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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
AW0MANyO OBSERVATIONS
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ward to the evening meal in our
home" said a busy man of affairs.
1T seems the point to which the
whole day converges. It's always a
good dinner, well served. If my wife
economies anywhere, none OIL US
know it l know we have what we
like and plenty of it. Sometimes l
have to miss the home dinner be-
cause of some affair that keeps me
away. But no matter how elaborate
a meal l get away from home, it
somehow hasn't got the same flavor.
miss the spirit of the home table,
and possibly the taste of the home
cooking"
I've given up trying to economic
on the table," confessed one young
married woman. 81 didn't waste q
thing, and made up all the leftovers
after the most approved recipes. At
first John stood for them beautifully.
But / noticed more and more he had
engagements downtown for dinner,
and somehow he didn't seem a bit
enthusiastic about my ideas Of saw
ing. So asked mother. And this is
what she said:
THE hearth may be the heart of
/ family, Jane, but the meals are
| the bones and sinew. If you want a
whole husband, give the brute what
he wants to eat
$50 now l have the eats up to
: standard" laughed the young house.
wife, and the result is that If l want
change from my own cooking, and
an occasional dinner downtown,
have to threaten to go on strike to
make John treat me-
There may be some men in this
world who don't care what they are
given to eat But they're not the
most comfortable sort of men to
have around, as a rule. And there
| are other men who say they don't
care what they eat, when they de
mand that their wives economic, and
point out instances where others de
clare they have economical. But it's
to be noticed that these masculine
economists usually expect the folks
at home to live on the prescribed
diet, while father gets his fill of good
things in the restaurants.
In short, it's a good idea to fght
shy of any man who expects the cool
to do all the saving It's a good rule
too, to sidestep the kind of woman
who dresses in "the latest" but who
has a starved look. Shed rather pu
on a good front" than give the kid
dies enough to eat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
A FINE FALL.

There has been nothing serious 10
complain OF this fall in the way nature
has dealt with the farmers and,
through them. with the country.
Enough rain has fallen TO keep the
pastures green and the wells and els
terms from running dry. Sunshine
and warmth have given the late crops
fair chance to reach full maturity.
Fruit has not been materially dam.
aged by frosts. Winter wheat has
had good start. Fall work OF all
Kinds has gone on with little interrup-
uen by unfavorable weather.
This good fortune is bringing a fat
year 10 a comfortable close. The
great basic industry OF agriculture is
finishing the season in q way which
leaves 1912 high up among the years
best known for big crops and favor.
able conditions. There lie no otaeI
factor In the general ststA Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
EXALTs THE CoNsrIrUrIoN.

One OF the best things that was
ever said about the constitution was
uttered by Woodrow Wilson way back
In 1854. In that year he remarked:
The constitution is not honored by
blind worship. The more open-eyed
we become, as a nation, TO it's de-
fects' and the prompter We grow n
applying with the unhesitating cour-
age Of conviction ali thoroughly-tested
or well-considered expedients neces.
sary TO make self government among
Us q straightforward thing Of simple
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Speaking OF the officials acts of Gov.
ernor Marshall. the democratic NOM
inee for vice-president. the Brooklyn
Eagle says: 1T is becoming more and
more evident TO the voters of the
United States that in Wilson and Mar
shall they have candidates equally fit
ted for the highest office in the land
That is an element well worth consid-
ering. in view OF the history OF the
United States"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Couldn't Compromise.

Couldn't Compromise.
'T noticed that Goodspeed didn't buy
that car he talked Of"
mo. There were difficulties"
"FinancialP'
Domestic
How was that?"
"Goodspeed favored a seven passen-
ger touring car. his wife wanted an
electric. his daughter a roadster, the
youngest boy motorboat and the ED
est an aeroplane."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Oct. % In American
History.

