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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30
X JUNIOR COOK
PEACH COBBLER

EEaNh NO0oLEn
Put y Of can OF peaches into Q
baking dish.
Sift together
cupful Of -four.
u teaspoonful salt.
] teaspoonful baking powder.
With the fingers, work in 1 table.
spoonful fat.
With a fork, fold in u cupful Of
milk.
This should make soft dough. Add
. bit more milk II the dough Is stiff.
Drop small Jumps from q spoon
onto the tops OF the peaches. There
should be eight or ten small Jumps.
Bake in 4 quick oven for about Is
minutes or till cobbler Is Drowned.
Serve hot with cream and sugar.
II any cobbler is left over it can be
packed in an aluminium cup for the
school lunch as it is very good cold.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

across the first side Of Jimmy Tom
Tiger-only he didn't know that. He
didn't know it and he wouldn't have
he pressed close against the bars and
looked in the opposite direction. Tim
my Tom Tiger SAW the First Man and
the First Man saw Jimmy Tom Tiger
and they were both so frightened
that they howled at the top OF their
lungs! Off for the jungle dashed
Jimmy Tom Tiger. with beautiful
stripes all across both sides-only he
didn't know THAT, either-roaring As
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30
The Monthly Birthday Book

MAY
l, 1s72-Joseph Addison.
,. 177s-John Gait. Novelist.
;. l4ss-Nicholas Michiavelli, states
Z. 17So-John James Audubon, Nat
uralist.
5. 4S2-Emperor Justin!an.
s. 1T5S-AndreA Massena, French
General.
I. 1Sl2-Robert Browning,
3. 1S2S-Gottschalk. Composer.
>. 1Sso-James NJ. Barrie.
10, 1S2S-John Sherman. Statesman.
II. iS34-Gerome. Painter.
IL. 1S42-Massenet, Composer.
IL. 17l7-Empress Maria Theresa.
II. 1771-Robert Owen. Reformer.
Is. 1820-Florence Nightingale. Nurse
Is. 1s41--Sir Dudley North. Traveller.
II. 174s-Dr. Jenner. discovsrer OF
vaccination.
To-
-, 17s5-John Wilson. Poet
20. 17s3-Balzac, Writer.
81. 16sS-Alexander Pope, Writer.
-. ls13-Richard Wagner. Poet.
Composer.
-. 17ss-Tom Hood, Poet.
-. 1sls-victoria, Late Queen OF
England.
IS. 1s03-Ralph Waldo Emerson. Es-
sayist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

by Cat, and he was the sweetest, gen.
tlest, most harmless old thing you
ever knew.
All the other animal folks used to
send for him to stay with the children
when they went out on prowling par
ties O. nights, and nobody ever in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30
TIMMY TOM TIGER REFORMS

nNCE Jimmy Tom Tiger didn't
have a single solitary stripe. No
sir! What's more. Jimmy Tom
" Tiger didn't have a single growl
or howl or roar In his disposition. His
coat was so plain that he looked like
nothing more than an overgrown Tab
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

he strobe straight out from the bed
clothes and the front door into tho
night. He prowled and he prowled
and he prowled until he came to the
First Mans House in the Jungle. Now
the First Man hadn't been living in
the world SO very long and. of course,
he hadn't made friends with the AMI
NAL Folks yet. He was afraid Of
them. And the Animal Folks hadn't
been living in the world so very long,
and they hadn't made friends with the
First Man yet. They were afraid Of
him. But the First Man didn't know
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

objects are OF the same weight.
The base is Il" x 81 y" and is
shown with the ends cut square al
though they might be cut round to
conform to the shape of pans. An
other change might be made by
chamfering the upper edges of the
base
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

u OW comes the time Of the year
when the gardener may begin to
think of planting the little flower
u = plot. Scotch Pinks, Sweetwil-
liams, Hollyhocks, Canterbury Bells.
Everlasting Peas, and Larkspur make
a very pretty variety in the garden
and can be sown advantageously at
this time. Watch the growth of the.
plants carefully and wherever needed
put a stake in the ground and tie the
plant to it so that it will grow straight
and tall. Be careful too, about tying
the plant: where there are many
stems, several stakes will be better
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

