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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
TOmSifnSSuvS
,rist tells US he has been out detour.

metorist tells US he has been out detour-
ing the country.
Some think the tariff protects everything
except prosperity.
The Chinese war is over and now they won
der what it was over.
If health is wealth, hay fever victim is
almost broke.
Irene Castle dislocated her-collar bone
That reminds us, football will be back soon.
The man of the hour in ireland is lucky il
he lasts that long.
Tennessee carries women's rights too far. A
Chattanooga rooster Matched out some eggs
One man tells us his girl is worth her
weight in coal
In San Francisco, woman wants to buy
a newspaper artist from his wife, who can't
support him.
Fault is so easily found the hunting isn't
worth while.
Some towns have all the luck Kansas City
rents are being cut.
In the ark they had two of everything ex-
cept fly swatters.
A bank clerk has tough job He has to
settle back down to work after every holiday
Beauty secret: A cake of soap mixed with
water will do wonders.
Burbank has perfected a pure white peach
1t is excellent for eating in white shirt.
First sign Of fall is the story about SOUR
rels storing golf balls thinking they are nuts
Dust clouds are being seen on Mars 1t NAV
be an election
Italy has hired an American rainmaker who
may turn out to be only an American money
maker
Georgia woman received a letter written
nine years ago. 1t was probably given to some
husband to mail
The wisest thing many a rich mans son
has ever done was when he chose his parents
Many a fair maiden worries because she is
just a fair maiden.
Man who dropped dead on Wall Street NAV
have been farmer learning the proce Of
wheat \
This may be an awful country; but on
Tagawa Island there are IA women to every
man.
Every time house burns we wish if had
waited until winter when fires will be needed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
Daily Poem
BY BERTON RRAtLEY.
Summers Slipping.

Summers Slipping.
The summers almost gone again,
And fall is coming on again,
When we must really get upon the lob:
When We must quit our pleasuring.
And start once more to treasurihg
The work that keeps the busy world atnrob.
The small boy thinks unpleasantly
Or school days coming presently;
He'd like to have vacation ali the wear.
Fall styles are In the stores again.
Well soon read football scores again
And apples on the menu will appear.
Straw hats will soon be laid away.
And Palm Beach suits will fade avay.
And oysters will again be 1T to eat.
Dramatic stars will flash again.
And college boys grow brash again.
And We won't be complaining of the heat.
Thus. after summers lazy days,
Wen have the golden, hazy days
When we'll have lots Of t,ep oi, which to call.
AS back to work we turn again,
70 eAfn the coal to hurn again,
Einter comes along right after tall!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
A Lesson in Free Speech.

Two young women instructors at the
Mawr summer school and male teacher of
economics at Amherst college who sought first
hand information about clothing. factory
strike in Philadelphi by going to the scene of
of 1t, obtained in addition little enlightenment
On the subject of modern methods of public
regulation. They had heard that strikers were
arrested merely for approaching other work.
ers and asking them to Join. and the Amherst
instructor discovered the basis of the report
when he tried to talk to some of the workers
The whole party was thereupon promptly put
under arrest and after brief wait in cells
taken in police patrol to the city hall, where
the magistrate freed the women but fined the
man $3.50, with the alternative of 30 days in
Jail. At least the tmpromptu sociological inves-
tisation Of the teachers was success from one
point OF view. 1t demonstrated to them that
free speech at the scene of strike nowadays
Is subject to limitations. There used to be
notion that one American citizen could talk to
another at will. that even talking to a striker
or strfke-breaker involved NO offense arainst
the law. That theory. it seems, is an anachron-
ism in the view Of the police. In the case Of
strikes they are the costodians Of freedom, Of
speech and the arbiters Of human intercoursa
And is not the Philadelphia court room where
this view Is sustained in the shadows Of indie
pendence haIl3
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01

