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The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
ADMIRAL H. B. WILSON
is ORDERED HOME
Will Command Squadron of At
lantic Fleet; Other Changes.

Orders issued to the higher naval
officers making important assign
ments are as follows:
Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson. de-
tached command of United States
forces in France. to command Squad
ron 4. Division NJ, Atlantic fleet;
Capt. William V. Pratt to command
L. s. S. New York; Rear Admiral
William r. Shoemaker to command
Division D. Atlantic fleet; Rear Ad-
miral Harry Huse to command train
ing of the Atlantic fleet; Rear Ad-
miral Charles p. Plunket to COM
mand destroyer force and fiotilla No.
when organized; Vice Admiral Al
bert w. Grant to command battleship
force No l; Rear Admiral Alexander
f. Halstead to command naval forces
in France; Capt. Edward L. Beach
to be commandant of Mare Island
Navy Yard
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
Lay on the Cops, Tom.

The police force is so short Of men
at this time. that for any one to
cripple a bluecoat Is to deprive the
community of valuable aid in catch
ing the maniac.
Policeman Heide, who keeps crooks
and burglars from stealing Ninth
street Cthe Gay White Way, was as
sisting a brother policeman to make
an arrest Saturday night.
Tom Yingling. a sailor, came up and
got in Heide's way and attempted
to rescue the man under arrest.
He snatched the cops badge Off
and tore a sleeve out of his over
coat and took his stick away.
A bystander prevented him from
cracking Heide on the head with it
Finally things were gotten under
control and all of the offenders lock-
ed up.
Tom told a wonderful story about
a one-legged man chasing a two-leg-
ged one who had stolen some money.
He was trying to help the one-leg-
ged one. Tom said.
The court didn't believe it. He was
found guilty of assaulting the cop.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28

The naval authorities promised 70
courtmartial him and Judge McMa-
hon released him upon that promise
Can You Beat II.
A woman sitting in a yokamee joint.
In walked a big. handsome looking
guy. He winked his eye at her. Kept
on winking.
A woman came in. She was prettier
than the first. The fickle male saw
her.
He winked at her, too. She winked
back. The other woman got sore.
(Why shouldn't she'd
She tried hard to get the mans at
tention again, but she was ten years
out of the way.
She got up. She went over to the
other woman. Stood up beside her.
Saw her throw a kiss 70 the man.
She grabbed her by the hair. Choked
her. Bit her. Tore her clothes.
The two were thrown out into the
street by the waiter. They decided to
finish the fight
They did. The cops heard the como
ton and broke up the party.
She hit fust. Jedge," squeaked Lot
tie Burns, one of the women.
''Sheeza liah. Jedge," said Ruth
Blodgett. the other.
Both of you pay a SO fine said
the court.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
wifey Plays Deteetun.

Last Saturday night about io
o'clock. Bess Goodwin turned out
the light in the parlor and went to
bed.
She didn't get in the bed. She
had already decided to sleep under
il. She had reasons.
Her hubby. Charlie Goodwin, was
very late getting in. He brought
a man friend home with him.
Bess listened from her hiding
place. Charlie looked in the room
and didn't see her.
That dam woman of mine" he
confided to the friend. '1s de worsest
yo eber saw. She is out galavantin
'roun' somewhar now"
why doan yo' git a divohce?
asked the friend.
Charlie didn't have time to an
swer. Bess crawIed out from un-
der the bed.
"Divohce me. will yo'?' she
shrieked. What yo' mean by lis
senin' to somebody else bout git
tin a Involvement fun me?'
Charlie lost his temper. He
strobe over to Bess and smacked
her right where he used TO kiss
her. Several teeth were Jared
loose.
That is no way to treat a
woman" the court told him as it
fined him $50.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
LOCAL FORECAST

Distinct ri CUlumnta Maryland and Virginia
Fair Tuesday and probably Wednesday; mild
ten,perature: gentle westerly winds.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW.
on the North Atlantic 1ast there will he
moderate westerly winds and fair weather: of
the Middle Atlantic Coast get,e to moderate
southwest and west winds and fair weather; of
the South Atlantic and over the East Gulf
eentl,. variable winds and fair weather; over the
West Cult moderate variable winds mostly north
with cloudy weather.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
Providence Mill Men
Will Celebrate Victory