- HE accompanying drawing shows
the construction and dimensions
for making a handy pair of bal
~ ance scales. Scales Of this sort
might be used in Weighing out chem
icals by the amateur photographer.
by tho little folks in playing store or
any one desiring to know If two small
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-30

IS. fS49-Herkomer. Artist.
%. 1S19-Julia Ward Howe, Author.
IS. 177s--Thomas Moore. Poet.
20. 17s6-Patrick Henry. Statesman.
so. 1672-Peter the Great OF Russia.
81, 1756-Dr. James Currie, Writer.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
HUM ANS MS
William Atherton Du Puy-

When the American Society of International
Law, of which Elihu Root IL president, held Its
nrst convention for eight years In Washington q
few weeks ago. the consensus of opinion
that mean and malevolcnt state of mind that
is worldwide had grown out of the war. Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler, OF Columbia University.
seemed to express the feeling of the gathering
when he said:
'"There is safety only In travelling at the rate
with which opinion can keep pace, and we have
been exceeding the speed limit"
Congressman John j. Kindred. who comes to
Congress from a district on Long Island, is doc
tor and originated down the line between
North Carolina and Virginia
He admits that the American Medical Asso-
citation has gone record saying that the
profession could get along perfectly well with
out prescribing liquor of any sort But he re-
members his first patient and how he saved him.
The ,nrst patient was old negro man who
slept in a loft over a crude cabin and had no.
body to look after him. Kindred was both doc
tor and The mans fever was raging
This meant that 1t was burning up the tissue
of his body. Kindred administered copious
.draughts Of whisky on the theory of providing
substitute fuel In the form OF alcohol. He watch
ed for results in the loft at in the morning.
Suddenly tho fever began to disappear. 1t went
three degrees below normal The young doctor
such the effects OF the whiskey that the
negro laughed mt his fears, was hilarious in the
face of death, enjoyed his jag as did the best of
them in those days when put poison In their
mouths to make them happy and foolish
And he got well.
Roscoe c. Mitchell, recently special agent OF
the shipping hoard in Europe was a newspsper-
man back in 1914 and went to Vera Cruz to write
Of the American occupation.
He had office and Richard Harding Davis,
the dolar-a-word war correspondent, came in
one day and borrowed his typewriter that he
might write an expensive article for his mag
azine.
Z He finished the Job. mailed the article and put
a carbon of IT in pigeonholo, saying thsS he
would return for II later
About that time reporter named
Monte Casey rushed In He had Just arrived
and wanted Mitchell to tell him everything that
had happened Mitchell busy, so, he gave
him Davis carbon TO read and went on writing
dispatches Casey got the impression that he
might use this "black sheet in his paper IL he
chose.
A week later Davis got cable which said
that his magazine had just received his excellent
story but, unfortunately, the newspapers had al
ready printed 1t under the signature of one
Monte Casey.
Copyright 1871. by Public Ledger Co.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
Money Enough for Navy
IF We Stop Foreign Loans.

terest on these billions, until new
debt which, of course, is a new loan
-of approximately three-quarters OF
billion has been created.
And now we continue to let this
interest run along without demand
for payment, thus loaning an addi-
tional million dollars every day.
And this million dollars day will
be used to build great French
navy and to increase the already
enormous English navy at our cost.
The Congress sits mum while this
goes on, but when it is proposed to
spend a million dollars a day in
strengthening our Navy, there are
plenty of jackasses in both Houses
to spring to their feet, erect their
tall ears and bray their opposition
to such "waste" of public money.
Not tall ear in the whole herd
even so much as quivers, not hee-
haw is heard, as a million dollars a
day drops steadily into English ana
French hands, to be spent in build
ing navies to overmatch our Navy.
But the whole chorus hee-haws in
unison when it is proposed to spend
a million dollars day upon build
ing an American Navy which these
foreigners cannot overmatch.
They hee-haw that we have not the
money to build warships of our own.
But we have the money, it seems,
to give England to build up her
navy, and France to add to her
enormous navy, and we would have
money enough-to build up our own
Navy if we would make these for
eign nations pay their debts to us
or at least the interest on their debts,
and stop lending them a million
dollars a day.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
What Is q
Girl WORTH?

