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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

vised and would probably bring .
promising political career to prema-
ture end, as the thrusting in Of his
candidacy at that time would ALLEVIATE
those who would have delighted to
support him at later date. We make
no prediction concerning the future Of
Joe Allen further than, that in our
Judgment, 1t will prove unfortunate for
him and Is likely to prove serious
- to the cause. And II the other.
or broad gate" faction wins, it will be
hard for the best people not to say
that Allen made great mistake. We
would like to have been a confidential
friend of his before he spurred his
charger into the Rubicon, but now any
friendly remonstrance would be, we
fear like sweetness wasted on the
desert air" But we would like to help
Joe if we could. consistently with more
imperative and essential interests.
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practicablitiy rests entirely on the kind
of road it shall be laid over. 1t is ut
! terly impracticable over the common
dirt highway which is good today and
bad tomorrow.
| Certainly fifty-mile mail rote Is
practicable over any road that will
| permit a motor vehicle to make an
| average speed of twenty miles an hour.
1t would mean with stops say the time
| between n. m. and p. M, about the
same time required by good horse
and mail wagon on good dirt road
under the best conditions perhaps a
little shorter time. 1t wouldn't make
any difference to the mail route
whether that road was concrete or
brick or gravel or all three in spots so
long as it was maintained at the TWEEN
ty mile efficiency.
Right there is where the club meet
ings and the discussions come in. The
maintenance of that road is much
bigger question than building it. In
places whore the traffic is unusually
heavy the requirements of course would
be entirely different from those where
traffic was light. That's where full
discussion and study and figures of
first cost and maintenance cost come
in. 1t is simply a question of the cheap
est and best in the long rum There
isn't any difference between building
roads and barns and houses and
bridges. II is question of getting
what is wanted, of lasting qualities.
cost Of maintenance and service. And
when they get together and study the
matter for themselves listening to en-
gineers instead Of politicians, the far
mers' clubs will arrive at pretty bust
nesslike conclusions.
1t costs the government something
like s1,100 a year to send a carrier
over a twenty-five mile route. If
good road would double the mileage It
would cut the cost in two. 1t would
make a difference of about s25 mile.
at the same rate of carrier pay. and /
s25 goes a long way toward main
tenance of mile of properly built {
highway adapted to the traffic it is in !
tended TO bear. Now in Wayne county, |
Michigan, the average cost Of main
tnance of concrete roads has for a six
year period been $50 per mile per year. T
The club will find some astonishing |
facts when il begins to dig. Among
others it will learn that New York is
paying as much as $500 a year for
of macadam roads.
II is all a plain business question
10 be discussed without heat or
prejudice and concluded upon plain
dollars and cents basis. First what
10 we need and want, what will it cost
turing a period of thirty years? How
it be financed and paid off? Talk
t over; concrete, gravel, macadam.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
Rural Credit Law.

Newspapers in the southwest, and in
the western section of the country
generally, are freely discussing the
prospect OF rural credits legislation. as
the next session Of congress draws
near. Congressman Henry, OF Texas,
who has heretofore championed q
$500. 5000 bond issue for the relief Of
cotton planters, Is making a demand
for rural credits law, the chief plank
in the Platform on which he Is can
wasting his state as a candidate for the
United States senate. 1t was Mr..
Henry who introduced the first of the
rural credit bills in the house. very
soon after the converting Of the special
session Of congress April Is. 1913.
The fight for rural credits to be
made by congressman representing the
cotton states will depend, to q consid-
cradle extent, upon the condition Of
the cotton trade at the time congress
meets. Should conditions then be nor
NAL, or near normal, their fight for
rural credits will be much more ag-
gressive than one for some special leg
islation for the relief Of cotton plant
ers. Should the cotton situation be
desperate, however, the fight will be
made for special cotton legislation TO
credits law. applying to the entire
country. will not be earnestly pressed.
The outlook for rural credits legisla-
ton Is not, accordingly. either dark or
bright. There is hope OF normal cot
ton situation during the winter, but
this is not an assurance. Any agrees
sive support of such legislation may
have to core out Of the west and
e the democratic house ma
jority, which comes mainly out OF the
south: is in complacent mood be-
cause the chief staple of its section Is
freely at good prices.
The joint house and senate commit
tee appointed during the closing hours
of the last session has not been called
to meet during the long recess. altho
the purpose Of Its appointment was
that it should meet as often during the
vacation SIS might be necessary for
gathering all needed data bearing upon
the problem and preparing a bill for
Its inactivity may or
may not indicate that the administra-
ton is not favorable to a rural credits
law. Mr.. Glass, of Virginia. q member
IF the committee, and often an adj
mouthpiece, asserts that
he new banking system makes rural
credits law unnecessary. The presi-
dent denied this in one Of his messages
70 congress. But Mr.. Wilson has often
shown ability to change front.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat. !
In Baltimore, as a result OF an in
experts figured that the !
minimum amount on which a single !
woman could live decently was 500 q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
Art

