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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
MEASLES,
By Pauline Alexander,
Copyright, 1921. by Wheeler Syn
dirofo InoA

Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc)
Anna May, next door to Mary
Elizabeth, had the measles. Con-
sequently. Anna May could not GO
out and play. But there were COM
pensations. Mary Elizabeth heard
( of gifts of ice cream and other
dainties being taken to Anna May.
She listened to these stories with
envy, and wished she was partak-
ing Of such delicacies. Also she
envied the card which was tackled
onto the front door of the house
in which Anna May lived.
The opening Of school was sew
eral weeks away and Mary Eliza
beth was to attend for the first
time.
II WISH" said Mary Elizabeth's
mother. that Mary Elizabeth would
catch the measles before school
opens. She must have them some
time, and it would be better now
than after she starts going to
school,"
WELL" said Mary Elizabeth. who
had heard this remark, then why
don't you let me catch them from
Anna May" Mary. Elizabeth's
mother received the suggestion
thoughtfully. She figured mental
" for a minute and then nodded.
"All right" she assented. lover you
70 tomorrow to play with Anna
May"
Mary Ann was. overjoyed.
Now" she thought, I'll get ice
cream and cream cakes and every
thing"
The next morning she stood on
the front piazza of 9 Anna Mays
house, looking up at the warning
sign on the door and trying in vain
to read that word in big letters,
measles" Tightly clutched under
one arm she had Antoinette, her
doll. In the other hand she car
ried some clothes for Antoinette.
|. And then Anna Mays mother
opened the front door trifle and
saw her little visitor.
Hello. Mary Elizabeth" she
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Looking Backward.

To look far backward one needs look under
ground, at the ruins of buried cities, at fossil
ICED remains OF bones that once were living
things. at weapons and implements they used
Thus science tells us what never has beer
written on history's pages :~Sho lived before
the dawn Of civilization, and how.
Recovery Of these lost chapters in the ca
reer Of man is an imminent possibility and al
American possibility, Dr. J. H. Breasted, pro
lessor Of Egyptology and Oriental history
reports
THE collapse Of the Ottoman empire
has opened the birth-lands of civiliza-
ton to unrestricted investigation" DR..
Breasted said. ut Is evident that there
rises before us an opportunity unprece-
dented in the history Of humanistic re-
. search.
THE great centerl Of human life in
the ancient world. the mighty cities and
capitals Of Babylonia, Assyra, Persia,
Palestine. syria. Asia Minor and Egypt
the region where the earliest civilized
societies arose out Of sayagery and bar
barism to bring civilization to barbarian
Europe-all these treasures Of human :
records which are rapidly perishing In
the whole region about the eastern end
Of the Mediterranean lie there silently
awaiting the spa1s'sf the excavatof"
To the non-sciertiac mind this looking back
ward. the digging into ruins Of past ages, means
little; looking ahead = fsr more desirable.
The scientific mind. though, looks backward
and acquires knowledge, the only true lens
through which Que nay look shead ard under
stand What one soee
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Q. What position does the Pa
c,nc Coast league occupy in base
bail! n u. A.
A The Pacific Coast league Is
c,assed IA and Is next to a major
league, The American and Nation
Al leagues are the major leagues.
o. Is alfalfa seed used for dye
,rC nurposesf J. W. w.
4 According to F. D. Coburn Of
tho Kansas department Of agricul-
ture, it Is a fallacy popular among
e.rmars and country seed dealers
mat rreat quantities Of alfalfa seed
AZ. sYported to be used for 'dyeing
purposes. There is NO foundation
IN tact for such . belief. and the ex-
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Lohs Distances sitaihs.

