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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
AFTER THE WAR

points out, THE disarming of the
American frontier disarmed suspic
ions. The fortifying Of European boun
diaries has invited suspicion and at
tack. They are being attacked and
the elaborate European preparations
as insurance" against war have made
war inevitable. The hundred millions
of people this side the Canadian Dor
der do not modest the eight millions on
that side, not because occasions for
international jealousy have not arisen,
but because in the absence of brute
force reason has prevailed"
Will the European nations be so
wise? Or will they painfully erect
again the intricate and delicate ma
chine of civilization only TO have il
again destroyed? Will they realize that
preparations for war cannot prevent
war? I'VE had the theory says the
New York Post, that war was rapidly
being made so deadly by it's awful mod
ern weapons that there could be no
war. Let the heaped dead at Liege
answer that Then it was argued that
the immense cost of a great war today
would be prohibitive When man.
kind painfully energies from the com.
mercial destruction and the sea OF
blood, we may be sure it will not be
fool enough to listen again to the grave
arguments that the way to prevent
war is to spend your treasure and your
best brains in preparing to wage it in
way to stagger humanity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
CONQUER ANOTHER DIS
Ease.

Infantile paralysis. that dread dis
ease which a few years ago suddenly
developed into a great menace which
threatened to exterminnate thousands
OF lives before its cause and cure
could be thoroughly understood. is
soon TO lose its terrors. even as small
pox, yellow fever and other equally
dangerous plaques OF generation ago
have done.
In the presence OF 200 physicians
and health officers at Saratoga, y. y
recently DIR. Simon FYexner. director
of the Rockefeller institute for Medical
Research. announced the discovery of
the germ of this malady and indicated
that. in his opinion. experiments now
under way will eventually lead to the
finding of cure.
With the Identification of the germ
the opening of the way for the finding
of a cure. which alone means the find.
ing of another germ that Will destroy
the infantile paralysis bacteria, Is
greatly simplifed.
The purely scientific group of ex-
perts now maintained at the Rockefel-
Ter institute may eventually achieve a
triumph equally valuable In the con-
servation of health to those of Koch,
Pasteur and others.
The spread of infantile paralysis is
accomplished in many ways. The COM
mon housefy carries the germ which
now has been made visible under the
microscope. and bugs and chickens
disseminate 1t. After the germ has
been inhaled a virus is formed while
coughing. This soon ascends TO the
brafn and in this way its effects en-
compass the entire nervous system.
Its appalling power is shown in the
number of deformaties produced and
the number of victims who are Grip
pied. One of the noticeable symptoms
is extreme irritability. In 1911 more
than 5000 cases were recorded. Physi-
clans for 20 years have been baffled
in their attempts to successfully com
bat it and the experiments at the
Rockefeller institute, which have now
resulted in the location of the germ,
have been going on for six years. Sure
" science is the embodiment of pa
thence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
TEXAS AIDS ITS FARMERS

When Governor CoIquitt of Texas
signed the emergency warehouse bill
the other day. providing for a system
OF state-owned cotton warehouses. he
gave TO Texas the distinction OF being
the first and only state in the union
10 aid her farmers by legislative enact
ment during the present European
crisis. The legislature was called to-
gether In extraordinary session TO con-
slider this one measure and the bill
was promptly passed by both houses
by more than the two-thirds majority
necessary in this state 20 enact an
emergency law. The emergency bill
became a law when signed by the gov
ernor. but IL will probably be substitute
ed by a permanent statute when the
legislature meets in regular session
next January.
The act is of vital Importance 20
the Texas farmers. as 81 Will enable
} them 10 hold their cotton until - can
be prohtably marketed. Wheat, oats.
corn and other non-per!shabie farm
Lproducts can be stored. but the law
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

