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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
Against Worldliness.

The Baptist churches of six counties in a
southern state have organized drive against
all forms of worldIiness Included in the list
are motion pictures. dancing, modern dress,
divorce, saeing, gambling and liquor. 1t is n
big contract the reformers have undertaken and
there is some reason to believe that they will
not get very far with their campaign For
one thing, it will be difficult to convince the
persons addicted to some or all of the Drac-
tees complained of that these proceedings are
are sincere, and when 1t is sought to deprive
them OF their pleasures and recreations they
are sure> TO feel resentful
Moreover, when their neighbors and asso-
ciates set themselves up as judges of their
conduct the course is not likely to have anv
Influence for good unless those neigheors are
themselves so free from fault that thew con-
vince by their very sanctity. Probably not
many belong IN that class, which is lin,ited
IN the south as well as elsewhere At an
events the persons against whom the drive
is made viii naturally inquire what manner
of men are driving. Are they SO wise that
they are qualified to act as judges? Thew NAV
not attend movies or dances, or go TO horse
races or play baseball, and they may mot nat
ronize bootieggers, but are they good TO their
families or do they spend as little money on
them as possible and exact the largest amount
OF sservice? Do they nten to and cireuIate
of seryice2 Do they listen to and circulate
slanderous gossip? Are they humane to their
farm animals? Are they absolutely square and
honest in their daily dealings with their fell
lo~ men? Merely to be church members is
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
Rioting In England.

Conditions in America are not what you
would wish them to be, but you have only TO
watch the newspapers to see that, bad the
situation is at home, 1t is nothing to be COM
pared with that in other countries. For in
stance there was notfng yesterday among the
unemployed in Liverpool, England, and a score
or more persons were injured in the battle
before order was restored. In America the
working man has passed through trying pc
Rod, and he is not yet out of the darkness.
but the situation is Frightening daily, and.
clinging to the hope that better day is dawn
ing. he will be rewarded sooner than he mag
ines by a return to normal conditions. The
nation simply has been thrown out of joint by
the turmoil following the war, and it is going
to take time to accomplish the readjustment.
But readtustment is coming and there is no
reason, with industry again in running order,
that the nation should not be entering upon
the most prosperous era in its history.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Circulating Books.

Kindly inform me whether in
your opinion ii is safe or harmful
for Others. healthy or otherwise,
to handle books, periodicals or
newspapers that have previously
been handled by tuberculosis pa
TENTS. (Rev. C. F. s.
! Answer-Tn my opinion there is
70 risk involved. If there were, then
il would be unsafe to handle paper
money, to purchase a newspaper
from a newsboy or news stand, to
purchase a magazine, to open a
door with your hand on the knob
that everybody had handled, TO
touch the arm of your theatre seat
or to open the hymn book in church.
What CoddliHg Means.
I am anxious to learn just what
you mean by the term coddling.
Answer-Wear.ng any clothing
in excess of what comfort or GUS
tom requires. Heating living quar-
ters one degree higher than com
fort demands
-Some Say
| am 20, healthy and strong, but
some people say my blood is not
pure. What are the symptoms of
bad blood p &C. CO
Answer-Don't pay any attention
to what some say" There are no
of bad or impure blood.
Do not trif1e with your health-go
and get your doctors advice if there
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14

Fashlon seems to be in fair way of doing
what all the reformers and moralists failed ~
accomplish 1t is putting women hack into
long skirts On the streets of Paris a woman
In anything but long skirt now looks ont of
style Dress authorities in America declare
that our women will not follow the French
mode. but all that has too familiar sosund
Parls usually dictates. Knockers seem to have
come at just the time when the tendency is
toward the more traditional feminine form of
dress whether they will be accepted for
Work and sport dress remains to he deter
mined Local custom will have a good deal
to do with it Down in New Mexico everv
tnlrd woman wears riding breeches and mt
tees. They drive horses as wsIl as men. serve
as guides TO camping parties and run the troI-
leys cars IN Albuquerque.
The women took mems places on the Nev
MEXICO street cars during the war and many
OF them have kept on with the job since T-bav
nave only the average number OF accidents ans
'hey 10 mems work. even climbing to the ton
OF the car when the trolley rope breaks T,,a
only distinctiEely feminine thing shou. ar
motormen is that they can't resist the tan,n-
'ation TO ciang the gong in greeting when tho,
meet another car 1t isl sort of ooh haIto
irene Shifting the trolley at the end - En-
Inc Is hard work. but so many of the cona-o-
tors are young and pretty That the bows and
young men are always glad to perforn, e..
service
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NOTED
~1z~~pVN-s@ -ps-ux,
About the Morning Bath.

