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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-14

sanitary practices. Obvious fActs
Ike Thea ere hard to reason away
with The cows In the corn
But let M not assume that DO
cause diseases are caused by
germs antissptics or gefmicides
can be expected to destroy the
germs in the tissues Of the host
the only place where disease germs
do IN individual any harm. AL
though many concoctions do Dur-
port to exert an "antiseptic" or
''"germicidal' influence in the tissues
or in the blood Of the host without
seriously fnjuring the tissue cells
or destroying the life OF the host,
|no one with any knowledge OF the
nature Of disease and OF bacteriQl-
|ogy takes such remedies seriously:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Fellow Feeling.
I'm anxious to get hold OF some
formula for stopping the falling OF
hair. I am only thirty-sevsn and
! my hair Is going fast There must
be. ......... IN. E F.
ANSWER-I am with you. Mike.
II you find anything. boiler.
! Margaret the Doctors Daughter.
| Some time ago you recommended
. book containing things my daugh-
ter Margaret Ought to Know. Please
reprint the name Of the book and
the price and oblige Mrs. H. r. 8.
| ANSWER name of the
pamphlet is Margaret the Doctors
Daughter" the price is twenty-five
cents, and the address Of the pub
fisher Is American Medical asso'
citation, 535 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, Ill. The book il for girls
liz to. IA. For girls 1s to Is Life
!! Problems" Same price and same
publisher. For boys 10 to Is
"John's Vacation" For boys 16 to
lis, 'Chums"-all the same price
For boys old enough to go awa5
from home or to enter high school
1.-THE Boys venereal PERIL" 5 cents
same publisher.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-14
soHWHAr fBRRLKxED.

I am Z staunch Republican: much would
The Grand Old Party triumph 1t the coils.
But, darn the luck. I'm guessing; cannot get
m. thinss that rsnkls IN our Isadrr souls!
Ia M. Lowden serious In things he has to ny
OF Thompson's gang? Or does he only 1oke!
Does Big Bill Thompson like Il when he ne4s
one in the Stats.
Then hands his old-time pal . solid poke7
They use the selfsame methods that We use On
Abuse in real old Billy Mason style.
With musty. tfme-worn Sherman bunk they
ladle out much mud
And preac6 q. o. P. harmony the while!
In fact they are 30 busy in their lively little
The rest of us stand round and look the
Ounce:
Take heed: wen gladly overlook the capital
lists CASH.
And they haven't said damn Wilson" even
once!
Damn Wilson!"-that's slogan good. Damn
him for what he did,
Or Just damn the man for what he didn't do!
ut is easy to remember; we know It like .
book;
1t diverts attention from our nasty stew).
I like our good old Sherman with his little
tariff tax
To help the poor old multimillionaire.
But bonus? The boys who whipped the Hun
have been quite lax
But now they've grabbed old Larry by the
hair
Now Mr.. woodruff verbally has given both a
Jolt,
! Declaring he himselfs the only man
think it will be policy on Great Salt Greek
tofock
The boat and spill the whole darn bloomin'
clan!
as sin
II all these blatant gentry say is true;
And if they do not hide the spots the Dems. will
surely win!
| I'm worried voter-tell me what to do!
| B B. g.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-14

The OIL Clos man continues to report bust
less dull.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-14

"SIR," appends B. B. S.. (using the station
cry Of q jdownstate hotel for appendage pur-
poses) 81 present the situation Though may
have to 90 farther for the solution Of the prob
lem" So he will-much farther. Not being
politically webfooted we merely stand ON the
bank and watch while the political ducks-and
geese-paddle about in the political pool
Jolly Well Clever Of the Police, WHAT
(From The Argus).
watch and aNnicroscope mysterious-z
+ ly disappeared from the ONCE OF Luth-
eran hospital Thursday night. The
watch is the property Of Miss Larson,
night So oerintendent. The microscope
is owned by the hospital. The police be-
lieve thief took them.
WHEN" inquiries Bob R.. who relayed the
police deduction, sis thief not q theft" OBJ
viously, when he steals a watch and micro
scope.
All, Yes; a. Milton Hath 1t, sAn Secrets-
(From q local adj.
The woman who regards the pleasure
Of evening affairs with a touch Of serious
ness, knows that q large share of the
secrets of q successful social season 10
wrapped up in the evening gown.
MULE KICKS HIM IN CANAL."LChicago
Herald Examiner.
.Alimentary! ..
TIP to voters: stop. think and be wary
else tomorrow you may swear" r. e. MIG.
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
WORK SAVING HABITS.