There are not lacking in this coun-
try those who see in the present
CHASTITY conflict only another reason
for military preparation.
Military competition among the
powers" says the Saturday Even
ing Post, had been steadily in
creasing for ten years until the ten
sion had become almost unbearable.
Then came a supreme effort. Germany
raised her extraordinary war contribu-
ton of a quarter of a billion dollars
by drastic special taxes on top of the
heavy ordinary taxation. France
heightened the term Of active
military service from two years to
three Russia adopted a scheme of
hugely augmented military expendi-
ture. England lifted her naval appro-
priations to an unprecedented figure.
4 man can't stand on tip-toe indefi-
nitely The real cause of the war
was national jealousy. suspicion and
Enthusiastically nursed and exploited
everywhere by the military class and
the noisy few who find a profit in war"
And after the war-what then? Aft
err the troubles between the United
States and Great Britain a hundred
years ago an arrangement was con-
Guided by delegates from the two coun-
great lakes to three vessels of not
over 100 tons, each armed with one
eighteen pound cannon. AS the Tines
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

observers. The method of recovering
the device is unique. The balloons
are of the same size and equally in
flated, and as they ascend they natur-
ally expand in the lighter atmosphere.
The result is that one of the spheres
finally bursts, and while the two will
carry the basket with the instrument
the remaining balloon is pulled earth
ward by the weight. The outcame is
that the descent is so gradual that no
harm results to the basket and con-
tents, and, as a reward is oered by
the government for its safe return by
the finder, it usually is recovered by
the weather bureau. a large number
of these twin spheres were sent up in
the series of tests, the ascents taking
place daily for a month.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

And we are all children so far as
susceptibility goes. The only reason
the children have more "colds" than
adults is that children are more init
mately in contact in play and in
school, and, in some benighted house
holds, in bed.
Acute rhinitis, acute nasal catarrh.
coryza, snuffies, or cold" in the head.
as this much common disease is called,
does not seem very important at first
thought, but when We consider the
thousands of serious and sometimes
fatal complications and after-effects of
a Simple cold" the idea of proven
ton becomes at least worthy of at
tention.
less.
Our parents and grandparents never
heard OF germs. They believed as their
doctors believed, that coryza, bron-
chitis and even pneumonia were sim
ply caused by exposure to cold wealth
er, dampness, sudden changes of tenn
peratures or drafts. Accordingly they
coddled us and shielded us from every
stray draft and shut out the night air
from our sleeping rooms. And we
caught every cold" that was going
around. II cold air was the cause we
should have had no "colds," because
we rarely got a full breath of 1t from
one end of the winter to the other
Nowadays, although both doctors
and the public are still bit afraid of
fresh air-when it's moving-there is
growing up a race OF progressive, in
telligent people who realize that cold
fresh air. moving or standing still,
never does any harm. These people
are building sleeping porches on their
homes. And they are getting along
very we'll indeed without the doctors
help.
No Coddling and No Contact
The secret OF preventing infections
of the nose and throat. Colds" in chill
dren and in adults is very simple.
Don't coddle the child with mufflers,
chest protectors or wraps OF any kind
which are not absolutely essential for
ordinary comfort. Don't force him to
breathe Initiated. over-heated air an
night IN his sleeping room. or all day
In the school room. Don't let him play
with. or sit in school near another
child who has a running nose or a sore
throat or barking cough. Keep your
child from personal contact with
colds" and he viii escape infection
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
THE sALUTARY EFFECTS OF MUSIC

lar. dissonant. conflicting vibrations.
Sound waves impinge on the hearing
sense, whence the perception is con-
veyed to the brain. The benignant IN
fluence of music physically is by the
transmission of it's influence from the
cerebrun through the sympathetic
system, which directs the various or
gans. Thus not only is music psychic
for the soul, dissipating mental de-
pressoin. soothing psychic perturba-
tons; but its influence may also en-
nance nutrition, further digestion (as
by the liver music" of the French)
and restore organic equilibrium. In
deed, the entire working of the human
mechanism, physical and mental alike,
may be fabricated by n stream OF mu-
sic, which art and science should there
fore have a place in the medical arm
amentarium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Referred by Mrs. Thompson.

