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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
YOUNG WOMEN OF
STATE DEMANDED
AS INSTRUCTORS

Teachers for occupational Their
apy are in great demand, and there
is q great opportunity for young
women between the ages of 25 and
As to go into this work The Henry
B. FaviI1 School Of Occupations, in
Chicago, has been conducting a
number of classes in this work for
the past two or more years, and
another course begins April %.
The present demand is for young
women, residents of the state of
Illinois who can pass the physical
examination the government re-
quireSs for reconstruction aides,
who have an educational back
ground equal to that of a college
graduate plus previous training in
at least some one line of art work
preferred, a course in design and
color knowledge.
The object of this training is to
Immediately prepare young women
to be equal to the demands of the
government to be able to assist in
the reconstruction problems if
called upon. and to prepare women
for the great need of teaching in
state and private institutions. The
course covers a period of five
months
A tuition fee of $50 will be re-
CURED and an additional charge OF
$40 will be made for individual
tools, which will remain the prop
erty of the pupils. The course in
cludes three months practice work
in state and civil hospitals. Ger
tificates will be granted only to
students successfully completing
both the course of instruction and
the practice training.
Some idea of the course may be
gained from the following:
Outline of course: There will be
theoretical lectures upon all tech
nical subjects taught.
Design: Appreciation of. includ-
ing particulars of color and design
block and stick printing, stenciling
with special methods and a high
standard in their application.
Plastic materials: PermadelIa
and clay work
Book and pamphlet binding with
reference to immediate and practi-
ca use Of same.
Wood work, wood carving. toy
making. decorating toys, assem-
bling small pieces of furniture.
chair Gaming, chair seating, etc,
cement work. weaving, including
work on looms.
Lecture work includes Kineso-
ology, eight lectures.
Mechanism of joints and of sim
pie remedial movements that may
be worked out in occupations will
be taught.
Educational psychology: Eight
lectures, the value of special I'M
derstanding of methods employed
in stimulating interest.
Various mental characteristics
of convalescence are discussed and
methods dealing with same in a
constructive way are considered.
Nervous and mental diseases
six lectures, with conferences on
various methods of work with
these highly specialized groups,
exhibition of habit train
ing charts Specialists dealing with
all types in the so-called handi-
capped group will be asked to lead
along their particular
lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
MURRIN ON FURLOUGH.

Andrew F. Murrin who was in the
first American flotilla to go to Eu-
ropean waters in the present war,
is visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Mathew Murrin, 437 Forty-third
street He is on a furlough and de-
clares he likes the navy so well
that even though he could obtain an
honorable discharge at the present
time, inasmuch as he enlisted only
for the period of the war, he is go
ing to remain in the service. He
was on the destroyer Rowen and de-
clares his boat was responsible for
getting its full quota of hun subma-
rines. The flotilla in which he sailed
left on May 5, 1917 for foreign
waters. Next month he will go to
Constantinople. Turkey. with a
flotilIa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
PRICE DOUBLED
ON SHOP Train
Fare Between Davenport and Rock
Island and Moline Increased,
WOrkmen Say.

Fare on the shop train running
from Davenport to Rock Island and
Moline over the Rock Island road
has been doubled in the last few
days, according to several Daven-
port workmen who ride this train
to their work every morning.
A ten-fare ticket, which transfers
the holder and his lunch pail from
one side of the river to the other
used to cost so cents. Now it costs
81. The ticket is punched twice if
the bearer goes to Moline, making
20 cents
The shop trains are used by hun
dreds of Davenporters who have
their residences in that city and
work in the factories of Rock Is
lands and Moline. They can save
much time going to and from work
by riding the train on the Rock Is
land road instead of taking the troll
ley and transferring to and from
the bridge car. The Tri-City Rail
way company still sells a 10-cent
ticket from Davenport to Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
LOCK PLACE UP
after ROBBERY
Burglars Prove Considerable After
Taking Pick OF Stock in
Store On Bluff.

