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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
The Daily Short Story

many wakeful. planning hours.
The next few days Jenny moved
as if in a dream. If. occasionally
she caught her husband glancing al
her somewhat queerly, she scarcely
noticed it. Her thoughts revolved
| ceaselessly about the trip to the
| city she was planning to take on
| Saturday.
Yet Saturday morning she did
experience a sharp and sudden
pang when Henry left the house
without even saying goodbye.
Mulling over the fact as she hastily
washed and dried the breakfast
dishes, she recalled that for sew
eral days now his face had worn
an expression new to him-one al
most of sheepish guilt. And how
late he had been getting home
nights and how eagerly he left for
work in the morning.
Her heart sank. Just suppose
this scheme which she had resolv-
ed upon had been thought of too
late. Well, she would carry it
through, nevertheless.
Late that afternoon, bundIe-laden.
weary. yet withal exhilarated, Jen-
ny returned from the city. Her
feet dragged bit, but in her eve
was the light of-was it battle or
was it feminine anticipation Shut
in her bedroom, she unwrapped her
purchases and spread them upon
the bed. Then she did various
things to her hair, dabbed a bit of
powder On her nose, put a polish
on finger nails that had been re-
Gently manicured, and, finally, she
arrayed herself from head to foot
in attire that was brand new, rath-
er expensive, and extremely up-to-
date. Then she stood off and look
ed in the mirror for several long
moments. No, never would one
think that this image and the one
Of the other evening were the same.
Jenny emerged from her room a
younger, more attractive and su
perbly confident woman. That is.
she was confident il she had not
already lost her Henry.
AS she waited for her husband
on the little porch, the minutes
passed slowly. One suburban car
after another stopped at the cor
ner and disgorged its passengers.
Still no Henry.
Arrived an in-between rush hour.
car, which let out only two women
and a man in gray. Jenny bit her
lip nerVously. This was even later
than usual. Why-why-that man
IN gray was stopping at the gate.
He had swung il open-was com
Ing up the path! Why, it was
Yes, it was Henry in a new gray
suit, new hat, new shoes. And even
new lift to his walk, a new set
Ok his shoulders Jaunty, almost.
Yet his expression was that of a
man who has been caught red
handed in crime 1t set badly with
his air OF rejuvenatson.
Suddenly that expression chang
cd. Amusement, bewilderment. in
cTedulity chased one another across
ais countenance- Jenny felt i'm
PEELED to explanation. Then she
you'd demand the same from him
Il read an article" she said. !
lust a bit defiantly, about keeping |
your looks up to proIong your hus-
,and's love. But you, alb, Henry.
That made your
Henry drew her gently into the
iall within, his arm exerting a
ender pressure. why. Jenny.
lear. i read the same article. and
leclded that what's sauce for the
'oose' you know, is sauce. for the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

- The Republican organization may have APP
proved the seating of Newberry OF Michigan in
the senate, but the rank and file of the party has
yet to be heard from. Judging by the results
in the Indiana primary the rank and file is
not in accord with the organization. New, who
voted to seat Newberry, has been defeated for
denomination. 1t looks as if Lodge, in Massa-
schusetts, and others who closed their eyes to
the Michigan outrage, would receive similar
fate at the hands of Republican voters when
they again seek tneir support
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
One National Shrine.

Press dispatches convey the information
that Monticello, the home of Thomas jefferson,
has been placed in the hands of real estate
agents for sale to some person who desires
the property because of its historic associa-
-tions and who will be able to properly main
tain it. This probably indicates an end of the
persistent efforts made in the past few years
to induce the federal government to make an
appropriation for the purchase of the property.
1t is well if the former movement has been
abandoned. and this is said without any lack
of appreciation of the great service rendered
by jefferson to his country. There is and will
be but one national shrine-Mt Vernon the
home of Washington. Mt. Vernon is located
=l5 miles from the national capital, and is con-
@yeniently reached by rail or boat Practically
every visitor to Washington goes to Mt. Yer
non and feels amply repaid for the effort not
only because OF the opportunity to pay this
respect to the father Of his country, but be-
cause of the enjoyment OF one of the most
beautiful rural scenes to be found anywhere
in America.
Mt. Vernon has become a national shrine
without having been purchased by the nation
al government 1t is owned and managed by
an association of patriotic women who pay the
maintenance expenses from a fund raised by
charging an admission fee of Is cents. There
@ner in which the property is kept up; no gov
=ernment commission could maintain it in better
condition, nor. probably. at less cost. Some
fault has been found with the charge for ad-
mission, and on this ground largely is based
the argument for purchase of the property or
its taking over by the national government.
The movement has made little progress how
ever. due. apparently to the fear that govern
-ment management might be less satisfactory
and more expensive. Most people are indif-
=ferent to the charge for admission; few re-
sent it, and probably a large number are glad
.1of the opportunity to contribute that small
amount TO the maintenance OF the property in
Its original condition Government ownership
and management might very easily be attended
by regulations and restrictions which would
more than Offset the charge for admission under
private management There is not now in evil
seence single Keep on the grass" sign, and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
CLOTHES FOR HIS WIFE.
By Hazel II. Langdale.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dicata IDcl