Here's g habit for You and for every
other member Of the family Wash the
bath tub out Immediately after every
bath. For this purpose 1T rs good to have
a brush hanging on a nail at the side OF
the bath tub. II it is done at once the
task is very much easier than it is later on,
when the tub has become dry.
When YOU finish using a cooking utter sil
fill it with water preferal lie hot, excepting
for those in which starch substance has
been cooked. Thus when you finish using
the double boiler turn the hot water out of
the bottom portion into the top. The task
of washing VIII be reduced TO q minimum.
When YOU empty any bottle or dish that
has contained milk, fill il to the brim with
cold water Also fill dishes that have con-
tanned -four and water or raw egg with
cold water. 1t is the stitch 10 time so far as
dish washing is concerned.
After you have finished work In the
kitchen at night, pour at least a quart Of
boiling water down the sink drain. This
is the stitch in time so far as dish washing
IS concerned.
After you have finished work in the
kitchen at night, pour at least quart
of boiling water down the sink drain. This
is the stitch in time that keeps away The
plumber.
Soak all dish cloths and dish towels il
water with little ammonia, before wash
ing. This is q habit that viii make il un
necessary for YOU TO run your knuckle:
bare over the dish towels
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

OF the water, which was quite deep at this
point. And on top Of it Wong saw a mer-
maid tapping around as if in distress.
What's the trouble" sang out Wong
obeerhy
''Oh. lots of trouble, moaned the little
creature III have bent the end of my fin
| ON my tail and cannot swim straight II
go back into the water
81 can fix that, responded Wong as be
climbed TO the top of the rock. There, 1t
is all right. and you can cut through the
water like battleship.
Il do not know how 10 thank YOU
enough" murmured the mermaid But
perhaps some day | can repay. | think
will take nap right here for bali an hour,
| then swim home To my coral cavern at the
mouth of the river.
Wong went back to his seat on the deck
| of this boat and the mermaid colled up on
| the rock for n nap All about her was her
golden hair wrapped to keep her warm.
Wong began to nod, when he heard foot
step heavily on his deck
Wake upl' said gruf voice at his ell
bow. Wong sprang TO his feet. There be-
| fore him stood Ching with mia head hound
UP in cloth and pistol in his belt
IL understand your father is away and
| also that he has about 10 fine pigs in the
/ boat besides chest of gold IN his bunk,
said Ching, as he took Wongs seat and
| leaned back comfortably against the rail-
ing of the deck. Bring UP the gold and
| be quick.
Wong went down and returned with the
| chest, which he placed at Ching feet. As
| he stood there in the dim light he thought
| he saw the little mermaid's head peeplng
over the top of ~ rock-yes, It was she,
| for the moonlight rlittered and cleaned
| on her wavy, golden hair.
Old Ching tilted his chair back and
leaned his head on the railing and fell
asleep. The wind sang IN the sails. Wong
stood very still and very quietly the mer-
maid slipped down till she stood at the
bottom OF the rock on the beach. Old
Ching long braided hair known rs pig
: tail, hung over tic railing and almost
touched the sands. His snores began to
sound in the Stiffness of the night, Wong
| waited.
Presently he saw the little mermaid seize
| the black pigtail, leap into the river aad
| dash away--and after her, pulled by his
hair, trailed Ching The sudden jerk had
| pulled him overheard and he was now IN
the river, being towed out TO sea by the
mermaid
just what happened to him no one ever
knew, but he wss gone and not a soul ever
saw or heard of him since. And when
Wong told his father about It, the man
was delighted to know all good boatmen
would in future live In safety on account
of Wong's meeting with the mermaid.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Laura A. Kirkman.
A DAINTY GUEST LUNCHEON.


