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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-04
LITTLE CHARITY WORKERS.

MRS. HOLLIS ENTERTAINED
the Little Charity workers at meet
ings Thursday and Friday afternoons.
officers for the year were elected as
follows:
President-Gcldie Sosna.
Vice President-Mildred Hackett.
Secretary-Sophie Horblit.
Treasurer-Blanche Sosna
Reporter-Martha Rfddell.
After the business meeting the lit
tie workers spent the time sewing.
Mrs. Kolls will entertain the club
again next week when they will make
an effort to finish their quilt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-04
SHOWER FOR MISS CANNON

MRS. BERT CANNON, AT HER
home, 1928 Thirty-eighth street, Thurs
day evening entertained at a kitchen
shower in honor of Miss Grace Celia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-04

nants. Frappe was served during the
evening.
The F. o. X. club, also high school
organization preceding the dane
ing party of the Cubs entertained at
the annual banquet at the New Har-
per last evening. Covers were laid
for "a at the banquet table and the
club colors were used for decorating.
The evening world., 1913-12-20

wouldn't know II II It came up and hi;
me n poke In the eye. And l have Ia
borious!y and with great mental A
guish read many Of the pr.nc'pai
speeches made on the subject at that.
From what can gather out Of these
oratorlcai efforts We are all going TO DC
eating In soup houses before April Foo's
Day or else we are AL going to have
more money than We know what to do
with. We are going to have the mos,
disastrous panic the world ever saw or
else we are going to have the biggest
boom In history.
Therefore. Ne should vorry-l mes1
you and I and all Of US who do not UNI
derstand the Currency bill should worry.
Our statesmen have either framed US
IN or they haven't We can't do any
thing about It, If We are booked on the
soup house circuit we might a. well get
our tin buckts ready and prepare to
hit the trail. And II We are billed /"
travel to prosperity We might as wei
start TO examine the catalogues of the
automobile manufacturers and take les
sons In the new dance steps.
The way thinEs stand now-and
think history furnishes an unoroken lin :
! Of nfrnation--those who know how to
get the money get II. and those VINO
! don't know how don't. II Currency
bin can change this condition We well
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lies with Children IN this house
Nov that certainly Is not very much
announcement for . young couple to
raise . family. ! think this apartment
house rule Ia . great danger to the
rising generation.
lis there no way In which a land
lord could be compelled to accept a
family when they have good records
from their previous landlord? I think
that a fine Imposed upon such landlords
would soon stop such treatment and
would make for the bettcrmsnt Of fam
ilies."
While a. yet there 10 no law that
prohibits tho sisn children and dogs
not allowed here" there 10 . great
humanitarian principle involved. which
any landlord or proprietor might well
consider.
IT, - the writer Of the foregoing let
ter suggests. GOOD record may be
shown from previous landiords-a rec
ord stating that this family has care
fully avoided infringing on the privacy
and rights d their neighSors; that II
has no guarded and disciplined Its wee
ones 40 not u give any oTsnse to any
one outside that family; and has care
| fully looked to II that its children were
seen but not heard too often -thsr
indeed 10 the Landlord who discriminatss
against SUCH . family not only unkind
but aeeaally ds6ossat N the evmanA
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Mrs. Jarr and Jury Of Experts
Name the Ideal Christmas Gift

