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The Washington times., 1921-08-16
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One often wonders at the novelty. euphony and
other elements of lure that are wrapped up in
the names Of the actors and actresses who dis
port themselves on the stage where figures move
but have no life.
There is Theda Bara, for instance. Whence,
would you think, came name like that.
Well, have it direct from one who was In at
the making Of that name.
This young actress from Cincinnati then but
sixteen. to be given her chance as a vampire
in Of those spectacles Of the desert. The name
her parents bestowed upon her did not appeal to
the producers, two of their smart men BAT
down to work the matter out.
ITS a desert play" said to the other.
Now what does the desert suggest to your"
Death" said the second dramatically
The first young man wrote 1t down. Then he
spelled it backward. "Htaed." II did not seem
to mean much Of anything. The transposition Of
those letters bit, however, gave a name that
sounded quite well: "Theda." 1t recorded.
What else does the desert call to mind7" came
the query.
Arab" responded the colorful one.
Spell 1t backward and you have 'Bara 'Theda
Bara.' There's your name"
General George Barnett, formerly commandant
of the marine corps, remembers very vivioly the
first day Of his arrival at the Naval Academy, at
Annapolis, more than forty years ago.
He remembers particularly the first meal which
ne ate in the mess hall of that institution. He
who like him, were dining for the first time
under the rigid discipline of the naval school.
There was one youngster, for instance. who in
dustriously prepared for mastication large
sweet potato. He carved the peeling from this
potato and reduced It TO that palatable form
where every morscl was ready for purposes Of
melting in tho mouth. Then, quite dexterously
and without any injury to his person, he pro-
ceeded to his work with no other aid than the
knife in his good right hand.
No one said word In few moment. how.
ever, a procession OF walters began to file past
the seat Of this youngster, and each waiter
brought a fork and deposited IL by his plate.
Soon there was array OF these aids to eating
that provided barrier like harbed wire
tanglement, which reached entirely around the
plate of the offender
Thus was he given first example OF the man.
ner in which his Government proceeds toward
making a proper gentleman, while at the same
time producing a most skilled agent for
Quoting its wars.
Senator Henry Ashurst, OF Arizona. another
of the contestants for the honors Of being a lead
ing student Of history in Congress, now that
Champ Clark Is gone. appears with an observa.
ton on Presidents. All the holders of that high
office, he says, with very few exceptions like
Washington and Grant, have been Presidents by
accident. 1t might happen to almost anybody
Copyright, 1891.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
PRESIDENT HARDING cannot
be in doubt whether to insist
that Tho coming conference ON


be in doubt whether to insist
4 that the. coming conference on
disarmament and Far East questions
shall be held in open sessions, so
that it's covenants may be "open
and openly arrived at"
Will the world ever forget the
tragic failure of President Wilson
at PARISH And will the world ever
forget the lesson which that failure
has taught
1t was not so much the superior
skill of his European opponents, M.
,Clemenceau and Mr.. Lloyd George,
which stripped Mr.. Wilson of his
principles and professions and sent
him home in a diplomatic barrel.
It was Mr.. Wilson's own shortcom-
ings. 1t was his deliberate abandon
ment of his very first principle.
"open covenants openly arrived att
He was the only man representing
the only country which was without
selfish interests and without an AK
to grind. That would have give1f
him a strength greater than that OF
his opponents combined, even sub
tracing his own inferior equipment
for the contest.
But when he went into secret SEES
sions he deprived himself OF the
strength of the justice of his cause
and of it's disinterestedness and he
deprived himself of the support OF
the moral and liberal elements OF
the world, which just after the
armistice dominated the whole
world.
1t was his betrayal of liberalism
and of the moral sentiment Of the
world which disorganized it, con-
fused it, distracted it, destroyed It's
morale and left it without leader
ship and the victim of the reaction
which set in the moment the plight
of liberalism was seen by the re-
dictionaries of the world.
1t is doubtful if history will be
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
Stars and Stripes

