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Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
TEST FOR THE PROGRESSIVE"


The Baltimore Sun has no patience
with the progressives who lined up
against the democrats on the Under
wood tariff bill. Representative Mur-
dock and his associates are taken TO
task editorially as follows:
Have Mr.. Murdock and his thir-
teen followers, who voted against the
tariff bill on its passage in the house
Thursday, any right to call them
selves prcgressives, when they line up
with the standpat republicans against
the reform without which progress,
either in principle, or practice, is i'm
possible? At the former session Of
congress they supported democratic
tariff revision measures, and that they
are in congress now is largely due TO
the fac. that the people of their dis
tricts believed they were sound on the
basic issue Of progress. They knew it
was either revision as proposed in the
democratic bill, or an indefinite post
nonement Of revision. Yet when the
supreme test comes they side with the
enemies of revision.
why talk about justice to the
masses of the people and reform of
fragrant abuses, when they desert
the peoples cause in the very first
battle and on the issue or issues. II
these gentlemen have the right TO call
, themselves progressives, why cannot
Messrs. Taft, Payne, Aldrich and the
rest of the old guard of politicians do
the same. There seems here a woe.
ful lack of sincerity on the very first
showdown.
-Four regular progressives stood
true to the principles of progress in
the final vote on the tariff bill, as did
one independent progressive. They
have a right to feel proud of theiI
position. They are clear Of head anc
/ conscience, and fellow the colors ot
/ true progress wherever they lead
Which move US to think that they
must ultimately march on the demo
/ cratic highway"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
BRYAN TALKS POLITICS
DESPITE "NEW RESERVE"

Harrisburg, Pa, May 15.-W. j.
Bryan, who spoke at the dinner of
the Central Democratic club Tuesday
night, said it was his first political
speech since he put on his new re-
serve" 81 am here as the substitute
for the president" Secretary Bryan
said. There were lot Of republicans
who thought We lacked intelligence,
who thought we belonged to the rab-
bic. But we have a president who is
more closely identified with the learn
ed institutions of the country than
any other president we have ever had.
President Wilson has shown the coun-
try that the democratic party Is not
a party OF panic"
Mr.. Bryan said there was no need
for the progressive party.
''If the progressives stand for prin-
cipIe," Mr. Bryan said, they will
stand with the democratic party.
Where we're the progressives when the
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
Correcting Newspaper Errors

The New York Times has just be-
gun a new departure in newspaper
work which will be closely watched
by all publishers and editors who
have keen regard for the truth. The
Gotham paper has instituted a Let.
ters of Correction" column. 1t is be-
lieved that in a few years, this will
be a regular department of every pa
per. The Times will have the dis
tinction OF having gotten in on the
ground floor.
Corrections OF unavoidable errors
usually are made by reliable news
papers. The fullness and temper of
the correction is based, usually, upon
the demeanor OF the person asking
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
May Is IN American
History.

1S4T-General Winfield Scott's army
captured Puebla. Mexico. closing a
month Of successful battles against
Santa Anna.
1sS2-D. L. Bralnard and two other
members Of the Greeley arctic ex'
ploring expedition reached a point
then tand until 1896, kuoSn as ths
"farthest NORTH namely. latitude
So degrees and 81 minutes.
1o11-The United States supreme court
ordered the dissolution 0f the Stand
ard OH company.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

They used to say. when he was poor and
living in a humble way,
That he did not deserve respect, that he
was made of woSthless clay;
They blamed him for his lack of wealth.
they pitied his hard-working wife,
And wondered why he did not strive to
be of some account in life.
They held him in contempt for what
they fancied was his laziness,
They said there was no reason why he
might not fairly win success;
They shook their heads and passed him
by. they said it was a shame indeed
That with the talents he possessed he
lacked the will to take the lead.
Since he is rich and has become a nan
whom other men obey.
They gather at the grocery store and sit
and while their time away,
And wonder at the ways of Chance and
blame him for the stupbornness
With which he struggled TO advance, and
wisely pooh-pooh his success.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
RUSSIANS ONLY IN NAME.

