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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
womAN,s CLUB PROGRAM.

"OmAN y NLS0 TNOO'T''
THE PROGRAM FOR THE AC- !
tive season of the Moline Woman's .
club was published today by the com /
mittee which had it ii charge. II .
indicates a most interesting series OF
meetings. The season starts Oct. i.
The program follows in full:
(Children's Day.
AN Hour of Story Telling for Chill
dren and Adults. Mrs. Edna Ly-
man Scott of Chicago.
"Children's Songs. Mrs. T. B.
Reidy, Rock Island.
Music in charge of Mrs. Fred Lun-
dahl
Ia charge OF philanthropic depart
ment.
The Divine Rights of the Child"
Mrs. Leonc7a ". Lake OF 81. Louis,
Mo.
Music in charge OF Mrs. J. B. Lach-
rer Of Rock Island.
THURSDAY, NOV. p.
S 2. n, Moline theatre
John Mccormack recital. Charge
of music department.
DEC. II.
Civic department.
Hon. L. Y. sherman Of Springfield,
III.
Boys choir Of Sacred Heart Cathe-
dral Davenport, under direction OF
Professor Ernest Otto.
Music in charge of Miss Helen Hun
toon.
Two Years in Hawaii,
Grace Putnam.
Exhibit of Hawaiian handiwOrk.
Music in charge Of Mrs. Frances
De Jaeger.
FEB. s.
Art and literary department.
shakes pcare's Town in Our Tins
and His"-James ODonnen Bennett,
dramatic editor of Chicago Record
Herald
Music III charge of Mrs. T. B.
Reidy.
MARCH 8.
Music day.
Program IN charge OF music depart
mcnt.
APRIL u.
/ Dickens day.
Reading from Pickwick Papers and
David Copperfeld. Frank Speaight,
London, Eng.
Music in charge Of Mrs. William
Crubaugh of Rock Island.
Nomination of officers for ensuing
year.
MAY 10.
/ Annual meeting.
! Reports of officers, stano;ng commit
tees and departments.
. Election Of officers
Music IL charge of Mary Lindsey
/ Oliver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
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Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a boy
Of l6 and troubled with pain in my
back II troubles me whenever l
bend down. What can / do 10 stop
sweating, even in a cool place? |
am very nervous. How can I stop
St? What can ! do 10 stop dreaming
all night?
have two corns; how can l cure
them? What should I use TO keep
my teeth clean? JOHN r
am afraid you are not very wei.
my boy. and must advise you TO con-
SUIT a doctor for the pain and the
nervousness. II these are cured, the
protuse sweating and bad dreams will
stop.
For the corn, try this: Pare corn
Of az close as possible Then put
pinch of baking soda on a clean bit
OF cloth. moisten soda a little with
vinegar. apply 10 corn and wrap cloth
about toe OF foot Do this night and
morning. II you will keep il up you
viii find yourself miAus your corns
In about 10 DAYS
Brush your teeth with fine table
salt Once in a while use a little
powdered charcoal.
Dear Mrs. Thompson. GD-Are tan
shoes going 70 be worn this fall? ~
We are two girls II and Il. Are
we old enough for high heels? o.
We are about 10 start club the girls
fn.k.rr from II 20 Il What would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18

home bakery sale at the home of Mrs.
Sarah Carpenter. TIT Nineteenth
street, Friday afternoon from to 8
p'clock Cake, cookies, bread and
rolls will be on sale.
The Ladies' auxiliary of the Rock
island County Humane society will
have an all day sewing meeting at
the home of Mrs. Belle Jones. 1901
Seventeenth avenue, tomorrow.
The regular monthly social meet
ing Of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Machinists will be held Friday after
noon at 2:3O at the Industrial home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18

two years and is the daughter of Dr.
and Mrs Englund. DR.. Ehglund was
formerly editor Of Augustana, a Swed-
ism Lutheran pub ication and is now
connected wiLl the Augustana book
concern. Nj. swanson is principal i'll
the public schools in Tampa, Fla,
and the couple Will make their home
IL tuat city III the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
EOR MISS STAFFORD

MR. AND MRS. f. w. SCHOEDE
entertained last evening at their home
in honor of Miss Grace Stafford and
John Condo, a bridal couple Of this
month Three tables of bridge We're
played, and first prize went 70 Mrs.
Elmer Stafford. The bride-to-be re-
ceiyed the guest prize. The hostess
served dainty refreshments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
JOANSON-TOLINE.

