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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

carry out while he was away.
Well, he came back at NE by ask
ing why | was so unhappy. I am
not happy, but it has never been
discussed with any one. and I have
always been considered happy go
lucky" He is the first person who
seemed TO understand me at all,
and l believe he knows my very
thoughts.
We finally discussed everything
from Office routine to plans for the
home. He is so very interesting,
Our ideas are a great deal alike.
We ended our party on the door
steps. and he asked me TO marry
him when he caPe back. / was SO
dumfounded / couldn't think.
l don't know what 10 do. l have
been reasonably happy until now,
considering what my life has been.
have written lots and lots Of his
personal letters in the last IS
months and | feel that / can safe
ly say that his chara cter is above
Teproach, and / know that 1 do
love him. ! have never had a love
affair before, could Il be a passing
fancy? l felt last night that /
couldn't even leave him until he
could go away TO finish. up his bus
mess out of town. Shall I accept
him when he comes back? Could
l, in the years TO come, make him
happy? Would he tire of me be-
cause / am not his equal from a.
social and educational standpoint?
] fully realize that l am not He
Hav
think could make him happy?
DESPONDENT.
Tell the man that you must
know him better before you can
become engaged. If. after a few
months friendship you find that
you love each other, marry. II
you strive To improve yourself in
the years TO come he will not tire
OF you. You can make him proud
of you socially If you study and
observe. Yes, ! believe you can
make him happy If you try.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 7 am A
young married woman Of 20 and /
am not happy. Ny husband does
not love me as much as he did be-
fore We we're married. He objects
to my kissing him and when I say
anything about il he says there is
not use in kissing | only kiss him
when he leaves the house. He says
he has more TO do than 10 kiss.
Do you think he still loves me?
A. b. c.
l believe your husband still loves
you but is not affectionate. Do not
let him be TOO sure OF your love for
him When you 90 places do not
explain. Let him feel little mys-
terry connected with you and he
will be all the more interested and
in love with you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

stand long in their way. when the opportunity
to skyroeket prices thus presented itself. And
so the market scared, quotations reaching lev
els far above those recorded previous to the
announcement of the plans for a campaign
against prices.
Little further serious attention was given
the governments campaign as far as the busy
market traders were concerned. They had
halted listened to the announcement and pre-
scented a bearish market for a day. That
should be sufficient!
But while going about their business
these gentlemen always keep one ear to the
ground. Nobody knows better than they the
true state of affairs. What they know they act
upon. With true human instinct when forced
to defend themselves or their dollars they do
so regardless of consequences to others.
And it now seems there is greater ten
dency to take seriously the governments ac-
ton against prices. After bearish market for
several successive days, during which grain,
provisions and hog prices have steadily de-
clined, despite all attempts to bolster quota
tons by various means of artificial treatments,
the admission is made that there is:
"a growing conviction that the agitation
against the high cost of living is achieving
results
That is significant,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
In the Days News

Marion Leroy Burton, who reaches
his 45th birthday today, occupies a
high place in the educational world
as president of the University of
Minnesota. He is a native of Iowa,
grew up a farmers boy and found
his way to Minneapolis, where, in a
measure, he was dependent on self
support For three years he at
tended Carleton college. where he
made a record OF unusual schOIas-
tic ability Then followed a period
OF school teaching. ordination to
the ministry in the Congregational
denomination and service on the
faculty of the Yale Divinity school.
He was called to be pastor OF the
Church OF the Pilgrims, in Brook
lyn and it was there that the trus-
tees OF Smith college found him. in
1909, and induced him to accept the
presidency of that well known in
stitution for the higher education
Of women. Two years ago he left
Smith college tn accept the presi
dency OF the University Of Mime
SNkA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
Our Soldier Dead Over There.

