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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
Character and Reputation.

Theoretically the reputation of man is the
result OF his character and action In
actual experience mans reputation is largely
a matter of the character of the people who
Judge him. The center of the universe for each
individual lies between his two eyes. The in
dividual forms his valuations of life from his
own personal reactions. To large extent every
man measures other men by himself For these
reasons a mans reputation often is beyond
his own control A good reputation may be
undeserved and a bad reputation may be ficti-
tious. The late John Kendrick Bangs expressed
the philosophy of regulations in a nutshell
when he said that it was a mans business "to
do his best and leave the rest" Babe Ruth
wen a reputation for home run hits, and now
the fans get vexed at him when he disap-
points them. A Minnesota senator developed
reputation for exaggerated sense of humor
and laughed himself out Of public life His
constituents refused to believe that he could be
serious. Mark Twain complained that his rep
utation as wit had become the bane of his
life and used to be bitter about the success of
some of his books as humor because he did
not think they were very funny. The public
laughed because it had become the thing to
laugh at whatever Mark Twain said.
Many men who were Intellectual paupers en-
simply because they knew when and where to
keep silent The French have proverb that
a great statesman can make public success
of any young man by merely winking an eye
The late j. Pierpont Morgan walked down
Wall street with a young man he wanted to
help. The little recognition from the great
financier enabled the young man to borrow
$4,000 He capitalized bit of reputation A
mans reputation and his personal character
would be in agreement il mankind had not the
habit of jumping at conclusions, if accu-
rately judged each other and if all people told
the truth about themselves and about each
other. AS things are men are held RESPONSE
BILE for their regulations as well as for their
characters. The candidates for the coming
primary elections have to take their chances
with a public that may place more emphasis
on party on the candidates regulations than
on the candidates actual fitness for the posi-
lions for which they are offering themselves.
The success of government often turns on the
ability of the public to distinguish between the
actual fitness of the candidate and the more or
less romantic reputation which the community
has attributed to him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
National Skies Grow Clearer.

Taking the broadcast possible view of the
state of the nation one may easily find much
OF present comfort and early promise. The
fruitful summer is at hand. Employment is
more plentiful. Business is steadier. The
farmers have mostly weathered their severesl
trials. The banks are sound. Things political
might be much worse than we find them Con-
gress has rejected some Of the more vicious &c
onomic nostrums it was asked to swallow, and
though the soldier bonus turks and the tariff
and the ship subsidy still clamor at the door
reason may yet assert its sway over folly and
greed. Slowly, but surely. America is taking
her proper place in the councils of the world.
We have declined to use the front door, but
Europe has wisely whispered to US that the
family entrance is open around the corner, and
the American banker has entered to pioneer
the way TO American participation in the finan-
cial reconstruction of Europe. Political partici-
patton will doubtless follow. in time. Where
bankers go statemen inevitably follow
Europe shows signs of a beneficient weari-
ness of mere political adventure and an awak-
entng interest in peaceful restoration We
hear less of boundaries and conquests and
more of stable currencies and chance TO trade
The English early pocketed their field marshals
in noble obscurity. and it is a hopeful sign
that names of business leaders are becoming
more familiar in continental news than the
resounding titles of great captains Even Rus
STA looks like becoming semi-rational Having
eaten, out and burned the accumulated
stores of the past, Russia must now have food,
shoes, clothes. houses and fuel. The commun.
list spree is about over. and Genoa revealed that
the bolshevists almost know it.
Whatever Genoa did or did not do. il
carried on the method and the hope of Wash
ington; it has helped to make international
conferences a wholesome habit The world
is learning from these meetings what its all
ments are and the people are learning to share
in the decisions of their governments. The
conference habit has spread too. from purely
political fields TO the field Of international
finauca
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
The Old Time Printer.

