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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-04
Departnent Oficery Nere.

Department O6cery Here.
Mrs. Ola Fairman-Dee Of Chi
cago, past department president Of
the Daughters Of Veterans and or
ganizing regent Of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution, and
Mrs. Annette Barnidge, also Of Chi
cago, chairman Of the oflicial G. A.
r. committee, arrived in the city
this noon from Chicago. They will
spend the week with Mrs. Essie
Siemop, department inspector of
the Daughters of Veterans, at her
home, 1880 Eleventh street, and
will be honor guests at the annual
birthday party Friday, which is to
be given by Barbara Frietchie tent,
No. 81, Daughters Of Veterans. for
the comrades, their wives and
widows OF comrades.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-04

oANNi hooh. HiS tl1C
ing and officers for the year will
be elected at the business meeting.
Program for p. T. A. Meeting.
A children's program will be Civ
en- tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
at the meeting of the parent-teach-
ers' association of Horace Mann
school. 1t was announced that the
collection Of old clothing which is
to be turned over to the Welfare as
ISOLATION. will be taken up at to-
morrow's meeting. The members
are asked to bring as many articles
as possible Following is the pro-
gram which has been arranged for
the afternoon:
Piano duet-Ruth Collins and
Frances Sollenberger.
"The Wind"-Pupils from Miss
Cora Nelson's room.
Solo-Irmal Rhodes.
Observation-Disclosures from Miss
Spencer's room. ..
Solo dance-Lucille Carruthers.
Snowdrop-Pupils from Miss
Elizabeth Oglevee's room.
Song-Miss Mildred Schlenyer,
Minuet-Eight children. --s
Spring song-Pupils from Miss
Mabel looks room.
Nominating Committee Named.
At the regular monthly meeting
Of tho Illinois-Iowa branch Of the
Association OF, Collegiate alumnae,
held Saturday afternoon at Trinity
Parish house. Davenport, the nom
mating committee for the annual
election was named. Mrs. E, N.
Coleman Ia to serve as chairman
Of the committee, and will be as
sisted by Mrs. J. H. Ross and Mrs.
Arvid 6amuelson OF Rock Island.
In the absence OF IL president,
Miss Mary e. Adkins!! who Is at
tending the national meeting at,
Washington. d. c., Miss Eleanor
Pruen. first vice president. presid-
ed, There were 20 members pres
ent and during the business Sos
sion s. was voted to the Nine. Curie
fund for the purchase of radium
and IS to the scholarship fund for
the American college at Constanti-
nopie.
< soe:s, hour followed the bust
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-04

FAvV A~1A \ NSse
Every table was surpunded and
every chair filled Saturday at Ter
race Gardens for the afternoon
musical-tea the Music Lovers club
gave as a benefit for the June
biennial fund.
Around four hundred tickets
were sold and while expenses Of
entertainment we're heavy, it is
hoped to clear 500 for the clubs
pledge.
The musical was the most sue
cessful affair of its kind the club
has..ever given. The splendid pro-
gram was the attraction and each
and every number was received
with keen appreciation and great
applause.
Officers OF the club formed an
informal committee looking to the
seating of guests. and the Terrace
Garden management served light
refreshments during the program.
Following is the program as car
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-04

ness meeting, Mrs.. z. N. Coleman,
hostess Of the afternoon. presiding.
children's songs were sung BY the
members and there we're childrens
readings BY Mrs. J. Ross Lee, Mrs.
c. e. Gilman sang group OF chill
dren's songs, Mrs. Carl MAkeever
accompanying.
The next meeting will be May 4.
at the home of Mrs. J. F. Harper.
1888 Twenty-fifth avenue, Moline.
Cast Of Play Announced.
The cast for the tenth annual
play, 1.-THE Commodore" three
act comedy which will be presented
April 81 and %. by the young peo-
pies society Of Emmanuel Luther
an church, in the auditorium Of the
new school building, will be:
Tony Baxter. Elmer Boldt
Edith, his wife. :. Mrs. Elsa Boldt
Dick Bradley. John Theus
Isabel, his wife. Miss Ethel Hodson
Mrs. Darling Miss Katherine Pfaff
WdthluS. ASrAy hAoAA AoAo~
THE Commodore. ..........
.......... August Schroeder
Lieutenant Minton, Arthur Klockau
Sophie Kent. .. Miss Irma Moeller
John Wrasper. :. Walter KOhlhoff
The action of the play is laid in
the summer home Of Mrs. Darling
on Long Island Sound, New York,
during the year 1918. 1t is not a
war play, but a play of mistaken
identity in which THE Commo-
dore' is mistaken for everyone but
the right person. Special scenery
is being built for the play and it
promises to be one of the best the
society has ever given. The pro-
ceeds go toward the fund for re-
decorating the church.
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College Course in Movies
IHy Associntcd press.l

