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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
STUDY SPANISH.

Former Ambassador Gerard advises high
school students not to bother about studying
German now, but to devote their time TO Span
iish. This is sound advice which should be
generally followed The commercial competi
ton IN the world is to be keen for some decades
TO come. An era of rapid and great develop
ment is indicated for the continent to the south
of Us; and it viii not be surprising If our most
important foreign trade relations viii be with
these Spanish speaking lands, and with Brazil
which has a kindred tongue Certainly it Is
manifest that knowledge of German viii be
4 of little practical value in world which is
passing laws that imported goods must be
labeled with the country of their origin In or
der that purchasers may avoid the German
wares and dealers who offer them for sale
The Spanish tongue is easy to learn Be
ing a Latin language, it has a familiar look
and sound, and glance at any page of Span
ish dictionary viii show a very considerable
number of words-as many as half of them
Sometimes-the meaning of which the English
student knows from their identity or close re-
semblance to English words 1t IS really sur
prising how much OF Spanish beginner can
guess at: and the study of it helps TO better
knowledge of English and the roots of our own
words as the study of German does not 1t
might be added also that Spain has a noble and
familiar as with the best of that which Germany
has produced; and there is much to indicate
that not for a long time viii German writers
have anything new Of much Importance to offer
70 the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
GRAY HAIR BECOMES
DARK ANDBEAUT|FDL
Try Grandmother's Old Fayo,t,
Recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that sar.
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound.
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded. streak.
ed or gray. Years ago the only wav
10 get this mixture was to make Il ),
home, which is mussy and trouble
some.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for .'Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" You will get /,
large bottle Of this old-time fecjus
improved by the addition OF other H.
gradients, at very little cost. EVER
body uses this preparation now, b.
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it does
it so naturally and evenly You
dampen a sponge or soft brush witt
II and draw this through your hair
taking one small strand at a time
by morning the gray hair disappear
and after another application or tvol
your hair becomes beautifully DARK
thick and glossy and you look yean1
younger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
II WAS NOT ovERTuRNlNe.

Cedar Rapids Republican. Inc new
York World says:
"a combination Of northern repub-
licans and southern democrats, work
ing under the direction OF the anti
saloon league, has overthrow the
American form OF government.
That the American form OF govern
nent has been overthrown is a some
What rash conclusion 1t might be bet
ter to say that an American custom.
long followed and haIlowed as a per
sonal right, has been oTerthrown by
the constitutional amendment about
which the New York paper complains,
hut those who did the oyerthrowing
have followed the directions Of the
constitution for its own amendment
They have proceeded legally. although
scme lawyers who are wise in the con-
sfitutfcns OF the various states. now
Say that il has not been done legally.
Trey now hold that there are certain
states in which the proper procedure
world have been submission TO the
people direct and not mere Passage by
the legislatures OF such states
If that method has been followed,
that is II the people had been permit
ted TO vote in the question. we do not
believe that the amendment would
have gone into the constitution We
do not believe that the people even OF
Iowa would today vote to place II
there. In this state. a few years ago.
the proposition TO place prohibition in
the constitution was defeated.
It was easier to do il by the votes
of the legislatures OF the states, for
the men who sit in such bodies are
easily swayed by what they think Is
public sentiment, and it was abundant
" made to appear that constitutional
prohibition represented public senti-
meut
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
cLARK,s FOOLISH WORDS.

