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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
Lemons Whiten and
Beauty the Skin!
Make Cheap Lotion

The juice Of two fresh ,an.
strained into a bottle conts,nvl
three ounces of orchard white mal
whole quarter pint of the mos, y
markable lemon skin beautifier
about the cost one must nav q.
small jar Of the ordinary cold cresn
Care should be taken to strain AZ
lemon Juice through fine cloth '
no lemon pulp gets in, then ny
lotion will keep fresh for mo,.sa
Every woman knows that lemon ,nta
is used to bleach and remove sr.J
blemishes as freckles, sallowness ss1
tan, and is the ideal skin softans1
smoothener and beautifer.
Just try It! Make up a omar.
pint of this sweetly fragrant lens]
lotion and massage 1t daily into hi
face, neck, arms and hands 1t sbou']
naturally help to whiten, sottsS
freshen, and bring out the bidda1
roses and beauty of any skin. II i
wonderful for rough, red hands
Your druggists will sell thr.l
ounces of orchard white at little co,,
and any grocer will supply M
lemons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
WAR TAX AND THE PRICE BOOSTERS

The government tax will add cent less in
some cases little more to the cost of pound,
a peck, quart, yard ounce of certain
commodities. The consumer will be very will
ing to pay this, but what the producer, the mid
dleman and the retailer will seek to make him
pay remains to be seen. Judging from the past
and what is generally known of the way in
which business has come to be carried on in
this country, penny of added tax per meas
ure of the article bought will be used an eS-
cuse for mulcting the consumer out of five cents
more. If ever we needed two=and- a-half
cent COMA billion of them in circulation
that time has come. That would prevent the
long jump from one cent to five, though it prob
ably would be added to the price of many
articles the cost of which had increased by onl Y
a cent or a fraction thereof.
We shall hear every hand until we are
sick and tired of it how the war tax has pushed
up the prices of commodities, when the actual
contemplate fact will be that dealers and mid
dlemen have used the tax and the inconvenience
of making change in pennies as an excuse for
adding nickel to the price of articles which
cost them only penny more.
It is all wrong, and the moment the war tax
begins to be doubled on the consumers Of the
country they ought to speak out, in no uncer
tain tones and make it clear that dealers whose
disposition is to prey upon purchasers will not
be permitted in this national exigency to enrich
themselves at the public expense.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
HIS Bit.

HIS BIZ.
He stood at the teller's gilded gate;
Feeble he and old,
His coat was and his trousers frayed
And he shivered bit with the cold.
He shivered bit though the day warm,
For the blood in his veins thin,
And the passbook shook in the withered hand
That he slowly thrust within.
"It isn't much, but it's all have,
And it's every cent my own.
want that We shall take it all
For share in the nations loan.
Its all l have and it's cost me dear;
God knows how I've worked for it!
But I've heard the call and my answers here;
It's way l do my Bit
The old man fingered the parchment stiff
The bond for his hoard of gold.
pitiful sum 1t seemed, forsooth,
AS nations wealth is told.
light leaped up in his dim blue eyes
And his threadbare shoulders squared
There was strength of pride in his very step
AS into the street he Jared.
And who shall belittle that old mans bit?
There is can surpass his all.
He gave of the strength of his longlost youth
When he answered the nations call.
And the heart of PARROT beat beneath
That coat that i'll of fit.
Have you of your competence done much?
Have you answered and done your btu?
Thornton w. Burgess, of the Vigilantes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

Union Theological seminary hal
just disposed of a recalcitrant ord
fessor, DR.. Thomas G. Hall, son y
noted New York preacher. oh
Halls bump Of offensiveness consist
ed of pro-German activities both Oh
this side of the water and in GeI
many, where he spent most of hid
time since the war began. Absencd
from this country at this timd
enabled him to escape prosecution al
confederate of German agents ID
New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
he unnecessary expenses are Gu,

the unnecessary expenses are cu,l
tailed.
The duties of the American Rel
Cross are primarily to relieve h1
suffering and restore to health AMI
strength the sick and wounded-]
vital part in winning the presepl
war. 1t represents the heart Of tbl
American people. The officers of hid
society should cut out such foolish
expenditure of money as referred n
in this article, and get down to real
business.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
A Queer Case in EnoIand.

