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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04

"Ha ha." cried Betty. Dad said 10
stop nosying!" -.
''Never mind" said mother. II think
Carmella has learned her lesson and
it's mean to taunt people"
She gently led the little girl away
and put soda on her aching nose. but
alas! it was many a day before Car
me!la cared to show that nose. II
swelled and swelled and grew red and
purple. and really. although felt
sorry for her when I saw her l cou d
hardly keep from laughing. she looked
so comical.i
I'll could Of learnt my lesson with.
out getting stung on the nose like
this" ~ ~i~hed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04

~ CARR pins. collar buttons and
cuff links are always being lost,
~ but am sure that II you had a
~ convenient place for keeping
them you would not have this trouble.
The accompanying drawing gives a
front end view. q cross section.
an isometric sketch and . pattern for
the end. II you can read drawings
you will haze no trouble in making
this article.
The bill Of stock Is all figured out
so the thing to do Is to select your
material and begin planning it to size.
Pine. Eastwood. gum or oak will look
well worked up into this model.
II Is always easier to plane long
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04

With a fork stir till every raisin is
covered with chocolate.
win q teaspoon. remove few
,raisins at q time taboui FIVE make a
nice sised piece) and drop onto piece
OF paranin paper to cool.
e When cool these pieces viii slip OF
the paper easily and can be put into a
tin box till other candies are made
ready for packing. :.
II liked. nuts OF any kind may be
put "a with the raisins, bur the rais:g.
along are delicin". . nd ""i,. . novelty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04
DIAMOND

My hrst Is In Philadelphia.
My second is par, of the verb ito be. :
My third is keen and active.
Ny fourth is what we like to get al
Christmas.
My fifth is straight. ~
My sixth Is a high explosive.
My seventh is in Constantinople.
y BEHEADINGS
Behead low cart and leave q beam
of light. *
Behead spring holiday and leave a
fall flower. o.
Behead something to sit on and leave
the head covering.
Behead personality and leave to de.
part.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04
THE JUNIOR COOK
'h0colate.C oated Raisins

fFor the Christmas Candy Box)
Wash and drain entirely dry Que
cupfull Of seediess raistnA
Put one large sized cake Of swee,
chocolate into The upper part OF q
double boiler. 80
Put water In the lower part Of the
double boiler and SET to cooking.
When the chocolate IL melted. add
one tablespoonful OF confectionery
sugar and stir IN with chocolate.
Drop In the raisins. which must be
dry.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04

Mary. but how you going TO do n?"
We'll do it," suggested two fairies,
who hadn't as yet been given q stunt
10 act. We'll carry them away.
So the act was planned.
The next day when the party be-
gan it proved to be every bit as much
fun as the children had hoped II
would be. Not only were all the act
ors there. az on the day before. but
parents and aunts and cousins anG
friends and everybody was much ex-
cited al the thought OF seeing living
movies.
The historical tableaux came 6rst
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04

While she was planning. the clown
and Cinderella went over into q corner
by window seat.
why don't We make up a show OF
our OWN" suggested Cinderella.
"Mary.s got so much to do. she II
never get around to u.s."
Eyes. she WILL" said the clown.
cause she promised me she would.
Blu: then we could try"
WELL" continued Cinderella. II love
myself. Of course. but l am tired of
that everlasting glass slipper , l
though maybe you could think up
something different for me to do"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04
DECEMBER
|01 OLD blows the North wind
Down comes the snow;
III Ice hides the reed banks
Where rivulets flow.