Nobody has yet been able to define
art correctly, because every concep
ton Of art differs with the individual.
Nobody really knows what truth 10.
yst art is said to be truth plus per
sonality. Personality itself Is our
nest incomprehensibls enigma AT
01st possess supreme and constant.
n increasing interest. The best and
most unfailing test Of art IL when II
Sndures. Time, therefore, il necessary
70 proclaim It. All masterpieces
turned out overnight are not to Be
trusted. The tue artist 10, therefore,
most likely to b unknown. Time
crowns him master with one hand and
lanfDeys him with the other.-Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
A POINT IN ROAD BUILDING.
TDes Moines Captfal1

One point should not be overlooked
in connection with the recent inspec-
ton Of the Folk county roads by the
state highway commission. Approx
mately seventy miles Of the county
road system was approved for gravel
Ing. but in 50 doing the commissioners
did not warer from their established
rule that all roads must be put to such
grade rs VIII prove acceptable later
for more permanent hard surface
should the occasion demand.
The commission has formulated
earth road specifications with the idea
not only of having the best possible
dirt roads now. but with the further
idea Of providing the best possible
foundation for more permanent hard
surfaced roads in the future. This
means that Polk county with its new
graders and tractors. is putting its
roads in just as good condition
as would be required II concrete, as
phalt, or some form Of bitulithic pave
nicnt were used.
In its reply to a request from the
Capital for Information along this line
the commission adds: These specifi-
cations are made for traffic conditions
as they exist now or can be foreseen in
the futnreN These conditions may
change to such an extent that further
changes in grade might be required in
the future to make a satisfactory hard
surfaced road. Under such conditions
grades now approved for crawling
might require further changes before
the higher Class surface is put on"
The Capital contends that whatever
is done in the way Of road improve
ment should be based upon the future.
The time Is not far distant when the
main travelled highways out OF Des
Moines will have permanent hard
surface. 1t should not be necessary to
tear up a $1,000 mile graveled road
in order to secure the correct grade.
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A Masonic Meetings.
" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

Marshal, Lodge, No. l03. A. F. & A. NJ,
work in Third degree, Tuesday, Oct
5, 1880 o'clock. John w. Wells. Sec
Rotary; w. H Steiner, w. NJ.
SlGNET CHAPTER, No IS. r. A. NJ
Regular Convocation Monday evening,
Sept 90. L. S. kilborn, H. F.. John W.
Wells. Rec.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20. r. & S. NJ. Monday
Oct. 4, for work. !. T, Forbes, recorder
George Gregory, T. l. NJ.
REGULAR coNcLAvE, st. Ademar
Commandery No. 80, X l.. Tuesday,
Oct. 10, o'clock Regular business
NJ. S. Mcfarland. Rec; George Gregory
E. C.
SPECIAL MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. s., Wednesday, Oct.
6. p. m. Initiation. Anna Downing
secretary; Mary Black Collins. w. NJ
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IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Another thing the Knoxville Ex-
press wants to know is why candidates
for governor do not frankly say where
they stand on the liquor question, suf-
frage and other matters, instead OF
having the information painfully pulled
OUT OF them with forceps during the
campaign"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

