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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
Waiting for Millions.

dispatch from Richmond, Va, tells Of
three members of Jones family who stand a
chance to win a fortune running into millions
of dollars by litigation now pending in New
Mexico, according to two lawyers. The case
involves a brother of the Joneses, who, attor-
neys state, died in the west, leaving vast
estates and many thousands of dollars in cash.
incidentally the rich brother left two wills.
which didn't quite agree as to the amount of
his fortune the three Joneses in question were
to receive. Hence the departure for the west
of two attorneys The story, with all its allur
ing possibilities to the three Joneses, may call
out from the dark backward and abysm of
many a childhood the memories of vast for
tunes in the west that haunted sleep and
helped to build many a fairyland of wealth in
the thought of daylight Who does not recall
the time when, a one-gallus lad on the farm,
he told the story of rich uncle who
few years previous had died out west, leaving
thousands of acres Of land, whole lot of
money and other possessions; that the uncle,
or maybe it was a cousin, had fallen into bad
ways; had never married; had been forgotten
by his people; that city had been built on
the land this man once owned; that the entire
fortune was so large as to be beyond calcula
ton; that it was being held in trust by the
that all the uncles, or the cousins, had to do
to get the fortune to divide among themselves
including US, the one-gallus lad who would
get at least $3.50, ,000-was to pay a lawyers ex-
penses for trip to the west to establish the
identity of relatives and bring back the vast
fortune in his grip.
And who does not remember, too, that when
it came to an actual showdown of paying the
$3.50 expenses of that lawyer, who stood, hat
il hand, ready to board the branch line train
that would take him far and away in his fruit
full quest, all those people of ours just simply
wouldn't fork over the small amount and the
trip had to be postponed for a long time, ever
SO long a time. All, the disgust of it, Evi-
IDENTIFY the three members of the Jones family
in Richmond people of stouter faith
Maybe they believe. with good reason, in the
validity of that fortune that waits for them in
the west; maybe they knew that brother in the
flesh; had beheld his coming and going and
had stood with tear-stained faces as his train
pulled out for the west. Maybe so; let all of
us with memories and with that fortune still
to get, hope so, at least That is, hope that
when the attorneys for the Joneses started for
the west their round trip expenses were pro-
vided for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
Morals In the MOVIES.

The new moving picture regime, along with
the elimination of all films connected with
the most unsavory of the scandals in the Hol-
lywood colony, is putting a morality clause in
its new contracts with employees. 1t is an ex-
, cellent idea, and will doubtless have a good
effect, even though sthe moral provisions will
be obviously hard to interpret and enforce,
and even though moral conduct outside of
working hours is widely held to have no neces-
sary connection with a PERSONS business or
professional labors.
The public instinctively associates morals
and job, and the public influence of the movies
for good or bad is great that abnormal safe
guards are warranted. One newspaper, COM
menting approvingly on this procedure, wants
to know whether intelligence tests cannot be
inserted along with the morality requirements.
With all the progress made by the film indus
try there is certainly room for development
along the line of artistic intelligence. And
the two lines of reform really amount to about
the same thing. The immoral and the vulgar,
like the inartistic, mostly forms Of stu
pidity.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
Nick Carter Is No More.

