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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

nervousIy or who have some serious
physical handicap may work as pupil
assistants under medical and technical
guidance. 1t is said that the oppor-
tunity for quiet work under favorable
circumstances frequently does more
than medicine or enforced rest to re-
store human force and vigor. Work
of the Illinois Hospitals For the In
sane and of the Long Island and Man
haitian State hospitals will also be
shown.
The Teachers college has issued a
photography in connection with the
Nightingale exhibit. as well as a bio
graphical sketch OF the famous nurse.
who is now living at her home in
South street. Hyde park, London, and
who recently passed her ninetieth
birthday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

business there were plants established
in London for exhibition purposes and
in Santiago, Chile. and Milan, Italy.
Frank Sprague made the first seri-
Gus effort at electric railway work in
the United States in 1883, when he
started his electric road at Richmond,
Va. That same year the first central
station was established in Chicago
Edison had built and experimental
with a little electric road at Menlo
Park. but Sprague's line was the first
for commercial purposes. Stephen d.
Field had also done some work in con-
nection with electric railways prior to
the Richmond road.
Enter the lneandescent.
"Elihu Thompson. Mr.. Brush of
Cleveland, Professor Houston and a
few others were engaged in the series
arc lighting business back in 1879, but
that was the only electric light service
that the United States knew anything
about, although in 1878 Edison's ex-
periments with an incandescent light
ing problem were first discussed in the
newspapers. That talk brought about
an extraordinary fall in the price of
gas shares.
Edison made his first demonstra-
ton at Menlo Park of his paper carbon
lamp a year later, but not until the
summer of 1880 did these experimental
lamps find their way outside of his
laboratory. In 1881 the newspapers
were arguing the question as TO wheth-
er the great inventor had succeeded in
subdividing the electric light or wheth-
er he was simply talking.
''The alternating system came into
general use about 1886. and prior to
that time Edison's three wire system
was introduced, and the amount OF
copper necessary for the direct cur
rent system was cut down about 60
per cent lending a great impetus TO
the electric lighting business. Then
establishments for the sale OF appa-
ratus commenced to appear over the
United States. However, thirty years
ago the only material in the electrical
supply line sold was for telegraphic
and house bell work. Today the cleo
trical supply business is Of national
Importance.
I'm 1879 the first miniature electric
railway carrying passengers was put
in operation by Siemens & Halske at
the Berlin exposition. 1t was merely
an exhibition plant, and not until two
years later was a commercial road put
in operation in Europe. mile and
half affair outside of Berlin
-Frueauff believes that the exhibit at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL
Commemoration of Founding the First
One by Florence Nightingale.

Commemoration of Founding the First
One by Florence Nightingale.
In connection with the convention of
the American Society of Superintend-
ents of Training Schools For Nurses
and of the Nurses Association Alum
nae of the United States there will be
exercises in Carnegie hall, New York.
on May Is in commemoration of the
hftieth anniversary of the founding
by Florence Nightingale, the famous
nurse. of the first training school for
nurses in London at st. Thomas hos
rital In May, 1860.
The convention will open on the
afternoon of the same day in the Hor-
ace Mann auditorium of Teachers col
Iege, which will hold a special exhibit
of occupations for invalids from May
16 to June /, also an exhibit Of some
Of the writings OF Florence Nightin-
gale In the educational museum.
Among the exhibits of occupations
for invalids will be work done in the
handicraft shops at Marblehead, Mass,
zzhAna naozala Eho haEa hH0l<AA l0ZER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
ROOSEVELT AS SPECIAL ENVOY
Precedence He Will Take at Funeral of
King Edward VII.

