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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

the engines running. See that
cloud?" he continued. BLACK fish
come in with an east wind. In an
hour the sea may be raging like
tophet."
The old man was true weather
prophet. Suddenly the wind turn
ed northeast and rain fell. Frank
hurried out and refastened James
motorboat. Atwell landed his pas
senger; but she was frightened
and drenched.
All day the storm ragged, and all
night. Several ill-bound boats
came ashore. Atwells launch
was dashed to pieces upon the
rocks. Mud-black waves rolled in,
and, curling, spent their fury in a
see thing Of angry foam
that someone had examined the
bank, Janet stood worrying about
her boat. At last Frank told he
that someone had Examined the
mooring ropes. She was certain,
although he did not admit it, that
it was himself who had had the
foresight.
At length, when the wind abated,
two hardy fishermen launched a
rowboat
The fishermen will look after
their property, and wisely leave us
to do likewise" sagely suggested
Frank Campbell. Come, Rey-
nolds," he continued deliberately,
you are the best boatman and
swimmer here; it is up to you to
assist me In saving our friends
sinking boats"
'All the boats In this bay aren't
worth two human lives" refused
Reynolds. 81
Then a U. S. Marine volunteered
to accompany Frank.
Whh hearts beating anxiously,
the people gathering saw the young
men battling with the breakers.
They watched them struggle from
craft 70 craft and hail each one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

y 11 ~ y q q y Z = =
'we1fx xsp1 Is te 4 90 4 annat66s isaay ~
a{9podf h ~ Nh 80 q baildins. Ths
80 q plaeue; howsysf. = svsa gfsatf than
~ - 4 rsbsfi6fss = sntfrs town n rat
pspof styts, ~ Peruvian government bslisves-
A1d Il ~ cnet 4 srain, and.othsr constitasnts
'ox tAe xats 6ietasy i asursd r, psrha9s the
sebsiiaine WI. - cheap indeed.
why harbor rats! In city or country. thsy
are alike ! menace New Orleans and San
sFrancisco have been having rat campaigns,
- one Il urged for New York. Rat bounties
are not advised bscause they encourage I'M
scrupuious psrsons to breed rats for the bounty.
Not only should the docks Of seaport towns be
watched, but every farmer. every householder.
every person in charge OF . business block
should become intelligent upon the rat ques-
ton, and should know how to dispose Of the
rats now inhabiting such domain and how to
keep them out in the future.
From washington comes the information
that standard plans for ratproohng business
buildings. dwellings and wharves are being
drawn up by the public health service as part
Of its campaign to stamp bubonic plague out
Of the country. Plans are to~be furnished to
states and cities for incorporation in building
co0es.
while bubonic plague is under control in
this country there will always be scattered in
lection until the rat can be exterminated." said
Surgeon General Cumming. According to au-
tnoritative estimates there is one rat for every
one person in the United States. To maintain
this huge number OF rats, costs the people of
this country approximately one per cent per
person every day for rat food, an intolerable
and unnecessary burden for the people to
carry"
If the people were able through systematic
"swatting" to exterminate the fly, or at least
minimize materially the disease breeding nuis-
ance, they ought through organized effort. to
get rid Of the rat
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believe that we are old enough to
have company two or three times
week. Please tell us if we should
continue to put up with it, or asll
them to mind their own business
TINY AND PEP.
You are looking for trouble.
Your neighbors are curious anu
gossipy like other human beng
They can do you no harm, however
if your conduct is above reproacn'
Be careful to go with good cia's
Of young men and to do nothins
you would not be willing to Dave
your mother see you do.
Personally l disapprove OF mo'M
rides for young girls and young
men unless they are chaperones.
Such rides have been the cause o.
many of the present day trageoleA
Say nothing to your neisnool.
Let them look II it gives them
much pleasure. 4
Dear Mrs. Thompson: ! I'm
distant reader of your coluIn.
from Bisbee, Ariz. am here w
my health.
l ran across the letter ilon
American Beauty" in your coisM =
and hope she sees this, althousn
Is a bit late.
| l wonder il she has any prioe -
all. having been married nelss aa
and now a widow? What Vou, M
she have felt if some woman vUum
have taken her husband away III! ~.
her? / think your answer 10 ~
American Beauty" was TOO ~. ~.
but I hope she will take II 70 ~
heart and not try to break " II
home. She should just thiI. "
herself and her four children ~, ~
in the other wOman's place.
would she like It!
/: Please tell her to cut the vsrr
ing. DlSGusI.D.o. ~.
am glad that you find the ~. ~
rmn interesting enough 70 "a.
part in It. You have. my mos. -
cere wishes for a speedy reco .s,s
90 that you can go back home go
land live among the people We n.
! life stories interest you at :
tance.
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French, Provencal, Spanish and
Portuguese, to which may be added
Catalan, Franco-Provencal, Scandi-
navian and Dalmatian.
@. What states have only one
representative in congress?
E. T. o.
A. Arizona, Delaware, New Mex
leo and Wyoming are the four
states in the union which have one
representative each in the house of
representatives.
q. In straight poker must the
opener always place his discards
under the chips in the pot when
splitting openers? T.FH.
A. According to Hoyle, opener
must always place his disca-ds un-
der the chips in the pot, whether
splitting openers or not. This per-
mits the person opening to split his
openers if he desires without fur
nishing information to the other
players and saves discussion after
the hand is played.
Q. Are roses peculiar to any
region Of country? F.R.P.
A. Wild roses Of many varieties
are found in abundance in prac-
tlcally all the temperate regions of
the earth.
Q. Is there any foundation for
the theory Of lost continent?"
A. M. P.
A. DR.. William Alanson BRYAN.
professor Of zoology and, geology
in the College of Hawaii, claims to
have discovered traces OF q 5000
mile prehistoric bridge OF land be-
tween South America and Hawaii.
DR.. Bryan left Honolulu on an ex-
ploratiOn trip last June.
Q. What are the seven senses?
| d. V. H.
A. According to Ecclesiasticus
17:5, man is endowed with the
senses OF seeing, hearing, tasting
feeling, smelling, understanding
and speech The last two are not
OF course. senses" in the scientific
meaning Of the term.
Q. How did the term blue stock.
ing come into use? cog
A. About the year 1850, it was
fashionable in London to attend Lit.
erary assemblies held at the house
OF Mrs. Montague and other ladies
Among the freQuenters was Mrs
BENJAMIN Stillingneet. who always
wore blue stockings. The term thus
[ came to be used to designate women
of intellectual pretensions or at.
tainments.
/ q. What 10 the value Of the pea.
nut crop in this country! NJ. ".
| A. The bureau Of crop estimates
placed the total value Of the peanut
crop for 1919 ct $S0, ooO, 00Q.
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A DISCIPLE OF COTTON.
by Clara c. Holmes.

