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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
For tho Medicine Cupboard.

Please inform me what the name
! of the ointment is that you recon-
mended for the emergency or first
a i'll kit and for the household medI-
cine cupboard-it is fine for little
| burns, abrRsions. insect bites and
! sunburn. We used it at camp all
! last summer. but we've lost the
name or formula. MISS E. c. c.
Answer-Boric acid.
Zinc stearate.
Zinc oxide, of each, 1 dram.
Eucalyptol, 5 drops.
Oil rosemary, 5 drops.
Lanolin, 6 drains.
Petroleum, to make 2 ounces.
Preferably dispensed in one ounce
collapsible tubes, because that is
cleaner and more economical way
than ointment in jars or boxes.
Old Fogy Insurance Company.
A woman, aged so, in the best
of health, actively enga ged in bust
ness, is past the climacteric. She
recently applied for an insurance
policy and was rejected fby a
health and accident company on
the ground that it would be too
hazardous to take a woman of that
age. Yet the same company &C
cepts men older than she, men who
have and still do dissipate Why
is woman of her age not so good
a risk as a man? G.. e. NJ.
AnSwer-She is.
Green Stains on Teeth.
A drop or two OF tincture OF
iodine On the wet brush will ordi-
narily remove green stains. Any
remaining dark stain may be re-
moved with drop or two of aro-
matte spirits OF ammonia on the
wet brush. And this in turn may
be followed with a brushing with a
teaspoonful of peroxide in an ounce
or so of water. All this may be
repeated twice weekly, if neces-
sary.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

! ed and sold to England for India.
! A According TO the 1921 report
! Of the secretary Of the treasury
| which has just been issued, silver
purchased under the terms Of ne
Pittmau act, approved April .,
1918, have reached a total OF ap-
proximately S0.Gj0000 ounces up
to November !. 1921, leaving about
128,000, coo ounces yet to be acquT-
ed to replace the silver dollars
melted unde rthe terms of the acl-
Q. What is best to use for rural
fires before Il fire department can
reach them? J. p u.
A. For rural fires, when there Is
a decided headway before the IRE
apparatus can reach them. there is
nothing so good as water thrown
by a powerful pump All fire eA-
tinguishing substances act by VIZ
tue Of their pr0gcGtg Of excluding
air from the fire. This is the o1lE
thing that makes water put out
fire, and the gas blanket torme1 by
the clSmical eXtinguishers. are eL-
fect3ye' fer the same reason WLe-s
the fire is in 4 confined location
O. What is the French name i7z
canned goose liver and LoW arr
the livers spared? c. Pc.
A. FOie GTas is the French name
for goose liver. One of the mos.
famous industries OF Toulouse
France, is the scientific fa-Jea!as
OF geese fOr the eul@rge meat o-
their Iivers. The birds ere KEEP.
in special cOOps which preFeh-
their taking exercise anu are leu
TO the limit of their capacity. roe
Gras is imported in jas OF tins III
four forms -FOle Gras au Nature
Pate de Fore Gras, Rurie de fois
Gras and Saucisson de Fol Gras'
@. Why are the boots Of . cav
alryman turned backward when a.
tached TO the saddle Of his horse HI
the funeral procession L y J.
A. This custom has come 10 l7
from other countries aud the sig
nificance of it is that the o"ne'
has ended his march"
Q. How is the length Of step
determined? Il w
A. To ascertain the distance Gov.
cred in a step or stride, measure
from heel to heel or toe 10 toy
the pace IS estimator q
2.5 feet; brt in measuring dis'aL.s5
b. Stepping the pace is ezteA-,sa
to three feet tone ya-d) Or 10 90
feet (one-ffth of a rod mt
@. Who was nicknamed ~
Bobbin boy?
A. This nickname was given ~
General Nathaniel P. Banks
AfassaI husetts. an tMeG!aaa 50
iier and politician. because I'll 'a
.act that he worked in factory a.
young man.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
GET NEWS FROM
EIFFEL TOWER.
OVER WIRELESS

