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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Wings for You.

You may yet see the day when you'll fly
With artificial bird-wings, no motor required.
says the governments air service. Prizes for
man-po flight have been offered in France
and Germany. So far, the only man who has
made successful flight with one-plane arti-
Aris. bird wings is Gabriel Poulain, French
man, who kept off the ground for = distance Of
30 feet last August
A year ago. aviation experts believed that
flying without a motor would be impossible
unless some man OF ordinary weight should
appear. capable of exerting two or three horse
power. But recent improvements in airplane
wings have been startling. The latest doubles
the lifting power. That brings you nearer to
Tying without an engine.
Aviation thus tends back TO where it start
Cd For the first wing-fyers-the Wright
brothers. Lilienthal, Langley. Chanute and
Oder-used gliders. These were machines
without motof or propeller. They usually were
hpx kites, resembling honeycomb With one
Of these gliders. Oder in 1896 few through the
air for over 1000 feet. Orville Wright once
glided for Is minutes The demand was for
spssd. safety and ease in flying. That brought
the engine airplane. with which the wrighta
made their first hight at Kitty Hawk, N. C.
Dec. II, 1908.
The Arst hot-air balloon ascension was by
the Aontgolhers. They got their idea
from Watching wet shirt, drying before q
fireplace. elevated like sail BY the heat
The dirigible balloon with propellers and
steering apparatus arrived in 1885. Look a
tAe airplaue flying over your head with the
ease Of bird. and 1t seems unbelievable that
les than Is years have passed since Amsries
o1ge the world the airplane.
Now there are - commercial flying organ.
bntapas IN the United States, carrying pessen.
sSeER 90 far. these organisations have carried
ukeoe Dsopls total distance Of moro thaa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Overeating.

Germany lost the war and some other
things. including govt and diahetea Both dis
eases have become almost unknown in Ger
many. though once they were common. Tha
reason is that Germans had to gtys their stom-
achs such long rest during the war
We won the war and gained some other
things. too including an increase in diabetes
kidney diseases. artery diseases and other dis
eases attributed to living too well during thu
flush years after the armistice. Any doctor vii
tell you so.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
CONSOLATION
BY BERTON BRALEY.


At golf We were an awful frost
In spite OF all the stars We had;
We lost-and oh. the way we lost
Was very, very, very sad.
The English beat 10 every hole,
We we're q sorry lot: but nov
We lay this junction to our soul
We Won at Polo. anyhow!
Because Of failure on tho links
Our spirits were ut lowest ebb.
We seemed 10 facs An awful jinx:
But. Nilburn, Stoddard Hitchcock. Webb,
Proved masters Of faster gsme
And. riding cayaliar and gay.
Gave rs . Yightful chance to claim,
We won q Polo. anyway
They kept their eyes upon IL 6all.
They rode like cantaurs through the dsld.
They gave John Bull NO chance at all.
His tcp-notch team was forced to yis5d:
So. though our golfers missed the pri1e
And In defeat were forced to bow,
The Eagle daps his wings sad Ola
We Won at Polo. anyhowi"
ecoJssisat l>aa, y NevVapaF Nataysies.l
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
German Industry.

That Germany = ~eD0iag tasks i19ueEiaty
fAslsr thaa aay oth~ nsepeaA natien. p IL
aanest unaainnas seiH6sa Of cloae stadssh q
aaaars ahsoal. yro1actipa = saevtns .
healthy Increase especially IN he 10y Indus
u4es, ara saaA month shows decrease IN
unemployment
me rsist1oss between employers and en-
pIoyes seem 70 have bean more generally adj
jusaed than in tn other countrieA with the
result that Germany 10 practically free Of
strikea
TIA German, gsnius for organization and
economical productiaa seems 70 have reassert-
ed itself, and there arS rsports OF new and
moro highly developed forms a. organisation
dssigned to aid the German people in the great
task which the allies Anal rsparafion terms
havs set for them.
The prediction has been frequently made
by those who are thoroughly familiar with the
German character. that within 10 years. Ger
many would regain her position OF European
industrial domination. This notwithstanding
the great handicap Of the reperation debt.
As the situation stands today between Ger
many and the other European nations. the
chances seem better than even that this pre-
diction will be fulfilled. The very necessities
Of her situation are forcing and win continue
to force Germany to FREDERICKSBURG industry
and efficiency.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Rotting Vegetables.

