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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-30
Dr. BRANDELLE PRESENTS
LUTHERAN EUROPE PLIGHT

fairs cannot be set dowa on paper.
Hundreds Of thousands Of families
have been dissolved and the men,
bars scattered to the winds by the
conditions Of war. Men, women
and children are walking about
without food, clothing, or homes.
Hundreds Of thousands OF homes
have been laid waste, their occu-
pants driven OF and their personal
property destroyed. How many
tens Of thousands have persisted
during the past winter for lack of
food, clothing and shelter will never
be known. In some localities the
children up to about seven or eight
years have all been taken by death.
limitations Face Close.
A large number Of charitable in
stituttons, hospitals, deaconess'
homes. orphans homes, etc, belong
ing to the Lutherans, are placed
In such I condition that they will
be obliged to close their doors and
refrain from their ministry of
mercy unless help comes from
without. For in the different lands
suffering from the effects of war
there il no help to be had for this
sort Of work, the immediate and
most pressing matter being the pro-
viding Of themselves with the nee
essary means Of livelihood. To
have any one of these institutions
Of mercy. or . number OF them,
close their doors, would be moth
ing short Of calamity, no matter
from what point it is viewed.
In addition, there is the breaking
up Of all social order. No present
government in any of the coun-
tries under consideration can be
looked upon as anything but pro-
visional And with the breaking up
of the social order went also the
overthrow Of the laws that govern
ed the churches. The church was
with one fell stroke bereft Of its
support. Not only that, a number
Of the church buildings were RACED,
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n G. i. BRANDELLE.

ne National Lutheran council,
..ssn0sed Of representatives from
: rfhefan syHods Of our land and
.sstaining almost two-thirds Of the
se1ire Lutheran membership Of all
~ Lutheran bodies Of our country,
49, before it, constituent mem
ssrship with . most earnest plea
3 funds wherewith to assist the
Intherans Of the devastated lands
= Europe both materially and
ss,,ifuaily. The council would not
a Ills, did it not feel that this
srdertaking is not only of exceed
,ssly great importance to those in
moo behalf it is launched, but
siso because 1t did not see any
debility OF closing It's cars to
m call from across the sea and
All maintain its Christian name
nd character. 1t takes no delight
h asking for large amounts time
snd again, for 1t takes no more
rleasure in these financial drives"
thaa does the average member OF
our church. 1t would rather spend
III its time and energy in assisting
n build up our Lutheran Zion right
here It home than to 90 into for
sign lands for the purpose Of help
inx others along. The tremend-
ousIy great need of our European
brethren in the faith and the crisis
hat IL now upon them constitutes
The sole and only reason for this
appeal.
What, then, is the condition of
things? The newspapers Of the
land have told US a great deal al
ready of the misery existing in the
belligerent lands Of Europe, but our
commissioners. five of them. who
we're sent over there last year to
make special Investigations. tell us
that only a very small fraction of
the real condition has been laid be-
fore us. The situation is infinitely
worse than our dailies have inform
ed US. Indeed, the real state of af-
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In the Days News

