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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

Of saving and investing. With very great
proportion, their investment experience is linn
itcu to the good, rock-bottom government war
bond.
The fakir is after them. Thousands Of
statesmen" carefully drilled in the gentle art
Of selling on the first call" and getting out OF
town. are abroad.
They will tell you you were patriot, a real
citizen, to have bought Liberty bonds. How
e, CT, you've made your sacrifice, the wars over
now-and really Az per cent is return at
all in peace times-let us exchange your bonds
for this exceptional offering, positively guar
anteed to bring in anywhere from 10 to 500 per
cent in dividends before the years out-as soon
ss the oil well is sunk, or the mine shaft c'un-
pieted, or the property developed, or the like.
That is the brand of the stock swindler to-
day: that he is "willing"-as an accommoda-
ton to you, you understandable accept" your
good Liberty bonds in exchange" for his
worthless stuff.
Happily, there is government agency to-
dsy on the trail OF the stock sharp. 1t is the
federal trade commission, empowered by con-
gress to prevent unfair methods Of competition
in interstate commerce. The commission may
yell be expected to look upon the fleeing of
Americans of their Liberty bonds as decidedly
unfair"
II you own Liberty bond you'll doubtless
have an early call from one Of the pleasant
representatives of the sharper outfit. When
you do. Just drop a postal to the federal trade
commission at Washington and tell them about
that visit and send them the attractive htera-
lure that is handed you, together with the name
snd home address of the salesman" Or, SEND
it in to this paper and we will forward it to
Uncle Sans men.
1t would be interesting to know how much
of the $500, 100000 a year filters out Of Rock
Island to the detriment of our banks, our mer-
81 ants and our legitimate business develop
meDt. Also, how many of US are on the sucker
list
Let's keep our loose change at home!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

I of exceptionally powerful build
| glowered down upon me. The wom-
an was fair and graceful, but there
| was a piercing steely glow to her
eyes that told of an evil spirit with
in, a vivid contrast to the innocent
girl captive.
How came you hereT demanded
the man and I told him the simple
truth. The woman had snatched
the letter from my hand. Now she
and the man conversed in whisp-
ering tones. She left the room. He
faced me grimly.
81 believe you have told the
truth" he said. "You have STUN
bled into a bad situation, however,
and there is only one thing for you
to do. Are you willing to remain
prisoner In this room for one
week, living on the best, keeping
your ears and mouth shut and at
the end of that time receive a hun
dred dollars, go your way and for
get the poor demented creature you
saw in the room below your"
why not?'' 1 challenged casual
ly. Il am out of work, your affairs
ARE not mine, your liberal financing
will place me on my feet-yes."
was treated suInptuously. The
room occupied had barred door,
and one iron-shuttered window
looking out upon q dreary court.
The shutters were strongly pad
locked, but old and rusted, and
through a break in their surface I
could make out an equally ancient
and dilapidated fire escape.
Now ] might have, been content
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
@HELP WANTED"
BY T. B. Anderson.

/ had spent my last cent for a
newspaper and was turning over its
pages to find the Help Wanted"
column. The narrow street 1 was
on was deserted, lonely locality
given over to warehouse structures.
My eyes were fixed upon the paper,
my mind absorbed with the hope
OF finding work. / minded not my
feet. Suddenly. as they rested on
one side of a large coal cover, it
tipped. AS niftily as might q
IIumpty Dumpty harlequin disap-
pear through a stage trap, straight
down 1 went
The glints of light where the COW
er fitted in showed that must have
dropped fully fifteen feet. 1 strug-
gled to my feet, f1ared a match and
surveyed my surroundings.
Ny means of entrance was not to
he reached. 1 was in a grewsome
prison. Feeling my way across a
stone-hagged space, / came up
against closed door. This yielded
10 my touch. Just beyond a STAIR
way began / assembled it Another
door, another stairway and yet an
other, and / found myself in o cor
Fidor. l CROPPED along until it turn
ed: then a CLINT OF light. It pro-
reeded from a room the inside door
II which was slightlysaiaE. Its out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
BLackheads.

