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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

Deborah society of the Swedish
Evangelical Free church was called
together to meet last evening in the
home of Mrs. Emil Olson, and the
members. on arriving, found the affsir
a miscellaneous shower for Miss Esther
Olson who will be bride of next week.
her marriage to Alvin Swanson to be
a late September affair. After short
program the bride was luTed upstairs
and as she returned the wedding march
was played and she was led to her
chair. which was piled high with use
full gifts. The packages were opened
to running accompaniment of merry
comments. The hostess served refresh
ments during an evening devoted to
victrOla music and sociability
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
AWARDS CONTRACT
FOR NEW BUILDING

A. G. Abraham of the Moline Engi-
neering company has awarded the
contract for the new plant for the firm
to be located at 1927 Second avenue.
The job was given to Axel Carlson &
Co. According to plans the plant,
which is to be 40 feet by 80 feet, is to
cost $500 and will be a one-story
structure of brick and concrete and Of
the saw tooth design. Work is ex-
pected to begin on the new building
next Monday and it is expected to be
completed and in operation by Dec. /.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
Two Speeders are Fined,

Oscar Smith, of Rock Island. arrest
ed Tuesday for speeding on College
boulevard, yesterday afternoon was
fined S25 and costs in police court be-
fore Magistrate Frank Gustafson.
Henry Fugate, jitbus operator. was
fined $705 for a similar offense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
MOLINE OBITUARY
funeral of Mrs. George l.. Miller.

Funeral services for Mrs. George l.
Miller, who died Tuesday evening,
were held in the Second Methodist
church at l o'clock this afternoon,
Rev a. J. Pittman officiating Inter
ment was in Glenwood cemetery. Pro-
cession to the cemetery was by auto
mobile. The Woman's Relief corps of
Orion. of which the deceased was a
member. was in charge of services at
the grave.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
SCHOOL CLASSES
NOW ORGANIZED
Principal Nutting Hurries Elections
Seniors, Juniors and Freshmen
Name Their Officers.
SOPHOMORES MEET NEXT WEEK
Second Year Body Expected TO Call
Meetings Board of
Control is Selected.

Organization of classes for the com
ing term was perfected yesterday al
the Moline high school and the senior
junior and freshmen chose their Off
GERS. The officers elected by the three
classes are:
SENIORS.
President-Chancey kinsey.
Vice president Elizabeth Haney.
reasurer-Gertrude Wood.
Secretary-Howard Young.
JUNIORS.
President-FritiOf FryxeH.
Vice president-Wallace Swanson.
Treasurer-Merritt Thomson.
retary-MaTgaret Richards.
FRESHMEN
President-Walter Heinc.
Vice president-V Ransom.
Treasurer-Henry Ginkle.
SeCretary-Frank Stowe.
Members to the athletic board OF
control-Ruth Benson and Arnold
Torsell, seniors; Nina Miller and
Claude Ludwick, juniors; G. Coyle and
Drury Babcock, freshmen.
The sophomore class is expected tc
meet this week for organization. John
Seids, editOr-in-chief of the 1917 year
book of the school, has announced
that the other members of the staff
Will be named next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
I MOLINE'S SECTION OF THE ARGUS

higher-priced cars. such as its power
full valve-in-he motor, selective slid
ing gear transmission with three
speeds forward and distinctive appear
ing body"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
IN MOLINE LODGES

With an exceptionally large attend
ance present the Thora lodge No. 3.
Ladies of Vikings, met in regular
semi-monthly meeting last night In the
Swedish Olive hall. II was decided
during the business session TO hold a
card party and dance at the next
scheduled meeting, Oct. 4. The sewing
society of the organization will meet
next Thursday with Mrs. J. Lind, 743
Eleventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

Mrs. L. p. Savage came from Chi
cago yesterday and is visiting at the
home of her brother, j. G. Sholes. She
will be here for some time and her
many friends will be delighted to see
her again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
Died of Heart TroubIe.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 21.-Cameron r..
Rust, clubman, former newspaper pub
Usher and president of the Rust-Parker
company. Duluth. died last evening,
presumably of heart trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

