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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Sidelights on the European War

vest the platform. Official none!
changers who give the men the benefit
of the best rate of exchange, open up
their booths. Friends, relatives and
oilers also begin to collect outside the
gates to watch the troops pass by.
When the time for the arrival of the
first section is accurately known, ME-
Matthews, or her quartermaster, MISS
Perry, have tables set up on the plat
form. There are three Of these long
tables, each covered with strips OF OIL
cloth. Dishpans filled with sandwiches
and cake are placed on the tables anu
great urns full of tea. Vases Of flowers
also grace the tables, 1t is curious
what home touch a few flowers give.
They show, Furthermore, that there u
real welcome in the pans and urns.
One who thinks of the British
Tommy as he was before the war
might easily take the present type Oh
campaigner for Serbian or some ola-
er kind of picturesque fighting MAJ
Offhand, he looks rather like Roolnsol
Crusoe. Life in the trenches and sue
| cessive coasts of trench clay give hs
clothes new individuality. ihf
smartness of the tailor is lost luz
soft cap with its ear-tabs and nesA
protector or wilted Scott bonnet, inc
overcoat, plastered with mud anu
standing out over sheepskin ]acAee
as if the wearer was swathed IN pads,
the indicated boots and puttees anu
the assortment of packs, bags anu o'A
err paraphernalia of the same Color w
his back have nothing in common WIZ
the parade ground Often the tsflea
pattern of kilt shows itself undef e"s
bottom of an overcoat.
A quiet lot of men they are ai'V
gether different from the slnsihs'
whistling troops that march Oh y
gaily for the front, They are ea''
paigners. now. They went ava! pVse'
lots of them, and come back men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

that the end of this war will insure
their lasting peace?
What if, while all the rest OF the
world is praying and preparing for
peace the United States alone should
be found preparing for war?
Can you conceive any more miser-
able miscarriage of national energy
than that would be?
Unpreparedness is a condition in
which no individual or nation likes
to be found. But if unpreparedness for
war is to be so passionately condemn
ed, what are you to say Of nation
that is unprepared for peace? To be
unprepared for peace is to be unpre-
pared for progress-is to be left behind
in the next cosmic forward movement
| toward higher civilization.
This Is side of the question that
has been shamefully neglected by the
Organs of public opinion and upon
| its own merits it deserves more
| thought than it has received. Even IL
the war spirit survives this suicidal at
tack it has made on itself, it will lie a
! long time before it can again convince
the peoples that Mars is God and be-
side him there is no other
The day of the United States is al
hand, but it is clearly not day OF
arms; it is a day of universal aid. Our
time to prepare with arms was when
/ oil w
pared and in their proudest strength
But none is prepared today; and such
preparations as they have left are be-
ing rapidly swept away. No nation will
emerge strong from this conflict; the
oceans of blood that they have lost
and the centuries of sorrow that they
have lived through this past II
month, have weakened them to inof
fensiveness.
The day of the United States is a
} hand, but it is not day 81 challenge
. it is day of assistance.
We shall be needed with all oul
sight and all our clean hands and al
our freedom from prejudice to hell
, to give the battered nations a fail
: start toward life again. We canno
, do that in a military spirit.
1t will be no honor to us to hav,
turned all our wealth and energy in
: to systems of wholesale murder; ant
if we do that it will not argue GU
= friendship for those whom we coul
? help.
= Our appearance before the nation
when this war shall have ended mus
f be in full accord with our cherishe
= traditions of peace. Instead of thes
t battered nations having impresse
4 their militarisitic ideas on us-and i
8 the very twilight of militarism, tool
!, we must impress our ideals of peac
t on them. There has never been s
: propitious a time for this as will com
y when the war is ended, and all til
S bruised and bleeding belligerents tur
: for help to some nation that has keI
S the faith.
{ Let us be prepared by all mean
7: But let us be prepared for what
o coming. And it is a world wide d,
It sire for peace that is coming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
|EALTHTAL
William Drady,n.D.
Worry and Disease.

