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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
Brad'sbf O. Verse
Militant Poets,

Militant Poets.
When poets wear long locks and
sing of trees and nocks, they go
their ways and pen their lays ana
give the world NO shocks. "Oh.
we say. mo pranks We fear fror1
l0ng-haired cranks who WELD their
quilts and dodge their bills and
roam by messy banks" The bard
whose hair il long indites his little
song and feeds his face on lyBic
grace unnoticed by the thronge But
let the pote be bald who happens
to be called. and he will fight as
well as write, till nations stand ap-
palled. No bosky dells for him. 10
themes remote and dim; he'll toss
his srrs INTO the, dre and hasts to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
Recipes for a Day.

Pearl Barley Soup with Cabbage
Two tablespoons barley, one and
,one-half quarts water, one-eighth
pounds bacon, very small head of
cabbage, three small green onions,
one cup top milk. Soak the barley
In the water for six hours or over
night. Put bacon through food
chopper, cut cabbage and onions
rather fine and add all three to the
boiling barley and water. Simmer
for one hour. Just before serving
add the milk scalded. Season with
salt and pepper. Other vegetable
Cleft overs) may be used instead Of
the cabbage.
Date and Apple Salad-Two cups
diced apples, one cup chopped
dates. Mix with golden dressing.
Dressing-Two eggs, beat slightly,
add one-quarter cup fruit juice
(orange, apple or pineapple), one
quarter cup sugar, one-quarter cup
lemon Juice. Stir constantly in a
double boiler until 1t begins to
thicken. Cool and serve on any
kind Of sliced fruit.
Squash biscuits = One-half cup
steamed and strained squash, one
fourth cup sugar. one-half teaspoon
salt, one-half emp scaided milk,
one-fourth Gun lukewarm water.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

action grim; he'll mount an aero
plane or lead q transport train or
marshal guns instead of puns and
fancies Of the brain. The minstrel
with long hair l used to think a
scare;~I gave him gibes among the
tribes and filled his days with care.
Long locks and flowing beard made
old-time bards look weird; I used
to say: "Oh rhyming jay, would
that you'd get scared" But now I'd
sell my shoats and chip in IA
goats to buy wig or some rich
for all bald-headed potes.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
sehsshssns, sehsskssns.

6chesheens, 6eheekesns.
open WINDOW schooirooms seem
to help along considerably the task
OF imparting to the young mind
Wits, ....ntt.i. :, re.A,ne ana.
-.S.. ,.,
"iI.lns .u 'u0es'
There ara 1le open air classes
in the New York city schools un-
.Aer tha snnsSvision ~ tina danart.
go. :. L..,.. - ~. xs =.
~ ~ .n Aa se Do.u -
eoucatlon, some OF the rooms being
in the public parks. some ON the
roofs Of school .bufldiner some IN
the roofs of auditorinms After
considerahle srnerience IN Y,.is
field the New YORK heath authori-
ties feel that rooms especially
placed and eouinped In Me school
hn;ldine are most .atisssctorv
Such rooms NAV he nrovided for in
new building plans-at least one
such room is now provided for, in
every new school building In New
York.
Children admitted to omen air
school rooms are from the follow
ing typed, as described by DIR. Leo
pold Marcus, the supervising in
spector of open air classes:
1. Children exposed to tubercu-
losis at home.
2. Children who have had tuber-
culosis which IL now arrested.
8. Children suffering from NAL
nutrition THAT is, children under
weight.
1. Children who become tired
easily or show languor or fatigue
before the end Of the day and on
this account are unable to keep
! up class work.
+ s. Children suffering from nerv.
GUS disorders.
6. Children who are frequently
absent because Of alleged scolds. .
Z. Children suffering from heart
disease who are recommended BY
| the private physician for these
classes.
particularly commend that list
of "indicatiopss to the dead tim.
fher In nublic and narochial schools
evervvhera -. the teachers and
| nrincinais who still adhere to that
uniore custom Of keeping children
after school. as though i've hours
: dav In the usual schoolroom at.
mosnhere were nat hkrd enough on
fhe child,s health> 7 have .neve,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

