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THE BYSTANDER Boost Pay and read The Bystander XXIV No. 32 Much sickness still prevails. Mr. W. W. Hoskins is convalescent. Mrs. Bettie Mae Kipper of Paris, Mo., is in the city to care for Mrs. C. B. Johnson, who continues ill. Mr. Graves is still very ill. Mr. Smith Hurrel of Ottumwa, Iowa, is in the city. Rev. B. C. Anderson preached to interested congregations Sunday. No services weer held at the Second Baptist church. Miss L. Edmonds and Mrs. C. Ball were called Wednesday to Jacksonville, Mo., to attend the funeral of the latter's sister, Mrs. Maria Washington. The "True American" Red Cross auxiliary, under the leadership of Mrs. Lulu Baker, is doing splendid work. A debate and entertainment is to be held at the A. M. E. church Thursday night. Mrs. Margaret Proctor visited home folks. Mr. Dennis Keairry was a visitor in the city Sunday. Mr. Charles Jackson and Mrs. Sallie Berry are on the sick list with pneumonia. Thomas and Leonard Graves of Fayette and Alonzo Graves of Kansas, who were called to the city by their mother's illness, have returned to their homes. Mrs. Elizabeth Balor of Kansas City, Mo., also called here by Mrs. Graves' illness, is still in the city. Mrs. Charlotte Ginko in the sick WATERLOO. IOWA. (Special to the Bystander.) Evangelist D. Turner Cary has been conducting meetings at the A. M. E. Bess chapel for the past three weeks and with her high ideals of Christian character borrowed from the courts of heaven, she has had a wondreful success. She spoke Sunday afternoon to a large audience of men, which gave her the best of attention, and with her master mind and unfolding the wonderful truths of the Bible several young men were made to realize their undone condition and claimed Christ as a Saviour. Her meetings will close tonight. She has the prayers and best wishes of the Waterloo people. MT. PLEASANT ITEMS. (Special to the Bystander.) We are glad to learn that Mr. Wm. Pickett will soon be able to return to his wrok as porter at the depot, after his illness. We are sorry to report Demaris Reever no better. Her parents are still in Iowa City so as to be near her. Mr. John Greenup is getting along nicely, after his illness. Mr. Ed. Wicks ha sreturned from Rock Island where he was working. The Mother's Council met at the home of Mrs. Wm. Burnaugh last week. A very interesting meeting was held. Mrs. Burnaugh read a paper on "Home and the School," written by Mrs. Harry Burnaugh. The paper was fine. After the reading it was ably discussed by all present. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. John Greenup's the first Wednesday in February. Mrs. Everett Reed will have a paper on "The Child's First School Days." Much interest is shown in all these meetings. Mr. Wm. Hubbard of Fairfield is visiting in Mt. Pleasant this week. Mrs. Irene Neal was a Fairfield visitor yesterday. The King's Daughters met at the home of Mrs. Clay Reed's last Friday. A delightful afternoon was spent. Light refreshments were served by the hostess. The club adjourned to meet in two weeks with Mrs. Robert Anderson as hostess. Mrs. Sarah Berry is on the sick list. Mrs. Morrison Foster is getting along nicely since her operation. Mrs. Geneva Burns, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs Ed. Weeks, has returned to her home in Chicago. Mrs. Garfield Foster is better. Mr. Dan McCane, who has been sick, is better. sack, is better. Miss Bernice Page visited in Fairfield yesterday. We are glad to see that Mr Eugene Patterson is convalescing. Mr. M. Watts has returned from the hospital in Iowa City. He reports his wife getting along nicely after her operation. Mrs. Joe Fidler has been on the sick list, but is better. GALESBURG, ILL. The Masons will give a dance in Central hall on Thursday, February 14th. The Movement Literary society will give a program at the A. M. E. church Sunday evening. Mr. I. Boyd will be the speaker of the evening. The A. L. C. entertained at the home of Mrs. Kidd on Thursday, January 24th. Mrs. Brown entertained a number of friends at a surprise party Wednesday evening in honor of her son, Paul's 18th birthday. The evening was spent in dancing. A two-course luncheon was served. Mr. Brown received many beautiful presents. All departed at a late hour, hoping Mr. Brown many mor chappy birthdays. Messrs. Robert Barnes and Jerry Sullivan of Kewanee spent Monday in the city. Quarterly meeting services will be held at the A. M. E. church on Sunday morning, January 27th. The Garrison club will give a concert at the A. M. E. church on Thursday, January 31. Rev. Owens of Aurora will sing several selections. Admission 25c. Mr. and Mrs. S. Holt of Winnepeg, Canada, were the guests of his sister and friends Thursday and Friday en route to Peoria and St. Paul. The stewardess will give a social at the home of Mrs. G. Allcons on Thursday evening, January 24th. The funeral services of the late J. Freeze were held at the Second Baptist church, Rev. Webster officiating. Mr. Freeze had been ill but a short time with pneumonia. His parents and wife were at the bedside when the end came. He left to mourn his death his parents, wife, two children, one sister and two brothers. Mr. Freeze was highly esteemed by his people and leaves many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap of Ft. Madison are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hawkins, for an indefinite stay. Mr and Mrs. J. Ball of Chicago are the guests of her mother and brother, Mrs. A. Berry, So. Henderson street. ROCK ISLAND NEWS The Busy Bee club had to postpone their entertainment. There will be a musical and a guessing contest February 8th at the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. G. Pearson weer to see the