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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
girl of sixteen. About four months
ago l met a boy. l went several
places with him and liked him real
well. | am afraid I likeI him too
we'll, but l never let him know it.
We had a quarrel about one
month ago and have not been
speaking. Last Saturda. night l
saw him in town and he did not
not see me. When | saw him
felt as if l were going to faint.
| have seen him twice since then
and have felt the same way both
times.
Can you tell me what makes me
feel that way? BLUE EYES.
The organism of the body re-
spends quickly to the emotions.
You care for the boy and the SEN
sation of seeing him hurts you so
much that it upsets your whole
organism. Do not mistake this
for real love. You are mere child
and in time will outgTow this
fancy. Hatred will cause the
same faint feeling.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
girl eighteen years old. l am a
working kirl and do whatever
comes up for me to do.
I just received n letter from a
soldier boy over in France. Do
yoI think it will be all right for
me to answer his letter? He said
in his letter that his sister sent
my address. I do not know the
girl at all.
How often should I send him a
letter? Every two months seems
like a long time to wait. Is it all
right to write two or three weeks
apart? THANK YOU.
Since you do not know the girl
who gave the soldier your address,
you should not write to Linn
When corresponding, it is not
necessary to wait two months be-
tween letters. Wait a week o.
two before answering a letter. To
write too often makes a CORE
spondence burdensome. OF course
a girl should not write to a young
man oftener than he writes to her
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I belong
to a girls club. AT our last meet
ing we got into an argument. Some
of US said that a man likes a girl
better if she is Independent and
slams him than if she tries to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
AMERICAS FUTURE IN THE AIR

Before commercial aviation can
become an important, self-support-
ing institution in America. the bus:-
ness man must be converted to its
economic utility. At the outset.
therefore, a constructive program
of public education is needed. This
means publicity, of course, but, be-
sides. it also means practical dem
onstration of the reliability anil
general usefulness of air craft, says
Searle Hendee in the May Popular
Mechanics magazine.
Fortunately there is a field in
which this may be attempted. There
are numerous special uses for
which the aeroplane is ideally
adapted. They offer a nucleus
around which to develop CONNER
cial flying AS the air craft makes
good in these special capacities, d
wider appreciation of its possibtl
tiles will be grasped.
At least one steamship company
is preparing to use fast air Graf
to transmit clearance papers ana
other documents for the handling
and discharge of cargo at ports of
destination, to its vessels at sea.
The advantage of this is a time
saving of from 36 to rs hours in the
dispatch OF freighters.
Closely related to the scheme is
the proposal that air craft carry
important mail to fast boats a day
out, and also bring into port such
mail from ~ to "a hours ahead CT
q ship time of arrival, thus reduc-
ing by q or two days the time now
required for carrying mail from
New York TO Liverpool, or other
important ports.
Several manufa cturers Of air
craft assert that mining concerns
are considering the experimental
use OF air craft In connection with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

the development of properties that,
with ordinary means of communica-
ton, are inaccessible Harry Boy
ers Mingle, president of the Stand
ard Air Craft Corporation, says that
Alaska, because of it's great mining
wealth that lies unfapped on ac-
count of the lack of transportation
facilities, offers a particularly good
field for commercial aviation.
Transportation by aeroplane in
regions now made remote by lack
of railway facilities or because of
poor steamship service, offers real
advantages. In South America. in
northern Canada, in Alaska, ami
other places on the continent, al
aeroplane can travel between points
in few hours that by other med =
iums of transportation are days and
even weeks apart
Grover Cleveland Looming thinks
that taxi service will pay long be
fore regular scheduled service can
be made profitable. He assumes
that in New York, or Chicago, for
instance, enough emergency bust
ness arises daily to support an
aerial transportation company that
would have centrally located aero
drome with machines ready for fasL
flights at a moments notice to any
point of the compass.
Good machines are available at
prices ranging from $4,000 or a
little more. to S45 900 and as mucn
more as one is willing to pay. After
this comes the upkeep, which, un-
fortunately, is expensive. Efforts,
however, are being made to develop
small. safe, moderate-price planes
that will be in the motor-car class
as concerns operating costs. That
success in this commendahle en-
deavor will broaden the sporting
use of aercplanes immensely is too
obvious to require comment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

