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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
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In connection with the member
ship campaign to be launched by
the Rock Island Y. w. C. f. We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday Of
this week. the history Of the local
organization. although not ut dve
years old, has been told. It 10 one
full Of activities.
The story reads like . romance.
Truth ID always stranger than Nc
ton. It II . story Of long cher
ished dreams finding ultimate re-
alization; ambition becoming an
actually: hopes having fruition; :.
prayers being answered. and ct last
fiourishing Y. w. G. A. function
ing in Rock Island.
The Same process Of prayerful
endeavor can achieve success else
where.
For years Christian women and
girls desired q Young Women's
Christian association in Rock Is
land. A Y. w. C. A. was much dis
cussed, but 1t was left to a young
women's class in Sunday school to
do the definite, tangible thing
which started the movement.
On April Z, 1916. the Deborah
class of Broadway Presbyterian
Sunday school took up the subject
Of the organization OF Young
Women's Christian association. A
committee was appointed to visit
the young ladies' classes Of the
city to solicit their support. On
Aug. Z, 1916, representatives from
nearly every church in the city met
and talked the matter over. A
short time afterward a petition was
presented urging the organization
OF a Y. W. c. A. and signed by 81
girls. On Oct. Is Miss Helen Davis
of the national board at New York
city met "a women and girls at z
supper given at the Y. M. c. A.
The next day at the Methodist
church, with SO present, Miss Davis
explained the purpose Of the Y. w
c. A., and a provisional committee
was duly appointed. On Now q
an open meeting was held at the
Methodist church with 100 present
and the Young Women's Christian
association was formally launched
Elected on Dec. 4.
At this meeting Miss Helen Davii
explained the work of the associa
ton. The model constitution pub
lished by the national board wa!
presented and adopted. Officers
were elected that were nominated
by the provisional committee. Or
Dec. 4 the board Of directors helt
its first meeting and elected it!
officers.
! The board had faith enough il
the future to rent two rooms il
the Central Trust G Savings Banl
building. One room was used fol
an Office and the other for lunci
room with meals prepared over /;
gas plate and in the fireless cooke
and dishes were washed in a sinl
behind a screen. These we're day
of fears and hopes and faith. o.
Dec. II a director of the luncl
room was secured On Jan. / tn
board held a reception to whicl
100 friends came to wish GO,
speed" in the new undertaking.
| 4S4 in First Drive.
The charter membership cam
paign which closed Jan. II brough
in 4S4 names. The first genera
secretary was secured March l.
A campaign for an annual bulge
Of $500 was carried on success
fully from March 10 to "a.
In that same month we secure
the rental Of the lots on Ninth ave
J nue. and Twenty-first street fo
tennis courts.
The swimming classes at Augu.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
FOR BURNING ECZEMA
Apply Zemo. the Clean, Anti
septic Liquid--Easy to Use
Does Not Stain

Greasy salves and ointments should
not be applied il good clear skin is
wanted. From any druggist for 35c, or
SlM for large size. get a bottle Of Zemo.
When applied a. directed it effectively
removes eczema. quickly stops itching.
md heals skin troubles also sores
ennA wounds and cha6ng. It pene.
soz1te4 cleanses and soothes. Zelno Is
e Glean dependable and inexpensive
1871 6qsit Try Il. awe hciiewe
~ ~ hive ever used i q e6ec.
- 6W1Ms g.. Gsseland, q
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
WANT PEORIA Girl.

Chicago. Jan. 24.-Police of the
Central station are looking for the
relatives Of Ethel Bowman. II
years old. of Peoria, Ill. She was
found crying in the LaSalle street
station. She said she had expected
an aunt to meet her.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" is
genuine Aspirin proved cafe by mil
lions and prescrib by physicians
for over twenty years. Accept only
an unbroken "Bayer package"
which contains proper directions to
relieve Headache. Toothache, Ear
ache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes
of y tablets cost few cents. Drug
gists also sell larger "Bayer pack
ages" Aspirin is trade mark Bayer
Manufacture Monoaceticacidester of
Salicylicacid.-(Adv)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
= ROOTS IN
SEWER
CAUSE TROUBLE
1lbss Strensth Of Here = Pull
ahen Out-Plan Ordinance
Against CottenweedA

