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

Dear Mrs. Thompson: There is a
young man who has been working
at the same place my father works.
He has heard father speak of me
until he wants to meet me. My
best girl friends beau is a good
friend of this young man and he
has asked him to get me to come to
my friends home and to arrange
for him to meet me there.
% Would it be all right for me
to go?
(2) What should you say when a
boy asks If he may call, and which
one sets the time for him to do SO?
IGNORANT BETH.
% Yes, it will be all right for
you to go.
CD When a boy asks to call tell
him that he may come. Usually the
boy asks when it will be convenient
and then it is the girls place to set
the night. Sometimes, however, the
boy asks if certain night will be
convenient.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a girl
81 years old and am going with
a fellow a few years older than
1 have gone with him for
several months. We go to shows
quite often. When he takes me
home in the evening he never asks
for a date, but always asks me to
call him up. l refuse to do so and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
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V 4 MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON
BY TEMPLE
By Temple

then he gets angry, but calls uR
afterward. l know he will ask ma
to do so again and SO please ad-
wise me what to do.
BLUE BIRD.
The next time that the boy asks
you to call him up, say that you do
not approve of a girl phontng a.
boy and SO he must not ask you to.
He will like you better il he does
not have his own way in this re-
spect.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ~ Can a
marriage be annulled when a~gir1 Is
sixteen and a boy eighteen? Do they
have to have their parents CONSENT
to marry?
(2) Is it bad luck to wear an opal |
ring if it is a birthstone?
(3) When a girl is engaged should {
she tell her friends or should she
wait and let them find out?
INQUISITIVE.
~ Yes. Unless the girl and boy
are of legal age the marriage can !
be annulled. Minors must have the
consent of their parents to marry ,
(2) Superstitious people do not
consider it bad luck to wear an opal
if it is the birthstone.
(3) The girl usually wants to tell
her closest friends. 1t is more
friendly to tell them such an I'M
portant matter than to wait for
them to find out Sometimes an
nouncement parties are given
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

The churches have been impressed anew
with the potency OF newspaper advertising as
a result of the campaign now on for funds for
reconstruction work. Rev. Charles Sickle,
publicity director for the Presbyterians in their
drive for $40000000 attributes most of the
success attained to the wise use Of newspaper
space. He says:
There is no agency which can be made
quite so effective as the daily newspaper
in enlisting the interests Of those who
do not go, to church.
1t already has an entree into the
homes Of the people; it is not looked
upon with suspicion; it appears every
day; the matter it contains Is discussed
by every one; and worth while adveH-
tisements paid for by the church and
proclaiming religion will be read by
many millions who would never, in the
first instance, go to church to hear it
discussed.
This is good stuff" from a newspaper
standpoint as well as from the standpoint of
the person with something to sell or a cam
paign on to raise money. 1t is so good, in
fact, that almost any newspaper will reproduce
it, which proves, also. that DR.. Sickle is
good press agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
More Financial Surgery.

Brazilian coffee growers are raising $1,000
600, and American coffee roasters $4,000 for
a publicity campaign. Coffee drinkers may as
well prepare for the worst
This is not the first time that producers
and dealers in necessaries of life have met and
decided IT was time to take the public into
their confidence. And then. in due time, the
public was taken in and paid for the experience
All too well We remember how the packers
did It, how the sugar refners, the coal men,
the clothing men-alI up and down the line
put It over.
Publicity is the anaesthetic before the oper-
alton. Shut your eyes ye coffee consumers,
relax your muscles and compose your minds,
for something is about to be taken away from
youl Be thankful for these precautions to
make 1t painless and pray that you may not
babble foolishly and tell the family secrets
when you are coming out of it!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

