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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

VALUE OF PAPER IN THE HOME.
Not long ago we had an article of
the above subject but touched prin.
cipally on its use in paper bag cook
cry.
There are so many utensils made
from paper, which are of such great
value as labor saving devices, also
other uses for paper, that felt must
not postpone the time any longer tell.
ing you about them. There are paper
tubs, pals, drinking cups and jelly
glasses; also paper lamp and candle
shades, plates, napkins, doilies, center
pieces, lunch cloths, table cloths, nap
kin rings, fancy caps and, favors for
all festival days Of the year and dust
proof paper cases for hanging gowns
and suits, shelf paper, both plain and
fancy scalloped, and the very latest
is q package for travellers or picknick.
ers, containing a paper comb, paper
towel, soap and wash cloth all for 10
cents. Most of our jelly and marina.
lade was put into the paper jelly
6idbScS luis sSdI- III SuldAl dpdL L
ments where every inch of space
counts. it is very important not to
have this valuable room taken VI
with empty jelly glasses. The paper
ones may. when emptied. be thrown
away, and every housekeeper appre
ciates this advantage over glass. They
are made in all sizes, even to the in
dividual ones and are especially use
full when carrying lunch.
For years we have felt sure a dish
washer would be made for home use;
thus far they have only been success
fully made for hotels and restaurants
Our solution, / believe, will be in pa
per dishes, to save dishwashing, and
much Of it has come already in paper
pla es. cups, etc.
Paper towels are here and too mucl
cannot be said in their favor W.
have used them in our lecture room
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
"CR0SSING THE BAR"

sit Came In . Moment" Said Tenny.
son of His Great Song.
Parallel to the thoughts on immor.
tality and the hereafter as DR.. Lowry
expressed them is Lord Alfred Tenny-
sons noble death song Crossing the
Bar" One of the three greatest death
songs ever written. it comes to US as
sublime prayer. a humble petition, a
sacred belief Of a great man.
1t was while crossing the Solent with
his son Hallam late one October's aft
eTnoon that the words came to the
mind Of the poet. who had just recov-
cred from a siege of sickness. Reach
ing his home, be at once sat down
and penned the lines. Showing the
poem to his son, be declared, 1T came
in moment" Three years after the
birth of the lines Sir Alfred passed
away. but the prayer he uttered on
that memorable afternoon remains q
fitting memorial not only to the Eng
lish poet laureate. but TO the memory
of those who have gone before us and
who helped TO lay the foundation OF
our liberal faith and liberal education1
In II are blended the unfaltering trust
and belief of all humanity.
The last lone man on this terrestrial
sphere will utter no grander words
when he sets sail to seas unknown
than those dropped as faiths anchor
by the silent man of the yester age:
/ hope to see my Pilot face to face
When have crossed the bar.
-"SongS Inspired by Sorrow" George
Leon Varney. in National Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
.estAsGe,ce
IIDEzDARIN1EZNT
coNDCrtD 81
Mrs Alice 6nCheH Kirk

and kitchen where they have been
seen and discussed by thousands of
housekeepers and superintendent of
factories and institutions who, one
and all, quickly recognized the sani-
tary and labor saving value of the pa
per towel. How glad We were to say
goodbye" to the roller towel, which
was always trying to have put its
clean side (if it had any, to the front
We have found many uses for the pa
per towel besides drying hands and
face; and let me say right here, use
the. towel as blotter, and no difficult
ty will be experienced in taking up the
moisture, using a perfectly dry piece
for the final drying. Think what all
this will mean for our children in
public school and lavatories in all
public places, and all business and
professional men are very quickly
having the paper towels take the
place Of the linen ones which were
never clean. We find mahy uses for
this soft absorbent paper in the kitch-
en-. In frying doughnuts, croquettes,
fish, etc, this paper takes up all the
grease and leaves whatever has been
fried perfectly dry; we spread our
cookies fresh and hot from the oven
on it to cool, a little piece torn of
one corner is better than a brush for
greasing pans when baking; when
canning fruit or making jelly, these
towels are used TO save stains on
linen ones, and besides, much laundry
! work. We could go on naming many
other uses for this sanitary towel,
but the great thing is it's use in the
home and public places where disease
is so easily carried through the pores
of the skin from the common kitchen
or public roller towel. Only recently
a physician came to our lecture cook.
| ing school and said, I'VE have JUS
| discovered our cook has a serious
! skin disease; can you tell me where
we can purchase that paper towel we
saw in your kitchen at the Ideal Home
show?" No doubt many in the fam
lily had been using the common roller
towel, which exposed them to this
serious skin disease. Not only have
we begun to recognize the value oil
paper and its uses in the home, but
surgeons and physicians tell me they
could not get along without the paper
towel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

