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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
Financing Home Building.

Aid to home builders a national scale, and in
manner similar to that by which the federal farm
loan banks aid agriculture been suggested the
division OF public works and construction develop
of the department labor by President Keeser
OF the United States League OF Building and Loan
Associations in order interest the public build
ing during the transition period from to peace.
Building loan associations of this country,
cording to this plan, would perform for workingmen
much the same service as that performed for farmers
by farm loan banks. Mortgages made over to build
ing and associations, it is suggested should be
rediscountable federal banks in order that
these associations might render most effective
vice At present however, difficulties stand in
the way; first the associations not members of
the Federal reserve bank system and have CAPT
tai stock and reserve therein second, the reserve
banks are designed for handling commercial paper,
not mortgages.
The solution ocsSbs@ first probiemis that special
be taken protect the reserve banks, and
that the second be met by limiting the amount of
mortgages rediscounted. As an alternative, II is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
The Logic of an Old Woman.

Once there was an old woman
who had so many husbands-(3)
three in gay succession-that she
didn't know what to do, so she de-
Ci6ed to write a book about how to
keep well without ever paying the
doctor a darned cent.
One day when she was at the
dreamy age she got hold Of an an
tique curio in the shape of a doctor
book" which told in words of half a
dozen syllables 1--WE doctors always
resort to long and impressive words
when We wish to conceal our ignor-
ance-watch this column from time
10 time and see for YOURSELF just
what each symptom indicated. Now.
there's a sort of doctorish word
right away, at any rate a word doc
tors use with peculiar meaning
which a layman does not usually
understand. The symptoms in the
book indicated" which remedy was
10 be applied, and not what allied
the patient. Well, the old woman
ran her neatly manicured thumb
and, by the way, she wasn't old in
years at the time, only in her intui-
ton; but then, all Of the sex are old
in intuition-up and down the mus
ty pages till she got a great idea.
She dissolved a grain of common
salt in a whole goblet of water, and
gave the patient a teaspoonful every
hour. The patient was sinking in
the last stages of typhoid fever at
the time-and naturally summoned
:he young lady to treat him. They
are generally about all in when we
are providentially called il to sue
cor them-haven't you heard the
village surgeon spring that ancient
9ne about how another hour or an
ether day might have been too late,
when he feels ashamed to be taking
so much money? The patient ceas-
ed sinking and soon recovered from
the typhoid. What, From a frac-
ton of a grain of salt? Nonsense.
When anybody has typhoid fever
and gets well the recovery is attrib-
utable to intelligent care and good
nursing in part, but chiefly to the
fortune of battle II the patients
blood and other body tissues sue
coed in resisting and finally de-
stroying the invading army OF ty-
phoid germs the victory is recovery.
f the blood and tissues lose the
battle victory is to the germs and
the patient dies. OF course there is
no legitimate excuse in having ty-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
FISH DISHES.

Fried Scallops-Wash and dry
the scallops and roll IN beaten egg
and water and cracker meal.
Grease the small frying pan with
a spoonful of olive oil or drippings
and add the scallops. placing close
together till the bottom of the
pan is covered. Cook rather brisk
" It'll Drowned Use a large spat-
ular or wide bladed knife and turn
for the other side to cook thor
oughly. Serve on hot plates and
at each place sweet potato baked
and seasoned in its case with salt,
butter and little cream.
Sardines In Chicory Leaves
Procure the finest French sardines.
Drain and lay IN thick mayonnaise
Separate a head OF chicory, wash
ing carefully each leaf and lay sew
eral of the straightest and whitest
on the salad plates. Rub each
curly leaf with the cut side of a
Glove OF garlic and then lay the
sardinea in their golden dressing
across the frizzly leaves With a
sharp knife cut a few capers into
tiny slivers and throw over the
whole,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
CIR .Rnll nf Nnttnr

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE casu-
atty list made public today by the
war department has a total of 567
names.
(SECTI0N 0NE).
Died from Wounds.
CORPORALS.
Joseph A. O'Leary, East st.
Louis. Ill.
PRIVATES.
Stanislaw Silkarski, Chicago.
Edward Ward, East St. Louis,
Ill.
Daid E. Faulk, Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
Frank J. Fitzgerald, Mattoon. Ill.
Died from Accident and Other
Causes.
PRIVATES.
William Matthews, Chicago.
Giovanni PrezZia, Chicago.
Wounded Severely.
LIEUTENANTS
Willis d. Storer. Jr.. Chicago.
CORPORALS.
Albert Abrams, Chicago.
PRIVATES.
John Biever, Waterloo, Iowa.
Webster ]. Webster. Galena, III.
Michael Blum, Chicago.
Charles Cellar. Chicago.
Died of Disease.
LIEUTENANpS.
Saniel Sharp, Chicago.
Charles e. Warner, Berwyn, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
To Tone Down the Blossom.

