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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Bed Cross Society.

The Red Cross society at its meet
ING Yesterday afternoon, received the
foI1owing new members: Mrs. Charles
NcMillen, Mrs. J. A. Dunlap, Mrs.
Tohn "A. Cole. Mrs. o. E. King, Mrs.
z ELDER, Mrs. B. F. Jones, Miss
I,izabeth w. Dunlap, Miss Hannah
King Miss Charlotte Buck, Miss
Nayme Turner. At every meeting
the question is asked by those who
onrolI whether membership implies
field service. The officers Of the 10
,,I oreanization wish to explain that
on1v annual members are being re
oaiyed and this entails only such
,rorl- as is now being done. Inc
ped Cross is a great military order
and bas in it five classes Of mem
hars some of them requiring special
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
ST Louis Cash Grain,

FURNISHED by Long Commission Col
ST. LOUIS, Mo, April 19.-Wheat
No. 2 red, new, s295@2.9s; No. 3
red. new. $3.50: No. hard. old,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
The offense Unpardonable.

Marshaitown Times-Republican
Many a man .ho will stand personal
abuse and even personal injury con-
siders kicking his dog an overt act.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19

OLD FALSE TEETH WANTED
Don't matter If broken. / pay one
to ten dollars per set. Send by parcel
post and receive check by return mail.
IL. Mazer, 2OO7 S. 5th St, philadelphia
Pa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
S2.59h 42.60.

s2591a Q2.6O.
Corn-No. 2, 1854; No. 3, s1.53;
No yellow, S1.53k; No. white,
$160@1,611a; Nos white, $l.59.
Oats-No. 2, 7214c; No. 3, 71Rc;
standard, 73@7S&c; No. 3 white,
1914 @73c; No. 4 white, 72Q72&c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Glass Meeting.

The members Of the Friendship
class of the Sunday school of the
First Methodist Protestant church
will meet in their regular monthly
business and social meeting this
evening in the church parlors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Rerean Bible Class.

The Berean Bible class of the First
Westminster Presbyterian church will
be entertained on Saturday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. W1egner on
North Eleventh street. Mrs. Charles
Allen will be the assisting hostess.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Austrian cabinet RESIGNED.

United Press Leased Wire Service]
COPENHAGEN, April 19.-The en-
tire Austrian cabinet has resigned, &C
cording to the Berlin voss1che Zet
tung this afternoon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19

FOR RENT-Furnished light house.
keeping room. modern. close IL,
315 Blondeau.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19

Amsterdam advices yesterday as
serted that two pro-German members
OF the cabinet had resigned.]
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
Volunteers to Meet

The Scoville Volunteers will meet
this evening at Z o'clock at the Y. w.
c. A.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT-Six room residence, 22S
| Concert; strictly modern and up
| to- date; very desirable. Chas. J.
Smith, county court house.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
WANTED.

MEN WANTED to learn barber trade.
Top wages after few weeks. Write
Moler Barber College, SO N. 9th ST.
st. Louis, Mo.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
LOST.

war bonnet, providing 1t didn't get
too badly battered in the scrim mage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

WANTF1D-2 boys. Huiskamp Bros.
Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19

WANTED Laborers at keokuh
Brick G. Tile Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-19
New York Stocks-Close.

Furnished by Long Commission &C
NEW YORK, April 19.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
SCENES TN SALOINIlKI

ian captain is reading book An Eng fish captain Is talking to a lady, Some Servian officers appear to be talking to themselves. Not one of them seems to have anything to do. Perhaps they think the same of me- Let us take the car back. The tall and handsome Greek of ticers cram into one poor little Ford runaoout and rattle off up the road. Let us take the car.
 A Saloniki tram car Is interesting be- lieve me
 They nearly always haul second-class trailer behind them. We go second-class. It Is very small car, and it is very full The fare Is penny. A Greek penny is a nickel coin with a hole in the center, so that it looks like an a1umi- mum washer. The occupants of the car are of all ages. Boys and girls and priests are in the majority. The children are going to school, as may be seen by the books in their hands. Tho priests arc going-wherever priests go in the morn- ing. If they are going to the barber's II would do them no harm. I admit that their flowing black gowns and extraordl- nary top hats are picturesque; but why should the picturesque persist in being insanitary?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
THE SPANISH VENICE

