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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06
THE Tile DAILY SHORT STORY

, with the chickens and all that goes
with farm life. and trippsj lightly
up the sta rs far in advance Of the
housekeepr. to be met at the door
by Aunt tlary.
After a rather formal greeting
and a liG d lunch Aunt Mary said
to Sally. 'Now. Sally, want you
to undersa and that We will have no
college Ia cites around here. You
must settle down and help Molly,
the housG Keeper. and learn more
useful work" Sally tried hard to
swallow Il e lump.-that rose in her
throat ani with a forced smile on
her Inns SIC left the room and went
to her b Slroom, where she gave
vent to hi r. suppressed feelings, as
she felt he could no longer hold
back the Il nrs that welled in her eyes
Finally she recovered and after
DOMINIC q meat house dress and Civ
ing hal ~ glance into the mirror.
she retua ned to the dining room
where she met her aunt. We'll,
annty," d he said. this time with a
real cha { ming smile. Il do hope I
can mala you happy. and that We
will get Z tong very well together"
Her aunt, simply nodded and passed
through Gao swinging door into the
pantry Without q word Of reply.
Howe, Sat, when Tom Martin grad
uated frtn: college to start his pro-
fession "A the town Of Kingston, ~
fate wos14 Edecfes. although no vas
ut.esly q nyioss ecf y, fAct ,thaa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06
u. S. and the Woldd.

The election of Harding and IA. Republican
senate does not mean the death d1the League
pf Nations.
At the very worst it may mean the re-
fusal of the United States to accart the Char
that this country will have to join sathe league
at later period Of its existence.
1t may mean the proffer of NUM- rous reser-
vations other than those already suggested in
the Senate.
But it does not mean the transit r1ning of
league Of nations into a Hague peace. tribunal!
This may have been the hope d. some few
Americans before and during ths campaign
which ended Nov. @ 1t still may be their
hope. But Candidate Harding himself dimmed
that hope when he set forth clearly and earn
esty that if elected, he would exeas his ener-
gies and his intelligence to bring about ian
association of nations" to make ftiture wars
impossible
This country cannot reasonably expect two
score nations of the world, who al ready are
enleagued in an association of nations, to
! throw away the fruits OF their toll aend begin
all over again at the very foundation, merely
because the United States delayed its decision
and awaited change in governmental offices
1t is too much to ask other nations the lead
ing progressive, democratic nations of the
world, to tear down the structure they have
| erected so as to permit this countryside hava
a hand in the matter.
| But it is highly probable that these othe:
countries will welcome suggestions finn the
United States and will permit of reser rations
maintaining likewise the right to MAXI ~reser-
yations of their own.
| In time these reservations will be more or
less wiped out by unanimous agreement For
the presen. they will do as fortrosses in switch
! sovereign fears may hide
/ II is no longer question
! Will the United States become a member
i OF the League of Nations?
| 1t is not question but that if Ha riding
had taken stand agains. iassociating with
! other nations to prevent war. as Hiram. John
son and James A. Reed, and others did H lard
/ ing would have been beaten as badly ,as The
defeated Cox
/ 1t was only Hardngs admission thats the
was in favor of an association of nations 10
4 end wars which made that issue in the election
| matter of purely domestic concern, the coz
of living taxation and governmental ex-
tTavagance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

his sweetheart Of school days was
living in that town, as She had left
college quite suddenly and without
word as to where shew as going,
and what her object in life was.
1t so happened that Aunt Mary
was taken seriously ill, and the
family physician being out of town,
Tom was the only doctor available.
1t was no time for hesitation, so
the hcusekeeper hastily summoned
Tom to call. Sally was fixing up
the patients room preparatory TO
THE doctors call, when she heard
the door bell, but realizing that the
housekeeper was downstairs. she
decided that Molly would answer it.
However, q cry from the house
keeper calling, brought Sally down.
stairs. where she was told to open
the door.
With aiab at her hair, Sally has
tened to the door which. upon open
ing she gasped with surprise, WIZ,
Tom Martin, of all things. What
are you doing here!" Sally ex-
claimed Tom. land may not ask
the same question! The house
keeper called and told me that Miss
Marsters was very i'll and to come
Immediately. so here / am" With
that the housekeeper appeared on
the scene and led Tom upstairs to
the patients room. while Sally
stood dazed and yet happy in the
hallway.
!. After Tom had diagnosed the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06
SALLY AZ HGUSEkEEPER.
i,y Mrs. Anne Power.
Copyright, 1920. by Wheeler

