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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

in premiums estimated 1t $4,000 yearly. or
tArss ttmes e much - the bond issue would
haye cost
Through good financing the present admin
istration has been able to completely restore
The ire department, reopening the closed sta
tons and in addition to fully motorize the
equipment, the latest addition being the aerial
truck now here and being made ready for ser
vice When the stations were reopened the
underwriters restored the city to class 31s.
That was done last fall Now that the MOTOR
ixation has been finished application has been
made for an even better rating, which Rock
islanders who are conyersant with the situa-
ton believe the city is entitled to and wnicn
they we're once encouraged to hope would be
granted when betterments in the department
had reached their present state OF completion.
Asking for lower rates is one thing. how
ever, and getting them is quite another. 1t has
been claimed that the water pressure is deficient,
that the mains are too small. too weak, inn
properly placed, etc. etc. Meeting the new re-
ouirements would involve tearing up much
pavement, expenditure OF several hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars and loss OF couple OF
years time.
Fortunately the city's cause Is being cham
pioned by q number of men who are not OF the
sort to quit in the face Of obstacles, and since
this Ia q matter in which the state public utili-
ties commission can have no voice thsy feel
that there is chance to win. 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
Fire Insurance Rates.

Il Fire insurance rates, like most everything
blse In the cost line, move up much
more readily than they move down. That is a
tact which is being impressed anew upon Rock
Island in connection with its efforts to get a
reduction in insurance classification follow
Ing completion of its program for undermining
khe IRE department. That is to say it is al
ilways dfhcult to pull down the cost of any
ithing.
II For . number OF years the city was rated
hn class 3ls by the underwriters Its status
lwas determined on the basis Of its fire fighting
facilities and tho various elements of risk 9TH
jsrwise involved, and the general understanding
WAS that II it conformed to certain require
lments outlined by the Illinois audit bureau,
(which has charge Of rate fixing for this state,
it could get q reduction to class 3 or perhaps
better, the saving on insurance premiums in a
tsrm Of years being sufficient to pay for the
cost OF the improvements.
III A couple Of years ago the city voted down
q bond issue for the fire and police depart
;ments, the funds to take the place of revenue
lost through the closing Of saloons. Proceeds
lIwhich II was intended to assign to the former
would have been used in purchasing needed
i0euipment and to otherwise maintain the pre-
lsefibsd degree Of efficiency. Since the money
Was mot forthcoming the city felt obliged to
Ieorego purchase of trucks and in addition to
SeIose couple Of stations temporarily. Under
writers acted promptly. increasing the city's
classification to T. involving an added expense
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
WithOther Editors
The Pay of Army Officers.
(kansas City Starr.


The resignation of army officers, now total
ing nearly a third of the entire officer corps
as it stood on the day of the armistice, reveals
a condition congress and the country cannot
ignore. The army establishment cannot hold
the trained officers necessary even to its peace
time administration, and the reason for it is
no mystery. These officers cannot live on their
pay, living costs being what they are.
If the army is to compete with business
and industry for the services Of engineers and
executives the government must increase the
present pay that goes with commissions to
point that will enable officers to support their
families. Many officers who have been years
in the service, and have attained rank that
ordinarily would enable them to live in COM
fort, have been forced by the mounting cost
of living to give up their profession and all
its possible future rewards and begin new ca
reers. The younger officers, the material most
needed by the army which must build up the
higher command from these ranks, are quitting
in even greater numbers.
Congress will show no economy if it seeks
to save at the expense OF this service. The
army must be open to ability, and the only
way to attract and keep the kind of men need
ed is to make the pay equal to that the same
ability can earn in other professions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
In the Days News

Lord Kilmarnock, who has taken
up his post as British diplomatic
representative in Berlin, has had
years of experience in the dinlo-
matte service of his country, not
outstanding that he is still COM
paratively a young man. He en-
tered the service 20 years ago and
has since been attached to the en-
bassies in Tokyo, Brussels and
other capitals. Lord Kilmarnock is
the eldest son of the 18th earl of
Enroll and as such is heir to the
earldom and to the hereditary lord
high constableship Of Scotland
Upon succeeding to the earldom he
also will come into possession of
the historic castle Of Spain, which
for centuries has fronted the wild
North Sea. on the granite coast of
Aberdeenshire. Lord Kilmarnock
is a blood relative of the English
royal family and at his christening
the late Queen Victoria was his
godmother. He has written several
plays and snms Jeans ago publish-
ed 4aOvea=eaftt3ed- Eeeaf1fh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

