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a sure one was needed. They don't
come any slipperier, understand. And
they say she can use an automatic
with the best of en-
Cousin Martha shudders. 'What a
dreadful place to live I'M" says she.
Nothing but crime and criminals and
violence wherever you turn. And yet
Pinckney wishes me to make this my
home"
NO" says Pinckney. II take it all
back. I shouldn't have a moments
peace II you did, for you seem to have
fatal facility for unearthing trouble.
I shall be glad If we can get you home
before you stir up riot"
Cousin Martha smiles indulgent.
"I'n tell you where I should like to try
living for a WHILE" says she.
"Where?" demands Pinckney.
Elm some quiet, sleepy little New
England village. where nothing at all
ever happens" says she. you know.
very small place. If could only
find one that"
Here Pinckney gives me the nudge.
ooh. I say. Shortly" says he. What
about Hickory Hollow"
THAT ought to qualify" says I.
1T isn't a big village, is it," asks
Cousin Martha.
TITS wide place in the road" says
I. with Ladds general store on one
side, Grange Hall on the other, and the
Union Church just beyond. It's up in
the Connecticut valley. twelve miles
from railroad and three from Pinck-
tley's country place, Hickory Top"
"And you are sure nothing happens
there?" insists Cousin Martha.
why" says I, II believe one corner
Of the old barrel factory burned down
durin' the blizzard Of '9S, and then two
summers ago Let's see, what was
the big excitement then. Pinckney?"
II think that was when one Of Lem
Fickett's cows tried to swallow a tur.
nip" says he.
THAT was It," says I. "And aside
from them two catastrophies the Hol-
low has been fairly peaceful. Course,
the r. F. D. fivver comes roarin'
through once day."
II think should like to see Hickory
Hollow" announces Martha.
Nothing simpler" says Pinckney.
Shorty and I had arranged to drive
up tomorrow. You see, I am adding
two bathrooms, and the caretaker
can't seem to understand from the
architects drawings just where the
tubs are to be set. Well get Mrs. Nc
Cabe and Mrs. Bruce to go along and
make a weekend party of 1t. And you
shall inspect the Hollow"
So that's what we did. It's only a
four-hour run in Pinckney's limousine
and we lands at Hickory Top in time
for late luncheon. And by $3.50 we
was drivin' down to the village. 1t
sure looks peaceful and quiet enough.
Why not. with nothing to do but wait
for next spring?
What people live on in a place like
that has always been a mystery to me.
I've asked Pinckney, but Of course he
don't know. And HI Ladd, who runs
the store, he'll only bunch his shoulders.
Yet. here are forty or fifty houses, with
as many families, l suppose. scattered
around. Nice, neat painted houses.
come Of 'em, too; others not SO neat. I
expect they farm a little. but net
enough to hurt themselves. They raise
q few potatoes, cut a few tons OF hay,
have a few hogs and cows and hens.
There are two or three fairly good appls
orchards. One man has half dozen
hives Of bees. But nobody seems to
work reg't,r at anything special, and
outside Of the one clerk In Ladd's and
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Y'S MINCE-PIE DREAM

