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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
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Amy reader can get the answer to a
ton bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
ADDRESS and enclose two-cent stamp for re
confidential. the replies being sent direct
paid TO anonymous lettersl.
@. Do you know of a town that
has no doctor? c. T. P.
A. We have a report from Can
adepsis, Pa, to the effect that it is
a community without a doctor.
Q. Do you have to get a passport
to go to the Philippines or Java?
r. c.
A The Philippines are a part of
the United States and no passport is
required in visiting them. Java is
a Dutch possession. Before going
there apply for a passport through
the clerk of your nearest United
States district court.
@. Why are nails called Eight
penny" or ten penny" nails? G. R.
A. A ten penny nail was orig
inally a size of which a hundred
could be bought for ten pence. An
eight penny nail was, logically, a
nail of smaller size.
@. Does Uncle Sam run boarding
houses for war workers, and how
much does he charge? ]. H. G.
A. Opposite the union station in
Washington are II dormitories oc-
cupied by nearly 1000 girls in the
government service. They pay $45
month for room, laundry, two
meals on week days and three
meals on Sunday. 1t is officially
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
With Other Editors
The Results of the Babel.
(Minneapolis JournaN.

The old bible tale that men tried to build
a tower which should reach to heaven, and
nothing could restrain them. And the Lord,
seeing this work of boldness. said, Let US go
down and confound their language that they
may not understand one another's speech" And
from this difference of speech came discord
and confusion.
History seems to be repeating itself. What
ever uniformity of tongue America had in colo
NAL days has largely disappeared, and today
in building our industrial towers we reap the
discord that issues from confusion of
tongues.
Three Independent steel companies at
Youngstown, Ohio, in appealing to their $1,000
employees not to strike, had to address them
in pamphlets printed in nine different Ian
guages. The result of this American Babel is
the same as it was in earlier days-confusion
and discord
More than eight million persons in the
United States, over 10 years of age, cannot
read or write the English language, and of
$4,000 in the coal mines, 475.000 cannot speak
read English. Is it any wonder that discord
issues from this confusion of tongues in our
great industrial centers? The necessity of
printing a pamphlet in nine different languages
that employers may speak to the employed is
a sad commentary on the present state of
affairs.
We Americans are largely responsible for
this condition. Vast groups have been permit
ted to come here from foreign lands and to
remain unassimilated. Strikes and troubles
arise every day from these groups who do not
speak our tongue, or know anything of our
national history or ideals.
The foreign elements already here should
be carefully Americanized before new groups
admitted to our shores. The teaching of
English can well begin in our great industrial
centers through night schools and shop
classes. Foreigners, who have broken home
ties to come here, readily respond to such op-
pOrtunities. Some knowledge and use of the
English language is the first step to Ameri-
canization and the only safeguard against an
unAmerican Babel of confusion and strife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

lists who were sent abroad to report on foreign
conditions and probable needs, and the
most extensive reports it has been possible to
obtain from other sources in this country and
other countries.
AS to winter wheat, the department sug-
gests that AZ 100000 acres be sown this fal; to
this crop and that 10000, 900 acres be sown in
1920 to spring wheat making a probable ag-
gregate production in 1920 of $4,000, 900 bush
els, of which 200,OOO,O00 bushels would be
available for export after home needs are met:
This production would approximately equal
the average yield of wheat in the United States
for the FIVE years 1915 to 1919 inclusive. The
fve-year average is thought to be safe guide
for American farmers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

Defeat of the Fall amendments to the treaty
of peace by such an overwhelming majority
as 30 to IS makes it practically sure that the
senate eventually will ratify the compact, es-
Fent;ally as it stands. From now on we may
iKpect to see the opposition leaders maneuver-
~ to what they out of a losing bat
tile. Any mild reservation they can salvage
will be held up for public inspection as a
substantial evidence of their patriotic devo-
ton. They will hail compromise as victory,
no matter how unwarranted the claim. Reser-
vations to clarity" clauses already couched
in perfectly good English and understood by
all the parties to the agreement will be in
sisted upon as Of greater import to the Ameri-
can people than all the other features of the
treaty and thus will other weeks be spent
while the world waits for final action.
The American people never have been
greatly deceived by opponents of the treaty
despite their mouth filling phrases, their ap-
peal to national selfshness and the powerful
publicity organization which rallied to their
. support. The political motive was too appar-
nSQt Here was a party out of power and de-
n we'd of patronage for seven years, without
~ issue for longer than that and unable to
Z md a valid one in five years filled with mo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

