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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

In the official government bull
letin for March S is a significant
statement by the department of
labor which illustrates the trend of
reconstruction conditions. Building
operations for February, so the
statement reads, have shown an in
crease of nearly 1909 over the
figures for January. The totals show
approximately $121, 100000 for Feb
ruary, against little over $4,000
900 for January.
Especial activity. so the bulletin
states, has been shown in the sec
ton Of the country east of the Mis-
souri, and north of the Ohio.
Bradstreet sums up the situation
as follows:
Perhaps the most notable ad-
vance, industrially, visible is the
swelling of the building trades into
a modified form of preparatory ac-
tivity after over a year of dullness
and depression and even starvation
treatment forced by war necessi-
ties. Proof that the corner was real
ly turned in this line in January is
now clearly visible"
Those in close touch with the sit
uation look to see 1919 develop the
greatest nation wide building boom
since 1882.
Whether it is the subtle influence
of the warm spring days, or whetn-
er it is because ones thoughts and
ones desires, so long dedicated to
making the world unsafe for the
Hohenzollerns, have at last been
freed to think about things nearer
home-certain it is that a lot of tri-
city folks are turning their thoughts
toward building that long postponed
home this spring.
Not only do the building permits
in Davenport for last month indi-
cate larger amount of actual oper-
atoms than any year previous ex-
cept 1914. when the permit for the
Blackhawk hotel was issued, but
much more building is in prospect
One prominent tri-city dealer who
keeps in unusually close touch with
conditions said this morning: I'VE
are more optimistic over 1919 pros
poets than we have ever been in
any year since / have been in this
business. Not only have we more
than 80 per cent more business on
our books to date than we ever had
in any previous year, but I never
saw the interest in building so
keen. We have had ever so many
more requests for plan books than
usual, and they aren't idle requests
either.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

sary to financing extensive build
ing projects, is a problem which
must be met by local initiative
where the problem arises. The di-
vision of public works and con-
struction development points out
that the small investors we're the
balance of power necessary to the
success of the governments war
finance program, and they may
now be made the balance of power
In the reconstruction work of the
nation.
The home builder-he who builds
for his immediate use rather than
for rental purposes-appears to be
getting under way with his build
ing plans. This especially is noted
in the central west The home
building program will be facilitat-
ed and augmented if small invest
ment money is made available for
building loans. In one or two
communities this is being attempt
ed by private organizations,
brought together for this sole pur-
pose. In other and more numerous
cases the regular banks are giving
! thought to the problem. The build
ing and loan interests already have
formulated a plan under which a
system of federal home loan banks
would enable them to rediscount
their first real estate mortgages,
and make available for further
loans more than a billion dollars
of their assets.
While the department OF labor is
endeayOring to cooperate with the
state and municipal authorities in
getting under way road building
and public improvements, and with
private interests in their more ex-
tensive building operations, it is
convinced that home building. for
the use of the builder rather than
for rental, must be looked to as
an important factor in providing
better employment for labor dur
ing the transition from war to
peace production, and for the slim
ulation of business. For this rea-
son the department of labor is
making a determined drive for a
nationwide own your home" cam
! paign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

left the country. It was a mar
rev escape for the trustfuI girl
ignorant of the worlds ways"
Her brother should know of
this, Wade" spoke Nellie.
Yes. he should guard Altbea
closely. She is a bright, pretty
girl, and this experience will he a
warning to her. AS to Wyckoff.
however. l scarcely dare venture
70 approach him. He is like a ram
pant lion these latter days"
He must feel grateful to Won
for all that you have done in he
half of his sister," said Nellie.
What was that"
1t was a groan. and II issued
from the lips of Hal Wyckoff as he
staggered from his covert. The
revelation of the moment stunned
him. This man, Wade Burton
rightful beloved of Nellie Virdin,
had put himself out to save his
sister from the power OF a villain
who would have spoiled her life.
Hal Wyckof moved on, Indifferent
to all save that he owed his rival
gratitude. He forgot the waiting
ambush. His confreres in hiding
did not distinguish his identity as
he swung free of a deep rayine.
Half a dozen shots rang ont A
cry OF horror escaped the lips of
their leader-tOo late they compre-
hended that they had shot the
wrong man.
Make ciear!" ordered Wyckoff
family, his life blood oozing away
your work is done, and it is
better SOL"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

