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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
yitamins In Food.

yitamin is pronounced with the
/ long as in vital and not short as
lin v~tual No use in discussing
the origin of the word, because il
was coined rather too previously
! anyhow. and like the term hysteria,
it doesn't mean just what it sig
nifies.
! Some laymen seem to know that
\ one must have plenty of vitamins in
order to keep well. just as one must
have plenty Of calories and oxy-
gen and sunlight and sleep.
Milk and butter and cheese and
skim milk and natural buttermiik
and soured milk and fermented
milk beverages all contain one of
the three classes of these food ac-
cessories, called in this instance
fat soluble A factor, and these foods
are all good for that reason, among
Others in the daily regimen.
But other common foods are quite
as good as milk as sources of Eat
soluble A factor (Which vitamin
seems to prevent ricketts,. Thus
liver, fresh eggs. dried eggs. lettuce,
spinach, beef fat, mutton fat, entire
unmilled wheat, raw cabbage, sal
mon. herring, and other foods will
supply all the fat soluble A fac
tor anyone needs so far as any
scientist has yet learned
In fact, few children OF adults IN
America or Canada suffer from a
deficiency of vitamins unless there
is some abnormal or unusual re-
strictfon in the variety of foods
eaten. Many infants, however, suf-
fer grave nutritional impairment by
reason of a vitamin deficiency, for
instance, infants whose diet is re-
stricted-to condensed or eVaporat-
ed milk or to boiled milk or even
to pasteurized milk for many
months
Here is the verdict of a special
committee of scientists of eminent
fitness who investigated the prob
lem thoroughly:
ut is safe to say that the indi-
vidual always finds a sufficient sup
ply OF yitamins in his food SO long
as that food is reasonably varied
and has received/no artificial or
accidental separation into parts,
and so long as no destructive in
fiuence has been applied to it"
The food must be varied-the
more different kinds OF food In your
diet, or the more kinds at one meal,
the better
The food must not be subjected to |
destructive inf1uences-such as rel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. [
Noted Physician and Author.

7 filming wheat -four to deadly white
powder that contains no Vitamin'
polishing natural or brown rice
"preparing" cereals which contain
yitamins in their natural state Dat
are robbed OF vitamins in such pro-
cesses.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Office Pest
am employed in an office where
a fellow worker has hay fever and
sneezes all over the place. Some
times you can feel shower strike
YOU when he sneeZes. He does not
use a handkerchief when he sneezes
and he is careless also in coughing.
He only laughs when the rest OF US
fellows tell him to cover his nose
and mouth when he sneezes or
coughs, and declares you can't
catch hay fever that way. Still,
we'd like to know.-B. S. S.
AnsweF-Perhaps you can't catch
hay fever that way, but commonly
hay fever is associated with actual
bacterial infections OF the nose
which you certainly do catch that
way. Regardless of the specific con-
ditions you can or cannot eaten
that way, the fellow is menace to
all who work in the office, and he
should be firmly suppressed.
Getting Thin.
/ have recently been told that the
constant eating of grapefruit daily
for breakfast will make one grow
thin. But 1 don't want to grow
thin, and 1 am very fond of grape
fruit / have also heard that sleep
ing in a bedroom where there is
running hot and cold water in a sta
tionary stand makes one grow thin.
l shall be grateful for information
about these points.-A. B.
Answer.-Of course neither eat
ing grapefruit daily for breakfast
nor sleeping in a room where there
is running hot and cold water will
make one grow thin or fat.
Apartment of the tuberculosis.
Is there any danger Of catching
tuberculosis by moving into a fat
where one who had tuberculosis has
lived. if the fat has first been !
fumi gated? What do you advise to !
fumigate with in such a case?-M. |
F. X.
Answer-If the room or rooms |
have been given an ordinary clean |
ing, and repapered or painted if |
paper or woodwork is soiled, there |
is no danger in moving in. Fumi-
cation is a superfluous rite which |
adds nothing to the safety of the |
occupants of the apartment.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
OVER 200 PARIS
GIRLS MISSING
SINCE NEW YEAR

