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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-16
Three EconOmy Bills Signed.

Three more of the original eight eff
cheney and economy bills in legislature
we're signed by Governor Fielder,
thus becoming laws, along with one
other, signed early in the week. The
bills sigaed are those creating a new
Department of Conservation and De-
velopmcnt of Conservation and De-
velopment, creating a new Department
of Commerce and Navigation and COM
bining the State Tax Board and the
State Board of Assessors into one
board, to be known as the Board Of
Taxes and Assessments.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-16
"saby Farm Sill" o. KID.

"Baby Farm Bill" 0. KID.
Governor Fielder signed the law Civ
ing municipal boards of health power
to licence baby farms" the bill which
Assemblyman Barradale, of Essex
presented at the instance of the New
ark Board of Health. The powers the
new law confers on the health boards
include the issuing of licenses and
requiring thekl, the charging of a fee
for the licenses and the prevention of
anybody operating q boarding house
for infants or children without such
licenses. The matter aroused quite
some interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

Nunspeet, the Netherlands, GORE
spondence of the Associated Press) -
The life of the 5000 Belgian refugees
who are enjoying the hospitality Of
the Dutch authorities in a vast camp
here, is an interesting side light Of
the war. The camp, which is one Of
numerous similar concentration cen
tiers spread about Holland is situated
on a sandy plain surrounded by pine
woods renowned for their efficacy in
the treatment of incipient tuberculosis.
1t consists of four villages formed Of
capitally arranged and commodious
nuts, in which each family has cham
Der All have board floors and are
illuminated with electric light. In
each of the villages are large work
rooms for different trades, wash
houses, baths and a children's recrea-
ton shed, all provided with heating
apparatus, while there are four school
houses and a wooden church capable
of seating about 1000 people. Hospi-
tails for ordinary ailments and for in
fictitious diseases, a dispensary and
several small Libraries have been
either specially erected or established
in houses already standing in the
neighborhood and lent for the purpose
by charitable people.
The camp is under Dutch military
guard and besides the company OF $50
soldiers a small detachment of county
police and Belgian gendarmes patrols
the villages to keep order. Tools nee
essary to all the ordinary trades are
provided and several small huts in
-
shops The men make or mend all
their own shoes and clothes, while the
women do sewing.
1t is Interesting to observe the pride
the refugees take in the decoration of
the nuts, which are separated by wide
tracts of ground. Each shack has re-
ceived its name and the differences in
the two Belgian races-Flemish and
Walloon-can be marked at once by
the inscriptions in Low Dutch or
French. a small proportion OF the
people are bilingual, but 5000 of
them speak only Flemish and the other
5000 only French.
Around the shacks, notwithstanding
the sandy soil, some of the men have
laid out little patches of garden. The
authorities distribute daily premiums
to those obtaining the best results in
neatness and cultivation. In one place
an excellent imitation of the Dutch
lion is laid out in sand and green turf
fetched from the woods.
Four priests and "a sisters are en-
gagged in the religious and educational
work OF the camp. and besides these
there are men and women among the
refugees who possess a high grade OF
education and who give their services
as readers 10 their comrades in dis
tress in the school rooms after night
fall. a benevolent resident of the dis
trict also has presented a moving pic
ture apparatus for entertainment
Sickness among the refugees has
been little considering the number of
people and the circumstances under
which they were brought together in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
A Wig in Wartime

In the spring of 1914 Joined the Eu-
ropean invasion of American tourists
and made Germany my stamping
ground. Before leaving home l sent
10 Washington for a passport. for.
though at the time there was not much
prospect of using one, I preferred to
be provided. The document described
me as Edward Boyer. aged thirty-one,
five feet eight inches high, eyes, hair
and complexion dark.
In Berlin I contracted typhoid fever,
and when recovered my hair fen out
leaving my skull as polished as piece
of ivory.
On the 2Sth of July the bomb OF the
European war exploded and / was sd-
monished that If l wanted TO get out
of the war zone aud back home I must
bestir myself. I had not yet recov-
cred my strength. but 7 was due In
America on the 18th of August and
resolved to start at once.
The first thing needed was wig. i
sailed forth TO get one. having jsst
an hour before the train on which |
was to leave would start This gave
me about twenty minutes to procure
a hair head covering. 1 found place
where such things were sold, but I'M
fortunately the only wig they had
that would fit my head was of an
auburn hue. There was no other place
TO procure one within a dozen blocks.
I looked at my watch and saw that
had Just ten minutes to get the train.
I paid for the auburn wig. clapped It
on my head and started for the sta
ton.
I was on the last passenger train to
leave Berlin. The war was brand new
TO me, but not TO the Germans, who
were prepared for It Two things espe-
ciaIIy I had not considered, for l had
not heard of tbem-the Germans spy
system and their methods of detecting
their enemy's spies.
I was brought TO my senses by see
ing Il German officer come through the
train examining passports. l had mine
in a hand bag, got it out and had 1t
ready when the man reached me. he
read the description. looked at me, and,
noticing my red wig, his expression
changed at once TO one OF fierceness.
He said something TO US IN German
that I did not understand and, calling
some soldiers, turned me over TO them
for safe keeping, then went his way
through the train.
An American gentleman who under
stood German announced to me the IN
pleasant information that I had been
arrested as q French spy. He had
heard the officer say that the passport
I Travelled on belonged to one having
a French name and that IL described
a black headed man. while was a red
headed man. Never had there been
more barefaced attempt TO carry infor-
nation out of Germany for the use OF
an enemy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

