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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
Interests of the VALLEY.

Cities Of the middle west particularly those locat
ed the navigable streams, will be ignoring their
interests if they fail to be represented at the
Mississippi valley foreign trade convention which
will be held at New Orleans Jan. Is and a.
The primary objective Of this convention is to
promote the movement Of foreign trade by way of the
gulf ports development Of steamship lines. and i'm
pDovement transportation facilities to and from
the valley by way OF the gulf ports 1t is obvious
that the accomplishment of these purposes will give
the producers and shippers of the Mississippi valley
additional and lower cost channels of trade and
foreign markets In this way the Mississippi valley
centers of trade may hope improve their position
and to encourage their development.
Through the concert of effort the facilities de-
sired can obtained The convention will give the
varied interests of the valley opportunity for
cert of action and for cooperation in the common
interest,
In furtherance of these detectives, it will be sug
gested to the convention that Mississippi valley
foreign trade development bureau for the promotion
the movement Of foreign trade by the gulf ports
and improvement of conditions under which such
trade is to move, be formed.
No other point the Mississippi above New
Orleans with the possible exception of Memphis and
St Louis, has much to gain by the proposed
great many local manufactured products that can
be profitably marketed by all water route There
never has been time suspicious for the valley.
interests to get together their own development
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

Joseph G.. Prochazka, Chicago. =
Ramie Richard, Grand Chenie&
Iowa
: John S. Zakrowski, Chicago.
Wounded Severely.
previously Reported Missing IN
action.
PRIVATES.
Philip G. Smith, Carlyle, Ill
Wounded Slightly.
previously reported missing in ac-
tion).
PRIVATES.
Edward H. Koenig, Quincy, Ill.
Chris o. Mangis, Oak Park, Ill
Wounded, Degree Undetermined
previously reported missing in ac-
tom.
CORPORALS.
Elmer F. FahnstrOm, Gafva, Ill
PRIVATES.
Frank A Gnacinski, Chicago.
Dever L. Johnson, Galesburg, Ill
Arthur C. Wood, Martinsburs,
Iowa
Sick In Hospital.
previously reported missing in &C
tom.
PRIVATES.
Robert K Croft, Lawrenceville,
Ill.
Returned to Duty. -
previously reported missing in &C
tion).
Ralph L. Somers. GalAt&a, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
The SuperfIuouS Woman.

With Great Britains dead numbering 100000
Frances 100000, Germany's $4,000, nearly
100000 and those of other belligerents, including
Russia, two three millions more the problem of
marriage and a home and children becomes seri-
Gus one for women everywhere. In the January
Good Housekeeping ". L. George gives straight
of the disproportoned population resulting from the
war
Many women, before the war, knew that their
chances of marriage we're not great now they will
know it much better and indeed they will exaggerate
Many must rush to extreme and conclude that
their chances are nil. What result will this have?
do not suppose that many Of stereotyped
morality will be affected, but there always
women who restrained their impulses because they
expected to marry. 1t is likely that under present
conditions under the artificial stimulus of male
shortage, a rather enhanced number will defy con
vention.
This is important, because morals are matter
for custom rather than for law, and increasing
amples of free action likely to speed the world
movement Until tho beginning of the century,
en- showed little sign Of supporting another on
those two points; they were enthralled by rather
mechanical moral laws; they tended to take of
lapses harsh views did men, and sometimes
they were harsher still; obscure sex envy seemed
drive them to cast the first stone when hest
tated
It is also nkiy that women Will no longer submit
TO modern marriage as expressed by our divorce
laws There is no reason to think that any wide
spread objection marriage viii arise, though
in certain advanced circles free alliances may be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How Lead poiSOls.

make toy soldiers, melting five
pounds of lead at time in melt
ing pot on a gas stove and pouring
into small molds. Is there likelf-
hood of any injury to my health in
such work? The stove has a hood
connected with a pipe with the
chimney fiue, but there is a. down
draft about as often as an up draft.
P. s. S.
Answer-When lead poisoning oc-
ours, in any occupation, it is
through inhalation of fumes or dust
and not by absorption through the
skin. It may occur by being car
ried on the skin of the unwashed
hands to the mouth in eating, smok
in, etc. If the ventilation were cor
rected, there would be practically
no risk connected with the work.
When lead is heated above a GER
tain point, in the melted state, 1t
gives off poisonous fumes. Open
the window while the lead is melt
ing.
Limit Bathing on the Outside.
Will you please give a recipe for
an eye wash to be used night and
with an eyecup? H. K. d.
Answer Il do not advise such
practice. 1t is sufficient, l think, to
battle the outside of the body occa-
sionally, and leave the internal
housekeeping to nature.
Coal Gas.
Just enough coal gas escapes into
the living rooms of a fiat two or
three times day to cause an irri-
tation of the throat and heaviness
of the chest. Would it have any
injurious effects on the health?
MRS. r. o. ].
Answer-Yes. Anemia and gen.
eraI debility is likely to result if
the gassing continues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
CIR Rnll nf 6nttn&:

Washington, Jan. THE casual
ty list made public today by the
war department has a total of 943
names.
(SECTION ONE).
Died of Disease.
PRIVATES.
Adolph B. Westerberg. Forest
City. Iowa
William Laveriy, Chicago.
Clarence De Boer, Ashton, Iowa.
Lloyd Horstmeier, Davis, Ill.
Henry Nelson, Independence,
Iowa
Wounded Severely.
PRIVATES.
Charles N. Blevins East St.
Louis, Ill.
William Jagen, Chicago.
George F. Kantzner, Highland,
Ill
Died of Wounds.
PRIVATES.
Edward D. Spayer, LaSalle, III.
Henry Anthony KaufhOldt, Chi
cago.
Missing in Action.
PRIVATES.
Walter W. Huffman, Quincy, Ill.
Ernest A. Loos, Quincy, Ill.
Killed I'm Action.
previously reported missing in &C
tom.
PRIVATES.
Joseph NJ. Krubes, Britt, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
WINTER PUDDNGS.

Boiled Apple Pudding--One pint
chopped apples, one pint bread
crumbs, one cup raisins, three
quarter cup chopped suet, one egg
(unbeaten), one tablespoon corr
starch, one-half teaspoon salt, one
cup corn. syrup, one cup milk Mix
the apples and bread crumbs. Add
all the rest of the ingredients and
beat we'll. Put into buttered molds
and boil two hours. Serve hot with
sauce.
Yum Yum Pudding-One cup
corn syrup, one-half cup milk, one
half cup raisins, two eggs. Put
all together into a double boiler.
When smooth turn into q buttered
baking dish and bake 40 minutes.
Eat with cream.
Rice Pudding half cup o.
cleaned, soaked rice, one quart
sweet milk, sufficient sugar to suit
the taste, one-half teaspoon salt,
small piece butter. Put in a slow
oven and bake about three hours
and stir often until it commences
to thicken. ~
Pineapple and Sage Pudding
Put one cup fine sage into
add three cups water;
boil and stir until clear, then add
the strained juice of one lemon.
one-half cupful Of sugar, and one
cup sweetened grated pineapple.
Turn out, cool and serve with
whipped cream.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

There is no use in decrying high
French heels, because it is not to
be denied that we wicked men do
/ love to see them worn. / suppose
if women adopted nose rings and
wore bells on their hats we men
would admire them just the same.
The stature of the perfect wo-
Nan, that is, the average of Amer
fcan women (who are the most
nearly perfect in the world) is 81
inches. A woman less than 5 feet
and four inches tall may have a
legitimate excuse for wearing un-
usually high heels, therefore, for it
is certainly every woman's duty to
look as nearly perfect as she can.
But when a woman over GA inches
tall puts on high heels, she looks
like the deuce, no matter how much
taste she may have in other re-
spects.
A woman with an ideal form has
a foot 81 inches long. If the foot
is longer than that she may cam
outage the fact by wearing French
heels, but the very fact that she
wears French heels calls attention
to her consciousness of her big feet.
Excessively high heels, especially
if they are also too narrow, throw
the whole body out OF poise and
make anything like real graceful
ness quite impossible. The foot
itself suffers from the aversion or
toeing-out which very high heels
make necessary, and from a ten
dency toward pronation (the early
stage of hatfoot or falling arch);
the high heel chord, tendo Achilles)
becomes permanently shortened, so
that natural flexion of the foot in
time becomes impossible, and the
woman gradually develops a kind
of spring-halt
y The posture of the body as a
whole is materially unbalanced by
high heels, and since normal pos
ture is the most restful for the mus
Giles Of the hips, spine and back,
these muscles suffer more or less
from fatigue in the faulty posture
entailed by high heels, and back
ache is a common result
The perfect woman has a heel
two inches broad. A boot heel ap-
preciabily narrower than that, of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
HQart 1oHOmo
43,t1DTODrQ1nC =,
0y nRC ELIZABETH THOMPSON

