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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

In centers which have not been made, dry
By state or local enactment New Years eve
revelefs can bring their own to the public
dining halls. and some Of them no doubt Will
do 30. However, it is feared that good cheer
will lack its customary spontaneity under such
circumstances. 1t will be too much like carry
ing ones lunch and calling it a banquet Be-
sides, there will be the haunting thought Of
diminishing a stock which, when gone. may
never be replaced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

ooA bureau. tro4etiC j. 0o1ktn. Ofec9o(
a0dSss a.d eeslese tweesat ssaAo fer .
PAID = anO,y0eo0 letaoob.
Q. Did Edward the Confessor
make q will? E. C. v.
A. According to the old Anglo
Saxon chronicles, Edward the Con-
lessor made 4 verbal will. On Jan.
5, 1905. he recovered his power Of
speech and talked with those around
him, among whom were the queen,
the archbishop Of York, archbishop
Of Canterbury, and Harold and
Tossig, his nephews. He prophe-
sled the Norman invasion, and
then, stretching out his hand, be-
queathed the crown to Harold.
This act was ratified BY the an
Client British parliament and Har-
old was crowned the next day.
@. How many American aces"
are there in the air service at the
present time? W. 8.
A. or the ss flyers Who became
accredited aces" only nine re-
main in the service. s~
@. What is'ths value Of the; cap
itol building at Washington?
NIX
A. The capitol building and the
spacious grounds surrounding It ID
estimated to be worth $sS, 000, 300
building $15.ooo.ooe, grounds &c.
000, 900.
@. How did the immigration into
the United States for 1918 compare
with that Of other years during the
last decade? r. K. L.
A. Statistics show that the num-
Der Of immigrants admitted into
the United States during the wal
was far below that Of previous
years. During the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1918. about 1000
foreigners came here ~ compared
with more than q million . year
before the war.
9. How did the original area Of
the United States compare with III
area at the present time? n. e. c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
EAoouraging Peristalsis.

Will you kindly suggest some ex-
ercise or exercises which will tend
to increase peristalsis and. help
overcome constipation? (R. W. ~
Answer-Before beginning your
exercises take half = dozen rolls on
the floor to encourage CIRCULATION
through the splanchnic reservoir.
Stand erect with hands on hips. and
squat very low 80 that knees make
contact with chin or shoulders and
thighs press upon abdomen. then
rise to erect posture. Repeat this
rapidly but thoroughly from Is to
80 times each night and morning.
Stand erect with hands stretched
high above head. and bend over to
the right, bending knees as much
as necessary. until you touch the
floor BEHIND, the right fingers be-
hind the left heel, the left fingers
behind the right heel. then swing
up again and over, repeating on the
left. Repeat this Is to 80 times
each night an morning.
Vaccination Against Resplfat0fy
Infections.
Last February all of our family
(five) were vaccinated against ju-
fiuenza, or rather against pneu-
monia. This fall our neighbors all
had severe colds, but we have had
none. Do you think that may be due
to the vaccine? Could such a vac
cine prevent ordinary colds? (M-s.
". F. .r
Answer-The bacterin '(vaccine)
usually injected in the effort to prS
vent influenza or pneumonia con-
tains measured numbers Of the
killed bodies of various bacteria,
especially the Pneumococcus
(Which causes pneumonia and
many so-called "colds''), the Bacil.
lus Of influenza and certain Strep.
tococci which add their eager ct.
forts to the nefarious activities oil
these other germs. However, The
protection afforded by the bacterin
is believed to endure for not more
than six to eight weeks, and &c
younr immunity ID more likely lucI
in escaping contact with the neigh
borhood cold" carriers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

