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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
TIE.E5 DAILY SHORT STORY

ed the little town went wild with
excitement. We tried to make
Aida understand what had taken
place, but she did not seem to have
the normal mentality to compre-
bend US coherently. The bIaring of
bands, the cheers. the general
comnotion Of the occasion disturb
ed her greatly. She closed all the
windows of her room and wrapped
herself up in the couch coverings.
as if to shut cut sounds that struck
hcrshly and unweIcome upon her
senses.
DO you think if we could rouse
up Aida and drive into the midst
of the celebration, it would awaken
her mind and clear her clouded fac
ulties?" l asked the doctor.
Il fear the strain might pros
trate her." he replied, and the day
passed by with the poor child hav-
ing no conception OF what its I'M
usual turmoil signified.
Among the decorations of the lii
tie park square around which clus-
tered the business establishments
of the town was a large white dove
1t had been hastily made and the
material was crude, but as II was
poised upon an emergency pedestal
within the basin OF the fountain. It
was a striking and attractive fea-
ture OF the occasion. 1t WIS al
lowed to remain in place and
month went by, winter came on,
and 1 recall one day when it rain
ed and then froze, and when the
sun came out the gifstening- effect
was fairly beautiful.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

have been subjected to the same
treatment, and together we all go
trotting past any number OF Off
GERS, who look you over with IN
canny earneStness. Then we all
trot home again and call it a re-
view.
This is all very well for some
people, but not for me. 1 have al
ways the feeling that l am the re-
view, and that every officer in
camp is on the lookout for any
slight irregularity in my clothes or
conduct. In this they have little
difficulty l assist them greatly
myself Today, for instance:
Item One-Dropped my gun.
Item TWo-Talked in ranks.
asked the guy next to me how he
would like to go to a place and he
said that he'd see me there first
Item Three-Failed to follow the
guide.
Item Four-Didn't mark step
once
Now all these things are trifling
in themselves, but taken en- mass,
as it were, it leads up to stable
display. After the review our regi-
mental commander lined us up and
addressed US as follows:
About that review today" he be-
gan, sit was terrible. 1t was prob
ably the worst review l have ever
seem
We steadied in the ranks and
waited for our doom.
1T Will never be so again." he
continued, I'll see to that. I'll
drill We myself. If We have to get
up at four o'clock in the morning
to drill in order TO meet your elias
ses, III see that ye do it. Dropping
guns! Talking in ranks! Quito
step. Marking time wrong. Every
thing wrong! Company command
ers, take EN- away"
We were took.
Il "All of those things" said my P.
o. in a trembling voice, you did
All of 'em. Now the old mans
sore on us and he's going TO give
US hell, and I'm going to do the
same by you"
shoot, dearie," says I, with the
desperate indifference of a man
who has nothing left 10 lose. Il
wouldn't feel natural if you didn't"
And IN my hammock that night
I thought | might also have said,
Hell is the only thing you know
how to give and you're generous
with that because it's free.
But I guess after all it's just as
well l didn't.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06


Our darling Aida lay IN what re
sembled q trance al through the
early autumn days and then regain
. I'd her strength sufficiently to sit
Il up in bed and even in 4 cIair at the
window. Since that fatal day how
ever, when we found hC- wing face
Downward on the floor OF her room
lead, to all seeming, she had not
4spoken word There had come
4 INTO her eyes 4 strange expression
"a glare. a dead. dread stare She
appeared to OBSERVE nothing before
+ her or directly in her proximity.
{ Her glance was far, as though way
beyond her thCre doomed d picture
that held soul and body in a deep
G.hralI.
When we came to inspect the
newspaper all torn and crumpled
4 p in her hand, we. too, knew the
5truth. Among the list Of war cas-
7nalties was the name of Adrian
3Farrar. He had been directly at
=khe front in the ava ion service,
his machine had been seen to drop
bill ablaze within the lines of the
enemy, and the lave young volun-
beer, the fiance Of Aida, had ap-
zparently met his fate. The blow
bad crushed our darling child.
when after the lapse OF a week
khe somewhat aroused from the
headening influence, she recogniz-
se5 nobody. The doctor WAS puzzled
AZ the case, hoped that with time
e brain cloud would pass away.
When the armIsttce was Rnnounc-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

