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Evening star., 1919-03-14
C. S. Duckett Sentenced,

Clarence S. Duckett, employed as a
bellboy at the Hotel Dewey, in L
street, charged with selling a quart
of whiskey for So to two members of
the police department who went to
the hotel in plain clothes to trap him.
was sentenced by Judge Robert
Hardison. in the District Of Columbia
branch OF the Police Court, to serve $50
days in Jail and pay fine of $1,000 and
in default of the payment of the fine to
serve an additional $50 days.
Evening star., 1919-03-14

Chinese pirates are reported active
off the coast Of Shantung.
Evening star., 1919-03-14

Miss Miller Of the home demonstra-
ton office of the Department of Agr1.
culture is to speak tonlght at
o'clock before the Thomson Commu-
nifty Center.
Evening star., 1919-03-14

The Home and school AssOciation OF
the Eastern High School is to meet
tonight at the East Washington Com
munity Center.
Evening star., 1919-03-14

$Om P.steuized Milk receive. tb.
w highest official rating of the Health
Department for the District of Columb;..
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Col. C. C. Collins Ordered Here.

Col. Christopher c. Collins. Medical
Corps, at the port of embarkat ton,
Hoboken, n. j., has been ordered to
this city for duty in the Office of the
surgeon general Of the Army.
Evening star., 1919-03-14

war Workers are eligible to Join
the Little Players for rhythmic dane.
ing and dramatics. The players meet
tonight at 8 o'clock at the Wilson
Normal School.
Evening star., 1919-03-14

Young people of the Georgetown
community Center viii give a dance
tonipht at the Western High School.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
Gen, Duvall Relieved of Dutv.

Maj. Gen. William P. Duvan. o. s.
A. retired. has been relieved from
duty at Camp Joseph L. Johnston.
Jacksonville, Fla. and ordered to his
home.
Evening star., 1919-03-14
CITY ITEMS.
Cottaxe Cheese for Len1
BY POP.

VOttHSc CHeeSc IOF Lent.
Fresh from the farm. 15c pint
Pimiento Cheese, 45c lb. Edwin Shuttle
800 Center market.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
Jail Over the Court House.

When the agitation for site for Jail for
Rock Island county was begun someone advo-
Gated putting another story on the court house
and building the cells for the prisoners there.
1t was argued that the walls were strong
enough, that it would be a safer place for
prisoners than any Jail built on the ground,
and that it would end the controversy over
using the court house square for Jail purposes.
JaiIs built top of the court houses at Mime
apolis and Omaha were cited as examples for
this county to follow.
The Argus opposed the idea both when it
was first advanced and later when it was again
brought to the front at the time it became ap-
parent that the courts would uphold the OBJ
jectors and it would be necessary to look else
where for a site.
Now the Omaha court house, costing $1,50o,-
600, is in ruins and many priceless county rec
ords are destroyed because the jail was built
on top of it and it became the battle ground
between the police and sheriffs forces on the
one hand and a determined mob on the other.
Instead of putting the jail above the court
house or in the same block with it, it is safer
all around, as we'll as better from a scenic
point of view, to have two buildings and sufi-
ciently separated so that the violence that may
at any time involve the former shall not men
ace the latter.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

opposing counsel In his lawsuit.
His face lightened as he became
fully aware of the testimony and
witnesses to be present, made some
hurried notes and now knew what
points to guard in the litigation.
Bright voices and footsteus
sounded outside and Marsh arose
to face a young girl 20 and a child
Of S, bearing in her loving clasp
the famous doll of the corner store.
"Oh. Aunty Phyllisl" cried Edith
ecstatically, rushing towards Marsh
and throwing her arms about his
neck TITS the gentleman fairy,"
Marsh blundered through his
equiVOcal mission as best he might.
He said nothing when Miss Worth
discovered his identity and insisted
that as she could he should be re-
paid NfOr the cherished invalid
chair. It was destined to become a
family possession. however, for the
day Marsh won his case he asked
gentle, faithful Phyllis Worth to be-
come his wife.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
Give the Public a Chance.