ut seems time indeed that a decid-
ed stand We're made against the in
creasing tendency to claim shelter of
religion in order to insure the avoid
ance of the ordinary obligations of
citizenship. The papers recently con-
tanned details Of the remarkable case
in which a man. claiming to be the
minister of religious denomination
of his own invention, appealed against
conviction for being an absentee I'M
der the military service act. The ap-
pellant appeared to be the minister Of
small body Of peculiar people, who,
not satisfied by attaching themselves
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
coming from Dixie in the matter Of en-
listing or drafting the negro.

Sioux City journal: The idea OF
the allies was to see II the German &C.
cent could not be dispensed with in
the Greek spoken in the royal palace.
Perry Chief: e. T. Meredith has
won back lot OF friends he lost when
he was the unpopular candidate for
governor-or, rather, when he was
the candidate OF the unpopular party.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Iowa trap
shooters ask to be allowed to send
regiment to the war, expecting to get
in their best work Immediately after
the explosion of mines and while the
targets are in the air.
Sioux City Tribune: All terpsicho-
rean enthusiasts on the downhill side
Of SO will give approval to the action
of the dancing masters in retaining
the one-step and fox trot. Both OF
these dances are admirably adapted to
the concealment Of rheumatic limps.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

About the next grievance due for an airing is
that some person has gobbled up more than his
share of the Liberty loan bonds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

For the present brand of weather let us be
thankful-if it doesn't rain tonight. Attitude
and conditions are subject to change before
twelve O'Clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

Sioux City Journal: BY the time
the Japanese mission arrives the
novelty will have worn off, This in
itself will supply clear alibi for any
lukewarmness In the reception, There
is only one psychological moment. and
Godfather Joffre was lucky enough to
strike it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

Keosauqua Republican: So far we
have heard of no serious objections
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

Mason City GloheGazette: Some OF
the Russians think that democracy
means only four hours Of work and
plenty of vodka
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

An incessant watchfulness Of ones self and ones
thoushts cleanliness cearness, warneso against ndo
lence and prejudice careful truth habtua frankness fit
mes and steadfast work. these the daily fundamental
duties that everyone who truly to God will,
matter of before himseIf.-H. G. Wells.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
IOWA PRESS coMMEhr.

Des Moines Register: A thunder
storm in Washington the other day
made so much noise that congress was
to RECESS until the racket
abated. Which Bhows that congress
can't be the big noise in that town all
the time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

To every one according to his need from
every one according to his ability.-Louis
Blanc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19
THE NAME AND THE MAN.

The New York state court of appeals has de-
|cided that persons who desire for any reason to
|change their names may do SO as often as they
see fit and without asking permission of legis-
lature or court. If any person is dissatisfied
with his name, praenomen, cognomen, given
name, surname, nickname, or imagines that
he would like another better, all he has to do
lis to pick out some syllable combination, meli-
flous and distinctive, or some name of inspiring
associations and without formality of any kind
adopt it for his own This has always been
Idone by people of the under strata; occasional
|ly by individuals of the higher type
When freedom left the late Booker Wash
ington free to choose his name he chose the
best there was, and SO may any other man.
There is no reason therefore why anybody
should go through life with name that makes
him butt of ridicule or leads him to be eyed
askance as kinsman of some man of evil fame
Life has trouble enough without the handicap
of a misfit, belittling or milth- provoking name.
Many of our most distinguished men, including
three presidents and some vice presidents, have
made their given names over to suit themselves.
Thomas Woodrow Wilson dropped the Thomas.
Stephen Grover Cleveland excised the Stephen.
Hiram Ulysses Grant jettisoned the Hiram,
which was not then so famous as it is
today, and took on Simpson in honor of the
congressman who sent him to West Point. And
there was Henry Wilson whose surname was
Coolbaugh or something like that which he did
not like; and there is Champ Clark who was
James Beauchamp until that enterprising citi-
zen for whom he had been named did some
thing to bring the name into light esteem. The
list of men who have abandoned their patrony-
mics is long one and the wonder is on look
ing over a column of tax or marriage notices
that it is not longer still.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-19

