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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30

to believe that there is anything
wrong with your eyes at all, you
should have them examined by Fred
Bleuer, expert optician, Second ave
nue. near Seventeenth street
Johnson's Wood Dye is not a mere
stain-not simply a surface dressing.
1t is a real. deep-seated dye, that goes
to the very heart of the woodland
stays there-hxing a rich and perma-
nent color. Johnson's Wood Dye IS
made in II standard shades. For sale
by Lerch & Greve. 2002-2OO4 Fourth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30
City Chat
advertisements }

Buy a home of Reidy Bros
For express. call William Trefz.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Kerler Rug company for vacuum
cleaning and rug-making.
1913 memorandum books free to the
gents. Beal, Illinois theatre building.
Our B. b. serge at s3S is the best
value ever offered. J. B. Zimmer's
Sons.
Flash lights and electrical novel.
ties. Charles Fiebig, 1919 Third
avenue.
Six per cent farm mortgages. Litten
& Roberts, Peoples National bank
building.
Milan artesian water, approved by
city and state, delivered daily. Phone
west 1870.
Remember that Ralph Stanton has
everything to make your friends, who
smoke, happy.
Coal, coal, coal. The Rock Island
Fuel company viii deliver to you all
the best grades OF hard and soft coa,.
Attend Court of Honor dance at Bes.
elin's hall Thursday evening. Jan. ?
Admission Is cents. Bleuers orches.
ira
Sewing machines repaired and war.
ran,ed for one year. Supplies for all
machines. Fiebig. locksmith. 1919 Third
avenue.
A freproof safe in the house OF store
is a necessity. We have them from
s12 up. Fiebig, locksmith. 1919 Third
ayeude.
Ward & McMahon VIII give you
estimates on your plumbing, steam
and hot water heating that will save
you money.
Dunsmore & O'Connen smoke house
and billiard parlors, corner of TWEEN
tleth street and Fourth avenue Every
brand OF good cigars and all kinds OF
smokers supplies.
Mueller Lumber company WIN en-
able you to build a fine house or barn
out Of the choicest select lumber and
you will be surprised and yet pleased
to learn the low prices they are max.
ing
Souders Laundering company at sol.
sos Twelfth street This laundry is
equipped with the very latest modern
machinery, turning out work that is
not surpassed by any laundry in the
state.
Kain & Reinhardt cigar store still
takes the lead Most literally patron
lied. Everything in tobacco. cigars
and smokers supplies. Man is never
( better satisfied than when smoking
their choice brands.
1. S, O'Hara, -four and feed store
I is having q big trade on stock and
I poultry food. DR.. Hess stock food
/ for horses, cattle, hogs, sheep ano
all kind sof poultry. II makes the
hens lay every day.
! The Rock Island Lumber and Manu-
featuring company, lumber and build
ing material for all purposes. houses
barns, granaries. We viii give you ar
opportunity to save a big per cent Let
US be of service to you.
Maths bakery and confectionery
store, the finest in the tri-ciues.
Bread. cakeA pies. cookies and no
rolls. They cSH't be beat Most peO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30
JULIET'S BALCONY.
II Looks Just as 1t Did When Romeo
Wooed the Sweet Veronese.


This was the home of the Cap llets,
from whom descended Juliet, for
whom so many kind hearts have wept
and Of whom the poets have sung.
You read the words on a table, by
the side Of a tall and slender ray
house in a quiet street of Verona A
few steps farther on the busy life Of
the old city is centered in the market
place and in the one or two streets
that lead from it. You stand In font
Of the lightly built dwelling, and you
look at the slim balcony of wood from
which bent forward the form of the
radiant girl whose undying love sorry
has echoed down the ages 1t is an
autumn day. and within the rail Of The
narrow framework some one has pac-
ed red flowers in tail green pots. A
curtain ut the little window moves in
the breeze, and you expect at any 20
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30

commenced tiattering him TO such an
extent that the late premier grew weary
OF him. so bidding the man good day
be settled down heavily into the near
est chair The bore. instead of passing
on. fingered near and seemed to have
something still in his mind, though ne
looked blissful. Mr. Gladstone observ-
ed this and said. not sweetly, May |
ask you. sir. II you want anything
more of mey"
"Oh-oh. no." said the man. smirSinG.
"only perhaps 1 may be permitted to
remark that / am proud to say that my
hat is having the inestimabIe honor to
occupy the same chair with w. E. Glad
One"-LOndon Telegraph
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30

ment TO see the dainty form OF Juliet
appear and to hear ripping laugh fall
from her lips.
A woman steps from the room be.
yond. through the open window and
stands to listen. She has child in
her arms. and he claps his hands,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30
REDUCED PRICES.