| copyright, 1877, by wheeler Syn
! dictate, Inc)
Henry let the magazine he had
been reading slip to the floor as he
| cached for his tobacco to fill his
| pipe. Then he glanced at the clock
and put his pouch back in his
pocket, unopened Stretching his
arms above his head, he yawned.
Gosh, Jenny, guess I'll turn in
I've had sort of a hard day at the
shop, and it's later than l thought
You mind?"
His wife, over her basket OF
mending, shook an Indifferent head
Night, Henry. Don't forget to
wind the clock and set the alarm
I'll finish here and then read a
spell to rest me-
Silence settled on the Champion
household silence that lasted
skillful patch on worn tablecloth,
had darned several pairs of Henry's
socks, and had read her spell in
Henry's discarded magazine.
For as she picked up the book
where it lay open on the floor be-
side her husbands chair, a glazing
title caught her eye: Have you
kept your husbands love?" Power
fully as spoken accusation, it
riveted and challenged her atten-
ton, and she read the indictment
which followed with a breathless
fascination. Then, when she had
finished the article, she laid it down
with a deeply indrawn sigh.
Why, that writer had drawn Hen
~ and herr For wasn't Henry get
ting unromanticly on in years, and
wasn't she middle-aged and run
down-at-heel and unattractive {?
And hadn't Henry long ago gotten
over showing any of those intimate
little signs of affection which wom-
en- prize? The occasional tender
word-the kiss at the door before
going away in the morning-the
comradely pat on the shoulder now
and again?
And there was a warning tucked
on at the end of the article. BE
careful" it read, that your hus-
band, in a sort of second youth,
doesn't look for his happiness else
where. If he shows signs of spruc,
ing up himself, unmindful Of your
appearance, beware"
Yet solution was offered. at
that And the solution was
clothes. Think of it, cIothesi
Wives, even middle-aged ones, must
consider their raiment, must fol-
low the fashions and dress to please
their stolid spouses as they had
dressed to please them when they
were radiant lovers.
Jenny smiled bitterly as she
caught a glimpse of herself in tie
mirror across the room
-stringy hair drawn tightly back
from a tired face; the faded house
dress, clean, but hopelessly unbe-
coming. Would she honestly-to-
goodness blame her Henry il he
had ceased to care for the image
which confronted her?
For long, long time Jenny star
ed at herself as at a stranger.
shamefully aware that it was in lust |
that guise she appeared daily to
her husband. Then: There's my
and rag rug money in the
oank!' she cried aloud, and rose
abruptly.
Absent-mindedly she followed in |
Henry's footsteps, making sure
nat doors were locked and bolted. !
Then she climbed Gle stair ara |,
rept into bed. only to lie there for !
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

