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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-13
THE THINGS TO GIVE.
BY Miss Marietta Bonner.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate Incl

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
Jean Farrell's lips were too red
and she swayed far too much when
she walked When she passed
through the rooms of the Select
Ladies' Establishment''-w she
lived people talked rapidly as she
approached. as if they were afraid
of seeing her, and looked after her
after she had gone.
''She makes me tired, with them
flimsy waists and that hair friZZled
like rope" complained Mrs. Phane,
sole proprietor of the establishment,
to her Oldest boarder. Mrs. Dysart.
Mrs. Plane said this regularly
each week, and Mrs. Dysart always
shifted and looked away. People
often tried TO explain things to her.
She had bright. beady blue eyes.
and her eyebrows were hung up in
the centre like permanent question
marks. Coupled with an uptur1ef
nose and an independent air, she
was known to have an annuity,
left to her by her late husband.
So Mrs. Dysart could afford to sit
down in Mrs. Planes best room
and pass judgment.
There was besides her, only the
Misses Th4xter, Mrs. Linscom and
Gertrude Proone. The ThaXters
were a pair of neNrotics, over 80.
and afraid of everything from mice
to money. When Jean Haunted past
them with her provocative gait, they
twittered and tweaked. and finally
burst into a harangue anti-every-
thing that smacked of generation
later than the Victorian era.
But If the Misses Thaxter sought
to shoe her away, Jean just did not
exist for Mrs. Linscom-a large, ex-
pensively dressed person, who earn
ed her own living and never was at
home.
OF all the ladies in the select
establishment, Gertrude ProOne
alone gave Jean more than the
meagerest scraps of common cour-
tesy But Gertrude also ran err
rands for the Misses Thaxter, and
often sat down to listen to the
endless monologue of Mrs. Dysart.
And when Mrs. Phane chose to de-
liver a polemic on anything from
modern youth to potatoes, she al
ways chose Gertrude's ears to pour
out her bitter speeches.
Indeed, Gertrude was quite rae
She was nice to look at; nice to talk
to; and knew now and when to talk
Her voice was not extensively loud,
nor simperingly soft. In an age in
which young women often swagger
and stamp anu swear, Gertrude
seemed rare person. But per-
haps she would be so for any age
if those who remember earlier gen
erations would only confess it.
Jean called her "Trudie" or cven
"PrCnie," but Gertrude never called
her Jean and seldom went into her
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are in no position to give practical help to re-
bellion. or by Australians who, perfectly salts
fled with dominion form OF government for
their own country, prescribe free and indie
pendent republic the only cure for Ireland
Mr. De Valera is credited with being shrewd
and far-seeing politician. His recent failure
to read Irish public sentiment and his failure
to carry even the hand-picked Sim Fem Dial
rather Injuries his reputation for acuteness. 1t
will be shattered completely If he fails to ac-
cept the verdict now rendered. He re-
coup himself if he does as does every leader
against whom fortune turns, and becomes the
spokesman and leader of minority.
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The Future of Ireland.

< While the Irish people have won a great
Victory in the recognition that has come to
them from the British government, the troubles
of the country a long ways from being
ended. For year Ireland must continue under
"a provisional government that will take over
the responsibilities now exercised by Great
Britain. There win then be elected an all
Irish parliament from which Ulster will form
ally withdraw. This parliament will ratify the
treaty recently negotiated between Great Brit
ain and the Sim Fein representatives. The
vote of the Dial republican parliament
which is not recognized by Great Britain, was
not a ratification. Then there must be settled
1he controversy regarding the disputed coun-
ties in the northwest of Ireland claimed by
both Ulster and the south. Under the treaty
a commission will determine the boundary be-
tween Ulster and the rest of ireland. There is
likely to be dynamite in the situation The
Immediate future is made ominous by uncer-
tainty as to the course of Eamonn De Valera,
head of the de facto republican government
De Valera was defeated in the Dial and his
resignation accepted. Will he accept the
result, will he endeavor to seize the army
controlled by war ministry friendly to him
self, and fight both the British government
and his former associates in the Sim Fein who
are satisfied with the Irish free state?
s. The logical course for De Valera would be
to organize party of opposition and press his
point by peaceful political methods as head
of the republican party If an election were
held tomorrow it is doubtful if the people of
Ireland would send a handful of irreconcilable
republicans to parliament. The temper of the
people, to judge from unbiased sources, is
strongly for a free state. In time, as the gov
eminent makes blunders and commits unpopu-
lar acts, as every government is bound to do,
the party OF opposition and protest might be-
come formidable. 1t might even win an cleo
ton De Valera is well advised he will choose
the course of politics and order rather than
that of force. He need not be deluded by Amer
lean irreconcilables who, loudly as they talk,
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Argus information
Bureau

