The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04

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/ This country has spent over five
million dollars for music this year
| But next year we should at least get
an income tax from the musicians.
| John Nagle of Keokuk, was a Nau.
VOC business visitor Tuesday OF this
week.
Nauvoo ministers ought to proclaim
one Sunday in November as Purity
Sunday" The purpose Of Purity
| Sunday" Is to arouse a sentiment for
better sex education among the
young In order to present the spread
OF immortality. Just how this Purity
Sunday" is to be observed, what Is
to be its program, along what lines
and to what extent the enlightment
| is to be flashed are details with
! which we know not. But everybody
knows that campaign of such edl'
cation as such a proclamation Is more
easily urged than waged. The sin
certify of the men and women who
could be induced to- go behind this
purity educational movement is not
open TO question. Their common
sense and wisdom would be the Ell
feet. it seems to us, of system OF
sex education for the young would pc
| to farm out to professional coaches
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ment OF children. Many believe there
are some duties which the home can
not turn over to any other institution
of any kind. The supervision and
direction Of children's morals is one
OF them. The innocence OF the child,
or, rather, his ignorance of matters
sexual is probably overestimated.
Moreover, morality is not confined
to this province. Correct deport-
ment here is only detail, Of course,
but it cannot be secured il other de-
tails have been neglected. The work
OF bringing up clear-minded boys and
girls is a long and intimate work. 1t
begins before the age of sex awaken
ing. 1t practically begins at the
cradle, and the real doing OF 1t calls
for vigilance, earnestness and clean
minded living on the part of the pa
rents. 1t is a work that canont De
done by declarations or proclamat1ons,
by statistics of horror, or by emo
tional perorations. Purity is not pro-
fessional; it is personal Children
are not SO much timber Of the state.
They are the next generation, Inherit
ing much or little by way OF instincts,
but, generally speaking, equipped
we'll or badly by the moral energy
OF lueTlld Ol luSAl poA SAAto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Laubersheimer
and child will soon leave for Tulsa,
Oklahoma, where Earl will be en-
ployed in his brother-in-law's Oil
fields. Earl is one of Nauvoo's in
dustrious and most splendid young
men and we wish him success IN
his new field OF labor.
One Of Nauvoo's saloonkeepers has
got in bad by breaking the laws gov
erning dram shops. He is accused OF
providing booze to shut OFFS" and
his case will come before Carthage
court.
Two Of our young men became in
volved in a quarrel over a young
lady, both, it seems, being smitten
with her charms, and they agreed to
repair to the outskirts Of Nauvoo's
city limits and settle their difficulties,
in Jackson-J effries style. The rounds
only lasted one inning and resulted
in a beautifully discolored eye to
one of them and now the defeated
one will have to tie his horse in
front of the residence Of some other
sweet damsel.
A Nauvoo young couple, so report
has it, will be married on the plat
form at Keokuk's fall festival this
week.
Keokuk this week is in festal array.
The air pillows with bunting. Color
ed lights add to the splendor of the
nights. But these things are mater
ial matters. There is something in
the spirit of the crowds on the streets
that may not be described, but which
cannot be ignored. Even while btsi-
ness drives on as usual, and the
wheels of commerce turn with grind
ing creak against the rail, the holiday
mood is over it all. Work becomes
play. A common enthusiasm has
touched every one. II is good for
people in city the size Of Keokuk
to forget work once a year in the
pleas ures Of play and invite the peo-
pie in surrounding towns and country
to visit the dam city and entertain
them with the best attractions that
money can buy Over half If not all
of Nauvoo's population is going down
to Keokuk's festival this week to be
entertained.
Speaking of the weather, was ever
a brand like this made in Germany
We are speaking of the weather at
the present writing.
The people in Nauvoo will be glad
to learn that Miss Loretta Argast,
the charming little lady who is con-
fined in st. Josephs hospital in Keo-
lzlk. is now on the road to recovery
since the difficult operation she un-
derwent there some days ago. 1t is
now believed Miss Loretta will be
brought home entirely restored to her
usual good health.
Nauvoo is awful quiet this week
on account of Keokuk's fall festival.
Nauvoo's Ladies' Industrial so
ciety's harvest social occurs on Fri
day and Saturday of next week in
our opera house.
Mrs. Fred Tanner has gone to Okla
homa City, Oklahoma, to visit her
son, Fred and family.
Mrs. Evans and daughter OF Peoria,
are visiting at the Fred Tanner
home in Nauvoo
Here's hoping Keokuk will have
fine weather all week.