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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-18
The Church Societies
81. Mays society.

The Ladies' society Of st. Mary's
Catholic church will entertain at
cards Wednesday afternoon, April Fl,
in st. Mary's hall. The following
form the entertainment committee:
Mrs. William Keer, chairman, Mrs.
Anna Ewers, Mrs. William Ewers,
Mrs. Frank Ewers, Mrs. Charles
Franks. Mrs. Lawrence Ewers, Mrs.
Genevieve Goetz, Mrs. Louise Herb
ner, Mrs. Edward Heintz. Mrs. FL
enora Herbner, Mrs. John Herbner,
Mrs. Johanna Harrington, Mrs. Kate
Hurley and Mrs. Edward Kruse.
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aantiat ladies Aid.

Tho Ladies society of the First
Baptist church will meet in the par
lors Of the church Friday afternoon.
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Unitarian Woman's Alliance.
The Woman's Alliance of the First
Unitarian church will be entertained
on Monday afternoon by Mrs. George
Luft, 1923 Palean street.
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w c. A. building. Further plans for
the institute to be held in the near
future, will be made on Tuesday.
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EarIy-kiser Wed dina.

Miss Beulah Fay Farley and Mr..
Edward Kiser, both Of this city. wee
united in marriage Saturday evening
at 1880 at the home of Rev. E. Leroy
Steffey, 1103 Bank street, Rev. Stef-
fey officiating. They were accompar-
led by Mrs. Will Jacobs and Harold
Kiser, brother and sister of the groom.
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Ruthean Bible Class.

The Ruthean Bible class OF the
Trinity M. E. church will be enter.
| tanned in the parlors Of the church on
Wednesday afternoon. The following
will serve as hostesses Mrs. Walter
Hull. Mrs. Hugh Dumenil, Mrs Harry
Gibson and Mrs W. O. Francis.
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Christian Ladies Aid.

The Ladies Aid society Of the First
Christian church will be entertained
Friday afternoon by Mrs. Thomas
Boltz, 31S South Thirteenth st.
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On Thursday evening committee
Of three members of the Current
Events club will entertain the mem.
beds of the club at six o'clock din
ner at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
j. Fulton, 712 High street.
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street, who will be assisted by Mrs.
James Long, Mrs. John Wagner, Miss
Mary Dehner and Miss Matilda Deb.
ner.
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st. John's Guild Mea.ino.

0ss WITT y SOFI0 "c0HIT19s
st. Johns Guild will be entertained
Monday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. Edgar Cochran. 220 North Fifth
street. Mrs Coldenburg and Mrs. Jno.
A. Dunlap will assist the hostess.
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n - c,,,h M...;..

The o. H. club will be entertained
on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
Elizabeth Loeffler, 1912 Exchange
street.
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!. Fortniqhtly DANCING Club.

The Fortnishtly Dancing club will
give dancing party in the ball room
of the Masonic temple on next Satu"-
day evening. Mrs. Harry Phillips.
Mrs. Myrtle Baker and Miss AlexiDe
Reid are the committee which has
planned the very successful series OF
dances. which followed the closing o;
the Country club last fall, and which
will be discontinued with the opening
of the club house in May.
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To Entertin Idxlwildes.

Q Entertin IdyIWIfdes.
Mrs. Ed. F.. Finigan, 11O6 Bank
street. will entertain the Idylwilde
D Five Hundred club at o'clock din
ner on Tuesday evening, after which
i've hundred will be played.
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Little BOYS Birthday.

Carol Uhler celebrated his birth
day anniversary Saturday afternoon
by entertaining twenty young guests
at his home, No. 1920 Exchange street.
Refreshments were served and games
enjoyed from 2 to o'clock and The
event was most happy one for all
those present.
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They viii make their home in this
To Entertain Club,

