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Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

What would be the ideal lunch for
a child OF to IS years Of age to carry
10 school?
Half pint Of certified or otherwise
insured milk, in a vacuum bottle in
the warmer season. Two thin slices
OF well-baked, preferably home baked
bread, spread with a thick layer of
butter and generously topped off with
sugar, preferably brown sugar The
two slices may be clapped together
and wrapped in some waxed paper.
And for dessert-an orange. an apple,
a banana, or any fresh fruit in sea-
son.
Every other day the child might car
/ ry some cold meat, perhaps two small
sandwiches of scraped beef, chicken,
mutton or bacon, instead of bread and
butter and sugar. If meat and bread
are carried, there is no need Of milk.
A drink Of water would go better with
meat, Of course, no child under 12
should have any tea or coffee or cocoa,
and it isn't necessary for any school
child TO carry these stimulants TO
school On days when meat and bread
takes the place OF bread and butter
and sugar. something in the way OF
sweets may be carried for dessert. 4
couple Of small sugar cookies, or a
piece Of home-baked cake-no bakery
stuff-or perhaps stick of pure can
dy. about the only cheap candy that
is ft TO eat
! Pie, ham. tea, coffee, cocoa, pud-
! dings, sausage, any other than home
+ cooked meat or home baked bread
j stuffs, have no place in the school
child's lunch
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
LIE IL T0 TnE TR0rGH.

The New York Herald which a few
days ago took issue with the Times
Union on the question Of military pre-
paredness. seems TO have lost much of
It's enthusiasm on the subject Just
listen to this from it's editorial col
umQs
"Benedciaries Of eXtortionate tariffs
are trying 10 force the country to a
militaristic basis in order 10 compel
the reenactmeut Of the Dingley sched
ules to provide sufficient revenues,
making the consumer pay the bill FOR a
Prussianized republic. Munitions
makers are preparing campaign in
congress to perpetuate their war prot
it's at the expense Of the American
people"
A great deal is doubtful about this
military preparedness program. While
the ships We already have are lacking
in men, and while the army can not
secure recruits to keep it up to its
authorized strength, it is doubtful
whether men win volunteer to man
twice as large navy and twice as
/ large an army. Maybe if one man will
not volunteer two will. but we cannot
understand IT.
But we do understand it. and every
man understands. that it is proposed
to double the cost of the army and
navy, and if the people are called on
to pay they will have TO DO it. Every
man also understands that the extra
I quarter Of 8 billion dollars year viii
/ have to come from additional taxa
ton. Internal revenue taxes will have
10 be imposed on articles not now tax
/ ed or the taxes already in force will
/ have TO be increased Import duties
will have to be imposed on commod-
/ tiles that now come in free or be in
/ creased on commodities on which they
are already imposed Here is the op-
portunity that the advocate Of the
/ highest protection has been looking
/ for.
Why should not the hogs gather al
the trough when they hear the call tc
/ feed? This scramble for special fav-
ors Is the natural outcome Of the tall
of adding a quarter Of a billion dollars
a wear to the expenditures Of the gov
ernment. If the presidents military
program goes through as TO amount ii
. will carry with it the highest tarirrhis
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
Sidelights on the European War

