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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-22
WILSON CLUB FOR
COUNTYPROPOSED
Committee in Charge of Plans for Or.
ganizatiOn Calls Mass Meeting
Next Friday Evening.
At THE ROCK ISLAND HOUSE
Committeeman and All Others Inter.
ested in Success of Party Urged
to Attend Gathering.

The Rock Island County Wilson club
IS to be formed at a mass meeting of
voters called for next Friday evening
at o'clock at the Rock Island house.
by the committee of three, Robert w
Rank, T. B. Reidy and John Coburn,
named by the democratic county cen
trail committee TO have charge Of the
details OF the organization
Chairman T A. PendeT of the county
central committee has called a meet
ing Of that body for the same time,
and all committeeman, members of the
party and others interested in the re-
election of President Wilson are ex-
pected TO attend
Popular in 1912.
Four years ago the Rock Island
County Wilson club did very efficient
work It's meetings were largely at
tended and each township in the coun-
ty was represented in its membership
It is proposed to form another club
along the lines OF the first organiza-
ton and to make it a live and impor-
tant factor in the campaign which is
to be carried on in this county.
All the news all the time - The
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Too Strenuous Imitation.

Henry Bassett. a theological student
of Philadelphia, suffered severe injur-
les recently as the result of baptism
if fire inflicted on him by his com
panions during his Initiation" into
the college fraternity It is tie Gus.
tom occasionally 10 observe weird
rites and ceremonies and sometimes
to practice dangerous jokes when ad-
hitting candidates to academic fra
ternities. Bassett was blind .olded and
saturated with an alcoholic LIQUID
which was rubbed into his hair. Much
of it trickled down his neck and on
to the light material OF which the
youths costume was made. Some
body lighted match and held il near
the candidates head, and in an in
slant the flames leaped high in the
air, burning him severely before ther
were extinguished
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
WITH HIS AUTOGRAPH AWAY
Goes Society's Yell Pest, Ever sigma
ture In Quest, and the Curses Of
the Guest, In His Wake.

His mind curls up in signatures
across fly leaf page. In every other
matter he is sensible and sage, but
antics with his fountain pen condemn
him to cage.
He gathered at a banquet to lit
erary lord and tried to trace his
monicker in salt across the board the
while our guest of honor made a
speech that fairly scared. And when
the speech was ending he sat up and
looked alert which made him seem
absorbing all the wisdom of the squirt
of oratory's finish-where the speaker
bulged his shirt. o, he was up to
something and we passed around the
wink as the whole address finished
and the orator did sink to his chair
for further orders and perhaps anoth-
er drink
Then the chairman did his blamed
est to string out brief which start
ed with an uproar and which finished
with sigh. Next, he said, we'd hold
reception if right quickly we'd pass
by. So the hero of the evening tired
his arm at shaking hands-good fell
low, frat, Masonic, and a dozen diff
trent brands of hearty sort of
squeezes they pass out in western
lands. The lineup was quite cheerful
though it did tread down on toes, but
the bunch was quite good natured
in its semi-full dress clothes. Slowly
they passed by the author, who struck
up classic pose.
| In that cheerful line of grabbers
there befell sudden stop All those
of us behind him then believed we'd
have to drop, for the busy autografter
now was on the job to cop" The
| hero Of the evening held the fatal
fountain pen and with a nervous flour
ish he linked tracks just like a hen as
he signed first edition" and then
signed book again. He grew little
weary when he'd scratched in volume
| five. Why. that author looked as If
he'd like to eat some one alive, but IL
there was trouble coming it did not,
alas, arrive.
Well. at last the scene was ended
and the line began to sway, and the
eager autografter tucked his mer-
chandise away though We felt we'd
like to wipe off that triumphant look
so gay.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08