To Entertain Club.
On Thursday evening committee
of three members of the Current
Events club will entertain the mem
beds of the club at six o'clock din
ner at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
j. Fulton, 712 High street.
O. II. Club Meeting.
The o. H. club will be entertained
on Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
Elizabeth Loeffler, 1912 Exchange
street.
To Give Masquerade.
Thornton L. Hodge has issued invi-
tations to a masquerade party to be
given at his home 1902 Fulton street,
on Friday evening, April %.
St. Joseph's Auxiliary.
The auxiliary Of st. Joseph's hos
pital will meet on Wednesday after
noon, April 81, at half past two in the
hospital with Mrs. VIM Hogle and
Mrs. Geo. Schell as hostesses.
Racket Club Meeting.
Miss Helen Woolley was hostess to
the girls Of the Racket club on Sat
urday afternoon. A pleasant after
noon was spent socially, followed by
refreshments.
Thimble Clubs Meeting.
The Thimble club will be enter
tanned on Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. Frank Loewenstein.
Wednesday Reading Club.
Mrs. D. B. Hills will be hostess to
the Wednesday Reading club this
week.
Alpha .Trist Club. ~.
The Alpha Trist club will be enter
tanned on Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. Charles Kirch
FortnishtIy Club Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry ". Huiska1np will. be
hostess to the Fortnightly club ION
Tuesday afternoon. G
Bridge Club Thursday. $s
Miss Laura Alton will entertain
the young women of the Bridge club
on Thursday afternoon.
Trump Club Meeting.
Mrs. Carl Johannes will be hostess
to the Trump club on Thursday after
noon at her home on North Ninth
street.
Five Hundred Club.
The Five Hundred club will be en-
tertained on Tuesday afternoon by
Mrs. Frank Belt at her home on Bel
KNAPP boulevard. r&
Afternoon Bridge Club.
Miss Elsie Buck will entertain the
Afternoon Bridge club on Thursday
afternoon
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~! -
stanoIind Club MEETING.

| ~. hAcSSlHS VI the StanO-
| ma club was held on Monday night
pany.
a number of interesting talks and
papers We're given, among which was
paper by Leo Tigue on Efficiency
and Loyalty. talk on Personal Eff
cheney by Foster McGaw and paper
oy y. r. Barnes on Office Machines.
Alter the conclusion Of the pro-
gram the social committee then took
charge of the meeting and the rest
or the evening was enjoyed by vic
trola concert.
Little Girls Entertained.
sixty little girls were entertained
on saturday afternoon at the First
christian church by Mrs. Ayres and
MISS Edith Talley. The hours were
from 2:S0 to 500 o'clock. Light re-
freshments were served during the
afternoon, and delightful time was
srent by the little girls who were
present A program was given by the
girls and the following were the
numbers:
Duet-Misses Reta and Ruby Beck
Reading-Bessie Powers.
Piano solo-Katheryn Vaughn.
Song-Ella Bollanger and Katheryr
Vaughn.
Piano solo-Ruth O'Bleness.
Miss craig's Travel Talk.
Miss Bertha Read Craig gave de-
iightful travel talk on Holland, its
people and customs at the meeting o.
the Berean Bible class of the First
Westminster church on Saturday after
noon. The talk was illustrated with
many pictures. The meeting was
held at the home Of Mrs. G. NJ. Covell,
who was assisted in entertaining by
Mrs e. r. Camp. Twenty-seven mem.
Ders OF the class were presented. De-
ilclous refreshments were served by
the hostesses and the afternoon was
one OF the most pleasant of the social
meetings held by the class. &
Civic Leagues Last MEETING.
The Civic league will hold its last
meeting of the club year on SATURDAY
afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Y W. G
A. auditorium. The program will
consist OF description Of German
garden exhibit which was given at the
close Of a municipal garden contest
in German city. Miss Younker at.
tended the exhibit and saw some Of
the gardens. Mrs. Geo. Merriam will
also speak at the league on some OF
the things which Keokuk has failed
to accomplish on its annual clean-up
days The officers and directors for
the coming year will be elected at the
on Saturday. ss
Shakespeare Club Meeting,
The Shakespeare club will cele-
brate the anniversary of Shakes
peare's birthday on FRIDAY. April 2s,
with banquet at seven o'clock att
Hotel Iowa. Following the banquet
IN informal entertainment will be
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j. !!
f. Elder, No. Park Place.
Merry Matrons to Meet. II,
The Mrery Matrons' club will bel
entertained on Thursday afternoonl
by Mrs. J. v. Montgomery, 1897 High
street.
w. C. r. y. Auxiliary.
The w. G.ssr. U. auxiliary will hold
is regular meeting on Tuesday after
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70 Give MASQUERADE.

Thornton L. Hodge has issued invi-
tations to a masquerade party to be
given at his home 1902 Fulton street,
on Friday evening, April %.
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w. IT. y. Auxiliary.
The w. GIFT. U. auxiliary will hold
its regular meeting on Tuesday after
noon in hesgirls club room of the Y
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Merry Matrons to Meet.