Berliu.-tC Correspondence OF The As
sociated Press Through the gen
erosity Of Americans, II reading rooms
and recreation halls for prisoners Of
war have been erected in camps
throughout Germany. The average cost
OF these buildings has been 5000
marks t$1,500) but in many cases
camp commanders have added large
sums from their personal fortunes. in
order that the Libraries might be more
ornate or spacious.
The conditions governing the gifts
from the Americans have without ex-
ception been such that none Of the
money might be expended for books,
and ii has been the task Of the Com
mittee for the erection of soldiers
homes in the east and southeast" to
gather literature Of all kinds and send
it. not only TO the Il halls, but also
to the most extended trenches.
On the German side at least the war
has drawn in men from every walk Of
} life, including students, teachers and
( others of a very high degree OF edu-
. cation The literary demands from the
( front therefore have been extremely
varied, and the book-sUppiers have
been put to it TO lay their hands on
/ technical works and other volumes
/ Between France, England and Ger
many there has existed for some time
a sort Of working agreement by which
hooks in the three languages are ex-
changed for the benefit Of the prison
I ers Of war in the three countries. Nego-
! tiations along the same line are now
being conducted with Russia. and a
shipment Of 1900 volumes in Russian
from the University of Warsaw is soon
to be distributed among Russian pris-
oners of war.
The committee already has the
/ names and addresses Of $4,000 Ger
man soldiers on the various fronts.
with whom correspondence has been
opened pertaining TO special books
that are desired. AS fast as it is pos
sible to obtain the volumes they are
forwarded to the trenches.
a feature of the work is so-caIled
wandering libraries, containing books
Of all sorts for both officers and men,
which are sent to one company. read
and sent on to another. There are al
so number OF so-called field grav
books, which have gray paper covers
and are adaptable to use in the trench
es.
/ Two Americans, Conrad Hoffman
and James E. Springer, are actively
engaged in the work OF supplying read
ing for prisoners Of war and for sol
diers. They formerly we're active in
English camps and then came over to
Germany to continue their work.
The efforts of the committee 10 erect
soldiers homes have resulted in the
construction of Is buildings, at a cost
form three TO five thousand marks
apiece, where thousands of soldiers ars
care for and given some OF the creature
comforts of home.
! London Correspondence OF the
J Associated Press. suggestions
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

made by member Of parliament 4
tax British wines as means Of NJ
creasing the revenues has develoDl
the fact that the public at large doi
not exactly know what is meant 4
the term British wine" in view 1
the fact that only table grapes Il
raised in England, mostly in n
houses.
British wines are ordinarily MAD
by country people in their own homf
out OF olderberries, currants, blackbei
ries and fruits. They are cordial
rather than wines, and are strongi
fortified with alcohol On account 4
their being so largely home produd
they have never yet been taxed. Bu
these drinks are also manufacture
by distillers under revenue superyi
sion, although untaxed They can .
sold only by licensed retailers.
Local wines of this kind do not Sc
riously compete with grape table wine'
unless it be an imitation port maaf
out OF raisins. Objection is made taaI
a tax on them would net yield enous
revenue to make it worth while, q
special licenses would have 10 be !
sued to cottagers and a strict walc
kept to prevent illicit distilling la1
cider industry, If better deFelopel
: might yield some revenue, but a q
at this time would probably kill u
trade.
( Panama. Correspondence OF y
/ Associated Pressl.--The United sts's
troops stationed in the canal zone Wy
I engage in extensive field work duria'
/ the coming dry season, beginning ~l
January. AS first lhe various reg
ments, companies and battalions' w
/ be employed as separate units. o'
later the entire mobile force oi Y
canal troops will take the field tor "
weeks training. A mimic war VIII :
waged with the idea that the cahai
being attacked from the Paei1c'
/ London.-The real excuse ioF :, y
recent advance Of six cents oo'',
made by the whiskey and spirp'uis''
Hers Is the alarming shortage q ~.
ties. High prices are paid ioF oo' ~
ties OF the poorest quality Mahuls, 90,
turers are told TO trouble no ions. ~
about the shapes Of the bottles Nas.'
| er square or fancy. but simply 70 ~
bottles.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
The Daily Story
GOOD sCHEME-By William Chandler

prove that she was honestly w.u
me. she told me that she haa ~
the men arrAlge that one ~
should propose 20 me on the nos-
to play cards with me in The srnll
room; the other should happe, III
and ask to be admitted To The .s
They were 10 play fair, and If I'M -
play for money | was to Min ~
game was only intended to 70,
drink with them. and a powder va,
be put into my glass. I would hses.'
sleepy. aud they were to take =. "a
my stateroom, where they could ~.
sess themselves of what | was s... ~
ing.
| agreed with the woman ,h,. i
would test the matter so far as n ~
isfy myself of the reliability a, IL
information, and after an hours w,lst
during which | became Impressed W.
her sincerity, she went below. lss,,.l
me to think of the scheming that ~.
going on. However, / thought Of bs, !
The next morning, true enoppb
man fell into conversation with mo J,
viting me to play cards. Another iol
ed in the game. | was suffered Ia Nj!
tl0; drinks were proposed. but n
litely declined on the ground tba,
was teetotaler. Then walked ava /
with their $40 in my pocket.
/ / was proud Of having tricked tha,S
and pleased at having proved the III
cerity of my lady friend, whom wa|
coming to consider quite cbsrminr.
As agreed. she came on deck aho,s
dark, and gave her the result Of he
information. she appeared to be yeri
indignant that such yillainy could taxi,
place on an ocean liner and much urat
iied that she had been able n
warn me.
/ I will not enter into what foIowei
between me and my preserver cxcept
to say that when / landed in New yor;
she had the stone l carried. She man
aged to slip away, probably in disguise
and / had no chance whatever Of n
covering It. That was the most aga
nizing period Of my life, However. /
order to put The police on the track 1
the thief [ resolved TO report the ios
Immediately. ] went to the Office
the purchaser Of the diamond. He Il
tened to py report, which deliver.
almost in tears, and when had Il
ished, turned to his desk and wro
check and handed it to me. It vi
payable to me and was for $1,000.
looked up at him with a blank star
{ He was smiling at me.
BE comforted, young man, he sal
THE diamond / bought was dellvert
10 me yesterday. The one you We
robbed of was paste. The secret
! your having the gem was puposely /
out to throw others off the track.
have been directed by the man WI
devised the scheme for getting 1t hel
10 pay you for your services
| Maybe ! wasn't happy man.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
BRITAIN S MAcNANTMTTY

