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OUTLINES WoMAN's WORK.
District Chapter Of Red Cross Sets
Example in Standardization.

The District Chapter of the Red
Cross has anticipated the main idea of
the conference held by Red Cross Of
icials, with chapter heads from all the
principal cities of the country yester-
day. This was Standardization of wom-
ans work. The outstanding feature of
this is the making of surgical and
hospital supplies for the equipment Of
base hospitals.
Washington workers for the Red
Cross have already started making sets
of these supplies. which are the stand
ard set by the Red Cross. These are
to be sold at cost to every unit
throughout the country, so that all
garments may be made of the same
quality of material, in exactly the
same way. As there never have been
any paper patterns for Red Cross gar
ments and supplies. the District Chap
ter has undertaken to make the finished
articles as models. so that any woman
In any state may be able to see inst
how to make supplies that are Just
what the Red Cross needs
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supplies A number of finished gar
ments have been sent in to Mrs. Rich
ards and many others are nearing COM
pletion. The young women are enthusi-
astic and anxious to volunteer for any
form of service.
Misses Annie Barker and Edna Brown
are the faculty officers. great spirit
of enthusiasm prevails in the ranks.
This organization is pointed to as an
earnest of the true intention of colored
women to be serviceable patriots to the
United States in time of war stress.
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Contributions Received Today.

Contributions recorded today are:
Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel, S35: f.
5. Grandin. $500; b. H. Gruver, $40; a
friend. s15:. Clifford d. Maxwell. 81 a
month: Annie NJ. Cocks 50: Elizabeth
H. Ames. IS; Soterios Nicholson, SO:
cash. So: Hotel Powhatan. $50; Miss
Emily c. Matthews, IS; Sylvanus Stokes.
jr. 500: Edward Collins, jr., $40; Anna
=. Richards. 81; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
William E. Horton. SO: W. c. and A. n.
Miller, $40; j. o. Spangler, $40: William
Ballantyne & Sons. $50; William Cor
coran Eustis. half for foreign relief
and half for ambulance fund. $500;
John C. Let's tsecond contribution),
$3.50: c. F. r. Ogilby. s25 a year; May
B. Miller. $50: Mrs. w. c.. Mendenball
SIS. and Miss Marion Thatcher. s4
Through Pitt & Markward-C. NJ.
Jones. IS: A. H. Pitt, SIS; T. S. Sergeon.
$40; H. s. Gouf, 81; r. w. Tuckey, 50;
Perry p Patrick. SIS. and Crane Com
Through W. W. Bowie trailroad mem
total s21o. as follows: George H Gin
gell. SIS; Charles T. Graves, s12: Julian
B. Wright. IS: John T. Wright. s12; r.
H. r. sl2; Murphy & Ames. $40; J: J,
Ps",IIn pooper, 80; s John N. Beavers. SO:
Herrell, Inc, $40; H. J. Giclas. s5;
Capital Refining Company. s5: L. w.
Curriden, 50. j. Z. Dyer. SIS: NJ. ]. Fall
vey, IS: Hires Turner Glass Company
IS: w. Marion Sutton. 81: Thomas j.
Crach. 81; Capital Liquor Company, SIS;
Columbia Oil Company. Inc. s5 Penn
OIL Company. IS; Rosslyn Milling Com
pany. 81: j. A. Baumgarden. 81: J. VIII
liam Lee, $5; 81 each from the follow
ing: Edward Smith, J. G. Dement,, Ma
tional City Dairy Company, cash. cash.
j. NJ Webb. T. G. Wall. jr.: G. X. Fred
erick. John L. Coker, II. NJ. Wells. j. P.
Clauncey. W. T. Platz. H. L. Smith, w
II. Proctor. P. K. Harvey, ]. W. Shaver
J. H. Ware. NJ. G. Ware, w. ]. Lee, Fred
p. Haas. W. L. Plowman, Fred Hoffman,
F. Currie, ]. r. Buscher. III. H. Moore,
r. f. Beck. r. F. Beck, w. S. Price, ].
F. Eastover. ]. c. Gibbs. A. G. Jackson,
]. G. Peverell. X. A. Landis and L. e.
Kupper; a half dollar each from cash
and Leroy Knot and 25 cents each from
Frank Cross. Ethel E. Leonard. W. H.
Burton. A. Mulealey r. P. Hungerford.
f. T. Naughten. r. l.. Taylor. S A.
Snyder. Z. T. Owens. w. H. Clark, S. f.
Solan. H. A. Kahlert. J. S. Eaton. l.. A.
Smith. B. L. Vernon. E. NJ. H.. II. V.
Griffith. E. NJ Bauer. B. Holbrook, NJ.
Miller, F. Fielding, y. F. Allen. Z. At
well. D. Mann, B. E. Chambers, F. F.
Shupate. G. NJ. Leuns and cash.
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GIRL SCOUTS PREPARE
TO Be GARDENERS; TOO
Four Hundred Are to Cultivate Tract
Back of Continental Memo
rial Hall.

