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Evening star., 1921-06-25

Jud Tunkins says he guesses the peo.
pie who used to give hypnotism enter
tainments have all switched off to the
study Of salesmanship.
Evening star., 1921-06-25
Creating Rivalry.

why did you quit quoting poetry IN
your speeches?"
Il found that ny eonstttuents went
home and resd up on the poefe instead
4og Swing upd1ssdsd &ttentiok to mo
Evening star., 1921-06-25

Wonder what the dear things put
over their pillows at night when
theyre too t3red to suno0mpleGton
thenaseives. - NoEx6IlE LEDGER Dis
Evening star., 1921-06-25

They call Italy the land Of the
bootleg, because Of it's shape, but look
at the shape we're in-Arkznsas Ca
Evening star., 1921-06-25

That Detroit man who shot his
wife through the ear couldn't have
seen what he was shooting at.-Nash-
Vile Banner.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
In Empty Sacks.

Postmaster General Hays has ordered the
shaking out of all old mail sacks He was
surprised by the information that an average
of so parcels of second, third and fourth class
mail and 20 letters are found daily in the
batch OF supposedly empty sacks sent to Wash
ington for repairs. He has, consequently, is
sued order that the pouches in repositories
at several large mailing points be Immediately
inspected to see if other mail has been lost
misunderstanding and confusion of various
sorts will be prevented by this measure and
by more careful supervision in other ways to
avoid the miscarriage of mail.
This department, while its imperfections
have been severely criticised, accomplishes a
great service economically and with very few
mistakes. The program that has been inaugu-
rated by Postmaster General Hays. and has
been called a "humanizing" program, intends
to do away with whatever defects especially
bureaucratic tendencies, found to exist
The shaking out of the mail sacks fits in with
such purpose. for it takes cognizance of the
fact that the least inef7ciency in a postal sys-
tenn bears intimate relation TO individuals
and very often. though not always promotes
results that are neither temporary nor
pleasant
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
illing Church Pews.
pleasant

At the northwest owa conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church, held last week.
at Storm Lake, DR. tits Lowe nayed brother
Pastors who dare tc use the motion picture
piachine in their chu-c!l4s He advocated only
tie use of the spoken word He declared that
the power of the pulpit needs no assistance
from the movies.
More people attea1 the movies than the
cnurches. That is 40 reflection on the puipit's
power. 1t is a reh.ctl the people. They
go where they wish ~ e.. = the number pc
ferring the movie s gr,1 AZ than the number
preferring the church there is reason TIE
church has definite goal. the redemption of
the world from sin 1t c:ln't save the world
when only a part of the worla listens
If DR.. Lowe had offered some suggestion
fcI filling the pews the movie seats are
filled his criticism might nave been worthy
OF greater consideration But, long as he
made no such suggestion the advice OF lay
man to the minisle would be to accept the
motion picture as tie greatest instrument for
good or evil exis.el II today, and to use it in
the church whenever possible.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
Why Do They Do 1t?

People Act II They Wanted to Be Killed"
is the title OF an article by Rex Stuart in the
American Magazine for September which
should be widely read. Mr.. Stuart made sew
eral trips in the cab of New York Central
locomotive to observe the reckessness with
which people face danger at railway tracks
The title sums up his observations. In 240
miles of travel he saw rs persons narrowly
escape injury through their foolhardiness-
pedestrians dashing under lowered gates and
across the tracks Immediately in front of the
.cnrushing trains, automohilists racing their
cars with the train and trying to beat il to a
crossing. passengers crowding to the edge of
station platforms and jumping on and off of
moving trains Mr.. Stuart declares that he
was appalled, by the indifference with which
people risk their lives
There is always time to take the safe course
AS matter of fact the greatest risks are
usually taken by those who are not in a
hurry. Mr.. Stuart tells of seeing three persons
dash under lowered gates and rush across
the right OF way Immediately in front of the
fast moving train, and then, when they reached
the other side, stopping to watch the train
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
Public Employment Service.

