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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28
HEALTH TALKS
sy William Brady. NJ.
Noted Physician and AuEaor.

fiction of stammering. His lips
are larger than ordinary and he
keeps his mouth open most OF the
time =.
Answer-An infant should be
taught to take milk from spoon or
cup at the age of one year. Pro-
longed use of the bottle is injuri-
GUS from several points of view. II
favors maldevelopment of the face
laws, palate, teeth and nasal cav
ity. At least it does not make the
child less likely to acquire speecn
defects To say the baby insists
on having his bottle is merely a
question OF indifference about his
training. The bottle must be sud
denly withdrawn and not again Of
fered. though the baby may refuse
all other food for "a hours or even
longer.
Old Maid In No Danger-I'm an
old maid of 40 and in my occupa-
ton l am brought in contact with
women's dresses many of which are
filthy with perspiration, SO that
have refused to handle such gar
ments until they have been clean
ed, and some of my fashionable
patrons pooh-pooh this idea and as
sure me l am fussy about it. Please
inform me whether such clothing
can carry any disease or whether
1 can be infected in any way by
handling and working on it.
OLD MAID.
Answer-Aside from pediculus
corporis, pediculus capitis, pedicu-
lus pubs, cimex lectularius, and
maybe carcoptes scabiel, all OF
which company" may be enter
tanned in the most fashionable cir
Gle, l doubt that you assume any
risk in handling or working on
such clothes. Yet you are certainly
warranted in asking patrons to
have their clothing cleaned before
bringing it for repairs.
Afflicted With a Boil on His Cof-
feels the use of Blank coffee
(Which comes powdered and is dis
solved in boiling water) less harm
full than coffee made by boiling the
beans? Having a hyperacid stom-
ach, l find Blank coffee the only
kind that does not upset my stom-
ach H. L. n.
Answer-Coffee should never be
boiled. Coffee should be freshly and
finely ground just before making.
Let the coffee powder stand Is to
80 minutes in cold water, then add
some egg white, stir up we'll, and
allow to heat, but watch the pot
and snatch it from the fire just be-
fore boiling point is reached, and
serve promptly. pouring the cream
in the cups first. This assures the
finest favor and prevents the ex-
traction of tannin, which is the
only Objectionable thing in coffee
moderately used by adults.
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Food and Work.

II you work sitting at a desk all day you
should eat more meat than the man who saws
wood or carries the hod DIR. Thomas Carpen-
ter, physiological chemist of a Boston nutri-
tion laboratory, is authority for this state
ment. The desk worker, the doctor says needs
more meat to keep him warm. Thus he arti-
ficially secures the necessary heat which the
had carrier and the wood saver generate by
muscular labor. The Carpenter line of
thought is that food in the last analysis bears
the same relation to the body that coal does to
the furnace. Heat is the ultimate object Can
a stenographer live chocolate sundaes and
candy? Some of them come close to demon
strating it in the affirmative. Back of all this
is heavy science, expounded by DR.. Carpenter
normal stenographer, during the course
of a day, uses up 2,222 calories. That is the
average The girl who types by the touch sys-
TEN needs fewer calories than the one who
attacks the keys like chicken picking up corn,
and accordingly should eat less. Gum chewing
uses up a great amount of energy, which re-
quires heavier eating than in case of chicle
abstainer. lunch, consisting of chocolate
sundae and some candy, furnishes the typist
1900 calories, or more than third as much as
a hard-working carpenter requires daily. Dr.
Carpenter estimates that a sundae, if thorough
ly absorbed by the system, has a caloric heat
ing power sufficient to Iaise a ton of coal
three stories.
While it might be wise for people with per-
feet stomachs to take some of this food science
with grain of salt, it recently was expounded
as gospel by DR.. Carpenter before the Harvard
medical school. The important fact is that
scientists are finally beginning to get at the
original truth in the matter OF diet, and that
some of the accepted notions about food values
may be due for explosion. Until the inves-
usation is nearer completion good average
rule is to keep in mind the old saying that
most OF us dig our graves with our teeth.
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Childish Disease Phobias.

