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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

1ittle ones rather than have their true circum-
stances known to the public. Thus the Santa
Claus committee determined on policy OF
secrecy-where possible CON- ming the source OF
the gift giving to the COMMITTEES members ana
the favored family Put yourself In the posi-
tton of a man who has always been able TO
provide for his family. He has been without
employment for several months There, mas
been sickness in the family. He Is barely aoie
to provide food and fuel for his flock. christ
mas is coming but he can't see how he Is gong
10 be able to buy presents for his sevefai
youngsters He feels pretty badly over the
outlook, but he contents himself In the tnougnt
that he will be able to keep his flock together
and feed them until brighter day da"ns- he
would like to have some remembrances for. the
little folks. but he isn't going out and porFo"
money to provide them He learns Of The
Argus Santa Claus fund, to which the more
fortunate people of the city contribute in order
that families such as his be protected against
cheerlessness at Christmas He is assured that
The Argus Santa Claus is only too happy OF the
privilege of helping him in his emergency. and
that there is no obligation attached Neither
need his children ever know the actual source
of the gifts All they need know is that they
appealed TO Santa Claus and he answered them.
Just like he answers all other good little boys
and girls no matter whethey they live In man
sions or novels
That's the spirit of The Argus Santa Claus
simply protecting the poor youngsters of Rock
Island against heartache and disappointment
on childhood's sweetest festival of the year.
And it's toward helping keep alive that spirit
that you are asked to contribute, as You have
contributed in former years. The Argus and
.t,o x1-ho fha Santa EJaUS
committee shouderAall the responsibilities and
the arduous labor connected with the campaign
every year. Your part, furnishing the money
with which to buy the children's gifts, is the
smallest part of the job, although it is the
most important You know what Christmas
gift means to child You were once child
yourself. Then think what it would mean for
a youngster to waken next Christmas morning
to be told that Santa Claus had failed to stop
at his home. 1t would simply mean the shat
tering of a sweet childhood belief. Help keep
childhood's faith burning. You can do it by
contributing to The Argus Santa Claus fund.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Education for Life.

1t doesn't require a very high type of men
tality to feed a machine IN a modern factory
for eight hours a day. but the day of making
things by hand with the assistance of construc-
tive brains having largely gone by, it happens
that machines in factories are being run
nowadays by many men and women who pos
sess mentality capable OF much higher things.
They are forced TO this kind of mechanical
employment because there is no longer a field
for individual effort The machine has
usurped it. Nevertheless the public schools
continue TO lay particular stress on vocational
education; education for work rather than
education for leisure. Some educators, how
ever, are coming around to the view that too
much attention is paid to making schools mere
feeders to industry and advocate making them
more specifically places where the minds of
children are trained for the profitable employ
ment of leisure. The Indianapolis News, re-
ferring to an article by Arthur Pound in the
Atlantic Monthly, in which he advances the
theory that there is now demand for educa-
ton for leisure, says:
His belief is supported by observations in
factories, chiefly automobile factories. The
automatic machine, he says has gone far to-
ward eliminating any mental effort on the part
of the worker The designers and builders of
operator. And the machines have been per
fected to the degree that in three days child
just out of the public schools can be taught to
operate one as we'll as ar efficient nachinist
who served a long apprenticeship at less than
living wage. Eight hours is a days work for
these wage earners. Their pay is high, their
leisure is abundant. Their minds are never
fully occupied while they are at work and
when their days work is done their search for
recreation is both ardent and determined. It is
with these leisure hours that the schools must
contend if they to be of practical service to
this new product of automatic machine age
and Pound raises an interesting question when
he asks whether they are doing it, The view,
which is fresh and authoritative should com
mend the serious thought of all educators i'm
bued with the idea that the schools should send
the child into the world properly equipped to
mold his character to the environment he
finds"
The object Of education is not so much to
teach the child to make a living as to enable
him to make a life. There should be something
implanted in the brain OF the growing child
that lies not only outside the daily grind of
labor. but which will take the place of and
crowd out the things that are inimical to spirit
ual and moral growth in the hours when the
loves music, books flowers or anything beau
tifui in nature and art and who pursues the
knowledge of these things for the love of them
viii not only be better workman, but hap
pier one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Poor Riddles Christmas.