Wsshinyto d. 6. Give fun name en1
tulR postaee, b ,be3ek Al tnQuirieS arV
b esch individual. No sttsatiou Jfh b.
4. In 1900 the area Of the Unit
Cd States was about one-fourth
what it II today. At that time the
area was S73,255 square miles, as
compared with 3.026,7S9 square
miles at the present time.
Q. Will the 1890 sugar crop Of
Porto Rico be q good one! V.M.
A. Porto Rico's crop of sugar for
the next year is estimated at 49,
S27 short tons, which is an in
crease of 10000 tons over the last
crop. Every section Of the, island
shows an increase in production.
@. What paper currency have We
in denominations above q hundred
dollars! L. G.
A. There are I'VE hundred dol
lar bills, one thousand dollar bills.
five thousand and ten thousand dol
lar bills.
Q. Where is the worlds largest
buffalo herd? r. Y. F.
A. The herd of buffalo in VAIN
right park, Alberta. Canada, con-
sisting Of about $500 animals has
this distinction. The original herd
from which this has grown con-
sisted of 400 head Of buffalo bought
in 1909, by the Canadian governA
ment from an Indian named Pablo
in the Flathead valley. Montana.
@. Were there more business
failures in this country In 1917
than the year before? T. d.
A. There were 5000 less fail
ures In this country in 1917 than
there were IN the previous year.
The liabilities OF all failures for
that year were $1S2,441,371, as
against $1S6,212,256 for 1916.
@. What bird hays the largest
egg! p. B. c.
A. The ostrich, Of Ill birds ex-
tant, lays the largest egg. One os-
trich egg will make as much ONE
let as 40 hen eggs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
brad's O. Verse
MODERN STILES.


Granny keeps a-knocking on the
modern gowns. "They are bold and
shocking" Granny says. AID
frowns. "Scanty skirts. and sweat
ef5, heels i've inches high, furbs-
lows and letters, tassels, frills-oh
my! Hats resembling hay rteks,
laces by the miles; they sure do
SEINE gay tricks with their modern
styles. It 10. simply frishtful--
powder, crimp. and curl; not like
things delightful when I was . girl.
Sets my heart A-yearninE for the
good old days; makes m, thoughts
60 turning back to saner ways"
Then bring . volume Of the an
Client d&te, ind the fashion column
and the color plate. There were
Dolly vardens, there were Grecfan
Bends, hoopskirts big - gardens,
al the old-tims friends; little silly
bonn6ts scarce 10 big % dimss-oh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

was that the train was moving and
her purse with her ticket was gone.
1t was an awkward moment.
"Well. Miss said the conduc-
tor. you are stranger to me, so I
shall have to take your name and
address. and see that you send me
the ticket or its equivalent As
she was about to comply with his
request, young man whom Ella
had not noticed before, but who
evidently had both ears and eyes
open in Elias direction. said, I beg
your pardon, may l not be allowed
to make 1t good to you:" he asked
the conductor. without looking d.
rectly at the girl.
Certainly. il you wish began
the conductor, while Ella searched
through her mind for something 1T
ting to say. and then: = How can
ever repay you? Id not know
your name Without telling her
his name. he replied: 1T really
does not make any difference about
me-
"She thanked him and returned
to her book which now only served
as cover to hide her excitement.
She feared at hrst that he might
presume to talk to her and further
the acquaintance 30 oddly begun
then as time passed and she. near
ed her station. she feared that he
had forgotten her very existence
% he never happened to look d
her direction.
"He was good looking and kind
looking" she thought. but the scan
| cry was allN that AFFORDED hi
thought and attaution.
"In reality this vas mot so-hov
closely he regarded her NO cne
knew but himself, and he was moi
telling.
! Putting Der book away whei
Bends Station was reached. Ella
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
BY CHANCE.
Bv Irene Blue.
copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler

copyright. 1918, by the Wheeler
Il Syndicate. Incl
Good morning. Duke" said Ma
RE, as she met Duke Manning
driving slowly along the country
road. "Howdy, Marie. Why not
take pity on a lonely man and ride
with him.
Marie Dupree entered the auto
and, as Duke asked. where to-"
she said. X must 90 and see Ella
Brown. who Is living with Mrs.
Green at Bende. Do you know
her? No; we'll. then, I will tell you
something about her and also Of
my erraAd.
1T seems that Ella Brown. one
of my classmates in high school.
obtained the position Of mothers
helper to Mrs. Green for the sum
mer months. So, as soon.as Ella
was graduated, she started for Mrs.
: Green's.
"As she says herself, she will al
ways remember the trip from home
to Mrs. Green's house as the most
eventful part Of her life.
Reaching the train, she was not
aware that in closing her parasol
her purse. with her. money and
ticket had slipped to the ground. and
unconscious of her loss, she enter
ed the car.
Grazing a hook from her suit-
case. she commenced to read al
most as soon as she was seated.
Occasionally, as people passed
through the car, she looked up at
them. but 1t was not until the train
had started and the conductor had
come in for the fares, that she
realized her loss.
THE distance that she was 60
ing, in point Of miles, was not
great, but great or small the fac,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

