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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22

WE scorn to use the line reprinted by no
quest" save when it reads "our request" The
verses are reprinted merely because this Mon
olith OF Mellihuence must go to the composing
room before we leave to participate in ball
game-and we haven't time to write new ones.
The verses are ours, they are not copyrighted
(hawD and-well probably you never saw
them before, anyway.
But II An Explanation Worth sloi
(From the Kansas City starr.
BILLS+Lost on Fairmount park car,
about 8 a. M, near Tenth and Central:
two new IS bills. II finder will return
to German apartments Mrs. Layman will
give full explanation Of how lost; re-
ward. 1910 Central, Kansas City. Kan,
SHORTLY after being knocked uncon-
scious by bolt of lightning" chronicles the
unusual United Press, Mrs. Richard Eckold
(of Marion, lid gave birth to baby. Light
ming plays many strange tricks but this one
is in class by itself
LEADERS ARE PEEsIMISTIC."-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
This compositor stayed too long in France.
THE Adamson farm, according to our
revered parent sheet, is isolated and ideal as
the scene of illegal distillation." Two to one
q wet" reporter wrote that line.
st CFrom the Washington Times).
1871 Third street northeast,
u Nice cool place to room and feast,
Modern home, porches front and side,
With now and then an auto ride;
All of this for thirty-fve dollars
But look again, see what follows:
Parlor, piano, dance and run.
Call or phone North 74s1.
THE boarding house pome missed being q
folders" instead of follows!
WHICH ONE?
(From the Youngstown Telegram).
Mrs. Lovina Hickman, 1907 Oak, an
nounces that engagement of their daugh-
ter Grace to Alden Christian Baughman
Of Columbus
AFTER reading Sen. Hardings poem
about the school fence" we are further con-
WINGED that, though presidents may be elected.
poets are born, not made.
SUIT OF LARGE, nicely furnished rooms.
No. 6l5 South First street.-Evansville Courier.
l. Oh, well, most everyone pronounces it that
way
BETTY hands us ticket to an ice cream
! social which reads on one side Thursday
Evening. July ~, p. m. for the hene-
fit OF the church, etc." Upon the other side ia
the business card of a local undertaken "Anv.
| thing ominous in that?' inquiries o. D, K.
WELL, well, Resolute won q heat.
HOW thur-r-r-rilling! RE m,n
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test, and seek relief in bodily er-
ertion, while women endured pm4
could she endure? If this waiting
ana watching never ended - or If
ended in VI IL
A soft, swift football behind ba-
!-Felice's voice broken, hut >iad
INA. Madame 4 il est venus-se back
Vivian staggered and pre..e.,
her hand to her side.
Strange that she who had s,ooA
straight and strong as vouns
pine against the shock az f..r
should now bend like broken nil
low before this rush rot good It'd,
ings! ~"
Then light shaft of anger filter.
ed through her, lifting her head in
proud protest:
Why did he not come tn m.
now-at once!" she demanded
How could he watt" was her mn.
spoken thought.
He eats. Madame. II a grand.
faim. Re poor boy"
Hurry, Felice. Go ahead OF me,
Take me to hint"
Reckless Of narrow, ill-lishtsd
back stairs and the high. slende1
heels on her dainty shoes. VIVA
sped ON through passages Am
knew but little, to the kitchsn M
needless Of her astonished servanf.
with q smothered cry Of ryaek =
hung herself onto her kneee h.
fore the stove.
Another second aud e inehe. y,
Pom1faniaA poodle vas crual66 h
her straining bosom.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22

