The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-13
OF Interest to Women
BY wln0na Evans Re.ve..

sy Winona Evans Reeves.
v. H. Phillips who lives at sos
BIondeau street. has most interest
ing book in his library. The Archko
Volume. The book is translation
of the official documents made In
the Jewish courts in the days Of
Jesus Christ. The manuscripts OF
found in the vatican at Rome and IN
Constantinople.
In the year 1863 there lived in De-
Witt, Mo-, man. w. d. Mahan. One
cold, stormy day a foreigner. ma
tive of Germany, III. G. Whydaman,
was snowbound in Dewitt and stayed
for several days at the home OF w.
D. Mahan. He talked freely of his
life and said that he had spent eight
years in Rome. going every day to
the vatican library and that he had
read there the records Of Tiberius
Caesar and had seen an account of
the apprehension, trial and crucifiX-
ion of Jesus Of Nazareth. After the
man had gone Mr.. Mahan. the more
he thought of it the more interested
he became in the plan of getting
transcript of that record and in seeks
ing other documents which might add
to the written history of Christ. He
finally went to Rome, also to Con-
stantinop1e and with the aid of lin
gusts and scholars secured tran
scripts which were later translated
into English. This little book Is a
result 1t doesn't add a great deal If
any, to the facts regarding Christ as
recorded in the Bible, but it gives
one the Jewish viewpoint of the time
- I'D III RI
stand the reason why they did GER
tain things. The report Of Johnathan,
the son of HAZEL to the Sanhedrim,
of an interview he had with the shep-
ards, is a very beautiful record. Per-
haps the. most interesting chapter OF
all is Gamaliel's interview with
/ Joseph and Mary and others concern
| ing the child Jesus. This record is
found in the mosque Of st. Sophia
at Constantinople. Pilates report to
1iberius Caesar is given, which con-
tains the report of Chrfst's trial. cru
cif1x1on and resurrection. The book IS
published by the Antiquarian Book
Co., of Philadelphia, and is certainly
an interesting volume. sa &: 81
A suggestion comes from Mrs.
James B. Diver, which is characters
tic for Mrs Diver loves birds, and
is always practical in her real devo-
ton to them-it isn't sentiment with
her. It will be remembered that she
organized the first Audubon society
In Iowa. once heard local mil
liner say to a customer, 'You need
not be afraid to meet Mrs. Diver
with that wing on your hat, 1t IL
Eonly pasted chicken feathers" She
never in all her days said word to
| anybody against wearing feathers
4 which cost the life Of bird, but
can easily imagine that any woman
would have guilty feeling il she
wore such a bird and met Mrs. Diver.
Some little time ago there appeared
in The Gate City an article giving a
summary of Mr.. William Hornaday's
plan, for making game preserves of
| the national forest reservations for
the protection of our native wild ami
mails. some of which are becoming
4 extinct From this article came to
Mrs. Diver the idea Of making bird
| reservations and that cemeteries In
cities might serve this purpose. They
| always have in them trees and the
! natural respect In which Gods acre is
held would protect the birds more
easily than public park for example.
The expense of such a plan Is prac-
tically nothing. Little pools for water,
and supply Of seed and little suet
now and then. If sunflowers. holly
hooks and hemp were planted near,
they would supply winter forage.
Some low growing shrubs planted In
the ravines would furnish places for
low nesting birds, while the trees
would be used by most species OF
birds. Since the Boy Scouts hold the
love of nature as one of their car
dinal principles, here is practical
thing they might easily do. There Is
mighty small chance that the Boy
Scouts read this column and so their
mothers will have to pass the sug-
gestion on to them. Mrs. Diver has
at Port Sunshine windowsill lunch
counter, which is patronized daily by
thirteen pairs of birds who stay all
winter. If the food box gets empty
they chatter. and scold IN truly hu.
man fashion The coming Of sleet
and snow ought to cause the estab-
lishment of other lunch counters on
window stills about the city. These
patrons more than pay for their
board and keep by their gratitude
expressed so plainly that the dullest
human mind can understand 1T.
There is a little story running just
now in one of the magazines which
has a heroine on the style of Mary
Cary, her name is Amarilly and her
conversation is full of quaint ,philoso
phy. In speaking Of someone who
laughed good deal she says: It's
either folks as never hez he'd theli
troubles or them as hez he'd more
their share what laughs at every.
thing. only, he says, it's different
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