We used to be worried by the man who PAINTED
the town red-but never so much as by the man
who now wants to paint il blue
The two-passenger porch swing is getting in
its deadly work and causing many a young man
TO become a permanent meal ticket
The two greatest optimists are the barber who
rents his front window to the demon strator OF
q safety razor and the man who offers to repair
one piece bathing suits
Having taken everything else. ws now NOV.
that the prefttssrs tAk> = ~slh-
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
Disarmament Conference
Sessions Should Be Open

able to record more disastrous con-
sequence of individual apostasy than
that of Mr.. Wilson at Paris.
And the beginning of it and the
great cause of it was the secret
sessions, the reputation of his first
and his cardinal principle of "open
covenants openly arrived at"
Now the stage is to be set again
under very similar set of circum-
stances at Washington. The United
States will be again the disinterest-
ed party upholding the cause of dis
armament, justice and peace on earth
and goodwill toward men. The four
teen points will again be the issue;
for, after all, they were merely the
principles of justice between nations
phrased by Mr.. Wilson primarily to
reconcile the American people to the
war.
The liberal elements of the world
will again stand behind the United
States, less confidently, of course,
than they once stood behind Mr..
Wilson, but still they will stand be-
hind us because they know that our
people rejected Mr.. Wilson's apos-
tasy and that the great heart of the
American people is still sound.
There exists between the repre-
.sentatives of the central nations
which will foregather at Washing
ton the same relative ability for
the conduct Of diplomatic intrigue.
We cannot hope to match the repre-
sentatives of Great Britain, France,
and Japan in this game. And we
do not want to sit in it. 1t is
a game we do not want to learn
because we do not want ever to
play it, for we care nothing about
it's stakes. Indeed, we object to its
stakes.
Are we, then, to throw away once
more the strength of the liberal,
moral and sentimental forces of the
world by going into secret conclavei
The Washington times., 1921-08-16

III to you every day-and this IS
probably the first time you
ever thought of it.
When you buy any article, the
merchant has figured into the price
the taxes he expects to pay later
on-surtax, excess profits tax and
all the rest of them.
Say the merchant is doing a gross
business of a million year and ex-
poets to make hundred thousand
and to pay taxes on that amount.
But suppose, for different unfore-
seen reasons, he fails to earn profit
on the years business, and has no
income tax to pay. What then'
Well, YOU have paid the expected
tax to him, because he, naturally,
put it into the prices of his goods.
But the Government got none Of the
tax you paid, because Mr.. Merchant,
through bad judgment or bad luck,
failed to make enough to be taxed.
Now, that kind of thing happens
all the time, here and there, and you
folks are continually paying sales
taxes that never reach the Govern
ment, though there is nothing crook
ed about the transaction.
Can't you see that if we all paid
a direct sales tax, every dollar of
which went straight into our public
funds, the taxes would be less than
We pay npw'
And if the taxes were less, surely
the cost of goods would be less, be-
cause the merchant always, must and
always will figure taxes as part of
the selling prices.
The common error in looking at
the sales tax is to look at it as a new
tax, when as a matter of fact we all
pay sales taxes NOW, every time
we buy anything at all. The sales
tax The Times advocates is fairer,
honester, cheaper sales tax than the
present one-that's all.
Nothing new about it; just better
than the sales tax we have. Better
for the seller. Better for the buyer.
Better for everybody.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
MIR. B. Baer
TOO MANY RULES.
Copyright. 1871. BY star Company.

business is at moss
I'D bound standstill when
bosses spend day GRO
cheting rules for stenogra-
piers to break. No delicate
Amazon is going 10 stand for
boss telling her where to buy
complexion, how not to wear
her hair or what kind Of ice
cream, pickles and soda
water make best substitute
for dinner.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
no ION dukes

CORP RATION dukes
" claim that stenogs rattle
into office wearing cos
TUNES that make EN- look
like oysters on half shell.
Bosses claim girls trous-
seaus are cut out by short
hand. Low-necked skirts,
rolled down waists, peekaboo
shoes. Embroidered with
shocks for blue-tinted re-
formers and spangled mostly
with atmosphere.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
BY X. c. B.

