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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13

The safety-pin is a humble imple-
ment which is used to hold babies to-
gether. II 1t were not for the safety
pin thousands of sweet, innocent babies
would have to wear Suspenders ana
hose-supporters, instead Of being al
lowed to grow up in q free and bow
legged attitude.
The safety pin was invented long be-
fore buttons were thought of. In TACT
II man had his say about 1t buttons
would not be used at all except for
decorative purposes. The average but
ton Is a melancholy failure. having 9
tendency to give way at some crucial
moment and cause the owner to regret
having left home. Some of the worst
catastrophes in life have befallen men
who relied upon q bone suspender out-
ton, only to have it break in two In the
middle at the opening Of the hesitation
waltz.
The first safety-pin used in this
country was gotten up by the husband
OF a Rhode Island woman who wanted
him to be in style and wear leather
belt. This man was q mechanical
genius, and designed the first and only
safety-pin which could be inserted by
hand without manning the inserter.
His secret died with him, and today,
despite the great advancement made IN
the realm Of invention. we have the
murderous. brass-jawed safety PIN
with which babies are pinned to their
clothes every day. How often Is 1t the
case that a wee baby cries in Its Sleep
in a ftful manner, and Is Immediately
treated for collie, when the chances are
ten to one that it has been impaled
upon long, sloping safety-pin
If the laws Of this country were in
tended to render equal and exact jus
tice, the safety-pin would be banished
from polite society and supplanted by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13

better. But whisper, did ever anybody
come into Iowa politics more like .
Hon and 30 out more like lamb than
Sg59Es scs u
or course We do not intend to stay
any longer in Mexico than is necessary
to do the Villa job; but 1t might be
stated to avoid misunderstanding that
we'd go back again right away under
similar circumstances. .~E
1t may be recalled that the Times
Republican predicted at the time OF
Madero's murder that sooner or later
order would be restored in Mexico by
United States soldiers. That predic-
ton seems fairly close to its fulfill
ment. II Carranza has made up his
mind to oppose the entry Of our ex-
petition seeking Villa and President
Wilson finds himself embarrassed and
baked by the government he has
labored so long to create the situation
will have come to a crisis where Will
son must back down in the face Of the
United States or take step perhaps,
far in advance Of any so far intended.
The question now seems to be shall we
go into Mexico whether or no and but
one way of answering it seems open.
The quickest way to make an Ameri-
can out of a youthful immigrant and
thus lose the hyphen is to put him
into the public school and keep him
there long enough to do the work. 1t
is a remedy that rarely fails.
Hughes and Charley Rawson have
been the two big political puzzles. The
Rawson puzzle is solved. Now Justice
Hughes, it's your turn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
The chances are ten to one that It has
has been impaIed on a long,
sIopins safety. pin. -. .@l&

inch safety-pin thru their left thumb.
II congress would pay more attention
to such practical legislation as this and
less to pork, there would be more hap
piness in married life, s74g VA
A popular form of safety-pin is the
Touring pin, which is used to pin an
abusive husband to the kitchen floor.
The use Of this pin. as corrective
implement. Is advocated by both press
and clergy and upheld by our courts.
except where the jury Is composed OF
married men. .a.@.s -. -.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13

my faber forth to honest labor at the woodaIe
like my neighbor when the won't work It IN hard
to keep harping when the won't work; and the
critics carpnE II the won't work: "YondeF
bard grip losing" the critics. him abusing;
Homer mods but II snoozng and his muse won't
work" I would Hike to be baker, for my muse won't
york. or villa &c undertaken. for my muse won't
work.: 1 would like be a timer . butcher Or .
spinner a fuller a skinner, while my muse won't
work Oh to . tailors wages, for my muse won't
work; have walked the floor for ages. but muse
won't work: with my fountain pen potter but my
brain begins TO totter. though rye soaed my head IN
water won't work. Z 4S$t
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome.

