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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03
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k-MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

stand. my parents act. Could you
help me by telling me what should
do? l feel sure you will under
stand. l have had big lesson and
would be only too glad to- leave
school and buckle down to hard
work for the chance of squaring up.
REPENTANT.
Yes, l understand, and you have
my sympathy. too, for you seem
SQUARE and honest. Boys are so
liable to think lightly OF predica-
ment like this. and l am glad to see
you have such manly inclinations.
l am afraid / cannot agree with
your parents. The girl should not
be left alone to bear her sorrow
without the encouragement you
can give her. You should marry
her, and as quickly as possible.
Since you are not of age. you can
not act legally without the consent
OF your parents. Try to make them
see the moral law which compeiS
you to marry.
In case they refuse to let you 90
the honorable thing. go on TO school
and study with a view to making
good so that as soon as you are Old
enough you can right, as far as
possible, the wrong you have done:
Always keep fresh in your MIMI
the thought of the girls love for
you, and be gentle and considerate
of her. She evidently is not nearly
SO much to blame as you. for the
chances are she was very ignorant,
and you were not.
Your parents think they are do
ing the wisest thing for you. be
considerate of them, but try, IN
quiet way. to make them see your
moral obligation and their chance
to make three lives happy-yours'
the girls and the baby's.
Dear Mrs Thompson: l am a girl
of 16 and am acquainted with boy
two years my senior. ! think lot
Of him in friendly way. He does
not live in the same town / do and
We keep up correspondence.
l only write to him and think OF
him as a true friend as am TOO
young to think of him as more.
like him better than any other and
nj time he may become more than
friend. Do you think I had better
keep up this correspondence?
DOLLY DIMPLES.
II will be all right to keep up the
correspondence, hut do not in any
way encourage the young man to
love you. Write less often and say
nothing to give the impression that
you care for him except as friend.
II he says anything definite about
love you can reply that you are too
young TO consider such . thing. Il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

Devanter, Mahlon Pitney, James c.
McReynolds, Louis D. Brandie
and John H. Clarke.
@. How many bones are there
IN horses body? Y. F. H.
A. The bureau of animal indus
try says that there are 2O5 bones in
the body of a horse as compared
with between 21O to 2a0 in the
body Of mantle number in
can Increasing with age.
@. Why is an east wind along
the Atlantic coast a sign of rain ?
l.. E. B.
A An east wind is a sign Of
rain because it comes from the
ocean and is consequently laden
with moisture. Winds along the
Atlantic SO converge as to force
these moisture-laden breezes to
rise to higher attitudes. This cools
tnem. cooling winds deposit moist
ure and thus rain results.
Q. What is the total acreage of
unreserved land in the United
States? n
A. Unreserved and unappropria-
ted lands remaining in the public
domain of this country in 1918
amounted to 222.44S,225 rcres. Ne
vada with 55,0S2, 200 acres leads all
other states. Most Of this land is
! OF almost no value.
Q. Is an enlisted man supposed
to salute a commissioned officer
who is not in uniform? JED
A. II the enlisted man recog-
nizes the officer, even though the
latter ts~out Of uniform, he rnust
salute him.
Q. Who is the champion welt,r-
! weight wrestler OF the United
States! q ny
A. At the present time no ono
is officially holding this title. There
are number of contenders for the
title. ~
z. Can the government hold a
boy IN the army who Is onIv Is
years old and has enlisted without
the consent Of his parents? EN-
A. A young man Is years old
can enlist in the army or navy
without the consent of his parents
Consequently the government can
hold him to his enlistment oath.
| 9. What do the letters "A. FIJI
G. stand for in reference to fbe
military service! II.
A. They stand for American
Forces In Germany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03
TlHQE DAILY SHORT STORY