The United States Employment service was
abandoned within comparatively short time
after the war. Many social workers and far
sighted persons interested in preventing the
evils which follow Unemployment protested
against this policy, but general public and Of
fetal Indifference toward it proved stronger.
France established such service as a war
emergency IN 1915. 1t is now carrying on
more successfully than ever. There are Is
ofhces in Paris, with separate bureaus in a
number of smaller cities. There are also pro-
vincial ofices through which workers are
transferred from one section OF the country to
another
Immediately after the armistice. of course,
the work was heavy, because there were large
numbers of former soldiers to be placed. But
it has continued its usefulness to the present
and appears to be pretty well established as
a public agency. There is definite attempt
to demoralize the system, local bureau being
practically self-directing, with only few reg
ulatons from the central Office complied with
by all alike.
Even a strong public employment system
in this country could not have controlled the
conditions which brought about the now wan
ing business depression II seems more than
likely, however, that it could greatly have re-
Ieved the difficulties and would now facilitate
the restoration of lettering conditions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

pass BY. The action Of chicken upon the
highroad at the approach of automobile Is
an interesting study in the workings of the
animal mind in one of its forms But men.
supposed 10 have inherited high order OF in
teliigence and To be endowed with the faculty
OF reason, often make the fustered chicken ap-
pear as sage for wisdom in comparison when
it comes to behavior in the face of danger.
Mr.. Stuart emphasized a point which the
public often overlooks in considering the sub
ject OF which he writes That is the strain
upon the men in the engine cab. He was in a
position to make some nrst-hand observations,
and he doubtless came out of his experience
breathing a thankful sigh of relief that his
daily work did not take him through the nerve
racking experience of driving a train before
which people fairly threw themselves if
trying to commit suicide. world of material
has been presented to the public on the ques-
ton Of safety-in pictures, in lectures, in arti-
cles. and, most convincing of all, in stories
which darken the newspaper pages almost
daily. The men whose work brings them day
by day in contact with the results of foolish
rsking of life never cease to wonder at the
apparent lack of common animal intelligence
displayed by their fellow-men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
Faith Without Works.

am often asked whether EPSON
salts. lemon juice and vinegar
would reduce weight or take of
/ superfluous flesh from this or that
part of the palpitating, overnour-
/ ished human frame.
| Invariably | have answered no,
! with variations, in reply to these
queries. Many correspondents in
! corsets, massage and sweat baths
will reduce Stacker flesh. They will
not
A fat man is a peculiarly pa
tent, docile and non-irritable cFea-
ture. Complacently he watches the
growth of his corpulency and feels
the insidious shortening of his wind
and his life-yet rarely does he
get out and burn any of the excess
of, and still more rarely does he
cut down the allowance of fuel. Not
he. He isn't built that way. When
a man commences to grow fat, he
first feels a little proud of it. He
mistakes the rising paunch for a
badge of strength or vigor-he con-
fuses his belly with his chest, per-
haps from faulty eyesight- He keeps
on eating to the verge of apoplexy
and sitting tight-very tight indeed
Not until it is too late does he slow
ly come TO the realization that he
is a gone dog.
It is entirely different with the
stout woman. A woman begins
worrying about the loss of her fig
ure before there is any threat of
loss, so far as the expert eye
can perceive. Scores and scores of
women, yes, even married women,
(who, alas, no longer have the
sense we formerly conceded to
woman old enough to<sign herself
Mrs. have asked for advice on re-
duction when as matter Of fact,
below the ideal.
A great many obese women do,
however, place too much stress on
faith without works in this bust
ness of reduction. That accounts
for the questions about salts, cam
,phor. rubber tights. corsets. cucum-
Der rubs, and electric frying.
There are two possible ways TO
reduce abnormal flesh without in
jury and generally with actual ben
eft to the health of the subject,
and these are: Q-eating less and
(2)-exercising more. Yea, there
are three ways for a few unfor-
tunate victims OF glandular insult
fciency, the third being glandular
therapy, that is, the administration
of appropriate glandular extracts
or hormones incidentally by the pa
tents own physician-there is no
other safe way in which this third
method may be employed
The fear of hunger or starvation
is so deep rooted in the human mind
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

The federal government is to investigate
the Ku Klux Khan. and if it is found to en-
brace the vicious features claimed by those
excluded from its membership doubtless it
will in due course of time be disbanded In
the meantime others who imagine that it be-
hooves them to proceed against the organ
ization in various ways to accomplish its dis
Indignation might stop worrying and permit the
law to take its course There is place un-
der the stars and stripes for outfit such as
the Ku Klux Khan is said to be, and therefore
the United States government may be trusted
to make short work of it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
MANY TEACHERS
FURNISHED BY
STATE COLLEGE,

