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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

Thursday afternoon at 2 with Mrs
Katherine Anderegg, 1915 Tenth street
Prayer meeting will be held Thurs
day evening at 1880 at the residence
of Mrs. Bertha Brox, 1902 Twelfth
street
Zion lutheran.-Wednesday evening
prayer services will ba he'd at the
I home Of Godfrey Johnson, sol Forty
first street.
The Ladies' Sewing society meets
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O with Mrs.
c. r. Danielson. 500 Forty-frst street.
The hostess will be assisted by Mrs.
Sophia Esbjorn and Mrs. Gustava Els
bjorn.
The confirmation class meets Sat
urday afternoon at > o'clock.
Central Presbyterian-The Junior
choir meets this evening at 100 at
| the church for rehearsal.
{ Prayer services will be held Wed
nesday evening.
/ United presbyterian.-The session
will meet this evening at the parson-
age
! The Kate Hill Mission society will
meet with the Misses Frederick. 1926
/ Nineteenth street, tomorrow evening
! Mid-week prayer services will be
held Wednesday evening at the church.
! The Ladies' Aid society viii meet
al the parsonage Friday afternoon.
The Young Peoples society will
meet at the church Friday evening at
I O'Clock preceding the meeting of
the Presbyterian Young Peoples union
at O'clock az the church.
First Methodist.-The regular Off
cial board will meet this evening at
1880 in the church study.
Mid-week prayer meeting will be
held Wednesday evening at 100
A general congregational meeting
viii be held next Thursday evening
at 1880 in the church auditorium. All
plans for the enlargement and equip
ment Of the Sunday school and neces-
sary repairs for the church will be
considered Pictures Of the proposed
addition will be shown on the screen.
First Swedish Lutheran.-The build
ing committee and trustees will meet
nesday evening at the home of a.
Johnson. 922 Fourteenth street
Prayer meeting will be held We'd
nesday evening Ia the home Of A
Johnson. 500 Third street. The sun
day school teachers will hold a short
meeting at the close Of the regular
! session.
The choir will meet Friday evening
al the church.
First Baptist-The Sunday school
and Young Peoples institution viii
be held at the Bethel Baptist church
near Hillsdale, Tuesday, April 8. Al,
desiring to attend will take the Bur
lington train which leaves Rock Island
at 6:35 Tuesday morning.
The regular prayer meeting will be
held Wednesday evening at the church
The Ladies Aid society will hold
an all day meeting at the church Fri
day.
Trinity EpIseopal.-The confrma
ton class will meet in the chapel to
morrow evening at 1880.
its monthly meeting and supper a
the parish house Tuesday evening a
6:45 o'clock.
The Trinity guild will meet Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:3O a. the home
OF Mrs. r. ". Sharpe. sos Nineteenth
street
The Dorcas guild will meet Wed
nesday evening at 100 in the rectory
The postponed vestry meeting vii
be held in the rectory Thursday even
ing al s o'clock.
! Broadway.--The trustees will NEE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

German Metnodist.-The Epworth
league will hold business meeting
tomorrow evening at o'clock at the
residence of Mrs. Bertha Brox, 1902
Twelfth street.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

Grace Lutheran.-The choir will
meet for rehearsal Wednesday even
ing az az the parsonage
Thursday evening AT the Luther
league will hold an open meeting in
the church, az which time the address
will be delivered by !. r. Hauberg
sion fields in Porto Rico. and the lee
ture viii be Illustrated with stereop-
ticon views. There viii be no admis-
sion. but an offering will be taken for
the benefit OF the league
The confirmation class Of 1914
meets every Sunday morning al 9.15.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

Spencer Memorial Methodist The
official board will meet this evening
at the church.
The bible study class will meet
Tuesday evening in the church par
lOrs.
The ladies' Of The church were to
have held an all day sewing az the
church Wednesday for the benefit Of
Bethany home but the meeting has
been postponed until Thursday,
April It.
The meeting of the Woman's Mis-.
sionary society TO have been held
Thursday afternoon has been post.
poned un-il the last Thursday in the
month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

