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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
Daily Poem
THE ALCOHOL TWINS
ETHYL AND NETHYL
By BEhTON BRALEY

Ethyl is charmerf who makes your blood run
warmer,
She's quite intoxicating in her spiritual way:
Too much Of her society means constant
inebriety,
At times she makes you happy-but Won nav
for it next day.
Ethyl is perhdious, although her work. in
sidious
She doesn't wreck you quickly, but she gets
you just the same,
She vamps you very slowly, but in time she
owns you wholly.
And she leads you down to poverty and
beastliness and shame
Methyl is villain who's out to make KILN. "
He's nothing less than poison OF the very
rankest kind;
You cannot toy with Methyl, for his slightest
little brsathIl
| Upset your inner vorkins and quite oftsn
make you blind
Besides. it's true that Methyi 30 much re-
sembles Ethyl
That only to Pharmacist 10 any difference
known.
And either one may fFolic In potion alcoholic.
so-sayons vhes sasiso& win leave than
). Aota- alnaal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Two hundred aged and invalid wc00 -.
piled last year for admission to two homes for
the aged in a single city. Only nine could be
admitted The lists were filled. This is only a
small percentage Of the old people seeking
shelter and care in their old age for whom no
place is provided. Such instances are good evil
dence that there is one part Of Americas social
duty In which she is sorely rennfss and that
widespread measures are needed to care more
adequately for those who have passed the point
of caring for themselves. Cases like these are
good arguments. too. for beginning early in
the individual life to provide for age. A very
small sum set aside weekly or monthly over a
period of years would have prevented the sad
estate Of any of these old ladies. The money
could have been put in the savings bank, in
vested in conservative securities put into life
or endowment insurance or the purchase Of
property. Any number Of such opportunities
were available to each of these women in her
prime The trouble was that in meeting the
surmountable' difficulties. of their vigorous
years the insurmountable difficulties of age
were forgotten, and the days slipped by I'M
needed until it was too late.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
TOtnSif11SSUVS

Faint heart never won fair lady, but faint
hight has.
II can come back" says Jess willard. 1t
will be long trip.
These days they promise to love. honor and
obey their impulses.
The nickel cigar is here yet, but hay fever
has gone.
Girls will be boys. Brooklyn girl sets fire
to schoolhouse.
General Pershing is 81. but general de-
livery is older
ALLEGED Booze Seller Caught. Headline.
Alleged Booze" is an excellent description.
What's in name! Mr.. Oyster is Gompers'
silent secretary.
Bill Harris young son hasn't robbed any
trains yet.
It is a lucky rail striker who gets back to
work just in time for his regular vacation<
Seven million Russian rubles are worth a
dollar. Pay no more.
Germany will restrict the output OF beer,
efforts to restrict the intake having failed.
A new dancer is called Wladislau. but not
very often.
Kipling denies he criticized the Z. S. in a
, talk with rag, bone and hank of hair.
why Men Leave Home Is a new play
| One says it is because he hates to stay there
| alone.
Counterfeit $50 bills are in circulation
Watch your change.
| Confession il good for the soul, Edison ad
n.its he invented cigar lighter in his youth
You can't eat your cake and have it too, bu
| il you don't eat it the cake gets stale.
! Experience is fine. But man with a wild
| sen in college should get wholesale rates.
Dempsey may fight Joe Beckett in London
| II enough British care to see q joke.
Weeks secretary has a nine dollar suit
but then he supports a pair Of white shoes
Missing Since Monday" Headline. 70,
can't blame her. since Monday is wash day.
About this national beauty contest, thes,
autumn days seem to be holding one
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

ca Il isn't the business Of The Argus to run
down the Gsbel murderers. The Argus helps
10 pay the salaries Of police officers whose duty
MS to look after that job. But it is the bus
49, Of The Argus to print all the news that it
ran dig up that may throw light ON that crime.
Ihat IL what it is doing. and II the police find
NY valuable tips in the stories that The Argus
IL. printing about the Gaiel murder they are
}esicome to take full advantage Of them in
6eking out the murdcrers ard sharing in the
Loco reward offered by the county board.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
p0yT co WRsF.