"Oh. Mr.. Campbell, sect" ex-
claimed Janet Ashmont, rising in
her seat in the uotorboat..
"Those monsters are called
BLACK fish," he replied There
il big school and some of them
tre ~ feet long. I'm going
Ashore" +t
"Please don't go--the fishermen
aren't minding," demonstrated the
fearless young woman.
but the creatures are chasing
rs, Janet. See, one just leaped
right out OF the water! Suppose one
Jumps at us!"
Campbell put on speed and soon
reached the boat moorings, some
Instance from the rock-bound
shore.
i Janet sat silent; she was disap-
pointed, for she had been enjoying
her boat ride. She has decided
that she never would 90 out with
Frank Campbell again. II Frank
GOT anotion into his obstinate head,
the reflected. nobody could coax
br drive it out Janet was pretty ;
+ was her privilege to choose an
escort who was more obliging than
he.
/; Frank stopped and gazed>up and
around the sky. A black cloudbank
lowered on the eastern horizon.
Frank knotted the ropes securely
4nd then adjusted q canvas cover
ing. He was very methodical.
| my boat is dancing where tied
er myself before l was i'll;
aven't q cover, either" calculated
Janet spitefully.
i That is only . matter Of judy
nent. Frank responded. assisting
" girl into his row boat. He was
afle hut not loverlike; but she
~ 0ooe With him.
- shore. delaying to push
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Whats I'm A Name?
icopxurh 1919. BY Wheeler Syndca.e Inci

b.
MILDRED
MARSHALL

through the fields in a car with
golden wheels.
In the Scandinavian countries,
where she is very popular, they cali
her Hudr, the propitious. Ger
many prefers Holda. Often she is
confused with Hilda. Though the
latter name has great vogue
in England and also in this coun-
try, Huldah is equally prevalent.
Its Scandinavian ancestry is al
most lost sight Of here, though it is
noticeably more prevalent in Swed-
ish communities, and for some rea-
son has quite bit of popularity in
the south.
Amber is Huldah's talismanic
gem. 1t will protect her from dis
ease and give her great physical
strength. Friday is her lucky day
and 6 her lucky number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27
With Other Editors
The Sugar Profteers.
Minneapolis Journal).

