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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
THE WORM TURNS.

Washington BARRIERS raised the
price of haircuts to half dollar and
the price of shaves to a quarter.
The worm turned. Business slack
ened. The prices have been cut.
The BARRIERS took themselves too
seriously. They imagined that it is
necessary to shave and to have
ones hair clipped around the edges
with a horse clipper, and that it is
necessary to have a barber to do
the shaving and the clipping. 1t
isn't. If BARRIERS want to charge a
half dollar for cutting hair and
quarter for shaving they will learn
that there are some persons who
fancy themselves, at a pinch, in
full boards and who always did
have a silent, sneaking admiration
for the manner in which the late
Col. William r Cody wore his hair,
and always felt that they, too,
would be handsome and of conf
manding presence with long curls.
There are also many men who
learned, when prices went up, that
one egg was a necessity at break
fast and that two had been luxury,
and who realize that if it costs a
quarter to be shaved it is possible
to do the work personally, and that
accident insurance is cheap COM
pared with twO-bit ShaveS.
BARRIERS are not large earners.
The busiest of them lives and dies
a poor man. Nobody has heard OF a
rich retired barber trying to get into
the Smart Set upon the score of his
the Smart Set as an outsider, or
known it as an insider, knows that
if BARRIERS did-get rich there would
be few of them at least, if not
whole lot of them, in positions of
influence, even of command, in So
ciety, whereas the fact is that no.
body knows a barber who has even
essayed living in a fine house and
giving dinner parties at which
champagne is guaranteed to bait
the socially prominent to the feast.
1t is easy to sympathize with the
barber, who must stand on his feet
all day at his work, with shoes sell
ing up to SIS, and sit about when
business is dull, with trousers sell
ing at as much as shoes, but it is
evident that there's a limit to his
earning power as a barber. If he
would combat the high cost of living
he must become a member of
union which does not shave and cut
hair and which can enforce its de-
mands.
A man will cut his throat, not
through the jugular maybe, but
pretty deeply, before he will pay
quarter to be shaved.-Louisville
Courier-J Journal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
10I1OfmQ
: 1,1x1)TODrO1reC
V I MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am girl
nineteen years old and have been
working since I was fifteen. I am a
worker in Sunday school and know
almost every one attending. / dc
not believe l ever had a girl friend
and only one boy friend whom my
mother and father did not have
some objection to.
There was one boy who came tc
see me several times, but hiS-face
was always dirty and his hands
needed washing, and he wore shirts
that were soiled. This disguised me
very much. My folks thought he was
the only thing, but l could not stand
him. He is almost year younger
than ! am. | do not care to go with
any boy younger than l am, would
you?
There are several girl friends at
church whom l like very much, but
am afraid to ask them out to my
home for fear they will be insulted
by my parents. They did that twice
and it is the same way with my boy
friends.
They do not approve of dancing
and l spend my seven evenings
home alone. wishing l could go
some place or have company my
age l love to associate with people
my age. l cannot go anywhere with
out row.
Please advise me what 10 do, as
l am so lonesome and crave com
pany l am hungry for little love
and / cannot understand why my
parents act this way l have been
giving my mother half of my salary
ever since / have been working. I
have an older married sister and the
folks worship her, but | have al
ways received all the knocks and
slurs of the family.
LONESOME PEGGY.
I believe that the one who can
help you most is the minister of
your church. You do need young
companions, and probably he will
be able to make your parents see
your need. You are several years
too young to go away from home or
to use your own judgment against
the judgment of your parents.
Why don't you take a course IN a
night school? This would give you
something useful to take up your
time, and would fit you for a better
position. One cannot get too much
education, you know.
Your parents may feel that the
friends you choose are not worthy
of you. l don't blame you for OBJ
iecting to the young man OF their
choice who was careless about his
appearance; neither would I blame
them if they objected to young peo-
pie with undesirable habits.
Be obedient for two or three
years and then if your parents DO
not become more liberal follow your
own judgment.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~ l am
seventeen years old and am very
much troubled. love one boy very
much. Others want to take me
places, but l refuse. What do you
think about it?
~ The boy that l am in love
with comes to my home two or
three times a week. Is that too
often for him to come?
90 When he leaves he wants TO
kiss me, but do not let him. Would
il be all right to let him kiss me?
(4) Is il all right to send him
letters and gifts sometimes?
TROUBLED EYES.
~ l think a girl of your age
should net limit herself to one boy
friend. Her nature needs the broad
ening influence Of association with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
THE JUNIOR CLIENT.
BIZ WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY
Copyright, 1919, by Western News

