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The Washington times., 1922-05-10
MRS. ST|LLMAN
IN COURT READY
To TAKE STAND
Son Bud" and Possibly Her
Daughter, Will Testify in
Divorce Suit.
BY HARRY r.. FDOREY.
International News Service.

POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y, May 10.
Mrs. Anna U. Stillman entered
the office of Referee Daniel j.
Gleason here today, presumably TO
testify before him In her own de-
tense against charges brought by
her husband banker, James A. Still
man, in his suit to divorce her and
declare Baby Guy Stillman illegiti-
mate.
Bud" Stillman, Mrs. Stillman's
eighteen-year-o old son. who has stood
by her ever since his fathers ac-
tion was filed. almost two years
ago. will take the stand. probably
tomorrow.
Anne Stillman, returning today
from. her school in Paris, also may
man was driven to the office of
Referee Gleason by Fowler McCor-
mick, a Princeton student and rela'
tive OF the Chicago McCormicks,
reported to be Anne Stillman's
fiance. John E. Mack, guardian of
little Guy Stillman, was in the car.
Mrs. Stillman Confident.
Good luck to you" called Nc.
Cormick as Mrs. Stillman alighted
from his car and quickly went into
the hallway leading upstairs.
Il thank you, dearie." she called
back over her shoulder. Every
thing will be all right. am pre-.
pared"
Mrs. Stillman was dressed In
mourning out OF respect for her IA.
ther. James Brown Potter, who died
in Virginia about two months ago.
She wore a black dress. a short
black coat, and a small black hat
setting at a slight angle on her
head. Mrs. Stillman was expected
to go on the stand Immediately
after Harriet Hibbard. a witness
called by attorneys for Mrs. Stillt
man last week, was ross-examined.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
Reducing British Debt.

4 The British war debt in the United States
has been greatly reduced. Sir Robert Horne,
chancellor of the British exchequer, announces
that two years ago the debt was 1901 .s75 zoo
pounds sterling and now it is only 46,S20 ,0e9
pounds. This decrease of more than billion
and half dollars means that the debt has
been reduced at the rate of three-quarters of
a billion dollars year. This is certainly news
to the average American citizen who hasn't
had notion that Britain has been paying us
all that money. And as matter of fact she
million dollars of actual payment. mostly in
terest Nearly all of the big reduction referred
TO has been automatic, coming about as re-
suit of the rise In the rate of exchange
X. Two years ago the British pound was worth
only $3.50. Lately 1t has been worth $4.40 and
oyer. 1t is slowly moving toward its normal
level of about $4.S6. When it arrives there
about four and quarter billion dollars, even
IL she does not pay any on the principal in the
pieantime The beauty of it is that both sides
win in this case. The more the British rate
81 exchange rises the more Great Britain feels
like paying US, and the more she is able to
pay US. because every pound counts more. The
same reasoning applies to the purchase of
American goods. And what has been happening
TO British exchange has been happening also to
niost OF the other exchange rates. 1t is good
lesson in how foreign exchange, formerly a
meaningless phrase to most Americans, con-
GERS this country
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19

ington. Doesn't seem . reasonable attitude. yet
1t exists nevertheless
The Harding campaign was waged on
platform opposed 10 everything that Woodrow
Wilson stood for. That included no entangiing
foreign alliances and immediate settlement of
our affairs with those nations abroad with
which we were allied during the war. Yet
today there are still American troops doing
guard duty on the Rhine in Germany War
debts due from European nations remain I'M
paid, and there is feeling that Europe had
too much to say in debating the conclusions of
the disarmament conference. The Republican
platform promised a soldier bonus, but that
still remains promise. Return to normally.
with prosperity trailing. was pledged. Two
years passed without the administration doing
anything that tended to encouragement of bust
ness revival There has been an improvement
in business and industry but the people feel
that 1t has come in spite of the administration.
The American people feel that they have
been ignored by the washington administra-
ton that it has devoted its time chiefly to prob
lens that have no direct application to the ma
terial well being of this Eation. The Republi-
can administration ignored the wishes of its
party and the people generally when it
seated Newberry of Michigan in the United
States senate. 1t did the same thing when it
turned down the Muscle Shoals proposition of
Henry Ford.
The Washington administration has made
farce out of the Volstead act. The people of
this country requested at least honest trial
of prohibition. They have not been given it
by the Washington administration Prohibition
means the stopping of the manufacture and sale
of alcoholics. The government possesses the
machinery and the power to enforce the Vol
stead law, but it has not applied them as
the people expected it to. 1t may be
that the people of this country do not want to
be permanently denied some of the beverages
they were privileged to indulge in other days,
but they did want to live for a time under
changed conditions, with booze entirely elimin-
ated and they looked to their government to
carry out their wishes. But the government
has failed disn1ally in its part of the contract.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
Workers Are Readers

