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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
FEDERATION OF ROCK ISLAND CHURCHMEN
ACCOMPLISHES MUCH SINCE IT ORGANIZES

mems Federation Of Rock Island
sprung, full-panoplied, into existence.
Briefly. its object was to unite the
men Of all the churches in the city
into a single organization for mutual
acquaintance and community service.
The bylaws. as finally adopted. fixed
the first Tuesday Of each month as
the date for the regular meetings, with
the annual meeting occurring in May
and carefully stipulated that all poll
tics should be barred from the feder-
atoms activities by giving the mem
beTship absolute and undisputed con
troll OF any and all action that might
be taken. This was done because it
had been limited in some quarters. pos
sibiy misinf0rmed. that the new or
ganjZation was being launched for the
purpose of controlling" the church
vote-as if such a thing could be I'M
agined. As a matter of fact-and we
speak from considerable knowledge
and observation-if there is any vote
among all the several and various
votes classified as this. that or the
other, that is utterly and entirely un-
controllable mot to say undependab}e)
it IS the sO-called church vote Like
the incredulous farmers giraffe.
there amt no sech animal" Albeit,
this is not to intimate that members
of churches do not vote The reader
may simply draw his own conclusions.
Upon the formal organization of the
federation, Carlton G. Taylor Of the
First Baptist church was elected pres
iident; Frank W. McMaekin Of the Cen
trail Presbyterian church, first vice
president; Joshua HasselQuist Of the
/ Grace Lutheran church, second vice
president, and Homer f. Hinkley OF
the First Methodist church, secretary
and treasurer. A representative from
each Of the is affiliatng churches and
Sunday schools was also elected to
serve on the federation cabinet, and
| the career Of the new association be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

~ [. Il. TAILOR.
Like most orthodox meetings, this
account should properly open with a
hymn, 1t will be found in almost any
Sunday school hymn book and the
first verse Of it runs thus:
Jesus bids US shine with a clear, pare
light,
Like a little candle burning in the
night
In this world of darkness, we must
shine,
You in your small corner and I in
mine
The stranger may inquire what this
hymn has to do with the organization
whose history is TO be related in this
sketch AS d matter of fact, it has
everything to do with it--aud also
nothing whatever. All that the hymn
did was to furnish a text for a few re-
marks one Monday morning before a
meeting of the Rock Island Minister
ial alliance. and the queer thing about
it was that the hymn did not come in
for any particular praise at the hands
Tor should we have said tonguel of
the speaker Indeed, we have to
record that his references to said
hymn, by and large. as well as in toto
were chiefly derogatory to its senti-
ment and, as result. the Churchmen s
Federation of Rock Island was born
on Friday, March 9. 1917.
The speaker who thus took liber-
ties with one Of the oldest and best
known Of the offspring Of Sunday
school hymnology vas F. 0. Van Gald-
er, teacher of the mems bible class Of
the First Methodist Sunday school.
His manner of dealing with his sub
iect was Inherently iconoclastiC In
fact he insinuated against it unmerci-
fully although he did not go so far
as TO recommend taking il out of the
hymn book Withal, it gave him a text
for an appeal that found favor in the
( sight Of the ministerial brethren 20
whom it was addressed and later saw
fruition "a a live and active organiza-
ton that may be destined to be heard
/ from in no uncertain tones before
some people now living have ceased
! to take an interest in things earthly
and have reciined to spend the re-
mainder Of their feshly soiourn in the
shadow of the marble slab and the
heaveu-pointing evergreen.
/ Shining in & small corner" said
Mr.. Van Calder to the ministers. 'but
it's what I should call too restricted
a sphere, Why not bring all the 1T
/ tie candles out from their small cor
ners into the center Of the room and
have one great. big flame that some.
body can see % And the minister:
saw" and said it was good.
As a result on Monday. Feb 10
1917, which was only week or twt
after the grouping Idea had beer
preached. the ministerial alliance wa.
sponsor for q mass meeting at thu
ROcl Island Young Mems Christian
association building, to which repre-
sentatives were sent by all the evan
gelical churches Of the city Havin.
tried out his speech on the ministers
Mr. Van Calder was invited 10 repea
it for the benefit OF the laity. an,
they. too. heard and were convinced
A committee was tilereupon appointe,
10 draw up bylaws. select a name, al
tend 10 various other preliminaries
and report at subsequent meetln,
of the combined mems bible classe
and church brotherhoods of the CITY.
The second meeting was held o.
, Friday. March 9, 1877, with a Iarg
attendance, and amid much enthusi
lasm and congratuiation the Church
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
INSPECTORS TO AID
PEOPLE WITH FORMS

