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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
COLONEL BRACKET CIRCLE
PARTY.

Another of the series of card parties
was held yesterday in Memorial hall in
the court house by Colonel Bracket
circle, Ladies of the G. A. R., six ia
bles of the game of 500 being played.
Prizes were awarded to Mrs. ]. C..
Stanton, Mrs. E. B. Davis and Mrs.
Lizzie Robbins. The circle will meet
in regular session next Tuesday after
noon and members are asked to make
a special effort to attend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
FREUND IN LECTURE RECITAL.

One OF the events c. more than
usual Importance to the unsteady in
terested people. of this community
will be the appearance of John C.
Freund, of New York, the editor of
Musical America. A rare opportun
ity will be offered this community
when Mr.. Freund will appear at
Augustana college, Tuesday evening.
May %, to tell in his inimical way
about American music and musicians
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
LILLMAN-GREER,

Miss L1lah Greer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. S. Greer of Sherrard, ILL.,,
and David Lilliman, of East Moline,
were married in Rock Island Satur-
day The bride is well known in Rock
island and Moline, having been until
recently engaged as nurse at Beth
any home. The groom is employed in
an East Moline factory, and the new
home probably will be in that city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15

meeting This paper was on the Pun
ishment That Educates." During this
discussion a number of very helpful
points were brought out
Light refreshments were served at
the conclusion of the program. This
was considered one of the best meet
ings of the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
MYSTIC CARD PARTY

Arsenal lodge. No 1886, Mystic
workers, enjoyed card party last
evening in the home of Mrs. ! r
Whited, 1928 Seventh avenue. nine
tables OF raumsch being PLAYED
Prizes went to Mrs. Clara Nelson and
mrs. r L. Halves and to John Akers
and Raymond Akers. A three-course
lunch was followed by dancing. music
ana general good time. The next of
the series in two weeks will he in the
nome Oh Mrs. William T. White, sos
Lihh a""pye,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
SWASTIkA CLUB ENTERTAINED.

Twelve members of the Swastika
club were guests yesterday at the reg
ular meeting in the home of Ms. J..
W. Wilson, 242S Eighth avenue, the
ladies spending the afternoon working
at fancy articles. The hostess served
an appetizing three course luncheon at
the close of the day. Mrs c. E. Bryan,
1925 Tenth avenue, will be the hostess
atthe next meeting in two weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
ICES,
EASY WAY TO WASH LACE CUR.
TAINS.

Soak soiled curtains in warm suds,
and to this add one pint gasoline. Lift
and sqeeuze with the hands until wa
ter is dirty, then change to warm clean
water and finish as usual.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
Hill, W. T.. IT. r.

Mrs. C. c. Campbell at her home on
nue., yesterday was hostess at the
March meeting of the Hill Woman S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
DISCUSS TEN MONTHS SCHOOL.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Lincoln school Parent-Teacher asso-
citation was held Tuesday afternoon at
8 o'clock. There were 55 in attend
ance A very pleasing dramatization
of the March story was given by the
pupils of the second grade. Following
this Superintendent f. c. Fisher gave
a brief but pointed talk on "Advant-
ages and Disadvantages of Ten
Months School" At the next meeting
this question will be thrown open for
discussion by members of the associ-
alton.
Following Mr. Fishers talk, Mrs. H.
". Ward led in discussion of the pa
per which was read at the previous
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
THE SUNDAY DINNER.
Cream of Rice Soup
Pickles. Sweet

Pickles, Sweet
Roast Chicken, Gravy, Dressing
Caulif1ower, with Hollandaise Sauce
Sweet Potatoes, Southern
Pimento Salad
Apple Pie Cheese Coffee
ICES.
Raisin Ice Cream-There is no finer
fruit ice than finely chopped raisins
added to ice cream of any favor.
Pineapple Sherbet-Two quarts wa
ter, three pints sugar; boil 10 minutes,
add juice of two lemons, two oranges
and one can shredded pineapple. Take
three tablespoons gelatine and soak in
one-half pint cold water for onehalf
hour, then add one quart boiling wa
ter, add to above and freeze
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-15
WORKERS CLASS SEW FOR CHAR.
ITX

Workers class of the First Baptist
church spent the evening yesterday
in the home of Miss Ruby Young, 1042
Nineteenth street, sewing for a poor
family The class meets at stated in
tervals to carry on private charity
work Light refreshments were serv-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
MOTHER s STORY is
USED IN o N BOOK
Mrs. Hughes IL Surprised at Finding
Little Incident She Told in
Rupcrt's Latest.