Parls.-A wireless telephone
news service will soon be djstrib-
uted from the EiffeI tower in paris
TIE news will consist of important
financial and political events in
France and throughout the world
the news from foreign countries
peing picked up by government
wireless.
1t will be possible for banks and
newspapers with receiving stations
to receive this official news service
free. Announcement OF this has
been made by General Ferrie, chief
of the French military wireless
service. He adds that he homes
soon to arrange for wireless tele-
phone service between Paris and
London so that any Paris subscrib-
er can talk with person in Lon
don By way Of the Eiffel tower.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

- The only disturbing incident OF the arrival
: of Eugene V. Debs in Washington yesterday
was the presentation to the Socialist leader OF
- basket of fruit He passed it to a newspaper
man and the latter is reported to have de-
-olined it with thanks. Is it possible that the
fruit was loaded?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
'Uhr Unnthstnnp
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
| DILL CARE.
| wHo ptsrSTERs THE UNLovED cUss
BEWARE!
A WHITE PIGEON.

A WHITE PIGEON.
What bizarre whim
OF Fate
Has cast you
Into this maelstrom
Called a city?
You -.
The symbol of peace,
Gentle bearer of the olive branch,
Emblem OF quiet purity:
Your soiled feathers
Represent grimmest irony 49,.
The irony
OF living.
A girl
Watches you with sad eyes.
AS you trail in the gutter
For scraps of food.
Is it, perchance,
That in her heart
She understands you?-
You -.
Whom the city has also stained
With its CRIME -.
JAY G. SIGMUNU.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
Another Talk to Teachers.


This time I'm not going to use
my mallet. I've said enough mean
Irowdy things about teachers, God
bless 'em forever and no Amen in
the sense of hungry boy gives
the word after a grueling grace,
This time I'm making a plea to
teachers. I plead that you stop
teaching pupils the same old stuff
and tell them the truth about the
respiratory infections. But first, OF
course, you've got to learn the
truth yourselves, for few of you
have ever had a fair chance. Those
who preside over your destiny are
SNUG, complacent lot in all that
| pertains to health and hygiene.
This isn't SO because 1 say so.
| merely, but you can see for your
selves it is so-aren't they etern-
ally complaining of their ills and
swapping symptoms?
A junior high preceptress asks
me to tell her what the symptoms
of infantile paralysis are, and also
, to suggest what she should teach
her pupils to help them avoid this
disease. Now, children, that's
likely, sensible and, wholly ger
name question. There's a subject
a fellow could talk about
But here's half my space gone
and l haven't told you anything
about infantile paralysis vet.
Well, girls. acute anterior polio
myelitis. a name invented for the
sole purpose OF airing our familiar
ity with the dead-languages-is
one of twenty or more diseases
which, again employing an inept
word, We call respiratory infec-
items. because they are all conveyed
in the fine invisible spray given OF
from nose and mouth when the in
dividual coming down with or i'll
of such a disease talks or laughs
Practically. this is the only way the
respiratory infections are contract
ed, though of course kissing, shak-
ing hands, and the common use of
pencils. cups, bathtubs, tooth
brushes. all day suckers and dimes
about the mouth may possibly con-
vey these infections.
The 20 odd diseas es are as fol-
lows:
l. Infantile paralysis (acute an
terror poliomye'itis)- inf1am
nation OF the gray matter nearer
the front of the spinal dord, though /
we now know this earlier descrip- /
ton. was inaccurate
,. Measles.
3. Scarlet fever
a. Diphther;a.
3. Whooping cough. !
6. Ppeumonia. /
Z. All alleged colds.
S. All alleged grip" i
a. Influenza
10. Epidemic meningitis.
II. Lung tuberculosis.
u. Mumps.
10. German measles.
"a. ChickenpoX.
IS. Smallpox.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
TUESDAY, DECEMBER e7, 1921

: New York minister blames man for the I'M
modesty OF woman's dress. And man pleads
guilty and is ready for more punishment
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

= Paris had the wettest and widest Christ
mas eve in its history. And most of the money
spending was by Americans who in other years
had left their gold on Broadway and other
large cities of the country.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

