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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
Library Tables, Dining Tables

Center tables, square and round, Wendt's
price, $500 to $500; Our price, $500.
Center tables, lot of 10, Wendt's price,
$500 to $3.50; Our price, $500.
Fumed oak library tables, Wendt's price,
$3.50; Our price, $3.50
Library tables, golden oak and wax,
Wendt's price, $1,000; Our price, $1,000.
Library tables, golden oak and wax,
Wendt's price, $4,000 to $500; Our price,
$500.
Dining tables, square and round, to 10
feet extension, Wendt's price, $4,000 to
$1,000; Our price, $1,000.
Dining tables, golden and fumed oak
square and round, Wendt's price, $500 to
$3.50; Our price $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24

The firm Of a. B Wend & Son Of Port Byron was Of
the oldest known business houses in Rock Island County,
having been in business continuously for the past 81 years.
Owing the i'll health of Mr. B. Wend the firm decided re-
Gently to discontinue and the entire stock closed out
two weeks ago to McCabe's at great sacrifice.
This one the finest and best selected stocks Of
furniture carpets rugs draperes wall paper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
+ UR ri I T u r :
Chairs

Bow back chairs, 40 in the lot, Wendt's
price. $125 and $3.50; CUR price, Sl.OO.
100 folding chairs, have been used, but
are in good shape, were $3.50, each SOC.
Golden oak chairs, "A in lot Wendt's
price, $500; Our price. ~$1.5O.
Golden oak chairs, 20 in lot Wendt's
price, $500; Our price, $500.
Golden and fumed oak chairs, leather and
cane seats, Wendts price $3.50 and $500;
Our price, $3.50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
AN AVERAGE OF soc ON THE ID

and at the price which bought it, enables to offer it to
people of the TCes and vicinity about 40 cent less than
actual worthn fact basng values present cost to manufacture
the savings are even much greater than this.
This golden opportunity for all house holders hotels and
roomng need Of homenshng- will be the biggest
money-savng sale of its kind held in this community
Sale begins Wednesday Morning December 26tn big
Third Floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
Carpets, Rugs, LinOleumS

Rag rugs, size 25x5o, Wendts price, $10O
and $125; Our price, 69c
Small tapestry rag and grass rugs,
Wendt's price, $3.50 to $500; Our price,
S1.0O
Small brussels and administer rugs,
Wendt's price, $3.50; Our price, $3.50.
27x54 inch administer rugs, Wendt's
price, $500; Our price, $2,95.
6x9 foot wool fibre rugs Wendt's price,
1925; Our price, 1885.
36x72 inch administer rugs Wendts
price, $3.50; Our price, S4.95.
9x12 administer and tapestry rugs,
Wendt's price, $22,50 and $4,000; Our price,
$3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
Mattresses and Springs

Wendt's $3.50 mattresses, art tick cornbi-
nation, full size, each $500.
Wendt's $1,000 to $1,000 mattresses, 3-4
and full size, for $685..
Wendt's $3.50 to $500 two piece mat
tresses, excellent ticking for $3.50.
Wendts $500 wood frame springs. with
out supports for S1.50
Wendt's $500 wood frame springs, with
supports for $3.50.
chair seats, Wendt's prices 15c to 10
35c, to close, choice EOc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24

9x1O6 foot wool fibre rugs, Wendt's
price, 1925; Our price, $500.
9x12 foot wool fibre rugs, Wendt's price,
$1,000; Our price $685..
8.3x10.6 and 9x12 body brussels and ak
minister rugs, Wendt's price $500 to
$3.50, our price $500.
8.3x10.6 and 9x12 Administer and body
brussels rugs, Wendt's price $3.50 to $45,
our price $4,000.
Cotton grain carpets and stair carpets,
Wendt's price soc, our price, yard, 25c.
All wool ingram carpets, Wendt's price
95c, our price, yard SOC.
Linoleuns, assorted patterns, yards
wide, Wendt's price soc, our price, SO. yd.
Csc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
Rockers

Rockers, variety Of styles and finish,
Wendts price, $500 to $500; Our price,
$500
Alot of rockers in various styles, Wendt's
price, $3.50 to $500; Our price, $500.
About % solid oak rockers Wendts
price, $3.50 and $1,000; Our price, $685..
Leather upholstered rockers, some in
Spanish and black feathers, Wendt's price,
$500 to $500; Our price, $12.50.
Genuine leather over-stuffed rockers,
Wendt's price, $3.50; Our price, $19.75.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-24
China Cabinets, Book Cases, etc.

