davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
Y. w. c. A Winters Activities VIII
Center About a Number of In
tersstlns Educational
Glasses.
PLANS ARE UNDER WAY
Definite Schedules viii be Announced
Later in the Week-Red Cross
Courses to be
Continued.

/ Educational classes will be made
a feature OF the winter activities OF
the Young Women's Christian asso-
citation. The board of directors, at
Ia special called meeting last night,
considered the plans for the years
activity Of the association. 1t was
4 decided that the educational features
were to be especially pushed during
| the fall and winter
Glasses will be given in Spanish
beginning and advanced French and
in business English. Other classes
for which there is call will be
organized. In this regard it may be
stated that if there is call for mill
tary and nursing French, classes
may be provided. While military
French may not appeal 10 the women,
there will be great need, especially
by the nurses aid, for first hand
knowledge of medical and nursing
terms, and sick room terms.
Repeat Nursing Course.
1t is planned TO continue the Red
Cross courses. The course in home
nursing VIII be repeated. since so
many failed to get into it last spring,
and this will be followed by dia-
tectics. Both of these courses fit
those who take them 10 be nurses
aids, and allows them 10 enlist in
hospital units attached to the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
club for the discussion OF cur
rent events is planned, and will con-
siuer the happenings in the foreign
countries, principally. so that any
who may go over for reconstruction
work after the war will have some
knowledge of conditions as they are
now
II is planned to improve the library
of the association, and the directors
are hoping that some good friend will
see that the Chicago papers are put
on the reading tables. Up to date
current magazines, also, are to be
taken.
The gymnasium classes will be
given as last year. with Miss Edna
c. George as instructor. A good
musician has been secured to play
for the classes.
Schedules in all of the educational
classes will be ready in a few days.
Y. w. c. A. Work at Camps.
Miss Martha Hornish read her re-
port on the Lake Geneva conference
She especially emphasized the war
work of the Y. W. c. A Hostess
houses are being constructed at the
environments where the mothers,
wives and friends of the soldiers
may come when they visit camp, and |
where the boys may meet them, and |
have opportunity for a visit with !
them. The mothers and wives and /!
sweethearts will find place. also, |
to stay while visiting the men
The kensingtons this year will be .
turned into knitting circles for the I
benefit Of the Red Cross.
Definite plans for the fruit showers /
which will be held in the first Of !
November In the shape of harvest
home picnic, were made
The report on the associations
part in the chautauqua was made
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
Local Observations

Sep. Bar Their. Wind v-,.|,,-
II ?. m.-3Q23 G. Sc Clasr
II T q. m.-3023 80 Sc rIeay
Mean temperature 18th, So.
Highest. IS
Lowest. A.
Lowest last night. IS.
FRED z GOSEwTSCp
Observer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

motorcycles and bicycles are he.
coming popular throughout Siam
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

curing surrender Of governmental
powers, otherwise Petrograd would |
fnG itself isolated from Moscow by
cutting OF all rail communications.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
SHARPSHOOTERS
GUARD PETROGRAD

'ronrlnred from PAGE I,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
Against kornilcn.

LONDON, Sept. IA wireless dis
patch received here late today from
Petrograd declared that the Ukrainian
parliament (Radal had formally de.
clred its disapproval of General KorniIs
offs count The news
was received with great satisfaction
here, inasmuch as Ukrania has been
heretofore largely against the provis-
ional government. Moreover, it is the
home Of the Don Cossacks, who form
the majority Of General Korniloff's re-
voting forces.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12

ooches wa eiso reDor-e5 IL 7be
New York Worries letter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-12
Fidelity to Government.

MUSCUW, sept lZ.-Lomplete
fidelity to the provisional govern
ment was pledged in resolutions
adopted today by the Moscow garri-
son, meeting in company with civic
and labor organizations.
The municipal council issued a
proclamation calling on all cities in
Russia to support Premier Kerensky
and the provisional leaders.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Cut the Ship In Two.

