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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
Things That Make q Nose Full

Speaking the other day of. simple
acute rhinitis (vulgarly known as
chronic catarrh} we explained how bad
air deteriorates the tone Of the circu-
lation in the lining of the breathing
tube, and we specified that bad or foul
air, in the hygienic sense, sis any air
that is artificially heated above 6S de-
grees Fahrenheit.
Other factors are concerned in the
causation of chronic rhinitis. Cod
ding is an easy second to bad air.
Coddling works precisely like bad air
Every little bit added to what comfort
actually demands makes just little
bit more than the poor, suffocated,
unexeroised and unyentilated human
hide can endure. Clothes are pro-
lific predisposing cause OF respiratory
disease of all kinds. everywhere,
Clothes, not clothing. Clothing is
worn by Esquimos for necessary
warmth; clothes are worn by most
American. citizens for any other
reason. Our skin Is constantly smoth-
cred with too much clothing and
macerated In It's own excretions,
When more clothing than physical
comfort demands is worn indoors the
effect Ia relaxation of the little arter-
ioles OF the skin, excessive persplr-
alton from congestion OF the sweat
glands. too rapid cooling OF the body
upon the first sudden change, and
consequently the enlargement Of the
internal organa, Now, We have nc
y~4t ton 10 hot a
breathing tube suffers more from such
engagement than the alimentary
tube; we just Imagine the breathing
passages feel the brunt OF It,
/ Excessive clothing puts the vase
motor nervous system asleep on the
| Job. Coddle yourself a year or 60 and
yenr reaction to sudden temperature
changes becomes less ana less active
Wear chest protector or q throat
muffler OF oyershoes a season and yor
| become mare and more sensitive te
atmospheric variations, because yaul
| vaRomotor nerves no longer have good
control Of = your eireuuation, They
have been legIslated out of office,
Clothing is an artificial substitute
Tor the fur or hair which once served
TO protect the race through the COLI
and rainy seasons. We lost most o.
that coat when we mounted upon oul
| hind feet and learned how to max,
i flre. Nowhere IN nature will you fins
\ an instance Of coddiing the chest
\ throat or feet That is purely weak
ness OF civilized man-and ciyilizes
3HaaA xlsaas tbs ,Werig in, his ,susgepti
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
The Day i'm Davenport

was i'll but few days The day pre-
ceding her death she had severe at
tack Of pneumonia from which she
failed to rally. She was SO years Of
age
Obituary Record-Jachim Biehl, q
farmer from South Dakota, SO years
Of age, died suddenly In his room at
the Hotel Reimers, 212lra Scott street.
According TO men who cared for him,
he suffered a stroke of paralysis, the
second in two weeks,
O.
Named Judge Advocate - Captain
Arthur D. Ficke of Davenport, son Of
c. A. Ficke, has been appointed judge
advocate of the general court martial
or military court or the American
army in Paris. This information is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
cHORDs nd
DlscORDs

WHILE on the subject Of conserva-
ton one who sees the volume Of per-
fectly valuable white paper that Is
wasted In the process could see no
great public suffering II the national
and state governments eliminated their
printed departmental official reports
for the duration Of the war. The same
subject matter that is carried II the
hundreds OF pages that are devoted to
the detailed reports could be intelli-
gently presented in few sheets. The
more extended reports may be digest
ed by the compiler and g few others
more especially interested, but outside
OF these we know Of no others unless
it be the proof readers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
srTrNG AGAIy.

