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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
Oh WAR SAW
. ;:GAT ~! T.

WARSAW, ILL.,, Aug. t9.-The War
saw Concert band is giving free
concert at Basco today, the boys go
ing out in autos, the use Of which was
donated by our generous citizens, who
think nothing Is too good for War
saws crack band. Rev. DR.. Geo
Long assisted in the program, sing
ing that popular song, IA Perfect
Day" A royal welcome no doubt, was
accorded the delegation.
Ray Crawford, of Kansas City, son
Of James F. Crawford of Warsaw, is
spending a portion of his vacation
here.
J. P. Guthrie of Hamilton. was a
Warsaw business visitor" Tuesday.
Albert H. Eymann OF San Antonio,
Texas. a former Warsaw druggist, was
Shaking hands with Warsaw friends
Monday.
Reese Mcconnell OF Tulsa, Okla, q
former Warsaw boy, is enjoying a
visit with home folks; he is looking
fine and is prospecting.
VIII P. Green came up from Quincy
Saturday and spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs. Fannie Green
Mr.. and Mrs. Lott and son of Chi
cago, motored here Saturday and after
a short visit left Monday morning for
st. Louis Mrs. Lott was Miss Fan
ME Cox of Warsaw.
The examination in Carthage for
the selective draft is causing quite
flutter here, and many anxious hearts,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
FRENCH SURGEONS DO GREAT WORK

! sesSing every modern invention anc
/ convenience for the application OF this
! treatment. In the mechano-therapeut
(! ic section there are machines and de
vices for every imaginable manipula
ton, many operated by electric OF
mechano and electric power. others
by hand. There is a department fol-
! taking off plaster casts and one for
the making of artificial limbs from
/. those molds.
Gymnasiums Are Useful.
There is a gymnasium and a field
provided with ladders. swings. hur.
dies and various forms for exercise
as well as calisthenics, and the limbs
imprisoned for monhs, in order to
obtain bony reunion or repair, whose
tissues and muscles have lost the re.
mem brance of their functions, are
slowly brought back to state OF
usefulness.
The grand palace on the Champs
Elyses, Paris, one of the magnifi.
cent buildings annually devoted to
the exposition of art, is now hos
pital having 500 beds, and here again
is found a perfect installation OF
mechanic and electro therapy for re-
newing the usefulness of useless
limbs.
In this connection I ought to speak
of the wonderful work Of Gosset and
Morestin, although the work Of each
is worthy OF separate letter. Nor.
estin has three services and works
like a horse. sHe has what is practic-
ally his own hospital in de Roths.
child" service in oval de Grace" and
one at est. Louis" He has created a
new department in plastic surgery
and recently exhibited before the sur
g1cal society so cases of his work
which stirred that body into open ap-
piause, a think unknown to the Oldest
member present He thinks nothing
of making new maxillaries (jaws),
noses, ears, cheeks, filling unsightly
cavities and making a mutilated face
as good as ever.
Gosset has achieved some marve1s
in nerve surgery. He has promised
to confide his full dossier Of observa-
lions to me to assert. classify and re-
port upon. and I hope at no distant
date to furnish a communication to
the American profession, fully Illus
trated, that will give some comprehen-
siye idea of his accomplishment.
Eight months ago. jist before he was
transferred to a front line hospital.
he had notes OF 115 cases OF nerve
grating, with result at that time OF
Is successes, some failures, and 9TH
ers to be determined when sufficient
time has elapsed to show the final
outcome.
With opportunities extending over
many years for observing celebrated
surgeons in many great centers.
have never seen his equal in precis-
ion and method Of aseptic routine, nor
one to handle a bistoury and pair of
scissors with the delicacy combined
with dextePity possessed by him. 1t
is simply a delight to watch him in
his delicate nerve dissections and
manipulations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
AMERICAN ENGINEERS IN FRANCE

The American government faces tremend-
Gus task in the reconstruction of French rail
roads and in building great docks and ter
mnals. The work will be directed by United
chief of engineers, says it will include the
building Of railroad system greater than that
in some states of this country. In addition to
new lines of railway required for the transport
tation of American armies, and docks as large
as those in many American ports, we are to
build great electrical plants, pumping stations
and water supply systems. Plans for all these
undertakings have been drawn, and the ma
terial is being purchased here. Understanding
of the magnitude of the work may be gained
from the statement in Washington dispatches
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

that the railroad material and rolling stock
will cost about five times as much as the pur-
chases made annually for the Panama canal
while it was being built. The work to be done
includes the repair and maintenance OF roads
and highways over which supplies will be car
ried to the battle lines The part the American
engineers and their army of assistants are to
play in France is not less important than that
of the men who go to the trenches
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
WE NEED so LITTLE.

