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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02
Life is a shuttle. Shakespeare.
UNExAMPLED CONDITIONS.

Reports from the greater cities agree that the
lavish scale of life, the extortion and the ex-
travagance which submits to it. are unexampled
in our land and perhaps In any land. AS an In
stance and example of the change that has
come upon the people, the New York Tribune re-
lates that two persons who went into cafe not
different in any respect from hundreds of others
in New York City and obtained glass apiece
of grape juice were charged four dollars, two
for the beverage and two for the privilege of
drinking it there. They paid it, but their ma
tural wonder as to where and how this regime
of reckless expenditure would end is shared by
people generally who give the matter thought
That it cannot go on for any long time is evil
dent to the dullest apprehension. The infla-
ton of our currency, great as it has been, has
not to anything like this extent deprecated the
dollar of five years ago. The most that any
careful statistoan asserts is that the purchasing
power of the dollar has in that time been cut in
two, and this does not explain or justify the
manifold multiplication of the price of many
things. The cost of travel and entertainment
is rapidly becoming prohihitive to the average
citizen who formerly found pleasure trip
within his means; and people able to meet with
out much inconvenience these soaring charges
frankly confess Amusement at finding them 50
great.
Is this permanent new order or only a.
passing phase9 How far have the waste of the
war and the expansion of currency rendered it
Inevitable and how far is it chargeable to the
profteering of constituencies greed? In as far
as it is due to extortions and spirit tolerant of
them or submissive under protest the new re-
gime of shameless exactions and acquiesence
therein must sometime come to sudden end
The financial rapids cannot be far away and
their roar already reaches attentive ears. Gov
eminent machinery has been set in motion in
response to demands from the pubic that some
official action be taken to relieve the high cost of
living. In the senate and house the situation
has given rise to several resolutions to invest-
gate the cause of existing price levels, another
to reduce the volume Of currency in circulation
as a means of debating prices, one to request
that the attorney general stop speculation in
foods ON exchanges, and another to sell this
years wheat crop at market prices instead of at
the government guarantee, the difference to be
made up by the government.
On Thursday Attorney General Palmer met
eight high government officials whom he had
summoned to his Office for discussion of excess
sive costs and the best methods to pursue to eff
i feet reduction. Those attending the confer
ence included Secretaries Glass Houston Red
field and Wilson, Director General Hines, Chair
man Murdock of the federal trade commission
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Leffingwe
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02
Let Judgment Rule.

: Warsaw Bulletin: People whose
mental caltber circumscribes them to
the function of an echo for some one
else's opinions are unable to compre-
bend the attitude Of congress on the
league Of nations and peace treaty.
They fail to understand that the
treaty making power of this govern
ment is dual-that the responsibility
does not rest alone with the presi-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02
PEARL FISHING IN ozARks.

st. Louis Republic: Pickaninies
solved big problem for John /. Win
ston, pearl king Of the Ozarks, and
made is possible for him to pick $12,-
900 from the bottom of White river
during the pearl fishing season of
1918.
Heavy floods swamped the pearl
fishing business at the height of the
season. There are many pearl fish
ers along White river, which Is
peculiarly rich in pearl-bearlng mus
sells, and they knocked off business
because of the high water. Not so
Winston. He employed twenty or
thirty little negro boys, who rowed
out in boats and dived for musseIs.
AS result Winston sold $1,000
worth of mussels to button manufac-
turers and $4,000 worth of pearls, in
addition to one fine gem Of splendid
luster weighing 1875 grains, for which
he received $1,000.
Winston began pearl fishing three
years ago. He started out with
fiat bottom boat and pair of tongs
with handles ten feet long. The
mussels he fished up with his tongs
he cooked in sheet iron boiler to
enable him to extract the meat easily
and leave the shells smooth and
clean.
That year he sold fifty tons of
pearl shells to button factories and
found 100 pearls. 10 larger and
finer of these he disposed Of for So
$50. With the smaller ones his wife
began collection for a necklace.
The next year Winston hired sew
eral helpers and cleaned nm 81 OOO
in addition to 200 small but beauti-
full pearls which were added to his
wife's collection.
This year, in addition to the s12,-
600 he made from his fishing, he
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE MOUNTAINS.

