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chapeI Fund.

SUdpCI : OnOs
The Chapel Fund society Of the
First Westminster Presbyterian
church will be entertained Tuesday af-
ternoon by Mrs. w. w. Holmes, S29
Orleans avenue. The assisting hos
tesses will be Miss Lucretia Huis-
kamp. Mrs. George Hassall. Mrs. H.
w. Collision, Mrs. ]. o. Boyd and
Mrs. Reeves.
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SUGAR Creek Society.

Mrs. Thomas Taylor will be hostess
to the Ladies' society OF the Sugar
Creek Christian church next Wednes-
day afternoon.
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READING Circle.

The Westminster Missionary Read
,nr circle will be entertained next
Monday afternoon by Mrs. John H..
Cole, ZIG High street. The assisting
tostesses will be Mrs. J. r. Carpenter.
Nrs. Weigner. Mrs. L. D. Sheppard,
Mrs. w. S. Montgomery, Mrs. II. n.
ColIisson, Miss Sallie Smythe TWO
out of town members of the society
are listed with the hostesses. Mrs.
Harry Yer Steeg of Des Moines. ana
Mrs. John N Irwin of ST. Louis.
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Surprise Party.

Twenty friends Of Miss Josephine
Kennedy gave her a happy surprise
last night In honor of her birthday
anniversary. Refreshments were
served during the evening.
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Congregational church will be enter
tanned Friday afternoon by Mrs. A.
w. HUDSON, 016 Grand avenue.
c, w. q. M. Auxiliary.

y. W. 9. Ms N0NHATJ'
The c. w. B. M. auxiliary will meet
In the parlors of the First Christian
church Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The committee in charge is Mrs. B. F.
Smith. Mrs. j. P. Peterson, Mrs. HI.
D. Inskeep, Mrs. Walter Anderson,
Mrs. Alfred Anderson,
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~ M,-v,. c,4h,,,. e..,.&,

ST. Mary's Catholic Society.
The Ladies' society of st. Mary's
Catholic church will be entertained at
cards in st. Mary's hall Thursday at
ternoon. The following will be the
hostesses: Mrs. Frank Ewers, Mrs.
Laurence Ewers, Mrs. William Ewers,
Mrs. Charles Frank, Mrs. Irwin Grit
fey. Mrs. William Herr. Mrs. Emmett
Hogan. Mrs. Daniel Harrington, Mrs.
John Herbner. Mrs. Fred Held, Mrs.
John Joyce. Mrs Edward Keiser, Mrs.
Marie Lingstrum,
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1aax@t&&k& ssaA
was decided to purchase war certif-
ses ana thrift stamps to the amount
OF ten dollars This amount was talk
"a iioAA the treasury and is in addi-
.,on 10 other individual purchases of
the members.
iahs were made for benefit for
me overseas hospital for French wom-
~ ana children who are victims Of
.lie war. The establishment and main
lehance OF this hospital is one of the
war activities Of the American EQUAL
suffrage association. A number Of
members OF the association have not
pa1d their dues and it was decided to
accept thrift stamps in payment and
mus help increase the sale Of stamps
locally. The next meeting May 8, will
ne the annual meeting for the election
Of officers. ~
Miss Julia Conroy and Mrs. Weis.
senberger gave very interesting re-
ports OF the district convention re-
Gently held at Fairfield, to which they
were delegates.
The hostess served tea and war
time cookies at the close of the after
noon and an hour was spent delight
fully In social way.
Benefit Postponed.
The Red Cross benefit which was
to have been given this evening at
the Belmont school has been post.
poned until next Tuesday evening,
April 9.
wano Militia
The Woman's Whist league will be
entertained Tuesday afternoon by
Mrs. Jessie Brownell.
Wednesday Reading Club.
The Wednesday Reading club Will
be entertained April 10 by Miss Lu-
cretia Huiskamp.
Art Club Meeting.
The Art club will meet Monday
evening with Miss Solomon. The pa
per Of the evening will be on the work
OF Mao Monies, by Mrs. Robert M.
Lapsley.
D. A. r. Next Week.
The Keokuk chapter Daughters of
the American Revolution will be en-.
tertained next Saturday afternoon by
Mrs. John w. Hobbs, 204 North Sec
ond street. Mrs. A. c. Decker. Mrs H.
Boyden Blood, Mrs. N. T. Pyle and
Mrs. Karl Kiedaisch will be the as
sisting hostesses. Mrs. w. G.. Blood
will make a report of the recent state
held in Ottumwa. The
program for the afternoon will be
paper on War Poems and War Poets
by Mrs. j. o. Boyd.
Shakespeare Club.
The Shakespeare club will hold its
asst meeting of the club year Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. ]. F. Ed !
,r, No. 3 Park Place. The Life of
Shakespeare will be the topic of
study for the evening. H. Boyden
Blood will read apaper, Shakespeare's
life in London and Mrs. Frank NJ.
FULLER will have fora subject. The In !
1uence of Stratford-on-Avon on !
plays.
Weekly Shipment.
The weekly shipment from the Red
Cross shop this morning in the sew
ng department included fifty hospital
Jed shirts and ten helpless bed shirts.
Thimble Club.
The Thimble club will be enter
aimed Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.
Ohm Rogers. Al North Tenth street.
Surprise Party.
Twenty friends Of Miss Josephine
Kennedy gave her happy surprise
asst night In honor of her birthday
Refreshments were
erved during the evening.
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Cleaners Glass.

