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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
ROBBlNG THE RED CROSS.

oother country needs the help Of the
Red Cross more than Russia or from the
average point Of view deserves it less.
But the average point Of view is not
the view point of the Red Cross. There
is nothing that Russia does not need.
Medtca! and surgical supplies are
scarce, food, clothing, all necessaries
are practically beyond the ability Of
the poorer Russians TO obtain. The
children in Russia are in want
The American Red Cross will go on
with its work in Russia unless that
work assists the Germans in their
plan and purpose OF conquest. II
Russia is to be controlled by Ger
mans and her ports belong to Ger
mans the Red Cross will cease send
ing supplies TO that country merely to
be Communicated and turned over TO
German purposes.
The Red Cross carried into Petro-
grad in one month this year condensed
milk to feed $4,000 children. It has
hoped to bring shipments of condensed
milk up to 1000, 900 cans month ana
extend its services TO the children; but
if the milk thus supplied is to be
snatched from the mouths OF Russian
children for the use of the rich in Ger
many the Red Cross vii stop the ship
ments.
Nothing stands in the way Of Prus-
sian efficiency" not even the starv-
ing children and famished babes of a
starving country If ever since the
world began nation required purii-
cation by punishment for the good Of
its soul and the protection Of human,
ity Germany is that nation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

mules understand --l Hey there.
you -i Make tracias!"
Now all IL changed and such dulcet
order Of the day:
Get gait on Sapphire, you ----!
Oh, hell, I forgot! Aw, cine on now,
old girl! We amt got the whole morn
ing t waste! Be sport, old lady! For
ward---hoh!
Say! for --. Oh, HE'LL mean
heaven! Dammit, forgot again! You
Ananias, will you do me the esteemed
favor to start the process?. Will you
condescend to lift at least one leg?"
Ananias puts one hoof forward in
experimental manner, then stops.About
this time a brother mule skinner
enters mounting a corncob pipe. Says
he to the first mule skinner:
"Whattamatter, Jerry? Don't they
bulge? Livin' up to orders. be yeh?
Aw, wee; way to talk tom is third per-
son-get me?-third person. None OIL
this crude YOU and 'yeze' stuff-same
as tallkin' to the Skipper, y'know."
Jerry gets his mouth all fixed to say.
Jaw. hell" RECEIVERS himself, and then
begins: "Will the off animile kindly
step at least two PAGES to the front?"
(The mule starts to comply IT thank
the of mule! Now will the near mule
kindly follow suit?" ct also starts to
comply "Now, will both the near mule
and the Off mule be so good as to re
peat the process, both pulling together
until requested to desist? Fine; of
they go! Good Gawd-good Gawd!"-
Stars and Stripes, France.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
1T PPROXlMATES CRIME.

Over in an Illinois town mass
meeting was called and rejoicing MADE
over report that 10000 Germans had
been captured and the crive broken.
That story went al over the United
States together with another that the
crown prince lad been captured. There
was not a word of truth in either story
The one OF the crown princes capture
might well have been discounted at
once for the reason that the allies will
never capture any member of the
kaisers family except under the bed
in Berlin but thousands of persons be-
lieved it and rejoced.
Where did the stories start? No
body seems to know but We know how
they were scattered by private wire
broadcast over the country. They
were probably born in the mind Of
some broker who hoped to change the
gambling odds on stocks or grain. No
doubt they had the effect intended.
1t is a reasonable belief that those
who send out false information to
boost trading prices would if the
exigencies OF trading demanded send
out false information Of disaster.
False information in time like this
with a great battle raging which may
decide the fate OF the world and which
stops the civilization OF the globe to
watch and wait in an agony of sus-
pense and approximates crime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
IBy David Cory.l


