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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

Charley Graham, manager Of the San Fran
lcisco club in the Pacific Coast league. dis
missed two players from his team because
they had been guilty Of gambling and throw
sinr xames. One was Indian" Smith, who was
texpected to graduate to the majors this fall,
land the other Tom Seaton, for years with the
philadelphia Nationals. Both are pitchers and
'sfrst class men. strongly counted upon to help
win the pennant for their club. Graham fig
lures he il out about 100000 in loss OF two
high priced players and OF the support that
Esthey carried for the team. San Francisco had
been kept in the lead largely through their
swork and pennant prospects were practically
ssbanished when they were released.
& This is said to have been the most costly
sstroke ever made for clean baseball IN any
league. And yet who will say that it was
not justified? Baseball has become the great
EsAmerican game largely because it is hon
I astly conducted There are so many ways
/ In which dishonest managers and players can
& be shown up. Throwing games can hardly be
successful without the participation of a num-
/ Der OF individuals and what several people
Il know is sure to come out in time. Besides,
1.-THE trickery must be resorted to in full view
Of the spectators, who are pretty sure to quick
ly discern it il there is anything rotten in Dem
6mark. No other sport is so hedged about with
Safeguards.
nv Baseball cannot survive dishonesty and il
eannot survive gambling-which always in
Evolves temptation to crooked practices
EEhether 1t be by the players or those
directing them. Those who make thu
Nfules that govern it long have recog
snized that fact. Regulations Of the nationa
&ssociation strictly forbid anything of the kint
on pain Of the severest penalties. They mus
be strictly observed. No price is too great t
pay In keeping the national game free from
4aint.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
nraias slew h ~ Fset.

11D8 SD0W u - 3O01s
4 woman with brains naturally
likes 70 look we'll and It 10 her duty
to keep herself looking her best
A regular girl likes to dress like
. regular GIRL
A little school teacher whose an
nual income 10 not far from 81, 900
purchased . fur coat for $3.50. She
paid one-half down and will pay
the balance monthly. But the coat
10 costing her more than she thinks;
It has frightened al thoughts Of
marriage away from . certain fine
young man. -Snobbery makes thou
sands Of old maids mourn, II they
only knew it.
We're quN6f people. When We
are desperately poor We eudeavor
to appear in comfortable circum-
stances. When we have . little
squirt Of good fortune We yearn to
make such q noise ~ We imagine
should be made by the well-to-do.
II We actually achieve wealth and
get used to It, then We cease both
ering 20 much about appearances
and wear what we please.
The Y. w. C. A. war work coun-
cfl-notwithstsuding its rather OBJ
solete title-has launched q COM
mendAble campaign for CONSERVE
ton of women's feet, and I may
add women's good nature and good
looks, not to mention good health.
Certain features which physicians
and orthopedic surgeons have long
urged upon the shoe manufactur-
ers, but mostly in vain. are insist
ed upon by the Y. W. C. A. folks,
and at last It is possible for girls
and women to find in every good
shoe store various makes of shoes
conforming to the standards ap-
proved by the 7. W. c. A. Custom
ers should ask for such shoes.
The important features Of these
shoes are straight inside sole lines i;
moderately roomy rounded toes
moderately low broad heels. The
shoes are neat and attractive on
any woman's feet. Every woman
will md them appropriate for ev-
eryday business wear. Indeed
women with brains and regular
girls have been wearing just such
hygienic shoes these several years
There are appropriate occasions
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

p&10 70 8600y0OQD 1Gbt00Vs
Q. How many people in tha
world speak English! H. l.. W.
A. It Is estimated that about
one hundred and eighty-fiye million
people speak the English language
more than one-half Of these liv-
ing in the United States. More Of
the worlds population speak Eng
lish than an yother one language.
Q. How far apart are genera
tons of house dies? r. !.
A In midsummer a new genera
ton 10 started every II to IA days.
Tho time 10 slightly longer in the
spring and fall. The eggs are laid
in patches averaging about one
hundred and twenty, and hatch in
less than - hours.
Q. When is Fathefr day and
how is it observed? L. N. L.
A. The third Sunday In June il
known az Fathers day and the
practice is to wear a colored rose
In honor Of q living father, and .
white one in memory Of one who is
dead. In 1914, congress passed a
bill recognizing such an observ-
ance.
@. Who set the lantern in the
belfry Of the church In Boston ~ q
signal to Paul Revere! G. C. L.
A. Robert Newman, sexton Of
the church at that time, IL credited
with tho act.
Q. What y . soft shell crab!
D. 3. r..
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

