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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06
CLUB SEASON OPENED.
Twentieth Century Members and
Guests Enjoy TlIlisch Recital.

Twentieth Century Members ane
Guests Enjoy TlilIsoh Recital.
In the first meeting OF the Twentieth
| Century Club for the season. at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. H. c. Mueller
Tuesday night, members and guests
! were treated to a delightful song re-
cital by Nine. SBergljot Aalru6
Tillisch, mezzo- contralto, Of Des
Moines.
Nine Tillisch pleased her audience
greatly and displayed a voice pure in
quality, flexible and expressive, and
combined with dramatic instinct and
a winning personality. Her arias
gave the singer an opportunity to
present her dramatic talent, and this
also was true in her Norwegian folk
songs, in, costume.
The first group Of songs included
the favorite love song, "By the
Waters of Minnetonka," (Lieurance,)
and Cadman's 1.-THE Moon Drops
Low" sung in English. "The First
Meeting by Grieg, in Norwegian.
also was included In the opening
group.
The peculiarities Of Russian music
were shown in the second group OF
four numbers. and the closing selec-
lions embraced five Norwegian folk
songs in costume, and given in the
native tongue Of the singer.
AS the heavier contributions to her
program Nine. Tillisch sang in
Italian an aria from "Cavalleria
Rusticana," (Mascagni,) and the aria
portraying the prayer of Tosca,
'Vissa d'arte," Glove and Music,")
from Puccinis "Tosca," also in
Italian. Both were very well done.
Nine. Tillisch, altho singing hard
program, was gracious with her en-
cores, giving the "Tosca" aria, a
Swedish folk song, and Annie
Laurie" in closing.
Accompanying the artist, and lend
ing to the charm Of the program, was
George Frederick Ogden, a Des
Moines pianist, and prominent in
musical circles in the capital city
thru his management of grand opera
ventures.
The guests of the evening were adj
mitted by the hostess sister, Miss
Lulu Schultz, and received by the Of
fcers of the club, and their husbands,
together with the host and hostess.
Mrs. NJ. u. Chesire, the president,
welcomed the guests in a short ad-
dress preliminary to the program.
During the social hour refresh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06

ments were served by Mesdames ID.
A.ICollison, II. S. Lawrence, and r..
w. Doolittle. who aslo acted as par
lor hostesses: Misses Clemewell Lay,
Hazel Kellogg, Hazel Norland, Lulu
Schultz and Esther Lucille and
Dorothy Mueller.
Guests of the club from out of the
city were Mrs. Mary McLaren, of
Reno. New; Mrs. Rose Lander, OF
Los Angeles; Miss Mertie Halbert, of
Kansas City, and Mr.. Tillisch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06
couchMAN BODY BURIED.
Service at Grave In Riversids-chi-
caeo Business Men Here.

oorV'ce az Gravottn Rtverside-Chi.
caso Business Men Here.
The body of William v. Couchman,
formerly OF this city and a vice
president and general manager in
charge Of the European business of
the International Harvester Compa
NY, who died at Brussels, Belgium.
Aug. 4. was buried in Riverside at II
O'Clock this forenoon. The body,
which had been In the Kirby maus-
oleum was inferred following brief
funeral services held at the grave.
Rev. b. r. Martin spoke and tho Ma :
sonic blue lodge, with George Greg
DRY as acting master. conducted the
burial service. Members Of the lodge
attended In body.
Friends of the family. old Mar
shaltown business friends and ac-
auaintances OF Mr.. Couchman, and a
party Of officers OF the International
Harvester Company. headed by Cyrus
II. Mccormick, chairman of the
board Of directors. and other Chica-
20 business men came for the SER
vice.
The pallbearers, former close bust
i
ness friends OF Mr.. Couchman. were
A. +. Balch, G. C. St Clair, George A.
Turner, b. A. Morgan, A. A. Moore
and G. Fl. Hull,
The honorary pallbearers, all off,
GERS OF the international Harvester
Company, were Mr.. Mccormick. Alex
Legge, vice president and general
managers H f. Perkins, A. e. Me-
Kinstry and II. 3. Urtiey, vice presi-
dents: ". D. McHugh. general con-
sui: George A. Ranney, secretary and
| treasurer and w. NJ. Reay. comptrol-
Ter.
| The flowers were cared for by
Mesdames Nellie lamar, Marie Nc
Farland, F.. l.. Wahrer and A. A
Moore and Mrs. c. r. Howard, the
latter Of Waterloo.
| Other officers Of the international
| Harvester Company and Chicago
business men who were here for the
service were C. II. Haney A. L. Up
! ton, August Held, w. 8. Towne, J. G.
Wood. r. A. Brittenham. r. A.
Zetchc. G. w. Koenig. and F. Gull
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06

bertson. Mrs. McKinstry accompanied
her husband.
Mrs. Couchman and son, Carl, the
latter OF Lille, France. who landed
recently at New York, and were met
at Chicago by Mrs. Couchman's son,
yenning. of Paris, accompanied the
Chicago party to the city this fore
noon. The Chicago men left early
this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G.. Hollis and Miss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06

Read the special announcement on
page IL, Of our rug sale. You can
now buy rugs with the assurance
that the bottom price has been
reached. The prices we now name
should give us the greatest rug busi-
ness we have ever had. r. r. Lay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-06

Annie Couchman, OF Minneapolis. tn
ladies sisters Of Mr.. Couchman, also
were here for the service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
Tho Hunt Fer Revenue.