Judge Gary is wrong in refusing to deal
with organized labor and the prediction is ven
tured that the fact will be duly impressed upon
him and employers everywhere in this country
before the present industrial crisis ends.
This does not mean that labor. or any other
class, should have everything it asks for be-
cause that is obviously impossible. The time
trial disputes which involve the welfare of all
the people, as the steel controversy or the one
forced upon England by its present rail strike,
must be arbitrated.
Interests of the public take precedence over
those OF both sides in the controversy and the
public must have majority representation in
the board or commission which finally decides
the issues. Under the plan commonly followed
in settling industrial controversies both sides
as a rule have won, but the people in general,
to whom employers finally passed the bill, with
enough added to pay them for their trouble
were losers.
The coming Industrial conference must deal
frankly with conditions, not alone from the
viewpoint of empIoye and employer, but from
the broader aspect Of the welfare of all the
people. That is only justice and neither labor
nor capital can afford to be placed in the light
of trying to get more than it is fairly entitled
to.
Undertaking to crowd the issue now on be-
half of particular interests is as unwise as it
is da aRgerous.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
Today's Anniversaries

1S33-Matthew S. Quay, United
States senator from PennsyI-
vania, born at Dillsburg, Pa
Died at Beaver, Pa, May 2S,
1904.
1852-Dr. Nicholas Wiseman was
nominated cardinal and arch
bishop of Westminster.
1S70-Public funeral ceremonies
were held in New York for Ad-
miral Farragut.
1S94-Fifteen thousand persons in
Vienna participated in a dem
onstration in behalf OF univer-
sal suffrage.
19o1-Prince and prin cess of Wales
(King George and Queen Nary
visited Vancouver.
f903-Sir Michael Herbert. British
ambassador to the United
States, died in Switzerland.
1914-Italian torpedo boat destroy
ed by a mine in the Adriatic.
1915-Greek parliament voted war
supplies and state of siege Of
Macedonia.
1916-British losses for Septem-
Der given as 5,439 officers and
114,110 men.
1917-Germa1 air squadron raided
London for fifth time within a
week.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

tie children. and | am sure you
must be that"
Mamma says so, and Auntie
Phyllis" came the prompt re-
sponse "Oh, how rich you must
be, But l know-you're a gentle
man fairyi You see, I've been saw
ing up to buy the big doll down
at the corner Come along and
I'll show you" and the little one
took his hand with a trustfulness
that caused him to thrill with
pleasure. She halted finally beside
show window full of toys and
pointed with enraptured ecstasy at
the object of her admiration.
1t was marked two dollars.
Marsh took out a banknote.
"Oh. does it take all that
money!" cried Edith Waldron
please. Mr.. Fairy, I can do with
out the doll, and I'd rather you'd
buy an invalid chair for poor sick
mamma"
You sweet, self-sacrificing little
cherub. You shall have the doll
first, and then we will see about the
invalid chair" said Marsh. and, his
companion hugging and chatting to
her coveted acquaintance. they
went back towards to tenement
row
There's where we live little
Edith enlightened Marsh and she
pointed to a third story window.
There was a box filled with flower
ing plants. The windows were
clean and bright and adorned with
snowy white curtains. my papa is
dead. and we are very poor, and
Aunty Phyllis is nursing poor
mamma, and she can't get about
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
A GENTLEMAN FAIRY.
BY EDNA DEANE LYALL
1919, by the Western
NeWsuaper Union

NGhSpdpeE OulOu.I
Where all the children came from
Rodney Marsh could not compre-
hendi 1t seemed as if magically
quick some telepathic signal had
been conveyed to every Juvenile in
the vicinity OF the great tenement
row where he had paused to watch
a little group make mud pies. They
were soiled, ragged garments, were
barefooted. and with pity and inter
est the kindly faced young man
studied these poor and neglected,
but happy children of the city.
Marsh drew out some small
Change and dropped as many coins
among the four urchins who were
engrossed in their mock pastry
task. There was a scramble, a
rapturous yell, a babel of voices
from doorways and alleys. Then
poured into the center children
from far and near. They surround
ed Marsh with 'grimed hands, ex-
tended and eloquent pleas for SON
sideration.
That is all" announced Marsh,
as he detected spec;ous repeaters
IN evidence and started away.
Only one Of the throng ran after
him, treathless and big eyed. He
noticed that she was Of a different
brood to the general mass. being
c4ean. poorly. but neatly dressed.
and with a winning personality.
"0h, mister. please," uttered the
little 6-year-old miss. Are you
really throwing away money?"
WY, yes, ny dear, 10 good lit
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
H0art, 81 Home
: 17,9xDpODDO111cC
V a M2C. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
BY TEMPLE