had smiled and said that to please
him she would take a chance.
Most folks would, for il anybody in
this burg lives comfy and elegant it's
the Lionel Pinckney Ogden Bruces.
Course. their big old brownstone house
is on Madison and not 9Th, and they
don't splurge on annual brushes that
win columns of space in the society
doin's; but Pinckney's been box sub
scriber to the opera and horse show
since he came of age, and Mrs Bruce's
twelve-plate dinner parties are adj
mitted to be the last word in polite
feedin'. So II there was any place
where Cousin Martha could see New
York at it's best Pinckneys was the
spot. Yet here he Is shakin' his head
over her.
"She will persist In poking around
in such queer places" says he. Eyes
terday she was down on the lower
East Side and saw the police rounding
up a gang Of gunner. Coming home
she got mixed UP in crush on the
Third Avenue l. and watched the
guards put off some car rowdies. The
day before she went with some friend
who has charge of settlement house
and sat all through session Of police
court Told us all about the long line
Of Observation-Disclosures, thieves, street
walkers and so on-at dinner that
night. And today she's missing again.
She was to have lunched with us at
the Plutoria at 1870, but she never
came. Heaven knows where she is"
Lively old girl. I'll say" says I.
Maybe this time she's"
Just then the phone rings and I an
swers it. For you. Pinckney." says
I, handin' over the receiver. Mrs.
Bruce on the WIRE"
WHAT" says Pinckney, after lis
TENN minute you don't mean it.
Yes, III go right down." Then he
turns to me. cts Cousin Martha again.
She's held at police headquarters.
Maybe she's been overheard stat
in her opinion of the town." I sug-
gests..
But that wasn't quite the case.
Suspicious character" says the de-
tective sergeant who brought her in.
II got her up in a department store
where I was laying for Albany An
one Of the slickest lady dips in
the business. I was just nippin' An
ME, with her fingers on a gold mesh
purse, when this other one interfered
and started giving me a line of
talk. One of the same gang. I ex-
pect, 30 brought her along. She's
in havin' her thumb autographs
printed" .. +.
Course, it would have been satisfy
in to have pointed out to him how hs
was all right except for too much
bone in the head. but it wouldn't have
got us anywhere. Instead hunts up
a deputy commissioner that happens
to know, explains who Pinckney Is,
has him make an affidavit that this
is cousin of his In good standing,
and in the course of an hour or so we
are allowed to lead Martha out into
Mulberry street and hail a taxi.
Gust as a matter Of curiosity. Cous-
in Martha" says Pinckney. why did
you interfere?"
Because" says Martha, "the wom-
an was SO well dressed and had such
nice eyes. The officer was rather
rough about it, too. He grabbed her
by the wrist. Now there was no ne
cessity for that, was there?" And
she turns to me.
,"If, II. was. Albany -Apnie,". says l.
! Il SHOULD gay .tI'At 81 quick grab and
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"NO, THANKS. SAYS I. #,

cuse to attend his brothers funeral
Abner was good man, a kind husband
but twenty years of six O'clock sup
pers had worn groove into which I
fitted as snail in It's she'll didn't
know it until escaped by accident.
And have never eaten at o'clock
since"
but Just where have you been dur
ing the last two years?" asks Pinck-
ney.
"Oh, wandering about, waiting for
Europe. Asia and Africa to settle
down." says Aunt Martha. II spent a
delightful eight months in Japan.
Then crossed to Honolulu, expect
ing to stay a week. and fingered
there q whole season. Next down the
west coast Of South America. was
charmed with Lima. And coming
back I spent a winter in Colon. Now
I am waiting to hear II 1t is safe
to go back to my villa on the out
skirts Of Algeirs. But they say the
desert tribes are still FESTIVE. 1t was
one Of their raids which drove me
out, you know. We could see them
from the upper windows. rushing in
front the white hills. and for ten
days we lived behind barricaded
gates. practically besieged. I do hope
they will calm down soon, SO that
I may go back"
GO back!" echoes Pinckney THAT
is what fail to understand. Martha.
There's no necessity. for you to live
in such remote and utterly impos-
sible places, is there? You haven't
been banished, or anything. You
haven't bartered your birthright for
a mess Of potash"
"Pottage. my dear Pinckney." puts
in Cousin Martha.
"Quite the same" says Pinckney
Anyway. why exile yourself"
Her answer to that Is simple. She
kind Of likes 1t. for one thing; be-
sides. she has to live somewhere. The
old home town won't do any longer.
She's Off them Kick stations for good.
And as for settlin' down in New York.
as Pinckney suggests, she really
couldn't. She doesn't care for our
town and never did"
"But why?" insists Pinckney.
IF you must know" says Cousin
Martha, II think New York is per-
fectly horrid. You call 1t q great
city. I don't. It's big enough. good
ness knows. But 1t isn't urban, as
Havana is. That's a real city. So Is
Buenos Aires. And Cairo and Toxic
and Madrid. But New York Is an
overgrown country town, full Of
countrified people mixed indiscrim-
inately with the scum Of many ma
~tions; a crude, noisy mob living In
a crude, noisy manner. A sorry mess.
I find it.s
Plnckney gasps at that. He stares
at Cousin Martha as II she'd thrown
an egg at the statue Of George Wash
ington or committed high treason.
"Oh, I sayw he protests. 'Those are
Just your silly prejudices, that's all.
And you have them because you don't
really know New York. You haven't
tried living here. And you should. 1t
isn't decent for lone woman of your
years to go wandering around the
face of the earth the way you do.
Positively, 1t isn't. Come, give us a
trial"
His proposition was that Cousin
Martha unpack her trunks at his
house and stick out the rest Of the
winter. He was willin' to bet, too.
that inside Of two months she
wouldn't want to live anywhere, else
in The ,w9rld,,,, And "foasipl Mlarlha
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
Overheard in Boston.

