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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
The Daily Story
A Roundabout Way By Eunice Blake

also stipulated that a clergyman Ia
within call during the interview.
"a clergyman exclaimed the aston.
isbed attorney.
Yes, a clergyman
The lawyer looked at her serut;nj,.
ingly for few moments. then nro.
ceeded to finish drawing the dozen.
ment. THE ways of woman are soma.
times beyond the ken Of the most
crafty lawyer" be muttered 10 him.
self.
The steamer on which Sam was n
sail was scheduled to leave the dock
at i O'Clock. and the meeting between
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner. divorced, was
appointed for 10 in the morning. They
were lefs together in the lawyers pri-
yate office.
Don't you think" said Amy. that
this running away to get rid Of your
obligations to me is very mean"
Tell me- what security you require
and I viii give it, / am to sail at
noon"
why should you who brought about
all the trouble between US have all
this pleasure before you, while | re-
main at home holding my handsr'
Il brought all this trouble aboutf"
''Yes, by your jealousy of that addle
pated Clarence Barker"
Didn't you tell me that you pre.
fefred him TO me and was sorry Won
had married mc?'
Yes, and you were silly enough to
believe me-
She stood looking at the ceiling. then
at the door then at a picture OF a sn-
preme court Judge on the wall--aur.
where. everywhere except at San.
Her hand was on a table in the center
Of the office. Sam went to her and
laid his own hand on hers.
Amy" he said, Il do believe we
have been a couple of fools"
"You mean you have. What time
do you sailf"
"At u, in two hours from now"
I'D Ike awfuliy TO go too
ado you mean itf"
Eyes, I've always longed 10 spend
a spring in Italy"
'Til defer my going till the next
steamer"
There's no need Of that. I can tele.
phone mother TO throw what I need
into a trunk" cher trunk was already
packed land bring it In her car TO this
steamer"
But we are not man and wife,
1--WE might call a clergyman.
A dominic was brought in from tbs
next room, and the couple were mar
ried. The trunk arrived in plenty Of
time at the dock, for IT had been SECT
there early in the morning.
"Who can tell" muttered the att0r-
ney, what woman IS going to dotN
How many men have asked th5t
question before with no better answer
than "Quien sabe?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

4 colorless or family turhid fluid
with rather acrid. copper-sulphate
taste and an odor suggesting old fossil
fish, is what sauitarians call potable
water that is. a pure drinking water.
Chemically pure water consists Of two
atoms Of a light, frothy gas called hy~
drogen, firmly clutching a lone. but
undaunted atom Of oxygen-t0gether
with traces OF chlorine from sewage
contamination, lime from earthly
contact, ana sometimes a dash of ozona
or other preservatiye to give it body
H20. or aqua pura.7 as doctors
call it in prescription writing. is Of
ten dispensed in bottle with 4 pic
ture of a dainty lady about to sip the
nectar of fairy pool on the label, at
about ten centimes the bumper The
cost is due 10 the sparkle. which is Inn
parted by injecting the water with
carhonic acid gas, or it is chemically
symbolized, -carbondioxide, or.
come literally translated: Come on
i always takes two TO make a crowd.
Proper fabrication OF the human
machinery requires ar least four pints
of potable water daily. Chronic water
stintng generally means excessive
wear and tear on the machinery. You
must keep the engine well oiled if
you would get 100 per cent efficiency
cat Of her. When you stint on water
drinking dry rot characterization Is
APT to oyertake you
More polite SYNONYMS for dry rot
are sbiliousness, dyspepsia. sick
headache. rheumatism, that tired
feeling, torpid liver" and general
peevishRess-
Water with meals now has The sane
ton Of dieletlc authorities as eabi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
Water.

met secretaries, 1t aids digestion when
you are thirsty, but don't wash down
your food with any liquid Eat first,
slowly. methodicalIy solemnly if need
be; masticate each morsel for all there
is in 1t; then do a leisurely act Of de-
gutition aud, then drink your drink.
iceless
We are chemical compounds. 1t be-
.hooYes us to keep saturated with the
vehicle Of chemical reaction.
Some people lavishly lave them
selves early every morning with cold
eater. The practice is based on the
principle that whatever is unpleasant
must be healthfuI-an old idea. For
our part, we agree with the illustrious
5urist who couldn't see any sense in
chilling his nice warm skin with cold
water as long as he could afford a hot
bath
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

