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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Today's Birthdays

Her majesty, Queen Mary of
Great Britain and Ireland, born in
Kensington palace, London, 81
years ago today.
General Sir Horace Lockwood
Smith-Dorrien, noted British SOL
der, now governor of Gibraltar,
born 81 years ago today.
DR.. Guy Potter Benton, who has
recently resigned the presidency
of the University of Vermont. born
at Kenton, Ohio, "a years ago to-
day.
Mrs. Florence Corliss Preston.
Washington state superintendent:
Of public instruction and member
Of the Republican womeu's nation
al executive committee, born in
Minnesota 46 years ago today.
Charles E. Lydecker, New York
lawyer, president of the National
Security league, born in New York
City, 6S years ago today.
Colonel Washington A. Roebling,
the famous engineer who superin-
tended the construction OF the
Brooklyn bridge, born at Saxon
burg, Pa, 80 years ago today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
TllHEIlE DAILY SHORT STORY

Darcy Noble was a general favorite
young, bright-natured, just be-
ginning promising business life.
mother. Some, too, thought of Ar
line Drury, for it was very gener-
ally supposed that he was as good
as engaged to her.
By dusk strong, helpful hands,
with the aid of two stout teams, a
diver and strong chains had drag
ged the automobile out of the
water, wreck. Attached to it was
fragment of cloth torn from the
coat of its unfortunate driver, APP
parently as he and the machine
went down to destruction. The
body of the young man was not
discovered, however. It was
theorized that, stunned, he hao
fioated downstream, over the dam.
Search was made for two days aft
er that, but no trace was found or
the victim of the tragedy.
The widowed mother of young
Noble was crushed by the uneS-
pected bereavement. The friends
CT Darcy, including Airline Drury,
showed the deepest grief. Dale,
closest friend of Darcy, seemed
most deeply shocked and stricken.
at was my fault" he almost
wept. ooh, that / had never al
lowed him to take the machine!
warned him to be careful, know
ing that he was a mere novice at
the wheel. I shall never forgive
myself"
In vain, his friends demonstrated
that he was guiltless and taking
too greatly 70 heart an accident
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Food Idiosyncrssies.


When a patient declares she can
not take milk or eggs or tomatoes
or pork or something, just simply
cannot eat even a wee bit without
being all upset by it, it is custom
airy for the doctor to pooh-pooh the
notion and set it down as a within.
But we are gradually learning
things; If medical science contin-
ues for the next SOY years to keep
up the rate of advance she has
made the past SO years the doc
tors are going to really know as
much as they pretended to know
so years ago. No doctor knows as
much as he seems to know, and it
is discouraging to see the great
medical authority for the first time
he generally looks as though he
doesn't know enough to come in
out of the rain. When Mayo first
butted in on a scientific discus
sion at a great medical meeting all
the high brows present were
peeved at the country fellows au-
dacity-but before he finished his
remarks they were listening eager
ly. Not that the country doctor
looked particularly green, but he
wasn't made up in the popularity
accepted style of the eminent city
specialist Eminence in special
ism by the way, is about nine
tenths bluff and one-tenth ability.
We no longer deny fod idiosyn-
cracies, we merely give them an
other name. The peculiar disturb
ance caused in certain individuals
by milk, egg, lobster, strawberries,
oatmeal, pork, buckwheat or other
food is known as allergy or ana
phylaxis. Be it just hives, or cry
thromelalgia (big red PAIN, or
erythema general itching rash)
or angio-neurotic edema dwelling
or eczema, or a severe digestive up
of eczema, or severe digestive up
set, it is produced by some protein
(nitrogenous substance) in the
food, to which protein the individ-
uaI is "sensitized" in some I'M
known way. II the particular pro-
tein can be determined as it US
ually can by means Of skin innoc-
ulation tests with various purified
proteins available for the purpose
the victim may be relieved of his
allergy or idiosyncrasy, and Incl
dentally of the disturbance de-
pendent on it, by gradually increas-
ing doses of the protein hypoder-
mically administered over a reason
able period of weeks. This is
known as desensitization, and with
patience and perseverance and
TIME (Which, alas, costs money.
desensitization offers an excellent
chance for prolonged if not per-
manent relief from a great many
troubles due to allergy.
One curious circumstance in
cases of known food idiosyncracies
or anaphylaxis is that, for a linn
tied time after a vey uncomforta-
BILE reaction to the particular food,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
In the Days News

