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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

the steel mills. by James Oppenheim-
story of the sort that made Open
helm famous but OF a sort he has not
written often in the last few years.
Then another story OF Kazan, the
wolf-dog. by James Oliver Curwood:
and following this is story Of depart
ment store life and love by that bril-
liant writer. Ida VI. Evans. So II goes
through the list, which includes 4 won
der tale from the Far East by James
Francis Dwyer; a story of a couple
just around the corner from every
mans home. called, "A Busy Mans
Wife," BY Edwin l.. Sabin: a story
which Introduces a gallant duellist.
by L. J. Beeston; a remarkably real
istic story of city life by Clifford 6.
Raymond: one of Mary Inlay Taylors
inimitable stories OF a little Italian
girl: and stories by Helen Green Van
Camper, John Barton Oxford. Minnie
Barbour Adams and Thomas Gray
FeSsenden.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
THE EGG FIGHT.

Press news brings the story that
1900 club women in Chicago have
banded together 10 boycott eggs until
the market price drops to a reasonable
figure. Fresh eggs are reported to be
selling in that old town AZ IS 10 80
cents q dozen; the women will con-
tinue their boycott until the price
crops 20 80 cents.
In New York there is the remains
OF a housewives league. an organiza-
ticn tina. did some business a year ago
and pushed down prices. This league
will refrain from using eggs until they
are offered at what is thought 20 be a
fair price.
A similar situation was attacked by
the women OF New York. Philadelphia
and Chicago a year ago. The plan or
campaign then was TO put other eat
ables on the market at a price decided
y lower than quoted by retail dealers.
At that time there were some results,
but they were not very lasting.
This year there is a change IN the
plan OF attack; the boycott is 10 be
tried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE Il. TAvENNFR
Congressman from tn. Fourteenth District.

and have a good margin left over.
Water power will be posterity's sub
stitute for coal. Under what condi-
lions are the people, who still own
most OF the power, going to give iran
chises for power development? Is II
better to trust this treasure to the
judgment OF congress or the judgment
OF the individual states?
The imagination OF the scientists
and the fnanciers engaged in power
acquisition and development knows no
bounds. Already a traveller can look
about and see evidence OF the civ1li-
zation of the future. Through the
south and west and in New England,
run the great transmission lines held
aloft on steel skeleton towers Here
is a stream with a dam and turbine.
It throws its 100, 500 or 1000 horse
power into the heavy current on the
transmission wires, as a brook runs
into a stream. Over hills, across val
leys, through forests, runs the zigzag
line of the wires, verging here to tap
power, turning there TO run into
mill town, while trolley cars flash
between communities, mills hum, vii
lagos glow at night, all drawing the
magic power from the transmission
lines.
In the future the country will be
criscrossed with these overhead
trunk lines Today this same power
is being used TO draw the very nitro
gen from the air and sack it for fer
tilizer. The power magnates foresee
the day when the current will operate
farmers trucks along model country
roads. These are glimpses of the
future. Another is the rapid forma-
ton of power companies to operate
public service functions of cities, sin
gle companies controlling the light,
power and transportation of scores
of cities.
Will the country awake some day
to find its cities and industries in the
control of a single giant corporation
of Rockefellers and Morgans? 1t is
the opinion OF Louis ID. Brandeis, of
Boston, that there will be only two
monopolies in the future TO deal with
the monopoly of credit, which is the
money trust, and the water power
trust. which will be the mother of all
other monopolies. AS congress deals
with this water power problem it Will
deal with the destiny of coming gen.
erations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
TIE UNDER CURRENT AND THE
IPPf.R CURRENT.

