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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
Nav Mean a New Party.

President Harding has thrown down the
gauntlet not only TO the agricultural bloc IN
the senate but to its backers-the farmers OF
Illinois and other agricultural states. 1t Is to
be regretted that he has done SO. for it is like
ly that he VIII In time regret his action. The
members of the agricultural bloc are not the
kind who will hesitate to challenge executive
dictation. At the same time let us be honest
enough to admit that from the partisan stand
point there is reason for his attitude. Our
government Is based a two-party system
and no party can carry out its campaign prom
ises without party discipline and leadership.
The real trouble is that no party in the
United States has any definite program to offer
excepting the Socialists-this regardless of
whether we approve their program or not. We
defy anyone to point out single fundamental
difference between a Republican and a Demo-
,crat. 1t is that which has broken down party
lines in Washington. and neither President
Harding nor all the kings men can straighten
them out Only a new party or a division of
the old parties along new lines can do that
and there is little hope for the latter. The
controversy between the president and the ag
rictlturaI bloc in the senate and house may be
the forerunner of a new and liberal political
party.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
Ethical Society's Protest.

The Davenport board of education very
properly ignored protest filed by the Ethical
society of that city against the singing in the
schools of such songs as Onward. Christian
Soldiers" and THE Battle Hymn of the Re
public" The Ethical society characterized the
songs as inhuman and barbarous and request
ed that the board prohibit the singing in future
in the schools Of any religious songs.
The Ethical society is entitled to it's opin-
ions, of course. Its members do not have to
sing religious songs and they have the right TO
caution their children against singing them,
but they are not going to find many sy1npa-
thizers in their notions among Christian Ameri-
can men and women If there is any criticism
to be found with the songs one hears nowadays
it is that there are too few of those of relg-
ious favor used. To be sure, we get the sac
red hymns when go TO church. but church
going, for most people, is confined to one day
in the week The other six days fed
up on music mostly OF the Jazz variety.
~ There is spiritual thrill IN such songs as
the Ethical society protests against and spirit
ual thrills are good for all of us. We get
enough OF the other kinds of thrills We are
taken up short when we hear the notes of
song like Onward, Christian Soldiers" It
causes US to pause and reflect that, after all,
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Check 1t.

kSASSA Ats
There are at present 43 well
] known remedies on the market
which will positively break. up q
cold" and these remedies are all
| infallible, though it takes longer
to get over the cold" when you
abuse yourself with the remedies
than it does when you neglect your
self than it does when you neglect
yourself in the ordinary way. A
few of them are guaranteed-but
not on the label-guaranteed in cir
culars and otherwise to cure your
cold" in a day or so. If you swai-
low enough of these guaranteed
cold" cures in a dose or a few
doses they will certainly cure you
of the cold" and all other earthly
, troubles, for they are well laden
with poison such as acetanilide,
phenacetin, acetyl-salicylic acid
t"aspirin"), acetphenetidin, antipy
rim and other coaltar derivatives
which blunt the sense of pain or
discomfort or fatigue but at the
same time weaken the heart and
break down blood corpuscles and
interfere, sometimes fatally with
the oxygenation of the body. I'd
rather entertain anything that mas
querades as a cold" without treat
pe-' than offend my system with
such "cures" l don't see how any
plain business man can have the
cheek, nowadays, to tell the simple
llayman that any medicine or com
bination of medicines will "cure
cold in twenty-four hours" or at
all 1t must be that the vender
still considers the simple layman
very simple, indeed.
There are at least twenty dis
tinct communicable diseases which
masquerade at first or in some
cases throughout the illness as
colds" I'll name the more famil-
lar ones: Coryza (accent on the
eyes, though the germs are mostly
in the nose), influenza, diphtheria,
measles, whooping cough, infantile
paralysis, epidemic meningitis,
pneumonia, tuberculosis. You new
er can tell what an open-face
sneezer is handing you.
What is the best way to check
or treat such an illness in the
early stage?
/. Go to bed. Rest is cheaper
than medicine.
2. Let no one venture within the
five-foot dead line, unless properly
masked with at least seven thick
nesses of surgeons game over nose
and mouth
s. Take half a bottle of solution
of citrate of magnesium (about
glassfuD; take the other half bottle
two hours later.
4. No food for from II to "a
hours.
5. All the water or lemonade
you can drink, hot or cold.
6. If there is soreness in the
chest, a mustard paste should be
applied, watched, and removed in
ten to thirty minutes If the skin
reddens under it
7. A hot mustard foot bath in
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CIR Tn,tthatnttr
/ HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CARE
WHO pIsrNrKks THE UNLovED cUse.
4 BEWARE!
WHOf GAG. OF COURSE!

