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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

ton that has held sway for many centuries and
is characteristic of modern estimates OF man
hood and womanhood. If character could be
subjected TO social tests in the same way that
knowledge and ability may be tested it would
have been an extremely fine thing il an aris-
tocracy OF character had been proposed. There
are merits in the old system that would be
lost il the constitution of the house of lords
were changed. The social value of heredity
has been emphasized. Nations with established
castles have kept alive the pride of blood and
the inspiration OF worthy family traditions.
The system has had many faults and the mod
ern rise of a more democratic spirit in Eng
land gradually has lessened the prestige of
the lords and ladies.
AS practical principle OF human evolu-
ton it is interesting to analyze whether blood
or brains offers the best standard. Blood
might imply a great many things if properly
understood. 1t comes very near to all people
in its appeal 1t implies. physical and social
good breeding with their essential adjuncts
of mental and moral development. strong
racial sense and pride of blood might be used
as a great lever to raise the standards/of
people. Blood is inherited Traits are passed
down from generation to generation. On the
other hand, while more democratic and de-
structive OF caste, the standard of brains is an
isolated standard. One can not inherit know
ledge, nor do the sons and daughters of great
men and women inherit the parental mentality.
Few poets have been the sons of poets. Min
isters sons are not as rule ministers Sci
entists as a rule don't produce family of sci
entists. But the standard of brains is a wide
open, free for ALL half mile dash that anyone
may try to win. One good thing about the
weather and the English house of lords is that
neither has been matter that councils and
senates and parliaments had to concern them
selves with. The test of brains will require
a standard and a method of qualifying mem
bers. The peeragee no longer could be bought
by success in manufacturing sugar, coated
pills or soap. 1t is very difficult to graft
when one is socially tested by his knowledge
and his wisdom. The one weakness of the
plan is the proposal to elect candidate for
a life term. One may squander brains as
easily as money and become unfit for the
peerage. 1t looks if the adroit father of
the bill is really attempting to pull out few
foundation stones that will mean eventually
the crumbling of the peerage and the castle.
Aristocracy means the best. The question be-
fore the house is which makes for the best
type of manhood-blood or brains?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
BUTTONS.
BY Marion E. Leighton.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
Nose on extended paws, Buttons
watched with devoted but troubled
eyes the shoulders of his pretty,
young mistress as they heaved con-
vulsively with each heart-broken
sob.
The previously undisturbed calm
of Buttons domestic happiness had
been rudely shattered during the
last week by frequent quarrels be-
tween the two beings he loved most
on earth-his master and mistress.
One short year of perfect, home
loving bliss and then-this!
Buttons had grown up with his
pretty, young mistress and loved
her with the devotion she deserved.
His master had been later acquf-
sition. and was accepted by him at
first because his mistress seemed
to desire it, and later because But
tons learned that he was a man to
trust. Now, something foolish
thing, Buttons thought-had prick
ed this rose-colored bubble of do
nestle joy and it had burst with
bang.
AS he watched his mistress out
Of soft. brown. adoring eyes it
gradually dawned in Buttons alert
mind that il was up to him to patch
that bubble up or go drown himself
as a nO-account quadruped.
That it was Mistress Mans err
ing brother that had been the cause
of all the trouble, Buttons knew
Brother Jack was old enough to
know right from wrong, and young
enough to regard family interfer-
ence in his affairs as nothing short
of impertinent presumption. Mas
ter Harry had protested, coaxed,
threatened and finally warned him
to conduct himself with greater
discretion or seek another home.
Gambling, drinking and several es-
ca pades in which he was requested
to tell it to the Judge" had been
overlooked, but this last incident
had been too much.
Buttons wasn't satisfied amy
more than Mistress Nam that
brother Jack was guilty of stealing
even if circumstances and Mas
ter Harry did convict him
Jack was wild. yet; but Buttons
thought he could spot a criminal
when he saw one, and he had never
regarded Jack as anything worse
than a little-too-g fellow. He
didn't believe land here again he
agreed with Mistress NAM that
Jack had taken that roll of bills
from Harry's bureau.
Sorrowfully Buttons rehearsed
the quarrel between Harry and
Nan. Harry had finally told her
that she must choose between Jack
and himself, as he refused to re-
main in the same house with n
thief. Nan had loyalty defended
her brother, and Buttons, ren.em-
bering. loved her the more for il
He reflected, also, that his master
could hardly be blamed for the
stand he had taken in the face of
the evidence.
Jack had been left alone In the
house the, previous afternoon ard
the money had been on the bureau
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