1S42-Anna f. Dickinson. eloquent re-
form lecturer and authoress, born
in Philadelphia.
Iso'j-The BarthOidi statue Of Liberty
In New York harbor was unveiled
with elaborate ceremonies. par:ici-
pated IL by President Cleveland
and delegation from France
which included Bartholdi. the de
signer.
1S93-Carter Il. Harrison. mayor of
Chicago. assassinated By Prender-
CAST, disappointed Office seeker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Both the Chicago Record Herald and
the Chicago Examiner OF yesterday
concede the election to congress OF
Clyde II. Tavenner in this district.
owing not only TO his popularity
among all classes. the working people
In particular, but also TO Judge
Searle's attempt TO play safe with both
the republican and progressive par
ties
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

President Taft gave out a cheerful
statement the other day in which he
calmly announces 10 an anNiously
waiting people that he expects TO win
Alas! They are deceiving him to the
last. II Is really cruel and inhuman
OF the estimable gentlemen who are
managing Mr. Taft's campaign TO lead
the president thus blindly to the
slaughter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

II is shocking TO note that even
that great social uplifter and friend
OF the masses, George w. Perkins, OF
steel trust fame. kept no account Of
the vast sums he gave to the third
party campaign committee. George
may have been converted but he has
not forgotten his early training.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Her Reasons,

$50 you want to interest yourself IN
politics.
We'll" replied the energetic woman.
Il kind O. thought maybe that If
could tend to the politics for the fam.
fly John would ind time TO stay home
and put up some shelves III the pan
try."-Wasbington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Good Reason.

Thousands will not vote at this elec-
ton"
"Undecidedr
mo; very much decided"
why not them"
They are women"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Calling Attention.

"She always apologies for her
meals"
And the better they are the more
she has to say on the subject"
What is her object?
MEN are so forgetful that they
might not compliment it"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

pecial business, not only to vote for
The democratic candidates for the
legislature, but to remind his friends
and neighbors to vote for them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Matter Of Luck.

Matter Of Luck.
"Some men are born lucky" said the
wayside philosopher.
who was you thinking OFF,
"Oh. several people that amt me.
For instance. there was old Bill Jones.
So blame lucky that If he should plant
cucumbers they would turn out water
melons"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

country which means more to the
American people. There is no sign
Of the times which is a more trust
worthy promise of great and continued
PROSPERITY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Anyway, this country owes a vote OF
thanks TO Felix Diaz He didn't start
his revolution at Juarez.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

In the war in the Balkans the great
powers are doubtless considering the
subject Of starting a third party move
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Now that he and his entire Staff
have been bagged, Nephew Diaz prob
ably wishes that he had a different
name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
Not Rushed.

why didn't Bill take a vacation
this season.
Says be gets all the vacation be CO
pay for between jobs"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

The old-time dollar went a great
deal. farther than the modern dollar.
II was also harder TO get.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28


tiers, but she couldn't tell why.
The republic has rocked on its foun-
dations so often that the corners are
beginning TO show the wear and tear.
Some persons tell disagreeable
truth because their CO. :iences impei
them to do so. Others do it to see
their victims squirm.
1t is a wise girl who holds her Job
after marriage until she finds out
whether her husband can pay rent
and provide pin money.
Did you ever notice how many men
there are who could command q big
salary If their health didn't suffer
from confinement?
You can't always tell what is inside
by the label on the outside.
Don't be a boaster. Boosting invites
competition.
There are few things more bitter
than a frosted politician.
II we had continuous vacations prob
ably work would be at premium
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

The new $4,000 bill is said to be
a work Of art. Going TO frame yours?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Australia bars Jack Johnson and
Chicago wants to put him behind the
bars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
That Didn't Stop Her.

There was : very pretty bird.
And In a tree IL sat
And really II looked better there
Than on a lsdy's nat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

The open season for Maine hunting
guides is now at hand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Are the sultan's soldiers in retreat
ing doing the turkey trot?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
STARTLING,

"See the fair haired IadyT
yes"
"She speaks six different languages"
Gracious. Think OF woman talk.
ing to you In six different languages
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
q r
Deadly.