MISS ALNENA y. TOLINE,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. john \.
ToHne Of Moline, and Charles ]. John
son. son Of Mrs. Louise Johnson, also
of Moline We're united in marriage
yesterday morning Rev. \. +. Berg
strom. pastor of the Swedish Luther
an church. OF that city performing the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
LADIES SEW.

THE LADIES' SEWING SOCIETY
OF Bethany home met YESTERDAY after
noon at the home for their regular
meeting. There was good attend
ance and the ladies enjoyed the after
noon over their work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
lUKAVSKN-HIlD.

4 PRETTY WEDDING OF YES
terday morning took place at o'clock
al ST. Joseph's church il Davenport
when Miss Cecilia Veronica Hid,
daughter of City Assessor IgIace J.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
PICNIC AT JOINER

DEFYING THE ELEMENTS. THE
members Of the Kate Hm Missionary
society Of the United Presbyterian
church enjoyed a picnic supper at
the Watch Tower last eveAing. The
evening was pleasantly spent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18

being built by the groom, is completed.
The groom is a member OF the law
firm of Betty and Betty, a law firm
III Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
a BOY

MR. AND MRS. FRANK GREEN
OF Colona have welcomed an 11-pound
son into their home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18

"Glddings willingly gives his wife
full credit for what he is
what is he?"
bankrupt. "-Chicago Record Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
SOCIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THE LADIES OF THE BROAD
way church viii give a coffee and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18
MAY 10.

Annual meeting.
Reports of officers, stano;ng commit
tees and departments.
Election Of officers.
Music IL charge of Mary Lindsey
Oliver.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-18

DlrkNns Jay.
Reading from Pickwick Papers and
David Copperfeld. Frank Speaight.
London, Eng.
Music in charge Of Mrs. William
Crubaugh of Rock Island
Nomination of officers for ensuing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
HELEN KELLER's TRIBUTE

In the February American Magazine. Helen Keller, who was born deaf, dump and blind, writes a remarkable character sketch of Joseph Edgar Chamberlin, well known daily newspaper journalist of high ideals. For years MT. Chamber lin has been a busy journalist, working in Chicago. Newport, Boston and New York, where at present he is editorial writer ana critic for the Evening Mail. Miss Keller writes as follows of MT. chamberlins work as war correspondents:
 MT. Chamberln was war correspond ent of the New York Evening Post. He was following the fortunes of an army less celebrated than the army of the Ten what he wrote for the newspapers and in his letters about our inglorious war with Spain. We found that Xenophon was less sincere war correspondent than Uncle Ed For Xenophon was an old fashioned chronicler of the heroisms of var, and Mr Chamberlln was a lover Of men. l must say that Uncle Eds ae- counts of battles and sieges were very disappointing. The letters of some of the other correspondents abounded in thrilling adventures and picturesque situations. Mir Chamberlin told us of men underfed and dying of fever, of polluted streams and wells, os mismana ged commissariats. When we asked him to make his reporSs more heroic and patriotic, he replied that he could not describe what he did not see, or narrate what did not happen. When word came by telegraph that our n.en had driven the Spaniards from their strongest positions, we imagined fierce army of Weylers, black-bearded despera- 6oes overcome by the superior Yalor of American soldiers. A few days later MT Chamberla's letter described handful of Spanish boys, mild hammered, soft voiced, wiling to shoot and be shot, but with no very clear idea of what the war was about. /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
MEAsURING LONDON's sOoT