Ahs'f
Ever since they were m&e tots
sally Long and Tom Martin had
,breA sweethcarts. All through high
Sschcoi Tom had championed Sally
ant carried her books to school.
Then came their years at col
! lege, wh.ch were IN endless round
OF happiness. Tom being Sally's
only escort at the numerous school
parties and dances; but in Sally's
itihicS. year her mother died. and
/. she was forced 10 give up her COL
lcgc education and live with her
AM. Mary in The distant town Of
/. Kingston.
pac TO the fact that her aunt lived
tvrh a distance away from their
home Sally seldom had the oppor-
tuhity TO visit. except for a day or
two during the summer. which was
qVife enough. as Sally was always
Known to be happy and jolly. while
hF aunt was a prim, exact maiden
HoEeveT. after a long apd rather
ti1esonc Journey. Sally arrived at
n klhgs.on, met by the houssk eeper,
W4o was also . very sedAte. elderly
sv&maA, and after h rather cold re-
X bticn. they proceeded to, the
Ally was overjoysd at the woo-
III large faE1hoabs. toGstAer
u. =
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ENID.

ENID.
Perhaps the sole example of a
name which maintains its original
beauty and dignity and is without
Iderivations or diminutives, is Enid,
signifying soul. The first and I'M
mortal Enid was made so by Ten
nyson, who rescued from oblivion
the charming idyll of Geraint and
Enid and placed them among the
chivalry Of the Round Table. This
history was found in the "Matur-
geon" and a Triad" mentioned
Enid as one Of the three ladies of
King Arthur's court. She is as
beautiful as picture Of wifely de-
votion as the patient Grisell.
The name Enid Is a Celtic form
OF animus. meaning soul. It is not
difficult to perceive how the sue
cessive changes came about, through
differing pronunciations Enid was
| probably a connecting link in the
transition and for euphony, the
word became Enid. All this must
! remain supposititions, however. as
there is no accurate history con-
corning the name. SO she is accepted
as poetic fact and as such her
vogue was long since established in
England. France and America.
She appears as Enide in the
French verse Of Christien de Troyes
by she is better known rs the wife
of the prince Of Devon Of romance,
whom Tennyson describes in his
Enid and Elaine:
| The brave Geraint, 4 knight of Ar
thurs court,
A tributary prince Of Devon, one
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Fallen Leaves.
Don't burn the leaves!

Don't burn the leaves!
To do so means to destroy the most val
uable OF fertilizing ingredients known to man
Nitrogen.
Beside being the most valuable, nitrogen
r. the most expensive of fertilizing elements
ani most difficult ITO secure in commercial
form
Flower gardens. rose bushes. strawberries
raspberries, fruit and even shade trees should
receive a mulch Of the leaves. as they fail
from the trees. Be careful that the mulch is
not raked too high about the trunk of the tree
as rats and mice sometimes make nests in the
leaves and during the winter, when food is
scare. snaw the green bark for food
lfthcre is great abundance Of leaves rake.
tlism on the garden this fall, any depth. and.
then turn them under in the spring If this is.
continued each year the garden will need littks
else Tor fertiiize:
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By DE. JAMES L. VANCE.
Founder OF Intsr-Church World Movemen..
and Chairman Federal Council OF
CnUfcLca OF NfneffCa.I
EY DR., JAMES /. VANCE.

BY DR., JAMES I. VANCE.
This is the inscription l read to-
day ON granite slab covering
grave, in the old vine-grown Gene
terry hard by the little church at
Yorktown.
It is a placid village that has
slept on the river bluff 200 years,
but there in the early autumn of
1881 events packed with world sig
nificance were Transporting. For it
was there, at Yorktown, that the
battle was fought and won which
made America a nation.
Not far away from the granite
slab in the old churchyard the ma
ton keeps guard over the graves
of its sons who fell in that fight,
and there under the granite slab
reposes the dust of General Thomas
Nelson, Jr. He was Virginia's war
governor during the Revolution.
In the house of delegates it was he
who, on May Is. 1776. moved the
resolution that the Old Dominion
declare itself a free and sovereign
state. He was one Of the signers OF
the Declaration of Independence.
On Jan. 2, 1889, he died in his
51st year. and they laid his body
to its final rest in the shadow of
the little church on the battlefield
where liberty was won.
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What's I'm A Name?
o.
MILDRED
MARSHALL

