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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30

saying the same thing in different words will
not be opposed by the administration The
president has said that he does not especially
object if those who cannot understand plain
English restate certain clauses in terms with
in their comprehension.
There is likely to be a battle, however, over
the preamble to the reservations which the
majority Of the committee supports and which
withholds participation Of the United States
till the other signatory powers give notice of
their acceptance. This, as David Law
renee points out, virtually requires a number
Of our allies to repudiate what they bitterly
contended for in the peace conference, and
makes the success of the compact far less
certain. Furthermore It puts the United
States in the position of requiring foreign ma
tons to subscribe to one side the other
of certain mooted internal questions affecting
only this country This is inconsistent to the
point of righteousness, in view of the extra
ordinary pains the senate committee has taken
to avoid the possibility of similar intrusion
upon our affairs through the League of Ma
lions. That point, in fact, is the one over
which most Of the anti-treaty Grating has been
done, and which was depended most upon as
a vote winner in future elections
President Wilson insisted that a two-thirds
vote of the senate would be necessary to adopt
amendments. Senator Lodge held that ma
jority would suffice. Fortunately the anti
administrationists failed to muster even a ma
iority, so another point over which EXTENDED
controversy might have arisen has been
eliminated.
It is pretty clear now that the political
pickings CLEANED by the opposition from ths
treaty are going to fall far below expectations.
Realizing this fact. at last, it would not be
surprising to see the anti-adminfstraticn front
crumbe as suddenly as the German line did
q year ago.
England, France and italy now plan for
nialIy proclaiming peace Armistice day.
The United States by bestirring itself can yet
join with its allies 1t has no longer a valid
excuse for hanging back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
Feeding the German Mind.

Reports concerning the agreement among
German map makers show that the powers
which won the war overlooked a point in
framing peace terms. If German children are
to be taught that it is their solemn obligation
to restore the boundaries of the country as
they were in 1914, and even to advance them
as the erstwhile rulers of the empire had ex-
pected to do in the peace they would dictate
then it is perfectly evident that the world is
already headed for another cataclysm worse
than the one through which it has just passed
Everybody but Germans and pro-Germans
realizes that it was the persistent and PERM
cious teaching of the German people that
might makes right that brought the late
war. Let that doctrine live and add to it the
conviction that the nation is suffering under
a great wrong and there can be but one result
In time there is going to be fight
The United States and its allies knew per-
fectly well how the German people were
worked up to that militant state Of mind that
prevailed in 1914, but failed to take advantage
of that knowledge at Versailles. They took
away the German navy and practically dis
armed the army, but they did nothing to alter
the state of mind which spontaneously breeds
soldiers and manufacturers weapons Of de-
struction. Perhaps they felt that the vindica-
ton of right, so obvious to them, would pene-
trate the German intellect
In view Of what has happened in Germany
the story about the agreement among map
makers to refuse to recognize the new condi-
tons has a plausible sound. If it is true the
men who make the maps probably are cater
ing to a definite demand among those who
buy maps in their country. In other words
the wars lesson has been entirely lost upon
the Teutons.
What Germany needs is to be made to face
the truth. Censoring Of its textbooks and it's
other literature to eliminate such obvious
falsehoods as the German mind has been fed
upon for generations would be a more powerful
influence for peace than a frowning line OF
steel all around the country. Compel them for
a few years to take their own propaganda
backward and the Germans might become
elegib1e for honorable place in the family
of nations.
An ounce of that kind Of prevention would
be worth shiploads of indemnities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
.Brad'sBit O. Verse
AFFINITY STORMS.

