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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
Congress Acts Wisely.

The SieGel bill, aiming at an increase in
/ the membership of the national house of rem
resentatives has been rejected and sent hack
TO the census committee, Congress should he
given credit for a commendable piece of self
restraint.
This is the third of a series of unexnectad
victories for public opinion and common sense
IN The matter of house membership The 1920
census would have made possible on the basis
OF the old apportionment rule an Increase in
the number of representatives from 425 to more
than 800. According to precedent that in
crease would have been made without ones
ton The census committee, after long DELHI
Grafton, several months ago reported a hill
limiting the increase to about two-thirds OF the
number expected That compromise was re-
tected by the house Now it rejects another
compromise cutting The addition to . members
The house might as well go the entire dis
tances now, andszeject, any increase whatever
lt Is well known that that body is too Iarxe
already Tor effective action The menahers
know that even better than the public The
only excuse given for additions is ths-poIitscal
necessity supposed 10 exist in cerestn xtsts,
ihere is no longer political necessity at CHS
elnae Tor congress to refrsta. from ft1usfin,~s-z
e.nciency still further and to aim at .nIess,p.-
Inc country as Q xhs1a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
Realtors and the Public

The Illinois Realtors association Is m.
name Of the state real estate men adonted a,
the recent convention in Peoria which was at
tended by several of the realtors of Rock Is
land Real estate men are not a bad lot nj
aeiiows' taken one with another They are or
canned now into an association which will nor
stand Tor any crooked work among its mem
Ders and the members want to live IN to tho
Ideals OF their orianization.
A survey OF the resolutions adonted Of tba
Peoria meeting would indicate that the realtors
nave the public interest at heart woald han
our tax laws amended so as 30 relieve Some
"nat the tax burdens imposed upon real estate
and other visible property and get after the
YAK dodgers, who are usually among the ra,.
lows mat own invisible resources which thu
.AA assessor has no way of getting at They
oeheve that IL the tax dodgers could be forcas
20 pay their Just share of the taxes that ,ho
YAK hate TO everybody but the tax dodrer wonId
.1'nn uoWn' the Argus believes they arr r,yht !
Before withdrawing certain kinds :. -.
.es Irom the tax exempt class however u -.-,,,
saaASSssary eo'h have an amendment To IN. tas
= e eol'sfatufion adopted. tax sxperts saw -na
= tiI Dc u difacult=tasks % eet ty0,- g..
.Ie 4eeS iegasiatareseto rafify an amenams,,,
Snien would exclude issuing state. .pun;ci,.,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24

Mistreatment of immigrants at Ellis Island,
New York. has resulted in change of admin
istratiVe officials there. 1t was revealed that
new arrivals were handled as if they were
cattle instead of human beings, and that the
practice had been going for long period.
People who leave foreign countries seeking a
new home in America are prompted to come
here because they believe this to be land of
opportunity and friendliness. Their first i'm
preston at Ellis Island should not be such as
to cause them to believe that they had been
misinformed to conditions in the United
States. There should be a warm and friendly
and helpful welcome to the immigrant at Ellis
Island. Any other kind OF a welcome would
be un-American.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
Vegetation on the Moon?

We have it on the word Of William Henry
Pickering, known one of the worlds leading
astronomers and authority on lunar and
Marian phenomena, that recent telescope OBJ
serVatiOns made at the Harvard station at
Vaudeville, Jamaica, prove beyond doubt that
life exists on the surface of the moon. He
declares that examination of Photographic
plates proves with irrefutable certainty that
vast fields of foliage spring, up with almost
unbelievable rapidity when day begins to dawn
on the lunar planet. that these with wide
sweeps of fora come to full blossom, then as
rapidly wane and disappear, vanishing com
pletely in a maximum period of IL days and in
some places in a shorter time The astrono-
mer presumably means our day, for the lunar
day, including daylight and darkness is about
month in length. The supposed growth of
foliage must, therefore, take place in the two
weeks of daylight, by calendar
Pickering says nothing about the existence
or intelligent beings corresponding to human
LIE on our own planet or about any form of
animal life What he says about vegetation
however is interesting and viii lead to obser
walton of the silver empress of the night on
quite different basis from the sentimental
mornings INDUCED in from time to time nv
poets and lovers. People will look at it with
speculative eye, wondering about that vege-
N'-o4i anu "hdl becomes or IL, and why there
should be vegetable growth without something
TO consume it. They will agree, of course. tina.
conditions will not permit the existencs of bu
mar beings of our own kind. but will consider
It possible that Intelligent creatures may be SO
constructed that they are adapted to other
conditions.
What Pickering says about further disclo
sur IS of the photographs does not recommend
the moon either a summer or winter resort
for Inhabitants of our earth, eTen if an air
route were open to the planet The plates show
that tremendous billiards. and snowstorms
sweep across the moons surface that VOL
canic eruptioRs are frequent and hat mists
and fogs greatly prevail
But until these alleged discoveries bv the !
Harvard astronomer have become accepted
facts it will be wise TO follow Shahespeare's |
advice to swear not by the moon ,hs incop. |
slant moon. 1t is still uncertain.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24