Dear Mrs. Thompson; | am 16
years old and am worried about the
way my father and brothers are
treating me.
They wont let me have any girl
or boy friends. When they come
they insult them and then they
scold me for not having any
friends. My mother is not so bad,
but she always scolds me.
l am still going to school and
work Saturdays. Where I work
they want me to quit school and
work all the time.
My cousin lived with us and my
parents wouldn't let her have
friends when she was 90 and she
left home. Would you advise me
to quit school and go to my aunt's
and pay board?
SWEET SIXTEEN.
Get more education even if You
have to endure a great deal of suf-
fering at home. If you were to quit
school and go to work, you would
earn so little that after paying your
board you would have nothing LETT
to spend. II you educate yourself.
in few years you will be ready for
much better position and can
make considerably more money.
You are just a little girl and for
two or three years longer ought to
be willing to work and study for
the sake Of your future.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two girls IL and 15 years of age.
% We have never gone with
fellows. but now two fellows have
asked to come to see us. How
should we act when our parents
are around?
~ What should we say when
we ask them to come to see us?
80 If they do not take use any
where how should we entertain
them?
C4)How late should We stay out
with them? ROSEBUDS.
Q) Follow your impulse and act
the way which seems most natural
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
Z -
Not So Easy Now.

1t used to be reasonably safe to go out
among the farmers with any crude game and
take their hard earned dollars away from them,
but it is different now, as two sIickers found
out over in Scott county the other day. These
chaps undertook to sell book, representing
themselves as government agents and letting
it be known that Uncle Sam would be highly
displeased with anybody who turned them
down. Their scheme might have worked once
a time, but the farmer has Travelled long
way since those days Of pure verdancy. Be
sides, there are too many telephones and auto
mobiles. and so the two adventurers are now
under $500 bonds each awaiting trial in a fed
eral court on the charge of impersonating
officers.
The swindler who essays to live of the
farmers these days must bring his methods
up to date and he had better make sure, too,
that there are not too many holes in his cloak
of deception.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
TIHI{5 DAILY SHORT STORY

and if any of your fairies have an
invalid chair, won't you please send
her one?"
Indeed. I will" pledged Marsh,
and within the hour an invalid S
wheeled chair was on its way to the
old tenement It had been a relief
to mingle with the lowly and make
at least a few humble ones happy.
but now Marsh's own troubles filled
his thoughts. He had come to the
city to defend a lawsuit which. if
it went against him, would mean
the loss of nearly all he possessed.
He knew that the claim aginst him
was unjust, but it was in the hands
Of legal vampires.
Marsh located the rooms on the
third floor He knocked at an open
door, noting the neatness of the
place. A woman, pale and care
wOrE. seated in a new invalid chair,
greeted him.
I understand that Miss Worth
does copying at home" spoke
Marsh, "and I have some work for
her if she is not too busy"
MY sister will return in a few
minutes. Won't you be seated,
please?" said the invalid.
Marsh sat down in a chair near
a typewriter. Upon a table lay a
number of typed sheets. He could
not hE1D bat notice them. AS Mrs.
WafdTon wheeled herself into an
adjoining room Marsh picked up
one and then another of the sheets,
deeply absorbed.
1T is fate!" he whispered, quite
aroused, to himself. for by some
strange coincidence Miss Worth
had been copying the papers of the
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
BraRSBitO'Ver&
Neighborly Talk.

Good neighbors always should
agree and live in peace and har-
mony; but l could name two
neighbor firms who'Xe severed dip
lomatic terms Its my opinion. -
says old Bings, that we don't need
those treaty things; they cause
more trouble. grief and roar than
famine, pestilence and war. Each
nation ought to run itself and lay
the treaties on the shelf" And
then l tweak old Bings' nose and
tie his whiskers to his toes and fall
upon him in a rage and swat him
with my trusty swage and send
him homeward with a limp, the
alecky old wizened shrimp. / don't
know shucks about such things:
but I get tired of hearing Bings de-
liver speeches three hours long on
kings and thrones and right and
wrong. He knows too pesky much
for me-that's why we never can
agree; and when he gets me going
south he keeps on shooting off his
mouth till I am dippy in the pate,
the old Iong-Einded reprobate. l
like to talk about the hogs, the
price of hay. the cost of togs, and
crack a friendly joke or two, as
sane and honest neighbors do. But
Bings' line of neighbor chat rolls
me till l could chew my hat
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
The Danger of Being Alive o.
Why Worry About It