Washington. D. e. Give ful! 3ams ant
return postage. Be brief All Inquiries -
10 each individual. no attention a.. u
eral name for checks, drafts. notes,
bills of lading, bills of exchange.
warehouse receipts, treasury war
rants, orders for delivery of goods,
certificates of stocks and bonds,
etc, and is sometimes applied to
contracts and agreements
Q. What is meant by demur-
rage? ]. L. G..
A. "Demurrage" is a term used
to signify the amount to be paid
by the charterer of a ship, car, or
other vehicle of transportation. for
OBTAINING it longer than the time
specified before shipment or sail
ing. The time is usually specified
as working days, lay days, and
holidays, in the contract. No claims
are usually allowed for accidents
such as oVer-crowded haTboT, Gus
toms, or other delay. In the case
OF a ship, the freighter must take
the risk, and the vessel must be
loaded and ready to sail at the
time specified. unless the delay IS
caused by public enemy. hostile
occupation of the port, or if the
detention is caused by the owner
master or crew. When a ship IS
ready to sail the claim ceases. eT-
en- though she could be detained BY
winds or rough weather
O. How many watermelons does
a pound of seed produce? D. G. 5.
A The average yielding of eacn
pound of watermelon seed in 1871
was 135 melons.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

! in their destructive work and
bring about so many breakdowns.
Hardening of the arteries, gradual
heart muscle failure, Bright's dis
ease, apoplexy Cerebral hemor-
rhage. stroke of paralysis), are the
familiar manifestations (heart and
artery wearing QUIT that overtakes
so many of US at the half way post.
Whether rightly or not remains to
be proved, but we have come to as
sociate excessive proteid consump-
ton and faulty proteid metabol-
ism or oxidation in the system with
the growing prevalence of cardio
vascular degeneration, not along
Bright's disease but all the other
manifestations. And that is what
the prophets have foreseen and
why they have urged moderation
in the consumption of the meat
stuffs-particularly meat ozark or
Light, fowl, game, fish, eggs.
Questions and Answers.
Soap and Watsr-Please settle
an argument between sister and
me. She says soap and water is
never used on wound, say it is.
She says soap is not a disinfectant.
I say it is.
FOURTEEN AND SIXTEEN.
Answer-Fourteen takes the hell
otrope-scented guest towel. Soap
and water is one of the best dress
ings for boil, for instance, and
soap is disinfectant, as every
patron Of the partnership has rea-
son to be thankful for. Sisters are
sisters the world over, heb?
Another Cause for Awful Dreams
suggestion and advice cured
my brother of suffering, for which
the entire family is grateful to you.
Can you tell me why I should
dream about charging Indians and
burning buildings whenever 1 lay
my fair head on the pillow at
night? I can't remember when Il
have slept night through without
some hideous dream disturbing me.
j. L. ].
Answer-A common cause of
horrible dreams is excessive bed
and insufficient fresh air. |
You should try open air sleeping |
or the nearest approach to it you |
can manage.
How to Cook Wheat give you |
herewith my method Of cooking |
wheat as a cereal. To one cupful !
Of ground wheat (ground in your
own mill or grinder) add slightly |
over two cupfuls of water boiling
hot and a teaspoonful of salt Cook |
to orfn nf
on a single pan, stirring occasion t
ally. We look the wheat over by
hand, and grind in coffee mill. 1t /
has a delicious nutty flavor, and
We do not have to indulge in laxa-
ives since we began eating wheat
MRS. ]. B. T.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

Q. What is meant by gold re-
server" J. F. A.
A. The gold reserve is the
amount of gold held in the United
States treasury for the redemption
of United States notes green
backs fixed at 1852 ,000, 900. Should
this reserve fall below s100, 900 900
the secretary of the treasury may
sell government bonds to replenish
it.
@. What is meant by saying that
note paper has a deckle edge?
A A rough, untrimmed edge is
meant by deckle edge. This is the
edge left by the deckles, which are
the curbs on the sides of the apron
of a paper machine combining the
flowing pulp, this determining the
width of the paper The deckle
edge on note paper is usually an
imitation of this.
Q. What is commercial paper? ?"
II. S. L.
A Commercial paper is gen
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

All public charity work in Rock Island is
carried through the Rock Island Welfare
association. Therefore it is your duty to con-
tribute your share to the fund that is being
raised by the organization to carry on its
work during the coming year. 1t is the only
practical means of iudiciously dispensing
charity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

pr The latest in womens bathing suits is the
Turkish towel And with d scarcity of Turkish
toweling-well, it does if our women
folks we're loading themselves down with
clothes to such an extent that beach bathing will
be no longer attractive.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

gander,'"
Henry" Jenny's voice fairly
sang the word. Wasn't it odd that
We both
1T sure was" interrupted her
husband. hastily. at sure was"
But considering that Henry had
taken pains to drop his magazine
open at that particular spot, per
maps it wasn't so very odd. after
ALL
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
ZAPATE ADO,