Gone are the songsters
Withered the flowers:
Empty the parks
These chill winter hours.
But warm in their pleasure
The skaters Ay by
Their sport causes sunshine
Though dull be the sky.
And happy the children
Who coast down the hill;
The warmth Of their laughter
Chagrins winters chill.
For true warmth and sunshine
Are born in the heart.
And though its December
II each does his part
This FIRST month Of winter
Whose cold we all fear
VII be turned 10 the cheer
lest month Of the yeas. 3
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04
eV ~.1aGIER >AsALGNAr4

behead the first month OF Spring and
leave a bridge.
Behead annoyance and leave some
thing else.
Behead each one and leave exireL ely.
Behead a bar of wood and leave to
trouble.
The beheaded letters placed one
below the other will form the name
OF month we all like.
ANSWER SANTA CLAUS LETTER
Dear Santa Claus:
Nv sister needs CATERS. a bracelet,
some candy and ring I run use
some skees. q Udllet. u hdtchet, tools,
etc
FREDDY.
DIAMOND
f.. P
! ARE
ALI RT
PR 8 e NJ
RECT
TN
| r
BEHEADINCS
D-rdy
E-dSte,
C-Edu
Ego
March
Bother
E-rery
Rail
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-04
By ERANk |. SoLnR

DEPT o. rlANvM 1khnslMs Pun e Sc
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15

According to old Anglo-Saxon chron-
icles Edward the Confessor made q
verbal will. On January 5, 1865, he re-
covered his power of speech and talked
with those around him, among whom
were the queen, the archbishop OF
York, archbishop of Canterbury and
Harold and Tostig, his nephews. He
prophesed the Norman invasion and
then, stretching out his hand, be-
queathed the crown to Harold. This
act was ratified by the ancient British
parliament and Harold was crowned
the next day.-Exchange
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15

lea is pretty well Americanized after
all, even though the figures given
above show that one third of our en-
tire population has come from the
immigrants of hundred years
Oil and Dry Holes
Congressman Howard of Oklahoma
discussed the proposed Investigation
.or advances in the cost of fuel oil ,
kerosene, gasoline. and other petro-
leum products, and defined his posi-
ton as that of defense of the indie
pendent oil producers.
Evidently the Oklahoman has no
interest in the garage jokes which
attribute the increased price OF
gasoline to the recent Rockefeller
benefactions. Treating the matter
from purely Oklahoma standpoint,
he finished some rather interesting
information, among which is the fact
that there are over 125 small re-
tineries in that State. The aver
age cost in 1919 and l7l3 of drilling
and equipping $500 foot well in
Oklahoma was Sic, 500" said Mr..
Howard and he added that "in 1919
| it was SIS, 200 to $4,000. Now it
| is 100000 to $4,000. In the
deeper fields of Texas the cost is
around SIS, 200 per well, many OF
which deplete loo per cent in IL to
Is months. When you add to this
cost the large number of dry holes
you must, realize that, owing to
causes not i'm the control of oil oper
ators, it is exceedingly expensive to
produce OIL"
1t would be interesting if the
United States census now being
taken would disclose the number d
dry holes,' with lists of the in
vestors who are proprietors Of
handsomely Autographed stocks. II
some OF these people knew Their
abc's they would appreciate the
truth of Mr.. Howard's observation
TO the effect that when an operator
has drilled well his troubles are
not over.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
A Typical Chinese Monument

The Chinese bury their dead ON
the mountain side where the earth
is dry and there is less danger of
foods. The monuments are built
along the highway to inform the
public of the great men who have
lived and died in the neighboring
villages.
A brief history of the dead man
serves as an cpitaph, and a tortoise
or dragon, carved into the stone,
symbo1izes eternal life.
Death is an expensive proposition
for the Chinaman. Only the leaders
of community life are honored by
monuments along the highway. Bun
by the time even the average citi-
zen's funeral expenses are paid
with numerous pallbearers and
feasts for the rnourners-weli, its
cheaper to live. 49,
There is an average of one doctor
to every 100000 Chinese. So the
Interchurch World Movement, in
which Americas evangelical bodies
are cooperating, intends to cut
down funeral expenses for China by
opening a large number of new hos
pitais and by strengthening existing
institutions. -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
The National Capital
By j. E. Jones.
The Copy-Cat Pickets

