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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17
Garments at SOC

Fifteen different styles of gowns at this price
including the new One-piece slip-over with short
sleeves. Trimmed with linen lace. Among the pet
ticOats one style has a deep embroidered flounce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

For suits and one-piece dresses, many
will choose French Ratine in many shades
of pink, blue, as we'll as natural; yard Soc
French zephyr ginghams in checks,
stripes and broken plaids in mixed and
plain colors; 80 inches wide; per yard a5c
Ratinette, the new weave for suits-a per-
feet imitation of linen; a heavy material
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-17

derwear is the chemi-pantaloon.
1t Is worn under the corset.
This eliminates the extra thick
nesses over the corset. La
Grecque garments. $1.50 to 2.05
Women's gowns IN slip-over
and Wrecked styles; remark
able values at 29c.
Hand-embroidered underwear
in chemises, combinations, cor
set covers, drawers and gowns:
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23

was wrote for me at my marriage. /
think 1t would kind of sadden the
day"
Wei, there amt going to be no
wedding, George. AS I was telling
you the other day. / have made up
my mind never to marry a genius.
There amt no question that this play
wright is a real genius and a self
made man, and he is awful cultured,
though his English grammar amt
perfect always. He said If I were
instead of If / was the other night
and l had a notion to correct him, but
as long as I have made up my mind
not to marry him 1 thought there
wasn't no use of hurting his feel
ings about little thing like mis-
take in his English grammar.
The thing I couldn't stand in him,
and that / can't stand in no man or
woman, was his conceit. He was all
right till he joined that actors club,
and then he found out how great he
was so quick that it made his head
swim. Even a stranger could hear
him talk five minutes and know that
he didn't hate himself single little
bit. I kind of figured that if he was
swelled up when he was trying to
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
Perfect Compliment

Representative Richard P Hobson
claimed in an interview in Washing
ton that the words bitter attack"
which were used to describe his re-
cent debate in the house, were an ex-
aggeration.
"I'll admit" he said. that this dis
cussion was rather heated, and I'll
admit that neither my opponent nor
myself paid each other many COM
pliments. But political controversies
seldom yield compliments"
The hero of the Merrimac smiled.
1T is in situations like the young
Alabama bridegroom he continued
that we must look for the perfect
compliment-and here it is.
"A young Alabama bridegroom
asked the clergyman who had Just
married him what the fee would be-
"'Oh. WELL said the other, not
knowing the young mans circum-
stances, you can pay me whatever
you think it is worth
Turning, the young fellow looked
the bride over from head to foot, and
then, rolling his eyes, he replied
mournfuIly:
Why, sab, you has ruined me for
life; you has for sure"
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man with the lazy fat stomach and
the long, white beard
There is always Christmas where
there is mother. It is not cele-
bration that depends upon environ
ment embracing a toy shop near a
ten cent store. 1t depends solely
upon the existence of a mother.
In the days of the pioneer. when
the nearest toy shop was hundreds
of miles away. there was always
Christmas if there was a mother. A
string of beads, won by a little ca
jolery or trade with the Indians;
a cookey man, a bright red apple,
a beanbag, or a home knit mitten,
saved the stocking by the fire from
the tragic droop of emptiness; and
strings of bright colored corn, with
winter bouquets of dried grasses and
wild berries, gave the house the look
of Christmas cheer
There is always Christmas where
there Is a mother. 1t Is an event
that depends not on any man. If 1t
were left to man to dress the Christ
mas dolls the fig leaf fashion would
see a glorious revival. and after two
or three years of worry the word
Christmas" would pass away to find
a resting spot in the cemetery of
dead languages.
CRY OF THE WOLF
If it were left to man, the faint
cry of the wolf at the front gate
would scare Christmas day off the
calendar. With a mother in the
home. there is some sort of Christ
mas though the wolf is scratching at
the door
True. children dear, father will
claim the credit because he worked
to earn money to give mother. but
no father works as hard to earn
money to give mother, as mother
has to work to get it from father
She stood between your cries for
more and his demands that there be
less. She is the middleman who
stands between the producer and the
consumer. and her only profits are
your smiles Christmas morning.
And your praise and gratitude for
the alleged Christmas saint
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
<<vvYE ELL. George" announced the
w Manicure Lady me and the