the studio and showed upon the
easal 1.-THE Days End" The tears
would come as she recognized how
Alan had imbibed and expressed
the soulful beauty of that eventfuI
eventide. And there in the far west
was the star-their star.
"That is where Alan broke
down." explained the faithful old
veteran HE tried all kinds of
paint to get the glow and sparkle
of the star and failed. The picture
goes to the art exhibition, tomor-
row"
"Oh, Mr.. Larnel" burst forth
Lesbia impetuously, 81 have a
thought, grand thought" and
she spoke words that caused the
old artist to culver with the rar-
est excitement.
When Alan Rawleigh was conya-
lescent it was Lesbia who an
nounced to him that not only had
his picture taken the first prize
but a rich connoisseur had offered
a fabulous price for it. He was
spellbound as he viewed his work
in the grand gallery. The shining
star seemed fairly to pierce his
vision. 1t was that unique en-
phasis that had charmed thou
sands.
Mothers diamond inserted in
the canvas" whispered Lesbia, and
Alan Rawleigh understood.
Another was substituted before
the picture was sent to its pur-
chaser, for the original one that
had brought fame and fortune was
worn by Lesbia on their wedding
eve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
THE DAYS END.

tCOpyrlgnt, 1919, Dy western
Newspaper Union.)
I.esbia Travis arrayed herself as
if for a state occasion. Her gowns
were few and not strictly elegant,
but she looked pretty as a picture
as she left her room, pausing to be-
stow a light but loving kiss upon
the engagement circlet upon her
finger, only a few days old. Then
its presence seemed to act as in
centive and reminder. She open
ed a drawer in the bureau and
from a faded, time-worn velvet
Jewel case removed a ring with an
oId-fashioned setting surmounted
by q brilliant white diamond.
Her eyes were tender and misty
as it reflected a light rivaling the
pure intensity of her own bright
eyes. Memory was sentiment and
perVading. In honor of Alan!"
she whispered devoutly. Surely
he is worthy, and it is our last
meeting fer a long, long time
The ring was about all in the
world OF value that Lesbfa pos
sessed. Her mother had bestowed
It upon her a few days before she
died aud Lesbfa had cherished Il a
yscred mementD.
Alan RazEIeigh locked like an
artist, and was one The delicate
Eeffnement Of his face attracted
even those Of eoazser mold Art
had been his passion and the scope
and announcement q small In
land city had become too narrow
for MS Gritty, his -aszAz2ioa- and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

city, weekly a letter came to Les
bia, always CHEEKY and full of op-
timism- He had found studio room
with a veteran portrait painter.
one Giles Larne, and his friendship
and cooperation had brought a new
Joy into AIan's life. He had intro
duced Alan into advanced artistic
circles, had found him some stock
picture work that afforded him a
living, and had encouraged him to
make an effort for recognition
from the art institute.
And OH Lesbia," wrote Alan,
my very beings is enwrapt in
picture, the theme of which is the
end of that beautiful day when
last we saw one another and our
souls seemed to merge into a new
world of sweetness and beauty.
The Day End'-it shall be the eff
fort OF my life and the one star
may shine on US to illumine our
paths OF fame and fortune"
1t was little after when a let
ter written in an unfamiliar hand
came to Lesbia- It was signed
Giles Larne," and it told the anx-
lous and alarmed Lesbia that her
hance had broken down from wor-
~ and overwork and was in a ser
ious condition. AT once Lesbia
arranged to go to the city. An aunt
resided there; she went to her
home and then TO Giles Larne, who
informed her that Alan was in a
hospital and, according to the doc
tors, in for long siege of sick
ness.
Lesbia stood spellbound, as for
the-Arst time Larne took her tc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

his genius.
Sadly the day was dying-'be-
fore eventide it shall be light" Air
and sky were in harmony with a
subdued sentiment. In the west
the last rays of the sun formed a
fanlike splendor, while a mellow
hyacinthin hue, exquisitely divers
flied, formed a curtain of lowell
ness and spread over the canopy
to the east. Lesbia found Alan on
the porch, half-reclining in a ham
mock, his poetic glance fixed on
the far glowing horizon.
The days end." he murmured
softly as Lesbia joined him.
How beautiful" she said In an
awed, yet enraptured tone, and
then, her hand resting in his own,
they sat mutely engrossed under
the spell of silence that was elo-
quent Soul spoke to soul, bat bet
ter thus, for the holy calm of the
hour seemed to lift them into Il
higher sphere. They watched the
shadows come, the radiant sky
colors fade and darkness. Then
one glowing star came out, only
one.
II shall think OF You whenever
/ gaze at the star" spoSe Alan,
~snd that will be every eventide.
Oh, my precious one! this hour of
happiness is the supreme moment
Of our existence"
That star, that one evening. Les
bias presence, the uplifting scul-
fulneSS of all nature nodded their
eternal fberB insepsrably into the
warp and wool Of Alan Rawleigh's
career. Aftsr he had~goHas eoEfha
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

