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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
LITERATURE LIFE:
WRITER is VOICE
President Armstrong, Univer-
sity of West Virginia,
Talks to Teachers.
THREE STUDY METHODS
Elements to Be Considered Pointed
Out as Thought, Form, Imagina-
ton and Emotion.

President Robert A Armstrong of
the university of West Virginia gave
an interesting lecture at both periods
of the Rock Island County Teachers
institute at the local high school to-
day, his topic being literature The
afternoon lecture was a continuance
of that started in the morning and it
consisted chiefly in defining literature
and telling how to study it. The lee
turer said in part. ct is always true
of great literature that it grows out
of life; it is a transcript of life. The
writer is simply the interpreter of his
age and he gives voice to what his
people have felt, suffered or achieved
There are three methods of ap-
proach in the study of literature, the
historical, the biographical and the
critical Some attention to all is
necessary in thorough study.
Four Chief Elements.
''The elements of literature to which
we must attend in the critical study
of any masterpiece are chiefly four
the element of thought, of form, of
imagination and of emotion. There
cannot be a masterpiece of literature
which does not contain high and seri-
GUS thoughts. This thought must, be
put into striking, beautiful, pleasing
and permanent form. There must be
such an appeal to the imagination of
the reader that the whole is clear and
lifelike. The appeal to the emotions
must be strong, noble, natural and
vivid All these elements enter into
masterpiece and the composition
should move the soul of the reader by
its beauty, impressiveness and power
Yesterday afternoon, President Arm
strong spoke on THE Love of Books,
and his talk was an excellent one.
Continues Nature study.
Professor Fred L. Charles OF the
university of Illinois continued his
talks on nature study when it came
his turn on the program today. His
| lectures hold an interest which is
much wider than that given the oTdi-
nary educator, because the subject is
one which in itself is very appealing
Tomorrow afternoon at $40, F. G.
Blair, state superintendent of public
| instruction, will be present at the in
stitute for tthe purpose of delivering
an address. The subject of his talk
has not been announced as yet, but it
will undoubtedly be along educational
| lines and will be well worth hearing.
Enrolment Increases.
The enrolment of teachers at the
| institute was doubled today. the total
number being about 275 when the meet
| ing was called to order this after
noon. Nearly a hundred more are ex-
pected to enroll tomorrow which
means that the institute will come
very close to the record in attendance.
The enrollments up to noon today ex-
elusive Of those who enrolled yester-
day morning, was as follows: Ida w.
Lundy, Mary S. Dewey, Charlotte
Kenworthy, Emma Battles, Lille NJ
Roth, L. C. Daugherty, Ellen S. Freed,
Minnie Marten, Eta Wakefield,
Marion Blanding, Elizabeth Stelck,
Margaret B. Ferry, Sara B. Hitler,
Helen Pryce, Jennie Murphy, Mabel
Freistat, Mary LannoR, Mabel Levey,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
OBITUARY RECORD.
Funeral of Mrs. James sackviIIe.

EUT'S' At OF WI D Oa1TIIos oaCFNVIIIS'
Mrs. James Sackville was buried in
Coal Valley this afternoon. The fun
eral services were held at the home
in the village at o'clock. Mrs. Sack
vile, who was, 45 years OF age, died
Saturday. She had been ailing two
months The survivors are her hus!
band and six children: Myrtle, Maude,
Mildred. Mable. James and a infan:
child Mrs. Sackville also leaves her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Adams
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
Bids Wanted.

Bids for the concession of the Ger
man village at the Exposition park will
be received by the president of said
company up to o'clock Friday even
ing, Sept 2, 1910. Forms for applica-
ton may be had by applying to
T. j. MEDILL, President.
Room 210 Peoples National Bank
building, Rock Island, H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
A Con,e.b,ek

Honesty. my son. said the million
aire. lis the best policy
Wen. perhaps it is. dad reJoined
the youthful philosopher. 'but Il
strikes me you have done pretty well
nevertheless. "-Londop Tit-Blts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
nidn,t Mani TrouhIe.

The Playwright Honestly. now.
what do you think of my new play?
The Critic-Dont ask me. You're so
much bigger and stronger than / am.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
Witty.