Lives Of
Lives OF csterpiars are not
without their thrills, by heck!
Whenever they see a pretty girl
They slide right down her neck.
Flubb-That new stenogrspher of Simpsons
is rather of the clinging type, isn't she?
pubb-Yes. shes regular cling peach.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
DIG firms have rules posted

DIG firms have rules posted
I'D up on mirror. where
girls can see 'em every
second of day. Bosses claim
they want girls to dress more
roughfined. DO sses are
wronger than two-foot yard
stick. Let Ill dahlinks alone.
Admitting that beauty and
brains are rare combinations,
still every woman doesn't
tumble off trolley car back
wards.
WHAT business is It of
w bosses whether shriller
sex wear their curls
bobbed, scrambled or both2
Seems that soon as average
man gets baldheaded he
wants to branch out as au-
thority on hair.
URLS have tough time in
NJ modern offices. Every
once in while some long
distance business interferes
with their short-distance tel
ephone calls. All wrong.
Taking dictation doesn't in.
clude style of dresses, hair
or nose powder.
IF bosses want to be al
i lowed to loaf around of.
flee they'd better put
damper on all this rule stuff.
GO many rules now that
- girls have to work hour
later so that they can
break 'em all.
OFFICIAL squawk about
~ bobbed hair is stall to
fool bosses wives. Boss
really likes to see dainty
kewpies plsstered up with
rouge plus paint multiplied
by powder. But he hangs
out rule prohibiting 'em just
to pull bobbed wool over his
Wits bifocals.
OFFICE rules are like
" Christmas toys. Made
to be broken.
MnpIuN PROBLEMS.
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
MODERN PROBLEMS.

What woulG a woman do
with her hanoH II mouse
and a bat got in the room Al
the same timsr
The Washington times., 1921-08-16
oh, yOY! DOlUn Come Taxes.

Oh, Joy! DOJUn Come Taxes.
WELL, it's coming! Relief from
" the burden Of taxation under
which the industries and the
enterprise of the land are grooming,
and which was promised us by the
Republicans, is at last in sight. The
Ways and Means Committee of the
House has taken the machete in
hand to cut down taxes.
The country clubs and the aristo-
cratic avenues are to get the first
relief.
What bri ght assurance of ulti-
mate freedom from taxes that
cripple and crush is to be found in
the prompt action of the Ways and
Means Committee in reducing the
tax on golf balls from 10 per cent
to 5!
And what JOY will irradiate the
humble homes of the working classes
when the gladstone tidings is spread
that henceforward polo mallets shall
bear only half the tax that has
hitherto been imposed upon them!
Prowess in the athletic field is not
alone to be rewarded. Sartorial
greatness is to be recognized and
the "snappy dresser" is no longer
to be fined for his effort to add to
the gayety of avenues and ball
rooms.
If one desires to delight the eyes
of all beholders by wearing a waist
coat of gaudy hue and exotic design.
tolerant country will no longer
tax him thereon, even though this
addition to his business suit costs
him more than S., and the ballroom
boy, who apes the hero of the movies
by always wearing velvet smoking
jacket in his hours of relaxation.
will no longer have to pay the Gov
eminent for the privilege, even
though the adornment cost him more
than $3.50.
1t is by such intelligent recog-
milton of the crying need of Ameri-
can citizens for relief from the heavy
burdens of wartime taxation that
the present Republican Congress
expects to merit the appreciation
and continued sunport If fb> votors
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
PLAN REVIVAL
FOR CENESEO
Especial Correspondence

Geneseo, Dec. IA united CO.
operative evangelistic campaign
will be conducted in Geneseo dur
ing the month of January. The
series Of meetings will begin on
the first Sunday of the month, Jan.
1, 1922, New Years day. an appro-
pirate time for the commencement
Of a revival campaign.
Rev. Harry Won Bruch, of Chi
cago. has been obtained to con-
duct this campaign. He comes
highly recommended and is reput-
ed to be a diligent and earnest
worker. Music, with special feat
ures, will be an important part OF
the program.
The present plan for a three
weeks campaign may be lengthen-
ed to full four weeks. The Arm
DRY theatre has been leased, assur-
ing everyone Of ample room to &C
commodate the large audiences
which. are expected to attend these
services. The Armory will be
made comfortable, as special plans
for heating will be made, if Sc
we're cold weather should occur
during the month Of January.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
WEDDING SECRET
KEPT FOR A WEEK
Especial to The Argus

