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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
TIlEH5ttl5 DAILY SHORT STORY

wondered who she could be, OBJ
tanned tie remedy he was after and
was not gone from his Office more
than 10 minutes. His face clouded
as he entered it. for his absence,
brief as it was, had been of suffi-
cient duration to mark the return
to consciousness of his mysterious
patient and her departure.
Il couldn't stay her, doctor,
dear" explained Mrs. Hannigan.
She was all nervous and trou-
blcd. She said she must hurry to
a train and that her sister had her
railroad ticket. And when l told
her OF you she looked at your pic
ture on the wall there and said
you must be a truly kind-hearted
man. Then she said something
about having no money, and after
she'd gone / found this lying on
the little stand yonder.
This" was a small pretty finger
ring holding an amethyst sur
rounded by small pearls Along
its inner rim was the inscription:
"Anice from Sister" DIR. Reeves
traced an element of pathos in the
situation. This Anice, whose fair
features were so powerfully i'm
pressed upon his mind, had left
the ring in lieu of the money for
his fee. He made a great many
vain inquiries regarding it's owner
the next day, but it was of no avail.
Pietro Santos, a settlement favor
ite. who made and peddled plaster
of paris images, was brought into
his ONCE that afternoon with an
injured limb, and this distracted
his thoughts from this provoking
" beautiful end persistently haunt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
A CHERISHED FEE.
BY AlVah Jordan Garth.
copyright, 1913, by the Weste

tCopyright, 1913, by the western
Newspaper Union.)
There YVES the sound OF crowd
ing feet and hushed but excited
voices. Young DR.. Allen Reeves,
Just at the threshold OF profession
al practice, faced a group OF half
a dozen women and children who
bore in their midst the figure of an
exceedingly beautiful girl, but
limp, lifeless, her face devoid of
all color.
at was at the alley, DR.. Reeves, -
babbIed forth one of the women
She was passing it's end when
Murphy's horse ran away. She was
brushed against the wall and she
went down like a broken flower
she is so still and white. Is it
dead she is?"
The poor OF the neighborhood
knew the young physician well in
time OF illness and trouble and
were friendly and familiar. DR..
Reeves spoke o reassuring word.
mo bones broken, one shoulder
bruised quite badly, but there's the
shock" he said to Mrs Hannigan.
Just hold this phiaI to the nos
trils and fan the young Lady till
I 20 to the drug store and get
some medicine / find I have run
out Of"
The young doctor moved with
celebrity He was not a man given
to trivial impulses, yet his whole
soul was enlisted in the present
case. Never in his life had a love-
iv face SO impressed him as that
pf this nsphasard patient. He
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
Harvard's Appeal.
tDes MOines Capital
ali -


President Lowell of Harvard has appealed
to Harvard graduates to subscribe to the fund
of $11 900 600 for Harvard university. 81 his
appeal he pleaded for the education of Ameri-
can youth in American universities. To prop
erly do this the teaching profession must be
paid better wages.
AS President Lowell says, I'VE must be the
great nation to carry knowledge. We must
have sufficient teachers to enable the greatest
among them to give up their classes for year
or two to write books to make permanent
what they know, and not let their knowledge
die with them
The question is whether the American peo-
pie will rise to the height which they can rise
to and be one of the greatest peoples the world
as ever Known.
President Lowell says that it is Americas
choice as to whether she will be a Carthage
or an Athens in the future world. We can
make ourselves simply a great commercial ma
ton, as Carthage did, or we can make OUR
selves one of the great leaders of thought in
the world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
Household Hints.

ole with the vegetables around it.
add two cups water and two table
spoons vinegar. Cover and cook
in moderate oven three hours or
until tender, basting occasionally,
A sauce or gravy may be made
with water, -four and some of the
juice left in the casserole.
Horseradish Sauce-Thicken with
butter substitute and flour some OF
the water in. which the meat was
boiled, add two tablespoons OF
grated horseradish and boil five
minutes.
Scalloped Potatoes - Slice cold,
boiled potatoes. butter earthen
dish, put in layer of potatoes, sea
son with salt, pepper and butter.
also a little onion chopped fine,
sprinkle on a little -four put in
another layer of potatoes and sea
soning: contintfe until dish is full.
Just before putting in oven pour
over it one quart hot milk. BAKE
One-half hour.
Combination Salad-Serve alter
nate slices of tomato and cucum-
Der on lettuce. Use mayonnaise or
any favorite dressing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
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44;91(DPODTQf11cC
% Il MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

