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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-04
LADIES OF SOUTH MOLINE MEET.

The Ladies' Aid society of Zion
Lutheran church OF South Moline held
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. o. Landeen, 2427 Fifth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-04
HOSTESS 500 CLUB.

Mrs. Harry Rowe, 411S1a Fourteenth
avenue. entertained the 500 card club
of which she is a member yesterday
afternoon at her home. The usual
three tables of the game were played
and prizes were awarded to Mrs. John
kimbel, first. Mrs. Harry Rowe, second,
and Mrs. II. Hoffman. consolation. AZ
ter the games the ladies were invited
to the dining room, where a course
lunch was served. The club members
will be the guests of Mrs. H. Hoffman
in two weeks.
GRACE LADIES' SOCIETY.
4 business and social meeting of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-04
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Clabberd milk is better than water
for freshening salt fish.
To polish a black marble clock rub
over with olive oil and finish with a
clean chamois cloth.
If lemons are thoroughly heated
one can get almost double the amount
Of juice.
For taking out blood stains nothing
is better than a few drops of ammonia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-04

until | would scratch IL open.
then the water would run out
and 1t would get sore. / first
got the eczema on the back
OF the hand and i scratched
1t so hard i made IL all sore.
Then i got IL on my legs just
above the ankle and above
the knee.
Il used what they call
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-04
ECZEMA BROKE OUT
IN WATER BL|STERS
Scratched It So Hard All Sore. On
Hand, Then OF. Legs. Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment
Cured in Six Weeks.

AS Congress St.. Chicago. Ill. My
eczema broke out like little water blisters
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
Sympathy.

Dear Miss Fairfax: have been In the
company of a young man for about a
year. L have learned 70 love~him very
much. He told me that he loves me.
He left the city on account OF business
and promised TO correspond with me-
slow and that he feels very depressed
He has not written TO me. Mould YOU
advise me 10 write TO him2 IF L.
II you feel that this young man Is III
aud discouraged over the state OF his
affairs, you might write him a friendly
little note TO cheer him
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
Love, and It's Effect on
Men and Women

mantelpiece making faces at them. and
men who. when they were In love, couldn't
tell the difference between a red-heaied,
freckle-faced, cross-eyed living skeleton
sort of a woman and Lillian Russell.
My father says that when a mans
drunk he always wants TO confide in
you. and that he takes you by the but
tonhole and holds you until he tells YOU
the story OF his life, and that when he's
In love he does just the same way, only
he tells you how wonderful and beauti-
;ul, and what an angel the young lady
is that he IL in love with. And my
father says that when you see a man
coming whom you know, who is either
in liquor or in love, the only safe thing
is to run the other way as hard as you
can.
And my father says that alter a man
has been drunk he wakes up the next
day with an awful head and a dark
brown taste in his mouth. and he won
ders why he did 1t. and my father says
that after a man gets married he has
about the same sort OF a katzenjammer
Ladies do not get drunk, and when
they fall In love they just cry on every
bodys neck when they tell that they are
engaged. and the spend their time writ
ing letters to the gentlemen they are en-
gagged to. and when the man leaves a
cigar stub on the ash tray they tie a
blue ribbon around It and hang II on the
wall.
Also they telephone lot, and they
| have fits IL the man has TO go out Of
town on business. and they make every
body very tir6i hut all the ofhar IL dfaa
say. "oh. poor dear. let her alone; she
won't feel this way after she's married. {"
1t must be awful nice TO have some
body I'm love with you II you are young
lady. because he sends you candy and
takes you TO the movies. and don't never
dispute what you say like a husband
does Ny mother says love is the great
est thing in the world. but I'D rather
have an automobile
That's all at present about love.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
The Manicure Lady @@