Samuel McCune Lindsay. presi-
dent OF the American Academy Of
Political Science. which met in
New York today to discuss the
high cost of living and other post
war problems, is noted American
sociologist and educator. A native
Of Pittsburgh, he received his Phi.
B. degree from the University OF
Pennsylvania at the age of 20, and
then went abroad. where he spent
five years in postgraduate studies
at the universities of Halle. Ber-
lin. Vienna, Rome and Paris. For
some time after his return to
America he filled the chair of So
GEOLOGY at the University Of Penn
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parsorages destroyed, schools and
theological seminaries were put out
OF commission, hundreds of thou
sands OF the members OF the church
fell on the field OF battle, ministers,
professors and school teachers, by
the thousands gave their lives in
the different armies in one way or
another. There is complete chaos
in the religious field in far too
many Instances. Some of the pro-
visional governments are doing
their best to uproot the Lutheran
church. In the camp of Lutheran
ism there is unspeakable lamenta-
ton and distress bordering on
despair.
Commissioners Report.
/ All this, and a great deal more,
was communicated to the National
Lutheran council by its commits
sioners sent forth to make observa-
tons. Should the council content
itself only with statements of the
condition of things, or should it at
tempt to bring what little aid it
could? Would it have been true to
its trust, il it had folded its arms
with the observation that it has
done what it could, that it was ex-
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the Preservation Of human life and,
for the maintenance of our Luth-
eran Zion abroad. II the Lutheran
church OF Europe is badly crippled
IN its work, the Lutheran church
OF this land win suffer from the
reaction. We're the conditions re-
versed, namely, so that our loved
ones had been killed by the tens
OF thousands, our homes destroyed
IN large numbers, and our dear
church threatened to its very life,.
would We look to our brethren in
the faith who had escaped such a
tate to come over and help u.s. If
we were starving to death, bodily
and spiritually. would We think it
right and human and Christian, did
those of our brethren that had
plenty leave US to die? II we do
not now do something worth while
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ceedinsly sorry for the poor people.
but that it saw no way In which
anything more could be done for
them, No red blo0ded Lutheran
and Christian would then have had
the slightest respect for the coun-
Gil or for the Lutheran church OF
the U. s. A., particularly since the
reformed denominations are going
into Europe with millions OF dol
lars at their command. The cOun-
ell felt that the Lord required OF It
to put forth every possible effort
for the amelioration of suffering
and for assisting in the upbuilding
of Lutheranism in the war-wrecked
lands.
The council was most assuredly
right For we do owe it to our Lord
and to our suffering brethren in the
faith to do all we possibly can for
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sylvania. from which ho fo616 81
to accept his present post - -
fessor OF social legislation IN CO
lumbia university In recent year9
Professor Lindsay frequently h.
been called upon by the federal
government to serve as an expert
on important commissions for the
investigation Of social. financial
and economic problems.
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for these brethren Of ours will that
be in harmony with the mind OF
Jesus? We have the money. We
are not asking for your living, only
for dollar or two from such as
cannot afford more, and larger
amounts from those who are we'll
to-do. Surely, the Lord requires
this. viii We be obedient to the
call? Let there be prompt and ia
vorable response from a host OF
Lutherans:
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ATTENTION MEMBERS.

All members of Buford post, No
243, G. A. R., are requested to meet
at the court house at l:45 Saturday
afternoon, May /, to march in the
May day parade.
G. H. CHURCH. Commander.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-22

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am desper-
ate, absolutely. I am IS, and consid-
cred rather pretty. l am utterly dis
gusted with life and fail to see any
thing good about 1t. I heally believe
| was born in bad luck because my
father and brothers wouldn't walk
two steps to see me if I were dying
In fact it has been that way ever since
I can remember.
My mother Is dead and has been for
seventeen years, and so you can
imagine the loveless life I have had.
l live with crabby old uncle.
Fellows, regular ones ! mean, do
not like me. I have always tried to
be sociable, but they don't seem to
care. The girls I go with are deceit
full and go with me just to have some
one to go with, I guess.
l hate life. I have no bright future
to look forward to- ] don't give a
care for anything at all. because |
have and it has never been returned.
so consequently I have given up car
ing for people.
| suppose I am doomed to be an
old maid, but think l am one already.
know it is useless to write to you
because you cannot help me.
I DON'T CARE.
What are you doing for other people
TO give happiness? DO YOU realize
that all about you there are people
suffering from great loneliness and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-22
The Diary of an Engaged Girl
BY Phyllis Phillips

