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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
TWO CLASSES OF GRADUATES.

June is commencement month In Keokull and
almost everywhere else. Hundreds OF youthful
graduates will receive diplomas, applause and
large quantities of more or less useful advice
as thew leave the institutions in which they
have labored and learned, to face the problems
and battles of the world to enter higher
schools Of learning.
A little more advice piled on that already
administered or about to be administered sure
" will not be radically amss, we will call at
tention to the idea that a little learning Is a
dangerous thing Most young people are
wiser for their schooling and are ready to face
responsibility after graduation from high
school or college with confidence grounded IN
a conviction of work well DONE Others have
simply been exposed to education and have ac-
ouired merely veneer of learning which is too
shallow to endure.
Usually those of the first class are eager to
learn more about the things which they have
been studying in school and the further pur-
suit of which may lead to honor and prefer
ment This ambition should be encouraged on
the part of educators and parents. Young men
and women who acquire studious habits IN
school are ant to persevere in these habits
after graduation. On the other hand, members
of the veneered class are all too anxious to frame
their diplomas and promptly forget all about
the matters brought to their attention IN stu
dent DAYS and as for further educational de
velopment. why-nothing happy can be said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
Slumber not in the tents of your fathers.
The world is advancing: Advance with It,
-Mazzini
SHORT PLATFORM.

Word comes from Chicago that the republi-
can platform will be brief and to the point.
For which, if true. give thanks. The price
of print paper has reached such high figure
as almost to preclude the printing Of political
platforms in full, and, too, the trouble Is that
platform makers have always been prompted
by men who have had axes to grind IN the IN
terest of certain projects calling for national
legislation, all insisting upon the endorsement
of their pet proposals. The tendency has for
wears been to string out the platforms by add
ing plank on this or that subject, with view
to attracting votes or preventing OBJECTIONS
Conditions seem favorable to eliminating lot OF
these minor declarations, which have usually
been in the class of bunk" If the platform OF
the national republican convention is confined
to live issues it will be read by the man on the
street, thought over and digested Otherwise
not.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
KEEP GOING.

Chauncey NJ. Depew of New York will be
one of the interesting political has beens at the
republican national convention. Time was
when Depew would have attracted attention;
now the ex-Uuited States senator, hale and
hearty, rambIes about the fringe of stirring
things. satisfied to be a looker-on and COM
ment on how affairs conducted ''when / was
one of the big four - from the Empire state.
Depew rounding out his eighty-second year, is
a boy at heart, full of homeIy optimism and
ever ready to give good advice to those who
will listen. If his hearers heed, SO much the
better To the aged he says: Keep going
Why to the aged only? The ability and de-
sire to keep going is what makes life worth
while, at the same time making it longer We
have never known man with nothing to do
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

who didn't find his lot the most difficult. And
we have never known man with lot to do
who had time 20 figure out how hard his lot
really was. And in each instance the man with
the sef-assumed tasks is the man who sits
down, in later years. with the things he likes
to do and is capable of doing. The do-nothing
flags out from the very ennui of inaction. His
later years. which, by the way, are invariably
earlier than the other fellows, are long periods
of restlessness and rust. History doesn't re-
cord the early demise of a single busy man
which might be attributed to work itself Mr..
Depew early solved the problem of existence
by keeping up the going. His old age advice IS
essentially for the young.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
Woman and the Pulpit.

