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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
IF kidneys AND
BLADDER BOTHER
Take Salts to Flush Kidney,
and Neutralize Irritating
Acids.

Kidney and bladder weakness re,un
from uric acid. says noted authority
The kidneys filter this acid from thu
blood and pass it on to the bladder.
where it often remains to irritate and
infame, causing burning, scaleina
sensation, or setting up an irritation
at the neck of the bladder, obliging
you to seek relief two or three times
during the night. The sufferer is In
constant dread. the water passes
sometimes with scalding sensation
and is very profuse; again. there is
difficulty in avoiding 1t.
Bladder weakness, most folks call
1t. because they can't control urina.
ton. While 1t is extremely annoying
and sometimes very painful. this Ii
really one OF the most simple ailments
to overcome. Get about four ounces
of Jad Salts from your pharmacist and
take tablespoonful in glass Of wa
ter before breakfast, continue this for
two or three days. This will neutral
lie the acids in the urine SO it no long
er is a source of irritation to the
bladder and urinary organs which
then act normally again.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless
AMI is made from the acid OF grapes
and lemon Juice, combined with .lithh
and is used by thousands Of folks who
are subject to urinary disorders caut
ed by uric acid irritation. Jad Salt
is splendid for kidneys and causes n
bad effects whatever.
Here you have a pleasant, effervw
cent ithIa-water drink. which quickly
relieves bladder trouble.
Harper House pharmacy.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
AT THE ILLINOIS.

Probably the most thrilling scenes
in David w. Griffith's spectacular pa
geant 1.-The Birth of a Nation" are
those in which the ku klux Khan rid
ers go heroically to the rescue OF the
women and children during the days
Of carpetbaggery in the southern
states, when the political control OF
those states was In the hands of dis
reputable white men known as car
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
Fannie Ward in "FOr the Defense"

Giving another example of her vers-
ability, Fannie Ward, Lasky star, will
appear shortly in photoplay entitled
For the Defense" in which she plays
for the first time on the screen the
role Of a feminine detective.
She will be sen as Fidele, a young
French girl, who lands in New York
and NETS with strange adventures. She
is the witness Of murder of which
the one man who befriended her in the
hostile city is falsely accused.
Frightened, she runs away from the
scene, meets the accused later and re-
turns in time to appear for the de-
Tense" and by her testimony succeeds
in freeing him.
Jack Dean, Camille Astor, Horace B
Carpenter and large cast of princi-
pals appear in support of Miss Ward
in this production.
"The Quality of Faith" forthcom-
ing Gaumont picture, is the story OF
the evolution of a fashionable minis
ter from the snug security of wealthy
surroundings, through the throes of q
! big labor strike, the attraction of the
atheist creed, the lure of liquor to 6
! fatigued body and discouraged soul
the disappointment of misplaced affec.
/ ton and trust, to the final finding OF
Icontentment and love in the heart Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
E. Fl. Sothern in character OF Hamlet

E. H. Sothern, foremost Shakespear-
ian actor on the English-speaking
stage. will soon desert the footlights
for the movies. He will begin work
with the Vitagraph company about
May / and continue to work through
the summer until four features are
completed. Among the supporting
stars will be Anita Stewart, Edith
Storey and Lillian Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13

Lucie Cable Castleman to Ben T.
Cable, und. Il tract section S6-1S-2w,
$100
Annie Peterson ct al to James
1w, S3,250.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13

a woman who had been called unclean
by his erstwhile fiancee. The woman
who brings about the minister's re-
demption and her own rehabilitation
is played by Miss Gertrude Robinson.
This is the first time she has played
opposite Mr. Gaden since LAS Woman
Sows."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
TONIGHT IN THE MOVIES.

Spencer Square-Clara kimball
Young in "The Yellow Passport"
Majestic-Wilfred Lucas and Bes-
sic Love in Acquitted" and Keystone
comedy, HE Did and He Didn't"
Black Hawk-"The Prisoner at the
Bar" and by Might of His Right"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
Only One "BROMO OUININE,

10 get the genuine, call for full
name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
LOOK for signature OF L. W. GROVE
Cures Cold in One Day, 25c.-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
COLUMBIA,

Vaudeville Davenport. Two per-
formances daily. at 2;45 and SIS.
Three Saturday and Sunday, at 2:45,
7:30 and 8 o'clock,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
EMPIRE.