The following epigram was written
on DR.. Isaac Letsom. a once well
known English physician:
When folks are SICK ana send for me
4 purgcs. bleeds and sweats 'enl.
II after that they choose 10 die
What's that to me? 4 Lesson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
BOYS TO GO ON A HIKE
Members of Y. VI. G. A. to Take Trip
in Country Tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning the boys OF the
B. G.. NJ. of the Y. NJ. c. A. will go on
a hike into the country. They VIII
leave the association building at about
$3.50 and will return in the afternoon.
All boys who wish to go should bring
their lunches with them and also a
nickle for a possible return by car II
the members wish TO bring a friend or
friends they are invited TO do so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
Not Real FraternaIA

The Virginia department charges
that the Royal Benefit society is insoi-
vent, that its officers had conspired TO
defraud the members, and that its re-
insurance deals have been dishonest.
1t is charged further that the society Is
not a real fraternal organization, since
It admits both whites and negroes, the
department holding that the physical
and racial differences and the law of
the state make It impossible to regard
the society as fraternal under these
conditions. Fraternals as a rule do not
admit both whites and negroes, and
western members will be interested
to know that the Washington society
admits negroes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
FRAUD CHARGED
AGAINST ORDER
Virginia Insurance Department
Takes Another Rap at
Royal Benefit.
ITS LICENSE IS REVOKED
Held That the Society, Which Was
Mixed i'm Local Deal, Is InsoIv-
ent-Negroes as Members.

In a statement to the state corpora
ton commission the Virginia insur
ance department gives the reasons for
its revocation of the license of the
Royal Benefit society Of Washington
D. c., the society having appealed to
the corporation commission from the
departments action. The explanation
is of special interest in the west be
cause the society involved was the one
which reinsured the American Home
circle of Springfield, Ill. which had
previously reinsured the Fraternal
Tribunes of Rock Island, the latter
deal being largely responsible for the
fraternal revelations in Illinois and
leading to the indictment OF a number
of officers connected with the Rock Is.
land concern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
Licensed to Wed.

Eval Hendricks ..... Moline
Miss Sylvia Hightower. Rock Island
Carl Elmstedt. -. Cannon Ball, n. d.
Miss Elinor w. West. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30

Mary Platt, principal, s1,150 per
year; odessa Wakefield, eighth grade,
$40 per month; Jessie Prick, eighth,
$40; Anna Johnson, eighth, $40; Julia
Anderson, seventh, SOS; Frances Os-
valid, seventh, SOS; Ellen Freed, sew
enth, sos; Gertrude Yohn, fifth and
sixth, $50; Lucia Robbins. fourth and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
STAGE HANDS ANGLE
. wall Against shakespeare on the
Elixabethan Plan

From the New York Times.
"Sure. they've got to stop their re-
hearsin' at three"
ut doesn't look like 1t to me. It's Two
now. and they're not half through.
THAT don't make no difference. we're
putting "A Winters Tale on this evening
Don't you know that?'
How does that affect this rehearsal?'
Don't you know stage has got 10
be set for a show?'
Naturally. But the play doesn't begin
TIL after eight, and the scenery is SC
simple that | don't really see how set
tina. the stage for that play can make
these people get out so early"
lyon don't. hey? Well, let me tell you
this. Appearance is often deceptive, and
ali is not gold that gltters, like the
proyerb says Simple setting for "A Win
ier's Tale? That's what you think
Where did you see the show from? From
the front? I might have guessed 1t. II
you'd been behind here you'd know bet
ter.
sure, it loks plain, all right. That's
what I thought when ] heard the de-
scription For you know / read the pa
pers and keep my ears open, and when
/ heard they were to put on this play
saws to John, I says, Sure, that's a
cinch Just curtains and balcony and
a couple of draperies.' We were figur.
ing what a lot Of extra time we'd have
and were making appointments with oul
friends, when suddenly we was told to be
ready to get work on A Winters Tale
at three in the afternoon.
:" 'Gee-whizz,' says I to myself, you're
in a hurry But then I thought II
couldn't make no particular difference
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28