smiled bitterly as she remembered
that at this stage she had expected
to b wearing diamond as big as
an egg. Disappointment was 40
strong in both of them that thew
did not even pretend that they ever
hoped to meet again. Anne closed
the door and shuddersd as the taxi
chugged on.
And I thought that was 70
NANCE" she breathed.
The next instant she v,s, Twin.
. telephone number.
10. Jim! Don't you want tn
come up! No. it's not too late. I
thought we might plan about fur-
niture for that little house on
Pleasant street. Five minutes !,
Oh, oil right"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
Interesting Workers.

n One OF Henry Ford's sales managers is
quoted as saying that the working people of
mis- country are becoming tramps. running
from job 10 job looking for something to inter-
Ast them. MIR. Ford obviates that difficulty, he
aid. by bringing something new before his
workers nearly every day, preventing ennui
md helping to keep up production.
Many employers Of labor who are having
trouble because Of the great labor turnover
I'LL scoff at the idea that It is up to them to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
TE[HllE DAILY SHORT STORY

time went on she began to open
her heart more freely to her un-
derstanding friend. There was no
doubt that Gregory wrote beauti-
fui letters, full of romance, and
through them all ran the undercur-
rent, more significant because Of
its half concealment, Of admiration
for Anne.
Even stolid, prosaic Jim thought
she was becoming more Indifferent
and dreamy than was her wont.
mo, l don't want to go to walk.
I've got letters 10 WRITE" she said
petulantly one evening.
YOU'D better come out" replied
Jim. Seems to me you're getting
kind Of pale, and besides" here his
face lit up. 1--WE a little house on
Pleasant street to show you. Not
a very nice .neighborhood, but Just
our size"
I'm sorry, Jim, not tonight" and
Anne closed the conversation.
The little house did not appeal
to Anne. There was no romance
to settling down on Pleasant
street She spent the evening de-
scribing the moonlit villa for which
her soul yearned to the sympathet.
ic Gregory.
A week later the crisis came
Gregory Phillips wrote he was
coming from New York for the ex-
press purpose Of seeing her. Anne's
excitement knew no bounds. She
bought q whole new OUTFIT for the
occasion. A soft, black satin dress
and q dream Of . maline hat that
set OF her golden hair to perfec-
ton, and q pair Of dainty slippers
They made q dent In her savings
but any sacrifice could be made for
romance's sake.
On the great evening Anne sat
a-twitter with excitement from the
trembling crown OF her hat to the
very tips Of her slippers, waiting
for him in . secluded corner Of q
hotel drawing-room. Surely they
would know each other, she
thought. she and the prince Of her
dreams. Suddenly she looked ~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
What's In a Name?
by MILDRED MARSHALL-
Copyright 1913. By tn Wheeler Syndicate Incl

ular as a Russian feminine name.
1t is doubtful. however. if her
derivation is responsible for her
vogue here. Possibly she is the
result Of the early Spanish infiu-
ence in the American colonies. or
again. it may be that the shortness
and epiphany of the name is the ex-
PLANTATION for its adoption and prac-
tical Americanization.
Amber is Vera's talismanic stona
1t has power to make her invinc-
ible in all undertakings where
bodily and mental health are re-
quired. 1t is said to ward off dis
ease and to insure a safe journey
when worn by traveller. Monday
is Vera's lucky day and 2 her lucky
number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
VERA.

VERA.
There are comparatively few Rus
sian names in vogue in this coun-
try. Vera is the exception to the
general rule which excludes such
popular Slavic appellatives as
Tatiana and Nastasia. Vera, indeed.
is not purely Russian since it ap-
pears in Spanish nomenclature, but
in both languages, it bears the
same significance: that of faith"
It is one Of the II Slavic names
which appears in the Monument
of Faith" sort OF devotional
prayer book applied to each day of
the year with the names OF each
saint appearing in the Russian
calendar. For that reason Vera
has always been exceptionally pop
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