~ Uh DrlgnI young correspondent
in Boston telegraphs that 104
girls with total capital value
of $2,500,000 were graduated from
Radcliffe College this year.
"The demon for Statistics" he
adds, "said that the capital value
of the class should be based on the
actual earning capacity of its mem
bers which, she figures, is ST 200 per
girl"
The demon for statistics, somehow
or other, always spills the beans.
Why select capital value or an
earning value rather than an I'M
trinsic valuef Surely a girl has a
value entirely Independent of how
much she possesses or how much
she can earn. She is an asset all in
herself. Why bother with statisticsi
If she be just plain, normal,
healthy American girl she ought to
be assessed at $1,O0O,0O0 to start
with. Should she happen to be
clever and good-looking, you can,
easily add another million and never
worry that you have ''overpriced"
the commodity. If, in addition to
these qualities, she should be raw
ing beauty who did not smoke,
talked good English, had no mission
to elevate the race, was willing to
marry decent working chap, have
children and devote her life to them
tut, man! She's worth the Ger
man debt-in cash! :.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

Z AYEWS comes from Paris that the
IN French government has decided
to spend $283,0O0,OOO in build
ing sixty new warships this year.
At the same time the new naval
estimates of England provide for an
expenditure larger than that of
France for additional warships.
These naval increases are made for
no other purpose than to outrank our
navy in ships and guns-to maintain
sea armaments which might be at
any time united against us.
And the preposterous thing is that
we are providing England and
France with the money to build these
very warships which are intended to
overmatch our warships.
We are actually lending England
and France over a million dollars a
day for that very purpose.
We are lending them a million
dollars day when we do not collect
the million dollars a day which they
owe us in daily interest.
We are lending them a million
dollars day to keep up militarism
and navalism, with all their ugly
and disastrous consequences to us.
The thing is so utterly foolish that
it is hard to believe it. But it is
true.
First we taxed ourselves to lend
these foreign governments ten thou
sand million dollars-for which
amazing sum we have no real Sc
curity, no treasury notes, no bonds
nothing but the Acknowledgements of
their ambassadors, mere scraps of
paper, worth nothing at all if re-
pudiated, and neither negotiable nor
able to be listed on the exchanges.
Then we politely deferred the in
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
FINNISH COLONY.

Oscar Tokoi, forme erly
premier OF Finland, and
leader of a band of political
exiles. has settled on a farm
at North Temiskamins. IN
the Province of Ontario. Can
ada. He is accompanied by
thirty-nine fellow exiles.
who have been banished from
their native country. Tokoi.
who was president of the
Finnish parliament at the
time OF Kerensky's rule in
Russia, was deposed as a re-
suit OF the revolution and
became a political exil,.
These men have formed a
little colony Of their own y
North Temiskaming, having
been sent TO Canada and pro-
vided with farms by the
British gsvsrnmsnt
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
We TOWNE GOSSIP
Rssistsrsd u. g Patent once
BY X. c. B.

Dear X. C. B.-Every day i read 'Ys
Towne Gossip" and it is one of my greatest
pleasures. Some days it is much funnier
than others, and today it's about cranky
man who went to Luna Park with his wife,
and because he was so dignifed he wouldn't
60 in the tub or the ticker or anything.
You said he went to see the babies in the
incubator, but, dear X. C. B., you didn't tell
us anything about the incubator babies, and
/ can't go to see them. The doctor says /
must lie in bed, though I have been in
bed for four months. He says / have
"murmur," but now il is almost gone he
says. So / cannot write, but my nurse is
writing for me and I will sign it.
! am little girl, ten years old, with red
hair, freckled face and not pretty. Thank
ing you, GERTRUDE KREBS,
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
Stars and Stripes
- UR bright young correspondent
in Boston telegraphs that 104
girls with a total capital yalua