Vefsailles.-Since Jan. 1. a11
young women have completely dis
appeared from Paris and vicinity
When this fact was pubIisha5
Henri Desire Landru, who Is avail
Ing trial here on charges of murrje~
growing out OF the disappearance ~
II women to whom he had PROMISED
marriage, delivered himself OF the
following to one Of the warders:
Its lucky for me that l have
been locked up here for nearly three
years, otherwise they would accuse
me Of having done away with the
211 Also"
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The Daily Short Story

made him do. He was probably or
a steamer by now, bound for some
foreign port, and glad to get away
from her. He had warned her that
when she came to her senses il
would be too late, and it was.
As soon as she entered the house
/ the telephone rang. With her
/ heart in her throat she answered
it
/ NO, he isn't here, Mr.. Geb.
J Yes. I'll tell him to call you as
! soon as he comes in. No mes
sage? Yes. Good-by." She
hoped her voice had sounded
! natural
So they were after him already.
She wondered when they would
come for him, and debated whether
or not to lie about him. so as to
throw them off the track She now
had plenty of time for reflection.
and as she thought of how mean
she had been to him she hated her
self sincerely.
The sound of quiet footsteps on
the stairway sent chills up and
down her spine. They had come
already. What should she do?
with show of courage that she
did not feel she went TO the door
and threw it open.s Her husband
stood facing her.
He looked very tired, and the
hair about mis- temples was damp
with perspiration Comma knew
she had no time to waste.
oh, Joe" she began GREATNESS
iy: can you ever forgive me? It's
oil my fault! Give it back! Don't
let them arrest you!"
For heavens sake. what's the
matter with your demanded the
thoroughly beWildered Joe, fearing
for his wife's sanity.
The insistent juggling of the tele-
phone interrupted before she could
answer. Joe went into the dark
nail to answer it, barking his
shins on the umbrella stand as he
went. Connie listened in amaze
ment. From the sheltering dark
ness Of the hall came her hus-
oand's vOice-frm, confident. even
laughing! -
Yes, was going to call you,
Mr: Geb, but 1 was afraid it was
- 4 S, l found the err
iof Nothing missing at all. |
The jokes on US. A fv-
speck that looked like a decimel F,
point threw a whole column of fig
ures out of balance. Tonight
At the office Oh, that's ali /
bye" Good-
ne hung up the receiver
tent une Gon al Of a heap. a very peni-
soboing out her story, bere SI MN h;s
forgiveness and almost choki naa
aim with the strangle-bold NJ hag
arms about his neck. u nei
You poor little jump" Joe said
between kisses h u
'niy too thankful that the rivs "Ss
lad happened at last. AA'' Scie
on. Joe, 1 WILL be good " che
promised tearfully. She
ana thereafter she kent b.
promise, for the lesson of the night
lad cured her. once and for al
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

are almost denuded OF soil er,-
ing the rocky skeleton Of rho 800 49,
anu supporting nothing but Low
brush and few saplines NV
| The great value Of the airnlo,.
as lar as developed, is in mali
prompt discovery of forest es-..i1s
| Everything depends upon catcb; Ss
them while they are young ~
forest service heretofore has 49,
for this upon lookouts. who o Icy
municate with Headquarters hv -
ephone. This lookout is staf;o. 81,
on a high mountain Throughout i ~
forest fire season. When he 80
a column of smoke, he is able vl,S
the help Of a compass and 4 me-
of the forest, to locate 1t annro-4
mately and send the informatioD !,
/ forest headquarters. But a.
starting in deep canyons are oftes
| invisible to him until they bavo =.
tanned considerable size. Fvsr,.
hour counts. A fire that covered
few square yards in the mornins
may be several square miles in sizs
by noon. The lookout IS especiarv
handicapped when there are AZ
fires burning in the vicinity and
smoke cloud hangs over the who'll
! region. He cannot see the fame
and a new smoke column is lost IN
the general fog.
AirpIaHes Successful.
The aerial observer. flying thop.
sands Of feet above the earth. can
see into every Granny of it. and ca
detect tiny fame that would nee
essarily be invisible to lookout In
Oregon in 1919 the aerial patrol
was credited with the first discoy.
cry of so per cent of the forest
fires--
The interesting phase of fire con-
troll by airplane is that il might be
developed into a means of fighting
fires. When a fire has been dis
covered, the next problem is TO get
men and tools to it. This must be
done in most cases by pack train
A fire is often discovered several
days travel from headquarters, and
is almost beyond control before it
can be reached. The men fight it
blindIy, hoping they may be able
to restrain the advancing wall Of
fame until rain comes to their aid.
If some method of extinguishing
these small fires from the air as
soon as they are discovered could
be- perfected, it would be of meal
culable value. In fact, 1t might
solve the forest fire problem. It is
believed that this could be done, in
many instances, by the use of gas
bombs, but no serious effort has
been made to work out a method
1t would obviously be of the
greatest value if planes could be
used to rush men and tools to the
scene of fires. This is impossible
now because there are no landing
fields in the national forests. Yet
in many of them there are bare
tops and plateaus which
could be equipped and used for the
purpose. If the supplies and men
could be brought directly TO the
ire, they might nevertheless be
brought within a few miles Of il
and hours or days saved.
This forest fire problem is one OF
he many which might be solved,
put for the curious inertia which
les upon all of oar institutions
The timber that might be saved
~ the use of airplanes would pay
or them many times over. But the
lir service feels that it cannot at
'oEd to give planes to the forest
and the forest service can
not afford any of its own, and con-
,ress is trying to patch its politi-
al fences by program Of econ
my. So the woods burn on.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

