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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

is to make soup kitchens unnecas.
sary. After all. soup kitchens All
bread lines are a confession #
failure.
The Portland committee also =.
nounces, as one of its purposes !.
keep employers from taking advaa.
tage of the situation to reduce
wages.
Portland has one committee IA
urge the undertaking of as mues
public work as possible. Another
handles the industrial phase of tas
problem, and urges industry 10 A
as much construction work as ma.
sible. 1t also solicits the hopsA.
holder to provide odd jobs. Thera
is a special director for the en-.
ployment of women. For the flos..
ing population a wood yard has
been established which will pro-
duce and sell cord wood. A municj.
pal rock pile will be operated for
those who refuse to work.
No Unemployment Allowed.
So il you don't want to work
don't go to Portland.
Colonel Woods also is advocat-
ing in the nation at large the under
taking of as much public work as
possible. He does not advocate that
either states, cities, industrial con-
Germs or individuals have work
done merely for the purpose Of af-
fording jobs. That is waste. He
advocates that in the case of cities
and states, work for which appfo-
priations have already been made
should be undertaken at once
Work ordinarily done only in the
summer, as is the case with much
street and other municipal work.
should be continued as long as the
weather permits The individual
should look about for things that
need to be done, and have them
done now.
The unemployment situation al
ready shows marked signs Of in
proVement, but the fact should not
be overlooked that many men are
still employed in the harvest fields
who will soon be out of jobs. The
real test of the country's ability
to keep its man power employed
will come this winter.
The correspondence OF Colonel
Woods with the various mayors re-
yeals the fact that much might be
accomplished if a method could
be worked out for shifting men to
where they are needed. For ex-
ample, from towns in the cotton
belt comes word that not only is
there no unemployment, but more
cotton pickers are urgently need
ed. Grand Rapids, Mich, needs
furniture upholsterers- The list
might be heightened
This doubtless is one Of the ma.
tional phases of the problem which
the conference will deal with in
due course. The Woods commit
tee wants it understood that the
conference is not trying merely to
pass the buck to the cities. Ma
tional measures will be got under
way in due course But it does
believe that the solution of She
problem undoubtedly begins in the
cities. They are the ones who
must do the emergency work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
Making Both Sides Behave.

President. Harding is assuming an attitude
IN the railroad situation that will win him the
support Of public opinion. He declares that
the decisions of the federal labor board mus.
be respected alike by the railroads and by the
workers organizations. He has just taken the
Pennsylvania railroad to task for defying an
order OF the board
The president is pretty we'll satisfied that
ne Will be able to avert a strike on Oct. 90
and has sought to dispel fears of the railroad
men that the companies are planning a second
cut In wages It will be recalled that the
federal board approved one wage reduction.
nut since that ruling it has been indicated nv
the corporations that the men were to receive
another cut at an early date. The strike is
meant to prevent the second reduction. lint
ene president reminds the men they should not
acf TOO hastily IN the matter, inasmuch "a thers
: q difference between promise Ola reduc-
toe aid an actual reduction In other word,
the railroads will not be able to enforce a fur
Their wage cut until approval is given bv the
~ Goa ~ e1sS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