II was a passenger on one of the
old fashioned sailing steamers going
from London to Australia in 1883"
said traveller. 'In the Red sea we
ran plump into a vessel. and our boat
cut 1t entirely in two, SO neatly that it
might almost have been done with a
huge knife. We went clean through
her, and the men on the vessel struck
stepped from the two halves of that
ship on to our deck. The injured ves-
sci went down within few minutes
after it had been struck The thing
was so strange that when the captain
Of the vessel we had struck went back
to London an investigation was held,
and 1t was substantially proved that
the officers had with design got in the
immediate track of our vessel in order
to bring about collision in the hope
that they could collect insurance mon
ey. The captain and some of the off,
GERS were punished by Imprisonment" /"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
The Need of Change

We all, rich and poor alike, need to
be taken out of the routine and grind
Of our daily lives once IN awhile. We,
all Of us, are the better for psychic
change once in awhile, just as we are
the better for physical change Of air
and surroundings. A sluggish soul
needs stimulation just as much as a
sluggish liver. To feel, to appreciate.
to understand the beauty of nature
and of art is one Of the greatest gifts
that can be given to any one on his
way through life. l think a great ma
jority of us find it, with other gifts, in
our cradle, but too many of us either
do not grasp it or, as we grow up and
face the serious business of life, de-
hberately throw it overheard, looking
upon it as useless or even harmful bal
last in the stern and strenuous strug-
gle for success. This is a pity and a
great mistake, even from utilitarian
point of view. Just as the soil of agri-
cultural land requires rotation of crops
in order to produce the best results, so
does the soil of our inner being require
variety of treatment in order to re-
main vigorous and elastic and fertile
aud to enable us to produce the best
we are capable of.-Otto II. Kahn.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Why You Eat Food.

Nine-tenths of our food is eaten to
supply heat and energy The amount
Of heat and energy required by indi-
viduals is reckoned in calories. The
most accurate way to determine how
much food to buy for family is to
figure how many calories the members
require. Tables of food values with
directions for using them are published
by both national and state agricultural
departments. There are also simple
textbooks that explain clearly the use
fulness Of reckoning by calories.
These books are readily understood
after little study of them. When one
knows approximately how many calo-
ries each member of the family re-
quires and how many calories certain
amounts of food contain, one can set
tie with definite figures the old ques-
ton that used to be answered by
guesswOrk only. How much shall
buy y?'-Woman's Home Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Directions For Making
Green Tomato Pickle

Wash and slice without peeling one
peck of green tomatoes. Put these into
wide mouthed jar in layers, sprin-
king each layer well with salt. Let
stand overnight. In the morning drain
off all the liquid.
Prepare some spiced vinegar by TAX
ing one quart of vinegar, putting it into
a saucepan and suspending in it bag
containing one level tablespoonful Of
whole cloves, one level tablespoonful Of
whole allspice and one level tablespoon
full Of stick cinnamon
Bring to boil and boil one-half hour.
Chop up twenty-four medium sized on
ions and six bullnose peppers.
In a large porcelain kettle place
layer Of the sliced tomatoes, then lay
er Of onions. Sprinkle with black pep
per and add some of the chopped red
peppers. Pour over this some of the
spiced vinegar and continue this until
the material is used up. Press the mix
ture down and cover with vinegar
Cook until tender, but not too soft.
Empty into jar and cover well. This
will not spoil if kept in cool place. A
cupful of brown sugar added to this
will make sweet tomato pickle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
FUTURE OF THE HUMAN FOOT.
10 Man Destined to Lose His Toes In
the Course of lime?


That the human race is slowly evolv-
Ing toward condition of clubfooted-
ness is suggested by Dr. Truman Abbe
OF Washington in the Medical Record.
Dr. Able points to the horses hoOf
and its evolution from the five toed
foot of the prehistoric horse by the
dropping of one toe after another and
the consolidation Of the bones from
the knee down.
when we look at the human skele-
ton and compare the bone Of the tibia
and fbula and the digits beyond each
Of them," he continues, lit does not
take much imagination to see suggest
ed in the slender fibula and the dimin-
utive little toes an early stage in the
reduction process, which if carried
further would lead to a diminution of
the number of toes on mans foot
And he closes his article with these
words: eve come thus to the sugges-
ton Of clubfoot as tendency toward
the dropping of the post-axial digit
group of the lower limb. And this
dropping of digit group would seem
to be due to restricted development I'm
the central nervous system-a factor
that has been at work since before the
days of the five toed horse"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
The Crow Family,

