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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
Stue-openstiH.5; Saturdays -open<ti1l 6 o'clock
Now hs Blanket time

Chill of the night time felt the air and thoughts naturally turn to the coverings that wsoon be needed We give you just hint of the advantageous pric- ings in the list below.
 68x8O cotton blankets-grey and tan-blue or brown borders $2.50 pr 64x78 woo1nap blankets-grey and white-pink or blue borders $3.25 pr. 64x78 heavy blankets-grey, tan and white-pinl or blue borders $4.5O pr. 66x8o woolnap plaid blankets-good combinations
 $5.25 pr. 66x9O plaid blankets-very special value $5.75 pr. 7Ox8O white blankets pink blue borders-$6.5O pr. 7OxsO white wool blankets pink blue borders
 $750 pr. Figures siIkoline covered comfortabes, 72x78-
 $25o, $3, $3.5o $375. Figured skolne covered comfortables 72x78 with contrasting borders Special $375 Figured sateen covered comfortables with nine inch border, 72x78- $5 each
 Figured satine covered com r EA N. fortables both sides alike EAYe Special $7.5O ca.
 E@ One very delightful con- ~~W / fort-wool comforts they are CAVlyA>) styled because of the soft wool WNTNA flling-the covers are figured NAyAA silkoline pretty patterns with %SA@@NY silk null borders Specia $8.75
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
Dinner Special 35c

Choice of
 Breaded pork chop, tomato sauce, mashed potato.
 Lamb stew with vegetables Baked spaghetti and cheese Cold roast lamb and potato salad. Cold Virginia ham and potato salad. Egg salad, mayonaisse- (Rolls and butter.)
 Choice of pudding, cake or pie Choice of tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, iced tea or iced coffee.
 Tuesday in our lunch room for 35c.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-15
Summer dresses must go quickly

Heres how plan to give you the beneft-wh1ld there many days in which to enjoy them.
 Four special assortments comprise entire stock and four special pricings will make trong appeal to you.
 One limited lot of dark voe dresses mostly polka dots navy grounds made specially for who size 46 to 56 garments. These were 1925 now $25O
 Here is assortment of pretty plaid and checked ginghams a few dainty organdies and checked voies there in this lot garments to fit the miss of sixteen and up to size 5O they $5 and $55O and $3.75.
 Checked ginghams, organdies and voiles in sorment of very peasngly designed dressesthe styles appealing-the sizes not extensive but the chances that you will find your size if you act quickly formerly $1O and SIP, now $6.5O
 Just few of the finer wash fabric dresses two hand made models-hard to describe this assortment they must be to be appreciated they priced from $165O to $2O now $1O,
 econd dnoor,c center
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Enforcing Prohibition.

Rock Island witnesses the spectacle OF a
number of good citizens banding together to
assist the legal authorities in obtaining a
s~tricter enforcement of the prohibition law. The
intent OF these citizens is not to be questioned.
They know that the prohibition law is being
violated in Rock Island. So does everyone else
know it.
The local vigilantes will have their hands
full, and it is to be doubted that they will have
the success that they hope to have in their
labors. This is not said in encouragement of
the undertaking., but rather to impress the
futility Of getting results under the latitude
permitted by the federal government.
You are told by your government that if you
wish to make a purchase Of whisky you must
first obtain a prescription from a physician.
Then you are expected to go to the drug store
to get the prescription filled. This makes the
kquor rather expensive.
The whisky drinker knows that liquor is>to
be had in other places than drug stores. BY
waving the Formally of a doctors prescription
he can'saye a few dollars and with a few dollars
he can make a start on another bottle of red
eye.
There are places where you can buy outfits
for the manufacture of whisky. There are hun
dreds of these outfits in Rock Island homes.
They are employed in turning out what is
known as hoOch. You can buy this stuff At
almost any price. The competition between
the h9och maker and the fellow who is boot
Logging the regular article has become so keen
that it is now possible to get a drink of bonded
whisky over local bars for 80 cents, whereas the
price formerly was rs cents.
1t is a state of affairs that the people might
as well understand and face. There are mil
lions of gallons Of whisky in the nation. It is
true that the ~legalized manufacture Of the stuff
has been stopped, but there was a tremendous
supply on hand when the making of it ceased.
Except for the amount that has been consumed
IN the interim this supply IS still on hand.
The Argus has always taken the position that
prohibition is possible, but that it is nothing
short OF a farce as now operated by the United
States government The United, States govern
ment is not sincere in the application of the
prohibition law. If 1t were it would mined
lately confscate every gallon of LIQUOR in the
country and destroy it It would then be a
simple matter to stop the sale of the home made
article -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Hands OF China.