sick Monday, but found the person out calling and she was sent after. Mrs. Vaugh, who underwent an operation, is doing nicely at this writing. Miss B. Edmunds and Mr. L. Henry were the guests of Miss C. Reynolds. Kenneth Jackson, who has been very sick, is improving slowly. Mrs. G. Reynolds sat up with the sick at the Masonic home Saturday and best part of Sunday. Mrs. Rhoads, a member of the Masonic home, passed away Sunday afternoon. Mr. U. G. Clark, one of our soldier boys, was home to see his folks and friends. Mrs. G. Leynolds has a telephone in her home and her oldest daughter keeps the line busy. Mr. A. Dawson and his mother are going to live with Mr. and Mrs. W. Walkup until spring. Mrs. C. Powers was to call on Mrs. G. Payne on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. O. Jackson had company on Sunday evening. There was a number of young folks at Rev. Boyd's church Sunday evening. Mrs. W. Morton, Mrs. Lewis and Mr. and Mrs. Eaton, were to call on Mrs. G. Payne Teaching Child to Read A child is best taught to read in the natural method, by means of objects. His words or short sentences containing the same words repeated in different connection, are written on the blackboard, and he quickly learns to recognize these and to read at sight first words in script, then in type. When he is made to copy the blackboard words at each lesson, he learns to read and write both at the same time. Area From Ceylon. Apes mentioned in the Bible in I Kings 10:22, and II Chronicles 10:21, were brought to Palestine from Ceylon, the same country which supplied ivory and pencocks. Making Play of Work Making play of work is often a good idea when getting children to help. Thus, when seeking the aid of a youngster to pick up the pins from the floor, let him or her use a horse-shoe magnet for the purpose. You can get such a magnet 100 ten cents. The King's Daughters Charity club held a meeting Monday evening with Mrs. H. Esters of Rondo street. Mrs. Abbie Jackson, an old and respected citizen of our city, passed away Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hatcher, where she had been confined to her bed about two weeks. Her funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Murrel officiating. Be sure and attend the grand charity ball Tuesday, evening, January 29, at Union hall, benefit of Crispus Attucks Home. Mr. Jose H. Sherwood addressed the audience at St. James A. M. E. church Sunday morning on the thrift stamp movement. His remarks were well received. Mrs. Joseph Adams was a visitor in Minneapolis on Monday in the interest of the Old Folks' Home. Mrs. Jas. Ward returned home Monday from Knoxville, Ill., where she went to bury her mother, Mrs. Frazier, an old and highly respeceted citizen of that little burg. Mrs. Green of Central avenue was hostess for the Excelsior club Friday afternoon. The Forum next Sunday afternoon at Pilgrim Baptist church. Several of our ladies are interested and working incessantly for the Red Cross. A very pretty wedding took place Wednesday evening of last week, when Opal Lavura Wade (daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quitman Hicks, became the bride of Mr. James W. Fraction. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride, 1000 Iglehart avenue, in the presence of relatives and close friends of the bride. She wore a gown of white voile and tulle and carried a bridal bouquet. Rev. Henderson performed the ceremony. They will be at home at 1000 Iglehart avenue for the present. Mr. Chas. Miller was hostess for the Whist club Monday evening. We are preparing for the usual revival meetings in May. Best Monument. The best monument that a child can raise so his mother's memory is that of a clean, upright life as she would have reloiced to see her son live. Sparrows Eaten in England. Sparrows are often eaten by English country persons. They are captured easily in fine mesh nets stretched over the ground and baited with grain, or in nets hung at night around their roosting places in ricks, hedges and ivy-clad walls. Also, the ground can be baited and a crowd of feeding sparrows laid low with a gun, using fine shot for the purpose. HOW TO REDUCE. High Cost of Living During These War Times—What Every Woman Can Do. Look over your old clothes. You can never appreciate how much you can brighten and freshen up your wardrobe until you use Dy-O-La-Dye. Take some of your discarded blouses and dresses, dye them with some of the sixteen different colors of Dy-O-La, change the trimmings a bit and you will be astonished at the result. Dy-O-La is the modern dye made by skilled chemists who have removed all the difficulty from home dyeing in order that you may get perfect results. Old style dyes require a separate dye for each kind of goods. That makes trouble (as you probably know), for if you get a package for the wrong kind of material the goods are spoiled. You can't make such a mistake with Dy-O-La Dye. Take some garment that you have grown tired of or that you desire to color the fashionable shade of the moment, look over Dy-O-La Dye color chart at your nearest druggist or storekeeper select the one that pleases, and follow the printed directions. They will look as if they had just come from the dressmaker. And remember—the colors will be just as fast and durable as they are beautiful. They won't rub off or bleach out. Buy it of your nearest druggist or storekeeper, but if they have not the color you want we will send it to you on receipt of ten cents and at the same time include direction book and color chart. Dy-O-La Dye is made in Black, Blue, Navy Blue, Brown, Seal Brown, Light Green, Dark Green, Scarlet, Yellow, Orange, Cardinal Red, Pink, Purple, Dark Wine, Old Gold, Turkey Red, and from these sixteen colors a great