I saw the mountains in grandeur rise
Towering upward toward the skies;
And as / gazed upon the scene
OF snow capped peaks in silvery sheen,
OF mighty crags, and pine trees TALL
OF mountain torrents that leaped to fall
And tumble recklessly
To join the waiting western sea
| seemed to hear the mountains say:
I'VE stand as monuments Away,
To tell the mighty power of Him
VINO formed US in the ages DIM
Franklin q Cook
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

found enough pearls to complete his
wife's necklace. which Is now valued
at $4,000. It Is composed Of 500
pearls In seven strands and ranging
from the size of q pinhead to five
magnificent gems weighing forty
grains each.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

ship senators to oppose the covenant.
On the other hand, it may furnish ID
new starting point upon which the
reservations may be made and all
factions united, and the pact made
to reach the desired goal.
Des Moines Capital: People who
have been watching the progress OF
the discharged soldier, sailor CT
marine are more than pleased with
the result Of his transition to civil
life. They find that he is a much
more valuable man that when he
went away, more serious, more ina-
ture and more satisfied to settle down
to business
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

II all the people in the world were
to determine to kill all the flies in
the world, it is doubtful if there
would be any noticeable decrease in
the fly population. They're made
faster than they can be killed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

davenport Times: III ever Lne CHl-
nese, who number nearly fourth of
the worlds population, become well
organized as nation 1t will be
necessary for all those who in the
past have done the Chinese any in
Jury to hunt for bombproors without
wasting time in the ceremony of
leave taking.
! Marshalltown Times-Republican
For state where nobody ever
Isprays his own orchard to consider
planting fruit trees along the high
way is another instance Of idealism
with the cut out open.
Mason City Globe-Tribune: The
Germans are trying to get lot OF
American tourists to go over there
next summer. Might send circulars
TO the people who were on ships tor
pedoed by submarines.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Looks as
though with live hogs selling at $23
per hundred that we ought to sus-
pend the ordinance against raising
ing premiums for the bes. lawn dis
play OF pigs.
Cedar Rapids Republican: There
are ominous murmurings about in
creases In railroad rates and prices
are now being fixed in anticipation
OF such increases. But when the
railroads are turned over to their
owners to operate, viii we not be
told that rates have to be reduced
again?
Webster City Freeman-JournaI:
Both the republican and democratic
parties are short on leaders, real
leaders. The democratic party has
boss, to be sure, but he doesn't
attempt to lead. He drives.
Charles City Press: One thing the
Ford trial has developed-that Henry
Ford is densely ignorant of public
and political matters and his testi'
mony on the witness stand must be
very humiliating to his friends.
Fort Dodge Messenger: The posi-
ton Of President Wilson toward Mr.
Taft following his countrywide tour
in behalf of the league since it's orig
inal formation is one or speculation.
Mr.. Taft's words will undoubtedly
furnish more excuse for the partisan
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02
POSSESSION OF HORSE SENSE.

A person may have read Aristotle, Plato,
IGalen, Plutarch, Polybius, Horace, Senaca,
Rabelais, Shakespeare, Milton, Voltaire Hugo,
Emerson Hawthorne, Eliot and Mark Twain,
and yet possess no horse sense. Nobody has
ever been able to define horse sense but all men
think they possess it. We might describe it as
the intelligence no book-learning can give. No
man or woman who cannot tell the difference
between a theory, belief, and fact tested ex-
perimentally has horse sense Hamlet who was
philosopher and who was nevertheless sup
posed to be crazy, wanted to show Rosencrantz
and Guildenstein he possessed horse sense when
he said that 'when the wind was southerly"
he ''knew hawk from a handsaw.''
Professor E. L. Thorndike of Columbia uni
versity, and DR.. Wilmer of the University of
Pennsylvania, have invented a set of tests to be
used on persons of both sexes before reaching
the age of twenty One is to tell at glance how
many small boxes are inside large one. The
object, we are told, is to show how construc-
tive imagination manipulates concrete visual
imagery"
The answers to certain questions are assumed
to indicate horse sense. Here is one Of the
questions: "a man walking in a wood in
city stopped suddenly very much frightened,
and then ran to the nearest policeman saying
he had seen hanging from the limb of tree a
WHAT" The answer, of course, is a man. The
other questions are of the same character.
Is horse sense then, according to these learn
ed professors, faculty for promptly solving
conundrumsi With all respect for PROFESSIONAL
erudition, one might fairly say that reliance on
such puerile tests betrays lack of horse sense.
Without pretending to be accidentally logical,
we might suggest that whoever knows how to
do the right thing in the ordinary affairs of life
has horse sense. And man may be a univer-
sity professor without knowing this much.
Marshal Fooh advises Great Britain to keep
6 large standing army trained to the minute
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

