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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
Questions and Answers,


Fat and Fatuous-Please give
me your opinion as to Ehether-
tablets are harmful for use in re-
duction Of excessive flesh. H. X.
A friend Of mine who Is a mani
kin recommended the following
prescription for reducing super
fluous flesh and befOre-I begin US
ing It I should like your approval.
F. H. +.
The prescription: Dissolve four
ounces Of EPSON salts in q quart
OF water. Add juice Of four lem
ons. Take sssss
Answer-Women are .guillible,
thank fortune. Fat women seem
to be no exception. The tablets,
or any tablets or pills or medicine
used without the personnel super
vision OF your physician, are harm
full. Sometimes medicines are
needed by fat women. just as any
one else might need them, but sell
dom does fat woman possess the
technical skill and knowledge nec-
essary to prescribe safely for her
self-and she would be very fatu-
GUS indeed to delegate that respons-
Utility to some other woman. To
reduce weight by taking physic
would be q sorry experience and In
evitably unsatisfactory. You are
too tat because you eat too much
or exercise too little or both. There
| is NO getting around that. In or
to health. Won must eat less and
exercise more. II that does. NOT
seem too horrible. send a stamped
addressed enyelope. with the name
| Of your city and state plainly writ.
| ten. forOsugxestions how to Ro
about it.
Incubation Of Syphilis = How
long after exposure to syphilis. be-
fore the first symptoms would de.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
HIS BETTER SELF.
BY Rhoda Barrymore.

NCopyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Union.)
There was a shamed and humil-
Gated expression on the face Of My
rom Wordell as he boarded train
md placed box-like package in
The rack over his seat. His own
inmate sense Of self-respect was
flashing him. In the first place he
was acting in deflnance Of the law,
"a the next he was acknowledging
himself a sweakling and coward,
and lastly, deliberately was max
ing his way back to servitude
I2hat had wrecked his own life and
Mat of a loving, devoted wife.
i Drink had been the bane Of 1--WE
'vsArs of married experience. In
korited or acquired, once he had
1kiven way to the craving for slim
s0lants be had begun a career that
:&aiied for the sacrifice Of position,
nome, respectability and friends.
3Ihe downward path had been
:6heer, the pit it led to deep and
ijeucnlfing. His wife had chung to
Ithe last shred Of hope and duty,
hut he had driven her away from
him At length. picked up on the
stree. in rags, a wretched, maudlin
&Syracs. V'ordell had been removed
54o a. hospital where he lay hover
z5ag between life and death for a
lnOnth, and was finally discharged
{o face the world, weak, homeless,
s4riendless.
The enormiiy Of. his downfall
& - presented itself in hsrah.xxe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

than they hsve IN the past. Many state and
national meetings heretofore out OF onr reach
might be brought here II there were better &C
commodations for large assemblages.
No site for common meeting ground for
this community is quite 90 advantageous; ex-
cepting only the west end Of Rock Island ar
aenal. which is government property. Is that
where the Sunday tabernacle stands. It's only
drawback 10 lack of automobile parking space
and it is AZ well situated. At that. - almost
any other spot that might be chosen. Auto
mobiles. Of course. must be reckoned with to
get an audience together from within . radius
OF 10 miles and large parking space Is re-
quired.
The tabernacle Is nearly an ideal building
with respect to size. seating arrangements
and acoustic properties. It's type has been
developed gradually during the Sunday evan
gelistic meetings in period Of years. It
brings the greatest possible number Of peo-
pie within view and hearing Of the rostrum
and does 50 at q minimum expense. It 10 de-
signed to fulfill most admirably the main pur-
pose Of q Quad-city auditorium.
Automobile dealers would like to have the
tabernacle this winter for their annual tri-city
automobile show. They never have had q
place big enough or central enough to assure
maximum results in their exhibits
Next year the Modern WoodmeR hold their
tri-ennial head camp There always has been
desire to have It in the head ONCE city, but
It has not been possible heretofore because of
inadequate hall accommodations. The taber-
nacle might be the means of bringing this
great convention here
The national convention Of Moose comes
next year and also the state conclaye of the
knights Templar. In 1921 the National Fed
GRAFTON Of Woman's Clubs Is coming All would
find such building as the tabernacle useful.
1t is understood that permanent retention
Of the building is not asked for. It IL merely
desired to keep it for few years till the need
for it is sufficiently demonstrated 30 that a
permanent successor will be built either for
private profit or through public spirit. OF
course to make It even temporarily useful q
floor you'd have to be put in and It might be
advisable to reinforce the walls and the root
supports.
Plainly there is merit in the argument for
postponing the razing OF the Sunday taber.
nacle. 1t ought to be well considered. And
il a stay of execution is decided upon the ef.
feet upon the hotel needs Of Rock Island
should not escape attention.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
Keeping the Sunday Tabernacle.

