeper in Wisconsin ZOO
has locked up the stork. He wouldn't
dare to do 1t IL Roosevelt were In the
U. s. A
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

The high cost Of living has been
dealt another telling blow. The board
OF general appraisers has decided that
radium shall be admitted free of duty
into this country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
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THE GATE CITY COMPANY,
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TILE GATE CITY is on sale at tho
following news stands:
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Ward Bros. 525 Main street.
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

A Springfield, H., man got UP early
the other morning to build the fire
and dropped dead before he had ac,
complished his purpose. No wife who
really loves her husband VIII permit
him to incur such risk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
THOUGHT FoR The DAy

What you keep by you, you may
change and mend; but words once
spoken can never be recalled RIOS
common.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

A French physician says that
dancing the tango makes wrinkles.
Sounds plausible. The tango Is some
thing of wrinkle itself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

II government ownership is such a
mailing good thing as 1t is cracked up
to be. and we are to have government
ownership of anything, let's have gov
eminent ownership of the hen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

1t remained for Kin Hubbard to OBJ.
serve that nobody takes as much In.
terest in his business as pawn brok-
er.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
THE INCOME TAX

/ NO one Knows just yet all Of the
provisions of the income tax law
but there are some general provis
Ions which everybody may know. First
OF all 1t should be understood that
every person is made subject to the
operation of the law, but the exemp-
tons and deductions allowed will have
the effect of excluding a great many
from any liability for the tax and as
to such, no return will be required so
far as the individual is concerned.
1t is, however, made the duty of
an employer to withhold the normal
tax Of 10 per cent upon salaries paid
when the amount SO paid reaches
$4,000 No deductions to be made
until the amount reaches this sum:
then the tax shall be withheld on
the whole $4,000. unless the person to
whom the Income is due shall file
with the employer, the following mo-
tlce thirty days prior to the date OH
which the return on his income il
due: ANNUALLY on March frst)
IL
Sr;... - -. -.
'Give name of Withholding agent.)
lPostoffice address.)
/ hereby serve you with notice that
am single married and living with
my wife-(Strike out so as to show
status correctly husband, and now
claim the benefit of the exemption of
S. as allowed in paragraphs C.
and D of section 2 OF the federal in
come tax law OF October 3, 1919, (my
total exemption under said paragraph
being S. y.
signed. ..........s...
Address.
(Street and number.
(City and statel.
Date: observation-disclosures. 1911
This notice will release the employ
er from the duty OF Withholding the
tex up to $4,000 Cor $4,000 if married
and living with wife, Salary in ex-
cess of the exemption above named,
will be withheld by the employer
less than $4,000 for any year will not
be affected by the law or regulations
so far as It requires the employer to
withhold the tax. But, nevertheless.
an employe receiving salary less than
$4,000 may be liable to the tax If his
total income. including salary and
any other income, shall exceed the
sum OF $4,000 Tor $4,000 If married and
living with wife or husband).
1t should not be difficult for any per-
son to know with reasonable accuracy
the total amount ofshis net income
from all sources after making from
his gross income all allowable deduc-
tons as follows:
l. Necessary actual expenses OF
business. not including personal, liv-
ing or family expense.
2. All interest paid on indebted
ness.
8. National, state, county, school
and municipal taxes paid within the
year, except special benefit taxes.
a. Losses sustained during the year.
except special benefit taxes.
4. Losses sustained during the year
In trade or from fire, storms or ship.
wreck, not compensated by insurance
or otherwise.
5. Worthless debts charged off
within the year.
6. Reasonable allowance for ex-
haustion, wear and tear of property
by use in business. No deduction to
be made for expense of restoring nor
for amount paid out for new buildings,
or other betterments which increase
the value of the property or estate.
Z. Dividends upon stock Or tom
net earnings of any corporation or
association which is taxable upon
its net income
8. The amount OF income the tax
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

A wise man has been defined, not
inaptly. as . person who realizes what
dIlrn fool he is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

HOW FATHER "sWoRE OFF,"
Tell me, mamma, tell me truly,
Why does papa always go
To the dark and gloomy cellar,
Every evening, do you know?
Does he have to watch the furnace,
Stir the fire and sweep the floor,
Shovel coal and carry ashes,
Like you always did before?
Has our darling papa promised
That beginning with the year.
He would make your burden lighter?
Tell me truly. mamma dear.
Mamma dear. don't you remember
How he used to fondle me,
Held me closely and caressed me,
AS sat upon his knee?
Blowing smoke rings to the ceiling.
AS he puffed big cigar,
Telling stories of the COLLINS,
And the land where fairies are?
What has changed 1t all, wonder?
Why does papa seem so queer?
Are those smoke rings gone forever?
Tell me, truly, mother dear.
Hush my child, lest he may hear you.
Come and let me whisper low,
Don't you know .our dad quit smoking
Nearly two whole weeks ago7
Took a half a box of stog1es,
Dumped them in the furnace door,
And he said, Good night, old cabbage,
Cross my heart, forever more"
Now your father spends his evenings,
Sitting on a lump of coal,
Blowing smoke rings at the shadows,
Bless his patient, loving soul.
NAL Rose In Oskaloosa Herald
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25

Occasionally an aviator dies In bed
But 1t is the exception, not the rule.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-25
GaAbIa 9sasRassael1elD
SEoRdKIh

keolnk. Iowa ...... January Is, 1914
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05

McMinnville. Tenn. Mrs Ocie Jett,
Of this place, writes: II don't believe
! would be living to-day. If it hadn't
been for Cardui. lay in bed q days
and the doctor came ever day, but
he did me no good. Finally he advis-
ed an operation, but would not con-
sent, and instead took Cardui. Now
/ am going about the house, doing
my work, and even do my washing
Cardui worked wonders in my case.
/ am in better health than for five
years" Cardui is strengthening
tonic for women, it relieves pain,
tones up the nerves, builds strength.
Try it. At your druggists.
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
FEMINIST CARD GAME IS NEW
Philadelphia Social Leader Spends
Small Fortune Designing New
Pack Of Cards.