| When-a man grows bald he
grows philosophical, like a woman
who grows fat In stating this |
am merely voicing a theory.
Briefly. my idea is that the rea-
son so many more men than wom-
! en- go bald early, is that men smoke
more than women do And among
certain women the smoking habit
/ is already working havoc with the
hair. AS a general rule the cigaret
smoking woman has pretty poor
hair, if she has her own hair at
all.
People who smoke suffer from
under oxygenation, for two reasons.
First because the act of smoking
induces shallow breathing and
slowed breathing; and second, be-
cause there is enough carbon mon
oxide "a powerful poison), and car
bon dioxide Ordinary carbonic
acid gas) in the smoke and air mix
ture to crowd out oxygen from the
inspired air and from the blood
corpuscles which carry oxygen.
Any psychologist or chemist knows
this is true.
Singers are noted for luxurious
hair growth. Singers get their full
share of oxygen.
Violinists are noted for their
brilliant domes. Fiddlers breathe
in a slow, shallow manner while
playing emotional or difficult
pieces.
Most men who retain a heavy
growth of hair well along in life
are nonsmokers-
Even the Indians were moderate
smokers, almost abstainers as COM
pared with the modern custom. But
the outdoor life and physical ac-
tivity of the Indian compensated
for this tobacco, for physical ac-
tivity increases oxygenation in the
body. Our modern smoking wom-
an does not have this compensa-
ton; she is lazy. Perhaps if she
did indulge in a reasonable amount
of physical activity-work or play
daily, she would not crave the
narcotic effect of tobacco to help
her forget her uselessness.
The falling of hair following
such severe illnesses as typhoid
fever or influenza may be ascribed
to the slowed oxygenation or low
cred metabolism that follows such
strains on the life process. For
tunately this effect of such diseases
is generally of limited duration,
and in the course OF year or.
Whereabouts the hair comes in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
Frederick Haskln's Letter
corespoudencs~Ot
How You Can Help the Unemployed.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 2o.-You
may not be in a position to offer 6
regular job to anyone, but never
theless you can do your share to-
ward helping the unemployed.
You can do this by having done
now work that must be done some
time. II the front porch or the
barn needs coat of paint, IL the
furnace needs fixing. if you con-
template building a chicken house
or laying a sidewalk, il your prem
ises need cleaning up-haVe it done
now. Even to have your hair cut
or your shoes shined when you can
well afford it and might Otherwise
neglect it, is to add something TO
the sum total Of work.
This is the plea of Colonel Arthur
Woods of New York, who is chair
man of the committee on civic. COM
munity and emergency measures ci
the Unemployment conference His
job is to find immediate ways Of
placing people in industry while
the conference makes a thorough
study of the situation, and especial
ly to help in municipal and other
community cAOl - AZ oOAVC 1AO IA Ob
lie
His work has Just begun. He is
getting in touch with the mayor
of every city in the United States
having a population Of $4,000 or
more, with the exception Of some
cities which have already tackled
the problem with such energy and
skill that they are obviously not IN
need Of any help.
Cities Doing Good Work.
The number of cities which are
already doing good work is con-
siderable, and will evidently grow.
That, in fact, is the striking feat
ure of the situation. The country
is carrying the unemployed on its
conscience in a way that is wholly
unprecedented. There have been
many worse spells Of unemploy-
ment in the history of this country
than the present one. The usual
attitude toward them in the past
has been to ignore them. The theory
or write about hard times, they will
disappear. Bury your head in the
sands of optimism and you are safe.
This ostrich-like attitude has sud
denly disappeared. The unemploy-
ment problem Is a leading feature
of news and conversation. This
country seems suddenly to have
awakened to the fact that a man
who wants to work and is able to
work, but can find no work to do,
is political and economic liability
which the country cannot afford. He
is proof positive that the social ma
chine does not function well. He is
at once the strongest argument of
the agitator, and his most recep-
tive auditor.
The Woods committee aims to
act as clearing house for in
formation as to how the unemploy-
ment problem may be met by COM
Portland, Ore, for ex-
ample, is solving its unemployment
problem with great satisfaction. In
this as in other cities charity and
waste are frowned upon. Portland
announces that one Of its objects
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
The School Lock-Step.

No one even estimate the loss of time,
development and enthusiasm to the pupils of
o big school system in the lock-step style of
schooling. 1t holds the clever pupil in a wise
waiting for the dull one; it keeps the slow bows
OF tenterhooks all day trying to catch the fast
one; it frequently drives the teacher to nervous
collapse
DR.. FREDERICK Burk, president of the San
Francisco Normal school since 1889, has de-
voted many years of his life 10 overcoming the
lock-step in our public schools. DR.. Burk has
mad free hand in-his normal school for a.
long time and in his grammar school depart
n1ent he has successfully overcome the sys-
tenn whereby bright pupils are kept anchored
TO dull ones for whole year, whereby bows
good at spelling and poor at arithmetic are
kept back in spelling until their arithmetic is
anade up and those good in history but poor in
composition can go no further in history till
they can write an essay education In Dr.
Burk's organization a pupil may promote him
SELF at any time, and a shortage of power in
one subject will not prevent his going right
along in another.
DR.. Burk has system OF little graded stand
nrdiZed examination books for every subject
Tor every grade. Any pupil maH take that
examination any time, and, passing it, goes on
to the next grade in that subject. Pupils can
put In on any one subject as much time as they
wish, within reasonable limits so as to pass
IN the difficult things and to bring themselves
up to par with their other studies
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