(Note: AS everyone knows, or doesn't, this
jazzy word, "Zapateado", is Spinach-Span-
ish, l should say-for stamping In other
words, mark the rhythm by stamping, as do
the Russian dancers. If you have no Russian
boots galoshes may be substituted)
Hearken to my plant, 1 pray you lend an ear:
have labored bravely for about year;
Tried to manufacture you bit of verse,
Something slightly gayer than a cast-off hearse
Coupla days ago l wrote sym-pho-nee
Called forth by the blossoms on a cher-ree tree
Lines had all the smoothness of a rusty file
Spoiled my train Of serious thought and
cramped-my-style.
(Stamp-Stampstamp-
Just today 1 started out to write a pome
All about pansy bed we have at home;
Gathered up neat phrases such as velvet bloom
Purple as midnight shadow in a tomb
Pansies were all colors 'cepting only green's
But 1t was the yellow one that spilled the beans:
Yellow one with upper petals of bright blue:
Shade that with dark complexion would not do
And 1t set me thinking of a woman that
| saw the other day in bright blue hat:
Her visage grim and sallow-oh l had to smile
Spoiled my train of serious thought and
cramped-my-style
(Stamp-stampetystamp Observation-Disclosures
Tried inveiglng into print some gIoom-ee stuff.
Sent some sketched mon-stros- i-ties inst for .
bluff
Waited for the verdict with CAV "bonn mott"
blame cartoons got over but the verse did not
Mac, what is the matter with a guy-like-me7
Have some heavy thoughts-as far as I can see
ia snt write 'em down for fear they'll stay on
file: VA
Spells my train of serious thought and cranns
my-stylei
Ie MOOTrETrR
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
about them.

Moline police are arresting persons who
modest flower beds in the public parks The
example should be followed in Rock Island. 1t
might serve to stop the vandalism that is prac
ticed every summer, especially in Long View
park.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

Use Senator LaFolette is demanding steel
trust inquiry. An inquiry that would be OF
greater interest to the public would be one
which might result in the opening of all of the
steel mills
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

The miners are blaming Pittsburgh plus for
the coal strike And it looks as If eventually
the consumer would be minus coal supply.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

~ Peggy Hopkins Joyye must be rehearsing
new act She has not made the first page for
a couple of days.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

n Judge trying the Small case has been taken
i'll. The rest of the people in the state are al
most in the same condition.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

Better results would be had if those who are
worrying the morals of our young people
would do their talking to the young instead Of
about them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

- Americans are said to be going wild over
Scent cocktails in Berlin Perhaps IFS over
the price
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
Uhr Tunhatnrf
axxK LIES MANS ANCIENT ENEaGY.
| DILL CARE
WHO DIsaNTERs Tm UNLovKD cJs&
SHOOTING BLANKS.

I'd like to scale Parnassus' height
Astride of Pegasus awning,
To dip me downward in my flight
And battle in the Castalian spring
| A lovely poem would write,
In liquid phrases / would sing.
/, Thoughts beautiful would express
Upon my lifting, throbbing Tyre;
I'd sing of maideDs' loneliness,
OF gallant knights with hearts of FIRE
Who fought for beauty in distress,
Nor feared the consequences dire.
I'd sing OF fields, and birds, and bees:
OF winding streams and woodsy lanes
Where taeries fit among the trees
And worship in their woodland fanes.
I'd sing, alas, of all of these
If l but had the time-and brains.
WE have just discovered that the Oldest
pronunciation of the ". k. Cradle of Liberty is
Funnel Hail.. Perhaps that furnishes key
to the cry of opponents of the 18th amendment
about personal liberty.
Whereas Civilized Women Throw Mud at Him
After the Divorce
From The Argus
When a woman of the Wakamba tribe
in Central Africa throws lump of earth
at her husband the act is taken to mean
that she despises him and he invariably
is granted divorce.
SADLY we gaze into the mirror of our van
ity case at the sooty-looking streak across our
upper lip and murmur with Hamlet, ITO be- or
not to be: that is the question"
DURN IT. WHY Do THE MEN HAVE
TO STAND?
Dear Mac: / feel assured that you will
fancy the clack-clickety- of these verses
like the song of rusty gears, or the rhythmic
beat occasioned by fiat wheel, Moliner
going home on the rim. l was TO have sent you
a very different poem-one upon which l had
spent hours of conscientious labor; dreamy
allterative little lay which brought the sting
ing tears to my eyes, and would have brought
them to yours also-though probably not for
the same reason.
1t would have been forwarded had it not
been that l could visualize you reading it
through with infinite care, patiently waiting
for the pun to appear in the last verse; and
when it did not, reading it again in a vain eff
fort to discover what it did mean
And now, if the ladies will kindly be
Seated--
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
EXCURSION,