One of the men who stuck type in the days
when the printer wore plug hat and Prince
Albert coat passed away the other day in Rock
Island. He was George NJ. Lukens, remembered
by early settlers for his connection with the
Union Printing company. of which he had
served as superintendent and later secre-
targaand treasurer. He was contemporary with
the late Captain l. NJ. Haverstick and Walter
johnson Previous to his employment in Rock
Island Mr. Lukens had worked on the Chicago
Times under Story.
Mr.. Lukeas represented a type OF American
eteadfastnass and ruggedneae skxt is last dis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
ADDENDA,

The printers devil clatters down
The Stairs ana greets US with a snort
Look here" he tells US with frown.
Yer eelyun's % lines shorti
C'mon. Git busy! Write some stuff
To hll it-quick, Now use yer bean,
You know dam we'll that Bill gifts rough
Bout changin' back his old machine
All well, we tried to do our best
When served by this here ultimatunn-
Sometimes these colyums are pest
And more and more we grow to hate EN-
Some day the "so-called human race.
Including US, Will be quite dead
Now. Joe, If this don't fill the space
Just ~ The balance I'D with lead.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
The Daily Short Story

! were all talking at once by a big
hole in the middle of the road. Ct
and put out the fire" I begged
hugging Baby tight
! Daddy. in his shirt sleeves, lifted
me and Baby both down from the
hall floor because the front porch
and steps had gone somewhere il
the big bang. He put me and Baby
in Aunt Perninnah's charge and
hurried John upstairs with the bot
ties that put out the fire.
! Daddy went back then to the
& hole in the road and gave fast di-
racuons to the men that began 70
come-neighbprs, a policeman, the
doctor, and lots of undressed men
from the factory houses. Lady
Fair had climbed back into the
house to get thick warm blanket
for Baby and had called the nurse
name that took all the starch out
of her.
While daddy told folks what to
do, listened and found what made
the big noise and the great hoIe.
Daddy was talking TO all the dit
ferent sorts of folks.
Yes, the men have been threat
ening a bomb outrage for some
time. Many are dissatisfied No; |
am not in the least surprised.
Careful. there, moving that fellow.
men; he's dreadfully hurt, but still
alive. The other one was done for
when I first came out What saved
the whole front of the house? Ger
tainly, the bomb was big enough.
h1ncc4d
here. She's country-bred and gets
up early"
Three thirty is sure early"
said a man who was scribbling on
a pad.
She gets up and comes down to
sweep the leaves off the porch and
dust and scrub some" I explained
as fast as l could. cause Molly
won't let her later on"
81 found that clusmy thing on
the steps and spied one critter leg
ging it for the car. so l fred the
thing at the car quick as 1 could. 1t
went bang and threw me clear
across the hall and busted nv
glasses" finished Aunt PerninnaiI.
"The bomb blew the porch of
and made that cavity in the road
that the fleeing car dropped into.
One man was hurt and one done
for. How did the house get a1re >"
asked the pencil-man, scrfbbIing
like mad.
Nurse lighted a candle to see;
baby's window was open and the
curtain hit the candle" 1 struck
in.
I'VE all rushed out scared to
death and left my baby helpless
alone" said Lady-Fair chokily.
But our little girl here heard him
cry and brought him down safe.
though the room was ablaze."
He's mine, too" explained.
That seemed all there was to saw.
but Lady-Fair Rugged me for the
first time.
John and the re-distinguishers
had bottled the fire out some time
ago and we went back into the
house and by breakfast time we
had Gained down some and got
dressed straight. Right after
breakfast the unstarched nurse
packed her things and vent OF.
Daddy gave Great-aunt her choice
of rewards and she chose to go
straight away to the Pinelands Old
ladies Home. where folks work =
they're able.
Lady-Fair cried a little bu.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
The Protocol of Middle Age Break.

OON0s
It is not so much from horror
of suggesting symptoms to the
reader as it is from lack of de-
pendable data that l hesitate to re-
cite the history or protocol of
cardiovascular degeneration. The
breakdown of middle age is spec
tacular enough, to be sure, but that
is not what l would picture for the
reader. 1t is the slow, insidious,
too often unrecognized or reckless
~ ignored undermining of health,
the seemingly trifiing impairment,
the gradually diminishing physical
efficiency, extending through
months and years before the actual
breakdown, that spells what l am
trying to point out From the very
fact that this is a long drawn out
process, very insidious change
from a former state of excellent
health to the present state y of in
different health which it is the pop
ular custom to ascrfbe to every
thing but CVD, the signs or symp-
toms are difficult to define. The
patient himself can scarcely de-
scribe them intelligently, because
Lucy du0aI OA6ASO as
the heart artery system becomes
little by little more impaired, and
since the degenerative process is
usually a matter of several years
it is not surprising that a satisfac-
tory running record is seldom OBJ
tanned. Last year it was perhaps
"a little stomach trouble" this year
nervous exhaustion; next year
it may be "overwork;" and as these
fancied causes succeed one anoth-
er their history fades from the
mind So 1 warn the reader that
the picture shall present of the
incipient stage of heart artery
wearing out is merely a general
conception derived from a compos-
tie review Of number Of cases in
which fairly good records were
kept for number of years. You
should not miss this. I'm gonna
tell you the symptomsi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
THE SHERO,
By Edna 5. knapp.
Copyright, 1922, by The Wheeler
SYndicata Incl

