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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
Secret School Societies.

The principal of an eastern high school has
been warning against secret Greek societies
among high school pupils. He declares that
high school societies create snobs and social
butterflies Viewing the matter impartially,
there is both good and bad in these secret so
cieties, but the deplorable results seem to out
weigh the undoubtedly fine friendships that
result from them. After all there is no need
of secrecy 1t is based on a romantic glamour
that hardly makes up for the Disadvantages
that result from it The fact that educators Of
high standing as a rule do not favor the Greek
secret societies in the high schools ought to
be a good reason for parents TO hesitate in
giving them their approval.
There certainly will lie time enough for
young students to join Greek secret societies
when they enter the higher grade institutions
of learning in which there is room enough for
all students who desire to affiliate with this
or that society and enter of his or her
choice. Students of our schools should be
made as free as possible from any distracting
influences. The minds of young and
men are, at public school age plastic and re-
ceive their most lasting Impressions that will
carry their knowledge of what they study into
colleges and universities, and which will be of
vast advantage to their future achievement in
meeting the more difficult problems they have
to face and conquer. The denial of the advan-
tage of pleasures, whatever they may be- of
belonging to Greek secret societies at public
school age is not a serious matter. They may
be easily surrendered if they really are hind
rance to the advancement of others.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

toring showed aside to make way for scnooi
of doctors armed with saxophones and hddles.
Fear not The medical value of music is moth
ing new It was discussed enthusiastically by
leading European physicians in the Phiioso-
phical Magazine for May, 1906. Among great
practitioners who prescribed music were sew
eral of the most noted medical men of the cen
fury. Some Of them went SO far as to believe
that music could cure sciatica rheumatism.
But, In the main, they believed that music's
greatest medical powers were in diverting the
attention. soothing the nerves, making people
forget imaginary ailments.
You recall further back, how David was en-
pIoyed in his youth to cure mental derange-
ment by harp playing. Varro thought music
good for govt The ancients believed fever
could be cured by singing, plague by Tyre
and deafness by proper blasting by trumpet
The commonest cause of sickness is-the body's
organs getting out of harmony with each other.
Back of this is an inharmonious nervous condi-
ton or unbalanced functioning of endocrine
glands. And, back OF that, is inharmonious
the aching BRAIN sooths the nerves. 1t is not
far from thooe TO bodily harmony-health- This,
of course, drifts into hypnotism, like the
charmed cobra swaying to the Hindo juggler's
reed flute. The radio craze may no the ma
tional health more good than tons of quinine,
calomel and sasafras tea, provided it doesn't
circulate too much jazz-tbe musical opium.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
Children's Summer Holiday.

The school children's summer vacation is
at hand. The wise parent Will turn the long
holiday to constructive purpose. Boys and
girls should be allowed ample play time and
kept out of doors most of their waking hours.
Swimming and picnicking, playing under the
hose, and lot Of other joyous things are the
children's due and go toward making them
strong and energetic and keen for the next
year at school work. II, however there is
ucthing but such play the effect is likely to be
more harmful than beneficial and the reopen
ing of school the fall will find the children
nervous, irritable and uneasy for the regularity
OF school work.
The children's vacation needs include GER
tain simple tasks, within their mental and ply
steal ability, which must be performed regu-
larry. 1t may look like big job to the busy
mother or father TO plan ways OF keeping the
little folks happily and helpfully occupied. In
the end it will be found to be the easiest way,
for it will insure less quarrelling and less i'll
ness of the mischief of idleness. Relaxation is
necessary, of course, but three solid months of
it will prove to be too much if the summer
freedom is not watched over and directed
rather carefully Now is a good time to pre-
pare to make the summer vacation count for
everybody's good.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
Fiddling With Bonus Bill.

