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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20

GOVERNOR LOWDEN is an alumni of the
University of Iowa THE United Press.
Tut, tut: the governor may be plural in the
matter of ideas but it seems unjust to saddle
him with plural personality.
FOR the nifty headstone erected today over
this Trench Of Utilization you mot to mention
ourself) are indebted TO Harry Hoffman.
than whom there can be no whomer IN the art
OF drawing black magic from bottle of India
ink Bouquets for Harry may be laid on The
Tombstone. Well that he gets EN-
THEY SHOULD PINCH A THIRTEENTH AND
HOLD THE DOZEN FOR JURORS.
tFrom the Kansas City Starr.
Ponca City, Okla-Fifteen hundred dollars
was taken from the Santa Fee station safe here
last night by an unknown man who held up
J. A. Shelp, the night agent marched him
across the tracks and locked him in building
prior to blowing the safe. Twelve men around
the station have been arrested as suspects
A PIG with three eyes, two shouts, two
mouths and two tongues was born on a farm
near Batavia, N'Yawk, it is claimed, which
can squat out of both mouths at the same time
and see out of all three eyes.
This, perhaps, is recOmpense for the in.
creasing birth rate of blind pigs Mother Ma.
ture balances are always nicely adjusted
Five Seconds a Day With Our Presidents.
/, fn-Andrew Jackson.
He rose above
lowly plight
He lived to love
And loved to fight.
LICENSED to wed: Harry L. Six, East Mo
line Hazel CASTOR Moline.
Facetious welwishers will Of course men.
I ton Twin Skies.
A NEW YORK upstate farmer mas sent al
appeal to a New York city fur sales corpo
ration for mother cats to nurse baby silver
foxes, adding the encouraging information tha
cat can earn $3.50 for six weeks endeavor
Now, what queries Bettina, could cal
do with S2.50?" Well-to revive one of on,
| boyhood jests-she might buy cat fur to make
kitten breeches
UNDER a group photograph of the presi
denis cabinet the Trib. lists him as Newton "
Baker.
| AS a criminal returns to the scene of bis
crime so may the W. g, n. in its lack of com
plete- admiration" for our president, be oh
| sessed by the lure of the wv"
| o APRIL, April! Dry your ewes.
! Show us again some bright blue skies,
| R. E. MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20

For any age up to age 80 an ex-
cess of weight amounting to one
tenth Of the figure mentioned is
favorable.
The perfect or ideal feminine is
IS inches tall and weighs 133
pounds at age 80.
All of the figures given represent
weight without clothing. A wom-
ans clothing weighs from six to II
pounds.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
VitaninS.
Please tell me which foods are
rich and which are poor in vita
minis. (E. ]. o.
Answer-These are rich in va
ter-soluble food accessory factors:
Embryo of cereals. milk, legumes,
kidney, liver. These are rich in
fat-soluble food accessory factor:
Butter, cod liver oil, egg yolk.
cream or milk, the green vegetables
and relishes.
Hot Water.
recently heard a lecturer advo-
cate taking Is glasses of hot water
a day. Would that be too much for
a person not trying to reduce?
Will hot water reduce a person
(Mrs. r. n. b.
Answer-It will not reduce, I'M
less by impairing digestion. Fiji
teen glasses go ounces, about five
pints) Of water daily is not too
much to drink, but / would not ad-
wise taking it hot, though there is
no harm in drinking a glass or two
| of hot water every day if you wish.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20