OF that great order of the Table
z Round,
Had married Enid. Yniol's only
child,
And loved her. as he loved the light
Of heaven.
And as the light of heaven varies,
At sunrise, now at sunset. now by
night
With moon and trembling stars, so
loved Geraint
To make her beauty vary day by
day.
In crimsons and in puppies and in
gems.
And Enid. but to please her hus-
bands eye,
Who had first found and loved her
in a state
or broken fortunes, daily confront
ed him
In some fresh splendor; and the
queen herself.
Grateful to Prince Geraint for the
service done,
Loved her. and often with her own
white hands
Arrayed and decked her, as the
r loveliest,
Next after her own self. In all the
court.
Ends jewel is> the beryl, which
mas the power to reawaken love In
married people. 1t likewise makes
the wearef amiable and unco,.
querab!e- To dream Of it signifies
happiness In store. Monday is said
70 De Ends lucky day and 3 her
J mystic number.
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ny question by writing The Argus Infotrt
Washington. D. c. Give full name ans
turn postage. Be brief. All inquiries cn
tn each individual. No attention WI
A. Take two cupfuls light brown
sugar, add one-half cupful Of gold.
en- corn strip and one-half cupful
Of water. Boil to the hard ball
stage. Pour into the stifiiy beaten
whites Of two eggs, Beat until on
the point of sugaring, add cupful Of
nut meats and a teaspoon Of vanilla
Pour into buttered pan or transfer
to waxed paper in individual pieces
q. What were Anabaptists?
B.B.F.
7 A. This was a term applied III
Reformation times to those Chfls'
tians who rejected infant baptism
and administered the rites TO adll"
only. Since most OF those joining
their ranks had been baptized IN III
fancy, they were baptized again.
The term "Anabaptist" comes from
Greek word and means TO IT,
baptize.
@. What does r mean in pre-
scriptions? W. Z. u
A. In prescription this sign
(recipe1-"take," $,
@. How is PAPER mache mace
W.T.K.
A. PAPER mache is made OF pa
per pulp or paper reduced to pup
and mixed with glue, PASTE on.
resin or other sizing. BoraA =.
phosphate is added to give " lis
resistance. The mixture is loseet
Into a mold and submitted 10 ms1
pressure, after which it IS aiioN'N
to dry.
@. What is the known dep1 "a
4, oil-bearing sand? = K T.
A. The Geological Survey sa
that there is no known dep'n ~,
oil bearing. 1t may occur at any
depth. A.,
@. How long does it take rS'
eggs TO hatch? ". n W..
| A. The incubation perlon .. - 20
Of the various pond fishes rans
from a few days to two weeh' .ns
more. while in other cases d
trout. the period extends
three TO six months. IN
| O., How many English se,'eu
our army during the Worig
A. The war department sta sun
that the members Of the Ahlei I,.s.
expedit;onary force were not o.' :,
sified according to the colhtli,r,
their origin. When a man an
the American army, he becomes sIs
American citizen. rerouncins
allegiance to his former counu"
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DIR Mrs. Thompson Some
times / feel terribly br0ken-heart-
cd and then again it looks as if such
things could never happen again. l
had so many chances to marry in
my days, but We had q grand, good
home and l could not make up my
mind until l met this man and he
was widower.
had a big. good heart and
thought l would surely do a good
deed BY bringing up two mother
less children, although it bothered
me for some time and I could not
make up my mind to marry him.
He promised me every good thing.
After being married three years
We had a little girl, who is my Joy
now. She is four years old. Her
father sees all the time where she
ought to be corrected, but the 9th
ers can do as they please. He does
not say anything and 1 dare not.
The oldest one is married and so
we get along fine. but the second
one is starting her sneaky talk at
my back, making trouble in the
home, but he upholds her every
time She is only Is. He is easily
influenced by them. We get along
fine if his children don't make trou-
BILE.
l found letter from the older
one showing where it had been
planned for the younger one to live
with the married one. I feel so
terribly hurt now that don't care
If she wants to go. I think the
sooner he let's her 60 the better for
us. l feel as though Lam through
with her. meant so we'll and did
everything l could for her, but she
picks up everything and looks for
trouble. She is changeable, like a
child, and likes something new;
that is the way look at her.
would have left him long ago.
but ! am of very nice family and
think it is disgrace. I would rath-
er die if it gets too much here.
took the step to do good and now
when they are through with me and
have got everything out Of me they
can, he tells me to get out.
l used to cry and cry. l am
hardened now and l don't care for
him nor his children any more.
do everything for the home a WON.
an can do. The trouble is, l do toe
much.
T. keep my troubles from my folks
and my friends as much as possible
l smooth out everything as well a,
| can. When he is over those
spells he does not know what all
to do for me- We spent such a nice
summer, no trouble except wha
the girl made here lately. 1t tool
a few weeks to get over it. though
HEART BROKEN.
| The best thing that could harper
for YOU is to let the 16-year OLE
! girl go to live with her sister. Wher
you and your husband are alon,
with the baby, there will he more
harmoney in your home life. be
cause there will be no ground fol
comparisons and jealousy.
1 Be tactful about the girls going
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(Any reader can get the answer to .
tion Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
Address and enclose two-cent stomp for re
confidential. tn. replies being sent direct
paid to anonymous lettersl.
@. What was the issue of paper
money that bore the picture of a
woman? l. NJ. c.
A. The only bill bearing on its
face the portrait of woman is
the oneedollar silver certificate Of
series 1886 on which the picture of
Martha Washington appears.
@. When was the lottery game
abolished in the United States?
E. G. F..
A. An act Of congress. 1890, pro-
hibited the transmission through
the mails of lottery advertisements
or registered letters addressed to
lotteries or their agents. In 1894
congress prohibited the importa-
ton Of lottery tickets or advertise
mentS.
@. Have you any record Of a ne
gro who has piloted or flown in an
aeroplane alone? W. A. C.
A. The air service says that they
have no record of negro learning
to fly.
@. Please give the origin Of the
expression "a Philadelphia lawyer"
W. G. H.
A. The expression philadelphia
lawyer has been traced back to
pre-revolutionary days though its
exact origin is not known. 1t
seems that in those days the phila-
delphia bar was noted for the
shrewdness and cleverness of its
members. and the expression was
current as term to signify such
| traits.
Q. Is It a fact that revolutionary
mothers advocated woman suffrage?
]. S. E.
A. 1t is true that Abigail Adams
wrote to her husband. John Adams,
afterwards president, at the time OF
the revolution. saying IF women
are not represented in this new re-
public there will be another revo-
| lution."
! q. Please tell me to what time
the Apache Trail dates back.
NJ. E. c.
A. This trail dates back TO the
dawn OF history and the clift-dwell-
ers. The Toltecs marched over it.
1t obtained its name through being
the property and warpath for many
years by right Of might OF the fierc-
est OF Indian tribes, the Tonic
Apaches.
@. How 10 the candy called divin.
ity made! J. II. C.
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Heart 4oHOfnQ|
,iIp j !! }; !! Ell d.