Nick Carter, who has matched wits with
a thousand desperadoes, passed out in New
York with his creator, Frederick Van Rens-
salaer Day. The famous detective has solved
his last mystery of all, in which he alone
proved fallible. He took his own life escap-
ing his difficulties as he would have scorned to
have one of his fictitious characters esca De
them. The death of the author of the Nick
Carter stories brings up the question of his
rightful place among the writer's of mystery
fiction. 1t may be that his inventiveness will
not be accorded a position in front of the pro
cession. The dime novel for long has been in
disfavor, and in its day has been held respon-
sible for all the ills. later attributed to the
movies and the motor car. 1t is possible, how
verse and other adventures into the ultra
literary have been responsible for a backward
movement in critical opinion. Even so, Nick
Carter will continue to be looked on askance
by the literat, and the glamor that surrounds
him will never be recognized by them nor truly
appreciated.
To find Nick Carter's just place in the
worlds literature We must appeal to more ap-
preciative and understanding readers. That
innumerable class of Nick Carter cognoscenti,
the small boys of former time who have
been thrilled by his daring exploits and have
secretly spored over volumes of the recorded
history of the detective are the only critics
who may fairly pass judgment on his works
Are they not agreed that Nick Carter stories
are TO be included among the great literary
manuscripts OF all time? Once they were
agreed on the point, though literary tastes may
have changed as they have grown older.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

field in general productive industry and COM
mercial progress, In other words, the expo
sition will show that there is TO be had here
right at home most Of the things that contribute
to the sum total of human comfort and happi-
ness.
Mr.. Davis bases his local hopes on the sue
cess he has had In other communities with
similar undertakings. He promises that the
exposition viii be clean and high class in every
respect and detail, such an affair as all OF the
people of the community can unreservedIy
unite in making an event of such importance
that it will carry favorable impression many
miles beyond the borders of the locality,
bringing to Rock Island and its neighboring
cities attention that can be aroused in no other
manner quite as effectively. Mr.. Davis hopes
to make of the exposition such success that
it can be made a permanent annual feature
here-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
Hugging Job Too Close.

man was heard to boast that he had been
on the same job for Is years without any va
cation. There is something wrong with man
like that Why should anyone take pride in
attaining record for stupidity? If a man has
no other interest in life, aside from his job,
then he is so narrow gauge that he isn't OF
much value on the job. When man treats
his job as an endurance test and is proud of
a long no-vacation period the chances are that
it is the only thing he can be proud of. More
over he may be trying to hide the fact that he
is afraid to take a vacation lest his employer
should find out how little he is needed. AS
rule the man who has inflated idea of his
own indispensability is the one who can be
most easily spared. There was man who
didn't take a vacation for so long that when he
did his absence from the office attracted an
undue amount of attention. He got no credit
for the years of uninterrupted toll.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
The Daily Short Story

wonders with Cynthy. but somehow
it didn't seem to get across" with
Mary Ann. She just looked at him
and slowly the fires began to
smolder in her black eyes,
Just a moment. Abner," and
Mary Ann walked into the pantry
and returned with a dishpan in one
hand and, several large towels in
the other. These she presented to
Abner with a wintry smile.
please cut your throat over the
dish pan, and spread the towels
SOS the blood won't go on the floor.
1t stains so. I'll wait in the par
lor."
But Mary Ann Applegate didn't
wait in the parlor. A towel flew at
her and draped itself about her
thin shoulders: another tapped
about her head, leaving peek
hole for An amazed black eye. The
dish pan clattered to the floor from
Abner's hand. Truly this was a
new Abner dancing before her In
rage. and shouting at her.
This is my kitchen, and If you
know when you are well off, you'll
icb IiS Cut my tAIOdL mere IL l Wd1C
to. I'm your husband and I'm boss
here-understand?" ?"
And then a~9ueer thing happen
ed. All the fire seemed to 60 right
out of Mary Ann. Her angular
form seemed to sort of wilt.
Why, Abner, dear" she faltered,
why, Abner.'
The Abner-Mary Ann wedding is
no longer discussed. Almost any
day you can see Mary AIMS tall,
straight figure tagging Abner about
the farm, lowering near him with a
mufiler on cool days-which he
steadily refuses to wear, with rub
bers or boots in sloppy weather, or
with a pitcher of some cooling
drink during the hot days of sum
mer. And the words most often on
her tongue are: Why, Abner,
dear,"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
Displaying Community Progress.