On the face OF the figures, often
among the most treacherous Of pit.
falls, Russia ia sending more immi-
grants to the United States than come
from any other country. In the nine
months ending with last March the
Official record shows that 176,2S2 per-
sons entered American ports from the
Russian empire. The Italians came
next. with 6O,SS7. All the rest OF the
world sent about 100000.
No doubt these figures are correct,
but let no one suppose that they IN
dicate the injection into American life
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

democratic party years ago made it's
fight against Wall street domination ?"
Mr.. Bryan said the new tariff bill
was ''the best in a generation" and
that everywhere reforms are moving
on. because back Of them is the spirit
OF justice and democracy
In the afternoon Mr., Bryan address
ed the legislature, saying: ''The day
Of the boss is gone" and predicted
that because of the presidential pri-
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
What He Said.

"What do you think Of this place."
asked the girls brother.
Its fine. Every prospect pleases,"
the young man replied.
81 heard mother telling father this
morning that you had asked Dorothy
to be your wife"
Did you? What did he say?"
"What he said would make you go
ahead and finish the quotation you be-
gan a moment ago about every pros
pee. pleasing"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
Great Speaker.

Great Speaker.
Eyes. he certainly is a great speak.
er. One Of the best l ever heard"
What is his special line Of argu-
ment?"
That's his strong point He can
thrill you and get you worked up to
great pitch of enthusiasm and the
next day you can't remember what it
was about, SO that when you hear
him again what he says is as fresh
as ever"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

March l.
Ny Dear Adele-Here we are in our
new home in this quaint New England
town, which l think can have changed
very little in the last 200 years. The
less well to do, for there are many
places which were at that time quite
imposing. Our house is built on the
street, with a terrace garden in the
rear, and the place on one side is much
the same. Everything sInacks Of the
seventeenth or eighteenth century.
am glad that we have taken posses
sion before the flower planting season.
for am sure l shall be devoted to the
old fashioned garden. 1 shall secure
the services of a man to spade up the
beds for me, but shall do all the rest
of the work myself. You should see
how artifcially they are laid out,
every one inclosed in a narrow border.
Besides, there are low hedges and
dwarf trees cut in shapes that remind
one of the present cubist pictures.
While our garden has been long neg
lected, the one beside it has been we'll
kept up. Everything there is as trim
as If Miss Dorothy Somebody in the
quaint costume of two centuries ago
was still caring for it. Some one doubt
less lives there who cares for flowers.
for, though spring has scarcely arrived,
1 can see that when the season comes
shall look out upon a delightful
scene. Your loving RUTH.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

A Chicago somnambulist drove his
car in his sleep. The fact that he
injured no one nor did he exceed the
speed limit while asleep does not ne
oessarily mean that the example is
one to be generally emulated.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

forms or agrlcul-
tural credit in
Europe, Represen-
tative E. r. Bath
rick of Ohio, who
has been making
a study of rural
credit system for
years, has intro
duced in the house
a bill which seems
to embody all the
essentials for get
ting cheaper mon
ey for the farmer
and rescuing him
from the hands of
local usurers who
are charging him,
on an average the
country over, more
than eight per
cent interest on
his loans.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
LOVE-.

little closer to him, after looking
around to see if they were being
watched by the other passengers, II
love you more than that l should
love you even if you came to me aft
er you had been eating garlic"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
July 30.

July ~.
A month has passed since l wrote
you. my dear-a month of rare happi-
ness. My flower lover has mounted
his ladder and jumped down over the
garden wall nearly every day. He Is
not bookish at all. though l know he
is a great reader. He doesn't seem
TO care for intellectual women. which
is lucky for me. He says that ] must
have a rare ideality or | would never
have conceived thar idea about the
lilies. l suppose | should confess to
him that you gave me that, but can't.
really. l doubt if n woman capable
Of laying a trap for man and catching
him in it can have very tender con-
science.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
The Genial Cynic
MONEY-MAKING.
By CHARLES GRANT MILLER.

