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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
At FAMILY. MOLINE

George Gregcrire and Miss Elmina
are juggling furniture q. the Family,
Moline. the latter part Of the week.
George perches a huge sofa on his
head and climbs up and down a ladder
with ease, while his lady companion
oes similar feats. Arthur Ball and
Marshall Elinor sing, dance and play
a number OF musical instruments in a
pleasing manner. Charles F. Lind.
holm & Co. present The Man from
Minnesota" Swedish character
sketch. There are four people in the
cast, and the skit is mirthful. William
O'Clare and Madeline Mcdonald, the
Irish song bride, won big hands. They
are featuring the old time Celtic songs
and stories. George Davis, the pro.
gressive comedian, failed to progress
as far as Moline last eve, and William
O'Clare filled in with a single turn
Today Harry Lauder. not the eminent
Scotch comedian, but a ventriloquist
will be among those present
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
TRUE HAPPINESS.
II Enables Man "to Draw Contentnnsnt
From q Cup OF Tears"

II Enables Man "tc Draw contentmsnt
From Cup OF Tears"
Wordsworth in one OF his poems
speaks Of "a man too happy for mortal
ity." We sometimes forget the spiritual
significance OF Joy. The stoics believed
that happiness was not essential TO
man and not to be expected Happiness
Of a specific kind, based upon good
fortunate TO the individual. is indeed
not always TO be expected nor always
to be desired. But the deeper hap
piness and joy that come from the
sure triumph of the good and the true
are essential to the individual well be-
ing and the progress of society.
There have been those who learned
through a beautiful conservation ito
draw contentment from a cup of
tears" and who came, through LIES
higher discipline. to know that there
is a deep and abiding Joy in the midst
Of pain and Disappointment joy built
upon the knowledge OF life's greatness
and the ability Of the soul to rise above
the temporary thing.
Such a Joy as this is needed to make
a man capable of inheriting eternity
here and hereafter. for it raises man
above the merely mortal and invests
him with energy TO pursue the tasks
that are without end and fills him
with a desire to ally himself with the
powers that build the beauty Of con-
tinuing world.-St Paul Pioneer Press
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
SILENcED BY A LOOK.
GIadstone's Burning Eyes Rendered
Blaekie SpeeehIess.

GIadstone's Burning Eyes Rendered
BIaekie Speeches..
Gladstone had peculiar. eagle-like
eyes. At dinner at which he and
Professor Blackie were present the
two men were opposite, and when
Gladstone gave in forcible way his
idea that Homer was no longer reclt-
cd. but chanted. the professor cried
out. "Mr. Gladstone, l don't believe q
word of it, Then he rose TO argue
the matter and said one sentence, but
got no further He had met Glad
stones gaze and seen his outer eyelids
videned TO their fullness in a steady
glare, and his tongue stumbled, and
he sank back into his chair in con-
fusion. The writer concludes:
Go TO the zoo for it. Take your
umbrella. Make your way to the place
where eagles. vultures. falcons and
such Ike creatures blink on their
percbes. Select bird Stare at him
with insult and you will see the outer
lids expand as Mr.. Gladstones did.
Poke at him with your umbrella. The
filmy vertical lids through which he
looks at the sun and opens TO paralyze
his prey will part, and then you will
see what Blackie saw and understand
his feelings"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
When Britain Fought. For an Ear.

WHeh 6rltatn Fou9hS. or an Ear
Perhaps the most extraordinary ex-
ample of Britain going TO war for no
reason at all' occurred in the reign of
George II. One Robert Jenkins. an
English merchant-captain. trading from
Jamaica. arriving in England in 1T3s.
reported that the sloop had been board
ed by the Spanish coast guards and
that. though no proof of smuggling had
been found. he had heen tortured and
his ear torn on All England few into
an uproar. jenkins ear divided par
ties and shook Walpole's ministry IT
self The house Of commons sent for
jenkins, and he was told TO bring his
ear with him. The incident grew into
crisis, though Walpole did his best
TO persuade people TO keep their heads,
but the popular indignation was so
great that the next year the govern
ment was compelled TO declare war
against Spain.-Pearson's
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