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.--Columbia University
students going ION location" and will film
q reel two of snow stuff" this winter as
part of course in the movies. the first
of the kind given in the United States.
There will bc studio work well in the
mechanical end of the business with the pro-
duction OF photoplay written by one OF the
students.
The mysteries of the newest of the arts will
he laid hare in the course. Those who desire
TO learn continuity writing and how to keep
the action going fast and furious while the
audience learns the captions by heart. will
led by the hand through tho mazes of the
what and why Of the professional movie world
The creation of situations and crises will
not he neglected. The logic OF cmotonally
satisfactory cndings will be explained. Tho
principles OF visual appeal. the hurting GUS
tard pie, the glyccrinc tears. the close up,
the fadcaway. the surchre tricks. the entire
art or arousing and sustaining the specta tor 8
interest will tic turned inside and out and
back again for those taking the course.
For those who have knowledge of the
elements of the movies there will be oppor-
tunity to learn tho uses of symbolism--Mae-
tcrlinck's and everybody 's--ira ma tization Of
setting and pictorial composition.
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':ALICE ADAMS" AN ALLURLNG
AND HEAR7ENING PORTRAIT or
YOUNG AMERICAN WONLANHOOD
Booth Tarkingtons Latest Book Deals With "Smart"
Girl During the Evolution of Small Town
Into Big City

ALICE ADAMS" by Booth Tark
ington doubleday. Page & Co, Gar
den City. y. W, Is a study OF an
American family curing the change
i:icident TO the cvo,ntinn or the small
town into the big city, in which rs
Devoted how family left benin IN
It's ftmorselcss pace attempts 10 catch
un socially and financially. AMI hav.
in the person OF the daughter. II
finally sets out on Il quiet road o: its
own. 4 quest not Of pursuit. but of
frmcr and finer reality.
In particular it is the story of
Alice ADAMS, smart girl and 4
right pretty" girl. worthy Of q
leading position in society. but lack
ing what Mrs. Adams called back
ground" fine house TO entertain
in. ample wardrobe and the other
things only wealth makes possible.
There is Adams senior, honest.
but unambitious. goadcd into Il dis
loyalty to a beloved employer that
nearly breaks his spirit; there Is
Mrs. Adams, pathcticaliy sacrificing
herself. and only making matters
worse: there is Walter, living in "a
secret world OF his own. sinister
and bitterly truthful portrait of Il
certain Maynard type of young man.
hood, giving new evidence OF Tark-
ingtons amazing understanding of
the boy: there are the girls. init
mate friends of Alice" and finally
there is Mr.. Russell. and how at one
point, he and the dream hero. touched
for a moment.
Splendidly drawn as they are, they
hold a subordinate place to the bril-
herself vital. alluring. capable Of
hff
realty, hcartcning portrait or
young American womanhood.
PASTELS AND SILHOUETTES. By
Mabel Holmes Parsons. The STRAIT
ford Co.. Boston.
Life itself is the authors theme
in these pocms-Life and Nature.
She sings with understanding Of tho
woman who tolls, and tolls nightly,
but still finds JOY in the fact OF
Sunshine on the westward hills"
There is often delightful lifting
lightncss OF touch. along with visit
full. often whimsical undertone. All
in all. the volume is ono to tuck into
ones pocket for spare moments: for
the more often 1t is read the more
one will find in 1t.
THE JESSAMINES. BY Mrs, c. T..
Broyles. The StratfOrd Co, Boston.
4 love story depicting the Old
South in its true setting, and i'm
parting its high ideals and noble as
pirations-as "Jessamines'' shed their
fragrance so lavishly. The stately
old home IL real and enchanting.
You love It-and tremble when clouds
OF impending danger. martial and
hover about II. The style OF grace
and flow OF language In this book
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have been compared to tina, OF Thomas
Nelson Page.
TIE ENCHANTED YEARS. Edit
cd by Professors John G. Mccall ard
Jarles S. wilson. of the faculty or
the University OF Virginia. Harcourt.
Brace O. IIowo New York.
This hook of contemporary verse
is dedicated by the Poets Of Great
britain and America To the Univer-
s!ty OF Virginia on the occasion OF
the one hundredth anniversary. The
contributors are: Lord Dunsany, w.
H. Davies. Grace Hazard Conkiing,
-. II. Lawrence. Amy Lowell. Kath-
crime Lee Rates. C. l.. Woodbcrry.
Vachel Lindsay. Walter de In Mere,
John Drinkwater and sixty others.
THE MARKETING OF WHOLE
MILK. BY II. L. Erdmann. The
Macmillan Co, New York.
What could be more timely than
discussion of marketing of milk?
The crises i'm the milk business Of
the past year. and it's Importance as
a commodity. make a scientific dis
cussion Of the business of immedi-
ate economic Importance. The main
divisions of this volume are: Milk
40 a. 'ial MT NlHT-
kets for Whole Milk; Distribution
of Milk; Collective Bargaining in the
Marketing OF Whole Milk: MIX
Prices; Consideration of Proposed
Remedies. The appendix includes an
article on Some Problems Arising
Out of the Marketing OF MIX on a
Butterfat Basis" and table OF
prices of milk compared with those
nf ether commodities.
WHILE EUROPE WAITS FOR
PEACE. BY Pierrcpont B. Noyes.
The Macmillan Co, New YORK.
This little book will be read with
interest and rroht by Americils who
arc alive. as they should be. TO thu
aha RS OF T.. pc The au...c- one
peace sctt!e.n.It, writes out OF pr.c.
ti'al knowledge. lie gives a force
full argument: for notifications in
the treaty for me ratification OF the
league of natiJnr covenant.
BREAKERS AND GRANITE. BY
John Gould Fletcher. The Macmillan
Co, New York.
Mr.. Flctcher's recent criticisms of
poetry have given him a definite place
among those who appreciate and
analyZe fairly the currents In liter
airy development. Now we have n
new book of verse from his pen. and
it is all upon American subjects
From the opening poem. THE Arri-
val" through pictures OF New York
in many moods. his descriptions car
ry us West and South, down the Mis-
sissippi, across the Rockies. The
Brilliant colors Of his sharp-cut
phrases mako each OF his images az
impressive as light itself,
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
BY HENRY EDWARD WARNER
"THE CONTRIBUTORS, CLun.v

