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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
Recalling Shakespeare.

Contemporary writer's and literary wise
acres are inclined to deplore the decadence of
the times and the fact that the English lang
uage has become sadly corrupt since the days
OF the Shakespearean period. These lamenta-
tions are emphasized because of the fact that
Sunday was the 35Sth anniversary of the birth
of the great bard and also the anniversary OF
his death. By one of those condolences which
occur once in thousand years in history he
died on the same day of the month in which he
was born. Yet Shakespeare complained as
much as anyone else of the degeneracy of the
times, and his greatest comedy, King Henry
w." is filled with choice a collection OF slang
much of it in today-as is to be found in
the jazziest conversation to be heard on any
street corner. Mankind has always been prone
to cut corners, and We do it in conversation
more than anything else. 1t is much easier to
say amt than is not, and accordingly eight out
Of every ten persons will use slang all the
time
But the immortal truths sounded by Shake
speare are as young now as they were when
he wrote them. and a perusal of the pages of
any review-eyen the most learned-or any
newspaper will show Them filled with express
sions and comparisons every one of which may
be found in the pages of Shakespeare. 1t was
given this man to be able to run the whole
gamut Of human emotions. The workings of
the human mind. the impulses and emotions of
the race were as an open book to him. He
knew and could depict the workings of the
kingly mind and the majestic and stately ut
terances Of the monarch on the throne and
Bottom, the weaver, were as familiar to him as
If he had been gifted with a dual mentality.
Indeed he was endowed with every sort of
mentality. By instinct he knew what every
man was thinking of and what he would say
under any circumstances. Accordingly he is as
modern now as when he penned the immortal
pages that have made him famous and which
VIII be as modern and as apt a thousand years
henee as they are today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
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HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEMY.
DILL CARE
i VINO DlsrNrERs TINE UNLoyKD CCsA
| EkMAREt
AN RpICUREAN RHAPSODY.
Dedicated to the Young Rufian..

Dedicated to the Young Rufian-)
/ know q saucy birding
Who fiaunts her vocal skill
Real early in the morning
Upon my. window sill.
And later, for a breakfast treat,
Five Wiggling worms she'll catch and eat
A crafty, sleek young kitten,
Who sometimes plays with me,
Today seems absent-minded,
Seems listening fretfully.
She hopes that in this dark old house,
She'll find at least one toothsome mouse
1usty, fat, old bulldog,
Who lives next door to us,
Breezed down the street this evening
And made an awful fuss.
He licked three other dogs alone,
Returning with a nice big bone.
Once hiking in the country,
1 saw billy goat.
Who by mistake had eaten
What must have hurt his throat,
And temper, too-he looked SO bored
He'd chewed fender off a Ford!
When Charlie Chaplin's hungry,
The chef will bow real low
And help to plan menu
That costs a lot of dough.
Raw oysters, squads and frogs-legs rare,
Ten dollars worth, and none to spare.
It strikes me very funny,
The way we eat and why,
And how you dote on ice cream
And lolly-pops and pie
While can get my greatest thrill
From one wee pickle spiced in dill.
WINNIE.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
The Influence of a Poet.

President Marion Leroy Burton of the Uni
versity of Michigan comments enthusiastically
ON the success Of the experiment of introduc-
ing poet into the life of the university. Last
fall Robert Frost. New England rhymster of
renown, was engaged to live year in Ann Ar
Dor at the rather unpoetic salary Of $4,000 He
had no official duties in connection with any
Of the college faculties. has held no classes
and has been perfectly free to spend his time
as he saw fit. Yet his activities and his influ-
once have been such that never before has the
interest, not in poetry alone, but in all litera-
ture, been great among Michigan students
as 1t is now. That interest has been manifested
in the Inauguration by the students of a lecture
course by outside poets and in numerous other
ways. Decidedly here is a poet who has made
good in college life-how good may be judged
3from President Burton's assertion that Mr..
Frost is quite popular on the campus at
Ann Arbor as is that eminent exponent of the
athletic arts, Mr. Yost
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
Rosenfield for State Chairman.

