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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
Christianity In War.

The factional war in China is introducing
to American readers the names and characters
of distinguished Chinese public men. civil and
military, and also the names OF important
cities and communities. For instance, an i'm
portant part in the victory of General WI Pei
Flu seems to have been played by the Christian
general, Feng-Yu Hsang. From the American
board of commissioners of foreign missions we
learn that General Yu Hsang rules his people
and his province with great firmness But he
can be mild when the occasion requires. In
one of the civil wars few years ago, after
forcing a hostile army to surrender, he gave
all his prisoners fare home, an expedient
which in Chinese warfare would seem to be
polite well as humane.
Christianity can be all things to all men,
and just now, perhaps, China needs Christians
like Cromwell. After a great deal of calculat-
ing China has lately learned that as abhorrent
as it seems to be to the best Chinese traditions.
the only way to get along N the modern world
is to win battles. But as a layman prefer
to let theologians settle that question The
Chinese, according to the current opinion, have
deteriorated since the days of CONTIGUOUS, but
are now becoming more enlightened as they be-
come acquainted with white people of the Occi-
dent and their methods and manners. At any
China and its vast and somewhat motley pop
ulation the Wus and the US, who are-filling
good many pages of modern history with their
exploits.
The school and college pupils of this coun-
try should make a study of China, its popula-
ton and its resources, for it will not be many
years before the people Bret Harte described
as heather Chinese peculiar" will stand con-
spicuously of the most powerful ma
lions of the world, and also one of the wealth.
est and most enlightened. The people of Chi
ma today, as far they have advanced have
learned to have great respect and admiration
for Americans, mostly due to the intercourse
they have had with American missionaries, who
have been and are working hard to develop the
best that is in them, and from what has been
exhibited in ability and character of the Chris
tan generals and civic leaders, the work of
the missions is bringing forth good results.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
Giving Credit to Langley.

It is interesting to note, anent the discus
sion which has arisen over the question of who
should be considered the real inventor Of the
flying machine, that the Wright brothers, who
brought the machine to perfection, give Pro-
fessor Langley, whom the world has been in
elined to class with Mr.. Trowbridge's immor-
tai Darius Green, full credit for his work in
demonstrating certain principles in maintain
. ing heavier-than-air machines in the air
NJ What Professor Langley had not mastered
fand which his successors did master was lat
teral control, one of the most important fea-
lures in connection with an air machine. The
case of Professor Langley illustrates that it
is not safe to laugh at man today for he
may be great genius tomorrow
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22

his home. When the newspaper man makes
a mistake he first cusses everything and every
body In sight and then laughs over the fact
that he has made fool Of himself again and
survived. Because you have occasional spells
OF dependency don't despair. The sun has a
sinking spell every night. but 1t rises again
all right the next morning. Emerson says:
Finish every day and be done with it." You
have done what you could. Some blunders and
absurdites no doubt crept in; forget them as
soon as you can. Tomorrow is new day; be-
gin it well and serenely and with too high a
spirit to be numbered with your old nonsense.
This day is all that is good and fair. 1t is too
dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste
a moment on the yesterdays.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
Wilhelm's Punishment.

What the world promised it would do to the
former German kaiser it never has done He
escaped all the distressing aftermath of the
war that he willed on the world For two
years he alone of all the chief participants of
the war has escaped the tragedies of political
turmoil The irony of the armistice has been
that only the ex-kaiser enjoyed any peace. Not
a single dire threat against him ever was visited
on his majesty. He stepped aside and left the
troubled world in the fire. Today the former
war lord, who designed the frightfulness for
humanity. is having his punishment. His mind
tries to evade responsibility. His conscience
will not let him escape. He has developed a
religious mania.
Wilhelm's friends fear for his mentality.
After defying world powers the ex-kaiser is
in the grip of his own conscience. He has met
in Doom the fundamental principles of right
and justice that he defied when he played the
part OF chief villain in the inhuman war drama
His punishment is greater than any that the
allied powers might have inflicted on him.
There is no weapon at his disposal to defeat
the enemy that grips him now. The latest de-
velcprnent in his spectacular career/reveals the
former kaiser one of the supreme failures
and hopeless tragedies Of human historys
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
To Stop Park Abuses.