mentous happenings party literally dying
of slow strangulation and grabbing at straws.
The reason for those who would personally
benefit by a change of party power to try to
inject partisanship was perfectly apparent
Everything that has been said and everything
that has been printed against the peace treaty
and the League of Nations has been discounted
in advance by public trained to the ways of
politics.
The word of the president, who had shown
himself above partisanship even before the war
and who certainly INDICATED the patriotism
of his purposes during that conflict, weighed
more than that of all the bankers and knockers
arrayed against him.
The tragic feature of the controversy has
been the physical collapse of the president
the seriousness of whose illness probably has
been moderated from the start His prostra-
ton with the great mass of work still before
him is a public calamity and one which was
brought about by those who, for private ends
forced him to go beyond the limits of his
strength for a public cause. 1t was prepos-
ferrous, after what he had endured and accom-
pIshed to make it necessary for him to fight
the battle over again to protect the people of
his own country from the impositions of a
band of political pirates who have done and
are doing their best to create prejudice and
misunderstanding.
The word pirates is used adVisedly. 1t
might be made even stronger in the light of
their recent action in referring to the presi-
dents illness as stage play for effect Men
who go so far might better be called political
'.vultures" for that is what they are in all that
the term implies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

ny question by writing The Argus Inforna.
Washington. D. c. Give full name ARD
turn postage. Be brief. All inquiries are
N each individual. No sttaution will be
known as the government Hotel
@. How large are the original
drawings Of cartoons that appear
in the newspapers? c. p.
A. Cartoons are usually drawn
two or three times as large as they
appear in the paper, but this de-
Ponds on the method of the artist.
II he wishes his lines to appear fine,
and if he works in a great deal of
detail, he will make his drawing on
a larger scale than if he uses a
few lines 1t will then reduce and
present the effect he desires.
Q. How were the United States
and Great Britain able to control
the shipping of the Atlantic after
we entered the waB? T. d.
A. They controlled the coal sup
ply. The ships on no nation could
cross the Atlantic from Europe
without getting bunker coal This
coal was denied them unless they
gave proof that their cargoes would
not reach the enemy.
@. What can be done TO prevent
the hands from perspiring? P. S.
A. The following lotion is highly
recommended: Cologne, 4 ounces;
tincture of beIladonna, u ounce.
When this has been rubbed in and
absorbed, powder the hands with
orris root or talcum powder.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Heart 0oHOm0.
17,tDTObTOmcC
y L MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
by TEMPLE

! their father and he needs them.
Probably a fit of anger caused
your husband TO tell you TO work
and take the baby. Forget his I'M
kind remark and think Of the
things you have said to him that
could have been left unsaid.
Don't change your husband" Is
very wise advice.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am 18
years old and have been CORES
ponding with a young man from
out of town, and have been with
him only a few times.
Now | have met another young
man in my home town and l like
him much better. Please tell mo
how l could drop the young man
who is out of town without hurt
ing his feelings. WORRIED.
There is no reason why you
should drop the young man who Is
out Of town. Why don't you keep
both for friends? If you do drop
him. write less often and then en-
tirely drop the correspondence.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: A girl
signed her name &C. L." and asked
if that sparkling liquid that girls
put in their eyes is harmful. Please
state the name of the liquid, for
would like to know.
ACTRESS TO BE.
No particular liquid was mem
toned. Do not use anything for
the purpose of making your eyes
sparkle. because there is great
danger that you would permanent
ly weaken them.
Mary Sunshine: I am very sor-
~ but / cannot give you the in
formation you ask. Anxious did
not sign his name or give his adj
dress.
Fidelity: It might look better
to have either the red vest or the
white collar, but not both
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

