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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
THE PUBLICITY GRAFT.

\ Spanish grandee once observed
that all royal and noble Spaniards
agree that the public was AZ ass and
should be ridden The only point up
on which disagreement was possible
was who should occupy the saddle.
All special interests agree that the
American press is an ass, but there
is no disagreement about who shall
ride il. The various interests are in
healty agreement that everyone who
has need OF free advertising or pub
licity" as it is called. shall make free
and unlimited use Of the news col
umns. II Is due, says the Louisville
Courfer-JOurnal, to the folly OF the
press that the burden OF free adyer-
Using has been long and patiently
borne II is time. surely, to rebel The
interests of the newspaper as bust
ess enterprise: the conscience Of the
press as "A gatherer and distributor Of
news: the reasonable demand of the
reader that advertising shall bear a
label, are Influences which should com
bine 20 put an end TO the riding OF
the ass by everybody and anybody
who wants publicity"
Even the riders are beginning. many
Of them, TO grasp the fact that they
have made inordinate demands upon
good nature. The American Newsps-
per Publishers association. in Bulletin
1904. reprints a speech OF +. A. Moree.
representing the State Charities Aid
association Of New York. at the chart
ties conference in Philadelphia. in
which II IL stated that attempts 10
fitch valuable space from newspapers
should be abandoned even by organi-
cations fighting tuberculosis.
Nr Moree is quoted as follows:
We do not ask the stationer 10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

contribute the paper we use. We
do not ask the owners OF the
building we occupy to contribute
our quarters. But we do ask the
newspapers to do the equivalent
by giving US space which is like
money to them
Buy space. Advertise your
work as business houses do. and
the world. and You will ease a lit
tie OF the resentment that the
newspapers are beginning to feel
for you. II you do anything worth
a picayune the newspapers will
print 81 as news and without your
solicitation.
Advertising that is frankly adver
Using commands respect. Advertis
ing which parades as news not only
lessons the respect of the public for
newspapers as vehicles of information
but also breeds contempt in the mind
OF the reader who might. IL properly
approached. become interested in the
enterprise. the commodity, the article,
the individual. advertised.
Nowadays a very considerable pro
portion of the readers of the press
quickly recognize, and as quickly re-
sent. publicity articles" designed to
impose upon them by passing of ad-
vertising as news.
The paid advertisement challenges
attention and disarms criticism. 1t is
an open and above board claim for
consideration; not an effort to trade
upon a lack of intelligence, more often
presumed than actual among readers.
Publicity bureaus are often so eX-
pensive that paid advertising would be
less costly. The press could, and
should. greatly reduce the volume of
free publicity. The result would be
more informing and reliable news col
umns. That reform would be worth
more than the advertising which would
supplant the free publicity masquerade
ing as news.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

1t lacked something. and thar soma.
thing Constantia said equivocally was
men.
In the days that followed the gir,s
still futtered and admired. but Con
stantia looked at them with specul,.
tive eyes.
cups to Maize. that 50 many loveIv
girls should not marry"
II thought old maidism was the han
piest state" Maize ventured.
"Of course. for me-" Constantia sa,a
hastily. but for you and Serena and
thtA thers-oh. you ought to meet soma
nice mem
And all that evening she was dresr,v
and before she went to bed she vro+s
a letter.
Then she planned TO give a cottloa
before she left town.
II will have the favors and refresh
ments sent out from the city" sbs
said. Everybody here has been "A
kind that I want to be hostess befo-s
Igo."
Aunt Cynthia was induced to con.
sent, and the girls of Hilton got our
their best gowns.
When the caterer came with his host
of assistants Aunt Cynthia sought Con
stantia in a great state Of excitement
"You have ordered far too much" she
said.
There was faraway look In Con.
stantia's eyes. They viii eat it up,
she promised.
But girls have such delicate appe-
dtes," Aunt Cynthia protested.
"Oh, girlsr' Constantia murmured
and dropped the subject
But when she came downstairs to
greet her guests she was so radiantly
beautiful in pink and silver. with her
eyes like stars, that Maize caught her
breath as she looked at her.
"Constantiar she cried. What has
happened?"
Just then from without came the
"honk, honk" of motor horn, which
was echoed by another and another,
and as Maize flung open the door, with
the bevy of pretty girls behind her,
there rolled up to the step a big red
car In which were. half a dozen radiant
youths, and in the second car and in
the third and the fourth, so that in all
there were twenty-four men to match
the twenty-four girls that Constantia
had invited.
81 told Bobbie to bring them" Con.
stantia said as she made the introduc-
tons, and when they had all danced
away together she said to Bobbie
Dwyer, who was hanging over her
adoringly. Men have their place-at
dance"
How about husbands?" he demand
ed very promptly and authoritatively.
Constantine dropped her lashes over
her happy eyes. "Oh, WELL" she capt.
ulated, 81 should hate to condemn you
to bachelorhood, Bobby, dear"
But it was Serena who summed
things up when three months later
half a dozen engagements were an
nounced in Hilton, among them Ma
zie'S and her own.
81 told you the i'll wind would blow
some good" she said 'It blew Cupid
into Hilton with Constantia."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
A Costly Mineral.

