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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
OLD CAPTAINS MARCH.
By Signe II. Anderson.
1922. by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Inc.

Tramp, tramp, tramp,
The boys are marching"
These words drifted to the ears
of the gray haired old soldier sit
ting by the open window lost in
thought. Many long years had
gone by since he had first heard
those words sung. He could see
the boys" seated before the camp
fire in '65. reading letters from
home or singing to keep up sem
blance of cheerfulness; or tramp
ing over miles of rutty roads, and
singing to keep their spirits up.
For many years. now, he had
been living with his oldest daugh-
ter and her family. Yes, Susie had
always been kind and dahghterly
to him, butt just the same. he didn
want to be constantly remind ed
that he was getting old and feeble.
1t was Father, don't do this, and
Father, don't do that; you are too
old" or you are not strong
enough"
Every year previous to this one,
he had marched with 1.-THE boys on
Memorial day, and each year had
found the number smaller and
smaller, until this year there would
be but five. AS "OId Captain" as
he was fondly called by the chill
dren of the neighborhood, sat there
lost in thought, he was rudeIy
brought back to the present by the
voices of his daughter and her hus-
! band.
Father is really too old to try to
march this Memorial day. We
must persuade him that it would be
better for him to sit on the piazza
and watch it, Susie was saying.
Persuade him! Indeed Perhaps
this would be the last chance for
him; no one knew what might hap
pen before another year rolled by.
A bit of the old fighting spirit was
awakened in the aged soldier. He'd
show them a thing of two, He had
quite made up his mind to march,
and march he would.
So each day while Susie was
busy in the kitchen, "Old Captain"
crept softly upstairs to the spare
room closet, tucked a bit of his blue
uniform under his jacket, as softly
cEept down again, and sat, appar-
emily lost in thought, in his favor
tie chair by the window By and
by Susie would come in to tell him
that she was going upstairs to
straighten up the bedrooms and to
call her if he wanted anything. OF
course, re wasn't able to do any=-
thing for himself, Perhaps She
wouldn't be surprised, AS soon as
he thought she was safely out of
hearing, he went to the shed back
OF the house and carefully hid that
part of his uniform. Each day he
did this until every part of his
uniform was carefully hidden away.
Memorial day arrived, but moth
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

@. Carpenter bees are eating a
we'll house so that it is crumbling
away VIII anything stop them
R. A ".
A The Biological Survey says
that if woodwork is painted with
creosote, this insect will not attack
it.
Q. What is meant by home eco
Monies? G. o. ].
A. Home economics is organized
knowledge which treats of food,
clothing, shelter and household
management IN their physical, eco
nomic and social aspects as related
to the life and welfare of the indi-
vidual, the family and the commun-
ity.
Q. At what height do airplanes
usually fly? F. H.
A. The Air service says that the
altitude for cross country flying is
usually about two or three thou
sand feet
@. Whe was the fret man, to use
steam engines in shops? F. B.
A Robert Hoe, designer and
builder of the printing press that
zeal His AdiuS, 1oSo-4ooE, Is De-
lieved to have been the earliest
machinist who utilized steam as a
motive power in his plant
@. When was the last baseball
game forfeited in the American
league? E. T. NJ.
A. In 1913 the Washington club
forfeited the first game of<a dou-
ble-header in Philadelphia because
Ollie Chill. the umpire, called ev-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
Business Basis for Labor.

II Senator LaFollette holds that the United
States supreme court has gone far out Of its
way in the Coronado coal case by changing the
law as it has existed in the country since the
beginning of the government. that unincor-
pprated associations. such as are involved in
this case. could not be sued as entity. The
opbrt is also taken to task for berating the de
PENDANTS and characterizing them outlaws
and murderers. Senator La Toilette. however
ASsails by inuendo and does not discuss the
detision on its merits.
There is nothing revolutionary or illogical
ABOUT the courts decision. The safety of the
pepple is still the supreme law; it rises para
fiount even to the immunities Of unincorpor-
atqd associations. When property rights are
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
Anything but Hay,