variety of other shades and colors can be made. Dy-O-La Dye Company, 700 Sixth Ave. Des Moines, Iowa. Weekly payments of subscription to St. Paul A. M. E. church building fund. The following are those who paid Sunday: December 23, 1917: Washington Center $ 2.00 O. L. Glass 1.00 Mary Jackson 1.00 John Drew 5.00 Mary Milligan 1.00 H. Frederick 2.00 Bettie Griffin 1.00 J. A. Hiekman 2.00 Andrew Morris 2.00 Katie Henderson 2.00 Paul Frederick 1.00 Walter Reeves 2.00 J. H. Shepherd 1.00 Ella Adams 1.00 Edgar Hill 1.00 Stella Hill 1.00 Georgia Reeves 1.00 Lizzie Green 1.00 E. N. Warren 1.00 Arthur Bell 1.00 W. A. Hammers 1.00 Emanuel Davis 1.00 Jerada Clay 1.00 T. H. Ford 1.00 Mrs. Paul Frederick 1.00 W. H. Summerville 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. John Mayweather 6.00 Bernice Richmond 3.00 Theresa Harris 1.00 Allen Kennedy 1.00 Wm. Barrigher 1.00 Seth Frederick 1.00 Mrs. G. W. Brown 1.00 Earl Bowmer 1.00 Dr. Jefferson 1.00 Mrs. W. H. Johnson 1.00 W. B. Morris 1.00 Lady 25 Mrs. Bundrant 1.00 Mr. J. Ousley 1.00 December 30, 1917: Mary Jackson 1.00 Lizzie Glass 1.00 W. H. Summerville 1.00 O. L. Glass 1.00 Wm. Oney 1.00 Mattie Brooks 1.00 Nettie Milligan 1.00 Adam Dixon 1.00 Mary Clay 1.00 Mildred Griffin 1.00 Mr. Nash 50 W. J. Shepherd 1.00 Edgar Hill 1.00 January 13, 1918: Bell Drew 1.00 Choir 50.00 Lewis Carey 1.00 Andrew Morris 1.00 Mrs. Walter Reeves 2.00 J. Hickman 3.00 Mrs. Harry Shaw 1.00 A. L. Boldridge 1.00 O. L. Glass 1.00 Mrs. Ed Reeves 1.00 Bell Morris 1.00 Mary E. Howard 2.00 Rev. J. W. Bundrant 5.00 Mary J. Jackson 1.00 J. W. Shepherd 1.00 Lieut. E. W. Mann 1.00 J. E. Ousley 1.00 Vassie Moore 1.00 A. J. Thompson 1.00 Adam Dixon 1.00 New St. Paul club 4.25 W. H. Summerville 1.60 Mattie Brooks 1.00 Hattie Adams 1.00 L. A. Burrell 1.00 Margaret Roberts 2.00 Rachel Jefferson 1.00 Dr. W. H. Lowery 1.00 Total $89.00 P. collection 22.50 Developing Self-Control. Self-control may be developed in precisely the same manner as we tone up a weak muscle—by little exercises day by day. Let us each day do, as more exercises of discipline in moral gymnastics, a few acts that are disagreeable, to us, the dating of which will help us in instant action in our hour of need—W. G. Jordan. Many Candice Made. Though candles are not so generally used as they were before the days of mineral illuminating oils, gas and electricity, they still constitute an important article of manufacture. The candle is an ancient form of lighting. The word comes from the Latin word, "candere," which means to "glow." Where We Are. A clergyman, in musing on our common morality, gave vent to his feelings in this remarkable apathegm: "We're here today and away tomorrow."—Christian Register. Enforced Labor. "Providence has so ordered it that a state of rest and inaction, however it may flatter our indulence, should be productive of many inconveniences; that it should generate such disorders as may force us to have recourse to some labor as a thing absolutely requisite to make us pass our lives with tolerable satisfaction." — Edmund Burke. OMPSON, Owner H. D. WILLIAMS, Proprietor DES MOINES HOTEL 121 WEST FOURTH ST. A GOOD HOTEL ONLY 1-2 BLOCK NORTH OF ROCK ISLAND DEPOT AND 1 BLOCK EASY OF THE UNION STATION. EVERYTHING NEW RATES REASONABLE BY BAY OR WEEK MACON, MO. NEWS. Again the stork has visited our city, leaving at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. L. Underwood a baby girl. Mother and daughter are doing nicely. Miss Berna Cooper spent Saturday in the city. Mr. Charley Gardener departed for a visit in Paris, Mo. Mr. James Shivers spent Thursday of last week in our city. Mrs. Hannah Morrison remains better. Mrs. Caroline Crockett remains on the sick list. The Vine Street and Broadway B. Y. P. U. are doing nicely under Mrs. John Jackson, the vice president. The Vine Street and Broadway Baptist Sunday school are progressing nicely under Mrs. Georgia Brown, superintendent. Mr. Ellwood Throne was called to the bedside of his mother in Fort Worth, Texas. Mr. James Gordon, who i sin training camp at Annison, Alabama, is expected in the city for a visit with friends. The revival meeting of the A. M. E. church is doing nicely. Mr. Raymond Houston remains very sick at his home at 214 Ogden street. Mrs. Nona Turner of Des Moines, Iowa, who is visiting her parents in Bevier, Mo., spent Tuesday in our city. Master Nolan Pyrtle is on the sick list. Master Alonzo Udell Harris remains quite sick. Rev. H. R. Fox preached two excellent sermons Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. John Green remains ill at her home on Pinkard street. Mr. Arvel Garth and Tom Jackson, who are in training camp at Punston, Kans., spent Sunday the guest of relatives and friends. Mrs. Raymond Houston was called to Canton, Mo., by the death of her aunt, Mrs. Alice King. Abdications of History Ever since dynasties have existed there are records of kings having abdicated from one cause and another. Far back in the past most one monarch gave up his throne because he was "wearied with dominion"; another retired out of preference for the freedom of private life; a third laid down his crown because his schemes failed; still another abdicated in a fit of melancholy; and there are two instances in which kings left their thrones because they were unable to cope with national crises. The Malestic Magnolia. There is no suggestion of timidity or coyness about the magnolia. It never appears in the role of offering an apology for being alive. No explanations are required. Like an independent, self-respecting citizen it faces the world unfaithful. In kindly majesty it stands, an inspiring masterpiece of grandeur, an unparalleled display of nature's sublime to all work. Marie Willis (at the beach)—"Kit is quite a clever social general." Jane Gillis—"Yes. She went through last woman's campaign without the loss of a man."