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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18
The Moral Aspect of It

Moreover, these wild doings" by the future
American motherhood have an affinity with the
moral question, according to the critics For in
stance, the abbreviated skirt is blamed on the
athletic blOomer. The fact that the raising Of
The skirt was simultaneous with the general adop-
ton Of the practice of permitting girls to play
basket ball and hockey in public before mixed
gatherings, proves this propinquity. the moral
lists assert.
They 90 further and say that the close asso-
citation between men and women brought about
through the new common interest in the so-caled
strenuous games, supplementing the effects of
"open discussions" between men and women on
delicate subjects and the daring fashions. are
making the college girls materialists This charge
has also aroused bit Of warm controversy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18
By ETHEL THURSTON

A DECADE AGO, when men newspaper re
"A porters were busy covering sutfragist and,
4 \ sometimes sufTragette meetings, with the
feeling that this new form of assignment would
pass away with what they firmly believed was the
fad of woman's rights they listened with mascu-
line courtesy but i-concealed contempt TO the
statements made by feminist speakers that given
an equal chance woman would Guido man IN
every phase of life.
The prophecy is being fulfilled. The remark
able photographs on this page illustrate what the
foregoing statement means The college girls
have distanced the 'rah-rah" boys, every day get
ting holder. stronger and more venturesome. And
while reformers yowl about diaphanous waists,
short skirts and bare knees the college girl IS
going on having the time of her young life, heels
in the air. engaging in the toughest sport and,
ncidentallv-nloraIsts take notice--nOt assocl-
ating with the boys as often as she used 70!
An excellent example of the extremes 20
which the girls 60 in their pursuit of tie strenu-
Gus is furnished BY the push-ball Juggling going
on at Castle School, Tarrytown mont Hudson,
one 81 the fashionable girl seminaries of New
York state The photographer who took the pic
tIre was given q demonstration of how the girls
get enjoyment and healthful exercise out of this
snort through the kindness of Miss Janet Murphy,
one of the students. Miss Murphy accommodated
the photographer by lying on her back, kicking
I'D her feet and catching on them the great push
ball which she proceeded to manipulate with the
dexteritv of a trained vaudeville performer.
When she arose she was just as fresh apparent
Il. as she was when she began Save for bit Of
dust on her back she seemed just about to begin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

VI du, III VIZ Tue o.
his muscular and bony
formation, is capable Of
withstanding a gre at
deal of physical stress
without a disturbance of
his organic relationship,
but woman is not so
capable. In consequence,
strenuous exercises are
apt to displace her or
gans and to set up what
are known as reflex
symptoms.
Many of these are
referred to as heart trou-
bic, and then it is stated
that girls have strained
that organ, an entirely
wrong impression being
conveyed, since in the
public view a man is just
as likely to strain his
heart as is a woman. In
deed. the hearts of these
girls are not strained.
What has happened is
that other Of their organs
have been displaced or
dragged about, and the
balance Of their visceral
nervous systems have
been upset. Their hearts
merely share in the gen.
eral catastrophe"
However that may be,
the women who com
peted recently in the ath-
letic games at the Har-
ward Stadium, in the ser
Of field and track games
under the auspices of the
New England Young
Women's Christian AS
ISOLATION, demonstrated
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

long looked upon as decidedly and peculiarly mas
culine, point out that the ease with which these
rough sports are mastered encourages girls %
perform stunts tha5 could not by any token be
approved of along lines either sautary or salubri-
Gus. Miss Blanche Rahr of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
performed trick recently that exemplifes what
the calamity howers" have in mind. Miss Rahr
on a wager, drove a motor lorry Up the steps Of
the Oshkosh high school, hating the machine
when the radiator had pushed between the jambs
Of the entrance, and then permitting it TO roll
down again with the sang froid OF a circus per-
former taking the dip Of death"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

arms and legs have been developed by the usual
athletic sports have organized a fire department.
They have modern engine and hook and ladder
and when there is a call or real fire they appear
on the scene and go about their duties with the
nonchalance and the business-like manner of fire
They raise great extension ladders against
houses quickly and they have already
mastered the knack of doing it without exertlng
a rupture strain.
The fire chief is elected from the student body
and the girls obey their chiefs orders with the
alacrity and willingness of trained fire fighters
Even though they never have any real flames TO
fight the practice is excellent, it teaches them
to be ready for any of the exigencies that life and
motherhood always bring forth.
Leap-frog, an English importation for girls,
is quite a popular sport. No set of American
schoolboys ever evinced greater adaptation to
this game. Even in vaulting over the shoulders
Of companions the girls nimble. Their IN
structors say that the exercise IS healthful and
strs up the blood 20 carry fresh food to the brain
so that the work Of the classroom is improved
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

the strenuous exercise. There are a number of
students in the college just as apt at exercising
with these push-balls as she
But such stunts, according to Miss Jane
Cowboy principal of Courch End College, is
runous of the girls future life and is tantamount
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18
Tennis and Motherhood