Joe Fuller, famous jockey and worth $780,
600 when he rode for Lucy Baldwin, shows up.
old and penniless, in New York's Chinatown.
He says, II took to the dope hard. After that
1 went down. Take me up before some judge
and get me away somewhere, won't your" A
few years ago it was common, to hear that line
OF talk from nerve-shattered drunkards. End
ing that sort of thing is way in which
prohibition is a success. Another generation
or two will stamp the whisky evil out en-
tirely. And drugs also.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

O. How many Christians are
there in the Philippines? ]. c. A
A. Out of a population of 1850,
$40 there are 9,495 .272 Christians
the Christians numbering $685.
36S, most of whom are Mohamme-
dams.
Q. What commercial use car
speargrass be put to? C. w. F.
A So far no commercial use
such as paper pulp.s fiber for cloth
or other fibre has been found for
spear grass. 1t is difficult to har-
vest and no machine has been in
vented that will shred the fiber
cheaply If this is done, spear
grass will have commercial value
for rope and coarse fibered mats.
AT present it is used for ornamen-
tation in gardens.
@. Who is the oldest coach in
football and who is the youngest
c. K
A. Coach Yost of the University
of Michigan is the oldest coach in
the big colleges. He is now so
years OF age. Chick Meehan, the
Syracuse coach, is the youngest,
being only % years old.
@. Please describe a boomerang.
B. H.
A. Boomerangs are made of the
green acacia wood or some other
hard tree. treated with fire. They
average 21S feet in length and az
inches in width. The boomerang is
convex on one side and fiat on the
other, with d shart edge along the
convex curve.
O. Do some Episcopal churches
have confessional? J.B. W.
A Some of the Episcopal
churches of both Europe and Amer
lea that are known as high
have the Institution of au-
r1cular confession, although the
priest does not take upon himself
the giving of penance as in the
Catholic church.
Q. What kind of nests do wild
cats make? P r
A. Wild cats inhabit dens and
Lairs among rocks, in hollow trees
Dr. dense thickets, without any spe-
sial preparation.
q. How may playing cards be
cleaned? r r NJ
A Soiled playing cards bay be
.ieaned by rubbing over with a !
10th. dipped in spirits OF camphor. !
u what can be done to prevent |
maid from cracking and chipping
ilsnes by hitting them on water I
aucets? r V
A Provide a stool of suitable
sisht and have the maid seated
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

eturn postage. Be brief. All inquiries an
70 each individual. No aItshtiCn Wlu b
while washing dishes This saves
a great deal OF energy and she will
j transfer the dishes from the sink
to q draining board at an eleva-
ton that does not endanger them.
O. How much paper is made an
nuaIly? H. T. P
A The worlds annual paper pro-
duction is now about 100000 tons.
1t is estimated that for every 10
years there is an increase in de-
mand of about 25 per cent
Q. II a vessel goes into the Pan
anna canal as far as Gatun lake
and then returns does it pay toll
once or twice? T. S
A. Vessels returning from Ga
tun lake to original point of en-
try into the canal, without passing
through the locks at the other end
are charged toll for one passage
only.
@. When there is a star after the
name Of a town in the Postal
Guide, what does it mean?
A. The star signifies that it is
money order office.
@. Are there any unexplored
islands left? s. ". L
A There are islands which have
not been completely explored. For
example, Carl LumholZ, the well
known explorer, who is engaged IN
organizing an expedition to New
Guinea. an island near Australia,
says that it offers great pOssiblH-
ties TO exploration. There are b.
lieved to be birds and animals Il
it unknown to science and saTages
who have never seen a white man
Q. Is there any law against wear
ing the feathers of any bird?
A There is no law in this coun-
try against the wearing Of feaJA-
ers. There is q law prohibiting the
sale OF aigrettes. the plumage Oh
the white egret, but no law TO pre-
vent one from wearing these featn-
ers who already owns them. me
tariff act of 1913 prohibits the in
portation of the feathers Of Wli2
birds into the United States Iot
comercial purposes. This law IS
said to have caused much SNUG
CLING. especially OF bifd-of-paradls5
pIumes.
Q. Please give a recipe for max
ing pepper sauce? L. =
A. Wash small cherry or Chli'
red and green peppers, pack into
FsfA
egar and cork. It will be ready ior
use within a few days. As the
sauce is used more vinegar may Ds
added to the peppers from time %
imeA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

