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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
WHICH ARE WET

A man refused to give anything to
the Red Cross yesterday. He said he
paid his bills and earned his living,
and that was enough to make a good
citizen of him.
But does such a man pay his bills
when he refuses to give anything to
the cause?
This man and his family were count
ed in the population Of the United
States. They are part Of the 100, 900, 900
who, at a dollar apiece, represent the
fund to be raised He was counted.
His 17-year- old son was counted. The
whole family was counted. The fund
is to be raised by the American people.
Somebody must pay for him and his
if he refuses to do it, for the fund is
to De raised. Someone must pay his
bill 70 humanity il he refuses to pay it.
for the humanity of the United States
Of America is going to see that bill
paid to the last dollar-and then some.
Another man in a country precinct
objected because upon religious con-
viction he is opposed to war. Another
began to speak about the administra-
ton. But nobody has yet learned the
religious denomination or the political
party Of the Good Samaritan. Perhaps
nobody has thought to ask. But the
Good Samaritan lives as the finest ex-
ample of religion ana citizenship in
history. ...... .: .s-- ...
Get down to the crux Of 1t. Forget
to argue. There's no argument. There's
no excuse to justify any one Of US
passing by a wounded man or refusing
to aid the suffering. Today we are
Samaritans or Levites.
Well, which are you2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

Well, after Billy Bunny had said
good by to Mrs. Cow he hoped across
the Pleasant Meadow till he came to
the Old Barn Yard. And as soon as
the Weathercock saw him You should
have heard him crow. Yes, Sireemam.
He crowed like q regular old fashioned
every-d day rooster, and thfS made all
the hens and chickens look up, and
then, of course, they saw Billy Bunny.
And they were so glad to see the little
rabbit they forgot to wonder how the
Weathercock could crow.
guess the only person who wasn't
glad to see little Billy Bunny was Mr..
Sharptooth Rat. He peeked out OF his
hole and scowled. but the little rabbit
didn't care. for nobody liked Mr.. Sharp
tooth Rat, anyway.
Well, by and by just as little Billy
Bunny was looking in Kenny Jenny's
nest to see what a lot of lovely eggs
she had. who should come along but
the Miller's Boy, and as soon as he saw
the little rabbit he gave yell and
tried to catch him. The chickens tried
to get in his way. and Cocky Docky
even tried to trip him up, but the Mil
ler's Boy didn't stumble bit No,
Stree! He almost caught Billy Bunny,
nut as ioIrs 40 ne is;d 1ns: re- al right.
altho he scared the little rabbit nearly
to death.
II the Millers Boy had had his gun
with him. or even his dog, I'm afraid
there would have been no more Billy
Bunny stories.
"Ohf pshawn said the MillerS Boy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
Billy Bunny and His Friends

as the little rabbit squeezed thru
hole in the henhouse and hoped away,
II should like to have caught that little
rabbit" then Cocky Docky began to
crow, he was 30 glad he hadn't
But Billy Bunny didn't stop for any
thing. He was too scared, and pretty
soon he found himself in the Friendly
Forest under the tree where Parson
Owl lived. 1t was long time since
Billy Bunny had seen the old gentle
man owl, SO he stopped and looked up
into the branches. But, OH dear me!
Instead of seeing the blinky- winky
friendly face Of old PEARSON Owl he saw
a pair Of yellow eyes and big red
mouth with sharp teets. And then
down from the tree jumped q wildcat
ana meowed in q dreadful way.
ooh. please, Mrs. Wildcat, let me
co. cried the little rabbit, and he
looked around for hollow stump to
hide in or q hole to crawl into, but
there wasn't anything like that in
cat and said, please don't bite mel
And then he opened his knapsack and
took out big, round doughnut. the
kind with a big hole inside, you know.
and gave it to the wildcat. Take Il
home to your wild kittens instead OF
me, won't you please, Mrs. WILDCAT ~
And would you believe 1t, she said she
would, for it pleased her to think that
little Billy Bunny would give her =.
doughnut for her kittens, for no one
else had ever done that before, you
See Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
Topics of the Times