The patients mental attitude is an
important factor in the outcome of an
illness
Everybody knows how emotions in
f1uence the appetite, digestion, bowel
and kidney functions; how fear
blanches the face and relaxes the
sphincter muscles and inhibits the
circulation; and how faith, confidence,
cheerfulness and optimism enable an
invalid to put up a better fight for
health.
| The pallor, faintness, and other dis
turbances accompanying fear are prob
ably caused by relaxation and dilata-
ton of the splanchnic or abdominal
/ blood-yessels, which are capable of
/ holding one-third of all the blood in
the body.
Worry is diluted fear, or a success
sion of fear yates causing a loss OF
tone which becomes chronic. If one
large dose of fear can cause the
marked symptoms mentioned, a con,
tinual feeding of fear in small doses
will obviously bring on actual dis
ease in time. Somebody, indeed, has
referred to the blues as "splanchnie
neurasthenia." Worry is a direct fac.
tor of intestinal stasis. with resulting
Standardization and all that that i'm.
plies.
Fear can paralyze the bowel or tbs
bladder, as is well known. Worry car
cause functional disturbances of boti
organs, as the student about to appear
for his final examination has learned
buoyant, courageous, jovial visi
tor in the sick-room is good medicine
for the patient A pessimistic. gloom,
tale-bearer. person of the old WON
anish," cosby type is poison In tn,
sickroom. The visitor who can breez,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
WHERE LIFE IS DULLEST

Life in commenting on the run of
"The Birth of a Nation" in New York,
directs attention to something that is
worthy Of consideration.
1t is mentioned that the big movie
has finished its run in that city. In all
It was attended by more than eight
hundred thousand patrons, and in this
IL made new record for the big city.
1t proved the biggest thing in the show
line that ever struck that town in num-
Der of attendants and IN size of re-
eeipts at the box office 1t is worth
while TO beat all other records in the
show line in New York
4 But Life goes on to point out thai
syen al this great majority Of peo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

London-( Correspondence of the As
ISOLATED press 1.-THE history OF the
soldiers refreshment buffet in Victoria
Station, London, is in a small way the
history of British effort in the war.
The buffet began in loose and unor-
ganized fashion, more or less helpless
from lack of precedent, and gradually
developed until it now represents high
efficiency backed by steady determln-
alton to see the thing out to the end.
All the early organizations have con-
centrated their efforts in single man
agement which dispenses $3.50 worth
of tea, coffee, cocoa, sandwiches,
bread and butter and cake weekly, all
supplied by private donations. Branch
Bullets are maintained at the stations
of less military importance, at an ad-
ditional expense, and the whole ma
chinery runs like clockwork. 1t is the
same sort of transformation that has
gone on in every department Of the
British government, from the raising
of recruits to the making of munitions.
| Victoria station is a great harnlike
railway terminal in the center of the
metropolitan area. It's lines feed many
important southern and southeastern
ports, such as Portsmouth, Southamp-
ton, Brighton, Folkstone and Dover.
There the troop trains arrive at night
! 81, ~, 1f ,rlN YItrto
from the trenches, and there the re-
turning trains leave every morning to
carry back those whose week of home
and liberty has expired. Between times
there is constant stream of soldiers
arriving from or returning to the great
training camps at Aldershot and other
points.
An average of about four thousand
soldiers daily are fed at Victoria sta
ton Eighty women volunteer work
ers under the direction of Mrs Ken
ward Matthews stand siX-hour shifts
day and night, for it is in the early
morning period that hot refreshments
are most needed and most appreciated
by the soldiers.
The most exciting time Of the day al
Victoria is the hour Of the troop trains
Their arrival is preceded by a numbel
OF kilograms The first message ap
proximates the time of arrival on new;
of the sailing of the channel boat. Thi:
is corrected when the boat arrives il
the English port, again when the lraig
starts on its Journey and finally wher
on the last lap to London on a cleal
track. Often there are hours of diff
ference between the first and last tele
, grams, and a train due to arrive a
) p, m. will pull in nearer 10 o'clock.
One of the first signs of the comm;
) Of the troops is the gathering of tn,
: home guards. A detail of 60 of thes
, men. most of them quite old and al
: ineligible for the army. gather at tn
station at 4 in the afternoon. TIL
guards are distinguished from the sol
diers by green uniforms and red arm
| let's. They make themselves useful b,
| answering questions, putting the sol
diers on the right buses and In pro
I, tectinc them from outsiders who
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

