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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
HIS BOLD BLUFF WON.

How a Clover Beat Worked Ono Of
New York's Exclusive Clubs.
1t is about as hard for a stranger to
get beyond the portals of an exclusive
New York club as it is for the pro-
verbal camel to get through the nee
dies eye. But New York clubdom is
laughing over how one clever person
put it over one Of the city's best
clubs recently.
A well dressed man drove up in
taIicab and strobe into the club. The
doorman opened the way for him. and
he walked up to the desk.
Send a boy out for my bags, will
your he began, and the clerk rang
the bell for one Of the club boys.
"a good room, please. II there are
any left tonight" said the newcomer,
with a bath"
Yes, sir; we have 21s, a very good
room, sir"
Good. I had that room here q cou-
pie Of years ago"
The bags were brought In, the boy
showed the way TO the elevator and
bOOh inc man was oCAN4GO
IN his room. Downstairs he came in a
few minutes and strolled out to the
| grill room. There he had a couple
Of drinks, smoked a cigar and took
| away a box OF the club cigarettes. He
signed a "chit'-in other words, a club
| check-for what he had bought and
walked out. An hour later he came
! 10 ~ Int ha Int
where he ordered the best the club
/ had, prefacing his meal with a couple
Of cocktails. Again he signed "chit.
Taxi, please" he demanded when
be came back TO the Office after taking
a couple of Havanas from the case,
signing as usual.
1t is the custom in all smart clubs
TO provide cabs for members, they
signing checks for them and settling
at the end Of the month when their
bill comes IN. The man drove off
went to the theater with a lady he
called for, kept the cab the entire
evening. took her home and then re
turned 10 the club for a niShtcap and
a cigar. Then he went upstairs to bed
Next morning he was down bright and
early.
Send a boy up for my bags" he
said, land get me a taxi. I've got tc
catch the 900 train
He had n hearty breakfast, took {
pocketful Of cigars, lighted one at the
desk. a porter carried his baggage u
the cab and away he went.
When the clerks came 10 enter the
checks I'm the ledger 1t was found tina
this man was not a member of tn,
club and was not even a guest Of {
member. His name was not on thu
list
There was a bit Of jolt in the clul
Office on bill day.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
TUNIS DIVORCE COURT.
An Oriental Scene That Smacks of
"The Arabian Nights"

An Oriental Scene That Smacks Of
1.-THE Arabian Nights"
The next time you happen to be in
Tunis don't fail TO pay a visit TO the
divorce court. 1t is the most Haroun-
al-Raschidic institution this side of
Samarkand. J. great hall of justice,
vaulted and hoored with marble and
suewn with eastern carpets. forms the
setting. while husbands in turbans and
lawyers in tarbooshes. white yelled
women and green robed. gray bearded
judges complete a scene which might
have been taken straight from The
Arabian Nights"
The women. closely yelled and hood
ed and herded like so many cattle
within an iron grill. take no part in
the proceedings which so intimately
affect their futures, their interests be-
ing left in the hands Of a vOluble and
gesticulative avocat. In each of the
four sides OF the great hall is en- al
cove, and in each alcove, seated cross
legged on 4 many cushioned diyan, is
a green robed, gold turbaned cadi. To
him the husband states his case. the
wife. through her avocat. putting in
ner defense-if she has any.
The Judge considers the facts in 81
lence. gravely stroking his long gray
beard the while. and then delivers his
decision-in nine cases out Of ten. 50
! was told. in favor Of the husband.
Should either party be dissatisfied with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
AW5MANyO OBSERVATIONS


need the exhilaration of seeing
strangers and It makes them bigger
minded to see how people live in other
cities and in parts of the country
where customs are different from
those in the place where one habit
ually lives.
A two weeks trip away from ia
:niliar things is the best kind of a
tonic, no matter how tired one may
be upon the return, and it's usually
worth the money that's been spent
worth the more as time mellows the
memories.
One Of the kindest and most far
reaching philanthropies in the world
would be fund established to pro-
vide vacation trips for stay-at-homes
those who never find time or means
to get away from the routine of ev-
eryday, and who can never know the
Joy of preparation for a journey, or
the supreme Joy of getting back and
greeting all the more-than-ever-lov-
ed folks and familiar places.
One grows narrow. intolerant,
Queer, if one lives in the same little
corner all ones life.
People with peculiarities are those
who never mix with their fellows and
who dc not understand that it is a
part Of every ones duty to consider
other peoples convenience as we'll
as their own.
OF course, there are people whose
work keeps them too much on the
jump, and whose greatest JOY is
horne ard quiet because they have SC
/ little of either.
| The vacation time, to be a real rest
and happiness, should be spent as
the heart desires, and when a man
| prefers to spend his annual rest time
/ in hammock on the porch and to
fill his stomach with "home grub,
or take his recreation with the kid
dies in the city parks, it would be
cruelty to send him hustling on 6
trip"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
SIZE COUNTS.

