The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-03
OF Interest to Women
BY winona Evans Reeves.

the physical danger that ladies would
be exposed to at the polls Anti-suf-
frage speech).
You're twenty-one today Willie,
And q danger turks at the door,
I've known about it always,
But / never spoke before;
When you were only baby
1t seemed as very remote.
But you're twenty-one today, Willie,
And old enough to vote.
You must never go to the polls.
Willie,
Never go to the polls,
They're dark and dreadful places
Where men may lose their souls;
They smirch, degrade and coarsen,
Terrible things they do
To quiet, elderly women
What would they do to you!
II you've boyish fancy
For any measure or man,
Tell me and I'll tell father,
He'll vote for it, il he can;
He casts my vote and Mary's,
And Sarah's and dear Aunt Clos;
Wouldn't you let him vote for you?
| Father, who loves you SO.
I've guarded you always Willie,
Body and soul from harm;
I'll guard your faith and honor,
Your innocence and charm,
From the polls and their evil spirits,
Politics, rum and pelf;
Do you think I'd send my only son
Where 1 would not go myself
Alice Dued Miller.
Mrs. John N Irwin could without
any difficulty write book on Famous
Men and Women 1 Have Known, and
it would be pretty good sized book
too. A few days ago. at one Of those
parties which women do enjoy
where you don't play cards, or have
any guessing games, but just sit and
visit-Mrs. Irwin was speaking OF
John Hay, who was her mothers first
! cousin. She said that he used to
| tell this story on himself. He once
took woman out to dinner, who said
as she sat beside him at the table,
TT is so strange, Mr.. Hay, that in
your long association with Lincoln.
you never wrote anything about him"
Mr.. Hay was speeches., of course.
Some time later he told the story to
another woman who looked at him
thoughtfully and said, sure enough.
why didn't you?" Mr. Hay said all
he could say was Maybe it was a
lost opportunity"
Miss Bertha Favard, one OF the
French teachers in the Chicago
schools and a former KeoGuk resi-
dent, spent part of last week here.
Miss Favard has for many years been
strong advocate of the justice OF
equal suffrage. She said that New
York woman was talking to a man
who did not favor suffrage. This
J woman was woman of position and
ability and when she asked the man
why he did not believe in equal suf-
! frage he said: 81 should surely
favor it if it meant only giving the
ballot to such women as you-but it
gives the ballot to your cook as
we'll" The reply came very quick
! 1y. "You need not worry about my
cook, he votes already"
| On the wall Of the living room OF
one of the most beautiful Keokuk
homes, there hang portraits of three
beautiful children, pictures painted
almost a half century ago. These
three children died from diphtheria
within a few days time. At the time
OF the death of these children queer
and interesting experience came to
! the mother, who was then young
woman and who is now one OF the
most beloved and honored among
the older residents. When she was
a little girl perhaps twelve years
/ old, she had dream and in that
| dream she saw three little graves.
| She was grieved and her heart was
very heavy but in her dream she
heard the words, only thus far shall
! the waters COME" And with the
words her heart was lighter and the
grief was less depressing. For some
time the dream stayed in her mind
! but with the years it became half
forgotten. After her marriage and
her family numbered five or six little
folks, there came dreadful scourge
of diphtheria, it was in the days be-
fore the discovery Of the modern
treatment Of the disease and the
mother and all the children fell ill.
In spite of the best care that could
be given them, three of the children
died and 1t seemed that the mother
and the others too might not re-
cover. One night there came to the
sick mother a repetition OF that
dream of her childhood-the three
graves and the words, "Only thus far
shall the waters come" She knew
what the vision meant and she took
new courage The others of the fam
lily did recover and the words of the
dream were fulfilled.
Some months ago there appeared in
the Saturday Evening Post a story,
Salaratus Sam, by Hollingsworth. An
incident in the story Is that Sam was
in love with girl who was very
pious and to ingratiate himself with
the girl he applied for admission to
the church and his motives being
questioned he was refused admission.
When this story was read by Mr..
Abraham Hollingsworth, it seemed
TO him he had heard that story be-
fore. After a while it came to him