There is much unconcealed chortlng over
the sad plight Of the sugar profteers. 1t apr
pears that these SPECTATORS (who, it should
be explained are not the regular wholesalers
engaged in trade on honorable principles, but
interlopers in the field who thought they saw
chance to reap a rich harvest, had loaded
up with large stores Of granular sweetness in
the belief that the price would continue on
high levels and even go higher.
But things have not gone we'll. Consumers
have been getting along nicely with less sugar.
They have found the cup of coffee tasted better
with only spoonful or less. They have man
aged just as we'll with pies and pastries less
literally sweetened. They have reduced their
plans for canning and preserving, or put
things up sugarless for future treatment. The
sugar bowl has been better guarded as the
preciousness of its contents increased.
Then along came the federal reserve bank
with advice to member banks to reduce loans
TO borrowers who were carrying excessive
stocks of necessaries This contraction Of
credit, it was calculated, would force the spec
ulators to throw their boards on the market
for lack of resources to carry them
As the last straw came large importaticns
from Java, South America and elsewhere, to-
gether with the promise Of a large domestic
beet sugar production, and in the background
heavy output in Cuba.
So some of the sugar profteers, facing
heavy losses, have been obliged to realize. The
supplies they have dumped on the market have
broken it sadly, until it has sagged down in
| some sections, as here in the northwest, to
levels below the present prices at the
refneres
The break comes at fortunate time for
thrifty housewives, who are thus able to rein
state at least part OF their abandoned canning
program. Whether the predictions that sugar
will recover part Of its present decline in the
fall or winter will be realized, no one can say
with certainty-not even the experts. But the
wise consumer will take prudent advantage OF
the present situation, without wasting many
tears on the poor, unfortunate profteer.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
R0racic Acid and the Eyes.

Some time ago you spoke OF the
ages of persons who were awaiting
themselves of the SomersaultauQua,
l have been turning somersaults as
suggested by you for some time and
have derived great benefits from
it. am Il years old. I find that
the use of borac.c acid solution,
about a tablespoonful in the pint of
boiled water, tends to clear my eye
sight. Is there any harm in con-
tinuing its use habitually? q. w.
81
Answer do not advise the
habitual use of boric (boracic)
acid solution for the eyes. II is
harmless if used foo few weeks.
1t may be harmless in your case if
used habitually. Boric acid
(boracic is the older term solution
is mild antiseptic, non-irritating.
It. is in no sense strengthening to
the eyes, as some people imagine.
Referred to Secretary Daniels.
What can be done for a naval
rupture? Our baby. 8 years old
| has had one since he was a few
months old. A truss constantly
slips out of place. ID. W.
Answer-Ternia at the naval Is
! best operated on if it persists oveI
one year. If it is to heal sponean-
eously under a suitable supporting
appliance, prescribed and adjusted
| by the doctor, it will do so in the
first few months. After a veal
there is practically no hope of such
a cure and operation should bt
done.
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address and enclose two-cent stomp for re-
confidential. tho replies being cent direct
paid to anonymous letters).
@. Is there any limit to the num-
Der of "let" balls that may be made
on one service? K. }. Z.
A. Any number of let balls may
be made on a service. and server
continues serving in the same court
until two faults are made or a good
service is delivered.
@. Were all the presidents Of the
United States married when elect
ed? r. o. D.
A. Excepting Van Buren,, Bucha4-
an and Cleveland, all the presidents
were married at the time OF their
election.
@. Does the earth appear as a
bright or a dark body when viewed
from the moon? b. b.
A. The nights on the moon are
frightened by reflected light from
the earth and the earthshine is
equal to the light, Of more than a
dozen full moons.
@. What is the origin of the
phrase Hold the fort for 1 am
coming?" q. II. j.
A. The message Hold the fort! l
am coming" was signalled by Cen
eral William T. Sherman to General
Corse in Allatoona from the top of
the Kenesaw mountain, Oct. 5, 1864.
@. When was Camp Roosevelt
established in Yellowstone park?
M. A. r.
A. This camp, which was named
in recognition of the visit of Presi-
dent Roosevelt with John Bur
roughs, in April, 1908, was formal
| ~ established in 1907.
@. What is a normal tempera-
ture? 7. NJ.
A. 9S.4 to 9s6 degrees Fahren-
heit is considered normal.
@. How can one keep cultivated
fruit from being taken by the birds!
H. c. W.
4 n. uc ICoChSC Va WIN Al 0AS AZ
a locality helps protect the cultivat-
ed ones, particularly il the former
fruits are similar to the latter anG
ripen earlier. Among those bes,
adapted are mulberry. wild black
berry, June berry. wild cherry anG
elderberry.
! @. Which are the Romance Ian
guages! N. l. E.
A. The Romance languages are
the languages sprung from Latir
and bearing its impress strongly
in vocabulary and grammar. 1t i.
usual to speak Of seven or eigh'
languages, even though such a d.
vision is not always scientifically
accurate. These are Rumanian
Romansh (Rhetian, Ladin), Italian,
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HQdrt gpHOmQ
y