Chicago certainly is not satisfied with pro-
hibihon, judging by the verdict in Tuesdays
election, but it does not necessarily indicate
that there has been any radical change in SEN
timent in that city on the subject. The big CEN
tiers have favored the saloon and probably will
continue to favor it Liquor interests may pro-
TESS to see special significance in the Chicago
vote, but it is hardly to be- expected that any
body will undertake, on the strength of it,
to hold his breath till the prohibition wave
rolls back.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
Brad's Bit O. Verse
RUT DONT LOAF.


It's good to have a lot Of hope,
that sweet and goodly boon; it
makes the tagging moments lope
and keeps the world in tune; there's
not grander, better gift in all LIES
blessed plan to give the heavy load
lift and brighten mortal man.
Keep hoping as you peg along upon
the rugged track; let happiness and
love and song cheer up your hum
bic shack; but don't imagine hope IS
all that makes the big world throb;
stack up q pile that's good and tall
but don't loaf on your Job. It's good
to have a beacon star that drives
the gloom away and gently beckons
from afar when you have gone
astray; there's nothing finer in this
world for driving off the blues; It
helps you. keep your flag unfurled
and down the knocker crews. Oh,
keep the shining star of hope for
ever in your sight; and let 1t guide
you up the slope and through the
darksome night; let hope and faith
and courage strong through every
action throb; let stars keep shining
IN throughput don't loaf on your
job.
GLEN BRADSHAW.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
Household Hints

creased skillet and pour around II
two cups strained tomato juice
Bake about one hour and ffteenl
minutes, basting often Add nttle'
water if juice cooks away. BY
adding water, seasoning to taste,
and thickening liquid in the pan
when loaf is done, a nice gravy to-
serve with the loaf may be had.
Menu Hint.
BREAKFAST.
- Corn Flakes and Milk.
Dried Beef and Scrambled Eggs
Bread and Butter Stewed PruneA
LUNCHEON.
Baked Rice and Cheese
Brown Bread and Butter
Fruit Salad
Sailed Waters Tea
DINNER.
Grapefruit Cocktail
Fricassee Of Chickenl
Biscuit and Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Watermelon Pickles
Grape Jelly
Pumpkin Pie Cheese
Coffee
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
THE BIooming Proboscis.

The ordinary bloom that blights
the beauty of the olfactory or
trouble-finding organ is known as
acne rosacea, a chronic disease of
the skin of the nose and cheeks ex-
tending sometimes as far as the
sides of the neck, associated with
occasional low mean pimples and
blackheads, an increased oiliness
of the affected parts, and, most i'm
portant, a hectic, belying pinkish.
scarlet to purplish flush that
brings the proboscis out in strong
relief and prevails as extensively in
dry territory as it does in wet.
The nose looks warm. It is real
ly cool. The blood can be pressed
out under a glass, but it sneaks
right back in as soon as the glass
is removed. A passive congestion,
then, and not a hyperemia. The
color 10 heightened by overeating,
constipation, lack of general exer-
else, late hours and laughter. Per-
haps that is what makes victims Of
rum blossom SO solemn.
In the second stage of rosacea
little red dilated vessels are visible
under the skin Of nose and cheeks.
and the pimples are even more OBJ
stinate, firm, ugly, hard noduies.
In the third stage the proboscts
undergoes actual enlargement and
becomes pedunculated. lobulated,
biuish-red or violaceous, resern-
bling an enormous bunch Of warts
and now It assumes q new nama,
to add to the gaiety of nations, to-
wit: rhinophyma, meaning grow
ing nose.
Well, what Is a fellow going
to do with a nose like that?
Stay on the water wagon
Take a cake Of yeast after each
meal for six weeks.
Three quarts of water every
day-to be drunk, not bathed in.
Use no beverage to wash down
partly masticated morsels of food.
That is, eat when you eat and
drink when you drink and do not
attempt to do both at the same in
slant.
Everything tight in the way of
clothing-corsets, collars, carriers,
shoes-must be carefully avoided.
Take meat not oftener than
three times a week unless you are
doing hard outdoor work, in which
case you may take meat once a
day. (Meat includes fish and eggs.)
No smoking.
No stufring with candy.
Indoor workers must wear light
weight wooden Cor mostly woolen)
underwear and stockings Of SINH
lar texture and weight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