Davenport's Socialist government was will
ing to have the doctors pick the health con-
missioner and the lawyers name the city attor-
ney, but it baked when it came to letting the
engineers name the building inspector. Can it
be, after all. that passed for common sense
move for efficiency in the two departments first
named was merely the manifestation OF a
dearth Of doctors and lawyers in the party
ranks?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
Today's Anniversaries

ls2o-John swinburne, creator of
the quarantine station in
New York harbor, born at
Deer river. N. Y. Died at Al
bany, N. Y, March %. 1889
1S6S-Sir John A. Macdonald was
again appointed premier Of
Canada
1S6s-National Republican conven-
ton met In Chicago and or
ganized with Joseph R Hav-
ley OF Connecticut a. chair
man.
lSs1-President opened to settle
ment about 10000 acres Of
Indian lands in South Da-
kotA-
lSSe-Ciara Josephine schumann.
:, the talented wife Of the fam
Gus composer, died. Born at
Leipzig. Sept l3, 1919.
Bs7-Joeeph H. Earle, United
states senator from South
Carolina, died 1t GreenvilIe
s: G Born there April 30,
191S-Scottish National Association
meeting in Edinburgh started
. campaign for federal a
touomy 1oe Scotland.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
ROMANCE.
By Eleanor II. Russell.
Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler

544 oy GlSduOI n. xtuSS6lls
fCopyright, 1920, by the Wheeler
HI Sndicate. Inc.)
3tThe letter addressed in an un-
hown handwriting seemed to
amp to Anne's eye as 1t lay on the
{e4ble among the days mail. She
nut 1t open eagerly and as she read
soft flush rose, in her face.
iit"Well, never expected any
ling like that written to me- she
Unclaimed. IA rare type of Amer
nm womanhood' and I should con-
der 1t q privilege to come all the
~ from New York to grasp your
tile hand
1.-THE bold signature, Gregory
hillips," told the story. He was a
1itor Of her chum, Grace, who
Wed In New York. When Grace
I'D decided to break her engage
pnt to Gregory, and not daring to
3nfess 1t to him had planned sim
y to disappear. Anne had writ
h her . STRAIGHTFORWARD note OF
Mice.
you've always been honorable
u courageous. she had written.
bon't fall now. Face it out with
h." And Grace had needed her
tvjce and had evidently told Greg
y whence It came. This was his
- of appreciation to Anne. 1t
bught.a thrill U her as she read.
tnan much older than she. who
ew 90 much. holding her up A.
criterion OF al that was woman
and fne! All. that was romance!
But that evening romance had to
tucked away in the blouse Of
Ines gown, because Jim was
ming to take her to the movies.
od. faithful Jim had been her
tye for years, hard-working and
wmined, but not at Ill romantic.
nohow Anne coaldn't bring her.
TO tell him about that letter
~ 20 near her heart, but she
ohed the picture that night with
Ting eye2
01A timA Anne. answered the
en6 . reply came quickly.
9sots Aimdsntiy q hrsk hut q
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

In England sugar is % cents per pound and
is expected to 90 higher. Great quantities i'm
ported early in the year and bought at COM
paratively low price are now bringing almost
three times the original cost and it is alleged
that large supplies are now held by specula-
tors. American misery may be slightly les
sened by the fact that in this, as in other ways,
it has company over the sea-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

States Of America begins It's se''
in that city.
sions today in Philadelphia 49,,
The Pan-Americap aeronau !v,s.
congress, in which more tlan I'M
ty countries are expected 70 ps,
ticipate, opens at Atlantic City '"
day for a Today session.
Pursuant to a call, from Cove.
nor Hobby, the Texas legisia!o,ss
meets in special session to consioe'
legislation looking TO the erae oom
ton of the pink boil weevii ifoH'
several south Texas counties.
In London today is opened Wv
annual royal military tournameuss
promoted to benefit military az.
naval charities, and to encouI.s
skill at arms in the various orsncs
es OF his majesty's forces.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