Clipped Wings" (Harper's) didn't
suggest itself as a title to Rupert
Hughes out Of the clear sky Of the
popular novelist's inaginationings,
says a writer in the Chicago Tribune.
1t was suggested by a story his moth
er told him Of her own childhood.
Her father, a Kentuckian, who had
moved to Missouri before the civil
war. was a mighty hunter. Once he
wounded a wild swan. brought it
home. and clipped one Of its wings.
1t was her particular pet. One day a
farm hand who had been told to clip
the shorter wing again. clipped the
longer one to an equal length. Then
the first thing everybody knew there
was the swan sailing away through the
sky.
Son Rupert put It in a novel as a
symbol of the life Of his heroine and
said nothing to his mother about it
until he sent her a copy of Clipped
Wings" Then she wrote this letter
to him:
I have just finished reading the
beautiful book that you sent to me.
Clipped Wings" never dreamed
that on page $50 l should read a little
story that I told you of my carly child
hood. 1t brought to my mind my
father as plainly as II he had been
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
WASHINGTON FOR PREPARED.
NESS


George Washington, whose ami
brated February %, was an advocate
of preparedness. He of all persons
knew the cost of American independ-
ence. and with far-sighted wisdom he
saw the necessity of preserving the
union that had been wrought. The
advice and policies Of George Wash
ington have not been followed, and
upon several disastrous occasions the
country has paid dearly. In Wash
lngton's farewell address he made his
position clear in the following:
Observe good faith and justice to-
ward all nations. Cultivate peace and
harmony with all. = + Against
the insidious wiles of foreign influence
the jealousy of a free people ought to
constantly awake.
IF we remain n people, under an
efficient government, we may defy
material injury from external annoy
ance: We may take such an attitude
as will the neutrality we may
resolve Upon to be scrupulously re-
spected. 1t is folly for. n
nation to look for d~isinterested favors
from another. Taking care
always to keep ourselves by suitable
establishments In a respectable de-
fensive posture"
The country cannot claim that it
was not duly warned of the perils OF
unpreparedness. On this day it is
well for us to reflect upon the counsel
of the Father Of his country"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28

the county auditor. as the case may
demand, for the ballot and following
the regulations prescribed for voting
in absence.
Professor Horack believes that the
increase in the student vote may have
an important influence in determining
the woman suffrage issue at the pri-
mary. In his experience in asking
students in his classes how they stand
en- woman suffrage he has found very
few who oppose 1t, while the great
majority are vigorously for It.. He ex-
poets the new law to be a great bene.
fit in discourasing questionable prac-
tees to which students have some
times ~resorted in order to get to vote,
such as swearing to residence in the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
TO ADVERTISE ADVERTISING.

The plan of the Associated Adver-
tiisng Clubs Of the World to advertise
advertiing is in its conception and
magnitude worthy OF that enthusiastic
and eXhilirating organization, says the
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat. To inaugur-
ate a systematic and comprehensive
presentation to the public of the facts
in regard to advertising, Its nature,
its purpose, its powers; to enlist in
that presentation newspapers, maya
zines, b~illboards, booklets every
medium known to the experts of the
association, giving an aggregate cir
culation of millions upon millions and
covering every corner and Granny Of
the land; and to bring to the prepare
ton of these advertisements of adj
vertising not only the brightest minds
of the profession, but the minds Of the
eminently successful men in public
life, in business and in the profess
sions, IS an undertaking as felicitous
as it is stupendous. For although the
growth and development of advertis-
ing is one Of the wonders Of modern
times; although its numerous and Pc
culiar ~ramiications have extended in
to every avenu of commercial life,
and into many that are not CONNER
cial; although its influence is felt by
every mar and woman in the civilized
world who reads the printed page;
and. although its conduct already in
wolves the expenditures of incredible
millions annually, it is yet but imper-
fectly understood by the vast majority
of people.
1t is primarily to this vast majority
that the present enterprise is directed,
not solely for the purpose Of creating
more advertising, although that is an
inevitable effect, but to show the
principles, ethical as we'll as material,
that underlie good advertising; to
show that all advertising is not good
advertising, that there are rights and
wrongs, electives and ineffectives;
that there are ideals to be conceived
and preserved. And some of these
considerations will apply and be d.
rected to many, very many, who now
are advertisers, but who can be made
better advertisers by the knowledge
thus derived. To advertise is not to
paint the lily, but to make it bloom
prodigiously.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28