There are .4S0 grains of pure silver
In an ounce.
@. Where is.Leonardo .da vinci's
famous portrait Mono Lisa" at the
present time? I am told It was
stolen some years ago. E. s. B.
=. A. This famous painting d,sap-
peared from the Louvre, in Paris,
in August, 1911. The painting was
later discovered in Florence, Italy,
in the possession Of the thief, Vim
cenzo Perugia. It was returned to
the Louvre in December, 1913,
where it is at the present time.
@. Is the bite of the banana
spider deadly? B. w.
A. The bite of this insect. which
is q large hairy. spider, is not fatal
to human beings. This insect is
often mistaken for . tarantula.
O. What percentage Of city peo-
pie are affiliated with churches?
B. E. T.
A. The federal council of
churches says that about 20 per
cent of city folk are communicates
In some church.
q. Give me short biography Of
o. Henry. u. A:
A. O. Henry, whose real name
was William Sydney Porter, was
born at Greenboro, N. c., in 1862.
After leaving school he spent a
number of years wandering in the
southern and southwestern states,
and engaged in a varied journalistic
career. He finally settled In New
York city, where some of his best
works were written. For some
time he was a fugitive In South
America because Of financial diff
culties In. which he became in
| volved. He died June s, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

paid to Anonymous letteyS1.
@. What Is the weight Of the
earth and how fast does it move?
Up.
A. The mass Of the earth i, es-
timated at six thousand billions
Of billions Of tons. Its velocity In
its orbit is about nineteen miles
per second.
@. Is there any way to soften
rubber that has become hardened
from lack Of use? g. IT.
A.. A good way to soften rubber
il to immense it in a solution con-
sisting Of one part Of ammonia and
two parts of water.
O.. What states in the union
raise the most sheep! N. J. B..
A. The department Of agricul-
ture says thai Wyoming, Montana,
Ohio, California and New Mexico
have raised the greatest number
Of sheep in the past fifteen or
twenty years. At the present time
there are 4,018,000 head Of sheep
in Wyoming, and over 100000 in
each of the other named states.
O., What is the moral of the pic
ture Hope" painted by Watts?
C. s.
A. The picture Hope" repre-
sentsNa woman with eyes blindfold-
ed, seated upon the globe playing
harp, of which all the strings
but one are broken. The moral Of
the picture is that hope, chould be
retained until the last.
9. What is the weight Of sill
yer dollar. and what percentage of
silver does It contain? H. A.
A. BY an act Of congress in 1887
q dollar consists OF 412h grains
nine-tenths Of which 10 pure silver
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
CONVENTIONS

Minneapolis Minnesota Educa-
tional association.
Minneapolis Minnesota Library
association.
!. Austin, Tex.-Texas Congress Of
Mothers.
Waco, Tex.[Central Texas Con-
ference Of NJ. E. Cchurch, South.
Greenwood. s.. Clipper South
Carolina Conference OF NJ. E.
Chuch South.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

Teddy, Jr., has made promising start in
the footsteps Of his father. Being elected to
the state assembly and becoming the father
Of 7-pound son on the same day certainly is
IN suspicious beginning for political career.
Teddy, ST., himself never synchronized events
more effectively for publicity purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

The tendency OF eggs to "ripen" is ono Of
the serious sources Of loss to wholesale
handlers. 1t is said, and q factor in increasing
the cost to the consumer. When the law sane
toned passing the ripe" ones along together
with the green" ones figures were lower. but
the public paid Just the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.

Menu Hint
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes
) Rolled Oats Top Milk
Toast. or Mumns
Cocoa
sz- LUNCHEON.
Pearl Barley Soup With Cabbage
Toast Strips
Date and Apple Salad
Bread Pudding Tea
DINNER.
Goldfish and Potato Omelet
Boiled Turnips Lettuce Salau
\ Nut Bread and Butter
Apple Triae
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

What isn't worth asking for isn't worth
having" evidently is the motto OF the Central
Union Telephone company. which wants the
state utilities commission to give it permission
to make another boost in its local rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

The FIRST step to settle the coal strike has
been taken. II you'll lay down your club"
said acting President Lewis Of the miners to
Attorney General Palmer, well put away our
gun" Somebody's getting nervous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

Aside from violations Of traffic rules but
~ cases were reported by the Rock island
police last month. II we didn't have the auto
mobile this would be q dull world in more
ways than one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

Paris has q new proposal for the settle
lnent Of the Fiume controversy. The public.
however. will have to guess, - usual, what
Il is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

Looks dangerously like the millennium when
Chile cedes Bolivia an outlet to the sea with
but nght.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05

sically strong, is . great handicap
to IN open air class. :
Conservation in the past flve
years shows that the scholastic
work Of children IN. open cir
classes improvesNby greater CO.
paeity- for application. Absences
on account Of illness are dimin-
ished. Nervous troubles disappear.
Nutrition and weight improve"
Dr. Marcus concludes his de-
-scription of the open air class re-
suits by suggesting that there ID
no better way to effect the improve
ment Of the physical status Of the
nation than by extending the use
Of the open air schoolroom to ev-
cry child.
What do you think Of that
Molly?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
Questions and Answers.
Everlasting Rheumatix.