mate 20 ask 20 what extent the awful
increase In cost O. due 20 the system
attic aE.tatiug o. the possibility OF var
by those who profit financially from
the ever increasing expenditures OF
the military branches OF our govern
meut.
In the last 30 years our population
has Increased S. per cent. our wealth
1s5 per cent. and our expenditures 800
per ceut
Durinr the 10 years prior 20 the
Spaulsh-Amcrican war our annual ap-
propriatiCus for the navy ranged from
gif.DJODg1 90 $40 100000. and for the
army less than S25.000.00o. averaging
Tor both less than y50.0OO.O00.
Ia 1859 our appropriation for the
navy was s1fso5.55s; IN 1880. approx
matcly s20.0o0.O00. In 1914. 100000
600. Our appropriations for the army
and navy combined for the ensuing
year WIN be 10 the uelghborhood OF
$40 100000.
During the year 1912 our entire
revenue. not including postal receipts.
amounted % S7O2.OOO.O0O. or this we
expended S654 0OC. 600 20 delray the en-
tire expense OF the government; S44f.-
900. 900 or 5T.sS per cent, was paid out
for war and on account of var. Just
before the outbreak OF the present
European war Germany was spending
IS per cent Of her revenues for war
and on account OF war; Japan. 40 per
cent: Great Britain. 81 per cent. and
France. IS per cent
our army contained s1,4i6 men:
navy. 52.157 men. German army. dur
ing the year indicated. contained S70.-
600 men. navy. G6.7S3 men. Japan:
Army. 100000 men; navy. 51,O54 men,
with a reserve naval force OF $4,000
men. Great Britain: Army. 254.5OO
men: navy. 1880 men. France:
Army. 700 600 men; navy. 6O.621 men,
Great Britain's revenue was greater
than ours by nearly OO.000,OO0. but
our expenses for war and on account
OF war was more than s10O,0O0.000
greater than hers. Yet the aggregate
OF her army and navy was nearly four
times as great as ours.
Germany's revenue exceeded ours
by $50 O00. 900. but our expenditures
FOR war and on account OF wars eX-
coed hers by more than S5o.00O.00o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
Brady.M.D.
The Conquest of Obesity.

Obesity really can't boast OF any
couquests. The disease g. not strict
Iy an attractive one IN either sex. But
n YOU will take our title IN the kindly
spirit IN which IL IS offered you may
learn something that Will make lite
more durable.
People are too stout mainly for two
reasons; either they eat too much and
exercise too little. or else they don't
oxidize their intake OF fuel rapidly
enough
Many obese individuals are very
light eaters. But oh. what assimula-
tive powers they possess.
Obesity In very young persons is
often. not always. due 20 a detective
secretion on the part % the pituitary
Erand. Such subjects have an abnor-
mally large tolerance FOR carbohyd-
rates. are very fond % sweets-but
this f. a symptom OF the condition.
and not the cause OF the obesity. Sug-
ar g a good digestible food. though a
natural fondness for Il does not make
the individual fat. Sugar IS too easily
oxidized in the body 10 be stored up
% any extent as adipose tissue.
learn 70 Ray
u f. apparent that the commonest
type % obesity in men and women IS
attributable 20 q relative excess OF IN
take with u disgracefuIly small out
put OF energy-in other words. over.
eating coupled ID with plain everyday
iaEiness- BY laziness. let US hasten 70
explain. We mean lack OF real exercise.
and a. often as not this e only anoth-
er way OF saying that the individual
doesn't know how 20 play.
The tendency 20 obesity runs IN
fauiiieS Il is doubtful whether the
disease e hereditary. but there IS no
doib, that family habits and temper
anents are handed down through the
generations. Especially az the dinner
table are these things handed down:
In America everybody tries 20 eat as
much as everybody else. whether he
wants II or not. II anybody takes Il
into his head 20 eat about half OF his
CUSTOMARY excess. why all the family
Vo-ry about Il and wonder II anybody
= sick.
Questions and Answers.
Acetariiite. Headache Poison:
Piease inform ne whether any OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
The Daily Story
Wig in Wartime-By Donald Chamberlin.