| tCOpyr1glL, 1917, Dy Inc Wneelei
| Syndicate. Inc)
Great-aunt Perninnah is little
but. my sakes, she's brave a;
brave! She never dresses up ant
she longs to go to some charity
place, molly Lady-Fair won't let heT
and she wants to do Molly's work
and her face looks wrinkled like
the monkeys at the park. But
Great-aunt Perninnah is a shero
| even Lady-Fair says so now.
We had 8. big, bangy storm last
night that put out the lectic lights
and unf1xed the telephone and kept
| Lady-Fair home from the party
Great-aunt cuddled me and didn't
J laugh when l asked her if il was
big enough TO be a lime storm. She
doesn't laugh when | invent words
or under stand what the big folks
say.
We all went to bed early cause
there wasn't anything else to do
l went right to sleep, of course
Sometimes wake up towards morn
| ing and hear Great-aunt move
| round in her room next mine and
then slip tiptoey-soft downstairs to
work for a while before the ser
wants get up. We sleep in the tip
top of the house where Molly and
John do. Dad and Lady-Fair. my
pretty second mother, and Ronald
Percival sleep on the second floor.
Ronald Percival is pretty nearly
brand new and he has a starched
nurse who lets me and Great-aunt
take care Of him while she talks to
the folks she knows. instead. Lady
Fair says there's no reason why
children should be nuisance and
upset her bridge playing.
This morning Great-aUnt Pernir-
nah tiptoed down early and easy
to sweep off the maple leaves that
pile up so fast on the front steps
Maybe I went hack to dreamland
for a minute, then l came back to
HaIdane quick enough. l couldn't
imagine what had happened but
twas a noise big enough to wake
me up.
Next l heard somebody scream
Then another somebody yelled like
anything and l heard daddy rush
ing round to light a candle and get
downstairs. Molly began to shout
Il II dCA AAACNCo- anu
banged downstairs without dress
ing very much. John rushed after
her, dragging a big. bumpy bag.
There were noises coming from
outdoors. too; shrieks and groans
and shouts, and Great-aunt was
talking to daddy loud enough so
she could hear herself I'd got my
candle lighted and my wrapper and
slippers on, so l started down. In
the second story hall a chilly wind
jumped at me as If the whole front
Of the house was an open door.
Then, too, there was a cracking
and a singeing smell and light like
a dozen candles coming from
Baby's room. l hurried in there
and he was crying. with some
crinkley flames just climbing up
his crib sheets. l slammed down
his window, grabbed him, shut his
door and tumbled downstairs.
Fire." l shrieked as 1 reached
where the front door had been.
Bays window curtains gone and
his bed is burning up. Oh, hurry,
somebody"
Lady-Fair and the nurse, I'M
starched now. turned from the
bunch Of undressed-up folks who
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SuperHUoUs Hair,

Kindly tell me through your coll
umn. or by mail if you prefer, for
which I will send necessary post
age on notification. what to do for
a case of superfluous hair on the
face. E. ".
Answer-Shave In any case
where there is some insupera Bile
objection to the razor for remov-
ing superfuous htir. electrolysis in
the hands Of an expert operator is
the only Alternative l can recon-
mend. A safety razor is in every
way preferable TO any chemical
substance which is powerful
enough to dissolve off hair.
A POUlfice.
Your advice about the use of
wheat bran prompts me to ask
whether you favor the use of lin
seed meal mixed with bran or with
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