California dispatches recently told Of great
piles Of harvested fruit there being left to rot
Now comes reports of many thousand barrels
OF potatoes being dumped hack into the fields
in southern Aroostook county. Maine That
was because the price had dropped to 10 cents
barrel.
Often such losses are result of specula-
ton, growers or buyers holding ont for q rise
which fails to come Every resident is vic
tim OF the faulty economic system which per
mits such . waste.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
More Waste.

Every time you look at a cigar box, Mr..
American Smoker, you should worry! Cigar
boxes represent the appalling avoidable-
waste of about $42.es5.5s5 year, The smok-
ers pay for this wastage.
In the early days, the internal revenue de-
partment checked cigars by the box unit To
prevent frauds, law was passed that cigar
boxes must be destroyed after use Now cig-
ars are checked by number or pounds. The
law. however, still standA Why? Because
nobody has taken the trouble to change 1t!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Eha IL Csnmsa I'll

An love reader wishes to know
whether aAy kind ef infection p
Iltkely 70 be spread through The nse
|of the common coMMunfon chahce
IN church.
The common towel, the epmm0n
drinking cup, the common tooth
brush, the common hathtuh. and ]
suppose I might add the common
swimming pool. the common lake.
| the common ocean and the common
world, are looked upon with more
or less suspic' a BY us scientific
sharps. II appears that somebody
isolated . few coolies and an itch
mite or two from the roller towel
| In q classy boarding hoase. and
that sort Of shivered our umbers.
Nov, this II q mighty difacult
question. l must summon all my
best Judgment and circumspection
In formulating an answer, for. re-
ferring to Familiar Quotations, l
must ply q course between the
Scylla of Observation-Disclosures
on the one hand tsometimes Friend
Noah is anything but helpful) and
the Charybdis Of what Is too often
termed common sense on the
Iother..
j Personally. If my lip were not
cfacked OF ANYTHING. ] should .
soon drink from q common, drink
ing cup as from a cup privately
Iowned and parked under guard
As for a bout with the roller tow
Iel, why, it is scarcely two or three
years since was offered, on many
an occasion, a. fair to middlinl
clean spot on q roller towel where
! with to vtpe my hands in . hos
pitall And it was first class hos
pital. Sometimes preferred to re
main wet, sometimes l Joined thu
/ drys, depending on the genera
, state of the weather-cloud!
weather being unfavorable to tn
, drys.
D / fear I left out Of the list tn
most terrific of all these common
: adventures. The common comb
brush and the unwashed hands o
the common barber or hair dresser
All the other common things pal
into insignifcarce beside these.
Certainly it would be folly to us
la drinking cup or any other uten
ISL habitually used by a person be
llieved to have diphtheria, scarle
fever, whooping cough. meningitis
coryza, tuberculosis. pneumonia
quinsy, syphilis, measles. smallpo,
simple sore throat, acute bronchl
it's or infantie paralysis in tn
stage Of invasion. Each and all G
these infections are unquestior
ably conveyed through saliva @
lother secretions discharged fror
+ nose or mouth, and there is goo
e reason to believe-ve can't prov
y it-that the virus may survive lon
K enough on objects contaminate
5. with such saliva or secretion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Power of Beauty.

A certain professor Of law taught: III you
haven't . pretty woman for client, get one
for 3 witness; II you can't get pretty woman
for q witness, get an ugly one; but have .
woman on your side some way"
His wisdom is substantiated By figures from
Cook county, ILL.,, in which is located Chicago.
During the past 10 years 2S women have been
acquitted Of murder charges in Cook county
and only three have been convicted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30