foy1s this morning" scored sister
Irene.
''Now. come. girls" said Mrs. Jarr. !
rs she saw Gladys rising to snatch up
the gage OF battle. Don't pick on each
other so! Really, II gets on my nerves.
Now. In the Joyous Christmas sea-
SON.
Shall l mark II Not to be opened
I'LL Chr!stmas?'" asked the younger sis
ter. who was tying UP her handmade
gift to send II by parcel post to the
prospective victim.
why. Of course. stupid" reiorted
the elder. what excuse VII! you have
for sending 1t before Christmas II you
don't?"
"Of course, rs for my aunt who has
lots OF money. She never forgave our
mamma for marrying Mr.. Blodser."
''Oh, always send your weE-to-do
friends some trifle; and send It In good
time" said Mrs. Jarr. You mark It
Don't open till Christmas and that
viii make them open It right away II
will remind tho recipient that the send
or 10 still alive. And the cheaper the
little Gift 10 the more eloquent II Is OF
the poverty Of the glver And this IN
turn 10 q comforting reminder OF now
we'll OF, the receiver Of the gift 10. And
Il often makes them send you somefh'ns
| worth while"
"Y hate rich relations who send you
things they make Themselves cried
Mss Irene Cackieberry. II think II !"
a tacky thing to do"
"And yet they are the very people
who do it-wealthy friends and reiA'
tives." said Mrs Jarr.
"Thnts because your Door t'enaa
| ,.ve a. much work to do. They haven't
time to knit or mako you useful gifts. y
addsi Miss Gladys Cackleberry. "tsut
your wealthy re'atirea'--
Don't mention wealthy reia1Nea OF
Will scream" Interrupted tho other.
Look what fuss Aunt MarSares o.
Newark, O.. mado when l frsot
was she who worked mo the handAx
as gift the Christmas h>fore ana
sent II to her as her Christmas KIN
the next Christmas"'
Eyes, she wrote very cuttnsly that
aha aupreciated tho Eff. s.e'ns tina:
she KNEW II was vel! made and Of
GOOD materials" said the elder sister
WELL" said Mrs. Jarr. holding up q
aha vi on which she was working be-
tween her and the light 10 SEQ how the
.titche, ran, "wel,, II " dishcartenlns
10 70 to q lot Of trouble TO make s"me-
thins nice for somebody and yet know
lust as we'll eS though you stood by
and heard that the person you send
II TO will say. What did she send me
that thing forT"
The evening world., 1913-12-20
Hits From Sharp Wits.

The information that % per cent. OF
the people OF Mexico cannot read or
write goes far to explain things. Albany
Journal.
Whore ono worries about The income
tax ioOo0 worry about the income
Deseret Evening News,
Only . man who isn't In the habit Of
doing his duty thinks he should be
specially praised when he does do It.
Tho Queen Of Roumania weighs ~
pounds; yet the anti-fat remedies are
doubtless advertised IN R0umanis. too.
II cost 80 cents to distribute one dol
lars worth OF food In New York. not
counting the tip.-Boston Transcript.
At spitxberGen the longest day IN the
year 10 three and a half month";. How
would you like to have thirty days like
that IN which TO settle the Christmas
bills '-DirminEham Ncws.
Wow. St. Louis Is eating Limitation
lemon pie made Of turnips and citric
acid" Tastes bad even to write ths
Secloe. Commercial ADpeai
The evening world., 1913-12-20
With the Reverse English.
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g A for George McAneny." CON.
~ mented the head polisher. MS
= doesn't seem to care--re:,,sing
boost In salary OF 500 year"
Maybe M, McAneay," suggested tho
laundry man. lis in the state OF mind
OF grea. many other citizens who
think that public officeholders In this
city should have their salaries reduced
instead Of advanced. Politicians ciilti-
vate the Impression that to hold .
public office-a COMMAS sionership, for
instance-one must be person Of the
rarest attachments.
"phere isn't n Job in the city service,
from the Mayoralty down. that calls
for men OF more than ordinary ability;
and the proof OF the assertion Is that
they have seldom been filled by men
Of more than ordinary ability. Count
off the brilliant city officeho!ders In
your recollection. Commo, honesty
the commonest Of virtues--and common
scnse-not quite SO common-are ths
chief requisites Running the AVERAGE
city department u no moro of compll-
Gated task than running a subway
local. And motor engineers get % q
day"
The evening world., 1913-12-20
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somebody else the following Christmas.
There was an endless chain Of them
going. and II one got injured In care
less handling In the mall II was
TRAGEDY.
II know. Maw's got . bureau drawer
full Of them-hideous robins egg blue
and salmon stuffy silk things with silk
fringss. and some with mica sprinkisd
over them to sparkle like snow and xii,
the Girls who had 70 breathe the dust In
the Christmas card factoriec"----
The evening world., 1913-12-20
REAL CHRISTMAS.

LMOST everybody whose heart in the right place finds him
self wishing about that he could play Santa Claus
the poor youngsters to whom real dinner bag
candy pair skates represent the Of Christmas bliss
It's easy to give the money, but is better still wistful
eyes brighten and pnchd cheeks glow and hear n
trying to tell how good it is to be happy
Only and deputy Of Santa Claus gets the Joy in
about the Of Christmas Commander Eva
Booth Salvation Army expects have she describes in
The Sunday World Magazine tomorrow
Giving away $4,000 Christmas dinners throughout the country
$4,000 poor children right here New Yopus
in position many interesting about Christmas
Santa himself.
The evening world., 1913-12-20
Letters From the People