O. What are the largest weigh
ing scales or machines? J. G.
A. The machine at Watervliet
arsenal. used for weighing guns,
has a capacity of 100000 pounds
The largest railroad or track scales
are suspended platform scales in
the West Albany yards of the New
York Central railroad. These have
a capacity of S25 tons.
@. How did the United States
get Wake island? r. c.
A The bureau of insular affairs
says that Wake island was discov-
cred and surveyed by Commander
Wilkes in his exploring expedition
of 1s3S-43, and was formally taken
possession OF in the name of the
United States by Commodore E. D.
Taussig in 1899.
O. When is a river a navigable
stream? J.R. E.
A. The courts say that those
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

rivers must be regarded as public
navigable rivers in law whIeh are
navigable in fact, and they are nav
igable in fact when they are used,
or are susceptible Of being used. IN
their ordinary conditions as high
ways for commerce.
@. What is the largest gland in
the body? f. L. n.
A. The liver is classed as q
gland and exceeds all others III
size.
G. What is meant by Sicilian yes
pers? As.
A. On March 80. 1882. the French
in Sicily were massacred by the
Slcilians. The signal was the sound
ing>of the vesper hell.
@. How does the number Of sar-
dimes canned in California compare
with the output OF Maines2 C
A. The bureau of fisheries saws
that in 1921 the Maine pack OF sar-
dimes was 1850 .631 cases. valued al
S3.960.916. while the California pack
was ASSIST cases. valued at s2,346'-
446.
Q. Who founded the Friends
church? E. h
A This sect was founded BY
George Foxe, the English religion
list, who lived from 1624 to 1880.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

West Virginia moonshiner just arrested by
federal agents confessed he had been operat-
ing 40 years and never knew there was law
prohibiting the manufacture of liquor. And we
are sending missionaries to educate the heath
ems of other countries.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
TIrr Untt11atnttp
LIKE CHARTTY-AND IT'S GRANITE
| PR0TOTYPES-TT COVERS
MULTITUDE OF SINS.

IRELAND (the cable dispatches tell us)-
aasnIte ihe Anglo-Irish treaty, despite the heav-
enly choir which sang, Peace on earth. etc
DESPITE the Irish who don't want to fight uf
there be any such), despite the fact that saint
Pat drove the snakes out OF Erln-ireIano Ia
ahout To he (or has) plunged into civil war.
Yet there is way to settle the Irish ques-
tionLa way made clear some years ago by
B. L. T. Would you care to hear ABOUT II!
Voilai
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

agreed to let Great-aunt go and
said we'd come ever SO often to
see her. And then Lady-Fair said
she liked me and we'd always be
friends on Baby's account She
agreed Great-aunt is a shero and
says I'm one, too. Course I'm not!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

Goal operators are keeping their pledge to
Secretary Hoover to hold prices within reason
able bounds by announcing an increase of so
cents a ton, with notice that there will be fur
Their advances later.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

There is as much SHINING in other parts OF
the country there is IN Hollywood. But
Hollywood screens better than other localities.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

Attorney General Daugherty says Chicago IS
the most lawless city in the United States We
may expect an immediate denial by New York
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
tons
:

Max Indignantly resents the charge that he
is seeking to marry Miss Mccormick because of
her attractive financial prospects. Doubtless he
would take her if she had twice as much in
sight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

Strange news from Georgia. Lawyers there
are divided on the liquor question. It's not the
first time Georgia has disgraced southern tradi-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1922.

The national capital is planning an aerial
police force. more timely need is a bombing
squad to wake up congress.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03
THE ONLY wAY.

(By Bert Lesion Taylor)
When good Saint Maei. steered by the Deuce
Sailed northward in his granite trough
devil of a gale broke loose
And carried him long way on,
FIinging the saint on high and dry land
AS told in Monsieur Frances Penguin Island.
The Jealous father, there and then,
Baptized the birds in his best style,
And this dispatched, took ship again,
Hitching a cable to the isle.
With no hell-drSven gale to blind him,
Southwark he sailed, and lowed the island be-
hind him.
Islands today are rooted fast,
Obedient to natures laws.
The age of miracles is past;
matter for regret, because
The tale of Mael holds a suggestion
For settling the eternal Irish Question
If that great man could come again
And navigate his magic trough,
II he could tie good stout chain
To Erin's isle and tow it Off
So far that it would float back never
The Irish Question would be solved forever.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-03

IN the list of graduates Of one Of the local
grade schools we discern the name OF Pearl
Gates "Pearly'' ought to have an angelic
disposition-what, what?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
THE wnEK.s rnIzE-wINN:ns.
Bright Stories by Members Of the Club
DADDY LANE.
CHAPTER VI.


