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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01
East Moline Society

Miss Belle Smith has as her guest
her sister, Miss Leila Smith, Of Fair
bury.
Frank Kirby returned Yesterday
from Oshawa, ontario. Canada, where
he went to Join the Canadian army
MIR Kirby expects to be at home for
about two months.
Alice Martin entertained her knit
ting club last evening. There was
only small attendance as the ma
iority Of the girls went to the grotto
club dance. The girls spent the even
ing socially with their knitting
needles busily clicking as they worked
on sweaters and socks for the boys
over there. The hostess served Light
refreshments.
Grotto club of East Moline gave
dance last evening at which there
were 10 couples. Whites jazz orches-
ira furnished the music. Five soldiers
from the arsenal attended and were
royalty entertained by the club mem
bers. Dec s the club will give an
other dance and a special invitation
is extended 10 as many members Of
the national army as are able to
attend.
John Cosgrove, student at St
Ambrose. is home for a short Thanks
giving vacation
Mrs. +. Kinney OF WATERFOWL en-
terta:ned at cards last evening for the
benefit of the X. C. war fund Ihera
were six tables Of 500, and Mrs
Charles Voucher of Moline and Henry
Wise were the prize winners The
house was decorated with chrysanthe-
NUNS, and late in the evening a Two
/ course luncheon was served
Or. H. A. Long of Orion visited the
W. l. Taze family YESTERDAY
Miss Florence Broaden OF Pak;n-
H., is visiting her sister. Mrs. Charles
+ f. Long. She arrived for ThauksglF-
ing and VIII remain several days
/ 4uIS. ), VI. 1obol HE enter iatt4etA f''
o'clock luncheon Yesterday for Jhe
benefit of the new Baptist eaurea-
/ Covers were laid for 10 at tabs
which was attracuvely decorated with
/ gorgeous yellow NUNS The patrI-
otto ladies spent the afternoon knit
| ting and visiting.
/ The Woman's club meet in regular
session Monday afternoon at the Ply
mouth church, when a musical pro
gram will be given.
The educational department Of the
q Woman's club met yesterday after
noon with Mrs. T. J. Clendenin. Al
but one member were present Mrs
lis. A. Cartwright gave ana interesting
paper on Detroit. and Mrs f J. Glen
denim led the discussion The De
cember meeting will be with Mrs h
. A. Cox
Miss Erna Opitz of Chicago IS visit
ing Miss Rose FriessDborg. Mss FTle-
. senborg enterta.ns for Miss 0pitz TINS
] evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01
MORGAN AND STOHL
TIE IN A GUN EVENT

Scores made in the Thanksgiving
shoot Of the Tri-City Gun club at East
Moline, were as follows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01
MERCHANTS.

A clean slate was scored by the
Universal Tractors over the John
Deere Plow company as the following
shows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

Delivered by carrier At 10 cents reI
week In Moline, East Moline siVis ana
WATERFOWL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

The Woman's club meet in regular
session Monday afternoon at the Ply
mouth church, when musical pro
gram will be given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

Miss Erna Opitz of Chicago IS visit
ing Miss Rose FriessDborg Mss IRE
senborg enterta.ns for Miss Opitz TINS
evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01
THE ARGUS.
EAST MOLINE OFFICE,

Rose Bldg, Room No. 3, Seventh street
Phone East Moline II.
Roy A. Sears. ....,........C City Editor
G. D. Temple .... Circulation Manager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

Miss Florence Broaden OF Pek.n.
H., is visiting her sister. Mrs Charles
F. Long She arrived fer Thauksglv-
ing and VIII remain several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

Mrs. J. NJ. Osborne entertained at
6 o'clock luncheon yesterday for Jhe
benefit of the new Baptist church
Covers were laid for @ at a tabis
which was attracuvely decorated with
gorgeous yellow nuns" The patrl-
otto ladies spent the afternoon knit
ting and visiting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

DR. II. A. Long of Orion visited the
w. l. Taze family yesterday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-01

John Cosgrove, student at St
is home for a short Thanks
giving vacation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
TRAWELETTE
The Jnnping Beam.
BIZ NIKsAH