We need so much in the flush of youth
When the heart is pulsing with ife's rich tide;
We long for beauty and dove and truth
With a hunger and thirst unsatisfed
We toll for fame and grasp at power,
Our souls attuned to the worlds mad strife.
All heaven and earth rightful dover
For need much in the rush of life!
We need little when life is done
And the spirit from it's chrysalis;
For careless fingers, by one,
Drop the useless treasures shall not miss.
The glitter Of gold, the boarded heap
OF prizes and praises hardly
We will barter them all for dreamless sleep
For need so little when life is done!
Ira Goldsmith Morris.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

| Paris correspondence OF the Medi
cal Record: This Is the first great
war that has not had as one of its ter.
rible features an epidemic that has
claimed it's victims by thousands.
Whit the exception of the epidemic
OF typhus in Serbia, which was quick
| ly controlled and subdued, the health
of the armies in the field has been
Ia surprise to all observers, and this
| in spite of the trench form of war
fare with it's dampness, cold and re-
striction of movement. This happy
change is due to rum-therapy--vac-
cination.
The surgeon has not been left be-
hind by his medical brother and
from the beginning Conservation" has
been preached and practiced in all
the formations; as result one sees
some peculiar malformations and dis
tortions, and to make these crippled
limbs useful there have come into
vogue two new and beneficient ad-
juncts to complete the conservation
work of the surgeon that are accom-
plishing great results everywhere in
temporary quarters for the re-educa-
ton of the crippled in some line of
occupation best adapted to their de-
formity and particularly the blind.
The chief honor of organization and
support of the last named is due to
the initiative by America, England
and France.
Wonderful Institutions.
The first of these are the physio
and acknowledgements establish
ments and the second the institutions
hot hoy cp- sy,to he; l,o INT
medical commission sent of America
and Americans.
The first man and the first estab-
lishment to be devoted to the devel-
opment Of machine-therapy are found
in Troyes, known as hospital auxil-
iare No. 2, ands DIR. Bailleul is the
man with the imagination that
brought it into existence. The doc
tor was not in the class modified,
but at once, upon the outbreak OF
war, offered his services to the gov
eminent as a general surgeon.
In the month of December, 1914,
M. Millerand, the then minister OF
war, commissioned him to organize
his special service for the goth army
region at Troyes; he thus entered
into the army service, though still
remaining a civilian. AS a rule this
creates an anomalous position not
often favored; but M. Justin Godart,
assistant secretary of state for the
medical department of the army, the
medical director and the general
commanding the goth region, far
from treating the civilian as an in
terloper, gave him every possible en-
couragement and assistance, and up
to the beginning of March, 1917, there
have been treated in this establish
ment more than 5000 men.
Similar establishments, or adjuncts
to large hospital formations, are now
found in all the great centers and are
a regular part Of the treatment given
the wounded. At Troyes there is an
electro therapeutic department, pos
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

The Illinois council of defense advises
against feeding tramps. It is good advice at
all times, but it is especially needed just now
when industries everywhere are calling for
workers and it is impossible for Uncle Sam to
get all Of his industrial and military enterprises
adequately manned Food is too valuable to
waste now on men who are not willing to work
for it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

