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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
TEIIB DAILY SHORT STORY

hearted Blanche arose and took up
the empty pail.
You and your friends must be
weak and wearied," She said.
There is milk TO spare in the
dairy" and a few minutes later.
invoking blessings upon his fair
patroness, King Hamad returned 10
the barn with die pail filled 10 the
brim with cool, fresh milk. "a boon
incstimablc to the iamishcd group.
That evening Blanche's soldier
lover, Clyde seldom, came over from
his encampuent. with his Haaeee
he visited the old barn. In the
meantime B.auchc's father had Civ
en- the wayIarers permission TO
camp in the barn. provided they
were careful of IRE To show their
grateful /apprt citation. the group
gave an exhibition OF NouderfgI
acrobaIic feats. their king sustain
ing the other seven on his 5h0uI
ders. and walking around with
them, q human tower % feet high
Your gifted friends have given
me an idea. blanche said Glide.
us they -trolIeI back to the house.
II am % have charge of a meeting
al the town uall Saturday evening
to drum APP local recruits. II tAeac
nlmble fellows viii occupy JHo
stage for an hour or so. entertain
ing the audience, they VIII prove
"a drawing card.
blanche had charge OF decurat-
ing sEe hall and found willing and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
N CHOWNED EING.



Perhaps Oak Grove would have
turned out en- masse. had its pro
yiEcfaI population known that a
king and seven loyal subjects we're
toliing down he hot, dusty country
road, mere vavrare-s, hungry,
vaaried and disLeartaaed.
They were 1.-THE, keen-eyed,
small-featureI little men. iucou-
gruOus as ID attire. with touch of
0rieU,a.5su in the suggestion OF
fez, scarf and sandal Their king
was "a real king. though originally
the pOssessoT OF decidedly cir
cumsgFibcd domain One oil a tribe
in Arabia that had split up into
sections. Ter full decade he had
been the Acknowledged monarch Of
about two hundred wild and fear
less horsemen Of the desert. Dis
ease had deeimateI his following.
the greater proportion OF his sun.
Jlcts had deserted him for more
prosperous sail.taia. and the bare
remnant af the citizens of IauDa
numbered seven ouly. King lam
ad Dice sold his tent, his throne
and his crown 20 a m0uutabanE
aeiglhor, ana transpo himself
and .1fs little contingent 10 the
init. y 1taleF
IIamad and his men We're mar
T5ls in athletic ana acrOhat4c skill
a vaudeville manager booked them
for q circuit covering from coast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
The Day in Davenport

after a lingering illness He was
born Dec, -, 1S42 He was & resi-
dent Of Scott county since 1850 and
served through the Civil war His
wife died eight years ago. He is
survived by two daughters, Dora
and Cecilia, four brothers, Henry
Rudolph and Andrew of Scott coun-
~, and Charley of Coon Rapids,
Iowa; also three grandchildren
Sunday afternoon at 1.2O Gustav
Brapann passed away at his home,
1874 Rohlf street, after in extended
illness. He was born In Germany
Aug. 81, 1863, and came ter America
in 1854, coming. from Hamburg
Germany, TO Lyons, Iowa Later he
resided in Rock Island, and then
moved to Davenport Tn January.
1898, ne was united in marriage 10
Miss Cathar'na Schumacher
Claus u. Raimers passed away
Sunday evening at 9 O'Clock at the
home of his son. George y. Raiuars,
622 Oak street, after lingering ill-
ness. The deceased was born IN
N0nneuaunshuseu HolsJeiu. Ger
many. March g 1898. He was unfit
ed i'm marriage TO Miss Elizabeth
Duehr in June. 1865. and she pre-
coded him i'm death three years ago
Mrs Mary Edna Williams died
yesterday morning at tbs home nt
her sister. Mrs Charles Hauwaart-
uer OF G2O Myrtle street. after q
short illness. She was born ia
Montrose, Iowa, sept "a. 1859 and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
To make victory sure, buy
your share of Liberty bonds. Only
a little time left.
No Stopping Now-On to Berlin.