Here was a pretty pass. In my bur.
ry TO get away / had forgotten my
passport, or, rather, i had thus far not
been required TO show It. and II had
not occurred to me that the document
would be now required.
When we reached u city, didn't
know what city, was taken from the
train and conducted TO the headquar
tiers of an officer who. / judged by
the respect paid him, was OF high
rank. He received me with a lowering
brow, read the description In my pass
port and, looking at my wig. said what
by his expression l judged to mean.
Take him out and shoot him"
The soldiers advanced 20 take me.
In a fit of desperation 1 seized my red
wig and, throwing 1t on the floor.
trampled on it and cried out Il am
not a red headed man; l am an Amer
team citizen"
There must have been something
ridiculous In the act, for the officer
burst into a laugh. Then an inter-
prefer was called, who translated my
story. AS soon IS it was understood
that was an American and the pass
erty, with an apology. Realizing that
my train had gone on, asked for a
permit to travel on a troop train, and
one was given me.
I could not endure 20 travel without
my wig, so 1 retained It During my
journey through Belgium fell in with
a Frenchman with red head. AS
soon as we passed into France he gave
me his passport, which ne no longer
needed. Having had so much trouble
with my own passport 1 decided that
possibly 1 might have use for the 9th
er, so I accepted IT,
While working my way south toward
Paris I was set upon by a party OF
French spy hunters. Thinking 10 get
rid OF them without their noticing the
difference in my hair from that laid
down I'm my passport, I used the one
given me Unfortunately a keen eyed
fellow noticed how the hair Of my wig
fell on my neck and, grasping the wig.
held it up amid shouts from the 9th
ers. crying:
"A spyi A spyr'
Again / was taken before an officer
this time a Frenchman, who. on re-
ceiving the report OF my captors, or
dered me out to instant execution. /
stood before him with folded arms and
uncovered dome and cried in stem
torian voice:
''Je suis AmericainH'
suppose It was the absurdity this
time as we'll as before that saved me.
The officer laughed. consented 20 listen
to me, and, since I spoke French toi-
erably. told my story, producing my
own passport.
And so my life for the second time
was saved by mock heroics. and I
reached Paris without further trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
THE TEACHERS PENSION
BILL.

Public school teachers % Rock L.
iand and Moline are taking q is11inE
part n the campaign for the rass1se
CO tsachsrs' peasion law BY re MI
nois legislature. Tie cb3ecr fs alto
xsthsr pr1i~swoFthy ant. iras-zuch az
- states already have suca an act -
successful opsratio1. thcre - little o.
no cxperfazsrtin< 90 Be ecce-
The psnsLoa fad l. 20 be created
~ eoliecticu &C part % the wages %
tsaen~rs Who elect 20 share is rczs-
sts ~ special tkxatton- Persicss are
TO - paid 90 those Who have tsusht
: years OF mere. - years % vsich
time rsnst have oeez given TO service
- tire state
rur purposes % assessment Tor the
rad TIRE teachers are divided t-to
three cta~slecaticus. thcss who have
tan<ht 10 years or less. those vho
have tssssf noe iess thsr 10 nor more
shaa rs years. ard these who have
ssuGAs more than IS years From
shuss Of sAs Hrst class 81 - TO be col
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
COOKING IN THE SCHOOL.