The cabIed announcement that Great
Britain is willing TO permit Germany
to export enough dyestufs TO supply
the needs of American industry" on
its face seems a visible assurance of
British friendship. Superficial con
sideration would indicate that Great
Britain. intent on keeping the good
will Of America after the war, is will
ing TO set at naught in this single in
stance. its own orders that American
textile manufacturers need not suf-
fer.
But let us consider the matter more
deeply Let us ask what may be the
real motive back OF this benignity
Assuredly it cannot be British
friendliness for American textile in
dustries. not any desire to tighten
their difficulties During our own
Civil war The American blockade OF
the south, blockade in fact. not in
fact not in name, nearly ruined the
textile industry OF England ami left
British mill workers all but starving
because England could not get cotton.
1t is not likely that England, which
has been so remorseIess in its raw
ages on other nations, is now reient-
Ing and relinquishing its opportunity
to repay America? Certainly it IS
not Tor love OF Germany that England
is willing TO permit dyestuffs to pass
through. nor love for the United
States either What then carr it be?
Reviewing British history and re-
fiecting how closely c0mmercialism
has always been connected with Brit
ish mititarism, the thought cannot
help but come that this is but another
instance, and, having thus got on tte
right track, II is simple TO reach what
seems a most logical conclusion.
Great Britain has used its powerful
navy during this war. its command Of
the seas. to dictate forcibIy, as it has
dictated none the iess firmly but more
automatically in times Of peace, what
/ commerce the neutral nations may
have with each other. The mere faCi
that the British merchant marine is oc.
cupied elsewhere. Great Britain doe.
not intend to let interfere with Brit,
! ish commercial supremacy, so Britain
, is halting neutral commerce and fore
+ ing it to flow through British chan
nels
( II American textile industries fal
into dire need for dyestuffs American
/ ingenuity and fertile invention is go
( ing to find processes for the manufac
/ ture Of dyes at home and continue
/ tion of the blockade of Germany vii
strengthen and protect the infanr
/ American dye industry until 1t IS able
/ 10 stand alone and he independent
after the war Britain will have III
difficulty in controlling then two grea
industries ard, rather than havt
American competition handle it to
! gether with the German, Great Britain
is williag TO Jet through its blockade
sufficient German dyestuffs to dis
j courage any attempts 10 establish AZ
American dye industry.
That seems the true explanation o.
Great BFitain's friend}iness in the mai
I ter OF dyestutfs and the German
/. Blockade"
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
Springfield Splurges.

