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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
HEALTH TAI K&
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! coccus (gonorrhea GERM. The lat
ter infection quickly destroys the
sight unless vigorously treated by
the physician, and as innocence is
no insurance against such infection.
one with a severe eye Inflammation
should always consult the physi-
clan Or oculist at the very outset.
for safety first
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Suggestion to Eight / ear-Old Boys.
Is there any laxative which can
take the place of castor oil? We
nave an 8-year-old boy who has so
turned against castor oil that we
positively cannot make him take
il any more, and yet he has to have
a physic frequently. MRS. D. s.
Answer-Pouring castor oil into
children is nothing less than an an
tiquated Egyptian rite. 1t is very
prolific cause of constipation. Diet
and proper attention to the habit
of daily or twice-daily bowel evac-
uation will preclude the need OF
physics, provided the mechanism
has not been ruined by crude castor
oil. In conditions calling for the
binding after-effect of castor oil.
aromatic syrup of rhuoarb may be
given in the same doses and for the
same purposes as castor oil. The
youngsters call it "the candy medi-
cine"
Doctor Pulls BOner.
Our little girl, age 10, has fire.
luent coryza and more or less con-
slant nasal discharge. Her express
sion is at times suggestive of ade-
noids, though we get that idea only
from pictures we have seen of the
adenoid expression. We took her
TO a doctor last week, and he mere
ly looked at her and diagnosed ade-
noids. He advised immediate
operation. Can a doctor determine
that a child has adenoids without
examining the nose or throat?
A. r.
Answer-No.
BOils.
Your suggestion to take ordinary
yeast cakes internally for recurring
crops of boils has been a terfect
marvel to US. Within the six weeks
my sons face. for the first time in
three years, has not a pimple or
boil on it. l think nearly every
body in our neighborhood must be
taking yeast, because our grocer
tells me he sells 10 times the
amount of yeast he formerly did,
since you have recommended it.
Answer-Glad to hear it Call
again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
Salvage Sales at Arsenal.

Considerable quantities Of lumber used in con-
crete FORMS other building material and machinery
used IN construction at Rock Island arsenal being
disposed OF from time to time at public sale That
Is sales are supposed to be public AS a matter of
fact good many tri-city people who would like to
submit bids are said find difficulty in learning
when they are to be held One such complaint has
been made to The Argus.
During the war Che government spent large sums
of money educating the people in the habits thrift
so they would save Of their earnings buy Liberty
bonds and of their foodstuffs that allies might
be supplied A pronounced sentiment against waste
and extravaganza has resulted
In the past ~Q9ant1t5es>of material that was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
CIR Rnll nf Gnttn&:

Washington. Jan. 6.-The casual
~ list made public today by the
war department has q total of 1890
names.
(SECTION TW0.)
Killed I'm Action.
LIEUTENANTS.
Oliver P. Byam, Sioux Rapids
Iowa
CORPORALS.
Frank Lesczynsky. Chicago.
Glenn E. Rhodes, Sloan, Iowa
PRIVATES.
Stanley Ostrowski, Rockdale, Ill.
Died of Wounds.
LIEUTENANTS.
Lee A. Bensen, Pawnee, Ill
PRIVATES.
Lee N. Kfbler, Casey, Ill
Died Of Disease.
SERGEANT.
Fred o. Macnulty, Des Moines,
Iowa
MUSICIAN.
Clifford c. Olson, Garner, Iowa.
COOK.
August Nelson, Council Bluffs,
Iowa
/ Albert ]. Delorme, Chicago.
Roy S. Gittins, Iowa City, Iowa.
julius c. Grein, Bancroft, Iowa
Luke Hildebrand, Ceds, Iowa.
Gerald M. McNeal, Chicago.
Francis J. McNiff, Anthan, Iowa.
John c. Musselman, Leon, Iowa.
Wounded Severely.
MAJOR.
Guy S. Brewer, Des Moines, Iowa.
LIEUTENANT.
Harry Murphy, Chicago.
SERGEANTS.
Adrian Schouten, Chicago.
Ralph Rugan, Vandalia, Ill.
CORPORALS.
Albert J. Worby, Dwight, Ill
James E. Mcclure, Spring Valley,
III.
Alphonse F. Siegrist, Hammond,
Ill
MECHANIC.
Rankin Hammond, East St Lou
is, III.
PRIVATES.
Harry F. Lindsey, Dennison, III.
Edward w. Mahannah, Dwight,
III.
Frank Naputano. Chicago
Stephen Rayuniec, Melrose Park,
III.
Michael ]. Rottenberk, Chicago.
Bendetto Ruggeri, Johnson City,
Ill.
John Scully, Chicago.
Tice Sharp, Windsor, III.
Joseph P. Dotson, Frankfort
Heights, III.
Martin ]. McGreavey, Centralia,
Ill.
Otto NJ. D. Schmielan, AspinwaIl,
Iowa.
Werner W. schnaare, olmstead,
Herbert W. Shrader, Rochelle. Ill.
Walter L. Wodley, East st. Lou
is, Ill.
Luigi Zuccolo, Chicago.
Edward L. Reinke, Champaign,
III.
Raymond Grafton, Bath, III.
Joseph J. Culver, Decatur, III.
Samuel n. Farthing, Oden, Ill.
Arthur J. Forester, Murphysboro,
III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
OPPORTUNITIES of Trade.

