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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11
RESCUE OR CAPTURES
BY Eiwina Resstt0 81 Seventh
Street. Lowell.

Copyright, 1920. by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Incl
The sky was threatening. with it
ominous masses OF purplish black
: thunder clouds streaked every now
/ and then with flashes OF chain light
ming. Though the storm was still
ut some distance from the quiet
lake. everyone was scurrying In to
the landing, for it gave promise Of
being severe one.
The group OF girls ct the boat
house we're casting frequent glances
at the approaching darkness In the
heavens. To be sure, they are pro-
tested that they were not frishten-
ed. but their laughter grew rather
hysterical, and there were little
gasps of awe whenever = louder
rumble Of the nearing thunder
echoed from altar.
Only one OF them stood silsatiy
apart She seemed to be gazing Va
cantly out over the expanse OF va
ter The tiny pickering froWn
gathering between her glorious
blue-black eyes. the slight stiffen-
ing Of her lithesome figure. tho
clenching Of her hand about her
handkerchief, betrayed to the close
observer her efforts to conceal her
intense anxiety. Nor was her ST.
lence unnoticed by the girls.
why. Olta!" cried Muriel Brown,
tiny blonde. Surely you are not
frightened by the STORM"
| Alta slowly shook her head. The
girls whispered covetly to ,one an
other. for they knew that II was not
the fright Of the storm that troubled
Alta. Indeed, she was the bfavest
girl on the whole lake, and they
Gloried that she belonged to their
sbaehelor camp" Alta gave no
sisn q easerins Into . conveees-
ln0e: bst he gfs1s would net sto0
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11
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with the opthalmoscope. An instru-
mont with vAlch the physician can
see the interior and the back Of the
eye. Not oil opacities or nlms or
haxes which appear ON or In the
eyeball are catAracts. Indeed.
gr0wths or opacit;es Of the covering
membrane Of the eye are often mis-
taken for cataracts.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Rolls Arc Futee.
l have tFisd your somersaults
faithfully for long time. but !
can't SEQ that they have reduced
me one bit. =.
xANSWER-Whatever made you
think they would. madam? ! have
never suggested such = thing, |
will send you instructions for re-
dncing il you viii send = stamped
self-addTessed envelope, but let the
letter show that you are over ID
years Of age, and what your height
and weight are. otherwise ! cannot
send such instructions.
The Great Silence.
Once more DR.. Brady begs to re-
mind readers that letters addressed
improperly. as "citiy" or local"
are unbelievable. And may We add
that communications not properly
signed receive no attention, while
loose stamps are promptly donated
to the Salvation Army.
! Dry Dandfuf.
Please recommend some good
remedy for = condition OF dry,
itchy dandruff and falling hair.
miss E. H. 81
ANSWER-Shamp0O your own
hair once q week, using any good
toilet soap, or il the hair is dark,
liquid tar soap,and rinsing repeat
eddy first with warm then with
colder water. Once a day rub we'll
into the scalp about = tesspoonful
of this lotion:
Salicylic acid .......4e grains
Rcsorcin -. .......40 grains
Castor Oil ............1 dram
Alcohol ....... .....4 ounces
|, (This may be scented with a
drop or two Of any perfume desir-
ed. Or any good toilet water
(suf5ciently alcoholic) may be sub
stituted for the alcohol. Very light
or gray hair is sometimes stained
yelloWish by rcsorcin)
Nourishing Foods.
Kindly advise me which foods
will be most nourishng and mos.
easily assimilated by my son, five
years old. who has Potts disease
of the spine. mrs. A. P. r.
ANSWER-I do not know which
foods are deemed easily assimi!at-
ed. But ! will send you sugges-
lions for feeding normal children
il you will send a stamped, self
addressed envelope. The diet
would be the same. l suppose, fo1
q child with tuberculosis of the
spine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

Just punishment for the landlord in Chicago
who refused to rent a nat to man with a wife
and four children and obliged the latter to
seek shelter in police station would be to turn
the offenders homo over to the outcast family
and send him to Jail for six months.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11
He Forgot HE Song.