Burglars who plundered the shoe
store belonging to Jacob Hartmann.
located at 4404 Fourteenth avenue.
last night, proved real considerable
and did not leave an open entrance
into the store when they left-they
locked the door behind them.
q small sum of money, a watch,
four pairs of women's shoes and
one pair of mems shoes comprised
the loot, as far as can be determ-
ined by the proprietor this morn
ing. The boxes containing the
shoes were left behind, the burg
lars evidently picking out the size
and types of shoes most suitable.
Entrance was gained through a
rear door and a key was used. The
door was found securely locked
this morning. The case has been
reported to the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
TRACTOR BLANT
REDUCES HOURS
Shortage of Steel at Factory in
East End of Rock Island
Forces New Plan.
OTHERS WORKING AS BEFORE
Measure Taken to Meet Emer-
gency viii Be In Force For
a Short Time Only.

Rumors that all factories in the
tri-cities went on an. eigtt-hour
basis yesterday are unfounded.
The stories grew out of the plan
inaugurated by the Moline tractor
plant at Forty-third street, Rock
Island, which cut it's working day
down to eight hours as an emer-
gency measure. This plan is
temporary.
A shortage of steel is RESPONSE
bic for the reduction, coupled with
remodeling which is in process at
the plant. AS soon as steel be-
comes more plentiful the nine-hour
day will be resumed. The eight
hour day is being used in order to
keep all the men at work during
the period of the shortage. Be-
tween three and four hundred en-
ployes are effected.
AS far as it is known, the Mo-
line tractor plant is the only one
affiliated with the Tri-City Manu-
facturers' association that has re-
duced the working day, it was stat
ed at the association headquarters
today. 1t was said there that while
in many other cities the reduction
had been made, factories in the
tri-cities found that the. nine and
ten-hour day is more popular with
the men and there is no need to
reduce the shop hours here.
Quit at $3.50.
The tractor plant employees go
to work at in the morning, work
until noon. lunch, resume work at
1880 and are through for the day
at $3.50. 1t is understood that their
pay goes on as before for a full
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
FIRST WIFE TO
FIGHT FOR HIM
Raymond Thomas Lloyd Who Faces
Bigamy Charge Did Not Abuse
Her, She Says.
BLAMEs THE OTHER WOMAN
Says Spouse No. 2 IL Responsible
for All Alleged SIanderous
Statements.

Mrs. Raymond Lloyd Thomas,
9to5 Sixth avenue, today came to
this defense of her husband who has
been held to the strand jury IN Day.
export on q charge Of bigamy.
She, his first wife, was very IN
dignant that certain things were
said about her husband, principally
that he abused her and did not
work.
And she biAmes wife No. 2 for
what she alleges are eInnderous
statements. Vito No. 2 was q Miss
zoos OF Davenport, to whom he Is
alleged to nave been married March
u, 1918.
It's q lie. what they say about
Raymond" wife No. said today.
They said he abused me and never
worked. Do ] look like l was
abused2 He never laid q harsh hand
on me. And no worked all of the
time. His time book at the Rock Is
land road round house Will show
that, It's the other woman who is
saying all these things about him.
She started the trouble. OF course,
we are going to do all we can to
get him out Of this"
Sister An Any.
Thomas sister has also come to
his defense and has allied herself
with wife No. l in his behalf.
Thomas and wife No. 1 lived at 2621
Eighth-nnd-a-half avenue in Rock
Island. He was IN the army service,
reaching Camp DIX on his way over
seas, but getting no further than
that point. He confessed to his wife
and sister before he was apprehend-
ed under charge of bigamy by
Davenport police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
With Islanders
In the Service
NOwack Writes.

