The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-20
OF Interest to Women
By wInona Evans Reeves.

II BY Winona Evans Reeves.
Here is a French mans advice to
a sammie about worry and the war;
You are either drafted or you are
not drafted. II you are not drafted
| why worry?
If you are drafted. you arc either
exempted or you are not exempted.
II you are exempted, why worry?
II you are not exempted, you are
either sent to the front or you stay
in the rear. If you stay in the rear,
why worry?
If you are sent to the front, you are
either wounded or you are not wound
ed If you are not wounded, why
| worry?
II you are wounded. you either re-
cover OF you die. II you recover.
why worry? II you die YOU can't
worry.
It is amazing how many words Of
two syllables are mispronounced. Not
great while ago at luncheon there
was q discussion as to the pronuncia.
ton OF certain every day words.
One guest produced a paper bearing
on 1t q sketch in which many OF these
often Inexperienced words are used.
Try this for yourself and with the
aid OF the dictionary see how many
of the words you accent correctly:
Doctor Phil Ossify, who has charge
OF the adult classes after recess, was
engaged In research Of a gold and
copper alloy. such as you would not
find In q retail jewelry annex. He
nil 70 die.
count any previous effort, when along
came q trombone and cornet-a stu
dent duet. playing In horrible dis
cord on the adverse side of Diamond
alley. He called in his allies, the
instructor In finance, and the house.
hold science matron, who was pre-
pairing a watermelon dessert. To
them he began to retail his woes and
to seek from them the redress of his
tormentors. Whereupon all three
began to pelt the musicians with the
refuse of the watermelon.
There is a peculiar custom in tho
navy which has been followed since
the early days of sailing vessels.
Any sailor having a grievance, or
any sailor under arrest could receive
hearing from the captain IL at a
certain hour Of the day he took his
position beside the main mast.
| There is now no longer main
mast on the battleships. but standing
| in the center of the deck where the
main mast used to be, the tackles
have hearing as in court, the
captain acting as judge. This court
is called holding mast"
| Some times we are inclined to be a
little impatient with old people who
| ramble in their talk. was reading
story the other day in which an
old woman justified this habit in
this way: Some folks might say
my mind was a failin, but II you
ever get as old as I am. child, you'll
understand. A young person amt
got much to remember and he can
start out and tell a strong tale with
out any trouble. But an old woman
like me-every name hear starts
up some recollection or another and
that keeps me a goin' first to one
side of the road and then the other,
and l can't seem to finish my story
One OF the books most read Just
now is MY Four Years in Germany
written by James w. Gerard, our last
minister to Germany. Most people
have the impression that the crown
prince is q weakling but Gerard de.
scribes him as an agreeable man, a
sharp observer and the possessor OF
intellectual attainments of no mean
order. Speaking Of the ability Of the
Georman people to endure hardships,
he cites the thirty years war from
1913 to 1913, at the end of which
Germany was almost desert. Its
population had fallen from twenty
millions to four millions.
Near, the end Of the book the auth
or tells of society which had for
its object the scattering of literature
to foster hate against the United
States of America. This society was
called the League of Truth, one of
the principal supporters Of which
was man named Stoddard, who had
made a fortune by giving travel talks
in America, and who had retired to
his handsome villa in Austria. He
issued q pamphlet entitled, What
Shall We do With Wilson," which
was scattered broadcast.
Stoddards lectures are in almost
every library, both public and private
in this country.
Very recently there mas been adQeQ
to our public library Prairie Gold"
the book which was published by
the Iowa press and authors club,
Des Moines society. The book is sold
for the benefit of the Red Cross. Its
name Prairie Gold comes from the
yellow grains Of corn. Our Keokuk
author, Rupert Hughes, contributes a
poem. 1.-The Happiest Man in Ioway."
The book contains that beautiful
poem by Randall Parrish. "Your Lad
and My Lad" which has been quoted
about as much as any poem which the
war has produced. James B. Weav-
er,s poem, "a Load OF Hay" is one
Of the best One Of the best prose
selections in the book is Kitchener's
Mob, by James Norman Hall, which
appeared several months ago in the
Atlantic. Every Iowan ough to read
the book for the sake OF knowing
80 nPPo