The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-16

OF that book was a blacksmith; he
was the son of noble woman who
married a man beneath her. One
character in the book was a doctor,
! a philosopher, and often said, put
| yourself in his place before you judge
an action While I am on the sub
l.ject of bfacksmiths, I'll tell you q
story that heard when was little
| girl. There was once a mad dog got
loose and was about to attack a child
/ when blacksmith saved the child
and vanquished the dog. He forged
his own chain which was to bind him
when he took hydrophobia. / told
that story just to get to tell another
better one. Once my brother in Cal
loway county-you see was born in
Galloway county in the sure-enough
country-my brother was going along
the road and he met a dog with its
tongue out; he killed 1t and rode on
to town. He met lot of people COM
ing out armed with rifles and they
told him they were going to kill a
mad dog that was loose He said,
Why killed the dog They thought
that was wonderful that he could do
that alone. He said, Why anybody
could do that You see he wasn't
afraid. He came home and didn't say
word about it and I reckon we new
err would have heard it II some OF the
neighbors hadn't told us.
Our Great American Women.
I'D like to tell you something about
our great American women. Some o.
our greatest men had weakness for
widows. George Washington was first
I'm war, first in peace and first in the
hearts OF his countrymen. but he
was second at the court of cupid.
Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson and
.f3erjaniin Franklinss all married wild
ows. George Washington's wife was
Martha Gusts and her first husband
was grandson Vt0Tan earl and was
given a miniature Of Queen Anne.
presented by the queen herself. Mar
tina Washington never lived In Wash.
ington. but the, executive mansion,
the white house, was named for her
first home, s.@sEtSaif-
abigail Adams, before her mar
rage had the name Smith; she was
the daughter Of a Puritan preacher.
Her family turned up their noses at
John Adams and told Abigail they
didn't want him to come around, but
she would1h1arry him. She was the
wife Of one president and the mother
OF another"
Mrs. Clark told similar Incidents in.
the lives Uf the wife Of Thomas JEFF
@erson and of Aaron Burr.
About Washington Society.
Continuing she said:
~ Intended to tell something about
Washington society. Everybody is
Interested in Washington society.
What is society. anyway? Oliver Wen
dali Holmes, you, know he was the
autocrat at the Breakfast Table, says:
Society is divided into five parts:
Cultured people living in big houses.
cultured people living in small houses.
uncultured people living in big houses.
uncultured people living in small
houses, and scrubs sometimes
think scrubs must have a good time
for no one cares whether they get up
( or sit down or what they do.
an Washington you often rink
how mighty are the fallen for there
ara living there the descendants OF
every one who has been great. Many
of them are doing humble things.
About the time they gave that Dollis
Madison breakfast at which I presid-
ed as toastmistress. I spent more
money than | could afford to, asking
descendants of president and officials.
Going home one day ] met woman.
the descendant of a president about
whom Mr.. Clark once speaking said.
His name is written on the noun
tain. the \meanest rill and mighttest