From the New York World.
 Under the auspices of the Lancet the sootfall of London has just been meas ured by roof gauge just as in New York the weather man measures the rain fall This almost incredible statement is the result: That the total yearly deposit of soot over the IF square miles of fhe county of London is 76,o5) tons. The Illustrated London News, talk ing these figures, shows by picture that this deposit erected into a solid pile would rise 5S0 feet in height on length Of 33e feet and width of S4 feet.
 On every square mile of London City could be erected out of soot column zoo feet high and 2T feet square!
 And in tie total deposit, 1t is calcu- lated, are included GOO tons of ammonia, 5000 tons of sulphate and 5000 tons of chlorine in ehorides.
 It is the first time the London fog was ever reduced to terms of measure and an- alysis. Before we give thanks too fer Yidly that we are not like London let-us consider the dust of New York's streets, the ashes and bits of refuse that moun' into air from open, insanitary garbage carts, the flying particles from long stretches of elevated railways. These, collected. iaight not dwarf the Metropoi- itan and Singer towers, but in their scat tered aggregate they are a nuisance and menace to the health of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
THE BELLS OF SAN MARCO

From. the New York World
 A report from Rome tells of a visit made to the Pope by a. parish priest from Venice, where the Pope was formerly a bishop. For the entertainment of his vis- itor the Pope placed in a photograph a disk made from the sound of the bells when first they rang from the reconstruct ed Campanile of San Marco. "Close your eyes, said he, 'and listen; you will feel that you are back in dear Venice' i,
 It is of course the familiar human story of the millionaire who would like to hear the tinklng cowbells on the farm again. of the far wandering mariner that longs to hear across the water the sound of the port bells of his native town. Not al- ways in the Vatican is the weariness of the Pope to be cheered by the mighty music of organs and trumpets and the voices of tuneful choristers. There are times when he would like to be a parish priest and listen to the bells of his old home town.
 is more responsive to perfume than to anything else; that old songs, old dreams and old joys are brought back to Us on the invisible. wings of the odors of jas mine and rose and violet. Against that dogma stands great array of poets bear
 ing witness to the compelling power of bells Every literature has its bell songs and bell stories, every heart its Venice to be recalled by them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
ARE WOMEN BAD LOSERS,

From the New York world.
 Wall street is reported to view with dis favor the action of one brokerage firm in providing special accommodations for women customers. on the ground, as eX- pressed by an officer of the Consolidated Exchange that it is the experience of hundreds of stock brokers that the woman who comes down here to speculate is a pad loser"
 Stock gambling is "a mans game" and it may be that women do not make ideal spectators. They do not take their losses with the compacency that brokers like to observe in customes when the market goes against them. But are women, as a general proposition, bad losers? It is they who bear in the end the losses which the masculine speculator accepts with such outward cheerfulness.
 Women in countless instances see the man they have sworn to love, honor and cherish fall by the wayside, yet they stick to him. They see the family fortune swept away by some imprudence not their own, but of which they suffer the pinehing con- sequences. They endure pain, disease, the loss of children, the blasting of social ambitions, as few men can endure such losing game with forttude that com mands masculine respect
 As a general thing it may be said that women put up with failure much moro | than they put up with success. There would be more truth in the converse state ment that they make bad winners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
President Taft in Ohio

When a President goes a-stumping in his own home state he virtually con- fesses that two republican parties ex- ist there, and what is true of Ohio is true of all the rest of the country. "Two republican parties," says the St. Louis Dispatch, "exist in the country, the one differing from the other in ideas, motives and purposes almost as much as the old highly or ganized republication differed from democracy"
 This difference is not mere grouch concerning the distribution of patron age. It is basic. The one republican party is reactionary, clinging to old fashioned notions that existed before the civil war, while the other repub- lican party is full of progressive ideas regardless of precedent or even the constitution.
 MT. Taft belongs to the former party, and he has been stumping in Ohio, hoping in that way to retain his grip on a majority of the voters. But when the republican party is almost hopelessly split, some being standpatters and some progressives, it is not easy to see how MT. Taft or any other man can poll full vote in Ohio or elsewhere.
 The split in the republican party is fundamental, and it cannot be wiped out by any nomination, least of all by the nomination of MT. Taft, who is standpat protectionist. At Lheart he believes he told the truth at Winona. No republican can be nomi- mated who can secure the votes of standpatters and progressives alike. It cannot be done simply because the difference between the two is be- yond compromise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
THE COLLEGE TRAINED FARMER

