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supposedly fhs work Of watr currents which
have dissolved tie sto1s into passaseways Of
many forms and containing much that Is Of
interest It has been neglected, however. till
much Of ifs natural beauty has been lost Its
rock formations have been marred by the ham
mers Of tourists and It's walls have been black
ened by the. smoke of thousands Of torches.
The cave is in the heart OF a rocky district
well adapted to park purposes and not good
for much else. At present it is difficult Of &C
cess and SO great many people who might
otherwise visit 1t are kept away.
By all means let the national government
take hold OF the project and make there an
other great national park. It should have
been done long ago.
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To Preserve Mammoth Cave.

There is bill before congress appropriate
ing million dollars to make several thou
sand acres Of land in Edmonson county, Ken
lucky, in which is located Mammoth cave. a
national park. large tract there is to be
offered for sale soon and it is said that lum-
bermen are planning to bid on it for the hard
wood timber which is plentiful there. There
fore the movement to have the government
purchase it and create a park is timely
Congress ought to appropriate the money
necessary to carry this project through. Mann
moth cave is one Of the natural wonders of the
country, ranking with Niagara falls and the
Yellowstone park. More than 100 miles of its
interior have been explored, the whole being
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Headed the Wrong Way.

Confidence in the permanence of lower
prices is not inspired by the report of the bu-
reau Of labor, statistics of the department of
agriculture on average wholesale prices for
the month of April. Practically all lines
showed an advance over March, the average
being 424 per cent. Fuel and lighting mate
rails headed the list, with an advance Of II
per cent and food followed with ga per cent.
Lumber and building materials went up 5A
per cent and farm products 3 per cent. In
only one class of commodities was there de-
cline, and that was in cloths and clothing,
which dropped less than l per cent, due en-
tirely, it is said, to the decline in raw silk.
In the face of that showing it is we'll not to
be unduly optimistic over the present move
ment toward lower costs, confined, as it is al
most exclusively, to the retail field.
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From Tho Argus OF March "a. 1920
"The Argus henceforth will be conducted a. an
Independent newspaper, unbiased BIZ partisan ties.
ever and state Its honest convictions In
the interest Of comInon welfare.
Consumption of Sugar.

Rate of consumption Of sugar is about as
accurate barometer Of the prosperity of the
people as there is. Since sugar is mostly an
imported commodity and the amount produced
in this country is pretty accurately known it
is possible to tell just what the per capita
consumption in the United States is.
Use of n pounds by each individual in 1918
shows that there really wasn't much self de-
NAL practiced, since that is rather above the
average for the preceding 10 years. And the
increase to 90 pounds in 1919 proves that more
people were indulging themselves than ever
before. Sugar is a. food, Of course, though it
is not commonly eaten, especially by adults, to
satisfy the promptngs of real hunger. People
use about so much in their tea and coffee and
to sweeten fruit, etc. That is matter of
habit The increase last year was caused
mainly by "joy eating" and Indulgence in soft
drinks although the statistics are confined to
the period before prohibition became nationally
effective
There is no evidence that there has been
any letup in use of sugar so far this year, even
in the face Of a scarcity which in some cases
is acute, and prices three to FIVE times as high
as before the war. The chairman of the high
cost Of living committee of the Chicago city
council says there is boarding. There is
enough for all ordinary demands. Carload
after carload comes to the city. and mystic
riously disappears. He and great many 9TH
crs would like to know what becomes Of it.
There is boarding, beyond a doubt, but most
OF it at this stage OF the game is being done
by manufacturers who use it in their business
and by private families. Instances are common
in which families have now on hand sugar
enough to supply their ordinary needs for one
or two years. Retailers say that they are
being offered as much as 80 cents per pound
for sugar in 1oo-pound lots. Price is minor
consideration.
There is boarding and there is profteering
but the profteers are not boarding now. They
have prices where they want them and so the,
ore unloading. The consumer who boards i.
merely playing into their hands
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HEAITH Tl ks
BY WILLIAM BRADY nd.