the horizontal steam pipe hangs on two
elbows or bends" connected to . six
foot perpendicular steam ptpe with no
other support from the calling. This
means that about twenty-six fest Of
six-inch steam pipe 10 perhaps liable to
break at either OF the two elbows.
through IL own dead weight, which
must BE- enormous. Thu 10 not the
only instance OF It, kind that ] know
OF. need not say any more. Readetp
can see tho sertoumsss Of what have
described. ] am sure. H.
witch 10 Chespsss
10 the Editor a Ths Evening World,
VIII some experienced reader kindly
snswer the following question: 10 Il
cheaper to run . truck with a team Of
horses than II 10 to run an automobils
truck? The answer may Interest q
number Of wrksra &. B.
Hoboksa. N. J.
The evening world., 1913-12-20
The Landlords Fault
And Its consequences
RH Sophie Irene Loeb
On. crhs New York Evening WORLDLY.

spirit that should dominate every citi-
zen who is given q deed to property.
For. certainly that deed and that
property he cannot take with him after
death. Therefore, he should 90 live a.
to make the best use OF ais property
holdings and to be citissn.like In the
very short time in which he 10 mon
arch Of all he surveys"
I wonder IL that landlord who ex-
cludes little children from his prem.
isNs ever realises that, BY his atti.
tude. he Is fostering a means Of making
people hard and cold and cynical and
unresponslve to the ties that bind
humanity.
wonder II he knows how the sight
Of wee tot with golden curls. g,ee-
fully romping In tho sunshine, may
penetrate and make better the withered
old heart OF some reciuse who has been
trying to shut out Just such q sight
for fear Of being annoyed" For Il 10
good for any one to see and hear chill
dren at times
wonder II this sslf.same autoorat
Of q sky-scraplng apartment house can
appreciate that he 10 putting q pre-
MUM on posterity being reared In un-
desirable parts Of the city. For thore
Is many q worthy family. 40 the fore
going example. that. but for limited
means. would gladly leave a neig,bor-
hood detrimental to the bringing up OF
the future citlsen. And this formidable
and almost cruel sim. "chiidren and
dogs not allowed here" may drive mum
hers Of people to less heaithful. less
cleanly districts
The man who II 10 selfish In the
matter Of money making that he for.
sets his own childhood days and doei
not reckon with the human equation
may well reflect that. after all. he car
sleep only IN ono bed At . time. en-,
only 50 much food. use only one yacht
at time; and In short, he can re.
spon. to only no many creature com.
forts and must die when his tim,
comes
Yet. he who hearksns and answers IN,
ory Of the children. he. indeed. leave,
y footprints % Ne ssnds o. time"
The evening world., 1913-12-20

well. don't poke your crochet needle
In my eye!" interrupted her sister. I'm
only sorry that some of the people who
make cheap Christmas gifts to-day
and people who send them. too-don't
choke half to DEATH
why. Gladys, 10 that the holiday
soirk?" asked Mrs. Jarr In surprise.
IT'S MY holiday SPIRIT" said the fair
rebei.
oh. she's Just mad because she
didn't get q letter from Herbert lynne
The evening world., 1913-12-20
Deeply Interested.

THE marriage Of Mss lne1 Mubol!snd n,
/ Minded Phiadel 2.Iia suifrAg.st Of a
anecioic SOU, the fair young props.
g,nd.st.
Mis- Mnlolilid was Gssking." she said, TO
the vomen Of 'hs east side. She spoke on q.
male suffrage. and shs Looked, - usdal, WIZ
clarninx in one Of ,hoss loose and careless, IA
clina.ns-!oosely clinrng- govEs o: the nsv
fashion.
AT the end she said:
And now. ere thers any ausations! Ar
ore who has any questions to askt ] shall b.
VERY much ,les.sd N answer any questions h
the lest Of my sbi,ity.
"a woman rse in the back Of the hail.
"'ws!lr smilei Miss M;lholland.
"'would you pissse tell me, MIS-, said ~
woman eagerly. where you ut your eorsstsf ~
RiaAabsuh cbssassk ydsDs0k
The evening world., 1913-12-20

son are going to pu'
In L sic 5 a ms
. stocking for Christ
mas" remarked "a,
head polisher.
Speaking wlthoI;
shame and In al
candor." replied the
laundry man. Il
must confess that l
haven't any more
.Gea than n ra boit
about what the new
iNltl la
The evening world., 1913-12-20

