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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19

ploding shells. After these helmets
had proven useful in France the oia
men IN england were still discussing
the adVisability of using them.
III women had been in charge OF
the supplying of their soldiers win
protecting helmets, do you suppose
they would have hesitated to manu-
facture them in "a hurry? Women are
too efficient for that. Besides their
very love would have urged them on.
Admires American Sturdiness.
Possibly the largest lesson for men
in this war. as regards us. is that wo-
men know how to do mans work, ami
often better than men themselves.
English women are driving motor
cars, are working in the factories on
the farms, everywhere. In England
We have once more learned the lesson
of the dignity of labor with the hands,
and with Women'S hands at that, 10
day no woman in England, no matter
what her rank, is afraid to work, ana
this is lesson we in England Will
not forget after the war That's one
reason why | have always admired
the people in the United States-they
appreciate the honor of labor, OF hard
work, and are not ashamed OF it. God
pity them If their wealth makes them
ever forget this truth.
This dignity of labor, Of woman's
labor, is going to have large lnf1u-
ence on the marriage question, on the
question of population. 1t has been
asked: What will become Of the
young men of Europe of marriageable
age after the war is over, when there
are not enough husbands to go around
or when the men feel themselves toe
poor to get married and assume the
responsibilities of family life.
The Equal Home
We'll, the women who must go un
| married will bear their hard lot a.
they have always borne it; they viii
work and keep on contributing theil
services to the nation, in greater de
gree than in the past But we mus
admit that happy marriage is tn
only sensible thing for any woman
and l think that the marrying man
| fear of poverty will be gotten arOunt
in this way: Women are ready to worl
now outside of their homes, there /
no longer any stigma attached to il
and they will keep on doing so, join
ing their wages with that of their hus
bands to maintain the home"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19
MISS PANKHORST
VISITING IN ITALY
Noted Suffrage Worker Uniting Italian
Women With Those Of France
and England.
ASSERTS WAR is AIDING CAUSE
She Declares Great Conflict is Work
ing Wonders for the Movement
in European Countries.

Rome. Correspondence OF
The Associated Press. 1T won't be
necessary for women to smash win
dows and 90 to Jail to get their rights
when this war is over" said Miss
Cristobel Pankhurst to correspond
ent of The Associated Press during
her visit here for the purpose OF form-
ing a closer organization OF the Wo-
men of Italy with those Of France and
England.
This war is helping the cause OF
women wonderfully" she continued.
Eve are helping the men with all our
might. with all our strength, and | am
sure they will appreciate this fact
when the war is over Besides, Eur
ope then will be mentally and spirit
ually 800 YEAR, ahead of where it was
before the war started. There has
been an exaggeration, for instance, of
the amount of physical destruction
caused by it, but one cannot eXag-
gerate the mental awakening it has
brought, and this means a broader
outlook on the position of women.
This mental male revolution was
sorely needed both in England and in
Germany. l feel that in helping to
down Germany, as the women OF Eng
| land. France, Italy and Russia are
doing. by their physical work, we are
putting down the great enemy OF Wo-
mankind. The kaiser, you know, has
always frustrated the efforts of Ger
man women to rise from their subordl-
nate position, and he typities the at
| titude of the German men. At that
| however, the German women will have
to fight out their own salvation after
The war. along with the men. They
won't get any help from us. Their
has been too much internationalisn
heretofore. Now, it will be a matter
for each nation 10 solve many of it.
problems and in particular the Ger
man nation.
England has been driven out o
conservatism, at last. We womel
have shown English men that we ar
worth something, that we are not in
ferior creatures. am sure that if wo
men had had a say in the conduct o
the war England would have bee
ready quicker. One of our misfor
tunes has been that the young mer
the open minded men, have gone t
fight leaving the old. slow minded mer
in charge. Take the case of the effor
to get steel helmets for the men S
that they might be protected fror
bullets and especially from bits OF eH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-19
Stockholders Notice.