mother can do, rocking . baby 10
sleep is most foolish. Jut think
Of the waste of time and energy that
means, all to no possible beneft and
often to the detriment Of the baby.
The mere accustoming Of the baby
to assistance in getting to :leep is
bad training, in the first place-it is
akin to forming dope habits. A
quiet, darkered room, satisfied APP
petite, soft warm didies, and no
interference,
Awakening the baby regularly for
nursing or feeding helps him to the
normal sleeping habit. Irregular
ity in nursing or feeding is harm
full in every way By the time baby
is five months old. he should sleep
from 10 p. m. to Z a. m, without
waking or being awakened.
Questions and Answers.
Illumination to Poison Ivy.-Is
there anything which will protect
one against poisoning by poison ivy
or poison oak? &c. W. d.
Answer-Send a stamped adj
dressed envelope and ask for the
method of immunizing against poi
son ivy.
Sodium Iodid and Goitre.-Will
you please repeat the directions you
gave some time ago for preventing
the growth of goitres in school chill
dren? Mrs. E. E. AZ
Answer-Two drains (that is, 120
grains) of sodium iodid may be dis
, solved in one quart Of boiled water
and kept in a corked bottle. One
teaspoonful Of this may be given
the child after meals two or three
times a day for six weeks or until
the bottle is empty. 1t is also we'll
to provide for young person de-
veloping goitre some kind of sea
food once or twice a week, prefer
ably fresh sea fish or shell fish,
but canned or salt fish il fresh sea
food is not obtainable.
! Albuminuria. - Is albuminuria
dangerous? What is the cure for
it? Oh. A. HI
| Answer Albuminuria is medi-
calese for albumin in the urine
Albumin in the urine does not nee
essarily signify disease. However,
l am unable to advise about it with
out knowing the nature of the trou-
BILE, if any. Consult your physician.
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''Our Country in 1920"

1t is not generally known that in December,
1920, Daniel Webster made a speech from Ply
mouth Rock to folks Of the year 1920. The
occasion was the 200th anniversary Of the
landing OF the Pilgrims.
His topic was "Our Country in 1920" Look
ing forward 100 years, he conjured before him
the unborn generation that would be running
America in this A. D. 1920
He was quite anxious that the people OF
our time should know how we'll the people OF
his time treasured the blessings Of liberty and
good government handed down to them by
their fathers. And one reads between the lines
the implied faith that the Americans OF 1871
would keep perfect the heritage.
We would leave he said, for the con-
sideration of those who shall occupy our
places, some proof that We hold the
blessings transmitted from our fathers in
Just estimation; some proof of our at
tachment to the cause of good govern
ment, and of civil and religious liberty;
some proof of sincere and ardent de-
sire to promote everything which may
enlarge the understandings and improve
the hearts of men.
And when from the long distance Of
100 years they shall look back upon US
they shall know at least, that
We possessed affections which
meet them with cordial salutations, ere
yet they have arrived on the shores Of
being.
Advance, then, We future generations.
We greet your accession to the great in
heritance which we have enjoyed We
welcome you to the blessings of good
government and religious liberty"
What answer does 1920 make to the speech
Webster made to it in 1920. Has the inheri
lance of civil liberties been we'll guarded
Have the heirs increased or diminished thei
estate?
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Heart 114O11Q.
47,91l)TODIQfTlcC "
y Il MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a
married woman and have two small
children. My last baby was born
at the hospital and ever since /
came back from there l have been
staying with my folks. But my
husband has been staying at his
home. Before went to the hospi-
tai | also stayed up with his folks.
We have not yet gotten a house by
ourselves. My folks do not have
room for all of us but his parents
have all kinds of room, still my
husband does not ask us to come
and live there. Can you please tell
me what might be the matter? His
mother comes to our house to see
me and the children and brings
them things.
My husband lies to me something
awful. He always tells me that he
will come down after supper, but
he never comes. And he lies to me
in other ways, too. What would
you advise me to do or say to him
His parents live one block from
our home and l see him going away
every night with two or three other
boys, all dressed up. When / ask
him where he has been, he tells
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me it is none of my business. What
can / do to keep him from running
around every night with the boys?
OF course We are both young, but
think he should stay at home a few
nights each week with his family.
When he comes around me he
plays with the children and treats
me alright. He makes love to me
as if we were just sweethearts yet.
Do you think he really loves me?
r. n. L.
Your case is rather an unusual
one, and l think the best way for
you to solve the problem is to sug-
gest to your husband that it is time
for you to 60 to housekeeping by
yourselves, and the sooner the bet
ter. Then if he seems to be sat
isfied with the present arrange
ment l should say it was time for
some sort Of an understanding.
There is a saying that no roof is
large enough to cover two families,
and you should not consider living
with either of your parents. am
sure if your husband really loves
you he will want to live with you
and the babies in a house all by
yourselves.
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BOARD AND ROOM.
BY Annette C. Symmes.