E D. McCabe Of the district income
tax collector, has informed Louis
Funkenstein, the local inspector. that
owing to rush Of business the tax
blanks would be delayed for a few
days. The demand for the blanks has
been so great that all of the income
tax offices could not be supplied. In
spector Manning is expected TO arrive
IN ROCKS Island Tuesday 10 inform the
applicants OF the proper way 10 MI
out the forms and Inspector Louis
Funkenstein viii start in Moline the
same day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31

ceeded Rev Francis Cleary as assist
ant rector to Dean j. ! Quinn in St
Joseph's Catholic parish, Father Cleary
by diocesan order having been placed
in charge of a parish at Warsaw, III.
Local Man Made Priest.
Father Thomas killlla. a native Of
Rock Island. was consecrated to the
Catholic priesthood in Rome in the
early summer ana upon coming to this
country and TO Rock Island immedi-
ately after. said his Hrst n1gn mass IN
Sacred Heart Catholic church to which
parish he had belonged as Il hoy. Fa-
Their Killila has the distinction Of be-
ing the first local man to have been
received into the priesthood and IN his
honor a banquet and reception was
held during his stay in the city He
Is now y professor in St Charles col
lege at Helena. Mont
Two new churches have been COM
pleted in the last year, the Reorgan-
ized Church Of Latter Day Saints and
the Gloria Dei or Third United Pres
byterian The former located at
Tenth street and Eighteenth avenue.
was erected at cost of approximate
ly $4,000 There is no regularly con-
stituted minister IN charge. the pulpit
being filed ny elders of the church.
The Gloria Del church. located at
Sears, was erected at a cost Of $4,000
and Is supplied by the pastors of other
United Presbyterian churches In the
city,
Notwithstanding the fact that there
have been So many changes in the
pastorates and that a number OF them
have been vacant 10 long periods, the
churches have lost rome of their
force in the community and this speaks
well for the character OF the congre-
cations that are able TO hold together
and accomplish real work despite the
fact that there were no constituted
leaders 10 the work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
OPENING.

The mid-winter term OF the Browns
Business college opens Wednesday
Jan. ,.
Make q New Year resolve 10 begin
now and thus fit yourself for greater
usefulness and greater earning power.
The demand for trained help was
never more urgent and is constantly
increasing. Call or telephone.
See display ad on another page
G. W. / MEEKER,
Principal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
MANY CHANCES IN
LOCAL CHURCHES.
Year Witnesses Unusual Condition in
PRstorates with Three Charges
Now Vacant.
oRDfNATIOS or BISHOP EVENT
Two Talhees Have Been Completed
and WORK Has Kept Steady.
Wholesome Growth.

.,.l,,. mans. g,sore Ina the personnel
..., 49,. ..,.... .,,,~c,,os
nL ''- p'7''' "''a '- ''' '''
Three congregations are at present
r-fbogt pastors Triuty Episcopal,
,t..,.....r rfr.et.sr and Zion Luth-
... .,.. - 10 HI
cram. ai.'.1F" .n .g' ,'''' ' r,o 5,,.io-
rector VINO WI! 'aNs "p ms ,u,,u..l, Ioo
WIN .'e NI" o. que ,'i ,,''l,I
we la-l VICES i'e, q. H. 'a,i'J 49,
% '.e 1..'- 49,, ~
chure1, rendered hh fe9'Eua'Ioh "
lake eHetl WITHIN 'Ne n'At l"p ~efh9'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
you Started to Pull EN-, and You Ought to Do It,"