steal and butterf1yish-not that Au-
brew is that SORT" loyalty, "only
Rogers wild about her. He means
to propose, but he's such a shy lad.
And Aubrey sort of takes him OF
his feet. Should she take it into
her pretty head to refuse him,
don't you see he'll need 'mothering'
more than ever?"
Yes, DEAR" Floyd's voice was
weary, although expressing perfect
understanding.
Aubrey waited no longer, but
stole quietly away, a queer little
ache in her throat. 1t was twilight
when she stumbled over her own
threshold. The fragrant odor Of a
cigar told her Roger was there
ahead of her, smoking in the dark
Roger often waited for her like
that. Throwing her wraps aside
she tip-toed to the hall portieres
and pulled them together.
Roger" she called, softly, and
as he came eagerly forward, 81
want to ask you something-no
please stay there on the other side
of the portieres." For one breath.
taking instant she paused, then:
Roger, do you love me-heapsr
TREMENDOUSLY.
why, Aubrey, of course-heap,
and heaps and" Rogers hands
fumbling there on the other sid,
of the portieres suddenly thrus
themselves through. The suddel
action rather disconnected her. bu
at the tender pressure of the fine
capable hands on hers, her cour
age returned.
Roger. has it ever occurred I.
you that Ellen and Floyd-migh
'bewaiting-for us-to-to-could
MT we-at Easter, perhaps
breathlessly, blushing furiousl,
there in the darkness in spite @
herself.
| A bit OF new moon peeped sur
reptitiously in through a windov
nearby. And then it was a Roger
tense and -hite, that suddenly con
fronted her.
! Aubrey" he said sternly, ar
you-joking-
! why, no." Aubrey laughed q bi
shakily. I'm merely taking ad
vantage - the season." glfbly. An,
then. eternal feminine all over, sh,
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confidential. the replies being SCAT dire
paid to ANONYMOUS lettersl.
@. Who was the first American
soldier in France to capture Ger
man prisoner? R. c. S.
A. The war department says that
on the night of October 1928, 1917,
Privates Adam Blasikowski and
John Cochanski, both of Polish ex-
traction, captured Private Lechhard
Hoffman, the first German prisoner
captured in the world war by the
American army. The prisoner was
q company mail carrier, and was on
his way back to his lines after hav-
ing gotten the mail, when he was
captured. The two captors ARE
from Michigan.
@. What were the eight largest
cities in 1870? F. S.
A. They were: New York, Phila-
delphia, Brooklyn. St. Louis, Balti-
more, Chicago, Boston and Cincin-
natl. The population of New York
at that time was 926,341, while that
OF Chicago was $4,000. The popu-
lation of Brooklyn was $4,000, and
was not included in New York at
that time.
@. OF the wild animals. which has
the record for longevity? H. H.
A. Elephants are perhaps the
longest lived members of the ami
NAL kingdom, averaging between
one hundred and two hundred
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20
Clarice.

ylAIlCts
While Clarice has it's origin in
the same root as Clare or Clara,
its evolution progressed in a far
different manner. The Latin ad-
jective clarus. meaning bright or
famous, is of course responsible for
both names, but where Clare fol-
lowed the English and French,
Clarice is the product Of Italy.
The old Latin feminine Of words
ending in "or." to signify the doer,
was six" in modern Italian this
become "ice" Clarice. therefore,
was the feminine name so evolved
and meant ito make famous" 1t
proved popular throughout Italy,
its famous bearer probably being
the wife of Lorenzo de Med!ci.
Though France already had a
Claire, she adopted Clarice, giving
Q soft "ss" sound to the &C." This
explains the Clarissa which sprang
mp IN England and was given ez-
tfao-dinary vogue by Richardson In
his novel where he made Cla1issa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20
Removal of the Leather Shop.

In the long run Rock Island arsenal may
Be the gamer from the exchange by which Ii
Loses the leather department and gets the
MACHINE gun plant from Rochester. That. at
last. Is the view Of ordnance men who have
every reason to desire that the arsenal be
operated to as great an extent as the interests
OF the war department justify. They answer
the assertion that the machine gun plant will
not be operated after its removal here by say
ing that neither will there be any activity in
the leather department after July l, since the
army il fully supplied with the goods it makes.
They further contend that the future output Of
leather goods will be limited, while the ma
chine gun is being constantly perfectly and
present equipment under that heading will
soon become obsolete, making it necessary to
resume manufacturing in few years.
AS to the reason for removing the leather
department it is pointed out that room for 1t
here is lacking and anyway it is no longer I'M
der the ordnance branch Of the service, having
been turned over to the auartermaster during
the war for reasons which were deemed sufii-
Gent Formerly the ordnance bureau fur
nished part Of the equipment carried by the
0Ol0l0Y, Wnllo the quar- udstcT ouppiiou otuei
articles OF like nature. This caused endless
confusion in Quitting the troops and so it was
decided to turn over all equipment to the quar-
tErmaster, the ordnance department supplying
merely the fighting implements. That is why
Secretary Baker said the transfer was purely
an administrative act and not subject to legis-
lation BY congress.
The serious phase Of the matter from the
local standpoint is the manner in which gov
eminent manufacturing for other departments
will be handicapped. With facilities for max
4 ing leather and cloth goods and other equip
4 ment the soldier carries gone it is evident that
n the range Of activities in manufacturing in q
N general way for government use will be greatly
n circumscribed.
II Private manufacturers naturally do not rel
II ish bidding against . government owned plant
n for government work. That kind OF competi-
y ton knocks price agreements galley west 1,
Il is not hard to believe that the present move
! ment has been seized upon as = favorable one
| to give government manufacturing death
blow. II so. the pressure probably is being ex
Il erted in congress, where appropriations orig
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20