The Cleaners class OF the M. P.
church will be entertained on Tuesday
afternoon at a business and social
meeting at the home Of Mrs. C. l..
Hardy, 1925 Exchange. All members
are urged to be present.
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Congregational Society.
The Ladies' society OF the H1fss
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Quid Libet,

The Quid Libet society of the First
Congregational church will be enter
tanned Monday afternoon by Mrs.
Harry M. Phillips at her home on Or.
leans avenue. Mrs. P. c. Hayden will
be the assisting hostess.
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Red Cross Shipment.

.r me Red Cross shipment in the
sugical dressing department this
rs eek included 5000 2x2 sponges. On
p .%y the Alpha Trist and S. F.
,s aaer Co. auxiliary established a
.u uoord by making together 52S AKA
~ These sponges were folded
s ae oid way as it does not seem adj
nv, aoie to adopt the new way with
sus authority from Chicago head
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Christian Church society

The Ladies' society Of the First
Christian church will be entertained
in the parlors OF the church Friday
afternoon by Mrs Frank Singleton,
Mrs. Shore and Mrs. Harry Van
Ausdall.
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TRINITY IadIea' socIe4v

The Ladies' society Of the Trinity
NJ. e. church will be entertained in
the parlors Of the church Friday after
noon by Mrs. Grant Scott. Mrs. w. r..
Smith, Mrs. Sexton and Mrs. Henry
Schaeffer
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ThimbIe Club.

The Thimble club will be enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon by Mrs
John Rogers, Al North Tenth street.
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m Equal Suffrage Meeting.
me Equal Suffrage association held
.noy interesting meeting yesterday
Ns,.noon at the home of Mrs. e. G..
''ssenberger. No. 5 Park Place. 1t
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Shakespeare Club.

Weekly Shipment.
The weekly shipment from the Red
Cross shop this morning in the sew
ing department included fifty hospital
bed shirts and ten helpless bed shirts.
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The Art club will meet Monday
evening with Miss Solomon. The pa
per of the evening will be on the work
of Mao Monies, by Mrs. Robert M.
Lapsley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
Labor Strong and New Mass of
Women Voters to Confuse
the Prophets

twenty-Qne; while the right to vote is
conferred upon soldiers from nineteen,
the age below which they are understood
not to be used for foreign service. The
plural voter, if not yet completely abol-
ished, will not count as a factor. The
total electorate, which was eight millions
in 1910, is now about eighteen millions,
and that immense number includes a
great new army of women voters, maybe
nearly eight millions strong.
Altogether, the coming election may
be described as the most incalculable adj
venture in political history, for no one
can forecast the combined results Of the
enlarged electorate, the changed con-
stituencies, the disappearance of the
plural voter, the women's entry into poll
tics and the unknown mind of the SOL
der. Moreover, women have gained the
right of admission to Parliament and the
new House of Commons may easily in
clude a few of those leaders who, during
the last decade or so, have displayed so
remarkable a talent for organization and
debate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
7 lloyd George S
~ Great Stroke