Waller Stock company in popular
plays. Performances daily at SIS
p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-13
Nephew Former President Dead

Kansas City. March Willard
Pierce, nephew of Franklin Pearce.
14th president of the United States,
died at his home here last night,
aged 80 years.
The sun., 1916-11-18

the world has not been a merely sen-
timental endeavor but m essential
step toward commercial world domin-
ion. A German commercial traveller
who speaks Chinese or Russian Is
sure to Outstrip In the Far East or
In Slav countries English or Ameri-
can drummers who are handicapped
by lack Of linguistic versatility. And
the spread of the German language
In the distant corners Of the world
adds to the advantage that the Teu-
tonic traders possess over their rivals.
During the past twenty-five years
Il American colleges and universities
have replaced the old aristocratic n
cultural ideals underlying the eO-cnlled
higher education by democratic I'M
unitarian Incentives. But they have
failed. Oh the whole. to give n prac-
teal impetus to the acquisition OF Il
speaking facility in modern languages
to their undergraduates that would
Add greatly to their unitarian e1ec-
tiveness. The average cultivated
American Is, as a general rule, unable
to fluently in any language
other than English. lie may possess
a reading knowledge Of various for
eign tongues, but he Is unable to com
pete with even Europeans OF the I'M
educated classes in the speaking OF
alien tongues. As Il nation we have
foOlishly refrained from forming en-
tangling alliances with the foreign
languages.
II the United States in the near
future is to retain and Increase It's
legitimate share of the worlds trade,
it Is incumbent upon our captains OF
industries and college and uni
versity authorities to combine In an
effort to overcome u national lin
guistic shortcomings to make the
utilitarianism that dominates Our edu-
catiOnal institutions worthy In Its
efficiency of our new status as a world
Power, Of a people seeking markets
In every corner Of the earth In compe-
tition with polylingual rivals.
1t is possible that a step forward In
the right direction might be taken II
it should he made obligatory upon a
| candidate for the degree Of bachelor
Of arts from an American college to
prove that he is In possession Of con-
versatiOnal command of at least one
modern language outside Of his ma
tive tongue.
The sun., 1916-11-18
DIR. EAToN'S SENTIMENTS.
A Brother Preacher Indorses His Ex.
p~resslOns on Our Attitude.

To THE I;piroR OF THE SuN-sir: I
do not know whether tho Rev. Dr.
Charles A. Eaton Of New York IL an
American citizen or not. but l an, and
no n can question my loyalty to the
United States. I am anxious to register
approval OF DR.. Eaton's sermon OF
last Sunday morning. especially that
part which had reference to the attitude
Of the present Administration at the
time Of the sinking Of the L%usitania.
] fail to see how any American
can question either the s%oundness OF his
conclusions or the propriety Of his ut
.terances. He only said what thousands
of clergymen-and I am a member Of
that profession-in this country are
thinking. but they lack either the cour-
age or the opportunity to express their
convictions from the pulpit.
say nothing about the domestic pol
Icy OF the present Administration. but
In my judgment the present generation
has not known an Administration whose
foreign policy is Of such a fiabby, weak
kneed, vacillating character.
s. Ross MAcCLEMENrs.
D~orLEsTowN, Pa. November II.
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Christlanlty's Task.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: II
his country of ours Of the present day
is TO stand by and hold up the tradi-
ions and heroic deeds Of those valiant
ones who " zone before us we must
have the ability to choose one from our
midst to continue the good work and to
raise The standard of the United States
still higher, II II Ii possible to do so.
In these critical times ] am convinced
that only through the one above Who
ruleth all things may a leader of the
nation be chosen.
In bringing the subject of the reelec-
ton OF Mr.. Wilson into the church. there
fore. DR.. Eaton has done hat which I
believe is most proper under the circum-
stances. We should trust and believe,
however. that God has given us the
right man. In a letter from your cor
respondent Mr.. HegeNan I notice he
contributes statements similar to that
OF Dr. Eaton's as a reason FOR the
church attendance falling OF. ] sin
cerely believe that 1t is the desire of tbs
people. Of this great city especially. to
hear ministers OF the Gospel speak their
own convictions on subjects Of such ma
tional Importance and where there il
church and the cause OF humanity.
L. $. BROOD.
BRooKLYS, November II.
The sun., 1916-11-18
Why