Blackheads.
Comedones or blackheads occur
in the skin of the face, particularly
about the nose, and on the skin of
the neck and back, and, Inhappily
enough, at the very time of life
when personal pulchritude is most
ardently desired-from 13~to 20.
The explanation for this unfortun-
ate fact is that the sebaceous or
oil glands of the skin undergo a
remarkable increase of functional
activity along with the increased
growth of hair at this period of
life Blackheads are accommodations
of sebum or oily plugs in the ducts
of the oil glands together with the
black or brown dust or dirt of the
skin. What ignorant beauty doc
tors" generally call large pores"
are merely these oil ducts overfill-
ed with accumulated sebum with
out the black crown or head on the
core.
Exposure to dirt and dust and
infrequent use of soap and water
are not causes of blackheads, as
commonly supposed, for persons
engaged in occupations which de-
mand such exposure and persons
! immaculate in cleanliness are
equally likely to have blackheads.
The old time medical authors,
who wrote books chiefly by con-
sulting books and not using their
brains unnecessarily, invariably
dragged in dyspepsia" "anemia."
constipation, menstrual derange-
ments and the eating of hearty
rich or greasy foods as important
causes of bIackheads with or with
out accompanying pimples (acneD.
The cause of blackheads is con-
finement indoors, insufficient open
air exercise, corsets and similar
disabilities in girls, sissy dressing
in the case of boys, boiled shirts
and starched collars instead of
flannel outing or soft cotton shirts
and soft or no collars. The cause
of blackheads is too much rest and
insufficient exposure to the open
air and sunlight at time of life
when these conditions are particu-
larly dangerous and harmful. And
the dyspepsia" "anemia," obsti-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
TRAIN DISABLED ALIEN SOLDIERS

By a curious twist of the law an
alien who has served in the armies
Of the United States and has been
SO badly injured that he is entitled
to compensation from the war risk
insurance bureau is entitled to the
free vocational retaining furnish
ed by the government of the United
States. A citizen OF the United
States who has served in the
armies Of the allies, fighting for
the same cause, is not entitled I'M
der the law to receive this refrain
ing at the hands. Of his own gov
eminent
There were thousands of citizens
of the United States, flied with a
loyalty and high sense of JUS
tce, who realized, long before their
government realized the fact, that
the liberty of the world was hang
ing in the balance in Europe. They
rushed into the Canadian. the Brit
ish and the French armies. They
were among the brayest of the
brave. Many of them have never
come back, and never will come
back. Many Of them have returned
broken in health, wounded, MAIN
ed, and unable to make a living on
account of the injuries they re-
ceived, and under the law they can
neither receive compensation from
the United States government nor
the education which would enable
them to utilize their remaining
capabilities so as to afford them a
living and urevent them hacouiuo
charges either upon the charity or
compassion of the several COM
munities.
The law Is very plain upon this
subject. The free retraining, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
EEEAITN TAL KS
sY WILLIAM I'll! !';!I,!l il BRADY RAD r1D.

nate constipation and menstrual ir-
regularities noted by the old au-
thorities are attributable to the
same underlying cause.
The prevention OF blackheads Is,
then. an obvious thing. Their
treatment will be discussed in ar
other article.
Questions and Answers.
chickering's Before Hsadache-
What causes a pickering before the
eyes. leaving the person with a
headache? The person is near
sighted, and has just had her
glasses changed without relief.
H. A.
Answer-Such scintillarions or
chickering's OF light before the eyes
are commonly experienced as an
aura" or warning sign of mi
graine (sick headache seIzure). II
the person is under middle age il
is important that the eyes be ex-
amined under drops. Periodic sick
headaches (migraine) are only oc-
casionally due to eVestrain. Many
other causes must be considered.
Mixed Diet Best-Is it fact that
vegetarian diet is more healthful
than a mixed diet of meat and veg
etables? Has it been proved that
vegetarian diet makes tho body and
the mind more powerful. as vege-
tarians maintain? G. S.
Answer-A mixed diet f. usually
best, though for certain conditions
a diet with little or no meat or
eggs or fish is very helpful. Veg
etarian races are inferior physi-
cally and mentally to races taking
mixed diet Vegetarians never seem
to set the world afire anywhere, so
far as brain capacity is concerned.
Three Hundred Years. am
troubled with a growth of fine
hairs on my chin. l am using am
monia and peroxide by tine advice
of a prominent beauty specialist.
About how long will it take to
produce results? A B C.
Answer-Peroxide will bleach.
but not destroy hairs. No known
method will destroy a growth Of
hair except electrolysis-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

