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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

both the big parties" opines M. F., "can
beat around the bush about leagues of nations.
tariffs, reds proiteering. business administra-
tons and all the other bunk they want to, but, :"
he continues with considerable emphasis, "the
real issue before the American people-the
REAL issue is beer!"
Hm-yes: perhaps. But when one turns
or the spigot the beer issue becomes, in m.
o. s., negligible quantity.
REPORT AMERICANS IN ANGORA TO
BE SAFE.'-Dixon Telegraph.
In other words the Turks failed to annex
their goats
| 0, Girls! Don't You Just Adore Cosy Visiting
(From the Moline Dispatch.
There was nothing special to be brought
up and the later afternoon hours were devoted
tc cosy visiting.
GOVERNMENT officials predict that
clothes will be cheaper this autumn" remarks
our editorial colleague They probably mean
that fig leaves will be falling"
/ Do fig leaves. we palpitantly inquire, actu-
ally grow on trees?
| THE sWEETLY CONSIDERABLE WIDOW.
| From p. m. adj
! Now that my stomach trouble has all dis
appeared since taking course of Wonderful
Remedy 1 would even consider getting married
again. / cannot tell you how terribly l suf-
/ fered before taking this great remedy
MOVES PRAISES WORK DONE BY NEWS
SERVICE. Davenport Times
The Associated Press happy selection for
president-Frank B. Noyes. He's living up tc
| his name
"Five Seconds Day With Our Presidents"
X.-John Tyler.
| Fate "doused a glm'
| And in he went.
Thus chance made him
! A president.
| Lila Lee in Such Little Pirate One tina
| sure will surprise you"
| Not US. she won't No pirate can surprise
JUS after the last few years feverish attempts
to purchase the necessities of life.
Hey. Ouija! Page Barnum.
From The Argus.
| EXTRA LARGE CHILD'S REED PUSH
cart. Hand power vacuum sweeper All in
good condition.
| WHERE, a curious person asks Ma So
leums information bureau, sis the Island o.
Yap?"
| Let us answer, Ma. There are two island.
of Yap-one in Chicago, the other in San Fran
cisco, and both are surrounded by the Sea o
Speculation.
THE University of Missouri has given Gen
erai Pershing the honorary degree of doctor o
LOT of our laws are sick, general; 90
u II. r. E. MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23
Save The Wrapper-17
Persplratlen.

Probably every species Of animal.
including the species that suffers
so much from evolution and false
dignity, has its characteristic odor,
whether the odor is appreciate to
the feeble olfactory sense of man
or not. Explorers speak Of rather
striking odors about various saw
age races that 60 practically naked.
Possibly these same savages are
unaware of their own odOr and
poignantly aware Of the peculiar
odor associated with the well bath
ed white man.
The chief cause Of any disagree
able odor from perspiration is
clothing. The best remedy for foul
perspiration is nakedness. If you
can't go entirely naked, as the Gre
ator intended, then 60 as naked as
you can or go naked whenever you
can. Going barefoot, for instance
will cure bromidrosis foul sweat
ing) of the feet in q few days
Clothing, retains perspiration and
permits fermentation or putrefac-
tive decomposition to take place
the products Of this decomposition
being in part noisome. A micro.
organism tBacterium fetidum) has
! been recognized as probable cause
of the offensive Odor in some cases
of perspiring feet. Soldiers in the
tropics with uncovered feet do no,
suffer from this trouble; while sol.
diers wearing stockings and shoes
often do, at least early in their mil.
itary training.
Probably the most satisfactory
local remedy for foul sweating is
formaldehyde solution. This is sold
in a standard 40 per cent solution
known as formalin. 1t may be USED
for sponging or bathing any par,
of the skin once a day in the
strength of one ounce in a pint o.
| water. When the skin has driet
after this sponging, it is advisable
to sprinkle it freely with finely
powdered boric acid.
Of course the clothing becomes
permeated with the foul perspira
ton and must be frequently wash
ed The stockings in the case o
bromidrosis of the feet may b,
soaked in a solution of boric acit
in water and allowed to dry out
AS much boric acid as the watel
will dissolve should be used X-ra,
treatment in skilled hands ha'
overcome some very obstinate case.
of foul sweating of the feet.
!; hopping the affected skin with /;
solution of half teaspoonful o
| potassium permanganate in a pin
OF water once a day for severa
days will overcome some cases. o
course this stains the skin temper
arily.
The toes should be kept careful
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