From the New York Press
A small, quiet, but sorrowfu If not dis
gusted looking man sat by the side of a
medium-sized automobile that was drawn
out of the road as a large touring car
came along driven by man with an in
terrogatory aspect. The man in the tour
ing car had seen that auto every time he
passed that day, so he slowed up and
leaned over:
How long have you been here?"
Cant you find out what the matter
is?'
mo"
inlet valve all right?"
Yes"
Trouble with spark plug?"
Think not
How are your batteries?"
20. X"
Haven't got short circuit, have your
"Oh, no."
"How's your commutator?"
Great"
perhaps your worm wear is clogged.'
mo; all clear"
Got any gasoline in your tank?"
Plenty
How about your circulation? Cylinder
isn't bound Is it?'
mo, sir
"Tires seem all right?"
Never better"
well, maybe your vibrator isn't ad-
justed."
That's all right"
"Have you looked at your carburetor?
YES"
''How about the cam shaft?''N
Grand"
Have you frightened your connecting
rods, examined your clutches and gone
over the differentials?
Yes, yes"
The man in the touring car paused a
moment and then, looking at the stranger
by the roadside said at last: Whats
the matter with that machine of yours?
There isn't anything the matter with
this machine; but since noon my wife has
been in that house over there kissing heI
sisters first baby good-by. When she
gets through, If you are not more thar
a thousand miles away and will leave
your address, | will telegraph or cable
YOU the glad news.
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WIRELESS MESSAGE
FROM AEROPL ANE
New Feat Is Performed at
Sheepshead Bay
MANY FLIGHTS MADE
Others Have Serious Accidents.
British Aviation Meets
Are Failures

New York, August 27.-"Buzz, buzz,
buzz, zzz, zizz." Buzz, buzz, buzz,
zizz, zizz, zizz" spoke the small voice of
the coherer in the rear of the wireless
operator stationed this afternoon on the
roof of the grandstand at Sheephead Bay
race track. A mile away and 500 feet up
Aviator McCurdy was a speck against
the sky
The operator pieced into sense the sput-
s*erIng of the wireless. This Is what be
heard:
Horton: Another chapter In aerial
achievement is recorded in the sending
Of wireless message from an aeroplane.
"M'CURDY."
Thus became a reality this afternoon
the first wireless message sent from an
aviator In flight to a receiving station
on earth.
]. D. A. McCurdy, pupil of Glenn III.
Custiss, was both aviator and sender, and
Harry M Horton, formerly a sergeant in
the Spanish-American war. acting under
the supervision of Maj. Samuel Reber
of the United States signal corps, was
the receiving operator Horton had test
ed his apparatus thoroughly, and was
sure that 1t was tuned to receive any
message properly sent. McCurdy had at
Itached key to his steering wheel and
1.-THE antennae of his sending apparatus de-
pended below him from the chassis of his
biplane. He is not an expert sender,
but Horton at the other end said he heard
the message distinctly as son as it was
put into the air.
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and If the whole business was ready at
1880, then I'd have the afternoon off.
well, there we was, ready for work.
We worked and worked-gee. I never
worked SO hard in my life! Other plays,
with heaps of property and lights and
gauges and curtains of all kinds, amt
nothing compared to this. Some things,
you know. we've got standing In the
wings; others are hanging up there; but
the Lord knows where this stuff comes
from.
Well as | was saying we were put
ing it together at $780, At four we were
i'll busy John he began to scratch his
head Harry he says, was you the
elow what told me this was cinch !?
Iird your own business I says. Well,
to make a long story short, we were still
working at six. In fact, we didn't quit
he stage till Just before the curtain went
up. Whew!
Taking it down again? Worse. You
bet. We didn't get home that night till
after four No, sir. We didn't leave the
'tage till after three. l never saw such
show
but it stands during all the acts
doesn't it?'
Say, that's great, your question is
You wouldn't have play with five hours
'ntermission, would you? That's what
II would be if they changed the scenery
say. hold on Five hours-I mean ten
Five to take 1t down and five to put it up
Great thing, that'd be. The New theatre
would become the new hotel and people
would have to take blankets and lunch
with them and spend a couple of days"
but / thought the most elaborate
scene shifting took only 80 minutes al
| most o.
Scene shifting, ye--es. But not scene
! hrilAng. tf - Ni"te~'a
whole business has to be built. It's
stacked up high benind you Just like {
| real wall. It's solid and weighs more
than 100000 pounds Every bit of it il
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
AUTHORS THEIR OWN HEROES