My mother had q serious accident
this morning, which explains why
you were not met"
"Humph!" shifted the irate Mrs.
Doolittle. Il consider 1t most i'm
portant to have ones life SO or
dered that should one suddenly be
called to face ones Maker" there
her eyes rolled so high that Nancy
feared they really were mounting
heavenward that another can
step right in and carry things TO .
perfect finish"
That is wonderful idea Mrs.
Doolittle.' said Nancy, struggling
between laughter and tears. Here,
Ned" she called to the one errand
boy OF the hotel, carry these bags,
and show Mr.. and Mrs. Doolittle to
rooms 80 and "a"
We'll, Marie, what's your trou-
ble?"
Miss Nancy. your mother was
going to send Ned down first thing
this morning for fruit for break
fast. Has he gone yeti"
Gone? No, since no one has
sent him, and" she glanced at the
clock in CONSERVATION, the break
fast bell should be ringing this mo-
ment. II dad were only of some
use.' she said. as her eye fell on
her father. who. with feet on the
piazza rail and cigar in his mouth,
was holding forth between puffs on
Woodrow Wilson's inadequacy for
the presidency.
AS Ned put in an appearance, he
was dispatched for the fruit Nancy
turned again to be confronted by
Mrs. Doolittle's lorgnette.
Are your rooms satisfactory
Mrs Doolittle-
Satisfactory? Would you call II
satisfactory to be put in . room
containing . bed with NO mattress
on ~"
through Mrs. Doolittle's lorsnette
through Mrs. Doolitt's lorgnette
with the sinking knowledge thai
only yesterday mother had LEFT Il
to her to 80 that these very rooms
were properly equipped. She had
becone Interested n . game q ten
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

Dear Mrs. Thompson / am writ
ing you because ! feel sure after
reading your column night after
night that you will give me just
the advice l need. l was adopted
when a mere baby. My adopted
parents have done lot for me, Civ
en- me all sorts of advantages and
still have made a mess of things.
l expect this letter will shock
you. l learned the things l should
have been told at home, in other
ways. That does not excuse me
though for I was not ignorant at
the time it happened. met high
school girl where l was attending
prep" school and fell deeply in
love, or thought did, but l know
now it was only boys fancy. 1t
was different with her. She must
have loved me for l will never be-
lieve anything else.' I'll have to
tell it plainly. l do not know how
to camouf1age. l wronged her. 1
would gladly give my right arm to
blot out those weeks, when l came
home with the news Of our trouble,
felt so mean l was actually re-
lieved at having to take the hard
licking zay father gave me.
That was a long three months
ago. / am 10 now and feel older
by three years at least. The girl
had no relatives but an aunt, who
was keeping her in school, and
somehow my parents made ar
rangements to have her taken away.
Il cannot find out anything from
them except that she is being we'll
cared for. They silence me always
when l talk about it. l owe them
everything and this has hurt them
terribly. l know they feel they are
making it easy for me, but l want
to do the only manly thing feft to
do. marry and care for her myself.
Unless they see things differently
they will force me to go back to
school.
Why should I go free and she
suffer for what / have done! Can
it be possible money can cover up
wrongdoing like that! I will not
believe she WIS bought willingly.
l lam not writing for sympathy. I
know deserve none. / have been
despicahle and yet I cannot under
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03
Todays Anniversaries

IS4S-F1re wiped out a large SEE.
ton OF Bridgetown, chief CITY
OF the Barbados.
lSso-Joel Jones, first president Of
Girard college. died in Phila-
delphia- Born at Coventry
Conn.,. in 1897.
lS70-lowa legislature ratified the
18th amendment to the fed
eral constitution.
1S7l-F1rst provision train arrived
In Paris after the German
siege. bringing food to the
Starving Inhabitants
1Sso-Ibea action brought BY Par
nell against the London
Times settled by the Inster
psying -, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03
Americas Opportunity.

