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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30
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Dear Mrs Thompson 10 Does
anybody have more trouble than girl
in her late teens2
t2} Z am 19 years Of age and I have
never had a regular beau. because my
mother would not allow me to. [ am
in love with a man two years nv
senior and my heart is bound TO him.
met him several months ago. He
left the neighborbood and SO he wrote
to me several times and ! answered
his letters tt has been seven weeks
nov since I wrote last and he mas not
answered my letter Would YOU aa-
wise me to write 10 him again? We
never wrote anything but friendly LETT
ters- IT. will almost break nv heart
10 give him up He seemed to like me
49, A few weeks age q girl friend
of mine and I were visiting in a CITY
One night while we were there We
were going TO an entertainment and
we were TO meet several older pe0uTe
on bridge They were not there
when we got there When we arrived
several boys who were standing near
by came over and talked 10 US. some
we had known for years and some we
did not know, but We were introduced
to them One Of our old friends asked
my girl friend If he could have her
company that night and az course she
accepted. Then one asked me for nv
company and I would not let him. He
kept asking until I told him nos 20 ask
any more My girl friend and the man
she was with had gone to meet some
more Of the crowd and left NE there.
Then one Of the boys who did not know
me asked 50 take me and would NOT
let him. Then the crowd got there
and wanted to start 7 went with nv
girl friend and the man she was with. !.
and the unknown boy went along.
without z4y consent. did not even
know his name Do you think Z did
right in rejecting their company +
Ought We 70 have waited for the chap
erons or gone on without them9 Do
you think the BOYS will misunderstood
ne for the way I acted7
- Do you think If would be all
right 70 ask boy for his picture
when I su7 corresponding with him.
"a L-haYa several boy friends whom /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30

l ike very well and they seem to like
me. Pc you think it would be wise
for me TO give up the one I love so
much for one Of the others2
t6f / have never let a boy hug or
kiss me. Some boys have got angry
and left me on this account DO YOU
think I did right by letting them go2
l73 [ worry and think over the least
thing and cant sleep What causes
thiso san CTeT.
'll Girls are unhappy because they
nave such an uncertain, unsettled
feeling. Most women past 30 say thev
are thankful they have passed through
the unbappiness OF girlhood But A
young girl In normal circumstances
does not have real troubles. 1T is the
WIDOW with children to support. the
WIFE with drunken husband and the
mother with drunken son who really
suHeT You have no reason to be sad.
grille Renovate your thoughts. read
wholesome books, exercise and get
plenty of sleep and much or vour IN
happiness viii evaDorate.
~ Don't write again If he cares
Tor YOU he VIII reopen the correspond
ence himself
49, When in Rome. do as the Ro-
mans do, seemed to be your position
that night The older people should
nave been on hand 10 meet YOU when
you got 70 the bridge and since they
were not all blame should fall on them.
me BOYS will understand your posi-
.lon and think none the less Of YOU
for doing as you did.
f4} No
~ J think it would be wise to have
? good tine with two or three BOYS
and try 10 forget the one you care for /
now
FL II they got angry because 81
NAV taey were not worthy Of your
~ You don't let your mind dwell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30

Mrs Phil Mitchell at her home ON
TWrateth street Yesterday morning
acted as hostess when Mrs Anthony
FRANK MerrH3 of Chicago feetured or
John Ga|sworthy and his books at the
second Morning with the 8oderus"
Won pronounce 80 as if fl were
PEELED Gaulswortby.' explained Mrs.
Merrill satisfying a very general de-
sire TO know the proper way of pro-
nouugine tbe name of this writer.
The speaker composed the character
isiies OF Ga1svortby and Arnold Ben
nett, tbe latter the subject of the last
lecture She said GaIsworthv makes
serious study Of life and its most
sober elements; he never hurries, and
he has rio conception of fdleness OH Or
The idle mind He has 3 clear in
sight into life rs not an imitatar. is
broad and unbiased. and very ohserv-
ant of the social side of people Lon
don life IS p living mosaic before his
clear, discerning eye He recognizes
faree classes. the human. social and
aristocratiC. and that the lower is cou-
stantlv striving to reach the top He
feels the tine is coming when it
viii attain its desire, and ne is at
his best in pIcturing this side of life.
Mrs Merrill spoke of mis- several
books FRATERNITY" she said. was
written in 1910, and the reading world
iu England and America at once was
ali attention In 1910 the little plays.
Joy" and Justice" ana Strife"
were given in England the world
rushed TO hear "Jastice." and its in
fuence brought about several much
needed reforms.
Fifteen years ago hts novel. Jos
lyn, was given 10 the world" Mrs
Merrill spoke at some length on Fra
fernity.' as illustrative of the tremen- 7
aous changes in English life which T.
the writer anticipates. His early writ .
ings really prepare the reader for this .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30