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My hair
ha sheen sand color until this last
year and now it is growing darker.
Will you please tell me how l can
make it golden brown without
any harm to the hair?
l am Is years old and never no.
ticed that / was round shouldered
until a number OF my girl friends
it. How can l prevent
myself from getting any worse?
BLUE-EYED SUSAN.
To try to change the color OF
your hair would injure its texture
and would also make a streaked
condition after year. What If
your hair. does become darker ?
There is such a thing as pretty
light brown hair. The beauty OF
hair depends SO much upon its
quality and lustre, which results
from massage and careful brush
ing.
To realize that you are round
shouldered is the first step to i'm
proving the condition. Now you
will think about it and when you
find yourself STOPPING you will
straighten up. It will take time to
right the defect. but you can do 1T.
1t will also help you to take breath
ing exercises. Slowly draw in your
breath as you rise upon your toes
and raise your arms above your
head, your fingers pointing to the
ceiling. Then exhale as you lower
your arms and sink to a normal
position with your weight on the
ball Of your feet.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a
young lady 10 years old and have
a girl chum Of 20. We are very de-
voted to each other and are always
together. We have many nice
friends, but we have 80 many
troublesome neighbors around M
that when our friends call for M
and the neighbors hear the cal
stop they run to their windows Of
doors to find out what can be seen
They are very meddlesome and
cause rs many unhappy moments.
We are nice respectable girls and
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Defense fer IL Cerset.

A female physician has come to
the defense Of the corset with this
argument: In prehistoric days
man fashioned some kind Of raj
ment with. which to grid his loins.
Later women wore bands to sup
mort the breasts. From these be-
Einnings the modern corset was
gradually evolved. Isn't It reason
able to think apparel which has
withstood centuries Of satire and
innuendo possesses extraordinary
virtue and has not depended upon
mere feminine vanity for its sur
vival! The doctor then goes on to
say that the medical profession.
strangely opposed to corsets, il
only now awakening to apprecia-
ton of the therapeutic value Of
corsetS.
Similar arguments might be
brought forward to support the
Chinese custom of binding the feet.
The medical profession, always 0p-
posed to that custom, in the pres
ent century has come to realize
that in cases Of club feet and fat
feet, sometimes it is very essential
to bind the feet for curative effect.
Corsets have their proper place
! in the treatment Of certain cases of
! spinal deformity, sacro-iliac joint
| strain, ptosis or sagging of abdomi-
nal organs and other obnormalities
i but because physicians recognize
this valuable purpose it should pot
be assumed that physicians advo-
cate corsets for everybody. II
would be as sensible to suppose that
| physicians advise everyone tC
wear arch props or spinal braces.
| Defenders of the corset as an ar
ticle of apparel for normal womeI
are hard put to it to find argu.
ments which carry any conviction
OF course, there are none. i
would be as easy to uphold the
wearing of false teeth. False teetf
are all right if your own teeth ar,
no good. COrsets serve as a make
shift if your own muscles are n. G
Corsets gained their popularity il
an age when physical education
was practically unknown and won
en- were expected to be frail, sickly
delicately organized-as the femal
nostrum maker would say. SuSl
women are not supposed to be hui
man below the collar bones.
| Nowadays, girls and young won
en- are getting a better education,
deeper one, which goes down below
the neck. The better schools AM
colleges are indeed giving younj
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IIULDAH.