however. Its wealth excited the envy and cupidity of other nations and during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eight eenth centuries it was repeatedly bonn harded and on one occasion sacked. But as late as ITO, despite the .hardships which numerous sieges entailed, it was still a weather city than London.
 N"The citizens of Cadiz defended it against the French in 1910 and subse- quently the siege was raised by the Duke of Wellington.
 "Spain's famous liberal constitution of 1872 was promulgated in Cadiz, but two years later 1t was abolished and the in- quisition was re-established by Ferdinand VII In 17S23, however, Ferdinand was imprisoned for a time in Cadiz. the French finally intervening and effecting the sovereign's release as well as dis solution of the cortes. Cadiz was also the center of the revolution which in 1868 drove Isabella II from her throne, resulting in the election of Amadeus, son of Victor Emmanuel of Italy, as King.
 "Cadiz's prosperity began to wane as Spain began to lose her colonies, and the final blow to the port came when Cuban and Porto Rican commerce was cut off at the close of the Spanish-Amer- ican war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31

William McFee. In tho Atlantic Monthly.
 N s was saying, the blue and white
 /A\ Greek standard floats from the S = battlements of the white tower in Saloniki. All around you float off cers of the Greek army in blue and sil- yer full uniforms. They look slightly theatrical, because all the other armies are in service clothes. The ends of their silver plated scabbards are muddy. So are their spurs. Many of them are hand some in a fashion plate way: dead white skin, dead black mustaches, long legs, thin noses, dark eyes, empty foreheads.
 One in particular attracts ones atten- tion He is wearing blue and white cocks feathers in his hat. white kid gloves on his hands, and immense He's sian boots with silver spurs on his feet. His sword Is across his knees and he is explaining something with great energy to his companions.
 A French a.rman, who has skinned his nose (possibly in a sudden descenD and who wears the military cross, sits be- hind a glass of vermouth Several Rus sian neutenants, in their beautiful green tunics and soft leather boots, are con- versing with a French major. An Ital-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
THE RECRUIT

A. E. Housman. "A Shropshire Lad" Leave your homo behind, lad,
 And reach your friends your hand, And go. and luck go with you,
 While Ludlow tower shall stand. Oh. come you homo. of Sunday
 When Ludlow streets are still And Ludlow bells arc calling
 To farm and lane and mill. Or come you home of Monday
 When Ludlow market huns And Ludlow chimes are playing
 "The conquering hero comes" Come you home hero,
 Or come not home at all, The lads you leave win mind you
 Till Ludlow tower shall fall. And you will list the bugle
 That blows in lands of morn, And make the foes of England Be sorry you were born. And you till trump of doomsday On lands of morn may lie. And make the hearts of comrades I Do heavy where you die Leave your home behind you, Your friends by field and town: Oh. town and field will mind you
 m Indlow tower h dOwn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
NIGHT IN THE DEEP WOODS