A large, good-natured. untrou-
bled man with a fine appetite and
no use at all for doctors had a
stroke of apopIexy and left this
planet the other day. He was only
81 years old and he had always
considered hygienic teachings as
so much bunk.
Once there was a pretty school
teacher whose private reading had
been misdirected Somehow that
teacher arrived at the conclusion
that the civilized world is all
wrong on the germ theory" and
consequently she argued that all
the trouble and expense OF isolat-
ing persons with contagious dis
ease, fumigating ships, quarantine
ing passengers, and otherwise pro-
tecting the public against epidem-
les, is a huge mistake. Well. that
is enough of her logic. She lived
with a girl friend who had tuber-
eulosis. and scorned the idea that
such a disease was infectious. In
due time the teachers cheeks be-
came still roster, her eyes still
brighter and-daisies sprang up
above her. 1t was all wrong. of
course. But unfortunately her ed
ucation in hygiene had not includ-
ed fundamental things like the
multiplication table; it had started
on high.
Human nature is Interchangeable
Everybody who thinks at all thinks
he knows something about hygiene
through instinct or intuition, with
out troubling to study the subject
from the fundamentals up.
1 receive letters almost every
day from people who, >theorizing
away up in the air, convince them
selves they have discovered re-
markable cures for incurabIe af-
fiictions, and they explain the the
ory of the method so clearly and
plausibly that almost anybody but
a doctor should grasp the idea.
Why, as an actual fact, a gentle
man wrote me in all seriousness a
detailed method for reviving the
dead, the only condition being that
all the vital organs must be in
tact.
Tom, Dck and Harry, struck with
an idea, commonly organize a COM
pany and proceed to market the
ieda-it may be some simple ex-
ercises, or some interesting though
wholly fancifuI notions about food.
or even a lot of pseudo-scientific
buncombe about breathing. In a
short time Tom, Dick and Harry
are referred to as food specialists
or something impressive and
shrewd skeptics everywhere are
sending them good money for their
literature.
There is no getting around the
fact that it is dangerous to be alive
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

our seaports. An embargo is inevitable if
commodities do not soon resume their normal
movement on the other side of the-Atlantic.
The incident serves to show once more
the lnterdependence OF the leading nations and
how quickly it may be felt under certain con-
ditions.
And still there are public men in this coun-
try who denounce the effort to bring order and
system into the relations between the leading
powers OF the earth. and there are fools who
are suffering themselves to be misled in the
face Of obvious facts and conditions.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

at the time. I cannot map out your
conduct. When you are alone you
should do nothing which you wuEI1
hesitate 10 have your parents see.
~ Let young men ask to come
to see you, instead Of asking them
TO come.
(3) Read and talk.
"a You are too young to go out
nights with young men.
Dear Mrs Thompson: We are
girl cousins, ages IA and l6. We
both finished common school this
year and want to 80 to high school,
but don't think we can. Would It.
be best to go to common school
another year and then take a bus
mess course, or try harder to go
to high school?
(2) Is il proper TO carry a
fngernail file with you when going
some place?
81 If at a party your partner for
supper is q stranger, is it proper to
ask his name? If so, how should
We word il? BUSY BEES
~ Try 10 go TO high school. A
business course means a great deal
more after a year or more OF high
school work. You will get much
better position in the end.
90 1t is all right to carry a
fingernail file, but the file should
not be used in the presence OF
others. The nails should be manfr
cured at home and the file used i3
private.
go Say. Ny name Is Mis-
White" Doubtless the dinnes
partner will respond with his name.
The hostess ought to introduce her
guests.
Dear Mrs Thompson: Would IL
be proper for a young man to in
vfte his lady friend and another
couple 10 spend an evening at his
home while his folks are away?
ANXIOUS.
It would NOT be all right unless
properly Chaperoned.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

tAny reader can get the answer to 3
ton bureau. Frederic ]. Haskin, Director.
confidential. the replies being sent direct
Hald 70 anonymous lettersl.
@. When will the clocks be
turned back to sun time this fall?
c. D.
A. The law provides that the
clocks will go back to sun time at
midnight following the last Sunday
in October, which falls this year
on the 26th of the month.
@. How many automobiles are
in use in the United States? E. E.
A The American Automobile
association states that in 1918
5,s52,726 automobiles were regis
tered in the United States.
Q. How can clean velvet? C.
]. R.
A. To clean velvet, dust
thoroughly, stretch right side up
over a basin of boiling water. let
ting the steam pass through it.
Brush with a whisk broom in the
direction of the nap.
@. If a child is born in the
United States of foreign parents
is it a citizen? P. F.
A. The bureau of naturalization
states that such a child is citi-
Q. Is the mirage peculiar to the
dry regions of the west? D. A.
A Mirages are sometimes seen
in the east They have been Wis
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
The New Aerial Truck.