1--WE licked Germany for them, says
Speaker Champ Clark, with that facility OF
which he is so gifted for saying the wrong
thing, in the wrong way, at the wrong time
Even if it were true it would be an inept re-
mark. For more than two bloody years the al
lies fought our battles for us and kept Germany
off our backs. In the final months we did spfen-
did service; but will any rational man contend
that fighting alone without the entente millions
by our side, we could have licked one side OF
Germany In that campaign7 Mr. Clark's re-
mark was foolish, characteristic of him; and
when we reflect that such aid as we were able
to give the allies was due to our conscripted
army, that other remark of the maladroit Mis-
sourian about the essential identity of con-
scripts and convicts comes to mind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

At the annual meeting of the Civic
league, an election of officers result
/ ed in the reelection of all outgoing
officers An educational committee
was added TO the working committee
of the league The children's gar
den work has been turned over to
the public schools, Professor John.
ston having a plan for school gar
dens for each building. The league,
however, is to furnish the prizes and
judges for the work.
The league covers a field for
municipal interests not covered by
| any other organization, SO the league
expects to hold itself in readiness to
act when the opportunity for service
offers itself. The annual spring CLOAK.
up week for the first week in May
will be promoted by the league as
heretofore
I Miss Susan Wilder, county advisor
for the Hancock county home bureau,
has been honored with a place or
the program of the conference OF
county and city home demonstration
agents and members OF their execG
tive board with the state leader OF
home demonstration service, and the
staff specialists at Urbana, H.. which
| is now in session. Miss Wilder 40
pears on the program on Monday
her subject to be Child Welfare"
Mr. and Mrs. J.. H. Sweeney have
moved TO Rock Island. having depart
ed for that city Tuesday. Gladys
and Carol Sweeney viii visit with
Mrs. Eppley and family in Davenport
Iowa, before going on to Rock
Island.
States Attorney Earl W. Wood was
a business visitor to Mt. Sterling
Thursday. He has been appointed by
/; the U. s. government as special in
spector of the records of the local
draft board of Brown county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Wagner de
parted Saturday for Chicago to visit
his brothers. From there they go 10
Monroe, Wis, to visit his mother.
| Miss Jessie Bellville who has been
in Rock Island. is visiting home folks
| Miss Erma Rowe departed the first
of the week for Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
As we have therefore opportunity let Us
do good to all men.-Galatians, VI is.
WAR TIME PRICES

The announcement that no reduction II the
price OF clothing can he looked for this year,
and similar intimation that the war prices
Of footwear Will be still maintained are calcl-
lated to make the country thoughtful and lead
some people to wonder if manufacturers Of any
thing would ever voluntarily reduce the price
OF any product while it was possible TO keep 1t
up. As long as our government was taking
two-thirds of the wool clip for army uniforms
and other clothing, it was inevitable that the
cost Of WOODEN fabrics to civilians would be IN
creased. But our government is no longer tax
ing wool. 1t has stocks on hand to be disposed
of. More of the Australian and Argentine
wool must come here soon in the natural course
of things, and our domestic clip viii be market
cd during the spring. 1t probably is true that
the conversion cost Of wool into clothing Is
higher than in other years and that garments
soon to be marketed must be made out of tex
tiles already woven. Nevertheless the country
hears with uneasiness the suggestion that cloth
ing cost will be as great and may be slightly
higher than it was last year
Similarly i'll the matter Of shoes. arguments
can be, and are, advanced which give the PROMO
sitlon TO maintain war prices a plausible sound
Yet these are not convincing to people to whose
attention the stated fact has come that certain
shoe concerns paid one hundred per cent divid-
ends IN 1917 and only little less last year If
one or few concerns were able to do this, the
conclusion IS nescapable that all or most OF
them made excessive wartime profits which
aIestlH, 1t seems, to be maintained.
Tour was at its highest bread anc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
Louise Schmidt, seen