F.om the Youths Companion.
 A year or two ago the agricultural co.- iege of Cornell university made farm survey of several townships. Statistics were gathered concerning the number of farms, their value, the value of the im- rrovements and equipment upon them. the annual income, the systems of man. agement, and other matters necessary to a thorough understanding of agricultural conditions in that region. One item in the inquiry did not appear at first to be of much economic importance, but later it attracted more attention than any or education of the owners of the farms. When the figures were all compiled, it was found that only ten of the 573 farm CTS had ever been to college, and not all of those had completed their college courses l65 had spent one or more years in high school or academy; and 39s, or than the district school. By figuring their own labor. it was found that the college trained men earned, on an average, Sst, a year; those who had attended high school, s629; those who had attended only the district school, $3lS. In other words, the college trained man earned s6 per cent more han the high school man, and nearly three times as much as the district school man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
THE OLD CEDAR CHEST

From Leslie's.
 Fashions come and go. They are new to- day and old tomorrow. But some things endure. The craze for old furniture, old china and antiques of every kind is now followed by revival of interest in the old cedar chest, always one of the treaures of our grandmothers. The usefulness or these chests as a preserver of woolen fabrics and furs. which was questioned at one time, has again been re-established. and the cedar chest with its delightful odor, is finding its place again in the best equipment of the household. Evi- dence of this is found in the fact that the manufacture of these chests has become an established industry in North Caro- lima, where red cedar Is found. The grow ing scarcity of this fragrant wood bids fair to make the cedar chest more val uable as time goes by-a fact that pur- chasers are not forgetting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
A London EditOr's View

Fifteen CT twenty years ago the Lon don Times was considered heavy, but within recent years it has improved, and it is, according to my way of thinking, one of the best papers in the world, said an old len'ocrat, who subscribes to the weekly edition. Tn the last presidential campaign It showed :. keener knowledge of American politics than any of the partisan papers printed in the united States. Us American correspondent seemed to apprehend the situation exact ly, and his forecasts always came true.
 "In recent issue of the London Times there was an editorial review of 1911, fill- ing a littls more than two pages. Under the head of The United States, 1t was correct in saying that public attention had been absorbed by the fight against the trusts, the tariff question and the preparation for the approaching presiden- tai election The Times went on to say that the year had witnessed steady ue- cline in the Presidents popularity II told about the insurgent wing of the party end about the movement being started in favor of recalling MT. Roosevelt, who would be more popular with the insur- gents than MT. Taft and more accepta- hle to the conservative wing of the party than MT. LaFollette.'
 Regarding the democrats, the Times said that they were almost as divided as the republicans. This is mistake. There has been more harmony up to this time than usual. The London Times speaks Of MT. Underwood leading the moderate wing and controlling the action of the party in Congress It said that the ex- treme section was still under the inau- ence of Mr. Bryan. Harmon seemed 10 the Times the most likely democratic candidate for the presidency, but he may be passed over in favor of one of hls rivals The London Times does not men, ton Woodrow Wilson, Champ Clark, or other well known democrats who are prominently reckoned with for the pres ;1ential norlination.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
The National eunrd

Possibly one of the most thankless ser- vices young man can render his state is service in the National Guard" said a line officer.
 "In the first place the service is rem dered gratis, and like a great many other services so rendered is not appreciated.
 .'The national guardsmen of this dis trict have had many calls to service of the state, and have never failed to make willing response. There can be no more trying duty than that of guarding strik- CTS unless it be that of protecting a ne- gro charged with nameless offense. yet the young men always respond to the call of duty no matter when or where.
 When the Spanish-American war broke out the national guard, which at that time was not a part of the United States amy as is now the case, volunteered all most to a man, and at the recent trouble in Mexico the boys were ready to go to the front.
 "Only those who have gone down the line understand the many sacrifices they are called upon to make, and the small thanks they get in return
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
Uncle sam's Numerous Children

