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The evening world., 1918-04-05

Everything m to the man who
odvortises while he waits.-Chlcago
News.
Shedding his overshocs f. one OF
maA's spring Joys-Tolcdo Blade.
Yes, Aloysius, you will be safe in
opening a conversation with the
strange lady who picks imaginary
threads on your shoulder. Ask her
what ONCE she Is running for.-Gal-
weston News.
Many a nan refuses 10 recognize
an opportunity unless II Is spelled
with d big O.-Phlladelphia Record,
Most generallS youll md, II you
walk UP TO your troubles, that they're
not there,-B.nghamton Press.
Everything comes quickly 20 thos,
who refuse to walt.-ChiCago News.
It's up IN an nirplnro, boys,
O'or tho nghting line.
Killing Germans all tho day
Gollyi but It's mo.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The evening world., 1918-04-05


TOR more than a hundred years the
American people have been told
by authoritative historians-in-
Guiding those who compiled text
books for our schools, that the phrase
millions FOR defense, but not Il cent
for tributc!' was first uttered by
Gen. Charles Cotesworth pinckncy OF
South Carolina. The story goes as
follows:
Late in the year 1897 President
John Adams sent three special ENJOYS
to France, which country vas then
governed by the so-callcd "DIrsctory"
that succeeded the Reign OF Terror.
These ENJOYS were John Marshall,
Charles c. Pinckncy and Elhridge
Gerry. Marshall was the chief. There
was at that time much bitterness In
| America because Of French dcpreda-
dental TO the war between France
and England, and the two countries
Franco and Amorica-wcre on the
verge OF war. Tallcyrand was the
| Minister OF Foreign Affairs OF France
"A VIGOROUSLY INSCRIPTIONS man.
The American ENJOYS were instructed
to try and bring about an honorable
settlement Of the difficulties, but they
were coldly received at Paris. After
l.. little, one Of T|alloyraud's agents APP
preached the Americans with a
graft" proposition, Offering TO bring
about the desired settlement II the
Americans would agree to make q
loan to the French Government, ano
also secretly deliver the sum OF SEQ,
600 as a douccur Gin fact a brlhc) &c
the French Minister. Tho Americans
Indignantly refused. Piuckncy, q
huff. honest and simple minded man
roarcd at T@alleyranI's agent: "No!
Not q siNpencc!"
After months ~ unsatisfactory ne,
rotlntions Marshall aul pinckncy re,
turned to the United states, having
? accomplished nothing, and left Gerry
at Paris,
when the story Of Tallcyrand's sor,
ala dupliclty became 'lnown in tn
, United states a wave OF wrath swep
over the country, Public meeting.
were held In nearly every city ant
town, demanding war with France.
. on June IS. 1898, the members o
Congress gave a dinner TO John Mar
a shall at O'Ellcr's Tavern IN Philadcl
mia. Ono hundred and twenty GOV
ers were laid, There is n record o
sixteon formal toNsts ororod at thi
dinner, Toast No, - was Million
for Defense but Not n Cent 70
Tribute" This toast which was on
The evening world., 1918-04-05

Except the color OF your hair"
chirped Bobbie. That's false"
"Oh. my land!" chuckled Miss,
Primm. NOW and then Bobble does
say something funny"
"oh. he does. does he?" snapped
Miss Title. well. every time he
looks at you he SEEDS something
funny"
Ladies', ladles!" interposed spooner.
Il beg Of you TO cease. Mr.. Shocks
Will be here very soon. In fact. I
think he jus, left his car down in the
street. ! saw a man who looked like
him. Now. as we all know, he ex-
poets us to pay strict attention to
work and refrain from frivolity wbila
In tho office. II he knew we yvera
joking here as we do he'd feel I'M
clined 10 discharge US all. or that I
am sure. Don't you think 80. too.
Miss Prlmm?"
Indeed I do" replied the Prtvat.
Secretary.
y" guess you're right" said Poppls.
i agree with YOU" said Miss T1ll,e.
II guess we'd better cut out IN.
gayety."
Mr.. Shocks came in at that min,
The entire force was busIly
In working, or possibly pretending "a.
The Boss glanced around the noo,
and frowned.
Great Scott! but you're an indus
trious bunch" he said. Why =,
serious about III l don't want TO sea
you people work yourselves 10 da,tr
Why don't you indulge in a IlttIA
trivolity once in a while? Talk. toao
sing II you want to. but for the love
OF Mike don't work until you all bs-
come sticks ! like Jokes and witty
stories and want you folks TO liz
them and indulge In them. So iolIy,
up Have a good time"
With that Mr., Shocks eontlnu., ~.
his way and disappeared in his rriI
vate office. There was silence %,
moment. then Bobbio spoke up.
why does a chicken eros, -.
road?" he asked,
The evening world., 1918-04-05