noble grand; Louise Schmidt, sec,
tary. eN
LaHarpe lodge No. 195, locates 4.
LaHarpe, H.. Clara Burkinsban q
C. Headen, Effie fowler, Mary M -
Her. Ruby Johnson; Ella Woods; al
noble grand; Charity Shirer. ss s,us
tary.
Plymouth lodge No. SAG. loca,aa I.
Plymouth: Pearl G. Smith, / ms. =
worth. Laura Long, Eta Brown .as
Edgar McWherter; Josie Huev. nos ,a
grand; Maude q. Wright, secretar~
Jessamine lodge No. 507, located !,
Bowen: w. c. Waddill, Efie Yonn =
Robert Oakman, Chas. Falgar ars
Lizzie Junk; Anna McGorbv noh, a
grand: Mary ". Akers, secretary ''''
Angelica lodge No. 81. located -.
Warsaw: Miss Matilda Meier NJ ~
Clarissa Tanner, Mrs. Ella Swer,n,as
Mrs. Mabel Schafer, Mrs. Mary Rem.
ley; Emily Richardson. noble grand.
Mrs. Lillian Ehlebe, secretary
/ Read the classified column
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
THE FLIGHT OF TINE.
1t is such little distance

1t Is such little distance
In this silly flight of years.
'Twixt the path that leads TO laughter
And the road that leads TO tears.
It's the shortest, sweetest pathway
Through this silly flight Of time;
II is but q tear-and laQgh-way,
Filled with music and with rhyme.
There's feast OF JOY tomorrow,
There's funeral dirge today,
and the soulbTs robes of sorrow
Cast their shadows where we play.
And the smile that's born in giadness,
Pure and limptd ere it start,
With a wall of shame and sadness,
May come sobbing from the heart
So the song that lifts the curtain
From the backward flight OF years,
Brings a smile but TOO uncertain
Half of pleasure, half of tears.
Then in spite of sin and sorrow,
Let US smile through bitter tears.
For we cannot count the morrow
In this silly flight OF years!
Let US laugh with one another
AS we strive for human veal.
Let US weep, my friend and brother,
For the wounds we cannot heal
ON the great white-way hereafter.
In that better, brighter day,
Surely grief shall yield to laughter.
For it is our Fathers way.
But here It's but hand-breadth
In this silly flight Of years,
'Twixt the path that leads 10 laughter
And the road that leads TO tears
But whether in tears or laughter
Let us build the best we can.
In the here and the hereafter
For the brotherhood of man.
Henry \ G-zdy-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

felry SLiei- In6 last prop has
been knocked from the arguments
of the mud reader. A Des Moines
minister says religion and good roads
go together and that the whole ques-
ton is a moral Issue.
Webster City Freeman-Journal BY
the surprising vote of So to is the
Iowa house of representatives few
days ago tabled a motion to approve
President Wilson's league of nations
plan. This doesn't mean that the
house is against a league of nations.
1t simply means that the house real
ICES that the president has no plan.
or at least has not announced one.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: When
the peace conference learns that the
Iowa legislature voted down endorse
ment of the league of nations, 1t Will
be duly impress d. no doubt, with its
own lack OF statesmaniy ability, and
give the palm for nerve, il not for
wisdom. to the assembly OF Iowa.
Carroll Herald: Since the food ad-
ministration has gone out Of bust
ness, what is going to become of
Deems boom for governor?
Cedar Rapids Republican: What
ever happens to us, may heaven save
US from being asked to act as guar
dams for the colonies which the
British and the japanese and others
took from Germany during the war.
Let's not try TO hold too many red
hot pokers in our hands
Davenport Times: News Of United
States and allied troops in the far
east rather makes one bit ner-
yous-that the bolsheviki soldiers
outnumber them in the Russian coun-
try.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t is hardly
believable that any of the senators
and representatives who voted the
sl00, 900, 600 for the relief of starving
people in Asia and Europe will ever
regret their action The technical
objections will fade out OF memory
and the thought of hundreds Of thou
sands of human beings rescued from
starvation viii warm the heart and
have the benedictiol OF an approving
conscience.
farmers are reSolooting against the
daylight saving plan because. they
say, they always work from sun up
10 sunset anyhow. and it doesn't
save them anything. Why not let the
other folks decide it. then?
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The mud
readers in Iowa have had their day,
and, Judging by the proceedings in
the legislature at Dies Moines, it is
done
Knoxville Express: The Express
sympathizes with the movement in
the legislature to legalize boxing.
Perhaps some people think it re
version TO barbarism, but it is diff
cult TO see why the state permits
! wrestling and prohibits boxing Two
men who are in condition and want
TO box should be allowed to to do
so. Among men who are trained and
fitted for the contest, injuries are
usually slight. President Roosevelt
and some of our greatest men have
delighted not only in witnessing the
sport but also in participating In it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
crackers went soaring. They are still at the
hi orb noint Why9

