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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28

Report Of suffrage chairman--Aiss
Teresa Adams. followed by 1--WE min
ute talk, Suffrage workers.
Wednesday, 2 ?. -
Music.
Invocation.
Roll cal. Quotations from Dunbar.
Minutes.
Parliamentary drill-M-s. Helena
Downey.
Music.
Symposium, Social Seryiee--Miss
Jessie E. Walker, chairman.
The Horne as a Social Center
Mrs. Jennie G. johnson.
The Church as Social Center
Mrs. ]. L. Edwards.
The School as q Social Center
Mrs. Minnie B. London.
Vocal duet-Mrs. Gus G. Nichols
and Mrs. c. B. Woods.
Report of child welfare chairman
Mrs. l. L. Brown.
Address on child weafare-Dr. E. A
Carter, Buxton.
Election Of officers.
Original roem-Mrs. Jennie Storey
Johnson.
Wednesday, s p. m.
Music.
Invocation.
Roll caIl-Quotation from DR.
Booker r. Washington.
Minutes.
Vocal selection-Mrs.P Pearl Thomp
son.
Original poem-Mrs. H. W. Hughes
Paper, 1.-THE Care of the Teeth" DIR
L. r. Willis, Buxton.
Music-Mrs. W. A. Brown.
Address, "Our Boys"-Mr. J. H
McGrew, Buxton, secretary Y. NJ. c
A.
Report Of committees.
Installation Of officers.
Adjournment.
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HEALTH HINTS.
A. J. Booker, NJ. D.

The effect of the recent election in
Des Moines has been most wholesome.
It has proven the fact that we can
get together. 1t establishes the
further fact that the reason we have
not done bigger things is because We
have not worked with single mind.
When We see that by unit we are
more able, that the benefit of one is
the best for all, we will do wonder
full things.
Politics is great game and great
study. There should be permanent
clubs and organizations to keep alive
the interest Of the whole people in
our needs and possibilities. Spasms
are good to create excitement, but
eternal vigilance is the price Of lib
erty." We have capable men and
patriotic men who will give their best
thoughts and hours to the public is
sues But they are not treated right
unless they have the moral and con-
certed backing of their respective
communities A man cannot be a
successful leader unless he is chosen
by the people; still the people ought
to have brains enough to pick for a
leader the man who seems to be work
ing for them.
A minister ought to take as much
pains to instruct people how to vote
as he does to teach them the sup
posed right way to get into heaven
1t is ones Christian duty to vote
right as it is to say prayers. Most
of US are primarily interested in good
living here as we are hereafter. We
are striving for the great democracy
which Christ told about, where JUS
tice and truth and equality are the
rule and not the exception. We can
help this kingdom to come by assist
ing men to office who have high ideals
and a conception Of the brotherhood
of man. It will be long time be-
fore the millennium, but we can make
this earth little less Of a. hell by
letting all classes Of people enjoy the
pursuits of happiness.
It is the imaginary differences
which keep US race apart. We
have church differences, lodge differ
ences ,so-called social differences, and
once in a while there is some pin
headed idiot who tries to complicate
all these by occupational difference
Whatever may be our views on some
of the above, there is one thing which
is common to US all; that one thing is
race persecution and race humilia.
ton. This is true regardless of our
various compilations or views Of the
hereafter, or Of the way we earn
money, or Of our associates, or NOR
ais. No matter how we dodge, we
are one when the final test comes
Since these things are 50, whether we
want to be so classd or not, why can
we not be one on the principle and
policy Of throwing off this terrible
weight? It has been. It can be done
It will be done. 1t must be done,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
FAIRFIELD NOTES.

The Easter program given at the
A. N. E. church Sunday night was
excellent. Much credit is due the su-
perintendent Of the Sunday school,
Mrs. r. Baker. :.
Miss Jennie Harper Of Fl Nadi-
son is visiting at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Coleson.
Mr. Ha,rabellio Marangeopa, the
Malay missionary from Africa, was
in our city last week. He delivered
an excellent sermon at the Free Meth
odist church last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Lizzie Crawford delightfully."-
entertained a company Of friends at
a o'clock dinner Wednesday after
noon in honor Of Miss Jennie Harper
/ Mrs. Marangeopa and Miss Jennie
O. Harper were guests of honor at
IL o'clock luncheon Tuesday at tht
home of Mrs. Geo. Coleson, 704 5
Fifth street. Covers were laid fol
eight.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28

It depends upon you and me and our
neighbors, and if We are willing TO
follow the men who have given time
and thought to the best way OF bring
ing about the happy condition. DO
not allow some trifie to stand between
YOU and the dream Of all our lives.
Let us elect men who love the race,
not those who like so-called excep-
tional individuals. Think, brother.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
Why Constipation Injuries.

