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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

August 1.-Mr. Foagrty has re-
turned aboard. My worst fears are
realized. For a long time he has
been irritable and uncOmmunica-
tive with me and has INDUCED in
sly, furtiVe little tricks unbecOming
to a dog of the service. l have sus-
pecJed that he was cOncealing
love affair from me. This it ap-
pears he has been doing and his
guilt is heavy upon him. l realize
now for the first time and not with
out a sharp maternal pang that he
has reached an age at which he
must make decisions for himself.
| can no longer follow him out into
the world upon his nocturnal eX-
PLOTS. His entire confidence is not
mine. l must be content to share
a part of his heart instead of the
whole of it. Like father, like son,
| suppose However, l see no rea-
son for him to put on such airs.
On his return from City Island this
time he had somehow contrived to
get himself completely shaved up
to the shoulders. The result is
startling. FogaFty looks extremely
aTistOcratic but a trifle foppish.
However, he seems to consider him
self the only real four-foOted dog
in camp. This is a trifle boring
from a dog VINO has never hesitated
to steal from the galley anything
that wasn't a permanent fixture.
l can't help but feel sorry for him
though, when l see that PARKWAY
look in his eyes. Sad days l fear
are in store for him. All, well,
we're only young once.
August Sin order to distract
Mr.. Fogarty's attention from his
love affair and in a sort of desper-
ate endeavor to win him back to
me l took him away on my last lib
erty with me. Fogarty doesn't
come under the heading of a lap
dog, but through some technical
bubble l managed to smuggle him
into the subway. All he did there
was to knock over one elderly lady
and lick her face effusively when
he had gotten her down. This re
suited in a small, but complete !
panic. For the most part, however, |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
In HAVING TINE.
By Evelyn Mercer.


Imagination, my dear Mrs.
Grey, pure and Unadulte.ated i'm
agination!"
but Barton has certainly been
dull, gloomy, nervous and irritable
ever since he came hack from the
outing trip. He has no appetite. /
hear him groaning in his sleep
nights. He won't mingle with
young people, as usual, and he will
wander about the garden signing
and woebegone. There must be
something the matter with him"
well, / have looked him over
and cannot find the slightest trace
of disease" asserted Doctor March
at may be the reaction from his
long tramp. However, send him
down to the office and l will give
him some medicine that will brace
him up"
Mrs. Grey was truly anxious for
her son. Six months out of col
lege. the youngest of three sons, his
two brothers married and settled
in life. His father was the wealth
lest man in town, their home model,
almost luxurious. Barton had free
swing. SO far as money was con-
cerned, and his folks had asked him
to spend a year at home before
choosing a profession.
To the office of Doctor Marsh ne
went, as directed by his mother,
that afternoon He fidgeted around
restlessly while the doctor was at
tending to another patient He
looked bored and amhttioniess as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
with Other Editors
Leading the World.

Uncle Sam has become the worlds greatest
captain of industry. Here are the figures We
have per cent of the worlds population. We
own per cent of the worlds land. But-We
produce 10 per cent of the worlds copper. We
produce &c per cent of the worlds supply of
OIL We raise so per cent of all cotton raised.
We produce 80 per cent of the worlds silver
production. We dig So per cent OF all coal dug.
We mine 40 per cent of iron and steel, 20 per
cent of the worlds gold. We manufacture 50
per cent of all automobiles manufactured, and
operate 40 pei cent of the worlds railroads.
We grow rs per cent of the worlds wheat
supply.
Before the war, England was. on the surface,
the richest nation in the world. At that time
the United States owed four billion dollars to
Europe. Now Europe owes the United States
ten billion dollars. In two years we shall have
passed England as a ship-builder.
And now all we have to do is brag about it,
and get swelled heads, and think of nothing
but dollars, and use our power to get still
richer, and we will go to hell right. All
other than material ambitions. He whom
the gods would destroy they first make mad.
But let's not do that Let's be sensible and
decent, and thankful that we are so fortunately
situated. And let's try to make he best use
of our combined wealth so that everybody will
be prosperous and educated and comfortable
and happy.-Burlington Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
Her Dimensions.

