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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-28

FROM L. B. R. Cof Spokane, Wash) comes
the following gem of English as she IS VIII
1t is clipped from paper printed in 1894 and
is alleged to he copy of a sign appearing
in Falmouth, England. Read it and weep:
ROGER GILES.
SURGIN PARRISH CLARK & SkULEMASTER,
GROSER & HUNTERTAKER,
Respectfully informs ladys and gentle
man that he drors teef without watching
a mint applies lacheS every hour, bills
tiers on the lowest farms and viZicks for
penny a peace. He sells Godfather's
kordaIes, kuts, korns, bunyons, doctors
bosses, clips donkies vance a munth and
undertakes to locke arter every bodies
nayIs by the ear Joesharps, penny wis
sells, brass kanel sticks fryin pans, and
other moozikal hinstrumints hat grately
reydooced tigers. Young ladys and gem
tlemen Iarns their grammar and Ian
geudge in the purtiest mannar, also
CRATE care taken off their morrels and
spellin. Also Farm Ringing, tachying the
bass vial and oil other sorts of fancy
work, spudils, pokers, Weazels and all
country dances tort at home and abroad
at perfekShun- Perfumery and snuff in
all its branches. AS times is cruel bad,
1 begs to tell ee that 1 has just beginned
to sell all sorts of Stashonary ware, cox,
hens, vouls pigs and all other kinds of
poultry, Blackinbrishes, herrins, coles,
scrubbin briches, traykel and Cooley
Dukes and bibles, misetraps, brick-diSt,
Whisker-seeds morrel Observation-Disclosures
and all zorts of swate-maits, including
taters, sassages and other garden stuff
bakky. zizars, lamp oyle, tay kittles and
other intoXzigatin likkers, a dale of fruit,
hats. zongs, hare oyle, pattins. bukkits,
grindin stones and other aitables, corn
and bunyon Salve and all hardware |
has laid in large azzortment of trype,
dog mate, lollipops, ginger beer, matches
and other pickles, such as hapsom salts,
hoysters, winner sope, anzetrar.-Old
rags bort and zold here and nowhere
else, new layde heggs by me Roger
Giles. zinging burdes keeped, such as
bowls. donkeys, paykox, Holsters crick-
cts, also a stock of celebrated brayder
P 81 tayches geography. rithme-
tic, cowstcks, jimnastics and other chy- -
messy tricks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-28
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-28
We've Been Waiting for No. Is. Pers'.
Lifted from Friend RIGS Pillar.I
PAPER-SHELL PECANS.


She knew how to handle men. She admit
ted it. AS she twenty racily petite and
could toddle intimately as most girls can
kiss she got away with ii for time-and sold
many, many adding machines to men who didn't
need them These seemed to like TO hear her
tell her saleswoman's fund of risque stories
but ct times some Of them acted queerIy-yes,
very Queerly.
Then, during the last business depression,
she got into territory where the merchants
were all hard up-so near bankruptcy that
they could not buy, even when promised the
rebate of a smile She wired her boss:
Ten dollars between me and a life of
shame. Please advance hundred"
And then she wondered, when the boss wired
only additional ten-and hoped the first
train. himself, PERSIPHAE
THE bride 1--WE quote the Chitrib) is Har-
rimans third wife, and the marriag e comes as
surprise to the millionaire's friends"
mans friends ought to be acquainted with
his habits. and with Mr.. Hartman marriage
seems to be habit
AS we interpret the remarks of the gentle
man from Mississippi and the gentleman from
Georgia concerning Gamaliel's Birmingham
speech they hold the negro in high regard hut
THEIR disapproval Of the Emancipation
Proclamation is as strong as ever.
R E MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-28

COMPARED to the versatile Mr. Giles
Burnss famous DR.. Hornbrook was the veriest
plker. Roger perhaps is the first and only
man who ever boosted he could lay an egg
ACCORDING TO the revered Associated
Press the Observation-Disclosures football game
at Green Bay will be flashed from the grid
iron over leased wire into Rock Island>Audl-
forum where each play will be shown ON an
electric Scoreboard" Such, dear children is
fame. We are reminded of a phrase we
saw some years ago which read: when the
A. P. says it's so it is So"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-28

FROM L. B. r. (of Spokane, Wash) comes
the following gem of English as she is writ.
1t is clipped from paper printed in 1894 and
is alleged to he copy of sign appearing
in Falmouth, England Read it and weep:
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
NEGRO MAY GET
SEAT In SENATE
Millionaire Rum Merchant
Seeks Place Among French
Deputies.
Special Gable Dispatch 10
The Warrington Herald }