Pittsburgh Chronicle: The cyclist
was a stranger in Boston's streets.
That was evident from the cautious
manner in which he picked his way
through the half-empty thoroughfare.
1t was evening. The penny-a-liner
approached
"Sir," said he, "your beacon has
ceased its functions"
"Sir gasped the cyclist, dis
mounting from his machine.
your illumination, 1 say, is should
ed in unmi tigated oblivion"
Really! But l don't quite"
'"The effuIgence of your irradiator
has evanesced."
My dear fellow, L"
1.-The transversal ether oscillations
in your incandenser have been dis
continued"
Just then an unsophisticated little
newsboy shouted from across the
street:
Hey, mister, yer lamps out,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
OF, and woman faces no more temp
tatfon than she would as a shop an
sistant or chauffeur
CITY NEWS.

Miss Eva Altheid, of Suffer, ILL.,,
IS the guest Of her cousin, Mrs. w.
Hennings.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. A. Hindershot
of 42S South Nineteenth street, are
rejoicing in the birth of son, Ken
meth Edward. born today at St.
Joseph's hospital.
st. Peters high school alumnae
will hold its regular quarterly bust
ness meeting in ST. Vincent's hall at
Il o'clock this evening and all men,
bers are urged to attend.
/ DR.. Robert Reimers, Keokuk pro-
duct, lieutenant in the American army
in France and Germany, physician at
Fort Madison when at home, has
made an excellent record In the
medical corps and is now with the
army of occupation in Germany.
Private Charles Ewing and the
3l5th engineers are on their way to
Germany and probably have arrived
there by this time, according to a
card received by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. T. Ewing, of II North Eighth
street
The war department has finally
had time to announce yesterday the
name of Conrad August Pechstein
among those released from Hun prison
camps, the news Of which came to
his mother some weeks ago. His
name is in the list announced in a
Washington dispatch in this morn
ing's papers 8
George H. Smith Of Memphis,
Tennessee, Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Thomp-
son and Miss Helen Thompson, Of Mt.
Sterling, Illinois, Mrs. Katherine Wal
tiers Sutton of Peoria, Mrs. G.
Schmidt, Mrs. William Wahlwend and
George Cramer, the latter three of
Burlington, have returned to their
homes after attending the funeral of
the late Mrs. N. j. Smith.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
ASSEMBLY is
NOT LOAFING
Tfansaets Business Today While
Waiting for Ceremonies Of
Inauguration of
Governor.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
DIES MONIES. Iowa, Jan. 16.-The
thirty-eighth assembly did not loaf
while waiting for the joint session to
assemble for the Inauguration of Gov
ernor Harding.
Frank G. Nebiker of Des Moines
county, introduced resolution Of
sympathy and appreciation to be sent
to the families of all Iowans who
died in the service, which was passed
by the house.
He also introduced a concurrent
resolution favoring a league of ma
lions. Senator Van Alstine introduced
a similar bill in the senate.
J. z. Wichman of Hancock county,
introduced bill in the house which
would repeal all sections of the code
providing for the publication of
county business in foreign news
papers. This bill covers more ground
than that introduced in the senate by
Ed NJ. Smith of Madison county.
Smiths bill refers only to the pro-
ceedings of county supervisors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
MASONS OF THE
HIGH DEGREES
The keokuk Members Of the Consls-
tory Will Spend Next Week
in Davenport at Big
Ceremonies.

Several candidates and about a
dozen members of the Masonic con-
sistory with headquarters in Daven-
port will spend most of next week
there A hundred candidates will be
given the degrees up to the thirty
second, and Fort Madison furnishes
many Of them-said to be the largest
class ever sent by any one Iowa city
The ceremonies are very ella borate
and sublime and occupy four days
and evenings, beginning Tuesday
morning and ending late Friday
night. The Keokuk party will go up
Monday and return Saturday. 1t will
be composed of some of the most
prominent citizens of this city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
Wedding at WayIand.