were ready to start the bell rang and
Miss Graham herself was announced.
Miss Graham's coming was due to
an occurrence of the afternoon before,
when Rosalie had come to her in
tears relative to the hard-hearted at
titude of her parents.
Il can stand most anything, Miss
Graham" she had sobbed, but being
told that l am throwing myself away
| on worthless painter; and you've
no ideal what dreadful names besides
they called dear Jack. They even
went so far as to say they didn't be.
lieve he loved me at all-that he was
just after my money! / hate to talk
about father and mother In this way,
but there've not right to say such
things of Jack"
AS Jacks aunt listened to this re.
| cital so unflattering to her cherished
idol. her face grew grim: then her
| eyes twinkled as she turned to Ros-
allie and said kindly:
Don't worry, little girl, things will
come out all right"
This was why Miss Graham hap.
/ pened to call the next afternoon at
the Breretons.
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Brereton entered
their parlor arm in arm, Miss Graham
rose with solemn dignity:
Il have come" she said. ION a very
uncomfortable mission. one that must
be dealt with in spirit of the utmost
frankness. May | have your permits
sion to express myself quite freely?'
| Mr.. and Mrs. Brereton looked at each
other; neither felt quite sure of Just
what Miss Graham meant, but as II
might be safely inferred she intended
pleading her nephew's cause. they al
least would have the satisfaction
while she was at such close quarters
of speaking their own minds In
unison they nodded for her to go on
Il understand" Miss Graham con
tinued, my nephew has been seeing
quite a good deal of your daughter
The Breretons glared wrathfully. so
! at the beginning. want you both tC
understand | have nothing whatever
against Miss Rosalie that | believe
her to be in fact a very sweet and
lovely girl-but | have quite different
ambitions for this extremely talented
nephew of mine, ambitions in which
matrimony does not enter, unless II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Suspicious
Characters
BY DONALD ALLEN
copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary Pres

(Copynght, 1911, by Associated Literary PresS.j
Mr.. Guy Ascot came up to the vii
lage inn at Westport because he had
been told that the fishing was great
In September, and that all the sum-
mer guests would have departed. Mr..
Westcott was a bachelor and he
didn't like crowd of people. He had
Portable way, and mostly for himself.
Whatever else he fished for. he didn't
angle for women.
Miss Helen Asher, who was old
enough to be called an old maid. but
didn't care. and who couldn't get
away from her studio in the city I'M
til after August, had come up to the
inn to rest and he alone, and perhaps
make a few sketches in the neighbor-
hood before returning II she had
ever loved she couldn't recall the in
cident She had a very chilly way
with men
The landlord of the tavern boosted
that he took no responsibilities. II
his guests did not see fit to deposit
their valuables in the old sheet-iron
safe in the office he could not even
sympathize with the loss by theft.
He never introduced one guest to an
other. Thus. If robber made the
acquaintance of a minister, or a gam
bier that of Sunday school superin-
tendent, and things happened, mine
host could rub his hands and say:
"All their own fault! did not in
troduce them"
1t thus came about that although
they were the only two guests in the
house. Mr.. Ascot and Miss Asher
were not introduced. They had to
take each other on their looks, and
neither was satisfied.
He's a selfish, repellent man."
was Miss Ashers verdict as she sat
opposite Mr. Ascot at their first
meal, And he no gentleman. Had
he recognized my presence | should
have recognized his hope he will
leave tomorrow"
And Mr.. Ascot. after looking his
vis-a-vis over from the tail of his eye.
growled to himself:
An old maid, for sure. Probably
spent the summer somewhere else
trying to catch a man. but failed.
and is now making a last effort She
needn't hope for victim here"
After several meals had been eaten
in silence the hotel help reported the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
ROSalie'S
Parents
BY Antoinettc De Coursey Patterson