Should one who Is troubled with
rheumatism eat Strawberries or to-
matoes, raw or cooked, or water
melon? A. w. B.
Answer-Of. the many diseases
Involving joint tissues and there
fore called rheumatism by the
disinterested patient, I know Of
none SO, downright mean as to
make any Of the lucious, fruits you
mention undesirable.
How Many Rolls for 50 Pounds
About how many sornersaults
must 1 take every evening to re-
duce my weight so pounds?
MRS. r.
Answer should estimate of
hand about seven thousand. Have
you not confused just fun with ex-
ercise? Somersaults reduce moth
ing but grouches, blood pressure
swollen veins and such things.
Absolutely Fearless Of Colds.
A young lady suffering with q
severe cold In her head. An old
friend who has been calling on he1
for several years insists on kissing
her, not just once but a. dozen
times, squarely on the lips. in or.
der to prove that cold is not con-
tracted by kissing. That was 9
week ago, and up to the present
the young man has not the slight
est symptoms Of q cold. How car
you account for that? i claim 9
cold Is extremely contagious, ant
so warned him, but he seems te
think now he has proven to me
that It is not. Lest you think thu
young man silly, / will add, that hs
Is 80 years old and is considered {
rock of good common sense.
L. T. NJ.
Answer-He may be sagacious
but he is a reckless young man
Evidently he has acquired immun
ity through repeated incubation
You can readily understand that il
| his scientific investigation Of tn
subject he may have picked up
here and there, strains of pneu
moncocci or streptococci or micro
cocci OF something similar in al
respects to those hapbored by tn
subject Of the present experiment
lin which case his immunity woul'
be specfiic not only for the strains
present in this case but for al
similar strains to which he may b.
similarly exposed. However. tn
mode OF investigation is danger
GUS. He will realize that one O
these days when it is too late.>
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
Sweets

White Cookies-Two eggs, one
and one-half cups sugar. one-half
cup shortening, one-half cup sour
milk or buttermilk. one teaspoon
soda, one teaspoon baking powder,
little salt. Thicker with flour.
Roll out al soft as you eau handle.
Soft Ginger Cookies-Two eggs,
one cup molasses. one-half cup.
shortening (butter or lard), three
quarter cup buttermilk or sour
milk, two teaspoons soda, one Ia
blespoon ginger, three and one
half cups -four, . littie salt Bake
slowly. :
Date Pudding-One cup been
suet. chopped fine. one cup sour
milk, one cup brown sugar, one
egg, well beaten. Mix all together,
into this fold one cup white -four
and one cup graham flour which
have been sifted with one and one
half teaspoons soda Into this stir
one and one-half cups dates cut In
small pieces. Add also one cup,
| chopped walnut meats and little
salt.
Steam three hours
Flour nuts and dates with q lit.
tie OF the measured Hour before
stirring them into the pudding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
Household Hints

one-fourth cup butter or substitute,
two and one-half cups -four.
Add squash, sugar, salt and fat
to milk; when lukewarm add dis
solved yeast cake and flour; cover
and let rise over night. In the
morning shape into biscuits, let
rise and bake. p
Steamed Winter Squash-Unless
1t is very dry 1t 10 much better
steamed than boiled. Cut the
squash into pieces, remove seeds
and stringy portion and pare.
Place in a strainer and cook 80
minutes or until soft, over boiling
water. Mash and season with but
ter, salt, pepper. II lacking in
sweet add q small quantity Of
Isugar.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
GET $500 FOR SYNAGOGUE
Al BIZ JAmEoDUnJ EVENT


