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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19
A Great Man Who Loved To Play With Children

LA ANY Of you have no doubt
read and enjoyed a very fine
book entitled THE Vicar Of
Wakefield" The author Of
this book was DR.. Oliver Goldsmith.
the big-hearted, homely Irishman who
found his chief delight in an endeavor
to make life smile more happily upon
others than it had upon him. The
story Is told that DR.. Goldsmith was
one day visited by a poor man who
sought medical aid. The doctor was
almost as poor as the patient to whom
he listened in silence. When the man
had finished telling his troubles DR..
Goldsmith turned to his desk. wrote
and folded prescription which he
handed to the poor fellow with the
instructions: do not open this until
you reach home" On arriving at his
humble dwelling the poor man
opened the prescription to find en-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19
claimed the rabbits.

claimed the rabbits.
But wait a minute!" exclaimed Ted
as he saw the rabbits looked as though
they were going away, wait a min
ute! Where do you get your suits?"
Ted was so excited that he jumped
up-and the book clattered down from
his lap and the rabbits. grabbing hold
of each others paws scampered out OF
sight.
Ted's mother declared It was all a
dream, but Ted doesn't care. He means
to be out in the yard bright and early
Easter morning and finish his talk
with the rabbits then.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19

him too. SO they turned around and
showed him their suits and sure
enough! Theirs were all spotted too
Just as badly as the next grayest rab-
bit was.
Didn't your mother ever teach you
to be tidy:" asked Ted.
Yes. she did" replied the whitest
rabbit. land we do try-you haven't
an idea how hard we try! But there's
so much work to do! Oh. you'd never
guess how many. many, many eggs we
do have to color. And by the late
winter time. we're just that rushed
We haven't time to be tidy. You
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19
THE JUNIOR COOK

By that time the rhubarb will be
soft and a beautiful pink color.
Add l cupful of sugar. Stir gently
and cook for Is minutes.
Take up in a glass dish and serve
cold.
This, you see. has not had drop Of
water. it is all pure juice and sugar.
This makes a very wholesome and
very delicious spring dish.
Serve with hot biscuits or bread and
hutter
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19

wait. them suggested his mother.
Daddy will be home for lunch pretty
soon. and then we'll all have some Of
it-and maybe while we're waiting we
can do something to make US forget It
for awhile"
WELL" said the little boy. doubt
fully. I'll try-but 1t certainly smells
good, What makes 1t smell SO good.
mother?"
Il suppose It's the cinnamon" she
answered.
"What is cinnamon. anyway" jamie
asked as they sat down before the
FIRE"
Cinnamon? Oh. It is the bark of
Of kind of tree"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19

Ceylon Is supposed to be that Seren-
bib"
HUH" said jamie. II wonder II
cinnamon trees grew there at the time
OF the stories in the Arabian Nights? 2"
Il suppose SO, for cinnamon has
been known long time. The Old
Testament Of the Bible mentions 1t,
and l suspect that it was used many
years before the birth Of Christ. You
know the Egyptians embalmed their
dead in spices. and perhaps they used
cinnamon as one of the Spices"
"Oh. yes! Mummies like we saw at
the museum!" Jamie remembered.
What does a cinnamon tree look like,
mother?"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19
RHUBARB
. stalks of rhubarb,

Wash the stalks of rhubarb.
Put the double boiler over the FIRE
with / quart Of water in the lower
part.
While that is coming to boil, dice
up the rhubarb without removing
the pink skim.
Put the diced rhubarb, without a
drop of water. into the upper part Of
the double boiler and cover tightly.
Cock for twenty minutes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19

QAUMl YUM!" said jamie - ne
w rushed into the. house one 6otur-
~ day morning. II smell something
~ good! What IL TT"
Fee. DE. 70. fum" laughed nv
mother. taking something brown ana
delicious-looking from the oven.
Guess what 1t Is. oh giant"
cinnamon cake!" shouted jamie,
jumping up and down for Joy. GIVE
me piece right away. you nice moth
err" he wheedled, with an arm around
her waist.
"Oh. you'll have to wait until It gets
COOL" replied his mother.
II don't believe I can" Jamie said.
cycling the cake whistfully. ''It'a
cruelty to animals to make a fellow
wait with that good-looking thing
right before his eyes"
Lets go into the living room and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19

~ HAT shall we do with the lit
- tie fluffy cotton chickens and
ducks we buy for the little
)" folks to play with on Easter
Sunday? Why not build an old-fash-
toned coop for them?
A pine shoe or packing box will fur
nish excellent lumber for this toy.
Usually the boards are quite wide and
if care Is exercised in taking the box
apart no glueing will be necessary.
Begin work on part B. note tina,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19
LILY TIME