There's a fierce and world wide
.barometric depression; the marital
ether is humid and warm; and the
Congress of Cupids in First Special
Session, wire: Look for another
affinity storm" Let's hoist our UNI
brellas and hike for the shelter:
the cyclone is coming, and we may
get wet; for the black clouds are
whirling in wild heller SHELTER. and
threaten a deluge of tears and re-
greet. The Cupids are wise-they
have studied the courses of stars
and of planets, of fortunes and
marts, and they know when there's
coming a storm of divorces to scat
ter a trail of poor broken-down,
hearts. From Dan to Beersheba,
from Lands End to Wheeling, from
Passamaquoddy to Kalamazoo. the
lightning is flashing, the thunder
is pealing, the sky is o'ercast--
there's a hurricane due. 1t may he
the times, or it may be the
weather; it may be the lack of ira
ditions and forms; but we'll have
to admit that the strands OF Loves
tether are badly deranged by ATTN
ity storms.
ELEM BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
TIHTIE DAILY SHORT STORY

to educate the district up to the
use of the special brands put out
by the company and gradually build
up a permanent trade.
1T ought to be easy" comment
ed a local gossip, you being &C
quainted with every man in the
county"
Easy as falling off a log" re
piled Clifton in self-sufficient
way, and purchased his fourth new
suit
The day that the local newspa-
per grandiloquently referred TO the
fact that "our ambitious young
townsman" had allowed himself to
accept an important position. its
columns also contained an item to
the effect that Miss Beatrice Mer-
ton was one Of the heirs to the es-
tate of relative in another coun-
ty. During the initial days of his
rise in the world Clifton had con
tinued his bI-weekly visits to the
Blair home. Already Isabel had
noticed and deplored the change in
him. He had become boastful, al
most blatant. She was poor and
worked in a bank as an underpaid
typist.
Beatrice Merton now came in for
full attention. Isabel attributed
this disloyal choice by Clifton to
the ability of Beatrice to dress we'll
and her prospective fortune.
One day as Clifton was seated in
his Office on tilted swivel chair, his
elegantly encased feet on the desk
and smoking a big cigar, there en-
tered a young man who presented
3 card bearing the name of the
company and under itI Arthur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
EIEATTN TAG NS
BY WILLIAM ILL ar !. Il BRA7AJD1V r1p.
The ConstihtiOnaIIv Weak Cbild.

The COnstftutiOnaIly Weak Child.
Some mothers begin pampering
children soon after birth. 1t is a
habit which grows on the mother
and on the child. Take beIlybands.
A bellyband has but one proper
purpose-to hold the dressing on.
the navel. AS soon as the dressing
becomes superfuous - which it
does, as a rule. before the baby is
10 days old-the bellyband should
be omitted
A doctor who had devoted a few
years to medical mission work in
the orient visited an Adirondack
resort last summer. He fetched
along his boss and his good luck.
Every morning that boss took the
good luck out to the lake for a
nice cold bath. Good luck crowed
and welled and thrashed around in
great glee. And the water was
cold too. But the doctor didn't
care, and his boss didn't mind, and
the good luck registered satisfac-
tion-but there was a lot of Sairey-
camping about the hotel every time
the cruelty was perpetrated. For
myself, I have no use for cold
baths, nor for any bath any often
er than necessary, except air baths.
For any one who can enjoy a cold
bath as that baby did they are as
suredly beneficial.
There Is period in every chiId's
life when he or she exhibits a pro-
nounced disinclination for exercise
in the form of work or play. This
accompanies or follows a period of
rapid growth. Parents are too
prone to assume that the child has
a weak constitution" and there
fore cannot indulge in zctive exer-
else. This pleases the child i'm
mensely. and the final result is
more or less prolonged state of
nervous irritability. poor digestion
and faulty assimilation, various
functional difficulties and poor gen
eral development Pampering con-
tributes heavily to the child's de-
linquency. If instead of accepting
the hasty conclusion that the child
has a delicate constitution" the
parents would see to it that the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
Today's Anniversaries

