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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
BECAUSE OF BRUIN.
(By Catharine Cranmer.)

The most confirmed case OF
blues will fly in the face OF a sun
ny spring morning, especially
when the sufferer is pretty girl
of twenty.
Dorothy swung along over the
smooth slopes, STOPPING often to
gather wood violets or to listen to
the singing of the birds.
It's too lovely a world to be
unhappy in" she murmured. A
squirrel gave a harsh and saucy
bark. That's right, little fellow"
retorted Dorothy, seating herself
on a park bench; lust scold when
things don't suit you. I'm going to
scold. too, and give mother and
daddy to understand that l don't
care how blue John Mowbray's
blood is or how big his bank &C
count or how good his chances to
become governor
Suddenly the chorus Of birds
ended in a quavering chit-chat
Dorothy looked about and saw a
full-grown black bear leisurely
sauntering toward her. She sprang
from her seat and ran for the near
est roadway.
She looked back once and saw
the bear galloping toward her. but
she did not see two park labrers
bearing down on him. Neither did
she see a lone young golfer stroll
ing cityward until she rushed d.
rectly into him. The force of their
collision sent the young mans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
Conscientious Thieves.

That there are conscientious thieves" we'll
conscientious DIRECTORS" is indicated by the tes-
timony of of the l. W. W. trial in Chi
cago One of them admitted that he had been guilty
of taking valuable metal parts from the automobiles
of his employers, but denied that he was a thief
He said he had been merely "conscrptng the wealth
of the masters for the benefit of the workers"
he and other associated with him in the organiza-
ton had done in the northwest in the last year or
two:
Let horses run away from binders and
thrashng machines in the harvest fields.
Threw men who wouldn't join the / W. W.
into mountain streams.
Beat up an entire train crew and started
to run away with the train
Stripped brass from power houses and
machine shops, and took vital parts from
thrashing machines.
Wrecked pumping plant which was used
in irrigating farm lands.
Broke off branches and uprooted young
fruit trees.
This witness was a soldier Even after he en-
the army he said he had received letters from
l. W. W. leaders advocating sabotage which it was
explained, could be practiced by cooks spelling
food, by soldiers cutting up uniforms, by losing
throwing away rife parts and in other ways.
The learn OF the modern I. w W. the
more respect We have for the bewhiskered, bomb
throwing anarchists of few years back
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

of the United States army. He is
awaiting orders. With DR.. George
Braunlich he passed the examina-
ton for that branch of the service
at Des Moines recently, and re-
turned here to await further or
ders.
Red Cross TOtals.-The country
districts of Scott county, including
the territory outside of the city of
Davenport. are rallying nobly to
the Red Cross cause and promise
not only to raise their quota of
$4,000 in the present drive but to
go over the top by a substantial
sum. According to yesterdays re-
port they have subscribed total
of $9,590.60.
Housing Problem Talked.-Law-
renee d. WELLER, secretary and di-
rector of the National Housing as
sOciation at a luncheon attended
by about one hundred fifty bust
ness and professional men at the
Commercial club yesterday. declar-
ed that proper housing facilities
more than anything else would sta
Billie labor. He stated that the
greatest economic waste in the ma
ton is the stability OF labor.
Attorney Pinched.-"Take off
your brakes, you'll have to do bet
ter than that" yelled Attorney
James A. Hanley as he sped past
a laboring flivver on Main street
hill. The fiivver, unknown to the
attorney, contained three policemen,
on scout duty for speeders and auto
viOlators generally. Two blocks
farther on the police machine
caught up with and passed the at
tOrney's machine. Then it stopped.
Half an hour later Attorney HanIey
was posting an appearance bondsat
the police station. In police court
Police magistrate A. G. Sampson
found him guilty and imposed
fine of 81 and costs. The attorney
gave the name of Sam Heating
when he was arrested. He said
that he appeared as counsel for
Heating. His client, he told report
ers, is farmer residing just out
side the city limits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