Girl Scouts of Washington will be
their garden efforts this summer.
Through the courtesy of the national
executive board of the D. A. r. the Girl
Scouts have been granted permission
to use the land back of Memorial Con-
tinenta1 Hall for garden work.
Mrs A. S. Burleson, wife of the Post
master General, addressed the cap
tains and lieutenants of the Girl Scouts
Wednesday afternoon on the necessity
of aiding their country in every way
possible including the increase of the
food supply.
Negotiations also are under way
according to Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
president of the Mothers Congress
and a Grl Scout worker, to obtain
use of about five acres of land on the
filtration plant reservation. Mrs Raft
er has been in consultation with Ed
ward Dana Hardy, superintendent of
the reservation, in respect to this land.
One week from tomorrow about 400
Girl Scouts will go to the tract back of
Memorial Continental Hall. aid In
cleaning it up, and a plowman will be
there, paid for by Mrs. Burleson. The
probably some of which may be turn
ed under to prepare the ground for
cultivation next year.
III. NJ. Conolly, expert adviser on
gardens from the Department of Agri-
culture, visited a number of demonstra-
tion gardens in the southwest and
northwest sections today. Mr.. Connolly
strations has increased this week ma
terially.
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Stop Dosing
Doctors Say Tollo Water Surest
and Gentlest Relief for
Constipation.

TolIo Water keeps liver active.
bowels regular and complexion
clear. Take a wineglassful in a
glass Of plain water before break
fast. In half an hour it f1ushes
the system thoroughly and makes
you feel fine. Get a 15-cent bottle
from the drug store and try it.
Sold by Peoples Drug Stores.
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Vacant Spots Utilized.

The crusade for food preparedness
is not only enlisting owners of back
yards in the ranks of food raisers. but
vacant spots of ground along Water
street are being spaded up for culti-
vation. One man. the night watch
man at the site of the proposed gov
ernment heating plant at the foot of
14th street, has secured small plot
of ground on the north side of Water
street where street sweepings were
formerly dumped. and has dug 1t up
and made it ready for seed. Asked
yesterday evening what he was going
to plant he replied. everything. but
finally volunteered the information that
he would endeavor to grow potatoes,
beans. tomatoes, onions and cabbage
and that he expected a good crop.
Are you not afraid that the stuff
will be stolen. your garden being easy
of access" was asked.
Nothing doing for the thief. ] am
watchman over the way and as I have
two eyes I will keep one on my job
and one on my garden, and if any one
gets anything out of it without my
knowing he will be smarter than joe
Boy Scouts Brave the Rain.
Despite the rain, a number of Boy
Scouts, attired in raincoats, appeared
Evening star., 1917-05-04

Shoes have been invented from which
the uppers and heels can be removed
to enable them to be worn as slippers.
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ALL ASKED TO GIVE
TO RED cROSSFUND
District Chapter Wants to
Make First Response to
Countrywide Appeal.
SOME CONTRIBUTIONS in

