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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MARS FROM SPOTLIGHT
Miss Rankin, First Woman Member,
Center Of Interest on Opening Day.
Is @Here as Representative"

1t was with pain and establishment
that Mars, the grizzled war god, found
himself thrust aside today when he
peered into the House of Representa-
tives The brightest of metaphorical
spotlights had been reserved for the old
gentleman He started to clank toward
it when young person in yellow robes
inserted a determined elbow into his
ribs, 1uuttered a brief Beg pardon and
thrust herself into the very center of
the calcium.
Gosh" remarked the old war god,
with pronounced Prussian accent; this
is my Congress. young woman
Nobody, for the time, paid any heed
to his plants For it happened to be
also the Congress Of her of the yellow
robes. Her name was f. DUAL Fran
chise.
"U-boats," hleated Mars. trying to
gain at least the outer circle of the spot
light. The golden lady shrugged. In
vasion,' the war god continued, Ger
-spies-army-
jeanette Rankin" retorted the golden
lady. beaming And she fingered in the
limelight for a long while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Capt. and Mrs. Richard B. Creecy had
as their guest over the week end at
their quarters at the marine barracks
their nephew, Mr. EItinge F. Reifsnider
of Westminster, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

The Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
returned to Washington yesterday,
and are at their apartment al the Will
lard. The Vice President has recover
ed from the indisposition which inter-
fered with the enjoyment of his short
holiday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

There We're many interested specta-
tors in the galleries at the Capitol this
morning for the opening of one of the
in many a day. In the pew reserved
for the guests of the Speaker was
group not only deeply interested in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Mrs. Robert J. Walker, wife Of En-
sign Walker, has recovered from her
illness of the winter and has Joined
her mother, Mira William II. Walker, at
Asheville, N C., where she will remain
until Ensign walker returns 1rnm 80
duty later In the sprinR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

The Chinese minister and Mrs. Well
ington Koo. after spending several
days at Philadelphia. have gone to At
lontic City for short visit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Mrs. William F. Dennis and Mrs
Charles N. Riker, who have been spend
ing several days at New York, have
returned to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

A luncheon for Miss Elizabeth Shell
ley was given by Mrs. Joseph r. Darl-
ing today. Miss Shelley has recently re-
turned from Serbia, where for two
years she was engaged in relief work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. McConihe
will have as their guest for several
days Miss Elizabeth Samuel of Phila-
delphia, whose marriage to DR.. George
n. Poulieff, first secretary of the Bull
garian legation, takes place on April
26. Miss Samuel will reach Washing
ton tomorrow.
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"Here as Representative"

I'm here not as woman. but as
representative she smiled yesterday
when some such questions were asked.
Favorite sons of many sorts have come
from various states. This favorite daugh-
ter of Montana proved a bitter disap-
pointment to every one except her well
wishers No brass band blared her ar
rival in the National Capital yesterday
Unconvoyed by even a fleet of ukuleles.
she went noiselessly to the House office
building.
Dark blue cloth suit. pale pink waist,
black straw hat, black oxfords - her
clothes were in excellent taste. They
were not of masculine cut. One glance at
her served to discredit the red hair story.
in it. and she doesn't care. She has a
twinkle.
pretty girls who had come bravely
through the Rankin campaign in their
native state. We're busy with a tremendous
heap of letters in office 332. All the cranks
in the United States had written the one
woman congressman advice or for advice
They wanted war, and they wanted peace
and they wanted jobs and they wanted
seeds But the secretaries had found time
to put vase filed with narcissus on the
window sin, and on the desk another vase
overtopped by long-Iegged red roses. And
they were wishing their lady boss would
come when the door opened.
"Jeannette ~ they cried, as one woman
L.; ln,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Senator and Mrs. Hoke Smith. who
returned to Washington yesterday from
a short visit to Atlanta, will be Joined
the latter part of the week by their
son-in-law and daughter, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Aston Simpson, and Hoke Smith
Simpson, who will be their guests for
several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Capt. T. s. Mumford u S. A., of Balti-
more has sent out invitations for the
marriage of his daughter, Miss Jane
Jarvis Mumford, and Mr.. Harry Grant
Pearson, for Tuesday, April 10, at l
o'clock, in Emmanuel Chapel, Cathedral
and Read streets, Baltimore. A break
fast will follow at 1904 North Calvert
street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02
New Chapter Opened.