STATED COMMUNICATION Mar
shall Lodge No. 1Os A. F. and A. M.
Regular meeting, Friday. March II,
1880 p. m. John w. Wells. secretary;
B. o. Frazey. w. M.
SlGNET CHAPTER, No. IS, r. A. M
Stated convocation Monday evening
Feb. FL Regular business. Carl Shall
ner, H. p: John w. Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20. r. & 8. NJ. Monday
Mar. 20, regular business. l. T. FORBES
recorder; George Gregory. 1. M
SPECIAL CoNCLAVE, St Aldemar
Commandery No 80. K. T., MonoaS >
March IS, $50 o'clock. For "orN'
BANQUET at $50 Come. l. I. Forces
Rec; H. c. Mueller, E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, o. E. s.. Wednesday. March
Is, 1880 D. m. Eliza S. Battln. secre-
tary; Cora M. Mcdowell. w. M.
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Topics of the Times

II Carranza knew which side his
stead Of opposing any force that would
round up those bands of brigands that
threaten the peace of two countries.
Mexico is in no condition to take hish
ground in the matter. The capture OF
Villa is police affair and there is
neither legal nor moral grounds for
awaiting the issuance Of warrant for
his arrest or an Injunction against it.
By the time Mr.. Rawson shall have
landed an Iowa candidate in the presi-
Dental chair he will have lost the
notion Of being governor in the bigger
tnh he h.s had in hand. II Rawaon
wins he will not need to be governor.
He can be first friend and adviser to
the big middle west. ~.
IF a roughneck came into your yard
struck your wife and burned the barn
would you wait for surveyor to run
the lot line before crossing in pursuit
or would you grab an ak and start dis
couraging him? .s
The assumption that the anti-tiD-
ping law is void is a little in advance
Of the Institution that has the last
guess on such matters isn't It? =
Objection Is raised to extend mem
ton by republican papers Of the ap-
parent anxiety OF Mr.. Connoiiyfs
friends 10 iund iiiiIn in good poIiticaI
Job. Perhaps the less said about it the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
BOARDING THE COUNTRY TEACHER.

Teachers cottages, erected by the
community in or near the school house,
and used not only as the teachers res
idence but also as the community CEN
ter are advocated in a bulletin pre-
pared by r. S. Kellogg and distributed
by the department Of the interior thru
It's bureau OF education TO county SUI
perintendents and other officers IN
charge of rural schools. The bulletin
describes the movement for teachers
residences in rural districts and gives
plans for cottages of various sizes and
types.
Luck Of suitable boarding accom- :
modations is one of the most serious
difficulties in the way Of securing suit
able teachers for country schools, the
bulletin declares. There are more than
200, 600 rural school districts in the
United States and over 100000 chill
dren Of school age who live in the
country or in towns Of less than 2.ooo
population, yet it is impossible because
of the living conditions to get teachers
of the highest type to remain in the
country.
Mr.. Kellogg says:
Many farm houses have no accom-
modations whatever for teacher, ana
often Kitchen, living room. ard dining
room are combined in one, with no heat
in any other room in the house. The
farmer and his family have to spend
most of their time working indoors or
ou-, eating and sleeping. Their occu-
pations and hours Of labor in no way
correspond to those of the teacher.
which increases the difficulty of fitting
the teacher necessary habits to those
Of the farmer with any satisfaction 10
either. A good teacher must spend a
considerable amount Of time almost
every evening upon school work, Tor
which quiet. comfortable room is es-
sential. If she insists upon such a
room when she goes to board in the
country she is likely to be considered
stuck up and exclusive II she gets
Il room uy il-rseif it IS often unheatec
and too uncomfortable for study in
cold weather.
ION the other hand, IL the teacher
is forced to spend her entire time in
Tho living zcoc:s: 9Th the res: OF the
family, she has no opportunity to pre-
pare properly for her school duties, and
is also very likely to be drawn UNI
avoidably into neighborhood gossip and
factional disputes to the detriment OF
her teaching influence. Many Of the
better situated families in the country
districts who have the facilities, dc
not care to take a steady border, sc
that If teacher gets place to board
at all she may be forced to go to farm
houses where only the barest accom-
modations can be secured"
It is because Of these conditions thai
the teachers cottage movement has
developed rapidly in the past few years
until, according to an investigation by
J. c. Muerrnan, Of the bureau OF edu.
cation, recorded in the bulletin, there
are now one or more teachers cottages
in every state, and in the state Of
Washington, where the movement has
been fos.ered by Mrs. Josephine Pres
ton, state superintendent Of public In
struotio. there are rev ics of tines,
cottages
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