Most NJ M vho rive exercise any
....... :. -, a.r,d. "a - .cst. tor
sno1 - -
Whatever II 10 Wolen' WINS =.
| s., IT., but alas! the enthusiasm
vanes and the paunch grows. In .
somewhat extended experience with
exercise and. GYMS and games l
lventurJkthe belief that the big trou-
HE vith .erercise which nv the
NV inc,nde. vaIk;np ia th.t there
!. ~ .crt ~ oconom;c h.o ~ .t;nc
~. - . t.,S.r s,,ot 49, one
.s,-t. ~. t..L
'. ~. .0 - .
out III pisy' Contihues our colres-
p3neent. an: Iiat Is sometnmg
else asm ne Ie,io~ VINO nas
!oaIn eo " play nandoah VIII tnlnk
twice ABOUT passing up the usual
hour OF play. The volley ball en-
htusiast ot-4O or so reneWs his
membership somewhat more regu-
larry than the exercise hend. The
Fellow VINO plays indOoe. baseball
arranges his dates with his girl to
give him the regular play hours to
himself; and, by the oway, that
makes it easier after he has mar
ried to COP the same hours. I've
tried it and know. The tennis
lplayer-next to the golf bug-the
tennis PLAYER takes precedence over
all sport lovers.
So then, concludes F. A. g. IT.,
exercise is rather a question of
what sort of diversion or game can
be relied upon to trick one into con-
slant enthusiasm. to nut spice and
vim into a spice,eks and vimla.s
life, and, incidentally. to keen one
in trim. n
F. A., S., IT,. clearly points ont a
fundamentl physiological fact II
your daily exercise is not In IT,
self a pleasure it does comnara-
lively little good.
If long distance sitting tourna-
ments were conducted reeularlv in
this country and Guns offered the
winners, the country would M
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

Another American stage IDOL has gone
wrong. Frank Tinney's wife has sued him for
divorce because of his fondAess for another
woman. Frank had risen to be one Of the
most popular comedians on the native stage.
out, like 90 many others Of his profession. it
seems he wasn't content with the companion
ahin of one woman
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

Congress has passed resolution calling
Apon President Wilson for an itemized state
ment Of his expenses while at the Paris peace
conference The money having been spent,
one fails to understand what object the presi-
dents political opponents expect to serve un-
less It be to attempt further to helittle him in
the minds Of the American public Truly a
sorrowful picture Of petty partisanship-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
INTERPRETATIONS

I of a series of five-reel comedis...
now engaged on Three Miles out'
Cosby Bits.
Eugene O'Brien appears in ne"
picture called words Apart.
Irene Castle has signed coz.
tract to appear in four mosl''
yearly to be produced by the C''
wood Picture corporation.
Leslie Austen, Myra MUTE
Jane Thomas and Helen MaclUa
aid are featured in a new nTs.s1
melodrama called "The kesue''
Wives" IAN,
Rev. W. MacSweeney OF DuonD
wrote the continuity for a hls'ol =
cal movie now ready for release a. !.
America called "In the Days Oh D.
Patrick" u,.
Gladys Brockwell's new plciuss
is released. 1t is THE Sage neH'
Cosby Bits. -.
Bessie Mccoy may 60 in'o Wv
films. -,
Herbert Brenon is hard al ~o'-
on 1.-THE Passion Flower. -
WAY Down East" has smasn''
all box office records. ~.
Ethel Clayton is due back ~ ~ :.
studio. ready to begin WORK OK. ~
SHAM" from the pl y by h"''
Harris and Geraldine Bonner
Elsie Ferguson has purchase
home at Riverside. Conn. ~
Wanda Hawley's next he -
production will not be THE ~ s.
Besters." Sweet Peach" IT, ~
Sophie kerr's Saturday EHeuaS
Post story has been SUBSTITUTE
with the former named scheou''
for later work.
Thomas Meighsn's next "a =.
mount production Is to be VIZ n.,
and Unmarried" from the ~. ~.
now running in Munsey's Maga.
Tom Forman will again direct
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sion with the gloves or whstever
the play appetite may call for.
Both F. A. s., Jr., and myself
have in mipd the health value Of
daily exercise, not the development
Of great muscles or freak strength
such Is the physical culture" fg-
noramus would have you strive for.
Neither strength nor endurance
goes with enormous muscles; In
deed, such muscular development
saps, q map's energies and tehds to
shorten his life. Freaks do not at
tain old age.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Tho Child Tea Habifue
Ny sisters little girl. aged Z, has
had q mild attack Of St. vitus'
dance. My sister allows her to
have strong tea and coffee. Please
tell me whether this is injurious.
(Mrs. w. e.
Answer-No child under 16 years
OF age ehould be allowed to take
tea or coffee. To give these strong
unrvo hon t and kid0Av atm nj a nj q
- l;ttia ch;ldrer 40 - i.v;te
tronhle II would he partienIarlv
iniuri6us tn q child with 81 Vjtus'
dance or one who has had that dis
ease. for the rervous system is al
ready too irritable and weak.
Lemon.
Night and morning drink a
glass OF water with the tuica Of a
lemon in it, as 4 helps me to avoid
consultation. Would the constant
use thin INV blood or he infurious
in any way? I'M ny
Answer-No II can do you m
harm.
The Voice.
WHY is the human voica strong.
vibrant and clear when singing or
speakine At one time. and weak.
dull. or husky at another time
seemingly IA spite Of excellent phv-
steal condition &c F.S1
Answer-Atmosnheric conditions
NAV he different. Or psvcholosicaI
conditions NAV he difyerenf And
nv voice is wonderfully strong
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