The number of rare minerals found
to exist in Tasmania is constantly be-
ing added to, and the latest addition is
molybdenite, which is used in the
manufacture OF "molybdenum steel"
TO which it gives a special hardness
and toughness that make it suitable
for use in propeller shafts, guns and
boilers. 1t is also used to a lesser extent
in the making of pottery, glass and
other things. The price of molybdenite
is now $500 a ton, or nearly four
times the present price of tin.-Argo-
naut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
THE RIGHT REWARD

! is no truer than that which prompts
the exhibitions of bravery so often
recorded in the daily press.
II is not beneath the dignity of a
great government to note these things
and give expression to the public
sentiment. 1t is the privilege of every
citizen to feel pride in these many
proofs that the capacity for selfsacri-
flee and forgetfulness of the cost is
an essential part of the national char
acter.
Where things are rightly judged
the figure of a humble individual who
risks his life to save another may
seem of heroic size beside the figure
of men whom the world has crowned
as kings and conquerors. He, at least,
is brave without self-interest
The military cape is popular. It's
invariably lined with startling stripes
or checks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Chicago Herald.n

Chicago HeraldN
President Wilson, on the recon-
mendation of the interstate commerce
commission, on Thursday awarded
w A. Holley. a railroad switchman OF
Greenville. Texas, a medal for brav-
cry displayed in saving the life of an
aged woman in imminent danger of be-
ing killed by a train.
The incident is NOT an isolated one
in this country. Exhibitions of brav-
cry and self-sacrifice are frequent.
Wherever weakness is in plain danger
and distress there is always somebody
willing TO risk his life to save it. There
is always somebody willing to for
get the cost and dare the deed.
Where men join together and march
away to defend their country and to
offer their lives. if need be, as costly
sacrifice upon its affairs, the sight is
more impressive. But the heroism
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
1EAETHTALKS<
Brady,M.D.
st. VituS Dance.

must be watched carefully by the ply.
stefan.
Inc attack averages three months
| IN duration. Some cases recover in a
lew weeks. Others last more than a
year. There is no specific cure known.
Besides guarding the heart. il is wise
TO look to the anaemia which almost
always accompanies the disease.
When the choreic twitching persists
| during sleep the child should be kent
II bed for several days, as a precau-
( ton against exhaustion.
st. Nitus' dance is one more count
IN the indictment against the much
zoo common cold" As long as peo.
pie persist in thinking they can catch
cold from the weather or drafts the
germs of the household plague will
lie freely passed around, and fate will
attend to the consequences.
Questions and Answers.
Mrs. NJ. X. j. writes: Your Health
Ialks interest me more than the war
news VIII you enlighten me on the
cause and cure of ringworm-and if
you lay the blame on the cat, please
say where the cat gets it? We've had
two cases in our family, and it seems
20 be very hard to cure.
Reply-Well, SO to sneak. our Talks
sometimes partake of the character of
war newsstand the allies write strong
protests to the editor. An article on
rlngworm will soon appear. Cat not
guilty.
]. X. r. asks: Will you kindly send
me. In the enclosed stamped envel-
ope, advice regarding the relief of
pimples on the skin--acne, I think the
doctors call it?
Repiy-Your request has been COM
piled with, J. K. r., and it is a pleas
ure TO respond TO such a brief COM
munication. We have had to hold IN
dozens of similar requests because
they forgot to enclose the indispens-
able stamped addressed envelope
and the paper won't give US space to
answer this question every day.
c. NJ. c.: Send your address and
we will gladly answer your ques-
tions.
F. J. NJ. inquiries: Please state !
whether ii is beneficial to take cold /
plunges Immediately after getting out !
OF bed in the morning.
Reply-Yes and no. Yes. for young
people; no, for older persons. Be
guided largely by your own comfort;
do you feel better after the plunge9
II so, IL is a good tonic. Do you feel
chilly or depressed after the plunge?
Then stop it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