Oh, dear! Just hated to leave off
in the last story when that lovely Blue
Bird, the little messenger of Spring,
Billy Bunny and the disagreeable
Toad, but there was no more room.
But isn't it nice? She promised to fin-
ish it today, so will tell it to you.
ITS coming true. your winter dream.
For don't you see the sunshine CLEAN.
The violets peeping from the grass,
The green ferns waving as you pass,
The apple trees with dress Of pink,
The merry songster, Bob-o-link,
The babbling brook that sings so
sweet
And vets the dandelions' feet?'
And then Uncle Lucky took off his
hat, his old wedding stove-pipe hat,
just the way we do when we hear
THE Stars pangled Banner" and then
he bowed to the lovely Blue Bird. for
she is the sweetest bird Of all, for she
comes with the springtimes happy
call Well, after that the two little
rabbits hoped back into the Lucky
mobile and went away. And what
that disagreeable old Toad did, I'm
sure I don't know.
Well after a mile and a bump and
smile the two bunny automo-
bilists came to a railroad track, where
a big post with sign said: Look out
for the locomotive!" So Uncle Lucky
stopped and while he looked to the
right the little bunny looked to the
left, and then, all Of sudden, they
heard the engine whistling, and the
next minute the train whizzed by with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Billy Bunny and His Friends

two little red flags flying on the last
car. And who do you suppose was
standing on the platform? You'll never
guess, so I'll tell you before YOU puzzle
your brains.
Why, the Old Red Rooster. And
when he saw the two little rabbits
he pulled the bell rope and the engi-
neer stopped the train so suddenly
was q Coon named Mistar Raccoon,
dropped dresssuit case on his toe.
Goodness gracious meebus!" ex-
claimed dear Uncle Lucky. IF there
isn't that Old Red Rooster Seems to
me he gets new Job every week.
And 1 guess the old gentleman rab-
bit was pretty nearly right, for / re-
member the Old Red Rooster used to
tend furnaces and rake leaves. and
after that he was letter carrier Tor
Aunt Columbia, and here he was
conductor on an express train.
did you want to go to HareburghT'
he asked, after he had jumped of the
platform and said Cock a doodle do
to Uncle Lucky and Billy Bunny.
Cant leave the Iuckymobile,' said
the Old Gentleman Rabbit. But, any.
way. what's going on at Hareoursh
There's big concert tonight saio
the Old Red Rooster, land a grapho-
phone is going to tell story all ABOUT
Billy Bunny" Lets CO." said the
little rabbit. SO they tied the LUCKY
mobile to tree and hoped aboard
the train, and the Old Red Rooster
pulled the bell and away went the
engine with the cars after it as fast
as they could go, and when they
reached Hareburgh TIL tell you some
v,ore but not inst now
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
The SUGAR Bush.

In the opening spring, when the
nights are frosty and the midday sun
is genially warm. the sap in the maple
flows through the auger hole into a
pendent bucket The song sparrow.
Jenny Lind Of birds, sounds the sig
nal. An early robin, his breast trans
figured in the sun, may preside over
the ceremony with a blithesome carol.
The blue bird, a little bit Of azure
heaven, diffuses a strain that no
human instrument can reproduce,
family sweet, whimsically querulous,
haunting the ear The south wind is
winning the pasture from the snow
drifts of winter.
It is good to see the brown earth
freeing itself for the miracle Of leaf
and flowers, It is good to hear the rush
Of the brook casca ding down from the
ice caverns of the mountain. In New
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
P|MPLY? WELL, DON'T Be!
People Notice It. Drive Them OFF
with DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets

A pimply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get package of Dr..
Edwards Olive Tablets. The akin should
begin to clear after you have taken the
tablets q few nights.
Cleansethe blood, the bowels and thelfvef
with Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sue
cessful substitute for calomel; there'snever
any sickness or pain after taking them.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effectively.
but their action is gentle and safe instead
of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets %
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste, .
q bad breath, q dull Hstless mo good
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition OF pimply face.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets mo
q purely vegetable compound MIXED
with olive oil; you viii know them
by their olive color.
d.. Edwards spent years among pa.
tents afflicted With liver and bowel
complaintA md Olive Tablets ne tho
immensely effective result
Take one or two nightly for q. week.
See how much better you feel and look.
1Oc and Csc per box. All druggists
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Topics Of the Times