Aledo. Dec. IA wedding that
comes as great surprise to resi-
dents Of this community is that of
William BrauCht of northwest OF
Ai"ti1, and Miss Houora ryan of
JOY. solemnized a week ago This
afternoon AT the First Christian
church at Davenport. The mar
Rage has been kept a secret until
recently.
Mrs. Braucht is the daughter of
Mrs. Kate Ryan of Joy and is well
known in this community For the
past several years she has been an
instructor in the primary depart
ment of the Viola school. AT the
ceremony she was gowned in a
navy blue velvet dress. MIR.
Braucht is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
A. D.sBraucht. who reside on a farm
northwest OF Aledo. He was a
member of Battery B. H. F. A.. and
saw service overseas in the World
war. The groom is we'll known
throughout the county and during
the past football season was in the
lineup of the Mercer County In
The nevIyweds will
not start housekeeping this winter
as Mrs. Braucht viii finish the
term in the Viola school
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
GENEsEO QUINTET
SEEKS Tits WITH
OUT OF TOWN CLUB
Especial Correspondence J

Geneseo, ILL.,. Dec. IA meeting
of a number OF the young men of
the city was held recently for the
purpose of considering the posi-
bility of organizing an Independent
basketball team. AS a result of this
meeting Maurice Wiegand was
elected manager and Nose Pruitt
captain and coach
The first practice was held, with
the following candidates out trying
for places on the team: Leo
Schmidt, Vincent HippIer. H. Erd-
man, r. Reed, Chef Burgeson. Lee
Horn Harold Hillmer. T. Foster
and Dale Snow. There are several
additional players available. but
these were unable to be present at
this practice session.
Manager Maurice Wiegand wishes
to arrange games wi h out-of-town
teams and would be pleased to hear
from managers who would like to
arrange dates with the Geneseo In
dependents
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
PLAN
BETTER ROADS
Especial Correspondence

Albany, Dec. lin an attempt
to improve the highway between
Clinton and Albany. the citizens of
the sum of SLIGO toward the work.
Both labor and cash are represent
ed in that amount Work has al
ready started on the road but the
laborers were forced to cease yes
terday, due to the heavy rainfall
1t is expected that the citizens of
Clinton will contribute a like sum
for the improving of the road.
The BTench-ArmStrong trio pre-
scented the third number of the
lyceum course last night to a good
sized audience, also an apprecia-
tive one. These ladies gave a di-
versified program of music, vocal
and instrumental, readings and one
Spanish dance that was the hit of
the evening
Theodore Higgins, the 1S-year-
old son of Mrs. Minnie Higgins.
was taken suddenly and alarmingly
i'll Thursday night with fainting
attacks. A physician cared for
him the greater part OF the night
before he was considered out of
danger.
Professor Darnhoff and some of
the high school boys went out to
the Earl Young farm in Garden
plain yesterday to see an orchard
pruning demonstration by the
advisor, Mr.. Them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
GUNMEN GUARD
SAVINGS BANK
Especial Correspondence

Matherville, Dec. 17.-Due to the
recent attempt of holdup staged in
Matherville extra precaution is
being taken that any yeggmen who
visited the village during the holt
days Will find other things beside
loot. Beginning last Thursday two
men with sawed off shotguns were
stationed at the Matherville bank.
Both the men are sharpshooters
Most of the Christmas savings ac-
counts were paid off yesterday.
The city cooler does not often
have dodgers but the first one of
the season stayed there Wednes-
day night. He was an old man who
had seen better days. He was well
dressed and said his business was
very poor at present as he was a
member of rubber articles and there
was not much money in circulation.
There will be play IN the opera
house in the hear future given by
home talent. 1t will be given for
the benefit of the school down town.
The bazar and supper to be given
by the ladies' aid of the Methodist
church was changed from Dec. Is TO
Dec. II
The Mercer County Odd Fellows
association will meet in Gable Fri
day evening, Dec. %. The fnitia-
tory degree will be conferred by
the Matherville degree team and
the first degree by the team from
Viola.
= The gang who have been work
ing on the roads spreading ashes
are getting along in fine shape and
have spread about eight hundred
loads of ashes so far and will keep
going as long as the weather and
finances will permit. There were
"a teams hauling Thursday Every
one working on the job has donated
two days work and hauling. The
succeeded in getting
over 5000 subscribed. They have
been hauling the ashes from the
Alden coal company mine and the
Coal Valley mine.
Tom Elliott from Alexis was here
On business Thursday.
At the regular meeting of the
Odd Fellows lodge No. |
'97 the following officers were |
Wilbur Schroeder. noble !
grand; Hayden Pritchard, vice
grand; Charles Frfichtenicht. inan-
;ial secretary and Miller Lewis, re-
,ording secretary.
Mrs. Charles Ferris was taken To
hospital In Rock Island Thursday. !
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
ALEDO HIGH is
WINNER over
SEAT0N, 36-7
Local Boys Show Burst OF Speed
in Second Half and Roll Up
Large Count
Especial to The Argus.)