1t will go hard with the government if the
midsummer spectacle it presents at Washing
ton today has not been supplanted, before snow
flies, by an organization competent to conduct
the war with the maximum of efficiency which
alone insures minimum loss of life
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

among loved ones, out warsaw nas
no slackers and our people are ready
at all times to do honor to the boys
who are called.
The sewer excavator Is working on
Clay street, west of Second and quite
a length OF sewer has been laid; pro
gress will be more rapid as soon as
the work is on level.
There are many blackberry parties,
but scratches and burrs are mare
! Plentiful than berries.
Miss Bertha Marsh and her two III
tie nieces arrived home "Wednesday
from Port Barre, Louisiana, where
they have been for several months
past
A S and 10c store will be started
here some time in September by q
man Of experience.
Keokuk should VISIT one Of our sat
urday night concerts to fully appre.
ciate the size and density of the crowa
attending One could easily 1malsns
oneself on the crowded street OF
large city. when big theatre was
out. Such crowds were never seen III
Warsaw before and every week We
see new faces. Saturdays program
will be fine.
Band concert between Fourth and
Fifth on Main, Saturday evening, aug
II, 1917.
Program. j.
March-Tenth Regiment ....'.: Han
Overture-Radiant .......... hlete.
Intern erinda ,...... llh'
Popular Hit-When the Sun Goes >.
Down in Romany ........ beriini
Sacred Overture-Throw Out the
Life Line ............... ha!es
March-Royal Ensign ......'. Lose'
10 minutes intermiasion.
March--The Charge of the Ian
GERS ............... .''' 80.
observation-disclosures .......' hayes
Notwithstanding ..... 49,. Mot''
Popular Hit-Hawaiin Butterfly a,
......... .;......'.'' P na.n,ord
Sincerity ........ Barnasa
March-Vamos .............. hie'''
The Star Spangled Banner. r,,
Next Sunday Is opening day OF wa,
saws big chautauqua and every 30
son ticket should be sold by that jim I'M.
Warsaw should keep" the "chau .nr,
ia habit and make the course .s s
cess by buying tickets If FOR noun" sor
more than to push the thing a,ohs ,ah
it makes a better town in which i'
everybody should be interested a
+ Warsaw people should ala ~ H. nh
Marsh in every way possible IL
railway project, Warsaw TO .itll
and not wag their head and say ,, ,v
never be-" n a trunk line ran ,or,t
possibly sees something in IL, W.
knock, but boost. If Warsaw s sar
southern outlet by rail her , r.ould
would be assured and no more N ,fhs
she be called In sneering way :
1umpfnR OF place"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Manson Democrat: The old fash.
toned citizen "who could only keep
cool in summer by filling his skin
with alcoholic drinks" is still at it,
but he is keeping mighty quiet, fear
ing that his neighbor will try to
sponge his supply off him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

One explanation of Kerensky's success is
that he has no petty annoyances to distract him
in the way of sign-bearing picket suffragists
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Irouuois Chief: The slackers in thu
east who are getting married since
the drawing will get fooled-twlce.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

On one page of paper he picked up recently
Bishop Williams, of Michigan, found photo
graphs of starving Belgian children. On the
opposite page were photographs of women at a
seaside resort with bejewelled lapdogs in their
arms. In the same paper were pictures Of the
militant suffragists who are defying the laws
at Washington and defaming the good name of
this country in the hearing Of other nations.
W hat right have we to revel in luxury, asks this
eminent divine, when others ARE starving; and
why cannot our suffragists learn a lesson from
their sisters in England who have won the suf-
frage by their devotion to the nation and tire
less efforts to help win the war;
These are pertinent questions, and it wonld
seem that the answer in the case of both these
classes of women must be that they are UNI
awakened souls as yet who see only the super
fetal aspect of things as children do. Shallow,
thoughtless, they live in little worlds which re-
volve around themselves without the remotest
conception how narrow and trivial their ideas
and interests are. They are undeveloped that
lis all. They are unrealizing, like children play
ing with dolls in a crisis whichmakes their eld-
ers grave and sad, and have not come as yet to
serious thought upon the serious things Of life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Webster City Freeman-Tribune:
Little Siam may not aid much dur
ing the war, but she has shown the
right spirit in going upon record
against the military machine that is
seeking to subjugate the civilized
world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Knoxville Express: The Iowa
farmer has cause to congratulate
himself that he is the Iowa farmer
The only thing not quite up to the
mark so far is the hay crop.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Des Moines Tribune: Michaells
talks more than Bethmann-Ho llweg
but he does not say any more.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Cedar Rapids Republican: Does
congress really believe that the coun
try wants that body to manage the
war?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: There are
observers who opine that President
Wilson ought to have continued the
good work after he had shown that
he could do neat job with the axe.
They continue pointing to his cabi-
net and asking why and how long.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: How wei
come to the man with but one palm
beach suit was the let up in the hot
weather spell, nobody will know save
the man who has had the experience
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09