There are plenty of congressman
whose welcome to the very first Ameri-
can congresswoman Is not more than
lukewarm But even those who feel that
the sanctity of the dome has been pol
luted by feminism had to admit today
that when the lady from Montana took
the oath of office, a brand-new chapter
opened in that extraordinary volume en-
titled United States History
The fact that this young woman
thirty-three years is young nowadays,
isn't it-had been made a congressman
on her first entrance into politics; had
defeated six men for the nomination,
and overtopped the second-best candi-
date by 1000 votes had been elected on
the republican ticket by the votes or a
lot of men, in addition to those Of a
lot of women-thiS composite fact may
be a step forward or a slide backward.
But 1t doesn't alter the further fact
that Representative Rankin isn't at all
what every one knew she was going
to he.
She doesn't siggle. There is no
haughtiness in her system. She has
neglected to become mannish. And she
is not unattractive.
Somebody whose wish was father to the
announcement rumored that she had red
hair It's false-the rumor. She hasn
red hair nor the temperament of which II
is a symptom. She does not intend to
make the men wear their coats all the
time Congress is in session. II the neat
of the day or of the argument suggests
another course. Nor will she try to make
the House stop smoking cigarettes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

Representative Rankin. who enters
today upon her duties as a member OF
the lower house of Congress. was inc
anest NJ honor at a breakfast given
by the Women's Suffrage Association at
the Shoreham. The breakfast was
served at O'Clock, SO as not to inter
fere with the late engagements OF the
new member. Mrs. Champ Clark was
among the guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-02

DIR. E. Lester Jones, director of the
United States coast survey, and Mrs.
Jones will be hosts at a large dinner
this evening at Rauscher's, followed by
a reception. in honor of DR.. and Mrs.
w. L. Finley of Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Edward H. Gheen and Miss Mary
Gheen, who have been spending the
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week end at Atlantic City. will return
to Washington tomorrow.

Miss Helen Taft will arrive at Wash
ington on Thursday to be the guest
over Easter of Miss Sophie Johnston.
Owing to the death of Mrs. Charles
Hopkins of Hudson, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Lockwood, jr.. have recall
ed their dinner invitations for We'd
nesday, April IS.
DR.. and Mrs. William Gerry Morgan
have as their guests their daughters,
Miss Myra Morgan and Miss Ruth Nor
gan. and Miss Helen Dodge of Boston
and Miss Elizabeth Armstrong of Shell
byville. KY. who are here for their
spring vacation. Miss Ruth Morgan
and Miss Dodge will return to West
over. their school near Middleburg,
Conn.,, tomorrow. and on Friday Miss
Morgan and Miss Armstrong will go to
New York and to West Point on Satur-
day to attend the hop, returning to
Dobbs Ferry on the following Tues
day.
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Miss Dorothy Thomson-~eN osl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10
FIRST AID IN PREPAREDNESS.

National defense is a big business and 1t is
quite right that congress and the various execu-
tive departments should make it big business,
in proceeding carefully to provide for all its
details But while our preparedness is to be
made against any aggression Of our rights now
and in the future, the immediate situation
which confronts us is our protest against the
use Germany is making of her submarines.
Here is not only destruction of lives and prop
erty that threatens civilized conduct of the
world 8 business, but direct thrust at our par
ticular national business welfare; our own sea
commerce is blockaded. 1t is perfectly logical
that our first measure of national defense
should be made against the German submarine
commerce destruction and that these measures
should command the utmost of energy and re-
sources.
Germany declares she is using her subma-
rines to prey upon world commerce because she
will starve if she does not do this If then she
is forced to withdraw from this use of subma-
rines or if she cannot use them to effect the
blockade she must make absolute enough to
starve England in order to succeed in her pur-
pose, it seems inevitable that she must seek
peace again and this time in compliant mood.
So far as Germany is concerned a check on her
submarine campaign would seem to be a suff-
cient defense of any menace she might make
against our immediate future But such a
check is needed now and the means for it must
be quickly provided to be of use. The presi-
dent and the navy department might we'll con-
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of bending all efforts to-
ward equipping and manning conveys and mer-
chant fleets to fight off submarines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10
WHY FARMERS KEEP AUTOS,

