The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-01

ing Of Belgium merits all the sym
2athy and aid which 1t has received
but that It's fate fulfilled the declara
ton that "the sins of the fathers
shall be visited upon the children.
King Leopold of Belgium had the
children in the rubber districts OF
the Congo, mutilated by cutting Off
their hands. Hundreds Of Belgian
babies today have no hands. Bel
GUM manufactured more cham
paign and wine than any other coun-
try of Europe. The German soldiers
were melted to do some of the bar
berous things they did because they
were drunk with champaign.
She said one of the saddest things
in this war is the military spirit
among the women. The women of any
nation engaged in this war would
fight shoulder to shoulder with the
men if they were allowed to do so. The
Legion Of Death made up Of Russian
women has won for i.self honor and
showed finer spirit than the regi-
ments of Russian men. Many women,
no one knows how many, are fighting
in the German trenches. In Kansas
City there is station for recruiting
women for the war if necessary. IN
Springfield, Mo-, there is company of
women training for military service.
She umerated some of the bepefits
which this war has already brought
about national prohibition in Russia,
the Russian revolution, national pro-
hibition In France, UNIVERSAL suffrage
in France, national prohibition in Italy
and Rumania, national prohibition in
Canada and woman suffrage in many
provinces. In America we have partial
prohibition and unless all signs of the
times are false we shall have national
prohibition here. That political equal
ity OF women will come as a result OF
the work women have done is fore
gone conclusion. While women have
for ages constituted most of the
church and while they have been the
great force for morality and purity,
they have been the great bulwark for
the integrity of the. home-none of
these things carried to the male mind
conviction Of their equality. Only
when they proved that they were able
physically to do the work of the men
did some of them see the light. If out
of this war come these reforms, the
overthrow Of aristocracy and the es-
tablishment of democracy. it is worth
while. She closed by saying that
America is the hope of the world, If
we lose our vision, the world is lost
for equality and democracy.
The Rivals Last Night.
The Cambridge Players appeared in
Sheridan's "The Rivals" last night be
fore big crowd at the tent The play
ers, four in number, acquitted them.
selves in good fashion considering the
difficulties of having no scenery, and
CT having to double in the parts. They
gave prelude in the afternoon.
Tonight closes the chautauqua with
concert by the Castellncci Boston
Marine band The band gave a pro-
gram this afternoon, as we'll.
Plan for 1918 chautauqua.
Last evening at the chautauqua tent
an appeal was made for the support OF
chautauqua next year and about
guaranteeing the chautauqua to the ex.
tent OF $40 each. In addition to this
there were quite number who sub,
year.
At the conclusion Of the program
the guarantors met and named Ed s.
Lotion, H. G. Brown, H. l.. Beach, c.
E. Durgee, A. w. HUDSON, DR.. Reid,
Superintendent Aldrich and w. c.
Howell as an executive committee
with power to fill vacancies or enlarge
the committee for the purpose Of or
ganizing and contracting for next sea-
sons chautauqua.