The Mrery Matrons' club will be
entertained on Thursday afternoon
by Mrs. j. v. Montgomery, 1897 High
street.
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& Miss Howell Entertains.
Miss Mary Howell entertained two
tables at bridge on Saturday afternooa
In honor ,f Miss Louise Brady. The
quests were "a group of young women
intimate friends of Miss Brady.
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st. Joseph. Auxiliary

pital will meet on Wednesday after
noon, April 81, at half past two in the
hospital with Mrs. VIM Hogle and
Mrs. Geo. Schell as hostesses.
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Lincoln pi.trlcf c,,,h

The Mothers and Teachers club OF
the Lincoln district held a delishtfuI
social meeting on Friday afternoon in
the kindergarten room Of the Lincoln
building. Mrs. Geo. Bunner presided
at the short business session Which
opened the meeting. A contest was
held In which the women were to tel
by the taste or odor or appearance,
the names Of twenty-three different
kinds of spices. Mrs Edward Patter-
son received the prize, a Lincoln
school cook book. for naming them all
correctly. The hostesses for the aft.
ernoon We're Mesdames Holman,
Mackie, Hall and LETTERS. The next
meeting will be held some time in
May and will be musicale. to be held
in the evening.
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il Honor 81 Miss Brady.

Miss Ada Bever Field, 500 North
Fifth street, will entertain small
company on Tuesday afternoon at tea
in honor OF Miss Louise Brady, whose
marriage to Mr.. Russell Sturgis of
Boston, will occur on April "a.
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Civic Leagues Last Meetino.
Shakespeare Club Meetino.

The Shakespeare club will cele-
brate the anniversary of Shakes
peare's birthday one Friday, April 23,
with banquet at seven o'clock at
Hotel Iowa. Following the banquet
an informal entertainment will be
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j.
T. Elder, No. Park Place.
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Entertains for Daughter.

Mrs. H. C. Huiskamp entertained a
company Of friends at dinner-dancc
at the Lake View club house, across
the river, last night, in honor Of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Reiner, Of
Rochester. N. Y.
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Afternoon Bridge Club.
Miss Elsie Buck will entertain the
Afternoon Bridge club on Thursday
afternoon.
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Raeket cIuh Meetinn,

Miss Helen Woolley was hostess to
the girls Of the Racket club on Sat
urday afternoon. A pleasant after
noon was spent socially, followed by
refreshments.
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P. e. Q. Society Meets.

The P. z. O. chapter will be enter
tanned on Tuesday evening at the
home Of Mrs. w. w. Holmes. Miss
Mamie p. Fulton will assist as hos.
tess. The program for the evening
will be history of the origin Of the
educational loan fund. and report Of
some of the things it has accomplish
~ in educating young women. The
administration Of this educational
loan fund is the principal philan-
sthropy Of the sisterhood. The fund
has in it now $4,000 and grows every
year. The program for Tuesday even
ing is in charge of Miss Boyer and
Mrs. c. w. Chase.
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Thin1ble CIub's Meeting.
The Thimble club will be enter
tanned on Wednesday afternoon by
Mrs. Frank Loewenstein.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-20
The Norfolk Suit

The Norfolk suit Is very prominent
among the early spring tailored models
and one sees II fourlshing on every
hand. do think 1t is particularly at
tractive, and this morning saw a very
smart girl wearing one in a black and
white check.
The belt was at the normal waist line
and fastened In front with nickel buckle.
1t is rather usual just now to have
the belt Of some material notably diff
fering from the suit such as leather or
some contrasting stun. But this girl
wore a belt OF the plaid, and she did look
smart
The skirt was fairly short, though not
too extreme In this respect. 1t was free
Of those dreadful gathers and folds
which I 30 dislike, and was cut with
cores and an inverted plait at the back.
Although we have had belted models
all winter, they are even more popular
than ever, and l am glad of 1t, as they
have a decidedly trig, smart look.
One feature of many of the new spring
suits is that they have revolted against
the high military collar seen everywhere
earlier In the season and returned to the
normal and more comfortable style.
At the same time the military collar Is
very popular and will be seen right
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For the Hallroom Girl