JAMESBURG, Dec. 23.-Mr. and
Mrs. Himan Gold1ine, who live on the
outskirts of town, were host to the
Daughters of Israel Sunday afternoon
and into Monday morning when over
u hundred of their friends were pres
ent at a o party and dance. AS n
result of the AFFAIR the ladies were able
to realize over three hundred dol
lars, which will be dOnatcd toward the
furnishing of the interior of the syna-
gogue that is in course OF erection at
Englishtown.
The Goldfine home was beautifully
decorated with colorS of America and
those of Zion. Many novelties were
presented hat gave all a pleasant eve
ming, particularly the dancing, the mu-
sic being furnished by q Perth AmbOy
orchestra.
Featuring the dancing were several
exhibitions of the Hebrew folk dances,
Jacob Cohen and Miss Bessie Miner
being experts at this style of dance.
A handsome flag of Zion in silk, do
mated by Mrs. Morris Fisher of James
burg, was presented to Max S%pachner,
of New York, who gave it to the
Daughters for their headquarters with
IA check for $25. Joseph Hiffman of
Helmetta was awarded a handsome
and useful gift that he too donated to
the committee.
DAi iI6 tiC SNtillhS iCIlt
were served
Mrs. L. Schiff, chairman of the COM
lmittee, made an address telling in de
tail of the work as outlined by the
ladies and the need of a synagogue in
this community. Mrs. f.. Yachno-
WITT, also addressed those present II
rendered the thanks of the committee
for the liberal support given the heads
of the church.
The committee of Daughters of Is
Irael were: Mrs. L. Schiff. Mrs. J. Micha-
linsky, Mrs. E.. YachOwitz. Mrs. G.
Wolkomir, Mrs. B.. Novak, Mrs. j..
Berger, Mrs. Morris Fisher.
The officers of the society who are
building the synagogue are President,
Joseph Jackawitz; vice president, Jo-
seph Mazulsky. secretary. NJ. Zarchin;
treasurer, Abraham Lubelsky; trus-
tees, LIST, Lewis Greenburg; End. Sam
uel Gellman; building committee,
Abraham Drauphin, Harry Leinburg,
Joseph Weinroth, Hyman Goldfein,
Isadore Schiff, William Galmenson.
Already the synagogue is well under
way, the ground being donated by the
secretary, NJ. Zarchin.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE
READY TONIGHT AT SO kMBOY

b. Special Correspondent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Dec. 2S:-For
the first time in the history of South
Amboy will have n community
Christmas tree this year. A large
Christmas tree is to be erected in the
City Hall Park and will be brilliantly
lighted tonight, while a chorus Of
local singers will render Christmas
carols. The children of the schools
are now rehcarsing the carols under
the direction of Mrs. j. Leon CoZzens
and they will gather inside the city
Hall tonight to render their scleC-
tons. 1t being too cold for the chill
dren to remain outside, the windows
Of the hall will be raised when II
comes time for the exercises.
The ceremony attending the initial
lighting of the tree will be a very in
formal one, but it is hoped that the
people OF this city will support this
beautiful Christmas plan and follow
ii out more in detail next year and
the years to come.
Every child in the city is invited
TO attend and to Join in the singing.
The Woman's club and the local Red
Cross Chapter are supporting the
| Community Christmas idea n while
there will be no elaborate distribution
of gifts. as was first anticipated, II
may mean that this years hurricdlN
| arranged program will form th'
! foundation for the permanent estab'
I lishment that is followed out 50 sue
ccssfully in other cities.
The Community Committee is re
sponsible for the tree this year an'
is bcing held instead of the commu'
nifty entertainment this week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23

Mrs. Edwain Camp, of Brooklyn, is
the guest of her parents, MI. and
Mrs. Charles DeBoer.
Mrs. Edward j. Gould is home
from o visit with her mother at Gran
ford.
Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Edith N.
Jaycox, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Edward Jaycox, of Amboy
road, to Andrew Aaroe of Perth Am
boy.
Captain Raymond d. Ellis, of the
ferryboat Perth Amboy, is confined
to his home in New Dorp following
a slight operation.
Alex Miller has taken up his resi-
dence in Manhattan for the winter.
Robert Dabbs will leave for Chi
cago shortly after Christmas to take
UP his new position with the Yer
mont Marble Company.
The annual Christmas celebration
at st. Paul's Methodist church that
was to have been held tonight has
been postponed until tomorrow night.
Mrs. George Hoehn and son Fred
were In Manhattan yesterday.
The election of three trustees will
take place tonight at the annual
church meeting of the South Baptist
church in Main street.
The second nomination Of officers
Of Bentley Lodge No. $40, Odd Eel
lows, took place last night for the
election hal is TO be held next week.
Richmond Temple, pythian Sis
ters, met last night in regular session
at X. of Z. hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
MAN STRUCK BY
5 AUTO IS HURT
PaSQuaIe MunzeO in Hospital
With Fractured Skull