Goo ana the Red Cross here, Mine
selluf und Cot" in Germany.
How quickly we all cease rag-chew-
ing on minor things when a really big
thing comes up.
Ford the manufacturer. stands q
chance to lose $4,000 employees by the
draft. But $4,000 applications for jobs
are on file. So there's something n
the minimum wage for Ford as well
as for his employees.
II a man can pass the life insurance
exam the chances are that he will be
able to get by the exemption board.
There's many a Ave- foot man who
can put many six-footer out Of bust
ness in the soo..aa: :ss:: game 60 endurance
and courage. Why not give him his
chance?
The colored workers on the pavinA
gangs at Algona are sending practical
''iy I'll their waxes home to their Tamil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
THE GREAT WHITE FACE.

Williamsburg Journal Tribunel
In the midst Of wars wild alarms.
we rise. in defense of good taste and
as an admirer of the beauty SO deli
cately put on by the cunning and skill
ed hand Of nature. to protest against
the lavish use OF that detestable thing
known in trade circles as face powder.
Go to church; attend the theater; min
gle with the happy throng out for a
picnic. and, which ever way you turn.
there meets your stare the female face
as white as chalk and as expression
less as countenance done in alabaster.
Age marks no limit for the foolish and
unbecoming custom. The girl in her
teens, with face that web might in
spire poets fancy or q painters
brush, is perambulating behind thick
veil Of flour that gives her visage the
appearance of a pan Of dough; the wo-
man Of twenty or thirty summers
spreads 1t on" with a mop. and the
women beyond thirty puts on the
white to such degree Of thickness
that the locker on is constrained to
believe that, in a fit of desperation.
she is endeavoring to wipe out or fill
up all traces Of those provoking little
wrinkles. to which Byron referred as
damned democrats"
This is surely The Age Of the Great
White Face, an age in which corrupt
or vitiated taste has about completely
exterminated that delightful variety 80
cunningly revealed when feminine faces
are permitted to wear the peculiar hue
or complexion put on by natures own
finger; 1t was not by within or accident
that different pigments we're implanted
in the human tissues Of the great white
aaa-ooss; !!scc::e e the snnrce 81 that won
drous variety Of compilations. tints Of
thousand shades and every shade har-
moniously blended with the individual
tint Of hair and eye. Nor 10 there any
Combination without its own peculiar
charm; the velvety skin OF the brun-
cite will be found to nicely match the
wealth Of hair above It and the eyes
like ash buds in the front Of March,
or glistening with the hue OF crystal
20 hazel. are always in accord with the
hue of skin and hair.
The old poet raved about the cheek
that glowed like Catharine peach,
the side that's next TO the sum-, but
had he lived today he would fall to
tvrttinx ti,emes aboN ting shcstly psi-
- -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

Tor Of the feminine compilations Undue
ed by dipping the face in pan OF
flour and then .swiping' it in circles
with the hands; from frontal bone 10
sternum it lies in sickly drifts-the
counterfeit plainly showing where the
paste thins down to nothing in the re-
gion of the lower neck To use the ex-
preston of the street, it's bad mess"
and bitterly emphasizes the unpleasant
fact that in this age of debauched
tastes. we are in the noon of what may
be justly termed The Era of the Great
White Face.
Give us back the cheek that nature
made: let il be tinted, let ii be
dark as that of Cleopatra, let it mock
the lily in its whiteness. let the hue
be monochrome or polychromatic-
these have their native charms and
some Of them will, in good time, take
the eye" that may now be yearning
for its coming. but Is now shrouded in
gloom when it looks abroad and sees
nothing but the ~irtr i"om OF the
Era of the Great White Face.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
WE INTEND TO HIT SEDITLON.
I(Harrol] Herald

The Herald considers the letter writ
ten the editor from Templeton as sedi-
tious. foul, reasonable and unworthy
of any person who has enjoyed the
protection of this government. inns
paper will handle that class of treason :
able towards without gloves, no matter
whether their names by Punkhus
Skunkous Stinkhouse or anything else
Had this fellow continued to live un-
der the flag Of the kaiser where he en- :
joyed far less advantages and priv
leses than he has under the stars ana
stripes how long does any one suppose
his seditious and audacious conducs
would be tolerated? We have no COM
promise to make with anybody who is
not unqualihedly and absolutely loyal
to the United States, and we are going
to show no consideration for any per-
son who speaks, writes or acts like
traitor. That's why we branded the
writer of the letter last week, and we
hope that the sting will sink deeper as
the war progresses. There is but one
side for a loyal citizen and that Is the
side of the United States, and against
the kaiser and kaiserism. Is there any
body else, now, who desires to write
the editor of this paper another such
trea liable letter?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
A BAD MECHANICAL COMBINATION.