1.-Two In q neighbor-
hood that I would
much prefer to be
out Of. My wife
has been to sew
eral very nice
houses; and the
hrst esti o n
asked 10 How
many in the fam
ily?' When she
says We have
I h ee children.
the answer II We
don't allow fam
The evening world., 1913-12-20
Caught in q Sinecure.

tTa,e.
- .inecuse. your WORSHIP" dandy came u,
reply.
surely yoi nissn = al De ~ re.nA'Se'!
the msSstrss.
TIE witness r.k',d aNvissleucs. hi; obGioas'
" no xas still uneonviH'ed, and as he stepped
from the hx he vas l'esd to Whisper To
besshsr Officer, Poor Old chaps ssttin woras.
Manchester Guardian.
The evening world., 1913-12-20
No Job for Him.

THE spring had hronSht on. the usual crop
" ltalesA vsadssn. relates Ha1'er's
Weekly.
WAT help, do your" said the PROSPEROUS
looking party Who had BEEN applied to Tor a.
sis'snrs BY one o. thsss. You're . HUSKY loos'
ins hsssss ] NUT ny. Why DON'T you vsrkf"
my busips. siat az God d 'dh season. -
~ puiy,
The evening world., 1913-12-20
Odd case Of ~ Don't Cars!"
GEY SEE" said the head pohp

SSY SEE said the head pohsher,
that few brokerage houses In
Wall street are giving their en-
pioyess an extra years salary ter
Christmas"
''No." said the laundry man. the
employees are thinking about returning
half Of what they earned during the
year to their bosses"
The evening world., 1913-12-20
WHAT IS "PUBLlC SERVICE?

1T WILL NEED hall to hold representatives Of than
hundred local civic associations who have given notice that they
= will appear before the upstate Public Service Commission in
the Metropolitan Building Monday morning support the de-
msnd voiced by The Evening World for eccnt telephone
throughout Greater New York
Scores of petitions and complaints concerning telephone rates
have pouring upon the Commission during the past few weeks
It impusive hancmed public that demands reasonable
togates New Workers have been convinced by facts
that their telephone patronage entities them to rate rcuc
tons obtained by other cities long ago
New York telephone rs per cent higher than those
Chicago which has telephone business New York
pays the highest telephone rate of city in the country
The Public Service Commission order the New York Tee
phone Company reduce its subscribers rates to veccnt basis
and abolish toll charges between boroughs
Why Yet Telephone Company itself from
sersasips reducing vosnar
coming time when all of public corpora
ons will be fixed lin accordance with decisions Of the
higher cour based upon fair valuation Of property and
volume Of business.
But such valuation may take years.
Every wenyfou hours delay secured by the New York Tee
phone Company additional $4,000 extoed from New
York telephone
Immediate relief is due
s Telephone wishes he considered real
pe corporation why doesn't hasten to show TIE people Of
New YsrA hat n perform real public servieei
><>
New r. r. Loser In Poker-Headlne
% kind Of In which the New Haven
losing handf
The evening world., 1913-12-20
DON'T BE TOO SURE.

VVHE fig Leaf in its wofold aspect plant and article Of fem
attire discussed at meeting Of the House Repre-
= sentatives Committee on Agriculture
considerable mvng had found voice the dphanous
and deous directions in which fashion urging the apparel
q women Science speaking through Dr. Taylor Chief Of the Bureau
Of Plant Industry omu assured the committee that the leaf will
displscs the skirt.
ID he Science and then the kind Of old
fegy when to reseeng future developments its
own field And pray what influence has Science with Fashion!
Why u the Government nacon with soothing but fala
csus On the highest ethical grounds advise taking
No Let the Department Of Agriculture act time and
thoroughly into the question Of fig culture with special view to
increasing the size and serviceabiity of the leaf.
The evening world., 1913-12-20
The Days Good Stories

Wa. IL your businssi' said the prospssous
!oodn; party.
I'm . professional tobogannist," 1 DuAl
The evening world., 1913-12-20

Theatre-goer Paris laughing crying CLAP
ping like mad-whyi Because Sara Bernhard playing
role SEVENTEEN Is still the wonderful
living.
The evening world., 1913-12-20
The Weeks Wash :
BIZ Martin reen