Fifty-two years old today is
Queen Mary-her full baptismal
name is Victoria Mary Augusta
Louise Olga Pauline >Claudine Ag-
nes-whose popularity with the
British people has increased each
year since she came to the throne.
Her majesty was born at Kensing-
ton palace, London, May 26. 1867.
the eldest child of the ate duke
and duchess of Teck. The early
years of the future queens life
were, for the most part, unevent1
full. When she had finished her
studies she was taken on short
trips to France, Holland, Bavaria,
Italy and other places. In 1891
she became engaged to the duke
of Clarence, eldest son of the
prince of Wales edward VIII,
but before the date of the mar
rage the duke fell a victim OF
pneumonia and passed away. His
death left Prince George, his bro
Their, heir presumptive to the
throne, and to him, by one of the
curious decisic ms of fate, not al
ways confined to royal families.
Princess Mary, as she then was
known, afterward became engaged.
The royal marriage took place in
1893, and seven years later the
death of King Edward called the
young couple to the throne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
RECALLED TO LIFE.
By Cecille Langd0n.

western Newspaper Unlon.)
Tragedy deep and direful had
spread a settled gloom over the
quiet little village. 1t had come
. with a force and suddenness or d
thunder blast At midafternoon a
farmer with frenzied face and hor-
ror-haunted eyes had driven into
the town at wild speed, his horses
in lather, his lips parched and
trembling. He had circled to the
curb where the marshal stood, and
lad brought the wagon to a halt
and the horses to their knees with
shock.
Something terrible!" he painted
forth. AT the river young Darcy
Nobel He was driving an automo-
bile. 1t slid from the roadway
across the Flat Rock and plunged
into the river. man and all. Oh,
it was awful"
There was an instant uproar and
excitement. The town officer sprang
to the seat of his motorcycle ana
made for the familiar spot des-
cribed. others hurried after him.
Soon the s1anting shore of Elk
river was crowded with an awed,
agitated throng.
1T was Willis Days new auto
mobile" spoke one of the crowd.
II noticed Darcy came down the
street with it not Is minutes ago.
He wasn't much used to it, reckon
and made a wrong turn.
The bystander spoke a name
kyery dear to the toEnspeople-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Today's Events

Club women from all parts of the
William G. McAdoo. James w. Ger
c., today for the biennial council
meeting of the general federation
of Women's clubs.
A referendum is to be taken to-
day in the city of Three Rivers,
Quebec, on a proposal to abolish to-
tai prohibition and allow the sale OF
wine and beer.
After a recess of two weeks the
Ohio legislature reassembles today
to make another attempt to enact
laws for the enforcement of state
wide prohibition, which is to be-
come effective in Ohio tomorrow.
The New York committee for the
league of nations is to give dinner
at the Hotel Commodore tonight al
which the speakers will include
ada, Mexico Hawaii and Florida to
ard, Miss Elizabeth Marbury and
other persons of note.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 have
been corresponding with a friend
fer about one and a half years. He
was sent to France and our CORE
spondence continued. He came
back to the United States and
while he was at camp he wrote
the time and did not answer for
several days. / wrote the address
he sent me on the envelope and his
letter was returned to me. l al
ways write on my envelopes, RE
turn in Five Days TO-" etc. Wheth-
er this had anything TO do with my
misfortune l do not know. Do you
suppose he has been moved to an
other camp and that the letter
would have reached him il / had
not requested its return?
want our correspondence to
continue. and l am afraid that he
will think he has not had a letter
from me because l am tired of his
letters. BROWN EYES.
1t is probable that the young
man has been mustered out and
will return home in a short time.
Send a letter to his home address
and. IL he is not there. his people
will see that the letter is for
warded.
Do not be afraid that the corre-
spondence will cease He probably
will write to you to find out why
he has not heard from you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
girl 16 and have been going with
boys for about two years, but
cannot keep the company of one
boy for any length of time. He
quits or l quit him. All the boys
around here haven't any manners
and / can't stand them. They are
always trying to kiss me and l will
ret stand for it. l am large for my
age and think it is all right to go
with the boys just to and from
parties. as my parents trust me and
do not care.
think l am real interesting, but
l suppose l am not the kind of girl
they are looking for.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Today's Anniversaries