Deadly.
81 think that
fello Is just
tai kin g to Kill
time"
"You do?'
Sounds like it,"
well. he'll be
successful If Time
Is foolish enough
to stop and listen
to him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
HuInor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

IF we could get the pay reading mag
azine articles that the author does
we wouldn't so much mind reading
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Last day of registration tomorrow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

A woman saves all her old love let
tiers. but she couldn't tell why.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Register tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

The republic has rocked on its foun'
dations so often that the corners are
beginning TO show the wear and tear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28
THE ARGUS.

BY THE ). W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-28

Il can't tell you how l look
The Washington times., 1912-01-15
COMPARES THE HARDSHIPS
OF RESPECTIVE VETERANS

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
In your edition of January ., 1872.
some Spanish Filipino war
hero" writes, under the caption Of
Coffee Cooler Saps Pension Appro-
priations." and says that the Spanish
and Philippine veterans are a thou
sand times more entitled to dollar
a day than most of the remaining civil
war veterans. He says, in substance,
that the real civil war veterans, those
who smelled powder and heard and felt
bullets. are nearly all dead. II he will
take the trouble to inquire into the rec
ords of some of these civil war vet
erans, he will find that many of them
Gncluding myself are very much alive.
and that If he had been with them in
some of the scraps in the civil war he
would have known that he had been in
a fight-with Americans, and not Span
iards or Philippine savages, who shoot
and run and run and shoot.
This Spanish war hero" furthermore
says, in substance, that the coffee
coolers" only put in a few days toward
the close of the civil war, and then
got soft Jobs afterward, and finally
landed in the soldiers homes. How
many Spanish-American heroes are
there in these homes today, and at an
age long before most of these coffee
coolers had thought of going into
them? How. many of these Spanish
American war heroes were there that
never got farther than Chickmauga
Park or Tampa, Fla?
EX-INION CC'FFEE COOLER.
The Washington times., 1912-01-15
What's on the Program in
Washinqton Todav

The. following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Potomac,
No. . tspeciaD,- NJ. NJ; Benjamin 3.
french, NO; 10; Anacostla, No. y;
%. Royal and Select Masters-Wash-
ington Council, No l. knights TeE.-
plar Commanderies-W washington, No
]. banquet in celebration OF eighty
seventh anniversary; Orient, No. g.
Eastern star-Ruth Chapter, No. l.
The following !. o. o. F. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-Union, No
Il; Covenant, No, 13; Beacon, No. 16
Excelsior, No: II, and Langdon. NO:
20. business. Rebekah Degree-Naomi
Lodge, No. l, business.
The following Knights OF Pythias lodges
will meet tonight: Equal, No. H.
knight rank: Amaranth, No. S, pub
lie installation; Century, No. 30, in
Exhibition Of pictures from the Depart,
ment OF the Interior, NORMAL Hall
franklin School building. today.
Presentation of Golors by Congressmas
Infantry, District National Guard
Center Market Armory, p m.
Minstrel show by the young women OF
the parish and Sunday school, st
Dominic's Church, 1880 p. m.
Informal entertainment and smoker by
the Pennsylvania Club, at the Ma
tional Republican Club, 1347 Pennsyl.
yama avenue northwest, p; m
Address Absent treatment: Its Facts
and Fiction" by DR.. Charles r. Win
bigler, director of the washington
Psycho-Therapeutic Society, Womep'E
Christian Temperance Union building
522 Sixth street northwest, p. m.
Lecture on How to Tell Children thu
Story of the Origin of Life" beforS
the mothers of the Thompson kinc~r
garten, Twelfth and L streets north
west, by DR.. Elnora c. Folkmar,
Concert by the United States Soldiers
Home band, Stanley Hall, $3.50 p. m
Concert by the United States Marin3
band, Marine Barracks, 2 p. m.
Meeting of the National Naval Militis
Association, the New Willard Hotel.
Meeting of West End Camp, Moderr
Woodmen of America, p. m.
Federal Aid Good Roads convention
the Raleigh Hotel.
Weekly meeting of the Monday Evening
Club, Y. NJ. C. A. building, 1886 c
street northwest, S p. m.
Annual meeting and election of the
Retail jewelers. Association of tho
District, Chamber of Commerce,
p. m.
Regular monthly meeting of the Ia
koma Park Citizens Association, IL
brary Fifth and Cedar streets, p. M
REGULAR monthly meeting of the Eas
Washington Hall, 314 Pennsylvania
Benefit performance for the Columbia
Women, National Theater, S:lh p. m;
Lecture on America Leading thu
rSOrld and Why" by Alonzo T. Jones
tIynns Hall, Eighth and X street,
northwest, SD, m.
The Washington times., 1912-01-15