In the olden time when divorce
was rarity such thing AZ separa-
tion between a young couple but re-
Gently married was almost unknown.
Nowadays We hear Of these divorces
quite frequently. Amy Goodrich at
eighteen married Samuel Turner, aged
TWENTY-FIVE, Iirted with former ad-
mirer and in three months they sep
arated. Turner, desiring to take all
the blame on himself, permitted the
plea for divorce to go by default and
willingly paid the alimony fixed by the
Judge.
One day when payment for all.
mony was due sam sent the check by
mail with bit of paper attached stat
ing that he was intending TO sail the
next day for Italy, but had left in
struetions with his brother to make
the payments regularly for him while
he was absent
Now, by this time Amy had become
satisfied that she had been very I'M
wise. The man with whom she had
tIirted was a worthless fellow with
nothing to recommend him but a hand
some, expressionless face and immacu-
late clothes. Her affair with him was
innocent, except that it should not
have occurred at all, and scarcely, If
at all. caused an interruption Of her
love for her husband. The domestic
troubles had converted her from q
child into a woman. and for some time
before the receipt OF this last alimony
payment she had regretted her action
and desired a reconciliation.
And now when she was getting
tired Of long winter Sam was going
TO sail for sunny Italy, while she was
left behind to struggle with the rest
Of the cold season, She determined
TO make an effort 10 bring about q
reconciliation and go With him.
But how?
The principal trouble was her pride
All could be arranged by her confess
ing that she had been foolish little
woman and asking his pardon for
what she had done.
But this was out Of the question.
Amy adopted a method which for
originality and indirecness was quite
astonishing even for a young person
nineteen years old. She went to her
lawyer and told him that her husband
was about TO go abroad and she fear
ed she would not receive her alimony.
What should she do? The attorney
drew up a paper stating what she had
told him and praying for Sans de-
tention till be had given bonds for the
payment Of IFS obligations while In
foreign lands, where United States
law would not reach him, Amy sign
ed the paper with the stipulation that
when Sam was arrested he should be
brought to the lawyers office and there
satisfy her in person that she would
reaaiva tho al1rnnnr raruiarir She
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

the generous manner expected. Great
Britain will have no trouble IN floating
further loans in this country
The plan is TO purchase Outright az
large q proportion Of Briiisll-owned
American securities as possible pay
ing for them In fve-year & per cent
treasury bills. at fair price The
chancellor wifi have full right and
power 10 sell the securities. but he ba#
announced that he does not intend TO
dispose Of them. They will he de-
posted with American hanks as the
highest form Of collateral for loans in
Ithls country. Large amounts Of these
American ecurities have been tied up
in various forms Of trusteesbips and
therefore could not he easily sold To
o8giate this difficulty the house Of
commons has passed q bill relieving
trustees o. responsibilities and per-
hitting them, IN exchange for treas
ury receipts. to loan to the government
at the American and Canadian seclTi-
ties n their charge All who turn in
their securities will he allowed one
half Of one per cent above What they
otherwise would receive on the Sc
curities themselves.
II the British chancellor. through
this plan, succeeds in moblizing the
American securities held in his coun-
try there is no reason why he should
have any difficulty in securing further
heavy loans from this country, says
the Bloomington Paragraph. One Of
the greatest objections brought for
ward at the time OF the negotiation OF
the half-bilIion dollar Anglo-French
loan was the fact that no collateral
security was given. That the smaller
investors and the great body Of the
American people regarded this loan
with something akin to suspicion is
shown by the fact that it was not cas-
lily absorbed This does not mean that
there was any difficulty in floating the
loan. On the contrary the syndicate
which had charge of 1t is said to be
thoroughly satisfied as the members
composing the syndicate regard the
Anglo-French bonds as a gilt-edged
investment
There is every reason TO believe,
however that the investing public.
large and small, in the United States.
would easily absorb almost any
amount Of Angio-French paper Sc
cured by high grade American stocks
and bonds For that matter. no gov
iernment or governments on earth. that
would back their own promises with
( such substantial security, would find
difficulty in raising money in this
+ country
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
CABLE MARY GARDEN