Acute chorea. or st. Vitus' dance, is
nervous disease characterized by IT.
regular, twitching, purposive move
melts of nearly all the muscles OF
the face, limbs and trunk. Il is self
limited terminating almost invaria-
lily in full recovery, but it runs such
a variable course-a few weeks to
many months-that charlatans, charm
sellers. vendors of nos;rums and
sharks of all colors find IT a wonder
full opportunity for doing business,
while parents sometimes go to the
other extreme and think that because
a disease is self-limited ii therefore
requires no medical treatment. and
on this illogical ground assume to
manage the case themselves. without
any adequate knowledge of how to
prevent possible complications.
Typhoid and pneumonia are self
limited diseases. That does not mean
that close medical attention is super
fiuous.
Children from TO 10 years of age
are most frequently affected with
chorea, and girls outnumber boys
three TO one. Chorea is a nervous
fects nerve tissue, like neuritis: Meth
er OF these ailments are particularly
apt to affect individuals of a nervous
temperament. The exciting cause OF
s.. Vitus' dance is bacterial infection,
and bacteria are not especially fond
of nervous people.
The TonsiIitis Decade.
From ) to 10 years of age the child
is most vulnerable to sore throat
germs. Tonsilitis is invariably a bac-
terial infection. and communicable,
whatever type of tonsilitis it may be.
And in every case OF tonsilitis, follic-
ular. simple. or quinsy, there is al
ways a possibility of certain compli-
cations or sequeliae-namely, multiple
arthritis rheumatic fever. or acute
articular rheumatism, acute valvular
heart disease, or chorea. Thus the
prevention of St. Vitus' dance. as well
as the prevention of rheumatism"
and valvular heart trouble. is the pre-
vention Of sore throat-the reasona-
bic isolation of every case of sore
throat or slight cold"
The Treatment of chorea.
ANNoA - NhF tSStulidl III lut
care Of s.. Vitus' dance. When the /.
twitching is severe a day |
or TWO OF complete rest in bed will |
accomplish much in the way OF i'm
Drovement The tepid or hot pack, |
applied in the evening. brings quiet |
and sleep more certainly than will
drugs
In chorea the condition Of the heart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

While Rockford destroyed Rock Is
land high schools hope of the state
title and Davenport did as much for
the tri-city honors. nothing but Moline
stands in the way Of the twin-city
championship. and that is worth fight
ing for.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

4 defeated progressive candidate
for congress in Kentucky reports that
he did not spend a cent IN his cam
paign. II the showing he made was
no better than that OF most OF his as
sociates up this way he just about
got his worth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

Success magazine. which suspend
ed publication 4 couple OF years ago
and has been through bankruptcy viii
pay one cent on the dollar. 1t IS now
stated This may be an indication OF
one kind OF success, but not the sort
the magazine preached.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Red Heads Winners.

Cheer up, heads. Red hair is a
fine thing to have.
When it's a girl who has red hair it
sets susceptible male hearts to patter-
ing like rain on a tin roof
When it's police desk sergeant it
makes him easy to find. A st. Louis
visitor to Chicago went to a police sta
ton to ask directions and was so
pleased with the sergeant's courtesy
that he sent him postal card. He had
neglected to get the sergeants name,
however. so addressed the card to
"A Red-Headed Desk Sergeant, Chi
cago."
Chief Gleason had the card sent to
all the red-headed desk sergeants in
Chicago, and it was claimed yesterday
by Sergeant James Regan of Desplaines
street station.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

4 student OF sociological problems
speaking at Kansas City the other
day. declared that undesirable fathers
are a great menace to the nation This
puts dad in bad again About the only
thing left for him to do is to fall back
on the assertion that not much IS eX-
pected Of him. anyhow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

The course of the Russians in sub
shutting 'Tsargrad" for Constantine
pie is an Offset for the disposition OF
the Turks TO insist on holding TO the
name St Petersburg instead OF Petro-
grad. Thus the war drags on.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Nov. IL In American
History.

