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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

f, offered ourselves to several auto
mobiles.
At that moment a huge machin'
rolled heavily by.
There goes a piece of junk" saiC
Tim The lady in the machine mus
have heard him, for the car came
TO and she motioned for US to get in
Going our way?" she asked
smiling at US.
Thanks, lady" replies Tim ell
bowling me aside as he climbed
aboard.
Dust your feet" 1 whispered t.
Tony as he was about to climb in.
"Whatta you mean,. dusta my
feet?" shouted Tony wrathfully
you go head an dusta your feet.
l look out for my feet all right"
What did he want yer to do
Tony" asked Tim in a loud voice
"Dusta my feet" answered Tony
greatly injured.
What yer dom, Oswald?" asks
Tim sarcastically, ''tryin' to drag us
up?"
Il only spoke for the best" 1 an
swered, sick at heart.
"Ha. hal" grated Tim. guess
you think we amt never rode in
one of these wealthy wagons be-
FORE"
Aren't you rather young?" asked
the lady soOthingly of the Spider"
who by virtue of his mechanical ex-
perience in civil life had been given
first class rating. Aren't you
rot n
things on your arm?'
Yes" answered the Spider"
promptly, but l kin do a lot of
tricks"
The conversation languished
from this point.
I'VE always take our boys to
dinner, don't we, dear?" said the
lady to her husband a little later.
Yes, dear" he answered meekly,
just like that.
Expectant silence from the four
OF us.
Have you boys had dinner?" the
lady asked.
Certainly not" we cried, with an
earnestness that gave the lie to our
statement. mo dinner!"
4NOhO at ehlls duuSu 1 LII LuOuSuI-
fully.
The autimobile drew up at a lax
plate-glass house that fairly made
the Spider" itch.
Gosh" he whispered to me, look
ing at the porch, that wouldn't
be hard for me-"
During the dinner he kept sort
of lifting and weighing the silver
and then looking at me and wink
ing in an obvious manner.
mot many people here tonight, :"
said Tony from behind his plate.
why, there is the usual num-
ber," said the husband in surprise,
my wife and myself live alone"
"Oh," said Tony, looking around
at the tremendous dining hall. 81
thought this was a restaurant"
Tim started laughing then, and
he hasn't stopped yet. He's so
proud he didn't make the mistake
himself
The Spider" didn't open his
mouth save for the purpose of eat
ing. He told me he was afraid his
teeth would chatter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
Spilled Beans.
effects.

Something always happens to interfere with
the program of the Republicans for the cleo
ton of member Of the state supreme court
in the Fourth district, and that is why there
has been a Democrat sitting on the bench from
this part Of the state for many years
Rock Island Republicans who attended the
convention at Bushnell Tuesday are agreed
that the delegates selected the weakest candi-
date before them and they confess that this
county spilled the beans. Mr.. Wilson was run
ming along about third and was not conceded
much show when experimenting by shifting
support to vary the monotony of the repeated
roll calls began. This county gave the Quincy
man 20 Of its "a votes on the 171st ballot
simply to see what would happen-and it found
out.
1t was a fuke, pure and simple and it is
causing much dissatisfaction among members
Of the party, especially in this end of the
district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
Brad's Bit o. Verse
Clenenman.

Clemeneeau.
Now, looking backward, I recall
the darksome days OF gloom and
pail, when bowling hordes of wrath
and hate were laundering at Paris
gate, and heroes wrote their names
sublime upon the crimson scroll of
time. How brave he doomed
mid his brave Clan-Clemenceau,
Frances grand old mani Where
threatened ruin and defeat, he saw
the form of victory sweet; hts voice
rang out through all the din, that
might would lose and right would
win; the soul OF liberty and truth
endowed his age with deathlesS
youth. From hall OF state to camp
and base he went with tireiess
tiger pace, his mind alert, his heart
aglow, his dauntleTs front toward
the foe, a plumed knight, bearing in
his hand the lily banner of his land.
'Tis fitting that he should preside,
this warrior-statesma true and
tried. For he reflects the vast de-
sire OF nations tempered by the
fire; the visions new, the onward
gaze TO nobler, greater, grander
days; the soul serene through
stress and chance; the symbol, not
alone OF France, but OF the world
that is to be, unconquered, calm.
heroic, free.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
! With Other Editors
Lawless Fanaticism.