CHILDISH disease 1HVUtzlSs
A vacuum cleaner is handy lit
tie thing to have about the house,
but it doesn't worry the microbes
or disease any at all, though the
glib salesman enumerateS the
hordes of disease germs his ma
chine will remove from the pros
poets abode White enamel, nickel
plate and plate glass are all pretty
your trust in these adornments-
| look in the cellar or under the
your trust in a butcher shop or a
Greek candy store, but put not
counter or under the fingernails OF
the person who handles your food.
Theatrical garnishes did for time
feature even the furnishings of the
hospital operating room, and one
so unfortunate as to be dragged
into the average modern" hospital
encounters far too much glare and
glitter in lieu of cleanliness right
now. But, friends, take it from a
doctor with a reasonable familiar
! ity with germ ways and whole
some respect for the wilder tribes,
all such trappings are not to be
deemed in any way preventive of
disease. 1t may be that impervi-
Gus smooth surfaces and rounded
corners are easier to wash with
soap and water than uneven or
over decorated woodwork, for in-
stance, and square cornerS-but
that doesn't give a single excuse
for plate glass, white enamel or
nickel plate, in operating room,
lavatory, bath, sick room, kitchen
OF candy store.
We don't absorb any germs
through breathing air almost
everywhere is practically germ
free, and if by reason of floating
dust some few germs are breathed
in on dust PARTICLES, as a general
rule these are perfectly harmless
bacteria.
No known disease is spread
through the air. 1t was imagined,
long before the actual causes of the
infection of epidemic diseases had
been found, that some vague
"miasm" arose and permeated the
atmosphere around and about the
patient i'll of a communicable dis
ease, and the ignorant superstitious
people believed this "miasm" or
floating virus carried for hundreds
of miles in some instances, even
across the seasl This seems ri
diculous now, of course, but it was
the serious belief of the doctors
less than a hundred years ago.
Disease germs can go only where
they are carried. Then can't travel
of their own activity.
Questions and Answers.
Baby or Booby?-We have a fine
healthy robust baby three years
old and he still insists on having
his milk from a bottle when going
for nap or to bed at night. Later
he seems to be acquiring the af-
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EASTER FRILIsS AND THRILLS.
(Florence Knowlton.)
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler
Syndicate Incl