At the big reception given by Mrs.
John King Van Rensselaer, at her
Philadelphia home, a new card game
came into existence. "Women Are
Trumps" is the title of the newest
pastime and it is related distinctly
to the feminist movement in which
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, is deeply inter-
ested.
For the production of the new
game a small fortune was expended.
Fifty-two cards compose the pack
with which it is played, and the de-
signs, skillfully executed, are of in
finite meaning. Women at their
work are depicted and the orna-
ments of ancient princesses, the robes
of medieval queens and the tablets Of
people of early Egypt passed un-
der the scrutiny of craftsmen en-
gagged to produce the cards and incl
dents in the life Of queen who ruled
two thousand years ago were made
the basis of some of the games fea-
lures.
A pack of cards was provided for
each of the eight hundred invited as
guests and it is believed the game
will spread far and near.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, believes the
game cannot be used for gambling.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
sToKERs STUCK TO POSTS.

-Four Clyde shipyard employees
have been commended by the admir-
atty authorities for marked heroism
in connection with the stranding of
the torpedo destroyer Laverock of
Skelmoriie, Clyde.
When the destroyer ran ashore
her plates ripped, and water rushed
into the stokehold. Although the
four stokers were ignorant of the
extent Of the disaster, and it ap-
peared probable that the vessel would
sink, they stood at their posts and
saved an explosion by cutting off the
oil supplies from the boilers-Lon-
don Iit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
HAMLET SECRETARY.
A Million Dollar Contract For
Books Is To Be Let.

The State Text Book Commission
recently appointed by Gov. McCrea
ry, was formally organized Thurs.
day, and Barksdale Hamlet, super
intendent of public instruction, was
elected secretary.
Representatives of the book COM
panies are here preparing figures to
submit to the commission regarding
the exchange of books The value Of
the contraction books in kentucky
is greatly exaggerated.
The contract for all the books in
the state for years with the first,
second, third and fourth class cities
out of the provisions of the bill, will
not amount to more than 81, 900, 900.
The statement that it will be worth
81, 000, 900 a year is erroneous.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
Advertisement.
HEzEKIAH AND CANCER CURE.

1t is evident that medical science,
in its determination to master dis
ease, has found in radium a powerful
weapon against cancer, and the call
upon the government to retain its
radium fields in the West, and the
proposition of distinguished physi-
clans to aid the general government
in a plan to cheaper the substance
and universalize its treatment is
beautiful in the extreme. Hezekiah,
king of Judah, who lived 700 years
B. c., had a growth on his body,
which may well have been a cancer,
called in the record a boil. 1t was
divine power that wrought the cure,
but a material instrument was used
in the poultice, the primitive remedy.
"And Isaiah said, Take a lump of
figs And they took and laid it on
the boil, and he recovered" Oh.
Kings 20:7. )-Cincinnati Enquirer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
FILLS GAP MECHANICALLY.

New York's Interborough Rapid
Transit company has perfected a me-
chanical gap-flling device which will
be used at subway stations on a
curve. 1t consists of a grated seq
ment of the platform which is thrust
forward, filling the gap between the
car and the edge of the platform, the
movement being made just before the
train comes to a stop. The grating
remains in this position until the
train has started and moved a dis
lance Of seven or eight feet. The
gap filler is operated by electro-pneu-
matte cylinder action.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
RAISE TAKEN OFF
Christian County Assessment
As 1t Was.

Final action was taken Wednesday
on the assessments Of property in
the following counties by the State
Board of Equalization Wolfe. Hick-
man, Crittenden. Livingston Fulton
and Christien County assess ents
were rot raised. Galloway was
raised 2 per cent on farm land and
town lots. Carlisle was raised 8 on
each; Graves. 5 on each; Hopkins, 5
on each; Lyon, on land; Marshall,
8 Cd land and 5 on lots; McCracker,
2 on each; Whitley, 10 on land; Cald-
well, 10 on land and on lots.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05

Kentuckians now have an excel
lent opportunity TO engage in the
profitable business of fire insurance
and at the same time keep at home
millions of dollars that have beer
sent annually TO New York for in,
surance. Sentiment against the in.
surance trust is very strong and
home companies could get the bust
ness at very slight expense. Big
Sandy News.
The same drastic legislation that
has driven the strong companies out
of the State will, Of course. keep the
weak ones from ever getting on q
profitable basis and will effectually
deter new ones from starting up.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-05
MOST APT OF COMPARISONS
Water the Basis of an Extraordinarily
Large Number of Figures
of Speech.

Probably there is nothing under
the sun which is the basis of SO large
a number of figures of speech as
water.
A poor argument won't hold wa
ter" a babbler is ga leaky vessel" a
half-drunken man is "half-seas
over" fishing in troubled waters"
is another name for getting into diff
Guilty; ''still waters run deep" is a
hint that your quiet and demure per-
son has more in him than the world
supposes; if man is in a bad pre-
dicament he is in 'Fhot water" and
disappointment is a "wet blanket"
Of rejected sutton il is said that
"cold water is thrown on his hopes"
the hungry mans mouth waters"
the strengthless are "weak as water"
sometimes it "rains" blessings; when
an orator begins to be tedious we say
he has run dry" news is always
"afoat," speculators are often
"swamped," many persons find it i'm
possible to keep their heads above
water" and often we have to &C
knowledge that we are call at sea-"