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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

, servant, a medal OF the Legion of
Honor which the attendant wore
might have established the identity
Of his calling little differently.
Further investigation would have
proven him to be a colonel in the
French army and Of a very pleasing
appearance. This colonel, after en-
tertaining himself with many broad
grins, observed to the large marble
clock over the door:
Jean. my son, you have an, ad-
venture! My boy, you will guard
these pretty things very carefully,
and when the generous Americans
return. perhaps, II you are very po-
lite. you will receive a tip" And
a smile being insufficient, the
young Frenchman gave vent to a
hearty laugh. He stopped sudden
ly and muttered to himself:
That girl was very much like.
| wonder!" .
He was turning the gentleman's
hat in his hand. md his eyes,
CHANGING to light upon the name OF
the owner engraved. on the band.
he uttered an exclamation.
The real attendant appeared =
moment later. He was made ac-
quainted with the situation, which
delighted him as much as It had his
companion. :
Il was called to the office for .
few minutes. explained that grim
ming OFFICIAL ~Ws've had no guests
for the last hour and thoukht I
could risk moment or two"
MMct 1en NJ. sssponded M
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What's In A Name?
b.
MILDRED
MARSHALL


Just why it should have applied to
the Irish is not clearly understood,
unless they, like the French, be-
lieved that it had some connection
with the heavens. or sky, whose
Latin term is "coelum." Thus a
blue-eyed Irish girl might easily
have been called Sile or Sheelah
under the romantic Meltic idea that
the sky was reflected in her lovely
orbs.
-Curiously enough Shiela spread
throughout England. 1t is very
popular there today, but it is rare
ly spelled Sheelah.
The turquoise is Shiela's tails
manic gem. 1t is believed to bring
her true love and a happy mar
rage. Monday is her lucky day
and 6 her lucky number. 7
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lard, the Stafford Hotel, and mailed
it thoughtfully.
That afternoon Colonel ReiI,ard
entertained Miss Eleanor Howard
with stories Of bravery, Of death. Of
courageous mems deeds in the
great war. But the one which in
terested them both the most was
something like this:
"Mademoiselle, don't YOU remem.
Der the French officer that was
nursed back to health by one whose
image has lived in his memory ever
since, whose memory has never left
nus heart? Do you not recall how
mat OFFICER used to refuse to be at
tended by anyone but yourself and
that when you did come, with vonr
soft voice, to dull his sufferinrs
90 you remember that he used Ia
tell you how beautiful we're vour
eyes: This officer has carried a
great love for you in his heart from
that time. He came to America a
week ago. to seek you out and ask
you to become his wife. Will Won
q; NOT .. ten - MN that he does not hope
The story ended there, one reason
being that. the story teller had m
extremely sympathetic listener Who
! had Just answered a very small
word and the other being that vhen
F! = beautiful girl has said that verv
small word to a handsome youns
man there are things much move
interesting than stories.
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,,ourr E..L t1y
~ : 80. o ., lou nave oone
.e"' 'ei.i
TOT the next nalf hour he loung-
Gu ABOUT the corridor.
When Eleanor Howard and her
parents entered the corridor pre-
paratory to leaving, they were as
sisted IN putting on heir wraps by
the same person who had taken
them from MIR. Howard. Then they
left the hotel. entered their car and
returned home.
The next day when Eleanor vas
searching for a slim of naner she
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23
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by i MDcFl IZARFTH THOMpSONa
ia % i MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSONA

you work. l believe it would %
better for You to make your own
way courageously than to live WIN
a man VINO has ceased to honor you.
OF course your one chance to1
happiness with him is to gel AAiu
away from evil influences, - /
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My iace
and neck are quite thin, but ms
body is stout enough. Woula sou
advise electrical messages 70 VI
out my face and neck? 49,.
When with a gentleman lrienu
in passing in front of him when NJ
holds open the door, Should ons
say Pardon mel" Also, ougn! ons
TO say Thank your" When tnel.
are several doors to be openea
seems sort Of useless 70 say pS
don me- every time. Lila
Some find electrical massass
beneficial. 1t might be wise IVA
you to give it trial.
Simply say Thank you We ~.
the man you are with nolds Wv
door open for you. 1t is not ne0''
sary to ask him to pardon you'
two girls is and 16 years OF ags
We are very fond Of dancing an. -.
would like to dance At some tneau.
for a week. Do you tnlnA
should try it! We have never lsa As,
any dancing lessons, but everypo1
says We are experts at it. IL seem
to come naturally to US anu Nv.
would just love to dance on VA "a
! stage. Our friends say We snou,r
/ Should we speak to the manas
, OF the theatre or the owner!
TWO SISTERS.
I think you are too young " y y
on the stage. 1t is a hard lie -
a greater test to character
most people can stand. H. ~ !.
ever, you are determined. tax 3
(. tine manager Of the theatre.
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Shiela,