Anna Louise sped breathlessly
from Mrs Barnard's house, where
she had gone to borrow a piece of
elastic for Elsie's new Easter hat.
to the corner drug store. Mother
would never miss her during the
three minutes it would take her to
spend the nickel that was burning
hole in her palm.
Hurrying out of the store, with
the walnut fudge in her pocket, she
halted in dismay. Almost within
touch was John Hartford, moth
er's boarder! Fortunately for An
ma Louise, he was too deeply en-
crossed in conversation with his
married sister to pay any attention
to the little girl, who slipped past,
unseen.
Anna Louise had gone only few
steps when she was stopped by the
words of the man. She hesitated,
knowing how wrong it was to
eavesdrop. but when her own
mother happened to be the subject
of conversation. the temptation
listened, hidden in the shadow of
the Dig NURSE CuSSlnut-
Mrs. Lincoln is the only woman
have ever cared in the least
for"
Now, John" interrupted the
sister. you are too cold and mat
ter-of-fact. You know you do
more than merely like. You are
in love with the woman, and you
ought to marry and settle down.
I'D like to marry her-that is
sometimes 1 think 1 would-but
there's one thing that holds me
back. Oh, you wouldn't under
stand if /
Is it because she has so many
children?'
mo, indeed" exclaimed John
Hartford. emphatically. I'm in
love with every one of the four
girls; from Anna Louise, the old
est. who has more brains in her
little head than many grownup
II have met, to little Bessie, who
was born after the fathers death.
from proposing marriage
Mrs. Lincoln is still young?"
well, 1 guess! Nothing but a
girl
Anna Louise gasped. Her moth
er was old. Thirty years old. To
the maid who had just touched up
on her 18th year. mother seemed
ancient But there was no time
for meditation. John was speaking
again.
"I suppose you think I'm light
minded when l confess that it's her
dowdiness that holds me back.
That it's-her slackness, careless
ness, about her own appearance.
The children are always spotless,
but the mother-great heavens,
want wife that l won't be
ashamed to introduce to my
friends
Anna Louise lost the rest of his
remark, for a group of boys ap-
preached, and John Hartford sug-
gested going all the way home with
his sister. The girl sped on
through the darkness. her mind
filled with conflicting thoughts.
And uppermost was the realization
that her mother had truly devoted
all her time and energies to the
Identification of her four daugh-
ters-and had neglected herself
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pensities. In Siam these fishes are
kept in glass globes for the pur-
pose of fighting and extraVaganJ
gambling takes place on the result
@. How is the name "Lascelles,' ~
which is now Princess Mary's, pro
nounced? +. d. A.
A. The British embassy says that
Lascelles is pronounced with
broad "a and accented on the first
syllable
@. Is there any fruit tree that
will produce two crops in one sea
son? r. E. A
A. The fig tree is distinguished
from almost all others by the eX-
tracrdinary property of producing
two crops of fruit in the same year
on distinct shoots, in climates con
genial to its growth.
Q. Did a citizen of this country
ever conduct successful revolu-
tion or war in Central or South
America? NJ. B.
A William Walker raised Cal
ifornia company in 1855, and at
tackled Nicaragua successfully. SET
ting up a government, recognized
by President Pierce, which re
established slavery and invited
southern immigration. walker was
driven out OF Nicaragua in 1851
made unsuccessful efforts 10 re
instate himself, and on landing with
an exhibition in Honduras in 1851
was defeated, court-martialed and
shot.
@. What army camp covers the
largest amount of ground? How
many men are stationed there?
S. H
A. The war department says
that the United States camp Gov
ering the largest area has approx
mately 120.450.03 acres in it. This
is Camp Bragg, n. c. There are
131 officers and 1852 enlisted men
stationed there.
@. What are the fine arts?
1T
A. The fine arts are those intend
ed primarily to affect the emotions
such as sculpture. music. literature
etc, as distinguished from the use
full arts which serve the physical
needs of life.
@. Who was called "the wisesl
fool in the world?'' T. E.
A. James I, king of England
was described by Sully as the
wisest fool in Christendom."
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O. Where do electric light bugs
come from? r L.
A. Electric light bugs are water
bugs, the correct name of which is
fish-killers. They come out OF the
water in early summer and ny IN
swarms at night, gathering about
lights, and in some places so
thronging the street lamps that
they have become known as cleo
tric light bugs.
@. Which OF the great lakes has
the most fish in it? M. Z. >.
A. Lake Michigan produces the
largest catch of food fish, amount
ing to 81 per cent of the total for
all the great lakes; Lake Erie
Yields "a per cent, Lake Huron l3
per cent, Lake Superior 9 per cent,
and Lake Ontario 2 per cent.
@. Is there such a fish as a
fighting fish? D. H h.
A. The fighting fish is member
of the climbing perch family, a ma
tive of the southeast OF Asia, re-
markable for its pugnacious pro-
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Conan Doyle's Theories.

Conan Doyle used to have his two creations,
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as the in
struments by which he solved his melodra-
matte mysteries. Now he comes with his med
ium and offers them to solve problems psychi-
cal. We could accept his conclusions about
the other world if could accept the validity
of the authority he offers. Sir Arthur is great
iy disappointed in his fellow men. He finds
them slow to believe all the mediums have
spoken. Some ministers and not a few uni
versity professors clamoring for lunacy
test for Sir Arthur. Others are welcoming him
and offering serious consideration to the re-
suits of the Investigations carried on by the
American and English societies of psychical
research. The general attitude toward the
claims of new spiritual revelations indicates
that the mind OF the average one of US is not
n truth seeking instrument. We are not over
anxious to inquire about some things. particu-
larly occult things, because of an inherited
fear of them, and because the conservative
mind long ago decided that there are some
things which will always be mysteries. Most
people demand that thing have material
qualities before they accept it as a reality.
The line of research followed by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle makes a strong appeal to many
people, but we have been fooled so often in
matters of this kind we are reluctant to con-
slider any claim to new facts with open minds
1t is question whether mankind would enjoy
any advantages if we did gain any more def
mite Information about the unseen world. On
the other hand, it IS argued. and rightly so,
that truth has been the basis of progress. If
Conan Doyle has anything to offer we should
give him fair hearing The established be-
liefs Of men would not be endangered by any
new &gkt on the after life of the spirit The
trouble is that many persons unqualified to do
so are asserting leadership in psychical mat
ters. The general attitude will probably re-
main unchanged until the advocates OF psychi-
cal research convince the most of us of the
practical value Of their Investigations
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The Daily Short Story