The Rock Island park commission finds it
necessary to apply stringent measures in order
to protect the property under its care Re-
peated warnings have been issued against OBJ
jectionable practices on the part of park pat
rons, mostly the work of boys This has been
particularly noticeable in Long View q park
on which the city spends large sums each year
in development and maintenance. An evidence
Of how little regard some of these boys have
for the efforts to preserve the beauty of Long
View, Superintendent C. +. Gazetteer the other
day found that some newly laid sod had been
overturned in quest for worms, the latter to
be used in fishing in the park lakes. Hereto
fore the commission has permitted little folks
to fish in these lakes, but since they find it
necessary to obtain their bait in the park it
has been decided that in future no more ang-
Ling will be allowed in the park.
It was necessary this spring to overhaul
the comfort stations in Long View to efface
the vulgar markings left there by persons of
degenerate mentalities. Benches have been
carved with initials of visitors, and the main
pavilion has been tatooed with pencils and
pocket knives. There have been repeated in
stances where flower beds have been raided.
The park commission had taken it for
granted that the public would be sufficiently
interested in Long View TO assist in conserv-
ing its beauty rather than in seeking to de-
tract from it, and when there has been an in
stance Of vandalism it was hoped that il
would be the last. But since the offenses per-
sist the commission has determined on a diff
ferent course. An officer will be on duty in the
park day and night, and it is promised that
there will be arrest and prosecution to the
limit of the law in every case of detection of
acts OF vandalism.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Soda as N CoId Cure.

The following cures a cold IN
early stages: One-half teaspoonful
bicarbonate Of soda dissolved in
one-half glassful hot water, every
half hour till four doses have been
taken. Please tell me whether In
your judgment this remedy is likely
to have any injurious effect.
MRS. S. n. S.
Answer-No. Soda seldom has
any injurious effect in any case.
IngTOwing Hairs.
What can be done for ingrowfng
hairs? My child's legs are COM
pletely covered with them, causing
an eruption. MRS. H. E.
Answer-The child probably has
some skin disease which involves
the hair follicles. The hairs never
do grow in" That is just a fanci-
full explanation for various diseases
of the skin, a favorite myth Of the
barber shop and sometimes respon-
sible for amateur surgery which
ends in disastrous blood poisoning.
Do not harbor such a notion, but
take the child to your physician for
treatment.
Eyebrow Plucking.
Will plucking your eyebrows in
due time cause blindness? c. F. A.
Answer-No. No harm in it
Time to be Stern.
Your good advice on being stern
at bedtime proved wonderful help
TO the baby as well as ourselves.
After the third night, just as you
promised, we had no more trouble
and, DR.. Brady, when l think what
a relief it is l bless our lucky
stars that you publish your valuable
articles in our paper. We now
have our evenings for reading, sew
ing and playing, while baby sleeps
peacefully till Z a. m. MRS. G. B. H.
Answer-Well, why poster the
baby with jiggle and fuss?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22

@. Is any great portion of the
$4,000, 900 appropriated for the en-
forcement of the Volstead law off
set by taxes on illegal liquor sales?
o. MA.
A. The internal revenue bureau
says that fines and special taxes
imposed against liquor law viola
tors have brought revenue to the
government two and one-half times
as great as the S10,000,000 appro-
priation for the enforcement of the
18th amendment.
@. When was the Cobalt mining
country opened up? H. G. S.
A. Silver was discovered in the
Cobalt region in 1903. but it was
not until 1906 that the Cobalt
boom" reached its height
@. What percentage of farm
crops are cereals? H. y. P.
A. During 1921 the value of GER
calls produced was $2,563, 900 900, or
36.5 per cent of the crop total.
O.. Is there any way that color
may be restored to an article which
has been affected by acid? e. r.
A. Dip the article which is fad
ed in a weak solution of baking
soda and water. This is particu-
iarly effective for shades of yell
low.
@. How much bottled-in-bond
whisky is stored in warehouses in
the United States? F.W.
A. At the present time about
80, 600, 900 gallons of such whisky
is stored in warehouses through
out the United States as compared
with $4,000 900 gallons Is months
age.
@. What time of day should
strawberries be picked? H. L. F.
A The best time for picking the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
A Vicious Circle.