Several weeks ago you published
formula for a lotion for what you
called rum blossom" 1 live in q
dry town, and ride only on the wa
ter wagon at that, yet I have -
Grand little rum blossom. l can
lind my way around in the DARK
without any other illumination. ]
took the formula TO my druggist
and he, being only a friend, up and
mislaid it. Please repeat ii for me
and for other victims of red. PIN
ple-covered noses. +. W. F.
Answer
PTeciPtated sulphur ......1 dram
Powdered camphor .......5 grains
powdered tragacanth 10 grains
Lime water. rose water, OF
each ounce
Agitate the mixture and daub or
nose three or four times a day. Siy
somersaults every night and morn
jag to stir up the splanchnic poo
and enliven the circulation.
The on Agin Stage.
Is there any process by which
tattoo marks can be removed from
the arms or chest? I had the tat
tooing done when was 10 and
am now "a. W. NJ. c.
Answer-Tattooing IS usually
done when the victim is at the fool
.8h age and quite willing TO subject
his body to any abuse. Sometimes
Re never does attain full mental de-
velopment, but il he does, he begins
TO regret HIS foolishness after 30,
when a man comes to realize that
his body is worth taking care Of
II ever. French dermatologists
have reported success in remo1iQg
tattoo marks by tattooing with =
strong solution of zinc chloride Ga
caustic) in water; they say that the
resulting Inflammation is slight, II
the tattooing is properly done, and
after a few days a crust forms,
which drops off in 10 days or so,
leaving a slight scar which becomes
almost imperceptible. OF course.
none but a skilled medical derma-
tologist could attempt this.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
Il fell out of my hammock"

March 17.-This spring weather
is bringing the birds out in great
quantities. They bloomed along
the fence today like a Ziegfeld
chorus on an outing. One girl car
ried on a coherent conversation
with six different fellows at once
and left each of them feeling that
he alone had been singled out for
her particular favor. AS a mat
! ter of fact l was flirting with her
all the time and 1 could tell by the
very way she looked that she would
have much rather been talking to
me. Last week / had to convince
mother that I was wearing my flan-
nels, this week l had to convince
her I still had them on. The only
way to satisfy her, l suppose, is to
appear before her publicly in them.
Poor, dear mother, she told me she
had written the doctor up here ask
ing him not to squirt my arm full
of those horrid little germs any
more She said l came from a good,
clean family, and had been bathed
once a week all my life, except the
time when l had the measles and
then it wasn't advisable. She also
asked him to be sure to see that
| got my meals regularly. l can
see him now taking me by the hand
and leading me to the ~meSs-hall.
When l suggested to mother that
she write President Wilson asking
him to be sure to see that my blan-
kets didn't fall off at night, she said
that l was a sarcastic, ungrateful
boy.
March ia funny thing hap
pened last Sunday that 1 forgot 70
record. A girl had her foot on the
fence and when she took it down
every one yelled, "As you were"
Sailors have such a delicate sense
of humor. Well, that's about
enough for today.
March Cove had a lecture on
boats today. The only thing l don't
know now is how to tell a bilge
from a painter. The car was easy.
1t is divided into three parts, the
stem, the lead and the muzzle l
must remember this, it is very i'm
portant. The men are getting so
used to NEGOTIATIONS around here
that they complain when they don't
get enough. We're shaping up into
a fine body of men, our COM
pany commander told us this
morning, and added, that if we
continue to pick up cigaret butts
several more weeks wen be able to
stack arms without dropping our
guns. Eli, the goat. seems unwell
today. l attribute his unfortunate
condition to his constant and I'M
relenting efforts to keep the can
teen clear Of paper. The movies
were great tonight. I saw Sidney
Drew's left ear and a mole on the
neck of the man in front of me.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
10HOm0
|44,!1DTObTO1ncC
y Il MR.. ELIZABETH THONPSONN