1t has again come that time of year to re-
mind you that The Argus Santa Claus COM
mittee is making plans for its annual distri-
button of gifts among the poor children OF
Rock Island. You have provided handsomely
for the youngsters in past years. and there is
every reason 10 believe that you will do
equally as we'll the coming Christmas.
The Argus Santa Claus fund was originated
II years ago to fill need in the community
that was long recognized, but which had never
been successfully met 1t was found that,
despite the efforts of various churches and or
CARNATIONS to spread Christmas cheer among
the poor little folks of the city. there were
large numbers who were overlooked every
year. This was not because of negligence of
those who sought to- take care of the young
sters, but 1t was primarily due TO the failure
of the poor families to make known their cir
cumstances. being reluctant to let others
know Of their poverty
The Argus Santa Claus workers discovered
that most poor families would prefer to pass
Christmas without rememhrances for their
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
Ponce De Icons Mistake.

When Ponce De Leon went hunting the
fountain of youth he chose the wrong place to
look Instead of sailing TO far Florida he
should have sought out the nearest dairy. Dr.
Sandowein, professor of physical chemistry at
the University of Kiev, has found tiny village
in the Caucasus mountains where IS men out
of total population of 100 over 100 years
old and still going strong. Their diet consists
exclusively of soured cows milk. cheese made
from sleeps milk and white bread. In these
days of high living what modern community
could be found in which three out of every 20
of the population were not only well over the
century mark. but hale and hearty? Not every
man will care 10 restrict himself to the de-
scribed diet even for the sake of making
Methuselah Jealous But there is little doubt
that if people would take more milk and milk
products. and fewer elaborate and expensive
foods, the life insurance companies would soon
have to revise their estimates of longevity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
College Democracy.

The frequent assertion that great American
colleges are dependent upon the munifcence of
a very few rich donors is strikingly disproved
in a current report the campaign to raise a
permanent endowment fund of SIS, O00, 900 for
Harvard. OF the total OF S13,70o,O00 now re-
ported more than S12,OOO,OOO is in unrestricted
subscriptions and anly about million is re-
stricted TO any special purpose or any special
department of the university.
The total number of subscriptions is %, 800.
table anaIyzing the number of gifts by
amounts shows that the majority Of gifts are of
500 less. There 14,0O0 of these small
donations Several thousands range from 500
to $500 There are only four gifts of more than
100000, six of exactly $500 900, and a dozen of
from $4,000 to $1,000 Harvard's endowment
is shown by these figures to be in a very liberal
way a real democracy of dollars.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
HEALTH TALKS
Food and Cancer.
By William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician and Author.