The bowels are the natural sewer.
age system of the body. When they
become obstructed by constipation d
part Of the poisonous matter which
they should carry off is absorbed into
the system, making you feel dull and
stupid, and interfering with the di.
gestion and assimilation of food. This
condition is quickly relieved by Cham.
berlain's Tablets. Obtainab1e every.
where. MI. ~, 49,.
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HON. W. c. BROWN FOR STATE


The ahove cut represents our good
friend, Hon. w. c. Brown, the present
incumbent Who Is candidate for re-
election for state treasurer, and by
his past experience will be still better
qualified TO render even greater SER
vices 70 the state. While be has been
in i'll haalth for several months and
Is still sick man, yet his friends
throughout the state honestly believe
that he Is entitled to this term and
was his predecessor.
Mr.. Brown has always been true
friend to common humanity and a
special friend 10 the colored people
He comes from the old abolition stock
and on every occasion has demon
strated his love for the common mass,
e. Of struggling humanity. He so
Hcitx your support.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
Safe Medicine for Children.

''Is it safe?" is the first question
be considered when buying Gov
Cough Remedy has long been a faV
tie with mothers Of young children
it contains no opium or other 4
cotic, and may be given to child
confidently as to an adult. It is pl(
ant to take, too, which is of 81
importance when a medicine must
given to young children. This r
edy is most effectual in relief
coughs, colds and Group. Obtain
everywhere.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28

Spring is looked upon by many As
he most delightful season OF the
wear. but this cannot be said OF the
rheumatic. The cold and damp wealth
er brings on rheumatic pains winch
are asything but pleasant They can
be relieved, however, BY applying
Chamberlain's Liniment. Obtainabe
everywhere
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
Insomnia.

Indigestion nearly always disturbs
the sleep more or less, and Is oiten
the cause of insomnia. Eat a light
supper with little if any meat, and no
milk: also take one Of Chamberlain
Tablets Immediately after supper,
and see if you do not rest much bet
ter. Obtainable everywhere.
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best. The cause will live. We v
be blessed and God will be glorlh|
I am as ever, yours for the cause
F. B. Woodland,
President
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PROGRAM.