~ h ts1l q9aatities throasAs intshsive effort
q he mines Meanwhile highsr pricss Of 'coai
= cunsunafs ard the incftassd cost Of pann-
metufe1 articles, into whick arc figured sthe
higher prices Of the nanrfacturefs fuel. will
haks The public the actsal sufferer. 1t Is the
people OF this country who lost the strike.
Similar stfiks losess BY the public In the
future can and must be prevented The price
OF coal to the consumer can be reduced to
reasonable level II the recent proposals Of
President Harding 10 congress are carried out.
His fact-fnding commission should b. COM
posed Of men capable Of outlining such thor
Cugh Organization as the coal industry must
undergo II the public ever again is to be
treated fairly In the matter Of fuel supplies and
prices. The high cost mines opened up during
the war should be closed; the superfuous min
efs should be established advantageously In
other industries; labor saving, cost-reducing
machinery should be introduced in al mines
where II 10 possible advantageously to employ
such machinery, and open competition should
be restored In the coal markets. When these
changes are effected and not before can there
be freedom from strikes, reasonable profits for
coal producers, steady work at good wages for
miners and an assurance Of plenty of fuel at
honest prices for the public.
1t is estimated that from forty to fifty per
cent Of the striking miners were employed on
farms or in other useful service while the
strike continued. Now that a scarcity of labor
in various industries is reported it is reason
able to think that the great surplus of mine
workers that already exists and the further
great surplus that would be created by the
economical mining of coal by machinery read
lily would be absorbed in the general industrial
activity o: the country With these notable re-
ductisrs in expense the price Of coal would
materially decrease though consumption would
increase because of the resulting stimulation of
industry. Failure to bring about these benefits
through appropriate governmental action in
evitably would be followed on April next by
another stubborn coal strike. The vicious circle
must be broken. The existing conditions in the
| coal mining industry are intolerable and must
be remedied.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
Getting Better Juries.

Judges who readily admit that a share OF
he responsibility for the laxty Of law enforce
uasnt I'm the nation must rest upon the courts,
nevertheless insist, and not unreasonably, that
the pablo itself is a part Of the judicial sys-
tsm and that the attitude of citizens toward
Jury service Is a very great factor in the un-
satisfactory results that attend the working OF
our judicial machinery. Nobody will be dis
posed to deny the business of this conclusion.
There is q very general dstaste fer jury serv-
Ice, and evabion Of it wherever possible is
practice too often resorted to by the man best
qualified for it. But without defending this
practice too often resorted to by the men best
procedure itself furnishes in its delays. tri-
vlaities and irrelavancies, ths principal ex-
ctses busy and responsible citizens have for
declining their part in its operation.
Business men who determine large issues
every day can see no reason for the MANY mo-
tons the law goes through to settle small ones
great many civil cases that constantly cum
Der the courts seem to the average business
man to belong to that class Of issues which he
settles as a mere matter of business routine,
by writing letter, or using the telephone for
few minutes. He very frankly considers it a
loss ct time for him to sit on a jury for perhaps
two days to determine, say the damage done to
motor car in collision. He considers that
question Of fact that could be very easily as
certained but which the law and legal pro-
cedure makes an unnecessary mountain Of
He sees the whole machinery of the law en-
ployed upon 1t; a Judge, jury and any num-
Der Of witnesses and lawyers; rules of evidence
and all the niceties of judicial Interpretation,
and when the jury gets through with it he too
often finds that he has merely assisted in a
preliminary Formally to an appeal.
II this is his experience in civil cases it
does not dispose him to extend it in criminal
processes, and here the public is direct SUI
ferer, for there are always plenty of jurors
whose sentiment and sympathy make them per-
feet instruments for the purposes of resource
ful defense. Judges frequently denounce from
~ contrary to all the law and evidence; and
here the breakdown Of justice is easily trace
able to its cause The Jury is not one of re-
sponsible citizenry, and why? That question
the courts and judicial procedure must ans
b wer. Citizenship is at fault yes; but the cause
Of its fault goes back to an anterior source.
The American Bar association itself has ad-
! mitted this and conteded that our procedure
must be remodeled and amplified. When that
In done the public's present excuse for evading
its jury obligations will not hold, and courts
will be justified In strcter insistence upon its
! recognition and performance.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
Moist Reds and Dry Reds.

