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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-30

SALESMEN--In every community in
Maine to work on commission for a
legitimate business. Liberal commits
sion. A good chance to earn income
Tor whole or part of time. Only those
who mean business should apply Ad-
dress r. A. c., Opera House Block,
Augusta, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-30

ly new. $50 week easily made. Chi
cago Sign System, A $50 w. Austin,
Chicago.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-31
Ukitf
OrgandicS

Fancy white orEaudics on WOW
On stripes, checks and bars
very sheer. special price tor
White sale.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-31
WMte Sale 0fLaceS and Embr0iduy

Venice other lace cdgnGs bands
prices other aoes otherwise priced less 20
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-31
Wolfe Gowns, $4.29

Many pretty voilo gowns make
zap This largo selection. They are
empire style, with dainty ribbon
ties IN front, square mock, lace
trimmed. etc. \ real summcry
gown. White sale price
&d OG
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-31

Narrow Cambriccdges and insertion. i2iac and
swisscs edges and Insertions 25g to $50 values 1sc
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-31
SIS Corsets, $2.94

Another special that will apneal
TO those accustomed in wearing
a regular 81 corset. This num-
her is a low bust, elastic back.
Long skirt, lace trimmed.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-05-31

"7-uch Swiss embroidery orrandy, s. EraG. o5c
.7..u,h Swiss uouncinE tor inrants wear, $l.5o
,tn.,. Doc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
Transportation and Food.

People have a somewhat exaggerated idea
as to the relative cost of transportation to the
total cost to the consumer of food products
Transportation. of course does add to the ulti-
mate retail price of merchandise. but just how
much not very many people have taken the
trouble, or had the opportunity, to reliably es-
innate. Here is a sample reported in the
Illinois Central Magazine. The freight charges
Of meal served at Springfield for s125, con-
. sisting OF beef from Iowa, salmon from Oregon
and other foods from far away as Louisiana
and from New York city is almost exactly /
cent and mills In this computation the cost
OF carriage is based on carload rates from the
producers and manufacturers to the whole
salers, and less-than-carload rates from the
wholesalers to the retailers. The carriage COW
ers some long distances Coffee. sugar and
Strawberries from Louisiana, beef from Des
Moines, wheat from Fargo, n. D.. butter from
Madison, Wis. peas from Detroit. Mich. sal
mon from Portland. Ore, salt from Ludington
Mich, pepper from New York city. The esti-
mate does not state where the tip comes from
1.-The. customer knows-but as that grows spon-
taneously everywhere. and incurs no trans
portation charges, it is not taken into account
IL the man who consumed the meal and cashede
the SIPS check could realize that only cent
and mills Of the expense was chargeabIe to
remaining s1.22 and mills was chargeable.
The incident is reminiscent of the scare the
free traders used to hurl at the voters In the
presidential campaigns thirty or forty years
ago in their attacks upon the protective tariff
They had a system of percentage to prove
their contention that protective tariff greatly
Increases the cost of living The Republicans
punctured the percentage schedules by apply
ing them TO the real facts OF every day expe-
renee. Just as has been done with the meal
,sten at Springfield |
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
Stinulants.

John Barleycorn comes to life in the far
north. The Yukon Canadians, after trying pro-
hibition, voted wet by a big majority and the
saloons of Dawson are said to be staging Wild
orgies than during the Klondike gold rush.
This puzzles the drys, for the Yukon pre-
viously had voted bone-dry so overwhelmingly
that it thought the liquor question up
there had been settled for all time.
Strong drink can be legislated out. It's
not as easy to kill the craving for stimulants
The Malay chews betel nuts. The American
gets his stimulants from home brew, tobacco
coffee, tea, jazz bands and amusement-park
thrills.
Few people be happy without stimu-
lants. though they shorten human life, says E.
Dana Caulkins, expert on physical education.
The world is physically sick, according to
Caulkins theory. Lacking perfect health
which is the real joy of life, most people re-
sort to stimulants in an effort to experience
artifcially the mental buoyancy natural to the
normal, healthy person.
1T is this physical sickness OF the world
that has developed universally the use of slim
ulants' says Caulkins. "If we could effect
return to the normal, through healthful living
and bodily exercise, legislated prohibition
would be unnecessary. In my Judgment, there
should be provision for the teaching of physi-
cal education in all our schools"
You have times when life becomes almost
unendurably monotonous Hence the express
sion, Let's start something" How can you
get thrill? Better still, how can you remove
the craving for thrill?
Only few out of the many are capable
of acquiring desired stimulation through the
writing Of books, the invention of new mechan-
ical devices or supreme joy in their lifework
What most Of us need. to satisfy the craving
for stimulation, is vigorous play-recreation
There is no stimulant in the world as thrilling
as good health. Good health may require lots
of hard work But it also requires hard play.
II you want to keep normal and physically fit.
get that play-whether it's by playing baseball
or golf or taking long walks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
EQUALITY
BY BERTON RRALEY.

