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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Three Kinds Of Immunity.


Some folks are born immune to
certain diseases which usually over
take the rest of US. The goat, for
example, is almost totally immune
to tuberculosis, whereas the dairy
COW is almost always infected with
tuberculosis. Certain races are far
more susceptible than other races
to smallpox, measles, tuberculosis
and syphilis. The disease called
anthrax is very quickly fatal to our
domestic sheep, but Algerian sheep
have strong resistance to anthrax.
All of these facts illustrate natural
| immunity.
| Some Of US achieve immunity.
Thus, If one has an attack of ty-
phoid fever and RECEIVERS, he owes
his recovery only Indirectly to in
telligent medical management and
good nursing; he is directly indebt-
ed for recovery to the germicide
and antitoxin manufactured in his
own blood and tissues to meet and
oVerwhelm the infection. Having
| recovered from typhoid fever, he
remains immune for some years to
the disease. A much more COM
Portable way to attain such immup-
/ ity would be taking the typhoid
| prophylactic treatment which has
protected our two million troops
from the disease. But the immune
ity to second attacks of various in
fictitious diseases, which is confer
Pred on the patient by the first at
tack, is well known. This is ac-
quired immunity
Some have immunity thrust upon
them. There is a reason why less
than 200 soldiers in our army in the
great war had typhoid fever, where
as $4,000 troops in the Civil war
had typhoid, and 20,7O0 OF the $780,
| 600 American troops in the Spanish
American war had the disease. The
reason is that immunization against
| typhoid fever has been made possi-
bic since the Spanish-American
war and compulsory for all our
troops in the great war. This i'm
munization may now be produced
by single hypodermic injection of
a ipo-vaccine, which is in use in
the French army. This is artificial
| immuniZation.
Nature cures rs per cent Of pneu-
monia cases and fails to save 25 per
cent. She saves about 20 per cent
of all diphtheria cases and she is
too slow to save the other so per
cent, so science applies the speed
ing up process to natures method
and saves most of them.
Natures ways are the only WAYS.
so far as our knowledge OF infec-
ton and immunity goes at present,
in which progress in the control
and prevention and cure of infec-
tious diseases is possible. Do not
conclude from this fact that the
nature-faker healer merits conf
dence. A stupendous amount of
chicanery and pseudo-scientiffe
plausibuity masquerades as nat
ural."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Omelets.

Omelet au Gratin-One tespoon
cornstarch, one-half cup milk, four
eggs, one-half cup grated cheese.
Mix like ham omelet- Season to
taste.
Spanish Omelet-Two table
spoons chopped onion, two table
spoons cornstarch, one tablespoon
flour, one and three-quarters cups
strained tomatoes, one tablespoon
chopped sweet pepper, one table,
spoon capers, two tablespoons chop
ped mushrooms, dash of tobasco,
four eggs, four tablespoons water,
one-half teaspoon salt, pepper to
taste. Brown the onion in the but
ter and add the flour and corn
starch. Stir in the tomato, stir
ring till it thickens, and add one
quarter of a teaspoon of salt and
the tobasco. Beat the eggs till well
mixed, add the water and season
with one-haIf teaspoon of salt and
pepper to taste. Cook on a but
tered omelet pan. Spread part of
sauce over it, fold and dress with
the remainder of the sauce.
Ham Omelet-One and one-half
tablespoons cornstarch, one cup of
milk, three eggs, one tablespoon but
ter, one-half cup minced ham. Cook
the cornstarch in the milk. Add
the beaten eggs and ham and beat
again. Melt the butter in an ONE
let pan and add the omelet. Serve
very hot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
How About a Purge?

