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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
Topics of the Times

Cafe prices are to be probed by
Unied States officials in Iowa.
Which will mostly consist of prob
ing n fork into a sirloin steak on
government salary and expense. One
of the costliest feature of the war
have been the '.probers."
An Ohio man has secured alimony
from his divorced wife. Perhaps
when that gets common feminine in
dependence will not seem such u
bountiful boon. That will put the
suffer in suffrage.
If cold snowy winter is the her
aid of a good crop. better set about
building extra corn cribs now.
1t used TO be that the person who
had made a personally conducted
tour of Europe could find an audi
ence but nowadays there's so many
fellows who have been there and
know so much more about 1T that
the former tourist can't hold his con-
gregation.
If Mr.. Hoover can have his own
way he doesn't care a cuss whether
the republicans or democrats give it
to him. However, we've had about
dose of the one man, one way
stuff, haven't we?
They still keep on nagging Hol-
land for Bill. But why in Sam Hill
If they want him, why not so and
get him while getting seems advis-
able? Why dye make them eyes at
Bill for if they don't mean what
they say?
A general strike would bring
things to q complete showdown, and
it is evident that a real showdown
isn't what the brotherhoods want at
present. The things a siege not an
assault.
Well, do you blame a boy when he
| prefers to be a bricklayer at 50 a
day to being q schoc! teacher at 40
cents an hour?
OF course we want to be kind ia
our neighbors across the sea, but
seems like we ought to see coal in
/ our own bins before sending a load
| to the fellow who seems to expect
to get his fuel that way rather than
/ go to work for it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
IN KANSAS.
By WALT MASOl

there wailng around
they fought for liberty in
raised their missed chance to
dreamed
WHILE learned like
which
rebeliou yelled for still
country when time has healed
complain
drink Is rail-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
SIX BELOW AND IT'S kNTl1oTE.

1t was bitter cold last night. 1t is
bitter cold this morning. The wind
swept down from the west with lev
eled lances of frost and set US shiy-
ering When we went down to the
coal bin this morning and saw the
attenuated string of Jumps in one
corner then again sadness rose like
a mist about US and we contemplate
ed further purchases Of coal. One
can't freeze you know-and the coal
man knows 1t. That's his psychol-
ogical moment.
But hope sprang again. In the
mail were two catalogs Of garden
seeds. You opened them and the
glories of color drove away the chill.
Such vistas of home grounds" OF
waving trees and green stretches
dotted with Towering shrubs. Here
an illimitable field so strewn with
Somebody's Marvellous Musk Melon
such portly cucumbers and onions
striving TO- burst their, sdns, won
derful groups of caulinower and
early cabbages with q mammoth
pumpkin in the center, and carrots
egg plant peppers and assorted
provocatives to appetite-an OF sucf
supreme excellence. There are de.
scriptions and pictures, too, Of as
paragus, long, crisp, teasing aspara
gus, succulent pods of string beans
lettuce that curls enticingly an!
above and around all such wealth .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
Two kINoe or pRoPlT.

A reader writes me a. fellows; u
keep . store and sene Of the thtAgs
l have for sale purchased some
time ago. ana therefore paid less
for them than IL bought to-day; the
retail al well a. tho wholesale prices
have advanced since I bought Dc
you consider It fair 10 . customer to
charge the present retail prios for
these goodsY Do you consider Il
good business" to charge the pres
ent prices2 DO you, or not, think
that this practice Is partly the cause
OF the present high cost OF nving?"
This question, In various forms, 10
In the minds Of many people. so am
using 1t AZ my feature story for to-
day.
The retail merchant makes two
profits. A profit from selling and q
profit from buying. Both profits are
legitimate.
Suppose have been buying goods
from u certain source for some time,
and then, because / read my trade
journals and study the market care
fully, discover where ! can buy
the same articles for a little less
money. The difference between what
formerly paid and what I pay now
is legitimate profit from buying.
Because | have managed to buy
this article for a little less than my
competitors does not obi gate me to
sell this article for less money. l am
entitled to a little more profit for my
skill as a buyer.
Now suppose anticipate rise In
price, and | buy ahead of time. Let's
suppose that the price does advance
and my Judgment and foresight have
proved true. The difference which l
have saved by buying ahead of time
is a buying profit which have earn
ed thru skillful buying. IL / did not
have those goods in stock and had
to buy at the present prices, l would
sell at present prices without
aualm. Why, then, should feel any
moral obligation to sell for less
money Just because prove more
skiIlful buyer than my competitor?
1t may be good business to sell
such merchandise as this for less
than the prevailing prices so as to
make quick sales, but / must keep
in mind this fact, that as soon as
have sold out the present lot OIL
goods. | can only replace them at
present prices.
If the merchant sells at the old
price, he should, in his advertisins
make it clear why he is doing so.
Reverse the proposition. however
Suppose that prices so down, should
the merchant sell his goods at the
old price? This is a matter which
is useless to discuss, because wheth-
er he should or not, he can't get
more than the prevailing price. so
il the buyer, thru lack Of judgment,
has the market go against him, he
must suffer for his lack of Judgment.
In other words, he makes a buying
loss. Is it not reasonable. therefore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
SINGING IN THE RAIN.
You little birds that hutter
And shelter seelt IN gain