ISS0-Lucretia Mott. abolition advocate
and pioneer Socia! reforner az"
equal sutfragist. died: born 1870.
1859 Washington admitted To the Cn
ion as a state.
lISOti- Esther Damon. last widow PEI"
sioner on the roll of the war OF Tue
Revolution. died; born lSl4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

One railroad, the Southern Pacific.
has inaugurated a nOiseless campaign
on its lines. The fashion OF giving a
few whistle blasts at dead Of night,
cutting of a few hours sleep along
toward morning. has been found by
that company unnecessary when trains
are passing through cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

The American farmer will get So
956.742, 900 for his crop this year, the
department of agriculture tells us
How many automobiles this will buy
each manufacturer OF cars will have
TO figure out for himself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

Some OF the college heads are con-
sidering two-year college course for
business men who are not able TO
spare the time for the full literary ans
technical course. They nave no mis-
zivings about the value or practical
biIity OF the proposed program for
adapting the institutions TO the need.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

Since il has been demonstrated tlat
the seating OF the lord mayor of Lon
don commands about as much atten-
ton when the British are fighting for
their existence as IL does in times of
peace II may be that there is some
thing substantial back II the fiub-dub
with which his Office appears to be in
vested
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Ballot on Bessie.

port Angeles, Wash, Tribune-Times. }
Cow Election Notice.-Notice is
hereby given that the question as to
whether or not COWS for milking will
be allowed to run at large within the
city of Port Angeles will be submitted
to the electors TO decide by ballot at
the primary election to be held in this
city on the 10th day of November, 1914.
A separate ballot will be cast by each
voter in addition to the nominating
ballot. and will be placed in a separate
box, which will be supplied for that
purpose. The counting and returns
OF the voters to decide this question
will be made and returned by the pri-
mary election officers and in the same
manner as required for the primary
election
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Wednesday. November H. 1914.

Playing football for the benefit OF
war victims from one aspect Is some
thing like fighting for peace
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

ONLY "A days until Xmas. Have
you paid for your last summers ram
Beach suit yet?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

SEVERAL cannon balls have been
stolen from the city hall park al
Macomb Probably a new vaudeville
act is being organized there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

TERNfS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. IN Rock Island: IS per year BY mail
"a advance
Complaints OF delivery service should
he made to the circulation department
which should FIsO be notified in every
instance where Il is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have m
authority IN the premises
/. All communications OF arEumentatiVe
ccharactc-. Political or religious. must
have -es, name attached for Puhlica-
-Sion- No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones in all departments Cen
-sral Uaion. Rock Island las. lii5 and
2145-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Grief for Hand-Ho lderS.
(Muscatine JournaD.

Great grief and lamentations The
favorite "spooning preserve" of the
city has been violated by an unthink-
ing and hard-hearted city council.
No longer will Muscatine beaux hold
hands with Muscatine bellies on the
famous high steps" near Bellevue
spital-that is they won't if they
care who sees them-for this sacred
place has been robbed of its attri-
butes. For untold years, young people
here and hereabouts, have wandered
to the high steps," picked out soft
pine seat and proceeded to hold
hands and gaze soulfully out across
the Father of Waters. But it's all
over now. From now on hence, there
will be nobody home" on the high
steps" For many years the only
light thrown on the scene was a
dimly burning gas affair, placed at
such an angle as to not greatly inter
fore with the aforementioned beaux
and bellies, and which, incidently, did
interfere greatly with ordinary folks
who were in great danger of STUN
bling over a love-lorn pair locked in
each others arms. The stern city
dads. thoughtlessly no doubt ca, have
placed one of the brilliant electric
street lamps directly above the steps
and when the current is turned on, il
will be possible to sit on the steps and
read a newspaper. AS an out-of-doors
library, the steps will probably prove
popular but as a rendezvous for the
lovesick, they will be decidedly de
trop.
NORA Bayes says she fooled the
newspapers by not taking the final
curtain while she was ill in London.
Rather, we would say, Nora would
have fooled the newspapers had she
really died.
ACCORDING to evidence coming out
at trial at Freeport all you need to
be successful faith healer is a flow
ing Vandyke beard. False alfalfa will
not work, however
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