Any tulAS Uut hngs
i Queer, isn't it, how old ideas
stick long after we have found them
wrong? Thus, a great many people
even some poorly educated doctors
still speak of the skin pores being
open or closed, just as our grand
fathers did before the nonentity OF
| pores" was demonstrated by mi
croscopical study of the skin.
| Hay fever. for instance, is caused
by almost anything but hay. Now
that's strange, isn't it, heb?
| There is a kind of hay fever
which visits the victim in the spring
months and along up until nearly
1 haying time, which is caused by
I the pollen of grass, various grasses,
in fact, such as June grass, some
times redtop, sometimes blue grass,
sometimes sweet vernal grass in the
| middle west, and possibly in rare
+. instances even by old timothy hay.
But time is more honored in the
| breech than the observance so far
as general pollinoisis or hay fever
is concerned Probably less than 1
per cent of all outspoken hay fever
cases are due to timothy.
Summer hay fever, which begins
some time in June, whether sum-
| mer has arrived or not, and ex-
tends along to the latter part of
September, is never caused by hay,
though haying time ought to be just
the time for it, hey? Summer hay
fever is generally caused by poll
lens from the various varieties of
dock, gooSefoot and amanthS. Sum-
mer hay fever isn't such a tremen-
dous success as the spring and au-
tumn kinds. A summer hay fever
victim is a mere piker, so far as
the vehemence Or virtuosity of his
symptoms are concerned.
The fall type of hay fever begins
as early as the last Of August and
languishes until the first frost.
This is the genuine thing, in all
except the hay. There is no hay
about the fall fever. What the fall
guy can't match in the way of
symptoms is scarcely worth record
ing. He packs a wicked sneeze.
The most common cause of fall
hay fever is ragweed pollen. Rag
weed is one of the decorative plants
Of our "unimproved" parcels of
more or less real estate in cities
and the waste places along the
roadside and under the fences in
the country. There are several va
rietes of ragweed working overtime
on the hay fever job. a small or
trial size variety, a medium size
and a giant ragweed or hospital
size in the west. But don't let
these variations in size mislead
you about the effect of the rag
weeds in action; like babies, some
times the smaller they are the more
trouble and expense they can cause
Possibly the size of the pollen
grains may have something to co
with the severity of the hay fever;
and that is, the larger pollens are
less likely to set up trouble than
are the very minute poilens. But
here again we can draw no conclu-
sions, because some of the huskiest
weeds produce the measliest little
pollen grains imaginable, and
grains covered with little prick
ling spikes at that The form of
the pollen grains floating in the air
is more important, for smooth
globular pollens are less frequent I
ly responsible for hay fever than
are irregular or spiny surfaced
grains.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

cry ball pitched by Joe Engel a ball.
claiming that Engel was using an
illegal delivery. Clark Grimm
pulled the club off the field.
Q. Who was known as tng
old man eloquent" OF the senate
W. C. c.
A Toward the end OF his no'-
able career of 81 years in the sen.
ate the late George Fri5bie Hoar q
Massachusetts, was frequently
called by that title.
@. What are devils shOestrlnsS
NJ. R o.
A The hobble-bush, which :
found in the southern interior o
the United States, has branches
which often stretch along llS
ground and take root in such a va.
as to lay trap for the un"4 I..
1t has been given various Names
such as wayfaring tree, tang-eI0''
and devils shoestrings-
G. How long did Holland "o--
on the submarine before ne "'1
successful? E. T NJ
A Hollands first bsat wa
built in 1875 but it was not ull.-
1900, after a series of severe Ter,
that the government ordered W
first one built for the navy ElsLs
of the vessels were commisslonsu
in 1903.
@. What are the Four HoTseDe-a
of the Apocalypse supposed "
represent? y
A. The Four Horsemen OF -,
Apocalypse symbolic PestleEs''
Death, War and Famine.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
OPEN MOUNTANIMFR.