America is not disappointed in knowing that:
President wilson will not be fooled by the caInou-'
nage of the German peace proposal. He scents the
poison gas in the note that has from the Hun
government and its~assocatessn crime There viii
be no basis Of negotiations until Germany sue
cumbs The kaiser still rules and there will be no
dealing with outlaw nation so consttuted-under
any Condition or circumstances. Germany must
yield completely absolutely and ask for mercy. but
not consideration. She has no claim to considera-
ton
She must retire from every foot of occupied ter
ritory, disband her armies and surrender her arms
and muntion and her navy to the United States
and her allies.
1t does not stretch the imagination to picture
what would have been the stern uuyieding attitude
of Germany had she triumphed, Have people for
gotten broken hearted France in 1870, when the ty-
rant tore from her the dearest Of her treasures,
despite the pleadings that will like unto those of
mother for her children-and required staggering
iderhnity into the bargain? France must be given
hack the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine in
whose memory she erected a monument, and the
monetary tribute exacted at the same time must be
returned.
Belgium must be set free, and the cost Of rehab-
taon and restoration with every dollar of damage,
must be repaid, notwithstanding that the crueltes
and devastation and suffering and agony inflicted
by the blood thirsty brute beyond compensation
There can be no earthly atonement for the outrages
that have been committed in the of the kaiser,
but man as represented by the united strength Of
civilized nations must go his full limit
sya1pnanca is mine saith the ord will
pay" but under the guidance Of the Almighty power
and privileged to be the agencies and instruments
that power, the allied nations led by the United
States must go on with the task until all that
of the German government in thought voice. and
action is forever wiped from the earth, and peace
established and fear removed.
No armistfce, no truce, no respite. Complete sur
render OF on TO Berlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
Heart G0HOmQ'
! 4,417OpODIOn1cC =

Dear Mrs. Thompson: % Wher
"A gentleman whom you have just
met says he would like to come to
see you some time, and does not
ask when he may, what should you
say?
% Is 1t proper to tell soldiers,
whom you want as friends only,
that you enjoyed meeting them ara
TO invite them 70 come to see you
If so, how should you do il?
ETHEL.
IL Say that you would like to
have him come. II he is very eager
ne will set a definite time.
% When saving goodbye, wish
them success and a safe return
and X. mention casually that you
your home If they have the OppOr
tunity. DO not make your invita-
tion definite Then if they want
to see you again they will ask u
call
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am
troubled with pinpIe5 on my face.
What can l 90 to get rid Of them?
THANK YOU.
A cream considered a good cure
for pimples is made with the fol-
almonds. five grams; sulphur pre-
lowing ingredients:
LanoIin. five grams; oil Of sweet
cipitate. five grams; oxide of zinc,
two and One-haif grams; extract Of
violet, 10 drops.
Apply a little of the cream to
each pimple Wait until the PIN
plies are cured before using face
brush or deep massage.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: J have q
brother who is is years old. He is
going with a very pretty girl five
years older than himself. She was
popular before the boys were called
away, but now she has to devote
herself to young boys like my
brother.
am very much worried because
my brother has fallen desperately
IN love with this girl and l know
she only goes with him to have a
good time and have him spend
money on her. He doesn't think
of anything but the girl and he is
very silly and not himself What
can I do to make him realize his
mistake and go with girls his own
age or younger? A SISTER.
Let nature work out her own
problems, and do not worry about
your brother. Most boys of that
age HGve an undesirable love affair
and they all get over it. Probably
one of these days the girl will go
with some older boy and then your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
Have a Thought ForsBeIgiun7.