left to right. top Miss Janet Cow
an. Miss Callie Hoke Smith ard /
Miss Elizabeth Harding. Bottom |
Miss Mary Wilson and Miss Alice
Wilson.
Washington, oct. 30-What is Wash
5ne-on going 10 a.for debutautes2 This
is fhs question agitattnE society in the
capital and it is "a question Of some
moment because the little season. =" as
The weeks between mid November and
the Christmas holidays are often called,
reFolves around the buds
And this season buds bid fair TO be
few and far between. This is the first
time in many years that Washington
has faced q shortage last year having
been a particularly brilliant season
from the 6ebutanra point of view with
such girls as the three Frances Miss
Frances Moore. daughter of the late
Clarence Moore Miss Frances Traver.
daughter of Mrs, Robert Traver Of
Washington and California. and Miss
Frances Williams. commonly called
FFsncise, sister of Mrs Joseph Letter.
among those presented 20 society.
# was recently announced that Miss
Callta Hoke Smith. daughter Of Sen
at9r and Mrs Hoke Smith Of Georgia.
would he formally presented this sea-
soH. This fra spite of the fact that she
went everywhere last season. was a /
tremendous bell and quite a prominent
figure iH the social life of ofHejaIdom
However. she has recently set the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30

Prior 10 the middle Of the eighteenth
century cotton SO far as modern time
is concerned. was practically unknown.
1t was grown only in tine flower gar
den. when eight bags Of the staple
arrived in Liverpool in 1854 the GUS
tom house officers seized il on the
ground that SO much could not have
been raised in America. In 1887 our
first cotton mill was set in motion at
Beverlev. Mass In 1893 Whitney in
vented the cotton gin, which rendered
cotton raising profitable. and IT soon
became the leading crop of the south
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30

Miss Hazel McKenna. daughter of
AR, and Mrs William McKenua. 223
Forty-siXth street, Moline was married
Yesterday afternoon 10 ". G. Lips of
Peoria, son Of Mr.. and Mrs Jacob Ltpps
OF Peoria The wedding took place at
s o'clock at the home of the bride. Nj.
and Mrs, Lipps left on an evening train
10 spend their honeymoon ia Chicago.
Peoria and Bloomington. Mr. Lips is
by the John Deere Co The
new home viii be at 1922 Fifteenth
street, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30
ANIMAL SUFFER- SUCCESSFUL
AFFAIR

The Ladies ~ society Of Grace
Lutheran caarcb served over zoe Deo-
pie last evening al the annual supper
IN the church dining room and real
lied approximately $50 The tables
we're decorated with red cbrysaGthe-
NUNS and splez4id supper was
served,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30
Mrs. ZIMMERMAN HOSTESS r4RrY

Mrs. q. II. zimmerman at her home.
4412 Sixth avenue. entertained a COM
pany OF friends last evening al a Hal
lowe'eu party. The guests were met at
the door as they arrived by a witch and
were then taken in hand by a ghost
who escorted them upstairs The house
was atTactiveIy decorated with Hal
lowe'eu novelties and e0lors and games
appropriate 10 the occasion were play
ed Piano music and selections on the
uctrola We're enjoyed and Miss Esther
Johnson delighted with vocal numbers.
In the games and contests the prizes
Went to Miss Esther Johnson and Mrs
Harry Carlson of Davenport. During
The course OF the evening refreshments
in two courses in keeping with the &C
casion were served in the dining room
which was attractive with decorations
Of Hallowe en- novelties. black and
orange paper and other trimmings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30
MALL0NETN srRPRIsE pARrx

A company Of friends last evening
vent 70 the home Of Miss Louisa Fink.
1912 Thirty-drst street. where thew
carried oar a most enjoyable Hal
3owe'en party The house during the
hostess absence had been decorated
with Halloween colors and favors and
was very attractive. There we're eon-
tests IN which the prizes went 70
Ralph Lemon and Walter King and
later there was an auction OF articles
brought by the guests, purchased with
paper money which had been conceal
e6 about the rooms Music was en-
jeye1 and e lunch VAS served in the
late evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30
WClRTHYNEEH3N rNa]GEUENT.