A4Ic ulHk DdLhs
j A reader says her husband has
been for years a devotee OF the
practice of taking a cold plunge
bath every morning on rising, bat
lEtely,"1 she continues, he has
heard that you ruin your health by
this habit Is that true?''
! I'll tell the world not to worry
about that There Isn't ghost of
a chance that I'll ever ruin my
/ health that way. Just why l should
climb cut of d nice warm bed in
/ the morning and subject my nice
/ warm skin to the shock of a cold
! wetting is more than / have ever
/ been able to conceive, and l value
health highly, too, yes, and pep. and
yigor, and courage, and everything.
The morning cold bath habit is
like touring Europe. People SEEM
ingly affect these things for the
pleasure of talking about the &C
complishment or distinction after
ward. Then, too, sometimes think
a bad conscience has something
to do with trip TO Europe or a
cold morning bath. I notice par
ticularly that in many novels the
most immortal hero or heroine does
a tremendous amount of bathing, on
the theory, l suppose, that the bath
VIII wash the sin away
Now, | am a believer in soap and
water for the hands, and behind the
ears and here and there. 1 an a
believer in cleanliness rather than
dlslnfectants or antiseptics. l even
practice and advocate daily air
baths. because the air is natures
greatest cleanser, and besides, the
air feels fine, summer or winter.
But 1t does not feel good to
plunge into a cold water bath i'm
mediately after Weakening, and l |
have a suspicion that the plunge
wastes more energy than it con-
serves or builds, il; most cases.
Instead of showing your nerve
or courage by plunging into cold
water On rising in the morning, why !
not show your self-discipline by |
forcing your lazy body through a |
few vigorous exercises while you |
enjoy your morning air bath in |
YOUR room? OF the two tests OF |
courage, in my judgment, it re-
quires greater courage to go
through the regular stunt of 7xer-
c:se each mornI-.g than it does to !
JUMP INTO a cool Oetb and jump 9us
again and pOnsE yHLr shiverirg
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14

Q. What will cure peliagra if a
person catches it? f. A. G.
A. Pellsgra is not a catching
disease. Il is caused by a failure
to east suncient lean meat, milk,
eggs, vegetables and fruit. Fresh,
whole milk is the most important
single article Of food with which
either to prevent or cure this dis
ease.
@. Which has the greater effect
on the rate al which sound travels:
wind, fog or rain? C. P. B.
a. Wind reduces the velocity OF
sound much more than fog or rain
does.
@. How many persons were gull
lotine6 during the reign OF terror
of the French Revolution?
W. G. H.
A. There are no exact figures,
but up to June, 1894. there had been
1920 executions and during the
next seven weeks there were 1878.
1t is estimated that about 1000 per
sons lost their lives in this manner
during the entire period.
@. What crimes are punishable
with death under English and Unit
Ell States laws? A W.
a. Under English law there are
four crimes for which capital pun
lshment may be exacted. They are:
setting ire to royal dockyards or
arsenal; piracy with violence;
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HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DULL CARE.
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BULLETIN.
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Please forward instanter.
SEA-CALL.
From The Coming Towerl
AS followed the jostling crowd
Through the noisy city street.
Where motor and trolley and laden truck
whirled by their reckless way,
The gray walls seemed to shut me in
With the sitting dust and heat,
Until breath from the harbor drew me down
where the tall masts lift and sway.
The harbor, with countless ships
From all the ports of the world
The sunlight flashed on brass trimmed rail, on
capstan and masthead high,
AS down to the waiting sea,
With pennant and sail unfurled,
They bore their proud, free way ben, ath an
open, windy sky.
As I looked. in my land-locked soul
swelling tide arose,
The blood of my seaborn race swoke leaped
up and cried ont in me:
20 ships of the worldwide trails,
That go where the free wind goes,
Bear me with you out to the wide-swung spaces
of the open seal
Away from the monster town
Like an octopus outspread,
Away from the din, and the sordid greed, and
the hurrying trampling feet;
Let me feel your slanting decks again
Beneath my eager tread.
And hear the winds song in the shrouds make
music wild and sweet
20 swing me out on the deepi
My cradle ship shall be-
Once more to sleep a healthful sleep beneath
the friendly stars,
Where the PHOSPHORUS CLEAN of waves
Makes star shine in the sea,
And the Pleiades and the moon smile down
between the swaying spars.
'Or swing me out on the deep
When the storms loud clarion rings
Oh! to stand in dripping prov with the ocean
wide for my home
Ny soul swept clean by gale,
And my spirit tipped with wings.
Ny longing stiled and my heart at peace above
the flying foam"
GRACE CLEMENTINE HOWFS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
TIE Daily Short Storz