You little birds that futter
And shelter seek to gain
Your wings are wet and dropping,
And still you ne'er complain;
But AL the while keep singing.
Assigning In the rain.
The cold east wind is blowing,
Clouds darken all the sky:
And yet, with merry music.
To cheer the day you try.
You tell us Of the sunshine
That's coming. by and by.
1t may be you are hungry:
For what is there TO eat
When every tree is ieafless,
And gardens, once so sweet,
Are prostrate-crushcd to ruin
BY winters ruthless feet.
The world In gloom is sfrouded.
The shadows darker fall,
And still thru cold and hunger,
The mate to mate will call
Glad voices ever ringing,
As tho 'twere Summer. all.
! would that We poor mortals,
Who have so mucn of pain,
Might see thru clouds, the sunshine
And, like the birds, retain
Life's joy-and then, keep singing
A-singing in the rain.
Frederick a. Earle.
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|1OHN BURROUGHS
lloo1Tusess


I. Ays there msny parns In Eng
land?
II. What preys upon beesf
III. Does tho hshhawk eat while
on the wingf
answers 10 Yesterdays Questions.
I. What Is the risht time to get
maple syrupf
In New York and New ENGLAND,
the time Of the sap hovers about the
vernai equinox, beginning . week or
ten days before. and continuing .
week or ten days after. AZ tho days
ana nights get equal the heat and
cold get equal and the sap mounts.
The thermometsr must not rise above
50 or 20 degrees by day. or sink be-
low "a or rs deSrees ut night with
wind in tho northwest: q relaxing
south wind. and tho run 10 over for
tho present. Sugar weather Is crisp
weather.
II. Where does the grass FIRST
grow In the spring? a.
II IL characteristic OF our north
ern and New England fields that
they are edged with green in spring
long before the emerald tint has en-
tirsly overspread them. Along
fences, especially along the stone
walls, the grass starts early; the
land il fatter there from the deeper
SHOWS and from other causes, the
fence absorbs the Leaf, and shelters
tho ground from tho winds, and the
sward quickly responds to the touch
Of the spring sun.
III. what mistake does Words
worth make as to the feeding habits
OF the bobolinkf
yield to mono in my admiration
Of the sweetness and simplicity of
Wordsworth's poems of nature, and
in general OF their correctness OF OBJ
servation. Yet ne is not always an
infallible observer. In his poem on
tho bobolink he makes the parent
birds feed their young with seeds"
whereas, in fact, the young are fed
exclusively upon insects and worms.
The bobolink is an insectivoreus bird
In the north, or until its brood has
flown and q granivorous bird in the
south.
(Rights reserved by Houxhton,
Mifflin Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Newton News finds it some
relief to us to know that Herbert
Hoover is not aspiring to the .presi-
dency and has so declared himself.
Just why the public should go wild
over a man who has no political
faith and who hasn't even voted for
president for so long that he doesn't
know what he thinks politically is
beyond u.s. Mr. Hoover would prob
ably be big joke as presidential
candidate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
Clothing.