The attempt being made by women
pickets to Irishize sentiment in thu
National Capital has created no emo
of resentment in Washington, where
there is an attitude OF respect main
tanned toward the representatives of
foreign governments that properly
benefits the official and semi-social
position of the carefully picked
representative people who are in
charge of foreign affairs at Washing
ton. There is little need to ask
what the pickets who have been
stationed in front of the British En-
bassy expect to accomplish. That
question was answered when the
women picketed the White House in
in the interests of women suffrage.
In that instance as well as in the
present case the picketing of the
Embassy is publicity that possesses
terrific force.
However much one may disapprove
of such radical measures, neverthe
less the fact stands out that no course
has ever been pursued by small
group of people keeping within the
outer edge of the law, that has at
tracted more widespread attention
than picketing. The astute women
are fully aware of the feeling of re-
sentiment aroused by their procedure.
But in private they will tell you that
it makes everybody talk. The
women who picketed the White
House are able to make out pretty
strong case to show that there was
no greater agency towards the sue
cess of suffrage than the row stirred
up by them and their banners. The
Irish sympathizers who are making
nuisance of themselves in front OF
the British Embassy are merely
copy-cats of the methods that made
suffrage famous and infamous
immigration
There was a worked ex.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Lizards Victims Of CURIOSITY.

Little boys of the Orient often cap
ture lizards by catering to their curios-
ity. When one of them spies lizard
that has scurried into a crevice he
makes slipknot of colored straw and
holds it before the hole. After time
he is rewarded by seeing the tiny crea-
ture coming out to examine the curl
Gus thing before its den and later 1t
actually puts its head into the moose
, which is quickly drawn together 0y
the watchful boy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
preston to the fact that 'sthe gates
of Castle Garden always swings in

preston to the fact that the gates
of Castle Garden always swings in
ward they never swing outward
But this will have to he revised
since the Federal immigration
Bureau shows that for the year end
ing last Nov ember, the immigrant
aliens numbered 22O,193, and that
for the same period the emigrant
aliens were gao, 557, representing
an actual decrease of the alien popu-
lation of the country. At the pres
ent time it is estimated that approx
mately 10, 900 more emigrant aliens
are leaving these shores than there
are Others coming here. Within the
last one hundred years more than
SO, 900, 900 actual immigrants came
to our shores. The high water mark
was reached in 1907 when approx
mately 100000 immigrants en-
tered our country.
Congress is struggling with the
problem of what to do along the
| line of immigration. But the ques-
t,on appears to be settling itself.
since the above figures must be
taken as the basis for our calculations.
Federal figures bear out the state
ment that in the lines OF industry
where foreign labor is depended
upon to large extent that the mali-
supply of the country is short, and
most industrial concerns apparently
favor legislation and national policy
that will serve as an encouragement
to Europeans to settle permanently
lin the United States. Agriculture
has also had it's biggest growth as =
result of foreign settlers, and just
now farming needs recruiting. The
arguments that were urged against
immigration during the war were
based largely upon the BELIEF that
many foreigners failed to assimilafe
with our national life and become
Americanized. While this was
doubtless true to large extent.
still the demonstration that the war
gave in regard to our national unity
seems to be ample proof that Amer
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
MANY still Read Dickens.

Charles Dickens has been ruled OUT
by class of the younger literary
critics as a decided back number. but
the statement by his British publishers
that during the past three years the
sale of his books has been almost dou-
bled seems to refute that idea. Some
Of Dickens novels sell more than 90
600 every year, and he has been dead
forty eight years. Ills sales during the
last ten years have been larger, 1t ls
asserted, than those of any three nov
elists put together.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
IInc,,ltivated PhiIipnine Land.

Surveys OF the Philippine islands
have shown that of the total Of 120.-
600 square miles, the cultivated area
Is only 1900 square miles, the remain
der embracing 61.O0O square miles OF
commercial forests, 1000 Of non-com-
mercial forests, $4,000 Of unexplored
and small islands, and various areas
promising mineral products. The Gull
tivated lands include 2,189,00O acres
of rice, 1,236,O00 Of abaca or Manila
hemp, $4,000 of coconuts, 100000 of
sugar cane, $4,000 of tobacco. $4,000
OF mahogany. 10000 of cacao, and 1000
OF coffee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
DaImatia's MANY Beauty Spots.