Varying opinions have been expressed as
to whether the bodies Of the American boys
who died in battle for human freedom should
be removed from the soil of France, conse-
Grated by their blood and brought back TO the
land that gave them as a sacrifice to the holy
aims that made for all civilized nations a holy
and common cause
The custom of the United States govern
ment. we are reminded, has been to deliver
the dead, from whatever distance, to the earth
Of the mother land, where possible. But now
with tens of thousands of our boys lying along
the old battle fronts. and scattered here and
there near the. sites of former hospitals
throughout France, the undertaking would be
gigantic and costly. Expense it would be IN
seemly to reckon, but General Pershing and
the French government oppose the suggestion
of removing American dead for several reasons
The French are eager to perpetuate their
gratitude by providing noble resting places for
Americans who died on her soil. The process
of opening old scars of earth to remove on a
wholesale scale the pitiful bones which no low
ing eve ever be permitted to behold is
ropellant to French sentiment. To this the
Burlington Gazette adds
"A national cemetery for American dead in
a beautiful countryside which they died to save
is as appealing the thought of the great ma
tional cemetery. at Gettysburg"
And il IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
T Tile DAILY SHORT STORY

just as 1 seated myself at a table
from the next there arose Z young
man and a yelled lady The former
wore a beard, the latter colored
glasses, but knew them at once.
Rafael, my dear friend" l ex-
liberated. rushing up to him and
Selling his arm il a transport. In
a fash he turned, casting a sweep
ing glance over the crowded room
and said hurriedly:
Not that name in public. Follow
as if casually until we get clear Of
this place"
1 handed Rafael my card. TO
night" he said in low, cautious
tone. And it may be late"
AT any hour; shall be waiting
up for you, l replied, and they hur-
ried away, Teresa with a slight re-
sponsive movement of her hand.
1t was after midnight when
Brose tapped at the door of my
studio. He fingered at the thresh-
old for a moment or two. peering
sharply down the street stairway as
though fearful of being followed.
1t was a strange story that Ra-
faeI told me. For the sake of his
sister he had fed from his native
land to evade the desperate menace
of the vendetta that had been
sworn against them His uncle had
died, bequeathing all he owned to
them, but it was in q shape where
slow .liquida1ion would be neces-
sarJ.
His DEALINGS had been mainly
with a large'uU11ber of foreigners
Rafael had taken up his abode and
that if his sister IN the poor quar-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
HEALTH TAl KS
BY WILLIAM e BRADY ND.
ptYsoAh1 Alkp- AIlTttoR
How to Restore Breathing.

How to Restore Breathing.
Dear Doctor:
When someone asked you how
to restore a person overcome by
gas exhaust fumes carbon mon
oxide) in a closed garage, writes
"a reader, your answer WIS that
artificial respiration BY the Schaf-
er method should be given, and
you said every intelligent person,
let alone every Boy Scout, should
be capable of applying Schafer' S
method. Now, l am not a Boy
Scout, and not very intelligent, for
have never heard of Schafer's
method A member of my family
was overcome while working un-
der a car running in a closed gar
age, and he nearly succumbed.
Please describe this Schafer artifi-
cial desperation.
All right, L. z. B., here goes. You
can apply this artificial respira-
ton in any emergency, such as
drowning, gas asphyxiation, cleo
trio shock or narcotic poisoning.
This is a life-saving measure with
in the capacity of everyone from
eight years upward
Here is the method. Cut it out
and keep it.
Artificial desperation
By the prone pressure( Schafer)
method:
l. Place the subject prone on
the ground or floor (that is, belly
DOWN., with the face turned to
one side and the palms on the
ground beside or above the head,
and kneel astride the subjects
hips.
2 Place your palms OF the
small of the subjects back, SO that
your thumbs rest about parallel
with the spine and two or three
inches from the spine and your
fingers rest on the tanks over the
floating ribs. Lean forward, keep
ing your arms rigid at the elbow,
and let the weight of your upper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

Q. Why is Friday considered I'M
lucky? S. C.
A. 1t is supposed that Friday be-
gan to be considered unlucky from
the fact that Christ was crucifed
on that day.
Q. What are riparian rights?
T. W. G.
A. ,Th1 term riparian rights is
used in connection with the laws
governing ownership and use of
rivers and streams. For instance,
where opposite banks of unnav-
igable streams belong to different
persons, the stream and the bed
thereof are legally common to both.
The riparian rights of a landholder,
whose property is bounded by
water depend on riparian laws and
also on the wording of his title.
Q. Why is the public health SER
vice part Of the treasury depart
ment. R..
A. The public health service was
originally only a hospital service
for the merchant marine, supported
by a small tax levied on the wages
OF the men, and collected by the
customs division OF the treasury.
Thus cooperation with the treas
ury was very close, and in 1900
when the work was enlarged it
was made a part of the treasury
department 1t is only since 1912
that it has been known as the pub
lie health service.
Q. How should exquisite be pro-
nounced? q. G. c.
A. Standard dictionaries give the
pronunciation eks Xvi zit, with tho
accent on the first syllable.
@. Who was the Indian Queen
Esther? J. F.
A. Queen Esther MontoUr was an
Indian chieftainess, reputed to have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
N5odM
BS669
Street Car Comedy.