Copyright. 1911. BY Associated Literary Press)
Both Mr. and Mrs Brereton were in
a state of anxiety bordering on hys-
terra. Their only child, the pretty
Rosalie, had fallen in love with an
unknown young man who had, a few
months ago, moved into their neigh
borhood
There were a number of eligible
youths in Beverly, any one Of whom
would have considered himself only
too fortunate could he have become
the son-in-law Of the Breretons-
youths that one knew all about, and
whose incomes could be calculated
with great nicely.
Jack Chandler was an artist, and
Rosalie's parents believed artists to
be poor, indispensable lot. Then.
too, not much more was known Of
Miss Graham, the aunt with whom
Chandler lived. The best people IA
Beverly had called, and their civility
had met with a prompt and proper re-
turn, and there things had ended.
Miss Graham, it was rumored, was a
woman of literary tastes, and indeed
was supposed to be writing a novel.
1t was dreadful to think dear Ros-
allie should be associated with such a
bohemian class-but what were they
to do? Chandler and their daughter
were both of age and unfortunately
Rosalie had little money in her own
right. All that was left for them was
to try the effect Of direct appeal to
Miss Graham to see if by any POSSIBLE
ity she could do anything 1t was
possible that after they had diplomat
ically made her see how Chambers
career might be interfered with, and
had intimated how very slim was
Rosalie's fortune, she might order the
weakling of an artist to withdraw his
suit. Resale could then be taken to
New York for couple of weeks and
all would be well.
The plan offered many objections,
and gave but little promise of success,
but neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Brereton
could think of anything else. and they
were not the kind in such an emer-
gency to sit and fold their hands.
On this special afternoon they
| dressed with elaborate care for their
call on Miss Graham. Just as they
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08

should be with a women of sufficient
wealth and position to further them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brereton were too
dazed to speak Miss Graham contin-
ued fluently:
John is very young, and at present
might be foolish enough to risk a bril-
liant career To avoid this | would
Immediately take him away from Bev-
erly were he not under contract to
finish a series of sketches of the sur
rounding country for the mani for
get his name-who lives in that fine
house on the top of the hill And so,
for l know how unhappy it would
make you all should Miss Rosalie be
united to a man whose family would
distinctly regard the match in the
light of a mesalliance, l have come
to ask that you may find it convenient,
should you have some relatives in an
other town, to let your daughter visit
them for a few weeks, or until those
pictures are finished. | feel that un-
der the circumstances | am really not
asking too much"
Miss Graham paused as if for an ap-
proving reply. None came, though
the mouths of her two listeners had
opened wide.
81 know" she said, when you think
1t over you will come to my opinion.
and that in this matter, which is such
a vital one to me and his poor grand
mother, who does not yet know the
risk John has been running, l may
count on your support"
Ingratiatingly Miss Graham held
out her hand, first to Mrs. Brereton
and then to her husband. Mechan-
ically, dazedly, each took it in turn
and accompanied her to the door.
When Miss Graham was well out Of
sight she burst into a ripple Of merri.
ment. THAT scene goes into my next
story" she said.
Late that afternoon there came a
most cordial invitation to John Chand-
Ter, Esquire, from Mrs. Brereton,
begging him to come to dinner quite
informally and then accompany Miss
Resale, her husband and herself to
the theater
The invitation was promptly accept
ed, and every one remarked how espe-
cially lovely Resale Brereton looked
that night, and how pleased Mr.. and
Mrs. Brereton seemed at the prospect
of what every one knew was a coming
match.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08

frozen stiffness of the two guests, but
the landlord had no remedy.
Folks as want to get acquainted
can find the way. Folks as don't are
probably Just as well off"
1t was only natural that the two
guests should wonder bit about each
other, and perhaps It was only nat
ural that they should think the worst.
To Miss Asher the old bachelor might
be, and probably was, fugitive from
justice, hiding in that out-of- the-way
place. AS she was sorry that she had
not read the daily papers more close
ly. Some issue might nave contained
his crime and personal description.
She almost shuddered as she cast fur
tive glances at him.
On his side, Mr.. Ascot stuck to his
first opinion. Miss Asher was not
guilty of any greater crime than that
of being an old maid in search OF
matrimony. That, however, when he
was the target, was a greater crime
than shoplifting,
One day, when a week had gone
past, Mr. Ascot had a startling tale
to tell the landlord He had come in
from his daily fishing to find that
he had been robbed of a roll of fifty
dollars. He had carelessly left the
money on the bureau in his room.
"Sorry-very sorry" was the land
lords reply, but you can't hold me
responsible. There's a notice on your
door,"
But is your help honest?"
Straight as string"
"Then-then-
Il don't know nothing about her
You remember / have never intro
duced you. | never do | feed and
lodge and take no responsibility.
And it was hardly an hour later
when Miss Asher, who had been out
for walk, was saying to the non
responsible:
Il am sure | left my diamond ring
on the washstand when | went out
and now it's gone"
"Sorry-very sorry. ma'am, but you
should have left 1t in the office. My
wife tends to your room, and l hops
you don't think she took it"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08

