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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
CURRENT COMMENT

means in the successful prosecu-
ton of and trade enterprise.
Leaving out all questions of poll
tics Of policies, of detailed terms
which may be arranged for a
league of nations tproper subjects
for criticism of the constructive
kind there is in these two fiery
statements of fact cause for a ma
tional pride, perhaps never before
entertained, much less Justified.
No matter what our politics, or
our business, our beliefs or our
prejuiices, there is an Inspiration
in those bold definitions of our in
ternational standing before which
pale all the pride of US in the fact
that we are the richest nation on
earth in all material 7~sTs. Money
we have, new business we can get
but, above all and before alive
are the Hope of the world" and
This great country of ours is
trusted throughout the world"
Just to jog our memories bit,
our nation began as a refuge for
those oppressed. Our Declaration
of Independence and later on our
Constitution provided for liberties
of mankind as no other govern
mental papers ever did. For more
than 100 years our gates have been
open to the desirable land some of
the undesirable) of the rest Of the
world, and whatever doubts were
entertained about the output of
this melting pot were dissipatei
when the great war revealed the
composite American at his best,
and that best was more than great
In view of what we have done
and have been. is it ever reason
able to entertain for a moment.
suspicion that America will. in this
twentieth century, betray the trust
that the whole world has in her?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.
By Alden Chapman.

II don't seem to please her,
spoke Martin Frey to his old-time
friend, Judge Bartlett.
well, Mary is not a demonstra-
tive person." said the judge. Don't
get a lot of nonsense into your
head. Martin. You have provided
beautiful home, the children are
healthy and happy-what more can
you expect? p"
But Martin Frey sighed and
shook his head, and although he
did not pursue the subject it re-
manned in his mind. He had mar
ried Mary back at their home town
Leighton. twenty years since. New
er had there been a more loyal and
Industrious helpmate. And now
only a month before he had con-
fronted Mary with the surprise of
her life.
For years be had planned it
the building of a model home as
good as any in the town. He had
cherished the idea, saving, scrap
ing. for nearly a decade. He had
never even let Mary surnise what
he was at. When the beautiful
house was all completed and newly
furnished he had appeared in a
brand new automobile and had pill
ed in the delighted children, with
the brisk, CHEEKY hail:
Come, Mary, I'm going to take a
drive,"
And then, as they reached the
new home he had so proudly &C
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Household Hints

move all fiber; put the rind in two
quarts of cold water for twenty
four hours. Drain, cover with
fresh water and boil until tender
Drain, press out all water; shred
very fine. add to the pulp; add the
sugar and boil slowly one hour.
You can put the rind through food
chopper and add the lemon juice to
the rind.
Amber Marmalade-One large
grapefruit, one orange, one lemon,
six pounds twelve cups) sugar.
Cut the fruit in quarters, remove
the fiber and seeds from the CEN
ter; then shave very fine the pulp
and rind together. There should
be four cups of fruit; put into bowl
and add ten cups of cold water;
stand away twenty-four hours, then
add sugar; boil slowly three hours
or until it is the consistency OF
jelly and clear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Discouraging Gun Toters.

Young bloods, full Of devilment and near
some of evenings. Though nobody has been
hurt it is a bad practice and ought to be dis
couraged.
There is a bill now under consideration by
the Illinois legislature which, if passed. may
help. The penalties for carrying concealed
weapons are made more severe Men who
have been convicted Of crimes of violence and
who are later found to be carrying guns may
be sentenced to the penitentiary from to
ten years.
Such law probably would have had a de-
torrent effect upon the activities of paroled
prisoners who gave so much trouble in this
city few months ago. 1t would also help to
discourage the bad habit of carrying guns that
the recent crime wave inaugurated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

