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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

Her rebellious heart broke en-
tirely away from her-the tears
streamed down her cheeks.
I'm sure. 'Renzo," she sobbed
Its very good of you to come arter
me in the rain, like this"
why, Marthy! Why, Marthy,~
ne gasped, again and again. like
one dumbfOunded. II hadn't no
idea you cared so much about foot
in it."
why, Reno, it isn't that at all:
but It makes me so-so-happv to
think t you care 'nough bout me
to come for me-"
Lorenzo climbed out of his bur-
gy. He put his arm awkvardlv
around his wife, and patted her
heaving shoulders.
You poor creature, you! You
poor creature!" he repeated. with
Quivering chin. MARTY, I've made
an awful botch OF our married life
but, II you think you can forgive
me. I'll try to treat you from TODAY
as a woman ought to be treated
Do you know. Marthy, you old
precious you, I've about made mn
my mind that married life ia q
good deal like farmin'. Now I
amt such q drotted old fool "A
you think 1t. II l plant q piece of
ground once. I'm goiH to eet a
great crop on It, year after year"
Just then the rain ceased to fall
and the sun. flashing through an
opening in the masses Of broken
clouds. transfgured the whole
landscape. In the reflected glow
Martha's gentle face took on a del
icate. youthful pink. Lorenso eax-
ed at her with new seeing eyes. A
she smiled MP At him he suddenly
bent down and kissed her-it vi
the FIRST time in-vell. q good many
years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
Automobile Laws and Safety.

Calling attention to the fact that 400 people
were killed in Chicago alone in automobile acct
dents in 1919 Secretary Of State Emmerson has
automobile laws Of Illinois and warning the
people that every resource of the state will be
used to locate and punish violators. Among
provisions of the law to which attention is
called are the following:
No car must be driven over railroad
grade crossing faster than 10 miles an
hour and where stop" signs are shown
cars must come to a full STOP
The speed limit in the business sec
tons of city is 10 miles an hour; Is
miles in the residence section; 20 miles
inside the city limits but outside the bus
mess and residence limits; and 90 miles
in the country.
Every car must have good brakes and
suitable signal device.
Licenses of chauffeurs will be revoked
for Drunkenness.
Owner of the car or chauffeur must
accompany children under Is years driv-
ing the car.
"A VCAlCic approaching II Tie ll5nt
has the right of way.
Keep to the right in passing vehicle
coming from the opposite direction.
Signal and pass to the left of vehicle
going in the same direction.
The driver must signal his intention
of turning or stopping by outstretched
arm, or otherwise
An automobile must not be driven
within 10 feet OF street car loading or
unloading passengers. except by express
direction of the traffic officer
Some automobile accidents are unavoidable
but they are few. In the great majority o
instances negligence plays a part. 1t may b
carelessness or the part of the driver or o
others who by their actions create situation
which the person at the steering wheel is un
able to cope with.
At any rate careful reading and obsery
ance of the foregoing rules by everybody
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
What's I'm A Name?
b. ,
MILDRED
MARSHALL


out France, where it was known as
IVAN or Ivone.
Yvone became popular among
the chroniclers. 1t was Yvon de
Tallebois, who was the william in
the story of "Hereward" and his
camp Of refuge. There was also the
good IT Two de Charities, who suf-
fered unjust imprisonment, and St.
Ives of Brittany, the advocate Of
the poor.
There have been \ scores of
Yvonnes in ballad and romance, to
say nothing OF modern literature.
Though most popular in families Of
French descent, Yvonne enjoys
great vogue in this country.
The opal is Yvonne's talismanic
gem. 1t is said to bring her that
mysterious fascination which is as
sociated with superwoman charm.
1t will also guard her from un-
happiness. Friday is her lucky
day and z her lucky number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
&!5B &kmS@ ::
IN " i MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
married woman and have three
children. My husband goes away
nights and 1 don't know where. 1
sit up and wait for him and when
he comes home l ask him where he
does and he won't tell me. l don't
think he ought to go every night
and leave me with the little chill
dren.
I do my own work and am saw
ing, but he thinks the bills are too
much. Things are SO high l can't
do any better. He makes good
money. l wear plain. neat, clean
clothes and try to please him. He
is always telling me don't do
things just as his mother did.
don't know how she did things and
80 what can 1 do? am always
home and get his meals.
What can a woman do at home
to help keep up the expenses when
she has children? l am not strong
enough to do laundry work. Would
it be all right to leave the children
by themselves and work in town
My youngest is eight years old.
love my husband and it worries me
to have him go away nights.
SUSIE.
It is your right to know where
your husband goes when he stays
away from home nights, but never
theless, it 10 . bad plan to Ques-
ton him. Go to bed when you are
ready and don't sit mp for him a
you have been doing.
Talk has proved useless and %
try silence now.
Do not think Of helping to keer
[hp expenses. II you do it viii only
give him moro money to spend
nights when he 10 away from you
II you do your own work and real
three cAiidsea yeu VII certainly d
kesping ~ Jour nd q the matxl.
01n1 - -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