ment IS no contrast TO the works that
brought him fame and It is said TO be
characteristic Of his style OF writing
and above all, Of his selection Of sub.
ject. Mr.. Walter has taken business
dishonesty as the theme OF Fine
Feathers" a young man. and his wife
living IN bungalow on Staten island,
where the windows have TO be KEEP;
shut IN the winter TO keep the warm
air IN and in summer to keep the mos.
quitoes out" find that there Is little
worldly pleasure TO be had in their
way Of life, 1t lie possible 10 pay the
!nsta!lments on the bungalow, but
there are privstions especially for the
woman, and life is a drag. II is a
this psychological moment that q
friend OF the hero appears. He talks
speciously OF the way in which money
is made. There Is a chance for the
young hero 10 rise above the neces
sity for struggling and saving the
cheese pairing In order TO get along
The dishonesty of which he is 10 be
come guilty stalks in his friends words
as mere business expedlency. Il ID
made TO seem no more than justifable
enterprise that he should, through the
circumstances Of his business post
substitute an inferior for a good ce
ment, in the construction OF a dam
/ Pulling up the tangled threads oil
business" is what his business friend
calls the process. His wife is on the
side Of the tempter He succumbs and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
AT THE ILLINOIS.

Coincident with the announcement
that H. II. Frazee will present Fine
Feathers" here for the first time at
the Illinois Oct %, it is indeed time
for the local stage 10 receive a play
from the pen OF Eugene Walter, who
has been Represented here in recent
seasons only by a dramatic version OF
The Trail OF the lonesome Pine"
and on stages in other cities by The
Easiest Way" and paid in Full" his
earlier successes. This latest achieve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

Chamberlain Cough Remedy has
become famous for its cures Of coughs,
colds, Group and influenza Try it
when In need. 1t contains no harm
full substance and always gives prompt
relief. Sold by all Enthusiastically
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

Cowes had many ups and downs be-
fore It finally attained it's destiny as
the headquarters Of yachting. Sir John
Oglander, writing in Stuart times,
says, II knew when there was not
above three or four houses at Cowes, !"
but he had counted 800 ships at an
Choir there, 'and I was and am per-
suaded that II our wars and troubles
had not unfortunately happened it
would have grown as famous as New
port" The wars complained OF were
the civil wars. Foreign war had been
fine thing for Cowes. since the war
ships bought the islands produce there.
But the civil wars struck the gentry
hard. and Sir John adds the coming Of
lawyers as another curse. The first at
torney was expelled from the island by
the governor rs public danger Vow
peace and law hath beggsred US ALL"
says Sir John.-London Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

gets his share OF the loot and his wife
gets the fine feathers. But they both
pay the price in the end and 1t is up
on the foregoing premise that Mr.. Wal
ter develops his wonderfully human
document.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

between France and the Vatican in
1905, is critically i'll following an op-
Grafton in Berlin for an affection of
the throat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

Appleton, visa woman was the
irst person TO be fined in outagamie
country under the anti-gossip act,
when Mrs. Roots Lehn paid a fine
amounting to s2l.se after plea Of
guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

Rome, Italy-Mgr Montagnini, who
was secretary Of the Papal Nunciature
a. Paris At the time of the rupture
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
OnIx, CT $1.0O Applies on
CllIy p1 Low National Price
Only Complete Cabinet

Every device that is practical Tor work-saving
in a kitchen has been tested by the Hooser Com
pany. The Hoosier Cabinet is the scientific result
of all these experiments 1t is the most important
and complete labor-savng machine far invented
for women. 1t is the only kitchen cabinet that is
complete
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
z6seate'llg.|
ILLINOIS.