One of the favorite resorts of the
Wilson administration has been to
throw out vague hints Of great danger
OF war owing to various unexplained
diplomatic complications and then a
little later to claim great credit for
having in ways similarly unexplained
guided the country safely out Of the
realm of the unexplained complica-
tons" says the Nevada Representa-
tive. LAS a matter of fact the presi-
dent has never yet gotten into diff
Guilty that he could not get out Of by
backing out. and his backing facilities
are fine"
THE Storm Lake Pilot-Trib--
how candidate W. L. Harding
ably would be difficult matter to
learn how Mr. Harding stands, but if
the editor Of the Pilot Tribune> tells
what the Pilot Tribune wants. there
will be ready acquiescence on the part
Of Mr.. Harding-sO adroitly worded
however. that he will be able to agree
with another who holds views at wide
variance with the Piiot-Tribune." says
the Sac Sun.
There's a lot of things that can't
be understood in this world. TO IL
lustrate-the directors OF the Jasper
county fair yesterday. voted $50 for a
baby health contest and $50 for boys
stock judging contest. and in the same
meeting voted $500 for horse racing
for 1916" says the Newton News.
1.-THE doctors. 1t appears" says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil. ARE about
ready to operate on Hoe Aliens goat.
n everything moves to their liking tbs
anasthetic will be applied June s."
With Rawson out Of the contest the
Boone News-Republicap SIS inclined to
vote alphabetically as our, old friend
Sam Zenor used TO say. Out Of Allen.
Cosson, Harding and, Kuehnle. Joe
Allen comes the nearest filling the
bill"
"The liquor issue Is dead in Iowa.
remarks the Waterloo Courier. but
there are a few blind pigs still able to
grunt and the express companies are
doing business at the same old stand
This is Mr.. McLemore's first term
in congress and already he is better
known than other members who have
been holding down their seats in con-
gress since Tom Reed was speaker OF
the house" says the Sioux CITY
Journal. such Is the irony OF poll
ties
The Algona Upper Des Moines Re-
publican says: Secretary OF state
Allen has undoubtedly been cussed
more than any other state official ana
still he has no opposition for third
term. His bungled up automobile
plate department has been fierce"
THE real strength Of the, Iowa
democracy Is in the country press,
declares the Washington Democrat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13

An italian electrical engineer has an
nounced an intention by which those on
board . vessel which has been made
the target for a torpedo may defect
thsee ttofpedo from its course in time to
prevent any damage to the craft aimed
at. The apparatus is electrical, but the
MN ne 8 OF Its Operation mas Ilvt 5=vH
announced.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
RAAN!::DO!A'l II. REEL +; ! s
n &kyl IUveu I Ram 90 &
ar Shoes ana ships -d sealn6 uax &c caboaSes.
THE sAE,ETY-PiN.
.-1od seaIinS max -d cabba6es. y Mn&5

the clothes-pin. This would pc great
relief to scores Of husbands VINO nave
tried to dress playful, squirmins
baby while their wives were at the
club, and in doing so have run two
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
cottages.

The high tension transmission lines
passing thru the interior of the islands
of Japan are seriously embarrassed at
times by the short circuits caused by
crows and snakes. The birds alight on
the wires and cross-arms and cause
the trouble by making the contacts
while stretching their wings, and the
snakes crowl up the poles for the pur-
pose of summing themselves. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13

Asserting that they could not And Il
compatible with their sense Of duty To-
remain in congress unless they could
conscienttousiy. support the president
In his dealings with foreign affairs,
Representative Robert N. Page. demo-
crat, Of North Carolina, and Repre-
sentative Isaac r. Sherwood, democrat.
OF Ohio, announced their intention Of
not seeking reelection Mr.. Page II .
brother of Walter II. Page. ambassador
to Great Britain. General Sherwood,
who won his title for gallant and
meritorlous seryice'' In the union army.
is 80 years old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
Buck Up.