V Co. The New YORK Evening World.
come the change. and II II can't w.
viii have to keep rght on taking our
advice on how to get rich from Johr
H. Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegie and
the corresp ondence schools"
The evening world., 1913-12-20

committee Of Board Of Charities decides that
the George Junior Republic Boys and Girls should be al
lowed to 20 only provided there girls George
and d republic.
The evening world., 1913-12-20

er 20. 1913
81 CGSizzI1a< (:xswlAco@.
csg-a. 1918 n. Ir-Ir Co r~ New w@Sp.
~ tho Lady tn. rs gown where Sn ms she ss s s will address,
s s% s IF. %S:, Ss wrongs or the Ds Effect of
sSs
D"rssr ""% paid for ,hs
They
% them ss ''s S"ss &
Ala. as VIII not tie glorious day whe" wOmA" has overthrow"
Ing to particular to bother about little thing like that
roDArs LESSON IN NATURAL HISTORY.
Essay
ss. M: . . ssyn the %s '' ss " s;a into the
excitement and unrest OF the city Size sa
Du viii the lady nothn country very dnn' [
on child In TIE city the lady went TO oae'TS' ,nw once
sra. a'0D in s at % A % S.ns " " S
and then entertain the local "om'n club o" Tu oo sse win
wes husband viii give poker party, followed by little turkey
nd-o continue Can not see tina; the
tn: " LEAD s :%,'s ss:
nexses ctyfor
n a wome
MI but
hano cola IN o
Turk cge,e men area MATERIAL the
Ionvd nenc. bengh
husbands
luxury
BacheI In
a Ineligible
Of
consolation prizes
husband is OF
faith hope ard
In whv-un'n
living
husband
. none q
wonder that fluffy soft tender
ented
Rrt thai II
. the only. hing she
WRITING LESSON
Uag IL Nt
She uho stcas't ~ trash!
The evening world., 1913-12-20
COPYRIGHT. 1913. By TIE

MAN writes a. follows:
"A Il am . father OF three chill
u dren and have been forced to
The evening world., 1913-12-20

appears TO he quite
division OF opinion over this
L Currency bill that Congress
o,d presldent Will
The evening world., 1913-12-20

New Haven r. r. Loser In Poker-Headline
Was there any kind Of game In which the New Haven
didn't take Q losing hand?
The evening world., 1913-12-20

&C A $ for George McAneny." con.
~ mented the head polsher. his
\ doesn't seem to care--re.,,sing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Trout for Pennsylvania

From the Williamsport Gazette and Bull
letin.
State Fish Commissioners, Butler is con-
tident that the trout fishing. this year win
be somewhat of an Improvement over that
which the fly casters of Pennsylvania
have been having for some years.
For a number of years it was the GUS
tom to place trout fly in the streams
when they were so small that they could
mol. LOOK out for themselves. and became
an easy prey to the larger fish whicn
mace lood OF them, or We're SO weak that
they could not live in the streams that
had anything like swift current.
Millions of trout fry We're placed in
streams and fishermen kept watch ex-
pectlng TO make some good catches but
When trout fishing season come around it
was round that the planting of the young
fish had in no manner assisted in stock
ing the streams.
In Tact what was called Stocking the
streams was little more than. farce
Tor there We're no fish in the streams
When the time came to catch them They
had either been devoured by the larger
fish or had died or been swept away by
SWIFT waters, ana the result was nil
Illis year Commissioner Ruller has dis
carded the old methods. and instead OF
Placing small fry in the streams he has
stocked them with small trout from three
70 six inches IN size. and in some places
even larger fish have been placed IN
The waters These fish are large enough
TO escape from the larger fish and can
rake their WAY against swift water and
ii is believed that they will grow and
be of nice size when the trout fishin,
season opens
AT any rate the idea seems reasonable
and in the next few months fishermen
" i'll have chance to see
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-06
Arms Struggled In
Balkan War Stimulates Emigration

From the New York Times.
7 The large number OF emigrants who
left Germany during the latter part of
last year has given rise to considerable
speculation. and the natural conclusion
Iseerns to he that most of them departed
from German shores for the purpose of
escaping service in the European war
which for long time has seemed so
near.
The National Zeitung. a national lib
eral organ published here gives the fol-
loving view of the situation;
',rhe fear of a European war has had
as result a considerable increase in
1.-The number of German emIgrarits. A
special emisrant Steamer has lust been
pur IN service at Bremerhaven. During
lsfhe month of November last u $50 per-
sons left Germany During the months
from January TO November. 1912. the emit
grants numbered lSs,907, as compared with
131. $50 during the same months of the
preceding year. Hamburg also has been
sending large number OF emiarants.
while many have left from Antwerp,
where there Is large German colony.
n Is believed that the large majority are
itnpellcd by the fear OF war,