You are just as good as 1 am, and I'm Just as
good as you.
We are free and equal citizens of earth;
But, chip upon your shoulder doesn't prove
that it is true,
Nor does rudeness serve to demonstrate
your worth.
If you're just as good as am, you can show
it with a smile;
You can prove it with your courtesy and
tact;
And If I'm as good as you are will emulate
your style,
Which will show that we are equal. for
fact!
There's certain sort of mortal who is ready
to believe
That he shows himself away above his Job.
When he goes about his duties with an ever
lasting peeve
And the general behavior of a snob.
But OF course you never do so, for you very
plainly see
That the way to prove equality all through
Is to give the kind OF treatment that you'd
like to have from me
If 1 tried to prove myself as good as you,
am just good as you are and you're inst
as good as I,
But you do not demonstrate it when Won
show
most insolent demeanor and a tenper al,
awry
(Though you never have that attitude
know)
For you know that being cheerful and efic,e,,
and polite
Doesn't hurt your social caste or r,,-,,
worth,
And since you have learned this lesson and
have got the answer right,
You are Just as good as anyone on earth,
Copyright, 1921, by Newspaper Enterprisa)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

will be summarized before the executives as
follows: The brotherhoods have tried to play
fair with the railroads and agreements entered
into by them have been lived up to IN letter
and shirt They neither have accepted nor
rejected the recent wage reductions. whether
this wage reduction question will be submitted
TO referendum vote will depend upon the re-
salt Of the New York conference The brother
hoods want to know whether the executives
plan further reductions, whether they are go
ing to demand abolition of time and one-haif
nav for overtime and whether they intend to
ignore the brotherhoods and attempt to deal
with the men on each individual road. The
brotherhood leaders also may present instances
of what they consider unfair treatment by va
rious eastern railroads. They have complaints
that men active In the brotherhoods have been
singled out for punishment by railroad
executives.
Undoubtedly the reactionaries among the
railway executives would like to destroy the
railroad unions, but it is only fair TO admit
that labor has as much right to organize for
its own benefit and protection as railroad pres
icents have to create such bodies the Asso-
citation OF Railway Executives for cooperation
and concert OF action. There appears to be
desire among some railway executives to visit
reprisals upon union labor for its selfshness
and unfairness during the war period when 1t
took advantage to the full to profits by the
nations needs. But there is no profit in re-
prisals. The country is sick of industrial war
fare. 1t doesn't want labor putting the screws
on management when conditions favor labor
and management getting revenge on labor
when conditions favor management-for the
public suffers both ways. There will be no
strike no,matter how the New York conference
terminates. Labor would be foolish to strike
in times like these. But the seeds of strike may
be planted. If common sense rules that New
York gathering it may point the way to new
era in the transportation field. Strife means
loss to both management and men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
The Possible Doom of the Street
Railway.

