The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-01
Of Interest to Women
BY wInona Evans Reeves.

The very trite truth that the world
is small has been many times illus
! trated in the present war.
| Very recently Major Lee McCalla
| of Chicago, who is well known here
nephew of l.. A. Hamill, Mrs. X. G.
Horne and of the late Major d. 3.
Hamill, was seeking quarters for
division of his men in France. He
came to a chateau which by its loca-
ton and size suited his needs. He
went into the building and met its
mistress to whom he explained his
needs, and asked quarters for the
might. He assured her that they
would pay her for the privilege OF
using the chateau and gave his per-
sonal pledge that nothing would be
injured.
She said. You are Americans"
He replied, Yes, We are from the
states"
She told him that they took no
money from Americans that they
gratefully gave what they could for
the comfort and convenience of their
Yankee allies In the course of their
conversation she asked him II he
knew anything about the city of Chi
caSO anu MAYOR AhSSOiia SoAos 90,
that is my home"
The French woman said with much
eagerness. my son married Chicago
girl; wonder If by any chance you
know her. Edith Dysart-'
Edith Dysart Berdonneau Is Major
McCalla's cousin.
Another illustration of the same
truth came to two boys in France.
One day an American soldier board
ed a train and sat down beside an
other boy in khaki They exchanged
greetings and one said:
You are from the statesT
The other replied, Yes, Iowa"
The first boy said, And l ton
from Burlington"
To which, with broad smile the
other replied, I'm from Burlington.
a Methodist preachers boy"
The first boy said, Shake; I'm
preachers boy from Bur-
lington, too
One was Mayne Loagnecker, The
son OF the Rev. w. A. Lopgrec of
Grace NJ. E. church and the other
was the son of DR.. Cudlip, pastor OF
the First NJ. e. church One boy had
enlisted in Burlington and the other
in the far west and so did not know
each other until they met in France.
There died recently in Los Angeles
a man well known in this part Of the
state in pioneer days-Ephriam II.
wtnans. HI death recalls the fac
that an incident which he told years
ago to John Hay inspired the writing
of Little Breeches,' John Hays most
famous poem.
Mr. Winans was visiting John
Hays father in Warsaw in 1859 and
preached one night in the Presby-
terrain church there on the subject
Of Divine Providence" As an illus
ration he told this story:
I'm March 1864, Solomon Vanscoy
.ook his family in farm wagon to
he little town of New Virginia, Iowa,
o attend church on Sunday evening.
They stopped at the cabin OF friend
rear the church to wait the time for
he evening service. At church time
t was raining and cold. the roads
we're muddy and the night was dark
md the family decided to return
lone. The team, unhitched, stood in
ront of the cabin. The little four
-ear old boy ran ahead of his father
md climbed into the wagon. In some
vay the team took fright and ran
nadly off through the darkness, TAX
ng the child with them.
"The father rushed to the church
;alling to the men for help. They
ormed a searching party and carry
ng torches went out into the night.
n a half hour the searchers came
lpon the team and the overturned
wagon, but the child was not there. I
by this time their torches had