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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Today's Anniversaries

1615-Salvator Rosa, an artist who
reached eminence through
desperate struggles. born
near Naples. Died in Rome,
March Is, 1873.
1749-John Robinson became acting
governor of Virginia.
176O-Richard Wellesley, celebrated
statesman, eldest brother of
the great Duke of yelling
ton, born. Died Sept. 26,
1912.
1S69-A state convention of color
ed people met at Topeka, and
requested the Kansas legis-
Iature to petition congress
for negro suffrage.
19OO-Baron Won Ketteler, the Ger
man minister to China, was
murdered by a mob in Pek-
ing.
1910-The Arizona and New Mex
leo statehood bill was signed
by the president.
1915-Kaiser took charge of the
Galician campaign with head
quarters at Pless.
1916-Allied conference reported TO
have agreed on sweeping
economic measures to re
strict enemy trade during and
after the war
1917-President Wilson calls for
10000 volunteers for the
regular army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Thrift Week.
surprising.

War savings workers throughout the state
are ready for thrift week, beginning June %.
Every Illinoisan will be given an opportunity
to enroll with Uncle Sam in order that it may
not be necessary to make periodical visits to
the uncle" at the sign of the three gilt balls
In cooperation with the savings division
churches of every denomination will lend their
aid to the national thrift campaign. Pastors
have promised to lay before their people on
Thrift Sunday the personal and patriotic rea-
sons for perpetuating the lessons of sane saw
ing, wise spending, and safe investment which
the American people learned through the self
sacrifice imposed by the war.
Each congregation will receive direct
message from Secretary Glass of the treasury
department, to be read from the pulpit, setting
forth the reasons why the government is fos-
tering the spirit of thrift as a permanent
American characteristic. Pastors have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
girl 10 years of age
% 1 had a dispute with friend
of mine. He says it is the girls
place to speak first, and if the girl
doesn't speak he will not speak at
all. | do not call that right. What
do you think about it?
(2) My mother has always had
to speak to him first and | think 1t
wrong. l have always respected
older people and would wish him
to do SO too, but he says | am all
wrong.
CD Which hand does the en-
gagement ring belong on? Does
the wedding ring belong on the
same finger? GRACE.
D 1t the girls place to speak
first. The man, however. should
look recognition. 1t is customary
for both to speak at the same time
as soon as their eyes meet. If
the man does not show recognition
by smile or the light in his eyes,
he does not deserve to be spoken
to.
VI Inc gOuHS ludh oHpulu AbA
think about who should speak first.
He should tip his hat to your moth
er as soon as they see each other.
90 The engagement ring is
worn on the third finger of the left
hand. The wedding ring is worn
on the same finger.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
girl who has not gone with many
young men. For the past year |
have been keeping company with a
young man who has good habits
and is admired by everyone, but he
does not attend church. l have
been brought up with the idea that
people should go to Sunday school
and church every week, and | can
not understand this mans lack Of
religion.
l have consented to marry him
if he will join church He says
that he does not want to and that
/ should not ask him to do so. He
does not want to belong TO any
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
The Senate's Dilemma.

Indications, reported from number of
sources, are that the Knox resolution demand
ing the separation of the peace treaty and the
covenant of the league of nations will fail in
the senate. 1t may never be pressed for
passage.
If that is true it may be accepted as
pretty safe basis for a forecast that the treaty
will be ratified by this country and that the
league Of nations will also so through substan-
TALLY in its present form.
Most Republican members of the senate
would like to find some way to show their re-
sentiment of the fancied Sights at the hands of
the president and they will welcome every oppor
tunity to make the administration trouble. But
holding up the peace treaty at time when
the well being of the entire world hangs upon
its adoption and the resumption of normal re-
lations among nations is recognized as a du
bious experiment politically and not unlikely to
bring results exactly the opposite of those
desired.
The average Republican member is willing
TO have it known that he is opposed to the
league of nations that President Wilson has
helped to frame, but he is anxious to avoid
giving the impression that he is opposed to
any league of nations. How to make the dis
tinction so clear that he will be misunder
stood-that is the thing that is causing the
most worry.
When the president returns to this country
and goes d speaking tour TO explain and
uphold the work Of the peace conference he
will have a score of partisan opponents. eacn
with a pet scheme of his own to air, barking
at his heels. They have formed what is termed
the League for the Preservation of American
Independence and already special trains have
been chartered to follow the president all about
the country and such senators as Borah Of
Idaho, Johnson OF California, Poindexter of
Washington, Fall of New Mexico, Reed of Mis-
souri, and our own Sherman will expound the
anti propaganda to all who will listen. Thu
idea seems to be to overwhelm the president
by the weight of mere numbers.
so far during the controversy every time
Sherman, Reed BOrah has spoken against
the league friends have been made for the
other side. The personal feeling they all show,
as we'll as the narrowness of their views more
than offsets such good points as they advance.
If the president fails to win this debate be-
fore the bar of public opinion it will be
Surprising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Brad's Bit O. Verse
THE MAN AHEAD.