One of the favorite amusements of
the Mexican peon is the game he calls
los brincones," which might be trans
lated the Jumpers A circle of
dusky laborers grouped about an ap-
parently empty space in the sunny
dust is a characteristic sight south of
the Rio Grande. The objects of in
terest, invisible to the casual eye. are
the 'brineones" or jumping beans.
The game IS calculated to appeal
to the Mexican temperament, being
form of pure gambling associated
with the irreducible minimum of
physical effort. To the visitor, it
bears also a touch of mystery.
The players draw a small circle in
the dust, and Gay therein a number
of little brown beans. which are real
ly not beans at all, but the seeds of
some native plant Exposed to the
rays of the sun and the solemn gaze
of the players, after time the beans
begin TO move. They turn, they stir,
they actually hop about The lure
of chance consists in betting on
which bean will first jump out of the
circle. and apparently the game is
fair There would seem to be no way
of framing the mysterious beans.
The Mexican neither knows nor
cares why the beans jump, tho their
behavior is most unusual for mem
bers of the vegetable kingdom
Asked for an explanation, he will
shrug and remark that it is the ma
ture of "brincones" 10 jump Why,
question the wisdom of Providence,
which has seen fit to provide her chill
dren with a cheap and satisfactory
apparatus for games of chance2
Science, however. steps in with the
explanation that the innocent brown
bean in question is the home Of a
! certain Iarva. whose spasmodic move
ments early in life are responsible for
J the antics of its vegetable home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

Last September the fuel administra-
tor urged people not to stock up on
coal at the prevailing high prices be-
cause he was about to compel reduc-
ton. Those who followed this ad-
vice need it no longer. They could
not stock up now if they wanted to
do so even at the higher prices asked.
Governmental meddling with the laws
of trade is proving expensive to the
people. Almost everything is higher
thar. it was at the beginning of the
regulation program, Hoover's ma
chine appears to h;V-e slipped a cog.
If some way can be found to keep the
coal mines in operation and all other
business of the country moving it will
do more to alleviate the pinch fof the
high cost of living than any attempt
at regulating prices. Production and
consumption are the greatest price
regulators in the world and have ev-
cry artificial method beaten a long
distance. If boarded stocks of food
and fuel in the possession of specula-
tors were confiscated and distributed
it might help.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

An Italian diplomat declares blunt
~ that treachery in the ranks of his
army, treachery induced by German
money, was Responsible for a large
share in Won Mackensen's drive upon
the IsonzO. There is no doubt that
the German spy system penetrates
everywhere. Well informed people at
Washington believe that the executive
departments and every branch of our
service are infested with German
agents. If there is any substantial
basis for this belief it is the duty of
the secret service to be getting busy in
anticipation of furnishing employ
ment for a few firing squads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the
railroads war board, announces that
the railroads are now moving what
promises to be the biggest potato crop
in the history of the country. This
crop. which it is estimated will total
approximately Asa, 900, 900 bushels, or
half again as much as last year, has
been on the way since the middle of
September. The movement of it will
continue until about April l next year.
Reports received by the commission
on car service indicate that even with
intensive loading more than 100000
cars will be needed to handle the po-
tato crop. The size of the portion
served at the restaurant indicate that
news of the big crop has not yet
reached the proprietors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

out a break than to stop and have to
go back again.
You're also right in guessing that
I feel self-conscious and funny" mas
querading as a single girl and being
secretly Mrs Paul Danskoi.
Lastly, Paul is a wonder. He i'm
proves with acquaintance. I married
in haste and am loving at leisure.
have never known a man with a finer
character or a "sweeter" (forgive this
sissy word) disposition. And heaven
knows / need a person with a good
disposition!
I'm not forgetting your troubles.
dear. I shall undoubtedly develop
some of my own soon, and then we
will CAB and CAB and CAB. But for
the moment am grossly interested in
myself. KATE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