Nicholas viani, former church choir boy.
was hanged On his 18th birthday yesterday in
the Cook county jail on conviction Of murder.
The night before his execution he held his
mother In his arms and sang to her at her re-
quest Kiplinss Mother o Nine" just a. he
had sung 1t to her In their little home in the
days before he wandered from the influence
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

Mayor Bill Thompson wants the Tribune and
Daily News b pay $lo.ooo,0oo each for lihslins
the city Of Chicago And only q few weeks ago
the mayor appointed new police chief in an
effort 10 stem one Of the worst epidemics of
crime In the history Of that community.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

A READER asks the Information Bureau"
what is meant by "tweedledum and tweedledee'
and the following reply is made This is an
old expression employed to denote the fact
that there is no appreciate difference between
two unimportant points. Much ado about moth
ing conveys much the same idea"
THE reader gets all the information he
asked for. of course. But moments consul
tation with our friend Noah would have given
1.-TWO things practically alike;-a phrase coined
by John Byron in his satire On the Feuds
Between Handel and Bononcini'."
This Should Get Rise Out of the Clergy.
(From MY Son" by Cora Harris, Sat- Eve.
Post).
There was another reason why did
not want Petes to be a preacher. Thirty
years ago, when william and l were
young, the best men mentally and spirit
ually entered the ministry. They had
great virtues and great gifts They had
dignity and Influence. They inspired
reverence And many of them became
national figures in the church of God.
Now, We all know it is too often the
seconds who enter the ministry, ordinary
men whose sacred Offices do not exalt or
change their quality. They frequently
become prominent. but they do not be-
come great Their eloquence is like any
other eloquence. Their hearts do not
burn, their lips have not been touched
with the holy fire. They lack some awful
quality of the spirit which the old preach
ers had and which they have not 1t is
not for me to Judge them, but l have
wondered if they did not lack the cour-
age of that sublime thing which We call
faith. They have been tanned by some
thing which is not the Holy Ghost. The
young preacher may be a dull honest
man or he may be a sensationalist, but
he does not speak the same things nor
with the same authority preachers of an
older day had. The very pulpit where
these men stood has been effaced 1t is
becoming more and more OF rostrum.
ASK MAYOR TO STOP BEGGING"-Th
Argus.
Gosh! If it's that serious why not raise
his wages?
Wow, What DYou SupIbse This Compassion
Was @H.h.m-ing7 About!
(From the Peoria Starr.
William B. Hun: and Mrs. Luella L.
Bennett were united giermraniaA beuu
h Inn in marriage last evening by Rev.
A. A. Zimmerman at the parsonage Of
st. Paul's Evangelical church.
FOR SALE-Fine surrey mare, lady broke
sound, weight 1900, splendid worker. Broke
single and double and to saddle. Call H. D
Ferris, 1911 Blue. 38a N Academy StvGales
burg Republican Register.
Reason for selling? Lady broke"
SALESMAN for high-class artificial. limbs
man with leg off, excellent opportunity. j. 7
& H. Apgar, 262 West Twenty-third St.-Nev
York Tribune
Wonder il IT'S worth losing leg? Just GU
luck to have both of ours!
WHEN the Sunday blue law comes in yOl
may be deprived of this colyum on Mondays.
Wontcha be tickled? r. E. MIG. +,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

A bomb was thrown, intesthe Rumanian SEN
ate the other day and the explosion caused the
death Of two ofRcials. Before tho recent war
this would have been an exciting pisse of news
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

Massachusetts, supreme court requires wom-
en- lawyers to appear before the bench hatless.
This ruling was undoubtedly taken from that
famous law book. Toque ON Lid-leton.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

The Vice president-elect took SNUFF at a
recent Scots banquet, proving to the world
that his jobs sn-easy one. "a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11
REILiEITf6N.

