The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-18
Rarrington-SchoeI Wedding.

Miss Louise School, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William School, 113
Concert street, and Mr.. D. S. Harring-
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Har-
rington, 1908 Orleans avenue, were
at s a. m. Wednesday, July
Is at St Francis de Sales parsonage
in Philadelphia, Pa, by the Rev.
Melton. The bride wore white silk
and georgette crepe and carried
sweet peas. Her travelling suit was
taupe green, gloves and shoes to
match a white feather hat. Mr.. John
Leonard and Miss Rebecca Clark
were the attendants. Miss Clark wore
navy silk and georgette. The bride
groom is now employed in Philadel-
phia by the American Shipbuilding
and Construction company at Hog is
land.
The bride was entertained almost
continuously during the last three
weeks, several dinners being given
in her honor. l.s ~ ~, /,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington expect to
be at home after August 1 at AT
South Forty-Third street, Philadel-
phia.
The Service Flag.
The service flag has come to be
accepted as banner of honor to a
home from which some member has
gone into active war service. So lit
tie is known about its history and
its correct use that the following in
formation, taken from the Great
Lakes Recruit for July, magazine
printed at the Great Lakes training
station, is given: "The service flag
is not an official flag Of the United
States government The ideal OF
such flag originated with R. l..
Queisser, of Cleveland, Ohio, who de-
signed and patented the flag. The
flag has been so popular and its In
fluence SO beneficial that it has had
official recognition and it's use is
encouraged by all who are entitled
to it's use OF course, no one is sup
posed to use it who is not entitled
to do so. Mr.. Queisser was formerly
captain of the machine gun company
of the Fifth Ohio infantry. from
which he was retired because of an
accident He says this of the origin
of the flag: Shortly after April 6,
1917, when war with Germany was
declared, the thought came to me
that both of my sons, who are still
officers in the guard, would again be
called out, and | wondered if / could
not evolve some sign by which it
might be known that they were away
in their countTy's service, and one
which would be to their mother a
visible sign of the sacrifice her sons
were making. The inspiration of
the service flag came to me in that
manner. Only those persons who are
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active service in the military or ma
val forces of the United States are
entitled to be represented by star
both men and women in active mill
tary service to have this honor OF
a star.
Another point which should be
made very clear is, what homes are
entitled to display the service flag?
This is the rule: When flown from a
home, husband, son, father or
brother may be represented on the
service flag, even though he did not
actually leave from that household
to go into service, but in case of any
more distant relatives, they should
actually be members of the house
hold where the flag is displayed
and have left for the service direct
ly from that household. Domestic
employees, roomers or boarders
should not be represented"
In the case of churches, clubs, bust
ness houses, schools, etc, the stars
should represent those belonging to
church. club or school at the time
of their going into service, and for
business houses it should represent
members of the firm or employees
who went direct from such concern
into service. The blue star repre-
sents the person in service; if he is
wounded, a silver star is placed in
stead of the blue, and a gold star
represents a life lost in the service.
White Elephant Sale.
The Red Cross is to be the bene-
ficiarv ar a Ewhita plpOra0t'' sale in