Berne. Switzerland-Tw hun.
dred and fifty miles of electric
mountain railways in the Canton OF
Grison have recently been opened
These lines connect the resorts of
st. Moritz and Pontresina with
Dawes and Their points, including
Coire, on the Rhine.
: Switzerland has now a total of
1,5OO miles of electric railways
many of which have been trans
formed from steam railways.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady, NJ.
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

ANY physician anywhere md.
treat hay fever victims with ap
propriate pollen extracts with fan
success as for immunization I'll
treatment is commenced six weeks
before the usual date OF the annua
attack and in severe cases for re-
lief of the attack
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GOitre and Massage.
Will massage of the neck cause
goitre to be absorbed and cured
MRS C. c. H.
Answer-No, and besides mas
sage of a goitre is a dangerous
practice
The Bambino's Opinion.
Is it true that Babe Ruth : :?
R B.
.Answer-Yes. he had his ade-
noids removed. Now, perhaps, he
may amount to something in his
chosen calling.
Black Gold.
Please tell me why a gold ring
turns black when worn by me a
few days. Also please tell me
whether you would consider a pri-
vate bath insanitary and if so, how
may the tub be disinfected after
use? M. h
Answer-If the ring is say Is
carat gold, that means Is parts of
gold in "a parts of alloy. Suppose
the alloy metal is silver or copper;
that reacts with the sulphur COM
pounds in the sebum and sweat, to
produce a black sulphid of silver or
copper. The finish known as ''ou-
died" silver is really silver sui
phid. Washing with hot soap and
water or any of the household
securing or cleaning powders SUI
ficiently disinfects a bath tub. My
notion is that a bath tub is not very
sanitary even if it is strictly pri-
waite. A shower or sponge bath is
preferable if you are not too i'll or
feeble to battle yourself. The bath
tub is simply a kind of glorified and
lavishly adorned version of moth
er's old wash tub which we used to
quarrel over Saturday nights in the
warm season-the loser winning
the tub for the night
Barefoot for Health.
Is it healthy for women to go
barefoot in warm weather? Do you
see any reasonable objection to a
woman doing so? Last year my
husband was out of work for many
months and I was constrained to
practice the utmost economy. When
warm weather set in l decided to
go barefoot to save my shoes for
colder weather At first the neigh
bors professed to be horribly shock
ed, but gradually they became &C
customed to it, and before summer
was over several other women be-
gan going barefoot We enjoyed it
I intend doing the
same this summer, though not for
sake this time, thank
fortune. One thing, we all got rid
Of every corn while we went bare
foot-within the first week or So
But the corns- came back when we
resumed wearing shoes and stock
ings. MRS. NJ. A P.
Answer-It is a very heaIthfuI
pra ctice' and should be adopted at
home and about the garden as
much as possible by both men and |
women Corns always disappear
when shoes are left off a week or
two.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

The saloons are gone for good, so far the
present generation is concerned. Some day
when the people can not remember what the
ssaloons really like they may vote them
back. But it will be long time in the future
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1922

q Chicago woman. asking alimony increase
says she can't live $4,000. However, she
appears to have been doing that very thing.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

Mothers of the nation organizing to sup
press the flapperitis epidemic. Like most other
,afctions, it is easier to prevent than cure. The
rod will probably be found the most effective
preventative.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

The Rock Island state free employment
agency reports that there are more jobs than
there are men to fill them. There is little ex-
scuse for an able-bodied man nowadays being
without employment.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

Adam and Eve have been arrested in the
Maine woods. If there had been copper in
the Garden of Eden the rest OF us would have
been spared lot of grief.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

1t is announced that the telegraphers will
mot be included in the new wage reduction by
the railroads of the country. Nice mark Of
recognition of the organized strength of the
telegraphers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

There are women so proporttoned physi-
cally that they wouldn't be accused OF inmod-
esty If they wore one-piece bathing suits. But
such women don't wear one-piece bathing suits.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

A number Of best known men
ARE being stung by the political bee these days.
The only thing we have against the bee is that
it doesn't confine its singing to tie office
seekers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

With the near approach Of dog days 1t is
reported that the Washington administration
plans muzzling some of tho American ENJOYS in
Europe
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

The life story Of Fred Wedge, who hoboed
his way to Harvard, is to be screened. And 1t
will be the best story of the year to the rising
generation of the nation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

About 62.400,000 short tons Of
stone was quarried in the United
States during 1921.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
.Thr Tnnth9tnttr
LIKE CHARTrY-AND IT'S GRANITE
PROTOTYPES-T C0vEkS A
MULTITUDE OF SINS.

