The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-15

NO USE FOR oilers
croquet No Game for Man In SUM
ner Time-Pays Tribute to the
Flag IN Elks Annual
Services

for 1uke-warm AmeficAnism, saYOred q
spirited patriotic address by Iowa's
chief executive. Governor w. L. Hard
ing. on the steps Of the Elks club home
Friday night.
The governor minced no words.
With hammer and tongs he went after
food hoarders. slackers. disloyalists
and the use OF foreign languages IN
Estate and nations in no uncertain fash
ion.
The occasion was the annual Flag
day service OF the Elks, ritualistic
ceremony which is observed wherever
there is an institution OF the fratern-
Iity.
Ritual observed.
Preceding the speech of the cover.
nor, patriotic airs were played, the al
tar OF roses, lilies and violets was
built by oficials OF the order and a
tribute to the flag were features OF
1.-THE program. G. Lloyd Norman, ex-
allied ruler, presided and introduced
Governor Harding.
A history OF the American flag was
read by John E. Craig, chaplain OF the
Elks and the tribute to the Stars and
stripes was paid by Donald w. Strick-
Her. DR.. ]. B. How'd, IS esquire. was
assisted in the altar service by irwin
Grifey. Clifford R. Milligan and =. q.
Johannes.
Music was furnished by the Keokuk
Concert band which was stationed on
the balcony above the porch.
Work and Serve.
The great salvation of work ana
serve was the burden Of Governor
lHarsiing's address.
At one point In Il, he leaned
over with characteristic gesture
and looking down into the faces
o. the men and women sitting IN
the hundreds Of chairs and stand
ina on the curbs, he shouted:
"The man who doesn't work
now 10 a dirty, mean, contempt
ible, lousy old skunk" There was
! applause as he finished the sent
| ence.
eve can honor ourselves by reyer-
encing that flag. tonight" said the
governor, pointing to the folds OF the
standard, floating above his head.
BUT that flag is in danger and wheth-
er it falls or stays risen depends on
the blood, the courage and the money
| OF American manhood ana woman
hood.
4
| to the task of winning this war.
/ Must Lick the Kaiser.
.'There is just one task for us now
and that is to lick the kaiser and
want to stay in this war untii tne
whole damned Potsdam family IS
driven off the face of the earth.
"There never was better or finer
4 =. /
VIA 8 proud to be at Long Island last
fall when troops passed in my honor
as your governor, just before they de-
parted for France.
"Finally the Iowa boys came by.
turned to General Mann, the COM
manding officer of the review and
said. at seems to me that the
shoulders OF the Iowa boys are just
a little broader, their heads just
little higher and the determination
in their faces just a little stronger
than those qualities in the boys from
any other state.
lowa,s Real Fighters.
"They were boys from the old
Thiyd Iowa. And you know what boys
thew called when they wanted real
men to bear the first shock OF battle
in the trenches on the other side. 1t
was our own dear Third Iowa"
Annlause greeted this statement OF
the governor.
trenches fighting for you and for me,
In wonder what some OF these rat,
baIdheaded boys at home are doing
to help win the war.
Work to be Done.
"rhere's a lot Of work to be done
here. The man who doesn't Work is
:. Stacker. II he doesn't work after his
attention has been called to the fact
he should be considered as traitor.
81 have been looking up some sta
tistics of Iowa, lately. find that
there are fifty-four persons IN the
city to every forty-six on the farm IN
everv hundred. Say, Mr. Retired
Farmer. you have got to get back to
work"
Idle pastimes were heavlfy scored
by the governor
| Have you got that game down here
called golf?" he asked. "Tll tell you
what 1t is. It's man on the end OF
stick chasing rubber oaii arouno
a cow pasture. They say man
nhases a ball when he gets too old to
chase anything else.
81 recently saw nine men on lit
+ ,a Mot of ground on a warm June
afternoon. playing croquet. Great God
asan Won imagine men playing croquet
IN iowa ON a fine day in the summer
time? !,
War Not Won.
in my Judgment it is going TO take
.h,ee 70 ave wears to win this war and
Ave to ten millions Of our boys to gain
victory. but we must win it we have