thank God that America abounds in men who are su-
peror to temptation, whom nothing divert from
steady the Interest of their country who are at
its and safeguard. And sure am should
not incur your dlspIeasure paid respect Justly due
honored characters In this place. but whom
name Adams such numerous host OF felio""patrots
rlst, up to II would take too mach
OF your should attempt to call the fsastrious
rolls your grateful hearts will point to the men;
and their revered Names In all succeeding times shall
grace tho annals Ameriea-John Hancock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

All expression from President Wilson as to
just what is back of this Shantnug affair would
be appreciated by the country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

Marshalltown T1mes-Republican
For a state where nobody ever
sprays his own orchard to consider
planting fruit trees along the high
way is another instance Of idealism
with the cut out open.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

scientist predicts that the supply of coal
under ground will give out in six million years,
which is another argument in favor OF making
Immediate purchases of fuel for next winters
use
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

Mason City Globe-Tribune: The
Germans are trying to get lot Of
American tourists to go over there
next summer. Might send circulars
10 the people who were on ships tor
pedoed by submarines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-02

Marshal Fooh advises Great Britain to keep
g large standing army trained to the minute
Maintaining large standing army will be one
Of the privilees accorded to those nations be-
lonng to league of nations.
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
Alksli in Soap
Bad for the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully, n
you want TO keep your hair looking its
best. Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali. This
dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle,
and ruins &C.
The best thing for steady use is Null
sined cocoanut oil shampoo (which Is
pure and greaselessl, and is better than
anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub IL
in. 10 makes an abundance Of rich,
creamy lather. which rinses out easily,
removing every particle Of dust, dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly. and 1t leaves
the scalp soft. and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous. lluffy and easy
to manage.
You can get Mulsifed cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy. it's very
cheap. and a few ounces will supply
every member OF the family for months.
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
CALLED TO SOLVE
School VACANCIES
'Saturnalia Of War Money
. Blamed for Scarcity
OF Teachers
ND. COUNTIES UNABLE
TO SUPPLY DEMANDS

BALTIMORE. Nd. Aug, i5.-The 1900
schoolhouse, which stands by the side
of the road that cost $4,000 a mile to
build, is one OF the things which is
causing an acute shortage Of teachers
in the country schools OF Maryland.
in order to devise ways and means
whereby this shortage may be ever
come a conference OF county superin-
tendents has been called for August %
and 80 in the offices OF the State Board
OF Education at Mccoy Hall.
The shortage Of teachers in the pub
lie schools Of Baltimore county has
been relieved, insofar as schools at sub
urban points are concerned, by the ac-
ton Of a number OF Baltimore women,
who have signed UP for the coming
school terms. There are still more
than twelve country schools in the
county, however, for which no teachers
have as yet been secured. There are
- elementary school vacancies in Gar
rett county p vacancies in Carroll
county. 70 in Howard county, f. in
Hartford county, 40 vacancies in Dor
chester county, six in Calvert county
and 10 in Anne Arundel county.
While the unattractive aspect OF the
country schoolhouse is responsible TO
some extent for the shortage Of school
teachers in the state the situation has
other angles akin to those which have
contributed TO the shortage in BalL-
more.
The prosperous condition Of farmers.
who, instead Of finding it eXpedient TO
board the school marin" in order TO
add 81 a week 10 the family income.
have taken TO buying automobiles and
no longer needs boarders. High wages
in other industries. ef course. has de-
creased the supply OF school teachers
in the country as well as in the city.
As never before in the history Of the
public school system Of the State,
Baltimore city will be the source from
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
ALL CATHOLICS
EAT MEAT TODAY