On Fall and Winter Woolens.
We are now showing many Of the
seasons latest patterns at greatly re-
duced prices.
BEAL. Illinois theatre building.
(Advl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30

laughing and Growing. no doubt just ~
the beloved VerOnese did centuries ago.
The mother bushes him. for she is In
tently listening to the market cries.
In the midst OF that everyday life
walks the immortal Juliet-Londou
Telegraph.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-30
Breaking II Gently.

On one occasion when public re-
ceptlon was given TO Mr. Gladstone a
particularly obsequious old gentleman
was introduced to him and forthwith
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-07
SOME oCALA PEOPLE SAYS ITS so

"Our young men and women are too /
extravagant Six-tenths OF the en-
gagement rings are bought on credit, ,
and nine girls out OF ten have holes I
in the heels of their silk stockings"
That opinion was expressed recently |
by Nine. Alma Webster-Powell to the
Public Good Society, says the Newt
York Times.
Brooklyn girls have Indignantly
discussed the accusations. Not since
Nine. webster-PoweIl dressed her cook
in an imported gown and let her re-
ceive with her at a party-not even
her appearance in a divided skirt she
wears on rainy days-has stirred
Brooklyn as have her recent utter
ances. In her home. No. 915 President
street, she stood pat on her remarks.
81 hope have made the girls think"
she said. II hope they will think
hard Our girls are far too extrav-
agant. They wear silk stockings
whether they can afford them or not.
One blocks walk in those ridiculous
high-heeled pumps puts the big toe
through the stockings and brings
hole above the slipper at the heel. The
girls also wear white kid gloves. One
wearing of them ruins them.
ANY woman who accepts theater
tickets, supper, flowers, gloves, books
or candy from a man who is not re-
lated to her ought to be ashamed OF
. herself" she added. THE girls should
give the men a chance to save money.
Modern practices are making homes
disappear In New York" she said.
"Our young women look like rights
with their dressed bodies and their
plastered faces" Nine. Webster
Powell asserted when she talked about
dress Their thoughts are as vaude-
vile as the shows they attend. Young
men cannot marry They can't save
money for they are taxed to the limit
by the demands on them for the en-
tertainment OF their girl friends. Dis
honest methods are often the sources
of theater tickets, suppers and taxi
cabs. He is a fortunate young man,
nowadays, who earns a salary of S25
week." she added.
'Ts It any wonder that our young
men are afraid to marry when they
know the extravagances of their girl
friends?" Nine. Webster-Powell asked.
I'm Germany a girl is far better for
having no outdoor evening diversions,
and for entertaining her friends at
home. Her nature remains fine, SYM
pathetic, loyal and helpful The pres
ent system of lavish expenditure in this
country has become a national null
sance. Paying their own way is the
best remedy. She either should do that
or remain at home and entertain
simply and sincerely" she said.
LET the engagement ring be the
first present a girl receives from
man." she added, land the ring should
be paid for when it Is given to the
young woman"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-07
SOMEWHAT OF A SWINE

J. NJ. HARRISON killed, dressed and
shipped last Tuesday the largest hog
ever raised in Summerfield. The hog
weighed 3S1 pounds.-Summerfiel
Chronicle.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-12-07

Once peace Is declared in Europe,
you may look out for Mexico to start
another row.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14

Frank H. Hitchcock. the postmaster
general of the United States, takes the
deepest interest in even the smallest
details OF the postal service. One eve
ming he was at the Union station in
Washington, when he decided to go
into one of the railway mail-serV1ce
cars to see how the mail matter was
being handled. Being a tall man and
very athletic, he easily swung himself
from the platform into the car, but he
did not find it an easy matter to stay
put. A burly postal clerk grabbed
him by the shoulders, propelled MIN
toward the side door, and practi-
caIly elected him to the platform be-
low.
What do you mean by that?'' ask
ed Hitchcock Indignantly.
81 mean to keep you out of this
car" replied the clerk roughly. That
fellow Hitchcock has given us strict
orders to keep all strangers out Of
these cars. Popular Magazine.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
BETRAYED.