That a man is old does not always mean
that he is the most experienced; he has
merely lasted long on the earth
He that would court Fame must let his
deeds speak for him.
Greed is the unhealthy appetite that
comes from overindulgence.
Reflection is the factory in which we turn
the raw material of experience into wisdom.
When we fail to find domestic happiness
we pay heavy tariff on that which we get
abroad. ~.
As little thieves sneak into a house To
make way for their bigger mates, SO crimex
have way Of sending small vices before.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
With Reference
To GOmpers
IN HE Hearst newspapers are for

IN HE Hearst newspapers are for
labor when labor is right and
against labor when labor is
wrong; just as they are for capital
when capital is right and against
capital when capital is wrong.
Hence, of course, they are glad to
deserve the criticism of Mr.. Gompers
because of late he has been per-
sistently wrong. Wrong in speech,
wrong in action, wrong in sentiment.
What else could be expected of a
British-born blatherskite at the head
of an American labor movementf
The American Federation of Labor
needs an American leadership.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
Why Sales
Tax Is Needed
TN 1920, of its $6,7O0,OOO,000 re-
ceipts the Government collected

TN l92O, or It's $b, ,iUU,OUO,UOo re-
ceipts the Government collected
= roundly $4,OOO,OO0,OOO through
income and excess profits taxes and
only $323, ,536,559 through customs.
! Since then incomes, profits and
duty bearing imports have all shrunk
while expenses have continued and
threaten to stay high.
Instead of paying IS per cent in
Iincome taxes, men with big sur
itxable incomes prefer to invest in
ftax-exempt securities. The amount
thus invested is estimated at sixteen
thousand millions.
So that, when business revives, it
will not necessarily bring increased
revenue through the higher reaches
of the income tax. Wealthy citizens
who dodge now will continue to
dodge.
1t is conservative to say that in
come and profits taxes for the fiscal
year ending with this June will fall
more than thousand million dollars
below the expectations of year ago.
How is this great gap in the reve
nues to be bridgedi
The alternative to an economy
which all promise, but few perform,
is different method of taxation.
Only one feasible proposal of a
different method of taxation has
been advanced thus far. 1t is the
sales tax.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
jamaican Vanilla.

According to experiments recently performed
in London the Island OF Jamaica may become a
new source OF supply for vanilla flavorins ex-
tract. II has been found that the leaves of the
wild pimento tree which grows on the island
yield a high percentage of eugenol, from which
vanIllin or crude vanilla. may be obtained says
Popular Mechanics Magazine. The discovery Ia
valuable economically as wen commercially
Inasmuch as iso-euEenol. the halfway product
between eueenol and yaniliin. may be made Sy
merely fsrmenting the pimsnto leaves
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
Mr.. B. Baer
LITTLE INCIDENTS IN
busy LIFE.

Tom Edison has declared
an armistice on questions
during hot weather, Ad Sims
got wonderful reception on
escape from England. where
folks drop their HIS. Simmy
dropped whole swizzled al
phabet.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

Temperature Thursday was
% in the shade and just as
cool In sun. Palm Bsach
suits made their frst appear
ance. wrinkled as society
woman's face and fitting
like high hat on doorknob.
Ever stop to think how many
letter carriers wives will be
suing for divorce when lady
Congressman take advantage
OF laundry franking privil-
eyer
Senate has wired Colonel
Harvey to open his mouth
only while eating. Same
day. last year. clear and
cold.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

American polo players
bring another useless cup
back TO land OF bribes and
hokum of the free. Presi-
dent of Prudential answers
questions like Rock of Glib
raltar.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25
Tea Party.