Q. Please give a recipe for
picked peaches ]. S.
A One-half peck peaches, 2
pounds brown sugar, 1 pint vine
gar, a few cloves, ounce stick Gin
namon. Boil sugar, vinegar and
cinnamon 20 minutes. Dip peaches
quickly into hot water ten peel OF
| the fur with a towel. Stick each
peach with three or four cloves.
| Put into syrup and cook until soft,
using a few peaches at time.
| Pack in jar and fill to over1owing
with the syrup.
Q. Has Uhlan's trotting record
ever been beaten? A L. P.
A While Uhlan's trotting record
of a mile in 1853 has never been
beaten. it was tied on Sept. IA at the
state fair track at Syracuse, n. Y,
when Peter Manning, driven by
Tommy Milton, made the same time.
Peter Manning is five-year-old
gelding.
O. How did Albertite get its
name? A e. o.
A. Albertite is a pitch-like min
eral of brilliant jetblack color,
bert, consort of Queen Victoria.
@. Please tell me what is meant
by 'HThe Potteries"? M. NJ.
A. This is a district of north
Staffordshire, England. 1t is the
chief seat of the china and earth
enware industry. The principal cen
tiers are Burslem, Haaley, Longton,
Fenton, Tunstall, and Stoke-on-
Trent, all of these being amalga-
mated in 1910 as single municipal
. borough under the name OF, Stoke
on-Trent. The Wedgwoods and the
Mintons are the most famous famil-
les connected with the china in
dustry.
O. What, was the hardest fought
battle Of the Civil war? H. J. T.
A. The battle of Gettyburg-July
1-3, 1s63-was probably the most
holly contested battle of the Civil
war.
Q. What church does Lloyd
George belong to? F. D.
A Premier David Lloyd George
of England is member of the
Methodist Episcopal church
Q. Why is court-plaster so call
ed? d. l.. II.
A CouTt-plaster was thus nam
ed because it was first applied by
ladies of the court as beauty
patches on the face.
Q. Was Dayy Crockett ever in
congress? G. S.
A. David Crockett was in con-
gress from 1926 to 1880 and from
1882 to 1894, representing a Ten
nessee constituency. At the end
of his last congressional term he
joined the Texans in their war
against Mexico and helped defend
the Alamo in 1896. He was one of
the six survivors who surrendered
and was shot by order of Santa
Anna
Q. What is shadow boxing? G. A.
E.
A Laughing gas is nitrous OK.
ide. In 1890, Sir Humphrey DaYy
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

Another generation of gold hunters is seek
ing the Gilbertson lode in the country drained
by the Wapshie river in New Brunswick. Sixty
years ago Gilbertson brought home from
trip on the river huge hunk Of ore for use as
a door weight. Later geologist, CHANGING to
visit him, found the ore consisted of almost
pure gold This started stampede for the
river regions, but Gilbertson would never tell
where he had found the ore. He finally went
crazy and died without revealing his secret
His secret did him no good. Few secrets are
of value to their possessors
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
FALLING LEAVES.
By Blanche NJ. Porter.