be entered placing the prosecution of
tue graft charges in the hands of the
two attorneys mentioned and taking
II entirely out of the hands of the duly
elected public prosecutor. Mr.. Thomp-
son promptly informed his callers that
he would not consent to such a prop
osition under any circumstances He
would not II he could and could not
If he would. Under the Law,
he pointed out, he could not fail
ia his own responsibility unless absent
o. sick, or the charge being made that
he had an interest in the proceedings
or the people involved. AS He is
neither absent nor i'll and as he has no
interest in any OF the officials involv-
ed or likely to be involved, he inform
ed the committee that he would be
Obliged to insist upon his own prerog-
atives and to discharge his duty as tie
law provides. Mr.! Thompson made
it plain, however, that he had no OBJ
lection TO the services of Messrs.
Searle and Sturtz, as assistants in the
prosecution of the particular cases in
question, or Of permitting them TO con-
duct those cases all the way through,
should the board OF supervisors see
fiji to employ them. But as to step
ping aside and waving all his rights
as the chosen representative Of the
people he could not entertain such a
notion.
Mr. Thompson has declined TO dis
cuss the matter further, except to pay
a high tribute to the standing and
ability and the established regulations
OF both Judge Searle and Mr.. Sturtz as
public prosecutors, and to say that
while he would feel highly honored to
be associated with them in any prose
cUtion and would be glad to have them
assist him, he could not in respect to
his Office or the people who placed him
there allow the other attorneys to
displace him
And in his premises, regardless of
facts OF circumstances, Mr.. Thompson
appears to be absolutely correct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

So William Rockefeller has agreed"
TO accept service Of a subpoena to ap-
pear before the Pujo committee on Jan.
10. He will. Of course, be much com
mended for his willingness to obey a
summons that no other man would
think Of resisting. The power of pub
lie opinion Is great sometimes. VIII
Ham Rockefeller is one of the richest
men in the world. Every dollar of his
vast wealth is held under the protec-
ton OF laws enacted by his fellow cit
liens. yet 1t pleases him to defy these
laws when they interfere with his per-
sonal comfort or, what is worse. his
duty 10 the public. This man of wealth.
claiming the protection Of his property
by law and OF his citizenship which he
has failed to fulfill, was willing to place
himself in the light of a fugitive and
In the ranks of outlawry. But for
tunately. for the good OF our institu-
tons, he did not get away with 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
A Wonderful PAINTING.

In the Wiertz gallery in Brussels is
a wonderful painting. dating from the
time of Waterloo. called Napoleon In
He'll" II represents the great marshal
with folded arms and face unmoved
descending slowly to the land of the
shades Before him. filing all the
background of the picture with every
expression Of countenance. are the
men sent before him by the unbridled
ambition Of Napoleon. Three millions
and seventy thousand there were in all
so history tells us-more than half Of
them Frenchmen. They are not all
shown in the picture. They are only
limited at And behind the millions
shown or hinted at are the millions on
millions of men who might have been
and are not-the huge widening wedge
Of the possible descendants of the men
who fell In battle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
STATES ATTORNEY TAoMPsoN's
Position.