Today I'll spring no dippy rhyme
about the man behind, but try to
chant a little chime about the
other kind. Methinks it is a nobler
theme. these times of hustling
tread, a wiser and a better scheme,
to be the man ahead. Speed up.
old chap. and strike your gait 70
the world is on the go; you're los
ing time and tempting fate, and
breeding want and woe. You'll
draw life's cheapest BOBBY prize
unless you learn to move; for it
is neither sane nor wise to walk a
narrow groove. Speed up and hit
a merry clip; speed up and set the
pace; you must not pause, nor lose
your grip, nor falter in the race;
you must not loaf upon the job,
you must not drag a crutch; but
you must feel the great worlds
throb and use the speedy clutch.
Sure! Get behind the good old flag;
back up good enterprise; but never
let your footsteps lag behind you're
fellow guys. Speed up, old scout,
be brave and strong; you must not
mind the knocks. The world is
swift. the road is long and full of
ruts and rocks.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
ADeSfhefic for Child.

Please tell me whether you con-
slider it perfectly safe to admins
ter an anesthetic TO a child IS
months of age Our baby has a
prominent red blemish on her tenn
pie, and the doctors say it is a
nevus and that it can be removed
now without leaving a bad scar.
The little girl is robust and
healthy MRS. A. p. S.
Answer-Yes. The birthmark is
better removed while the baby is
young. There need bc no fear
whatever of the anesthetic.
Roller Skates.
Our little girl 6h years old
loves roller skating. But a woman
friend advised against it, for she
claims it will make her hips too
large and her abdomen. She said
it is all right for boys to amuse
themselves with roller skating in
moderation, but. .
MRS. B. n. B.
Answer-On the contrary, roller
skating tends to keep the hips from
getting too large, and develops the
abdominal muscles, thus improv-
lIS Iu6 L DuN NY lulu
girls roller skates as fast as they
bust up the old ones.
Those Happy Days.
Why is it that the hams We get
from the packers have cost the fla
vor that country hams used to
have? What has happened to the
grease that used to come from
the dry or sailed side meat? Cook
it with beans and there is no grease
from it at all. Years ago we used
to get Grisman hams in old Louis
ville-ham with the natural flavor.
1t is a pity. E r.
Answer-Yes, it is a great pity
that things are never quite as good
now as they used to seem in the
good old days. Visited the old
swimming hole the other day, and.
say, it was nothing but a dirty lit
tie depression in the mud-one
could not understand how any boy
could dive into such a hole.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Sissy and His Nerves.

