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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
SUMMER PHILOSOPHY.

Chicago Evening Post: The Sum
mer School of Philosophy did not
teach philosophy of summer. 1t simply
met in summer, and while most of the
PHILOSOPHERS had their lecture-room
hours. we doubt if the savants as
sembled gave much heed to the kind Of
stole philosophy which is supposed TO
help humans stand hot weather.
Yes, philosophy is supposed to help
us stand hot weather, but in most
il doesn't It is easier to be a follow
er of Zeno at zero than at 80 in the
shade We are told not to worry when
every devil of a degree of all the 80 de-
grees is prodding US into worrying.
We are told to leave iced drinks alone
when every instinct of nature is urg-
ing US TO indulge in a freezing deluge.
We are told not to get overheated,
when nothing but Incarceration in a
refrigerator Gan keep us from getting
overheated. Keep all the rules which
are laid down and on top of them be d
philosopher.
Some doctors say that we ought to
let nature alone. Then why in the
name of Aesculapius shouldn't We
drink cold things when nature tells us
to? Also why should we not do a half
dozen other things that the desire for
comfort urges Nowadays the doctors
reverse the old practice and give fever
patients all the cold water they can
drink In such weather as yesterday
are we not all fever patients?
Mayhap the doctors have the right
of il, and perhaps they who urge
calm, hot weather philosophy have the
right of it, but we hold it truth that
the man who at 80 in the shade can
deny himself a drink and can philoso-
phize himself into comfort belongs NOT
on this earth but in those green fields
beyond the swelling flood" reserved
for Tfen made perfect
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Patterson was going home one night
from his club. On passing a house
standing alone and well back from the
street he saw the fash OF a dark
lantern In the back yard. II was in
Simultaneous, but 1t was enough to sug-
job of housebreaking. He ensconced
himself behind a tree box and watch
ed. The fash was repeated, and this
time he saw by it a man opening a
window with a Jimmy. The man hold
ing the lantern was in darkness. The
man with the jimmy, having made an
opening for himself, clambered in, and
all was dark again.
At that moment n policeman entered
the grounds where the robbery was be-
ing committed. He made no sound in
his rubber boots, which added TO the
midnight uncanny flavor of the pro-
ceeding. The cop disappeared toward
the rear. Patterson's curiosity was
aroused. He wanted TO see the result.
Following the policeman, he entered
the yard and concealed himself behind
a bush. Occasionally there were flash
es Of light. some of them very brilliant,
which indicated that there were a
number of burglars or policemen, prob
ably the latter Patterson concluded
that the cops were surrounding the
house. He surmised that he would be
one of the Gordon and would be in at
the capture What puzzled him were
the occasional flashes of brilliant light
Surely the cops would not have used
such illumination unless they had their
prey secure.
Patterson advanced toward the house
and at one of the bright flashes saw
that he was one of the ring of police
men that was surrounding the house
But the fash was so brief that he
had not time to notice how the citys
guardians looked upon civilian join
ing in with them in a duty. Suddenly
the house was illuminated. Evidently
the police had cornered the burglars,
and there was no further occasion to
work in the dark. Patterson was
standing near a door opening on to
side porch. A girl in night clothes
stood in the hall, looking very much
frightened and apparently not know
ing which way to turn. Then seeing
Patterson she ran to him and threw
herself into his arms.
Patterson stood dumfounded for
moment; then surmisfng that there
was a fight in the house between the
police and the burglars, and If so 1t
was no place for woman in night
clothes, picked up the girl and started
for the street. He had no difficulty in
finding his way, for he was moving in
an intense light.
put me down." said the girl sharp
Iy when they reached the sidewalk.
Patterson obeyed. The girl opened the
gate and ran like a deer back to the
house. He could not see what she did
when she reached it, for the bright
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

from the source. has greater merit
than all the connections that science or
commerce have contrived
There is Just one place where water
is still holding its own as a desirable
substance in its crude and unchanged
condition, and that is the bathtub. AS
soon as this is realized il Will be
beaten from this last stand and we
shall lave ourselves in strangely
tinted and highly perfumed sub
stances, consisting Of IS per cent wa
ter and the rest Of various things
guaranteed under the pure food and
drugs act of June 80, 1927. serial
number 41144, see that the seal is not
broken.
Great is water. Use lots of If now
adays 1t is good internally or ex-
ternally, frequently or more frequent
ly. modified or plain. dressed up or
au natural-it is always GOOD. Use
lots of water and be happy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
PREPARING FOR PEACE.