This is the age of progress, the philoso-
piers say and the newest step In prog
ress Is to save space for the Hallroom
Girl Many bachelor maiden who keeps
a modest little apartment pays so much
for II that the problem of laundry is no
small worry to her Various solutions,
all more or less successful have been
offered and the last is the alcohol iron.
If you are in the habit OF doing ur
few little pieces III your room. collar,
blouse or a few handkerehiefs, you prob
ably share in the feeling of apprehension
which affects most boarders, the fear
that your gracious landlady will charge
you for gas or "kick." Even the useful
electric iron cannot save YOU from her
anathema. The ingenuity of the alcohol
iron Is apparent
There are, first Of all, no connections on
the iron. but a place inside where the
fame is burning. 1t heats in very. few
minutes, and has absolutely no odor
You can burn It for an hour at total
cost of . cents. The alcohol consumed is
trifinE, and you use the denatured and
specially prepared chalng-dlsh variety
for 80 cents. gallon. There can be no
objection to the use of this iron. on the
ground of eXpense--you pay for the ALDO
hol yourself, and there Is no connection
in the room. Then. too. as the iron is
hollow, to make place for the flame, the
weight of it is greatly reduced.
You can buy one in mostly any up-to-
date department store for S5.2j.
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You'd be surprised to know how easy
it is to be a successful gardener" said a
woman the other day. II just had to
earn my living, and as L had never
studied stenography, art or anything
really useful, you can imagine my senti-
ments when ] found that 1t was neces-
sary 10 do something and do 1t right
away
"I hadn't cent In the world to fall
back on and the only thing l had a real
leaning towards was gardening. That is
the reason | took 1t up. l got number
of catalogues and some literature from
Washington-the Department of Agricul-
ture will send you all the information YOU
want about fertilizing the earth, etc
and started in to study. The first woman
who asked my advice had too much clay
in her garden soil. | found this out by
sending some specimens to Washington to
have them analyZed. Naturally, 1t was a
great recommendation for me to have dis
covered this, and the lady recommended
me TO her friends
~ lived In a suburban town. where
wealthy people had summer homes, and
frequently would ask me to design their
hedges and strawberries / could neither
draw nor paint, SO had to make my plans
by pasting flowers from seed catalogues
on a large sheet of paper. Later on got
a little art student who was staying in
the place for her health to sketch them
and tint them with water color.
These proved a great advertisement for
me- | didn't do any actual manual labor.
of course, but had to keep my eyes on
the flowers to see that careless gardeners
didn't neglect them. and watch that no
injurious insects got into the greenhouses
and such duties
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8Sags1I

Often people who had gardening
hobby would ask me to look at their little
plots. l charged 81 for my advice in these
cases. l was a sort of plant doctor, you
see.
"Of course, II you can make plants
grow, you can grow vegetables, too. l
started a hot bed In my own yard and
began to grow prize vegetables. They
required a great deal of care, but 1t was
worth it in the end. A soap box with a
glass cover was my hot box, and it
proved as good as a more expensive one
Besides this, | made artistically arranged
window boxes, which / sent around for
sale, at 50 and IS, according to the size
l had to pay man to peddle these, of
course.
my prices were reasonable. charged
SIS a season to take over the entire su-
pervision of a garden-this is not much.
when you consider what IL costs TO keep
a head gardener whole season. | hired
reliable men as gardeners, II necessary.
If they were really good, / could rely on
them, and thus my work was lightened.
After 1 had made quite a sum of
money in the summer, 1 was confronted
with the problem OF keeping busy in the
winter, My luck In this respect was really
extraordinary. 1 met the president of a
prominent woman's club, who was inter-
esting herself in a City Beautiful move
ment. She lived In little place near the
seashore, where the sand seemed to be
hostile to cultivation. / offered to make
plans to prepare the earth for plants and
TO furnish drawings for the Improvement
of the town park, railroad station, etc. I
did this. and she was so pleased with the
result that many such contracts followed.
II got 100000 for a job like this. Alto
gether, / find gardening a very interesting
and profitable occupation"
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scrlbed in Puck. Incidentally, there VA.
a big demand for mowers, rakes hos,
fences and shovels and most Of the c,s.
toners carried their goods with them
A mlddle-aged man, who appeared "a
be sane, asked for a box Of that 'unyer.
sal phosphate which will make all kinds
of vegetables grow in the cellar" Hs
was indignant on learning that the seed
house didn't have 1t, and still madder
when he found out that the firm adyer.
tislng the wonderful concocton had been
driven out of business.
The ambitious chicken raiser who thinks
he can get eggs and birds by the card
index system Is the worst nuisance. Tho
less experience he has the more he knows,
tie pours out the most wonderful reme-
dies for making chickens lay, One OF this
species let out some wonderful secrets
"All | do" he said, "is to soak some corn
in olive oil. then sprinkle 1t with granu.
lated sugar. Talk about laying. Whewl
$50 eggs a week, and only got 20 chick
ems"
Another expert said that he Favored
cornmeal with pumice stone and rock
Sall ana SdtHCIeu III d Coupie HuHuItu
Eggs a week from AZ chickens.
They will tell you in any seed store
that the city man is more OF a ruba IN
the country than the rube is when he
goes TO the city. And so this is the time
OF the year that the city rubes are eS-
posed in all their rube-ishness.
"f planted LOT of seeds" said
pathetic Individual. "and nothing cams
up. planted some of them three Inches
down in the earth. too"
Seeds should be planted no deeper
than their actual slze," the salesman m
formed him. land most of them grow
better when they are just put on sae
surface
One old salesman said in discussing gar
| dens. at don't do to know too much
for even the grass is green and yet I
| gives milk TO cows to nourish the uni
| verse "
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The Kids Chronicle

