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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03
IOWA Press coMMENr.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: There
must be a new christening party for
the Danish West Indies. AS Seward
was the original expansionist his
work might be commemorated in their
name.
Des Moines Register: Straw hats
have been marked down in price, so
there can't be very much more real
hot weather coming to US.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Being a
taxpayer in a good many minds,
settles a whole lot OF evil doings.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
If Mr.. Bashor is ordinarily cautious
he will keep his candidacy as far as
possible from the infantile paralysis
belt.
Ottumwa Courier: The Marshall
town Times-Republican is the self
appointed common scold OF Iowa. Its
editor seems to be in the same old
sore frame of mind that he has been
in for several years past.
Manson Democrat: Both old par
ties in Iowa are pledged to prohibit
ton, also to resubmission. Now, il
the intelligent voters would be per-
verse enough to vote down prohibit
ton next year, who would the joke
be on? And wouldn't there be some
acrobatic stunts by dry Office seekers
to get back into the booze band
wagon.
Webster City Freeman Tribune:
l hro I,
man at the price of principle. Didn't
he shoulder musket in the Black
Hawk war, and didn't he show will
! ingness to accept war in 1851 rather
| than desert a principle?
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
| farmer of today is not a 'hick;
does not wear boots without socks,
| nor hoe his corn. He is business
| man-has to be on 5000 an acre land
wears hose supporters and uses the
| tractor in his fields. And the sooner
! the town. that deals with the farmer
realizes this the more the town will
profit.
Sioux City Journal: If Denmark is
ready to let go OF the commercially
useless but strategically priceless
EtIUOTS OIL utE west 1uuidIl OOlOuy,
we should not miss this chance
through haggling over the price. And
it is certain that the price will
fever be cheaper than it is today.
Waterloo Courier: What is so rare
as summer that's perfectly salts
factory to everybody? Remember
1915.
Cedar Rapids Republican: A Coun-
Gil Bluffs man recently made the
statement that the people of that city
are somewhat tired of having their
only newspaper edited in Marshall
town. That is the way he accounted
for the anti-Harding attitude Of the
Nonpareii He says that in Council
Bluffs there is no opposition to
Harding, but what appears in their
newspaper comes by way of Marsh
alltown.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03
THE BALANCE SHEET.

On John D. Rockefeller's seventy
birthday anniversary balance sheet showing
the state and extent of his considerable fortune
was set before him. A trifle more than one bill
lion dollars is the amount the accountants are
said to have reckoned.
Mr.. Rockefeller, at seventy seven. has every
thing that money can buy. No one can give
him anything-no one can give him anything
but the statistics of his financial power
Sixty years ago dollar bill would have
thrown young Rockefeller into ecstacies of COM
putation on interest and compound interest.
There would have been real pleasure new
necktie would have provided thrills Of luxuri-
|ous extravaganza.
But at seventy-seven they bring Mr.. Rookie
teller balance sheet showing the size Of his
pile and let him look at it. That's all there is
that's new at the time; but it keeps changing,
growing.
A balance sheet like that on a birthday ami
versary! A balance sheet made of gold and
smelling Of gasoline
Success! OF course-Mr Rockefeller is i'm
mensely successful Every successful man has
a balance sheet on his birthday anniversary,
with glowing fat credit column.
But it needn't be in terms of gold and it
needn't be negotiable. And it needn't be pre-
pared by an army Of clerks and delivered by a
secretary It can bring laugh and a tear and
a pleasant dream, perhaps with no arithmetical
calculation at all. There aren't any statistics
on success; it's records don't have to be culled
at banks and sifted through adding machines.
A balance sheet on the birthday anniversary
history in trim columns life in numerals
Work and play, sorrow and joy, and then the
balance sheet Mr.. Rockefeller gets his in fig
ures, nicely counted.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

lie No newspaper is infallible, but every news
paper wishes and endeavors to be fair in discus
sion Of matters affecting city, state and nation
Free expresson provided it is measured by the
bounds of propriety, is right not assumed but
inherent in all.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

G.. M. Anderson, known to millions
of movie" fans as "Broncho Billy"
began life as a newsboy, and then
Joined a minstrel troupe. Now he is
reckoned among those whom the mo-
ton pictures have made near-million-
aires.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

Lloyd George, the successor of Lord
Kitchener as British war minister,
first came into prominence through
his parliamentary speeches during
the Boer war, though the stand he
took in regard to the struggle was ex-
ceedingly unpopular at the time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

Nobody talks much that doesn't say I'M
wise things, things he did not mean to say;
as no person plays much without striking =
false note sometimes Wendell
Holmes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

The Oklahoma mother who has added four
children at once to family of eleven is doing
more than her share toward preparedness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03
One Thino Certain.