Tho Nations Business: War for
tunes are to be sought out in Eng
land by government committee. II
1t proves possible to define the for
tunes which grew out Of the war, and
in spite of the e1cess-profits levy OF
80 per cent, there viii probably be
a project to lay tax on the princi-
pal and apply the proceeds toward
diminution Of the war debt.
Such a plan, Of course, is IN prtn.
ciple a capital levy. AS yet the gov
eminent has not acceded to sugges-
tons that the committee should In.
quire into the feasibility Of a general
levy on capital for the purpose Of
considerably reducing the war debt
forthwith. Perhaps the British gov
eminent has taken cognixance Of the
difficulties OF italy in trying to work
out scheme for levyfng on capital.
Italy's plans appear to undergo fire.
quent modification; recently they
have contemplated levy upon the
capital Of each individual who pos
sesses $4,000 or more, with the
amount Of the, levy graded upward
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
All things which strive to ascend, ascend
IN their striving-Coleridge
ONLY A PROMISE TO PAY.

/ Paper money is simply a promlssory note;
its value is determined by the ability OF the
apromissory to pay; to enable It's government to
acquire and retain gold reserve. 1t follows
that issue Of paper money is dlscountlng the
future to great extent and it IS OF interest to
all people 10 note how greatly the future has
been discounted by the governments Of the
world. In q paper prepared by y. +. Austin,
5statistician of the National City Bank of New
York. facts about the world s paper money are
given in detail.
The world is flooded with it. The paper cur
rency of thirty princi pal nations has Increased
from little more than seven billion dollars In
1913 to ffty-one billions in 1919; and this does
not include the thirty-four billion dollars IS
sued by the bolshevki government OF Russia
The ratio of gold reserve to paper currency IN
1914 was seventy per cent; now 1t Is thirteen
and seven tenths per cent. In the central pow
ers. Austria Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria, at
the close Of the war the ratio was i've and i've
tenths per cent. and now it has fallen TO one
and seven-tenths per cent. The threatening
phase of the situation is the vast increase in
paper currency since the arristice; eleven bill
lion dollars of this currency have been issued
nv twenty three nations including six neutrals,
during the past thirteen months, and Russia IN
der I,enine has issued thirty-four billions, alb
solutely unprotected by gold reserve or COM
modify security and therefore apparently worth
less.
While this paper money has been going out,
it's protection has been decreasing: the produc-
ton Of commodities. that are the real values Of
which all money is simply the measure, has been
decreasing Outstanding national indebtedness
\ has increased by the enormous total of two hun
dred and twenty billion dollars Gold produc-
ton has steadily declined, thus reducing the
medium of reserve values. The world is fin
ancing itself as never before on promissory
notes Its safety is involved in its ability to
produce values to meet it's promises. And yet
the salvation of economic, ll-powered produc
ton, engaging the cooperative energy and
ability of every worker in every phase of work
does not generally appeal to people as the only
Ieas nIesort to prevent disaster
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
Riley. the National Poet.

Yale Review: Riley is the Hoosier
poet, but he is more than that: he 10 q
national poet. His state and his city
have honored themselves in honoring
him and In keeping his birthday as q
public holiday. The birthdays Of ma
, tions and of kings and magistrates
have been often so kept. We have our
Fourth OF July, our twenty-second OF
February. our Lincoln's birthday; and
we had a close escape from having .
Mckinley day. do not know that the
banks are closed and the children let
out of school-Riley's children, for all
children are his-on each succeeding
seventh of October; but l think there
is no record elsewhere In our literary
history of a tribute so loving and so
universal to mere man of letters. ~
the Hoosier state pays annually to its
sweet singer. Massachusetts, has its
poets and is rightly proud Of them.
but neither Bryant nor Emerson nor
Lowell nor Holmes, nor the more
popular Longfellow or Whittier has
had his natal day marked down on tho
calendar as yearly state fiesta. And
yet poets. novelists, playwriters,
painters, musical composers, artists of
! all kinds, have added more to the sum
| OF human happiness than all the kings
! and magistrates that ever lived. Per
haps Indianians are warmer-hearted
than New Englanders; or perhaps
they make 80 much Of their poets be-
cause there are fewer of them But
this is not the whole secret Of It. In
asense. Riley's poems are provincial.
They are intensely true to local condi-
lions. local scenery and dialect, child
ish memories and the odd ways and
| characters of little country towns But
Just for this faithfulness to their en-
vironment these poems here at home
come home to others whose homes are
far away from the Wabash, but are
not SO very different after all.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
NO HAPsBURG NEED APPLY.