Won Borah Hospital circle met at
the home of Mrs. John Toline yester-
day when a social afternoon was en-
joyed by 20 members, there being no
special business to transact. Refresh
ments were served and the society an
nounced Mrs. Axel Toline. 604 Tenth
street to be the next hostess on Oct. 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

At last nights meeting of the Ladies
of Maccabees. Moline hive No. 119.
plans were considered in connection
with the motion picture show, which
is to be put on under the auspices OF
the lodge. Oct. II, at the Orpheum
theater. Following the transaction OF
routine business a social session was
held
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
POOR FARM NURSE
PLAN is BOOSTED
Moline WOmaB's CLUB Expected tor
support TO Movement at Coming
Meeting This Fall.
KEEN NEED Is ExPERIEycrn
Speaker Furnished Board Of Sunsrv,.
Ors With Clear View Of Cass !.
Speech Before That BODY.

Securing Of visiting nurse for -.
Rock Island county infrmary aceo,s
ing to plans on foot Is a moyerns~,
that will have the Enforcement N ~
500 members Of the Moline Wom.s,.
club and At the fall meeting n NJ
body it will be the chief business 4
be brought up.
The great need Of a really cauabl.
person for caring for the sick nsonis
at the county poor farm was recent.
pointed out to the board OF superv;so,,
in a speech made before them ~
Moline woman BY giving the plan ~
support OF the 500 members OF the Ma
line Woman's club IL is believed M,
the supervisors can not we'll AFFORD 10
disregard il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
Common Sense View.

1t is not believed that people Of the
county will regard it as question m
dollars but instead whether the poor
who are sick at the institution shall n
allowed TO be without the medical A..
tention they should have.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Young Peoples society of St Pauls
church will meet this even
ing at Turner hall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-21

E. T. C. club will meet tomorrow
evening.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-17

This marriage business is a serious
affair
But you'd never realize it if you
listened to the testimony in divorce
suits and learned how easy it is to
take the plunge!
Many a man and woman has de-
cided it thus:
well, honey, will we go to the
movies this afternoon or get mar
ried?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-17
REPUTATION.

REPUTATION. - Reputation is
not ones accurate record of achieve
ments and failures, as it should be.
Reputation is what OTHER PEO-
PIE think about you.
Reputation of an attractive sort is
sometimes difficult to build up; it
depends upon what scenery you
have on hand, whether you have the
gift of CAB.
People with animal magnetism"
build perfectly good regulations
easily.
People without pulchritude have
to deliver the goods.
Bear this in mind as you strive to
improve your condition.
And your reputation is a regular
Old-Man-Of-the-Sea, you can't get
away from it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-17

RUSHING TO THE ALTAR.-In
one case out of every four, in divorce
actions in Massachusetts last year,
the plaintiff blamed a hasty decision
to marry as the cause of all the
trouble.
In only one case out of every nine
heard in the divorce court was in
temperance included in charges.
From this we gather that drunken
husbands are going out of style, and
that the old Bay State needs a law
that will tend to check the mad rush
to the altar.
In many states one may not marry
on the day the license is issued:
This is a good law.
How many marriage pacts are
made in a casual way we do not
know; but we do know that many a
woman has tied herself to a husband
whom she wouldn't consider serious
ly if she gave the matter calm and
temperate thought.
And we know many a man who
has had a sudden rush Of love to the
head (really a terribly common NAL
ady) and has hurried his fair ina
morata off to an obiging parson or
an ever-ready justice of the peace.
The starTy-eyed one murmurs
yes" whilst she takes a swift survey
of her beloved's wallet from which
he extracts the marriage fee.
And the happy bridegroom, enjoy
ing what the novelists call the Su-
prene Moment, shutters yes" and
the game is on!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

cutters groove out set of splints from
the surface. The cutters do not turn the
entire surface into splints at one impact,
but cut them out one-fourth of an inch
apart. The ridges left between the
places from which the first set of splints
was cut, are then worked up, and so on
until the whole block is consumed.
AS soon as the splints are separated
from the block they are seized in iron
clamp plates, which form an endless
chain. The endless chain carries the
splints across a steam-heated drum, which
warns them nearly to the temperature of
the paraffin, into which they are next
dipped.
From the paraffin bath the splints move
on continuously to the rollers that carry
the heading NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. chic
rate OF potash, etc.-and, as the matches
are carried past the rollers each one re-
ceives red or blue head, as the case
may be. From the rollers they continue
on through room swept by blast of
cold, dry air.
The matches move on until, just before
they reach the starting point again, an
automatic punch thrusts the matches out
and places them side by side in box,
put in the right at the right time, by
another endless belt.
1t is estimated that the nations of the
civilized world use, in round numbers,
three million matches a minute. Fifteen
hundred billion is the enormous number
for the entire year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