IF ne shall be elected governor there
is not the least doubt gut that he will
conduct the business Of the Office just
as he has the attorney generals office
absolutely without fear or favor"
says the Newton Record referring to
Mr. Cosson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

The decision of Clifford Thorne to
keep out of the governorship contest
will not be at all gratifying to railway
managers" observes the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

Northwest Iowa is favorable to AL
lens candidacy and Cosson and the
rest of the boys should clear the track
or somebody will get run over" an
nounces the Algona Upper Des Moines-
Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

When it comes to the expenditure
of cents, the average American is a
financier de luxe" says the Des Moines
Capital. The loss of nickel occa-
sions more real regret than a blowout
of an automobile tire. If all people
were as jealous of their wages as they
are of carfare, what an increase there
would be in savings accounts"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

"The prison which does not lose an
honor prisoner now and then brands it,
self as a failure insists the Muscatine
Journal in defense of the honor sys-
tenn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
BUSINESS STIMULATED.

Prospects of the half billion loan to
finance further business has proved
genera! business has been stimulated
thereby. Combined with normal fall
activities business is picking up in
all lines
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

In Baltimore, as result OF an in
yestigation. experts figured that the
minimum amount on which a single
woman could live decently was $50 q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

Now that the auto number is good
for three years will someb ody fix it SO
that the auto will be good for an equal
period?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-10-26
DAILY SHORT STORY

was approaching and Betty got worse
instead OF better.
One thing. however-Cascade Steel was
doing well and in a couple Of days he
hoped to clear all he had lost and pay
back Jim's loan
Then lhe cat could go whittier IL would.
In theOeantime he watched it with re-
newed vigilance
But the cat got away, One night Jack
woke up with a feeling OF disaster. His
hrst thought was for pussy. Sure
enoush-its bed in the open wardrobe
drawer was empty. thorough search
OF the room proved futile and the tran
som solved the riddle.
He slipped into a few clothes and
peered cautiously out into the hall. then
felt his way slowly downstairs. The
Darlor. by the light of a match. was
catless! Then he started for the dining
room and stopped. hearing a feminine
voice The door stood open just enough
for him to see Betty in the middle of
the floor hugging his black cat and rub
bling her cheeks against its sleek head.
He didn't even know she was in the
house.
'Oh. Niggy. dear, I'm so glad found
you, she crooned. I've looked for you
for a week, ever since the night I lost
you over herei And it's such bad luck
to have a black cat come to you and then
lose il. especially before your wedding
/ just pretty nearly decided not to marry
Jack at all until l found you. But how
you came to me here don't know"
And Jack. tiptoeing exultantly baci to
his room. decided that she never should
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OF the country, but II will weigh heav-
lily upon the South, II is predicted
Riots and bloodshed that will be 80
frequent the public will pay little
heed to the Significance of labor dis
content are prophesied, but these will
produce a serious problem.
Discredit and dishonor for q states
man have been foretold by astrolo-
gers. Many persons will be involved
in a national scandal
Uranus in kindly guise is held to
quicken romance and to incline the
mind toward love affairs. Under this
rule of the stars a man of distinguish
ed position will commit follies that
will shock his contemporaries.
Warning is given that owing to the
protracted stay of Mars In Leo,
France. Italy and Sicily, the countries
ruled by the sign, may suffer con-
the last month in the year.
Rome comes under q sinister direc-
ton In December when the Pope may
meet serious political as well a. re-
hzious problems.
Persons whose birthdate II is have
the forecast of an active year. Travel
and change that bring success are In
dicated by the stars.
Children born on this day will be
alert and clever. These subjects Of
scorpio have the power usually Of
obstacles.
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FAIR QUARTET GOES
IN SEARCH OF MERE MAN
Congressional Union Sends OuI
Charming Members for Recruits
for Pageant.