Prices have got to come down. Everybody
Is agreed on that, but nobody wants to concede
anything to that desirable end Everybody is
perfectly willing to pay less for what he buys,
but nobody is willing to take less for what he
has to sell, be It commodities or labor.
1t is perfectly obvious that a great deal Of
public work should be undertaken as soon as
possible to tide over what probably will be a
temporary period of unemployment. Yet Rock
Island is unable to get bids on paving because
contractors unable to get figures on mate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
H2SnrGfR 1G Mo =
oy MRC ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Is it all right to introduce your
self to a girl whom you meet on
the street ANXIOUS
IL the young woman approves Of
you and accepts your company, it
Is all right, though l would not en-
courage you to do so, as that reIa-
ton is apt to interfere with your
efficiency at your work.
No. An Introduction should come
through a mutual friend.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: How can
we become acquainted with some
nice young men who will take us
to entertainments while our friends
are in the army?
RUTH AND MABEL.
There are not many young men
to meet these days. If you attend
church or school you should be able
to meet few there.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Which girl
will make the better wife, a high
tempered or even-tempered one?
ROBERT.
Such a matter is a question Of
taste. Some men prefer a woman
who is changeable and interest
ing Other men would rather have
a wife who is even-tempered and
pleasant no matter what the cir
cumstances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Cooperating With the Police.

Chief Clarity of the Chicago police fore
suggests number of "don'ts" for the benef
If householders who wish to cooperate in re
iucing the danger from burglars. They al
worth reprinting:
Don't neglect to call the police IL a
fictitious person is asked for in your
house by a stranger
Don't fail to call the police if yod
get what you regard as a suspicious tele-
phone call.
Don't fail to call the police IL you
see suspicious strangers enter residences
or apartment buildings in your neighbor-
hood.
Don't allow agents, canva5sers or ped
dlers to enter your home Many recent
burglaries have been committed by men
claiming to follow one of these callings.
Don't pull down your window shades
when you leave your home.
Don't lock your doors merely with
spring lock. They are the joy of the
"caseknife" burglar. He likes them.
Get better lock than spring lock.
Don't be afraid that the police will
BE- disp1eased If they call and find moth
ing to arrest. Conditions are such as
to justify the police in going to any
length to stop these burglaries.
If these are faithfully observed and fai
D work the fault will be with the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

, ed to find the future facing her with
out cheer or promise.
II don't know what to do" she
told Morris. 1.-The land here and
the little house is mine, but some
body has made free to take most OF
its furniture away. The lawyer
says the land is absolutely worth
less. All the same this seems like
home to me. If some one could ad-
wise me what to dol"
Morris regarded the sad-faced,
confiding girl with infinite pity and
interest pheir mutual loneliness
appealed to him powerfully. He
was a quick thinker. His eyes bore
a glowing token of interest as he
asked her this and that about the
town and its possibilities for work.
He pricked up his ears as she cas-
ually referred to the great mound.
1t represented an accumulation OF
zinc scraps from the factory of
more than three years.
4 want to look over that big
heap" he told her, and went out,
did so, returned, and regarding
Alice Wayne with speculative eye,
and, too, with a certain latent ex-
element Of manner.
81 suppose everything on the land
here goes with it-that rubbish
heap included?' he asked.
why, yes" she replied. ''the law
yer told me so. But what a strange
question:"
as it," smiled Morris with a
chuckle. Little woman, we are two
lonely souls. Suppose you make me
your business agent? I have.made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
o. D. K.