Str1dent cadences of jazz
Flapper features buried
In the warts of the wanton-
A shimmering day of
Springtime purity;
Youth seeking pleasure
In sitting atmosphere
Tepid with human heat
And hungry passion.
Night
"A moon of benediction
But youth turns to
Clashing colors of
The Incandescents.
The steamer throbs with
The engines beat
And the beat of shutting fee.
This is excursion
and the Mississippi, proud
once In history and romance
Bears this defiling burden.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

"THAT-er-decoration on ,,
marked the City Editor as he siJiad p re
away, rs what is known hazard in golf :
- we threw the cuspidor at his head
DANDELloNs used to be called pests.
BUT down at the city hall they call ,er,
z E. M'0
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09
LIE MOQUEUR-

ROY QUICK was fined for speeding t'other
day, the Police Reporter tells US Had Rov
Deen quicker he might have escaped whatP
Then we might have fashioned a wheeze aho,,t
the quick and the dead
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

TO. U McInlyre, New York Day by Day"
A theatrical Sunday writer was sent
TO visit new female impersonator who
is trying to outjulianeltinge his profess
sion. The impersonator was found in his
qresslng-room on a chaise Tongue his
legs crossed very unlady-lke He was
dressed like Partisan fashion-plate but
there was noticeable little puff in one
rouged cheek As he talked of his ART
he suddenly puckered his mouth in the
direction of yawning cuspidor. BE
careful, shouted his dresser, don't spit
any tobacco juice on your silk lingerie
ONE learns from the Moline DISPATCH that
the matrimonial ship of Pearl Ivorv and prime
ivory has gone on the rocks and desnjts tba
". x. slogan, has sunk e
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-09

WE have just discovered that the oldes
pronunciation of the ". k. Cradle OF Liberty i:
Funnel Hail.. Perhaps that furnishes a key
to the cry of opponents of the 18th amendment
about personal liberty.
The Topeka state journal., 1922-08-01
WAS SPECTACULAR RUNAWAY
Ice Cream Wagon Crashes Into Ford
Car on Fillmore Street.

ice NTC11n "aROn crashes 1uIO Z OEu
Car on Fillmore Street
A horse drawing a Baughman ice
cream wagon, chose Fillmore street as
the place, and 10 o'clock Monday night
as the time, for staging spectacular
runaway in the course of which the
animal caromed off a Ford coupe
driving west on West Euclid avenue,
and disappeared on south down Fill
more.
The driver H. E. Mayetta, was
only slightly bruised when the affair
was over. Breakage in a portion of
the harness frightened the horse on
Fillmore near Douthitt avenue, and
the animaly started south along Fill
more street at a high rate of speed.
Mayetta was una able to get out of the
wagon, and could not secure control OF
the horse.
Crossing West Euclid avenue, which
was carrying much heavy traffic at
the time. the horse struck Ford
King could not avoid the frenzied horse
which dashed out of the cross street,
but swung his car south on Fillmore,
paralleling its course, SO that the blow
against the car was only glancing
one.
Mayetta's horse went on down Fill
more street for some distance before
it was stopped. The wagon was some
what smashed.
The only amusing feature of the ac-
cident was the fact that another
Baughman wagon was on Fillmore
street at the time, half block south
of West Euclid avenue. The crowd
which gathered when the runaway hit
Kings coupe took it for granted that
the second wagon, parked on the
street thruout the excitement. was the
one which had been running away.
King himself, who drove the car, was
under the same impression, and con-
graduated the driver of the stationary
wagon on his luck in escaping with
his life. Two-thirds of the huge