The Mexicans are barking back to
the days Of Old King Herod when the
head Of John, the Baptist, was served
on silver saIyer. General Pablo
Gonzales, commander of Mexico City
for the de facto government received
a telegram that the head Of General
Juan B. Hernandez. former intimate
friend of President Porhrio Diaz and
relative of General Huerta, was being
shipped to him from Esperanto. state
Of Vera Cruz. as a Christmas present.
All that is needed 10 match Herod s
festival is Mary Garden to put OF the
Salome dance
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
THE GIANT sTTRs.

Thus far there. has been little ac-
tivity on the part Of the anti-militar-
lists in combating the preparedness
program. Apparently they had ac7o7t-
ed the declarations Of Preside
son I'm his last annual message d
assurance that lingo exeitemc -a
not to sway the administration 2 its
attitude toward militaristic aggran-
dizement
But recent developments show that
what was considered as fantastic when
Mr.. Hobson was advocating it and was
dismissed with a smile has become a
serious factor in the affairs Of the day.
Unless checked by popular uprising
in determined protest it Will dominate
congress at the coming session and
force 1t into an action which would
have been deemed Impossible less than
y months ago.
While the auti-militarists have been
inactive and apparently uususpecting
the proponents of preparedness have
been thoroughly alive and enormously
busy They have organized with care
and with amazing CELEBRITY. In a hum
bred or perhaps a thousand ways they
have wrought open the imagination Of
the people until thousands have come
to believe that the United States stands
face 10 face with some unnamed foe
The demand for preparedness has
therefore found response in many
quarters where it would have been re-
iacted with scoru and derisiou when
this sinister campaign was begun.
Whether this demand is to prevail or
not depends upon what the sober con-
science of the country shall do during
the next few months toward clarifying
the air and revealing the true inward
ness of an agitation which has strange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

The Argus Santa Claus Fund COM
mittee next Monday opens its head
quarters in the Robinson building, on
Second avenue, formerly occupied by
the Central Trust & Savings bank.
The committee has nearly one thous-
and poor children for whom to buy
TOYS and goodies. These children
would be neglected il they were not
looked after by the committee compos-
ed of women of the city familiar with
conditions among the families Of the
poor The committee has received
generous help, but it is in need Of more
money with which to make its extern
sive purchases, IT you wish to assist
send your contribution now, either to
the Robinson building headquarters
or 10 The Argus Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
A REVENUE QUESTION

A decrease Of $23,000,000 in internal
revenues noted in the treasury report
for 1915, ascribed to the decrease in
liquor consumption az a result of pro-
hibitory legislation, is a reminder that
the question Of a revenue to replace
the government liquor tax must soon
be considered in connection with the
advance of prohibition sentiment. Ap-
proximately $3O0,00G,000 per wear is
paid into the national treasury by
manufacturers Of alcoholic liquors.
One test Of this rapidly growing dry
movement is likely to be the capacity
Of its leaders TO find a substitute for
this vast income
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

nv brought to its support practically
every great interest in the United
States Immediately or indirectly con
cerned in the profits which prepared
ness" is certain to pour into private
If the anti-militarists shall
lo more than they have been doing
in the way Of a counter agitation the
preparedness program will go
through like a hot knife through but
ter.
Happily, however. the anti-militar-
lists seem to be arousing themselves to
the gravity Of the situation and to the
obligation which rests upon them to
intervene in behalf Of sanity and the
higher patriotism which fears less the
imaginary foe without who is repre-
scented as covetfng our territory than
the very real foe within who makes
no concealment of his purpose to sub
vert and principles of the republic and
to commit it to a policy that would I'M
dermine our most cherished institu-
tons and threaten the hberues We
hold most dear
All over the country The anti-mili-
tarist forces are shaking off the leth-
argy which had held them and their
plans are taking form The friends OF
peace are bestirring themselves with a
full sense Of what is before them and
with a determination that prepared
ness" must at least submit specifica-
tions before it shall be lent the en-
dorsement it is demanding. These
specifications have thus far been care
fully withheld. But before hundreds
Of millions are handed over to the
munitions makers more definite infor-
nation regarding the dangers con-
fronting the country will be demand
ed by the people who are to foot the
bills.-Johnstown fPa) Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
Selected by Tavenner
10 the Readers of The Argus:

TO the Readers of The Argus:
The Argus has generously agreed permit me to MAKE
regular contribution this head to use the space
as if ii we're my left free 70 make ray selection
from where will whether it is timely or untimey; to
search highways and the byw&ys for what may I'M
press r1e as OF interest and value to the people.
assure nay readers shall try TO make the most o.
the opportunity. 10 do forget that party hnes
exist and ! will Just wish it might be practical lot
them not TO exist and that the principal Issue on cleo
ton dav nghs be not whether candidate belongs to this
that political party but whether he is willing to serve
the masses Of the people the few who exploit them
In ether words, my idea is to submit information 81
a thought that l would give tn the world II myself
edited newspaper, the only mission Of which was 70
serve mankind: to do this and nothing more
When personally write the contribution, will sign
it. and when present the thought and work Of others
will SO Indicate CLYDE Il IAFf4N-N14H'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
MOST PUNCTUAL MAN IN
AMERICA Is PRESIDENT.

In the January American magazine
James Hay. Jr., says in his article on
the working habits of President vii
son:
Recently | asked one OF Mr. Viii
sons secretaries for his opinion as to
the most important characteristic
that is. routine and partly mechanical
characteristic the presidents daily
work
'Punctuality.' he replied. There
never has been in the White house.
and believe there never has been in
Washington, a man who was so mar
velousiy, might say incredibly,
punctual day in and day out.
" He is not only ppnctual himself,
bnt he requires punctuality from 9TH
ers. If a man is ever late once for
an appointment with the president,
neither he nor the president ever for
gets It.
/ remember one occasion when he
was governor of New jersey and a
special delegation from the legisla-
ture was TWO minutes late in keeping
its appointment with him
Gentlemen. said the then gov
ernor, taking his watch from his peck
ct III am sorry 10 see that you are
late"
IL Is true that We are. and we
wish 10 apologize replied the chair
pm of the delegation
i accept your apology. but I
hope it Will not occur again" replied
rae governor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
AMERICAN SECURITIES

That American securities held in
Great Britain are TO be used as the
basis of securing further loans from
cent action OF the British chancellor
and the house OF commons, II is esti-
mated that the value OF American Sc
curities of the highest grade held in
The United Kingdom is between a bill
lion and q half and four billions Of dol
lars, II the British investors respond
10 The proposition Of the chancellor III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Certified Min,

You referred to certified milk in one
Of your talks about tuberculosis in
children. Certified milk costs Il cents
a quart in our town Is there anything
cheaper to use as a substitute?
Answer-Milk from tuberoulin-test
ed cows, or pasteurized milk. or IN
speeted milk would be cheaper.
Hernia.
Can hernia be cured by a truss
And is there an injection treaumen,
that one can take without being laid
up in bed2
Answer-UmhiIieal hernia naval
rppture) in infants sometimes disap-
pears under carefully adjusted sup
pert, Il is doubtful If there is an in
lection treatment which will give any
benefit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18
THE SWISS ARMY SYSTEM