New political distinction is promised Rock
Island in the choice Of Walter A. Rosenfield as
chairman of the Illinois Republican state COM
mittee- caucus OF the members OF the COM
nittee elected at the recent primaries indi-
Gates that Mr.. Rosenfield will be named head
Of that body when the committee meets to or
gsnize at early date. Mr. Rosenfield. aside
from his personal popularity in the councils
of his party, is recognized as one of the keen
est campaign organizers and managers in
the state, having demonstrated his ability in
numerous contests.
Mr.. Rosenfieid is allied with those Repub-
hcaas of the state who are opposed to the
party domination of Small and William Hale
Thompson He has never sought to conceal his
lack OF sympathy with the policies pursued by
those leaders, and has always been outspoken
In support Of candidates who were pledged to
new deal i'm Republican affairs in Illinois
Mr.. Rosenfield. as candidate for state COM
mttteeman in the Fourteenth congressional dis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
Proving a Crime Theory.

Startling information is given by the De-
troit commissioner to the criminologists in
session in Chicago. 1t is so startling that it
might not be credited but that Commissioner
Inches has, by the application of his theories on
crime suppression, reduced Detroits crime SO
per cent in one year. The Detroit official ex-
planned to the wondering experts that there is
no trick at all about stamping out crime in a
city, provided that crime is not protected by
the politicians or other influences through
which criminals eyade the law or retain their
liberty and their liberty of action. Put the
criminals in the penitentiary and keep them
there, says this remarkable police commits
sioner. and the crime problem is solved. AT
first glance this remedy seems too simple to be
the success it has proved to be in Detroit It
will seem that way to those unsophisticated
citizens who had supposed that of course Grim
inals were put in prison and kept there. 1t is
almost pity to disabuse such minds, but the
facts are as the Chicago experts heard them
stated. In many cities, but not in Detroit,
known criminals frequently arrested for
the commission of crime while out on bail
in connection with the commission of another.
known criminals are released on writs of
habeas corpus, signed by judges who get out Of
bed in the middle of the night for that pur-
a hundred devices known TO the politician with
influence in the right quarter. Cases con-
tinued, witnesses are discouraged from testi-
flying or are removed from the courts juris-
diction. Meanwhile the known criminals are at
large pursuing their known trade.
"A Chicago judge has declared that murder
ers walk the stareets in that city safe from the
law. Such is the fear of these known criminals
who walk immune that juries dare not convict
upon the most overwhelming evidence. Crime
flourishes because the criminals go unpun-
ished, are secure in their liberty and have
greater protection than the law gives to hon
missioner will startle but it also ought to
cause cities to reflect little on the deal they
are getting from their politicians and their
underworld alliances. Are these forces to be
permitted to become stronger than the law
and the courts? Are the laws and courts in
capable of holding fast the guilty? Is the
machinery of the law and the courts to be re-
versed, so that it grinds criminals out upon
the public rather than the prison, as it was in
tended it should do? Cities will have to de-
termine these things for themselves. Detroit
has said its police and it's courts are for the
protection of its citizens and not its criminals.
There the guilty are held fast by the law.
That is the whole secret, says the commits
sioner. If it's as simple that it really does
seem that other cities ought to try it, even if
the politicians and some eminent legal authori-
ties say it can't be done. There are always
interests that say things can't be DONE meaning,
of course, that they don't want them done.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. D.
Suurious Stomach Trouble.
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