Shows and clothes seem to be
what my wife lives for. She is g.
l earn q good salary, but everything
goes. ] wouldn't even mind that if
she was ever satisfied. As l said
before. l am no gutter. l have
stood it four years and can for the
rest of time if necessary.
! have read in your column many
time Of women complaining of
their husbands and your advice not
to change said husbands. l SUD-
pose the same advice would apply
to me and q lot of men, for once in
a while men get the worst OF it
though they won't admit it as a
rule.
l an not thinking of changing
wives. only of lettering things if
possible. l hope you can give me
some advice that will help. l am
far from perfect myself and do not
expect perfection from my wife,
only cooperation and friendly in
terest. Is that asking too much.
SINCERELY YOURS.
1t seems to me that both you and
your wife would be happier if you
separated. You could pay her q
monthly allowance without getting
divorce. l should think, however
that both of you would want it.
In . sense a man who marries
more than once is a bigamist. On
the other hand do you think il
moral for two people who do moi
love each other to live together
unless they sacrifice themselves fol
the sake Of children?
Your wife is %, you say. 1t il
. pity that she undertook the re.
probabilities OF married life before
she was old enough to settle down
believe that good vacation would
help both Of you. Let her 60 away
tor six months or . year. At thu
end Of that time you can Judge thu
sttpatton In Z clearer light and
VIII b able to decide whether YOU
care enough for each other TO Nv
together again. or whether yor
ohoud have freedom and make 4
new start IN ufA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20


. Washington. D. G. Glve full name and
turn postage Z. brief. AL inquiries are
! to each individual. No attention will b
years. There are records of ele-
plants living $50 years. Most nat
uralists allow the whale about the
same length of life as the elephant.
The camel comes third, averaging
about rs years. The average life
of a lion and tiger is 40 and rs
years respectively.
G. Did Napoleon's brother. Jer-
ONE, marry an American? E. U.
A. In 1903, Jerome Bonaparte, 10
years OF age, arrived in New York,
and soon afterward, while visiting
beth Patterson. They were mar
ried with great ceremony by the
Catholic bishop Of the Baltimore
diocese. In 1905 he started for
France. leaving his wife to follow.
An order was issued prohibiting
her from entering France at any
place, and she saw her husband
only once after his departure. Ma
poleon had the marriage of his
brother annulled, and forced Jer-
ONE to marry the daughter Of the
king of Wurtenberg. Six days aft
er this ceremony. the young prince
was made king of Westphalia.
@. What metal was discovered
first. r. Z. NJ
A. Gold is probably the first
metal known to man.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20
The ETERNAL QUESTION
BY Mary Power.

Copyright, 1920, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc.)
II was the impatient jingle of
bells without that caused Aubrey
to hasten with the final touches to
her toilette. A moment later she
emerged from the house and
swung her 1.-the young body into
the sleigh beside her brother.
well have to hurry. Ken." she
advised, tucking the robe about
her. i've exactly 10 minutes"
well, II you don't take the
cake" he sputtered, here I've been
waiting,
"Please, Kenneth. don't scold.
vheedled Aubrey. Gracious" in
sudden alarm. i've forgotten my
notes-no, I haven't. either" evi.
IDENTIFY relieved.
"H'm," Kenneth cast scornful
giance at the trim figure beside
him. whats the subject this aft
eFnoon, socialism, woman suffrage
or-or-better babies?" he grin
ned.
Aubrey flushed. THE eterna
Question-'Should Woman Propos.
Choose the Mate Rather"
Kenneth gave a prolonged whis'
tle.
-Going 10 take advantage of leaI
yaar, eh?" he chuckled. You're
afDrmative?"
Aubrey shook her head. 'Nt
real lady proposes" acidly.
"Huh, nine-tenths Of 'enl do,
vouchsafed Kenneth. That is
suhtly."
Aubrey flashed him a look o
WIthering scorn. Zone couldn't ex
.rect you-a mere child-to under
stand" she said, frigidly.
The mere child" grinned.
II promised to call at Ellen Col
lhy's," said Aubrey, mind you're
back In time"
elt's too cold to drive about" ht
|umbled. Couldn't l." he turn.
his faee with II tantilising grin
waSd her. II say, Aubrey
0Atu't . fellow sneak In bach
DoWhefo!
IN a opea meeting. ysu may
- n 4 - wish. But" hest.
asly. tn e speak an hour"
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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

