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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
Recipes for a Day.

Fish Chowder-One pound steak
fish, one quart diced white pota-
toes, one cup cut onions, one ia
blespoon drippipgs, one cup crack
er or dried breadcrumbs, two cups
rice stock or milk, or half stock
and half milk, two tablespoons
-four, two teaspoons salt, One-half
/ teaspoon pepper, two tablespoons
| finely chopped parsley.
Boil and pick the fish into small
pieces. add TO the potatoes and on
ions which have been boiled until
tender in very little water. Put
drippings in pan, add the -four, stir
until smooth, then add ID potatoes
and fish. Add rice stock and sea-
soning. Just before serving add
crumbs and parsley. This makes
very hearty dish.
Filet of Founder, Sauce Tartare
Founder, one egg, one cup
bread crumbs, one teaspoon salt,
one-eighth teaspoon white pepper
Split and remove all bone and
skin from founder; cut in pieces
about 2X3 inches; wash and dry on
piece of cheesecloth; dust with
salt and pepper; dredge with flour;
dip in egg which has been beaten
with one tablespoon of cold milk;
then in bread crumbs; fry in deep,
hot fat.
Sauce Tartare-One cup mayor
naise, one tablespoon finely chop
ped capers or olives, one table
spoon sour gherkins, one teaspoon
onion juice.
Be sure the mayonnaise is sea-
soned highly. Just before serving
add the other ingredients; mix ana
serve in sauce boat.
Prune Whip-One-halI package
lemon jello, one cup boiling water.
half cup sweetened prune pulp,
one egg white. Dissolve jello in
boiling water; when it begins to
Jelly beat in the prune pulp and
stiffly beaten egg white; when
firm serve with a boiled custard
made from the egg yolk.
Hit and Miss Salad-One-half
cup canned peas, one-quarter cup
peanuts, one and one-half table
spoons chopped sweet pickles, one
teaspoon minced onion. nix thor
oughly, heap on plate covered with
crisp lettuce. Cover with any pre-
ferred dressing and place strips of
pimentoes on top of dressing.
Pieces OF Seap-Saye all pieces
of soap left over until there is a
large quantity. Put them into hot
water till they get soft; then take
out and shape into squares, then
put it into cold water, led stand for
two or three hours and then cut IN
desired sizes. Can be used for next
washing.
Tomato and Rice Broth Juice
from one can of tomatoes. one-half
cup of rice boiled tender and a good
cUpful OF water in which it was
cooked. One small onion minced,
one cup of milk, three tablespoons
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
ANNOYING Case of HOtfOOt-

AHuOy luE 7 dNt VI AAVAAODN@
My father is IS years old. His
feet burn like fire when he goes to
bed nights, and it destroys his rest
They look as though they were
scalded. Mornings he can scarcely
walk, the feet are so sore and sWol-
len. Our doctor tells him he can DO
nothing for il. A. n. c.
Answer-You describe erythrom-
elalgia QiteTally big red pain'D
which is due to some interference
with the vasomotor nervous system
controlling the distribution of blood,
When there is no heart or kidney
disease small doses OF bromides In
the evening often give relief. l.
Hot, Gold or Tepid3
Kindly tell me whether a hot
bath taken just before retiring ev-
cry night is good for any one. Also,
Is physical exercise dangerous for
one who has chronic appendicitis?
b. II.
Answer-A hot bath at night is
beneficial in some conditions, but
as a rule n bath should be neither
hot nor cold, but comfortably tepidt
in my opinion. Usually persons with
chronic appendicitis need regular
exercise even more than normal in
dividuals do.
The Cigaret Habit
What i'll effect is one likely TO ex-
perience from smoking one Turkish
cigaret every evening? ] like TO
smoke a cigaret while reading al
bedtime. MISS A. 7, ID.
Answer cannot describe the
effect here. ] shall try to do so In
a later article, but do not think
an Intelligent young woman Will
cultivate any such habit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
Brad's Bit O. Verse
BARBED WIRE.