PARIS. Jan. 3O.-One Of the most
remarkable romances Of the war. In
which the central ,fEurs. IS = negro.
b. see a sequel in the French
senate.
Adeodat Dubrouilhe black ana
born at Guadalupe, arrived at Mar
settles in 1918 with nifty francs in
his pocket and went to work as a
lonEshoreman. When the war be
gan he invested his savings in a
small stock Of rum a few weeks be
fore the price OF that liquor shot ur
Selling out his first stock he bought
more. moved to Paris, and within
three years became the largest
dealer in rum in France.
In 1917 he signed an enormous
contract with the French govern
ment whereby he supplied practi-
calIy all the rum served to the SOL
diers in the trenches and used in
the hospitals.
During the grip epidemic OF .9lS
he is said to have made $4,000, 900
profit. Buying himself a country
mansion near Paris he married a
French woman, and was made
y
Of large benevolen@s.
In November, 1920, he was prose-
cuted by the government for falsely
declaring his excess war profits Un-
der the new tax law. The case is
still pending.
Meanwhile he has announced him
self candidate for the exclusive
French senate for the district Of
Guadalupe, in opposition to Senator
Henry BerenEer. the famous writer.
who is chairman Of the Senate COM
mission on Foreign Affairs.
His supporters allege his election
is almost certain. since a large pre-
portion Of the voters in Guadalupe
are enfranchised blacks II this
happens ne will be the first negro
TO take seat in any European gov
ernment
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Supreme Court
Reopens Trial
Of Porter Will

MANASSAS. Va, Jan. 3O.-A writ
Of error and supersedeas was issued
yesterday by the Supreme Court of
Virginia in the will case of Paul
V. POrtner, son. and one of the heirs
of the late Robert Portner, of Ma
nassas. The case was first tried in
the Prince William Circuit Court at
Manassas in July. 1920, when a YER
dict was returned in favor of Mrs.
William P. Meredith. of Chevy
Chase, D. c., who, together with
her daughter and a colored serv-
ant, were named beneficiaries in
the will, to the exclusion of all
other members of the family.
The trial lasted nineteen days.
and the record in the case makes
perhaps the largest volume the
court has had to deal with. Paul
Portner had several sisters and
brothers, among them being Mrs.
H. y. Flood. Oscar c. Portner. Mrs.
Palmer Derby, OF Washington: A.
o. Portner, of Baltimore and Wash
inGton. and Mrs Edna Hume, Of
New York.
The estate involved in the will
is valued at $25O,OOO and includes
the interest in the Annaburg Farms,
at Manassas: the Portner Apart
ments, at Washington, and the
Alexandria Feed and Milling Cor
poration at Alexandria. According
to the evidence in the trial an agree ..
ment had been entered into to abide
by the will of their father affect
ing the interest in the estate of
the unmarried members Of the fam
lily, which at their death should
revert to the surviving members. 1t
is expected that the case will be
reviewed by the Supreme Court in
March.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
President-elect and His
Friends Leave Florida
Coast to Seek Tarpon.
VISITS w. J. BRYAN
In SHORE COTTAGE
Communication With the
World Cut Off When the
Launch Leaves Shore.

MIAMI BEACH. Fla. Jan. so
President elect Harding. before
leaving here late this afternoon for
a two-days' fishing trip of Cocoloby
Island, took his first dip in the surf
since arriving in Florida.
Accompanied by his housebOat
host, Senator Freylinghuysen. and
Harry NJ. Daugh erty, the President
elect motorcd to Miami Beach and
spent a joyful half hour in the
heavy surf. Crowds OF bath srs
swarmed around him. He frequent
Iy paused to shake hands across the
water with those anxious 20 greet
him The only disappointed per
ons in the party were a core OF
amateur photographers. whose ac-
tIvIties were quickly suppressed bN
Secret Service men.
Watches Swimmers.
Coming out of the surf the Presi-
dent-eleCt sat in the midst OF an
admiring throng to watch a num-
ber Of professional swimmers go
through their repertoire OF hair
raising dives from lofty platform.
arding led the applause at the con-
clusiOn OF each stunt.
The party got under way for their
expedition after big flsh about 4
o'clock. leaving on the speedy yacht
L'ADache. and stopping at Cocoanut
Grove for a short call on William
Jennings Bryan. who has a cottage
there. After a brief visit with Bryan.
the party went on board and started
on the forty mile run to the fishing
grounds to the south.
Until Tuesday night, the Harding
party will be completely cut of from
Communication with the outside
world. and will devote nearly all the
time in quest OF tarpon and other
deep-sca fighters.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
SIX FIRE VICTIMS
EXPECTED TO DIE