(EYvY ELL deorse, dnHouhceu ehe
M Manicure Lady, me and the
playwright has broke up final.
Loves dream is on the side track"
Maybe it is just as we'll" said the
Head Barber. IF you had married
and went away from here 1 guess
would have to look for a job in an
other shop. Every time I would look
at your vacant chair | would feel
rocky and some sad"
Il am glad you think something of
me and like to have me around the
shop" said the Manicure Lady. When
a lady knows that her presence is
kind of helpful 1t makes her feel like
sticking around instead of changing
her environment. But about the play
wright, It was just one of those things
that comes up in life and has to be
thrown in the discard and become one
of them haunting memories which is
a part of every ladys life
Il was always kind of dreamy
George, and a fortune teller told me
once that had sentimental temper
ature and would be very unhappy on
account of it some day, but I don't
think this is one of the days, because
the parting hasn't made me brood
none to speak OF. wilfred feels worse
about it than I do, because he had a
poem all wrote to read at our we'd
ding. 1t was all about how grand my
bridegroom was and what a splendid
thing it was for a girl to marry
genius. and guess Wilfred put his
whole heart into it. because he knows
the playwright is worth lot of
sugar, and I guess he was organizing
for a touch This is how part Of them
lines went:
"They looked so fair, that welded
pair,
While all did give their blessing;
The bride was sweet from head to
feet.
And the groom was prepossessing.
Some day when I shall marriage try
And tread life's pathway double,
[ hope that she as well as me
VIII make as handsome couple"
Your fellow wouldn't have gave
him nothing for that" said the Head
Barber. 4 wouldn't. anyhow. IL it
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Beauty e g 41sIs1ls III WI 1a:slls

interesting part of the book If your
eyes happen to have that very wide
open feeling, which indicates that
they are over tired. Never hold your
reading matter close to your eyes
Keep the page at least foot away,
and always have the light strike the
page from behind If you find that
you have strained your eyes unEnow-
ingly, battle them in hot and cold
water. an application of hot, then
cold, and then close them gently with
something dark placed over them for
about five minutes This is wonder
fully refreshing.
Beautiful markings are essential
for good eyes; long eyeashes mean
that the eyes are well taken care
of, and they should have an appn-
cation of cocoanut oil about three
times week The brows should be
shaped night and morning with a
tiny eye brush, and If anything is
applied to make them grow it should
be done very carefully, for hair is
apt to come in the wrong place, and
the contour of the eye brow Is very
important
NEVER WEAR Wells
And, now, never wear wells I
could never tell you just how much
harm it does to the eye. A certain
amount of strain is brought to bear
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
The Real Saint
By FRANCES L. GARsIDE

LIE is one long story of inius-
tice to woman. She is discred-
tied for every failure, and man
Is credited with her every success.
Inc little homage that has been
oone to her has always had its little
Joke tied to it as big as the tin can
ued TO country dogs tail.
Man fattered her by making her
: symbols of justice. Then he tied a
pandage over her eyes to discredit
her judgments. He made her the
symbol of Liberty, hoping the com
pilment would sooth her into forget
1uiness of his refusal to let her vote.
ne made her the symbol of Patience.
because that is a virtue of which he
Is willing to let her have a. monopoly.
She invented Love; he stole the
IDEA and made a boy child loves rep
resentative. She invented Christmas.
and he made an inane looking man.
too old to hold any other political
Job, the Christmas saint.
1t is time, children dear, in these
days when every woman is demand
Ing her rights and tearing the veil
OF hypocrisy off the face of man, that
you should know the truth.
The saint who floats through your
ante-Christmas dreams, dropping
from reindeer chariot bags of
goodies and toys is a man. Is he not?
with a long, white beard and high
" colored checks. Then wake up,
For while you dream there sits near
you bed, unappreciated. unsung and
undreampt. the real Christmas saint,
your mother
HER CHEEKS PALE
Her cheeks are pale. through much
midnight preparation Of your Christ
mas gifts; her eyes are not merry. as
were the eyes of the man of your
dreams; they are tender and loving.
and perhaps a little wistful, because
your wants are so many and her re-
sources so inadequate. But, no mat
ter how little she has, there is always
something for the children at Christ
mas; and though every gift repre-
, sents self-denial. she never tells of
the sacrifice, nor complains when the
credit is given TO the imaginary old
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
BY MAUDE MILLER
<<xr HE light that lies in W,

