The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-06
OF Interest to Women
BY winona Evan. Reeves.

Sometime when DIR. Scoville takes
as he expresses it, "a crack at the
society folks" and you applaud 1t.
wouldn't it be well to stop moment
and think just what you are ap-
plauding. Sometimes people talk IN
an impersonal sort Of way about
society" as IL it were made UP OF
some strange. extraordinary race of
men and women. There NAV be
places where society people are diff
| ferent, but 1t isn't the case here
abouts. We have quoted before the
old man who said. Whats society
anyway; it's only swappin' suppers."
The people who are able to do so and
who are Hospitality inclined and en-
| joy having their friends in their own
homes. keep up the round OF dinners
and luncheons and parties OF various
sorts which round of gaiety we call
society. Maybe the people who come
| into our minds when we speak OF
| society do live in big houses emu on
| pleasant streets and do ride in "uto-
mobiles and limousines, and, who Of
all the people. who enjoy the knock
at society folks, wouldn't live in
fine house and ride in a limousine if
he could.
If the money came honestly, what
is particularly wrong about it, and
wouldn't everyone enjoy all these
good things if it were possible. The
men who stand back of the very best
interests of this city, and the women
our local charities and our Y. W. c.
a, and Y. NJ C. A. and who by
giving their time and thought ad-
minister the agencies of public well
fare. are society people. They belong
to the local churches and every min
lister knows that some of the most
useful men and women, and some of
the most helpful in every way belong
to this so-called society class. They
are only plain men and women with
the kindest hearts and best impulses,
and added to that. they may have
the good fortune Of money. As to
the sort Of persons whom Mr.. SEQ
vile describes as making up society
as he has known it, Of that sort we
have no knowledge here.
The following appeared in last
tioin of the New York Times and re-
fers to Miss Cornelia Meigs of whose
literary work we are all very proud:
Mrs. Lewis P. Newberry-Can you
tell me anything Of Cornelia Meigs,
author of The Kingdom Of the Wind
ing Road a book for children re-
Gently published by the Macmillan
company? / cannot find that she has
ever had any other book published.
Would like to know where she lives"
Miss Cornelia Meigs is native of
Rock Island, H., but has lived nearly
all her life in Keokuk, Iowa. She
was educated at Bryn Mawr college,
and was graduated from that college
as a member of the class Of 1907.
She spent few summers OF her
childhood in New England. Her first
book, 1.-The Kingdom Of the Winding
Road is a collection of fairy tales.
1t was published about year ago.
Her second book, The Steadfast
Princess" recently published by the
Macmillan company, is a child's play,
and won the prize of 800 offered by
Kate Oglebay, national chairman of
junior work of the Drama league of
America. for the best play for chill
dren submitted in 1915. The COM
mittee charged with the awarding of
the prize selected the play sent in
by Miss Meigs as the winner out of
hundreds of manuscripts submitted.
In Philadelphia, Quaker week was
celebrated last week in the old meet
ing house on Arch street. The OBJ
jest was to call to the minds of the
younger generation, the simplicity of
manner and dress and mode of life
which characterized the first Phila-
delphians A few years ago Iowa had
many hundreds of Quakers living in
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