The bill to authorize the depart ment of commerce and labor to create a bureau for the collection of infor- nation pertaining to the welfare of children and child life has been before 5 Congress six years, and it has at last been passed by the Senate. The final vote was 54 yeas and 20 nays. It was opposed by those who did not want to see any more federal officials ap- pointed, and by those who feared an invasion by a despotic government of their homes. Senator Thornton of Louisiana went so far as to defy the government. But the bill was finally passed and it will no doubt become law.
 If the right man be placed at the head of the children's bureau and kept there much can be done to better the condition of children. As rule the states neglect their children, and when states do not do their duty the general government certainly has a right to make public their deficiencies.
 The present bill owes its existence to the neglect of the states. The pro- posed bureau will get up statistics, and it will no doubt present recom- mendations, and some of these recom- mendations will become law. In other words, there is much possible good in the new bill and no harm worth con- sidering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02

CT. The notifications proposed at the Memphis meeting did not make the Liverpool-New York plan any more acceptable, and the southern shippers acting through Sol Wexler of the Whitney Central bank of New Or leans, have thrown the entire scheme overheard.
 It will not be revived, and Congress can best solve the problem by passing the Scott bill or something similar, making interstate railroads responsi- ble for all cotton bills of lading that they may issue. There is no injustice in this to the railroads, and its pas sage would restore the credit of cot- ton bills across the sea, and put to rest vexed problem. No other set clement of the responsibility is possi- ble. The railroads should not attempt to shove off responsibility for their own acts on some other party. The entire trouble has arisen from the ef- fort on the part of the railroads to shirk their own natural and just re- sponsibility. When a railroad issues bill of lading it should stand by it and if it attempts to shirk the courts will certainly make it face its own bills signed by it's own agents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
To be wise, and love, exceeds mans might. -rro1ious and Cressida.
Stonewall Jackson

With the exception of J. E. B. Stuart no general of the Confederacy, indeed no commander on either side of the civil war, appeals so strongly to the imagination as Thomas J. (Stone- wall) Jackson. Robert E. Lee was the best rounded of all the distinguished warriors engaged in that bloodiest of bloody conflicts. He was the ideal chieftain. But Stonewall Jackson, at once resourceful in campaign and bat tie, swift in action and desperately in- trepid, was the type of hero that will live distinctly in history down the long line of the centuries.
 The only general in the northern army who approached Jackson in whirlwind methods was Phil Sheri- dan; but in his march through the Shenandoah valley Sheridan was guilty of cruel deeds. Jackson, ever a fierce fighter with ever a contempt for death, had tender heart and was always considerate of the sensibilities of those around him. Yet with all Jackson's greatness the only monu- ment erected to his memory is that seen in Capitol square in Richmond presented by English admirers.
 A Stonewall Jackson association has just been organized for the pur- post of raising funds to erect an equestrian statue in Richmond in mem ory of the great general. The Daugh- ters of the Confederacy are striving to secure the balance of the money needed for completing the Arlington monument. That monument is to cost $50,000, only half of which is in hand. By a concerted effort in the south 25,000 should be raised during the next 12 or IS months.
 The equestrian bronze of Gen. Rob- ert E. Lee in Richmond cost $50,000, and an equestrian statue of Stonewall Jackson will cost about the same. The monument association has set apart May 10 next, the 49th anniver- sary of Jackson's death,. for 10 cent collection in the schools of the south. Several thousand dollars should be raised in this way, and with amount required should be in sight. Alabama can be counted on to do, its part in the movement to honor the name of Stonewall Jackson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Underwood Grows stronger

II. J. Porter. who returned yesterday from New York, said that he found strong Underwood sentiment in the east.
 T was in New York 50 days ago and was gsatifed then to hear so many bnsi- ness men speak in unstinted praise of MT. Underwood" said MT. Porter, ''and on this recent trip found the Underwood talk even stronger. In fact, Underwood is the most popular man of all those whose names have been mentioned m connection with the democratic nomina- ton for the presidency. The New York CTS are really enthusiastic about Under- wood. and there was decided impression iii that part of the country that Under wood as the nominee could carry New York state"