When peace approached in olden
times the lean baFds perpetrated
rhymes that moulded pluughshares
from the swords, turned helmets
into drinking gourds and knightly
spears to pruning. hooks, and other
useful stunts, gadzooks. Most any
bard can chant a lay about a soul
full bay of hay But it is up to my
good Tyre to string Q lyric on
barbed wire. All, piles of junk
from No Mans land that harried
many a charging band, barbed
wire of sundry strength and make
which curtain fire was wont TO
rake, what will peace treaties do
TO you, and what shall you -
turned into? Wen put it back'
into the mill and melt its kinks
till they are nil and string it our
in graceful strands and place upon
IL honest brands and send II to the
trading marts; and then the farm
eFs with their carts will come and
tote ii forth in loads and carry Il
TO their abOdes and make 1t do a
peaceful chore instead OF grimly
serving war. The barbcd wire or
entanglements Wen turn into n
pasture fence.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
| SHOULD SAY YES!
That street car con"
Is very queer,
He calls the streets
In accents clear.
One Is Never Sure oil Anything These Day

One Is Never Sure of Anything These Days.
buffalo Evening News.
WANTED-Double carriage go-cart for
twins. Will give brand new single buggy in
exchange.
more pathetic sight one can hardly i'm
agine than that of with an eye for beauty
buying a record for his victrola from lovely
young thing and trying to keep his mind on
the music while she is playing it over for him.
o
WHY SYMPATHY? CONSIDERING HOW 1T
WENT HE'S LUCKY HE DIDN'T SEE.
Sir: After reading the following tell me-
doesn't your sympathy go out to him? o, F.
Hildebrandt tone of the many candidates for
commissioner who-also-ran) hurried to town
Tuesday night, and like hundreds of Others
picked himself out a place in front of The
Argus to watch the returns as they were flashed
on the canvas. But. alas and alack! Otto had
forgotten his specs" and he didn't know wheth-
er he was winning or losing. J. ]. G.
Add Signs of Spring: Newspapers are start
ing their annual line of stuff about backyard
gardens.
And President Wilson is back in Paris
One newspaper heads it this way: "Presi-
dent Wilson Lands On the Other Side
Meaning no doubt, the right side.
o. D. K.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

In the league of nations conference at
Berne a world parliament has been approved
to handle all international problems, the mem
bers being made up of representatives appoint
ed on the basis of one for every million OF pop
ulation. Looks as if China put over
the other countries that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

Two French flying officers reported to
have arranged to fight duel in the air, using
machine guns as in actual warfare. Possibly
this is the forerunner of a form of sport.
Tanned down to eliminate danger except
from falls aerial contests ought to draw i'm
mensely. The great trouble would be to limit
the spectators to those who paid the admission
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

With William Hohenzcllern branded for all
time by the solemn verdict of all the nations
assembled at the peace conference as an arch
criminal and conspirator the most that can be
done by constituted authorities to bring the
former German ruler to justice will have been
accomplished. The mills of the gods will do
the rest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
F|T)ETi2MTTN TAHKS
sY WILLIAM AL an Il Brady RAD nd.

ficient disinfectant known as by
gienic Laboratory pine oil disintec:t
tant would answer the purpose, and
this has a rather pleasant odor. IL
NAV be made up according to direc-
tons which are given in detail IN
Reprint No. 304 from the Publlc
Health Reports, issued free by tne
U. S. Public Health Service, Wash
ington, d. c. This disinfectant mas
the special advantage, aside from
its superior efficiency and its very
low cost, of not affecting metals,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

First Lieutenant Samuel Woodfil
of the Sixtieth infantry, A. L. F.,
was decorated by General Pershing
recently for his bravery in attack
ing and killing Is Germans with a
pick-ax. The photo shows Genera!
Fershing in the act of decorating
Lieutenant Woodfil.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

Sioux City has an automobile thief who con-
fessed to taking 1000 machines in the last
three years and he was let off with one year
in the penitentiary. Another reason why auto
mobiles continue to be stolen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