A special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the American Bankers ard
Merchants company will be held at
2291a Eighteenth street, Rock Island,
ILL.,, on the 10Th day of May, 1916, at
the hour of 5 o'clock p. m, for the
purpose Of considering and voting
upon the proposition to dissolve said
corporation, and for the transaction
of such other business as may come
before such meeting.
n. S. JOHNSON.
A. j. LINDSTROM,
CHARLES DUNCAN,
A Majority of the Directors of Ameri-
can Bankers and Merchants Com
pany
April 10, 1916.
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HOUSEWIVES DAILY
ECONOMY CALENDAR
Take Care of the Sewing Machine.
By FRANCES MARSHALL.

The sewing machine is q most CRATE
full sort OF POSSESSION. For II ever
anything inanimate shows gratitude,
that something is the sewing machine.
II you neglect sewing machine. IL
won't give you good service II you
care for It, it Will sew for you year
after year without objection.
One woman, who has always done
miles of machine sewing each year. has
had one sewing machine for thirty
years. OF course, 1t must be a dis
sewing machines to have one wear SO
well, for the woman in question, and
doubtless many others, has never
bought but the one machine in al
her life.
A sewing machine does not demand
care that is difficult to give.
To begin with, never let II stand
uncovered. Dust and dampness harm
IL. II you have no other cover. q
purpose of excluding dampness and
dust. t--'
In the next place give It oil. I,
needs oil only occasionally. but when
1t is at all difficult to work, a few
drops of oil should be applied in the
proper places-which differ with vari-
Gus machines. The wheels should be
given a drop or two each. and other
places will show themselves in need
of lubricating.
Never give the machine more than
a couple of drops of oil at a time. And
be sure TO rub all parts of the ma.
chine which come in contact with the
sewing.
II you are. one of those persons
who uses the same machine for years
have II overhauled by a professional
once in a while. And occasionally buy
some, new part, to give the machine
new strength.
Be. up-to-date, too, in the small ap.
pliances and eQuipments-tuckers
heHmers, gatherers and the rest
These can be bought to At the Older
models, usually, and they add much
to the usefulness of any machine.
'..s tCopyright Isls)
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the saucepan over a slow fire, season
highly with salt and pepper and add a
little grated cheese to it. Take out and
shape into long croquettes. roll them first
In bread crumhs-not cracker dust-then
IN the beaten yolk of an egg. then in the
bread crumbs once more. Let them dry
for few moments, and fry in deep fat.
Serve on a platter with drawn butter.
and sprinkle powdered cheese over It.
Parmesan cheese Is best, but English
cheese will answer the purpose.
Beef stew: Put a small piece of beef
suet into a skillet and extract the fat.
Add pound and quarter OF beef from
the round cut into small pieces, two ia
olespoonfuls of chopped onion and a
tablespoonful of carrot, chopped fine. Scar
the meat and brown the vegetables and
turn into a casserole. Add to the fat in
the skillet three tablespoonful of -four
and brown IL. and then add three cup
fguls of hot water. Stir until smooth
season with salt and pepper and add to
the meat. Cover and cook slowly fol
two hours in the oven.
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My sympathy has always gone out
in full measure to the overgrown
child. The child. OF Ave or six who is
as large as he should be at eight or
nine years OF age is at odds with the
world; he is expected to behave like
eight or nine when he has only the
mind of q FIVE or six year old. I
feel the more deeply on this subject
because had the misfortune to be an
Iovergrown child myself. At ten years
of age. / might have been a girl OF
fourteen, and when I was fourteen
years old I was fully grown. as tan
as I, ever grew to be, and 1 am not =
short woman. But so much of child
was / that at sixteen I still played
with my paper dolls-secretly. it is
true!
The consequence was that during
all the years of my adolescence I was
neither fish, flesh nor good red her
ring" as the old saying has 1t. Lit
tie girls of my own age would have
none of me because they felt con-
strained in the presence of one whose
physical proportions put her out of
their class. At the same time, older
girls, the girls whose thoughts had
begun to be concerned with boys and
parties and fiirtations, also declined
my pcCduset d6 scc
now. I was mentally so far behind
them. that, quite unintentionally and
unconsciously. on my part, I acted as
critic upon their conduct / made
them self-conscious.
A child like that, whether boy or
girl, is in a class apart. 1t requires
special consideration, special cultiva-
tion, by its parents to overcome the
handicap set upon 1t by its size. I
was carried back to my childish suf-
ferings-for did suffer. and keenly,
toby a letter from one of our moth
ers who wrote to tell me of her strug-
gle with her boy. little fellow Of
six. who has the misfortune to be
large, for his age" ,>,.s
Dear Aunt chattyUYou have so
many good words f6f other puzzled
mothers, please advice me. My lit
tie boy IL just six and a naff years
old. but he is as large as most boys
of nine or ten. In buying his last
blouses for him@I was obliged to get
the ten-year size In order to get any
to At him.
Nov, think he ought to be out
playing with the other obys. All the
boys in the neighborhood are full of
baseball and football, and rush out to
| the common to play as soon as they
come home from schoor, but Winslow
won't go with them. He says he
desn't like to play with boys. In
stead he hangs around with his little
sister of three and her nurse and goes
to, walk with them. or plays girls
games in the house. I don't want him
to grow up to be sissy boy and i
| am always urging him to go with the
boys. He is unhappy about it and SO
am I. What am to do about It?
Make him go until he likes it?"
wish when Nature makes mothers
she would equip them with all the
mental furniture that mothers need.
But she doesn't. and we are all so
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Answers to Correspondents.