Factory legislation. the eiEhthour
iaV. as well as some % the method
o. modern industry. are needed "a
many Kitchens. according to Mrs. Iris
Prouty OLeu-y. whose bulletin on
Cooking as a Training for Home.
making vocational schools" has Just
been issued by the United states bu.
reau OF education.
Housekeeping lacks The spirit and
Inspiration o. teamwork" says Mrs
OLclry The woman who has once
been IN industry misses the compan.
iouship 90 which she has. been accus.
toned She finds herself therefore.
without a tangible incentive 90 speed
and quality % work"
Home making outranks all other
trades On the number OF persons en-
pioyed. according TO the bulletin OF
the % millions o. women over 10
years old On the United States. "A mil
Hons are engaged % home making
Wrs. OLeary points out that while
girls may enter other trades. the
great majority % women become. no
one time OF other. home makerH.
Wage earning FOR them 81 but a tenn
porary AFFAIR which they vii leave
for q permanent position iu their own
homes
The b1uetin lays emphasis on the
sact that cooking - a scientific pro
cess and shouid be taught az such. 80
perfa'ly % the new vocational schools
That are beng established. Ability
90 cook - something with which every
Eiri Is ~ tradition endowed No nun
bsr % poor cooks seems % OFFSET the
belief that skill IN this trade will
come az the cali os necessity The
aim o trade training IN cooking
through the vocational schools. - 10
tsach exc subject IN such a vav as 20
give actual ability % do this work IN
der hone conditions and IN n profes-
Eionai -Eaner~
The bulletin deals solely With the
teaching % cooking for homemaking
purposes IN the day and evening class
- % the vocational schools. such
instructio-.- says the bulletin. ~aims
TO develop appreciation and 20 give
trade trimming. The training should
give r.anipuiativc skill and knowledge
% materials 20 the extent OF produc-
ing a commercial product Cooking
approached from the trade rather thai
the merely cultural side demands ex-
rs-1eucet Instructors and far more
tine than s. gwen IN the regular day
schooi Which rssus; necessarily teach
ho-lrs a year 20 the subject
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

? b Q imagination
and bewilder the
senses The cost
OF our army and
navy Is greater in
proportion 10 its
size than that OF
any other nation
on earth. The in
crease IN cost is
absolutely abnor-
NAL when consid-
cred In proportion
20 the increase in
our population, or
the increase IN
wealth. or when
considered with
the Increased cost
OF preparation for
war In other coun-
tries in time o.
peace. in this con
nectiOn Il is legiti-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

N intercstiEE exhibit which viii DC
shown ~ the Cuitsd States geological
survey az The Panama-Paciec sxposi-
ton. ln San Francisco. vii be the y
iustration % the development % the
surface features % the united States
Ent sdtoiainE lards-thc gradual riss
og the eontfasut from the primal ocean
and the accompanies eeveiopuvat %
ilss-a pictorial story % progress frUz
.he early Ssh and the huxc haif-rcptiio
er~atz-vs tnoWu as saurfars % tn
hf<Asr Mammals such as the great sa-
ps-.tcoth tiEsr and ne <fGnt hysaa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

lscts1 for eaca % ths sEzt eve months
taught after July ] % each year. from
those % tho second class payments
nrs % - s. per month. and thoae %
the third class are 20 pay 80 Ter
morta. Nors shall share The benefits
uto have nc; paid n - least fsoo.
Frcn the s.ate school fund three
asths % che Eali upon each dollar q
taxable property f. tEe state j. % be
set aside Cor tie fGnf-
Zach teacher CT retiring viii be en-
titled % receive 90 annuity % SIC Tor
each year % service. provided that
rhe tu-af for enc year shall not eN-
csef $500. The pension is % be paid
quarterly.
Some % tho leading points IN favor
q TIRE proposed scr are summarized
.a literature being circulated by the
teacher organizations as follows
Pensions are merely . part % ade-
4lare coupeusati1n-
they relieve the teachers mind
from The fear % an old age % poverty
or dependence
they tezd % elevate the profession
% teaching b. attracting capable men
and women and b. retaining them
during the period % efficiency
They make possible the retirement
% the AGED and disabled without hard
chip. and 90 rr1mot" Che dignity and
general emc.srry Of the corps
They tend r1 enable The tcachers 90
live ln manner 90 some extent be
coming their extremely important and
useful profession.
ThsF allow teachers 90 spend more
money f1r travel. for books. FOR add
tloraI professional trainlEs and for
au tk1ss means % Improvement 80
Conducive 90 the welfare. not only OF
the teachers personally. hu- % their
plriil. The importance 70 the Ereat
laa % Imitation. ulether c1nscl1u or
-1e1arci5uE. iu the relation % pupil
art teacher cannot Dc oVerestlmated
gsnsioas aGoTt q slight c0urcnsa-
t'1r 90 men and women % trs--rate
ability for sacrificing an the smci--
mauta OF other more financially prof
table. b1r less useful projections
by the substitution % teachers on
minimum salaries for those retiring
Ca MAXIMUM salaries. the cost ~ a
pension system O. greatly reduced.
while the general efficiency az the
teaching force So promoted
Legislation fu behalf % teachers
arnulties 90 any kind goes hand IN
hand with movements raising the
standard % proficiency I'm the profeg-
sion and eliminating the UNIT
AZ the welfare % the children o.
the supreme law OF the school and
aF the pension system promotes the
eHcieury % the teaching force. % @
evident that the welfare % the chill
Ereu. largely dependent as Go is on
the efficiency OF tine teachirE force.
demands this system.
The highest success % retirement
system requires standard or certlaca-
ton. approval % work performed. and
certainty % continued employment
Go fav1Ts adjustment for efficiency
t5 the service not otherwise practica-
BILE.
no ls G. measure whose best arEI-
meut o. based upon economic and pru-
deltial ground
In Illinois there are 5f men and
$3.50 women teachers receiving under
$500 a year. C,- men and 2.017 wo-
men under $500. 1870 men and $3.50
women under gsH,. and SIS men and
5.5sI women under $500 a year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
The World Wide War Trust