1746-Jonathan Edwards. Jr.. the
remarkable son of the great
theologian and metaphysi-
clan, born at Northampton
Mass. Died at Schenectady
N. Y, Aug. 1, 1901.
1S05-Napo1eon Bonaparte institut-
ed the order of the Iron
Cross of Italy.
1S55-The Pottawattomie execu-
tions took place il Kansas
1S64-Law creating Montana terri
tory out of portion OF
Idaho approved by President
Lincoln.
1S94-Governor of Colorado order
ed out the militia to sup
press riotous miners at
Cripple Creek.
1911-Mobile, Ala, celebrated the
200th anniversary OF its
founding.
1915-British battleship Triumph
torpedoed of Gallipoli pen
insula.
1916-AIsstrian continued their
advance into Italy, taking
many prisoners.
1917-Rome reported Italians had
broken Austrian lines on six
mile front and captured o.
900 prisoners.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Currency Initiation and Prices.

John J.AArnold vice president of the First
National bank of Chicago, has made state
ment on imitation and prices in which he says
it is futile for industry to wait for pre-war
commodity prices. Mr.. Arnold's statement is
being circulated by the U. S. information and
education service.
The Chicago banker dissents from the pop
ular opinion that the United States has become
the worlds banker" and points out that we
are creditor nation only and as such our
responsibilities are heavy ones, not without
dangerous possibilities. He says:
The situation which confronts US is
serious, and it may be necessary that
our government accept from the Euro
pean governments further government
bonds, or promises to pay, for the inter-
est which will be due from year 10 year.
It is desirable from every viewpoint
! that government financing should be dis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Brad'sBit O. Verse
AT LAST.

AT LAST
Comes now sweet peace at last,
and smiling, seems to say: I've
been through troubles vast, but
hope I'm home to stay" And we
admit it's fine to see the good old
girl come hack with eyes ashine
and auburn hair in curl; for we've
had aches and pains. and we have
aged a fright, and we've seen
frosts and rains since first she
hove in sight. Peace kidded US so
long with promises and things; her
plans kept going wrong, her pros
poets all had strings. All, we re-
joice to know this is no false
alarm. Now We can grab the hoe
and pulverize our farm and start
the wheels Of trade and boom the
busy mart and into business wade
with all eur soul and heart. Right
cheerily we'll twine the jasmine
and the rose, and cultivate the vine,
and cut out fears and woes Peace
wandered weary miles, through
lonely years she strayed; but now
with witching smiles she comes
undismayed. Wild, bearded gents
may screech, and bid her go
away; but they are wasting
speech; for peace has come to stay.
-CLEM BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

over which he had no control
Willis Daily became a changed man.
He went about hollow-eyed and de-
pressed. His first action was TO
visit the mourning mother and ar
range a lifelong pension for her.
She, too, tried to persuade him that
not in the remotest way could she
consider any responsibility on his
part in the untimely death of her
son. From the first he had evaded
Airline Drury. Then, one evening,
as he sat is his Office, drearily at
tempting to interest himself in a
book, there was a tap at the door,
and Airline and her cousin, Irma
Merrill, entered.
Their mission was sober, but
solacing Frank, outspoken, full of
keen human sympathy, Airline ap-
pealed to Dale to come out of his
mental gloom. Her sincerity won
his confidence. She invited him
to her home. Within a month she
had well-nigh won him from his
morbid mood. Then Willis Dale
made discovery that aroused a
new and distressing complication
-dexotedly, heart and soul, he
loved Airline Druryi
Abruptly he realized the abyss
into which he had fallen He was
shocked, crushed, at a conception
os the unnatural position in which
he found, himself 1t was life sac
rifice to even dream of supplanting
the dead man in the affections or
the supposed chosen one OF his
love. Airline must never suspect
the truth! Dale made all arrange
Iments to leave the village. at once
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
CARVING INSTRUCTIONS.

