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The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Foods Without
Water
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.
Author Of ''The New Housekeeping"

- VEN though we cannot at
Il this season pick fresh string
II beans. peas, spinach, and
other foods, We can have
the same foods the year round In
peculiar state Of freshness by using
"dehydrated" products. This some
what formidable word means simply
water taken away" and de-
hydrated food is one from which
the water is removed. generally
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

arthcially. Ma
ture furnishes de-
hydrated prod
ucts in her var
ious seeds. some
Of which are very
edible and nutri-
t,ous. Take, for
! n 8 t a n C e, the
familiar b g a n
called navy or
pea bean. which
Is the seed of
Of fha a,,YDnoop
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

is dropped THAT hurts. Sometimes the object
dropped gets up and says its HEART is broken.
Sometimes, too it worries her good deal to have
done the breaking And then again it doesn't bother
her bit. Probably she is little careless with some
of them. In the end she stops juggling and holds
just ONE of them very tight
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
Peter S Adventures IN
Matrirnony
By LEoNA DALRYMpLE

,u'nor OF " new novel, Diane Of
Ida NJ Tarbn McC1urs tua... d
The Washington times., 1914-11-28
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Miss Laurie will welcome letters Of
est from young womeIS readers of this
paper and will reply to them in these
columns. They should be addressed TO
her. care OF this office.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

nmen
haven't found comfort
lief be without his
An invested with the virtues coat
geenpa wouldd do
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

B. A.-What will remove pmples and
5lackheads from face?
Massage the face with an emulsion of
sulphur in glycerine. Use chamois, ab-
sorbent cotton or Turkish towel A
little dash Of chlorate of potash in the
mixture will also help.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

G. ". M.--1-TIow can / gain twenty
five or thirty pounds?
docs salt injure health? If so. how .
| use enough salt for four persons.
3-Will smoking make one thin?
Eat two extra meals at night, drink
two quarts of cream a day and take a
dozen eggs besides your regular meals.
Too much salt is very dangerous.
Stop il.
1T does very often.
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

S. r. It's it good to wash the face
in milk. Should milk remain over night
on the face?
No, il is not good to wash the face in
milk. IL Is too apt to be full of dirt and
germs no matter how clean It is
claimed to be-
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

The Smailwood School has been dcsig-
mated as one Of the grade manual train
ing schools Of the District
The Washington times., 1914-11-28

The Parents League of Mt. Pleasant
xave a recital at the Cook School on
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
WAR TIES UP PRINCETON:
go PROFESSORS ABROAD

London, Sept. 3.-President John
Grier Hibben. having been unable to
secure passage for himself and party
is beginning TO get nervous, fearing
he will not get back in time for the
opening OF Princeton university. Pro
fessor Hibben, who arrived from st.
Moritz after nearly a weeks journey
with his wife and daughter, Richard
Cleveland, son of the late president,
and Moore Gates. son of the president
of Roberts college at Constantinople
said:
Il am pinning all my hopes on the
Olympic sailing on the 10th,
which should arrive on the 23d.
Princeton opens on the oath. 1t is a
sporting proposition, but ! don't even
know yet whether l can get passage
on the Olympic.
81 am particularly anxious to get
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
3%
William Brady,M.D.
Why Measles Is So Fatal.

| In that portion OF the United States
known as the registration area,
which includes those states and cities
having reliable records of vital stats
tics, there were 6,59S deaths from
measles in 1910, as compared with
G,255 deaths from scarlet fever and
2O2 deaths from smallpox.
In New York state there were 1,071
deaths from measles in 1913, as com
pared with S37 deaths from scarlet
fever and one death from smallpox out
of S23 cases of smallpox reported.
From to cases of measles in
every hundred cases terminate fatally.
1t is at present a more fatal disease
And why?
The Lungs Are Air-Hungry.
II Is well known that there is al
ways a catarrhal" condition of the
upper respiratory tract with the onset
of measles. The nose, throat, and us
ually the large bronchial tubes par
take in the Inflammation and eruption.
When the infiammatory process ex-
tends deeply into the chest there is
apt to develop a serious bronchitis or
a bronchopneum C''suffocative ca
tarrh," as the older physicians called
IT'D which explains the high death rate
from measles.
Furthermore IL is a noteworthy fact
that pulmonary tuberculosis often has
it's inception in a case of measles, the
child fails to make the expected full
recovery. but continues in a state of
lowered resistance until evidences OF
tuberculosis become manifest. IL must
be remembered that the majority of
young children harbor tubercle bacilli
in their deep lympth glands anyway,
and a period OF diminished vitality
from any cause may give the tuber-
culosis the chance TO light up and be-
come active. Measles seems to be the
factor that converts many cases OF
Latent" or inactive tuberculosis into
active tuberculosis in children
Measles Won't Strike In.
Now, briefly. there is no basis for
the bugaboo OF the eruption striking
In" II ever a child needs fresh air.
and cool, clean, moist, outdoor air. IT
is during the progress OF measles. This
does not mean that there must be dis
comfort. Plenty OF coverings or
clothes may be used 10 keep the child
warm. or even perspiring
a trife II the doctor thinks best. But
do not sufTocate the patient with de-
overheated. excessively dry
afr
Outdoor air. brought indoors II nee
essary through open windows, is uni
yersalIy recognized as q natural cure
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