It is natural, when one studies the situation,
that the farmers of the country should now be
buying half the automobiles that are on the
market. Aside from the fact that the farmer
has had year of exceptional prosperity and
that the distance he travels makes some We
hicle an economic necessity, he is in better
position to keep automobile at a minimum
expense than is the city man. In the first
place, he is likely to be something Of machin-
list and will do a good deal Of his own repair
work, being forced by his distance from town
to rely ON his own resources. Then he is likely
to have barn a shed already built, and will
be put to no expense for the building or rent
of garage. Whenever he goes anywhere he
saves time that is an asset In his business. If
he is wise, possession of the automobile en-
ables him to reduce the number of his horses
sufficiently to pay for the gasoline his machine
consumes. The city man has no such offsets,
End unless he uses his car in his business he
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10
TODAY,S BIT OF VERSE

CAPTAIN OF NY seHt.'9Ez
Out OF the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole.
! thank whatever gods may be.
For my uncomfortable soul.
In the fell clutch OF circumstances.
/ have not WINGED nor cried aloud,
Under the bludgeonings OF chance
My head is bloody, yet unbowed.
Beyond this place OF wrath and tears.
Looms but the horror of the shade.
And yet the menace Of the years
Finds, and shall find ma unafraid
It matters NOT how straight the gate.
How charged with punishments the scroll.
] the Master Of my fate;
am the Captain Of my soul.
William Ernest Henley.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

FINN is all in the way You look at things.
There's lot more happiness in giving than
in getting; yet most people are SO busy try
ing to get things for themselves that they
never find it out-William Johnston.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10
must figure on clear added expense. But ~
every case the pleasure derived by the city man
in his use of an automobile is well worth that
added expense.
WAR FORCED UPON Us.

! No representative American has wanted Wal
with Germany if it could be avoided. we
want no new territory, no advantage over oth-
er nations, and there is very little Of that senti
ment here which was voiced by the PrusslaI
crown prince when he wished for = q jolly HUE
war; We have nothing in the way OF trace
or markets to gain by war; We have citizens
Of every racial stock within our borders. we
have shown no preference for any natlonaii.s
and no prejudice against any Caucasian STRAIN
Fof blood A mans man for a that with us
We Judge him by what he IS, by WhaI 10
stands for, by what he does.
But while we have not wanted war, we are,
through no act of our own, at war with one OF
the greatest powers on earth. It makes no Gil
ference what softer names we call II by, .hc
murder of our citizens and the assertion OF ih-
tention to murder them is nothing else but war.
So far it has been a one-sided war, for we have
murdered no one, sunk no ships, committed no
Illegal acts. But the time has come When
criminal acts against rs must cease or BE re
sisted by force of arms, twelve little United
States senator's to the contrary notwlthstandi
ing
Undeniably. war has been forced upon u.s.
Militarism is a wild beast loose in the world
which is tusking and tearing us for nothing
we have done except our refusal to tight IT'S
enemies Civilization is going to round up tins
beast now and end its power for evil, and Y
events shall force us to do our part we snail
be doing no more than this mighty republic
founded for the promotion and protection OF
human freedom ought to do.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

