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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
With Other Editors
Hats OFF to Casey!
[Chicago Herald-Examiner.l

The knights Of Columbus made a great
record during the war. In the camps, in the
hospitals, on the battlehelds, wherever there
was hard work. loving work. dangerous work
to do-there was Casey. doing it
"Casey's" work was wonderful. Indeed it
was. Ask the boys who saw it They will tell
you. No soldier man will ever forget Casey.
And Casey" hasn't quit because the guns have
quit. It's Casey" at the bat yet.
Peace has its fighting tasks, too, and
Casey" is right out on the front lines-fght-
ing for the sick soldier, the crippled soldier,
the mentally inarm soldier.
Casey" has been carrying on big cam
paisn Of vocational training-a fine, useful,
splendid work. That campaign has cost money,
too-lots Of money. But there's still money
in 'Casey's' treasury-fve million dollars.
And what Is Casey" going to do with this
money? Why, Casey is going to spend it
on the sick soldier men, and the crippled SOL
der men, and the mentally infirm soldier men
who are sitting or lying around in those unfit
mean. damnabe dumps called hospitals-the
kind. we mean where our disabled soldier men
are herded by forgetful government and a
lot of forsworn 100 per cent mouth ghterA
Hospitals God save the mark! Hog pens,
they ought to call them-or horse puddles
Well, Casey is going into those damnable
contract dumps and will spend five million
dollars in cheering up those poor disabled
lads
Casey" is going into those dumps with
games. with entertainments, with companion
ship, with cheer-up stunts Of every kind.
Casey" is going to supply fun and cheer
| fulness while the doctors drug and carve
Casey" will be there to supply mental
stimulus. to give cheer to the melancholy, hops
to the respondent. company to the lonesome.
and the glad hand that lifts the sick body BY
uplifting the mind and soul Of the man Who
thinks he is down and out when he is only
down.
Casey" has been experimenting very quiet
ly before deciding what to do with that i've
million.
Casey" has had Jack Kelly working away
At cheer-up. stunts for several months in St.
Elizabeth's hospital down in Washington.
You have heard about Jack Kelly-famoua
Chateau-Thierry marine. II times wounded
and all right yet-better than new, In fact
Wears the Medal Of Honor, too No. mot thu
Legion Of Honor-nothing - common q. thai
tho Medal Of Honor. our own. Less than Z
hundred men in all tho world wear that proud
badge.
Some man, this Kelly chap. He's been
working with 500 shell-shocksd. insane lad,
there in St Elixabsths. and Casey" WIN tell
you that he has worked vonders-doins more
than all the doctors.
And thst's why Casey" d going to spsud
ths whole Ave million In multiplying ysca
kelly's work-in finding hundreds Of men vhc
can Do the same eheer-up stunts that Jaca
Kelly doss-and putting thsm 70 work In ever,
HOSPITAL and every damnaAls Asmp mascallsd !
HOSPITAL vh@s our pooe sick, crippled. msn.
tally diseased soldier lads are eating shs bite.
bread Of neglect and mistrea&msnt,
Lses Al take q cur hats 70 ~oassy-l
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
The Daily Short Story