The Poland of 1715 was larger than
any other European country. with the
exception OF Russia. Today IL has no
political entity. says the National Ge-
ographlc society at Washington, ID. c.,
In a statement issued today. Two
centuries ago fits domain reached from
the Baltic to the Carpathians, and
stretched from east to west for a dis
tance OF approximately 900 miles.
The first partition of Poland came
in 17T2, when Prussia and Austria,
alarmed by the progress of Russia in
Poland, suggested. as a means of main
tanning the equilibrium of Europe. that
all three powers readjust their terri
tories at the expense of Poland" reads
the societys bulletin. Poland lay
utterly helpless. She lost about one
fifth of her popuation and one-fourth
of her territory. The second partition,
in 1898, reduced Poland to one-third
of her original dimensions. with pop
ulation of about 3,500.O00. A third
treaty of partition was signed in 1895.
The congress of Vienna, in 1915, divid-
ed Poland between Prussia, Austria
and Russia. with the exception of Graz
COW. which was erected into republic
embedded IN GaliCia- Posen and Cue
sen, with a population of $4,000. were
left to Prussia. Austria remained In
possession of Galicia, with its 100000
inhabitants. Lithuania and the Ruth
enian Palatinates continued to be in
corporated with Russia. The remnant
was constituted as the so-called con-
gress Kingdom. under the emperor OF
Russia as the king of Poland.
I'm the same year Tsar Alexander
granted the new kingdom a constitu-
tion, which declared it to be united to
Russia, in the person Of the tsar, as a
separate political entity. Poland re-
tanned it's flag and a national army. In
1880. following the outbreak OF the
French revolution, n military revolt
took place in Warsaw. This war lasted
for ten months, and at its conclusion
the congress kingdom was reduced TO
the position of n Russian province.
The last remaining remnant OF Po-
lands separate political existence was
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
PALMER AT THE FRONT.

Frederick Palmer, world famous
war correspondent, will represent the
Associated Press and all other Ameri'
can press associations at the front
with the British army. When the
British war office announced that on
ly one American newspaper man
would be permitted with the army,
the American press associations
agreed that Palmer was best fitted for
the position, and he was in London
ready for service. All press associa-
tiOns will receive his reports stimuli
taneously.
Frederick Palmer has been a war
correspondent in all conflicts since
the Greek war OF 1857. He was in
Klondike with the gold rush; hap
pened to be in the Philippines in 1898;
returned with Dewey in 1899 and in
1900 was with the allied army that
marched 10 Peking. a little later he
was in the thick of Central American
revolutions and 1903 saw him I'm Ma
cedonia for the insurrection there.
During the Russo-Japanese war he
was attached as correspondent to the
first Japanese army. 1909 he repre-
sented the Young Turks movement
and in 1912 he covered" the Balkan
war. He arrived at Vera Cruz shortly
after the American occupation.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