One OF today's Chicago newspapers carried
on it's front page two stories involving John
D. Rockefeller. One told of his giving two
new dimes to a little girl he had heard sing
song in the street The other announced an
advance by the Standard Oil company of L
cent per gallon for gasoline. OF course there
is no connection between the two incidents,
STILL it is such occurrences that cause the para
graphers to take liberties with the worlds
richest man
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
THE CURING OF CONSTANCE
By Annie Cole.
Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl

4 CyuUlCales lHC.J
! When Joe announced his inten-
ton of marrying Constance his
family had warned him that he
would have trouble with a wife who
was as spoiled and selfish as Con
ME. But Joe. feeling that she
loved him enough TO overcome her
,selfshness for his sake, had paid
no attention to the warning.
| Now, after six months of mar
ried life, the fami1y's prophecy
seemed about to be fulfilled. Con-
| ME was beginning to assume a
martyred attitude and a habit of
numerically nagging him at every
opportunity. Joe's patience was
fast giving out, anu he wished help
lessly that something would hap
pen to cure his wife of her selfish
ness for good and all.
On this particular evening Con-
ME chose to be especially nasty.
Business as usual, l suppose ?"
she inquired, sweetIy sarcastic,
when he came in late to supper.
Receiving no reply, and SEEM
ing determined TO provoke him, sne
tried again.
DO you know" she asked. coolly
and deliberately, sometimes l won
der if it IS all business!"
Now when a man is hot, tired
and hungry, and comes home with
the hope of finding compaHioaship
and sympathy in his wife, a greet
ing of this sort is anything bat
welcome Joe was only human.
Instead of hanging up his hat, he
replaced it on his head and gave
vent to his temper.
I'm going out to a restaurant
Perhaps some day when it's too late
you'll come 10 your senses! I've
had enough" Slamming the door
angrily after him, he left the
house.
Connie was so surprised that she
forgot the half framed retort that
was on her lips. Joe had never
spoken like this to her before. She
began to feel uneasy and wondered
where he had gone She suddenly
found out that she didn't want any
supper, and cleared the table. The
dishes washed. she tried to read,
but couldn't sit still. The phono- /
graph was worse, it made her feel
lonesome when she played it. Aft
err two or three hours of trying TO |
amuse herself she went into the |
bedroom and addressed herself in |
The mirror.
Il don't CARE." she said aloud. !
don't CARE. I'll show him. / |
don't care if he NEVER comes !
back" And Just to prove that she !
IA
he bed and cried herself to sleep. j
When she awoke it was II
o'clock. How could she have sIeot
30 long? And where was Joe?
She wondered if he really had left
Ter, and began to feel shaky. She
iecided to go to the drug store for
drink, it was late, but she MUST
,et out Perhaps she would hear
ome news OF her husband. She
lid, but not in the way she had !,
expected.
While slipping a milk chocolate
he conversation of two men at the
ounter came to her ears.
Where-at Geb C Simmonds
Yes, today-shortage of ten
thousand dollars" II
d."
NO. not yet: but nobody han |
les the money except old man Geb
imseR. and that young fellow. | !
oe." ,
Connie waited TO hear no more. I
citing down her glass with al
lump that startled the sleepv Ii
rug clerk. she fed from the store. y
Ten thousand doIlarsi So this I
what her tncessant naggine had 3
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, dis
cussing the hardships among Englands unem-
ployed. said that he could remember the time
when he himself had lived on 1915 week.
That's small satisfaction to the Briton with no
Job and an empty STOMACH.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1a 1871