in, get the patient smiling or laughing
and then go while the going is still re-
grettable is a valuable acquisition
Where there is gloom let smiles and
gentle banter come. Doctors have the
best OF reasons for placing obstacles
IN the path of the crepehanger who
calls to express doubts about the pos
slble recovery Of the patient or to de-
fect signs of evil omen which the
household as whole would prefer to
overlook.
Let this be borne in mind: No pa
llent can be too sick to profit by an
atmosphere of good cheer, and we are
all OF US susceptible to the dynamic in
f1uence Of the emotions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS,
Bronchitis

l. Is bronchitis durable? 3 Is the
climate of Chicago bad for it? 8. If
change of climate is desirable, what
climate would you recommend?
Answer. Bronchitis, in some
cases, is durable. g So far as mois-
ture and temperature are concerned,
ohlcago air may be as good as any
other air, but Chicago air is more
dusty than the air of a mountain re-
sort, for instance g. In general
way an equable climate and a modeT-
ATE elevation are desirable, but it all
depends upon individual conditions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
The Daily Story
The Decoy-By Ryland Bel.

The great decisive campaigns OF the
world have their place in history and
are as we'll known as the large cities
of the world. The conquest OF Amer
lea, which extended over several cen
turtles is comparatively little known.
1t was achieved almost entirely BY
citizens who. to make new homes for
themselves. wrested a wilderness from
the savages. None Of its many parts
is more thrilling than the possession
Of that region which embraces ONO
Indiana and Kentucky by the Viz
ginias.
One dag during the emigration that
set In from Virginia to this region in
the latter part Of the eighteenth CEN
fury John May, his clerk and man
named Skiles embarked on fiatboat-
the parlor car of that period-and be-
gan the descent Of the Ohio river. At
Point Pleasant they were Joined by one
Finn and his two sisters. Indians In
habited both banks Of the river. and 1t
was necessary to keep sharp watch
! night and day. Savage warfare was
what it had always been-not open
fighting, but cunning. The red men
rarely attacked boat in the river, but
practiced all sorts Of acts to decoy the
emigrants to the shore. where an am
bush was set. One of the devices was
to compel captive whites to call out to
the travellers that they had escaped
from Indians and beg to be taken
aboard.
One morning at daylight the watch
awakened the crew with the informa-
ton that there were fires below. At
the same time two white men came
down to the river bank on the side
Of the fires and begged to be taken
aboard. They told a plausible story
as to how they had been captured and
how they had escaped, stating that
II left they would likely be retaken.
MAY. who was familiar with Indian
devices, turned a deaf ear to their en-
lFPdllGS. lie dShto thCLh w hot heAo
caused the fires below, and they pro
fessed ignorance of them. May was
by this convinced that the men were
| decoys and kept the middle Of the
stream. While they were talking the
men were running on the shore to keeI
pace with the boat. pleading in despair
ing tones to be saved from torture and
| death.
This was too much for the women
| who were in favor Of landing and TAX
ing the fugitives aboard. Finn wal
soon won over: May held firm fol
awhile, but was at last persuaded. III
consented to run near enough to thu
bank to permit Finn to wade ashors
and have a nearer view Of and ques
ton the two men. By the time thiE
was decided on the boat had drifted ;
mile beyond the latter. The boat wal
pulled to the bank. and Finn stepped
ashore.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Selected by Tavenner
To the Readers of The Argus:

The Argus has generously agreed to permit me 10
make regular contribution under this head to use the
space as if 1t my am left free to make my
selection from where WILL whether it is timely or un-
timely; to search the highways and the byways tor
what may impress of interest and value to the
people.
assure my readers shall try to make the most OF
the opportunity To do SO must forget that party lines
exist and WILL just as wish it might be practical Tor
them not exist and that the principal issue cleo
ton day might be, not whether candidate belongs to
this or that political party, but whether he is willing to
serve the of the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words, my idea is to submit information or
thought that would give to the world if I myself
edited newspaper the only mission Of which was to
mankind; to do this and nothing more.
When personally write the contribution, will sign
it. and when present the thought and work of others
will so Indicate CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Precipitation Under Arms.