"when's this high cost of living going to
end?"
search me-"
Who's to blame?"
Everybody that's got anything to sell"
What's the idea, anyway"
well, you know the adage, that cleanli-
ness is next to GodEness?
I've heard of II"
We'll. most of the people are too dirty
with coin, that's the only answer 1 can guess.
At least. most of EN- spend money as though
they had more than they needed So the fell
lows who have things to sell have decided to
clean them. Get me"'
The former kaiser insists on absolute 81
lence while being shaved. We know one way
to make him talk. Just let the razor swinger
nick him in the chin.
Prices Of food and wearab1es probably Will
remain up, but the leaves will soon begin to
fall, anyway.
Ignatz wants to know, would the waterfall
for the modern mermaid?
"a government" observes one Oscar Crosby.
sis merely group of men wearing trousers
And if they didn't wear trousers, what, then?
Leon Cavallo is dead, but for years to come
the world of music will have cause to remem-
Der gratefully his genius. His body will lie
dead, but great voices will pour out his pas
sionate arias and move human hearts to a
realization of the power Of music.
The Chicago Builders exchange has pre-
scented shoes to several Chicago millioDaires.
OF course if the gifts had been made TO some
poor devils who really needed the shoes the
newspapers wouldn't have made reference to
the incident and therefore there wouldn't have
been any advertising for those involved. Oh.
printers ink! What crimes are committed in
thy name
-.
for wheat caused the high price of corn and
meat. But had it anything to do with the price
of brick. lumber. and other non-agricutural
products?
Some are calling it the Plum plan. Mr.
Plumb you know. wants the government to OPP
crate the railroads.
The slogan of the prohibs ought to be- II at
first you don't succeed, dry, dry again.
I'M c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
Brad's O. Verse
THE WISE GUY.

The wise guy has no special gift
Of loneliness or grace; the stamp
of genius makes no rift upon his
cIabber face; he has no trick OF
voice or speech; but every look
and pose proclalms as loud as any
screech-he knows, he knows, he
knows. Is there a scandal in the
town. a little hint of crime? He
doesn't need to run IL down; he
knew it all the time; and by a
subtle wink or two, motion OF the
head, he sometimes indicates to
you there's lots that might be said
Is there to be a smuggling match,
or game OF skill or chance? You
do not need a tip to catch-hell
tell you by a glance that every
thing to him is plain before events
begin: but IL you're competent and
sane you'll never bet your tin I'd
rather see the village bore come
sailing down the street than have
the wise guy at my door with winks
and mods discreet; hate his know
vague and dim; I'd rather talk to
Crazy Joe or loaf with Hobo Jim
Some people cheat to win Z prize,
and some succeed by gall; but
they're an honor to the guys who
think they know it all If there's
a place where sinners burn for
earthly wrong and guile, the wise
guy sure will get his turn in that
warm after-while.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
With Other Editors
The Value of Life.
Burlington Gazettel .


The $4,000 called for to ransom the Ameri-
can aviators held by Mexican bandits was con-
tributed by ranchers who did not know the
captives. In the emergency. men dug down
into the pockets for hard cash, eager to be of
service in saving human life.
All attempts to place d noney-saving value
on life have failed. Under the old Mosaic law,
which is by means dead, the person re-
sponsibe for taking life had to pay with his
own.
The hobo places just as high value on his
own life as does a railroad president.
War did not cheaper life
Death cheap during the weller of fight
ing. but life itself never more precious
than il is today on this turbulent planet
throng of children from poor neighbor-
hood slide. swing. scramble and scream in a
playground
You couldn't buy the dirtiest, smallest most
unpromising youngster in the lot from its over
worked mother for a million dollars!
You have sighed and moaned, as all human
creatures have Il wished I had never been
born"
But Won didn't mean it,
For the experience OF struggling through
this existence. taking pangs, pleasures, de-
sires, dsappointments, dreams and ALL Just as
they come, is the adventure,
Even the finish is an exploration.
You don't have to be Pollyanna to be glad
you're alive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