part Of the body. to develop self
control, in short to exercise and
strengthen the nervous system.
The infant learns to flex thigh
upon body and leg upon thigh and
to lift heel from ground long be-
fore it learns to raise the toes so
- to take q step. 1t would b
folly to try to teach the infant to
control the smaller muscles Ct
hands or feet before control Of the
greater muscles Of arms or legs
has been learned. Physical educa-
ton in school strives to develop the
fundamental at.leaSt - rapidly as
the accessory parts Of the nervous
system are trained
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

the styles were sonnets in the olden
times. WELL" says dear old
Granny. don't it beat the band
Those things look uncannp; once
thought them grand; once L. Ian
guished, lolling. underneath such
styles. Guess III DO some dollins, ~
Granny says. and smiles.
q GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

II General Leonard Wood curbs his politi-
cal ambitions for about two years more he will
he eligible to retire from the army as q major
general on half pay. II he enters the race for
president he will automatically relinquish his
army commission and all that goes with it. No
wonder he is taking plenty Of time to make up
BIS mind on the subject
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

& Commercial, civic and patriotic organiza-
lions all over the country are adopting reso-
lutions and wiring Washington a demand to
get busy and settle the treaty question. Under
that kind Of pressure things will soon begin
20 move. we may be sure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
Schwab on the Labor Problem.

Charley Schwab, chairman of the board Of
directors Of the Bethlehem Steel company, isn't
given to wasting motions or words. Therefore
bis views on the labor question probably ex-
press his true sentiments. At meeting in
Kew York the other evening he expressed him
self as follows:
We hear a great deal about the labor
problem. am one Of those who don't
believe much in theorizing about labor
and capital / do not believe the world
is going to be suddenly changed by any
academic solutions Of. or resolutions
about the labor question.
l believe in profit-sharing--not the
of every man engaged in industry is to
get and to keep his own house in order
and to secure the confidence and the
enthusiastic loyalty Of his own men.
What the laboring man wants. as
see it, is above all else, recognition. ap-
probation and fellowship. He wants to
be treated as q man Of flesh and blood.
1 believe in profit sharing-not the
kind of profit-sharing which consists Of
amere bonus paid out of the total prof
Its of the year, and added to the mans
wages for the year. That is merely an
increase in wages and has no direct rela-
tionship to a mans own work. What 1
believe in is, that man, shall have
direct share Of the profits derived from
the particular unit Of work he himself
Is doing.
Unfortunately not all men who employ Ia
bor are as broad guage a. Mr.. Schwab or al
quick to see and to srapple with problems n
they present themselves. Therefore, in all to-
many cases labor has valid cause for com
plant regarding the treatment it gets.
II the head Of the Bethlehem company ha,
filled the seat in the fyst industrial confer
ence that was occupied by Judge Gary tina
body might have come nearer doing the worl
cut out for It,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
Rice Dishes.

Rice GLADSTONE cup Of cold
boiled rice. three-quarters cup, Of
milk, one-half cup Of -four, one
teaspoon baking powder, one table
spoon melted butter, one teaspoon
of sugar, one-quarter teaspoon
salt. one beaten egg.
Slowly cook the rice in about
One-quarter cup milk until we'll
softened, then add remainder of
milk. Silt other ingredients and
beat we'll. Pour on hot griddle and
bake until Drowned on both sides.
Rice Stuf1ng-This stuflng may
be used for meat or for vegetables
such as peppers, egg plant, toma-
toes.
Two cups boiled rice, one-half
cup tomato juice, one small onion.
one tablespoon shortening, one
teaspoon salt, one-quarter tea
spoon pepper.
Mix together and let stand 2
few moments before stuifing.
Rice Mullins Two and one
fourth cups flour, three-quarters
cup hot cooked rice. five level tea
spoons baking powder. two table,
spoons sugar or syrup, one cup
milk, one egg, two tablespoons
melted butter or substitute, one
half teaspoon salt.
Mix and sift -four, sugar, salt and
baking powder; II syrup is used
add it to rice. To the dry ingredi-
ents, add half the milk, the egg
we'll beaten, then the remainder of
the milk mixed with rice. Beat
thoroughly, then add. the melted
fat. Bake in oiled muffin pans for
Is minutes. If iron muffin pans are
used they should be previously
heated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
Household Hints
Mens hint.
HREAKEAgT