1bolA, Tsnsils md Heaft-k Ateat
Reot - . Preventive.
II No lid not live in poorly light
a, poorly ventilated caves meat Of
(ths time; Il We did not indulge In
8luttony - = social custom: II We
did not pass long houfs n closely
crowded Enclosures. In personal
contact with all sorts OF people.
harboTing all sorts OF diaeAss
germs; II We did not contfive in
every possible way to live with
out exercise; in short, IL We lived
Q reasonably hygienic life NO doubt
it would be seldom necessary to
enucleate tensils and aAenoids.
But We maintain school rooms
which are vilely unventilat1d,> by
guaranteed mechanical systems Of
ventilation in the winter tins;. Ne
fear drafts With = childish fear
- though fresh cir acquired some
evil potency from motion, We As-
eociate with almost human animals
who sneeze and cough open face,
regardless Of the sehsibilities and
safety of those about them; and
We stuff and sit around and grow
soft and fabby. It is NO wonder
that disease germs lind u such
easy meat
It ID the, oseTheating, the defec-
tive ventilation, the careful sxclus-
ion OF drafts, the closed windows
and the overcrowding and intimacy
Of contact in the, school room that
account for the great prevalence of
respiratory infections in childhood.
And respiratory infections include
not only ordinary coryxa and SIM
pie sore throat, but tonstllitis and
measles, diphthefia, scalet fever
and the other too common epideni-
ic disease of early life.
I have mentioned In these talks
the direct infection Of the tonsils
by germs from cavities in the back
teeth.
A child, whose primary, baby or
milk teeth are kept perfectly sound,
by frequent regular treatment and
inspection by the family dentist,
seldom, If ever, suffers with dis
eased tonsils or adenoids. No price
is too great to pay for sound pri-
mary teeth. II the temporary teeth
are kept sound the mouth and face
and head and chest are more likely
to develop normally; the child es-
capes many IN i'll and sometimes
serious ills, which would be likely
to attack him il the teeth were de-
cayed; but most important Of all,
there Is q much smaller chance for
involvement Of the heart valves
and permanent handicap therefrom
In childhood is the time to pre-
vent heart disease. In childhood
the great majority Of cases Of valv-
ular disease leakage, resulting
from Inflammation Of the heart lin
ing, called endocarditis) have their
beginning, although as 4 rule The
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22
CHLOE.

CHLOE. 80
One of tie qaaintest feminine
names in common usage today is
Chloe. Through its popularity in
the south, it has long been regard
ed as a southern name, an out
growth Of the soft slurring dialect
of the Creoles, hut curiously enough,
Chloe is = product of ancient
Greece. She comes into being
through the benevolent Greek God
dess Demeter.
In some parts Of Greece, Demeter
was worshiped as the gloomy win
terly earth, but later she was per-
sonified as a goddess clad in black
in mourning for her daughter, Per
sephine, who had been carried oil
by the ruler Of the dark kingdoms
under the earth.
But Demeter is more generally
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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

crepe de chine, and to the, French
girls eyes it appeared now like the
garb of mourning<like an omen
made more vivid In contrast witt
the wearer's youthful contours and
bright beauty. the wavy chestnut
hair and tawny brown of her eyes
seeming to intensity the blackness
of the clinging silk.
Please leave me. Felice."
The girl closed the door and Wv.
ian turned her fearless eyes agair
to the wet night and her gloom,
watch.
How many thousands of women
she wondered, mothers, wives
sweethearts, all over the broad
earth were waiting. watching, pray.
ing for someone to come home, jus,
as she waited! A great gush Of
sympathy went out from her t.
them all. and. for q minute a warn
thrill within her seemed to assuags
something Of her pain. Perhaps il
was a message from those others
that had been sent adrift for any
aching heart to harbor.
Was II only this morning, shs
thought wearily. that she had left
the house eare-free. young ana
happy? She felt like an old woman
now.
She had shonped All the ,rcrn,
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(Any reader can set the answer to .
ton Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director,
address and enclose two-cent stomp for re
confidential. the replies being sent direct
paid to anonymous letters).
@. What relation is Franklin
Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee
fer vice president, to Teddy Roose-
welt! F. n. K.
A. Franklin Roosevelt, assistant
secretary Of the navy. is a fifth
cousin Of former President Roose-
welt. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt was
Miss Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, .
niece of Theodore Roosevelt.
Q. Is Egyptian cotton raised in
the United States! J.. Y.
A. Department Of agriculture
experts developed from Egyptian
seeds . variety OF cotton known as
Pima, which il now grown extern
sively in Arizona, which is long
staple cotton selling for top prices
and extensively used in the manu-
facture OF cord tires.
q. Is the density end specific
gravity Of metals the same!
H. u. W.
A. The specific gravity and
density OF metals are identical.
@. How long have shoes been
worn! M. N. l.
A. The sandal, the earliest and
simplest shoe, was known by the
most primitive races and was GER
tainly worn b. the ancient Egyp-
uans. The Hittftes wore shoes,
often with gaiters above to pro-
kteet the ANIME and calf Of the leg.
g What II II Samospf!
u isss "a j. q. q.
= 1hie = Z eu1por m extsn-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22