The strict rule OF the Roman Catholic
Church requiring the faithful TO alb
stain from the use OF flesh meat on
Friday is waived today, the reason be-
ing that today is the Feast Of the As
sumption OF the Blessed Virgin Mary
a holy day OF obligation.
Up 10 about eight years ago holy
days Of obligation falling ON Fridays
carried no exemption from the use Of
flesh meat, but the reigning Pope at
The time issued--s decree authorizing
the use OF meat on Fridays which fell
on holy days, The present Pope, Bene-
dict XIV. has not seen no 10 nullify this
decree. with the result that today Ro-
man Catholics viii be permitted the un-
usual liberty of eating meat. Announce
ment Of this exemption was made from
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
Thin PEOPLE
NEED BITRO-
PHOSPHATE
Increases Weight, Strength and
Nerve Force in Two Weeks d
Time in Many Instances.

Take plain hitro- phosphate Is the advfcl
Of these physicians to thin. delicatef
nervous people who lack vim, energy ana
nerve force. and there seems 10 be ample
proof OF the efficiency Of this preparation
To warrant the recommendation More
over n we Judge from the countless
preparations aud treatments which are
continually being advertised for the pur-
pose Of making thin people heshy. Develop
ing arms. neck and bust. and replacing
ugly holl0ws and angles by the soft
curved lines OF health aud beauty. thsre
are evidently thousands OF men aud women
who keenly feel their excessive thinness.
Thinncss and weakness are often due to
starved nerves Our bodies need more
phosphate than is contained In modern
foods. Physicians claim there Ia nothing
that will supply this deficiency so we'll
AZ the organic phosphate known among
druggists as bitrophosphatc which is In
expensive and IN sold by Danforth In
Wilmington and most all druggists under
a guarantee Of satisfaction or money hack.
Bv feeding the nerves directly and by sup
plying the body cells with the necessary
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
SERATH0L IS FINE
FOR INDIGESTION
SAYS DR.. PARRISH

Owing 10 the great variety Of stomach
ailments and the hundred and one "spe-
cifcs" for their treatment IL would indeed
be a mere chance n the average layman Sc
lected a remedy for his own case thss
would give substantial and lasting benenis'
even granting that the selected remedy
possessed real merit when administered ior
/ "a specific condition. 10 is theleiois, ,,,- M
surprising 90 hnd the suneIeI in- iloin frst
/ ach irregularities buying ana tl3Ln- en-
one Cure" then another IN
/ deavor 10 obtain relief 49,, .-.s,ront
'Rc Recent Investigations Of the ndiIsssfon iTssen
Of a LARGE number Of cases ot . inuis s,rfsin..
/ o. a lasT -ssfritis and conditions aISln-
rom byperacidity Of the dc9ive sto9nsH in fhs
.hot tbere h nothing more enec.' 'e-ii,e-g
that ,t ~ these ailments than oIuipa-F
serafboi. which can be o9tsiny" , i1y rood drug
st st fraing cost Many hir sunethSir isn,u s,,ri
glsl a. ..onniaints has been agreeaoly huI
these con p,be almost instantaneous relief
IP5s P5lS' Subsequent permansnt 6ensnt rom ms
We We 5ose of serathol produces almost magic
effects
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
No More Rheumatism
TOrturina Pains and Swollen Joints
Vanish When Rheuma Is Used.

Az last real remedy for rheumatismi
And good one Il must be when y. r.
Dauforth and good druggists everywhere
sell 10 on the no-cure no-pay basis
Rheumatics should hail the news with
great rejoicing. for it is surely a remark
able remedy and has a record Of almost
unbelievable cures. Read what J. r. Oliver
Of Albany. Ca, says about it:
II had sciatic rheumatism for two years,
and tried every medicine offered for rheu-
matism. Tried many doctors. was treated
az one Of the best Southern sanatoriums,
and N I improved any ! did not realize
D.. ! am q conductor on the Central OF
Georgia railroad, and had secured pass
10 Hot Springs. Ark, 10 take treatment.
About that time ! saw RheumH advertised
and concluded 20 try u. I abandoned my
trip took three bottles, and now feel as
well as ever. ! would not take n hundred
thousand dollars for what Rheuma has
done for me-.
II you have rheumatism In any form.
don't delav-trv Rheuma today. A large
bottle is not expensive, aud your money
back II u does not give you quick and
joyful relief.
Evening journal., 1919-08-15
ADVENTURES HAVE
BOSTON BRIDE MART
Graftcrs Have Accomplices
in Beauty Parlors Who
Snare Prey
UNHAPPY HEIRESSES
ARE EASY MARKS