Suggestions have been made at the arms
conference that China be given the right to
rule China-a simple proposal, but one of great
Importance. China has been the victim of
European and Asiatic greed for many years
Germany gained important concessions which
almost approached ownership of several dis
tricts. Japan gained possession of other parts
of what used to be China. With the war started
Japan seized the German concessions in China
and retained them against the objections of
China. Various other nations have a straugle
hold on territorial districts and on economic
privileges, and China hasn't succeeded in doing
anything but object
China is now discovering herself and there
are indications that the rest of the world will
show some respect for her, now that she prom
ises TO respect herself. China is a republic,
whereas her stronger neigbbor is a monarchy.
China has a good record for observing treaty
obligations. She has made progress in educa-
ton ana culture. Her pepole have the reputa-
ton Of being the most honest people in the
world in financial matters. And now she is
asking that she be permitted to run her -owH
government and that she be protected by other
powers when she demands the right to get back
the territories and concessions which have been
taken from her.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
No More Crippled Children.

A day when there will be no need of surgery
for children, because they will all be born
straight and then given the care which will
keep them SO, is foreseen by DR.. Lorenz, the
noted Austrian surgeon. He points out how
this can be accomplished:
Education Of mothers. They must be taught
how to care for themselves while baby is COM
ing. and for the baby through his childhood.
Such teaching will be more effective than all
the surgical skill ever to be acquired or used. >
There is nothing finer in the world than the way
in which the medical and surgical professions
continuously preach this doctrine of preventing
deformity and disease through education. 1t is
a doctrine the wisdom and the hope of which
the world is beginning to realize finally and
struggle toward.
But twisted bodies on every hand bear wit
ness that education has progressed all too
slowly thus far, and urged the necessity for
speeding it through every possible channel so
that the children yet to"come may have their
rightful heritage, bodies straight and beautiful
as God meant them to be.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Stroke at Reckless Motorist.

A Toronto judge has sentenced two men to
long prison terms for reckless motor car driv-
ing that resulted in death. The men were not
bad fellows, as their records showed. They
had not been in court before, and one of them
was an ex-soldier with testimony of heroic
conduct in his favor, But the evidence showed
that the man had been guilty of reckless driv-
ing, and it was upon this that the judge had to
make his dSc45ion-a decision that included
not only the prison sentence, but a prohibition
against either man driving a car for ten years.
Murder by automobile is the same as muir
der in any other way, said the judge. And as
yet the law does not provide any means Of
preventing such as you from operating auto
mobiles and thus becoming a menace to the
public. Punishment is the only deterrent
A just judge, one must conclude, The reck-
less motorist is found in every city and on the
country highways. Pedestrians and motorists
IN general have rights to safety that must be
protected Perhaps there are not enough laws
on this subject at present; certainly there
ought to be more restrictions on those who
are permitted to drive cars. But a big trouble
is a failure to punish adequately reckless and
irresponsible motorists. Dangerous driving
isn't going to be popular in Toronto with those
two drivers In prison.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
School Dividends.

Everyone is suggesting the kind of exam
nations that boys and girls, and especially
young men and young women, ought to pass.
Presently colleges and universities will be
holding examinations to find out how much of
what they have been studying the young men
and women have mastered. Why not include
a question on What do you think this course
has to do with Iife?"
In high school a lot OF young folks would
answer that they never expected. to use ge-
ometry, or, it might be, Latin. But If college
students are old enough to select what they
shall study they ought to be able in some fash
ion or other to tell their instructors whether
they are really getting something out of the
course. A man who is going into selling bonds
may not get a great deal out of botany. A
man who is going to be a lawyer ought to
study something besides history and govern
mental science and economies. But any man
or woman who is taking a course ought to
find it getting hold OF him in some real fash
ION.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

