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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

rected her glance in another direc-
! ton.
At the plant Mr.. Wrayburne re-
ceived him. developing fully the
disagreeabIe perversity of a cap
tious, domineering old man. By the
end of the week Ray had mastered
the situation. He made some dis
! coveries and suggestions that, for
wonder brought out an express
sion of satisfaction, almost praise,
from Mr.. Wrayburne.
But he felt that he was farther
away from Eunice than ever. One
day she came to the office, remain
| ing a few minutes conversing with
her father and. although Ray sat
not 10 feet feet away, she ignored
him utterly.
Ray marveled that so gentle a
creature as Eunice should treat
him so heartlessly, for it was not
possible that she did not remem-
Der him as the companion of many
pleasant hours at Ocean Beach. But
if Ray drifted farther and farther
away from the daughter, he was
aware that he was gaining nightly
in the good graces of the father.
For once in his life John Wray-
burne had apparently found an en-
ploye who suited his ideas. He
commended the services of Ray, he
thanked him for suggestions that
would place his business on an i'm
proved basis. Then one day he
amazed Ray by inviting him to
dine at his homo
Ray dared not decline the honor
preferred He wondered as he en-
tered -the-elegant -mansion how
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
Heart 1pHOm0
: 1,99(DTODIO1T1cC
oJ 4 mrs. ELIZABETH THOIPSO
by TEMPLE

your personality lovable and cul-
tured there is q chance that he will
love you again.
Have you the strength of char
acter TO work so hard? l believe
you have.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Kindly
advise me what to do for uits on
the hair. Give a formula that will
not hurt the hair or skin. / have
tried washing it several times, but
this does not help it. Tell me
where to get it and how to make 1t
and tell me how to use it.
A READER.
Get a package Of larkspur at the
drug store. Steep it slowly until
your have made a strong tea. Wash
the hair in the tea and let it dry
on. After the hair is dry pick off
the dead nits which cling to the
hair.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: % Who
should buy brides wedding
clothes. her parents or her bride
groom's?
~ am L. WnaL leu6tA
should my skirt be? TRESSE.
% The girls parents should
provide her wedding clothes.
(2D A 17-year-old girl should
wear her dresses to her shoe tops.
Dear Mrs. Thompson. I have
seen a girl several times and would
like to meet her, but no one seems
to know her. How can meet her?
ANXIOUS.
Keep up your search for some
one who knows the girl. Through
introduction is the only right way
to become acquainted.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
girl of 16 and am engaged to a
man of %. l love him very much.
Do you think he is too old for me?
My father objects to the marriage
but my mother does not.
BEAUTIFUL ONE.
I agree with your father. You
are too young to think of marriage
and the man is several years too
old for you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
RECIPES FOR A DAY.

Emince of GibIets on TOast-Picll
the meat from the neck and add the
minced giblets, add two hard-boiled
eggs, chopped fine. Now place one
tablespoonful of butter in a sauce
pan and add prepared giblets ana
eggs. Then dust over two table
spoons of flour. Toss gently and
cook for about five minutes. Now
add one cupful of milk. Bring TO a
boil and cook for five minutes. Sea-
soh and add one tablespoonful of
finely minced parsley. Serve on
slices of toast.
Cheese CrOquettes = Two cups
(one-half pound) grated cheese, two
cups fresh soft breadcrumbs, one
cup cream sauce. one teaspoon sait,
one-quafter teaspoon paprika, one
teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, two
eggs.
Put cheese and crumbs into top
of double boiler; add cream sauce,
seasoning and one well-beaten egg !;
mix well; SCI over boiling water
and boil until thick; stir frequent
ly. Spread on platter, set in cotd
place for two hours. form into
small cones or balls with Toured
hands and dip into well-beaten egg,
then in bread-crumbs Fry in deep,
hot dripping or cooking oil.
Banana Pie-Bake rich, pie-crust
Then stir together two eEgs well
beaten three-quarteTs clip sugar,
one tablespoon Of cornctArch, one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 kept
four months. but l knew him for
five years before we started to go
together.
He is poor and not very good
looking. but he has always treated
me fine-with honor and respect
and never wanted me to go with
boys he knew did not have a good
reputation. AS | had a good name
he wanted me to keep it. But l
longed for the company of those
boys and what l thought was a
good time, and so l gave him up.
Now they have my name down
and don't care anything for me. |
have tried to regain this young
mans friendship, as | have found
| love him and it will break my
heart to give him up.
He is going with another girl and
II heard she thinks great deal OF
him and he has the same respect
for her as he had for me.
How can l win his love back? l
cant think of giving him up and
so please give me some encour-
agement. BROKEN-HEARTED.
The price which a girl has to pay
for some mistakes is very great. l
am afraid you will find it 50. But
it will be worth while to pay it and
be square.
Stop associating with undesir-
able people of either sex. II will
be better to be lonely for a time
and in the end you will regain a
better class of friends. If l were
you l would take up some study.
This will help to occupy your
mind and will improve it at the
same time. Read and attend lee
lures, because this will assist
greatly in making you interesting
TO a better class of people.
Almost nothing is impossible to
the person who wants a thing
enough to go after it in the right
way. 1t will not be easy to regain
the friendship of the young man,
but you can do it if you work hard
enough. When he sees your effort
to change and to get away from I'M
desirable associations, he will re-
spect you very much. If you make
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
Bryan's Visit.