It used TO be charged that panics were de-
nberatsiy fostered By gfoaps cf men with large
financial resources for tho purpose f depfe-
ciating the value q property, thereby increase
ing tho purchasing power Of theft doilarA 1t
Or greatly increased BY wrecking railroads and
Industrial enterprises and buying up their Sc
curities ut rock bottom pr1caA This practice
Is mot - popular ~ It used to be. because Of
better laws and greater vigilance Of those who
administer them.
England Is said 10 have laid the foundation
for great national wealth by buying cheap So
curities of nations Impoverished by war. She
did pretty will on lot Of paper picked up in
the United States during the Civil war. Wall
street experts now see similar opportunity
for the United States. They base their argu-
ment upon these three factors:
Allied and other nations OF the world owe
the United States approximately $4,000
p00, 900;
American manufacturers hesitate, owing to
peace treaty uncertainty, to accept big advance
foreign orders;
AIH6loAuD SAtu0A cucpSuoiOu vi SOiu ga
ports outside the British colonies is repulsing
American trade.
Just why the British pound sterling, nor
mally worth $4.8665 in American gold, should
have declined SO much since the war ended,
and what it all means is an obscure question"
said New York financial expert. The pres
ent situation, Sir George Paish's apprehen-
sions notwithstanding. is by no means hope
less. Prophecies OF breakdown Of credit
are not we'll founded. ;.
America, the storehouse OF the world and
now the worlds banker, is in the same posi-
ton England was in after the Napoleonic and
American Civil wars. She bought the cheap
securities of impoverished nations in a most
prodigious manner and thereby laid the foun-
dation for her future wealth. We must do like
wise and do it within the next two or three
years by which time these abnormal conditions
will have passed.
With pound sterling Is per cent or more
below par England can sell to the United
States at a great advantage We can sell
American goods abroad only at d great dis
advantage because we must add the abnormal
rate Of exchange to the goods to get into for
eign markets Premier Lloyd George recently
declared. when sterling was selling at a dis
count OF Is per cent, that the discount really
represented protective tariff of is per cent
on goods manufactured in England Certainly
it Is helping to keep American goods out of
that country.
THE only remedy for this condition is for
the United States to buy foreign securities and
extend long time credit for merchandise We
are in strong economic position The ma
tons of Europe must have our cotton and
wheat and, since they are so heavily indebted
to US and We must extend them many more
millions to put them on their feet what is the
difference whether we buy their bonds or send
them our merchandise"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

The abandonment by william Randolph
Hearst of the Democratic party leaves Chi
cago without party paper, so far as the Oldest
political organization in the country is con-
csrned. 1t has been without consistent or
representative paper there for some time. St.
Louis since>the gobbling up of the Republic
~ the Globe Democrat, is pretty much in the
safno nx
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

Great Britain has seen fit to deny that Wis
count Grey has taken an interest in the can
didacy Of Herbert Hoover for president, which
probably makes the irresponsible parties who
started the report feel well repaid for their
efforts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03
An Opportunity for a Zoo.

In the news columns OF The Argus, there
p story setting forth the opportunity by
which Rock Island may acquire zoo, in con-
nection with its park system. At least it may
make start without cost, looking to that
much desired advantage.
Rock Island has one OF the most beautiful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

TIE Chicago school teachers are firm in
their demands for increased pay. II the kids
we're allowed to settle the question. they would
vote 20 give the teachers shorter hours instead
Of higher salaries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

"A press dispatch states that there are still
- million gallons Of whisky left in the United
etatct. About enough to start another in
nuenza epidemic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

III doesn't seem Is though the allies were
Snine to get the kaiser in person. Guess Wen
hase 70 be satisfied In getting his goat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

The combination OF the New York Herald
and 3un ought to help some in reducing the
demand for white print paper. But will it
reduce the COSTS what we are interested in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

Note: Mrs. Thompson has asked the
editor to point out that her column
is solely for the purpose of giving
advice on matters concerning the
heart and home. While she would
gladly aid Cupid at any time sne
feels that she cannot give space III
her department TO arranging cores
pondence between her readers or an
syering other questions relating to
cooking. sewing or other domestic mat
tiers which have nothing personal In
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03
Argus Information Bureau

Inform,
D.
Be
conndenda direct
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

nm would be pretty good time for Ha-
YnnA 10 take . census.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

b THR SAGE OF THE SIDEWALK
I,ssins The Bsea.

Passing the Back
(By william Henry Dixon).
Who vas ter blame yet?
Der crown prince or Rudolph!
vot give MS dot backset?
Vas eet Wilhelm or Adolph!
Who prings On dat var!
Yah, dot ish shoost It!
Vas ct kaiser or car.
And shooet W vas it Mt!
Yah! Maybe Won Hindy
vos starting dot game.
or some odder pig windy.
Ach! dot been Won shame!
Vas Get Rudolph, or de kaiser.
vot got us cen bad?
Der crown prince or Won Sizer,
Dot made Germany sad!
Eet vas Wilhelm or Rudolph.
Yah, some OF dat set,
Der crown prince or Adolph,
or vas eet Ludendorn yet!
Or maybe eet vas de kaiser,
Vot got us cen bad,
Oh, We should have been wiser.
Ach, mein heart vas so sad!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-03