No doubt II Old General Stark's
ghost viewed the struggle in France
ne noted with pleasure that somebody
was still left to make Hessian hump
himself.
What the American people desire Is
not a debate on what we shall have
sometime but ships in the water and
airplanes in the air now. And it Il
time they were both there.
The man who demands beer is often
the first one to kick on the price OF
barley -four. And the red nosed party
who calls for sour mash at 80 cents a
snort is the one who roars over the
cost of rye flour at the grocers.
If Victor Berger was on the front
line in the van Of a German shock
unit probably one Of those lads behind
a cannon firing with open sights would
cast a vote which would meet the ap-
prevail Of patriotic people and settle
victor's candidacy for any office out
side Of hades.
Concentration on the essentials
should be the watchword of war work
ers. Co. ordinate in every way possible.
Make an ounce Of strength and a dol
lar in money go as far as it may be
pushed. Avoid overlapping and lost
motion. II is going to be long, hard
day without any specified quitting
time except for cutters
war time economy" so far has been
two words without any individual
meaning but they are growing to mean
something 20 every family And as
the war continues they will take on
added significance with each recur-
rent demand of the government Here
tofore saving has meant putting aside
that which we had left. II is likely to
acquire a different one-that of put
ting aside so much anyway and get
ting along on what is left after.
The man who is suffering most from
the pinch Of war costs is the salaried
man. Wages have risep but salaries
have not gone up in proportion to wage
scales and to cost of living and the
demands that are made upon the sal
aired men.
NO causes for alarm" says the allied
stats. Perhaps better way to put
It would be alarming but no cause for
lack of confidence in the outcome OF
the battle and the ultimate outcome
of the war"
Over in France Mitteleuropa is be-
ing shot to pieces by allied suns. When
the battle is over the German people
should have awakened from the night
mare Of conquest. If not We may have
to ring the bells in Berlin to complete
the awakening.
private Edward Jones" conveys
lot Of real information doesn't it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
The Science Of Soup.

Since the outbreak of Americas par
of the war and its attendant horrors
Of meatless days and such, soup has q
new meaning.
There was a time when soup was
looked upon chiefly as teaser, as
sort of curtain raiser, or preliminary
bout before the main event. When In
vited to banquet and unable to ap-
pear at the appointed hour, we would
inquire what we had missed, and our
table neighbor would reply,
"Oh, nothing but SOUP"
But now, on meatless days, soup has
become of mighty import. 1t Is placed
before us with a tender reverence born
of deprivation and necessity. In its
limpid, vegetable surface we see mir
rored the ghosts Of porterhouse that
may not be. the shapely and voluptu
Gus limb of the lamb that is not for
our table, the stately ranks Of spare
ribs marching insolently by in mar
tial array.
Oh, soup-how times have changed
our regard for you!
Once we would have spurned the
yokel who took you into his bosom
with a noise similar to that Of the
dregs running out Of the bottom Of a
wash bowl, Now, however, such
sounds are blissful in our ears, for
they are the very war cry OF a true
patriot who is worshiping at the
shrine Of Hoover.
II 1t is to help win the war, we
would eat nothing but soup. We would
have ourselves in it, sprinkle our
lawns with it, wash our automobiles
with it-gargle It, IL necessary, when
throat affections threaten!
Soup, once plebeian, Is glorious to-
day, and its Inhalation by those best
acquainted with that process is no
longer a Kissing. = Omaha World
Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
England the crow is not a permanent

