The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-22
drink, or either, in public places,
including hotels and social

drink, or ettner, IN PUBIC places,
: including hotels and social
clubs"
There seems to be little chance
or variance in interpretations Of
his class. A waiter of draft age in
any club, hotel or restaurant is clear
ly doing nonessential work. Male
chefs of draft age, and all male
kitchen help probably will be hit too.
The rule makes a clean sweep Of
soda squirts," dairy lunch counter
men, male dishwashers and bus boys.
Any male waiter legally at work Ii
Des Moines viii have to be less than
twenty-one or more than thirty years
old
The second class: Passenger
elevator operators and attend
ants, and door men, footmen, car
riage openers and other attend
ants in clubs, hotels, stores,
apartment houses, office build
ings and lighthouses"
A great proportion Of Des Moines
office building proprietors apparent
ly saw this rule coming" The pro-
cess Of substituting women for men
elevator operators has been going on
for several months. Nevertheless
there are several men of draft age
still operating life levers here, and
application Of the rule will cause q
shortage of elevator help until new
crop of girls can be trained.
AS to doormen, footmen and car
riage openers. Des Moines Is too far
west to be much affected. But 10Th
er attendants" particularly in hotels
apartment houses and office build
ings probably includes a large class.
Local boards could reasonably in
duct into service hotel clerks, bell
boys and lavatory attendants, JAM.
tors of all sorts, and Turkish bath
employees under this rule.
The third class: "Persons, IN
Guiding ushers and other attend
ants, engaged and occupied in,
and In connection with games,
sports and amusements except
ing actual performers, in ieeiti-
mate concerts, operas and thea
trieaI performances"
This seems to clean out theatres.
including movies from the managers
down to messenger boys. Stage hands
of draft age must go. Prize fight
and wrestling managers and promo
tiers are hit. Riverview park and all
its concessions, probably will be
robbed of all the flower of young
manhood. Ball park attendants will
know the itch of an army flannel
shirt An exception has been an
nounced in the case of professional
ball players, which will be in effect
until the end of the playing season.
The fourth class: persons en-
pioyed in domestic service"
Within the meaning of this CLASH
fication probably will fail all family
gardeners, caretakers,
and house men" In general The bus
mess man who maintains a driver for
his car hereafter will have to learn
to drive it himself, or hire a man
who is more than thirty-one as a pi-
lot
The fifth class: "Saies clerks
and other clerks employed in
stores and other mercantile es-
ADJUSTMENTS
This is by far the most elastic reg
ulation in the list. 1t unquestionably
will be the one which boards will
have the most trouble In administer.
ing. Under it nearly all retail and
jobbing establishm ents in Dies
Moines reasonably could be forced
to give up large proportions of their
iraft-age staffs.
Mr.. Noah Webster, in his diction-
ary, asserts that an establishment is
when 1t has to do, or Is
engaged in, trade or the buying and
selling of commodities" Commodities
ire defined by the same authority as
everything movable that Is bought
,r Sold" Goods, wares, merchandise.
products of land and manufactures"
1t is probable that the havoc strict
adherence to these definitions would
enforce, is not contemplated by the
Kraft officials, for such application
would rob war distribution of work
ers. Local boards are urged to use
sympathy and common sense" and
hey probably will need often to ap.
bly, these qualities in determining
traits under this rule. A cursory
survey of business activity here in
iicates that clerks in the following
ines might be affected:
Clerks in retail auto shops Of