Mrs Margaret MaeHau a2a Second
avenue. last evening entertained a
company of young people at which
time she announced tHe engagement
and approaching marriage Of her
daughter Margaret to John J.. Mccarthy
Of 25Z4 FifTh-aud-a-halt avenue The
affair vas attended hE members of the
families and took the form of Hale
iowe'eu party The house was Gecorat-
ed ju Halloween coIors and TO carry
out the idea IF the day and the time
was spent IN an informal. delightful
manner Mrs. Fave HouEh-NcUartHv
and Mrs. Rose Meebau-HoUeu enter
tanned with readings. and Mrs Roy
Nummert Mrs Joe Maehau and Miss
suzanne Meehan gave piano numbers.
In the late evening "a luncheon was
served in the dining room which ~as
decorated with novelties of the season.
yellow rhrysaurhemuus and hand
painted cards i'm Halloween designs
each place. with candles and
iaCE-olanterns TO give the light The
marriage of Miss Meahau and Mr. aTo-
Carthy win be an event of the latter
part of November Both Young people
are we'll known in the city and the an
nouucement of their engagement viii
come as q happy surprise MT Bic
garfhy is a member Of the Mccarthy
Brothers grocery firm at Fifth avenue
and Twauty-thIrd street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-10-30
Women Know

that they cannot afford to be
i'll. They must keep themselves
in the best of health at all
times. Most of all, the digest
i've system must be kept in
good working order. Knowing
the importance of this, many
women have derived help from
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thirty wears a manufacture Of its own
speciality. the eNquisitcly fine Sedan
cloth that takes "A leading position
among The lie luxe dress fabrics of
Paris tailoring and droSsinaking shops.
other Sedan specialties are woollen
velvets Of superb downincss rs we'll as
tn" silkicst OF cashmeres and the
glossicS' Of merinos, all of which
were a help 10 the modes aero = the
Rhine.
Lille, the kingpin In the tri!ogy Of
industrial French frontier cities, vie
tim Of the first French wal scandal.
has been thrlc" b0mharded ana thrice
retakeu. Back and forth through ITS
beautiful boulayards has swept the ebb
ana flow of four armies. unit. finally
II was gathered In by The Germans by
a meagrc margin, as the trenches Of
the Allies run through It's western
suburbs. The richest provincial city
of the weal,hiCst Department ot
France, Departments du Nord, Lille,
with its 225 o population all con-
Cerned with thread. Is also the capital
Of iiaV.
Win the captur- Of Lille nine
tenths Of the flnN spindles of France
and one-siXth Of those Of the world
passed into German possession. Its
leading industry was the manufacture
Of the famous Lille thread" Here
was produced the whole gamut Of
sewing threads, both in linen and cot
ton. from The gOssamer cotton skcin
which runs some 800, 900 yards to the
pound 10 the cahlclikc strands for
saddlery, sail making and the like.
The foundation Of Lilies fortunes
was laid when Napoleon inaugurated
his famous industrial competition
with q prize of a million francs, won
by Philippe de Girard for his inven-
ton II the spinning machine. Its
prosperity was cemented when France
put a protective tariff on fax fifty
years later.
Like its woolien neighhors of Rou-
baiN-TourcoinE, Lille carries on the
side "A ready made clothing business,
both military aud clvil. whose earn
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cries Of Nancy, have suffered the
iercest conflicts along the lines. In
the deadly struggle between the op-
posing forces hundreds Of the charm
ing little villages where was carried on
the recherche hand embroideries for
which the region is noted have De-
come but masses of charred ruins n
their occupants homeless refugees.
Nancy was the birthplace of the
amous French lingerie industry In its
present elaborate de luxe development.
In this old capital Of Lorraine white
embroidery was first applied as a gar
niture on linen undergarments. II was
an inventive needlewoman Of Nancy
who in 1898 first adapted white en-
broidery to ornament a "chemise de
Jour- AT first the embroidery was done
on detached linen bands and sewed
onto the garments. The designs were
of the simplest, prices high and
workers few. Then Napoleon appeared
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been thankful to get even a KEPT TO
wear with their civilian garments.
These twin woollen cities. tccming
with prosperity. the most progressive
municipalities of France. with a fine
system Of industrial and technical
schools, had always let the foreigner
make free with their advantages.
Thousands of Germans made fortunes
there and retired home t. enjoy them
and incidentally furnished their army
valuable aid in the requlsltiunlng
French woollen stocks.
Now acknowledgements. capital Of
socialism in France, city of strikes AS
we'll as metropolis of wool, boastinG
of It's sociaiistic Mayors and hotbcd
always of revolt. which has not a few
times bluffed the French Government
while seeing red" finds it's vagarieS
ana commerce both caught in the
mailed fist" while its wool trains"
that used III run from the ports Of
Calais and Dunkirk. bringing the
tinc woods shipped over from their
layers in Australia and the Argentine
are now converted into troop trains.
"''N A'l'IN - N'l' that lllI-
wOollen region was being "pettcd" by
the ~conquerors N account of their in
fiuential foreign rad relations. The
news just received *, however, that
the "woollen metropolis" Is again see
ing red ven under the Prussian
boot. and some two hundred or more
of the leading textile manufacturers of
RoubaiN-TOurcoinG have been taken
as hostages to Germany, there informed
in "A camp in M~ccklenburg and their
factories destroyed or confiscated be-
cause they refused To convert their
woOllen factories of fine fabrics into
making sacks for the German trenches.
Then the German woollen stocks
We're augmented not a little when the
French fortified city Of Sedan fell an
prey To the invaders. Sedan. UNI
lucky in war but lucky in business,
had much more to lose this time than
IN the val of 1901, wnen II suffered
unpleasant notoriety. About this from
tie" city has developed in the last
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German Letter Cheerful