With the warm days comes the desire
to eat less, especially at the hot noon hour.
But the little that is taken, should be
nourishing The following guest luncheon
menu will be found temptingly cool, yet i
sustaining:
Celery Hearts
CheeseLOlive Sandwiches
Stuffed Tomato Salad
Coffee Jam Cake
Cheese-Olive Sandwiches--Work
cream cheese until smooth, then add
tablespoons of finely chopped olives.
Moisten with very little cream, seasoned
with salt and cayenne pepper and spread
on thinlytliced aud buttercd triapgles OF
crustless white bread.
Stuffed Tomato Salad-Remove the
centre OF medium sized ripe tomatoes by
cutting a slice from the top aud scooping
them out, Fill the skin-cups with the fol-
lowing mixture: For five tomatoes use |
peeled diced cucumber, diced cold boiled
potato and ls medium sized onion, grated;
pour over this filing cup of mayonnaise
dressing. mixing well, then stuff the
tomato cups. chill on ice. and serve on
bed of tender lettuce leaves.
Jam Cake--Cream together | cup OF
sugar and "a cup of butter: add 3 eggs,
cup jam tanything in cooked fruit will do.
but apricots are perhaps best) cups of
-four, 8 teaspoons of sour milk, in which
heaping teaspoon of soda has been dis
solved. cinnamon to taste, ] cup OF sour
milk and cup Of raisins. Bake In slow
oven until done.
/ The successful summer hostess must be-
! come master of the salad. The eve has
much to do with the appetite, and often
fancy salad will tempt where plain one
will not. A salad little fancier than the
one given above, is the following:
Ribbon Salad-3 boiled POTATOES cut
| fine, 3 heads of lettuce, cup diced celery,
| 3 green onions, 2-3 cup beet pickle chopped
/ fine and - dozen hard-boiled eggs, whites
and yolks separately and chopped fine
Place the potatoes on a salad plate IN pan
cake form; cut the lettuce fine with pair
of scissors, chop tho oniens and add these
two things to tho diced celery, spreading
| this mixture on top Of the potatoes, pat
ting il down level now make layer OF
the bcets, and on top OF the beets make
! another layer consisting of some OF the
! finelv-cut lettuce which has been saved
| out for this purpose; layer Of eng-whltes
will come next and, last, o top layer of the
erg-yolks. In building this effective salad,
| take care that its sides slant TO form a
| pyramid and that each colored layer shows
! plainly on all sides Of the salad. Chill and
| serve with mayonnaise dressing poured
4, over 1T.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
py Les Pane

invented a new kind Of sticky stuff
vesti1dav. called Pottses Peuple Paste on
account Of the pcrple color and after sup-
pir pop was smoaking and thinking IN the
setting room and | hrawt the bottle of
PottseS Perpe Paste In, saying, Watts you
think. pop. invented a new kind Of gloo
called rottaes perple Paste, II had some
capital to start, maybe ! could make some
money out OF It.
If IFS gloo WV do you call il pasteP sed
pop. and sed, Because Paste rlmes with
Pottses aud Pcrple. and pop sed, ., does
il? and sed, les sir, do YOU wunt to see II
werk, pop Jest take these z peeces OF wood
and stick them together with IT and see
how good they stick.
Wich pop did, saying IL serteny sticks
all rite, and its serteny perple, do you
meel to say YOU invented thus stun all by
yourself
Yes SIR. il will stick enything. pop do
YOU wtlnt me 20 brake one Of those oarna-
ments on the mantel peece and stick It
together agen? | sed, and pap sed, Never
mind, | can Judge well cnNh by those
peeces of wood.
Well do you think could get some
capital to Manufacture IL with. popY
sed. and pop sod, Perhaps, stranger things
than that have happened, its sertcny
curious looking stuff, wat in the werld is in
it2
Well, there's sevrel things IN it. that's
what makes it so good, sed, there's gloo
in il out Of mas bottle Of Eloo, and paste
out of Gladdises paste thing and mrcilidge
out of the mucilidge bottle
Well wat the doose makes Il sutch n
luvely perple? sed pop. and | sed That's
frum the perple ink out of my perple ink
bottle. bow mulch capital do you think |
would need 60 start, pop?
O, about a million dollers, heers n
nickel in case you can get the rest sum-
ware elts, sed pop.
And he gave me nickel and decided
would te too mutch tr,Ibhle getting the
rest, so spei the nickel on jelly beens.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
The Rag Rug Today Means
Much More Than a Rag"
and Most EUerHtting That
Rug Can Mean in the Home

Under the improved taste In home furnishing,
and with the cunning Of science n its comm and.
modern textile has transformed the rag rug
that the Colonsl Of sad-colored scraps of
material into gloomy strips Of hoor-covering
would not know what Il that Wansmaker's had
used in all the bloom Of the soft Summer ooor drape
wall and pillar in the Summer Rug Section effectively
that nobody passes by without sdmring themi
d-timc ragcarpets TO be endured not ad-
mredi They the last resource of economy.
Today, If you econornixe. you still have
lovely and dainty floor coverings: while IL you are
wealthy, that's still better-you then buy the most
beautiful rag carpets in the market. il you wish
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
Cut This Out-li is Worth Money.