cTacKtrS WtHI sUaIIIIg. Hey HI SUIT Ct p1I1
high point. Why7
Reference is not made to these particular IN
dustries in the thought that they are unique IN
stances but as a text for general reflections on
the tendency in every line of business to hold
prices up to the highest level as long as it can
be done 1t is platitude to say that if the
people become convinced that this is the general
policy of producers, popular resentment will
become bitter and widespread. Anything that
can contribute to general discomfort and to a
feeling on the part of the people that they are
being exploited is more inexpedient now than
ever before. Too many men are lobless; OF like
~ to be; too many concerned about the fu-
ture; and there is too much unrest in the world
to make it wise to give any excuse, OF seeming
excuse for profiteering.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

Invited to address Joint session of the
houses Of the Kansas legislature, General Wood
urged system Of universal military training
as the only method by which democratic ma
ton Ike ours can be prepared for emergencies
ever likely to occur. The plan, he says, should
be to keep the smallest number of men In uni
form but the largest number trained and ready
al the country's call Six months of training
is sufficient IN his opinion intensive training
for four months would debut it would be
better to extend the time and combine indus
trial training with If, this plan having worked
successfully al Funston and other camps
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

Chicago claims TO have won the medal with
twenty-one thousand, seven hundred and eleven
volunteers for military and naval service. Well,
to some extent that offsets its Mayor William
Hale Thompson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

Now the railroad administration would con-
fer a favor on weary world by waking up to
the fact that the war is over and cease its talk
about revolving" The revolver is out of
date, financially and otherwise.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

Something says that although ex-Constan-
tine Of the Greeks is living in retirement, with
no other handle 10 his name than plain
: mister he doesn T carry latchkey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

1t would be fine thing for congressman if
the government owned the railroads. How
easily they could insert Joker in the bill
to increase their salaries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

The tests Of life to make, not break U.S. Trouble
may demoIsh mans business but build up his character
Opportunities with their values stamped upon
them Every must be challenged. day dawns quite
days; single hour comes, quite like other
hours day in that hour the chance OF
lifetime To face every opportunity OF IRE
thoughtfuIy its meaning bravey and earnestly
only way the supreme opportunities when
they come, whether openfaeed disguised-mafoe
Davenport Babcock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-02
Cumberland Valley NeWs
BUSINESS AND
LABOR TOUNITE
Chambersburg Chamber of
Commerce to Change Laws
to Reduce Annual Dues

Chambcrsburg, Pa, July AT a
special meeting Monday evening. the
Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce
paved the way for the entrance into
the o, sanitation of laboring mon by
agreeing to amend its bylaws to
lower the annual dues from SIC to
SIS. in, accordance with a proposal
made by representatives of the local
Federation of Labor. The change in
the bylaws will be made as soon as
100 laboring men present their an
plications for membership. This will
probably be done on July II. when
another special meeting will be held.
The agreement for the amalgama-
ton of business and labor aud all
citizens into one organization for the
civic, moral and Industrial better
ment of Chambersburg came as the
result of a threat on the part of the
members of the trade unions Of town
to form a Board of Trade which would
work Independently of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-02
Miss Fannie H. Woodburn
Bride of Francis Wilson