ship from Australia touched at New York re
| Gently on her way to the British army in France
She carried 5000 tons of jam made from Australian
oranges. berries, and sugar. This cargo prom
Uses to be the first in steady trade between Aus
raa and England giving farmers in that far British
colony a solution of their difficult marketing
problems.
Many other farm marketing problems In the
United States and elsewhere difficult puzzles
til applies to them the new key brought by wa
the merchant ship. Then agricultural communi-
ties like great fruit raising, dairying and live
stock sections find outlets only for present
products but improved and concentrated products
which give the best profit and the best balanced ag-
culture. Even country so far from big consum-
ship and world trade is able to develop intensive
industries like deciduous fruit grapes rasins, and
dried fruit
Chairman Hurley, Of the United States shipping
board is devoting attention to farm markets abroad
in connection with the American merchant ma
rine We shall presently be turning out merchant
ships ready for service at the rate of than
100000 tons monthly. By this time next year hun
dreds of these ships will be running on new trade
routes between the United States and Latin America
Europe, the orient and elsewhere. Ships alone can
not create world trade-there must be teamwork be-
tween ships, banks, investors. manufacturers, and
farmers 1t is essential that our farmers give seri-
Gus thought to the American merchant marine now
while it is in process of development There are
two general lines of interest
First, merchant ships be studied as transpor-
tation. Every farmer knows that transportation in
the form of railroads gives him access to markets;
that without railroads farming in many sections
would be impossible The American merchant ma
rine simply extends railroads the trade
routes Of the world, giving farmers to vast
new markets for every product of the soil.
Second, merchant ships be studied from the
community standpoint Local farmers organizations
now can begin investigating local products in the
light of world trade, ascertaniing what the
ity produces that be shipped abroad, and where
possible world markets to be found, and how
connections can be made Herewith The govern
ment is already investigating but details what
each farming community in the United States can
produce for export must be ascertained largely BY
our farmers themselves Earnest attention to the
new American merchant marine as it bears upon
American farming today is not only a service to
farming, but a service to the nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
OH-SeaS0n Prices.

If straw costs as much elsewhere as it does in
Rock Island nobody will blame the straw hat manu-
facturers for running prices up for next seasons
goods, even though they plan putting more ma
teria1 in hat than heretofore
Coming at this particular time announcement of
advances in next summers headgear doesn't especi-
ally interest anyone except the chaps who doing
the advancing. To the fellows who eventually will
do the buying it seems long way from to sum-
straws.
Perhaps that is the reason we are always hearing
about increases in the prices of next summers ap
pare1 in the dead of winter and Of next winters
clothing in the midst of summer. Manufacturers
have solved the psychology of the situation They
administer the dose when it goes down easiest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06