Kansas City Star: There is one
thing about that campaign fund of
million dollars the prohibitionists are
to raise and spend-none Of it will
be contributed by the brewers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

Many people suppose that poetry Is something 70 pc
found only in books, contained lines of ten syiabies
with like BINDINGS; but wherever there is sense o.
beauty power harmony in the motion OF wave OF
the sea- in the growth flower that spreads its sweet
leaves to the air dedcates beauty to the sun
there is poetry, in its brth.-Hazlftt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

The Danish West Indies would afford much
needed sites for some additional federal build
ings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

The public IS interest is not less than that of
the railroads in the investigation of transporta-
ton problems which is to be undertaken by a
joint committee Of congress. One of the chief
evils affecting not only the carriers, but their
patrons, who pay all the bills in the long run,
is the double system of national and state con-
troll of traffic. Another is that the companies.
while powerless to raise rates without the con-
sent of the interstate commerce commission.
must reckon with the strike menace when their
employees demand higher wages than can be
paid under existing charges for freight and
passengers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

We economic duty, as a virture, as
necessity But whoever heard of economizine
as an accomplishment? That is the very latest
thing, in economy. Anybody can be good
spender, but it takes education, taste and char
acter to qualify one to be good economizer.
They say it is real fun. The thing is worth
trying as an adventure in a fine art
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

Des Moines Register: Straw hats
have been marked down in price, so
there can't be very much more real
hot weather coming to US.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-03

Waterloo Times-Tribune: Being a
taxpayer in a. good many minds,
settles a whole lot of evil doings.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Time and Love the Two Things With
Which All on the Earth
Must Reckon.

Time and love are the two forces
that are eternal and ever new. that
cannot be killed or erased. They move
on in cycles for all eternity. Without
love this great. beautiful world would
soon wither and decay.
Therefore love is the sum total OF
these things. 1t spells homes. fire
sides, society and civilization. Look
INTO the fireside lamps which should
be ki1dled in every room in the home
and If you find the oil Of love ebbing
away hurry to replenish the lamps be-
fore the flickering fame goes out.
Many serious faces tell the story Of
starving for love, the most precious
and valued thing in the world. This
means you. MIR. Bachelor. II you are
comfortable in your library you have
no reason to pat yourself on the back
because you feel that you can get on
without the love which a happy. syn,
pathetic companion can bring you. The.
time will come when the Hickering
embers will cast their shadows, show
ing you the lost opportunities.
The same advice holds for you. Miss
Bachelor Girl. Do not let your ability
and capacity Of providing for yourself
delude you into thinking that you are
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
Tongue Of Butterfly.

or all the marvels in which the
world of insect life is SO rich none is
more curious and remarkable than the
tongue of the butterfly.
This is alw; rs Of great length
When not in use 1t is coiled like a
watch spring in fiat spiral close to
the head. But when the butterfly Wis
it's the flower on which 1t feeds the
tongue is uncoiled. the tip inserted
deep in the heart Of the flower and
the juices sucked up.
The butterfly's tongue really con
sists Of two tubes. Each of these has
a concaye inner face. whose edges in
terlock one with the other 30 as to
form a third central tube.
In the butterflies we have the high
est development of the insect race 80
far as beauty Is concerned. In other
respects, however. they do not hold 90
high a place. They are Outranked in
intelligence by ants. bees and wasps,
in perfection of external parts and
mechanical excellence Of joints By
beetles.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