! @. Who are the civil service COM
missioners and their political af-
| filiations? J. H. W.
! A The present civil service com
missioners are: Former Governor
John H. Bartlett of New Hampshire,
Republican, appointed 1921; Mrs.
Helen Gardener, District of Column
bia, appointed 1920, Independent,
and George r. Wales, of Vermont,
reappointed. 1919, Republican.
Q. What Roman used the ex-
preston Carthage must stand" in
the conclusion of his speeches?
A SCipio Nasica, who realized
the Importance of Carthage to the
welfare of Rome, parodied Cato's
famous Carthage must be destroy
ed" and ended his speeches in the
senate with the sentence, Garth
age must stand"
Q. What are the Articles of War?
A. The Articles of War are the
discipline and disciplinary proceed
ure code of the United States army.
These were copied from the Eng
liSh Mutiny act, July 80, 1775. and
enlarged Sept. 20, 1876. The pres
ent articles, which are practically
the same as the former ones, were
enacted April 10, 1906. 1t is the
under which statutory
and common-law crimes and mis-
demeanors are punished by mill
tary courts.
@. What is an attestation clause?
A The clause which precedes
the signature of witnesses to docu-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
Plenty of Vitamins.

There are plenty of vitamins in
the ordinary American dietary to
supply every need of the body To
be sure we have stirred up consid-
cradle fuss about yitamins lately
No dietetic advice is complete with
out allusion to these newly discov-
cred food accessories. No tonic,
beverage or premasticated food is
up to date without some claim of
vitamin content.
There. are plenty of vitamins in
the ordinary American dietary. l
say. That is, fairly Balanced and
varied dietary. One thing the aver
| age American will not endure, I'M
! less he is some kind of crank or
the victim of some plausible food
specialist" is a restriction of his
! bill of fare. The greater the var
! iety of foods he can have at one
meal the happier he is-and the
healthier. provided he goes in for
variety but not for quantity.
Perhaps certain classes of indi-
viduals aside from mere food or
diet cranks do suffer from an in
adequate amount of vitamins in
their diet. For example, many
nursing mothers avoid this and that
wholesome and really essential
food merely because the sairey-
camps have a tradition that a nurs-
ing mother can't eat this and that
"a great mistake which often has
deplorable results for the infant.
UnQuestionably many infants
raised" on various substitutes for
breast milk or fresh cows milk
suitably modified suffer such grave
nutritional effects of vitamin de-
ficiency as ricketts, and scurvy, not
to mention many other less clearly
defined nutritional disorders in
childhood
Strong evidence has been adduc-
ed to support the belief that the
disease, pellagra, which seems TO
be more prevalent than ever in the
southern states, may be directly
due to a vitamin deficiency by rea-
son OF insufficient variety and par
tiCularly insufficient fresh foods |
such as milk, eggs, green's and the
fresh vegetables. Indeed the Unit |
ed States public health service has |
urged the conclusion that |
the drinking of at least a pint of |
fresh raw pure milk a day will pre-
vent pellagra.
Some of the elders may recall |
when calories were first dragged |
forth to abash and confuse mere |
laymen who Ventured to assume
exact knowledge of which foods
contained Starches and which CON
tanned proteins. For a time caIor-
les kept US doctors one good jump |
ahead of these dabbIers in dietet-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24

The movie company by which Fatty Ar
buckle had been employed before his recent
escapade is said to have cancelled his contract
While there is doubt whether Arbuckle will
ever be convicted OF the charge for which he
is held in California, public opinion has turned
against him, and moving picture producers
know this. Therefore Fatty's usefulness as
box Office attraction isN virtually dead His
passing from public favor is regrettable,
not only because persons who can make us
laugh are scarce but above all because Ar
buckle was regarded as an idol by every boy
in America
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24

