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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS,
civilian Sulzer, Ex-Governor I

| civilian Sulzer, Ex-Governor OF
| New York, in New York World.)
For many years l have advocat-
ed an international tribune to pre-
vent war, make the earth a better
place in which to live-and the
world safe for the brotherhood OF
man.
Civilization is a thing Of slow
growth. 1t is only when some
great CONFUSION, or catastrophe
rocks the earth, and stirs human
ity to the depths, that men and
women realize the impotency OF
present agencies, and demand new
methods to promote better condi-
tions.
The great war has demonstrated
| the weakness of the past, and the
necessity for something better in
the future.
The league of nations is a step
forward in the onward struggle of
hopeful~bumanity. Every friend OF
freedom, every lover of liberty, ev-
cry apostle of peace, and every am
bassador of goodwill on earth to-
ward men and women should favor
the plan of the Paris peace confer
ence. AS outlined it may not be
perfect, but time will remedy its
imperfections, and men of vision
will strengthen its final consum-
nation.
All nations must, In the last
analysis, be members of the world
league, and then it will be only a
rope of sand unless it is given the
power to legislate, and to adjudi-
cate, and to execute. 1t is the pos
session of these powers that makes
our league of states invulnerabIe
and impregnable.
Reactionaries are ever afraid of
progress and fearful of expert
ments. They forget that the ad-
vancement OF civilization is along
the paths Of experiment and COM
promise. These present day con-
servatives are like the old couple
OF the long ago, riding backward in
a one-horse shay-they never see
the landscape of better things until
it is past.
There will always be bourbons
to progress; there will always be
obstructionists to peace; there will
always be opponents to reform,
because the perspective of these
men is clouded by their environ
ment. They never forget and they
never learn. This Is to be expect
ed. and illustrates the difficulties OF
every movement to life humanity
to a higher plane and push it for
ward a step in the grand march OF
civilization. To dissipate their
doubts; to stop their caviiiing; and
to mock their cawing we need only
point to the forgotten records of
their predecessors who prophesied
direful things concerning every
world reform-from the dawn of
civilization down to the adoption
OF the federal constitution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11

lated segment of a chain of hills.
Here at one time an erratic hermit
had lived Here now, a broken wan
derer, Vernon appropriated the old
cabin, spanned a broad abyss with
a kind of a drawbridge, never low
cred except when he toiled to a
distant town to secure the necessi-
ties of life. Then began an anchor
lite existence. Grim silence held the
barren spot, and there day or night
as he moved about the narrow hill
top or tossed upon his rude bed of
straw, the seIf-exiled being con-
stantly dWelt, not amid silence, but
amid the echoes of silence. They
possessed him, they pursued HIM
Ever there was the semblance of a
dying note OF sweetness, the faint
accent of the voice he had so loved
The newspaper had recounted the
marriage abroad of Viola Davenant
to famous opera singer. Accepting
the announcement as natural, as
logical, Vernon had abandoned all
of hope or faith IN womankind-
He could not silence those echoes
Of silence They obsessed him. they
gave him no rest Exhaustion came.
One night he dragged himself to-
ward his wretched howell, so weak
and prostrated that he fen to the
ground beside the drawbridge and
lay there unable to move farther. It
was a royalty grand moonlit even
ing and he glanced. YEARLY at the
glowing stars, and fait that not for
many hours longer would he greet
their plying gleamfngs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
The Russian Protest.

The other day someone raised window in
HID Partisan palace and fired couple OF revolver
Rsaots at the ground. Police rushed In and ar
sested Russian who admitted the act and ex-
Diained that he was merely protesting against
something or other.
The incident throws light on what seems
de- n typical Russian state OF mind. When
Hhings are not going to his liking the average
Russian turns to violence. II there is an or
&4er1y way to secure redress OF grievances he
Noes not know about IT, No target being handy,
Id shot IN the air serves to register his mental
altitude.
Fortunately there is no excuse for protests
5f that kind in the United States. However
sfective they may be in Russia they certainly
A Ere barren OF results here. If real wrong
cannot be reached by process of law it is al
#~ays possible to change the law or the office
#ho1deFs who administer it.
Il The sensible American fires his shot. not
y the air, but In the voting booth. And therein
les our safety from anarchy and it's fruits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
o. D. K