His Voice.
III sunset glow and in each CLEAN
me stars portray at night,
III every ripple OF the stream
Ihat leaps to greet the sight.
And In the petals of the rose
which nestles by the thorn
There is Voice which swells and flows
10 souls of men reborn.
They understand. the sons OF man,
Ana sons of God become.
"hen turning from the sordid plan
They hear in summers hum
Inc voice which spoke in Galilee,
winch told OF life and love:
for sights and sounds on land and sea
Are words from God above.
IN. d
Richmond. August 10 1921
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ROYALTY OF BRITAIN PAYS
VISIT TO CHANNEL ISLANDS
Ancient Customs Arc Revived for
Reception OF Monarch by
I'icfhOIdcrs

ST. HELLER, JERSEY, Aug. Ia
h'ns George. Queen Mary and Prin-
cess MARY recently completed "A tour
OF the Channel Islands. which had
not been visited by British
sovereign for sevcnty-ii five years. The
islands are the only portion of the
bukcdom Of Normandy now belong
ing to England. to which they have
been attached for more than 900
years. French remains the language
spoken by the Inhabitants
hlnS George, who on this occasion
assumed his old title OF Duke OF
Normandy. was received both at
Guernsey and here with quaint old
Tune ceremonial. Royal fcfhoiders
knclt before him and swore fcalty in
precisely the same manner as did
their ancestors To William tho Con-
iueror on the eve OF the Norman
invasion. Tcnurcs Of land were con-
firmcd by offerings such as n pair OF
git spurs or brace of wild ducks.
In Guernsey. the seigncurs OF
Rozel and OF Des AuErics are en-
joined by their tcnures to ride into
the water UP to tho saddle girths
and carry their duke to land r.
Lempriere and Major j. F.. Gifard.
the present-day holders OF these
seiSneurics, so far conformed to an
cient usage as to meet the King at
the waters edge.
where aic your robes?" asked the
King banteringly, as he greeted them.
II am afraid, sire. this water would
be too deep TO ride into" replied Mr..
Lcmpriere.
At The Chamber OF the States, the
local legislature. the royal party was
received by halberdicrs carrying arms
given to their ancestors by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh, the Governor OF the
island in Elizabcthan times. Tho hal
herds had been handed down from
father TO son. The King also oc-
cupied Sir Walter Raleigh's carved
oaken chair.
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a. S. H.. Lawrenceville.-Shy in
American slang, is dishonest or un-
scrupuious attorney. The word is said
to have originated In New York, and
this story Is told of it: A German at
torney applied at the Tombs Court in
1910 for warrant against n client
who had called him bad names. Ono
OF the namcs-a not very polite one
he pronounced as "shyster" is now
spelled 1t soon became current
prison slang for disrcputablo prac-
titioncr. George Wilkes, who then
edited the Police Gazette, first wrote
the word in Its present form. Justice
Miller, of the United States Supreme
Court, gave it a judicial adoption into
our language in an address before tho
Iowa bar about tho time OF the
Bcecher trial
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Partridge Shooting in Fall
Promises Best in Years

