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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
The Greatest Humanitarian Work

The story of probably the greatest
humanitarian work under considera
ton in the world today-the draining
canalizing and reclaiming OF the food
devastated, famine-stricken Huai river
region in central China-is told in the
American Red Cross magazine for July
by Mabel T. Boardman, chairman oil
the national relief board OF the Ameri
can Red Cross.
In the last half dozen years the
| American Red Cross has expended ap
proxima. ely $4,000. Including the
value OF donated supplies, in trying to
afford some measure of relief for hun
dreds of thousands of emaciated, starv'
ing. misery-ridden human beings in
that area where. according to the Off
cal Chinese records covering 25 cen
turtles, periodical floods have laid waste
vast stretches of richly productive ag-
ricultural lands.
Inasmuch as the act of congress in
Cooperating the American Red Cross
provides that IL shall devise and carry
on measures for the prevention of dis
tress and suffering, as well as give re-
lief after they come, the Red Cross, in
cooperation with the republic of China.
Is financing an investigation by a
board of eminent American civil engi-
neers In the afflicted territory with
the intention ultimately to prosecute
a reclamation and conservancy scheme
which will cost approximately $780,
600, 900 to be paid by China. The pres
emit investigation will entail an eXpen-
diture by the Red Cross and China of
about $4,000.
The members of this board are:
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Sibert,
engineer corps. United States army.
builder of the Gatun locks and dam of
the Panama canal, chairman; Arthur
Powell Davis, chief engineer of the
United States reclamation service. and
Daniel Webster Mead. professor of n.y.
draulic engineer In the University of
Wisconsin. Charles Davis Jameson,
the Red Cross engineer who made the
preliminary survey. is accompanying
the board as general advisory engi-
neer Several assistant engineers, in
Guiding a brilliant young Chinese, Syl-
vanus T. Suen, are with the conserv-
ancy board.
Miss Boardman's article. under the
caption. The Proof of Friendship"
says in part:
THE great master. Confucius. was
once asked by one of his disciples, is
there one word that may serve as a
rule of practise for all ones life?' The
master replied, is not Reciprocity"
such a word?' Another time the same
master said. AT first 1t was my way to
hear a mans words and give him credit
for his conduct. Now / hear a mans
words and look at his conduct
wise, indeed. was old Confucius. In
acts. not words. is to be found the
proof OF true friendship. The great OPP
portunity to do an act of friendship
for China. an act of humanity for her
people, has been offered by the Chinese
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
The Daily Story
Piece of Professional Advce-By William Hurd r1,uh
Copyrighted. Assoeassa Literary nurea- -.
Hello. Is that Mr.. Burton r.

Hello. Is that Mr.. Burtonr
Eyes, ma'am-"
''well, this is Mrs. Merriam. Could
1 see you a few minutes tomorrow
morning?"
Now, had case in the courthouse
at that time, so said:
Wont tomorrow afternoon do 1ust
as well, Mrs. Merriam? Say O'Clock"
Couldn't you make it 4? I'm going
| to a tea at 81
Now, had an engagement at with
| another client
How about half past 8, Mrs. Mer-
riam?"
"Oh, I'm 80 sorryi I don't see how
I can manage it I'm just obliged to
be at the Wcman's club from till f."
You couldn't postpone it until day
after tomorrow"
mo; not possibly. It's very impor-
tant- Er-you couldn't see me at 2
o'clock, could you, Mr.. Burton?'
Now, 2 O'Clock is my lunch hour. To
interfere with that is again my most
ironclad rule.
why. 1 don't know. Mrs Mer-
RAM began: then. on a sudden in
spiration: '1'll tell you, I might see
you at lunch. Suppose I meet you at
the Chelsea at 2 o'clock"
"Oh, I'd be SO glad If could see you
then But won't that put you to some
inconvenience, Mr.. BurtonT
Not in the least It's pleasure, l
assure you"
1 did not tell her that was break
ing another tronclad rule of mine,
which is never to talk to clients at
lunch. And 1 never do-ordinarily.
That was how it happened that l
lunched today with Mrs. Merriam.
The business she wished to consult
me about was not very complicated
a matter of some investments-and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
Peculiarly ApproprIate.