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a
woman SO years old and am mar
ried to a man seven years older
than myself. My husband worked
one place for years and jaen wheE
! things doomed during the war he
changed for a better position.
| Last week he was told that the
young man who had his position
before the war had returned and
| he would have to find work some
where else. He has been trying
to get something, but because OF
his hearing he is having difficulty.
would like to get work at home.
What can you suggest? " | earn
ed two or three dollars a day it
would help us out of our difficulty
II. II.
1t is the most difficult thing in
the world for a woman to earn
money at home unless she resorts
to the usual methods of doing
laundry work or sewing. If you
are skilled with the needle | would
advise you to solicit sewing from
your friends. At this season of the
year people are beginning to think
of remodeling last years ward
robe as well as replenishing 1t.
You might also conduct a kim
dergarten in the afternoon. Moth
ers who want to be relieved of
their children for a few hours
could leave them with you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l had been
going with a fellow for almost n
year before he went 20 France
He asked me to be engaged to
him and I did not think much
about it at the time, but I have
heard things about him since he
has been in France. which make
me feel like breaking tho engage
ment. BLUE EYES.
Break the engagement II you
find the soldiers character Is not
not good, 1t Is not well, how
ever, to take the criticism OF one
person without Investigating the
veracity of the report.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am 60
ins with a fellow who loves me
dearly and is very nice, but there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

The Argus family is in mourning for one of its
old time members who has laid down Iifes burdens
Henry Lienhard for nearly quarter of a century
was identified with the composing room force, most
of the time as foreman, and he many changes in
the form, size and methods of newspaper making
Through his years of faithful service earned the
love and esteem of his associates, who always will
cherish his memory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

SERGEANTS.
George r. Parker, Chicago.
PRIVATES.
Orville B. Alexander, Springfield
Ill.
Roy S. Hart, East. st. Louis, III.
Ralph Z. Holcomb, Dubuque
Iowa.
John Rlttman, Wilton Junction
Iowa.
Killed in Action.
PRIVATES.
Tomasz Kujawski, Chicago.
Wounded Severely.
PRIVATES.
Robert L. Morton, Mason. Ill.
Porter Munson. Pontiac. Ill.
Leroy Mutter, Grandview. Ill.
Charles Reimer, Washington
Heights, III.
Grover p. Renner, Danville, Iowa.
Wounded, Degree undetermined
PRIVATES.
Philip II. Blanchard, Chicago.
Alex e. Butler. Fulton, III.
Carl Robert Erickson, Chicago.
Guy H. Frisby. Valley City, Ill.
AlfonZ Fusk, Chicago.
George Andrew Kiewert. Chicago.
Alfred NJ. O'Neil, ChicagoA
James F. Posedel, Chicago.
John Joseph Rydelek, Chicago.
Edwin Behnen, Golden Eagle, III.
Marion Melkowskb Chicago.
Peter Vanderhide, Pella, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

March 21.-A fellow in our bag
asked last night how much an ad-
mirals pay was a month and wheI
We told him he yawned, turned
over on his side and said, NO
enough" He added that he could
pick up that much at a first-claSs
parade any time. We all frightened
our wrist watches. Been blinking
at the blinker all evening. Cam
make much sense out of it. The
bloomin' thing is always two blinkS
ahead of me. It's all very nice,
dare say, but I'd much rather gel
my messages on scented paper
got one today. She called me hel
Great, big, cute little sailor boy
Those were her exact words. How
clever she is. I'm going to marry
her just as soon as I'm a junior
lieutenant. She'll wait a year, any.
way
March Ell made up verses tc
myself in my hammock last night
Perhaps I'll send some of them tC
the camp paper. 1t would be nice
to see your stuff in print. Here
one OF the Poems:
The Unregenerate Sailor Man.
1 take my booze
In my overshoes;
I'm fond of the tatse of rubber;
oil my hair
With the grease of bear
~ oil hi ~
My dusky wife
Was a source of strife,
So | left her in Singapore
And sailed away
At the break of day
Since then l have widowed four.
Avasti Delay,
And alack-a-day
That 1 gazed in the eyes of beauty
For in devious ways
Their innocent gaze
Has caused me much extra duty.
".
I never get past
The jolly old mast,
The skipper and l are quite chum-
my;
He knows me by sight
When I'm sober or tight
And calls me a wicked old rum
my"
Next week I rate liberty. All, lit
tie book, I wonder what these pages
will contain when l come back.
hate to think. New York, you
know, is such an interesting place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