TO An OLD LADY.
Lean on my arm
See how strong it is!
shall help you across
THE crowded street
Can you not
For brief moment,
Fancy yourself back again
In the sweet fairyland of girlhood?
And, perchance,
My words shall be
The graceful, honeyed phrases
OF some adoring swain
Your four-score years fail away -.
Do they not?
Along with your cobwebs Of senility -.
And again you sit blithely
On the throne
OF youth
All. am narrow,
am small:
1t is in your presence
That sense this the most keenly.
bare my head
To do you homage
In my heart,
l kneel to pay you court
Mother of meni
So at the farther curb
leave you.
To drift gently down the unheedine thorough
With twilight waiting
10y - JAY G. sIGMUND.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

White zinc is produced by a pro-
cess of heating zinc ores with oil.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

THE park transportation company that ca
bled Max Oser offering him a position in
charge of saddle horse tours OF the Yellowstone
Park with satisfactory salary, probably wants
to save the Swiss horseman from making an
ass of himself
POSSIBLY there are persons in the movie
game who remain in II for the sake OF their
Art and because they delight to entertain the
dear public. But the frankness of kid" Wedge
who intends to film the story of his life, appeals
to US Says the KID: 81 expect to take Mrs
Wedge and the boy to Cambridge this fall and
need the money"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
THE MUSE UNTRAMMELED.

(By Bert Lesion Taylor.)
Come, my Muse, let US exaIt the Obvioust
Unfettered, let US name
The sum of two and two, the which
Is four.
This form of verse, vers ibre, lends itself
Exactly to our purpose,
For obvious reasons
Reasons as obvious as Marie
Corelli.
We can be commonplace, my Muse, in O.
forms,
But It's more difficult:
For, questing rimes, one ofttimes strays afleld
And happens on some dainty flower of fancy
That elsewhere might have blushed
Unseen;
Or finds piquant phrase, unworn.
Unfrazzled, and
Uncanned.
But in Free Verse, my Muse, the likelihood
OF such discoveries is less
Though accidents will happen
In the worst regulated poems
Here we are free as air. and hence
Our airy nothings, which are
Nothing if not airy
And hence give ourself airs
And air our grievances against the nersons
Who cannot see us,
Who could not us with the telescope
At Lick
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10

WHENEVER we feel ourself in need of a
lesson on now not TO write headlines land, that
need is felt often) we turn to the caIesbnre
hepublican-Register, and never are we disan-
pointed On June s we found this one
streamer" columns wide:
"Aesourg Man Just Escapes Drowning.
bit later we learned that two men from
the nelghboring city of Monmouth were
drowned-dead n everything The GaIesbnre
orotner. we should Pay. committed a typo
graphical error by escaping death.
WHAT is so rare as a day in June while
MAUD Muiler rakes the meadows Sweet with
hay, and meath the Spreading garage III. ~
iage smithy stands shouting, CIrfew shall not
ring tonight" '---. No'
GOSH We knew the heat would get ne.
R. z. MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
DINKYPoRT MUST BE GREEN WITH
JEALOUSY

Mac: Davenport, thought to have the first
hone-brew honors earlier in the week. took
second place TO Rock Island Thursday night.
That Is, the Rock Island police have the bulge
to amount OF home-brew taken in any given
raid, Fans are looking for early retaliation
by the Iowa coppers- NE.
DOROTHY BOUGH recently ran rs yards in
10 seconds fiat at meet in Philadelphia One
revealing glance at her picture in the Chicago
Post proves that Miss Bough has a pair of
sturdy twigs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
Variant Of the Famous Valve Handle Wheel,
bushnell Corr, Galeshurg Republican
Register,1