The suffrage fanatics in Washington are
at it again.
Sixty-1ve members of the national women's
party, the eve of vote in the senate which
killed the suffrage amendment, staged the
largest watchfre demonstration yet held in
front of the White house. They did not con-
tent themselves this time with burning the
speeches of the president in the cauldron but
burned in effigy the president of the United
States.
The act was a shameful one; disgrace to
the suffragists of the United States, and the
news columns which chronicle the arrest OF
80 of the women who committed the desecra-
ton would satisfy the minds of the readers
to a greater extent if they told of the arrest
of every last one of the perpetrators with
the added information that they had been given
prison sentences.
Such a demonstration cannot help but en-
courage the opponents of law among the worst
elements which are infesting these United
States at the present time-I. W. WIS, Bolshe-
visits and red flag Socialists. We feel assured
that the women of the country who earnestly
desire the passage of the amendment are heart
lily opposed to such scenes as the one which
took place in front OF the White house on the
eve of Feb. 9-Des Moines Capital.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
TlH+lE5 DAILY SHORT STORY

! for him to the great factory, and
reported back to the somewhat anx-
ious Gerald at the Morton home
promptly.
Evenings Hugo kept close to Lima
whenever she took a stroll, as
though his master had conferred
upon him the dignity of companion
and protector.
Aaron Todd had ceased to annoy
Lima by continuing his unwelcome
attentions, but she shfvered as of
ten during the day she noted him
staring at her in a sinister way.
One evening she was at the gate of
her hone enjoying the balmy even
ing air when q girl she knew as
Eta Pearce approached. She was
4 rough, boisterous creature who
had been discharged from the plant
q week previous, and Lima had new
er been familiar with her.
"Mollie Burns wishes to see you,
Lima" spoke the Pearce girl. She
is ill, and asked me to get you to
come to her"
The unsuspecting Lima accom-
panied Eta, who led the way final
ly down dark street with few
houses. At one of those she halt
ed and started up an unlighted
stairway.
Hold my hand in this dismal
place." she directed Lima, and then
after proceeding a few steps she
abruptly thrust Lima into a lighted
room, and slammed the door.
Neither had noticed that Hugo
had kept closely behind them all
OF the time, nor that he slipped past
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

Lima, and, all pretty confusion but,
oh, so happy eyedl left Gerald TO
himself. A few minutes later her
sweet voice echoed from the gar
den as If expressing some great
joy.
Lima did not try to hide from her
self that she loved Alan Blair, and
Alan Blair was only waiting for
the fitting opportunity TO assure
himself of the fact. Lima worked at
a large envelop manufacturing
plant where a great many girls
were employed. AS well Aaron
Todd, an under foreman, who was
a distant cloud in the otherwise
clear sky OF her existence. He was
q suilen, dark-broWed fellow who
had pestered her by forcing his
company upon her ever since she
had begun work at the plant. Only
the day previous she had resented
his walking home with her, had told
HIM clearly that she had thought
nothing of him and never would,
and shuddered even now as she re-
called g. fiercely hfssed out threat
that 'she, should suffer for her con-
tenptl" a
Hugo was disloyal to his new
keeper and promptly followed Lima,
with whom he was great favorita,
1t seemed as though the sensible
Snimal comprehended the interest
Of his absent master in Lima, for
the next morning when she started
for work he trotted by her side
eieaF TO the plant. Equally inteIII-
gent, Hugo appeared to cOmpFe-
bend that there wes no admIttRRee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
Warning SIGNALS Of Cancer.