cfally its use as a food Fo, :,
bureau of fisheries announc.s .s 20
mere are a dozen or more seawee1s
IN the waters of the Pacific cos..
which contain agar-agar. Fonr y
these have been studied in de,at
| and are pronounced as good S.'
better than Seaweeds used for ~.
same purpose in the Orient y,
course. cost of production is ~
tor to be considered, but thars =.
no reason to believe that we co,,iS
not produce the substance ~. ~
che2ply than we can import II ~
methods of preparing agar-.a-s
from these seaweeds are known IN
detail to the bureau of fisbs-ta. "a
and can be obtained by ANYONE f.
terested. They do not inyoIvs -
expensive plant or eouinrn.S,
Rakes, kettles and wooden IT,
seem to be about the only tbi1.1
necessary. The product must T.
frozen, and where temperatures ~
not go low enough to do this ont,
doors, some form of artificial =
frigeration would have to be sm
ployed.
A Valuable Weed.
This is only one of several use.
to which seaweeds may be- nm,
There is already in this country
small industry in the preparation
Of gelatine from the seaweed cnn,
monty known is Irish moss. This
gelatine is widely used in fool
and has much more gelatinizing
power than the animal gelatins
This Irish moss gelatine, or Car.
rageenin, as it is called in com.
merce, has many other uses. and
its manufacture might be extend
ed. 1t is used in making wats,
paints. shoe polishes. and as sfz.
ing for paper, cloth and thread II
is used in shaving and other scans
because of the fine velvety lather
it produces. 1t is used as a CLARITY.
ing agent in making oil and beer
a perfumed mucilage
made from Irish moss, is used to
make unruly hair and mustacbes
behave. The substance also has
medical value.
The chief source of supply for
Irish moss is the region around
Scituate, Mass, where about 80
men were recently engaged in col.
tecting it. There are half a dozen
other places in Massachusetts, in
New Hampshire and in New York
where the moss is collected and
for market. Doubtless
here are many other places where
t might be obtained It's prepare.
ion is very simple. 1t is merely Z
washed in sea water and dried on
he beach until bleached. It is then
packed in barrels and sold. Il
brought about 10 cents a pound
n 1920. The bureau OF fisheries
an supply further details of meth
.ds and localities to any one in
crested.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24

seen me before Perhaps he never
had Who knows?
Fay begged me for one more
song. MY mood had changed, and
instead of a love song, with JOY as
its Keynote, l chose The Rosary. =
Never had 1 felt the meaning so
keenly of the memories that bless
and burn, the barren gain and BIT
ter loss" l could hardly restrain
the tears, and the song surely came
from my heart. The room was
strangely silent when / had IN
ished, then Fay COME over ana
kissed me.
Il can't tell you what tonight mas
meant to me-" she said Il have
seen You in such a different light,
Arthur and the captain followed
Fay's lead, and the only silent one
was John. My song had caTrieu
its meaning clearly, I could see
that; and as I said the fa-eWelI55
to my friends, i was hoping l
could get to my room quickly ana
have no commonplace. explanations.
As I started toward the staircase
John approached me. his la
showed signs of deep emotion, anu
wondered at that, as he IS usualls
as emotionless as boulder d
granite.
What Fay said Just now, can
truthfully- echo, with teW auul.
tons. Never have I realized no"
thcughtless am and 1 promise u
be more considerate in the future
AS for that captain guy. send MN
away-he is too darned lady-IlNS
to make a good soldier"
John, you are jealous" l crlel.
"A man may be a cherry dinner
companion and nothing more
We let It go at that. but l know
hat my lonely evenings are at az
end, for even though woman ma!
lave only one husband, the WOODS
ire full of desirable captains.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
Frederick Haskin's Letter
Especial Correspondents Of The Arru.l =
Wealth Under Water.
tspeciaI Correspondence Of The Argus. }

Washington, D. c., Oct. 22-There
lis wealth under the seas. not far
from the shore. for any one who
has enough enterprise to go and
get it
This submarine treasure is not
In the gold and bullion of lost Span
ish galleons. 1t is in the form OF
seaweed.
At least seaweed is one of the
J most abundant and easily Access
slble forms of it. There is much
! untouched wealth in the ocean The
seas of the world are its great I'M
exploited natural resource. Men
have taken fish out of them, almost
exhaustlng the more easily obtained
supplies in some cases, and that is
all, The saying is literally true
/ tnat there are better fish in the
sea than ever were caught. And
besides fish, there is wealth in
hundreds of other things.
The people of the United States
have been especially backward
about exploiting the wealth of their
costal waters. They waste fish
which other countries consider de-
lcacles. They import at great ex-
pense sea products that are daily
washed up on their own beaches.
The bureau of fisheries from time
to time calls attention to some of
these neglected opportunities Thus
it has just completed an investiga-
ton of certain seaweeds from
which forms of geIatine are ex-
that We are importing from the
Orient products which We could
make at home to our profit. AMI
no large investment is required,
either. Here is a chance for that
enterprise, which is our national
boast, to show itself.
A Wasted Resource.
Take the case of agar-agar. Agar
agar, If you never heard of it, is
the commercial name applied to a
dried gelatine which is extracted /
from certain red algae that grow in !
costal waters. 1t has many uses. |
Its most important one in this |
country is that of a culture medium !
in which to produce certain bacteria |
for purposes of incubation. Nearly |
all hospitals and laboratories have |
to have it, 1t has also been used /
with success as remedy for chron-
Ic constipation. In the Orient it is
highly esteemed as a food, but
Americans have not learned to eat
It much.
We import about $40 tons of this
substance every year, and it is
worth nearly half a million dollars.
It comes from Japan, China. Malay
;ia and CeyIon.
That half million could Just as
we'll stay at home. Moreover. be-
'ides producing all we need. we
night ourselves export this sub
'tance. and we might greatly ex-
end the domestic uses of it, espe-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24