this does not improve your physi'
cal condition and bring color 10
your lips and cheeks.
In case you see no improvement
after a month or two, consult a
physician. Perhaps you are not
eating the foods your system re-
quires.
(2) Apply a small quantity OF
gascline to the eyelashes every
night. II should be put on with q
tOOthpick.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am
girl Il years Of age. My husband
is still in the army. Would It be
all right when l go TO a dance TO
let one Of my boy friends bring
me home, or SHOULD / go with
girl? Or should l come home
alone. BABE.
a married woman is not sup
posed to 20 to dances unless &C
cOmpanied by her husband. OF
course there are exceptions to this
rule; she can go in the compANS
of q member Of her family or win
a married couple. She should,
however, be careful OF her conduct
while st the dance and not show
preference 10 any one man.
Do not attend dances alone or
with another girl, and do not per-
nit any boy or man friend to take
you home.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: have q
boy friend whom ! admire az a
friend and nothing else. He seems
to care great deal for me. In fact
he told me he loved me better than
anyone else. ] have limited to him
time and time again that / do net
care for his company. He has writ
ten three times since / have writ
ten him. He seemed to be very
anxious for an explanation as to my
ignoring his letters. l do not want
to hurt his feelings and so what
shall 1 DO. He is a perfect gentle
man and in fact one OF the best
boys l have ever known. -
ANXIOUS.
Do not write to the boy. He will
soon decide from your silence that
you no longer care 10 correspond.
In case he asks to see you, make sx-
cuses. 1t is impossible TO drop any
one without hurting feelings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
|odS8
HSG0G&N
THE ROACH RIDDEN DESK.


Once there was a little mouse
That lived in a great big house.
And when the men were all away
The mice would come out and play,
There was a cockroach young and gay,
Who lived in the Office day by day,
And in pigeon holes he lay
Eating Fishers paste like hay,
One evening when / had t0sit
Studying my arithmetic,
Across the desk the reaches ran,
And one told me her name was Ann.
FRANCES C.
Age Is.
To really appreciate this poetic offering
by Frances one should pay visit to the desk
of thousand reaches referred to in the above.
In order to keep the minds and bodies of
our soldiers still in camp occupied-we assume
that is the reason-an order has been issued
by General Ireland for the men to do so much
mosaaito-chasing every day and the order adds
that shipment of mosquitoes is expected from
each camp in the country. 1t seems likely, that
to comply with the order, the boys at some of
the camps might have to kick in with few
coolies.
And speaking of coolies, a modest contrib.
calls our attention to the worlds shortest
poem:
Adam
Had 'on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

Let there be calm IN the mouse. Let the
knees that are cracking together in fear of
what the after-life will be following July l.,
cease their hideous noise Why fear the ap-
preaching great drought when careful read
ing of the city directory will convince one that
We will continue to have with US in the tri-
cities Beers, Ginns, Port, Wynes number Old
Taylors and then there is that Dare family,
but unfortunately they have no Virginia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
STEALING GLIB'S STUFF.

STEALING GIBBS STUFF
Sir: Who is the young oil truck driver who
was thinking strongly of Violet he drove
the truck out OF the street and up over the curb
yesterday? o. +. H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14

Sir: This timely suggestion is being Of
fered free. For the benefit Of posterity why
does not some one with the influence to put
it over. to it that in the museum proposed
in the old clock tower building at the arsenal.
among the other relics OF the great war there
will be placed an exhibit of shark juice? A
vest pocket edition of Old Taylor, o. F. c.
(Only Flu Cure) or St George, will be su1i-
cient to impress future generations that their
fore-fathers lived in bibulous barbarism.
EYE GEE ELL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-14
WELL. WHATDO YOU EXPECTq

o. D. X: Perhaps you can tell me if there
is any significance in the fact that when you
write for your bonus as a discharged soldier
you address your letter to the Lemon building.
Washington, D. c. NJ. c. F.
A Moline page headline says: German We'd
ding Reminds Him of An Elks' Parade"
Not knocking the Elks' parades or anything.
Showing a thorough understanding Of mar
ried life, Commissioner Roper has ruled that if
man was married any time during 1918, even
up to the last day of the year, in making his
income tax return he may count it the same as
a year He knows it seems that long 10 the
man anyway.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
! Today 5 ANNIVERSARIES.

lsOs-James Nasnith, Inventor. Of the
steam hammer, born in Edinburg.
died in London, May Z, 1890
lSs2-Kentucky celebrated the Tooth an.
niversary of the battle of Blue Licks.
lss7-Spencer Fullerton Baird, first Y S.
commissioner of fish and fisheries,
died at Woods. Hole, Mass. Born
at Reading, Pa, Feb 3, 1923.
lS9l-Martinique was visited by a hurri.
cane and earthquake, which des-
troyed every vessel in the harbor
and $40 lives.
l9O9-The South African Union bill was
passed by the British parliament
l9l4-Belgians prepared for the evacuation
of Brussels.
l9l5-White Star liner Arabic sunk by
German submarine, with loss of 20
lives
l9l6-Two British light cruisers sunk by
German submarines in North Sea.
l9l7-Italians opened great offensive, at
lacking on a front 40 miles lone
from Tolmino to the Adriatic
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
AN ELUSIVE BoGEY.