Inventors and discoveries are q
crazy lot. Men get funny mechanical
notions. One man thinks he can solve
the mystery Of perpetual motion and
others seek to accomplish other impos-
siblities. But the craziest one among
all of them is the autoist who en-
beavers to mix gasolene and whisky
and make a success OF 1t.
If there is anything dangerous on
the highway in this day Of highway
dangers the combination of a powerful
auto and a drunken man stands at the
head. That he is dangerous to him
self is incidental He is a menace to
every human being on his route.
Generally he escapes thru that peculiar
natural mystery which seems to pro-
tect fools and drunken men.
driving an automobile while he is in
toricated He should be deprived OF
the privilege 70 uIiNS' 1uoSc AeiioN .
always manage to pay their fine. The
offense should bar them for period
of six months probation from operating
a car. A jail sentence might have its
effect but the quickest and surest way
to put the drunken man aside as a
highway menace is to take him away
from the wheel and keep him away
until he understands that he must stay
sober If he is to be permitted on the
roads and streets with a machine.
It's a mechanical impossibility. II
will not work that combination of a
powerful machine and drunken
driver.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
CONGRESS AND BOOZE
ICedar RAPIDS Gazette.1

In the congressional debates as to
whether the country could better at
ford to go without bread than beer
curing the later parts Of this strenuol IL
war period booze won. If things coms
to a show down and the people Of tho
United States are hard pressed as they
have been and are in Europe they still
will have their beer, whether they have
anything to eat or not
1t Is a coincidence that the day the
government came to its decision in
favor Of booze and against food was
the same day on which 10000, 900
young Americans registered to defend
this nation in the war, to sacrifice
their lives, II need be. on the battle
fields. The government demands the
supreme sacrifice from its young man
hood, but it withholds one of the most
important protective measures within
its power to enact, a measure that will
mean food In the mouths of soldiers as
they fight on foreign soil and food in
the mouths of the loved ones that are
left at home.
This is not question Of the rights
or wrongs Of prohibition. 1t Is a ques-
ton of good, hard common sense, as
applied to situation that Is going TO
tax the resources of the country as 1t
never has been taxed before. Every
will be called on to do its share.
Everything that weakens this national
strength weakens the cause, weakens
US in our fight against the enemy. AS
long as the booze business goes on I'M
hampered we are fighting a dread
enemy from within, as well as one
from without. Not only will the con-
sumption Of liquor herssAt home ham
per US IN our preparati3 for and pro-
secution Of the war by placing a han
dicap on those tremendous Industrial
processes on which we must depend
for munitions, etc; II will take from
the food supply billion bushels a
year Of grain, or thereabouts.
The action Of the government in re-
fusins to enforce prohibition during the
war indicates as could nothing else the
power Of special interests.
The three looming fignra1 In the fight
to save the liquor interests were Sena-
tors Stone and Reed and Secretary Of
Agriculture Houston. y
These men are from Missouri The
largest brewery in the United States
is located in Missouri Senator Reed
launched bitter attacks against Her
bert Hoover. food administrator, when
Hoover declared for prohibition as a
factor to conserve vast amounts Of
foodstuffs. Reed used to live in Iowa.
Iowa is dry. Had Reed lived in Iowa
today he might not have launched that
attack.
The special interests will have to be
kicked out Of Washington, bag and
tenacious, successful handling of war
that we have to win II democracy IS
to survive.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

lies, so the postoffice reports. But
suppose we had saloon under the
noses Of every paving gang?
Also little food control should be
exercised by those who are digging
their graves with their teeth"
An auto ought never to carry but
one tank and that for gasolene ex-
clusively.
A food speculator in the Anal analy-
sis comes mighty close to traitor
The interest on a Red Cross con-
tribution is many times that drawn on
a government bond-for the Red Cross
is human interest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
EAT LESS AND WALK MORE.
Simple Prescriptions is "a Great Peg
Restorer.