support at sos a month. and allow
ance to dependents and placement
In position after qualifying, ad-
ministered by the federal board for
vocational education, is confined to
members of the United States
army, navy and marine corps.
Doubtless, a subsequent amend
ment to the law will pass congress,
but in the meanwhile the federal
board has managed to obtain q
gift fund.-" which congress au-
thorized it to maintain for emery
ency and other cases, and the
board is now able by the generos-
ity Of several large donations to
undertake to give these Americans
who were in reality first to fight
the same benefit which those of the
regular establishment may receive
by law.
The federal board is now endeav-
oring to locate all such disabled
men who have sustained injuries
in the armies of our allies, and are
thereby unable to resume their for
mer occupations, or to pursue sue
cessfully new occupations. Upon
proof of their service and injuries
and necessity for vocational re-
training the federal board is pre-,
pared to give this to them as fully
and completely as to any soldier of
the United States army. The fed
eral board will appreciate being
placed in touch with any such men
or their families, and If relief is
needed it will be immediate and
generous, preliminary to starting
upon the course of education and
retraining. The address of the fed
eral board for vocational training
is Washington, D. C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

| something to work for. He will
have more time for his work and
Will progress more rapidly When
he can take you there as his wife
it will be time enough to go. Do
not marry II you have to work,
too. From your letter it seems to
me that the man is too willing to
shirk his obligations.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a girl
| II years old and / have been going
with a young man 10 years by SEN
ior for 16 months. We did not
love each other much until we had
gone together several months,
then we found we loved each other
and soon became engaged.
Mother doesn't want me to go to
parties, church or any entertain
ments for she doesn't want me to
be with this young man. This
causes me to love him all the more.
He wants me to marry him and
says If / do not marry him he will
never love another girl as much.
Do you think l should marry
| him? Don't say I shouldn't be-
cause really love him more than
my own life.
Don't you think mother should
let me go to parties once or twice
| month.
Should 1 kiss this young man
j He is a nice, respectable young
man and also wealthy.
IN LOVE.
It will be all right to marry the
Of hut
are too young to do SO now. Do
not be engaged. At your age a
girl is just beginning to become ac-
Quainted with men and she should
be free to enjoy different ones.
Your mother knows best. If she
does not approve Of the man who
would take you, she should not let
you go.
Do not kiss him. I believe you
when you say you are very much
in love, but 1 also believe that this
is a case of being in love with love.
As you grow older and know others
your taste will change and you
will find greater love. Your
whole life depends upon your de-
cision now. Insist that the man
wait three or four years before you
consider marriage.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: When a
young man takes a girl to church
or the movies, should she ask him
to come in when they get back
home?
THANK YOU.
If it is not later than 10 o'clock,
it is all right for her to invite him
in for a few minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
Brad's Bit O. Verse
SILLY TALK,


We start a line of silk talk when
we begin our morning walk: and
when approach the chimes of noon.
we're still a-talking like a loon. TIL
evening comes with gentle tread.
till we are in our little bed, we
talk folks galley-west and blind
with converse Of the silly kind. II
we would ever talk plain sense
instead of springing jokelets
dense. we might grow wiser with
the years, might meet and hobnosl
with the seers. But we must CAB
the livelong day and throw our
precious time away on themes SO
shallow and so small they scarce
mean anything at all. Like little
children at their sport we let our
mental selves cavort the while all
solid thought we shirk as II It were
most grinding work. From dewy
morn to slumbrous night We chat
ter conversation light. and never
do we pause to think from learn
ing's fount to take O drink. In silly
talk, in idle ways, we sduander
Of our precious days enough good
time to make US great, and worthy
of Cur native state.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
Get Off the Sucker List.
Are you on the sucker list?

