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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

That won't take long" said
Mabel sadly. my duty is plain.
I shall find a position somewhere,
rent Il small house and make a
new homo for father, His care
shall be my one thought in life
now. AS to the old homo, l shall
make no claim"
"Dr, Morton Deie"-that was the
name on a card brought to Mabe.
by Mrs, Exnore's maid a few days
later, She wondered Whist pHrpose
the stranger could have in visiting
her, Mabel entered the parior, to
find a young man, p1easaHtfaeed,
courteous, subdued and respectful
in his manner toward her.
Il have come to explain to yeu,
Miss WerthiRgtoh," hs said, that
1 understood nothing of the eondi=
ton of the property nay uncle left
me until / came here. My uncle
was an oid-time friend of your
fathers, and / an sure never ia
tended that the borrowed money
should bring him any hardship, I
truly szmFathize with yeB, shall
not occupy the house, and / wish
You would continue to make it
your home"
"Oh, 1 could not think OF that"
disseHted Mabel,
Then at least take charge of the
furniture; that is certainly right
fully your 0WR, Miss WeFthiBg-
t0H, have been summoned in COZ
sHitati8a over your fathers case at
the saaitaFiHm ] do not wish to
encourages your false hopes, bat
I believe that al operation viii re-
store his reason"
NabsL#99id Ret1h hear efsRetFFa=
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
HER DARKEST HOUR
BY AIvah Jordan Garth.

AAOpgL1bHIr 1870 ny HSSICEh
Newspaper Union.1
Whatever is the colonel up to-"
why, he's acting like some mad
mani"
Two men strcIIing near the old
fashioned house where Colonel
Blair Worthfngtou had lived for
over fifty years. halted aSkanco TO
view a sensational demonstration
on the part of their fellow towns
man.
Everybody knew the colonel and
everybody liked him. He was all
lrasefble old tyro. whimsical and
Rrtstocratic; bat in his more pros
porous days had been generous tn
4 fault. His daughter Mabel was
the idol of the community and his
toEnsmen were proud of a family
whose ancestry ran back two cen
turtles.
with his ,gcld-hcaded cans the
colonel was battafing away at a
tres. Upon Il was tackled some
kind Of . document, He tore It to
rfbbons with his sWishinS blows.
hs shook aisk1ecBins head in wild
exe.tament~-and dashed into tha
house.
IT kn0wt" nbrupt1y spoke oHs OF
the onIooksTs, "Tn wager the pos
ter was q notice of foreclosure.
You know that he has been threat
enad for some time. Too hadI "A
dne old esDttem2a, .axd his dangh-
ter Is about rs near Gn angel as
you fRd them. What's thar
II Was the s1feFD SfaFEiiRF aeh3
Pfr&-&hee oass Tae
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
HEALTH TAI dX1
BY W.ll-Ill AZ. - BRADY Rad nd.
Birthmarh.

Oh Eu1uaEA
A little girl u years old has a
bright red mark extending from
her eye to her ear, which marx
was present at birth, her mother
states. And just lately another
blotch has come near the frs
mark which adds to the unhappi-
ness of the little girl. What this
recent blotch may be is impossi-
BILE to suggest.
What causes birthmarks? Wei,
the unromantic truth is that the
notion of marking is 100 per
cent myth
The wonderful part of It is that
SO many of us are born without a
blemish. that nature makes so fe "
mistakes.
There are various remedies avail
able for birthmarks or blemishes
of various kinds. Among them are
the electric needle in medical or
surgical hands, carbon dioxide
snow applied by a physician, X-ray
treatment, and sometimes surgical
treatment.
The special mode of treatment
must be determined by the require
ments of each individual case. The
most difficult birthmarks to eradi-
cate are the port wine stains, but
when these are perceptibly elevat-
ed above the skin level they are
more successfully treated. In near
ly every case the appearance may
be greatly improved by proper
treatment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