Washington, d. c. Juno I'll
you unald sssvs your couatsy and
civilization n gsaays1. doat eollov
crowds
TAis Is the advice Of psychcac-
gists TO the modern man ~ general
and the American In particular.
They say that America Ia becoming
q, mob-minded country. and that its
progress toward Z higher dsg1ee OF
civilization 10 blocked BY this, per-
haps more than BY any one other
thing. The only thing that can save
u, according to the scientists. Is an
Increase in tia number of individ-
uals Who refuse to follow tn crowd.
Recent outbreaks Of nab violence
hsva attracted widespread atten-
ton, and have resulted in much dis
cussion. Bills have bean introduced
into congress and into state legis-
latures to prevent than. And they
illustrate tho essential peculiarly
Of the mob-mind-its infsyiprity. II
IL we'll known that In . lynchins
mob, acts Of violence and cruelty
are committed BY individuals who
would not even contemplate them
alone. The Z oh brings TO the sur
face the lowest instincts which are
shared y all it, members. II ID q
reversion to sava9ery.
But the mob Of physical violsncl
Is only the most obvious mob. w
are mob-minded ~ . people, TIL
psychologists say. ip ways less evi
dent and even more dangerous. WI
all read tho same things, bat tn
same things, wear the same things
hold the same opinions. Most Of q
are following crowds even VII. \ VI
are alone. There 10 no country II
which people all act talk. look AM
think 30 much alik,. Individualit.
is rare among us. and We are apt h
penAlize it The man Who does No
follow the crowd is often calle'
queer and ID pstracized. In no 9th
er country. We 4re told, 10 there o
little tolerance for the man who 1
different. And when We ostracix
,, or shun . man Who is different, sim
lply because he is different, We ar
doing in q less obvious way ez
} actly what the mob did which tarre
and feathered a reformer because
, did not like the way he manage
his OWE affairs.
II We surpress individuality In Il
. more obvious. distasteful NANTES
I tations by physical violence once
q while, ind We constantly SUI
1 press individuality in Harmless
}, and sometim, j, valuable forms b
= mental and social violence.
But individuality - the life bloc
Of civilization. Civilization W
g built by men who dared to be iii
ferent from the mob. Its constru.
: tive werk ID always carried ON
them.
A Waste Of Human Material
By penalizing individuality, q
the psychologists, We are tmpediu
our progress at its source. That
!, why England produces four or f1y
great writer's for every one that Y
produce with twice as great q POI
ulation. 1t is why most imperial
scientific discovery is made in E.
. rope, while we merely make invel
y tions. It is one reason why '
:, rank about tenth among civiliz,
" nations in education. and why o.
V universities are SO far below tho
% of Europe.
: Our salvation lies in the develo
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Big Convention Next Year.

June Of next year Rock Island Ia to be host
- The supreme council session OF the Mystic
Order OF Yelled Prophets. This means that
DE city will entertain for three days crowd
estimated at $4,000, representing all parts OF
iha country The invitation to meet in this
etty, which was unanimously accepted, was ex-
tsodel BY Amoo grottO and supplemented by .
pledgs Of cordial hospitality by the Chamber
q Commerce through its secretary, Otto +.
Hildebrandt Los Angeles was bidder for
ths gathering. but when the delegates from
tAst city found they were not In the running
hey threw their support 70 Rock Island and
1anmediately entered reservations for accom-
uodations in the city for the three convention
days for their band patrol Of 50 members. The
Californians also promised to send two car
losds of native fruit to Rock Island for
distribution.
The prophets meeting probably will be the
LARGEST gathering ever brought to Rock Island.
Ne central location Of the city insuring full
oacial representative together with thousands
q visitors. The success in securing the meet
lns ID duo To persistent efforts begun two years
40 and shows that It IL as easy for Rock Is
land to land big conventions as other cities
psoyiding tho proper showing is made. 1t
vas practically assured year ago that Rock
Ialand would be voted the 1922 meeting. The
psophets had been impressed with the many
attractions that are here TO interest the visitor
and shown that there were accommodations to
properly care for them. An important point
N the citys favor is its central location.
While the convention will be held in Rock
Island, the city will expect its neighbors, Dav-
export and Moline. to aid in providing hotel &C
eemmodatsons II the number that is expected
come every hotel in the three cities will be
taxed to it, capacity.
( The coming Of the Prophets meeting ought
% speed the new local hotel project. A first.
class hotelsis an advertising asset to any city
Rock island Just now is losing much prestige
n this respect. The men behind the new hote
project ought. for the good Of their city, ge
busy. There is demand for q nrst class hote
lere, and unquestionably 1t would be sount
Investment from the start. You will recall tina
tia crepe hangers all shook their heads whel
the Blackhawk was erected in Davenport, bu
you probably have noticed that right now fou
atories are being added to accommodate tn
Increasing business. And large share Of tn
patronage that the Blackhawk is getting be
longs to Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30