ward. There IN be enough, and TO
spare, of all foodstuffs for nan and
beast.
In TINS manufaCturing district we
held an ample stock of raw materials.
They begin To run low. RepIenish-
mnnt, cotton ana wool, is almost inn
possible, The sheep IShearing is under
official control, the whole wool elm
from some 1000. 600 Of sheen being
repuisitiuncd Tor military purposes.
Spinn"rs, knittcrs, wcavcrs will he
out of work, at least partially. They
viii rctrench and eCpnomiHe; thcy well
know how to do it.
"horOically all burdens are horne
Never a mnrmur or complaint. In all
truth, the spirit of patriotism reigns
suprcmc-a sentiment high and emo
bling. Everybody hreathes confidence.
l'tIlaiic" IN oar soldiers; their SUI
%periurity, Ability OF our generals
their methods, knowledge. Scientific
and technical attainments s%pring,ng
from thorough education: an com-
n!ne to assure us of SuCrrsS. Az,
must achieve victory over our foes
And when, finally, the accounts Will
he presented for settlement. the price
OF peace viii be such compensation
as will satisfy us al. for the losses in
CURED, the ind"UmitioS To he OK
acted Will he such as To render the
four milliarts of 1871 mere hagatellcs.
And until satisfaction he obtained Pc
trograd, Paris. possibly London as
well. Will be held in pawn!
'urhtu alan. 900.
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in he role Of boomer Of the lingerie
industry Of Nancy. He commanded
that the rousseau of Empress Marie
Louise should be trimmed with the
Nancy embroideries and AT once
throughout Lorraine sprang up colo
mics of needle workers filing court
or ierS.
Later. during the Second Empire.
the Empress Eugene introduced the
vogue for the fairylike hand embroid-
cred garments and dresses from the
Nancy workshops which became the
leading mode in every European court
n sailed across the Atlantic. Thus
Mas born and bred the fine French
lingerie which still leads the world in
The modes II the "dessous." But
here again, unfortunately. vas a from
ter industry. The first Franco-Prus-
sian war nearly wiped out the bus
mess and later competition in other
parts of france reduced the talented
cmhroidCrers Of Nancy To half a
hundred.
Then some twenty-five years ago a
group of patriotic capitalists saw the
possibilities in exploiting French hand
cmhroideries Securing the best ar
I. a. talent ~ France they revived the
Lorraine embroidcries" and made OF
them a national industry second to
none in France, But yesterday in the
region Of the Nosges about Nancy be-
tween sin and sever thousand women
most of them workers in their own
homes, were engaged on hand en-
broideries and many more in the con-
lection Of elegant lingerie. In addi-
ton around the much contested neigh
boring city of Luneville was produced
the charming hand made pillow Iaces
known as the "Luneville stitch" used
in the lingerie industry.
Tn average embroiderer, If indus
trious, earns from one franc fifty to
four francs "A day. In the group of
lingerie cities on the eastern
frontier Nancy, LuneNille and Epina
tins latter the headquarters to-day
OF the army of the east) the firms
dealing in embroidered lingerie in all
It's phases did "A combined bus ness
yearly II between 10000, 900 and
80 1000, 600 francs. This was before the
war. To-day the refugee embroid-
crcrs from old l.Orra. ne may be seen
'Fl' ''A 'Ntl NV 'buulIA sun bend
InE patiently over their embroidery
frames working for happier days, but
even in the uninvaded lingerie dis
trict Of the Nosges fine needlework
has been largely oh ged TO give place
t. sterner needs because of the demand
or women to replace men in all
branches of work.
Calais, whose name must be as in
dclih'y engraved ON the German heart
as II was on that of Mary Queen of
scots, though not yet within the
Teuton army's ardent grasp. has had
the tail of It's enormous lace Industries
snapped off by the Inc of trenches.
while the lace manufacturers centres
OF ITS department, the Pas de Calais.
have suffered sufficiently from their
proN nifty to the firing lines To he
c assed as war victims. The travellers
memory Of Calais the gateway from
England to France, is AS a place where
n runs from a BOAT to "A train after
an unpleasant Channel crossing. But
Calais, city Of 4 hundred thousand.
is N of the worlds biggest producers
OF lace; also the value Of Calais sx-
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War JeWelry Varied and Wide in Cost