81 never realized it," whispered
Anna Louise, tiptoeing into the
house and coming to a halt at the
sitting room door. There, on the
! table, stood four Easter bonnets,
all trimmed, all ready to be worn
the next day; and in the chair close
asleep, with the thimble still on
her finger.
Suddenly, out of the stiffness,
came a resolution to Anna Louise,
to make her mother beautiful once
more But how? First, she should
have an Easter bonnet. Where
could she get one from? Anna
Louise's eyes swept over the ta-
Bile Uttered with last years shapes,
and left-overs of past seasons.
Under pile of frayed and faded
silks she reached for a hat shape.
Mother had bought it for Lucy,
and had laughingly cast it aside
with the remark: That's old
enough for me, not you, my 10
year-old infant"
Louise wondered how it would
look on mother, and, taking a
chance. placed it on her head.
Dead to the world, Mrs. Lincoln
slept on, and the girl between
squirting eyes, measured her
mothers beauty She decided that
with her hair done up Elsie Fer
guson,' the hat would just suit
fine!"
But what to trim it with? There
was nothing in the pile that was
fresh. Only on the four new hats
was there anything worthy of
mothers use. With only one sigh
of regret, she ripped off the bright
red ostrich tip from her own new
hat, and tucked it against the
crown of mothers. From Elsie S
she ripped gold cord, and from
Lucy's a cute little tassel that gave
to mothers hat the very touch it
needed to make it seem from
Paris"
Deity the fingers worked, and
when the new hat was completed
Anna Louise touched up the de-
demolished ones, adding a rose
from last years stock to her own.
and old ribbons to the others. I'VE
don't count. It's mother who has
to look swell this year." thought
the child
But a hat alone wouldn't make a
woman Something else was
needed-suit, waist, gloves. Once
on the trail, Anna Louise pesged
onward She had heard Mrs. Bar
nard saying that very night that
she had several secondhand suits
that were as good as new. Per-
haps Anna Louise could get one
that very evening-if Mrs. Barnard
would trust her till she could get
at her school bank.
Mother said the other day in
fooling that she was a perfect thir-
ty-six, with the perfect left out.
I'll ask Mrs. Barnard what that
meant, and perhaps she will give
NE something that will fit
Mrs. Barnard could and did. 1t
was not long before Anna Louise
was standing beside the weary
mother, waking her to action.
Try these on, mother dear
You've got to look swell tomorrow.
because it's Easter. Here's a new
suit-and a pretty chiffon waist
I'll do your hair up Elsie Fergu-
son'-the way l saw it in the NOV
les. And put on your hat. Gee,
don't yvu look finei"
Mrs. Lincoln. half dazed. oheved
her daughter, who worked feverish-
~, hoping to have her mother fully
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Frederick Haskin's Letter
THE WHITE HOUSE GARDENS