4 wonderful piece Of news came
to US one day. Adrian Farrar had
escaped death. Quite severely in
jured, he had fallen into the hands
of the enemy abroad. had escaped,
and was now on his way homeward.
We tried to convey the glad intel
ligence to Aida but her dulled in
tellect was unable to comprehend
it.
DO not despair" encouraged the
doctor. when young Farrar comes
home and Aida sees him it may at
once arouse her from her strange
lethargy."
Aida was greatly attached to a
light pretty dress that Adrian had
often admired and which she wore
the evening they had last parted.
She would array herself IN this aft
er reclining most of the day. ar
range her beautiful hair, put on a
neck chain that Adrian had given
her, and then seat herself at the
window, grooming a low, mournful
tune and gazing out blankly at the
garden and street. 1t was about
eight o'clock one evening when her
brother came rushing down the
stairs with dreadful announce
ment:
"oh. mother! Alida-she is
gone!"
We found the rear door OF the
house open and marks Of the dainty
low slippers she wore In the snow.
Aida had gone forth In light, thin
garb with no head covering, and
We shuddered at a thought OF the
possible results OF the exposure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Letters to the Wounded.

Letters addressed to soldiers in France con-
tinue to return to Rock Islanders who wrote
them, from the dead letter office in Washington.
They are part OF the undelivered mail from
over cas- and many Of them, If not a majority,
have written across the address side of the en-
VeIope the single word Wounded"
OF course most of the soldiers have always
received their mail with some regularity,
though considerably delayed, especially while
the ar YVES in progress. But when a man was
wounded in a large percentage Of cases, all
handling the mail was concerned, was lost and
Offer he was not discovered" even after he
rejOiled his command.
Hhen a man was wounded naturally he
wodTd be most DESTROYS of hearing from home
ard that is the very time when the mail facili-
ties ell down. The army postofice had no way
OF following casuals through the various hos
pitfalls and back to their units.
It is difficult to understand why this
work was not turned to the post
office department all the way through, in
stead of attempting the job of distributing when
mail reached France. The war department
had no experience in this work and it had other
matters of much more pressing Importance to
attend to while the fighting going on. at
trained personnel nor the incentive to do the
postoffce departments work.
II was another case in which the shoemaker
failed to stick to his last, and the results show
the folly of it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1919.
Scrarabling Civic Organizations.


Efforts FOR closer coordination Of the Rock
Island Chamber Of Commerce, Business Mems
association and Rock Island club are being
made. At a conference last evening of the
directors Of the three organizations a number
OF plans to effect Il consolidation were con-
sidered. but ail JAILED to meet with general
approval.
The Chamber OF Commerce. OF course, is
the largest Of the three organizations. It was
created for the specific purpose OF dealing with
commercial and other problems affecting the
general welfare OF the city. Without the
chamber and It's secretary, F. W. Bender. it is
doubtful If the city could have made the show
ing It did In tho sale OF Liberty bonds, in sub
scribins its share TO the various charities
and Otherwise doing IT'S part in the national
Undertaking. The Business Mems association
IS limited IN membership and its function espe-
cialIy is the gathering and compiling OF rating
data The club is social in its main purposes
and properly supplements the activities of the
other two.
Each is and should be maintained dis
tinct organizatiCn All three necessary and
neither SHOULD be subordinated to the others,
condition which inevitably would follow if con-
troll were placed in the hands of single body
OF men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Brad's Bit O. Verse
RLIEZARnS Ann THINGS.