Especial to Tho Times Dlspatch.l
LYNCHBURG. VA, Aug. 10
Local hunters are in high Elee
over reports from the country dis
trict with respect to the prospect
Tor good hunting for cartridges
next fall when the open season
prevails. Following an open win
Ter. in which the birds did not
s"Hcr TO any unusual extent.
comes conditions in July which
ala not work to the cutting down
OF the broods of young BIRDS. so
mat Indications now are that
shooting Will be the best next fan
mat has prevailed In this section
for some years.
Under the state law, the close
season ends October 81. and birds
may be shot after that date east
OF the Blue Ridge. save in those
counties where the season Is
abridged by action OF the Boards
of Supervisors
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Verify Yes.

say Jones" said the Boss. "why do you
grind it in on that poor noorwalkcr. anyhow?
fon should DO more considerable with your
employees"
Il ann consideratc." said Jones grimly; but
that guy was second lieutenant and | was
private in the same company.'
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arranging to take the stump. Already Mrs.
Elizabeth Otey, of Lynchburg. who is tho
Republican nominee for State Superintend-
ent of Public instruction. has made a few
speeches and declared her intention to
stump the state pretty thoroughly before
election day.
Miss Mary Rel! Perkins, of Richmond,
WHO was a candidate in the recent primary
for Democratic nomination for the House
of Delegates, seems to have enjoyed her
local experience on the hustinSs and has
declared her purpose TO enlarge her efforts
by stumping the entire State, or as much
of il as can be covered during the fall, in
the interest of the Democratic nominees.
The State committee undoubtedly will avail
itself OF her services us a campaigner. and
if she proves as interesting and as snappy in
the larger field as she did i'm her recent can
vass of Richmond in her own interest she
Will he drawing card wherever she APP
pears.
II is already being whispered about that
another novelty of the campaign will be
few joint debates between the leading can
didates on the two State tickets. 1t is to
be hoped that there may also be arranged
few discussions of political issues between
women speakers. Such debates undoubted-
ly would draw crowds that nothing else
could bring ont. Let's have them by all
means.
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Spirit of Virginia's Press

I'VE are far from the time" remarks the
Petersburg 1ndex-Appeai. when equal suf-
fragc ana prohibition will cease 10 Lc dragged
forth to do service in political campaigns"
Quite Even the free silver issue of 1896
dragged into the Democratic campaign
or 1921 And VIC may remark in passing that
ii viii y" long time before any man can
be elected 10 state Office in Virginia who
opposed prohibition woman sufIrugc.-Ncw-
port News Times Herald How about the
United states scnat1rship, and Claude and
Wcstmorcand? We have heard it claimed
charged that either tore his shirt for State
wide Federal prohibition or the equal suf-
fraGc amendment. Docs that mean that neither
question is To To an issue next ycar?-Pcrers-
tur6 Index Appeal.
The Roanoke World News is responsible for
the following plain English: They vote for
prohibition and prohibition laws, and when il
comes TO question of oil cying the laws they
insist upon letting George do it Every town
and city every legislative hall. every nook
and Of the land knows that type OF
prOhibi,onist He's the fellow who is largely
responsible for the failure of prohibition to
really prohibit. And he is nearly as much of
u hypocrite and "a law breaker as the revenue
officer or other government official who turns
bootcggcr."
The next Legislature is to tie a SOFT of
training school, If the Surmise Of the Norfolk
dgcr- Dispatch is correct That papcr saws:
with less than atty members OF the present
House OF Delegates of Virginia rcnomina ted
in the Democratic primary last week much
~ the legislation to which the next General
| Assembly viii address itself will be tho max
! ing OF new members"
! Tho iarrisonhurG News Record which is
! authority on such subjects. gets off the follow
/ ing: ~ distinction should lie drawn between
J farmer and an agriculturst' The farmer
| is who makes his iving-and his money
| il he makes any--out o his no
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INFORMATION BUREAU