But. getting right down TO brass tacks, the
most powerful argument in favor of extreme ex-
ercise for women is the good old game that women
have been playing for many years-lawn tennis
When II comes to strenuosity any football player
will tell you that the gridron is gentle compared
to the court In football the exercise IS not half
as rough as it looks. In tennis the sudden move
ments of jerky nature so numerous that if
any harm does come from any game through the
offender.
But girls have been at the game for years
In broilng sun, against men opponents using
overland strokes compelling them to keep off the
ground and 70 strain 10 the uttermOst, a genera
ton of mothers have been trained. And many
of them, after children have arrived 70 bless
their married life, continue at the good old exer
else that for real roughness on the constitution
cannot be equalled or exceiled. And no one yet
has been definitely reported as having had trou-
bic the result Of indulgence in this game.
Opponents Of feminine participation in games
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

what a wonderful advance the girls have made
along athletic lines in the last decade. They ran
with the long, free stride of a man, and even in
the gruelling hurdle races evinced tendency to
pull" their stride or to return to the mincing
feminine step of centuries.
Stephens College, Missouri, gives a striking
example of the practical good that comes of
hardening soft feminine muscles. Girls whose
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

with whom they live. We will come nearer to an
understanding of their position if we realize that
the organs of our bodies all inclose nervous con-
nections, and disturbances, whether mechanical
or in7ammatory, in one organ quickly set up sec
ondary disturbances in others.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

to sowing the winds that reap the whrlwinds
She says
Girls who do this may think they are doing
themselves good, but many of them will pay a
heavy bill of costs later, and their spoiled tenn
pers will not conduce to the happiness of persons
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

a THRONG Of girls in MILDLY blolses ana boomers, on
athletic field At signal they form circle about
4 one Of their number tho, the fat Of her back
raises legs high in the air and calls Ready great
ball weighing perhaps forty pounds tossed her,
She catches IT, de1trosl NTH the fats Of her feet much
as Srau juggles cocOGHu. Then she losses It and
up Nth combination Of strength and skill most amazing
monday crowd 1caltng through the streets Of
OsbLoeb A0o the borOu0hfnre on qCbcb faces the bioh
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-18

Miss Blanche Rahr
Recently Sent Cold
Chills Along the
Spires of Oshkosh
Citizens by Driving
a Motor Truck up the
High School Steps.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
POLICE ARREST
SEVEN IN RAID
Two Women and Five Men Taken
In Midst Of Hilarious Party
ON Third Avenue

Detectives Charles Ginnane and
Patrolman James Green made a
raid at O'Clock this morning on
the building on the northwest cor
ner Of Third avenue and Twenty
first street and arrested two wom-
en- and five men as disorderly
characters.
The detective and patrolman en-
tered while the inmates were car
rying on a hilarious party and
making noise that could be heard
for some distance. z4A..
The prisoners were arraigned
before Magistrate D. J. Cleland in
police court this morning. Nick
Hobals was fined SIS on a charge
Of disOrderly conduct. Emma Hiet
and Beth Citizens, the two women
taken in the raid, paid fines Of so
each. Sam Brown was fined IS.
Fred Elisa and George Clay paid
costs and were dismissed. Carl
Foy, another man taken in the raid
was dismissed.
The police had received several
complaints about the parties stag.
ed in the building.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
HAUbERC HEADS
STATE COUNCIL
Is Reelected Chairman Of Executive
Committee of Illinois Sunday
School Society.

J. H. Hauberg of this city was re-
elected chairman of the executive
committee of the Illinois State Sun
day School association at the con-
vention held this week at the Uni
versity Of Illinois, Champaign.
Mr.. Hauberg is the fourth chair
man of the committee in its more
than so years Of existence. He is
now serving his second term. The
committee held an organization
meeting Thursday afternoon, at
which time the state secretary was
reengaged and Galesburg awarded
the 1922 state convention.
Both Galesburg and Aurora made
strong bids for the convention. At
tending the meeting from this city
were Mr.. Hauberg, Mrs. Will Bron-
ner and Mrs. w. H. Marshall and
from Moline were Mrs. w. H. Guth-
RE and Miss Ruth Baumgartner.
Rock Island county was put on
the list of gold star members for
paying its quota Of $3.50 toward the
state association.
The convention agreed to hold a
separate conference of older boys
and older girls during the Christ
mas vacation this year. Peoria is
making every effort to get this coll
ference. Eleven hundred people
attended the Champaign meeting.
The budget for the coming year
will be nearly $4,000. Funds are
raised through popular subscrip-
ton and through fees paid by coun-
ty Sunday school organizations.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
SPELLING REFORM
ADVOCATE PLANS TO
FIGHT FOR IDEAS