certainly offered little encourage
ment to gallantry, but. having made
up his mind to it, Lorenzo was re-
solved not to abandon the theory
with a single test; therefore, when
his wife came out OF church the
following Sunday, after Sunday
school. she again found Lorenzo's
horse and buggy drawn up beside
the horse block.
Yielding to An unaccountable i'm
pulse. she asked him il he had been
long waiting. When he told her
that he had Just arrived she knew
that he had driven back after her,
and the inherent desire to be cared
for took her. in even this meagre
manifestation of its fulfllment,
with a hysteric swelling Of the
heart. She longed to tell him how
grateful she was for even so small
an exhibition Of consideration as
this. and when they reached home,
rs she climbed down from the bug
gy, she did force an opening in the
wall OF reserve. built up by years
OF repression, to the extent of
thanking him.
+ The following Sunday, rs Martha
washed the breakfast dishes, she
looked out upon steadily falling
rain. No mere vetting kept the
church-going Bethelite from morn
ing preaching. but she said to her
self:
Il wish Reno would come after
me today-Iv . great mind to ask
him" But almost In the same
breath she gave her gray head .
defiant toss and added: IF he don't
think 'nough Of me to come thought
my askin' him. why, he needn't
come. that's ALI"
But all during Sunday school her
manner was 10 preoccupied that.
more than once, the members Of
her class Of half-grown girls star
ed At her in open wonder. Az she
made her way to the door,. her
heart beat fast and the blood surg
ed to her head, In = way that made
her dfE1y ana faint 6he pressed
both AanAs tigAt over hor breast
0eeere 1eQk1ng tuuard tie hcsse
!,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
sik.llseaaee q sele.Testa.

II you have attended the earlier
cohferences Of this course you hare,
learned that, however much ply
sicians or healers may know about
the nature, cause and treatment Of
disease, they do not know such an
awful lot about health, at least
there II no reason why every intel
ligent layman should not know as
much about health As any physician
knows. with q little simple instruc-
ton and guidance. Again l wish
to emphasize that I am heaith ex-
pert, and that 1t is no boast for me
to say that. You can be a health
expert too II you wish. But watch
your step. There are ninety-nine
untruths and errors offered the
fatty as health and hygiene rules
or maxims for every single truth
which is SO promulgated. Even in
books used as textbooks deplorable
errors occur. Again. there is a
thousand dollars expended for the
propagation Of pseudo-scientific
buncombe and tainted hygiene and
adulterated health instruction for
every single dollar spent for hon
est public health education in this
land. There is talk Of revising our
school histories by eliminating
quasi-historical legends which are
not complimentary to our present
friends or allies. Why pother over
a trifle like that, with poor Truth
oppressed and struggling for ut
terance in the great field of ny
giene?
The breath-holding test, and the
posture-pulse test described in
going conferences of this course are
significant of no particular dis
ease, but rather indicate a function
al deficiency on the part of the sys-
TEN as a whole. II you fail to pass
any Of these tests. do not conclude
that your heart is diseased or that
your lungs are affected or that your
arteries are growing old. Leave
such cogitations to your physician
A better conclusion for you to draw
is merely that you are functionally
below par. 1t is entirely probable
that, by appropriate attention to
your hygiene in general and by
| faithful observance Of physical
, training in particular, you car
come back to life, regain what you
may have. lost OF health. and ap-
proach as closely as may be to tbs
one hundred per cent standard Of
health plus-which means life is
one long smile, not put-on smile
worn externally so much as a smile
that comes from your in'ards. You
know where chuckle comes from
don't you? 1t comes from the solar
plexus. The solar plexus is thu
nerve center of good cheer ant
good nature. Hit a fellow on thu
solar plexus and you knock hin
cold. Depress the plexus more gen
tly and he gets the blues.
| When we shall have completed
the series of functional self-tests il
this course we will see how to mari
our standing, and thereby learr
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

