The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-07

Moines and was feature and editorial
writer for the Capital and Register
and Leader He is now editorial
writer for the Iowa Homestead and
contributes to many magazines.
Miss Fletcher read the following
autobiography and asked the club
members to guess the author. The
prolonged applause which always
greets this Iowa author when he rises
to act as POSTMASTER, greeted this
autobiography Of Edward Fountain
Carter:
Born in Keokuk one night at 11:40
O'Clock. Am partly educated. Am vac
cinated Am married. Too old to go
to war, but intensely patriotic, having
planted flag in the front yard and
two beans in the back yard. Never
operated upon, therefore still in pos
session Of all my faculties and util1-
ties. Was baptized in church when
six months old and have been to
church but three times since. Am
very trusting, having spent many
dollar for preparations guaranteed 10
make hair grow, but am still bald.
Not in favor of equal rights for WON
en- I know they ought to have three
fourths the best of it, or even more.
Have a sweet tenor voice and am re-
spected by my neighbors because
never use it. Am vegetarian, but
very fond of cats and dogs.
When I was born, the nurse said:
"Ah what beautiful child but she
was being paid SO per day for just
such remarks.
1t cost me the price of several bush
oJr - ntotN nd a
climb onto the Keokuk authors shelf,
for half the people who ordered my
| first and only book, refused to pay for
lit after reading, rightly accusing me
Of attempting to obtain money under
false pretense Thus I had to figure
on how to pay printers bill OF
1929 .O6, with only $4,000 cash.
haven't figured it out yet and am com
PEELED to leave town every time the
grand jury meets. Authorizing, as
found it, is far from a grand sweet
song. It's more like a water-soaked
Victrola record. The only comfort
| find in my great career as an author.
! is in the VOW 1 made never to, do IT
again. That keeps me cheerful and
hopeful-also keeps others in the
same way. ;.
Mrs. Brownel1 spoke of the writ
ings of DR.. George Wilkinson Of Oma-
! ha, the son of Mrs. M. Wilkinson. He
was born at the Wilkinson home, 1928
| High street and attended the Tor
renee school as child. He was
graduated from the university OF
| Pennsylvania and took post graduate
work in London, Vienna and Berlin.
| He is editor of The Omaha Clinic and
the number of his publications is re-
markable for a man active profession
ally as DR.. Wilkinson is. Among his
writings are: What is Whiskey? the
Anatomy of Melancholy, The Singing
Voice, The Superman, the latter sugE
gested by the war. He wrote, Helen
Keller. a Modern Miracle, Why the
Dogmatic, The Psychology Of Billy
Sunday and a score of other publica-
lions suggested by live, present day
problems.
i Francis Perry Elliott.
Mrs. WINS spoke of Francis Perry
ENiott and OF the pride keoKuK mas
in the fact that he is a resident OF
this city. He lived in the south as
q youth and was a teacher by PROBES
sion, for a number of years. he was
head master at the Castle at Terry
town on the Hudson and 1t was while
The was q teacher at Belmont college
that he met his wife, Winifred Payne
a Keokuk girl who went there to
school. Mr.. Elliott was a magazine
editor for number OF years. His
first book was The Magic Ring. Later
he wrote The Haunted Pajamas and
Pals First All of his books have had
a large sale and recently Pals First
has been dramatized and very sue
cessfully presented.
4 Mrs. Rubidge toasted Mrs. Virginia
Wilcox WINS, author Of Pen Pictures
of Early Western Days, who was pres
ent at the lr.lcheon. Mrs. Rubidge
toasted Mrs. WINS as a mother ano
as friend as well as literary won
an. who has made real contribution
to history in her book of pioneer days
in America 1t needs no prospective
of time for Keokuk to appreciate Mrs
WINS personally or to see the value
of her literary work.
Mrs. Diver spoke Of Mrs. N. Gray
Bartlett who has written number o.
books for children and who has by
her artistic photography, ILLUSTRATED
|Mother Goose and other children's
books.
That all Of this material regarding
Keokuk authors was SO easily acces
sible to the women who arranged the
program is due to the months OF hare
work which DR.. Barr gave to gathel
the books written by Keokuk people
and place them in a section in the
public library, q feature OF much 10