Modern Society of London wonders how Ameri-
can women can be content to be the wives of mere
dollar sharks"
How does the American man." it asks, "aecumulate
money as fast as his wife spends it?"
No doubt, Modern Society would be glad to tell its
readers how to make money as fast as the American
does But it would be of advantage to them to know
the recipe The efficacy is not in that but in the spirit
and in the conditions.
AS a matter of fact and Notwithstanding the Euro
pean belief the contrary, the in this country
strive no harder to make money than do the men Of
Europe.
The average European works lifetime as hard and
effectively he knows how for competence that an
american would despise
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

A man named Ambrose B. Stannard,
a contractor engaged in erecting post
ofbces and other federal buildings in
various parts Of the country, went In
TO bankruptcy in New York the other
day with debts OF $4,000 and assets
OF only s171. 900. This contractor must
have overlooked his opportunities.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
June so.


Fancy. my dear. your seeing me
standing by my window clapping my
hands. I was wrong in thinking that
my correspondent was unappreciative.
On rising this morning and looking
down into his garden touching sight
met my eyes. Roses have been in
bloom during the month. but my cor
respondent has not used them for mes
sages till today, and even now he
uses only one. Since my last letter
there has been time for some seeds to
spring into green letters-I know not
yet of what plant-and what do you
suppose they spell? But first I must
tell you that they were planted in a
circle, in the center OF (which was a
single rose in full bloom. Indeed, its
petals were beginning TO fall. l could
see several of them under it on the
ground. But the words that inclosed
them-they were quoted from Moores
beautiful poem THE Last Rose of Sum-
mer," "Oh. who would inhabit this
bleak world alone?"
Now, hasn't this been a unique bit
of lovemaking? And yet all the girls
in the town have been living in the
delusion that this man was not to be
won from his castle. / have broken
down the wall, as l planned. or have
at least drawn him to the top of it.
for on going into my garden after
breakfast head appeared above it
and my neighbor stood-on a ladder
looking at me
~ should have claimed the privilege
OF a neighbor," he said, before this,
but
you were more interested IN your
flowers than in those living beside
you"
"I have noticed that you have the
same taste"
Indeed. love them dearly"
mo man can love flowers rs a wo'
man will love them, but / confess !
enjoy them"
And so the dialogue went on. Seeing
that my water pot was empty, he
jumped down into my garden and. TAX
ing it from my hand, went to the fau-
Get and flied 1t for me and sprinkled
my plants
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
u useIess.

"It will be useless" she sadly said,
for you ever to tell me again that
! AM beautiful"
why do you say that?" the young
man pleaded.
Il went to four theatrical man.
ayers today to get them to hear me
read passages from Romeo and Jul
iet,' and not one Of them would let
me do it,
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Il should love
you, darling" d said
the groom, even
If by some aoci-
dent your sublime
beauty were for
ever destroyed"
All" she re-
EI -
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

The election in Mexico is set for
Oct. 26. This gives an abundance Of
time 70 smuggle in arms and ammun!.
tions with which Mexican political
disputes are usually adjusted.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Were terribly henpecked, pa. amt
weT'
Why. what do you mean, my boy?'
well. ma makes me wash my hands
before | come 10 the supper table. and
she makes you wash yours before you
hook her up the back."-Detroit Free
Press.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

s--5 June 10.
Not being willing to wait for the seed
to spring UP, l planted the wSrds in
lilies. l did 1t at night, and when the
sun shone bright in the morning it
glistened on the dew that sprinkled
my message I found that had plant
ed them so as to form pretty well
shaped letters. l have been in hopes
that my correspondent would permit
me to see his appreciation of my work.
1t seems to me that were l man and
a woman arranged so beautiful mes
sage in so beautiful method I would
go out on the balcony and shout my
appreciation. But thus far, If he has
admired it, he has done SO in conceal
ment. For all know he is complete
ly obllvious to what have done.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

So far as the present is concerned,
at least, Governor Hi. johnson prob
ably can lay claim to having put the
frisk in Frisco.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont threatens to
introduce militant suffragist methods
in the United States. by all means
let her start in on the New York gun
men
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