standing there right before me. How
tenderly he lifted the swan, and the
pity In the expression Of his face. He
|had>a big heart, full of kindness and
sympathy for all living things, just as
you have. I saw the garden and the
little stream of water that ran
through it where the swan slept. AT
night the water froze in ice all around
her, and when l ran down to feed her,
what trouble she would have to get out
of the frozen bed, and how my heart
would ache for her in her cold loneli-
ness! I say the swan as she sailed
away, and you made me feel again the
despair I felt then as she disappeared
over the horizon. I never dreamed
then that long years afterward my
son would write that incident In a
book of his that will live for CEN
turtles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
Says Won1an's Beauty
Depends Upon Health
Health and Visor Necessltate Regula
ton Of Organs Of EIiml-

Skin foods and face creams and
powders cannot make a woman beau
tiful, because beauty lies deeper than
that-it depends on health. In most
cases the basis of health and the
cause of sickness can be traced to
the action OF the bowels.
The headache, the %lassitude, the sal.
low skin, and the lusterless eye are
usually caused by constipation. An
ideal remedy for women. and n that
is especially suited to their delicate
organisms, is found in DR.. CaldwelPs
Syrup Pepsin, a mild laxative com.
pound, pleasant to the taste and free
from opiates and narcotic drugs of
every description. Mrs. Gertrude Jor-
dan. 522 North Liberty ST., Indian
apolis, Ind, says: 1T is simply fine;
/ have never been able to find any
thing to compare with DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin. I started using it for
the baby and now it Is my family
standby in all cases where a laxative
Is needed"
DR.. Caldwell Syrup Pepsin is sold
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
lUM RER WASTE

There is no form of economic waste
in the United States more lamentable
than that revealed in the lumber in
dustry by recent governmen reports.
1t appears that one and a half billion
cubic feet of wood-eighteen billion
feet in ordinary lumber measure-are
wasted every year in the logging in
dustry. That Is nearly 20 percent of
al the timber cut in our forests.
Less than n third of the standing
timber is actually made available for
human use.
More careful methods in cutting
and saving can eliminate much of
this prodigiOus waste. The chief
hope, however. for adequate utiiiza-
ton of our lumber consists
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
No More VIII Plea That They Have
to go Home to Vote, Be Valid
One, Attorney General
Says.
THE ABSENT VOTERS LAW
This Statute Will Apply In Their
Case-Beiieved That This Fac
tor Will Aid Suffrage
Vote.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 2S.-Under
the terms of the absent voters law,
students in the universities and col
leges of Iowa may cast their votes by
mail at the June primary and at other
elections. This is the opinion Attor.
ney General Cosson a given in re
ply to an inquiry from Frank e.
Horack, professor of political science
in the University of Iowa.
If all students qualified take adj
vantage of the law, the total vote OF
Iowa should be increased by several
/. is estimated that not less than 1920
Of the 1900 men enrolled are electors.
In former elections probably less than
fifty have gone home to vote. If al
lowed to vote by mail, however, it is
likely that the great majority Of those
eligible will exercise their right.
Quoting the first section Of the law,
Attorney General Cosson says, ri am
Of the opinion that a student properly
comes within the provisions Of said
section, that is to say, his work at the
university makes him absent from
! home on business as it is his business
to be attending school. If, however,
he lives In a city where a registration
is required you will note by said sec
ton that he must then have been duly
registered.
The law. in my opinion, should re-
ceive nc narrow Interpretation but
should apply to any person who is nee
e~ssarily or properly way from home
on the day of n general, special
primary, county. city or town election.
am, therefore, Of the opinion that
the law properly applies to the stu
dent and that he may avail himself OF
the provisions of said act by following
the terms and conditions therein
stated"
According to the attorney generals
opinion, therefore, students living in
cities may have to go home to regis
ter, but the great number from small
towns and farms will be able to vote
by simply writingJto the town clerk or
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
THE WHITE MANS BURDEN.

