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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
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BY WILLIAM BRADY ND.

patients who may not be one whit
more dangerous TO the community
than a victim of an alleged slight
cold" always is On the other
hand, we do owe the community the
benefit of the doubt. and that III
itself sufficiently justifies the incon-
venience to which any number Of
individuals may have to submit. II
this logic is not right. then we have
no justification for the quarantine
or isolation OF diphtheria or small
pox cases. II sewers of the flu
are to be given carte blanch sim
ply because they do not happen to
feel i'll enough TO go to bed, for the
time being, then the lamentable ad-
mission of our United States Public
Health Service that quarantine for
influenza is not feasible was sound
sanitation, after all.
QUESTIONS AND ANEWERS.
Reducing a Prominent Et Cetera.
Will you kindly give me your
method for reducing prominent
hips ct cetera. &C. NJ. b..
Answer-Send stamped ad-
dressed envelope for suggestions
for reducing hips. Follow the sug-
gestions and maybe the ct cetera
will take care of itself.
AlyeOiar Abscess.
When a year old child's tooth
, aches and the jaw swells is it best
to lave the tooth extracted or
filled? (Mrs. L. f. W.
Answer-The tooth is presum-
ably ''ulcerated." as it is improper
Iy called. That means an abscess
at the root OF the tooth. For safety
and for relief the best plan is i'm
immediate drainage of the abscess.
by extracting the tooth il the der
fist does not think the tooth can be
saved. OF course the opinion of a
dentist VINO would not extract a
tooth while it is liberated is
scarcely worth considering.
Syphilis Without Signs.
Can a person be afflicted with
syphilis without primary lesion or
hard sore first appearing? q.
! c. A..
Answer-Yes. Sometimes the
primary hard sore (chancre) is so
trifiing that the patient does not
notice it. or it may develop at a
point not visible.
DiSinfectant.
Please tell me what one can use
to clean a bathtub (porcelain) aft
er a person with a contagious dis
ease has bathed in it. tE. 81.
AnsweT-A thorough scrubbinS
OF the tub with hot water and soap
will make il safe for others to use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

right to hold him back from test
ing his business ability.
An old man OF so has succeeded
the former telegraph operator at
Orville, and passing the cherished
trysting place on his way to his
work, had noticed Edna. 1t came
about that they grew into quite in
innate acquaintanceship, and oc-
casionally Edna would stop for a
few minutes at the little depot 1t
pleased her to be in close touch
with one who could tell her all
about the great city to which she
was a stranger, which held her
hearts dearest treasure.
One evening Edna dropped into
the depot and was conversing with
the operator. when the latter bent
his ear quickly toward the click
ing instrument 1t had become his
wont when Edna was there to epit-
omize any important happening
told over the wires
Big fire in the city" he Tailed.
PLANT of Driscoll & Co. totally de-
stroyed," and Edna's cheek blanch-
ed. for that was the name of the
house with which Ransom was
connected. Several lives lost.
John DriscolI and his secretary es-
capped TO roof; ladder. sent TO their
rescue, burns midway. Both en-
quilted IN the flames. Hello" for
Edna had fallen to the floor insen-
sible.
The operator ran to the water
pail. but 1t was empty He seized
il and started for the well When
he returned Edna was gone He
was a slow-thinkinK man, but it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 7 am IS,
and have no home, my parents be-
ing dead. | work in a factory and
my foreman has asked me TO marry
him. He is a divorced man, very
gentlemanly and l think a lot OF
him.
Am / too young to marry? He is
80. l get SO tired Of factory work.
1t is different with girls who have
homes, but ! just have a living room
and it is not a bit pleasant.
I am not beautiful, but Cousid-
cred pretty and have a lot OF
friends, both boys and girls. I am
not a fiirty kind Of girl either.
This man is the kindest l have
ever met
am sure / love him. but can't
feel that | can't live without him.
l have heard somewhere that that
is the true test of love. VIII YOU
please tell me if that is true and
if it is wrong to marry a divorced
man. l haven't even a sister ] can
ask for advice. LYDIA.
You are very young TO marry, but
as you say IL 10 ullltIeuL WIN YOU ,
you need a home and some one 10
love who will love you. Do not
take this step. however, unless you
are sure of the mans character
and habits The fact that he has
been divorced shows that he did
not make one woman happy and
suggests the possibility that he
would not prove satisfactory TO
you.
Some girls marry at IS and are
very happy. This would be your
fate if the man is Of good char
acter and your love for each other
is deep and true. You must make
your own decision, however. Do
not be hasty in your promise be-
cause if the man loves you he Will
wait until you are sure.
The test of love which you men
ton is good, but when a girl has
learned to be Independent she
knows she can live without a man
even II she loves him.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