The people of the Philippines are ready to
do their part in the war. The offer of force
of twenty-five thousand native troops for serv-
ice wherever they may be needed has been
made to President Wilson by Manuel Quezon
formerly delegate to congress- No less crafty
ing is Mr. Quezon's statement that there are no
slackers in the islands, where there are more
volunteers than can be used, and that the days
of unrest and dissatisfaction are over, The
president of the Philippine senate has been
sharp critic of American rule, but he knows
now, if he did not few years ago, that the
United States gave his people their opportun-
itv to make the most of themselves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

viii regulate all intermediary
steps OF distribution.
Relief OF the Northwest and
New England. threatened with coal
famine. will he among the first
steps undertaken.
a sharp reduction I'm prices TO
the American home IL expected
The navy department today IN pay.
Ing $3.50 at the mine for bitumi
nous coal. The rate OF 50 fixed hy
the coal operators voluntarily at
the conference with Secretary OF
the Interior Lane last June. Is
now admitted by operators to be
high.
Figures gathered by the federal
trade commission in its invostlga.
ton of coal costs showed that Il
was mined In many districts as
low as 30 cents a ton. Differing
costs with varying size OF veins
and mining conditions will be
taken into consideration in the fix.
ing OF prices to the consumer. The
president worked on the coal prob.
lem all day Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

slble for men to enlist by proyid.
ing for their families, and to do
all manner of little pleasant things
for Tommies at the front.
Se8.337 for Tobacco
Since the war began, the Over
Seas club, with its headquarters In
London. has given $i20.b20 to the
Red Cross. s35, 900 for the care of
war prisoners ses.337 TO the Bel.
gian tobacco fund. 10l airplanes TO
the air craft fund, and 4.646.560
packages of tobacco to men at the
front.
Mrs. Austin does not sit there
alone. There are always members
dropping In TO see how things are
going. For the enterprise Is new
here. having been started only five
weeks ago.
Yesterday. the chairman OF the
knitting committee OF the club was
there, and both she and Mrs. Aus
tin were at work on socks and
sweaters. The knitting lady" Is
Mrs. Gertrude Rowley.
Letter From Boy
Mrs. Rowloy had Just received a
letter from her ls-year.old boy. at
the front. He has been I'm the
trenches four months.
II think he must be somewhere
near vimy RIDGE" she said to Mira.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

That is the sort OF thing that
connects the little storeroom on
Westlake ave. with the far-away
lines In France.
Add 1a2 Members
Since the Seattle branch OF the
Overseas club was opened. lac
members have been placed upon
the roll. They contribute dues. and
special donations. The women
knit socks and jersies. and fill com.
fort bags with razors, knives,
tooth brushes. tooth paste, playing
cards. soap, cigarets and towels.
which are sent directly to base
hospitals.
I'VE send everything but a
prayer book" said Mrs. Austin yes
terday. For the praying is done
at home"
In order to swell the wool fund.-
which buys material for knitting.
the women OF the club are making
golf hose 10 be sold here. And the
profits from the sale of these will
go to buying more wool, for socks
for Tommies and Sammies.
Babes Save Pennies
Overseas babies In Seattle are
saving pennies for the club. in tin
banks made from condensed milk
cans. furnished by the Carnation
MIX Co. In this manner. children
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