two mon rushed thither, 70 ind the
colonel lying PROSTATE in the low
er hall. Beside him was an old
fashioned musket. The fire-eating
colonel. goafed to insane rage by
the threat Of expulsion from his
house, had probably rushed up
guarding against invasion. The
firearm had accidentally exploded,
The shock had sent him hsadlong.
Within a few hours 1t became
known that the colonel had suffer
ed a brain conclusion that had
robbed him OF his reason. He was
rushed to a eanitarium and his
daughter, who was visiting a
friend. was sent for.
1t was a sad home coming for
Mabel Worthington. A knowledge
of the loss of their last piece of
property was as nothing to her i@e-
side the fofiorn condition of her
father. After a few days Mabel
aroused to rsaFraRgs the tangled
threads of her broken life,
There was DO hope of saving
anything from the wreck, A just
claim covered the old mansion and
all it contained The holder of the
mortgage had besn unusually pa
tient and induiseHt, His death had
nseessitated the settlement of the
estate and the foreclosure had re-
suited, Mabel learned that a young
physician, eHs Morton Dale, had
been left the place by legacy, a
friend OF Mabel, a Mrs, Exmere, a
widow, had insisted that Mabel
should make her home with her
until she could reaFFaHgs her dis
-RRdexed zzlFf4g plans,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
A Typical Case.

Practices of the stock. selling concerns
which are doing such fourishing business
all over the United States are typifed by the
Vaccinations of the Pan Motor company Of
St. Cloud, MINI, according to revelations set
forth in printed matter from the federal trade
commission The commission has fled for
NAL complaint against the company and its
president Samuel c.. Pandolfo
1t is charged that the company. which was
incorporated in January, 1917, sold S4,723,O00
1919. Nearly all Of this was paid for in cash.
In the same period there was disbursed to
agents in commissions for the sale of stock the
sum of $1,156,667, while $553,752 had been paid
to the president as commissions and for al
legged services.
The company represented that it was manu-
featuring automobiles a large scale when
as matter of fact but 200 were assembled,
federal agents say.
The Pan Motor company for two years has
been flooding the northwest with its literature.
This included endorsements by men in places
of responsibility and the results of alleged Of
fetal Investigations purporting to have upheld
all its representations. 1t used all the approved
arts and wiles to get peoples money away
from them, including an offer of IS per cent
off of the price of an automobile for each
stockholder.
Many another stock selling CONCERN is do
ing a good business with far less alluring
layout
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
Good Sense.
layout.

Smith and Jones are neighbors.
Smith has a garden.
Jones has a COW.
Jones COW gets into Smiths garden the
day after rain.
Smith shoots Jones' COW.
Jones shoots Smith.
Jones is extensively tried and condemned
to 20 years.
It is hard, no doubt, on Jones and Smith.
1t is harder on Mrs Jones and Mrs Smith
Not to mention the little Joneses and the
hitler Smiths.
By and by the little Joneses and little
Smiths grow up and there is family feud in
which the families are either decimated or the
law steps in and stops things.
If you merely substitute the word nation"
for Jones" and Smith" and territory for
garden" and army" for Cow" you have the
situation in world politics that exists without
the league of nations
OF course, sometimes Jones and Smith have
the sense to settle the matter sensibly between
them. But not often
The league of nations proposes to see to it
that if nations cannot settle their disagree
ments sensibly and without recourse to armed
force, their disputes shall be settled sensibly
forthem.
Is or is not that sense?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
Pulling Together.

Too often in the past Rock Island and Mo
line have pulled at cross purposes. Not infre-
Quently one or the other has acted the part Of
dog in the Manager to keep the other from
realizing some objective. Touching each other
as they do and being nearly equal in popula-
ton rivalry is keen. Jealousy is easily Gre
ated and no doubt has been encouraged on
occasion for Interior purposes.
Sundays reception for Battery F was sig
nal illustration Of the power Of cooperation.
The underlying unity of sentiment and action
on that occasion was feature second in i'm
portance only to the outpouring OF patriotic
enthusiasm over the war heroes of the COM
munfty. Rock Island, Moline and East Moline
working in perfect accord, mustered probably
what was the largest crowd and gave the most
pretentious demonstration for returned SOL
diers that has been seen in the state, outside
of Chicago. 1t shows what can be done when
we all pull together. Led as this affair was,
by two progressive mayors the official machin-
cry was created to carry cooperation into other
lines of endeavor having to do with the growth
and civic betterment of the community. We
ought to have the greatest municipality in the
state outside of Chicago and this is the way
to get it
This is an end sought for years by The
Argus. 1t is realized that Moline enjoys ad
vantages that Rock Island lacks, Rock Island
has others which do not exist in the Plow city,
and that East Moline holds possibilities which
are not found in either of the others.
Whenever the time comes that the three
cities bend their united efforts in common
cause they will be well the road to the
achievement Of municipal results far beyond
their power to attain by individual effort. We
have now a population of 100000. There is no
valid reason why it could not be made 100000
IN the next 10 years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