The Cling Cling Goophus says: when
a woman is told she is as brainy as a
man she Immediately thinks Of thu
brainest man she knows and feels
complimented.
That women simply cannot compete
with men in lines Of strenuous en-
deayor was proved by the case of the
HarrisonyilIe MOI girl who had to
drop out OF an eating contest after
consuming only 20 large slices Of roast
pork. a loaf Of bread and a gallon Of
coffee,
"No pie says the Toledo Blade, "is
as good as cherry" That being the
case. we shall stick to our safety first
principle and choose no pie when we
are offered our choice between it and
cherry
Thousands OF persons. an Ohio wom-
an says, have died from kissing But
why should she worry when she thinks
Of the thousands of persons whose
. lives she has saved by NOT kissing
them.
( a colored man gave himself up to
/ the police in Philadelphia the other
day. saying that he started the Eu-
ropean war and was conscience strick-
eli, We think he was taking, II he
really was as conscience stricken al
he pretended 10 be he would have gone
over to Europe and stopped the war
IOr at least told Henry Ford how to
/ do it,
Il see, " says The Lady That Reads
/ the Papers, that they're making i'm.
ported cheese in Milwaukee nov. ana
I'm glad Of it, because I've been get
ting awfully tired of our domestic
cheeses. - RODY McPHEE.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
LEGEND OF WIS WREATHS.


IN sword and sash and scarlet coat.
Upon Christmas day
Through frosty woods and hoary fields
A soldier rode away
She watched him through the falling
snow,
4 young and lovely maid,
In milky pearls and flowing robes
OF velvet green afrayed.
With rumors Of the distant wars
The months went slowly by,
Till once again the Christmas bells
We're pealing to the sky
And walking in the lonely wood,
A bush the maiden found,
With thorns as sharp as little swords.
And scarlet berries crowned.
She leaned against an ancient oak
And wove a wreath to wear
OF scarlet berries. bright and gay,
And set it on her hair.
And. To- the pearls upon her breast
We're changed to berries, too
And. rooted in the oak, q branch
OF mistletoe she grew.
When sweet and clear the Christmas
bells
Ring out DER vale and hill,
The maiden-mistleto is seen,
In pearls and velvet still
And with her in the reyels ruled
BY music, mirth and folly,
In sword and scarlet still arrayed,
Behold the soldier holly,
-Niinna Irving.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

President Wilson is studying a plan
10 turn the tariff over to a commission,
II has been stated that the president
is not opposed TO the idea Of lifting
the tariff entirely out of politics. There
is ne doubling that puttering with this
complicated question by inexperienced
hands has been a detriment TO the ma
ton industrially and commercially,
under all administrations and it would
seem to be the safest and sauest course
TO leave its operation in the hands Of
experts, as is done by several of the
European nations.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
Bra2il's Big Meteorite.

After lying in bed Of rust for
many years the largest meteorite in
any museum was finally landed in
Rio de Janeiro by Dr. 0ryiile Derby
1t is more than seven feet long al
most I'VE feet in width, and its
weight when it fell was about 12,000
pounds. It was first discovered in
1884, and the following year an at
tempt was made to convey it TO the
town Of Bahia by means of truck
built for the purpose. It took the
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

The man who will suffer the least
pangs Of conscience the ensuing u
months is the one who on Jan. / re-
solves not to resolve, merely agreeing
with himself TO be man among men
and not to attempt such sweeping
reformation of his life that mayhap the
parting OF his hair the wrong way
might send his ship off in an unknown
course. After all, the best resolution is
in being just yonT natural self: good
10 yourself and to your neighbors.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

You can take this out and lay a few
cigars on it: The candidate for the
presidency to be nominated by the re-
publicans at Chicago will be the per
sonai choice OF T. Roosevelt And the
colonel may decide that he is the best
man for the place But whatever hap
pens, the candidate viii not be Elihu
Root.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

Die Of this country. The fact that OF
one blood all men were created lies
beneath the racial and nationa! preia-
dlces OF the surface and binds the race
in one brotherhood at last. Il never
had stronger illustration than AZ this
hour and when the war shall have
ended IT may find the chastened and
bereaved nations nearer 10 one leTel
+ Of gynpathy and humanity than ever
before
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
Daily History CIass-Dec. Il

1595-Sir Francis Drake. Eugilsh I
val hero, died In loI2 p'a' ~
sailed with two ships TO de'as's y.
Spanish settlements in Ameiy
The queen knighted him ana i'a' =
him commander Of feet seAs
''singe the king Of Spain peA' !,
He destroyed 100 vessels -
harbor of Cadlz,
Texas admitted to the thiosa
1S90-Dr. Heinrich Schliemann' y
man antiquarian and expiote' g.
Troy, Mycenae tc..died; ooeh :, +,
I914--Artillery battle ragged IN w.,
eastern France, where freusu
scouts located German tafses
allied guns
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

Frieberg's, one of the most notorious
Of the dance halls in Chicagos old
redlight days. has been permitted TO
reopen. And in the face OF Mayor
Thompsons ayowal that the city must
he morally fumigated It appears that
every now and then some one pretend
ing friendship causes Thompson 10 feel
that he is mayor in fact, and then the
city chief eXplodes through the news
papers But his stuff is all comedy,
with a laugh in every line TO the know
ing ones.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Milkweed Sratn.