] am crazy to be a movie actress. l
have studied Shakespeare, have been
tried out in a dramatic school and
have been told that l have talent that
ought to win me recognition l might
also suggest that l am considered
good looking; in fact l have been told
by more than one man that l am
handsome. Could you advise me
where l could secure an engagement
with concern producing photo plays !?
L. NJ.
Answer: Sister, we believe all you
say about yourself, but we discount
fifty per cent the breeaes that have
been waited in your direction by the
boys with the soft hands and the
mushy voices. If you are determined
to become a movie actress forget
Shakespeare and the bouquets you
got at the dramatic school, and pro-
coed without delay to learn to be an
acrobat, so that you can fall off build
ings, mount bronchos on the gallop,
dive off high rocks into muddy rivers,
etc. What the movie concerns are
looking for are not actresses so much
as folks who don't care what happens
to them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
TOO MANY SOLDIERS.

The same circumstances which pre-
cipitated Europe into war are
operating to prevent peace being es-
tablished in Mexico. In both cases a
large part OF the population has come
70 look upon war as its regular calling
and demands an opportunity TO show
its prowess.
General Villas disposition may be to-
ward peace. but he cannot maintain
n large army without fighting. for he
has no revenues other than those OBJ
tanned through conquest. and II his
army disbands. where will Villa be?
1t is greatly TO be feared that the
day of peace in Mexico is still some
what remote.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
THE AVERAGE MAN.
The American Magazine has

The American Magazine has been
offering prizes for the best letters en-
titled 1.-THE Greatest Man in the Unit
ed States The prize-winning letters
are published in the October number.
More votes were cast for Roosevelt
than for any other candidate. and
Thomas a. Edison is second on the
list. Other famous names are in
cluded, but many cast their votes for
Mr.. Ordinary Citizen, and one of the
prize-winning letters sings the praises
OF the average man. Following is an
extract from this letter:
who is the greatest living man in
the United States today? He lives in
your city. He lives in my home town.
In fact he and his fellows form the
greater part OF the population OF every
city. town, village and hamlet of the
United States. He has lived there
since the world began, and will con-
tinue to live there as long as the world
wags.
Truly he hasn't much to say for
himself. He's far too busy. He is up
every morning at 6 o'clock, eats his
breakfast and hurries to the shop or
office where he wins the wherewithal
to support his family. Each evening
he comes home, white and tired. The
sight of the chubby faces at the win
dow tighten his tagging footsteps.
There is a kiss all round, and before
he takes off his coat he has to hold
the baby a bit
In the summer after he has had
his supper. he weeds his pocket-ker-
chief-garden with its patches of vege-
tables and flowers. His wife brings
out her sewing and sits at the edge
of the plot while he works. The chill
dren roll on the grass at her feet.
in the winter he draws his chair
up beside the fire and enjoys his pipe
the while he rocks his children to
sleep, one on each arm.
Mr.. Average Man doesn't make a
very big salary. His wife and he have
many earnest talks about the family
fannces. They are divided into funds.
So much to pay on the little home, so
much for food, so much for the life in
surance which he carries to protect his
family, and so much for the bank
Mr. Average Mans life is not so
dS II hOuAu St6Lus iOL lib
pleasures are very simple. Occasion
ally he buys a new necktie, or his
wife has a new waist or the children
now suits-and all of the family enjoy
the purchases. There are occasions
upon which they all go TO the picture
show; but they are few. for the baby
is apt to become restless. Sometimes,
IL Mr. Average Man is a city dweller.
tie family spends Sunday in the park,
looking at the animals. II Mr.. Average
Man is a small town dweller. his wife
cooks a big dinner on Sunday and the
family spends the rest of the day upon
tho porch. languishing.
"Of course Mr.. Average Man IS a
common individual. He doesn't know
art He isn't well read. and he's prob
ably only rudely educated. But upon
his shoulders rests the future OF the
country. II is he who does the great
est part OF the worlds actual work.
II is he who builds the skyscrapers. the
tunnels, the bridges. the churches. the
schoolhOuses. the home. He is every
where In demand. and he lives every
where. But like the truly great, he
is modest To the point OF retirement.
And no one ever thinks anything about
him"
Glazed Tiles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
1EALTHTAL
CoddIing Cause of Colds.
Brady,M.D.