Copyright, 1919, by Western News
paper Union.)
It was summer dullness in the
law courts and I was lolling in a
chair at the office window. trying to
decide upon a brief vacation away
from the dust and din of the city. 1
had been in practice for year and
had done moderately well in a
money way. turned from my idle
survey of the street as I heard a
footstep in the hall outside. A lad
OF about fourteen stood reading the
inscription on my door: Robert
Lane, Attorney at Law"
IF you please, SIR he said, ad-
vancing timorouSIy, are you Mr..
Lane?"
"That's my name" I replied, no
ticing that the boy was very pale
and seemed laboring under some
unusual strain of agitation.
Then / would like to ask your
advice. / have just been discharged
from employment. They accuse me
of something l never did-stealing.
They paid me and I have ten dol
lars in my pocket How much of it
would you want to tell me what 1
am to do?"
His eyes were fearless, his at
Hire neat, his whole presentation
that Of an intelligent and honest
youth. 1 noted how much he tried
10 control the Quiyering lip and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

various friends.
90 He should not come oftener
than twice a week.
(3) Do not let MIN kiss you. Wait
until you are older and more sure OF
your affections before you permit
a man to Kiss you.
"a Since you see each other so
often it would be foolish to write
letters. Do not send him gifts, be
cause it is his place to make pres
ents, not yours.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My life Is
very unhappy. There is a man I Iowa
deeply and he returns love. His life
i sthe same as my own, not a happy
day in it. We both like the same
way of living love one another.
to be kind to each other and work
together.
We are both married. but very
unhappy. Please advise what TO do.
BROKEN-HEARTED.
Divorce is the one way out of your
difficulty. l believe it is worse for
two people to live together, who do
not love, than for them to get a d.
vorce. But if there are children,
parents should forget themselves
and unselfishly do whatever is best
for the children.
If, in your case. divorce Is not adj
visable, do not see the man again.
You must learn to be happy with
what you have and forget that
which is forbidden in this life.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Will you
kindly tell me what would be nice
to serve for an informal Sunday
evening supper?
I want q little luncheon that can
be easily got up without the both
er of preparing ii before nand.
THANK YOC.
Serve banana salad, bread and
butter, tea and bought cake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
Brad's Bit O. Verse
GOSSIP SEEKING.

The man who loafs upon the
street with shiftless thoughts and
idle feet, who has no other aim ir.
/ life except to boost ignoble strife
who goes his dark and sneerirg
way a-seeking gossip all tho day,
who uses ears and nose and eyes 10
hunt up things to criticisc, who
scouts for faults, so he can roar,
will find just what he's looking for
There's always something floating
round on which to hammer and to
pound; there always drifts a scan
dal vile to make some worthless
loafer smile IF such thing.
please his vacant mind, you MAJ
be sure such things he'll ind. ~
what a price he has to pay. His
life grows narrower each day. his
soul is shriveled. like a gnat's his
heart gets cold, his dome ha' bats,
his countanance has lOst It's cheer,
his smile has dwiniied to e sRee~,
he sees no good in anything, he
lives to poison and to sting, he
hates himself, he hates mankind.
to earth's glad beauty he Is blind,
he is a menace and snare,
bowling nuisance anywhere Let's
60 a-gunning for such chaps; let's
whet our knives and set our traps.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
CURRENT COMMENT

