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Evening star., 1921-10-28
NURSE SUES FOR $500.

Mary E. Strictly. nurse, yesterday
filed suit In the District Supreme
Court to recover $500 from Claude d.
Kesler. administrator of the estate of
Blanche l. Cooley, who died February
%. 1920. The plaintiff says she nursed
the deceased for twelve weeks pre-
ceding her death and that the work
was reasonably worth $50 per week
She is represented by Attorney John
H. Gardiner
Evening star., 1921-10-28
URGED FOR PLAYGROUND.
Residents Ask Commissioners to
Purchase the Nixon Tract.

A petition signed by several hun
and Mount Pleasant has been pre-
sented to the Commissioners. Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafrer. requesting the
city heads to purchase the Nixon
tract, between Monroe street and
Park road, for park and playground
for that community.
The Columbia Heights section was
left without adequate playground ia
cilities several months ago when the
owner of a private lot which had
been used as playground found it
necessary to withdraw 1t from public
use to make way for building oper-
alton.
The Commissioners promised to con-
slider carefully the petition presented.
Evening star., 1921-10-28
TRANSFERRED TO FORT MYER.

Maj. Frank ]. Riley. Quartermaster
the office of the constructing quarter
master, Washington, D. c., and as
signed to duty as quartermaster at
Fort Myer, Va; vice Capt. Edward
Raeder. Quartermaster Corps. to be
assigned to other duty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
Evaporated Dollars.

In what way are you losing money during
this period of defation-the shrinking of prices
and values? Maybe your wages have been
cut Or you're out OF a job Or your business
has stopped paying profits. Or you have good
stocks that have suspended dividends. Or You
bought home at high prices, and, watching
It's replacement value decline as building costs
creep down, you fear that most of what you
have paid has been wiped out
Everybody is in the same boat. In one way
or another we are all losing. The WARTIME
paper millions are evaporating and it takes
from each drop of water on the surface. Even
Rockefeller, richest man in the world, is losing.
Profits may still be coming in from his gaso-
line. but the shrinkage of his fortune BY de-
cline in the value OF his stocks and bonds
rms into the tens Of millions. Here's Louis
X. Lggett, big figure in Wall street and in
ternational business. Defation has caught
Ssi2 in its tolls. His attorneys drew I'D pa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20

pers transferring all Of his personal assets 10
three trustees for the benefit OF his creditors
In an intimate letter to the stockholders Oh
the great business-United Drug-which ne
built mn Liggett assures them that his plight
il personal and in no way affects the corpo-
ration back OF the stocks. Liggett believed SO
thoroughly in his own business that me- IN
his enthusiasm, came to grief by er-buying
of its stocks. Then the stock market broke,
and Liggett writes: MY assets have shrunk IN
their market value over 100000 In the past
eight months AS dictate this letter my mind
goes back to Is years ago when we started
and to the men who put up the money to help
me start this business see the original IA
EMPLOYEES and / see it nova tremendous or
sanization doing business throughout the Eng
lish speaking world with over S100,0O00oo
annual sales, with intrinsic values back or It
that do not justify the sale Of any OF our
stocks at the present market price,
There, in Lggetts loss, is mighty tragedy
for you. Shakespeare could have made it into
a play Compare your lot with Liggett's Are
you glad you didn't have the millions to loseE
There is one consolation for you as wartime
values evaporate and you swallow your losses.
The consolation is tEis-that while the number
of your dollars may be steadily shrinking the
buying power of each dollar you have left is
growing In the long run your wealth is your
buying power, not the face value Of your money.
So, too, with income
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
NorthcliHe Survives.