Mems 'Hint. i
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit with Maple Syrup
Shredded Wheat Top Milk
Bacon Eggs
LUNCHEON.
Potato Cakes Creamed Onions
Escalloped Tomatoes
Apple Sauce Cookies
DINNER.
Veal Steak Creamed
Mashed Potatoes
Baking Powder Biscuits
Cooked Tomatoes Fruit Salad
Apple Pie Cheese
Coffee
Recipes fer a Day.
Dreamed Veal-Take one center
cut Of veal, cut in small pieces.
dip in beaten egg, then in cracker
crumbs. Have skillet ready with
hot fat, part veal fat and oleo;
brown slowly until a golden brown,
make white sauce with one pint OF
milk, two tablespoons oleo mixed
with two. OF -four. pepper and salt
to taste, add to Drowned veal. COW
er and let simmer slowly about
twenty minutes. Serve hot. !.
Dreamed Onions-Peel one pint
small white onions, parboil in sew
eral waters, drain, add pint white
sauce made by recipe in creamed
veal.
Fruit Salad - Cut one dozen
marshmaliows into four pieces
each, add one one-quarter cup Of
grapefruit and orange cubes, sea-
son with mayonnaise, serve on let
tuce leaves.
Stuffed Potatoes-Select about
five medium-sized potatoes. wash
with care. Bake for half hour In
hot oven. Cut in halves length
wise. Remove the pulp from the
skins, mash it we'll, add salt. pep
per, butter and milk to taste. Beat
we'll until smooth, then refill the
skins with the mixture. Put, back
in the oven until they are deli
cate brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

~ Judge Anderson did not say anything about
giving members of the Miners union Christ
mas presents out Of their treasury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

Z This. by the way. officially is the first day
OF winter. What We have had has been merely
preliminary. though one wouldn't think SO
after looking at the hole in his coal pile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
A Good Pudding.

Tapioca Pudding-Place six ta>
blespoonfuls Of granulated tapioca
in a saucepan and add one-half can
of condensed milk, one quart Of
water. Cook slowly for IS minutes.
stirring frequently. Flavor and
chill and then serve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

The question is who is paying for the s.
pound packages of sugar that the Louisiana
producers gave to each member Of congress
for Christmas present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU
DRINK.
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.
Special CoFrespondence Of The Argus.

nv v~vnvnvc naauvu
-
- (Spacial Correspondence of The Argus).
w..htrs+or n = nec e0-Dealer. in d.
n.tnred alcohoi and vood Alcohol in all uarts
of the country report : greatly increased de-
mand for those chemicais Al the aame time
m.nv csse. have corn. "a the attention NJ the
internal revenue huream IN vhich Ienatured
alcohol or wood aicohol have been used ss
ssvars..s In., . ~ davs s,o : whole Marty
a vos,ld-bA r,errv makern in Vireinfa were
oyercome al the resnlt OF drinkinx denatured
alcohol Not Ions no 4 man drank : bind Of
veod alcohol and died promptly. Many per
sona have been blinded by drinking wood Al
cohol And W there IN everv evidence that
the drinking OF this fatally poisonous alcohol
still goes on.
This drinking Of polsons in the form Of
beverages promises to be one OF the most
serious problem created BY prohibition.
Everyone should be appfised ofSthe risk he
rms in drinking alieSed alcoholic beverages.
the purity Of which is in no way guaranteed.
You may know better than to drink wood Al
cohol, and yet you may be deceived into drink
ing it. Either wood alcohol or denatured al
eohol can be bought by anyone for about q
dollar gallon. Pure wood alcohol both looks
and smells much like ethyl or grain alcohol.
A chemist can tell the difference BY the odor,
but few laymen can do 90. Wood alcohol may
readily be favored and colored to resemble
whisky, and preparations for the purpose Of
converting alcohol into whisky have even been
put on the market. It is evident that . boot
logger, buying wood alcohol at . dollar q
gallon, making It look like whisky and selling
it for $50 gallon, would have much more
lucrative business than the bootlegger Of hon
est booze. He would also have safer one,
for the prohibition law would not apply to him.
At least, it has been generally held that the
word alcohol. as used in that<msasure refers
only to- etlyl or grain alcohol. OF course, the
man selling the wood alcohol preparation
would be committing fraud. selling an impure
product. and possibly committing murder But
the point 10 that 1t would be easier for him to
get and sell his stock.
1t should be understood that the alcohol
which was found in all alcoholic beverages be-
fore these became extinct was ethyl or grain
alcohol. Wood alcohol is the only other alco-
hol which IL common in commerce, and It is
known technically as methyl alcohol So
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
MONDAY, DECEMBER y, 1919.