x<kT HE light that lies in wom-
ans eyes," says Miss Pris-
ella Knowles of the Acad-
emy of Music Stock company, is the
light that rules the world Beyond
that facial beauty is unnecessary. for
people rarely look beyond beautiful
pair of eyes, save to let their atten-
tion wander to the mouth, which needs
TO be sweet in expression only, not
beautiful That is just the trouble
with the present day girl-she spoils
her mouth by allowing it to look
hard; she draws its softness into
straight. unbecoming lines. Perhaps
you did not know that unpleasant
thoughts, such as envy, hatred and
the like, show Immediately in the
expression of the mouth and eyes.
ITO return to the subject of the
eyes, in the first place, whether or
not God has seen fit to bless you with
eyes of an unusual color or shape, it
will avail you nothing If your gaze
is not clear and honest. Never let
your eyes shift from the direct glance
of another-it marks you as untrust-
worthy. I once knew girl who had
beautiful eyes. but who looked all
around the room while you were talk
ing to her. She would never give you
glance for glance.
consequently the beauty OF her
eyes was never wholly appreciated,
and besides there came a time when
she proved herself unworthy the name
forward glance helps you to be hon
est, IT inspires direct confidence in
your heart, and it gixes other people
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Now Read On
(NOvELIZED BY)
12aEY7
Continued from Yesterday

I'll put both hands on you-you
vixen" cried the man. This was a
game fish, thought he-it struggled
we'll, more joy when he landed it--in
his arms and at his feet.
He caught the girl in his arms. He
drew her roughly and violently into
an evil embrace and set his lips on
hers with the menace of his tainted
life for her sweet youth.
That letter! That--or my days by
the sea- he said. Give up-my girl
II have your
Il wont, 1 won't.' cried Aline.
Her desperate resistance taxed his
wasted and dissipated strength, he
dragged her from the door over to
the heavy table, he forced her slender
body back against its edge. Duly
she felt the bruising pain of the
wood.
In the grim light of the room they
struggled, untaxed youth with clean
longings and aspirations against
wary age. with evil desires and over
taxed and outworn energy.
To which the victory, and would
victory not mean defeat, too?
The girl was a creature at bay
Life. honor, happiness. chance for
existence were being hunted by a
merciless creature who would
scarcely enjoy the fruit of his victory.
To Aline that fight was for more
than life, to the man 1t was less than
dust, and there was price both must
pay.
Aline freed her arm. She CROPPED
wildly for a weapon. She must have
aid Her woman's strength was 60
ing. She was fighting in a struggle
for which life had offered her no
training. Her blindly cropping hand
knocked papers and books to the
floor: wild disarray claimed the desk
and room, Flaggs heel ground deep
into one of the captains roses.
Suddenly he pinioned her free arm
back of her. The pain was exquisite
but she could bear it--for her fin
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
They All Swim

Secretary Bryan in one of his elo-
quent Chautauquan addresses said of
drunkenness:
"A frequent cause of drunkenness
is the desire to drown sorrow. No
sorrow can be drowned. though, In
any such way.
"Once in Paris found a promising
young friend seated on cafe ter
race and swallowing glass after glass
of absinthe hurriedly.
:" My boy I cried, what on earth
are you doing?'
My young friend made gesture of
despair and. looking up at me with
bleared and sorrowful eyes, he re-
piled:
My Bryan. I am trying to drown
a care that has learned to swim
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
You Can Begin This
Great Story Today
by Reading This
First


Aline Graham, the beautiful daugh-
ter of u. S. District Attorney Cor
don Graham, is beloved by Captain
Lawrence Holbrook, a soldier of for
tune, free lance and all around good
fellow. Aline loves him, but, because
OF some secret in her past, she refuses
to marry him. While Holbrook is at
her house she receives a telephone
message from Judson Flagg, a lawyer
and notorious blackmailer of society.
Holbrook begs Aline to tell him her
secret. She refuses and makes him
leave her. The message from Flagg
has made her frantic, and she is at a.
loss to know what to do. Aine goes
to Flagg's place, and he offers to sell
her letters. written by her and to her
which establish the fact that she was
the victim of a mock marriage sew
eral years before. Flagg demands
$1,000 as the price of the letters.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
A THRILLING STORY OF