II is unfortunate that even before
Floyd f. Thompson has fairly entered
upon his duties as states attor-
ney, any circumstances should
have arisen to develop an issue
between the new prosecutor and a
committee Of the board OF supervisors.
In the stand be has taken averse to per
hitting the committee to relieve him
OF any of the responsibilities attach
ing TO bis office. it would seem that
MIR. Thompson Is clearly within the
requirements Of his once. He is not
assuming in the least an arbitrary at
titude or an indisposition to cooperate
fully with the aims and purposes Of
the committee OF the county board in
the alleged graft investigation.
Chairman George Richmond Of the
beard OF supervisors. accompanied by
former States Attorney c. J. Searle OF
Rock Island county and former States
Attorney c. W. Sturtz Of Henry county
called upon States Attorney Thompson
ano requested him to accompany them
before the court and ask that an order
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

The bull moosers OF New Hampshire
are In peril Of being read out" by the
progressive party. They had the au-
dacity to join with the democrats in
the state Legislature 10 elect a demo
crat governor. the election having been
thrown into that body by the failure
Of any candidate for the governorship
to receive a majority OF all the votes
cast Tor that Office at last Novembers
election. And what is more, the union
between the two progressive elements
In the legislature promises the cleo
ton Of a progressive to the United
States senate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
THE NEW FREEDOM.

1t is a great source of satisfaction to
study the comment of Woodrow Will
son upon national problems, the re-
sponsibility for the solution of which
will rest in on small measure upon
him as president of the United States.
He seems to appreciate the magnitude
of the burden he is about to assume.
His earnest words should inspire uni
versal cooperation for achievement
Of good which he seeks TO accomplish
for the common people.
There is an article in the January
number of Worlds Work" by Mr.
Wilson on the subject, The New Free
DOM" in which he points out forcibly.
yet plainly, that the old order of
things has changed; that life today in
America is not what il was a few
years ago; that conditions have
changed and must be met with new
and more comprehensive laws; that
we are all caught by a great economic
system which is heartless; that the
present Organization of business was
meant for the big fellows and not
meant for the little fellows; that il
was meant to prevent a building of
competitive enterprises thai would in
terfere with the monopolies which the
great trusts have built up; that 1T is
an intolerabie thing that the govern
ment of the republic should have got
ten so far out Of the hands of the
people, and should have been captur-
ed by interests which are special and
not general. In the train of this cap
ture follows the troop of scandals,
wrongs and indecencies with which
our politics swarm
Mr.. Wilson then turns incidentally
to the growth of socialism as a natur-
al result of such conditions, and
points a lesson in a brief anecdote.
about his visit TO a little town in Ne
braska He said that while there he
met at the depot a very engaging
young man, dressed in oyeralls, who
introduced himself as the mayor, and
added that he was a socialist. What
does this mean?" asked Mr.. Wilson.
Does this mean that this town is So
cialist?" mo, sir" replied the mayor.
Il have not deceived myself; the vote
l by which l was elected was 20 per
/ cent socialist and so per cent protest.
/ This comprehensively expresses the
Z remarkable increase in the socialist
vote. II is largely a vote OF protest.
/ This fact only emphasizes the need OF
corrective measures to readjust our
economic system. 1t is this fact which
AIR. Wilson is discussing in detail and
endeavoring to impress upon the
minds of all who are interested in
economic and governmental problems.
{ Epitomizing, he says:
We stand in the presence Of a revo-
lution-not blood revolution; Amer.
cha Is not given to the splitting OF
blood-but a silent revolution where
by America will insist upon recover,
ing the ideals which she has always
professed. upon securing government
devoted 10 the general interests, and
not the special interests"
Contemplation of President Wilson'S
attitude. the obvious bigness OF hi:
I view: his understanding of the vita
Issues Of the hour. should bring q
ready and an enthusiastic response
from all good citizens in a genera
cooperative effort to bring about peace
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
THE DREADNoUGHI's SHORT
LIFE