Warning Signals of Cancer.
One of every ten women and one
In every thirteen men die of can
Ger. Cancer occurs, therefore, in
every family now and then. Cancer
is not inherited. 1t is not com
municable from person to person
The cause of the disease is I'M
known, but we know that an abnor-
NAL, irregular or unrestrained
growth of the ordinary cells of the
structure or organ involved con-
stitutes cancer-an anarchy in the
body. We also know that prolong-
ed or frequent irritation, injury OF
| illuse of the part involved by can
Ger is the usual history.
Cancer of the stomach consti-
tutes one-third of all cancers in
men. The early warning signals
of cancer of the stomach are dys-
pepsia beginning after the age OF
40 years, dyspepsia of an obstinate
character, with loss of weight and
gradually increasing pallor or sal
lowness.
Cancer of the womb constitutes
about one-half of all cancers in
women. The early warning sign3Is
are an unusual bleeding or any I'M
usual discharge beginning in a wo-
man over 35, and especially in q
mother of several children. Pain
is generally not an early Symptom
of cancer.
Cancer of the breast is about %
times more frequent in women than
in men. The early warning signals
are the appearance of a lump OF
hard spot, often painless, in the
breast, with or without kernels
or enlarged lymph nodes in the
armpit or the side affected.
Cancer of the lip begins much
like herpes C'cold sore"), but the
sore proves obstinate and slowly
increases in depth.
Cancer of the skin, most fire.
quently appearing on the cheek
near the nose, usually develops in
the site of a trifiing wart or pimple
or mole which has been present for
years, and the early warning sig
nails are a tendency to excessive
bleeding or frequent bleeding from
slight injury.
Pain is generally not felt by the
victim of cancer in the earliest
stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
Hoart 1pHyOm0
14,99(DTODIQ1ncC "
V Z MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: ] am a
married woman and have two big
girls. l work hard in q factory and
buy everything for the house. My
husband is awfully mean to me.
He doesn't want my girls to have
company and he doesn't want me
to go any place or talk to any one.
He does hardly anything except sit
around and dream of something.
When | talk to him he doesn't an
sWer. He is cruel to me at times;
he curses me and often strikes me.
He comes home angry at times and
doesn't know what he is angry at.
l really don't know what TO dc.
l sometimes think l am a big fool
for living with such a man. | am
heartbroken nearly all the time.
d. +. +.
You are too patient with your
husband. He should either do his
part to keep up expenses and make
the home happy, or leave. Since
you earn the money anyway you
would be happier to live alone with
your children. A few months of
separation might teach him a les
son and show him that he would
have to do his part to keep you.
would not advise you to tolerate a
man who brings you only uDhappi-
Ress.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am a
girl twenty-five years old. Circum-
stances forced me to lead a Sc
cluded life compared with other
girls. Now that l get out more
find that l know almost nothing.
cannot make friends. have little
confidence in myself, due probably
to no encouragement and big dose
of criticism. My folks take no per-
sonal interest in me or any of us
for that matter, not because they
don't care, but out of habit, sup
pose.
get very discouraged and lone
some and am getting so l don't
care. Nothing interests me greatly
NOT even my music.
Scold if you wish, but please tell
me what to do. STUPID.
You need a change of environ
ment. If you are not working, get
a position ond gain confidence in
yourself through accomplishment,
Congenial work will make a differ
ent girl of you. In case you are
working now, look around for an
other Job. Anyone Is apt 10 get
into a regular rut after staying at
the same thing for several years.
Read magazines and books. and at
tend lectures, churches and the
theater Above all, keep active. II
you are not idle you will soon be
doing things which will interest
you and impress others fayorably.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We arc
two girls seventeen years old. We
have a girl friend who is little
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
Household Hints

pleasing favor and are good for the
children.
Baked Crumb Souffle-Soak one
half cup stale bread crumbs in one
cup milk until soft. Beat four egg
yolks until very light and lemon
colored and add one and one-quar-
ter teaspoons salt. a dash of pep
per and the softened crumbs. Fold
into this mixture the stiffly beat
en- whites of four eggs. Turn into
a well-greased baking dish and
bake in a moderate oven.
Plain Fritters - Beat two eggs
without separating them, until
Light. Add one cupful of milk, a
half teaspoonful of salt, and sufii-
cient -four (abOut one and a half
cupfuls) to make a thin batter.
Beat we'll: add two level teaspoon
fuls of baking powder; beat again,
and drop by tablespoonfuls in hot
deep fat When brown on one side.
turn and brown the other. Serve
with powdered sugar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