ing. when l hear him going along like
| that II no thinks I am due 10 be a
bachelor lady"
"There is many girl who said Yes
instead OF No that wishes she was still
a bachelor lady" said the Head Barber
"Tho reason you charming girls amt
married Is because You are too hard to
suit and too good judges OF human nature
Your brother amt got brains enough To
Kid YOU grille. and don't let him think
he has"
George, you was always great
booster for me" said the Manicure
Lady. and the reason like you so much
Is because you amt got no strings to
your friendship But sometimes wonder
if 1 am letting my last real chances to
get married slip by. You don't know how
girI like me feels about being left out
in the cold after having gave q dozen
fairly good prospects the North Pole nod.
Just think. George Ten years from now
viii be getting along toward middle
age. But as President Wilson SAYS, lots
OF things can happen in ten years.
yes" said the Head Barber, "and !
r,iess he has found out that when a
man Is president lots Of things can hap
pen in one"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

a champion when wed George, cham
pion," Ns.
You deserve one" agreed the Head
Barber You have youth, intelligence
and beauty. You are one girl In a million
and | have often hoped that when you
do leave, this Job to be a biushms bride
you will be leaning on the arm of q
real corker. wonder why. II is that 50
many OF them rich old mon marry their
nurses"
They say that married woman Is a
young mans slave aud an OLD man :
nurse" said the Manicure Lady. Maybe
that ls the season the nurses Get the
about -to-die-rich fellows, But It would
be Just my luck, II wes to turn trained
nurse, to find out that alt the rich old
mon had died or got married, aud then
would have nobody & rurse but emer-
genoy cases
"Brother wiltred Is getting my goat a
little lately lie don't say much at a
time, but ne is all the Slime throwing out
little hints about the friends OF milne that
are getting married and settling down,
Every time he hears about a giri friend
|of mine taking the lovers leap ne saws
something about the glri not being halt
as sweet as am. I cant help wonder
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
WHEN FLIES PLAY 'PossUM

1t is not only in the summer that the
enemy of the fly should be busy, ac-
cording TO a bulletin just issued by the
committee on pollution and sewerage of
the Merchants association OF New York.
but In the winter as well.
XIII the winter flies" Is the burden OF
the committees appeal. and 1t declares
that now is the time to begin next sum-
mer's campaign.
most OF last seasons flies, having com
pleted their life cycle. are dead" the bull
letin reads. but those Matched late have
left their eggs in a favorable place for
incubation in the early spring. and these
eggs will survive the winter unless dis
posed Of. They win hatch out during the
winter in an even temperature.
These winter flies will become the
progenitors OF next summers countless
billions. At the first approach of cold
weather the flies seek warmth and pro
lection in houses and stables. From cell
lar TO garnet they hide in hooks and cor
ners Keep them out. II any succeed
IN getting in. XIII them.
Don't trust the cold TO kill them.
Don't assume that they are dead when
you find them lying on floors or window
sills in unused rooms. They are play
ing 'possum.' and win revive when the
Temperature rises.
Clean Up the house and give special
attention TO every out-of-the-way place
where flies may Turk. Make sure there is
nothing left which may harbor their eggs.
One fly that survives the winter will be-
come the parent OF hundreds Of millions
next summer
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

everyone hate them. My father says
that he would rather meet a woman who
had just undergone an operation in a
hospital than a man who is in love, and
he'd rather meet a raging lion than either
one of them. because he would prefer
being torn alive 60, being bored to death.
My mother says that my father should
not talk that way because once he was
in love himself. and my father says.
We'll. Il was took the love cure that
is called matrimOny. and got over Il. q
and when he said that my mother said
he was brute, and she rushed out OF
the room and slammed the door behind
her that way that makes a door sound
like 1t said damn"
My father says that love IL like A-ink.
and that man who is m ave acts
just like man does who Is intoxicated
He says that love goes to a name
head and takes away all OF his brains
so that he hasn't got any judgment lefc
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

