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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
ACT now
HAIR COMING OUT
MEANS DANORUFF
"DANDERINE" WILL SAVE YOUR
HAIR AND DOUBLE ITS
BEAUTY AT ONCE.
TRY THIS! YOUR HAIR GETS
SOFT, WAvY, ABUNDANT
AND GLOSSY AT ONCE.

Save your hair! Beautify it! 1t
is only a matter of using a little
Danderine occasionally to nave a
head of heavy, beautiful hair; soft.
lustrous, wavy and free from dan
druff. 1t is easy and inexpensive to
have pretty, charming hair and lots
of it. Just spend a few cents for a
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine
now-all drug stores recommend it
apply a little as directed and with
in ten minutes there will be an ap-
'pearance of abundance; freshness.
iuffness and an Incompatible gloss
and lustre. and try as you will, you
can not find a trace of dandruff or
falling hair; but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks use,
when o will see new hair-fne
and downy at first-yes-but really
new hair-sprouting out all over your
scalp-Danderine is, we believe, the
only sure hair grower. destroyer of
dandruff and cure for itchy scalp,
and it never fails to stop falling
hair at once
If you want to prove how pretty
and soft your hair really is, moisten
a cloth with a little Danderine and
carefully draw it through YOU hair
taking n small strand at a time.
Your hair will be soft, glossy and
beautiful in Just a few Moments
delightful surprise awaits everyone
who tries this.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

Sioux City Journal: When the story
of Americas participation in the wal
shall be written, n of it's most inter
esting chapters, and n which will in.
spire the completest satisfaction, will
relate to the work OF the American
Library association. This association
early last summer, undertook the task
| of providing library Facilities in all the
camps and cantonments, or wherever
men wearing the American uniform
were gathered. A report on the work
accomplished to date, written ~ TIE
odore Wesley Koch, chief of a division
in the library of congress- has just
been published. 1t is a most inte. est
ing document. The task assumed was
prcdigious, but under the direction OF
DR.. Herbert Putnam, librarian OF on
gress, it has gone forward with expe-
dition and apparently without con-
fusion Mr.. Koch's report sets forth
in detail how the war service work
was organized, how funds were raised.
low buildings were erected, how books
were gathered and distributed, hsw
the libraries are administered, how
the service was received and aprre-
ciated by the men in nhaki and other
interesting particulars.
4 L lS ~ pOSSipsc IL ElNc Gil j
brief summary of Mr.. Koch's repo t..
but it should be said that the war
service work is now so efficiently Or
ganized that books are being supplied
TO all the men of the army and the
fleet. Every camp, large and small.
even where but two or three are
gathered together" now has its Ii
Ibrary and branch libraries or deposit
stations. Naval stations. transports.
the me- overseas, behind ami at the
front in France, prisoners OF war, all
are being supplied with books through
the activities Of the association. Lii
brary buildings have been erected in
~thirty-four large camps. with eight to
twenty branch libraries In every ms
of these camps. a librarian has been
sent to France to supervise the dis
tribution of books among the men in
service there. A fund of s1,70o,000
has been given by the American peo-
pie for the work. Over 10000 books
are now in use.
Many additional books are required
to meet the actual needs Ct tie work,
a hslf million for the men in the
.larg> cam Pc, another half million for
the military posts, small camcs, naval
stations. marine barracks, etc, and
still o for the men Or transports
and overseas. a book in service for
every man in service is the aim OF the
association. The opportunity is open
to everyone to do his country a use
full service by giving a book or books,
or by buying them, or by subscribing
for magazines for the camp libraries.
Do the men in uniform appreciate
this service? Unquestionably. Indeed,
their ~eagerness for reading matter is
almost pathetic. In the camps are
men of al grades of intello9 eace and
education, from those illiterate tt
these having a university education.
From all comes the demand for books
and magazines, books of popular and
classical fiction books OF instruction,
books for beginners in language study
(English and FRENCH, technical books.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
faces of their cohorts right here