There are multiplying signs that
the industrial world is beginning to
believe in the coming of peace. These
signs are analysed in the current is
sue of the Nation. From all over the
globe our steel trade is receiving or
ders for ship plates for merchant yes
sells while ii is widely reported that no
orders for war material are being Civ
en- to run after Jan. l, next. This may
be in part owing to the increased pro-
duCtion of British and Russian factor
les; none the less. it is possible to de-
duce some belief in a tightening OF
Europe's horizon. So far as our own
war-order companies are concerned,
it was announced last week that the
Du Point powder mills had cut off one
shift of men, and the Westinghouse
Airbrake company is dismantling some
Of the buildings it used for the max
ing of munitions. In addition, there
are known to be numerous cases
where plans are already under way to
convert mushroom war order plants
into factories for the production of tin
plate, dyestuffs and other material
needed in the peaceful arts. All of
this, be it noted, has disturbed Wall
street not at all, so that those prOph-
cts who have looked for a violent con-
vuIsion at the close of the war may
well take courage. Indeed, the peace
full character of the orders now pour
ing into the steel trade gives every
ground for the belief that the United
States will be called upon to furnish
a very large share of the material
needed for the reconstruction of Eu-
rope
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

votedly attached has never had in it's
leadership a higher aspiration than
the seltshneSs of one man?
The progressive party had its orr
gin in the jealousy and vindictiveness
OF Theodore Roosevelt, ably supported
by the wrath of great financial inter
ests which wanted to punish William
III. Taft and intimidate all his sue
ceSsorS. 1t is true that it set forth
many advanced ideas, some wise and
some unwise, but these were only
means to the same end If the party
under such leadership had gained
power ii would have abandoned it's
principles as incOntinently as the same
leadership has now betrayed into the
hands of the enemy principles and
followers alike
There is a lesson in all this which
should not be lost upon those inclined
to independence in politics. Some
thing more than a hero and a check
book is needed to govern the United
States. Heroes commonly reveal
themselves as ordinary human beings
and checkboOks are exhausted or clos
ed on short notice. The progressive
party has been fooled from the first,
In part by hero, in part by check
book
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
Selected by Tavenner

to Denver to consult with your asso-
ciates there. and after you had hired
w. l.. Mackenzie King to formulate
a plan that would pretend to protect
the rights of the men in your coal
camps, whose liberties at that very
moment were being ruthlessly de-
stroyed by your agents and accom-
pliceS.
The conduct of your servants is
finally stigmatized by the court as an
"inexcusable and corrupt violation OF
the natural and inaIienable rights OF
citizenship" and AN Infamous pros
titution of the ballot"
OF the plea that what your company
Sid in Colorado was on account of
industrial necessity" the court said:
1T is sufficient to cause every liberty
loving American citizen to shudder in
contemplation of the possibility that
the private industrial necessity of
some industrial company or corpora
ton, employing large numbers of men,
may thus determine the policies or
the fate of the republic"
The learned judges of the court
close their opinion with this ominpus
warning against submission TO your
methods:
The links in the chains of tyr
amy are usually forged singly and
silently, sometimes unconsciOusly, by
those who are destined to wear them"
The findings Of the court were based
upon the sworn testimony of the gen.
eral manager in charge of all the
Rockefeller mining properties in Col
orado, who still retain control, through
your authority, and thereby has au-
tocratic power over the lives of thous-
ands of your workers and their de-
pendentS.
Until the men and women of Colora-
do unite to destroy the absolute dom
ination which you and your company
exercise through control of the nat
ural resources of that state, your indi-
viduaI power and responsibility must
be recognized. Inasmuch as the court
has ousted from Office by this decision
all of the officials whom they could
reach by law. and in view of the fact
that these men were found to have
been mere tools and subordinates of
your company, we submit that the
plain duty now devolves upon you to
discharge Immediately those of your
agents and employees found in this de-
cision to have been guilty of these
crimes against free government, to
the end that the workers in the en-
ploy of your company may exercise
their sovereignty freely and take that
part in the election of judicial and
administrative officers which is guar
anteed to them by the constitutions of
Colorado and the United States.
Yours truly,
FRANK P. WALSH,
Chairman Committee on Industrial
Relations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
HERO AND CHECKBOOK