yet her army is more than eight times
as large as ours.
The revenue OF France is more than
s233. 0O9. 600 greater than ours. but our
expenses for war and on account OF
wars is nearly s15o.O0o.0o0 more than
hers. Notwithstanding her army is
eight times as large as ours and her
navy excels our by 10000 men.
Although our revenue is nearly two
and one-half times that OF Japan, yet
her army is nearly three times as
large as ours. with naval force near
~ four times the size OF ours. yet our
expenses for war and on account of
wars is more than three and one
half times that OF hers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
CTo be Continued.)
SIIontlv Sarcastic.

Il am convinced that IN many re
spects / resemble George Washing
ton. said the pompous man.
ct seems unfair" replied Miss Cay
enue. that an accident OF chronology
should have placed you at such dis
advantage. Merely because Washing
ton was born first people say you re
semble him instead OF saying he re-
sembles you. II really seems unfair.
Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23

these remedies contains acetanilide
or other heart-depressing drug: An
tikamnia, Bromo-Seltzer. Shac, Laxo-
bromo-quinlne.
Reply.
The first and fourth contain acetphe
netidin. ] believe; the second and
third contain northumberland all four
are heartdepressing. Notwithstanding
poisons.
Not Evidence OF Bladder Trouble:
T. j. J. asks for advice regarding blad-
der trouble. which causes frequency
OF urination night and day.
Reply.
That alone IS not necessarily evil
dence that there Is bladder or kidney
trouble. Have a careful urinalysis
by the doctor.
Sure Cure for Tapeworm: l. there
sure cure for tapeworm?
Reply.
Yes. Every good doctor has it II
you viii follow his directions.
Cough From Other Things: Is
cough caused by any other thing than
trouble with throat or lungs?
Reply.
Yes. very often the cause OF cough
Is neither In the throat or lungs. Ear
troubles, heart trouble. certain ner-
vous conditions. and enlarged glands
often cause cough.
Horehound and Catnip: viii you
please inform me regarding the prop
critics OF horehound and catnip? Is
a syrup made OF horehound good for
child with a cough? Is a tea made
OF catnip good for a Tussy baby in
clined TO have collie?
Reply.
Both remedies are harmless and oft
en- helpful. Catnip. especially, is
good for collie in babies. administered
by mouth or. preferably. by enema.
Dangerous Mercolized Wax: Why is
mercolized wax dangerous TO apply to
face
Reply
Because II contains about 10 per
cent OF anmoniated mercury. a.
strength which is caustic In action.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-23
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

CANADA is beginning to appreciate
the advantage OF being part OF the
United States. Complaint is made
there against the costliness OF war
IF Japan seriously has started out
70 reform and civilize China she viii
be too occupied the next generation TO
be making fussy eyes at any other
power.
SPEAKER Clark occupied one Of
Washingtons church pulpits last sun
day and talked OF the capitals petty
sins. Never thought there was any
thing less than big sin in that place
MRS. Louise Closer Hale concludes
Boston is the most wicked city in the
world. Strange. We supposed Rock
Island was entitled to that distinction.
THERE may be a greater menace to
happiness than vicious gossip, but it
has not yet revealed its tentacles- In
Chicago a good wife and mother pol
soned herself and two children be-
cause of the ugly tongue of a neigh
Dor.
WHERE do missing dogs go?" in
quires the Chicago Tribune. Our inn
preston has been that the four-legged
variety went 70 the happy hunting
ground.