SIR: I note where a few nights ago
you urged that all home gardens be
dug this fall instead Of delaying the
lob until next spring, theorizing that
the soil Yields better when given the
earlier turnover. without wishing to
be unduly personal, might I suggest
that it is a good idea for people, before
seeking to counsel others, to do q lit
lie practicing of their own preach
ments2 L. Il.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

OF an American Red Cross ambulance
for service IN the war zone. The army
Will continue the campaign for the
remainder of the fund and hope TO
raise the required amount shortly alt
er the holidays. The ambulance VIII
bear the name OF the city donating
to the Red Cross.
O.
Joins Ordnance Department-Pat-
riotism is paramount to business Win
Henry B. Sehnitger, connected win
the Davenport Water company. ne
enlisted as private in the ordnance
department at Rock Island arsenal
and expects in due time to be sent 70
France. Private Schnitger is son OF
the late Henry Schnitger, pioneer
street car man of Davenport aud d
grandson of Major Sehnitger, veteran
OF the Civil war He has resigned us
responsibile position with the water
company IL serve stnels sam, :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

THOSE Of Us who may have got the
notion through reading the graft trials,
and following their various angles into
all classes and conditions Of society,
that there were no longer honest Peo-
pie resident in Chicago ought 10 he
cheered a trife by the statement by
the Cook county treasurer that he is
in receipt Of $500 from a citizen who
said his conscience mad been shifting
him since he failed to make proper
schedule on his personal property.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

Fingers Taken 0ff-As the result
of painful accident he suffered while
at work at the Rock Island arsenal,
John Hiersemann, 10, 705 Bismarck
street, had four fingers on his right
hand amputated at Mercy hospital. He
will recover. MIR. Hiersemann is a
pressman. While at work at $3.50
Saturday morning, his hand became
caught in the press he was operating
and was SO badly mangled that the In
slant amputation was necessary.
O.
Mrs Margaret Pohlmann, mother
of William Pohlmann, Jr.. president
and manager of the Iowa Steam
Laundry company, passed away Sat
urday morning at 1880 o'clock at her
home, 1919 Sturdevant street. She
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
MEMBER OF THE ASSO-
CHATTER PRESS.

The Associated Press Is ex-
elusiveiy entitled 80 The use for
republication Of all news dis
patches credited 10 it or not
otherwise credited In this paper
and also the local news pub
llshed herein.
All rights Of republication Of
special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

The calling off Of the annual amen
Corner" dinner in New York, because
"jocularities are as untimely as fes-
tivities,' sets an excellent example II
is high time that cities, towns, vii
lagos and the rural districts should I'M
derstand that jocularities and festiFi-
ties are uutimely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

Perhaps the German government
will classify the corner in frankfurters
and sauerkraut as frightfulness prac-
ticed on their nationals and may make
reprisals by refusing ratlons OF pork
and beans and "punkin - pie to Amer
lean prisoners of war-when they
catch any
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
Moth Patches on Face,

Win nervousness cause moth patches
10 appear on the face? Is there any
thing that viii remove these stains /?
Mrs. NJ. ], o.
answer - me systemic trouble
which accounts for the nervousness
may also cause the moth patches. A
common cause is prolonged autoin-
toxication from protein putrefaction in
the intestine. Remedy; Vegetarianism.
These so-called moth patches, liver
spots; chioasma, may be removed by
nightly applications of one-half per
cent anmoniated mercury ointment 10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

A lot Of our pacifists and conscien-
tious DIRECTORS seem to have the idea
that we ought to hand the whole coun-
try over to the Germans and apollo
gize because things in it haven't been
hotter innrOved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

According to the fashion notes
gaudiness is to take the place'of cost
Illness in the new styles. Something
must be done to please the peacocks.
In Britain and France a prevailing
mode is deep mourning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

The Germans in their seventh war
loan, according 10 dispatches from
Berlin. raised s3,114,500,000. Yes, and
at the close Of the Civil war the most
plentiful thing ia the south was con-
federate money.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
Daily History Class
DECEMBER 8.