With an aerial fire truck, which the city
commission voted yesterday to purchase, Rock
Island will have an equipment among the best
in cities Of its size The old horse drawn lad
der truck. which has been out of date for some
years can now be relegated to the scrap heap
This will practically complete the motoriza-
ton of the department.
The vote for the purchase of a truck was
unanimous and the city will be able to settle
in installments, which will materially tighten
the burden of paying for it. The investment
is a wise one, as time will demonstrate.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

Germany is going to take chance with a
lottery loan the conditions of which perhaps
may be given without violation of the anti
lottery laws Of these United States The sum
OF nine billion marks is desired and bonds
will be issued at 100 per cent bearing per
cent interest and redeemabIe in 30 years at
10 per cent Every bondholder will share in
the drawings and the prizes will not be sub
ject to inheritance tax. With the Latin races
that kind Of loan would go big. The out
come in Germany, however. is matter of
doubt. The people are not so much given to
gambling and then in any lottery scheme the
vast majority must necessarily be losers and
that is a part which does not fit the German
temperament, as recent experience has. amply
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30


Washington, D. C. Give fun name and
turn postage Be brief. All inquiries are
N eAch individual. No attention will be
ible, at times. for instance, on
Pennsylvania avenue in Washing
ton, between the treasury and the
capitol.
Q. What are the designations OF
the wedding anniversaries L. c.
A. The first wedding annivers-
airy IS the cotton anniversary, the
second is paper, third leather, fifth
wooden, seventh wooden, tenth tin.
twelfth silk and fine linen, fiif-
teenth crystal, twentieth china,
twenty-ffth silver, thirtieth pearl,
fortieth ruby, fiftieth golden, and
seventy-fifth diamond.
Q. | have a matter to place be-
fore the representative of the
United States in Hamburg. Ger
many. To whom should 1 write
B. G.
A. Your letter should be ad-
dressed to the Spanish consul at
Hamburg. Spanish diplomatic
consular officers represen. the
United States in Germany.
@. Can 1 sen da package of
Q. Can | send a package of
post? V. S.
A Parcel post packages for Po-
land are not received in the United
States, as Poland is not prepared
to handle them.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30

In the senate yesterday Sherman, Borah
and New staged their customary stone throw
ing contest trying to hit the administration in
some vulnerable spot Taking it all around the
upper house of congress just now is about as use
less an appendage as any government pos
sesses. With the biggest questions of all time
pressing for consideration it is wasting the
hours and setting example that is anything
but edfying. Sherman, BoTah, Reed and a few
others ought to be arrested for inciting to riot.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
Hair On Face.

Hair On Face.
Is there any depilatory which
will permanently destroy a growth
of hair on the face?
r NJ. and V. D. o.
Answer-Electroly is the only
agent which will permanently de-
stroy hair Hair growths may be
permanently destroyed by X-ray
treatment in exeptr hands, but few
X-ray operations will employ this
method for the face. All chem
ical depilatories are necessarily
temporary. Ammonia and perox-
ide bleach and render less notice
able superf1uous hair.
Yeast and Growth.
Please tell me what kind, of
yeast is essential to growth, and
how to take it. MISS r. l. J.
Answer do not know that
yeast is essential to growth or
even influences human growth.
Possibly it may stimulate growth
in young persons when growth is
delayed by faulty nutrition. Ordi-
nary yeast such as housewives use
for making bread is taken inter
nally, one-half cake or one cake,
mixed to fluid with water or fruit
juice or any beverage, after each
meal. 1t would be necessary to
continue it for at least two months
to determine whether it is TO in
crease growth.
Rock Island Argus., 1919-09-30
HEALTH III. .XG
BY WILLIAM Wk=!L !l:ls!I !. e BRADY RAD ND.

nowadays Most people who at
tempt it die of one thing or anoth-
er, or later If one dies young it
is not customary for people to as
sumo that his diet. habits or hy-
giene had anything to do with his
early demise. But if one lives long
he is pretty sure to understake the
duty of offering advice to the world
about these very matters. And be-
cause he has lived long people read
lily assume that his mode of life
must be correct. In short, the laity
persists in thinking that hygiene is
matter of luck, although it is
really a matter of science.