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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
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OyEE MRC Ell LIZARETH THONTpSORL

"Look. Daddy"
l. MR.. ELIZABETH THONPYON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: am a
girl of 20 and have been going
with man of &c for over a year
and a half. A few weeks after he
came home from the war we be-
came engaged and he has been urg-
ing me to marry him ever since he
was discharged. / earn a bigger
salary than he does and he has al
most no money, but he says if
like 1 can keep on working for a
while and we can board with my
people.
do not like to do that, as I have
always wanted a home of my own
and l told him so. He says we
would have to save for a home to-
gether anyway. 1 love him very
much and if keep putting him of
/ am afraid he will get tired and
begin not to care. He is a man
with good habits and is very at
tractive, so it would be easy for
him to find someone else. What
shall l do? UNCERTAIN.
Do not marry now. Insist that
the man work hard and not think
of marriage until he is in posi-
ton to provide home for you and
let you give up working. He shows
tendency to shirk responsibility,
and if you give in to him you will
weaken his character further.
Do not be afraid of losing his
love. If it is lasting he will stand
the test of waiting, and If his love
is temporary it will be better to
find out before marriage. Men who
waver in their affections very
often tssrn to another woman after
marriage
You are not demanding too much.
No girl should live with her or his
people. She should have a home
of her own and be supported by
her husband.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two girls and love two boys, but
they don't care for us. What
could we do to attract their at
tention. d. B. & H. E.
1t is useless to try to attract the
attention of the boys, because in
doing so you will cheaper your
self and lose their respect. Just
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
SomersauIts Not Exercise,

A number of readers have some
how acquired the comfortable no.
ton that if they take six somer-
saults twice day they are getting
considerable Ihealthful exercise.
This is unfortunate for the someY-
saufts. 1t may be unfortunate for
the somersaulter.
A somersault is just a conven-
lent way Of stirring up the great
splanchnic pool in which so much
(about one-third) of the blood Of
the body tends to accumulate when
We are too dignified or aged. II
also stirs mp the divers puddles
and back eddies along the aiimen-
tary canal that is ptosed (sagging)
or otherwise blocked by kinks of
the food tube.
Whatever good somersaulting
does-and far be it from me to
deny that the habit seems to do a
lot OF good for the dignifed and
the aged. young persons who man
age to muster sufficient courage to
carrYyon the habit-whatever good
this foolish business does may be
attributed to the relief of autoin-
Ctoxication depending on intestinal
stasis "a doctors way of saying
corstipation) and to relief of the
,cfrculatory deficiencies depending
on splanchnic congestion
It stands to reason that If one
third, more or less, Of your blood
is idling in the splanchnic pool
you are not enjoying all the bless
ing of a good circulation. 1t is
equally obvious to anyone who is
not confirmed pill field that the
endless ills of our abnormal up
right human posture are best OPP
posed by reversion to our primal
condition, that is, hanging by the
tail from a tree or rolling about
the greensward as we used to do
when we were healthy, happy chill
dren.
1t looks darned foolish, 1 will ad-
NIT, for fully grown adult to at
tempt to turn half a dozen SOM
ersaults down the hall or across
the bedroom floor. But it doesn't
look so foolish to me as a canister
of alleged liver pills on the dress
err or a bottle of somebody's glori-
fed oil in the pantry.
About the most Rbsured habit
know of is the habit of shooting
cathartics and such junk down the
alimentary tube-yes, and a very
harmful habit, if people could only
realize.
Somersaults are not exercise,
however. That must be clearly
understood. Let no reader delude
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
Brad'sBit O. Verse
WAITING FOR THINGS.

I am waiting at the stile, and
I've waited quite while; but the
things that I've been waiting fol
don't seem to come along. I have
wasted many a year waiting, idly
waiting here, yet my dreams are
all dim yapors, I'm unnoticed by
the throng. Oh they said that all
good things, all the sweets of var
nal springs, all the joys of rosy
summers, all the wealth Of tides
and fates, all the happiness and
fun, would come to me on the run
so 1 fell for that wise mako, "All
things come to him who waits
But I'm waiting here alone, and il
makes me sigh and groan as I see
the wiser pilgrims gravely plod-
ding up the track with a smile and
with a song, and helping things
along, while I'm idly, vainly wait
ing for the things to fill my sack
Oh the weary years we waste, and
the bitterness we taste, If We moth
ing do but stand and wait for
things to come our way; for it's
written big and plain on each guide
post down life's lane, that the soul
full, dreamy waiting game will new
er harvest hay. Let's get up and
set the pace for a long and merry
cheese, greeting all our weary
brothers with a warm and hearty
fin; let's brace up and make a
noise and kyoodle with the boys !;
and If things don't come to suit us,
let's go out and bring them in.
-CLEM- BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
A STRANGE QUEST.
By CECILLE LANGDON.

