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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-29

taking the lead over all other fasten.
itngs for garments. In some OF the
new models the buttons and button.
holes start at the top OF the high
,choker collar and extend down the
front to the bottom Of the coat. Side
fastenings for dresses and coats have
returned and many OF these are
shown with a ely. underneath the
goods SO that the fasteners are not
seem.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-29

When materials are too delicate to
take starch use sugar in the rinsing
water. Sheer fabrics. such as organ
dies, chiffons and all other delicate
materials. Will gain their original
crispness II three tablespoonfuls Of
sugar are AIDED to the rinsing water.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-29
Redlnaote Popular.

The redingote dress continues in
high favor. 1t Is often of two ma.
terials. says the New York Press, the
tiny vest and collar, sleeves and un.
derskirt being of one material and the
redingote of another.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-29
Worth Knowing.

A spoonful o. oxgall to a gallon OF
water Will set almost any colored IA.
bric II soaked In IT before washing.
II brass candlesticks are disflguretl
with yerdigris. try rubbing them OF
with q cloth dipped in ammonia.
Spanish salad Is composed OF small
picked onions. drained and coated
with mayonnaise sauce, placed inside
a border Of slices OF tomatoes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-29
Spring Sleeves,

Sleeves are to show considerable
change in the spring Yles according
to the advance models! Most OF them
are of the set-in style, without a par.
ticle Of fitness. There are some OF
the kimono sleeves with small arm
eye and the raglan sleeve will be a
feature Of the spring garments. The
latter sleeve will run into the collar
and have a very small armseye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
BRICK AND CONCRETE.
Cedar Rapids Republican. j


The Marshalltown Times Republican
advises this paper to take a walk
about Cedar Rapids and convince it
self that the concrete pavements are
all right and all right The Republi-
can and Times, it thinks can speedily
be cured Of it's liking for brick by do
ing so. Now 1t happens that our lik-
ing for brick is based on no other
thing than the fact that they last. We
have some brick on Second avenue
avenue was repayed that it was decid-
ed not to take them up. We believe
those brick have been down nearly a
quarter Of century. For further in
formation we refer the Times Repub-
lican to it's friend Judge Milo p. Smith
in whom it has, no doubt, great faith
and who lives on that stretch Of brick.
That is why we like brick. We have
seen brick taken up down town laid
On nothing but mud and sand that
were fairly good after being used for
a quarter Of century-very good ev-
erywhere except where they had been
taken up and badly relaid, to make
room for pipes That In why we like
brick and why we believe that no 9TH
er material liz At to put into our coun-
try roads when the present attorney
general, Mr.. Cosson, as governor and
the chairman O. the Murphy commits
sion. begins TO pave the rural roads Of
Iowa.
AS to the concrete, we are still In
doubt. Let US wait few years before
We make up our minds about It. We
have fine stretch Of 1t between First
avenue and the country club. We are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
THANKSGIVING 1915.

II his proclamation setting Nov. e5
as the day of national thanksgiving,
President Wilson spoke for ali the
people when he put peace over all other
reasons for thankfulness. II there is
a common and general feeling q com
not been involved in the red ruin that
covers Europe. If there is q common
hope il is that we shall remain az
peace.
We have prospered while the treas
uries Of other nations are empty, we
have reaped harvests while the fields
Of other peoples have borne no harvests
except Of death and slaughter. Our
cities have builded while others have
been destroyed.
When families gather together on
Thanksgiving day we shall be all
there except those who in the common
course Of nature have passed on TO
greater thankfulness. Beyond the seas
there is scarcely family which might
meet without its quota of cripples and
vacant chairs whose owners lie in in
tinguishahle graves along the fight
ing lines. Our greatest thankfulness
this season is not for what has beer
/ given US but over tina, which has been
| withheld.
And much has been given. We are
prosperous. We are busy out in the
middle west we have gathered bounti-
full crops. That once in many years
one staple crop is short is not a cause
for pessimism or complaint For We
are rich and prosperous and at peace.
Be thankful then. We have much
over which 10 be happy and thankful
that which was given ard that which
a kind providence has kept from US.
But greatest of all our gifts is peace.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
"The Candle. Of tn. Wicked