e n campaign Is to - started By
con5missioner Frank WITCH to do
'Away with Cottonwood. Carolina
Iooptars and all trees Of this species
~ - Island.
De commissioner, who is in
'eh2<ke Of the department Of streets
n1ipablic Improvements, announc-
81 Today that he will attempt to
put through an ordinance which
wou1d forbid the planting OF such
tree6 within the city and force the
emitting down Of those now used for
shAde.
4te first step in this crusade is
sxk bit A, which is to be seen on
thX bidewalk at the northeast cor
pck1bf the city hall building. The
exflbit Is d mass OF roots OF a cot
to64ood tree, taken from 10-inch
Ae5f3r on Twenty-seventh street be-
tween Eighth-and-a-half and Ninth
av11ues Saturday afternoon after
stfaet workers had worked for three
days locating cause OF clogging the
SEVER, which had caused annoy
Arcs to several persons along the
street and real damage to one
prnperty holder.
Assistant Superintendent Of Streets
John r. Stephens had ordered the
pavement opened in an endeavor to
locate the trouble. Sticks were put
down, showed through the sewer for
q distance OF over one black. A
cable was attached and horse
hitcbed to the end Of the cable and
n mass OF roots was pulled out OF
tho Sewer, after the work had pro-
crested three days.
The roots from a cottonwood tree
ouE The boulevard had grown out
intos the middle Of the street, had
BROKEN the tile and formed myriads
ofEfhnners which had completely
st{6ped up the sewer. Other cases
0fsAe kind are on record and due
to5&e expense involved in removing
such obstacles 1t was announced to-
day that some action must be taken
Z TO remove the cause of these
troubles.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
ERIE COUPLE WEEDS
IN HOME CEREMONY
(Snecial to The Argus

Erie, Jan. 23.-John Besse and
Miss Louis Snyder, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Snyder of Fenton
township, were united in marriage
at a pretty home wedding here
Saturday, Rev. Apologize Of the
United Brethren church officiating.
After a short honeymoon trip to
Chicago the couple will be at home
at Riverside farm, near here.
All the news ali sEe ume-Ths
Argus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
Damage Runs High.

Damage along the street was con-
siderable, due To the clogged sewer,
and Z especially to one property.
However, it was said that the city
corfld not be held to blame, and the
property holder would have no
chance to collect damages. Never
thsiess, the commissioner of streets
declares that steps should now be
TAKEN to forbid the planting of cot
topVood trees and others Of this
sptcies.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
!19 Eggs ADay From
! e Hens, In Winter
Mr.. 0uni's Hers Increased Every
Day. Plan 10 Easily Tried.

We have - chickens and hadn't had
an egg all winter. In i've days After
feeding Don Sung, we got 4 to eggs =
Gay IN three weeks, We were getting 10
to IL 0ay. In five Weeka ne ~nS az
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24

usually loaf; A trial costs nothing.
Give your hens Don Sung and witch
results for one month. II you don't and
that 1t pays for itself and pays Won :
good profit besides. simply "a |us and
your money will be cheeffully Refunded
. ! Don sang lChinese for egg laying 10
easily given in the feed, improves the
hens health and makes her stronger and
more active: 1t tones up the eggeiav wing
organs, ana gets the eggs. no matter
how cold or wet the weather.
You can obtain Don Sung from your
oruESist or poultry remedy dealer. or
Isekage by mail. Burrell- Digger Co
:lA Columbia Bldg. Indianapoiis. Ind.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
Sore Throat or Mouth

You should keep the throat and mouth
clean and healthy. Any disease that
attacks the canal through which must
pass the food We cat, the beverages We
drink and the very air we breathe is .
seriousmatter. Why neglect Sore Throa.
or Sore Mouth when TONSulNE
makes it 50 easy for you to get relief
TONSnINE is specially prepared for
that one purpose. TONSlNE n.
does its full dutv-you can az
depend upon it. Keep a bottle
in the house-where you can get "A
it quickly when needed. Sic. n
and 60c. Hospital Size. &l0O.
Your druggist sells TONSILlNE. u
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24
Obituary