The government doctors are very
severe in their criticism of DR.. Fried
mann. But this is only customary
when doctors are discussing a doc
tor.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Most women are content to rock
the cradle. But over in England they
are also rocking the prime minister
and the members Of parliament
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Albany Happy Jack" Mulraney,
convicted Of the murder OF Patrick
MeBreen, known as Paddy the
Priest" New York saloon keeper, in
October. 1911. will be electrocuted al
sing Sing prison next Monday. Gov
erner Sulzer announced he would not
interfere
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Clendennin, w. Va, is seeking 3
mayor. Considering the time of year
this is. why doesn't it look for him
where the fishing is good?
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
Good Guess

hear the people cheering loud;
Some great man passes, probably;
Alas, I've never heard a crowd
Hurrah for me.
I hear the music of the bands;
l see the banners proudly fly;
The people never clap their hands
When l go by.
! wonder if it is because
I've never done a thing as yet
To make me worthy Of applause?
It is, I'll bet.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

: A university professor says the best
way to deal with profanity is to re-
move its cause. University professors
among them?
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

France has yet to devise some
means to prevent the wind from blow
ing across the border from Germany.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Congressman Sisson bitterly op-
poses all expenditures 10 increase the
efficiency of the army and navy. And
now he wants war with Japan.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Secretary Bryan. says one COM
mentator. has not only buried the
hatchet but the corkscrew.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Mr.. Wilson finds that in addition
TO being president Of the United
States, he has California and New Jer-
sey on his hands.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
Bills.

Bills.
Are you aware of the fact that
there may b, millions Of germs On a
dollar bill?'
Yes, sir. That's one reason why
prefer bills Of a higher denomina-
ton"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

A st. Louis Judge rules that a d.
vorced woman is not a widow. At least
she usually isn't very long.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER.

CONGRESSMAN FROM THE FOUR
TENTH DISTRICT.
Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, D. c., May 13.-While
the government commission is max
ing a learned investigation of the
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15


favorable
u S
dreamed OF by
life in
unnumbed thousands of her European sis
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Upton Sinclair has decided TO live
in Holland. Windmills are already
common there.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Aug. Is
This has been the summer OF my life.
But the fiowers-oh. the poor flowers
which have brought all this happiness:
They have been dying for water,
and. shameful TO relate. we have been
50 absorbed in each other that we have
not noticed that while we have been
In bliss they have been shriveling for
want Of attention. Oh, the pity OF It!
Aug. 1a
We are engnged
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

May 90
Your letter is received, and I am de-
lighted with your suggestion. You are
right in saying that the words are the
most beautiful, the most touching and
comprise the most of any written or
spoken about flowers. Consider the
lilies Of the field; they toll not, neither
do they spin, and yet l say unto you
that solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these" The words
are a poem in themselves. Il far more
effective poem than if they had been
written out in stanZas with a rime
in every second line. But 1 can only
give a part Of them in flower letters.
Complete they would take up too much
room. Two or three words would be
quite enough to suggest the whole. I
think 1 shall put in only lilies, and they
to read, They toll not"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
Always Safe.

The rewards of virtue never have
TO be locked up where thieves viii
not break in and steal.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

mary there never would be another
great national nominating convention.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
May Is.

My flowers are all doing well. I
have eclipsed my neighbor. From my
window I have seen him admiring my
display. A few days ago l saw him go
to a bed and prepare it to receive some
seeds. I wonder what he is going to
plant there-something very nice, for
ne was particular about getting II
smooth, throwing out every loose stone
and making the soil very fine.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15


They are letters-not only letters, but
a message for me They spell "Wol.
come. flower lover I am delighted.
They say that the best way TO attack
is&a is through his stomach. This
Will do for the ordinary man, but not
an ideal one. l have been working in
my garden a great deal, and l presume
he must have seen me from an upper
window. for the wall between ou
places is so high that he could not have
seen me from his garden or the ground
floor. l am delighted at my success.
This bCokworm flower lover has been
made to feel sympathy. He has been
attracted TO one who loves what he
loves.
And now let fs see whether the seed
planted in kiyfheart will grow like the
plants he lofes so well
But l mEst respond to his greeting
EFidentlyfhe is an ideal person or be
would nT have taken such an ideal
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

I have made a discovery today. The
seed he planted week ago is coming
up in very singular curves. They look
something like letters. I am beside
myself with curiosity TO know If they
are letters. If they all broke the soil
together l could tell. but they do not.
Some are above the ground, while 9th
ers are below it. ! few days will tell.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
March 20.