Fiduciary returns are required OF
persons or corporations holding in
trust the estate of another person,
the net income of which equals or
exceeds $1,000 or $1,000, according
to the marital status of the benefi-
ciary.
F1duciaries are subject to all the
provisions OF law which apply to
individuals who are required 10
make return of income, and must
state under oath that they have
sufficient knowledge of the affairs
of the persons for whom they act
to enable them to make such re-
turns. A return filed by one or
two or more fiduciaries in the Office
of the collector of internal revenue,
in which the fiduciary resides, is
sufficient to meet the requirements
of the law.
The duly appointed guardian of
a minor, or the conservator of the
estate of an incompetent person, is
required to render a personal re-
turn in behalf of his ward under
the same conditions as would the
ward, if competent to act for HIM
self. In doing SO the personal ex-
emption to which the ward is en-
titled may be claimed.
Trustees having charge of an es-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
'TlH{llE5 DAILY SHORT STORY

quired, he drew a key from his
pocket, handed it to her and said
grandly waving his hand toward
the pretty house:
There's your new home, Mary
and no one ever deserved one as
you dol"
Mary was pleased, there was no
doubt of that. She admired all the
fine points of the handsome resi-
dence and her eyes frightened as
they noted the comfortable and ev-
en- luxurious furnishings.
You are a good man, Martin, Is
she said, and her voice quivered
with emotion, and then she kissed
him, and his heart warmed toward
her.
For all that, as time went on.
Martin noticed that Mary did not
seem to exactly fit into her new
environment. They were able to
keep a maid now, but Mary was
welded to her old housekeeping
ways. She missed the old kitchen
stove and the shining gas range
troubled her. She missed washing
the children every Saturday night
in the oldfashioned wash tub.
ITS beautiful, Martin" she
would say. but 1 can't help think
ing of the old home back at Leigh
ton. Don't you remember the view
from the old open piazza there,
just far and grand? And the cool
well water, and the honeysuckIe
vine, and the little schoolhouse
just beyond our LOTT"
Il do. indeed" Martin would re-
ply, land it's the sweetest picture
in the world in my memory. But
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Tho Medical Term For It

Tho Medical Term For It
When they cut US OF the other
day we were Just explaining how
all important diseases II this
country are steadily decreasing,
except those strictly personal dis
eases or degeneraticns which be-
gin to manifest themselves prefar-
ably at middle age-cancer, apo
plexy, Bright's disease and heart
muscle failure. These diseases, &C
cording to the Mortality Statistics,
U. S. census bureau, have been
steadily increasing in the past Is
years, SO that they now cause more
deaths in America than all other
diseases.
The lay public has only the
vaguest conceptions Of these dis
eases, because the public health
agencies of the country have some
how given these strictly personal
degenerations very little attention
in educational work. The veriest
child knows today that tuberculosis
is most likely to come TO victims
who live without fresh air and sun
light and wholesome food and
proper rest. Everybody knows
that pneumonia is an infections dis
ease, the germ of which is carried
from person to person in the drop
lets of saliva or sputum given off
in the form of spray in coughing,
sneezing or talking. Probably TO
intelligent person who reads is
today unaware that typhoid fever is
due 10 eating or driu king something
polluted in some way with human
filth, and that the vaccine or bac-
term phrophylactic administered to
all soldiers mas stamped this
scourge oIt Of all great armies.
There probably is not a woman
able to read words Of one syllable
who does not know that the chief
cause OF death in infancy in hot
weather is milk-poisoning (summer
complaint, cholera infantum, sas-
tro-enteritis) from bacterial
changes in the infants food due to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
WINTER PRESERVES.

Grapefruit Marmalade - One
large grapefruit, threa cups sugar.
Wash the grapefruit and cut in
half. the same as if you were go
ing 10 serve it; remove the pulp
with a teaspoon, set in cold place
until ready to add the peel. Cut the
peel in quarters, remove the whole
fiber, put peel in an earthen bowl
with two quarts of cold water. and
let stand twenty-four hours; drain,
cover with fresh water, put on and
boil until tender. Press between
the hands to remove all water,
then put through food chopper
(cCarse CUTTER, then add the pulp
with the sugar and put on and boil
slowly one hour or until it thick
ems
Orange Marmalade-Three thin
skinned oranges, one cup sugar,
two tablespoonfuls lemon juice.
Wash the oranges, cut in half and
remove the pulp with a teaspoon.
Cut the rind in quarters, then re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Brad's Bit O. Verse
WELL ENOUGH.