Copyright, 1920, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc)
Nat Bascom was just coming up
the street from 1.-The Job" with his
tools when he saw his wife Kitty
boarding the car in the square
This meant that she would reach
home about 20 minutes before he
did---time enough for her to pre-
pare the sort Of supper she had re-
Gently been giving him, he thought
with a sigh. Canned beans. bak-
ef's bread and pie, delicatessen
salad-he was deathly tired Of the
whole list.
Things had not always been thus.
When they lived in the little subur-
ban house in their honeymoon days
he had had a real home, with wife
In 1t to greet him at night with a
well cooked meal. But that sad
year which had ended in the bitter
disappointment Of empty aims for
Kitty and an aching sense of loss
tor Nat, when the baby welcomed
with such Joy had proved sickly and
bfter q few months had gone, had
changed everything.
Kitty had had a long illness and
the furniture had been stored while
she was at the sanatorium. When
she was we'll they had taken fiat
ID town, and Nat, IN his love and
sdesire that she should be well and
happy, had done everything and
put up with anything that she
Wished. The result might not have
been so bad II Kitty had not fallen
III with Mrs. H.. hut that lady had
1qcided theories about the suprem-
~ Of the wife and regarded hus-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-24

Q. Did women ever invent any,
thing? Name five or six inventions.
G. N. S.
A. Women have invented more
things than the number of patents
to their credit would indicate. The
invention Of the cotton gin was due
to an idea originated by a Mrs.
Greene, though the model was
made by Eli Whitney. Silken fab
RIGS were invented by the Chinese
empress. Si-Lung- Chi, more than
three thousand years ago. The
first straw bonnet manufactured in
the United States was braided by
Miss Betsy Metcalf OF Providence.
R. l., in 1898. The invention of
pillow lace is attributed to Barbara
Ullman Of Saxony, while engrav-
ing is believed to have been In
vented by the Cunts twins, Alex
ander and Isabella, in Italy. Mime.
Curie is probably the best known
woman scientist Of today, on ac-
count Of the discovery Of radium,
credit for which she shares with
her husband.
@. Who are the American and
British golf champions among
women! D.
A. Miss Cecil Leitch Is the Brit
ish champion. while Miss Alexia
Sterling has that place among
American women.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-24

And only 20 years ago the Rock Island
Cycle club was promoting Sunday runs to
Clinton and petitioning the city council to
stop coasting on Twentieth street and to check
the terrific speed by passing an ordinance lin
iting riders to II miles an hour in daylight
and eight miles at night! Think of your 1920
Rock Islander walking up Twentieth street just
to coast down on a bicycle, or rising on Sum
day morning in time to start an S0-mile hike
at 6 a. M,
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Autobabyography-s1.
Babies Should Sleep.