their bodies; others wore painted
scenes on their chest and backs. and
still othere raised huge scars to en-
nance their beauty. While the aver
age Anglo-Saxon has abandoned these
primitive customs. they still exist
Scars are still esteemed by German
students, tatoos by. the Orientals, and
women of all countries still cling to
the use of paint
AS man grew more talented with
the use of raw materials, he began
to make and wear necklaces, wrist
lets, nose and ear ornaments, toe rings,
headdresses and girdles. OF these
the girdles were the most important,
from the modern point of view. for
from them sprang the lines around
the neck and waist. The girdle, in
fact, is still with US. Skirts and trou-
sers still fasten at the waist.
Skirt the First Garment
Inasmuch as man is supposed to
have originated in the tropics. the
skirt is supposed to be the first gar
ment ever constructed. 1t was worn
by both sexes alike. In the time of
the Romans men still wore skirts in
that part of the world, but trousers
had made their appearance elsewhere.
When the Romans conquered the
northern barbarians, they were
amazed to find them wearing trousers.
This is where the climate feature
in the tropics; trousers in the North.
AS civilization progressed. and the
subjugation of woman was made COM
plete, she was compelled to leave her
life in the open and remain in the
home. Here the skirt was no handi-
cap. Men, however, who led more
strenuous lives, adopted the trousers.
This is largely the situation today,
or was until just recently. But eco
nomic conditions. which have forced
women into mines and factories, are
also forcing her into trousers Where
ever women have had to engage in
strenuous occupations the skirt has
proved inadequate. So for years the
women working in the mines of Bel
GUM have worn trousers, as nave
also the cattle-tenders of Switzerland
Now the world is witnessing the great
est change in the status of women that
has ever occurred in history. The
war has opened up the way of escape
from the household drudgery of the
home, and women are taking their
places side by side with men.
With the change, moreover, has
come about a change in ideals. The
eternal feminine and the clinging vine
are disappearing even from romantic
literature. In their places has come
a strong, athletic, independent type of
woman who is capable of maintain
ing her hold upon the male even
though she wears trousers.
Questions on the above. or any SUBJ
1ect upon which the reader desires in
formation, should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Bu-
reau: Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington, D. c., with a 3-cent
stamp enclosed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
is particularly irritated against

he is particularly irritated against
me-"
But you ought to be an optimist."
Whats an optimist ?"
can optimist is a man who smiles
and believes everything will turn out
for the best
We'll, I amt an optimist this min
ute. But will be as soon as 1 get the
automatic oiled and some cartridges
into her"
mo, madam" said the lazy tramp.
I'm sorry, but it's ag'in my prin-
ciples I can't chop no wood"
We'll" answered the farmers wife.
there VIII be some coal here this
afternoon and
I'm sorry ag'in, but I can't carry
no coal. But I'll tell you what 1 will
do. I'll compromise. If you've got a
gas stove, I'll turn on the gas for
We"
Once in Dublin towards the end of
the opera Satan was conducting Faust
thru a trapdoor which represented the
gates to hades. His jesty got thru
all right-he was used to it-but
Faust, who was quite stout, got only
about half way in and no squeezing
would get him any farther. Suddenly
an Irishman exclaimed devoutly:
Thank God, hell is full!'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
PATRIOTIC ECONOMY"

A campaign of what is called pa
triotic economy still is being carried
on turnout the country. People are
urged to spend as little money as pos
sible and give their savings to charity
and war work Carried to it's logical
conclusion this policy would mean
that consumers would be able to make
larger contributions to these worthy
causes while producers and dealers
would be forced into a position where
they could give less. The sum total
would not be increased, perhaps.
1t is noted that soliciting commit
tees always go to merchants first and
obtain from them the largest contri-
buttons. If by the suggested economy
the business of these men is reduced
their contributions will fall off in
proportion. 1t is much easier to col
lect money from the few than from
the many and what difference can it
make where the money comes from
so it is obtained? 1t is safe to say
that if this much talked of patriotic
economy prevail to any great extent
it will become vastly harder to OBJ
tain Y. NJ. c. A. and Red Cross funds
and to float liberty loans.
There is yet another phase to the
patriotic economy" principle. The
ability of the government to obtain
money for carrying on the war with
out being compelled to do it wholly
on credit depends upon keeping bust
ness going as usual. If. for instance,
as a measure of economy the people
should write fewer letters, buy fewer
theater tickets. ride less on the rail
roads, use less tobacco, in fact refrain
from doing a great many things which
they have been accustomed to do the
federal revenue would fall far below
expectations, to say nothing of the
number of persons who ultimately
would be put out of business or be
rendered unable to contribute to wal
needs.
If let alone, the people can be
trusted to look out for themselves and
their government at the same time
Up to this time they have responded
to every call made upon them. They
will continue to do so. Wouldn't il
be as we'll to let them attend to thei1
! own business in their own way? Every
person is his own best Judge of wher
and where to economic and how and
where to spend his money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
LANGUAGES IN SCHOOLS.