E. o. Vaile, Sr., 1044h Twentieth
street. win attend the meeting next
week Of the National Education
association at Des Moines, and will
lead a fight for the reinstatement by
that organization of the simplified
spelling program which that body
had sponsored for a quarter of a
century and which was abandoned
last February by the board of direc-
tors without consultation Of the
membership.
Mr.. Vaile is one of the veteran
members of the association and was
one of the pioneer advocates of
simplified spelling in this country.
His home is in Oak Park, ILL.,, but
for thep asst year he has been resid-
ing with his son, E. o. Vale, Jr., on
Twentieth street. Mr.. Vale for
upwards Of thirty years was en-
gagged in public work in Cook
county. He has enlisted the support
Of some of the leading educators of
the country in his fight for the re-
instatement Of the simplified SPELL
ing form by the National Education
association, and a number of them
have promised him that they will be
in attendance at the national meet
ing in Des Moines next week pre-
pared to aid.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
Personal Points

MA George MoelIer and dangh-
teri, Ruth and Miriam, left yestef-
day for their home In Lincoln, Neb..
after Waiting for 10 days ut the
home Of ]. F. Moeller. 1000 Six
teenth street.
Minis Ida SosnA Of 1871 Twenty
ninth street returned last night
from Cleveland and Chicago, where
she had spent nve weeks visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Buschle and
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. HARE will leave
tomorrow for . tour by automobile
to points IN northern Wisconsin.
Mrs. Ellen Dearmont, English
instructor In the Rock Island high
school. Ii attending the summer
session ut the University OF Chi
cago. After . short vacation In St
Louis, Mrs. Dearmont will return
to Rock Island for the opening Of
school.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
CORNERSTONE OF
WAYMAN CHAPEL
PLACED TOMORROW

the Wayman chapel will lay the
ccmerstOne of the new church to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock,
men Rev. J. A. Chapman and May
q Harry M. Schriver will be the
speakers at the appropriate serv-
zee. At 2:30 the thanksgiving
efvices will be conducted by King
1oeomon lodge. Masons, at the
@erch, and Rev. l.. H. Woens Of
Cnicago will be the speaker at the
!efvices to be held at s o'clock.
uanday school will be held at $50
morrow morning and the morn
m6 service at II o'clock.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
DISTRICT VICTORY
MEDAL OFFICE IS
ORDERED TO SHUT

II you are an ex-service man, and
entitled to a victory medal, it will
be to your interest to apply for your
medal at the Office of the distribute
ing officer, room 218, federal build
ing Davenport, July 1.
Marcus R. Rhoades, army field
clerk, and officer in charge Of the
distribution Of victory medals in
this district, today received orders
from the commanding officer Of JEFF
ferson Barracks to begin prepara-
tions for closing the Office, July /.
Following that date, according
to information that has been re-
ceived here, it will be necessary for
those who have not obtained medals
to make application to the head Of
the bureau at Washington, involv-
ing considerable red tape.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
A.MAS1ERS ON
NAY 70 PRISON


Andrew Masters, who was con-
victed for taking liberties with chill
dren was sentenced to Joliet peni-
tertiary yesterday afternoon BY
Judge w. T. Church for an indie
terminate term. He was taken to
the state prison this morning by
Deputy Sheriff Jesse Hanna.
Ralph Eschenbach and william
Marks sailors who quit the navy
without leave, were taken to Pom
tiac reformatory this morning by
Deputies Charles Willis and Ed
Grafton. The youths pleaded guilty
to burglarixing the clothing store
of Holmgren & Lage In Moline May
q. They obtained over $500 worth
of merchandise and were later ap-
pretended in Des Monies. Practi-
cally all Of the stolen goods was re-
covered.
Included In the party to Pontiac
was Loyal Hicks, 14-year-old col
ored youth, who was caught at
tempting to burglarize Martins CT
gar store.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
Statesmen END
TWO DAYS MEET
IN ROCK ISLAND

Fifty members Of the sales force
of the Sinclair Refining company
closed two-day convention at the
Rock Island club this afternoon.
Delegates from the Iowa and Illi-
nois territory of the corporation
dined at the Terrace Gardens in
Davenport last night. There was
no formal program at the banquet,
but A. G. Mayfield, manager Of the
Rock Island branch. addressed the
men and acted as POSTMASTER for
the occasion.
George French Of the motor oil
department of the corporation in
Chicago has been in attendance
upon the convention and addressed
the statesmen on trade matters.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
ARGUE MATTER
OF CONFESSION
Attorneys for Costello and C0nweu
Claim it Is Not Admissible
Evidence.

