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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26
GARDEN CLASSES
FOR NEXT WEEK
Miss liza Mitchell Supervisor, Will
Meet the Children at the
School Buildings Each
Morning.

Miss LA Mitchell, garden supervi-
sor, announces the schedule Of talks
on midsummer care Of the garden. to
be given before the school children
next week, as follows:
Monday, o'clock-St. vincent's
school.
Tuesday, 9 o'clock-George Wash,
ington school
Thursday, 8 o'clock-wells school.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26
Auto Runs Off Bridge.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 26-Dr. E.
F. Robinson, of Chicago, was instantly
killed and DR.. j. w. Bowen and VIII.
liam Kostolecky, both of Dickinson,
n. D., were seriously injured late yes
terday when an automobile in which
they were riding, ran off bridge on
the Casper road and rolled down an
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26
Foreign Minister Resigns.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
BASLE, July 26.-Foreign MILE
ter Bauer of Austria, has resisheN
reports from Vienna said TO-DAY
DR.. Karl Renner, chancellor,
head OF the Austrian peace deies
ton, has assumed the added respoA
sibility Of foreign secretary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26
O US Of Allies.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.I
WASHINGTON, July 26 The
Tinted states now holds S9,615, 400
oo7 81 worth Of l. o. US of the allies.
This total was reached today when
, nerp loan was made to France for
s157 .549, 900. France alone now owes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26
HOW ABOUT YOUR TYPEWRITER

Fred Mcbride, an expert typewriter
repair man, is at the Grand hotel for
a few days. He repairs, cleans and
generally overhauIs all of the differ
ent makes, carrying all tools and
parts for that work. Better have
him attend to yours-he knows how
and does it here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26
the United States s3,010,026,s00, the
II easury department announced.
HOW is YOUR CASH REGIsTER7

HOW IS YOUR CASH REGIS EXT
Fred Mcbride, repair man on
National Cash Registers formerly
with the company is at the Grand
hotel for a few days. Better have
your registers attended to. He knows
how and does it here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26

the state is three tiers Of counties in
the north, five counties in the east
central section, and about five coun-
ties on the southern line.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26

embankment. DR.. Robinson's body
was taken to Buffalo, Wyo., while the
injured men were hurried to hospt-
tai at Casper.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-26

ceived by officials here. Condl.lou 10
are still too turbulent In Mexico ~
permit that, however accordins ~
the proclamation which anooun.
that arms may not be shipped ac'o''
the frontier
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07
BEAUTIFUL
SIGHT.

Do YOU know that one of the prettiest pic
lures in this world is an old man and an old
woman nearing the end of life, still going arm
in arm and still sweethearts In my fancy
can see the angels gathering along the golden
strand and holding up a triumphal arch of the
fairest flowers of paradise for such a couple
to march under.
A few years ago | was guest in one of the
old-fashioned homes of the West. After the
supper dishes had been washed and put away
and the chores were all done up for the night,
grandma and grandpa. venerable pair OF
pioneers of that great land of beautiful sunsets,
were led up to little organ and persuaded
to sing: when You and | Were Young, Mag
gle" Their heads were as white as the SHOWS
that they had seen fall for four score years,
they were bent and their voices were husky.
But the feeling they put into that beautiful old
air. the love that danced in their eyes, showed
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07