paper Union.)
With a heave no waddel, lop
sided, salt seasoned and slipshod, a
jolly old tar came down the dusty
country road into Merriwell one
summer afternoon. He mopped his
forehead with a great bandana
handkerchief big as a towel. Then
he became aware of a form moving
on the porch of the house nearby,
made out a young man waving to
him from a hammock and caught
the words:
Come in here. It's cooler, and
there's some easy chairs to pick
from, and famous pitcher of ice
cold lemonade"
you hit me there for there's an
inch of dust in my throat" piped
Ben Rawson, advancing. He flopped
down into a chair with a manifest
sense of luxury, and greedily DRAM
ed the ice-tinkling glass rendered
by his agreeable host
you're some entertainer!
chuckled Ben contentedly. own
the place here I Suppose?"
Raphael Mason sighed in world
weary way. Sort OF envy me, !
suppose? Don't. I'm about as use
less and dissatisfied a man as you'll
find in a days journey. Left enough
to live on by an indulgent uncle,
this place representing most OF the
legacy. Not enough TO marry on and
settle down though"
Just" assented Ben, Tots of It,
and all the time Craving q change.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
TIEllE DAILY SHORT STORY

aren't you? I wonder now if you
don't happen to be the very man I'm
looking for?"
What to do?" inquired Raphael
ITO share in a big. thrilling en-
terprise and get dollars back where
you risk cents"
you interest me-" declared
Raphael. Whats the program"
ITO locate the good ship NancJ
Ann, deserted by a fever crew over
a year ago, pat on the derelict list
later, and drifted to some one of a
dozen islands west of Peru, as
seen by an old messmate who died
before he could give particulars.
To locate the Nancy Ann means ten
thousand pounds. A steam launch
can be chartered for a thousand
dollars, and we divide enough TO
support a wife and a dozen chill
dren. If that's your idea"
go on with your story"
That's ALL" announced Ben
quietly. eff you have faith in me
and the capital stated. we're part
ners and the money is sure
A busy man would have derided
BenS propoSltlon as q WHO dream.
A conservative one would have sin
sisted on succinct details. But
Raphael was neither, and a flavor
of mystery was what attracted him.
Behold, then, one month later the
FREELY, a natty little ocean speed
er, setting out from a California
port on the quest for the Nancy
Ann.
It was q pleasant run down the
coast. 1t was an interesting one as
the tWo yoyagers. i've hundred
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

be natural and sometime young
men will take interest in you
without any effort on your part.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
seen in your columns where you
advise a married woman to dis
continue work after marriage.
l am % years old, married three
years ago and have a boy IS
months old. 1 have found in the
last two years that mine was a
hasty, loveless marriage on my
part, but my husband loves me and
never could find a better man IL
I looked for 20 years. He takes
all my meanness and never says a
sharp word.
1 think some days I will surely
go crazy. l think it a sin to de-
ceive my husband and also a sin
to resort to divorce I would live
it out all my life If could on'y
work. 1t would not be so bad then
Now I sit all day and think of my
life. I could get a position as am
educated. 1 despise housekeeping
and 1 could pay a maid and have
some left with what could earn.
DAILY READER FOR THREE
YEARS.
A wife and mother must learn
not to be selfish. II you go to work
your, husband will probably feel
badly about it, and your child will
not have a mothers care, which,
means so much.
Try to content yourself in some
way without going to work. II
you join a club of the right kind
you will have much to interest you
and occupy your time. You might
also interest yourself in welfare
work. Every town can be a better
and more useful place 20 live in il
some energetic person takes An in
terest and points out improve
ments.
If, however, you find life unbear-
able explain to your husband that
you want to work and get his con-
sent. Your duty is to your hus-
band and child no matter how
hard it is for you TO fulfll that
duty. In case you let selhshness
govern you, you will not find con-
tent and happiness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