The enemies of Lord Northclife. the British
publisher, were evidently unable-to do him any
particular harm. They started in to make
him responsible for the utterances OF dig
respectful sentiment towards the king of Eng
land He very quickly disproved the charges
To any one who knew Northcliffe it not
necessary to deny the charge. If he had no
regard for the king he was certainly too smart
to give utterance to the statement. But like
all Englishmen, Northcliffe believes in the Brit
fsh form of government and is loyal to the king.
Northcliffe spent hour with President
Harding and says in a letter to the press that
he thinks the president is strong man physi-
cally and will be capable of discharging his
great duties to the satisfaction of the Ameri-
can people, He was much pleased with the
American president. He thought the president
was especially attractive physically and pos
sessed a captivating manner. Northcliffe is
making a trip around the world visiting diff
ferent possessions of the British empire. Amer
leans all hope that he may come again.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
yftamins for Young Mothers.

vftamins for Young Mothers.
Some unidentified substance, pres
emit In certain foods and absent from
other foods, that has become known
under the name of q vitamin, seems
to be indispensable in the diet Of q
young animal. 1t is essential for
normal nutrition and growth. Ba-
bies are young animals, only not
quite SO well cared for as are most
young animals.
The fat of milk or butter is rich
in vitamins, while pig fat is poor in
vitamins. Perhaps the nature oil
the diet of the COW and the pig &C
counts for this difference. The cows
feed consists largely of grass, the
leafy vegetables, the whole cereals
each of which items is rich in
vitamins. The hogs feed consists
largely of items not rich in vita
Minis. From some recent expert
ments Of English psychologists
there is reason to think that if the
hog is fed upon grass the lard will
contain vitamins. Ordinarily, as we
know, lard and oleomargain are
poor in vitamins, whereas butter
the fat of egg-yolk, and even the
abdominal fat of cattle (Which is
used in some brands Of oleomarga-
rim are rich in vitamins.
These observations go to show
that the character of the diet inf1u-
ences the store of vitamins in the
body This is of the utmost import
ance for the nursing mother to I'M
derstand, for upon the character OF
her diet will depend the normal nu-
triton and growth of the baby.
Now in spite of fanciful objec-
tions by the misinformed to this
that and the other vegetable, fruit
or meat in the diet of the nursing
mother, it is unwise to omit any
article of diet which the mother
would ordinarily consume if she
were not nursing a baby. On the
contrary the nursing mother should
strive to have even a greater va
riety, as certainly as she requires a
greater quantity, of food throughout
the period of lactation, for the best
interest of the baby. Especially
does she need greens, fresh fruits
and such vitamin-rich items as
green onions, cucumbers, raw cab
bage tslaw), spinach, tomatoes
peas, string beans, asparagus, car
rots and the like. Let no foolish
prejudices prevent her from par
taking freely of these valuable
foods. Unless the mothers diet in
cludes a liberal variety of vitamin-
rich foods-and all vitamins come
originally from vegetable foods
the baby will suffer from a def
cheney of yitamins in the milk.
Questions and Answers.
A Fast Specialist have a ner-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
Mystery in Sugar.

For the first time since it organized
soIne thirty years ago the American Sugar
Refining company has passed the regular quar-
terly dividend on its common stock This may
be q good alibi to the charge of profiteering
and it may not The public, which was gouged
out of IS cents a pound for sugar not so long
ago, will want to know how much OF this COM
mon stock represents water and what sur
Dluses have been piled up in the company's
treasury.
The answer to the last question may soon
be forthcoming, some of the minority stock
holders are demanding that the financial state
ment be made public Assuming that the COM
pany is entitled to clean bill of health, the
question to who got the millions of excess
sugar profits will be more OF a mystery than
ever
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
Reading for a Child.