Textile workers in Providence, K. l.,
will celebrate installation of the eight
hour day in textile mills at mass
meeting tonight Frank Morrison. sec
retary of the American Federation of
Labor will deliver the principal ad-
dress. it was announced at labor head
quarters YESTERDAY.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
DEPARTURES
Accumulated
l 1910 IIo. Z

Accumulated excess Of temperature sncc January
|, 1919 tll2: excess Of ten Icrsture since January
l. 1919 fig; accumulated excess Of TTcCipits
tiUn since January |, 1873, -O1O excess Of pre-
ciIdtatiOn since January l, 1919. 1910
Temperature same date last year-Highest, IS
low est 70.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
local TEMPERATURES

Midnight a , q. m. a: a. m. q a.
IN. =: a m Il; 10 a. m. Is; Il noon, 81;
y, M. =: p m. Sc; p. m. $; p. m,
20: 10 p m. c. Highest >; lowest. IS
Relative humdItyS S a. m. .; p. m, -;
$ p m. e: rainfall IS p. m. to 8 7. M. 0;
hours of sunshine. lOl; Ter cent Of possible sun
shine. 100
The Washington herald., 1919-01-28
36 STATES OFFICIALLY DRY
Wisconsin. North Carolina, Utah
and Kansas Report.

Thirty-six States have formally nou-
fed the State Department OF their
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment.
Wisconsin. North Carolina, Utah and
Kansas so reported yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
LIFE IVA GLASS GLOBE

0\OU may think We Goldfish have
" a pretty dull time just swimming
y around and around in the same
~ place week after week. month
after month and year after year.
But II we keep our eyes open. and we
generally do. because we can't shut
them. we see a lot Of Interesting
things. My globe stands on q buffet
and I can look right down on the din
ing table where the folks do all their
eating. They certainly do enjoy doing
this and they talk of many things I
can't understand.
When the dishes are taken away
and the room busted. have a long.
quiet time all to myself. when I can
think things over and try to under
stand them. The Lady used to give
me breakfast every moping. too,
OF those little white wafer things you
can buy at the bird store. but she read
somewhere in book. that we Gold
fish got along better. and enjoyed bet
ter health. II we were not fed at all
The book said that the water was full
of tiny little creatures. so small that
you couldn't see them. but they were
there all the same. that furnished
all the food that we needed. Well
It's true we do manage to get little
nourishment out of fresh water. but
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
A Name Dear To Girls and Boys

self to act. These were secretly re-
hearsed and then acted in the barn.
often before such illustrious persons
as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Ma
thaniel Hawthorne. Among other
things. this little girl loved TO sew
and when she was ten years old. so
the story goes. she decided that she
would go into business as dolls
dressmaker. She made a little sign
which she hung in the front window
and displayed many models. in all Of
which enterprise she was encouraged
by her practical mother who wanted
her girls to grow up with a knowledge
Of all the useful, homely arts that
make for true and sensible woman
hood. It grieved Louisa to see her
mother worrying over the family
pocket book and she determined that
she would help in every way she could
to lessen the mothers burdens. even
IL meant sacrificing some Of her own
play time. So she busted herself about
the house. She learned to cook and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

fresh water every day. When you see
Us swimming around with our mouths
out Of the water we are nearly dead
for fresh water and the life-giving
air 1t contains. Suppose you were
shut up in an alright box and had
to breathe the same old air over and
over. how would you like that? Well.
that's the way 1t Is with Us when we
have breathed up all the air in the
water. We belong to the carp family
Of fishes and our great. great. great,
greatgrandmothers came from China.
a strange country where the people
eat bird nests and wear buttons on
their hats. People love to have US in
their homes. and give Us beautiful
glass houses to live in.
Unless a cat or something frightens
US we swim very slowly around and
around in our globes. We do not even
stop when the lights are out and the
people are in bed asleep. but we just
keep on swimming for that Is the only
thing we can do.
If you would make us very happy
remember to put some kind of watel
plant in our globe, as it helps to keel
the water fresh and reminds US of thu
time when OUR ancestors lived in rea
ponds and were not shut up in glas!
houses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
OW for a regular wagon!