home is place is little fire, with some
body each side of it. and where there Is little table
with two people smiling it, and pot boiling and
woman to stir it, and with light in the window and a
man coming home-Tempe Baiy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-09
The work of selecting the men for the

The work of selecting the men for the first
great armed increment is proceeding with
despatch. It is being done with courage, judg-
ment and discrimination. The result will be 81
splendid aggregation, all fitted for the work
before them. They will push with valor and
effectiveness, no doubt, the cause to which this
nation stands committed and will stand com,
mitted until triumphant.
The evening world., 1917-10-09

Last Straws." 1.-THE Outside Influence"
and THE Party OF the Third Part"
At the same time, contrary TO the
cynic, thege are many happy mar
rlages. After considerable observa-
ton II Is a safe conclusion that the
successful marriages arc marked by
a few common sense attributes.
Among these Is the federation OF
hobbies and habits OF either the wife
or the husband.
Many times the very successful
marriage has been broken because
either one OF tho parties could not OF
would not endure Some little hobby
or habit. OF the other. Often a little
mannerism or idiosyncrasy has sc
grated on the nerves Of tho wife OF
| husband that It formed n basis o.
breaking up the union.
l know OF a very successful mar
riage OF twenty-five years standing
| have talked with husband and wifi,
many, many times. and | am conf
dent that their continued enJoymcn
or eaCn OtncT was n willingness 70
each TO have his and her own hobbie
pnd habits.
In speaking OF this tho wife said
THE trouble with most wives is tina
they are continually. trying 10 chang
their husbands habits, | think mi
Is a grave mistake unless the habit
are very bad ones indeed.
Most women are unwilling To taxi
a husband a. they have found hin
! They are unable to overcome the r,
form or conquering spirit.
There are women who cause enc
, less trouble by trying TO take AVA
y certain little pleasures that to the
seems unnecessary. For instanc
his cigarettes, his pipe or his book
she may not approve OF any on
but who mas n better right 10 then
For instance, my husband has
! pet hobby OF puttering around
I the carpenter shop, lie made thin.
very mussy at times, but | did n
discourage him, To me some Of I
things seemed foolish, but / grad
ally ana carefullv got him 10 ko
t. his things together and let him emf
his experiment
The evening world., 1917-10-09
THE NEW WEST SIDE PROPOSAL.

wv ylIEN The r.-.ae Word opened ito R,,I'a' .on,".
w roum, early u t' present year as a means OF giving l'
w public d better knowledge Of the terms on winch Il wa
proposed the city should enter into lasting agreement with the Ne"
York Central Railroad 200 the matter Of West Side Improvement
there Va, one feature Of tho 1910 plan 70 which this newspaper
again and again drew attention a. unque'honaby the weakest 10
most Objectionable Of ah
This danger spot va, the proposal 10 give tho railroad
corporation perpetual and absolute title to important real estate
10 convey in like manner permanent overhead, surface and under
ground rights, and, in fact, to transform special franchises into
perpetual private privileges to an extent which might mean the loss
Of millions Of dollars Of taxes to the city in future
This. The Evening World insisted, would be an unnecessary and
unwise departure from the policy by which the city has, IN us more
recent history at least. kept a controlling hand upon its valuable
gr,nts 10 transit mountaineering for extra tracking fran.
chiscs and the like, fixed rentals or percentages Of gross receipts and
reserving the right to revise the arrangements at stated intervals.
WHY should the New York Central be entitled to a bargain
different in this respect from those the city hO, made, at one time
or another, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, tho Manhattan
Elevated or the h. X. Ti
The soundness Of this objection has been recognized by the
Public Service Commission.
The new tentative plan announced by the Commission and the
Joint Conference Of the Board of Estimate expressly substitutes
rental for the formerly proposed perpetual ownership Of re- estate
by the railroad.
Among the chief points OF the new proposal we find;
Rental teNdjusted every twenty-five years. to DO paid BY
the railroad for the ue OF public property. n for rights
granted. instead Of the real estate ownership basis OF the plan
of 1916.
TO be leased to and not sold to the railroad.
The railroad to be placed wholly upon city streets and
public property, thereby establishing complete municipal control
YER It's rishs.
Rights granted not 70 be capitalized either for purposes OF
rate making or for sale TO the city in the cae OF Federal
Government purchase.
The rights granted to be subject, among other things, to:
Recapture for manipulation or other public purpose by the
city, in which event no payment is to be made for rights
granted under the agreement
The new plan radically differs from the old IN protecting the
citIs interests oil exactly the lines urged by The Evening World.
n putting a series Of practical questions to the trainers Of the
, 1915 proposal and in throwing open its columns to discussion Of the
Riye-.ide contract as then formulated, The Evening World expressed
the oniuion that by fnmniarizing Now Workers with the general terms
Of the 1919 contract and by showing them the real value Of what the
CITY was contributing to the project, the foundation might be laid
for q new proposal much farer to the public, now and in future,
than the old.
so Il has proved.
The evening world., 1917-10-09
Il h e Jarr Family
By Roy l.. McCardell