Pink Eye.
Epidemic conjunctivitis, or pink
! eye" caused by the Koch-Weeks
bacillus, prevails most frequently
ic the spring and autumn, like con-
tagious diseases in general. The
epidemics often run through
schools, asylums or households.
The germ is contained in the Co
pious secretions from the inflamed
eyes and in the nasal secretions as
well, SO that pink eye" must be
listed among the many things that
, may happen to the innocent by
stander as a consequence of an
open-face or unguarded sneeze.
Towels, handkerc chiefs and fingers
are other means by which the in
lection is conveyed.
Epidemic conjunctivitis differs
from ordinary simple acute con-
1unctivitis (sore eyes, only in the
contagious character the discharge.
The eyes may become inf1amed from
mechanical irritation by smoke,
Dust, gases, pollen, or from measles,
or coryZa. A less severe but more
obstinate form of conjunctivitis is
Cillus; this form affects chiefly the
outer and inner angles Of the lids,
where the scanty secretion accum-
ulates and tends to make the lids
adhere.
Ordinary acute conjuncivitis or
Epidemic conjunctivitis (conjuncti-
Wits means Inflammation of the lin
ing of the eyelids) usually clears
Up in 10 days to two weeks. Warm
saturated solution of boric acid in
water should be used freely and
frequently to battle the eyes. The
eyes should be kept at rest, and
the patient should avoid contact
with other persons. Cotton or
cloths used for bathing the eyes
should be burned.
In the more obstinate infiamma-
tiOns which persist more than three
weeks it is often beneficial to add
TO the boric acid solution a small
amount of zinc sulphate for eye
drops. For example:
Zinc sulphate ...... grains
Bor1c acid .-..-......15 grains
Distilled water .. ounces
Drop several drops in each eye
night and morning. Solution should
DE warm when used This solution
is mildly astringent and more suit
able for eye infiammations of long
standing than for recent cases.
Other infections which may pro-
duce acuteIy inf1amed eyes are the
Pneumococcus pneumonia or al
legged cold" germ, and the Como
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
Soup Recipes.

Vegetables Soup-Three medium
sized potatoes, three cups water
two slices onion. sprig of parsley.
one carrot, one turnip, stalk of
celery, one and one-half cups milk.
two tablespoons fat four table
spoons flour, salt and pepper. Wash
and pare potatoes, turnips and car
rots, cut into small cubes. Add
onion, parsley, celery, salt and wa
ter; cook until tender, add milk
thicken with fat and flour mixed
Let boil; season and serve.
Cream Of Celery Soup No. Boil
the outer stalks and leaves OF a
bunch of celery, a small onion, a
piece of bay leaf and a little mace.
in sailed water slowly at least half
an hour, or until liquor is reduced
10 about two cups. Make a white
sauce with two tablespoons butter
or substitute, three tablespoons
flour and two cups of milk. Add
the strained liquor from the celery.
Let come to boil and just before
serving add the yolk of one egg
with two tablespoons cream stir
red into it Save all the celery
which cannot be used for salad or
the table and use it in this way.
Does not matter if it is wilted.
Cream of Barley Soup-Two
tables ooons barley, two cups milk,
one teaspoon salt, one teaspoon but
ter, one teaspoon flour. dash OF
pepper, dash paprika. a little choHk
ped parsley. Wash barley and ID III
slowly one hour in one quartz OF
water; add water if necessary
(there must be two cups of water
at the end of hour. Have milk
hot in top of double boiler. Add
barley, salt, pepper. paprika, flour
and butter rubbed together, and
boil three minutes, add parsley and
serve.
Cream of Celery Soup-Two cups
of white stock, outside stalks OF
celery, one tablespoon of butter, one
celery, one tablespoon of butter. one
milk, salt and pepper. Cut celery
into very small pieces and boil in
stocks, about twenty pieces or until
tender. Strain and add butter and
flour cooked together and scalded
milk, and seasoning. Ham bone
may be used and butter omitted 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
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44,tDrObTQfncC \
oy MIRO EI1ZARETH THOH1pSONl
fRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 an
twenty years old and have been go
ing with a young man five years
1 thought l loved him, but l know
now that 1 do not We have Sc
| the time several times to get mar
ried, but I always put it Off He il
a nice boy, but he is awfully jeal
Gus and we fuss a lot when We
are together.
l love another man, but he is my
mothers half brother. Please tel
me if we are too nearly related tc
get married?
He is in camp now, but will re-
turn soon. We were together a lot
before he left for camp, but we new
er mentioned love to each other
He wrote me after he left that he
loved me, but had been afraid to
tell me. l believe him.
do not love the first boy, but
do the one who is in the service
This second one told me 1 was
too good girl for the first boy, al
though he never knew was en-
gagged. Please tell me if it would
be all right for me to marry this
Is twenty-three years old.
c. H. B. S.
You should break your engage
ment at once. To deceive the man
by making him think you love him
is dishonest Your mothers half
brother is too nearly related to you,
l should say. Besides, both of you
are too young to think of marriage.
Probably your love is infatuation
intensified by his going into the
service.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My boy
friend has invited me to his house
to supper several times, but 1 have
not gone because his mother has
not said anything about my coming.
He always puts it in an indefinite
way, such as, 81 will expect you
over for supper Sunday night" and
he does not say he will call for me
or that his mother wants me to
come.
Now he is becoming angry and
says if 1 will not accept some of his
invitations he is not coming to see
me any more What shall do?
DAISY DEL
Tell the boy that you think you
should have an invitation from his
mother.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
young girl of twenty and have met
a man thirty-three years old. I
am in love with him l know he
cares nothing for me and I would
like to win him If 1 possibly can.
He likes to talk to me, but he has
very peculiar actions sometimes.
Can you please help me by telling
me how can gain him and his
love?
He is well to do, but I am not
what you would call rich or poor.
But still am not after his money,
but him. IN LOVE.
Above all you must not show that
you want the man to love you. Be
your natural self without trying
anw wiles to win him. If he is
meant for you he will learn to care,
otherwise IT will be impossible for
you to attract him. If you are a
wise little girl you will keep him
put of your thoughts as much as
possible.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is
> young man working in the drug
store with whom I am very much
n love. He apparently loves me
and is very attentive. He sends
ne candy and presents all the
line. Would it be all right for
ne to accept a cardcase or some
hing nf that kind I hare heard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