into the latest cry in dining rooms. A
little table In the far corner had been
reserved for them. AS they crossed
the crowded room a hush fell over the
tables. Some looked and were silent
because Alix was beautiful and dain-
tily gOwned and Collingeford all that a
man should be. but those who knew
looked bec9use Alix was Alix and Col
lingeford was Collingeford. These soon
fell to whispering. predicting match
Allx bowed abstractedly here and
there as she followed the head waiter
to her seat.
They sat down. each half facing the
room. Alix caught her breath. Whit
fing the old alr?" asked COllingefOrd.
No" answered AIix. "Only sigh
ing. feel so out of 1t and that al
ways makes one sigh whether one
wants to be In it or not"
Alix paused. Go on" said Collinge-
ford.
There are only a few men in the
room, but almost all of these women
have husbands. The husbands are In
two tenses-past and future. There
must be present but 1t is nebulous.
didn't know before but l know now
that In time these women will go back
or forward to their husbands. Some
day they will get dizzy and fall and
the shock will wake them up"
"You see. you understand, you are
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
CHAPTER XVI-Continued.

Gerry still waited. 1t was terrible
to wait. Then she called to him,
"Geree! Gereew lie leaped up
ard pounded on the door but nobody
came. Yesterday they had all been
eerVile to him; today he was nothing.
he shouted, Il am here! | shall al
ways be here" She did not call again.
He paced up and down the veranda
saying to himself, "a little roll of blUe
ribl@on-a little roll Of blue ribbOn!'
He stumbled on the saddle that Lieber
had sent him. 1t held his eye. He
picked up the bride and ran down to
the pasture. He caught the oldest and
gentlest of the horses, opened q gap
In the fence and led him out. Then
he called BOnifaciO. Listen" he said
you must take the fattest Of the
steers-the red one with the blazed
face-you must drive him into town
and sell him."
The darky demurred. 1T is too late
for market. master"
ut does not matter. You must do
as l say" said Gerry angrily. You
must sell the steer. If you cannot
sell him you must give him for blue
ribbon. Do you understand? You
must bring back blue ribbon for your
mistress. She says you must have ii
little roll of blue ribbon"
Hours passed and Bonifacio re-
turned. He laid little package and
some money beside his master. He un-
saddled the old horse and turned him
into the pasture; then he came back.
sat down at Gerry's feet and slept.
Gerry looked with wonder on his nod
ding head. Then the door opened and
Dona Maria came bustling out. Come
in," she cried; "tLou art the father Of
q man child"
Gerry went in and knelt beside the
bed. Margarita looked at him and
emiled family. proudly. lie laid the
little roll Of blue ribbon in her weak
Aand. She turned her head slowly
and looked down. She saw the CLINT
Of blue and understood. She turned
her eyes. swimming black pools in
white, drawn face, to Gerry. TO sac
Fifice she added alteration.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

of the earth before night 1t shall carry
me. This big city isn't big enough to
hold all the Hill and leave ME room
to wander outside"
Then why-why-"
an tell you. The last time l saw
things, Yesterday Glen was crying be-
cause you had not come to the house.
try to think, Alan, that it Is because
Glen Is there that you have not come
Well, there 1t is in a nutshell. l bear
the mark of the beast. Do you think
want Glen to see it?"
Alan's hands were locked behind
him. He turned from the window.
"Alix. can't see Glen yet. She is
expecting me. 1 told her that the bet
ter half of me would look her up as
soon as got back. But what If some
body that doesn't know my better half
at all should see me riding-walklng
with Glenn? can't risk that. Do you
understand"
But oh, Alan" said Allx. "If you
could only see Glen now. She's gIOri-
Gus. Why it's three years-three years
since you saw her. You used to think
me beautiful"
Used" protested Alan. casting e
valuing glance at Alix' pale beauty.
We'll" conceded Alix. you think
me beautiful. Beside Glen with her
heaps of brown hair and deep blue
eyes, / am nothing. l am worse-T
am q doll And she was born with a
strange wisdom and strength Of her
own. The world has never reached
her-will never reach her. She's made
her own world and she's made it right
And yet-the wisdom in her deep eyes.
Alan. She knows-she knows it all
and you know that she knows, only.
faith sits enthroned."
Faith sits enthroned." repeated
Alan; that's why can't come to-
night" He looked around for his hat
and stick.
by the way" said Allx. "why ]. Y.
and why Mrs. ]. Y? I've always won
dered."
Il don't know" said Alan. "I've
always wondered too. suppose. But
here's the judge. He can tell you"
Tell what?" asked the judge as he
walked in and took Alix' outstretched
hand
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