ne ldSt scene Oh all LHdL epQS
the strange, eyentful history of
Grant was the strangest and
most pathetic.
When cry of Caesarism was
raised in Grants second term, there
appeared a little book, THE Com
ing Crown" which amusingly por-
trayed "the imperial family" Some
how the simple soldier president
did not fit well into the picture as
Emperor Ulysses l." But the
Grown Prince Frederick" Prince
jesse" and the other Imperial
Highnesses" were better suited to
their absurd parts in this burlesque
court at the White house.
The only member OF the presi-
dental family who won much popu-
lar favor was Nellie Grant. Being
a spirited. unconventional girl,
Nellie was sent away from her
throng of courtiers to give her time
to mature in Europe. And she
came home engaged to Algernon
Sartoris. an Englishman whom she
met on shipboard. The match was
not at all to the liking of her fond
father. After he had given her
away in a brilliant White house
wedding, he was found lying on
his bed, his face buried in a pillow
prey to grief.
When Grant left the White house,
freed from public care for the first
time in Is years, his uppermost
wish was to visit his daughter in
England, where he was surprised
by the public welcome that greeted
his arrival. He was puzzled to
find himself a parsonage" said
James Russell Lowell. But his po-
litical friends were quick to see
in his triumphs abroad a chance tc
restore their own prestige at home
and they urged him on until he had
completed tour Of the world
which remains, perhaps, unequaled
in brilliance. AS he went his way
from London to Toxic, emperors
and kings -honored him. marshals
paraded their troops before him
statesmen consulted him. But he
bore himself amid all the splendid
pageantry as simply as if he were
an Unlocking bystander.
Coming home after a three years
absence, he weakly yielded to the
politicians who we're using hi.
name in a desperate adventure t.
regain power for the "stalwart'
faction of the Republican party
But the wise, unwritten law agains
a third term was vindicated in hi.
defeat in the Republican conven
ton of 1880.
The simple truth is Grant wa
in need of employment. Aftel
counting over his money left aftel
his long, costly trip, he saw, a!
he wrote to a friend, that he would
have ito live in Galena or on /;
farm" il not in the Whit,
house!
Failing the White house, he wa
tempted by a young Napoleon o
| finance" into the whirlpool of New
York and to become a partner in
Wall street bank. Into that blinl
venture he put what little none,
he had and most Of all hi
name.
/ The great but modest soldier ha,
always a weakness for mere ricl
Copyright, 1920, by James Morgan
! r. with the Mcclure
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

The Massachusetts, senate voted for 275
per cent beer 26 to 6, but after the measure
was vetoed reversed itself 20 to H. Governor
Coolidge is one executive whose word carries
weight with the legislative branch.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

Looks as If tho supreme court also has fallen
into the deadlock habit. It's hard to explain
the delay over prohibition on any other
grounds.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

IN ono issue Of the Commoner. Bombastic
Billyum's ola podrida Of political piffle. we
lamp no less than three poems by A. L. Bixby,
all Of them tending. m. o. l.. toward glorihca-
ton OF the G. C. How sweet are the uses
Of ad. versify!"
ARE YOU READY. CHAR-R-RGE!
SIR: You may or may not have noticed the
following startling announcement In Wednes
days advertisement of . local department
ERY AND UNDERWEAR SDCTIONs!"-
\-.-...->,
HAVING been a col conductor o. D. K
knows with what pathetic gratitude we vel
come assistant chiselers to this Pyramid Of
Pifle He desires 10 to convey 4 lusty hello
to his former contribs
A Lovely Time Is Being Had by AL
From the Peoria Starr.
Mrs. Chester Fay is entertaining her sister,
Mrs. Nowlan and four children OF Dubuque,
Iowa Three of the children were taken with
the measles shortly after arriving in Lacon.
MRS. Sarah Linsitz announces the engage
ment Of her daughter. Bessie Beatrice to Mr..
Jack Berlin Of Chicago.-Kansas City Star.
Linsitz family slogan: Berlin or bust!"
Spring.
Old Winter is a trying thing.
OF that there is no doubt;
He fingers in the lap Of Spring
And wears his welcome out
Charles Leedy In Youngstown
Telegram.
Spring must be awful in the north
To Judge by all these wheezes; -.
Down here 1t means pink buttercups
And perfume laden breezes.
Judd Lewis, in Houston
Chronicle.
Don't try to rub it in, old thing,
For that stuff doesn't vex US.
We'd rather wait till fall for spring
Than spend our days in Texas.
1T lacerates our parental feelings fearfully
to see one Of our poetic brain children suffer
the slightest wound. Specifically we refer to
the substitution of when for then" in our
| verses yester eve.
BEFORE someone beats us to it let US ad-
wise the world we were aware that Ossey's
verses of yesterday were not exactly original.
Don't do that again. Ossey.
Flivver Cocktails, Perhaps.
! (From the Terre Haute starr.
| The charge Of violating the liquor Law
against Mrs. Rogers is the result OF an ALLEGED
sale Of two drinks of something powerful to
Fred Ford.
HIGH COST OF LIVING BEGINS DE-
SCENT"
STAND BY, men. to grease the skids!
| r E. MIG.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
BIZ JAHEs M0lGAN