From the New York Herald.
One author appears as the hero of
one of his most popular books. Kipling,
who was educated at the United Serv-
ices college at Westward Ho, In North
Devon has depicted for us with great
fidelity in "Etalky & Company" life at
that school, and it is said that in the
boy named Beetle who wears gig
lamps" we have Kipling himself.
The late Goodwin Smith of Toronto
university, than whom there were few
more distinguished and esteemed pub
icists, was the original of the oxford
professor in Disraeli's "Lothair." Dis
raeli also made use, in his novel, En-
lymion," of another living person-the
Iarchioness of Blandford.
Morley Roberts, in his story of Lord
Linlithgow," took as his hero Lord
Rosebery and the famoNp Irish states
man. William O'Briea~ys the Kennedy
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Meetings Are Failures

London, August 81. = Especially = The
Black Pool aviation meeting has resulted
In a heavy financial loss. The deficit is
Estimated at between $4,000 and $4,000.
with the exception of the Lanark meet
ing all the other aviation meetings have
been financial failures, too.
Mr. Ker Seymer. manager of the Black
Pool and Bournemouth meetings, says:
There will be no more aviation meet
engs In this country. They are so costly
hnd complicated that they canhot possibly
be expected to pay. The only way to
make aviation interesting to the public
lis to have competition between two or
more airmen, starting them together and
make ratio of it. There can be no doubt
that the people of this country do not like
amy competition and a man is pitted
against a watch. They never did like It,
hnd never will"
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Men and Animals

From Harpers Weekly.
1t is difficult to make out just why
at this period of history there should be
a sudden multiplication of plays In which
the animal and vegetable Kingdoms take
the chief parts. The genre is of course
as old as Aesop, but the new century
has touched it with a fresh tenderness,
a new sense of the kinship of all life.
Some day a German doctor of sociology
will make research studies and decide
what hidden influences are at work. In
the middle of the nineteenth century the
peasant and the plain man rose sudden
y to the pinnacle of romantic attrac-
ton. Up to that time literature had
concerned itself chiefly with the aristoc-
racy. If the peasant was introduced,
1t was as a jester, merrymaker, a
laughing interlude. But the tragedies,
difficulties. the shining gifts of life,
seemed to belong only to those of dis
tinguished social position
Is it the influx of religious ideas from
the east; is 1t, perhaps an effect of the
renewed interest In the mystic conscious
ness, the call of the whole the sense
of the unbroken links of life, that has
sent the drama itself to the life of the
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fowl and insects. or characters?
There are those who tell us that the
day of answers and set PHILOSOPHERS and
creeds is waning. Yet here we are, men
and fowl and insects, still searching for
the meaning of our little moment, still
cropping after the better life we vague
ly dream of. And If all we have found
in the great, shifting stream of exper-
fence are a few glad moments amid the
bitter waste of struggle and strife; a
little hope. occasional victories of sim
plicity and sincerity, like Chandeliers
still there survives the indestructible
courage to go on through whatever dark
may be for the sake of this intellectual
being, this slow enlarging of the con-
seriousness. So far life has given but
partial answers to our clothed infnity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
MIR. Busbey's Loyalty

L. White Busbey is Speaker Cannons
private secretary, and he loves the speak
er in whole-hearted manner. Every time
newspaper correspondent writes any
thing harsh about Cannon, Busbey be-
comes indignant writer in the Popu-
lar Magazine tells how on one such oc-
casion he sent a friend of his to ask I.
correspondent why he insisted on ''roas
ing the speaker
Well I'll tell you,' replied the nevs
paper man. Il like to stick Cannon
Busbey bleed"
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solid. l wish they had painted canvas
like other theatres. but / heard one of
the directors talking around here the
other day. and he says: Well, canvas
would shake. While this is solid. You
could fall on it without making 1t move
ever so little.
Still at the Harrisburg capitol they
weren't so particular and what was good
enough for a permanent capitol might do
all right for a show. it seems to me.
There the cornices were of papier mache,
[ understand"
Say, where do you think you are? In
Philadelphia or a common playhouse?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Curtfss Is Undecided