A wedding occurred at Wayland.
Mo-. yesterday which will be of in
terest to many Keoiiuk friends Of the
bride and groom.
The marriage OF Alva Lender to
Miss Eugenia Claise was held in the
Catholic church at 10 o'clock yes
terday, the ceremony being per-
formed by Rev. c. s. Mullen. Miss
Grace Clark was bridesmaid and
Charles Claise was best man. The
bride wore a handsome gown of
white satin and carried shower
bouquet of roses and narcissus. The
bridesmaids gown was Of gray silk
and she carried an arm bouquet Of
pink roses More than a hundred
guests were present at the wedding
A wedding dinner was served at
noon at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. r. o. Billups, which
was attended only by members Of
the bridal party and near relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindner will reside
on a farm near Wayland. Both young
people belong to, prominent families
of that section.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
ARRANGED 1T
BY TELEPHONE
Harvey Flood and the County Reach
An Agreement for the Benefit
of His Wife, by
Wire

Harvey Flood stays at Davenport,
instead of coming here as defendant
in prosecution for failing to sup
port his wife in the superior court,
by an arrangement made by tele-
phone between him and Chief Henne-
man at the Davenport end of the wire
and County Attorney McManus at
this end.
Flood agreed to send his wife at
least So week for her support, and
the superior court case against him
is not to be pushed as long as he
does this.
: Chief Henneman, who went to Dav-
export with the warrant for Flood,
reached home early this morning.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
WOMEN MAY
RUN HOTELS
clubs of London Offer Opportunity
For Women's Labor to Meet
Demands ct Depleted
Staffs.
IBv United Press /

LONDON, Dec. Ply MaiD -
mere is one branch of service which
labor. % '' :
hitnerto one of the least exploited
,ieids of service for women was in
hotels and clubs. Before the war
ms held was monopolized by aliens.
oal many of them will never be per-
mitted to return to it, and 1t is GER
ee.i mat hotel and club managers
VIII avail themselves gladly OF won.
shs labor to meet the demands of
sneir depleted staffs.
Even in the most conservative
LUIS women have replaced men so
,sSssfully during the war that
snefe IS little, doubt that their serv-
10 VIII be retained. as mattresses,
SoAheepers and interpreters.
several hotels have been managed
an siy by women during the war.
a onu patrons Of these hotels have de-
mat they never received bet
uining a hotel is very much like
.as iiing household on large scale,
- 50 women here find themselves
proper setting. This field will
e. oisce many types and many class
VI women. There are positions
a.a sihs from scullery maid to man
,.tl keeping is an art which
s~n s years TO master, and woman,s
,,t,, renee IN household management
f,-.- 80 Tar towards making her Of
W. success from the outset
vithn sn can enter this field OF labor
n- any loss of dignity.
and b a.s,n in first-class clubs
is Is thing almost unheard
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
the basement of the state house.

the basement of the state house.
Flags, flowers and enthusiasm fea-
tured the inauguration Of Harding.
The house chamber was decorated
with the national colors and those OF
the allies.
The joint session was called to or
der by Senator Wallace HI. Arney,
president pro tenn OF the senate. at
two p. M
The official vote on governor and
lieutenant governor was canvassed
and the announcement made that w.
l.. Harding and Ernest r. Moore had
been reelected governor ard lieu
tenant governor of Iowa.
The official vote gave Harding 1884,
576 civilian votes and 4.101 soldier
ballots.
Claude r. Porter's vote was 1T. OF
from civilians and 1,S0S from soldiers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
TOOK OATH AT
TWO O'CLOCK
Governor Harding and Lieutenant
Governor Moore Sworn Into
Office at Capital This
Afternoon.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DIES MONIES, Jan. 16.-Chief JUS
tice Ladd, Of the state supreme court,
gave the oath of Office to Governor
Harding and Lieutenant GovTnor
Moore in the house chamber at two
o'clock this afternoon, before a joint
session of the 3Sth general assembly.
The reception is scheduled for
eight o'clock tonight, with the inaug-
ural ball beginning at nine o'clock in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
REQUIEM HIGH
MASS is SAID
Funeral of Mrs. Robert cusack at ST.
Peters from the Home Of Her
Sister This Morn
ino.

The funeral OF Mrs. Robert Cusack
was held from the residence OF Mrs.
Patrick O'Brien, 1928 Reid street, to
ST. Peters church, at 10 o'clock this
morning, requiem high mass being
conducted by Very Rev. James Gil
lespie.
Burial was in the Catholic cemetery
The pallbearers were C. A. Mcnamara
Judge W. l.. Mcnamara. Thomas H.
Walden. Edward F. Finigan, John
L. Ward and Joseph L. Concannon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
Tirjno of the pomn

Beresford Republic: The first
column of each daily paper is de-
voted to the president, and we are
beginning to tire of the array of
pomp which is being thrust upon
Rim, and wonder if. after all. he
hasn't got slight case of royal
it's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
NE(sss2l
For Society Editor. please teie-
phone Isl.