Fred Nowack, a horseshoer with
the Seventh company, military po-
lice in France, has written two
interesting letters, one to his
mother. Mrs. Minnie Nowack, 2701
Seventeenth street, and one to his
sister, Mrs. Henry Raithel, 1920
Thirtieth street Fred gays the
closest he was to the front was
three miles but that was close
enough, he judged. the way the
shells used to whizz through the
woods,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
PROVES SELF NOT
GUILTY IN COURT

William Bradshaw, charged with
assault and battery on the person
of J. S. Wade, was dismissed when
brought before Justice D. J. Gle
land in the police court yesterday
afternoon. He submitted an alibi
proving that he was not at the
scene of the alleged assault.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
HARD ON SHOES?
THEN READ THIS

Il marched through the mud Of
Flanders, through a large part of the
Lorraine sectors, and lastly from
Chateau Thierry to Fismes, and nv
shoes with Neolin Soles are still in
good condition. For five months ]
alternated these shoes with two other
pairs. which are now worn out, but
the Neolin Soles look as if they had
another five good months of wear left
IN them" Written by Lieut.. Edgerly
Austin. Americana xpeditiona Forces,
France-October 18th, 1913.
This IS exceptional service, all army
men will agree. Civilians rarely give
their shoes usage such as this; but if
they are hard on shoes, and want to
cut their shoe bills down, let them try
Neolin-soled shoes. These shoes are
obtainable at most shoe stores in
many good styles for men, women and
children.
Or have your old shoes re-bottomed
with Neolin Soles. You will find these
scientifically made soles are comfort
able and waterproof. as well as long
wearing. They are made by The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron,
Ohio. who also make Wingfoot Heels
guaranteed to outwear all other heels.
neOlien So1es
Trade Lars Rag. Z. S. Pat o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
MEN ENDORSE TRAINING.

Washington, March 1S.-Over-
whelming endorsement of a uni
versal military training system was
expressed by representative group
of the selectiVe service men of the
Twelfth division, Camp Devens,
Mass.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
HUNS TO RESIST POLES.

Paris. March 1s.-The Germans in
upper Silesia are making active
preparations to resist Poles and
Czechs, according to reports fro@
Warsaw.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-18
MAY Ely FROM AFRICA.

London, March 1S.-It is reported
among airmen, that flight across
the Atlantic from Africa, is being
contemplated.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19
FALSE

There is a danger of forming a
false idea of holiness. To hear some
people talk one would suppose it nee
essary to leave everything, to throw
away all, to bury oneself in a desert
and there devote onself entirely to
prayer and modification. People then
reply that it is impossible, so holi-
ness must be left TO the saints; and
then betake themselves to a myriad of
faults, sins, inidelities towards God.
That is to say, under the excuse Of
not being able to become saints, they
make themselves quite easy about
their state, and slip on swiftly to
their W condemnation. This is an
error, invented by the spirit of lies,
accepted by the world, favored by the
passions, which ask no better than to
find a plausible pretext for satisfy
ing the conscience. This is not sane
tity. Sanctity consists in the faithful
accomplishment of the duties God lays
upon us. In this way n who fulfills
we'll the duties of his station in life,
and much more, n who fulfills them
we'll for God, will become a real saint
nothing more is needed to reap your
heavenly reward.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19

them to do being to hold an iron ring,
the ring also being held by the per-
son who hid the pin and who invol-
UNFAIRLY leads the performer to the
hidden article, without realizing it. /.
Exactly the same idea of %involun-
tary muscular action is behind the
Ouija board. when it works naturally.
But, knowing this, the men who have
made a special study of natural magic
"a science as deep, strange as it may
seem to many, as some studies pur-
sued in colleges-are not able to give
a clean bill of health to the Ouiia or
its cousin, the planchette. If the
priest will consult Magic: Stage H.
lusions and Scientific Diversions" by
Hopkins, a standard work on white
magic, he will find this author declar-
ing that the planchette has shown
tendencies which cannot be explained
by natural laws known at present.
Remember, this does not come
from some scientist who knows moth
ing about magic, but thinks he ought
to know it because he knows other
sciences. But it is from a man who
is an acknowledged authority on the
secret art itself.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19
AN IDEAL DAD"
Susie LduYpS.