"a OW for regular wagon!
Every boy likes to play with
wagon and he wants 1t to look
like a real one. too. This one
answers the requirement very well and
will be q pleasure to own.
AZ you look at the drawing. you
may think 1t Is, going to be rather
hard to make. That Is not true. how
ever. The individual pieces are NO
harder to make than the pieces that
go to make up toy that has less
parts. In this case. there happens to
be quite a large number of different
parts that make up the whole wagon.
As It was not possible to show clear
~ the exact shape Of the various
pieces, together with the required d.
mansions. on the assembly drawing.
most OF them have been drawn in de-
tail. The assembly drawing shows
clearly the relation Of the parts to
each other, which Is quite necessary.
of course.
The information with regard to the
box Is shown on the assembly. We
also find the dimensions for the Wheels
| there. All the other parts. except E.
are detailed. This latter could not be
shown In detail because OF q lack Of
room. and az it il Just plain rectan-
gular piece, the Information concern
| ing 1t 10 given in q note at the left Of
the drawing Just below the tongue.
Examine all the details carefully be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
THE JUNIOR COOK Eserna xg1s

l teaspoonful grated nutmeg.
l teaspoonful ground cloves,
tablespoonful ground cinnamon,
l teaspoonful baking powder.
Il teaspoonfuI salt.
Add to this
eggs (white and yellow used to.
gether).
Grated rind and Juice of / lemon
3 ounces of citron. cut very fine.
3 tablespoonsfulo orange marmaladt
1/3 cupful milk
Mix together with spoon. or. bet.
ter still. scrub the hand well and mi,
with the hands till the ingredients arr
all mixed very well.
Drop teaspoonsful onto a butteret
tin and, IL liked. press y of an Eng
lish walnut on each cookie. Thest
may be omitted.
Bake in a modern oven till brown.
Take up with pancake turner ani
pack in a jar. They will be hard a.
can be at first. but will soften in or
| weeks. The day before using them
put loaf of fresh bread into the ta
and they will soften quickly.
Notice that there is no butter In thi
recipe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

thing of which she really knew. and
she wrote the story of her early life
of the good times she and her sisters
had had. of the trials and sufferings
that they had endured-and so real
did this story sound. that boys and
girls and even grown-ups laughed and
cried over it and wrote to the author
to tell them some more stories like
Little Women" When Louisa AL
colt knew what it was that the public
wanted to read she sat down and she
wrote book after book about. and for.
boys and girls. and those books have
found their way into the heart and
home Of boys and girls. not only of
this country. but all over the world.
for some of them have been trans
lated into French and German and
even Dutch.
Is there any one of you who does
not know and love the books OF
Louisa Alcott. the talented lady who
was born just eighty-seven years ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

Is located in the center of the bolster
with regard to Its width. and two and
one-half inches from the center with
regard to Its length. Care will be re-
quired In boring the hole at this point.
as 1t Is rather near the end Of the
piece.
Examine the detail Of tie front
bolster and the front axle. The rear
bolster and axle is made up Of one
piece Of stock. but the front is made
up OF two parts. 1t will be seen that
the bolster Is not as long as the axle.
and as the rounded parts that are to be
cut out should At nicely on the inner
edges. 1t Is quite importan. that you
locate the centers Of the two pieces
accurately and then work from them.
The dimensions OF the parts are shown
for that method Of operation.
Part B should be fastened to the
front axle with fiat head screws. Fas-
ten the holsters to the bottom Of the
box with nat head screws. Assemble
the box with brads. The wheels ara
held to the axles by means of round
head screws. washer being placed
between the wheel and the axle and
one between the head of the screw and
the wheels.
The wagon should be painted-red
10 a good color. The wheels and
tongue might be painted q different
color than the rest of the wagon. On
that you may use your own pleasure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

clean and help make the dresses for
her younger sisters. and later she
tried to teach school to earn some
money to contribute to the family
funds. but in her heart there grew the
longing to be up in the favorite attic
corner pen in hand and note book
en- her knees writing the stories that
wound themselves about her mind.
And so she gave up teaching and
tried to write. When she was six
teen years old she had sold her first
story for $500. and thus encouraged
she drew from the store room of her
mind all the funny things that she
thought would be Of use in writing
stories and verses. At first she tried
to write love stories Of adventure and
romance. but as she knew very little
about these matters her stories did
not ring true, and many were the dis
appointments she received when. in
stead of being published. they were
sent back to her. At last Louisa de-
cided that she would write about some
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

