The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-20

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the standard of a town which Rupert
Hughes depicted in his story of the
| gift horse, to a city Of the future.
Let our slogan be Nothing too big
for keokuk,' and let all of us get be-
hind that slogan" he said.
The Scrap Heap.
Rev. F. B. McAllister was intro
duced and he spoke on the subject,
The Scrap Heap of Modernism
Rev. McAllister said that things were
changing and had been changing rap
Idly and that in many ways these
changes were to be praised rather
than regretted. Race prejudice, the
| idea that man was the only being
with brains enough to vote, the old
school system, the old business meth
DDS and business systems were some
Of the things which were thrown into
the scrap heap and which would not
be missed. There were some ideals.
however, which were like pure gold.
and which we were casting into the
scrap heap regardless of their value.
| The first Of these was the old home.
Where do you see it?" was the
speakers challenge. Some of the
| things which threaten the home. he
said. were the clubs, the social CEN
tiers and such institutions. The young
people went out Of the home to have
their good times. The home is the
basis OF our civilization, the speaker
declared and he issued warning
! against breaking this anchor.
| The purity Of former days Is gone,
the speaker declared. and he pointed
to the scenes Of the summer resort,
the social centers, as proof. He ask
ed about the loss Of influence of the
mother. and made a plea that the
children be taught by the mothers
life rather than to learn them from
the lips Of street toughs.
That our national honor will not be
besmirched from without. but from
within. was the warning Of the speak
err. He appealed to the U. c. rs to
help restore some Of these ideals,
which seem to have gone to the scrap
heap.
The Guest Of Honor.
J. E. Townend Of Cedar Rapids,
grand counselor, was next introduced.
His topic was "F'raternalism." He
spoke Of the bond Of fellow feeling
among the members and of the in
fuence which they could exert. He
spoke of the tenets Of the order, and
of the foundation on which 1t is built
"Fraternalism is the compound es-
sence Of all that Is good In life." the
speaker said. He spoke OF the men,
bership OF the order. which is "A 900.
and of the work that the order does in
observing the trust Of the departed
members In caring for their widows
and children
You can't do better than to Join
the Four Hundred Mr.. Townsend
said. and then explained that he
meant Keokuk council No. 400. He
said they were a bunch OF friends
and live bunch Of men and he ex-
pected that when they came to Mus
catine they would take honors over
all OF the other councils. IL they con-
tinued as they we're striving now.
McManus Urges Peace.
The future congressman from the
first district, Whenever that district
decides to go democratic, was the way
that POSTMASTER Mcfarland intro !
duced Edward " McManus, who had !
for his topic THE Travelling Man"
Travelling men. according to Mr.. !
McManus, are the Invest men in the
world and are a peculiarly American |
institution. They believe that the /
only way to get business is to go /
after 1t. The personal element Is |
their creed, and they do not walk
along any primrose paths. They |
earn their salaries riding on trains. t
Mr.. MeManus prophesied great