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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28
A Demonstration of Power.

Price cutting that is going On all over the
country is psychological. rather than economic
In the opinion of Francis H. Sisson, vice presi.
dent of the Guaranty Trust company of New
York. 1t has been brought about almost solely
by the public. he told the Economic club Of
New York in an address yesterday. Merchants
are frank in admitting that they have beer
forced to act by refusal Of the people to buy
.at the high levels heretofore prevailing. Said
Mr. Sisson:
The reductions In prices that are be-
ing made today are not due to over-pro-
duction; for there is. in fact, under-pro-
duction in many essential lines which is
likely to continue for some time. Con-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28
Campaign Publicity.

DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler spent $4O6So
in his campaign for the presidential nomlna-
ton, practically all for publicity, and it's dol
lars to doughnuts that four voters out OF five.
taking the country over, do not know that he
is In the race.
People generally will welcome publicity Oh
campaign expenditures made through the pres
ent senate hearing. 1t is not the less pleasing
because the old rule Of Investigations always
being directed by one party against another
has been overridden. The spectacle OF he
publican senate dragging out the facts con-
nected with use of funds for Republican candi-
dates is a decided novelty but it sets healthy
precedent and one which it is hoped will be
followed in future campaigns
1t is a great deal better to find out who
mans friends are before he is elected than
afterward Fore warned is fore armed, a rule
that applies nowhere more forcibly than In pol
itcs.
1t is true that in the present instance ad-
vance campaign expense publicity is likely to
cause some misunderstanding. A great many
people may be unable to see how half a mil
! lion dollars can be expended Tor any one man
without involving corrupt methods. Possibly
the chances Of certain candidates who are well
qualified and politically honest, comparatively
speaking, will be impaired. The presidential
primary is q new institution. People do not
yet realize what is involved IN a nationwide
drive for votes, and how expensive one Is even
when conducted along conservative and per-
\ fectly legitimate lines. Realization Of how
the presidential primary works out-what ii
means in effort and in dollars and cents-must
come some time and there is no better way to
bring it about than by the method now being
followed Of printing the facts while the con.
test is on.
B After the popular notion Of what consti
tutes stable national campaign fund ha:
been sharply revised upward such publicit.
campaigns as the senate committee is nov
unwillingly putting on will be Of immense
help in purifying politics and in helping vot
ers to arrive at correct judgment of parties
and men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28

ton bureau, Frederic j. HaSkln, director
address and enclose twocent stamp Tor n
confidential. the replies being sent dlrec
paid to anonymous letters.
@. Is "Sault" in Sault Sainte
Marie really pronounced $780," and
how about Mackinac? R. c.
A. The proper pronunciation of
Sault is 800" and Mackinac is
spoken as though the &C" were
W."
@. What is the origin Of the
winged disk used SO generally in
Egyptian art? L. W.
A. 1t is probably symbol in
herited from the Phoenicians. The
wing, which sometimes contained
the image Of a man, represented
the sun or the Supreme Being and
the wings signified its superiority
over man.
@. Have the Chinese much lit
erature? H. H. W.
A. Chinese literature is so ex-
tensive that the catalogue Of books
in four imperial libraries which
Classics and briefly describes con-
tents. fills 200 volumes.
@. What diseases are supposed
to follow an absence of vitamines
in food? R. U. V.
A. Scurvy. pellagra and beri-
beri are three Of the recognized
diseases that are directly traceable
to q lack Of sufficient vitamines IN
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/! 4.!LDrObIQm1C-v
% i MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am a girl
Of 20. We moved here from New
York about year ago. l was very
popular there in society, belonged
to many clubs, went to receptions,
etc.
When I moved here I went to
clubs and the people snubbed me
just because l came from out of
town and they didn't know my
whole history. I guess the people
in this town want to know where
you were born and everything. l
never was treated SO terribly in all
my life. have gone to other cit
les and have been treated respect
fully.
My dad is In business here and
Is we'll known all over. l am not
stuck up or think myself beautiful
or the best dresser as some, do, al
though l have everything I want.
have all the gentlemen friends 7
want, but don't expect many invita-
tons because I only go with ones
l know quite well. / don't believe
/ in going with any one that asks
met never pays.
/ treat every one the same, al
ways have a smile on my face and
am cheerful. ! can hold any kind
of a conversation and be interest
ing, they say. I have a car of my
own, also can have my fathers any
time l want it
% Could you tell me what is
the matter with me? l would like
to improve If l can.
| (2) Do you suppose l ought to
lay my whole history out to the
people? Well, l am not ashamed
of it.
81 Why are people in such small
towns so important to new people
that come?
a. Why is 1t that money buys
those people? l could buy myself
in and be considered the whole
thing. but that isn't honest, is it?
MAYFLOWER. -
~ Your attitude antagonizes
Even your letter has made me feel
resentful and in sympathy with my
own people. You must love and
admire the people about you in or.
der to receive admiration from
them. In your last question you
ask, why is it that money buys
those people?" That statement II
thoroughly mean and unfair and re.
fleets on you for thinking such
thoughts.
(2) The people are far less In.
terested In your history than you
realize. When they see your eyes
and your mouth and your manner
they know more Of your history
than you realise and they fssl you
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28

