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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am 10
wears old and l am rather good
looking. The fellows, however. do
not seem to notice me much ana the
girls shun me. What can l do to
make the girls care for my company
and make the fellows like me and
care about going with me?
ANXIOUS.
Something must be radically
wrong if girls shun you. Ask some
one whose opinion you respect to
tell you frankly what is wrong. or
course, It 10 impossible for me to
tell you the cause when all l
know about you Is what you have
written.
Appearance counts for q great
deai. First Of all you should dress
g neatly Is you know how. 1t
meaus moro to have things very
clean than to have them very costly.
Be reserved in your dress and DO
mot wear things that will give the
opinion that you are fast I can
not understand how . girl with .
roused face has any friends. I'm
derstAnd that I do not accuse you
Of this. II you rouge doubtless
Won would attract . certain sort OF
man.
Perhaps, too, you are selfish with
ost realizing that you are. Be
thouKhtful Of other people and
link Of their comfort before you
do your own II were you
would not worry about making
friends. Be the sweetest, best kind
Of . eiri you know how to be. Put
love into everything you do. II
has been said that ltfs II very gen
erpus in it, returns for what We
put into t. II you try. you will
nnd this statement true.
Dear Ma Thompson: am 81
vears old and have been married II
yeaFp. have one child. I haven't
sch much pleasure since ! have
bean married. Ny husband il siz
years older than !. He doesn't
ever want any pleasure and doesnr
want any one else to have 1t.
never 20 much and when We dt
| he usually nnds some little thing
to get angry at and gruuches and
takes al tho pleasure out Of thu
trip fpr me. / used to cry, becaus,
Il hpft my feelings 20 badly.
4 DON'T think that I want to d
anytAiAg wrong. I would like To-
u II b 60 together and have I
i good tina, but 10 doesn't snjo.
anything that anyone else would.
| loved him vheu married hin
IL tAink too much. His contrar,
= Disposition has always hurt ne d
badly that NJ don't thinx ] low
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

many. but its manufacture has now
been undertaken successfully in
this country. A 12-inch disk is on
the market, and others, including
a 40-inch, will soon be an accom-
plished fact.
Q. IL the Salvation Army moor
porated? N.T.
A. The Salvation Army is in
corpofated.
@. Who was Christopher Grow
field! E. r. 0.
A. This was a pseudonym which
was occasionally used by Harriet
Beecher Stowe.
Q. How do bananas compare
with vegetables and other fruits
for food value? NJ. 8. L.
A. In calories. bananas yie!o
about $50 to the pound, which Is
higher than any other fresh fruil.
It II approximately the same -
green corn. Compared with potA-
toes. the analysis is nearly tns
same, bananas being somevnas
higher in fat and lower In protein
also slightly higher in carbons-
drate.
Q. What Is the rate OF duty I'M,
posed on oriental rugs impor!~
from Shanghai, China? u. ..
A. The department Of CONNER
states that the duty on oriental ivy
II 80 per cent ad vAlorem. i
@. What is the origin Of. u
word tariff! G. n .
A. The word 10 Of Spanish a. ~
fvation. the Spanish word tatn
meaning price list or rate ooo ~
This word In turn comes from ~
arabic tarifa, notification Or cves
tory, from ths verb arala, d know
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