Morality may seem no particular
concern of a medical man, yet 1t
always has concerned medical men
I very much. Morality and education
concern every good doctor, for doc
! tor means teacher. Morality and
education are inseparable Siamese
twins. No modern surgical skill
can sever their vital connection.
Who and what are the gay, the
| frivolous and fast" young people
night life" of cities and small
towns? Why, they are the back
ward ones you knew in school a
few years ago, the ones who never
could quite keep pace and who
dropped out one after another
along the way. For the most part,
they may be classed as morons. A
moron is not what the public knows
as an idiot or an imbecile or a
downright feeble minded person; a
moron is an individual whose mind
has failed to develop fully, a youth
or adult with a child mind. Thus
moron old enough to vote and
presumably old enough to have
some judgment and sense thinks
and behaves as a child of 10 or IL
years might think and behave. The
wild" young man and his feminine
counterpart are equally short on
brains. That is why they show off
so unbecomingly, these child mind
ed folk who infest the resorts Of
might life
Am l seeming sallow or is it
fact that young men are not
marrying SO early today, though
unquestionably they marry oftener,
than was the custom a generation
ago? Do I err in assuming that for
some reason men are no longer
eager to marry while the marrying
is good and that celibacy is increas-
ing at shameful rate in America?
This is a delicate subject But 1
believe in hewing close to the block
heads, let the chippies fall where
they may.
All virtue is not confined to mar
ried people, as our sickening di-
vorce statistics show. Yet, delving
as dilettante in sociology and
frivology-he who reads is bound
to take notice Of frivology these
days-I am caught in a vicious cir
Gle: Laxity of morals predisposes
to wilful or premeditated celibacy,
and celibacy tends to still further
drag down moral standards. 1t is
something like this, the social whirl.
Approximately one-third of all
the young men Of the nation proved
physically unfit for military service,
it should be recalled. An even
larger share, among those who
were mentally tested, proved child
minded. This is, of course, a
shameful thing for us to envisage,
for it shows how feeble and absurd
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
BLACK AND GOLD.
BY Bernice L. Skinner.

By BerHice L. Skinner.
| Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn.
dictate, Inc.)
1t wasn't as if genii Iurked in the
goblets OF witches in the depths Of
the stained glass windows at Mar
grot's. which was merely a very
good French restaurant, where ev-
cry course tasted better than the
one before Stripping the OCCASION
of magic, Horatio Turner suggest
ed, by way of explanation, thai
the thing had just happened that
way. So far as Horatio or any OF
the people concerned were aware
there is nothing that really explains
the subtle force behind what we
are wont to call coincidence.
The misunderstanding between
Horatio Turner, millionaire club
man and genial gentleman, and his
nephew, Ben, had grown until 4
breach in the Notifications CT
Hood and tradition threatened to
destroy them, widening steadily
while spring advanced. His uncle
had insisted that Ben accept wnh
h IN the invitation of the Hatha-
ways when they opened their
shore place He had pointed ont
the advantages of an alliance with
that family, the charms Of the
daughter Alice, the desirabuity OF
Il closer eiationship for business
reasons. ignoring Ben's very appaT-
cnt lack of interest.
1t became evident that Ben
classc,! e;lls as desirable or 10 DE
desired. The family of the desir-
able girl usually had yards of pull
and several houses dotted around
the map. and nothing else to rec-
cmmend them or her, whiia the
family of the girl most 20 be de-
sired never entered into the matter
at all, and she usually worked 10
make up for any deficiency.
Horatio Turner was shocked to
learn that Ben was the victim of
an infatuation. He could not sep
arate the personality of a working
girl from puffs and pompadcurs
and an overdose of makeup. Angry
and worried, the uncle limited that
Ben could not expect to be his
heir unless he met his wishes.
Ben replied that his uncle's ,atti-
tude, his own present position, and
the condition of society generally,
was certainly not commendable,
and at this juncture they parted.
That was the reason that Hora-
ito Turner dined at Margrot's in
stead of his club one evening in
mid-May In spite of the indisput-
able clean-cut black figures which
footed into a golden harvest in
spite of friends, tradition-every-
thing, Horatio Turner was a very
lonely man that night. As he left
his home to catch a car, the fog
and general devastation served to
blacken his spirits still more, and
sent him hurrying to where there
would be lights and music, where
Ben said he preferred to dine with
Edna.
At Boylston street. two young
women entered and took seats OPP
posite him. He classed them at
once as belonging to the desirable
element. They spoke in low, cul-
tivated tones; their costumes were
the perfection of inconspicuous
good taste. So used had Horatio
Turner become Of late to sudden
shocks, that the announcement of
one young woman to her friend that
she had worked too late at the Of
flee to have time TO change her cos
tune Tor a dinner engagement,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
The Daily Short Story