The claims of Belgium urgent
than today spite all the beneficial results of
the work Of the-Hoover commission. the past four
years have been periods Of steady economic retro
gression Belgium's industries have been as sys-
temaficaIly destroyed were farec4ties Of t.
land in the early days OF war.
In line with an we know Of the curse OF Hun oc-
cupaton. it occasions surprise learn that all
manufacturing plants have beeR-stripped bare OF
their machinery and all essential metals found were
long since sent to feed the furnaces and workshops
at Essen.
Within the past few days the Belgian consul has
made public some distressing facts concerning the
many privations that being endured
by these heroic sufferers
The scarcity of food is greater than ever before,
as. owing to famine this past summer, there are
neither fruits vegetables. Meat obtanable only
once a week and then only by those who are able
to pay the enormous prices. The price of beef is
now Sc per pound other kinds of meat So SO per
pound butter $40 per pound flour $3.50 per pound,
potatoes 80 cents per pound and eggs 80 cents
each
The prices Of clothing are equally high. A com
mon suit of clothes which before the war could be
bought for about $40 now costs $3.50. Boots are
$50 when they are obtainabe, which is seldom WON
en- now wearing shoes with wooden soIes. Dresses
for women and children are being made from linen
sheets and curtains dyed different coIors.
The Germans have taken all the wool. including
the stuffrg of the mattresses, so that people can
not even forget their woes by comfortable sleep.
Many lying on straw or on mattresses
stuffed with paper.
The health Of the nation has suffered greatly
from the under-feeding of the last four years for
although the work of the Belgian relief commission
still goes on the task of supplying millions peo-
pie with the necessities of life is such colossal
that naturally, the daily ration for each person
is small In consequence onefifth Of the population
is said to have tuberculosis. notwithstanding this
state of affairs and also the deportation of men and
to Germany, which is going on constantly
the morale of the people was never better. They
just patriotic they were four years ago
and even more determined not to yield to the Huns
whom they detest more intensely every day
Upon the people of the allied countries has fallen
the duty-nay, prefer TO designate it the great
prviIege-of sustaining the Belgians until the fast
approaching day Of their deliverance dawns Let
not in any wise fail; no race of people on Gods
earth worthy of support, and none should
appeal more TO the sympathetic hearts of American
people than those who nobly resisted even to the
death the onrush Of the cruel invaders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
Household Hints

Soft Sugar Gingerbread - Two
EGGS, one cup sugar, one and two
thirds cups flour. One-half teaspoon
salt. one and One-half teaspoons
baking powder, one and one-half
teaspoons ginger, two-thirds cup
hin cream.
Beat the eggs until light, add
gradually the sugar. Sift together
thoroughly the flour, salt, baking
powder and ginger, and add alter
natelv to- the first mixture with the
cream. Bake in a buttered cake
pan 35-minUtes.
Hot Water Gingerbread One cup
moIasses, one-half cup boiling wa
ter, two and One-haIf cups -four,
one and oEe-half teaspoons ginger,
TWO and one-half teaspoons baking
powder, one-half teaspoon salt, one
tablespoon melted butter.
Add the water to the molasses.
Sift together thoroughly the -four,
ginger. baking powder and salt.
Combine the two mixtures, add the
butter and beat vigorously. Bake
in q moderate oven 35 minutes
Tried Recipes.
Rind Pickles For the rinds from
a medium sized melon trim off the
green riud and most Of the red
part. Cut in pieces to suit your
taste Put in kettle, put in two
cups Of water and one of vinegar.
Let boil. turning over with a fork.
until they are little soft and be
gin to look clear. Take out and put
in &. cClander to drain Take as
much cider vinegar as you think
viii cover them; make il rich like
syrup with sugar. put IN two table
spoons Of ground cinnamon, put in
your rinds and let boil for - or 20
minutes and can hot. These rinds
chopped fine and added to mine
meat improve it, and the vinegar
off them is better than boiled cider
for the mincemeat. Use no salt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
ErershodH Hates a Baby.

Let an ordinary baby launch 4
noisy little frOlic, Mrs. Grundy
thinks it teething, but Sairy calls it
CoIic> Grandma hints it may be
worms, the neighbors call it gall,
but the doctor never calls it, for he
isn't called at all. Everybody hates
a baby-as long as there Is nope.
When everybody feels convinced
that there is no more hope, then the
poor little thing is turned over TO
the doctor. Ii we do ultimately at
tain civilization, perhaps we shall
have a law that viii place a heavy
penalty on baby batting. 1t will or
should carry double penalties
when the crime Is committed by
parents or guardians, who are sup
posed to give the baby a fighting
chance TO survive. To my mind
there is nothing so contemplate
and mean as this widespread GUS
tom of experimenting on babies S
a custom which betr2yS the iguOr-
ance, responsibility and AFFECT
cruelty of parents. There are all
grades of Intelligence, and the baby
batting habit becomes steadily less
popular as you ascend the scale Of
intelligence, till you attain the
peak where parents know enough
not to try experiments on the baby
at all.
Ignorance is the chief factor in
the shamefUlIy high death rate
among young babies in America.
This is why the health authorities
il the country are at present car
Tying out 4 campaign to save the
seventh baby by trying TO teach
parents and others who are guard
ians OF young babies the rudiments
OF proper care. Through IgnJr-
ance we Kill off one out of each
seven babies in the first year Of
life.
4 seven-to-one shot may posi-
bly, be q fair ratio TO gamble on in
6 horse race It is not d good
gamble when a baby's life is at
stake.
Parents or guardians who eXper-
tnout, CT permit other irTespOnsi-
bic persons to experiment en- all
ing babies should be prosecuted
and punished Just as vigorously as
are parents who fail to provide
medical attendance for sick chill
Gren. The crime is rather worse
than neglect
There is 10 possible excuse for
pouring down a baby's throat any
alleged medicine for collie"
worms" or "teething." without
medical advice Parents who mis-
treat babies in this way are too
mean and too dangerous to have
the sacred responsibility Of pre-
serving young lives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08