very clearly in the course OF the
great war that this ancient libel
which the nostrum takers and the
mail order quacks and the queer
old doctors have SO industriously
fostered was made out of the whole
cloth. Women proved themselves
as strong a. men, pound for pound
and inch for inch. Physicians had
known long before the war that the
delicate organization" charge was
purely fictitious.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Growing Does Not Hurt.
Will growing too rapidly cause
headache, lack of appetite, irrita-
bility and loss of weight in child
611 years old? The child is 4S
inches tall and we think she Is
getting near-sighted.
MRS. F. R.
Answer-No. Rapid growth new
er causes i'll health or pain. The
child should be taken to your ply
stefan.
GO0d Me0lCIn0s
A year ago a Wassermann test
proved four plus, and l have been
taking medicine ever since. The
medicine contains mercury and
other poisons and I would like to
know if it is safe.
Answer-It is the right medicine
for syphilis, and If you are under
your physicians direction of course
it IS safe. It would be unsafe to
monkey with such medicines your
self. l should want much mercury
in one form or another over a pro-
longed period if l had syphilis.
There is no better remedy known.
Physic and Appendicitis.
In an attack of acute appendi-
citis is it advisable or not to give
a purgative If advisable, what
purgative is best? l have heard
that olive oil is recommended.
REV. S.
Answer - The surgeons advise
against all physics in such a dis
ease, for the purgative may spread
the Inflammation. The physicians
are not SO positive about that. My
personal belief is that an active
physic such as a full dose of any
kind Of salts, may be given, provid-
ed operation can be done at any
time it may seem necessary. Il the
patient is beyond the reach of a
surgeon, or if for any reason oper-
alton is out Of the question, it is
probably advisable to withhold all
physic as we'll as food and drink
for 4S hours. The quantity of olive
Oil required to physic is SO great
! that this should not be given.
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The Delicate Sex.

II live to be 40 I'll never for
get the day volunteered to tend
the baby while mother went to the
movies. Three hours l tended.
three long, weary, heart-breaking
hours. l grew bent and gray, and
l give you my hand to it that baby
required eight feelings, "a diapers
changed and a repertory OF vaude-
vile acts which would knock them
cold II staged in a regular theatre.
By the time mother repented and
again sought our bed and board I
was in prime condition for q vaca-
ton. That was many years ago.
but doubt whether my nervous
system has ever fully recovered
from the grim struggle OF that
memorable day.
The fake nostrum makers. the
mail order specialists" and a few
ignorant old doctors have long
taught that members of certain
sex which is Justly famed for en-
durance under gruelling strain,
hardship. suffering and abuse are
"delicately organized" But these
self-constituted authorities are ex-
ceedingly inconsistent in their
teaching, for having impressed this
false doctrine upon members OF q
certain sex noted for credulity in
all things they Immediately follow
up the evil work with q suggestion
that the "delicateiy organized" one
should experiment upon her deli
cate organization with this and
that dope or alleged treatment in
stead of consulting her physician.
Now, to my mind, if a member of
the aforesaid sex is really so deli
cately organized" as the old. wom-
en- of the dope world would have
her believe, it is most foolhardy
for her to follow any such sugges-
ton. But unfortunately these del
icately organized" creatures are
nothing if not gullible, and they re-
spond readily to suggestion. Hence
the sharks make a very good thing
out of the delicate organization
propaganda.
If any sex is entitled to that de-
scription it is the masculine. l do
not mean to disparage the sex to
which l have the distinction to be-
long, but I am confident physicians
| generally agree in the observation
/ that women are far more stoical in
enduring pain and sickness than
are men, and that it is durn good
| thing for the race that the Creator
didn't select the masculine sex for
the leading role in the birth Of a
relation.
The feminine sex demonstrated
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28