The fate of the Des Moines street railway
company, now in the hands of a receiver. and
which will go out Of business next Monday,
per order of Federal Judge Martin ]. Wade,
because it has not been allowed sufficient fare
to carry it, while jitney-bus competition has
been permitted on the other hand, sounds
warning that street car riders should not be
Indifferent to the actual requirements of public
service corporations.
This is in all fairness.
Dcs Moines has beat itself out of the con-
venience of street cars because it has been
blinded both to the needs of the company, and
the needs of the people well.
Street railway operation today is a vexa-
tious proposition. 1t is problem. the future
of which is uncertain, if not doubtful Added
ton, has come the unfair jitney competition.
This mainly has spelled the doom of the Des
Moines company.
Coming along in all likelihood is the motor
bus, which running either with without
trolley but without the necessity of tracks,
may eventually sound the death knell of the
street 1t may arrive soon, or may not
come for some time, but when it does. the
holders of street franchises, unless they
resort to the motor bus to protect their rights,
will be holding the sack.
1t is WELL meanwhile, to be at least con-
siderate, If not charitable, with the street car
company.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
Observation-Disclosures Ia.
GrnooI DAYS
k{OTEO

AuGOD0y t;EfapHy-Sn Lie
School Days.
School days, cruel days, sad old
maiden rule days, can't whisper nor
fidcet nor get a drink, just sit in
our seat like hunk of zinc-surely
no place for normal boys, even mere
children must make some noisei If
we must go to school let's go to
schools taught by mothers of regu-
lar boys!
| Old maids-whenever father says
anything about old maids and
schools he gets a good scolding
from several teachers-but I'm
saying this, myself, though in a
way father is to blame for me,
suppose-old maids may be COM
paratively harmless as teachers for
college students, but their potency
for harm varies inversely with the
age of the children they teach, and
so the last place to put an old maid
is in charge of a room or class of
little boys or children. If any old
maid is such an old maid as to con-
slider herself offended by this, IA
Their will be glad to confer with her
about her grievance.
Trouble with too many teachers
of youngsters is that they are old
maidish, Irrespective of years. Some
teachers start in at the tender age
of eighteen or twenty-one as full
fledged old maids; some achieve
this deplorable state of mind after
several years of eaching; some
never will become old maids be-
cause they are not of that tempera-
mont
Mothers should be given the pref
erence as teachers of little children.
A mother knows better than to in
fliCt the cruelty of silence or immo-
bility for hours at a time on a
youngster. An old maid does not
understand. She thinks it is right
and proper for little boys and girls
to sit like SO many hunks of zinc,
and she generally considers it a
crime for pupil to whisper or to
make little noise-and the teach
er who considers whispering and
ordinary noises of many children
confined in one room abnormal Ger
tainly has the wrong sort of train
ing for her job, no matter where or
how she acquired it.
When is it the right time to start
a boy or girl in school? At five,
six, seven or eight? 1t all depends
on the teacher. If she is of the
czaristic temperament, given to
Furnishing children for such normal
acts as whispering or fighting or
noise, eight years is early |
enough. If the teacher has a little
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
REDEMPTION.
By Margaret A. Norton.

| Copyright, 1921, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
1t was a crucial moment Rachel
recognized it Without a second s
hesitation she grasped the steaming
| coffee pot and, with an alarming
agility, sent it, contents and all,
right through the big pane of glass
| in the dining room window. crash
1t landed, bent and broken, on the
| bed of tulips, just springing into
blossom. on the lawn.
Then, with a slightly heightened
| color, but apparently otherwise
! calm and placid, she began filling
some glasses with water to sub
stitute in place of the usual bey-
! erage.
Ralph, astonished, aghast,- his
mouth open, stood as if turned to
stone and watched his wife's move
ments. To his astonished gaze she
appeared as cool and chilly as
winter morning. He could not tell
that under the placidity of her
manner her heart was beating mad
ly and that she trembled as she fol-
lowed out her preconceived pro-
gram.
They" had told her-why, even
Ralph's own mother had warned
her-that Ralph's ugly temper had
spoiled his first wife's life; that he
was given to fits of "meanness,"
which while they lasted made life
near him, or with him, a misery and
a terror.
They" had said that she would
rue the day she married him, for he
was "oyerbearing and tyrannical"
and had no thought for anyone
but himself"
ITO all well-meaning critics, ex-
cept Ralph's mother, Rachel had
turned smiling but unmoved face.
With Mrs. Rodman she had talked
earnestly.
IF he cannot control his tenn
per-" she had remarked, thought
fully, then he should be confined,
both for his own safety and that of
other people"
This suggestion had shocked his
mother, and she fastened to say
that Ralph could keep the peace
when he chose; for, said she:
Il remember the summer when |
Uncle Frank was here, and SO much |
upon his having. quiet. !
Why, Ralph was like a lamb! Not |
a word, even when some really irri- |
tating things occurred; but the min |
ute, almost, that Uncle Frank left !
he was just as disagreeable as
ever"
Il thought as much" answered /
Rachel quietly. His outbreaks are
not incurable, and as he possesses
so many other really good traits, 1
think I'll run the risk
She did, and for some months her
-actfulness and the love Ralph I'M
1oubtedly bore his handsome and
cheerful wife held his tyrannicaI
.emper within bounds. But this
ovely April morning he had risen
with all his disagreeable propensi-
les on the surface. Nothing pleased
lin; everything was wrong; he
lad growled at everything and
until Rachel felt like
making some judicial and emphatic
'emarks. She had refrained, how
,ver. being determined that, in any
,ossible outbreak, she would not be
he aggressor.
She had not uttered a word of re-
not even where her hus- I
and kicked the unoffending cat.
brew a chair in his path to the
ther side OF the room and nearly
roke the covers of her new range I
Then he replenished the fire. She I
not to notice that her /
lerry remarks were unanswered /
u giared at 1t was not until, [
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