Suddenly amid the haIucfnatior
of a growing fever there rang on
a louder, more distinct echo O,
| silence" He smiled. This was the
beginning of the end. The song ht
had written and which Viola had
sung stole forth upon the ambient
air-and in Viola's tones! All!
sweet delusion as he neared the
dark river! 1t closed. 1t was repeat.
ed, and beyond the chasm a white
robed form seemed to pause in q
ghostiike walk and listen.
What tmpeIled him? Strength
seemed given him to seize the ropes
of the drawbridge and loosen them
The rude framework spanning the
abyss crashed into place.
TT is DEATH" he cried. ooh. fair
onel Oh false one! I come, ]
comet"
A form fitted across the rude
planks, his weary head was lifted
to throbbing, longing bosom
my wounded loveI my poor,
dear, lost onet foundNfoUndt~ And
a glory ineffable came into his face,
and earth faded away.
4 week later, Viola beside him In
a mountain hotel. Bertham Vernon
knew that it was his sweetheart's
sister whom the foreign newspaper
had welded to the opera singer,
and his peerless Viola had traced
him to his hermit hut calling TO
him with the song that still lived
In her heart, intent upon roaming
the wide world over. but she must
mad again the man she loTed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
Spring Shooting.

Spring migration of wild fowl is beginning
Rnd the question of spring shooting again pre-
DENTS itself 1t is not legal. OF course. but
there are only Indifferent facilities for enforce
nent and so far there have been very few
prosecutions IN this locality for violations.
hough transgressions since the federal mtgra-
Rory law became effective have not been IN
8sommon.
It is not often nowadays that there is much
temptation to go out after wild fowl along the
streams in this vicinity either in fall spring
H)nce In a while during the migrating season q
udden storm from the west drives ducks out
bf their course and brings unusual numbers
here, at the same time making them easy prey
II on the hunter More eften this happens in
he spring than in the fall, because the spring
migration is completed IN shorter time and
here are more ducks moving while it is at its
height. It is also true that the weather is more
unsettled In the spring and there are more OF
those meteorological disturbances which throw
the fowl into confusion. So cutting out spring
shooting OF ducks practically puts an end to
he sport 30 far as this immediate locality is
concerned.
When spring blizzard comes along and
bhere are ducks in the air It takes a good deal
IL resolution for the veteran hunter to resist
bhe temptation to go out after them. The tn-
efination to do so is IN his blood. And yet the
more he has hunted and studied the habits OF
The Wild creatures of the air the better he
Knows how harmful spring shooting Is.
Migratory game has g hard time OF It during
The fall and winter seasons. Only the wariest
l nd the strongest survive the ordeal of flight
/ md the starvation that results from every
feeding ground being occupied by human en-
bries armed with high powered guns. After
bhe birds have mated they should be let alone
DO return to their northern breeding grounds
and reproduce their kind. The hunter who
persists In spring shooting Is not only a law
breaker-he f. poor sport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11

Herbert Hoover and others closely associat-
ed with him in national and international food
administration work ask to be relieved of their
duties by July l. Mr.. Hoover, in announcing
the fact, says they feel the necessity of getting
something to do with real salaries attached.
They can no longer afford to work merely for
their meal tickets and travelling expenses. No
body Will begrudge these men, especially Mr..
Hoover, the opportunity TO better their fnan-
cial conditions. By the first Of July the critical
stage IN food relief should be over anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
sTIE1E' DAILY SHORT STORY

higher literary taste, above all, to
love-
! One day the closest friend of Yer
non, a lawyer named Joyce EIwood,
came to the office of the former. He
closed the door after him. He seat
ed himself opposite to Vernon
| Bertham," he said, 81 would be
to you false friend if I stayed my
must cause you pain, distrust,
heart wreck It is of Viola that
must speak Be brave, be strong
she has deceived you"
THAT would not be possible,
said Vernon, simply and with a
smile of utter confidence.
Then read" answered Elwood,
and he produced a crumpled news
paper and a written sheet ''Viola
was at Palermo when she last
wrote you This is Palermo news
paper 1 happen to have client, an
Italian, who receives the paper from
abroad. He noticed the name of
Miss Davenant He knows you, my
self, and that we would be interest
ed have had q translation made
Of the aFticle-Tead."
And Bertram Vernon readHhfs
death warrant, it seemed.
When Joyce Elwood called to see
his friend the next day he found
him absent, and then a week, a
month, many of them, but the miss
ing man did not return.
One month later Bertham had
found the spot he had been looking
for. AT a Wild spot In the Rockies
he had discovered O. partially iso-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
Have You Lost Your Elasticf