Food and Cancer.
Sinoe no one has yet discovered
the cause of cancer any obserya-
lions about the relation of diet or
other factors TO the prevalence of
the disease are purely conjectural.
we know, however, that the silly
sugerstition that tomatoes cause
cancer is without any foundation,
since many victims of this disea Sc
have never seen OF tasted toma-
toes.
For several years DR.. Charles
Mayo has entertained the belief that
the eating and drinking of foods or
beverages a little too hot for the
delicate lining of the stomach to
endure is q factor in the great
prevalence Of cancer in that situa-
ton.
DR.. L. Duncan Buckley, a noted
skin specialist of New York and an
authority on cancer. ascribes to
the diet a role of little less i'm
portance than surgery or other
treatment and has observed some
striking results from the careful
control of the diet in the treatment
of many cancer cases.
Some years ago Czerny. a great
German surgeon, suggested as a
means of avoiding cancer, the Civ
ing up of all raw food in the diet.
This suggestion was commended by
no less scientist than Ellie Metch-
nikoff. in some lectures on the pre-
vention of disease. Metchnikoff
propounded the conjecture that
IF int
asites of man, whose ova or larvae
reached the human alimentary tract
in uncooked foods such as lettuce,
strawberries and other articles
which may be contaminated by the
e4crement of animals or man,
might be the carriers of undiscoy-
cred germs that cause cancer. Re
member, this was a mere coniec-
ture, and Metchnikoff merely Of
fered it as one of the reasons why
he declined to eat raw food.
1t seems rather remarkable that
most victims of cancer are rather
hearty eaters and over nourished,
that is, they weigh more than they
should for several years prior to
the onset of the disease. OF course
most people who are overnourished
and eat too heartily never have
cancer at all, but nevertheless
many students of the disease have
attributed to overeating d possible
influence in thescausation of can
Ger.
l told a few weeks ago about the
causative relation of tobacco and
the condition known as leukoplakia
WhiCh Offen GpVoIonS into pappar-
of lips or mouth or tongue. The
frequent occurrence of a cancer in
a situation where prolonged irrita-
ton from broken, decayed or irreg-
ular teeth has been permitted to oc-
cur, has been emphasized by DR..
Joseph c. Bloodgood. a prominent
Baltimore surgeon. l am frankly
inclined to be severe on bad teeth,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
SAY 1T WITH FLOUR.
GwendoIyn G. Robinson.
Copyright, 1921. by Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.l

The little town of Maplewood had
almost given up watching for Betty
] TO do something queer" and unez-
pected. Not that Betty was ever
| given to acting queer" There
were the Spofford girls, who. com
ing home from college, INDUCED in
1 barefoot dances on the dewy grass.
| AS an eyewitness put it, both
| them gals was out in the wet grass
a-chasin' each other round, and
| neither of them had much of any
| thing on but some musketeer net
| tin; and that was hangin' all in
tatters. All of a sudden Nance lit
on a broken bottle and the way
she screeched, You'd thought it
| was the fire department comm
down Mani street,"
Then there was Julia Arbuck The
| Arbuck residence was one of those
| solid substantial homes, furnished
| according to the best ideas in the
mail order catalogues. The par
loT" was in mission, with green
slip cushions, green wallpaper, por-
there's and rug. The dining room
| was respondent in carved golden
| oak. Shortly after Julia returned
from college, a bewildered neigh
| Dor who visited there, came out as
one in a dream. and said she
| thought she'd surely get into the
wrong house. The parlor was like
a dungeon. and didn't have much
of anything in it but an old, bat
| tered. worm-eaten table these are
Mrs. PettingilI's own words), with
a piece of red cloth over it, and
on that, an old denied brass bowl,
that looked as if the dog had been
cutting his teeth on it" There
were three or four old chairs that
looked as if they had come from
Kettles second hand store, down
by the railroad tracks.
Mrs. Pettingill was also taken
into the dining room, which had
nothing in it, she claimed, but four
hard looking chairs and a table
that Julia Called "refectory"
table. Julia said the monks had
once eaten off it. Mrs. PettingilI
said she didn't see why poor old
Mr.. and Mrs. Arbuck should be
made to do pennance at their time
of life. And the lovely pictures
of the dead fish, and the brace of
ducks, all gone, leaving only the
faded spot on the wallpaper to re-
mind you of them.
Betty Ross kept busy and happy
on her fathers ranch getting an in
sight into his business. Farmer
Ross was a grower of wheat, and
had $50 acres under cultivation. In
town where there are 20 unmar-
ried women. and but five eligible
men it was thought quite the proper
thing TO "a young woman otake
an active interest in her fathers
business, where there was no son
in the family.
Betty drove out to the mill with
a load of wheat with her father one
brisk autumn day.
Il want to see the boss" she
said, after the wheat had been IN
loaded and weighed. A tall, dusty
looking young man came forward
shyly.
Why, this can't be my old
schoolmate Jim," cried Betty.
jim was very shy where women
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
CIR Tnnthatnttr
-EPfTAPH,-
urnr LIES MANS ANcnEyr ENEMY.
| Dull CARE
VINO p,srsrrRs THE UcuovED cuss
| HEWAREf
PURELY PERSONAL.