One of the most famous and talent
d artists born in Holland. a land OF
great painters, has died at a German
health resort and all the world Is told
hat he was English. II f. true as far
Is long residence In London and citi-
zenship in Great Britain could wipe
out the claim OF nativity, and Alma
Tadema will so into history as Brit.
lsh rather than Dutch.
In like manner. Maurice Maetsr.
inok. a Fleming by birth and blood.
mas lived I'm France so long and writ.
Ten 80 uniformly in French that when
his brilliant career ends he ia likely
20 so into history as French rather
than Belgian And so the noted Dutch
author known as Maarten Martens.
though he chose 10 live In Holland
early decided 20 write in English for
the sake OF a wider audience.
Americans are never hampered in
any such way when they seek the
great honors and gains OF life. How.
ever high their genius. Il can fnd
ample room for expression in their
own country. However great theiI
powers they cannot lack room fer &c
ton IN the United States. Il means
much % big men 10 be citizens Of q
big country. Incidentally. II IL moi
bad for small men, either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
CAPITAL COMMENT

The republican party has known for
the last decade that prices in the
United States for food, shelter and
clothing were going up, higher and
higher, all the time The party also
has known that practically all the food
and clothing, as we'll as all other neces-
saries Of life" have been and are today
controlled by monopolies which exist
solely because of the high tariff wall.
REPUBLICANS PROTEST..
That this condition of affairs is an
exact fact" is eloquently attested by
the attitude of thousands of republi-
cans, including some of their ablest
leaders in congress, who have cried
out TO heaven against the excessively
high tariff rates. They have shouted
from the house tops, even louder than
the democrats, that it was never their
belief that protective tariff should be
any higher than necessary to protect
! They have denoun ced the present tar
/ if rates as being high enough, not
only to protect. but to enable the
:
| they pleased out of the consumer.
MOTIONLEss Is YEARS.
The beef trust has been accused Of
making contracts with Argentine
ranchers against shipping cattle or
meat to this country but whether that
charge is true or not, it is an exact
fact that the American tariff laws
work the same effect by imposing high
taxes on the importation of cattle and
meat If this is not case of "un-
duly and artifcially" increasing the
cost of food to the American people,
what is?
For lG years the republican party
has remained motionless while famine
prices, under an artificial scarcity,
continue TO be exacted from the peo-
pie. The exact facts" were known.
long ago. The trouble has been that
there was no inclination to act upon
them, because the tariff trusts have
been putting up enormous campaign
contributions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
MORE CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.

New York World: OF the 27.651.-
600 American children OF school age,
defined for census purposes as be
tween the ages of and 20. Il ,3O9. 900,
or 62.3 per cent, were found by the
enumerators at school This is an
admirable enough showing Of the
workings Of the system of public ed
ucation.
But the specially satisfactory thing
is the marked increase Of elementary
school attendance in ten years, dis.
closed by the bulletin of the census
bureau. OF the 1G,SS2.374 children
between 6 and II in 1910. 13,7O6.9SO
or Sl.4 per cent. were at school, and
Of those between 10 and a, $50 per
cent, as against 1913 per cent in 1900
These are the years that count for
most in education. That the proper
ton Of children who are getting the
essentials Of n common school edu
cation is materially increasing, in the
face OF industrial pressure and against
the handicap of n higher cost OF nv
ing. is a gratifying fact
The elementary schools are the rea
child welfare bureaus. and 10 have
them full of children is the best guar
antee Of the character Of the comins
generation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