Rock Island during the summer is to make
bid for attention on pretentious scale
through the medium of enterprise that has
been styled the Trans Mississippi Exposition
and Pageant of Progress. 1t will be fashioned
and presented on lines similar to those sue
cessfully followed in other parts of the country
IN recent years. The exposition is to be spon-
sored by the Rock Island Chamber of Com
merce, and will be reproduced and directed
by Arthur Davis of Chicago, who is recognized
as one of the most successful promoters of
snch enterprises in the country. MIR. Davis is
alreaay on the ground with his assistants or
genizing details of the exposition which is to
be held 10 days. opening June 26 and closing
July 4, the dates embracing the period of the
national grotto convention. which will attract
thousands of delegates and visitors to the city
from every state in the union. 1t took Mr..
Davis, an experienced observer, to impress
Rock Islanders with the possibilities such an
exposition offered. as he puts it, in the Heart
of Everything" meaning that, Rock Island,
has advantages possessed by none of its neigh
bors and has only to make the effort to reap
the rewards
Mr.. Davis is proving his faith in the under
taking by personally assuming the financial
respens sibiities incident to its promotion, ex-
pending small fortune in advertising alone.
Billboards electric signs and newspapers
within radius of 100 miles will be used in
advertising the exposition, which will be
staged at Douglas park and in the large plot
adjoining the park to the north. The entire
space will be enclosed. and seating accommo-
dstions will be provided. The revenue will be
obtained in gate admissions, display space
sales and from the concessions that usually
attach to an enterprise OF this character. The
amusements to be offered. Mr. Davis promises,
VIII be OF the highest class. and will include
tae latest thrillsrs Of the turf and the air. 1t
Is aimed to have represented In the booth dis
plays every line of local manufacture and
business, with view OF impressing the people
At home and in adjoining localities Of the extent
and@sariety OF the Rock Island and tri-city
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
HEAD OF WHISKY
FIRM BECOMES
ENGLISH BARON

London.-Sir James Buchanan.
chairman of famous Scotch whis-
ky firm, has assumed the title of
Baron Woolavington of Lavington,
says an official announcement. He
was one of those raised to a peer
age in the New Years honor list
OF the other peers created at that
time, Joseph Watson, railway di-
rector and race horse owner. has
taken the title of Baron Manton of
Compton Verney, in the County of
Warwick, Francis Wiley, head of
a firm of wool merchants, becomes
Baron Barnby, of Blyth.
Sir Robert Nivision, financial ad-
visor to the government, adopts
the title of Baron Glendyne of San
quhar in the County of Dumfries.
All are considered to be million
aires.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
ABNER. DEAR
By Ruth r. Mears.
Copyright, 1922. by Wheeler Syn
dic3tP Incl

tCOpyr1gnt, 19Z2, Dy Wneeler syn
dicate, Inc.)
Mary Ann had been an "old
maid" for 40 years. The day she
was born the doctor-a young man
supposed to be witty-remarked
that all she needed was pair ,of
spectacles to make a typical "old
maid" of her. At Is other girls OF
her age said, Horrors! That old
maid" when her name was men
toned. And then at 40 Mary Ann
married.
The Romeo" was a widower with
nice farm and still nicer bank
account. Being in the habit of hav-
ing a woman about, when his first
wife had been dead a few months
he went a-wooing for a second.
Why he chose Mary Ann is a rid
die, but why she chose Abner Ap-
plegate is beyond all comprehen-
sion
Abner was little and wizened and
old. He had been something of a
bully to his first wife, and his IA
vorite form of soaring her was a
threat to cut his throat. Whether
Mary Ann knew this or not is a
matter of conjecture.
The wedding was the subject of
conversation in every house in
Three Rivers for many weeks.
Hardly a day passed but some new
tale wandered forth to be laughed
over and passed on. My first wife"
became a household word in Three
Rivers.
Mary Ann spent her honeymoon
house-cleaning and with that done
and the house spotless from cellar
to garret, she turned her attention
to Abner.
Verify, here was a man who need
ed "house-cleaning. He possessed
enough bad habits to do for three
grown men and half the boys of
the village. And Mary Ann pro-
ceeded to rejuvenate Abner with
the same vim she had used to beat
carpets and scrub floors.
When three months has slipped
by, Abner stood shorn Of his vices.
Apparently not one bullying in
stinct remained. But when Mary
Ann ordered Abner to use only the
kitchen door and to remove his
OoCIo bCACi CItSl ludI, SuHl6
dormant quality of the old Abner
reared its head and he rebelled.
He thought of his sainted wife
Cynthy-beside the angular, nag
ging form OF the present Mrs. Ap-
plegate. Cynthy's very meekness
became a sainted quality.
1t was Saturday and Mrs. Ap.
plegate had just finished scrubbing
the kitchen floor to a snowy white
ness. Abner stood just inside the
doorway. ready to retreat if neces-
sary. He took large, cumbersome
Jackknife from his pocket and
opened it.
I'm going to cut my throat" he
yelled. Il can't stand you any
longer When my blood's spilled,
you'll be sorry"
This had been wont to work
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