|, to eyade me. Then there is
chance that something may have
happened to him. Are women over
70 always querulous and apt to
be unreasonable? II you can ad-
vice me l will be greatly obliged to
YOU. CHEF
A woman Of 20 apt to be
.querulous and unreasonable. al
Though some at that age are just as
sweet and agreeable as the others
are hard to get along with. You
are doing exactly the right thing in
being tolerant and Considerate Of
your grandmother. She will not
live many years longer and you
will always be thankful that you
cared for her when she became de-
pendent, with the same faithfulness
and consideration that she showed
you when you were left in her
charge.
OF course you should be- able to
enjoy yourself in the evening. To
go away from home every evening
as some boys do would be a bad
practice. Be independent in this
matter and when you know you are
doing nothing unworthy Of your
self take your pleasure fearless Of
your grandmother's scolding. She
will have to learn that you are old
enough to decide some matters
for yourself.
Have you a taste for shop work
If you would enjoy it and. take in
terest in it I think you should give
up your position in the shipping
room and get shop experience,
With your intelligence there is no
reason why you should not advance
rapidly in a shop. Your letter was
written and expressed beautifully,
and in spite of the few years of
schooling you have had, you write
better than many college gradu-
ates.
/ Believe you will hear from your
father again. His love for you and
your grandmother will bring him
back to you. Perhaps he has had
financial reverses and his pride
keeps him from writing now. New
er lose faith in your father no mat
ter what you grandmother thinks.
Perhaps his life would have been
brighter and better il he had had
the faith of his wife and mother to
encourage him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

ing Anice. She was back in his
memory and cherished regard,
however, within a few hours.
Reeves attached a ribbon to the
ring and wore it hidden from
view.
Goa de country, doctor" an
nounced Pietro a month later. all
mended up and starting on one of
his usual trips away from the city.
"Owe-a for you fix-a Pietro up so
fine. Pay-a when l come back"
Don't you worry about that,
said the young physician. waving
the grateful itinerant an encour-
aging adieu.
Two afternoons later at the edge
Of a little village Pietro came
across a gang of rough loafers,
who attacked him, took his hard
earned money, bound him, and,
setting his pretty wares on fence
posts as targets, proceeded to de-
molish them. An hour later, pass
ing the spot, a moan attracted the
. attention of a fair. gentle-faced
girl DIR. Reeves would have given
a good deal to have seen, for she
was the patient who had disap-
peared so dissppointingly Anice
Merrill
Her true sympathetic soul was re-
vealed as she set tho victim of
and havoc free and heard
his pathetic story. She led him to
her home, cared for him until the
next day, and even provided him
with the money to pay his fare to
his city home.
You sav-a my courage, my life,
he told Anio< IT never forget.
When | come again l brinE-a Won
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

the small letters following the let
ter "Y" in Liberty on the new
dime? K. n.
A. These are the initials of the
designer. 1t is the privilege of the
designer of a coin to sign his mi
tails. The letters must, however,
be inconspicuous.
@. How are authors paid for
books by publishers? K. G. D.
A. The usual course followed is
that the publisher agrees to pub
Iish the book on a royalty basis,
paying the author a certain per-
centage of the gross sales. In some
cases the author may also receive
a fixed sum as an advance on royal
ties. Sometimes an author sells
his manuscript outright to the pub
Usher for fixed sum.
Q. What are the rules for wear
ing mourning? NJ. S.
A. A man may wear a black suit
may be placed around the hat brim-
woman who wishes to follow Gus
tomary procedure wears all black
for six months. The mourning
veil, if worn, may be worn over the
face for a week or two and then
draped back over the hat. Ruching
or small white collars and cuffs
may then be worn and white rim
may be placed around the bat brim.
At the end of year, all mourning
may be discarded if desired.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

