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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-28
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-28
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Jackson. Hurst & STAFFORD. aftorne
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-28

FOR RENT-A fve-room cottage, mod
ern improvements. at 1851 Fifth-and-
a-half avenue. Inquire 1884 Firth
avenue.
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Ways to Keen Neat.

My children were becoming dread.
fully careless about leaving their
things around" said an original moth.
er and the older members of the
family weren't any too tidy So I
made up my mind that wasn't going
to be pickup drudge for the rest
OF the household. set up n big fine
box box with an oblong hole in the
TOP. into which | put every single
thing-hat. coat. toy, pipe. no matter
wlat-that | found lying around in
III" way. And to get his or her prop.
cry the owner had to pay penny
ii il was one of the children; ten
C. rs in case of the older ones. AS the
Children have only an allowance Of
to- cents a week each. they didn't
naturally want to pay 1t out in fines;
So hey began to be careful. Gradual
ly the whole family mended their
ways. and now my fine box is general.
ly Empty. and the house Is as tidy as
yol please"
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G EPARATE motifs for embroidery
~ and stenciling usually are present
ed In running designs, in small or
large squares or In single flowers that
necessarily vary In shape. but tend
toward general roundness as whole.
Now there are articles for the house
beautiful that demand an upright or
tall, slender motif. such as are shown
I'm these illustrations. They belong to
all who care to trace or transfer them
and to the more experienced, who can
enlarge them. They will be found ap
plicable to lampshade panels. 20 such
small articles as the fancy-work bag.
and sash curtain and table runner and
to many small crash hanglngs for the
library and the boudoir. Also it will
be possible to use these on various
beaten brass articles and as pyrogra-
phic outlines for wood, leather or vel
vet.
The square outlines OF the conven-
tional rose and the more rounded tree
design are especially planned for those
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|ENEge11ES 0T%
:. TsAS Sltul@N .w

Light old rose tints are genuinely
girlish colors for millinery purposes.
Children's 8 silk socks are embroidered
in small detached flowers In self
tones.
Foulard yelled with chiffon make up
simple little afternoon or visiting
gowns.
The summer stockings arc en-
broidered In vivid colOrs on instep
and ankle.
Dull silver slippers will be worn
quite as much as the white on sum
mer evenings.
The bandann handkerchief cap Ia In
good repute this year. and Is seen ac-
companying many Of the smartest
bathing suits.
In suede shoes one sees taupe. old
natter, wood rose. all dark browns
and blues, and, OF course. black. FASH
ionable women have pair for each
handsome gown.
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,nteIliqence In the Kitchen.

The higher the intelligence and the
broader the education of the woman
in the kitchen, the greater the pleas
mr.. and satisfaction in household du-
ties.
The woman who cooks intelligently
is commanding great and mysterious
forces OF nature. She is an alchemist
behind an apron. At her command
food constituents that are indigestible,
and even poisonous, are
SUI iected to chemical changes that
rel der them an epicurean delight Tbs
woman of real intelligence and powers
of imagination finds in her well or.
dered kitchen source of deep and en-
during interest and pleasure.
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TfiT CIRCULAR STAIR(ASE
7fTIANNNElSs I||JfINDI