swell, who said he didn't? l didn't
say he didn't, did I?''
"Well, who said you did say"
"Come onr' interrupted Penrod.
"Let's go back and look at mine"
"No, siri / want to watch my own
snake change, don't 1? You better
stay here and wait till he's all good
and changed. then Wen go and see IL
yours"
mo, sir" shouted Penrod over his
shoulder, as he started home on the
trot. I'm goin' back to watch good
shaker
He passed through the kitchen of
his own home at the same gait, disre-
garding a request by Katie, the house
maid, for hearing.
"Mister Penrod." she began, I'D like
to know what fer you want"
'Cat fur" facetiously shouted PEN
rod, already ascending the back stairs.
"Cat fur, to make kitten britchos
with Z"
Next moment, a fearful howl is
sued from Margaret's room. Mrs. Scho-
field. hurrying thither from her own
apartment, encountered her son in the
passageway.
"Penrod, what's the matter?"
where's my snakeY
where's what?"
"My snaken' he beloved. IT want
my snake! Where's my sna-a-ke?"
'Penrod, are you crazy?" she cried.
'What on earth are you"
"My snake! 1 left it on Margaret's
bureau and it's Comet Who's took it?
Who's been in there? Who's got my
snake?"
Mrs. Schofield began to be alarmed
in earnest, her sons manner and look
were frantic, and his words, to her, in
comprehensive.
"Penrod," she said nervously, "you
must take some castor oil. There
wasn't any snake in Margaret's room.
l heard her come upstairs for some
thing a minute ago, and go in there.
IL there'd been a snake there she'd
have screamed, but she went down
stairs again, and"
So did Penrod go downstairs again.
He plunged, three steps at time, and
exploded himself into the parlor.
where Margaret sat Cooking family
embarrassed) with Mr.. Ethelbert Mays
worth Bits (who had come to
take her TO drive and was frownine)
and Mr.. Robert Williams (who had
come to AXE her for a walk, and was
| scowhng), and the gold fish (who
were swimming).
"Where'S my snakeT
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
Aoave Tree of Mexico.

Chinese history records that one Hul
Shen, a Buddhist priest, native OF
Cabul, In the year 400 returned 10
ing-Chow, capital of the dynasty OF
Isl, bringing with him from the couh-
try of Fusang, where he had oeen
acting as a missionary, number Oh
curious articles as gifts for the EN-
peror. Among these were material
resembling silk, with very strong
threads, and a mirror. From the ue'
scriptions the former is believed 10
have been fibrous material from th7
agave tree of Mexico, called by ,he
missionary, 'fusang," the name alSO
applied to the country, and the Ia''
ter is believed to have, been not un-
like mirrors used in Mexico and otueF
parts of the American continent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
Home Obedience.

In discussing criminals a thinker
said: Il firmly believe that the re-
sponsibility for the majority of crimes
rests not upon the criminals themselves,
but upon the shoulders of their pa
rents 70 At first that may sound like
very extreme statement, but upon
second thought Is it after all an exag-
geration? The speaker followed up
his first statement with a second: "A
child who is not taught the value OF
obedience in the home will be less like
ly to respect the laws enacted by COM
munities for the good of that larger
family-humanity."
From this point of view TIE obedl'
ence of little folks assumes mammoth
proportions, for they are not only chill
dren, but citizens in the making.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
STRAIGHT an4 Curly Hair.

The question of the manner of the
production of the straight and curly
varieties of the hair has long been
matter of conjecture, and hitherto No
satisfactory explanation has been
forthcoming. 1t is only known that
straight hair is always circular in
section and is usually thicker than
curly hair, which is ribbonlike and
fine. Each hair is provided with a Sc,
baceous gland opening into it, togeth.
er with a muscle connected with It.
The size of the gland varies c0nSid.
erably in different individuals and ap.
pears larger and better developed in
the negro races. The muscle connect.
ed with each gland has long been rec
ognized as having an influence on the
position of the hair, causing its cree
ton by pulling forward the root of the
hair. Such action of these little mus
cles is displayed when cat in rage
erects the hair of its tail or a straight
haired dog causes the hair of its back
to rise in a median crest. Their in
fluence in man is commonly observed
in the condition known as goose
skim"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16