WeicOme ADDRESS On Denail OF CIT!
MIR. Richard Anderson.
Vocal seiection-Mrs. Rosa Guy.
Welcome address on behalf Of
churches Rev. J. H. Ferribee, pastor
of st. Johns A. III. E. church.
Clarinet solo-Mr. Joseph Tate.
Welcome on behalf of clubs-Mrs.
Belle G. Watkins, first vice president
If. w. C.
Trio Mesdames Carter, Mills and
Miss Mardis.
Response to addresses-Mrs. Jessye
e. Mccain, secretary I. F. c. w. c.
Music Self Culture club chorus.
Announcements.
Benedicticn.
Tuesday, S:45 a. m.
Invocation by chaplain, Mrs, r. N.
Hyde.
Song, Iowa Beautiful Land"
Roll call Of district chairmen. Re-
sponded to with two minute talks
telling Of their efforts towards build
ing up federation. Il
Report Of credential committee.
coDrk. ~ appointed.
Devotional exercises.
Report Of committees.
Minutes Of board meetings.
Report Of officers.
Report of home board.
Tuesday. 2 p. m.
Music.
Invocation by chaplain.
Roll call-QuotationS, miscellane-
Gus. s-
Minutes morning session.
Report of clubs.
Duet-Mesdames CIaybrook and
Bailey.
Parliamentary drill-Mrs. Helena
Downey, parliamentarian.
Music. 4
Symposium, Education-Mrs. A. G.
Clark, chairman.
Cooperation of Parent and Teacher
Mrs. Minnie Brown, Buxton.
Race Literature-Mrs. Emma
Brooks, Davenport.
Vocational Training-Mrs. Anna
Williams, Buxton.
Mothers Meetings-Mrs. Gertrude
E. burden Rush, Des Moines.
Address, Earlier Educational Adj
vantages-Mr. A. G. Clark, Oska-
loosa.
Report Of music chairman-Mrs.
Gus G. Nichols, followed by demon
stration.
Why Preserve Negro Folklore
4 Mrs. Clara Shepard.
Tuesday, p. m.
Music.
Invocation.
Roll cal'-Quotations from Negro
women.
Minutes afternoon session.
Musical > selection-Miss Edna
Jones, Oskaloosa.
Original poem-Miss Margaret
Roberts.
Instrumcntal-Miss Mildred Griffin
Annual address-Mrs. S. Joe
Brown, president.
~ Violin selection-Miss Vivian
Smith, Waterloo. ..,.. .,.& ;
Reading Miss D. Mae Lee. s*
Vocal solo-Mrs. s. H. Armbted.
( Style show, conducted by Madam
Geo. G. Young, assisted by Madam c.
H. Mease. ~@
Announcements.
Wednesday Morning, S:45 q. m.
a$ Devotional exercises, Is minutes.
Music. saa ss.a@ u.s. g.. s@s
Roll call-Quotations, miscellane-
. GUS. Ill - #Ey% l&7Fs<ra I
Report of temperance chairman
Mrs. Lydia Hockedy. ~. is s. 4 a 1,
Report Of civics chairman-Mr.
Wells Fowler. @
M Report Of arts and crafts chairman
H Mrs. J. Alvin Jefferson. \
Report Of health chairman Mrs.
\ Elnora Gresham. * X,
Paper, The Practical Influence Of
the Club" Mrs. Lulu Horne.
Solo Mrs. Minta Miles. s.@
Address, Why Clubs Should Fed
4 erats Mrs. Gertrude s. johnson.
Paper, Medicinal Value Of Fruits
/ and Vegetables followed by demon-
I stration Mrs. Clara Comely, Webster
City, assisted by delegate F. B. w.
club. 4.
Report of young women's chairman
m. Eliza Redd. #
Round liable, What Our Young
gon,en Are DOING, delegates from
!; young women's clubs.
III usic Miss Juanita White.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
Swift and the Irish Language.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: had TO delay a reply to your edito-
rial, "Sinn Fein Two Hundred Years Ago. a.
had not an opportunity in two weeks to
visit good library. with the greater part
Of your article am in thorough accord, but
after considerable research am more
strongly convinced than before that Swift
borrowed his "Lilliputians" and "Brobdng-
nagians" from a pre-Chrstian Irish tale and
that his structures on the Irish language were
written in an ironical vein.
There is convincing evidence that Swift was
not unacquainted with the Irish language, as
his poem "O'Ruark's Noble Feast" is ac-
knowl6dged by himself 20 be a translation.
This translation is so close to the Irish text
that it could not be accomplished by person
unacquainted with the language of the orig
inal
The old Irish story treating Of the dwarfs
and giants will be found in "Silva Gadelica,"
a collection of tales in Irish, edited by Stand
ish II. O'Grady. The title Of the tale Is
"Aidedh Fergusa Meic Leide." Is not the
idea Of Swft's "Lilliputians" and "Brobding-
nagians" in this old tale? Even the name
Glomar, the hero of the dwarf nation, is
strikingly similar to the name CULVER
With regard to the second point in conten-
ton whether Swift's attack on the Irish Ian
guage is to be taken in literal or ironical
sense, it may be said that irony runs through
all Swifts writings. In a tract, "An Answer
to Several Letters Sent Ne by Unknown
Hands," he writes: at would be a noble
achievement to abolish the Irish language in
tho kingdom so far at least as to oblige ali
the natives to speak English on every occa-
sion Of business. This would in a
great measure civilize the most barbarous
among them, reconcile them to our customs
and manners of living and reduce great num-
bers to the national religion, 1ChdteUer kind
mag then happen to be established" Is
this passage to be taken in its literal sense ?
In another tract, "On Barbarous Denomina-
tions in Ireland" h, says that gentlemen who
favor the speaking of Irish must never visit
England, as he never remembers any one who
did speak it but retained some trace in his
accent. He suggests that names beginning
with Bally'or Kill or Clon should be altered
to BOBBY Borough, Fool Brook, Puppy Ford,
Mount Loggerhead and Ounce Hall.
There seems to be no justification why his
remarks on the Irish language should be
taken literally when his reasons for sup
pressing the language and the place names
are so evidently ironcal. Any person who
may care to pursue this subject further
would refer TO "The Irish Review" (1912-13),
which will be found in the New York Public
Library. NJ. OREILLY.
New York, Sept %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
The Triumphant Flapper.