I Remember a draft is necessary
wherever you have ventilation. No
draft, no ventilation. So forget all
about the alleged dangers from drafts
and let in a little air.
A child or an adult who contracts
cold" of even the slightest kind
must be particularly careful not to
kiss, touch, exchange pencils, hand
kerchiefs or toys or other personal ar
ticles with any one else. He must new
er forget to keep a handkerchief be-
fore his mouth and nose when cough
ing Or sneezing.
Every cold" Is evident that some
body has been ignorant or careless
about passing the germs around.
Questions and Answers.
p. L. inquiries: What is the cause
of enlarged tonsils Should a person
who has had sore threats not very
frequently have the tonsils removed.
Reply: The cause of enlarged ton
sils is overg-owth or hypertrophy of
tonsil tissue resulting from infection
with disease germs. Every tonsilitis
is bacterial in origin and more or less
infectious. That is the way the dis
ease Is acquired. Sometimes 1t Is
wise to have the tonsils removed aftel
single attack, as a procedure of gen.
eral health insurance. 1t all depends
on the degree OF infection and the To-
cal and general condition of the pa
tfent. Here are a few of the secondary
results OF neglected tonsils: Chorea
est. Vitus' dance), multiple arthritis
(infammatory rheumatism), enlarged
glands in neck (scrofula), deformities
OF the face and chest, serious compli-
cations in the inner ears-abscess,
mastoiditis, deafness.
A. {. inquiries: Do you recommend
the western or southwestern states for
'consumptives7
Reply: In a general way. though
not Tor every case, the southwestern
states offer the best opportunities. But
the consumptive who migrates for
health must make his new home per
manent.
l.. G. l.: What is the effect ON the
human system of drinking lots of wa
ter which has been purified TO such a
degree by chemicals OF acids that no
lie OF any form remains in IL?
Reply: A healthful effect, provided
the chemicals are not themselves in
furious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Speaking of Ad Writers.

Cad of a Danville Cloak and Suit
House,.
Initial fall exhibition of authorita-
tive models in outer garments. The
marvellous costumes, so full of mys-
terry, radiating their righteousness up
on their entire surroundings, are most
appealing in their supremacy. One
garment vies with another in their
mute appeal for your approval. Their
grace and beauty are surely most be-
witching.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

The uncomplimentary reference by
Colonel Roosevelt at Galesburg TO Rog-
er Sullivan. democratic candidate for
United States senator prompts the sug-
gestion that If Roger had wOrshipped
at the shrine of the bull moose proph-
ct he would be 4. TO stand at Arma-
geddon and battle for the Lord. There
IN alone lies Rogers sin of omission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. IN Rock Island; So p year by mail
IN advance.
be made to the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
instance where II IS desired TO hAvs
paper discontinued. IS carriers have NJ
authority n the premIsea
All communications o. arGumen'ssiye
character. pOEtica. - religious. must
have real name attached for publish
ton No sCch articles will be printed
ever fictitious signatures.
Telephones n all departments. Cen
trsl Union zSock Island 145. HAL and
fIf5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

Mrs. Nellie Higgs, pleading temper
airy insanity as a defense against the
charge of murder. insists on having
none but married men on the jury
which tries her. They will understand
better, she says. There is something
in this for men who have so far es-
capped matrimony to ponder upon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

Some newspapers are still getting
their daily fashion hint from Paris -
even though they have not been able
to get much else from the French cap
Ital for some weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

The sale Of newspapers in the part
Of Belgium controlled by Germany is
limited to those of German sympathies
and the penalties for any one disre-
garding the regulation is death. I'm
der the circumstances II stands the
newsboys in hand TO know what they
are selling
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

The Springfield News. which is re-
publican, declares that the late river
and harbor bill was the most out
rageous piece of legislation that was
ever undertaken by a hungry horde OF
politicians" Tut, tut The repubh-
cans used to pass 'em regularly when
they were in power. and this measure
was merely built on the model Of
those which have preceded it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