Ii is not because OF any prom
bition Of medical ethics that de-
cline to give correspondents rem
edies for their individual ailments
or rather complaints. Our ac-
knowledged public health ofhcers
long since demonstrated that no
such prohibition applies. for now
adays the public health authorities
of state and nation are prescribing
unfortunately and in whole
sale way, and the medical profess
sion scarcely frowns.
1t would seem to a layman a
simple matter for doctor, II he
would, to suggest" simple rem
edy for a clear case of stomach
trouble, dyspepsia or Indigestion,
especially if the simple 1ayman--I
mean the Iayman first shows the
doctor that the salient features OF
the case mot to drag in the mad
dening word, symptoms) are gas
acidity, this and that item Of food
disagreeing (whatever that means,
and maybe now and then just a
touch of biliousness (Which brings
US far into the dark indeed. Well.
maybe.
In a series of 1000 cases OF
stomach trouble" studied by DR..
J. M. Blackford of Seattle, 40 actu-
ally had something the matter with
the stomach; $40 had disease of
some other internal organ; $50 had
rather some systemic disease such
as tuberculosis, Bright's disease,
syphilis, locomotor ataxia, or mi
graine (there were 16 cases of al
legged stomach trouble in which the
condition was really migraine-
that is periodic sick headaches ush-
cred in with some kind of aura or
warning; $50 had no discoyerable
functional or organic disease at all,
but merely represented the protest
of nature against ignorance and
abuse-the miserable culprit not
knowing or obeying the rules of
right living; 155 were in reality
cases of gall sac Inflammation with
or without gallstones tit is noto-
rious that this disease commonly
masquerades as stomach trouble"
or indigestion" or gas attacks") +;
$50 had already sacrificed the ap-
pendix-which prompts the imper-
tinent question: Why let an ap-
pendix Hve?-and 10 per cent of all
the women in the group had al
ready submitted, likewise in vain,
to pelvic operations.
Why don't suggest remedies for
stomach trouble?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

@. When are mothers day and
fathers day celebroted?
J.F. j.
A. The second Sunday in May is
mothers day. On this day it is the
custom to wear a red carnation for
a living mother or white carna-
ton for one who is dead. The third
Sunday in June has been set aside
at Fathers day. On this day col
ored rose is worn for a living IA
Their and a white one for one who
has passed away.
Q. My goldfish are becoming
lighter in color and the tails are
fraying. What causes this?
Ak w.
A. The bureau of fisheries says
that the colorlng in goldfish grad
ually fades out However, if the tail
is fringed or frayed this is caused
by a fungus growth and it is advis-
able to give the fish a salt bath
frequently.
@. Is insanity disease?
J. F. E.
A. Insanity" is not a disease,
just as there is no disease called
cough" Insanity is purely legal
term.
@. What are industrial fruits?
T. U. H.
A Industrial fruits are those
products of the soil which are
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
The Daily Short Story

All the girls, including Lucille,
heard Floss nail down, her date
with Dan Martin, and all but Luz
ellie promptly forgot about it. Now,
love is a wonderful artist, and can
transform the world, as well as a
drab gown, into a thing of beauty.
Lucille started in without daring
to think very far ahead, slashing off
| the long sleeves, basting in wide
! white ruffles at the elbow, cutting
!, out the neck, wherein another frilIy
white thing soon appeared. She
had stopped on her way home to
buy black silk hose with lace fronts,
chain of coral and some coral
earrings, the latter at a famous
10-cent emporium. Well, it takes
an artist to do it, and it takes an
artist to tell just how Lucille in
augurated her campaign to win
Dan. | know there were two very
large, near-tortoise pins in her
hair, dressed in true Spanish fash
ion, since Spanish things were quite
correct for the period.
1t took her last dollar to bribe her
young brother Rob to take her 10
the Olympian Dance Emporium that
evening. When she told him that
one of the girls had made fun of
her, and that she wanted to get
even, Bob took hold of his part with
a lot of pep, and when they got
into the swaying, humming mob,
under the bright lights, with a reg
ular jazz orchestra pumping out
jazz, then Lucille and Bob danced
like those fairies who had watched
over them since birth. Besides, Boz
!! had taken a sudden and violent
fancy to Floss Gay, whose style he
felt could not be improved upon.
II wish l knew the trick that
makes you as you are now" Dan
sighed, after a dance he had man
aged to vile away from an appar-
entity unwilling Bob.
Lucille raised startled eyes to
his, and flushed foolishly. 1t was
this flush of hers that did the dam
age. Dan blinked a lot, drew a
deep breath, and almost plunged.
What difference does it make to
you, anyway, how look?" Lucille
asked innocently Mustn't worry
about the why's and wherefores. Bob
and I have always worried and
missed lot Of fun, but I'm going
to have a good time from now on,
and forget when the rent is coming
due. Why, Bob"
Say" and Dan leaned so close
he almost pushed her off the chair,
I'm sick Of hearing about Bob,
and my name is Dan. Do you get
me? My girl wouldn't have to worry
about the rent. In fact, if you've
got your eye on fat, I'm the boy
that can furnish it. How about
your Bob?"
why, Bob, he's my baby broth
er," Lucille gasped. He's an aw-
fully good kid, and I know he gives
up a lot of things to help out at
home"
1t took two minutes of paralyz-
ing amazement to make Dan begin
to shake hands with himself. And
then Bob butted in with Floss
dangling like a rose with a broken
stem, on his strong right arm.
Say, Sis, just settle little bet
for US, will your" Bob begged.
Here's where Floss spends next
Saturday evening with me, and
many thereafter, for she loses. She
says it's those earrings and the
frillies that make you look so
blooming, and I say that it's be-
cause Dan has Just proposed to you
What about it?"
"You win, little brother." de-
clared Dan.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26