Register.l
Our esteemed hardware travelling
salesman, William G. Rutledge, of Cole
street, very unfortunate on Saturday
evening while cranking his Hupmobile
care to come in contact with the crank
of the as it sprang off from the
chine, and caused him to receive a very
bad cut near the eye. DR.. Ben LeMaster
called and dressed the wound, l was
informed that Infection had set in and
that Mr.. Rutledge was in a very painful
condition and that the injured eye was
giving him much trouble. l have been
informed later that Mr.. Rutledge was
some better. The information came di-
rest from the Rutledge home, and your
correspondent hopes that it is true in
every respect
TOTHER day a group of so or 40 Masons'
ladies gathered to make plans for a garden
party TO be held on the arsenal grounds in
honor of the visiting ladies during the coming
grottO convention. Among other suggestions
came one that it might be well to have present
a trained nurse or two and physician in case
of someone's sudden illness. Whereupon one
of the suggesters delivered herself of this:
Why, there's Mrs. Hoban; she's a trained
nurse-and her husband is an undertaken!
SOME persons do not like the so-called free
verse. Our preference is for rime but we like
poetry in any form. What we dislike is
has been printed and which has brought con-
domination upon poetry written in that form
1t is the chopped-up prose toward which the
darts of b. l.. It's satire are directed in the
following (another theft from "A Penny
whistler:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
~ PLANS BIC
MEMBER drive
r r Clark Elected New Director;
VIII Improve and ResGir
Building.

Mamhers of the Y M A board
:. s,-...o-. =. ~. mo,th,v meet
- 1a". .s.st anr-ovad = man.
lug iaoe n'en'' "ptAo
oersnlp campaign curing inc nrst
week in October.
Frank Sala, chairman of the
COMMITTEES vas in.
~...
structeo 10 organize committees
on plans for the drive. It has not
vet been decided whether the local
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
0STRICHES ARE
sent BY mail
Freak Shipment Via Parcel Post
Reported-Birds Sent FrsA
Florida to Washington.

Washington, Aug. 22-Every now
and then someone comes out with
an account Of another freak ship
ment made across country via Uncle
Sans parcel post system. until
there seems no end to the unusual
things he is willing to transport
nv mail. But now comes word from
the Dostofrice department Of Whist
NAV be a new thriller, In the ship
ment by mail, of two baby ostriches.
over, what is the greatest distance
in the whole country.
The ostriches, about the size Of
a full-grown brown chicken, were
mailed from q point low IN ths
Florida peninsula to q town IN the
northwest corner Of the state Of
washington, and arrived there in
perfect condition. alive and kick
ing. ..,
Another report from the north.
west brings the story Of the arrival
In Seattle of . shipment OF furs
valued At $40, 900, from the Kushok.
win river district The consignment
consisted of 30 sacks and includes
nelts OF the red and white fox, mar
tin. beaver and muskrat This u
said to be the first time the parcel!
most has been utilized for fur ship
me1ts in such large quentlty'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
TURKEY MAY LOSE
HER COLONIES OF
RUSSIAN REFUGEES

Constantlnople. - The Russian
refugee problem will be cleared up
in the course Of the next few
months, is the opinion Of Major
claflin Davis, director Of the Con-
stantinople chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross. Present plans are
for the American relief administra-
tor to carry on with the feeding OF
refugees" he said recently, while
Inc League Of Nations distributes
Them. Bulgaria and Jugoslavia
nave agreed to take several thou
sands; 1000 will be repatriated to
siberia, and 1t is hoped Australia
WIN take several thousands. The
problem which has puzzled the
worlds statesmen will thus be def
initely solved"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-22
.REES DELIGHTS
CAMPERS
Methodist Sessions Schedules Are
Opened With Large Attendance;
Few Tents Available.
RY REV. SIDNEY A. GUTHRIE.

Tindall Camp Grounds, Aug. IL
Methodist camp meeting schedules
got under way this morning with
bible study classes conducted Dy
Rev. ]. A. Chapman, pastor OF the
First Methodist church, Rock IS
land, and the morning devotional
service conducted by Rev. A. II.
Nothdurft, keithsburg pastor. -.
DR.. ]. T. Jones, superintendent OF
the district, reported that accomo-
dations were available for campers
and a few desirable tents may De
procured for the remainder OF the
week.
Thirty-minute services IN the
afternoon and evening are con-
Quoted by Rev. M. S. Rees, evange-
list, and his announcement that ne
would hold brief preaching ser
vice" has been fulfilled and appar
emily assures sustained interest IN
| his weeks program. Yesterday
Afternoon ne spoke of "The Holy
Spirit" and in the evening his ser
mon was upon "a Victorious Chris
tan Life" He concluded with an
altar service for prayer which mel
with generous response. Attend
ance at the afternoon preaching
was 100 while twice that NUMBER
heard the evening talk.