There Is in Rock Island an under
current which IS It's saving grace. its
,tavirg quality. IL always rises TO
he surface regardless OF what per
pIexities may beset. and forms tnll
uppercurreut which makes FOR better
Things. IL Is the upl.tt- No matter
what NAV befall 10 - always there
In the midst Of riotous conditions.
Rock Island raised SiS5.Coo for new
y. VI. q. \. building and all in a
weeks time. The underlying spirit is
ever ready 20 come 10 the front.
where this Is so no city can be held
hack. And II has always been true
Of Rock Island
As n matter OF general principle
Rock Island has gone steadily forward
through all the years. in gradual in
austriaI development in commercial
and mercantile progress. in building
and in public Improvement In all
these things il has marched right
along.
People often marvel at how the city
has expanded and grown And IL has
not gone ahead by fits and starts
There have been no spasmodic jerks
and consequently no reaction There
Is no mushroom growth and no crumb-
ling.
A city OF this calibre IS worth
working for II Is worth fighting for.
it's people are worth standing by.
Their homes are worthy Of being
fought for. and their good name Is
worth lighting for
Rock Island cannot slip back. II
can submit 10 no retrOgressive ten /
dency. Il must push on. steadily but
surely. for its future Is as fixed as the I
stars. Its people have but 10 stand
together and work together: and the
occasion for the rising OF the under I
current should be not merely where I
there Is a stress OF circumstances but /
every day in the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
SANTA CLAUS FILLING THE STOCKINGS.

SANTA CLAUS FILLING THE STOCKINGS
! that was done. Mrs. Severance made
/ tine preparations for the dinner with
[ her own hands, Aunt Sarah attended
! TO procuring the evergreens and the
! holly for ecorations, and Louise help
I ed her put them up. All through the
! day packages were coming in either by
! express or post, and every time one ar
rived there was n struggle to keep the
child to whom it was addressed from
opening 1t to see what was inside. De
spite all the care taken Tommy sue
ceeded in getting away with n little
box addressed to him and had nearly
got the wrapping off when his mother
caught him and took it away from
him.
When the postman delivered the aft
ernoon mail Louise met him at the
door and received a letter. She took it
into her mother, who was in the kitch-
en- making nince pies. Mrs. Severance
the moment she caught sight or the
superscription seized the letter. tore it
open, read it and, throwing her arms
about her daughters neck, wept. Then
she began to laugh.
"Oh, mamma" cried the frightened
girl. you've got Mysteries, Don't,
please don't" And she Rugged her
mother to her.
Suddenly Mrs. Severance released
herself and was about to speak. but
changed her mind, and, going up 10
her room. shut the door and remained
there some time. When she came out
she seemed much changed for the bet
ter Her step was light, and she con-
tinued her work apparently with new
born happiness. Louise was curious
to know what had happened; but, as
have said. Louise was a lovely girl,
and one OF the things n lovely girl
v7ould do under the circumstances
would be to refrain from asking Ques-
ffons. knowing that II her mother wish.
ed TO tel! her anything she would tell
her OF bcr own accord. But Louise d3
not worry, seeing that her mother
seemed so happy.
That evening-Christmas eve-the sun
set in a cIoudless sky. and at the same
time a great round disk, the full
moon, rose in the east Aunt Sarah
read to the children the familiar poem. /,
THE Night Before Christmas" then |
they all went out TO look at the beau
tiful night.
Why. it's Just as IT is in the poem" |
said one OF the children. "Tbe moon |
Is shining on the breast OF the new |
fallen snow"
so It IS" said Tommy. 81 wish /
Santa Claus would come along in his I
sleigh with his RENDERS, on, Donder; !
on. Bitten; on, Dancer and Prancer.' /
and the rest of 'em."
There was an immense frepIace In !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
THE DECEMBER METROPOLITAN.

The December Metropolitan contains
The Case for Equality" by George
Bernard Shaw. In this article Mr..
Shaw gives some original and inter
estinE arguments in favor OF equality
OF income. and he contends that this
Is the only real remedy for our pres
ent social ills. In The Peoples
Money and the New Currency BILL
Frederic Howe tells how the currency
bill will tend 20 alleviate the financial
troubles Of the country. This IS a par
ticulariy strong fiction number and
contains a new story The Edge OF the
Evening" by Rudyard KipHng. and
short stories by Ella o. Burroughs.
Melville DAVIDSON Post, Bonnie r.
Ginger and others. The Larry Evans
serial continues. and so do the "Pulitz-
er "Reminiscences" by Alleyne Ireland.
There are also the usual pictorial fea-
lures and departments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
THE RED BOOK MAGAZINE.