@. Has Washington's home al
ways been known as Mount YER
nom? X o. P
A. The original name of the
Washington estate was Hunting
Creek, and it was changed to Mount
Vernon by Lawrence Washington
in honor of Admiral Vernon of the
British navy
Q. Is there a law against exhibit
ton of films of prize fights?
McH. M
A. The federal law which was
hibit the exhibition of prize fight
films. but forbids their transpor-
tation from one state to another.
Q. Who was the author of the
saying, Prayer is better than sleep?
J. S. E.
A. The expression, Prayer is
better than sleep. is from the
morning call of the muezzin who
summons the faithful to prayer in
Mohanmedan countries.
@. What is the name of the tree
that bears a curse? w. S. G..
A. The forest service SAYS that
the tree which you have in mind
that bears curse is known as the
Judas tree" This is a genus of
tree of the Leguminosae family, so
named from the tradition that Judas
hanged himself on one of them.
O. Who were the four admirals
in the United States navy?
K. ID. T.
A. The navy department savs
that there have been only three full
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
If at First the Stars Come Out.

/ thought OF calling this one
1.-THE Price of Perseverance" but
some of my readers are so discriIa-
mating.
Dear DIR. Brady: Three years
ago / started taking your rolls q
told Friend Wife that somebody
was pinching our bakery deliv-
eries!D before going TO bed and
upon arising in the morning. At
that time l was in miserable
state with chronic constipation.
When l started I took just one roll.
1t caused me TO be nauseated.
THEY do deliver some stale stun
sometimes suspect they gather
up Yesterdays rolls and bake 'em
over for today's trade) wrote to
you about it, and you advised me
to continue rolling even though
every blessed stick of furniture in
the house. slipped its moorings and
rushed to get in my way. L fol-
lowed your advice. Now l can and
do take about % rolls day. l
never skip my rolls. l never take
a pill or physic of any kind. IN
stead of feeling IS, which l am, I
feel about 40. All my friends con-
graduate me on my improved ap-
pearaAce.
Respectfully,
MRS. S. L. F.
/ am gratified win this testi-
monial particularly because the
lady doesn't tell how many pounds
she has lost rolling somersaults. |
do not recall that any one has set
I'D any claims in that respect, and
certainly l have not suggested at
any time that the mere pastime of
rolling a few dozen somerSaults
will help anybody to reduce super
ffuous flesh. L don't know how the
erratic sex acquires such notion.
Somersaults should not be con-
fused with work or exercise. No,
the lady didn't reduce her weight
rolling somersaults. She simply
reduced her age, and lot of dlgni-
fed folks have done that
Are you dignified? 1t is easy to
find out Just arrange a mattress
or some pillows for a distance CT
five or six feet on the floor. Take
off your harness, loosen the check
rein, duck your head, grit your
teeth, CUuDie up line q joSn hAAAS'
give a push and make q noise like
a hoop. If the stars come out to
greet you, if the furniture starts
shimmy, if you wish you hadn't
eaten that second piece of pie
you're dignified and it is danger
Gus. Dignity is killing off lot
of misguided people. In these au-
tomobilious days, when middle age,
which ought to be the age of ma
turity and perfection. is just an in
PRODUCTION of i'll health, it is an ex-
cellent plan to test yourself for dig
nifty first thing on piling out of bed
every morning, by rolling a few
just for fund. 1t isn't exercise
you needn't be afraid to try it.
you needn't be afraid to try it.
You'll find it doesn't hurt your
body nearly so much as it shocks
your dignified and rather pathology
ical mind.
l just can't bring myself to list
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
Blood or Brains?