nhVC 1Vu 1V0L VuI hAnGLACt
1t is not right, as I explained in
a preceding talk, to feel that NOR
tificatfon is due to set in as soon as
you have attained middle age. In
stead of a man or woman looking
forward toward a change OF life
after 40-and women should not
imagine that they have any corner
On this change of life foolishness,
for men break down and suffer even
more troubles at middle age than
do women-it would be far better
to plan for another 40 years of &C.
tivity. 1t takes 40 years to attain
maturity. 1t is but fair to allow
another 40 years for the fullest ac-
tivity of life. And then take 40
more to die, quietly and by degrees
! like an old tree This habit of
breaking down at As or so and sue
cumbing, not to "overwork" or
nervous exhaustion" or anything
like that, but to apoplexy, Bright's
disease or heart muscle failure
the expressions Of eardiovascular
degeneration or the modification Of
middle age-is growing, according
to the mortality statistics of the
United States census bureau for the
last 16 or IS years. And it is bad
habit, arising from a wrong state
of mind. 1t is chiefly matter OF
dignity.
Dignity is age. and age is dig
nifty. The baby has none, and
grandma or grandpa is bowed down
with it. Corsets change a girl from
carefree girl to a dignified wo-
man. Long pants spell dignity to
the growing boy. Grave tail coats,
tall starched collars, insipid, mar
row-toed, high-heeled shoes, hats
worn to appease a fool custom
each and every one of them re-
stricts natural freedom of action
more or less. That is how they
each and all predispose to prema-
ture old age.
Youth is bundle OF elastic It's
sue. Youth has fiexability; old age
has fragility. Youth bends and
springs back again; old age breaks.
Have you lost your elastic tissue
yet? Don't you know? Would you
like to find out? How old are you?
Have you any idea? Years do not
matter. Anatomical, functional age
is what we are talking about. How
old are you? Are you still young?
1t all depends on the amount OF
elastic you have about your per-
son. Easy enough to find out about
that. Get down and turn half a
dozen somersaults on the floor each
morning and each night. AS long
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
CURRENT COMMENT

The forward-1ooking people of
the earth now say to these back
ward-looking men, in congress and
out of congress, that as the gov
eminent instrumentalities of the
past have signally failed to save
humanity from the calamities of
! the present, the people of progress
the men and women of the now.
who are facing the dawn OF the
better day-are unafraid of the
league of nations, because they
want the future to be better, and
because they know it cannot be
worse.
Let US have no fear of the pro-
gress of peace. The only thing to
dread is the paleozoics who preach
stagnation-the stagnation which
means political death to men and
nations. AS against these croakers
and their forgotten prototypes, the
liberals of the earth-the friends of
Observation-Disclosures take their place
with the world mer-with Socrates
and Plato, Marcus Aurelius and
Dante, Henry of Navarro and
Saint-Simon, Grotius and Puffen-
dorf, Thomas Paine and BENJAMIN
Franklin. Robert Burns and James
Russell Lowell, Lloyd George and
Clemenceau, Oscar Straus and Will
liam H Taft-and last but not
least, Woodrow Wilson.
A century hence there will be
only two kinds of people on this
earth-those who are big enough,
and brave enough, and liberal
enough to say. THE world is my
country" and those who are so lit
tie, and so fearful, and so ignor-
ant that they cannot say it.
The men who are now welding
the league of nations are building
better than they know. They are
the great men of today. Time will
place them among the Immortals,
and give them large page in the
annals of civilization.
These world men are now doing
a great work for the men and
women Of the earth-only some of
US cannot see it because we are too
close TO them. Every great man
is mediocre to those right around
him Big things-like the league
OF nations-gain in size with time.
They loom larger as distance lends
enchantment to the view. This is
true Of men as well as mountains.
1t takes perspective to show the
size and the Importance of things.
Do not be too sure that you
know a great man when you see
him You may be too close to him.
Only the few have the faculty to
see In the future-but no one can
foretell what the world is going
to say about man after he has
been dead a thousand years. If
you want TO know, however, who
are the great men of today, come
back hundred years from now
and then read history-especially
the history of the league of ma
tons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
THE ECHOES OF SILENCE
By VICTOR REDCLIFFE.