Cut out this slip. enclose with cents
and mail il to Foley & Co, 1885 Sheffield
avenue, Chicago. Ill, writing your name
and address clearly. You will receive in
return a trial package containing Foley's
Honey and Tar. for coughs, colds and
group: Foley Kidney Pills for pain in
kides and back; rheumatism, backache
kidney and bladder ailments: and Foley
Cathartic Tablets. q wholesome and thor
oughly cleansing, cathartic, for constipa-
ton, biliousness. headache, and sluggish
bowels.-N. B. Danforth, Market and
Second street.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
And Very Beautiful They Are!

All these finer weaves arc
to be found here. in colors TO
accord with any scheme Of
furnishing. They are planned
that way.
The very borders. in floral
designs. on many of the solid
color rag rugs. will harnonixe
with the cretonnes or other
materials used for the Summer
furnisure-covers and window
hanxinRs.
The rugs woven in mixed
colors are equally artistic, for
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
WONG s MERMAID.

Wong was boiling the rice when his
father called
: 'Now, my son, said the father, u am
going in the country to see about load OF
pigs am TO take down the river. If do
not get back, set the sails and attend TO
everything yourself. Look out for old
Ching.
Wong lived on river-boat. His hone
was always on the water, and for years his
father had sailed around the country en-
gagged in carrying goods from one town to
another. Their great fear was OF n rlver
pirate named Ching And old Ching had
been heard OF recently as coming up the
river at night and robbing the peaceful
men of their loads.
After his father had gone Wong sat at
the end OF the boat in the moonlight. just
over his head was a high rock iuttiag out
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

First in the hearts
o f our countrymen,"
and Of women, too, with
country homes or any
h o m e s boasting
porch e 5, are tn e
"beneki" or block rugs,
always splendid, cool
and restful in their
effect.
This year the color
schemes are all. n e W
combinations and well
worth seeing.
There's a cool, sweet
pattern of alternating
blocks of jade and rose,
combined with natural,
which on the reverse
side is all in the natur-
al grass shade, so that
to all intents and pur-
poses the owner possess
ses two rugs in one.
Rose and taupe is the
effective color scheme
in another rug, with the
colors reversed on the
other side. Green and
natural, navy and ma
-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

signs and Of useful
sizes, are here
The very sight Of
them seems to suggest
coolness, and pleasant
leisure hours passed on
shaded porch, bright
sun-parlor, or in t h e
Dutch hall or bungalow
living-room, which they
are 80 abundantly fitted
to adorn.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
Is Your Skin
Smooth and Clear ?

r. you nave o tender. sensitive skin keep
IL IN condition by massaRing regularly with
Rose-Nai salve This saiye liz ar excellent
remedy Tor skin erupuons hurnors. sun
burn. hives, insect bites, chapped lips or
hands. and for chatting and teetbins spots in
infants. 1t nourishes and tones UP the skin
allays inflammation. soothes. cools and
heals.
Always keep package In your home for
emergencies AT your druggists.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

their designs are studied, and
you'll find warm coral with
silvery-gray: rich brown With
pink-and- whise-reai aroutus
colorsl-steeiy biue or rich
peacock or tender robin's-egR
blue shot With the pink-and-
white lights: the rainbow
design--and so on
Some Of these rugs are WOW
en- according TO our own suS-
gestions, and we will modestly
say that these are not the
vorst-iooking: on the con-
erary-etc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

resolve into ribbons. In
stead, it looks perfectly
presentable stillw
OF course, We are
particular a b out the
quality of the Summer
rugs we buy, otherwise
such agreeable testi-
mony might not be so
freely rendered us.
This makes the Wan
amaker Rug Store pop
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
THE GIRL WHO
SMILED THROUGH
Ry Marion Rubieam.
Copyright George Matthew Adams.
DISCOVERY.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Alice Fairbanks has won her way
through life bv her optimism. Her father
Nad. her mother an invalid. the family
poor. Alice has alwavs had hard work and
no pleasure She falls in love with David
Thorne. they become engaged, and Ahce IS
wonderfully happy.
But cousin. Lois Kennedy, takes
David away from her. and Alice hears
thew are married. She is heart-brokcn.
Sometime afterwards she adopts baby
deserted by it's family and. through 1t,
comes to know wealthy Lawrence Mar
lowe. to whom she finally becomes en-
gagged. She feels she cannot marry HIM
until she has completed some college work
she has alwavs wanted to do. so she comes
to n college in New York. In one OF the
new classes she finds David again. He Is
one of the lecturers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

ular with the customers
w h O are particular
about the class Of rug
THEY buy.
In prices, the home
maker purchasing here
reaps the advantage of
sales transactions con-
Quoted on the immense
scale necessary to sup
ply the demand in such
a great house of busi-
ness as this one.
ATEVER were more
AVpeople inquiring for
summer rugs than this
Summer; never have we
had handsomer Summer
rugs, or those we can
more heartily recon-
mend, than these new,
fres h and abundant
stocks that are assem-
bled for your choosing.
Japanese rush rugs,
in all desirable makes
and in greatest con-
ceivable variety of de-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