sturn postage. Be bFlet AL inquiries ~
70 each individual, 30 sItsniion III y
sown and planted and upon reach
ing maturity are gaTnered, or mar
vested, such as grain, vegetables.
and other crops, as distinguished
from natural fruits, such as trees
grass, etc.
@. What is the difference be-
tween a bundle of paper and
bundle of yarn? W. c. A
A. A bundle of paper is two
reams, while in spinning, a bundle
is 20 hanks, or 5000 yards of linen
yarn.
@. Does any part of Lake Michi--
gan lie within the boundaries Oh
the state of Indiana? P. o Z.
A. The Indiana state boundary
in Lake Michigan is an east and
west line 10 miles north of the eA-
IRENE southern point OF the lake.
@. What are insectivorous
plants? H. F. D.
A. Insecttyorous plants are
those plants that entrap insects
and other small animals, feeding on
the captures by a process Of trus
digestion, absorbing the results o.
decomposition.
O. What is the Ivory Coast?1
II. F. G.
A. The Ivory Coast is a colony IN
French West Africa, lying between
Liberia and the British Gold Coast
Colony.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
Smallpox Pifting.
4Stomachs,. High and Low.


Will a woman who has Superdu-
Gus flesh about the abdomen, vul-
carly called high stomach, more
readily get back her normal figure
by wearing corsets or other tight
appliances, or by going without?
MRS. C. A. E.
Answer-Corsets or other tight
appliances merely push the mass
inward, upward or downward, SO
the woman temporarily has gotten
rid of it, to be sure, but this camou-
f1age is bad policy because the
muscles grow flabbier and weaker
and that rather favors further &C
emulation of Stacker flesh or fat.
The way to get back a normal fig
ure or some semblance of it is by
omittisg all such makeshift app1i-
ances and training the muscles by
regular exercises to support the
body.
Itch.
1 would be pleased to get from
you the symptoms of the itch if you
have them. This trouble we have
had most of the winter and some
men working for us first had it.
the winter itch, l suppose.
W. M.
Answer-Various communica BILE
diseases, and several that are not
communicable, cause itching. The
wrong treatment is particularly
bad for skin troubles, so I advise
you to consult your family physi-
clan about it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

General Pershing says that the United States,
with an adequate army, could have prevented
the occurrence Of the World war. None should
know better than does General Pershing that
war was never prevented by large armies.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