Q. Did the United States suaI.l-
tee the neutrality OF Belgium pTigl
to 1914? NJ z. b.
A. The United States was ~.
party 10 the treaty which suaTat.-
teed Belgium neutrality. ! pr
treaty was signed April 10, ls5t. o
Austria. France, Great BI--a'-.
Prussia, Russia and Belgium.
Q. May apples and cabbage be leu
to COWS? r. u. D,
A. When other succulence Is ~
available. apples make good s-o
stitute. They should be fed III .yI
nection with some coed hay al ~ .
well balanced grain mixture. ~.
bage has been considered lhu51.,
able because of the odOr and nav.
that it imparts to milk II TINS - ~,
cuIenCe is fed after milking ~
should be no objection from --
source.
O. Is there still ayiIable lana =
Canada for demonstrating!
a. There is still much aysi.e az
land for demonstrating in Cal-so-
not, however, very near 10 c-1''-
@. How may the natura! co
of flowers be preserved? w L. q, ,ts
\. \ method OF preseE'il-s -.s,s
natural colors Of flowers cons. 81
in busting salicylic acid Oh I'd
plants as they lie in the press. -
removing it again with ~
when the flowers are dry, 20.
colors. in particular. are ven =
served by this agent.
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Spectacular First Aid.


/ A village manager of a nearby
place sends me this interesting lei
ter:
81 was much interested in your
recent article on First Aid for
Asphyxiation, and noted particu-
larry your statement that the most
competent authorities assure Us
that the Schafer method (prone
pressure manual method) of artifi-
cial respiration is more reliable
than pulmotor equipment.
THE village of - has endear-
ored to keep a pulmotor outfit i'll
condition for emergency service
during the past five years, but our
experience has shown it to be very
difficult to prevent the apparatus
from getting out of adjustment. II
has been my personal opinion for
some time that such a condition in
volved considerable danger, and
have felt it desirable to discontinue
the use of the pulmotor entirely. l
have hesitated to do so, because 1
had thought that authorities advis-
ed its use.
1.-THE principal purpose, of this
| letter is to request you to furnish
us with a reference to the author
tiles who advise against depend
| ence on pulmotor equipment, so
that we may inform ourselves fully
on this subject, and can back up our
! recommendation to the village
council.
VILLAGE MANAGER. -
l am blessed or cursed, l am not
sure, with an Unborn antopathy for
| filing systems and such like mach
inery. Cursed. in this instance. for
at the moment 1 can't put my hand
on the original reference, which
consisted OF a report made by 4
| British commission after an ex-
haustive investigation of the vari-
Gus methods and expedients of re-
suscitation some 10 years ago. The
report favored the Schafer method
which every man. woman, boy or
girl knows or should know how to
apply-as the most efficient we had
at that time.
| Prof Yandell Henderson of Yale,
who has conducted special studies
| of asphyxiation and resuscitation
| for the United States bureau OF
mines, recently said in discussion.
replying to a question about the
| lung motor, the pulmotor and other
! apparatus: THE standpoint which
seems to me to be justified now by
eight years of experience, since the
| first commission investigated the
matter, is that even if we had an
ideally perfect apparatus for Civ
| ing artificial respiration, 1t woul1
still be better to discourage, and
even to forbid the manufacture,
sale. use and introduction of such
| apparatus, because it leads to de-
! lay, and thus to more deaths
/ deaths which could and should be
rastorat'ons. If a man is drowned
to the point at which he has stop
| ped breathing. and his heart IS
beating only feebly, or if a man
| has gotten hold of a live wire and
his respiration has stopped, you
have only two or three minutes
within which life can be restored
Now, it is impossible for US all to
go around with a lung motor or any
other apparatus strapped to our
| backs all the time; hence an often
fatal delay. Laboratory experience
shows that for most cases the man
ual method is actually better. Dr.
Meltzer Is. J. Meltzer of the Rookie
Teller Institute for Medical Re
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smoothed out Her face was path
etically tired when her eyes were
closed-as so many faces are
Gertrude brushed gently. "YOur
hair is lovely she observed pres
entity.
when the curl's ont, you mean,
flashed Jean, opening her eyes
DO YOU really think SCI" she ask
ed more slowly.
Gertrude flushed apologetically.
"I wonder myself how it LOOKS
somctimesi Especially When Mrs
Phane glares 1T it! But you see -
l don't know" she sighed.
Then why rot leave it uncurl-
ed?" suggested Gertrude gently.
Most of the stenograpners IN our
place curl theirs, so l thought Ia
better be as stylish as they. Blu;
tell you" more eagerly. do you
want to give me a real present?
Something l really need? You
know that's what you sho4id do
give what a person needs l need
a soul reflector
- soul reflector" repeated
Gertrude
1 GU KNOW. A uulDdu uJi4IO- "
tell you what to do and what nOt
to; how to do and how not 20. And
before you anawer-I've something
for YOU She darted to her bdreau
ana pulled a bcx from beneath it.
She offered it to Gertrude shyly.
Gertrude renovei the cover. Be
meath folds of tissue paper lay a
henna chiffon blouse, edged with
loops of self-mateTiaI.
what dariing." she cried.
Jean was pIeased. Il bought it
to give you some dash! You wear
such dark colors ali the time, and
you need color" She stopped con
fusedlr
$50 you gave he what l needed"
finished Gertrude.
At breakfast, the next morning.
Mrs. Phane wondered when Cert
rude flashed in in her henna blouse
ard Jean followed her with little
less rouge and a demure gait.
Il wonder if those young folks
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The Daily Short Story