cNn .oM~st And of nothing else in the wide, wide worldl
And after her came a fatcheeked matron dragging a fat redcheeked
baby in a brand new white coat,
And the only trouble on her mind was the fear that the fat baby
might tumble down o its fat little legs and soil the e white coat
Oh, she WAS proud Of that coat-and that babyl
And next came a beautiful live "fashionplate" all goriouNy mar.
celed and tailored and mlnered and groomed,
Who glanced with a seltsausHed smrk into the mirrorlike depths
Of every shop window at her perfect silhouette; n
And l knew she "a making a new gown" In her mind and picturinP =
herself knocking them all insenslble" at tea
That afternoon.
And in her wake trudged a sold. middleaged woman carrying =
huge market basket filled with brown paper packages,
And she stopped In front Of a green grocers stand and stood gazing
with puckered lips and brows at the tempting heaps of lettuce and peas
and spring onions and scarlet radishes.
And 1t W as perfectly apparent that tho one VITAL question In all
the universe to her
Was whether to have beans II cauliHower for dinner, and whether
or not she could afford a arlchoke!
And after her tripped three laughing schoolgirls,
Their eyes turned longingly back to the confecioners window 4
And their souls hanging desperately IN the great pink and yellow
sign painted in the magic words
ICE CREAM Soda"
And 1 glanced again at the great black, staring headlines o the
newsstands .
that moment
And Of the mighty drama being enacted "over there"
And then
! thanked heaven
For the strange "quirk" in the feminine mind
Which makes It possible for a woman to live in LITTLE THINGS
To absorb herself In love and fashions and food and babies and cooking
Right in the midst of a great tragedy!
And I'm SURF that way back in the stone age
When Man, the fighter. came rushing in to tell of his battles and con,
Woman, the home maker. merely cried anxOusy:
"Walt a minute, dear. until I see II the bear meat is burning-and
DON'T wake the baby"
And no doubt, as they fed before the Angel VIII ne naming sword.
eve carefully led Adam over the rocks with one hand
And fixed her back hair with the other!
And I don't know whether it's ntleness or blgness or Just humanness.
Dut anyway that queer little quirk In her mind
Is Womans SAVING GRACE
And It helps keep the world sane!
The evening world., 1918-04-05

SCCAY. folks" said boooie' tno
y Office Boy, II Just thought
OF a conundrum. Want TO
near it?"
sure. kid-spll C." came from
Miss Tlllle. the Blond St~enographer.
why is Paris like a peanut?'
"Give It up"
because the Germans have shown
II can DO shelled."
II thought" said Popple, the Ship
ping Clerk. that you were going to
say because It was full OF Colonels."
"Ahem!" came from Spooner, the
mild little Bookkeeper. That's
rather a nutty Joke. isn't III"
What's tho matter with this
crowd to-day?" said Miss Primm.
Private Secretary to the Boss.
Have you all gone crazy?"
I've heard It said" mumbled Bob
bic, that a crazy person always
thinks everybody else is crazy. Now.
II that's the case"-
You needn't go any further, young
man." snapped Miss Primm. You're
an insulting little smart Alec. Your
father ought to use a strap on you"
That would make the little smart
Alec smart" chuckled Miss TilIle.
And l might add" Miss Prlmm
continued. "thtt our little friend. the
stenographer, appears to be quite To-
quacious this morning."
what does that mean2" demanded
Miss Title.
1T can you talk too much" re-
piled Popple.
"Well. I like that. II there's any
body In the world who can talk more
than Miss Primm I'd like to meet
them. It's very seldom that I say
anything at ALL"
81 didn't say you said anything
replied Miss Primm. accentlng the
said"
tut. tut, now" came from spooner
Let us be charitable and overlook
each others faults. 1t behooves u.
to-
Say. listen, you!" said Miss Title
Just forget my faults. will your
don't know as l have any,"
The evening world., 1918-04-05

n SO discover that mining opsro
tons were going on, the British openst
fire on him. but no seemed 70 hns"
a charmed lie. The sharpshoo,ossI
tried to get" him, and the RAM ans
ME TOOK pot-shots at him. but s,II
the liquid notes flowed over ~.
landscape Finally. In desperation
he was Aired on with trench guns ana
a well-placed shell o~bliterated NJ
and bush and song.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
THE GOVERNMENT WOULD GAIN FAR MORE
THAN IT COULD LOSE BY PROVIDING THAT
INCOME AND EXCESS PROFITS TAXES MIGHT
BE PAID IN MSTALLMENTS AFTER JUNE Is