Miss Ada Hughes. asserting soiled linen in
Brooklyn laundry. found a bag containing
$4,000 worth of jewelry. The girl was so hon
est that not only did she return the jewelry
at once to the owner, but embarrassed
when offered a reward Honesty is its own
reward Doubtless Miss Hughes self-respect
Is worth more to her than $4,000. Just the
same, it is pleasant to know that she got a
vacation with her pay doubled.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

Q. How old are the various cab
met members? P. W. NJ.
A. Secretary of State Hughes is
SO years of age; Secretary of the
Treasurey Mellon is Sc; Secretary
of War Weeks, 81; Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty, 81; Postmaster
General Hays, AZ; Secretary of the
Navy DENLY, 81; Secretary of the
Interior Fall, so; Secretary of Ag-
ricuIture Wallace, SIS; Secretary of
Commerce Hoover, Al, and Secre-
tary of Labor Davis, As
@. What is French pastry?
A E. L.
A. French pastry is a term used
for a platter of mixed individual
fancy cakes, such as eclairs, fruit
tartlets, mocha cake. NapoleonS,
Pont Neuf cakes and cream puffs.
@. What is the difference be-
tween biting and sucking insects?
n. H. NJ.
A The biting or gnawing in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

81 must not lose her." he thought,
for if she goes it will be forever"
A year later as the pair were
looking at some fowl that Rachel
herself had installed in the poultry
houses Ralph remarked, reminis-
Gently:
I'm mighty glad, Rachel, that
you had the gumption to hit hard
from the shoulder when l merited
it."
And Rachel. her prophecies full
filled, answered: 81 never hit you,
honey, but did hit the black moods
that were killing you"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
Labor and Railroads.

The attitude of labor toward the railroads
for years to come may be determined at
meeting to be held next week in New York
A conference was requested with railroad ex-
ecutives some tine ago by W. G. Lee. president
OF the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and
this request was granted by De Witt Cuyler
for the Association of Railway Executives
It is stated that the case of the brotherhoods
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

sects are those which actually mas
ticate and swallow some portion o.
/ the solid substance of the plant d
J the wood, bark, leaves, flowers OF
fruit. They include most OF the IL
furious larvae, many beetles ana
the grassnoppers. The sucking IL
sects are those which injure plants
by the gradual extraction OF juices
from the bark, leaves or fruit, anu
include the plant-bugs, apniaes'
scale insects. thrips and plant
feeding mites. These insects pos
sess, instead Of biting jaws, sucA-
ing beaks or bristles.
Q. What relation was the nc
Lesseps who built the Suez cana
to the one who was in the French
company that started the Panama .
canal? J. W r.
A. VisCount Ferdinand &c Lee
seps, who promoted and constFuTr
ed the Suez canal was the same nc
Lesseps who later was president "
the company which bought tne
Wyse concession and started tIe
building of the Panama canal
was at this time past 70 years u
age.
@. Where was General CusISi
finally buried? L. ". d.
A Originally, the general #oS
buried where he fell at the Battle o.
Big Horn. A year later, hoWeFTi'
General Sheridan ordered his protn.
er, Colonel Michael Sheridan "
take up the body of General Custstt
and see that it was transported an.
buried with due ceremony at t4le
grave which it now occupies q
West Point
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
TO AN ABSENT DAUGHTER.