New York World: A few more
meetings such as that of the New York
state progressive committee, and the
clever gentlemen who thought they
had delivered the third party to Mr.
Hughes will themselves realize their
mistake. If the party in the common
wealth of which MIR. Hughes and Mr..
Roosevelt and even the redoubtable
Mr.. Perkins are citizens cannot be
herded into the standpat camp, what
hope can there be elsewhere?
The failure Of the old guard TO car
~ an endorsement of Mr.. Hughes at
Syracuse furnishes convincing evil
denCe that the national committee of
the progressive party, which under
took to accomplish that betrayal, is
wholly unrepresentative of the organ
ization. There can be no doubt, how
ever, that its majority faithfully re-
fleets the ambitions, grievances and
revenges of Mr.. Roosevelt and the
financial resources of Mr.. Perkins 1t
was these considerations which were
delivered 10 the regular republicans
at Chicago. and not the progressive
party itself.
During the week that the progress
sives were in national convention
there was not day that the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Hughes was not urged
upon and discussed by them They
knew what was in contemplation by
the republicans. but they took no in
terest in it. From the first to the last
session Of the progressives there never
was a minute when the nomination by
them of Mr.. Hughes was a possibility.
What could not be done openly was
afterward arranged in secret
OF this perfidy most progressives
are now aware, and that is one reason
why in their state and county confer
ences they exhibit SO much bitterness
and violence. Who can estimate their
state OF mind when they realize. as
most OF them must presently. that the
party TO (which they have been de-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
WATER

How precious a thing is water
AS the temperature rises higher and
higher we turn more frequently and
more enthusiastically to the greatest
mineral in the world, the most com
mon substance aside from dirt, the
most valuable gift TO all living beings
water.
The Lord made water of a certain
average degree of chemical compost
tion. Some of il has a little more of
some mineral and some a bit more of
another, but II. 2 o. pretty accurately
describes IT, We are fortunate that
at the present time several thousand
miles OF this substance separates US
from the region where they are set
Ting their troubles by a process of
wholesale elimination. We are more
fortunate in that near to US flows the
great Father Of Waters. and from its
neighborhood there may be drawn
ceHselessly a supply of wholesome
and refreshing water.
The corn that this fall will lift the
mortgage on the old homestead knows
that there is nothing like water. If
the sun doesn't shine it can get along
after a fashion, but If the rain dOesn't
fall IL can't get along at all. The
trees and the grass drink nightly of
the cleansing and refreshing dew and
give thanks. The leaping cascades
in the mountains delight the eye and
refresh the tired brains Of the trav-
eler, and the far-hung arms of the
rivers and lakes bear the commerce
OF a nation without being affected
or diminishing thereby.
And man. Well man never lets any
thing alone. Man is a great patron
Of water, but he dresses il up in
strange and mysterious ways Al
though there is nothing more beauti-
full than a clear glass OF diamond
bright water Just as the Almighty
sent it. man has other ideas.
He mixes il with chemicals, with
syrups, with frozen fats, with color
ing matters, with infusions. with dis
tifIattons, with solids and with other
liquids He heats il and he chills il, he
shakes ii and he decoTates IL, he serves
it in a thousand different ways, at
varying degrees OF expense, and under
many kinds of surroundings And it
cheerfuIly serves as the basis for all
his refresfment ideas, well knowing
that single portion Of itself, unailoy-
I'D .aRd<AREO0ched~ stIzst- aS tstBsdeEssed'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
TOO MUCH PAP AND NOT ENOUGH
PEP.