Annapolis, Md, had a tea incident which TO the
citizens of that town was just as significant as
the Boston tea party. In the summer OF I774 the
brieantine Peggy Stewart came into port loaded
with tea, and the residents regarded ~ as an
insult and held indignation meeting. Ths
owners became alarmed at the attitude OF the
residents, and in order 10 square themselves with
the people and to escape the possibility Of vio-
lence at their hands, directed that the tee and
vessel be burned. which was done a.s. .t..
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

King George visited Ire
land against Doctors orders
Photograph taken In Belfast
shows him either bowing to
his friends or ducking his
enemies. Can't tell which.
Maybe both.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

Wall street bulls and bears
continue 70 battle each other.
Bull Is man who sells you
a moose on the hoof. Bear
Is a gent who sells you a
wildcat in a hole. Try and
collect.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

President Harding states
that deaf and dumbness will
be no alibi for exemption
next war. Use those boys
for admirals.
The Washington times., 1921-06-25

over zoe out Of 800 Prince
ton seniors life ambition Is
to be cabin-boy on yacht
Modesty.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-12
INVESTIGATING RUSSIA.

Soviet Russia has been making frantic efforts to have that government recog- nized by others and in lieu of that to have trade relations established between Russia and other countries. Favorable results have been obtained in certain in- stances regarding trade. Many countries are trading with Russia now regardless of an understanding. The United States has no such agreement and yet much business is being done with Russia by this government assuming responsibility In connection herewith, the shippers talk ing the whole responsibility.
 But while soviet Russia claims to be desirous of peace and to have reformed to the extent that it does not stand for a world revolution and is willing that the help of capitalistic countries should be extended in order to better the conditions within the country, it is an interesting statement which is made by Max Litvi- nov that America does not want to know the truth and it is therefore useless to send American newspaper correspond ents to Moscow.
 If Russia or Moscow or Litvinov was half as anxious to reveal the conditions which have prevailed in Russia and which prevail there today as America i: 70 know about them there would be nc hesitancy in paving the way for a fuf and free investigation. Instead of bar ring the adrittance of such investiga tors the country that feels that way ought to bs inviting them and then do
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-12

ing it's best to present the facts as they are without distortion or restriction.
 Located as he is at Reval where he says who shall be permitted to pass inte Russia and who shall be deharred, Lit yinoy fails te make any impression favor able to his country by any such asser- ten. It seems to be clearly indicated that he grants admission for those who are inclined to give the view of Russia that he approves and excludes those who cannot be controlled Under such conditions it can be appreciated that these who seek the truth are most cer- tain to find their way into Russia blocked and their search and Inquiry limited or restrained.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-12

frankly with our friends what the fu- ture should be. The only point that remains to be settled is who is to make the first move; to initiate the discus sion. Still, we are not disposed to stand upon ceremony in this or in any other matter. We welcome the hint which has been thrown out by Presi- dent Harding, and it will continue to be met with the most cordial and help ful response here.
 The krasSin Agreement.-The most interesting feature in the text of the Russian Trade Agreement is that it captivity contemplates the conclusion of formal general Peace Treaty be- tween the two Governments, to which the present Agreement is a prelimin- ary. This is stated not only in the preamble, but in several of the arti- cles, and also in an important sup plementary declaration.
 Piano Playing at 1o3-Miss Agnes Gooding Reader, of Ashford, Kent, has celebrated her 103rd birthday. She is in good health, eats her meals with relish, can read without glasses and signs her own cheques. Most of her time is spent in a room overlooking her garden, and containing
 her piano, which she plays with much 1 skill.
 The Tax on cigars.-Last years duty
 on imported cigars-50 per cent. a6 valorem-has not been a success from the revenue point of view, because il
 has killed imports. In the last sis months of 1920 the number which
 came in was 2,00o, 900, whereas for the
 same period of 1919 the number had
 been 46,000, 900. As far, therefore, a, concerns the revenue, there is a cleai case for reducing the duty in order tS increase the yield.
 Is the Tank to be Scrapped ?-Gen eral Townshend's most sensationa l criticism was directed against tn Tank. After Sir Laming Worthington
 Evans's eulogy of this mechanical pro
 duct of the war, the House felt
 shock when the hero of Kut declare
 that he had recently attended a meet ing in Paris of distinguished militar
 men, whose opinion was that the da of the Tank was past, on the groun that the Germans had found it's anti
 dote in the shape of small land mines Tt is all very well in Civil war c in open desert; but don't rely on you Tanks in Germany today" he said.- London Chronicle,