President Wilson is just recovering from
an illness of several days. Lloyd George is on
the ragged edge Chairman Hurley Of the
United States shipping board is in Florida
while his physicians are trying to decide
whether he will be able to go back to work.
The pace that peace is setting is almost as
wasteful of men at the top as the grind of war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Chicago oil company, capitalized at 81
100000 and which had sold 1850 shares Of
stock when raided by the police found TO
have As cents hand. For a clean, workman
like job of fleeing this record is hard to beat
At that, likely there more money in the
treasury than there was oil in the concerns
land hoIdings-if it had any.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
EIIEEsANsTEI TALKS
BY WILLIAM ar, i, BRADY nd.

or three tablespoonfuls of olive oil,
or two ordinary slices of cooked
bacon would represent 200 calories.
The ideal time to digest food is
when the body is at rest. A bed
time lunch is more easily digested
than a midday lunch. Prejudice
against eating late at night is bas-
ed on excuses and not on regular
habit Only a fool INDUCES in gas
tronomic feats at any time.
Questions and Answers.
Liver Regulator - For several
months l have taken regular
evening dose of - Liver Regu-
lator l find l can't stop it now,
and l wonder if it is advisable to
keep taking it. r. A. NJ.
Answer-0f course it does not
regulate the liver or have any par
thartic ingredient in so-called
medicine can be seriously called a
liver regulator The aloes in the
medicine (Which is usually the ca
thartic ingredient is so-called
liver medicine) predisposes to piles
and to disturbances of the pelvic
organs in both sexes. 1t is very
foolish and weak to rely upon med
icine to maintain the action of the
bowels. Diet, habit and exercise
will prove much better.
Softening and Removing a Cal
lus-Please tell me something that
will remove a cailus on the ball Of
my foot. MISS Il. w. b.
Answer-Paint the caIlus with a
solution of thirty 500 grains OF
saIicylic acid in half an ounce of
flexible collodion every night, fol-
lowing a hot soaking of the foot
Wear in the shoe a pad of boiler
makers felt or soft leather little
larger than the callus, one-quarter
inch thick at the center.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

With two airplanes in Nova Scotia now and
one in ireland being tuned up for overseas
flight and with Frenchman headed down the
African coast with South America as his OBJ
jective the old Atlantic ocean is ap- TO wake up
almost any morning and find that some auda
cious man has jumped clear across its bosom
without even touching it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

The I65 veterinarians of the
United s ates department Of ag.i-
culture who are in the field doing
tuberculosis eradication WORK. tp-
gather with an equal number of
.tat4 men. have tested appiu.i.
mately 500 pure-hrel nerds aud
ound them frea from the disease.
The owners Of these herds have
been given an Official certidca e.,
stating that they have tuberculosis
free accredited nerds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Henry Ford is said to have perfected
gasoline street car which, it is claimed, be
operated with profit a Scent fare basis.
Next thing we know they'll be ,rying them out
On the Tri-City Railway companys lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

A Countrywide inquiry into the
retail meat business is to be made
by the bureau of markets, tH5cl
States department OF agriculture
The surrey viii include a cCmpT3-
hcnsivo study of retail meat mar
kets covering cash auc carry
delivery. chain stores and pub
lic-market stalls in a number Of
selected ci-ies representing d!ier-
ent types of trade and different To-
cal conditions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

General Coxey spoke the truth when he said
that a good many people thought him crazy
in 1894. And most of them probably feel that
nothing has happened since to change the
verdict
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

The prince OF Wales has made 4 flight above
London. Flying about and under London
has been the principal business of the princes
of Wales from time immemoriaL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

An employer of labor claims army expe-
rience has made the men working for him 80
per cent more valuable. He did not say, how
ever who is getting the increased profit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