but the man was gone. For two
days and nights he wandered in the
widest depths of the mountain tim
Der. When he returned to his COM
rades he was morose and captious
and kept af1ame his mad emotions
with the constant use of liquor.
Gradually his confreres became
aware of the wretchedness that was
wearing down their leader. Nut
terings against Wade Burton, who
was a lawyer, who had prosecuted
several of the band, intensified the
insane jealousy of Wyckoff. There
came a climax One evening with
six chosen men he rode over to
Macon, stationed his men in am
bush near the Virdin home and
stole towards it few minutes
later. An agreed on signal, a low,
peculiar whistle, reached the men
N covert. 1t advised them that
Wade Burton was on the premises
and to be ready to greet him when
he came down the woodland path.
Wyckoff had made out Burton
and Nellie in the garden Of the
little Virdin home. They were con-
versing earnestly, seated on a
bench beside shadowing towering
bush
You are sure Althea is safe
You do not doubt that she will
evade the man who would have
dragged her into misery and sor-
row."
81 not only convinced her that
the man was already married, but
| set the officers of the law on his
track for an old crime and he has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
HQart 0pHOm0
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Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 have a
very dear friend whom have been
running with, and l really don't
want any trouble with her. Lately
she has been going with a young
gentleman and we cannot agree at
all.
She always includes me in her
good times and / have many reas-
ons in believing that she does not
care to lose my friendship.
One Sunday evening we were out
together and sometime during the
evening / offended him in some way
or other and / haven't the least idea
how it was. The only thing that
can remember saying to him is
Mice old bear" l have tried to
make up with him since, but he
would not.
1 am afraid my friend will be
angry at me- What would you ad-
wise me to do?
TIMID BLUE EYES.
Your friend should not include
you in her evenings with the young
man. He asks to see her and not
you. / do not believe you said any
particular thing to offend him-he
simply got tired of having some
one else around when he called on
the girl.
Tell your friend that you appre-
ciate her past kindness and that
you want to be as close a friend
as ever, but in the future you will
not be with her when the young
man calls. l think you will find
matters Strengthened out when you
say this to her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
Household Hints

the collar band You can rip of the
band, take out the sleeves and
raise the shirts at the shoulders.
Recut. replace band and sleeves
and have a good shirt again. Quite
a saving on expensive silk and
madras shirts.
For Those Who Do Light House
keeping-One doesn't always find
all one needs in furnished rooms.
In this case, use a bottle for roll
ing. Use lids from one pound bak-
ing powder can for mullins or cup
cakes. For small family one does
not need to make many-two or
three or more can be used; set
them on a tin and set in oven;
they do not stick. Scrub and use
white end of orange crate for
bread board.
Chickenless Chicken Soup - One
and one-half pounds spareribs.
Cover with water and le- simmer
till tender. Add vegetables and
season as you would chicken soup.
Very good with little onion, car
rot, potato and Vermicslli. This
can hardly be detected from the
genuine.
Meatless Baked Beans 49, When
baking beans, cook them until
done on top of stoJe, then add
sugar and salt to taste. Instead OF
sidemeat or bacon, save meat
cracklings and put them in a jar
and keep in pantry in clean place:
then put enough crackings on top
of beans until you think it sufhci-
ent for the meat taste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
Rev. David A. johnson.

Rock Island bids adieu to Rev. David A.
Johnson with regret. Since he came here five
years ago to assume the pastorate of the Cen
trail Presbyterian church he has been an active
worker In many fields, outside of as well in
the church. He has been a consistent booster
for the Y. NJ G. A, has given much Of his time
10 the Boy Scout movement, and has taken I'M
usual interest in civic affairs,
He is an enthusiastic eut-of-deers man, not
too closely bound to convention and he speaks
frankly and with evident sincerity. His words
and manner carry conviction that he is of
those who practice what they preach.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