That, coupled of course with the
Northcliffe alliance, is Mr.. Georges
weakness. His strength is individual
and personal. In certain qualities Of
popular leadership he is unrivalled.
Time and again since he succeeded to
the first place in the government he has
seemed to be at the end Of his resources
The House of Commons has been resent
full, the press hostile, the army sus-
picious, the nation perturbed. Recall
for example, the storm over the Yer
sailles conference a year ago, the Maui
rice affair, the repeated crises in Ire
land, the volcanic rumblngs among the
munitions workers, in the shipyards and
the mines. But the stars in their courses
have fought for the Prime Minister.
Saved as a rule by the extreme emer-
gency of war, he has pulled through
Since 1916 he has behind him a series of
astonishing successes in the House of
Commons. And to-day, strengthened
and stimulated beyond measure by the
boundless triumphs of the Allies, on the
eve of the election he appears. at all
events to the world outside England as
the single commanding figure among the
political leaders of Britain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01

years, to all intcnts and purposes, the
leader of the Conservative forces. And
when he makes his appeal for support
on behalf Of his government the voter
has to confront and weigh the fact that
Lloyd George. from 1906 to 1914 the
most powerful radical leader in the Eng
disappearing world, is asking to be sup
ported in his association with Mr.. Bonar
Law, Lord Curzon and Lord Miner,
while every one Of the prominent Lib
erals who stood with him before 1914 is
ranged with the Opposition.
In the Coalition Was Cabinet there is
one labor leader, George Barnes (who
henceforth, presumably, will be differ
emily labelled), and one Liberal of an
emphatically on-party kind, General
SHUTS Of the Transvaal. For the rest,
Mr.. George depends in the main upon
the cooperation of men who, apart from
the great issue of the war, are by tenn
permanent, tradition, training and inter
est identified with the world in which
their emergency leader has no part
at ALL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
THE Retort
IL OF the Liberals

The appeal to Liberals was certainly
brilliant stroke Lloyd George could gauge
exactly their situation and their dilemma
In the first place he knew that they did
not want the election at ALL A divided
Liberal party could not have much of a
chance at such a time as this; that is,
while the peace settlement, and especially
such a settlement as the present, is still
in suspense Mr. George knew, moreover
that his old party is hard up for plat
form; that Mr.. Asquith is certainly not
leader for a new and incalculabe era, and
that there arc large numbers of his old
adherents who, while far from trusting
him completely, will always admire and de-
light in his resourccfulncss, eloquence and
dash. Further, the whole liberal world,
like the world of labor, is deeply in ear
nest about the League of Free Nations; and
Mr.. Georges declaration of full agreement
with President Wilson, together with the
knowledge that before any change of gov
eminent could take effect the broad lines
Of the international settlement Should be
laid amounts to additional argument
for keeping the present coalition in power
Clearly, the Liberal groups felt their dis
advantage, and if the Prime Minister had
been free to pursue the line which he at
first marked out for himself the Asquith
Liberals would have found themselves
without any particular reason for separate
existence. But the Prime Minister was not
free. Being without any powerful Liberal
colleagues in the coalition, he must of
necessity shape his course to that of Mr.
RoIf
Accordingly Mr.. Georges later speeches
and the election address issued jointly
with Mr.. Law reveal his efforts to arrive
at compromise which may attract LIB
erals and the moderate Labor section with
out causing the bulk of his conservative
following to take fright. The question is
How can he do that in view Of the prom-
hence of such questions as land reform,
tariffs and colonial preference, and Ire
land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01