Proceeding to the top of the front
stairs, he heard the voice of Margaret
and Mr.. Robert Williams, Sans
brother, a senior on vacation. A
glance over the railing revealed the
collegian, beautifully attired, confront
ing Margaret, who leaned against the
newell post in way very irritating
to a brother who wished to get out
to the stable without being stopped or
questioned. When Margaret got her
rod knew she might stay there 'hours
and hours !"
Margaret" said Mr.. Williams, in q
voice wholly inexplicable to Penrod, 81
believe you care more for the bowl of
gold fish, in yonder, than you do for
me-
Penrod retired from the hallway into
Margaret's room, and feeling satisfied
that she would not come there for a
long time, withdrew the treasure from
beneath his coat, set it upon her dress
ing table, and seated himself beside it.
Gold fish!
With the prospect before him of
what was going to happen at, or be-
fore, is minutes of IL, the lives of 9TH
er people-who had no hope of own
ing pet snakes, Matched in the bot
i tle-seemed pltifully vacant. He felt
sorry for Robert Williams. He pit
led the young man for having nothing
better to do than TO talk to an unin-
teresting girl about whether she liked
him as well as she did some gold
fish in glass bowl
A motor whizzed in the street, and,
glancing out of the window at his ell
bow, Penrod found occasion to be
sorry for another young man. evil
IDENTIFY coming to interview the uninter-
esting girl; and from various over
hearings of late, Penrod had little
doubt that this one, too, would be dis
cuSsing at the first opportunity, what
Margaret liked.
He was a dainty, and exquisite
young man, more than well-to-dO, much
encouraged by Mrs. Schofeld; and it
was he who had given Margaret the
bowl of gold fish-which lends some
flavor to Robert Williams dismal COM
parison. Mr.. Ethelbert Magsworth
Bits was generally believed TO be a
very happy and fortunate youth; he
/ had a yacht somewhere; he had n mo-
/ tor car, then at the curb; he had
money enough to buy all the candy in
town if he chose; yet Penrod pitied
! him. Sixteen minutes OF eleven that
morning would find Mr.. Bits utterly
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16

my hiatt" said Mr.. Bits
lieye that little brute has ruinos %
declare it's too bad" eu II Il
That was why Margaret Won.
ing, a little later, instead of walk
And yet Ethelbert had given bn
goldfish. in the first place '' me
A week later, this young mo.
forth melancholic from an Inta. zane
with Miss schofeld. He had rsco,,
the information from her-in ee'Yed
eral way-there were times IN SEN
life when the man who apDeaIs sit's
must be of the general tvno - nef
senior In college; and that-eenaraua
speaking-if girl feels that W. s'a my
best thing she can do may be--jn "a, rne
eral-to 'wait" for that senior SOU
orally speaking, she added. She ~
lieved so. oe'
AS Mr.. Bits walked gloomDv dom,
the street he passed a grocer's W. Y"u
which bore the title, Jacob p Ks9o,
& Co." Attached to the wagon v,a 90 '9h
elderly bay horse, and attached to a. an
elderly bay horse was a bIacy .o' e
And on the other side of the hi
concealed from the view Of Mr. pit,e
stood two boys, staring morbidIy .,
the black tail. al
''Yes, sir" said Sam Williams g.
niger told me that the reason m,n~
never turned to a snake was becsnso
you have to keep it three weeks Wien
out ever lookin' at it. If you lool, .,
it even once, just to see how it,s ,o+
tin along, it's spoiled. Wen. we ka,,
lookin' at 'em-a hundred times 81 dov
l bet-and that's what was the mo-
ter with 'em! That's why they didn,t
turn"
mine woulda - insisted Penrod Iot.
terly. "There wasn't anything wrong
with mine. Mine woulda turned. any
way !"
Mr.. Ethelbert Magsworth Bits did
not overhear this conversation. Ind n
he had, he could not have understood
it. Much less could he have traced
any connection between a hair from
the tail of Jacob r. Klrsh's ELDERLY
horse and the fact that Ethelbert Mays.
worth Bits was destined to remain I'M.
willingly a bachelor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16

year-old sister. appeared In the door.
way.
"Penrodl'
Instinctiyely, he leaped between her
and the sacred bottle, that she mioh+
not see it. He trusted no woman IN
any weighty affair-least of all sic
teri
Papa sent me up to see what you,
are doingT"
Nothing"
"Then why in the world don't vou
come to breakfast?"
"Well, am coming, aIn't II" Yis
tone was that of a person unjusfly at
tackled. "What you all dressed up for
this morning?"
Il never did see such a boyl" Mar
garet exclaimed.
"You say that every day." Penrod re-
torted plaintively.
"Penrodl Are you coming?"
'Yes. I'm ready" he announced I'M
expectedly, having managed, with his
hands behind him, to conceal the bot
tie beneath his pillow.
Speeding from the table at the first
possible moment, he returned to his
own room, and, in the doorway, was
struck with an unnamed fear. Katie,
the housemaid was putting the room
in order; but she had rot touched the
bed. Once more able to breathe, he Sc
cured the bottle and departed, carry
ing it under his jacket, in front, with
out Katie's noticing anything unusual
in his manner or bosom.
He started DOM the back stairs,
but retreated, hearing his mother be-
low, in conversation with the cook.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16