|tCopyright, 1919. by Western News
paper Union-)
He had written q beautiful song
hat touched the soul OF every true
eoet and then had stayed his hand.
She had sung 1t through one great
triumphant season and then her
7otce was mute-he, Bertham Yer
non, she Viola DaFenant An
abyss had opened, a shock had
come and they two were sundered.
Ten years back they had met and
owed, he a young man of ample
.ortune, she a proven young queen
be song, dazzfed by the adulation
hat poured In upon her She had
zone abroad with her sister, prom
sing him that with the following
spring she would abandon all pro-
sessionaI duties and live and sing
for him alone.
Surely never had there been SO
iaep, SO fervent 8 love as llis-he
xnew it. she realized IT. Day and
aight during her absence Bertram
Vernon lived in bevitchtng
dream. He had planned out a home
lit for a princess He had anticipat-
ID a tour taking in the fairest spots
OF earth. He had SO shaped his Life
thar the coming years would be q
aeyotion to art to music, to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
Brad's Bit O. Verse
THE TONGUE.

The TONGDEs
You could save huge piles Of
trouble, stack up countless tons OF
Joy, you could see your blessings
double, you could chortle like boz,
you could live on spuds and mannf
stay serene and sweet and young,
make your life one glad hosanna-
If you'd learn to hold your tongue.
Oh the tongue! A useful member
when 1t has a balance wheel. But
from New Year to December, when
it spins an endless reel, when It
wags with ceaseless bRbble, making
people tired and sore, when II
runs with empty gable, IT'S nu.-
sance and bore. 1t can soothN
the heart of sorrow with one ltrI1
loving word; It can make q dark
tomorrow look as cheerful as
bird; IT can change the fate Of na-
tions, make vast empires rise or
fall, rule the lords of mighty ma
lions, charm the home, tho court,
the hall. Also, II can fuss and
sputter; it can make the righteous
swear; II can make the wisest
mutter, plunge the stoutest 10 de-
spair; it can sting with gossip idle:
it can I'LL the world with hate: Oft
it needs bFoneho bride to subdus
its headlong gait. On the tongue!
1t is a puzzle; it can bring you
love or strife. Put it in a tWy-piy
muzzle if you'd lead a happy life.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am TWEEN
ty-three years old and have a SOL
der friend in France who has
caused me a lot of heartaches.
! We went together long before he
entered the service and were to be
married. FINALLY the engagement
was broken before he left for over
seas duty.
since he arrived over there and his
folks hear regularly.
Since he has been gone / have
heard things that lead me to be-
lieve he wasn't the fellow he was
before he entered the service. In
his last and only letter he spoke of
being sorry and wanted ito make up.
| After such a disappointment re-
manned at home over year without
keeping company. Just a few
months ago met a fellow who took
my eye and I have been keeping
| company with this fellow. He has
been a gentleman In every respect.
He seems to pay great attention to
me.
Please advise me what to do. Do
you think I would ever be satisfied
with the soldier, for he has treated
me terribly without any reasons?
Also, / would like to have you
send a few suggestions on what to
get boy friend for his birthday.
BETTY.
I do not believe you and the SOL
der can ever be happy enough to-
gether to become engaged again.
| 7 s1 fCfa af1 TryIn
person is unkind. Keep your new
friend and let the soldier learn that
| he went too far in the way he
treated you.
| 1t is not at all necessary to give
a birthday present to a boy friend
and in most cases it is better not to.
l would suggest nothing more than
a few linen handkerchiefs or a
book.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I wonder
| If you can tell me what it is that
| makes men interested in me, for
am not a pretty girl, neither am I
one of the kind who tries to be pop
ular with men.
/ Several men have tried to bestow
their attentions upon me and won
der why 1t is. These men are not
of class who win a girls heart
only to break it. They are good
and honorable.
BROWN EYES.
You remind me of the slang ex-
preston, What is there about
me?" Not knowing you, it is i'm
possible to answer your question.
Probably you are quick to under
stand men and when they tell you
something, give a sympathetic re-
Spouse. Many girls are SO wrapt
up in themselves that they forget
to be interested in the affairs OF
their friends. Personality is far
more necessary in keeping friends
than to be pretty.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: "a Is 1t
right for a girl to fill a hope chest
before she gets married?
(2) When l have an argument
with the young man to whom am
engaged, I cry. Please tell me how
to act instead OF crying? He tells
me after arguing that he is testing
my temper.
80 He is very Jealous of me and
does not want me to talk to any
young men or to go out with girls.
Should do as ne says? have al
ways done what he told me to, for
l love him,
a. How many times Is Ii right
for him to call on me a week?
MISS WORRY.
~G) 1t is all right for a girl to
start a hope chest at any time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Dondruff in Eyebrows.