marry from choice, you will mere
ly marry the man because he asks
you to.
Let your heart dictate in this
matter. If you must choose, take
the one you care more for.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Are po-
tatoes and bananas fattening?
am thin and l have been told that
both will help me TO gain flesh.
am not naturally thin, but I have
had trouble which has taken away
my natural healthy look,
FLORENCE.
Potatoes and bananas are fat
teuing. Also take plenty Of olive
oil, eat eggs, butter, cereals and
fatty broths, peas, beans, corn,
carrots and parsnips. figs, datas,
nuts, beefsteak and roast beef.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~ Ny
father does not allow ne 10 20 out
in the evening. Mother says that
I may 60, but he SAYS / have To
stay at home. Whom should
mind, father or mother? ! am II
years old.
81 My mother Is n good woman
and Is liked by everybody who
knows her. My father does not al
low her to go any place at all.
When she wants 10 go 20 church
and other places he Is very mean,
Is n right Of him 10 do this?
go Is it right for "A girl OF IA to-
let n boy take her homo from
particg when she has no ono disc
to go home with?
BROWN EYES,
% Mind your father, because he
IA right, a littlo girl Of IA Is too
young 10 30 ont IN the evening,
t2) From what you say, Il hardly
seems fair that your father should
be so cxaeting OF your mother,
80 4 girl OF IA should not SO 20
PARTIES unless arrangements are
previously made for her getting
homo,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
Freedom from Hay Fever.

EtFuOm HUH nay ItNSls
Will you please mention a few
places where one might reasonably
expect to have freedom from hay
fever? J. Ii.
Answer-The American Hay Fe-
yer association (Dr. William
Scheppegrell, New Orleans, presi-
denD suggests the following places
where more or less immunity may
be had: Silver Plume, colo; Cow
ington and Abita Springs, La;
Mackinac Island, Mich; Duluth,
MINI; the Adirondacks. y. T.,
Eagles Nest, n. c.. PocOno noun
tains, Pa; Two Rivers, Wis; Al
berta, Canada; MUskoka Lake re.
gion, Canada; Moosehead Lake.
Maine; Bethlehem, in the White
mountains, n. H; Albuquerque
and Sulphur Springs, y. NJ; Roam
Mountain, Tenn; the Green noun
tains. Vt; the Cascade Range,
Wash.
Legs.
I would like to know how to re-
duce the size of my legs. One leg
is 141z inches around the heaviest
part of the calf and the other is -
inches. l weigh 120 pounds and
my body is otherW Use slim.
MISS r. A. I.
Answer - The calf of the leg
measures 141a inches in the ideal
woman. Wear vertical stripes if
you wish to caniouflage your per
feet calves.
Not to Be Repeated.
1 recently called in a physician
to attend to my wife for a severe
cold. He wrote a prescription. and
when l had the prescription filled
found the bottle marked. Can
not be rehlled without order from
physician or words to that effect
AS more than one meaning might
be taken from that, and not wish
ing to do the doctor any injustice,
l would like to know why such in
structions are on the bottle
S. II. G.
A good physician usually pre-
scribes for present conditions, and
does not intend the present pre-
scription to be unfortunately or
indefinitely used without his sane
ton. Hence the non-rcpeat order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
Brad's Bit O. Verse
THE SWAIL POTAT0.


The honest granger came to t6wn
to sell his tateFs nice and brown /;
he had the baskets heaped up high,
his spuds looked tempting to the
eye. How big and sound apd
plump they seemed! My widest
fancy scarce had dreamed to find
within the teemiRg mart such prod
uct of the farming art. / quickly
handed out three bones, and voiced
nay joy in vibrant taResi sweet vi
sions flashed before my eyes, bright
dreams of things that aPPetiEei
saw them boiled with jackets on,
all fit for prince, OF duke OF don :
OF fried OF mashed they touched my
lips, OF sliced as Saratoga chips.
But when ! get my basket homo
the giesEns got busy in my dome ;
| found the owner of that crop had
piled the big spuds on the top, and
they had fooled me with their
stunts; the rest were measly, rot
ten ruHts. The msFal's thisi To
via and keep the tspmost place
upon the heap goa must not be the
runty kind, Of you'll be very apt
to find your place, according to
your style, down at the bottom Of
the pils.
-GLEaE BRADSHAW
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
RenlY to DISCOURAGED Mnfher-

Since you lacked the sincerity to
properly sign your letter, am IN
able to give the personal reply it
calls for. But in the interest OF
your daughter l am breaking the
rule in order to reply here. Your
letter is not suitable to publish.
The answers to the questions, if
you can remember what you wrote,
are: ID Probably nothing. 90
The question of marriage is not
affected. % So far as your letter
shows, there is no bar to mar
riage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
FR5TED HECFTPTl.