The official communication from the councli
of ambassadors to the effect that the restora-
ton of the Hapsburg dynasty would be neither
recognized nor tolerated by the allied powers
although it applies primarily to Hungary, IS
evidently intended to assure the other small
nations surrounding the Magyars 1t is pos
sible that the Hungarians, after their painful
experience with temporary bolshevlk regime
under the notorious Bella Kun, may feel lnclln-
ed to adopt monarchic government But 1t
is unlikely that Archduke Joseph will be the
king of Hungary. The objection of the allies
is one of international policy, and even Arch
duke Joseph himself realizes that when the
world is in the condition of revolutionary I'M
rest it might be dangerous to have king IN
hungary. The restoration of the Hapsburgs
might be followed by an attempt to restore the
in Germany. Both dynasties
would be the foes of the world IS peace. Under
all the circumstances the motto Of Hungary and
of all the little nations which were once COM
prised in the Austrian empire should be: mo
Hapsburg need apply
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
IT IS A SORRY OUTCOME.

An American publclst of note asks Thought
fully if there ever was time when our relations
,.ere in so great disorder and when so much OF
is;picion and unfriendliness were directed
against US from every side?
How strange and specifically inexplicable
this is in view of the fact that America has just
now, by voluntary sacrifices unexampled in hui
man annals saved from destruction the very
nations where public sentiment is critical and
bitter towards u.s. We spent twenty billions IN
helping our allies. We have loaned them ten
billions, much Of which we many never get back.
We asked nothing at the peace conference for
yourselves. but let our allies divide up the world
as thew saw fit. Why then their telling OF re-
sentmepta
No single act or ours explains it, and there
lis deep truth in the proverb that to do favor
often loses a friend The best Of the nations
are not above selfshness and envy; and their
distress is poignant and deeper far than ours.
They hold us responsible for their wasted year
of futile diplomacy-their fiasco in peace-mak-
ing which leaves Europe in worse shape now
than when the armistice was signed. They re-
sent the constraint we laid upon them, our ap-
peals to their people over the heads of their
governments, our dictatoral interference is
purely European affairs We allowed hopes to
grow I'D in them which we cannot fulfill. Had
we never gone near the conference or sent
statesmen Of different temperament, our allies
would have loved and honored us; and neutrals
would have respected and esteemed us now as
never before.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
ANOTHER DOLLAR DAY.

The merchants of Keokuk have planned
Dollar day sale for the coming Saturday ana the
success of like ventures IN the past gives pro
mise of prosperous termination OF TINS Wees
enterprise. Economists tell us that the donar
of today is inflated and is worth about one
half what it was before the world war. This
might be all right, but the value OF dollar ae-
ponds to a very great extent upon the possessor.
In the hand of one person it might not be worth
seven cents. but in the possession of another its
vaue wonId be the full one hundred cents. re-
CARELESS of times or conditions.
The Keokuk merchants in their Dollar day
project will aid the possessors of dollars to
make them more valuable This comes from the
fact that special prices viii be made on goods
and combinations will be arranged so as to re-
duce costs to the customers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
A Favorite REQ Lilo.

Samuel Crowther. in Worlds Work:
A favorite Madison Square argument
from the soap box is to hold up a hat
and yell:
II paid three dollars for this hat !,
the man who made 1t got "a cents.
The employer got two dollars and
seventy-six cents. What are you going
to do about it,"
Now, the manufacturer of that hat
knows that he rarely gets haff as
much as the worker got; he also
knows that the speaker neglects the
cost of raw material, the cost of pre-
pairing the material. the cost of trans
portation, and the cost of selling all
of which involve labor: that also he,
and everyone who handles either the
material or the finished hat. have to
pay rent and taxes. But instead of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
PITY THE POOR.