DeKalb, I1l.-Illinois is yoin -
have greater abundance of $500
teachers to draw from for its 49,
judging by attendance expecta 49,
at the Northern Illinois S+ats
Teachers college here. Omciais
announce they anticipate at On nas
cent increase over last year pe
The enrolment for 1920 stoo5 =.
475-70 men and 4O5 women ~
college looks for 81 men ana as
women this fall. Their distribu'
ton is expected to be this normal
school. 40; college, 40; birh
school. SO.
This years faculty numbers 5o
II men and SO women. Four new
teachers have been added.
To meet its new demands tba
college has a 81 per cent increase
in its budget, which has been ex-
tended from $143.495 to 5000 .3es
Four year degree courses in
household arts, manual arts, music
and drawing have been established
this Yaar
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
Better Be Stirring.

Both the sister cities Moline and Daven-
port, are in a fair way to far excel Rock Island
in the matter of notable building operations,
the coming season, unless Rock Island strs
some.
Moline is assured big metropolitan hotel
and handsome new theatre close by, added
to which is the long deferred promise of the
Rock Island lines to build its new passenger
station.
Davenport is to have a union railroad depot
its splendid river front, through the enter
prise OF the Milwaukee and Burlington roads.
The project will involve an expenditure of
100000. and will include the lowering of the
tracks at the foot of lie Claire street on the
approach of the Rock Island bridge, to the
space on the newly made levee under the first
span of the bridge. from the Iowa side
Davenport the past season built metropoI-
itan theatre in the kahl building and added
four stories to their Blackhawk hotel Roc,
Island. through the public spirit of Walter A
Eosenfeid, matched the theatre proposition by
erecting the Fort Armstrong in Rock Island,
than which there is none more beautiful or up
to date.
The coming year Rock Island hopes to see
a new freprdof, strictly modern hotel and a
high school that will be the last word in edu-
cational architecture and accommodations
Moline and Davenport already have attractive
high school structures, so that to keep any
kind OF pace with those cities Rock Island must
not only bring her proposed high school to
realization but must also see to it that the
hotel goes through without fail.
Rock Island had better be stirring in both
undertakings, or she will be found irretriev-
ably distant from both her rivals in the essen
tiaI things that distinguish wideawake cities
in the eyes of the world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
INDUSTRY
BE BERTON BRALEY.

l love to work; except when summers here
And there's a dull, lethargic atmosphere.
And we'll of course, when summer turns
to fall
The hunting fever holds me in its thrall
And / don't get much labor done, I fear.
Winter I find when it is cold and clear,
Brings many sports and pleasures hold dear,
It's not time. when, take it all in all
/ love to work.
Spring, when the buds and blossoms first
appear
And songs of little brides soothe the ear,
Makes life seem dull within an ONCE wall;
And so loaf in answer to its call
But, save for these four seasons of the year,
love to work.
Copyright, 1921, by Newspaper Enterprise.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
The Daily Short Story

We were planning to be married
next month, anyhow"
And for the hundredth or per
haps the thousandth time, Gene
We've answered, IL can't, Lyman,
just can't"
Lyman changed his tactics and
resorted to coaxing. Come, Gene
We've, please tell me what is troub-
ling my pretty curly-headed girl.
Genevieve WINGED, I'm not"
Not WHAT" asked Lyman.
Not what you think l am" an
swered Genevieve.
Lyman looked puzzled and then
laughed, What are you then
sweetheart"
Genevieye shook her head with 8
decided negative, but did not answer
MS question.
How soon will you marry me if
give up the trip"
Genevieve counted on her finger,
"A week from Thursday. Oh. Ly-
man, will you? Can you?
But Lyman, too, was counting on
his fingers. Aha" he detected, i
have clew. Thursday. Pay day.
Money!"
He pulled out his purse. well,
how much"
But Genevieve refused. u
couldn't take your money We
aren't married"
Very easy" remedied Lyman.
Wen get married now and I'll give
you the money"
When Genevieve refused, Lyman
lost his patience and left her. The
outsider would probably have been
losing his patience, too, by this time
ana be relieved to see GenevieYe
sneddlng tears, which is a sure sign
mat a woman is about to tell what
Is troubling her.
Sne called to Lyman and he turn
60 10 her roughly: Look here,
GeneV1eve. you're going to tell me
TINS minute why you want that
Genevieve crumpled- into a pa
thetlc little heap beside him and
gulped her explanation.
It's Tor a -p-permanent wave. 7
know you would divorce me if you
saw my hair en- c-c-curlers"
Lyman's relieved laupb ran,
through the Common. but IF tn. a.,
slder had been there he wonI,
probably have strolled away sav-
ing disgustedly: "Aren't say
fools?" girls
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
ARE THEY7
By Margaret McConkey.
Copyright, 1921, by The WheeIe