TS0R the new Liberty Bonds, to be sold in the Third Liberty Loan
Campaign which opens tomorrow, on the first anniversary Of
this Nations formal declaration of war against Germany, the
Treasury Department announces payment dates specially arranged
], { so that no one Of them will come in June, when there will be a heavy
strain upon the financial resources of Americans because of income
and excess profits taxes due June 10.
What is this but official admission that for the Government to
collect in the first half of the present year the entire amounts of
these formidable war taxes upon incomes and business profits is
... to curtail the capacity of the country for absorbing the Third
~ Liberty Bond issue as a widely distributed and genuinely popular
loan?
Instead of relying upon banks and powerful financial interests to
70 guarantee the success Of the new loan whatever happens, how much
better to encourage the general public to subscribe to these bonds by
easing its wartax burdens.
How much better to strengthen the confidence of Americans
>. generally in their ability to meet all war demands by providing
that a portion of their income and excess profits taxes may be
paid in instanments during the latter half of the year-thereby
- making it possible for many to buy Liberty Bonds and War Saw
ings Stamps and to subscribe to Red Cross and other forms of
49,. war aid throughout the next few months with a freedom that must
otherwise be forbidden them.
a. The amount that wibbe realized from income and excess profits
taxes admittedly exceeds all expectations
The Government docs not need this money all at once one
tenth part s much as it needs the country's continued readiness
s to take on new loads a s rapidly a may be necessary-as,ured that
the adjustment of each will be a easy as the Government can
make IL.
RI. The Nation can carry any weight without strain-if only the
increases IRE gradual and the burden kept sknuny balanced.
There was little talk about extension of the installment payment
privilege for war taxes when The Evening World began urging this
measure Of relief three months ago.
1t has now become a matter of general interest, discussed daily
in newspaper columns and by business men. On the legislative side
Senator Watson Of Indiana, Representative McFadden of Pennsyl-
vania and Representative Mednl Mccormick of Illinois have each
asked Congress to consider means of making the collection of income
and excess profits tax revenue bear less heavily upon business.
1t is time the Treasury Department showed a more active
interest.
Surely Secretary McAdoo is not against helping taxpayers
to IN easier way of paying taxes from which the Government is
going to realize nearly a billion dollars than anybody cal.
culated.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
Heavy Artillery for Shooting Canaries

Turing some recent mining OPP
erations beneath the German
trenches. some canaries were,
as usual. taken into the excavation
10 indicate the presence Of noxlous
gases, reports Popular Science Month
ly, One OF thecs little songsters es-
capped and few 10 the middle OF no
mans land, where he perched on q
shrub and began to sing. Fearful
that the Germans would notice him
The evening world., 1918-04-05
WOMEN PAY ON THE DOT.

TIME purchasing power OF the
British Isles has passed into the
hands OF women to an unpre-
ceaented extent as a result OF the
European war. one result OF this
change in conditions, landlords say.
ia maj they are receiving their rent
more regularly,
The evening world., 1918-04-05

On either side
Great. black. sinister-looking headlines telling Of
the mighty struggle Of two vast armies
Locked in a battle on which hangs the fate of tbs
WORLD
And l passed a girl in a hower.wreathed hat with
a far-away smile in her eyes and on her curling red lips
And any one could see that she was thinking o.
HIM and Of what He said" and OF how she was goinl
to meet Him that evening :
The evening world., 1918-04-05

An Evening Y 1rd correspondent sends from London a
reassuring account of the way London bus girls run up and
down the winding stairs of rocking buses. help elderly persons
on and off. ring fares, make change and signal stops and starts
all with the utmost agility and despatch. They find It ex-
hilaratng, too.
Maybe it's old fogeylsh to worry about New York con-
ductorettes on the running boards Of the open surface cars.
The evening world., 1918-04-05

Swift q Co. are going to fight that thirty-day suspension
penalty for profiteerng in eggs.
This was the packing concern whose profits for the fiscal
year ending with September, 1917, were 34C5 per cent. on the
company's ]s1OO,OOOOOO capital stock.
II can afford a pretty good lawyer.
The evening world., 1918-04-05

Put out an extra flag tomorrow.
The evening world., 1918-04-05
I h e Woman Of 1t
By Helen Row a d
%. THE New Yorl Evening world.,