In a recent test Professor Hart of Harvard
discovered that only one-fourth of the students
in class knew the names of the United
States senators from their home states Sew
eral of the students could not give the name
of the vice president of the United States and
one young women declared that former Presi-
dent Roosevelt lis writing his memoirs in
Oyster City, New Jersey" The Manufacturers
News recently ehided employers because they
do not keep in touch with the news in salts
factory manner, except the news which deels
directly with their business and their hobbies
1t is an open. secret that business men read
only casually in most instances and that they
often fail to keep in touch with important news
happenings.
Arthur Brisbane told an eastern advertis-
ing club the other night that he writes for
the working men, for the woman and for the
people of the high school age" And after ALL
these classes-if the word may be used-make
up the reading public of this country Profess
sonal men are inclined to hurry through a pa
per, magazine book Children pick out
few stories look at the comics find the ma
ture article the bed time story-and then
put the paper down. Ministers read much, but
usually not closely. Sports lovers digest
sports page and the telegraph page. Business
men know every important item on the market
page and in the business section. But the
working men and the women do most of the
reading in this country. And, incidentally did
you ever listen to a debate any current sub
ject in working mans session or in a wo-
mans club meeting? 1t would surprise you
how much Of this news of the world is absorbed
by these people.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
SUNSET HEIGHTS.
By Alice u. Lewis.

| lOOpyr1Sll, 1SSZ, Dy wheeler 0yu-
| dictate, Incl
1t was time for the jitney to start
but the driver fingered. Few OF
the passengers would have had il
otherwise, anxious as they were tC
! get home, for far down the street
they could see old Mrs. Perkins
coming as fast as her rheumatic
legs could take her. 1t meant an
hours wait if she missed the bus
The woman beside Tommie Nc
Kies, however, showed plainly that
she did not approve the delay
Tommie had never seen her on the
bus before. She was elegantly
dressed and yet-he wondered ii
she was a regular swell" When
she spoke he knew she wasn't.
For heavens sake she de-
manded, when is this boat gona
start?"
Now" promised Tommie, for old
Mrs. Perkins was painfully hoist
| ing herself aboard, AN the driver'Il
make up fer lost time. Wait till
we git under way! It's some road
we travel and the Sunset Heights
hill is like the side of the house"
do you live up there? What
kind of dump is .it?" inquired the
woman.
Grand" Tommie's eyes sparkled
Jest grand way off from the
| city, like in the real country.
Right even with the sunset with
| the river acrost and the ocean.
! Grand"
Huh" was her response, but
| she said nothing more until with
great grumbling and groaning the
bus finally toppled over the crest
Of hill, as Tommie had said, like
| the side Of house"
where's 10 Fifth avenue?" she
demanded. do you know"
That's where I'm goin'. But
nobody lives there, you know"
Then who do you expect to see?"
she asked.
Jimmie. He's a dog that be-
longed to the lady who owned the
house. She died last fall an l took
him home to look out fer him It'll
! Madaline-that's her daughter
comes. But Madaline's long time
gettin' here an Jimmie keeps run
min back home. l don't blame him.
! Pineapple Alley where l live amt
| fit fer anybuddy what's used to
| Sunset Heights. You see, l got &C
quainted with Mrs. Beauty Chat
was the lady's name what owned
No. 10) last summer when | used
to come up here blueberrying."
she told you about er-Mada-
line, did she?"
"She was always talkin' about
her and lookin' fer her to send her
letter. But 1 don't think she ever
did. The last time l saw Mrs.
Beantiy, she says to me, "Tommie.
II you ever see Madaline tell her
Ter me left her my love. Tell her
never thought of her once in all
, these years without wishin' her the
best She kept flowers in front of
har nitcher all the time. and she
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
Birds Champion Aviators,