How fleeing is the glory Of the
modern fighting ship is illustrated in
the case OF the British battleship
Dreadnought, the building OF which, as
a result Of the report of the British
naval attaches who accompanied Ad-
miral ToRos feet In the first naval
battles in the Gulf of Pechili against
the Pacific feet of Russia, caused a
revolution In battleship construction.
This once proud vessel is now con-
sidered so far out OF date THAI she is
being removed from the first battle
squadron and assigned TO the fourth
battle squadron. which Is based at
Gibraltar The Dreadnought has been
in commission less than six years
and while not considered Obsolete is
more completely outclassed by the lat.
est ships than were the pre-dread-
noughts distsnced by her when she
was first built.
Three weeks ago the battleship
King George V. was commissioned
She has a broadside OF no less than
$4,000 pounds. This gives her a su.
periority OF LOG per cen over the
Dreadnought, which was only 20 per
cent better than the last pre-dread
noughtH The new armored cruisers
even are 80 per cent more powerful
than the Dreadnought. No British
armored ship is reckoned effective to
day thai has been launched over Is
years.
At the battle OF Trafalgar the p
British ships averaged p years from
the date OF launching. The Victory
the flagship OF the squadron. was sc
years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
OF Course Not.

81 thought you didn't believe in
war"
81 don't"
Then why are you sending your
son to a military academy"
HE has such a splendid shape for
a uniform, and, of course, we don't
want him to have to be conductor
or {. janitor for the purpose of show
ing it off to the best advantage"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
A Primitiv. View of the suIIfrsa

A Primitive View Of the BuIIfres.
The frogs in America. it must here
be observed, make a most singular
noise, some Of them being absolutely
whistling. while others croak so loud.
ly that 1t Is difficult at times to tell
whether the sound proceeds from q
calf or frog. l have more than once
been deceived by the noise when walk
ing in meadow. These last frogs are
called bullfrogz- They mostly keep in
pairs and are never found but where
there is good water. Their bodies are
from four to seven inches long. and
their legs are In proportion They are
extremely active and take prodigious
leaps.-From an Old Book of Travels.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Didn't Remember IL

John" his wife called from the top
of the stairway, what are you doing
down there?"
NJ tryin' to get m overcoat off,
m dear, thash all"
well, what's the matter? l never
knew before that your overcoat was
hard to get off"
IS funny thing. l never knew it
t. en- off hard b'fore, eisher Can't
understand it. Shay, when did l get
thish overcoat that buttonish up back,
nyhow?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

he right to vote.)
Ladies. II it's your desire
Further prestige to possess,
II you're bent on mounting higher,
Cease your arguing, and dress:
You can make man see his duty
And adopt a fairer view
Just by adding to the beauty
Nature has bestowed on you.
Cease to pitilessly scold him,
Do not try to bark his shins;
You have previously told him
Candidly about his sins;
But what proft has it won you
To inform him that he's vile?
Where's the good that it has done you
To abuse him for his guile?
You have manners you must Danish
Ere you gain the ends you wish;
Give up trying to be mannish,
And be sweetly womanish;
Sisters, you must cease to scold US
II you wish to have your way:
Let your soft white arms enfold US,
Be as pretty as you may.
1t is useless to be arming
To convince us you are right;
just be .womanlike and charming,
Merely study to delight;
You can make man see his duty,
Not by being worldly wise,
But by adding TO your beauty
And by coyly making eyes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Jan. z in American
History.
Jan.

171S-The noted colonial soldier and
Revolutionary hero, General Put
nam, born in Danyers, Mass; died
1880.
1S69-General Lowell Harrison Ros-
seau. noted Federal soldier In the
civil war, died: born 1913.
1ST2-James Fisk, Jr.. sensational
high financier," killed by Edward
S. Stokes: born 1895.
1910-Flora Adams Darling. founder of
the Society Of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. died in
New York city; born 1910.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Unnatural Father.