which we must stand or fail Therefore It is
well that we pause for a week and take account
OF ourselves and look about Us and see II We
are getting the full benefits OF the advantages
to develop ind progress that surround US.
There is no excuse for f1Iiteracy or lack of
such knowledge as wiz guide the normal
being away from the ordinary mistakes OF me
9ducation Of the child today is compulsory.
None Of us can get too much education It's our
greatest asset In the battle of life.
Thus during education week parents should
can their children about them and counsel with
them on the advantages OF going forward in
their studies. Open to them the book OF life
Keep nothing they should know away from
them. The child that fails to have his ques-
lions answered at home will have them an
swered on the street. In the streets and secret
piares the deyilment begins. The mother is the
chfla's first teacher. And the child should
never be too young or too old to go to his
mother or his father for directions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
French Justice.

The French have peculiar ideas of justice.
When a man commits murder they believe in
putting him to death. For some strange rea-
son they do not coddle him, send him flowers
in Jail and do everything possible to save lin,
so that he can go forth and commit more muir
ders. They are really behind enlightened
America in this respect Here is the case OF
Monsieur >Landru. He killed 10 women and a
boy. Probably they weren't worth much, and
anyway there were only IL of them and yet a
h~eartless French jury, after brief deliberation,
found Landru guilty and ordered his head cut
of. And this shameful thing is to be permitted
to go on without a protest. from the people of
the United States.
It is too bad that Landru coulo not have
been tried in the state Of IIilnois-say Chicago.
Would any such indignity have been permitted?
Not much. The dear gentleman would have
reposed in a cell flied with orchids and fruits.
Perfumed notes from hundreds of beautiful,
sympathetic American would have 1ightened
his hours of confinement. High-priced lawyers
would have procured his release on bail and
everything possible done to delay the orderly
process Of the courts. In the end a jury would
have disagreed, or at the best have given him
a few years in prison, and everything would
have been serene. Is it not too bad that the be
nighted French and English and Germans and
Italians still cling so peTsistentiy to the idea
that murdererso ought to be hanged or beheaded!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Education Week.

IN accordance with a proclamation by
President Harding, next week is to be observed
as a national American education week. 1t is
pointed out that most Of the defects revealed
in the young men for service in the
recent war were the result of lack OF education.
Their physical ills in most cases were the re-
suit OF some violation of natures laws. II they
had been impressed with the dangers that might
follow their disobedience it is probable that the
majority Of them would have escaped the SUI
ferings that resulted. nliteracy among
the young men was due to their failure to take
advantage of the school facilities offered in the
nation.
As President Harding declares in his proc
iamaton. the future strength and security of
the American nation depend upon the training
or the boys and girls OF today. The home and
the school and church srethe pillars unon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
The Beeulent Raisin.


In these days of popular ridicule
Of constitutional law and approval
| Of crime, The raisin has come 70
| hold a place rivaling that of the
mother-in-law in newspaper wit.
| Yet raisins deserve a place in the
substantial rations of the healthy
! family, not alone as a valuable and
Wholesome nutrfment but as a del
icacy or tidbft to MUNICH on, in
place of other less desirable sweets.
Ordinary raisins contain an
abundance of assimilable iron.
Raisins have three times the food
value of green peas and exactly
the same food value as dried beans.
A pound of raisins will give a hik-
Ell or worker twice as much energy
as a pound of eggs would give him,
! and sustain him as well and as
long as two pounds of beefsteak
would.
The wholesomeness and food
value of grapes were described in
this department Oct. s. when l
emphasized the harmlessness and
for most persons the benefits OF
eating grapes, and for some indi-
Vduals even the skins of the care
fully washed grapes. Raisins are
dried grapes. Seeded or seedless
rasins are obtainable, but for the
ordinary individual it is prefer
able to eat raisins with the seeds,
whatever objections there may be
against this practice for certain
feeble inValids. Raisins are al
most as valuable as grapes as 4
Gelicacy, tidbit or bedtime Iunch to
MUNICH on, for persons who desire
to put on weight, but not for those
who already eat too much and car
ry Stacker flesh. In many instances
& few raisins or grapes eaten every
night will cure constipation.
Authorities on nutrition have
held that raisins conserve the nj
trogeReous tissues of the body,
which is probably another way of
saying that a few raisins will furn-
ish Immediately available muscu-
lar energy-for voluntary exertion
or for the support of the heart
thanks to the fruit sugar present
in grapes and raisins las well as in
several other truits). There is a
diminished output of urea and uric
acid through the kidneys when 4
considerable amount of grapes or
rGisins are used in the diet, which
indicates that the heterogeneous It's
sues (protein) of the body are spar
ed. Raisins or grapes increase the
excretion of urine and induce 4
fresr flow of bile-the latter eff
feet, by the way, being one which
no known medicine administered
by the mouth can produce.
Probably no more sustaining or
edible food than raisins can be
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
HEALTH TALKS
/ Brady. M. y.
y w AI4IoILI DI dUy WI.
/. Noted Physician and Author.

