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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
Brad's Bit O. Verse
THE OTILEE ZOE.


The saddest longing Of life's
great span is that for the job Of the
other man. The banker tires OF the
busy mart, and the call of the soil
gets in his heart; the figures buzz
in his weary head and he longs to
be making a pansy bed. IF only
could leave this finance hive it
would make me the happiest man
alive; don't talk to me OF the city's
charm, for there's nothing so FOod
as to own z farm" The tOiler tires
Of his hum-dTum life, and signs
for a taste OF business strife. X
I were a banker, I'd surely thrive
it would make me the happiest man
alive to be able to loaf in the shade
all day, then go to the window and
draw my pay. It's lonesome, too,
on a great big farm. Don't talk to
me of the country's charm; for
long to revel in wealth and rank,
and there's nothing so good as 70
own a bank" The merchant tires
Of the endless grind, but tho farm
hand longs such a snap to find; the
statesmen poultice their weary
Jaws, but many a man would Gain
make laws. And such Is tie life
OF mortals lone; all work looks
pleasant except their own.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
NELLIE'S ADVENTURE.
BY Ralph Hamilton.

The electric line was temporarily
put of service, and Nellie Bross,
who lived a mile from town, had to
walk, or await repairs which might
mean an arrival at the bank where
she was employed an hour or more
late. She had not gone three hun
bred yards. however, when a hear
ty voice hailed her. and the driver
of load of hay, old Ezra Ward, a
neighbor. sang out cheerily:
"AlI aboard, little miss. if you
aren't afraid of a climb up the
boom rope" and Nellie astonished
him with a bright laugh and land
sd among the fresh, understanding
1ay behind him in a fifty.
"And this here special will de-
liver you at terminus in time"
shirruped the accommodating old
fellow. "Giddap!" and Nellie was
IS comfortably settled as though
-iding on a pillow of down
The novelty of the ride mingled
with pleasing thoughts. for within
.wo months Nellie was to be mar
red to Bryce Winslow.
Perhaps Mr.. Lupton win open
lis heart and give me a bonus
Ehen leave" unused Nellie.
Mr. Lupton was the owner OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

Belleville bank, a small country in
.stitution, and not inclined to eth
er sentiment or liberality. Nellie
was stenographer, bookkeeper and
cashier. She did her work well.
but her employer was close-fisted
and eXacting.
"Oh, dear!" uttered Nellie, as
there was jolt. 1t shifted the box
containing her MONDAY lunch and
her handbag from her lap. The
latter sank quite out of sight amid
the yielding hay. Nellie CROPPED for
it. Then she bravely suppressed a
cry OF alarm, for up from under the
hay human hand was projected,
extending the handbag. 4 new
lurch brought to view a mans face.
Nellie shrank back. Just enough
Of the jacket worn by the stowawaY
was revealed to show that it was
the striped pattern worn by the
convicts in the penitentiary, ten
miles from Belleville.
Nellie sat staring aghast at this
unexpected manifestation and shiv-
cred. The eyes of the fugitive wore
a hunted, pleading look. She COM
PA0HCAuSu THAT, eSCdplHS, ne udu
found a temporary hiding place in
the load of hay
Don't tell" he whispered
There's wife and little one
awaiting NE, if l can ever reach
them
Take this said Nellie, impul-
sively. and pushed her Iunch-box
toward him. And this" and she
opened the handbag and took
thence 4 silver half dollar,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