did Columbus theory-and all the
rest.
"Yoo-hoo! Oh, m-aa-a-a!" shout
ed voices from the back yard. us
supper ready? Gee, we're starv-
i'm" And then followed a general
slamming Of doors. kicking off rub
bers, shifting from the cold and
plenty Of impotence.
How do you get that way"
greeted voice from the next room
and they entered to find Mrs
Hapgood seated snugly before the
fireplace with a magazine. Why
don't you two have a hearth she
continued. Il don't feel like get.
ting supper. 1t can go hang for all
l care!"
Freddie and Sarah, round-eyed
and speeches., stood staring al
her from the doorway.
The voice continued: 1.-THE eggs
aren't in, the store is closed, the
woods not in, and there's no fire
in the range. How do you expect
me to get supper?"
At this point Freddie ventured tt
say timidly: Now. ma, quit yer
kiddin'; we're awful hungry, hon.
est" And Sarah, encouraged, rar
to her mother and threw her arms
around her neck and pleaded
please hurry, ma; we're goin
slidin' tonight up to Browns hill
an it's nearly time we were leav-
in! Isn't it, Freddie?" turning tc
her brother, who burst forth with
a torrent Of pleadings.
Right here Mrs. Hapgood's cour.
age nearly failed her, but she pull
ed herself together and forcing q
laugh, exclaimed, We'll, il it's time
to leave, let's 60"
But, ma-the supper"
Never mind the supper. Slidin's
more important than eatin', any.
way-let's go!"
"Oh, whatever is the matter will
MAJ" walled Sarah. She talks like
that bold woman on Alden street
who never cleans her home!"
I'm waitin'!" called a voice like
the woman's on Alden street
Aren't you ready YETI
Freddie ambled into the kitchen
and with penitent eye and droopine
lip he toed the mat and mumbled
Jaw. I guess l won't go slidin' to.
night, and wish you wouldn't &c
either, ma"
Yes, let's stay home and vel
all cook supper together" chimet
in Sarah.
And wen play dominoes," sug.
gested Fred.
mo-" declared ma. firmly. TN
sick Of stayin' home. dom all thu
work an cookin' meals, an talkin
like a nice mother! From now or
I'm goin' to talk slang and do ne
work. Get ne?"
Mother, dear. pleased" begged
Sarah. II don't know what has
happened to you. nor how you 20,
that mean how you changed, bu,
somehow / feel it is my fault ant
Freddie's, and II you will only say
you are fooling, and promise vol
Will be our own darling swee
mother once again, I'll do any
thing you want, and we wont tall
slang or be lazy any more. will we
Freddie?"
Please, m-a-aa! We've been to,
fresh, l guess, and anyway l wa,
Just thinkin' l could chop half tina
wood on such q nice moonlinh
night as tonight" your
drst." 90
Then Mrs. Hapgood knew Oh,
nad won. Enough was enough, an,
NOBODY could doubt her children
dncsrity.
Soon they were all hustling abou
Iett109 supper. and not until III,
pudding dish vas euntied did M,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

@. How may silk ribbon be wa
terproofed, in order that it may re-
tain its original softness? E. E. G.
A. The bureau of standards says
1t is impossible to waterproof silk
ribbon and yet have it remain soft
and pliable, for the reason that
anything that would make it water
proof fills up all the spaces be-
tween the fibers Of the silk.
@. In cribbage, how much does
q hand count composed Of 3 treys
and a nine when a trey is turned !?
w. T. S.
A. Feurs, sometimes called
double pairs royal or deproils. al
ways count IL. There are 6 differ
emit pairs, therefore there are
fifteens to be counted and the hand
totals "a.
70 @. Frequently when reading a
STAMP article q person finds such
terms as engraved" Autograph
ed" and Typographical" What do
these terms mean? G. E. O..
A. Stamps are produced by i've
different Observation-Disclosures, or
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
Why Trade Is Good in Canada.

S. Like the rest Of US, Canada has had q hard
jolt from the worldwide business depression
But, ON the average, Canadas In better shape
than "The States. There's nothing magical
ehout It Canada's high prices broke the same
month as ours-May, 1920. And Canada is
subject to the same fundamental laws Of eco
hoEtcs as the United States. But the drop in
she value Of Canadian money. in terms Of
American money. acted as a protective tariff
and IS bonus on exports.
Take Canadian money at 10 per cent dis
count in our financial markets. That meant
that Canada had to pay more of her own dol
lars when she bought foreign goods than When
her money was at par. 1t also meant that the
Canadians 81 worth Of goods brought him
about $1.11 in Canadian money when he sold
go0ds to us That export bonus was cream
fH Canada
The import depreciation caused Canadians
tosget busy and begin manufacturing their own
Necessities instead Of importing. So don't crow
too loudly when you read that the American
dollar 10 at . premium in foreign markets
for instance. worth $1.49 in Argentina The
fact is, the country whose money goes below
par outside its borders has a decided advantage
IN foreign trade, for internal or home prices
don't rise enough to absorb the difference.
That's the reason the low value of the Ger
man mark Is working in favor Of German man
ufncturers and helping enable them to UNDER
sell their competitors all over the world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
BY PRECEPT AND EXAMPLE.
BY Edna M. Forde.