A man on the shady side Of forty
thought he was going into a decline.
He went to his physician, submitted
to thorough examinat ton and waited
the word which was to consign him to
the scrap heap.
This is what the doctor, who hap
pened TO be a modern physician, told
him stwo or three days later:
You eat too much, drink too much.
sit around too much and walk too lit
tie. / am going to put YOU on rigid
diet And I want you to walk
walk"
The man who thought he was going
into decline demurred at the doctors
suggestion of rigid diet. The diet
prescribed consisted Of milk-only milk.
And the man who saw visions OF the
scrap heap loved his "vittles." But he
decided to follow the doctors orders.
He stuck to the rigid diet.
And he made it a practice to walk
two miles to the office every morning
rain or shine. The ease with which he
acquired scorn for the street car after
a week or two astonished him.
At the end Of a week of dieting
and walking, this man began to look
upon life with different eyes. His
work, which had been burden, be-
gan to assume an attractive glow. At
the end Of two weeks. with a modi-
fled but still skinny diet, and more
walking, he began to catch himself in
the act Of running up the stairs instead
Of dragging himself up by main force.
At the end of four weeks of this treat
ment. without taking drop Of medi
cine or single pill. he felt as II ten
years had rolled off his shoulders.
Most Of the Twentieth century hab-
its" have to do with the stomach In
some languages piece Of basic phil
osophy has been crystallized, like a
fly in amber, in the homely phrase, u
have the heartache." when stomachache
is meant.
The importance Of the stomach has
been recognized by the earliest law
givers and thinkers Of the human race
Moses put, the children of Israel on a
diet. Mohammed put the Arabs on a
diet
Business and professional America
ought to go on diet-and stay there
for a while.
Nature is the greatest of all physi-
clans Give nature chance. Don't
overload your stomach with too much
food Don't overwork your liver and
your kidneys by too much drink-and
sometimes very little drink is too much
Eat less. Walk more. The results
will astonish you.-New York Mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
TALKING OUT IN MEETIN'


1t is interesting to note that. in pro-
portion to population, Lisbon bought
but a little over $40 worth of liberty
bonds per person and that Marion did
likewise Lisbon. has long boosted OF
the fact that she has more money than
any other town in the county, while
Marion has boosted Of being exceed
ingly patriotic as well as being well to
do. Mount Vernon subscribed for $40
per capita for bonds. as did Walker
Springville did even better, subscrib-
ing for nearly $50 per capita. Cedar
Rapids averaged about $25 per capita.
In the face Of these figures 1t will be
difficult to make other communities
believe that Lisbon and Marion are not
slackers, and ii will take more than
parades and speeches to make the evil
dence conclusive.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

their efforts to rob right and left. The
coal in the ground does not in reality
belong to q man or set of men. 1t
belongs to the public and all that the
so-called owners own Is the right to
serve the public and that at reason :
able profits to themselves.
II the barons will get a few funda-
mental facts like these into their
heads 1t will save their heads from be-
ing smashed. In time of necessity
the public is not going to be imposed
upon by barons, whether such by
birth in Europe or by assumptions and
absorptions and pretensions in tho
United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

New York.-Wall street paused in it's
rush to watch the red arrow on the
thermometer in front of the Bankers
Trust building take its first upward
jump in the big Red Cross campaign
to raise s1O0, 200, 900 in one week thru
out the country. The arrow went up
to the $10,O00,00O mark, hesitated an
instant, then slowly crept up to the
margin line just above, indicating that
little more than $11,000O00 in con-
tributlons and special Red Cross cor
poration dividends had been received
in one day. the first Of the campaign.
The Thermometer was designed to
furnish an accurate record Of the pro-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
Ripping Rhymes
d WALT MAsos
THE sPEEGHMAKE1.