Am a young man. the only clerk
employed In a mems clothing and
furnishing store for the last six
years and would like to make a
change now, where could earn
more. My salary is SIS week. ana
as I do virtually all the work around
the store. as well as the window
trimming. think / ought to get more
money. Do you think 1t Is a GOOD
idea to try to get into some whole
sale house or into large department
store, or take up window trimming
entirely?
Am not afraid of work and would
like a chance to advance and not be
a small salaried clerk all my life.
Z. ]. j.
If you have more than ordinary
ability as a window trimmer there
are good opportunities in that held.
To use this ability 1t would perhaps
paw YOU to connect with a depart
ment store with view eventually to
becoming a window trimmer. Since
you have had six years In clothing
store. you probably understand CLOTH
ing thoroughly--thed different kinds OF
cloth and the good points regarding
each. Get in touch with manufactur-
ers and secure a position as travel
ing salesman for some line of their
goods which you understand. With
what money you have saved. what
you could borrow and the credit you
could get from the wholesale houses.
YOU might start a small business Of
yOur own,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

Rapids Republican hndS with tnat
gunman feud in Chicago may pc that
not enough of each kind will kill
enough of the other kind"
THE kids will all want to emulate
Lincoln who rose from his humble
beginnings, but they lose their en-
thusiasm somewhat when they dis
cover that Lincoln would, work for
less than twenty five cents an hour
says the Mason iCty Globe Gazette
"A reader wants to know what a
silver dollar Of 1858 is worth. Friend
and fellow sufferer: Try to buy
something with it and you'll soon
find out how little it is worth re-
| plies the Des Moines Tribune.
The Grundy Center Republican
says IT those who are opposed to
! consolidated schools would interview
citizens of Dixie and vicinity and also
those of Beaman, where consolidated
schools are now in operation, they
! would find the citizens to a man are
greatly pleased with the system and
| would not think of returning to the
old system Of educating the young
people"
The Monticello Express evidently
Is not supporting the Burlington
candidate ~. B. Deems, not being
able to now get his picture printed
in the state press as part OF the
bulletins of the food administration,
circulates it as q feature OF broad
side announcig his guternatorial
aspirations and descriptive Of his
beyhsod longings." He says "he alse
pictures the parlor sofa and its
tempting pile Of pillows. We are
glad to know that he mas q soft place
where he may alight."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

The Only trouble" the Cedar
Rapids Republican finds with that
gunman feud in Chicago may pc that
not enough of each kind will kill
enough of the other kind"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
HANDY DIRECTORY
-oP TINE
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Walters Always Wslcsms.

|~ visltsrs Always Wsiosms.
MARSHALL LODGE NO. los A.
=. A. NJ. Friday, FEB. IS. at 7'so.
Business session. 9. c. Jennings, w.
NJ: JshA W. Wells. secretary.
sr0NEr CHAPTER. No. %. n. A.
~. Monday. Feb. 10, 1880. Business
eonvecatsea. Frank T. Nokes. II. p:
yshn w. Wells, secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL No.
30. 0tAtsA assembly Monday, Feb. IS,
! business session. .. c. Fox. master;
John w. wells, recorder.
CoNCLAvE ST. ALpEMAR COM
MANDERY No. 50 X. T.. Tuesday,
Feb. ~, 1880 o'clock. stated con-
eiave. clyde H stewart. COM
manAer; John W. Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81 o. f..
In. Regular meeting Wednesday.
\ Feb. II, 1880 o'clock. Business. Mrs.
wv. J. Richards. w. NJ: Mrs. Archer
Walton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