I chinery for their accommodation.
The application of amortization
principles is an important step to-
wards standardizing the methods
for handling mortgage securities
and should afford a sound basis
upon which to establish a federal
mortgage bank and to safely issue
on broad lines under government
supervision, real estate debentures
and collateral trust bonds.
The United States League or
Building and Loan associations has
been particularly active in impress
ing upon the government the need
for NV medium to be called the
home loan banks that will stand
ardize mortgage collateral and Gre
ate a broad market for the securi-
ties based thereon. 1t is gratifying
to know harmony of interest pre-
walls between the American Bank
ers' Association and United States
League of Building and Loan AS
sociations in the matter of amorti-
cation, and we may not be very FAR
from the mark when we infer the
possibility that the points upon
which these two interests agree
may ultimately include the need for
establishing a federal mortgage
bank.
Nor is this a possibility so remote
if we interpret the evidence correct
ly in the March 18th bulletin, issued
by the savings bank section of the
American Bankers Association to
the state committees on the amorti-
zation of mortgage loans. The bull
letin develops the history of long
este blishment of the Credit Foncier
de France, recording that before
the war this institution was offering
to lend on mortgage for rs years at
4.3 per cent, plus an amortization
premium. We are told in the same
document the law under which the
Credit Foncier was formed contains
provisions which have been more or
less closely followed as models in
other European countries.
The division of public works and
construction development since en-
barking upon its campaign for re-
newed activity in the building in
dustry from the start has realized
the important influence that new
facilities for discounting mortgage
loans and for the sale of collateral
trus tand debenutre bonds would
prove to be. Now that certain finan-
cial interests are united in the
selection of models that have been
successfully followed elsewher in
the establishment of mortgage
banks, there is reason to hope that
the same institutions will be ready
to unite upon an acceptable plan
for a new medium in the United
States, to extend the proper and
adequate facilities sorely needed to
finance the increasing activity of
the building industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
GERMANS SELL Z. S. PAPERS.

Coblenz-German boys selling
Paris editions of American and Eng
lish newspapers recently appeared
in the streets of Coblenz and did
such a good business among the Of
ficers and soldiers of the army of
occupation that the newsboys now
appear daily on several street car
ners.
The boys called out the names of
the papers with considerable hesita-
ton at first but within a week were
yelling with scarcely a trace or
their German accent. The Paris
newspapers reach Coblenz in the
late afternoon of the second day
after publication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

There has been gasoline war IN the south
and prices dropped 8 cents. but when they
came back with snap they went cent higher
than they were in the first place. Now the
gas burning public will proceed to pay back to
the Oil companies all the latter have lost by
the furry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
. 60
B809H6S8E5
MRS. CROTCH.

There Is a woman in our town,
A most amusing creature.
She dOtes on calling people down.
1t Is her salient feature.
No matter what you do or say,
To make the day seem brighter.
She always seems to find a way
To show you she's a fighter.
Her neighbors haven't any sense
They don't know how to manage
Their children all are dull or dense
Brought up on dirt and damage.
Just wait until chance 1 ind"
She vows in accents bitter,
iii give them all a piece of mind"
She says, her eyes a-glitter.
And all the while we have such fun,
And she Is none the wiser,
But turns her back upon the sun
And initiates the kaiser e. T. S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
DIFFER IN OPINION.

Tokio-(Correspondence Of The
Associated Press.)-Public opinion
in Japan is not entirely unanimous
on the question whether Japan shall
retain possession OF the Marshall
and Caroline Islands which she
took from Germany and now ho4dA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
Questions and Answers.