Is it dangerous to use a lotion to
prevent perspiration under the arms ?
l know several girls who use one with
out apparent injury.
AnsWer-lt is not dangerous to stop
perspirafion in the armpits provided
the agent employed does not irritate
the skin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

Opium Is such an important afesS
of export from Greece that 1t taaAs
third in the country's export list cVa''
Ing after tobacco and eurrants. laeie
was an enormous increase i'll the epia.'
exports in 1914 on account oil tle w.
which detected TO Saloniki shlph'ehs,
of the drug which would othei -
have been landed elsewhere opia1s
shipped from Greece is used feF ~
manufacture of morphine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

The Adriatic arrived in New York
the other day with only IS passengers
In its steerage. This, says The New
York World, again brings to notice the
fact that the war has shut off the chief
source Of household help. No young
girls of Germany or Britain come
knocking at the back doors. They are
doing mems work for mems pay
at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Daily History CIass-lan. 10.

l1S2-Birth at Salisbury. " iA'' ii
Daniel Webster. lawyer. orator as
statesman; died 49,, "a.
British feet engaged hoihp' ~.
ing Fort St Philip, below Ne" a. ara
leans. WAS finally repulsed e'
from Il single heavy moftaf 4
19i5-Freneh reports clainied 'Ae =
capture of the ground LOST !" 4,
Eoissel;e by a charge sPFu"r =
dayhreak. Russia reported tsie !
pulse of the GERMAN aSS''di' = sad
under the glare Of seartuusA',
rockets on Bzura river, Poland,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

The senator's are all ready to say
what the president should not have
done in Europe and in Mexico, but
none of them is very definite as to
what should have been done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

An eastern magazine advertises a
series on war boom cities and in
cludes Flint, Mich And Flint gained
12S per cent in population, or some
thing like that, from 1900 to 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Our Own WinStreIs.

DO you know how to keep from be-
ing robbed on Saturday night"
Il declare do not. Now, how can
one keep from being robbed on Satur-
day night?'
Put your money in the bank Sat
urday afternoon"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Rock Island-From River to
River.

Report runs that the Chinese gov
eminent will introduce compulsory
service next year. After that the mil
lions of the Russian army will ap'
pear almost insignificant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

IF the armies of the belligerents
begin shooting into Switzerland the
boys who make the holes in the cheese
can lay off and let the bullets do the
work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Serious. III Tr,le.

Mr. Corker did not escape entirely.
He was hit on the contrary.-Colorado
Springs Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
An Ambitions IOWan,

My notion of a laudable ambition is
that possessed by an Iowa farmer, who
is using the names Of states in christ
ening his children. He is now the
father of 10. He says he hopes to COM
plete the flag if Uncle Sam does not
take in any more territory. 0, P.
KING Pete of Serbia has govt. Or is
it get-out?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

YOU are wrong, Nick Monday, not
Sunday, was bundle day in Chicago.
1t strikes us if you would remove the
sponge from your head you would see
straighter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

IF former President Taft is named
for the vacancy on the supreme bench
the other members will have to spread
out a bit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

Il BELIEVE Mr.. Sunday is the
greatest living evangelist says Rev
James E. Walker 1t might be added
that Brother Walker has just become
attached to the Sunday payroll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Is August Angry.