There Is a pale. Behind 1t lies Red
Hill. Do you know | haven't been to
the Hill for three years? Behind it
lies Nance. the faithfullest, most trust
ing foster-sister a waster ever had.
And now you. You lie behind 1t and
toy with my soul through the bars"
AliX sprang to her feet and laid
strong, nervous hands on Alan's shoul-
ders. She shook him and turned him
so that he faced the light. Alan did
not laugh. There was fire in AIix'
eyes. You little thing" she said
tensely, mot to see that the bars are
down."
He turned under her hands and she
let him go. He stood looking out of
the window at the bare trees. Alix
watched him. "Alan. you can come to
the Hill tonight. They-we-are all
going to be together here. It's Clem's
birthday. II you can feel the pale.
that's enough for me. 1 want you to
be with u.s."
"Alix, believe me or not, it's be-
cause feel the pale that won't come
If there's ship sailing for the ends
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
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AS Alix and Collingeford left the
dining room she said, ''They weren't
all butterflies after all. l saw a man
and a woman"
mot reallyW said Collingeford.
"Who?"
ALAN Wayne and Dora Tennel."
At Alan's name COlllngeford's face
lit up with interest. Ten Percent
Wayne, eh? Yes. you're right. He's
a man. And Dora TenneL. ex-Lady
Braeme. Yes, she's a woman toO-in
a way"
Has she a tarnished reputatiOn?"
CollingefOrd stopped short in his
stride and looked keenly at AIix. "My
dear lady," he said. that is a ques-
ton one does not put to a man. How
ever, 1t doesn't embarrass me to an
swer 1t in this case. She has not.
What on earth put 1t into your head?"
II don't know" said Allx. "Oh, yes
do. I remember. Someone told me
once that Alan surrounded himself
with tarnished regulations"
Each followed the train of his own
thoughts until they reached the pier.
AliX did not get out Of the cab. She
leaned from the window and said
good-by. Colllngeford held her hand
and her eyes long, then he turned
away and hurried into the elevator.
When AIix got home she sat down
and wrote a note to Alan-just a line
to tell him that she was ready and
wished to see him. He came the fol-
lowing afternoon. At first he was
little awkward, stralnlng just the least
too much not to betray his nervous
ness. But the sight of Alix put him
at his ease. She had become q true
woman-true In the sense of honor
and she was tempered as steel. but
soft with the softness OF motherhood.
About her there was the peace Of an
inner shrine. She drew him into it un-
hesitatingly and he suddenly felt I'M
clean just as he had felt unworthy on
that other day when he had recoiled
from Eance's l~~ng arms around his
neck.
You're not looking very we'll, Alan,"
said Alix when he was seated.
"NO, I'm not on the top Of the wave
just now," replied Alan. Touch of
river fever. It's like memory-a hard
thing to shake"
I'm not trying to shake mine," said
Alix calmly. My memories have made
me-"
mo wonder you don't quarrel with
them." said Alan In frank admira-
ton.
AKIN, when are you going to come
back? Don't you ever tire of life as a
variety show? Wouldn't you rather
have one real steady star in life than
a whole lot of tarnished tinsel Ones?"
Alan jumped to his feet, stuck his
hands In his coat pockets and started
walking up and down the sOmber
room. They were in the library. "A
steady STAR" he repeated. What a
find that would be! I've raised many
a star on my horizon. Alix, but the
longer l look at 'em the more they
twinkle back. It's easier to down con-
science than to down bIoOd.'
"In the end" said Alix. ga man
must down blood or 1t downs him
downs him Irretrievably. Blood un-
checked Is just common beast.
do you think don't know it?'
flashed Alan. Each day find an
Did haunt denied to me. am Ill at
ease. My world has left yours behind.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22