We are justified In assuming from
the order Of the War Department re-
turning TO their homes the National
Guardsmen who hive been In service
In Texas that the conditions which
led to the concentration Of troops on
the frontier no longer exist.
The crisis. whatever 1t was. must
he over, or the soldiers would not be
sent back to seek for employment,
rpestablish their homes and reinstate
themselves In civil life.
Under these gratifying clrcum.
stances 1t cannot I've impertlnent, i'm
pudent or disloyal to ask why the
National Guard was sent to the Mex.
can border. Since the first day of
mobilization, through the discomforts
and hardships Of their service, none
Of the men and none Of the depend
ents they left behind them has been
able to discover the reason for their
sudden summons to the cOlors, OF
for their continued retention In the
Federal establishment.
A suppression Of natural curiosity
sprlnging from exemplary patriotic
motives has accompanied this extrnor
binary military adventure. There has
been no desire to embarrass or to ham
per the authorities In their meas
urcs for the protection Of the nation
Now that the emergency Is past, and
| the need for silence Is admitted!
non-existent, the Administration may
expect to be asked why 1t called out
the troops: md It's answer will bt
awaited with grave interest.
The sun., 1916-11-18

II ever there was n land where 1t
did not seem necessary to import Il
pleasure or n vice, that place is the
Society Islands. 1t was said that
there nature laid everything in the
lap of man or, ut the very most, did
not compel him to 20 more than n
dozen feet for IT,. The islander could
rise penniless, naked. hungry and
thirsty and. by climbing II tree, I'LL
every want. Breadfruit for his hun
ger. the juice of the tree for his thirst
and stimulation. leaves for his gar
ment, all were provided without put
ting n hand to the plough. The curse
of ADAM skipped these brown people.
Their climate Is perfect. Pigs In the
hills. fowl in the woods. fish in the
lagoons and sugar In the brakes, all
waited for their master.
Yet the islander has had his PERM
ci0us pleasures like the strugglcrs of
less favored .regions. Cannibnlism
passed and t%attOoing did not fill the
void. Desperate, the native went to
the beach and traded pearls for trou-
sers and rum. Even these did not
overthrow his fine physique and char
meter, and when the French urged
him to go Systematically to work he
nobly refused. Why, indeed. should
he work when nature works for him
the year round? The Chinese, i'm
ported into the isles, would work.
| They, and perhaps the cOnvicts from
New Cnledonia, may have brought
the opium habit into the islands. Now
| opium Is going. Tho French Cover
nor has decreed that 1890 shall see
the end Of H.. Next year It will I've
SS3.T5 n pound. SiS,15 IN 1913 aux.
S52.5O unill the end Of the lmporta.
ton and sale Of the poppy juice.
After opium, what? The answer
comes In II report from our consul at
Tahiti, Mr.. LAYTON, and 1t Is beer.
A Frenchman, II Greek ana two Amer.
leans are building II brewery In Pn.
pccte, the capital OF Tahiti. A Yam
kee plant will brew fifteen barrels q
The sun., 1916-11-18
SAD. r DINERS.
They Mourn, Perhaps, for Days Of
Diet Less Ethereal.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: A
flavor of barbarous days hangs about
the letter OF 'One OF the People on our
magnificent restaurants; In fact. It
brings to mind lark pies. boars' heads.
heefsteaks with real red blood and wild
ducks that know no cOops
But my, how We have advanced since
the days when sam Weller planned BAN
dueE! To-day people are more delicate.
more spiritual and restaurants have had
to keep apace In culture and refinement
in order to please their guests, Now
people don't become heavy with eating.
but nlbblc ct dainty morscis Of preserved
food with delicious saucc". and at tire
same time improve their minds listening
to music and watching becoming and
graceful dances.
So II any one Is bored or sad In our
restaurants to-day II must he some old
fOgy with AN ungraceful waistband. and
who doesn't appreciate how beautiful
and ethereal our modern diet makes our
youths and maidens.
JAMES ID. DEwELL, Jr.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, November 10.
The sun., 1916-11-18