William Jennings Bryan, little older, a
trife more bald and a bit more serious but
as eloquent and magnetic as ever, paid another
visit to Rock Island yesterday He received a
cordial welcome, such as always has and al
ways will await him here. One need not agree
with him in politics policies to appreciate
him. He is great as a Democrat. but he is
greater as an American citizen of high ideals
for which he always stands ready to fight to
the finish, win or lose. That he has happened
TO be on the losing end in his greatest fights
has not discouraged him nor weakened his
faith, which makes his example all the more
inspiring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Refusal of a number of soldiers to submit
to minor surgical operations resulted in court
martials and imposing, in some cases, of SEN
fences of several years in federal prisons
Lieutenant Colonel Ansell. without doubt, had
good ground for criticising the system of ad-
minstering justice in the United States army
and if he had not become involved in person
alities with other officers probably he would
have made greater Roadway with his fight for
reform. Secretary Baker, by ordering him to
draft new code to be submitted to the war
department, has taken wise course and one
that should result in some real reform and
better understanding all around.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

with our neighbors, but the suggestion that
Henry Ford be sent to Budapest to organize
the industries there after his famous Detroit
plan is going too far. The organizing genius
of such men as Mr. Ford is one of the reasons
that American workers earn more money and
enjoy better living conditions than those Of
other countries and it also helps to explain
how we can build automobiles and a great
many other things for Europe.
Europe can have most anything else. but if
necessary we shall propose embargo upon
our Henry Fords, Charley schwabs and other
industrial leaders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
c. v. ID. VIII Get Yer If Yer Don't
Watch Ont.
MT D

NaIcn Out.
Old Man c. V. D., more technic-
ally known as cardio-vascular de-
generation, or, as the old timers
called it, hardening of the arteries,
apoplexy, Bright's disease, slow
heart failure, nervous breakdown
and general debility, is now re-
cruiting more followers in this
country than the notorious G. W.
p. herself. The G. p. W., you know,
is pulmonary tuberculosis as it is
seen by that genus or species
known as the social service work
er-the, as they love to call it,
Great White Plague.
c. V. d. has mean, low way of
sneaking up on you all unbe-
knowing and slowly but surely
dragging you down and out of the
race. At first you scarcely suspect
that you have been singled out for
staff position with General De-
bility. You just feel a wee bit off
color, and you read a few testimo-
mails and things and decide it must
be your liver. The liver is a large,
soft structure which makes an
ideal target when you don't know
what else to shoot at. The nerves,
lAS bIOOu, the otOnldCu anu cir
culation will each all endure a GER
tain amount of blind guesswork,
but it takes the liver to stand up
well under maltreatment and SIAN
der and abuse year after year.
The only pointed thing to say
here that there is no real distinc-
ton between functional" and "or-
ganic" disease. Disease is organic,
structural change causing disturb
ance of health; symptoms betray
the disturbance NO organic
trouble" is purely a doctors myth.
The difficulty is that cardio-vas-
cular degeneration is now the most
common constitutional disease in
this land, speaking of diseases and
not of mere symptoms. 1t is the
most rarely diagnosed of all the
major or serious diseases, for the
very reason that its onset is so in
sidious that the victim usually
fails to realize that there is any
thing in particular the matter with
him. He just feels off color, falls
of in efficiency, misses some of the
pep and fire and go OF his heyday.
At what age c. V. d. takes hold l
do not know, but by the time the
victim makes up his mind to con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
CAPTIVATING FATHER,
By Alden Chapman.
Copyright, 1919, by Western News