COicSlaW Small head cabbage,
one-half pint milk or cream, one
half pint vinegar, one small cup
sugar, Two egsz, iUmn Of butter
size OF an egg, one teaspoon mus
tard, pepper and salt, one-haif cup
coceanGt,
Take one-haif pint Of mili or
cream, eue-h8li pin. vinegar one
small cup sugar, two e5aa beaten
very light lump Of hutar size OF
an egg, one hcaping teaspoon mus
taTd, pepper and saiti cook uil
together until like cualard. When
cool pour over cabbage cat very
fine. Lastly, add one-half cup
shredded CoCGanut.
Lemon Raisin Pie fut one cup
seeded raisins through fCu1Chop-
per, add juice of one lemon, one
cup cold water, enc tablespoon
-four, one cup sugar, one table
spoon butter.
Stir lightly together and ta5a
with upper and lower crust.
th6e0iate Fie-0ne cup sugar,
one cup sweet milk, yoIbs Of two
eggs, two tablespoons cocoa, two
tablespoons COrnstarCh, one table
spoon butter, teaspoon vanilla.
CooH all ill it hollis. Put in a
baked crust.
Add beaten whites, s~eeteaed, to
top, and brown.
Casserole CT RiGa aRd Meat -
Three cups cooked rice, ons-GuaT-
teF teaspoon salt, 0ae-quartsr tea
spoon pepper, ORe-qGaTieF teaspoon
celery, salt, Gae-qgsJteF TEASPOON
o3ioR juiGs, one cup stack or gravy,
one-haif cup tomato sauce.
Line CaEEerOla with rice; hil CEN
, ter W.T. chopped cold meat, add
seasonings and mo:stsn with tbs
STOCK nE graEy. CaFeP meat T.tA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

ing to the cid home or of accent
ing any of It's contents, She re-
manned with Mrs. Exmore, but
there DR., Dale called frequently to
report the progress OF The invalid
under his charge, One day he ap-
peared with suppressed animation
in his face.
Miss WOfthingt0n," he said, "ths
operation sas succeeded, and your
father is restored to reason. Ny
medical associates, however, agree
with me that it is absolutely nee
essaFy that he never know of the
foreclosure. All that and his acct
dent is a blank to him. and must
remain SO, else there may be a re-
euFPense of his trouble. 1 have
provided against it as far as posi-
BILE. / am satisfied that il NV un-
eie had lived he would have can
eeled the mortgage On ysuF home.
1t is there that your father must
return. I shall convey the place to
him, and in doing so feel that
am simply doing nay duty"
In vain Mabel demonstrated. but
her joy and anxiety over her faith
er's recovery influenced her to
biindiy follow the dictates of this
determined lover, for such Merton
Dale had become, AID a little later
both TeRt hand in hand to the
presence Of this restored father to
ask his blessing on their union.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
CONVENTIONS

indianapolis, Ind. - Imperial
Council Of Mobiles OF tho Mystic
Shrine.
Columbus, Ohio National assoc
citation Of sheet metal contractors.
Pittsburgh, American Foc.C-
ty of heating and ventillating en-
gineers
Philadelphia National nssoc'a-
ton OF building owners and man
agers.I
Kansna City, brotherhood
OF railroad signall-en OF America.
Rochester, n, Y.-NationaI asso-
citation OF c.yil service cOMmi8-
slons,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
Household Hints

rice and steam for one-hslf hour,
Serve on a platter, surrounding
with tomato sauce
Escallepsd Potatoes ~ Potatoes,
salt, pepper, butter, milk, Pime',s
tos. Butter ia baking dish, pare poz
gatoes and slice thin, put IN tae
baking dish layer OF potatoes
ana sprinkle with salt, pepper ana
ID little butter then another Rye
.uf potatoes, etc, until the dish is
nearly full. Then fll vita milk or
cream, add oHe-half can chopped
pimentos and bake one and one
half hours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

A soldier who had been a robber but who
won glory on the battlefield and now means
to lead honorable life has just come home
to Chicago To make it easy for him the news
papers drag out the tale Of his past, prison
term and all, Some editors cannot resist the
temptation to run a good story, no matter what
effect it may have upon the characters in
yolved
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