those wires overhead there passes
every hour the story OF the great
world--the business story; vast
secrets in cipher, poor little trem-
bling tales Of longing. and broken
hearts, happiness, misery, grief
sorrow, the chronicle of birth
deaths, good fortune and wretched-
ness. 1t overpowers me when |
try to comprehend it all. And
when there is a storm coming. the
wires moan and seem freighted
with tones that awe you Oh,
Edna sometimes. when the hum
and drone is soft and gentle, ! can
almost hear the tender words pass
ing between sweethearts l won
der. oh, 1 wonder"
You wonder what. Ransom ?"
asked Edna, weirdly impressed
with the look in his eyes
"Of how some day, after | have
gone into the busy, bustling life OF
the city, the message l send to you
of triumph. of wealth, and always
OF love, will fill your soul with the
glory OF our great happiness"
Don't. Ransom" pleaded Edna,
as IF the suggestion OF parting
wrenched her heart cruelty. oh,
must it be that you will go away
and we can meet here no more?'
and she CHING to his arm shelter
ingly, but shuddered. and there
was the echo Of half-suppressed
sob.
Ransom caressed and comforted
the girl he so loved, painting a fair
picture of the prospects that were
opening up to him. Edna was
thoroughly unseihsh and sacrific-
ving. aud she felt that she had no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
THE TRUSTING PLACE.
BY Cecille Langdon-
Copyright, 1919, by the Western

t&UpSIlSHl, 1917 Dy luC NeSLeI II
Newspaper Union)
1t was an odd trysting place. but
had been a favorite haunt for
Ransom Wvlie even before he had
bet Edna Deane. After the rail
Dad had been built touching Or
lille. the town where both lived,
nd the telegraph line had paral-
He'd. one towering pole fronted
he lane that led to the home Of
he Deanes, which became a sort
IL waiting station for Ransom.
.dna would join him there and
hey would stroll along the river
ank or visit mutual young friends
the neighborhood.
A grassy rise curved gracefully
bout the deeply imbedded pole
nd some wild bushes encircled it.
Il got 10 he 50 that Ransom was
sualIy on the spot ahead of Edna.
he came upon him one evening
And learned the reason why, and
er face grew thoughtful and ser
Rius. as vas the dreamy express
/ on o. his eyes, TAR away and in
snsa. on the occasion Edna found
I'M with his ear close 10 the
nontn surface o. the pole.
Testing. Ransom sac intfmat-
sostl.. IS she sank to his side.
.sVhy 10. ne answered. flushing
ghtly and acting like one startled
ON deep reverie- 4 was listen
K. Edna Have you ever done
:" and his eyes frightened mag
Sly. Il coma here very often.
one, JUS think Of 1t. Along
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
Brad'sBitC Verse
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS.

There are times when 1 murmur
and stall, when I take a most dol
orous view. when I say. What's
the use OF 1t all? Life is one sea
of indigo blue" But / NOW down
my wild, tangled heard. and |
comb out the burrs from my hair,
and my soul to its deep core is
cheered. and this life seems a par
adise fair If we let ourselves look
like a SLOUGH and our garments are
tattered and torn, we are apt TO
develop a crouch. and be wretChed
and sad and forloTn. Folks will
kick us in scorn from their path.
we will nurse grim detection and
pain. and we'll say in our fury and
wrath. Life is dreary and empty
and vain" There are times when
I grumble and NOPE. when | worry
and heckle and frown. But | order
a carload of soap. and my smile
spreads all over the town. SO |
pin pink rose on my vest. and the
joys come in swarms TO my cup
for the world looks its giaddest and
best when I'm nifty and neat and
dolled up.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