When making fudge, stir in half
a pound of marshmallows before
..'ou turn it into the tin to cool. They
melt Immediately and make the
candy as smooth and creamy as can
be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
The Day i'm Davenport
by TEMPLE

he done in lowering the cost OF
living here and making Davenport
Il place where newcomers will not
excIaim and say hard, unkIn2g
things on receipt of first bills.
FavOrs Good Roads Scott couu-
~ went on record yesterday in
favor of paved roads. At the meet
ing of the supervisors motion
vas adopted instructing the audi
tor to wire the state highway com
mission that the county is interest
ed in the passage of the road bill
and that the county desires to avail
itself OF the provisions OF the meas
ure.
Buys Two Papers-John G, Cary.
former Davenporter has purchased
two daily and weekly newspapers
at Portage. Wis. and will combine
the two sheets within the next few
months. Mr.. Carey is well known
in Davenport having been connect
ed with local newspapers for many
years. After leaving Davenport he
mt to Paris, Ill, where he oper-
ated one OF the leading newspapers
in I'll at city.
Obituary Record-Litue Marjory
AIiine West, seven and q half
months old. daughter OF Mir. and
Mrs. A. c.. West. residing at 1916
Fair avenue, died Monday evening,
at the home of her parents. Pneu-
monia was the cause OF death. The
child's mother is seriously ill with
the same disease at the present
time.
John Schultz, q resident OF Dav0s
export until about two years ago,
died Sunday afternoon at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. +. J. Sphinx,
at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Deceased
was born in Prussia, May 10, 1880
Marriage LiCenseS-Aaron WIKI
inson and Mary Richards OF Rock
Island.
Parker Injured J. Parker, Of
$40 River drive, BettendOrf, was
severely injured Monday Afternoon
when he was caught by crane
hook at the BettendOrf plant. Mr..
Parker had gone from the Offices,
out into the shop, and an immense
hook, suspended from u chain,
swung loose, and caught the left
side OF his face, badly decorating
it.
Build Nurses HOme-Plans have
been completed by Architect A. H.
Ebeling tor new 100000 nurses
home at Mercy hospital Thee
west OF the present hospital build
ing Work on the new structure
will begin this spring.
Issue Failure of IN
ion plumbers, gas and steam i'll
tiers to come TO some agreement
with the employers yesterday over
the wage controversy may result in
the Master Plumbers carrying out
their original threat today of de
cIaring for an open shop rule
and a return to the war scale of
rs cents an hour The ultimatum
of an open shop rule was eN-
tended "a hours yesterday to give
the union strikers an opportunity
to arbitrate wage differences and
reurn to work.
Killed being Duties - Frank p.
Girl, telegraph operator tor the
Rock Island lines. was performing
his duties at the Filth and Tay lorE
street crossing last Saturday morn
ing when he was struck and fatal
ly injured b. an eaat-bound pas
mony brought out at coroner
Jury Monday evening
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

IN SHRINKING DAISY.

When Daisy dresses for the dance,
In chiffon, silk and lace,
And comes to show me how she looks
With smiles and dimpling face
LO! even while admiringly
| view her pretty gown
l feel chill along my spine
Go creeping up and down
For Daisy's skirt is rapidly
Receding to her knees,
Her waist-especially in the back
Is shrinking by degrees;
And when they meet, those two extremes
Of fashion scant and sleaZyi
Then Mother Eve will not, fear,
Have anything on Daisy! C. NJ.
A record wheat crop is forecast by the agri
cultural department Since we were able Il
feed the world while struggling alongSon crops
Of ordinary size, we may soon expect to be in
formed that the L. S. will now undertake the
of another planet or two
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Claude Byram Sale, April 10.

Think how the kaiser must enjoy the joke
when he learns that the German people must
pay $4,000 100000 for the damage done during
the war The joke is multiplied by about five,
too, when the sum is considered in marks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Either Bina Has an Over-DeveiOped Sense o
HumOr or She's Getting a Bet er Line
OF Yarns Than We Are.
Another Theory Exploded.