Please recommend something to
relieve a condition like dandruff in
the eyebrows. E. w. 3.
Answer-Rub in once a day
few drops of a solution of 10 grains
of salicylic acid in an ounce Of any
toilet water.
Prostate HypertrOphy.
An elderly gentleman with pro-
static trouble is disturbed at night
chiefly, and in the early morning,
with undue frequency. Is there any
relief for him other than operation:
Has diet and hygiene any tntiu-
ence? Is there no medical treat
ment that will help? d. c. M.
Answer-Much relief may be Civ
en- through medical treatment. and
generally hygiene is Of considera-
BILE importance. Send stamped, ad-
dressed envelope and repeat your
request, for monograph on the sub
ject.
Influenza Diagnosis.
How is a mild case of influenza
recognized? Do not some physi-
clans diagnose influenza when it is
not warranted? Can one have in
fluenZa without having any fever at
any time? Is there not an age
limit? f. r. M
Answer-There is no absolutely
infallible test by which a physi-
clan can determine that this mild
respiratory infection is, and this
other mild respiratory infection i:
not influenza 1t is wholly mat
ter OF judgment, and of course we
all diagnose influenza when the
illness proves trivial, at times.
However, no apology is called for;
as a matter of fairness every re-
spiratory infection, OF whatever
character or degree, should be iso-
lated and guaranteed. Influenza
may occur without any fever. The
disease has no age limit. It seems
to be most prevalent among vigor-
Gus young adults from 20 to 40,
but this is probably because per
sons of this age travel about and
commingIe more, and hence are
more likely to be infected by their
friends and associates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11
HQdrt oHOm0
11,1xDTODTOmcC

After she becomes engaged she
calls it her dowry chest.
(2) You must try not to argue 1t
is unkind of the man to test your
temper. His love for you should
make him try to keep you happy
instead of in tears. If he continues
to disturb your peace OF mind, do
not marry him, because he will
never make you happy.
90 Do what you think is right
He is very selfish in asking you to
give up your former friends. You
need the friendship Of girls just
as much as you ever did, and You
should be trusted enough to carry
on conversations with boys and
men.
"a He should not call oftener
than every other night. am not
trying to make you dissatisfied.
want you to marry him with open
eyes so that you will be happy aft
erward.
Dear Mrs. Thompson; VIII you
please tell me how to remove dan
druff from the scalp? I have been
much troubled with it."
THANK YOU.
Make a part from the back OF
your neck to the middle of your
forehead and apply d small guam
Hty of vaseline to the scalp, mas
saying thoroughly. After that por-
ton of your head IS treated make a
new part and repeat the operation
In this method massage the whole
scalp. The treatment should be
given every other night. There is
nothing better than vaseline to re-
move dandruff.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Does col
ored stationery show good taste2
B. 3.
Colored or white stationery are
considered good taste.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-11

Mock Turtle Soup beef
shank boiled in a gallon OF water.
When cooked. remove one-haH
meat from the bone and put
through the food chopper. Add one
half the strained stock, one-half
cup ground cabbage, one-haR cup
ground turnip, one-quarter cup
ground onion. one-half cup string
beans, one-quarter pint tomatoes.
Flavor with celery salt and pepper,
cook three hours. The remaining
stock and meat may be used for a
stew or soup.
Stewed Figs - Wash one-half
pound figs In cold water. Drain
and cover with warm water. Soak
half an hour and wash again. Gov