Waterloo Times-Tribune The Pres
byterian church has decided on dis
approval of woman preachers. Just
why is not apparent. The argument
Is that preaching is a mans JOB
that is, the church can better pros
per under the guidance of man.
This will hardly suit the women
who have been striving for more
recognition OF their sex by the world.
j. is difficult to conceive why. If
women can make good in other lines
of endeavor, in the professions. in
business, in the labor field, they can
not make good in the pulpit. Women
are not holding their jobs in any
business institution because of senti-
mental reasons; they are holding
them because they are doing the work
required of them. If this were not
the case, their work would not be
-,rofitab BILE, and the moment 1t was not
profitable women would be displaced.
Coming at a time when there is a
vast movement for recognition of
women In the worlds affairs, the &C
ton of the presbytery seems strange.
No woman preacher can force herself
upon the church. Elected as pastor of
g church, she is there at the will of
the membership. She has no claim
IN the church so far as assuring her
&, positlon is concerned. A pastor
man or woman. knows when his work
is failing. The pastor feels it some
what sooner than do the members.
No conscientious pastor insists upon
remaining in charge of church when
there are signs that others might be
able tn do better work in the charge
Consequently a rule against women
pastors seems entirely out of place on
practical grounds.
Twelve states in the union already
recognize woman on par with man
in the right of franchise. There has
been setback to the suffrage move
ment in the east, but it is bound to
succeed in time. 1t takes reform a
long time to come sometimes. but
real reform always comes slowly. NO
person questions Womai.'9 fitness to
..cte. nor her right u vote. Some
nten are against full suffrage without
regard to sex because they would help
woman, claiming it would be better
for the sex to not be mixed up" in
politics. But the American woman Is
always a woman first and always will
be- Nowhere has suffrage interfered
with American womanhood.
1t is strange that the Presbyterian
church fails to recognize this new re-
lation OF woman in the worlds af-
fairs. 1t is strange that 1t fails to
note the signs of the times.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
ONE MORE BY LONDON.

Keokuk is book reading community. Wheth-
er our people buy the books they read, get them
from the public library or fitch them from the
convenient collection of friend, is neither here
nor there. We read books, and want to
know what's the latest in publishers output,
what's coming from their presses and what's in
the list of .best Sellers" So each Saturday
hereafter The Gate City, this page, will en-
deavor to keep up with the procession in re-
view of what is worth while in the book world.
Last Saturday there given insight into
William Dean Howes' The Daughter OF the
Storage" one of the big books of the year and
one destined to hold high place in appreciation
of those who look for something of value.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
"Lese Majestic" In the PostoNice.

Omaha Bee: For the second
time within the year Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson has "tired" post
master for .lese majestic" This time
IL happens to be Postmaster Porter or
Bridgeport, capable and popular with
the patrons of the postofiice he sery-
ed, but guilty of the heinous crime or
insisting on having more help and bet
ter pay for his help, that the service
of his Office might be improved. When
this request was turned down, he
wrote to Washington, commenting on
the fact that pay of high officials had
been increased. while the department
was insisting on rigid economy. This
according to the postmaster general,
shows him to be grossly disloyal TO
the department" and he was incon-
tinently bounced.
This action by Mr.. Burleson ISM
exactly democratic, but is more the
whimsical petulance Of IN autocrat.
Mr.. Porter might havr ouched his
letter in more diploma terms, but
he followed good precedent in going
straight to the point in the good blunt
fashion of an American citizen when
criticising his government. THIS
seems to have been too much for the
testy postmaster general, but his high
and mighty method of enforcing 10y
atty isn't likely to prove popular. He
NAV intend it as notice of other post
masters. as was the case of the Vir-
einia postmaster who criticised the
presidents second marriage but this
will not make it any better.
Maybe the time has come when gov
eminent employees are to be deprived
of the right of free speech, but it
seems strange that tenure of ofhce
is dependent upon endorsement of al
that a cabinet officer does. This is
un-American, but apparently is good
practice under the present democrat
ic administration.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
TODAY,S BIT OF VERSE
EARLY BIRDS.

Oh Robin with your breast of red,
Say. did you set your clock ahead
That you are up so early?
Your piping penetrates my dreams
As also do the first sunbeams
And this might make me surly;
But somehow echoes of your glee
Rebound somewhere inside of me
And l am glad as glad can be
To be aroused so early.
Oh, Red-head, drumming at my rooof
Against your taps my dreams aren't proof,
But they do not distress me:
Although my dreams are rent in two
; would not hurl my soap at you,
No such desires possess me;
For glad to be awake
When all the birds sweet music make
Long e'er it's time to dress me-
oh, BIuejay l have heard you scream
st morning when the first gold beam
Came stealing to my garrett:
But I've never longed to cast my shoe
Or ink or comb or brush at YOU
l never did. 1 swear it;
For when you 'waken me l hear
The gross-beak and the bluebird near;
And if I'm feeling out of gear
Their glad songs help me bear it.
oh, Wood-Thrush, in dreams l hear
At dawn your notes resounding clear,
But this fact does not grieve me;
/ simply cannot feel irate
Y. hen my beauty sleep you perforate--
! never could, believe me!
For in my dreams I follow far,
Where the beauties that you sing of are
And their memories never leave me.
-Bayolle Ne Trele
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
Where the Seeds Were.