Copyright, 1921. by Wheeler Syn
| dictate, Inc.)
Jaw, how d'ya get that way. any
ways?' shrieked freckle-faced Fred
die to his sister.
"Sittin' on stone wall" she re-
torted, nonchalantly, IAN don't you
get too fresh or I'll spill the. beans
to ma that you gave the Cat our
goldfish"
Jaw, whadda l care! II you
sQueal about the goldfish I'll tell
teacher where you hide your chew
ing gum. See?"
well, awright. II you won't tell,
then l won't. HUH"
But Freddie's answer was lost as
they disappeared through the hole
| in the back yard fence.
Now all the while there had been
an eavesdropper who had heard
this slangy conversation. Mrs. Hap
good, mother of these two scally-
wags, stood listening behind pile
of wood which Freddie should have
chopped long ago.
Its a problem" she sighed, as
she emerged and trudged her way
through the deep snow to the chick
en- coop. Its a problem to know
how to manage children nova
days. Between slang and bad hab-
its, declare, I don't know what to
do to cure them!" And she began
to collect the eggs from the various
nests, signing and wearing q trou-
bled frown.
Mrs. Hapgood was just one OF
the many dear old-fashioned moth
ers whose chief problem lay in the
rearing of two ultra-modern, ire
sponsible youngsters, whose minds
were filled with meaningless slang
and who tried to shirk their house
hold duties. What problem!
Sarah and Freddie, Is and IA, re-
spectively, were at the age when
they should have been a help and
a Joy to their mother. They should
each have performed countless lit
tie duties around the house which
would have lightened the burdens
and lessened the daily worries
which confronted her and which
seemed to be growing heavier a.
time wore on.
Now they say that Lincoln was
splitting rails when the idea occru-
red to him that. he could combat
the world-ideas have to originate
some place, you know-and a mere
egg put the idea into Columbus
head that the world was round, and
Charlie Chaplin looked at his feet
and decided to make q fortune, but
whoever heard Of an idea original.
ing in a chicken coop?
While Mrs. Hapgood was in the
act Of collecting eggs. . brillian,
thought occurred to her! She sal
down right then and there and
wondered II this idea, carried out
would cure those little imps ol
their slang and lazy habits. HE
who hesitates II lost" she quoted
So putting the eggs back in thu
nests. she trudged the short space
from the chicken coop to the house
Her plan was Just as importan,
to her as proving the world round
was to Columbus. For, after all
the task OF rearing children to no.
Bile womanhood and manhood 10 ,
dimcult one and demands carefu,
planning: and Sarah and Freddi,
were Mrs. Hapgood's world.
mo harm in trying. anyway
she unused. Then she smiled t.
herself, for this was her plan
; She would adopt q similar attitud,
TO her scallywags: when they wer,
lazy, she would be lazy; whom the,
fused slang. 20 would she! 1T sound
ID ridiculous to . woman Of sucl
gentle manners q shA> Int than. =,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

. Nothing could be fairer than the offer OF
the employees Of the T1-City Railway company
70 accept the proposed wage reduction. sub
hitting tho question to arbitration and agree
Ing 10 abide the result 1t indicates o willing
hess Of the men to 30 the limit In averting .
break with the company.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28
TsAet isf TIE TsothbrusA.