Two men were discussing European
trips One was frank enough to say
that he had never been abroad, but
the other spoke, of certain aspects OF
travel with the assumed Hghtness of
experience Still, there was a false
note in his speech-for one thing, his
French sounding as child would pro
nounce it with strictly English meth
DDS
Said the stay-at-home suddenly:
"In bet you can't name single no
tel in Paris
Soft returned the bogus traveller.
What about the Hotel dez Invally.
dees?"
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
NO SLEEPING-BAG FOR THEM
the Open Air, and So Had a
Comfortable Night.

Sir Henry Lucy tells in the Corn
hill Magazine a good story that he
had from Nansen, the explorer. II
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
Of the Laplanders.
Part of Nansen's equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted or two
sleeping bags made of undressed
skins. On the first night of the jour
ney Nansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one Of the bags,
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks, and so slept in the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring to rest, Nansen saw
the three LapIanders he Lad engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping-bag. When he
awoke in the morning, almost numb
with cold, he observed that the bag
IN which he had tied up the Lapland-
ers was empty, and that they were no
where in sight He was afraid they
had de- ~ him, and scrambling
out of the bag he went in search of
them. He found the three men fast
asleep behind a hillock of snow that
they had scraped together as pro-
lection against the wind.
'Ah, master" they said, when ask
ed to explain this extraordinary con-
duct. I'VE couldn't sleep in that thing.
It was too hot, so we got out and
have had a comfortable night here"
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Quite the Thinq.

81 told you that.if you came tomor-
row morning l would give you the
money for my wash. Why did you
come tonight" said Miss Philis to the
daughter of her laundress.
'1 know you said tomorrow morn
in" responded the girl, "but me moth
er she told me to come tonight, cause
she was afraid you might be gene
away by tomorrow mornin'."
81 certainly should not go without
paying my laundry BILL" said Miss
Philis sharply. mo respectable wom
an would do such a thing"
"Oh, yes, ma a'am, they would" re-
piled the child knowingly. There's
lots OF respectable ladies does
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Paid Minister in Tinfoil.

The meanest man in the world has
been found He is the man who gave
the Rev. Thilo Gore, pastor of the
German Lutheran church, an envelope
filed with tinfoil for marrying him.
The bride and groom rang DR.
Cores doorbell late one night ant
asked him to marry them. AS they
had a license, he did so. After the
ceremony was performed the man
handed the minister an envelope
which was supposed to contain the
fee. He found 1t contained nothing
but several pieces of tinfoiI Chicago
Tribune.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14

me about it, but it was mighty serious
at the time, and this little episode re-
minds me of it,"
Word of honor" said William
Wells. 60 ahead, Tom"
The other struck fresh match for
his pipe and cast the burned end into
a pail of half dry paint.
Wed just got back from blissful
three weeks honeymoon in the noun
tains," he began, sending out clouds
ef smoke and leaning back against the
ladder. Previous to my marriage l
had rented a little apartment some
thing like this one in the West Fifties.
You used to know this town pretty
well, Billy; l guess you remember that
section, where every house looks just
like its neighbor and every street for
blocks is exactly the same. Well, the
place was decorated for us and our
new furniture was moved in and we
were both thoroughly pleased. We
speculated how happy and cosy we
were going to be, and all the way
home in the train we talked about 1t
and indulged in housekeeping rhap-
sodies
when we reached our apartment
house the janitor met me at the door
with telegram in his hand. 1t was
from the Office, asking me to come
down Immediately l returned in order
to explain something that had cropped
up during my absence-a matter of
which | alone was cognlzant. 1t
wouldn't take more than a couple of
minutes to straighten out affairs, and
perhaps an hours absence in all.
didn't like it. but there was nothing
else to do; so, after escorting Mrs.
Bryant to the door and opening it for
her. and glancing to make sure that
all the furniture was there, / kissed
her and took the car down town.
The matter proved more important
than I had anticipated | called up
my wife, explained the matter, and re-
NAMED at the office until late in the
evening, unraveling the tangle. 1t was
half past nine before / got home. |
walked straight in, went up the three
flights of stairs and unlocked the
apartment door.
1T was absolutely bare, Billy, as
bare as this one The smell of fresh
paint was about the only thing there
was In it. Not stick OF furniture,
not rug, not cup or saucer or
dish rag in the kitchen. And Eleanor
was gone.
Well, sir, nearly went crazy Of
course you can guess what had hap
pened.- But the solution did not oc-
cur to me at all There was the apart
ment, arranged Just as before, with
the kitchen leading out of the dining
room, and the bathroom with it's
three-quarter length tub. and the gas
bracket over the medicine chest. and
nv key which fitted the lock. | didn't
know where to turn. Eleanor's folks
lived at Syracuse. and even if she had
got angry at my delay and gone home,
she couldn't have taken the furniture
with her And the ianitor was out
somewhere and ! couldn't find soul
in the basement to ask about her.
We'll, / spent that night pacing
through the apartment, and by morning
I Hes as nearly crazy as man could
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Fashion Note.