THE Decatur Review expresses fear
that Joe Cannon is aging. The same
rumor was spread before the civil
war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Retort Courteous

Lady Ito tramp - How care you
come here again after l had forbidden
you to call on a previous occasion
Tramp-Begging your ladyships g'a
cious pardon, but my secretary mus
have forgotten to tick you name on
my visiting list.-EXchange.
The darker the day the clearer the
call for you TO shine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

HENRY watterson declares Wood
row Wilson will be the next pres1den
of the United States. It's pretty SAT-
to offer odds on the colonel's politica
prophesies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

prophesies.
STORY that Chicago man found
$3.50 pearl while eating a 90-cent oys-
ter supper sounds suspiciously like
advertising to boost bivalve consump-
ton. Watch your oyster shells close
ly.
MAYOR of Boston has decreed that
classic dancers appearing in his city
must be fully clothed. We'd like to
know when a classic dancer is sup
posed to be fully clothed.
THE bull moose party seems to
have been having too much light.
The national committee now holds its
sessions behind closed doors.
ACTORS are reported starving in
London. Perhaps a suggestion that
some of them return to their legfti-
mate yocations as farm hands and
hash singers might not be out of
order
AN American has just wed French
girl who saved his life in the war
zone, he having been twice sentenced
to death as an alleged spy. Now it
is hoped he will prove that he was
worth saving.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
Hen Hicks Saws

The louder some men talk the les:
they say.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

The wiser the man the more he
learns from observation and less
from experience.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

{. NJ. g.: Send your address and
we VIII gladly answer your uues-
tions
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11
The Daily Story
The Good the Ill Wind Blew-By Virginia Blair

co,vrishted 1914 by Associated Literary Dureau.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-11

ACCORDING to evidence coming out
at trial at Freeport all you need TO
be successful faith healer is a flow
ing Vandyke beard. False alfalfa will
not work, however
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bowen and
Mrs. Rufus Laberee of Lennoxvine,
p. O., Mrs. Walter Houston and son
Paul, of Johnson, William Harvey Of
Lyndonville, and Mrs. Edgar Harvey
of Concord, were weekend guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmore Wadleigh.
Miss Grace Bagley of Pattensville,
n. H., is visiting her cousin, Miss
Beatrice Fales
Word has been received here of
the safe arrival in England of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Dickinson and son,
John.
Hollis Thurlow is spending his va
cation in Maine.
Roy Taft and family start next
week for an extended visit to North
Carolina.
George Wright met with an IN
fortunate accident at Joe's Pond
Friday when he dislocated his Shout
der.
DR.. F. A. Moore and Joseph Moore
spent Sunday at the Mt. Washing
ton House, Breton Woods, N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Johnson and
family are spending a weeks vaca-
ton with his sister, Mrs. Sias at
Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hale of New
bury were the guests of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. e. Sargent, over
Sunday.
About so machines took interest
ed fans to Littleton Saturday to wit
ness the very exciting 90 base ball
game, between the Littleton team
and the st. Johnsbury town team.
Miss Kittie O'Rourke of Derby
Line is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. S.
A. Moore.
Mrs. Charles George of Laconia, N
H, and her daughter, Florice, were
weekend visitors of Mrs. ]. F. Nc
Carly.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. McCarty are
spending a few days at Caledonia
Springs, Ont.
Mrs. George H. Frost Gamma
Spencer) and daughter of Boston are
spending the summer at the E. ].
Locklin farm near Lyndonville. Mr..
Frost will. join them in September.
Mrs. H. N. Turner has gone to her
cottage at Forest Lake for vaca-
ton.