school $3.50. Morning worship 0:45.
THE vital and Essential Elements OF
the Christian Faith r. p. s.. g. =
6: 20. Evening worship 1880, The
Problem Of Socialism.
Swedish Methodist church. Twelfth
and Concert streets. F.. j. Swanson.
Ipastor-Sunday school at $3.50 a. M.
and league meeting at 10:45 g. M.
No service In the evening. The pas
tor is at Meirose. Bible study We'd
nesday evening,
Pilgrim Rest Baptist church. cor
ner Fourteenth and Exchange street.
Rev. J. H. Helm. pastor. Residence.
1919 Bank street.-Sunday school at
7:45 p. m. Morning subject, The
Honor OF Being Z Christian" Bible
class at p. m. The pastor viii
attend each service.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
726-T2S. Main street. second floor
Services at 10:45 q M. subject
Man" Sunday school at 9:45 q. m;
Wednesday evening meeting at :45.
Reading room. same address. open
every afternoon except Sunday from
$3.50 to $3.50.
Second Presbyterian church, Reid
and G streets. Pastor. ]. G. Hughes.
Park street Church scleeel a::SSo 3
m. Rock Hall Mission school 2:3O p
m. Young peoples meeting, $50 p, m.
Preaching services, 10:45 r. m. and
1880 p. M Prayer meeting ,Wednes.
day. 1880 p, m
Unitarian church. Services at
self Betrayal Sunday school at
Has a. m.
The United Presbyterian church,
Blondeau and Ninth streets. II. B.
McElree, PROFESSIONALLY school at
$3.50 a. M. Morning service at 10:45.
Evening service at 1880. Y. P. q. U.
at $3.50 p, m.
st. Johns church eEpiscopal)
Fourth and Concert streets. Rev. John
c. Sage. rector. Third Sunday in
Lent. Holy communion s a. m. Sun
day school, 9:45 a, m. Morning serv-
ice and sermon by the rector. II q. m.
Sunday evening at Ct Johns 7:46
p. m.
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
church, Twelfth and Morgan street.
Rev. s. G. Franzen, tor.-Morn-
ing service at 1890; evening service
g : !? go; Sunday school AZ 800 p. m.
st. Mary, the Virgin, High and Four
teenth street. John G. Sage, priest in
charge. Sunday school, 2:15 p. m.
Evening service 8 p. m.
D =
st. Luke's Chapel (EpiscopaD Rev.
John C.. Sage. priest In charge.
Deaconess Smith, Sunday school su-
.perintendent. Sunday school p. m.
st. Andrews. Mooar. Rev. John c.
Sage, priest In charge Sunday school
2:3O p. N. Evening prayer and I'D
dress, 3 p. N
St Peters Catholic church. Rev. J,
w Gillespie. pastor. Masses. Sis,
1880. 900 and 1880 :. m-
st. Mary's Catholic church. Rev.
George G. Giglinger. pastor. Masses
500 a. m. and 1900 = M. Sunday
school at 8 O'Clock.
st. Francis de Sales, Rev. J.. NJ.
Dunnion, pastor.-Masses 500 q. m.
and 10000 a. m. Sunday school at
o'clock.
Killed His Aged Mother.
BOSTON, March 10.-Miohael Han
n,aot t,;z 7e nd rYanthoY ]
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

would as my arms looked SO bad
Then seeing Cuticura Soap and ONT
nent advertised wrote for free SAM
DIE. I bought more, and was healed.
fSigned) James H. McManaway, li3i
ST. Louis Ave, Ease St Louis, ILL.,,
Aug. IL, 1916. :.
Cuticura Soap TO cleanse, purify and
beautify. Cuticura Ointment to soften,
soothe and heal, ;. are ideal for everyday
toilet purposes
For Free sample Each b Return
Mail. address postcard: "Cutieufa,
Dept. r, Boston" Sold everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

Killed His Aged Mother.
BOSTON, March 10-Miohael Han
nigan, SO, beat his rs year old mother
to death with chair today at their
home IN RoxtuFy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

Several food dealers have been indicted by
the New York county grand jury. The public
will be released on payment of costs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

st. Mary's Catholic church. Rev.
George G.. Giglinger. pastor. Masses
500 a. m. and 1900 = M. Sunday
school at 3 O'Clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10
YOUR GARDEN.