I'll A hill has been placed before the British
House of commons that proposes substitution
OF an aristpcrat OF brains for the aristocracy
Of birth in the house of lords. This implies
reconstruction of the upper house and calls for
reduction of membership from 73o to SOC
Qualified men and women would be created
peers for life and titles and privileges could
not be inherited. This is blow to tradi-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Chicagoan has been sent to Jail for six
months for giving false testimony in court A
who swindled poor people out of nearly
a million dollars on fake stocks is breezng
up and down the boulevards of the same city
in his luxurious automobile. 1t is such con-
trasts that cause men shake their heads
when they read the constitution
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Washington. d. &. Give full name sna
sfurn postage Be bTlef- All inquiries 81
admirals in the United States navy
to date. The first was Admiral Far
ragut, who was appointed when
this rank was established on July
26, 1886. The other two were Ad-
mirals Porter and Dewey. OF these
the latter received an even higher
rank, having been granted the tile
of the admiral of the navy. which
has ben granted to no other man.
@. Is there any country in which
the wife does not take her hus-
bands name upon marriage?
A. In most nations the wife
changes her surname on marriage
to that of her husband, but in SPAN
she retains it and the son may
adopt either the maternal or The
paternal name.
G. What does the term mardl
gras mean? G.. s.
A Mardi gras, literally tTanslal-
ed, means fat Tuesday. 1t was So
called from the French practice OIL
parading a fat OK (boeuf grasl On
the day before Ash Wednesday.
@. Who said the way to resume
is to resume?" c. II. {.
~ The exact quotation is Ihs
way to resumption is TO resume
and is contained in a letter VIII
ten by Salmon p. Chase to HoFa0e
Greeley on March II, 1866.
@. How many kinds of clover are
there? T. 5. IT,
A. About four hundred diitereA'
species of clover nave been us-
scribed by scientists.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Political friends are urging General Perish
ing to be a candidate for the Missouri Repub-
lican senatorship. The general might prove
a success in statesmanship and he might not
He has been and is success as a soldier, and
he is admired and honored by his countrymen
rs such. His real friends ought to urge him
to remain aloof from politics.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Detroit society woman is suing her husband
for divorce on the grounds that he is golf
maniac Other women possess husbands with
similar traits, but they are more appreciative
of their blessings than the Detroit sister.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Mrs Matte Crawford, known the female
Billy Sunday, has discovered that men as we'll
as women wear clothing for a purpose. Sure.
To keep warm in winter and to escape arrest in
summer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

The Ford factory plans to produce 1,100,-
900 cars this year. Judging by the numerous
ness of the Henrys one sees on the streets
one would imagine that many were being
turned out every week
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady, M.
Noted Physician ara Aucncr.

here the indications" for somer-
saulting. Every time l so much IS
mention symptom or condition IN
this column a hEndred-well, / just
can't. There are already too many
people working morbid magma
lions overtime. But l may venture
to say that a half dozen or more
somesaults each morning and eve
ming will put a great deal Of stag
nant blood, Stacker blood, back into
circulation, blood just hanging
around doing nothing IN the great
spIanchnic pool every more or less
human being mas in his trunk. IN
some cases it goes back with such
a rush that it actually makes the
tyro roller Dizzy But if at first the
stars come out. roll, roll again.
With perseverance and plenty OF
room, some day you'll come up
smiling.
Questions and Answers.
Imitation Housekeeping OF
course we both dearly love chill
dren and mean some day to have
a family of our own, but we must
first make some progress toward
paying for home.
Answer-Old stuff. You had no
right to marry. You hold the
wrong view of life. You have
cheated your husband, or he has
cheated you, or you have both
cheated each other. There is much
too much imitation housekeeping in
the county now. for the good of the
nF O
self-styled birth control people.
1t happens to be crime punish
able by several years imprison-
ment for anybody to give such in
formation as you have the cheek
to ask me for. You love children?
Why you can never love anybody
but yourself. A couple that would
wait until a house-it isn't a home
you have in mind, but just house
is paid for, in whole or in part,
before having children ought to be
taxed $1,000 year for childless-
ness.
Slim Enough, Slim Enough
am 5 feet Az inches tall and
weigh 129 to $50 pounds. l am not
very slim, you see, and my rela-
tives poke considerable fun at me
and tell me I am getting too fat
and that 1 should wear a corset to
look nice. But l seem to be the one
feminine member of our household
who is not constantly complaining
of aches and pains-all the others
are firmly sold on corsets. Am 1
right in not wearing one, or not? l
will be 10 in February
MISS H e.
Answer-You are right, and slim
enough. Stick to your own sys-
TEN, keep your own muscles on the
job, and think of the long life of
comfort, freedom and we'll pre-
served figure ahead of you.
Grapefruit and H. B. PLEASE
inform several readers whether
gra pefruit is good for one who has
high blood pressure. K. A. c.
7 Answer know Of no reason
why one with high blood pressure
should not eat grapefruit.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Among other tasks Floyd Glotzbach suing
Nine. Matzenauer for divorce, says he had to
lace his wifes shoes. Still one would imagine
that to be preferable to discplining a balky
automobile.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