In this country, home of beauti-
full women. the average height of
the adult woman is five feet and
four inches, and her average weight
is 1873 pounds. The villain who
plays successfully the roles of de-
ceiYer, sutton, lord, slave and hired
lhan is, in the average, three inches
taller and - pounds heavier, and
yet she rules him with a firm hand,
or aC any rate it is her own fault
if she doesn't. These figures apply
to persons old enough to have sense
80 years old.
Our sculptors, apparently unWill-
ing to be deceived by corsets and
French heels, go back ways for
data and base their conception of
TIE perfect female form on Greek
statuary. They tell US that the per-
feet woman is five feet and five
inches tall and weighs 1873 pounds.
With her wings extended, she
measures from tip to tip of middle
fingers five feet and five inches, her
CWn height. Her foot is not quite
nine and one-third inches long, and
her foot is exactly the length of
her face. The distance from the
top of the head to the perineum
tcrotch) is equal 10 the distance
from the crotch to the ground.
The knee is exactly half way be-
tween the perineum and the
ground. The waist circumference
is 20 inches. The circumference of
the bust is "a inches. The circum-
ference of the torso, including the
arms, is 43 inches. The circum-
ference of the arm is IS inches and
the wrist is six inches. The cir
conference of the thigh is %
inches. the calf is 141a inches, and
the ankle is eight inches. All of
this refers TO a woman at the age
If 30 years.
From 30 to As a woman is or
should be in her acme of physical
perfection, and so we find her as
general rule, but, alas, Mrs. Camp
too often manages to persuade her
that she is an old woman at this
age, and old age is chiefly state
of mind.
The tendency is for superfluous
fat to accumulate about the abdO-
len, hips and tanks, and the thighs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
The Foreign-Language Press.

What do the foreigners-aliens, resident and
nonresident, the vast mass of foreign-speaking
peoples who have come to America-think of
the United States? Have they adequate means
of expressing their opinions, vocing their as
pirations and airing their grievances? 1t has
been the experience OF many Americans, as
well as foreigners, who have turned their at
tention to the problems of reaching the sew
eral millions Of aliens residing in this country,
TT discover that the answers to these questions
are not easily found.
For years the foreign-language press has
been practically ignored by the Americans, and
it was only when it became necessary to SUI
perVise all the newspapers in the country that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
An After Thought.

John D. Rockefeller is quoted as saying: eff
I were 10 give advice to a young man starting
out in life, should say to him: If you aim for
a large. broad gauged success, DO not begin
youI business career, whether you sell your
labor or independent producer. with the
idea of getting from the world by hook or crook
all you can. In the choice of your profession
your business employment, let your first
thought be: Where can 1 fit in SO that may be
most effective in the work of the world /?
Where can I lend hand in way most effec-
lively TO advance the general interests?"
Words OF wisdom, these, and well worth
repeating but Wen bet a spring hat
against a pint of gasoline that John D. never
gave more than passing thought to the ad
vancement of the general interests" till after
he had a few millions sailed away in a safe
place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

of Ilonths of hard, practical work
on a farm. I'll do the rest"
Helpful friend that he was, with
quite tinge of romanticism in his
nature, DR.. Marsh entered into the
plan with Barton. And the latter
lost no time in carrying out his
plans. He left home wearing a
common, plain suit of clothes. Two
days later he was installed at the
Hardy farm just adjoining that OF
John Dickson, as a common labor
er, earning per month about as
much as he had spent Fecklessly
per day in past extravaganza
He had white hands, and there
was an air of dignity and manliness
about him, and the first time Imo-
gen Walworth met him face to face
she liked him She was the busiest
mortal possible. There was not a
part of farm labor in which she did
not engage, seemed to love the ex-
ercise, and was smiling or singing
most of the time. Doubtless, reas-
oned Barton, she must be some poor
connection of Farmer Dickson. But
what did that mattere Had he not
enough of sOrdid means for both?
1t was when the two farms united
their working forces in haying
time that Barton at last told his
love to lmogen. 1t was on top of a
load Of the new-mown provender
that Imogen told him that she low
ed him, too. 1t was during a mo9a-
light stroll just after that when
Barton thought it best to mako a
of his real identity and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
7TlHGlE DAILY SHORT STORY