! "On that subject" h. gasped,
and was answered by a naughty
stare.
A moment later they stopped at
the headquarters of the Girls club.
Entering, Aubrey swept down the
aisle and daintily took her place
on the platform.
The debate was a success. Au-
brey's opponent, fair haired, Ian
guild girl of 20, expounded her
views on the eternal question" in
we'll couched language. Aubrey,
on the other hand, took the house
by storm, when, in concluding her
remarks, she said, with flushed
cheek and sparkling eye:
NO girl with an ounce of dig
nifty in her makeup could, with
honor, ask man to marry herr"
And then. thrillingly:
Our grandmothers couldn't, our
dear mothers wouldn't. l-you-
we-oh!" spiritedly. lit shouldn't
be done"
Kenneth, enconced in a rear seat
was interested in spite Of himself
He could not resist one last sar-
castle fling, however, as he drop
ped Aubrey at Ellen Colby's door
II say, Aubrey" he cautioned
hadn't you better give Ellen a Bit
of advice? She and Floyd have
been counting for ages. They say
he hasn't ever mentioned marriage
II you don't watch out she'll upse,
your pet tradition by proposing
herself. Times ripe" he added
maliciously. Seeing she's Rog
er's sister. you should" he sho,
a meaning glance at her and drov,
away.
Ascending the stairs to the Col
by nat Aubrey frovned, cogitatint
on Kenneth's insinuations. ElleI
Colby was no chicken, surely, ant
it was queer, this prolonged court
ship. Suddenly she became awar'
Of voices beyond q half opened
door at the head OF the stairs.
Dear" Ellen was saying. he
voice all queer and trembiy-like
1T Roger and Aubrey get married
this year, I'll 60 to you at Christ
mastide. should like to be ,
Christmas bride" wistfuily.
"But II Aubrey-she's young ant
attractive, and youth is 20 whim-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20
Today's Anniversaries

lS23-Marco Bozzaris, the famous
Greek patriot, was killed at
Carpenisi.
lS74-British parliament voted
$125,O00 to Sir Garnet VOL
se(ey for his work in
Ashanti.
lSSz-The Dominion parliament
passed the Canadian Pacific
railroad bill.
1S9S-lnterna.ional Rmetallic con-
gress assembled at Brussels.
1SS7-Connecticut Federation of
Women's clubs organized At
Bridgeport.
lsSS-President Mckinley signed
the resolutions OF couxfesa.
and IN uftmntum to SAain
was cabled to Minister wood
ford
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20
wHEx THE PAPER GOES TO PRESS.

There's a buzz and roar and rattle,
A continued rhythmic clack
Like the hoofbeats of the cattle
On q beaten Texas track;
The building throbs and shlvers
In a way it can't repress
Like a thousand unleashed flivvers-
When the paper goes to press.
I can hear the steady drumming
Ev.ry day at half past three,
But the drumming and the humming
Do not seem like noise to me;
For the old press is but singing
And the tune is a cares
That in my ears keeps ringing
While the paper goes to pfea4
But with the old press chanting
Sounds loud, discordant note
One so strident, raucous, ranting.
That l fear twill get my goat.
For the voices, young and lusty,
That the carriers possess
Make my temper rather crusty
When the paper goes to press.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20

For the first time in months costs of %
main articles of food failed to increase during
the 30-day period ending March Is The fly in
the ointment is the fact that in the year ending
on that date clothing went up 81 per cent.
It's always some blamed thing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20
What's I'm a Name?
by MILDRED MARSHALL
Copyright. 1919 by the Wheeler Syndicate, Incl

his heroine. The popularity OF tnls
book in France brought forth ois
risse. 1t is not the first instanSe
Of when one language adopts ~.
change made upon one o. It's own
words by another tongue.
Cladinda and Clairmond are WV
other fanciful interpretations w.
the original Clarice.
The diamond is Clarices taiis
manic gem. Its potency is best "a
pressed in tne old rhyme:
THE Evil Eye has no power p"
harm
Her that shall wear the diamonu
as a charm. A.,
No monarch shall attempt ="
thwart her will,
And cen the gods her Eisn''
shall fulfill"
Friday Is Clarice's lucky Gay an'
! her lucky number.
Tho Manris regard the owl ~ =
bird Of ill-omen. supposed to io'V
tell death or disaster,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-20