Birds still hold the worlds aviation cham
pionship for reliability and consistency of per-
Torrance They are sometimes forced down
by collision with the shining lenses of light
houses blown against wires and tall build
ing but accidents of this kind happen far more
rarely with them than with their human imita-
tors. They make long and fast nonstop flights
and seldom come down because of engine trou-
BILE or the collapse of wings The fact is birds
have some secrets-many secrets for navigating
the air which man has not learned. Some men
aviators have gone higher in the air than any
birds seem to go, but far human records
go there is nothing to show condor, eagle or
other high-flying bird ever tried for the altitude
prize. Birds are extremely practical and do not
go to immense heights just for exercise or for
the purpose of getting wide outlook above
the earth or for the qualification of personal
birdly pride. There is No doubt that the best
filters among the birds would go to far greater
heights than is their habit if they believed they
would find anything to eat that near the sky
Birds in soaring and sailing show that they
proficient in the of several factors in
the art of flying that have not yet been
mastered either in principle or practice by
the most skilful aviators. A vulture or a crane,
after few preliminary wingbeats sets its wings
and mounts in wide, sweeping circles to a great
height, apparently overcoming that which we
call gravity with no exertion apparent to human
vision, even when assisted by powerful tele-
scopes. The Carolina rail has small short
wings, apparently ill adapted to protracted
flight and in ordinary circumstances when it
is forced to fly it does reluctantly and
alights as soon as possible. 1t flies with such
awkwardness and seems to become so quickly
exhausted that several writer's on birds have
inferred that most of its spring and fall migra-
ton must be made on foot. Yet it has been
learned that the Carolina rail has one of the
longest migration routes of the whole rail fam
lily and easily crosses wide reaches of the Car
riabean sea. The humming bird, smallest of all
birds, crosses the Gulf of Mexico, flying 500
miles in single night. The golden pIover flies
from Novia Scotia to South America and in
fair weather makes the whole distance Of 500
miles without a stop, and probably requiring
more than 4S hours to make the trip
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
Roosevelsism to the Fore.

II Republican leaders will tell you that the big
vote Clifford Pichot received in the Pennsyl-
ysnia primaries has nothing beyond local po-
htical significance, but wnen they do they are
attempting to conceal situation that exists
oyer the nation. and one from which more will
be heard in coming elections. Pinchot Is
aformer Bull Mooser. He fought the old Penn
sNlvania machine, and today he is recognized as
net standing for the policies that are adhered
To by the statesmen of the Penrose type Pin
caot has been nominated for governor the
Republican ticket. and there is every likelihood
that he will be elected.
II Following closely on the nomination in In
diana of Beverage for United States senator
Pinchot's victory must be interpreted as nothing
other than a protest from the Republican
masses against the general program of the
Harding administration. 1t is not to be taken
az a reputation OF Mr.. Harding personally, for
the fact is that the Ohioan has proved popular
national executive, but il does show a note of
general dissatisfaction with the record of the
Harding administration up to the present time.
u The men who are in control of the govern
ment not in accord with the people, and
mist of all. they are out of sympathy with the
wishes of the rank and file of the Republicans,
wttsl those who do the voting, and you are get
ting the answer in the elections that have been
rFcently held, and. unless all signs fail, you
will get more of the same in future contests
The Republican administration has not fulfilled
its chief campaign promises to the American
people However, were you to ask the average
citizen wherein the administration had failed,
he wouldn't be able to intelligently answer you
He would simply tell you that he doesn't ap-
prove Of the way things are being done in wash
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
The Daily Short Story