Toa1et 1T the ToothhRnlh.
n w;,u.n p,.. A., :, r,,s,e
lrn1I.-. nsnt., .chno, .s~,... th.,
~ no.hs- - rrr.s .scr,x hs.,,.
h-n.h;r- . cht,S,s 800 :. .ocr :.
ths ch,s5 ns~,ns $50. ,,;xsd
AZ. 90 80 h.,a.. ~. % 49,
~. .viderca. ~ scc-s.,cr ~. rcor .ths
l.-e.s- - - 100 n 49,
AZ $3.50.
enus 1919. ~, .sA s.A s
~ pses oe."o ~ -. ape aua SA e..s CIV
euo euA Iaeoo =. ,ne 49,: LIZ 49,
eus uouste.y p1.s@ .ne " .ou
snou'o DC soaAeo !" Don%e waleI
pi'oI W AIss use. Aae UIusnius
should not oe 20 vigorous - 70 m
1ure the gums.
DR.. Rice says that experiments
nave SHOWN 'tnAt . toosnorusn
rlnseo IN water alter use ana tnen
placed IN a Closed receptAole mar
DOTS many more 0acteria tnan ono
in the air to dry. He therefore ad-
Wee flusine .ne .o'rolu sa ~ :. H y"
"a'e ai.el use anu naas.ne !" "
ory IN Tue ar wnere dust canho'
reacn II.
brushing Tue teetn - wen.
compromise WIN q Iauity oict.
were our 1000 less "doctoreo' less
denaturi1ed py excessive mhiine'
our teeth would certainly De stfong-
er Dy reason OF more normal e1er-
cise IN mas.ication ana the mineral
nutrlment derived from unoenatur-
lzed looos out wanting In sucn' sad
substitutes as wnlte oread' "hste
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

A Toronto professor Says be has fuid that
Will make man tell all his secrets. So had
the rest Of us-a couple Of years ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

Tho end Of . perfect day when the tempera-
tnfe hovers around one hundred Is a cool night.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

Germany is dehed by unaided Polish in
surgents. How the mighty have fallen.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

&Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm wears his uniform only
Ct dinner. Maybe he attacks his food.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

Y ono Of the eternal mysteries Is how your
nedghbor can afford q better car.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

~ Oftsn strictly fresh eggs are not only fresh
They're impudent
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YIN nlS CTOSS country night EDDIE Rlcken-
hacker takes his coffee through rubber tube.
The visiting nurse tells US that rubber tubes
are insanitary. We trust Eddie has something
in mis- coffee to kill the deadly bacilli.
~Abashed, the Devil Stood, and Felt
How. Awful Goodness Is.'
From the New York Tribune.l
At least one person in the United
States has religious scruples against hav-
ing his photograph taken. -. johnson,
who wants to 60 out as a missionary,
had appealed the local passport Offices
decision to Secretary of State Hughes,
insisting that Exodus 20:4 forbids the
making Of craven images.
MIKE ARTERY, one OF the union business
agents indicted in Chicago for conspiracy to
extort money, appears to have been something
OF an expert in Arteryotomy.
The Long Arm Of Mrs. Chester.
From the Chicago Tribune]
Kansas City, Mo-. May 26.-The trial
OF Denzel Chester for the alleged muir
der Of Miss Florence Barton was inter-
rupted here late today when the wife Of
the defendant struck Mrs. Blanche Ryan,
one Of the chief witnesses. for the state.
a she was leaving the state.
1T may interest your mortuary typewriter y
writes our South Bend correspondent, ITO learn
that Miss Ocean Wave Smith is a senior in the
South Bend high school,"
Mildly. yes. But let US hasten to introduce
her to Miss Wava Wind Of Moline. They should
have billowy time together.
ASK DAD: HE KNOWS,
Mac: From the Moline Dispatch: mo one
should miss reading Mother. It's perusal viii
doubtless create a demand for Sisters" Ware
the propa-gander, Mac. Dya suppose the MO-
latch Is little Mormonisdc? -CRITICUS.
IN "The Boys and Girls Post" fchicaes
POST Of May rs under the caption 'Today'u
Great Person, 10 Robert William Chamhers
we'll known contributor to popular maRazines"
Add one to the list Of "Chfldren's Authorn"
When Will the errotic Elinors name annearf
Agaan-SAak Dad, He KNOWNw
From the Orion UlL) Times,1
It II . nne thing for young folks Ia
become skilled In the use OF automobiles.
Yet they should remember that their le9
muscles were meant for use, that easo-
line and tires cost money, and that court.
ing can b done with entire succesa on
thstr best girls parlor sofa.
A GOOD military strategist never forret,
tho element Of surprise. On the othsr hand
one shnuld always expect the unexpected. All,
l@ The eufpFlse has como and the unexpectet
has happened both arc Known qusntaties. lam
Who 2 not troubled BY an uncertainty?
WE shall let you figure that out.
RI Ma
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