Shake hands, Dad. How many chill
dren call you that? There are five
who have called me Dad or Pa or
Father. Excuse me for mentioning it,
but | want you to know that I am no
mere theorist in this matter of being
the father of a family.
Now here are some straight facts!
1t is fathers duty to give some time
every week to his boys and girls. The
only time I have been able to give to
mine is Sunday. My Sundays have
belonged to the children.
AS soon as they were old enough l
always took them to church with me
in the morning. Sunday afternoons
we always took a walk, when the
weather permitted, or if too stormy,
we read story books together.
In our walks we usually had a def
mite objective. We went to see some
body, or to get a particular view or to
look for some n thing in particular.
We counted birds nests n trip, on
another we looked under pieces of
wood and bark, found the smallest
growing things; learned the wild flow.
ers, the birds, the butterflies and
moths, the ferns and the trees. In a
word, we studied Gods great wonder,
full outdoor book in the afternoon
just as diligently as we studied the
best literature in the morning.
And what results? Five open-eyed
open-minded, intelligent young men
and women, devoted to their parents
and grateful for what their Heavenly
Father and his children have done for
them, a mother who is still young and
happy (because she got a little rest
on Sunday during those strenuous
years., to say nothing Of a father who
now thanks God for the privilege of
still being a boy though in his fifties.
We shall never forget those long
evenings in our home when the girls
came back from school and high
school, and the boys from college, and
we sat around the dinner table togeth-
er, forgetful of time. We were all
more entertaining to each other than
any show eyer staged, because by this
time each of the children had discov-
cred his own special field Of interest
and delved into it beyond the limit Of
the others in the great realms of ma
ture and literature hat we had begun
to enjoy together when they were lit
tie children. Each one could therefore
make his own particular contribution
to the delight of all.
When will short-sighted, %self-indul-
gent fathers learn that in their own
wives and children are the possibili.
ties of perennial delights and solid
satisfactions compared with which
other things are dust and ashes.
Buffalo Echo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19
coNFoRMlTY TO GODS WILL.

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
has taught us to pray in this manner:
Thy will be DONE" He has prayed
thus Himself for our instruction. Oh,
if we would but conform our will to
the holy will of God, how tranquil,
how resigned, how happy would we
be in all the occurrences of this life!
The thought of that Divine will
strengthened and consoled the Blessed
Virgin Mary when Simeon foretold the
trials that were in store for her, say
ing:
This child is set for a sign which
shall be contradicted; and thy own
soul a sword shall pierce This con
formity with the will of God was her
comfort during her whole life and
gave her courage and strength to
stand at the foot Of the Cross, and
receive the last breath of her beloved
Son.
Conformity induces us to place our
selves entirely and without reserve
in the hands of God, as a piece of clay
in the hands Of the potter. 1t makes
us say: Let God dispose of me as
He ~pleases; | desire nothing but to dc
irk all things His holy Will" But be-
fore we can attain a perfect conform
ity with Gods will we must neces'
sarily 'mortify Il passions and evil
in%clinatiOns. 1t was very different
with the Blessed Virgin Mary; she
was pure and innocent, she was con
ceiyed without sin, and had no pas
sions to conquer. AS to us our self
will and our irregular appetite oppose
this holy conformity. We must Their
renoUnce ourselves, and mortify our
selves, if we desire the blessings an(
wonderful fruit of the conformity will
Gods will.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19
A LEGEND.

Hast heard this legend of the Holy
Family's flight
From David's citV.4in the dead of
night?
When angelwarnod Of the kings COM
mand,
The death of every infant in al. that
land,
The Child and Mary were safely led
BY Joseph, ere the I%nnocents' blood
was shed
Out past the city's gates to the spread
ing plain,
Where, in dim light, a farmer sowed
his grain.
And Mary, fearful lest perhaps their
fight
Was known in the city while yet twas
night,
And knowing what the kings anger
and revenge would be,
Called to the farmer, and made thus
her plea:
That when the soldiers came at the
kings command,
He would tell them they passed as he
tilld the land.
Scarce half an hour had passed before
The soldiers drew rein, a dozen or
more,
And, in the name of the king, they
babe him say
If the pilgrims described had passed
that way. SHaAs>
His answer in fear, yet in truth, was
made,
In truth. indeed, yet as Mary babe.
That when he tilld the soil and plant
ed the seed,
The pilgrims described had passed
by with speed.
And 10! where an hour before the
fresh soWn seed had lain,
Now ripe for cutting stood the golden
grain.
Susie Laures.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19
oUIJA BOARD NOT MERE MENTAL
THIEF.