Canton, ILL., Daily Ledger.
How often it has been said that nobody
loves fat man." however, if rumor is cor
rect that statement is to be dscredited in the
near future by of Canton's citizens who is
said to be busy house hunting and making the
rounds of the furniture stores. And by the
way the supposed bride-to-be is popular
young woman with a great many friends who
are vastly interested in the romance
Charles Leedy says the Office discipline has
been shot to pieces since the Office boy saw
the boss in a gym suit. Still, there are those
who maintain that clothes do not make the
man.
A BID SHOWING A FAIR FIGURE
Sir: Again bidding for the iaurels, I wish
to announce that l have taken the bull by the
horns and time by the forelock, ct cetera, and
slipped into my B. v DIS. EYE GEE ELL.
A Moline page headline says; "Colored
Youth Enters Bakery Stick around. Maybe
he'll come out.
Yes. the Decentralization Process Does Seem
Slow.
washington, D. c., Tines.
FOR RENT-Young lady wishes party to
share large room; twin beds; nice surround
ings; rent reasonable.
We read that F. W. Woo1worth. owner of a
world chain of five and ten cent stores, has
died and that he started with capital Of but
$50. That amount seems like small amount
to start into business with
But consider what $50 would buy in one of
his stores.
o. X
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Killed being Duties - Frank r.
Girl, telegraph operator tor the
Rock Island lines. was performing
his duties at the Filth and Tag lor
street crossing last Saturday morn
ing when he was struck and fatal
ly injured b. an eaat-bound pas
mony brought out at coroner
jury Monday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09
Ah. the Suspense Is Over.

tGdIeSDuFg
Colonel Bert R. Dawdy OF Galesburg, Ill.
Telephone Abingdon TOP. Solicits your pat
ronage and announces his sale dates as fol-
lows:
Claude Byram Sale, April 10,
Think how the kaiser must enjoy the joke
when he learns that the German people must
pay $45 900 100000 for the damage done during
the war. The joke is multiplied by about five,
TOO, when the sum is considered in marks
REGARDING THE JULY QUESTION.
Sir; | strongly disagree with B. r. whom
you say objects to the amount OF space you
devote to this July l business. Considering
how little there will be left to be said after
that momentOus date, I'm of the opinion that
all possible space should be gwen to jokes
about it before. There won't be any joke to it
afterward. n y
Speaking of gumshoe artists and that sort
of thing, did you read about the exploits of
Vice Admiral Sims and his aide? That's fooin'
'em, bgosh!
Wonder ii B. r Sees Any Significance in This !!
louisville Courier-JournaD.
The Louisville Water company is spending
81 600 900 in order to increase its water supply
40,000,O0O gallons by July l.
According to Fred Atkinson, The Argus was
the first American newspaper to arrive on
German soil after the signing of the armistice.
Now we understand how the Germans found
out they had been whipped and the war was
over. That's US, a. (. n. d. t. t.
Either Bina Has an Over-DeVeiOped Serse OF
HumOr or She's Getting Bet er Line
of Yarns Than We Are.
New York World
Bina Cavanaugh D. laughed so heartily
over stories told by soldier friends from over
seas that ambulance surgeon had 10 treat her
for dislOcated jaw.
Feeling that it is about time for somebody
to pull that annual one about putting the over
coat in the hook and getting the lawnmower
out, we seek TO forestall it with this.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Colonel Bert R. DaWdy OF Galesburg, Ill.
Telephone Abingdon TOP. Solicts your pat
ronage and announces his sale dates fol-
lows:
claude R,ram Sale ADril TO-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Build Nurses Home-Plans have
been completed by Architect A. II.
Ebeling for a new 100000 nurses
home at Mercy hospital. The
building will he located north and
west OF the present hospital build
ing. Work on the new structure
will begin this spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-09

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I belong
to a girls club. AT our last meet
ing we got into an argument. Some
of US said that man likes a girl
better if she is Independent and
slams him than if she tries to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20

which the kaiser used to rule, and he
is very much alive and just as full of
ginger as ever. Aside from lodging a
number of big shells and little machine
gun bullets that were tossed in his
direction by the Huns, Gowdy came
out of perfectly good war unscathed
with the exception of one wound and
memories of many coolies.
When he gets back into the regalia
of the big leagues he is going to col
lect thousand fold in popularity what
he lost in the way of salary by enlist
ing. What a reception neil get-Oh,
boy!
And the fans will shower their
praise on all others, who, like Gowdy,
have seen real service over there. The
shipyard heroes, though not all of
them are to be censured, will feel
that there is something missing when
they walk to the plate next season.
And there'll be something missing, all
right, for the fans have faculty of
keeping In pretty close touch with the
pill chasers season in and season out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20
LITTLE p|(K:UP5
: OF Sport
The New York Americans will go to
Jacksonville for spring training.