men have to work. The Humane So
ciety published recently a notice to
the effect that all horses must be
blanketed during the prevailing weather
or they would come Under the humane
law. | do not wish 20 underValuc the
care we should take of our animals, but
II looks as If some OF us are "straining
at gnat and swallowing a camel for
we forget human beings need protec-
tion az well as animals. The lives of
the men employed in the car building
or repair shop of the Washingt, n
Terminal Company in this weather are
in jeopardy all the time, owing to their
working over and in icy ard snowy
pits. where they have to wheel cars.
which. in my Judgment, are from ten
to fifteen feet deep. l understand there
has been several accidents failing in
distance could not help but result in
injury-perhaps lifc-and most of these
men ere married and have large fami-
lies dependent upon them. l think it
IS inhuman, when the Washington
Terminal Company can well af-
ford shelter for. their men to work
under, yet compel them to stay out in
all weather, no matter what condition,
to get cars ready to go out on their
run. / d" not see why the welfare of
these men is not as important to the
company as those who work in the
roundhouse repairing locomotives. They
work III a closed building, and, as far
as l know. steam heated. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission requires
the railroad companies TO have safety
ard travelling public, but they haven't
done one thing to make t safer for the
men working in the car repair derart-
ment.
compel them to better these conditions ?
SURSCRIRIIR
The Washington times., 1912-01-15
MONDAY, JANUARY Is, 191;
WILEY-MCABE CONTROVERSY AGAIN

There are several things vastly more important
to the House Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of Agriculture than to make unanimous
report of its inquiry into the WileyMcCabe scandal.
Chief Of these is to make an accurate, fearless,
and complete presentation of the facts about the
anti-Wiley conspiracy.
1t is not enough that President Taft has made
some concessions to the public opinion that unan-
imously backed Wiley.
Beyond this it is necessary to know how, under
whose inspiration, in behalf of what interest," such
diabolical plot against great official and most
useful statute was allowed to grow and almost to
succeed.
That is what the country expects from the Moss
committee. 1t need not worry about formulating a
scheme Of constructive reforms That will come
from experienced and weighty committee If
it is found necessary.
1t looks as if Chairman Moss, in the desire to
play the statesman, had purchased gaudy but very
thinly coated gold brick
The Washington times., 1912-01-15
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
AND SPANISH-AMERICAN
To the Editor OF THE TINES:

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
These may not be the exact words Of
he says in substance: Soldiers Of the
civil war. as a whole, saw very little
service; that they didn't do much of
anything but marching; that some OF
them cap,e to the soldiers Home at
the close CT the civil war and are here
yet; that the Spanish-American veteran,
who endured hardships, rotten beef, and
poisoned arrows, are entitled to 81 per
day 1000 times as much as the civil war
yet; that the Spanish American veterans,
who saw much hardships are dead; that
those remaining alive. mostly. enlisted
about the close OF the war;
Can't you write us another ore. S.-A.
about your suffering, long marching,
and rotten beef, and poisoned arrows,
and great battles, and prison pens
Embellish them with comparisons of
the easy, bloodless civil war CAM
patgns. Give il color and action, and
II will make sweet. interesting reading.
There are great many gentlemen
among the Spanish-American veterans,
but not many are gifted with your
Imagination, even If half "f them are
in the soldiers homes already, many
OF them able TO earn an honest living.
Hundreds OF them are drawing special
pensions. Since the Spantsh-American
creased to sixty odd thousand and hum
dreds on file, some of then, for 81 anish-
American veterans who lost limbs by
accidents since the Spaaish-
war. The private pension rolls now
amount to such an enormous sum that
it is hard TO enact pension legislation
for men who saw actual fighting and
who saved the Union. Or was it the
Spanish "A merican veteran who saved
Il? AN F.X-SOLDIER.
The Washington times., 1912-01-15
NATIoNALIzING TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