WHOf GAG, OF COURSE!
Who writes of threats of blood and gore
OF mortal wounds her barbed thrusts tore
Who alibis ~forevermore?
Why, Gao!
Who thinks she Yields a wicked pen
And hopes to dazzle f1ocks Of men
And cop about million yen?
That's Gael
Who throws the bull with flowing hand
And crows and struts to beat the band
While seeking crowns of Grotto land?
It's Caci
Who thought she had a lotta fun
With doubtful jests and raucous pun
That put the H R on the run?
Old Gao!
Who takes fling, with smothered curse
At writing rhyme and quite blank verse
As well as other stuff much worse
Oh-h-h, Gao!
Who talks of gunny sacks and things
While seeking votes for queens and rings
Who cannot hide the combats stings?
Poor Gao,
Who wonders if she'd better Quit,~
But wonders just a little bit
And then sits down and answers it?
That's Caci
ETEOCIES.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
@. When is Boxing day?

Q. When is Boxing day?
T. o. I.
A. Boxing day is the 26th of De-
cember, and is one of the four legal
bank holidays in England. 1t was
on this day that in olden times the
gentry made presents, especially OF
pendents. These presents came to
be known as Christmas boxes.
Q. Is there such nut as an
ivory nut? NJ. NJ
A. There are two species of
palms producing nuts hard enough
to be employed as a substitute for
ivory in the manufacture Of arti-
cles of domestic use, but the one
best known to commerce under the
name of ivory nut is the fruit OF
Phytehephas macrocarpa, native o.
New Granada and other parts OF
Central America,
@. Are there more people in
Chicago than in the state of Wis
contin? W. R.
A. The population of the state
of Wisconsin for 1920 was 2,632,067.
The population Of Chicago for 1920
was 2,701 ,7O5.
O. How many of the horses and
mules sent TO Europe during the
war were killed? T. 8
A. 1t has been estimated that
there were 243,135 horses and
mules attached to the American ex-
peditionary forces, 6S,6S2 of which
persisted in the service.
@. What is meant by the word
diva when used in reference to a.
great woman singer? B. P. r.
A. The word diva is the feminine
form of the Italian word dive, mean
ing divine.
Q. What proof have we that the
great glacier passed, over the land?
Were people living then? A H.
A. Biologists base their state
ments concerning the existence OF
the glacial period mainly upon evil
dence in the form of erosion OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
"MACBETH.-
By Jennie Little.
Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler



Syndicate, Incl
Sizzling hornpouts! That
bloomin' racket again. This is
goin' to stop" and the irate ledger
began a hasty toilet with murder
Gus eye. Ten minutes later a stat
wart policeman thumped on the
door of a tiny cottage sandwiched
between tall tenements like filling
in a cream pie. In the patchwork
square of back yard a young
chanticleer stood filling the air
with lusty efforts at grand opera.
Beginning with hoarse falsetto, he
crescendoed higher and higher,
and pleased with each rendering,
Immediately repeated it A little
woman, puckering her brows near
sightedly, opened the door, starting
nervously as a policeman's bulk
doomed up.
"Ma'am," he said sternly, that
Fostering fowl is a public nuis-
ance and peace disturber. A night
Waterman has that room yonder
and he claims that when he tries
to sleep mornings that bird starts
growing, and the electrics', motors
and hawkers' noises amt nothin'
compared to it. So NUNS the
motto if you don't want to be
charged with bein' responsible for
a nervous wreck"
"Oh!" gasped Miss Sara Lib, Il
had no idea. ! love to hear him
l pretend we're in the country, and
it's all the enjoyment l get"
Well" said the officer kindly,
for he caught a tremble on her
lips, no harm done if you sub
due him so there won't be any
more complaints
Next morning golden silence
made background for the dodgers
dreams, but he turned restlessly
and woke often. He had seen a
slip of a woman and an overgrown
chicken standing under the grape
vine, detection in every line. Did
the critter really know enough to
keep still when told? But the sec
ond day his ire burned high as the
familiar strains rent the stiffness.
The officer knocked again, and
now the culver of Sara Lbs lips
was disconcertingly evident. "Oh
dear!" she faltered, you won't ar
rest us, Will you put duueSIFc
plaster round his biz and il work
ed fine at first, but he's clawed it
off"
You'll have to get rid of him,
maam; the law can't be disregard
ed. He's fat enough to make you a
good dinner" scanning her thin
cheeks critically.
Her eyes blazed. Eat Macbeth?
I'd sooner eat a relative! Please
give him another chance"
Well" said Burke slowly, as If
cancelling a life sentence. Turning
to go, he shifted delicious aroma.
Say, that's the first real coffee I've
smelled for ages. Bet you can rival
what mother used to make. Now
adays 1 try to guess if I'm drinkin'
tansy or dishwater."
Her face lit up like a sunrise,
and right there the officer got a
Jolt. Why, she wasn't SO bad look
in. Dress her up and take that
pucker out with classy tortoise
shell glasses, and the odds were
she'd take the shine OF them fres-
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The Daily Short Story