kx0lS4R0. Vt..l AVIS 49, AQV 49,
;-.s...l = rksa..eieh. vhoee con-
$3.50. - $500 80, vaaI
vtoA = ao1 ~ -
held here recently seeme 70 NV
failed II IL project, but Its mem-
bers assert that they are still gong
70 maintain their osga1iSatien and
work for Americaniam, - they In
terpret that much used and abused
word. since W, are to have the
Fufty-Eisht with n, sttll striving
N their Official capacity for gov
efrmental reform, It might b Of
interest to know something more
about them than their numerical
ouantity.
Amos Pinchot, ]. A. H. Hopkins.
Charles H. Ingersoll. Professor
Durand ana a other liberal-minded
Americans mst IN st. Louis In 1918.
ali bruuxht together BY q common
fesline that the two old parties had
failed TO keen mn with evolution by
refusing to respond to the historic
and economic tendencies Of the
times. They called themselves the
Committee Of Fprty-Eieht after an
other radical group Of men in our
early history who in pre-revolu-
tionary days formed q Committee
Of Thirteen made up Of such men
a. Washington, Jefferson, Paine,
etc. They carried on such An ex-
tensive campaign by mail that when
they met here last month they had
100, 900 members. :.
One Of the most notable charac-
teristics Of the delegates to this
convention was their leanness a
compared to the double chinned
TYPE Of delegate which IL so pre-
dominate In the conventions Of the
older parties. This might be ex.
planned by the fact that q nervous
active, and therefore thin, man II
more likely to think and be discon.
tented with his lot. For the same
reason, perhaps, the members o.
the COMMITTEES Of Forty-Efght lacl
4 the sasgine fowl. the pouch unde,
the eye, and the manner of glass,
smoothness peculiar to the 1ordinar,
| politician.
Lcen snl Hrnsrv.LRa
| This Alone mould nov a shrevt
statesman that thew we're not th1
TYNE IN follow tho haafan nolittc.
| path. Shakespeare saw the Sam,
connection between leanness and 70
bellion when be had Jnlius Caesa,
| point out that "yon Cassius M ,
| lean and hungry look" and mirh
therefore be- Xnected to ms :,
trouble. Not that the rortv-Eiph
intended to make trouble The,
were simnlv a rroun nj earnes
, citizens who felt that tbere W..
something lacking in our politica
!; life. and that the nroceedines NJ ~
two old narties in conv.nt;o,, ~;
year had had the effect of f5abber
casting all good men and true VIII
were meekly rallyinx round a
usual. And so they determined I
rally round no longer.
Il ]. A. H. Hopkins, who might b
/ called the prime mover of the Con,
! mittee Of Forty-Eight, was one q
the outstanding figures At their con
, vention. Mr.. Hopkins was q dele
t gate to the 1912 national conveu
, ton Of the Republicans, and
, leader In the Roosevelt revolt. H
) was treasurer of the progressiv
} campaign committee. In 1916 b
) came to the convention expectin
to nominate Roosevelt again. An
: when Roosevelt refused the nom
r nation hard words passed betwee
them. Then Mr.. Hopkins can
t paigned for Woodrow Wilson wit
y whom he Afterwards became di.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

sl II 10 reported that the Congressional
Record cost more than half million in the
ut ysar. which II about ~ near - the people
pms to getting their moneys worth for any
Ming these days
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

Ii Reports from Europe give US an uncom-
portable feeling, as we recall the events Of ex-
j@ctly six yeazs ago, in August, 1914. world
War seemed impossible then. So it does today.
= happened In 1914.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

SAuy Ieo0ex cAo 8oS t0o oo0VG 70 O
ton Bureau. Frederic j. Hasiin. Direct tor.
address and enclose two-cent stomp for rel
confidential. the replies being sent direct
paid 70 Anonymous lstters).
@. Since the constitution re-
quires q man to be IS years old in
order to be president, could Frank
lin Roosevelt, who 10 but 3S, sue
coed Cox il he were elected and did
not serve out his term? A. L. P.
A. The constitution requires that
. man be IS, not 45, in order to be
eligible to the Office Of president.
Theodore Roosevelt, our youngest
president. was ~ when indicted
into Office.
@. Does one-fourth of the pop
ulation live in the eastern part Of
the United States? r. T.
A. Over : third OF the popula-
ton Of the country lives in the
northeastern section of the coun-
try, comprising New England,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
/, vania, Maryland and Delaware, A.
though this section contains but
per cent Of the area Of the United
States.
| Q. When should fruit trees be
pruned? L. B.
A. Most fruit trees may be prun-
cd in February or March, which is
usually q slack time with the farm
er. Beach trees should be prunsd
. little latsr, since all injury to
the annual growth from winter
killing Will then be apparent. and
ths pruner can modify his plan %
- 70 leave . maximum quantity Of
wood IN order to secure q profit
able crop Of fruit.
| q. Are 6Atisfactory telescopl
lenses made IN the United States
A. c. 8.
A. Before the world war prac-
ideally Ill the optical glax, useI
In this country came from Ger
sssl5.35
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

II Ii doesn't seem to make any difference how
|taany times Brest-Litovsk is taken. the dis
catches always refer to 1t - stronghold"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