Whether or not one grees with the
boast OF the Red Book Magazine. that
IL is printing not only the three most
talked-of novels OF the day. but the
greatest list OF short stories OF any
magazine. there can be no quarrel
over the statement that IT does con-
tain the greatest element OF variety in
its contents. For instance. the Deem
Der issue begins with a wonderful
story of Perc.val Gibbon. OF the rem
nsnts OF a kingdom-old-world ladies'
and gentlemen-csught Up in a vhirI-
pool OF present day finance. Then
comes the current installrent OF Ru-
per- Hughes remarkable New York
novel. What VIII People say" and
next a story OF ra~. elemental life IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
The Field of Literature
THE CENTURY MAGAZINE.

The period through which we are
living in its display OF scientific ac-
complishment and clashing social
forces is the most broadly significant
and humanity spectacular in. the forty
three years OF the existence OF The
G injury Mlgazine," says an editorial
in The Century.
II is the avowed ambition OF the
magazine, say its publishers, to be as
nearly as possible representative Of
the times in which we live. Believing
that fiction is virtually the only eff
fec-iye means OF approaching the
minds OF millions Of intelligent per
sons, The Century will devote about
half OF each issue during the coming
year TO fiction. In a magazine of the
size OF The Century, this amount OF
space given 10 fiction leaves a great
many pages which as usual will be de-
voted 70 art and poetry and TO such
papers as those on immigration by
Professor Edward A. Ross OF the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin. by W. Morgan
Shuster. author OF THE Strangling of
Persia" on subjects OF international
interest: for example. Have We
roreign Policy and Shah the Fill
pinos have a Fourth of Juiy?'
Characteristic Of the New Spirit OF
the Century are the genuinely i'm
portaut papers: Theodore Roosevelt.
on The Progressive Party: Edna
KentOn on The Militant Wonderland
Women" which gives the case for the
feminists. and The Modern Quest for
garFnua and
study by Winston Churchill. author OF
The Inside OF the Cup" which will be
a feature OF the December Century.
In the February Century will begin
a prophetic triology by II. G. Wells. in
which this modern prophet sees pos
sible and logical future that stirs the
imagination. The February number
will be 4 "Short Story Number" and
will contain a special group Of stories
by authors who are either celebrated
already or likely 20 become so.
Always \ leader in the art field. The
'sntury will continue to make a mum.
Der OF interesting experiments in va
rlous representative processes. With
its corps OF artist-engravers and its
elaborate art department. The Cen
tury is able 20 get effects in full color
and in Century color-tone" that are
impossible in less carefully printed
aud designed magazines.
In its comic department. "In Lighter
Vein" The Century continues to prove
that the hes: illustrators and the best
writer's are glad occasionally TO turn
to the lighter treatment Of current
topics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
The Daily Story
SANTA CLAUs-BY WINIFRED BALDWIN.


Christmas was coming. The Sever
ance children-the Oldest twelve. the
youngest fve-were on the tiptoe of
expectation, each wondering what
Santa Claus would bring him or her;
what they would get from mamma.
from aunts, uncles or friends.
l have not mentioned papa. because
in the Severance family papa was an
uncertain quantity. At any rate. there
had been no papa for several years.
He had been away so long that be
was beginning to fade from the mem
DRY OF the older children, while the
youngest did not remember him at all.
Louise. a lovely girl of twelve, recol-
lected him very well, a genial man
with q bald head, who used to take
her on his lap and tell her stories and
give her candy. None of the children
could recall just when he went away
or how he came 10 go. Louise had
once asked her mother about it. and
the question had given so much pain
that the child forbore 10 mention the
subject again. Tommy. the youngest,
had trodden on delicate ground by
saying one day. Mamma, why haven't
1 papa like other boys?" His mother
burst into tears, and, young as he was,
Tommy had learned that his papa was
not to be mentioned in the family.
The SeveranceS lived in the country.
where there We're coasting and skating
and such like winter sports. Two days
before the glorious holiday it began to
rain. and the rain turned TO snow. and
early in the morning the wind turned
TO the northwest, the clouds disappear
ed. the temperature fell and the air
was full Of delicious ozone
"Golly." exclaimed Ben. the next
child in age to Louise, on awakinG and
noticing the change, we've got snow.
and If this weather holds We'll have
skating tomorrow. That's the kind of
a Christmas for me-"
All day long preparations were going |
on for the next days festivities. The !
children were interested in everything |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
BACK To THE FARM.