Advance notices Of dances, card
parties or other social diversions.
for which an admission fee Is
charged or subscription collected,
Will not be accepted for insertion
In the society or other columns OF
The Gate City unless the regular
rates are paid.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
Victory Liberty Loan.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The next
war loan will be called the Victory
Liberty loan, Secretary Glass an
nounced today. Announcement OF the
amount, terms and date of the loan
is expected to come within fort
night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
Einht to EXCEL LaEoIIette,

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-The fight
to expel Senator LaFollette, Wiscon-
sin. from the senate came to head
today when Senator Dillingham;, Yer
mont, moved dismissal Of charges of
disloyalty against LaFollette, Senator
Pomerene, Ohio, at once began a
fight to prevent Quashing Of the
charges.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
kinderaarten Party.

Mrs. E. P. Blondet entertained the
children of the Wells kindergarten
yesterday at a very happy party in
honor of the sixth birthday anniver-
sary of her son Herman Blondet.
There was birthday cake with six
shining candles on 1t, and all the
other good things that go to make a
happy party.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
Vicrola xVn, 9275 ES
vletrola XVI. electric. $332.SQ y
Mahogany Of oak

in the pepperproducing counties of
America, according to official and
unofficial reports. The value Of the
crop is said to be $4,000 per acre.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
-n-,.d from Telephone and Was
Seized with Attack Of Heart
disease, Causing Great
Agony Until End.
MAS PROMINENT CITIZEN
,...,.sted In politics and Various
phases Of Big Business Here
After Returning from
northwestern Ranch.


George S. Tucker died this after
noon at las o'clock. ~.
While he had Ipeen in poor healtn
for over a year and had some serious
s5tacks lately, his death come very
suddenly.
,ome where he had been talking to
No city editor of The Gate City, and
--tsn he reached the foot OF the stairs
- fell and called to his wife who hur-
.;ad downstairs to him. He suffered
sgnny until the end came on lounge
mon which he had been placed.
He had angina pectoris. and his
a,ctor warned him against much ex-
.rcise hut this forenoon he walked
10 rho button factory and back. and It
e believed this caused his death.
Born January %, 1856.
George s. Tucker was the son OF
samuel w. Tucker, very prominent
cst;zen of Keokuk in earlier days,
and was born January %, 1856, max
ing him few days less than sixty
three years old.
At the age of twelve years he went
TO Pittsburgh, Pa. to school and
grew to manhood there. He then
elerked in several stores for a few
wears. and after that went to the
northwest where he worked on
ranches, one of them the same ranch
ON which was Theodore Roosevelt at
that same time. He served as a
covman on the ranches for some
years and then returned to Keokuk
to spend the rest of his life.
A Leading Business Man.
Here he engaged in the ice bust
ness for some years, and became as
ISOLATED with the late Edward p.
McManus in the firm of Tucker G
McManus which opened the famous
limestone quarry this side Of Cal
land, the largest quarry In the middle
west. AT the same time. he engaged
in contracting on a large scale. For
acme years he was one of the most
important men in active business in
Keokuk, and his business was always
profitable. He became a capitalist
before he retired from active life a
few years ago.
Then he helped organize the Secur-
ity state bank and was reelected It's
sice-president few days before his
DEATH
He married Miss Sophie e. Roche.
and they had three children, Beatrice
Thelma, Georgia Wood and Julia
Anna
Prominent in Many Activities.
Always taking deep interest in
politics and strong republican, he
served in the city council, was cam
didate for mayor. and was a delegate
to republican national conventions.
He was very earnest Mason and
took all the degrees to the thirty
second. An hour before his death he
talked to a representative about
going to Davenport next week to the
meeting of the consistory there He
was an active member of the Elks,
and since his retirement from bust
ness spent much of his leisure time
IN Its club rooms. He also belonged
~ The Knights of Pythias and was
member of the Mystic Shrine
His personality was most attractive
and the friends who loved him were
legion in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
81 owe Thine Enemy"

st. Paul Pioneer Press: Three mil
lion tons OF boche ships are to be
used to carry food TO Europe Here
is a strange case of the cur feeding
the hand it tried to bite.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One fiveacre tract ad-
joining city limits north of Main
street; a real bargain. McCutchan
Land Co.