4 A political party composed OF women
night not be superhuous, but the announce
1aeat Of one Of its proposed leaders that mo
nan would be permitted = voice in 1t" is.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

eoatfol only " 0em0n9ffAtan8
least once ! week that he can 81
n3oag - houIs a16 ~ - calm ana
8ood- natufsd without tobacco - re-
Il On days he smokes.
Temperance n the sense q an
discipline II . wholesome, heeitn-
ful influence in all things. He or
ishe Who pracfices self.deniAl Or y.
lest refrains eon1ciously from
sslf-indulgence IL sure to b inc
eAaner thereby, nom every point
Of view. Safety takes the Joy our
of life.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
TIE Teething Period
ny baby ID nine months old. Sne
ID tssthing and several people have
told me l should keep wool snirts
on her until she Is past the teeth
Ing Period. She il fat and the hot
weather seems to distress her
when she has her wool shirt and
stockings and everything on. Would
It be safe to change to cotton shirt
and stockings now!
MRS. o. A.
Answer-She will be through
teethins In about twenty
years and three months, but I'll
bet you . corset against . wool
shirt that she won't wear wool all
that time. On hot days 4 cotton
diaper is sufficient clothing for q
baby. At night . cotton mighty
long enough to include the legs
drawn together with . pucker
string at the bottom, but leaving
plenty Of room for the baby to
kick and stir around. Put on cot
ton shirts now, II any. No stock
ings until It becomes cold. then
cotton stockings. Babies are harm
ed by the heat, seldom by the cold
If a baby is comfortable and happy
YOU may be sure he is sufnciently
clothed.
Lemon.
Does it improve ones health u
eat half . lemon each morning
without adding any sugar or ton
ing It down in any way? l am IL
attending school and working aftel
school nights. l do regular calls
thsnic exercises every morning
and when begin these exercises
| on getting out OF bed l always fee
q little dizzy for a few seconds. Il
that natural? A. X.
| Answer-The only benefit l cal
-. IN tho mornin1 lennon is tn,
brisk exercise it gives the face
Anyway it can do no harm. TIL
momentary dizziness on rising O.
suddenly standing after lying dow
for some time is natural for man,
persons.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

Il About half Of America would like to know
Who Babe Ruth ID supporting for president.
33fhs other half doesn't care. They're for Babe
Ruth,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

1 Apparently Socialist Candidate Debs feels
here would be little advantage in being out Of
XII II his constituents are to remain locked
lp on election day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

Il looks % though the Russian reds ar
Ring 70 succeed in putting the war in Warsaw
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06
1NTCKNAWRA1

1NICUAHA~
way hack in-vell, : long. long time ago.
when was but youth at years quite
tsnder.
I showed great speed In growing tall bat OIL
I was 10 speak politely vsty slender.
Tho Village was. whose Jokes ware seldom
whose jbins tongue. IN fsct stuns nks An
adder.
ono day remarked L had to stand up twice
Pore skinny kid-to make decent shadder!s
tried hard to pretend I didn't mind
And told myself wouldn't let that gau me
But twas no use, for others sought to ind
An unkind nickname that all men might call
me.
They found the name-twas bat single word
And. gosh! how it did ret my nerves
a-quiver.
I never will forget when first heard
Tie fellows greet me with the yell: Hey,
.Sliver'!"
I've had lot Of nicknames since that day:
For instance, Spikes" and Bones" and
String" and shorty"
Perhaps before I'm feeble, old and gray
My nicknames will have totaled more than
! / played ball t'other day and gaily dubbed
The ball. My conduct, / am certain. WASN'T
shady;
So can't understand why was dubbed
| A "stringbean shimmier"-and BY . lady!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

h Nsxico went out to get villa dead or alive
Snd got him very much alive-on his own
krms.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

r. funny the railroad employees can and thu
)ostal clerks can't
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06
Argus Information Bureau


ton Frederic
address
coandnal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

OUR village, you will be m. o. l. startled
to know cuddles within its borders modern
Sherlock Holmes. He does not, to be sure.
sport the famous "duster," the two-peaked cap
and other " k. props Of the original S. H. but
as reported by our own indefatigable sleuth.
NJ. c. F., who credits AL Bruner with the de-
tcckatifs discovery, he can deduce more in a
minute than Sherlock could in week. Be-
tween puffs on his No this modern
Sherlock Otherwise Ed Noack-deposes thus:
THE birds> who robbed the Moline bank
could have been nabbed Just like that" And
he delicately ficks the ash from his cigafet.
There was only way they could leave Rock
Island and that's on the road crossing the ca
nal st Milan. Now, II someone had only been
there to shift the drawbridge at the psycholog-
ical moment-presto!-yegg big blue car and
cash would have been dumped into the canal.
Am right? Why, my dear Watson. OF course
l am rikht!"
MAY we not suggest that Mr.. Noack rob Z
bank and attempt his escape in big car over
this route-with a man on hand to turn the
bridge? We'd like to see this thing demon.
strated.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