II order that the District Chapter OF
the Red Cross may be able 70 make the
FIRST response to the appeal TO the coun-
try for big national relief fund. and
that :his r:sy be sufficiently large TO
inspire ali other parts Of the country. an
urgent request was made today that all
persons in Washington contribute at once.
|. is proposed that the District war re-
lief fund will be placed at the disposal
OF the National Red Cross organization,
just as soon as the campaign is started.
and the finance committee is anxious that
this fund be as large possible before
it is called for. The chief items of serv-
ice are base hospitals. field hospitals, am
tulance corps, hospital apparatus, equip
ment and supplies to make effective the
work of the surgeons and nurses enrolled
In the Red Cross. anG ;,iso provision, for
dependents and ether nor-aonlbatan;s.
of the Nashinstoa fund, $4,000 mas
already been aPpI oHriated for am
buiance corps, hospital equipment aud
care of dependents.
Where to Se.id Subscriptions.
In view Of inquiries showing the
necessity for repetition. the finance COM
subscriptions should be sent to Henry
B. F. Macfarland as chairman of the
finance committee. Evans building; to
Corcoran Thorn, chairman of the execu-
tive committee. American Security and
Trust Company: to any bank or news
paper. or to District Red Cross head
quarters, 1901 Massachusetts, avenue.
The finance committee reminds the
public that while it wants everybody
to join the membership of the Red
Cross. the membership dues do not go
to the war relief fund, and additional
gifts are necessary for war relief The
war relief fund is net. as administrative
expenses are paid out of special funds
The first subscription from a mem
Der of the judiciary of the District of
Columbia came today in a check for
s25 from Justice A. Van Orsdel of the
Court of Appeals
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SI.50 and $500
Xstsi Estsinnea 89c

Immense selection of all the
new sailors. mushrooms, side
rolls. tricornes apd small shapes
in hats of milan, milan-hemp,
hemp and lisere. Black and all
the staple and high colors.
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painted white with a red stripe instead of
the green stripe designating hospital ships
OF the navy and will bear the Red Cross
emblem.
Evening star., 1917-05-04

Mems shirts Of known quality! A factory
close-out of the famous "Vindex" brand, ia
nous among well-dressed men everywhere
and priced SO low that hundreds will supply
themselves for the entire summer
Every one is guaranteed fast color Every
one is made with gathered yoke packet
sleeves and FIVE buttons-features found in
high-class shirts only.
Evening star., 1917-05-04

Exquisite little creations of milan
hemp, lace and ribbon and lace and
braid combinations. Many hand
blocked and handmade hats. White
and colors. Trimmed with flow
ers, ribbons and rosettes.
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One thousand garments completed be-
fore the students separate for the sum-
mer is the aim of the Howard University
Red Cross unit, under the leadership
of Miss Halle Z. Queen. This unit was
formed during the latter part of March.
At first meetings were held weekly, but
since war was declared volunteers have
met every afternoon to make hospital
Evening star., 1917-05-04

All the dashing sport shapes, col
ors and trimmings. In hemp. milan
hemp and lisere. Sailors and mush-
rooms of all sizes in plain and COM
bination colors. trimmed with rib
bon bands. bows and rosettes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
TAKE YOUR MEDIIKEs

REGULARLY - Hoods SarsapariIia
Before MeaIs-Peptiron Pills After.
This combination is having wonder
full success everywhere.
1t is sweeping poor health and fear
Of mental and physical breakdown out
Of many homes.
1t is restoring lost appetite, giving
the glow Of health to the cheeks, max
ing faces bright and complexion clear,
and literally giving WORKOUT, brain
tagged people the strength of iron.
For it combines that most useful Of
all metals-iron--in course of medi'
cine that is peculiarly effective
Hoods Sarsaparilla is made from
an unsurpassed formula of iblood-pur-
flying and stomach-toning remedies.
including sarsaparilla, mandrake, dan
delion, yellow dock, wild cherry, gen
tian and other valuable alternatives
and kidney and liver remedies.
Peptiron Pills, named from pepsln
and iron, include these with nux and
other blood and stomach tonics-just
what physicians prescribe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
|THY NOT Utilize
/ IOTS FOR GARDEN?
4. mo Vacant plots In City Could
a. Used for Gardens During
the Spring and
Summer.
uor11D SOLVE PROBLEMS
III. - Foodstuffs and Scarcity Of
ratabIes Brings the Problem
Home to Every
one.