Lima into the room and snuggled
down into a corner.
Lima gave a great start. She
turned white to the lips as she was
confronted by Aaron Todd. sheer
ing. wicked-eyed as ever, and she
knew that she was in a tran.
You won't scream" he observed.
for no one will hear you. I told
you was bound to marry you, and
l shall. An automobile is waiting
outside; clever Eta will go with us
as witness, and ten miles safely
away from here a clergyman is
waiting. II you rebel it will be a
close prison till you consent"
Lima uttered a loud scream
Hugo sprang to his feet. She
backed to the door but Todd inter
cepted her. He seized Lima by the
arm A low but distinct warning
growl issued from the throat of the
watchful Hugo. Then
One spring and the animal was
at the throat of Todd. The impact
OF the assault drove Todd off his
footing. He went backward. his
head striking the floor with a
crash, and lay still and motionIess.
Lima lied like the wind from the
room and house, passed the aston
ished Eta at the doorway, Hugo
guarding her swift retreat Then.
once safe at home, Hugo planted
himself in front of the house on
guard for his beloved mistress.
For such she became In fact when
Alan Blair returned, and after Todd
and his INSCRIPTIONS accomplice
had vanished from their lives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
BY Jessie Ethel sherwin.

BY Jessie ELnet 6n6TRiu.
"You're as good as engaged,
Lima" spoke her brother Gerald,
aged twelve, with a,gIeeful iaugh,
cAnd to whom. pray7'' inquired
Lima, and she flushed and fluttered
as she guessed what HIS reply
would be.
@Of course there's only one young
man you would care about" said
Gerald with a shrewd twinkle in his
eyes, "and that IS Alan Blair. He's
going away for a week and he has
hired mo TO take care OF Hugo. l
get two dollars for the job and we
are to house the dog here. Is that
ali right?''
Lima made no demur, She and
Hugo had always been good friends.
la she7t, chunky but powerful bull
nun, Hugo essentially minded his
own business and was well be-
hayed, except when he or his friends
were imposed upon, Then he be-
cane a furious WhiriWind OF ae-
ten.
skIF, BfaiF took me through his
room TO get Hugo" narrated Ger
aid, "Say, sis, he's got your photo
on the naHtel and a faded rose
bud tied to a frame with q ribbon.
Way, sayf your cheeks look like
FoseBEds now, What's the mat
teE, eAf"
fYeu ridiculous teFHsHt!" eFied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
CIR Rnll nf Nnttnr

Clarence Lindman, Chicago. %.
Daniel Francis Long. Chicago.
Joseph Mass, Chicago.
Jesse Pierce, Council Bluffs
Iowa.
Nick N. Kubic, Chicago.
Marius Larsen, Viola, Iowa
Stanley p Lynch, Alton, Ill
Edwin p. Schulz, Lena, Ill.
Jim V. Spratt, Chicago.
(SECTI0N TWO.
Wounded Severely.
LIEUTENANTS.
Jack NJ. Logan, Des Moines, Iowa
Earl C. Miller, Charles City. Iowa
PRIVATES.
Carl B. Cain, Sioux City, Iowa
Robert J. Carlson, Chicago.
Wilgot Anderson, Rockford, III.
James e. Grimm. Mendoza, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

older than we are and che is nj
ways bossing us around. What can
We do TO make her stop doing this
without hurting her feelings?
TINA AND MATILDA.
Never do what she tells you to,
if you don't want to. If she is over
bearing tell her that she is over
stepping her bounds when she tries
to run your affairs. Try not TO
hurt the girls feelings, but always
maintain your independence even
if she does not like il. She will re-
spect you more in the end.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: After vis-
iting and upon returning home
would it be all right TO write TO the,
boy first or 10 wait for him TO
write. One boy insisted upon nv
writing to him. Should 1 do so?
PUR.
1t is customary for the boy 10
write first. But since you have
been requested to write, it will be
all right to do so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13
Tried Recipes.

Cranberry Tarts - Line muffin
pans with plain pastry. trim edges
realty. Fill with cranberry sauce.
Lay strips of pastry crosswise over
the tops. Bake in a quick over.
Sprinkle powdered sugar over them.
Corn Fritters-To one cup of
corn add salt, pepper. half a cup
of -four sifted with a little baking
powder, one tablespoon of butter
melted and two we'll beaten eggs.
Fry on a griddle by the spoonful
and serve very hot.
Fried Oatmeal Cakes-Using left
over oatmeal from breakfast. Make
into little cakes. Roll in bread
crumbs and fry until brown on both
sides. Serve with or without syrup.
Baked Apples-Put three or four
raisins in the hole OF each apple,
then sugar, and then a small lump
OF butter, and bake in the usual
way. The raisins give the apples
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