LLOYD GEORGE has definitely decided
not to come to the United States, we learn
from an Associated Press dispatch. Not so
long ago he had definitely decided to visit us.
Someone should write a new Hamlets soltl-
oquy tor little David.
The apology of the devil" in the compos-
ing room has been accepted. He's nice boy
and we like him-but the next time he trans
poses line in of PONIES las he did
yesterday we're going to toss him through
third floor window.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

= A New York alderman is seeking the pas
sage of ordinance prohibiting smoking of
aeigarets in public places by ladies. Somebody
ought to remind the alderman that ladies don't
smoke cigarets either in public or private.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

- Senator Mccormick says the primary need
of Santo Domingo is good roads. He can find
plenty of food for discussion on that subject
closer to home than Santo Domingo. He might
give his own state of Illinois the once over.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27

= In full view of a Paris audience goat tore
on girl dancers costume and consumed It,
But the animal was still hungry after the cos
tune had disappeared.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-27
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The Pulaskian., 1921-01-13
soc per 1000 C. f. net 45c per 1000 C. f. net 4Oc per 1000 C. f. net 377sc per 1000 C. f. net

and unavoidable leakage thus hereinafter shown actually making the city line less than per f. so far as this Company concerned
 The necessity for this Company of the most ordinary business eauon protect itself in the premises easily demonstrated by reference a few we'll known facts
 The maximum being charged by this Company gas for industrial purposes 25c per thousand Company to continue this rate and the Arkansas Natural Company 3O at the city line of course of the question: matter does not end there The schedule fixed by Company may produce the minds of the public the impression schedule intended disturb the domestic Rock and North Little Rock until May 92l when still further increase goes into effect and lead the public believe Company could still the Arkansas Natural Gas Company per thousand C. the city line The fact s however that the gross which been collected by this Company for supplied for purposes during the has been 42c thousand this sum- 28 has been paid the Arkansas Natural Gas Company retained by h Company These figures based consumed registered by the that the city line and the added gas to this Company In the conduct of the business every gas company here normal leakage which human ingenuity can
 prevent and which constitutes much part of the conducting Its business the which pays its abor In when this Company delivers 10000 of gas consumer
 means that has actually into the line received by the which has been lost through leakage in trans mission On the basis of normal leakage and assuming rates would result loss of business Company the cost to this Company of gas the city ne the basis
 schedule of filed by the Arkansas Company be 25c thousand f. after taking the leakage
The Pulaskian., 1921-01-13

this Company continues its old and thus for the which sells for domestic purposes and compelled pay the Arkansas Natural Gas Company per
 for this will leave the Company only per thousand f. precisely onehalf the which has been receiving
 This presentation of the this Company than the " justify for the increased price gas will doubedy result in considerable loss consumption consumption does corresponding dimnuion leakage On the contrary with the mains filled gas pressure the leakage the irrespective of the of which de-
 ered that the consumption falls leakage apportoned the deliveries copondngy increases and the of the Com pany conespondngy decreases with its loss consumption such circumstances with the schedules which the Company proposes put effect has hope that therom the Company believes the for industrial purposes will largely be discontinued.
 the Arkansas Natural Gas Company persists demand May l92l the still further increase be made 45c per LOGO the city ine this company will undoubtedly be peled file application for further unless we'll happen the price demanded by the Arkansas Natural Company for natural gas the city line results such operating both this Company and its better afford the of natural gas and artificial gas This Company will defer filing schedule for further the time being in the hope that result of the hearing before solution respect may be will satisfactory and fair all parties.
 This Company realizes that pending the period fixing final by the Commission after full Investigation unfortunate
 situation created for all parties therefore purpose of this Company every effort power to heard and determined the Commission earliest possible date.
The Pulaskian., 1921-01-13
For the first For the next For the next For All Over