When the Sunday tabernacle was con-
3structed it was expressly provided that 1t
was to be torn down Immediately after the
close Of the campaign. Many now feel that
the original Intentions should be carried out.
The logic, however, is not all on one side of
che question.
The main argument against the tabernacle
of course, Is the impermanent construction.
Its walls are light. Its roof trussed up with
only wood held together with nails, 1t has no
floor and ITS electric wires are all exposed
There are no permanent heating facilities. and
10 is hardly ornate enough to be desirable as
landmark.
On the other hand, however, it is in an
( Ideal location, fills a most urgent need for q
etri-city place of assembly and il It is torn
down now it is improbable that there will be
amy permanent building erected to take its
place. In such an event much Of the real ben
|sent Of the Sunday campaign, arising from the
bringing Of the people Of the entire commve>
jty closer to each other, will be lost.
The quad-cities have missed many good
things because they have had no common. CEN
Etev where all could gather to enjoy them.
Such chances will come more often in future
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
TASTY DESERT.

Banana Shortcake-Place In a
mixing bowl one cupful Of -four,
one-half teaspoonful Of salt. two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder, five
tablespoonfuls Of sugar, three
tablespoonful Of shortening, one
half cupful Of water.
Mix and spread in well-greased
deep layer-cake pans and cover the
top with the thinly sliced bananas.
Bake in a moderate oven for IS
minutes. Cool and cover with more
freshly sliced bananas and then
serve with fruit whip.
Cranberry Pudding-Cover bot
tom of baking dish with soft
dough, then put layer Of cooked
cranberries and cover with dough.
Bake until nicely Drowned and
serve hot with powdered sugar.
This when cut Id pieces makes a
pretty dessert.
Leftover Fruit Jlice-For each
cupful Of fruit Juice use one. table
spoon Of plain gelatin powder. Amy
fruit Juice may be used. Dissolve
gelatin In enough cold water te
cover for 80 minutes; heat frui,
Juice to boiling, stir in gelatin
1train carefully and set on ice. Of
in cool place over night.
Serve with whipped cream or sot
custard. By adding slices of fresh
fruit and nuts, . nice compan,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
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44,!LDrObTQ1ndC'@
MRc. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
by TEMPLE
Coed Bye I'm Next .Yeae

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am q girl
81 and keeping company with a
young man two years younger than
myself. One evening We were in
vited to a friends house. I played
the victrola while the rest of the
people wanted to hear the music.
But 1t was impossible for them be-
cause my friend disturbed them by
acting silly. He ought to have bet
ter sense, but I suppose he thought
he was cute. I will laugh when
there is something to laugh at, but
l like to act like a lady.
When I am alone with him he is
q perfect gentleman. His Stiffness
is the only thing I have against
him. Should l break up with him,
or tell him to stop being SO sicken-
ing, at least when ! am around. My
friends say that am too nice to go
with that SILLY thing"
I have many chances to go with
other fellows, but simply pass them
up because my friend is SO Jealous.
My mother thinks it would be all
right to 60 with different fellows
since I am not engaged. DOLLY.
It is easy to understand how you
feel. I believe that you should give
up the young man who embar.
rasses you and enjoy the compan,
Of some Of the other young mer
you mention in your letter. The boy
is young and in time will quie'
down, I presume. You will enjo,
young men your own age or oldel
than yourself, because they will b.
more serious,
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am q
years of age. On account of my
parents being very poor I wal
compelled for the last five years tt
work very hard during the day ant
at night at school. am making
good money now and my parent:
also have very good financia
standing.
| I am always sad and dissatisfied
on account Of not having friends.
have never spent two cents on {
girl, not because I am stingy, bu
Il do not know how to make &C
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
Marking the Highways.