The German submarine, US8 and a convoy
of anti-submarine craft are now on the way
up the Mississippi river in the interests of a
naval recruiting campaign. They probably will
get as far as St. Louis without trouble, but
their reaching Rock Island, which it has been
announced they will attempt, depends good
deal upon the stage Of water. 1t will be just
as well not to be too optimistic on the subject.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

it permits politics to take precedence over the
nations business.
Miles from shore, in deep water and with a
storm gathering the Republican senators are
making faces at the skipper, and rocking the
boat instead of getting busy with the oars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10
The War a Year Ago

Germans resumed long range
bombardment OF Paris.
Two Aust ian dTeadnsught5 iOF-
pedeed by Italians In the AGriaiio.
David f, Putnam, American ay!-
ator, downed five German planes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

MENU HINT.
Grapefruit. Broilcd Bacon.
Toast. Gomez,
Luncheon,
Fish Salad, 6iuei Tomatoes.
Cup CustaFd Iced Tea.
Dinner.
KstiEhes
Drowned Pork Chops. Gravy.
Mashed Potatoes. Asparagus.
Lettuce Russian Dressing
Lemon Pic, CoHee,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

Frank A. Vander1ip, who has resigned as
head of the National City bank, says he is
going to do something useful" Sounds like
bolshevism, but it isn't.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

One of those sure-cure doctors was fatally
shot at Salt Lake City by a patient who had
survived his ministrations Reversing the
treatment, as It were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

Justice Louis ID. BFaHdeis of the
United States supreme court will
leave for Europe not later than
June IA. He will go first to Paris.
then to Palestine The objects Of
his visit are Ia sea if tins creation
of a separate Jewish state in Pal
estiRe is possible and to make Ger
tain that equal rights and privi-
leges are accorded Jews in Poland,
Gaiicia, RGmaRia and other coUn-
tries where pogroms. have lately
taken place,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

Just $50 years age the FIRST triple
ai1iaase was formed by Great Brit
ain, SWedea AID Holland, to pFo-
tect the Spanish Netherlands
against tAs eaeFeaehmeats Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-10

Smith and Jones are neighbors.
Smith has a garden.
Jones has COW.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-15
ToDAY,s ANNTvERsARY.

The first divorce court in England was Instituted 61 years ago tomor- row, Jan. 16, 1858. The jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical authorities re- specting divorce was abolished by this act. At the first sitting of the court fvs marriages were dissolved, and in its first year of existence the court granted 3S dIvorces out of a total of 2sS petitions. The divorce act provided that the wronged hus- band could be released from his obli- gallons to an unfaithful spouse, but gave no such recourse to an Injured wife unless the husbands adultery was aggravated by other offenses Down to the posing of the divorce act in 1888, the theory of English law in regard to divorce was the same as that of the Roman Catholic church, although in practice this rule was not strictly adhered to. and wealthy and influential persons n1ght, through parliament, secure freedom from their matrimonial ties.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-15
DIED.

NEARY-In this city. Jan. fl, 1919. Gertrude ", daughter of John J, and the late Jane Weary, aged 2s years.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at the residence of her father, No. 50 Fourth street, on Fri day. Jan. IT, at s!90 G. ni., and from Church of the Blessed saera- ment at a. fn.. with solemn high mass.
 Interrnent at St, Miehael's eenas- tery. Automobile certege. a~p CIAARK-In this city, Jan, IS, 1919, Kenney Clark, son ef John and Mary Clark, aged 2a years,
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral at the residence Of the par ents, No. 35 Worth street on We'd nesday, Jan, IS. at p, m,
 Interment at Taunton, Mass,
 a%p HACKEET-In Buffala. N, Y, Jan. 12. 1s19 Edward Haekett, Friends are invited to attend the funeral from 76 Crescent Place. on Friday, Jan. IT, at sis0 a. m.. and from St. MaIy's church at a. m,
 yt Automobile eertege, A15b* BROCH-In this city, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1919, Emily Hammerstein, widow of Julius Edward Breeh, aged 90 years, 6 months, a7 days.
 Friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of her daughter. Mrs, Charles Fanton, No 7S Richardson street, on Friday Jan, IT, at e:90 D. m.
 Interment at Lakeview metery. A15b# EHRHSTTB-fH this city, Jan. IA, 1919, at his home, No, 1901 Park avenue, Kenneth F, Christie, aged a4 years. Funeral service will be held at tine Read MaHegiai chapel, MapR- taiH Grove cemetery, ez Thursday, @Jsth inst, as g e.aseeis P, n.
 Burial In NsuHfHlR GseYe eemev kSEkE a '