LILY TIME
n LOVE this season of the yea
For Lily Time is nigh.
/ see the flowers noddins
As l 60 passing by
The florists at the corner.
1t seems as if they say:
We've come again. old fellow.
And Casters on the way"
| like = think Of Lily Time
When all the ait is still:
And Easter chimes are ringing
In the old church on the hill.
When everyone is happy
To hear the glad chimes ring.
For Lily Time means Easter.
And Easter Time means Spring.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-19

" EITY was going to give a novel party All
forward to 1t with eager expectancy ever sine,
handed to them by the grinning post-man. YOU
~ could you have seen it. On large piece of ca
words: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SIGNS!
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
THE WORLD WAR
Uncle Sans buyer in Europe

protests from brother officers. Here is
one such episode noted in the journal !:
This morning Harjes called at my
rooms before / was up to warn me of
Payot, whom he believed from French
information to be untrustworthy and
who had said to others. according to
HarJes, that he (Payot) could lead me
by the nose I replied to Harjes that
any one could lead me by the nose. pro-
did and 1T led In the right direction
This leads me to make few notes con-
cerning Payot and our relations.
In every possible way / encourage
Payot to initiate and suggest methods
or coordination for the rear of the
armies because he is the best informed
man on conditions of the rear and it's
needs In France. In all sincerity I
create in his mind feeling of my de-
pendence on him. for he has the knowl-
edge and experience while am only in
the process of acquiring it, and never
shall acquire 1t as he has It. In every
way / encourage the use by the French
Of our board. I declined the suggestion
OF my staff that we have an American
version of our meetings made. as they
thought the French did not include in
our minutes of proceedings a sufficient
record of our own part in them.
1T was only a nonessential and the
suggestion would imply distrust as well as
vanity on my part. That anybody should
think they could hurt Payot in my esti-
nation for asserting his Influence,
when for over a month Gen. Pershing
and I fought to transfer entire control
of the rear of the three armies to the
French command shows that they have
little conception of how In earnest we
are to secure proper coordination. AS
matter of fact Payot Is entirely trust
worthy. He only wants to win the war.
Naturally he Is ambitious-and this is
no crime. Close cooperation with him
by me means that I can get useful
things done"
Could anything be closer to the spirit
In which Lincoln worked with his Cen
erals and the members of his Cabinet?
He took some moments of relaxation
to be with friends or at his piano
Then Harbord and l dug into second
hand books at Brentano's for an hour !;
then we went to my hotel room after a
walk to read them; then at 5 p. NJ. we
went to a reception of United States
Army officers at Ambassador Sharp's:
then to the hotel then to Johns (Paris)
house; then to dinner with Colonel and
Mrs. Boyd: then with the Boyds to the
mind had not rested much. Everybody
has bad cold. including myself. Have
moved piano into my bedroom at the
Ritz, and will get my mind off work a
little with it in the evenings. Also got
a fox terrier for company. which the
servants at the hotel take care Of for
me-"
Some of the time snatched from the
direct labors of his office he used to
help those who might need in future the
results of the experience he was actually
going through.
"Realizing that in the mass of docu-
ments underlying principles may long be
buried or misunderstood when extracted
by the student, l took advantage OF
few hours leisure this afternoon to die
tate to stenographer some of my con-
clusions, based upon unique experience.
as to the proper principles which should
govern modern army purchase and sup
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

John Buroughss best known From Quartettes
Choruses for Mems Voices (Assocation Press).
JoHn BURROUGHS

in whose shadow his body rests. To
maintain these various places as a me-
mortal to one whose later years were
period of affectionate recognition by
hundreds of thousands who never saw
the man himself, is the purpose Of the
association.
BY such national shrines and places
OF pilgrimage we now honor Washing
ton, Jefferson, Lincoln. Grant, Roose-
welt, Longfellow, Hawthorne, Irving.
Whittier, MacDowell and some others
of our American patriots, writer's and
artists. The contribution made to the
nation by John Burroughs as an ex-
emplar Of the best American character.
fine, simple. devoted to such things in
life as tend upward and to national
honor, has been recognized with ad-
miration by Americans In every part
of the country. His books, his life and
his personality have brought him as
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

