The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-12
OF Interest to Women
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Prof. w. e. Praeger Of the science
department Of Bowen Hall Ut Kala-
mazoo, Mich, has q garden which is
lof interest to garden-lovers ever
where. Hundreds OF visitors 60 to
see II every year. KeokIk readers
will be interested in it because both
Prof. and MRS. Praeger have scores
LOT friends here The garden which
covers SEVERAL lots. Is back Of their
residence and Is laid out according 70
the most approved idea Of landscape
gardening It Is used BY Professor
Praeger for experimen purposes IN
teaching botany which 10 his specially.
There are all sorts Of rare flowers,
some Of which are seldom raised III
the climate OF Michigan. A sunken
garden contains great variety OF
beautiful water plants and In a pool
In the center are gold fish, which grow
to be six or eight inches In length.
This summer he had Z rectangle plant
led in flowers red. white and blue, laid
lon to form the English nag and the
union Jack. This garden has been
many, times written up In garden and
horticultural journals.
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Little Marion Reid had an unusual
}experfence this summer in attending
the Horace Mann school in New York.
This is a demonstration school con-
Quoted in connection with the Column
bia University and Ii OF course the
last word in methods of teaching, DR..
lsummer, working for masters degree
lfv, nh ~~A Mru Rni5 Ma =
ION spent the summer with him In
New York One Of the branches taught
In the Horace Mann school was coll
onial history. A fleece OF wool was
brought into the school room and the
children sheAred the wool, washed II,
heckled It, spun II into thread, then
wove It into CLOTH They made dye
from natural sources. as the colonists
did and dyed their cloth. They also
made candles by the two processes
moulding and dipping. This was to
teach them some Of the things which
the pioneer women had to do and
you can fancy all the differences which
the children drew OF the advancement
made in manufacturing and of the
work which has been taken by the
factories out of the homes. The oh: l.
dren were taken to the colonial man
sions which have been so carefully
preserved in New York, and there saw
the old fashioned furnishings which
had been in actual use In colonial
days.
The little Keokuk girl doesn't love
arithmetic as well as she does some
other things, and she came home say
ing with much satisfaction, well,
we don't have to take arithmetic,
and In the same breath she told how
they were Tearing to read gas meters
and figure gas bills. All Of which goes
to show that It Is often not what is
taught, but how. When the day came
to demonstrate some Of these teach
ing principles in the big class room
OF tho university, 1T was a litt's
auburn haired Keokuk girl who was
chosen out OF all the children In her
grade to show the best results OF the
weeks Of training.
Apropos OF the three ringed circus
held here last week we are reminded
,of q description Of one OF the dinners
given in Boise, Idaho, in honor OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Rrownell before
their wedding. One hostess had for
IL table centerpiece a miniature circus
,of three rings, In which mechanical
figures performed the usual circus
stunts. AS the guests were seated,
the music began and the grand parade
lof animals and horses started around
the ring. The performance continued
Throughout the dinner.
The Gate City some little time ago
spoke OF Mrs. WINS having been given
one Of the logs from the block house
|of the old Fort Edwards, OF which
fort her father, Major Wilcox, was
Icommandant. Just what to. do with
the log and how to place It was a
problem, but Mrs. WINS has solved it
Iby having legs put on the log and has
1T placed on the porch where it can
be seen to advantage.
The city officials throughout the
state Of Iowa are complaining of finan.
cial embarrassment which will come to
them on January 1, when they will no
longer have as part Of their income
the saloon licenses. That the financial
embarrassment will be temporary for
all states going dry. Is argued editor
tally by the Independent, the OUTLOOK
and other magazines. They base Their
argument upon Official figures publish
ed in Maine, Kansas. North Dakota
and other states which have prohibit
ton laws The amount of income
which is cut OF Is over-balanced ten
times, according to figures, by the saw
ing In criminal costs. Ninety per
cent of the criminals in the penjten-
ltiaries, according to prison records,
committed the crime while under the
influence Of liquor. A criminal tria!
lis the most expensive luxury possible,
the average cost OF convicting q muir
derer Is $4,000.
Locally one has only to recall the
cost to this country Of convicting
|ODonneil, the only extenuating reaj-
ON given for whose crime, was that
he was drunk.
A cHILD's EPiTAPH.