lifting. Anybody who tries 10 run a
budget which has rent for more
than one-fifth of its whole Will
probably get into trouble. Yet to
rent any sort of decent flat in any
sort of fair neighborhood for less
than $50 a month is pretty nearly
impossible. and $50 month is a
fifth of $500 a year.
We have had investigations" of
the cost of meat and eggs and milk
and so forth. Except in the case of
milk they have not amounted to
much. Still they served to focus
public attention a little, to keep
alive a sense of having some right
to know what was going on. Why
not an investigation into the price
of hard coai?-Chicago Herald-Ex-
aminer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
Bronchial Trouble.
AOTER

l would also, great many cor
respondents mention in a sort of
postscript, be grateful for any in
formation about bronchial trouble.
Bronchial trouble is the almanac
or drug store version of something
wrong somewhere between the
teeth and the liver.
This trouble prevails extensively
in those communities where the
people have the greatest horror of
fresh air, particularly fresh air
that moves, and very particularly,
fresh air that moves after dark.
Although three out of four cases
of bronchial trouble present no dis
cOverable trouble in the bronchial
tubes, but since the confirmed al
manac reader deems cough, chest
soreness and weather a triad of
pathognomonic symptoms, as a doc
tor might say when endeavoring to
air his knowledge and conceal his
ignorance, the treatment selected
/ by the willing victim is naturally a
little less than worthless as a gen.
eral rule.
Chronic Inflammation of the rear
room of the nose chamber ia the
, cause of the cough and of the chest
soreness in large number of cases
of bronchial trouble. But chronic
/ Inflammation of the lining of the
nose is SO common Ia majority of
popie show more or less chronic
rhinitis, if eXamined) that the al
manac reader overlooks it and sub
mits himself to further experiment
tation at the hands of the druggist.
A thoroughly we'll trained druggist,
a pharmacist educated and skilled
in the art of compromising medi-
cines, knows nothing about the art
of diagnosis and less about the art
of prescribing for disease. He sells
medicines and his expert services
That does not qualify him to pre-
scribe medicines.
A septic tonsil, which perhaps
looks harmless and feels harmless
in the throat, is often the sole
cause of bronchial trouble. 1t re-
quires considerable skill and ex-
perience for a physician to deter
mine, with any degree of probable
ity, whether patient should have
an apparently innocent, submerged
or nearly invisible tonsil removed
Cough is no evidence whatever
that there is anything wrong in
the chest. Children will cough in
the most alarming way, especially
after retiring at night, when there
is nothing else the matter but in
f1ammation of the adenoid body on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

Eight dry towns in Massachusetts, some OF
them without saloons for 25 years, went wet
the other day illustrating the change in popu-
lar attitude that may be expected in many other
places as the inevitable result of nationwide
prohibition. Not a few people who never
thought of taking drink of stimulants when
they were to be had by anyone with the price
will go around now looking for a moonshiner's
still or a bootlegger's joint.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

the roof of the back room OF tho
nose chamber.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Mess.
Some time ago you gave q very
interesting description OF an irish
moss which contains natural iodine
and is useful for persons with SIM
pie goitre. Druggists seeg1 TO have
no knowledge Of this mogs Where
can I obtain some? 3. z.
Answer-Irish mess is official 10
the United State harnGcoDOela
Qegal standard for all drug stores
N the United States) under the
title OF Chondrus. ANY druggist
can supply carragheen under the
official title.
Symptoms My Mean Anything.
l have every confidence in your
teachings. One doctor told me NY
trouble is nervous indigestion.
feel nauseated after eating. bloated,
constipated. sleep very little.
Have lost 20 pounds: get out OF
breath on going upstairs; have
dizzy spells, and sometimes pain in
the stomach. Please give ne your
opinion. c. II. S.
Answer-The loss of weight and
the shortness Of breath on eIertion
are scarcely to be explained away
as nervous indigestion" or toxic
condition" Without an eXamina-
ton q doctor can arrive at no real
opinion as to the nature of your
trouble. It may be very serious,
!,
would follow my advice, it is to
consult a physician who will make
a thorough examination and not
dismiss you with meaningless
phrases. Such an examination will
naturally take time and perhaps
include some laboratory tests. But
your health is worth the expense
entailed.
Rules for Recovery From TubeT-
cuIOsls.
Please give me the address OF
DIR. Lawrason Brown, author of the
book entitled Rules for Recovery
from tuberculosis" which you rec
commended to your readers. Also
the price of the book. w. IL
Answer-The book is published
by Lea & FNebiger, New York and
Philadelphia, 81.
Swimming Ideal Exercise for Girls.
Please tell me whether you con-
slider swimming in a gymnasium
tank advisable for girls from 16 to
10 years of age, three times a week
through the winter. B. II.
AnsWer-Yes. Every girl should
learn to swim. Swimming is an
IDEAL exercise for girls CT women
of any age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
SPRING SALADS.