—Life. An encore, Camera Man—"I'm sorry, Jack, but we'll have to do that business over again, where you fall off the roof into the rain barrel and are run over by the steam roller. My slim gave out."—Life. E. A. London's BARBER SHOP SEPERATE FROM POOL HALL Complying strickly with City and Camp Dodge Health Regulations. 229 West Third Street Phone War. 2318 R. Hobson W. L. Berry LONDON'S POOL HALL Choice Line of Chest Candy Phone Walnut 3618 HOW TO KEEP WELL. J. Alvin Jefferson, M. D. In considering the essentials of good health, we cannot afford to overlook the important part played by the teeth. Without good teeth, you cannot have perfect mastication; without perfect digestion, you cannot have perfect assimilation and without perfect assimilation, you cannot have perfect health. good teeth, you cannot have perfect mastication; without perfect direction, you cannot have perfect assimilation and without perfect assimilation, you cannot have perfect health. There are two sets of teeth, the milk and permanent sets. A tooth is divided into three parts, first the crown, second the neck and third the root. The crown, which is the biting part, is covered with enamel, the hardest substance in the body. The milk teeth are twenty in number while the permanent teeth number thirty-two. The permanent teeth were constructed to last through life, but the life of this set depends on the care they get, and that care refers to the condition in which the mouth is kept. Good teeth and poorly kept mouths are diametrically opposed to each other. More than fifty kinds of germs inhabit the normal mouth, but the foul mouth may contain a million. In thr corners and crevices of the teeth food particles lodge and within twenty-four hours decomposition sets in, changing the natural alkalin reaction of the mouth into an acid one. This acid erodes the enamel of the crown causing the dentine to become exposed. After the enamel has been removed infection through the teeth becomes easy. Enamel itself is very resistant to bacteria. The infection travels down the side of the tooth to the lymph spaces in the sockets and from there to the lymph glands just below the lower jaw. Various kinds of acute infections, such as tuberculosis, smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, rheumatism, and a host of others may travel this route. The best way to prevent such infections is to keep the mouth and teeth clean. Clean teeth are evidence of refinement. The teeth should be inspected twice a year by a dentist in order that cavities may be detected and corrected. Many diseases of the stomach are made possible because the germs which are deposited in the cavities and crevices of the teeth are swept into the stomach by food and water. The part you play in spreading disease depends upon the condition in which you keep your mouth. Keep your mouth clean, for you owe it to yourself and the community in which you live. The fact that your mouth is a splendid harborer of disease germs emphasizes the point that you should keep it as clean as you do your face. Foul mouths spread disease by spitting in public places and kissing innocent children. Kissing children on their lips is a dangerous practice. Mothers, you should allow no one to kiss your innocent baby on its lips, in fact some people's mouths are too filty to be allowed to kiss baby even on its cheeks. Children lose their teeth from decay, while adults lose theta from that intractable mouth disease known as pyorrhea. Pyorrhea causes the gums to become soft and spongy, the teeth loosen and finally fall out. If your gums are soft, spongy and bleed easily, see your dentist befer it is too late. The teeth should be brushed after each meal. The teeth given you by nature are better than any that can be devised by the most skillful dentist. Do not pick them with metalges, do not crack hard nuts with them and above all keep them clean. Indiana Utilized Irrigation The Indian discovered for himself the science of irrigation. Many of the tribes, such as the Crows and the Apaches, early made use of the river bottoms for the cultivation of their staple crow—corn. When the condition of dryness came they would construct a rough temporary dam of low, with which they could divert the course of part of the stream into their lands. There were primitive ditches which distributed the water. The Best advertising medium to reach colored people in the west Des Moines, Iowa Some Strategy. AR ENCORE, BYSTANDER PUBLISHING CO., PUBLISHERS DES MOINES, IOWA JOHN L. THOMPSON, EDITOR FRIDAY, JAN. 25. 1918 Published every Friday by the By stander Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Office in Chemical building, corner Seventh and Mul- berry streets. Phone, alnut 899. TERMS OF SUESCRIPTION. One year ..... $1.50 Six months ..... .75 Three months ..... .50 Entered at the postoffice as sec- ond class matter. Send money by postoffice order money order, express or draft, to The Bystander Company. All subscriptions payable in advance. Advertising rates for display ads 25 cents per inch, for each insertion. Three to six months' contracts, 15 cents per inch. Local advertising 10 cents per line for each insertion, counting seven words to a line. For church s and secret societies where admission is charged, one-half of the above-mentioned rates. 