a great discovery. II you will place
full confidence in me, and follow
my directions, may work a great
thing out Of this barren outfit
Have you any money!"
| Very little, indeed" sighed Alicia
VERY well, 1 have fifty dollars
| am going to divide it with you
Then you go to town and stay in
some respectable boarding house
while I work out my plan. Oh
don't hesitatei You shall pay back
the advance and a good PERCENTAGE
for my services"
Morris Drake had, indeed. made
discovery, or rather he had for
| mulated a plan for turning zinc
into gold! The war had increased
the consumption Of zinc to a point
where tin had to be used as a sub
stitute. Scrap zinc had risen to 81
cents a pound, being employed for
eyelets and minor utilities, and
with SO much soft coal being used,
ground zinc scraps were used to
burn out chimneys.
There were tons and tons of the
old refuse, and Morris found a
speculator to finance its sale. He
came to Alice radiant one day to
announce that there was money
enough already paid down to make
her comfortable for life.
Little woman, you are a real
heiress, and I am a man of BUSH
ness once again." he said. What
say you to a life Partnership And
what could Alice say but "Yes," for
she had loved him from the day
they had so strangely met.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two girls and would like to ask
some questions. Is it proper to
run from boy if he is throwing
snowbaIls?
Is it proper for a girl in a grade
school to walk home with a boy?
If boy tells you a boy you like
said bad thing about you and the
| boy asks your chum for you to
make up, should the girl or boy
ask to make up?
If boy lives in different town.
! is 1t proper for them to write if the
parents read their letters first?
BROWN EYES, BLACK EYES.
If you are afraid he might hurt
you. you had better run.
1t is not improper to walk home
with a boy friend, but don't do il
every day. Seek your girl friends
and avoid being leased.
If you can forgive the boy and
he promises to act like a gentleman
it is proper to make up; but let
him first beg your pardon.
Yes, if the parents see the let
ters.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two girls, Is and 10 years old, and
we had two boy friends who would
come to our house every evening
when they would be off guard duty.
They were sent to another camp to
get their discharge papers and the
one wrote to one of us girls after
he left and he has not written for
two weeks. They have their dis
charge papers, as we have met diff
ferent boys from the same company
and battalion.
Do you think we ought to stay
home and wait for them or go out
and have a good time?
UNHAPPY.
"a bird in the hand in worth two
in the bush" Better not wait for
the boys. They probably have found
other girls whom they care as much
for as they did you, for no man will
long respect a girl who allows him
to see her every evening in the
week.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
81 ~ anu vi VIC
are both very pretty and dress nice
ly. People talk about me. What
can we do to make them stop it?
TWO GIRLS.
If your conduct is all right, you
will not need to care what people
say 1t is always a good plan not
to do anything that You would not
he willing to have any one else see.
Be quiet in your dress and modest
N your manner. Study and take
an interest in sports. Some girls
are talked about because they think |
OF nothing besides boys.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is It all |
right to go with a girl who works |
n the same Office as l do?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Any light that the Moline Commercial club
may throw upon the Jail delivery will be vel
coined as sincerely in Rock Island in any
other part of the county. The jail has been
investigated a good many times in recent years
and the impression is that the ground has been
pretty well covered~> If nothing else is accom-
plished number of wel1-meaning citizens at
least will get a vivid impression of how badly
the county needs new jail Come on and
hon TO it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Menu Hint

BREAKFAST.
Baked CHARTERED Apples
Cereal Pancakes and Honey
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Toxic Sandwiches Spiced Apples
Hot Water Sponge with Orange
Icing Tea
DINNER.
Casserole of Beef with Carrots
Celery Mashed Potatoes
Home Canned Vegetables
Apple Parfait
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

rial. Manufacturers and dealers decline to tie
themselves up with contracts for fear they will
lose money. Most likely public works will
meet with the same sort Of obstacles elsewhere
The government has been guaranteeing
prices on things it especially needed to carry
on the war. 1t might do the same thing with
lumber, Steel cement, brick. ETC., to get things
moving again. Medical experience, however,
would suggest different sort of treatment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Russia's government Of ignorance seems to
have about finished its course. Signs of dis
Indignation are growing more prevalent
Trotzky is said to have admitted that the soviet
government is bankrupt. There is such thing
as starving out even Bolshevism.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

By vote of 81 to IS, three Republicans
voting with the Democrats against the motion,
the Iowa house of representatives tabled res
olution supporting the league of nations plan
of the president Isn't Iowa for league Of
nations? o. certainly, but it won't admit it
whiIe there is a Democrat in the White house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Americans will second the nomination Of
President Wilson for head of the league of ma
lions and when it comes to a vote we shouldn't
be surprised If the Republicans moved to make
it unanimous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
ADD POSTWAR HORRORS.