BILLIARDS. AND THINGS.
A little old blast from the frozen
north. the fiends of the Artic howl
ing forth, and the ba!my days of a
sunny cline change presto quick
TO the winter time. The pipes
freeze up and the gas gets low, wa
hump our backs as the billiards.
blow, our ears curl up in a kriukly
roll and We utter words of a plain
tive dole. The joys seem gone and
the glOoms are thick, we rail at fate
and we blame old nick, we scrapo
the ice from the kitchen range and
wonder if ever the times Will
change. Oh, wrap me up in d feath-
er bed and find quilt for my aCh-
ing head; put mustard plasters up
on my feet and do your best to con-.
serve the heat; send for the plumb
er, and order coal; for the blast
blows keen from the far north pole.
When the billiards hliz and the
breezes breeze and the SNOW king
howls and the frost spTites whCe2e,
when the walks are slippery and
thrown you down, 1t is hard 20 smile
when you want TO frOwn. l know
that well swelter a few moons
hence, and the heat will haggle us
full of dents; but speaking now. as
the biz bells chime, us me for the
good old summer time.
-"TLH RRADGlL Any
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Heart gDpHOm0
44,!1DrODCOncC
V Z nRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: % l am
a girl OF 16 1 have been going
with a boy my age. He wants me
to kiss him goodnight. DO you
think this boy will think more Of
me if ! don't?
% DO you think that a girl OF
16 is TOO young 10 have dates more
than twice d week? l could nave
dates more than twice, but my
mother does not approve Of il.
60 DO you think am too young
TO wear my hair up? PAT.
% When the boy is older, if not
now, he will think more of you If
you refuse to kiss him. You are
too young to permit boy TO make
love TO you.
o. Your mother is right, Twice
week is as often as You should
have a date with a young man.
80 No, l think you are old
enough, unless you are small for
your age.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am in
lave with a man who seems TO care
4 lot about me, but so far he has
comes TO see me often. but is not
Jealous when | go places with other
men. / am getting tired of this and
either want to drop him or have
him say something definite. What
can | do? DOUBTFUL.
Let the man take mis- own time to
Tell you that he loves you. Go with
other men, too, and try not TO think
of marriage. You cannot rush love
and if you try you Will be sorry.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: | am a
married woman twenty-One years
old. | have a little girl. When she
was a baby my husbands sister
came and got her. ] did not want
her to go. but my husband told her
to take her. Now she will not stay
home. When my other baby was
born I had to get up and walk the
floor with her when she was three
days old and l am not well now at
all.
When we were married | want
ed my husband to get a small place
but he would not. He built a big,
house and cannot pay for it. Now
l cannot have any furniture for it.
When my little girls need a doe
tor there is no money and We owe
so much money we can never pay
it. Please tell me what to do.
REMEMBER ME.
Your outlook does not seem very
bright right now. Can't you get
help from the doctor you had when
your baby was born? He will IN
derstand how much you are wor-
rying and how bad it is for you. If
he tells your husband that for your
sake he should sell his large house
and go into smaller quarters, your
husband may take heed.
AT any rate. worry is not help
ina tha Situatinn- 1t Lo4na u-AAI in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

July 9.-Working on the theory
Of opposites, was next placed as a
waiter in the chief petty officers
mess over in the first regiment. 1
wasn't so good here, it seems.
There was something wrong with
my technique. The coal pile had
ruined me for delicate work. l
continually kept installing the
plate in my hand for a shovel, and
after | had spilled a couple OF
plates of rationS on several of the
chiefs laps it was suggested that
/ call it day. l have consequent
ly been incorporated once more in
to the body of my regiment.
July 10 had the most terrible
experience in mess today when a
guy having eaten more rapidly than
l attempted to take my ration.
When l told him he shouldn't do it
he merely laughed brutally and
kicked me an awful whack on the
shin. l fell upon him with a des-
peration bred of hunger. We pre-
ceeded to mill it up in rather flu
tile, childish manner until the mas
ter-at-arms suggested that we go
away to somewhere else.
Say, buddy" said my opponent.
after we had landed quite violently
on the exterior of the mess hall,
you didn't git no food at all, did
yer?"
No" replied bitterly; "at all is
right"
He looked at me for moment in
strange. studying manner, then
began laughing softly to himself
Come on, buddy" he said, I'm
going to take you to the canteen
and feed you"
So he led me. Stacks and stacks
of stuff he forced on me until the
flesh rebelled, after which he put
things in my pockets. He spent
most of his money, l reckon. After
the orgy 1 took him around and let
him pat Mr.. Fogarty. He seemed TO
like this. FOgarty took it in good
part.
July 11.-There's something
about Wednesday afternoons that
doesn't appeal to me. First they
make you go away and dress your
self up nice and clean and then
they look you over and make you
feel nearly as childish as you look
Then they put a gun into your hand
that is much too heavy for com
fort and make you do all sorts of
ridiculous things with this gun, af-
ter which you fall in with uumer-
Gus thousands OF other men who
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

much hope for the present of political better
ment- Rather the tendency will be to bring
government down to the peoples level by sim
plifying its processes and decentralizing its
powers which obviously will tend to lower
efficiency.
And so the more meetings there are to con-
slider a league of nations and the greater the
number taking part in them the better for all
concerned. Every American should be a po-
Htical economist.
1t will be a waste of time to make the world
safe for democracy if democracy fails to avail
itself of the opportunity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