A critic who was sadly Jaded
Went IN TO see a play;
To him the lines seemed frayed and faded
The actors maudlin and degraded,
The actresses passe,
And, with impressions misbegotten,
He called the whole performance rotten.
A critic with torpid liver
Sat down to read a book:
Along his spine there crept a shiver.
His chin drooped with a weary quiver, -
He had a hopeless look,
And In his verdict II was hinted
That nothing worse was ever printed
manager whose tongue was coated
And very thick and dry$
Before whose vision black specks fioated.
To one who begged 10 be promoted
Returned a short reply;
To him 1t seemed. in truth, seditlous
That any clerk should be ambitious.
How quickly we who falter. signing,
While doubts attack our souls.
Would find Hope graciously supplying
The strength we daily need in trying
To reach the cleaning goals,
II those who criticize were never
Beset by any Ills whatever.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

try to find you husband. Come and
and we will see what can be done'
Mary would have declined this prop
oSition, but she had not a cent in the
world, not n roof over her head nor a
mouthful of food TO put into her
stomach. She therefore agreed to the
first part of the proposition, trusting
that something might turn up for her.
She made herself as helpful as posi-
Bile to her benefactor, but there was
not much that she could do.
Mary had been with Mrs. Ashurst
two months when the lady came to
her one morning and gave her letter
to read. 1t was from young man
twenty-five years old, who had rented
n house with some grounds about it
near the city OF San Francisco with a
view to the cultivation of flowers in
a small way for the market He had
been well brought up among associ-
ateS of the better class. Among stran-
gers he found himself looked upon as n
sort of huckster and formed no ac-
quaintanceS among persons such as he
had known at home. He needed an
aSSiStant-a woman who would re-
lieve him of much of the care of his
plantS-and it had occurred to him
that wife, If she were the right sort
OF person, would be more serviceab BILE
to him than any one else. Did not
Mrs. Ashurst know of some young
woman who had been we'll brought
up, but whose necessities compelled
her TO begin on the lowest rung OF the
ladder, that would consider an offer?
'Now, that's what 1 call a practical
way to begin life" said Mrs. Ashurst.
''Pre always been devoted to flow
ers," said Mary. her eyes Frightening
rather at the work than at the hus-
band
Just the thing for you. 1 have
written the young man that l have
exactly what he wants. But I'm
afraid you'll have to take leap in the
dark. He can't afford to come across
the continent to court girl and so
back again, possibly, without her.
''Oh. dear" exclaimed Mary, catch
ing her breath.
Il would rather select husband for
my daughter than have her select one
for herself. l mean by that that the
average girl would have better
chance for happiness in her parents
selection than in her own-that is. If
the intrinsic Worth Of the man is made
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
A Word From Tavenner,
The Man on the Job
To the voters Of the Fourteenth Cor

To the voters OF the Fourteentn Soh-
eressionsI District:
As your congressman, ! have been
on the Job every minute, answering
practically every roll call.
1 have endeaVored TO conscientious
Iy serve my district and my party, SO
that the voters who elected me would
not have to apoIoeize for having done
co.
T, I am now a candidate for renornina-
tion, subject to the will Of the demo
cratic voters 10 be expressed at the
primaries on Sept. stn, and will deep
ly appreciate u IL you will take care
of my interests while ! remain here a.
my pest Of duty and take care Of yours
which IL Is my duty TO 90. especially In
View Of present existing conditions
throughout the world, which may at
any moment require emergency ieals-
sIation for the welfare Of our own coun-
try. Under these unusual circum-
stances, will be especially grateful
for any acts Of my friends In my be-
naf.
CLYDE n. TAVENNER,
U. S. Capitol.
Washington. D. c.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
The Daily Story
A Romance of F1owers-By Eunice Blake.
Copyrighted 1914 By AS socIated Literary Bureau

Mary Blackmore had the misfortune
to lose her parents when she was six
teen years old and was left with no
support. A Mrs. Ashurst, an old friend
of her mother, was the only person
upon whom Mary could rely for ad-
vice. This lady had her own peculiar
notions. She regretted the necessity
for women to earn their own living.
assigning as a cause the gradual segre-
CATION OF the sexes. Reaching down
below this, she found a prime cause
in the increased expense of providing
for q family which threw men into
clubs, where they spent their incomes
instead Of on homes. This in turn
gave rise to women's clubs, and the
separation was complete. Among the
poorer classes the result was depend
ent directly on the high cost of living.
Such was the basis of Mrs. Ashurst's
views. Though acknowledging that IL
men would not support wives women
must support themselves, she depre-
Gated the situation. When Mary asked
her to help her to get work the good
lady let out a storm of reproach upon
men for spending their lives frittering
away their incomes instead of choos-
ing various good girls who would be
helpmeets to them and enabling them
to concentrate the flow of loose change
constantly dripping from bachelors
pockets into family savings banks.
But" she added, 81 admit that there
is a risk in any mans doing so. There's
not family of my acquaintance that
is not spending every dollar of it's in
come, if not more, in trying to keep a
position among people who care moth
ing for them"
Having thus delivered herself, Mrs.
Ashurst concentrated her words on the
individual case of the applicant. I've
known you since you were a child, !
Mary" she said, "and I'm sure you
would make a good wife for some !
young fellow who is beginning life as |
you are. At the end of ten years he |
and you would be better off than either |
of you would be separate. 1 won't try |
to get you n position, for 1 don't ap- !
prove of that plan for you But III |
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