To Carve PorterhOuse Steak
The flank end should be removed
before cooking. This piece should
form the basis OF stew for a sec
ond meal. Both the tenderloin, on
the side with the fat and the sir
loin on the other side, should be
removed from the bone. The sec
lions are then cut in inch strips,
with the grain of the meat. This
provides for each serving a piece
of the tenderloin and piece of the
sirioin.
To Carve a SirIOin ROast.--Place
Roast on platter. skin side
up. Press fork well down into
center OF roast, hold it firmly with
the left hand. With the sharp
knife in the right hand cut in thin,
parallel slices from crisp fat to
bone, then slip the knife under
slices and cut from bone.
To Carve Rump-Press the fork
well down into the center of the
roast. Hold it firmly in the left
hand, and with the knife in the
right cut In thin. parallel slices,
with the grain of the meat. By so
doing, some of the less tender mus
Gle will be served with that which
is more tender. In France this
method of cutting with the grain
is preferred. as the juice, remains
in fibers of the meat rather than
running out into the platter. The
flavor seems to be better, but the
meat is not so tender, or as easily
masticated.
To Carve a FilIet Of Beef-Begin
At the thick end and cut diagonally
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Heart, g9oH!O1n0
74ti!IDHObLQmeC ~
BY TEMPLE
n MRC. ELIZABETH THONPYONT

Will you please tell me what you
think the matter is? ! am conEld-
cred good looking.
MUTT AND JEFF.
A girl who gives boys as much
thought and attention as you seem
to is too busy to give her mind the
proper chance to develop. A girl
OF your age ought to stay at homo
ey enings and read and study and
go to bed early.
Pay more attention to your girl
friends and your studies and In a
year or two you will have develop
ca a deeper. more interesting per
sonality.
Do not take it for granted that
you are interesting and good look
ing. Instead, never be satisfied
with your personality, but endeav-
or to improve it,
DO not kiss boys. You are right
ia refusing to do so. II the boys
you meet now are/not in your class,
let them go and wait for some one
more suitable.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am -
years old. There is a young man
in our neighborhood who is %
years old. He is very nice, manly
young fellow, with clean habits in
all respects as far as / know. He
wishes to go with me and ! would
enjoy his company-very much.
My brothers and sisters object
TO my going with him, because his
mother is considered one Of the
dirtiest housekeepers in the state
aside from that they have no OBJ
lection. Should that be considered
in my answer to him?
OF course he is not as neat a
dresser as other men we know, but
far above in many other ways.
ONE IN DOUBT.
II you like the boy. go with him
regardless OF his mothers house
keeping. Do not, however, have
him as your only friend. Perhaps
you can be a great help TO him so
that through your influence he will
learn to respect cleanliness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

continued at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Private enterprise should be
stimulated by private financing, which
will most quickly bring about de1atiOn.
The high cost of commodities and lag
Dor, of course, is partly due to the in
creased demand for raw materials and
the curtailment of production for peace
purposes.
The world today is glHtted with gov
eminent securities, which include both
bonds and the medium of circulation
known as currency, and the sooner we
begin the process of reducing both the
sooner can we figure on a lower cost
of living
From the standpoint of the student
of economies, it is absolutely futile for
peace industry to wait longer for pre-
war commodity prices, and everything
should be done to encourage the resump-
ton of peace business, which alone can
accomplish what we all desire.
In other words. the production Of new
wealth is absolutely essential for the re-
duction of costs. The normal way to re-
duce the price of wheat is through the
farm producing large quantity. That
is to say, We must place the emphasis
on greater prOQuCLlOn ralner Llan upon
consumption of commodities, while in
the field Of governmental securities the
opposite is the end to be accomplished"
Mr.. Arnold calls attention TO the fact tina
increasing loans and deposits in equal amounts
without limitations, shows no added strength
to an institution and may prove even danger
Gus. Loans within the power to pay are legiti
mate and reflect probably, healthy state o
affairs, but Mr.. Arnold points out that il
Europe government obligations have been mad,
beyond their ability to pay within stated pc
Rod. He calls attention, also, to the fact tina
much of the governmental borrowing has beef
for destruction rather than construction, and
much of the money in these loan
has been spent for things which produce Nd
wealth and have no earning power.
Mr.. Arnold suggests that the United State
use the interest paid by foreign countries OF
their loans for rehabilitation fund to be spen
in Europe which would mean that for the pc
riod OF time required for the rebuilding o
Europe we would be Ioaning our funds with
out interest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

War is such common thing nowadays that
most people have ceased to be Interested in any
fighting that does not involve their own coun-
try. 1t isn't likely that the British will grow
demonstrative over the fact that the commander
of the Afghan armies has sued for an armi-
stice Mighty few in this country knew that
Afghanistan was mixed up in the muss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

Republican high-tarif advocates going
to find it difficult to get the country to accept
prosperity as an issue. The country's prosper
ity is reflected in the enormous foreign trade
with the balance heavily on the side of exports
and the fact that the treasury departments call
of March showed the country banks to have
made the most notable increase on record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
Questions and Answers.