My dear, / find that there is something on
My mind and, though it seem lnconse-
quential,
You wiki l trust, treat what say as con-
Fidential.
Perhaps you'll think land justly I'm dub
But don't, l beg, fly into any passion
Because l have addressed you in this pub
Lie fashion.
And do not take me for a braying mule
(Although l AM a Pale Blue ASST but
rawther
Just bear in mind that you've a most pecul-
lar fawther.
Believe me, daughter, 1 would never say
A word to hurt your feelings, dear, nor is It
MY purpose to despoil your nice Vaca-
Tion visit
But here's the point Q'll hand to you the tip
At once, because do not want TO bore your {:
sadly fear l cannot buy those slip
Pers for you
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
lEaEs ETH TAI KS
BY WILLIAM BRADY r1D

human understanding. little Of the
motherly feeling. and doesn't prac-
tice such cruelt;eS on her flock, then
the age of six is about right. I am
speaking now of regular primary
school, not of kindergarten. 1t is
all right to begin sending the baby
10 kindergarten for an hour a day
at the age of three years. and may
be for two hours when the baby is
four years old, but never longer
than two hours, if you wish TO give
the baby the most in the way of edu-
cation.
Our schools throughout the coun-
try. with some happy exceptions
here and there, are still far behind
the times in the matter of discipline.
For instance, high school precep-
tress still Furnishes pupils who so
far forget her austere dignity as to
whisper in her preSence-makes
them remain after school la old
maid-but when she catches a pupil
cheating in an examination inflicts
no punishment whatever. Wrong
temperament. Ought to be pensioned
off when they become old maids.
on US little fellers.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Bad Business.
Please tell me whether a red or
whitish sediment in the urine is
evidence of disease of the kidneys
B. NJ. 1.
Answer-No. You are launched
on a bad business trying to dag
nose your own ills, whether real or
imaginary.
Drinking Water While Hot.
The other day 1 was out for
long hike through the woods, and
found no water to drink. So when
l got home 1 was very hot and very
thirsty. Dad said l must take only
halls a glassful of water and wait
half an hour fer more. He said I'd
get cramps if 1 drank more. l drank
three glasses of cold water, and
felt fine afterwards. Dill l do
wrong? MISS A. B.
Answer see nothing wrong
about drinking all the water your
thirst Graves while you are still
warm. The harm is in drinking
ice-cold water, at any time. But
not in drinking large quantities of
cold water when hot
and thirsty.
HUMPS.
Is it true that mumps is likely to
leave a man or woman sterile?
]. A. n.
AnSwer-No.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

Ponce de Leon chased all over America
looking for the fountain of youth and never
thought of stopping at drug store
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

Next thing we know the reformers will be
insisting that We close our umbrellas on
rainy Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

General Wood reports that the Philippines
are facing bankruptcy. If this be so, indepenG-
ence for the natives of the islands may be
nearer at hand than they imagine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-30

ONE cogitates sadly at times upon the
transformers of earthly things. Where, now,
is the famous ark built by Noah? Where the
whale that swallowed Jonah Tor that Jonah
swallowed-we forget which, where the
deathless beauty of Petronius' slave; where the
ferocious bull once thrown by Ursus 1--WE don't
mean the Ursus who throws the bull in the
Line o. Type)? And where is the W. k. glory
that was Rome; the splendor of the Romanoffs;
the hochs for the Hohenzollerns? And where,
alas! are the cigars presented to US by Solo
mon Pifle? Gone-all gone. -. Death,
where is thy sting-a-ling-a Qualis
vita, fms ita.