Wendt's $500 oak china cabinet for $40.
Wendt's $3.50 oak china cabinet for $50.
Wendt's $3.50 fumed and golden oak
cabinet for $3.50.
Wendfs $3.50 fumed and golden oak
cabinet for $500.
WendPs $500 book cases of solid ma
hogany and fumed oak, for S19.75.
Wendts $500 fumed oak book cases for
S2250
Wendts $500 combination book case
and writing desk for $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
Franks of the Senator's Son

From grave to gay the transition is easy
enough, as Montgomery Rollins clearly
demonstrates in the latest product OF a pen
which his publishers explain has furnished
many books of a more serious nature" II
Is hard for the reader of THE Village
Pest to realize that the autho. has given
to the financial world sundry profound dis
cussions that have had respectful attention
from men immersed in weighty affairs of
business "A Story of David" which is the
subtitle of Mr. Rollins's rolicking yarn
treats of a boy, very real one, who lived,
moved and had his being in the Wash.
inGton, D. C., of some thirty years ago.
David is the irrepressible son of a deeply
burdened and at the same time deeply dis
corning United States Senator OF the old
school, and from the very first chapter the
youth is seen storming the high halls of
state, unharmed and undaunted amid pers
before which his elders might have been eX-
cused for quailing. This liSable though mis-
chievous and uproarious young person
careers through the national capital with
utter disregard Of har-raising experiences
that fall to his lot and that of his intrepid
companions. to say nothing of the elder
statesmen of his time. including his saga
cious and not altogether unsympathetic
father The coolness and versatility with
which David plans his campaigns, and the
philosophy with which he invariably meets
the reckoning, prove him a literal chip of
the old block. and the pranks he plays and
the events which win him his sobriquet of
the village pest" are of quality calcu-
lated to make the mature reader of Mr..
Rollns's story feel again the thrill of the
deathless days of happy and irresponsible
boyhood
THE VILLAGE PEST. A story OF David. By
MONTGOMERY Rollins: Illustrated by ]. Henry
"' si"s5. A'a"''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
November Magazines

no more satisfactory article on oriental
rugs has been produced than that which
Arthur Urbane Dilley contributes To- the
November Country Life. II tells the iucS-
pert householder exactly what he wauj,, t.
know about the rugs on his noOr II rs
illustrated with pictures of thirty five d,r
fcrent kinds of rugs in coprs, Mr.. Diilcy
says that there are only six different typ,s
with characteristics so easily distinguish.
able that q person of ordinary intelligence
can learn to know the difference among
them in an hour. II will take less than nj
hour to read Mr. Dileys article and when
one has finished it and studied the illustra
tions he will have a pretty good genera !
knowledge of the subject The magazine
also contains n description of n bachelor
house. "A study in architectural gardens an
article on the wire haired pointing grirfou
and another on fox hunting besides tho
usual departments
Stoveusonians will he interested In the
continuation Of Eleanor Rivcnhurg'e articles
on Stevenson In Hawaii which appear in
the November Boollman. Professor Phclps
continues his discussion OF the advance ~
English poetry in the twentieth century.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
One Beat Too Few

William MacHarg and Edwin Banner
whose first essay in the Besant-Rice or
Frclxmann- Chatrian school OF fiction in
Via wireless" ran from short story to
a play and then to a novel, have collab-
GRATED again in a novel. The Indian
Drum" Between came another joint effort,
THE Blind Mans Eyes" a vigorous story
tn, merits of which are not nullhed by
saving that the authors have surpassed
them in this seasons enthralling book.
This is a mystery story and 1t must be
read for story's sake, not for characterza-
ton or psychology. 1t Is a spellbinding
novel in the sense that the rapidly sue
ceeding. baffiing, sensational episodes keep
the reader spellbound and not spellbinding
in the sense of plethora of words without
action. The scenes are laid in contemporary
Chicago and an old legend that dates back
10 the days when Chicago was Fort Dear
horn is the motif, The Indian tradition has
n that when the lake called Michigan
takes a life the booming of an Indian drum
ia heard marking the toll. Yet when new
steel freighter went down with twenty five
ON board the drum sounded only twenty
four. This is linked up ingeniously with
the career of chap whose parents are
unknown and the disappearance of a mag
nate following a quarrel with his business
associate From these premises Is de-
We oped q plot for q mystery story that
mystifies, that Ia agog with incident and
that II not lacking In sentimental interest.
TorIner President Roosevelt has commended
the book highly.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
HOPE HELD OUT
FOR OLD MAIDS
Benson's Novel of Mature Love
a Gentle Satire of Great
Charm