Edward Young's might Thoughts,
part 6.
Q. How can I tell without plug
ging. whether watermelon Is
ripe? W. 0. H.
A One way to tell a ripe melon
Is by the condition Of the tendril
or "curl" at the end not attached 70
the vine. 1t usually dries up ara
dies tust about the time the nun
is ripe. The under side OF the ripe
melon will be cream color rather
than greenish white. Snap the
fruit with the fingers. II 1t gives
. dull thud. 1t Is ripe. The SKIN
of ripe melon is dull and firm.
O. Where is the Easter Island!
ID. H.
A. Easter island IL IN Polyne-
STA. and was 20 named because II
was discovered on Easter day.
April 8. l712. by . man named Ros-
geveen. The inhabitants have no
name for 1t. 1t has been an unof-
ganised dependency Of Chile since
1888.
@. What was the total number
Of submarines lost BY the ce1lfA
powers! C.
4. Csrmany Lost 80 suhna ~
- A1qeEl1 1nok e.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

The administration is being "bawled out" be-
Gauss the $25,o00,00O worth of canned meat
bought for army use and now offered to the
public was not disposed of sooner. The word
ing Of the criticisms conveys the inference that
these are the first military stores of this kind to
be placed on sale. Many people may be taken
In by this line Of argument, but we have had
an army store in Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

Most married women make their
mistake by dressing too old and
plain. You need to be pretty and
attractive now more than you ever
did before. When you were a girl
and marriage was ahead of you.
you probably dressed in an entirely
different way. 1t is not immodest
for a wife to wear pretty clothes. It
merely shows good judgment on
her part.
As for trying to do things ~ his
mother did. don't give it q thought,
Be yourself and ignore his COM
plants. Probably you have SPOIL
ed him BY catering 10 his whims
too much. Men don't like indie
pendent women, so they say. / be-
lieve, however. that independence
is woman's salvation. She has as
much OF q right to be happy as her
husband has.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I an 4
AA6u oCuuOl Sl0uU6Le ana nave met
several fellow friends who have
asked me for dates. I have ac-
cepted all their invitations. but
none Of them have asked me the
second time. What can be the rea-
son? CTTTTE
You failed to interest them and
30 they did not ask for another
date. Why you were mot interest
Ing. ! cannot say. Perhaps you are
. pretty girl and rely upon your
looks to- fascinats people. Beauty
Is insipid II It 10 not backed IN by
tntelligence. You must read and
listen to conversations % that you
viii b well-tntosmed and can tax
in an interesting manner.
Il II probably Unnecessary Ia
cautton you against ''spoonine :
II you pernit yoaAg men to make
love = yqH, 20 vii eAeapes your
nAnao a94 th1y Wlll ~ eel4 e.
yeer eo1pea3 booaQoo tnev I'm
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
1PlHl[E DAILY SHORT STORY

EMO with rapture, but they had
broken upon him as the summer
waves break upon the rocky fast
ness Of Gibraltar-he had felt him
self utterly powerless to make any
adequate response. Proudly un-
willing to seem to seek attentions
that were not freely given, Martha
had, presently, ceased her tender
demonstrations altogether, and set
tied into a manner as austere as
his own.
The words OF the lecturer had
aroused Lorenzo to a full realiza-
ton OF situation which he had,
heretofore, but vaguely sensed,
and, as the mare turned unguided
into the house lane, he had fully
resolved to lest show Marthy .
few tentions."
The Chapman homestead was q
mile from the village church,
which. for a lifetime, it had been
their custom to attend. Martha
always rode with her husband to
the meeting house." but it had
been Lorenzo's habit for years to
drive back home as soon as 1.-The
morning preaching" was over, leav-
ing her to participate in the Sun
day school service. in which she
had been q teacher from girlhood.
and make her way back as best she
could. Although not an uncommon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
SAY 1T.
By Mrs, Irene Walker.