, gers had closed on cold heavy metal
"a great iron billfile. She shrieked
Historically, and he loosed her arm
to draw her whole form closer-to
kiss her again.
Let me go. Let me go,'
"She struck him ON the shoulder
with the fiat base of the bill holder
"Put that DOWN. I'll break your
arm!,
She gave sob of pain and struck
at his forehead. In a fury he laid
white throat.
And your d--n neck. toow hissed
Flagg, with murder and lust fighting
for place in his evil eyes.
The wounded animai-at bay
driven to the wall-fights hard.
You're choking mev' the girl man
aged to articulate.
Tighter. tighter closed the fingers.
You'll be unconscious soon." gloat-
ed her captor, land thensIll have my
way and my pay, my fine lady"
Frenzied, desperate, the girl re-
versed the paper file and plunged the
long. sharp end into FIagg's breast.
He staggered back-and I'm the sud-
across the table. Horror marked her
She had been at bay-she had
fought-and now grim struggle was
to be followed by grimmer quiet.
"Ah-ah-try'-ga gasped Flagg-''to
murder me-"
He staggered to his feet from the
chair into which he had fallen in
utter collapse.
II didn't want to hurt your
breathed Aline in whisper of hor-
ror. WHAT, WHAT HAD SHE
DONE? she questioned her fast beat
ing heart WHAT HAD SHE DONE?
II didn't want to hurt you!" she
moaned. Tall and slim and white.
like a whitening lily, she stood by the
massive desk. Her brown gold hair
had fallen in disarray from it's coro-
nal on her head. Her eyes were wide
with terror-her lips were blanched.
WHAT HAD SHE DONE?
Tommy" called Judson Flagg.
He sank into the chair again, his
face distorted with pain. his hand
fumbling, fumbling to pull the long
needle like file from his breast
THE FLASHLIGHT AGAIN
Paralyzed by fright and fascinated
by horror, Aline stood and watched
him. Strangely enough he had be-
come the victim now.
Suddenly there was a wrench. a
squirt of blood, and Flagg pulled the
needle point from his breast. He
staggered toward the desk and Aline
shrank away at his approach. Flagg
seized the edge of the desk for sup
portland, too late, the girl, who had
moved away, OWNED his purpose, for
he caught her emerald brooch in his
left hand. Then, still clutching the
weapon of doom as he had pulled it
from his breast, he began cropping
cropping
At last Aline reused herself from
her shrOuding Iethargy. Fear impelled
her. The instinct to escape claimed
her-and she turned to escape. Then,
as she faced the door and safety
just as she stood under the full glare
of the center chandelier and was face
to face Hf she had lifted her tired
eyes) with F'Iagg's masterpiece of art,
the painting of Justice-just then
there was n binding fash.
Flagg's cropping hand had found the
electric buttOn.
He gasped for breath-and then.
with a final chuckle, Judson Flagg
spoke his epilogue to life.
Il got your brooch-and got your
picture for the policen
The noise of the explosion died-the
light faded again.
Tommy screamed Judson Flagg-
gurgling the death agony. But he
voiced his cry TO the one human being
who loved him.
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The Manicure Lady = zTT.lz szwIIIl7aTE: lzSIIzzz

win me he would be impossible after
we was married. so little Cupid is
with both wings broke and all bets is
off,
There is as good fish in the sea as
was ever caught out" said the Head
Barber.
II know it," said the Manicure
Lady, and some day l suppose I'll
think I've landed a salmon and find
out I've got a carp"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23

Coming - Uncle Judson." came a
far off voice.
The girl fled back into the shroud-
ing night She made her way to the
home she had left that fear might be
destroyed--and, instead. fear tri-
umphed. What had she done.
Across the table in grim den OF
gloom sprawled Judson Flagg-dark,
saturnine, like a giant spider, and in
his hand was the emerald brooch
Gordon Graham had given his wife
when their baby girl was born. But
across the table a tiny stream OF
blood was trickling toward the bills
the two hundred dollars that had been
too small price for honor-or ltfe.
Silence and darkness.
Then boys anguished cry-'Uncle
Jud! Uncle Jud. Speak to me! Uncle
judi DEADi MURDEREDi'
The flash of light from every cor
ner of the gloomy chamber, the Jar of
an opening window, a quick glance up
and down the empty street, and then
a boys trembling voice steadied to a
wild scream. Police. Police"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
AdUice to the LoueLorn

man two years my senior and love
him dearly. One night last week
when walking along the street I
met him with a young girl whom
he introduced me to as his friend.
Do you think he cares for me?
HEARTBROKEN.
He is not engaged to you, and his
with another girl is
nothing to cause your heart to
break. Have a little more pride, my
dear. Let him see you don't care how
many girls he goes with and he will
think all the more of you.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS

If. when doing up lace curtains.
sheets of fine white paper be placed
between before mangling, they will
not stick. and will look equal to new.
When boiling haddock fasten its
head TO the tail, add only sufficient
water to cover. and boil slowly till
cooked. Haddock is hard and indi-
gestible If boiled fast.
To impart a delicate odor to linen,
saturate a piece Of cotton or blotting
paper with oil of lavender and place
it among the various articles.
Coffee is a fairly good air purifier,
and a little burnt on hot Goals will
purify a sick room and abolish bad
smells. Many physicians think highly
of the bracing effects of coffee taken
before they visit cases Of infectious
disease.
When using lemon for flavoring and
you only need half of one, put the
other half on a plate and cover with
a glass tumbler This excludes the
air and prevents the lemon from get
ting moIdy. Another simple remedy
is to smear the cut lemon over with
the white or yoll< of an egg and place
on a shelf to dry. Lemons treated this
way can be kept q long time.
If screws. gas fittings, the sides of
bedsteads or anything else of the kind
become tightly fixed and can not be
moved, the following method will gem
orally be found to loosen them: Pour
little oil on the tight parts and then
hold lighted candle underneath un-
til ii is warm. You will then find that
il is easy to separate or unscrew the
fixed parts.
To cure soreness which occurs at
the sides of the nose where the
glasses press, take some methyl lated
spirit and dab on the affected parts
once or twice a day. and then dust
over with a little boracic powder or
starch. This VIII harden the skin and
Keep il from getting sore-
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
SEE MORE OF HER

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
/ love a girl and she loves me.
/ have gone out with her but
once. What advice would you
give to get more fully acquaint-
ed? I am 20 years old and she is
l9. NJ II.
I hope that the fact that you love
her means you know her very well
now.
In order to get better acquainted
take her out more. Study her when
with her. There is no other way.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
THERE'S TIME FOR THAT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
! 1 am a young girl of II
am acquainted with a young man
with whom 1 have gone out once
or twice. How may I know him
better2 TROUBLED.
II he cares for you he will see that
the acquaintance progresses. Don't
be so hasty. A friendship that grows
slowly is all the more sincere, and
you are too young to let delays trou-
BILE you.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-23
THE SECRET SERVICE

In the office of the chief OF the Sc
cret service of the United States three
men sat talking. They were Captain
Larry Holbrook. Chief Dempster and
Father Shannon.
Larry" said the chief. you have
been arrested once by this govern
ment" There was bit of quiet in
sinuation in his tone.
Yes, chief, once in New Orleans.
You arrested me for trying to get
some rifles over to General Garcia.
But, remember this, six months later
the government sent the whole United
States army over on the same job"
But the government regarded you
as an offender then" went on the in
sinuating voice.
Not too much to make me captain
in the Philippine constabulary a year
later"
why did you quit-your GOVERN
MENT job?' went on Dempster.
Something in the blood"
Fever"
Born there-I couldn't ride head
on a people fighting for their own
liberty. You see. chief. if I were two
years older I'd been born in Ireland.
AS it was 1 was born on Second ave-
nue. Oppression drove my father
from home. I think 1T was the stories
I heard at my mothers knee that
made me ready to take filibustering
iaunts UNDER A FLAG FOR FREE
DOM, THAT MADE ME A PER-
PETUAL MEMBER OF THE MINOR
ITY."
He is that" said Father shannon
warmly; the rascal saved my life In
Manila. I was in the minority and
the flames were a vast majority
What nonsense. l made him get
out of bed when house was on fire
He carried me unconscious be-
gan Father Shannon.
Some friend is apt to do as much
for me any Saturday night" laughed
the merry Irish lad of 3S.
Chief. he touches no drop. said
Father Shannon, and twinkle came
to the chiefs eye.
"Holbrook," said he, there's big
expedition on foot for Nicaragua.
What can you tell me about it?'
There was a steady gleam in his eye
he would not be denied.
Dutch Dugan busy again. ex-
claimed the captain.
That's the man, but We can't get
our hands on him, captain
WHO DUGAN WAS
I'D tell you, Bob. if 1 knew.
other. and the steady twinkle never
faded from Larry Holbrook's eyes.
But tell your men to go easy with
Dugan. He's not a bad chap!"