well do less? My tastes are reasonable
His also should be reasonable, and.
above all, similar.
III there were a Cyrano de Bergerac
alive and at large in London, l think i
should love him for his ugliness. He
would have to become my fiance! And
Yet all through Rostand's play the poor
fellow complains of his enormous nose!
But what must my fiance be? am
fond Of American boys and English men.
10 please me, males from twenty to
thirty years old must be American After
thirty, they must be English.
One reason why I like American boys
better than any others is due to their
complete freedom from shyness, awk-
wardness of mind or other evidence of
the "half-baked" stage of masculine de.
velopment. They are men with the souls
Of boys. Full of go" they seem to
eclipse anything of the same age we
produce in England. After thirty. my
American boy is disposed to suddenly
become serious and charged with af.
fairs his own business affairs.
AL luc I-lISliSllHldH liOIl CulTly I'D
passion for business is never so acute
or so engrossing. He may become a
member OF Parliament and dabble in af.
fairs Of State. but his personal state OF
affairs doesn't worry him much. He is
content to be amusing and to be amused.
In England army officers, by the way.
generally have better time than naval
officers. They are much more blase, as
they are often about town. The ones in
the navy are jolier, as their outbursts
OF gaiety are not possible except at long
intervals.
My fiance-off the stage have not
got one at present!-must be dark and
Spanishlooking- must be as dark as
an nseller and as charming as a
grandee! He will also have to be ugly!
don't want you to think that ugli.
ness is always ugly. 1t may in way
be beautiful, as 1t attracts or fascinates
Take Polaire--la plus pole laide de
Copyright. 1916 by the Star compar
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

anu all over the place. When
ne gets tired, wind up your reel and land
him at your leisure.
assert that the ugly man should he.
come popular institution, a principle. a
haolt--in short, q necessity. He is not
so spont as the handsome hero who
trades on his looks. He is less "off
hand" more assiduous, and his manners
are always more charming, for be do.
ponds upon them TO 81 certain extent to
make Roadway to pretty woman's
heart
From what have written, you might
think had nothing to occupy nv time
except liances and admirers. have.
thouSii, distinctly. For instance. T have
ambition. | want to act for the cinema
in California the wonderful land beyond
me prairies and the mountains. have
never been there, yet feel it's loneliness
intutively.
Americans from all parts of the United
States have been my good hospitable
friends, and am very fond OF them as n
race. know some Chicago people who
are intensely charming New Workers.
as body are like their own great city
cosmopolitan and delightful.
My present iiance-no not in real life.
merely Oh the stase!-is an American.
Raymond Hitchcock is an ideal comedy
lover. bccause-he is not good-looking!l
He is Just as popular in London as he ia
across the ocean. expect "Mr. Man
haitian will last for an age yet. Every.
one seems to think so
! love antiques, If you are still inter.
osted in my tastes. But whether YOU are,
or not. my fance will have to be--which,
III this case. means that he must become
a connoisseur in all old things! There
Is one possession, which is not an
antique, want this wonderful man to
get for me- y string OF pink pearls! Yes,
| am mad about pink-rose- pink-pearls.
The string will cost about 100000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01
BY Peggy Kurfon.