slept profoundly 81 hours out
OF each "a the first three days of
my life, and my folks didn't get het
up about it because they happened
to know that was normal.
A healthy baby a few weeks old
should sleep as much as II or %
hours out of the "a, waking only
from hunger, dampness, too much
noise or too much handling.
Up to the age of six months a
normal baby sleeps about Is hours
day, being awake only from half
an hour to two hours at a time.
A baby a year old should sleep Is
hours in each "a, IL hours at night
and three hours divided into two
maps in the daytime.
BY the time the baby is two years
old IL to IA hours sleep day will
usually be sufficient. This amounts
to IL hours at night and one or two
hours in day maps.
A child four years old still re-
quires II or II years Of sleep in
each "a. And up to this age a
daily nap is advisable.
Since a baby requires no food
save the natural corrective and
laxative obtained from the breasts,
in the first 60 hours of life, it is
unnecessary to awaken him at any
particular time in the first two or
three days. But after the milk Sc
erection is established the baby
should be regularly awakened by
the clock for every nursing time
throughout the day and probably
twice in the night.
From the beginning they taught
me to accustom myself to going to
sleep after nursing, and mother or
nurse was very careful not to stir
me up or rock or jiggle me, but
gently placed me in my crib so that
might Immediately fall asleep
Never was 1 permitted to sleep on
the breast. Nor should baby ever
be permitted to sleep with a nipple
in his mouth. Let him eat when
he eats and sleep when he sleeps
and not try to mix these two gain
full occupations. Never should any
device, medicine or artifice be en-
ployed to put baby. to sleep. o.
all fool things an unenlightened
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Today's Events

Though he has many rivals, Sir
Arthur Pinero, who celebrates his
65th birthday today, holds sway as
the most prolific and successful OF
English playwrights. Few dramat-
lists have had so many successes
since he took London by storm with
1.-THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray,'
quarter Of century ago. Since
then many society dramas have
come from his pen, and they have
not only made him famous. bur rich
too. Sir Arthur's family is Of Por-
tuguese origin. Some thirty-fve
years ago he was . clerk In q Lon
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hour early and walked down town
10 a good private boarding house,
Where he engaged meals for a
week, and ate a good breakfast. He
returned home after supper to find
Kitty in the sulks and refusing to
speak to him. He went to the
show alone, and retired as soon as
he got back. Kitty had moved into
the spare room, but he made no
sign that he noticed it.
One week, 10 days, two weeks of
this uncomfortable state of things
followed. Kitty would have
yielded. but had unfortunately
confided in Mrs. H., and had been
melted to hold out by that lady.
Ihen came a night when Nat
came home to find the dining room
blaze Of light, a delicious sumner
on the table, and Kitty, dressed in
her best, waiting for him at the
door.
kit"
"Oh, Nat! I'm sorry-Ill never
be so bad again" And with this
all-suffcient apology, Mats need OF
outside board vanished.
Nat said Kitty. after supper,
her lips very close to his ear
Have you heard about Mrs. H.!
Last night Mr.. H. found her at a
cheap ballroom with another man!
That's what she is-and I'll never
nave anything to do with her again
1T was half her talk that made me
so bad"
Il knew It," said Nat, his cheek
rssdns on her smooth bare arm
but you're my Kit now-my Kit :
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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