Shiela.
The Irish, to whom Shiela un-
doubtedly belongs, prefer to spell
the graceful name Sheelah. Either
form is correct and the fortunate
bearer of the name, growing weary
Of one version, may turn to, the
other without fear Of affectation.
Shiela means blind" 1t comes
from the old Roman and is popular
in Italy in modern times in the
guise of Zilia or Celia.
Its earliest origin was among
the Coolian gems, founded by the
Etruscan general Coolies Vivenna,
who also named the Coelian hill.
The wives of lodges in Venice
adopted Zilia in honor Of this war
hero and the name spread to Ma
plies, where it appeared as Liliola.
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Dear Mrs. Thompson: A friend
of mine has enlisted in the United
States service. l do not know
which branch, army or navy. TO
whom shall l write to secure his
address?
Are the boys who enlist now
trained in the United States be-
fore they are sent across?
II a letter is sent to boy in
camp and he sails before it
reaches him, is it forwarded to
him or returned to the writer?
A BOY READER.
II you knaw his parents, write to
them for his address. In case you
write to the Army and Navy de-
partment for information, enclose
q stamped and addressed envelope
for your reply.
Boys who enlist now are trained
here.
Usually the letters are forward
! ed.
! Blue Rose: You poor little
girl! Your trouble comes from
! marrying when you were too youn
to use good judgement Probably
/ you would be happier II you per
suaded your husband to find work
! in another town where he woul'l
not be able to run home all the
time. If he will not 60, it seems &c
me you would be happier to leave
him and face the world alone. He
is cruel and selfish and keeps you
heartsick all the time. Let the
other woman have him il he will
not move to another town where
he would be free from harmful
ties. The othe; woman shows wha1
she is to say she would give up heI
husband and children II he would
divorce you.
Perhaps some one in your famil,
Vii! tAke caro- Of the baby while
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p6lo " 8k4OuJ AAoAo ASsSss's
@. What was the largest fish
ever caught? F. A. h.
A. According to scientists OF the
Smithsonian Institution the record
fish was captured at Miami. Fla.
after fight lasting 80 hours. Five
harpoons and $50 bullets were re-
CURED to subdue the monster. 1t
was a whale shark and weighed
80. 900 pounds. its liver alone weigh
ing LOO pounds.
@. Can liquified hydrogen be used
as a substitute for gasoline in run
ming automobiles? b. F. II.
A. The bureau Of standards has
recently completed a machine for
making liquid hydrogen, and an
Italian scientist is said to claim
that this material can be used as a
motor fuel. However, commercial
developments in this direction are
far in the future.
@. Where does a flower get its
smell? B. N. n.
A. The fragrance Of flowers is
due to special essence of oils which
the plant produces. These oils are
complicated compounds of only
two elements, carbon and hydro
gen, and are known as volatile oils
since they escape readily into the
air.
Q. When did prohibition come
into effect? H. P.
A. Constitutional prohibition
came into effect in the United
States Jan. 16, 1920.
@. l have heard it reported that
there was a giant airship built b,
the Germans during the war te
bomb New York. Is this true?
NJ. l..
A. The 81 To-" designed and con.
structed at the Zeppelin works al
|Lewenthal, was made for the sole
purpose Of bombing New Yorl
city. according to a report by Col
onel William Hensley of the Bal
loon and Airship Division Of th'
Air Service. This airship is II!
feet long, IS feet high, has an 8.
foot beam. six Maybach engines O
go H. P. each, q speed of 81 mile.
per hour, a gass capacity OF 11,00i
gallons, a lifting power Of IS tons
hydrogen capacity Of 2,470.000 cubi,
feet. q cruising distance of $50
miles and carried 5h tons Of bomb
in addition to the crew. The pilo
Of this machine had successfully
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bombed London 10 times, as we'll as
Dunkirk at the Russian front. As
a reward for these services the nj
lot was to be given the opportunity
OF plotting the airship in its pro-
posed trip to New York city, the
most coveted opportunity id the
German air service.
Q. How much does it cost the
United States to coin pennies, nick
els, dimes and quarters? A. C. K.
A. 1t costs the United States
about 20 cents per 100 to coin pen
MES: nickels, about az cents each:
dimes and quarters, about 50 cents
per dollar value of the coins. Sill
yer is not coined free now as it used
to be.
Q. Who were the umpires of the
1913 World series? re.
A. Rigley and Quigley of the Ma
tional league, and Evans and Nall
lin of the American league.
Q. Is the passenger pigeon ex-
tinct? AL A
A The passenger pigeon as a
species suddenly disappeared some
years ago. but the state ornitholo-
gist Of Massachusetts, reports that
he has been advised by four hunt
ers that they recently saw at close
range and positively identified a
pair Of these birds.
@. Where is the expression about
entertaining angels unawares to be
found? ink
A. This expression is found in
the bible, Hebrews KILL: BE
not forgetful to entertain strang-
ers, for thereby some have enter.
tanned angels unawares." 8
O. Who was Brann, the icono.
clast, whose works are widely ad.
vertised at the present time.
G. I. T.
A. Brann, the iconoclast was vii.
liam Cowper Brann, a notable
American writer, who was born in
Humboldt township, Coles county
ILL.,. on Jan. I, 1855. He issued the
first number Of the "Iconoclast" in
July. 1891. at Austin. Tex, but i,
was suspended. In 1894 he settled
In Waco. Tex, and the following
year revived the "Iconoclast." For
some time his articles aroused the
enmity of Tom E. Davis. and the
! two men engaged in a street duel
on Nov. 10. 1897, in which both
iwere killed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23
4 SNAIL TOWN HICK IN A BIG HICK T0Ws