faces Of their cohorts right here
in Chicago.
Goo have mercy and give me
grit, and I will put my INST INTO
their old-weIl, good by.
That is what we would call a mixed
PRAYER. The conception of God being
invited to spit in the faces OF u
enemies is-"well, good by" as Billy
himself said farther on. In this war
it is true that there has been spit
ting in the faces Of men-but the
splitting was done by Germans. most
ly women In the reports OF the hrst
Englishr prisoners from Belgium
taken into Germany we read OF some
of the contemptuous treatments that
were given them. The men We're in
cages on cars and at various stations
the women and male loafers boarded
the cars and stared at hem-and
spit in the faces of men who We're
so cramped that they could not turn
away from the insults. No n but
a German trained in the school of
H~ohenzollern docility and imbecility
until he has lost all self respect
coulu ever think of doing such a
thing to an. enemy. It is now a con-
ception beneath manhood's estate.
But of course, Mr.. Sunday was speak
ing merely fguratively. But of
course also we do not want u God
to 90 such a thing even figuratively.
Some of us are a bit particular
about our God. He is to us the sun
shine by day and at night we think
Of His beauty and majesty in the
stars. After while we viii hear Him
in the songs of the birds and see His
gladness in the grass that cover the
earth and in the flowers that bloom.
We remember Him as lingering in
the faces of Jul mothers when they
bent over us in cradles and when
they said good by to us when we
went forth to do our bit OF work in
the world. God is like the universe
and there is a bit of Him in us when
we are in harmony with that uni
verse. Beauty and power and gran
deur are His attributes and SO, well,
we do not want Him to do the things
that Mr.. Sunday mentions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
slsMARcKs TRUE CHARACTER.

Charles City Press: It has MOI
been long since this country took
pride in honoring the memory OF Bis
mark, the man of blood and iron,
who was the great international out
law OF the German empire. The Ger
mai propaganda in this country
taught the American people to admire
his craftsmanship and overlook his
brutality, but this war has opened
our eyes to his real character which
is the character of the present day
German craftsmanship and Bismarck
ian stock has now dropped very far
below the zero mark in public estima-
ton, which only shows what influence
can be exercised over the minds OF a
people who are disposed TO think
well of their neighbors and accept a
man upon the estimate of his friends.
Bismarck brought about the Fan
.co-Prussian war through a %villianous
and doctored despatch and cemented
the German nation by the blood of the
people when the world proceeded to
call him great.
But the American people have be-.
come dis~illusioned and hereafter we
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
Books For The Soldiers

books on the war-every sort of good
book is wanted in greater numbers
than can be supplied. Some men
read to improve their minds, some
men study, some read to relieve the
monotony of hospital life and sick
beds, some read to while away idle
moments. To each and all, whatever
the individual literary taste may be,
the book is a blessed service.
An interesting chapter of Mr.. Koch's
report Is devoted to inspection of the
gift horse. That is to say, he tells
of some of the unsuitable material
offered and rejected as unfit for use.
1t is a weird collection of literary junk
which has been unloaded on the Ii
brary authorities-ancient magazines,
"at least one Nopy ct every improper
book that was ever written" juvenile
stories, books fer girls, school read
ers ante 0ating the civil war, old gov
eminent reports and a lot of like
material. But the library authorities
conceive that the American soldier is
entitled to the best in the way OF
books that we have 10 give, not the
worst. LET US not insult our de.
voted brothers by offering them what
no one else can use. They wear the
9SSI u WOtl# CtOtLlh5, " W "AiS
will be bloodstained. They wear the
best of leather shoes, many of which
will be worn out, but they will have
done their service. Give the soldier
good clean books and late magazines.
whatever ultimately may be the fate
of this material"
The war service administration asks
that We give books to u men in
uniform in the spirit Of conservation.
as we give to the Red Cross, to the
Y. NJ. C. A. and to the K. c., and as
we lend the government Il money.
It hopes that for every book which
an individual purchases he vii pre-
sent at least FIVE books to the camp
libraries. This has been done in Eng
land. In conclusion it offers the fol-
lowing suggestions about giving:
Mobilize your idle books.
Give the book your prize the most;
not the one you care for least.
Give your favorite author: the novel
that interested o last summer; the
volume of poems with a meaning and
message for you.
Give the book that causes a pang at
PARTING, like saving goodby to an old
friend. Ten chances. to n it Will
mean more to some soldier boy.
Give the book that is still alive. but
which o and your family have out
grown.
Give your latest war book; you will
probably not reed it again. The boy
in khaki is waiting for It,
Give books on technical subjects;
here is insistent call for works on
a~irplanes. automobiles. gas engines
engineering topics generally.
Don't think that the boys are interest
ed only in fiction.
Write your name and a message on
the flyleaf: it will make the bond
seem closer
Remember that he gives twice VINO
pives quickly. But don't give Thought
lessly. We are judged by what we
give.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