Our friend Bruce Edwards, recently re-
turned from overseas, where he commanded
one of the u. S. big 16-inch guns and was sta
toned on the Verdpn artillery 'front.' but in nc
real action, tells tile following:
''The ship we returned ON was in need OF
help in the engine room and in order to be
sure of three square meals daily l offered to
work as a stoker in the engine room. When
we were several days out from France one OF
the soldiers aboard happened down where
was working. / was stripped to the waist, had
On an old seaman's pants and my face and en-
tire person was literally smeared with black.
A conversation started up with the soldier ask
ing me about my work, ETC., and soon, with a
little help on my part he had led himself to
think me regular "gob." Then he launched
into the story of himself. He had been in the
thickest of the fighting in Frame; had been
forced to drop guns and kill Germans bare
handed in fact he had been through the helli-
est of the hell of the battlefield. When he had
stopped for breath 1 asked him what outfit he
belonged to- He hesitated a minute and then
answered Hundred Seventy-sccond artillery
Yes said, as I lifted one Of my hob-nail
boots so he could see it, the hundred seventy
second did have quite a helluva time. I belong
to that outfit myself"
At last. The expression, IAN open secret, =
is explained. A E. E. says that bootlegging
joint is very good example Of an open secret.
A Confession.
(Rockford, Ill, Starr.
(LOST-F1at, grey lady's pocketbook.
Please phone etc.
Charles Leedy claims he saw Robin, and
friend wife says she heard bluebird and at
BIooming ton it is declared the spring flowers
But listen Don't let this weather or above
.umors fool you.
Keep your heavies on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Roll Of Honor

Washington. Jan. 25.-The casu-
atty list made public today by the
war department has a total of POI
names.
(SECTION ONR).
Died of Wounds.
LIEUTENANT.
ROBERT +. ARNOLD, Water
town, Ill.
CORPORAL.
Mechanic James E. Johnson,
Camp Point, III.
PRIVATES.
Jacob S. Halperin, Chicago.
Clemens II. Poelker, New Baden,
II.
(SECTI0N TW09
Wounded Severely. ~.
LIEUTENANTS.
Byron r. Anderson, Marengo, I'll.
Charles L. DeleuW, Riverside, III.
SERGEANT.
William Mccartney. Chicago.
CORPORALS.
Kelsie w. Calkins, Wayland,
Iowa.
Paul Hfllmann, Chicago.
Arthur G. Shephert, Fontanellc,
Iowa.
PRIVATES.
Howard Elliott McReynolds, Ben
ton, ILL.,
Herbert r. Prince. McLeansboro,
III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Good Recipes,

Italian Polenta Corn meal
mush, made with one cup of corn
meal to four cups of water or milk
ana water; butter substitute, one
tablespoon; grated cheese. one-half
cup; strained tomatoes, one-half
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

With grass green, sunny skies, balmy
breezes and the river clear of ice it is, indeed,
a remarkable winter. One half expects mo-
mentarily to hear the resonant whistle of the
Helen Blair coming up from the boat yard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Ideal Rreakfoef Eood

We have five children, pretty
healthy specimens so far. We get
whole wheat just as it is delivered
from the farm, crack it in a hand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
SIMPLE IS RIGHT!

Sir: According to Colonel Leonard Wood
we must soon expect another great war, and
have you heard how the government plans to
raise army in record time? 1t is not going
to bother with enlistments, or registrations and
selective draft systems. 1t is simply going to
commission as many thousand men as it needs
and then reduce 'em in rank. Simple, isn't it =?
o. +. H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

THE LATEST WHEEZE.