In wisconsin Nebraska and number Of
other states through which many Illinois mo-
florists travel bridges and culverts are marked
to minimize danger of running of the ends into
the ditch. One county in Indiana has arranged
to paint all bridge ratings white so they can
be clearly seen at night The usual way is
to SET posts at the ends Of culverts, which
serves very well in the daytime. II they are
painted white it gives additional protection to
travellers At night.
Motorists travelling over roads with which
they are familiar do not realize to what ex-
tent they depend upon their knowledge of the
locality and not upon the things they see as
they drive along. 1t is only when they find
themselves in strange territory that they be-
gin to understand the importance Of adequate
highway marks.
As a matter Of fact there are comparatively
few highways in the country over which a
stranger can drive at night without imminent
danger OF losing his way at every turn. BY
day guides can be made out we'll enough, but
too often they are put where travelling lights
fail to illuminate them and since night trav-
cling is not common 1t is difficult to find any
one from whom to get oral directions Danger
Spots ALSO are imperfectly marked, or at least
enough Of them are to make the way danger
GUS for the driver who depends implicitly upon
them and pushes ahead 'on the assumption tina,
absence Of Warming means safety.
This business Of highway marking is done
In too haphazard fashion. In places every
telephone" pole for miles at a stretch on /
road where one couldn't possibly lose his wa,
will be belted with a bright coat OF paint Their
| suddenly the marks will end and the motoris'
will be left to his own devices to find which
| way to go at the next crossroads.
Much remains to be done to make the roat
guides in and about Rock Island complete AM
| understandable to strangers. ~.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

'quaintances. cannot dance and
therefore never 60 to dances.
Please tell me how can make
friends with girls. have Just met
q boy my age who is a very good
dancer. He has a lot Of friends and
wants to take me to dances and af-
fairs. Do you think it is proper to
60 to such places when I do not
dance and don't know anybody I,
must confess that have no feel
ing for dancing. NJ. s.
It would be all right for you to
attend dances with your friend, but
I doubt If you would have q. good
time or make friends in that way
since you do not dance. Ask the
young man to take you to call on
some girls After you have NIT
someone you like. invite her to 60
places with you and call at her
home.
You might find It helpful to al
tend church socials. There you
would meet q good class of young
people. You seem to have quiet
tastes. and since you do not enjoy
dancing could hardly meet young
people of your tastes and tempera-
ment at a dance.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am q girl
q years old and am in love with
a man So who already has q wife
and son. His home life was not
happy and SO about q year ago he
left home. We live in the same city
and both work. He has been very
, good to help me get along and loves
me very much.
Both of us would very much like
to marry. Please give me your ad-
ivice. REDLOCkS.
The only thing for the man to do
is to tell his wife that he wants her
to divorce him. Since he is not
living at home this will probably
not surprise her.
The man should do all he can to
make his present wife happy even
after he is divorced. Alimony
should be paid to her, Of course. It
is a pftifuI thing when a man
ceases to love his wife and he owes
her as much as he can give her in
a material way to compensate, IL
she has been true to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
To William A. Sunday
(BY E. WAYNE STAHLl.

lDA A' ~"
Thou golden trumpet Of the truth
Of God:
The mighty music of eternity
Was in thy words. evangels sweet
and strong.
The xiorious gospel from thy lips
was heard.
With admiration great I wondered
That to thee such abundant grace
was given.
nut when I heard thy voice in
pleading prayer.
Thv potent preaching's secret then
knew.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
AIIH H4I KS
~ W.!LI!ll !;!!.!I i! R RAJ raD.
The Danger Of Being Alive-The
RanRa of Hahlt.

Tho Danger Of Being Alive The
Range Of Habit.
A question every man must de-
eide for himself sooner or later il
how far he should 60 in the range
of habit. Life Is a series Of sue
cessive habits Of gradually increas-
ing enormity. Just where to stop
along the range is valuable thing
to know.
Before we learn to read we learn
to lie. though It requires long prac-
tice to tell one as fine as the Santa
Claus story or the myth of the
stork. Next comes profanity. Just
as there are wholesome admirable
lies. 80 there are satisfying cuss
words for appropriate occasions.
The third evil habit is overeating,
which itself begets the fourth, lag
mess.
In order to counterfeit laziness
and fatigue most Of NJ take up
with the NTH habit, tea and coffee
drinking. and unless we overdo the
habit we are still safe. These bev-
erages dissolve fatigue and urge us
on to action.
All, but many Of ~ who like tea
and coffee do not like to be urged
on to anything. SO we adopt the
sixth habit. smoking. which acts
as a sort Of brake. Tobacco 10 q
narcotic which substitutes dreams
for work. Mind, ] do not say that
dreaming Is an evil habit; on the
contrary some men dream not
enough.
II now We continue right down
the scale our next experiment is
alcohol, for which there is no de-
Tense. After that, or more likely
hand in hand with occasional OF
moderate drinking. comes women
the hardest habit Of all to let
alone.
After women, drugs. And the
last Is crime.
Somewhere In the scale q man
must stop. To a certain point It Is
not dangerous to be alive. The
problem is to fix that point.
But the truth is that 1t is a NOV
able point. 1t can't be fixed ex.
cept by the individual himself.
The man who works Or plays OF
exercises actively every day can
take his tea and coffee with profit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