| room. For two years that they had
/ lived under one roof, Mrs. Planes
| household had swum along quite
! smoothly-all ignoring the noisy
Jean. But she was so persistently
! joyous and so Hnnoyingly irrepreS-
sible that no amount of GOODNESS
! ever seeped through her armor of
/ fiippancy.
| But everything weakens eventu-
ally; everything, from concrete to
! port jelly. Jean had her day.
1t was Christmas Eve
In the select establishment" ev-
eryone was gathered at the sup
per table; Mrs. Phane at the heal,
Mrs. Dysart at the foot, the Thay-
tiers on one side and Jean and Ger
rude on the other Mrs. Dysart was
telling one of her favorite stories:
And when my late lamentnd
Thomas saw me with my hands IN
dish water, - she looked around
impressively-"just guess what he
said?'' she paused dramatically.
Now this was purely rhetoric
al question. No answer was eX-
pected. Mrs. Dysart demanded
only breathless attention. Sudden
ly Jean graspaf her left side.
"Oh, murder!" she cried, uney-
pectedly, in a strictly Jean fash
ion.
Mrs, Dysart turned purplish-red
and rose in her seat My Thomas
was a perfect gentleman and NO
rude boor," she snapped, and fioun-
ced out, SlamnIing the door after
her.
Mrs. Plane giared at Jean. "You
haven't bit of horse-sense or man
ners," she stOrmed.
Jean continued to hold her side.
q got a pain round my heart" she
explained.
The Misses Thaxter f1uttered to
their feet. ooh, heartburn, OH
My deari Drink ginger, OH We
had best go up to our room." They
followed in the wake of Mrs. by
sart.
Mrs. Phane grew still angrier.
You're driving my best boarders
away with your ride ways"
We'll, l said got a pain around
my heart and if them old creatures
never had one they ought to thank
heaven and just quit acting like
scared cats" and before Mrs Phane
could flare up again. Jean screwed
up her face and cried, "Oh, my
side!"
May I fix her some ginger, Mrs.
Phane?" asked Gertrude, pushing
back her chair
Mrs. Plane Looked mo" with her
eyes. but managed a grudging
YES!
Once in he room, Jean refused
the ginger. It'll only burn my
tongue, Brush my hair instead"
she asked, with child-lik3 eager
ness. She dropped down at Cert
rude's feet.
As she leanad back. the lines of
her facial tie defiant wrinkles
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-13
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, M. I
Noted Physician and Author.