Imagine yourself before the war III
pleasant English village In sussex ho' i"'
from the sea. Imagine an eIderI! -,
elor and his selfish faultfnding hotne,
proud OF her kinship to the nobility' hlaas
inc two maiden ladies long past their 'rs'
youth, and n young man or twenty an
girl OF nineteen. Then imagine 70 r. peu
SON. the brilliant epigraminatc aclhor y.
"Dodo," describing how these lives r,uc,
upon one another. If the reader wen Ne.se"
in modern fiction can think or anyth'hs .int '.
would give greater pleasure III ce'.
moods his imagination Is fertile indeed, ro,
tunately for those who seek agreeabIe az
version, Il is not necessary to imagine these
things for Mr.. Benson has written move,
in which he has done what IL indicateu
In the preceding sentences. "The Ior'ols.'
as he calls the book, is delightful. Inc
story is told with gentle satire that SHOWS
the softening effect of the years upon the
authors mordant wit 1t is really c@f'-
fully thought out study of the aratory
psychology of the mature. The love sf-
fair Of the boy and girl Is introduced 10
show how the fires of early passion nave
burned low In man Of forty and woman
of thirty-five who were on the verge OF mar
riage when they were much younger The
man drew back out of respect to the wishes
Of his mother who could not Oring herself
TO consent to tho presence of woman in
the house 2 her sons wife. The man is the
tortoise. He discovers that he can do moth
ing but look on at the wooing of the young
people even though he han begun to long
to make the girl his own wife. Many women
will be more interested in the development
Of the character Of the thirty-f, f-year-old
spinster II Is an admirable study. There
are thousands Of such women In America
and hundreds in Philadelphia who VIII rec
ognize themselves i'm the portrait The
story holds out hope fer them. because in
the end the man discovers that there Is no
real happiness for him save by marrying
his friend of long standing.
The story is told in leisurely manner.
The trivial and unexciting anlusements Of
the gentlefolk are described as though they
were Of great consequence Mr. Benson
treats them as seriously his characters
do lie takes them on their pcncs and
boating excursions. He tells of their ten
mis- and croquet games and their tea par
ties and he leads the reader through the
tragic heartburnings of the singers preDar-
ing for the Christmas music In the church.
Such is the life of the small town. and in
its way it is as important as the life of
the great city The actors move on less
ample stage. That is the only difference of
consequence. But the reader does not re-
gard them as actors. Mr. Benson has made
them seem real that when the book is
finished one bids a reluctant adieu as to old
friends.
THE tortoise BY 4. r Benson author -
'Dodo New York George H. Dprsn Com
pHnF. Fl.TO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
Frightfulness in Fiction

There is no doubt that a nameless terror
hung over tho people OF rural England
when German frightfulness began to be
manifested by air raids on peaceful VII
lagos and when gas began TO be used In
the trenches early In the war. The
descendants Of the people who during the
Napoleonic wars believed that the Corsican
had a baby served up for his breakfas st
every day were ready to believe that the
Prussians were responsible for every un-
toward thing happening in the country.
Arthur Machen, who delights in the weird
and gruesome, has put this feeling of the
British into a novel, He has men and
women found dead in the roadways with
no apparent clue to the murder. He has a
whole houseful of people found starved
TO death because they dared not go out
OF doors-a record is left by one of the
victims He describes the appearance at
night of mysterious clouds near the ground,
shot through with lights. and suggests that
German spies living underground have pro-
duced a gas that sets men and animals wild
and impeis them to do terrible things. The
story II interesting as study In the
psychology ef tssror.
THE rnaca Esssssg u s. t.ssss W. e.9s:s s:
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
The Other Side

There are always two sides to every
question, and the enigma Of history is no
exception. Otherwise. what pleasure could
the British derive in teaching the events Of
the Revolutionary War or the Boer War
not to mention the Indian campaigns
1t Is with realization Of this that
Harris Dickson wrote The Unpopular His
tory OF the United States b. Uncle Saw
Himself" chronicle of the mistakes made
IN the military administration OF this coun-
try. The authors intention is to prove the
necessity and sanity of the conscripton
act.
THE UNPOPULAR HISTORY OF THE UNITED
STATES BY UNCLE SAM HIMSET.F Ry
Harris Dickinson. New York. FREDERICK \
Stnlics C0mpanN. SnvnntN N-lNn cnnfs-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
BENEDICT ARNOLD WAS A PACIFIST
AFTER HIS NOTORIOUS TREASON
Some Modern Men in Danger of Reversing the
Process-F. j. Stimson's Notable Life of
Peggy Shippen's Husband