1t is easy TO makesfun of platitudes
but sometimes they're worth remem-
bering. King Solomon, the same one
who built the temple. and entertained
the queen of Sheba, had perhaps as
large a supply of platitudes at his
tongues end and his pens end az any
man who ever lived. And some OF
them hold pretty good today. For in
stance, over in the seventh chapter Of
Ecclesiastes first verse. the king re-
marked: "A good name Is better than
precious ointment"
And ne must have been in much the
same frame Of mind when he wrote In
the Path cha pier of Proverbs:
Fret not thysef because Of evil
men. neither be thou envious at the
wicked: for there shall be no reward
to the evil man: the candle OF the
wicked shall be put out. For their
calamity shall rise suddenly: and who
knoweth the ruin Of them?"
You can't help wondering what
CRATER King Solomon had watched
come. to his downfall when he wrote
those philosophical remarks about the
candle of the wicked being put out
You can't help wondering whether
some Of the Terre Haute officials who
are now serving terms IN the federal
prison at Leavenworth for election
crookedness wouldn't be surprised at
how well King Solomon's remarks ap-
ply today to them. OF course, II
doesn't seem as though the candles OF
the wicked always were put out. Some-
times they burn for quite while But
in the long run a good many OF them
are blown out-and usually 1t happens
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Iona Newspapers
THE BIRDS ARE GONE.
IClarinda Herald

Who sees any birds these mornings?
They are gone southwark. scared per-
haps by the wagons loaded with coal
that made such noise sending the
black nuggets down the chutes that
this scared the birds away. Or was it
some instinct told the the robins and
olackbirds it was time to go? Old Sill
Yer Spot We still have with US, and the
sparrows bluejays and pigeons. The
question which keeps US guessing is
what instinct Is II that causes one bird
to 90 and The other to stay? The same
answer that meets US at many other
turns OF the road-the Creator made
them that way. Why in the musical
scale does the ear require full raise
in tone at one place and naif raise
in the other? Why do tears fall when
we sorrow. and the corners Of our
mouths go up when we laugh? Well
were made that way and the birds are
made thai way too. The best that man
can do is to initiate natures ways and
wait for the future life to reveal the
reason why.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
Lvinton Eagle,l

The recent unanimous vote for con-
solidated school in what is known as
the Cheney neighborhood in Polk and
Harrison townships in indicative OF the
improved sentiment in what is known
as the rural townships of the state.
This is perhaps the first instance OF a
unanimous vote FOR the proposition, but
IL mirrors the study the patrons OF the
schools and parents OF the children are
giving the subject.
l. isn't a matter of taxes. No town
ship in the state is as liberal with
school taxes as in Polk township, this
county The editor of this paper when
a member of the better schools COM
mission Of the state and also while a
member OF the leg islative committee OF
that commission showed by correct sta
tistics that nearly $1,000 was raised by
taxation in that township. The lack OF
value received was in the application
OF the taxes l, was scattered over
thirteen independent school districts.
There was no continuity in the employ
ment of the teachers. New ones were
hired almost every term.
The old plan mas worn out. The tax
payers OF the township want better re-
suits for the money they pay for school
purposes They are awake on the sub
! iect They have been holding town
meetings and discussing the question
of better schools with the result they
are going TO have better schools. The
/ better schools commission was almost
discouraged when its bill establishing
( the township "a the unit was defeated
Even tho defeated its work has borne
good fruit. The people and taxpayers
/, Of the townships have seen the virtue
| embraced in the contemplated law and
are now removing the obstacle-the IN
dependent district-and are building
| districts which will allow concentra-
| ton OF school money.
] What is taking place in Benton corn-
~ is taking place in a majority OF the
l counties of the state-better schools
| better school grounds and better teach
ers-a trinity of unbounded strength.
| Nearly every day the dailies of the
state carry illustrations of new school,
buildings in both town and country
| handsome, modern, model school build
| ings. The Eagle understands the state
superintendent will in the near future
issue a brochure giving illustrations
and list of the new school buildings
which have been erected in the state
within the past three years. The list
will be marvel and an eye-opener to
the people Of the state.
J The least We can say is-1et the good
! work go on. Our people can consecrate
themselves to no nobler purpose than
| to the education of their children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
PROGRESS CAME TO GRUMPY.