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Simply tell the news of event in a brief, simple manner and let the readers of The Bystander comment. Write the news of all personnel whims or ideas. EDITORIALS Rev. H. E. King of Atlantic City N. J., arrived in our city last Thursday and preached his first sermon last Sunday morning as pastor of Union Congregational church to a large crowd, both morning and evening. The Rev. Mr. King is a highly cultured Christian gentleman, very able and enthused his hearers. He held a conference prayer service Sunday morning just before the regular service that was good, at 10:30. Services being promptly at 1 o'clock; everybody is invited to come out early. Evening services at 7:30 prompt. Rev. King speaks at 3 o'clock before an open meeting of the Army Y. M. C. A., which will be for both ladies and men. ARMY Y. M. C. A. The new Park Street Y. M. C. A. for our soldiers is developing very nicely. Secretary Ross announces that the Y. M. C. A. doors will be open every day and evening in the week, also that next Tuesday evening is an evening set aside for a conference with the boys and their fathers from 14 to 18 years old—a father and son nut cracking evening. And on Thursday evening there will be a conference with the young men over 18 years of age. A specially arranged program will be arranged by the secretary and he urges every young man to come out, as he wants to meet you. On Sunday/January 27, at 3 o'clock there will be a public open meeting for both ladies and men. A fine musical program by the soldier quartet will be furnished. The principal speaker will be Rev. H. E. King, the new minister, who has just come from New Jersey Everybody invited. MME. WALKER'S AGENTS ORGANIZE. As an evidence of their deep interest in the coming of Mme. C. J. Walker to the city on February 14th her agents from all over the city came together on last Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. S. Joe Brown, who is responsible for her coming, and perfected an organization and pledged their united support to the making of the madam's visit to the city a pleasant as well as a profitable one. The officers of the organization are: President, Mrs. Mary Mease-Scott; vice president, Mrs. Mattie Brooks; secretary, Mrs. Addie French; treasurer, Mrs. Izelia Robinson, and chaplain, Mrs Marie Johnson. The next meeting of the club will be held at the residence of the president at No. 1040 Foutr Street Place, on Monday veening, February 11th. WOMEN AND WORK World Getting New View of the "Limitations of Sex." Even in Japan Feminine Workers Are Invading the Factories, Stores and Offices. A writer in the New East pictures the coming of Japan's "new woman" in ways that would be impressive were there no Europe and no world war. We have heard before that bound feet are no more in China, that Peking believes in education for girls and that all through the Flowery land the American sewing machine is giving a good account of itself, we are now assured that Japan, politically modernized for well nigh half a century, is deep in the task of completing the emancipation of her women from the patriarchal system, says a writer in the Boston Herald. Vast numbers of them have found occupations in the factories; other contingents are at work in the offices and in that newest innovation of all, the department store. The age of business has at last dawned for the island empire, and the click of the typewriter is heard in the land. Meanwhile there is a rush of women to the professions. It is the women now who are sought for the stage, and the demand has been found large enough to warrant the formation of dramatic schools attached to the large theaters. A woman doctor used to be an impossibility in Japan. At this year's examination for medical practice in Tokyo 27 out of 39 candidates who passed were women. And the call for woman teachers in the schools grows apace. Compare this peaceful type of evolution with the changes which have come to the western people under the stress of war. In our own land the women, once socially active mainly through their churches and clubs, are now fast closing up into a great cooperative organization which has food conservation for its detail and national defense for its unifying spirit and end. At a demonstration given the other day by English women in Hertfordshire 1,000 of them gathered to show their proficiency in tripping ditches, hooing roots, carting, and a dozen other kinds of farm work which they had taken up to liberate the men, and an eyewitness describes the remarkable showing made by these "bands of lilth-limbed maidens, with brown faces under slouch hats, marching in knee breeches and leggings or 'puttees,'" On the battle front American women are helping the allies as drivers of ambulances and motorcars; in both France and England women run buses, conduct trains and function in scores of occupations that have been hitherto reserved for men. What would the war amount to were it not for the army of woman workers in the munition factories? Then think of Russia, which sends out woman warriors to show her men how battles are won. It should be plain that after this struggle the world will never again be exactly the same for women. We shall have the steady evolution of social and industrial structure such as Japan is now displaying, but we shall also have a new view of the so-called "limitation of sex." Complete recognition of the fact that women are also human beings is assured beyond peradventure. When a manufacturer or other producer of real wealth does a profitable business and turns his profits back into the business, he gives employment to men and creates more real wealth as he progresses year by year. He does more real good for his fellowmen than he would if he gave all his profits in charity, because it is better to make people self-supporting and independent than it is to give them something for nothing no matter how worthy the motives may be. Getting Worried Clarence constantly played with Marguerite, one of twins, until his parents teased him about his "girl." One afternoon Clarence's