Dear Mrs. Thompson: "a l am a
girl sixteen years of age. l go with
two girls and am just as cookbook
ing as they. but can never get a fell
low like they can. What can l do to
attract the boys attention?
t2) Is it all right for me to go to
my chum's home when / know her
boy friend is there to see her?
CHERRY LIPS.
ID Do not spend your time think
ing about means of attracting boys.
If you are interested in other
things, sports, social activities and
your studies you will become inter
esting and attractive to the boys.
90 You should not go to your
chum's home when she is entertain
ing a boy. You would EoI be wei
come.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is a
boy in our school with whom have
had some trouble. He has been talk
ing to the other boys about me.
am the only large girl and l feel
very lonesome and badly. Do you
think if l would tell his mother it
would do any good?
DISCOURAGED.
Do not tell the boys mother. You
will be better liked and respected if
you keep your trouble to yourself
and rise above it. What the boy
says about you will have no weight
with people if your character is
good. Be thoughtful of others and
forget yourself in them-this will
make your classmates love you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
RECIPES FOR A DAY.

ScallOped oysters WIN IOnlato
Sauce-One pint oysters, one cup
tomato Juice, one cup thick white
sauce, cracker crumbs, two table
spoons minced green peppers, two
spoons minced green peppers,
one teaspoon onion Juice. Rinse the
oysters in cold water and drain
thoroughly. Mix together the white
sauce, tomato juice, onion juice
pepper and celery, seasoning the
sauce highly with salt and pepper
to taste. Grease a baking dish, line
lightly with cracker crumbs and
spread a layer of oysters on the bot
tom. Sprinkle over a few cracker
crumbs, pour on a layer of the
sauce and continue in this way till
all is used. spreading the top with
cracker crumbs, mixed with little
melted butter. Brown in the oven.
AppIe and Celery Salad With
one and one-half cups of crisp Gel
cry cut into inch lengths, mix one
cup of tart apples cut into dice.
Cover with a mayonaisse. Do not
cut apply until just before serving,
as il darkens after peeling.
Chop the whites of eggs very fine
and add TO half of the cream sauce;
rub three yolks through strainer
and add to other half of sauce;
place toast on hot plate, pile whites
on the toast and the yolks with the
sauce around the toast; crate with
extra yolk over all and garnish
with parsley.
How to make cream sauce: Put
the butter into pan; when melted
add the flour and onion; mix until
smooth. add cold milk slowly and
stir until thick and creamy; boil
three minutes, add seasoning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
MENU HINT.
Breakfast

Grapefruit
Cereal with bran mixed IN anu
cream
Buttered Toast Marmalade
Coffee
Luncheon.
Sunburst Eggs Toasted husk
Potato Salad
Sliced Oranges with Fresh Grated
Cecoanut
Waters
Dinner.
Tomato and Rice Broth without
meat
mt Loaf Dreamed Potatoes
Salad of Shaved Cabbage, Shredded
Peppers and Romano
Bread butter
Prune Pudding with Whipped
Cream
Black Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
For Ore.Dish Meal.

Surprise Meal-One-haif pound
chopped raw beef, quart potatoes,
one cup cut carrots. one can peas,
one tablespoon parsley. one table
spoon scraped onion, one and one
half teaspoon salt, pepper, one ia
blespoon butter substitute.
Wash, pare and cut potatoes and
carrots; put both on together and
boil until tender. Mash add on
ion, salt, pepper and butter subst-
tute. Beat until light. Brush bake
dish with butter substitute. put in
the potato and carrots, making it
rather high in center. Make six
holes with back of tablespoon on
top; season and flavor the chopped
raw beef to taste and put a table
spoon of beef in each hole; put in
hot oven and bake until meat is
done to ones liking. Drain and
season peas and put around edge
of dish. Return to oven until peas
are hot. Sprinkle with parsley
and paprika. This is a very at
tractive and tasty dish.
Celery or homemade relish is
served with this meal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