And now" said Mrs. Porkenham at
ter the expert in heraldry had ar
ranged a suitable device for her coat
of arms, 81 think we ought to have
a motto of some kind lettered across
the field"
Yes. That would be a good idea.
Let me see? How would The pen is
mightier than the sword do?"
That's very nice, but don't you
think we ought to have something that
would be peculiarly appropriate for
our house?"
81 think, madame. that is as appro-
pirate as anything we could find. Did
1 not understand you to say that your
husband had made his money in the
hog-killing business?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
REGULATING RESTAURANTS,

The state food commissioner is max
; fng commendable effort to safeguard
the public against contagion through
the food secured in public eating
houses The following rules which he
has promulgated, while they may be
considered radical by those who are
forced to operate under them, do not
go too far:
Food may no longer be displayed
IN lunch rooms II exposed to flies.
All milk and cream must be covered.
Cafeterias must place a railing eight
inches from the tables, so that patrons
may not cough. breathe, or sneeze
over food.
Cafeterias must place food under
glass shelves.
No cats or dogs will be permitted
in restaurants or kitchens.
No persons will be permitted to
sleep in kitchens.
Every employee handling food, dishes
or napkins must wash his hands when
ever he goes back to work after leav-
ing Off for any reason.
Proprietors must furnish an ample
supply of water, soap and towels.
No proprietor may employ help with
tuberculosis. venereal disease, or other
contagious disease.
Kitchen girls must cover their hair
with caps.
Walters are forbidden to use the
same towel to wipe of tables and
chairs, perspiration and plates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
Tho Other Girl.

Her little white hands lay IN mine,
She smiled, looking upward at me;
Perhaps you had thought her divine,
Sees beauty that didn't see;
! know that men say she Is fair.
might have admired her. too,
Had l. as we stood alone there
Supposed that her love was for you.
Not a thrill did her fingers impart,
I was charmed by no word that she
said;
But pain would have entered my heart
Had her cheeks, when she saw you.
gone red.
And my heart would have ieaped with
delight
II the girl who looked up in your eyes
Had cared for a moment. that night.
To lure me with two or three signs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
AIDING PUBLIC EDUCATION

A striking illustration of the chang
ing conditions in educational ideas
may be found in the growing appre
citation on the part of leading univer
stiles of their responsibility to the
public In former generations a uni
versity was regarded as a thing apart
and a college professor was looked on
not only by the humorous paragraph
ers OF the newspapers. but also by the
mass OF people. as a man living in a
world of ideas. without any connec-
ton with practical affairs. Today our
leading universities are recognizing
not only the opportunity, but also the
duty of making available their knowl-
edge for the benefit of the masses.
This tendency is highly commendable,
especially in the field of public health
and prevention OF disease. The Har-
ward Medical school has a standing
committee on public lectures which
arranges each year for a course of
Sunday afternoon talks by members
of the faculty. These talks are open
to the general public and are on topics
of general interest. For instance, last
year the course OF 20 lectures includ-
ed such topics as Preventive Medicine
in Relation to Industrial and Interna-
tional Concord The Care and Feed
ing OF Young Children" What the
State Board of Health is Doing to Pro
tect the Health of Its Citizens The
Dangerous Effects of Patent Medi-
cines," and ''The Preservation of
ha ~
includes talks on Rational Baby Feed
ing" Bodily Effects of Rage and
Fear" "Spectacles and Eyeglasses,
Their Use and Abuse and other SUBJ
jects of practical interest. The lee
lures given in the past have proved
CT Halue and so popular that they are
now being issued in little pocket-sized
volumes at popular prices under the
title of Harvard Health Talks" In
Minnesota the daily press is cooperat-
ing in the same kind of work A SER
les of articles on disease and its pre-
vention by DIR. E. p. Lyon, dean of
the University of Minnesota. recently
appeared in the Minneapolis Journal.
The University of Missouri is one OF
the few state universities that has rec
ognized the growing tendency by the
OF a distinct department
on public health. A series OF bulletins
for public reading and distribution are
being issued. The five so far complet-
ed are on Bacteria and Disease, The
Prevention of Typhoid Fever" THE
Prevention of Contagious Diseases in
School Children" ''Resuscitation," and
The Relation OF Sight and Hearing
10 Early School Life" Each OF these
has apparently worked
but its plans in accordance with the
needs of its own particular field. In
Boston, popular Sunday afternoon lee
lures; in Minnesota, newspaper arti-
cies. and in Missouri, pamphlets ON
specific subjects seem to meet exist
ng conditions. The significant fact,
IN the opinion OF The Journal of the
American Medical Association, is that
bur universities are recognizing their
TO the public and are
making serious. intelligent and prac-
-ical efforts 10 meet them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09