ton bureau, Frederic J. HaSkin, Director.
address and enclose two-cent stamp for rel
paid to anonymous lettsrs1.
@. What became of Jefferson
Davis, president of the confeder-
acy, after the Civil war? ]. F. L.
A He was released from prison
by provision of the general am
nesty of Dec. IS, 1868. He then Wis
tied Europe, and spent the rest
of his life in retirement, during
which time he wrote The Rise and
Fall of the Confederate Govern
ment." He died in New Orleans,
Dec. 6, 1889.
@. In which state can legal resi-
dence be established most quickly
in order to obtain divorce?
T. D.
A. Divorce proceedings can be
started in Nevada after six months
residence. A divorce applicant is
not required to remain in the state
until the case is settled, but only
long enough to establish residence.
O. What is a soviet2 p. b.
A. Soviet is a Russian word
meaning council or committee. The
word has been applied to a large
number of such organizations. but
especially to councils of workmen's
and soldiers delegates.
@. Is a passport necessary in or
der to cross the Atlantic by air
plane? +. b.
A. A person leaving the United
States for Europe and travelling by
airplane must obtain a passport.
o. What is the significance of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

New England is suffering from a sugar
famine and is ratiOns, comparable TO those
6oled out in war. Yet government officials
found four and half million pounds stored or
saved in Boston warehouse, and carload
hidden on a side track in Chicago, the owner
ship of which had changed hands four times,
while the people were starving for it. Yet
there is no boarding of food and the profteer
Is such an essential man in this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
FavOritc Recipes.

FavOrite Recipes.
Baked Eggplant, Creole Saace-
Cut the eggplant in half and scoop
.1It the center, leaving a thin shell.
Chop the eggplant and parboll.
Drain and then place ir mixing
bowl. Now m:nce fin5 two ounces
Of bacon, two large onions and one
green pepper. Place IT. a saucepan
and cook very gently nnN slight
j. Drowned. add to the prepared
eggplant in the mixing bowl and
then add one cup of Rne bread
crumbs, one well-beaten eggs, one
teaspoon of paprika. four table
spoons of chopped parsley and
one-haIf cup of cream sauce. Mix
thoroughly and then fill into the
eggplant shell, rounding up the top
Of each half we'll. Brush with
beaten egg and sprinkle with fine
crumbs and one teaspoon of grated
cheese to each half of the eggplant.
Bake in a moderate oven for 40
minutes. Garnish and serve with
nicely Drowned strips of bacon,
allowing two strips for each ser
vice.
Casserole Roast - Three pounds
round beef, a slice of salt pork or
bacon, few peppercorns whole
peppers, one-quarter cup each of
carrot, turnip and celery cut in
small pieces. Render in a casSeT-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
Today's Events

Today is the centenary of the
birth of Prince Albert Of Saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha, husband of the
late Queen Victoria and grandkath-
er of the present British sovereign.
Lieut.. Gov. Lee NJ. Russell and
Lieut.. Oscar G.. Johnston will con-
test for the Democratic nomination
for governor in the run-off primary
in Mississippi today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
The War a Year Ago

Trotsky, Bolshevik war minister
of Russia. reported. to have fed
from Petrograd.
British continued Somme-Scarpe
drive. capturing several places on
old Hindenburg line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
With Other Editors
The "Trib's" Convictions.
Omaha WorId-HeraIdl.

While the Chicago Tribune assailed the
League of Nations in its usual partisan way,
on its editorial page in a special column ap-
peared this very good answer to the editor:
position OF THE SENATE WITH REFER
ENCE TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS"
I'VE do not like you, w. w;
with reason why we will not trouble you.
But this we know, you great big bubble, you,
I'VE do not like you, W. w.
At the head of this column appears the
motto: What fools these mortals be-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
Try These.