Senatorial weakness is displayed in flibus-
tering on the soldier bonus bill. Senators should
have enough courage to face the question fair
ly on its merits; filibuster is an indirect way
of defeating measure and preventing final
action. The bonus bill is not a new measure
before congress. 1t was first presented during
dent Wilson, and then sidetracked 1t has
been before the present administration from
the time that it assumed office 1t has been
before committees and sent back to commit
tees. The house has acted on the measure and
has sent it to the senate and after months of
elaboration the senate is still undecided
Finally bill has been whipped into shape and
now there is threat of filibuster that will
still longer put the whole issue off
II there are senators who honestly op-
posed to bonus they should not seek to con-
ceal their position by flibustering. The truth
will out sooner or later. Or perhaps they are
lukewarm. and this is always an unenviable po-
sition. 1t is clear that if the senators feel that
the government is not in a position to assume
so heavy financial burden they should say
so. If, however. the majority of the senate
favor this measure after tie long consideration
given it, then it seems altogether wrong that
there should be set in motion action designed to
deprive them of the right TO express their pref
erence. Usually filibuster is the resort of a
small minority to defeat measure It. in the
present case, is not justified. Outspoken op-
position is to be preferred to the stilleto meth
3D. In effect the promise has been that to the
soldiers of the late war this reward would be
gtyeR
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
The Daily Short Story

bear the maround! It's too bad
that the mothers who love their
children can't keep them"
The littlest mother present drew
her only child in close embrace
and with some difficulty got upon
her feet. The exceedingly adven-
, turous way of getting about without
aid of ''aIl tours" was still thrill
ingly precariouS and needed undi-
yiGed attention, so Baby did not
cover that Kitty had resumed her
hopeless pacing until he reached
the spot where the animal had been
and found her no longer there,
Kitty. Kitty" she called and
looked all around. She saw the
dropping tail disappear around the
corner of the fmprovised chicken
coop and started for the spot Once
she sat down very suddenly and I'M
expectedIy on the grass, but that
did not delay her long.
Kitty, Kitty" she coaxed soft
ly, as she reached the coop. She
glanced about for the bereaved
mother, chubby hand c1utching at
the chicken wire for support. Mrs.
Thomas was lying prone, still at
last, looking exhausted, as if she
had literally dropped in her
tracks.
''Po' Kitty" AS if sensing SYM
patty, Mrs. Thomas raised her eyes
to Baby's and again voiced her pit
eous lament. Baby sat on the grass
as near as she could manage and
then hitched herself closer A tiny
still soft to the touch.
"Po' Kitty" Mrs. Thomas ach-
ing heart at last welcomed this
sweet sympathy. She put her head
under the soft little hand and
strained toward the caress.
Peep! Peep! Peepi" came
meekly from the chicken coop. The
motherless little chicks were call
ing, calling!
'Meou! Meou!" The sorrowful
mother was mourning her babies!
Baby chung tightly to her own
child as she stroked gently. She
heard the wall of the motherheart
for its babies and the cries of the
newborn for their mother.
And we found her sitting right
there by the coop holding her doll
tight and saying, Kitty, Kitty, |
over and over" said Mother to the
reporter who lived next door and !
who had just taken a picture of |
the strange family of chickens, |
mothered by cat, for his paper. !
Just as if she knew and was quite !
happy about ii all!'
HUH" grunted Grandma knew, /
Can't make me believe 'twa'n't her
as, fixed it all up right Don't she
love that doll-baby OF hern as if
twas human Look how she hugs
it,"
Kitty, love babith." cooed Baby
happily. as the camera clicked again
IN another maternal picture.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
Music as Medicine.

Radio fans will be pleased to learn that
music has medical powers, according to Dr.
Alexander Lambert of Bellevue hospital New
York Discussing the theraputical value of
music, he makes out such good case that the
audience cheers and votes money to install a
super-radiophone in Bellevue. 1t is found that
music can ease the strain of life for a great
number of patients. but not for all. 1t calls up
cheerful thoughts and lessons monotony. and
it is Of enormous benefit to the nervously
broken down, for music appeals more to the
emotions than to reason. People differ, not in
opinion but in stages of intellectual and spirit
ual development So ZONE want jazz and
some want fugues, and neither is soothed by
the music thai pleases the other. Music might
heal or inture Whenever it cheers, though, it
heals Jazz might one dying person
and kill another. thick with the dust Of culture
What's one mans meat is another mans poison
Maybe you have visions of new medical era
1mpending ycAoanalysis= and sndoexane doc
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