"a play OF the nautical IMAGINATION IN
duced by their appearance on the water.
They skim so close along the surface as
TO give the impression that they are ac-
tually quilting upon 1t. This suggested to
some fanciful observer the thought of ST.
Peter walking upon the waves, and so
the name Of petrol" meaning little
Peter" we S'bestowed upon the bird This,
at least, is the explanation OF the origin
OF the name commonly given.
Petrels are also called by sailors
Mother Carey's chickens" and their
appearance is regarded as presaging the
near approach of a storm. The explana-
ton of the origin of the name Mother
Carey is as fantastical as that of the
name petrol It is said to be an old Eng
lish rendering of the exclamation Of
Italian sailors upon seeing these ominous
birds at sea- Maria cara!' meaning
Dear Mother Nary"
There are about seventy-five species OF
petrels known, and they are widely dis
trfbuted over the oceanic parts of the
globe. In their habits they are almost
as much marine animals as are fish, for
they never voluntarily visit the land ex-
cept during the breeding season, and the
widest storms cannot drive them off the
tated surface of tempest-swept sea-
following the changing curvature of the
waves safely defying the breaking crests
and the flying spume. and seeming to re-
joice in the uproar of the elements.
In the darkness of a great storm, when
ships masts are bowed to meet the toss
ing waves and canvas is torn from the
shrouds by the bowling gale, the petrol
,A.
sci like malignant spirit of the storm.
Among sailors it is deemed to be very
unlucky act to kill one of these birds,
even by accident.
The commonest species of petrol seen
on the Atlantic is a little black bird. with
white rump, about six inches in length.
1t will occasionally follow ships for days.
picking up food from the refuse thrown
overheard IT seems never to tire, how
ever long it may be kept upon the wing
Owing to the exteme oiliness of its
feathers they are ifnpeuetrable to water.
and the bird can rest upon the undulating
waves as lightly as cork.
The stormy petrol remains a mysterious
bird even when it visits the borders of
the sea for breeding purposes. It's nests
are always hidden among rocks close
discovery. even by professional egg hunt
ers. The more effectualiy to conceal
their breeding places the petrels, when
sojourning on shore, go out In search OF
food only at night, or in dark, gloomy and
stormy weather.
The famous Scilly islands near the Brit
ish coast, which have been. the scene of
so many ship tragedies, are a favorits
breeding ground of the stormy petrol.
Until recently II was thought that all
the nests were contained on one site in
tho Settles. but It has been found that
they are much more widely scattered
than any one had suspected, and the dis
covery is due to voracious cat which.
being an inhabitant of the lighthouse on
Round island. where petrels were never
seen on land, astonished the keepers by
furnishing itself each night with a petrol
for its supper. Investigation showed that
the cat had found breeding place OF the
birds on the island the existence of which
was previously unknown.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
u 81
BY WILLIAM f. KIRK.

II seen a piece In the paper yester
day." said the Manicure Lady. that
told how old gent married young
woman lawyer that had won case for
him The old gent had nothing but
money the story said. and was Just
wondering. George. why II Is that have
never saw such an opening. I have read
about trained nursese marrying the rich
old man that they had nursed back 20
life, and l have read about manicure
birls getting hooked up before some
justice OF the peace with some old miner.
and now along comes this story OF the
lady lawyer-and all this time l am
patiently pointing finger. nails ana listen
ing the long day through TO everything
except matrimonial prospects"
But you are so youny." said the Head
Barber
Lay OFF on the sarcasm, George, 9"
snapped the Manicure Lady. II know |
amt as young as spring buttercup. hut
I've got n few years to go before / get
into the wondering class. and could
have grabbed any one OF dozen minor
league husbands long before now. l want
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

II you listen close enough before you go so deep
in love that you can't wade back until the storms all
and you get slammed back onto the beach again,
you these little, little thoughts rafting loose
behind the white forehead and the arching that
she's vain of. .-..f.
Love knocks here, and kicks his toes until
doomsday, for there's nobody home" So the cync
says sneering the folies OF fashion the minds
of maids.
And while I think--oh small maidens who lean
so to seeing themselves where their eyes and their
thoughts linger-dark hair has nothing to do with
gumdrop hearts and this case. She just happens to
have it.-NELL BRINKLEY.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

w ors @ II breaks
out ON you the
5 o on er you get
yer 1T. Love
doesn't hurt [ h e
young much, for
1t seldom strikes
in d e e ply, ut
when an old man
or woman gets a
bad case It gener-
ally proves fatal.
You can always
tell when people
are in love, be-
cause they go
a b out with a
tooth-powder smile
on their faces; also
they tell people all
about their symp-
toms. which makes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
Little Mary's Ess ay

and. goodness knows, that's lucky for
the women or else there'd be lots more
old maids.
My father also says that love and
liquor make a man see things that aren't
there. My father says he's known men
who saw pink elephants sitting on the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