How do you get to the White Sox park!'
asked OF big town hick.
And he came right back with raueous bark
IF you want to get there quick
Just walk three blocks straight west from her
And get on a South Side L..
took his word and felt no fear
That everything would be well.
/ mounted the stairs, my dime paid.
And into the train l hoped.
Get off at Thirty-ffth street" he'd said
But the durn train never stopped
/ leave It to you: was l to blamei
rated his word at par.
He told me couldn't miss the game
II took South Side car!
I am not q small town hick who knocks
When a boosts more polite
But I'm for throwing few small rocks
At that doggone big town h1ck
Now, folks. if in Chi you would embark
On tour Of joyousness,
Don't Try to get to the White Sox park
On the Englewood Express!
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A dispatch from Wayland, Mich, tells OF
the first lot OF fruit trees sold by air. meaning
that the nursery salesman made the trip to
the purchaser in an aeropane. Nevertheless.
there are orchards all over the country that
were sold by air, and hot air at that, and the
owners are only waiting for the salesman to
cuune that way again.
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Worthy of Retention.

Everywhere along the river there is one
continuous expression Of regret over the en-
forced retirement, under the civil service pen
sion act Of the last congress. of Colonel C. W.
Durham, the experienced and popular assist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

III. Kamenef, bolsheyik trade commissioner
IN London, says, I'VE do not want the Danzig
corridor" and 90 far as we can see nobody
seems to be trying to make them take 1t.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