What is it? My husband? Jack p
"Jacque, Madame"
mot killed."
mo madame; he ISIS gone. He iss
not come back since II o'clock. He
went out to play"
!! And you left him."
She remembered how the ice in.
side of her seemed suddenly tt
melt and instead she was filled
with a consuming fire, and that he,
words had darted out at the girl al
though ., she he would have scorchet
Felice had burst into incoheren,
sobs. For a leetle minute, Ma.
dame-1 was cold-I went for {
coat-only Eat, Madame--Cool
knows-zey all know Eat ISIS ..
truth. ="
Vivian drew her hand across he,
forehead. What had happened ait.
er that? Oh, yes, she remembered
She telephoned to Barnard, and t.
the police stations, and the news.
papers, and then she had gone her.
self somehow into the limousin,
with the weeping Felice and hal
ridden up one street and down an.
other until dusk.
Then Barnard had come hom,
and he had taken her in his arm.
and he had been very tender an(
sympathetic and hopeful and he hat
coaxed her to eat, which she coult
not do, and then he had gone to th.
club.
Oh! yes, she had wanted him Il
so, she had even asked him u. 81.
couldn1 bear his endless spscuia
tons and the tneessant movasslont
She wanted just this duil auiet ~
tn speeeAleas WaAcAing. Il seeu,
- The 0nly th1nk hee taut nerypl
$50 hea1 aeainsl.
=. = Z, :.
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Arqus Information Bureau

Y question by writing The Argus INFORM
Washington. D. c. Give full name ana
urn postage. Be brief. All inquiries
10 each individual. No attention VIII
sively used in Russia and eastern
countries, in which water Is ksps
boiling for the making OF tea, Nv
charcoal being placed in tsus
which passes up through the ceh1s,
OF the urn. Similar vessels Ms
used in China for keeping soup'
hot at table.
@. How much does busnel !"
what Weigh H, H.
A. A bushel is now regarded ~
q definite weight rather tnan
measure OF cubic contents. VAR
Gus products, however, hare dlne,'
ent weights to the busbel whess
according to the bureau Oh Guy
estimates, weighs 60 pounds 10 sps
bushel
@. On what railroad is .ns
spiral curve" I. Z, n,
A. This is on the Canadian r.
cifc rs the road climbs TO ~
continental divide from the wess
In a tunnel in a mountain the ross
describes an entire loop, the tfss.
at the higher elevation passing oss'
that at the lower.
@. Is William G. McAdoo . NJ
SON. B.
A. Mr.. McAdoo is a SIND degIu
Mason.
@. Are F1lipinos Christians:
L. ". X
A. The Filipino people num-
II, 350. $40. OF xhich S,4s5, 27z ~
Chfittians, onlJ 3 per cent
non-C hristtAna. <fI
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WHAT IS 4 PRIENDi
(Reprintell


(Reprinted).
What is friend!
IL it the sort
OF person who brings you report
That some one else speaks i'll Of You,
Thus making old wounds bleed anew
ID it that ono who whispers low
You have no friend In "So-and-so"1
Can you believe he would defend
You 'gainst foe?
What 10 friend?
what is friend!
= Not he who tries
By fulsome praise 10 blind your eyes
TO all your faults; not he whose smile
Beams but to mask the inner guile,
Nor he whose warped and twisted mind
Would kill your faith in all mankind.
Not he who counsels that the end
Makes Just the means.
What is friend? E
What is a friend!
How may one know
The difference 'twixt friend and foe?
We're told friend in time OF need
Can then be called friend indeed,
But should you e'er the wrong time choose
You're very apt your friend to lose.
But on one thing we may depend.
The still, small voice
That IS friend
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22
THE WATCHER.
BY Gertrude Cushing.