The former crown prince Of Germany is
ka,.ing lessons in boxing. He means to keep
hhnself In physical condition for anything that
may happen. Anyone who takes it for granted
hat no is accepting his present status as
hnal u falling to include in the reckoning the
hope that springs eternal. FREDERICK Wilhelm
u not dead one--or II he is he doesn't know
lt, and he 10 not the only member of the old
regime in Germany who is looking forward to
) comeback OF course other nations will have
10 see that their plans miscarry and the United
ftatss cart escape doing its part
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
Frances.


Freedom is the significance of
Frances, the name which is used
INTERCHANGEABLE with only one let
ter's difference as a masculine and
feminine proper name. 1t is de-
rived from the Teutonic 'frei,' but,
curiously enough. made its first ap-
pearance in a near approach to its
present form in Italy, where the
son of an Italian merchant became
so fluent as French scholar that
his baptismal name of Giovanni
was lost to sight and he went by
the term of Ill Francesca" (The
Frenchman). 1t was this same
youth who later was canonized and
founded the order of the Frances
can brotherhood.
The first feminine form of the
name was the title of the unhappy
lady whose doom was so exquisitely
told by Dante in his romance OF
"Paolo and Francesca" which is
one of the great love stories of lit
erature. San Francesca di Roma
was devout housewife of great
popularity in Italy and in 1900
there was a FRANCHISE of fame at
Cambria.
Frances came into being through
Mary Tudor, who, in honor of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
What's I'm a Name?
by MILDRED MARSHALL
Copyright 1919. BY the Wheeler Syndicate. Incl

Francois I, king Of France, and in
memory of her own brief rule on
the throne of France, christened her
first child Frances. She was the
Lady Frances Brandon who estab-
lished the name in the Tudor court
and made it forever popular in
England.
Francis and Frances were both
used as feminine names without
distinction in those days and Frank
was the diminutive bestowed ex-
clusively on English maids. The
wife of the duke of Richmond was
so called and history recalls that
the duke would subdue her naughty
pride one occasion by saying:
Frank, Frank, how long is it since
thou vast married to Prannel, thus
reminding her Of an early elope-
ment with vintner. Lady Fanny
Shirley was a famous English
beauty whose baptismal name was
undoubtedly Frances.
The sapphire is Frances tails
manic stone. 1t assures her sue
cessful accomplishment Of any ur-
dertaking, preservation from evil
and faithful friends. Friday is her
lucky day and 7 her lucky number.
The morning glory Of contentmens
is her flower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

@. A says there is such a thing
as a misdeal in a game of poker.
B says there is not. Who is right?
B. B.
A. The Official rules Of card
games issued by the United States
Playing Card company says that if
player discovers, before looking
at his hand, that he has too many
or too few cards, he may demand a
new deal; or, if too few cards, he
may request the dealer to fill out
his hand from the pack; or, if too
many, may request the dealer to
draw the superfluous card or cards
from his hand. Such cards must
not be exposed, but placed on the
bottom of the pack. If the player
has seen his hand, and has too
many cards, he cannot play on that
deal. If more than one player has
been dealt the wrong number, it is
a misdeal.
@. How many chickens can sue
cessfully be raised on an acre OF
land? l.. +. 5.
A. The pountry division of the
department of agriculture says
that it would be impracticable to
attempt to raise more than from
$50 to 200 chickens on a single
acre of land.
@. How long have quarantine
methods been used to check the
spread Of disease? G. T. H.
A. The Lombardians were the
first people to use effectual quar-
antine methods against plague and
infectious diseases. and mention OF
a quarantine is made in Lombardy
and Milan as early as 1874. Prior
to that time Christian communi-
ties resigned themselves to the
visitation OF the plague, regarding
it as a divine punishment.
@. What religious belief can
boast of having had the greatest
number Of presidents? T. E. o.
A. Honors are equally divided
between the Presbyterians and
Episcopalians. there having been
eight presidents Of each creed. The
number Of presidents Of other
creeds were: Methodists, four; Uni
tarians, four; Reformed Dutch, two;
Liberal, one; Disciples, one.
@. OF our foreign-born popula-
ton. what nationality ranks first In
A. NJ T.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

