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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
VIC Sal Own the Railroads?

The American people are not going to be
hurried into snap iudgmentin disposing of the
Plumb plan for the ownership and operation
OF railroads. It is a radical departure from
the established order OF things and it is ,-r-
tain to be only a beginning Of an Industrial
change which will intimately affect the welfare
an happiness OF every individual 1t is doubt
, fui if even the terms Of peace and the League
OF Nations reach SO far into the everyday life
Of tho people OF this country as the proposal
for what is meant to be the first step in the
naturalization OF all industry
At the moment it is believed that poll Of
the United States would show an overwhelm-
ing majority against a continuance of govern
ment management OF railroads. Federal con-
troll has not shown the results expected of it.
It is hard to tell now whether the control or
the expectations were at fault. Certainly con-
ditions were not ideal for the experiment, and
it is a matter Of doubt whether the showing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
FOR BERRY SEASON.

Berry Muffins-Place in a mixing
bowl one and one-half cups cooked
berries, four tablespoons of short
ening, one egg, one cup OF brown
sugar, two and one-half cups OF
flour, five level teaspoons of baking
powder, one-half teaspoonful of Gin
namon.
Beat to mix and then bake in
a well creased and floured muffin
pan in a moderate oven for twenty
minutes. Cool and ice with water
icing made from sugar and sufti-
cient hot water to make the mixture
spread.
Berry Shortcake-Place in a mix
ing bowl three-quarters cup sugar,
one egg. four tablespoons of short
ching two cups OF flour. ofur tea
spoons Of baking powder, three
quarters cup of water.
Beat to mix and then pour into
well creased oblong pan and bake
in a moderate oven twenty minutes.
Cool and then split and I'll with
prepared berries and serve with
custard sauce.
To prepare the berries for tHc
shortcake, place in saucepan two
cups of stewed berries. onc-rsff
cup of brown sugar.
Stir to dissolve and then cool u a.
use for filling.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
RECIPES FOR A DAY.

Jellied Fish-One and one-half
cups cold flaked fish, two table
spoons chopped capers. one table
spoon of granulated gelatin,
two tablespoons cold water, cup
boiling water, two tablespoons OF
lemon juice, one-quarter teaspoon
salt. mix the fish and capers. Ar
range in a mold. Soak gelatin in
cold water. stir until dissolved. then
add lemon Juice, boiling water and
salt.
Pour this jelly carefully over the
fish and set in a cool place to
harden. Cut into portions and serve
on lettuce with plenty of salad
dressing. Hard-boiled egg slices
may be added to the fish, This
dish may be prepared in the morn
ing early and is a change from the
heavy summer luncheon hot dish.
Cottage Cheese and Nut Loaf
One cup cottage cheese, one cup OF
nut meats, one cup stale bread
crumbs, juice of one-hal lemon, one
teaspoonful salt, one-quarter tea
spoonful salt, one quarter teaspoon
pepper, two tablespoons chopped
onion, one tablespoon buttoer, sub
Stitute. meat drippings or oil. Mix
cheese. ground nuts. crumbs, lemon
juice, salt and pepper.
Cook onion in the fat and a little
water until tender. Add to first mix
ture the onion and sufficient water
or meat stock to moisten. Mix. well,
pour into a baking dish and brown
in the oven. This dish furnishes
plenty OF protein. is easily prepared
and takes very little heating COM
pared TO meat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Mineral Oil.