portations made, like the importa-
tons. are for seeding purposes ex-
clusively.
Q. What was the Darien
Scheme! E, p.
A. This was . scheme projected
by William Paterson in 1885, for
the purpose Of settling a colony on
the Isthmus of Darien and thereby
controlling the trade between. the
Eeastern and Western hemisphereA
Q. Should a Civil var veterans
pension be reckoned In with his
other Income for tax purposes?
w. D. D.
{ A. Civil war pensions are not
exempt from the Federal income
1919
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

A lot is being printed about sleeping sick
ness, but not a. word about any bandits hAvinl
caught It -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

Mr. Harding again assets that he win ride
alone to the Inauguration, Strengthening the
belief that he will use motorcycle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

Crop report; Shortage Of plums on the pc
/. ltical trees at national and state capitals.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16

.ss Tho futility Of riches is taught in the Scrip
Htures and the income tax blank.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-16
BALLAD OF Babes

{. "a Milwaukee astronomer, AFTER seanco
with the stars. predicts the country viii be
flooded with twins, triplets and quaprupletS
during the next six ysare).
This msn who's chummy with the STARE
Dost think he knows whereof he speaks3
A statement like that aercely jars
And brings q pallor to the cheeks
OF all the struggling married eeekA
One babe. tbs true much Joy can bring.
But. By the gods Of ancient Greeks.
This forecast il an awful thing!
When ONE arrives there's nothing mars
Our Joy in life; We reach the peaks
OF blissful pride; We buy cigars
And gladly walk the door Tor weekA
AS h ofice-w .ns y. we Ri Si:n S O swing
But by the patches on our breok0
This forecast is an awful thing.
We proudly show the tiny scars.
Results of tiny finger tweaks
We play the bear behind his bars.
Repair the nipple when it leaks.
We think no more VI puts and cleeks,
And to the nurs'ry fondly cling.
But by our many narrow squeaks.
This forecast is an awful thing!
LENvoI.
Prince! beseech: send me no freaks!
With me Ma Natures HAD her ding.
Once more I say. with groans and shrieks.
This forecast is an AWFUL thing!
THE Argus reporter who did "a daya
work Of thinking" during the few seconds II
took him to walk down the aisle Of the de
portees'" car was apparently still going at
ton speed when he wrote the story. The aliens
were being taken, he writes, to the port OF
|debarkation" bit later, catching sudden
vision of the flag, he concludes there was
not doubt that it was made up OF over one
million stars, one for each citizen Of the land.
Now there is depicted the ". k. power OF
the press" With one rushing clatter of his
typewriter he eliminates something like 104,-
100000 Of u.s.
1t Does Sound Interesting.
(From the De Smet, s. D., News).
Homer Hamilton went to Huron.
south of the old De Smet National bank
building, by the Odd Fellows has been
the subject Of interest this week
FOR playing the best practical joke Of q
half-century on its readers the Freeport Jour
nal-Standard should be given q niche in the
Hall of Fame In its Feb. IA issue is includ-
ed (perhaps as valentine) an entire page
which was first printed Saturday. Nov. q
1920.
THE LAST LIMERICK.
| (Supplied by the original sinner, Odeekay).
Indicted with starting this mess
OF missing line limricks to guess,
Ill make a clean breast
Have it stopped on request
oil 7
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What lot Of fellows are waiting for nov
!. = another overalr movement
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Ann May and syohn sta.dish.-