There Is no sense in repinning,
SO just quit 1t. friend. and smile:
For the sun keeps on a-shining
While you waste your time in whining:
You can find the silver lining
If you seek 1t all the while.
There is no real use in grieving
For the things you haven't got;
Wealth and fame were e'er deceiving,
And you lose them in achieving,
While there's Joy beyond believing
In us common mortals' lot.
Buck up, son, and keep on trying,
For that's much the wisest plan; To-
Cut out incoming, moaning, sighing:
Keep Hopes pennant always flying,
And you'll find, beyond denying,
You've become happy man.
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
Iona Newspapers
OF DOUBTFUL BENEFIT.
ICherokee Times

The Burlington Hawkeye is again
advocating teachers pensions on the
ground that teachers wages are not
high enough to enable them to save
a sufficient amount to make them m
dependent after their days OF usefui-
ness in the schools are over Teach
ers' wages as a rule are not as high as
they should be, but it would be much
wiser to pay them the wages they are
entitled to than to embark on a civii
pension plan that may have no END.
The teachers should have the benefit
Of liberal wages as they go along, ana
then it should be left to them to save
for after years the same as 1t Is nee
essary for other people to save. Any
pension plan that has been advocated
so far makes those who. are not bene-
ffiftei pay f0T muse VINO are, anu De-
sides the whole plan Of civil pensions
is of very doubtful benefit. x
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
THAT GOOD ROADS BANQUET.
webster City ,Journal.1


The jewel! Pcca15 Last @eek ten1s
occasion, as the Journal views it. to
criticise quite severely the recent good
roads banquet held in this city under
the joint auspices Of the Webster City
Commercial League and the board OF
supervisors. The gist of the Records
complaint, as we take it, is that no
definite plan was presented for getting
the roads improved and that there was
not sufficient enthusiasm Of the nag
waving and eagle-screaming variety.
The Journal believes that the very
thing which the Record says the meet
ing did do was the identical thing
which II was sought to accomplish by
the banquet. - s
In other words It Was sought to
avoid enthusiasm Of the mushroom
variety and the one idea back q the
formation of the slIJarnjIton County
Good Roads Associa sis5i ~as that this
association should develop plan Tor
raising funds and Improving rosdA =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
r1MEsREpUBIIcAN, MARsHAILTowH, IOWA: MARCH 49, 1915

successful plan OF this kind can not be
developed In one evening at q banquet
attended by 500 business men and
farmers. And 80, very logically. out Of
this gathering grew the good ROADS as
sociation and 1t Is UP to the latter to
further develop the idea of good roads
and dinally to present to Webster City
and the county at large a definite and
tangible plan of operation. II 1t does
this, It viii have accomplished the pur-
pose for which the banquet was held.
II 1t fails, then the banquet will have
been held in vain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
Grace's Idea.

Ruth and Grace were looking at q
cemetery little way OF, when Ruth
safd: Grace, what is that place over
thsref Grace replied: ooh, Ruth,
don't you know7 That's where the die
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
THE BALKY MUSE

the won't work; when your
I'd throw away
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13

1.-THE doctors. 1t appears" says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, ARE about
ready to operate on Loe Aliens goat.
II everything moves TO their liking the
anasthetic will be applied June S"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-07-14
Wealthy Citizen Moralizes over Things
That Were, as He Recalls with
Joyous Recollections.

Talk to Uncle Zenas and you VIII
learn that to find Arcadia it is not
enough to leave New York and come
to Bloomfield Center. They aren't as
neighborly even there as they once
were. There is not the frank democ-
racy that used to be in his young days.
Too much of what he scornfully Calls
Goldfish aristocracy' has come in ana
split the happy united village into
what he calls "clicks." They don't
have the good times nowadays ike
they did when they got up appie-cut-
tings and corn-huskings, barn-raisings,
and all the devices by which what was
hard labor for one lone family was
turned into frolic for the whole
settlement. Everybody knew every
body, and winter nights whole parcel
of 'em would pile into sleds and come
bu'stin' in on some family. Maybe
they were getting ready for bed, but
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-07-14