Thomas had key to the east entry.
and CAV" il to her.
On the way across the lawn she
was confronted by Arnold. who for
some reason was determined to get
into tn" house. lie had a golf.stick
In his hand, that he had picked up
somewhere. and on her refusal he had
struck her with 1t. One hand had
been badly cut. and II was that. pois-
oning having set In. which was killing
her. She broke away In a frenzy OF
rage and fear. and got into the house
while Gertrude and Jack Bailey were
at the front door. She went upstairs,
hardly knowing what she was doing.
Gertrude's door was open. and Hal
sey's revolver lay there on the bed.
She picked 1t up and turning ran part
way down the circular staircase. She
could hear Arnold fumbling at the
lock outside. She slipped down quiet
ly and opened the door: he was In.
side before she had got back to the
stairs. 1t was quite dark. but she
could see his white hirt-bosom. From
the fourth step she fired. AS he fell
somebody in the billiard room
screamed and ran. When the alarm
get upstairs: she hid In the west wing
until every one was down on the
lower floor. Then she slipped upstairs
and thew the revolver out of an up
per window. going down again In time
to admit the men from the Greenwood
club.
II Thomas had suspected. he had
never told. When she found the hand
Arnold had injured was growing
worse. she gave the address Of Lucien
at Richiield to the old man and almost
500. The money was for Lucien's
board until she recovered. She had
sent for me to ask me II l would try
to interest the Armstrong; In the
child. When she found herself grow.
Ing worse she had written to Mrs.
Armstrong. telling her nothing but
that Arnold's legitimate child was ut
Richfcld. and imploring her to recog.
nize him She was dying: the boy
was an Armstrong. and entitled to his
fathers share OF the estate. The pa.
pers were In her trunk at Sunnyside,
would prove what she said 1t was
she who had crept down the circular
staircase. drawn by magnet. that
night Mr.. Jameson had heard some
one there. Pursued. she had fled
madly. anywhere-through the first
door she came to. She had fallen
down the clothes chute. and been
saved oy the basket beneath. I could
have cried with relief: then 1t had moi
been Gertrude. after all,
That was the story. Sad and tragic
though 1t was. the very telling OF II
seemed to relieve the dying woman
She did not know that Thomas was
dead. and | did not tell her. prom
is"d TO look after little Lucien and
sat with her until the intervals OF con
sciousness grew shorter and finally
ceased altogether. She died that night
(To BE CONTINUEDD
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Cheering Her up,

,slington, which is no longer rural,
WIS once SO esteemed by medical men
that they sent their patients there
after severe illness. Many also went
there in the last stages in the forlorn
hu pc that the invigorating air might
restore them to health. A story re-
lated by DR.. Abernethy turns on the
latter class of visitors. One of his
patients engaged some rooms in Is
lirgton, and casually remarked to the
laudlady that the banisters on the
staircase were very much broken.
81 or bless you, man, said the land
lady, Its no use to mend them, for
they always get broken when the un-
drrtaker's men bring the collins down
siHirs."-London Chronicle.
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For the Hostess
Chat ON Interesting Topics of Many Kinds. by
Recognized Authority

each with tube Of library paste and
an envelope containing Dutch figure
cut into a puzzle. the bits were to be
pasted upon the blue background
when the picture was completed. The
one who first accomplished this was
presented with a Dutch brand OF
chocolate for a prize.
Then the hostess showed US a hne
collection of postcards all represent
Ing Holland scenes. The refreshments
consisted of nut bread sandwiches
with porcelain mugs OF piping hot
chocolate topped with whipped cream.
and delicious creamed finnan haddie
in ramakins. There were charming
place cards in shape of wind mills and
tho table centerpiece was large
wooden shoe filled with golden glow.
The doilies were Of blue denim. firing.
ed all around with the hostess mono
gram done in white In the center OF
each.
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SYNOPSIS.

Gertrude and Halsey. established sum.
mer headquarters at Sunnyside. Arnold
Armstrong was found shot to death IN
Bailey had ;Sa In the baFd e.c
tive Jameson accused Miss innes Of hold;
Ing buck evidence. Cashier Bailey OF Paul
Armstrong; bank defunct. was arrested
for endorsement. Paul Armstrongs
Louise Armstrong. told Haisey that Will:
she still loved him.. she was to marry an
other. II developed that DR.; Walker was
the man. Louise was found unconscious
She said something had brushed BY her
in tho dark on the stairway and she
strong's murder. Thomas. tho lodgekeep-
or. was found dead with q note In his
lace" x ladder found out Of place deep
burned. and in tho dark Miss Innes shot
an intruder. Halsey myst' riously disap-
psared His auto wa. found wrecked n;ss by by
an argument in tho library with a woman
before his disappsarance. New cook dis
appears. Miss lnnes learned Halsey was
alive. DR.. Walkers face becomes livid
ton Evidence was secured from a tramp
bound and gagged and thrown into an
empty box car. Gertrude was missing.
Hunting for her Miss lnnes ran into .
Walker confessed his part In the mys-
terry. He stated that the Darlington wo.
man had been killed. that Walker feared
her. and that he believed that Paul ARM
strong had been killed by hand guided
tant hospital. Paul Armstrong was not
dead.
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who stencil. and 1t will be seen at a
glance that they can be carried out in
one color or in two. The rose itself
may be n dull pink. with the stem re-
produced in dull leaf green. All OF
the tree Is green except the central
portion of the upper head.
More suggestive Of embroidery are
the cattail and iris. both of which are
intended for quick work In long fiat
stitches after the Japanese Very ire
quently. when the outlines have been
done IN black to produce an effect
quickly Just such stitches as are here
shown are hastily placed within leaves
and petals just a few to produce the
color, for instance, or the purple iris
or the rich brown of the cattail, as Is
desired.
All OF these designs will serve also
as models from which to paint upon
Japanese burlap paper for lampshades.
or upon parchment. and their outlines
will suggest the similar treatment OF
other flowers.
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An Autumn Luncheon.