scarcely disturbed him. He heard
the friend remark that she had
| completed two days work in one
in order that she might spend the
weekend at Ranesville.
He remembered that delightful
Cape town very pleasantly. Study
! ing them, he noticed the quaint GOLD
chain that one girl wore, with pen
dant small gold nugget, studded
! with turquoise matrix- Probably
that was an heirloom from '49-eI
grandfather, and just as probably
! he, Horatio Turner, had been a
narrow, stiff-necked, churlish fool
He swept class distinctions out OF
his dictionary from that moment
onward.
The man who shared his corne.
table at Margrot's attracted him al
once, meeting his curious glances
with engaging frankness. The red
brown of his tanned face, the dark
blue, loosely knotted tie against the
soft Tanned of his shirt, a muscu-
lar tenseness of bearing, proclaim
ed him the denizen of another
world. From time to time the man
made quick, Pickering gestures
across the cloth, and when his
soup appeared, he gazed into it
raptly. He ate with relish, but
always after a careful, prolonged
look at the food brought him. Hor-
alton Turner stared openly. The
other man, catching the look,
smiled broadly.
"Flies!" he said. at seems
queer to you, of course. but it's a
habit you get out there, looking
for 'em in everything, them and
snakes and spiders. But pardon
me for spelling your dinner. They
do have good things here, don t
they?'
Horatio Turner assured him that
he was enjoying everything to the
limit, and invited further conf
dences. They talked about Ari-
IONA mines.
I'm so glad to get back that
I'm silly" the other man said.
why, man. l saw a row of mar
cissus plants all in bloom in the
window of a wholesale coal office
this afternoon-that's the way you
'er a hole black as midnight. or a
dazzle of yellow that makes your
brain reel. I'm back to stay, l tell
you. That is, if" and he stopped
abruptly with sudden look of ut
ter dismsy.
Horatio Turner had never been
so intrigued in his life. "If what?''
he asked. The Westerner took a
picture from his pocket, passed it
across the table, and Horatio Tur-
ner, too amazed to speak, looked
up at the tense face across the ia
BILE.
IF can find her and win her.
came the answer, and the air vi
brated with unseen forces. Most
things I've wanted I've had to give
up, but / won't mind anything If
I can have her. 1 know she's wait
ed, her kind always does, straight
and sweet and white, like the mar
cissus. But her family's moved
away from Ranesville.'
You said Ranesville!" almost
shouted Horatio Turner. did you
send her a little gold nugget stud
ded with turquoise? Why, man,
she went to Ranesville on the $50
train-I heard her tell the other
girl so-and she said there was an
other train at $780,
Westerner. They had risen to
their feet, clasped hands, while the
one seized his check and prepare
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
The Newspaper and Mistakes.

VIII F. Muse, editor of the Globe-Gazette,
Mason City, Iowa, says that the newspaper man
makes less mistakes than any other profession
al man. The plumber soaks you twice for his
mistakes, the lawyer tries his case over at
your expense, the doctor buries his, the preach
er Is safe, for no one knows the difference. The
poor old printer has no chance. His mistake
Is multiplied by the number of copies he prints
That is why he makes less mistakes than his
fellows. Il he did not the bug house would be
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22

% each individual, $50 aItsE;IUR - 4. u
fruit is in the morning when the
berries are cool. They should be
pinched rather than pulled from
the plant. Strawberries picked on
rainty day do not keep well.
@. Why does a man who is com
ing up to bat in baseball swing two
or three clubs until he steps to the
plate? RE.
A. Baseball players say that
swinging several clubs makes the
one that is retained seem light in
the hands and easy to control.
Q. Is there an artist by the name
of Charles Chaplin? 1 do not re-
fer to the movie actor. G. R. L.
A. Charles Chaplin, a painter
and engraver of English parentage,
was born June s, 1925. at Les An
delys, Eure-France. He became a
naturaliZed citizen of France and
died in Paris in 1891. One OF his
best pictures, Souvenirs" is in
the Luxembourg, and another,
"Haidee," is in the Metropolitan
museum, New York city.
N w Lat hiuu Vi du VI = 1LlLaL-D4A
is the American Political Science
association? C. C. H.
A. This organization was found
ed in 1904 to promote the scientific
study of government, both on the
oretical lines and in practical rela-
tionships. 1t deals with problems
OF public law, diplomacy and cru
rent political events.
Q. Are any railroads in this
country equipped with wireless?
E. D. A
A. The bureau OF railway eco
noInics says that the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western is expert
menting with various kinds of ap-
paratus, but no regular trains have
been equipped as yet The first
passenger train to be thus equipped
in Canada left Winnipeg on May l.
from the yards of the Canadian Pa
cific railway.
@, When escorting two women,
should a man walk on the outside
or between them? J. T,
A. A man should walk on the
side next to the street.
@. Where did the French En-
press Eugene die? J. B. G.
A. The Empress Eugene died in
Madrid. Spain, July u, 1920. She
was buried in Marlborough, Eng
land. where she had maintained a
home during her exile from France.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-22
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady. NJ.


our educational policy has been up
to the present time. But just mag
inc il you can what sorry show
ing the celibate manhood OF this
nation would make if all were re-
quiI ed by law TO submit to an ex-
animation to determine their fit
ness for marriage. l am not going
to quote figures or estimates Of ex-
perts as to the proportion of men
WAC have communicable disease
which would almost certainly
wreck the health OF a bride, rob
her of the hope of motherhood or
even bring about her premature
death But tho conservative figures
are alarming enough. 1 assure you.
Likewise / say to all parents and
guardians: No man today should
be accepted as sutton until he has
presented a certificate from a re-
putable physician that he free from
communicable disease.