lGrundy Center Republican,
While there is a great deal Of build
ing being done in this town this year
more than has been done in any
other one year-we are not going to do
all Of 1t this year by any means. There
are several fine houses being built on
paper now that will need carpenter
in the spring. There are other paper
houses that will be made during the
winter months that will be real houses
a year from now. The building OF good
houses here will never stop. 1t began
about the time when the town began
to vote in modern Improvements. BE-
fc-e We had our sewer system and our
street paving no one would have
thought TO put $4,000 into house IN
this town. Now that amount is not
considered an excessive investment. II
as much money were spent next year
in the erection Of permanent business
buildings on Main street as is oeing
invested in houses here this year there
wouldn't be any portion of the town
any of US would ever have to apollo
gize for. The new insurance law should
help to set our Main street shacks
that are being used as business build
ings out Of the way. The insurance
rate on a frame building and its con-
tents is now nearly five times as high
as it is on permanent building. Too
much of our money now that should
stay at home goes 10 the insurance
cornpanies
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
BAD-FRctM A REPUBLICAN.
CAN
rwaverly independent

tWaverly lnoependent.1
Referring to the law which says
saloons shall be closed on Sunday in
Illinois, the Cedar Rapids Republican
uses some queer arguments. for re-
publican, when 1t says:
The law in question was passed
seventy five years ago and has never
been enforced in the city of Cricago. IL
is a question whether a law so old ano
so neglected has any vitality left in II.
People today surely are not compelled
by what people seventy-five years ago
enacted. The present generation ought
TO be allowed 10 pass is Own laws
We saw similar arg uments in the
Bumtown Personal---very.. but that did
no. surprise US But when the Cedar
Rapids Republican uses that argument
We wonder whether the editor or his
devil wrote the editorial. We thought
ali good. loyal and patriotic citizens, in
1915. agreed that laws should be
obeyed: that the best way TO get rid OF
q ba d law was to enforce ii so that the
people could see that it was bad, and
vote to repeal it if they did not want
il. We had an idea that the present
general ton ought TO be allowed TO pass
its own laws but We didn't know that
the present generation had right 10
ignore or violate a law simply because
it was seventy Ave years old and they
did not like il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
1.-THE NEXT BEST THING.

Helen Gould was remarkable girl.
She is remarkable woman. No heiress
10 millions ever won the heart of the
American people as did Helen Gould
S.h.e k,ew the people down in Della
ware county, New York, where
her father had been as poor
as any other child born or one
Of those rocky hiIls!des and they knew
her and loved her fer her worth. She
was neighbors to them and she was
neighbors TO all America. When other
girls Of her financial classification were
playing the fool and seeking notoriety
and titles Helen went her way quietly
and sincerely democratic and sensible.
Then she married an American and
the whole big country interested itself
il that wedding and hoped it would
prove a happy one. She dropped out
make homes and live in and for their
homes. What she gave in charity
and that has been vast-she gave
quietly. But she has not been for
gotten.
And now she comes into immediate
public notice again in a homely and
family fashion when she adopts child.
1T is another exemplifcation Of Helen
Gould Shepards good, plain. common
sense, kindness and understanding Of
life. Failing children she does not pro-
pose to live in a house and with a
heart empty Of children. Lacking a
child Of her body she does the next
best thing-satisfes her instinct for
motherhood and her longing for chill
dren in the next best way.
| 1t is safe to say that Helen Gould
has always been happy and will ocn-
tinue happy. She knows how. She
throws back to her grandfathers who
wrung subsistence from the mountain
sides about Roxbury and the grand
mothers who in a happy patience gar
red aud claithes look smaist ~ guid
as new" for their broods. She seeks n
she has always sought woman's oc.
equations and woman's sources o,
/ true happiness. And those who sect
thus in the right places always find
what they seek.
!. Sensible, womanly Helen Gould!
How much happier would other child.
less women be were they to do ~ she
did, when she found that her HON,
needed more than she could supply ant
did the next best thing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
etIauette Ruiee,