ply. This / hope to do again and from
time to time, for / have learned from
experience that mental work is best done
by me when / am under pressure and
theoretically have no time for it. Then
again. / am writing more than mental
conclusions; / am only recording the
principles which necessity has compelled
me to adopt as right"
His conclusion is that in buying for
an army in wartime there should be a
coordinating factor, but that each de-
partment should be kept in direct rela-
tion with the source of supply to get
quick results.
"If any other system is put in its
place which does not recognize that the
first responsibility of the supply and pur-
chase agent must be directly to the re-
sponsible officer nearest the point of ne
cessity, the system in time of military
emergency will fail; and the whole OBJ
ject of the military system is not to fail
In time of war
Throughout the journal the figure OF
Gen. Pershing appears in perhaps the
most winning presentation yet given
To Dawes he was always John" They
had been close friends. They had
known similar loss in the drowning of
Dawes's son and the burning of Per-
shing's wife and daughter. But some
Of their common recollections were far
from tragic. A dinner was arranged at
Paris hotel. Here Is the rest OF the
story, from the journal:
'The French believe in the sacredness
of fixed procedure at dinner. When !
told our head waiter at the Ritz that
Gen. Pershing was to dine with me, and
was ordering dinner in advance, he was
much distressed because | ordered no
soup. His protests were polite, but ex-
tremely insistent. Soup should be served
The General would expect soup. Was
sure he did not want it? He would pre-
pare 1t anyway-and IL the General did
not want it, 1t would not be put on the
bill. Was / very sure that the General
could get along without soup? Well
replied finally, when the General and
patronized Don Cameron's lucent lunch
counter at Lincoln, Neb., he was able
to get along without soup and nearly
ANYTHING else / had ordered that cost
over ten cents This remark, designed
to impress his sense of humor. was un-
noticed in his profound depression over
nv obstinacy-so I let him make his
soup and pass the question directly to
the great chieftain himself for decision.
When the General, dining at my ex-
pense. decided for soup. the walters JOY
was so evident that sacrilege had not
been committed when threatened, that
was glad / had raised the question for
his sake"
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

women, boys and girls, these me-
MORALS would keep green the memory
of a kind man who loved nature and
human beings. To mention only. one
means of development, the Boy Scouts
"a great and saving influence to-day
In young America-would be quick to
do their share in building up the at
tractiveness to visitors of this excellent
group of memorials. The directors of
the John Burroughs Memorial Associa-
tion estimate that a fund of $4,000
will he adequate to establish this adj
mirable project upon a secure founda-
tion, and they invite contributions.
large or small, toward the fund. 1t is
desired to raise this very moderate sum
by October ! next and nothing but
commendation can be expressed for the
idea. The treasurer is Frank Seaman
and his office is at Is West Eighty
first street. New York city.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
Miscellaneous.

VALENTINES CITY OF NEW YORK
by Henry Collins Brown. Dutton.
TEXT, TYPE AND STYLE: A COM
PENDIUM OF ATLANTIC USAGE
BY George b. Ives. Boston: Atlantic
Monthly Press.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
NEW BOOKS

Fiction,
THE FLAMING FORESTRY James
Oliver Curwood. Cosmopolitan.
History and Public Affairs.
A JOURNAL OF THE GREAT WAR
In Two Volumes-By Charles u.
Dawes. Brigadier-General Engineers,
United States Army. Houghton Mit-
film.
THE NoN-PARTISAN LEAGUE-ln
Citizens Library'-By Andrew A.
Bruce. Macmillan.
THE ECONOMICS OF COMMUNISM:
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
RUSSIAS EXPERIMENT-By Leo
Pasvolsky. Macmillan.
SEA POWER IN THE PACIFIc-By
Hector c. Bywater. Houghton Milf
film.
Social Science.
THE SOCIAL MISSION OF CHARITY
BY william ]. Kerby. Macmillan.
THE CONTROL OF LIFE-By j. Ar
thur Thomson. Henry Holt.
biography and "Reminiscences.
LETTERS TO NOBODY: i90s-1913-By
the Right Rev. Sir Guy Fleetwood
Wilson. Dutton.
LIFE OF ALFRED NEwToN-By A.
f. r. wollaston. Dutton.
FRANCIS AND RIvERsDALE GREN-
FELL: A MEMOIR-By John Buchan.
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons.
For Boys and Girls.
THE sTAR-CHILD AND OTHER
PLAYS-By Rita Benton. New York:
Writers Publishing Company
Essays.
THE PORTRAIT OF MR.. w. Has
Written by Oscar Wilde. New York:
Mitchell Kennerley.
Religion.
THE LIFE OF CHRIST-By the Rev.
r. ]. Campbell. Appleton.
A CRITICAL AND ExEGETICAL
COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF
JOB, TOGETHER WITH A NEW
TRANSLATION - Two Volumes = BY
the late Samuel ROLES Driver and
George Buchanan Gray. Scribners.
Miscellaneous.
VALENTINES CITY OF NEW YORK
BY Henry Collins Brown. Dutton.
TEXT, TYPE AND STYLE: A COM
PENDIUM OF ATLANTIC USAGE
BY George B. Ives. Boston: Atlantic
Monthly Press.
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