Building St0ppFd.-That all build
ing not substantially under way
may be stopped and that all such
building must cease until permits
sion is received from the war in
dustries board, was the information
which came to Mayor c. NJ. Little
ton of Davenport yesterday from
Washington A conference was al
once arranged with local govern
ment housing experts for the pur-
pose Of discussing the matter IN
detail.
Child niured.-POlice yesterday
afternoon combed the city for two
men and two women in a Ford au-
tomobile who ran down and injured
Raymond Voss, - years old, at
Prairie and Franklin streets. The
accident happened at noon yester-
dav. The lad was badly bruised
and cut, and is suffering with fright
and shock. a substantial reward
has been offered for the driver OF
the auto. After the accident. it is
claimed that the driver speeded mp
and disappeared without stopping
to find out how badly the child was
hurt.
HCme Destroyed. -. Fire which
started when sparks from a burn
ing chimney blew into the cellar,
totally destroyed the res dence
Of William Kurlling, Thirty-third
street aud Fair avenue, Sunday
night The house, which was own
ed by Carl Woltschlager, was val
ned at $1,000. Furniture valued az
$500 and not covered by insurance
was lost by the Kurlling family
Obituary Record. - Christ Hoff-
mann passed away at his home in
Fishertown Sunday at i:15 p. M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08

to coast He got rich out Of the
venture, and handed Hauad a small
fortune. In appreciation and graf
ltude for the free land of liberty
that had given them so much bene-
fit, the eight men became natural
lied citizens.
Then Hamad and his faithful sew
en- started cut on their own hook.
Lack of managerial jurisdiction
caused losses. Gradually their acts
grew stale, their money vanished,
and now they found themselves
stranded.
Shelter. rest. food we must
manage" Hamad declared with a
glance at his worn-out comrades.
AS they ueared the edge Of thriv-
ing village they came upon a great
open barn, half filed with hay.
King Hamad led his men into it.
We viii stay here. If We are per
mitted. ne said. q will bring
some water and from their traps
lie secured a large tin pail and
started for near house
King Hamad reached the house
and approached It's well Then he
made out "A Winsome eirl of about
eighteen reading Under spreading
Tree lie approached her. bending
WIN courteous grace, and stat
ing MS request for bucket OF wa
Ter Blanche Meryin had noticed
the group az the barn.
You are strangers here?" she
sad, ana that led u an explana-
uon- His former royalty and his
present distress was Dathctfr,lly
outlined by King Hamad warm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
Fl 5SsATS7T TIT (aAS.L7A98
BY Ny g!l.5 .,,.s1. & SR RAP r1o.

Oncsflons nnl AnsWers.