A plea for the scientific study and
teaching. of Spanish and other Ian
guages and the elimination of obso-
lete methods, with Illuminating sta
tistics is the subject of anarticle which
appears in the current number of the
Bulletin of the Pan American Union,
Washington, D. c. The article was
prepared by DR.. Harry Erwin Bard,
secretary of the Pan American So
ciety of the United States.
The writer selected 112 institutions
from 622 colleges. universities and
technical schools that have provision
for foreign language instruction. He
calls attention to the growing impor-
ish and Portuguese, but of the Ian
guages and customs of the people of
Russia, Japan and China with whom
the United States is coming increas-
ingly in contact. In the study of Rus
sian only five out of 112 leading insti-
tutions offer studies in that language.
In the Japanese language only one out
of 112 offers instruction in a single
half-year course of two hours a week.
!
112 institutions offer courses of in
struction, aggregating a total of $40
hours. Doctor Bard says in part:
There are some 100000 people
to the south of us whose official Ian
guage is Spanish, whose early culture
and learning were inherited from
Spain . each country with its
own peculiar ambitions and character
istic traits. These people are our
neighbors and friends. Our relations
with them are of the greatest impor-
lance, whether commercial or politi-
cal or of other character. We should
know them as neighbors and respect
them as such.
I There are some $4,000, 900 people
to the south of US whose official Ian
guage is Portuguese. whose early
learning and culture were inherited
from Portugal, whose friendship fol
US is traditional. -. Only ten OF
these institutions have provided fol
pie Of Brazil.
Americans are known the worlC
over as a people of one language II
most countries the mastery of at Ieas
! one foreign language is considered al
indispensable element of culture, anC
has long been so considered Blu
most Americans would appear to thinl
: it ludicrous that they should be ex
: pected to have speaking knowIedg,
of any language other than their ma
f tive tongue. This is an unfortunat
/ condition. During the long period o
4 our isolation the matter of foreign
language study was of comparativel
s little practical Importance, but witt
= our rapidly growing intercourse witt
: other peoples of the world foreign
e language instruction comes to deman
4 preferential consideration"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

1t is learned from a statement of the
secretary of the treasury that the
amount of money in circulation in the
Ursited States at present is $4.924, 0Oo,-
600, or a per capita circulation of
$47Os. This is So for each person
more than ever was in circulation in
the country at any previous time, or a
total of $500. 600 more than was
IN circulation a year ago. This sur
plus of money has been widely dis
trSbuted. But the demands for the
money in commerce also have been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
GLOBE SIGHTS
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
Some readers enjoy bad news.
There is hope for the man who ad-
mits his mistakes.
Some men are known as generous
when they are simply easy.
Some women always seem to be
coming home or going away.
When they say a man means well
it means he hasn't accomplished
much.
If a man can put over a business
success people will overlook the
spikes in his shoes.
So many persons think poetry and
oratory are wonderful because they
can't und arstand it.
Your Jonah is most liable to throw
his bomb when you are cutting up and
having good time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