Of his liberty except temporarily,
without trial by a Jury OF his peers.
A judge is only human being, and Is
as liable to err, or to be swayed by
his prejudices as any other person.
And especially can the justice Of such
procedure be questioned when a vio-
lation OF an injunction does not occur
in the presence OF the court and when
obedience might be secured or pun
ishment might be melted out in some
other way. Depriving a citizen Of his
liberty for six months or q year or
even for less time, is a serious mat
ter. The constitution Of the United
States and of the several states de-
clare that no citizen shall be depriv-
ed of his liberty without due process
Of law and without trial by jury. The
courts are empowered by law to en-
force their edicts and they do so
through fine or Imprisonment for con-
tempt which means disobedience to
an edict. But so frequently has this
one-man rule been condemned by pop
ular opinion that some method Of en-
forcing orders Of courts other than
imprisonment seems desirable. The
misuse Of iniunctions has been one OF
the things that has created a very
strong popular demand for the appn.
cation of the recall to the judiciary.
! This sentiment will grow into a de.
mand that cannot be resisted ii
judges do not use their power to pun
ish by Imprisonment less frequently
and with greater discretion. The fed
eral judges resort to the exercise OF
| inficting Imprisonment for contempt
Of court more frequently than state
courts; and this is due to their life
tenure of Office; and to the fact that
they are appointed instead of elected
The people must rule, even II punish
ment OF contempt Of court by impris
Onment by the ipse dixit of judge
/ has TO 60.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Dressed According TO Law.

The grocer's assistant in London used
TO be as carefully looked after as his
employer. precise regulations being
laid down respecting the way he should
dress. His coat had TO be made close
and comedy" and as well as the breech-
es was TO consist only Of cloth, kerr
sey, sackcloth, canvasse, English leath-
er or English stuffe costing not more
than IS. Cd the yard" His stockings
were 10 be OF wooden yarns or kersey,
he was not TO wear Spanish shoes
with pOlonia heels" and his hair was
TO be cut short He was forbidden 10
wear any girdle. point carriers or shoe
strings Of any kind Of silk or ribbon
or any rose or such like goods upon his
shoes A breach Of these regulations
rendered him liable to eighteen hours
Imprisonment in the Guildhan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

- NJ Sh Is -
Going away for your vacation this
year?
Have you been planning and saw
ing to that end, for 10, these many
weeks?
Well, 1 hope you'll have the best
sort Of a rest, whatever you do.
A good time and a good rest are
different things for different people.
Some folks say they can't see how
anybody can have a good time or a
real rest rushing around the coun-
try, trying to squeeze a two months
trip into two weeks.
But sometimes that sort of vaca-
ton Is the very thing to wake up a
girl or a man-especially one who
has been grubbing along in routine
work, leading a daily life of such
regularity that there never seems to
be anything new in the world.
Such people absolutely need the
kind of rest" that comes from a
hustling two weeks trip. They need
the exercise, mental and physical, OF
making trains at odd hours, of plan
ming to make connections, of spend,
ing perhaps, half a sleepless night in
hotel and a day racing around a
strange town. between boats. They
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
The Argus Daily Story
Two Waifs-By F. A. Mitchell.
Copyrighted. 1871 by Assov-ared Literary Bureau

"Yous got mudderY'
mo"
"Fadder?"
mo"
81 haven't neiuri
This Dialogue took place between two
little street waits. both selling uewspa-
pers, the names of which they shouted.
the boy IN stentorian voice that could
not have been expected to be contained
In so small body. He was about
twelve and the other. a girl. nine. Both
bad been started out from their mar
row abodes as soon as they were old
enough to do anything to help their re-
spective families as news agents: both
lost their protectors and pursued the
only method OF keeping body and soul
together they had learned.
What you's manner" asked the boy.
Bet
"Hain't you's got anudder namer
Dunno"
Didn't you's fadder have anudder
Manner
"Hesrn 'em calm him Sims What's
you's name:"
I'm Jack-Jack Wright--l reckon.
That's what they called me ladder"
Jack and Bet met frequently on the
same corner and when trade was dull
would talk over their affairs. Neither
had a home. Sometimes Jack would
sleep on a bench in a park and occa.
sionally when the night was chilly
would steal into some stable and noun,
to the hay loft. where be would luxuri
ate In the soft. warm bed OF hay. Be
ing a provident child. he expended
nothing for lodging in summer. know
ing that he must save his money in
order to sleep in the newsboys' home
in winter. AS for Bet, washerwoman
who had room in a tenement house
where she lived with three children
gave the child a lodging on some bed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Hurnor and
Philosophy
~ DUNCAN ~. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