bonus system the Westinghouse COM
pany has for years applied In Its
shops, for 1t gives evidence that the
boOkkeeper as well as the machinist
may obtain recognition Mt the pay-
masters window.
Extra payments are to be made by
the company TO Office lei who are not
guilty Of hardness, absence without
excuse and similar i%nfractlOns Of the
rules governing their employment. The
prompt and dlligent clerk IL IN fact
to be put on economic equality with
the machlnist and have the same OPP
lWrtunities for f%utteniDg his SALARY
the man In the yard has had for add
ing to his wages. The effect Of tile
new regulation will he watched with
interest not only because Of It's Obvl-
u importance but because Mt this
time the men Of fixed incomes suffer
more from the high cost Of living than
any other members Of the army Of
ultimate consumers.
The sun., 1916-11-18
DR.. Depew's Oldest Friend.

Stenographers are from necessity
phonographlc, and so 1t came to ap-
pear in the reports Of DIR. DEPEw's
delightful speech to the New York
Academy Of Medicine that he had n
wonderful friend, n chemist named
CHEvRAI, who went to the opera when
he was II century old and was up
bright and early the next morning to
review troops.
DIR. DEpEw's old friend was. of
course, MICHEL ErGENE CHEvREuI.
born before the United States had n
President and seventy years before
young DEpEw went on the stump
for Fremont. When NAPOLEON was
marching to Russia CHEvREUL was Il
professor in the lycee Charlemagne.
Young chemists who believe that
nothing In their line has been discov-
cred until now should recall that this
Frenchmnn VAS responsible for the
adoption Of stnrine candles and Of
Oleic acid in the preparation of
woOllen cloth and 1t was he who first
saw the sanitary value Of chnrring
water casks. In 1856 he looked up
from his writings to bow when
France honorcd the centenary Of his
birth with acclaim and Harvard con-
ferred upon him the degree of Ill. u.
He died ut 100, and there are monu
mcnts to him in Paris and in Anglers.
where he was born.
In 1856. when Harvard should oh
serve the two hundredth anniversary
of this great man. II good live orator
ought to do justice tn CHEvREUL: and
for that day we nominate his Ameri-
can ectype in industry, cheerfulness
and longevity, his friend DEPEw.
The sun., 1916-11-18
MISS ADAMS;S START.
Another Story VI Her First Engage.
ment by Mr.. FrOhmau.

To II EDITOR Or THE SUN-Sir. In
the interesting article in THE Sun under
the title stars of a Quarter Century Ago
tank as Stars still 1t was said In respect
to Maude Adams hat she first attracted
the attention Of Charles Frohman over
twenty years ago. when she was appear
ing in Butterflies" and that following
her appearance In "Butterfies' she went
under Mr.. Frohman's management.
My memory differs somewhat from the
above statement. My recollection is that
some years prior to her engagement In
Butterflies Miss Adams was playing
the part of an Irish colleen In Duncan
H%arrison's play THE Paymaster' at the
Grand Opera House in Brooklyn. At
that time Colonel Sim and his son Wal
ter. h prominent Brooklyn managers.
were selecting with great care a COM
pany to support Cora Tanner In a COM
edy which they intended sending on the
road. and up to this time had been un-
able to secure the right person for the
ingenue role, q very important part.
Having read the comedy and being
familiar with the requirements. l at
tended the opening performance at the
Grand Opera House on Monday evening,
and was so much impressed with Miss
Adams's performance that without wait
ing for the end Of the play went to
the Park Theatre and informed Colo
mel Sim that Miss Adams was the
ingenue for whom the Sims had been
seeking and advised the Colonel to 60
down Immediately and witness the rest
OF the performance. This Colonel Sim
The sun., 1916-11-18