~
I have learned something about our
next door neighbor They say he is
peculiar, preferring to live alone in the
house he has inherited from a long
line of ancestors. He neither goes
out into company nor entertains. This
is strange in a man who cannot be
more than thirty years old. They say
he loves only two things in the world
his library and his garden. What
temptation for me- to make him love
a third thing, which is human-a
temptation to which / have already
yielded!
l must attack him through his taste
for flowers since 1 know nothing OF
books. Indeed. / think I shall keep
away from him, fearing to reveal my
shallowness until 1 shall have effect
ed an entrance to his favor through
/ his plants l have already two men
digging up my beds preparatory to the
siege l am about to lay to his heart
He little thinks that there is one next
door to him who is planning to batter
down the old fashioned high brick wall
that protects him and his garden from
US and ours and that my siege guns
will be roses and lilies and geraniums
and peonies. But l must be careful
not to let MIN come near me until l
have effected this breach What would
do if he We're to begin to talk TO me
before l had excited an interest
through our both loving the same
thing? What would l say if he should
speak about the relation between the
edict Of Nantes and the Thirty Years
war? The only war I am interested
in is the war of the roses which l pro-
pose to wage myself.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
April 10.

My neighbor next door is taking his
plants from his conservatory and put
ting them in beds. l am using seeds
almost entirely. for my garden has not
been cultivated for years. He. too,
is laying out few spaces to be filed
in with seeds. am doing all TO make
my garden attractive. What plants |
buy are of rare and beautiful varieties.
My neighbors plants are chiefly what
he has always possessed. All I can do
is to make my garden as beautiful as
possible On that rely to attract him.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
The Daily Story
THE FLOWER LoyERs-BY F. A. mitchell.
Copyrighted. 1919. py Assocsa,od Literary Bureau

method OF communication. He will
lock for reply in kind. Can you not
give me some condensed sentiment
about flowers that I may put it in the
ground for him to read when the let
tiers spring up? I have hunted for
something beautiful. impressive, ideal,
but can find nothing to suit me.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15
March 10.

March IL.
I have discovered who it is that is in
terested in keeping up the garden next
door, and my discovery is surprising
The flower cultivator is not a woman,
but a man. Who would expect man
to take an interest in flowers? l
wish rather that he would take an in
terest in me. for he is fine looking, and
from observing him through the win
dow, carefully concealed by the cur
tains, l am sure 1 shall like him. But
l fear he is not inclined to be neigh
borly, for. though we have been here
nearly two weeks. he has not called.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

We are enga ged.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-05-15

Aug. 1a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07

Next like King Ring for Liberty dc2r place
OF and
may be smpl
d arIu graty
beautiful than OF
placed them beyond the reach who lngcl for First we had the
OF
and sngl'''ln But
expensive Years and working
method whereby works could be produced effectively before and
Gtcc The 1oip1gc reproduction Of Ring! Liberty, illus
O. the triumph OF the
Tradition. Art and Printing Skill together have made possible this
% ON u
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-07

W/E can also be- coddIcd
w into susceptibility 10
colds. The Spartan 81 old.
who wore the same tpga sum
mcr and winter. WAS never i'll
or if ne was, ne and his his
lorians neglected 10 mention
u. matter Of fact, ne was
tough. He had To- be. If ne
wasn't, he died Young, and
So, wasn't troubled much with
colds anyway. But Spartan
methods such rs the morn
my cold bath the year round:
lust as it flows from the
faucet will work wonders
IN increasing body resistance.
OF course this IS not adapted
,o the shivcring, bluc-lippcd
individual who doesn't get
rid Of his goose pimplcs fol-
lowing a coldtub untilnoon.
only where q brisk reaction
follows does a cold bath 10
good.
This same objection applies
20 sleeping out in the win
lcr. Many ancmic, badly
uourishcd patients, despite
wcakcningly heavy loads Of
blankets, are 50 busy trying
20 keep warm that they
haven't time to sleep. And
without sleep they 10 not
knit mp many Of the ravclcd
sleeves Of care. In other