poor health and prevents sympathy
between you and your husband. Re
sign yourself TO things for better
or for worse. If the creditors press
too hard your husband will have 10
sell his home and begin over again
on a smaller scale. Then you will
be rid of your big house. Misfor-
tune does not last forever IN the
the life of any one; there are al
ways bright periods ahead.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We arc
three chums and want to know II
there is any harm in keeping com
pany with boys. Our parents think
it is wrong. We are fifteen years
OF age. THREE CHUMS.
Your parents are right, You arc
too young to keep company with
boys.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: When go
ing into a show or church where
there are no ushers, It is proper
for the gentleman to go first and
pick the seat? J. s.
The girl should 90 first and
choose the seat she prefers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Radical Cure OF Piles.

I have suffered severely with eV
ternal piles for more than a year
and l am desperate. Is there no
cure for piles besides an operation;
DO they return and get as bad aa
ever in a few years and have TO be
operated on all over again? (H. NJ
L.
Answer-Piles are dilated veins
about the orifice of the bowels, pre-
cisely analogous to varicose veins
in the legs. Nothing under heaven
but removal OF destruction OF the
portions of vein involved can cure
piles. Once surgically removed, tbs
pile of course can never return,
Even if operation gave relief for
only a few years, it would be well
worth having at that
Tobacco blindness.
I have smoked cigars for years.
Lately I am troubled a good deal
in the evening by my eyes getting
tired and blurred when reading.
However, l never inhale; l smoke
six cigars a day. Is this caused by
the smoke, and would q long cigar
holder prevent it? &C. J. RI
AuSW eT-A cigar uOiueT NAH q
mile long, with leaks here and
there, might prevent it. The symp-
toms suggest tobacco amblyopia
partial loss of sight from tobacco
poisoning. 1t is immaterial wheth-
er a smoker fnhales" or not; the
mouth is the most active absorbing
surface in the body. Send S. A. r
for monograph on conQuering the
tobacco habit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

! Unguided, led by what wayward
thought she never comprehended
Aida had wandered toward the
center OF the town. A lad living
near us had been the first one IN
notice and recognize her. Astare
electrified, he had shrunk back in
a sort of superstitOus fear as he
came across her. She had reached
the fountain, had climbed up into
its basin and there she was crouch
ed, her arms about the celebration
dove, her head Nesting upon it's
breast, sweetly singing an oId-time
tune. A light snow crested the sur-
face of the dove. but she seemed
1mpervious to cold or discomfort
With a shrill yell the lad put
down the street. He dashed into a
hotel near by. At that moment its
lobby was filled with a noisy. iubi-
liant crowd, surrounding and cheer
ing Adrian Farrar, who at that mo-
ment had arrived from the depot.
oh, Mr.. Farrar! come! come
quick It's Aida DriscoIl!" easped
the lad.
When the astounded Adrian
reached the fountain, half compre-
hending the situation. and reached
up and tenderly lifted Aida in his
arms, she bestowed upon him one
serene smile and lay a dead weight
in his arms,
But when with the dawn of a new
day she again woke to conscious
ness, the light of reason returned
was In those loving eyes, and they
had opened TO new life of love and
happiness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

Washington, Feb. 6.-The casual
ty list made public today by the
war department has a total of 81
names.
(SECTI0N 0NE0
The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American EXpeditionary
Forces: Wounded severely, 1913.
Total, 16S.
Wounded Severely.
SERGEANTS
Logan Allen Fleak, Oelwein,
Iowa.
Lewis r. Williams, Chicago.
CORPORAL.
Joseph ?. Green, Alvin, III.
PRIVATFS.
Robert Henry Christen, Pecaton-
lea, III.
Otto II. Guenther, Normal, Ill.
Paul Rogers, Chicago.
Charley j. SEM, Alton, III.
Clifford Taylor, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Halle c. Bender, Waterloo, Iowa.
Paul G. Gross, Carriers Mills, III.
Leo J. Feely, Ottawa, I'll.
Theodore W. Freyer, Galva, Iowa
Frank Geerinckx, Kewanee, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Household Hints

cold place for two or three hours.
tThis can be made the day before)
Take a tablespoonful into Toured
hands and shape into outlets. When
all are shaped, dip into we'll beat
en- egg Zone egg and one table
spoonful milk, then into bread
crumbs. Fry in very hot cooking
oil until Drowned nicely. These
outlets are exceptionally nice for
lap affair. The above recipe
makes eight outlets.
Rye Mullins - Two cups rye
flour, one cup sour milk, one table
spoon sugar, one tablespoon fat,
one-half teaspoon soda, one-half
teaspoon salt, two and one-half
teaspoons baking powder, one egg.
Break egg into mixing bowl. add
milk. Mix dry ingredients and sift
into liquid, melt fat and add. Mix
quickly. Bake in hot oven twenty
five to thirty minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
NOTED
The Biggest NickePs Worth
of Food.