mother was sitting on the porch. Clarence, Marguerite, and a few other children were playing in the yard. Suddenly he left the group and coming to his mother said: "Mother, when you marry a twin, do you have to marry both of them?" THE BYSTANDER BACK TO FIGHT THEIR KIM "Rainbow" Division Contains a Company of Pennsylvania Germans Who Still Speak Mother Tongue. Easton, Pa., the mountainous little city which guards the eastern entrance to the Lehigh valley, suffered recently the deeply moving shock of pathos and patriotism which must come to the towns and cities of America, one after another, as the flower of their boys in organized array march off to war, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. Easton's military organization, affectionately known as the City Guard, is now the One Hundred and Fortyninth machine-gun company. It left for Mineola, N. X., to join the "Rainbow" division, the first stage of a swift journey to France and the battle front. In the ancient city of Speyer, upon the Rhine, is a line of tombs in which repose the old warrior emperors of Germany. The legends say that they arose by night over a century ago, fled the Rhine, and caused the defeat of Napoleon at Lepsic; and that they will arise again to protect Germany in her greatest crisis. This company of Pennsylvania soldiers, heavily treading through the streets of Easton, presented a far more impressively impending fatality, for these were Pennsylvania German boys. Their names were Ridenour, Lehr, Richenbacher, Kocher, Darmstadt, Klefer, Scherf, Selple, Volkert, and so on. Two hundred years ago their forefathers came to America from the Pfalz, of which Speyer was the capital, and these boys, notwithstanding their education in our greatest schools and colleges, and their two hundred years of family history upon American soil, still speak with fluency the ancient dialect of the German Palatinate, locally known as Pennsylvania German. Fate is sending these boys back to the land of their forefathers to overcome by their living presence the spiritual assistance of the ancient kings of Speyer. It is Rhenish legend against Pennsylvania machine guns. And theirs indeed is soldier blood. Their names reflect many soldiers of distinction from this county in the Revolutionary, Mexican and Civil wars, their fathers having made in their time the same march of the same route as that made by the boys on their way to camp. To Make Screws Hold. When screws are driven into a plaster wall they may be made firm enough to hold considerable weight if they be withdrawn, wrapped with cotton string and dipped into plaster of paris until sufficient adheres to fill the hole in the wall and to permit some of it to be forced behind the plaster. This latter forms a plug that holds the screw firm. Worrying Always Weakens. Worrying Always Weakens. Worrying is always weakness, it is always danger. 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The Bill is R.R. 1011. Europe at War bound in cloth. Also the way name for the Review Pl. Victor John A. Spencer of Grinnell spent last Saturday in our city. Barber Wanted.—At once. Good wages. 509 Mulberry street. L. J. Shelton. Mr. S. Hudson, one of our successful business men of Fort Dodge, spent Thursday in our city. Mr. Oscar Glass, one of our successful business men, is very sick at his home with pneumonia. Mrs. Wm. Jones is sick and has been taken to the hospital to undergo another operation. Mr. Geo. F Shaw of Colfax Iowa, was in the city. Wednesday evening on business. Mrs. Herrold and Mrs. Caruth arrived in our city last week to visit, the guests of Mrs. Winn at 776 West Eleventh street. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson, 1519 Illinois street, a five pound girl, born January 19th. Mother and baby doing nicely. Mrs. Chas. Winn, 776 West Eleventh street, gave a dinner in honor of Mesdames Herrold and Caruth of Danville, Ill. Mr. C. G. Brooks, one of our well known and highly respected citizens, was drawn on the grand jury for the Mrs. Fred Johnson of St. Joseph, Mo., spent Sunday and Monday visiting her newly wedded husband, who is in the U. S. service at Camp Dodge. Mr. Harry Burnaugh, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, but who has been in Des Moines for some time, has moved his entire family to Des Molnes. They are located at 922 Twelfth street. Mrs. Harry Allen left this week for Minneapolis, Minn., where she will spend five weeks visiting with her daughter, Blanche. Mr. Marshall, the son of Mr. Ed. Ross, our new Y. M. C. A. secretary, arrived in our city this week to live with his father. He will enter West High school first year Monday. The Union Baptist Improvement club met with Mrs. Joe Reynolds last Tuesday night. Will meet with Mrs. J. Tate next Tuesday night. President, Mrs. John Miller; secretary, Mrs. Laura Tate. The Dramatic Art club met at the Protection House on Tuesday p. m. and studied chapter 6, book 1, Les Miserables. Mrs. C. W. Rogers, hostess. Meet next Tuesday and chapter 7, book 1, Les Miserables will be studied. Mrs. Geo. Tymony, hostess. Mr. Carl E. Shelton, son of Mr. L. J. helton of Spokane, Wash, has arrived in our city to visit his father indefinitely. Mr. Shelton is a highly accomplished musician and we are glad to welcome him into our midst. The Progressive Art club met last Thursday night with Mrs. S. Clayton. Will meet next Thursday night with Mrs. Geo. Divers on Wolf street. President, Mrs. Frank Johnson, secretary, Mrs. Frank Brent. Mother's Congress will meet at the home of Mrs. J. H. Perkins, 830 Eleventh street, the first Saturday in February, which will be Saturday, February 2nd. All members and friends are urged to be present. By order of Mrs. Hyde, temporary president. The Mary B. Talbert club met