many gallant Frenchmen had paid with their
lives for the neglect at Verdun, Brands cabi-
net fe'i, and General Joffre was replaced
The war was. hard on mems regulations.
and the revelations OF peace will bring new
tribulations to men who tried hard and faith
fully. but were not fully equal to the terrific
test
Joffre, the savior of civilization at the
Marine, still stands heroic figure in spite of
human limitations because we all know what
it is to stumble when soreIy pressed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

ter of the city where his uncle had
lived, assumed a new name and
pretended to be attorney for heirs
abroad. Piece by piece, but unos-
tentatiously, he had been selling off
the property.
About a month ago" he told me.
Il received a black-hand letter de-
handing a large sum or death
would follow. Some one of my
enemies abroad, or a local black
mailer has guessed my true iden-
tity. With ferveut haste l am clos
ing up my business. then to seek a
new home under less hazardous
conditions 1 hope within a week
to close out all my business and
then we can welcome you as the
esteemed friend that you are"
1t was one evening, a month later
when my landlady came rushing to
my room in a state of frantic ex-
element oh. sir" she quAvered.
"a gentleman all blackened and
burned is in a taxi below and a
lady with him, tainted or dead -
/ ran down to the street. Rafael
indeed looked as though he had
gone through some terrific expert
ence. He bore his sister in his
arms.
Give us shelter" he spoke. She
has only tainted from fright. The
black hand dynRmited our house,
Ibut escaped with a few bruises. /"
My landlady' took charge of Te-
resa- When she had been carried
to- her~room Rafael sat in my apart
ment telling OF the vindictive eff
orts of his prosecutors.
i am thfoughzwith it all, how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
Today's Anniversaries

1s33-One hundred and twenty
eight lives lost when the ship
"Amphitrite, carrying wom-
en- convictS to New South
Wales, was wrecked on Bou-
logne Sands.
1S41-Lord Melbourne resigned the
British premiership.
1S50-Prince Albert laid the foun-
dation stone of the Scotch
national gallery in Edin-
burgh.
1870-French were surprised and
defeated by the Germans al
Beaumont. near Sedan.
190S-A fire in New Orleans de-
stroyed property to the value
of $1.5O0,000.
1909-International Trade congress
was opened in Paris.
1914-Allies retreated to the line
of the Seine.
1915-Germans >attacked bridge
head on the Dvina, southeast
OF Riga.
6-Roumanians forced all the
Carpathian passes into Hun
gary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
THE VENDETTA.
BY Rose 3. Etheridge.

copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper Union.)
1t was in imperial Rome that 1
had first met Rafael BrOse. 1 was
then of the artist community and
bis pleasant ways and love Of pic
lures had commended him to every
member of our Bohemian group. He
was wont to make the round of the
studios, an encouraging visitor and
oftimes a patron. Once or twice he
brought with him his sister, Teresa.
She was then barely 16, and the
most beautiful being I had ever
met She and I were fast drifting
from mutual friendship into some
hing more fervent when suddenly
Goth brother and sister disappear
ID.
e was an old native sculptor
who solved the mystery of their
enlistment 1t seemed that the
Broses were the inheritors of a
Eaadly vendetta which. had pursued
Ihe family until four Of its mem
1ars fell victims TO the stiletto.
-The~last living relative, of Rafael
led to America to save his life five
rears ago." explained my inform
mt. Il heard that he had died
here. Perhaps he has left hissfor-
une to Rafael and his=niece.
The memory of the beauty and
kentleness Of Teresa did not leave
ne, even after I returned TO my.
lone in a western city, bEtzEleEn-
"a nothing of their whereabouts
lntii about year later. had en-
cred . city restaurant one day and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