The problem of how best to guide child's
reading in helpful channels is presented by a
mother in a letter to the Kansas City Star
wanting to know whether it would not be wise
to keep her 12-year-old son from reading ey-
SEything he lay his hands on. This
ycuHgster has access to the household library,
which seems to be of a general description,
but instead of exercising d proper discretion
he sails into books just as they come taking
them of all sizes and thicknesses and titles
This must be bad for him. his mother thinks
and she wonders if there isn't some way so
he be shunted off into some sort of literary
Enclosure where the browsing is safer In her
own words isn't there some list of books good
for boys to which she can introduce him and
so lure him from too general reading while
his years remain tender
It's difficult to say how literary fence can
be built around 12-year-old boy. It has been
tried. but the results have not been entirely
satisfactory. II the fence is too low. that is
If 1t IS constructed entirely of Robinson Cru
Soc, Little Men" and other books good for
boys, the boy is pretty sure to jump over it
II its too high, if it's built solely of books
boy ought to read, but may not have a present
taste for. such as, historical tales, books Of
travel handicraft or nature he's likely to pace
his prison and not read at all
You can't prevent the boy from growing by
putting a stone on his head. If he's a reading
boy he will read. We cannot imagine there is
anything in the house he ought not to read.
II there is. and he gets hold Of it, the chances
are he won't understand it and he won't read
anything he doesn't understand. But if there
is danger there, better destroy the books than
the boys bent for reading. If he doesn't hurt
his eyes we'll risk the rest OF him We don't
know better reading age than IL He's cu,-
tirating taste that will aid him through life
and IL he's prevented from cultivating it now
he may acquire it When leisure and inclina
ton go together that's the time to read. In
later life he may be so busy trying to keen
other people from doing as they want to that
be- wonfs1zre ems 60 read
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
Pictures and Censors.

1t is quite true that pictures of questionable
character occasionally are screened; many of
them are silly and worthless; some of them
are wholly Objectionable. For these the CEN
sors are responsible. But the activities CT
these autocrats becoming, in in
stances, ridiculous Take the New York board
as an example. 1t may be composed of anti
quated and relentless reformer guardians of
the peoples morals. But the chances are that
1t is made up of men and women not remark
lble for their ability to exercise a critical judg-
inent in the premises. Be that it may, the
New York board, if it holds to its present
course, very well might expect the high and
sovereign approval of the jewellers in the
chosen centers of superlative righteousness.
The cosmopolitan board recently cut from
a news reel-which really was not subject to
its jurisdiction-a bunch of bathing girls filmed
on southern beach. Robert Burns has said
something appropriate to this consideration.
but we need not repeat it here If the moral
rightly of prudish personages is to be permit
TED to remove from the screen those things
which the majority of the people have held to
be unobjectionabe since time immemoriaI. then
we should proceed to make a good jpb of i;
and screen the screen. Shall we also, a bit
noblest literature, including the bible, or the
reasons which influence the censors to emas-
culate the films according to their falsely pru.
rient imaginings that the mind of the world has
become depraved?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20

federal law prohibiting transportation of
1sht films in Interstate commerce is being used
TO prevent showing pictures of the Dempsey
Carpenter scrap outside Of New York. The
man of means able to go to New York
to see the real article, but the ordinary mortal
is to be denied even witnessing a screened
version of the engagement because of nom
sersical law. If fighting is contrary to federal
law Dempsey and Carpenter should not have
been permitted to meet each other in the ring.
1t is such Inconsistencies in our laws that
breeds ridicule and discomfort
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20

When congress, several months ago, or
dered the army reduced from 225,oOO to 10000
men Secretary Weeks protested that it meant
breaking faith and contracts with thousands
OF enlisted men, His idea was that soldering
SO popular that the would want to
remain in the service and serve out their en-
Hstment. The secretary's fears have proven
to be unfounded. There are now enough re-
quests for discharge from the army on file
with the department to bring the total
down to 10000 within the time set by
congress
Considering the unemployment situation
there seems to be but one answer-army life
does not appeal to the average American young
man, when the alternative is being out
Of job
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
CUPID VISITS THE POSTOFFICE.
Annette e. Hills.
Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc

syndicate, Inc.
She laid down her embroidery as
q head appeared above the slide al
| the postOince window. Crossing the
Intervening space between her
chair and the WINDOW, she encoun-
tered a pair of smiling eyes, into
! which, to her knowledge, she had
never gazed before.
Any mail Tor me today?" he
inquired, and now his lips smiled
| toe.
Did you really expect any," she
! seriously answered. thinking he
might be like the rest, who came
I across from the store to Jolly
her.
Il surely would like some" he
replied. Say, a fellow gets sort
away from home for weeks. do
you live in this town."
Yes she answered. Il got
kind of lonesome staying at home
! so / thought I'd try this (indicat-
ing the oItice). l finished school
last year, and when l got bach
home l thought l never could get
used to it again-the quiet, l mean
After the lite at boarding school,
| it is hard to settle back, so | coax
ed mother to let me try this for a
while
! "Inen you're not married?" and
he laughed as if that were a Ques-
/ ton he wanted to have settled
And I'm not, either" he added
do you know, this is the first time
| could ever get up my courage
to speak to you"
She lifted her eyebrows inquir-
ingly.
''Oh, I've been in the store every
! week since you came, and l want
! ed TO speak to you, because l knew
as seat as looked at you that
you weren't the slang and gum
chewing kind"
She gave merry little laugh,
that made him laugh too. I'm
afraid l must plead guilty to the
flrst-at least, I'm sure l could if
l wanted to-
That's it," he said, but don't DO
it 1t spoils them for me-"
The color came into Ruth's
cheeks and she turned away.
Don't go, please he said. "Do
you ever have any dances down
here?"
Why. yes" she said slowly.
looking at him wonderingly.
Couldn't you let me know when
there is. going to be one, and I'll
come DOWN."
oh" she exclaimed, How could
I. when l don't even know your
name, or anything about your
why" he began. and then hes
itated. Call up the salesman for
the Abbott Packing company at
Hotel Clifford. I'll surely be
there" CHANGING out of the win
dow, he saw the car coming, and
with hasty Goodbye boarded
it for the adjoining city, where
were his headquarters.
Ruth sat Imply down In he-
chair. Surely here was an adyen-
ture, the first real one she had met
with since working in the office.
He certainly was a fine appearing
young man, and she felt intuitively
that he was quite all right: but
she couldn't take him at his word.
and invite him down. Suppose he
was just another fresh guy"
She glanced across the store (the
postonice vas-@one corner Of the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20

CASTING about vainly for a suitable idea
around which to wrap few feet of rhine to
place beneath this Headstone of Horribility
that we have written a poem, a near-poem or
a pome nearly every day of the IS months this
colyum has been permitted to decorate Cor
deface, if you preferD an otherwise normal
editorial page. If that is to continue through
out the coming years what answer-when our
brief moment of life is oer-can we make to
a stern Recording Angel when he unrolls an
endless scroll of coiyumistic crimes before
our downcast eyes? Our courage melts,
even as the W. k. SNOWFALL
NOW here is a poem for which no reckon
ing can be demanded of us-nor of it's author.
For rime meter and eloQuence it is unsur-
nassable
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
HEALTH TAl KS
BY WILLIAM ,5RADN r1D..

vous trouble and would like tt
know where I can find a fast spe-
cialist. / am 68 inches tall and
weight 135 pounds. How much
weight can I afford to lose? know
that fasting has not been resorted
to as a rule, if at all, by the medi-
cal profession. D. r. L.
Answer-Assumin that you are
at least 20 years old, you can't af-
ford to lose a pound. You are mis-
informed if you think fasting is not
employed by the ordinary OF regu-
lar medical profession. Practically
every doctor in general practice en-
ploys fasting more or less. l know
of no reputable physician who is q
fasting specialist or specialist in
fasting, but any reputable physi'
clan can, after an examination OF
your case, advise you correctly.
Rupture Treatment am a. man
aged As years, and l am rupture6
on the left side. Is there any cure
for rupture besides operation? L
you advise operation, do you thinh
it would be better to wait for colo
weather? l find trusses great
trial. K. NJ
Answer-Operation is the only
cure and the only safe treatment
Trusses or other apparatus or appll'
ances for the support of hernia
(breech, rupture) are at pest
makeshift, and do not remove the
constant danger of strangulatlon Of
the hernia. Any man able to be VI
and about and compelled to make
living for himself or family should
mot submit to the handicap of rup'
ture or the trial and trouble 'oi
sses-be operated on, by al
means, and do not wait for some
other kind of weather.
Big Stomach lam II, and have
thus far eluded corsets, though my
parents, aunts, grandmothers anC
everybody else urge me to veal
them. l am active in swimming
soccer, basket and baseball, volley
and pass ball. and track athletics
in high school. But somehow my
stomach is big. What's the mat
ter? Am in perfect health, and il
physical examination DR.. - SAID
l had a very high standing ...
NINE. T.
Answer-Your stomach has to be
fairly roomy to hold the nutriment
required by girl still growing and
very active physically. But proba-
bly, you refer to the abdomen, OF
still more properly, the abdominal
wall That is naturally more prom
inent than many young women like
to think. A waist like an ants is a
stigma of weakness. Your ideas on
dress are correct
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20
The Daily Short Story