miles west of Peru, visited one aft
er the other of a score of little is
lands comprising wide-spreading
archipelago. One vague piece of in
formation only did Ben impart to
Raphael. 1t was this:
Perhaps you'd ought to know
that the Nancy Ann was drifting
loose, here, there and thfther, for
many, a month, q menace to ship
ping. A storm must have driven her
into some obscure harbor, for one
wild night my old messnnate saw
her there, but didn't get her exact
bearings"
"And If you ind this hayward
Nancy Ann?" INTERCEPTED Raphael.
Treasure aboard. or-something
like that?"
mot a BIT of it. You've noticed
the camera in my kit? Well, the day
take the picture of the Nancy
Ann I'll tell you why we get that
ten thousand pounds"
One day the FREELY needed some
repairs and Ben drove her into a
little stream of an island. It was an
agreeable surprise to find a hut
near by and in front of it, wonder
eyed and startled. a young girl of
about eighteen and two small chill
dreQ stood She told Raphael her
name was June Revere. who with
her widowed father and her little
sisters had been victims of a
wreck Her father had died and her
only hope had been that some stray
ship might discover and rescue
them.
at viii take week to fix up the
F1Eeny,'' said Ben, "and1 if-you.ll
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
WEALTH NE ks
BY W.! FL! An, i, B!R! RAY. r1D.

himself or herself that six SOM
ersaults night and morning will
serve as sort OF placebo in lieu
/ OF the regular night and morning
! physical training. SomersauIts
are merely a natural remedy for
so-ealled liver spots.' constipa-
/ ton. flatalency, alleged liver
complaint" autointoxicaticn, cold
hands and cold feet, sallow COM
plexion. grouchy temper and the
4 glooms.
Questions and Answers.
Cancer Of Stomach - What are
symptoms of cancer Of the stom-
ach? In what part Of the stom-
ach does cancer most frequently
occur? Does cancer affect the
back? Would woman be apt to
have cancer at the age of 81? Can
cancer be operated on successfully
in the first stage of the disease?
A. R.
Answer-There are no character
istic symptoms, but man or wom-
an over IS developing any stom-
ach trouble with any loss Of
| possible cause and Immediately
seek careful medical examination.
Cancer most frequently occurs
near the lower outlet (pylorus) of
the stomach. Pain might be re-
ferred to the back, in a case of
stomach cancer; but pain is not a
very common symptom of begin
ming cancer. Most cases of cancer
occur in persons over 40 or As, but
now and then cancer occurs in
younger persons. The only hope
of saving life, in case OF cancer Of
the stomach is in operation done in
the early stage.
Her Blood Pressure Is o. K
What diet or course of living may
I follow in order to reduce a blood
pressure of LIS? am 80 years of
age and am troubled greatly with
nervous heart, also become nervous
and upset on the slightest provo
cation. M A.
Answer-A woman 80 years old
with a blood pressure of 125 milli-
meters mercury is all right SO far
as her blood pressure is con-
cerued-
Answer to Sinner DR.. Brady
can't have his own way about
what shall appear in this column,
and your query is one which does
not lend itself to a suitable an
syer here. Be assured you will
obtain a satisfactory reply If you
,r,sII ra1aaf xyOur inouirv and iDcIose
a self-stamped addressed envelope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
Today's Anniversaries

166o.George L, the first English
sovereign of the Hanovar1an
line, born at Osnabruck. Died
near there June 10, 1727-
174S-Earl of Carlisle, the unwlll-
ing guardian of Lord Byron, the
great poet, born in England.
Died there Sept 4, 1925.
1S44-Partisans of John Tyler held
a convention in Baltimore, and
nominated him for president.
1S45-A fire in Quebec destroyed l.
$50 houses, and rendered H.
600 persons homeless.
1S71-Belleviile, the red" Repub-
lean stronghold in Paris, was
captured and the insurrection
suppressed.
1s94-Overflow of the Fraser river
and its tributaries resulted in
great loss OF life and property
in British Columbia
1915-French penetrated to import
ant road south Of Metz and
gained in Alsace.
1916-Italians and Austrians en-
gagged in fierce fighting in the
Astico region.
1917-United States officials begun
active campaign against anti
draft plotters-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