Just as happened in the case Of "boche,
the excellent name of "flapper' has spread
so rapidly into everyday speech that its
lantecedents are already obscure. England
gave il birth. and one favorite etymology
ascribes its origin to the tapping pigtail
of the fourteen -year-old girl. Perhaps
To-day such details are aside the mark. A
happer is a Aappcr because not only pig
tail but body and soul are in the word.
Now a Fifth Avenue shop has applied
he word as trade-name to its frocks for
the tapping years Of twelve to sixteen,
something less than jeune file and some
thing more than a child. Silhouette is now
the word with which to conquer in tailor
dom, and we gather that the silhouette of
the happer requires and has received spe-
cial attention. But what occurs to us, in our
modest and inexpert mind, is the fact that
in all this attention the fapper has not
been modfed-it is the fapper that is
steadily conquering the silhouette Of the
world.
In New England you may still see COM
fortably rotund and bumpy-fgured grand
mothers and great-aunts. They appear
much in black and are given to delightful
lace caps. But colors, garments and ma
terials are not the important point. 1t is
the structure, the contour, the compost
ton, which are to be marked. These are
ample, restful and flowing, consorting ac-
curately with the spirit of the years rep
resented. The New Highlander arriving
on Fifth Avenue may well wonder what
we do with our old ladies' At home there
are thousands; here there are almost none.
The explanation is not as tragic as might
be feared. We have our grandmothers
quite as much as Boston, and very admi-
rable and delightful grandmothers they are.
too. But they do not often look the part.
The Bostonian might rub elbows with
hundred grandmothers on Fifth Avenue
and never guess it, He might be puzzled
by the oddly mature faces of some of our
happers. He would never guess the truth.
This is to be the year of the fiat sill
hcuette," we read. That means nothing
less than the apotheosis of the fapper
Tail and short, fat and lean must stine or
expand their natures and pour themselves
as nearly as may be into the fiat, lanky
costume of the fourteen-year-old. We
have yet to read anywhere of pigtails for
grandmothers. But that is the logical con-
sequence. 1t will be a good year for Bos-
tonians to remain at home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08

cation. NAV have one result which the war
government probably did not foresee at all
the automatic exclusion Of Great Britain
from the enjoyment Of the rights and
privileges of membership to the Berne Con-
vention. The bill turns that convention
into still another scrap of paper so far
as Great Britain is concerned. One can
not commit a breach Of contract and con-
tinue to claim from others adherence to
its articles. 1t is the property of her own
authors and publishers which the British
government really puts in jeopardy by this
act. What aid can it be in the prosecution
Of the war. What harm can il do to the
enemy's powers of resistance?
In Justice to England, as distinct from
her war government and her Parliament
il must be stated that British authors were
not consulted in the matter at all, and that
the organs of the British publishing trade
are united in their condemnation of the
measure, not only because of the danger to
British literary property which it involves,
but also on higher grounds. 1t is unlikely
that Germany will retalate in kind at this
late day after the resolutions passed by her
publishers early in the war to continue to
respect enemy literary property. But
Great Britain and her colonies have, by
this action of the government, ceased to be
members Of the international copyright
union.
1t remains to be seen whether her
French and Italian allies will follow Great
Britain's example.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
TO A NEUTRAL PEOPLE.

6Fron The Wc''minstcr Gd-eit')
First Of the neutral nations, apart and aloof
from war.
The hearts of the world your kingdom ana
the earth your nursery floor,
II under your playroom windows the great
powers grapple and die,
Above the dust of the battle is patch oil
your own blue sky.
Your dreams are above disaster; II you
pause in your game for Death
Your sadness is but for moment and blown
away at a breath.
Kingdoms and courts and banners. armies
and cannon and ships
Were they not builded only TO keep that
smile on your lips?
To you all power is paltry, all pomp but
little thing,
Whose kiss may be kept from Kaiser
whose favor withheld from King;
Whose truth is the seal Of treaties, whose
faith is the end OF the war.
Whose ultimate only fortress is pile Of
sand on the shore.
That kingdom and this shall totter, that haf
and the next shall fall,
But your snow-white banner forever shall
swing in the sun DER all.
When the graves arc as grass untrodden and
the war-scarred ranks dismiss
Ye shall link new dreams with laughter and
heal the world with kiss
-rYE W. II. o.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-08
Salut Aux Morris.

tFfofr LUcD
Armies come marching by in surging sweep,
With banners cleaning and set, staring
eyes;
With hideous mounting Of exultant cries,
And grinning howitzers and swords that leap
I see the shattered backs and limbs they
reap,
The harvest which in war now fructifies.
The ruddy vintage as it multiplies;
And tramplcd DER, the scarlet waste grown
deep.
The bugles shrek the armed hostility;
The clashing hosts charge TO their final
bed
Thc sons Of England and of Germany
OF France children, aye, of Christ who
bled.
Go sweeping through mans thunderous
tragedy.
They only reach the Light who are the Dead.
HAROLD BULLARD.