II you appear eager she will change
her mind and will decide to stay
where she Ii. The best thing for
you to do IL to let the father and
daughter work the matter out to-
gether.
In time the younger daughter
will marry too, probably. 1t is too
long q time to wait, however, De
cause You are SO unhappy. II con-
ditions do not improve, go home to
your father for visit and tell him
what you have told me. Doubtless
he will help you out Of your din
Guilty. The change will do you
good at least.
, Dear Mrs. Thompson: Some time
ago I became acquainted with 4
young man q few years my senior
through q girl friend. She had
been writing to him but wanted to
discontinue writing and asked me
or dared me, to write in her place
/ did SO and now l have been cor
responding with this fellow since
July.
At first he wrote real nice let
tiers, but in his tenth he asked lat
to become his wife. l know that
am too young to marry and SO
answered his letter and gave him
several good reasons why l would
not marry and told him I would
have to know a fellow a number OF
years before would even consider
myself engaged. / also said
wanted to have a well-filled hope
chest.
l have a boy friend nearer nj.
own age of whom l think grea1
deal, but l have never seen much O
him. Our folks were always grea
friends. l worked for them once
while there was sickness lin thu
family. This friend sent me {
lovely box of stationery for m!
birthday and when his came l sen
him silk handkerchief. Did I d,
| right to accept his, present and the1
send him one? Did | do right b!
refusing the older friend by telling
! him would always enjoy his let
! tiers and also that l might visi
/ relatives in the town near his hom
and we might meet during tina
{ time? He lives few miles from
town on a farm of his own.
Should I accept a box of cand,
from this older friend whom l hav
! never seen? | am not boy
! crazy" girl, but like nice, respect
| able boys as friends only.
/ SALTED PEANUTS.
1t was right that you should re
fuse to become engaged to a youn
man you have never met, or rattle
seen; you can consider yourself in
troduced to the young man since
mutual friend asked you to write
Yes, it would be all right to accep
a bos>of candy from him.
! 1t was all right to accept the DO
Of stationery as a birthday gift
Although it was net necessary I
give something in return, yo
showed your goodwill and withou
a doubt the young man appreciate
the remembrance.
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President Wilson has shown nice courtesy
tcwards his successor in rendering use Of the
presidential yacht Mayfower and battleship
ibr use Of Mt Harding and mis- family for a
tip to the Panama canal contemplated by
The next national executive before he assumes
tps place in the White house Showing that
Il Mr.. Wilson had any unpleasant remem
&ances Of the recent campaign he is big
enough to forxet them.
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Why Didn't You Take This Fine
Position. Minnie.
fFrom the Port Byron Globe.
Mrs. Minnie Letson, better known as
Minnie Marx excepted fine position as
head floor lady at Gansert candy factory.