Smiley. '.It certainly must have been
a good demonstration"
The conversation then drifted
around to triffing things such Al tho
peace treaty, prohibition. and tho
high cost of hving.
Otsisn Fruit.
From 'Rarrison's Maxaxinc," pub
lished by tho Harrison Supply COM
paty, Boston, Mass.
Tho man VINO succeeds pays his
penalty.
He must save when he would like
TO spend.
He must work when he would like
to loaf.
He must be UP and doing when he
would like to sleep.
He must take kicks and not kick
back.
He must assume responsibilities
when no dislilxes to add to his bur
den.
He must be patient whom his ma
ture il TO be impatient.
He must bring his appetite to rea-
son when It calls to be unreason-
able.
All Of us know men who want to
succeed, but we know they can not
because they will not pay the daily
penalty.
It is, of course as certain as tho
rising of the sun that they will pay
the penalties of failure; they can not
avoid them. altho they think they
can.
Ambitious.
read your stories with much In
terest every day and take the liberty
of asking you few questions.
am boy II years Of age and have a
high school and business college
education, having taken CONNER
cial course at one Of the high schools
and also advanced bookkeeping at n
business college. At present I am
working in a railroad office, but
feel that would like to have a
change. I have no father nor moth
err. so. consequently, have to support
myself. What salary should I ex-
pect from a commercial firm or the
like, and what line Of business Of
fers the best chances for a young
fellow starting out? My salary at
present is $40 per month. L. "
Go thru the classified business d.
rectory and select from the various
industries listed therein a few which
appeal to you most. Then find out,
thru friends or by asking direct
at such business houses as you know
about, the necessary qualifications
you would have to have in order to
be successful in those particular
lines. When you have learned what
you would like to and the line for
which your abilities fit you best, It
will be time for you to consider
making a change. The probability Is
that for the present you would not
get salary much larger than that
which you already command, but
what boy OF your age wants Is not
salary so much as opportunity. You
want to get into a business that
you like and in which you can SEQ
a future ahead Of yourself. If you
will seriously and earnestly follow
out the plan briefly sketched above
you may perhaps save yourself many
years of drifting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
HOUSEHOLD WORDS.
7 can't understand why We


I can't understand why We have
to call q plumber every time one OF
the faucets starts TO drip. MRS
Jones' husband. etc.
II you'd take . little more ex-
ercise you wouldn't be complaining
all tho time.
John, what arc we going to do
with that child. She came In today
with the most terrible word shed
picked up on the street somewhere.
Well, can't stop TO find II now.
n you'd have some system about
where you put things
1 don't see that you've given any
real practical reason why We can't
have a new car this spring. Mrs.
Jones, etc.
You needn't worry about me at
all. TIL be dressed long before you
are.
I wouldn't CAL them burned, ex-
actly. They may have been In the
oven a few seconds too long.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

nee bsusht oae.~
s'what did Il look iikss~ asked
0suffy. st
Lake this" answered WetmorA
ana diving into his puensts hs pro-
CURED tks little contrspttsA where-
upon eli the Sphinx Club iaughed,
$50 you fell for IL" chucl1ed
Smiley. "It certainly must have been
4 good demonstration"
Tho conversation then drifted
around to trtffing things such an tho
peace treaty, prohibition. and tho
hiEh cost of living.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

to believe that Il . Merchant To sxu-
fui In buying he should earn the
buying prsntf
In taking inventory, hswsvsr. .
merchant - wise to take inventory
at the erios he paid for the goods,
unless the price has gone down. In
which casa. he shsuiA sakc It at ~
present vaiuA II the price has gene
UP, he sAsvll SIN ssise stock at the
original cost q the gssls, for the
rise in price so far - he u con-
cerned. only gives him . potential
proft, for he cannot claim to have .
profit until tho goods are sold. Oh
viously his stock values should not
be personalities.
No. I do mt think. that this Is In
and way responsible for the high
cost Of living. That Ii due more to
shortages, increased labor expenses
and profiteering.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
A January spring
Is worth nothingi

'Tf we have Marchlike weather in
January, we'll have Januarylike
weather in March"
II the grass grows In Janiveer
1t grows the worse 70 rit all
tho year.
From which I deduce that the
weather prophets consider snow
drifts better sign than bare ground
in January (Which the old poets
called "Janiveer').-Boston Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
Stolen Fruit.

From Dry Goods Economist"
New York City:
Reputation is one Of the most i'm
portant assets OF q business. 1t must
be carefully guarded; otherwise there
will be a flaw in the foundation. The
proper advertising will help In the
erection Of q substantial and healthy
business, one that will grow because
of its performances rather than its
promises"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
By HANoLD WHlTHb4aAn.