QueSu0ns and Answers.
Young and Innocent am II,
weigh just 116 pounds and 621z or
IS inches tall. Ny face and my
whole body are SO thin that peo-
pie think l am only IA years old. I
haven't much of an appetite.
Please DR.. Brady, tell me some
thing that will make me fat. with
out lot of red tape and exercise.
Even my beau says that he could
was fatter. MISS r. S. NJ.
Answer-If exercising makes
members of your sex fat, Rita,
there are a whole lot of women be-
tween 80 and 40 who must be work.
ing themselves to death. The nor
NAL average weight for a girl Of
II, 621z inches tall, is 118 pounds,
so you are not so skinny. How
ever, under 80 a moderate excess
of weight ia not only good to see
but good to have; it is after 80
that a moderate excess becomes a
menace to looks and to health. An
other point in the case is that a
girl under 20 scarcely needs a
U6dus Ldkc II Tue uOCIOIs
Rita, when ones beau admits he
could possibly love one a wee trifie
more under any circumstances,
one has another beau coming. Try
taking one yeastcake, mixed to
fluid consistence with water, fruit
juice or milk after dinner and after
supper every day for six or eight
weeks.
The Adventurous Age-We are
two girls of Is and we saw the
other night where girls of our age
should be taught the truths of life,
but when we ask our mothers any
questions they turn it OF by telling
US something far from the sub
ject. We want to know what the
charges are to go to a woman
physician for instructions which
we should have.
BETTY AND MABEL.
Answer-The charges would be
anywhere from zero to the usual
office consultation fees of the ply
stefan. Depends on the physician
and the girls. Send cents to the
American Medical Association, 535
North Dearborn street. Chicago,
ILL.,, for copies of these pamphlets
for girls: a. Margaret. the Doc
tors Daughter-for girls IL to IA;
(2) Lies Problems-for girls Is
to Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
o. D. K.

ana forever.
"A broken life, but better to re-
move its possible shadow from her
bright spirit" he uttered, as he
started for the railroad station to
begin a long, aimless journey. And
then he drew back, aghast. Pale
wretchedly thin, the mere ghost OF
his former self, Darcy Noble con-
fronted him.
He was so weak that he courd
scarcely stand, but at once and
briefly Darcy recited q terrible ex-
perience in the river, months OF
wandering, his mind a dull blur.
But now
Help me to the Merrill place,"
he pleaded to the mystified Dale,
Trina first-my jffianced wife!"
"Irma?" spoke Dale in a great
Imarveling gasp, and then the light
shown upon his mind, and his soul
was radiant as he tenderly uttered
the beloved name-"Arline''-
Willis Dale knew that all was well.
The word "gout" is derived from
the Latin "gutta"--a drop. the be-
lief being that govt was caused by
a mysterious, fluid being dropped
into the joints.
Great Tom" the chief bell of St
PauPs Cathedral in London, is toll
ed only on the death and funeral OF
any member of the royal family. or
of the bishop, the dean, or the lord
mayor.
King George has a scuttle made
from big German shell.
The eyes of starfish are in the
tips of their rays"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

Representative Johnson, chairman of the
immigration committee of the house, has the
right idea in regard to putting up the bars
against aliens till the United States has either
Americanized or deported all its present for
eign element. The melting pot has all it can
take care of for few years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26

The flag of the new Irish republic is flying
over the Irish national bureau. Its colors are
white, green and orange. When the Celts put
orange and green together their standard
and rally under it to do battle, not with each
other but with a common enemy. Great Britain
may as well throw up the sponge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-26
The War a Year Ago

Italian troops broke through
Austro German defensive on lower
Piave front.
English transport IIeasowe Cas-
tie sunk in Mediterranean by sub
marine, with loss of over 100 lives.