7 Try to help the child instead of
making her angry. Tell her that it
1 is not good taste to talk about boys
/ as she does and warn her that peo-
] pie are criticising her because she
does. This will hurt her deeply,
but it will be a lesson she will
/ probably never forget. Do not let
this opportunity to do a kindness
to some one else slip by.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What will
make red lips and rosy cheeks be-
sides rouge? BEAUTY SEEKER.
Eight or more hours a night Of
sleep, wholesome and not rich
food and plenty of exercise. will
make the lips and cheeks rosy
without rouge. There is no other
way
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My hus
band in an office had "a business
caller (male). He passed me COM
ing out as l was going in. Is it
correct for me to speak as my hus-
band had not the chance to intro
duce US and so We were strangers
THANKS.
You should not have spoken. l. is
not necessary for business man
to introduce anyone who happens
to be in the Office to his wife WheE
she comes in.
Dear Mrs Thompson: I have re-
Gently become engaged AID now 1
am not going with any one except
my fiance. A man l used to have
as a friend did not know OF my en-
gagement and gave me d picture
for Christmas present. The pic
ture is not a photograph, it is a
very beautiful print. l told him
about my engagement and tried to
return the picture, but he ssked me
to keep it for old times sake
consented to do so. Do you think
l did the right thing?
ROSE MARY.
It was all right to keep the pic
ture since he requested that you
should do so.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Will you
kindly advise me what ,tc use to
stop the growth of superhuous hair
on ones face. / do not care to use
the electric needle.
THANK YOU.
The electric needle is the only
safe way to remove superfluous
hair Do not try any other method
of you will increase the growth.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am n
girl 10. 1 am heartsick. 1 have a
friend in the army in France.
have not heard from him for a
long time. His aunt said he was
taken prisoner. l read in the cas-
ualty list that he was missing in
action. Please tell me how I can
find out. ". M. 8.
A number of prisoners have been
released by the Germans already |
and the rest will be given up as
soon as possible. All are safe now.
Continue to watch the casualty list |
for further report and also the |
names of the prisoners returned.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
been told to receive the value of |
my war savings stamps I must |
write the postmaster, giving him 10 |
days notice, and state the reason |
why | want my money. VIII you |
please tell me how to write this |
notice. 1 have two war savings |
and my reason is simply |
because / need my money.
/ THANK YOU.
Call in person at the postoffice |
and give notice that you want |
for your stamps. Ten days |
later you can receive the money.
Probably they will not question |
you about your reason for drawing
it. If they do simply explain that I
you need it. 1t was the govern
ment's agreement to refund money
on stamps with 10 days notice, and |
so Won will have no trouble in get !
ting the money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
Tasty Beverages,

Mary Elizabeth's Spiced Lemon
ade-One-half teaspoon whole all
spice, One-half teaspoon whole
cloves, one small piece of stick Gin
namon, juice of four lemons, one
quart water. Put the spices on in
the cold water and bring slowly to
boil. Cool, strain and add the
lemon juice. Sweeten to taste and
serve with a slice of lemon with
Glove stuck in its center, a stick of
whole cinnamon decorated with
fresh mint and a plentiful supply
of shaved ice.
Sparkle Punch-Put a large solid
piece of ice in a punchbowL To
each bottle of ice cold ginger ale,
use the juice of one orange, one le-
mon and the strained juice from
a can of pineapple. Very delicious
for dances and not too sweet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

sisted by propaganda and the shortage OF men; to-
day as yesterday the immense majority Of women
realize with all faults with all the dullness
entails, marriage is the best and most normal con-
dtion this does not that lifelong marriage
should be looked upon intangible institution.
We have already slackened the tie by divorce, but
the institution yet slack enough to fit modern
needs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
The Winter Fruit.