Mrs. Minnie Letson, better known as
Minnie Marx excepted fine position
head floor lady at Gansert candy factory.
81 WAS dining in the Palace hotel at pera-
the European quarter Of Constaatinople. as
most people know Sir Philip Gibbs
in the Saturday Evening Post.
"As most people do not know" would have
been nearer the truth; that is, unless Sir
Philip regards only comparatively small
portion of the human race as people
WILL GIVE BOARD AND ROOM (TO
LADY, free if you will stop at my home nights.
f. l. 5l72.-The Argus.
ITO whom are you speaking to whom?'
LONDON hatters say mems heads are get
ting larger. Mrs. Stacpool O'Dell. London s
foremost phrenologist explains ii thus: IF
you develop your muscles they will get larger
if you begin to think more your brain gets
larger, and the skull must give way to the
brain. therefore increasing the size Of the
head"
When we first started colyuming our hat
size was SIS. 1t is still SIS from which we
mournfully deduce that parayersifcation re-
ouiTes no thought. 1. seems We only think
we think.
LICENSED to wed: Harry c. Freeman, Mo-
4, line: Margaret X Stevenson. Moline
His surname is misnomer now,
BOY RUN OVER BY TWO TRAINS. DIES -
Peoria journal.
That would be good headline we're the
! last word Lives"
HARDING SOUNDS KNELL OF LEAGUE"
, Tho Argus.
| Tinkle. tinkle tinkle.
RE. MG
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> Vice President Visitor.

1hc1fas r. Marshall, vice president of the
Crissa S .ates. is to BE visitor in the tr-cties
next Monday He comes to deliver an address
btsc;c tie After Dinner club of Moline He
Will be accompanied by Mrs. Marshall 1t is
rlanaea to take him for a trip to Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

| All monkey business has been banished b,
he new Greek government
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

Mvlt has been declared on Queen Nicotine
"a shs followers Of King Demi Tasse are get
dr. ftady for battle
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

+ M. Harding received 404 Of the 531 cleo
tbral votes. There ought to be motion tt
bake his election unanimous.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

| When daughter learns TO cook, one wonder'
Thy shS starts with desserts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

\ New hair-dressing mode reveals the fact
hat women actually have ears.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

! lA dinner for four costs 100000 rubles in
M6acow. And the waiter takes his tip home in
Z hheelbarrow.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

! " they say under the photographs Of muir
4erfFecenes-"X marks the spot where tn
candidate fell"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-06

Odorless iimburger cheese is being manu-
4ctured and eli the pleasure is taken out OF
carrying homea couple of pounds on the street
car