Dalmatia's beauties have been re-
counted by many travellers. Among
the scores Of islands off it's coast are
many rich in history, such as Brazza
and Lessina, where Roman and Greek
relics are to be found Bust, with its
ten caverns, the most beautiful OF
which is the Blue Grotto, entered by
boat, and Lacroma, off Ragusa, where
Richard Occur de Lion is said to havd
found haven during storm on his
return from the crusades, and to have
built church there In compliance
with a vow so to honor his place Of
refuge.-Exchange.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Find Value Of Various Woods.

investigations by the agricultural
department show that one standard
cord of well-seasoned hickory. oak.
beech. birch. hard maple. ash. elm,
locust or cherry wood is approximate
ly equal to one ton of anthracite coal.
4 cord and half of soft maple or
tive cords Of cedar, poplar or bass
wOed are required to give the same
amount of heat. One cord Of we'll
seasoned mixed wood equals at least
one ton OF average grade bituminous
coal.
Perjury.
Said the almost philosopher. TITS q
mean man who will lead his little boy
TO believe he is penniless when the
did asks for one"
A War Child.
"Tommy, shall never teach you
that it isn't right to throw hand gre.
nades at your elders Y-S0ndage NisSe.
Stockholm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Literally Stumbled on Riches.

About a quarter of a century ago
two prospectors in the husband OF
Western Australia had put up their
tent for the night and determined to
trek back to Perth next morning, as
their quest had proved fruitless. One
of them was aroused from sleep by the
restlessness of his horse, picketed just
outside the tent and, going out to see
what was the matter. he tripped in the
darkness over boulder, which proved
on examination to be almost pure
gold. That was the beginning of Cool
gardie.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Excess Of Food Blamed.

DIR. Pritchard, an English practition-
er, believes that most of the digestive
troubles Of infants and young children
are due to excess of food. And, be-
sides the direct arrangements of the
stomach and intestines, these have an
effect upon the whole system and may
in the long run make it more suscept-
ible to catching other diseases.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Hawks Not All Enemies.

The department of agriculture says
that of the so principal varieties Of
hawks AZ are of benefit to the farmer
since they catch great numbers of ro-
dents that injure crops. 1t is even
said that a hawk on the farm is as
valuable as cow. There are three
varieties of hawks that are deadly to
chickens and should be shot on sight.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
comnosition Of Pennies.

Pennies are made of 95 per cent
copper and per cent nickel and zinc.
The material which goes into them
costs about % cents pound and this
pound makes up into 120 one-cent
pieces. They are distributed to banks
at their face value, so the profit is
81 a pound, less the cost of manufac-
ture, which is not great.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Order Of the Bath.

"Do you know what the Order OF
the Bath is?' the teacher asked
Mickey.
"Sure, ma'am," replied the boy. ''In
our house It's Katy. then me brudder.
then ME-"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15

WITH ~
! THE "a
FUNNY \ Az
nEN ia
Pocketed the Insult.

"Mr. &rumpus thought he would cure
q borrowing neighbor of bad habit"
Proceed"
"When the neighbor sent over one
morning to borrow a hammer: Mr..
Grumpus sent him check to buy one."
"HOw did the scheme work?"
'"The nefghbor expressed his thanks.
and the next day wanted to borrow a
lawn mower"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
The Traffic Con.

II notice you don't interfere with the
woman drivers, Officer?"
mo, try to make it little easy for
the ladies'"
"Yet justice is blind"
"Still, she's woman"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
And All the Rest, Too.

Bob-There goes the original M.
mismatist in this town.
Jake-Must have some swell collec.
ton of coins.
Bob-He has. He's the head wait.
er in a restaurant downtown.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Up.to-D Date Riches.

zones has secured his pile, all
right"
Plenty of the long green, has he?"
"Long green, nothing! was refer
ring to his coal pile"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
The Likely nnA-

"What is your birthstone"
Judging from the knocks am al
ways getting l should say it was a
brickbat,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Thar Settles II.