This Company has been compelled file this application for an increase of the demand which has by the Arkansas Natural Gas Company accordance with the of rates filed by it, for payment by this Company of for all natural gas mered city line impossible for this Company the face of the demand by the Arkansas Natural Gas Company gas old rates particularly of the fact provisions of the present law the schedule of fixed by Gas Company into effect and this Company does also its will thus be compelled pay the Arkansas Natural Company largely increased without being able honal from its
 The Little Rock Gas and Fuel old Pulaski Gas Light Company, which formerly artificial gas Little Rock and and operates the local distributing plant serving Little Rock North Little Rock vcnties The Ar kansas Natural Gas Company and operates the pipe lines gas fields and all of the distributing plants which gas Arkansas excepting Little Rock and Hot Springs The Aran Natural Gas Company and the Little Rock Gas Fuel Company entirely independent of each other neither owning
 the properties stock of the other directly indirectly only connection which this company has with the company that it has been from the and obtaining supply from the other company under by the counts the other for specified proportions collected from the registered through their This company therefore entirely dependent upon the Arkansas Natural Company supply of natural gas and whenever natural gas be obtained price which sell and distribute reasonable profit must re- the manufacture of artificial gas The present application of the Arkansas Natural Gas Company disregds contract that the Arkansas Natural Gas Company, without to the which makes necessary for this Company bear the
The Pulaskian., 1921-01-13

25O,OOO (. f. per month, 25O,OOO (. f. per month,
 5OO,OOO (. f. per month, 100000 (. f. per month,
The Pulaskian., 1921-01-13
Little Rock Gas & Fuel Co.
 Notice to Gas Consumers

n Arkansas Commission d h t charge from nenhcn of entrpr following in ds to nered gnahauyou ousmrE
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
AN INCE -"THE CUP OF
LIFE" SHOWING TONIGHT AT
THE CIRCLE

AS Title 1.-THE Cup or Life" might
connote any sort of story from bar
room drama TO iias simmer idyll or
brooks and rills about 1.-The old farm"
Actually the picture gives an inter-
esting sidelight into a phase of life
that only travelers and residents in
the orient can know anything about.
The scenes are set about that wick
ed, cosmopolitan city of Eingapore in
the Straits Settlements. The cast in
cludes ugly and repulsiye oricntals
but as if to show us that all orientals
are not iniquitous and repulsive, there
are better class Chinese whose life is
not entirely cast in a wicked mold.
Under the master hand of Thomas II.
Ince, the picture tells the story nat
urally and artistically. The we'll
known star, Madge Bellamy, has the
important female role. She has been
calyled the second Maude Adams by
the seasoned critics of the New York
press. Niles WEIGH has the leading
male role and his sincere work with
Betty Compson will make him d ia
miliar figure to the patrons OF the
Circle.
To tell the story would be 10 spoil
half the fun of the picture. Suffice
to say it is a realistic portrayal of a
phase of life that could only take
place in the orient where so much of
good and evil seems thrown into the
scale together. The picturesque Chan
Chang. the Chinese merchant of Sing
apore is a character showing dramatic
effort and ability seen in but a few
of the great pictures. The Topics
of the Day and the Circle comedy
offering will afford genuine entertain
ment TO those enjoying a good laugh
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
Small Benton
Wedding

Cards have been received here an
rouncing the marriage of Lieut.-Com
mander Ernest Gregor Small. U. S. n,
to Miss Mildred Benton. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. +. Benton. of Great
Neck, Long Island. which took place
at the home of the brides parents on
Saturday, December 3. Mr.. Small is
at present attached ito the Depart
ment Of Ordnance and Gunnery at the
Naval Academy. and he and his bride
will be "at home" at C2rvel Hall af-
ter December Is. Mrs. Small is sis
ter of Mrs. Henry NJ Briggs. of 73
County Road.
Lieut.-Commander and Mrs. Briggs
and Lieut. Commanders Charles X.
Osborne and Alexander W. Loder
went from here to attend the wedding,
at which Mr.. Loder acted as best man.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
I, Canen Is Forceful Speaker

Canon McComb is a pleasing and
forceful speaker, of great, personal
charm and scholarly bearing, and, the
profound subject on which he spoke
was treated with a simplicity and
clarity that was truly remarkable
Dante's Divine Comedy" like Mil
toms Paradise Lost" Shakespeare S
great tragedies, and Cervantes's
Don Quixote," belongs TO a class OF
masterpiece which many talk about.
but few read. However. il is quite
probable that many of those heard the
Canons address will be soon taking
down their Dantes, and. after blowing
off the dust of many years. will re-
read the poem with a new appreciation
of its beauty and It's significance.
The next meeting Of the University
Club will be held on January 5, 1922.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
F-REL|ANCE
GOES BANKRUPT
Thin Blood Saps Energy Guides
Pepto-Mangan Rebuilds
the Blood