Going the Printers' Towel One Better.
From the Monmouth Review.
When the members Of the city council
they found the desks and chairs covered
with deep layer OF dust which had
blown in though the French windows
which had been allowed to stand open
several days. Before the roll was called
towel was found in a lavatory and
there was some busting done.
Composing Room Amenities.
Il need" the makeup man declares. "a plug
About five lines. Come on and do your
duty"
All right, how's this: You've got an ugly mug;
Compared to you . hippo is q beauty!
THE daily papers briefly record the death
Of Omer Locklear, stunt" aviator. News
values change almost overnight We recall
many six and eight column headlines, photo.
graphs, box features" cartoons and several
columns Of type telling an interested nation
OF the death Of Lincoln Beachey. And vel
wager you hadn't thought OF him for seyers
years until reading this.
WE are besst by curiosity concerning thu,
mysterious paragraph In his speech which
Gov. Cox refuses to release except By wiz,
tomorrow. We hardly expect to sleep At al
tonight.
THE time seems ripe to revive the old n,
about the war being all over.
ALL over Europe y'know. RE. NC.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

The Transparent Vest.
CFrom the Cleveland Plain Dealerl.
Lawler was conspicuous through the
white vest he wore to- meetings, so that
he became known Is 'Pull-down-your-
vest-LAwler.'
THE Davenport Times advises daily that
IF you are in hurry and don't see what you
want. just write Want Ad Of your own and
put it in the Board Wanted or Room Want
ed Columns Of the Wants." That's fine, II II
will work. What we want is about a hundred
beans or 30 to help out during our approaching
vacation.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-16
Nnch)

fng Of figures below. Then the shots
ceased, and the butt OF the great log
crashed against something with the
force of a catapult, and a yell rolled
up through the night.
At last Moore stopped, and waited
until Westcott was near enough for
him to whisper In the others ear.
"There's a drop yere, bout ten or
twelve feet, reckon; an then just a
slope to ther bottom. Don't make no
more noise then yer have to, an give
me a chance ter git out Of ther way
afore yer let CO."
Westcott passed the word back
across his shoulder to Brennan, who
was painting heavily, and watched, as
best he could on hands and knees,
while Moore lowered himself at arms
length over the narrow rock ledge. The
boy loosened his grip, but landed al
most noiselessly. Westcott. peering
over, could see nothing; there was be-
meath only impenetrable blackness.
Silently he also dropped and his feet
struck earth, sloping rapidly down.
ward. Hardly had he advanced yard,
when the little marshal struck the dirt.
with force that made him grunt au-
dibly. At the foot of this pile of debris,
Moore waited for them, the night so
dark down there in the depths West
colts outstretched hand touched the
fellow before he was assured Of his
presence.
The Mexicans were still; whatever
deviltry they were up to, 1t was being
carried on now In silence; the only
sound was a muffled scraping. Bren-
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-16

of blazing material landed almost In
the center of the floor. lighting up the
whole interior. almost before II
struck, the three men, revolvers gleam-
ing I'm their hands. had leaped across
the shattered door. and confronted the
startled band huddled In one corner.
Brennan wasted no time, his eyes
sweeping over the array Of faces. re-
vealed by the blaze Of fire on the floor.
"Hands up, my beauties-every
mothers son of yer. Yes, mean you.
yer human catapiller. Don't waste any
time about 1t; I'm the caller fer this
dance. Put 'em up higher, less yer
want ter commit suicide. Now drop
them rifles on the floor-gently,
friends, gently. Matt. frisk 'em and
see what other weapons they carry.
Ever see nicer bunch o. lambs, Jim?"
his lips smiling, but with an ugly look
to his cleaning teeth, and steady eyes.
"Why, they'd eat outer yer hand.
Which one Of yer is MendezT
"He dead, senor," one fellow man
aged to answer In broken English.
"That heem lie dar."
swell, that's some comfort" but
without glancing about. "Now kick
the guns over this way, Matt, and
touch q match to the lamp on that
shelf yonder; and, Jim, perhaps you
better stamp out the fire; Wen not
need 1t any more. Great Scott What's
this?"
1t was Miss Donovan, her dress torn,
her hair disheveled, revolver still
clasped in her hand, half leveled as
though she yet doubted her realization
Of what had occurred. She emerged
from the blackness Of the rear room,
advanced step and stood there hesi-
tating, her wide-Open eyes gazing about
I'm bewilderment on the strange scene
revealed by the glow Of the lamp. That
searching, pathetic glance swept from
face to face about the motionless cir
cle-the cOwed Mexican prisoners with
uplifted hands backed against the
wall the three dead bodies huddled on
the floor; Moore, with the slowly ex-
piring match yet smoking in his fin
gers; the little marshal, erect, a re-
vOlver poised in either hand, his face
set and stern. Then she saw West
colt, and her whole expression changed.
An instant their eyes met; then the
revolver fell to the floor unnoticed, and
the girl sprang toward him, both hands
| Outstretched
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-16
Jack in Garden.