Q. How can a person tell but
ter from oleomargarine?
C. E. S.
A Melting bit of the fat is a
simple test Hold a teaspoon con-
tanning it over a fame. If it is but
ter the liquid will foam. Oleqmar-
CINE will not
@. What baseball team was the
first to adopt uniforms?
o. F. L.
A. The first team that wore uni
forms was the Knickerbockers of
New York in 1851. The first to
wear the present day uniform with
short pants was the Cincinnati
Reds in 1858.
@. Do the women of Porto Rico
and the Philippines have suffrage?
w. S. B.
A. In 1917 the inhabitants of
Porto Rico were made citizens of
the United States, by act of con-
gress. Women therefore can vote.
Women do not vote in the Philip
pine Islands.
Q. Are things the same color at
night, or is it merely the light that
gives color? A. C..
A Objects do not have the same
color at night as in the day 1t is
the visual apparatus of the eye
which enables us to distinguish
color. and since we are unable to
see after dark, We are unable to
color The color of OBJ
jects. with the exception OF
bodies. is not due to any
power possessed by the objects OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
Morning! How's Your Uric Acid

Morning! H0w's Your Unc Acid
/ Saturday l must have had q touch
of uric acid trouble. / sat for two
or three years with my beautiful
| typewriter and my mind seemed
everywhere save on my work. or
course | am not the first man who
has been gravely distracted by his
typewriter, nor among the first mil
lion who have been even more
gravely beguiled by the uric acid
hypothesis. Yet / have no doubt
that woolgathering is listed among
the symptoms which medical ro-
manticists and commercial protag-
onists have nonchalantly ascribed
to uric acid in the blood. Indeed,
the array of symptoms or effects
attributed to uric acid is not even
eclipsed by the endless and infinite
variety of ills which imaginative
souls like to accredit to that other
fascinating theory, standardization.
Given a glib familiarity with the
dub literature of "autointoxication" !,
"anemia'', weak nerve force" and
uric acid, shrewd fellow might
easily take unto himself the name
of The New Health Education
Committee" or something equally
impressive and do a thriving bust
ness with the gullibie portion Of
the populace.
The old masters, among them,
alas, the Incompatible Osler, har-
bored a fond fancy for kind of
vague uric acid retention to which
they gave the name of "lithemia"
or uric acid diathesis'
being a doctors way of saying a
predisposition to or a tendency to
something. This "lithemia" was
grand invention, for it served as
most convenient diagnostic scrap
heap for all the odds and ends of
minor ailments not otherwise tick
.eted. AS DR.. Osler remarks in the
doctors bible, "One writer emu
merates not fewer than Al separate
morbid conditions associated with
lithemia,, and one of them astigma-
tism against the rulei" Which suf-
ficiently indicates Osler's skepti-
cism of the uric acid diathesis. He
further remarks, and l hope the
reader will remember this particu-
larry, for it is the wisdom of a great
physician; I'VE may say that GER
tain symptoms arise in connection
with defective food or tissue meta
bolism, more particularly of the nj
trogenous elements. Deficient oxi-
dation is probably the most essen
tial factor of the process. =. this
faulty metabolism- :"
For the purpose of special en-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Bran Bread,