copyright, 1919, by Western News
paper Union.)
II met a young lady at Ocean
Beach"
"You are always meeting young
ladies'" laughed Pierce Davenal. 81
really envy you, not only because
you have the ways that win you
notice from the sex radiant, but
because you find them all angels.
Wait till you really fall in love,"
81 have come very near to fancy
ing that the falling feature has
come into my life at lastl" OBJ
served Ray Wilbur. My week at
the beach was the most delightful
vacation of my life. There were
all kinds of nice girls there, but a
Miss Eunice Wrayburne was the
one particular star shining upon
my pathway, a benson of gentle
graciousness beyond compare"
You're hit, 1 see that" chirped
DavenaI. ''Save the sentimental
stuff for your love letters"
~Oh, I will never get as far as
that" declared Wilbur. "She is
the daughter of a millionaire and,
for all know, already a f1ancee."
The handsome young fellow went
to his desk and resumed the rou-
tine TO which he had been a
stranger for one delightful week.
Ray was the chief auditor of a
standard accounting house. That
was why he was called into the
ofice OF the head of the frm-an
hour later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
lEgElsA AZ IdTM TAl KS
BY WILLIAM e BRADY RAD nd.

suit a physician and have a thor
ough physical examination made,
whereby the nature of his health
disturbance is recognized, he 5
anywhere from 40 to so. So we
say the 40th year is the dangerous
one; it introduces that decade
which tells tales on the chap who
has eaten like a horse and exer-
cised like jellyfish the better part
of his life. 1t tells a few stories
also of other and more ruinous
habits that have marred the beauty
OF an otherwise spotless life.
c. V. D. will get you if you don't
watch out 1t gets more folks than
cancer does, and cancer gets a lot.
Whatever chances a man may
have taken in his reckless youth,
don't see how he dares to go
without an annual physical exam
ination after he has reached 40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Masters Take Aim.-The open
shop" threatened by the Master
Plumbers association unless strik-
ing plumbers, gas and steam filters
agreed TO call off their strike and
return to work, will go into force
this week. The association Satur-
day, through its president, Roy p.
Kerker, head of the Kerker Plumb
ing company, advertised in state
papers for 100 plumbers and steam
filters to begin work here at once.
The wage offered is Sc day. Work
on 200 houses under course of con-
struction by the United States
housing corporation in the tri-
cities is one of the inducements
offered to attract nonunion work
men.
Prepare for Drive.-Machine guns
on the downtown street corners OF
Davenport will give the Victory
Liberty loan drive here next week
an aspect of a real fight. Colonel
II. B. Jordan, arsenal command
ant, has volunteered to give the
Scott county committee several
machine guns and to man them
with crews of arsenal soldiers. The
gun crews will give Davenport a
continuous demonstration of the
working of these deadly weapons
and will show what a strong de-
tense it was that the American
army ran up against and wiped out
in the great battles of the Argonne
forest.
Blackmailer Pleads Guilty.-Fred
Kendall, blackmailer, Saturday
made a cowardly surrender while
his Matchmaking suit crumbled
like a house built of dust. Attor-
new r. V. Western, realizing the
fact that his client was hopelessly
defeated, announced to the court
that his client was ready to with
draw his former plea and substi-
tute one of guilty. Kendall tried to
extort several hundred dollars
from L. A. Horrigan.
New Office Opens.-The Corona
Typewriter company has leased the
store room at ia West Third street
in the building recently purchase
ed by NJ. ]. Delacey of the Scott
County bank. Here they will install
a district agency, with Wilson A.
Hawkins OF the head office in Chi
cago as resident manager. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
DISCOVERIES.