! YOURSELF and she hurried out or
the back veranda with the vivid REQ
shawl, wrapped ii around her moth
er's shoulders, keeping up a cease
less chatter in regard to the hunt
she had had for the shawl, until
someone in the dining room kindly
closed the window. Then Doris
! subsidized and listened patiently to
the enumeration of mothers aches
ana pains from which she had suf-
fered all day.
Il shall go to bed early, Doris. If
can only get to sleep shall for
! get the pains"
! Perhaps the pine-scented air
! will put you TO sleep quickly" sug-
! gested Doris. 1T is warranted to,
in the circular, you know
All the world loves a lover. "
and later. as Mrs. Doane sat by the
dining room table reading, she
heard the two come out to the back
veranda, and softly she arose and
again closed the window. smiling
remInlscently as she glanced at her
sleeping spouse, tired out from his
days work in the fields.
In the morning mother. none the
wiser IN regard 10 the extra board
er, wandered back of the house to-
ward the hill pastures.
Fred, who had found that the ear
lieSt and only train to the city left
at II o'clock, was delighted to see
Doris mother unknowingly give
them another chance for a tete-a-
tete. As they stood on the porch
watching mothers small figure
grow smaller with the distance,
Fred laid his hand over Doris on
the rail.
Doris, dear, when we love each
other so, can't we in some way"
Fred" broke in Doris, we set
tied it last night Why spoil these
last few minutes? We cannot live
happily with mbther, and l shall
never leave her. You know it was
fathers wish
Mrs. Doane, from her kitchen
window, was also watching moth
er, but with growing alarm. as the
little fgurein her vivid shawl con-
tinued toward the bars of the pas
ture where Mr.. Doane's King Bull
supreme.
Mother was already STOPPING to
go through the bars when Mrs.
Doane rushed out to the oblivious
lovers. /
Quick! quick! The bull. That
red shawl"
Fred realized the danger at a
glance, threw off his coat and ran
aye. sprinted for the further hill |
pasture.
Doris chung TO Mrs. Doane's arm !
a word as they watched the /
distance lessen between the two.
Mother had seen the bull with
head lowered and stood petrified
with fear.
Just as the bull charged. the
shawl was lifted from mothers
shoulders by powerful hands, ana
vent wav@g across the pasture.
Tith the angry bull following.
dother Immediately crept back
through the bars and sank in
Iuivering heap TO the ground, while
'Ted hurdled the stone wall. leay-
ng the King to cool his ire and
continue his reign in peace. Il
Fred circled back to mother and &,
licked her up bodily in his strong
rms.
Mother even forgot to question
is presence.
Fred Stanley" said her shaky
olce. which even she hardly rec |
gnized, Il need you and Doris !
7ants you. The sooner can call I
on som the better I shall like it,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14

treason~ murder. In the United
States each state has jurisdiction
over its own territory. Crimes pun
ishable with death include IN vaIl-
GUS states, treason. murder, arson,
rape, piracy, robbery Of the. man
with jeopardy TO the lives OF per
sons in charge, rescue Of a conVlC'
going to execution, burning yes
sci of war, and corruptly destroy
ing a private vessel.
Q. What chemical Is il that VII
burst into flames when water :
poured upon it? c J. Z.
A The bureau of chemistry says
that metallic potassium practics4y
always bursts into fame when
water is poured upon it In some
instances water will also have thls
effect on sodium.
Q. Is Postmaster General HayS
still chairman Of the Republican
National committee? F. T. y.
A. Shortly after he entered tas
cabinet, VIII H. Hays signed as
Republican National chairman ana
was succeeded by John T. Adams
National committeeman from Iowa
G Do hummingbirds live on
Honey? F. o. H.
A Humming birds are supposed
TO live on the nectar Of flowers:
While this does form the principal
part of their food. they also eat u
,ects and spiders
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lLssAl lAIl.SI IL TAl MS
BY WILLIAM BRADY nd.
AfsS AuN1%