! (Copyr1ght, 192l, by The wheeler
! Syndicate, Inc.)
The Office was alive with noises
A messenger whistIed, typewriters
clicked, an adding machine buzzed
| a multigraph thumped. 1t would
seem to a mere outsider that amid
! all this speed and activity there
! would be no room for anyone SO
/ distracting as Dame Gossip or no
time to listen to her stories in case
| she could force her way in.
Yet if this outsider had super
natural years, he might have heard
one stenographer buzzing to an
other, And just before he has to
leave for South America! What a
| shamei" Or, if his powers of OBJ
servation had been acute, he might
have noticed that the messenger
| had stopped whistling long enough
TO listen to a new development in
| the story, such as He has been
working for six months for his ap-
pointment so that they could go to
South America for their honey
moon" If mind reader, he might
perhaps have noted a pang of envy
! flashing through the mind of a
plain-looking stenographer in an OBJ
scure corner of the room. Perhaps
she was thinking. ANY girl with a
bunch of curls and baby-vampire
eyes can treat a man as she
pleases."
His curiosity as to the victims of
these little snatches of gossip might
have induced the outsider to go to
the root of the trouble. II so, his
Investigations would eventually
have led him to a dilapidated old
boarding house, the home of one
Genevieve West.
A small, blue-eyed girl sat in
front of a mirror deity pinning
some curls back in shining waves
over a large protruding ear. Hav-
ing accomplished this to her private
satisfaction she turned her head,
carefully avoiding a prominent flaw
in the mirror, and proceeded to
cover up the other ear, equally
large and equally protruding.
Three floors below in the board
ing house parlor sat Lyman McCui-
Tough, a clean-cup young Scotch
man, characterized mainly by =
rather square jaw, but with pleas
ing face for all that. His Scotch
Jaw for once was serving him well
for, in a position where most men
would have given up in despair, he
was able to hold on with a stubborn
persistence which would excite
envy from the most tenacious bull
dogs.
Curiosity well aroused now, the
outsider would probably have fol-
lowed the couple as they strolled
through the Boston Common, and
he might even have eavesdropped a
little to their conversation as they
sat on a bench beneath the shelter
ing shade of large tree.
Lyman was arguing, "Genevieve,
if you love me as you say you do,
you will marry me tomorrow and
go to South America"
While Genevieve was persisting
with much determination, You
know l love you. Lyman, but can't
marry you tomorrow. / can't"
FalteTingly she added, I'll wait
for you"
Lyman exploded, wait for me.
Why do you suppose I took this
position: For the privilege of trav-
cling alone"
Calming down a little, he asked
her patiently for the hundredth or
perhaps the thousandth time, why.
why can't Tou marry ma tomorrow?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
Strange Working of Fate.

ONE is pleased to meet old friends hnt
meeting old acquaintance has its drawbacks
trlnstance, looking over The Argus severaI
days ago we ran across present Incumbeft"
the pathological twin Of consensus of oDinion-'
THIS COMPELS OUR COMPLETE
ADMIRATION.
From Rigs Pillar.l
Paper-SheH Pecans
vi
She Is hfty-nve, thoroughly strict, ccnscien
uous. and competent business woman who
has made fortune for herself Whenever sbe
shows signs of meandering into nv Ih-o Sno
however, hastily deshelf Ceorge No.
Pierre Louys, only a LAD, and like Gtar
ature-f you get what I mean Once 7 ~.
away. She and two elderly spinster f-ionSs
came in. The spinsters were out Of raadina
matter. At random this lady (sha sc.-aais
knows that authors beside Zane Grav go -
B. Wright EXIST selected "MadenoiseI,a NJ. n
pin" Madame Bovary', and "Manon Iasoa,e,,,
expatiating volubly upon their merits S-
pose she thought the Borzoi binding IooLsd
decorous. The two spinsters who are 81
as strict as the female who WOULDN'T cross +hs
potato patch. took the volumes. NeTt ponr,; tn
all three books were returned. Now the Isd;as
40 not speAA PERSIPHAE
WILL Rig tell Persiphae tina, uho, -.
fcient number of pecans have been 80. sur
should like TO see them all messy peHeu we
meaty little volume? INTO
MICE to Teach How to Dirs,. c.
Humsns"-The Trib oex OF
They've already taught the g !, 81
to climb atop the table and scream lar sex
R E NC
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05