WELL ENOUGH.
Some folks, when the road gets
rough, sigh, and say: That's well
enough. I'm not going any higher,
Just to be a cloud land spyer; that
far summit gets no higher; l don't
wan. to scale the bluff-" Thus they
try to fool old Fate, thus they climb
with halting gait; self-absorbed
and self-esteeming, nothing higher
worthy deeming, they're content
with idle dreaming, till they're old
and out of date. Don't let well
enough alone; prod it till you HGar
it groan. Make each day a Titles
better, make each moment be your
debtor; don't be bound with that
grim fetter; have a purpose or
your own. Well enough has never
made any tracks above the glade.
Well enough has never wended up
ward to attainment splendid; never
broken fortunes mended IN the
teeming marts of trade. Do not
stop at well enough; plod along,
though roads be rough. Folks who
scorn each wider vision. take each
step with indecision, greet all
progress with derision, are not
made Of hero stuff.
GLEN BRADSHAW,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

I the day far ahead when Mary re-
| gained her old strength the idea
| never left his mind. The glad look
| in her eyes fully repaid his care
and thoughtfulness, when he one
day announced that he was going
to lake a trip to Leighton in the
automobile, children and all.
With eager, expectant eyes, Mary
leaned from the vehicle as the ma
chine turned into the street where
she had passed her early childhood
Slowly her face lost its token of
delight. There were stores where
the houses of her youth had been,
The Old-time green lawns were
gone. The quaint, well-remernber-
ed little school house was occu-
pied as q repair shop, the grand
valley view was shut out by the
smoke of great factories, the honey
suckle vine was no more, and the
house, always SO neatly painted
and kept seemed ready to col
lapse with the first strong wind
and was given over to poor mill
workers.
Mary drew down her veil to hide
her tears. I'VE had better go on"
she said forlornly, and was very
quiet all the way back to their
starting point. That evening she
was more kind and gentle than ev-
er to the children, and she placed
her arm about her husbands neck
when they were alone
Martin, dear" she said, as she
kissed him fondly, II have learned
a 1esson-home is where love is:
and, on, l am SO content and
happy!"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

ways have changed, Mary. And the
old place? Twenty years-why, !
suppose Leighton is Just bustling
little city now, and you wouldn't
recognize it. with all the old land
marks gone"
Still Mary cherished her dream
It was nOtldifficult to convince her
/ that the children were given great
advantages under the new order OF
affairs, but the old home seemed
to beckon her. 1t was a shrine in
memory and devotion and she long
ed for sight of it once more. How
much, Martin never knew until
Mary was under a spell of sickness
He was spelling the nurse one ev-
ening and seated in the half-dark-
ened room where Mary lay, when
he knew from her restlessness that
she was fevered and incoherent. He
caught some words that enchanted
attention and interest. In her de-
lirium Mary fancied she was con-
versing with an old-time girl
friend
Il don't want Martin to know,
dear" Mary was murmuring. HE
is so good and kind to me, but it
has seemed to me for years that
the greatest boon l would ask
would be to visit the dear old home
again. If it is only to freshen my
memory and help the longing I
cannot repress, it would be a bless
ing to me. 1 hope some time be-
fore I die Martin will visit Leigh
ton and 1 will get my wish"
You poor, romantic, sentiment
tai dear: That you SHALL" whis-
pered Martin to himself, and until
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

tate the net income OF which is
regularly distributed among the
beneficiaries are required to make
a return il any of he benefciaries
is single and his net income from
the estate equals or exceeds 81 900,
or if all of the beneficiaries are
married and the net income OF any
one equals or exceeds $4,000.
Partnerships as such are not sub
ject to income tax, each partner
being liable to the tax in his indi-
vidual capacity. A partnership,
however, is required to make a re-
turn for the taxable year, stating
specifically the items of its gross
income and the deductions allowed.
Each partner must include in his
individual return his distributive
share of the partnerships net in
come whether or not it has been
acuatlly paid. Where the result OF
partnership operation is net loss,
such loss is diyisible between the
partners in the same proportional
net income would have been divis-
ible, and may be deducted by the
individual partners in their return
of income. A partnership return
should be computed on the same
basis and in the same manner as an
Individual return.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