+ Mrs. Arthur Collins. after an ILL.,
ness of three years with tubercu-
l0sis, died at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning at her home on a farm
near Big Island.
Louise J. Hay was born July Is.
1871, in London, England, and
came to this country 13 years ago.
first coming to Rock Island for
three years and spending the re-
mainder OF her life on a farm near
Big Island. On Dec. q, 1898, she
was married to Arthur Collins at
Shepreth. England.
Surviving are the husband, a son,
Stanley. and two daughters, Una
and Hope, all at home. One son
preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
at the Knox chapel, with Rev. j. A.
Decker, pastor of the Milan Meth
odist church, in charge. Interment
will be in Chippiannock cemetery.
Mn. G. &. Weber.
Word was received this morning
by Mrs. T. A. Murphy, 561 Thirtieth
street, of the death OF her sister
in-law, Mrs. c. C. Weber, at
Chandler, Arix., where she had been
spending a vacation
Mr.. and Mrs. Weber left their
home in Minneapolis sbout the first
Of the year for Arizona, where she
contracted pneumonia and it was
not until yesterday that h-r condi-
ton had become serious.
Mrs. Weber is well known to
many people in Rock Island and for
many years had been prominent in
welfare work, both locally and ma
tionally. 1nterment will be made
at Minneapolis.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-24

VIC BUy ID
eggs z day."@John Duni,
Box 1O2, Cherry Valley,
Mr.. Duni started Civ
Ing Don Sung in Jenu-
airy. in zero weather, BE
now keeps his hens buev
IN winter " b en- hens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
wHERE TUITION IS HIGH.
ALADDIN ON THE SCREEN

Nor is it in mere hours of idleness, of rosy speculation and fantastic dreaming that the old tale has it's most genial po- tency. To the unfortunate, the down and out, the one who has lost his place amid realities, it must myriads. of times have brought cheer in the conjured up pictures of imagined triumph over fate. The lamp, ah, yes, the lamp!-and the shuffling failure, jostled by the crowd rubs it vigorously. The genie appears Slave of the lamp, my palace. my yacht. my office, my beautiful wife, my soft and lovely children-take me to them" Te hear is to obey!" The dream goes on; the grim reality vanishes for few min utes under the film of Omars heaven ''the image of fulfilled desire" And when the illusion is past and gone, does there not often remain behind the vanished joy, vestige of hope smoldering some where in the heart and struggling to break into flame?
 Few indeed are there of so scanty imagination that they have not toyed with Aladdins lamp. It is the property of all How great will be the procession to SC it in operation in form as un- substantial as it's storied being. MISS Adams plans to add the charm of color to see it in operation in form as un- process. There cannot be too much color for Aladdin, nor color too vivid or too dazzling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
WORK ON WILSON DAM

completion of the project in question:
 The Wilson dams value lies, then, not in the availability of the cyanimid Haber, modified Haber or other nitro gen fixation process; they justly may be said to be incident to the creation of this vast power plant; but by it's completion, and because of its proximi- ty to the federal nitrate plants all ready in existence at Muscle Shoals. it will help to make the United States independent and safe against danger that at any time may become acute. the breaking of the line of communi- cation between the United States and Chile.
 We do not believe that the work on the Wilson dam will be other than temporarily delayed; but that it will be only question of months when the marrow minded opponents of all devel- opment in the south will be forced aside and the completion of this gigantic power project authorized, The pity lies in the dispersal of the personnel. and the fact that despite the best efforts of the engineers they will be unable to prevent enormous loss to the plant in its present state of incompleteness in the event of flood conditions becoming acute on ths river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20