From "The Lovers and the Shining One" by Ernest Thompson Seton. in the June Scribner. Black slats and masts of trees; glinting between at times; slushing sounds at the far-away margin; a soft sweet tinkie of the song-sparrow in some blackness; more s1ushing noises; a little chirr, chirr; whistling pinions overhead, gone unexplained-and there was slushing in the margin. Sauatter- ling of some duck-bird in the farther gloom, but louder s1ushing there was in the near margin, and a chirring of intercommunion; moving water mak- ing zgzag glintings, and continent blots of near black tree boles; and a louder slushin close by in the mar gin.
 The silence as the night-walker senses intrusion.
 Then dead silence. A loud sniff.
 Be wise, intruder! Be inhumanly gentle o human watcher! Give off no
 emanation of fear, be calm. Give off no scent Of effort, be stock-st1ll. Give off no air throb, even of hand-wave, nor head turn, be as frozen. The prowler may scent you. He will.
 He may size you up as a neutral. un- less by emotion our irradiants are tinctured, and so are made hostile. Slash, splash! how 1t strikes the tense nerve like a blow on a harp string, like midnight crash of some
 book on piano keys, like blow on | the cords of one's hammock. A river horse plunging you think, but no 1t ia only muskrat, a muskrat, much less than rabbit. What big black sound it seems in the big wide night. Now there is a dulness prevailing. Have you learned the first rule. the rede of the woodwise. When doubtful turn into statue, be as frozen. There is safety in freezing. Have you seen the wise cotton tall baffle most dangers: Then have you seen that his game is this; freeze freeze. Lay low when in doubt; keep silence in danger. This is the rede of the underbrush this is the delft of the trailwise. That ton of rock that avalanchcd into the pool was only three months
 old muskrat, a muskrat as big as a kitten.
 Wait, freeze, wait.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
LIKE M,LUKE SAYS

The man who is his own worst enemy will usually make friends with every body but himself.
 And if some people enjoyed perfect peace, they would be miserable because there was nothing to kick about
 The lad who hasn't any is almost as badly off as the man who has too much self-confidence.
 It doesn't take wealth of thought to give a man thought of wealth.
 A man seldom thinks of trespassing until he sees a sign announcing that 1t Is not allowed.
 Every now and then you will meet a man who is so liberal with his sympa- thy that he never thinks of handing out anything else.
 Let the other fellow do all the talk ing and you will soon know all that he knows.
 If it wasn't for his wife man could live in a neghborhood for 20 years and not know anything about his neighbors. A man never sneers at luck until he gets so wealthy that he no longer has to depend on it.
 The fact that you are too popular with yourself may explain why you are so unpopular with others. Some men are so lucky that If they ever jumped from the frying pan into the fire they would put the fire out.
 Tell a girl that she is as pretty as a picture and she cant wait until she gets to where there is mirror The lad who tries to drown his sor- rows in the flowing bowl merely sue ceeds in making his head swim. It may seem paradoxical. But the fairest women are often the un1airest-
 After all the honeymoon is merely the delightful interval during whicn ns thinks he is married to an angel and she thinks that she is married to sasns
 A wife can spend so much time pre- tending that her husbands salary IS twice as big as it is that she gets to believe it hersek and spends 1t that waA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
Am Invitation to All Alabama

Next Tuesday promises to be the most memorable day in Birmnghams history Birmingham will rise to the occasion but Birmingham wants all Alabama to participate.
 To that end this city invites the people of this great state to be and take part the greatest patriotic demon stration which Alabama has known.
 Gen. Leonard Wood will be guest of honor.
 The royal Italian commission the United States headed by Prince Udne will honor Birmingham with its presence
 Tuesday Registration Day. when Birmingham young men will signify. their readiness to their country.
 It is especially in honor of our Alabama boys that Br plans make this celebration such notable sion It is for this that Birmingham feels free to ask the people the here and show Aabamas boys that abamans proud of them and appreciate what they doing
 Let's make next Tuesday such day these boys will forget.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
LATEST THING IN BRIDAL WELLS
 In the Woman's Home Companion

LATEST THING IN BRIDAL WELLS
 In the Womans Home Companion Grace Margaret Gould says:
 'The Russian style in bridal veils Is the latest for the bride who wants to look taller. Wired lace above a ban deau of pearls is topped with plaited tulle.. From under the bandeau floats off the veil
 For the youthful bride, the wed- ding veil may hang from big, fluffy tulle bow at the back of her head. In stead of bandeau of pearls, she wears a braided bandeau of tulle and orange blossoms.
 '"rhe bride who loves things artistic will welcome the Moyen Age veil It Is draped over the head. falling in front to the. knees. A place Is cut for the face to peep out. which Is out lined with fine pearls. The bandeau is silver ribbon or satin; the veil. tulle or silk Brussels net"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
Negroes See They
 Have Made Mistake