AIedo, Dec. Ito the tune OF
IS to 7 the Aledo high school bas-
ketbaI quintet added another vic
tory to their list last night, taking
the tilt from the Seaton high
squad at the LEGAL William and
yashti gym. In an inter-class
game preceding the main tilt the
juniors of the Aledo high beat the
freshman by a walkaWay count
Seaton prayed its best game i'll
the first half which eDGed with tie
locals ahead by the score of to s.
The first quarter ended To 2 in
favor OF Seaton. In the last half
Moorhead, playing center for the
locals, made 10 held goals, which
was responsible for the uneven
score al the finish. Besides being
trifle light the visitors were
handicapped by the large floor, be-
ing used to a smaller gym. The
excellent guarding of c. Stephens
and Prouty was undoubtedly the
reason for the visitors being un-
bale to score more often. Near
the end of the first half Boulting
house went in for Wells and in the
fourth quarter Wells substituted
for c. Stephens for a few minutes.
Stephens being put back in.
Although the locals won Coach
Roberts was not satisfied with
their work. In most cases their
efforts at making field goals proved
fruitless unless in the immediate
vicinity of the basket.
]. B. Brashear, superintendent of
the Joy high school, was referee.
EineUpS and Summary.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
new OFFICERS
OFLEGION POST
ARE INSTALLED
Reports Are Heard of Retiring Of
1icers-Plan Big Christmas
Ball, Dec. 90.
(Special 10 The Argus.)

Aledo, Dec. 17-Fallerans post
of the American Legion of this city
met last night at the post rooms
and installed the 1922 officers elect
ed short time ago
Reports were given by the retir-
ing commander and the other Off
GERS of the last year and were &C
cepted. The new officers were in
stalled by Commander Harry w.
Buckley. The new commander,
Tommy Kenny, named two officers,
Hays Hall as athletic officer and
Ralph Davis as post historian.
A rising vote of appreciation was
taken for Commander Harry Buck
ley. who leaves soon for Parsons,
Kan, where he has accepted po-
sition in a dry goods store as dec
orator and window trimmer. Con-
siderable discussion took place on
the next year plans of the post and
each member expressed his ideas
of running the business of the or
ganiZatiOn in 1922.
Announcement was made that a
pool tournament by the members of
the post would start the first Fri
Der was urged to participate in the
event. Although nothing definite
is known there will undoubtedly be
cash prizes given the winners.
Plan Christmas Ball.
A unanimous vote of endorse
ment was given the Goodfellow
event which is being sponsored
again this year by the AledO Dem
Ocrat At each meeting of the post
more plans are perfected for their
grand Christmas ball until now the
following facts are ascertained:
That on the evening of Dec. 20 the
post will sponsor their greatest
dance of the year. One of the feat
ures of the dance is that streamers,
confetti and hundreds of top bal
looms will be in evidence. which
will be new to Aledoans. thinner
mans Deluxe orchestra of Daven-
port, one of the finest orchestras
in this part of the state, will fur
nish the music on the occasion.
Officers Installed.
Following are the officers that
were installed at the meeting last
night: Tommy Kenny, command
er; c. D. Lawson, senior vice COM
mander; Everett Boruff, junior vice
Harold A. Melberg,
finance officer; Spencer Berglund,
adjutaIt; c. ]. Higgins, chaplain;
Walter L. Mannon, chairman of en-
tertainment committee.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-17
ONE HUNDRED AT
FATHER AND SON
ANNUAL BANQUET
Especial to The Argus.)

Aledo, Dec. II. - Approximately
one hundred fathers and sons were
present at the father and son an
nuaI banquet and entertainment
sponsored Thursday evening by
the First Presbyterian church of
Aledo.
The event was pronounced a COM
plete success. Eight members of
the G. T. c. organization of the
church gave a farce entitled 1.-THE
Sweet Family" which was put on
in professional style and accredited
the feature event of the evenings
entertainment. An excellent din
ner was served, starting at 6:45.
An invitation had been extended to
church members, congregation
members, those whose families at
tend the church and to those hav-
ing no church homes. Each year
the annual father and son affair
gains in popularity until now it is
rated as one Of the church's finest
entertainments.