As the country grows drier, or 20
It ID claimed, more and more noses
grow red. For long time l have
been not a little discounted and
even disconcerted by the appeals
Of readers, particularly fair read
ers, for something to remove .
red nose" At last / have found
way out of the predicament. l am
now enabled to divide red noses
into two great classes, the moist
reds and the dry reds, and later, il
I find myself greatly harassed, 1
may make several subdivisions Of
these classes, thus making it clear
to the reader why l can't prescribe
for red nose without an accurate
diagnosis of the class or subdivision
OF the individual case.
Meanwhile, however, the moist
red nose seems to have q special
affinity for very tender years even
unto childhood, whereas the dry
red nose flourishes among the more
mature.
Granulosis rubri nasi, as we doc
tors call moist red nose, is, in COM
mon parlance, q form of dermatitis
micropapulosa erythematosa hyper
idrotica familiar in children and
girls who have cold hands and feet
on slight provoeation. The skin
over the nose is red and perhaps
shows minute dark red points scat
tered through the light red surface,
together with little beads of per-
spirati0n. Often there is also ex-
cessive sweating of the feet and
hands. The redness fades away
when pressed with the finger. The
nose is cold to the touch, like a
dogs. The condition is seldom seen
after the teens. 1t seems to dis
appear spontaneously when the
salad days are over The best re-
lief I can suggest is a gentle mop
ping of the nose each night before
retiring, with a pledget of cotton
wet with this solution:
ReSOrcin 49,. ....... 5 grains
Salicylic acid ........5 grains
Extxact of witch Hazel. i ounce
The dry red nose is either a case
of plain perversity or acne rosacea.
If it is just perversity, the bloom
never comes to a head, but shines
constantly out like a beacon, the
never failing dash of lurid color
giving the nose and owner distinc-
ton like cord tires. If it is acne
rosacea the nose seems to fairly
swell with pride and in time
thrusts out little pseudopods like
an amelia, until it becomes an OBJ
ject of constant surveillance on the
part of the owner, let alone his
friends. But refer here to the
nose that is red from, pure pervers-
ity. For such redness the follow
ing lotion seems to give most salts
faction:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
CHOCOLATES FOR THREE.
By Marion Kendall Frcst,


Copyright, 1922. by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
Mother, who is that girl Oil the
poreh?" asked Enid Res tier. COM
ing in from a walk one Saturday
morning, her han is full of autumn
flowers.
What girl?" replied her mother.
II haven't seen any
"She is sitting there, rocking, and
she won't speak. Is she crazy?"
Mrs. Rossitef hurried to the door.
"Good morning." she smiled, scan
ming the stranger from the short
felt hat with its bright wing. to The
dusty suede boots. Il suspect you
have walked quite distance.
Won't you come in?"
The guest looked perpleyed. She
was handsome young woman, but
there was a pathetic look to the
big, brown eyes that reminded one
of a dog. II don't know" she an
swered, dreamily.
DuI WHCIc are sOu SoAu6'
II can't remember" and the beau
tiful eyes filled with tears.
"Well, never mind. 1 feel sure
you have had a long walk, and are
over-tired. You had better stay
with US until you are rested. l
am Mrs. Rossiter and this is my
daughter. Enid, a freshman at Bar
ing college Come" and she laid
her hand kindly on the strangers
shoulder.
Nonchalantly the girl allowed
herself to be led into the house.
Perhaps she is faint" suggest
ed Enid. "Shall / get her some
thing to eat?"
But the visitor shook her head.
II think she needs sleep, ">replied
Mrs. Rossiter. II am going to have
her lie down in the living room,
and perhaps after a good rest she
will feel more like herself"
Then she pumped up the pillows
and, after making the guest as COM
Portable as possible she left her
alone.
1--WE must try to keep her until
your father comes" she whispered
to Enid, for her husband was a
doctor. Il hope he will be home
sOOn!"
AS she spoke, a CHEEKY whistle
was heard, and DR.. Rossiter came
buoyantly up the steps and into
the office.
Hello. there!" he called. "Why,
what's the matter?
In a few words his wife told him,
and he looked grave II will see
her right away" he said, starting
for the living room.
How do you dot" he began,
cheerily, as he took a seat beside
the couch. Been walking a long
way and got played out? Sensible
girl to stop at doctors house,
and his professional fingers sought
her pulse.
.'".Fine!" he exclaimed a moment
later, smiling down on her. "Does
your head ache?"
II don't know"
"Where do you live.s
Liver" the girl repeated.
Eyes. your home. Where is it?''
The patiently seemed lost In
thought. Then she YEARLY close
her eyes. DR.. Rossjter rejoined
his family in the offfc4. II am
going to notify the police and call
up the psychopatic hospital he
, said. 1T is just possible that she
may have escaped from there"
But telephoning failed to ciesr up
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
The Daily Short Story

