Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-11

now everywhere being built have been
| completed and the cleaning up pro-
cess accomplished. the appearance Of
| the average town In this part OF the
state will be very much improved as
compared with what II was before the
| old frame fire traps were replaced OF
vacant lots improved by the modern
fire proof structures Of the day.
We are inclined sometimes to, con-
slider the proprietor of the public
eating house as something or a prof.
toer. but the experience Of one man at
least is all the other way. This man
n county official whose wife found II
necessary to give up housekeeping TO
some extent because OF III health. de-
cided to try taking two meals, din
ncr and supper. at RESTAURANT.
There are three in the family and the
| experiment has been carried on two
! or three months. The surprising part
OF 1t all Is that careful figuring has
shown a direct gain IN dollars and
cents over the home cooking plan, 1t
| is the ten to twenty five cent plan OF
buying that does It," declared the head
OF the family. the restaurant man buy
ing in quantities IL able to feed me
cheaper than / can feed myself even
tho his rates are double what they
were few years ago."
This same man in confidential
conversation admitted that the day be-
fore he had left his office during bus
mess hours, with friend. and that
the two had spent Il short part of the
afternoon in a favorite amusement OF
the pair to be specific. game of
checkers. "And that night" he ex-
planned. 81 had to work until nearly
midnight in my office TO make up the
lost time" at is a common belief on
the part Of the general public" he
went on, that the office man, especial
ly the banker or county officer, enjoys
short hours Of labor. 1t doesn't see
him in his office where he frequently
is at an hour when most other people
have finished for the day but 1t does
notice-th fact of his being off duty.
however short the period, during the
usual business hours. Many men with
a supposed business day Of six hours
actually work at their jobs about two
times that period"
In q show window of the c. NJ. Haas
store in Eldora there Is on display
what is probably one of the finest col
lections of war souvenirs to be seen in
this state. 1t was collected by Mai.
j. w. Caldwell. Of Steamboat Rock,
known to his acquaintances up to the
time of the world war simply az DR..
Caldwell!
He was one of the first of the NJ.
DIS to enlist from Hardin county and
was one of the longest in the service.
Went out with the rank of first lieu
tenant and retired as major of a med
ical corps. A part of the collection is
a large map of France with the roads
over which he travelled indicated, this
showing that he traversed a large por-
ton of the north half of that stricken
country and his souvenirs are all di-
rectly connected with personal activ-
tiles incident TO the discharge Of his
duties.
Among the interesting articles on
exhibit are coin collection from forty
different countries, including among
other rare coins one of biblical times
known in common terms as widows
ilItc, OUe VI Tic udyS Vi ItolfldH Sloiy
found in northeastern France, and an
other, a large French coin with date
of 1903 and bearing the double por
trait of Napoleon and his sister. There
is an iron cross in n ring given by a
German prisoner who was convinced
that his days We're few because
american soldiers kill all their pris-
oners" and who therefore was dispos-
ing Of all his, possessions; a camou-
flaged helmet taken from a German
gunner as he hung lifeless in a tree
and suspended by a heel which had
caught in a limb as he fell, his own
red cross arm band which had to be
taken off because it afforded target
for the foe: gas masks of each bel
ligerent nation; French bread tickets;
the cord and cover of a porcelain can
teen found in the abandoned headquar-
ters Of the German crown prince;
German sand bags made Of twisted pa
per; a piece of shrapuel that struck
the majors helmet and which was so
hot when he picked it rlp that he had
to drop it and wait for it to cool: the
French flags that floated over his
headquarters; substitute window pane
material: pieces of glass from the
Rheims cathedral; several citations,
which the modest owner wished to
withhold but which were finally secur-
ed for exhibit: specimens of shells,
equipment and all the articles usually
found in collections of this nature and
scores of others besides.
This wonderful exhibit Occupies a
space fully six feet wide and eighteen
feet in length is very attractively ar
Wilson