Wrestling with Z weakened condi-
ton of the blood is a desperate strug-
gle Thin, watery blood deprives the
body of energy and causes a played
out feeling not unlike utter exhaus-
ton. A man with weak blood has not
the full use of his powers. He lacks
decision, and vacillates until he loses
self-confdence
Some men, and women too, go fall
tering along for months scarcely rea-
lizing that they need GUIDES Pepto
Mangan, the blood-builder. But when
they have taken it for a while, what
a difference there is in the feelings!
The old-time viger and the red-blooded
hue of good health return. The new
rich blood sgets TO work, building, for
tifying, lifting the spirit up to its nor
NAL standard. Physicians have pre-
scribed GUIDES Pepto-M angan for years
as a blood-builder. Druggists sell K
in liquid and tablet form. Look for
the name Guides Pepto-Mangan" On
the package. Advertisement.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09

Continued From Page IL
canoe of the poem, and read letter
which Dante wrote to a friend. reveal
ing the key 10 true appreciation of
his masterpiece. The central point in
his address was that the experiences
which Dante portrays himself as hav-
ing in the poem are common TO all
men in this present life. which they
make by their own deeds here and
now hell, purgstory, or a paradise
for themselves In spite OF the fact
that Dante's Divine Comedy is a diff
hcult poem TO read because it is re-
pository of all the learning of the age
! it yet contains this spiritual message
as true today as it was six hundred
years ago.-that every man may
struggle from sin through publication
10 the Beatific Vision.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
Married In
New York

The marriage Of Miss Mona Grocer
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Crczer. OF Philadelphia and New York
and granddaughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. John NJ. Robinson. of Baltimore
to Neal Wainwright. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Wainwright OF Boston
took place yesterday in New York al
the Little Church Around-the-C Corner,
\ reception followed at the Ritz-Carl-
ton The wedding was to have taken
place on December % in Palm Beach.
but the couple decided to be married
il New York before Mr.. and Mrs.
Cro2e- so South for the winter.
Miss Grocer. who was given in mar
riage by her father. wore a handsome
gown OF white chiffon velvet. embroid-
cred in crystals, and a tulle veil ar
ranged under cap OF orange bios
SONS. Orange blossoms were also
used effectively on the bodice and
skirt Her bouquet was a shower of
white orchids and gardenias.
Miss Grocer is the niece of Mrs.
Richard Morton, of Severn.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
COcOanut Cakes

If you want TO make candy in a
hurry try this recipe: Mix a me-
diminished can of condensed milk with
three boxes of grated cocoanut. Drop
the mixture in spoonfuls on creased
tins, put the tins in the oven and let
the cakes brown both top and lot
tom. Serve when Washington
Evening Star.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09

CONTINUED From Page L.,
masses of the citizen soldiery which
must be improvised in time of strife.
LAS our standing army goes down
in numbers he continued, 1.-The en-
rollment of the Military Academy
should go up. The basic idea which
led to the foundation of the Academy
was the desire to have a nucleus to
train the great body of our citizens in
time of emergency rather than to be
forced to keep large bodies of men
continually under arms.
Not Apace With L. s. Growth
Over a century ago, with popula-
ton of scarcely more than 100000,
the American Government authorized
cadet corps of over $50. Today,
with that population increased TWEEN
ty-fold, the number of cadets in train
Jog is scarcely four times the original
number authorized"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-09
II only the kindly dagger
Had torn our burdened breasts.
Governor Riichic Guest
A. White House

Governor Richie was among the %
guests entertained at dinner last night
by the President and Mrs. Harding
a number OF other guests besides the
governors and their wives were on the
invitation list. among them being the
Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge. Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick, lieutenant-gover-
Tor OF Quebec. and Lady Fitzpatrick.
The Horse Shoe table was adorned
in pink chrysanthemums and lighted
in pink shaded candles. Following
iAc dinner Miss Ruth Draper gave
several highly appreciated mono
lrguesi