Though some etymologists claim
that Huldah, the prophecies Of the
Old Testament, should not be iden-
titled with the Swedish Huldr, the
evidence seems almost conclusive
in favor of the assertion that they
are one and the same name IN diff
ferent forms.
The old mythical Holda, or HUI
dr. tthe faithful or the muffledl
was a white spinning lady, who
makes her feather-bed when it
SHOWS. According to the legend,
she brings presents at the years
end: rewards good spinners. and
Furnishes idle ones. She is sup
posed to have a long nose. wear a
blue gown and white veil and drive
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

New York has almost as many booze pa
tents as there were in the old days. It's the
quality, not the quantity, that's doing the work
now.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

Perhaps it is the high price Of print papel
that keeps the profteers from turning over
new leaf.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

Woman suffrage is now national law and
everybody ought to be satisfied.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

Our system Of choosing officials isn't per-
feet but 1t requires no post-mortem exam
nations.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

II you can't buy coal get cellar full Of dis
carded ouija boards.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-27

This General Pilsudski has an intriguing
name for those who like their four per cent
brew.
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sAT1R1CAL sONNETs-M

The Old Guard gathers - nights shadows
creep
Across the mental meadows Of the plain.
The noble people. Then. to soothe their sleep
The ancient Guardsmen MARBLE this refrain
The while their leader strums pom his guitar:
We strive to guide You In our feeble way
But, o We sorely miss the great T. r.,
Who'd be our leader did he live today
And then each Guardsman bows his hoary
head
In grief for him whose mem'ry they hold dear
But, being strong men, they OF course don't
shed
A single, solitary bitter tear
Canst picture how their grief would change to
dread
If suddenly T. R. rose from the dead?
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1y vOcaliZeS to the eject that MS ldea OF nOtn-
ing tQ<look at along about $50 O'Clock the last
half dozen mornings is the sign in front OF the
Y NJ c. A., which declaims the merits OF
swimming, the hot weather exercise"
Even After 25 Years We're Relieved to Know
Bessie Was Unframed.
(From The Argus, "25 Years Ago'D.
A street car collided with a COW near
Center station on the Watch Tower line
last evening. Excitement prevailed for
short time, the street car and trailer,
filled with passengers, being thrown
from the track. The COW was uninjured.
PROBABLY no international complications
will result but we'd like you to know that
smong the athletes at the Olympic games are
Vermont of Canada and Ireland of England.
What Is More Consoling Than Wide Circle
of Shocked Friends!
(From the Davenport Democrat.
So the family, which the
tragedy casts its shadow, had circle of
friends here, and a wide acquaintance
throughout eastern Iowa, to be shocked
at the news of Saturdays distressing
incident.
A PEROXIDE blonde in Kansas City sought
a divorce and according to the United Press
begun, 1.-TWO Irishmen, named Pat and Mike. u
SURE; ANYTHING TO OBLIGE.
Some way, somehow, l missed you, gone
Upon short vacation;
And l perforce must go without
My daily exclamation.
! But now you're back all freshened up
And full of jazz and pep,
It's up to all competitors,
Old top, to watch their STEP
For if they chance to make a slip,
Or pull a stupid bone
They'll get writ up right here and now
Under your old Tombstone
But since you're home, no more to roam;
On vacations cannot go,
Just sit thee down: don't run around
Stay with US, sir. JANE DOE.
/ THE Democratic namesake Of the famous
discoverer Of the River of Doubt appears t.
have been rocking the boat on its waters.
Boy! Run Over to the Garage and Borrow
Their Ford Dictionary.
| (From the Aledo Democracy.
| William Cooper and sister, Miss Eliz-
abeth, were motorers to Galesburg Fri
day.
| "IF MacSwiney dies" said the Sim Fein
ers, I'VE will consider it murder 1.-THE SIM
Fein courts will try all persons implicated
They will be sentenced to death if found guilty
The sentences will be carried out no matter
how high the officials involved" Lloyd Georg,
is now in Switzerland. Nice healthy place
Switzerland.
WE'LL Sustain 3. Amendment has take,
her seat on the much amended constitution
Now women may vote as we'll as men.
BUT we hope they'll vote better.
r.. E. MIG