South Park Presbyterian.-This ev-
ening the harmony class will meet
with Miss Lena Hutchins at the
church.
The session will meet this evening
at the church.
Wednesday afternoon at AS the
Junior association will meet at the
church and Wednesday evening at 1870
prayer services will be held.
Thursday evening at 7:3O the Broth
erhood viii meet for discussion in
the club rooms.
The choir will meet for rehearsal
Thursday evening al the church.
Friday evening the Sunday school
classes Of Mrs. w. G. Oglevee and
Miss Olive Berger will serve mys-
terry supper at the church beginning
at > o'clock. The mystery is in the
names Of the dishes TO be served. The
prices viii range from one cent TO
six cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

German Lutheran.-The orchestra
will meet this evening for rehearsal.
Wednesday afternoon the Ladies
Aid society will meet at the school
house
Friday evening the choir will meet
for rehearsal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

Thursday afternoon at with Mrs
Katherine Anderegg, 1915 Tenth street.
Prayer meeting will be held Thurs
day evening at 1880 at the residence
of Mrs. Bertha Brox, 1902 Twelfth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

5rOadway--The trustees will meet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-07

Central Presbyterian.-The Junior
choir meets this evening at 100 al
the church for rehearsal
Prayer services will be held Wed.
nesday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

there are awful lot of people interested
in our business. So many have said to me
If ever married him l would be sorry more
than once, and then some one else will say
: ! would not marry him on a bet Well,
l said |, am not asking ydh to- and some
time | think of it myself. Now, this fellow
has an awful temper and always wants
everything to go his way but 1 have told
him he can't always have everything his
way. l anna Catholic girl and this fellow
does not go to any church, but he says he
will not join my church; he says he could
never understand our ways in church. But
have asked him to be married by the
priest and he does not seem to say he will
or not. Now, this fellow has asked me to
be- his forever after we were going together
for only two months and wanted me to get
married right away, but we did not have
enough money then and l said we would
wait awhile Now, do you think 5000 would
be enough? Now, this fellow only makes
SIS per week. Do you think we could get
along living in the city? said I could and
whenever can so and make little money
l would. Some people tell me l would
strive on that. This fellow and 1 quarrel
lot and he is SO jealous Of me can't
hardly look at anybody but he tells me about
it and says things SO cross to me that often
think will he be mean TO me after we are
married? This fellow. wants to be with me
every evening, and whenever l refuse to let
him come down he always says am tired Of
him. But he never stays late. He says am
the only one he cares to be with. Do you
think it proper to be engaged to fellow with
out ring, as he has never given me ring?
What / really would libe to know, do Won
think will be happy with him? If thought
I would have trouble would sooner part now.
but he seems to be the only one love.
MABEL"
There are any number Of young coupes
living in the city on SIS week. OF course
it means that strictest economy must be
practiced. You will not be able to afford
much more than the barest living necessities
or that amount. But do think the fel-
lows jealously and temper, in. addition TO
his dislike for your religion, are pretty bad
things to have to contend with. Jealousy
alone is enough to cause all kinds Of misery.
would think pretty seriously il were you
before would marry q man with 80 many
objectionable traits. don't believe you
will b happy with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
She Dreamed of Him.