the Louisians purchase and was negotiaaed =
the administrator Of President Jefferson and
In the reign Of the frst Napoleon.
The purchase more than doubled the area
Of the United States, bat. nevestheless. there
were . considerable number Of Americans who
suspected Napoleon d prohteering and de-
nounced Jefferson - IN easy mark. In fact.
there was Instituted among the Nsw England
states . DEFINITE movement Of secession in pro-
test against the purchase.
Jefferson himself was not without miskiv-
ings, for S15.000.o00 was large amount OF
money in those days and the territory included
in the purchase was then . vast wilderness
with population Of but 10000. The land had
been ceded BY Spain to Napoleon Who planned
to erect great colonial empire, but he found
himself Obliged TO sell out when pressed for
ready money toe carry on his wars against
England and her allies.
Some historians say that, besides the Revo-
luton and the Civil war. the Louisiana pur-
chase is the greatest fact in American history.
But there can be no doubt that it is the most
profitable investment ever made by any ma
ton. for the taxable wealth Of the territory
included In the purchase now is about six
hundred times the $15.ooo,oo0 the United States
paid for the land.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

first of the year. She was such 4
noble woman that l dearly loved
her and prize the ring.
1t is too large for my fingers, ex-
cept for the forefinger on my left
hand. l am afraid of losing it if |
wear it on any of my other fingers
Would it be proper to wear it on
the foretinger Of my left hand?
l have a small opal ring which
fits the ring finger.
AUBURN HAIR.
You can get little ring guard
which fits on the inside of the ring
This will hold it in place so that ii
will fit smaller finger without
having the ring itself changed in
the least. To wear the ring on the
forefinger would be too conspicu-
Gus and therefore not in good
taste.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
woman of 80 and have two nice
children and happy home, bu,
there is a man who annoys me all
the time. trying to get me to leave
my husband and go with him. My
husband welcomes him at the house
as friend
l have told him that if he did no,
stop annoying me I would tell my
husband about it. l DO not like tt
make trouble because his eldest
daughter is a beautiful character
and it would hurt her terribly. Blu,
don't you think l should tell my
husband?
Yes, you should tell your hus
band. The matter can be settled
privately 50 that the mans daugh
ter need not be hurt 1t is wrong
for you to permit such character
] to come to your home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23
In the Days News

Fifty years ago today the head
of the Russian soviet government.
Nlcolai Lenine, the man who has
worried the world was born. or a
noble Russian family, a university
graduate, his real name is Vladimir
Hitch Ulianoff. One of his brothers
was executed in 1887 for PLOTTING
against the car. In 1895 he him
self was sent to Siberia. Freed
he went to Geneva, where in 1901
he issued a pamphlet which rallied
the Russian radicals around him
and brought about his association
with Trotsky. Returning to Russia
in the spring of 1917, he organized
an economic revolution that quick.
ly overthrow the provisional gov
eminent, and when the soviet gov
eminent was established he became
premier. Educated as q LAWYER
Lenine has spent most of his life
editing radical papers and conduct.
ing revolutionary movements.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

Willard Fillmore. the second vice
president to be promoted by death,
was the most commonplace presi-
dent even in a 20-year period when
the presidency remained at low
water mark. Tall and with magis-
terial front. but cold and hollow,
he looked the part which he play
ed-the dummy of northern trim
mers in politics and of southern
trafickers in slaves.
A fable of the day hit off the
truth. The new president must
have carriage, and "Old Edward"
Moran, a White house attendant in
many administrations, took him to
see handsome outfit. whose own
er was leaving Washington and
would sell it at bargain.
This is all very we'll. Edward
Fillmore unused, according to the
popular yarn: but how would il
do for the president OF the United
States to ride around in a second
hand carriage"
But. sure" argued "Old Ed
ward Your Ixcellency is only a
sicind-hand PRESIDENT"
Fillmore was from New York
which is the unwilling mother OF
vice presidents. with no less than
10 to her credit. Instead of big
states bullying little states, as the
fathers feared. our biggest state
has been mostly disappointed in its
ambitions for the presidency, and
it is the custom to give it the vice
presidency, as consolation purse
OF the four New York presidents
three had to take the second place
before they could get the first
Cleveland was the only one of then
to enter the White house by the
J front door.
In Fillmore We have another
| frontier president. For western
New York was an output when hi
! was born there of New England
parents. After receiving about thu
same Kind of schooling as oul
other log-cabin presidents. he wa.
bound out to learn the trade o
wool carder.
While serving that apprentice
ship there happened the most i'm
portant event in his life until h
Copyr light, 1920 by James Morgan;
! with The Mcclure New
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