search, New York, n. W was
strongly of the opinion, and l think
/ he was justified, that mechanical
apparatus very often Injuries the
| lungs seriously. On the other hand
/ the manual or Schafer method has
a large number of clear cut recov-
cries to its credit. The supremely
important point, as experience
, shows, is that you cannot have
people prepared to give the man.
, ual method and you cannot intro
duce routine training, if they know
that when they telephone for lung
motor Or pulmotor it will come.
am more and more strongly of the
/ opinion that the introduction of ap-
paratus actually increases fatali-
/ ties"
There's enough authority" n
my Judgment. DR.. Yandell Hender-
sons opinion outweighs anything
! that has been said in behalf of the
respiration machines. l hope the
manager of the village of - will
succeed in convincing the village
fathers that their children should
know the Schafer method
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Puppy Love.
l am engaged t. q man Of 81 who
is still in college and we can't be
married for three years, when l will
be q and he will be through col
lege and at work. He is a law stu
dent. Mother disapproves of long
engagements, but l love him so, l
can't bear to give him up.
Answer-You are too young to
understand the seriousness of mar
riage Forget it, and occupy your
mind with wholesome girlish activi-
ties. Your mother is right.
Arnica in History.
If 1 should paint the pimpies on
my face with arnica as you say tn
paint boils with, would that do
gcod?-(R. E. NJ
Answer-Arnica probably has no
effect other than that of the alcohol
IN the tincture, which effect is prac-
tically nil. l have never suggest
ed applying arnica to boils. Glad TO
send suggestions for relief of PIN
pies if you will accompany your
envelope to bring the answer TO you
by mail
Mother and the Girls.
l am Is. Our high school physi-
ology teacher, whom we all confid-
ed in. helped us straighten out all
our difficulties, and we used to say
the physiology teacher was a 100
per cent mother for girls. Mother
thinks it would be better for me
to learn what l should know from
you than learn it from sad expert
ence.
Answer-Well, daughter. it's q
pretty tough job for mother. who
probably wasn't enlightened by her
mother and who probably doesn't
know how TO enlighten you.
think perhaps that is why so many
good mothers pass the buck in this
matter or sidestep the duty in one
way or another The letter l am
sending you includes list OF good
pamphlets and books, a few Of
which mothers would find helpful
in this very difficulty. The girls
physical director ought to be COM
petent to play the 100 per cent
mother" role for them. The boys
physical director should see that
his boys are properly instructed.
Other teachers are seldom compe-
tent to deal with this question:
is difficult subject, requiring spe-
cial training.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-13

Noted physician says that if child, in first
eight months of life, is permitted to sleep all
he wants he should live at least hundred
years. Now if the good doctor will only tell
fond parents a system by which they i'm
part this valuable information to the young
sters
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are alike. after all2" thought MIS-
Phane. But she looked al GerJf1
when she thought it, and mol %
Jean.
All Of which proves hat il IS i75
older generation that is per'el.s,7
and not the youngsters, after all
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-13

z A lecture by representative of the Anti
Saloon league attracted one dozen persons at
Durant, Iowa, the other night. The Anti-Sa-
loon league should confine its campaign to
Washington, the source of all of the leaks in
4 the Volstead law.
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CIR UnnthHtnrtr
HERE Lies MANS ANCIENT ENxMY.
| DILL CARE.
VINO prs,srEEs THE UNLovED cUsa
| NEWARK.

IN the international bowling tournament the
pins go down one by one. Did you
hear the crash in the allies pardon usD when
BRAND was toppled?- But the king pin still
stands No British bowler seems skillful
enough to upset Lloyd George
TO A SCHOOL TEACHER
Pearls of great value
Have | placed
In your keeping
Yes,
You are in custody
Of priceless jewels!
| possess no gold,
Nor yet lands,
But l am rich
And you tenderly guard for me
My vast wealth
The value
OF these pure gems
With which l trust you,
Is enhanced by your touch.
No granite obelisk
Has pierced the sky
In memory of your sisters
Who went before you;
Nor will one be raised =,
For you.
Bright paint is wasted
On lily!
A lisping bard
Fumblng with mere words,
Becomes mute
When he tries to sing
OF you.
You are in custody
Of priceless jewels!
JAY G. sIGMUND.
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Wisconsin supreme court rules dentist
may remove teeth without the consent OF the
patient And then make you pay for a service
That you didn't want performed. Pull OF
dentist is getting stronger every day.
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VERY WELL: BUT WE COULD NOT LOVE
YOU MORE AS A FRIEND THAN
WE DID AS A FOE.