W edSn iuulSluual. 40 attention will be
A. The last compilation of our
forelgn-born population showed
that there were more Germans than
any other nationality. Of a total
foreign born population of 13.515,-
SS6. there were about $500 900
Germans. The Russians came sec
ond. Irish third, and Italians fourth.
q. What is the steamship fare
from the United States to Danzie
Poland? II
A. The fare from New York to
Danzig, Poland, is: First class
SSOO; second class, $50; third
class, 500.
Q. How much money did John
Mccormack. the Irish tenor. turn
into the Red Cross during the war?
S. f. C.
A. The American Red Cross saws
that Mccormack raised about $500 :
eoo Tor all of the Red Cross organ
izations. OF this amount about
100000 was turned into the general
fund OF the Red Cross in Wash
ington. ''-
@. On what days should the Aay
be displayed? PIN
A. 1t is becoming the practice
throughout all the country. among
civilians. to display the national
nag on all patriotic occasions. es-
pecially on the following days: Lin
CONS birthday, Washington's birth
day, Mothers day. Memorial dav
Flag day and Independence dav
A new day for display of the flag is
Armistice day. Nov. II.
O. How may I procure a conv-
rignt Tor a song in England and
Canada? WD au
A: To obtain a copyright in Eng-
iand, take up the matter directly
with Stationer's hall, London Tbe
minister Of agriculture. Ottaua
Canada. has charge of issrinr
copyrights in Canada.
@. Last year nv wife earnea
S1.ooO and my salary was 81 500
HOW much income tax will Wa h.ro
to pay? R E. S. 49,
A II you have no children or
other exemption you will have to
pay income tax on your Combined
income over $4,000. which is $500
Inc rate 10 four per cent which
MAKES the amount Of tax you vii
have to gay Uncle Sam s20
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
girl 16 years old and have been go
ing with fellow two years my
senior. I received a ring from him
for Christmas, and l like him very
much, but my dad objects to my
going with him. Would it be prop
er to return the ring and how
should l tell him. ANXIOUS.
Ask your father to return the
ring and explain that he does not
want you to keep it. If your faith
er refuses, return the ring your
self and give your fathers objec-
ton as your reason. Your father
is right.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Ny boy
friend was here in January and I
saw him. l have written to him
twice since he went back and I
have only received one letter from
him. l sent him birthday card
and also a valentine Ii has been
three weeks since / heard from
him. Please tell me the reason he
does not write. We have been en-
gagged two months and were to be
married this summer. Do you think
he is interested in some other
girl? BLUE EYES.
1t is impossible to say whether
or not the young man is interested
In another girl. 1t is evident, how
ever. that he is treating you shame
fully. Do not write again and try
to forget about him. He has ceased
to care for you or he would write.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: am 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

up fruit and even milk a COW. She
still puts up all her own fruit. Her
domestic accomplishments came in
handy during the war when she
served as lieutenant of a SQUAD of
canteen workers, spending part of
her time working in a canteen for
enlisted men and part at the Perish
ing club for officers. Although it
was not officially realized, she was
probably one of the greatest dan
ders of war to which our hardy
army and navy men were exposed
Some Of her friends complain that
she spent the whole wartime ner-
iod completely surrounded by en-
signs.
But that isn't true, she denies
Indignantly. "Canteen work was
even harder than posing, but much
more interesting - and, ANYWAY
they weren't all ensigns. l knew
some nice aviators, too"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
AhtR, AUIltoa