the world over. have subscribed
100000 pennies for the wounded.
since the war began.
The Seattle branch is planning
10 raise funds by means of a
tumble" or superfluity sale. early
In September. Donated odds and
ends that people do not need any
longer will be sold. and the fund
turned over TO the general treasury
OF the association.
The members, however, have not
confined themselves to work for
Tommies In France alone. While
the companies of Washington sig
nal corps boys were modified at
the Armory, the club turned over
its quarters to them as dining
room. And some of the women
volunteered to wait on the table
whilo the signallers were there.
Send Cake and Jam
THAT is the sort of service Over
Seas members like" said Mrs.
Austin.
Besides knitted articles and com.
fort bags, these women are contin-
ually sending fruitcake, stuffed
dates and jam ''out to the trenches"
"They like jam. just so Il isn't
plum or apple" declared Mrs. Row
ley. "Gooseberry preserves was
the stock article in the Boer war.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

Austin. "Of course, he is not per
mitted to say where he Is fighting.
But this is what he writes:
I'VE have quarters In small
valley. Just alive with wild flowers
big. red peoples, clover and other
sorts that cannot place.
Hanging on the wall at the club
room is a picture Of this boy who
enlisted when he was II In the
Western Universities battalion. and
who writes to his mother about
the peoples that grow around his
dugout.
Finds Name In Sos
Mrs. Austin. who has no boys
at the front, had letter on the
table from Tommy she had meyer
seen. who found her name in the
toe OF pair of socks he had re-
celved from the club.
Dear Miss, Mrs. or Mr.. Joey
Austin" he wrote, 81 don't know
which In right. 80 | put them all
down | want TO thank you very
much for the socks ] received yes.
terday. They are Just what | need
cd for the trenches so | was awful
ly glad TO get them. Thanking YOU
once again. ! remain. your truly,
Private Ted Hamilton, G Co. ls5th
Cape Breton IIlghlanders. Canadian
Overseas Force"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20
COAL DICTATOR
TO CUT PRICES
TO THE HOMES

Ey United Pres. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o.-A
coal dictator will be named for
the United States by President
Wilson within "a hours, off.
Gals say.
Coal operators and officers
OF the United Mine Workers,
who asked the president 70
name q committee OF three TO
execute the Pomerene coal
amendment to the food bill,
were told that q dictator, with
sole responsibility and not a
committee was the favored
plan.
The presidents choice for this
tremendous power is not known
Robert s. Lovett, priority head OF
the war industries board and
chairman of the Union Pacific ~
X. directorate, Is favored by the
coal operators. Commissioner w
b. Colver, OF the federal trade
commission. is wanted by the coal
miners.
Under the food law, the coal con
troller will fix prices from the
mine to the consumers bin and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

Plum and apple jam are the
staples now. And the soldiers are
awfully tired of It,"
There are other services that the
overseas people do. One man has
donated 50 month to the organiza-
ton, and has offered TO keep two
wounded soldiers on his ranch In
Sunnyside continuously, as long as
the war lasts.
Wounded Come Here
And the club rooms on Westlake
ave. have been made atrendezvous
for wounded Canadian soldiers who
come to Seattle. These are mostly
"out patients" from Resthaven hos
pital in Victoria, men who have
not been discharged fromhduty. but
who are not yet able toTeturn TO
active service. But not many of
these reach Seattle. says Mrs.
Austin.
The officers of the local branch
are Bernard Pelly, honorary presi.
dent; II. o. Pattison, president,
Herbert r. Blogg, treasurer, and
Mrs. j. NJ Austin. secretary,
And those Overseas folk seem to
have realized what some Ameri-
cans do not clearly see, the serious
ness of war and its meaning
namely. that patriotism Is not flag
waving. but service.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20
BY =. NJ. KERRY.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2o.-Ars
the legs Of Americans deoen-
srstino7 VIII the race resemble
penouins In few generations
because Of lack Of leg exercise,
Induced BY using automobiles
and street earsf
YES, says r. A. Vale. writ.
ing in Popular Science Month
~. after a careful study OF
American legs. Vale says the
American woman has neglect
ed herself so long her legs and
feet are suffering malforma-
tons. and there is no longer In
her leg the beauty of the classic
line.
NONSENSE" IA the com
ment OF Gladys LOTUS. Broad.
way dancer in the Ziegfeld Fol
lies company. reputed to have
the most perfect legs on the
stage today.
Wales conclusion that lack
OF exercise Is causing degener-
alton In the American woman's
feet and legs is absurd" she
declares. Exercise or lack of
exercise has nothing TO do with
beauty OF line in the human
figure. The Chinese women
have been binding their feet
for centuries. But a Chinese.
girl. brought up in this country.
whose feet are not bound in
infancy. has just as perfect feet
as any other girl.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20
HELPING TONNES WIN
Silent Service Performed by Women Here

