The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-02
PLAYING THE GAME.

Important work lies before the men VINO are
to be in charge of the officers training camps
which will be opened in every army department
by May eight.
It takes time to make a good soldier, ana
even longer to make good officer Inc tralll-
ing camps will try to do in three months "haC
is necessary, and the work must be OF the lnten-
sve sort. There will be few moments OF re-
Taxation at the camps and the men who come
through the three months test successfully,
) while they still will have many things to learn
about the military game, will have proved that
they have the necessary basic qualities. How
ever it must be remembered that no man can
iabsorb in three months all the knowldge neces-
sarv to an officer He cannot learn IN thaC
time enough about the great human equatlon'
the successful solving of which is proof that d
7 man knows men, and that is an important thing
lin the education of one who is to exercise au-
II thority.
! The problems which will confront the men
!, at the camps and the men who are training
them will be many and difficult. 1t Will be up
Ito everybody connected with the movement TO
Iplay the game for all there is IN 1T.
| The dramatic reviewer Of the New York
Tribune says that now war is fact with us the
amusement public will demand the lightest
in the past seasons crop of farces the call OF
the market for such products; and his statement
finds confirmation throughout the country,
even in the ''one-night stands like keokuk,
where the semi-nude and risque productions
have drawn the largest quota OF paying admir-
ers The argument as to public demand for the
frothy stuff of the stage is based on the need
! of mental relief from anxiety; for It's validity
lit will be necessary to be certain OF the preva-
lence of anxiety and of the relief which stage
farce offers to such mental strain There is
| lot of nonsense written about the stage IN war
time. But a human who regularly attends
each Of every season s performances is not SLOW
! to declare, despite the frown OF the hlghbrow
caused by the assertion, that the people who pay
go to the theatre to be amused, war or no war;
and not to be instructed
Keokuk has contributed large number OF
men to public and industrial life, not the least
among them being Howard Elliott, who gives
UP the presidency Of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad after nearly four years
of hard work, in which time he did much to i'm
prove this great transportation system. He /
has, as he says, been adjusting the affairs OF
the company and laying foundation upon
which to build. It is expected that for the /
present much of his time will be given to the /
work of the committee Of railroad presidents /
formed to cooperate with the council Of nation i
al defense. He is still in his prime, and prob I
ably no one will be surprised if at some time /
in the near future he returns to the field of L
active railroad management +
Congresswoman Rankin was urged by the
Hamilton, Mont, Chamber Of Commerce to |
support the army bill and stand by the pres-
dent firmly, even if she had to stand alone. /
This exhortation was wired her in response to l
her request for instructions in which she said |
that she chad heard Of no one in the house who !,
is supporting the presidents CONSUMPTION bill. -
In view of the protracted battle over the meas /
ure then on, her statement that she knew of no
one who supporting the measure was most
extraordinary to say the least, and the convic-
ton of some people that our first congresswom-
mis- ht we'll be the last has not lost ground /
since Representative Rankin has taken her seat. /,
The suggestion of Fire Commissioner Robert
Adamson Of New York City, forwarded to
Mayor Lotion, that fireworks be dispensed (.
with altogether this Fourth Of July probably Ii
will meet with general approval in Keokuk !
Events Of another character will sufficiently Ia
mark the holiday without recourse to pure
ly artificial method of showing patriotism and ID
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