raphy. A big tent serves as the wire
less station, and very large number
of the young women are enrolled as
students here. And classes in dietetic
cookery for the wounded attract many
others, while another important in
struction tent is that where sewing
for the wounded is taught and where
many sewing machines are kept hum
ming by apt pupils.
But the hospital tent, after all, is
the chief center of interest in the
camp. One lesson, for instance, con-
sisted in demonstrations of how to
make bandage and how to dress and
bind an injury, and how to use a
broom in properly sweeping a floor
all being practical duties that fall to
army nurses.
Then there is drilling and more
march, lunch and supper in due time,
inspection of tents by regular army
officer and inspection of personal
equipment, just as in the army.
0. X. on Silk Pejamas.
The inspector who found pink bou-
doir slippers under the cots and pale
blue negligees and silken pajamas
draped over the cots, and here and
there a rainbow petticoat, merely
smiled and put his official 0. K. on it
all.
Finally comes taps, at ten o'clock,
and every light in the camp goes out,
and the tired, footsore young women
slip off into dreamland, where there
are no regulations of any sort.
For, while there may be cases of
Ieniency and an occasional overlook
ing of some minor infraction of the
camp rules, it is no pink tea affair, az
ter ALL Penalties are imposed for
such breaches of the regulations as
absence from classes, absence from
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-07-14
GOOD TIMES THAT ARE GONE

the old man'd get up and put his pants
on and take down the fiddle, and
they'd move the chairs and things out
and have a dance; stay up till all
hours. and get home about time to
feed the stock. All, dear they were
neighbors in those days
'And, even so, that didn't come up
to what he'd heard tell about of the.
heroic period OF this country, the ro-
mantle age, the log-cabin days, when.
they were all poor and struggling, but
happy in their poverty, when the
latchstring was always out, and they
would share their last pint of corn
meal with the wayfarer, not knowing
where the next was TO come from, but
sure they would make out somehow"
Uncle Zenas shakes his head doesn't
know what the country's coming to.
One wonders who could have listen
ed to the old-time circuit-riders when
they called not righteous, but sinners,
to repentance. Seemingly we have
lost Notwithstanding very pre-
cious.-Eugene Wood in the Century.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-07-14
IO1DGLADY zeooAzES ~

taps, unauthorized absence from camp,
INSTRUMENTATION and lack of personal
neatness or neatnSss of quarters, the
penalties running from reprimand to
dismissal. AS in regular army camp,
there is no tritiing permitted.
Every afternoon and evening there
are lectures, dealing with prepared
ness in some form. f. ID. Roosevelt,
assistant secretary of the navy, talked
on National Preparedness" at one of
these lectures. At another Nine.
SlavkO GrOuitch, a refugee, described
the horrors of the Serbian situation
and told How Women Can Help in
Preparing" John Barrett PanAmer-
lean authority, told of our relations
with Central and South American ma
tons, and what may be expected of
them in the event this nation becomes
involved in war. And so on. Experts
in various phases of national defense
tell the thousand young women at
Chevy Chase all about the many sides
of preparedness and how women can
help in times of stress.
Many widely-known women an
swered to first roll call at the Service
school. Missouri was represented by
Mrs. Genevieve Clark Thompson,
daughter of Speaker Champ Clark.
Mrs. Frank G. Odenheimer of Mary
land, president general of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy, was
there too. Every section of the coun-
try was represented, as a matter OF
fact, although the largest delegations
came from New York
When the president, in his address
to the students of the Service school,
said, God forbid that we should be
drawn into war;" and then added that
IL war came America would be found
ready to defend it's honor and in
tegrity, the young women of Chevy
Chase camp felt a patriotic thrill like
that which must have animated the
mothers of the Revolution and the he
role women of Civil war times.
Miss Elizabeth Elliott Poe, the COM
mandant, and Mrs. Vella Poe Wilson,
the adjutant of the camp, headed the
list of officers, which included those
of the two battalions and the two COM
panies which compose each battalion.
The camp was a complete success at
the end of the first week-so success
full that already plans are under way
for holding similar service schools at
Philadelphia, Savannah, Ga; San Di-
ego, Cal, and San Francisco. At San
Francisco the school will be open for
three months and one thousand wom-
en- will be instructed each month. The
Chevy Chase camp it may be predict
ed, is only the beginning of a great
national woman's movement for ma
tional defense.