The proper piaoe foz woman q
her own automobile or carriage or box
At the opera 10 the right-hAnd corner.
People in this country are not 20 par
ticular about this - are English and
continsntals. but Il 10 . point worth
observing BY those Who wish to give
form and elegance to the daily con-
duct Of life. Ceremony and puno-
tilio can b carried too far. - in
India, whore the laws governing the
manners and practices Of the vari-
ous castles are complicated to an OK
asperating point But a society en-
tirely devoid Of etiquette IL apt to
BE- crude and unEracsful. To draw
. hne between that ceremonial which
makes It . capital onense for . sub
ject to look ct the lama Of Thibet and
the mannerless state Of . mining
camp is = perfectly possible achieve
ment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23

The recent Zeppelin raid on Lon
don, In which nfty-five persons were
killed and ia injured, exceeded In the
number OF casualties any previous at
tack on the British capital. The casu-
alties in the raid brought the total for
all air raids on England up to s25. OF
which number III persons were killed
and 454 injured. The picture, printed
herewith shows the construction, in
section, Of one sort Of bomb dropped
from Zeppelins. At the top is attached
q cloth streamer to insure . steady
fall. In the interior are rope coils
covered with resinous material which
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Discouraged.

Charles, aged six. had been asking
his father and mother for some time
for q mudguard for the small bicycle
which he rode, but the weather con-
ditions had been such that his par.
ents thought the purchase could b
deferred. One evening his mother mo-
ticed that he had not said his pray.
srs as usual and asked him why.
We'll, mamma" said the lad. II kept
praying for that mudguard and when
I found there was nuthin' stisrin'
Just stopped prayin,."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Topics of the Times

The Denison Bulletin says that II
Billy Sunday could make Omaha dry
lit would be help to booze control IN
Iowa. And that's gospel truth. But
If the Bulletin and few other papers
would get in line for strict suppress
sion of the evil that would help more.
Why begin 10 single a house at the
peak?
New Jersey never had any influence
in Iowa unless thru Jersey lightning
and Jan. will remove that. II the
Iowa suffragists interest the women to
ask for votes they'll get them. Iowa
has been ready for years to give the
women the ballot when enough Of them
indicated that they desired 1t.
go
A dollar Of Villa money is worth 3
cents American. That's making hun
dred dollar bill look like 80 cents.
Massachusetts takes away the Ii
censes OF auto scorchers. After
speeder has stood on the sidewalk and
watched other persons ride by for an
his own ca much modified and tanned.
1t would work in Iowa as we'll as it
does IL Massachusetts.
To take the box before the door a
half mile away or more and lengthen
out the carriers drive from l o'clock
TO after 5, with town deliveries every
hour s enough to make farmer som
and render language fierce and free on
democrat economy"
Eastern railroads are simply
swamped with freight. Got that raise
in rates just in time TO make the most
Of il didn't they?
The smaller banks in the smaller
towns are multiplying with the in
crease Of lana prices and the general
prosperity OF the state. Rowan is to
have oanS with $50, 900 capitalization.
AS the farmers retire from the big
farms that they paid for in sweat the
banking business appeals to them as
q safe investment and something to do
Assessed valuation OF property foi
taxation IN Iowa mas more than aou-
bled during the past thirty years. Il
ii should double again within a like
period present county bridge levies II.
Iowa would not need TO be increased
TO pay principal. interest and main
tenance upon thirty year county bond
issues sufficiently large to completely
bridge every county in the state with
masonry and steel. AT present our
waste for repairs 10 temporary bridges
is over million per annum.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23