records and pay q muffin tar ana
report to some politician how MAN.
mullins and for whom they A.
prescribed. But. you Sc, she ia
pretty nurse. very pretty nurss
indeed, and ! still have the habit ~
well, the younger doctors Viii
understand what l means.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sheer Stockings and Low Pumns
Please state for the teneSt Of.
class of girls whether it is inipr.
ious to health for young girls IA
wear low cut shoes and sheer silt
stockings in cold weather.
marion B. E.)
Answer-If the girls are really
comfortable with their legs eY.
posed to the wiptry blasts it is Ger
tainly healthful. Anything like
that is healthful provided il il
comfortable. The less clothing We
wear at any time. with considera.
ton for physical mot mental
comfort. the more hygienic. All
clothing is more or less unhygien-
ic, and clothing is always IN.
healthful if it makes us too warm
It's no use. girls. | just can't saw
a word against it from the health
point of view, but l have lust got
to add that silk stockings, "dar-
ing" dresses and gaudy rouge zen.
orally go with a vast vacuum in the
bean. The moron type Of young
woman uses all of these poor
tricks in her peculiar game of life
The Germs Don't Lurk.
l. Would it be injurious to re-
main in a room while the room is
being disinfected with formalde-
hyde. Chord of lime or carbolic
, acid? 2. What is the best method
of using them for disinfecting a,
room? 3. Would any injury be
done by putting few drops of car
bolic acid on cotton and placing il
where the odor will mix with the
air inhaled? &C. H. d.
Answer. If you mean fumiga-
ton one couldn't endure the
poisoning. 2. A solution of the
chloride of lime or formalin of car
bolic acid might be made in water,
and the walls, floor. furniture and
woodwork, generally washed,
though l am sure plain soap and
water washing is as efficient.
Fumigation of room is an unre-
liable substitute for cleanliness,
ventilation and sunlight, as a
means of preventing infection.
5. Not, by a few drops, perhaps,
but Why fool with such dangerous
poisons? You can't disinfect the
air, and even if you could, with
out rendering it poisonous to
breathe, there's no benefit obtained
by such attempts, for the air is
practically germ free, even in a
sickroom, if ordinary cleanliness is
maintained. Fumigation and chem
ical or terminal disinfection Of
sickrooms are relics left over from
an age when people feared cleanli-
ness almost as much as they
| feared fresh air and knew nothing
about the real causes Of contag-
ious disease-they imagined such
| diseases travelled about in the air,
! which, of course, was all wrong
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
PERSONETTE
By Niksah.


1mpressionable youths are con-
stantly writing to ]. Knowles Hare
to ask him if he will kindly put
them in touch with his model.
whose charming face smiles at
them from many magazines COW
ers. 1t would probably be a hard
blow to these youths to learn that
the lady of their dreams is Mrs. j.
Knowles Hare. And as for the
soulful look in her deep blue eyes,
she denies absolutely that it ex-
presses romance and usefulness
which her admirers read into it.
"Of course it may express con-
siderable yearning." she says with
a laugh, but l defy anyone to feel
very romantic when she is spend
ing eight hours a day just sitting
and looking at her husband. Not
that he isn't a perfectly good hus-
band as husbands go, but posing is
not thrilling occupation a certain
novelist would have you believe.
~ 40 Auiu WI n t11lu IL HESu LU
be doing any yearning in NV pic
lures you can interpret it as des-
perate wish to be out walking down
Fifth avenue in the sunshine. The
faraway look which am told
steals into my eyes on occasion
probably means that I am plan
ming dinner, or worrying about Mr..
Chutney."
"Mr. Chutney!" gasps tho inter-
ested interviewer, seeming a do
nestle triangle.
Eyes. You see the poor dear has
had indigestion lately, and I'm so
afraid l shan't remember to give
him his pills on time. He is nv
beautiful, blue, golden-eyed Per
sian cat you know, and I can't
bear to see him suffer"
It is hard to believe that anyone
so purely ornamental as Mrs. Hare
could also be useful. Nevertheless
| 1t is her proud boast that she can
cook. mako bread and hattax, put
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
H!,E&P S s; ); btn9e,x
y V.NRC. ELIZARETH THOMPSON

of age. Before I married / kept
company with sailor for iour
years and was engaged 10 him lor
almost two years. During tnat
time he gave me many raluabie
presents, among them a dlamohd
engagement ring.
He still loves ME and wants me
to keep the presents. He never
tries 10 see me nor to interfere
with my happiness in any way ne
and | were engaged at the time o.
my marriage to. IAN eX-soldier. he
did not know about the marriage
until several days after. Should
! return the presents anyway.
TROUBLED.
Yes, return the presents. len
him that you appreciate MS re-
gard for you, but that you think II
will be better for both if he taxes
back the gifts. II is not tair "
your husband TO keep them.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are
two school friends, junior in niga
school. Will you please tell "
what would be proper to use Oh on.
faces, as we have to walk qul'e
distance to school and the vino anu
cold chaps our faces? This maAes
them very rough and powder doe'
not go on smoothly.
TWO PALS.
Have your druggist recomnena
a good cold cream that will De
skin food. Wash your is.e
thoroughly with face soap and ~.
water and rub in the cream. IN.
should be done every night oeioi0
retiring. Do not use powder "
cause, it will roughen the SKIN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