BLESS you!" breathed the man
gratefully. You have given me lib
erty and hope" and drew again out
of sight beneath the hay.
Nellie alighted at the bank quite
as dexterously as she had gained
the summit. I'm glad," she whis-
pered to herself, as she-went up the
bank steps. He didn't look wick
ed. He has a wife and children
awaiting for him. Oh, l hope he
gets away free!" and an hour later
she learned that four convicts had
escaped from the penitentiary the
night previous.
She told her lover only of her
commended her for her kind heart
went to visit a branch bank in an
other town.
Miss Bross," he said, you will
have to take charge here until /
return. My father will drop in off
and on during the day and help
around what little he can.
1t was no new thing for Nellie to
attend manifold details without as
sistance. Old hr. Lupton came in
about > O'Clock in the afternoon
and helped her with some of the
heavy bank ledgers and vault boxes.
There were not many visitors and
the bank was deserted except for
themselves, when abruptly two men
quietly entered the bank. One di-
rected revolver at the shrinking
old man and addressed Nellie.
NO one will hurt you if you are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l have
been married a year and my hus-
| band, | have found to my dismay
/ is just a common brute.
| He has struck me twice. an
an orphan and have no one to go tC
/ for advice. I have not known &
mothers love and care since l was
| twelve.
I was just a working girl with
| no education to speak Of, clerking
in dry goods store for 81 weeh
! when ! met him. ! only knew hin
a few months when we were mar
ried.
l have done things in my past
that am truly sorry for and trying
to atone for. but l told my husband
all about those things before we
were married. Then he told me
some of his life before we met and
we agreed that we were about even
He still wanted to marry me.
will admit | did not care for him al
the time, but / wanted home like
other women have.
l have been true wife and have
learned to love him. but his treat
almost. Every time he gets angry
he casts up those things / did be
fore we met. He has told me re-
peatedly tS get out-that I just had
trunk when he married me and
to take it and go.
Once when he was in good hum
or he told me he loved me better
than any other woman and that he
Just told me to go because he
thought that would hurt me worse
than anything he could say. Now
he has told me again, not less than
four times in two weeks. | never
talk back to him, for | am afraid
of him.
l have let him entertain his
friends often in our home so that
he would not want to go other
places. Do you think l did right?
Shall l leave my pretty home and
go back to seven dollars week or
can YOU suggest some other way?
He does not want children. He
says he never liked them. | asked
him once to allow me to board a
little tot or orphan, but he would
not hear o fit. Ours was not a
Stacker marriage because he was
classified before we were married.
He is home every night. DO you
think we see too much of each
other? Should 1 go away for a
visit for a few weeks and see il he
IS any better? | am afraid to walk
out for fear he will sell the furni-
ture. He will do anything when
he is angry. He has lovely parents
but l could never go to them with
our affairs. NJ. Y. W.
Most trouble that married women
have with their husbands is caused
by fear. You are entitled to your
home and everything that is in it
just as much as your husband and
in case you left him the court
would see that you had just set
Element
Your husband does love you or he
would not stay home so faithfully.
You have taken the right course in
making home pleasant for him and
entertaining his friends. II he
thought he would lose you, he
would be more careful OF the way
he treated you.
The next time he strikes you and
tells you to go, do so. Since You
love children you would be a good
nurse for them and could make as
much money as you were making
clerking, and would have q home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
DESTROY 81 BALLOONS

Coblenz - Thirty-two American
observation balloons were destroy
ed during the war, most of them
by German sviators. One fatality re-
suited. the ballooGist's parachute
catching fire from sparks from the
burning balloon. Each balloon cost
$4,000, and the expense for imitation
about $3.50 for gas.
Anti-aircraft guns used to protect
observation ballons accounted for
four German aviators, in each case
the enemy flying machine being
brought down after the aviator had
set fire to the American balloon by
incendiary bullets.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

trust or other obligations. of a
corporation. Individuals, corpora
tons and partnerships making col
lections as a matter of business OF
foreign payments Of interest diyi-
dends, and similar items, not paya-
BILE in the United States, must OBJ
tain a license from the commits
sioner of internal revenues and
furnish returns of information.
Returns of information mast be
filed with the commissioner of in
ternal revenue at Washington. Col
lectors of internal revenue are not
authorized to receive such returns
Form 1899 on which report must
be made may be obtained. however,
from the offices of collectors Re
turns of information must be &C
companied by a letter OF trans
INITIAL, form 1895 showing under
oath the aggregate amount OF the
payments.
Approximately 500. 900 returns OF
information were received by the
bureau of internal revenue las
year. In addition the bureau re-
ceived 100000 ownership certifi-
Gates, revealing the payment of
bond interest dividends and for
eign items of income. This year
as last the information returns
will be placed in the hands OF
deputy collectors of internal reve-
nue. for use in rounding up delin-
quentS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

Rock Islanders who knew him feel a real
sense of loss in the death of Samuel s. Hallam of
Monmouth. Mr.. HalIam a natural leader
and persistent and effective booster for his
town. his party and his friends. Coming rath-
err late in life into comparative af1uence he
stood loyalty by those who had shared with
him the leaner portions of the early days. He
gave literally in the support of every cause
that appealed to his human sympathies or pa
triotic pride. He was valuable citizen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
The First Time Over.