time of the Reformation, but for
sock him for the life Of q highway
man. He was famous for bis gall
lantry to women as well as for hia
eudacity and robberies. He was
captured while intoxicated, and ex-
ecuted in 1870 at Tyburn- A part d
the inscription on his tomb In Co
vent Garden Church is as follows:
Here lies Dd Vail; Reader. II male
thoa art look to thy purse; II To-
male, to thy heart"
g. What 10 meant By "heing put
in counteF"l A, A.
A. This 10 probably an allusinn
to The Counter, the ancient name
given two prisons under the rules
Of sheriffs Of London, England. One
Of them was in Wood and one In
Poultry street The name was the
object Of frequent Jokes and puns
In the plays Of the 18th century
dfamatist.
Q. Is there . eolden-eyed dy:
A. There Il . lacs- winged Ay Of
the chrysopidae family known By
this name because In some lights
the eye seems the ooleR Of buSntsh-
ed gold
q. Are bullbats and whippoor-
wills the same3 A.
A. Hullbat Is . local name given
! 80 kA vHs~htAA-A Doth thA NtKhts
hawk and whippoorvill arc night
lara. Tho markiags o. the throat
OF the nighthavk make u easily
distinguished fsom the Whippoor.
will. This white mark Is shaped
! Ike The letter Y, . broad white
; bar, VhteA extands amoas the first
| DVinasy wing feath@A ThAs u
plainly visible When the bird y
nsay ~ cd flytpg.
q. HeW old we're the sisners 81
" Declaration q ladepaadsaea'
A. OF the IS nsmhsss Of the
centinental congress Who sigaed
tAe Declaration OF Indepepdpeas
tvo were undss 30 ysaSa q 49,
10 bstween 30 and 90, - hetveaz
20 and 50, and aAly - mera thai
50. The younseet vaa ldvsre
Rutledge, aged =. and the Qldes'
BENJAMIN YrankliA, a6ed 70.
| Q. When was the A1st ship
meat o. overseas dad made % TIL
United Ststess VIII, e.
| A. The war department nyl
! that tho flPst shipment vas return
cd from Russia In November, 1913
and from England In the spring O
1920.
1 Q. Does vatsf boil auicksg .
q great altitude? A. q. D.
ii 4. Water hollis ct III dagrees 7
. 1t sea level. Al 1000 feet above. J
hollis 1t 40 degrees r. 1t 1000 fes
ahova, q ~ degrees ,.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
JIMMY WINS A CASE.
By Jean NJ. Gray.


Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
Dear man." laughed the girl, Il
couldn't, wouldn't, shouldn't, and
therefore won't marry you"
But why's queried the man.
i've asked you five times. Isn't
that enough?"
More than enough. I couldn't
marry you because I'm already mar
ried-to my work. wouldn't marry
you because it wouldn't be fair to
the work. shouldn't marry you
because one shouldn't marry a man
whom one has banged over the
head with an iron spoon every time
he Knocked her sand castle down.
You and / have played together
and fought together-for - years.
Jimmy, ever since you we're 6 and l
was 1, and now you spoil it all by
being serious. Let's keep on play
ing; / can play while ! play and
work while l work. And 1e years
later, when you are q great and
noble judge, and when / am a famed
and noted composer, We shall have
tea together and you shall hold my
black cat and we will tell each other
how glad we are We didnt-or
ldidn't-lose our heads-Or my head
land marry each other!"
The young man sat up siffly II
Ibis wicker chair and looked stead
lily at the girl in the hammock. Sun.
light dappled through the vines anG
brought summer to play with bel
dark hair.
What II I should find a Mrs
Judge while you are composing! =
he asked.
Then she may hold my kitty ani
she and I will laugh together, q
you!" answer the girl, and he
smile was Just % gay and friendly
"A sixth time would be uselessf
Absolutely"
"Then you and I will keep Of
!, playing until / find a future Mrs
Judge. When I do, Of course, you'll
have to find another playmate.
shall never ask you again to shan
my future dignity-and my presan
I-er-iron spoon. What do you sa
IL We stroll down to Mrs Gilbert
and chat with Nina"
His Jaw had frightened. but h
spoke lightly and laughed at tn
lend. The girl was amazed. Jimmy
who had always argued three day
lover . rejection and who fairf
haunted her bungalow until he wa
taken back into grace once more
: Now ha merely laughed it aside an
proposed going to see Nina, VII
D was extremely fair and pretty-an
extremely delighted with q ehanc
/. to ensnare a young man whom gol
sipa had allotted to another youn
lady. Nannetta vas hurt by hl
nonchalance, but Nannette h
pride.
mo, thanks. Jimmy" she sal
With a VIZ little smile. You m
II along. I'm going in and start thu
|. song that's to make me famous. i
name will be He Thought He W,
, In Lave With Ma BY" She pattl
= his arm, laughed and went
throagh the long window, the
Y turned and watched him 90. bar
, headed. dsvp tha shAdy atFset
Nina's.
She went to the piano and pick
Y up her pencil, but there were i
- notes written. Twilight came, Z,
r dusk, ana then, although she ca
tainly did mot love Jimmy. she :,
p - 0useA, baTiel ~ llaA n
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Kind Words.