failed in its duty to the same causco On
this matter | Iced say nothing further. be-
cause IN the columns of The Tribune
Colonel Roosevelt, who has visited Eng
land, interviewed our statesmen and seen
our ships, has put the case precisely as
Mr.. Lloyd George would put it, unless it
be that the Colonel is little more forcible.
When Mr.. Roosevelt declares that the
freedom Of the seas means the cnsavc-
mcnt of mankind it is not for an English
visitor In this country to add anything.
We must have an understanding on the
ocean. And this is proposal worth consid-
ering. Let our statesmen get together and
reckon up what navy is necessary TO keep
peace on the ocean. Then let them appor-
ton ships to each democratic country, re-
serving the main force for the United States
and Great Britain. Let US divide that
Anglo American feet equally between US,
making it fifty-fifty. Let us share plans
and expenses. In other words, let US apply
to this situation the supremacy wise policy
which kept warshps off the Great Lakes
and gave to the United States and Canada
frontier of 1000 miles without one fort.
what an achievement that would be. The
people want such arrangement If it
does not come about it will be the fault Of
politicians on both sides and of newspaper
men and of officials in rut. If the trouble
lies with mandarins in Whitehall, London,
then let us know it. But at present we
nave before us no proposal Of the kind and
no definition of what America really means
by freedom of the seas. All that confronts
US is kind of vague suspicion, sometimes
expressed IN severe terms, which has sur
prlsed US at time when our MEN are still
bleeding together and our factories are
busy weaving American flags with which to
welcome the American President. If there
are m'schlef makers we are convinced that
the soul of the American people is not with
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
The Liberals
Il And Their Dilemma

With all this, however, Mr.. Asquith is
compelled to weaken his own position as
the opposition leader by making it plain
that he cannot sanction any contest be-
tween Liberal candidates. Wherever an
acknowledged Liberal is standing Cor, as
Americans say, runnng) for Parliament
whether carrying the Coalition or the
straight Liberal label, he is to have a clear
field SO far the energies of the Liberal
organization concerned. This will
mean that in a large number of constitu-
encies the Coalition forces will have it all
their own way. Some working arrange
ment will be arrived at between the Liberal
and Conservative party managers, and the
man who can be depended upon least to
split the vote will secure the nomination.
AS consequence good many Liberals
who would prefer to follow the unembar-
raised lead of Mr.. Asquith will stand as
Coalition candidates.; thousands of per-
sons who have always voted Tory will find
themselves, through the compromise, com
PEELED to support a Libc raj Coalition can
didatc, and doubtless many Liberals of the
Left, before the war fervent adherents of
Lloyd George, will decide to throw in their
lot with the Labor party.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
Me Lloyd George
IL Strategy at Work

This being the position, what, natural
ly would be Mr.. Lloyd Georges method?
Any one acquainted with his extraordi-
nary genius for political strategy could
have predicted it without hesitation A
few hours after the signing of the ar
mistice he made an appeal to his old
Liberal supporters. Beginning with the
announcement that the terms of the
peace would dominate the election, he
proclaimed that the government would
enter the peace conference for settle
mcnt upon the lines of justice and public
right. There would be no vengeance;
no false settlement such as that of 1871
This policy would involve as an cs-
sentla] element the creation Of League
OF Free Nations for the insurance of
peace and Britain would go to the peace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
THE Strong Appeal
Il OF Labor

Well, beyond a question, labor as q
political and reconstructye force is max
ing potent and moving appeal to large
numbers of men and women outside the
ranks of the manual workers. Through the
inter-Allied war and peace aims, formulated
early this year, and the widely circulated
manifesto called Labor and the New Social
ORDER it has initiated d powerful move
ment Of education. SO much is generally
admitted But what of the British Labor
party in the coming election? What of its
leadership. its candidates and its majority
and minority sections? Until lately the
statement has been repeatedly made that
Labor candidates to the number Of between
500 and 400 would be standing. To-day it
seems likely that the total will be nearer
200. The new rule which requires, before
nomination, deposit by each candidate of
$3.50, to be forfeited upon failure to poll
one-eighth OF the total votes, will act as
severe check upon speculative nominations
And the absorption of SO many of the best
in the services Will limit the choice of can
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
The Prospects in Favor of the SsVic.
tory Premier"----The Issues
and the Leaders