"Of course don't, but some onS
did"
Just so-just So"
And I've got my suspicions!"
Dear me, Well. | won't ask what
man you suspect never do ask
those things. simply feed and
lodge"
And ! may have his room searched
even have him arrested! contin-
ued Miss Asher as she turned away.
Who is that man, anyways"
Cant say, ma'am. Unless my
guests tell me who they are and all
about themselve don't know .
thing"
He may be a criminal"
Yes, he may. No telling what any
body is these days-not by their
looks"
In Difference to what she knew
must be an embarrassing situation.
the landlords wife, at the next meal.
seated the guests with their backs to
each other, and bribed boy to stand
outside one of windows and keep
up constant whistling to relieve the
awful strain, but the stratagems were
only partly successful. Mr.. Ascot
had his suspicious and they would
not down. II the hotel people were
honest then-then-? He was out
His door was not locked. The roll Of
greenbacks was a temptation. He
could not hope to recover his cash.
but
And with her back to him and sit
ting as stiff as a poker. Miss Asher
felt that the old bachelor had a guilty
look on his face, and that If given the
third degree" by the sheriff he would
break down and restore his plumber.
She wondered II she lowered over
him and appealed and threatened and
spoke of his mother. who was prob
ably saint in heaven, If she could
not touch his heart. She finally de-
cided that she could not At his age
not care a copper whether his moth
er was in heaven or some other place.
That night was moonlit. There
was veranda running along the sec
ond story of the inn, and at about the
hour Of 9 the landlords wife beck.
oned him from the Office and up the
first flight and whispered:
They are together out on the YER
anda!"
mol"
"And sitting near each other!"
moi"
"And talking poetry and things!"
II can't believe 1t, and can't be
held responsible!
"She found her ring in the wash
stand drawer and he found his money
In the hind pocket Of his other trous.
ers. They rushed out of their rooms
and almost embraced. He begged her
I pardon and she begged his. He said
he had not suspected lady like her
and she said she had taken him for a
gentleman at the first glance"
"And-and what?"
why, the romance Of the thing
you old goose!"
They'll fall in love?"
! "Of course"
We'll let EN- don't know but
that's the best way, but you lister
to me, Martha, and remember what
say-I will not be responsible for i'll!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
POETS HAVE HAD WRONG IDEA
Their Rhapsodies About the Deep,
Blue Sea" Shown to Have No
Foundation In Fact.

The poet sings of the deep, blue
by any means There are any mum.
Der of colors to be observed in the
oceans, and many interesting facts
have been gathered with respect to
them.
The Mediterranean and caribbean
seas present the true blue color The
extraordinary blueness of the first
named has been assigned to two
causes. One is that very few large
rivers of fresh water enter it. The
other is that the Mediterranean. prac-
tically landlocked and exposed to
powerful sunlight, has the greatest
evaporation of all seas. By actual
test, 1t has been ascertained that the
Mediterranean water is heavier and
saltier than the water of the Atlantic
ocean, which is an important circum-
stance in the consideration of the
| cause of its color.
Aside from blue and green, other
| colors are to be seen In the world 8
seas and oceans. In January. 1909, a
river of yellow water, three miles wide
and of enormous length was observed
running parallel with the gulf stream.
| Cape Hatteras and was undoubtedly
| caused by some submarine upheaval,
probably of volcanic nature. 1t en-
dured for some weeks.
In 1901, off the California coast,
the sea turned almost black. The
whole of Santa Cruz bay assumed this
extraordinary inky hue, and fishing
came to an end. In this case no def.
| mite reason was ascertained for the
! phenomenon
| The dull reddish tint that is seen
| in the Red sea, and which has given
that body of water its name. is said
| TO be due to the presence of millions
upon millions of microscopic algae.
The Yellow sea of China is sup
| posed to owe its color to the floods
| of muddy water that the great river
| pours into il. but many scientists are
| of opinion that the color is to be
| ascribed to the living organisms that
flourish in the waters.
Generally speaking. the blueness OF
sea water is in constant ratio to its
saltiness In the tropics the tremen
dous evaporation induced by the blaz
ing sun causes the water to be much
more salt than 1t is in more northern
ATTITUDES. For about thirty degrees
both north and south of the equator
the waters are of an exquisite azure
Beyond these ATTITUDES the blue fades
and the color becomes green
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Old Ace,