government to the United States
through the medium of the American
Red Cross. This opportunity lies In
the line of being. of assistance in the
work OF food prevention in the central
part of China, thus doing away with
the untold sufferings of hundreds OF
thousands of famine victims; and. fur
thermore, of retaining a large amount
of rich agricultural land in a district
where every square foot is needed for
food production"
Speaking of the general plan, Miss
Boardman continues:
"A dam has been created by the
high bikes of the grand canal. Sew
eral large. shallow lakes, some back
ing directly up against the canal dikes.
have thus resulted on the west side
from the back waters of the Huai river,
which, flowing first in to the Hungste
lake, have not sufficient outlet to the
sea. Much of the land not actually
under water in the lakes is still of
useless, marshly character. At times
of heavy rainfall, these shallow lakes
and the swamp land cannot take care
of the water, which, finding no ade-
quate outlet to the sea, spreads out
for hundreds of square miles over the
surrounding country, running the
crops and reducing the large popula-
ton to utter restitution and starva-
ton. The plan of the Red Cross en-
gineer, Mr.. Jameson, is to carry the
water of the Huai river and the
Hungtse lake through a well-built
channel across the Grand canal into
the old, now unoccupicd, bed of the
Yellow river, with its high dikes; to
shut off this water from the lakes to
the southeast; and to drain these
lakes by another channel into the
Yangtse river. This plan, if feasible.
as the land elevation and other topo-
graphical features indicate, will not
only prevent all floods save those
caused by absolutely abnormal rain
falls, but will reclaim a million acres,
and improve probably about nine mil
lion more.
"The Ye and the Shu, other rivers
farther north, and improvements on
the Grand canal, are included in the
conservancy plans.
"The first step in this important
work is the sending of board of emf
nent engineers to China to study Mr..
Jameson's plan, report upon its value
and practicability and make such
changes as a more extensive survey
may suggest. The Chinese government
has left to the American Red Cross
the selection of this board and has
asked. in case the plan is carried out,
that the American Red Cross recon-
mend to the Chinese government an
engineer. preferably an army engi- |
neer, for appointment as engineer-in- |
chief.
1.-The president, the secretaries of
state. war and interior, and congress, |
have all lent their aid to the Chinese |
government and the American Red |
Cross to further this effort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09

to make a lake nine miles long. This
dam will be lis feet high and the river
will produce, it is estimated, nearly
100000 horse power at this point.
Electric motors are used in modern
glass factories where formerly the
work was nearly all done by hand.
A second submarine cable will be
laid from New York to Colon, Panama,
owing to the increase of business.
1t requires 100000 kilowatt-hours
of electricity year to charge all the
electric vehicles used in New York
city.
There are nine telephones to every
hundred Inhabitants in this country.
The telephone is used in this country
more than any other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
ROSE |" I CRIED.