O. How will a small town in a
good farming community. that has
no doctor, secure a good man?
J. B. G.
A. This notice will undoubtedly
attract the attention of some doc
tor who is looking for such loca-
ton.
Q. In how many cemeteries in
France are our fallen heroes
buried? NJ. R. G.
A. American soldiers are buried
is approximately 700 cemeteries in
France. At one time our soldiers
graves were located in 2,340 differ
ent French cemeteries.
Q. How can space for a figure in
Statuary hall in the capitol at
Washington be obtained? d. II.
A. This privilege is given only
to the states. Each state is al
lowed to place statues of two OF
its favorite sons in this hall.
@. What do you know about the
safety of French municipal bonds
as investments? D. X. ].
a. The French embassy states
that the best guarantee of their
safety is the fact that in all his
tory no French municipality has
ever defaulted in the payment of
its obligations.
@. What divisions of the army
were being trained in this country
at the time of the signing of the
armistice? B. A
A. The war department says
that the 9th to Goth divisions, in
elusive, were in training in the
various army camps of the United
States on Nov. IL.
Q. When is Halloween, and
when did it originate? X. l..
A. Halloween is celebrated on
the evening of Oct 81, as the vigil
of All Saints day. It's origin dates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

suddenly occurred to him that the
business house named in the tel
egram might be the one where her
fiance was employed His face
frightened as he caught a later
wire
Where can. she have gone? I
must find her" he so4iloquized ex-
citedly, and an instructive impulse
caused him to hasten to the tryst-
ing place telegraph pole.
Yes, there was Edna, frantic. in
coherent, clasping the pole, press
ing her ear to it wildly. pleading
for further word from the hanging
wire,
"Oh. Miss Deane!" shouted the
operator. there's a later wire.
Man and secretary escaped"
1t was the next day that Ran
som Wylie put in an appearance
Meantime the details of the fire
were generally known A rescuing
ladder had, indeed. caught fire, and
its lower half had fallen to the
ground. Its upper half Ransom
had drawn up 10 the roof. gained
that OF an adjoining building. and
he and his employer had gained
safety
1t was at the old trysting place
that Ransom Wylie resumed his
love VOWS with Edna Deane. telling
her that his signal service in be
half of his grateful employer had
led to advancement and a reward
that would enable them soon TO
become man and wife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

back to the early history of the
Christian church. The two chief
characteristics of ancient Hal
lowe'en were the lighting of bon
fires and the belief that witches
and COLLINS were most likely to
wander about on that night.
Q. How were funds provided to
build the Statue of Liberty? G. F.
a. The Statue of Liberty in New
York harbor was given TO the
people of France who raised the
money by popular subscription.
Q. Does the supreme court OF
the United States have a jury? IL
not how are decisions reached?
F. B.
a. The supreme court does not
have a jury. 1t requires a ma
jority of nine members of the court
to render a decision. No jury is
needed because the supreme court
exercises appellate jurisdiction ex-
cept in some special cases.
Q. Will you give me the exact
wording of the telegram sent out
by the government during the "fu"
epidemic a year ago to the shell
manufacture plants? ND.
A. The following wire is being
sent to all plants working on ord
nance contracts. Influenza is in
terfering with our munition plants
through the country. 1t is up to
men and women who are still on
the job to make good the loss of
their comrades. Speed up. Your
country needs every bit of your
energy today for the men in
France"
Q. To what extent do women
outnumber men in France? F. Y.
A. The latest figures available
show that there are about 1909
721 males and 19,744,932 females in
France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
Gnnd Egg Dishes.

Good Egg Dishes.
Baked ERgs-Cover shallow
dish with buttered cracker crumbs
and drop in eggs; season with salt
and pepper pour over two table
spoons milk; add few small
pieces butter and cover with
crumbs: bake in a moderate oven
Beet and Egg Salad-Dice two
well cooked beets; cut in small
pieces two hard boiled eggs. Mix
with beets. Serve on head of head
glettuce and garnish with mayon-
naise dressing and few sprigs OF
parsley
Deviled Eggs -Four eggs one
teaspoon vinegar, one-haif dozen
sweet pickles. one teaspoon sugar
two tablespoons minced ham, pinch
of salt. dash of red pepper.
Boil until hard the eggs, cut
through center and take out the
yolks. to the mashed yolks add
pickles, chopped fine minced ham
vinegar. sugar and salt. Mix all
together Now fill these egg halves
with this mixture. heaping up well,
dash of red pepper over top. set
in ice box to cool.
Eggs Baked in Pepper Cases
Cut a thick slice from the top of
green peppers and remove the
seeds and place in cold water TO
soak. Make two cups OF cream
sauce. Place tho peppers in a baly-
ing dish and add Onc-half cup Of
water to prevent The peppers from
breaking Now place in each pep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
Heart @0HO1m0.
77,9lDTODCOm1cC =
ov 4 MR.. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
by TEMPLE