Lady Duff Gordon, at a tea at the
Ritz-Carlton, praised the pannier
skirt
Everybody likes it, it is so grace
full" she said, smiling. Everybody
likes it except crusty old fellows"
She turned to a crusty old fellow
upon Louis Seize chair beside her
and continued:
Il know woman whose husband
growled at her when she tried on a
new pannier gown for him:
az don't see why you wear those
ridiculous big panniers.. You haven't
got the hips to fill them
"The woman blushed and bit her lip.
Then she said quietly:
But do you fill your silk hat,
Georoge?'"
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
IS RELIC OF PAGAN TIMES
In Brittany There Exists Huge Black
Stone Image of a Woman That
lS Very Old.

One of the most curious relics OF
paganism remaining in a Christian
country is the gigantic black stone
figure of a woman which is to be seen
in a forest of the district of Morbi-
han in Brittany.
1t is known as the BLACK Venus,
but probably dates far back of the
time when the Greeks and Romans
worshiped that goddess. Antiquaries
assert that this figure belongs to the
age of the serpent worshipers, one OF
whose subterranean temples is in the
neighborhood This would make the
figure far older than the Christian era.
The statue is that OF a huge, un.
couth woman, with a sullen, angry
countenance, her form enveloped in
loose mantle. The superstitious
Bretons have always worshiped the
figure. asserting that it has power
over the weather and the crops. If
the idol is neglected they declare that
the grain dies on the ear, and If the
anger of the 'black woman over Nor,
bihan.
Twice the stone was cast into the
sea by pious folk, who hoped thereby
to put an end to this idolatry, and
twice the peasants dragged it back and
set it up in it's old place.
Some two hundred years ago Count
Pierre de Lannon, on whose estate the
figure stood, in order to save, the
statue from both friends and enemies,
dragged it by forty yoke of oxelr to
his own chateau and set it up in the
courtyard He cut an inscription on
the base of the pedestal, declaring the
figure to be a Venus carved by Cae
sars soldiers.-Harper's Weekly.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Newspapers and Literature.

All this over emphasis Of the un-
meaning surface is due to a confusion
of newspaper and literary standards,
ends, aims. The word literary has come
to suggest an absence of red-blood;
spinners and knitters in the sun; the
35 cent magazine crowd; this is non
sensical. of course. In it's elemental
meaning literature is at least as stern
a ~jab as journalism, albeit the inten-
ton and function of the latter is mere
ly to present things that happen, of
the former to yolatilize such material
into lowering and potent meanings. to
strike the rock and raise a spirit that
is life
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Built Her Own Home.

Miss Francis Lyon of Westwood has
the distinction of being the only
woman in New England who lives in
a house literally built with her own
hands Miss Lyons belongs to a a-club
whose members are practicing the doc
trine Of going back to the farm. The
club is limited to 40 members and
owns property to the amount of 1000
and about 70 acres of farming land not
far from Westwood Each member
holds deed to one acre and the bal
ance of the land is held in common to
be rented to any member who wishes
to try farming on a larger scale
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
A ROLE REPEATED
Let His Friend Down Easy When
He Saw the Joke.
BY FRANK FlLSoN.