Bean Saiad-One can red kidney
beans, large stalk of celery, three
sweet cucumber pickles, one large
or two small onions, one-half cup OF
English walnuts.
Drain all liquor of the beans, cut
celery, pickles and onions in small
cubes. Cut walnut meats in small
pieces. Salt and pepper to taste. Mix
all together and pour a thick may
onnaaise dressing over same.
Combination SaIad-Line a bowl
with crisp lettuce, add sliced toma-
| to, cucumber, onion, green peppers
OF leftover vegetables. Season with
salt and pepper. Pour over follow
ing dressing:
Pour three tablespoons olive oil
into cup, add one-haIf teaspoon OF
| salt, pinch of black pepper, a scant
one-half teaspoon of paprika. Stir
till well blended. Slowly beat into
this mixture one tablespoon of vine
gar. Pour over vegetables and serve
with meat course.
ANY of these salads can be served
on individual dishes-a lettuce leaf
on dish, then a portion of salad with
mayonnaise.
Apple Salad-One pound white
grapes, seeded; four. apples, one
bunch celery. one can pineapple,
one cup of English walnuts. Cut
apples in dice, celery in small
pieces, also pineapples and nuts.
NiY we'll wit n maVOnaiSa
MayOnnaise: Yolk of two eggs,
pinch Of mustard, dash of pepper
and salt, teaspoon of sugar Beat
the eggs. Drop in carefully scant
one and one-half cups of olive oil.
When oil is all beaten in, add sea-
soning, about three-quarters of the
beaten white of an egg. the Juice of
one lemon vinegar may be used in
stead of lemon) and more of the
white of the egg if too thick.
Liberty Salad - One cup cold
diced beets, one cup chopped cab
bage. one-third cup chopped celery.
one-quarter cup chopped onion, one
small box of sardines. On lettuce
arrange in following order: Beets,
cabbage, onion, celery and sardines
cut and boned on the top. Cover
with mayonnaise. Season with salt
and pepper or paprika.
MENU HINT.
Breakfast.
Oranges
Cooked Cereal with Cream
Luncheon,
Cream of Potato Soup
Hard Boiled Eggs and Spinach
Hard Rolls Milk
Berry Shortcake and Cream CUse
Canned Berries.)
Dinner.
Celery or Olives
Boiled Fish with Egg Sauce
Potatoes Baked Without Skins
Beets White Bread
Pimento Salad Rhubarb Pie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
Household Hints
MENU PLANNING.

Each days menu should contain
some of each of the following
groups: First, protein or muscle
building foods, such as meat, fish,
eggs, milk or beans; secondly,
starchy foods. which supply energy,
as cereals, and starchy vegetables,
like potatoes; thirdly, fats, which
aid in keeping the body warm these
are butter, cream, fat meats, oils
and chooclate) fourthly, green veg
etables and fruits. TO keep the blood
in good condition, and root vege-
tables, to provide for the growth
and renewal of bones, teeth. nails
and hair; filthy. sufficient
amount of liquid to dissolve the
foods and carry them to all parts of
the body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH
THE SHIPSi