Some Sticking Tips-Jellies ara
removed with ease from aluminium
mOlds.
Creams, hot or cold, are reno r.
ed with ease from any mold, if TIC
mold has been lined in whole or
part with cake also solid slices a.
cooked fruit or even parchmcr.
paper
Hot baked buildings and CO
tards will not stick TO the bak;1g
dishes if the dish be first rubbed
over with fat and then dreds
with sugar,
Cakes. loaf or layer, are, quickly
removed from loose bottom ain
minum cake pans and the washing
Of the pans is very simple mat
ter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

The president has answered Senator Falls
20 questions. But Senator Fall has not
sEered the one question as to what particular
object he had in mind in agreeing to meet the
Mexican bandit and murderer villa "at place
on the border designated" by Villa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Somebody has raised call for the coming
OF a half-cent piece. The nickel under the ma
nipulation of the profteer, has shrunk to sp,f
its former size. If the half-cent were to fol-
low suit, it might need a magnifying glass
10
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

a great work OF art. All, YOU have
inspired the poor mock sculptor.
He mak-a your beautiful face
live!"
1t was two months after that
when PietrO appeared in the Office
OF DR.. Reeves. He was thin and
showed a strain of incessant hard
work, but his eyes glowed and his
face was irradiated.
Doctor" he said. placing on the
table an object done up in a cloth.
Il never pay-a yet, but now | 60
out with a new image-oh, such
beauty! All sell-a everywhere.
Soon L will have for you the glad
a pay. See, you are my good-a
friend. Is it NOT beautiful
And removing the drapery Pie
tro revealed to DR.. Reeves his
marvel of handiwork "a statuet
in which genius and gratitude had
portrayed true to life the dazzling
features of AMIGO Merrill.
After that there were two cher
ished objects in the household
when DR.. Reeves and Anice Mer-
rill were installed in a home of
their own: the little amethyst ring
and the statuet which had led
the ardent Allen straight to the
presence of the girl he loved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST

Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Apricots
Corn Flakes Hot Cream Biscuit
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Lima Bean Soup
Cabbage Salad
Corn Bread Butter
Iced Tea
DINNER.
Mock Tenderloin (Flank Steak
Spaghetti Norwegian Pudding
Custard Sauce
Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

One hope comes uppermost in the mind
these days and that is that some one of the
many investigations under way will reach
definite conclusion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

What do some United States senators care
about the stain upon our national honor so
long as they see a chance to humiliate their
president!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Belated as is the cutting Of the weeds on
Seventeenth street along Long View park, there
is some consolation in that it is now too late
for a second crop to make any serious head
way
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

The first annual meeting of the
conference of commissioner ON
uniformity OF laws throughout Can
ada will open today at Winnipeg.
The repeal OF the war tax on
jewelTy will be urged by the Amer
fcan National Retail Jewelers. as
saciation, meeting in annual con
vention today at Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26

Big league umpires are not recognizing
conscientious DIRECTORS this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-26
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-26
THE YANK AND HIS BABY.

If you use your eyes when you 80 from place to
place on the streets. in stores and on depot platforms,
you cannot help getting a lot OF enjoyment out OF lfe
when you enyisage human nature. You cannot help but
be happier if you view the world as one big brotherhood
There was a crowd Of people waiting for a train to
come in. Along the platform strobe a great big buster
Of an overseas artileryman with two gold service stripes
and a wound stripe. Overseas men do not excite much
wonder or speculation any more. moreas the pity. but they
are a common sight nowadays and the human eye is soon
surfeited with old sensation and looking for new. In fact.
it is not a sensation any longer if it is old.
The gunners face was cleft from ear to ear with a
smile. What do you suppose he was smiling al? A great
big buster of a baby He had no eyes for anythin> II
the babe. It might have been a year old. but it was a
copy of its dad. Where the mother was we didn't dare
ask. but the big artlleryman chucked the babe under the
chin and cooed TO il He fondled it on that stalwart arm
back. It fairly gurgled with elee and it did a man good
to watch the twain.
The stork lad undoubtedly come when the father
was overseas and ii YOU have imagination YOU can pic
ture him and his thoughts as he fought in that hell over
there, as he must have fought to be wounded.
You can picture him with his thoughts thousands of
miles away. wondering ana wondering the hundreds of
things a potential father viii wonder. You can never
picture the mother and her-no you can never picture
her feelings unless YOU have been a mother and even
then you couldn't describe them.
Somehow as you saw that husky young father with
his babe, you couldn't help but give a sigh of relief and
gratitude to think that he got home safe again. Safe to
hold the babe he did not have when he left to cross the
deep. Safe to help bring it up in a grand free country.
having fought for it, to work for it and to help make a
man of it some day. Yes, there are a lot of fine things
to see in this grim old world.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-26
SOME SENSIBLE STUFF.