The crow family. to which the rook
belongs, is placed by ornithologists at
the head of the bird world, as being
more highly organized than any other.
Linnaeus gave the post of honor to the
eagles because of their kingly quality
of rapacity. The eagles were then de-
throned in favor of the thrushes by
reason of the higher development Of
their vocal organs. but two great au-
thorities on ornithalogy. Professor Par
ker and Professor Newton, agreed in
assigning the highest place to the cor
vidae on account Of their wit and wis
dom.' their development of social hab
its. their "subrationaiity" and their
possession of larger brains in propor-
ton to the weight of the body than
those of any other birds
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
ORIGIN of a Postal Custom.

The steamship Oregon was lost off
Fire island on March IA, 1885, She
was rammeG by coastwise schooner.
remaining afloat for half an hour, a
time which made it possible to save
every person aboard. When her mail
was tished up and delivered the pieces
were stamped with a statement that
they had been in the wreck the first
instance of practice which is now
employed by direction of the interna
donal postal union. The credit for this
simple device. is believed to be due to
Edward NJ. Morgan, at that time in a
subordinate position in the New York
postoffice, who foresaw that a few
minutes work with a rubber stamT,
would forestall an infinitude of com
plaint.-New York Sun.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Inspiration
Miscellany
Value of a Home

A friend has written me in spirit Of
earnest protest concerning the real val
ue of home to an average family.
His point (Which I am glad to ac-
knowledge is an excellent one) is that
the home must be thought Of as some
thing more than a possible profit max
ing investment. Let me quote:
"Why should man expect his home
to make money for him? Does he ex-
pect his automobile to sell for as much
as he paid for 1t after he has used it
for years to give his family pleasure
and recreation?
Hardly. After five years if he can
get tenth of its cost he feels that he
is lucky.
Personally, don't see how 1 could
estimate the value Of my own home to
me and to my boy-especially to my
boy.
"That youngster has twenty hens and
room to keep them. During the cold
months of last winter we had fresh eggs
every day and sold for cents each all
that we did not use.
"In our home he has found room and
opportunity to build canoe. At any
time he likes he can go down in the
basement or into the back yard with
his tools and give his individuality full
sway.
"Isn't that a lot better than to have
him cooped up in an overheated fiat,
with nothing to do by Way of diversion
but go to the movies, play pool and
smoke cigarettes?"
Yes, it is!
He who buys home solely with the
idea of selling it at profit is as likely
to be disappointed as the buyer of any
thing else Of value.
Yet the one who buys with good judg-
ment will not often be disappointed,
even on the score Of possible money
profit in case of necessary sale.-John
M. Oskison in New York Globe.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
WARTIME SIGNALS.
A Clever Device That Was Used BY
the Ancient Romans.

the Ancient Romans.
In view Of the varied and scientific
signal methods used In modern war
fare u description of the ancient sig
mailing methods found in the writings
of Polybius will prove of interest.
This writer had observed the opera
tions of the Roman generals before tie
fall of Carthage In l46 B &. and says
they provided their signal stations with
earthenware vessels, exactly equal IN
all respects and fitted with cocks win, Ii
allowed the water to escape at lIle
same rate. They were carefully test
ed to make sure of the last require
ment. Corks of smaller diameter than
the vessel were foated in them. bear
ing rods. upon which were marked II;
distance of three fingers apart tie
simplest and most urgent military uieS
sages. They were used as follows:
The sending station raised torch
The receiving station, seeing ii. did
likewise. This was signal for boiii
stations to open the corks of their WA
ter jars When the rod at the sending
station had sunk so that the desired
message appeared at the edge of the
jar another torch was raised, and the
receiving station shut off it's cork and
read the message on the rod, marked
identically with that at the sending
station.-Detroit Free Press.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
MAN AND THE APES.
And the Anatomical Flaws In the
Theory of Evolution.