glasses flying and they broke into
bits.
The deviI' he muttered.
"Oh, I'm sorry" she gasped. "but
it's really coming right after me. .
What's coming? The devil"
NO, you stupid; the bear," Dor
othy's high-wrought tension almost
snapped an dthe tears hung on her
lashes. Seeing no bear or other
cause for her agitation, the young
man looked puzzled, but the next
instant perpleXity gave way to a
riotous smile. Down the road
came the two park laborers with
the captive bear. Dorothy quickly
snatched bill from her purse and
flung it at the astonished young
man.
There! Pay for your old glas-
ses and stop laughing at mel" She
fed behind the shrubbery and after
her went the young man.
Il sayi" he stammered, as his
reached her side and trotted along
with her, I'm sorry l was nasty
about the glasses, and you must
take this back"
His laugh was too infectious to
be resisted, and Dorothy laughed,
too. They slowed up as they
reached the seat she had vacated
and dropped into it, BetWeen
bursts of laughter, she explained
that when the bear had frightened
her II was galloping toward her,
with never a keeper in sight.
IF hadn't already been
wrought up. maybe 1t wouldn't
have frightened me So" Then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
Our Weekly Ration
and That of Allies

Comparisons are not always obi
Gus. Compare the ratiens of the
Gus. Compare the rations of the
England and France and you will
know that some comparisons can
bring a great sense of thankful
ness, for the ration of the United
States is far less burdensome to
! follow than that of our allies.
The first reason why our ration
is easier to follow is that it is vol
untary. This means that there are
not the complications of the card
system, which presents difficulties
both to the consumer and to the
government
In the second place. far more at
tractive meals can be prepared
with our ration, even when 1t is
most strictly kept In fact, there is
no reason why meals cannot be as
pa latable as ever before, If the
housewife works intelligently.
Our wheat allowance is lower
than the bread allowance of the
other countries. One and a half
pounds of wheat means 25s pounds
of victory bread. But our wheat
allowance is not our bread allow
ance. We can have other breads
from other cereals in any quantity.
There is no restriction on the use
of other cereals, as there was I'M
der the voluntary ration in Eng
land We can be entirely wheat
less and still have as good bread as
the highest allowance in any coun-
try.
Our sugar allowance IS 10 ounces
per person per week-312 table
spoons per day This is sufficient
for tea. coffee and general table
use. We can even serve sugar on
berries. And by the use of syrups
and honey we can have about all
the sweetness We wish, in cooking
and in candy The French sugar
ration of % ounces means only
little more than a tablespoon a
day. That is real deprivation.
Syrups are scarce and expensive
over there, too, and where one ia
blespoon of sugar must furnish the
greater part of the sweetening for
the whole days food there Will be
little sweetness.
Compare the four ounce butter or
margarine allowance Of England
with our food administration lat
est precept that we use butter and
other dairy products, since they are
plentiful at present. There is now
no restriction on the use of butter,
though we are still asked to con-
serve other fats.
With milk and cheese allowed us,
our meat substitute question is
comparatively simple. How would
you like to be an English woman,
with no milk for cooking and only
Ia pounds of meat per person per
week? In England milk can be pur-
chased only for small children, in
valids and nursing mothers It can
not be used in the household and
cannot be purchased as beverage
in public eating places. Yet we
have milk in abundance and the
price has recently been lowered.
We are asked to substitute and
to use food wisely, wasting moth
ing. But we are given such a wide
variety of substitutes that the prob
lem should not be too hard for any
one. A woman should be glad to
be able to have this part in the war.
And yet every day we hear that wo-
men are putting their $3.50 cereals
on the top shelf of the pantry and
are using only the wheat! Are you
so unpatriotic? If you do not know
how to use other cereals write for
recipes to the Bureau of Conserva-
ton, Federal Food Board, 220 West
F'ifty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
llEsAIsTH TAl X&
BY W! IL! AZ ~! RR RAD nd:

ing of the arteries. high blood
pressure, Bright's disease. 1t Is
far too often held accountable Tor
symptoms in reality caused by
cancer.
We are willing to compromise
with the women, and admit that
they may be entitled to a little
nervousness or irritability or oth-
er trivial condition at the age OF
forty-five or fifty years. Can
blame a woman for that. But
when they try to uses the change
of life as a cloak for all the Ills OF
middle age, we simply grow weary
of the old shopworn story.
In this department we haven
any use at all, at all for Salrey
Camps. And we do wish the wom-
en- would tack this up over their
kitchen cabinets:
The change of life never Injuries
womans health. But one in ev-
cry five women over forty-nVe
years of age is doomed to have
cardio-vascular degeneration or
cancer, and the sooner she finds 1t
out the less we shall hear from
Sairey's friends about the change
of life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
Don't Bully Your Chill
dren.