lS67-A collective note on the Gre
tan question was addressed
10 the Porte by the French.
Russian, Prussian and Ital-
ian ministers.
ls94-Honore MERCER, statesman
and premier of Quebec, died
in Montreal. Born at Iber-
vile, Que, Oct. Is, 1910.
l905-Czar of Russia issued a man
lfesto assuring civil liberty.
freedom of press, extension
OF suffrage, and consent of
the douma in the enforce
ment of laws.
101e-Moisant circles the Statue of
Liberty in an aeroplane, win
ming a $4,000 prize.
l911-The Chinese throne issued
decree acceding to the de-
mand OF the National assem-
bly, for a complete cOnstitu-
tional government.
l914-Russia declared a state of
war to exist with Turkey.
and withdrew her ambassa-
dor from Constantinople.
lSl5-Memorial services held
IN London for Edith Cavell.
the English nurse executed
by the Germans.
lSlb-Entente allies assumed Of
fensive against Won Mack
ensen in the Dobrudja.
lSl7-Count George Won Hertling
was made imperial chanceI-
lor OF Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
BIG II" LITTLE HY0U."

Copyright, 1919, by the western
Newspaper Union.)
Prosperity had spoiled Clifton
lay and he was not aware of it.
sabel Blair was, consciously. They
ad been good friends and verg-
lg on something nearer and dear
:, when the tide came in the af-
airs of Clifton. He drifted with
le current, took his good fortune
fully deserved and blossomed
ut into the spendthrift and auto
rat complete.
Isabel was disappointed in a per-
De she really liked. AS a humble,
Iodding clerk in an abstract Of
ce, Clifton had been modest, mod
ate and contented. An advertise
.ent in a newspaper designating
alf a dozen towns, where the Cen
al Manufacturing company was
ssirous Of establishing branches,
aught the eye of Clifton one day.
8 answered it, proving that he
new the BeIIevilIe district thor
highly, gave good reference and
as forthwith appointed official
preventative Of the company at q
llary Of $4,000 per year and COM
issions.
I'm like a partner IN the firm, -
vauntingIy announced. Have
own stenographer, use of an
itomobile, hire and fire, and work
ssy and pay good" The Central
anufaeturing company specialize
I in a mineral fertilizer and &C.
ent. Clifton was supplied with
sveraI tons OF booklets, circulars
ad stationery. His set. task was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
} nv.
~ Il ,nRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
BY TEMPLE

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
young man of IS and fairly good
looking. I live in the country and
would like TO know how l could
get acquainted with the city girls
and boys of my age.
VIII going to dances help? When
at a-dance in a strange town where
you don't know anyone, what could
l do TO get the girls to dance with
me?~
I am just learning to dance.
Should I tell them so when dane
ing? 1 have got SO 1 can dance
fairly good.
If you wanted to take a girl home
would you begin by asking her how
she got there? X. Y. z.
To get acquainted with city boys
and girls attend city church, or,
as you suggest, go to dances. If
you are a stranger at the dance,
go to the party giving it and ask
him to introduce you to different
young ladies. He win gladly do So
Do not explain that you are a be-
ginner. Your dancing needs no ex-
PLANTATION. If you say that you are
new, girls will hesitate to dance
with you, and if you simply do your
best they will think you know all
about 1t and will not hesitate 10
dance with you.
Do not ask a girl how she got to
a dance. Simply say, May l take
you homer"
Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is
a girl who lives close TO me. She
is of a very funny disposition.
Sometimes she will speak and the
next time l meet her she will turn
her head
Should l speak TO her the next
time we meet or would il be better
II | would treat her the same way
she treats me? SUSAN,
The fact that the girl speaks TO
you sometimes would make il ap-
pear that she is absent-minded and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30

Barry, Travelling Auditor"
Il am inspecting the new brach-
es." he announced.
Clifton expanded. He began tell
ing of how he was popularizing
himself and the company by giving
a series of banquets and the like.
His cigar bills showed that he was
no niggard. His jaunts about the
county, though expensive. indicated
that he was keeping in touch with
affairs. It was all Il" and his
Quiet-mannered caller did not re-
sent in words the palpable intima-
ton that a. was probably the
most valuable agent the company
had ever employed. and You" a
mere cog in the big machine and
a mere perfunctory quantity.
Mr. Arthur Barry. as he desig-
mated himself, made neither COM
ment nor suggestion He examin-
ed the books and took an automo-
bile trip over the county. Isabel
had heard Of him, had seen him on
the street, and was a good deal
surprised as she reached home
from her banking duties one after
noon to find him awaiting her.
Il have ventured to intrude upon
you. Miss Blair" he said, because
I have some letters and reports to
be written for headquarters. I
cannot find any public typist here
and, If you can spare me a couple
Of evenings, the compensation will
be liberal wish to say, however,
that the work must be regarded as
strictly confidential"
1t was so confidential that Isabel
almost gasped after dictation the
71rst evening. A wise and zobssrY-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
Household Hints