that it is wrong to accept jewelry
from a man unless you are en-
| gagged. Is that so? X. Y. z.
Jewelry should not be accepted
but a cardcase would be all right
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l work
in a freight house and would like
to understand all kinds of freight
work, meaning all kinds of bills.
Is there anything in the library
could get to read that would give
me information.
There are books on freight that
would be of interest to you. Con-
suit your librarian.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am very
fond of perfume and one day my
employer told me that he could
not stand it and wished l would
not use it. Do you think an employ
er has any right telling a girl in
his office what she should do in
such matters? ISABELLE.
Yes, in such matter he has a
right to tell the girl that he OBJ
iects. If she does not care to fol-
low his suggestion she has the
privilege of leaving his employ.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What do
you think of dancing in the home?
MATTY.
approve of dancing in the home.
Surely there should be no safer
place.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: This fall
was taken very sick and 1 had to
send my little boy to his grant,
mother. He was away from me
three months, but now 1 have him
with me again. was always very
careful not to spoil him and until
now he believed that my word was
law. Now l cannot make him do
anything l want him to. He is only
4 years old, but he is stubborn and
Irritable. What would you advise
me to do? MOTHER.
The child's irritability may be
caused by some physical disturb
ance. He may have adenoids, or
perhaps in the past three months
has lacked the proper kind of food.
I AXE him to physician and have
him examined. Also have the ply
stefan recommend a proper diet Be
sure that the child is getting enough
sleep and fresh air.
For naughtiness the best thing
you can do is to deprive him OF the
things he likes. Take away his IA
vorite toy for a week, do not let him
have dessert for dinner, or shut him
in a room alone for two or three
hours ALI of these methods are
very effective. Sometimes it is nee
essary to deprive the child of his
dinner. This should absolutely
never be done unless something
is put in the place of
the dinner. Bread and milk would
be a punishment in place of foods
that he liked, but at the same time
it would be good for him
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
very pretty hands with one excep-
ton My fingernails are a good
shape, but they are covered with
white spots. cannot seem to get
rid of them, although I manicure
almost every day. What is the |
cause Of the spots and what can |
DO for them? ANXIOUS.
The spots are bruises. Doubtless !
you have thin, sensitive nails and |
when you knock them against
or push the cuticle back, |
/ white spot comes. Be very care |
,ul when you manicure to push the |
skin gently and with wooden |
stick only. Steel is hard on the
lailA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06