girl Of II, and am madly In love
with a fellow about nine years nay
senior | have known him for
about a year and a hall.
When ! first saw him 7 didn't care
for him, but he kept giving mig hi7
attentions until ! fell in love with
him. Then we quarrelled and 81
was nay fault In about three
months he asked ne 10 20 10 the
theatre When he took me home
he asked me for kiss which
did not give him. He never asked
TO take me out again, although he
told others he liked me. treat him
coldly when / see him. 7 simply
can't forget him How can win
him back? HEART-BROkEN
1t is not necessary for YOU to be-
cold. Goodness viii make the young
man think that YOU do not want
him as a friend. Treat him as YOU
do any other friend and he NAV
feel encouraged enough TO come
back Do not, however, let him
kiss you II he comes
Dear Mrs. Thompson: A young
boy friend and ! wish TO 60 on the
stage. We are both very talented.
or at least our friends seem to
think so. We really prefer vaude-
Vile as he has a splendid voice and
I dance real well. What would you
suggest?
We are now both holding very
good office positions, but feel that
we could make more of a success
on the stage as well as a name for
ourselves Our parents have never
objected 70 our going, yet they have
never encouraged us. Won't Won
please advise us at once your idea
of this as We will have TO make
change Immediately
ROMEO AND JULIETTE
You will have to prepare a little
act and present il to some vaude-
vile manager. He will give You
his frank opinion If you are good
he will suggest a means Of getting
started, and if he thinks you lack
talent he will Say so. l would
scarcely advise YOU 10 give up good
positions for an uncertainty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

"nDu tFtlNFNs
Veal Pot Pie-Have the butcher
cut one and one-quartcr pounds OF
veal for stewing and then wash
quickly and place in a saucepan
and add three cups OF boiling wa
ter. Two onions, one faggot OF
soup herbs.
Bring 10 a boil and cook slowly
until tender, usually about one and
One-quarter hours. Now TIT meat
into a baking dish and thiCkcn the
gravy. Season and add four large
potatoes cut in half and parbolled.
four tablespoons OF finely minced
parsley. one-half teaspoon OF
thyme. two teaspoons Of salt, one
teaspoon Of paprika.
Mix well and then cover with a
crust Of plain pastry and bake IN "a
slow oven for 80 minutes
Graham Bread-One cup sour
milk or buttermilk one teaspoon
soda. oue-half teaspoon salt, three
quarter cup sugar (scanD, one ta-
bleFpoon molasses. II tablespoon
graham flour. three tabiesponr-
corn meal Let stand half an hour
Bake i'm slow oven
Egg Plant With Jelly Pare r-l
slice egg plant shout half inch .
thickness. Let s0aS In SIT Vs.
ter about two hours. Drain auG
wipe slices. turn in beaten crs.
and cracker crumbs and fry
butter over slow fire till o. u
comes golden brown. Serve h"r
with apple jelly on the center 81
each slice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
Menu Iiini.
BREAKFAST.
Grapes

Menu Iiini.
BREAKFAST
Grapes
Cereal and Cream
Soft-boilcd Eggs
Toast COhee
LUNCHEON
Salmon Salad
Sliced Tomatoes
Rice Pudding Tea
DINNER.
Clear Tomato Soup
Fillets of Founder Tartar Sauce
Boiled Potatoes String Beans
Coleslaw
Cream Puffs COHee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

Now that the president is temporarily out
OF the game a good many people who have
been belittIing his efforts are forced TO the
reluctant admission that he has been playing
a rather important part in affairs and not
much progress is going to be made till he gets
back at the head of the line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

jus. as the marine strike at New York
seems in a fair way to be settled along comes
"a drivers strike to put things back just where
they were Thousands OF tons OF food have
rotted in the warehouses because it was I'M
possible TO load them on outgoing steamers
and it looks as if they will continue TO rot.
Som ebody's TO blame.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
The War a Year Ago

Turkish premier notified Austria
Hungary that Turks must con-
clude separate peace.
Allies. in great offensive from
Lys river nOrthward in Flanders.
drove Germans headlong in direC-
ton Of Client and CoUrtTaL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

fashioned Turkish physi-
clans have plenty of remedies fol-
cholera. An agate in the pocket
and a hyacinth in the neck are
much esteemed. but the bone Of 2
dead child carried in the pocket Is
nearly as efficacious
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