The New York Americans will go to
Jacksonville for spring training.
@*
Oscar Witt is going to come very
near making the Red Sox champions
again.
The Notre Dame football eleven will
clash with the army, November 6, at
West Point.
Philadelphia motorboat enthusiasts
plan to revive the race to Bermuda
next summer. 'a
Allan Sothoron, who quit the Browns
to go into essential war work, will be
back in April
Pennsylvania State college has an
internationally basketball league made
up Of SO teams.
Branch Hickey gave the Kansas City
club a near baseball team to obtain
Infielder Schultze.
With Chick Shorten to help out Ty
Cobb and Bob Veach the Detroit club
can figure Harry Heilman for first
base.
Catcher Steve O'Neill is planning
for big year with the Cleveland In
dams next season.
Wilbert Robinson is counting on AL
Mamaux to pitch great ball for the
Dodgers this year.
Fred Toney will join the Giants with
a haircut that won't become the rage
in big league circles.
Columbia university may not take
the customary spring baseball trip To
the South next April.
Slim Sallee says he won't play bail
this season. He believes he can make
more money raising tobacco.
The minors and majors are doing
plenty of business. together for fac
tions supposed to be on the outs.
Princeton and Yale varsity eight
cared shell crews may race on the Der
by Comm Housatonic river course in
May. Cornell may also compete against
the Tigers and Blues the same after
noon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20
GEERS AND MURPHY WEALTHY
Kingpins of Trotting Circuit Earn
Vast Sums Coaxing Horses Along
to Winning Post.

Pop Geers and Tommy Murphy are
the kingpins of the trotting circuit.
Geers has had a longer experience,
and anyone who likes the light har-
ness horse always thinks of him In
connection with the trotter or PAGER,
but last year the laurels fell to Muir.
ply. In fifteen weeks of the Grand
Circuit the horses that he drove won
more than 100000. Tommy himself
made nearly half this amount, which
is a pretty good sum for anyone who
can sit in a sulky and simply coax
his horse along to the winning post.
He started in 179 races, won 20, was
second in 46, third in 231s and fourth
in 1914. He was unplaced only %
times. He finished first or second
116 times. Geers started in only 70
events, but ran up the respectable to-
tai of winnings of $39,61e.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20
HANK GOWDY COMING
HERO OF BALL FANS
Shipyard Heroes viii Run Second
in Popular" Race.
Majority of Baseball Idols Will Be
Able tc Trace Their Popularity to
Service in France-Players
Are Watched.

Some of our very best baseball idols,
who have been monopolizing the spot
light for many seasons, are very liable
to find themselves a shade shy on popu-
larity when certain lads who have
been wearing khaki get back into
baseball uniforms.
A ringing hit, a stolen base or a
sensational stop will still draw forth
a round of cheers from the fans, no
matter who the player, but there are
going to BIZ some new favorites on
the ball lots next summer, and ma
jority of them will be able to trace
their popularity to service in France.
The coming hero of fandom, who
will stand head and shoulders above
all the rest as popular idol is
'Lankus Hankus' Gowdy, the first ma
jor league ball player to toss his hat
into the ring alongside of Uncle
Samuel's.
Gowdy was once reported to have
been killed in action in the Argonne
Forest, but he has been found with the
American army of occupation on soil
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-03-20
BALL PLAYERS IN CONDITION
Those Who Have Been Serving in
Army Should Come Back Fit and
Hard as Nails.

One thing about spring training for
ball players: Players who have been
in the army won't report to their clubs
rolling in fat as the result of winter
spent in loafing around. The army
work makes man fit as a fiddle and
hard as nails, and the former soldiers,
whether they come back early or late.
should be in condition from the jump.
The players who were in shipyards
and steel mills should also be in bet
ter condition than the player who
spends winter in idleness.