place. Then line a salad bowl with
the lettuce, arrange
CUPID SALAD.
Materials: Four oranges. one
tespOon lemon juice, two bananas,
one egg, one-third cup sugar, one
large tart apple. one pint black
berries, one tablespoon grapejuice.
Cut oranges in halves Scoop out
the pulp, keeping the peel intact.
Slice bananas and mix with black
berries. Place all materials on ice.
Make a dressing OF the apple, egg,
sugar and grapejuice
Crate the apple, sprinkle sugar
on il and lemon juice TO keep #
from turning dark. Add grape
juice and unbeaten white OF the
egg. With a wire eggbeater beat
until II is fluffy, then add yellow
and beat again.
Take the orange cups and with a
pair of sharp scissors cut small
scallops near the top and tie them
together with pink and green baby
ribbon. When ready 70 serve MI
the orange cups with the prepared
fruit and heap dressing on top. Top
off each half orange with a large
berry
This is a pretty and significant
salad to serve at n party where
there are young couples. Place a
pair Of the cups on a salad plato
on the table between each couple,
They can unite them or not. as they
please. This will serve four
couples.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
AND AUTHOR

child is given proper physical
training and such hygienic atten-
ton as the family doctor may
think necessary, the outcome
would be very different.
Among laymen and some physi-
clans there is an erratic belief that
a person who has a weak heart or
valvuIar disease, for instance, can
not safely take any exercise. This
is far from the truth, for intelli-
gently graded exercises will often
accomplish the greatest good for
weak heart.
A certain amount OF daily exer-
else, beginning with very simple
movements, even movements car
ried out while the subject rests in
bed. and gradually increasing as
conditions warrant, is indispens
able for the complete education of
every child not really disabled by
disease Some such program
adopted in time will carry the del
icate" child through to vigorous
adolescence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
Today's Events

Edward p. Ripley, for many
years executive head of the Atchi-
son, Topeka &c Santa Fe railway,
enters upon his 18th year today.
The annual convention of the
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools of the southern
states, begins its sessions today in
New Orleans.
A Wyoming state good roads as
sociation is to be organized at a
meeting at Cheyenne today of rep
resentatives of all towns, counties
and farm and labor organizations
in the state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Soap and Sugar for IngrOwin
NoiI

swap anu CukdE lVI IuSEVWIhk
Nail.
suffered for years from ingrow-
ing nail and finally found a rem
edy which gave permanent relief.
You take a piece of laundry soap
the size of bean, and work 1t in
your palm with about an equal
quantity of sugar until you have a
ball of paste. Place this on the in
growing nail and bandsge II in
place. You have to keep putting
it on every day till the nail grows
out. some three weeks or more. II
relieves you while wearing it,
Al.
Sex and Consumption.
Does cessation of menstruation
ever cause consumption?
MRS. F. H.
Answer-No, cessation of men,
situation often occurs in a woman
who has developed tuberculosis,
being a result and never a cause
of diseases. The idea that it is
cause is an ancient lie propagated
by dispensers of worthless nos-
trums and plausible advice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30