Mrs. B. v. C..writes: please tell me
what asthmatic eyes are. had to
get glasses for my little girl in school
and the doctor said that was the mat
ter with her eyes"
The doctor probably said she had
astigmatic eyes. In eyes like that
the rays of light do not focus to a
point, and so the person does not see
clearly. Asthmatic means having
trouble with the bronchial organs and
difficulty in breathing.
Mrs. G. W. II. asks: Us there any
way to decide what business or pro-
fession you ought to train your boy
for? Our boy is fifteen and he does
not yet know what he wants to be-"
Every boy does not show a decided
aptitude for calling as young as If
teen, and I would not hurry mine II
were you unless 1t is absolutely
necessary for him to go to work to
help support the family. Study him,
In the meantime, as he shows himself
at school and in his play and see IL
you can discover some talent that you
may suggest to him to cultivate for
his life work.
Copyright. 1851
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1915 F Street Through to 12l4-16-1S G St.
HISTORY BUILDERS.
Returning Good for Evil.
By DR.. Z. j. EDWARDS.

In the last months Of the adminiStra-
ton of President Hayes and the first
OF the administration of President Gar
held, the seat in the senate which
William Sharon, senator from Nevada,
was entitled to take was vacant No
excitement or urgency Of the senate
brought the Nevada senator from his
vocation in the far West He was
spoken of as a conspicuous example
Of the absentee legislator and there
was no senator so long absent from
his seat, unless on account OF illness,
as was the case with Senator Sharon.
When he did appear upon rare occa-
sions in the senate chamber, he hustled
into the hail, took his seat as though
he had quilted It only the day before
and began busily to occupy himself
with affairs. Some Of his colleagues
in the senate were little shy Of SEN
ator Sharon because they had learned
or heard that he could not always con-
troll his temper. Nevertheless. I heard
OF an incident which shows that Sen
ator Sharon. even IL hot tempered, re-
sembled other men of similar make
up in speedily forgetting that he lost
control OF himself and also in possess
ing very generous impulses.
The incident was associated with
John W. Mackay. It was at a time
when he and Senator Sharon were in
antagonism because each wanted to
control a certain mine. The two men
met in a branch OF the Nevada bank
in San Francisco and in a few minutes
each revealed his possession of hot
temper. In fact, Sharon, who was a
little man. threatened Mackay. a man
OF good size, with expulsion from vir-
ginia City. They separated. each OF
them angry. Several months passed,
when one day Mr.. Mackay told a
friend that he was in desperate straits,
for he must have not less than seven
ty-hve thousand dollars in cash that
day or he would lose the ownership Of
stocks which within a few weeks he
could sell for a million and a half.
The friend invited Mr.. Mackay to
go with him to his office, and after a
| little conversation told the anxious
man that he thought he might be able
| to secure the amount, and with no
other security than Mr.. Mackay's note.
| He urged him TO wait in his office
for an hour. At the end Of that time,
the friend returned and showed Mr..
| Mackay a note and e check. The
amount named in the note, which Mr.
Mackay was to sign. was the same as
that named in the check-something
like seventy-fve thousand dollars. The
friend asked Mr.. Mackay to sign the
note. which was done.
AS Mr.. Mackay looked at the check
he saw that IL was signed by William
Sharon, and he said quickly with much
| feeling: rs IL true that Sharon has
sent me his check? He and I will
never quarrel again. But so far as ]
| am concerned / shall be his true
friend. The time may come when car
show this friendship"
That time did come. a year or two
later. And when Mr.. Mackay learned