largest grocery store in town., and
spied John, the son of the owner,
deep in a newspaper. "Oh. John, y
she called, who was that salesman
who was just in here?"
What's that" he asked, sleep
lily. Salesman? On, 1 don't
know. He has been coming here
several weeks-took some other
er asked any favor of you before,
fellows place, I think. Why?"
She went over and stood in front
of the counter. Now, John, l new
but | wish you would do me just
one, and never tell"
Il might, if it wasn't too much
work." he guardedly replied.
NO work at ALL" she responded,
hastily. when you go to the city
next time. go to Hotel Clifford, and
find out all about him. Remember
all about him-because l want
to know"
Say, he must be some gink, for
you TO show SO much interest; take
my advice. and forget him. He's
probably like all the rest-only
joshing.'
Now, John, please do as l ask
this time and find out all you can.
l think be is all right because he
didn't tell me a thing about him
self. except that he got homesick.' -
John grinned broadly, but
wouldn't promise, so she went back
to work
A week passed, and she knew
John had been to the city. but she
would not say any more to him.
John, on his first visit to the
city, after Ruth's talk with him,
had strolled into the office of the
Hotel Clifford. where he was well
acquainted. His visit was not very
long, and when he emerged onto
the sidewalk, his expression was
one of intense surprise. He decid-
ed that unless Ruth questioned him
he would keep his own counsel,
considering that by far the best
course to pursue. Ruth was a nice
girl, and he wasn't going to give
that guy" any more chance-firm-
ly believing him to be just killing
time.
In the morning mail a card had
come for her, with just the one
word Waiting on it. But she
knew it was from-"him"
The days went by, and the weeks
also, but he came no more One
day John drifted into the postof1ice,
and leaned against the stamp win
dow. Ruth" he said casually,
that salesman was ali right"
Was he?" she asked quietly.
Sure. / found out all about
him"
Ruth made no reply. but went
on stamping letters. You don't
seem so interested as you did"
She shrugged her shoulders, and
kept her back to him.
"Oh we'll, if you don't want to
know, you don't have to-" And
John returned to his work.
After he was gone, Ruth sat
DOWN at her desk. and took out the
letter which had come two DAYS
before. It was mailed from Chi
cago. II read:
Dear Miss X:
Owing to hasty change of
plans the firm called me homie, and
the man whose place I was taking.
went back to his old Job. wanted
so much to see you, but didn't have
the nerve, or the time, before re-
turning You did not answer nv
card. and / do SO want YOU to an
swer this, that I shall have to dis
close my ideatity. But surely you
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20

were just a little interested in me,
when l was just an unknown sales
mani could stake my life on that.
Il am the son OF Abbott. of the
firm of Abbott Packing company,
and was Just giving the regular
salesman a much needed vacation.
On my numerous trips to your lit
tie town, / have discovered a very
good inn. and the thing l most want
to do. at present, is to take an ex-
tended visit at that same inn. This
would make an ideal setting for
mutual acquaintance. Shall l
come?
y ours, from the first time l saw
you"
CHANGING at the clock. she saw
it was closing time, and hastily
putting on her coat and hat, she
went down the street TO the tele-
graph Office The operator stared
at her, as she took down the ad-
dress, and the message, which said
simply. Come o. K"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-20

John D. Rockefeller, the worlds richest
man, and his brother William, many times
millionaire, stopped for the night recently ct
Saratoga Springs hotel They occupied COM
Portable rooms, but by no means the most ex-
pensive ones The expensive rooms were
probably occupied by persons in modest cir
cumstances putting up front to impress their
fellow guests and crafty their own vanity.
The Rockefeller habits of personal thrift have
led them in for lot of criticism by people who
would be much happier and better off in every
way if they had practced these themselves.