E ARE Senator La Toilette and the
Aother pacihsts guilty OF treasonV
Miss Ames asked In a pause In our dis
cussion of the activities Of pro-Germans.
mot yet" said Senator Owen-we still
call him Senator" because we think he
will have the title some day. THE po-
tentiallty of treason. however, lies in their
state of mind. 1 can conceive some or
them arguing that IL the only way to
bring about peace were to betray the
American troops to the enemy. they
would be justified in resorting to betrayal.
Then If they were guilty of an overt act
pardon the legal term; you Know II
means only that il they actually took
steps to deliver our armies to the enemy
If they were guilty OF an overt act,
say, then they would become traitors in
stantly."
Didn't Benedict Arnold pretend that
he was acting for the good OF both coun
tries when he plotted to surrender West
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
LATEST PRODUCT
OF LOCAL POETS
Harvey NJ. Watts Writes of War
and Robert Norwood of
Religion

Admirers of the work of Harvey NJ watts
will be delighted with a little volume of
his war verse which has appeared under
the title of over There" 1t contains
twenty-six difieren; pieces grouped accord
ing to the subject. Seven deal with the de-
parture Of the troops. There are three SON.
nets on festival days four on the Kaiser
seven on his victims and four on the dead
Probably the best stanza in the whole col
lection is the Nth In "As to Those Who
10 ~ II runs in this way:
In the da,i ,srhomc Of m1ddled things
.rLin!yo,s im%y cast Gas in"lr ,f rninnG spear
Yet free from coward fear.
Everything in the volume is tnged by
the temperamental characteristics Of Mr.
watts. lie is "A man of such marked in
dividualty that it would be impossible to
conceive his producing different kind of
verse. II Will establish on firmer ground
the reputation which he has already made
The Rev. Robert w. Norwood, rector of
the Memorial Church of st. Paul at Over
brook' has won reputation as a poet
under the name of Robert Norwood He is
an evident admirer of Mrs. Browning. for
no has followed her lead in many ways
Ills first volume was His Lady of the SON
nets, collection of thirty sonnets adj
dressed 10 his wife after the manner OF
M'S' browning 'SonnetS from the Portu-
gucSo.' Then he published THE witch of
Endor." a blank verse drama of Saul Ills
latest volume Is THE Piper and the Reed
the title poem of which suggests Mrs
browning. When he has written longer he
may develop a more original note The
verse in the new volume is tngcd with the
ecclesiastical thinking of the clergyman
and it is also markedly academic Mr.. Nor
wood seldom gets his feet on the solid earth
where common men walk and think Yet
there are devout persons who are exceed
inGly fond of religious verse. Mr. Norwood
Is likely to find many readers among them
They viii not care whether he has an orig
inal inspiration or is dependent on dead
poets for the motive Of his song
OVER THERE. Poems of Appreciation. Conso-
lation and Indignation, BY tIarvcy NJ. Watts
A NJ. Lit. -. Philadelphia: The John q
Wuston Company. Fifty cents.
THE PIPER AND THE REED. BY Robert Nor
wood. New York: George II. Doran Com
pany Sl.25. "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10

Royal svo, 6sI pages 81 illustrations done the
| by Wallace Morgan. Price $500. At all bookstores
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-10
TRAlTOK