coed dolls who were always mop
ping the powder on. She faltered,
visibly frightened at her OWE
temerity. Would you stop and
have a cup? I'm just getting break
fast. I s'pose you wouldn't care for
a boiled egg?''
Done on EN-" said he, stepping
in and filling the dining room till
there seemedsno surplus space for
even and egg. -Four minutes,
please"
The rest of the day, though cop
ing with the painful problem of
suppressing Macbeth's musical tai
ent, a warm feeling glowed in the
back of her maidenly heart, and
when she prepared the meals she
minder of what had been. After
tea she had to go several blocks TO
match material for a gown which
was promised for next day, and as
she waited to cross the crowded
street, her policeman himself
brought traffic TO q standstill with
majestic gestures, then piloted her
across with strong hand under her
elbow Wait here two minutes,
ma'am, till I'm relieved. I'm just
taking the place of a pal that got
hurt and when his sub comes on
duty I'll see you home. You
shouldn't be out alone as late as
this
Sarah Lib, dutifu1ly obeying,
slipped home beside her protector
mortalized old woman whose pet
ticoats were snipped-'LaWs- a
massy, this is none of l." But her
whole heart glowed like a black
smiths forge.
Alas, how sorrow treads upon the
heels of joy! At $50 a. m. under
friend lodger's very window came
that song, and nearer, clearer,
deadlier than before" for Macbeth
stood on the ridgepoIe of the cot
tage, challenging the world. a set
white face appeared through the
skylight, followed by hands which
reached up and pulled the culprit
in, Tapping and squawking in pro-
test.
When her officer arrived he
AONAAA "a S@@O1CnA III Tie y4Iu btSEuS
a block stood Sara Lib, Ratchet in
hand, and chicken clasped to her
breast, life-size representation of
Niobe mourning prematurely for
her children
Here" she sobbed, thrusting
weapon and victim upon him.
Wait till l get in and put the pill
lows over my head Take the re-
mains where I'll never know. I
shut, him in box in the attic and
he got the Stats off 'Tain't fair.
1 never had dear gazelle, but my
parrot died before it could talk.
My cat meowed nights and got
killed with a. bootjack. / couldn't
even have a dog because he dug up
some old plants next door. 1 wish
I had no neighbors, then 1 could
have something to love. Life ain
been fair. Why amt called Sadie,
wearin' blue ribbons instead OF
dark ginghams. Oh, dear!"
The kindly officer drew them both
into the grapevine's shelter.
Ma am, I've thought considerable
the last day or so. which is a fair
sized stunt for me. l know the
neatest little farm up country with
no neighbors, where this biped can
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
Frederick Haskin's Letter
HotD Mail Is Lost.

