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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE.


Superintendent ThornDurS mas
auieted the fears of parents by declar-
ing that in case of fire every school
building in Des Moines can be emptied
in less than minute and half, and
most of them within minute.
Our fire drills are regular and sys-
tematic,'' says the superintendent.
This is reassuring in view of the re-
cent Peabody, Mass. school catastrophe.
where several children lost their lives.
But the best drilled body Of children in
thu world is very apt to fail in an
emergency. The cry Of "Fire!," the
sight of smoke and the roar Of flames
will drive reason from the minds OF
most adults, let alone children I'M
trained in self-possession.
The first and foremost requirement II
fireproof buildings. Several eastern
cities have tried out plan OF making
old buildings safe. brick wall is con-
structed thru the center OF the struc-
ture. Doors are so arranged that IL a
| fire breaks out on one side all the chill
dren can be marched to the other side
and then on out of the building, with
out confusion and with plenty OF time
to escape.
If the Desc Moines school board un-
dertakes a building program next year
the lesson at Peabody should not be
forgotten.
RURAL ROUTE DECENTRALIZATION
lcedar Rapids Republican,
The decentralization of the Iowa
rural routes Is going on apace. The
papers Of the entire state are filled
| with the discomfort of those who are
affected by these changes. Mail routes
fifty miles long are not rarities and
short cuts are made so that in many
places farmers have to go almost az
far as to town for their mails. Con-
gressmen and senators say that their
mail bags are filled with letters OF pro-
test, and the writer's are demanding
that something must be done. But
what can even a United States senator
do in Washington at the present time?
The postoffice department under
! Burleson has become something Of a
! Joke. 1t was that department that re-
Gently tried TO suppress free speech
! when 1t affects the personality Of the
president, In the Winnetka case. The
department wants to econonize. Econ
omies are needed somewhere and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
70 FAT 70 GO 70 JAIL.
Woman ParoIsd Because She Can't

Woman Parolsd Because She Can't
Squeeze Into Cell.
Tho criminal court here was COM
PEELED to take judicial cognizance Of q
physical popularity OF Mrs. Clara
Cochran. She was fined $50 and costs
for selling liquor and was unable to
pay.
Her size prevented her incarceration
in Jail, and she was given time in
which to raise the money.
Mrs. Cochran weighs $40 pounds.
Judge Ryan was informed it would be a
physical impossibility for her to enter
a Jail cell.-St. Louis Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
Iona Newspapers
ALFALFA IN IOWA.
shfon IeadAr-1

Listen to this! A farmer in Powe-
shiek county cut four crops OF alfalfa
Off his fourteen acre field this season,
and is selling it at S14 a ton on the
ground. The ground will return him
close to $40 an acre. Iowa could make
use OF more alfalfa. It is not the
easiest crop in the world to get started
and settled, but once going it is all to
the good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
A Masonic Meetings. :.
/" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION


Marshall Lodge No los a +. and A. NJ
Work in first degree Friday Nov 70
I;3C p. m John ". Wells, secretary
W. H. Steiner, ". NJ.
sieNET CHAPTER. No s. R. A NJ.
Regular convocation Monday eNenlns'
Nov. %. L. s. hIbo-n. H =. joan
W. Wells Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20, R. 8 S. NJ. MONDAY
after third Sunday. l. L foroes'
corder; George Gregory, T. L
REGULAR coNcLAvE, St, Almemar
,ron,n,andery No. 80. Il T.. TUESDAY
Nov. %. 1850 o'clock. Business ana
5rju for inspection Wednesday evening
at $50. NJ. s Mcfarland. Rec; George
Gregory, E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81. O. E. s., "Wednesday. NoN'
II 7.so D. m. Business. Anna Down
ing. secretary; Mary Black Collins
W. n.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

New York city's political circles are
allheated up over the charges made
against Chairman Edward E. Mccall
OF the public service commission by the
Thompson legislative investigating
committee. Governor Whitman has
given Mr.. Mccall until Nov. 80 to an
swer. He is accused Of owning stock in
a corporation which IL subject to the
supervision Of the commission of which
he is the head. Mr.. Mccall, who Is
a prominent democrat, was formerly
supreme court justice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
PLANT A TREE.

ISlouA Slty lTnune.J
Trees should be treated like any
other crop that the land produces.
There should be no harvest of them,
unless there were also planting of
them For every tree that is cut down.
or dies from any cause. at least one
other should be set out. Otherwise,
another generation will witness a
country denuded OF its forests. cities
stripped of their drapery, and whole
country impoverished of one of its
most valuable natural resources.
Have you any fine trees in Amer
lea ?" asked the Englishman, On occa-
sion of his first visit. And then he ex-
claimed. 81 forgot OF course, you
haven't because America is new
country" Only old countries have
learned by expensive experience the
wisdom of conserving and perpetual
ing natures endowments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
WIDOWS AND THE JUDGE.