DRY STUFF.
Melancholy days have come,
Saddest of the year;
We can't get any whisky
Nor any lager beer. Z. M j.
Sir: How will know spring is here next
year when there will be no book beer on sale?
TB.
WHO is the fair court house employe who.
since her name appeared in the newspaper ads
as being one of those who gave the best an
swer to why Music Should Be In Every Home"
mas been deluged with calls from statesmen
having various musical instruments for sale at
bargain prices? GLIB.
DON'T KNOW AND q DON'T CARE"
Sir: If Spencer is Square. how much does
Eva Tanguay? b. A S.
Now that we've had interesting story on
tne Americans beating up the Japs in THEN Tsin
ana ANOTHER correcting the former by revealing
that it was really the Japs who did the beating,
we are in a position to bet on the question as
to who started the rumpus.
Another Question for the Peace Conference to
Settle.
(MaryvilIe Mo-, Demoerat-Forum.)
Now that the government has settled the
matter to how long soldier may wear his
uniform after he is home, some busybody has
raised the question as to how long he should
wear his wrist watch.
Everything is becoming more modern every
day. Even a fisherman along Rock river, when
asked how he did his fishing, replied, "On moo
ern lines"
THE GLOOMY ST. CAR AID.
Sir: lever feel fine: somebody paid you flyer
he borrowed two years before; boss Just raised
you; you had your income tax figured out, paid
and off your mind, and your wife had called
you up and told you she had prepared your ia
vorite dish and for you to hurry home, and
then you get street car, and in your mo-
ElCnts of idleness, with nothing to worry about,
you unconsciously contemplate one after an
other of the street car ads And then,-your
eye falls on the Moline mausoleum ad: "The
hours of life soon pass away. Plan your burial
il a marble tomb-not in the cold, damp
sround. Let loves last gift be the best
Don't it just drop the bottom out of everythin' .?
AND in order to give permanency to joy in Rock
Island, why not start a society for the proven
ton of gloom with campaign against mourn
ful advertising? EYE GEE ELL.
Add signs of spring: E. B. says he has GRO
cuses in bloom.
One hears and reads a great deal about
sleeping sickness, though it were something
new, when we know any number of persons
who have always had it. Incidentally, do you
know Gus Kirsch?
HeadIine Woman Hangs Self With Bed
Clothes
That's carrying sleeping sickness to ex-
tremes
o. D.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

Under government operation of railroads
the rental for locomotives has been fixed at
mill per pound tractive power per day. It's
too bad there isn't some way also to accu-
rately measure the energy that human beings
apply at the drawbar. 1t would greatly SIM
pIify the wage and salary problem.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

What an inglefieus death for General Won
AYnim, former commander of the German arm
les in Flanders, beaten to death by few peas
ants whom he fred upon to drive away from
hts estate! But then, to think of it, his
fate was hardly more ignoble than that of the
other German leaders from the kaiser down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

COLD PARTING.

He scarcely dared to touch or squeeze
Or draw his hand around her ncnu;
He feared lest he might cough or sneeze,
Or she respond with an-A-tishu!
They loved each other, but each thought
They would not outrage refined manners,
And thus they loved, and longed, and Fought
With pocket handkerchiefs for banners.
But came the end at last to this,
He croaked, Goodbye, sweetheart, wish
you!
Well try and have parting kiss =
Two pent-up sounds broke forth-A-tlshu!
C. M.
Members of the A. e. F. are in Paris at
tending a meeting at which it is expected so
ciety will be formed by and for the veterans OF
the late war Among the names of the organ
ization now under consideration are Legion
O.; the Great War" Veterans of the Great
War" and 1.-THE Liberty League.
Isn't it possible that some of the local vets
Of the A. e F. improve on the suggested
titles?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
Vast Sum for Roads.

With full state cooperation according to the
terms of the federal aid road act, the United
States will have total OF at least $574 O00, 900
for cooperative road building during the next
three years. The federal part of this fund is
assured by an extra appropriation of 5000 08O-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
DISCOVERIES.

To keep a picture hung straight.
hang the picture facing the wall,
then turn, thus crossing the wire;
thewire will not slip and the picture
will remain straight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

A small potato if peeled and put
into husbands tobacco jar will keep
the mixture moist and ready for
smoking without interfering with
the flavor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

When trying out lard, do not cut
your lard by hand; run it through
the meat grinder; it will try out
more quickly and with less waste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18