From the New York Herald.
 N LADDIN and his wonderful lamp A\ are going into the motion pie S eS tures How did they manage to keep out so long? They are to be daintily inducted by Maude Adams, who has done them into a scenario She is not to play the happy Chinese boy herself-how per- fectly she would have fitted the part!- but this is only a detail of regret in whole wave of joy.
 Aladdin on the screen reaches out to the heart of all mankind. The old story from the dim antiquity of the east has perhaps the widest appeal of any legend that ever was babbled over water pipes or read by Christmas fresides. It enl- bodies the great "if'' in 8 splendid ne- cromantic machinery. It touches the lat ent hope in every heart, it lights up the spark of imagination in the grayest, coldest, every day soul.
 The strongest hold of the idea is not uuor the mind of childhood. It is to the grownup that the mere thought of un- limited possibility at the motion or fipger-iust by rubbing the lamp-brings an inspiration, a solace, richness or contentment such as no youngster can enjoy, seeing that he lacks the back ground of failure and disappointment upon which the man or woman, with larger experience, projects the bright col
 d dancing images from fancy s magic lantern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Only very young men understand women-young men between the ages of six months and two years.
 Every grouch has a red rag. And some one is always hanging around waving it.
 It may seem paradoxical. But some- times little man comes up to expec- tations where tall man falls short.
 A farmer cant understand how . city man manages to stay awake after 10 o'clock at night.
 If girls did not marry men until they knew all about them. they would all oe old maids.
 If women had to shave in addition to the rest of the doliing up, parties and theatrical performances wouldn't begin until about 10:30 p. m.
 Most of the things girl intends to tell her mother because she ought to she forgets to.
 After a man has moved about six times hunting for prosperity he real ixes that the scramble for the almighty dollar Is as fierce in one town as 1t is In another.
 When man tells us that he is not superstitious we do not believe any thing else he says either.
 An earthquake never upsets a man so much as the discovery that his wife has been eating crackers in bed.
 Never argue with a fool Someone may overhear you and bs unable to tell which Is the fool.
 (Ccpyright 1sal.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
BRUSHING FOR THE YOUNG PERSON

FLUSHING FOR THE YOUNG PERSON From the New York World.
 pr. Charles W. Eliot, former presi- dent of Harvard university, has some scathing things to say about the coarsened manners of young people. They converse in slang, discuss subjects never mentioned in his youth and the young men are rude and familiar to- ward the young women. who accept the rudeness as a matter of course and "do not seem to resent gross misconduct toward them by their male associates. dances are not only not rebuked but are invited again by the same matrons, and cutting in' on the dancing floor by intoxicated men goes on unre- strained.
 Alas for the times and the manners! But the worst of Dr. Ellot's indictment is that these are the manners of Bos- ton and of Harvard. It is "at dances in private houses in Boston" that the offenses criticised occur and it is to
 
 the complaint is made by the venerable mentor.
 Is it to this that the Brahmin tradi- tion of social propriety has come? It is all quite as bad as anything that might be said of the young people of New York or Chicago from a sensational pulpit. It is indeed all the more shock ing for the reason that the rest of the country has always looked to tho Hub for light and leading on such matters. Has Harvard abdicated as the arbiter of social decorum? If Dr. Eliot is to be believed. it is setting a bad example to other colleges which are centers of the new social idealism of the young generation. To Mir. Podsnap the ques- tion about everything was, Would it bring blush to the cheek of the young person?" The trouble nowadays seems to be the number of bushes the young person brings to the cheek of her 1 elders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
A MUcH-ALIvE ~MACBnTH.

From the Mobile Register.
 James K. Hackett's remarkable suc- cess in presentation in London of Shakespeare's Macbeth" has received recognition in form of an invitation from the French government for MT. Hackett to play Macbeth" in English in the National theatre in Paris this by the French ministry of fine arts and was conveyed to Mir. Hackett through Hugh c. Wallace. the American ambas- sador. This is said to be the first time the French government has extended an invitation to an American actor to appear in a national theatre.
 This piece of news appears just at the moment when some of the New York critics are giving up Macbeth" in sor- row. as unplayable; not only unplaya- ble, but evidently undesirable by the public. Yet here is an American actor who had almost been lost to sight on the American stage, and was thought to have reached and passed his prime as an actor. yet has simplky astounded the British by his fitness and intelli- gence, his impersonation, his reading, and. generally speaking, his whole per formance in the role of Macbeth. The
 incident should show that there is no fault in the play. but that the players have not proved adequate. MT. Hack ett's success that Is crowned by the great honor done him by the French government is fairly convincing proof that, in competent hands, Shakespeare still has his appeal-the strongest. per haps. ever enjoyed by a dramatist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20