New York, August 27.-Cienn HI. Curtiss
rs not certain that he will defend the
Gordon Bennett international speed tro-
'ohy won by him last year In the meet
|lt Rheims, France. In a letter received
here today by j. C. Mccoy, chairman
I,f the contest committee of the Aero
Club Of America, Curtfss requests the
privilege of reserving decision until he
f,as conferred with his attorneys as t.
POSSIBLE legal complications.
Nevertheless" he writes, IT have pro-
Iceeded on the theory mat there would
ioe no obstacles to my participating, and
5am making every preparation to do my
best when the time for action comes"
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TIavre, August Pm. Leeagneux, the
French aviator, was seriously injured to-
1iay while competing for the total dis
( lance prize. His aeroplane struck post
bnd the machine fell to the ground, bury
Ing the aviator beneath it. Legagneux
bkull was fractured and he suffered in
.ernal injuries.
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Dead Body Unearthcd

Pittsburg, August 27.-While laying
/ pipe line under the floor of an auto
mobile garage at Point Marion, near
here, today w. L. Harvey, proprietor
bf the place, unearthed the mutilated
body of his former manager, Frank
|Ingle, aged Sd years, who mysterious
|y disappeared from his home Au-
LrllSt
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Fatal Fall of AerOnalIt

Nashville, Tenn, August 27.-At Tulla-
bona, Tenn, yesterday afternoon G. w.
andrews, an aeronaut, in attempting to
make an ascension at the fair grounds,
ktl to the ground with his parachute.
Btoh legs were broken; one of them Is
4 wooden peg. His skull was fractured
md his body badly bruised. He is be-
Iieyed to be fatally hurt
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Sensational Flights

Asbury Park, N. j., August H.-Flights
of sensational nature in which the three
Wright aviators, Brookins, Hoxsey and
Johnstone, participated marked the close
,this evening of the two weeks aviation
|sneet here. tombstone was the hero of the
day, making a cross-country flight of 30
miles in so minutes He also flew far
out on the ocean and wound up his ex-
shibition with a swoop to earth from an
Elevation of 1000 feet Hoxsey and Brook
Inns INDUCED in fancy evolutions, which
tended the tourney.
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Aviator Has Narrow Escape

Hanover, Prussia, August 27.-Aviator
'schuelter had narrow escape from
death today while making a flight at
|Cette. The wires of the steering gear
became entangled and seemed that he was
lin imminent danger, Schuelter jumped 20
'the earth, about thirty feet below. He
escaped with a broken jeg. The machine
lYas demolished
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Ware Rove

BUYS.
We have evidence to support the con-
tention that Mark Twain used himself
twice In fiction-as the hero in Tom
Sawyer" and likewise as the main fig
ure in "HuckTeDerry Finn''-and there
is a pleasing tradition to the effect that
the mother of Mr.. Clemens once de-
clared that the amazing "Huck" was
the best likeness of Samuel.
The son of Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett, now grown to full manhood,
was the original of that extremely
popular Little Lord Fauntleroy"
which captured novel readers some 20
years ago.
woman, generally thought to be
the original figure upon which Dick
ems based Little Dorrit," named Mary
Ann Cooper, is still living at Ealing
at the advanced age of 81.
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Escape From Death

4 Hamburg, August N.-Aviator Reese
mann was making trial flights here to-
lay with a machine of his own construc-
ton when the motor exploded The aero
plane fell to the ground from a height
Of So feet and was smashed. Reesemann
ESCAPED uninjured.
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Ncrro Charged with Murder

Frank Smith. colored, has been lodged
in the city Jail by Detectives Nation
and Gray, charged with murder. He is
thought ITO be one of the negroes VINO
called Tom Sims from his noi,se aud snot
INN 10 death several nights ago.
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Cniera Situation Worse

Bari Italy, August 27.-The report for
the last "a hours shows p new cases and
IS deaths from Asiatic cholera. in the
region of south Italy, affected by the
epidemic.
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Exneriment In nncet

from the Chicago Tribune.
The Rivres family was preparing for
/ trip across the lake.
k'Lena,' asked Rivers, lis the lunch
lket all packed?"
\ Yea said his wife.
y Yl, you can take out the pie. cake
m. and put these lemons In their
There's . strong east Wind
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Dutch Aviator Killed

Arnheim, Netherlands, August 81
|N lille the Dutch aviator Van Maosdyke,
WAS attempting a cross-country flight
hear this city today the motor of his
heroplane suddenly stopped, and the ma
|3hine plunged to the ground. The avia-
Tor was instantly killed.