on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Ione Coleman, at which time newly elected officers were installed. A very interesting meeting was held. Will meet with Mrs. Ousley on Twelfth street next week. The Christian Enedavor at Union Congregational church will be very interesting Sunday. The special feature will be a solo by Carl Brown, formerly of Marshalltown. Instrumental solo by Miss Dorothy Hughes, a recitation by J. Nelson Thompson and other good things. All invited. NEW CLUB ORGANIZED. A number of Des Moines' popular society girls met at the Protection Home on Wednesday evening, January 23, and perfected an organization to be known as Young Women's club. The following officer swere elected: Miss Mary Jane Reeves, president; Miss Roxanna White, secretary; Miss Susie Lee assistant secretary; Miss Lillian Neal, treasurer. The club is to be a social and literary club. Will meet every Wednesday evening. The executive board of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold their monthly meeting with the president, Mr. Elbert R. Hall, on McCormick avenue, on Monday, February 4th. This meeting is in connection with the membership campaign. All members are eligible to contest. The one who secures the largest number of new members will be awarded a wrist watch. Mr. Rufus King is chairman of this committee. The colored professional men of Des Moines, including the physicians, dentists and pharmacists, met and dined at the Army club Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. The object of their meeting was to organize themselves into a medical society. Dr. J.; A. Jefferson was chosen temporary chairman. After a delightful evening they adjourned to await the call of the chairman to go into a permanent organization. The Marchiel Neal club met Wednesday, January 23, with Mrs. John Beverly. A very interesting meeting was held and a splendid program given by the club. Mrs. Harrow and Mrs. Crews of Danville, Ill., also Mrs. J. B. Thompson were club guests. After dainty refreshments were served club adjourned to meet next Wednesday with Mrs. Harry Hammitt, 3116 N. Union street. Nominations for trustees of St. Paul's A. M. E. church. Election to be held January 30: Adam Dixon, John Drew, O. L. Glass, John Jackson, W. H. Somerville, W. J. Shepherd, Samuel Davis, Joe Morris, Brannon Hyde, J. L. Edwards, Walter Reeves, S. Joe Brown, Douglas Miller, S. L. Ewing, A. J. Claybrook, Chas. Wilson, Earnest Mackey, Chas. Carl. The Mary Church Terrell club met Friday evening with Mrs. Emerald Mash, 824 Twelfth street, at which time the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Lulu McCree; vice president, Mrs. Johnnie Shaw; secretary, Mrs. Audra Alexander; assistant secretary, Mrs. Anna Perkins; treasurer, Miss Marie I. Bell; journalist, Mrs. Emerald Mash; critic, Mrs. Coleen Jones; parliamentarian, Miss Margaret Roberts; chaplain, Mrs. Pearl Thompson; reporter, Miss Gertrude Hyde. The name of Mrs. Gussie Madison of Ames, Iowa, was presented to and accepted by the club. After splendid refreshments the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Lulu McCree, at which time Miss Marie Bell will have charge of the installation of officers. The colored ministers of the city met at the Park Street Army Y. M. C. A. Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock and organized a ministerial association, which is to meet at the Y. Tuesday morning of each week at 10 o'clock. Rev. S. Bates of Maple Street Baptist church was elected president and Rev. W. L. Lee of Asbury M. E. church was elected secretary. Program committee, Rev. G. W. Robinson of Corinthian Baptist church. Special committee, Rev. H. A. Perry, G. W. Robinson and W. L. Lee. The association was favored by a short address from Rev. King, the pastor of Union Congregational church, who will deliver a set address next Tuesday morning Theme, "What the Churches in the East Are Doing To Meet the Present War Crisis." Mrs. F. W. Love was the hostess to the members of the Officers' Wives association of the 366th infantry on Friday, January 18th. Quite a number of new members were enrolled. After transacting the business of the club, the members enjoyed a dainty menu served by the hostess. Members on the sick list are: Mesdames Winston, Moore and Johnson. All officers' wives are cordially invited to be present at the next meeting, Friday, January 25, at 908 West Twelfth street, with Mrs. Mann as hostess. The Beautiful Light Court of Calantha, No. 3, Rebecca Court of Calantha, No. 4, Independent lodge, K. of P, No. 4, and North Star lodge, K. of P, No. 3, with Pythian lodge, K. of P, No. 18, as invited guest, will have a public installation at the K. of P, hall, East Walnut, between First and Second streets, Tuesday night, January 29th. Admission free. Refresh- S. O. McCLURG N. F. DICK W B. WALKER Polk Co. Insurance Agency INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS 413 Central Phone Life Bldg. Walnut 2080 ments served. G. C. C. Bro. Harrison Gould and G. W. C. Sister Eva Owen will have charge of installation. Everybody welcome. The Carnation club of Maple Street Baptist church will give an entertainment at the K. of P. hall, East Walnut street, between First and Second street, Saturday night, January 26, for the benefit of building the church. Freshments served. Admission free. Program: Seeg, audience. Prayer, Bro. C. Wade. Song, audience. Reading, Miss Louise Murphy. Solo, Miss Namie Johnson. Address, Atty. S. Joe Brown. Solo, Mrs. N. Douglass. Remarks, Rev. S. Bates. Toastmistress, Mrs. Florence B. Taylor. Everybody welcome. Come and bring your friend. WITH CH MAFLE Rev. 11:00 a. 1 p. m. 6 p. m. 7:30—P Prayer Corn Fifth G. 11 a. m. 1 p. m. 6:30 p. CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES. Rev. G. W. Robinson, Pastor. Last