DECEMBER ..
is14--Re-entorcements from France
reached Won Hindenburg's line at
Lodx and Lowiez, Poland,
19i5-Unitad States requested Ger
many 10 recall attaches Captain
Boyd and Captain Won Papen,
l916---Aoute cabinet crisis in England.
France and England agree to Rps
sia,ssaedujs.tioa IF Goastantiuor3fa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

william Z. Chandler, the father Of
the American navy" lived to see it
grow into quite a husky giant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

The mayor Of New Orleans found a
way to conscript the idlers for work
on sugar plantations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

II you do your Christmas shopping
early, you will do your Christmas
mailing early.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
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sY W o.! AZ /. =! BRADY RAD '1o.

Dr.
put be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

There are some folks in England
who are quite as much opposed to
democracy as the kaiser,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

Senator Lewis at Augustana audi
torium this evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

bility to respiratory infections and so
called "catarrh.''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
SPIKE

THEY must have changed the diet
of the tiger from raw meat to bon
bons, 1t Is announced that Tammany
hall is ready to open its doors to
women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03

From the Kansas City Star.
 F Nicholas Romanoff had thought up
 any fine words to say by way of fare we'll to ''his'' army they are lost to history, for according to the account that comes to us his attemtped good-by re- marks were drowned by the chant of the "Marseillaise," struck up by the re- volted troops
 That 'lucliest musical composition ever promulgated as Carlyle calls it, has been no friend to kings. Even in times of calm. when tax collectors could |get almost as good insurance rates as American citizens on the high seas no king could hear the strains of this dis orderly hymn without hitching nervously about on his throne and glancing over his shoulder to see if the back door leading to the fire escape was open and unimpeded.
 When the Bourbons got back upon their throne, after an absence of more than 20 years, and had quilted it's rocking suf- f1ciently to overcome the uncomfortable seasick feeling it gave them, the first thing they did was to prohibit the sing ing of the ''Marseillaise. If anybody wanted to see Bourbon leave his dinner and make slide for the cyclone cellar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
English Sparrow Nuisance

The English sparrow is a public nui- sance," said Sterling A. Wood, one of the students of bird lore of this city, and as such should be condemned by all and exterminated if possible. The department of agriculture at Washington has had him investigated in all aspects and condemns him without reserve. John H. Wallace, our game commissioner, ex- coriates him in language not always par liamentary. The law of Alabama denom- mates him a public enemy. He is in- dicted, and has been found guilty of crowding all other birds practically out of existence.
 He builds an unsightly nest, and has harsh voice, and soils our dwelling houses, if allowed to remain. He is cun- ming as a fox. he will eat up more chicken feed or pigeon feed than the birds for which you provide it. At the same time, he has been found stealing the nests of other birds, such as blue birds, and killing their young, and eat ing their eggs. As some compensation, if you will kill him, cut off his wings and skin him, he makes a fine morsel to eat. In spite of all the above, it Is said that some persons like him. There is certainly no accounting for tastes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
THE eeMARSEILLAISE'' !,

with his scepter under one arm ahd blank abdication form in his pocket all he had to do was to whistle a bar or two of the "Marseillaise" through the keyhole.
 Originally, of course, the "Marseil- lase' was French, but it long ago be- came international. Wherever populace had left over king on it's hands that it wanted to get rid of without spelling the carpet in the palace 1t borrowed the
 Marsellaise'' and gave popular con- cert under the royal window.
 "Lillibullero' was a powerful tune in it's day and is reputed to have sung) James II out of his three kingdoms, but the "Marseillaise' lighted the watchiireS of revolution in Hungary, Italy, Spain and Germany as we'll as in the land of and quarter after it chanted the def- ance of the first French republic to the allied kings of Europe. it is the Ire Deum'' of Russian democracy. It begins to look as though the "Marseillaise'' had some of the qualities that make for per- manence.
 Perhaps those qualities are good music and words capable of being sung, in which respect the "Marseillaise" differs radically from some other national airs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03