O. How many kinds of birds are
there in our own United States
NJ. e. r.
A. There are 500 distinct kinds
of birds in this country. They are
divided into 50 families, of which
20 families are classed as water
fowl, as shorebirds, 4 as upland
game birds, as birds of prey and
So as land birds.
@. Why are the upper parts of
many lamp globes frosted? H. o.
+.
A. The effect of frosting the up
per part of a lamp is to ditfuse
the light which would ordinarily
go through the glass without al
ternation of direction. By this the
light is sent out more uniformly
in all directions, the frosted glass
becoming a secondary source of
light. There is also a small in
crease in the light sent downward
through the clear part of the bulb,
due to this diffusion.
@. How many books have been
G. W. o.
A. 1t is estimated that over
155. 900 books, pamphlets and mag
azines are published annually and
that 100000 separate works
have been published since printing
was invented in the fifteenth GEN.
tury.
@. How tall is 2 baby at birth? :?
]. C.
A. A new baby is about 90 inch
es tall, and at the end of its third
year of life has attained half of
its adult height.
@. Give a short sketch OF Hip
G. e. B.
A. Hippocrates was Greek
physician nicknanned the Father of
He was born on the Is
land OF Cos, $50 B. c., died in Thes-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
CULTIvATNG TROUBLE.

Some folks borrow trouble, some
70 out looking for it, some can't be
happy without it, but OF all the
morbid pastimes of the average
untutored Yankee for whose ex-
ploitation most of the queer or
phony literature of the day is
manufactured, there is none more
vicious in effect than the practice
Of taking medicine to regulate
the action of the bowel. One of
the drawbacks about intelligence
or education is that it makes one
conscious of what one doesn't
known; one Of the terrible handi-
caps about unenlightenment or ig-
norance is that it keeps one uncon-
scious of that
81 have a little girl Is years old"
writes one misguided mother, "and
her bowels will never move with
out medicine. Will you tell me
something I can do for her, and
is it dangerous for her to go two
or three days without taking a
physic ?"
Here is another letter from an
other grade Of mother:
MY Dear Mr.. Brady:
MAY / express my thanks for
your letter on constipation in in
fants. Your suggestion was care
fully followed, the baby allowed
to depend on his natural instinct
for control of the bowels, with the
result that he became perfectly
normal in that function. Nearly
a month elapsed, however, before
the effects of the castor oil which
had been given were finally over
come by nature We feel that you
have contributed much toward our
young sons welfare and we are
grateful.
Yours respectfully.
"(Mrs. W. NJ. A--l"
Education, knowledge, intelli-
gence does not insure health, yet
the more experience | have as a
health teacher the more convinced
am I of the wholesome effect of
genuine Enlightenment. The diff
Guilty is that so many sketchily
educated people know so many
things which amt So
The busy bodies who flock about
a new baby telling the amateur
parents how essential it is to begin
plying the helpless, delicate little
machinery with such crude tools as
castor oil, peppermint, whisky, tea,
beer. opium, and the like are re-
sponsible for most of the consti-
patton in the civilized world. They
simply frighten the anxious young
parents into abusing the infant
with these harsh drugs. There is
no danger whatever in waiting As
hours for nature to take care of
the bowel function in any case;
and commonly enough the victim
of the physic habit must wait twice
as long for nature to reassert it,
self. The fancied danger from this
waiting is not nearly so real as
the danger from castor oil or any
other physic.
1t is perfectly true that many an
unfortunate infant. even in the
weu-to-do homes. is malnourished
by being fed something from
drug store instead of something
with life in it comparable with d
baby's natural food. No wonder so
many infants are constipated 1t
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