Diet as means of controlling or re-
lieving disease is today radically diff
ferent thing from the theoretical prac-
tice of 20 years ago. The diet lists of
our fathers are now a mere tumble of
nonsense. For instance, in determin-
ing a patients bill of fare it is now
adays of little moment what partic-
ular types OF food he eats, but it is of
the utmost Importance how much of
each of the food elements his menu
contains.
If there is one dietetiC fancy of the
past generation that is thoroughly de-
funct it is the idea of avoiding articles
of food that are supposed to be diff
cult to digest" and choosing only such
foods as are supposed to be easily
digested.' Indeed, nothing betrays a
doctors ignorance so egregiously as a
habit of ordering patients or nurses
to select only readily digested arti-
cles" or light diet" or the most nu-
tritiOus foOd"-beCause, as a matter of
physiological fact, there are no such
foods. The most competent dietician
in the world cannot say in advance
whether any particular article will be
easily digested. And no physician who
understands nutrition would admit that
an invalid can obtain more energy
from meat or meat juices, for example,
than from bread, vegetables, cereals
or other ordinary foods.
Away out in the tall timber and in
the heart of the city, some patients, it
is true, are still restricted to the theo-
retical and substantial diets laid down
by our benighted medical fathers, for
some of us doctors are going night
and day and therefore too busy to
keep informed about medical progress.
But for the most part the typhoid fever
victim today receives a liberal diet,
bread, butter. steak and other sensible
foods. and makes a quicker recovery.
The delusions of the 10Th century
physician are the beliefs of the 10th
century layman. Hence we have the
market flooded with all sorts of pre-
digested,' easily digestible" and
"nourishing" food products-all of
them superfiuous in the sickroom or
in the kitchen, but popular, ueverthe-
less, because they save the inferior
housewife work, and some housewives
would sell their souls to escape kitch-
en- work
In the feeding of babies. particularly,
pap is popular. Somehow a regret
tably large percentage of the public
has become convinced that "corrugat-
ed barley" or "Dr. Somebody's Atten-
uated Milk Powder" or some such
stuff is more or less essential in feed
ing a baby, with the inevitable result
that the babies and children never
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
FirefIies Offered in saIutation.

Tokio.-Foreigners witnessed an I'M
usual and beautiful scene this month
when 10000 fire-fies were released at
night by school children before the
imperial palace in salutation OF the
emperor. The children gathered the
insects in one of the suburbs, enclos-
ed them in tiny wooden cages and
marched TO the palace At signal
the luminous insects were set free.
nying over the palace cloud of
scintillating spots of fire. From the
ancient palace rampant court official
acknowledged the tribute by waving
paper lantern bearing the imperial
crest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
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learn to masticate their own food, and
dental carries, decayed teeth, therefore
constitute the most common human all
ment.
Less pap and more pep is sorely
needed by the people. The lesson We
have yet to learn is that health and
nature cannot be divorced, no matter
what the manufacturer or the over
worked doctor says. We often observe
that it is a misfortune that so many
cheat-food products do agree" with
the baby.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

The St Louis Globe-Democrat an
nounces an increase in the price Of it's
daily home edition from l TO . cents
a copy Penny dailies in other cities
will have to follow suit, or stand heavy
losses. due to the growing cost of print
paper The New York World has
abandoned its noon sporting edition
because Of the increased expense. The
paper with the large circulation is the
one that is hit. Whether the cost Of
paper rises or falls makes little differ
ence 10 the publication of limited
circulation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
Daily History CIass-JuIY IS.

I739-George Clinton. "signer," COVER
nor OF New York and vice presl-
dent, -: died 1912.
Is6S-John Jordan Crittenden. Ken
lucky statesman and ardent sup
porter OF Iincoln's administration.
died: born 1877.
1914-Hostillties between Austria anu
Servia opened near Belgrade.
1915 - Great Britain explained hcr
methods Of blockade against Ger
many.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Mineral OIL Versus Castor OF.