snakeless. There are some things
money cannot buy.
''What time is it getting to be?'
Penrose suddenly inquired aloud.
There was a little clock on Mar
garet's dressing table. but 1t had
stopped. Upon an impulse, he jump
ed up and ran downstairs to the kitch-
en-. There, the noisy old wall-clock
treasured him soothingly. 1t marked
fifteen minutes after ten.
"Yay. Penrod!"
This was a shout from the yard, and
going to the door, Penrod beheld Sam
Williams, radiant with excitement.
"Come on over to our stable, shout
ed Sam. Come on Come on and look
at him!"
Penrod did not stop for his hat;
jealous fear, suddenly reused, added
fear to his feet. And when they
reached Sans stable he was profound
" resolved to find Sans ''snake" no
more advanced toward the great trans
formation than his own. He expressed
the opinion, indeed, that this was much
further along.
"Why. how could it be?" demanded
Sam resentfully. 1--WE been sittin' here
lOokin' at mine ever since breakfast,
and never took my eyes off him. Well,
sir, 1 saw him breathe-he did it lots
of times! You can't tell it just lOOkin'
at him this way You got to keep
lookin' at him and lookin' at him; you
bet 1 saw him do it, all right! And
once he almost wigged."
"'Almost wiggledl Mine did wig
gle!" Penrod said-and thereafter be-
lieved it.
well, sod NINE" said Sam.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
Horrors of the Sea.

A ship doctor on an English inner
notified the death-watch steward. d"
Irishman, that man had died IN state
room number As. The usual Inslfu1
tons to bury the body were s''en,
Some hours later the doctor F'Ttsu
into the room and found that the ooO'
was still there.
He called the matter to the atteu'''"
to the Irishman, who replied ,,
81 thought you said room RUNNER -, -
1 whit in there and seen wan OF ~ u,
in a bunk. Are We deadT says 80,
says he, but I'm pretty near dean'
l was getting ready to bury MN.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
In the smashup.

"Were the parties in the autonOO. -,.
accident made nervous by the 'D-
turning over?"
swell, they were very much al''s
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
A Boiling Crisis.

"They say the hotels are fa--'s
cook famine" --h.
"Ah. that is one over which the L.S
lie VIII stew until 1t roasts the ho's~
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-16
191e Young biologists
Penrod and Sam Have a Three Weeks Thriller
With Horse Hair Snake
By BOOTH HARRINGTON
By BOOTH HARRINGTON

(copyright. 1917. wheeler syndicate. Inc.l
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by a disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach.
nervous indigestion, fermentation of
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
Is gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 90 cent bottles.-Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
A Hot Excuse.

French matches may have improved
in recent years, but not so very long
ago they were quite unsatisfactory. A
Frenchman was once arrested for hav-
ing lot of struggled matches In his
possession. The Judge said to him Z:
"What have you TO say for yourself,
prisonerF"
"Please, your honor" stammered the
culprt, at is true I use foreign
matches, but only to light our own gov
eminent ones with"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
DON'T WORRY ABOUT PlMPLES
Because Cuticura Quickly Removes
Them-Trial Free.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off the Ointment in five minutes with
Cuticura Soap and hot water, using
plenty of Soap. Keep your skin clear
by making Cuticura your everyday
toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
chore Time Long Past.

Uncle Ligc bought a clock. One
night the clock got out of order, and
began to strike.
The old man awOke and counted
1902. He promptly sat UP in bed, and
calling to his wife said "Cynthy, get
up, get up. It's later than I've ever
knowed 1t to be. "--Everybody's Maya
zine.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
Domestic Economy.

Not lnfrequently man is such
good domestic mathematician that he
can save the price of II new suit by
persuading his wife to have her last
years street dress made OYer.-Syra-
cuSe Post Standard.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
be'elo,n, goes backto dim past and
rs lost lin TRADITIONS Of tile DtNtds:

and had everything swear
to do Baldur no harm. Ev-
erything animate and In
animate, the animals and
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
lakes Brides Name.

Murray Cohen, who married Helen
Bernays in New York, will hereafter
be known as Murray c. Bernays to
keep alive the brides family name.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
Necessities and Luxuries.

The trouble with economy is that
1t would be so much easier to prac-
tice if we hadn't made necessities out
of so many Injuries.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-12-20
Take Covert
Silk From Wood.

The manufacture Of silk from wood
pulp Is now quite an important Indus
try in England and France.