Put friendliness into letters You write to
postofics patrons" says Will Hays. postmas-
ter-general, in instructions lust issued to posi-
masters. He wants them to cut out the yours
received-and-c ontents-noted kind Of letters.
Every customer must be addressed like friend
and partner In the business.
Business firms learned the value Of the
kind word long ago. But government. gener-
ally. hasn't developed the human quality. Gov
eminent. like private business, functions best
when it works in friendly. cooperative spirit
rather than as the naughty master. Will Hayl
is setting q good example.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-30
Ths Daily Short Story

bright cushions and cried and sob
bed and vept until exhausted. she
lay staring toward the house where
Jimmy was being entertained most
satisfactorily, evidently, by Nina.
Then came a time when Jimmy
called her up as usual and came to
see her as usual, but with a differ
ence. He talked of Nina-her charm.
her sayings, their good times. Then
Nannette's pride rose to its full
height Thereafter she was always
busy with her compositions and
begged to be excused when Jimmy
came. And so, while she was star
ing at q noteless paper, Jimmy,
white-faced, listened to Nina's idea
Of herself and himself.
After several useless attempts
Jimmy gave up trying to see Man
nette, and she realized Just what
she had done. Always, always she
had had Jimmy. And now, without
him, the blithe little songs that had
started her on the road to fame
would not come, and the days drag
ged out, useless and hopelessly
wasted.
Then one night Mrs. Gilbert gave
a dance at the Casino, and Nannette
pride upholding her, appeared and
dazzled several pairs of MASCULINE
eyes. She gave Jimmy a dance with
the greatest friendliness, remarkipl
that it really looked as though
there would be . Mrs. Judge t.
stroke the cat very SOON
Something happened. Jimmy wen
white and tore UP the dance card hs
was holding. Then he begged DAT
don and went away, and Nannette
almost blinded by what she had seen
in his eyes, proceeded to shatte'
several other masculine hearts, jus
to relieve the tension.
| At length Jimmy carried her Ofl
held closely. and drifting to the tun
Of one Of her own little love songs
l lyon won your case, today. Jim
my. I'm proud q you." Her votc
was steady.
"Thanks!"
MRS. Judge win be very proud Q
jyou. too" Her voice treEhsed il
, spite of her, and the hand that he'll
hers suddenly crushed 1t.
: Its awfully warm Let's dance d
onto the veranda, Jimmy" she sale
The stars were twinkling bright
, and the night air held the perfum
, of every flower In the world. Man
nette saw Jmmy's set young LIN
, and brooding eyes, and her prid
, fell with a crash. She faced him.
Jimmy" she whispered choking
y. jimmy! Couldn't there POI
! sibly be a sixth timer"
, But Jimmy's pride had rise
when hers fell.
y "Are you warm enough, Nan!" b
asked. III set your cape il 70
are not"
I It was like cold, cold water, bz
j Nannette had suffered and he wa
dear, oh. SO dear to her. 60 81
reached up and with her arm
4 where Jimmy had oftea draam(
I them, said, Jimmy. have you aske
4 anyone to be Mrs. Judge?'
: "Nannette," cried Jimmy. dom
i ! can't stand It You-if you"
= Jimmy" she said again, ~Jimm
q Imay be Mrs. Judge!
II "Nannette!" cried Jimmy, b
o arms about h6S, and holding b,
close. "oh. my dear. my dear!"
al Thsy hasaa 70 i've Aappaly svl
Q sfssF.