THERE is something for me almost
incxplicably fascinating about an
ugly man. 1t is uMcanny. The
uglier man is the more like him. This
is no new symptom. 1t developed long
before played my present part in Mr.
Manhattan" All my friends have known
OF my penchant for freak male faces for
years. Often ] am held spellbound-
almost hypnotized-in the presence Of
man many people might consider per-
fectly hideous!
Although am only twenty.one, I have
seen enough of life to believe in the ugly
man--not merely to believe in him, but to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

france. Men go mad about her. Isn't
IL quite reasonable also for women to 20
mao over certain ugly men?
When do see the man want to
marry VIII just introduce him to every
pretty girl | know and beg him to take
one after another out to supper! That
IS the way to hold male In a grip Of
mail-yes, in a mailed fist!
get proposals of marriage by every
post Often they even take the shape of
teiegrams, to say nothing of telephone
messages. The other night | received a
note from man who offered to settle
$4,000 year on me--for lfe--if would
nave supper with him! Imagine such
1renzied impatience At such rate
ne would have wanted to be married to
Great Britain Rights Reserved
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01
How We Can Afford to Scratch
$4,000 Matches a Second

T HE first Lucifer or friction matches
date back TO 1929. They we're
made and dipped by hand, and sold
for little over two dollars per hundred.
To-day the same quantity may be
bought for couple of cents. or even less.
This cheapness is due to the fact that all
matches are made, and most OF them are
dipped by machinery.
In making matches by one process,
cylinder of pine wood the length of seven
matches, which has been soaked in water
to make it tough, is placed in a sort of
lathe and as it revolves the circumference
comes in contact with sharp blade which
cuts off continuous shaving the thick
ness of a match. AS this shaving comes
away from the log it is cut into into seven
strips. each as wide as a match is long.
These ribbons are cut into lengths OF
about eight feet. and one hundred and
twenty or 50 are piled on top of each
other. and fed into a cutting machine.
which cuts as many splints at each
stroke as there are ribbons in the pile.
Rapid as this process Of making
splints is, it has beendisplaced in
America by another method in which very
little hand-work is required. In this
case the raw material is received at the
factory In the shape Of two-inch white
pine plank. This is sawed into blocks
the length Of the match.
{ The blocks are then fastened, by means
OF clamps, to the bed Of machine. and
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

TT a vote were taken to decide who is
the prettiest girl on the English
stage. Peggy Kurtoa, they say, would
De victorious. Raymond lltchcock's
hancee in MIR. Manhattan the musical
comedy success at the Prince OF Walcs's
Theatre. London. she is the blueeyed,
fatr-haired favorite OF countless cavaliers.
most of whom in real life are eager to
win her hand. "Ah, but 10 succeed with
me you should be much ugler and more
fascinating" is what she tells them ALL
Just as Polaire created q vogue for the
ugly woman, SO Peggy Kur;on threatens
to create vogue for ugly men Here
she tells why.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01


ieit that l. was engaged to all
slx They were simply sweet
every one Of them. suppose
always have had a soft place in nv
heart for Americans. When I was q
little girl | wanted to marry n cowbov-.
in sheepskin trousers
developed this passion through ooi,r
TO inc cinema shows. There was some
lh'hs | couldn't resist in the 1.-the. hard
raced heroes who rode mustangs and
rescued pretty maidens. The shcepskin
trousers added the finishing touch 10
my feeling of admiration. Yes. was
mad about the cinema horsemon or ,ho
Far West. They left such n vivid i'm.
preston on my youthful Imagination that
| was keen on going to America because
was their country. When | actually
got there. found the six dear bows of
the saturday night supper parties Thov
proved an excellent substitute for nv
Buffalo Bills. Shcrrys was quite nice
too!
by the way, James Montgomery Fagg
came to the Shubert Theatre one dov
and said he wanted to sketch me. "Come {"
ne SAID. BE quick! We will go 10 the
Astor TO teal" But ! didn't realize that
he was famous artist and so re-
fused-ive been sorry ever since!
Another artist, Harrington Mann. did
lot of crayon sketches of me. believe
they are still in his studio. One after
noon he made sketch of me, before I
knew how clever he was and touched
1t up i'll places myself! When he saw
what had done. he was horrfied-and
so was when I learned that he was so
very well-known! Ahem. | shall never
marry an artist!
think it is absurd for any fiancee to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

him = his tourtship
began and ended with
the offer!
When I was in New
York I knew six Of
the dearest boys i'm
aginable. We used to
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

allow her fancc to be tickle. One thing
can say No fiance Of mine could ever
be tickle ii he were, you see. he would
cease TO be my fiance!
There is not a scrap OF use falling on
n mans neck and saying you love him
madly. 1t serves the purpose Of the
novelist and the dramatist, but it is no
good to an actress-off the stage. An
actress has heart just like anybody
else; still, she must have a head, too.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

trust and admire him in preference to
the man who is simply goodlooking. The
ugly man is far more likely to be on.
ao"ed with that almost indehnable quail.
NY we call fascination than the mascu.
line biped who is only male beauty.
Doesn't pretty woman have enoueh
OF prettiness in her own attractions with.
out wishing to confront it in a mans face
across the breakfast table? Surely fem.
permanent, cleverness and force of will ara
'hhniteiy more suited to man who is
really man thu fnatnraa
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

