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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

Jane.
NO." mother had replied. st can't
let you play out after four o'clock.
Little girls who have been sick must
play when the sun shines brightest"
So that was the reason why Mary
Jane stood on her front door step
and looked out over her front yard.
Not a thing could she think of to
do! There were her new ice skates,
but she could not use those in the
yard; her sled was ready on the porch
but what fun is there in sleding when
there is no one to pull or be pulled?
And-But WAS there no one to pull
or be pulled?
An idea popped into the back of her
mind aud she promptly pulled it out
and looked at it. Why of course she
had some one to pull and be pulled!
She had her dolls and Bob, her Scotch
collie dog!
With a rush. she dashed into the
house and up TO the nursery, calling
rs she went, ''motherL I'm going to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

that several of these holders be made
at the same time. A number of up
rights and cross pieces might just as
well be pIaned. up and sawed at the
same time. And then when asked for
some piece you Will have a holder
ready to give away.
On account of the small amount of
material necessary, the holder may be
constructed from better wood than
usual. such as red gum, mahogany.
black walnut or oak. often pieces OF
an old sewing machine or organ are
available for small articles. These
woods can be stained to match any
dresser or table on which it is to be
placed.
The design as is indicated on the
drawing is n very simple one and can
be easily made by the beginner. For
those more advanced in the use Of
tools and with some idea Of design
this model can be varied. For instance
the bases Of the uprights may be made
larger than the tops.
In constructing the watch holder
begin by making the base, which IS
q" 3" G1z" with the top edge
chamfered IN. There Is Il difference
setween a chamfer and a bevel but a
chamfer would look best in this case.
The cross arms and uprights are
next made in one piece if the stock
available is long enough to do so. T.
is easier to plane up a long piece than
a short one.
The uprights are 20 he cut four
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

inches long and the cross arms FIVE
and one-half inches long. II a good
job of saving is done with a good
sharp saw it will not be necessary to
finish the ends with a plane or sand
paper.
CHAMBER the ends OF the cross arm
B", this viii add to the appearance
Of the holder.
AS can be seen on the drawing the
cross arm is held to the uprights with
round head screws, while the uprights
are fastened to the base with fiat head
screws. Locate the center OF the up
rights by drawing diagonals from
corner to corner and at the intersec-
ton start the holes for the screws
with a marking a.wl.
a satisfactory size screw for this
purpose is a one and one-half inch
No. 10. Bore the holes for this size
screw with a three-siXteenths inch
twist drill.
The holes in the base are bored one
and one-half inches from the ends
on the center line and countersunk. A
small drill hole should be drilled TO
receive the screws.
A brass cup hook IS screwed In the
center of the under side of the cross
arm on which the watch is TO be
hung.
sandpaper all parts o. the holder
and stain, after which apply several
coats of sheIlac. rubbing with worn
out sandpaper and oil between each
coot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
Tx Coral Necklace

~ ERE Is a necklace wore when
1 was little girl" said Jamie's
u mother, taking a string of odd
n shaped red things out of her
5ewelry box
what funny-looktng stuff" Jamie
said, looking at it closely. What is
tt?"
Coral" his mother told him.
Does it come out of the ground
same as diamonds?" he asked.
mo, It grows in the ocean," his
mother answered.
"Oh. is it a plant?" jamie cried.
His mother shook her head. mo,
coral is not a plant, but 1t grows be-
cause thousands of little animals are
making It all the time"
'NOh. tell me all about coral, moth
err" Jamie begged. Whats the name
of the little animals and how do they
make it grow?"
Their names are polyps. and some
of them are no bigger than a pin
head. and a whole lot of them live
together in q tenement house made of
this coral"
"Ha! Ha! Who ever heard of a
coral tenement house? Who builds it
for them?''
''They build it themselves" an.
swered his mother. Every little
polyp does his share by adding some
more coral to the house he has in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