The calm which had settled on Alix'
life puzzled her. She wondered If she
was beginning to miss Gerry less. She
was still debating the point when Col
hngefOrd arrived in the city. Upon
arrival he called on Mrs. ]. Y. and
then on Nance and then. of course, on
Alix. AS she came into the room he
fnlt a strange fnttering In his throat
1t stopped his words of greeting. He
suffered and stared. He had never
felt 80 glad at the sight of any one.
What are you looking so dislnayed
RboutT' cried Alix with a smile and
holding out her hand. "IIas a short
year changed me so much! Am | So
thin or so fatY"
CollingefOrd recovered himself. "Nei-
ther too thin nor too fat 1t is per-
fectiOn, not imperfectiOn, that dis
mays man. You call it short yearY
Re added gravely. Its been an eter-
nity-not yearv
But Alix was not to be diverted
from, her tone of badinage. She looked
AAhi ONCi NIatlClill' ~ elis SIe Sdlu,
II congratulate you. didn't know be
fore that bronze could bronze. IThat
lot OF health you carry about with
you"
COllingcfOrd smiled. "Clem said |
booked as though had been living on
babies"
They sat and stared at each other.
Each found the other good to look up
on. Seen alone, ColliugefOrd's tall,
tense figure or the fragile quality OF
Alix' pale beauty. would have seemed
hard to match. Seen together. they
were wonderfully In tone. AIix grew
grave under inspection. COlllmgSfortI
nervous. There is no news:" he
asked.
"NOne." said Ahx and a far-away
look came into her eyes as II her mind
were Off. thousands of miles. intent
on search Of its own.
COllingefOrd broke the spell. He
Jumped up and said lie had come for
Just one thing-tO take her out for
walk. 1t WAS one of those uippy ear
" winter afternoons cut out to III
walk. Allx must put on her thingH
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
To Ask For Conference
MAY ABANDON VILLA CHASE.
Break With Berlin Would Hasten
Withdrawal Of Troops.

Washington.-The Administration is
waiting on further reports from Ameri-
can officers in Mexico before deciding
whether the expedition seeking Villa
shall be withdrawn or reinforced for
further operations.
1t was thought probable though no
official would talk about this phase Of
the question, that the German situa-
tion would have some bearing upon the
impending decision. If a break In
diplomatic relations with Germany is
foreseen by the Administration, it is
virtually certain that the troops will
be recalled from Mexico Immediately.
They would be needed at home, as
military prudence would require that
steps lie taken to prepare for eventual.
tiles in Europe.
Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
A MILLION men
FOR THE ARMY
Bill Passes the Senate ProYid-
ing for Reserves.
TO UTILIZE scHOOLBOYs
Important Amendments To the Army
Bill Are Adopted BY the Senate.
Proposal To Have sehooIboy
Volunteers Is Passed.

Washington.-An army reorgan1za
tion bill that would produce regular
army and reserve military forces In
the United States aggregating q MIL
lion men was passed by the Senate
without a record vote. It is a substi-
tute for the Hay bill passed by the
House, and the differences will be
worked out in conference.
On the eve of joint session OF the
houses of Congress to hear message
from the President on grave interna-
tional issues, the Senate hastened COM
pletiOn of the bill amid scenes OF ex-
citement, repeatedly rejecting all
amendments pending to reduce the
proposed strengthening Of the army.
The apparently grave developments
of the few hours preceding the passage
of the bill probably served to save the
volunteer army provision. Champions
of the National Guard fought it bitter
ly in the committee Of the whole, and
it was retained by vote Of "a to 80.
Senator Lewis again moved to strike
out the section. 1t was saved this
time by a vote of 40 to 81.
Other Provisions.
Other important provisions Of the
Senate bill, not in the House measure,
include the following:
Appropriation of Sic, 900 for con-
struction of government plants for
production of nitrates to be used in
manufacture of ammunition.
Provision for vocational education
of enlisted men Of the regular army,
compelling instruction either in agri-
culture or the mechanical National
Guard section in the general staff of
the Army, and requiring all officers
and enlisted men of the National
Guard to subscribe to an oath to sup
port the United States, as we'll as the
respective States.
Provision for Federal pay Of all Ma
tional Guard officers above the rank Of
captain.
To Ask For Conference.
Because of the radical differences,
It is expected that the House will at
once ask for a conference and that
work of perfecting the final form Of
a new army measure will begin with
in few days.