American marines are keeping or
der in Haiti, suffering an occasional
casualty in the process. and-thanks
to Yankee Observation-Disclosures
from six to fourteen times as much
damage as they receive. American
surgeons and s%anitarians are fighting
hookworm and malaria in Porto Rico.
American surveyors and builders have
charted and marked with lighthouses
a new way through the most danger
Gus seas that surround the Philip
pines. Sooner or later, the Chicago
Journal fears, American soldiers and
administrators will be obliged to take
up the job of rebuilding civilization
in Mexico.
1t is the white mans burden, and,
willy-nilly, we must carry it; but
there is no use in pretending that it
adds to our comforts. 1t is a heavy
load, an onerous task which we MAJ
not shirk, even though we doubt its
usefulness. So far as Jul present
foresight can reach. the net result OF
English, French or American rule OF
darker land is to breed the less eff
cient races faster than ever, while
keeping some Of the ablest members
of own race from breeding at all.
The sanitarian who IA out his life
saving the brown babies in distant
islands thereby loses the chance OF
ever fondling babies OF his own. Is
the world permanently better for his
sacrifice, or not?
We can not tell. We only know
that the urge of present duty overpow-
ers all long distance calculations OF
profit and loss. We must do these
things because the code by which we
live will not let us refuse to do them.
The work IS with us, the event is with
Allah; though We may indulge the
hope that the instinct Of helpfulness
which has raised the race from brut-
ish savagery will not betray US now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28

Discussing war Evangelist Billy
Sunday says: God is a God of war"
he said, "as well as of peace. We
must fight as we'll as pray. If it
hadn't been for war we would be
singing God Save the King,' instead
of My Country, 'Tis of Thee if it
hadn't been for war the bloodhounds
would be chasing the black men
through the swamps and c~anebreakes
today; if it hadn't been for war Spain
would still be tearing at the heart
of Cuba; if it hadn't been for war
the flag Of Mexico would be waving
I'VE Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and
California. Yes, l believe in prepared
ness; | believe in battleships and sub
marines. and if any of the nations
across the sea should care to find
out whether b American people be-
lieve in the Monroe Doctrine. let
them start something. If they do.
would like to be colonel of a regi-
ment."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
BLODGETT IN u
ON ONE INDICTMENT
Charge of Criminal Libel Has Been
Placed Against Man Who was
Candidate for Judge.

Des Moines Capital: After spending
the night behind the bars, d. T. Blod-
gett, indicted on a charge of criminal
libel, was araigned in criminal court
today, asked three days time in
which to enter a plea n was re-
manded to 1.-the county Jail in default
of $4,000 bonds.
Blodgett, who is a candidate for
the Iowa supreme court, was indicted
by the Polk county grand jury Fri
day noon and was arrested at his
home, 94S Seventh street, at 6 p. m.
He is charged with circulating libel
Gus statements against supreme court
justices and District Judge Lawrence
De,iraff through the medium of hand
bills and circulars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
in developing the manufacture Of by.

in developing the manufacture Of by
products.
Most Of the wasted wood could
presumably be made into wood pulp,
a product which already brings $780,
000,0 a year, and for which there
is a steadily growing demand. There
is room for a great development OF
the ethyl or commercial alcohol in
dustry. for which sawdust provides
the raw material. Many other pro-
ducts can be obtained from the wood
that Is now for the most part allowed
to rot.
In the next few years, enterprising
conservationists may make fortunes
in these by-products comparable with
the profits of a wasteful and ire
sponsible generation OF lumber
kings"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
County Registrations.

There was q complete mile OF oun
ty headquarters where large groups OF
aged and young gathered to register
and to look up the m of Did
friends and relatives. Many a meeting
took place between persons who had
not seen each other for years. Some
did not know that others were in the
Southland.
Judge Fred Taft was chairman for
the day. There were two speakers
scheduled to address the Hawkeyes,
Gardner Cowles and Judge Carr.
Among the former Keokukians who
GUS occasion were Messrs. and Mes,
DANES T. D. Whittall. Lee F. Winston,
F. A. Wedler, NJ. F. Dunno, W. l..
King, George c. Hill, R. s. Ransom. F.
L. Lotus. c. J. Englehardt. Arthur
Gwinn. W. e. Good. E. B. Mapel. l..
c. Garvin, Messrs. T. F. Philips. Her
man B. Wooley, Ed. H.. Jones, w. H.
Palmer, c. L. Dollery, F. J. Walker.
John H. Parker, John Aiken, John
Aiken Jr., George Oppenheimer. S. B.
Smith. c. F. Griffey. F. C. Johnson, w.
G. Thon, W. Horn Jr., Geo. w. Jones.
P. J. Hart, w. H. Scott; Mesdames
Mary O. Worley, J. e. Willard. F. B.
Mead. ]. o. We'll, Mabel Andressen,
Florence McGrath Murphy, j. Huver-
stuhl. Lucy Smales. Jennie Leezer. Ed
ma Gammert, w. H. Dolbear: Misses
Meta King, Sarah A. Welch, Greta
Palmer, Gladys Nail, Maude Dolbear,
Mayme Mckenzie, Lfsetta Mattern.
Alice Dewey Davy. Ella Hart, Alice II.
Tolmie, Emma Hackett Ten Brock,
Helen F. Jackson, DR.. Elizabeth H.
Kearney.
Charlie Doerr Of Fort Madison. a
winter visitor in Los Angeles, was a
prominent parsonage about the Lee
county headquarters during the day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
keokuk, Iowa ....February %, 1916
LIFE,