We danced to the phonograph
sometimes Arthur and sometimes
Fay would be partners; then we'd
change, and we surely had a merry
time Arthur was teaching Fay an
intricate step. the captain and 1
were trying to make a pa ssable
imitation of it, when a voice from
the doorway said, "Myra, what does
this mean?''
There stood John, a picture of
righteous Indignation | should
have been crestfallen. but instead
found myself quoting some lines
had composed in my younger
days:
That voice that made my pulses
thrill,
And babe dull care fly off in costa
sy."
John was routed His meek wife
dancing with a stTang man, quot
ing oudandish poetry. just then
his eyes caught the CLINT of the
wine glasses. That was the last
straw. Fay approached him and
introduced the captain. He shook
hands with the latter with very
poor grace, and did not seem to
take any enjoyment from It. Then
Fay asked him to drink to his own
anniversary. He looked dazed, and
lay cried, Don't tell me you for
got 1t was your anniversary. We
have been trying to make Myra
forget that she is a deserted wife"
l knew from his expression that
ne had forgotten. and the bitter
ness welled up in me again. II
coula not resist one parting shot:
ay. If this is the way deserted
wives feel. I'm going to be a life
"a ZEN Der, for 1 haven't had such a |
,oiis Cme for 10 years. You know |
ZIG IN this house is a deadly dull :
Jonn never answered; simply
Jared as If he had really never
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-24
The Daily Short Story

tnOuSnt or me at all. L am Looking
forward to a delightful evening""
AS 1 dressed 1 felt happier thai
had for a long time. l wore
white gown embroidered il rose
BUDS. Roses again." l thought
But happiness never stays will
mortalS over long. l knew l haC
done rash thing, and I could no
carry 1t through alone. Suddenly
L thought of Fay. She had beer
such treasure that surely she
could not fail me now When
heard her plaintive Hello" l knew
that all was not well with my
friend.
+! oh, Myra, I am really in trouble
! this time. l wrote so long today
that 1 forgot to order any dinner
and as this is the third time this
week Arthur will surely think /
| am neglectfuI'
j My heart gave a glad leap; my
/ dinner party would not be a failure
with these delightful guests. When
L had figured my second invitation
Fay bubbled over with joy.
You are a jewel" she said. "and
I'll change into my prettiest gown
to honor my hostess" In a short
time Arthur and Fay came hurry
ing over and I gave them a joyful
welcome. Fay looked at me in
amazement
n What have you done to your
self? she exclaimed. You are
positively beautiful"
Happiness is a great beautifier,"
l said.
Just then the captain was an
nounced. Fay was surprised, but
this was no time for explanations.
Behold us then a few moments lat
er seated at a perfectly appointed
table. Is anything more enjoyable
than congenial friends, mutual
tastes and certainty of few hours
perfect happiness? Fay was in one
OF her rareSt moods and. surround
ed Dy most sympathetic audience.
gave us of her best. l felt younger
and gayer than 1 had for years.
A business friend of nv hus-
band's had presented me with some
rare Old wine TO be used on an
suspicious occasion This was the
very flrst occasion that looked at
all suspicious, and the wine eraced
our olHner. Fay was cnnnletaIv
and no wonder for ono
OIL johns favorite names for mo
had been '"F. T." Translates IL
meant terribly temperate" Fav
Old not have the memory Of "da.dIr |
Jun come ringing in her ears inst |
Wnen she wished to forget The !
dllner was Perfect, and - o,-
moods had been delightful ~ a.
We felt like ceIes+iaI
gels at the end. '--t-
The captain was to bIana e.. :.
all. He began quoting f-n-e no[ 1t
nets OF the Portuguese " ia son
remlnded me of the mast
set some OF those sonnets to r Lou
md now 1 sang them. 49,
was singing better than ever -
ore, and l held my andienca
RANGED as sang one after an
'thef; When had finished the
IdpCain was silent for moment.
neh ne Salo, 1 cannot understand
'oine Things IN life. You have the
bought. :
Il am so much alone, that Is what
-ou mean 1t can be easily az -,
My husband is a hnSv
BUSINESS man with very little TIM
or social pleasures. We must have
% problems tonight to trouble us.
ct us Just skim over the surface
nth no self-analysis."
I'm like Lochinvar," said tb.
aptain. I've had but one Gun of :
'ine, now I'll tread as many meas
res as my lady is pleased to give" st