the mystery.
Then. if you are willing, 1
should like to keep her here under
observation few days." he told
his wife.
But what ais her." persisted
Enid.
"Amnesia. In plain English, she
has lost her memory. A short time
may restore it, or it may not; but
I'm hoping for the best, since 9TH
erwise she seems so healthy"
And so the stranger stayed. She
seemed very grateful to the doctor
and his wife for their care, but she
was pathetically fond of Enid and
followed her from room to room.
AS there was no school until Tues
day; Enid could be at home. They
named their strange guest Helen"
Monday, Doctor Rossiter's niece
Madeline Brooks. a Junior at the
same college that Enid attended,
came over to tea. She had heard
of the mysterious stranger, and
her curiosity was aroused.
II never knew of a case like it!"
she exclaimed at the table that
night. Then-"Yes l have, too"
she began to laugh.
why. it reminds me of a story
once heard about a college girl
who was being initiated into a
Greek letter society. She was or
dered to simulate a total loss of
memory for two days. Oh, but it
was rich!"
There is nothing funny about
this case, Maddie." said Doctor
Rossiter "Heleh is really victim
of amnesia. The girl you spoke of
could not have fooled a physician. ;"
"But she did, Uncle WILL" return
ed Medaline. Gloria Wakefield
was a consummate actress, and it
was to the home of physician
that she went She completely
took him In; as for his family, they
adored her, for she had such charm
ing manners and such a beautiful
face"
That's something like Helen"
said Enid.
"Very much like Helen" replied
Madeline. And now, Gloria Wake
field, alias Helen Rossiter, as the
president of the Gamma Beta Phi
Society of Barring College, l extend
to you the right hand of fellowship.
Nobly have you acted your part!
Bravely have you ridden the goat!
At our meeting, tomorrow night,
you shall become a member, as
shall your willy classmate, Enid,
who by aiding you in your plans,
has earned admittance, too" Then
she extefider her hand to. her
cousin.
Doctor Rossiter sprang from his
chair.
"Do you mean to tell me" he
! Numbered, but his niece squelched
him.
Uncle WILL" she answered
sweetly. do you remember one day
last summer, when YOU boosted
that no one could hoodwink you,
and said you would give a five
pound bbx Of chocolates to the per-
son who did? Well, trained Enid
and Gloria for the parts they have
acted for the past two days. Have
we earned those chocolates or
not"-
Doctor Rossiter looked stern. He
was an astute man. and he prided
himself on his keen mind In profess
stonal affairs. To be outwitted by
trio of college girls, two of whom
we're freshmen. was not exactly
pleasing. Then the humor OF the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
TIMBER.

Uncle Sam opens up $4,000 acres Of yellow
pine cumberland in Oregon, for sale and devel-
opment The idea is, that forest reserves
should be used instead of locked up like buried
money.
In such cases, however, the timber exploit
ers should be compelled to plant at least one
tree for each tree cut down. Fortunately that
principle seems to be intended in the Oregon
forests, for government regulation will insure
continuous production. all time to come, of
sc, 900 900 board feet annually"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01

Washington. D. C. Give full name aho
turn postage. Be brief. All inquiries are
TO each individual. No attention will %
dropped to SIS. Out of l2,5o2,5S.
children between the ages of 10 anu
15 years, only 1,060,S5S were then
at work. This number was smaller
than any reported in 80 years. since
the supreme court has held the
child labor law unconstitutional, !!
Is probable that the percentage Oh
children in industry is increasing
@. How far was it from BABY
Ion to Jerusalem-the route Tue
exiled Jews took to return from
captivity? l.. S. 7.
A. The Jews contrary to general
supposition were not settled alter
the captivity, entirely in the city Of
Babylon, but in the country OIL
Babylonia, a large part of which 10
now known as Mesopotamia. Inc
distance they travelled in their re-
turn to Jerusalem, therefore, was
between 500 and 700 miles,
@. Please name some famous
giants and give their heights. Mce'
A. The following are the names
of the world famous giants.
Magrath, go inches; Patrick Cotter
Tor O'Brien), 80 inches; Charles
Byfne, 100 inches; Topivards Nal,
muck. 100 inches; Winkelmaier, ios
inches; Topivard's Finlander' ia
inches.
@. Has Russia's position IN
proved as far as being able TO sup,
port her own people is concerneo'
nj. s.
A. The department Of agricul-
ture says that enough bread grams
are being harvested in Russia thi'
summer to feed her people.
@. Is Stone Mountain really an
stone? ]. r. G.
A. This mountain is composer
of grauite.
Q. How long have there peer
state-owned forests? l.. W. h.
A. Only within the last 70 year.
have American commonwealth az
CURED state forests.
@. What does Castillo de eoi.
reos meant V. NJ. :.
A. The postoffice department.
says that these words mean poss
office box. Many people make wv
mistake Of thinking they are per.
sons name because they appear :.
the bottom Of many letters iro"
Cuba.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01