Apple Fruit CocktaiI-Peel large
apples with fine flavor and with a
potato scoop cut out small balls,
dropping them into a little water
with plenty of lemon juice added to
keep them white. Prepare a mix
ture of grape fruit, pineapple and
bananas and put into the cocktail
glasses; add a few of the apple
balls, pour over all the juice, when
cool, left from the fruit boiled
down with sugar. Serve at once.
Blushing Apples-Wash, core and
cook red apples in boiling water
until soft. Have the water half
round the apples and turn often,
remove the skins and scrape, put
ting the red" back on the cheeks"
Of the apples. To the water add
one-half cup of syrup, maple or
honey, grated rind of one lemon
and juice of one orange. Simmer
until reduced to about one-half
cup. Cool and pour over the ap-
pies. Serve with cream or a spoon
full of ice cream.
Brown Betty-Soft bread crumbs
one and one-half cups syrup, one
Hall cup, CHOppeu dppIes one pint
chapped raisins one cup, melted
butter substitute or vegetable fat
four teaspoons, cloves one4quarter
teaspoon. Pour the melted fat over
the bread crumbs; stir until the
crumbs are evenly buttered. Put
a layer of the crumbs into well
creased pudding dish, mix the su
gar, apples, raisins, cinnamon and
cloves. Put a layer of the apple
mixture over the crumbs and alter
nate until all is used, finishing with
crumbs. Cover closely and bake
for three-quarters of an hour in a
moderate oven, uncover and brown.
Serve hot with hard sauce or cold
with cream.
Apple Sauce-Wash. clean per-
feet apples, quarter and slice. Put
into a granite pan with only enough
water to cook When done rub
a colander, sweeten with
white or light brown sugar, a small
piece of butter and a very little
grating of nutmeg. Serve cold. 1t
is very wastefuI TO peel apples un-
less afterward some use is to be
made of the Feelings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

3 Paderewski evidently never heard the old proverb
"Let the shoemaker stick to his last" Playing
a piano and playing the national aspirations Of
the Polish people call for genius of widely different
kinds So his efforts in the latter direction seem
to have produced mostly discord
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

DCdI >. L dLlI q
young girl sixteen years of age. My
friend is stationed at camp. Would
/ it be proper for me to go to see
him without a chaperon? He has
invited me to spend a week.
FRENCHY.
You absolutely should not go
without chaperon.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Ny hus-
. band and have been separated
nearly six months. A couple OF
months ago l met young man who
has been separated from his wife
about four months. We immedi-
ately fell in love with each other. Is
it wrong for us to go with each
ether until We have secured our
freedom? GRASS WIDOW.
You should not have anything to
do with each other until after your
divorces are secured. Such a
friendship could be us9 against
you in the divorce.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: | have
been going with a young man for
six months. l love him dearly, but
he does not seem to care for me as
he used to. l am eighteen and he
is twenty-seven. Do you think he
is too old for me to go with?
What shall l do to gain his
friendship? Shall 1 go with him at
all when he does not care for me?
d. l.
You are too young to go with a
man so much older than yourself.
A girl of eighteen should have
friends of her own age. You might
just as well give him up now as to
wait until you are dropped by him.
There is a chance, too, that when
he finds that you are dropping him
he will show more interest in you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: % / re-
ceived a Christmas present, a lava
lier, from a boy friend whom l
have known about four months. We
have not correspOnded frequently
although he wants me to write Of
tener. What shall l do with it if L
DO not care for him?
~ If boy friend comes to see
a girl should she meet him at the
door herself. If so, what should
she do next? SWEETIE.
% Return the gift to the boy
and say that you cannot accept
jewelry. Thank him for his kind
ness, however.
C2) 1t does not matter who an
swers the door. If the girl is ready
it is all right for her to. The cal
Ter should be invited to come in,
shown where to put his coat and
hat, and then seated.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am con-
sidered good looking, that is, people
tell me 1 am. 1 could go with any
boy in town if I were old enough.
% I am fifteen. Am ! too young
to have boy friends come to see me
if l don't fall in love with them?
90 What can 1 do to make my
do not care for me. l am not of
age and cannot leave home. Life
is misery to me- THANK YOU.
ID You are too young to enter
tain boy callers.
(2) Be considerable of your par
ents and do not disobey them. They
probably think a great deal more
Of you than you realize, but are not
able to show it. If you make the
best of your home conditions and
keep a sweet disposition, you will |
be building character which will !
make you all the more admired and |
loved when you are older.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two girls fourteen and fifteen. |
There is girl in our end of town, |
Twelve years old. She is not very |
nice, for she talks about the boys |
all the time. We do not believe in |
hat How can we make her an
cry? We are afraid people will talk
ahnuf IA. E. P. W.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
MENU HINT

BREAKFAST.
Baked Apples
Cream of Barley Top Milk
Poached Eggs on Toast
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Cream OF Potato Soup
Toasted Waters
Bran Mullins Apple Butter
DINNER
Beef Stew Cabbage Salad
Corn Bread Butter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
Tested REGIMES.