France and Germany, most pronounced in
their mutual anim0sity before and during the
war OF any of the nations arrayed against
each other, will be the hrst to exchange rati-
fications and resume normal relations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

A trans-continentaI hyer crashed into a
telegraph pole and wrecked his machine and
ehimself at Binghamton. The airplane belongs
10 the wireless age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
Household Hints

per; one tablespoon OF cream
sauce, one tablespoon OF fine
crumbs. Break in one egg.
Cover with cream sauce and then
with fine crumbs and place in the
oven and bake for 20 minutes Just
five minutes before removing.
place a strip OF bacon on top Of
each pepper and serve with cream
sauce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IA, 1919.

1t was just like the senate foreign relations
committee TO undertake to overrule the presi-
dents physicians.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

The hrst shipment OF American milk has
reached Germany. Wonder il they are paying
for it at the rate of 16 cents quart in the
equivalent of American money?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

The business Of the Lone 3d.
stock exchange employs about
Twenty-Five Thousand Ucrsou5 en-
cry day,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

Wheat has been found growing
in the Andes 1000 feet above the
sea.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14
Argus Information Bureau

Amy
address Inquire
the Wit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

Dear Mrs. Thompson; I am a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-06

- ..enfv private branch excnanse-
tss various units Of headquarters,
Connected to this system are mO, 81
.hsn four hundred subscribers
sSdition to the fifty lOns-distaneS
lines, AL,
u,.,,n the German occupied ares
.ho,e has been established by sig-
nal corps under the direction OIL 20.
parter Hitt. chief signal officer, a net
work of wires connecting the various
un,ts Of the third army. Direct lines
~connact with all the corps and diVi.
s,ons sn~proximately 10000 miles Oh
wire being in service.
This extensive plant has not, now.
ever. been built by the third army pu'
consists almost altogether OF tne ger
man lines taken over by the signal
corns and so arranged as to meet the
needs of the army. Sufficient circuits
were left, however, for the CIVILIAN
nopulation to carry on their business
More than 5000 calls are register
ed daily on the Coblenz switcnDoala
with the establishment OF al e4
change in Coblenz 1t was necessary
TO employ operators who could speas
English, French and German. Inc III
teen operators on duty In Copienz ar'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-06


moa1,srs of the women's teiepnI
all men, nS have been in the sersics
corps asI ! al The chief opes~
more ,nau usl.n Cook, was a former
tor, nr,ss Of the American TelepnOI'
emP' Telegraph company Of new Ivy az.
and u 1e,ss to Joining the American e,v
pedlnon : Instructor for the Bell sys-
years ne,ces in chicago, Minneapolis,
tenn IN O, maveland. Detroit and Mem
phis. c.d. Name.
r,,o word "Doodlebug'' is the cous
Ing ~ the third army switchboard
nal roh1enz, the corps and divisions a.,
90 retoInIng the code names thac we" tne
oos,9ned them during the war: On tn1
hack of a twenty-page telephone tSo
rectory issued by the third army
art,St.s conception of q "doodleous
has heen reproduced in the shape Oh
hing made up Of a compinauon
sobres. rifles and an aerial pomp;
All the apparatus, including swat' n
lis telenhone instruments, and ID
Sec, everything excepting the wires,
70 of American manufacture anu -
a. be taken out when the Americans
IN force say good-by to the hnine anu
start for France n nome
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-08-06
HANDLE 1900 CALLS DAILY
Enables Commanding General 70 Keep
Hand on Pulse Of. Army-oPera.
tore Speak English, French
81 and German.

Cobienz.-At the time the Ameri.
cans began Withdrawing from Ger
many the United States army had per-
fected one of the finest telephone sys-
tens In Europe. From the headquar-
tiers Of the third army in Coblenz fifty
long-distance lines had been set up
and it is possible for the command
ing general to sit in his ONCE and
talk with American officers In London
Berlin, Vienna, Rotterdam, Brussels
Antwerp, Paris and various other
European points.
The army Of occupation has a tele-
phone system closely resembling the
best commercial system in the United
States. On the top floor of the head
quarters building In Coblenz a nine
position switchboard was Installed
soon after the Americans reached n
Rhine. Scattered throughout Coblenz