San Francisco Argonaut: Over in
the college city of Berkeley one
morning Perkins looked over his
fence and said to his neighbor:
what are you burying there?"
I'm just replanting some OF my
seeds, that's all
Seeds" exclaimed Perkins, angrt
". at looks more like one Of my
hens!'
That's all right" came from the
man on the other side of the fence
"The seeds are inside"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

The Gate City does not assume re-
sponsibility for views expressed by
correspondents.
Should Support Mr.. Kennedy.
To the Editor Of The Gate City:
Republicans should support Hon.
G. A. Kennedy for congress at the
June primary election. 1t is known
of him that he is one OF the hardest
and most efficient workers in con-
gress and also one of the most in
fluential. He now holds the respons-
IDLE place as senior member OF the
rivers and harbors committee and il
the republicans are successful at the
fall election he will be chairman OF
this important committee, which
would give him more influence in
other legislative lines. Mr.. Kennedy
is now in Washington giving strict
heed to the important measures
coming up, for consideration and rest
ing his cause for reelection to his
friends, believing that 1t is his duty
to remain in Washington to attend to
the business to which his constituents
elected him. Certainly Keokuk can
not find fault with Mr.. Kennedy's
services as he has been very loyal
While Keokuk and Lee county should
remain practically unanimous for
the district will only be rewarding
faithful servant in the vote for him
primary election day, June 5.
A REPUBLICAN.
Keokuk, Iowa, June l., 1916.
Vote for G. e. Maxwell for Super
visor.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
l hope the democratic voters of Lee
county will give their support to
Supervisor G.. E. Maxwell at the pri-
mary election next Monday. He is
just the kind of man that Lee county
has needed for many years In this
most responsible position. For too
many years the Office OF supervisor
has been looked upon as a place OF
minor Importance and as result OF
this light view of the office the county
interests have suffered. There is no
more i'm portant place to be filled than
that of supervisor and Lee county
was fortunate when Mr.. Maxwell was
selected for one of the members OF |
the board. He is a business man, a
heavy taxpayer and has broad |
knowledge of the various business |
transactions that come before the |
supervisors. keokuk and Lee county |
voters will conserve their own inter- |
ests if they nominate and elect MI. !
Maxwell. He has shown his ability |
already and all who. have knowledge
of his close and efficient attention to |
the duties of the Office are strong |
Mr. Maxwell is careful of !
expenditures, his purpose is always |
to get full value for money expended. |
He applies the same business rules to |
the county that he does to his private
affairs and the office to him is trust.
Taxpayers interests are carefully
guarded MIR. Maxwell has all the |
essential qualifications for the office |
and there is every reason why he
should be nominated. If you want |
competent and trustworthy man in
this Office, vote for him.
A DEMOCRAT.
Keokuk, Iowa. June 3, 1915.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Davenport Times: At any rate, II
Roosevelt is nominated, the people
will know what sort of man they are
getting and what he believes in re-
gard to present day issues.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: We'd
like to hear from the candidates for
the republican nomination for COVER
nor on the great issue of turning the
clock ahead an hour. 1t is well to
know who are progressiyes and who
are reactionaries.
Sioux City Journal: Senator Tom
Taggert lined up against the pork
barrel The obvious inference is that
Tom didn't get into the senate in
time to get anything into the bari.
Davenport Democrat: The LaFol-
lette joker in the river and harbor
bill, knocking out the Illinois water
ways plans, is no joke to the people
of Illinois and the middle west. 1t
will probably be killed in confer
ence, and may serve the purpose Of
ject which will connect the lakes and
the Mississippi by a practical water
way.
Logan Observer: If it wasn't for
the sins of the administration that
the candidates on the state demo-
cratic ticket will have to answer,
Meredith might become governor of
this great state.
Des Moines Register: The rumor
that Mr. Taft will bolt if the republi-
cans nominate T. Roosevelt indicates
that it takes longer than four years
for some wounds to heal.
Cedar Rapids Republican: "The
short skirt is here to stay" says the
wise man on the Marshalltown Times
Republican. But sometimes the wind
will not let it stay, and the same
wind does not always put dust in the
bad mans eyes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