Arguments on the question of
admitting as evidence the alleged
confession Of Morris Costello and
William Conwell, charged with as
saulting Morris Marblestcne in his
store April 13, were heard by Judge
N. A. Larson in circuit court this
morning. His decision will be CIV
en- Monday morning.
Attorneys for the defense also OPP
posed the proposal of the court 10
call Harry Schroeder, who was in
dicted with the other two. as q
court witness, their contention be-
ing it is UP to the state to summon
Schroeder unless he refuses to
testify as state witness.
Schroeder has pleaded guilty to
the charge.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
Want ISLANDER
IN IOWA CASE
State Asks That Paul Wallace, 10
Years Old, Be Produced to
Clear Perjury Charge.

Demanding that the state pro-
duce Paul Wallace, 19-year-old
Rock Island youth, whose attempts
to Illustrate the will of his parents
and get married, have resulted in
three people being held prisoners
on two charges in Davenport w.
W. Scott, attorney for Mrs. Agnes
Smith, says the boys testimony
would clear his clients.
There is considerable doubt as
to the age Of young Wallace, &C
cording to the evidence introduced,
and the lads own father couldn't
say exactly how old he was. Mrs.
Smith is standing trial on a charge
Of perjury. After hearing argu-
ments, Magistrate Metcalf has
taken the case under advisement
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
BROWN GUILTY,
JURY VERDICT
Was Charged with Receiving Money
From an Inmate Of D.sor.
DERBY House.

Joe Brown was found guilty of
receiving money from an inmate of
a disorderly house by jury in cir
cult court yesterday afternoon.
Sentence has been deferred pend
ing application of the defense for
a new trial. The conviction carries
a penalty Of from six months to
one year in the county Jail and a
fine of from $500 to $1,000. Alice
Mccormick was the states chief
witness against hiya.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25

Rsck Island Sends 6 Men = In:
sas-WM Go - The Daksens
wiea Finished

Men who have been sent nom
Rock Island to the harvest elde
Of Kansas by the Illinois free en-.
ployment bureau Of this city wMt
be sent to other localities when ne
work in central Kansas b iCoen-
pleted. Fred w. Rinck. superin-
tendent OF the local ONCE. learned
this morning.
Already S. men have been sent
to the fields and cards given them
have been returned showing theS
they are now at work. receiving ".
day. The demand for white labor
is still heavy. Mr.. Rinck said.
The harvesting Is now being car
ried on through central Kansas.
and when this is completed the Ia
borers will be moved north to
northern Kansas. Nebraska, and
later into the Dakotas.
Fifteen contractors and builders
being asked for reports Of building
activities. stated that 405 laborers
now employed, while in 1920 they
were employing 1899. During tho
war period 1850 were on pay rolls.
A report received from 81 shops
and factories in Rock Island. Mo-
line and East Moline shows that
these plants have now employed
4,490 laborers, and a year ago these
same shops we're employing 1881
laborers. These same firms during
the war period had on their pay
rolls $3.50 laborers.
Mr.. Rinck also gathered similar
! information from outside cities,
such as Kewanee, Sterling. Rock
Falls and others, in which seven
factories stated they are now en-
ploying LII as compared to 2,2s1
a year ago. set
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25

Thirty-one people have already
signed UP to join in the annual hike
of the Black Hawk Prairie Hikers'
club. The party will leave early
the morning Of July 5, going as far
north as Minneapolis and returning
July Is.
The itinerary for the hike has not
been outlined, but will be COM
pleted In a few days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
B. P. FAST HITS
EN- UP IN CAR
AND PAYS FINE

B. P. Fast, Aledo, lived up to his
name while in Rock Island Friday
afternoon. Fast was arrested by a
motorcycle officer for running his
automobile too fast. He paid a fine
OF IS on charge of speeding
when arraigned before Magistrate
D. ]. Cleland in police court.
E. L. Elmstedt was fined IS for
driving his machine by a street
car that had been stopped to take
on and discharge passengers. B. M.
Olney was fined IS for speeding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25
NEGRO ON $4,000
BOND FOR ALLEGED
IMMORAL CONDUCT

Aleck Kurd. negro, was held to
the grand jury under $4,000 bond
by Magistrate D. ]. Cleland in po-
lice court this morning on immoral
charges.
Police Chief Tom Cox filed the
complaint Charges were based
upon testimony of two negro boys.