Nin9 GdwSrd VII.
The appointment of former President
Theodore Roosevelt as special Ameri-
can ambassador to the funeral of King
Edward VII, great Britain's late mon
arch. will make him one of the big
figures in the funeral pageant at Lon
don, which will be attended by at least
seven European sovereigns. the royal
families of all of the houses of Europe
and titled representatives of most
countries of the world
Mr.. Roosevelt will take precedence
with the special ENJOYS of kings. He
will precede American Ambassador
Reid. whose place will be with the dip
lomatic corps.
Mr.. Roosevelt will ride with visiting
monarchs and other special ambassa-
doris behind the funeral car in the pro-
cession through the streets of London
and will also attend the burial at
Windsor. The regular diplomatic corps
will join the procession at the railway
station at Windsor and accompany the
funeral party to st. Georges chapel,
being present at the services there.
One of the last acts of King Edward
was to approve the arrangements for
the dinner which was to have been
given for the Roosevelts at Bucking-
ham palace on May 20. the day subse-
quently selected for the monarch's fu-
neral. King Edward and Queen Alex
andra as well as all of the members
of the royal family were to have been
present at the dinner. and King Ed
ward had expressed the wish that not
only Mr.. Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose-
welt should be guests. but that their
children. Ethel and Kermit. should at
tend. All of the arrangements had
been completed for a banquet such as
is given to visiting monarchs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
TO PAY TRIBUTE
National Electric Light Asso-
citation Plans to Honor
Thomas Edison
DAY SET APART FOR HIM
Industry Represented at Coming st
Louis Convention Represents
$1,000, 1000, 900.

To the master genius of the cleo
trical world the electrical interests of
the United States will pay homage
during the week of May %, when Ed
ison day will be celebrated in st.
| Louis.
Representatives of business which
represents over S6,o0O,OOO,OOO invest
ment will be gathered In St. Louis
| from all over the United States to at
tend the twenty-fifth annual conven-
ton of the National Electric Light as
ISOLATION, and one day will be set aside
In honor of Thomas A. Edison.
In connection with the convention
IN st. Louis there will be q costly ex-
hibit at the Coliseum hall. designed to
show the advance of the last thirty
years along lines opened by the in
ventors, and this exhibition will prove
that the greatest proportion Of the
work Of progress in the electrical field
is directly traceable to the intellect of
Edison.
Some Figures on the Industry.
According to Frank W. Frueauff Of
New York, who is president of the as
ISOLATION, there are now about 5000
central electric lighting stations in the
United States. OF this number over
5000 of the companies engaged In
central station work are also in the
electrical supply business, a business
that twenty-five or thirty years ago
could have been enumerated I'm two
figures.
The central station companies Of the
United States have an investment of
81, 25o 100000, according to Frueauff
They have gross income OF upward
of $250,000,o00 a year, and they de-
velop somewhere between 100000
horse power and 100000 horse power.
There Is a track mileage of electric
and interurban railways of 40.247
miles, using s2,216 cars and represent
ing capital liabilities Of 1867, 000, 900.
Credit to Central West.
1.-THE central west must be given
credit for the first commercial mean
descent lighting distribution system"
declares President Frueauff. Apple
ton, Wis, is the place. In 1882 CEN
tral station for incandescent lighting
was put in operation in New York, but
about the same time there was q small
plant started at Appleton. 1t was
small and could be easily operated,
and for that reason 1t is likely that the
Appleton plant started before the New
York plant, which was located on
Pearl street just south of Fulton street.
SAeA efter these plapts -oDeped for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
Rheumatism Cured In a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma.
tism and Neuralgia radically sures in
one to three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
It removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. Is cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan. 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; GuT-
Schlegel & Son, 220 West Sec
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

Special home treatment
arranged for those who
live in the country. Our
office has been located in
Davenport for 10 years.
You run no risk when you
come TO DR.. Walsh because
he stays right here to back
nm HIS advertisements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

Michigan Postmistress' Parting Gift.
On retiring recently from her posi-
ton as assistant postmaster at Carson
City. Mich. which she has so ably
filed for over four years. Mrs. Ida
Ward presented each one OF the rural
mail carriers with lock OF her hair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
Natures Remedies for Disease.