DR.. Mattoon NJ. Curtis, professor of
philosophy in Western Reserve univer-
sity, protests in a letter to Science
against the assertion. still common in
current scientific literature, that man
is descendant of the anthropoid apes.
He quotes Professor Duckworth. the
leading authority in this field. who
wrote in his "Molphology and Anthro-
pology:"
I'VE must conclude that the exist
ing anthropoid apes. constituted as
they now are. did not figure in the
ancestral history of man"
And he points out some of the fun
damental differences between man and
the apes. differences which defy any
theory of evolution to explain. Among
these differences are those in the form
of the skulls. the shape of the most
ancient skulls that have been found
being substantially the same as the
shape of the skulls of today
Professor Curtis pleads that sound
science and sound education be based
upon actual facts and such theories as
grow out of them rather than upon
mere SpeculatiOns.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Desperate.

Mr.. Smith (making a purchase for
Mrs. Smith. who has instructed him tc
get her pair of three and a half
shoes)-Let me see a pair of ladies'
SIS, wide.
Shopman (who knows the Smiths)-
Why. Mr.. Smith, your wife always or
ders 31a!
Mr.. Smith-My man, am not going
to suffer the tortures of the internal
regions every morning watching that
woman trying to get a bushel Of feet
into peck of shoes. l am going to
take her pair that will fit her.-Lon
don Answers.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
DON'T NEGLECT A FEVER.
Keep a Clinical Thermometer In the
Home and Use Ii.

Home and Use 1t.
Every home should have thermome-
ter in the household medicine closet
No family, especially where there are
children, should be without a thermom-
eter. The thermometer gives the cor
rect temperature Of the body whenever
it is necessary to find out what it
may be.
The beginning of an illness is shown
by the thermometer. When one is well
the normal temperature is 9S.6 degrees
Any rise in the temperature, especially
If It reaches 100 or 101 degrees, shows
there is fever, and a physician should
be called In to treat the condition and
find out the cause OF the fever.
Children and adults having temper.
ature of over 100 degrees should re-
main indoors and in bed. 1t is always
dangerous to go about the house or out
Of the house when there is any eleva-
ton Of the body temperature.
When one suffers from a cold there
may be a temperature Of 1O1 or even
1O2, and If one goes about the house or
out Of doors it is no uncommon thing
for him later on to find himself In bed
suffering from bronchitis or pneumo-
MIA, and death frequently results, and
all from neglecting to remain indoors
when having bad cold.
Buy clinical thermometer and use
it 1t may save you from severe ILL.,
ness by showing you that you require
the services Of physician.-Philadel
phia Record.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
WHALERs GET NO WAGES.
The Grow Divides Third Of the Prot.
its After Each Cruise.

tts Afeer Eacn Cruise.
The business principles of American
whaling are often mentioned as an ex-
cellent example of industrial co-opera-
ton.
A ship Is stocked and equipped by
the owners, and the profits of the cruise
are distributed in the ratio Of two
thirds to the capital invested and one
third to labor. No member of the
crew receives wages or guaranty of
any sort, but to each is allotted GER
tain share. termed the lay" of the net
results.
In general, the captains lay ranges
from a fifteenth to an eighth, accord
ing to his whaling record. The mate
and three lower officers. the four boat
steerers or harpoohers, the cooper
steward, cook, carpenter, seamen and
green hands receive proportionate
shares, and so down to the cabin boy,
whose lay is in the neighborhood of
one two-hundredth, called the long
lay"
Thus the profit of each individual de-
pends upon the success of the cruise.
Ships have sometimes failed to pay for
their fitting out. On the other hand.
the Onward of New Bedford once re-
turned with catch worth at the pre-
vailing prices $395,OOO, of which the
captains lay was $4,000 and t,.lt of
the least member Of the crew about
$2,OOO.-Argonaut.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Superiority of Goodness,

The darkness of the world is made
clear by the guiding light Of the souls
OF the heroes. do not give the name
"hero' to those who have triumphed
by infinite thought or by sheer physical
strength, but only to those made great
by goodness of heart. Beethoven wrote.
Il recognize no sign Of superiority in
mankind other than goodness" The
strong and pure Beethoven himself
hoped in the midEt of hrs sufferings
that his example would give help to
other unfortunate ones; = that the
unhappy being may he consoled in find
ing another as unfortunate as himself,
who, In face of all obstacles, has done
everything possible to become worthy
or the name man. ROMAN ROLAND.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
WHY IS A CATS TAIL7
Dess J Serve . Useful Purpose, Or 10
K Merely Ornamental7