NNTHEN the labor agents began WV a few months ago to entice negroes to go north the exodus soon grew to large proportions. The south is the natural home of the negro, and his best friends are here. If some of the colored population had met with bad treatment in southern cities the race, as a whole, has been kindly treated.
 Prominent white men protested strongly against the activities of the labor agent and appealed to the negro to remain where he was; yet thou sands of them heard of such tempt ing offers in the north that the exodus continued. During the rigors of win ter hundreds of negroes begged their friends at home to send them money enough to bring them back. Some of them were suffering from the severe weather.
 Only recently a negro who had a good position as elevator boy at the Ridgely apartments gave up large wage to accept a position in Chicago at even larger pay He had not been in the lake metropolis long before he began to write to friends in Birming- kI1am that he was disappointed and was sorry he had ever made the change. In less than three months he was in this city again looking for . job. The wage he received in Chi cago looked big, but by the time he had finished paying extras for the privilege of living he had nothing left. Moreover, he received anything but kind treatment at the hands of the people he worked for. This man is 3ow advising the negroes of Alabama, Especially the negroes of Birmingham, to remain where they are and let we'll enough alone. And he is one of many "exodus" negroes who have learned by experience.
 The blacks who go in large numbers to the north incur the enmity of white labor at the very start and the bad feeling often results in race riots. euch an example was that at East St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
Good Exarnple Set
By a Kansas Town

@ ABETHA, KAN, will edo it's G bit" for the nation in practi- cal way. It has formed unit of the national defense council and six com panies will carry out programmes so arranged that systematic effort will accomplish the best results.
 "One company knits for the navy; one makes surgical dressings; one supplies farm labor; one handles waste paper; one sees to canning sur plus fruit and vegetables and one sees to it that the land is all put to use"
 All of this work can be done by women, who will play an important part in national preparedness. Wom- en's clubs and other organizations have already entered whole-heartedly intSAthe food conservation campaign and allied movements to maintain the nations efficiency while at war.
 Other towns and cities in the coun- try might profit by Sabetha's exam pie. However, there is one suggestion that should be made. It is waste of time to knit for the army or the navy. There are plenty of knitting mills in the United States to supply all the needs of our fighting men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
uNsKILLFIIL AT IF

T practice early rising"
 T see. You are one of those fellows who boasts about getting up every morn- ing with the sum-"
 You misunderstood me-"
 Then, what do you mean?"
 T practice early rising at intervals, but I have never perfected myself in the art. My usual hour for getting up Is still 8 o'clock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
PATRIOTIC ATTITUDE.

T wish to announce the approaching marriage of my daughter" said a naughty member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
 Yes, madam" said the society edi- tor, speaking between telephone calls.
 T have written out the details. Please be sure to publish the last part of the prospective son-in-law has already vol unteered to serve his country. I don't want anybody to think we are taking . stacker Into the family"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
AMONG THE MISSING

Oh. do you mind the weather? The weather's growing hot; Ere long we panting mortals
 Will seek a shady spot, And keep the buzz fans blowing And sip of cooling drinks, And maybe after luncheon
 Will take our forty winks." Oh, do you mind the weather? Those chilly days are past; Though May was disappointing, June's drawing near at last. And some there are Rejoicing And others they are sad,
 Disconsolately mourning The spring we've never had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
HOTEL LOBBIEs
Need Highwnr to EnsIey

The greatest need of Ensley Is nisn- way from Ensley to Birmingham" salo Henry Keller. one of the leading mer- chants.
 If the city commissioners would take steps to have this highway constructeo they v ould help us more than they can in any other way. man from out or town who takes a ride out here from Birmingham fer the first time is oouno to form bad opinion of Greater Bir- minghan right away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
L,hartx Rond. In Ensley