TO keep smiling is a good idea. Still
there's a time when 1t is both good
taste and good sense to shut 1t OF.
1t Is queer that there is such a lack
of confidence in the breasts of the gen
eral public in campaign years, when
there is such a large daily output of
the article at campaign headquarters
The trouble is that there are so
many generous minded and industri-
GUS people going about striving to save
persons and institutions that don't
want to be saved.
A beautiful vegetable garden is an
inspiring sight, but it takes more than
good wishes and admiration to plant
one and coax it to grow.
When Eve went into the business of
consuming apples the trouble about
fruit for breakfast had its inception.
The liar is the fellow who is a cow
ard and tries to conceal it
Ever notice how freely and confident
" men offer business advice to a wo-
man and act as If it were the best
guaranteed brand?
There's one created thing that spin
ster can't see good in-that's a bache-
| lor.
Some men marry because they don't
like the cook at their boarding house.
It is to be deplored that the straw
hat season and straw hat weather
have so much difficulty in coinciding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29


ding in a corner, which Bet paid for
by minding her little ones while the
mother delivered the laundry.
One morning when the two waits
met on the street corner where they
sold papers Bet told Jack that she had
lost her home. The woman with
whom she had lodged had died and
the children had been taken away.
Bet didn't know what to do for
place to sleep. Jack said he had made
friends with a colored coachman. who
let him sleep 10 a hayloft. Some
times he would steal down to the
coach room aud luxuriate on the cush'
ions. He offered to see what he could
do to extend the accommodations to
Bet. Bet said she thought that would
be fine.
That evening Jack took his little
pal to the stable and asked Ben. the
coachman, II she might sleep there.
Ben. who was an elderly man with a
very kind heart. was inclined to grant
the request.
Air you children old enough to
know what marryin' meansF'
Yes" replied Jack. That means
keepin' house togedder."
Ben shook his head He brought
his brain to bear on the subject. with
the following result:
"Yo' haint nothin' but chillen nos
how, but anyway / hain't gwine to
let yo' in here without yo' get mar
ried."
How we do thatT asked Jack.
II reckon 1 Kin marry 20. I'm a
! pa son. / war pa'sOn Oh de old coio'ed
church in Richmond"
( This meant nothing to the children
except that Ben could marry them.
"Yo' want to marry de little galT'
/ Ben asked of Jack.
! II don't keer."
"Yo' want to marry JackY' Ben ask
/ ed of Bet.
KIN | sleep in the carriage eff dor
Reckon I'll let yo'
Then I'll marry JACK. shure."
So Ben stood the pair up before hin
and married them according To The
ritual of his Old church. and after the
! ceremony he said to them:
Now. don yo' chiIhD say nothin
bout dis to anybody / done it he
cauSe / want to let 90 sleep in d.
stable. and ! don't zactly like to DC
dat without 20 married"
Bens tender conscience being salts
fed. the children slept IN the stable
Sen preferrin2 the nayloft. Bet wiiC
With delight al street. hing her little
body on the back seat OF a victoria
Neither considered the ceremony thai
had united them OF any Importance ex
cept 10 gain Ben's permission for Be
TO sleep N the stable.
After their marriage they were to
gether even more than before. Jacl
seemed to feel that III. word MARI!
meant that it placed her under his pro
lection and ha was in duty bound Z
look after heE. He fought the news
boys who tried to take neT customer
away from her and take possession 0
a stanI that she claimed as her own
So at last she enjoyed immunity from
encroachment. especially when Jacl
was about. since he was called by In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Lucky.

