Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-25
PARCHED CORN.

burlington Hawk Eye
The youngS ters of 1916 must have
ell manner of delicacies when they get
together for a party or a social even
ing. There must be candies and sweets
Of other kinds and ice cream and fruit
and cake and ever so much other stuff
all of which may and may not be good
for the little folks.
Some of the older folk recall parties
out in the country or in some ot the
very small towns forty odd years ago!
Boys in rough boots and girls in very
little finery would meet and they prob
ably met in the kitchen and there the
red checked youngsters played their
games and they had the, happiest kind
Of evening, and there were no heart
aches because some had better clothes
than others. There were few of the
youngsters who had apparel that was
intended for any other purpose than
that of wear. and as these little parties
generally took place during the WIN
ter. the only object that parents had
when clothing their youngsters was
that they keep them warm. -
II was not customary to serve any,
thing a these gatherings. The young
folk were supposed to have eaten at
home, and no doubt they did and while
the variety was not great. the food
was wholesome and there was plenty.
II, on rare occasions. some little extra
treat was to be enjoyed, it frequently
consisted of parched corn. Not pop.
corn. but common horse corn parched,
in skillet, so much the better and
little salt added. And then those
healthy happy youngsters munched
that parched corn and it tasted better
to them than all their deiicacies taste
to the majority of the children Of 1915.
And what is also TO the point. a child
with bad teeth was a rarity In those
days. The vast majority had perfect
teeth. To-day little one Is scarcely
out OF the cradle before ii needs the
services Of a dentist.
How the youngsters of today would
turn up their noses at those party
gatherings of forty and more years
ago Imagine the disgust which would
show on every face, if a treat OF
parched corn were offered.
And yet, how these Youngsters would
benefit from such life and such treats
as parched corn.
THE WET PLAN DISCLOSED. ~
lDes Moines Registerl
Mr.. +. J. Donohoe, proprietor of
the Vest hotel in Sioux City, operated
bar for twelve years and believes in
real temperance.
According to him, the saloon ques-
ton is the Invest issue in the state,
in proof of which he sites the recent
rr1,a oil nd -, IL,
for putting real temperance into eff
feet
The Sioux City idea of real tenn
perance, as expressed By Mr.. Dono-
hoe is the return Of booze via the
cafe and dining room. That mon
strosity, the mulCt law, must not be
permitted again upon the statute
books, but a gentlemanly arrangement
should be made whereby people who
want their drinks could procure them
in cafes and dining rooms which
should be hedged around with the
proper RESTRICTIONS
Moreover. Mr.. Donohoe believes
such a plan could be enacted into law
in Iowa.
He has been talking with promi-
nent men in politics. and they have
led him to believe that the program
could be adopted
Is ii too much to say that the
Sioux City hotel man and keeper of
high toned bar has released the
feline from the burlap receptacle?
He speaks. not as relic of the old
liquor dealers crowd. but as friend
Of real temperance, who is DESTROYS
OF doing something to improve condi-
uons in the state, although, as he ad-
mitted to his fellow hotel keepers at
the Omaha convention where this adj
dress was delivered, he was moved
somewhat by financial considerations
Turn to his address in another
column Of this page. to the last para
graph, and note how modest Mr..
Donohoe is in claiming credit for his
temperance plan. 1t would be pre-
sumptuous on his part to outline il.
he says, except that he received
such solid approval from prominent
men in politics"
The Register can see how this tenn
perance substitute for prohibition
will take care Of the thirst of all the
fellows, their wives, mothers, sisters,
sweethearts and chance acquaintance
who patronize the cafes and dining
rooms, but it is comparatively small
section Of the population which can
afford to spill its booze in cafes and
dining rooms.
How about the laboring man?
Where does he come in under the
Sioux City plan Of real temperance?
Does he remain under prohibition?
Or is liquor to be sold over the
lunch counter as well as upon the
damask linen?
There is no need. of course. to argue
the merits Of the Sioux City temper
ance program. The state has had ex-
perence with it in hotels and cafes
and can decide whether 1t desires
again to extend debauchery to women,
while as for the laboring mans club
II the laboring man is not omitted
from the plant is merely choice
whether ne gets a free lunch with his
tx<h,a ~ %rao hoa,o b{s lunch