One of the persistent demands of the
American people is something to hit
If the railroads do not pay somebody
must be classified, usually the man who
has furnished the capital; if the win
ter is cold and long and the coal bill
bigger than usual some outside party is
held responsible for the big coal bill
the coal man of course; if food costs
more than it once did another DOGGY
must be found and all governments
from the federal government down to
the municipal politician begin yelling
f" Here he is, and the good people
kick against the pricks with renewed
vigor until some other enthusiast ad
vises an attack upon something else.
In the present stress over the cost of
living government officials and politi-
cal wiseaeres have yelled profteer, la
borer, hoarder, and farmer, whichever
seemed the most opportune; but they
have not yet cornered single colored
gentleman IN the great piles OF eggs,
flour, sugar, fruit or mustard through
which they have pillaged with such
great gusto.
They are getting results very similar
to the hired man hunting rats. After
he had rummaged around in the corn
barn for an hour or more, torn up the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

This AFTERNOON | was in the bath tub
taking a bath and the telefone bell start
ed to ring and kepp on ringing like every
thing, me thinking, G, nobody amt home,
and maybe its Artie telefoning to me or
suElthing.
And i got out of the bath tub and
raped towel erround my waste and UNI
locked the door and went in the setting
room and was jest going to anser the fone
wen | herd sumbody's footsteps coming
up stairs, me thinking, Gosh, G, holeJ
smoaks.
And / quick ran in the setting room
closet and ma came in the setting room
and ansered the fone, saying, Hello, Q, is
this you, Willyums-yes, / herd it ring
ing, but | was down in the kitchin and
| thawt Benny was up heer TO anser it
And she kepp on tawking to pop and
kepp on standing in the setting room clos
ct with a towel erround me wishing / was
| back in the bath tub ware | belonged
| and ma hung up the reseever, saying
Now wy dident Benny anser that fone
he knows his father hates to be KEPT
waiting-Benny, Benny.
| Me not ansering on account of not
lwunting to anser frum the closet anl
ma went and looked IN the bath room
saying, For goodniss sakes, heers the tut
full of soapey wattir and his clothes al
| hanging up, ware in the werld is he?
! And she started to go up stairs calling
Benny, Benny, and l quick snuck out o
the setting room closet and went bacl
in the bath room and locked the door ant
got in the tub agen, ma calling frum NJ
stairs, Benny, Benny.
Nam? | yelled in the bath tub, and mi
sed, Well for mersey sakes, ware are you
and / sed, In the bath room.
You are not, jest looked, sed ma
| And she came down and tried the batl
room door and | was in there all rite
ma saying, Well izzent this rediekiliss
ware have you bin?
| Who, me? / sed, and ma sed, No, Abra
ham Linkin, and | sed, / bin taking
towel out of the sitting room closet No
saying | had took it in before | took i
| out, and ma sed, Well then you must O
bin in there vile l was foning, and / sed
Yes nam, and ma sed, Well you tax
| the cake
| WITCH | do.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19