understood. Zone can live In very, very
pretty world M the time she declared, III one
chooses 10 do 10. our lives make our surround
ings what they are the things we do create
either beauty and sunshine on that which is
commonplace and ugly The rugged. everyday
hills around us become temples of the Almighty
when we learn TO appreciate them properly; the
swaying trees in the forest tell us wonderful
tales and each flower that bursts the prison
walls of the earth 10 smile In the face OF hui
mainly has something sweet and Interesting to
say
20, yes. child this is a real picture world
sure enough happy-dream world if we only
strive 10 make il such IL is a world in which
we can make hearts happy by the magic touch
of kindness, il is world in which we might
build mysterious ladders reaching from the feet
of poor downtrodden souls to the very gates OF
Paradise. There is nothing more wonderful In
dreamand than we can have in reality If only
we learn to understand to catch the true mean
ing of life and follow il.
"No vision of Sunderland no picture placed
by an artist upon canvas equals the glory and
the grandure of the world that surrounds those
who have learned to interpret Duty, those who
can illuminate the landscape that lies before
them with the rich co!orings of a clean heart
and the clear call of themind to useful service.
Nellie knew what her mama meant by some
of the things she said, but some of them puzzled
her little baby brain Let us hope, however,
that she will discover the beautiful world that
was pictured TO her as she grows older and that
she will teach others TO make their dreams come
true.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07

Claaping her dolly close 10 her bosom. Nellie
ran out across the grassy lawn and disappeared
behind green hedge. Peeping through me
window little later mother saw bunch OF
brown curls and bright red ribbon waving m
the soft summer winds, Just over "A bed oil
daisies In a cool. shady place there the darling
of the home had her playhouse.
Putting on neat little apron, Nellie flew
around hurriedly making preparation Tor TEA,
leaving dolly to swing in "A tiny hammock made
by tying one of papas silk handkerchiefs be-
tween two giant cosmas. To an onooker IL
seemed that everything was going wei, but II
wasn't The tiny housekeeper dropped one OF
her best china cups and 1t was shattered 10
pieces on a rock Dolly was blamed for tins,
because dolly gave her scare by almost ialllhg
out of the hammock.
IF YOU move another time until tea is ready,
scolded the little girl, Il shall be compelled
to put you TO bed without your supper" Dolly
accepted the rebuke, never answering back with
word But il wasn't long until poor Nellie was
heard TO say: 90 myl" for dolly had fallen
out on her head II might have been that the
wind was responsible for the hammock tipping
over but dolly was blamed for 1t and she was
soundly spanked and tucked away under the
cover as hungry as hungry could be.
For a while Nellie sat down and reflected on
the troubles of trying to raise little dolly to
mind AT first she felt that it was a thank
less Job and that no dolly ever appreciated what
was done for it, But after awhile she reasoned
that one should not expect too much of Just a
dolly and that maybe after all the poor dear
thing was not to blame for falling out on the
ground and SHINING her nose. Then she was
sorry for having been so cross and she COM
menced crying and cried herself TO sleep.
In Dreamland Nellie wandered out among the
strange things of a new world she saw high
mountains from which voices called to her; she
looked into deep-tangled woodlands where
fairies made their homes and danced beside the
nodding daisies 1t was all so different, so
grand. such perfect little realm of beauty
that the dreamer was amazed and disappointed
when she awoke to find the vision gone
That night after she buried her brown locks
in mama's lap and told God that she wanted
to be pure sweet little girl and asked Him to
bless her life and to protect big brother who
was far away from home she related her dream
and asked: "Why is it mother that the world
in which | live is not like the world | dream
aboutw
1t was a hard question for mama to answer
but she explained the best she could, saying
many things, no doubt that the little girl never
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07
HOME REVERIES

that the affection Of their coufting dsye"had
gone with them all the way
At the conclusion of the song grandpa kissed
the wrinkled lips Of grandma just M he did
one summer night half a century before, when
they stood together under a honeysucke vine
in the moonlight and the shadow of the bios
SONS played hide-and-seek with the dimples m
her rosy cheeks.
What a world of Joy this must be when peo-
pie can tread lifes way in such a mellowy path
of bliss as that When the vows made to eyes
beneath the orange blossoms, are lived up TO
when those eyes grow dim under a crown of
gray To walk together down into the dark val
ley as sweethearts, 20 forget the years, the
wrinkles and the culver of the voice, and see
nothing but "a sweet little girl and "a hand
some young man"
Sometimes think that that is the way God
intended il should be; that if the courtship OF
a man and woman lasted beyond the wedding
ceremony and she would trust him all the way
and he would be as true and as gentle with her
as when their affection first evolved into glori-
Gus blossom, the dearest day-dreams of hui
mainly would all come true
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07
ENTERTAINING
OUR
VISITORS.