Dear Miss Lbbey: 1 am II, have light
hair and blue eyes. About month ago
while travelling l made the acquaintance of
young man. He is gentleman and is well
thought of by my friends. He is little
taller than l, has dark hair and eyes and
roey cheeks. His mother has little Span
ash blood in her veins, and his father is a
German, so he is part Spanish, but you
would not know it from looking at him. He
u educated and refined and is 10. He has
good position and is working steadily at
1t, trying to do his best. While stopping at
this place, which was nearly two weeks, l
went out with him several times. He seemed
to like me very much, and regretted that I
could not stay longer. He wants me to go
with him more than / did, and when told
him that must spend part of my time with
my other friends he said tha. was right; he
did not want to be selfish. When l left |
told him would write to him when reached
home. l told mamma all about my going
out with him and about his family, | wrote
to him and he answered it, asking me TO
write to him. l wrote two or three letters
Mamma then decided she did not want rs
to correspond, and she was afraid l would
get to liking him and then to loving him.
and finally get married. She said she did
not want me to marry him. (She does not
know him and has nothing against him.
have loved him from the time l first met
him Gf girl of II can love), and l never
expect to love any one else as love him. I
did not tell mamma that loved this young
man, because she was very sick and l was
afraid she would worry about it and become
worse, SO ! have kept it to myself. But it
II hard to 60 on like nothing has ever hap
pened, for worry about it, and have lost
that gay smile l used to have because used
to be happy, but now am worried and have
to force my cheerfulness. Not long after
my return I dreamed one night that he took
me in his arms and told me he loved me and
asked me to be his. promised, and while
he held me death entered in the form of
skeleton and took me from his arms and
carried me away from him. Can you please
tell me the meaning of my dream? And
would it be all right for me to send him a
birthday postal if mamma does object to our
corresponding I wrote to him and told him
the best could without referring to his be-
ing Spanish) that mamma did not want me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
He Hasn't PROPOSED.

Dear Miss Libbey: l have been keeping
steady company with a young man of good
moral character for two years. I 60 with no
other young men and devote three or four
nights week to this one. He has given me
many costly gifts but has not as yet proposed.
We are both very young, but do you think l
should waste my time on him in this manner?
There are several young men who are seeking
my company. B."
Better go about a bit with your other men
friends That will probably help him to make
up his mind in regard to proposing to YOU.
However, you have no right to accept costly
gifts from man to whom you are not en-
gagged 1t is unwise for girl to give all of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
- The Complaints Against
Husbands Neglect of Their
Wives Invariably Come from
Women Who Make No Effort
at All to Cement the Loue Bond
Uith Common Interests.

amicable understanding could be reached
The husband would provide amusement or
diversion then that would answer for the
needs of both.
Ii the husband has an all absorbing out
side interest the wife should try to make It
her interest, too. II itVs amateur photogra-
ply she should encourage in herself the
keenest interest in the work. If when he
has finished dinner he loves to retire to his
study to read she should follow keenly his
interest in books and his favorte authors.
Common interests strengthen the bonds Of
companionshp. And after all companionsh:p
is the backbone of marital happiness
Apply Cipc-and- Takc Spirit.
The complaints against husbands neglect
of their wives invariably come from wom.n
who make no effort at all to cement the love
bond with common interests. There is the
wife of the book lover with a passion for
bridge who cries out bitterly if her husb MI
refuses to play with her every evening. And
there is the woman who drags her husband
out evening after evening to the moving pic
ture shows when he would infinitely prefer
to spend his spare time working on the thing
he hopes some day will prove to be the germ
of some important invention.
There is much of the give-and-take spirit
in the successful married life, and this should
be applied to the problem of the husbands
evenings if the interests of the couple are
not in common. If the wife cannot enter into
the spirit of her husbands pet diversion il
seems hardly fair that she should start a
warfare against it.
A man who has outside interest Is IA
far more interesting individual than one who
is ignorant of everything save his business
The careful pursuit of hobby naturally
mparts wide intelligence on a subject The
coin collector, for example, will learn mo.e
about the countries of the world, their rulers,
their money values, and other historical fea-
tupes after acquiring a collection of foreign
coins than he ever would by simply reading
about them. And so it is with the stamp
collector.
And If husbands cannot be coaxed or
driven into sharing their leisure time with
their wives the wives themselves should 90
in for some especial line of reading or work
entirely different from the work their day IS
occupied with, that discomfort and restless
ness will be given time to grow and that
husbands will eventually find them really
and truly companionable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Shall She Inpite Him2
They Are Engaged.