We are reminded that John Shelton Will
aiams is still controller Of the treasury. wheth-
or the senate likes 1t or not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22

Dear Mrs Thompson: am q
very unhappy Woman. I love my
husband dearly and he IL very kind
to me, but some time ago his moth
er said that he did not love me and
II It had not been for her and his
father he would not have married
me-. He says 1t ii not 20, but I
think Of 1t all the time. All the
time l love him so dearly and I just
long for the time for him to come
home from work. Then ] think
that he does not love me and get
50 blue I want to 60 far away on a
farm where I can never see him and
worry it out. What can I do to
overcome that? I am unhappy all
the time and my husband seems to
be sorry, too.
UNHAPPY HOME.
Your Imagination is bringing you
. great deal Of suffering. Do not
believe what your husbands moth
er said about his lack Of love for
you. He loves you now or he would
not be 30 good and lovable.
MSu w HUI LAG AoiiVaa 0uu
weeping wcmen. II you expect to
keep your husband you must add
Joy to his life. Greet him with .
smile and forget all about the mat
I, ter which is worrying you now
without cause.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I ana a
young girl and have written, q
story. 1t is good, but l do not
know where to send it. I wonder
II Iswould get any money for It II
it II accepted?
Please advise me so that I will
know what to do.
THE AUTHOR.
Have your story typewriter.
double space, SO that the editor
will have no difficulty in reading it.
Send it to any of the magazines,
but select one which prints the
type Of story that yours is. Send
sufficient postage to have 1t return.
ed TO you In case the story is not
accepted. II 1t IL accepted, you
will receive pay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
Heart 9pHOmQ
!4,!LDrObrQmC. y!
,% l.MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
RI. ELIZABETH 'THUNHYON

I guess they all think I am stuck
up and Independent, but l am not.
I would like to be friendly and
nice to everybody, but I can't.
Please tell me how I can obtain
true and loyal friends?
LONESOME.
You will have to learn through
observation what makes other
girls you admire popular. Popu-
larity is not the greatest thing in
life by any mesns. Never forget
your self-respect nor do things that
you feel beneath you. ! consider it
more fortunate for a girl of your
age to be in your position than to
have an early popularity and lose
it by the time she is old enough to
really enjoy herself. would not
attend dances with another girl il
/ were you. Wait until you are
invited by some young man.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: have
been married Is years and have
FIVE children living. My husband
doesn't drink. but he certainly is
gambler and has very mean way.
He calls me abusive names when
he has no reason.
We were decently married and
had q church wedding. I have al
ways been true to him, but I think
he likes the women, because hA
stays out nights. He works all the
, time. In the last two years / have
had awful trouble with him. had
an operation and am not very well
and l feel as il I am in the way.
What would you advise me to do!
A CONSTANT READER.
You must stop. feeling in the way.
A woman with so many children Is
certainly entitled to every consid-
Grafton from her husband. even il
her health does give out. 1t Is no
wonder that you are not strong
because the work of caring for SO
large a family is endless.
Try not to complain. II you are
sweet and patient you will have the
comfort Of knowing that you are
doing the right thing as far as you
know how.
Since your husband has money
to use for gambling and enjoying
himself evenings. he ought to be
able to spare enough for you to
have good medical attention and to
wear pretty clothes. Try to get In
better physical condition and your
outlook will be brighter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-22
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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-04-03
All Offered Their Lives and Five
Died for Country on French
BattIefieIds.

The Ninth Federal Reserve district
boasts the honor Of having eight Of Its
o II listed among the Hundred Brav-
est" with the American army in
France.
For use in the coming campaign,
the Victory Liberty Loan committee
in Washington asked General John
Pershing to forward to America the
100 bravest acts performed by his men
during the great struggle. After long
and careful consultation with his board
Of generals that decides who is wor-
thy to receive the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross, the Hundred Immortals
were named.
Five Of the eight men named from
the Ninth District died in the per-
Torrance Of the feat that won them
undying fame in American history.
Paying insurance to the relatives Of
these men who thought life cheap
when country and honor were at stake,
ia one of the reasons why the Victory
Liberty Loan must succeed. Comment
ing upon the brilliant achievements of
the eight men from his district, A. R.
Rogers, chairman Of the Ninth Dis
tr1ct Wa Loan organization, said:
Nothing could be more apropos in