Lately l have been taking min
eral oil for constipation and intes-
| final indigestion, and with good
results. Please advise me wheth-
er the continued daily use Of min
eral oil in varying doses is harm
full. q. C. c.
Answer-Perhaps less harmful
than the habitual use OF any
other laxative. The one objection
to the prolonged daily use of min
eral oil (also called liquid perto-
latum, albolene. nujo and scores
of other trade names) is that II
tends to coat over undigested NOR
sells of food and interfere with
their DIGESTION possibility TO
be considered if the patient is un-
dernourished. But why rely upon
any medical aid to bowel function
when diet, exercise and habit will
control the bowel?
Mosquito Bites.
My little son, two years old, gets
poisoned from mosquito bites. Is
there anything which will keep
the pests from biting? MRS. j. RI
Answer - Oil of citronella
smeared over the exposed skin re-
pels mosquitoes. If you know how
mosquitoes develop you can US
ually rid your household and sur
roundings of them. The Z. S. pub
lie health service, Washington, ID.
c., or the L. S. department OF ag-
riculture, Washington, d. c., will
send on request from citizens a
pamphlet of valuable Instructions.
Primary Stage.
What are the first evidences Of
syphilis, and how soon after ex-
posure or infection do they ap-
pear? IN n. d.
Answer-The first evidence is
the chancre or hard sore, which
appears at the point OF inocula-
ton in from three to five weeks,
more or less, after exposure. The
lesion is merely a slight sore re-
sembling an obstinate cold sore"
IngrOWing GOitre.
Can ingrowing goitre be cured
with medicine or is a surgical OPP
Grafton necessary? &C. L. M
Answer-If you refer to exoph-
thalmic goitre (the disease in
which there is perhaps but slight
thyroid gland enlargement but
much nervousness. fine tremor of
the hands, rapid heart action and
palpitation, often fever and loss OF
weight. most cases are durable
by prolonged open air rest and
appropriate medicines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
sTlHllE5 DAILY SHORT STORY

a fast rate. He is at heart a
generous, good-natured fellow, and
that fact accounts for his reckless
extravaganza. 1t is not so much
drink as it is cards, speculation and
a constant whirl Of excitement
among a set who are leading him
into all kinds of spendthrift ways,
particularly a sordid-hearted siren
named Beatrice Morse. A ,,ityl
That sister of his is the most
charming girl I have ever met"
Apparently there Dudley Thorne
dropped the subject from his
thoughts, although he prolonged
each day it was possible for him
to be in the company of his sis
ter's attractive friend. He had
finally set fixed date as the limit
of his stay. 1t was the evening
preceding his announced departure
that Eioise observed him reading
in the garden, and approached him.
There was nervous anxiety depicted
in her face.
Mr.. Tho me-" she said, you have
told Milly just enough to alarm
me about my brother. have sus-
pected something wrong for many
months. He never comes to see
me, his letters show a change in
him that alarms me- Won't you
tell me all about him, and won't
you help him if he is in trouble? %
Dudley was silent for a moment
or two. He reflected deeply. With
that fair, pleading face before him,
he had not the heart to crush faith
and hope. A sudden inspiration
came to him.
''ldiss Burnley, it would be unwise
and sunkind- for me to detail TO you
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

letter, knowing it would only huff
him. lie knows his people are op-
posed to our marriage and he also
knows the truth about my people.
He says he will not give me up. He
is p and my superior in both looks
and social position. l am "a and
not very pretty, not OF the type that
generally attracts men, having been
accused OF being too sane and SEN
sible AT any rate / shall have to
admit of few friends among men
and no former lovers. I believe,
however, would make him a good
wife.
Could not his parents make life
very unpleasant for him in case
we marry against their wishes? !
do not love him so deeply but that
! could try cheerfully 10 give him
up in case Il is for the best
Would his marrying into q family
like mine prove a handicap to him,
as his mother feels it Will2 Would
you please tell me what you would
do under such circumstance?
VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS.
Marry the man. OF course you
can make him happy and you need
not fear his parents. They are so
cruel and unreasonable that they
will lose his respect.
Your fiance's future depends upon
what he makes it. His own ability
and character will win his place in
the world, regardless Of his wife's
origin.
I know from your letter that youA
will be a great help to him. II
shows so much intelligence and
character. Certainly you realize
that you could bring him greater
happiness, because Of his love for
you, than any other girl no matter
what her social position.
Imagine that you are advising
some other girl in your position. I
am sure you would say that she
should marry The prejudice OF
his parents means nothing in the
face Of love.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
FOR LOVR'S SAKE.
BY T r ALDER SON