Aug. live were standing on
a street corner or a neighboring
town. The party consisted of Tim,
the barkeep, the Spider" and indi-
vidual who modestly acknowledged
credit for having brought relief to
several over-crowded safes in the
good old civilian days; Tony, who
delivered ice in my district also
in those aforementioned days, and
myself These gentlemen for some
time had been allowing me to exist
in peace, and L had been showing
my gratitude by buying them what
ever little dainties they desired, but
such a comfortable state of affairs
could not long continue with that
bunch. Suddenly, without any pre-
vious consultation, as if drawn to-
gether as it were by some fiendish
undercurrent, they decided to make
me unhappy-me, the only guy that
spoke unbroken English in the
crowd This is the way they ac-
complished their low ends. When
the next civilian came along they
all of them shouted at me in tones
that could be heard by all passers-
by:
Here comes a Civilian buddy;
he'll give you a quarter"
do you need some money, my
boy?" said the old gentleman to me
in kindly voice.
"No, SIR" l stammered, getting
red all over, thank you very
much, but 1 really don't need any
money"
IronicaI laughter from my friends
in the background.
"Oh. no." cries Tim sarcastically,
he don't need no money. Just
watch him when he sees the color
of It"
Don't hesitate, my son." contin-
need anything l would be glad to
help you out"
mo, SIR" 1 replied, turning away
to hide my modification, every
thing is all right"
Poor but proud" Kisses the
Spider" The old gentleman pas
sed on, sorely perplexed.
For some time | was a victim of
this crude plot. When l tried to
move away they followed me around
the streets, crying after me:
amy civilian will give you a
quarter. Go on an ask them"
Several ladies stopped and asked
if they could be of any service to
me. / assured them that they
couldn't, but all the time these low
sailors whom l had been feeding
lavishly kept jeering and intimating
that / was fooling and would take
any amount of money offered me
from a dime up. This shower of
statements always left
the kind-hearted people in a con-
fused frame of mind and broke me
up completely. | had to chase one
man all the way down the street
and hand him back the quarter he
had thrust into my hand. My
friends never forgave me for this.
At length, firing of their sport,
they desisted and stood gloomily on
the curb as sailors do, looking idly
at nothing.
ut don't look like we was ever
going to get a hitch" said the
Spider" after we had abandonedly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

One of the first acts of the new German
government, it is said, will be to raise new
army and put it an effective footing Mar
shall Foch says he needs 100000 men to keep
the world safe for democracy. and France
wants a permanent International army. In
this country the house has just voted $721,-
100000 for the navy, part of which is to be
used in building ten new battleships. Plainly
universal peace propaganda has not made
much Roadway so far.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

Washington, Feb. 13.-The casu-
atty list made public today has a
total of 1928 names.
(SECTION 0NR).
Killed in Action.
PRIVATES.
John Madison. McLeansboro. Ill.
Died of Disease.
PRIVATES.
William G. Metz, Chicago.
Ernest ]. Butler, Kiron, Iowa
Adolphus B. Curtis. Charleston,
Ill.
Floyd Holton, Decatur, Ill.
Wounded Severely.
CORPORALS.
Hayier Coleman, Chicago.
Charles James Croft, Chicago.
Louis Holmes, Chicago.
PRIVATES.
Ollie L. Larson, West Pullman,
Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

BolsheVists believe those who have no prop
erty should seize the effects of those who have.
Then the latter, reduced to the extremity OF
the proetariat, would turn around and take
their own again and so the process would go
on till either the property or the people be-
came worn out Then there would be a Boil
shevist millennium.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

One American correspondent who is in
Paris says the French so thoroughly anti
German that they are not prepared to agree
to anything that is acceptable to Germany.
They can scarcely be blamed for their attitude,
in view of what has happened, but that doesn't
make it any easier to arrange an early and
permanent peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

prohibition commissioner is proposed for
Illinois to command the forces waging war
against liquor law violators. II he turns out
like the game commissioners and heads of a
number of other departments we have had, the
bootlegging fraternity well afford to pay
his salary,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-13

That there are over ten millions of
naturalized aliens in this country is the sur
prising statement of Raymond F. Crist, deputy
commissioner of naturalization. Plainly the
melting pot has a long run ahead even if i'm
migration is stopped at once.