When MIR Anderson and his friend.
Mr.. Gregory. arrived where the paint
ing had hung tho people were just
departing ON seeing the painting 1t
was too much for Mr.. Gregory. and
he raised his hands In an exclamation
OF awe and surprise. Will. TWO big
tears rolled down his checks He
quickly and quietly moved on without
saying anything more.
ono day the next week. upon ar
irving home. Mr.. Anderson was very
much surprised at receiving the fol-
lowing note.
Dear Andy.-Bus!ncss has called
me away from France back 10 my
own country. You have been "a good
friend aud ] will not soon forget YOU
Hope TO sec you soon. BROOKS"
MIR. Anderson did not know what 10
think OF this note AZ first, He also
wondered why hus!nosB should call
him away so suddenly.
After supper he sa, down to think
the matter over. Picking up the eve
ming paper. lie carcl"6sly glanced over
81. when his attention was arrested
upon tho picture OF his friend. under
IN" picture wcr" tho words: MIR.
kenneth Brooks"
IL know IT, thought Mr.. Anderson.
Vic read on:
Tho mystery OF tho artist. * b
has been revealed. Ills r"nl name is
Kenneth Brooks. iu, is known TO his
friends as sir. Gregory. lie has re-
turned TO America, where he will stay
with hts wife and lit;lc daughter. A.
ter some time Mr. Brooks and family
VIII return to Paris. where MS dauEn-
ter. Hannah Brooks. Viii study art"
THIS was all MIR. Anderson read. tor
1t told linn all he wished TO know.
I'm glad had such a worthy
friend" sighed MIR. Anderson, AS he
leaned back IN his chair TO finish
reading his paper. Mr.. Brooks ana
Hnuunh were moS exceedingly glad
To have their Daddy Lane back again.
(The End
MILDRED Tlf.LER.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
Scottsvillc. Va.
HOW SPENT A VERY ENJOYABLE:
EVENING.

Friday evening as | was coming
home from school, | met my mother.
grandma. uncle and ono of my moth
er's friends. They were going to
about nine miles from my home AS
i had never been there before !
looked forward to It with great pleas
ure. When we got there. Il little hoy
met us and told us we could not go
in the house.
CHAPTER IL
inc hous WAS made OF granite
rocks. put together with cement.
IT has Virginia crceper growing all
over IT, The kitchen Is separated
from the other part of the house by
n iiitle hall like only the sides are
open.
The house has ninety-two rooms.
counting halls and closets. I should
think amy one could get lost in /,
very easily. 1t has n splendid view
10 places miles away. 1t is very
beautiful with a largo lawn and
many large oaks.
After we had stayed there about
thirty minutes we went down To
Pine Knot" whore Roosevelt used
to como in tho summer. The house
has four rooms. We got back home
about $40.
CATHARINE SEAY.
Age IL. Original.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
LOST ~ THE WOODS.


N''' '.""S' ''''le Elri or years,
told her mother that she wanted to
go for n walk ana Mol, some flowers
,J.r r,,, oi, 49, III, ..u,
Sou "'"'' NC careful ucar' she said.
Il VIII fix YOU a lunch
The little Girl was very orxious
"a ON S,o ,. 49,.
'''"
N"" "ohhc'' 'ier PINK dress looked
pretty. After while she was ready.
I'll 20 after Sally.'. She said "ond
,y,.r h, 49,,
'' i'E"'' "''Ft :" tar' SAID
'"c sd ~" out Skipping when
,'c :" W." az san! mouse she
"'''N e' on 'he "oor sally mother
c'"e 10 'ht door Nh"s there
2"c asked Me SiIu Alice. The
''"x "Pc"rd uc door ana the girl
Na'N.u IN. hereS sally? she
'Nnc"' one mas gone WITH her
'"Ihtl ~ NpIloiN 10 stay Il rev days.