In India eyeglasses Of greenfsh
hue have been found to afford better
protection from the sun than either
blue or gray.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

A better way to show friendship for the birds
than even setting up bird houses is to put bell
on the family cat. AS birds acquire confidence
and grow more tame in the presence OF man
kind they become easy victims of proving fe-
lines
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

believe in protective tariff It established pol
icy. protective tariff Is essential to the Inter
of earners in that it makes possible the
payment of wages the scale to which we aeeus-
toned. The difference in the cost of production
here and abroad is the fundamental consideration
effect whatever REIMBURSEMENT may be neees-
sary the tariff schedules consistent with the
principles underlying the protective policy favor the
expert commission that the facts may
without delay and that congress dis
pose matter in the fairest possible manner
Charles Evans Hughes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

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Des Moines Register: The rumo1
that Mr.. Taft will bolt If the republi
cans nominate T. Roosevelt indicates
that it takes longer than four years
for some wounds to heal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

Davenport Times: At any rate, II
Roosevelt is nominated, the people
will know what sort of man they are
getting and what he believes in re-
gard to present day issues.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re-
sponsibility for views expressed by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

Sioux City Journal: Senator Tom
Taggert lined up against the pork
barrel The obvious inference is that
Tom didn't get into the senate in
time to get anything into the barl.
The Ordway new era., 1916-05-26

one tablespoonful of graduated geln-
tin in teaspoonful of water, then
add six tablespoonfuls of cream and
heat over hot water until the gelatin is
softened. and dissolved. Add the chick
en- meat. lemon juice. salt and pa
prika to taste; beat all together thor
oughly and pour into a shallow pan.
wet in cold water Set on ice to
chill. then cut in slices TO fit the
bread cut for sandwiches.
Roast Beef SaIad.-Cut rare roast
beef in thin slices and marinatc with
French dressing, to which finely
chopped onion has been added. Serve
with picked beets and lettuce.
Coffee Ice cream.-Scald pint of
milk with a half cupful of dry coffee.
Strain into three slightly beaten eggs,
one cupful of sugar and a fourth of
a teaspoonful of salt Return to the
fire and cook until the mixture coats
the spoon. Add quart of cream and
freeze Serve with marshmallow
sauce
Marshmailow Sauce.-In the upper
part of a double boiler put onefourth
of a pound of marshmallows. When
melted, pour over it a sirup made by
boiling one cupful OF sugar and
fourth of cupful of water ten min
utes. Add one-half of a teaspoonful
of vanilla and cool.
Roast Goose With Stutfina.-Pre-
pare the goose as usual, washing in
soda water to remove all Objectionable
oil and dust, wipe after rinsing and
stun with two finely chopped onions,
one-fourth OF a cupful of finely chopped
pork, and combine with two cupfuls
of hot mashed potatoes and one and Il
half cupfuls of bread crumbs. Add
some of the fat of the goose chopped.
using a third OF cupful; salt well.
add one beaten egg, a teaspoonful of
sage and a little black pepper
A new stuffing for turkey which is
recommended is the giblets chopped
and mixed with cooked seasoned
macaroni and used as any stufting.
The Ordway new era., 1916-05-26