From the Pittsburg Post.
 EzHE Swiss and patriotism are pro- verbal In no country on the globe, not even our own. breathes there more of love of liberty in the hearts of the people than in the little republic of Switzerland. In all ages this small nation has shown devotion to it's country, and the desire for perfect free- dom of thought and action. Among the splendid patriotic acts of world history none stand out more brilliantly and boldly than do those of Arnold Won Winkelried. The chronicle of his valor was found in Zurich, and the early ballads of the coun- try relate the same story of devotion and sacrifice.
 When the events of history have been preserved by a people in the form of a chronicle and ballad there is good reason to feel they are authentic. Those of Von Winkelried have been carefully preserved. and every child in the little republic is familiar with them.
 The Winkelried family was of knightly
 
 tached to the name of Arnold. But they were peasant folk and rarely assumed tho l honor except where it was absolutely necessary.
 The town of Santaz, where Arnold was born, is only two miles from the lake I is called Stanzstad. Close to the landing place stands watch tower nearly 500 years old. It was here that the first blow was struck by the Swiss for their nde pendence. A large mill stone was thrown from the top of this tower into a boat that was filled with Austrian partisans. and the boat was swamped. The heroic and successful efforts of the Swiss to throw off the hated burden of Austrian rule Is most interesting page
 of history. The battle of Sembach was
 one of their greatest victories. It was fought on the eastern shore of Sembach
 lake.
 | Seventy-one years before this battle the
 Swiss had won famous victory at Nor
 garten anl Duke Leopold of Austria had
 fled before their bold charge. It was
 again Duke Leopold. the son of the
 former one. who lost this battle with the
 Swiss. and he also lost his life. l There were 40o0 of the Austrians' skilled
 soldiers. who upon that hot July day mer
 a body of only 140o Swiss. The Swiss
 were nutnumbered almost three to one.
 but they were fighting for liberty and
 the freedom of their humble homes. The The knights had dismounted. and clad
 make no impression upon the solid ranks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
VIII Re Real War

T believe that inside of four months the United States will be sending men into France to fight said L. Poole, chief of the railway mail service. Tt has taken us a long time, perhaps, to make up our minds to fight, and now that we are about in it, I do not believe it Is going to be any Bobby Make-Believe warfare. I be- lieve it is going to be a real fight.
 This will perhaps b- one of the points on which Congress will be divided. There seems to be no doubt that Congress will declare war or declare that a state of war exists, but I do not think the mem bers will in any measure agree as to the exact methods and the limits to be pur- sued by the United States in waging war However, believe that our boys will see active service on foreign soil''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Wrote Sixty Books
Amd Is SGiII Poor

lA1AQl AS 9S1AA 0SO4
 A MELIA E. BARR, the novelist A recently celebrated her eighty seventh birthday by working on the fourth chapter of her novel, "A Woman's Problem" Despite her age' Mrs. Barr continues to work eight hours a day and looks forward to ten years more of an active life.
 The author of more than sixty novels, Mrs. Barr says they have not made her rich, and she still has to write for a living. The author of a abest seller'' probably looks with pitying condescension on this elderly English woman, whose sixty volumes have not brought her affluence. Mrs. Barr has never been fortunate enough to write a s'best seller," according to the modern acceptation of that term, meaning poor book which makes its author rich in twelve months. Who remembers "The Lone House" Feet of Clay," "Jan Vedder's Wife," "A Border Sheperdess," or even The House on Cherry Street." published as late as 1909?
 And to make matters worse, Mrs. Barr declares that the war has cut d,wn her income. Her novels used to bring from $2O00 to 5000 each. "Now," she says, q hardly ever get more than $500 for book"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03

