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1 it* &/{• jAJL GRAND New silverware Sheffield Designs arid SierlingRe productions in Fine Plate The new spring prod nets of the great Reed & Bar ton factories are now on our shelves and constitute one of our best spring displays. I (Most interesting too, is the announcement of Reed & Barton that they will use their great purchasing and selling power to. hold Reed & Barton prides to the rea sonable levels that prevailed ''before the war." The fact that your purse is slim does not, therefore, bar you from the possession of beautiful silverware. Sterling designs by famous Reed & Barton artists, wrbttght by master craftsmen in the finest of silver plate are priced in the Ayres & Chapman stocks now as low as you are asked to pay for ordinary plate. Tea spoons, per set.of 6 ........ $2.00 and $2.50 Dessert spoons, per set of 6 $3.50 and $4.50 Knives and forks, per set $11.50 Serving pieces $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 Ayres & Chapman Jewelers—Silversmiths—Diamond Merchants Society Stationers AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS Hippodrome Home of the Pipe-Organ and World's Greatest Ptnio-Plays Admission 5 and 10c TONIGHT 7, 8:15 and 9:30 We present- the Charming Little Actress GLADYS HULETTE in "HER NEW YORK" A Beautiful 5 aot Comedy-drama of Glltte.rlng Broadway. A play that brings to your eyes New York's famous cafes and fashionable cabarets—And on the same program PEARL WHITE in "THE IRON CLAW SPECIAL TOMORROW—AFT. AND Stewart Matinee, 2:30 Night, 8:15 AL. G. FIELD —GREATER AMERICAN— MINSTRELS Newer, Bigger, Better BIG NOON STREET PARADE PRICES Matinee, Adults .. 25c and 50c Children 25c Evening .... 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 Seats now being reserved. Alkali in Soap Bad For the Hair Soap should be used very carefully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. The best thing for steady use is Just ordinary mulsiiicd cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than the most expensive soap or any thing else you can use. One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every member of the family for months. One or the curious privileges of the post of maid of honor to the queen of England is that of being allowed to wear a charming miniature of the queen set in diamonds on the left shoulder. EVt Big Double Feature Program Anita —AND— Charles Chaplin "'The Count' An exceptional and brilliant offering at Bargain Prices SPECIAL MATINEES FOR CHILDREN, 5c. ADMISSION—MAIN FLOOR, 15c BALCONY, 10c. mAuRES27 'A Mill ion Bid* GRAND TO NIGHT Winninger Players HEAVT RAIDS -t. f'V 3, 1 IN A I E E E A comefiy drama of department store life. 10c, 20c, 30c. SATURDAY MAT., 2:30 "OFFICER 666" Repeated by special request Children 10 cents, adults 20c. SATURDAY NIGiHT 'THE DETECTIVE' 10c, 20c, 30c. Who Has Ever Seen a Division? Peter Clark Macfarlane, in Collier's Weekly: I remember well an impres sive moment in any army lecture at the Palace hotel in San Francisco about a year ago. Six hundred bus iness men were listening. The speak er's subject was army organization, and he had carried it up from the squad to the first great self-containing unit, the division, which is a complete army in Itself. A division, he told us, would contain some twenty thousand men and fill twenty miles of highway when in motion and he described it rather graphically, so that we saw it reeling out before us like a picture, with its three brigades of marching boys in khaki with its regiment of cavalry, sabers clanking its brigade of field artillery, wheels rumbling and followed by the regiment of en: gineera, the field-signal battalion, the aero squadron, the ammunition train, the supply train, the engineer's train, and the sanitary train. As the vivid portrayal ceased, we were all breathless with that thrill of pride occasioned by the spectacle of a vast co-ordinating human machine like this. Then the silence was broken as the speaker, a man whose hair was gray with the years he had spent in the service of the United States, added significantly, and not without feeling: "I have never seen a division!'' —Subscribe for The Gate City. LAST NIGHT First Downpour Waa at 10:30 O'clock and This Morning There Was# Heavy Storm at One O'clock. BARN STRUCK, BURNED Two HorsA and Colt Bunted When Bolt Set Fire to the Barn' of •. .j y'' Frank Hagmier at y4. Belmont. Rainfall of 1.01 inches waa meas ured by the government instruments up to seven o'clock this morning. The rain commenced falling last night at 10:30 o'clock, and was accompanied by thunder. Again this morning shortly after one o'clock a heavy storm broke over the city and there was heavy rain accompanied by considerable lightning and thun der. The lightning interfered with the street light seryice for a short space of time, and lightning struck a barn at Belmont during the storm. The lightning seemed to be incessant dur ing the storm, and the rainfall was so heavy that gutters were unable to carry off the water, and,, streets were overflowed and macadam and paving washed loose by the force of the water. Indications point to a rise in the river as result of this general storm. Dubuque reported a stage of water above flood mark this morning, and the ice is out of the river. The river will probably feel the effects of the big rain, and rising stage may be looked for within a day