Dear Mrs. Thompson: Could you
give me your opinion of a certain
fellow? / have met him but few
times, and the first time he was
out with me he acted as If he cared
for me- He is stationed out OF
town. He wrote me few letters
and they were very interesting. He
said he loved me and that there
isn't anyone who could love me so
much.
This is what puzzles me. He came
home one Saturday and l saw him
uptown. l spoke and he answered,
but did not come and talk to me.
The same evening l met him again.
| spoke again and he answered, but
acted as if he did not know me. /
have a new coat and hat since
saw him last.
Later I saw him take girl home.
This girl wasn't dressed very nice
ly and l don't think much of her.
Sunday night l saw him with diff
ferent girl. He sat right back of
me in a theater and when he was
going out he looked at me and didn't
seem to think very much of the girl
he was with.
% Do you think he cares for
me since he wrote such loving let
tiers and yet when he came home
did not come to see me?
~ When he writes again should
I ask him why he did not come to
see me?
90 He has sent me a picture of
himself. ! love him SO much that
when l look at it l cry and l don't
know if I am doing right or not. He
wants one of my pictures. Shall /
ogizes for what he has done?
MISS CURLY.
~ The young man is a trifler.
If he loved you he would have gone
to see you the first thing upon ar
irving in town. You may be sure
that he has told all the other girls
the very thing he has written you.
g and 81 Do not wait for him to
write again. Return his picture at
once-also his letters and request
that he send yours back. Your rep
utation is not safe with such d man.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I was en-
gagged to a young man and had an
engagement ring. Now he has act
ed in such a way that I was forced
to break the engagement. He has
asked me to return the ring. 1t is
a very pretty ring and the only ore
I own. Since he was to blame,
don't you think l am entitled to
keep the ring? A. G. F.
1t is etiquette, when an engage
ment is broken, for the girl to re-
turn the ring. 1 think you should
do so.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am n
young woman, % years old. My
husband and I are divorced and We
have one child. My husband drank
and gambled and stayed away
nights. After we were divorced he
Joined the navy. I get letters from
him often and he tells me he can
see what fool he made of himself
and he is expecting to marry me
over again when he comes back.
Do you think he really means to
be a man. or do you think he il
just writing to me because he is
lonely?
Would you advise me to marry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
GAmerica is the Hope OF the World
(ErOro tho Maui yOrE naiIu Nawc


| (From the New York Daily News
Record
Somebody once wrote a book of
homilies on the Pleasures of
Hope" and Shakespeare revealed
the deepest depths OF despair in a
figure he borrowed from the Old
Testament of the Bible:
And when he falls, he falls like
Lucifer, never to hope again"
Recently in a poem descriptive
of the work and influence of Red
Cross nurses, a convaleScent SOL
der, speaking for himself and COM
rades, is made to say of those
ministering angels:
"And hope came dancing back
through you"
Perhaps the most delicate tribute
so far paid to that great body
of devoted women.
President Wilson, speaking with
the authority of experience. made
in Boston that inspiring statement
to any good man or woman that
America is the hope of the world"
and he went on to explain that
that hope has been built upon the
unselfish ideals. the defense Of
which brought America into the
war
Second only to this inspiring
note was the presidential dicrum:
The proudest thing 1 have to re-
port to you is that this great
country of ours is trusted through
out the world"
There you have two of the great
est business slogans possible:
America the hope of the world"
and America trusted throughout
the world" Business men know to
the last individual the supreme i'm
portance of business trJst, and
what that trust, or confidence,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Menu Hint

BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit.
Pancakes and Syrup Sausages
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Vegetable Soup
Toasted Bread Steaks with Butter
Stuffed Peppers (hOme pickle)
Hot Gingerbread Tea
DINNER.
Rolled Rib Roast OF Beef
Drowned Sweet Potatoes
Dressing Brown Gravy
Pineapple Salad
Cornmeal Rolls and Butter
Pudding Delicious
Milk Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

The president has the treaty making power
with the advice and consent of the senate"
The kind of advice that has been given most
publicity in connection with the league of ma
tons debate will not be Of much help either
to him or to posterity, and it is entirely pos
sible that the folks back home will have to
intercede to secure for him the necessary
consent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Age OF know ledge.

am % years old, old enough,
you'll thing, to know better than
to ask such foolish questions.
My parents never gave me any ad-
vice. .......yet he seems to be- well
and a cheerful minded fellow......
Answer.-Our great hospitals arc
grooming under the burden OF car
ing for those who felt too young
or too old TO learn the greatest
truths. Parents have played the
ostrich always. AS you describe
the young MN, and provided your
statements are not founded on
imagination or hearsay, he is ply
sically and morally unfit TO marry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

Both the house and the senate have taken
steps looking to the adoption of a national
budget system, the former voting an appro-
priation of 100000 to set the project going.
The consideration looks little steep at first
glance, but if it puts the reform over it will
be the most profitable investment congress has
made for good many years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

German propagandists are said to be still
at work in the Latin-American countries. Like
quite number of the American propagandists
they seem 10 like their work so well they re-
fuse to quit, even though the reason for their
activities has ceased to exist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

The army aviator who made fight through
the Grand Canyon must be a man of excep-
tional nerve. Think of navigating among vary
ing air currents without a single safe landing
place beneath-trusting ones life absolutely
to the caprice of gasoline engine!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

1t is easy enough to look pleasant for the
photographer. but the admonition Of Secretary
Glass for cheerfulness in paying the in
come tax will be accepted with about the
same grace as a similar request from the
dentist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
Heart 1pHOm0,|
44,1IDrODIOITcC
y 4 Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMPSONT

/ him over again? l am working
and making a mans wages.
UNDECIDED.
Do not marry the man when he
returns. He may have the best Of
intentions, but if he gets you back
and things go entirely his own
way he will probably drift back into
his old habits.
Insist that he prove his worth
ness OF you and his child. II he
works for a year and makes good,
and if he leads a clean life, you
will be quite safe in renarrying
him. Do not let him influence you
to do so Immediately upon his re-
turn, because you would certainly
be making mistake.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ] am a
married woman of thirty and in
love with a man who is also mar
Tied and who cares nothing for me.
| married for money TO please my
mother. l have a nice home and
my husband is good to me.
Can you tell me how TO overcome
this feeling for the other man?
go lot and have a lot of company
but can't help always thinking Va
him. PEGGlE.
You must be the kind of a WON
an who longs for the gold at the
end of the rainbow and does not
appreciate the blessings she al
ready has. If you had 10 give up
your husband you would realize
how much you care for him and for
the comforts and luxuries he gives
you.
You think about the other man
because you have nothing import
ant to occupy your mind. IL
shows weakness on your part to let
your thoughts wander where they
will.
Do some useful volunteer work.
1t may be that the Red Cross can
use you, or you can help with set
Element work. In case this does
not appeal to you, study something
French, Spanish, or take an art
course.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am al
most nineteen and am engaged to, y
young man four years my senior.
We have been going together for
over a year ana love one another
very much. Do you think we are
too young to get married? Should
we wait a while? If so. how long
do you think we should wait?
DOUBTFUL.
You are too young to marry now.
Wait until the young man is TWEEN
ty-five years old at least.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03

The presidents foot the accelerator, or
otherwise employed to best advantage, has
had a wonderful effect in speeding up legisla-
tive processes at Washington
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-03
A Nonpartisan Enterprise.

The inland waterway carrying Illinois to
the sea will shortly be an accomplished fact
The work of Governor Dunno when governor