Composite condensed abstract of
an endless chain of letters from
readers who are too dignified, too
dependent on splints and other
supports, too stiff, too genteel, too
ladylike. too timid-in short. too
old for their years:
"A somersault is too much for
me. l don't know whether it is
fear of breaking something or
whether | simply don't know how.
But l have cold feet literally.
poor circulation, a sallow complex
ion, constipation, a tendency to
mental depression or gloomy spir-
its and everything that so many
of your readers report cured by
turning somersaUlts l wish
might bring myself to try it, but at
my age (forty-three) it seems
rather a desperate chance"
Poor old thing Good gracious
at forty-three a woman is in her
physical acme-she is IL the at
mOsphere about her is right High,
narrow heels and skirts and other
ppdrtenances OF the dignity of
fashion or style cause a whole lot
of unhappiness in the world
l know of any number of men
and women over sixty years OF
age who are turning somersaults
every night and morning and tell
ing whopping stories of the bene-
fetal results. And sometimes I
believe their stories, for seeing is
believing.
In the case OF one who has in
dulged for many years in the fol-
hes OF custom and dignity l sup
pose it is difficult TO muster suffi-
cient courage to do a childish
thing like turning a somersault.
All danger OF breaking anything
may be avoided by first spreading
over the floor sufficient mattresses.
padding or pillows to protect the
floor against vicious impacts.
When all is ready, you kneel.
and your husband or the hired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

The Illinois legislature has a great deal of
important business before it and yet it is max
ing exceptionally good progress. 1t is be-
lieved that it will be ready to adjourn before
the end of May. With the session more than
one-third spent only 436 bills have been intro
duced as against 1853 at the last session
There seems to be a cOmmendabIe disposition
to cut out the non-essentials and attend to the
more important matters and that is hopeful
sign in any deliberative body.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

Chicago Socialists are to have a meeting
May 1 to take steps to secure freedom of
speech and action Judging by what has been
done at previous meetings of the same sort in
that city the freedom" aimed at is mainly OF
the kind which would permit infringement of
the rights which this government was created
to guarantee to every citizen. The term I'll
cense" would be more appropriate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
Menu Hint
Breakfast

Breakfast.
Stewed Apricots and Prunes
Cereal Dreamed Eggs on Toast
Coffee
Luncheon.
Wafiles and Syrup.
Fruit Salad Waters
Tea
Dinner.
Cream Of Tomato Soup
Beef Casserole Biscuits
Asparagus Salad Danish Pudding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Circum eiaiNn md Bed Waiting.


Do you advise circumcision for
children who have incontinence of
urine at night? Cd
Answer-No. If child requires
circumcision it should be done, OF
course. But bed wettinE is no in
dication that circumcision Is re-
quired, and rarely If ever. does cir
cumcision relieve bed-wetting-
Words versus Thought
examined me and said I had an eE-
1 consulted a -- physician who
IRENE irritation OF the spine /
took twenty-fOur treatments with
out apparent benefit What would
you advise for such a case? &C. D.
Answer-'1rritatio Of the spine"
is a Doctors humor. a way of ex-
cretfng words from the mouth
without secreting any thought in
the brain It is a safe diagnosis,
for il would cover one disease
about as well as another. l would
advise you to give that particular
doctor a prolonged rest and con-
ult a real physician
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
Heart 1oF4O1110
: : ,*tlIOTODCO1T1cC y
ELIZABETH THON1RyON

/ besides. Probably he would prom
Use anything to get you back But
in case your separation proved per-
manent your situation would at
least be better than in the home Of
a brute.
It. would probably help temper
few weeks now.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ID I am
engaged to a young man. When he
calls he usually comes at 1880 and
leaves between $50 and 10 My girl
friends often see him leaving my
home and tell me that he leaves
too early to care for me and they
laugh at me. I know he loves me
dearly. What shall do? Tell him
to stay later (Which l don't like
to tell him. or not pay any atten-
ton to the girls?
90 l am twenty years old and my
fianCe wishes to get married, but I
tell him that / do not wish to be
married until about a year from
now. Sometimes he agrees 10 wait,
but at times ne wants to get mar
lieu NJ hH DuOuiu lt eASSh ulu
again? Would you advise me to get
married or wait until the time that
l have mentioned? MISS WORRY.
% The young man shows excel
lent Judgment in going home so
early. Pay no attention to what
the girls say. Instead be thankful
that you are engaged to a man who
cares enough about your good
health to leave in time for you to
get a good nights rest
(2) If your fiance is making
enough money to support YOU com
fortably, l think you should marry
him soon. take it for granted, OF
course, that there is no doubt about
your love for him
Dear Mrs. Thompson; I am going
with a young man. but he and are
both rather bashful. We go to the
same school. but are in different
classes. When we are together it is
difficult to keep a conversation go
ing. We are not from the same
place. What would you advise US
TO do toward keeping up the con
versation? T. Y.
Read together This will be a
substitute for talking and later
when it is not convenient to read
you can discuss the stories and
characters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
AND JOKES ARE LIKE EGGS.