| carried by people taking long walks
or climbing mountains or engag-
ing in my prolonged effort in the
! course of which a concentrated ra-
tior may be desired
The variety of ! raisins called
Muscatels produced by cutting
partly through the stalk and leaV-
ing the grapes to dry on the vines
in the sun is perhaps the choicest
to eat.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Literary Fourteen.
How much may d girl aged "A
years read? / am very fond of read
ing, but mother thinks l read too
much and that il may injure my
health.-(B. NJ H.)
Answer-A girl aged IA years
may read every day for about the
| same length of time she devotes to
play or exercise or hiking or other
| outdoor physical activity.
Advice Repeated by Request.
Please give me the same sugges-
tons which you gave the writer OF
the item enclosed. l have tried sew
| eral treatments for piles, but L
feel sure the trouble must be pin
/ worms. In fact, 1 have taken worm
medicine. though without effect as
far as / know.-(C. H. H.)
Answer-Thc item you inclose is
entitled "So-Cal1ed Itching Piles"
and runs as follows: Following
your suggestion l learned that
what 1 thought was itching piles
was in reality piuworm infestation.
1 had suffered for q long time, and
1 dare not now say how many pile
remedies I have foolishly IN
pIoyed-' Now, then, the sugges-
ton which the correspondent fol-
bowed, and which l now repeat for
your benefit is this: The only way
to learn whether a condition pur-
porting to be piles really is or IS
not piles, is by being examined by
a physician. The chances are al
most even that the true nature OF
such trouble will prove to be other
than piles, the pinwCsm infestation
is onIy one of several conditions
commonly responsible for the mis-
! taken belief that one has piles.
Fishbene.
Two months ago 1 swallowed q
fishbone which lodged in mysthroat
! and made the throat feel sore for
several days. But until three days
ago / had forgotten it, and then l
began to feel a d~isagreeable stick
in my throat every time 1 swallow.
The stabbing or sticking sensation
/ seems to go to my ears. What
I should I do?-(Mrs. c. E.)
Answer-The bone may possibly
be lodged in the tissues of the
throat, and Won should be examined
by a physician who does nose and
throat work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
WHO'S AHEAD?
Mrs. Marion L. Leighton.