Ann May and ~John Standish."
Miss Ann May, the pretty Mar
shall Neilan star. says there is no
such thing as IN ,eight-hour day
for her. No. indeed; when her
work before the camera ends there
is still a days work ahead Of her.
She has to keep in constant train
ing to remain ut" for her work.
FOR one thing, and then she plans
her costumes. studies up ON her
characters and reads. -
In the few moments she does
take for relaxation she usually
amuses herself playing with her
strange pet, John Standish." Mr..
Standish. be it known. is the tur-
key pal seen in the picture.
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Here's . record Of the present
activities and future plans OF the
movie actors now known "a the
big hve:"
Charlie Chaplin: Starting work
on the last three pictures he has
contracted to make for First Ma
tional. HI. expects to finish these
and to start work On his first for
the United Artists before next De-
Gambler. First National. meanwhile,
is preparing TO release his new six
reel comic, The Kid"
Douglas Fairbanks: Finishing
The Nut" and planning to start
The Vifginian" before April, then
to 90 abroad IT. 'sThree Musket-
GERS"
Mary PickfordA Ceing to Eu-
rope with Fairbanks to make lit
tie Lord Fauntleroy" In England.
and . Dutch picture on the Zuyder
Zee. May also make Peter Pan. -
Bill Hart: Completing the last
Of q series Of mine pictures. then
plans to retire and Write western
novels.
Roscoe Arbuekle: In the midst
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of a series of five-reel comeais,
now engaged on Three Miles ou''
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THE LAST LIMERICK.

Supplied by the original sinner, Odeekay).
Indicted with starting this mess
OF missing line lim'ricks to guess,
Ill make clean breast
Have it stopped on request
It's all can stand, l confess!
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-08-17
CINE POLITICO

teneis raz6n 81 pod6is probar que Ell go
bernador Reilly ha sido NAL informado
por Ell partido Republicano; 20 creo que
no es asi. Ell partido Republican, no Sc
siente acariciado por brisas de victoria,
en- los actuales momentos politicos. iQua
ha de sentirsel ST ante todo hay que pen
sar que ,vuestras frentes son hermanas
dc las nuestras; que vuestra sangre es
nuestra sangre; que Ell alma noble y heroi
ca de Mufloz dc Diego es nuestra al
ma, y por mas que nos odieis, precise es
comprender que 10 hac6is por el inico
delito dc no persar como vos.
Yo quisiera OR de les labios del Go
bernador frases que me convencieran
de que los republicanos de Puerto Rico
han sido los que lie informaron NAL del
pals. ST asf fuese, maldeceria la hora
en- que me afili6 al partido Republican,;
pero yo, que conozco bien de cerca la
honorabilidad de esa pleyade do valien-
tes republicanos. con mas DE veinte amos
Gle bravisimas calnpafias; luchando por
las hbertades Y reformas politicas de
esta TERRA, aseguro que no es cierto quo
ellos informaran NAL de sus hermanos
de la Patria.
Yo quisiera que pudiera encontrarse
un epilogo este drama politico.
Un paso de avance ganado a punta
de lanza, como vosotros cuereis; dere
chcs adquiridos a flerza de p6lvora; in
dependencia a costa de una guerra civil
ianpacable, seria nuestra desgracia y
nuestra ruina.
Licdo. Francisco GIOL TExIDoR.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-08-17
DEsDE nj BUTACA

Grandcs traScendentales aconteci-
mientcs pueden tencr lugar con Ell ruevo
rumbo cue tcSna la politica. Ell movimten
to dc la opinion pdblica, que quiere cul
minar con las ideas independsntistas,
qusriendo 6jar nEevos derroteros, VI to
mando relieves defnidos en- la con asn-
cia popular del partido de la UniGn.
Ellos Green que es csc ell ideal de la
Patria, yo ellos me uro en- cuanto
a quererla, porque el patriotismo es una
mezcla dc amor orgullo, que penetra
en- nuestro ORGANISING, que nega al cere-
bro, al corazon impulsa al hombre al
sayor sacrifcio; pero no estoy de acuer-
en- aspiraciones irrealizables, que en- lu-
gar de colocar Puerto Rico al nivel de
las naciones mas respetables del globo,
la corviertan Ell mar de lava llirviente,
haciendonos perder completamente la bru
julia de la nave Querida. Deb6is guardian
para la posteridad esas interrogac:ones
AG AAAuCNNtAAO4&IA6 pSbSAu4AA@ 4ApSAOA@ ~
Y SO evitara que esa tormenta politica
que azota nuestra nave, ahora sin. rum
bo cierto, hunda en- su abisrno immense,
hacienda naufragar los mas bellos idea
les politicos de esta TERRA que debemos
conservar todo trance dentro dc la
soberania americana. Decis que los re-
publicanos baten palmas por la malaven
turada actitud del gobernador Mr.. Rely
y qre una vibraci6n de esperanza les
agita que Sc sienten acariciados por
''brisas dc victoria, y ten6is razon
cuando decis Gel Gobernador, NAL aeon
sejado peor informado, ha puesto en-
tcla de juicio la dignidad del pais'; ha-
blais de vuestras protestas, y os referis
que nosotros no protestamos. Digo que
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-08-17
Charlas cientllfiicas