- ETTY's soldier Daddy was COM
ing home from across the sea.
and Betty was busy making plans
~ for a family celebration in honor
of the great day. Betty had two BROTH
ers who were quite as anxious as sne
was to have Daddy home again ana
the three conferred secretly as to now
best to surprise Daddy. Finally Betty
hit upon a plan. well have to ask
Anna and Dolly and Billy and John
to help u.s." she declared. But they're
sure to be here with Aunt Clara to
see Daddy right of so there won't be
any trouble getting them here.
but what are we going to do!"
asked Tom.
"weIi give a show" said Betty.
"and we'll get 1t up all by ourselves
and act It for the family the night
Daddy comes home"
won't you tell even motherT
questioned Bob.
mo. We won't tell a soul. and tnen
It will be a sure enough surprise.
So through all the next week BEFORE
the day Of the home coming the three
WorreIl children ard their four cou-
sins spent many days behind the play
room doors. Mother did not question
for she knew that some secret prep
arations were under way. and she die
not want to spoil the children's run
and then besides she knew that II she
waited long enough she would be sure
TO and out all about it anyway. AND
she did. The great day arrived at last.
After dinner the Worrells gathered
in the library and friends and rela-
lives from all over the city called 10
welcome the returned soldier. Arter
all the how do you dos had been
said Betty announced: We've going
to give a show for Daddy. Will you
all sit down to watch It," And with
a little bow she stepped behind the
curtains which hung between the II
brary and the dining room.
In a few minutes the curtains were
drawn aside and in the center OF the
doorway stood cousin Anna drapeo
in Grandfather's old hag-the very
same one that he had waved when
the Union soldiers had come march
ing home-with little silken nag IN
her hand. and yellow card board
crown on her head. My. how hei
uncle clapped his hands when he saw
her. When the applause had subsid-
ed. Anna took a step forward and
said: --s
| am Liberty. kept alive by helpers or
land and sea
I Together they form mighty band
which beaten ne'er shall be;
Come forth my warriors strong ant
1 brave
And tell how your land you helped *
save.
\ Then came little Billy in his loni
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
SYNCOPATED STATES

Everybody nowadays his music
syncopates. and here are Syncopations
Of our own United States.
l. Syncopate a State and find
vibratory motion.
2. lSyncopate a State and find cut
ting down.
3. Syncopate a State and find
bright in color.
4. syncopate State and find prin-
cipal.
s. syncopate a State and find a
head covering.
6. Syncopate q State and find a
chair.
FRACTIONAL FLOWERS
2/7 Of tree.
3/4 Of an animal.
2/5 Of q stratagem.
3/6 Of q musical drama.
2/7 Of a month.
3/5 Of an affected smile.
2/s Of a fruit.
| Olo VI lSuASHSy'
3/5 Of q contest
! 2/5 Of result.
ANSWERS
EYNCOPATED ETATES-1. Yer
mont-Tremont. 2. Wyoming Moscim0
3. Florid0-Flor 4. Maine-Mdin. S
Utah. Hat. s. Te1dsEeat.
| FRACTIONAL FLOWERS
l
HE-ml0ck
LION
Trick
OPE-rd
| 2
January
| EMI.rk
NE-ctasiHs
cLE-mency
NAT-ch
! Issue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
Under The
Stars and Stripes

trousered sailor suit. and took his
place at Annals right hand:
I took the soldiers Over There.
Across the mighty sea;
And when the war was ended they
Were guided home by me.
Billy was 80 small and recited his
simple little verse 50 seriously that
all the guests laughed and clapped un-
til Tom. dressed like a real Marine.
walked out and took his stand At
Annals left:
Behold In me brave Marine
One of the first to fight;
In war wrecked France you could
have seen
Us put the Hun to flight.
Next came Betty dressed in her
Junior Red Cross uniform. She took
her place beside Billy:
The sick and weary my tender touch
Relieved Of ache and pain;
In hut and canteen I was always seen
BY the side Of the wounded and
slain.
garden over-alls pulled over her party
dress. She wore big straw hat and
carried toy rake. She stood next to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