Nobody home!" Her heart looks red and warm
like any other heart you might come the
Sentimental Road but it's only bright red gumdrop
with sugar crusted over to fool you and gumdrops
are hard eating-soft but tough Here in her per-
fecty coiffed hair, which is a minute behind
the times in its fashion of lying her head there
is nothing but an empty casket, bright enough but
untitled save for the stray little hard thoughts, like
bulletsthoughts of lace and feathers and the flare
of petticoat and whether there is tiny ghost of
line coming in the lid of eye or must stop laugh
ing If there is" she) that go rafting round in
side it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12

is a great sailor.
possessing the char
acteristic mark of
the true mariner,
which is that the
harder the winds
blow, a nd the
flercer the rush of
the waves becomes
the more com
pletely at home
IL seems to be.
The Detrels are
related TO the al
batrosses, but are
smaller and o~e
their name to a pc
Citliar circumstance
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
By DOROTHY DIX.

Love is something that makes you feel
all nice and purry inside.
Love is like the measles-you generally
catch it when you are young. and the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
Sailors of
Feathered Race
BY GARRETT P. sERvIss.

The romance Of the sea is in the very
name of the stormy petrel," and the
bird itself s one of the most interesting
OF the minor inhabitants of the earth. II
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
Advice to Lovelorn
NM Wrong-but Dangerous.
~ azArRICE RAIRFAx

Dear Miss Fairfax: / am a young girl
and am considered good looking. am
engaged to be married to man nov, IN
Spsin In the meantime 1 am going
about with a young man who spends his
money on me and shows me a great deal
of respect. but l am afraid he Is begin
/ go with him, and have also informed
him of my engagement To this other
man and often speak about II to keep II
in hts mind / would like to know If
you think i am doing wrong? III. ID.
What you are doing is not morally
wrong-but it is not the height Of loyalty
to your absent fiance. and II holds the
possibility OF danger for you and the
young man who cares for you In spite of
the fact that you are pledged to another.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-12
Hard Times.

Dear Miss Fairfax: l am 10 and for
the last two months have been going out
with a young man five years my senior.
OF late he is quiet. This he attributes TO
his money affairs, as he is hard pressed.
AS / know him to be of carefree dis
position / cannot believe that he should
always think of this, especially when In
my company. Please give me your opin-
ion in this matter. WORRIED.
My dear girl. when man is discour-
aged ana depressed over his money af-
fairs the presence OF his girl only aug
ments his sufferings II he thinks OF all
the things he cannot do for her and the
impossibility of supporting a wife. This
Is the time to prove the sincerity Of your
devotion, and patient helpfulness will do
1t. Try to cheer him instead of selfishly
thinking about what he owes me.
The Lamar register., 1914-06-10
HORSE SENSE VS.. PSYCHOLOGY
SchOOlmaster Wilson Makes Psyche
logical Mess of Tariff Revision

When interviewed last week on the
condition of our country in business
line President Wilson said our trou-
bles were only psychological and had
no excuse to exist. This explanation
may be very high browish and elevat-
ing but it won't feed any empty
stomachs. 1t may be very satisfying
and soul inspiring to students of psy-
chology and commencement day ora
tors, but it won't put pork and beans
on the table of the workman who has
been laid off for several months or
even those who are working half
time, and they are millions in this
country just now.
In April, 1918, the balance of trade
in favor of this country was $55, 00,-
900, and as careful estimates show it
takes six hundred millions a year to
pay our interest, freights and travel
ers' expenses to foreigners, the bal
ance was none too large to maintain
the worlds equilibrium financially.
The Lamar register., 1914-06-10