Willie (excitedly)-Hey, pop, NO
more plaster can fall off the ceiling.
Pop--Is that so; what's the trou-
BILE?
Willie--Tt's all off. a,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Justified.

"Why are you telling everybody at
the table my coffee is poor?"
IF you will look in my cup, madam,
you will see have grounds for my as
Sertion."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15

81 have a dog and a hen that ara
fast friends"
'sWhat can a dog and hen have In
common?
s'These two are both setters."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
Best Way.

"How about the quarrel betwees
Bill and his wife about her staying
home from the club to mend his
clothes?"
'Oh, that's been patched up"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
vicarious Fame.

"Did Jabs ever do anything to make
his name known more than another
man's?
"Why, certainly. His pet Maltese
took a prize in q cat show"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15
vor,d seems 20 Improve.

I World Seems TO Improve.
"It's not such bad world after
ALL"
"what's happened? Has somebody
paid a bill you thought you'd never
cOllect3'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-04-15

There was a time-worked ex-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-24
ANOTHER BOOK BY AN
ANNAPOLIS AUTHOR

"Stonewall Jackson. Thesaurus of
Anecdotes of and Incidents in the Life
of Lieut-General Thomas Jonathan
Jackson. C. S. A." by Elihu S. Riley.
of this city, has just been issued.
This volume contains the researches
of period of fifteen years. during
which the author has gathered over
$50 events in the career of this dis
tinguished Southern officer of the
Civil War. These incidents have beer
obtained from the lips of Jackson's
battle-stained warriors, from obscure
sources and from general histories.
The writer of this book has adopted
in its composition the style he used in
"The Ancient City" Every incident
that could be told in the language of
the person or writer who furnished
the information is given in the exact
words OF the narrator. Thus the pen
portrait of Stonewall Jackson is
drawn by those who saw and heard
him, and the real Stonewall Jackson is
presented to the reader by the words
he spoke himself and the acts that he
performed
The author received over five hun
dred subscriptions before the work
was issued They embrace patrons
from every section of he Union.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-24
SAGE TEA TURNS
GRAY HAIR DARK
It's Grandmother's Recipe to
Bring Back Color and
LuStre to Hair

That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
phur. Your hair is your c5arm. Ii
makes or mars the face. When it
fades, turns gray or streaked, just an
application or two of Sage and Sui
phur enhances its appearance hum
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
ture; you can get this famous old
recipe improved by the addition OF
other ingredients at a SMALL cost, all
ready for use. 1t is called Wyeth' S
Sage and Sulphur Compound. This
can always be depended upon to
bring back the natural color and lus-
ire of your hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's" Sage and
sulphur Compound now because it
darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied.
You simply dampen a sponge or soft
brush with il and draw this through
the hair. taking one small strand at
time; by morning the gray hair
has disappeared. and after another
application it becomes beautifully
dark and appears glossy and lus-
trOuS
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-08-24
Russian Soviets Over Frontier
HARDING ADDRESSES
THEATRICAL LEAGUE
Correspondence Associated Press.)


MARION, OHIO, Aug. PA plea
that the nation get away from "one-
lead" activities so that each citizen
can play his part in the development
of American democracy was made to-
day by Senator Harding in an address
here to a delegation of actors and
actresses representing the Harding
and Coolidge Theatrical League.
The Senator also spoke for Amer
icanism and deplored any tendency of
Americans TO regard themselves as
citizens of the world adding that
he personally was mot so universal"
The visit of the delegation occu-
pied the better part of the nominees
day, but during the morning he held
a long conference with Charles +.
Hughes, who was the Republican
Presidential candidate four years ago,
and discussed various issues and poll
cies of the campaign.
Col, George Harvey, the New York
editor, was present at the conference.