Sunday was a great day for the entire church. A large crowd heard the pastor deliver a sermon. Everyone enjoyed it. He spoke from the subject, "Out For a Purpose." Lieut. Bundrant spoke for the church at night. Six united with the church. On Sunday the pastor will speak on "Helping Others." All should hear him. The choir will give a musical concert at Camp Dodge on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. At night it will give a sacred concert at the church. The male members of the church visited quite a number of homes on Sunday and resulted in a great success. The ordnance of baptism will be administered Sunday morning. The Baptist Brotherhood will meet Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock. SPECIAL TO BYSTANDER From 317th engineers, Camp Sherman, Ohio. This regiment just bought a set of band instruments, all silver and gold bell, costing two thousand dollars, all but $800 donated by colored citizens of Cincinnati. Madam Walker of Indianapolis gave a check for $100 and Mr. Willcox of New York $50, a lady of Pennsylvania who doesn't care to have her name mentioned, $47. Your humble servant raised the emoney. The colored school teachers of Cincinnati, headed by Prof. Francis Russell, principal of the Frederick Douglass public school, gave a fine ball at the Music hall to the officers and men of the 317th engineers. The decorations were magnificent and begged description. The 317th engineer regiment orchestra furnished music for the occasion. About 500 guests from points in Kentucky, Indiana and Cincinnati attended. Col. Earl I. Brown and his officers, 317th engineers, were the special guests. All speak of the ball as being the event of the year. 1st Lt. & Bn. Adjt. 317th Engrs., Asst. Adjt. Our city collector will start out next week upon his annual city subscribers delinquent collection. Please be prepared to pay up on the first call. Don't put him off. Look for and pay for your paper now when we call. Organization of Roman Army. The Roman army was divided into legions, the number of which varied. Each was under six tribuni or "chief capitals," who commanded by turns. The legion was subdivided into ten cohorts, the cohort into three maniples, and the maniple into two centuries. The century originally contained 100 men, as the term implies, but subsequently from 50 to 100 men, according to the strength of the legion. What They May Claim. Pennsylvania claims to contain the Hercules of the nation as well as the Vulcan. New York will no doubt put in a claim as the Midas of the land, Washington as the Jupifer, Boston as the Minerva, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, as the Venus. And, Chicago, with ten changes of weather at each performance, will put in its claim as the Mercury. Interesting statistics showing the time at which the children of Beverly, Mass, between the ages of eight and twelve; go to bed, disclose that 13 go to bed between five and six o'clock, 5,240 between eight and nine; 158 between 11 and 12, and 45 between 12 and 1. It is to be hoped that there are no Beverly children who are not in their nighties, safely tucked up, by one o'clock—Boston Globe. Japanese Have No Beds. Japanese Have No Beds. The Japanese do not sleep on European beds, but on many thick, soft puffs piled one on top of each other upon the floor. For bed covering they use more of the same kind of puffs. It is said that the Japanese emperor has 20 sure puffs. One of those which cover him is made in the shape of a kimono and has a velvet collar. Probably he creeps inside of this, if he feels cold in the night. Condensed milk applied to the edges of the pieces of broken china will keep the article as intact as the majority of cements on the market today, writes Edwin W. Ely in a letter to the Electrical Experimenter. Mr. Ely adds that he has mended saucers that have withstood washings in hot water, and has mended a telescope lens of fairly huge size with this unique cement. What They May Claim. Children's Bedtime. Simplest of Cements. WITH OUR CHURCHES MAPLE ST. BAPTIST CHURCH. East Maple Street. Rev. Samuel Bates, pastor. 11:00 a. m.—Preaching. 1 p. m.—Sunday school. 6 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 7:30—Preaching. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Cornithian Baptist Church Fifteenth and Linden Sts. G. W. Robinson, Pastor. 11 a. m.—Preaching. 1 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 8 p. m.—Evening worship and preaching. Union Congregational Church Tenth and Park Sts. Rev. H. M. McCraven, Supply Pastor. 11 a. m.—Morning worship. 12 m.—Sunday school. Everybody welcome. St. Paul's A. M. E. Church Second and Center Rev. S. L. Birt, D. D., Pastor. 10:45 a. m.—Preaching. 12:30 p. m.—Class meeting. 1 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—Christian Endeavor. 8:00 p. m.—Evening worship. Union Baptist Church Sixteenth and McCormick. Rev. J. M. Eaves, Pastor. 9:30 a. m.—Sunday school. 11 a. m.—Preaching. 6 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 8 p. m.—Preaching. 777 Eleventh St. Rev. W. L. Lee, Pastor. 10 a. m.—Sunday school. 11 a. m.—Preaching. 12 m.—Class meeting. 6:30 p. m.—Epworth League. 7:30 p. m.—Preaching. Bethel A. M. E. Church Sixteenth and Filmore St. Rev. H. A. Perry, Pastor. 11 a. m.—Morning service. 12:30 p. m.—Class meeting. 1:00 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m.—Evening worship. The Art of Kissing. Don't kiss all over, as grasshoppers walk. Don't sit down to it. Stand up. You needn't be anxious to get into a crowd. Two persons are plenty to corner and catch a kiss. Stand firm. It won't hurt you after you're used to it. Don't be in a hurry. 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