two years before the date of his birth
that the United States had finally won
possession OF what Is now Illinois as
a result OF the war OF 1912.
Though Mr.. Metzgar did not come
10 this county till 1859. everything
that civilization has done for this To-
caIity was accomplished during his
lifetime and he took n prominent part
in the upbuilding OF the northern end
OF the county
lie was one OF the very few remain
ing men whose sons saw service in
ths civil war.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
PEMEMBER THE BRIDGES.

Whatever the board Of supervisors
may do next week IN regard 20 sub
mitting proposals for bonding the
county, Il should not reconsider its
decision 20 put the proposition for the
-wo Rock river bridges and the coun-
~ jail UP 20 the people.
Permanent roads are OF great i'm
pOrtance, but they should be built
over the most direct routes. and Rock
island and tbs west end OF the county
need a highway across the mouth Of
Rock river as badly as Moline and
Henry county need a bridge at a con-
Venient point above.
The county jail has long been OBJ
ssolete-a breeding ground for vermin
and disease place so unit for hab-
/. itation that an up-to-dste stock raiser
would not house his domestic animals
there.
We cannot AFFORD 20 lose this oppor-
tunity % get these things which we
20 sorely need.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
THE PIONEER.

The story OF ahs life Of David 8.
Metzgar. who died yesterday at his
Port Byron home. goes back 20 the
actual beginning OF things in this part
OF Illinois. His birth IN Pennsylvania
took place one year after the first per
Inaneut location OF white man IN Rock
Island county, fort having been
erected on Rock island in 1915. There
were no whites except the soldiers
here for several years thereafter and
the country was entirely in tho pos
Bession OF tho INDIANS. II was but
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

for Colds" bronchitis, pneumonia and
tuberculosis. If it cures it more Ger.
tainly prevents. Give the measles vic.
tim preventive treatment against res
piratory complications and there will
be better story told by the mortality
statistics another year.
Questions and Answers.
Express Agent inquiries: Why does
an injury by a rusty nail subject a
person to greater danger of lockjaw
than an injury by bright new nail?
Reply: 1t doesn't The rust has
nothing whatever to do with lockjaw
or with ordinary blood poisoning. A
fresh, bright nail may be covered with
lockjaw (tetanus) bacilli or with the
bacteria of acute blood poisoning (sep-
ticemia). The popular fancy about
rusty nails, colored stockings, verde
girls and the like is a relic of ancient
times when the actual cause of in
fection was not understood.
New York States writes: Our city
had an epidemic of smallpox last win
ter. The health authorities urged
general vaccination. They quaran-
tined known contacts" who refused
to be vaccinated, and permitted ex-
posed persons who submitted to vac
cination to go about their affairs. Was
this sound sanitation?
Reply: The actual mode of trans
mission of smallpox is not definitely
known. there being still some uncer-
tainty as to the specific cause of the
disease. Practically. the plan you
mention seems to succeed. 1t is strong
evidence of the growing belief in the
efficacy of vaccination. However, II is
but fair to say that the best sanitari-
ans at present admit that the disease
may even be communicable during
the stage of incubation-the period
between contact" and the appearance
OF the first symptoms Casually less
than l6 days.. If this be true, then
all contacts should be reasonably iso-
lated whether they are vaccinated at
once or not. For we cannot be sure
that the vaccination will take the
first time.
Mrs. X. J. II. asks: VIII massage
help a poor complexion as much as is
claimed in the hints" printed in many
papers? Are the lotions advised in
these hints" harmful?
Reply: The massage will help
some but 1t won't do all the hints"
claim Tor the simple lotion you mix
yourself" These new style nostrums
are usually not injurious. tut neither
are they OF any value. They are the
same old toilet preparations under
trademark names.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
Poland's History of Interest Now