ONE of the really extraordinary things about
the Young Rufian is that, although he Is
strong, healthy and active as cat ne does
not eat one-sixth of the food the average
youngster of his age gets away with. Even
candy makes slight appeal to him Winnie
must have been uncommonly inspired, for
spiced pickle is one of the few so-called foods
he regards as edible.
JUST So NOW TELL THE CLASS HOW A
NABISCO WAFER GETS THAT
WAY-AND WHY.
Dear Mac: Have you ever closely examined
a Fig Newton? Have you ever noticed that
the hg is fairly encysted with no apparent
seam or Joint in the perimeter of the crust?
If SO, have you wondered how they did it?
Well-in case you're interested, here's theory
have constructed:
The dough forming casing is pressed out
of the mouth of a die in continuous hollow,
plastic cylinder. When a three-foot length
mas issued, maids in white caps and sanitary
aprons sever same, pinch shut one end and,
holding the tube vertically like a section of
garden hose, drop in figs. The stuffed cylinder,
enroute to the oven on belt conveyor, is fiat
tened to shape of punctured tire with little
wooden mallets welded by more maids in
white caps and sanitary aprons. carpenter
with saw stands by to receive the fattened
baked cylinder as it issues from the oven and
he saws lengths which, happily, just fit the
boxes in which later they packed by addi-
tional maids in W. c.. and s.. a.
The carpenter, of course, has nothing to
He was just an afterthought to round out the
idea. Does this explanation appeal to you or
what have you? SCAMOZZI
ACCEPT 1 Small Juror" headlines the
Hearstaminer.
And right away the poor little fellow was
rejected.
AT this distance the process of accepting
jurors in LIP Lens trial only to reject them
later appears likely parallel to the W. k
chant of the Ten Little Injuns'-something
like this, frinstance:
One little two little three little jurors.
Four little five little six little jurors
Seven little eight little nine little Jurors,
Ten little juror boys
Ten little nine little eight little jurors
Seven little six little five little jurors
Four little three little two little jurors
One little juror boy.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

The Rock Island police arrested 80 autoists
in day for violations of the parking ordf-
nance. Now if they will go out and round up
some of the speeding fends.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

Jap who has come to this country to study
expresses surprise that our universities DO not
teach fish. He is misinformed Most of them do.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

Chicago advertising agency is trying to find
man who can write good copy for a salary Of
5000 a year. Proving that there is always a
fob for the man who deliver the goods.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

Folks who are happily married don't have to
tell the world of the fact You can read the
story in their faces.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

Conan Doyle asserts that married people
remain together forever in heaven. There are
q lot of people who wouldn't call such place
heaven.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

Chlorophyll. the green coloring
matter In plants, and hemoglobin,
the red coloring matter in blood.
are closely allied in their chemical
makeup
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

1t is said congress will refuse Henry Ford's
Muscle Shoals offer. Another illustration of
how faithfully congress misrepresents the
peoples interests.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

Men of today who criticize womens dress
ought 10 be reminded Of the days when they
hnttoned up the back.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
BUT WILL MOONSHINE APPEAR WHEN
YOU MARBLE "TIRRA LIRRAn2

Dear Mac Several days ago while looking
over the Qnsert one of your favorite names
for this much-scratched slab of marble) The
Silly Maid of Astolat remarked: Il wonder who
this R. E. MIG. is? l see he has contribution
in almost every night . Mebbe she is
right dunno
If anybody else sends in any more blank
verse like that one of Judys you report em to
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Colyum Conductors. Judy may be all right
otherwise, but might it not be said that his
Tor herr blank verse is quite Punchless ?
0 Blank Verse! how many crimes are commit
ted in thy name! LAJJNCET orr
Post Scriptum: That line or two of Jenny
sons about which you were disputing is all
bunk, and 1 refill my fountain pen to saw that
/ never sang 'tirra lirra" or kitty kitty" ex-
cept when calling our cat, Moonshine, into the
house. TAITNCE
GIRL, s, Shot to Death by Boy, 3.'-Head-
line.
Unrequted love, probably. The Younger
generation lives swiftly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26

SOME men complain that they never know
what to expect of woman. That's because
they expect more than they have any right to-
The wise man expects nothing-and receives
much.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-26
Because / like to sleep nights.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Fe. 70. III. Fun.

W - = 0@--A
Is there any truth in the idea
that an Englishman's blood is thick
er when he arrives in this country
and that it becomes thinned out
like ours after he has lived here
for some time? +. S.
Answer-No, it is his wits. not
his blood. 1t is the climate.
Smallpox Pitting.
When a child / had smallpox
which left my face marred to this
day. / have heard recently that
some new invention will remove
these horrid pit marks from my
face. / am % years old and very
unhappy MISS J. v.
Answer regret ! know of nc
new remedy which will remove the
scars of smallpox. A very old and
efficient remedy : prevents them
vaccination.