"Otgty SEboHShs6ft
The question having arisen, why
does the cat have a tail?" the scientists
seem willing to answer 1t with another
question, "How would the cat look
without a tail?" No one can gainsay
the fact that the tail Is valuable orna-
ment The cat without one is sorry
sight. But there are those who main
tain that the tail serves the cat as
sort Of gyroscope, balancing the body
in leaping. says the Popular Science
Monthly.
This cannot be wholly true, for Manx
cats get along very well without tails
and rabbits have no use for them at
all Yet both the Manx cats and rab.
bits do lot Of leaping. After all, it
looks as If the tail is only an ornament
unless 1t is kind of safety valve for
expression in exciting times.
OF course there are instances where
the tail serves some purpose other than
that Of art. The monkey finds his use
ful as sort Of fifth leg; the horse uses
his as fly swatter, as does the lion;
the crocodile uses his for swimming, as
do the seal and the turtle and other
aquatic creatures, and the rattlesnake
uses his for warning enemies.
According to W. D. Matthews Of the
American Museum Of Natural History,
the tail was a necessary organ for the
aquatic and amphibious ancestors from
which the higher animals are descend
ed. When they took to terrestrial life
and to walking on all fours the tail be-
came more or less superhuous.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
High and Low Ground.

According to the measurements and
calculations made by the United States
geological survey, Delaware is the low
est state, its elevation above sea level
averaging only sixty feet. Colorado is
the highest, averaging $500 feet above
the sea, while Wyoming is close Sec
ond, only 100 feet lower than Colora-
do. In minimum elevation Florida and
Louisiana dispute second place after
Delaware, their average elevation be-
ing 100 feet for each Taking the Unit
ed States as whole, our country lies
slightly above the average elevation of
the land of the globe
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Wartime Bread.

Put cupful of cornmeal with ta-
blespoonful of salt into mixing bowl,
pour over enough boiling water to
moisten the mixture, but not to make a
batter. When cool add two tablespoon
fuls of sugar, two of melted lard or
butter, a cupful of milk, half cupful
Of water and two and half cupfuls Of
rye flour, five teaspoonfuls of baking
powder Beat we'll, place in a creased
loaf pan, smooth over the top with a
wet knife, put in warm place for
twenty minutes and bake in moderate
oven from fifty to sixty minutes.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Home Cookery
s.sw.d Chicken With Onions.

Dress. clean and cut In pieces two
chickens. Cook in small quantity OF
water with eighteen tiny young onions.
Remove the chicken to serving dish
as soon as tender and when the onions
are soft drain from stock and reduce
stock to one and half cupfuls. Make
a sauce of three tablespoonfuls Of but
ter. four tablespoonfuls Of -four. one
pint of stock and half cupful or
heavy cream: then add the yolks Of
three eggs, salt, pepper and lemon
juice to taste. Pour this sauce over the
chicken and onions.-Country Gentle
man.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Too Efficient.

"How is that efficiency expert max
Ing out over in the place where you
work."
HE got the gate the very first day
he was there
"What was the matter? Was he in
competent?''
mo; he was too darned competent.
He discovered that the boss was vast
Ing half of our time telling us things
that we knew better than he did,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Badly Expressed.

Mrs. Key was visiting some friends
and left the following card to her next
door neighbor: Dear Mrs. Garrison
Would you please put out little food
for the cat l have been feeding all
season! 1t will eat almost anything
But do not put yourself out."-Dalla$
News
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Good Example.

To admire what is admirable, to fol-
low what is noble, to remember any
such examples that have crossed our
earthly pilgrimage, that have bright
ened its darkness keeps alive be-
fore us the ideal Of human nature and
the essence Of the divine nature. The
good thoughts, the good deeds, the good
memories, Of those who have been the
salt and the light Of the earth do not
perish with departure. They live on
still, and those who have wrought them
live In them.-Dean Stanley.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-09-27
Stuffed Tomatoes.

Cut thin slice from the smooth end
of the tomatoes. Scoop out the pulp,
mix with an equal quantity of cold
cooked rice. macaroni or a few fine
breadcrumbs and mince of cold roast
beef or mutton. Add salt, pepper, but
ter and few drops of onion juice.
Refill tomato shells, cover with top
and bake one-half hour.