FROM a casual and intermittent perusal of
the days news we suspect that women are
about to be granted universal suffrage Vaca-
tioning is not conducive to weighty thinking,
mot that we ever overtax our limited supply
of gray matterD but in our contemplating
opinion, of course-the percentage of votes
gained by Messrs. Harding, Cox, ct al will
average about $3.50.
Why Not Try Two Teaspoonsful of P-o.
Wa.er Every Two Hours! =
(From the Macomb Bystander).
Dr. Aitken will give his lecture, Col
ored Spectacles" an entertaining, in
spirational lecture. We are sure you
will like him very much. We regret that
it is necessary to make a change in the
program after announcement has been
made, b it in this case there is no
alterativ.
WHAT was your greatest vacation thrill?
Ours, we were about to say. came when NJ.
Robertson of the Cubs hoisted one of Mr.. Ell
ler's fast ones over the rightfed wall for a
home run in the eighth Tor was it the lucky
seventhD, tying the score with the Cincinnati
Reds, all.
BUT our greatest thrill, after all, came
while We were being boy again at River
view park. You have seen the colored gentle
men in a cage seated on a jointed bar over a
tank of water, have you not? Outside the cage
extends small target One procures three
cheap baseballs for dime with which one en-
deayors to hit the target. If one has a strong
, arm and a good aim the dusky person gets a
duckng. 20 you skinnay," he called
to us as he crawled from the tank. We bought
three more balls but one thrill was all we got
REFERRED TO THE SLOGAN NUTS
Harding and "Hi' can never blend;
Cox will swat their sbitter end"
| R. E. H.
THE city of Elgin is hospitable place. On
trolley pole within few feet of the gateway
! entrance to the state hospital for the insane
is placard bearing the legend: WELCOME
X" The * puzzled us for a moment until
it flashed upon US that it stood for "knuts," OF
if you prefer-"K-nuts."
| SPEAKING of signs this one may be seer
on the side wall OF the Sporting Goods" store
in Geneva, ILL.,:
vICTRoLAS
Drink
COCA COLA
WE had often wondered how they produced
their liquid tones.
ONE good thing we heard on our vacation
q is this story Well pass ii on. Mr. Murphy
mayor of a large Pennsylvania city, was chosen
to introduce the speaker at mass meeting
Eeld in the opera hodse. At the opening o.
the meeting he came forward and said:
Ladies and gintlemen: l have the hono1
this avenin' of introducin' to you the spaker o.
the avenin, Mr.. Potts Of Boston, who will
now address you. Mr.. Potts is a very notet
man in more ways than wan. from the fac
that there are SEVERAL towns named after Mr.
Potts. three OF which are in the gr-r-eat stat,
OF Pennsylvania. which are called Pottstown
Pottsville and Cha-a- mber-r-rsburg"
TO appreciate this as did we you should
have heard R. E. H. tell it. Cold type detract,
SO much from good yarn.
BRITAIN reads Trib. headline "face
new war; The United States has nothin,
to fear in that line.
THE old war is still on with US.
r. E. MIG
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curiosity naturally is aroused now to know
what will be the goth amendment concerning
which We shall be expected to become excited
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

WHY should~not excavators find gold In New
Yorks financial district? Has not plenty OF 1t
been lost there?
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Mexico should have federal board for all
time to arbitrate the grievances between the
government and revolutionists.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
An. Dad. Don't Be So Old.

I am q boy Is years old and ply
sically sound. like to 60 in swim
ming for about half an hour every
day. But my father says it is dan
gerous. When he was q boy he
knew a boy who had white swelling
on his leg, and the doctor said it
was from going in swimming so
often and staying in so long. So
father won't let me 60, but twice a
week and for 10 minutes. Is it dan
gerous? &C. S. NJ
Answer-Father is mistaken and
the old doctor was making . very
bad guess. White swelling" was
an old name for tuberculosis Of a
joint and of course tuberculosis was
never in the world caused by going
in swimming. If you were my boy
and wished to 60 in three or four
times a day and stay in from three
minutes to three hours each time
I'd say, Hop to it, son, and femme
go along with you once in a while.
Read this to father and tell him
said fathers shouldn't age so rap
idly.
Reduction Diets.
How long would 1t take one tt
reduce if one omitted entirely from
the diet all butter, sugars, pastries
potatoes, ETC.. and exercised ever,
day? q. A. b.
Answer-Whether weight coult
be reduced rapidly or slowly by tn.
omission of what are imagined t
be ''fattening'' foods, would O
course depend wholly upon thu
amount of other foods taken. Tha
is a poor plan. If you desire to re
duce weight, you must limit thu
total intake of food, preferably tax
ing less OF every kind of food ant
not attempting to avoid this or that
There is practically no difference il
the various items of the dietary 81
far as "fattening" is concerned
considering the varying amounts o
these items naturally desired.
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would climber" the muscles and
various other mistakes.
Physical training and athletic
work ought to p compulsory for
all boys and eifls from an early
age in grammar school on through
high school and college. But there
are contests which may be safe
enough for young men. yet too
strenuous for immature boys and
American football il one. High
school football 10 = serious mistake.
1t, places a dangerous strain upon
the heart Of the inadeQuately train
ed lad and in many instances, this
strain produces permanent damage.
Even for young men Of college age,
training for football is . question
which demands competent medical
Judgment in every case. \
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