Professor q Sales Relations n ths osses q Ouswsss
Administration Of DesesW UNlvsrslty, osstsW, Macs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
An Advantage

An Advantage.
She: isn't it romantic sitting out
here by the mellow light Of the
moon"
He: Eyes, and besides your faith
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

is-here, and tho dovelike In DISPOSE
ton we yearn for those pompous
and panoplied days gone by when
simply by looking at the mon VINO
passed one gained pleasing and
curiosity-quenching knowledge OF
who they were and what they'd
done. s.
Gone are the days Of service and
wound stripes. collar and shoulder
insignia and rows of service ribbons.
The world today is in danger of
taking no notice of it's neighbor and
Of letting him go on IN drab
anonymity.
In the interest of sustaining our
interest in the human race, we urge
that the government, after regulat'
ing prices, progress step further
ana set about regulating costumes.
For instance: ~
Physician-Helmetw with plumes of
storl feathers, bartender's jacket,
with large pockets containing pre-
scription for booze; rubber gloves,
pirates breeches, with high boots;
side arms. fountain pen, adding ma
chine and scalpel.
Profiteer-Skull cap, Jacket and
trousers of rough material with al
ternating stripes two inches broad of
black and white, side arms, ball
and chain.
Many other appropriate peace uni
forms could be made by competent
designer. Costumes for presidential
candidates would be in tremendous
demand and could be sold at an UNI
usually low price because OF the
quantity production.
In fact striking costume would
| be needed to induce the average
citizen to recognize certain persons
| as presidential candidates..
| "Gov'ment," says Uncle Abimelech
Bogardus, of Preakness, N. j., seems
determined to recognize the Bullshi-
1 yilsky just as fast as It catches EN-"
Well, well--we're importing Ger
man dyes again. Mostly in WASH
$500 ~ t-f7- q. - -. 80 81
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BoLsHEvIKI WE KNOW.

The Parlor Brand.
Each night he sets the world ablaze;
A hundred plutocrats he Stays,
He kills 'em with dark-red
phrase
In his parlor (1ox1O.
Each night he makes city shiver:
He sings his bombs without
CULVER:
His efforts never, never flivver-
In his parlor 90 month";.
Each night, so awful Is his Jolt,
The naillionaires. all pop-eyed, bolt;
Each night he starts world re-
volt
In his parlor (top floor
rear).
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

WARMING
When the road gets thick and
mucky
DVSi
Where you seem to be unlucly
DVSl
And when you meet with trouble
Double back among tho stubble--
Dvsi Dvsi DVsl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14
The Windmill

The sectioa bees lay down. 'ay
In . land without . trea-
His gang Of ouinnsyA gnaried and
brown,
More comfort had than he.
They lay In sleep like faded sheep.
He lay a. one POSSESSED
BY all the desert fears that crsep
Into bad mans rest,
And ciutchcd the sand to hear the
shrtll
Coyotes bowling up the hill.
The section boss lay like = stone
In a famished land and poor.
Axain the banshee seemed to moan
Across q moon bleaohed moor.
While down the dead white wind
there, fed
A curse, a shot, O screams
And now his own blood he would
shed
10 deem the deed dream,
And oh. his hearts blood he would
spill
To drive those WERE wolves from
the hill
The section boss lay like snake
In a land of nothing green.
His home sick heart IL fit to break
To hear his childer keen
For one whose name u black with
shame.
Whose hands are black with :.
God!
Give back the healing tears that
came
Unsought on Irish sod
The hallowed waters that might still
Those children wailing up the hill.
r. e. N.
Apparently the only crowned
heads left in Europe are those that
were wearing about GU hats when
the war started.
So many erstwhile monarchs were
crowned king of something or other
wears ago, only to be just plain
crowned within the last four.
MOTHER GoosELEss-
There was an old woman who lived
-
She had SO many children, she
didn't know what to DO.
And probably some profiteer
Raised her rent three times . year.
judging by the price Of pork, pigs
seem to have wings after all.
A cold In the head. sea sickness.
being In love-al Of them arc COM
ical TO the immune bystanden
WARMING
When the road gets thick and
mucky
Where you seem to be unlucly
DVsi
And when you meet with trouble
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

I. Are there msny pArns In Eng
land?
II. What preys upon beesf
III. Does tho fshhawk eat while
on the wingt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-14

Well, do you blame a boy when ht
prefers to be bricklayer at 50 {
day to being a school teacher at AZ
cents an hour?