NEW YORK, Jan. 5O.-At least six
tenement dwellers are in Gouver-
ueur Hospital in a dying condition
from burns received in a fire which
carly today swept the story
house at Riverside street One
fireman. overcome by escaping gas,
is in a serious condition.
More than eighty persons were
made homeless by the blaze. which
started in a bakery on the ground
floor. The blaze spread to the halls
spd stairways, cutting of escape
from the upper floors. Fire escapes.
front and rear, provided escape for
six families, others fleeing to the
roof. Twelve persons in all-four
men. four women, two babies and a
boy and a Eirl-were taken to the
hospital suffering from serious
burns.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
A. F. L. Unions Discuss
LehLbach Bill Toduu

Discussion of the Lehlbach re-
classification bill as it pertains to
international unions of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will be
heard at a meeting of the repre-
sentatives of these unions this
afternoon in the council chamber of
the American Federation of Labor
Building at 2:30 o'clock.
The meeting was called by the
international union officials in spite
of the postponement of the hear
ings on the bill by the House Com
mittee. in an effort to devise means
of procuring an early hearing and
construct measures most desired by
the unions in the reclassification
proposition.
Employees of the Mail Bag Repair
Shop will meet tomorrow night at
1923 New York avenue northwest
for discussion of the same bill.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Soldiers Wreck Dublin House

DUBLIN, Jan. 30.-Military this
morning visited Cullenswood House,
Rathmines, Dublin, and wrecked
the building and furniture by way
of reprisal for Saturdays ambush
in the vicinity. The building was
formerly st. Enda's School con-
Quoted by Patrick Pearse who was
executed after the 1915 rebellion.
Copyright, 1871, Public Ledger Col
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Dismissal of 40 Per Cent
Of Civilian Employees at
Posts to Follow.
SERVICE DEFICIT
is NOW $94,OOO,OOO
Use of SaEyaged Uniforms
And Remade Shoes to
Help Effect Reduction.

Dismissal Of 40 per cent of the
civilian employees Of all field army
posts, together with other rigid
economies. has been ordered by Sec
retary Baker in order that the War
Department may function in the
face of a $94,OOO,OOO deficit that ex-
lists in the Quartermaster Depart
ment alone.
In a letter to the commanding
general OF each army corps the Sec
retary has ordered, besides reduce
tion of the civilian personnel, that
the use Of gasoline and oils be cut
down so per cent; that ferries and
harbor craft not absolutely indis-
pehsible be tied up, and that all
forms of transportation merely for
the convenience" of officers and
men be abandoned.
Orders Reduction.
The secretary points out that If
the present activities of the army
are carried out there will be indi-
vidual deficits as follows:
Subsistence of the army, $25, ,OOO,-
900; transportation and Supplies,
$44.3S5.OOo; fuel, $4,000, 900: forage,
S,25O,OOO, and ice plants. 100000.
This cannot be permitted" Sec
retary Baker said in his letter of
instructions. In order to reduce
these prospective deficits to the
lowest possible minimum. the strict
est economy in expenditures under
all general appropriations, Quar-
termaster Corps, is directed"
Among other economies ordered
arc:
Wear Old Clothes.
Use of old type OF olive drab
Chevrons with olive drab back
ground, while serviceabIe; reduc-
tiOn to the lowest practicable
minimum OF allowances for cloth
ing, equipage. supplies and ma
terial; assurance of reclaimed shoes
and oeter cIothIng when available:
CurtailmeEt of telegraph and cable
services to the minimum require
ments Of government business. and
the most careful supervision to re-
QUESTIONS, considering supplies on
hand and substitution Of same, and
approval by the corps commander
Of only those requisitions which
are essential to maintenance con-
sistent with proper training"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