Copyright iOls by ueP Pres Publishing Co .ube New YWh Evening wonaO
TINE other day
As l hurried along the street
= Great black headlines stared at me from the newsstands
The evening world., 1918-04-05

Copyright. 1918. by the Press Publishii
IGN HAMMA, they're going to have
lVI Children's Day every morE-
The evening world., 1918-04-05

Copyright 1918 by the Press uhlshrs Co. Tit Ne" York Evening woldl
tf~AY. folks" said Bobbie. tho Except the color OF your
Office Boy, II Just thought chirped Bobbie. That's false
~ OF a conundrum. Want to "Oh, my land!" chuckled
beor tY, IPrimm. NOW and then Bobb
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
A FRIEND

"In the death of Mrs. Effie Hoffman
Rogers, the Times has lost a dear
friend. Mrs. Rogers life was ever an
inspiration to us and her counsel was
most valuable. At the funeral services
held at the Cheesman Undertaking.
home Rev. McFerran spoke feeling!y
of her sacrifice in the care of her
mother. Naturally fitted by education
and training for work which perhaps
might have held more attraction to an
other of different temperament, she
sacrificed any ambitions she might
have had to devote her life to the care
OF her mother during her later years.
But here again the value of mental
training stands out prominently. What
greater work could any one be engaG-
ed in than the care of mother?
Sooner or later there comes home
to us all the knowledge that the debt
we owe to our parents is one We can
never fully repay. What is more touch
ing than lifes sunse; stealing upon
those who have worked and planned
for us, only to find that their efforts
were not appreciated. Beautiful was
the Etruscan superstition that the an
cestors became the household gods.
Deaf is that heart which fails to catch
the blessings of those loved ones gone,
coming TO us in after years. And so,
wisely did our friend choose the care
of her mother The lesson of her life
as judged by her actions is one wor-
thy of emulation.
I'VE are proud to have been Ecr
friend. And as such we tended TO her
beloved ones our sympathy, with the
assurance, which experience brings to
us, that the mothers life will be
sacred inspiration TO them in years to
Times.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21

the highways of Iowa during 1917, and
some $500 were injured. Sixty-two
were killed on railway crossings. OF
the total perhaps the great majority
need not have occurred. II is evil
dent that Safety First needs more
preaching in Iowa than before. To
be- sure some crossings, perhaps all
crossings at grade are dangerous. But
il would seem as if the accidents
would be most apt TO happen on
crossings that are considered fairly
safe, and that people would exercise
the greatest care when negotiating a
so-called dangerous crossing. Dur
ing four months, when the driving
and traffic on the roads is heaviest,
1853 people were killed. The joy
riders, however, observes the Bur
lington Hawk-Eye, will give no more
regard to this warning, will pay no
more heed to the figures than they
have to former warnings and to for
mer figures The list for 1918 will
probably be just as long as that for
1917.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
MRS COLVILLE Pres
ELM GROVE RED CROSS SELECT
NEW OFFICIALS.

Elm Grove of Garfield, Feb. 10
The Red Cross elected their officers
for the year Thursday evening of last
week. Mrs. Colville and Mrs. Hun
ter succeeded themselves as presi-
dent and vice president, and Mrs.
Ralph Moffet was elected secretary
and treasurer, Mrs. Anna Cook hay
ing resigned.
Mrs. Will Saunders and Mrs. Dave
Lewis were callers at the Harry Viii.
son home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs Eben Neasham of
Hooking visited this week at the
Harry Wilson home.
Fred Barnes sawed wood for z. T.
McFadden Friday.
Visitors at the John Peters home
Sunday were; Mr. and Mrs. Hal Al
good and Margery Peters of Oska-
loosa and the Dick Louis family
Fred Mathes is serving Uncle Sam
in a lumber camp at Van Couver,
Washington.
The latest news from Herbert
Worthy locates him in Waco, Texas.
Messrs. DeCamp and Shook have
cold out their interest in the Levi
coal company mine to parties in Bea-
con.
Mrs. Wiser and daughter Pearl, of
c. H. u, were over Sunday visitors at
the Frank Wiser home.
Daniel Lewis of Buxton visited the
fore part of the week with relatives
here
Miss Christensen and Miss LaFavre
of the C. II. L. were over Sunday Wis
itors at the Everett Plate home.
The Nicholas Van der Linden fam
lily are having the mumps.
Mrs. Joseph Burdock has returned
to her home after submitting to an
operation in Oskaloosa.
Mr. Painter is home from the Ma
haska hospital.
The Red Cross ladies served the
lunch at the John Peters sale Friday
which netted them something over
thirty-five dollars.
Mrs. Edna Chord and son are Wis
iting relatives at Lovilia this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Kirk and the
Harry Mathes family were Sunday
visitors at the Edward Worthy home.
The John Peters family will move
nearer town in the spring, having
purchased a property known as the
Bacon place on South Market extern
sion.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
MAYNE ARNOLD will never
advance nor lower present
price of Glasses.
$3.50 to $500
Fitted Completely 49,"
Fitted Completely