are making our own bones. Coral Is
really the skeleton of a great many OF
those little animals. Each little ployp
has lots of carbonate of lime in 1t and
am afraid each one doesn't have its
very own stomach, for they all live
together so closely and are so soft
and jelly-like that most likely their
stomachs all run together, and what
one fellow eats helps to feed the 9TH
ers."
Jamie thought that was very
funny.
And do they all have the same
skeleton, too, mother?" he asked.
Yes, they do, and 1t keeps grow
Ing and growing, for as the old poIyps
die they leave their skeletons behind
and the young ones build theirs right
on to the old ones. After a good
many years so many thousands of
polyps have been building on to each
others skeletons that the coral gets
very large, sometimes miles long and
high enough to reach to the surface
of the water"
Wheel" Jamie cried. What hap.
pens them"
THE ocean washes sand and seeds
up on 1t, and the first thing you know
coral"
rs it red?" jamie asked.
NO, it looks just like any other
island on TOP" his mother said. There
are several different kinds of coral
pink, yellow. white, black and red, but
the red coral doesn't grow very large.
Most coral jewelry is made out of red
coral. 1t comes from the Mediter-
ranean and the Red Sea, and has to
be cleaned and polished before it is
used"
II bet it looks pretty in the water"
Jamie SAID.
Yes. 1t is beautiful while It is in
the sea, for ther the little polyps are
alive and give wonderful colors to
the coral. They fade as soon as the
coral is taken out of the water for then
the polyps die"
How do people get the cOral?"
Jamie asked.
by fishing for IT. They have heavy
wooden crosses fastened to a net,
which they drag from a boat. The
coral is broken off and caught in the
net"
where do you suppose this neck
lace came FROM" Jamie asked.
Probably from Naples. Italy. or
perhaps Algeria, for a great deal Of
coral jewelry is made there"
Jamie looked at the pretty necklace
again.
1T certainly doesn't look like the
skeleton of anything. does it?" he
said. MY, goodness, mother. there
are lots of interesting things for chill
dren to hear about, aren't there?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
~

put my dolls on the sled and Bob's
going to pull them"
Mother heard, and come to help get
the dolls into their wraps SO that
Mary Jane would not have to stay In
doors too long and miss the sunshine.
Then, when the dolls wete ready.
mother got a piece of clothe, slime for
Bob's harness.
This time when Mary Jane went out
OF the front door, she didn't stop to
look around. She knew exact ly what
she wanted to do and she did j t quick
ly-she called to Bob even as she
fixed the dolls onto the sled
Now Bob. you must starld still
while I harness you," she said to him,
and Bob was so fond of his little
mistress that he was glad to OBJ, ey even
If he didn't quite understand.
When Bob and the dolls were all
fixed Mary Jane started out }for a
walk; she laid her hand on tBob's
shoulder and he walked in his most
dignIfied manner. I think he liked to
pull the dolls. don't your
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

and lots taller than any other tree in
all the world. suppose, because when
we children climb up to the very top,
we can see clear over everything ex-
cept the moon. and sometimes we can
almost see over that. Wonder what
it's good 70 eat, and what keeps It
from falling? When the darkness
comes creeping through the swamp,
and when the birds that have been
making such a noise all day, get sleepy
and go TO bed, and when the frogs
begin picking on their banjos, and
when the owl that lives in the next
tree to ours comes to her door and
rubs her eyes, mother climbs down to
her listening limbs, and sits the long
est time just listening. If she does
not hear anything scary, she says
''r-r-r-r'' way down in her throat,
which means come on" and we
scramble down the tree right behind
her. After we are all on the ground,
she sits down and listens some more,
and makes US keep right still while
she listens Presently she gets up,
rolls some more RS down in her throat,
and we all start off in search of sup
per. or 1 suppose breakfast would be
a better name for 1t. If we should
happen up on a cricket party, we stop
long enough to catch the slowest. Now
while crickets taste all right, there is
so little left when you have pulled off
the wings and legs, that they are hard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

herited from his mother. Do you see
these things sticking out, like
branches" she asked.
Jamie nodded.
Those are the additions the polyps
put on their houses" she told him.
And the funniest thing about these
houses is that they live on them in
stead of In them. And they never
have to go out to the grocery or any
where to get things to eat, for the
ocean brings their food right to them
and all they have to do is to reach
out their little feelers and take what
they want. The water they live in
has lots of carbonate of lime IN it and
that is what they build their coral
houses out Of"
How funny to live on their
houses!' Jamie cried. Something
like roof gardens, aren't they?"
Yes. but the polyps are spread all
over the sides, too, like the bark on
a tree"
How do they know to build their
houses?" Jamie asked.
''Who teaches you how to grow big
and strong?" his mother asked.
Jamie thought a moment. II guess
God does, mother" he answered.
well, suppose He teaches the lit
tie polyps how to make coral. too.
They really don't do 1t of their own
accord, any more than we know we
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