born in Mecklenburg, cOun.
ty. North Carolina.
lSO6-MOved to Tennessee.
lSlS-Graduated from University
Of North Carolina.
1S20-Admitted to the bar.
lS2S.sS-Member Tennessee legis.
lature.
Is24-Married Sarah Childress.
lS25-39-Member of congress.
1SS5-39-Speaker.
1SS9-41-GOvernOr of Tennessee.
lS4l-Defeated for reelection.
l945-Again defeated.
lS44-N0minated for president by
the Democrats and elected.
James Knox Polk was the first
dark horse to win the presidential
race, and his figure remains among
the pale shadows in the procession
of presidents across the pages of
history. His personal biography
being hardly more than a cata-
logue of the Offices through which
he passed without leaving mark
behind him. this must be mostly a
story of the remarkable circum-
~ o"11os,.a $3.50 - f.,
.nuo,noa ..poIIn- ;, aana
al, - ~ sn.,,oa paI,, uaro
among those immigrants from Ire
land-like the Jacksons-whO took
up in America the resistance to
-;aa on rnsrooossf,,,v IN THAR no
80 ;.I.nd IT, nra.;dant,e arond
narents both tha Polls and the
Knoxes were Irish horn and prom
mont in the revolutionary string
Ole in North CaroIin.
when he was vet a how the fam
ily of James X moved to Tennes-
Geo whore he was ton fraiI for
frontier farming and was mt to
work hehind the counter of :; cross
roade store After time in that
exceI,ent nranaratorv schoo, of life
hhe returned to his native state to
enter college and he graduated
from the University of North Car
DINA.
Becoming q country LAWYER he
was sent to the Tennessee .legisla-
ture: married Sarah Childress.
daughter of welI-to-do man OF
business and went to congress for
IA wears in the course of which
he became first the Jackson leader
of the house and finally sneaker.
Next ha took his seat as povornor
of Tannessee for term After
! having been twice defeated in his
effort tn obtain a second election
10 tne soVernorsnlp, those oeleats
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BIZ JAMES MOI. GAY

the purpose Of Matching their plot
in the height. In those days. when
the states were called in their geo.
graphical order, New Hampshire
was second on the roll and the del
egation from that New England
state was craftily chosen to spring
the name of Polk. Then came that
now familiar convention maneuyer
which is called a stampede, with
delegates wildly chasing the band
wagon.
1t was in the first year of the
telegraph, and when the name Of
Clay was licked OFF as the nominee
of the Wing convention at Balt-
mort, those wiseacres of Washing
ton, who still regarded Morse as an
imposter, said that the trick was
easy, since anyone could have
guessed who the Wing nominee
would be. Three weeks afterwrd,
| when the inventor at the capital
spelled out the name OF Polk as
the Democratic nominee, the doubt
ing Thomases were convinced that
he was fraud. They scoffed at
such an absurdity and were not
persuaded of the truth until the
arrival of a train from Baltimore.
The new telegraph also served to
carry back from Washington Silas
Wright's declination Of the second
place, to which that New York sen-
ator had been nominated as a con-
ISOLATION for the Van Buren, men,
and the convention had to choose
another nominee for vice president.
The Wings everywhere greeted
the Democratic nominee with the
derisive inquiry, who is Polk"
1t stumped even loyal Democrats.
like the steamboat captain who
faithfully shouted, when told the
news: "Hurrah for ----
What'd'ye' say his name isl"
The obscurity of Jim" Polk,
which that SNUG, unsmiling, unln-
spired little man of respectable
abilities had preserved even on The
eminence of the speakers char,
was deepenei by the shining fame OF
Van Buren,, whom he had dlsplac-
ed at the convention. and OF Clay,
against whom ne was matched be-
| fore the people. These two states
men had taken it for granted thai
they were TO be the champions Of
! their respective parties. History
suspects that they concocted IN
friendly visit two letters which ap-
peared suspiciously close together
and which were suspiciousIy alike
in discouraging the annexation Of
I Texas at risk OF war with Mexico
Van Buren, stood by his guns
against annexation, going down ID
the Democratic convention uhoeF
the displeasure Of the southern
slave holders and the alarm OF
northern dough-faces. Clay later
ed in the campaign. QuloDllhe'
! qualifying and taking a back track
he went down at the election unoef
the Indignation of the abolitionlsH'
who polled enough votes for theH
third ticket to cause his defeat,
Polk lost Tennessee at the polls
and is the only man, with the soie
exception of Wilson in 1916, VINO
has been elected without his OWN
state. For several days the nation
al election was in doubt, with tne
result hanging on a complete coun,
in New York. At last it was louiu
that Polk had carried the state py
5.OOO-thanks to the Liberty party
which had drawn away more than
that number of votes from 'hs
great commoner." Henry Clay nau
compromised his last chance ioi
the presidency.
published by special arrangement
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We know a number of Americans who could
qualify for D'Annunzio's "anti-league of ma
tons with flying colors, and at least one of
them is urging those very qualifications as his
chief presidential asset.