Why not garden the vacant lots IN
Keokuk? ,oos+ 100 ne tbese
~hicb could be utilized for gardens,
md thus help cut the cost OF 1000
s,nffs There has never been a tlme
shan the cost OF food has cut such
sI ss,,re as it does today. By using
~ vac Sacant lots as garden plots and BY
~ sa;rg some practical gardening, the
u uvi,,e cost may not be so appalling
:. one finds it to be today.
these lots are situated in various
.aetions of the city, they could be
1sorkad mornings and evenings be-
.ora and after work by ambitious men,
=, thew might even afford employ
mont in cases where other work was
scarce or the one doing the garden
inc unable to work at other occu2a-
lions In any event, it looks like
vacant lot gardening properly done,
would be a good investment, econ
omically, and mighty poor. bit Of
business and waste If not undertak-
en-
Drain on Pocketbook.
The following is taken from an
editorial in the Country Gentleman:
Rising costs of foodstuffs make a
big spring drain on the resources OF
the average household. The keeper
Of the family purse doesn't need to
he told that farm prices in January
averaged more than fifty per cent
higher than in the past nine years.
For thousands Of families the an
swer lies in the home garden. Even
on farms the Importance Of the gard
en-. coupled with good canning and
preserving, is not fully appreciated.
The self-su2porting farm table is still
too rarely found The farm pantry
that cannot furnish plenty of fruits
and vegetables to supply the table
with a variety of dishes throughout
the winter is an evidence of short
sighted management.
The Vacant Lot.
Many city and suburban families
can also find in the garden protec-
ton from excessive food prices. They
may not own desirable garden land,
hut every town or city is surro unded
by thousands of acres Of vacant land
that may be utilized. The vacant
lot garden has been promoted with
surprising results in some places,
and the idea needs to be spread
broadcast.
Owners of vacant land should ba.
urged to offer it for garden purposes
Uniform rules must be made to safe
guard individual rights, to protect
growing crops and to compel the
gardeners to leave the land in as
neat and clean condition as it was
found.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
SINGERS ARE
COMING HERE
Tuskegee Jubilee Musicians VIII Ap.
pear in keokuk In
Program April
Fourth.

A company Of jubilee singers from
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial In
stitute, Alabama, Of which the late
Booker T. Washin gton was founder,
will appear in this city at First
Baptist church on Wednesday, April
A, $3.50 O'Clock. Admission will be
free.
These singers have Travelled over
the entire United States, singing in
the interest OF their school of which
they are graduates.
The program to be rendered con
sists of the old-fashioned plantation
melodies, folk songs, dialect readings,
and an address entitled, THE Story
of Tuskegee Institute" The men are
a highly trained group of singers
and the community Is to be given a
treat in their appearance here.
Tuskegee Institute has grown since
1881 from shanty and poultry house
to the point where it now has 10
buildings, large and small, $500
acres of land. an improved heating,
lighting and water system, etc. There
are forty distinct trades and indus
tries taught to more than 1000 stu
dents annual1yby faculty Of 200
teachers and workers-au of them
negroes. s.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

as is absolutely necessary and the city
resources conserved for any emer-
gency. This country is fairly well
employed now. Add to this a call for
million or two men-add to this the
men needed in transportation, in fac
tories, ship yards and on the farms to
equip, feed and furnish munitions and
man power will be at premioum such
as we have never known before.
If this world war has taught us any
thing it has taught us to organize. to
conserve our resourceS-to do those
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
HAWK-EYE HAS
: CHANGED HANDS
W.. 3. SouthwelI, Former Business
Manager, Returns to BurIing-
ton Paper as Business
Manager. .'.. "a.