Are you on the sucker list?
II you are It is probably because you are
not a sucker but a patriotic citizen who has
known the Liberty bond to be a good thing.
Get-rich-quick swind1es have been the great
American sport for years. The sharpers who
sell fake stocks saw their game endangered
when Uncle Sam started his great Liberty loan
campaigns.
But they are smart-these gentlemen who
live by their wits.
Instead of complaining, they jumped in and
put themselves and all their employees to work
trading their fake stuff for Liberty bonds.
If you have a Liberty bond or a book OF war
savings stamps you are prospect" for fake
stock. Your name is probably on the sucker
list of the oily-tongued sharper because over
twenty million patriots bought Liberty bonds.
You are not to blame for being on the suck
CT list, but it is up to you toget of-away off
that list at your first opportunity.
The American people are paying out some
half billion dollars year to the support OF
worthless stock schemes. The people reap
therefrom $50O,O0O,OO0 worth of-thin air.
That is not wild guess. 1t is the estimate
given by the capital issues committee Of the
United States treasury. And the the committee
assures us that 1t is conservative
Moreover, the half billion represents just
the cold cash that is turned in every year by
oil erwise level-headed Americans seeking
milk and-honey path to quick wealth by the
lake stock certificate route. 1t does not take
into account the vast economic loss incident to
broken fortunes, impaired effort of discouraged
investors and to the diversion from legitimate
business enterprises of new productive capital.
The capital issues committee, charged with
keeping the nations investment dollars on
7ork-or-f1ght basis during the war. has made
a searching inquiry into the devious by-ways or
fraudulent stock promotion. Its conclusion is
that never perhaps in the history Of the coun-
try has wildcat promotion been so fragrant
from coast to coast-as today.
AS result, of the governments great war
loan campaigns, there are now hundreds OF
thousands of Americans converted to the idea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
H sCfPSE s.! :! ) "a 49,. y;

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
twenty-five years Of age and have
been going with a man two years
my senior for several years. We
are engaged, but as yet l have no
ring. I know that he loves me,
but I am so ashamed in front of
my girl friends when they wonder
why I have no ring. 1t is not the
value of the ring I want but what
it stands for. Sometimes I wish it
didn't cost a penny or that he
could give me something else that
would have the meaning of a ring.
~ / know he can't go in and
buy a ring on a minutes notice,
and his parents are dead, so he
couldn't borrow any money. But
don't you think il he really cared
he would have spared enough by
now? He has had several good
Jobs.
(2l Je went to the army and l
said nothing about the ring, but
now he has been discharged and
n going to Washington in two
weeks on government work. 1 feel
that / am entitled to the ring. Am
right? He has said that ours is
not to be a "ringless" engage
ment.
(S) have some money in my
own right and good job. Do you
think it would be all right II l
bought ring and told him he should
give that for me to wear and show
to my friends? Would that make
him think less OF me?
"a Would it be all right for me
to go to Washington and work
there until we are married in six
months, as he wants me to do it?
will stay with a married cousin.
BONNIE.
~ The young man should not
have proposed to you until he was
in "a position to buy a ring. He
should do his utmost to save in
order TO get you a ring soou.
CD You are right about wanting
the ring. But you are wrong in
worrying SO much about what peo-
pie think. Tell the man how you
feel and ask him when he will be
able to give you the ring.
CD Do not use your money for
the ring. A woman who starts out
helping a man in such a way ends
by supporting him. You can help
him more with your faith In him
than by giving him the money he
ought to be earning.
"a 1t would be proper to live
IN Washington with your married
cousin. But l would advise against
1t. Remain at home and give him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
WHY CHILDREN LEAVE SCHOOL