they do not wish to go. But they can be wise
'ly led; and those countries in which the natural
leaders of the people see the Importance OF do
ing this and throw themselves into the work
for the general good, will emerge the sooner
and more safely into improved conditions. The
classes in Russia which might nave done this
were violently reactionary and the flood has
overwhelmed them all. Nor is there any room
to doubt that the privileged classes in Ger
many will stand for the old order and resist all
innovations to the last. The result, as far as
they are concerned, is easily practicable by
persons who remember what became Of a re-
dictionary regime in France.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
SUNDAYS GOD AND OURS.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Mr..
Sunday has made some fine refer.
ences to the war and he is mingling
patriotism with his religion in the
Chicago tabernacle as we ought al
the present time to mipgEe patriotism
with everything, ven with the bread
that we eat, or that we do not eat,
But in praying. well, he made them
shudder to the follow words:
oh, we thank you, God, that
you are on our side, Jesus halle
lujahi
You are on the side OF the
Stars and Stripes. You are
against that square jawed, weasel
eyed, pig towled demon that is
trying to drench this old earth
with blood Your hands are
against him. Your face is
against him. and victory will be
ours. But it will be a struggle,
and there will be heartaches,
bloodshed, groans. and tears.
o God. spit in the face Of that
bunch and drive them back. for
all their infamy, and spit in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
WoMAN's NEW SPIRIT.

It is said that to British soldiers home on fur
Tough one of the most impressive changes the
war has brought is the sight of scores of thou
sands of girls and women pouring out of the
great munition factories arrayed in their over
alls, their hands and faces stained with picric
acid or giving other evidence of the mems
work that they do. Yet they wave their yellow
or blackened hands in joyous greeting to the
soldiers, proud and content in their conscious
ness. that they are doing their part, not less i'm
portant than that Of the fighters at the front.
When we remember the Unborn, instructive
desire of femininity to appear to advantage and
how it is second nature for them to be daintily
and attractively CARRIED, we can begin to APP
preciate the new spirit that has come over the
nation. To work for the country, to do their
duty by the nation-that is their one thought
now; and homely garments and work-rough-
ened hands no longer give them concern.
Something unknown before has come into the
life of Europe, a spirit of service and of cheer
full sacrifice for high ideals; and they err who
fancy that the world will ever in our times fall
back into the olden grooves. Not in England
alone, but all through Europe there is evidence
that aristocracies Of usefulness and service for
humanity are destined to supplant the %aristoc-
Iracies Of privilege and caste.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
viii view with distrnst anything
made in Germany.
The school of the Trenches.

Private Peat in the American Maya
zine: / tell you, there are worse
things in the world than war. It's
bitter hard, 1 know, to send your son
away to fight. But il you realize that
the war is going to give him a post
graduate course in the very things
you have tried hardest to teach him,
maybe 1t won't seem 50 hard. Those
things are courage and loyalty. obed-
fence, self sacrifice, honesty. trust in
God-aren't they? Well, those are
the things ne will learn in the
trenches. Believing this. you certain
.ly can send him away with a smile
on your face, a smile of pride and Of
hope.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
Take sunshine in life's shady places.
A CHURCHMAN'S MESSAGE,

The archbishop Of York. primate of the Eng
1ish church, is perhaps the most distin guished
churchman and religious leader who has ever
visited our land. He has come to tell us from
pulpit and platform what the sentiments. pur-
poses, aims and hopes Of the English people
are. As they saw long before we did the unex-
ampled magnitude and momentousness of the
conflict, SO are they seeing sooner than we do
that its consequences for humanity must be in
calculably great. Already in some respects has
English life been totally and permanently
changed. Glass distinctions have been prac-
tically wiped out both there and on the CONT
nent; and the high and low, the rich and poor
of all the entente countries are united in the
struggle for democracy. War destroys, de-
clares the primate, but does not build up. Its
function is to clear the ground Whereon the bet
ter structures shall arise. After victory will
come the great task Of rebuilding; and it would
be futile to destroy the autocratic menace and
then return to the old conditions. A new
spirit of humanity, cooperation, brotherhood
is needed if the full fruits Of the war are to be
reaped for the good of mankind; and nothing
less will make the battling of today worth while.
This is a lofty note, and the true one for the
church to sound. Changes of the utmost signif-
canoe are inevitable as an outcome of the stu
pendous conflict. Few people are so blind as
not to see that. The intelligence and pietv of
the countries-their statesmen and their
churchmen-nay lead the movement if they
will. The masses will be glad to have them do
SO, and wise direction can thus be given to the
forces loosed by the war. Lacking this
leadership, there is always the danger that
demagogues and agitators may take control
and bring great evil on the land. 1t probably
would not be possible In England or any CONT
mental country to halt great movements already
under way or to lead the people in a direction
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
MY BOY.