! don't think folks visit as much now AS
they did in my boyhood. Anyway, if they do
they don't take the whole family and stay so
long II must be that automobiles and ice cream
parlors and moving picture shows and all such
things have stopped the good old custom.
Twenty-Five years ago when our kin came to
see us they came in a covered wagon and
brought the whole lay out, including dog or
two and something like crock full of apple
butter, and would stay until school started.
remember that Uncle John Jackson's folks
paid us a visit one summer just about roasting
ear time. There were five boys and six girls OF
them and they ate like they had never had
anything before in their lives. Uncle John was
mas brother. but she said that she knew very
well they never took their appetities or their
manners after his side of the house that he
was always considered a boy who ate a very
little.
Ma would stack corn up on the plate until i
would look like a barge loaded with logs and
they would unload il and Still complain Of not
having enough. She tried two whole months
60 fiji up the bunch and one day she told Aunt
Jane that she had to commence sewing and
getting the children ready for school. Not
word was said about the price of roasting ears
or anything else that they were feeding on. but
Aunt Jane was kinder picayunish' and she got
mad and made Uncle John hitch up the horses
and pull out home
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07

satisfied without giving offense. lie said: AS
the fort at the entrance of Boston harbor with
out doubt belongs to the king the kings colors
should be used THERE" This was done TO
the extent of showing them when vessel was
passing but ONLY then, and they were not
used elsewhere in the colony. This was IN 1856
In 1913 the colonies of Plymouth, Massa-
chusetts Bay. Connecticut and New Haven
formed an alliance under the name OF the
United Colonies of New England and IN 1886
adopted as common flag the cross of 81.
George with a gilt grown emblazoned on the
center of the cross, with the monogram of King
James H. underneath. BY 100, however, the
colonies began to depart from authorized flags
to distinguish their ships from those OF Eng
land and from neighboring colonies.
When in 1907 the kingdom of Great Britain
was made to include England, Scotland and
Wales. Great Britain chose for herself and her
colonies a red ensign with the crosses OF ~.
George and st. Andrew in the canton. This
WAS known as the meteor flag of England.
and was also called "Cromwell's flag" Il was
not accepted by the colonies. They continued
to use the red flag, but added to IT device OF
their own This was pine tree or globe.
The immediate predecessor OF the Stars and
Stripes grew out of the necessities of the Revo-
utionary War. At first each OF the colonies
had its own flag. The lack of a common vlsl-
bic standard led to confusion and danger IN
battle. So. when Washington took command
of the American Army at Cambridge on Janu-
airy 2 1776, he raised the first dlstlnctlvely
American flag indicating a union OF the colo
MES II had thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white. bearing upon one of its corners the red
and white crosses of ST. George and 81. An
drew on a blue field.
Uniting. as it did. the flags of England and
America. il showed that the colonists were not
vet prepared to sever the tie that bound them
To the mother country BY that union of flags
they claimed to be vital and substantial part
of the empire of Great Britain and demanded
the rights and privileges which such relation
implied Yet il was by those thirteen stripes
that they made known the union also OF the
thirteen colonies The stripes Of white declared
the innocence of their cause and the stripes OF
red spoke defiance 20 cruelty and oppression
This flag was called the Union Flag, the
Grand Flag and the Great Union Flag. u Is
now frequently referred 10 as the Cambridge
Flag II marked the real beginning OF our ma
tional existence and also OF the stars ana
Stripes as our national emblem IL was used
until Congress adopted the Stars and stripes
The authentic history Of our present national
llae begins with June II, l717, when Congress
passed resolution that "the flag OF the United
States be- thirteen stripes, alternately red ana
white. and that the union be thirteen stars
white on d blue field, representing new con-
ISOLATION ----,.-,-,-..,..,-r.-, y - -.
TIIlTrr-- 4 n h66n iald that N then orig.
lna manner the thirteen stars We're disposed
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07