At n country house. just before be-
ing closed for the season. there was n
delightful luncheon given for eight
city guests. Every thing was sugges-
tive OF the fall the flowers were
asters and the centerpiece was
brown basket filled with all sorts OF
fruit. After the repast there was a
game of bridge with grape Juice serv.
ed from a punch bowl with punches Of
purple and white grapes hanging over
the edge. The effect was lovely and
all exclaimed "How pretty" For
prizes the hostess had arranged bas-
kets Of vegetables and fruit all grown
on the place. and put up daintily with
flowers on top.
MADAME MERRI
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CHAPTER xxxIl.
Anne watson's Story.

Anne Watson's Story.
Liddy discovered the fresh break
In the trunkroom wall while we were
at luncheon. and ran shrieking down
the stairs. She maintained that. as
she entered. unseen hands had been
digging at the plaster: that they had
stopped when she went in. and she
had felt n gust OF cold damp air. In
support OF her story she carried in
my wet and muddy boots. that had
unluckily forgotten to hide. and held
them out to the detective and myself.
What did ! tell you?" she said
dramatically. Look at 'em. They're
yours, Miss Rachel-and covered with
mud and soaked to the tops. tell
you, you can scof all you like: some.
thing has been wearing your shoes.
AS sure as you sit there there's the
smell of the graveyard on them. How
do we know they weren't tramping
through the Casanova churchyard last
night. and sitting on the gravcs!"
Mr.. Jameson almost choked to
death. Il wouldn't be at all surprised
If they were doing that very thing.
Liddy." he said. when he got his
breath. They certainly look like it."
I think the detective had n plan
on which he was working. but which
was meant to be coup. But things
went SO fast there was no time to
carry 1t into effect The first thing
that occurred was message from
the Charity hospital that Mrs. Wat.
son was dying and had asked for me.
I did not care much about going
There is a sort of melancholy plea
sure to be had out of funeral. with
it's pomp and ceremony. but | shrank
from death-bed. However, Liddy
got out the black things and the crepe
veil ! keep for such occasions, and
went. left Mr.. Jameson and the
day detective going over every inch
of the circular staircase, pounding.
probing and measuring. | was inward
ly elated to think of the surprise was
going to give them that night; as It
turned out. did surprise them-al-
most into spasms.
l drove from the train to the Chari-
ty hospital. and was at once taken
to a ward. There, in a gray.walled
room in a high iron bed, lay Mrs. Wat
only opened her eyes and looked at
me when I sat down beside her. Il
was conscience.stricken. We had been
so engrossed that had left this poor
creature to die without even a word
of sympathy.
The nurse gave her stimulant,
and in a little while she was able to
talk. So broken and half-coherent,
however, was her story that | shall
tell it in my own way. In an hour
from the time entered the Charity
hospital had heard sad and pitiful
narrative. and had seen Il woman slip
into the unconsciousness that is only
a step from death.
Briefly. then. the housekeeper's
story was this:
She was almost 40 years old, and
had been the 'sistermother of a large
family of children. One by one they
had died, and been buried beside their
parents in little town in the middle
west. There was only one sister left.
the baby, Lucy. On her the older girl
had lavished all the love of an impul-
sive and emotional nature When
Anne, the elder. was 80 and Lucy 10,
a young man had come to the town. |
He was going east, after spending the
summer at celebrated ranch in Wy
oming-one of those places where
wealthy men send worthless and dis
sipated sons for season of temper |
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Would not Paul Armstrong have taken
his booty with him? II he had not.
and II DR.. Walker was in the secret.
he would have known how to enter
the chimney room. Then-who had
dug the other hole In the false parti-
ton?
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A Whittier Contest,