Postmaster General Hitchcock, in recommending
aty that Congress have the telegraph system of the
country appraised and then take it over at the ap
praised value, has put forward the most radical and
advanced proposition for the expansion of govern
mental activities in business that has ever been
made on the responsibility Of a Cabinet officer.
1t is the more impressive, because the Postmas-
ter General has earned repute as excellent bus
ness administrator and a conservative. Presumably
he would not make such recommendation without
careful consideration and the deliberate conclusion
that his position was thoroughly defensibe.
The recommendation illustrates the inevitable
tendency, when government once engages in busi-
ness, to widen the range of its activities The postal
service as Federal establishment is older than the
Constitution Ithas been declared the biggest single
transportation organization in the world yet its sue
tempted the last Postmaster General Mr.. Meyer,
to recommend its expansion into the field of parcels
post and that recommendation is certain to be adopt
ed before many years. Perhaps it will begin in an
experimental way, but if it will be certain to
expand to a parity with the like services in other
countries.
Now, even before the parcels post is created,
comes the demand for another great expansion Of
postal functions 1t is to be hoped that the discussion
of Federal telegraph will not provide pretext for
dssipating the powerful sentiment that has of late
Deen concentrated Denlno tne parcels posi- ueI1lanu
That would be most unfortunate. 1t is going to re-
qure good deal of hard fighting yet before the
parcels post will be inaugurated and placed on a
business basis. Mr.. Hitchcock favors that advance
also, but his Endorsement of the broad proposal of
Federal telegraphs at one stroke is vastly more
startling.
The argument that there is an obvious and init
mate relationship between the mail and the tele-
graph, and that their operation as a unity would
make important economies possible, is not only
theoretically sound but is sustained by the expert
ence of other countries. Telegraph rates in countries
where the government provides the service are so
low, compared to ours, to challenge serious con-
sderation of the Hitchcock plan. In Great Britain,
so great has been the satisfaction with government
telegraph service, that the government is NOV
ing to take over the entire telephone service, and
expects to still further economies and greater
efficiency
The Washington times., 1912-01-15

her way never hasting, never resting. The foreign
ers began to show signs Of Charley horse while our
own queen of the barnyard forged ahead. She was
living up to her environment in the Land Of Steady
Habits, and all Connecticut applauded Now the
whole country joins in the applause, for it has been
found that the American hen laid, on an average,
four eggs more day than did her nearest CON-
petitors.
The winter wheat fails us, the locust and the
weevil destroy the homely field peas, the damp
corn mildews and sprouts in the storage barns But
through it all the American hen is still faithful add
ing seven hundred annual millions to our national
wealth.
Crown her with chickweed, give her for escutch-
con an omelette or on field argent stuff her. living
and dead, with sage. She is the friend of man.
The Washington times., 1912-01-15
Militiamen to Get
COlOrS and Buttons

A new set of colors will be pre-
sented and regimental buttons to the
guardsmen who qualified on the Con-
gress Heights rifle range last season.
awarded, at the Center Market Arm
ory tonight, when the Second Infan-
try. District National Guard, COM
manded by Col William E. Harvey.
will give a regimental parade. The
exercises will start at o'clock. They
will be held in the drill hall of the
armory.
Congressman Hobson OF Alabama
will make the presentation speech.
The armory has been decorated with
flags and bunting, and the dance
which is TO follow will be a full dress
military affair. Director Strattan and
his Second Infantry Band will fur
nish the music. The dance, which
begins at about 10 o'clock, will be
preceded by a brief reception.
1t is expected that n majority of
the brigade officers of the militia will
be present, as well as nearly all the
officers of the First Infantry.