Z Co. CThe New York Evening Wondl.
them smash windows"
What good does window smashing
do? Our London Suffragettes have
given up window smashing. II isn't
noticed at all during the German air
raids. As 1t was. the stone throwers
did more injury TO themselves than
to storekeepers' and officeholders'
plate glass. Reports showed that 200
militant sisters were struck with
rocks thrown by themselves. One
English militant had her teeth knocked
out. They were false teeth, n she
said she reJoiced to sacrifice them
for the cause"
when universal peace comes we
should institute the study or BALLS
tics for all female children in all n
stitutions OF learning" continued
Mrs. Sewers. the Chairwoman. "Ev-
cry girl should know how 10 correctly
throw a stone. | am informed that
the women regiments OF Russia, OF
which we have heard so much and
were so interested In, did more dam
age to themselves than TO the enemy
when they went to throw hand
grenades."
do YOU think we will have univer-
sal suffrage after peace comes?"
asked an old maid In the front row.
There will be no peace unless we
do" said the ChaiTWoman. women
have had TO share the burdens or
war, they will insist on sharing the
RESPONSIBILITIES OF the ballot. II they
are not granted the vote they Will
leave their homes, they Will leave
their children, they will leave their
husbands"
where shall we go when we leave
our husbands2" asked Mrs. Jarr, who
was all dressed UT and had nowhere
to go. seeing that she could not get
out OF the meeting as II was
~ weak sister wishes to know
where she will go when she leaves
her husband?" remarked the old
maid, Jumping up in the meeting ike
a hammer In a pianoforte,
Let her go to the polls ana de-
mand n v%ote!" said the Chairwoman'
suppose the polls are not open
when she leaves her husbandT quer-
led another lady. 49,,
Let her smash them open preaR
them open, crack them open' re-
P'! "The trouble - that women sci.
themselves for baubles," remarked
Mrs, Dinkston. getting up. There
10 hardly a woman here who woulo
not give up the Cause, or at least o'
I faint hearted in 1t, II her HUSBAND
, gave her a new dress!' AND sh'
gazed sneeringly at, Mrs. Jarr. MIS-
Strvver and Mrs. Mudridge-Smith
7 who had new dresses.
"Wouldn't' you. Madame7" asked
Mrs. Mudridge-Smlth.
II would mott" Mrs. Omission de-
Glazed. This vas a safe assertion
as Michael Angelo Omission neveI
, bought ms clothes for his wife.
4 who cares for clothes, who Is In
terested in clothes az such a time a!
this?" asked the Chairwoman.
3 lust then a militant by the win
: dow cried out, There goes a woman
A wearing one OF the new hustle gowns
0 Isn't she a fright?'
All present rushed 10 the windows
!, and Mrs. Jarr and her friends foun'
the way out they had been seeking.