| the doctor, whom he had known
since childhood, sat down opposite
to him.
Now, young man." he spoke
"out with it, What is the trouble
In debt? The ghost of some col
lego lark? I'm going to give you
some medicine as a matter of form,
| but it isn't medicine you need"
NO, it would be a waste" de-
elared Barton. Doctor, you're a
good solid friend, and 1 am going
to make a confession, and ask you
to help me out"
Good for you'll" applauded the
doctor.
Il came across a girl, a young
lady, on my outing trip, whom |
am going to win as my wife, or die
of broken heart"
Rubbish, Bartoni But let us
have the Details
There are none. 1 saw her twice,
at distance. l have never spoken
to her, but, sure as love at first
sight is a reality, she is the only
girl I shall ever love"
who is she?''
The niece of a farmer named
Dickson, a hundred miles away
from here. She is spending the
summer on the farm, working like
all Of them. Dainty, graceful,
beautiful, she is being to idolize.
Her people are sturdy, bred-in-the-
wool farmers who would scout the
idea of encouraging her acquaiRt-
ace with an idler with only money
beAind him What l want you to dc
H. fevtell my folks need a couple
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
Brad's Bit O. Verse
FREDOM OF THE SEAS.

The good old ships go speeding
where the crested pillows comb.
and their bright flags are waving
in the breeze; they can steer
straight onward to the harbor lights
of home, secure in the freedom OF
the seas. For there isn't any hell
boat sneaking through the gloom
with the red hand of murder at its
wheel and the cold and coward
heart that could chuckle at the
doom and the warped mind proud of
such a deal. The submarines are
scuttled and the floating mines are
junk and there's blindness in the
eyes of periscapes, and thG big and
burly shippers and their crewsA9Fe
on a drunk, waiting fearfuliy TIM,
knotting Of the ropes; and the
fleets of ocean liners steam along
the shining paths with the gOodly
boons of plenty and Of charm; and
they fear no hidden danger from
the thing OF rage and wrath, from
the thing that once meant
treachery and harm. The confer
ence mty argue il and settle il
once mae, and may put it down in
writing, If you please but the pir-
ate craft are captured and the pi-
rates day is DER, and that means
the freedom OF the seas.
GLEN BRADSHAW. /
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

our attention was directed to them. During
the war the foreign-language press on the
whole enthusiastically supported the govern
ment and the American nation.
1t was only after the signing of the armi-
stice that the real problems became evident
What was to be the policy of the foreign-lan-
guage press? Was it to lapse once more, partly
because OF lack of interest the part of this
country and partly because of legitimate SYM
patty on the part of that press itself for the
can read newspapers only in their native
tongue? Or was it to adopt American ideas.
standards and ideals and tend to become what
in time it inevitably will become, purely
American?
OF course, it is impossible and altogether
inadvisabIe to attempt any sort of coercion, if
for no other reason than that American ideals
constitute a subject on which Americans are
themselves divided but it is possible to realize
that an appreciate part OF the foreign-lan-
guage press is ready to carry on its own
campaign for the purpose of bringing its read
ers into closer relation with all things genu
iney American.
That press during the past has relied to too
great extent news and ideas from the
home country, just as many groups were forced
by circumstances to remain apart from other
groups and from the native population. There
is nothing reprehensible in maintaining some
sort of contact with the old country. but when
this becomes an absorbing and exclusive in
terest, it cannot fail to hinder that close union
of all races and nations which is surely one
plank in the platform of true "Americaniza-
ton" to which all Americans can subscribe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

Washington, Feb. THE casu-
atty list made public today by the
war department has a total of 254
names.
(SECTI0N 0NE).
Wounded Severely.
CORPORALS.
Paul r. Lamka, Chicago.
Robert e. Smith, Chicago.
MUSICIAN.
Bruce A. Kress, Hepburn, Iowa.
PRIVATE6.
Charles s. Harris. Waverly, Iowa.
William +. Herman, Lyons, Iowa.
Nicholas Jennings, Chicago.
Mounce Johnson, ManVille, Iowa
Wladyslav RomsZeWicZ, Yves,
Hammond, Ill.
Arthur d. Seiber, Latham, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
Menu Hint