Woodbury. county officials claim that
the widows pension should not be al
lowed, because the county pays hun
dreds of dollars per annum to support
public institutions for children. The
gentlemen seem to have missed The
fundamental idea OF the widows PEN
sion law, which is to keep the family
together and leave the children where
they ought to be, under the care Of the
mother. The majority of the institu-
tons, to which the Woodbury. officials
refer will be put out Of business by
the operation Of the widows pension
law. And surely, that would not be a
bad thing for the county and the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

Burleson idea seems to be that good
place in which to enforce them is In .
helpless republican state like Iowa.
Iowa has been the hardest hit Of all
the states. No political influence can
be brought to bear upon the situation
for the Iowa senators and congress-
men have no such influences at WASH
ington. All protests are in vain. The
farmers of Iowa will have to bear It
until there is different administers
ton in Washington
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

BILE duty az q piano. stool and door,
fastener, and is seldom pried into ex-
cept during the preparation of a club
paper. The vest-pocket edition Is a
useful piece Of Office furniture which
enables many business man to an.
swer his correspondence without Civ
Ing the wholesale house the impress
sion that he Is an escaped Eskimo. II
there were more dog-eared dictionaries
in general use, there would be fewer
proofreaders with snoW.White hair
and the marks Of deep suffering.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

ure in corn AZ 1t has the past season.
II Calhoun county can not raise good
corn, no other county in Iowa can,
and this is the year we will have to
admit that old Calhoun has failed.
The fact that Iowa has produced a
record breaking crop of practically
everything else grown on the farm is
all that saves the face of her prosper
ity in this year of our Lord, 1915.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
ONCE IN FORTY YEARS.
Manson Democrat.1

I1WdNsUII DeuIOCTAt.J
This Is the first time in over twenty
three years OF newspapering that the
editor Of the Democrat IL compelled TIC
admit that Iowa has fallen down on
a corn crop. For over forty consecu-
tive years We have lived i: Calhoun
county, Iowa, and witnessed its prog
gress from the wild prairie sod to the
highly developed soil It now boasts,
but never. even in the worst years,
has it produced such miserable fail
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

IF anything were needed to increase
Cummins' chances chances for the
nomination this latest refusal of Judge
Hughes supplied It," says the Boone
News Republican. Hughes would un-
doubleday have been strong in the
west, but as he is out of the consider
alton his mantle naturally falls upon
the Iowa candidate The Cummins
boom is progressing merrily. State
Chairman Ransom has sent out re-
quests TO all the counties for a Cum
Minis campaign fund. 1t looks as if
Iowa was going TO do things on no
small scale when it comes TO matter
of landing the presidency"
I'VE speak of Japan as a miiitarist
nation says the Des Moines Register.
Yet the United States already spends
two and one-half times as much as
Japan, on army and navy. and pro-
poses 10 spend over four times as
much. We spend three times as much
as Austria, and propose to spend five
times as much. We spend twice as
much as Italy, and will spend three and
one half times as much.''
The continental army should be only
thought of as last resort in case thu
national guard, with the proper in
ducements allowed it, fails to recruit
enough soldiers" says the Mason City
Globe Gazette.
There may be no economy in rails
ing chickens says the Brighton
Enterprise, "but there is some salts
faction in knowing that the eggs you
are using are fresh"
The Cherokee Democrat says: ut
is pretty hard to make people think
that they ought to buy their Christmas
stuff early when they are still wearing
their thin ones with short sleeves
can animal which medicine can not
restore to good health generally is
ordered killed by the humane officer.
Yet a human being is stimulated and
aided su-gically in order that his par
TALLY strangulated life may be pro-
llonged," says the Cedar Rapids Gazette
Somewhere there is inconsistency.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
Cost css.en.

What gets our sos. /: 60: spiritual!
nfe 10 that We constantly meet up
With people who. when they can't ind
Dthor people to stand for their misfor.
fumes. charge the whole business up to
me Icra.-Houston Post,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

edition. These dictionaries contain a
great many words which are never
hurled at the head OF stenographer
and which are harder to understand
than the program at a deaf-mute pic
mic. When this work L. once admit.
ted to the home, it il made to do dou.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
No c;nder,II..