Copyright, 1920. by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
Lorenzo drove slowly homeward
IN the late August afternoon, OBJ
ltvious to the food of mellow sun
shine pouring down. to the shift
ing breeze, blowing cool from the
lakes. or warm and sweet from the
sun-baked pines on the hills. In
the brief address which had mark
I'd the close Of Bethel's first cele-
brAtiOn of "old home week." the old
man had had q curious sensation
Of being personally arraigned, and,
- he logged along the familiar
homewArd road. letting the aged
mare take her own leisurely gait,
unwouted emotions had begun to
stir within his breast.
I'VE permit our tender emotions
to gradually CONCEAL to a point
whore only death or disaster is
able to thaw them out. Many a
husband who regards himself as
miserably yoked to misfit mate
would speedily discover, were he
- about to counting his wife over
again. that he is welded to one Of
the sweetest women in the world"
There were the compelling words
q the distinguished statesman that
had inspired . train OF thought
which the old man found It impos-
sibls 70 dismiss.
Bethel had never been "a kissing
community" caresses, for the most
part. beginning with courtship and
ending with marriage. and Lorenzo
ChApu1An had been reared In an
~ mocphere OF especial frigidity.
When he married Martha Lovejoy
~ had loved her with all the depths
~ Aln 4Atnre, but 1t had not SEEM
"a puoo5hle for him to depart from
- hnflt1 q q lifetime. =
9AF@ u. To-, had come Of Puritan
~ hut underneath her
M IN gen1ls exterior there
W Arod ineuishable flres
-. ah1 81 thA nrst 1eoeks
~ tAa1f marriage. ahe had.
- ee4tnSe4 into pour-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
Argus Information Bureau

(Any resdsr ean gse tAs ansvsr 10
taoa Bureau. Frederie J. Haskin. Director
sAdU0 and enclose tvo-cent stomp for r
conndential. the replies being sent direc
paid 70 anoaynaous lettersl.
Q. have sent you three letters
asking questions which have not
been answered. What is the rea-
son? A. p. A.
A. Probably these letters were
signed with initials n the present
one was. Only questions whose
answers may seem Of general In
terest are published. while thou
sands Of answers are sent person
ally to inquirers. This necessitates
the receipt of full name. address.
and two cents In stamps for return
postage.
Q. Are there really any ice
caves? LM.C.
A. Tho walls Of caves often b.
come cooled to such a point In win
ter. or during the frosty nights OF
spring and fall. that the percolat.
ing waters freeze. The most ceie-
brated ice cave In the world IL that
Of Dobsehau. In Hungary. situated
IN the CarpathiaAs. ut an elevation
Of 46out 2,7o0 test
@ Who II tho author OF the quo
tadnn. Rygmies are pygmies stu,
thoegh pefcAed o. the Alpsr
6. q. 4
- 1890 u 66rsnl =
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
YvONNE.