ever, he said, almost gafly, .as . n
the old business has been settled y
and so we sat discussing our plans
for pleasant home on the coast
for a renewal Of our old close
friendship.
There was a tap at the door. A
gentle voice spoke. 1t belonged 10
Teresa.
May I come iu?"
L stood spelI-bound. There was
my old-time love, now veiIIess
There was the oId-time beauty nm
marred. To drive away rude and
unwelcome visitors she had disffg-
ured her face with pigments and
stains. Now her peerless beauty
shown forth, and. too, in those ex-
pressive eyes, Invested of glasses
there cleaned the old radiant light
that told that she still loved me,
There is no echo of the dark ma
for Rafael BrOse now. for his peer
less sister is now my wife. In a
beautiful home looking down from
vine-clad hills upon the placid
ocean, at my easel. Rafael en-
crossed in new art collections avail
able through his fortune he in
herited, We bask in the sunshine of
perfect contentment and love.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

been the granddaughter OF the
Count de Frontenac, and to have
become the wife OF a chief Of the
Senecas. In the wyoming mas
sacre. July, 177s,-she is said to have
tomahawked not less than u help
less persons in revenge for the
death of her son who had been
killed the day before
Q. How can dill pickles be made
J.J.
A. The following recipe has been
tested by government authorities:
Wash the cucumbers; put a layer
of salt in a pickle crock, then a
layer of grape leaves, then a layer
OF cucumbers packed tightly.
Sprinkle with salt and lay in two
sprinkling of dill seeds. Finish
with a layer of cucumbers and on
top of them a layer of dill, grape
leaves and a few slices of rye
bread. A few cherry leaves and
grape vine tendrils will give va
riety to the flavor. Cover with cold
water, weight down with a plate
and stone, tie a paper over the
the crock, and leave it for IL days,
when the pickles will be ready 10
be eaten.
@. Who said, "A rose by any other
name would smell as sweet?
ID. n.
a. The quotation is from Shake
speare's play, Romeo and Juliet"
The entire quotation is What's in
a name? That which we call a
rose. by any other name would
smell as sweet"
O. Does a smuggler, il caught,
have to give up the goods illegally
brought into the country?
A. The penalty for smuggling is
forfeiture of the articles smuggled
as well as criminal prosecution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

Among those mentioned in the will of the
late Andrew Carnegie was Premier Lloyd
George of Great Britain. who received an an
nuity of $4,000 He probably will feel safe
now in having his winters supply of coal put
In. despite the six shilling increase.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
The War a Year Ago

Germans began general retreat
from Flanders.
British took Bullecourt and
reached Wotan line.
United States and French forces
recantuxed ChaE1knK.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

Food prices are being forced down little.
Now. if they can continue to be forced down
until they got within reason and then let the
lid be clamped on, there may be a way out of
the human predicament
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
TFSTFn RFCIPES.

\
Steamed -Pudding-One-haf cup
rice. one-quarter cup sugar, half
teaspoon salt, one quart milk half
cup raisins; wash the rice and
raisins thoroughly; place in an
oiled dish with the rest of the in
gradients; steam two hours, stir
ring occasionally.
Lemon Sauce Three-fourths
cup sugar, one-quarter cup water,
two teaspoons butter. one liable
spoon lemon juice: make a syrup
OF boiling water and sugar for FIVE
minutes; remove from the fire. add
butter ard lemon Juice; a few graf
ings OF nutmeg may be aided II
desired
Graham Griddle Gladstone cup
graham flour, one cup whea' flour,
one-balf teaspoon soda. two tea
spoons baking powder. one-qUarter
teAAponn salt- two tahlASpoonS Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30
MENU HINT. a
Breakfast.

Fronch Toast Fried Ham
Coffee
Luncheon.
Cream of Chicken Soup
Hollis Salad in Tomato Cups
Fruit Jello
Dinner.
Olives Radishes
Chops with Gravy, Mashed Potatoes
Buttered Asparagus tsteamed)
Rice Pudding Lemon Sauce
Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

New York is planning a welcome home for
General Pershins. No doubt it will be an elab-
crate affair, but the that would be well
worth seeing is the welcome he will get when
he arrives in his own home town, LaCIede, Mo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

Hogs. it appears, do not take well to Attor-
ney General Palmers methods They have
dropped in price until the average citizen
hopes to soon be on speaking terms with them
again
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

Among the recent developments in world
affairs which probably will interest the aver
age American about as much as the Shantung
dispute is the revolution in Montenegro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

They didn't stop much. when they tied up
4he Peoria street railway system.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-30

Propaganda has taught the lesson of reach
ing for the salt when we read anything advo-
eating anything.