William c. Brown rose from section
hand on a western railroad 20 the
presidency OF the New York Central.
He has decided 10 return 20 farm life.
which he so enjoyed in his early days.
What he says IL would be well for
those youths 20 read who crave 70 quit
the quiet OF the farm and get into the
Whirl Of a great city.
The happiest days OF my life" says
Mr.. Brown. were spent on the Old
farm in Iowa and have always longed
10 return 20 It After a farmer boy
has been out IN the big world forty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

years and rest OF mind becomes neces-
sary, there is only one place 10 find IL,
and that is back on the farm There
Is no place On earth that can compare
With IL want to see the seed placed
in the sell and watch IL develop. l
want 10 hear the wind whistle through
the trees in the cold winter and watch
the SLOW fall on the prairies and re-
main clean and white until II is alb
soTbeG by tie sun. Once a farmer. al
ways a farmer. II won't come out OF
your system. II never came out OF
m'rs.
so am going back to my boyhood.
back 10 the farm"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
HAPPI DAYS GNA

Mothers gettir' thin and so
She's quit eppearin sad,
She sings all day 10 let us know
That she is feelin' glad.
Fathers work is hard to do;
He makes an early start
And comes home when the day IS through
Worn out and sad at heart
His clos are old and out OF style,
He wears his last years hat.
For mothers had TO spend a pile
To keep from bein' fat
He scolds around lot cause I'm
So hard on pants and shoes,
And every day, most all the time,
He seems 10 have the blues.
Before he gets one months bills paid
The next months bills come in:
But mother says she's not dismayed-
She's glad and Gettin' thin.
She does not care about the cost
When there's q goal 10 seek;
For nearly four weeks now she's lost
Almost a pound a week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
Nov. 20 in American
History.

I794-Baron Won Steuben. German SOL
der in the Revolution. died; born
1870.
1s05-John Lloyd Stephens. diplomat
and exric-Pr builder Of the railroad
across tile isthmus of Panama,
born: died 1852.
1s59-Washington Irving, author. died
at Sunnyside. Iryington, y. Y:
born 1888.
Is95-GeneraI Thomas Jordan. promi-
nent ex-Confederate and Mexican
veteran, at one time commander OF
the Cuban army, died: born 1919.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

tional conservation
congress merely
the forerunner OF
a more intense
fight that will oc-
cur IN the United
States con gress.
The contest in the
conservation con-
gress was severe
enough, but that
in the federal con-
gress will be a
death grapple- The
former was over
the wording of the
water power re-
port; the latter
will be for the
power itself.
However on e
may feel on the
question of state
versus federal con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

wasn't III" her friend replied.
No, my husband sat up until near
ly one o'clock reading a novel, and 1t
was almost two before l could be
sure he was sound enough asleep to
make IL safe for me to search his
pockets. Some men have absolutely
no consideration for their wives"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
Painful.

Il was the victim of a painful sur
prise last night"
How was that?"
AT dinner l sat next to Boston
girl. and. supposing she would be
frigid, asked her to cool my soup
little by blowing on it,
What happened?"
81 was roasted to q cinder"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
AN INcoNsIoERATE HUSBAND.

"Oh, dear, ex-
cuse me-" she
said, after at
tempting for the
third time to hide
a yawn. Il had
hardly my sleep
last night"
Il hJpe the baby
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
Cautious.

Well. we have been engaged for a
week"
Yes, It was Just a week ago tonight
thar you asked me to be yours"
Have you told anybody"
Not a soul"
Then I'm afraid I'll have TO give
you up. i don't want TO marry a
freak"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
Advice.