A priest writing to The Fortnightly
Review rather agrees with the idea
expressed by another correspondent
that the Ouija board is merely men
tai pocket-picking." While he does
not know how the board works, he is
convinced that it operates by natural
means.
Men who do know how the board
works are not SO optimistic, says the
Denver Catholic Register. If the
good Father will consult THE Book
of Magic" a little volume on leger-
demain that he can find in almost any
public library, he will find, under the
chapter on .'mind-reading," some facts
about the human muscles that he does
not know now. He will find that
every human thought of motion
towards any place causes an absolute
ly involuntary movement in the limbs,
and that performers, realizing sthis,
have been able to find objects even
so small as a pin that have been hid
den miles from where they have
started, the only thing necessary for
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19

little while, the train. started and lit;
tie Ruth was carried away ON the
midnight train. It stopped at c.,
and the porter carried one of his
pieces Of baggage to the Home for
Orphans.
Ten years passed. A bloody war
had broken out with England. and
c. was the scene of bloodshed.
Ruth, grown into a beautiful
| young woman, went with a band of
women to care for the wounded and
the dying. She in her nurses uni
form and cap was called The Angel
Of Mercy" Her sweet face and
golden curls which escaped from un-
der her cap were like q sunbeam en-
tering the. room. One day she was
attending a dying soldier when she
observed a gold chain round his neck:
looking closer she saw hat a small
locket vas attached to the chain.
With a low cry OF surprise she quietly
bent owe the sleeping man and
opened the lOcket. A childish face
was what she saw and Immediately
she recognized it. The soldier then
awoke and looked in surprise at what
Ruth was doing.
Where did you get my locket?"
she asked a~nXionsly.
The man was very weak, but he
looked searchingly at her and said:
Are you Ruth LennoX?"
Yes" she answered, bending over
him to catch his dying words.
All" he said, taking her hand and
pressing it tenderly, you do not know
me, but l remember you, my angel of
mercy. To leave you no longer in
doubt" he added, after q pause. Il
am Clayton, the once bosom friend
of your brother, Connor. Eleven
years ago in the battle in which
last saw him, he came to me and said:
/ am going TO carry the warning to
General Flowers. 1t is a risky bust
ness, Clayton, my dear fellow. and I
may never see you again He then
took off this locket and put it around
my neck and said, If You ever see
the owner Of this, give it to her and
tell her | died the death Of a hero and
a Christian. Tell her it was her sweet
face and innocent self that brought
me back to God, and Clayton. dear old
boy, ear this locket until you see
her, and may God grant that the face
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-19
LOVING MISERY.

BE careful that you do not fall in
love with misery, daughter warned
a wise mother. Thinking how miser
able one is because of a trial or a
disappointment, how n ought to be
pitied, putting on a sad or pensive or
distressed air-what is this but a kind
sof falling in love with misery, cod.
ldling it, making it ones closest. com
panion? A hundred times better is it
Ito remember that misery is not the
souls true inheritance, and to resolve
mot to be overcome; then to turn the
attention to duties, to find the bless
ings one has.
Nothing is lost, and much gained
by trying to be brave and triumphant,
to keep ones misery out OF others
sight and out of too conspicuous a
Ilace in ones own sight. The little
I, igexations-even the greater ones
are like some other things-if kept in
the dark they lose their strength. II
has been said of one whose life is
long, drawn-out suffering: He works
his woes up into fun" That's a mas
terful way of treating ones Woe
worth trying.
1t is not seeing ones friends. hay.
ing them within reach, hearing OF and
from them, which makes them ours,
Many a one has all that, and yet has
nothing. 1t is the believing in them,
the depending on them, assured thai
they are good and true to the core,