or so here. Barn-and Horses Burned. Lightning struck the barn of Frank Hagmeir at,Belmont during the storm last night and the resulting fire de stroyed the building and burned two horses and a colt. The loss is about $500 and is covered with insurance. Members of the household heard the noise accompanying the striking of the barn about 1:00 o'clock this morning. They investigated, but a superficial examination seemed tp show toothing wrong. It is believed that the fire started in the hay mow and was not discovered by the family when they made their investigation. After they had returned to the house and flames destroyed the barn and burned the horses. SUICIDE PACT OF TWO GIRLS Stood up in Cafe and Shot Selves With Revolvers in Sight of Crowd of Diners. [United Press Leased Wire Service.] PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire, March 23.—Mystery today surrounds the double suicide of Ethel Stanton, 22, of Cincinnati, and Margaret Spalding, 18, of Newton Center, Mass., who shot themselves shortly before last midnight in a popular restaurant here. Not a word, as far as the police could find, was left behind to tell of the disappointments and the trials that led up to the suicide pact. Only a note, addressed to C. F. Malsbury, {Johnson building, Cincinnati, Ohio, was found on Miss Stanton. And one intended for Mrs. G. F. Spalding, 38 Paul street, Newton Center, was in Miss Spalding's packet book. Revelry was at its height in the cafe when both girls entered. They ordered a meal and calmly ate it. Then both stood up, faced each other and sent bullets crashing through their brains from 32 calibre revolvers. They had occupied a small stall, facing di rectly on the main dining room, Diners leaped from their seats at the sound of the shots. The girls lay across a table, each holding the-re volver that had end^d their lives. Miss Stanton died Instantly and Miss Spalding a few hours later in a hospital. The note to Mrs. Spalding wa3 brief. It told of the agreement of the I two girls to die together. It thea I said: "Do not fee] bad. I will meet you in a better world and will watch over you and protect you." Miss Stanton Is believed to have been a student at Wellesley. That she first intended to go back to the college is indicated by the fact that a return ticket to Wellesley was found in her bag. It was learned today that Miss Spalding was a physical culture teacher in Boston. She Graduated from Newton high school last June. Miss Stanton's father and mother are divorced. The father, a passen ger agent of the Rock Tsland rail road. lives In Los Angeles. The mother lives in Cincinnati. The Giant Republic. World's Outlook: You could put all our United States (excluding Alaska) into Brazil and have two hundred thousand square miles left! There is said to be more unexplored territory in Brazil than in all the rest of the world put together! If we had a river like the Amazon stretching inland from New York, the greatest ocean steamers afloat could sail through the heart of the United States as far aB Omaha, Nebraska. And this land of big things will be come as gre-i commercially as she now is physically. Already four-fifths of the world's coffee Is raised in Brazil. r--- "THIRTY" AND WHAT IT MEANS August P. Richter writing in a Davenport paper says: The call, "Thirty," has been given to J. J. Richardson, the dean of the American press and he has answered it" A part of the resolution recently adopted by the Tri-City Press xlub in honor of the late Jenness J- Hicn ardson, who since *58 had the rej*JB of the "Davenport Democrat" in his bands at first as an assistant to his genial brother, David Nelson Rich ardson, and after his brother's death as the general manager of the great local democratic organ. There are a good many who nave heard the expression "Thirty" and even quite a number have often used this figure at the finish of a story to show that it is ended without know ing the meaning of the expression and its origin. When ever a person dies who was connected with the. telegraphic or newspaper work generally his friends contribute a beautiful floral offering in the Bhape of the figure "30," mean ing "finis the end. But what is the origin of this sym bol of the end? How many different expressions are used daily by a great number of people of which not a single' one knows the origin of tho expression. Of course the word "thirty" waa at first used for prac tical purposes only until some news paperman said about his dead friend that lie had marked his last "thirty" under his copy* In former years as well as today dues on telegrams were paid by the receiver or by the sender. At that time there was no Associated or United Press service or any other organization which gathered news and sent it from a headquarters to all parts of the country. The papers which could afford it had their special correspondents in the differ ent cities who sent news from their vicinity by telegram to their respec tive papers. All such telegrams were marked "collect." Large business houses and offices used a so-called "code" to save money.' Such a code consisted of certain words which meant entire sentences. Or course the big tele graph companies also used such "codebooks" and most of the senders of the telegraph associations knew rhose codewords by heart. Of course a long study was required and one of the first codewords or rather figures which the men