New York City, Dec. 14.-If you
fail to receive letter when you
know one is due, don't give up
hope. You are apt to get it in the
long run. A letter written in New
York 10 years and five months ago
was delivered in Philadelphia just
the other day, while in another
case recently reported a letter was
delivered nearly half a century
after it was mailed.
Such instances, of course, are
not common. The majority of mali
that is lost is lost forever, because
it is stolen and destroyed by
thieves. the postoffice authorities
rarely recovering letters and valu-
ableS disappearing in this way. But
letters are often delayed and lost
through other, sometimes curious,
means.
For example, letters occasion
ally get stuck in the mail boxes, !"
says a postoffice worker, but the
frequent Earring of the lid gener-
ally dislodges these without great
delays. There is also a chance of
letter falling through a crack or
getting behind partition in the
wall, to remain there unmolested
until the wall is torn down and to
be found accidentally. But the
most extensive cache is in old
mail bags. Negligent clerks fail
to shake out all the letters the last
time the bags are used. The sacks
may remain for months in a stor-
age house and the mail lie undis-
covered until the bags are sent to a
repair shop"
The postoffice worker Of our &C
qualntance knows of at least one
case in which such an accident had
very serious results. A young girl
who was in New York attending
Columbia was engaged to a college
youth whose father was a prosper
Gus business man in a New Eng
land city. The couple we're to be
married and the young man taken
into his fathers business as soon
as he graduated from college. 4
few months before that event,
however, the father suddenly went
into bankruptcy under most dis
tressing circumstances.
Love Letter LOST
The boy Immediately wrote ito
the girl in New York, releasing her
from the engagement. His letter
was not precisely gentle, for he
had been unprepared for the catas-
trophe and his pride was hurt
Among other things he pointed out
that he would not be able to sup
port wife for some time to come,
because he would have his fathers
debts to pay off. The girl wrote
back, refusing to give him up and
explaining that she could, if neces-
sary, support herself This letter
somehow got lost in a local post
Office (the postoffice worker bIames
a mail bag) and was not delivered
until two years later-two years
too late. In the meantime, the girl,
who also had her pride, had mar
ried someone else.
An amazing quantity of mail
fails to reach its destination each
year, of course, because it is mis-
directed. Approximately $685. 900
pieces of mail are received daily in
the New York postoffice which are
insufhciently addressed-a total Of
lis ,625 geo yeaI. All OF this car
lessly addressed matter is handed
over to searchers who give it what
is called directory service-that is,
they look the addresses up in var
ious city directories.
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This misdirected mail costs =,
government a great deal of mass-
which eventually comes ont of -
TAX payers pOcketboods. TIA =
Fectory service in the New Vs.
postoffice alone necessitates tba
ployment of 125 clerks AT an "a =
nual expense of $225. coo for - -
les. Similar conditions Dravs;I :.
all large cities and it is estiD,a,s =
that the annual cost of such So
ice throughout the entire CONT.
is 100000. '4A''E
Hence, the postmark nph1i...
campaign last year. which nrra5 . =
to direct our mail to straet - u
number! The necessity for III
precaution is still being enn ~
sized by local postmasters + +
suggested by the postal authoritias
that all firm letterheads sbor9s
bear the street address. and tbat j.
every case the full name of tbo -
dressee be given instead Of me-
the initials. In addressing -.
ter to a building, it is also advis.
able TO include the name of ~,
street upon which the building :
located, because in every CITY r.
are many buildings bearing mar.
with which the distributors in ~
postottice are unfamiliar.
AS further pTecaution. tbe no...
once department suggests that re
address of the writer should =
placed at the top of every Ietts-
and return address Should 1.
written or printed on the un,ss
ieft-hand corner of every enyeI6ss
placed in the mails.
Address Clearly.
1t would also be a great boon ia
the postofices of every CITY if nao
pie would take the trouble r.
write clearly and correctly ingtss5
of treating envelopes as if tbav
were scratch pads. One letter
day for each family of five persoBs
IS the postal record of the Unitai
States, and it is estimated that oss
family in every 10 puts a ba5IT
addressed letter in the mails ever
day. The time required by exDerie
to decipher the nations weird pen.
manship naturally causes DELAY
Now, during the Christmas sss-
son especially, the cooperation nj
the public is requested in facilitat-
ing the rapid handling and move
ment of the postal matter. N0a
people have been considerafa
enough to do their Christmas sbop-
ping early this year, thus relieving
the strain on department stOrs
employees and incidentally on them.
selves, but they are not likely to
be SO thoughtful of the oyerwork-
ed postal clerks, who are alvaw
buried in packages during the las.
few days before the twenty-ffth
In this final hectic period, delays
and losses are bound to occur.
The pOstofnce department has
taken labOriOus precautions to in
sure the safe handling and deli7-
cry of the mails. In addition to
maintaining a large stan for il
teTpreting the mistaken directions
of the public, it has lately adopted
cIdDUI ate L1Cd6uI GS 10 CbuUdt lDeIG
Among these is the requirement
that all postal employees be finger
printed. It is constantly establish
ing new regulations, new systems
and new records for cutting down
losses of mail from all causes. Ac-
cidents, of course, are inevitable
Bandits are still numerous. But d
much higher state Of efficiency
could be reached, g the public
would only do its part
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
Palate Down.