Questions and Answers.
Anne Sings KarelI-Your Karell
regimen is great lost Is pounds
in two and one-half months. Now
/ am anxious to take whirl (no
pun intended) at the Somersaul-
tauqua, if you will give me the
rules and regulations. 1 suppose
the family will think an earth
quake has arrived when I begin,
but 1 am a determined woman!
ANNE.
Answer-Surest thing, but the
bylaws are quite scrumptious, and
all your letter lacks is a three-cent
stamped, addressed envelope for a
personal reply. Send the envelope
and the data will be mailed TO you
promptly. Grit's the thing that
melts the suet!
The Soft Coal Throat The
burning of soft coal in this smoky
town has played havoc with my
throat, and I am suddenly called on
to sing, and horrible dictu l have
lost your gargle for velvet throat.
have never found anything TO put
the throat in such good condition
for singing. Won't you publish 1t
again for the benefit of many read
ers? J.<C. c.
Answer got what was coming
to me recently from an esteemed
colleague for publishing something
as though it were my original idea.
This gargle 1 lifted bodily from a
textbook of Therapeutics, which
credits it to a Mr.. England, pre-
sumably a pharmacist in the Phila-
delphia hospital:
Boiling water ........... ounces
Powdered alum ...-.......l dram
Stronger rose water ...2A ounces
Glycerlne ............-..1 II ounce
syrup u OdhSS
Fluid extract OF red gum 3 drains
Directions Dissolve l and 2;
cool and reserve; dissolve 3 and
4; add other ingredients In
order, then mix with preserved
part. For use, mix a tablespoonful
with equal amount of water. or
red gum is not available, substi-
tute half as much fluid extract
kino.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

Rhode Island is unable longer to stand the
suspense. Its legislature demands that the at
torney general ask the United States supreme
court for ruling the constitutionality of
the prohibition amendment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

Average prices OF pillow land in the United
States advanced more than SIS an acre during
the last year and yet land. at $74.31 an acre.
remains the cheapest thing that money will
buy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

At last the daily casualty lists have disap-
peared. Now that we are practically through
counting the cost in men we can turn our I'M
divided attention to counting the cost in large
round dollars
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
HEALTH TAlKS
BY WILLIAM BRADY ND.

Apply to the blossoms several
times a day some of this lotion:
Precipitated sulphur .....1 dram
Powdered camphor .......5 grains
Powdered tragacanth -. 10 grains
Lime water and rose water,
of each 1 ounce
The dilated blood vessels are
best destroyed by the electric
needle in skilled hands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04

It's our opinion that the American indus
trial commission, sent to Europe by the labor
department to stndy conditions there has done
well to issue a warning to the business inter
ests of this country, but 1t is also our opinion
that the government itself should have been in
cluded Just when labor everywhere is de-
handing a shorter day the government goes
ahead and enforces the daylight saving law.
thus adding an hour to the day
The only possible way we see OF beating the
law out of that extra hour is to shorten the
hours Why not have 4S minute one?
Chicago Tribune headline says; Mayor
Tetoes Purchase of Herald Building for
100000" Probably preparing to pay his cam
paign expenses.
LINES BUSY"
Sir: 1 insist that it is true that the repair
department of the Rock Island Bell Telephone
company received a complaint from sub
scriber male subscriber, who said that the
wires which connected his telephone ran under
the bed of a young lady in adjoining apart
ment and every time she arose or returned to
bed his phone rang, and he was bothered CON
siderably by it. If you doubt the veracity of
this statement, ask any one OF the telephone
girls. H. G. G.
Now that it has been attempted in most
every other manner Captain Robert Bartlett OF
New York is going to try to fly to the north
pole All of which interests only to the
extent that it arouses our curiosity as to what
these fellows intend doing after they once get
there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
SILENT SINGER.

The oyster is pleasant bird
Whose bed is damp and long;
And no one yet has ever heard
An oysters slumber song.
Youngstown Telegram.
How can an oyster pleasant be
With bed such as you mention,
We refer to its Hquidity
And not to its dimension.
After the rumpus he has started with Di-
rector General Hines and Secretary Glass we
are not SO sure Mr. Peek's name shouldn't be
spelled PiQue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-04
They Never Get Too Old.

cleveland, Ohio, Plain Dealer).
Mrs Peters noticed a face at the window.
When she screamed Peters and friends who
were visiting him dashed through door and
in a mad footrace overlook Albert Johnson,
aged 1872, not a burglar, just "peeping Tom. ;,
n B. declares it looks to him like some
body Is trying to rub it in the way the people
advertising houses and rooms for rent dwell
on such details Of wells and water.