There" snapped her husband,
that's the end Of that thing" And
without bothering to pick it up. he
started the car with such a jerk
they all fell back into their seats.
Helen was inwardly boiling. II
didn't seem right that her mother
should be treated in that way. Mrs.
Hadley never said a word-she was
that kind Of q woman-but in the
privacy Of her own room she shed
tears OF wretchedness.
There. there" said Helen, enter
ing Unexpectedly. We'll Just teach
him lesson. l know he's the best
dad in the world, and wouldn't hurt
you Intentionally, but he must be
made to see things as they are"
Il didn't mean to give 'way,
dear" replied her mother. We'll
just forget it,
NO. we won't" declared the
girl. Father doesn't appreciate
your worth. You've got to be sick
while-yes. you have" as her
mother started to protest. Then,
hell raise your value"
For the next few days Mrs. Had
ley enjoyed a much needed rest
But down stairs things went havoc
The meals were never on time, and
then poorly cooked. The house
was untidy and the boys ran wild
Mr.. Hadley sulked and grumbled
but 1t did no good. He missed hie
peaceful evenings in the quiet liv-
ing room, reading the paper. while
mother Hadley mended socks. Now
all was noise and confusion. No
one put the boys to bed, so they
romped until all hours.
One night, when Helen's fathe,
didn't come home to supper. she
became worried, and her mothe,
was frantic. Amid many protests
Mrs. Hadley donned a huge apron
and started for the kitchen. Hel
holiday was over. Just as she wa
taking a pan of hot biscuits from
the oven, in walked her husband
loaded with bundles.
"All for-for you, mother" hi
stammered, and left the room.
Helen clapped her hands as they
opened q large box of roses, bu,
her mother felt only compassion
The next was q pair Of comfy slip.
pers-for her calloused feet
! which she Immediately slipped
into. Finally. when thay onenad
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

(Any reader can - tne answer 70 o.
don bureau. Frederic J. Haskln- director.
confdential. The replies being sent direct
paid TO ANONYMOUS letteess.
@. Were the clergymen of the
Catholic church ever permitted to
marry? G. 5.
A. From the very beginning OF
the Catholic church it was the Gus
tom of those entering the priest
hood to renounce marriage. 1t
was not obligatory, and the rule
requiring men who were already
married at the time Of ordination,
to separate from their wives. was
not made until the end Of the
fourth century, when Pope Siricius
forbade the clergy to marry, and
ordered the separation from their
wives of priests already married.
This accounts for the fact that St.
Peter, the first head of the Catho-
lie church. was a married man.
@. Des the woodchuck hibernate
during the winter? N. NJ. X.
A. The woodchuck passes the
winter in its burrow: in a lethargic
state, going to its Information in
late September, and often coming
out in March, before the snow and
cold have ceased, when many
starve or freeze to death.
Q. What state furnishes the most
spruce for paper manufacturing!
R. S. A.
A. According to the American
Forestry magazine. about one-third
Of the growing spruce OF this coun-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