gave the best advice could and
promised to look further into the at
fair and render a more detailed opin
ion in a few days.
/ have been Mrs. Merriam's lawyer
for some time, but have never had
any extended conversation with bel
until today. Jack Merriam and l had
been intimate friends ever since we
were college boys, and I was his law
yer up to the time of his death. JACK
went out to Colorado in 1895 on &C
count of his lungs. Three years later
he came back, radiant with regained
health and successful mining stocks.
He brought with him his young
bride and her maiden aunt, who was
her nearest relative. I took dinner
with him several times at his home
in Brooklyn, but Jack and / did most
OF the talking.
After Jacks death-that was two
years ago-Mrs. Merriam stayed in
Brooklyn, where she and her aunt
kept house l saw her two or three
times while the estate was being set
tled-I was naturally looked upon as
her legal adviser-but Jack had been
sensible to sell out his mining inter-
ests at good profit and invest the
money in gilt edged securities. so
there was not great deal to do In
the way Of legal contriving.
/ had never seen much of Mrs. Mer-
riam. / had but one definite impress
sion concerning her. It is a mental
habit of mine to classify every woman
I see, according to her looks. in one
of three grades-A. B and G. had
classified Mrs. Merriam as A-that was
all.
Today after we had finished with
business matters we talked about
things in general for awhile
She is really quite sensible. ! must
say enjoyed myself.
She is a rather slender person Of me-
dunn height. Her hair-I think you
would call 1t dark brown. but i am I'M
der the impression that It has reddish
tinge l don't remember what color
her eyes are.
She Is not at all reserved. yet some
how remarkably Ugnined. T Insisted
on paying the bill-over her solemn
protest, trust I did the correct thing.
I'm in a quandary, Mrs. Merriam
came to my office yesterday to learn
the result OF my Investigations and re-
quested me to present a bill for my
services.
Now. ] had never dreamed OF charg-
ng her anything. 1t had been NO trou-
Die at all, aud / told her so. She said.
Very we'll: shall have to pay you
what think the advice Is worth IL you
decline to fix price," and this froze
ne to the bone.
do you think 500 she began. but |
'oused myself and cut her short with; |
oh, never mind. Mrs Merriam. III |
end you bill at the end of the month |
you desire It It's not customary 70 |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09

California next fall will vote on one
of the most drastic eight-hour laws
ever drafted. 1t provides penalties of
not less than $50 nor more than $500
for any employer permitting an en-
ploye TO work more than eight hours
except in case Of extraordinary emer-
gency. caused by fire. food or damage
10 life or property" Evidently the
farmer in the extremity OF the crop
and harvesting season will have
TO pin his faith to the provision re-
ferring to danger to property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

q So many evidences point to a gen
erai improvement in business condi
tons that the Construction News, a
trade magazine of Chicago, publishes
tyo editorials citing the fact The UNI
mistakable evidences of a bumper crop
have been generally accepted. Prest
dent +. p. Ripley, of the Atchison rail.
way, who has been deploring business
conditions and the outlook for rail
ways for several months, has suddenly
become Joyous over the crop prospect
which promises big business for the
fall and causes an abandonment of
the intention OF his company to re.
trench in expenses.
The Jones & Laughlin Steel com
pany announces its authorization for
the construction of eight new tin mills
in addition to the "a now in commits
sion, and they are expected to be in
operation by the end OF the summer.
The American Sheet & Tin Plate COM
psny. which shut down some time ago
because OF dull business, started nine
OF its IL mills in operation a week ago
and the other two will be started as
soon as repairs are completed.
The dull times in Europe have re-
suited in a period OF liquidation and
considerable dumping OF securities
There has also been a very active set
Element Of trade balances which calls
for an unusual demand for gold. The
London Times predicts that the IN
usual wheat crop OF the United States
VIII be drawn upon heavily by Europe
and that this will turn the tide of gold
back again The unusual shipments of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09

| Our benighted ancestors, medical
and lay, had some interesting ideas
about fresh air. They hardly deemed
II a suitable medium of respiration TN
less 1t was carefully warmed and medi-
Gated first. At night they considered
It safest to exclude fresh air altogether
from sleeping rooms, IL being suspected
there were miasmas or humours or hob
COLLINS afioat in the atmosphere after
shutdown.
Even our grandparents can remem-
Der when the fear of night air was so
common that anybody who went
abroad after the chickens were at roost
was assumed to be going after the doc
tor.
Drafts and Good Health.
Secure good ventilation, but avoid
drafts"-has been advised and attempt
ed so many years that at first blush it
might almost seem within the realm of
possibility. For instance, you may open
the window of the bedroom a few inches
even at night now. but in order to
avoid draft you are supposed to make
use of that curious continuance called a
window-board. The board fills the space
under the lower sash and thus directs
the incoming air current upward to
the ceiling, whence the draft is sup
posed to distribute itself equally
through the room without seriously in
juring you.
Well, the window board worked won
ders in its day, at that Ii enabled
timid souls to set a breath of clean
night air who otherwise would have
suffocated by inches. The modern
fresh air propaganda rendered the win.
dow-board obsolete.
Ventilation Implies Drafts.
AS matter OF fact. ventilation i'm
plies draft. and you can't secure the
one without enjoying all the advan-
tages of the other. even IL the family
doctor advises you ts try Ventilation
DR.. Brady will answer all question
ton is of general interest IL will be an
1t will be answered personally il STAN
DR.. Brady will not prescribe for indi
dress all letters TO DR.. William Brady,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
RerhapR