Front line trenches seem far,
far away from Seattle, to most
people. Tho war is hazy,
awful picture, indistinct In the
distance, a thing hard to con-
eeive, unbelievable and remote.
But there Is one place In the
city where Vimy Ridge looms
close, and Lens 10 a real be-
lesguered city, and the boom
Of big guns Is not 30 unthlnk-
able, az elsewhere.
That place Ii the headquarter
,f the Overseas club, In a modes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

store building at 2010 Westlake
ave. The war earn
est sacrifice. service. loyalty to tho
cause, diligence-all this is vibrant
there. For the Overseas club Ia
made mp mostly OF British subjects,
and, after three years Of war. they
know. There is nothing dim about
the war picture~ to them.
The club room IL open between
noon and 8 o'clock, and during
these hours, Mrs. j. NJ. Austin, the
secretary, is there, looking after
the business of the organization,
which just now IL to make II pos
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20

"A father or mother whose
leg has been amputated Ger.
talnly viii not have n child
with a malformed leg. You
could cut off n leg from each
parent thru hundreds OF gen.
erations without affecting the
offspring.
Beauty of line. in Ter. arm.
neck or face. aroases admlrn-
ton. because there Is implant-
ed In human nature n love OF
the beautiful. and the human
figure, especially the female
figure. contains the lines that
especially appeal Artists pre-
fer to work from tho nude be.
cause the beauty OF line and
coloring OF the female body is
unsurpassed.
because OF this. men will nj.
ways geek az mates beautiful
women: Just rs women will
tend to select mates who are
strong and manly. In this way.
by a process OF natural selcc-
ton. the race viii always tend
toward the strong and beauti.
full.
Those who mate. therefore.
are more likely to improve the
race from the standpoint OF
beauty and strength than
otherwise.
$50 long as men admire the
beauty Of form In women. there
is no danger OF degeneration
OF women's legs. arms. or
body"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-20
BISHOP MAY die

PORTLAND. Aug. 20.-Altho
Right Rev Alphonsus Joseph
Glorieux. bishop OF Idaho, slept
well last night. and has showed a
slight Improvement during the las,
two days. physicians attending the
clergyman said today the bishops
age-73-and the nature Of the
malady, Brights disease, made re-
covery impossible.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18
POSTOFFlCE PORK

The most imposing building in many
American towns and cities is the new
postoffice. 1t is an ornament to the
place, no doubt: the architecture clas-
sic or Colonial. the building material
granite and marble. These fine struc-
lures are of the last few years. They
We're obtained by representative or
senator who was able to boast of
what he had done for the town and
assure his return tc congress.
in the west and south the eXtrava
gance is conspicuous; in many cases
it is a criminal waste of money, little
one horse towns having public build
ings that are the show places of the
whole congressional district and the
joke of the corner grocery store.
Struggling villages in a semi wilder
ness have postoffices suited to cities
of fifty thousand people. In the ma
ture of things these fine structures
will be neglected and will run down
in the course of time. because the set
tlement will never grow up to the
building.
In the pork bill now before con-
gress urder the name of the omnibus
public building bill, which signifies
graft for all, Hazard, Ny., with a
population of 537, is down for $4,000
structure, the cost of maintenance OF
which would be $500 a year, al
though the postoffice receipts are only
! $4,000 and will never be much more
Pikeville, KY, another mountain town