By Charles G. Dawes, Brigadier-
General Engineers. Two volumes.
Houghton Miffiin Company, Boston.
@EN. DAwEs's personal diary
IL T of his experience as Uncle
Sans European buyer for the
army is one of the few books that es-
capes the war curse. The taxpayer
will find therein plenty of reasons to
hope that the author can achieve his
present task-trying to cut down the
peace budget by billion.
AS general purchasing agent, Gen.
Dawes engineered large part of the
securing of 10,000,000 ship tons Of ma
terial in Europe, during the year and
half ending November 1918. The
Importance of this work is seen by the
fact that in the same period only
1876, ,410 ship tons could be sent from
America. In the later months the rate
of shipment increased enormously.
But the war wouldn't wait And while
the ships were being built over here,
Dawes found the stuff needed by the
army over there. He found it any
where and everywhere-in Spain,
Italy, England, or hiding under a
mushroom In France herself. He never
said Cant"
This is the way he puts the case, in
his journal-Lincon's way, with
story:
Returned to Paris as usual at forty
miles an hour. I often wonder at my
peace time conservatism ins regard to
speeding. 1t makes a difference when
you have to do thing. Theoretically
nothing mapped out for our services of
supply is possible considering the in
creasng Importance of troops, but prac-
tically we will take care of them. Dwight
Morrow's story Is applicable. A father
was telling his little boy a story He
said, The alligator had his mouth open
and was about to close 1t on the turtle
when the turtle suddenly climbed tree
and hid himself in the foliage But.
papa said the little boy, "a turtle can't
climb a tree. To which papa replied,
But this turtle had to-
The story begins with the organiza-
ton of the Seventeenth Engineers, Rail-
way of which the author was made
lieutenant-colonel.
OF course, other branches of the service
were looking for him. Daweses aren't so
common as jackdaws. But he resisted
every attempt to take him from the kind
of work he set out to do. Here is an
example:
After reaching Atlanta and receiving
my commission Hoover gave me a great
scare by wiring, Would you bear me i'm
placable resentment II l asked the Presi-
dent to assign you to me-? 1 answered:
IJndar No circrIrn eft nceS do such "A thing
1t would be unfair and cruel and l
know you would not consider it. Heard
no further from the matter to my great
relief"
The manly teachableness and humil-
ity of this chief executive contrasts
sharply with the Dragging jingoism so
common in certain circles. Gen. Dawes
made a point of working in perfect har-
mony with the French. in spite of some
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
PARIS is READING
GREAT NOVEL OF
WIRELESS IN WAR
BY PANAME.

T HE winning of the 5000 franc
prize offered by the Rendis-
Sdnce Review was a literary
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
John Burroughs Memorial
Association makes a general

TIME John Burroughs Memorial
Association makes a general
appeal for contributions to its
fund, whose purpose is to acquire and
preserve the homes and familiar abid-
ing places of the sturdy poet-naturalist
together with his final resting place.
1t is desired to buy or take over and
maintain Riverly, John Burroughs's
home for fifty years at West Park
on the Hudson; Slabsides, the cabin
in the hills back of Riverly; Wood
chuck Lodge. in Roxbury in the
Catskills, and the Hay Barn"-also on
the Burroughs homestead farm-where
he wrote his later books. and Me
mortal Field" in which stands THE
Rock" where he played as a boy and
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
Burroughs home as inspiration

welcome friend into households all
across the continent and have served
as an illuminating exposition of those
solid and constructive traits in the
New England character which have
made the influence of the few north
eastern coast States so strong a factor
in the building and stabilizing of the
American nation.
Such a group of memorials as the
association proposes to establish are
particularly desirable as landmarks
by which the best Americanism may
shape and correct It's course. Espe-
cially apt as influences for young peo-
pie, serving as points of rendezvous for
short Journeys and places of periodical!
meetings for associations of all classes
of citizens, young and old, men and
The New York herald., 1921-08-14
Book Exc am ge