what he might choose. At the final
moment, wearied from q strenuous
week Of hard work, enticed by soli-
tude and congenial companionship,
Myron Wordell had taken a CREW.
Gus false step. In the box in the
coach rack was q store of stimu-
lants, purchased surreptiously, and
whetting his long slumbering ap-
petite, although more than once
some better impulse swayed HAM to
toss the temptation through the
window.
He was in . smoking compartment
when his station was called out,
and Fastening to the rack seized
what he supposed to be his box.
rye taken comebody else.s belong
ings by mistake" he mutttered
when he opened it at the camp.
for it's interior showed q. bound
volume, some magazines, a box Of
candy and some collars and hand
kerchiefs. He contained himself
as he threw these upon . camp
cot.
HAD to hurry" he explained
falsely to his companions. "Just
managed to pick mp q little mis-
cellaneous reading matter" and
the incident passed casually. but
the next day one Of his comrades
!. Tesv WcrAnlf .,oosr nvav &h,s
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

"a. Along with demands for an increase in
minimum pay from $50 to $40 per week made
by certain Chicago meat cutters when they
struck Saturday. request was made that the
arbitration clause be eliminated from the
agreement with their employers. Such pro-
posals as this do much to discourage the true
friends of labor. The wage increase asked
might be subject worthy Of discussion. but
tho moment any party to controversy refuses
80 abide by the judgment of an impartial third
party he lays himself open to the suspicion
that he is trying to get more than he is Justly
skntitled to.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

proachful censure. The one mad
dening thought was Of the wife he
had lost. For q week he managed
to pick mp a enough desultory
work to keep body and soul to-
gether, and former neighbors gave
no clew to her whereabouts.
"Why, everybody supposed you
were dead" he was advised at one
source where he and Winnie had
once lived, land Mrs. Wordell sup
posed SO. too. for she read your
name in the paper in a big lodging
house fire."
Wordell had been one Of the in
mates of the place, his name had
been mistakenly included in the
fatalities and he had been too far
down and out to care to correct the
error.
"She probably is glad that / bur
den her life no longer" he reflect
ed bitterly. well. better 80. What
have l t6soffer her but regret and a
barren, broken life?"
But somehow new manhood had
stirred within him with perman-
ent sobriety. He secured work and
did 1t we'll. At the end Of two years
he held q lucrative position and
restrained from INDUCING the dor
mont appetite within him. He had
made several efforts to find his lost
wife, but they had no result.
And now he was on the way to
Join some familiar companion on
a fishing junket- He was expect
ed to contributs something 70 the
camp equipmsnt-a box Of cigars,
sQnAssQ0tta6 mestar or fxnif-- ol
q u ~ -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

@. What are the regulations un-
der the prohibition enforcement
act to obtain wine for sacramento
purposes? B. NJ.
A. An ordained areacher or head
of a religious sect, or diocese may
obtain wine for sacramento pur-
poses by applying for a license to
the commissioner of revenue, or to
the local district attorney. 1t is
necessary to file this permit as
often as it is desired to procure
wine.
@. How can I wash children's
ribbons to make them stiff?
U. r.
A. II whom washing children's
ribbons they are dipped into a So
luton Of sugar and water. they
will become stiff on ironing.
@. Would England have the pow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
Household Hints
dessert can be made from this often
wasted leftover"
TESTED RECIPES.