Copyright, 1920, by the Wheele,
Syndicate, Inc
At 10 o'clock Vivian Wygate
counting ON her fingers when the
striking OF the great clock across
thu street first recalled her to a
sehse. of bodily fatigue, found that
she had stood at the window with
ont moving. for three hours; and
perhaps. shN thought. the morning
sun peering between the parted
draperies would find her there,
waiting dryeyed and miserable as
she waited now, for the sight of a
litfls forn,-for the sound Of little
fen.
Behind her at, intervals Felice,
most perfect Of perfect lady's
maids. invaded the great, somber
APARTMENT and essayed some at
tetnpf at consolation. stirred the
l0ts on the hearth, passed a scarf
about her mistress slim shoulders
or offered delicate morsels of nour-
nent. only to be waved silently
- BY 4 repelling hand.
The door opened again. Vivian.
wlpse self-absorption had been
msntarily broken by the tolling
ethe hour, turned fearfully.
my news. Felice.'
b No. madame"
% laas Mr.. wygate telephoned
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Some one 10 cutting ditch in the asphalt
pavement on Second avenue-which means
tint the space will never look the same until
the taty resurfaces it next spring.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22

VA Connecticut woman who disappeared in
1915 has come back to refute story that she
2aSs dead Her denial ought to be generally
sAtebted.
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I1iDr0blIom1c:,

living room which nearly drive me
wild. have told her that peope
no longer hang enlarged photo
graphs in their living rooms, but
she says she doesn't care whether
they do or not, she expects to.
My mother, father and sisters
make fun Of the clothes I wear.
They call re the lady and think it
is terrible because l spend so much
Of my time away from work sewing
and ironing.
What do you think / ought to DO,
accept the situation and cease to
care about nice things, or should
leave home? Both my mother and
father say that if home is not good
enough for me they are willing /
should leave. PRIDE.
To be lovable is far more i'm
portant than to be up-to-date and
well-dressed. Association makes
the pictures your moth hangs in
her living room dear to her. There
fore you should let her have her
own way and adorn her home as
her judgment says it should be.
Some day you will have home of
your own and then you can exer-
else your taste to your hearts con-
TENT Pictures alone cannot make
home ugly or beautiful; it ID the
spirit of the people living In the
home which means most.
l am sure that little would he
said about your way of dressing il
you took an interest in the clothes
your mother and sisters wear-not
a domineering interest, of course.
! Make little articles Of clothing for
the others, and, when a sister is
gong somewhere. offer to press her
dress or to be Of service to her.
10 not leave home until you have
tried different methods to be han
py IN your home. Remember that
each must make sacrifices. to the
| otner so that there will be har-
| mony.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Ny hus-
oene 70 building Z summer coffare
Would you advise me to buy rees
Tor the moor or mating,
MRS. 8.
would Sdviss you to buy mat
80 = gllesnet shoU eoll = eauT1y
- 60 ~ avoDe aoG1lx
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trouble produces no pain and no
alarming symptoms which would
point toward : heart lesion.
In acute, sore throat, acute ton
sillitis especially. there Is always
4 eeTtaih tendency toward involve.
mint OF the heart lining germs
conveyed N the blo0dstream nom
the tnnsils lodge directly ON the
heart lining and set up their tnsid-
ious innammatory process there,
which in time produces distortion
sufncient to prevent perfect valve
closure, and that means valve leak
aga. For this reason, every child
should b kept in bed or at rest
for several days when III with sore
throat or anything like sore throat
II 10 usually many months, or
more likely years after the tnsid-
ious beginning Of valvular disease
before the victim experiences any
noticeable effects. -.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Lihefal vegetaxianlsn.
am q vegetarian. In the place
Of meat Il eat eggs, cheese and
milk, nuts, beans, peas. indulge
In long distance walking. rowing,
swimming, and a half-hour Of Wig
orous gymnastic exercise, every
morning. / do bench work. Are
peanuts all right to eat? Which
food will be the best for muscle
building! Is buttermilk or whole
milk the better muscle building
food? 9. W. ".
Answer-Your vegetafianism re-
minds me of the restaurant patron
who was offered his choice OF ap-
pie, mince or lemon pie. He said,
'T'll take lemon and while you are
bringing the mince I'll just eat q
little apple pie" You are not ex-
actly . vegetarian. for eggs. cheese
and milk are meat as surely ~
beefsteak is. You might call your
self an anti-butcheranian. Whole
milk is about three times as nour-
ishisg as buttermilk. know OF
no food which can be- considelsa a
muscle builder-all foods are util-
lied with equal facility by the body
for building purposes. Certain thsre
is no reason to suppose that pro-
teids build muscle more than
starches, fats or sugars do, al
though this notion once prevailed
among uneducated physical train
ers, Peanuts are very nourlshlng'
sustaining food.
Eggs and Kidneys.
Kindly tell me whether three or
four fresh eggs daily are likely to
prove Injurious to the kidneys.
W. E. D.
Answer-No more than q similar
quantity of Deat. One doing mus
cular work Or obtaining reasonable
amount of exercise may take such
la quantity Of animal protein with.
out injury. y
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pIillon to put on the race for the yacht cup.
buts1ook 1t the advertising he got in return.
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Nov that the soviet government of Russia
u resdy for peace. Poland will just as likely
spn9lef II good time to start another drive.
0nS#e tie difficulties of getting peace is in
dpeiRg both sides to want it at the same time.
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Y mere is one district we won't have to heal
- on Nov. 2. and that's Debs' home precinct
5aiIulrds can't vote.
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(bfsistency always wins. The Official
Ne12h6r prognosticator KEPT pulling for the
ated spell until he put 1t over.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22