II the former kaiser can earn SO cents in
three hours saving wood, or 81 for IL hours,
not long day for people who de that sort of
work in Germany, his health can't be as bad
it is generally painted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
FTEAITTI TALKS
sY WI a. !!,!!!. u BRADY b 2!Es4E2 ND:

list has no better patients than lit
tie tots two or three years Ola
provided he exercises tacT and pa
thence. Parents who allow the
baby teeth to decay are derelict IN
duty and have much to answer lot
in the future failure OF the little
ones health.
1t is a great error TO extract
temporary tooth prematurely. ms
common mistake is the chief cause
of irregular, unsightly and defect
i've permanent teeth in later
wears. The roots of the baby teeth
act as guides for the even erup-
ton of the permanent teeth.
See that the toothbrush is kept
scrupulously clean.
Questions and Answers.
Fruit Makes Blood More Alkaline
Does not the acid Of fruit make
the blood more acid and so render
rheumatism worse?
Answer-No. All fruit acids act
uaIly render the blood more aka
line and the urine less acid. The
ancient notion that the opposite
was true was founded upon ignor-
ance of physiology-and enthusl-
asm for the now defunct uric
acid" theory. And, as We have
said a thousand times, ''rheuma-
tIsm" is a title popularity applied TO
a group of diseases depending on
widely varying causes. AS Tor
chronic rheumatism" there ain I
no sech animal!
Last OF the Aunties-If there
were no fee in it would doctors be
quite so determined to vaccinate
people? Is compulsory vaccina-
ton more just than compulsory
employment of a particular school
Of doctors?
Answer. Vaccination is
nuisance to a doctor. His Zee
scarcely pays for the VACCINE,
dressing, etc, and if he fails 10
dress and care for the wound in
the same way he would care for
any accidental wound, he is dere
lict in duty. 2. Compulsory vac
cination would be just if it were
not limited to classes. It is as just
as compulsory education or com
pulsory isolation of contagious dis
ease or compulsory wearing or
clothing when you might wish to
walk out for an airing September
morn fashion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
Little Economies.

When Making Your Husbands
shirts If you will cut them abou.
two inches longer than the pat
tern. when they wear out aruSln
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
TOOTHACHE.

TOOTHACHE.
Sir: I had intended to submit this to the
conundrum editor, but on second thought doubt
arose that it would get by him. So says why
not throw it into the city dump? And here 1t is:
Bob, aged3, was very fond of a certain nur-
erv rhyme which ends, land died with the
toothache in his heel" and he frequently re-
peated it. One day he mystifed an older com
panion by asking suddenly, Bessie, what's
thakes?" Bessie spent busy half hour trying
to figure it out, and probably would not have
succeeded even then if Bob had not mentioned
Incidentally that there were two of them.
x
Andrew Bonar Law announces in the house
of commons that there is no discord on the
league of nations. Evidently Andy isn't fof-
lower of this column. We remember having
had quite few on it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-25
DEAT THIS FROM FIRE IN
LOUISA Ma DANCE HALL
SATURDAY \ IGHT "A

Vile Platte, La, Nov 24-Wtih all
persons in the building at the time
accounted for the complete list today
OF those who lost their lives in the
dance hall fire Saturday night was
announced as 2S About 800 persons
were guests at dance on the second
floor OF Il two-story frame building.
In addition to the heavy death toll,
scores were badly burned or seriously
hurt in the mad rush TO escape through
the one narrow exit.
OF the dead, IA We're crushed when
the terror.stricken crowd rushed for
the stairway leading to the street
which collapsed, cutting off the escape
Of others. The remaining IA were
caught on the second floor and many
OF their bodies were so badly charred
as to make Identification difficult. The
survivors escaped through windows
by jumping to the streets OF to an
adjoining roof.
The fire was said to have started
from the explosion Of an oil stove on
which a 12.year-old boy was making
| coffee, in the storeroom beneath the
dancers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-25
READING, PA, REFUSES
TO LET SOCIALISTS MEET

Reading, Pa, Nov 24.--After a night
Of excitement as the result Of a deter
mination of citizens to prevent mass
meeting of socialists, Reading Gained
down today and confidence was eXpres-
scd that no more attempts would be
made by alleged radicals to stir up un-
rest in this city.
Socialists, including James II. Maurer
president of the PENNSYLVANIA Fedora.
tion Of Labor. had advertised a meeting
at which the Rev. Irwin ST. John
Tucker of Chicago was expected to
speak on the amnesty of political pris
oners, in defiance of the city authori
ties who had forbidden the gathering.
Five thousand persons gathered at the
socialist headquarters in the evening,
and the threatening attitude of the big
crowd caused the meeting to be called
off.