Copyright, 1921. by WheeIe syn
dictate, Inc.)
/. Radiating the perfect JOY Of a
happily married young woman, An
nette stepped noiselessly through
the open doorway and into the
dark hall with the ecstacy of a sue
cessfuI shopping our still Animal
ing her immaculate little person.
Then she stopped short, as her
heart descended toward her feet
and brought up somewhere miles
below with a sickening thud.
Howard. her adOriug husband,
was talking ~unguardedly into the
telephone, blissfully unconscious
of her presence. 1t wasn't the fact
hat Howard was talking into the
telephone that made Annette's heart
siuk-it was what he vas saying.
ALI right-you take Hester
and I'll take Mollie. Same place of
course-where We left EN- Tuesday
night. But it's absolutely the last
time, Fred-I don't want Ann to
get wise-think she's suspicious
now. That paint 1 got off of Mol
lies nose nearly gave me away"
Annette reeIed at this and man
aged somehow to get outside with
out being discovered.
She was stunned for a moment,
then righteous Indignation stiffened
her spine and drew her pretty
mouth into a straight, hard line.
The brute. The abominable hyp-
ocrite! And with a women like
this Mollie person who PAINTED
HER NOSE!
1t took Annette fully Is minutes
in a secluded corner of the vine
covered porch to regain control of
her feelings enough to face her
husband with the desired eQuan-
unity, but it raj with a popular
song coming lightly from her
trembling lips that she tripped
gaily into the house.
Howard greeted her with his US
nal big hug and kiss which nearly
broke the rigid iron of her resolve
to catch him in the act.
After the dishes were washed he
advanced a lame excUse-it sound
ed very lame, indeed, to Annette
and departed to keep his appoint
ment with Fred.
She watched the tickle Fred
Join her equally tickle Howard in
front of the bungalow just down
the street, and two minutes later
burst into Mrs. FTed's kitchen with
her tragic tale of broken faith.
"Oh, Beth what do you think!
oward-Fred-o-o-o-h!"-
Her voice broke-ended in a wall
of misery.
Beth turned to Annette a white
face from which the glow OF hap
piness had all departed.
Il know" she said with icy COM
posure. What are we going to
do about it,"
You know" quavered Annette
surprised in spite of her personal
worries How did you find it outT'
Beth related it with the same
cold calm.
4 stepped into Fred's office this
afternoon-he was talking with
Howard over the phone about-her
voice trembled and she fought a
moment to regain control Of her
emotions-"about-two girls-to-
night. 1 heard Fred mention Hes
ter-and I fled"
Annette seized Beth's arm in a
frantic grip.
Come on. get your coat~and hat
and we'll follow them and have it
out, tonight" she gasped hysteri-
cally. 81 won't play second fiddle
to any Mol1ies or Hesters, Cats!"
she finished ~venomously.
"Cats7 She dsytlS!" amended
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
The Daily Short Story.

Beth. That's what they are"
"Where-where do you suppose
they went??' asked Annette, when
they were in the street
Beth grasped her arm firmly and
looked straight ahead with tightly
compressed lips.
4 know she replied tersely.
The river"
Straight to the waters edge and
along a well beaten path to an old
boathouse went the two outraged
wives.
Behind q clump OF bushes they
stopped at the sound of voices and
gripped each other with a warning
clasp.
Two g~listening motor boats were
drawn up to the bank. Bending
over the engine of one was Fred.
while Howard was fussing with the
tiiler ropes of the other.
"Theyre-theyAre alone" whis-
pered Annette.
Observation-Disclosures come
yet" hazarded Beth.
Just then Howard stood up
straight and addressed his fellow
culprit.
Gracious, Fred-aren't they
two beauties" he enthused.
You bet they are" agreed Fred.
wont the girls be surprised?'
Both gasped and clutched An
nette's arm in a vise-like grip.
"Oh-the hypocrites!"' she Kissed.
A puzzled look crept into An
nette's eyes.
WHY believe-they're talking
about us-and the boats" she whis-
pered.
Beth gasped again-this time
with amazement.
Look! There on the side of
Fred's boat! Isn't that a name?'
MULTIPLICATION"
And the other one"-hoth cram
ing their necks-''it's MoIlie!"
Two c~restfallen, foolish looking,
but happy young ladies picked their
way back along the river path to-
ward home.
Il think We owe them one for
that" Annette said, after a time.
All right-let's pay it," agreed
Beth.
When Howard and Fred parted
that evening in front of the latter's
bungalow it vas all arranged for the
surprise to be staged the follow
ing evening-two brand new motor
boats for the girls"
Howard ran whistling into his
coy porch, stepping into the hall
and switched on the light. 1t
struck him that the house was
strangely dark and silent.
He called loudly for Annette. No
answer.
A letter placed conspicuously on
the newell post caught his eye and
he picked it up.
With a sense of forebodine he
tore it open and read:
Your cruel f~aithlessness is
breaking my heart 1 have gone
home to mother. 1t is useless to
follow me-my lawyer will
Immediately for a divorce.
ANNETTE"
Stunned, he leaned against the
staircase for support, unable to
grasp the meaning of it
Just then Fred burst into the
hall with a Ike missive, waving it
wildly in the front Of him.
Howard looked at his friends
face and passed a hand YEARLY
GRO a troubled brow.
MY heavens, yours too?' he
groaned.
1t was five minutes before they
could talk ~coherently, then Fred set
down heavily On the bottom stair.
rather guess-we're behind
IN this surprise game, old man" he