Yestreen thoaght myself boy
boy. Of course. grown tall
But still youngster. full Of Joy
And troubled not at all
That Fortunes smiles through all the years
Had been 70 faint and rare;
Nor had fostered foolish fears
Because Of grayiug hair.
The world had been my soft-hotlet egg
To crack. or to ignore;
I'd always flung q wicked leg
Upon q ballroom floor.
ne'er had breathed 8 single sigh
For vanished youth, alas!";
I'd let old Tempus fugit BY,
Nor turned to watch him pass.
Today I'm like . rusted hinge
That will not play its part;
Today I'm SURE felt twings
CT pain around my heart!
Today I've hardly strength to hold
And quaff this bitter cup:
To-Day / KNOW that I've, grown old
For daughters hair is up!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

The country Is as prosperous n 1t ever was.
The fault lies with the people. few of them
have cold feet That's ALL 3
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

Just VIXEN It looked Ake lively winter on
he hrst PAGE, they began to talk about peace
n lreland.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

& In the epidemic Of songs about Blues
there'll b. nothing so soul-rending "a the Sur
day-law Blues.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

The Ksstucky man who married his mother.
in-lsw 10 gil right II his first wife didn't have
grandma living
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

One wonders whether Livy or basketball is
now engaging the attention of the football
heroes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

About the happiest people you'll encouBte
these days are the ones who have complete,
their Christmas shopping
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11

II any weary monarch seeks haven there's
. vacant place ut Lucerne
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-11


K6sde
ceanaeatai replies will
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
Work for Ey-Fighters.

A nationwide survey of the soldier
employment situation just COMPLETED by
Lieutenant-C Colonel Mathew Z. Smith,
head Of the service and information branch,
War Department. shows a gratifying tall
inr off in the number of ex-servlce men
seeking work. There has also been cor
responding increase in the percentage OF
men put in Jobs. In four weeks 22,5S9
former soldiers and sailors have registered
with the various bureaus throughout the
country, and 10. 40 have been placed.
In many cities the employment bureaus
have been discontinued for the reason that
the need for them no longer ex sts. In
other instances American Legion posts
are taking over the work with great sue
cess. and the matter of unemployment
for ex-servico men is now secondary to
that of assisting them in securing voca-
tional training. or in settling their ac-
counts with the government.
In the Eastern States and New Eng
land. however, there is still something OF
an ex-soldicr re-employment problem.
Four weeks figures for this section OF the
United States show 10000 men registered
at 80 bureaus and 7,0SS placed at work.
In our own city however, the showing IS
verv fair, "a having been placed out OF 50
registered.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
Nav Punish Vote Buyers.

The Sussex Journal of Georgetown says
the Republican State Convention pfi-
maries of Saturday week were disgraced
by fragrant use Of money IN buying votes
II saws both factions played the game
of debauchery TO the limit, and That
from $4,000 TO SIS 900 was spent for
vote-buying at this primary contest IN
Georgetown hundred alone. Democrats
and Republicans alike were importuned.
saws the Sussex journal, although, ''be IT
said to their credit, some Democrats were
insulted."
1t is the opinion of this Sussex county
paper that had the same tactics been
employed at general election as were
employed at this primary election, there
would today be large waiting list at the
Jail. "But our courts, it adds, have dc
cided that the primary law OF this state
does not apply to primary elections. we
believe our contemporary is mistaken IN
this assertion, and we can recall no court
decision in our State TO sustain 1T. Inc
StafG CONSTITUTION cVNtiS i'''''NS
well as general elections IN ITS provisions
against bribery and corruption, whiie
the primaries are specifically protected
by the Primary Election law.
1t is generally conceded, however, that
the opening primaries in this state IN 'he
year of a Presidential election are not
protected by law They have no local
application in their results, their object
being the selection of delegates to the
party national conventions. They are
hold long before tho three days OF election
registration when the lists Of primary e'ee-
ton voters are made up Of those register
ing on those three days. Therefore, " =
presumed they may be polluted with cor
ruption to the limit of the d sire OF those
engaging in such dastardly work, without
the slightest danger OF punishment
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
No Reason for a Change.

Notwithstanding the plausible argu-
ments advanced in favor of the pending
bill in the Legislature to reduce the Kent
county Levy Court from ten to FIVE MEM
bers. the Dover Index doubts the wisdom
of such a change. 1t would mean an
increase in expenses. it says, "and the
chances are there would be no improve
ment in the personnel of the body. The
tendency in this, as in the school law. is to
destroy representative government. Kent
county has a good Levy Court now, and
its management of county affairs has
been economical and satisfactory to a
large majority of the people of the county.
Why change?"
This question is easily answered. There
is no necessity for a change. and many
reasons against the one proposed. 1T is
designed as an opening wedge 20 make
wav for restoration to power OF the IN
efficient~ and extravagant old Republl-
can machine which mismanaged the al
fairs of Kent county until the people
kicked it out of place. 1t is endeavoring TO
get back through the Legislature, as the
people will not allow it to come back at
any popular election. That is all.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
HUMILIATION.