HIGHEST CASH PRICES PAID FOR
complete libraries and small lots Of books.
Encyclopedia Britannica. II edition. Book
OF knowledge and sets OF standard authors
particularly wanted. Calls made anywhere.
THoMs ERoN. mo-. "a Barclay st.. N. r.
Rsnne aaaa Caws1er~sN~
The New York herald., 1921-08-14

A JOURNAL OF THE GREAT WAR.
BY Charles G. Dawes. Brigadier-
General Engineers. Two volumes.
Houghton Mifhin Company, Boston.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-01
Eduard N. Wilson to
Be Rotary Secretary;
Chaffee Introduced

Edward \. Wilson was elected sec
rctary Of the Rotary club at the noon
meeting Tuesday. He succeeds Les
lie Hart who is retiring because of
many other conflicting duties.
About u persons announced their
intention of attending the annual con-
vention of the Rotary clubs in Evans
Vile, Feb. u and % The club will
choose four members as voting dele
gates. These delegates will not go
instructed. but will be permitted to
vote for man for governor of the
district whom they decide upon after
arriving at the convention.
F.. NJ. Campfield urged the club to
vote against the master senate bill.
No. 70, the senate bill, No. II. now
before the legislature. The first bill,
according to Mr.. Campfield, provides
for a raise in tax on pleasure automo-
biles to two and one third times what
il is at present. and the second bill
provides for tax of one-quarter cents
on each gallon of gasoline.
Frank p. Chaffee, new secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce, was intro
duced to the club and spoke very
briefly. C. B. Root, in charge of local
community service spoke Memoirs
of the kiwanis quartet entertained
with several numbers.
The club went on record as in favor
of mOtOrizing the street cleaning de-
partment, following a short talk by
Dell Davis. engineer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-01
LIVE STOCK VALUE
AND AMOUNT DROPS
DURING LAST Year

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-Value of
live stock or farms and ranges in the
United States has decreased more
than S2,50,000,000 during the last year
and the amount of live stock about
100000, according to estimates an
nounced by the department of agricul-
ture.
Cattle and sheep decreased in num-
Der more than 4 percent and swine
decreased more than percent. There
was a decrease in value of more than
$500 100000 in milk COWS and about
the same for other cattle, while swine
showed a decrease of almost 100000
900 and sheep almost a $3.50 100000
Horses numbered 20.1S3,000 de-
crease Of % percent, and were valued
at S1,664 10000, decrease of $685.
337 600 with an average value of $50. As
head.
Mules $11572 a Head.
Mules numbered 4.999,000, a de-
crease of percent, and were valued
at s57S,473000, a decrease of 1852
$4,000, with an average value OF
$115.72 a head.
Milk cows numbered 23,321 900, a
decrease of l.3 percent, and were
valued at $1,491 100000. a decrease of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-02-01
MANY ENTRANTS IN
EATON CORN snow

EATON. O., Feb. 1.-With % entries
of yellow corn and six of white, be-
sides sweet corn and numerous entries
of popcorn, much interest was mani
tested in the corn show today here,
conducted in connection with the
farmers institute, and those attending
were keenly anticipating the judging
OF the corn. which was attra ctively
displayed on a table in the courthouse.
Judging Of the exhibits resulted in
the following awards: Ten ears white
corn, first prize IS, awarded W. j.
AShworth of Eaton; second, SO, award
ed {. It. Barr; third, 81, Charles
House; fourth, 81. I'M. Johnson; fifth,
81, Charles Plummer.
Single ear, 10 ear exhibits; yellow
corn, first prize, SO awarded Gilbert
Garnder; second, Wilbur Apen; third,
Charles Beck; fourth, Henry Busch; ;
fifth. B. c. Hendricks.
Prof Holden gave lecture and
demonstration early this morning to
those who gathered at $50 o'clock in
the courthouse auditorium. on rope
splicing and knot tying. r. r. Rob
ertson during the same period adj
dressed the four higher classes in the
Sldue SC0OOl Oh Quitting SlltkS lOl
grating in the orchard. Later he also
addressed the meeting at the court
house auditorium on 'POtatoes' and in
the afternoon spoke on "Orchard Ell
ficienCv.'
Miss Wigent spoke before the wom-
ems section in the morning and be-
fore the general meeting in the after
noon on Better Schools" Charles
Cottngham furnished cornet solos for
the morning session and vocal solo
by Mrs. Marie Burns. in the after
noon. was followed by a violin solo
given by Mrs. Stella Risinger.