FOURTEEN hours after reading one Of
your jokes l got your point. and belatedly rel
ished It," postcards Calliope. Haven't you
some mental pepsin to assist thought diges-
TOM" Well, no. Inability to assimilate one
of our delicate wheezes is not rare. Occa-
sionally we browse through our colyums Of
yesteryear and find some of the pasturage
mentally indigestible.
The Perfect Apology.
From the Albany Till Revfew.1
In mentioning in last weeks paper
the names Of those who attended from
Albany the Booth-Snyder wedding in
Erie, the names OF Mr.. and Mrs. B. H.
Burnett were omitted Internationally, Of
course, but such mistakes a. that makes
us want to go out in the garden and
eat worms.
MISS JUNE SMITH SHOT BY LOVER
RECOvERING."-Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Lovers are most dangerous during con-
valescence.
MOONSHINE liquor being poured in a gut
ter at Bowling Green, KY, was set a6re Six
bystanders we're scorched. The liquor" (says
the Chitrib) was fired by careless bystanoer
who twisted a sheet Of paper into a taper, ig-
nited it and threw it into the flowing liquid
surprisingly methodical careless by
stAnder".
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-28

APPRECIATION.
Ito lady who sang at an entertainment
seemed at crystal fountains
To drink deep delight;
On joys majestic mountains
l seemed to be that night;
When in such moving fashion
Old Scotlands songs were sung;
The noble earl's pure passion
When love had tuned his tongue:
'Loch Lomond's" tender grieving
Ger dear dead days OF yore,
So full of love and longing,
And pathos evermore.
Then what a golden rapture
About my heart did play;
Mine ears did music capture.
Most joyful prisoners they.
So for melodious pleasures
Great is my gratitude
To her who sang the measures,
And me with Joy endued.
In rhyme (perhaps with reason)
l would the wish express
Again to have a season
OF such rich hapDiness f W &
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Questions and Answers

Pa and Ma Are Right am a
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
PART l-continued.