NO Csnderotto.
Your highness." said an attendant.
some lady at the ball has left behind
one Of these fiat-soled. pancake-shaped
shoes"
Throw it on the ash heap" COM
manded the prince. II don't want to-
find her."-Judge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
TURNED TO GYPSUM.
Mason City Times.1


Fort Dodge, we understand, is soon
! to be damned. And 1t is going to cost
100000. 1t was not Sc expensive in
the case Of .Sodom and Gomorrah."
saye the Waterloo Courier.
Perhaps history Is to repeat itself.
There is no definite information at
hand that successfully contradicts the
assertion that Fort Dodge and Gyp-
sumville We're not the original Sodom
and Gomorrah described in the nine
teenth chapter of Genesis. Lots wife
may have turned into sulphate of lime
or gypsum and not into chloride OF
sodium as generally stated. The inn
mense Cardiff giant found in the Fort
Dodge fields many years ago and ex-
hibited by the late p. T. Barnum
might have been Mrs. Lot, who turned
back and was Immediately converted
into chemical of some variety. It Is
much more likely that she became
gypsum and not salt. The ancient
writing is not real clear but the in
terpreters who located Abraham and
Lot in salty country naturally sup
posed there was nothing else for her
to turn to. Had she looked back on
Fort Dodge and the historian had re-
corded that she had become concrete
the interpreters would have written it
gypsum because everything in Webster
county sooner or later become like
plaster of paris. The fact that the re-
mains exhibited by Barnum were those
of giant should not blind the vision.
1t must be remembered that Lots wife
was all swelled up when she was in
vited to join the high society OF Sodom.
Fort Dodge is one Of the few cities in
Iowa which still hangs on to the
domination of the saloon. Repeated
warnings have been given to the in
habitants of that beer bedraggled place
and still the festivities continue. In
view OF what happened to Sodom, the
ancient Fort Dodge, the citizens Of that
burg should arise, shake the dust from
their nantes and smite the liquor
traffic while it is yet time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
Pervensity,

Perversity.
told her she has aster eyes.
And lips as crimson as the maple;
She locked at me in grave surprise,
Remarked my SMILES were staple.
babe her know her foot was light
AS is the fawn's, that woodland
roamer;
She stated. tho might be right,
The saying was as old as Homer.
I spoke about her sumach lips.
And of her white throat like a lily,
Then felt a sudden heart-eclipse.
For she averred that was silly.
But when whispered that her voice
From trouble was sweet entrancer
And made the soul OF me rejoice.
She didn't even deign to answer.
nigh despa!red, viii admit:
i was downcaet, deJected.-very.
For I'd exhausted all my wit,
And almost my vocabulary.
But when l clasped her. scorning fear,
Grown thru evaporation holder,
She murmured, You are just dear!''
And put her head upon my shoulder.
Clinton Scotland, In Judge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
GRUMBLING

The from fine short OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

The Cherokee Democrat SAYS: ut
is pretty hard TO make people think
that they ought to buy their Christmas
stuff early when they are still wearing
their thin ones with short sleeves
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

There may be no economy in rails
ing chickens" says the Brighton
Enterprise, but there is some salts
faction in knowing that the eggs you
are using are fresh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
Topics of the Times

In the language Of the old time
almanac and the up-to-date vaude-
vile ''it blows its nows.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22

II the turkey has been bought and
things are in train for Thanksgiving
better turn some attention to buying
that stuff early.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19
PLAIN oMELET

Break six eggs into a pitcher and
beat them with a dover beater just
four minutes; salt to taste. Place a
skillet with two tablespoonfuls of
butter over slow fire; when butter
is very hot but not Drowned, pour in
the beaten eggs and allow the skill
let to stand a moment over the fire,
then draw or life the skillet from the
intense heat and cook until the eggs
are set. Fold the emelet until edges
pre- even, then slip onto hot plate and
serve.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19

New York, Nov. 1e-When King
George and the British sea lords read
this, they'll be furious!
And can you blame them
For on their order the Gordon of
British Warships surrounding Ger
many and her neutral side=doors was
parted to allow the passage of a
Christmas ship-a ship bearing toys
from Santa Claus workshop for the
waiting children of America.
Two great shiploads of toys were
landed-one in New York and one in
Baltimore. Great boxes of joy and
packages of childish glee were cart
ed from the docks to the warehouses
and railroad depots and sent flying
on their way to the Christmas chops.
And what did these boxes contain?
Hi1irIigigs and rattles and pretty lit
tie go-carts2
No-and that is what will make the
English mad.
They were filled with heImeted toy
soidiers-the GeFmanest kind of SOL
diers-tiny eounterfeits of the armies
that oVerrah Belgium and northern
France and Poland and Serbia.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19
GEE, KING GEORGELL BE MAD!AND WON'T THE
KAISER LAUGH AT CHRISTMAS TOYS