The typical parent is not demo-
cratic in the treatment Of his chill
dren. He likes TO govern by man
| date or eXhortation. He dogmatic-
ally asserts his views on every
question that arises, and insists
| that he knows more than his chill
dren, and he has no respect for
their notions" One can listen to
a parent telling his 13-year-old boy
what kind of a cap he must wear
and how and where he must wear
it, though the boy says the boys
will smoker" at him, and he does
not want to be the goat of the
crowd. But the parent will listen
to no argument; he says he knows
better than the boy does what the
latter ought to do, and he does not
care what the boys think.
Much of the conflict between par
ents and children is due to the fact
that the former do not recognize
the right OF the latter to express
opinions contrary to those Of the
parent on any question or problem
whatsoever. One can hear such a
parent say: Il will teach you to
obey. When your opinions are
wanted, will ask for them" and
so on
A parent who has not tried to
solve problems of conduct by dis
Cussion with his children has not
governed them in the best way.
Again, a parent who has not learn
ed TO restrain his own views on
questions affecting the members of
the family while he listens to the
views of his children has missed
the greatest pleasure to be derived
from being a parent. Any one who
is not an autocrat will find only
delight in observing how his chill
dren's minds work On the difficult
ties which are encountered in the
management of the home. He will
be eXhilarated when he sees how
their views enlarge every day as
they develop, and how they gradu-
ally get their selfish desires under
control SO that they can appreciate
and observe principles of right and
justice and fair play themselves,
and insist upon others observing
them. A parent who is a bully new
er can get an insight into his chill
dren's thoughts about conduct and
so he can never know what fine
sport It is to be a parent-M. V.
O'Shea in the Mothers Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
Questions and Answers.
CHILDREN ALL HAVE LARGE
TONSILS

My little girl, aged Az years,
has quite large tonsils. She new
er has colds, seems strong and
well, sleeps with open windows al
ways, and plays outdoors all day.
Is there any danger in neglecting
the tonsils? Mrs. H. d. H.)
Answer-All young children
have large tonsils, and therefore
you have nothing to worry about.
1t is only when the tonsils are
diseased that the child has fire.
quent colds, sore throat, mouth
breathing, perhaps earaches, run
ming ear or deafness, and then
treatment is necessary.
COD LIVER OIL FOR ricketts,.
Our little boy has ricketts,, and
the family doctor wants him to
take cod liver oil. the pure oil. The
boy is not underweight. Do you
think cod liver oil advisable? Mrs.
H. w. 81
Answer.-Yes. it supplies some
thing more or less specific against
ricketts,, perhaps vitamines which
the child did not get in his dena-
turiZed food.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
SAME OLD STORY.
A letter from a lady:

A letter from a lady:
am a woman of A and am
passing through the change of life.
Have been this way for nearly a
year 1t is sometimes difficult to
walk. because l feel as if some
thing were pressing me down. l
have a sense of fulness in the
stomach most all the time, much
fiatulence. although l am very
careful what l eat. My appetite is
good. l asked a doctor about the
change when l first felt it coming
on, and he said my liver was the
cause of my trouble, for which he
gave me some tablets. / am rest
less at night and sleep only in
(word illegible). Is there any spe-
cial food l should eat? l thank
you for all the help and pleasure
l have had in reading your articles
in our favorite newspaper.
Note the old almanac featurse-
she is passing through the change
Of life. her appetite is excellent,
some doctor too busy or perhaps
too popular to determine what was
the matter told her it was her liy-
er. Same old story. The lady isn't
to blame for her ignorance of ply
siology and hygiene, but the doctor
ought to be ashamed of himself to
drag in the liver on any such evil
dence.
Why do the middle aged women
insist upon attributing any disturb
ance of health to the innocent fac
tor of age? Just because some old
almanac specialist in bygone times
back in the neOcene period
seized upon that little deception
as a handy thing to have about the
factory, and because grandma had
no other literature than the alma
macs and occasionally friendly let
ters from cigar strangers
who did business under feminine
names, are the women going to re-
tain the delusion forever?
Change of life is a physiological
normal event, and never an eXpla-
nation of any disturbance of
health, no matter what well mean
ing, but ignorant friends think
about it or what overworked doc
tor may have muttered in his
beard. Change of life masquerades
far too often to conceal the carlo
vascular degeneration of middle
age-heart muscle failure, harden
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
CHAPTER ".