MELVILLE, Pa, July Monday eve
ming. the brides birthday, beautl-
full wedding was solemnized at the
Big Spring Presbyterian Church at
$50 o'clock, when Miss Fannie Hen
ry, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
c. Woodburn, became the bride of
Francis Glen Wilson, of Harrisburg,
in the presence of a large number of
guests. The church was decorated
in a beautiful manner with larkspur
daisies. hollyhocks, hydrangeas
palms and pine. The Rev. f. I.
Wheeler, pastor of the bride, per-
formed the ceremony, assisted by the
Rev. Harry Ulrich, of Lancaster, Pa.
The bride was attended by Mrs. G.
Chester Hall, of Mt. Holly Springs
The bridesmaids were Mrs. Edgar
Stratford, of Camp Hill, the brides
sister; Mrs. Joseph a. Woodburn, Of
Baltimore, sister-in-law; Miss Laura
Nonnemacher. of Allentown, and Miss
Kathleen Riley, of Carlisle. At the
hour appointed the bridal party en-
tered the church and proceeded TO the
altar where they were met by the
groom and his attendant, John A.
j.. Hall, of Harrisburg. A reception
followed the ceremony at the home
of the bride in Parsonage street
Use McNeirs Pain EXterminator--Ad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-02

Mcchanicsburg, Pa, July 2.-To a
native of Mechanicsburg, Colonel j.
Weir Grissinger. chief surgeon IF the
Third Army. has come the honor of
the Distinguished Service Medal, for
exceptionally meritorious and dis
tinguished service
"As Division surgeon of the Forty
second (Rainbow) Division, and later
as chief surgeon of the First Army
Corps during its operations on the
Marne. and in the st. Mihiel and
Meuse- -Argonne offensives, ne dis
played qualities OF leadership, hign
professional attainments and rare
judgment in energetically directing
the work of the sanitary unit under
his control in providing front line
disqualification and evacuation facil-
tiles for our sick and wounded in
the field"
Colonel Grissinger mas not yet been
informed in regard to the time and
place of presentation of the medal
awarded. Friends in this place ale
Offering congratulations through his
wife, who with the two young sons,
are staying al the home of her father.
John NJ. Underwood in West Main
street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-02
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

Ia you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared sham
Poos contain too much alkali., This
ores the scalp, makes the hair
pTittie' and is very harmful. Null
siiied cocoanut oil shampoo (Which
is pure and entirely greaseless). is
much better than anything else you
can use for shampooing, as this
cant possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or two
teaspoonfuls will make an abund-
ance of rich, creamy lather, and
cleanses the hair and scalp thor
oushly. The lather rinses out cas-
ny and removes every particle of
dust dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and it leaves it fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get Mulsified cocoanut
oil shampoo at most any drug
store. 1t is very cheap, and a few
ounces is enough to last everyone
IN the family for months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-02
NEVER SAW SUWANEE

Stepnen collins roster, who wrote
Way Down Upon the Swanee
River" was a northerner, born in
Pittsburgh, July 4, 1926, and never
saw the Florida river. He was a
popular song-writer who appealed
to the heart of his public. Among
his works were "Old Kentucky
Home" 'Massa's in de Cold. Cold
Ground" "Old Dog Tray" Sweet
Ellen Sayne," "Old Black Joe" and
other southern songs. He had a
natural aptitude for music, and at
first wrote his songs without know
ing how to play them, but later
studied both the pianoforte and
voice culture. He was living in
New York when he won fame as a
song writer. When he wrote "Wav
Down Upon the Swanee River" he
was given $500 for its sole use bv
Christy's Minstrels.
A legend states that the writer
suddenly turned to a map of the
South, while writing his song. to
find a river that would suit the
mechanical needs of rhyme writing.
and just happened to choose the one
dear to hearts of the South. The
peculiar negro flavor of many of
his songs was acquired by attending
negro camp meetings.
Foster chose to be popular
song-writer, although his critics
pointing to his four-voiced serenade
Come Where My Love Lies Dream
| ing" say he was capable of better
| things. When his popularity de.
| clined he became depressed and CIV.
way to irregular habits. He died in
New York January 13, 1864, a penni-
! less wanderer.-Detroit News