take US as boarders for that period
we'll get you to the mainland"
That was a pleasant seven DAYS
for Raphael. The more he saw of
this island waif the more was he
attracted One day Ben rushed past
them to the launch to reappear
with his kit, and shouted out:
I've found the Nancy Ami"
Half an hour later a tremendous
defamation quivered upon the soft
tropical air. Sixty minutes after
Ben appeared, a triumphant ex-
preston on his honest. weather
beaten face.
I've blown her up," he exulted.
I got photograph before 1 dyna-
mited her. I've got the picture of
her scattered timbers, proof that we
have earned the ted thousand
pounds" ,
And then he explained that the
English admiralty had offered that
amount for the locating and de-
struction of the crewless derelict
that was a menace to ocean travel,
and a collision with which any
dark night might send a victim snip
to the bottom of the sea-
When, weeks later, Raphael
Mason took his share of the ad-
miralty reward home, a charming
wife and her two little sisters sc-
companied him, and his life's prob
lem was settled at last.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
Household Hints

pack into a creased pan for q few
minutes; unmold into a small
dripping pan and bake slowly for
three-quarters hour, basting with
the margarine, melted; serve sur
rounded with the white sauce.
Orange Spanish Cream-One
orange, one cup sugar, one pack
age of prepared gelatin, one cup Of
whipped cream. Boil the juice oG
the orange and the sugar together
cool. Prepare the gelatin in the
usual way, then set aside TO cool.
Whip the cream stiff, gradually add
the orange juice and sugar mix
ture, whipping in constantly.
Whip the partly cooled gelatin and
add, stirring we'll until it begins
to thicken. Then pour into molds
and set on fee to harden.
Tried Recipes.
Escalloped Tomatoes and Beans
One cup canned tomatoes, two
cups "left over" stewed beans, sea-
son with salt, sugar, onion and
place in a buttered baking dish
Three slices of bacon on top COM
plete this one-meal dish. Bake
slowly one hour.
Tuna Fish Salad--Two cups cab
bage cut fine, one cup celery diced
one pimento chopped fine. one can
tuna fish.
Rice Croquettes-Half cup rice,
one cup boiling water, one cup hot
milk. one teaspoon salt, two tea
spoons butter, two tablespoons Sui
tana raisins. Wash the rice, stir
into the boiling salt water, and
boil for FIVE minutes. Then add the
milk. butter and raisins and cook
in double boiler for 25 minutes or
longer, until the rice is tender.
Shape into small pyramids, dip in
egg and crumbs and fry in deep,
hot fat. Lemon or other sauce
may also be served This may also
be put in an oiled pan. sprinklei
with oil and Drowned in a hot oven,
If one does mot care for thu meth
cd OF deep fat frying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

Unless Germany is admitted atsonceSto the
league of nations it will consider sthe eorgan-
ization a hostile alliance against itsen, we
are told. Whensoficers Of the law takel chaEge
OF criminal who has been running amnckfh bis
opinion of them and their motives issthe4least
of their concern Let the Germans think what
they please. It will be what theykdo that willi
count during the next few years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

1t is not to be wondered that the president
is glad that the end of his period of service
is near. The strain of the last four years has
been terrific. Only man of exceptional physi-
cal strengthscould have borne up under it. Peo-
pie who have nothing but their own little af
fairs to worry about can have no conception of
the tension that goes with the carrying of big
responsibilities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
@Gl0Td88|
aGEH8G
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Il do not mind the filings Of fate"
Said one whose crown was bare;
But, sooth, twas hard at twenty-eight
To part with all my hair"
Birmingham Age-Herald.
IT'S hard to part with lots of hair.
But worse things can befall;
It drives US almost to despair
To part with none at all.
Youngstown Telegram
You're asking US why one McPhee
Is gay and debOnair;
II you will lamp his dome, you'll see
There1l be no parting there.
Sometimes the parting brings no pain,
But only joy instead
For loss is oft considered gain
When one is domed in red.
Akron Evening Times
To part with hair. It's true, is sad
The saddest thing we do,
For every haircut now, bedad,
Means an iron man cut in two!
The Frequent Caller points out the am
,igr.ty of an Argus headline which said:
Father of Two Flees." But OF course ex-
blamed the F. c., 81 soon discovered that it had
lothing to do with insects
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
WHEREIN A TYPO REBUKEs We ED.