Tell me. boy. was it years ago
We quarreled and kissed, and you leased me so?
You dreamed of a day that would bring you fame,
And now you wake to a soldiers name.
Only a boy, and they want you there
Facing the terror of death and glare
OF the blazing guns and the poisoned air;
And you go with never a shadow Of care,
F1inging the strength OF a. pure young soul
Into the hope of a treasured goal,
A single unit in one huge plan
On, tell me, boy, are you child or man?
In the seething mass OF q million souls
AS the swift, sure tide of the battle rolls
o God, protect, make strong the good,
For a man stands where a boy has stood!
Bless him with strength of mind and will
A heart OF steel and a soul to thrill
With the love for all that the winning means
To mold mems lives and gid their dreams.
Caught in the scourge of blood and fire
That yields to the world its sacred pyre,
Under the stress of it's lurid ban,
Say, boy, my boy. will You be a man?
Gertrude M. Wheelock, in Youths Companion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
IOWA PRESS

Sioux City Journal: 1t would be all
right for some of those government
contractors to wrap the flag about
them, however, if they would only Sc
tlect the jolly roger.
Cedar Rapids Republican: One
good reason for young men not study
ing German at the present time may
be found in the fact that they will
have little use for it during their life
times. We shall not send many
Americans to Germany to trade or to
seek pleasure even, not for many
years to come and probably not until
Germany has been ~regenerated and
the older spirit of Bavaria and Saxony
restored we the modern Prussian
spirit. Our trading will be done with
other nations and countries and we
shall have need of men who al speak
Spanish and Portuguese especially for
in the southern countries We shall
find a growing commerce.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Now that the parcels post weights are
to be increased to seventy pounds we
ought to be able to get those pigs we
are all going to keep this season via
the gentle rural mail carrier.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: There Is
reason TO believe the third Liberty
bond loan will be more enthusiastic
ally subscribed than either the first
or second. The money is in abundant
supply and the hearts of the people
are in the cause.
Waterloo Courier: But the out
standing fact is that something will
have to be done If the disaster Of a
world food famine next year is to be
ayevted.
Sioux City Tribune: On the who,e.
the showing made by women voters
in New York is distinctly to their
credit and will serve to strengthen the
cause of equal suffrage throughout
the nation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

Nobody knows just what Carranza is up to.
but the assumption is always a safe one that it
is mischief. His troops are said to have gained
possession of some of the oil fields of the coun-
try, held until now by revolutionaries who col
lected an export tax on their output and were
thus enabled to live quite easily and much to
their liking. Carranza naturally covets this
source of income; and the German influences in
Mexico are equally anxious that the wells shall
be destroyed. If this should happen we would
feel it instantly. Our allies must have gaso-
line and our flyers IN France must have it, even
though every pleasure car in our country is put
out of commission until the return of peace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
piekIno paffo5ils.

San Francisco is %jubilating over the
completion OF a double track tunnel
through Twin peaks, and the inaugu-
ration OF trolley service to suburbs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

Prz in the Russia nlanguage is pronounced
gxk, it is said. BY following this rule one
should have no difficulty. But it is likely that
Russians would balk at the pronunciation of
some Americanese, for instance: Oshkosh, Cana
joharie, Chateaugay, Skaneateles, Schaghti-
coke, Saugerties, Kalamazoo and Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

IF the German junkers are really in earnest
about wanting peace they would talk less about
who started the war and more about who will
end it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

The recent German attack upon the American
sector at Toul is said to have been re1earsed
four times. The performance showed that the
participants were far from letter-perfect.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

Wren we are prone 10 think cur own problems are TN
usually great, Il. is a help to remember that the neishbor
has his problems also. We shall always have problems
the same as the neishbor will have his. These we car
never hope to escape-Raiph Waldo Urine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

Sioux City Journal: 1t would be all
right for some of those government
contractors to wrap the flag about
them, however, if they would only Sc
lect the jolly roger.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-12-02

4. Fopescu, senator Romin, E
naort. Paris. D-nul Leon Po-
pescu, senator din Ialomita, 81
teatrului Liric din
Bucuresti, este mort.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-12-02
scotia DIN CANADA A EfGET
RATIONALE.
Limerick Sask, Canada, Is Noem-
brie 1918.
Doannu1e seeertaY!

Domnu1e sesertar!
Aci al6turat primiti suma de
$18025, care suma s'a colectat
pentru Liga Nationala Ro1nina.
IN aceasta suna sunt taxele de III
scriere 81 taxele lunare in genere.
Fiecare s'a inserts cu> suma de, 2
do4ari 81 multi au platit taxa Pc
cite un an intreg. Registrele inca
nu an prilnit la destinatie. Cred
ca in curind lie yom prinli. Atunci
sc va triraite conspectele fiecarui
membru fnScrierea urmeaza. Din
cauza influentei spaniole teate To-
caiurile publice au fost i6chise
pima ce- va inceta aceasta epide-
mie. Foarte- multi au decedat in
tire care 81 10 Ronlini In prezent
Influenza spaniola a 1nceput sd
dispara. Cred ca 81 moi vom IN
cepe in curind a vina membrii
peHtru Liga Nationala Romfna.
Va salutam frateste.
Nicolae G. 1lihaiu, presedinte.
Jord 0ncescu, secretar.