HE SpBCi0i COTTsSbO'ucHh-
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 23-Pasquale
Munzeo, thirty-two years old, of Ar
thur Kill road and Woodrow road,
Greenridge, is at the Staten Island
hospital with a fractured skull as the
result of being struck and knocked
down by an auto truck owned and OPP
Grated by Robert w. Kunath, of Az
Barry street, Rossville, shortly after
6 o'clock last night. Munzeo was rid
ing a bicycle north on Arthur XIII
road at the time and kunath was rid
ing south on the same thoroughfare'
kunath stopped his machine at once
and gave every assistance possible
An ambulance was summoned from
the hospital and Munzeo after nelns
attended by DIR. Albert of the hospi-
tai. was taken there in the ambu
lance.
At the hospital 1t was said that
Munzeo is in a serious condition. Pa
trolman West was on the scene short
ly after the accident n made an in
V~estigation. No arrests were made
There came near being another Sc
rious accident at the ferry about 1880
o'clock yesterday afternoon when an
auto truck driven by Harold knauei
Of 16 McDougall street, Brooklyn!
ran away down Bentley street hll
and ran into a fire hydrant The ny
drant was broken completely OF
The accident was caused by the brake
bands slipping off causing the truck
to run wild. Knauer stuck to the
wheel and in order not to strike any
of the vehicles standing at the ferry
guided the mechine in the direction
of the hydrant. The sudden impact
saved the machine from going over
board into the sound.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
PLEASANT PLAINS

MIR. and Mrs. Charles Walton, OF
Yonkers, spent the weekend at
Prince Bay.
John Kenney has returned to MS
ship after forty-eight hours furlough.
David Osborne has been visiting
in Manhattan.
John Lewis has returned to st.
Louis after visiting friends in town:
Mr.. and Mrs. julius Shulman, or
Amboy road, entertained at a dinner
party on Sunday in homo of his
cousin, Samuel Blodkin, a Detroit
millionaire, and his family, who are
stopping in Manhattan at present.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Smith of Union Hill. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Sher and Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Sher of Tottenville.
Harold Doxey will leave next week
for Tacoma, where he has accepted
@ position.
A meeting Of U. S. Grant Council,
Jr. @. U. A. M. was held last night
ut Amicitia hall.
Molly Stark Council. Daughters of
America, is scheduled to meet to-
night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
PEOPLE FREED FROM PRISON
ARE POTENTIAL BOLSHEWSTS
81 Special Correspordert.

~ tkkSNhA
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S:-Thomas
Mott Osborne's nationwide campaign
TO "humanize" the prisons of the
United States, according to q friend
of Mr.. Osborne who served ten years
in Sing Sing, has for its real object
the counteracting OF anarchy for he
said, "of the 5000 convicts, men
and women, who annually emerge
from American prisons, fully 90 per
cent. of them are potential Bolshev-
lists"
This man, n product Of the New
York slums, who not only redeemed
his own life but saved two younger
brothers from criminal careers, all
as the result of Osborne's work at
Sing Sing, declared that American
penal institutions are being s%urrepti-
tiously flooded with radical literature,
with leaflets of hope to the oppress-
ed" and that the secret movement to
Bolshevize the nations prisons is be-
ing combatted from the inside.
Supported by the efforts Of $4,000
members of the Gray brotherhood,
an organization of o~x-convicts who
made good" under the Osborne SyS-
tenn known as the Mutual Welfare
League, the former warden of Sing
Sing, 1t was said, hopes to make pris-
on reform a plank in the platform
, of one of the big political parties in
| the next presidential campaign. A
leading member of the first named
/ body, a wealthy e~X-conNict known
only to the public as the Gray Broth
er, was said TO be financing Osborne,
He Is reputed to be a man of great
influence in Washington and to be
/ the intimate friend of several sena-
tors. He started the Joliet, ILL.,, prison
inquiry intended to be the first of q
national prison reform program.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-23
CHAUFFEUR is FINED SIS
FOR DRIVING ON AMBOY ROAD
By Special Correspondent.

81 Special Correspondents
TOTTENVILLE, Dec. 2S.-Trucks
must keep off of Amboy road or else
be fined $25 for the violation of the
|city ordinance was the edict sent out
by Magistrate Mullen in the first dis
.trict court yesterday, when he lined
Frank Arthofer, a chauffeur, thirty
two years old of 122 East 114th street
Manhattan, for driving a heavy truck
on the thoroughfare Saturday after
noon. Arthofer was served with a
summons by Patrolman Mensing while
operating the truck at Amboy road
and Station avenue, Pleasant Plains.
This is the first one fined the full
amount of the penalty fixed in the or
dinance that went into effect the hrsi
of July requiring all trucks not to use
the Amboy road unless makinB de-
iliveries along that thoroughfare.
Magistrate Mullen made 1t PLAIN
that he would fine each and everyone
violating the ordinance brought be
fore him. Borough President Var
Name had the ordinance introduced II
the Board of Aldermen to save the
wear and tear of Amboy road thai
was being done by heavy trucks pass
ing over the island from Manhattan
to Philadelphia and Trenton. Signs
have been placed at convenient places
warning drivers of the law.