that Sharon was IN serious trouble, n.
| redeemed his promise and was able
to extricate the senator from his diff
| fculties.
| Copyright 1915. By Z J. Edwsrds An Hight 70
sTved)
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floor committee, Mr.. W. Everett Brock
man; young mems committee, Mr.. Nah
Ion Janney; press, Mrs. Taylor o. Tim
berlake
Fortune telling will be another delight
full feature Of this novel entertainment.
which is attracting the attention OF
Washington society.
Mrs. Urquart and her sister, Miss
Walker, of Hamilton, Canada, who are
guests of Dr. and Mrs. P. w. Murton,
have been visiting st. Augustine, Fla.
Miss Urquart is a cousin of Dr. Martin,
and her brother, Sir Edward Walker, Is
manager Of the Canadian Bank of Com
merce, Of Toronto. =
, Mr.. and Mrs. Grenville D. MONTGOMERY,
OF Philadelphia, are spending few days
in Washington, and are stopping at the
Shoreham.
Raleigh April Is, by the Robert E. Lee
Chapter, L. D. c., for the benefit OF
Confederate Memorial Home is expected
to exceed in importance any previous
function yet given by the Daughters. II
will be attended by some of the most
prominent matrons and, debutantes of the
city.
MISS Edythe oracle mas been chosen as
chairman Of the young ladies' COMMITTEES
with Miss Dorothy bennett as vice
chairman.
The floor committee is under the chair
manship of w. Everett Brakeman, COM
mandant of Camp 3o5, s. c. ", with DR.
| W. B. Hicks as vice chairman. DR.. c.
! ]. Owens and Capt. John NJ. Hickey will
Introduce the guests.
Mrs. George Covington, chairman Of
entertainment, is in charge Of committee
Of arrangements and is assisted by Mrs
| Bates Warren as vice chairman.
! The lists of the various committees are
nearing completion and will be an
nounced at an early date.
Recent arrivals at the Shoreham are
Mr. Willis F. McCook, of Pittsburgh
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Wilson and Miss
Wilson, Of Toledo. and Mr. R. L. Walton
and Mr.. H. L. Walton, of New York.
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afraid to talk about or prepare our
selves for this wonderful experience of
motherhood that we make not the
slightest EFFORT beforehand to under
stand these precious child minds that
some day may be ours to guide and
direct. Please tell me, mother dear,
II your little Winslow were as small
as, or smaller than the usual boy Of
six. would you tear him away from
his pleasant play with his sister and
the nurse and send him out for big
boy games with boys who do not want
him any more than he wants to play
with them? He is a very small boy
In spite OF his size and he is no more
ready for baseball and football than
/ was at fourteen for the sweethearts
that engrossed the attention Of the
seventeen and eighteen year old girls
in my neighborhood.
Winslow has not reached the age
yet when you may expect social de-
Yelopment to begin. All young chill
dren are intensely individualistic:
they do not become gregarious, or per-
hsps I should say social, until after
they are six or seven. sometimes later.
The development Of the different in
sttncts varies greatly in individuals.
and you must make careful study of
each separate child. dear mothers, in
order to adapt yourselves to them. AS
you value their happiness and their
later efficiency. do not force them,
!ignorantly. to be other than they are!
The desire to play boyish games will
appear in Winslow in good time, never
fear, and when it does come you will
not be able to get your little boy back
at home again just as he was before
Your baby will be gone forever. NV
| advice to you is to appreciate him
while you have him, for in the years
to come you will perhaps look back
upon these years when you have him
at your side as the very hsppiest OF
your whole life.
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WANT DANCING HUSBANDS.
These Men May Smoke and Play
Bridge, but Must Not Drink.