BURLINGTON, Iowa, March 90
Announcement has been made of the
transfer of the controlling interest of
the Burlington Hawk-Eye to William
B, Southwell, now business manager
Of the Des Moines Register and
Leader.
J. L. Waite, former publisher, will
continue as editor in chief. No change
will be made in the papers political
and economic policy, but the present
plans provide for taking in much
larger scope of operations and great
ly enlarged publication. I'D.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

meeting in the Coliseum. Cochran
was defense counsel for Thomas
Mooney. San Francisco labor leader,
convicted of murder in connection
with the plot and now under sentence
OF death. He told the mass meeting
the charge against Mooney was a
frame UP" and his conviction a
'travestv on justice"
He said the government should in
vestigate as the Mooney indictmen.
charged conspiracy to hamper pre-
paTedness moves.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
War Time xpeditures.

War Time xpeditures.
To the Editor Of The Gate City:
The Gate City Of Saturday last,
gave notice of Governor Harding's
special message to the legislature to
the end that Iowa may be on war
basis by April 2, in which the COVER
nor suggests:
A census Of men available for mill
tary duty.
An inventory Of materials. etc.
An emergency fund Of 100000.
Factory for munitions plants, etc.
It is natural that we ask ourselves
in case war is declared-what will be
our individual duty. what the duty Of
our city, our country and our state?
We know that this country will need
something Of an army. equipment,
munitions, etc. Most of this work
must Of necessity be done from CEN
tral points under the direction Of
army, navy and government. officers.
Equipment factories, munition plants
will be co-ordinated by such authority.
Such states as Kansas, Iowa, Nebras-
ka. strictly agricultural states, will be
called upon for better. than their regu-
lar quota Of men and food.
A large part of the world is suffer
ing today for lack OF food owing to a
scarcity or from improper distribution.
The rapid mobilization of this country
for war will intensity this condition.
Iowa can do no greater thing for our
country than to organize and work
now for the greatest crop in it's his
tory. Every county should organize
at once to this end The counties and
municipalities should take upon them
selves no unnecessary labor and our
own city has planned large amount
OF street improvement with little
money to pay for the work, other than
direct tax upon the property bene-
flied. It Is my Judgment that in case
war is declared, all such contracts
should be cancelled except such work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
Labor Aroused by LAWYER.

CHICAGO, March 26. United
States governemnt investigation OF
the San Francisco preparations pa
rade plot is demanded today in res.
oIution by 500 persons who heard w.
Bourll Cochran, New York lawyer,
tell labors side of the case at a mass
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
You are Invited to Write for Free Advice.

medicine has successful relieving
1ulIering has Lydia Pinkhams Vegetable Compound
receive and helpful advice writing the Lydia
Medicine Co.. Lynn Mass Such letters
answed by women only and held in strict condolences
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
Many distressing Ailments experienced
by them are Alleviated by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Here is Proof by Women who Know.

Lowell, Mass.-"For the last three years have
been troubled with the Change of Life and the bad
feelings common at that time. was In a very ner-
vous condition, with headaches and pain good
deal of the time so was unfit to do my work. A
friend asked me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, which did, and it has helped me IN
every way I am not nearly so nervous, no head
ache or pain. must say that Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound is the best remedy any sick
woman can take."LMrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear
259 Worthen ST., Lowell, Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
|lIiIilLIIIjIlfIIl

She Tells Friends Lydia Pnkham's Remedies
North Haven, As had the Change of Life
which is trouble all women At first it didn't bother
put after while got bearing pains called in doctors who
d things did not pains One
HkP husband home and said Why don't yo try Lydia f.
and took about 10 bottles of Vegetable and could
Wash and it has done great deal of good ANY one
house from female troubles OF Change OF
Life them to take the Pnkham remedies There about 20
q US here world them"-Mrs FLORENCE 1sELLA,
box 1871, North Haven Conn
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

things which must be done and let
the others wait.
JOSHUA F. ELDER.
Keokuk, Iowa, March &c, 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26
Voice of the People

THE Gate City does not assume re-
spon sibility for views expressed BY
correspondents. Writers Of communi-
cations must furnish their Danes
not necessarily for publication. but
for the information of the editor.]
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

Simon Pure Optimism.
Atchison Globe: An optimist is a
man who thinks he has discovered a
scent cigar as good as the Decent
brand.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-26

There is said to be more uneXplorei
country in Brazil than in all the rest
OF the world put together.