Mrs. Fill1ins seems to think good
deal more OF the dog she carries
around with her whenever she goes
anywhere In her automobile or her
carriage than she does of her little
boy. You neveI catch her smuggling
him up to herself or taking him any
where"
You may misjudge the good wo-
man. Perhaps she has turned the
child over to a harsh and unsympa-
tnstic nurse just to avoid any danger
of making a mollycoddle of him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
From. Electrical Field.

Vacuum cleaners are used to clean
parlor cars.
Electric power is generally used In
matchmaking.
Electricity will operate the entire
Panama canal.
New types of Mazda incandescent
street lamps are capable of 5000 can
die power.
Electric fans are used in city stores
to drive away flies. Flies do not like
electric fans.
Electricity is to be secured from the
Potomac river near Washington. The
river will be damned at Chain bridge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
HEALTH ALKS~
William Brady,M.D.
The indispensable Draft.

, is exchange of air. A draft is a cur
rent of air.
But the great difficulty has been to
distinguish between actual physical
discomfort and mental uneasiness. The
catching cold delusion is to blame for
this. There are still plenty of mis-
guided souls who imagine a. draft can
make them i'll even when the draft is
comfortable. And there are others
who say. sensibly though ungrammat-
ically: Drafts be bowed! l want
fresh air."
Questions and Answers.
f. H. asks: Can you give me any
advice regarding my case? 1 have
suffered with itching piles for several
years, and / have tried a dozen rene
dies without relief. / am 43 years old,
travelling salesman, and in other
ways perfectly healthy so far as
know. My liver is occasionally trou-
blesome.
Reply
Within the past few weeks we have
seen several very different conditions
which the patients-and their mail-or-
der medical advisers-had called Itch
ing piles" One was really internal
piles. Another was eczema. Another
was fistula. Another was fissure.
And the last one proved to be ring
worm-a parasitic infection OF the skin.
No one remedy or line of treatment
could have relieved more than one of
these cases; that must be obvious to
anybody. Therefore we can not ad-
wise you except to say that you should
stop trying" things and go to your
physician and be examined.
Teacher writes: Will you kindly state
through your Questions and Answers
whether bleeding is now employed for
apoplexy or uremic commissions?
Reply.
Yes, IL is occasionally employed with
very good results.
5 pertaining to health. II you- ques-
swered through these columns; IL not
ped. addressed envelope is enclosed.
v:dual cases or make diagnoses. Ad-
care of The Argus. Rock Island, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09

The number of candidates for sher-
III who have been brought out by the
long drawn out investigation OF that
ONCE doubtless can be explained on
the theory that the more the atore-
said aspirants have seen OF the inside
the better they have liked il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
In GLOWING Terms.

Sbe--Mr. Wimbledon spoke OF you
In glowing terms last night.
Hell am grntified to hear you say
so. have always regarded him as a
fine Judge OF men.
She-Yes. 1t was one of the worst
roasts / ever heard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09

gold during the past fortnight are at
tributed to the bidding up of exchange
by bankers who had unfulfilled con-
tracts for supplying France with the
basis of large government loan. Ex-
change having fallen. such shipments
will be less profitable to American gold
exporters and they will doubtless hold
fast to their yellow metal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
Not ALWAYS,

1T is always the unexpected that
happens" she remarked, just because
1t was necessary to say something.
"Oh, no. not always" the cruel man
replied. 81 knew the moment I saw
you that you would have me cornered
somewhere inside of fifteen minutes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-09
BIG FISH JERKS WOMAN IN

Boy Of II Rescues Chicago Nirrod and
Her Husband from Lake.
Marinette, Wis, July 9.-While fish
ing alone in Beescher lake, twenty five
miles north of Marinette. Mrs. L. Z.
Edwards, Chicago. lost her balance
when she attempted to land a bass, and
fell from the boat. Hearing her cries
for help. her husband attempted to
swim out &c her. but was exhausted be-
fore he reached her. A IL year old
nephew procured a boat and rescued
both.