/ / A general organizer OF the BARRIERS inter-
National union at New York Is quoted as pre-
bicting that the dollar haircut is not far on.
better not crowd suffering public too far. Hun
hreds OF Thousands have learned to shave them
telvss and self-operated haircuttins machines
hlteady are in the market Besides we'll soon
Be getting the lawn mower out for the season.
Ind there are score Of patented hair removers
10 use a Q last resort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
Long Felt Want for Peristalsis.
6IlyG0


A distinguished colleague con-
tributes today's health talk.
My Dear Mr.. Brady:
Your recent article about liver
pills was excellent.
have for many years refused to
give medicine for constipation,
preferring to work out the problem
by means OF bran and other ar
ticles of diet.
l first made a study Of my own
case after having had several re-
currences Of thrombotic piles and
after having been told by my
friend, a psychologist OF repute,
that he would have me as . patient
the rest of my life. ! said nothing
doing. / threw away his Yama-
Yama stuff with Cascara ct cetera
and began to study medicine-but
this is enough persiflage.
find no trouble in taking bran
up to 10 tablespoonfuls as a cereal
with milk. l sometimes take it
alone or will at times add popped
corn or crackers. l can give my
self a diarrhea II care to.
My Office nurse makes a bran
muffin which is a wonderful fruit
cake. She will enclose recipe
which may be OF use in your daily
column.
Do you know, Doctor. ........
the rest of it is irrelevant.
Now, here's what the office nurse
enclosed:
Bran Mullins.
2 cups wheat bran
l cup white -four
l teaspoonful baking powder
/ teaspoonful salt
y cup molasses
! cup cold milk
Raisins washed in cold water
and chopped in small pieces, one
half cupful.
Walnut meats, one-half cupful,
chopped in small pieces.
Mix thoroughly and bake In
CREASED muffin pans in hot oven.
The near-health expert, the in
definite doctor" the new tangled
healer, the self nominated food
expert" the pessimist, the dyspep-
tic. the theorist and the faddist
have managed TO promulgate the
notion that wheat bran is not
exactly wholesome or fit to eat
every day, or that it is likely to cir
ritate" something or other, or that
it is not digestible-which is one
reason why it is good remedy for
constipation. These objections are
untenable for the great majority of
victims of chronic constipation and
the pill or physic habit. In any
event, one who must take a physic
frequently can take no physic less
injurious or less irritating than
wheat bran, which nature doubt
less meant that even civilized man
should eat freely.
These mullins my colleagues
nurse makes are so ALFRED good
to nibble that l almost fear to print
the recipe to the public lest lot
of muffin fiends be created and the
government appoint a commission
to issue muffin licenses and re-
quire physicians to keep muffin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
For the Cake RAx.

u Cooky Recipe Two scant cups
Brown sugar. one-haf cup butter
iAnd lard mixed, one tablespoon va
iAilla. Cream these together. then
add two eggs without beating),
lone teaspoon salt QeveD. three
Ieups -four. one level teaspoon soda,
3one Level teaspoon cream tartar.
4 SIT the -four. soda and cream
Tartar three times. Mix and form
INTO loaf the desired shape and put
j1oWn IN cellar until next day. then
jollce down In medium thin slices
md bake % other cookies.
l These are excellent. You can
5uvR1nkls sugar On top before bak-
~ II desired.
Ginger Cookteo-Ono cup bacon
I1xippings. one cup -four. one cup
Brown sugar. one cup molAsses Tor
5half syrup and half molasses). ono
Tablespoon soda dissolved IN one
Malt cup hot coffee. one tablespoon
|s1hegar. ono tablespoon ginger.
Aftx all together. let stand over
|nlRht In cold place. In the morn
~ roll out thin and bake.
Spice Cake-Although spice cake
1nipes are plentiful. this one is es-
(clAlly economical and tasty:
nne-hak cap Of fat one cup Of
nr. oae veil beaten AGg yoIk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11

Admiral Sims II not the only one who could
kfvs shortened the war and saved the world
lspm bloodshed and loss Of immense treasure
IL those whose advice was not acted upon
~ permitted to do the talking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-11
THURSDAY, nARCH II, lsso.

EsWeek~ hats are tho latest edict Of Paris
E1l1iners. involving new design every seven
~. They will At weak heads but not weak
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