Sir l had just finished eating an egg at
breakfast and CHANGING over the morning
paper when my glance fell on an item about
a woman who had kept egg for % years.
She had found that during the first 20 years
there change in~ the appearance of the
egg but that in the last three years it took on
a yellOwish tint. finally turning to tan. 1t
was at that point in the article that l remem-
bered the egg 1 had just finished had a tan
colored she'll \. B.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
HEALTH TALKS
BY MILLlAM BRADY ND.

man holds your hand and endeav
ors TO cheer you. II you happen
to be a man. then send for tbs
cook or somebody 10 assist you.
Now duck your head and place
it inverted on a pillow. with yOu-
palms, finger front, on either side
a bit behind the plane of yOur
head. Next rise of your knees,
give a push with your feet. curl
up tight. and flop. Any constellA-
tions you may now discover are
wholly imaginery; the stars are
not there. Sit still and things will
presently quiet down again. Then
go right around and repeat the
stunt Keep it up until you can do
rs well as a four-year-old child.
Do not confuse six somersaults
each night and morning with eKer-
else. 1t would be as sensible to call
riding in an automobile or driving
one exercise"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

Senator Vardaman of Mississippi is on safe
ground when he attacks the hard coal monop-
oily No anthracite is produced and mighty
little Of it is sold in his STATE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
Her Bet er Half!

tNeW YORK Irlbunel.
About six years ago May Cent?. then known
as a promising art student IN New York, went
to Europe to finish her education. After study
ing in Paris and Rome she went to Berlin,
where she opened studio Later she II mar
ried Hugo Thurman a German artist
Congressman Give Mann Chest of Silver -
Headline And only few days previous they
gave him the can.
With the announcement from the revenue
Office that contributions to all activities
could be deducted in figuring net income in
paying income taxes. how many will wish they
had really followed the slogan Of Mr.. McAdoo:
Give until it hurts?
July VIII End This.
columbus Ohio. Exchange).
WANTED-A good woman for general
sousework.
During a demonstration in Berlin the
return of some German troops from East
Africa, crowd of enthusiasts shook fists and
sticks at the members of an American mission
sitting in a hotel. Doesn't that increase your
love for the dear Huns thousand fold?
Lodge Cudgels League. Headline. Yea,
verify, il is what he really did,
Yeah. Les J. Has a Boil. Too.
Toledo, Ohio, Blade.
William Zeiber, county sealer OF weights
and measures, resigned Friday because he is
unable to ride a motorcycle.
Add Signs of Spring: Advertisements an
nounce final sales on Overcoats.
Chicago we are told, probably will face
big ice shortage this summer because of the
mild winter weather.
After July they won't need any ice
o. D. X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
An item telling of

An item telling of the train wreck in which
Corporal c. J. Topping of this City was in
jured said the smashup occurred none miles
north of Rockford from which deduce that
the accident was. in fact, right in town.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

Some jokists are still running that tale
about the Irish soldier that wrote the Lord
letter for hundred dollars and the Y. M. c. A.
held out fifty on him. We only mention this
because it has bobbed up again on our desk.
Jokes, unlike some other things, do not i'm
prove with age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
How to Make Out Your
Income Tax Returns
IMPORTATION AT SOURCE.

revenue Tor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

While on the subject of politics it might be
well to mention that if there are any of you
who want street light on your corner, want
paving or walks in, hole filled up or a water
main or sewer put down your street, now Is
the W. k opportune moment to ask for it. Moth
ing is refused in these prediction daysi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
ruE sIIMMIr or PRECAuTION-