They call upon me, now and then,
to make speech on this or that: I
rise before my feilowmen, and shoot
some wisdom thru my hat. A glow OF
pleasure most men feel when they hand
out profound remarks, for every fellow
likes to spiel. as every dog enjoys his
barks. And ten men out OF every nine,
60 on and on, they like it SO. till pal
sie6 ilearefs wilt and pine and wish
they had some eggs to throw. When !
begin I note the clock, which has all
time at its command: keep on squint-
ing AZ / talk, and mark the moving
minute hard. watch the clock with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
Iona Newspapers
"FAUGH A BA1ILAGH."


Seven young Irish Americans, all
sons of Dennis McTigue of Palo Alto
county, registered in one township in
that county on registration day. An
other son, old enough to enlist, was
not old enough to register. The Nc
Tigue family formerly resided in Sac
county. The Emm etsburg Democrat
declares that it is not likely that any
other family in the country can equal
the McTigue record
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
OF YANKEE

This photograph depicts one Of the
scenes attending the depositing Of the
American and Canadian ;hags in st.
Paul's cathedral, London. Walter H.
Page and Mrs. Page, the American am
Dassatior and his wife. were among
those at ST. Paul's cathedral when the
colors of the American legion Of the
Canadian expeditionary force were
dedicated. The colors were handed by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
BATTLEFLAGS

Mrs. Page to Canon Alexander ana
Archdeacon Holmes. After they had
been laid on the altar they were car
ried in the procession. and hung in the
north transept At the conclusion OF
the services a verse OF The Star-Span-
eled Banner was sung, followed by the
British national anthem. The picture
shows members Of the American legion
with the colors on the steps Of st.
Pauls cathedral.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
FIFTY MILLIONS A MONTH.

The opponents Of food control legis-
lation in congress will have great dini-
Guilty in repairing the damage to
their entertainments made by Herbert
c. Hoover's bomb exploded in their
lines the other day when he said that
speculation in food has cost the Amer
lean people 100000 a month dur
ing the last five months.
And Mr.. Hoover's statement. one Is
inclined to believe, is ultra conserva
tive.
There are a hundred million people
in this country.
Has food cost each person, on the
average, so cents more month re-
Gently? If it has, there is the $780,
600 900 accounted for.
The increased cost Of food for each
person in the average family has oeen
more than so cents a month. The
average price during the last five
months, most people will say, has been
greater than that.
The producer is not getting all OF
this increase. A large part Of it has
been taken by spectators simply be-
cause there was no curb on the spec
| ulation.
| 1t ought to be evident TO congress-
that something not only ought to be
rome but must be done, and that, toe
| quickly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

to rise and thrash the issues Of the day,
for people know am too wise to keep
4 till they are gray. They know
/ always watch the clock, and when
the proper hour has come. grab my
hat and take a walk. and seal my Hps
with chewing gum. az;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
Masonic Meetings

I" vlsitsrs always welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. F. q
A. M.-Special communication. WORE
in First degree Thursday, June Il. :: ~
ID. m. John W. Wells, secretary; W.
H. Steiner, w. M.
sIoNET CHAPTER, Ne. SO, r. A. NJ
Special convocation Monday evening
June rs. at 1880 o'clock. Royal Areh
degree. Carl Shaffner, H. P; John "
Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No 90 R. & S. NJ. Mon
day, July Is, p. m. Regular business
]. T. Forbes, Recorder: George Greg
DRY. I. NJ
SPECIAL coNcLAVE, St. Aldemar
| Conmandery, No 80. X. T., Monoag,
July 2. 1880, for Illustrious Oroer OF
the Red Cross. I. 7. Forbes, recorder
| H c. Mueller, commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. E.
Especial meeting for initiation Wed
nesday. June 20 at p. m. Mrs. George
Downing, secretary; Mrs. J. E. Fred
Prick. w. n.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Story City Herald says that
Iowa rivers have again begun to take
their summer toll Of human lives.
Somehow or other, the less man
knows about swimming, the more fool
hardy risks he takes in the swollen
streams"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-23

IF this be Dictatorship, then make
the most of it." says the Hampton
Chronicle. THE people would rather
have a food controller whom they can
reach and who is working for their
good than be under the dominion Of
food pirates who work in the dark and
for themselves alone"