t. statement comes from the
United States shipping board that
the merchant tonnage constructed
/ by the government under the stress
of war 10 meet the imperative needs
Of the war in the movement OF
troops and supplies is already
greater than the combined tonnage
Of all other nations engaged in the
American foreign trade
Ships of American build before
the Civil war carried more than
half Of our foreign trade. AT the
| outbreak of the world war they
were carrying hardly 10 per cent. of
our foreign trade. We have now
been put back from 10 to over so
per cent. in the ocean carving
trade, and this great change has
been effected within less than two
years-making a record in ship
building never before equalled or
approached in all time.
This huge mass of new ship TON
mage, which is still piling up, al
most altogether belongs to the
government. 1t belongs to the peo-
pie and to the industrial interests
of the people, and these industrial
interests are vitality affected by the
disposition to be made of this ton
mage. Shall the ownership be re-
tanned by the government under
private or public charter and oper-
alton, or shall the ownership be
sold to private enterprise, and I'M
der what conditions?
Chairman Hurley of the United
States shipping board is putting
these questions to every CONNER
cial body in the country and the
answers will be pooled for the en-
lightenment of the board and of
congress. Some $4,00O,000 of public
property is involved. It's disposition
for the works of peace and for the
best interests of the country in the
development of its foreign trade
calls for careful and public-spirited
consideration.-New York World.
THE PRICE OF COAL.
Anthracite coal, we are told. will
be $3.50 a ton in April, and there
after advance 25 cents a month.
Why?
We are getting used to apples at 8
cents apiece, and very poor, to let
tuce at % cents a small head, or
green vegetables in general TOO
high up to be seen except through
a very large hole in the purse. Eggs
and butter and meat most of us are
willing to regard as pure luxurfes
for a while. But for what reason
should coal stay on this dizzy PIN
nacle2
The war ended months before it
was expected to, a year before the
time American army calculations
were made to fit. In 1918 the coal
output was tremendous. The ex-
IRENE demand for coal abroad is
now over. Production is still going
on at great rate. There are ample
supplies of labor to keep it going.
The strain of last year is off the
railroads. Why then should coal
keep on it's skywarG way?
On two basic commodities, wheat
and coal, the general level of prices
depends. The price OF wheat, by the
necessities of war, is fixed at an
outrageously high point. If coal is
allowed to remain at the same
high point there can be no relief for
the consumer. Rents will tag along
behind. In Chicago already they are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

They say President Carranza is getting a
little idgety~ over the non-payment of the oil
royal tax which he agreed last year to hold
in allegiance till his congress adopted some ac-
ceptable laws covering the matter. OF course
when the Mexican president agreed to the de-
lay he didn't know how badly be was going to
need the money this spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

his constituency. OF that there is not the
ightest doubt. The pledges OF home support
se is receiving IN his present campaign bear
II the statement
The time-worn adage about the prophet be-
lg without honor In his own country does nof
.pply in Mr. Thompson's case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

Japan is encouraging its people residing in
Honolulu to adopt American styles by issuing
an order through the consul general against
the wearing of kimonos in the streets. 1t al
ways has been recognized as good policy to do
as the Romans do when in Rome. but this
probably is the first time a modern nation ever
undertook to make it mandatory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

German opera does not seem to be making
much of hit in this country just now, but over
in Berlin the people are turning out regularly
and running imminent risk of being shot to
patronize Madame Sherry" and The Dollar
Princess"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
DISCOVERIES.

To keep bath tub clean and free
from dust, make everyone who
takes a bath clean the tub. Get A
piece of Powered cretonne to match
color OF bathroom, cut it the shape
o. tub tonly larger, sew a hem
around and insert elastic. Slip this
over the tub and it will always
stay clean and ready for use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

Admiral Niblack. U. S. y. has
been chosen by the allies as the
man to act as the first internstion-
al policeman in history. He is in
command of the fleet that will po-
lice the Adriatic sea to prevent
hostilities between the JHeoslavs
end the Italians. He has been Civ
en- authority to prevent an out
break by force of arms if neces-
Sary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13

Enlistment in the new German army must
be voluntary. Now we shall be able to tell
how much militarism there is left in the coun-
try by the size of the waiting list
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-13
A Sort Of an Antique.
From This Paper

I
FOR SALE-Car, 1917 Ford. touring; in Al
condition; terms to right party. Telephone R. l.
-031.
A Herald-Examiner headline says: Woman
Talks Thousand Hours; Wins Medal"
Why show such favoritism by awarding only
her a medal?