It is announced that a new drive will be launched against the pronteer. If 1t doesn't nurt him any more than the last one. he should worry
 $ F % Bebe Daniels, movie star. is serving a 1c-day sentence in a California jail for speeding. It's a golden opportunity for her press agent.
 Sir Hamar Greenwood denies that Ire- land is hungry, poor and sick. Are we to assume that he diagnoses Ireland 8 complaint as pure cussedness"2 MT. Bryan is one member of the Will son cabinet who has not written a book about his experiences.
 The British coal miner is not yet pfe- pared to say of Lloyd George, IFS a little bit of all right, e is."
 # * < It might be worth while to remind the Japs, as politely as possible, that Amer ica has never backed down.
 x x x Had Paul Revere taken his famous ride in f1ivver, it might have been pre- served to this day.
 F < E Dead from the neck up' applies with double force to the street corner "masher."
 MT. Harding's weakness for swimming holes and dogs does not detract from hi. popularity.
 The announcement that Milwaukee brewers already have supply of req beer on hand strikes us as superfluous. German royalty experienced a nournfu revival of pomp at the bier of Augusta Victoria.
 The Georgia peach crop has been "hard hit" again. No other crop can stane more punishment.
 # # #
 Ordering postal clerks to shoot tc kilr' may cast a damper on the pleas ant pastine of robbing the mails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20

to which this country is not a party. Our position is thus stated by Sec retary Hughes.
 The United States, as one of the
 principal allied and associated
 powers, has an equal right with
 the others in the former overseas
 possessions of Germany and these
 rights cannot be disposed of with
 out the consent of the American
 government.
 There can be no contest about the right of the United States to have a voice in the settlement of all terri torial and other problems resulting from the World war, but it is also true that this country cannot afford to hold aloof and then enter protest without encouraging international em- barrassment and misunderstanding. After the complications have arisen we must deal with the other powers. Why not deal with them and in as- sociation with them in the begin ming?
 Possibly if the word 'league" were eliminated, we might arrive the soon- CT at the proper relation with other powers under republican admins tration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
NIGHT MUSIC

By Charlotte Becker. The darkness throbs with subtle har-
 monies:
 Wild ui1caught songs that culver
 through the night, And never human touch may catch
 alright The wonder of their hidden mysteries. When twilight shadows crouch beneath
 the trees, Like little. laughing elves who flee
 the light,
 A lifting tarAntelle floats gay and
 bright As summer warmth and boom and buzz
 ing bees. And when the dusk her denser network weaves. Out on the moor strange spectres hang their lutes. And Ion the unseen strings the great winds blow Dim fugues. like driven storms of hus- SS ting leaves. And: clear as Pan upon his reedy
 lutes,
 Tho midnight whispers dlrses sads
 and low.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-20
Correspondence School
 for Quartermaster Corps

~~@"~~~0~ 17TSHE quartermaster corps of ths 4 United States army has started the first army correspondence school, with 500 lieutenants of the reserve as its class. There will be two classes year. Each will have series of 10 lessons. Officers of the quartermas- ter reserve corps who want to fit themselves for active duty will be taught the details of supply, trans portation, construction and adminis- tration.
 A bulletin from the war depart ment states that there were more than 15;000 commissioned officers in the quartermaster corps during the war and the reserve list is the second larg- est, being outnumbered only by the infantry. During the war many new officers, who were valuable as spe- cialists, were nevertheless handi- capped by unfamiliarity with army methods. It is the purpose of the correspondence school to give them in- struction that will equip them for service in an emergency. When the call to active duty comes. they will be ready.
 There is now an information section in the office of the quartermaster general, Maj. Gen. H. L. Rogers, which will answer inquiries from reserve officers of the quartermaster corps and distribute information about mat ters of importance.
 While not as spectacular as some other arms of the service, quarter masters are indispensable to the vel fare of an army. Their work requires intelligence of high order. They cannot be too we'll equipped for thei, duties.