Without implying any stigma,
for goodness knows few men can
plead not guilty to silk socks or
talcum powder, it may neverthe-
less be said-no, that is too la-de-
da; what l mean is that l may say
that nervousness" is one sign of
effeminacy. Don't get mad if you
are nervous. Stick around till !
explain what l mean; it may help
you.
Active effeminacy is crime.
Passive effeminacy is misfortune.
1t is passive effeminacy to which
/ refer.
A man with a belt instead of
suspenders to support his trous-
ers, provided his trousers need
any support, is guilty of active
effeminacy in the first degree and
ought to be sentenced to 10 years
of red suspenders.
A man wearing a boiled shirt
and a walters attire with silk
stripes down the seams of his
trousers for conventions sweet
sake, is guilty of involuntary or
passive effeminacy and ought TO BE-
fined SO for each offense. He
wears the ridiculous get-up for the
same reason that he tips the por-
ter on a parlor car. which is no
reason at all
Suppose some inconsiderate brute
browbeats you and insults you and
abuses you in public. You have
three possible remedies. Either
you may beat the fellow up, or you
may run away, or you may vent
your wounded self-respect in CO.
pious tears. If you decline to
make use of any of these rene
dies, the emotion, the impulse to
action which you repress goes to
make you nervous"
The man or woman who leaves
office, store or business where re-
preston of impulses is the rou-
tine all day and every day, to seek
recreation at a baseball game,
makes mistake unless he or She
takes part in the game itself The
excitement and yelling of the spec
tators of the game will scarcely
suffice as vent for pcnt-up action
impulses; nothing short of action
will relieve the nervous tension
which seeks relief A little game
of three-oId-cat or kLock-up-fiies
out in a vacant lot would do the
Cedentary individual a great deal
more good.
Decorum, dignity and exaggerated
conceptions of these rigorous rites
of repression account for much of
the nervousness" which mars so
many lives. 1t seems that regard
for the conventions rules human
conduct with a heavy hand, and he
or she who dares to defy conven-
tions is at once branded a freak
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Tested Recipes.

Lima Bean Puree-Soak halt
pound dry lima beans over night
Parboil with piece soda size of pea
BIanch. Cook slowly to a mash
with slice onion and two bay leaves
Strain through with milk. Thin to
desired consistency with milk. Salt
to taste. Add dash Of black pepper
dash of paprika, four drops tobasco
sauce, teaspoon sugar. Serve very
hot.
Orange Pudding-Soak two heap
ing tablespoons gelatine in one
third cup cold water for five min
utes. Dissolve over hot water. Add
one cup orange pulp and juice OF
one half lemon, one-half cup sugar
Beat well. When it begins to thick
en-, add one pint whipped cream,
Serve whole after molding in large
mold. Garnish with cherries or
green leaves from any plant.
Egg Outlets - Hard boil three
eggs and then chop fine. Place in
a saucepan, one cup of milk, five
level tablespoons Of -four. Stir
until the flour is dissolved and
then bring to a boil. Cook for five
minutes and then add the prepar-
ed eggs and one tablespoon of fine
ly grated onion, one tablespoon OF
finely chopped parsley. one tea
spoon of salt, one teaspoon of pap
rika, One-half teaspoon of mustard
four tablespoons of fine bread
crumbs.
Mix and then turn on a platter
to cool. Set aside to mold for two
hours and then form into outlets,
Dip in -four and then dip into
beaten egg, then into the fine
crumbs. Fry until golden brown
in hot fat.
Add one cup of pared and diced
and parbOiled mushrooms to one
cup of well-seasOned cream sauce.
Two Mock Fruit Pie Recipes
Sow plenty of carrot seed now and
bury the roots in the fall. Slew
these and put through sieve and
substitute for pumpkin in pie
recipes and you can nave the finest
kind OF pumpkin pie" all winter.
Prepare separately, rhubarb and
finely diced pineapple, ready for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

$500 a year for my keep. and as to
what l leave behind We'll see in
due time"
oh. dear Uncle Silas, don't talk
about money. All we care for is to
make you comfortable" asserted
Mrs. Gill.
1t was by accident that Silas had
happened upon a brother in afflic-
ton passing through the town. PeT
slate and gesture they had quite a
comfortable conversation. When
they adjourned to the next room
the stranger sat watching Abner
and his wife clearing off the table
He seemed immensely interested
in studying their faces. Finally he
wrote on the slate:
Friends of yours?"
"Oh, yes" nodded Uncle Silas.
Not very good Ones came in
reply, but the stranger, who under
stood lip movement language, de-
clined to express more than an
opinion. He, however, showed Silas
little book published by a prom
inent aurist in the city to whom he
said he was going for treatment.
After he was gone Uncle Silas
thought a good deal about the city
expert and one day told Abner and
Martha that he was going away on
a visit to his deaf acquaintance. The
announcement disquieted those
fond relatives, but they dared not
cross his will. Abner grew anxious
and Martha fumed and fretted con-
stantly, as a month passed before
Uncle Silas wrote them that he in
tended to be back home in a day or
two.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Household Hints