ly worth the trouble of catching, Then
we go on down to the meadow where
the mice have a little town under the
grass. and when we see something
moving in the grass we jump right
on the place that moves, and some
times we catch one of the squeaky
little fellows and send it on down to
play with the crickets. By now. we
have come to the edge of the creek
where the lily pads and the PUSHES
grow. and where the frogs and their
tadpole children live. Now, If there
IS anything in the world that tastes
better than cool, damp. tender tad
pole, I'd like to know what it is.
Our mother is very particular about
some things. and one of them is, never
to eat without first washing the food.
So when we catch a polly wog, we
wash all the mud away by dipping 1t
in the water, and then we swallow 1t
slow-like, so the taste will stay in the
mouth long time. Let me whisper
a secret, If you want to taste some
thing so delicious that you will re-
member it as long as you live, get
your mother 10 show you where the
polly wogs live, and then catch and
eat one. After we have had all we
want, mother says, "r-r-r-r-r" and we
all start off plopity-plop over the
sticky mud, and then across the
meadow where the mouse town is, and
back to our home tree. When we get
there day Is breaking, and we don't
want to go to bed at all, and mother
has to do a lot of spanking to make
US tumble into the dark hollow and
60 TO Sleep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
THE CF1ILDREN'S POET

(February q, 1S07-March %, 1882
TN Cambridge, Massachusetts,, there
e stands, on a quiet street, a large
81 old house, famous the country
D over as the home of the Chill
dren's Poet" Longfellow loved chill
dren above all else. Many Of his best
poems were written for and about his
little friends who used to come to Wis
it him and beg for his signature in
their autograph albums. OF his many
poems perhaps the best beloved by
children is The Village Blacksmith"
This blacksmith was a real man who
lived on a real street near a real
spreading chestnut tree. LongfeIlow
loved the old tree with its great
branches and when the street in which
the tree grew was about to be widened
cut the chestnut tree down
The poet was among the Ioudest
professors but in vain. Much to his
sorrow the tree was felled and mourn
ing filled the hearts of all the Cam
bridge children, who. like the poet,
had learned to love the chestnut tree
from beneath which:
". children coming home from
school
Look in at the open door:
And catch the burning sparks that
fly
Like chaff from a threshing floor"
of the Smithy's famous shop. Then
some of Longfellow's friends con-
ceived a great idea. In secret they
went to the school children of Cam
bridge and told them of their plan.
1t was to have a large armchair
carved from the wood of the old tree
The children thought that this was a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

Many>children sat in the chair, just to
try it oGt, and Longfellow encouraged
their coAling. He had copies of The
Village Bhecksmith." printed and gave
a copy to each child.
All his life she kept a warm spot in
his heart for his little friends, His
last visitors were> two little boys from
Boston who had come to ask for his
autograph in their album; and one of
the last letters that ,Longfellow ever
wrote was to little girl who had writ
ten a poem about hin on his last
birthday.
Longfellow died march, gath, 1852.
but his memory will live III the hearts
of children forever. for he was the
children's poet, and children the world
over love him and reverence his name.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

- AVE you ever heard it said that
"a a watch keeps better time II at
night 1t is kept in the same posi-
"a ton as when worn during the
daytime? If this IS true then the
model for which the dimensioned
drawings are given will be a valuable
possession for anyone owning a watch.
When well made and finished it is
an attractive as we'll as convenient
little article. 1t holds the watch in
an upright position so the face can be
seen from the bed or any position
about the room.
Quite often boy is asked by friends
for some piece of his hand work and
IL you have the stock I would suggest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

Wash one head of lettuce. pick the
leaves apart. drain, wrap in clean
cloth and put in a cool place till
needed.
Scrub two bright red apples.
Crack and pick over six English
Walnuts.
Put one tablespoonful lemon juice
Cor mild vinegar. two tablespoonsful
vegetable oil. one-quarter teaspoon
salt and one-quarter teaspoon parfIEa
in small bowl and mix we'll
Just before time TO serve the salad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
Tx JUNIOR COOK
WHEN MOTHER LETS YOU MAKE Tt