President Wilson called congress in
session that month to revise the tar
iff. The work was completed in Oc-
tober and the change soon became ap-
parent. For October and November
it was not large as foreigners did not
believe until the last vote was taken
that we would ever be foolish enough
to do it. Then they commenced to
get in their work and the resdlt has
been more rapid than the most stall
wart protectionists could have antic-
ipated.
In April, 1914, the S55, 100000 bal
ance of trade in our favor was wiped
out and an adverse balance of $l0,-
OOO,0O rolled up against us and the
year is young yet. At this rate if
it gets no worse it represents a loss
of SCI 100000 for the month or at
the rate of $78O,O00,OOO a year. This
cannot keep up long without bringing
serious difficulties as our outgo for in
terest, freight and tourists still con-
tinues.
Already the government is facing a
deficit as result of the decreased
revenues and in another year another
heavy cut will be made in the sugar
schedule which will further reduce
the revenues. This will close the bal
ance of the sugar factories and in
crease the balance of trade against us
by another large item running nearly
fifty millions year.
Only one remedy can heal the ma
tons present disease and that Is to
amputate the psychology from the
body polite and substitute little
plain horse sense.
The Lamar register., 1914-06-10

The Rocky Ford Tribune got its
base ball dope and its Keating letter
badly mixed last week and it was
hard to tell which was which. 1t was
hard to determine which was the big
ger liar, the editor or Heating, or
which knew the least about what it
was talking about. Anyway the Tri-
bune lied about the score of the La
mar-Las Animas game, lied about the
cause Of the protest, lied about the
matter contained in the protest, and
lied about the agreement Of the clubs
with regard to the schedule. How
ever, the young men who compose the
Rocky Ford team are gentlemen and
play a splendid game Of base ball and
are true sports, and the Lamar team
will ignore the spleen displayed by
the Tribune and just consider the
source. What else could be expected
of paper that would run Keating's
letters?
The Lamar register., 1914-06-10
REVENUES DECREASING
The Balance in Trade Running
Against the Country

Senator Smoot of Utah, delivered
speech in the United States senate
in which he gave the figures Of the
loss to the commerce Of the United
States under democratic free trade.
These figures are compiled by the Bu-
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. For the month of April they
show loss of $50, ,880,S $40.
The following is from Senator
Smoot's speech as reported in The
Congressional Record:
"The tariff law has been in force
now some six months, and it can now
be judged as to what the future re-
suits of the workings of that bill will
be as effecting our commerce.
81 am in receipt of the report from
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Department of Commerce,
showing the total values of imports
and exports of the United States for
the month of April, 1914.
"The question is often asked, what
is the matter with business? / be-
lieve that this is proper time to call
the attention of the senate and of the
country to one of the great reasons
for the unsettled and unsatisfactory
state of business conditions in this
country.
"From the report it is shown that
the merchandise exported for April
aggregated a value of s162,378,S62,
as compared with $199,813, ,438 for the
corresponding month of last year.
This is loss in exports of ..37,7 1884,
$50 in single month.
"The imports in April of this year
were $172,64O,724, as compared with
s146, ,194, ,461 in April of last year, or
$26 6,446, 1858. Taking the imports and
exports together they show total
loss in money to the commerce of the
United States of $63, $780, ,849 in one
month, or at the rate of $766,570, ,148
annually.
"This is the promised expansion Of
trade, and it shows the adverse bal
ances against our country under the
present tariff law. But it must be
remembered that we are just begin
ming to experience the real effect Of
the democratic law. 1t has not yet
gone into effect to it's full extent.
"The duty on sugar was in March,
but it will be some months yet before
it takes full effect and thus wipe out
the industry in this country. The i'm
ports exceeded exports in April by
S1O,271,872. Thus we are coming to
condition which has existed under
formed democratic tariff laws, when
distress everywhere prevailed. AS l
stated, these figures tell Of the won
derful expansion Of trade promised by