Oct. 20-21-"Everywoman-"
Oct. 22-"Tik Tok Man OF Ca"
Oct. 24-"ofhcer 666"
Oct. 25-"Fine Feathers"
Oc:. 26-"That Printer of Udells."
Oct 30-31. Nov. 1-2-Dave Lewis In
Don't Lie TO Your Wife"
EMPIRE.
Vaudeville performances at 2:45 and
s:15. Two shows Wednesday and Sun.
day nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
Exclusive
Hoosiier
Features

/. You can clean the metal
-four bin without >inconven-
fence of removing. No other
bin has this feature. Easily
filled, because the top is low.
Holds Is Pounds more than any
other. Best and fastest sitter. lie
2. Can't break, can't leak,
metal, dust-proof sugar bin.
8. Puye aluminium table at
no extra charge; costs manu-
facturers ten times as much
as zinc. Enormous output
keeps sale price less.
4. Yon can NIL n@
open all doors opeaD Shut,
freely, no TOl I'M
matterwhat ksIAl4 dalA
you pile on Tcpl
the table, S SS,
because it oa'- u
slides out.
S. Crumbs can't Stick in the
new metal self-closing bread
and cake box.
6. Flavoring extract bottles
have special shelf.
7. You can't lose the new
swing lids on I'D Swses~
the fwelpe crys- AROUND ~
tai glass spice. &Z&N
coffee, tea, salt 0NN 6
and cereal jars. 'I| "
8. Sixteen inches extension
over the base when you slide
out the table. Plenty of knee
room for sitting.
9. Comes apart to clean;
closes tightly when not used.
10. Pick your ekoice of white
or plain inside upper section.
All-metal table, or oak side
arms.
IL. Interior construction
that is not equaled anywhere
will last a lifetime.
IL. And among the minor
details big cupboards; slid
ing shelf; drawers for linen.
cutlery; pan racks; meat
board; rolling pin rack; hooks;
want list, and scores of prac-
teal conveniences.
You can't begin to appre.
ciate them all until you see
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
Remember. 8 A. M.

Do you wonder that women who know about this
cabinet are waiting to enroll for these few Hoos
iers? You are sure to be disappointed If you de-
lay-so don't postpone.
You know in your heart how you hate the eternal
drudgery of kitchen work Danish II forever now
by becoming Hoosier member.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
EMPIRE
FAMILY. MOLINE,

PantAges acknowledgements
daily at 2:45 and Sis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
Amazingly Low Price

After seeing it, you will marvel at the price, as
does every cabinet maker Yet the explanation is
simple. Four thousand agents take the output
months ahead-selling expense saved. The factory
runs all year product-factory overhead
cost saved. The standard low price is quoted all
over America by the Hoosier Company to give you
full benefit the saving. And you get this low
price paying single dollar now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

The women who grasp
this opportunity will be glad
all their lives. Enroll with
them early Saturday before
it is too late.
We will open the club
promptly at s a. m. Saturday.
All Hoosiers will be exhibit
ed. Let other things wait,
and be on hand early. You
can have your Hoosier be-
fore noon If you enroll right
away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
Only SO Women
Can Join This Hoosier Club
Opens Saturday Morning at 8 O'clock
With an Exhibit of SO New Hoosiers
Cabinets Delivered
Immediately

Come early Saturday morning, you and your
friends, for this final Hoosier Clubs offers the last
opportunity promise for months to get this
famous step-saving Hoosier Cabinet by paying only
s1OO.
We only of 1000 Hoosier Agents who
opening these clubs under direct supervision of
the Hoosier Company All throughout the country
agents clamoring for Hoosiers to supply the
big demand in their territories-factory capacity is
taxed.
These cabinets all get. Many of
regular customers already are waiting for the an.
nouncement of this club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
Saves Miles of Steps

BY combining pantry cupboard and kitchen Ia
BILE all in place, the Hoosier saves miles of
weary steps 1t stops your walking to and fro, get
ting things and putting them away again. You can
sit and reach for nearly everything.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17

4. You can
open all doors
fire ly, no
matter what
you pile on
the ia bl e,
because it
slides out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-17
Details of Club Plan