II y Germantown. suburb OF Phila-
y dolphin. there was born on Novem-
Der 90. 1892. a little girl. whose
name is now dear to all American
children. Louisa May Alcott was the
second oldest Of four daughters. Her
father was dreamer who never
seemed able to make enough money
to keep his family in comfort and
good style. and her mother had to
struggle with the weekly allowance
to make both ends meet and see that
her little family did not 60 hungry.
Fortunately. for the girls. their
mother was a brave woman. and che
taught them to meet misfortune with
q smile. and to look always for the
bright and funny side Of whatever
befell them. Thus 1t was that. during
the days of early struggling. Louisa
' was able to find 80 much Of happiness
and good times in what to many little
girls would appear to be hardships
and deprivations.
Louisa's greatest Joy. as q child. was
to write plays for her sisters and her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
How One of Our Leading
HumoriStS Got His Name
(Mark Twain-Born Nov. so. 1881

is real name was Samuel Lang
horne Clemens. but few Of you.
who have chuckled over the ad-
y ventures Of Tom Sawyer ano
Huckleberry Finn. will recognize him
as the man who wrote those volumes
OF delightful bovhood.
why I thought Mark Twain wrote
those books" some Of you are no
doubt saying. and SO he did. For.
Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain
were one and the same man. Mr..
Clemens lived the early part OF his
life among the places SO well described
in his many writings. and at one time
he served as a pilot on the Mississippi
River. Guiding q boat up and down
that great river Is a dangerous piece
of work. and in the days when Samuel
Clemens worked his way upon the
water. It was necessary for boatmen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

to sound or measure the depth Of the
water so the captain Of the vessel
would know where the deepest chan
nels were. One Of the most frequent
calls that passed between boatman and
captain was MARK twain" which was
an abbreviated way of telling the
captain that by the mark. the water
at certain spot measured two
fathoms. This name for the meas
ure sound In the ears of the boy
Clemens when the. first longing to
write came upon him. and when he
took his pen in hand to write the
books that were later to make the
whole world laugh. for MIR. Clemens
was Americas foremost humorist, he
signed his works with the familiar
phrase MARK Twain. and as Mark
Twain he is known by the reading
peoples Of the earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

fore starting any Of the work. referring
to the assembly drawing for its loca-
ton. In this way you will get good
idea Of what is required and will know
just exactly what you are doing and
why.
Make the boz first. This will be
very easy. hence Is = good part to start
out on. After this. 1t makes NO par
ticular difference which parts you
choose. but as a matter Of explana-
ton. let US start the rear bolster and
axle. First reduce the piece to the
required overall dimensions. then lay
out the center of the part to be cut
out. You will notice that this center
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
belonged
And made them run and hide.

And Last Of all came John in a reg
ular soldier suit. but with Y band
on his arm. He stood beside Dolly:
The Army Welfare Worker. I
Although I WELD no gun.
My help and cheer emboldened
those
Who fought to down the Hun.
Then. as II with one movement the
seven children turned their backs 10
the audience. am beginning with Bob
straight on down the line each one
had fastened to his or her back a
placard bearing one letter Of the word
VICTORY. Together they recited:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

Behold us as here united we stand
Masters Of air, land and sea,
Each a link in the chain that binds
our land
In a glorious Victory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
CHRISTMAS COOKIES

These cookies should be made about
weeks before Christmas and should
be packed away in a stone jar or tin
a holiday tea party or to send IN
Christmas box to friend away from
home.
Sift together
pound of -four.
pound Of sugar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

And do you think that Daddy was
pleased and surprised? You can ar
range this simple entertainment for
your Daddy and see if he likes it. I'm
sure he will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

let me tell you. 1t is very little. It is
just like as II people tried to live on
mustard seeds. Why. II they did not
do thing but eat. they would go to
bed hungry. That's the way 1t is with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29
POOR PIGGY

WIN 40o1
D0OR Pisy-wee.
how lonesome he
Must be. so far from France
His native land
| understand
Il learned that just by ehance.)
For on a day
| passed his way.
And asked him if twas 30:
He looked at me
And sighed "Oui. oui!"
And that Is how | know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

us when we try to live on strained
water. No. we need food just as peo-
pie do. and If we are to be happy and
contented we must have it.
And another thing we must have Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-29

this month? II there is. go to the
neares: library and take Little Wom-
en- fr1m the shelf. To read 1t is to
ova u and through 1t. the mischiev-
yea through IT'S pages.