The national prohibition amendment has been
adopted by a sufficient number of and no
longer there slightest question what the will
of the great majority of the people is the ques-
ton. Liquor interests talking of trying to force
q referendum the subject in the several states.
but they might well spare their pains. The United
States intends to give nationwide prohibition trial.
and that's all there is to it. If it isn't success
well. the constitution will still be open to amend
ment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

is one thing I have against him.
He wants a kiss every night 9fe
takes me home. I have told him
he could not have any. He does
not get angry. but always leases
me for kiss. Please advise mo
what to do. T. g.
Avoid situations which would
give the an opportunity to ask fo-
"a kiss. Also tell him that you
would rather not have him men
ton the subject again.
Dear Mrs. Thompson In my
finger nails have so many little
white spots. They almost cover
the whole nail What can l do u
make them go away?
TITLE.
Be very careful when you mani
cure your nails not TO bruise tho
nail. In pushing back the cuticle
there is danger of pressing too
hard.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am Is
years old and in love, but the bow
l love is a sailor and since in SER
vice he wants to run with other
girls.
He tells me he loves me, but
am doubtful because l have receiv-
ed only three letters in si1 months.
We have known each other three
years. Please tell me how I can
win him, or would you let him 20 q?
There are other boys who care for,
me and want to go with me, but I
don't care anything about. them.
What would you advise me to 60?
X. Y. ~
Let the sailor go. To object to
his going with other girls would
do no good. He does not love you
now or he would be moro devoted.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am Ell
unhappy wife and have no chill
dren. I would like to adopt ono
abou- four or five months old. VIII
you please tell me where I can
get one?
LONESOME WIFE.
Give your name TO the different
hospitals and they will find a baby
for you of about the age you wish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
E lgIEsA lTEI TALKS
BY W!L=ILl .ls!Is!, ! BRADY RAD mn.

phoid fever any more; il is one kind
II brutal warfare which can he
surely prevented by means of the
prophylactic ttypho- bacterin) which
has made typhoid fever an unknown
disease in our army Of two million
men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
Household Hints

scant tablespoons Of. sugar and a
half teaspoon Of salt and cook in
the oven for two hours or in a dou-
BILE boiler till the rice is tender.
Then add an additional cup of cold
milk and bake three-quarters OF en-
hour or an hour longer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

The world went to once over Serbia but it's
not going to do it again right away In fact one
cannot imagine the United States England and
France getting wildly excited just about any
thing that may happen in the Balkans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

The allies have handed Germany more ar
mistice terms Others probably will be forthcoming
as soon as those hand have been complied with.
There is every believe that the supply will
hold ont Indefinitely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

Exoneration Of Colonel Deeds following a similar
in the of others censured in the Hughes
report, makes it pretty clear that the depart
intends be the aircraft goat if we must have
one
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

OF course it was merely coincidence that Mr..
Bryan's home the last of the sc to ratify
the prohibition amendment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

The advanced telephone toll rate pill that the
postoffice department is administering to have
been cast in the same old private ownership mold
and it is served with the familiar sugar coating too
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17
BiltmoreOswal

The Diary of a Hapless Recruit
BY J. THORNE SMITH, C. B. M. Q. s. N. R. F.
Copyright 1915 by Frederick A. Stokes Company
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-17

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am 60
ins with a fellow who loves me
dearly and is very nice, but there
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
HUNS PANIED BY AMERICA s STAND.