While these few cabinets last you and every
lucky enough to get into the club can have
one delivered Immediately by paying merely $500
membership This dollar applies on the low price;
balance is covered by few small weekly dues of
only $780,
No waiting; inconvenience This genuine
Hoosier comes to you Immediately you steps,
time and work all the rest of your life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

be sufficient To persuade the average
dresser to show more of il.
While they are pushing their new fall
hit collar the dealers are steadily insist
ing upon a consideration of the wing coy
lar BY many dressers this is regarded
as sad calamity. The complaint against
the more constant wearing of the high
wing collar is that il will cheaper a style
which has already become one OF the rec
0gnized forms for evening dress. Most
men are sick of the old high-pointed
collar which rams itself persistently into
the tonsils and gives to the short-necked
man an appearance of having been put
into the pillory for a short time.
They argue that III the wing collar can
become the accepted style of collar for the
daily wear II will inevitably make the
collar de 2trop for evening wear: iii this
contingency will drive the wearers back
to the old high-pointed collars that have
been most heartily hated by two out OF
three men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26
A


Pomerene Of Ohio. long since become one
of the staid believers In facts rather than
the burning votive offerings of the kelpies
and warlocks of Halloween time. The
senator during his later years has rather
looked down on Halloween and yet he
frankly admitted that on one Halloween
occasion his hair rose like the quilts OF
the more or less well known fretful porcu-
pine.
1T was like this" said he. When
was a boy it was a more or less tradl-
tional exercise to go forth into the hlgh-
ways and byways and remove gates.
haven't the faintest notion where the
idea started. 1t is apparently as old as
Halloween itself But with certain of the
boys in our community It was a sacred
ritual to remove a certain number OF
gates. take them to an open lot and nave
a glorious bonfire.
Naturally / joined in with the crowd.
One Halloween, many, many years ago,
we went to several places and removed
number of gates In front of one rather
old and rather Notwithstanding house
I discerned a gate that appeared to have
been left for the very purpose I had In
mind 1t was one of these gates that
had dried out until it was infiammable
and hung on its rusty hinges In way
that made 1t a certain prey TO any one.
1.-The matter OF removing 1t and carry
ing it away occupied but a moment. Then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

with my proud burden beneath my arm.
started to where the rest OF the gang
had gone l picked the gate UP by lift
ing either side. l didn't examine It. at all
after I had lifted 1t from it's hinges.
Walking to the open field where the
bonfire was to be arranged. I heard foot
steps behind me- No matter hoW fast
or slow walked. the footsteps continued
behind me. They were. I should say.
about twenty yards in my rear.
.'At first I suspected that a policeman
was following me: but when ! glanced
around ] could see no one. Finally, l
decided that the echo of my own steps in
the deserted streets was what had fright
ened me.
THE walk to tho ground was not a
long one, lasting possibly five minutes
maybe ten. I continued on my way and
at each step kept glancing behind me.
when I reached the field where the
bonfire was to be held / noticed that
surrounding the field was heavy crop
of brush. 1t was more like an encircling
underground than anything else can
imagine '~a
Il laid the gate down, in the utter
darkness, on top of the pile of gates and
old wood that already had been collected.
Then started in to wait until somebody
should show up. presume that l waited
about an hour During that time L could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

in Texas.
Bryan was sole agent for northern
Texas and other parts for the works OF
DR.. De Witt Talmage. He had six
teen pound grafton and a twelve-pound
book that he just fairly threw at the
natives for several summers. while work
ing his way through college. They. do
say down there that once he got the
front door open and his foot between 1t
and the Threshold the honest house
keeper had as well dig DIP $1.75 for set
of half morocco Taimage works and
save time. He nearly always made a
sale.
During the first summer out Bryan had
several peculiar experiences. He traded
books for lodging. board and most every
thing else. Finally he became SO af1uent
that he bought himself q horse and buggy
and went scurriying around the country
side on wheels-a thing no book agent In
those parts ever had done before.
But no book agent Is SO clever that he
does not fall down on sale once in a
while. Bryan missed the bulls-eye badly
on one shot He landed in a town one
day with full set of Talmase's works
and Bibles, and that very night the holy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