@. What is the longest road in
the world? w. D
A. The Lincoln Highway is said
to be the longest road in the world.
1t connects IL states, and is laid
out betw cen New York and San
Francisco, in as direct line as
possible consistent with the topo-
praphy of the country. Its length
is about 1884 miles.
@. What kird of home is a
Union" in England? j. W. P.
A. A very common term for a
workhouse in England is THE
Union"
Q. When should seed corn be
selected? D. II. L
A. The department, of agricul-
ture says that seed corn should be
selected in September. This
should be done while the corn is
standing in the field.
Q. How many cities'in the Unit
ed States have a population CT more
than 100000.
A The census bureau says there
are 6S cities in the United States
naEfng a population of over 100,-
g. OF what materials are most of
the buildings IN London made?
p L. l..
a Al parts of London are alike
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05


Washington. d. c. Give fuli name and
eturn postage 30 brief All inquiries ar
IN each individual. NO attention viii b.
IN the fact that most of the build
ings are made of brick. There are
no quarries nearby, so the stone
for the liner buildings must be
brought FROM distance. The
smoke-laden London fog blackens
the entire city although the west
end suffers least in this respect.
Q. What was the fate of the man
who betrayed Edith CavelI?
A Georges CASTOR QUEEN was
sentenced to 20 years Imprisonment
on January 80, 1920. charged with
having communicated with the
enemy
Q. What president said tia. he
paid for his education by selling
wheat and hogs? u. n n.
A Benjamin Harrison said. 81
have not great learning, but whit
little l have acquired was paid for
frem the proceeds of some wheat
and hogs"
G. Why are people from Nora
Scotia called blue noses? r. C. s,
A. Some authorities attribute the
name blue nose given to an inhab-
liant OF Nova Scotia to the effect
of the rigorous climate upon this
feature, while others say that it ts
taken from a potato, OF that name.
which is produced in Nova Scoti--
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Orick Action as in Stories.


Quick Action as in Stories.
have a boy years old who had
always seemed to have good heaitn
until two months ago, when he De
veloped what the doctor called
acute Brights disease, He seems
to be progr essing very slowly, and
feel as though l had given TINS
doctor enough time-the doctor has
insisted on keeping him off his feet
all this time, and has kept him on
diet of vegetables and little salt
o. o.
Answer-If the boy RECEIVERS m
from four to 10 months you should
be grateful. From what you say |
fancy your doctor is giving the best
of treatment II you imagine any
doctor has a medicinal cure OF 9TH
err specific cure for acute Bright S
disease YOU are laboring under a
misapprehension.
Sixteen.
I am Is years old, five feet two
inches tall, and weigh 199 pounds.
Isn't that awful? Please tell me how
to reduce.-Doris R.
Answer-Write me again three
years from now and I'll tell you.
child, but / can't give you such ad-
vice at your age. Five feet, two
inches tall, and 129 pounds weight
isn't really SO awful
Sex Hygiene.
Please send me one of your pre-
pared pamphlets on sex hygiene
NJ F. J.
Answer-You should inclose a
stamped envelope addressed to
yourself. mention your age, indi-
cate your sex, by properly signing
your name, and if under Is obtain
your parents approval, for l do not
care to send such information to
children under Is unless by re-
quest of a parent.
Quick Cathartic-
Advise me, please, as to quick
cathartic for a boy Of seven in case
of an upset stomach.-Airs. R S.
Answer-Save this one, feilers.
against a rainy day. A bottle of
solution of magnesium citrate on
the ice. Give one wineglassful or
about two ounces. every two hours,
cold. This solution is an agreeable
one to take and not likely to pro-
duce nausea A whole bottle is not
too much to give, if necessary, to
adult or child.