, guing until finally they started in
town for the milliner's.
Easter Sunday, as the family
were preparing for church, Mrs.
Hadley, in her many-times steamed
and pressed suit, with her new hat.
looked 10 years younger. She had
bought very becoming little
toque, dark blue. with tiny ostrich
tips. Helen was delighted. AS
they entered the front hall, her
father was waiting with the boys.
Mrs. Hadley was not afraid of her
husband, but she dreaded his criti-
cism and braced herself for the ex-
plosion.
We'll, mother" he angrily ex-
claimed. What're you trying to
do! Dress up like a circus horse?
thought you'd more sense than to
spend money foolish" and he went
out slamming the door.
Helen was provoked.
Hes right-down mean" she
thought ssa;a . y When mothers always
Mrs. Hadley would have gone
back and put on her old bonnet, if
Helen hadn't convinced her that
she was doing right. even though
her father didn't approve. During
the services Mrs. Hadley was mis-
cradle. Her mind was on her hus-
bands ungrateful appreciation of
her many economies. He seemed
to forget that she was not q ma
chine. and needed a little sympa-
thetic attention once in q while.
On their way home, Helen. with
the boys in the back seat, had all
she could do to keep them from
singing. There she goes. there she
goes, all dressed up in her Sunday
Clothes" while her father sitting
at the wheel with . sour exppne-
sion, ignored his mother. at his
side. All Of sudden. a strong
gust of wind sent Mrs. Hadley's
new hat down the road in back of
them. Disguised. her husband
stopped the car.
Seems to me-" he growled. "if
you're going to wear such tomfoQl-
cry, you could at least pin it on. +"
AS he started to back the car, an
other gust Of Wind sent the hat to-
ward them and under the wheels.
Like hurt child. Mrs. Hadley
looked over the side and saw her
new bonnet crushed in the mud.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23

ly separated with small folds OF
game or pieces Of cotton freely
powdered with boric acid. and these
pads should be renewed as often
as they become wet with perspira-
ton.
In cases Of generalized foul per-
spiration . valuable suggestion OF
the late lamented Osler was the
use Of alkalis internally. and this
has proved good. \ A dose Of 80
grains Of sodium citrate four times
day in water may be taken. At
the same time the diet should in
clude plenty Of fresh fruit, such as
oranges, lemons, grapefruit, which
will further increase the alkalin-
ity Of the blood.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Hernia and Truss.
l. Is it necessary to wear a
truss for hernia Of the groin when
the hernia does not bother me in
any way? 2. Is it injurious to
work in a room which is constant
ly filled with the fumes Of boiling
parafin wax? E. D.
Answer-If hernia does not bulge
or protrude no truss is needed. II
it bulges, and cannot be worked
back into the abdomen. truss
would be dangerous to apply.
Workers in parafin often show
multiple warts or large water or
pus blisters on the skin or eczema.
Otherwise, l know of no injury
from paratfin.
More Medicalese.
What is lungs tachycardia. cause
and cure? The children we're ex-
amined at school and one of them
had this on their report. Please
answer as soon as possible. Don't
print my name.)
Acknowledgements means rap
id heart action. from any cause. l
never print or divulge in any way
a correspondents name.
And Still More.
Kindly publish in the daily health
column what articular. rheumatism
is and whether it is better for one
who has it to go to a warmer eli
mate. Is the same treatment as
that given for syphilis cure for
articular rheumatism? J.F.P.
Answer Articular means Of
joints. Rheumatism means moth
ing and everything that happens to
cause pain, stiffness or swelling.
Usually the patient who complains
of rheumatism has some infection
which must be sought out by his
physician and eradicated before ir-
reparable damage has been done
by the infection. In a few cases
the infection is syphilis, and anti
syphilitic treatment clears up the
rheumatism rapidly in such cases.
l can not see any advantage in
changing climate for such dis
ease.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23
The Greatest Bargain.

In a time when prices are soaring out OF
reach, it is fitting. nay, even pleasure, to call
attention to the fact that April 30 marks the
117th anniversary Of the day the United States
bought vast empire from France for only
$15000,000 This comprises what is now the
states Of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas Iowa
Minnesota. North and South Dakota, Nebraska
Oklahoma and the largest parts of Kansas
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
The greatest bargain in history was called
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23
MOTHERS EASTER BONNET.
BY Lillian M. Richards.
Copyright. 1920, by Wheeler Syn
M dictate. Inc.)