so as 70 preserve trace of the crosses OF -.
George and St Andrew which the stars sup
planted in the Cambridge flag This is
groundless supposition as the stars OF the first
flag were arranged IN a circle The fact Is the
stripes were ever present after June II. l17,
but the stars were not uniformly displayed IN
ill 1880 In this connection il is interesting 70
note that the starry field Of our flag, Ike the
heavens themselves, passed through several
stages of evolution before reaching rs ultimate
arrangement As has been said. the first flag
bore the stars IN a circle. the second ~ three
horizontal lines the third had ilitetn stars ana
fifteen stripes; in the fourth, The thirteen
stripes were restored and the stars disposed IN
the form of a large star. IN the fifth the stars
were again restored 20 rows.
Though less than $50 years old, II Il mpos-
sbe TO determine definitely on what pIece-
dents our flag was based OF what name de-
serves the honor of first suggesting t. Wash
ington said that the red Of the mother country
was retained. but Intentionally separated by
the white stripes of liberty The attempt mas
been made to account for the stripes by dei1V-
ing them from the first known instance OF
their American use, which was the celebrated
standard of the Philadelphia troop Of Light
Horse.
This flag was carried when the troop acted
as Washingtuns escort on his way to Boston
in June. ITS. Some suppose that the idea was
furnished ON the designating SlIlpeS on VIC
coats of the Continental soldiers. Others be-
leve that both stars and stripes were suggested
bv the coat arms Of Washington Still others
assert that they were borrowed from the nag
of the Dutch republic.
While these are all hypothetical origins, the
last named seems as plausible as any Inc
flag of the Dutch republic stood for seven
states united in one States General, or Con-
gress. in which each state had an equal vote
We know from the writings of John Adams
and BENJAMIN Franklin how greatly the lead
ers of the Revolution were influenced by the
example of the Dutch republic, based as IT was
on a successful revolt against taxation WITH
out consent" The very name state house
is Dutch. as is the phrase united colonies.
Immediately the colonists made SO much OF
the flag of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes
that they became the butt of British rldlcule
Thirteen lost It's IN omen. All sorts OF iabu-
lous things were attributed 20 its lucky import
Taking advantage Of this patriotic credulity
British testers said that Washington had thlr-
teen toes-the extra ones having grown since
the Declaration of Independence, that a Well
ordered rebel household had thirteen children
all of whom expected 10 be generals ana mem
hers of the high and mighty Congress OF ne
thirteen united states" when they attained
thirteen years
More of the same nature but In less elegant
language Ia e4el.-le-- l44~ senses a r. ~ PEI
lite speech Enough has been said % make u
evident that tradition and fancy could not lone
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07