Please give your recipe, publish
ed some time ago, for a bran bread.
G. E.
Answer-One quart each of wheat
bran, white flour and buttermilk or
sour milk; one cup seeded raisins !;
one cup molasses; one teaspoenful
baking powder; one teaspoonful
salt; one-half teaspoonful soda
Mix well, put batter in three tins
well creased, and bake in slow
over. This is a recipe given by a
ST. Paul nurse, whose bran bread
has made hit with patients.
The Orange Habit.
am very fond of oranges and
eat six or eight a day. Is there
anything injurious in doing so, es-
pecially for one with a tendency
to rheumatism? A. H. B.
Answer-On the contrary, it is a
very wholesome habit.
Fattened on Symphony.
Should the Brady symphony be
played once or twice a day? l go
through the IA movements all at
one session, each morning, in about
eighteen minutes. Please accept
my thanks for your efficient tobacco
cure, and for the additional Is
pounds OF flesh 1 have taken on in
the last few months, with the aid
of the symphony. j. R NJ.
Answer-Once a day will do very
we'll for the average sedentary man
or woman.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
AMERICAN TOUR Is
BEING PLANNED BY
RUSSIAN PLAYERS

Moscow-The Moscow Art the
atre which will send a company of
players to America late this sum
mer is considered in Russia to pro-
duce the highest form of dramatic
art
1t is a government subsidized in
stitution and maintains a number
OF studios where plays are re-
hearsed and actors trained before
they are permitted to appear at the
main theatre. In some instances,
plays have been rehearsed as many
as 200 times and more than a year
spent in detailed scenic prepare
ton before the first performance at
the main theatre
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
MOTHERS,
By Cora E. Crawford.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler
MOTHERS.

81 declare, it pulls at my heart tc
see poor old Thomas wandering
about all the time crying for those
kittens of hers!" declared Mother
wiping the suds from her arms.
oh, he'll get over it in a few
days. Don't waste your pity" re-
! sponded Grandma from the rinse
tub Besides, he hadn't ought to
have deceived us So"
! But, poor thing it's the first
time Her first borni" Mother s
voice was tender, and her eyes wan
! dered to a pink and white bit OF
plumpness painstakingly moulding
| Der first pie from the mud of her
| first summer.
Cats amt like humans, Marthy.
I They're soon over it oh, l don
relish drowndin' EN-, that's a fact.
/ That's why l vowed to have no
more females around the house. If
we hadn't been SURE of Thomas,
I'd never have kept HIM"
Poor females! Listen TO her,
now! l don't see how you can help
being touched"
Huh! He'll get over it! He'll
get over it! They always do in a
few days"
AS a matter of fact, Grandma
WAS very much upset by the de-
I'spair of the bereaved mother. but
it would never do to betray such
sentiment. They COULDN'T have
"a parcel of cats round under
FOOT"
But it IS a few days now, and
she isn't over it! She hasn't eaten
q thing today, you know very well.
And crying all the time! And she
won't even notice Baby-see! She
always went to Baby"
1t was true. Thomas was walk
ing, walking, that piteous cry of
hers almost continuous. She ignor-
ed or did not even hear, the Kitty,
Kitty that had never failed to
bring her since baby lips had first
learned to frame the call.
Kitty ky!" Baby looked sadly
from the mourner to her mother.
Yes, poor Kitty! She has lost
her babies!'
'Po' Kitty" Baby's voice was
soft with pity kitty love babith ?"
"Oh, yes, yes! And they're
Baby considered this. Then she
picked up the silent child in the
dirt beside her and Rugged it close
to her breast. Love bahy!" she
avowed
"Oh, darling, darling." Mother
swept the infant up into her arms
and clasped her tight, tears in her
eyes
HUH" grunted Grandma. Cats
amt kids!" But she dabbed at her
eyes as she went to get the eggs,
and she was gone quite a while
When she returned the washing
and making CT pies had been re-
sumed.
-Tain't no use, I had to take
that pesky critter and shut her up
in the Darrell She's killed all but
six of the chicks already" she
grumbled
20. MY The unnatural creaturei |
Pecking her own offspringi Muir
dering her babiesi"
Culinary operations were sus- /
pended while Baby listened in !
round-eyed wonder at the mother |
who killed her children. /
We'll lose the whole BROOD"
What a pity! Such fluffy. vel !
low darlings? Some difference be-
tween that old hen and poor old (.
Thomas now, One crying her heart !
out for her babies. the other killing !
hers. It's like some folks. Millie, /,
for instance. now. losing her baby /
when she loved it so and Areline
SILL got both Of hers when she can't )
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