! hide with a warm towel. Leave mat
for YOUR swimming days. Tak;i
yoI. tondiHonias exercises every
morn ng in the year. to- keet<ft
l Care say the average cold morn
ing bath enthusiast of my age aud
status is not in such good physical
condition as l am, and l do not
battle below the neck more fire.
quently than the law demands I
don't believe the human skin was
intended for an aquatic or amphib-
ian animal. but for a land animal.
This is all of my own Individual
belief or opinion in the circum-
stances. 1t is a matter of opinion,
and every doctor has his own opin-
ion. Mine is that within reason, the
more rarely we wet our bodies with
water the better for our health.
More or less body-washing is rem
dered unavoidable, of course, by
our civilized life.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14
JOAN OF Arc Static

London.-A statue of Joan Of Are
assigned by j. N Compers is to be
placed In the cathedral Of Winches-
ter It will stand against the chan
sry OF Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of
winchester, who was present at
the trial OF Joan of Arc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14

THE understood chap who copies the As
sociated Press report tells us he took the fam
lily down to the river front to view the steam
boat j. s., and his young son, spying the two
big letters, inquired: Papa, is that the Jazz
boat?
whereupon the father. inoculated bv the
virus of his sons wit and mindful that the
J. S. is about to tie up for the season. re-
marked that the Jazz spirit. like the mosuui-
toes. fed before the first frost"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14

Dispatches say the entire German nation
has turned against war. This is not parucu-
Larry surprising considering the way the late
war turned against the German people.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-14

The healing processes Of peace have gone
So far that you seldom see the word camou-
fage IN print now.
The Washington times., 1921-04-22
MRS. KATHERINE GOULD
RECEIVED BY HARDING
Aranges for Exhibit Of Eco
nomic Conditions in Europe.

Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould. of
New York, founder and president Of
the woman's Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, was at the White
House today to confer with President
Harding regarding an elaborate ex-
hibition OF the works of Miss Won
Post. the famous Swedish sculptress,
and displays depicting industrial and
economic conditions in foreign coun-
tries before and after the war.
Mrs. Gould. who has Travelled ex-
tensively abroad and has made a deep
study Of economic problems and is
regarded as one of the foremost wom-
An authorities on foreign commerce,
outlined q plan for holding Instructive
exhibits in Washington, New York
and Chicago this year. the one in the
Capital to open within a few weeks
at Twelfth and r streets northwest.
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FhOF. > Z Ems,
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vOYANT AND PIANIST.
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esteem and affection Of anyone you desire.
causes speedy and happy marriage. tells IL
the one you love In true, also date of mar
riage. Restores lost Affection. peace and
confidence to lovers. and discorda ant .ain-
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PROPOSALS

TREASURY IMPAIRMENT. Supervising
Architects Office, Washington, d. c.,
April IL. iszl-sEALED PROPOSALS will
es opened In this office at . p. M. April
Kitchen and Laundry Building at the U. y.
Public Health Service Hospital No. %.
IWashinGton. ID. c., In accordance with
specification and drawings copies Of which
OF the Supervising Architect. Jas. A. Wet
more. Acting sqperyisIns Architect.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS. ID. C.,
washington. April 81. 1921. Sealed pro-
posals Will be received at Room 500. Dis
trict Building. until o'clock .. m, MAY
street-sweeping machine. Specifications
and forms OF proposal may be had upon
application to the Purchasing onicer.
Room $40. District Building. CUNO II.
RUDOLPH. CHARLES w. KUTZ. JAMES
r. OYSTER, commissioners, d. c.
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, ID.
c., Washington, April. 10, ls2l.-Sealed
proposals will be received at Room sos.
District building. until o'clock P. m. May
10Th. 1921, for resurfacing asphalt pave
July /, 1921. Forms Of proposals, speclhca:
| tons and information obtained from Chief
Clerk. Engineer Department.. Room Az.
District building. Washington. d: c. CUNo
II RUDOLPH. CHARLES W kUTZ.
LANES r. OYSTER, Commissioner. D. c.
lOTFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, %. C..
April ~. 1921. Sealed proposals will be
| received at this office, Room sos. District
Building. until 2 o'clock p. m. April 20,
| 1921. for constructing house drainage and
linger Municipal Hospital Forms Of pro-
| posat, specifications ana necessary infor-
RIA ton may be obtained from Chief Clerk.
Err gineer Department. Room Az. District
W. KUTz. JAMES +. OYSTER. Commits
sicners, ID. c.
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motions for summary judgments.
thereby following the decision Of the
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Siddons overruled a motion
for judgment for possession made by
Harvey b. Tribby, who sought to evict
certain tents from the Maxwell apart
ment house at 1418 Clifton street
northwest.
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Cabin and Sd Class
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