The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-12

picture theatres closed 1nQeIlnlteiy
after films had been contracted for in
advance, and by various other opera
tons of the order preventing, Keokull
|people from collecting togemer
Men Have No Place TO GO.
| The clubs are hit hard, too.
! The number of men in Keokuk who
have no home life and depend upon
some club associations for their so
cial outlet is larger than some people
! imagine. Now, they have no place to
go in the evening, to meet other men.
The several hundred identical keys
to the front door Of the Elks club
house will not unlock the door today.
and the elegant lounging room, library
and parlor is empty and silent This
is the first time the front door has
failed to open to members keys
since the club house was built
The steward of the Keokuk club
plans to utilize his enforced idleness
| by going to Camp Dodge, where his
son is again stationed as army officer
| The Eagles and Moose are shut out
| of their beloved homes.
School People Cheerful.
| This is one Saturday when the
preachers are not mulling over SER
mons for tomorrow, >and Sunday
school teachers are not running over
the lessons while doing their daily
, work.
| The schools are not effected until
| Monday, and both pup>p and teachers
seem cheerful about the prospect to-
day. The pupils smile and say little,
and the teachers will receive their
salaries just the same under the Iowa
contracts.
Lucky is the person who had enough
reading matter out of the public IL
brary before it closed last evening.
The soldiers of the near future are
hit rather hard for they were just
getting a good start in the instruct
ion here which will be invaluable to
them when they join the colors.
A Burlington Idea.
The farce element was introduced
by the Burlington high school athlet-
ic director, who seems to be more
athletic than intelligent. AS xoon as
the order OF the keokuk board of
health, based on the order of the state
board and with the police power OF
the state behind it, he was telephoned
that the football game scheduled for
here this afternoon had been prohibit
ed by the authorities and could not
be played. The Burlington Gazette
says he claims it as forfeited game,
because the Keokuk team does not
play 1t.
The funeral element appeared al
most at once in the death of Connie
Hickey this morning early. The strict
est compliance with the order is main
tanned there, nobody will be at the
funeral except the immediate family
Of the dead man.
Gymnasium and Youth.
The Y. NJ. c. A. and Y. w. c. A. |
looked very dead today.
The closing Of the gymnasium at
the Y. NJ. c. A. and OF all the many /
activities there from the bathing pool /
to the pool tables. took away its at !
traction for young men and boys.
At the Y. W. c. A.. the office ives !
kept open this forenoon. with orders !
to allow people to come in singly and /
IN pairs. but If there began any as
sembling of a considerable number. |!
to close the doors OF the building. \!
Restaurants and DINING rooms are i
not affected by the order. !
Women and Children First.
The women had their routine ar
engagements Of life more badly dis !
than the men.
All sorts of parties and meetings
of many women's societies and Or
were scheduled for today.
and all these had to be annulled in
a hurry.
The women and children feel the
loss of the motion picture theaters
most. as they are the majority of the
patrons of these houses.
The Red Cross shop is run like any
Of the other factories. but there are
no general meetings of the Red Cross
for awhile. For that matter, the Red
Cross. like the doctors, is fighting
the epidemic, end the country is
making hundreds of thousands of
antiseptic masks for use in army
camps.
No Masses Tomorrow.
So many Catholics We're concerned
about masses on Sunday. and en-
luired about 1t, that Rev. George Gig
niger issued a statement to remove
every shadow OF doubt in that drec.
ion
He told The Gate City today that
here will be no mass or service or