Is poured over the coils and forms
with them and the metal cone . hard.
strong metal case when solid. Run
ming down thru the bomb 10 cylinder
containing the chemical thermit, which
rises to temperature Of 5000 degrees
fahrenheit: it consists OF fne pow
dered aluminium mixed with metallic
oxide. When the tieymit IL nred by
a magnesium primer the oxygen Of the
oxide combines With the aluminium,
producing molten metal Of great
heat. capable Of consuming whatever
it touches and starting destructive
fires.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
RAN>N-DOM REELS
IL &IlzlI 1o 1 I Ram 90 b
.of shoes aad Alps end sealing laX c cahha&ef- knH
rHE PNEUMATIc rIRE

or shoes end SHIPS

The pneumatic tire is rubber ar
tfcle of commerce which retains air,
tacks and horseshoe nails with the ut
most impartiality. Sometimes 1t Will
take in long, inquisitive ten-penny
nail on Tuesday and hold 1t in Arm
grasp until the family starts out for
a drive on Sunday morning, when 1t
will let go with soft, sibilant noise
ten miles from a garage.
The purpose Of the pneumatic tire
Is to prevent the inmates Of a seven
passenger tonneau from being thrown
thru a brand new mqhair top every
time the car steps on something in the
road. AS this happens frequently
when the inmates are thinking Of
other things. the only effect Is to dis
arrange the conversation and back
hair Of those present and shatter a
few nose-glass lenses.
1t is very difficult to figure on what
a pneumatic tire is going to do next
1t is apt to blow out in resonant
tone of voice, like a wooden-legged
carpenter falling thru skylight, and
leave the entire family stranded on a
side hill, but this never happens ex-
cept when the spare tire Is at the
garage. being vulcanized. In case an
extra tire is handy, it will not take
over half day for the average man
to get it on the rim and blow 1t up
with hand pump. especially II his
wife is born mechanic
Punctures in pneumatic tires are
caused by some foreign substances en-
tering the inner tube and allowing
the air to retire to some spot where
it will not be Of any assistance what
ever Punctures can be cured at about
half the cost Of the original tire, but
blowout is usually fatal to every
body but the garage proprietor.
Pneumatic tires are general guar
anteed for 5000 miles when driven by
people who prefer to ride on the road
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Man withau. = Country.

An Italian TRANSLATION of DR.. E. E.
Hale's famous story, The Man With
put . Country" has been circulated in
italy in q cheap pamphlet edition for
the purpose of arousing patriotic feel
Ing. A writer in the Christian Regis.
Ter, noting this fact, tells u that he
once asked Doctor Hale II he really
felt his great patriotic story as deeply
q he made his readers feel 1t. and that
he received . most emphatic afirma-
tive response.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Eax.erovfna . Failure.

Fla1-growing has not proved suo'
cessful in the United States, although
about 5000, 900 of fax fiber and more
than so, 600, 900 Of linen goods are i'm
ported yearly. Failure Of the Euro
pean supply suggests new attempt,
:. and . Farmers Bulletin reports that
fha Aber dax from Puget sound COM
parSs favor.b!y with the famous prod.
uct of Courtrai, Belgium, and that
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
also yield good nbsr. A. preparation
OF the dber requires technical knowl-
edge and skill. cooperative associa'
tons tor securing expert aid arc pro
posed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Cultivate Your raisre.

One little talent On winch you con
centrate your energies, generally
means far more in . practical way
than the half-dozen gifts which divide
your attention among then. Tor pfac
teal purposes it 10 easy 70 be toe
highly endowed. One talent with III
the enefgy Of your nature back OF it.
viii put you in plscs whsFs you w1n
not need to envy anyone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-23
Masonic Meetings.
,PEclAL COMMUNICATION

" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge, No. los, A. F. & A. Nd.
work in second degree. Friday, OCT.
%, 1880 o'clock. John w. Wells, sec
rotary; w. H. Steiner, w. NJ.
slGNEr CHAPTER, No. So, R. A. NJ.
Special Convocation Monday evening
Oct. % For work in Mark Masters
Degree. L. S. Kilborn, H. P, John W.
Wells, Rec
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20. f. & s. NJ Monday
after third Sunday l. T. Forbes, re-
corder; George Gregory. T. l.. Nd
REGULAR coNcLAvE, ST. Aldenar
commandery No SO, K. L. TUESDAY
Oct. 10, 7:30 o'clock. Regular business
NJ. S. Mcfarland, Rec; George Gregory
E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, Q. E S, Wednesday, Nov
II, 1880 p. m. Business. Anna Down
ing, secretary; Mary Black Collins
W. 81.