LOJ MIME THE Salad .
core the apples and slice them in thin
slices-be sure that the rim OF red
skin stays neatly on each slice.
Arrange lettuce Of salad plates.
Lay three slices of apple on each
plate.
Put two halves of nut on TOP apples.
Put two teaspoons Of dressing on
each plate. letting it run over the D.
pie to season.
Serve at once with crisp waters.
This serves six people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

AAA AIRY JANE stood on the front
HI En- door steps and looked out
n over the yard
h Not a sign OF company did
she see there. She saw the white
yard, the snow crust was only broken
where the children had made a snow
man the night before. and she saw
white walks; but not a single boy or
girl was in sight.
Perhaps you wonder why Mary Jane
was out doors all alone. Listen and
I'll tell you about it. Mary Jane had
been sick; oh not real, dangerously
sick, but sick enough that she had
had to stay homo from school for
three days. Now today she was so
much better that her mother had sent
her out doors for a play. play out
in this nice sunshine this morning.
Mary Jane" her mother had said.
''and then tomorrow you may go to
school,"
MAY 7 not wait till afternoon when
all my little friends are home from
school and play then?" asked Mary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

/. Add letter to a gem and ind
a pledge of honor.
2. Add letter to a gem, and find
an ancient Greek philosopher.
8. Add a letter to a gem and find
unfa miliar.
4. Add a letter to a gem and ind
a famous English boys College.
"dimmed-dull."
6. Add letter to a gem and find
ito post again"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
ARITHNIETICAL PUZZLES

Take from and make IL 10
Answer-IX; take I away and leave
x
Place three twos together so as 20
make "a.
Answer-22 plus equal "a.
What number of three figures null
tiplied by s Will make exactly 10?
Answer-1H or 1.25.
Add l to and make 20.
Answer-IX; cross the I and you
have Xxx.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
RINGTAH y

T AM \ SON of Mrs. Coon. and Ring
tail is my given name, and 1 live
4 in a hollow gum tree that stands
in a big swamp. So now, you
now all about me. Our tree is lots
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

beautiful idea. and each child contri-
buted ten cents TO have the chair
made. As there were nearly a thou
sand OF them they collected quite a
sum. and had a handsome chair made,
designed by Longfellow's nephew The
wood was ebonized so that it was very
black and it had chestnut leaves
carved upon it.
The poet knew nothing at all Of the
surprise that was in store for him.
and when he walked into his study
on the morning of his seventy-second
birthday, on February 27th, just forty
years ago, there stood the beautiful
chair for which the boys and girls
(they are all grown men and women
now had saved their pennies. Be
meath the leather cushion is a brass
plate bearing the following inscrip-
ton:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

TTFiINK it shame that
u Must sit here on the floor
81 Until my clothes are washed an
dry
And | get dressed once more.
Without a thing to cover me
. Or keep the cold away.
| have to sit here as you see
Each blessed washing day.
My mistress often will declare
She loves me fond and true:
| think she'd get me more to wear
If that was so; don't you2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
FEMININE NAME zIG.ZIG PUZZLE

(Between each number is a five
letter feminine name the last letter
of each name forming the first letter
of the neXt)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22
To
The Author
a of

To
The Author
a of
"The Village Blacksmith
This chair, made from the wood of the
Spreading Chestnut Tree, is
presented as
An expression of grateful regard and
vcneration by
THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE
who with their friends join in best
wishes and congratulations
this anniversary,
February 27th, 1879.
Every child that came to the house
to see the chair. was allowed to do so,
and for many days the house was full
of children who had come to see their
gift to their beloved poet and friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

6 to IA girls name.
Z to "a girls name.
8 to s-A girls name.
8 to 10-A girls name.
10 to ia girls name.
ANSWERS
AUGMENTED GEMS II. Pearl
Parole. 2. OpdLPIato. 3. Garnet
Strange. 4. Ruby-Ru0bU 5. BeryI-
BEedry. 6. Emerdld-Re-mdiIed.
FEMININE NAME ZIG-ZAG PUZZLE
to 2-MARIA
2 to 3-AGNES
3 to 4-SYBIL
4 to 6-LAURA
TO 6-ANNIE
6 to 7-EDITH
to 8-HELEN
8 to 9-NORMA
9 to 10-ADELE
10 to 11-ELSIE
FOLD-UP PROVERB.-Foldf or1oard
on upper dotted line and blackboard on
lotoer dotted line and you 1oiH hare [
"BEAVZY I& oNLK SKEX DEEP"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-22