England the crow Is not a permanent
resident. Outcast as he is. scavenger
and thief his cav is welcome
portent to the embattled farmer, in
whom human nature thaws out as the
sun mounts higher. Jocund is the
shepherd dogs bark, and spring Is in
the heels Of the colt.
|, It is the season of the sugar bush:
Alas! its area dw-indles steadily in
New England. The orchards are
thinning out. Where were thousands
Of naples once there are hundreds
now. In Western Massachusetts, there
remains at Dalton but one patriarcnal
sugar bush. The owner, a maple
sugar magnate, taps a thousand trees
each year. A robust tree Yields,
trickling slowly drop by drop, twenty
five gallons Of sap. which can be con-
verified into from four to five pounds
of sugar. The farmer used to be con-
tent with an offer Of 5 cents pound,
but in wartime he will want a much
higher bid. The consumer will have
to pay There will be a temptation to
drain the trees this season by using
the anger TOO freely. but the fore
handed farmer will resist it. He can
no more afford to ravage his sugar
bush than to abuse his pillow horse
The maple is a kindly tree, but sensi-
tive. Its fecundity ends only with old
age, unless it is the victim Of avarice
Up in the back country, where the
general store still holds out against
the parcel post, the farmer who has a
-, or1o 1ov tor ic
for groceries. When he lifts down
soap boxes from his wagon, little
later in the season, they contain
square, brown cakes packed by his
frugal wife, who has studied the
war-kits reports through well-pol-
ished spectacles. The barter may take
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
RIPPI-I ING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
WORRIED FARMER S

complaining the weather was so dry; and then
and hail. and by the weeping willows the farmers raised
beeins
snl-
Is
a untirns
in his goat T
beneath you've
farmn you'll know why
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Druggists Here:
Have Sometime
New for Colds
Applied Externally, The Body
Heat Releases Ingredients
In Vapor Form =
COLDS 90 OVER NIGHT ,
GROUP IN Is MINUTES
The Manufactures Have Author
lied The Local Druggists to Sell
Any Of the Three 9ises, 2ba &c.
@ 800, On 30 Days Trial

0hes ~ intToducG3oa hsse sisofe
time $50, The new treatment for cold,
erouhasa, known - Vick's vapQRuht
has aRoaDe4 . greaE deaa e Interest
smoag local people. especially among
mothers With small children.
Local druggists report thS& uum4
beg1 have taken advantage OF thsaN
30 days TRIAL offer TO Dee Il . $50 tar
Of VapoRub really VIII relieve these
troubles externally. without having to
"doss" with nauseous internal medi,
cines.
For Group. coughs. chest colds. sore
throat or bronchitis. apply VapoRub
we'll over the throat and chest, cover
ing with a warm flannel cloth. Leave
khe covering loose around the neck so
The vspors arising may be freely IN.
hailed.
In addition, vapoRub IL absorbed
through and stimulates the skin, tax
ing out that tightness and soreness in
che chest. For head colds, catarrh.
hay fever, or asthmatic troubles,
NapoRub can either be applied up the
nostrils or a little melted In q spoon
and the vapors inhaled
You have to try this treatment to
realize its remarkable effect IN all
cases Of cold troubles. !
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Insanity and PyromanIa.

It used to be considered possibility
for an insane person to be pyromani-
&C and exhibit his insanity In no other
way than by setting IRE to places, but
this has been disproved, 80 much so
that any drebug who pretends to py-
romania impulses must have other in
sane history or he cannot pass muster
among alienists as permitted to swim
die insurance companies with pretense
Of incendiary irresistible inclination
Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
sell 1t at its value instead Of permitting
themselves to be worked"

TO think that man who openly
declares that our entrance into this
war is one of the great crimes Of his
tory should be able to poll 10000 votes
in Wisconsin and that while he Is
under federal indictment is some re-
Election on Wisconsin and chiefly on
Milwaukee where the bulk Of his votes
came FROM" says the Cedar Rapids
Republican. milwaukee may have to
be placed under martial law. The time
is opportune for America to determine
its Americanism. Those who can not
be and will not be Americanized wnl
have to get under or get OUT
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
sF,EK OTHER WORK.