1s77.9-Grants tour Of the world.
1Ss0EJune, defeated for nomination
for third term in Republican
national convention.
Entered the firm of Grant &
Ward, bankers, in New York.
1SMHFailure Of Grant & Ward.
Grant began 10 write his
~Personal Memoirs
Afflicted with cancer of the
throat
1SSeMarch 4, Congress revived
the rank Of general for him.
July 3, died at Mt. McGreg.
or, N. Y, aged 63.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

Ostriches are polygamous. eacs
male having three or four w"S
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20
THOSE DEAR DEAD DAYS!

When W were only twelve years old.
barefoot, with cheeks OF tan.
Our elders very often told
Us: Clothes don't make the man
We doubted II this were . tact
Believed it not whit
But with q rare display q tact
We todd no one Of It
In those days Just within the lxv'
Our garb was. We confess:
Shirt, overalls, hat Of straw
Just that, no more nor less
In stature ~ ewere rather ta1ls
In Width-Quite incomplete!
But Nature stinted not q. AL
.Wheu she tackled On our feets
As we look back upon hAt lad
With ell hiS longings vain
For raiment hne he never had
The look gives US pain.
He didn't know-the poor galoot-
In Fortunes lap he sat
SIX BITS procured HIS "three-piece suit
Shirt, overalls, straw hat!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

Copyright 1920 by James Morgan published by special
with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-20

IN ono issue of the Commoner. Bombash
Billyum's ola podrida Of political piffle. "
lamp no less than three poems by A. L. Bixb,
all Of them tending. m o. l. toward glorihca
ton OF the G. C. How sweet are the use
of ad. versify!"
The Delta independent., 1920-05-07
SALVATION ARMY DOING
GREAT WORK FOR PUBLISHERS

Denver, May 3-With the shortage
Of newsprint paper SO acute that news
papers throughout the country are
compelled to refuse columns of ad.
vertising matter every day. rs Nell
as to eliminate many of their fea-
lures. the Salvation Army through its
industrial homes all over the country,
is making a strenuous effort to turn
back to the paper mills more waste pa
per than 1t has done in the past.
In Denver, as well as in every other
large city in the United States, the
Salvation Army is salvaging waste pa
per and is returning to the paper mills
more than $4,000 tons of waste pa
per each year. During the past ten
years the Salvation Army's "harvest-
ers" have turned back to the paper
mills for re-manufacturing moro than
$4,000 tons of waste paper This
would otherwise have become a total
loss.
The Delta independent., 1920-05-07
GREAT TRUTH SIMPLY TOLD
Warning Here to Those Who Neglect
to s3t Down Their Priceless
Discoveries.

A noted author In the Satevpost
writes: The commonest sign Of ia
tgue 10 found in feeling of wenri-
ness
There are times when we are almost
led into believing that this is true.
Equivocal and ambiguous as the state
ment may seem. at the first reading.
II becomes clearer when read over
four or f1ve times. In fact, we don't
know when the proposition has been
stated with more clarity. after one
masters the language in which It u
eouched.
have you not often read things and
said to yourself: "How often have
thought that very thing. Why did I
not put II down In imperishabls
Vort1sY'
Il u % With this. Doubtless In
your humble way you have ofteo
thought that your weariness was .
sign Of fatigue. At those times yss
thought q living truth, but did 700
write and tell some magazine Of your
priceless discovery No. You al
lowed somebody to come along. per
haps years after. and do It
The moral 10 that when you think a
great thought, put It down on paper
at once. Even II you do put II away
somewhere and forget it. posterity
may find II.
Now. many times In our career we
have had feelings of WEAKNESS. Some
Of our friends have been misguided
enough to attribute 1t to laziness-an
friends. But. when we were weary, II
was not laziness that allied us. 1t
was fatigue.
And we never knew the truth until
we read the magazine article men
toned. We have been slandered for
years by g. wrong siea.--Exchange.
The Delta independent., 1920-05-07

have become tax payers and a credit
TO the community in which they live.
The work of the industrial homes
where human derelicts are salvaged is
only one of the many activities of the
Salvation Army which, under its CON-
prehensive home service program, is
extending its service to every county
in the United States. With the help of
the strong advisory boards that have
been formed Salvation Army service
everywhere is being supplied