Copyright, 1920. by Wheeler Syn
dictate. IncD
Fathers love for his flivver, or
sisters love for nice clothes, were
as nothing compared to mothers
lore for her old, worn bonnet. Like
! a friend. tried and true, it had
weathered the storms of winter and
the winds OF summer for many
seasons.
"Now," said her daughter. coax
ingly, You simply must buy your
self a new hat for Easter"
flush, tush, dear" Mrs. Hedley
replied Your father'd think /
was plumb crazy. -auying new
hat when this ones plenty good
enough"
@That's just it," impatiently
spoke her daughter. You think
anything's good enough for you
and it isn't. l don't care what
father thinks. 1t isn't as if he
couldn't afford it, him owning the
largest grocery store in town."
Mrs. Hadley. good. hard work
ing wife, and the mother Of five
children. had something else to
think about besides personal adorn-
ment. Even though her clothes
were old and out of style, as long
Is she kept them neat and tidy,
she considered that sufficient. Her
oldest child and only daughter
Helen, had just reached the mature
age of 16, and was beginning to
realize how unselfish her mother
was in granting the children's ev-
cry wish, even though her own
wants were sacrificed.
But mumsey, DEAR she contin-
ned to plead, cant you see that
people will soon think you miser-
slyy You'll only hurt fathers bus
iness by wearing old clothes; ev-
cry one will think him a lover OF
the almighty dollar, and they'll be
afraid to trade with him"
Helen had figured for some time
how she could make her mother
buy new hat, and the effect of
this statement made her eyes twin
HE.
III l thought that" seriously
sid her mother, I'D buy some
4hing new, just to show them
FL = she weakened, Helen kept ar
Y
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-23
What's I'm a Name?
by MILDRED MARSHALL
Copyright. 1919 By the Wheeler Syndicate Inc,

The latter name is a bit long for
Americans and though it is prop
erly given in baptism, it uniortun-
ately too quickly degenerates INV
the handy "Emmy'-which is no
name at all.
Jasper is Emmeline's talismanle
gem. This brilliant green stone
will drive away evil spirits and pre-
vent the bites of yenomous crea-
lures. particularly of snakes a :.
prayer for rain will be answered II
the lucky one who prays wears Jas
per. Tuesday is Emmeline's lucAs
day and 5 her lucky number.
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suddenly found himself In thu
White house. As with the race Of
boys in general, he fell in love, At
10, with girl older than himself
Abigail Powers was the village
schoolma'am, and in his boyish Id.
miration of her superiority he was
spurred to read and to repair the
defects Of his education. The a..
piring apprentice excited the inter.
est of the village lawyer, who help.
ed him to become a lawyer, and hi,
marriage with the schoolma am fol.
lowed.
That is the one romance IN the
life of the thirteenth president The !
rest is only string of dates and
list of Offices: member of the leg
islature; member OF congress; de-
feated for governor; elected state
controller. On the strength of hay-
ing carried New York for that mod.
est office, the Wings nominated him
the next year for vice president,
and fate made him president.
The one enduring act of the FIJI.
more administration was taken
when it sent Commodore Perry to
Knock at the long-clCsed gate Of
Japan, and, with the gift Of toy
railroad and toy telegraph, to
tempt the Japanese to come out Of
their hermit seclusion The rest is
politics, and that is a chapter in
itself.
AS American men struggled to
rise from the bottom in the more
primitive days of the country,
their women often failed to keep UP
with them. By the time half OF
Fillmore's predecessors gained the
presidency, their wives we're either
dead, worn out or tagging behind.
Mrs. Fillmore. finding herself
without strength or ambition 10
reign with her husband. her place
was taken by daughter. This girl
of IS, Miss Mary Abigail, was
enough of a new woman to have
insisted on fitting herself by q
course in a normal school to earn
an independent living. Being obi
! gated to teach a certain length Of
time after graduating. she went on
teaching school even after he!
father became vice president. she
kept at it until her mother sum-
moned her to preside over the
White house, where she promptly
! induced congress to install II
brary. the mansion having been
until then a bookless desert.
A month after the end OF her
husbands term Mrs. Fillmore was
dead. Next Miss Mary died OF
cholera. and then. after a tour OF
Europe, the pathetic loneliness Oh
a retired president was,relieved oy
a marriage with wealthy WIDOW
Fillmore had tried to avert TINS
retirement by an unsuccessful ei,
fort to be nominated 10 succeen
himself. Four years aftervard ne
attempted to break the retirement
and return to the presidency. Al
though he had both the knoWnoln-
ing and the Wing nominations, ne
ran third in the election. He llvea
on in his Buffalo home until Inc
very year when another Buffalon-
ian, Grover Cleveland. started ior
the White house by way OF inc
shrievalty of Erie county.
published by special arrangement
paper Syndicate.