Eccentric, is he?"
"Yes."
''In what way?"
why, he wanted to flip pennies
with his. wife to decide which of
them should have the privilege of
teaching their little boy his prayers"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Could Easily Believe II

Il suppose you wouldn't believe"
said the manager, that it cost me
$25, 900 to raise the curtain on this
show"
Il do" replied the critic. Pm sur
prised that they let you do it even for
that price"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Ignorance.

A Scottish minister was asked TO
pray for rain He die so, and the rain
came down in foods and destroyed the
crops. Irritated at the result. one dis
gusted elder confided to another that
this comes o. intristin sic q request
TO a meenister wha isna acquent wi
agriculture"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Not What 81. Mean.

Dear teacher" wrote little Edith's
mother. please excuse Edith for not
coming to school yesterday. as she fell
in the gutter By doing the same you
will greatly oblige her mother
Youths Companion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
They Can't BE SiIenced.

Men are hard to satisfy. They re-
gard it as a hardship If their wives
are jealous. and, on the other hand,
they are unhappy If their wives are
not jealous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

1t is interesting to learn, remarks
the Commoner. how many republican
officials married into democratic fam
illes--and all the wife's relatives seem
to believe In the husbands retention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

les, whether they come from the east
or the south. Let both cities open
wide their furtherest gates and vel
come ali who come whether to stop
to travel through.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

ably and orderly the readjustment
which the interests of the common
people of the great commonwealth
now demand.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Silly Question.

Hello, old man. Does your wife
ever ask for your permission or ad-
vice when she thinks of putting on a
new-fangled gown? Neither does
mine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

The new parcel post service will
have the effect at least to work a sub
stantial and welcome reform in ex-
press charges and service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

The youth is not alone in his excla-
nations of delight with the first real
snow storm Of the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
II Seldom Paws.

People who are in the habit Of say
ing just what they think generally oc-
cupy subordinate positions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
FenInlne peeuJIarItv

Two women can get wildly excited
over a matter concerning which they
taxa the same view
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
The Difference.

One Of the differences between duty
and taxicab is that duty is generally
so easily evaded
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
Always.

The devil always manages to be
lurking near the spot at which fool
inherits money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

TEHMs-Ten cents per week. By car
risr. in Rock lAJand
Complaints OF delivery service should
bs made TO the circulation department
which shouId also be notined In every
instance where It IL desired TO have
paper discontinued ~ carriers have no
authority in the premises
All communications or argumeutstive
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publca-
tion No suoE articles win be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones IN ell departments: Cen.
trail Union. West lSs. has and sI4S;
Union Electric. slGs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill Entered at the
Oostoface a. second-ciass mattsr.)
ROch Island Member Of the Aa-oea.ssA
PrNas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

by THE }. W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-07

All the news all the ime-The Argus.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-27
Relief for Sufferers.

Evansville. Ind. January 26-Cap-
tain William Elliott, assistant 10 the
depot Quartermastcr of the United
States Army at st. Louis. Mo. arrived
in Evansville to-day under assignment
from Major General Wood to survey
flood conditions in this vicinity. and
to furnish any relief from Federal re
sources that may be needed. He has
authority TO draw upon army funds.
The assignment came in response to
appeals from Kentucky and Repre-
sentative A. o. Stanley's proposal in
the House Friday for a 81 900 900 APP
preparation for food relief.
Captain Elliott spent the afternoon
with Mayor Heilman and other flood
relief workers who are familiar with
conditions in the Evansville district.
Mayor Iieilman believes that Federal
aid will be most acceptable in the
Ashbyburg. the Walnut Bottoms and
Uniontown districts. fifty miles below
Evansville. in Kentucky. Captain
Elliott will also go to Shawneetown,
Ill, before he returns 10 st. Louis. He
spent two months in food relief work
on the lower Mississippi River last
spring.
The expected rise in the river here
to-day did not materlalize. The up
river rains merely checked the rate Of
fall. The stage tonight is 4i4 feet.