-

AIRY JANE stood on the front
door steps and looked out
over the yard.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-02-17
Though Peace Dams, Our Forces
In Russia Battle Against Odds

fafis. Jan - iialsNffl.m .n
kassia hesd. ftr attention 81 ihe
leader. a fHt Peace Conference
The question al fashioIng poII a
rs overcome tie suaf0 hisfI. tha0.
end restore ardsr na. given the
right 80 nat utsr afhrr Problems
as fnf nue ef prme Importance
y o0afrnIHs ihr paHsh Nn
i.fer n fe'r"tfad 500 present
murh iifsf taHi Information FROM
ihe kasslan eap'ai
lhr Alfred IHfHrfe are lnsf uon
seek'ne i1 p40s policy ifam
fhrec nam alternative anong the
MANY proposals advanced
} kirarua. afmfl nferten.
fion. uifh fie purpose 81 over
throwing fh Bals0efI. .otern.
menf ani enabling ODE people 60
cheose iher aan government
through constituent assembly
u advocate urge faai kussia j.
siiii sn ailt whom fhe other Allies
should deliver from anarfhi.m and
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-02-17
- NAIOit oNi> SAYS
ilisi.~i u IliiIn rI.NI.

Ns~ Nefs rsh iF- uaasa sta.ss
Senator Ropsf' 1 cyssn - okishossa
ssho go 'hs lstt tsp 'ncnshs haa been
ptudfln9 ihe rseonsifacuoa program,
. ihe Arssutan army - France upon
hit arrival here TO-DAY 90 ths aisao,
ship housrcam. said "nrsst s nos
- fef cattle % nse 10 mhay ~ ,hs
soldiers there are suffering ffor, me
Anchoiia. hs said and added that ~
would recommend 90 ths senate u,Ah
fsfs affairs COMMITTEES ethat shsy br
tfouohl home ~ sooa a. possible ami
that ssse care be Given shsm Nhsn
they returned
There ars TOO many men aod nnt
seough sh'ps 81 ihs csbart si,oa came
according 20 Senator o~sn ~ho aala
tasi Hoesrordeney ana nenss,csuss.
tfss evident wherever one coca one
raalof committed suicide while Nas
there
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-02-17

docs r.f Mnla q 81. aemtI0n ol
ihc neleiif government buf
nean, fhnt NJ h gives guarantee.
fo aaandsn terrorism aul asa fha
efforts f0 isirhufe relief fha
A'l'e. nnu.l .Hleator a. rsNefual
Russia eifef d reorganization ol
ifansf riaiMn ami industry an3
hflp n fhe resumption ol nnfnal
lmMer .ai relations
uac 81 te.e Three proposals F.
expected fn he agrsei urn hf
tho eomcrets The Intelligence
office ~ ail ihe bie pouer have
gathered information ou fhe sIfu.
alton aHa compiled Il for ihe
galdant NJ fhe diplomats ai ihr
peace table Tie sentiment for
the lasi fhr0e weeks has been
general among ihe peaeenakers
fh1f 10 Russian situation should
b. given priority and urgent steps
should " taken immediately 90
Sop ihe spread ~ l,olshfgism
Concerning the anti Bol.hefisf
activities. 40 Allied force of
2ptsD American. French British
anl Russian troops IS occupying
fhe country surrounding Archan-
ssl and Murmansk. Despite r..
peafed effort. d has noi been able
70 Join forces with the 7OfsD 81
beran and Czech forces. which
extend from Perm south 70 Ia.
and oppose the Boisbevlsf armies
# HOO men along the middle
Nolga.
The Ousk government. under
kolehak clafms 10 have 2,0U1
troops snd fhe kuban government.
~ Ekaierinodar. supported by
Deuikin. 10000 men On The
caspian sea = small British force
has returned from Baku and anti
i,olsherisf Cossacks occupy ports
On the northern shore.
After the armistiee was signed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-02-17
ELKS CONTRIBUTED MUCH
TO WIN THE GREAT WAR
Over 50 Member OF Local Lodge
JJoined colors One Guthrie
Man. Can't LeBron. Paid
Supreme Penalty

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