central authority must not encroacb
upon the rights OF the cantons, the
people of Switzerland have made
themselves q nation under arms. vet
nation without the slightest thought
OF adding a foot to ifs territory or Of
disturbing that peace whose blessings
it loves and appreciates.
There is nothing in Switzerland
corresponding to a regular army One
might hunt for months around the
country without finding one man
whose profession IS military; yet al
most as hard would it be to discover
one able-bodied citizen who has not
had some soldier training.
while Switzerland has a popula-
lion smaller than that of Massachu-
sets with an area twice as large it
can mobilize 100000 men in "a hours.
On the same basis. the United States
could put 100000 men into the field.
though Of course it would take longer
to get them to central points OF mob
iIiZation Behind a field army of 240.-
geo the Swiss have a reserve of equal
proportions The United States could,
under the Swiss system, have a trained
army Of citizens reaching a grand to-
tai Of 100000 men of all arms. I'm
der that standard we would have 1859
trained men from every town Of ,00G
population while a county of 10000
inhabitants could send 2,400 men to
the front and hold as many more in
reserve
There is no soldiery in the MILL
tary world costing as little per man
as the Swiss
This difference arises from the
fact that the army of the Swiss con
federation is in truth a citizen army.
It is organized on what has been
called the voluntary compulsory sys-
tenn. to which the Swiss people have
freely resigned themselves in order to
guarantee the independence Of their
country.
THE Swiss boy. at the age Of 10,
is put into the gymnastic class at
school, and begins learning the ele-
ments Of the soldier drill on the
I school house playground. Long be-
fore he is old enough to he called upon
for service he has learned to do the
manual exercises ana to go through
much of the drill that afterwards fts
him for a soldier.
When boy reaches II years he
is liable to service-a liability which
continues until he is 50 years Of age.
Even after that he may be liable. if
he is capable Of doing any other army
work than soldering, such as acting
as baker or veterinary surgeon.
/ Yet, with all Of this universal train
ing, the only people in Switzerland
who make arms an exclusive profes-
sion are the commander -chief, Sc
( lected by the federal assembly. and
the general staff These form the
! brains OF the army The rank and
Tile belong to the cantons. lust as the
/ militia do 10 the state in this country.
AT the age of 20 every able-bodied
Swiss youth becomes a unit in the
first line. During the first year Of
liability he must serve Is days or more,
and II days for each successive year
he IS called to the standard Service
IN the first line continues until the
/ citizen has reached the age Of -.
Thereafter he becomes a unit in the
Landwehr or first reserve. in which he
remains until he is ~ He must give
fContinnea IN paao sevo,,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-18

Paris Correspondence Of the As
ISOLATED Press. The answer of Paul
Leroy BeauIieu, the French economist,
to the question, will Europe be plung-
ed into bankruptcy because of the
war;" is, No, not even Germany.
Concerning the result OF the present
enormous spending Of money by all
the nations and the conditions follow
ing the war. he forecasts the end OF the
war a year hence and after its end d
remarkable industrial activity with an
international commercial rivalry lead
ing to high tariffs in all the nations
now at war, including free trade Eng
land. and yet higher tariffs in the Uni
ted States.
he said While such situation
has never before presented ITSELF in
history, and while therefore all opin-
ions must be given with some reserve,
I am confident that no fear need be
felt for a universal collapse Of world
finances. The destruction in this war,
save possibly in the lives lost. has
been exaggerated in the public mind
Not a sisgle nation involved will be
irretrievably ruined The enduring
! power Of accumulated wealth has been
underestimated 1t will take not more
than 10 or u years for the world to
recover from its losses.
I estimate that the war will have
come TO a close by next autumn. Then
there will set in a period of manufac-
turing activity the like Of which we
have never known. This period has
been made necessary by the physical
damage done, by the diversion to war
supplies Of factories once engaged in
making cloth and what not. During
this reconstruction period we will
work harder than formerly. There
will not be the stagnation which par
alyzed the southern states after the
Civil war.
another result Of the war will be
the increasing taxes by each nation
inyolvea and the raising OF tariffs to
collect revenues. England viii do
like TIE rest, free trade country though
she is, and despite her comparatively
less war loss The United states,
while it Will not have to. will Increase
her tariffs. Although Germany is suf-
feFing far more than any Of the other
nations. since she is fighting them all,
and spending huge sums, will not be
totally ruined by the war. II viii,
however, take her longer to recover.
Naturally, after a couple of years
OF intensive manufacturing, the ma
tons will have caught up with their
old supplies, will have replenished
their depleted stocks Of manufactured
goods, and there viii come then a
slowing down of industrial activity
The United States is profting. in 3
/ comparative sense, by the war. but II
{ is mistake to say she is benefited bv
! IT, No losses can be sustained BY her
best customers without her feeling this
I loss"
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