donde Sc formaran las imagenes de 10
que vanos a mirar, una pequena regli-
LA, la reproduction fotografica de ella,
propongamonos analizar una gotta de
aqua. Puesta Ia gotta en- ell porta-obje-
tos, ique mundo tan agitado Sc ofrece
la contemplation del curioso observa-
dor! Infusorios Sc apareceran montones
en- ell campo del instrumental, que ALI, en-
la gotta de aqua viven su escondida vi
Ga.
Fijemonos en- ell tamafio de los dininu
tos seres. Para medirle hemos colocado
la reglilla. Facil nos sera comprobar que
nuchos de estos seres no alcanzan en- su
mayor parte la lonfigitud de una DIEZ-
MILLoNESIMA DE MILIMETRo.
Por. de contado la observation pudie
ramos ahorrarla. Los que maIejan nicros
copies conocen Ell tamafio de esos peque-
nos seres, Sc 10 saben de memcria, y
mil veces en- libros Y revistas Sc han da-
do noticias esta question references.
va longitrd no pasa dc una diez millon6
s4xna de milimetro, Sc mueve y sientc
y por 10 tanto aunque por modo rudimen
tario, tendra musculos, nervios, ETC., sin
contar con que algunos aparatos, como
Ell digestive, Sc halle compuesto de ma
yor numero de 6rganos que ell del ser hu
mano segun opinion de algunos natura-
hstas.
" admitido este, 6qu6 menos podemos
suporcr que Ell la longitud mayor del
microscopic caben mil particulas ruai-
mentarias como elementos de formation
de ORGANISING 81 bien pequeio, de cierta
cc-nplejidad puesto que Sc halla consti-
tuido por diversos 6rganos, que forman
sistemas?
Pues 81 en- una diezmilesima de mill
metro pueden alinearse mil partfculas
organicas, estas no podran alcanzar ma
yor tamafio que una millonesima del
mismo milimetro.
Eel volumen de un cubo pequeiio que
tenga al lado un milimetro, en- un mill
metro ctbico de aqua, podran existir una
millonesinla (la unidad seguida de seis
ceros) por una nillonesima, por otra mi
lonesima, producto que Sc halla repre-
sentado por la unidad seguida de diez
y echo ceros (tres veces seis), de ele-
mentos de igual tanaiio los que for
man Ell cuerpo de los infusorios.
Vease ,pues, como bien a nuestro al
canoe, una elemental observation micros
copica y la operaci6n de multiplicar nos
lleva I'm nlmero al lado del cual los
ciento cuarenta Y ocho miilones de XII
metros que nos separan del sol, parcc3n
cosa Gle juego;s y del mismo orden que e
nlmero que exprcsa, Ell volumen del as
tro de la luz ,ntmero que asi, de pronto,
nos parece algo incomprersible.
Quien sabe 81 podremos considerar la
gradaci6n de mundos, como una escala
en- la cual desie Ell primer peldafio. desie
10 ininitasnente pequeno, semejara el
campo en- que nos desenvolvemos algo
como 10 sidereo es para nosotros.
de escalera. en- escalera vamos as
ceNdiendo siempre sin conseguir aIcan-
Ear 10 absolute, pese a la energia del
entendiniento para volar entire los dos
extremes que nos envuelven, 10 grandio-
so pcr su gran magnitud y 10 admira-
BILE por su pequenez, aun parece sui-
ciente, fuera de esos mundos, mas adivi
nadcs que conocidos, ell espiritu sc pier
de desorientado no acierta vislum-
brar NADIA en- cl orden material.
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