canning; then can together equal
amounts of each, or one-third pine
apple to two-thirds rhubarb. Use
in the following mock pineapple
pie:
One cup sugar, one heaping
tablespoon -four, yolks of two
eggs, two-thirds cup boiling water,
one cup rhubarb and pineapple
mixture. Cook in double boiler
and pour into baked crust. Use
whites Of eggs on top and brown
in oven.
Apple and Celery Salad - Two
cups apples (peeled and cut into
half-inch cubes), one tablespoon
lemon juice, one and oue-half cups
tender celery (cut in one-fourth
inch slices), French dressing; mix
the apple and lemon juice to keep
the apple from discoloring; then
mix the apple and celery with
French dressing. Use lemon juice
instead of vinegar and allow for
lemon juice poured over apple
when cut. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Loaf Sponge Cake-Six eggs,
two cups sugar, one cup boiling
water, two and three-quarters cups
-four, one-quarter cup cornstarch.
one teaspoon baking powder, one
half teaspoon lemon extract
Beat the yolks of the eggs very
light. beating in gradually the
sugar. Add the beaten whites or
the eggs and boiling water Beat
in very lightly the flour. corn
starch and baking powder well
sifted together. Flavor, Bake in
a loaf pan in a moderate oven.
Brown Sugar Candy-Two cups
brown sugar, three-quarter cup Of
milk, one tablespoonful butter, one
cup chopped citron, figs, lemon and
orange peel, one teaspoonful nut
meats.
Put the sugar and milk into
saucepan, stir until sugar is dis
solved, then put over fire, add but
ter. boil slowly until it forms a ball
when dropped in cold water; re-
move from fire, add fruit and nuts.
stir hard until it is thick. pour on
buttered pan. When cold cut ia
squares.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
UNMASkED.
Nv GEORGE ELMER COBB.


Copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Union.)
Rather pettishly Mrs. Abner Gill
bounced into the kitchen where her
husband was mending a leaky pan.
She naturally had a spicy, fault
finding vein, and just now it was
accumulated.
'Humph. Another within of that
precious old relative of yours" she
snapped out
What now" question Abner.
Your Uncle Silas has brought
home a stranger to dinner deaf as d
post, like himself.
That so? Well, Martha, you
know what we have at stake. We've
managed to get the old curmudgeon
right into our clutches away from
all the other relatives, and we
mustn't lose our grip now. He can |
last forever, and when he does kick
The bucket we're pretty sure to get
Ge bulk of his fortune"
Sullenly Martha Gill proceeded to
prepare the meal, but she and her
husband were all smiles when the
1uartet sat down at the table. Their
policy was to coddle, entertain and
delude their aged relative. Uncle
SiIas had about $4,000 government
bonds. The Gills believed they were
his chosen beneficiaries and had
played their cards so cleverly that
Silas had come to them with the
statement:
I need a home and am willing to
paw for it. If you say so, I'll camp
down here with you people, turn IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20

asked to devote at least a part of their SER
mons on Thrift Sunday to the subject Of saving.
Thrift week is to be a dignifed canvass to
educate the people in the practice of thrift. In
this canvass there will be introduced a new
form of pledge card from which the "iron-clad
contract feature has been eliminated. The
signer merely enrolls with the savings division
of the treasury department in the thrift move
ment and pledges himself to spend carefully, to
encourage thrift and conservation among his
friends, and, if possible, to buy stated num-
Der of savings thrift stamps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20

When he did come he found the
folk absent He lay down on the
seat of a little laticed summer
house in the garden. He awoke at
the sound of voices.
Yes, it's him." he heard the voice
of Martha-'heard," for the aurist
expert had cured his deafness.
Wen have to begin the old
process of humoring him." replied
Abner.
And he looks as if his trip had
done him good. The old nuisance!
Better than he ever did"
Say, Martha, you go through his
things when you have time and see
if you can get any inkling of his
purpose in visiting the city"
"A good idea. Maybe he has been
making arrangements about his
will A fine thing it would be if,
after all our scheming to get his
fortune, he should cheat u.s."
'Oh, we've pulled the wool over
old inks eyes too slick for that"
declared Abner.
Uncle Silas was hurt, astounded
mortified. He had greeted the
IeSIOI dtiOu VI LIS HcdilHS Win
ardent delight and thankfulness.
The shock that now accompanied
its possession benumbed him.
He went from the garden won
dering if all the rest of his kin were
of the same heartless mold as the
ellis. Mentally he went over the
long list of relatives. Almost invol-
UNFAIRLY he turned into the yard or
an humble little cottage. 1t was the
home of his brothers widow and OF
Alice Leigh. her daughter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
Disposing of Surplus Meats.