Dear Miss Libbey: l am %, and am
engaged to girl 49, In fact, we have been
engaged for the past three years. 1 have
every assurance that she loves me, and at
first thought loved her; but since then l
have met a very charming girl, whom
think I love equally as well as if not better
than the first one, and am now engaged to
her, and intend marrying the last one that
met. What l want to know is this: How
shall break the engagement with the first
one and still not wound her feelings?
"P."
You are dishonorable creature, and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

Miss Libbey. l get so exasperated with
my wifes attitude toward my spare time.
She thinks | should spend every minute Of
my time when not employed with her. 1
maintain that there is no surer way to kill
love than to be continually with the object
this problem at length.v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

And here is letter that has found its
way to my desk:
A year ago my husband took mp amateur
photography as pastime. During the last
few months l have hardly known what it js
to have an evening with him. Even on Sun
days he Is SO completely absorbed in the
work that he apparently has no time for me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

~ UGHT the man who is away from
his home all day give up all of his
~ evenings to his wife?
Should the married man have the
privilege Of having an evening week off
to do with as he pleases, should all of his
evenings be spent at his home?
A man friend of mine recently said to me:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

girl who marries you is-to be pitied. Nou
acted most dshonorably in engaging your
self to the second girl while you were still
engaged to the first. The thing for you to
do is to go to the first girl and tell her that
you wish to be released from the engagement.
A broken engagement usually entails
wounded feelings But then if you no longer
care for her it is infinitely better to break
the engagement than to enter into a loveless
marriage You will probably break the en-
gagement with the second girl, too
Father Had Fit.
Dear Miss Iibbey: Is it wrong for
young lady to meet her friend on the porch
whenshe comes to see her, instead of waiting
for him to knock? Last Sunday when my
beau called I met him on the porch, and father
had fit. Do you think he had any reason to?
billie"
Your father was right Billie. You should
wait in the house for the young man. 1t is a
very bad plan indeed to give a fellow the i'm
preston that you are watching and waiting
and praying for him. Let the fellow do the
watching and waiting and he will value your
society more.
y X
Tries TO Please Young One"
Dear Miss Libbey: Can YOU please tell
me just why can make friends with the older
men and not with one of my own age? l am
y and am working and see them every day
try to please the young one. BETTY"
don't know, Betty. Perhaps you try hard
er to please the older men. Again, perhaps
you are serious and sensible-qualities that
are more apt to be appreciated by the older
men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

Do you think it is fair to me after being
separated from him all day to be deprived
of the companionship long for in the even
ing? Don't you think wife has some claims
on her husbands leisure hours"
Evidently where the husband has a hobby
the wife has a rival. And who shall say the
wife is not justified in being little jealous
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Both Have Strong Arqument,

Both Have Strong Arguments.
However, it is very difficult matter to
decide who has the greater claim on the hus-
bands leisure hours, the wife or the hus-
band himself.
The husband thinks one way and the wife
another, both with pretty strong arguments
to support their claims.
The wife thinks that the husband ought
TO make her entertainment the object of his
spare time All day long she is busy about
the home. Generally speaking, outside of
the monetary provision the whole machinery
of the family is left for the wife to run un-
ceasngly and unaided. She sees no new
faces, as her husband has been doing. His
chats with accidentally encountered friends
are denied her. If left to provide ente;-
tainment for herself in the evening, because
she is a woman she must find the entertain
ment in her home. Without her husbands
companionship this is almost impossible.
The life of the housewife carries with It
a nervous strain. As time passes this de-
velops into n restless and dscontented spirit
il evening after evening must be spent in
the same environment as day after day is
spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Real Life Romances Offered Miss Libbey for Solution