Nature provides more effective
remedies in the roots and herbs of
the field than were ever produced
from drugs.
Thirty years ago, Lydia E. Pink
ham of Lynn, Mass, discovered and
gave to the women of the world a
remedy made from roots and herbs.
which has proved more eficaceous in
curing women's diseases than any
other medicine the world has ever
known, and today Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable compound is looked
upon everywhere as the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
AL the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18

the st. Louis convention. showing the
various periods of development in the
electrical field, will be the most costly
ever held in the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
Says .eNothing to see.,

Says "NOthing to See..
New York, May 1S.-Professor Har-
old Jacoby of Columbia university will
not remain near his telescope during
the period of contact between the
earth and the comets tail tonight, be-
cause he is convinced absolutely no
phenomena worth observing will be
noted. Friday night, however, he says
it will be brilliant and may be seen
right over the spot where the sun
goes down.
Comet Parties lonesome.
These comet parties that are being
organized to sit out the comets pas
sage will have a lonesome job" he
said in an interview today. The next
we shall see of the comet will be such
a sight as will really set the people on
edge who view it, Tonight we shah
not be able to see the comet because
it will set with the sun. The same
will be true on Thursday, but there
will be a great sight in the western
sky Friday night.
Friday the Real Show.
''That's the real night for comet par
ties. When the comet appears just
after the sun sets it will be much
more brilliant than it was last week in
the morning sky. Look for it right
over the spot where the sun goes down
and after the first night or two look
for a shaft of light reaching into the
heavens until it seems like a rainbow
cut in two
Aeronauts Help Scientists.
New York, May 1S.-Two New York
aeronauts, Clifford B. Harmon and Leo
Stevens, have volunteered to lend a
helping hand to the scientists in max
ing a closer study of Halley's comet.
Harmon will make ascensions from
Pittsfield, Mass, next week in his bal
loon, the New York, and he has asked
the astronomical departments of Yale,
Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania,
Cornell, Columbia, Virginia and Michi-
gan universities to send representa-
tives to accompany him and take OBJ
servations from lofty attitudes. The
Rscensions will be made at night and
an effort will be made to attain an
altitude of nearly three miles.
VIII Ascend at North Adams.
Leo Stevens, another veteran air
traveller, has his balloon at North
Adams, Mass, and will make ascen-
sions with Professor David Todd of
Amherst as passenger. They will as
cend to the highest possible altitude,
taking q full equipment of astronomi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-18
GO THROUGH THE tail OF
HALLEY'S COMET TONIGHT
Continued from Page one.>

an all night meeting at their church
to pray for deliverance.
Meteor starts Fire.
Mrs. S. D. Poole, who conducts an
art shop in Moline, declares that a
meteor from the HALEY comet must
have set fire to box filed with ex-
celsior that was standing outside her
place of business this morning No
other origin could be discovered. The
damage was nominal.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-27

be of some light but restful color, such
as turquoise blue or pale green They
should serve as a background for Il
few carefully chosen plaster casts,
photographs and prints of good pic
lures. And these should represent sub
Ject5 and objects connected with the
immediate studies the child Is pursu-
ing. For natural history, for instance.
there should be good Japanese prints
Of animals; for European history,
prints or photographs of portraits by
Velasquez or Van Dyck OF celebrated
historical characters. such as Charles
l., or whatever the principal actors be
In the period studied. The prints and
casts should be inexpensive enough
and few enough to allow of their be-
Ing replaced by others as the chlld's
studies progress. In other words, the
walls OF the nursery and schoolroom
should form q pictorial commentary on
what tho child Is being taught.
II is easy to see how this system can
be developed and how Il can be made
to assist the teachers and parents.
But the most important thing to re-
member is. Don't crowd the walls ."
Il will be found that good pictures Will
interest the children moro than the
trash they are usually brought up with,
on the preteXt, generally6 that the
trash is cunning" OF course. the
children like the trash, because they
don't get q proper chance to Ike any
thing else. But they won't need very
much encouragement to like what Is
really good.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-27
VARIED DUTIES OF
SOCIAL SECRETARIES
Must Know lntrcaces of the Code and Rules Of Pre-
cedence-Women of Culture and Experience
in Demand as Chaperones