Garion, Ohio, never before had day like
lh6&S, and from all reports. she is making the
ulbst of It.
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Dear Mrs. Thompson: am 2S
years old apd have been married
ever since Twas Is. At the time I
was married our family was quite
large, both OF my parents were liv-
ing and l had twol brothers and
two sisters. My sister died of fever
last winter, that is my eldest SIS
ter, and my two brothers were kill
ed in war. Mother also died and
father married again. My other Sis
ter could not get along with my
fathers new wife and so my hus-
band said she might come and live
with US.
Sister is Is years old and works
/ don't understand the girl, she il
so selfish. My sister who died and
! l were taught to consider the feel
ings OF others. but my little sister
thinks only OF herself. She quar-
rels with my children and siaps
the baby when she cries. She il
also insolent to my husband and
he>says he will not stand it any
longer.
What do you think l ought toedo:
Sister is not a bad girl, only mean
She is not wild with boys and il
i fact they do not seem to care about
her. l am so worried about every.
thing that I cannot sleep nights
MRS. T. H. X.
Your sister ought not to be al.
| lowed to spoil the harmony Of your
! home. Tell her thaA unless you
! notice q marked change in her dis.
position and more Of q desire \te
please others. she will have t.
| board somewhere else.
To board would probably do hel
q world of good. She would know
she could not be mean and insolent
without giving up the privilege o.
1 living in the place. After = few
months she would be better natur
ed from habit.
Your husband and your own chill
dfen must be considered and 20,
shoald not permit = spoiled sisteI
to spoil their happiness.
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/ ID dChicago the gas meter readers have
eHDbk and nobody seems a bit sorry.
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| Xmsrica surely has a Resolute purpose to
That cup.
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Bureau
All
No attention VIII
tn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-12
WORK FOR THE SOUL

49, ~ - oAISS
Climate is supposed to have much
to do with health. One of the IA
vorite prescriptions for a broken
down body is a more bracing alti-
tude. A swamp is no place to live.
Its atmosphere reeks with foul doors
and is loaded with the poisonous
germs of disease. Who would be
such a fool as to go swapping when
seeking a residence for his body.
Climate also has much to do with
the health of the soul. Ones sur
roundings react on his spiritual ma
ture. There are circumstances
which reek with vile suggestions, and
become prolific breeders of mental
and moral disease. Why should one
play the fool and go swimming
when seeking a residence for the
soul?
Is the physical so much more
value than the spiritual that we
should be profoundly concerned for
health conditions that affect the
body, and supremacy Indifferent to-
WARD those that concern the soul?
Many a man will spend a fortune
seeking physical health. and not a
bawbee on his soul.
A lot of people are risking the
perils of soul-swamping on the
chance of making a physical gain.
This was what Lot did when he
pitched his tent toward Sodom. It
was a good place for making money,
but it was no place for bringing up
a family. Business was good in So
dom. Everything else was bad. The
town was a moral swamp.
What are the things you consider
when you make a move? Is your
eye absorbed with the prospects for
getting on? Are you stalking char
acter and home and moral ideals
against the lure of profits offered
by a dirty town? Are you willing
to steep your own soul and the souls
of your wife and children in the foul
atmosphere of a moral swamp for
the chance of getting rich? Be care
full!
1t is better to have. less and be
more. Soul-swamping ventures trail
disaster and death. Remember
Iot's wife