Inst Yesterday 1 wrote q diary
And sent 1t up to the composing room;
cautioned it as plain as plain could be
Nor ever dreamed sent 1t to It's doom
But later. when learned its horrld tate,
NY rancor rose, and rose, AND rose and
ROSE!
Tosrd Foreman BIZ breathed hymn Of hate
And how longed to bust i'm In the nosei
On second thought however. I'll admit
figured that was not the wfsest plan,
For though I'm not devoid of manly grit,
Old Bill. you see, is much the bigger man
But did L tell that person what thought
OF him? did. And he-he only grinned
For things like that in his young life are
naught:
A foreman learns 20 be rhinocerous- skinned.
E1fke 10 see the paper go to press
With errors here and there-thats fair
enough.
like to md quaint errors I confess:
But NOT, by HEX. when they are in MY
Now, listen, Bill: am patient guy
And seldom thirst for anybody's gore;
But sometimes patience is a fault and
Am telling you, old top, DON'T GET ME
SORE.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

O. When was the last religious
census taken and when will the
next one be? ". l. h.
A. The census of religions in the
United States is taken once in 10
wears. The last enumeration was
made in 1916, and the next will be
in 1926.
Q. How did belladonna happen
to be so-called? A w A.
A. BeIladonna is Italian for
fair lady" and the drug was given
this name because Italian women
employed the juice for staining
their skin, and to beautify the eyes
by giving them a gustening ap-
pearance.
o, Who was "Abkar"?
A. Akbar was an emperor of
Hindustan; by many regarded as
the greatest Asiatic monarch Of
modern times. He lived from 1912
to 1905. His full name was Jalal-
ud-din- Muhammed.
O. What is the name applied to
the system of lawmaking, which
consists of a legislature of two
houses? 5. q.
A. The two-chambered system
used in all state legislatures is
known as the bicameral system.
Q. Is there a town named Ba-
mana? t. T. s
A. There is an African island
north of the mouth OF the Kongo
named Banana, and town on the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26
The Daily Short Story

were concerned He fumbled awk-
wardly with her hand
Z wanted to ask you some ques-
tons about the -four we've been
getting. Wasn't that last lot diff
ferent from the rest"
'fYes'm, it was. That's my new
brand. sifted FIVE times more than
any other brand Do you like it?''
queried Jim. anXiously
4 do. [ noticed right away il
was different" Jim frightened up
at once, and lost half his shyness.
Betty perceived it,. 1T makes SO
much better bread and cake that I
want to be sure to get it right
along" said Betty.
DO you-make bread7" asked
jim, taking in the dainty figure be-
fore him.
I've made on an average of
dozen loaves a week for the past
year. I've kept the Burns family
supplied with bread since their
mother died. and 12-year-old Anna
tried to do their cooking. Come over
some night"
20, I couldn't" began Jim, in
an agony of embarrassment
I'D show you a loaf of bread
made with the old flour, and one
with the new" said Betty, taking
no notice of his refusal. "YoU
ought to advertise that new brand
of -four"
"If l only could" said jim
Father never did any advertising
and that's why we never get ahead. -
"A good, snappy ad and some
testimonials from users, ought to
be in every sack Of flour you send
out. That way it doesn't cost any
thing to bring it before just the
right people"
ii come up tomorrow night, if
you'll let me, and talk it over" said
jim. And so it was arranged.
The following day was a busy
one for Betty, She got up quite
early. Parker house rolls, to be
right, must be moulded and risen
twice, then pie crust ought to be
on the ice several hours before it
is used if you want to make a
peach pie with a really crisp crust.
a chocolate layer cake, and sur
prise cookies, with fig filing, also
TAKE time when one follows the re-
cipes exactly. Betty looked at the
array on the pantry shelves. Say
II with -four" said Betty to herself.
jim arrived promptly at s. very
req ABOUT the collar, and almost
speechless with embarrassment
Betty paid no attention to this, but
led him right out into the kitchen
10 snow him the relative merits of
the two loayes of bread. They
looked exactly alike, but Betty
claimed that she used a whole Gun
of -four with the new brand Loaf
Jim forgot to be shy, talking of his
precious new -four.
Then Betty served supper fthev
still call it supper in Maplewoodl
and Betty's cooking spoke for her
eloquently. Jim got in the habit of
dropping in quite regularly, much
to the chagrin of the other 10
young ladies in town (for they con-
sidered Jim the hardest of the eIfg-
ible five to land, and they didn't
know Betty's system).
Betty had the local photog-
'rapher snap her as she was lifting
two mammoth leaves Of bread from
the oven. Jim had a cut OF it made
up into an ad. and it took, with the
trade. Whether it was the testi-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