New York. Evening World: Maybe
OF their common plight
will eventually draw them together.
Maybe they will organize or form
communities. Maybe they will evolve
a program, leadership of their own.
The Evening World has already
defined and described them.
They are the people-salar1ed
workers, minor members Of profess
sions, widows living on the interest
from small investments. and the like
who have struggled in vain to keep
iup with postwar cost of living on
lpre-war incomes.
They are the people who have had
| to step down and abandon their for
mer living standards when 1t came
to competing with the new spending
power of classes favored by war.
They are the people who, though
they work just as hard or harder.
.cahnot pay the present rent OF liv-
ing quarters as good as those they
occupied before the war; cannot pro-
vide the former plenty for the table.
cannot replace old clothes with new,
cannot give their children the advln-
tages they used to see their way to,
cannot afford the occasional treat at
the theater-and who, despite all
their self-denial. cannot save.
The kind Of poverty from which
the new poor are suffering Is not the
poverty of starvation or want. 1t is
the poverty Of lowered standards,
the consciousness Of going down in
istead of up in spite of undiminished
effort Who will deny that such pow
erty, though relative, Is real?
How do these new poor feel when
the director Of the savings division
of the treasury department assures
the country that high prices are
being maintained because people are
charmed with the idea Of paying them
and that there are authenticated
instances Of manufacturers being
forced to take back goods from re-
tailers, eradicate the old price stamp
and imprint a new and higher price
mark?"
Price levels are being fixed, then,
by the spending power OF classes
whose pockets have been filled as
consequence of war or imitation and
who are keen to taste the unwonted
delights of extravaganza.
How durable a prosperity can come
from such spending carnival? Can
it go on indefinitely without crash
Can sudden concentration of spend
ing power IN new hands pass itself
off permanently for genuine era Of
good times for all?
The new poor have one consola-
ton:
| High prices are not everywhere
purchasing high values. Complaints
as to quality and workmanship are
numerous and increasing. Labor In
many quarters is so flattered with
demands and SO busy securing higher
wages that it has little time to de-
vote to the honesty or excellence of
, the products it turns out.
Who wants to build house when
he is warned that workers are too
flu9h and too Indifferent OF care about
the standard of the work they put
into it?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE OLD MELODEON.

There, ike some ancient Nisitdni
OF bygone days il stands;
Its yellow keys a welcoming
Extending 10 the hands. ..
No nngers wander Ger the keys,
No feet its pedals press,
fteIr of the soul OF music there
II waits some hands caress.
1t leans against the chamber wall
Like some old broken form,
Too weak TO stand alone without
Assistance in the storm
Its bellows gaping wide is hung
With Cobwebs TO the floor;
The dust upon its yellow keys
Is strewing thickly Ger.
An. in the stiffness of the night
The ancient thing it grieves,
And plants in echo to the soft.
Low whisper of the leaves. .. r.-.
Then from the lonely chamber float
Sweet tones of Beulah Land;
A spirit song from spirit throat
Chorused by spirit band. .r----h
But when the light of morning falls
In glory everywhere,
The dust upon the yellow keys
Is strewing thickly there.
From Beulah Land the player came
To spell away the gloom;
And passing, left behind the same
Sweet lavender perfume.
Horace Seymour Kellar. In New YORK
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

to 40 per cent. In accordance with
the size Of the individuals accumu'
lation of this worlds goods.
without waiting for the report OF
the committee ON war fortunes, the
British government will apparently
seek theoretically for some source
Of revenue that will replace the ex
cess profits tax. According to Official
statements. this tax Is to be dis
carded at the earliest moment sue
cessor can be devised. for it is con
sidered unfairly severe on now con
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

1t is said that the army Of one hundred thou
sand war emergency clerks in Washington has
not been materially reduced since the signing of
the arrnstice and that the whole hundred thou
sand have declared a practical armistice on do
ing anything for their pay except to keep nag
ging their congressman to keep them from be-
ing sent home to work for living. Close OBJ
servers give them the palm for soldering" at
ANYTHING that looks like toll.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

Fashions are supposed to re,p,,
every few years. but rye looked I
vain for many years to see upon ~
parlor stands the old-time steroscoa.
showing views Of Niagara Faus ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

posting his figures, that employer Is
more than likely to suggest that more
Americanixation is needed and would
like to have someone play tho Star
Spangled Banneri
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

One Of the mysteries Of life at the present
time is why the postofice department pretends
to use mucilage on the envelopes and newspaper
wrappers it sells to submissive people. Per
haps the stuff is put on for ornament as it looks
nice and shiny 1t certainly is Of no use for
sticking purposes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

In 1915 there were $4,000 divorce.
granted In the United States. ths s
record among civilized nations hahn
surpassed only BY Japan. =
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

American society sound at and this means tnat
bottom people, accept as the basis OF souno
morality not and safe sefishness AND the
loud tmidy species OF risk and nara
ship the vre strength of manness winch enss 20
the ideal Of stern. unpchins performance OF duty. ana
which follows wthersoever that ideal may ieao-tneo-
Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

There is something reasshring in the sentenc-
ing to prison. in less than a week after the com
mission Of their crime, Of three young men that
held up and robbed New Jersey paymaster.
Suck rapid work by the law in these days of
numerous crimes and too numerous escapes,
with altogether too many failures to convict
after arrest. is positively refreshing. More
power to Jersey justice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

The Hoover boom became a serious matter
when someone started lying about Herbert.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-02-11

Germs and a contributing cause !,
high prices.