clal usage. you know. Is matter Of
locality; but II is we'll To know these
local rules. In the smaller cities one
young woman sometimes acts as social
secretary TO several wealthy or bust.
ness women.
All established girls schools have
ohaperones for the young ladies' Thu
chaperone generally has charge of
residence, or Of certain dormltory
and her charges sit at her table. She
Is supposed to mother" them, Il
watch their table and other manners
to escort them TO tho city on shopping
or pleasure taunts. and go on tripa
with them, These chaperones are re-
crulted from the ranks OF gentlewom-
en- of tho same social standing as their
wards. Thorc is no age limit TO this
position. / know one chaperone for
very exclusive school who is grand
mother. She tried to resign recently
giving her age as the reason. Instead
We Will add TO your SALARY for your
added years and experience was the
reply. Shc informed me. confidently,
that she had yearned that all schools
pay commission for pupils secured.
and she Intends next year to travel
over her home State securing pupils.
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-27
UGLINESS is BANE
OF MOST NURSERIES
Beautiful Surroundings is of Infinite Importance in
Education of Chidren-Dumping Grounds
of all the Household Trash
By ELIZABETH WHARTON MITCHELL

has not felt return of the weary feel
| ing so often engendered by the mem
| ory of particular parts of the paternd
| homer
The daily intercourse with poor pic
| lures, trashy ornaments and cheap
looking furniture Is just as bad for the
| child as a course of dime novels. And
yet parents who guard their young
most carefully from the influence OF
"Deadwood Dick" and Nick Carter"
think nothing of letting them deco
rate the walls of the nursery with
| chromos from iustTated papers and
comic" supplements They may be
quite scrupulous IN not letting friends
and relatives spoil young stomachS with
a mass OF indigeStible food, but they
do not protect young eyes and minds
from the effects of a room cluttered
up with ill-chosen and unadmirable
ornaments" And the worst of it is
| that tho money so spent would buy
| good thingS-and few good things
| are far better than a multitude of even
| mediocre stun. This, by the way, ap-
| plies just as much to the rest OF tho
house as to the juvenile quarters. A
| good print can frequently be obtained
| for tho same prico as q fashy chrome.
The freak things that fond and foolish
relatives sometimes buy for children.
apparently under the Idea that they
arc funny, cost just as much as plas-
ter reproduction Of good statuary,
Tanagra statuette OF an Italian bust,
People who would not think of put
| ting pink monkey riding on purple
cow anywhere in their dlnlng-room or
parlor allow such monstrosities quite
complacently in the nursery. And then
they wonder why their children are
bored when they are dragged TO muse
ums. An entire article could be writ
] ten on the uselessness. even the harm,
OF the number OF ill-chosen presents
young ones receive. Just as harmful
ls the crowded. cluttered condition Of
the nursery In which they have to
pass their early days. which, IN many
establishments, Is considered the out
let for the overflow from the rest Of
the house.
| All miscellaneous adornments should
be ruthlessly elected. The walls should
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-27

The social secretary thrives in Wash
ington. D. c.. and in large wealthy
cities. Tho wifo of the President of
the United States has a personal and
social secretary to read and answer
letters and Invitations. to supervise
lists and to represent her In many
ways, The ladies' OF diplomatic circles,
wives OF Senators and Congressman.
and many other women of wealth and
position. depend greatly upon their So
cial secretaries and companions TO take
the burdens OF lotterwriting. making
appointments. interviewing tradespeo-
pie. and similar duties OF their hands.
The Bsoctal secretary, of course, must
be young woman, of good social
standing. preferably with college edu-
cauoD. with some musical talent and
with poise and charm of manner She
VIII have TO accompany her patron on
pleasure jamts, to Gll in at cards or
dinner il occasion demands. TO be pre-
sentabe at all times. Newcomers in.
Washington. or In any other city, pre-
fer women of old, established families.
who 1cnu instruct them as TO the local
social code. and can steer them around
the rocks of ridiculo and blunder. So
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-27