new at the [game learned was the figure "30" which means "collect from the re I ceiver." Especially the newspapers received quite a number of telegrams marked "30" and later on, after the forma tion of the great press associations of this country the sender of the "copy" put the figure "30" at the end of the copy to notify the paper receiving the news that no more copy would be sent and that the paper could go to press. Now nearly every newspaperman utilizes the figure "30" and each and every piece of copy bears the figure "30" to show that the story Is fin ished. Therefore the figure is also u§ed every time a newspaperman dies to show that he is through with the work of hfs life which bears the figure "Thirty." AMUSEMENTS. Charles Chaplin. The irrepressible laugh maker, Charles Chaplin, comes back to the Hippodrome theatre again tomorrow The High Cost of Indigestible Food falls heavily upon the house hold where there is no in telligent direction of the food supply. Expensive high proteid foods, such as beef and pork, impose a heavy, burden upon the liver ami kidneys. They are not as nutritious as cereals and fruits. Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits with milk supply all the nutriment needed for a half day's work at a cost of only four or five cents. Cut out meat and eggs, eat Shredded Wheat Biscuit with green vege tables and fruits, and see how much better you feel. For breakfast with hot milk or cream. Made at Niagara Falls. N. Y. Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular 20 North Fifth St {V M0SUR1DLUIW —8*1 f-Ope Dnailu (or I«UL. Tm, TWO-TOM, Ulftck DNIIF. DIRABLT. Bif Battl* 10 AUMJUUt afternoon and evening In "The Ctount." "The Count" la just as fun ny a comedy an "Easy Street" and in It Charlie "pulls" some more of hi3 erstwhile and inimitable stunts. Bring the children to the special matinees.—Advertisement. Grand Tonight, "Maggie Pepper." The Winninger Players, most pop ular dramatic and comedy organiza tion ever in Keokuk, will present a a an to night, 10, 20 and 30 cent prices. The I Winninger Players carrying their! own scenery on every one of their I royalty .plays, have proven a real sensation, presenting really fl.50 play| quality at ipopolar prices. "Maggie Pepper," tonight's bill, a comedy drama made famous by (Rose Staihl. It is a play everyone will like. One of the best of the I •week. At every performance there are I specialties introduced between each act. Tomorrow the Winningers will re peat "Officer 666** at the matinee, at prices of 10 cents for children, 2D «ents for adults. Saturday night is the strong melodramatic hit,. "The Detective."—'Advertisement. Legislation looking to the regula tion of private banking in Illinois has simmered down to Chicago. 'i: LVery Suit for Easter ^Here's Your Opportunity to buy Curtains f*"1 An immense assortment of Scrim Marquisette Curtains in White and Beige. attractive designs. We feature them at remarkably low prices for Saturday.1^ View The«e Prices $1:35—Plain hem marquiesette curtains in white, and Beige, special sale price ....... .... .i.. .................. $2.00—Hemstitched lace edge marquisette curtain, white and beige. Special sale price ......... $149 $2.25—Hemstitched lace edge marquisette curtain, white and beige. Special sale price ..... $1.59 $2.50—Hemstitched lace edge marquisette curtain, white and beige. Special... sale price $1.79 $2.75—Lace edge and insertion marquisette curtain, white and beige. Special sale price ... $2.29 Morgan-Lofquist Co. If you want to be faultlessly attired on Easter Sunday, you should come to us now and let us help you decide your clothes question. vfK7-.Tr--.- We will give you honest advice about fabrics, will show you just the kind you ought to buy for your par ticular requirements we will measure and fit you with a garment that will prove to you the better qualities of Lindsey clothes. Our tailored-to-measUre clothes are economical, too, for they hold their shape, retain their evenly balanced proportions and always feel comfortable and give you longer service than any clothes you can buy. Let us have your Easter order in the next few days—tihe earlier the better. Tailoring Co. Edward Kruse| 5-10-25c STORE KEOKUK, IOWA Specials For Saturday Here is a bargain for you in 'a 36-inoh white voile, slightly Imperfect but not enough to hurt it any. Come in and see Worth 36c a yard. Special a yard Indian Head suiting in Lavender color only, special a yard Tub waistings, Jwst a small assortment, but a big bargain. worth &0o a yard, sipecial, a yard ""Villi. White SiUt WWstings, 82 inches wide, -worth 6&c a yard. big bargain. (Small lot). Special, a yard India On on in cream color only. Worth 36c a yard. Special a yard Marquisette Curtain Goods in Berne and White, special a Rural banking is esteemed safe and sure. As Chicago private bankers have been the chief sinners against honesty, lawmakers conclude that regulation is needed only where financial wickedness prevails. ISvanston, 111., is going into the city planting business with unusual vigor. While other communities talk about cultivating idle lota and acres, Svaa- .V and Keokuk, Iowa ston acts as it 10c I A 1J 1 cil appropriated $30,000 for j. plowing and tnciflentallaJ^-J expected that school children the rest. Official reports show ^*'^1 New York has 102.520 re^rt«^ owners. Thelrcontr^U^ rtate treasury in 1916 (957,000. .\x" M'tV--''.-