Cream of Celery Soup-Take the
outside stems and leaves of two
stalks of celery and boil in two
quarts of water till tender; then
drain Make a little thickening
with flour and milk; add enough
milk to serve the amount needed
for your family; then add margar-
inc size of an egg. season with salt,
pepper, celery salt and a table
spoon of sugar.
Tomato Jelly Salad-One can
stewed and strained tomatoes, one
teaspoon salt, one teaspoon sugar,
three tablespoons gelatine. Soak
gelatine fifteen minutes in half cup
cold water; add the tomato sugar
and salt. Pour into small cups and
chill Turn the jelly out of the
mold on lettuce leaf and put may
onnaise dressing on top of each.
Baked Croquettes-Three cups
chopped meat, three cups bread
crumbs. two cups thick white sauce,
two tablespoons fat two table
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

While the story of Count Won HertTfngs death is
most ctrcu1nstantiaI and there can be possible
reason now for Germans to spread untruthful
port of that kind still help harborng sus-
picion that the story has been exaggerated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

1t entirely commendabIe the part of the
fougth of the former kaiser to go to work to
earn living but the fact that German automobile
firm considers him asset in its business may af-
ford US food for thought
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
lEH HEALTH TAH K8
sY WILLIAM an. Il BRADY nd.

course, does not offer reasonably
stable support to the foot and the
body. A boot heel over one and
one-half inches high is sure to
strain the supporting muscles Of
the body. A mans boot heel should
not be more than A-tnch high; a
woman's should not be over III
inches; either would be more com
Portable and healthier in the long
run without any heels at all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
TRY THESE.

Drying Squash-If your winter
squashes are not keeping well,
slice about one-quarter inch thick
and dry on plates in the oven.
When wanted for use soak several
hours or over night and cook like
fresh squash.
Stopping Leak-When water
pipes burst from frost and the
plumber cannot be had, a sheet Of
hardened oil from the top OF a can
of old paint, placed over the break
and then wrapped with a bandage,
will stop the leak and last for a
year or more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
Household Hints

spoons fat, two tablespoons flour,
one cup liquid, one teaspoon onion
juice, one teaspoon salt, pepper to
taste. Mix cooked meat with
bread crumbs, add sauce, onion
juice and seasonings. Bake in
baking dish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

E. H Gary says if capital treats labor fairly in the
days of reconstruction he feels that aborSw
reciprocate Well spoken and truly and also keep
ing with the spirit of the times
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two girls fourteen and fifteen.
There is a girl in our end of town,
twelve years old. She is not very
nice, for she talks about the boys
all the time. We do not believe in
that. How can we make her an
CRY? We are afraid people will talk
ahnuf H. z. p. W.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-07-29
SEWARD SNAPSHOTS

The thermometer started off at Si this morning. the same temperature as yesterday. but there is cool north wind
 Mrs. Charles Cameron and boy baby have arrived in Seward from Anchor age and Chief Chef Cameron, of the Seward Grill. is consequently perfect ly happy now.
 Steamer Alameda sailed from Skag' way at , o'clock yesterday afternoon for Cordova and should reach the lat ter port sometime tomorrow forenoon.
 Agent Wayne Blue looks for the Admiral Watson to return from the westward sometime on Thursday.
 Swimming holes are popular with the young-unS of Seward these days.
 School Tax Collector Wood will be in his office from , to 7 o'clock P. M. this week for the payment of the $5 due from all males between the ages of 2l and 5l.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-07-29
WANTED to rent. \ typewriter, preferably an Underwood. Sylvias. J29
SCHOOL TAX NOW DUE

An annual Tax of $500 iS imposed and levied upon each male person il the Territory of Alaska except sol dicrS, sailors in the U. s. Navy or Rev enue Cutter Service, over the age of 2l years and under the age of 90 years.
 Any person who shall failneglect or refuse to pay his tax shall be pun iShed by a fine of not more than S25.00 or by imprisonment in the Federal Jail not to exceed one month"
 F. B. Wood the Tax Collector for this district will be at the U. s. Com Office. under the Bank of Seward, every evening this week be- tween the hours of , P. M. and ' P. M. for the purpose of receiving said tax from any who have not paid same.
 Jy 31.