Iectual effort required by the war. and
are equally afraid Of the trouble of
thinking right and the effort OF stick
Ing to II in making peace.
but these same persons were won
by the German appeals from the be-
ginning They were the ones who
cried for neutrality. who denied
atrocities, who attacked the allies.
Germany relied on them to keep us
out OF war as Ebert relies on them
now; and the American effort of 1917
and 1918 showed how little they were
worth They could not stop the ire
sistfble majority OF the American peo-
pie; they could not hamper our par
hcipation in the war; and they will be
OF no use to the Germans in the eff
Tort 70 make a German peace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

as What LudendorT expressed when
he sid, on hearing the peace terms,
that America can go 10 hell" Ebert
trlee to put more tactfully in a iong
uka&srnent addressed to the American
Deeple Tie says that the peace
treaty r. -rnonstrous document" and
1nttmAtes quite clearly that the Ger
man republic has weighed the Arneri-
can republic and found IT wanting. In
brief. the people Of Germany are
deeply panied by nnding that America,
which asks nothing in money OF ,ano
Tor itseif as the fruit ri victory. does
not renounce for itself and It's as
oociaAe nations anything the Germans
Are unwilling 10 give up.
The appeals OF Ebert and his asso-
c1ates will fan for the same reasons
that Germauys appeal for sympathy
failed In the beginning Of the war. be
cause the truth rs not in them. The
Germans told us then that they were
not responsible for the war. that they
we're fighting only to save thnselves
from humiliation ny envious neigh
bOrs. they say now that the peace
Narrns are unjust and impossible They
speak falsely ROW. as they spoke false
~ then.
They convinced some Americans
men; they viii convince fewer Atueri-
SnnnS now. They will convince a lew
~ very few---of German blood who
have not realize that men OF German
sAncastry who have lived in this coun--
S44Y half century are truly a DIFF
3loront race from those who STAYED be
In under the HohenzoIierrls. They
FSK1H convince those Americans whose
SA1fed for England is So strong tha,
SAey will do anything TO hurt her.
3sNy will convince the professional
who will seize any
onee to try to upset democratic gov
1ANrt everywhere. They will con-
kAe half-baked "intellectuals" who
o afraid Of the moral and iniel-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16

toms and ruthless measures az that
indicated by her removal OF the skull
referred to in the treaty. kary Peters.
one of the frs Germans to seek to
exploit African resources. instituted
such reign of terror among the ma
likes hX iuhup1an treatment aud esnec-
tally by wholesale murders of their
women that thes German government
sion until he storm of civilized pro-
test blew over.
"Rut Peters was soon restored ana
other hefr-atftra ttt--t1t4rff4.f- officials
rudeiv deposed native rulers. instead
OF co-opera Ing with them as did the
british, and thus melted numerous
native uprisings. One of these in
1905, cost nearly 1o5 900 native lives
before the Africans succumhed to the
same sort ~ terrorism MS that insti-
tuted in belgium IN 1914
The duke commented on the gen
crosby OF the natives in presenting
gifts but noted that yet the purchase
OF ethnographical material me. with
obstinate opposition He explained
| that each clan reveres some totem
| believing that the spirit df the deceas
| ed enters these objects Of reverence
| The totem is just as apt to be Ar
! animal or par OF an animal
| duke mentions the toad crested crane
I The leopard and the goat--as a skull
! incidentally this fact helps expiair
t the reverence of the old time south.
| ern Darkev for such tokens as the
/ left hind leg of a graveyard rabbit
! caught on a dark night
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-16
Reverence TN Children.

one OF the defects Of life is the lack
Eof reverence evinced by children and
young people How can this fault be
overcome
The Parent himself or herself mus,
snow reverence in order TO teach il.
10 WORD or mouth, no prccept, liz as
toFceiui a. example.
Let me illustrate. There is st rtlr,, u
opportunity for tea ching reverence in
the home in the case OF the grandpar-
eHtS The parent must show respect
lor them TheH, every chance should
De taken TO teach fhe children how ia
serve them, by saving them steps. by
paying them little attentions The
enid "hen taking "A walk can bring
nome Il flower Tor grandmother or
Fnetis from the seaShorc. He can see
that grandfather has the ncwspaper in
The morning. The child should learn
To rise IN their presence
There is an old tale in the Nors =
legends. which ages ago gave an TX.
ample IN grim fashion. In a prirnitiye
Ai!t~ia little boy liz carving ii rude bow
It's father asks him. For what dos
taaa fashion this bowl He answers
THIS is like the bowl thou hast act
before grand dad, who may not sit AT
ihe board with us but il put in a
corner and must eat his food ali from
the same dlsh. So ] am carving fhis
DOW for thee. father, IL use when thon
snalt De oia and sit in the corner like
grand dad. Felix Adler in the Chris
titan Herald.