Sir: prominent Rock Island citizen. a
former member of the local police department
and one who has been mixed up in city politics
more or less for the last forty years, was re-
Gently seen stealthily slipping into the rear
door OF one of the local soft drink emporiums.
NJ. c. F.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04
Wb0fdS3
| CAND
DfSG0E8G5

MAN.
Man wants but little here below,
Zen then, avoiding strife,
He takes his weekly wad of dough
And hands it to his wife.
Youngstown Telegram
Man wants but little here below,
Is lying with might:
The truth is that he really wants
Just everything in sight.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Man wants but little here below,
HE is humble human.
And yet he wants, the fashions show,
More on below than woman.
Akron Times.
Man gets but little here below.
From entry to exit through LIES door,
But what we all would like TO know:
Does he get more when he goes lower?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-04

This league business promises 10 become
one of the greatest of the spring fads. Besides
the S. f. l. s. d. o. M m and the league or So
ciety of nations it is now proposed that we
have a league of churches.
A delegation of farmers, said to be repre-
senting the Farmers league-whateyer that is
appeared before President Wilson with ex-
pressions of approval of the league OF nations,
and asking that representation in the league
be based on population What hopes that
should raise in Russia and China,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-08-29
Notas de- 7 Ga Baja

.Junta Escolar de este pueblo.
Quizas en- el aiio que viene, Sc po
.dIa contar- con el decimo, pues
Sc cree que habra niflos sufcientes
para llevar a cabo esta innova-
ci6n.
SdMdad. Sc. dice que Ell ac,
tual inspector de Sanidad ha
presentado su renuncia, y que Sc
ausentara para Corozal, con Ell
proposito de trabajar como macs
tro rural en- una de las escuelas
de ese .distrito.
Desearfamos saber ST antes de
su partida Sc puede conseguir
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-08-29

Ell Sr. Iglesias vel Sec. de la
Federation Libre" Sr. Rafael
Alfonso Sc comprometieron eendu
cir este nueyo movimiento que en-
vuelve los intereses de muehos
trabajadores. ~
El Comite 10 forman, los como
cidos, leaders Pablo Vega Santos,
Lupercio Arroyo, Tomas Rosa y
Miguel Aranzamendi. 81. cual Sc
dispone dentro de algunos d{asvi-
sitar las oficinas de Mr.. Evans, en-
eargado que fue de las expediciqi
mes, con ell objetO de recabar de di
cha ofcina todos los nombres de
elementos de los expedieionarios
para en- case de una reclamation
presentar al Congneso los nombFes
de 6stos. ~,4sa
AdemaS Sc fecOmlenda Sc cons
|tituyan comites en- todos los pue7
bios de la isla para que investi-
.guen quienes fueron los muertos,
los imposibilitados fisicamente y
los que adn quedan con vida.
.Ningdn comite debe resolver es
te asunto por ST solo, debe inteli-
genciarse con ell Comite de Puerta
de TERRA para hacer de esta cues
ton un solo movimiento con una
sola cabeza directora, que 10 sera
ell Consejo Executive de la Fedora
ci6n Libre de los trabajadores de
Puerto Rico. ~ =
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-08-29
Ell CASO DE LOS EXPEDICIO
NARIOs sERA sOMETIDO AL
PRESIDENTE WILSON

Antes de aver visito, las of
cinas de la "Federaci6n Lii
bre" un comite de expedicio.
narios compuesto por elemen-
tos valiosos del trabajo orga-
nizado los cuales indicaron al Sr.
Iglesias el proposito de la vista
a dicha oficina, y los motives que
asisten en- su reclamation a los
trabajadores que fueron a los Els
tados Unidos en- las expediciones
pasadas, para ayudar a la naci6n
en- los trabajos para la guerra.
Este comite ipiensa elevar recla
maciones al Presidente Wilson en-
concepto de premio por la labor
realizada por mas de diez mil ex
pedicionarios en- beneficio del de-
partamento de la guerra.
Ellos Green que MIR. Wilson re-
comendara al congresO ell pase de
una ley luego de enterarse de las
razones y motivos que les asisten
en- sus reclamaciones.
Tambien seran enviadas expo
siciones al Presidente de Asuntos
Insulares al comisionado residen
te en- Washington, Hon. Cordoba
Davila.