BREAKFAST.
Sliced Oranges.
Pulled Rice Bacon.
Apple FritteTs and Syrup.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Macaroni and Salmon.
Lettuce Salad.
Rye Mullins Maple Syrup
Tea.
DINNER.
Tomato Soup.
Pot Roast Brown Gravy
Mashed Potatoes Carrot Salad
Bread Butter Jelly.
Peaches Spice Cake
Coffee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
EITEAIT7N TALKS
BY MILAN .Il-I AZ .ug BR7 RAD ND.
NoTEp PHYslclAN AND a

ia women between so and As. With
the insidiOus deposit of Stacker It's
sue in, between, and over the afro
phied or unused muscles there ocF
ours a simultaneous loss OF effl-
cheney in the general musculature
OF the body, including, OF course
the muscles OF the heart.
A lady wrote me recently that
in the Is months she had done
2ithout corsets and taken six SOM
ersaults night and morning she
had saved nearly forty dollars in
money formerly expended for lax
atives and such dope. But that was
only a trifie. She felt and looked
10 years younger You see, she
was again oxidiziag fuel, and the
Stacker flesh naturally went hrst.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Overcoming the Defect Of Stam-
meFing.
I would surely like to get cured
of stammering if 1t is possible. /
would do anything you recommend
10 get cured. q. b.
Answer-A monograph about the
treatment Oh SluLleIIHb anu SNHAi
mering will be sent on receipt OF
your request and a self-addressed
3-cent-stamped envelope. -
KarelI, Accent on the ell.
What is the Karell treatment?
How is Karell pronounced? What
is the derivation OF the word? I
ask these questions because II
seems that one must be prepared
10 discuss everything you write
about when one attends any gath
ering of more than two individuals
In this neighborhood.
MRS. ]. F. W.
Answer-Disease is an undesir-
BILE subject of conversation, but
health is an ideal thing to talk
about. KaFell, accent on the sec
ond syllable, was once physician TO
the Russian ear. The regimen
named after him is skinned milk
regimen OF great value in the relief
of various troubles. such as obesity.
uremia, dropsy, biliousness, stom-
ach and intestinal troubles. You
may have a copy by mailing me a
stamped. self-addFessed envelope
and repeating your request.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

1t is a pleasure to have Mexico feeling so
nice and friendly. but the reason is not hard to
discern. They do not love us because of our
recent Indulgence in their whims, but because
they have begun to family surmise that the
country which put the finishing touches on
Germany might, after ALL give Mr., Carranza's
legions pretty hard struggle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
congress.

Endorsement Of a. c. Townley, president of
the Noa-partisaR league by vote of 1891
to SIS is a striking evidence of his popularity
among hts followers. When a man pleases 80
out of 100 he is going some, especially in such
an organization as that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
BOOK SAVED LIFE,

Streator, Ill.-To a prayer book
carried in his vest pocket during a
battle near st. Mihiel. Corporal
John Micklos of this city, says he
owes his life. The book was
pierced by a bullet while Micklos
was attacking. He is going to a
reconstruction hospital because of
a wound in the chest and an arm
injury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

The law department isn't the big end of the
moving picture business, by any means. but
it is big enough to offer a salary infinitely
more attractive than place in the presidents
cabinet and the dictatorship of all the coun-
try's railroads, combined. Evidently there is
something wrong, somewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

There may be need for a state movie censor
ship, but if the job is put in the hands of the
sort of people who inevitably will be most anx-
ious to have it the harm done probably will
outweigh the good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

Representative Billy Mason of Illinois, who
fought the draft and otherwise interfered all
he could with the conduct of the war, made
speech IN Washington the other day in which
he praised the Bolsheviki. If he had set of
whiske-s Mason would go pig with the Russian
proletariat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
Chr Rnll nf Mnnn&:

(SECTION TWO.
Killed in Action. ~
PRIVATES.
Frank Czaporski, Chicago.
Died Of Wounds.
Einar Jensen, Newell, Iowa.
Harvey June Vanmeter. Clinton
Iowa.
Died of Disease.
SERGEANT.
Frederick c. NOttger, WayeTly,
Iowa
PRTVATES.
Ed Beintema. Pella, Iowa.
Fred Belsner. Chicago.
Missing in Action.
PRIVATES.
Jacob Schachman, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