"Confound those storage people,
muttered Tom Bryant, as he unlocked
the door of his apartment and ushered
his friend Wells into-an empty room.
He stared round him We'll, of all the
GALL" he exclaimed Here's that con-
founded landlord of mine decorated
the walls in saffron when l went over
the matter with him dozen times
and he swore by all the gods to do
them in red And the storage men
were on their honor to have my fur
niture in today. l tell you, Billy, 1t
makes a fellow tired"
They entered and sat down upon a
board which the painters had left
stretched out between two step-lad-
ders. Tom lit his pipe and began
putting savagely.
The men were old acquaintances
whom fate had driven apart for many
years. Recently Tom Bryant had been
spending his vacation with Wells In
the Adirondacks, and the latter had
accompanied him back to his home, to
be his guest for a few days. Mrs.
Bryant, who had been visiting his
mother, was expected on the following
morning.
I'm going round to the storage
men the first thing in the morning.
said Tom. "and I'm going to tell them
some of the things l won't do to them
If they don't have my goods here be-
fore Il o'clock" He paused and be-
gan wrIkling his brow. Billy he
said, If you'll give me your word of
honor never to breathe a word of it
I'll tell you of an extraordinary thing
that happened to me when l got back
from my honeymoon four years ago.
Mrs. Bryant has never ceased teasing
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14

| be- Somehow or other, though, ] mad
sense enough to call up the Office to
say couldn't get down, and when
got the answer found could get
down after ALL In fact | got down In
| record time. Eleanor had been tele-
| phoning all the evening before until
| they closed up at eleven 1--WE were do
| ing a rush business them, and that
morning she had camped on the door
step about six and waited till the day
| watchman came on duty, and then she
had fit Of hysteria in his arms. And
the police had been notified and were
searching the hospitals and looking in
all the dark corners to see If / was
lying there sandbagged. When l got
down aud Eleanor tainted in my arms
and then came to and had another
hysterical attack in tle middle Of the
office f1oor-well, it was no joke, |
tell you. And all because | had mis-
taken the street and walked into the
corresponding house on the same
block in the street above it. | tell
you, Billy, my sticks and rugs looked
pretty good to me when | got back
with Mrs. Bryant about nine o'clock.
But for the Lords sake don't men
ton a word about it to her when you
meet. You'll be surprised how she
has changed from the time when you
knew her four years ago. Do you re-
member telling her she looked as
though she would never grow up, that
day you said goodbye to US at the
station? She has, though, and into
fine woman. You see, we've had some
pretty heavy responsibilities, old man.
during these few years, what with our
business nearly going out in the panic
and then shooting up like rocket
When we had to get out of Fifty
seventh street we took regular tene.
ment place up in the Bronx. But knew
things would get better again, and it
wasn't long before we were able to
get back into our old quarters again.
But we'd always coveted this apart
ment house-come to the window!
That's where we used to live-number
465, across the street. And when
we took this place last month we felt
that we had begun to stretch our
selves at last"
Where did you say you used to
live?" asked William Wells
Number 465-across the street,
Billy" said the other yawning.
Fifty seventh street?'
"Sure This is Fifty street.
Why?"
90, nothing answered his friend.
only they must have marked 1t
wrong on the corner lamps, because
they call it Fifty-eighth. Tom, you
laundering fool, you're in the wrong
house again."
Copyright, 1912. by w. G. Chapmano
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
House Plans Important.

The care in the home and all other
forms of household work are greatly
facilitated by right planning and the
use of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing of the
home An adequate and convenient
water supply and other conveniences
are essential, not only for comfort
and for saving labor, but also from
the standpoint of home hygiene.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Women as Plumbers.

: From note which appears in the
columns of the Ironmoager it would
appear that no fewer than $50 young
women in New York are about to go
to school to learn plumbing, car
pentering and so forth. They seem to
be thoroughly in earnest The promo
ters of the school obtained $4,000 and
the services of six teachers with
scarcely any effort.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Probably Prize Crouch.

A grouchy butcher, who had watch
ed the price of porterhouse steak
climb the ladder of fame, was deep
in the throes of an unusually bad
crouch when a Would-be customer
years old. approached him and handed
him penny.
please, mister, l want a cents
worth of sausage"
Turning on the youngster with a
growl, he let forth this burst of good
salesmanship:
Go smell O. the hook. Or
leans Daily States.
The sea coast echo., 1912-12-14
Hard 70 See Under Water.

There is no scientific instrument of
the scope" character which enables
one to see down to so or 60 feet under
water When the sun shines vertical
ly over water, box or bucket with a
glass bottom is often used to look
into the water. A cloth covering to
exclude light from the box or bucket
is sometimes employed. But without
electric or some other light in the wa
ter these devices are not very salts
factory.