bands as walking pay envelopes,
and some OF her philosophy had
caught Kitty.
The fiat was usually neat enough
kitty was proud in that-but the
meals and the mending and those
many small duties which make a
real home to differ from delica-
lessen one had suffered. Kitty onw
went down town every day and
was seldom home much before he
was He had expressed his dis
pleasure, first gently and then with
more firmness, and she had been
first pert and then downright dis
agreeable-and the home had not
improved.
As Nat, turning these things over
in his mind. stood waiting for the
car, he noticed the sign on the
house across the street, Board and
Rooms
WELL" he said to himself, 1--WE
got rooms all right, but board"
And then an idea struck him at
which he first gasped and then
slapped his knee. The car came
and he boarded it, but he was near
! ly carried by his corner in his alb
sorption in a plan, he was making.
| The supper was precisely what
he had expected. Kitty chartered
away, eating daintily. She had had
box of chocolates at the movies,
and had eaten enough SO that she
was not hungry. This was often
the way, nowadays, SO she did not
appreciate that Nat who had eaten
nothing since noon. might want
more than what satisfied her.
Kit" said Nat when the meal
was over. 1--WE been thinking Of
making a change. You know ]
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don't like the way we're doing
now. don't expect you to stay in
all the time, but as long as l pro-
vide money enough for a good table
/ think l ought to get it. Well,
I'm not. I've told you l didn't
like these canned meals, and you
didn't care. You never knew me
to complain in the days when you
did care if things went wrong, for
then l knew you couldn't help it
Now ! know you don't want to
help it.
well, I've decided b change my
boarding place. Oh, no, I'm not
going to leave you" as he saw
her eyes widen and her face
blanch-"I'm perfectly satisfied
with the way you keep the rooms,
and with your society-when we're
net discussing these subjects-but
I'm going hereafter to take all my
meals out You can get what you
please for yourself. I'll give you
ample money for it. But L want a
change. and mean to have it."
The ensuing scene was far from
pleasant, but the tempest beat
about a husband inwardly dis
tressed, but outwardly serene. Yes
it would be more expensive-yes,
people would doubtless talk; they
were talking now, II you came to
that. He had heard two neighbors
discussing Kitty's domestic ability
only yesterday. No, he didn't care
whether Kitty liked it or not. She
hadn't cared whether he liked what
she did, or. not
He strolled out and LEFT her weep
ing, and felt like hulking brute te
do it; but he went.
| Next morning he rose Q halt
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(Any reader can get the answer to a
ton bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director
address and enclose two-eent stamp for re
confidential. the replies being Sent direct
paid to anonymous letters).
@. Who are the president and
prime minister of China? FIN.
A. China's president is Hsu
Shih-Chang; the premier is Chin
Yun-Peng.
@. Why, in translating Meme.
Tekel. Upharsin," did Daniel use
sin? W. L.
the word Peres instead of Uphar-
A. Peres is the singular form
and Upharsin the plural.
@. Who wrote There was lit
tie girl, She had a little curl" ct
cetera? W. A. H.
A. This was written by Henry
W. Longfellow as a birthday verse
for one of his children.
@. Who was the first woman
lawyer-when and where was she
admitted to the bar? /. M. c.
A. The first woman admitted to
practice law in the United States
was Mrs. Carrie Burnham Kilgore.
In 1884 she was admitted to the
Delaware county (Pennsylvania)
courts, and to one Philadelphia
common pleas court. By an act OF
the assembly in 1885 she was ad-
mitted to the state supreme court
and to the federal courts; in 1890
to the United States supreme court.
The first woman permitted to prac-
tice law in Europe was Nile.
Chauyin IN Paris, in 1897.
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Whats I'm a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL-
Copyright. 1919 BY the Wheeler Syndicate, Incl

Lily is purely English and Amer
lean. The Scotch have the form
Lilies, made popular through Lilias
Duthven in 1857. A Scottish bal
lad is also sponsor for Lillian, but
in recent years the heroine of
"Roswal and Lillian" who was
queen of Naples, is generally re-
ferred to as Lily and the signifi-
canoe of the flower is the accepted
motive for its use.
The diamond is Lily's talismanic
stone. 1t will protect her from
danger and disease and promises
her victory over her enemies and
the fulfillment Of her ambitions.
Saturday is her lucky day and :
her lucky number. The lily is, Of
course, her flower.
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LILY.

LILY.
Lily may truthfully be said to be
a flower name. Although effort
has been made to concoct for it an
intricate genealogical history, it is
best accounted for by the pure
white flower with golden tongue
which gives its fragrance to the
Easter season and blooms in its
happiest glory in June.
Curiousiy, Lily has always been
vaguely identified with Cecilia.
Since the former was found diff
cult to trace. the Italian name
Liliola was thought to be one of its
progenitors. 1t was borne by Liliola
Gonzaga in 1910, but was soon soft
ened in Italy to Ziliola or Cecilia.
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Nominate my old man for president or the
west will go Democratic, is the utimatum
brought to the eastern Republican managers by
Hiram Johnson, Jr. And with what happened
four years ago fresh in mind a good many
will feel sure that young Hiram knows what
he is talking about