seemed to meet at that billboard,
and as we passed We always spoke. +"
And you secretly thought or be-
gan to think that he was interest
ed IN you, and that you might learn
to love him"
should have known better. Ann
looked hurt, and covered her eyes
with her handkerchief
believe you told me that Won
finally met him when one of YOUR
pupils met with an accident in
school, and Phil was called to at
tend him"
Yes, Phil had just been appoint
ed medical attendant at the
school,"
l realized that either on account
OF my unwise remarks or AIMS
fatigue that she no longer showed
eegerness to tell her story.
And soon you married him"
Yes, and soon he died"
With that Ann seemed to think
her story ended. Her tears AFFECT
ed me, and the conversation Jagged
Finally l added:
| well. Ann. there were FIVE wears
In which you lived your ideal. ana
Mildred will soon be 4. Life for
you has not been void. and lool
what Mildred means to Won"
Ann would say no more.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28
Whats In a Name?
by MILDRED MARSHALL-
Copyright. 1919. By the Wheeler Syndicate Incl

misery, baptised in tears" The
fashion for bestowing the name of
the Holy Virgin upon several men,
bers of Catholic family with a
distinguishing phrase led to the
frequent usage of Dolores. Par
ents, mindful of the Seven Sorrows
supposed to have pierced the heart
Of the Holy Mother, would choose
for one child the musical name OF
Maria de Dolores.
1t is quite appropriate that
Dolores talismAnic stone should be
Jet, the emblem of sorrow. But
fortunately for her, to wear the
stone insures the opposite emotion
it will protect her from sorrow
from danger. and disease. Tuesday
is her lucky day and her lucky
number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

to conceal the fact that I was har-
boring that natural passion to love
and to be loved.
thought Of Ann as a college
girl, and recalled how it would
hurt her il any of the girls seemed
to neglect her or failed to show
their fondness for her. Ann was
1ikable. lovable, and we were all
devoted to her.
Il became the official chaperone
for the boys and girls in the high
school where l taught. Their love
affairs interested me, and often I
recalled Edwin and longed once
more to love and be loved. Love
was my gospel. l lived It, taught
1t. longed for that which I didn't
have"
why, Ann. wasn't there anyone
for you? To be . chaperone
doesn't eliminate ones own suit
ors."
Edwin. l thought them all
alike" the poor woman added with
sigh:
Then one day / passed q bill
board. know it's silly to you. Ber-
nice, but ! was attracted by what
l saw"
THE same old Ann, overcome At
IS by your ideal Love. and even 1t
Is you are impressed by q billboard.
What was 1t, Let Us furnish your
home for you advertisement"
My attempt to cheer her. to ap-
pear In any way facetious. met
with disapproval at once. ] saw
1t from her expression. for at 80
she was still a bundle OF emotions.
any one Of which was ready to
come to the surface.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28
ANN MACNAIR.
By c. T. Ryan.
Copyright, 1920, by Wheeler