llchen- -colored walls. This Is most ell
fectlve when used in stencil work, 1t is
TO be avoided for the entire wall.
Another popular color for border
ing Is 4 vivid orange called carrot,
and quite a departure for walls In
dark northern OF eastern room Is cro-
Gus, the new, warm, rich bufI-on the
tones OF corn colOr-but warmer and
more suggestive of its nomesake. For
stencil work over this crocuS wall the
warm myrtle or the richer grove
green's are used a great deal, with just
an occasional touch of peony to add
interest to tho design.
The use of deep reds in dining
rooms Is no longer in vogue, Quleter.
and more subducd colors and refined
decoration prevail this spring.
,, The Placing of the Stencil.
In good interior decorating a great
deap depends on the placing of stem
ell. To give the best effect, IL the cell
ing be low. omit horizontal lines as
much as possible and avoid plate rails,
dadoS or wainScotlng, Use narrow
four-inch headings or bands, and out
| line your woodwork by following along
Dashboard, up around doors and win
dows and back to Dashboard again
Have perpendicular lines for they sug-
| gest height.
To vary this treatmcnt-for nothing
Is moro tlresome than single method
carried through house-use the sin
gle stencil motifs with heavy tops,
and run the perpendicular lines TO the
Dashboard Do not get over two OF
four motifs to side wall, and these
will make most artistic decoration
for room. ConvcntIonallZed chrysan-
themums are delightful when used this
way, with their heavy oriental cOlors
against the soft color of tho side wall.
These oriental schemes are delight
full in libraries and dcns. and some
times. when the lighting IS good, in
living rooms and dinlng-rooms. 1t all
depends on lndivldual taste, as we'll as
on the Kind of furniture used.
When ceilings have excessive height,
and this apparent height is TO be re-
duced, work tho stencils from the plate
OF photo rail- and use heavier pat
terms. Avoid white for the ceiling for
that emphasizes height Use a warm,
heavy tone Of some coloT-either the
same shade OF side wall or a contrast
Ing color-droD this to the photo rail
and work the stencil out in deep, rich
Colors. such as deep, woo1sy greens
and dull reds
There Is also third method OF re-
ducing apparent height This is Sc
The Morning standard. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1910-191?, 1910-11-27

which they are all provided
FernerIes are used for growing
plants which require a moist atmos-
phere, which is impossible in an or
binary room. They are made In yarl-
Gus styles and OF various materials.
They consist of two paTts-an inner
one, porous, in which the ferns are
planted, and an outer one, usually
decorated. Some are of iron, with a
zinc interior. OF winch the lid or top
can DO lifted up TO admit fresh air.
| Their great advantage is that they
only need watering every month or
so. as the moisture which settles on
the inside Of the case returns to the
soil again. Some are made OF clay
or terra Gotta, with glass. bell-shaped
| shade.
Light soil, mostly leaf mold, should
be used to I'll fornerIeS. After plant
ing give the soil good watering and
set the case where it will receive
plenty of light but no sun. Remove
decayed leaves as occasion demands.
Plants suitable for the aquarium are
tho anacharls Canadens.s, eel-grass.
conferya especially good in winter
time, as 1t Is the only plant that -four
iShes them, myrlophyllum. All heSe
arc particularly valuable for aerating
the water. Remove oil the decayed
stems and leaves before putting them
In, arrange thom ia lunches of ten or
hlteen, make hole in the sand, insert
the Dutt ends OF the plants and bo
careful TO make them secure at the
bottom by pressing small stones about
them- Roots are not necessary, as the
cuttings VIII soon send them out
When the plants are in fllI up the tank
10 within an inch and a half from the
top. Wait two or three days before
putting the flsh In. so that the plants
may begin growing.