Some Members of the Grouch.Dlsdllery.
The person who never likes to see anyone
else succeed.
The individual who throws cold water on
your enthusiasms.
The sluggard who is too lazy to think.
The disappointed ofice-seeker.
Social climbers who find climbing difficult
The cynic who is jealous Of his stenog-
rapher.
The journalist who is out OF job
The one-time sport who has become blase
The middle aged much married matron who
envies the lately bereaved 60 widow across the
street. .
The poet whose life is just one -- re-
lection slip after another
Conservative: One who is opposed to the
things he is in favor OF. ROYCRAFT.
Lines to a Charge Account
(By Strickland Gillian.
You are too large. He's swindled me- know.
What have / bought to make you grow and
grow
To such quite impossible amount?
No more this robber gets my charge account!
Let's see the items. Yes, bought this hat.
No honest person can find fault with that.
The fourteen yards of scrimzoh. yes. see;
l sure bought that and had it daarged to me.
Yes, yes l guess he's got me right again,
And all these other gimcracks, well-ahem!-
seem to recognize each one OF them.
Now who'd thought that in one four weeks
stretch,
I'd bought all these contraptions from the
wretch
l. 81 III
Next month, I'll save from my allowance SO
You, little monthly bill, make less Of show,
I'll pay you up from savings by degrees
And face no more big items such as these!
Lines From Charge Account
She said that same last month, and month
before,
Clear way back in ancient days Of yore.
When she at charging was a rank beginner,
She'll keep on charging things while life is
liner.
We understand the demand for lemon es-
sence and Jockey Club perfumery is greater
than the supply, that is just recently.
Advice to Strikers.
with the usual apologies to Kiping).
II you stop to find out what your wages will be-
And how they will clothe and feed you
Striker, my son, don't you go on the sea
For the sea will never need you.
II you ask the reason of every command,
And argue with people about you.
Striker my son, don't you stay on the land,
For the land can do better without you.
| II you stop to consider the work you have done
| And to boast what your labor is worth,
Angels may come for you, Striker, my son.
But you'll never be wanted on earth.
-.-Retail Public Ledger.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1920-08-18
Dona Eugenia dio a Gle
menceau una celebre carta
LA EMPERATRIz ENTREGO AL TIGRE UN DoCUMENTo RELA
TWO ALSACIA Y LoRENA

Con motive de la muerte de Ia En-
peratriz ,os periodicos dc Paris re.
cuerdan un case que merece conocer
Sc. p ssA
Sc dice que dona Eugenia poseia
gran numero de documentos hist6ri.
cos. Muchos de ellos iran los archi
vos nacionalcs franceses, los cua
les correspondent de derecho.
Entire los mencionados papeles Sc
haliaba uno de que Sc ha hablado re
cientsmente con motive de las nego
ciaciones de paz. Sc trata de una car
ia del emperador Gull ermo de Pru
sia escrita a la Emperatriz, POGO des
puis de la batalla de Sedan v duran
tc ell ! cautiverio de Napoleon III.
EN- efecto; despues de la batalla
de Sedan, la emperatriz Eugenia es
cribio al rey de Prussia una carta pa
pedirle cue siEnpusiera q Francia con
diciones de paz tan benignas como pc
sib'e fuera, y; sobre todo, que no Ia
arrebataran Alsacia Lorena, provin
cias esencialmente francesas, que por
ningun pretexto Sc debian separar dc
Ia madre patria.
F'El rey Guillermo de Prussia res
pondio a la Empcratriz que no de
pendia de el que las condolences fue
sen tales como ella pedia. Saba muy
bien que Alsacia y Lorena eran pro
vincias francesas; pero estas provin
cias eran necesarias a la seguridad
futura de A,emania. puesto que elias
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1920-08-18
HN vEaA HAJA