The prince of Wales tried his first jinrikisha
in Japan yesterday and landed in the ditch The
prince ought to stick to pop while he is away
from home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Chicago Judge asserts that monthly income
of 800 is enousht TO wed on. But it's hardly
enough to live
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
Thp Un1tthHtnnp
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CANE
WHO plslSrERs TIE UNLovEp cUsS
| BEWARE!

ONE of the citys intellectuals sat behind
Red at The Return of Peter Grimm at the
Illinois Wednesday night. Sighting the name
OF David Belasco the program he tthe c. -
turned to a companion and asked: is he the
guy that wrote The Four Horsemen'T"
The Rapidity of Rapids City.
tRapids City Corr. The Argus.)
Chickens the cause of much trouble IN
most every community.
Last Thursday some of the neighbors
on 3rd St, two men and their women. got
into an awful fight which was to the nm
ish over some chickens that were tres
passing There used in the trouble
a shotgun, a neckyoke and fists. The
partys staging the fight looks the worse
for the wear and their chickens still run
and scratch in the stick grass.
Somebody 1st Street has young
COW that is very lonesome and has been
calling for the rest of the herd until
everybody in town knows she is there
RED probably was in no mood to appreciate
the Grimm COR grim) production, for after hear
ing Peter cry out, Can no one in this house
hear met, he wondered waggishly if Warheld
found the acoustics bad at the Illinois.
UNTIL yesterday were unaware that
Young Grimes was sitting in on the receiving
end of the Associated Press wire. The revela-
tion came when we discovered our old war time
friend, "militaryism", in bit of his copy
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

The Arab drinks cold water with
spoon. but never bathes in II
unless his home is near the sea
shore.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

We know lot of girls who are adopts in
the use of the needle, but it's the photograph
needle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Follow advice OF manufacturer
regarding grades OF oil for Iubri-
cation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21
Argus Information Bureau

writ The ArgusIn
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Physicians hold young man detained IN
the east is losesick but sane. Impossible
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

YEARS ago (this is for the benefit of die
appointed oontribs' We penned a poetic Main,
to b. l. T concerning the non-appearanca -
a 'as We thought) particularly neat Scotch dia-
lect poem, He printed the plant with this can
ton: Cheer Up, Mac: We've Almost Cot Dou,n
to Your Stuff" "ot Do"h
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Mr.. GLoTZBACH wants divorce from
Nine Matzenauer- The madame saws he was
an orchid and he was wild mustard and fba
Two oioh make good domestic bouquet
No grand opera singer would care for TOO
Much Mustard. p = s,.e-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-21

Grapefruit and H. B. PLEASE
inform several readers whether
gra pefruit is good for one who has
high blood pressure. K. A. c.
7 Answer know Of no reason
why one with high blood pressure
should not eat grapefruit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-21
SEVEN JUVENILE
AUTO THIEVES
ARE INDICTED
Marion County Grand Jury
Returns True Bills
Today.