I have been told that my palate
is down, and have been trying to
draw it up again with black pepper
Then again 1 have been told that it
is my nerves which are weakened
by female trouble.
Answer-My dear madam, make
a bonfire of the almanacs and
swear off reading testimonials and
make it a point to be out when
ever the neighbors drop in to look
your symptoms over. Don't let any
body discuss such matters with
you except your own physician.
Muscle Building Foods.
Which foods are muscle building
IL. b.
Answer-Bread and butter, po-
tatoes and veal, ham and gravy,
mince pie. real ice cream, corned
beef and cabbage, fnnan haddie,
picked pigs feet and lettuce salad.
Candy and peanuts, apples and
prunes, and canned salmon are fine
for building muscle
Young Fruitarian.
l eat four apples, four oranges
and a pound of grapes day and
no vegetables. l eat very lit
tie meat or bread. Mother says l
will ruin my health, but I am per-
fectly well 1 am Is, 63 inches tall,
and weigh 122 pounds. Please give
me your opinion ?-(Derothy B. VI
Answer-Four apples, let US say
baked and eaten with cream, rep
resent about 500 Galleries. Four
oranges about $50 calories, or 400
calories if you put a spoon of sugar
on. A pound of grapes yields about
$50 calories. Total, 1850 Galleries,
scarcely half enough to maintain
live girl of your height. So it must
be you eat a few little knickknacks
not mentioned in your list
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To each individual SO a.LaIuou ElI D
~ .-;-..-.. - to,15a- CLAW
aoCAS, .He eAi2 So $50 " nS danos-
;ts Tba frst erianfifr references
to glacial action were suggested BY
~ ~ si Sinino go ro@io|s and are 10 be
fond in the Works Of Charpentier
ana Apassiz Man did not exist
anu H 50 - - tba a1rly mart Of
r. - a0 -! - - 800 49,, The frst e7i-
49, a. - If ~ evts+e9ra is 10 be
$50 SD IN Tho Iste- olscfal neriod.
t0Iid IL '"S - - Iza5 for,
" ''0' 80 LP.
-.o- 60 ar,,,,-.4 in he
A Asnes'oS u en- ~. ~ 80 ,.' - -4rf
nlahulaCtuIe u " " e. -,-- - rIs.5
as n[epLOo- 60 -, : =. and Seen.
ior theealfe "aii t tlLl.-iI7' o.. ID IRE
cry ureilieI . 49,. C l,,,', ss6eg.
pIooL Iope -. 49, 81 .-.as-a~ lumber.
los sia'e, LuJ'.~ -. - and in
mil Doa' Il, S'2 s'I-- ~ rig5 Grade
ou!atihs' a. - -. ra-fzri9g liable
paints ~ .--.,-.--.as me bgst
mats, ana io- zen. -. l---,7
CT gas stoves III eo~t-.-.7 Be- r,-
@. Which weighs more, s4iiy-
of cream or 9 gallon Of mlih. . - +. Il.
A. A gallon OF ordinary ~, HiI n
will weigh more than galioI 0'
cream.
Q. What dTaugAl $ a-iy ~
ships going through me
canal? W. NJ -
A. Beginning Jan. ]. lSzz' -
maximum dTaught Of water alion.
TO ships going through the cana,
will be 81 feet. When the az 70
was opeued in 1869 it was ayai.aD-s
only for ships drawing not mo
than 24.4 feet. The depth OF l17
Panama canal is 80 feet W,a.-
makes the aeepeh,us VI
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crow his head of, if you'll marry
me and go there. I'm sick OF
roughnecks, and I want to raise
beets instead of being everlastinly
on one. Be married to blue
Sadie, and I'll always be true.
HIM."
Well, a woman can't keep a
secret, but Mrs. Sadie never knew
that cx-officer guard and the lodgSr
were one. She almost chokes some
times from quaffing the draughts
of happiness, while Macbeth has
won a blue ribbon at the Bingham
poultry show, to match the ones
his mistress wears, and wastes his
vocal sweetness on the country air.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-15
THURSDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1871

What has become of the old-fashioned citi-
zen who along in the middle of last summer
was advising you to fill your coal bin early IN
preparation for long, cold winter? You may
now begin to suspect that he was an alarmlst
in the employ of the coal dealers.
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HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. d.
Noted Physician and Author.

bed. This is the most effective rem
edy I know of, but it requires the
care of some one with nursing abil-
ity. 1t pays to call in a nurse 70
administer this, If no one in the
household is competent as prac-
teal nurse
s. Breathe nothing but cold air
if cold air is available.
9. II the throat feels sore, apply
cloths wrung out of cold tap water,
and cover with flannel or oiled silk
or waxed paper, changing every
half hour.