Sir: Your scfntillating solecisms, done INTO
a bibIiornag of whatnot for esoteric absorption.
the which as a remedy for bile, basaltic -bigokry
and bated breath helps some, has slid b1me
without drawing blood. Moses put his trust in
God all right-but, meantime he was a mighty
busy man. Now I've been trusting you and
here YOU go and break out with He could have
lost it all without hindeFing him in hfstwork-
jesse dammit! What matters few square
inches of mere skull? It's the gray matter
under the aforementioned ivory that helps keep
Won hitting on three and part of the time on. all
four with the Chord fans. But as for yous sir,
wonder what not in later years they'll say:
They scattered flowers DER his grave
But ERE he lost his breath,
They Stunned him, like galley slave
The poor cuss starved to death!
ETAOTN-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
Making a Party Issue.

Explanation is made that the tame surrender
Of the Republican insurgents to the selection
of Senator Penrose as chairman Of the finance
committee was due to the fear that carrying
the matter too far would interfere with the
party fight against the league OF nations Most
likely that is bunk. At any rate if the insurg-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

Chief Of Police Tom Cox is talking to the
bootleggers in a language that they can com
prehend when he insists upon maximum fines
and tells them that as fast as they resume BUSH
ness he will again put them through the mill.
At that rate they will find it too costly to OPP
crate, especially with the prospect that Uncle
Sam may step in at any time and add prison
term to their other discouragements-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

Washington, naturally, is more than mildly
interested in the development Of the airplane
industry in Mexico. Mexican gentlemen OF
leisure of the villa type can do devilment
enough on foot and horseback. II they had fly
ing facilities it is to be feared that we should
be unable to get along with them on any terms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
A WEDDING.
(After the manner of circus bari

(After the manner OF a circus oarker9-
One Invitation, remember, admits to them
all including the concert after the wedding.
The bride was attired in silvery and silken
something of extreme simplicity, surmounted
by a vaporous veil, fastened to her7polished and
perfumed hair with the bursting, emblazomng
blossoms of the orange. Elsewhere upon her
proud but in no sense ponderous person was
a slick snowy and scintillating diamond and
bedazzling sunburst, the graceful gift OF the
generous and godlike groom. And rememDer-
EVERYTHING ABSOLUTELY NEWT
After the affecting and effective ceremony.
a real roaring reception was held, fun furious
ly fast taking the place of rigid and rigorous
restraint, in the precious and palanai HICKS
parIors See the sinuous smiles tripping
through the torrents of tears. Witness the
cute cunning and comedy kissesi Hear the
conglomerate and contradictory congratula-
tons! Hear the silly and simian sfmpersi
faniIyl Listen to the glorious gurgle Of the
able and absolutely alcoholic punch! And RE
MEMBER-ONE INVITATION ADMITS TO
-; (To be continued).
OF COURSE you are following the Ford
Tribune million dollar libel suit breathlessiy.
Neither are we.
Have You Also Noticed Sudden Rise I'm the
Temperature?
(SpringfeId, Mass, Republican,:
FOR RENT-Two large front, strictly mod
ern rooms close to bath; three widows in
each; gentleman preferred.
AGAIN we have the favorite OF headline writ
ers of former days. before Copenhagen got a
monopoly on it. The Galeshurg Republican
Register pulls it this time, saying: Explosion
Snuffs Out Many Lives"
BY WHICH we are reminded Of the dis
covery made by contrib. Buck" He says
you must be explicit when you want smoking
tobacco in Minnesota, adding:
IF YOU just ask for tobacco they give
you snuff"
o. D. K.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

H J. Heinz, the pickle magnate, left an
estate of 100000. That isn't much. as wealth
goes nowadays If Mr.. Heinz had been able
to adequately capitalize his fame he would have
run Rockefeller a close race for financial
prestige
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
The War a Year Ago

Germans attacked French south
east of SCISSORS
Germans gained much territory
in their advance in the Aisne
region.
u. s. shipping board announced
the completion of 10 steel ships IN
one week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

The only important peace treaty
ever negotiated by women was that
known as the Ladies Peace" ar
ranged by Louisa of Savoy and
Margaret OF Austria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28
AVE THERE'S THE RUB!

Dear o. D. K: Just back from Chi Spent
most of my time at the beaches Shades of
Venus de Milo! But. some OF those 1udies
have got Mack Sennetts queens backed. on the
hoards z. G. n. S.
p s.: Take tip from sincerely yours and
spend your vacation in Chill your wife will
let you
.eMr and Mrs. J. H. Bell announce the en-
gagement and approaching marriage of their
daughter Sylvia Bell, to George Ringer :
Philadelphia society note.
You may write your own heading for 1t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-28

the coffee importers and roasters get complete
returns from the earthquake damage in Java