Admiral Knapp's report of the incident at
Trau shows how foolish and futile was the
commotion raised by opposition senators over
it. The landing party was sent ashore at the
request of the Italian authorities and, in the
opinion of the admiral, prevented the possible
beginning of war between Italy and Jugo-
Slavia. The Americans were withdrawn
soon as the Serbians were prepared to take
charge of the situation. Commanders of
American naval forces in foreign waters and
Of American land forces on foreign soil as
rule perform their duties better, with less of
an eye to personal reward and more thought
of public duty than senators in Washington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
married lady and love my husband
when l am with him, but when he
is away l don't care very much for
him. He is jealous and accuses
me of things l do not do, and OF
course that makes me think less OF
him. He tells me to take the baby
and go to work and he will keep
the other children. He says he
does not love me as he once did.
There is a man | think a great
deal of and every time I see him
he wants me to leave my husband
and marry him. He says he loves
me better than any woman in the
world. He says he will take the
children, too. Every time we meet
we feel the same love for each
other He is great deal older
than I am.
What would you advise me to
do in this case, leave my husband
and go to the other fellow or stay
where I am so unhappy? Do you
think the other fellow really loves
me? Do you think if my husband
loved me truly he would tell me to
take the baby and go to work?
1 saw the other fellow a few days
ago and he begged and cried for
me TO leave and go with him.
A TROUBLED WIFE.
Your husband has every reason
to be jealous. You are not true to
him since you permit another man
to make love to you. Happiness is
not found through Sinking duty.
Stay where you are and make hap
piness for those around you wheth-
er you feel it or not. BY making
your family happy you will find
contentment
To leave home would be selfish.
your husband is not
cruel to you OF the children and
therefore you should make the
best of your relationship for the
sake of the children. They need
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Today's Anniversaries

1S26-Jens Emmanuel Gabbesen,
the most popular Danish lit
erary figure of his day. died in
Hamburg. Born in Denmark,
Feb. Is, 1865.
18SS-The breaking up of the
steamship Great Eastern was
completed in the Mersey.
1S9O-The comte de Paris and son
arrived IN New York. and were
welcomed by old military asso-
ciates.
1S97-Samuel J. R. Mcmillan, ex-
United States senator from
Minnesota. died at st. Paul.
Born at Brownsville, Pa, Feb.
%, 1926.
Standardization tribunal sitting
in Paris to decide on British
and Venezuelan claims deliver
ed its award.
1910-Regent Prince Chun opened
the new Chinese senate in Pc
king.
1914-Russians won a signal vic
tory over the Germans in East
Prussia.
1915-Russia sent an ultimatum to
Bulgaria.
1916-Austrian monitors on the
Danube destroyed pontoon
bridges in rear of the Ruman-
ian forces invading Bulgaria.
1917-American schooner Annie F.
Coulan sunk by German sub
marine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

new and needed exercise.
| "Ah. I would like to ioin Won -
declared Bellows intimately. "I
Just met Colonel Dysert, Miss
Druse, who had caught sight of
you in the distance. What a poet
ical being he Isl He diIated upon
nympths-visions of loneliness
and like enraptured sentiments. +"
and Miss Druse flushed up like a
sensitive school girl and MurieI di-
rected a quizzical glance at the
young doctor, fully apprising him
that she was able to analyze his
tactics.
At the end of two months Miss
Druse was a new woman. Her
vagaries were dissipating one by
one, and Colonel Dysart was again
a hopeful suppliant at the altar of
love. Doctor Bellows" spoke
Miss Druse one day, 81 hope there
is no danger of illness with nv
dear niece. She ran out of the
room as you came. 1 noticed that
her face grew flushed and excited,
and I could see her pulses f1utter
as though there was some intens-
i've action of the heart. She has
started in writing poetry and sits
up late. 1 do hope there are no
symptoms of a nervous break
down"
Not at ALL" assured Doctor Bel
lows. These symptoms are nat
ural with a young girl alive and
pulsing with the fullness of the
sheer joy of living" and within his
secret mind he knew they were
symptoms of love, and ascertained
it TO a certainty later. on, and was
a happy man, indeed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Brad'sBit O. Verse
PanaeeaS.