Although the sack grows smaller
and smaller day by day-it is not
now much larger shan an Operable
gallsac-there is probably no more
wholesome, more appetizing, more
nourishing, or more digestible
food you can buy today for three
times the price you pay for a sack
of peanuts.
Peanuts are rich in protein. Com
pare them with the well known
protein foods:
Beef-Protein, 1887. fat 1857,
carbohydrate, none, water $3.50.
Graham bread-Protein $50, fat
1870, carbohydrate 52.1&o, water
1915.
Peanuts-Protein $3.50. fat
1850, carbohydrate 1880, water
9.2Go.
Ask your butcher or your baker
for one-third of the food value OF
a five-cent sack of peanuts and
he'll sell it to you for about fifteen
cents, unless he is a charter mem
Der of the PTofiteers.
The protein in peanuts is Of a
type especially adapted to replace
that which the butcher deals out at
such prodigious prices. 1t yields
a liberal quantity of certain amino
acids which give meat, eggs and
milk their high place in human nu-
triton.
Peanuts, like mince pie, cheese,
lobster and other concentrated and
very nourishing foods which are
often taken as so much excess
nourishment, have the reputation of
being difficult to digest Any
thing in the way of excessive food
is difficult to digest, of course, eV-
en- if it be snack of hospital
broth guarded every second by a
special nurse. Men, whose diet
consisted largely of dishes prepar-
ed from peanut flours experienced
no digestive trouble, according to
Bulletin III, U. IS. department OF
agriculture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Tested Recipes.

Tested EcciPtS.
-Cuc-quartcr cup fat, one
quarter cup sugar, one egg well
beaten. a little salt, three-quarter
cuD sweet milk. two teaspoons OF
baking powder in two scant cups
flour: mix IS usual for mullins.
Cream of Lettuce Soup-The out
er green leaves. not good enough
for salad. were used; one quart hot
milk, slightly thickencd and sea
soned; simmer the lettuce leaves
in barely enough water to cover
them till they are soft enough to
go through the cOlander; add the
lettuce to the hot milk, heat thor
oughly and strain.
Grape Fruit and Celery Salad
One cup grapefruit (diCed), one cup
celery diced, mayOnnaise dress
ing. Cut the grape fruit in halves
and remove the meat in sections;
then remove the skin surrounding
the sections and cut the meat in
fine pieces; cut crisp white celery
in pieces about the same SIZE and
add to the grape fruit Then mix
with the mayonnafSe and serve in
the grapefruit shells.
Minced Veal CUtlet-One and one
half pounds knuckle or lean stew
ing veal, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls salt, pepper to taste, one
cupful white sauce, two eggs, one
tablespoonful finely chopped pars-
ley. one-quarter teaspoonful powd-
cred mace, bread crumbs. Put the
veal on to boil in very little water,
add salt, pepper and Il small onion.
Boil slowly until tender (the water
must have boiled away. Put the
meat through food chopper. add
the white sauce. chopped parsley,
mace and a well beaten egg. Mix
well. Spread on platter and set in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06
Menu Hint

BREAKFAST.
Stewed PruneS Mush and Milk
Poached Eggs on Toast
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Celery Soup with Oysters
Celery Hearts. Crisp Crackers.
Baked MacarOni and Cheese
Oatmeal Drop Cakes Milk.
DINNER.
Baked Fish Baked Potatoes
Escalloped Tomatoes.
Pimento Salad Rye Bread.
Apple Pudding Served with Cream.
Coffee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-02-06

The American delegation at Paris is quite
right in resisting efforts to wish guardianship
of Turkish dependencies this country.
European nations entirely welcome to look
after all of Europe and Africa and most of
Asia The United States has quite a little re-
sponsibility already acting as mandatory for
it's Latin-American neighbors on the south and
for the West India islands.