CHAPTER ".
Our Little Strange COmpanIon.
In the painless forest we had q
little companion that always knew
its way. No matter how strange
and remote the place might be or
how black the night its tiny finger
always pointed in the same dlrec-
ton. BY the light of the torch AZ
midnight, in binding darkness. l
have seen ii sway and settle To.
ward its beloved goal. II seemed 10
be thinking Of some far country
which it desired to recommend to
us.
1t seemed to say: Look
know not which way is yours. bu,
this--this is my way and all The
little cross roads lead of IT,"
What a wonderful wisdom Il had
l remember it excited a feeling Of
awe in me as if it were a spirit and
not a tool
The reader will have observed
that my uncle spoke OF the com
pass as If it directed plant and ami
NAL in achieving their purpose
From the beginning in the land OF
my birth it had been a thing as IA
miliar as the dial and as necessary
The farms along our road were
only stumpy recesses in the viii
Gerness. with Irregular curving out
lines of thick timber - beech and
birch and maple and balsam and
spruce and pine and tamarack-for-
ever whispering of the unconquered
lands that rolled in great billowy
ridges TO the far horizon.
We were surrounded by the
gloom and mystery Of the forest. II
one left the road or trail for even
short walk he needed a compass
to guide him. That little brass box
with its needle. swaying and SEEM
ing to culver with excitement as Il
felt its way to the north side Of
the circle and pointed unerringly
at last toward its favorite star, fill
ed me with wonder.
why does it point toward the
north starr" I used to ask.
That's a secret" said Uncle
Peabody. 81 wouldn't wonder II
the gate o. heaven was up there.
Maybe it's a light in Gods winder.
Who knows? l kind o. mistrust it's
the direction we're all goin' in"
You talk like one o. them Uni
versalists," said Aunt Deel They
are gettin' thick as flies around
here"
wal, I kind o. believe" he
paused at the edge OF what may
have been a dangerous opinion.
l shook the box and the needle
swung and quivered back and
forth and settled with its point in
the north again. oh, what a mys-
terry! My eyes grew big at the
thought of it.
DO folks take compasses with
EN- when they die?" l asked.
mo. they don't need EN- then"
said Uncle Peabody. Everybody
has kind of a compass in his own
heart-same as watermelons and
chickens have 1t shows US the
way to be useful, and I guess the
way o. usefulness is the way TO
heaven every time"
AN the way o. uselessnes is the
way to hell" aunt Deel added.
One evening in the early summer
the great Silas Wright had come TO
our house from the village OF Rus
sell, where he had been training a
company of militia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

Use of poison gas holds great possibilities for the
Hun, and evidently he intends fully develop them
AS a means OF wlping out people which does not
readily submit to his will it is most effective and
at the time economical. 1t has been tried out
in the Ukraine, apparently with complete success
Next we shall likely hear of it being used in aerial
bombardment of helpless women and children back
of the allied lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

Forty-seven additional veterinar-
ians, making a total of 20, have re-
Gently been detailed by the bureau
of animal industry 10 protect horses
which are being transported for
war purposes. from influenza, dis
temper or shipping fever. diseases
which have caused enormous losses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
NEW RADIO STATION.