Wood Norton. the famous English
estate. has been the home OF foreign
royalties for over half a century. Aft
er he lost the crown Of France Louis
Philippe lived there. and there Is a fun
ny story told Of his meeting with an
old publican after his return. The man
stood by the roadside and bowed to the
ex-king.
"who are you. my manT' he asked
II seem to know your face. Were you
here when I lived here beforeT'
Please. your royal hiShness. / kept
the Crown"
did you. indeed exclaimed the ex-
king. That's more than i could dor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
The Model,


The man who never made q slip
As men will sometimes do:
Who never by the wayside strayed.
Is too good to be true.
Who never swerved a half an inch
Out toward temptations flame
Is never meant for this cold world
And should be in a frame
The man who tells his wife the truth.
No matter where 1t hits,
When he comes strolling in at night
AS up for him she sits;
Who hasn't done a single thing
But what he can as we'll
Without a stammer or a blush
The full, large details tell.
The man who has himself in hand
So well he cannot stray.
Although temptation comes along
And points him out the way;
Who doesn't even turn to look
AS folly passes by
And never thinks OF sucRa thing
AS winking on the sly.
They are not made, and II they were
The mold is broke, fear.
For all who claim themselves as such
Are slightly out of gear.
We do not have the model man,
No matter what they say,
And II we had him l am sure
Wed lose him right away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

4 travelling theatrical company was
starting to parade in a small New
England town when big gander from
A farmyard near at hand waddled TO
the middle of the street and began TO
hiss.
One of the dOuble-in-brass actors
turned toward the fowl and angrily
exclaimed:
Don't be so quick to jump at con-
illusions. Wait till you see the show.
--Lippincott'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Didn't Like the Reference.

Tramp-You know the sayin', mum,
He that giveth to the poor lendeth TO
the Lord" Mrs. Subbubs-Very true.
And since you speak in proverbs I'll
refer you to another old saw. Tramp
Which one is dat, mum? Mrs. s.
The one back in the woodshed.-Boston
Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

cago they In cor
porated this tariff
plank:
when the exact
facts are known,
the republican par
ty will take the
necessary steps to
remove any abuses
that may be found
TO exist, in order
that the cost of
food, clothing and
suSlISI may III no
way be unduly or
artifi c a lily in.
creased"
In the latest re
ports from the
l n 1t e d States
consul at BuenOS
Aires, there is the
S t a I Z IN ent that
" Argentina is look.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

the finding he or she can take an APP
peal by the simple process of walking
across the hall and laying their case
before one of the other judges, whose
decision is final.
A case. even if appealed, is general
ly disposed of well under an hour and
at a total cost Of $i.20-MetropOlitan
Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

most remarkable vo!cano in the world.
In addition TO a continuous emission Of
dense white smoke or steam, circular
rings apparently several hundred feet
in diameter and Of wonderful sym
metry and wilderness emerge in puffs
at short intervals from the very top Of
the mountain. 1t causes one to think
Of the possibility Of old Pluto of Pan
dalon smoking cigarette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
What He Meant.

Baker-I was ont In BlakesIey's mo-
tor last week. He has everything in
II. even a pedometer Barker-You
mean a speedometer. old man. 4
pedometer is an instrument for meas
uring how far you walk. Baker-An
right III stick to pedometer.-Har-
-ar's Baza-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Suspicious.
%s 90 Hs~-

Suspicious.
Ibid your husband object to your
working in the suffrage cause?'
''No; he was delighted"
Then why did you give it up?"
Because | discovered he thought I
would not have so much time to keep
tab on his poker games"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Some Complicated.

some OomPTIcated.
"Do you know Mrs. jenkins"
Mrs. John JenkinSr
"Yes"
We'll. that depends upon circum-
stances"
what circumstances
''She knows me when she sees me
on the street with my swell friends,
and | know her when she is not riding
in Mrs. Clymer's motorcar. and we
know each other when we meet at the
back fence in our kimonos."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
a Limit Ell

How do you ike the rooms In your
new fiat:" asked Bill Brown
Pretty fair" answered Jim Jones.
What do you mean by pretty fair:"
We'll, they're a little tight across
the shoulders, but otherwise seem to be
q good fit"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

a New Yorker asks for a divorce
on the ground that he didn't know
what was going on when he was mar
ried But he was warned that It
would 10 TO his head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29

Many OF the English suffragists
have nearly starved themselves TO
death IN prison. This sort OF fanati-
clam may be easy to laugh at for a
while at long range. but it is a mighty
serious thing to deal with, none the
less.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-29
Halter Broke

81 never expected to see IL
"WhatT'
Daniels spirit broken"
els il brokenT'
Saw him in a department store to
day matching samples for his wife"