Minneapolis. April 9.-The student
newspaper Of the University of Mime
sofa, which has asked the women stu
dents of the institution the question:
How much salary must a man receive
before you would consent to marry?'
has received replies ranging from $500
to $4,000 a year. Most of the girls were
conservative in their demands, however.
and the general average, based on early
replies, Is about s., SO.
One girl wrote: What is money to
me? Give me a true, loving husband
and a cottage"
A large majority of the girls demand
ed that their future husbands be good
dancers, some said they must know the
--latest steps, and one went so far as to
say she would marry only a man who
was dreamy dancer"
Smoking would be permitted. even de-
manded, by a large number of the girls,
but drinking would be prohibited, and
those who advocated card playing say
bridge should be substituted for poker,
although one girl comedies her future
husband one night a week for the latter
game.
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Monday, April 10, 1915.
This Is an uncertain day. according TO
astrology. Early In the morning Jupiter
and Mercury, are adverse and later the
Sun and Saturn are in evil place. Venus
changes from good to bad influence.
1t Is a time OF great peril to the happi-
ness Of women. who may suffer much
from changeabieness in those they love
Romance Is not favorably directed. The
sighs are read as presasing a growth in
mercenary spirit and an inclination on
the part Of women to seek men.
This is not a fortunate day for specuia-
ton Of any sort Losses In some standar I'd
stock are prognosticated and bankers
may be exceedingly anxious
Again there is an Ill omen read as in
dicatinE an assassination. that will shock
the country.
Newspapers should not expect much
while this CONFORMATION prevails. It is
held that the stars may encourage severe
personal criticism OF candidates In the
national election. ....-
The aged should be exceedingly cautious
today. Falls and other accidents are
probable. . = =
Danger from an excavation of some sort
Is foreshadowed. Those who work In
mines should be cautious and all who dig
under ground are likely to encounter un-
usual difficulties
One of the seers prophesies change In
moral standards which may be both good
and the reverse. since II will 60 far
toward removing the ignominy of illegiti-
macy and establishing single standard
! of morals in the sense that women have
, the same license as men.
The publication OF an epock -making
book by an American Is predicted
Persons whose birthdate II Is have
lrot - 4.
months. They should watch financial AZ.
fairs and practice seh-denial.
Children born on this day may be in.
clined to be careless and inconstant They
should be trained to. be truthful, -
lCaSgxiShk nakl
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Aunt Chatty's Mothers Club
Conducted by Mrs. Charity Brush
THE OVERGROWN CHILD.

This real Mothers Club. for mother, everywhere
who are STRUGGLING with questions Of discipline training. eduea
clothing for the children. Write Chaty problems
which and she will advise and help solution Of
them Write to her, too of discoveries of methods have
found successful smoothing the rough paths of life for the tender
childish feet that through the Mothers Club your experience may be
benefit other mothers who still tangled tie web Of pepxy you
have so happily unraveled
Cooperation the of why
the business Of motherhood that and ho calling which always
has been and always viii be woman glory matter what
other of usefulness be opened he1 Address Mrs Charity
Brush of this paper.
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A steamship which recently made the
port of San Francisco reports having
sailed in a sea of pumice, near Sydney
New South Wales, about January 6
Apparently the material had been cast
up by a submarine volcanic outbreak
and chunks ranging in size from that OF
marble to a plug hat were thrown on
deck by the waves. The vessel was sew
eral hours in passing through the af-
fected region.
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Extinction of the Petrovitch dynasty
In Montenegro, no matter what the ulti-
mate fate Of that state may be, Is pre-
d1cted by political writers. who assert
the Montenegrins are indignant over the
surrender Of King Nicholas to Austria.
Annexation to Serbia, foreseen by many
IL the allies win. would be a reunion of
two peoples very closely related In race
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LAST RICHARDS LECTURE.

Current Events Review at Wood
ward & LOthrop's to Close Series.
Miss Janet Richards will give her last
lecture on Public Questions for the
present season this morning IN the Wood
ward and Lothrop auditorium. when she
will present a general review Of questions
of the hour. both home and foreign.
Special attention will be given to the
notable utterances of public men during
the past week. including the German
chancellor's Reichstag speech and the Won
Jagow interview, also the Oyster Bay In
terview. which has suddenly put Mr.
Roosevelt again in the front headlines as
4 Presidential candidate. The lecture
will begin at 1875 O'Clock.