The Countess of Warwick writes a,
In tho balance and Charles Ferv,ssship 'nsship
cusses Americas relation to the Wa dis
is an excellent commentary on 81. iners
plays of the autumn season hv ~. ~, best
Hamilton, and Frederick Dean layton
opera in America. The number si.Vs Of
tains the usual group Of wel.cons,d.o 90
views of current books. y
Those who are following events t. M
should read the article on Kerensl,," nessa
revolution, by Il. II. Wilcox, in ths Mao The
ber Atlantic Monthly. 1t is an ea.'' ,o'em-
study of the man and his metboa. ada m
Illuminating comments on the Russios WA
ton. Andre Cheradame writes IN ~ situa.
lacy Of a German peace in an antho ms A.
manner and Carleton r. Parker d,.uvs
the I. w w There are two so,,,'". .usses
Cecil SpringRice, the British Ambass y
" Washington, on the St Gaudens aor
ment at Rock Creek Cemetery and nonu'
by Arthur Symons. Mrs. John p,Ipsen poen
Green. the widow of the British hir,enafs q
discusses the Irish conv, n,ion. and po.rn
Iddings Bell writes % the meaning =, ai y
new religion Of Mr. wis. There a. :, ue
stories by the Rev. Arthur Russell ran,t snort
of York Pa. and by Margaret Lynn yf' re
serial professors Pr6gress' Is con,in,.i, "
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22
new RULINGS
ON INCOME TAX
ARE APPROVED
Designed to Eliminate I'm
fair Features of the
New Law
WILL REDUCE TAX
IN MANY CASES
Partnerships and Individ-
uals Will Be Permitted
to Deduct Salaries

Washington, Dec. %. - Internal
Revenue Collector Roper last night
issued a series OF rulings designed to
eliminate much unnecessary account
ing and other interference with nor
mai business in computing excess
profits and income taxes, and In many
cases TO materially reduce the
amount OF tax to be paid. The ruiz
ings, based on recommendations Of
the excess profits advisory commit
tee and approved by Secretary Me-
Adoo, in substance are as follows:
Partnership and individuals are
permitted to deduct reasonable
salaries for the partners or the
individual before figuring excess
profits on the business.
A partnership also may deduct
payments TO q partner as interest on
a bona fide loan.
A partner in his individual capacity
is not subject to excess profits taxes
on his share of profits except at the
s per cent Nrate on profits exceeding
$4,000, applicable to businesses with
no capital or only nominal capital.
A taxpayer need not go to the
trouble of reporting his pre-war
earnings IL he Is content to accept
the minimum z per cent deduction in
calculating excess profits taxes.
Stocks, bonds and other evidences
of Indebtedness are to be considered
tangible property included in sim
vested capital" in estimation of ex-
cess profits.
Another ruling issued last night ex-
tends from Jan / to Feb. the time
in which corporations may file In
come and excess profits tax returns
on the basis Of their fiscal year.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22
MORE STLO-OWNTNG
FARMERS GREAT NEED
State wide immigration Movement
Launched at cooperstown-E. s.
Hamilton is President.

Binford, N. D., Dec. 22.--North
Dakota's greatest and most crying
need is more 100 and S2O-acre corn,
sow, hog and silo-owning farmers,
declared Charles c. Connolly Of
Devils Lake, chairman Of the state
wide immigration movement, who
addressed a large meeting Of farm
ers and business men here.
Following the meeting, he ad-
dressed gathering at Cooperstown
at which time an organization was
perfected with the following set Of
officers: President, e. S. Hamilton:
secretary, G. B. Edmundson, and
treasurer, r. L. Jones. The directors
of the board are E. e. Iverson and
liver Udgard.,
The working out of the immigra-
ton plan, according to Mr.. Connolly,
will bring an era of prosperity to the
state.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22

Male trousers will be embellish-
ed with patches next season. The
patches will be worn in the well
known region where patches are
most commonly found needful.
This is because the nations tailors
are conspiring with the council Of
national defense and other such or
CARNATIONS to save cloth. The tall
ors have agreed that the wearing of
patches must be made a dictum of
style. 1t is estimated that the cloth
saved thereby could be turned over
to some useful purpose such as the
making of more patches.
Fat men who require suits of
swaddling proportions will be asked
to train down and fit themselves for
clothes Of moderate measure. If you
are fat inspect your bony structure
and determine the size Of the suit
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-12-22

which embraces both states. in Min
neapolis.
South Dakota, which six months
ago was among the states of the un-
ion having the lowest per capita
record in Red Cross membership, has
been going great guns In the prs
ent drive. with the object of going
to the lead In the country not only
In per capita membership, but I'm
contributions in proportion to its
population.
Last available figures In South D1-
kota placed the Red Cross member
ship at 11lA per cent Of the popula-
ton.
State Leaders Not Worried.
North Dakota Red Cross leaders
and directors are not very much
worried, however and while not
overly confident, feel quite secure in
the very encouraging reports of
progress coming from every section
Of the state.
Harry Curran Wilbur. Fargo, ex-
ecutive state secretary, has predict
ed that North Dakota win have 300
900 Red Cross members when the
drive is over. which Is more than 80