Copyright, 1921, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, 1nc.)
He had fought his own way up in
the world, and had done amazingly
we'll with his ranch in one of the
most fertile and picturesque valleys
of Montana. All he needed now
so Rodman Stanwood told himself
was q wife to share his prosper
| ity. Therefore, what more natural
than that his memories should
turn back to Edith Weston among
the New Hampshire hills; to Edith,
sweetheart of other days?
81 should have kept up with her"
said he to himself, but the battle
of life has been so marsh. Never too
late to mend, thought fate is
kind
He came east, buoyant with
hopes; well-set-up, bronzed man
of 80, eager to renew the old love.
Unannounced he returned to Hamp-
den Valley, poignant with recollec-
lions of youth. AS he walked up
from the little depot, he wondered
much. His nerves tingled a bit
What had Edith become? He knew
she had been away to Vassar, and
that for a time she had taught
school. So far as he knew, she had
never married. But a girl of her
charm and beauty.
81 was a fool not to have kept up
with her." thought he.
Anxiously he drew near the
old white house on the hill; the
house that had been her GRANDPA
theirs. Old Squire Weston had
two daughters: Martha, Edith's
mother, and one called Edith, aft
err whom the Edith of Rodman's
heart had been named.
This Aunt Edith, when only a girl
of 20, had died of consumption aft
er an appallingly short illness.
That death had always cast its
shadow over the Weston family;
the only shadow that had ever
blurred its sunshine.
Rodman's Edith he always
thought of her as his - had the
wealth of tawny-golden hair, the
merry blue eyes of the other Edith.
Her likeness to the girl who had
died had always lurked as a poten-
tial menace. Now, in spite of him
self, Rodman was thinking of it as
he walked up the fioweT-decked
road.
At sight of the Gothic eims shad-
ing the house, Rodman's heart
quivered. Now he was almost
there His pulse beat faster. Edith
in a moment more he would see
Edith of his dreamsi
On the south side of the house,
where the sun shone warmest, Rod
man all at once saw d little tent I'M
der the elms Eth. what? Did that
connote children? Rodman paus-I
ed, anxiety at his hearstrings. But
he heard no children's voices.
Troubled. he advanced. And
quite suddenly he saw her.
The girl, in cool summary white, |
was lying in a Gloucester ham
mock under the tent Her hair, a !
massy braid of spun gold, lay over
her shoulder, radiant in the Sep
TENDER sun.
Edith" He came forward, |,
hands outstretched.
"Rodman? Can it be-
y He took her hand in his; found
it limp, nerveless.
why, little girl. what's the mat
ter? Are you ill?''
She smiled sadly. her eyes drift
ing to an old elm across the road. !
it's leaves fecked with autumn's +.
harlequin brushes.
Edith, little sweetheart of other
days., he/hesitated, Tive come
back for you il youu still have /
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21


eturn postage. Be brief. All inquiries an
to each individual. No attention WILL b
7 suggested its use as an anaesthetic,
| but it was in 1874 that DR.. Horace
| Wells demonstrated its use for
| painless extraction of teeth. DR..
Crawford Long used ether for an
operation in 1912, but it came into
general use in 1916. Chloroform
began to be used about a year later,
@. What is libido? F. D. W.
A Lbido is the term used by
! Freud and other psychoanalysts
to describe the impelling force of
our social activities. His theory is
that in the infant there are only
two forces, those of self-preserVa-
ton and of sex AS the child grows
up, the sex force is suppressed. dis
ciplined and turned to other than
primitive sex purposes. Thus all
of our activities, except those di-
rected toward seIf-preservation,
are believed by the psychoanalysts
to be sublimations of the primitive
sex energy or libido. Most forms
OF scientific, literary, artistic. phil
anthropic, political, and social ac-
tivity as well as dove and family
life, are expressions of this urge.
disciplined and trained for the puF-
poses of civilization Most kinds OF
insanity and perversion are Ee-
lieved to be failures of this force
to find congenial outlets in civil
lied life, with the result that it re-
verts to primitive forms or tries to
do so.
G. How much does a gallon Of
sweet milk weigh? T. WIN.
y. A gallon of milk weighs about
S.6 pounds.
Q. When did money begin TO play
an important part in world affairs?
F. D.
A. While coins had been made
and money used to some extent, It
was not until Rome became world
power in the centuries just pre-
ceding Christ's birth, that money
became fluid enough and took an
important place in affairs. 1t was
also at this time that soldiers were
first paid for their services.
@. If 1 take civil service ez-
animation and fail TO pass, may |
try again? c. F. B.
A. 1t is possible to taken anoth-
er examination if you fail to pass,
or if you wish TO try to make a bet
ter grade.
@. When and where was the
first mill in America propelled By
power from a waterwheel? e. 4.
A The first water mill in the
United States was. in all probable
ity, that built in New England on
the Dorchester hide of the Nepon-
set in 1884
Q. At what time in the fall is
it safe to trim soft maple treesE
Z. J. ).
A. Soft mapei trees may be
trimmed late in the fall after the
growth has stopped for the winter.
@. What will keep windshi8'd
from clouding or gathering moist
ure? F. =.
A The bureau of Standards saws
that windshield may be KEEP.
clear by wiping it of with cleI
meistened in glycerine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
The Daily Short Story