Always keep a pair of kitchen
shears in the kitchen along with
other cooking utensils. Following
are some of the uses to which they
may be put: Cutting parsley. let
tuce, pimento, etc, or garnishes;
trimming ham, bacon, steak, etc,
cut centers from grape fruit and
oranges, hulling strawberries,
gooseberries and the like.
Spring cleaning time is coming
and blankets must be washed. This
requires much soap and the finer it
is shaved the quicker the work is
done Instead of paying q high
price for this at the stores, have
good white soap with q common
plane by lacking a thin piece of
wood to a bench or box, and plac-
ing. the cake of soap against it.
When the bar gets too small, turn
the plane over and draw the last
small piece of soap across the
plane; in this manner every Dit
of soap can be shaved into very
thin fakes that dissolve immedi-
ateIy.
+ If you do not have time to pre-
pare breakfast and wish TO have
biscuit. make them by your favor
tie recipe the night before; roll,
cut and place in pan all ready to
put in the oven the first thing in the
morning. They will be just as good
made the night before. You can
also make pie crust and have il
rolled and placed on pan ready to
I'LL.
To drive away ants, now that the
warm days are coming, try putting
red pepper in the places ants f-c-
quent the most. Scrub shelves or
drawers with strong carbolic soap.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
MAKES HANDKERCHIEFS.

When silk or crepe he, chine
waists become too worn for use cut
them into handkerchiefs and you
will always be well supplied with
pretty, soft colored handkerchiefs
which frequently match party
frocks, etc. Usually If the waist is
not in very poor condition (the back
seldom wears) about three or four
nice handkerchiefs can be made
from one waist. This small stunt
saves much money. at the price
good handkerchiefs are today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
Discoveries.

Match Savers-Take oatmeal or
other boxes, cut in one-half inch
strips and use as matches. They
prove great saving in lighting
lamps or gas stove.
Substitute for Tape Needle
Don't forget that a good many
times when in need OF a tape
needle, the best way is to use a
common safety pin. Pin it on
tape, then close and draw through
without any trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
The Day in Davenport

! Davenport branch will be known
as the Corona Typewriter & Ser
vice company of the tri-cities In
addition to the Corona typewriter
they will handle rebuilt machines
of other makes.
Locate GraVe-Under a wooden
cross in the American cemetery
near Septargis wood, Montfaucon
France, Private John ]. Molyneaux
another of the wars untouted he
roes, lies sleeping today. The
cross above his head is numbered
lib BR 3071, and surmounting the
name is Private Molyneaux's iden-
LITIGATION disc, bearing the number
1853 ,453. Above all, at the crest OF
the cross, is his helmet The be-
reaved mother, Mrs. Mary F. Molly
neaux, 723 Henry street, wrote the
war department in an effort to get
the location of his grave. He was
killed fighting bravely on Sept. %,
1918.
Accept Wage.-A uniform wage
scale, submitted to the brick ma
sons, carpenters and plasterers by
the Master Builders association,
through the labor committee, head
ed by J. F. Nebergall of Davenport,
has been accepted by the brick ma
sons and plasterers and will be
signed tomorrow at special meet
ing of the committee to be held in
Des Moines. The new agreement
10 Of
cents an hour and reduces strikes,
lockouts and wage controversies to
the minimum.
Popular Woman Dead.-News of
the death of Mrs. Valeria NJ. Bry-
son, we'll known Davenport woman
and wife of Captain Alonzo Bry-
son, former postmaster at Dayen-
port, has been received by W. +.
Fidlar. Mrs. Bryson died Friday
evening at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. May Duffy, at Chicago.
She was over so years OF age and
had been in failing health for some
time.
Obituary Record. - Mrs. John
Vale of 90S Kirkwood boulevard
has received word of the death of
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Annie Vale
Parry, at Pasadena, Cal, on April
Z. The deceased was a former res
ident of Davenport and was be-
loved member of the First Chris
tian church. Mrs. Parry was born
in Lamberth, England, Sc years ago.
John w Bailey, an old resident
of LeClaire, died at Mercy hospital
Saturday, following a six months
illness. He was "a years of age.
Marriage Licenses. Myron L.
Bates and Leona Gertrude Arnett,
both of Fairfield; Joseph F. Terry
and Mrs. Ethel Clark, both of Rock
Island; William Dust of ,Betten-
dorf and Pearl Underwood Nof Lee
Claire; John NJ. Gilbert of RoShes-
ter, \. Y, and Marie L. Lucas of
Davenport; Juan Parez and Marea
Medina, both OF Davenport. ..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Australia is less in danger of foreign ag-
gression than the United States, and yet this
is what it contributed to the world war: An
army of 100000 raised among a population of
5000, 900; one out of every seven killed and
total casualties three out of every four. And
Australia raised its army by voluntary enlist
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
MENU HINT.
RrpaEfa ST.