, Last night we sat around and talked
TILL the moon came up and kissed each
one Of us with its silvery lips What
a night what an emotional night!
The very quality of the beauty all
around US, the water with the moon
light ripping on its surface, and the
drowsy-sweet air. heavy with the SEN
suous odors Of midsummer blossoms,
caused US to think of our absent low
ers. And then we began to grow con-
fidential.
Personally think it would do men
a world Of good to be able to be pres
ent when women are discussing them
1t might help them to understand our
modern and ever-changing views about
life and themselves, so much better.
1t was Jean who grew confidential
She was lying on the ground taking
moonlight bath, when she suddenly
said, Honor bright, which one Of us
really wants to get married." 1t was
an alarming question, and required an
alarmingly frank answer. So for
few moments not one of us ventured
TO reply; we were all too busy with
our thoughts.
II do" said Aunt Cecilia fearlessly.
VI honestly want to be married to
StuTy, anu 10 lSel t0dL ain lieu llSHI-
ay to him by law as we'll as by my
love. There are any number Of rea-
sons for this, one of the strongest be-
ing that We have been separated for so
long. I have missed so much of Life
already through my stupidity, and l
want my jeff all to myself as tightly
as I can have him, and for as long.
j supp ose you girls will think me
Old-fashioned and all that, but you
cant judge me until you have lived
a bit more-and suffered some-your-
selves"
We did not laugh at Aunt Cecilia,
Tor fnstnctively each one of us put
ourselves in her place, and went back
Through the empty years that had been
hers The thought of all she had
} been through made us shudder and
understand perfectly her point of view
about JEFF and marriage. Twelve
years is a long time TO be cheated of
ones birthright Why. Aunt Cecilia
might have a little daughter about
eight or nine years old now, if she
had been married when she had
planned to be! Maybe she's regret
ting this the most. She does love
children so.
Derry was the next county heard
from. She has no fiance, but she was
entitled TO air an opinion on this all
important subject. And air one she
did.
81 don't believe I'd marry the best
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man alive" she drawled at us from
her corner Not that l don't like
men and all that, but simply l don't
believe any man living, no matter how
wonderful or famous he happened to
be, could make me want to exchange
my freedom and career for his home
and future. l have thought this over
very carefully, and been proposed to
by some awfully decent men-lately,
too-but just can't see it at all"
OF course we all knew Dorry's opin-
ion on this question, so we said little
to her. l know, for instance, that she
despises both Jean and myself for be-
coming engaged, and above all, for
deciding to go through with the en-
gagement and get married. Further
more she considers us traitors to all
our old ideals, and that is something
she will not forgive US in a hurry. 1t
is funny when you think it out, for
happy as we arei
Aunt Cecilia did break in once and
ask Derry If she did not hate to think
Of never having children. But that
young person assured her quite calm
ly that she did not think that she
would ever make a good mother, and
preferred to deny herself the expert
ence of motherhood rather than go
ahead and bring children into the
world that would not be properly rear
ed; for it was the children who must
suffer if ! woman was lacking in the
necessary maternal qualities.
Jean told us in her soft voice that
she didn't really want to marry Har-
vey, forever, but that was the only
way he would take her, and it had to
be. She was truthful as l felt! Jean
and l are much the same
(To be continued)
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AS a Woman Thinketh
Copyright, 1920, by The Wheeler
Syndfcal, JnC)
SIGH TO BE A LADY"


All my life, I have yearned to be a
"'lady"!
Oh. dear. no. I don't mean merely
''well-bred."
Or fashionable, or smart" or
-modish," or chic" or polished"
l mean lady" in the sweet, old.
rocco, 1860 sense
The sort of lady that every little
girl dreams Of being, and that every
little boy dreams of marrying-some
day
The sort that reminds one Of Law
ender and lilacs, and old lace,
And has charming MANNERS"
and a gracious" smile, and a
'queenly" presence. and soft, white
hands and illusions and dignity and
reserve
And all those things, so fascinating
Ito MEN.
wish I could greet" my friends,
instead of just hailing them.
l wish l could sweep" into a room.
instead of just breezing in.
I wish I could glide" about, instead
OF rushing about,
And could preside" at dinner, in
stead of merely entertaining"
And had a vocabulary. instead of
Just a jargon of slang and popular
1dioms. and musical comedy lingo.
wish could be polite" in crowded
street cars, and courteous" in a mob.
and could do the "After-you-my-dear-
Alphonse there go,
But. alas, I'm Today's Daughter,
And must do as Today's Daughters
do,
Bring me the rouge-pot, and anoint
me with brilliantine and patchouli,
Cover me with pearl-powder and ar
ray me in my backless evening gown :,
Pull out my eyebrows and let my
finger nails shins like unto elctric-
lights,
Doll me up in Paradise feathers and
deck me in near-pearl earrings.
For If | disdain these things-then
shall blush unseen and forgotten,
In world of dazzling women,
Where a matron must outshine her
granddaughter. a debutante must out
dress a show-girl.
And you cannot tell a working girl
from a society bud. nor society bud
from Broadway star.
Heigh-ho. 1t takes TINE to be a
"'lady"!
And we're all too busy-we Daugh-
tiers Of Today-trying to be dazzling,
: or smart. or chic, or original. or
wstunning-
Too busy banting. and massaging,
and marching, and golfng, and
motoring. and keeping up with the very
last word, the very latest wrinkle
To bother with MANNERS, or Ell
quette Dummy old worldD,
Or ANYTHING-excep using the
right beauty cream, and the right
fork.
And yet, there is nothing so attrac
tive to men. in all the world,
AS lady!
Oh, yes. l sigh to be a lady,
But, I'm To-day's Daughter.
And l dwell in the eternal fear OF
being twenty minutes late!
I WANT to be lady,
But haven't the TIME,
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home and probably all you want to
eat. There are many working girls
who would envy your position.
1t would do you good to look for
three beautiful things each day and
in the evening to write what you have
chosen in little book. You have nc
idea the comfort and companionship
you can find in a flower, a bird or a
cloud. Learn to love nature and you
will feel new life and hope.
1t is nonsense to think you will be
an old maid. Right now you have the
longings of youth and it is blessing
they cannot be gratified. Without a
doubt your marriage will be happier
because it will come When you are
more mature
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-22
SON ASKS CLEMENCY
FOR JOHN THRAWIEY

