The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-10
OF Interest to Women
BY Wlnona Evans Reeves.

0y "tnOna Evans HSSV0Os
A series Of articles relating to wom-
en-, in the nature of as others see us,
have been running in the Outlook re-
Gently. One of them gave the faults
of women shoppers; in substance the
article said, that women have good
deal to say Of clerks who may on
rare occasions be impatient or dts
courteous, and yet forget their own
failures. One Of the types which
clerks dread to see is the woman who
comes in five minutes before closing
time with long list OF things she
wishes to buy; another Is the woman
who really wants to buy goods OF d
certain color, yet looks at all the
stock in every shade; still another
keeps running comment on the
small choice and poor selection of
goods kept in the store. To find any
thing but kindness and consideration
from Keokuk clerks is very rare.
Many women of this city have men,
toned within the last few weeks,
particularly since she has been so
very ill., the kindness and patience
and understanding Of Miss Ada Rollins
who for many years has clerked Id
various stores of the city. Many
women have entrusted their shopping
of staples to her, by merely sending
her list, knowing that her judgment
was to be relied upon. She was al
most uncanny in her understanding OF
the wishes of her regular customers.
Apropos of women shoppers and keo-
kuk stores, recently a society woman,
one of the most attractively dressed
women in town, said she never buys
anything outside of Keolluk stores-at
that moment she was wearing beau
tiful evening dress, scalloped around
the bottom with beautiful lace ruff
fes beneath the scallops and bead
ed lace bodice and every thread Of 1t
had been bought in Keokuk. OF
course the temptation to those who
are able to go to city is the charm,
of the big shops and stores and the
possibilities of duplicates are less.
This story has been told here many
times: One Sunday morning a wom-
an walked down the main aisle of one
of the churches, wearing a very mod
ish coat She was seated and In
moment a second woman walked In,
wearing a coat exactly like 1t, and the
tcongregation began to think they
were seeing things when the third
woman walked in, wearing exactly thu
same style of coat But duplicates
happen in goods bought out of the
city too Not very long ago, at re-
iception there were two gowns exactly
alike. one had been bought in Chicago
and the other in New York. Several
years ago a keokuk woman bought Il
handsome hat in Chicago with the as
surance that 1t was an exclusiv
model She came home to find won
an in the next block with hat ident'
callv like it, an exclusive model
also bought in the same hat shop.
Did you know that the century
dictionary suggests that the well
known stamp of approval O. X. was
| Chief Keokuks signature? 1t says:
1.-THE term may have had its origin
from a noted indian chief. old Keokuk.
who is said to have signed the treaties
made bv his tribe with the govern
ment with the initials o. k
We are Indebted to Mrs. Clara R.
titus Of Fort Wayne, whose keokuk
friends are legion, for an article writ
ten by Mrs. Charles L. Nelcamp. a
prominent D. A. R., giving the con-
nection the women Of this country
have had with the flag. The article Is
in part to answer the charge mad
that the women in advocating the
peace propaganda demonstrate that
American women lack patriotism. She
cites the fact that the first flag was
made by a woman, Betsy Ross, In
June. 1776. That in every state at
the outbreak of the civil war. the first
flags carried to the front were made
by women, home made. out OF any
material they could secure. The girls
OF Portsmouth made flag out OF their
best gowns and presented it to Paul
Jones to hoist over the Ranger. July
4. 1777. This flag was the first Amer
lean flag the Europeans ever saw and
the first to be saluted by European
naval power.
Mrs. Kady Brownell, wife Of an or.
derlv sergeant Of the First and after
ward of the Fifth Rhode Island in
fantrv was chosen color bearer Of her
husbands regiment. She marched
with the men. carrying the flag and
participating in battle as bravely as
any Of her comrades.
She was in the first battle OF Bull
Run and stood by her colors and main
tanned her position until her regiment
had retrated She was also in the ex-
pedition Of General Burnside to
Roanoke Island and Newbern.
The largest flag ever made by hand
was put together by Miss Josephine
milford of Madison. N. J. She was
moved partly by sentiment and partly
nv a desire to pay off the mortgage on
her mothers little home in novel
and patriotic way.
Many who read the article A New
Way to Train Children, in the curren.
Issue. of the Ladies' Home Journal,