1t was. In sense, an original poem !;
though, like the greater number of all
literary offerings, II was so strongly
inspirational that the source of its
inspiration might easily become mani
fest to c0ld-blooded reader. Never
iheless, to the poetess herself, as she
explained later In good faith, the words
just seemed to come to her-doubtless
with either genius or some form of
miracle involved; for sources of in
spiration are seldom recognized by in
spired writer's themselves. She had
not long ago been party to a musical
Sunday afternoon at her great-une:e
Joseph AtWater's house where Mr..
Clairdyce, that amiable and robust
baritone, sang some of his songs over
and over again, as long as the re-
quests for them held out. F'lorence's
poem may have begun to coagulate
within her then.
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ence for several months had named
not once otherwise than as "rhat
nasty little Henry Ro0ter," was Of
strangely clean and smooth fair-haired
appearance, for his age. She looked
him over.
His profile was Of a symmetry he
had not himself yet begun to appre
ciate: his dress was scrupulous and
modisb; and though he was short
nothing outward about him explained
the more sinister of Florence's two
adjectives. Yet she had true occasion
for 1t. because on the day before she
began it's long observance he had made
her uneasy lest an orange seed she
had swallowed should take root and
grow up within her to a size inevi-
tably fatal. Then. with her cousin
Herbert's stern assistance, Florence
had realized that her gullibility was
not to be expected IN anybody over
seven years old, after which age such
legends are supposed 10 be encoun-
tered with the dersiOn of experienced
people.
Her fastidiousiiess aroused, she de-
cided that Henry Rooter had no busi-
ness to he talking about what wou'd
happen to Ter insi,ies. anyhow and SO
INFORMED him at their next meeting.
ndsispg M explanation which absolute
~ prfKed him 10 he no gentleman
And hetsap'nion Of him was still per
ftctly plaip in her expression as she
made her present intrusion upon his
working liohrs He seemed to re-
cipiocnte.
Here Didn't and Herbert tell
You TO keep ont q here? he demand
ed. even before Florence had devel.
oped the slightest form of greetinr
Look al her. Herbert She's bac'
again."
'You get out o. here, Florence,
said Herbert. abandoning his task
with a look If rain. How often We
hat 10 tell you we don't want 70
around here when we're in our ofiiee
like thsT''
For heavens sakel" Henry Rooter
thought III 10 add. Cant you quit
running up and down our Office stairs
once In While. long enough for us to
get our newspaper work done? Cant
you give MS little peace7"
The pinkiness OF F'lorence's alter
ing complexion was Justified: she has
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which they had previously conrem-
plated forming, its members 70 be
called "The Orioles for no reason
whatever. The two friends had
talked of their plan at many meetings
throughout The summer and when Her
bert's great-uncle Mr.. Joseph At
wilter made his nephew the unex-
pected present of printing press, and
newspaper consequently took the
place Of The club. Herbert and Henry
still entertained an affection for their
folmer scheme and decided to perpet-
uate the name They We're the more
sensitive TO attack upon 1t by an ig-
Eorant outsider and girl like Florence,
and her chance of ingratiating her
self with them. If that could be now
her intention, WAS not promising.
Ii would be inaccurate to speak Of
her as hoping to placate them, how
ever; her mood was inserutable. She
descended from the fence with pro-
nounced inelegance. and, approaching
the old double doors Of the Carriage
house, which We're open, paused TO
listen. Sounds from above assured
her that the editors were editing-or
AT least that they could be found at
their place Of business. Therefore,
She assembled the cobwebby stairway
to the loft, and made her appearance
in the printing room of the North End
Daily Oriole.
Herbert, frowning with the burden
of composition, sat at table beyond
the official railing, and his partner was
engaged al the press, painfully setting
type This latter person. whom Flor
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
a.. 600 Vehicles a Day.

What Ii the busiest thor0ughfare In
London? Most people would say Pic
cadiIly circus or Trafalgar square, or
the streets converging on the Man
sion house. They would be wrong.
The greatest amount Of traffic Ia al
Hyde Park corner, where something
like 1900 vehicles pass In the course
Of q normal 12-bour day. Piccacs.iy
circus comes next with $1,000
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-10-08
"THE oReANEsT."

Synopsis.-Proud possessor OF a
printing press, and equipment, the
gift of Uncle Joseph TO his nephew.
Herbert Illingsworth Atwater, Jr..
aged thirteen, the fortunate youth.
with his chum. Henry Rooter.
about the same age, begins the
publication of a full-fledged news
paper, the North End Daily ORR
ole. Herbert's small cousin, Flor
ence Atwater, being barred from
any kind OF participation in the
enterprise. on account of her in
tense and natural feminine desire
to boss" is frankly annoyed, and
not at all backward in saying so