There are ways and ways OF gettins
the men. But when the officers of the
Congressional Union realized that they
just simply had to have two hundred Of
the sex they sent out four of their best
looking workers-and there are some
mighty good looking women on the roll
Of the Congressional Union-to round
brothers and things have already signed
up, but it takes good many men tc
make a mob. and 1t is for the mob scene.
in the Susan B. Anthony pageant that
Is to take place next month for ths
cause" that these men are needed Ths
women chosen for this interesting piece
OF work were Miss Elsie Hill. Mrs. ". T.
Birch. Mrs. Hazel Mackaye. and Mrs. ".
IS. Morren
Yesterday they went TO the Government
Printing ONCE armed with the frankly
stated sign, Men Wanted At Once"
There was nothing underhanded or mine
ing in their methods. Unless the meu
are found. Mrs. Mackaye says. there
won't be any pageant at all. but a glancs
at the Charmers as they started on for
their task yesterday would convince yoJ
that there is no danger OF this calamity
And we're not at all particular about
the sort of men We get" Mrs. Mackays
explained I'VE want them young. mid
die aged and old. good looking. and
otherwise II really doesn't matter And
all they have to do Is to come to re-
hearssl one night a week for about four
weeks and then to take part in the pro-
duCtion on December . at Convention
Hall. They don't even have to be suf-
fragists. though after we get through
with them they probably will be con-
WINGED"
Then Mrs Mackaye reflected.
"Of course, when l say every kind OF
man. don't exactly mean that. They
must be Intelligent. but most Washing
ton men are that"
Every day this week the quartet of
suffrage charmers will visit one of the
Offices in their search for
men. And none but the iinty-hearted
or the husbands of watchful ants will
be able to resist Men who are willing to
do their share and il Is regarded as q
privilege by those who know-are re-
Iuested to call at 1402 F street. headquar-
ters Of the Congressional Union.
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dark corner hang the mirror there.
and In front Of II place a yellow jardin-
iere, or rose-shaded lamp.
Pictures. too. Of the right sort give col
or to a room. They need not necessarily
De garish In shade. but II they are beau
tiful In color they add much to the cheer
fulness Of their SURROUNDINGS.
Then there are lamps OF all sorts. In
Nthe evening. Of course, these give the de-
sired brightness Just because Of their
light, but In the daytime, too, they give
color IL they are well shaded. Rose COL
or and all the yellow shades give the
best light, and these likewise give the
bright splotch OF color demanded for
cheerfulness
Then there are flowers. Not only pot
ted In the window sill, but cut or ported
at any part Of q room they are charm
Ing. The potted pink and red geran-
iums are veritable cures for the blues.
bigonias and fuschias, too, are cheerful
In color. and marguerites. though white
and yellow. are brilliant In their lowell
ness.
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THE GREATEST OLD WOMAN OF
THE DAY,

Though in body broken, crippled
old woman, Sarah BeFnhardt is
greater today than she ever was. 1t
might be truly said of her in future
ages that she reached the pinnacle of
her fame, that she was at her height
IN the year 1915, when she was sew
enty-one years old.
1t is because she wanted to leave a
legacy to posterity," because she
wanted to show the world that she
had not been crushed by her misfor-
tunes that this peerless old woman
is now devoting her time to posing
Tor the motion pictures in France.
Since the operation which left her
unable to walk or stand without as
sistance, she has been forced to give
up her regular stage work, but
through the aid of the camera she
has been enabled to continue her
career as an actress. Her triumph in
Jeanne Dore" the scenario chosen
to show her talents as "a queen of
the movies" will be as great as any
OF her previous productions.
1t is the pluck of the old woman,
as well as her amazing talent, that
makes for Bernhardt's greatness
now. Because of her unwillingness
to be conquered by misfortune, be- |
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FAMOUS WOMAN, HER
BIRTHDAY AND YOURS
BY MARY MARSHALL
October 26-Eizabeth Prentiss. AIDE
Iaide Phillips.