| told me what a pretty girl she was
and how everybody used to turn
round on the street to look at her.
| Oh. she liked that Madaline, all
right. Here's No. 10. Careful here,
! MISS, the mud's deep. You oughter
wore rubbers."
"Rubbers. 1 oughter brought a
ferry boat with me-" retorted the
woman in disgust.
At that moment there appeared
upon the scene a why, little dog,
who, with happy barks, danced
merrily and promiscuously about
in the mud puddles surrounding
them.
|. Don't you darst let him jump on
me-" cried she IF he does I'll
kick him. He's running my wrap"
Down, Jimmie, down." com
manded Tommie.
The woman entered the gate that
led to a little brown house.
IT'S the best place on the
Heights" commented Tommie. fol-
lowing her. Look across and see
the sunset and the river. Amt it
grand?"
The woman looked and gave a
terrified shrek. "Oh, my Lawdy."
she burst forth. "Oh. amt it aw-
full? Look"
WHAT demanded Tommie.
"Where?"
"A graveyard. And they're bury
ing somebuddy"
Don't look at it," advised Tom
ME. Look over it."
Il wouldn't live here if you give
me the whole hill, not with that
cemetery starin' ME in the eyes"
She took key from her pocket
and unlocked the door. But she
did not enter. Tommie stared at
her. Where did she get the key?
Then he understood
"You're-you're Madaline!" he
cried.
Yes, I'm Madaline."
The two looked at each other
Tommie's gaze was steady and cal
culating. The woman's was shift
ing and uneasy
What time does the bus start
back?" she asked.
In 10 minutes. I'll make a fire
for you, if you want me to. l know
where old Mrs. Beantly kept her
wood. An, miss. you'll be good to
Jimmie, won't you? He amt a dog
what's been kicked round, you
know. He'll be an awful lot of
company for you, if you'll pet him
a little
Il don't want no fire." burst out
she, angrily; 81 don't want no Tim
ME, nor sunsets, nor no grave
yards I'm goin' back in the bus
myself. I'll tell my agent to let the
place. I've lived Is years without
it an guess can manage Is more.
Now I'm goin'. Don't let that mas
ty little cur chase me, or I'll kick
MIN sure"
She turned down the steps. Tom
ME ran after her.
Are you really going to rent it %
he inquired. :" Cause If YOU are
why not let it to mee I'll give you
ave a week. an here's the money
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Amt No Sefch AnimiIe.

Some time ago l saw where you
offered to send any reader the
Brady Sympathy. I enclose a
stamp for which | would be pleased
to receive the sympathy.-(T. II.
b
Answer-One slightly used stamp
would never in the world carry the
sympathy l have for people who
read this column. Anyhow, l hav-
en't any such feeling for people who
present me with postage stamps.
not a wee bit of it On the con-
trary. A motto suggested for this
department by a perspicacious read
err is sympathy for none and NAL
lets for ALL What you mean to
ask for, probably, was a little oxy-
gen, to destroy the waste products
or toxins which cause that tired
feeling, brain flag. So-calied torpid
liver and a thousand other symp-
toms dear to the heart of the pill
monger and dearer still to the Gre
dulity of the average hardheaded
American dupe l have the music
for that. Send stamped address
ed envelope and I'll return it filled
with Brady sympathy, revised, re-
written and slightly enlarged.
Living Next TB.
When a person living next door
has tuberculosis of the lungs is
there danger of infection to persons
living on either side. of said party ?
If so what are few good rules for
prevention? -(Mrs. C. w. b.
Answer-No danger if you do not
II toto = hn +
lent.
Cancer.
1. What is cancer? 2. What
causes it to spread? 8. Is there
any cure? If so what is it'll.
s.
Answer-Cancer is a degenera-
ton of some previously normal It's
sue, not a new growth. The cause
is not known Cancer is not COM
municable and is never caught
through contact or by caring Tor
a patient. The cure is immediate
surgical excision, in some cases
followed by X-ray treatment to pre-
vent recurrence.
The Yarn About Aluminium.
In the country we have been US
ing an aluminium pail for spring
water for drinking purposes. A
visitor at our cottage was Mortified
and told US her doctor said it is
very dangerous and that in fact
no aluminium should be used at all.
We do not know where we are at.
&c. F. Al
Answer-Your visitor must have
misunderstood her doctor, or per-
haps she employs one of those
new-fangled doctors" who just
devine things. Anyhow, aluminium
ware is perfectly safe and sanitary
to use for drinking water or for
cooking any kind of food.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19

in advance. 1 jest got paid off,"
He held out fve-dollar bill en-
treatingly.
The woman took the money has
tily. "AIl right" she said. Here's
my address and you kin mail the
rent weekly. See you don't slip up
now. Five dollars will Jest keep
ne in silk stockings. There is one
thing I'd like You to give me outen
the house-the only thing 1 want.
A pitcher OF ole Mrs. Beantly. If
you find one, you know"
She had one. A hump-backed
pitcher man took it last summer.
I'll send it to yer"
so long" she turned away again.
You mind that pup don't foller
me-"
Tommie watched her until she
was out of sight. "Ain't she a
dumb-bell, THINNER he asked:
How did she git that way? l
! 'spect she took it from her pa. Her
ma warn't never like that, l know.
The idea of not wantin' to live on
Sunset Heightsi An calm YOU a
nasty curl But we've got the
house an now you won't have to
go back to Pineapple Alley. You
stay right here an guard the place
while l GO fetch pa and ma back.
We amt gonna sleep another night
in the city.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19
ROLLS WITHOUT FLOtRIsHEs