The American Sugar Refining company an
nounces Christmas gifts to its 10000 employees of in
surance policies ranging from $500 to ooo accord
ing to length of service, premium to be kept paid
during the period Of employment While we have
no personal knowledge of the financial condition of
the should feel almost safe in hazarding
q guess that it will 60 broke because of its mu-
nffIcence
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
MENU HINT

BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes
Dreamed Fish Corn Mullins
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Bean Soup
Celery
Toasted Bread Oatmeal Cookies
DINNER
Escalloped Salmon
Baked Potatoes Battered Carrots
Cabbage Salad with garnish of
Carrots
Apple Sance Ginger Bread
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06
DIFFERENT PIES.


Pineapple Pie with and without
meringue)-Linea pie plate with q
! good crust and fill with canned
crushed or grated pineapple min
| gled with a cupful of sugar, Ia
| blespoonful of softened butter, the
well-beaten yolks of two eggs, and
lastly the whites of two eggs beaten
stiff and folded in. Cross strips OF
crust over the top. If preferred
teaspoonful of cornstarch dis
solved in little water may be add
ed to the pineapple with the yolks
of the eggs, and the whites of the
eggs reserved for meringue. After
the pie is baked whip the whites OF
the eggs with two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, pile lightly on top of the pie
and set in a cool oven to puff and
color a golden brown.
Lemon Pie.-Three-quarter cup
sugar, three-quarter cup boiling
water, three tablespoons corn
starch, two egg yolks, three table,
spoons lemon juice, grated rind of
one lemon, one teaspoon butter.
Mix the cornstarch and sugar.
add the boiling water, stirring con-
butter, the egg yolks and the rind
and juice of the lemon. Line a
plate with pastry. Put rim one
half inch wide around the edge or
cut the pastry larger than the plate
and build up rim; flute with the
fingers first dipped in flour. Turn
in the mixture which has been cool
ed and bake until the pastry is
done. Cool slightly and cover with
a meringu. then return to oven and
bake meringue.
Meringue-Beat whites of two
eggs until stiff. add gradually two
tablespoons powdered sugar and
continue beating; then add one-half
teaspoon lemon juice or one-quar-
ter teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Raisin Pie.-Bake pas
try shell over inverted pie plate.
Cook one-half cup ground seeded
raisins in one-third cup water for
thirty minutes. Sift together three
tablespoons flour, one-quarter cup
sugar and few grains salt and stir
into the raisins. Add one square
chocolate, broken in pieces, and
pour into the mixture one cup boil
LIB WdICI, SUI ing CONSTANTLY WHlle
cooking until smoothly thickened.
Then add one tablespoon butter,
one-half cup cream with yolks of
two beaten eggs and cook carefully
few minutes longer. Add one
quarter teaspoon cinnamon and
one-third cup seeded raisins cut
in pieces. Take from fire, cool
slightly, pour into baked crust.
cover with r1eringue from stiffly
beaten whites of two eggs with one
half teaspoon vanilla and three
and one-half tablespoons powdered
sugar. Sprinkle shredded cocoanut
over meringue and brown delicate
ly in moderate oven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06

The New York supreme court has decided that
womans prerogatve of changing her mind is invioi-
able, if it involves shift of attorneys during
the of lawsuit Next to free speech this in
alienabIe right of womankind the leading bulwark
not TO say safety valve Of a free government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06

British soldiers making demonstrations for
the purpose of speeding up rehabilitation The war
being won, they in sticking around
the camps any longer Most of the soldiers of the
other nations the winning side probably feel the
same way. Army life has no attraction for them in
time Of peace. Having smashed the Hun military
machine they are willing to let George pick up the
hieces
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-06

New York street railway companies have failed In
their effort to advance fares to cents If they had
succeeded we would have heard of them next asking
for 1o-cent fares aid in making change and
therefore tending to improve the service.