Stockholm.-Sweden's most DOW
erful radio station, situated at
Karlsborg. has been put into oper-
alton. Regular communication is
now being conducted with Deutch
Altengurg in Austria. and also with
Tsarskoe-Selo. Wireless messages
have also been exchanged with
Spanish stations and with Constan-
tinople. Word has also been re-
ceived that the Karlsborg stations
messages have been read by a lit
tie station In Damascus, Palestine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

It is said that Germany has list of $4,000 Brit
ish citizens addicted to vice, concerning whom data
have been carefully compiled with a view of COM
polling them to do the Huns bidding on pain of ex-
posure Just 47OOo more reasons why kultur must
be wiped of the earth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

That there isn't going to be enough coal mined
this year to around is the statement of members
of the federal fuel commission preferential list
classes be served in the order given has
been compiled 1t may be of interest the ordinary
consumer to learn that the retailer from whom he
must buy his supply for next winter stands fifth on
the list.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

1t is not surprising that the president showed
great proficiency in the of the pneumatic rivet
ing machine in dedicating the Virginia ship
yards Memorial day. He has been driving nails in
the coffin of German militarsm for more than year
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

All men becoming 81 in the period from
June 6, 1917, to June ), 1915, inclusive, must
register on the latter date. Those living in
the west half of this county must file their
names with the Rock Island exemption
board in the Peoples National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

It's too bad that there are many stirring events
happening just now that really haven't time to
enjoy the scientific exhibition being staged by w r.
Hearst and the colonel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
The Light IN
the Clearing
xnxZIAIG IA CLIET IN
Bv IRVING BACHELLER
Copyright 1917. The Bobbs- Merrin Co.

Hope itll be some time fore ,.
feel the need Of another sermon =
said Uncle Peabody as Aunt Desl
got out of the buggy. Il amt feIt
so wicked in years"
l was so sick that Aunt DeeI nm,
me to he'd and said that she woBIJ
feed the pigs and the chicken.
Sick as he was, Uncle Peabody hs5
to milk the COWS. How relentIesa
were he cowsI
1 soon discovered that the DIM
kelbergs had fallen from their bigb
estate in our home and that silas
Wright, Jr., had taken their place
in the conversation Of Aunt Deal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

with polite indifference. She pas
sed an uncomfortable day. and IS
the dinner hour approached she
mentally pictured their guests as
tiresome lot, although she hadn {
even inquired about their number
their age or their sex.
In a simple dinner gown q
white net with a blue girdle. with
her blond hair softly knotted al
the back and with her blue eyes
deeply serious, she entered the liy-
ing room from the rear Just as
her mother was greeting the ar
irving guests. First, her mother
presented TO her Mrs. ElwOod. a
woman OF fifty; then came Miss
Elsie Elwood. in her early teens
and then from the hall enteref
John Mowbray and Dorothy's r
Their and with them came q
young man whose glasses $780,
shivered that morning in Thy
My nephew Jack Elwol
Dorothy" said John Now
the embarrassmentAof
people was happily Nra
When John Mowl
governor that fall,
Their was appeased
as son-ln-law an
the political aid ri
ing Dorothy, as tn
vorite nephew pr
tress OF the 81
But, except
ever knew VII
nnFnfnu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

Twelve billions voted by congress for the army
and the president given authority to raise many
troops as can be trained and transported-thats
our answer to the German advance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

The Swiss have made 215 arrests in one town in
the last few weeks trying to rid Che place Of German
spies. simpler plan would have been to use for
maldehyde.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01

Keep the home fires burning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-06-01
PROTECTING ARMY RFMOUyTS.

&c Qtinued Monday
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-23

Mothers love to make dainty finery
for their little girls at any season of
the year, but more especially now, at
the season when indoors is more in
wiling than outdoors, In the North
the long winter evenings must be filled
somehow and leisurely sewing on pref
ty white clothes is as much pastime
as work. Many mothers count on Jan
uary and February as the time for get
ting the little ones sewing out Of the
way, before the approach of Easter
compels them to give time and attention
to the more important needs of them
selves.
In January dry goods stores put on
their annual sales of white goods and
present their new-seaSon models in
children's frocks - assortments are
complete and prices low, SO the mer-
chant plays into the hands of those
patrons who court ON making up lin
gerie and children's clothes at this
time. Styles for little folks do not
change much there is so little room
for improvement in them. We all like
to see the same sheer white fabrics
trimmed with the same simple needle
work, or fine embroidery and lingerie
laces that we have come to associate
always with babyho0d.