George PatuIo is a soldier. He is Il writer and a
good a writer as he is a soldier He has all the lrvins
Cobbs skinned to frazzle when it comes to writing plain
facts Tor plain people. This is what Nj. Patullo said il
a weekly magazine last week:
Not a man in the third army but wants TO go
home. They are longing TO get back. They feel.
that America has accomplished what 1T set out to do
and that the sooner the army returns TO the United
States the better
The more thoughtful among them have reasons
other than personal. They can foresee snares and
pitfalls and tortuous ways ahead. Already the iii
hculties are piEng UP. already problems are arising
which may easily place us IN a false position They
fear that the United States may become mixed up in
wrangles and ieolousies and hates that dominate all
from the cradle. They learn to fear and distruat and
prepare against neighhoring nations. That is the dt
rect result Of propaganda from the top-endless prop
a ganda-centuries of it,
In Europe racial p%rejudices are a stone wall to
progress. Every war leaves bitterness and wounds
without any end in sight. From a purely American
standpoint George Washington was right about mo
entangiing alliances" The officers in our army are
unanimous in declaring that the less we mix up in
International affairs on this side Of the water the bet
ter of we shall be. We haven't the same purposes,
we haven't the same aspirations, we haven't even the
same ideals. Though Of the same blood as the elder
races we are yet a vastly different breed.
And the quicker this army is ierked out and we
get back TO our knitting the better. We fought for
one thing~our safety. II is idle talk OF having en-
tered the war 10 succor any nation. Germany drove
us in. 4 boche triumph would have threatened our
security. So we Went to war and We Won Now let's
get back.
We recommend that TO Mr.. Wilson amid banquets OF
his visit TO this country and if }. Ham Lewis win Jet hi
whiskers alone long enough TO digest it. We won't hea
him spouting so much.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-26

side OF the situation. which interests
every pocketbook, are the very short
supply OF natural ice. amounting to
practically none at all in some por-
tions Of the state. the urgent demand
Of the government that food be used
with the utmost economy, which
means refrigeration to prevent spoil
age. and the high prices of labor and
materials.
speakers on the program include H.
Z Barnard. state food and drug COM
missioner. Leslie c. Smith, represent
ing the L. s. Food Administration,
from Washington and members of the
ice dealers organizations. who VIII
speak before on the convention on sub
jects related to the problems of the
industry.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-26

have been connected with the sun
beam factory during the war as rep
resentatives OF their respective gov
ernments in the purchasing ard &C
cepting of aircraft engines. Both have
raced at indianapolis before Chas-
sagne came over in 1914 after he had
set the worlds hour record of l12
miles. 1860 yards. with the Sunbeam
y" at B~rooklands. He was elimi-
mated after "a laps. when his machine
so-mersaulted on the upper turn, but
did not injure him. Christians
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-26
LANGUAGES IN THE SCHOOLS.

A bill which has passed the Indiana house Of repre-
sentatives eliminates the teaching OF foreign languages
entirely from the public grade schools. 1t provides that in
all schools, public. private or parochial, all the common
studies shall be taught in the English language only. It
allows the teaching of foreisn languages as auxiliary
studies in the private and parochial schools, but forbids
the use Of public funds for any instruction in foreign
languages below the high school grades.
This measure. like similar measures in several other
states, is said to be aimed primarily at German, with
the intention of preventing any further use OF that tongue
for propaganda purposes. Other languages are included
chiefly for the sake Of avoiding discrimination. There
are perfectly sound educational grounds. however. COR
barring them all
Every school teacher knows that a school system
which succeeds in teaching the fundamentals Of the Eng
lsh language alone is doing pretty well. Grammar grade
pupils are. despite a prevalent impression. not very apt
language students. They have too much work to do. and
they are not mature enough to understand the foreign
language grammar. Any acquisitions they may make in
German, French or Spanish are pretty sure to be gained
at the immediate expense Of their English.
Il is better TO let them wait for other languages until
they reach the high school; or if they are not going to
attend high school. to let the parents. who want them to
learn languages take care of the matter themselves.