T am urging each and every citizen of Ensley to buy at least one liberty bond" said R. E. ChadwickA vice pres ident of the Bank of Ensley. T be- lieve that 1t Is the patriotic duty or all of us to stand behind the govern ment in this crisis Iris, indeed, the privilege of every American citizen to aid in the maintenance of that fnstitu- tion. democracy, the common heri- tage of Americans Anyway, we can't allow our allies to outrun us in patri- otism, and France subscribed to $4,- oOO,ooo,oo0 of bonds in the third year of the war
 T know that this Is a patriotic in- vestment and I believe that 1t will De a paying one"s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31

Louis, H., this week. Several negroes were killed and many were injured.
 The negro is needed on the farm now more than ever; and there is plenty of work in the cities for the better class of the colored population. It is believed that the greater propor-- tion of those who listened to the labor agent will return by next winter. And once back on southern soil they will never leave again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PRpPosrERous SCHEME.

PRDPOSTEROUs SCHEME. "Glithers is one of the most impracti- cal men have ever met"
 What is he up to nowf"
 why, he thinks if he would buy tractor he could make lot of money renting it out to city gardeners"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
send Rnnd fn Wnnhingtnn

The citizens of Birmingham should certainly get together and raise the ad- ditional sum of money necessary to send the Boys Industrial band to Washing gton to the Confederate Veterans reunion,'' said L. H. Mortimer yesterday.
 t'Four hundred dollars additional is needed and must be raised by Saturday If at all The boys always make a good appearance and furnish good music and 1t will be 8 credit to this city to have them there as It's representatives. In addition they deserve the trip as they are always ready and willing to serve in any local matter which needs 8 band. It will be a great trip for them and the public spirited citizens of this city should see that they are given the opportunity to go."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
c3uwlkztn&Nll3aaeefU

P S.--The best thing about the ban quet was the good fellowship and the sense that every man was ready to do his btk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
There's boundIess theft in limited professions. --Timon of Athens
 

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Father, I am Thy child and l live in Thy house. There is naught that | should fear. When I lie down nt night or arise in the morning, let me remember that Thou wilt keep me. Preserve me from the sin that would drive me away from Thy house and Thy smile. In Chrtst's name. .Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
Preparatlons for June 5

T certainly am pleased with the way preparations are being made for the big celebration June B., said Blanks Everett, manager Of the Chamber of Commerce.
 Tt Is a real pleasure to work for a Chamber of Commerce in a city like Bir- mingham, where you get cooperation from everybody in every possible way. There is no one whom. have called on for help who has not immediately re- sponded. The way other civic organ1- zations have accepted our invitation to participate in the celebration has been extremely gratifying also. A fine spirit of ''get together has been shown that au- gurs well for the future of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
Art Values Rise,
 In Spite of War

THE English people have been
 J greatly depressed by the war. Fashionable society has dispensed with all gaiety. Most of the families of the aristocracy have lost sons and brothers or others close of kin, and mourning will be the rule for some time to come. Yet the shopping dis tricts of London present busy scenes '-busier now than at any time since the war began.
 Art dealers are doing a thriving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
Plam to Boycott
 Gerrnam S07agbirds

IT T is reported that the German Stage l league will consider pledging the operatic stage of Germany to boycott for five years any singer who leaves Germany to fill an engagement in America.
 This .unfriendly attitude is not due particularly to war animus. Man agers of German theatres have be- walled the loss of many singers who could not resist the siren voice of American dollars. The worlds op- cratic stars have found America fer tile field for cultivation. It has given them opulence and a form of public idolatry that is only permitted to crowned heads and war lords in many of the European countries.
 The boycott, if declared, will doubt less prove a melancholy failure. "Art for arts sake" is all very well, but he or she who warbles prefers riches to the small salaries paid abroad. The American people need have no fear that there will be shortage of opera singers.
  If German managers stick to their agreement an enforced absence of five years from Germany will be no great hardship-not while the singers are being paid fancy price for each note.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
SELF -sUFFIc1ENcY.

Some of these New Workers take narrow view of life.''
 How Is that7"
 They think after they have thoroughly explored Lobster Land, they know all there Is to know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-31
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS
Men

'God give us men," is the urgent cry Men who are honest, who will not lie; Men who are strong, noble and true,
 Men who have courage to dare and tc