Copyright, 1919, by the Western
Newspaper UniOn.)
crushing blow had come to
ElOise Burley. and she had gone
down under it like a frail child
overcome by resistless storm.
Motherless when her father died,
there was only her brother Adrian
to look to, who had been given
control of the family estate. He
was unmarried, had not vet sown
all his wild oats, and there were no
relatives where Eloise could find a
home. Adrian suggested to her
that she put in two years at a
boarding school for girls
Ransome Hall was ideal in it's
menage and seIectness, and Eloise
was content, fairly happy in her
new life. She made true friends
among her girl associates When
vacation came chum, MiIly
Thorne, invited her to spend two
months at her home in the college
town, and time went pleasantly
enough except that Eloise never
saw her brother. He wrote to her
occasionally and provided her with
spending money, but some intelli-
gence had come to Eloise in
roundabout way that considerably
distressed her. It seemed that the
brother OF her school chum, Dudley
Thorne, had business in ,Cedarville,
the town where the Burleys had
lived. He had been introduced to
Eloise. The similarity & her name
to that Of Adrian BurIey had led
10 inquiries and he had said to-his
sister.
That brother Of hers is gong at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

@. What American divisions re-
conquered Chateau Thierry and
Belleau Wood? II. d. V.
A. The First and Second divis-
ions re-conquered Chateau Thierry
and Belleau Wood, and five divis-
ions were thrown into the terrible
counter-attack.
@. Can you interpret for me the
so-called language Of noses?
E. L. c.
A. According to the best books
on physiOgnomy. the Roman nose
denotes an ADJ enturous spirit, a
wide nose is a mark of great SEN
suality. a cleft nose shows benev-
olence. a straight nose means a
just, serious. fine, judicious and
energetic mind. the curved fieshy
nose is a mark of domination and
cruelty. and the curved thin nose
is a mark of a brilliant mind. but
vain and disposed to be ironical.
Q. Where did colored glass
come from. II. V. n.
A. Colored glass came from
Egypt The Egyptians carried
the art to great perfection appar-
emily before history begins TO
tell of it.
@. What is meant by tn Can
adian life zone? L. d. r.
A. Biologists have divided the
entire surface of the earth into
life zones. each zone having much
the same fora and fauna wherever
found The life zone in a given
locality depends upon both lati-
tude and elevation. Thus the Can
adian life zone, which has every
where plants and animals similar
to those of southern Canada. is
found in the high Rocky noun
tains as far south as southern
Colorado and northern New Mex
leo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

gossip which has reached me-the
true merits of which may be at
entire variance, with the truth. Will
you trust me when / promise o
learn all that is truth, to act as a
friend in behalf of your brother and
save him from his rash, reckless
ways? Will you further Danish all
worry and care regarding him until
1 come to report to you something
reassuring, which l firmly believe !
will be able to do before the month
is ended?"
There were tears in her eyes as
she placed both of her hands in his
willing own and sobbed forth
brokenly:
Il know that can trust in you
utterly"
1t was the next cay when Dudley
entered a house given over mainly
as boarding place for members of
the dramatic fraternity. He sought
out and found Arthur Gride, the
man he was looking for.
Still playing The Prince of Ad-
venturers', Gride?" inquired Dud-
ley
Il am not. That brilliant fiasco
went by the board two weeks ago"
Can l engage you for its prin-
cipal part for a few weeks ?''
The handsome, reckless actor re-
garded his old acquaintance with a
quizZical smile. Three meals a
day In it," he asked.
''Oh, better than that"
I'm your mani"
And then there was a long con-
ference, and two days later Arthur
Gride put up at a hotel at Cedar
vile as Vincent BurgoyDe, son and
leir of a wealthy English baronet,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09


Q. Can you tell me how to pre-
vent lime from forming on the
sides of the tea kettle. F. T.
A. II you will keep a clam or
oyster shell in the tea kettle the
lime will not form on the sides.
Q. Why do parrots pull out their
own feathers? G. D. V.
A. The parrots pluck out their
own feathers because of an alb
scence OF any other employment.
They may often be broken of this
habit by giving them soft sticks,
or ears of corn or some such OBJ
jet with which 10 play and which
they may tear to pieces. The
plucking of feathers may also be
due to the presence of mites, and
it is advisable to use some insect
powder on the birds.
Q. When did Queen Victoria die?
d. V. W.
A. Queen Victoria died Jan. %,
1901, and Edward VII was
crowned king Aug. 9, 1902.
Q. Can you tell me the African
method of saIutation? n. NJ. I.
A. Salutations differ according
to the different tribes. Some
greet each other quite as we do.
Some of the tribes still very much
uncivilized pull their fingers until
the joints crack" as a form of
and one tribe has the
curious fashion OF showing friend
ship by standing back to back.
O. What are diamonds COM
posed of, and how are they
formed? R. c.
A. Diamonds are composed Of
pure carbon crystallized. Geolog-
IcaI research has shown that the
stones are brought up from the in
terror Of the earth, or have been
formed under the influence OF mol
ten rock. in contact with carbon
aceous shale.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