monials from the eight Burnses, all
works Of art, and signed by various
nom de plumes (Pa Burns had an
active imagination), or whether it
was the real home atmosphere of
the picture in which Betty smiled
over the mammoth loaves, there
was such a demand for Jim's new
flour that an addition to the -four
mills had to be built and new ma
chinery installed.
One momentous evening Jim told
Betty he had saved out two barrels
of the new milling. What for p"
asked Betty in the most unsuspect-
ing way.
For u.s." said Jim boldly, and
followed it up by the usual business
in the most approved manner.
This Is so sudden" said Betty
weakly.
You darling" said the Iordly
male.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

island by the same name. Il Va
until lately a station of commit
Gil importance. The building Of
railroad to Matada with the esta~
lishment of an ocean 81 eamshlp 'l.
TO that nlaCe, and the removal i
the headquarters Of trading frn.
brought about the decline Of b
mana.
Q. Can YOU tell me now TO So
fen CrOcheted basket {. A. u
A The best thing 10 use Tor 'a1
purpose is diluted gum arabic.
@. What is the real name d
Dorothy Dix? c. A n.
A. Dorothy Dix is the psea'9
nyn by Mrs. Elizabeth Meri"es1.-
er Gilmer- She has been WFi'--s
on subjects Of interest to woe Woe.
since 1895, when she became cay.
of the Woman's department o. III
New Orleans Timas-PiCayune.
Q. What does the express.
Turn again. WAitl1gton
to- T. j. - :
A. The reference TO Whiilias
ton is to Richard. better known
Dick Wilmington. an English n.
chant and Lord Mayor Of Lona.-
According TO popular roII a..
Wilmington as 4 lad went 70 -
don and obtained work as q -
lion. Growing tired OF lii-as5s.
he started to leave the CITY
the Bow Bells seemed to say 70 -
Turn Again. Wilmington ~
Mayor of London He tA5!s-'
went back and eventually rO77
the prophesicd position
@. What is the place one ca
under Niagara Falls b. . ,,.E
A. The Cave OF the winds - (.
ara Falls. is directly unde!
Falls, and people stand N Il -
the water leaps from the oYsiI E.r
ing shore above They a-s' -
ever. covered with mist ana - :,
and are Obliged to wear rubber
ments provided for the purpO''
the guides who conduct them lis
o. When will the next me-
month occur? n ~ =
A. There will be no mon 80
will be moonIess, but TINS -
sion is used IN speaking OF . M
In which there is no fuI
The Naval Observatory say
the next time that tneTe 80
such a month will be .sCz
1861. The last time his oS''F
was in February, 1856. ~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

Chicago citizens are up in arms because
the price of eggs has risen to unprecedented
figures, and they lay the blame to the wicked
brokers who are alleged to have cornered the
market and are now engaged in their annual
pasttme Of robbing the public. If this is true,
we trust the indignant citizens will corner the
brokers and pelt them with their product until
they ara sr-othered
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

The wicked part of the movie deieteo oy th'
censor. comes in handy to make up poster Illus
trations for the advertising.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-26

If China is not careful she will be accused
by, some of the powers with having read the
American Declaration of Independence.
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