"Old age said John Burroughs, the
great naturalist, rs not SO much q
bugaboo aflor all. He is, in many
ways, better to live with than youth.
because he leaves you more at your
ease; you are in the calmer waters;
the fret and fever of life have greatly
abated. Old age brings the philosoph-
ical mind; he brings a deeper, wider
outlook upon life; he brings more tLs
erance and charity and good will l
did not squander my youth in ex-
cesses, and hence | am not bankrupt
in my old age"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Generalization Impossible.

The truth is that age and power Of
achievement cannot be linked in
sweeping generalities, 1t all depends
upon the individual One man may
reach his highest mental powers be-
fore thirty and then decline, just as
one man will reach his greatest phys
ical strength before forty and then
begin going downhill, while the mind
of another may be most active at sixty
or seventy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Hard Luck Indeed.

Petty was lamenting to her aunt the
act that she only had one grandfather
4 nile her little friend had two. Her
.rnt tried to reconcile her by say
AZ one grandfather was in heaven, to
..r,ch she reDlie,.. "Oh, dear, I've
+, vful luck with my grandfathers;
II K in heaven and the other one is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Almost Right.

AL Jolson tells an amusing story of
his first golf caddy Jolson found driv-
ing OF rather difficult and communed
with his caddy as to the reason he
missed the ball so frequently. The boy
sagely delivered the following advice:
The first thing you've got to learn. Mr..
Jolson, is to 'consecrate' your eye on
the ball. Then you can hit it,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
conouerinq Death and Change.

To take into the Utmost shrine OF
the soul the irresistible force whose
puppets we seem to be-Death, and
Change, the irrevocability of van
ished past, the powerlessness of man
before the blind hurry of the universe
from vanity to vanity-to feel these
things and know them is to conquer
them.-Bertrand Russell.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Knew the Meaning OF Il.

"Pa, what does it mean when a pub
lie man is said to be at the zenith Of
his popularity" 1T means, ny son"
replied the defeated candidate. rueful-
ly, that he is about ready to hit the
toboggan. - Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
"Father of Mnderr Sorn,..

Jesse Ramsden AN English irven.
tor, is credited with beius the father
Of the modern screw. lie began in
lf'5 TO pay especial attention to the
making of screws by machinery. and
MS invention may be regarded as the
hrst example Of the modern form of
screw-cutting lathe. although 30 wears
before there had been made in France
machine for cutting the thread on
the fusees OF watches. and 200 years
before jacob Bessoni had designed a
rude lathe for cutting wooden screws
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Muddy Missouri River

The Missouri is the muddiest river
in the Mississippi valley; it carries
more silt than any other large river
in the United States except possibly
every square mile of country drained
It carries downstream col tons OF dis
solved and suspended matter each
year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08

Someone IS Quoted rs h2r:r. said
that of all the letters in the alphabet
e. is the most unfortunate. because
1t is always out OF cash. always in
debt, never out OF danger. and in hell
all the time. 1t is also the most fire.
ouently used letter in the alphabet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
+ s Z


The dirigible TORPEDO )ttce
York inventor is propelle.
guided by a single insulal,
kept at the required dis
the surface by an auto
regulator. At the will Of --,.,
a Jet of water or a bean k11'0
be thrown up from thsio ~
show the exact location !, LAX,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
Lemon in Water,

Take a lemon and cut it in two and
squeeze the juice into the dishwater
You will need no soap. The lemon
will cut all grease and in few days
time the silver, such as knives, forks
and spoons, will become bright as
new.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-08
& n. D.

lndisessnCIvIL q
Indigestion follows e,e.,K
because Of the yeas, i, --r-
perature of the intest,. AAAH.1
favorable possible for 70 Lana
newed rising" Of ,.esigns.
through this chemical ,veys.
testines are poisoned 20 Phone
notably the acids fror. .one 278
vegetable. add to the !,