would have been any better under private
control
Public opinion on the question of course is
subject to change 1t has been Influenced in
its present attitude to some extent by short
comings in the service which private control
probably would not have entirely remedied and
by mistakes which would not have been made
Under other than emergency conditions. Given
fair trial in normal times government man
agement might make a record which would re-
verse the public's attitude.
Those who believe that private management
is not essential to economical operation of the
railroads point to the postofice. 1t is the larg-
est business institution in the country Dur
ing the last fiscal year it cleared $17,00 900
though it was working under the old rates, the
extra war postage being excluded from its rev.
enues and used for general purposes. It does
business of a million dollars day and has
350000 employees. 1t works under the merit
plan and maintains discipline and has a sys-
tenn for handling details that private manage
nent could not improve upon If the govern
ment had time to organize the transportation
business as carefully as it has organized the
handling of mail many believe that service
would be improved and costs reduced. How
ever. there is no present means of knowing
what the result would be.
We are painfully aware of the present i'm
pairment of railroad facilities. If we look
little farther back many reminders will be
found Of the shortcomings of private owner
ship. People have not forgotten the manipula-
ton which wrecked many company that actu-
ally was earning adequate returns upon a rea-
sonable amount of capital. Everybody knows
that the great railroad fortunes were accumu-
lated through financial iuggleTv rather than
legitimate operating profits.
Nobody has a great deal OF confidence in
the regulatory machinery. It is a tool Of poll
ticians and it is an open question whether the
influence of politics in regulation is preferable
TO that of politics under a different form of
operative control.
There is a vast field for argument on both
rides of the railroad ownership question Many
millions of people must get some conception of
the issues involved. That will take time and
much discussion. The popular mind is pretty
well occupied just now and it may not take
hold of the fundamentals as readily as it would
II the subject could be given its undivided at
tention. A principle is involved that is really
revolutionary. 1t is not thing 10 be accepted
Or rejected overnight
OF just one thing we may be sure in the be-
ginning. Whatever the people decide to do
with the railroads they will be within their
rights in doing. This is a free country and
majority rules. Adequate means exists of ex-
pressing the popular will. This problem and
all others must be worked out in an orderly
manner. Whoever undertakes to force short
cut lays himself open to suspicion of having
selfish ends to serve. Whoever denies the au-
thority Of the public in the premises repUdiates
the principle of democratic government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
MILLIONS FOR ROADS.

Estimates of concentrated high
way expenditures in the United
States for the season of 1919 place
the total at approximately $780,
100000 Because of governmental
restrictions the amount was con-
siderably lower than this in 1918,
while in 1917 it was placed at
$3.50, 900, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

The house investigating committee is spend
ing valuable time taking evidence to prove what
everybody knows-that the air strength of tn.
United States in the war was far below what
it should have been. 1t will be recalled that
the house has just insisted upon cutting down
appropriations for the aviation program, there
by doing what it could to insure the same con-
dition if another war were to be forced upon
in the future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

A-standing in the garden,
Where posies dwell. galore,
There unused a lovely maiden,
And this is what she wore:
A petticoat of petals,
OF purest virgin white.
A bodice of plump orange.
She was a winsome sight
Alas, she was alacking.
Her stocking of sea green
Encased but a single limb,
The slimmest ever seen.
She swayed to ev'ry zephyr,
She was so wondrous sweet
That God took pity on her
And named her Marguerite.
R. 3. NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Pine stumps are not attractive to look at
neither do they suggest wealth, but the audi
tor OF Minnesota says there are $500 600 900
worth of them in his state. A company has
been formed to collect stumps and distilI the
rosin and other byproducts from them. What
promising field of endeavor for good stock
salesman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
Household Hints

Two cups cooked oat meal may be
used instead of the cheese and
bread crumbs. Left over beans,
about a pound, cold, may be put
drought the meat grinder and used
or American cheese grated may be
used. The amount of liquid will
vary and seasoning may be varied
to suit the case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Inscriptions real estate agents and owners
are boosting rents outrageously in Chicago
About the only weapon that can be used
against them is public opinion and that does
not always get immediate results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
MENU HINT.
Breakfast.