Waterloo TimeS-Trloune.J
What's your job? If it is not of any
particular value in helping the nation
win the war, or If it Is one that has
been curtailed by any war policy OF
the government, there Is something
you can do about it right now. That
is. change it.
Many private building operations are
going to be curtailed. But the men
ordinarily employed in them need not
worry about lack Of work. There is
so much to be done in similar lines,
for the government now instead OF FOR
individuals that there's a chance for
everybody to work who will.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

as long as the transfer Of single
track railroad in Wall Street, Even
the automobile has not quickened quo
tations in New England. 1t is sun
the land OF lesurely dicker-the CLOCK
can go around as it will. Trade up
there has no nerves.-New York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Io,ua Newspapers
AS TO OTHER WARS.

Sioux City Tribune.]
All the battle Of life and its sor-
rows are not confined to the war
areas High school senior classes are
now being split into factions. because
the little blonde has to play ingenue
to the pretty brunette's leading lady
And the kissing scene with the formers
really, truly hero comes in the third
act, the brunette starring.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
GETTING Some Place.

"Selfishness don't git you nowhere, :"
said Uncle Eben. "De man dat makes
de most Of his opportunities is de man
dat makes de most opportunities for
othap folko0
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

The Webster City Freeman j ournal
asserting that newspaper publicity is
one of the most valuable things in the
world says the publishers ought to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

"Or course it is easy TO give away
something that one does not have"
saws the Iowa City Citizen The demo-
cratic party leaders in Iowa knew very
we'll il would be waste Of time for
any of their number 10 be candidate
against Senator Kenyon"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

The American soldiers in France
who so strenuously objected TO being
called by the made-o over unorlglnal'
mollycodle and sissified name OF sam
mics have proved that they are en-
titled to the tiny amount Of considera-
ton necessary to refrain from calling
them that" says the Sioux City Jour
nal,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

We'll, if the candidates are all thru
the people will calmly settle the mat
ter" remarks the Waterloo Times-Tri-
bune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

The Charlton Leader says There is
probably not an agricultural editor in
Iowa who ever farned a day, and YET
they not only want to prescribe all
rules Of production. but run the politics
besides"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

private Edward Jones" conveys
lot Of real information doesn't it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

Over in France Mitteleuropa is be-
ing shot to pieces by allied suns. When
the battle is over the German people
should have awakened from the night
mare of conquest. If not We may have
to ring the bells in Berlin to complete
the awakening.
The Washington times., 1918-05-27
PARIS AND MARINE
SEEM DETECTIVES
OF GERNANSNOW
p1J. ". 7. MAsoN.

NEW YORK, May 2T.-Paris and
the Marne are the objectives OF Won
HindenburE II the strong German
attacks between Rheims and Scissors
reported by Marshal Haig are the
forerunners OF 4 new offensive against
the allies.
American troops have been re-
ported as undergoing training in this
sector, and Just behind the front is
a highly important railway line which
runs directly into another American
sector in the Verdun region. II the
German attacks grow into . serious
menace, It Is probable Americans
will be called upon to help stem the
enemy advance.
This sector Is the most advan-
tageous from the allied standpoint in
which the Germans can attack. The
Marne is from twenty to thirty miles
south Of and parallel to the Soissons-
Rheims front, and Paris itself is sixty
miles away. The slight gains OF Hin
denburE can be best afforded there
by the allies.
The allies can we'll a1ord to re-
nnqufsh territory between SoiSsens
another great slaughter OF German
man power.
SO inadequate for German purposes
would be a moderate advance on
Soissons and Rheims that II may be
the movement there win turn out to
be only an attempt to distract Cen
eral Foch's attention while the real
offensive is developed elsewhere. Mar
shall Haig'B mention Of simultaneous
attacks today between Locre and
VoormeEeele Is the Ypres area sug-
gests this might be the sector chosen
for the major blow.
In such an event the Germans
would be able to work on interior
lines OF communication TO continue
their two attacks, however, at such
widely separated points they would
have to use up an extraordinarily
large number OF men. II a decisive
victory were not won by these at
tacks the result in loss Of man power
would be appalling.