Question-You do not advocate cas-
tor oil, so | would appreciate your
opinion of mineral or Russian oil
sometimes called liquid petroleum.
and paraffin oil, | think.
Answer-It is a lubricant, and mild
ly laxative. 1t has no other effect. II
is tasteless, odorless, colorless. As
easy TO take as water Must be taken
about three times a day, an hour after
meals preferably, in doses Of one tea
spoonful TO two tablespoonfuls. We
prefer it to any laxative.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
LOndon's Population to Increase.

London-In 1915 London's popula-
ton will have increased 10 20,000,000,
Arthur Grow. leading architect told
the Royal Society of Arts, while out
lining plans for housing of so many
people. To provide comfortable quar-
ters for such a population would re-
quire l.040 square miles, allowing 30
persons TO the acre for the whole
area. This would mean, Mr., Crow
added, a city with "A radius from its
center of is miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Chicago Judge who has fined hum
dreds of speeders was arrested for
violating the laws OF the road while
driving his auto from the Hawthorne
race track yesterday. The policeman
did not recognize the Judge and frankly
informed him he didn't care who he
was when the court demonstrated. The
judge tore up the summons and drove
on. It's a poor doctor that balks at a
dose Of his own medicine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Mrs. Pankhurst departed for Liver
pool Saturday too tired to say word"
TO the reporters. and so quietly that
few people knew of it. The immigra-
ton authorities who viewed her com
ing with such concern may now relax
their fears
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Paris-The distribution of prizes to
school children. an old established
institution in France. has been con
tinued during the war and will. this
year, be extended TO the Alsacian
schools Of the reconquered regions Of
Thanh and Bannemarie. The prizes fo-
the AIsacian children will be provided
-by -the-city OF Razia-z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Our idea OF a true disciple Of pre-
paredness is the man who spends his
summer vacation in cleaning out the
furnace, seeing that the winters supply
Of coal is put in the right place, and
splitting kindling and piling it in the
CELLAR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Congress has authorized an SILL
O00 600 government armOr plate fac
tory, and private manufacturers Of
armor plate have submitted a price
that is $50 a ton lower than ever be-
fore. Yet there are people who pre-
tend TO believe that private inter
ests never, never. never try to bleed
Uncle Sam.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

country. This prohibition agitation is
affecting weather conditions" he said
The earth in many places has be
come so parched that IL is gasping for
refreshment. 1t Is already half
cracked. like the followers of Hobson.
1t is evident that YOU are not in
favor OF putting down the liquor evil ?'
You do me a great wrong. brother.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

Italy under war conditions has man
aged to increase its wheat crop - per
cent, while in peaceful Spain the crop
falls Is 100000 quintaIs below the five
year average Nature is always the
great silent partner in the harvest, but
apparently the human factor can be
as efficient with an army at the front
as at home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

piece WOulu go.
But now she has decided that she
must not let these plans materialize.
And SO she has written John a letter,
breaking the engagement. 1t nearly
broke her heart TO do 1t, because
YOU see. she still loves John with all
the intensity OF which her fresh and
sweet young soul is capable.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

John Borden, the Chicago millionaire
sportsman, who has set out at the head
of an expedition TO search for the Stef-
ansson party in the arctic, may not
succeed in his mission. but he must
be given credit for adoption of a novel
method Of escaping the heat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
Big Sausage Factory Burns.

Copenhagen. to the
Keller Zeitung, Heine's sausage and
meat curing factory in Halberstadt
one of the largest concerns of the kind
in Germany. and recently engaged IN
carrying out army contracts, was
burned down late in June.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

The dispatches from Washington in
dictate that President Wilson has prac-
tically won his fight for adoption OF
child labor legislation at the present
session of congress. More watchful
waiting in behalf Of humanity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26

waited too long to begin taking the
cure"
But there are no sanatoria for
the Suberculous near Norma's
home and she can't afford to go to
a private institution in a distant
state. And that is why she has given
up her dreams of happiness and has
broken her engagement