hat some of them and their families help
upport. You know them as steady go /,
ne, conservative good citizens When
fou try to visualize them as being even
emotely connected with scheme for des
roying democratic government in the
United States and setting up soviet rule,
Fou discover that you have no mental APP
,aratus for making this picture.
As for us, we have no least fear that
)nce the issue is clearly presented the
ailroadmen of the Brotherhoods will put
themselves behind the plan that has been
proposed in their name and push it
through to the goal set up by its logic.
The real menace is not in the attitude
If the rank and file of the Brotherhood
members, but in the effect of the Plumb,
Stone and Garretson talk upon the radi-
AL socialistic element that exists in our
society and permeates American labor.
This talk will galvanize into new activity
he remaining members of the Inorlbund
| l. w. w. 1t will be named by the i'll
,egulated minds in the purlieus of great
cities as an indication that the Brother
hoods are coming to the aid OF the revo-
lutionary proletariat in their truceless war
against capital When Plumb and the
| Brotherhood chiefs talk about emancipat-
ng industry from capital, about national
| zing all the wealth producing resources,
about the crusade of the "new Pilgrims
| they give hope to the disseminators and
| the readers of the countless tracts and
pamphlets that food the country with IN
element to a class reeolution.
1t is said that the Sims bill embody-
ing the Plumb plan will not be so much
as reported 1t is said to be dead already
| But the Plumb talk and propaganda con
| tinue. The rairoadmen themselves ought
/ TO put stop to it. It'seems incredible
! that they should back it up, and attempt
1 10 force naturalization by strike. Ii
| is for them to consider that if they dc
1 this thing they will liberate all the forces
TINT broke into and monopolized the Win
/ hipeg strike, converted it into an ineip
lent political revolution, and drove /;
wedge into the ranks of labor itself Sc
deeply that now there is bitter figh
! ON between business 1inionism and revolu
4 tionary unionism in Canada that probably
/ viii absorb the energies of labor for som,
time, to the great loss of the sensible la
Dor movement: the Canadian government
meanwhile, having proved itself to be
t great deal stronger than the spirit ans
Il the material power of the revolutionists
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
Another collision between a locomo

Another collision between a lOeomo-
tive and an automobile at a grade
crossing at Jonesville Sunday resulted
in the death. of three persons. Although
the grade crossing is menace and this
particular. one is said to be the worst
in that locality, would the accident have
happened had the motorist 'stepped
looked and listened before attempting
to cross the railroad. An official who
has been investigating such accidents
for many years claims that few of them
would ever occur if this simple rule of
safety first - were observed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
The Spring Wheat Crop

Wheat cutting is virtually finished in
the Northwest, and threshing from
shock has started and will be in full
swing this week, providing weather re-
mains favorable. Reports from the
threshing machines confirm the esti-
mates of damage done during July by
blight and rust Yields are below an
average and the crop appears to be
light in weight, though it is said it will
make a strong flour. The average
yield promises to be 3 to 10 mushels
per acre. .t,--...,, .
Commenting on the deterioration of
crops in Minnesota the last month,
Pala H. Kirk, Minnesota field agent of
the department of agriculture, says:
'Practically every crop in Minnesota
has suffered from a multiplicity of dam
ages. Continued floods injured all crops
in The southwest district and along
the llowlands of the Minnesota river
Several counties in the northwestern
district also suffered severe damage
from floods in the territory tributary
to Mud lake. Scab, in bad form, ap.
peared during July in practically all
of the spring wheat area. The damage
from this disease was greatest in the
southern two thirds of the state. In
the extreme northwest there is but lit
tie .scab in the wheat. Blight, due tC
hot weather and too much moisture, il
another factor causing crop damage
Black rust also developed during July
The damage was not as great as an
ticipated The major portion of dam
age to small grains was from scab
blight and premature ripening of grain
Flood damage in local areas was thu
bigffactor in crop loss. :"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1919.
SOMETHING BESIDES BOARDING

A little thought will show that pres
ent prices for foods and other goods are
not entirely caused by boarding. First
consider the comparatively small pro-
portion of food stuffs that are alleged
to be boarded A large number of eggs
have been seized in different locations
but the total number SO far seized
would not furnish one egg apiece for
the American people. 1t can hardly
be claimed that half an egg per capita
would greatly affect the regular price
of eggs throughout the year.
The New England Homestead pub
fishes the following prices for products
at the farms as quoted in the Ameri
can Agriculturist for the years 1915
and 1914:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-19
The Real Menace.
Manchester Union.1
of nation

1t may be true, as some of the news
dispatches and editorials say, that the
Plumb bill is dead, and the Brotherhood
plan is sidetracked. and ditched, but the
real Plumb menace continues
1t has been inconceivable from. the first
that any considerable number of engin
GERS and conductors would follow the bad
leadership of revolutionists To get down
to cases, what engineer or conductor oil
your acquaintance strikes you as being q
Red firebrand? You know these men. Per
haps your property adjoins that owned
by one of them. You belong to the lodge
which is proud to have them in its mem
bership. You attend the same church