TESTED RECIPES.
Nut and Potato Loaf-Threei
cups leftover potatoes, mashed;
two eggs. one and one-half cups
milk, two tablespoons fat, one
onion chopped. one-quarter pound
walnuts cut in small pieces, sea-
sonings, one cup chopped celery. |
Brown onion In fat and mix with
remaining ingredients. Place in
buttered casserole dish, cover with
bread crumbs and bake 40 minutes
in slow oven.
Combination Beet Salad-Arrangei
beets .(pickled with vinegar and
sugar. in strips on crisp lettuce.
leaves; add a few wedge-shaped
slices Of tomato to each plate. Chop
whites Of hard boiled eggs, giving
one tablespoon to each plate and
sprinkle yolks over the top which
has been pressed through sieve. A
sweet green pepper or sweet
pickles cut in strips, add variety
and color. Serve with boiled
dressing.
\Date Bars-One cup Of grant,
lated sugar. three eggs well beat
en-, two teaspoons vanilla, pinch of
salt. one cup -four, one teaspoon
baking powder, one cup chopped
walnut meats, one cup dates cut
in small pieces.
Bake In q buttered tin eight by
twelve inches in a moderate ofsn
about twenty minutes. Cut In bars
two and 0ne-half inches long and
one inch wide. Roll In powdered
sugar.
Batter Cakes-Place in mixin :.
bowl one cup OF sour milk, one te +
Ispoon Of baking soda, one-half csi1
of warm water. Stir to thorough y
mix and then add one cup Of fine
bread crumbs. one and one-Quarter
cups Of flour, one teaspoon Of bak-
ing powder, two tablespoons Ct
syrup. one tablespoon of shrtening.
one egg. Beat thoroughly to mix
and then bake on . hot we'll
| creased griddle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

er to force CONSUMPTION in Canada
against the will Of the Canadian
government? A. D. W.
A. The Canadian mission located
In Washington says that the Brit
ish government would, have no
power to call CONSUMPTION in Can
ada. This power lie confined en-
tirely to the Canadian govern
ment.
@. What is the extreme depth
that can be attained in drilling
holes for minerals? Would it be
possible to drill II miles! s. NJ.
A. The Geological Survey says
that it would be impossible to bur-
row hole IL miles deep on nc
count Of the internal heat and the
pressure at that depth. It is not
possible to drill deeper than about
seven thousand feet.
@. How many transport ships
were used during the war? NJ. l..
|, A. There were S19 ships used to
transport American soldiers, this
number including ships of the
United States, Great Britain and
France.
@. I am giving q bubble party
for my young daughter; can you
give me a good formula for bub-
BILE solution? M. c. E.
A. A good formula for soap suds
to be made the day before the bub-
BILE party you wish to hold is: /
gill Of glycerine: 1 pint Of water;
VI ounce of white castle soap shaw
ings. These are shaken together
and allowed to settle. II these bub-
bles are allowed to fall on a table
covered with q WOODEN cloth they
will last longer.
@. What is the population Of
San Juan, Porto Rico, and what
percentage of it is white?
U. v.c.
A. The population 10 1916. Six.
ty-five per cent of this is white.
+! @. When did ireland become a
part of Great Britain?
S. W. B.
A. By an act Of union which
went into effect in the year 1901
ireland became united with Great
Britain.
@. How did the courteous Gus.
tom Of men tipping their hats orig.
mate: C. A.
A. Tipping the hat was original.
II q compulsory act. Centuries
ago people were obliged to take Of
their hats in the presence Of roy.
atty. This custom has gradually
become courteous act on the par
Of men on exchanging greetingl
with LADIES'
Q. When was Homer, the Greel
poet, morn? C. G.
I A. The exact date Of the. brit
lof the poet, Homer, is not definite
~ known. According to Herodo
tus, he lived about $50 B. C. Othel
authorities give later dates. goin,
back n far as 1900 B. C.
| @. What Is an Albino? PHI.
/ A. The term "Albino" was orig
finally applied by the Portuguese
to negroes found on the coast Q
Africa, who were mottled witt
white spots. Now an Albfno /
defined ~ q person having con
genital deficiency Of pigments Q
the skin. hair and eyes. Albino
, occur among all races OF men; 1
extreme cases they have q skin Q
q milky color, extremely l1At hail
. and eyes with deep re6 pup
with pink of blue Iris.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

In New Jerseys election today prohibition
10 the issue. This shows what desperate
plight the politicians have come to in these
Kaleidoscope days. They may even bring the
tariff out again and try to use it as an Office
stalkfug horse