1.-THE child labor problem can
never be solved without recognize
ing the fact that the schools &C
tually drive children into indus
try" says Owen r. Lovejoy, gen.
eral secretary of the national
child labor committee, in a state
ment in which he emphasizes the
Importance of the back to school
drive but declares that we need
also a "back-to-school pull" Mr.
Lovejoy takes the position that
prohibitory child labor laws and
compulsory education are not
alone sufficient to constitute a So
luton of the problem.
1.-The majority of children" he
says, leave school just as soon
as the compulsory education laws
allow, and a majority of those
who go from school to work do SO
Just as soon as the child labor
laws allow. Why do children leave
school at the earliest opportunity
Not so often because their parents
force them, as because they them
selves want to leave. All the no.
table studies made in the last ten
years of the reasons why children
under sixteen go into industry
concur in the conclusion that the
two main reasons are economic
pressure and dissatisfaction with
school, and many persons who are
in close contact with these boys
and girls find that dissatisfaction
with school is the more common
reason.
1.-THE fact is that the typical
school does not hold the interest
and allegiance of its pupils. We
grown-ups defend ourselves by
saying that it is all the children's
fault, thereby putting the blame
on somebody smaller than We are,
which in this instance is an I'M
intelligent as well as cowardly
thing to do. To accuse children of
q lack of interest in school is to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

accuse ourselves. If we made the
| school seem real and practical to
the children it would hold them
and certinly the school ought al
least to seem real and practical. -
Mr.. Lovejoy referred in par
ticular to the "overwprked ma
chinery and machine-methods" OF
the schools, its cut-and-dried.
traditional curriculum, its failure
to allow for and provide for in
dividual differences in children
Its failure to give the work i'm
pulses the same scope In school
that the children seek in other
places, and its failure to give the
social instincts the same scope
that they have out on the play
ground. :
"A large part, Of the difficulty
lies in the niggardly attitude OF
the public in the matter of school
equipment and fair salaries for
teachers.
1.-THE school," Mr.. Lovejoy con-
tinues, has been irresistibly driy-
ing children into industry-usu-
ally without vocational training or
guidance. Industry has had the
pulling power. Now we are engag-
ed in back-to-school drive,
necessitated by the enormous ex-
odus from the schools during the
war, But the school lacks pulling
power, and in scores of towns and
cities 1t is being found next to
impossible to get any of the boys
and girls to return, even though a
good many have lost their jobs. 1t
would be a great help in the pres
emit campaign, from the standpoint
of child labor reform if-in addition
to the driving there could be
more 'pulling-in other words, a
back-to-school pull. And instead
of trying to build a fence around
the school SO high that children
cannot jump out. why not make
the enclosure attractive enough SC
that they will want to stay in?'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19
Money and Prices.

According to reports prepared for the in
formation and education service Of the United
States department of labor, the amount Of
money in circulation on Jan. 1, 1919, was
s5576 per capita as against $34.65 per capita in
1918.
Tables prepared to show a comparison OF
the increase in the amount OF money In cir
culation per capita and the increase Of COM
modify prices during the war period show an
increase of so per cent IN the amount of money
in circulation as against an increase of 10S per
cent in commodity prices.
Since the armistice, there has been only
a slight reduction in the amount of money in
circulation, shown by the following figures:
Money in circulation per capita:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

administration muckrakers have dis
covered that the U. S. army quartermaster is
broke Instead of putting the blame upon the
Republican senators whose filibuster caused
the army appropriation bill to fail they calmly
assert that it is all the fault of Secretary
Baker! That's going long way around to
take whack at the head of the war depart
ment, but it is not the first time it has been
done, and without ultimate profit to the doors,
as it turned out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-19

French sources quote DR.. Won Kuehlmann.
former German foreign minister, saying the
Germans will be in Paris before 1925. Appar-
entity the doctor does not think it will be nee
essary even to wait till another crop of SOL
diers has been grown. The Germans may be
in Paris by 1895, but if they do it will be in
sack cloth and ashes. However the rest of
the world n19T differ on other matters it may
be counted upon to stand together on that
proposition