NJ =
"a = straws, rushes--
the t h ! n gs 8
which still figure in our
daily speech as symbols
of insignificance and
perishabi ! t y-just t
think what modern art
and industry have done
with them!
Or, better still, come
here to the Rug Store
and see what has been
done with them, for the
furnishing Of homes for
Summer and indeed for
the other three seasons
of the year, for those
very folks who still say:
~ dehf care a rush
for this or that
mot srprfh a sfr0,c!"
"I'm reduced to
raos,"- As lpe0k as a
rag!"
A great, cool. bright,
airy, pleasant section of
the Sevd nth Floor, COW
ering nearly half of the
Chestnut Street area,
and a large space in the
Central one, has been :
given over to the dis
play of new rag, rush,
straw and fiber rugs
And the total space
com m a n d eered for
them amounts to 10000
square feet
Millions Of snips and
scraps, billions of straws
and rushes, woven by
skilled hand or careful
machinery into beauti-
full, durable floor cover
ings, fresh and hand
some enough to repre-
sent the ideal Summer
furnishings for III e
stateliest homes in the
country!
inexpensive enough,
many of them, for the
most unpretentious cot
tage.
Sturdy enough, great
numbers of them, for
regular year-round ser
vice!
when will we all
start saying GAS tough
as a rag rugby
ssV ooK," said ,st some
H. one to a Wana-
maker representative
just the other day, 81
want you to notice how
we'll our rag rug is
wearingS
1--WE bought it Of you
six melths ago, and
apartment-house use is
some test, believe me!'
And today a woman
spoke of a Japanese
straw rug, an inexpen-
sive, but exceptionally
well-WOyen niece, ir
room size, purchased
here eighteen months
ago, for a bedroom in a
small apartment:
what with illness in
that room, and the COM
ing and going of many
steps besides the family;
and the family them
selves having the usual
number of feet, a n d
being obliged to pass
through that room to
another, just a 8 con-
stantly used, l expected
that mere straw rug to
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
Joint Birthday Party.

At joint birthday party Saturday
afternoon at the home of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs John ID. Rennie, Sixth and
Ford avenue, Isabelle and Peggy Rennie
observed their anniversaries
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

tural, tan and natural,
and the three colors Of
soft brown, green and
natural--are shown in
other block patterns,
and Of course there are
the all-natufal blocks,
by some people admired
the most of all. Prices
N8.5O, sizes 9 X IL IT.
JAPANESE rush rugs
aD in the heavy twist
weaving that has been
found so durable, come
in a most desirable se-
lection Of sizes and
prices, and in both oval
and oblong shapes.
Some Of the oblongs
have { h e interesting
feature of rounded in
stead Of square corners
On one Of these
round-corner pieces
there is literally mo
kick coming" from the
m ost absent-minded,
near-sighted or heed
less member of the
household!
They have natural
color grounds, decor
ated in the quiet colors
with stripe or band bor-
ders in the oval styles,
and pueblo" patterns
in the oblong. The 8 x
IL #. size is $3.50 in the
square shape, s26.50 in
the oval, with smaller
sizes on q proportion
ately lower price scale.
Japanese straw rugs
in natural color with at
tractive border designs
stencilled in colors, may
be had IN 9 X IL #. size
at the very reasonable
price of S11.50.
The grass rug, too,
that admirable idea bor-
rowed from old Mother
Earth, but reproduced
in III o re durable, IL
smaller and less vivid
form, abounds h ere.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
We Would Not LeaUe Out
OUaL dnd-Br0ided Ru0s

from either our advertisement
or our stocks. seeing how
many appreciasors they have.
They arc braided of fresh. new
pieces-of wooden goods in
tie darker colors. and Of ere
tonnes in the brighter ones.
fHev~nfh Fl
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03
"Heff One of These RuOs

and you'll be pleased with the
sturdiness of the weave, show
ing that old-tirne standards of
service giving qualities have
not been given the go-by.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

Some one said of them:-
WeH, these look like
a NeIC ENGLAND home
steodg"
They should, for they are
al made upon the North
Shore.
se. Chessnus}
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-03

Hit-or-niss" pattern rugs,
now usually called Colonial
are here in plenty for those
who like this good, oid-fash-
ioned, moderate-priced rug.