People within a radius of 100 miles of Rock
Island are talking about the Mississippi Valley
Exposition and Pageant of Progress to be
staged here this month. Which means that the
city will be the center of the greatest crowds
that have ever been attracted to this commun-
ity. Tell your friends everywhere to visit
Rock Island during the show. 1t will be worth
while, Judging by the preparations of the pro-
moters
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

any question by writing The Argus Inforus
!. Washington. D. Z; Give full aams an4
return postaEe. lie bTIeI- Al Inquiries a.
70 each individual. NO attention al. a
creating the colors exhibited, but
merely to the fact that they are
able to absorb some of the rays or
! white light of the sum, while the
rest are reflected or scattered in al
directions.
@. What is the heaviest railroad
rail in use? J. L
A. Rail steel is spoken Of as
weighing SO much per yard The
heaviest rail used in this country
is in the tracks of the Lehigh Va
ley railroad and weighs I36 pounds
per yard.
@. Is there a radio weather re-
port for the Great Lakes?
E L. +.
A. The weather bureau says that
this service has now been extended
to the lake region. Twice each day
messages are brOadcasted giving
surface weather conditions, aero
logical observations, wind and
weather forecasts, storm warnings
and flying weather forecasts, Tor
aviation zones. Such service no%
covers all water about the United
States.
Q. How much soap is wasted II
using hard water? A J.
A. The soap wasted by hard va
ter amounts to II pounds per LOU
gallons when wafar is 10 grams
hard per gallon. This is estimated
as an expense of 20 cents. when K
would cost perhaps two cents per
1000 gallons on an average to soil
en- such water.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

Mayor Bill Thompson said last Friday that
it would be good thing for the community If
the Chicago Tribune went out of business And
the Tribune has been published time every
day since. Is it possible that the people of
Chicago will dare to keep the Tribune going in
the face of the outspoken opposition of the
mayor? Verify, Big Bill seems to be going the
route of the slipping baseball pitcher. He is
losing control
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
congress.

. The engagement between Mr.. Mitchell and
Mr.. Dundee, announced for Douglas park dur
ing the grotto convention, is to be the biggest
sporting event ever staged in this section of the
country. 1t is attracting nationwide attention.
1t shows that Rock Island do big things if
those capable of doing them will only come out
of their shells and get busy
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

Evelyn Nesbit is vacationing at Atlantic
City with her Japanese poodle. We are glad to
see that Evelyn is becoming more particular in
her choice of associates.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

Gloria Swanson slams that Hollywood
spies drove her TO Europe. 1t isn't possible
that Gloria's conscience is troubling her?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician and Ausnor.

phasis l repeat what DR.. Osler
said: Deficient oxidaion-defeetive
metabolism.
Metabolism isn't q fair word for
a doctor to use in speaking 10 a
layman. Perhaps even oxidation
isn't entirely proper: Life and
health depend on the constant conf
bustion of food, fuel, body tissue,
to furnish the energy required for
muscular work and for the func-
tioning of all the organs. This
burning of fuel is oxidation. The
technical term for the process is
metabolism, which is Greek for
C b n &c, meaning particularly
change in the form or character of
something, building up and tearing
down.
One more sentence from Osler
will apprise the thoughtful reader
of the trend of this talk: "Overeat-
ing and overdrinking, when COM
bined with the deficient muscular
exercise, lie at the basis of this nu-
tritional disturbance"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

1t looks as If congress might accept Henry
Ford's Muscle Shoals proposal after all. The
recent Indiana and Pennsylvania primary
elections have had wonderfully SOLDERING effect
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

Third avenue, between Twentieth and
Twenty fourth streets, reminds one of Buck
town days in Davenport The police at least
ought to insist the applying of the soft
pedal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05

Several new wars on mosquitoes have been
started this spring, but We are still betting on
the mosquito.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-05
MONDAY, JUNE >, 1922

David Lawrence reports that congress is
becoming irritated. Not nearly 80 much az the
pubIic