car stop and chaining it in as a
safety zone, thus leaving Eighteenth
street wide open north.
Il frankly say there is less regard
for traffic regulation at this cor
ner than any other place in the
city said DR.. Pearson. As he spok @
he pointed out nIinutely occurring
olatiOns-mOtOrists come from the
west to turn down Eighteenth
street, instead of continuing north
of the isle. veering diagonally to
the south of it.
street Cars Sane.
The street cars are the sanest
observers and there is little COM
plant against them" he continued.
They are required to stop before
rounding the curve and usually
descend the hill carefully. Motor
lists are making this corner a dan
gerous one. And the worst viola
tors are the For Hire cars and
the dealers cars. Strangers to this
vicinity cannot be wholly con-
demned, however, for violating the
traffic rules when the rules are so
densely illustrated as here There
should be a traffic policeman here at
all times. We have been clamoring
for a long period for some kind OF
definite and specific traffic remedy
here. but cannot get it."
J. Mistretta, tailor on another
corner of this intersection, regarded
a traffic policeman as a necessity.
So sharp is the track curve that
when a car is rounding it the clear
ance between the car and curb Is
hardly sufficient for an auto to
pass, hardly eight feet. "I have
seen street cars rip the tenders off
more than one auto at this curve"
he said.
At Eighteenth and S the glide Is
said to be so tempting to motormen
that speed limits are reckIessly re-
garded. Ponderous cars getting a.
start almost a mile up the hill gain
momentum which, occasionally.
brakes fail to retard; as in the case
of the crash several days ago, when
only a standing street car on the
frog block below saved a rum
away car from careening, probably.
into a dwelling or store.
The speed of street cars here is
too fast altogether" is the con-
census of neighborhood opinion.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Bury Admiral at Annapolis,

Funeral services for Rear Admiral
Edward David Taussig, U. S. N, re.
tired, who died at Newport, r. 1.
Saturday. will be held at the chapel
of the United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, Nd, Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Interment will be
made in the Naval Academy Gene
terry.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Manila Rioters Get Jail Terms

MANILA. Jan. 30.-Seventy-seven
of the Filipino constabulary in
volved in the rioting of December
Is have been sentenced on charges
of sedition to ten years in prison
and fines ranging as high as $1,000.
Their trial on the chargsof murder
is still pending. d
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Rurtdnidn Frontiers
Closed by Red DriUe

BERLIN, Jan. 80. - Rumanian n
frontiers have been closed as a re
suit of Russian Bolshevik military
activities, according to a dispatch
received here today.
A state of siege was declared
throughout Rumania, the dispatch
stated.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Seek Dead Mans Wealth.

OURA, Col, Jan. 3O.-A score Of
persons today were searching the
ranches of the late Charles Dolet,
prominent Oura County rancher,
who is said to have buried a fortune
estimated between $4,000 and $50
600 shortly before he died.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Police Raid Pro6teers.

LONDON, Jan. 30.-AccordinE to
dispatch to the Daily Express
from Vienna, the police Of that city
on Friday night raided the Tabarin.
the most fashionable dancing palace
in the city and declared to be the
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
Wilson Petitioned
To Take $3.50, 900
AndHelp College

Students of Wilson College.
ChambersburE. Pa. who read OF
President Wilson's refusal to ac-
Cept an offer of S15O.OOO for a single
article or a series of magazine ar
ticles after leaving the White
House. today petitioned him to
take the job" and donate the
money to the endowment fund Of
their school.
The President, in refusing the
original offer. stated that the work
could not be worth sI5O.OOO and that
he was therefore forced to refuse
The Wilson students set forth the
financial straits OF the religious and
educational institution bearing the
name of Wilson in the hope that he
might reconsider.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31

Washington. It is largely due to
the great demand for women in
clerical and other lines which pay
better than nursing" He said that
Washington nurses had been very
hard worked the last few days be-
cause of this shortage. Il think
thAS the condition will gradually
find q remedy with the slackeniLg
of the demand for women in other
lintS," he said.
DIR. Truman Able: Better Coop
Grafton between the hospitals and
the nurses is needed to remedy the
shortage. Reorganization OF the
hospitals is necessary. New York
hospitals have waiting lists for
nurses and our hospitals have not,
and girls going in training seem to
prefer Out-of-tOwn hospitals which
have the name Of being of higher
grade. Shortage OF nurses at the
hospitals does not prevent the treat
ment of patients at the hospitals in
private rooms attended by private
nurses"
Dr. J. Ramsey hewitt: The nurse
shortage is not confined to Wash
ington. but is general all over the
country. Girls can get more pay
in, other positions and therefore do
not become nurses"
Sees 40 Per Cent Shortage.
DR.. J. a. Cannon: washington
hospitals could accommodate 40 per
cent more than the present supply
of nurses. Low pay and higher edU-
cstional requirements are the chief
factors in the shortage of nurses. A
two-year high school education is
now required Of all applicants for
entrance into training schools. This
has resulted in an especially low
supply of nurses in the pupil
classes" DR.. Cannon expressed the
hope that women leaving the gov
ernment departments as a result of
the expected cats in forces would be
attracted to the training schools.
The nurses of today are too highly
educated. They are taught too
much, and their independence is
leading to tragic results in instan-
ces"
DR.. Albert Garrico and DR.. Will
lam Earl Clarke both expressed the
opinion the hortage here was
greatly overestimated
The Washington herald., 1921-01-31
THE WEATHER:

n Rain, probably snow today; to-
morrow fair and colder. Highest
temperature yesterday, 434; lowest,
$685. Detailed report on page 10.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Wall Paper that it is
a Delight to Live With

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and kuoz0 that your wallsare correctly
decorated.
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ain Sto,<, Madison Avenue sand Street, New York
Over IL, 900 dealers
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New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

THIS Spring you can buy-just
4 wall paper. Or-you can get, at
no extra cost, the benefit Of Thibaut's
leadership in decorative art in every
roll Of Thibaut Correct Style Wall
Paper.
Everyone of the 1000 Thibaut
dealers is ready to help you select
from the new 1'hibaut de luxe Sample
Books. Or you may prefer to come
to our main store where you may
consult with decorating expert
without charge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
CAR DRIVING HARD ON FEET
Use of AcceIerator Causes "short
clreuiF of Pedal Nerves or motor
Foot" 1t Is Said.

When car owners return from their
summer vacations many of them re-
turn lfmpfng. A new summer cpl
demic is at large in the ranks of vaca-
ti0nists.
The new ailment has been given the
popular name of motor foot" In the
language of surgical chiropody it is in
dexed and classified under the name
or "metatarsal displacement"
Continuous motoring is the cause
OF the ailment. 1t is a right foot
trouble caused by the continuous strain
occasioned by long motor trips when
the driver keeps his foot in the strained
position required by the use of the car
accelerator.
This position causes a displacement
of the metatarsal bones which in turn
causes them, in motor language. to
short" the nerves of that part of the
foot. This In turn is the answer for
the pain that accompanies the dis
tinction of possessing motor foot"
Motor FOOT not only makes walk
Ing painful, but practically eliminates
golf, tennis or any of the other popular
forms of active recreation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
Better Retire.

I'm discouraged and tired of Iife,''
declared the head of the family.
"Why so despOndent?" asked his
friend.
Statistics"
Statistics? What's that got to do
with it?"
Yes; they say that five hours of
work a day is enough to supply each
member of the community with a Iiv-
ing, provided the work be equally
shared by all.
We'll, I'm the only one in five in
my family that labors. So, if statis-
tics are true, to support the crowd I've
got to work twenty-five hours a day."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
Prudent Mentality

you appear rather proud of the
fact that you are unable to under
stand the relatively theory"
I'm not exactly proud" replfed
Senator Sorghum, but l am resigned
l put great faith in the wisdom Of
the plain people. So long as the plaip
people didn't get the idea l don't he
heve it would be to my advantage
to assert any superior intelligence
or exclusive information"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
Not So AlIurinu.

Critic Brander Mathews said at a
Columbia tea:
Suggestion rather than detail
makes the most vivid picture. Detail,
indeed, may spoil picture completely.
"a preacher was describing heaven
to a widow whose husband had just
died. He said that the separation of
dear ones was not for long, and then
with elaborate detail he pointed the
happiness of those whom death re-
unites In Paradise.
When the preacher stopped for
breath the widow observed thought
fully:
well. suppose his first wife has
got him again, then"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
Both COULDN'T Go.

Honey" said the negro sutton,
s'when we gifts married you amt gwine
to give up that good job you has
workin' for de white folks, is youP
"But ain't we gwine to have no
honeymoon an take a trip on de train
somewhere?"
zone of us might so, honey. DeS
amt thing holdin' me, but you's got
'sponsibillties.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
Vanity of the Sex.

Hubby-We've certainly got house
full of flies.
Wifey-Yes, and 1 think they're all
females, too.
Hubby - What makes you think
that?
Wtfey-Why, they all settle on the
mirrors.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09

Not From His Viewpoint.
This town is noted for its beautiful
women"
"Aw, g'wanl I'm the ice mani