7 SHOWED my cuzzin Sue trick yes
i tidday. saying, Hay, Sue, do YOU wunt
to feal my mussel,
No, sed Sue.
Go ahed and feal 1t. its prtty big, awl
rite. l sed, And tiubbeled my arm up
like YOU do wen you wunt sumboddy to
real yure mussel, and Sue startid to feal
it and l quick Strengthened my arm out
and my fist nit Sue rite avn the end OF
her noze ware 1t terms up and she startld
10 yell like enything as If she was hert,
wich she proberly was. and pop stuck
his he'd in the setting room, saying
Whose killed.
| am. lie puntched me rite in the noze
awl his mite, sed Sue.
I did not, If l puntched you awl my
mite you wood be killed awl rite, l SEQ.
Sints wen have you bin going about
puntchng ladys eeither awl yure mite or
haff yure mite. sed pop.
1 dldent puntch her at awl, jest
showed her a trick, sed.
Then show it to inc the saim way, sed
pop. and III be the judge and award the
dnmidges,
Avn rite, feal my mussel sed,
And I. duboeled my arm up and pop
put his finsirs avn it, saying, Considr
yure mussel felt.
Yes sir, sed. And I Strengthened my
army out agen slo rs enything and
touched pop avn the end of his noze with
my fist
That wasent very panefill, sed pop.
No sir, no sir sed Sue, that aint 1t at
awl. it aint enything like 1t, ne jest
Touched you insted of hitting YOU awl
his mite the way he hit me.
Its Very difficult case TO decide, even
for me. sed pop, you see, yure noze may
be tenderir than mine is, and then agen,
the prizoners arm mite of bin so tired
frdm doing the trick awl day that he
is now incapable of putting his uzuil
spirit into it, but howsoevvir and not
withstanding, speek now or foTevvir hold
yure tung. 1 heeTby award the fare
plaintiff damldges of wun sent, wicn as
a consclenshlss judge l will now perseed
to pay her myself.
And he gave Sue a sent and she stopped
holding her noze and stuck out her tung
at me, proving she wasent hert mutch,
and 1 sed, Pop. Ill let her hit me avn
the noze al hard as she wunts IL you
give me a sent.
The .ourt has adJurped for the day,
sed pop. Meening Sue was the ony wun
that was going to get sent, wich she
was.
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THE Wonlart Who Is ALwaHs In the Right
By
ELLEN ADAIR

telligent and well-informed. She ought
to have been an Interesting and pleasant
companion for any man. But her as
sertiveness and her general argumenta-
tiveness proved her own undoing' No
man will long stand perpetual contradic-
tion and the eternal repetition OF that
maddening phrase: III told you So"
SO one sad day the end came. After a
particularly trivial argument, the result
Of which was quite immaterial one way or
the other the henpecked husband plucked
up courage, packed his clothes and for
sook his better half-to return no more!
1t was melancholy denouement TO
what at one time promised to be a very
happy and congenial marriage.
But the phrase ~ told you So has
wrecked more homes and more happiness
than can be easily told.