sally. 357 B. c. He was the author
of many valuable writings on the
science of medicine and was the
fifst to put aside all traditions ana
superstitions and base the pracuce
of medicine on the study of nature
without reference to religion or
other matters. He was said TO be
a master of clinical research and
the originator of a system Of diet
and regimen TO rthe cure of i'll
ness. He was also great believer
in benefits from climates suited 10
the temperament of the patient
@. What is the present national
debt? c. As.
A. The total gross debt OF the
United States on Dec. 81, 1921. was
$23, ,18S,247.913.06.
Q. Who invented the freless
cooker? c. E. 4
A 1t is impossible to say exact
ly where the principal of the nfe-
less cooker originated. 1t was
known to the Jews many centuries
ago who used bags of feathers ioI
insulation. Sweden is reported u
be the home of the hay box Wnlc9
was the immediate predecessor u
the modern fireless cooker.
@. What is the chemical oom-
position of a genuine blue wnilS
diamond? L u
A. The geological survey ssJs
that a genuine blue white dIamou'
is composed of carbon.
Q. Who invented. Portland o:m
emit? F. Y. L.
A. Portland cement was inTe-
ed by Joseph Aspdin of England u
1925.
Q. When was work started on 'ns
Suez canal? F. w a
A The construction of the sue
Canal was begun by DeLesseps u
1886.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

You can't expect to have a winning base
ball team in Rock Island unless you patronize
! the games. Ball players can't do their best
work before empty stands. Show that you
want the game here by turning out to the con-
tests at Douglas park.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
Thr Unn1hHtnnr
axxx LrEs MANS ANcEKHr KnHMY.
| DILL CARE
| wno n,uasrEEs rm uxnovxD cusA
ooooH, BEATRUTH, THoME NATHTY PER.
THON ITH THAYING MEAN
THINGTH ABOUT YOU.

Say Mac! About this Beatrice scribe you
got She talks like lady FISH peddler discuss
ing George Bernard Shaw. She talks about
tearing ones evening clothes in the box seat
and kicks about the peanuts left by former oc-
cupants. 1 never been in box yet but al
ways thought that the occupants dalntily nib
bled on pistachio nuts, pomegranates and pate
de foie gras. She knows too much about soap
and water and soap boxes to be down there.
The description fits the gallery where | was
sitting and I'll bet she was up there with us
trying to hightone us. CACTUS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

aas The crown prince. in his memoirs. says that
he always feared his father. Wilhelm, 1t ap-
pears, practiced his tyrranical tactics on his
own family before introducing them to the
u world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

-, Beer and wines may some day be legalized
in this country. but it will be when the people
express such a DESIRE and not in response to
the propaganda of organization of former
saloonkeepers.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

Jack Dempsey is reported to be rushing to
Peggy Joyce Hopkins in Paris. Which may in
dicate that the champion is about due to take
the count
The Rock Island Argus and daily union., 1922-05-03

81 Milwaukee girl carries picture OF her
sweetheart on her bare leg. The frame Is
easier TO look at than the picture.