YVONNE.
Yvonne is almost name without
history. 1t is feminine name
obviously invented from the mascu-
line form for the purpose of honor
ing the name; it had no parallel
growth and no particular reason
for being. In short it is one OF
the few names in genealogical rec
ords, which were probably origin
ally bestowed upon some girl baby
to perpetuate the name of the faith
er in the event that there was no
subsequent male heir.
The history of Yvonne dates back
to legendary times when a Persian
bishop named Ivhar, established a
hermitage in Huntingdonshire in
the seventh century, and provided
a patron for many an Ivar of Dan
ish and Norman extraction. The
use of this name spread through
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is the difference between
myoma and fibroid and tumor :
Which is the most common and
which is the most dangerous!
ANSWER-Myoma means tumof
of muscle tissue Tumor means
swelling or enlargement Ffbroid is
another name for myoma. This
tumor is quite common. At the age
of As years, one in every nine white
women and one in every four col
ored women have fibroid tumors.
Often these tumors produce no seri-
GUS results, Notwithstanding the
surgeons dictum that "the harm
less fibroid is a myth" The mere
presence of such a tumor or tum-
ors, often in women who have
raised families, should not call for
any treatment. Radium treatment
is giving very happy results II
many cases of fibroid tumor when
health is seriously impaired and
some surgeons no longer operate
until radium treatment has proved
insufficient.
Breast Cancer.
Is a lump which causes no pair
or soreness and which has been IL
one breast for six months lat leas'
I first noticed it six months ago.
serious? I am a married woman 81
years old with two children. 81,
and ten years old. (Mrs. ]. M
ANSWER-A single hard luml
in the breast of any woman ovel
the age of thirty always suggests
cancer. If the skin dimples ovel
the lump it is probably cancer. II
the stage when a cure by surger!
the early stage of breast cancer
is reasonably probable, there is NJ
pain-a lump is accidentally dis
covered. Therefore. the only saf'
and sensible course to follow is i'm
mediate consultation of the physi
clan for examination. Procrastina
ton, with the worry and uncertain
ty it causes, is certainly an unwis'
policy, even though the trouble
proves non-malignant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

King Corn Is going to fairly Guido himself
this season. the crop reporting division says.
while oats. wheat and other grains will be
suGhcent to feed all the human and other ami
mails of this country, with some left to sell
Nobody can accuse the American farm and the
American farmer OF making habit of laying
down In the face of an emergency.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

BVigaria and the allies have exchanged
treaty notifications without bringing worlt
peaco more than thousand miles nearer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10

I One Franklin D. Roosevelt. it seems, is also
running for vice president Of these United
States. Are there any more to be heard from?
u mot. let's 90.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-10
ONE YEAR AGO

British cruiser Renovn. carrying
H. pssnos q WalAs, insk y
e9Ni1se Donnfloss ~ mfIes a q
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full
individual No attention VII
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-06
BEATEN TO DEATH
Warden and ''Trusty' Are Killed By
 Prisoner in Jail
By Associatcd Press

Mount Holly. N. J.. November 5.-- Deputy Warden w. Harry King of the Burlington county jail. and Charles Vernon Bartlett. "trusty." were beat en to death with stove poker in the Jail today by Harry Assay, a prisoner who was said to be suffering from deiirium tremens
 King was killed when he went to Asay's cell to give him medicine pre- scribed by the jail physician. Then rushing from the cell Assay encountered Bartlett in the jail Kitchen beating him so severely that he died tonight Another "trusty," who was in the Kitchen. also was attacked but he managed 70 escape before the crazed man could reach hin. wiA the poker Assay then fled to the jail yard and tried to scale 20-foot wall. Failing. he armed himself with an ax and an Iron pipe, threatening Joseph Jones. ? negro prisoner who had grappleds with him in jail. He was subdued a few minutes later and again locked up.
 Asay, aascrapiron dealer of Burling- ton, was arrested Wednesday night for drunkenness and sentenced to a month in jail. Shortly after being locked UT he developed delirium tremens ana wae placed under the care of the prisor physician. He was being given medicine at regular intervals. King, who was e years old, had been in his cell several times during the morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-06
JUDGE D|SCL0SES
 REASON FOR PROBE
Wants to Find Out Whether Palmer Can Suppress Por-
 ton of Evidence
By Associated Press

Indianapolis, Ind, November D. Federal Judge Anderson today dis closed the reason for his proposed in vestigation of Attorney General Pal mer's connection with the soft coal conspiracy cases when he declared he was going to find out whether the Attorney General can make an agreement to suppress q portion of the evidence on the part of the govern. ment."
 The investigation is set for next Monday, the date when the cases are to be called for trial.
 Besides the judges statement, which was made in open court, the only other development here in the investigation was the departure tonight of district Attorney Van Nuys and Special Prose- cutor Slack for Washington to meet the Attorney General in conference They went at the request of Mir. Pal, mer, but Dan W. Simms of f,aFayette, Ind, who resigned as a special prose- cutOr In the cases and was asked by the Attorney General to go to Washing ton, refused to accompany them.