Washington, D. c., April 27.-
Two formal little gardens close to
the south portico of the White
house are known as the gardens of
the presidents wife.
The first lady of the land is
always consulted as to the garden
| ing plans for the entire White
house grounds, but these two gar
dens have been the especial care of
the wives of presidents ever since
Mrs. Roosevelt had them laid out.
1t is becoming a custom for each
presidents wife to give full express
sion to her taste in flowers and
landscape gardening in these plots.
The gardens are the more per-
sonal to the mistress of the White
house because the public is not al
lowed to enter them. The grounds
back of the executive mansion are
thrown open to the public every
Saturday afternoon during the
summer, when the Marine band
gives a concert. People wander
freely about the presidents broad
lawn and park and sit on the grass
under the trees.
On Easter Monday, too. the
grounds are open. this time to the
children for the annual egg rolling.
Forty men are put to work after
this celebration is oven, to clean
the grass of egg shells, papers.
mangled toy rabbits, remnants OF
lunch and other souvenirs of an ex-
citing day.
From these occasions the public
is pretty well acquainted with the
White house lawn But the gar
dens, close to the house and bound
by high hedges, are not open. They
would scarcely survive the inspec-
ton of few thousand people in an
afternoon.
The gardens now are as Mrs.
Wilson left them. Mrs. Harding
has found time to put bird houses
around the White house grounds
and to plant a number of trees
only a short time ago she planted
a magnolia. But she ordered no
important changes in the private
gardens as yet.
First Signs Of Life.
Just now, the gardens are begin
ming to show signs of life. White
narcissus. pansies, and pale tinted
flags are out, and a profuslon OF
buds promises a wonderful array
of color in few weeks.
Originally, Mrs. Roosevelt plann-
ed the two plots as colonial gar
dens, and they were laid out with
curving walks and variously shap-
fSllad Txyifh and
hardy perennials.
The first Mrs. Wilson is remem-
bered as one of the most ardent
flower lovers who ever lived in the
White house When she was con-
suited as to changes in the gardens
she expressed a desire to have the
two plots different in character.
She had always taken great in
terest in the grounds of her home,
and she had skilled landscape gard
eners work on the plans for the
gardens as she wished them to be-
Mrs. Wilson did not live to see
the remodeled gardens completed.
However, up to a short time before
her death she liked to sit among
the flowers.
The gardens now are as Mrs.
Wilson planned them. Both are
long. rather narrow plots OF
ground. small only in comparison
to the spaciousness of the White
house lawns. The east garden IS
laid out with a wide border OF
flowers around the edge inside the
tall hedge and large plot of grass
in the center, also bordered with
flowers. A pool in the center OF
the grassy plot is the feature OF this
nicturesaue retreat In the sum-
mer, goldfish swim in the pool and
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When the Soil Calls.

Robert Louis Stevenson pictured Robert,
the gardener, as man who had seen better
days and reminded one OF King Alfred when
ae swineherd ordered him to watch his cakes
erhaps stevenson did not enjoy digging. in
earth and planting little seeds and feeling
glowing joy OF an early morning in his
@den 1t is said that man doesn't like being
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

Lady Astor urges more common sense upon
America We hadn't noticed that she brought
any surplus over with her.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

Charles W. Morse, New York 1nancier, who
has already served a penitentiary term, has
again been indicted for alleged swindling. We
may expect him to suffer early critical ill
ness
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

wild Birds" prize play of the University
Of Califoria, after five nights production, has
been suppressed by the San Francisco police
censor. The censor must be good friend of
she author
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

A Chicagoan who jumped from the twen-
deth story OF an Office building yesterday passed
through his experience without requiring the
services of a physician.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

New method is discovered to make gasoline
What the consumer is interested in is a discov-
cry TO make it cheaper.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

The newspapers report General Felix Diaz
of Mexico is in Washington a secret mis-
sion. Then print column story telling what
he is there for.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

II knickers have to be worn, it is better that
the women wear them than the men.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

You may have observed that many of the
supporters of the Volstead act are hip-pocrites
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

Mrs. Len Small says there is nothing in the
charges against her husband. The governors
wife and the prosecuting attorney are apart
only matter OF about $500, 900.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

Secretary Mellon declares report of circula-
tion of half billion Of duplicate government
bonds is all moonshine. Another argument
against prohibition
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The seasons chronology will not be com
plete until the failure of the peach crop is pre-
dicted
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-04-28

This is the time of year that the average
small boy is convinced that the meanest man
in the world was the builder of the first school
house.
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Where they are all gone there will still be
too many chronic kickers left