syndicate, Incl.
1t was the first evening that Ann
Macnair was at my home that she
poured from her grieved heart how
she had met and married Philip
Macnair five years before. l had
hot seen Ann for 10 years, land
when / heard of the fatal accident
TO her husband / Immediately wrote
Tor her to bring Mildred and Join
me in my southern home until she
recovered somewhat from the
shock. At least 1t would be a
change of surroundings and fur
hish Der rest
I AIMS mind seemed reminiscent
ks We sat in the room after dinner.
We had been college chums. had
Entertained our first "beaux" to-
kether. I married Conrad. but Ell
vim Abbott had merely tempered
with AIMS love. and for years aft
awards she confessed the affair
had left her an aching heart and
created in her q distrustful atti-
tude. I was interested in Ann, md
vas not only pleased to learn about
her meeting Philip, but also to see
her enjoying-if may use the
}erm-living over again in memory
her unique courtship.
! you know. Bernice. ! was al
nays interested in what l called
(he psychology Of love-"
And what I called nonsense" /
eOke.in. Pardon me-"
For hve years Just lived on,
1asaninglessly. loving only my
esk and my puptls ever trying
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Choking back . sob. Ann contin-
ued:
1T was an ice cream advertise
ment Two curly haired children,
about Mildred's age-a boy and a
girl-were embracing. Love at
first sight is what it meant.
stood still and gazed at the pic
ture. Something seemed to whis-
per to me, as God intended it
Love- There it was, the psycholog-
ical appeal, innocent love, divine
love. Then Edwin -"
She didn't finish, but I knew her
thoughts. She and Edwin had been
engaged: but he was never worthy
Of Ann. Conrad often said that.
To help her to continue. / asked:
What has that to do with your
meeting Phil?'
Il had not noticed q man stand
ing near me, who seemed equally
oblivious to his surroundings. /
turned to 90. and the man said half
aloud without taking his eyes from
tho advertisement, rs God intend
ed it-Love.'"
In spite Of my sympathy,
couldn't check . smile. Ann no
dced 1t, and again ! had to ques-
ton her before she would continue.
1T was common appeal. strik-
ing home to two equally hungry,
equally disappointed persons. There
was NO forwardness ON his part
nor on mine. We just stood there
and. talked. He knowing that
was concealing the real reason oil
the appeal OF the two children. and
I knowing that he was We went
Tour ways, but day aftee- day NJ
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28
By JAMES MO, GAY

1SS0-Oct. 5, Chester Alan Arthur,
born at Fairfield, VT
1S4S-Graduated ut Union college,
Schenectady.
1S53-BecaMe q lawyer In New
York city.
1S59-Married Ellen Lewis Hern.
don, daughter Of a commander
in the navy.
1S61.2-Quartermaster general of
New York state.
1S71.S-COllectOr of the port of
New Y0rk-Removed by Hayes.
1SS0[anuary, death of his wife.
November, Arthur elected vice
president
1SS1-Sept. 10, Tooth the oath as
21st president agd 80.
TIL public anxiety for Garfield
through his long battle with death
was deepened by a general dread of
the vice president succeeding to the
presidency. The people as a whole
knew nothing of Chester Alan Ar
thur, except that he had been only
lately removed from the collector
ship of the port of New York as a
machine politician, and that he had
been nominated for the vice presi-
dency as a henchman of Roscoe
Conkling.
He had practiced law in New
York city for a quarter Of cen
fury without winning distinction at
the bar. Even in the upheaval of
the Civil war he remained in COM
parative obscurity as the quarter
master general of the state.
= After the war he rose to be the
Republican boss of New York city
with his headquarters in the GUS
tom house. True to the type, he
preferred to remain always the
man behind the scenes, making few
speeches and never becoming a
candidate for an elective Office unit
his nomination for the second high
est Office in the land.
If Arthur had not been put on
of the custom house he nevel
would have got into the Whitehouse
When Garfield was nominated il
the Chicago convention the victorious
Half Breeds" offered the seconc
place on the ticket to the dis
gruntled "Stalwarts," like a bon
thrown to a growing dog. Arthu
whispered to Conkling that h
would like it, and his chief care
lessly tossed it to him. The ex
collector wanted tha nomination a
a vindication for his removal b.
President Hayes.
After Arthur had been sitting Il
the vice presidents chair only
little more than two weeks, h
opened a big White house envelop
one day and flushed as he glance
at the unexpected contents-th
nomination of a hated Half Breed
to the collectorship Of the port O
New York. With an excited ges
ture, he summoned Senators Conh
ling and Plat, and the three "Stal
warts" famed up with rage at III
challenge to them from the neN
administration. When the Ne'
York senator's resigned their seat
and appealed to the legislature Q
their state to reflect them as q pro
test against the administration, tn
spectacle of the vice president de
Copyright. 1920, by James Morga
with the Mcclure
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28