years longer will be in the multi millionaire class.
 Mccormack has set the pace for art buying. He has paid as much as $20,000 for an oil painting, and he is the possessor of at least a dozen canvases that cost him over $2O0O apiece.
 Who says high-class music doesn't pay? Time was when the virtuoso performers and the big singers wasted their money. But 1t is very different now. And the best of it is that of their abundance they patronize the art dealer. At least Mccormack and Caruso, the worlds greatest tenors, are patrons worth while.
 * * *
 Prominent PacHfisG Has His DelwsioHns THE Pittsburg Post takes Amos 0 Pinchot to task for trying to embarrass the American government by pacific utterances at time when | every citizen should be loyal. N Like most of his brethren, Mir. Pin chot has chornic disinclination to face facts. He talks about Americas Supreme opportunity to bring about a conference and stop the war;" as if that were the easiest thing in the world to do! President Wilson under took the superhuman task of trying to stop the war and failed. He used every means in his power to bring about conference without success. His recommendation were ignored, his offers of help were declined. He | bore with Germany until the whole world, including Germany, began to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Great Singers As
 Collectors of Art

E NRICO CARUSO, the Italian N tenor, was the successful bid der for several rare curios at sale in the American Art association gal leries in New York last week. He paid $240 for an Alexandrian glass bowl, two inches high and three and three-quarters inches in diameter, of the first century, B. c. But the singers fancy as an art buyer runs strongly for faience wares. He paid $40 each for a Rhodian faience pitcher and plate of the sixteenth cen- tury; $200 for Koubatcha faience plate and $2O0 for Spanish-Moorish lustred faience "cylindral jar, it com ing down from the sixteenth century, with two bands of pseudo -Cufic in- scriptions and a narrow band of Saracenlc pattern.
 Now that Caruso is Gin the market" for curios his artistic taste may lead him on into the realm of sculpture or great oils.
 A half century ago musical celebri- tries were able to earn snug fortunes, and several of them retired from the stage with a competence. But the millionaire tonal artists are of more recent times.
 Patti, the greatest of prima donnas, appeared three or four times week during the opera season, and was paid $3OOO for each appearance. Paderew- ski, the pianist, was paid 5000 every time he performed. He has been in constant demand and his net earn ings in the last twenty-five years are estimated at $1,500,000 But Fade rewski was always philanthropist and being now the head of the Polish relief fund, is no longer rich. He has given away fortune.
 Of the recent money makers on the operatic or concert stage dozen or more have been able to save large sums; but John Mccormack, the Irish tenor, comes first; and Caruso prob ably comes second. It is estimated that in two years Mccormack in his recitals has cleared S600,000. He is just now in full swing as a drawing proposition, and if he holds out ten
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
LUKE M,LukE SAYS

Once in a while a husband brings home a bo of candy purely through goodness of heart and not because he is concealing confession that he ought to make. But you cant make his wife believe it.
 Did you ever know a man who wasn't willing to take chance on wealth keep ing him out of heaven? Neither did we.
 There are some husbands who do not think that their wives talk too much, but they have been married only few hours.
 The modern Idea of chivalry seems to be to permit the wife to get the divorce.
 When a girl has failed to land hus- band at home and is paying a visit to another town in which she knows a num- Der of eligible young men, she carries as much special scenery as a. theatrical pro- duction.
 Another reason why we have so many divorces is because a man imagines that it is foolish to be in love with a girl after she has become his wife,
 As long as there is a pretty monogram engraved on the back of watch, girl doesn't care whether 1t has a movement or not
 We know little about some of tho things they are wearing. But white sale advertisement of department store calls our attention to Easement Under wear"
 After a man has gone over the jumps for half century he begins to learn that it Is easier to do thing than 1t Is to make excuses for neglecting 1t.
 A husband is an animal who gives his wife a-regular allowance every week and then borrows back half of it and kicks because she can't get along on the allow ance he gives her.
 Women were always consistent. They join clubs and indignate against tho small pay given the girl who makes the shirt waist and the small pay given the girl who sells the shirt waist Then they 70 shopping for shirt waists and won't buy unless they can get one at less than it would cost if decent wages were paid the girls.
 Bad luck and bad money are both hard to get rid of. A good cook book is often made by n cook. But good cook is seldom mads by cook book.