Richard Harding Davis insists that
the prowess Of the French Turcos
troops Us due to their being a non
meat eating people. when war cor
respondents are compelled to turn to
the issue OF vegetarianism for copy it
Is time the editors recalled them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Hen Hicks Says

Eff yew smile at some folks they
wonder what yew er after.
The Teller who laughs his way
through life is apt to have a good long
laughing spell, by cricky.
We know it's a dewty to love all
men, but the Teller with an everlasting
crouch makes it an uphill business fer
us many times, by BURBERRY.
Some people are always ready to
jine the procession no matter where
it's going or how rough the road.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

was enacted primarily to meet the cot
ton situation. as this staple consti-
tutes A per cent of the value of the
annual agricultural production of this
state and % per cent OF the worlds
cotton crop is raised in Texas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

Prince George OF Servia has been
wounded. However, the rate of NOR
tally among those of royal blood in
southeastern Europe is, If anything,
less in war time than when peace pre-
walls
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Glazed lilies.

The making OF glazed tiles or "azu-
lejos' Is the only ancient VaIenclan in
dustry which has retained its impor-
lance through centuries up to the pres
ent dag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

One of the tragedies incident to the
war was the perishing of the British
German Friendship society. which has
been forced into liquidation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Friday, September IS, 1914.

The colonel once more. for two days
at least, is able to give the war tus-
sic for front page positions on down
state newspapers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

OF course, the gentle yet firm refusal
of Senator l.. Y. Sherman to permit ex-
Governor Deneen to run his campaign
for him will help swell the volume of
delightful harmony which is coming
from the republican camp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Sept. IS in American
History.

I775-Etban Allen. leader OF tne
nous "Green Mountain boys "A
tured by the British while ens"s $50
in an attempt to capture Monus 4,
IS92-General John Pope. VINO io "a.
In the Mexican and civil wars Wv
born 1922. ,..s
1909-Opening OF the Hudson-r NV
celebration In New York CITY
All the news all the time the A'-A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Kings of Air and Earth.
Qllinois State Fair Program

Qllinois State Fair Program)
Saturday, Sept. 26.-Beachey Day.
At 10 o'clock at the swine pavilion the
farm wagon will be awarded for the
best pair of pigs under six months of
age. Lincoln Beachey will be seen in
aviation gymnastics. A race will be
staged between Lincoln Beachey in
his areoplane and Bill" Endicott in
his automobile. At the Illinois Live
Stock Breeders tent a special swine
judging contest-.will be held.
IF the women who wear those hats
with the extremely tall feathers-just
one 10 a bonnet-could read the minds
of the men in a crowded street car:
well, they would learn that said men
do not particularly admire that style.
MR.. CLOSE and Miss Made have
just been married in a nearby city.
Not much chance OF a separation here.
J. NJ. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
BY Al NieIander.

Just heard the kaiser has ordered
100000 watermelons from Muscatine,
Iowa.
What does he intend doing with
them?"
Hes going to feed his soldiers on
the Rhine"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
We Don't Believe

That Walter A. Rosenfield is spend.
ing these afternoons at Springfield
playing pinochle with Charles Deneen,
erstwhile governor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

line has resulted in a man filing sui
for divorce. Any remarks?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

A BRANCH of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union has been
launched in Coal Valley. We may
next be prepared to hear of Milwaukee
erecting a monument to Frances Will
lard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

WE could never quite see how two
ambitious boys like Villa and Car
rama were going to agree over who is
to be the main squeeze in Mexico.
Roll the bones, boys, and save your
ammunition, is our bunch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

DID you notice all of the prominent
citizens falling over each other to get
on the platform with Roosevelt yester-
day on Market square? Neither did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25
Hooray-we Didn't Notice It.

want to congratulate you. Your
paper was the only one that mentioned
the fact that 1 had returned to the
city after an absence of three days.
That's q scoop, isn't it? B. L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-25

A MAN who wears white shoes
these days ought to realize that he is
taking chances.