scending to that melee lent color "A
the already unfavorable impressiur |
of him in the public mind.
When in the midst OF the tsht
and a losing fight. Garfield WI
shot, the American people revolta
at the thought that Arthur and Tia /
"Stalwarts" should profit by IN
assassination. The public mind n +
VOTED also at the prospect Of DO.
litical boss enthroned in the White
house, with his motley follovin,
about him.
That popular picture Of Arthur
as a city politician out Of the pages
of Puck, was distorted and untrus
simply because the background was
omitted from it. The real, the ma
tive character Of the man had been
shaped in surroundings very dii.
, ferent from those in which the
country found him when he first
came under its attention. Born iaI
Vermont to a Baptist minister, |,
man of education and high prin-
ciples, who had come over from
Ireland and who soon afterwari
settled in New York state, Arthur
had grown up in village parsOn.
ages, where the living was plain
and the thinking high.
The father belonged to that moral
and intellectual aristocracy q
Abolitionists, who braved the con.
tempt of wealth and tie persecu.
ton of the theughtless for the sake
of an ideal. The son had received
an education in a good rural co.,
lege and had plodded his way to
the bar by teaching COUNT!
schools. That was the good Amer.
lean mold in which the man had
been cast in his formative period
His political experience had been
only an incident of his enylol'
ment in New York city.
! When the great test came and D.
stood silently for three months i
the shadow of the high offlcs
Arthur found himself. and he lei
petty politics and factions BENIN
| him as he entered the White hous'
The public was incredulous at hrs'
but was convinced at last that d
honestly meant to be president O
all the people. :.
i Some of his old associates u
machine politics were as sslol
ished at the change that had con'
over their "Chet" as Falstan aie
his cronies were when Prince 10
became King Henry V. Not tIa
the new president colby repeil,,'
the claims of friendship. He smp'
put first his obligations to w
whole country. though it cost n Oh
dear in the regard of men NY
Grant and Conkling, who SET I'LL
down as an migrate, a,
why, General, if You were sul
; president of the New York couns
! Republican committee. you Wo ~.
be here right now asking tor y.
very thing protested the neau
: that organization. Va,
LAS president Of the New ia =,
county Republican committee ~ ~
thur frankly admitted with a su'S
Il certainly would; but since
: came here / have learned .,'
Chester A. Arthur is one man ~
, the president Of the uni'ea 0'a''
is another"
i: published by special arrahseI''
Newspaper Syndicate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-28

TO each individual. No aitention
food. Foods that are parlicu III
rich in vitamines are fresh IN .n a
butter fresh fruit juices, yolks :. !.
eggs, meat juice, cereals anu ~.
vegetables as potatoes, spla as,,'
onions, peas, cabbage, green .s'-
can1jf,ower. carrots and lettuce. :.
@. Is the tree still standi iass.ss;
der which William Pen aaois, INA
the Indians on the peaG, \
treaty? IT., undef
which Penn is said to have !, a' 10
his treaty with the Indians ~. !
longer standing. but there ,s,s
! number Of young elms in lI :. 4 sus
| where it used to be, whien CHI .h,s r.
posed to be descendants VI
nous old tree. .,. usrs
O. would like to know tne . ID, rbp
! of the member of congress ~.
gained notoriety by remar !,
Speaker, where am 1 al FEB
A. This was said by jane st
Cobb. Tuskegee, Ala, -, IN H., = j
Speaker of the Horse. Th ,aaor.
Reed, replied q don't = tius y
| have been trying fo' a long s.,sua1
find out Just where the gun
i at"