BOSTON, Aug. i5.-A new swlndle
game, by which wealthy brides are won
by gallant young adyenturers, who
seek only their Victims money Is IN
der investigation in this city.
Progress thus far made indicates that
a bartered brides mart really exists
here and that it is operated by a small
clique Of men who make their head
quarters in one OF the most fashion
able hotels in the city.
This cOterie OF grating matchmakers
appears. on the face OF reports and evi-
dence already CLEANED TO be composed
principally OF a type Of adventures
thrown constantly with women OF
wealth in such places as. hair-dressing
parlors, dressmaking establishments
and i'm some Of the most expensive
hotels in Boston.
The scheme is this: The man hair
dresser, for instance picks out an eligi-
BILE victim from among the patrons ne
serves. He reports TO the clique. There
are usually two prime requisites, asfde
from the womans money and the fact
that she is unattached. she must
either be advanced in years or a young
girl who is chatlng under restrictions
or unhappy conditions in her home.
These two types the swindlers appa-
rcntly find arc the most susceptible TO
the wiles Of the handsome young ad-
venturers picked TO WOO and win them.
Usually. according 10 report, an
agreement is made between the con-
spiratOrs. The men in the clique fur
da
/ TO entertain the intended victim lavish
/ ~. 10 shower her with flowers and
gifts. and to press his suit TO the
altar.
And usually, when the romance"
reaches an advanced stage. there is
/ also an agreement between the wOoer
and the bride-elect--a prenuptisl under
standing about money. The marriage
performed. the settlement made. the
adventurer splits the purse won with
/ The man who picked the victim.
! When the income from a match
/ ceases. the perpetratOr Of IL loses in
ierest and casts about for further VIC
/ tins. The adventurer-hushand having
repaid his debt 10 the chOoser OF his
bride. elects himself whether IL is worth
while 10 continue in the marital estate
or TO precipitate a shattering Of tho
romance
There are indications that several
young men with foreign titles are tax
ing part in the bartered bride game.
Those making the investigation have
encountered many obstacles in clinch
ing any specific violations OF the Law
against the swindlers. Each step Of thl
game is taken in a legal way, but bl
one with no more scruples than
blackmailer. Disillusioned brides an
reticent about giving any information
and refuse 10 face the notoriety whicl
the preferment Of charges would bring
Evening journal., 1919-08-15

which teachers In country schools
must come. In Charles county 20 per
cent. Of the teachers who entered gov
ernmenl employ have returned 10 the
schools,
Delaware having raised lls minimum
wage to teachers 10 a sum that IA $3.50
higher than that>PRld by Maryland, tho
Eastern Shore will not be Rblo TO So
cure teachers from that State, bs was
dono IN the past. Pennsylvania has
pushed up tho salaries OF It's country
school teachers 30 that Garrett and
Allegheny countries VIII not be able
TO secure girls from that State FOR
teaching as was the custom. Tho In
flux Of teachers from Virginia and West
Virginia into Southern aud Western
Maryland Is also, FOR practical pur-
poses, thing OF the past, Virginia now
paying about the same as Maryland,
while West Virginia pays little more.
Almost as serious az the shortage OF
teachers has been the shortage Of stu
dents The "saturnalia OF war money"
was the laconlc. but Illuminating eX-
plansiion given by Captain Samuel NJ.
North State Supervisor OF High
schools.
Students OF Montgomery and Prince
George counties went by droves TO
Washington where, FOR ordinary cleri-
cal work they received salary OF
$1,000 10 sl.2OO a year High schools
In Mlcomico and other southern
counties on the Eastern shore were alb
sorbed by the war industries Of VIII
minglon. The Aberdeen Proving
Grounds emptied the high schools of
Hartford and Cecil counties as well as
Baltimore city.
How 10 set enough teachers 10 nm
the tremendous number OF vacancies
existing in the country schools, and
Evening journal., 1919-08-15

In the Want Ads are the oest bar
gains IN real estate and country homes.