LIFE.
What am I, Life? A thing Of watery
Held in cohesion by unresting cells
Which work they know not why,
which never halt;
Myself unwilling where their master
dwells,
l do not bid them, yet they toll, they
spin
A world which uses me as I use
them.
Nor do | know which end or which
begin,
Nor which to praise, which pamper,
which condemn.
So, like a marvel in a marvel set,
| answer to this vast, as wave by
The sea air goes over, dry or wet,
Or the full moon m swimming
from her cave
Or the great sun -omes north. this
myriad I
Tingles, not knowing how, yet won.
dering why.
John Mansfield in Atlantic Monthly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28

The most effective example of pre-.
paredness brought to light since pre-
paredness captured Uncle Sans goat
was pulled off in Alabama. A con-
vict escaped from a train, taking
with him the key to handouts, the
warden's clothes, a revolver and s17O
of his guards money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28

A reminder of the late F. Augustus
Heinze, the noted copper king of
Butte, Mont, comes from New York
in the form of an affirmed Judgment
for $1,264.449.23, awarded Edwin
Gould against the Heinze estate. The
judgment represents the price of bank
stock purchased on credit by Heinze
when he broke into the banking game
in New York ten years ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
F. A. Wedier and r. s. Ransom Write
Of Big Event Which Was Held
in Los Angeles Last
Week.
LEE FOLKS ARE THERE
Charles Doerr Of Fort Madison Was
One Of the Honored Guests
at This Big
Affair.

The annual Iowa picnic was held IN
Los Angeles on February %. r. S.
Ransom and Fred A. Wedler send
clippings from the Los Angeles papers
on the big event. Mr.. Wedler writes
that the weather was fine, eighty de-
grees in the shade. There were lots OF
Lee county people there, and Mr.. We'd
Ter and his wife enjoyed meeting
them. The same old Keokuk booster
is to be found in Wedler. and he
writes as optimistically as he talked
when he lived here. II am still a
Keokuk booster and voter" he writes.
81 am sure that Keokuk has a great
future and will make a big town. If
the people there would stick together
and boost like they do here. you
would have a city of 10000 people,"
r. S. Ransom sends the following:
With the mile and a half Of park
roads dotted with moving throngs OF
people, a crowd estimated at more
than $4,000 persons today assembled
at Eastlake park for the annual Iowa
picnic and reunion.
Picnicking under the green shade
trees and On the grassy lawns of the
park, the crowds surged about from
sunrise to sunset.
A train from Long Beach brought
scores Of families, laden with lunches
and small flags, faces ashine with
happiness and flushed with ~expectan-
cy Of a days pleasure.
Automobile loads of former Iowans
from San Diego, Santa Ana. Pomona,
San Bernardino, Redlands, Riverside,
beach cities, all parts of Los Angeles,
Glendale, Tropico, Burbank, Lanker-
shin, Van Mugs and the foothill towns
formed an almost continuous parade
into the streets surrounding the park.
At noontime it was a record crowd
that covered nearly every available
foot of space at Eastlake. There was
enough food in the basket lunches to
supply one sood-sized family three
meals a day for more than five years.
according to figures compiled by a
veteran. And there came an odor of
delicious chicken from nearly every
basket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-28
Pride Hunbted

more than a woman, eve fails to OBJ
serve his image in passing a glass
store front, only he is more often
Inundated than she by what he sees.