This good old world in which We
dwell is hale and hearty, strong
and well, and husky as a bear; no
spawn makes it halt and lame, no
asthma feeds upon its frame, no
microbe pulls its hair. And yet at
every turn and crook it's greeted
with: How pale you look! Your
systems full of ills; your blood is
thick with bearded bugs; you need
a thorough course of drugs, pink
nostrums, tonics, pills." Some mil
lions of the cure-aIl tribe have
panaceas to prescribe for aches and
pains and sores; and each will
guarantee to heal the hurts that
make a sick world reel, the strifes,
the woes, the wars. The grand old
world is pert and spry; it has no
silver in its eye, no ricket in its
bone; there's not an i'll it could not
cure, there's not joy it could not
lure. if it were let alone. Some
million cranks roll up their eyes
and see the world outshine the
skies as it climbs up the slope. Oh,
it would find its appetite, and very
soon be feeling right if it would
take their dope. The world would
offer joyful thanks if all the pan
acea cranks would go their devious
ways; and in due time it would ar
rive if let alone to make the drive
toward sweet millennium days.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
TFIFIIE5 DAILY SHORT STORY

flattering me-" she sfmpered. "But
yes, of course 1 desire the restor-
alton of my health above all
things.
Then you must absolutely fol-
low my directions. l will leave you
"a simple lotion that will speedily
eliminate the swelling on your
shoulder. We must arrive at a
point where there is more elastic
action to the vasa motor nerves,
and for this I am going to give
quite drastic directions. You
must arise as early as 5 o'clock
every other morning, and walk in
the dewy grass a full hour, bare
footed"
4 know I am too delicate to sur
vive the harsh ordeal" she walled,
but if my niece Muriel will sus-
tain me. l will try"
Her niece Muriel AIlent Doctor
Bellows met that bright. lovely
young girl at the next call, and
from that moment his life seemed
warmed by new sunlight. Some
how a mischievious twinkle in
those intelligent eyes told the
young physician that Miss Allen
shared his opinion as to the trivial
character of the ailments of her
aunt.
Three mornings after that Doc
tor Bellows purposely came upon
the twain tramping across the
greensward of an inclosed pasture
The shapely pink and white feet
of Muriel twinkled in and out of
the dewy grasses with bewitching
gracefulness. Miss Druse was
grumbling a trif1e, but already
showed the salutary effects of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

He spent full two hours with this
new patient Miss Druse had a
long list of symptoms to present
whole library of medical works,
miniature drug store in her cab
met, and Bellows at once analysed
the situation. She was physically
sound. but with her idle whims and
the arrant nonsense injected by
the faddists she would, he foresaw,
ultimately degenerate into a
chronic hypochrondiac.
Bellows was serious of visage
and sympathetic of mien, but this
he affected in order to gain time
to think over matters and posi-
bly, rescue his patient from her
fanciful terrors and infuse into
her some common sense.
Il did not sleep at all last night,
doctor" declared Miss Druse dole
fully. For several days there has
been a singing sensation in the
left shoulder blade, dangerously
near to the heart I can feel a dis
tinct lump there. Don't alarm me
too greatly, doctor, if there is still
any hope, but ! very much fear
that it is the beginning of the
end"
Doctor Bellows diagnosed a vi
cious mosquito bite and feigned to
ponder gravely. He had interro-
gated his patient as to diet and
habits of exercise, and a quick
idea suggested itself and he iIlum-
mated it to the full
Miss Druse," he said, do you
wish to become a perfectly we'll
being, in all the fullness of your
youth and beauty"
"Oh, Doctor Bellows! you are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Muscle Re-EducatiOn in LOcOmO-
tor Ataxia ID.