For those who are keen after liter
ary games this Whittier stunt may be
acceptable. It may be used in connec-
ton with school work. especially when
studying our American classics:
!. Guess tho name OF the poem shut In
by the storm. Snow bound.
2 The poem where volumes abound
Tho Library.
g. Tho poem devoid both of shoes and
stockings. Tho Barefoot Boy.
T. The poem that flows from the
ground. The Fountain.
g. Tho poem whose mother In Salem
was hanged The Witch's Daughter
g. The poem OF sunshine and rain
l. The poem which gathered the hay In
tho neld. Maud Muller.
g. The poem that's hard to explain a
Mystsry -,,,..
Of my youth. Ny Playmate.
10. The poem when lessons were learn
ed. In School Days.
ii. The poem which guarded tho flag
from disgruce. Barbara Frietchic.
r. The poem in fire places burned.
Burning Driftwood.
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A Dutch Chocolate,

Now that the cooler days have come
hot drinks are very acceptable at aft
ernoon affairs. On quaint Dutch post
cards the hostess asked twenty guests
to spend the afternoon with her from
three to five." The first stunt af-
forded great amusement. the girls sat
four at a table and the hostess passed
q square Of Delft blue card board to
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For a 8rldo.Elect.

So many of my letters are from just
the dearest girls in the world who
count themselves among the bread
winners: and every once and a while
some one of them Is married. and
then all her good friends want to do
all they can In way Of showers and
wedding gifts. When such an occa-
sion comes I have many queries as to
how and what should be done. Now
this IL the way ten girls In an office
did when one of their number was to
marry a young doctor with very little
money but a splendid fellow for all
that. They called meeting and de.
cided that at the most three dollars
apiece was all they could spare for
both wedding gift and n shower. SO 1t
resolved itself into this admirable
plan. They invited the bride-to-be to
spend a Saturday afternoon with them
at the home Of one of the girls and.
when the tea was served. they pre-
scented the honored guest with a half
dozen teaspoons. n half dozen forks
and a half dozen pearl-handled knives
and told her this was her wedding
present from the ten. They selected
a stock pattern. so that at any time
more silver could be added. and they
left the marking to be done as the
bride wished. think this was most
sensible and satisfactory thing all
around and the combination Of funds
made fine showing. much more prac-
tical than II each girl had tried to put
her three dollars into separate gift
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The Street

old as the city The city as old as civilza-
street is old human first
rubs set its ITSELF
by the nature things the major all the sin and
Of the
AS of memory nj
lit place for human beings live in. Its air
noises Its sunlight is dm its floor is like adamant whatsoever
tails
Yet from time mmemoriai
The the Ultima Thul of earthly things.
Strangely sad this the standpoint him
knows only the things of this world that and essential
Viewed In the light of knowledge of the Of the street and
Of the world is not sangeonly the
With its garh fronts
Tempt its
and its lights
TO humanity the candle fly scorchng
very moment here there every
where throughout the world boys
toward its the horizon.
begins the journey thiherward
o lights of London lights Babylon lights of Nneveh!-
will be long
audited and closed
Joy and Sin in gded that
masked thousand in wde bright
streets And in the dark undisgused
ana Disease and in the alleys Despair and Death stalks
openly them.
1t is not by chance. is terrible in its
fitness that saddes the most ptiful
figure in all the world the very
term is an indictment of the
of the For when we consider
OF sacrifice and she the living
helpless the hopeless the many that
must suffer the living there.
Who dares deny that there a civilization
that takes pride it's Broadway its
Piccadflly, its Boulevard
It's time at making into some
tnng different from the street of the
the very worst we grass
tne pest we shall some time make of something that will
glory rather than the shame of the world.
But it will be long time is like that
world OF to be donesepulchers
inside well made as clean and beautiful
as 'front.' lawns ridiculous conventions
@ 10 be exploded and laughed out of courtbeore
street will be like that.
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Where Woman Really IS Mans
Incompatible Superior
BY CYNTHIA GREY.