What have the palterers with the
Peace Treaty and the League OF Nations
done for us? RAYMOND b. Fosdlck returns
from Europe with a slckening report.
The ghastly business at Washington has
left us without friend anywhere, he
saws. "All that we have won during the
war we have deliberately thrown away
We are regarded as a race of qntters and
our professions of ldealisfn and disln-
terestedness are marked down for sham
and hypocrisy. We started something
that I'VE later refused to see through. We
left Europe in The lurch in the middle
of the game after imposing on her our
rules of procedure" This is the European
view
The bitterness of it is the all too much
justification. Europe cannot we'll under
stand that il is only minority that has
held America bound to its worse sell,
for Europe does not understand how one
third of our Senators can balk two
thirds in treaty making. From The more
selfish American standpoint the sorrow OF
MIR Fosdick' s statement hes IN the peril
which we have created for ourselves.
The whole world now disbelIeves In us
Senator johnson tried to make his
Lincoln audience believe that the League
of Nations meant larger armies and
nayies for America The triumph oil
Senator Johnson's cause would mean
ornaments upon armaments Tor us,
our necessary defence against world
which would feel toward us as it lately
felt toward sinister Germany.
CNeb.) State Journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27

tho purposes. The primaries are held
separately, each under the control of
officers selected from tho party concerned,
thereby preventing promiscuous voting
by members Of one party at the primaries
of another party. Thus, the voters OF each
party decide the results of thor party
primary contests, and enemy votes are
excluded. The law also throws ample pro-
lection around the primaries. in order TO
insure fair voting and honest counting,
with severe penalties for fraud and mis-
conduct. Since - enactment, there nave
been but two notable instances OF fraud
or ehicancery-each at Republican pri-
mary-and the punishment visited upon
the offenders proved an influential lesson
And SO the law of Delaware stands TO-
dav. n model for other States to pattern
ia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
EVENING SMILE.
A LINE ON HERSELF.

certain Young actress had small
mart in n "war" drama very small
part and she was not satisfied So one
morning. after rehearsal, she set out To
interview the boss
al have only one line in the first net.
she pouted, "and but one in the Second.
Couldn't YOU give me line Tor the third
act. also?'
The actor-mannger thought for mo-
ment. "WelI. yes. he r6nlied. When
the bombNdment scene is on and the
hero ia Crouching in his dugout you
NAV enter and say. Here is dud.
dOh. thanks" she exclaimed. And
do brnr an uuexploded shell on the
stage with mc2'
mo" answered the actor-manaeer
'It's not speech. my dear. it's con
fession San Francisco Arponaut
Il hate to 90 in barnyard where
the rooaters are :" aWhy29 Because
there are cocktails MI around and not
a ono to drink r." Baltimore American
IL understand that no whiskey can
be obtained in your State nov, sam.
"All moonshinc. saht' replied the know
ing Southerner. Boston Transcript
Esther" questioned the teacher OF a
member of the Juvenile class. what i
The difference between electricity and
lightning" "You don't havo to pay
nothing for lightning. came the prompt
reply -Everybodys.
Motorist ION country road d Pardon
me. friend but have YOU the correct
time? Farmer producing watch Don't
keep any artificial time, tnister1 It's
iost 3.3T y. m. and If you're CITY chap
YOU kin do your own addln' subtractin,
multA,yin or dividin, as the case may
be. Buffalo Express.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
UOTTSE PROBLEMS IN SPAIN.