When your head is blazing, burning
And your brain within is turning
Into buttermilk from churnfng-
It's the flu.
When your joints are creaking, cracking
AS If all the fiends were racking.
All the devils were attacking
It's the flu.
CHORUS.
It's the flu, flu, flu,
Which has you, you, you;
It has caught you and it's got you,
And 1t sticks like glue.
It's the very latest fashion,
It's the doctors pet and passion.
So sneeze a bit
And wheeZe a bit
Ka-chew, chew, chew.
When you have a corn, pimple,
Complicated i'll or simple
Broken bone or fading dimple-
It's the flu.
When no matter what assails you,
If no doctor knows what ails you.
Then the answer never fails you
It's the flu. AMEN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

We have a neighbor who insists on telling
us or telling somebody to tell US how glad he
is that we have resumed writing this column.
Well, he isn't fooling US bit and if it wasn't
for the fact that this neighbor is Orrin B. May
nard we wouldn't mention his name at all!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Something should be said about the excel
lent showing made in the recapture of the
escaped prisoners. Three days after the de-
Livery occurred a dozen of the men were again
in custody, thus getting IL out of a possible
20. batting average of SGT is not to be
sneezed at!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Who is the attorney who has a habit
Of dropping in at one of the local five and
ten cent stores for an afternoon visit
with the girl clerks or one girl in par
ticular and who helps himself to an oc-
casional piece of candy while he spins
his tales? GLIB.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Sir: II reports are true concerning the
evangelist who is coming to our city in the
near future, it will revive the old song: Every
day will be SUNDAY bye and bye" Ell?
OTTO, MILF AND BECKE-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

--latest Russia Plan Clouded," says Chi
cago Tribune headline. All Russia plans ap-
pear to be similarly afflicted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

What do you think of fellow who writes
from fourteen to twenty thousand words a day
on a typewriter deciding to take course in
.ypewriting?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25
Brad's Bit O. Verse
THE CHRONIC BORE,

The chronic bore, the chronic
bore, he greets me at my cottage
door and to the town with me he
walks. and all the time he talks and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-25

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is It all
right to go with girl who works
In the same Office as l do?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
Henry Clay Frick,
Steel King, Dies

Continued From Page One
York not many years ago, far sur
passing in magnificence the Carnegie
mansion, just as back in the '90s
the Frick office building in Pittsburgh,
erected right next door to the Carnegie
structure, notably finer in finish and
equipment than the latter.
This was not vanity simply and
solely, on the part of the former coke
king. but an indomitable desire on his
part to have and to hold the best at
tainable, whether in the business world
in which he undeniably was past
master, or in the sphere of art, as shown
in the superb collection of paintings
that adorn the library of his New York
home. These include Hans Holbrin $
christina of Denmark" Franz Halls
Portrait of a Woman" and others Of
almost equal world celebrity. For the
first named of these Mr. Frick is said
to have paid $3.50 900, and for the other
$137 900.
The rise of Henry Clay Frick to the
millionaire class before he had fairly
entered the stage of maturitv--this. too,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02

and resort to measures Of dubious
utility to protect the public interest.
Glass war came upon us with no ma
chinery for asserting the pnramountcy
of the interests of the whole people
which the President stoutly maintains
in the words of his message already
quoted.
What the President is feeling his way
toward is machinery which will guard
the country against repeating the fol-
lies and ipeptitudes- OF the administra-
tion's cause in attempting to meet the
coal strike
It is toward this end that the present
industrial conference is directed. And
1t is this end which the President has
in mind in his message, which is full of
the sense that at last something new
and threatening has arisen in this coun-
try, the beginning of a definite class
struggle.
While not hesitating to use the word
class the mind of the White House
turns with fondncss to the ideals of
other days.
1--WE are" the President smiles. "a
partnership or nothing that is worth
WHILE
But somehow out of his administra
tion has emerged something else tC
which he feels impelled to address il
one OF his last sentences solemn word
of warning:
"Let those beware who would tax
the shorter road of disorder and rev
olution."
The President hardly hands this in
dustrial problem over to Congress. Hi
words upon it are an essay of q preach
ment addressed to the country rathe
than recommendation This prob
lem will be the big bequest of Wilson
to his successors, and it is one o
the tragedies of politics that it shoul
be So