Among famous American women born
on October IS one is a celebrated prima
donna-Adelside Phillips-and the other
Is writer for children, Elizabeth Pay
son Prentiss. The latter was born, in
Portland, Ne. October 26. 1878. After
teaching in q boarding school in Rich
mond, Va. she married a clergyman
Rev. George L. Prentiss. of New Bedford,
Mass. After the death Of her only child
she began to write books for young
folks, and II was in 1858 that she be-
gan her since-popular Susie Books"
"A woman should not live or even
desire fame" she wrote of her own
work. and another time she said, "I
maintain that a mind is not in a state
of religious health IL IL cannot safely
indulge in thoughts as funny as funny
can be-
Adelaide Phillips, prima donna, was ac-
tually born in England in Stratford-on-
Avon, but she came to this country when
merely a child and began her stage
career at the age of Z in the fremont
Theater, Boston, Mass. There she sang
and danced In many characters and was
the "child OF the stage whom all pro-
tected. She had a good contralto voice
and when Jenny Lind was in Boston IN
1851 her attention was drawn to the
case Of the young Adelaide. So pleased
was the great singer that she gave her
check for 5000 and recommended her
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TOUCHES OF COLOR.

Most persons think they are born eth
er with or without a cheerful disposition.
But in reality all of Us are somewhat de-
pendent on our surroundings for our
good spirits. And as winter comes on.
II Is very good plan TO see that our
houses are cheerful.
A touch Of color here and there really
does much to stimulate the spirits. In
summer We depend more on the out-of-
doors, even IL we live in the city. But
In winter the weather turns our thoughts
indoors. and II our houses are not cheer
ful. neither are we, very often.
One way to give a cheerful aspect to Q
room 10 to, have the windows attractive
ly framed. Bright chintz curtains accen-
tuate every bit Of sunshine that comes
through them. and give to even a gloomy
light a cheerful aspect A row Of potted
plants. geraniums or blgonias. also helps
to make a window cheerful.
Mirrors also add color to q room. for
they refiect light and color to an amaz-
ing degree. So IL you have a mirror and
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is vote not vote" and why is
an ANTI"
And speaking of "antis" and "suffs"
our Washington friends who march
ed Saturday in The great New York
suffrage parade and have come home
perhaps footsore-they won't admit
to that-but optimistic and inspired,
tell us that there is a great differ
ence in the spirit in which a suf-
frage parade is received now from
the way it was received year or
so ago. Then it took about all the
courage woman could muster to
go forth in the ranks Of the much
joked-about suffragists. Either a
woman was one of those curiously
callous folk who flourish under jeers
and taunts or else amazingly deter
mined-probably determined any
way. But nowadays though the de-
termined women still march, the act
Of marching in suffrage parade does
not subject one, apparently, to any
humiliation whatever. The marchers
were cheered, or else looked upon as
quite matter of course. They arc
no longer martyrs. Those who oppose
hem now look upon them as Demo-
Gratis might look upon Republicans
as persons whose opinion differed
rom their own but in no way as
reaks and eccentrics.
MARY MARSHALL.
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these are encrusted with floral or other
designs wrought in the bead embroid-
cries. The marvel Is that the hlmy
foundation can sustain the weight i'm
posed upon IL. 1t is necessary to mount
these beaded tissues over satin or silk,
and 1t sometimes happens that between
the satin and the scintillating super
structure there may be three or four
layers of maline. This treatment gives
soft bouffant effect without adding
materially to the apparent width or bulk
of the garments
This idea is illustrated in an evening
gown cut en- princesse with a long bodice
line accentuating the slender contour of
the figure. The skirt is composed of
triple founces of black maline, each
hounce edged with a narrow band of
jet Over the shoulders there are passed
three bands Of Jet in bretelle suggestion.
The entire bodice from the decollete neck