It's safe that the question superiority
nferioriy manwhich occasional
has been and will be settled these learned
Ito their complete satisfaction.
They all agree themselves that is inferior
course but Just these
Ia lot of babies, he'd a
The majority of those who be mothers
content to be of their willing
their husbands shall reign elsewhere this
never ripple in the little rghuy
OOH
bound his children with
MOTHER gives them
to
The mother consults children
home enterprise she interests herself in the small affairs
these juniors and at the child with
When maternal counsel needed in times of childish re6
she the mothergentle
She
at
the formation of their characters.
Here exquisite think!
Did you read equally beauoul euogy FATHER?
that father isn't all right
Happy he with such mother Faith in womankind aI.m
Baets with his blood, things
Comes to him. though he trip fall,
He shall not blind his soul with
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When borned wasn't nothin
A little baby.
Like kttybabies?
will
"A skitching-rope an chatelainepony TEL my
Birthday? An a paintbrush
Wolves can't talk. rily, just like people
Kin they?
maybe they could, s4Hs
Err how'd the wolf say Eachchoo-up" All
lis it tomorrow, papa? Well whyaint EEa
Tomorrow? Yesterday, what made
Why WHY" ''''' '''A' '.''-inH' '0n see NS
Papa, papa, can't bark
lAw, If tomorrow today M
Does that make yesterday tomorrow? Say a.
An will buy a "
Likes on the grocery wagon?
How could Cinderella
dance without breakn' her mad
That used to scott her? :
Why didn't she lose the other slipper off? -
lSay, will learn how scott?
What Are III
Folks folks they Aunt Lot said IL
AT I'd be dead too, time. be
liz I'm
sad
III everybody dies7 m lead?
When Aunt Lou sleep your
MY rooms the when folks to
1t isn't nice of God to make folks folks,
II suppose awfuly Little Tot somewhat
shocked - u
"oh not bad young Youw we're so young YOU
forgot how old
you know when he know he said
well. he said what I'll tell
Copyright Dodge Pub. Coz
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-21

Editor Times: have been
much interested in the articles
that are running in your paper
in reference to the labor ques-
ton. and they have set me to
thinking, and / hope every other
union labor man.
/ have been lifelong repub-
lican, and 1t has Just been
brought to my notice that every
prominent republican paper from
San Diego to Spokane is fighting
union labor. / have begun to
wonder Ii my fellow man has no
ticed the handwriting on the
wall, for take It the paper is
the voice of the party as rule,
and they have certainly given no
fice that they will crush out union
labor If they can. So say unto
my fellow man, be up and doing;
send out your missionaries and
organize every man. or else you
will be more downtrodden than
we're the Russian serfs or the
children of Israel in Egypt.
Is It to be that we who gave
our services and offered our
lives that we might be free are
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CROSSED WIRES
BY Stuart Ii. Stone

eli, there!" called the squire
very low. BE lively!"
He elevated a ladder to the win
dow and the lady descended, muf
fled, swatehed beyond recognition
trembling violently. The squire
leaned over and whispered. lone
last kiss, please, before the parsor
gets in his deadly work"
"Sh-h-h-h!" the wrapped up fig
ure cut him short. 81 hear some.
thing. Goodness gracious!"
There was indeed tumult upon
the other side of the cedars. They
could hear something slip, crash
and rend, and then the murmur oil
voices.
They've heard us-they've dis.
covered our flight" whispered the
lady. Let us fly!"
"Them's ghosts-spooks!" NUT.
tered Squire Barlow, as he un.
.hitched old Del.
He assisted the lady into the rife
and as they turned into the lower
Leesville road, they heard the
noise of creaking wheels taking
the upper road, short but rough.
er route to the same town. "The
fairies are out tonight" murmured
the squire. 81 hope they're good
fairies"
They drove for a hundred yards
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to be made the slave and the
bondman of the capitalist and
the monopolist? Who will be the
Moses to lead us out of bondage !?
Capital and monopoly were
taught lesson in this state the
18th of this month. and il the
working men of the state are
alive to their own interests they
will keep on in the good work
until Americans shall have the
right to earn a living in pref
erence to Japs, Chinese, Hindus
and the offscourings of Southern
Europe.
1t makes me tired to read
every once in a while of the
prominent lefty builders" that
we have in our midst and the
amount Of men they employ. Yes,
but what are the MAJORITY
Japs, Greeks, Hfndus, Austrians
and all the scum Of Southern Eu-
rope.
AS this letter is rather long.
! will close by once more appeal
ing to the working man to or
ganize and to vote for only those
who favor union labor.
A WoRKINGMAN.