tor Ataxia "a.
The late DR.. S. Weir Mitchell,
whose rest cure for neurasthenia is
so well known, devised also a
schedule of exercises of great val
lie in the treatment of incoordina-
ton or less of accurate control of
the muscles as in locomotor ataxia.
Fraenkel later adopted the method
and gave it teutonic label. The
idea underlying muscle reeduca-
ton exercise is that the movements
performed are accompanied by a
reeducation of those nerve centers
which control the sense of position
and the senses of motion of the
limb-which senses are early i'm
paired in locomotor ataxia, for one
OF the earliest symptoms is awk-
wardness of mobility in the dark.
New movement and position-mem-
cries are developed in the brain
New. or at least more nearly auto
matte nerve impulse conducting
paths are developed in the spinal
cord. The method requires the ut
most patience, gentleness and &C
curacy. Exercise seances should
last five to 10 minutes, three times
"a day as regularly as mealtimes
and with never an interruption of
the schedule. The seances are
gradually increased in duration as
the patient gains in endurance and
self-control. But the exercise
must always stop short of fatigue.
Fatigue is particularly harmful to
IAa4-0F4- 81
Here are the first five exercises
for the hands and arms. Other ex-
ercises will be described in subse-
quent talks.
l. Sit before a table, place the
hand upon it, then elevate each fin
ger in succession as far as posi-
Bile. Let the movement be slow
and deliberate and smooth and
even as possible, done as though a
drop of water were to be kept
hanging on the finger tip undis-
turbed. Then raise the hand
slightly, and extend and fiex each
finger and thumb as far as posi-
Bile and in the same precise man
ner. Do this with the right hand,
then with the left. Repeat once.
2. With the hand extended on
the table, abduct (spread QUIT the
thumb, and then each finger in
succession as far as possible. Re
peat three times with each hand.
3. Touch with the end of the
thumb, arm resting on the table,
each fingertip in succession. sep
arately and accurately. Then touch
the middle of each phalanx of each
finger separately and in success
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Union)
, 4 MI Il . Mo
By Alden Chapman.

Copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Union.)
Young Doctor Bellows felt that
he was on the high road to sue
cess when that acknowledged lead
er of the ruling social set, Miss
Marcia Druse, sent for him. He
was a newcomer in the village and
had located there upon learning
that the principal physician, Doc
tor Morton, was about to retire
from practice.
Bellows understood that Miss
Druse had been a source of regu-
lar professional income to his pre-
decessor He was in the drug
store when the telephone message
arrived and its proprietor grinned
expansively.
q hope you diagnose Miss
Druse's case on the basis that Doc
tor Morton followed" he observed.
MISS Druse is a good patient to
nuFs=e along, and ysu mustn't op-
g4ge symptoms. They comprise
INC pet frailties of her life. She
has been that way ever since an
specif1co-humuggo faddist
discovered that she had about ey-
erything under the sun. Why, do
you know that she actually broke
off the engagement with Colonel
Leo Dysert, the richest man in
town, on account of the predicted
near approach of dissolution"
The young physician made no
comment. and realized that it was
policy to act on his own initiative.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Urges Average Wheat Acreage.

More wheat should be soWn this fall than
the average in pre-war years, but not so
much should be sown as was sown last year.
This is the outstanding fall farming recon-
mendation of the United States department of
agriculture which is watching the changes of
world supply and demand while European
countries are getting back to normal in food
production and thus affecting the market for
American products. The departments sugges-
tons are based on the observations of special
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03
Questions and Answers.
Rec Wine RihherS.

have a friend who is making
bee wine and she informs me that
it is good for rheumatism and the
nerves. Will you kindly explain
what bee wine and bee beer and
bee vinegar are? MRS. G. W.
Answer - These are alcoholic
beverages prepared by fermenting
various fluids with a wild yeast
called bee" Sometimes fancy til
ties like Australian" bees are Civ
en- to the wild yeasts. The grand
old public is still as gullible as in
Barnum's heyday. The United
States agriculture department has
formally condemned these bees"
and the department authorities ad-
wise that pure yeast is always pref
cradle to the crude wild yeast call
ed bees" for any purpose in
which fermentation is necessary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-03

The manufacture of steel in the
Pittsburgh district has been car
rled on for considerable more than
a century.
The great strike in the Carnegie
steel mills at Homestead in 1892,
one Of the bitterest labor conflicts
in the history of American indus
try, lasted five months, involved
10000 workers, and resulted in a
wage loss of over two million dol
lars.
The first steel rails made in the
United States were produced by
Zoheth S. Durfee at Wyandotte.
Mich. in 1865. Two years later
the production of rails on a COM
mercial scale was begun at a Bes-
semer steel plant in Troy, y. Y,
and at the Cambria iron works in
JOhnstown, Pa