To win n declaration pour
lie bon motif, you have to give
the man aS much tackle as a
iifty-pound salmon! Let
him take the bait in his
mouth and dive into the
depths, up and down stream,
o,,l ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

me after breakfast! He gave me direc-
lions in his note to look for him in n
certain box at the theatre. I did Alas.
he was very handsome! So didn't like
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

IIIuII t!!u-I It'd Iu!HH
OF classic mold. don't
think any pretty woman
In her heart wants a pretty
man. a thousand times,
no!
While an ugly man may
have a fascinating person
atty, his ugliness may be
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

a fascination in itself. OF course, there
are degrees Of ugliness. The kind which
suggests determination or brain power.
coupled with sex, is irresistible, and would
defeat rival. where ! am concerned, with
the beauty of an Adonis. My ideal ugly
man must be charming, though. and
rather amusing. Part Of his fascination
would certainly \lie in his genuine at.
tachment to the things to which l am
attached
For example. l like horses, dogs and
flowers. | adore sailing. Could he very
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-01

meet every Saturday night at
Sherry's and have supper. I
ielt that I, was engaged TO all
SIX. They were simply sweet
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-02-10
UNDERWEAR REDUCTIONS,

Boys Heavy Fleeced Underwear, Separate
Garmtnes, regular prices Is and 35c gar
ment, Sale Price zoe ca.
All Mems, Ladies' and Misses regular 50 and
60c Underwear, Clearing Sale Price Axe.
All Mems and Ladies' regular $1.00 grade
Underwear, Sale Price SEC:
All regular $1.50 Underwear, Sale Price I.25
One Lot Broken Sizes in Mems Wooden
Underwear 81 grade, Sale Price 65c each.
TEN PR CENT DISCOUNT on all FIJRRESj.
TURE OF EVERY KIND during Clearing Sale.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-02-10
BUY YOUR CLOTHING NOW
AT THESE GREAT REDUCTIONS

Large Lot Coats and Vests (many of them
all wooD sizes 80 to IS, Sale Price 81.
6 doz Mems Vests assorted colors and sizes,
special Clearing Sale Price 25c.
Large number Of Coats and Vests, sizes s. to
40, out Of suits that sold for $40 and $12,
Sale Price, Coat and Vest, $500.
In addition to above, we offer our entire
stock of Mems and Boys Suits, Trousers
and Overcoats at the following Special
Sale Prices.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-02-10
BARGAINS IN DRESS GOODS,
SILKS AND

AL w " GULL D1SoS OOUuS, ~ Ill. Wlu0,
in four Staple Shades, regular price $1.5o e:
Sale Price csc.
Several pieces 36-in. Wool Dress Goods in Brown
and Green Mixture, regular price soc; Sale
Price 35c.
Regular SOC Flannel Dress Goods, " in. wide, Sale
Price, zoe.
Several pieces Foulards and Fancy Silks
regular price, 500 yd.; Sale Price, 6oc.
5 pieces Fancy Silks, AZ in. wide, regular
price $3.50 a I'd; Clearing Sale Price, SOC.
Many dozens of Remnants in Silks, Velvets
and Wooden Goods, marked by the piece,
at Much Less than the Original Cost.
All the Regular Dress Goods and Silks 60 in
this Sale at 10 Per Cent Discount.
All White Goods, Ginghams, Percales, Gal
iteas, Madras and Satines at 10 Per Cent
Discount from regular prices.
20 pieces of Excellent Quality Fast Color
Prints Qight and Dark Patterns), SC yd.
(When these are gonewe cannot duplicate
at the price.
All Sheetings, Domestics, Pillow Tabings,
Ready-Made Sheets and Pillow-Cases, 60
at 10 Per CT. Discount during this Sale.