Ualu 70 NnO1ymOu 1eLkerbl.
@. Why have you not answered
the question I sent in two weeks
ago, signed with my initials, and
which l asked you to print? F. A.
A We receive thousands of
questions every day and print but
ten or twelve. 1t is therefore i'm
possible to print all that are sent
with that request We would have
answered you direct if you had Civ
en- your name and address. Please
do this in future.
Q. Would 1t be illegal to have
my sons army overcoat fixed to fit
me? S. H.
A. A civilian can wear SOL
dier's uniform il all the insignia
has been removed.
Q. How does the number of per
sons in the United States engaged
in manufacturing compare with
those in agriculture? c. E. H.
A. The last census showed that
there were 1855, 203 persons en-
gagged in agriculture. forestry and
animal industry, while 10,65S,SS1
were employed in manufacturing
and in mechanical industries.
Q. Who may receive benefits
from the Carnegie pension fund?
L. NJ.
A The Carnegie pension fund
for teachers is for either men or
women engaged in teaching the
higher branches of learning who
have reached the age of 65 years,
and who have taught continuously
for not less than Is years
Q. What Englishman during the
Revolutionary war said that the
Irish emigrants who enlisted in
the rebel forces are to be looked
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30

ists?" NJ O'D
A. This statement was made bv
General Sir Henry Clinton, com
mander-in-chief of the British
forces in America, in a report to
Lord George German, secretary of
war, on March s, 177S. The docu-
ment containing this statement is in
the English archives at the public
record Office in London.
Q. Is the possessor of a Victoria
cross, awarded by the British gov
eminent, entitled to any emoIu-
ments? X s
A. This decoration carries with
1t a pension of ten pounds a year.
@. What states did Hughes carry
in the last presidential election?
r. LeB.
A. The states carried by Mr..
Hughes were: Connecticut, Della
ware. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey,
New York, Oregon. Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island, South Dakota. Yer
mont, West Virginia and Wiscon-
sin.
Q. What was the strength Of the
Confederate and Union armies at
the battle of Gettysburg? R. All.
A. In the battle of Gettysburg
there were $4,000 men on the Fed
eral side, and 10000 on the Con-
federate side.
Q. During whose administration
did John Marshall become chief
Justice Of the United States su-
preme court? V Y
A. 1t was during the admins
tration Of John Adams, that John
Marshall, the great American turist.
became chief justice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
GOOD RECIPES.

Mothers Specially half 10
blespoon onion finely chopped, two
tablespoons margarine, one cup
chopped cooked chicken or veal
one cup soft bread crumbs, one egg
yolk. salt and pepper, lettuce.
Cook onion In butter three min
utes. Add meat and bread crumbs,
moisten with stock and add egg
yolk and seasonings. Wrap IN let
tuce leaves. allowing two table
spoons mixture to each portion.
Tie in cheesecloth and steam. Re
move TO serving dish and pour
around tomato sauce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30

ant young man, this handsome.
well-bred stranger must be, for
the ruthless, rigid manner in which
he showed UP the hap-hazard, hit
or-miss business tactics OF Clifton
was drastic in the extreme. The
second evening wound up with a
telegram to headquarters. 1t said ::
Send on a substitute for the great
est egotist and most incompetent
agent in our employ" And the
our" was explained by the fact
that the telegram was signed
"Nolney Thearle." who quietly told
Isabel that he was the junior con
trolling element in the Central
Manufacturing company.
He waited until the substitute
arrived, which consumed a week
1t was pleasantly spent, however.
for calling at the Blair home had
become a habit. and the blossom
ing friendship presaged a romance.
Then the facts in the case came
out. Clifton Day hid his discom-
future by finding a new minor posi-
ton in another town Divested OF
the income adequate to entertain
Miss Beatrice Merton in a luxuri-
Gus style, that young lady discard
ed him. As to Miss Blair and Mr.
Thearle. they became to one an
other Isabel and Volney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
Failure of the Amendments.

The senate foreign relations committee has
lIayed the last card in its pack of amendments
nd lost. That means that the United States
will not insist upon changes in the form Of
he treaty or the League of Nations covenant.
Now the fight will turn to the reservations
many of which are proposed and a number of
ghich, it is generally believed. will be adopted.
hose which are virtually meaningless, merely
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-30
The War a Year Ago

United States troops occupied
Aincreville. north of Verdun.
Turkish force of 1000 on the III
girls, surrendered to the British.
Australian delegation applied to
General Diaz. Italian commander.
for an armistice.