Dear Sir Let us fling no more verbal mud
balls-at another. We must make this
community as whole wide sign in green
car when you ride across river to Little Mil
waukee) free from mud l mean, we must not
fill this Hole with more mud than has already
been deposited. Agreed? Very well; then, in
case you did not hear the TIC S. orchestra at
Augustana t'other evening, let me draw for
Won a DiCture of
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BUTTON UP YER GOLOSHES, WIN.
VA GOTTA RUN

Dear Mac: We know your seIfstarter isn't
working but have heart, won't you? NV arm
isn't very strong and Tim, too had a cnunIa
whacks at you without any visible stir on vour
part. Oh yes, you did grunt once or twice and
then you lay right down again, Just like thew
do. l am so unreasonably happy these 6ays
just can't cuss at anybody so don't wait for
anything quite SO ordinary. We want to hear
the welcome hum of that dictionary de like
right away or we will quit reading the "col-
lum", even our own stuff, which is some threat
BESIDES which We may each start a neat little
code of our own, if things go from had tn
worse If |. /. B. l. F. t. b. W. is right We
may want to give you some of that r. IN
counter balance your huge store of W or vour
Tower may begin to lean like that proyerbial
wonder of the world Now that was the mean
est thing I've said to anyone this wear hut
probably you deserved it.
Hush!
l know secret
secret most immense,
Only two people in this big city of ours
know about 1t and 1 thot how happy we all
would be if it were generally known It's
about the r. i. street of the future
Want me to tell? WINNIE
NATURALLY we're just dying to hear
Winnie's secret. Still, were a pretty good
insurance risk, at that.
WE'D like to write snappy last line
But goshi we've got to write a fast line,
r. Z. MIG.
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JAYS tribute to the schoOlma ans ought
to warm the cookies of Tins heart. By
the way who originated that phrase-"to warm
the cookies of ones heart? And can any of
the schoolma ans frinstance, tell US the mean
ing of cookies when used in this sense?
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Your share of the nations cash ID $ss.es.
Have you got it.
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SOLOMON BUSTS INTO THE SOLID
SOUTH"

Sir: The Trib (Chicago) says Admiral Tsai
Tlng-kan will be the guest of Chicago Tues
day, entertained by Mrs. Bush. who is chair
man of an organizing committee which has
as its object the promotion Of better intel
lectual understanding between China and Amer
lea. If l may say so, sir, the promotion
OF better intellectual understanding will Tsai
Tfng-kan to trouble between China and
Uncle Sam. Some way the attitude of the
celestials at the peace conference impresses
one with their discretion honesty and appar
ent sincerity for good results from this con-
ference. SOLOMON PIFFLE.
Jackson, Miss.
WE see by tn paper that Miss Woodrow of
the Moline Dispatch triumphed over Miss
Bryan of The Argus in the race for the presi-
dency of the Tri-city Woman's Press Club
Sad, but inevitable However, Woodrow sbould
follow distinguished precedent and appoint
Bryan secretary of state Gf the TIC w P. c.
has such an Office.
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YESTER eve the local weather prophet pre-
dicted the local temperature tonight will be
between Is and 90 degrees"
Well, that's playing it safe enough. He has
a range of from 80 to 40 degrees to make
good ill.,
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Ze Concerto

At sos, school teachers, theological stu
dents, Latin professors. bland, albeit worried
husbands and other dauntless souls continue
to appear Newcomers rashly look about and
aloft to view beauties of paving brick interior.
develop slit-eyes under mercileSs briilancy OF
nitrogen lamps. Fail therefore, to observe and
appreciate vastly-decorative, raguly, azure and
or band on proscenium of orchestra shell. Join
into murmur of conversation. TschaikOw-
sky .. Rachmanoff, marvellous technique .
Larghetto, rayishing Allegro non troppo g
maestosO same to you and many OF them
|. All! Orchestra energies from cavity be-
hinO shell and disposes itself in symmetrical
group. Con appears. Appreciation. Con takes
command. Fifty TuXedoes grasp instruments.
Con waves baton. Two hundred seventy peF-
sons and 1900 opera chairs embark for Ger
many wide program to follow Hans &
Gretchen fanciful journey. Lose H. & G..
Ensues bad half hour in Russian territory.
Local Rachmanoff restores calm with melo-
dIOus encore on super-Chickering Return to
Germany. Back to Russia. End of second
movement. Writer and several other boors
thinking selection finished, applaud cordially.
Writer and S. o. b. obliterated by scorching
glance from gaunt school teacher with wart on
chr Il hope she sees thS) and red hat At
length, waltz into Austria while feminine audi
tors struggle feverishly to adjust hats and 10
return to good old community a whole.
SCAMOZZI