/. What is tho cause Of leakage
Of the heart? ,. Is heart disease
always hereditary? MRS. A.
Answer Germs entering the
blood stream through diseased
foci such as neglected (decayed)
teeth, inflamed gums, infected ton
sis. lodge on the lining OF the
heart and produce inflammation
there tendocarditisJ which may be
painless and easily overlooked tas
in the course of multiple arthritis
-so-called in6ammatory rheuma-
tismj unless the doctor examines
the heart valve, the shrinkage CT
the scar tissue left after the iniiam-
nation has disappeared may dis
tort the valve so that ii no longer
can close perfectly after a heart
beat, and in this way there would
be more or less backward leakage
OF blood after each heart beat, de-
pending on the amount of dam
age to the valve. 2. So far as l
know, heart disease is never in
herited.
Diet Lists Seldom Apply-Please
give a diet list. for one who has
diabetes. How about barley, dried
peas or beans and milk? F. T.
Answer-Diabetes is a function
al deficiency or incapacity TO meta
holize or utilize carbohydrate
tstarches and sugars) in the food.
No diet list applies. What would
2 HI l., 70 Tp a
hetes nigh be harmful to Mr.. b,
and what Mr.. p might find dan
rerous amount OF fat or vegetables
mir. c mignt take with impunity
The diet for one with this function
Al deficiency must be worked out
by the doctor in each individual
case according to the patients abll-
itv to metabOlize carbohydrate, as
determined by repeated urine anal
yses. The foods you mention may
he used in limited quantities if the
patient is allowed any carbohy-
drate. Send three-cent, stamped,
addressed envelope for suggest
ions.
Hernia Not Inherited-A man %
years old has had a hernia since
childhood Should he marryis he
likely to become a father? Would
his children be sure to inherit the
rUnture? E NJ
Answer Hernia rupture,
breech) is not hereditary, though
Irrespective OF parents condition a
certain number of children are
horn with hernia or with a defect
hitch permits hernia to develop in
childhood Should he marry is he
nothing to do with yirility.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08
With 9th e1. Editors
Conpron7ise on Christmas Shoppinz-

Compromise on Christmas Shopping
There never was any good reason for putting a
Isn Christmas shopping. Economy in expend-
ture is especially desirable in wartime 10 be sure
but it is an injury to trade when those who can
afford to spend merely hoard their money. Furth-
ermore the sentiment which underIies the Christ
mas gift is not TO be lightly depressed. It has a
greater moral value than ever when there are so
many causes for depression. The agreement be
tween the Council OF National Defense and ire re-
tail merchants to the form which the Christmas
shopping Of this year shall take and the restrictions
which shall be placed upon It IS on the whole 4
happy compromise between two extremes To urge
The early purchase of useful gifts is TO dissipate
every sound objection to the expression Of holt
DAY spirit. This viii discourage the manufacture
of mere luxur.-=, and at the time it Will pre-
the cloegug transportation facilities needs
for work by the customary last-hour rush. DO
your Christmas shopping early" IS advice which has
long been pressed upon the country too often with
little result. 43ut it never more justified than
now. There viii be no excuse for not needing it
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08

voice. The responsible vote Of bishops given
eight months ago deliberate and unanimous. We
not merely welcomed in of the Prince OF Peace
the idea Of such league, but we desired that pro
vision for it should be included in the conditions
settlement when it comes. Other churches have
agreed or followed suit We have spoken lightly
without assurance of the width and warmth OF
the support which we count. We give no,mere
lip adherence to the great ideal We mean that the
thing shall come to pass"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08

Then there is another report emanating from Ger
man sources about the resignation of Won linden
burg. It makes no difference whether it is so or
not but there may be purpose:in the announce
ment- It will be recalled that the Hun field mar
shall has been reported incapactated on numerous
occasions and more than once has been announced
dead. But said before it makes no difference
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08

A husband has right to open his wife's mail
without her permission even though he may have
suspicious regarding its contents; such was the
ruling of the judge of the Chicago court Of do12es-
tic relations. The question now arises to wheth-
wife has a right to peer into her husbands
letters The judge did not add this to his decision.
Husbands may argue that what is good for the
goose is good for the gander"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-08

brother will have real heartachas
bu. they win not hurt him per-
maEeHtiy. SyWpatl.zs with bfa
and be careful not 70 condemn nor
criticize the girl
Dear MIS-. thompson. There is
boy IN my C.asa al school who
wants 10 come TO see me several
nights a week and when let him
ne sits in the parior uufil 10 or lis
ana lets me 90 all the talking. la
all the time I have known l.n be
has never taken me one place or
spent one cent on me. Ea als9
telephones me ever night and I
have TO talk 10 him "Heu roula
rather be doing something e.ae
What can ] do 10 get rid o. him7
PESlEItED
DO not let him come ~ sec Won
when he asks. and when you are
busy and he telephones. say so.
Dear MrF. Thompson I have TWO
friends One Of these f-.c81s was
very dear 70 me until J heard from
his sistsr-in-laW that there was a
girl whom he had promised 20 wed
upon his return from Franco He
had promised to marry me.