Look before you leap. young man.
But keep thls fact in mind;
The ones who never leap at all
Are those who are obscure and Enau
And left 10 lag behind.
Cross no bridge ere Il is reached,
But. young man, don't forget
That there are bridges to be crcssedI
The ones on whom this fact is lost
Are likely to get wet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Speaker Clark's daughter should be
awarded a prize for purchasing we'd
ding gift for the presidents daughter
which pleased both the majority and
the minority IN the house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Neutrality-suspicious. A. Reese OF
the Springfield Register. who has been
appointed a Panama-Pacific Exposi-
ton commissioner for the Mediter-
ranean region. was in Washing-on to
get instructions preparatory TO sailing
for Europe Nov. 80.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
A Future Possibility.

What's the matter with the 4:3o
aeroplane? It's 20 minutes late
The chief aviator has just informed
me by wireless" replied the station
agent, that they've been held up by
@ lone aerial highwayman."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
EN- Darra ssino.

DO you ever see the president?' ASK
ed Willie OF his uncle. who lived in
Washington.
YES; nearly every day" was the
reply.
And does he ever see your queried
the little fsilnw. Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
WIRE SPARKS.

Nice-L. ". Brush. 10 years a sea-
man on the United States bsttleship
Utah, anchored a. Villa Franche. shot
himself because of i'll health. He is in
a hospital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

More than half OF the $4,000 spent
BY the r-Cgrpssives i'm the New Jersey
.caIrIaizn. was contributed by women.
20 II If claimed EucOuraEement here
fer The tns-es 70 take a new view OF
eu1ql outrage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

A New York automobiles says the
average pedestrian IS an ass Prob
ably because he insists on crossing
the streets. All pedestrians should
he compelled TO burrOw under the
rronnd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

: Dr. Eliot says that wages must give
way TO proft-sharing- Just the same
most Of US will prefer the wages until
the profits are guaranteed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

The cost OF living comes down with
q rush. II is announced that tennis
balls are 20 be dollar dozen cheaper
next season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Even II President Wilson should
send him a steamship ticket TO Europe
IL would be just like Huerta 20 20 TO a
pawn shop aud hook H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

= We are relieved TO hear that Huerta
gets intoxicated on champagne The
Tumor had spread that II was petro-
leum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Having bought 10000 pounds OF
australian beef at less than the lowest
american price. the navy is earnestly
requested 20 engage in the retail trade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

The bloodiest battle OF the Mexican
revolution is getting TO be almost as
Inonotonous as the hardest fought
game OF the season
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

4 John Hays Hammond has a fellow
feeling for Huerta. He helped grab a
country once upon a time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

To the credit Of Mrs. sayre. nee VII
son, II must also be said that nobody
ever called her the Princess Jessie.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus)
Washington, Nov. 25.-Observers
who think for the future see in the
water power fight in the recent ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

The young husband who paid for a
big turkey could have bought a fine
piano with the money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Fort Worth. Texas-Mrs. Agnes
Stokes, former wife of John Stokes,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Washington-Ohicials OF steamship
lines operating on Chesapeake bay
have protested against the La Toilette
seamen's bill. They contend that the
provisions requiring two able seamen
for every lifeboat and lifeboats enough
for all passengers cannot be compiled
with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. III entered at the
posro1ice as second-class natter.J
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press
BY THE :. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

TERAS-Ten cents per week by car
rfer. IN Rock Island
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department,
which should also be notified in every
Instance where IL Is desired TO have
paper discontinued. ss carriers have 10
authority IN the premises.
Z All communications OF representative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pu5lica-
iion- No such articles VIII lie printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN all departments Cen
frsl Union. Rock Island 145, II45 and
zI<5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

Paris-Ihe Judicial authorities have
sent the papers in the proceedings
brought against Oscar and Arthur
Hammerstein by a French singer,
Theodore Marvini. over the Hammer
stems alleged failure to fulfill a con-
trac', to the senior examining magis-
trate with instructions to open an in
vestigation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

was arrested on a charge of murder.
She was with her former husband
when the second Mrs. Stokes, who had
the Brainerd fire department quenched
ed at the house with a lawyer to take
an inventory. The lawyer, Donald
Shilg, was shot dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-28

An the news al me time-The Argus