inches above the ground. 1t is easier
to apply two or more coatiugs than to
try to put on more at one time than
will adhere firmly. The first coating
will harden very quickly and the sec
ond can be applied without loss of
time Two coatings are generally suf-
ticient unless the bark is very rough.
But in any case thick uniform COW
ering is absolutely necessary for the
best results
Borers are seldom uniformly distrib-
uted over an orchard Small blocks
OF trees here and there may be badly
infested. and the most OF the orchard
comparatively free from the past. In
such cases it is not necessary to treat
all of the trees with asphaltum, but it
is necessary to examine them care
fully, for in no other way can the true
conditions be known
A convenient way to handle the as
phaltum IS 10 mount an iron kettle on
the running gear OF an orchard truck
and suspend beneath II sheet iron
apron as fire box Keep hard as
phaltum in the kettle ali the time. so
that the melted asphalrum will not get
too hot to carry in small containers.
and apply directly TO the trees.
The Ordway new era., 1916-05-26

milk with slice of onion. a blade of
mace and bit OF bay leaf: strain and
add three tablespoonfuis each of but
ter and -four creamed together. cook
i've minutes, Combine mixtures. sea
son to taste with salt. pepper and cay
eune
Spinach Ome!et.-Make an omelet,
using four eggs. four tablespoonfuls of
milk, salt and pepper to taste. Have
the omelet pan hot, put in table
spoonful of butter. then turn in the
egg mixture. AS the egg sets lift
with knife around the edges. Fold
the omeiet and turn out on bed of
cooked. hot seasoned spinach.
Mock eeef-Cut hubbard squash in
thick slices. removing the shell and
the inner seeds and pith Butter
deep stone baking dish. Arrange a
layer of squash: dust with salt and
pepper, add thinly sliced onion and a
layer of thinly sliced carrots. cover
ing thin layer of chopped parsley.
Repeat with the alternate layers un-
til the dish is full and then fill up
with beef stock. Cover and cook for
two hours. Make a thick brown sauce
with some of the stock, add table
spoonful of Worcestershire sauce and
arrange the outlets on a platter with
the brown gravy poured over ii. Serve
with potatoes and turnips.
Tunny Fish ealfs--Pick the fish
fine and add to the mashed potatoes
while they are hot. taking two-thirds
as much potato as fish Add plenty Of
butter. salt and pepper and fry In
deep fat
Cranberry iee.-Cook a quart Of
cranberries in pint OF water six min
utes- Strain through cheesecloth,
and pint of sugar and stir until dis
solved. When cool add the js.ss x
two lemons and freeze to mush- This
viii serve dozen sherbet cups.
The Ordway new era., 1916-05-26
GERMS CAUSE APPLE BLIGHT
Only Known Way Of Control of Dis
ease Is TO Cut Out Affected
Parts-lc5 Tedious.

Blight of pear and apple trees is
caused By a very minute germ which
works inside the bark and out of
reach of any spray material that may
be applied. 1t is spread from tree to
tree by insects and gets into the trees
through the blossoms. Here it is de
posted by bees and other insects
which visit the blossoms. and as con-
dftions are favorable for the develop
ment of the germs. they pass from the
blossoms through the stems of the
flowers into the twig and then through
the resi- of the tree.
To control blight BY cutting out the
affected parts is a tedious Job, but 1t Is
the only way known at this time for
controlling it. Whoever will discover
\ better way than this will be bene-
factor OF humanity and do a wonder
ful work for the upbuiIding of fruit
growing.
The Ordway new era., 1916-05-26
CONTROL THE PEACH BoRERs
Thick. rseasy Coating Of asphaltum
Serves &C Exclude irseets-Mate-
rial Is Applied Warm.

In a bulletin Of the California sta
,ioa +. L, Morris calls attention TO the
use Of hard SsPhsl,um. grades C and
~ for the control OF the peach tree
borer, This material was applied early
in the spring to badly infested trees
nom which the borers had been dug
II was found that thick. heavy
coating prevented both the issuance
and the entrance OF about s5 per cent
to sS per cent of the insects. the de-
gree Of efficiency depending upon the
OF the application. AS
phaltum does not penetrate, crack, de-
teriorate or bind the tree, since it
Yields to the slightest pressure. -Four
years of experimenting have not
shown the least injury.
The material is applied warm with
brush from five inches below to five