SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF'SEWARD, ALASKA
Established, August 19, 1904
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^ MONUMENT TO EVE
“Eve was a distant relative of
mine on my mother’s side,” says Rob
ert Quillen, newspaper paragrapher,
and humorist. .She was “the first
lady of the land” and “a reigning
belle of her day.’ ’
And so Robert erecr.ed a monu
ment to Eve in his front yard at
Fountain Inn., near Greenville, S. C.,
and is being headlined over the coun
try for his thotfulness.
He has acted for the race. This
universal, obligation has been neglect
ed too long. Eve bore Adam’s ec
centricities without complaining. She
even accepted the apple episode with
out talking back.
She never belonged to a club and
farmed her children out to the neigh
bors to raise. She likely could have
played bridge all night with any of
the dames of the day; but she stay
ed home and picked the apples and
looked after the garden.
It must be confessed that she rais
ed Cain upon occasion, for which
she can hardly be justified; but it
must also be acknowledged that she
was not afraid of snakes and Abel.
Eve had another glorious quality;
she never asked Adam for a fur
coat. She just went out in the gar
den and got some fiig leaves and
seemed perfectly satisfied with her
wardrobe. Even the preachers did
not accuse her of wearing her skirts
too short, either.
She spurned jazz, neVer danced the
Charleston and never Insisted on tak
ing out the automobile when Adam
wanted it. Nor is there any court
record that she ever drove serenely
and sweetly past a policeman with a
smile on her face at an intersection.
As for cutting in on you on the
highway, that was not one of her
shortcomings. If she had more than
one shotcoming Adam never mention
ed it.
She did not seem to feel that “la
dies first” meant on the big road.
If she were temperatmental in her
driving, giving the cars behind her
spasms, it was never noticeable.
Mr. Quillen should have passed a
subscription paper around. He .should
have given all men an opportunity
to share in the honor of lifting an
enduring manument to this noble wo
man.
01CE IN THE ARCTIC NIGHT
In recounting their adventures in
the Arctic Ocean, the crew of the
exploration ship Maud said they were
puzzled by a mysterious voice on Ihe
radio which began a solemn dis
course in an unknown tongue at 9
o’clock every morning for several
weeks. Although there was a smat
tering of many languages in the
knowledge of those aboard no one
could find a linguistic landmark to
identify the weird discourse. The
mate of the ship suggested that it
might be the King of the Trolls for
bidding further invasion of his realm.
It is a fascinating mystery, of
course, but doubtless it could be ex
plained easily if tbe key to the rid
dle could be found. As the Maud
drifted back and forth in the vicinity
of the 180 meridian, it would not
be too fanciful to suggest that the
speaker was on the opposite side of
the earth, broadcasting his discourse
at 9 o’clock in the evening instead
of 9 o’clock in the morning.
What could be more likely than
the interception of a bed'time story
; about Willie Mink and Peter Rabbit?
1 Instead of the King of the Trolls, it
was doubtless some kindly person en
deavoring to get the children of the
world to go to bed while the parents
could go to a show.
In a region where the nights are
six months long, bedtime stories are
not specially helpful. It is not sur
prising that the discourse was unin
teligible to hard explorers. It is
another proof that one man’s daily
dozen is another’s man’s poison.
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called to the new advertisement in
this issue, of Hugh Dougherty, agent
for the Equitable Assurance Society
of the United States, one of the five
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the world. • Since the advent of the
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These figures reflect how economic
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•Correct this sentence: “Li title
Jean is behaving much better since
Christmas.”
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1 ' COUNT'EM
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UNITED STATES
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Looking Ahead!
Alaskan progress of the past forecasts the future greatness of =
the NorthHand, and justifies all Alaskans In holding to their firm faith jS
in the Territory’s possibilities and worth. By aiming high and E
working together—actively and steadily—those having to do with E
Alaskan progress can accomplish much. Looking ahead to still E
greater things, and planning and working accordingly, is the one S
way that a high purpose can be realized.
The Alaska Railroad—a pioneer system—is gradually and pains- 5
takingly striding towards a great goal—the greater development of S
Alaska; and, that the future is bright and promising is attested by E
the steady and consistent upward trend of past and present activi- E
ties. The Alaska Railroad is “Looking Ahead.” E
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