The seven 17year-old boys who ad-
nit having stolen forty-two automo-
b1es were indicted by the Marion
County grand Jury today Three OF
them are charged with involuntary
manslaughter and failure to stop after
the collision in which Miss Josephine
Burns, IS. Sylvia Anna Apis. was
killed last week at Thirty Sixth St.
and Carrollton Ave.
These charges are in addition to
those of vehicle taking, grand lar
ceny and unlawful possession or an
automobile, faced by all the boys.
The aggregate value OF the ma
chimes the boys admit stealing is
$s7.650.
Six indictments were returned. They
follow: Vehicle taking, grand lar
Ramps, Jr., William Johnson. Harry
McQuinn, Gordon Grove. Samuel
Wilson, Albert Paul Johnson and
Robert Risley.
The latter three are indicted also for
involuntary manslaughter and fail
ure to stop after an accident The
bond on each of the larceny charges
against each boy is $4,000. Bond in
the manslaughter case is $4,000 and
in the failure to stop indictment is
set at $2,500.
Police authorities have taken the
pictures and Bertllon measurements
Of every one of the automobile thiefs
except the Ramps boy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-21
COURT s RUBBER
STAMP MISSING
Nine Speeding Cases Dis
missed'-Judge Wilmeth
Begins Investigation.

Judge Wilmeth of the city court
has started an investigation to learn
who stole a dismissed on motion of
the State" rubber stamp. and used
it with a free hand to dispose Of
speeding cases in the city court.
Nine affidavits have been found
stamped with the stolen rubber stamp
without the initials of Prosecutor J.
Burdette Little.
Found in Clerks Office
Afffdavits thus marked were found
in the Office of the city clerk. and
Judge Wilmeth caused the defendants
to be subpoenaed. Some did not ap-
pear and orders for rearrest were
made. Some cases were continued for
a week, while three men who had been
dismissed" We're fined.
The three fined were: r. T. Ram
sey, 5726 Central Ave, SO and costs;
Walter Everoad, 422 n. Gladstone
Ave, SIS and costs, and W. VI. STAN
mer, 218 Wisconsin St. SO and costs.
One Defendants Story
One defendant said he had been in
court all afternoon following his ar
rest, and his case was not called, but
that a policeman, whose name he
did not know, told him to go to the
captains Office and there he was told
that he could go home, as everything
was "all right
Others said they had been told by
police officers that ''it was all right,
go home, the case was taken care of. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-21
WILL RECONSIDER
PATROL Of SHOPS
Mayor Shank Promises to Con-
fer With Chief on Union
Request.

Promise to confer with Police Chief
Rikoff about discontinuing police pa
troll of railroad shop entrances while
shifts are being changed was made
by Mayor Shank today TO Paul Borch-
ert. president of Local 7S4. Electrical
Workers. and Fred Longerich, presi
dent Of Local 449, Sheet Metal Work
ers.
"As long as you men are conducting
yourselves as you have been you're
going to ensoy the confidence Of the
public, but the first time you beat any
body up it's going to be the other
way" said the mayor.
Borchert assured the mayor union
leaders are constantly on the alert to
prevent trouble.
Upon Borchert's promise to person
ally visit all shops this afternoon and
give strict warning to strikers not to
congregate for any purpose around
railroad property the mayor promised
to see the chief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-21
STEEL PLANT IS
GUTTED BY EARLY
MORNING BLAZE
National Casting Company Fire
Loss Estimated at $4,000
to $4,000.

Fire at the Natio nal Malleable Cast
Ing company's plant. Michigan ST. and
Holmes Ave, early today caused a
loss estimated from $751; to 100000.
The source of the fire is unknown.
Fifty-two flremen alternated in hold
ing the eight lines Of hose, which for
more than four hours poured streams
OF water on the flames. The dense
smoke made It impossible for the fire
men to remain long in the buildings.
The firemen were choked by the smoke
and forced repeatedly to seek fresh
air. before returning to fight the
flames.
Carl c. Gibbs, manager OF the plant
made the estimate Of the loss and
said the company was protected by
insurance.
The flames started in the basement
under the grinding room in the heart
Of the factory. 1t was surrounded
by brick walls Of other buildings.
George Gun, master mechanic Of the
plan. said grinding room machines
was damaged beyond repair,