Jack-in-the-pulpit, by nature bog
lover, is by no means as fastidious as
the most Of its clan, and a moist,
slightly shaded spot in one corner of
the yard will amply supply its de-
mands, says the American Forestry as
sociatiOn Of Washington. This plant
Is a near relative of the cultivated
Gala, with purple and white or green
and white striped blossoms-usually
called flowers. The real flowers,
though, are deep in the center of this
showy dress, at the base of the central
spadix, and may be either fertile or
sterile.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-16
&C o n t / n u e d.

The two men lay fiat, staring down.
It was almost sheer wall, and the
very thought of climbing along the al
most impossible path pointed out by
Moore made Westcott dizzy. 1t was
such a sheer. precipitous drop, path
III path It could be called-so thick
ly studded with danger the mind ac-
tually recoiled In contemplation.
They were still sitting there cross
legged in the sand when the silence
was suddenly punctuated by the sharp
report of revolver. The sound bare
ly reached their ears, yet 1t undoubt-
edly came from below, and all three
were upon their feet, when a second
shot decided the matter.
Westcott was first at the rim, star
ing eagerly downward. For a mo-
ment all he noticed was a man lying
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-16

on the ground in front Of the small
gan to swarm out through the door
OF the bunk-hOuse, and horseman
came squirting from the field beyond.
The men were armed, several with
guns In their hands; all with revolv-
ers buckled at the waist, and they
punched there, just outside the door,
evidently startled, but not knowing
which way to turn. The figure on the
ground lifted itself partly, and the
fellow must have called to the others,
although no sound of a voice attained
the summit of the cliff, for the whole
gang rushed In that direction. and
clustered about, gesticulating excit-
edly.
An occasional Spanish oath exploded
from the mass with sufficient vehe-
mence to reach the strained ears
above, and the watchers were able to
perceive the fellows lift the fallen man
to his feet, and unite his hands, which
were apparently secured behind his
back. He must have been wounded
also, for one sleeve was hastily rolled
up, and water brought from the stream,
In which 1t was bathed. Moore's hand
closed convulsively on the marshal's
arm.
''It's oP Mendez, as I'm livin' sim
ner," he announced hoarsely. "An'
somebody's plunked him. What'd yer
make o. that?"
Brennan never removed his gaze
from the scene below, but his face was
tense with interest.
BLAMED If know; might be a mere
row-hold on, therel Whoever did ii
is in that cabin; watch what they're
up to, now"
More guns were brought forth from
the bunkhouse, and distributed; the
single horseman rode swiftly up the
valley, and half-dozen of the fell
lows lugged a heavy timber up from
the corral, and dropped 1t on the
ground in front of the smaller cabin.
Mendez, his arm in a sling, passed
from group to group, profanely busy,
swapping out orders.
"They are going to break in the door
with that logl" muttered Westcott be.
tween his clenched teeth. "That white
head down there is boiling with rage,
and whoever the poor devil, or devils,
may be, they'll have to fight"
"Yes, but who are they3". and Bren-
nan sat up. "The whole gang must be
outside there; 1 counted fourteen.
Then, did you notice? MendeZ had his
hands bound behind his back. He
couldn't even get up until those fel-
lows united him. That's what puzzles
me-"
1T would take more than one to do
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-07-16
WesIey's Physical Touqhness.

Spare diet and constant exercise in,
the keen morning air helped to endow
wesley with that amazing physical
toughness which enabled him, when
eight-fve years old, to walk six miles
to preaching appointment and de-
clare that the only sign of old age
he felt was that "he could not walk
nor run quite so fast as he once did"
w. III. Frichett in wesley and His
Country"