|, Cracow. and Il was finally occupied by
Austria in 1S46. The last attempt oil
the Poles to achieve independence was
In 1868. II was marked by no real bat
tie and the uprising was soon re
pressed. The national history of Po-
land closes with this attempt at free
do-l. In 1868, by ukase of the EN-
peror of Russia, the government was
absolutely incorporated with that oil
Russia. and the use of the Polish Ian
guage in public places and for public
purposes was prohibited.
Russian Poland contains the first
line of defense OF the Russian empire
on its western frontier. The marshy
lowlands. covered with forests on the
western bank of the Vistula, offer a
vancing from the west, and they are
strengthened by a number of fort
resses on that river. The center OF
these latter is Warsaw.
"The Poles are rather of medium
stature and we'll built. Those in the
south are dark and in the north are
inclined to be fair. While we'll en-
dowed by nature they are today not
remarkable in that energy which char
acterizes the northern races of Eu-
rope, and in n sense of unity which
has been the strength of their present
rulers. and the reason Is obvious. For
several years past the German ele-
ment has been annually increasing
both in number and in influence in
Russian Poland. From remote antiqui-
ty Poland has been celebrated for the
production and export OF grain. Since
1875 there has been a remarkable de-
velopment of manufacturing enter
prise. The railroads of Russian Po-
land have an aggregate length of 1900
miles.
"The entire administration OF the
province is under the encouragement
residing at Warsaw. After the insur-
rection of 1858 all towns with less than
1000 inhabitants were deprived OF
their municipal rights. The elective
municipal councils were practically
abolished. and Russian officers nomi-
mated in their place. The prevalent
religion is Roman Catholic"
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
A Terrible Predicament.

MY husband has threatened to sue
me for divorce," sobbed the beautiful
actress.
Cheer up" said her manager.
Nearly every actress has been sued
for divorce"
Il know, but think what the public
will say. / have always tried to be
all that a wife should be. Now no
body will believe it."
IF you're innocent, why don't you
fight the case?"
That's the trouble. I'm afraid if
fought the case they wouldn't give
him the divorce"
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
Mrs. Lonastreet Bankrupt.

Trenton, y. J., Sept. 3.-Mrs. Helen
d. Longstreet, widow of General Long
street of the confederacy, yesterday
filed a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States district
court. Mrs. Longstreet resides in At
lantic City. Her liabilities are S22,236
and assets $4,000 The assets are
made up of property in Gainesville, Ga,
her former home. Mrs. Longstreet
gives her occupation as that of an
author and Journalist.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
HE COULDN'T FORGET,

do you remem-
ber any of the re-
marks that were
made by the min
lister last Sun
dayT" asked Mrs.
It. Wadd.
Il should say I
did" her husband
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

back on time, my concern being over
the fact that twenty-five o. thirty
members of the faculty are probably
still marooned on the continent. |
know of several who are in Switzer-
land and Germany, including Profess
ors Gauss and MeElroy. 1t will be
necessary to get other men in several
departments to take on their work un-
til they get back"
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

TERxsTen cents per week by car
rfer. In Rock Island. IS 2e- year by mail
IN advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department
which should also be notined In every
instance where it Is desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have NO
authority IN the premiseA
All communications o. arEumentASive
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for Publisa-
fion No such articles VIII be printed
ever fictitious signatures.
Telephones In all departments. Cen
+raI Union. Rock Island Ia5- 1I4S and
zI45-
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
Pat and the Lava.

An Irishman, having returned from
Italy. where he had been with his mas
ter, was asked in the kitchen. Now,
then. Pat. what is the lava l hear the
master talking about"
only a drop of the crater" was
Pats reply.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03
The Worst Thing About a Job.

Il can have my choice of three
places in which TO work during the
summer vacation" said the sopho-
more.
II suppose you will choose the one
that pays the most" his friend re-
piled.
"Oh, / may not take any OF them
A Job always interreres SO much with
a fellows fun"
Rock Island Argus., 1914-09-03

Lord Roberts criticism OF English
young men who play cricket instead
OF enIisting In the army may not be
merited. The newspapers over there
are permitted TO print 80 little war
news that IL IS likely there are many
British who don't know that the army
mas been called out.