Spain's new-found prosperity is check
ing Spanish emigration. Hence her towns
are full and in some places ovcrlull. There
is in Madrid, Saville and elsewhere the
same house-hungry quest rs IN England
Here in Granada, land both for produce
and building has risen IN price almost
fabulously
In Seville | saw bocl, Of well-con-
structed houses for working famihcs gong
up under the King Alfonso fund OF
81 500, 600. In Seville people are camping
out. Granada is more fortunate. When
all else fails YOU can buy or hire cave on
the hillside. Some of these caves, mainly
inhabited by gypsics, have electric light
and company water laid on, thanks
TO the careful water conscrvancy OF the
Moors centuries ago.
They are war m in winter and cool m
summer Usually there - livingroom
literally lined with cleaning brass and
copper. n kitchen with charcoal stove
built into the wells and sometimes lined
with beautiful old tiles rescued from
some forgotten ruin Of the Moorish king
dom, and ono or two sleeping rooms hidden
by heavy curtains over inner cave en-
frances.
There is an empty living cave trcccutlys
I believe. bought for an Engllshmanl on
the Alhambra Hill. Invisible at few
wards distance except for its triangular
chimney-top pcering above ground, II lies
in the red ground among olive trees and IS
accessible only by cutting IN the hillside.
There is n sheltered nook to SIT in (seat
cut from the rock. windows hooking out
upon the cutting, and opposite the front
door (Which is invisible until YOU reach ~
there is even rock-hewn kennel for the
dog
Here, however, water has yet TO bc laid
on. for il is one Of the caves hewn for
Christians when the Alhambra was being
built by fettercd prisoners and the Moors
did not care if thclr captives went thirsty.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
UNDERWOOD AS LEADER.

Senator Hitchcock's withdrawal from
the contest for leader Of the Senate Demo
Gratis gives Senator Underwood an oppor-
tlnity to add TO tFe reputation he won
in the House as floor leader there. The
great question that his election next
Tuesday will raise is: What will The new
leadership mean for the Treaty? Hitch
cock was hampered in his direction OF the
forces for ratification by the attitude of the
President, but besides that, he was not
happy in bis conduct Of the fight Under
wood will come upon the scene free of the
animosities that gathered about the
debate, and in addition he is possessed OF
an unusual quality of leadership.
Is it too, much to hope for an agree
ment upon ratification with reservations
before the conventions begin to draw
Senators away from Washington? The
country viii watch Underwood's moves
with anxious interest. lie can rest assured
of its support in the effort TO give us
peace.-New York Evening Post.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
SOMETHING IN A NAME.

Governor Cox's name is too short No
man was ever elected President whose
name did not contain N least four letters,
and there were hut two instances Of that
Polk and Taft There were seven whose
names ended with "son. the last having
served twice and being regarded 10y many
people as the best in the lot, and certainly
the one with the biggest problems IN war
and peace To handle.
But the Ohio statesman might get
around the obstacle o! precedent in nomen-
clature bv adding an ''c" 70 his name. or
changing the spelling, IN which direction
he might be able 70 produce some pic
turcsu,Ic results. as for instance, Coeques,
or Cocksque. Charlotte y G. C)0bserver.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-27
PRESS COMMENTS.
THE NEW ENTENTE AT SAN RENO.

The agreement reached at San Reno
with Premier Millerand which Mr.. Lloyd
George saws covers everything VIII be
welcome TO all mankind, with tho sinister
exception of the plotters OF new wars.
SO serious were the questions at issue that
their reported settlement is almost
ucw Entente Of peace-dcsirIng nations.
The agreement was reached because 1t
had TO be reached. 1t had TO be n
compromise of mutual understanding.
MIR. Lloyd George must bow to the lact
that France has seen her falrest provinces
devastated, and fears reprlsals from a
plotting Junkerdom. M. Millerand must
see the British common sense which
insists that Germany shall have o chance
to reclothe herself with law and nourish
herself with prosperity, TO become more
than spectre in the family OF nations and
fulfil her obligations.
OF greatest practical significance IS the
decision that Germany may retain for
troublous times more troops than the
original terms contemplated, but for the
rest must disarm: and that the Council
will proceed as soon as possible to restate
the reparations scored against bcr.
To those who show Americanism by
seeking to destroy the great work oil their
President, and humanity by turning their
backs upon a world hungerlng for peace,
il should he notable that Premier Nlttl
and Minister Trumbitch have agreed
upon the Wilson compromise Tor
Fiume as n buffer state, with plebiscitc
for the islands Lagosta and Cherso,
apparently without that compensation
nj Albania's cost against which President
Wilson protested.
II is humiliating to be represented only
by an observer at this conference upon
problems of the war we helped to win. But
the American ideal livesl So long as the
world breeds men of goodwill, not all
the Lodges. Reeds and La Follettes in the
Senate can dirk il dead New York
World