Blackberries-T Milk
Sour Milk Griddle Cakes-Syrup
Buttered Toast Coffee
Luncheon.
Jellied Fish
Bran Mullins Apple Sc uce
Cookies MIX
Dinner.
Cottage Cheese and Nut Loaf
Buttered Beets Tomato Salad
Gooseberry Sponge
Ice Tea
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
The War a Year Ago

Germans began evacuation of
Lys salient
Gen. Otani, OF japanese army,
named TO land Allied troops in ST.
ebris
Swedish steamship sunk By Ger
man submarine southeast OF Nan
tuckeG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Brazil has posted $4,000 as a prize for the
first air journey between Lisbon and Rio
Janeiro. Here's one place where prices are
coming down. For number OF years the
figure for transatlantic flying was $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Roumanians are Iooting Budapest. There
must sti1l be something in the city worth carry
ing away, despite reports to the contrary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Microbes are never found on gold
coins, while paper money is an
ideal home for them. The reason is
that gold acts as a bacrericide.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

and flashed gems and cash galore.
He\was a fit match for the scbem-
ing adventures who had cast a
spell over Adrian Burley, and was
to have married him within a week
The new admirer played his part
so well. that within a week Burnley
was summarily dismissed as victim
and hance. He took the lesson
hard and dissipated to drown his
troubles. This led to fit of sick
ness and Dudley SO arranged il
that he was taken to a hospital at
the school town where his sister
could visit him, oftentimes with
Milly.
Rescued from the influence and
wiles OF sordid schemers, after his
money only, Adrian Burley came
back to reason. By that time Milly
had become a visitor eagerly look
ed for. By that time Beatrice
Morse knew that she had been BAT
fed. Arthur Gride disappeared
from the scene and Durley Thorne
never grudged the money required
from the scene and Dudley Thorne
clutches of his IGNORANT associates.
for he had won the most cherish
ed reward in the world-Eloise.
Girls in New Guinea have little
chance to run away. Their parents
force them to sleep in a little house
on the topmost branches of a tall
tree; then the ladder is removed.
and the slUmber of the parents D.;
not disturbed by fears of az elope-
ment.
The public holidays in Russia
Sc in a year.
The chrysanthemum is served as
} salad in French households,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
EgEAITN ~. IKE
BY WILLIAM !I Il BRADY RAJ, r1D..

little experiment fails. he argues
with himself. And your TIC vic
tim is nothing if not sanguine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

Secretary Daniels. failed. owing to an cleo
trical storm to deliver a wireless telephone
address from Washington to Cleveland. One
almost would be parGoned for remarking that
his audience was electrified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
Argus information Bureau


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09

An old subscriber reports that a sheet o
paper laid over the ice will preserve it-th'
ice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-09
Street Oar ComedY.

Whats the speed capacity Of your auto?'
Il don't know. The other day / passed a
cabbage patch and an onion field a mile apart
so that they looked like a dish Of cold slaw y
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-13
Gallup Not Mad.

Gallup Herald: With the co-opera-
ton of all good citizens there will be
no trouble, neither will it be long be-
fore our coal mines will be running
full blast as per the command of fed
eral and state governments.
The Herald compliments the action
of the federal and state governments
in prompt action, which may have
saved many lives; and we know will he
the means of preventing suffering of
thousands of innocent people, as we'll
as protecting the manufacturing and
ndustriA welfare of the nation.
The day has arrived when the inno-
cent public must and will be taken
into consideration-ther are always
two sides to every question. All ques-
lions, whether of labor or capital, or
both must be settled by the principle
Of the greatest good to the greatest
number.
This is ore time that the man or
men with political axes and who
seek to make political medicine out of
this situation, sink themselves below
the scale OF consideration