F G., B. r. and A. P. c. have writ
ten encomiums Of the juice of milk
weed as a cure for warts. They ap-
piled the juice TO the warts for peri
DDS Of many DAYS on end. The warts
disappeared many weeks later.
Answer-A fair illustration OF hui
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
Selected by Tavenner
10 the Readers Of The Argus:

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regular contribution under this head to use the space
as it my left free make my selection
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! nay readers / shall try to make the most Vi
the opportunity To so forget that party lnes
exist and will Just wish might be practical Tor
them not to exist and that the principal issue on eiec'
ton day might be 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 OF
q thought that / would give to the world If myself
edited newspaper. the only mission of which was 10
serve mankind; 20 do this and nothing more.
When personally write the contribution, will sign
IT, and when present the thought and work OF others
viii Indicate clyde Il. IAEENN'>i~
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
A convincing evidence Of proan

A convincing evidence Of prosperity
widespread and generals found in
the reports Of record breaking holiday
business from all sections of the coun-
try Local merchants have enjoyed
tremendous trade during the last few
weeks, many Of them having eycelled
all previous years. Christmas busi-
ness is mostly in 1uXgries. When Dso-
pie are buying luEuries freely there is
little reason for complaint Of hard
times"
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

Bootlegging is not taken very seri-
ously at Iron Riber. Mimi where on
discovering a quantity of whisky in a
rubber boot. hung carefully upon the
wall. some one suggested that it must
be of the corn variety.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

men three days to load it, and so
oxen dragged it distance Of 1900
feet to the bed of a stream near by,
where they had to abandon it. There
it lay for about twenty-five years,
when Mr.. Mornay an Eugishman,
came upon it,
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

Henry Ford may be sick at the
failure Of his peace mission, but he
ought 10 be able TO cheer up over the
facf that Thomas A Edison refused bis
offer Of 81 600 900 to accompany him.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27
Rock Isiand-From River to
River.

The president Of the United States
will celebrate bis Jath birthday to-
morrow. And still quite an active
yOungster.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

The dancing Castles. "a order TO
complete their success as stage pro
iessloaals are now reported to be
planning divorce action.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

Even the worm will perhaps
into butterfly.
Even botanist may not he able to
recognize q blooming idiot when he
sees one.
a woman is always perfectly sure
she is in the right until it comes 10
backing her opinion with real money.
The frenzied financier-one who can
borrow money from bill collector.
Most of us get what we deserve, but
few of us are able TO recognize ii.
There are just as good fish in the sea
as were ever caught-but they may be
a trife shy when ii comes to swallow
ing the bait.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

kE0KUK, Iowa. council has sane
toned the sale of one glass of liquor
on Jan. 3 to test the validity of the
mulet law repeal, The first important
question to be determined is in pick
ing the one who is to draw the liba-
ton. One suggestion is that il be
slipped to Chief keokuk. who faithfully
sticks to his post in the middle of the
main street these cold nights without
q whimper
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

country has ever known, and its pas
sage will be possible only in case the
American people who have so long
feared nothing have become mortsily
afraid of ghosts.-Jacksonville. Fla,
TimesI- Mon.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-12-27

London Correspondent OF the
Associated Pressl.-The suggestions
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-13
Waists and Dresses

In our Wash Dresses and
Waists, we have some good
values that will surely appeal
to any who want a good morn
ing Dress or Waist to finish
out the season.
At 79c each is one lot of Per-
Gale House Dresses; are made in
medium low neck and short sleeve.
The style is good, and the quality
is all right.
At CSC is lot of odd Dresses that
we have picked from our stock
in qualities that sold at from
sl19 to $3.50, in sizes from Ia
years to So bust. Now only CSC
each.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-13

At from S1.98 to S5.98 each,
we have few odd Silk and Wool
Dresses in qualities that sold at
from s5.9s TO $3.50. II your size
is here, you can surely get a good
value.