@. Is an oil we'll big enough for
a man to go down inside it? H r.
A. An oil well that is being dug
to any considerable depth usually
has a 20-inch casing in the upper
part and q small, slender man
could get down in one Of that size.
In fact, such feat was recently
performed near Los Angeles BY
Walter McCay, of Taft, Calf, who
is known as the human gopher A
master rotary bushing had been lost
in the well and the only way in
which it could be got out without
destroying the we'll was to send a
man down after it. The tool was
lodged at the ITO foot level. Nc
Cay was lowered into the we'll
with a one-inch rope and wore a
glass mask attached to an oxygen
tank from which air was pumped
to him constantly. 1t was neces-
sary for him to make six descents
before he succeeded in graphing
the lost tool and he spent almost
an hour in one of the smallest holes
in the ground in which a man ever
found himself.
@. Does the temperature make
any difference when fnmigating
with formaldehyde gas? W. E. W.
A. The efficacy of this disinfect-
ant depends greatly upon tempera-
ture and humidity. In ordinary
summer weather. it is an excellent
surface disinfectant. When the
thermometer orhygrometer is be-
low IS the power of formaldehyde
is reduced. In thelwinter time. the
room should be warmed artii1cially
and the humidity raised by open
ing a steam radiator or by boiling
q kettle of water In 1t.
@. Are more or fewer children
employed now than there we're be-
fore there was . crusade against
child labor? W. G. C.
A. The census bureau says that
both the per cent and number OF
children engaged in gainful occu-
pations had decreased in 1920. In
1890. 1900 and 1910 the per cent
was about Is, while in 1920 it
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

NAV X0A8Ao
Is pasteurized or raw milk bet
ter for an expectant mother to
drink?-Mrs. M. T. r.
Answer-Raw milk if clean milk
is available.
Fatty Tumor.
Please tell me whether a fatty
tumof on the hip is dangerous. Can
1t be cured without operation. BY
messages or adjustments. B. E.
Answer-Fatty tumor IL usually
not dangerous. OF course, surgical
removal is the only possible cure.
Massage or manipulation in cases
Of tumor is exceedingly dangerous
and sometimes disastrous. Perhaps
the tumor may be removed under
local anasthesia.
Dust Proof Glasse1
am exposed daily to wind and
dust. The dust irritates my eyes.
Friends advise that l wear plain
glasses as a protection. Can such
glasses injure ones eyesight?-R.
W. @.
Answef-Not If they are really
plain lenses, but be careful not to
wear the irregular glasses some
times sold as plain glasses.
Cucumbers.
What Is the food value of green
cucumbers. Do they contain any
poisonous substance which should
be killed by soaking in salt water
Do they tend to cause cholera NOR
bus?-S. w. E.
Answer-Cucumbers have very
little nutritive or fuel value, about
the same as celery, lettuce, melons
and tomatoes, so or 80 calories to
the pound, as compared with ap-
Piles (1400 calories to the pound
and fowl 1000 calories to the
pound). But cucumbers supply
vitamins and wholesome roughage
They contain nothing harmful and
the salt water soaking is an unde-
sirable rite handed down by be-
nighted people. >Cucumbers are nc
more likely to cause. cholera NOR
bus than any other food, but chill
dren under years of age should
not be given cucumbers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-01
SUICIDE.

Walter Undaras. sculptor, got discouraged
fighting for fame. He went to the Chicago Art
Institute and shot himself through the head
before the statue of winged Victory" The
statue, by the way, is headless, indicating the
victory Is not always by brain.
Undaras goes into the hereafter with the
last penny of his debts paid He showed art
aside and worked as a clerk to get enough
money to wipe the slate clean before leaving.
That is exceptional in suicides, who usually
kill themselves to avoid facing obligations.