A Milwaukee judge says that 40 per cent
OF the boys brought before him were victims
OF parental neglect and had no church ANNA
tions. The youngster who goes to Sunday
school as a rule learns lessons that keep him
in the straight and narrow through life
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

1918 were the second and third local
aetion):
Out where the shells are flying.
Out where the war gods reign,
Where Freedoms sons are dying.
By Satan's servants slain;
There mid the big guns crashing
Where death comes, raining down;
Upward their souls went flashing
Schaffner, Edwards and Brown.
Out where the gas comes creeping.
A silent, vile advance;
In heroes graves they're sleeping.
Sleeping somewhere in France.
On Freedoms holy altar
They "died to make men free;
Nor did they fear or falter-
These valiant "soldiers> three.
Here, where the strident voices
OF war seem far away;
Here. where each child rejoices
In eager, gladstone play;
Here, where the lannon's rumble
Faint echoes DER the sea.
We make obeisance humble
To these brave soldiers three.
How pales the word that's spoken
Beside the deeds of men!
How feeble is the token
OF tribute by the pen.
For God did so depute you
To wear the hero's crown,
And humbly we salute you
Schanner Edwards and Brown
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

THE State University of Iowa has fur,
sIIolroh stars, Glen Devine and Donald McCrae
who are raising sons whom thew hotI
ity."-Chitribune '-ie uAi'ers
inc writer should have ended his sentanc.
with maintain, thereby voicing truth 90
keeping his whom" intact AAAN
Well, Death Prom Bullets Is Preferable r.
Death From Exposure.
(From the United Press renort)
Chlcaso.-Charles Piech faced a CO
r1ous problem of conduct when arivine
an alleged stolen pig through the straats
ms suspenoers broke and he held IN his
trousers with his hands. Detective PAT
b mex murphy ordered him to throw up
ing bis hands on his trousers.
ZONE GALE wants to establish oo,,.-
scholarships for defective genirsas G co
plea is granted may we add on - neI
Messrs Hearst and Brisbane be awarded tho
nrst scholarships? the
All MAGGIE DARLINT, YERE A WISE
~o,, lear Mac: Back again! Here's apother
She-"ittle Flo cane how.
a broken neck" "S' nisnt with
con, hise-"oh' what calamity. Poor little
- sne-,No. no; don't mean what vo. mean
1t was her dolls neck" 'oe neAn
Mac, remember when wa, 81,
eaferul where I sit down when raaoh DC
.as,i wen. l don't intend to sir in bis7
ner lap when l get there. AS ever iA HID
MERRY MAGGIE.
WHEN all the women wear tbs,- h.,,
Doooed: syndicate paragrapher wan,s Ha ~
,omes boTa x eneuse VIII a man give when he
-1'e Win long hair on his coat?'
IF all the women wear their hair .os,a
"hat Will be the need of an excuse? eO
80 - A. 3 E MIG
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CIR Unttthstnttp
HExE LIES HANS ANCIENT ENEMY,
| DILL CARE
WHO DTsfNTERs TEE UlSLovED CUsS
ENWARE!
SOLDIERS THREE.

Funeral services viii be held n Spencer
Memorial the body of Fred C Shanne-. first
Island boy to give his life in the Word and
rst American TO reiye Distinguished
Adrian Edwards william Brown referred 20 IN the
following lines rEyrinted Daily Union May
20. 1918. the second and third local killed
in nrtinn
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Argus Information Bureau

reader get By AEgusn Informs
Frederic Hsskin Director Washington D. fal and
b
paid o
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

DECLINING invitation to speak at the
Armistice day dinner of the New York chapter,
Military Order of the World War, Admiral
Sims is quoted as saying: "A year from now,
when I am on the retired list can say what
feel like, and then I'll be glad to talk to
you"
Then. we take it, the admiral will blow
Off he doesn't blow up before the year ends.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

A SHIRT TALE.
From a St Louis laundry "sticker".l
Laundry, spare this shirt!
Make not a single tear.
Just remove the dirt,
But leave the buttons there
This covered me last week;
have no more to wear.
For this shirts life l speak
Please handle it with care.
Twas my own clumsy hand
That sewed the buttons on:
Don't tear the collar band
For then the shirt is gone.
III pay the price you ask.
The cash I'll promptly give
Be gentle at this task,
And let the good shirt live.