The senate has Moses from New Hamp-
shire and the house one from Nebraska and
still some people think the president should
have stayed at home to lay down the law for
congress-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

Militarism must be looking up in Ireland,
where they feel it necessary to imprison men
who insist on staying up of nights to drill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

OF course, feel highly complimented by
this evidence of Turkeys unbOunded confidence
in US, but.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
Entrenched.

oh, yes,
My soldier husband is
Home.
You'll find him in the
Cellar.
He's dug a deep hole
In the floor,
And filled it up with water;
Hes got a mess of wire
And ropes,
And boards and shovels
Floating.
He's curled himself up on a
Box,
A smudgy pipe a-gOing.
When | ring the chimes for
Dinner
He just hollers up and says,
Bring me down a doughnut,
And cup of coffee, grille,
And I'll feel real snug and
Homelike"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
BiltmoreOsWald

The Diary of a Hapless Recruit
By j. THORNE SMITH, C. B. H., IT, S. ~ r. F.
Copyright. 1913, by Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

Protesting against the proposed Illinois box
ing law to legaliZe professional ring contests in
the state. Chicago ministerial union says:
mo objection would be offered to glove con-
tests eliminating prizes, admission fees deci-
siens, license fees, commission regulation
gloves weighing less than 10 ounces and con-
tests of more than six rounds"
Why not eliminate one of the boxers, too,
and make the safety guarantee complete?
They Should Be Asked at That.
(Cuyahoga Falls Ohio, RepOrter).
WANTED HORSES-If you have horses that
want to work the ice this winter at Silver
Lake, notify H. L. Spelman, Kent.
n. S. says: 1T is not difficult to understand
which side of the market the mig packers play.
if one is to judge from the bullish talk they
are credited with handing out"
A headline in an agricultural journal says
Potatoes Cry for Potash"
Such sight must be heart-Fending, consid-
ering that woman has but two eyes.
I'VE no longer use frankincense," remarks
A NJ. E, hut our congressman continue
franklin nonsense"
We expect to see a great increase in cor
after July l.
No it is not because the national prohibition
becomes effective on that though.
Postage rates drop then, y'know.
Cd.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

When it comes to accounting for the OBJ
ViOus and excusing the inexplicable the honors
must be handed some of our press CORE
spondents-
valued A. P, in referring to the proposed meet
ing of the allied and Russian representatives,
says:
The date of the meeting on the Princes is
lands Feb. 10, probably will be changed in or
der to give the committee time to reach the
islands"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
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N~Adx1@% 90
ss9SGE3R9H6EeH
9@SG9H4GZ
WOMAN.

Fair woman in creations role
Just seemed an afteFthOught.
Tradition says that man was whole,
Until one day he sought
To take a little nap alone
And he aWoke with one less bone.
The story is a good one, yet,
It's not so very strange;
My friend has found to his regret
That humans do not change.
He hung his clothes upon chair
(His dear wife saw him put chem there,
And then he slept. At break of dawn
He woke-and fifteen bones were gone!
&C. Mag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
WHEREIN THE THEORY THAT THERE L
NOTHING IN A NAME, Is DISPRONEN

Sir: If your experience in travelling has
been similar to mine you probably will not be
surprised at all to learn that lima Bumgesser
is employed by railroad at Duluth, MINI.
E F.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

Nobody" laments c. NJ, should aspire t
the title of head of the family unless you ar
ready to foot the bills"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07
Just a word to the following:

Just word 70 the following!
Theodosa: As a poet We think you are a
great historian. not TO say plagarist.
G. NJ. F.: We are attempting TO profit by
your verse of advice, and consequently do not
regard it advisable to print it.
E. E.: Because we ARE trying to profit by
the advice given by G. NJ F. we cannot publish
yours.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-07

Keeping column clean, you must agree
G. NJ. f., is difficult task, when Ire printers
insist on smearing ink all over it, every day.
Chords oh what melody thy name doth
bring,
and AS on his Tyre % the ed doth string
piscords-Rut away with thee, unharmonous
one,
Thy jangles breed new cares by the
ton. &C. II.