sesssa'+ ar, wa, ps r'ns' ~ a"% war :e
Paris and London to the ex-
clusion Of almost all other de"igns.
Women have put other jewelry aside
and for the time being are wearing
regimental badges, war bracelets or
long gold chains on which they hang
war charms of various kinds,
These war charms are the latest
fashion in Paris n are worn by
women of all ages and every station
in life. Some of them represent flags
and cost from a few cents up to al
most any price. From a chain worn by
one woman was suspended a jewelled
1ieur de lys, which must have cost
upward of a thousand dollars. and be-
eide II was a bent horseshoe nail. The
evner expressed her willingness to
give up the splendid fieur de lys, to
part with the chain and all her charms
gather than lose hat nail.
The nail came from the shoe OF a
faithful horse, which, according to the
story, stood by its wounded rider until
he regained consciousness and was
able 10 crawl up ON its back. Then
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almost the sole survivor in the indus
try which is done in dark. dark
un foreground cellars for the moisture
Indispensable FOR the perfection of the
marvellous quality Of the threads.
ana from who's depths still rise the
old songs that the CamhreSis wcavers
chant before their looms.
After ConSol dating their woollen
and linen positions the German army
made considerable cotton gains when
they Scquestcred 81. Quentin. a bright
little city of 10000 population ana the
most important cotton manufacturing
centre in France. Just behind their
firing lines. Every brand OF cotton
goods was made here or In the vlcin-
ity, but especially in the 81. Quentin
mills has been DEVELOPED the modern
perfection uf the de luxe cotton dress
materials Of recent growth. in fantasy
fabrics, rau2N and cphomeral as this
tie down. also the products Of its
array Of shirt factories We're found
most acceptable.
1t was the German Crown Princes
army as il swept down through
French LO' raine that captured or dis
pcrsed a guodly portion of the fine lin
gerie business of this old French prov
ince, which circumstance has fur
niShcd the Paris comic papers with a
source FOR amending pl%caSantrics in
their pages. While Nancy. the one
time capital of ODD Lorraine. escaped
only by a close margin a visit in state
from the Kaiser himself in the early
period of the war, the two depart
mcnts of the Meurthc-et-iloselle and
the \osges. Of which il is the chief
city and in which We're produced the
bulk of the world renowned emhroid-
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iaklng him back to camp the horse
dropped dead of its own wounds.
Among brooches, many of which
can he worn az charms, are those
showing tiny cannon and guns of
various patterns. Others show the
caps Of English and French soldiers,
medallions OF Joffre, and the Cog
Gaulois.' A favorite device Is ale
brdiser d'Alsace." This shows a girl
In the national costume of Alsace
kissing a soldier good-by. Brooches
with this design are very popular as
gifts from the soldier to his sweet
heart and also for exchange. Tho
man wears his under his uniform as
a charm, while the girl uses hers as
a pin.
Another large design, so large that
II seems more suited for a belt buckle
than "A modern day brooch, shows the
inquire O Liberty in the centre of "A
plaque. Over her head are ranged
the flags of the Allies, while in n
hand she holds an unsheathed sword
and in the other a scroll on which IL
written PAX" Though this design,
like all the war jewelry, can he had
at u wide range Of prices. It Is very