Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-17
BY MARY AQUIN.

NAlte even so magnificent an in
SEPARATION as the Christmas ship has to
pass in its card to our best citizens"
and explain in detail its most auspf-
cious opportunity for doing something
other than lip service in the name OF
the Master in the cause of peace, it
is interesting to observe that among
the actor folk-that profession that
some pious women sheer at and at
which smart boys with impotent jokes
aim their bright conversation-no elab-
crate explanation has been needed.
Does some one need help? OF
course, they'll assist And the poor
devil doesn't have to write his name
in a pauper's blue book TO get a square
meal or a cast of garment. nor be
shifted over and fguratively poked in
the ribs by committee OF three to
ascertain If he's really starving
Those actor folk would really let a
meal get away on suspicion. The
Christmas ship. Children cherries and
homeless at Christmas time, war-or-
phaned and helpless. Would they
help? Yes. indeed. And they are
helping over in Chicago they are so
busy there isn't room to tell here OF
all their activities.
-Four young women from The Mid
night Girl company in an hour at La
Sale and Adams street raised S44
selling flowers. They are the Misses
Mona Sartoris. Marie Newton. Cleo La
Moyne and Fay Arthur They CARRIED
a banner inscribed. Help The Mid
night Girl load the Christmas ship"
Miss Bertha Mann, leading woman at
the Princess theatre is giving of her
time and also auctiOned a bale OF cot
ton al a matinee performance. The
members Of the Joseph and His Breth Z
rem company, playing at the Audito-
rum, gave most literally. They made /,
q Christmas fest day on the stage aft I
er the show in which everyone from /
Kaelred. the leading wo- ,
man, TO the apprentice stage hands
had a part The wrapping party made /
up bundles containing outfits for chill .
dren from / to Il years. complete from
shoes to top piece, all first class goods.
Besides the management Of the Audi
forum and the manager Mt of the
company had a plan whereby part
Of the ticket receipts went TO the ship
and this brought large sum. These
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part OF it IS the whOle-souied. stirring
manner they went at IT. None of the
ionors is notorious for being money
Bags. Quite moneyless, some. II
:auses us TO wonder this side Of heay-
m how the really good folk-the
lind that considers itself so awfully
proper. don't you know-stack up
With old St. Peter, who is credited
With knowing brass from gold.
In February, 1905, at dawn with the
thermometer % below zero a serious
wreck occurred on a leading railway
,etween Denver and Chicago. An
astern-bound train. double headed. !
vas ditched at Prescott. Iowa. The ,
ugines went into the ditch and both ,
rews we're badly scalded. One man .
led there. the others at hospitals. !
zone of the passengers was badly IN ,
1red. The nearest relief was Creston' ,
2 miles away. While word was being ,
emf and help on the way, something
ad IN be done for the imprisoned men
tho had gone into the ditch Win thelr )
ngines. One can readily imagine the
-,pbtfuI CONSERVATION which beteI ,
40 nassengers thus suddenly wrench
A into need OF active knowledge ana
trenRth. Two of those modern mon
ters. torn Of ability 10 move yet de-
sntIv strong in that inability, seemed y
, those irving 20 relieve the victims e
; beinR something Tevengefully alive u
stead OF a mass OF steel and iron. .