EncouHara usted sI MUNDo 3
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1920-08-18
Eugenio Maria de Hostos

de la obra p0stuma de Reclus, de las
concepciones de Guyau y Fouillee, de
Taine de Tarde; de la escuela positi
va inglesa desde Buckle hasta Grant
Allen, de Novicow, de los Estudios de
Greet, de Roberty, de Shaffe, de Ii
lienfeld, de la escueia italiana de
las inducciones de Benjamin Kidd, de
los trabajos de Posada, de Sales Fe-
RE, de Giner de los Rios, de Cornejo,
de Hostos; ciencia que con Bastian, con
Lazarus con Wundt, We en- toda evo-
luci6n social una derivaci6n de la Psi
cologfa colectiva; que estudia con Gum
plowitz la eficacia civilizadora de la
lucha y muestra. con Lippert, IA IRE
cusable accion civilizadora mayor de la
paz; que revive, con Fustel de Coulan
ges, La ciudad antigua, y regula, con
Izoulet, la ciudad moderna; ciencia en-
perpetuo "devenir' cnyo progreso, Sc
gun las observaciones de Dubois Ray
mond, nos autoriza concebir que en-
sus arcanas inducciones pueda un dia
predecir una revolucion, como hoy Sc
predice un eclipse; la vuelta de un re
gimen polftico como ell regreso de un co
meta: la formaci6n de una nacionaiidad
como la de una capa geological, hasta
que una inteligencia superior ''pueda
leer en- sus ecuaciones Ell dia precise en-
que la cruz griega vuelva a erguirss
sobre la cdpula de Santa Sofia er.
que Inglaterra queme su tltimo pedazo
de carbon
La conception sociological dc. Hos
tos, es de una originalidad poderosa;
Ell pequefio hbro en- que la expone, es
critic con exclusive prop6sito pedag6gi
co, es tan intense, que cada pagina su-
giere y comporta un desarrollo de vo
lumenes tiene ademas, para nosotros, e.
interes de su uvigilante fnalidad his
pano americana. Es como todos los
otros hbros de su autor, una obra de
ciencia sumada una obra de patrio
tismo, "una virtualidad que tiende Ia
accion. Corforme este pensador los
6rganos sociologicos son ell individuo, |
que es para eI y no la familia, como !
para Bourget Y su escuela, la celula so
cial, la familia, principle de agregado,
Ell Municipio, la region, la naci6n la
Humanidad: las etapas evolutivas, la
tribu, (no menciona la horda, eslab6n
previo que tambien ha estudiado e. so
ci6logo colombiano Camacho Roldan). ell
gens'', la ciudad, ell Estado nacional:
los ciclos edades socio.ogicas: ell sal I
vajismo, la barbarie, la semibarbarie la
semi-civilizada, la civilization. Pero su
originalidad es tai en- la conception de
las siete leyes naturales de la sociedad:
Las dos generates de la sociabilidad
de los medios materia de la mesolo-
gfa) y las cinco funcionales: Ley del
Trabajo, Ley de la Libertad, Ley de
Progreso, Ley de la Conservation
Ley de la Civilization o Ley del Ideal.
y en- su postulado de las capacidades
en- actuacion implicadas en- la misma
existencia de la sociedad ha realizado
va o puede realizar en- 10 porvenir: la
relativa, por medic de su
potencia economical; la libertad relati
va, por medic de su potencia jurfdica;
la perfection relativa, por medic de su
educadora, v ell bien relative.
por medic de su potencia moral.
Il CARLOS ARTURO TORRES
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1920-08-18

:
;onstituian la neior garantia con-
,ra un ataque future de Francia. Por
sta razon, Alemania no debia vaci-
ar en- anexionarselas
Durante los dias diffciles de Ia
Jonferencia de la Paz, cuando el mis-
no presidente Wilson parecia dudar
le la legitimidad de las reivindicacio
les francesas con relacion Alsacia
Lorena. Clemenceau que conocia la
sxistencia de la carta escrita en- 1870
oor el rey de Prussia la Emperatriz,
carta que constituia la prueba mas
aplastante de la legitimidad de las
reivindicaciones francesas, pens6 en-
mostrar esta prueba al Presidente
americana. Con tai objeto envio la
Emperatriz Eugenia una persona de
su confanza para pedirle el documen
20 historico. La Emperatriz contesto
que estaba dispuesta entregar la
carta, no Clemenceau sino a Fran
| cia, y asf 10 hizo.
Despues de haberse- enterado del
documento las personas interesadas,
aquel fue enyiado a los Archives Ma
cionales".
La persona que nos hace este re-
lato anadi6:
"Todo este honra grandemente 3
la anciana Soberana que acaba de
morir. Todo este honra igualmente al
hombre en- buscar todas las armas
que le permitieron defender victorio-
samente los intereses de su pals.