c. ". Hare, director of sales for the war
department, gives notice that bids for surplus
meats, of which there are $65,OO0,OOO worth on
hand, will be received at once. They will be
disposed of only in carload lots.
No one need fear that the throwing of these
supplies on the market will have any appre-
ciable effect on the retail price. The big hand
Iers of food products most likely will heroically
throw themselves into the breach to receive
the shock of the impact and to shield the con-
sumner from it's effects. 1t may, in fact, be
necessary to slightly advance prices to pay
the overhead of the packing plants while the
surplus is being disposed of. At least some
thing of that sort would not be surprising,
after recent experiences with rising prices
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
ADMIT WOMEN ACCOUNTANTS.

London. Announcement was
made at the annual meeting of the
Society of Incorporated Account
ants and Auditors, the most import
ant organization of its kind in Eng
land, that women are now admitted
to the society on the same terms as
men. So far, the president said, the
women who had presented them
selves for membership were of ex-
cellent education and good quaur1-
cation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
YANKS LIKE MEET
NICE GIRL" PLAN

The invitation, Join the army
and meet some nice girls" is being
used with good effect in recruiting
these days, Secretary Baker told
the senate military committee.
This phrase is being used every
where on posters and otherwise, "
said Secretary Baker. THE army
is giving a lot of young men a
chance to meet some honest-to-
goodness American girls. This
makes the army a delight"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
HEALTH TAllHL lKS
BY WILLIAM, .us BR RAD ND.

or a nut"
A woman writes me that since
adopting the practice of rolling six
somersaults before breakfast and
at bedtime every day she has re-
duced considerably in weight. dis
carded corsets. and gained much
better control" of her nerves. A
woman so regardless of dignity as
TO roll somersaults might possibly
gain better control of her curves
and her nerves. at that
Action. something to DO mentally
or physically, but especially mus
cular activity, is as necessary to
youth as repose is to age. Repres5
the youthful impulse to action and
nerves" will certainly result.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
HQdrt @oHOm0
14,1DPObTOfncC -
o/ Il MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
BY TEMPLE

church, although he attends with
me and says he will always do so.
Don't you think he would join
willingly if he loved me enough?
WANDA
l do not think you should in
sist that the young man join your
church. Each one should be per-
mitted to live up TO his highest con-
victions. Be satisfied that he is
willing to go to church with you.
His objection does not indicate
lack of love.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I kept
company with a young man who
was drafted. While he was in camp
we correspondence, and also
after he went to France. In our
letters we were simply friends, bur
could tell he valued my friend
ship very much.
l like this soldier better than
any of my other boy friends, but
we have never been sweethearts or
talked of getting married.
RE is back from France now and
he brought me a wrist watch l
accepted it because / couldn't bear
to hurt his feelings. Do you think
| should give it back now? l don't
want him to lose his good opinion
of me, and if l compromised myself
by taking it l will give it back.
What do you think?
SOLDIERS FRIEND.
A girl is not supposed TO accept
jewelry from a man except from
her fiance or a relative. 1t does
seem heartless, however, to return
the soldiers gift. He will not
think less of you, am sure, if you
keep it, Since you like him SO
much you are not accepting the gift
for its value. but for the spirit IN
which it was given.
Dear Mrs. (Thompsono: What
would you recommend as a good
tonic? | always get thin in hot
weather ', n.
Drink glass OF buttermilk
about twice week This is con
sidered very good as a tonic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20

Refusal of the Italian deputies to vote con-
fdence in Premier Orlando after the fight he
has put up for the things his people were sup
posed to have their hearts set upon is hard
to understand. The explanation, most likely,
is to be found in the general industrial paraIy-
sis in the country. When people idle
and hungry they likely to hit the first head
that hobs up and leave the question of why
they did it for after consideration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-20
The War a Year Ago

Serious bread riots reported in
Vienna
Alexander Kerensky, former Rus
sian premier. arrived in London.
British admiralty announced
many German destroyers and sub
marines bottled up at Zeebrugge.