There were miniature Antwerps for
the Germans to capture, and minia-
ture Krupps with all the attendant
eannoneers, and little U-boats to sail
beneath imaginary waves and tor
pedo big (by comparison) battleships.
Everything was as German as
could be-and the British blockaders
had let all these German toys pass! {
1t was kindly thought of the
British war lords that the children
of America might not lack for toys
because of the war in Europe.
And you couldn't exactly blame
the tey-makers of Germany for being
patriotic and extolling the kaiser and
kultur to the skies.
So it looks as if the joke was on
he English.
The big joke the kaiser played on
the king was kept secret for fear the
British rnment-lacking a sense
of humor-would place an embargo
ON the other shipments. That danger
is past now, for the toys are on the
way.
The first toy-ship that reached
America was the Beaubergen, in
charge of Jan Smit, Hollander and
a neutral
When the crates of zeppelins and
U-boats were being unleaded at her
dock in East river, Capt. Smit smiled
mysterieusly and said:
They let eur ship pass, finally, but
I'm thinking they wouldn't have done
so if they had had peep into the
toys that we're carrying.
"These toys were made for last
Christmas, but they couldn't get out
of Holland then because. of the war
blockade.
"This year the blockade was lift,
ed, and here we are!'
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19

Three rows of fur are most popu-
lar, but four rows are quite proper.
.Ond do they show? Of course they
do when one tangoes in a dress with
the latest full blown or hoopskirted
effect.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-11-19

An endless variety of kinds of furs
are called into use by the new fad
for ones stockings must match the
color of ones evening frock and, of
course, the fur must be of the same
color as the stockings.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-26
NOT A MATTER OF FIGURES
Number Of Churches or synseoaues
Seem TO Be OF Relatively
Little Moment

rs II progress 70 20 TO church or
not to go 10 church?" asks DR.. Ernest
G. Richardson OF Princeton university.
Thereupon he W the question In
this wise: What ia almost the last
word that can be spoken on universal
progress ut the present stage OF AZ.
fairs was once spoken by that most
gracious and polisheds author OF the
most scholarly Life OF Our Lord DR..
Samuel J. Andrews. spropos OF this
very matter.
An enthusiastic apostle OF Chris.
tian endeavor In q quiet library read.
ing o was holding forth in noisy
conversation on the wonderful prog.
ress OF the church In these later
times.
why. Just think OF IT, he cried.
there are twelve hundred churches az
II was twelve hundred) In the city Of
Philadelphia alone today; twelve hun.
dred churches. Just think OF III
Doctor Andrews looked up from his
book at the strenuous declaimer and
remarked quietly. And there were
eight hundred synagogues az II was
eight %hundred) In Jerusalem at the
time when Jesus Christ was cruel.
fed"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-26

appears 10 be wrapped about the fg
ure In oriental fashion. II 10 sup
ported at the sides and bach by stayi
and decorated with ribbon roses. II
makes q lovely finish for the hand
some sheer. lingerie dresses which
are worn all the year round.
A pair OF boudoir slippers made OF
plain pink satin ribbon need only Q
short length to make them. and are
delightfully."- frivolous and dainty
Resdy.mads tufted soles are used IL
making them. the tufted sides GOV
cred with the ribbon cut to NJ v
them. The uppers are lined with this
silk and finished with Q quilting OF
very narrow ribbon in light green.
A little square Of ribbon 10 set 10
each and extends over the instep
This IL also outlined with the a
row quilting, which 10 brought down
on the body OF the slipper for deco
ration. az shown In the picture. A III
tie ribbon rose and a daisy or a tin,
rosette is perched at the front. IN,
last captivating items In the dainties'
Of footwear,
JULIA BorroMLgv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-26
S|CKENS! It SALWATES!
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Cslomel makes you sick: you lose q
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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-08-26

The custom Of changing the fur.
nishinss Of rooms In SUMMED to make
them appear comfortable and cool.
makes the house much mere iivasis.
To pst oat Of sight the heavy hans.
inss and thick rags ana 70 substitute
thin. cooiloohins hsagiags and sum.
mer floor coverings requires 20 little
time and money that everyone may
indulge In the luxury Of change. Be-
skes. Il adds to the life Of winter fur.
nishings 20 DO pat away during the
summor months and makes them vel.
come when the calender rolls round 20
winter again.
A room furnished for the summer 10
shown In the picture given here. The
door Ia bare except for three colonial
or grandfather" rugs made exactly
like old'fashionsd ~ carpet. Tho
predominatins color In these rugs 10
the fashionable tooth.patie pink, and
this 10 varied BY the introduction OF
occasional "hit-and.miss" stripes Of
gray. green. light blue and white.
Two small md n larger rug are
enough for q bedroom. sven II Il 10
q little larger than the average size.
The bed 10 OF brass and 10 dressed
In white. But those who are fortunate
enough to possess old.fashioned quilts
In which white predominates. with the
surface broken by i~ight-colored ns.
ures. may substitute them for all.
white coverings with much satisfac.
tion; they are strictly the mode and
much sought after. Sometimes a quilt
OF this kind Ia covered by q net or
openwork cover. but oftener It spreads
It's old.fashi6ned charm unveiled TO
these who appreciate It's quaint art.