me-" With an immense relief he
had seen no ring upon her left
hand.
I'm afraid you're too late, Rod
dy, boy" she answered. "Dr. Dunn
says Tim going just as Aunt
Edith went. She died when the
last leaves fell from that elm. /
am watching it, too"
He pondered, anguish in his
heart Pale, spent, she lay there /;
yet to him it seemed not that she
showed signs of the dread malady.
In Montana he had seen many
stricken victims; well he knew the
symptoms. His keen, sun-narowed
eyes diagnosed her as one suffer
ing from emptiness of life, from
maleficent suggestions of the past.
why, dear, there's nothing the
matter with you,' he tried to reas-
sure her. Out west, in Gods free
country, I'd have your cheeks
ablaze with health in no time. The
roses would all come back"
Sadly she shok her head.
'No, <Roddy, boy!" she denied.
'"Too late-eternalIy too late."
That night one of New Englands
sudden tempests swept down over
Hampden Valley. Rain from whirI-
ing cloud masses drenched the
world. Living bolts of fame crash
ed. Nature shuddered under the
knouts of gale and lightning.
In the height of the tempest Rod
man StanWood left Lakeside Inn,
trudged to the store and bought a
stout ak. Unheeding all sage ad-
vice from the wiseacres at the
store, he pushed out into the storm,
up the black road toward the Wes-
ton homestead.
Morning broke serenely blue.
with heaven washed to azure and
the sun flooding all nature with
liquid gold. Robins on branch and
lawn gushed into song triumphant.
Rodman smiled 4 little grimly to
himself as he set out for Edith's.
He found her in big chair on
the porch, still pale and tired, but
with a puzzled look in her blue
eyes.
Hello, what's this:" cried Rod
man, pointing. Across the road the
old elm lay prone, its scarIets and
yellows drabbled.
Your trees down, Edith. All
the leaves have fallen and you're
still among the living: Old Dunn
Is wrong again. as usual" Ardent
~ he hoped she hadn't examined
the tree stump.
She smiled with more vitality
than the day before,
so it SENS" she answered "The
leaves have certainly all fallen. |
WONDER
You didn't know this was vour
wedding day, did your he queried
Well, it is. We're going to he
married this Afternoon and take the
AT for Albany and the west So
you'd best bestir yourself, little
sweetheart
She looked at him with eyes re-
vitalized. An adorable peachblow
crept into her cheek.
odd, how that tree happened to
be struck" said she, lust the very
day you got here! 1t looks Ike
providence or fate, doesn't itr'
Both" he answered, and bend
ing, put his arm about her. His
kiss upon her brow was sweet with
tenderness infinite.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

1t may be that the brotherhoods are tusti-
fed in not trusting the railroad companies, but
the case rests with the authority OF the labor
board created by act of congress. Why
cannot the brotherhoods trust the board COM
posed as it is, and why cannot they rely on
the fairness of the final arbiters, the American
people?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21
HEALTH TALKS
Y William Brady. M.
Noted Physician and Author.

again-and whatever tonic or treat
ment happens to be in use at the
time gets the credit fer restoring
the hair.
Take a reasonable amount OF ex-
ercise daily if you want 10 save
your hair.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-21

Americas premier huntress is
Mrs. Frederick Dalziel, who has re-
Gently returned from a big game
shooting expedition in East Africa,
with a cargo of trophies of her
prowess-the tusks OF elephants
and rhinoceroses, the skins of se~-
en- lions, the horns of buffaloes. a
leopard and cheetah.