the forces Of Labor. The first movement
could not succeed; for the two years of Mr.
Georges Premiership have been q period,
practically, of Conservative rule, and clear
ly, since the twofold slogan is, "The gov
eminent that has won the war" and "A
coalition for the settlement" there is no
possible, certainly there is no immediate,
career for Mr.. George as a party leader,
even if his old place recoverable
which it is not. AS for definite merging
of Liberals and Conservatives against La
borSocialism-tha hat is in part already eff
fected in some electoral districts, and it
is obvious that the movement might go
much further by December ID if the middle
classes have been in any serious degree
affected by the fear of Boshevism.
So far, as the American public in gen.
eral recognizes, the British Labor party
has shown itself to be remarkably free
from those tendencies which, in this coun-
try in England, commonly identified
with the principles of the Bolsheviki. And
the party now ranged behind Arthur Hen
derson will, if it should be true to its prin-
cples stand in the election for an inter-
national settlement and a scheme of social
reconstruction which, by comparison with
the programmes daily proclaimed in Con-
tinental countries, must seem moderate and
responsible. Indeed, what the British Ia
Dor leaders to-day arguing is that both
Conservatives and Liberals, seeking for
measures to meet the challenge of the new
time, have been compelled to rifle the Labor
party stores. 1t is labor, they maintain,
which stands solidJy behind the nrocrammo
of q just European system, an equitable
agreement as to raw materials and the I'M
developed regions of the world together
with league of nations for the insurance
of peace and public right. And it is labor,
and labor alone, they insist, which has
faced the claims and needs of world
torn, embittered and exhausted by war
and now calling for concrete proposals, as
we'll ideal aims, in the work of rebuild
ing industry and society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
Dut What of
~ Irelandl

There remains the obstinate puzzle Of
the Irish at Westminster. The Nationalist
have suffered heavily through the death of
John Redmond. But, more than this, their
position is made problematical in the ex-
IRENE by the fierce passions of wartime
Ireland, the events since the Dublin revolt
Of 1915, and the increase of SIM Fem.
Roughly stated, the fight is no longer be-
tween Home Rule and. Unionism; it Is re-
tween differing forms of Home Rule and
party, of unknown dimensions, which stands
for independence, at least for the an-
plication to Ireland of the principle of ma
tional self-determination. The evidence
of recent bye-elections seems TO foreshadow
large successes at the polls for Sim Fem
Such successes, of course, would be gained
at the expense Of the Home Rulers led by
Dillon and Devlin; and if the Sim Fem
the House of Commons, Ireland in the new
Parliament would afford a problem more
difficult even than the one TO which Great
Britain has for SO long been accustomed
Lloyd George, always sincerely anxious
to find the way out, repeated his conviction
in a recent speech. "There can" he said,
'be no political peace in the kingdom or
empire while the Irish question remains
unsettled" In America, more perhaps than
in any country except Ireland itself peo-
pie Of all parties viii recognize that as q
faithful saying.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-01
+ lloyd George
IL The Issue

inevitably the issue is Lloyd George.
He became Prime Minister exactly two
years ago, in December, 1916. He ere
ated victory governmental person
mel and procedure an entirely new ex-
pertinent. Mr.. George transformed the
old British Cabinet system. He created
fresh type of Executive. Realizing
that the constitution was in great part
myth, tradition or an idea, he refash-
toned it's instruments as the occasion
seemed to demand. His government,
from March to midsummer, passed
through the acutest crisis of the war
And, thanks mainly to the weight Of the
American stroke at the crucial moment,
Mr.. George remains at the head of af-
fairs at the coming of peace. Victory
having been attained, he demands, as he
has a right to demand a mandate for
the settlement.
His personal position is without a
parallel For a century and half, since
the elder Pitt, no English statesman has
been head Of the nation without being at
the same time leader of a party. Mr..
George has no party. He is backed by
no party machine; he commands no rec
ognized party funds. He has not for
mally separated himself from the Lib
erals. At the recent assembly of Liberal
chiefs and delegates, there was a move
ment toward the restoration of unity.
Mr.. Asquith, however, remains the off
cial Liberal leader; Mr. Bonar Law is
both titular and actual leader of the
Conservatives. The Labor party, led by
Arthur Henderson, is in direct opposi-
ton to the government Mr.. George,
therefore, stands outside the party
ranks; but he is, and has been for three