Clemency for John Thrawley, SEN
fenced in 1898 to a life term in the
State prison for murder, was asked of
the state board of pardons at Indianap-
oils Tuesday by Robert Thrawley of
Newcastle, the convicted mans son.
The elder Thrawley is more than so
years old, it was said, and has been
in prison about % years. His health
is said to have failed. He was tried
and sentenced from Richmond
Other cases were considered.
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What's in a Name
PATIENCE.
(Copyright)

The quaint, old-fashioned name OF
Patience has a doubly worthy signl-
canoe. Not only does it represent an
abstract virtue which religion deems
undesirable, but 1t is also one of the
names of holiness. 1t means bearing
up" and is regarded entirely as an
English name. though its origin is
with the Latin.
The title Plus, applied first to faith.
full filial love as in the "Aeneid"
came to have a higher significance
with the advent of Christianity. Tn,
der Antonius Plus it became the name
of martyr Pope and later was used
most frequently as one of the papal
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that a friendly word from you would
give them little encouragement and
happiness. Almost every one has gone
through a period of loneliness A short
time ago a school girl told me she was
so lonely that if another girl took her
arm or put an arm around her waist
tears would come to her eyes.
Yes, your lot is hard but not as
hard as many others. You have a
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PAGE FIVE

appellatives Pia, the feminine. is
still used in Italy.
The English translated the virtue
expressed in the title Plus into their
Patience, occasionally varying it with
Piety and Prudence. which they seem
to consider identical. The Puritans
are responsible for the vogue Of Pa
thence both in England and in this
country. chronological history reveals
the facet that there was ST. Patiens,
of Lyons. in early times and st. Pru-
dentius was the great Christian poet.
The turquoise is the talismanic
stone assigned to Patience. 1t will
protect her from evil. especially from
accidents. Tuesday is her lucky day
and her lucky number.
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The citizen., 1920-12-23
CHAPTER VIII.
Into the Farther West.


During the drive homeward Harris
thoughts persIstently turned To the
share his wife had had In Beulah's de-
parture, and his feeling toward Mary
grew more and mpre hostile. He re-
solved, however, that there should be
no open breach between them; he
would neither scold nor question her.
but would impress her with his dis
pleasure by adopting a cold. matter-of-
fact, speak-when-yo -you're-spoken-to atti-
tude toward her.
Under the circumstances II was not
remarkable that Harris work began
to loom larger than ever IN his life.
The space left vacant by his daughter
he filled with extra energy driving the
great plows through the mellow sum-
mer-fallow. A new tank-man was en-
gagged and the rumble Of the engine
was heard up and down the fields from
early morning until dark. From his
wife he held aloof. speaking with
strained courtesy when speech was
necessary. She. In turn. schooled for
years In selfeffacement. hid her sor-
row In her heart. and went about her
work with a resignation which he mis-
took for cheerfulness. and which con-
firmed him In his opinion that she
knew more of Beulah's intentions than
she had cared to admit. Only with
Allan his relations remained un-
changed; indeed. the attachment be-
tween the two grew deeper than ever.
The young man avoided any reference
to Beulah; what he felt In his own
heart he kept to himself, but the father
shrewdly guessed that he laid the
whole blame on Travers.
Meanwhile Mary plodded along with
her housework. toiling doggedly from
FIVE In the morning until half-past nine
or ten at night. Beulah's departure
had left all the labors of the home
upon her hands; her husband had
made no suggestion Of securing help,
and she had not asked any. One or
two postcards she had had from Beu-
lah. but they brought no great infor-
nation. They came in the open mail
her husband was welcome to read
them II he chose. but as he had sought
his own company exclusively since
Beulah's departure she made no at
tempt TO force them upon him.
AT last one morning came a letter.
big fat letter. left In by a nelghbor
passing by, as the custom was for any
settler going TO town to bring out the
mail for those who lived along his
route. She tore the envelope open