OF tha village cemetery and to be ready
to kill his man at the drop OF an acorn.
So when Small stood him up at the
bar before country justice OF the
peace the embryo congressman painted
the primer In such dark colors that
his own mother would never have rec
ognized him at five PAGES In the very
height Of his clocuence Small pointed
q long finger at the trembling man and
shouted:
why. that man at the bar would lust
as soon kill me as not right here before
your face, judge"
The Judge leaned thoughtfuliy over
took of his specs and glowered at the
offending criminal
John Smith" he Numbered, .if YOU
dare kill Small here before me / will
fine you a dollar and fifty cents for
contempt Of cote: durn my scul If I
6op'tp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

ton to his knowledge on the subject of
irrigation, public lands and law, he is
considered to be shrewd and far-seeing
citizen worth while knowing.
He had law case once in which
ranchman named Greenough rode twenty
five miles one hot day to find TAYLOR in his
little Office at GIenwood Springs. Green
ough's complaint lay in the fact that a
neighbours hens would stray across the
dividing line and scratch UP Greenoughs
garden sass.
I'm tired of talking to that fellow"
said the ranchman. and I want to get
out a court injunction against the hens
not the owner-the hens! Do you under
stand?"
How many hens are there?' asked
Taylor.
About thousand" replied Greenough.
Taylor figured up the number of eggs
that a thousand Woodworking hens might
produce, and then. instead of giving
words to a long bit of legal advice, he
scrubbed down four-line verse and
handed it to Greenough. This was the
verse:
'If the poultry Of your ueghbor man
Into your yard should chance to Stray,
Don't let your angry passions rise,
But end the hens piaas to lsyr'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26

sprang forward and put my foot upon
the blazing gate. In an instant it stop
ped but I could feel the tug OF 1t as 1t
attempted to go forward.
Then ! discovered the cause OF Its
strange cravings. 1t &as fastened to a
copper wire which was run through the
shrubs into the hands of my companions.
They had followed me, after directing me
to the old gate, which they had intended
all the time that I should take. When l
removed it did not notice that one OF
the confederates had already attached
the wire to it. They followed me back
to the bonfire ground. knowing fuii Wen
that l would not wait while for them.
and then start the business OF the nlght-
lighting the fire.
Never in my life have I had such a
lesson In the value Of private property
as l had that night. 1t was terrihc
lesson. Even after had discovered the
hoax I was still terrified.
And believe that the lesson remained
with me to this day. l never think or
Halloween without recalling the dark
night and the crawling gate that left
the fire before my very eyes.
Incidentally I might remark that that
was my last Halloween celebration of a
destructive nature! Afterward 1 con-
tented myself with parties of milder
and more lawful nature"
After this story the investigator into
the ways Of witches with public men
went to the Office of Senator Shafroth Of
Colorado. who enjoys the reputation OF
being a singularly solid and non-believlng
man who takes care of the facts ana
leaves the fancies to themselves.
X
What was your greatest Halloween
experience?" the investigator inquired.
THAT Is a question: replied the SEN
ator, that is fraught with sorrow IN
my memory
There was a pause.
81 think he said. ref1ectively, that
Halloween should be abolished. 1t is a
dangerous thing to stir up the witches
and the sprites. One can never tell
where 1t will end. The most remarkable
causes.
YES" assented the investigator.
by the way" continued the senator
did l ever tell you that l hold worlds
record for running the half-mile dis
lancer
THAT is not generally known said the
Investigator.
TT Is not" agreed the senator. but
1t is fact. ] am the fastest half-mile
runner you ever saw in your life. And
this is how it came about:
'Some years ago. a great many. In fact'
when I was q boy, 4 attended a Hal
loween party near our house and after
remaining there until about IL O'Clock ]
started on my way homeward. 1t was q
rather dark walk in those days for the
electric and gas lights were not then
small town luxurieS.
Coming along the blackened road on
a cloudy Halloween night, especially when
one is thinking of all the things that one