The opponents OF womans suffrage in Ten
ueosee should learn that a good loser quit
when he's beaten.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

The handcuffed youth who jumped through
. CT window, evidently should be in the movies
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Cyprus was the first country to
have . Christian governor.
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~ rhs Argus Of March "a. 1920
"A Tho Argus henccforth will be condacted - -
t11speodsne ncwspapes, unbtased w psrssan. 49,
eV8g fspe ard ready 70 state Its honest consess ID
~ tntessss Of the eommon welfare.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-23

FROM casual and intermittent perusal of
the days news we suspect that women are
about to be granted universal suffrage. Vaca-
tioning is not conducive to weighty thinking,
mot that we ever overtax our limited supply
Of gray matterD but in our opinion-piffling
opinion, of course-the percentage of votes
gained by Messrs. Harding, Cox, ct al will
average about $3.50
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dicitis, will be able to leave the hos.
pital this week.

dicitis, will be able to leave the hos.
pital this week.
Harry Over, of Sterling, ILL.,, an ole
friend Of the writer, was delayed ir
Minot for couple Of days on account
Of the storm. He was enroute tt
Calgary, Alta, where he has extensive
farming interests.
Mrs. Hartwell passed away at the
j. w. Mix home in Lansford last Fri.
day morning. The remains were laid
beside those Of the husband in the
Grano cemetery. The Hartwell fam
lily formerly resided at Grano.
Two children Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
Davis, who live Z miles south of Lans-
ford, died last week from the flu. The
older was little over year old and
the younger but a few weeks. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis are still down
with the disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Lander left
Monday for Great Falls, Mont, where
they will reside. Mr.. Lander has been
in charge of the business of E. j. Lam
der & Co. in Minot for the past ten
years and he will take charge Of the
company's Montana business.
Major E. S. Person has now COM
pleted his inspection of the sixteen
knight Templar Communicates in
North Dakota This proved to be a
large task but very pleasant and in
teresting one. The North Dakota
Communicates are practically all in a
flourishing condition.
L. E. Ellis has returned from Grand
View, Wash, where he was called by
the illness and death Of his mother,
who passed away March 2, from pneu-
monia. She was 70 years of age and
visited with her son in Minot six years
ago. The remains were inferred at
Grandview beside those Of her hus-
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CITY news IN Brief

o. A. Hauge of Williston spent the
! week in Minot.
Andrew Arnold of Foxholm, lost
valuable cow in the storm.
Frank Eicher is preparing to leave
soon for California to make his home
Lars Hapgse of Lostwood, N. D..
transacted business in Minot Satur.
day.
J. w. Rode is assisting the First
State Bank of Surrey in a rush OF
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Halls of Willow
City visited with Minot friends this
week.
Editor and Mrs. w. H. Francis of
Velva were visitors in the city over
Sunday.
John Allshouse of Ross, who was
brot to local hospital five weeks ago
i'll with pneumonia, returned nome to-
day.
Mrs. Joe Dudzek of Bottineau, who
has been i'll for long time, was taken
to lBottineau to appear before the in
sanity board.
Melvin johnson has returned from
Grand Forks, where he spent several
days assisting in putting on some
plays at the University.
A hundred members of KEN Temple
have sent in their money for reser-
vations for the trip to Portland, Ore,
where the Imperial Shrine will meet
in June.
Herb Allen, assistant secretary at
the Association of Commerce, who
submitted to an operation for appen-