The ten million people who invested
in the second liberty bond issue mean
lust that many more people with a
direct interest in the war. To these
add the more than five million people
who will have to pay an income tax.
tho never having paid one before, and
the numerous other millions who will
put the extra cent of postage on their
Istters, pay the tax on their railroad
and theater tickets, and meet the 9TH
er exactions which the new revenue
bill establishes. The number of peo-
pie who will gain a direct interest in
the war because it touches the sensi-
tive pocket nerve may prove to be CO.
extensive with the population of the
ro1intrv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

The Germans are increasing the big
lead they have over other nations in
inWenting horrible war devices. Their
late't contrivance has been named by
British airmen 1.-The blazing onion. p"
This is a peculiar missile consisting of
eight balls revolving around an axis to
which they are held by wires. When
they reach attitudes in which airplanes
cpmmonly travel, the balls burst into
flame. If one of the balls strike any
part of an airplane. fatal conflagra-
ton usually results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14

greater. The higher costs of necessi-
ties in part due to the money surplus
have absorbed a large portion of the
increase in the circulating medium
and the growing thrift of the people,
accelerated by the liberty bond in
vestments. probably has completed
the discounting of the influence such
a large addition to the money supply
would be expected ordinarily to exert.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
THE SEARCMLIGET
Latest News from the FIeIds Of
SCIENCE. EDUCATION. INVENTIONS
Safety Lamp Holder.

socket for electric lamps has been
put on the market which makes 1t i'm
possible to steal electric light bulbs,
or to use the socket for any purpose
which the owner does not intend. The
new socket will be a blow to those who
live in furnished rooms and secrete an
electric toaster or an electric iron in
the bottom of their trunks to use them
the landlady is asleep. The safety
socket is so made that you can screw
in any lamp or attachment plug, but
once in it cannot be removed. The
socket only works one way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
ON SPUR f 4E MOMENT
a Little Slice O. Life.
BY Roy X. MoULTON

A Little Slice o. Life
1t was in the cold gray dawn
And the sleeper was crowded as usual,
And everybody was twisting around
Behind those funny green curtains,
And trying to get their clothes on
We reached for our shoes, knowing
That George had shined them all up for
When We dragged them to the surface
We found that one was black and the other
tan.
They had not been so the night before,
For we had spent the day in local option
Territory. We called George
And told him of the trouble
He looked at the shoes and scratched his
And said Boss thar's sho'ly something
Wrong in this yere kyar. 1 expec' cts a
ha'ant.
One black an one tan
OATS de secon' time dat has happened this
aNuiD'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-14
Letters of German War Spy.

Somewhere in America.
w. HohenZollern, Potsdam
Dear Bill-Your check received. 1
note that it is smaller than usual Am
1 not giving you enough information,
or isn't it the right quality, or what?
can give you as much as you want
All have to do is IL read the papers
L don't even have to buy them. / can
walk by the news stands and read the
headlines. So far as troubles are con-
cerned, the Americans certainly be-
lieve that it pays to advertise.
always send you the morning re-
ports-that is the stuff from early
editions of the afternoon papers-to
cheer you up. The early editions of
the papers are always optimistic for
US. Along toward night the papers
begin to see chance for America.
When he is going to work in the
morning the average American is
pessimistic. When he is thru work in
the evening he can whip the world
with one hand tied behind him There
fore, dear Bill, 1 always send you the
stuff from the first editions
1 can report that everything is
favorable for US over here. The sec
| ond liberty loan was oversubscribed.
but that means nothing.
When you get ready to come over
here with the first army a distin-
guished committee headed by three
United States senators will meet Won
~.
La Toilette will make the speech of
welcome. Everything is arranged.
Colt nit unS.
J. WISEHEIMER,
Spy No. 567, 9S3.
Henry Sphinx of Mineola, L. l., is
| Z feet 8 inches tall. He is believed
/ to be the original long islander
We note by a st. Louis paper that
| Charles D'Affairs is in control of the
| Peruvian embassy at Washington -
! Welcome, Charlie.
k-the-BOodIe.
Yank -the-Boodle, that's the game,
| Hoover. Notwithstanding.
Middlemen and profiteers
All our dough demanding.
Yank the Doodle. pirate crew:
Nank the Doodle handy.
Any old excuse will do.
Yank the Doodle dandy.