Colonel ROOSEVELT was ut his hap
piest on Thursday when he delivered
before the American Academy of Arts
and Letters nm address full Of good
sense about such divergent matters us
poetry and patriotism. architecture
md allegiance. The Colonel made 1t
clear that he does not are for the
new styles In patriotism. He spoke
Of them as cubist, but we take it he
included In his disnpproval the mag
list, vOrticist and pacifist types, for
though minor differences exist, do
they not all chant the same hymn?
MY country. not OF thee,
But. dear Humanity,
OF thee ! sing"
Only when n contemplates these
fervid beings Is 1t possible to compre-
bend the earnestness land perfect
sincerity Of the late WILLIAM
SCHwENK GHBERr's tribute:
For he might have been a Rooshan.
Or a French. or Turk or Prooshan 80
But in spite Of all temptations
To belong to other nations
He remains an Engllshman!
Nowadays the temptations are not
necessary. Here Is the world that
humanity has made. viii you take
full citizenship in IT." America Is
not big enough to belong to.
As for what the Colonel said about
JOEL BARLOW, he should have sketched
the picturesque life Of the author of
| the "~COlumbiad." BARLOW fought in
the Revolution, wrote poems and
hymns. and then produced n "Vision
Of Columbus" which made him con-
tempOraneOusly famous.
Such was the notOriety Of the poet
that n swindling land company sent
him to Paris as its agent. He broke
with them and turned GirOndist. From
revolutionary plots he swung back
to poetry, made n fortune in two
speculations, eXhOrted Americans by
mail and then came home to do the
"C~Olumbind." While he vas delving
into material for n history of the
United States, MADISON made him
Minister to France. NAPOLEON sent
for BARLOW to meet him at wilma, but
on his way thither the American died
In n cottage In Poland. On his death
bed he dictated II poem expressing his
resentment against NAPOLEON for dis
appointing republican hopes. There
was as little cubism In BARLOw's pa,
triOtism as In his poetry.
The sun., 1916-11-18
Our Linguistic Handicap.

There In food for thought offered
both TO American business men and
college trustees in M episode that o.
Cured last Tuesday nj the Jefferson
Market Police Court in this city. One
CIirSa CnI FANG, II Chinamnn, plain
tia In n cas- before that tribunal,
spoke no English AMI failed to re-
sIond Ia the court interpreters quer.
les put to him In n dozen tongues. both
European ami Asiatic. Finally he was
questioned In German and immeii-
ately revealed n thorough mastery Of
that language.
In the trade War for the worlds
markets that Is sur to follow the
end Of the present bitter struggle In
Europe the nation That Is hest
equipped along the line Of linguistic
efficiency will possess n valuable nd
vantage over Its competitors. The Of.
fort Of Germans to spread knowledge
Of their mother tongue throughout
The sun., 1916-11-18
Or with Brltain's Naval Victories.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUH-Sty: l
noticed "R A. MS reply to Curious"
regarding the stripes 'and stars Of the
collar and neckerchiefs worn by sea.
men Of the United States navy. His
statements are at complete variance
with the facts.
The uniform regulations Of 1859
called for neither stripes nor stars dn tho
collar. but did include a black necker-
chief. practically the same ns In worn
to-day. and It has been in use ever since.
The Maine had nothing to do with 1t.
In 1866 the regulations called for
stripes on collar and cuffs as follows:~
Petty onicers, seamen and nrst class hre-
men. three rows on collar and GUNS.
Ordinary seamen and second class nre-
men. two rows on collar and cuffs.
Landsmen. coal beavers and boys. one
row on collar and cuffs.
In 1876 the regulations were changed
and the three stripes were adopted on
the collar for all classes OF seamen. and
the sleeve stripes showed the Grade. a.
previously. The braid on me sleeve
covers to-day practically h same
ratings as In 1876.
The first tim that stars are men,
toned for wear on seamen's collars
seems to be in 1866. and they have
continued to be worn ever since. II Is
supposed that the original meaning OF
the stars was that those who wore them
were navigators but at the present time
they are used only for ornamentat.on.
The star on an officers sleeve. however.
still denotes that he is n navigator or
The sun., 1916-11-18
The whistle and the Wind.

To rHE EDITOR OF TIL SuN-sir: 'R.
A.. NJ" says that black scarfs came into
vogue after the sinking of the Maine.
and that previous to that sailors wore
whistles attached to %lanyards.
] would like to ask "T. a. w." why
on earth sailors wore whistles. am
familiar with the old nautical supersti-
ton of wh!stling for wind, but 1t il hard
TO imagine "A whole ships company with
their whistles out whistling at the same
time. particularly on a steam driven
vessel with a whistle Of its own.
II is true that certain officials on q
ship carry whistles FOR a specific pur-
pose. As to black ~scarfs. these were
worn in the English navy FOR several
hundred years and they have been id
vogue in the United states navy ever
Since there has been one. T.. NJ. l..
NEW YORK. November II.