to correspond. He answered and said he
was sorry, but he never would forget me,
and know he never will. H."
am sure you are much too sensible girl
to believe in dreams. don't believe in them,
and 1 am sure when you think it over you
won't either. Nothing to dreams at all. You
have been thinking about him too much.
that's all. Don't do it. I think you better
discontinue your correspondence if your
mother objects. You are too young anyway
to give the fellow serious thought. Two
weeks acquaintance is not enough to base
wholesome love affair on.
Family Has Consumption.
Dear Miss Libbey: 1 am in very bad
fix and am going to ask you for little ad-
vice. l have been going with a young lady
for over a year and have just found out that
there is consumption in the family. OF course
/ have nothing against the girl, only l would
not like to marry into family where con-
sumption is chronic. How can I sever my
connections without causing any hard feeling?
wv. G."
You might gradually discontinue calling on
the girl. l know of no other way you could
handle the situation. Many physicians now
adays do not believe that consumption is inher-
tied.
\ Il
Shall She Invite Him2
Dear Miss Libbey 1 would like to know
whether it is proper for young lady to ask
a gentleman to escort her to dance, the dance
heip ffo;- <l,x
tleman does not know anything about.
f"C. r."
1t is entirely proper to invite the young man
to accompany you to an invitation dance OF
that sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

her time to young man who after two
years shows no inclination to propose.
+
"And She Is Wearing Diamond
Dear Miss Lbbey / am IS and in my
senior year of high school, have been going
with a young man for two years and have
been engaged for four months and am wearing
his diamond. I let him kiss me the night he
proposed, but never have since. Do you think
it would be wrong, as he continuall. asks to?
I-love him dearly and we are to be married in
May. W."
It would not be wrong to kiss the young
man you are going to marry. 1t is wise, how
ever, for a girl to be discreet in the matter,
even though she is engaged, for many ro-
mances have been shattered completely by men
tiring of girls who granted them kisses too
readily. Kisses are precious-don't throw
them away.
He Was Working for Father"
"Dear Miss Libbey: am in love with a
young man in the south. He has black hair,
last summer. He was working for father. He
owns farm down south and raises cotton.
hear from him about once a week. He writes
me nice letters and tells me am the only one
he loves and that maybe some day we can
marry. Do you think he loves me? My sister
corresponds with his chum. He is always
talking about me to him. Do You think he is
sincere? BLOSSOM"
Yes think he loves you, Blossom. You
ought to have more confidence than that in the
man you admit you love and who hopes some
day to marry you.
Homer Ignored Her.
Dear Miss Libbey: l am in deepest
trouble and will you kindly try to help me
out of it? l am IS, senior in high school,
| have been in love for some years with a
young man who Is now in his freshman year
at college, As the college was in another
state he could get home only at Christmas
time, SO we kept up a regular correspond
ence. But when he came home for his va
cation Homer ignored me, and as he lived
in a town some distance from here, l saw
nothing of him. l later discovered he was
keeping company with a young girl from his
home town. Would you advise me to try
to win back his love, or do you think he is
unworthy of my thought of him7 : Please
give me advice on this through the paper,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Common Interests Strengthen Bonds.

Common Interests Strengthen Bonds.
The husband on his side feels that little
time devoted each evening to his club, 20
billiards or pool to amateur photography or
stamp collecting, or to whatever may amusc
or please him, is absolutely necessary as
relaxation of mind and body.
He argues that as an overworked profess
sional or business man he must save himself
from nervous prostration by getting into an
entirely new and different atmosphere where
business troubles and other worries will van
ish as If by magic
1t probably never occurs to him that his
wife is really longing for his company. She
does not say and seems quite busy with
her household duties. He has never taken
the trouble to think that while he is seeking
change from his everyday duties she is Sc
cupied with exactly the same kind of thing
in exactly the same surroundings as she has
known all day.
Masculine unkindness to women is often
nothing more than thoughtessness. If the
wife were to tell the husband frankly what
his companionship means TO her after
long, lonesome day. in nine cases out of ten
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
(" Does Think a Good Bit of Him.

D0eS HHf GOOD BfI OF 7H
:" Dear Miss Libbey: I have been keep
ing company with fellow since last July
and do think good bit Of this fellow, and
he has said am the only girl he ever loved
or ever will. Now, l am about six weeks
older than he is and am 22, and know
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

for I am sick at heart and an immediate
answer would be highly appreciated. F."
No, don't try to win him back Just put
your mind on your studies and don't give
him another thought You will be much
happier girl if you leave love affairs entirely
out of your life until you are through school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
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Of the rival that robs her of the companion.
ship to which she looks forward all day?