The Stars and Stripes was not the sport of
chance. While it was no mere offshoot from
the dead stump Of feudalism, but the symbol
of a progressive, expanding union OF states on
the basis of federal republic, yet it had
growth. To understand its history, we must
go back to the beginning Of modern discovery
and political institutions.
As far as we have any record the first flags
raised in America by white men were the Span
ish flags which Christopher Columbus brought
to the island of San Salvador October II, l492.
One was embazoned with the arms of CASTLE
and Leon, which Columbus carried in his own
hand the other was his personal flag which
had been given the great sailor by Queen
Isabella.
The flag Of England was first unfured in
North America by John Cabot, a Venetian, who
probably landed on the coast of Newfoundland
in 1897 lie set up the flag of England and
the flag of St. Mary The first was the cross
of st. George. a rectangular red cross extend
ing the entire length on a white field. This
was the banner which ST. George, bishop OF
Cappadocia. gave Richard Occur de Leon IN
1892 This is why it had become the flag OF
England and why Edward III. about l340 made
st. George the patron saint of the kingdom.
Jacques Cartier seems to have been the first
TO bring to the new world the fleur-de-ls flag
of France Under royal commission he landed
Nav 10. 1884. at Cape Bonavista, Newfound-
ldnd. J. pom "a seCOuu NONdS q 9tei '"eNA ~
set up "a cross and the arms Of France near the
site of the present city of Quebec.
On board the Half Moon, Henry Hudson sail
ed into New York harbor in 1909 flying the
flag of the Dutch East India Company. This
was the flag of the Dutch republic-three equal
horizontal stripes, orange, white and blue, on
the central stripe of which were added the let
ters V. o. c. A. (Vereenige Oost-lndische Com
pagnie, Amsterdam.) Later the orange stripe In
the Dutch flag was changed to red.
The English cOlonists naturally used the
cross of St George This is the cross the May
flower must have borne 10 Plymouth in 1920
In 1888 a party Of Swedish and Finnish coonists
founded a settlement called New Sweden on
the Delaware River under the Swedish national
FLAG. yellow cross on n blue ground.
AT an early date the English colonists in
America began 10 manifest q striking spirit
of independence in varying degrees OF depar-
tlre from the flag which represented material
authority. In November. 1884, Mr.. Endicott'
of Salem Massachusetts. detaced the kings
colors AT his trial IL came out that he dld "
because. he said the red cross was relic OF
Antiehrst having been given 20 England by
A pope. After much debate u was PROPOSED
that the colony show no flag.
Then arose n question. II captains oi YES.
.els returning ID England were asked what
s.lors thew saw here, the truth might cause
trouble. The matter was reisLIcd 70 hs- senl
me- growing spirit Of independence might be
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-08-07
by.
AUSTIN CALLAN


They never did Ike our family after thn
and we got t-ffom some Of Jcrusa Christian
people that Aunt Jane said not one OF the JAG
sons got 20 taste the apple butter aiiei sh
brought il all the way 10 our house ANA w"
not only that they never got to taste much %
anything else.
All In all. however, the visits In THOSE ON
DAYS were interesting. Generally eveiNthihA
would pass off I'm most agreeable manhei
Sometimes the boys would quarrel about who
pa had the longest beard on which ones tul
il was To sit up on the spring seat OF inc
wagon and hold the bul-whip But our father
and mothers wouldn't pay any attention to sue
little differences. They taught their children
to be forebealing and whenever a complaint wa
made To one of them they would say something
like this: 80, well, run along and don't mlnd
that; lust tell your little cousin that YOU were
better bred than TO fuss about such foolish MAJ
ters."
If the most Of you had TO make pallets down
on the floor for eight or ten kids these time
you'd feel Inundated and the chances are the
wouldn't stay more than one night. 1t is dii-
ferent now to what it was in the good old day
way back yonder. When any of the family
come along now they are relatives instead OF
"kinfolks" and if YOU haven't a few spare be-
rooms and garage they Just rambe on.
doubt if the ties of blood lnnd us together
i'm this age as they once did. Back in those day
of which | speak fellow would hitch up m
team and drive three hundred miles to see you.
when he knew that the best he would get TO
sleep on would be a corn-shuck mattress, ana
that the chief entertainment would be to argue
the mode of baptism Now he won't even stop
unless he's too poor to buy his breakfast or
out of gasoline But let us hope that IN the
smoulderng ashes Of the heart that down m
that mysterious place where the bright Goals
of ldnfolks affection once glowed. there are SUI
some sparks that might be famed into flame
A companionshp built upon financial and social
levels is convenient and pleasant and some
times profitable But We ought to always heaf
the call of the mother blood, to feel the touch
of that old love that runs back like streamers
of gold 20 the hearts of our grandparents.
No matter what our station in life might be
il doesn't hurt now and then 10 turn our face
towards the simple things of other years
even the old-fashioned visits When the eye
is dazzled with the majesty of mighty noun
tains. when we have Toasted upon garden,
where bloom the rich and gorgeous blossoms.
when we have marveed in the presence OF God
great twinkling dome as It faunts the glory OF
the stars 70 earth, II is refreshing TO pause
where only a little daisy grows in the quivenng
grass