Inc presumption is I1at people
who tell the brave yarns about how
many baths they take every day
or how cold, are prevaricators. for
clean folks certainly don't have to
wash themselves so frequently and
honest folks don't brag about such
essentials as cleanliness. | should
not put it so strong as that in
speaking of people who tell the
tall tales of the sights they've seen
and the things they've felt from
! disastrous attempts to turn SOM
ersaults, but / take such reports
with a grain of sodium chloride.
| There was one irascible chap back
/ in 1919 who threatened dire pun
ishment for me because his wife
had nearly broken her neck somer-
saulting. That man really had me
worried some, though l had an idea
1 could defend myself in the event
! he ever should come after me.
Still, when a woman practically
breaks her neck taking ones medi-
cine one certainly ought to show
her some sympathy. so l made
bold to write to the mans wife and
ask whether she was still in the
1 cast and whether she'd always have
to go around with her head in a
tcage The lady promptly repudiat-
! ed F. Husbands charge and assur-
ed me that while her first effort
! did give her a wicked ''crick' she
was now rolling her 80 or 40 SOM
ersaults every day and they were
just the grandest medicine she
had ever tried. She asserted that
ksomersaults had freed her from the
great American pill habit, cleared
''liver spots" from her face, rid her
of indigestion" and regret to
add-reduced her weight about IS
pounds in six months. This last
item may have been inserted out
of the kindness of the lady's heart.
Somersaults are not exercise and
| it's a bootless business for any one
to try to roll away flesh. But this
case goes to show that a man is a
pesky animal sometimes.
l don't want anybody to write and
tell me how the stars came out and
twinkled-twinkled after his first
attempt at somersaulting. This is
old stuff 1t happens to every bad
ly neglected individual who makes
belated effort to break up the
loafing in his splanchnic region. 1t
lis just a sign that the idle blood
lis leaving the stagnant pool and
getting back into circulation. If at
first the stars come out, roll, roll
again. They'll presently fade and
trouble you no more. The chairs
and whatnot will cease whirling
about after you when you shall
have mastered the knack of curl
ing up tight and staying tight I'M
til you are over. That is the secret
of graceful, quiet somersaulting-
curl up tight and keep tight all the
way over. If you don't curl tight
you are likely to bump your bean
on the floor and if it is a hard
wood floor or a very dense bean
las would be more likely, damage
may be done.
Rolling somersaults forward is
mere child's play 1t takes some
finesse to roll them backward.
Some neck, too. Also some careful
experimental investigation first,
and some nerve all the time. But
any good sound man or woman less
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-19

70 sAc2 hGlFIaOA. 80 Asts6s4sA 80
on the market in those days were
for the most part, the daphne, ca
mellia, abutilon, Gala, sweet aly5-
sum and heliotrope. A few tea
roses were sold.
carriages invented? ]. L c.
A. Steel springs for vehicles
were not introduced until a00l'
100. The elliptic spring was IN
vented in 1904 by Obadiah Elliott
a coach maker of Lambeth, Eng
land.
Q. What is Telegram? J. L. J.
A. AS applied to timber this IN
dicates the grain Of timber wnlca
splits radically across its annulaI
rings or plates in the direction OF
the center.
Q. How much heating power Il
lost in Transforming coal into cleo
trlcity and heating by electricll
A. If the heat in coal be trans,
formed into electrical energy, anu
this again transformed into heat.
less than 10 per cent Of the heat ID
the fuel will be realized for hea.-
ing.
Q. Where is the greatest yield
per acre of sugar produced?
K. X c.
A. The yield of sugar per acre u
Hawaii is the highest in the worlr,
averaging four and one-haf tons
per acre, and on irrigated plaAIa-
lions six tons to the acre,
@. What is q food anchor?
A This term is applied to tAe
anchor by which a ship rides dur
ing the food tide.