Canned Cherries Cereal and Cream
GibletS on Toast Gomez
Luncheon.
Tomato Soup Potato Salad
Toast Cookies lea
Dinner.
Onion and Pepper Canape
Celery
Brown Beef Stew with Dumplings
Mashed Potatoes CaullIloWer
Lettuce
Apple Pie Conee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Vote for annexation. 1t always is safe to
do that And vote to put the police and fire
departments on such basis that ability of
the members to do their work and not their
ability to pick winners in municipal elections
will determine the tenure of their service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
HE'LL WISH HE HADN'T BY JUL
In the Home,

Sir: You probably know the young Rock
Island husband and wife, who. after retiring.
INDUCED in an argument over some trivial
thing that had occurred that day. The wife,
defeated in the argument, pulled the old one.
. announcing that she was going to put her
hands over her ears. The room was in dark
ness Hubby kept up his talk After five min
utes elapsed the wife said: sYou don't need to
keep up raving. I've got my hands over my
ears" "Oh, no you haven't" the husband came
back while 1 can't see you, l know you.
You're too curious" G. z. W.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Citrus fruits brought s25.onO,o00 to the
state of Florida last year, but the real big
juicy picking the tourist crop, which is
reported to have yielded $100,900,000, and no
rake-off to commission men or to Jack Frost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

The U. S. army signal corps has developed
a new device to signal airp1anes in fight and
to be known as an audible beacon" Some
thing, evidently that the sixth sense can take
coguizance Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Don't let George do it tomorrow Vote for
the candidates whom you believe will best
serve the city's interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
Household Hints

pint milk, one teaspoon vanilla. Put
in double boiler, cook till thick.
When cool slice two or three
bananas in crust, pour custard on
all. Beat whites of eggs with one
tablespoon of sugar, spread on top
and take in oven till nice and
brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
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THOSE DOGGONE @OH-MY-DEARs.,

THOSE DOGGONE ~OH-M1 -DEAhS:7
1 never can escape it wherever there are
herds
OF ladies fair to fill the air with sempiternal
words;
hear it and I culver and hold my aching
ears,
To save them from the deadly blows of all the
"Oh my dears."
my dear, you should have seen him!"
My dear he was fright"
But oh my dear, he's not so queer
My dear he IS a sight,"
'But oh my dear just Hsten!"
Where did you set that hat?
my dear, you know Miss Son So!
My DEAR did SHE make THAT"
And so the pesky phrase appears wherever
may go,
1t haunts me at the drammer league or at the
picture show
In subway, IL" and cab 1 hear this salutation
sage
Nobody seems to know just why the thing
should be rage.
It's "Oh. my dear think he's cute"
And "Oh dear you DON'T"
And "Oh my dear, he'll meet here
And "Oh my dear, he won
1t seems inept inane, inert,
Jejune, ELUSIVE. weird!
But that may be my jealousy
I'm never "Oh my-deared!
One good thing among many others that
the newly formed Labor party OF LIMOS IN
serted in its platform was that the party wei
coined or at least was open to newspaper men
1t is the recognized custom to bar newspaper
men from anything and everything and the fact
that the Labor party is open to them Is SO IN
usual it is bound to please.
II hat r
Amethyst is doing business as a jeweler in
Biaritz France, and that A. Sailor lives at
Coldwater, Kan
HE'LL WISH HE HADN'T BY JULY
Sir: John A Murrin expects to be reelected
tomorrow despite the fact that his department
has done a lot of mud-slinging, taking the stun,
of course, from the raw water TO purify II LOT
drinking purposes. M l. +.
sisters Sue AZ Big Concerns for $120000,-
0O0'-Headline. They must be expecting to
retire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14
Going Too Far.

The United States is not selfish. We are
willing to go much farther than most other
countries in sharing the good things we have
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-14

Do you believe policemen and fremen
should keep their jobs as long as they do their
work in satisfactory manner? Then vote for
civil service