A leisurely investigation by the federal gov
eminent and a general vail from the hard
dressed consumer will not Immediately drag
down the soaring prices of foods IN this coun-
try The government may even fail to safe
guard the consumer against such robbery IN the
future; the cost Of living has been high before
and the governments half hearted attempts at
a remedy have come to nothing But at least
the consumer will do this he will try his own
hand at filing the market basket if he has the
opportunity.
Opportunity, in this particular, is repre-
scented by space for garden. This is gong 70
be great garden year. Both commercial gar
dening and home gardening are going to take
brace this spring. It has been reckoned that
an ordinary garden at home yields one thous-
and per cent. of profit. At the present prices
of vegetables, the profit may be as high as
ten thousand per cent.
And the gardening is going to be more care
fully done. They whose garden was pastlme
or an experiment feel more earnest, this time.
lit means something that nickel's worth of
seed will produce hundred or more cabbages;
the term is used relatively-no one has to eat
cabbage, the vegetables easily grown at home
an almost unlimited variety.
Successful gardens have been made in a
snace three feet square. Here in Keokuk a
good-sized back yard is no luxury. Thrift
hardly comes natural to the American house
! holder but he is learning rapidly.
| A manual on gardening has been published
| by the agricultural extension department of
Iowa State college, containing general garden
information, and special instruction on raising
tomatoes, potatoes, beans, popcorn, cabbage
and onions. Although designed for boys and
! girls especially it contains just the information
/ that anyone interested in starting a garden
needs to know 1t may be had free upon appli-
cation to the department at Ames.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

St Francis de Sales. Rev. J. NJ.
Dunnion, pastor.-Masses 500 q. m.
and 10000 a. m. Sunday school at 8
o'clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

The season is wearing forward all right, but
it is still too early to think of putting the rub
Der plant on the front porch.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

John D. Rockefeller has given six thousand
acres of land in New York state to his son, and
gasoline quotations are watched anxously.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

eve are provincials no longer" said Mr..
Wilson. But he wasn't looking at the twelve
little senators when he said it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

irritating them they became
larger and finally became
one large eruption, or q
number of eruptions which
had a yellowish look. |
work around intense heat
so that they burned and
itched. all the time and !
scratched. l was ashamed
to wash when the other men
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10
Suffered With
Burning PiI1ples
For Two Years On Arms and
Limbs. Became One Large Erup-
ton. Itehed All the Time. Healed
BY Cuticura. Costing $t.25.

IL suffered for almost two years with
pimples on my arms and limbs. They
were small and red to start with but by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

The congressional leak Investigation cost
fifty thousand dollars. The statement should
be sent to Tom Lawson with request to remit
promptly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

Senator Cummins' and Kenyon's hands are
up, but there are 99,999, 99s good Americans re-
naming.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

st. Peters Catholic church. Rev. J,
w Gillespie. pastor. Masses. e:15,
1880, 900 and 10: 80 .. IA.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

Deeds at Washington are few and farce be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

Always we need TO be intellectually independent Al
ways develop and stick to the habit OF thinking
for ourselves Always need TO guard against oen0
hypnotzed by prestige Of name title hank account
ponp.-H. Addington Bruce.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

First Congregational church, corner
Sixth and High, Rev. Frank G.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

st. Andrews, Mooar. Rev. John C
Sage, priest in charge. Sunday sch00
2:30 p. N. Evening prayer and ID
dress, 3 p. N
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-10

st. Paul's Evangelical church, Elev-
enth and Exchange streets A. G..
Ernst, pastor. Oculi Sunday. German
services 1890. Missionary services In
English at 1880 p. m, under the aus
pices Of the Y. P. s. Sunday school.
I9:15. Adult Bible classes for men and
women. Lenten services Wednesday
at 7:3O D. m