Inquiries regarding almost my
topic, executing on legal md me dicai
subjects, Rre answered free. An all
inquiries nrc answered directly by
peraOnhi letter, n self Addressed,
stamped envelope IN required. Adj
dreHs The Tlmes-Dispntch >Iuforma-
tion Bureau, HlchmOnd, yn.
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l.nEnfalIpc.

The idlcr dawdles over dessert
Language without cuss word would be
merely vehicle of communication
y loan 10 Industry Is warning to sloth.
The miscr loves most that from which he
gets least.
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Sans printing bill before the war used to be-
about 100000 annually 1t Is prnc,Ic,,lv
doubie that amount now. In View OF the re-
iterated statements that retrenchment I'm Fed
erai expenditures is an absolute necessity 1t
% IN oroer TO suggest that quite a neat sum
can te saved in tho U. S. Printing Office pro-
Fided Senator'S Representatives and other
government officials can bring themselves to
undergo the sacrifice of not seeing their names
IN PRINT quite so frequently as heretofore
government publications. some useful but
more useless. fairly flood the country Every
eaitors wastebasket is full OF them So are
the wastebaskcts OF business men in every city
In tho country"
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when a man git so old he cayarn't shake
Il ioot no mo- TO rheumatic" said Charcoal
Enh ruminattvely. hit sure do beat do Dutch
bow he staht prcachin' 'bou, good HABITS Eat
hunk o pie. Mstah Jackson"
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lnasmuch as lie is bachelor, Representa-
tive Herrick. who would forbid beauty con-
tests as n'mical to the American home, might
b" asked what he has done for that great
American institution.
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So long the Bolshevists are not adj
United to the Washington conference Premier
hughes will tic the only delegate who talks
from ambush.
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No doubt France is willing To wind up its
watch on tho Rhine, hut no, in the manner
Lloyd George SUGGESTS
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Orators Of many kinds and of both sexes
are Offering their services to Mr. Trink,o
and the committee Looks as if there is TO
he the liyest campaign from now 10 No
Nemb"r Virginia has known in thirty years
or moro.
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Automobile Smnshcs.

Peace hath its casualties no less renowned
than wal.
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ne BRISTOL Herald-Couricr. meddling where
~ mas no BUSINESS. says: "A movie star saws
she can mako u dress for sI25 Maybe she
can put she would have to make il out of
material that did not cost over 9S cents n yard
anu ie" girls VIII wear such cheap clothes"
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"GoIns or mnIr-Corl>cd."

To the Editor Of The Times Dispatch;
Sir,-Not wholly agreeing with
your editorial, Going or Half
Cooked" OF Sunday. August Z. 1921
| sent the clipping to DR.. II. NJ. Green
Of knoxville, Tenn, who Is an au-
,hority on pcllaGra and so recognized
by prominent physicians of both races
throughout the South. AS chairman
OF the Pcllagra Commission Of the
National Medical Association. he sub
inits Il report at each annual session
the next to lie held in Louisville. Ky.
August 23-2G. The following is n
copy Of his reply:
Knoxville, Tenn. Aug. 9, 1921.
DIR. -. 4. Ferguson.
"327 North First Street.
"Richmond. Va
MY dear Or. Ferguson. - Your
favor, inclosing clipping teditoriaD
from The Richmond Times -Dispat oh
of August {, has been received The
caption, Going on lf-Cock ed htf
the case perfectly, hut applies equal
Is as we'll To the editorial effort in
question as IL does To the prcsidcnts
uttcranccs to which IL takes cxccp-
tons.
The whole thing Is queer mix
turc OF pride and Misunderstanding
The South quite properly rcscnts the
!Esinuation that it's people are starry
ing or living more poorly. II you
please, than the people of other sec
lions hut the South does have and
has had pcilagra for number OF
years. and II is here that the ignor-
incc comes in.
why connect peilagra with fam
me In any degree? There is not one
iota OF evidence, Notwithstanding tho
reports OF government experts TO the
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win $5O0oeo,ooo a year goi.. into Tho
p"tht'S bootlcgEers. ii is no wonder
$" many trnerican boys have lost their ann.
hilton to bee President.