Wanted-Good German fellow, butch
to work.-Adv. in Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

HARRISON corps plans to storm
Sullivan fort. Tribune head
line. Evidently that story fell into
the hands Of the war editor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
"ITS Poets"

ats POets.'
| believe I'll write pome in prose
instead o. verse. sPerchance 1t will
prove better and it positively can't be
worse. 1t relieves continual fooling
and spacing up of lines. and therein
lies danger, and / believe in signs.
Also it gives punctuation marks a
long needed rest. land take it from us
gently that problems our real test.
We can put the taboo on dashes, colons
and hyphens as we'll, the latter Will
son dislikes, and Teddy hates likell.
/ started not to write about politics
or abstract things, but you know how
it is-with poets 60 land other ding
a-lingsD Once they get your interest
in an opening sentence you blieve
you're goin' thear something and get
worked into a stew But did it ever
materialize? Don't answer mel
know! It's just like reading the bill
boards and tryin' t. imagine the show.
But then you mustn't censure them
for their verbal slime, it's against the
laws O. nature for logic and verse to
rhyme. 0. d. X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
We Do.

Chords and Discords: l note where
you state that, with the adoption OF
the extreme spring styles, it will be
impossible to tell whether we girls are
going or coming. For your enlighten-
ment I might suggest that if the men
can so adjust their necks as to keep
their eyes off the ground when a mod
ernly attired woman is within sighting
distance it will not be so difficult for
them to distinguish the direction in
which she is maneuvering. Do you
follow me? MURlEL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
Fast Worker,

DR.. Miltenberger spent Friday in
Chicago taking a post graduate course
in surgery.-Spring Valley, 1ll) Ga
'zette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

Il see where film in a Chicago
movie house burned the other night,
postcards Ignatz. THE title was not
stated, but l suspect it was either
'Neptunes Daughter or 'Hypocrites.' "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

F. 0. VAN CALDER, Rock Islands
member of the Ford peace expedition,
is proving one of the most successful
news CATERERS in the party, as you
probably have observed in reading his
delightfully."- written letters appearing
exclusively in The Argus. He even
found the only American saloon in
Stockholm. But it should be explained
that it was not his thirst that initiated
his quest, for Van is dyedin-the-
wool white ribboner. He was merely
seeking information, and he got it
bring back evidence Of his discovery
Folks here are willing to take his word
| for his claims.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

WASHINGTON police seek missin
load of whisky. Ten t
one they locate it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

MRS. Crystal Eastman Benedict de
handcuff. And there are others, equal
ly authoritative, who have still differ
ent names for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

LA Grange high school band has
been prohibited holding night rehears-
ais by order of the police on COM
plant of neighbors. This doubtless
will be considered by many as another
blow at art But, then, did you ever
hear a school band in action?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18

CHICAGO woman is suing for d.
vorce because she says her husband
loves his dog more than her. 1t will
be just like the husband to retort thai
his wife is a cat and that he always
was partial to CANNES. Men are sucf
horrid creatures when they want to be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-17
FOR BAKED COD OR HADDOCK
Method Of Preparation That Has Long
Been In Favor With Housewives
Of New England.

Wash and wipe a small cod or had
dock. Now, hold in an upright position
and have a needle and string handy.
Take the threaded needle and run
through the head from side to side,
then in the opposite direction through
the middle Of the body, then reverse
and put through tail, then draw up,
and it will form a letter S. Tie ends
of string together on under side of fish.
If fish is to be stuffed it must be done
first. For stuffing, one-half cupful bread
crumbs and four teaspoonfuls melted
butter, 70 + teaspoonfuls of finely
chopped parsley or onions, two tea
spoonfuls salt and one of peppeI Add
milk to moisten, put in fish and sew 1t
up. When fish is put in the pan 1t is
resting on its belly. Cut gashes in back
Of fish about two inches apart and in
sert narrow strips of salt pork. Dredge
with flour and baste often with the
pork dripplngs. Allow ten minutes to
every pound and ten minutes extra.
When done remove string, place on
platter and pour over 1t this egg sauce:
Three tablespoonfuls flour, two of but
ter and one pint boiling water, one
half teasHoonful salt and little pep
per, and one hard boiled egg. Melt
butter In saucepan, add -four and stir
in boiling water slowly. Let boil five
minutes, stirring constantly. Add the
egg chopped fine, and salt and pepper.
Garnish with parsley.