space is commodity the same as
iron or wheat" .-.-..
Mr.. Hotaling declared he was told
of pile of Liberty loan posters six
feet high stacked in Minneapolis
bank, and of another bunch of equal
proportion cut up and used as
scratch pads. He also mentioned the
overlooking waste baskets in every
editorial office filled with pamphlets
upon which the government is spend
ing millions and getting but small re-
turns. He contrasted the vast eX-
penditure for this class of matter with
the refusal of the government to buy
newspaper space.
e. p. Adler, editor of the Daven-
port Times, following later on the
program, agreed with Mr.. Hotaling
upon the matter of government pub
licity. He mentioned the inconsist-
ency of the administration in asking
for endless amounts of free publicity
and then putting Il tax upon the
business only exceeded in size by that
imposed upon the munition makers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
STATE Convention
MINISTER'S OF THE NhZARENE
CHURCH COME THURSDAY.

Rev. ]. A. Ward, the pastor of the
Nazarene church, and his people on
February Il to "a are to entertain 4
Ministerial Convention that will IT,.
clude the entire Iowa District and
this means all of the interests Of
their church in the state Of Iowa.
Among the special talent expected
will be General Superintendent Roy
T. Williams, who will be remembered
as the presiding officer of the District
Assembly, held here last fall; Rev.
w. G.. Schurman of the Chicago Dis
trict: Rev. NJ e. Borders of Chicago
and Z. G.. Anderson of the General
Missionary Board of Kansas City,
All of the pastors and evangelists Of
the district will probably be present.
Services will begin Thursday even
ing and continue through Friday.
Saturday and Sunday. Three serv.
ices each day will be held. with the
climax and closing services on Sun
day. Rev, f. A. Clark, the District
Superintendent, viii be in charge All
Of the services viii bq, opens 70 The
public. sl4tar
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
WHY GERMANY CAN'T WIN.

The Germans can never win this
war! Even af the Kaiser defeats It.
ally; even if he defeats France; even
if he makes peace with Russia and
Roumania; even if he continues to
have his way in the Balkans and Pol
and-even then the Kaiser will not
be in as strong a position as Napoleon
once was.
And Napoleon, his armies bled white
with victories, was finally defeated,
and spent his last days in exile at
ST. Helena.
Even though the Kaiser should be
victorious on land. it would be short
lived, and the spoils would have to be
returned and full reparatiOn made.
Why? Simply because the United
States, Great Britain, and Japan can
still shut the Germans from the seas.
With free access to the raw-mater-
ial resources of practically the whole
world the Allies can maintain an eco
nomic blockade of Germany until the
German people will establish a PEG
pies government with which lasting
peace can be made.
The United States and Great Brit
ain will never surrender. If worse
comes to worst, they will continue the
war against Kaiserism on the sea and
in the air until the Germans will glad
ly make a lasting peace.
But the Kaiser hasn't defeated Italy.
He hasn't defeated France. The AL
lies are getting stronger every day as
the United States throws her gigan-
tic weight in man power and re-
sources against the Kaiser while the
Germans were at their zenith in the
opening days of the war three and
one-half years ago and are getting
just that much weaker everv dav
The same thing that defeated Ma.
poleon will defeat the Kaiser. What
Sea power. No, the Germans can
never win this war,-Farm and Fire
| siIp
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-02-21
sHoRT-sIoHTeo POLICY.

The government policy of paying
out cash for several million posters
and outdoor signs, and yet asking
the newspapers of the country to give
advertising space for boosting war
enterprises absolutely free was scor-
ed by speakers at the Iowa Press As
ISOLATION in Des Moines last week.
President II. c. Hotaling of the
National Editorial association declar-
ed such policy Is unjust and un-
worthy of the nation" He said THE
newspapers have done their bit and
much more. and yet the government
asks us TO donate our advertising
space--our bread and butter although
Canada and other countries are pay-
ing for IL. It is high time that the
government realized that newspaper