Everything say herr brings >
more or less heated rely from
-somebody whose pure motive IS
merely TO enIishten nd. or dispel
my obvious bias On the subject.
TIE other day = lady who lives not
far from Chicago sent me . pro-
test against my reiterat1on Of the
fact that victims az pulmonary
tuberculosis may recover - Ger
tainly and as rapidly at home.
wherever they may live, Is they
can far from home, out leyond the
rxfnbow. The lady's protest was
based ON the important fact that
her uncle had gone west and ap-
parently recovered, although he
took cold a year or two after he
returned east, and succuned to
tuberculosis.
Jessanine Whitney, stAtisticiAu
for the National tuberculosis As
sociation, has made a survey in
Colorado Springs, Denver. El Paso,
Los Angeles, Phoenix and San An
tonic and published the conciu.
sions in the Journal of Outdoor
Life for March, 1892. In these six
cities, whittier so many ill-advised
victims Of tuberculosis 20 in search
of the rainbow, there we're no less
than 1919 tuberculosis persons be-
ing cared for by municipal agea-
cies. Si1ty-three per centum Of all
the INDECENT tuberculosis were non.
residents. OF those classed as rest.
dents, in Denver. all but 73 had
originally come in search Of health
Contrast such conditions with
| conditions in Cleveland, where
| only 10 per centum of consump-
tives being cared for at public ex.
| pense are non-residents.
To send tuberculosis invalid
| "out west" without assurance thai
he has financiafmeans to purchase
proper care for at least a year, i.
cruel and inexcusable. 1t is 1
dreadful thing for such q sufferer
to ind himself without means o
support and compelled TO seek pub
lie charity far from home.
1t was found that Elk states wer,
largely responsible for this exodu.
Of rainbow hunters-Illinois, Mich
igan, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvani;
and New York. More than half O
the tuberculous who had migrated
asserted that physicians at HON,
had advised them to go west" Tn
doctor who puts such an idea in /;
patients head, without specifyin,
where the patient is to 20 precise
ly, is simply lodging his RESPONSE
bility and betraying incompetence
The educated physician, as well a
the intelligent patient nowadays
knows low absurd any such cours
would be, brave as it sounds L
the unsophisticated.
| Suitable employment in these ia
vored resorts Of the tuberculous i
almost non-existent. Few stat.
have public institutions open :,
non-residents. Therefore the trag
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
The Daily Short Story

"And-our drives and plans?"
stammered Tom.
But this is-big." said Betty.
1.-The most wonderful chance"
Our plans look pretty big to me,
girl" said Tom.
But, Tom. you ought to have
some ambition for me. They told
me over at the office I'm too smart
girl to be buried alive in a little
country town. and just cook and
| sweep"
Bought woodland joining farm
today said Tom. quietly. Deed
ready tomorrow. Made enough off
surplus to swing it. We can have
a house of GU: own, you know, Bet
/; ty, any time you say. Have a girl
to help you, if the work is too
hard"
1T isn't the hardness OF it. It's
,,.the-smallness," said Betty Brown
quickly I'm not going to be bur
led alive, l tell you. I'm yfad ]
woke up before it was too late"
i So Betty went to live in the city
in q tiny fourth floor room. tramp
ed the narrow city sidewalks
breathed the sitting city smells
Jostied crowds, and wrote three.
\ inch city tales. Cover police
court-10 a. m Cover girls
club" they told her at the News
Then, This your weekly story
Cramped! Your stuff used to hav,
some pep. Open air. What.
wrong? Get busy"
i Betty got busy, buster than she't
ever been before-the hurried, city
!; kind of busy. and she got hottel
. through the Indian summer, tired
er, crosser, so useless feeling tina
! it hurt clear down to the toes O
her fast-wearing-out shoes. Sh,
| wanted a taste of homemade mo
! lasses cakes and honest-to-good
ness vegetables SO much she coul,
not even touch the roast lamb tina
; tasted like roast beef. pork an,
, veal. She wanted one drive in tn
red-wheeled buggy, one sniff o
: something besides dirt and smok
and grease, one feel of air on tn
: hilltQps that used to get into he
stories, and never did any more.
Toms weekly letter finished he,
? and all it said was: "Workin,
: night and day. Hand short on tn
l second crop"
I Betty explained as well as sh
could to the Daily News, packe
t her trunk, fairly leaped on boar
y the O'Clock train, walked eliza
1 to Toms house from the depot. an
!? marched into the barn. Tom wa
milking the new Jersey.
q Betty Brown shifted the blessed
honest smells and swooped int
Toms arms. Il want to COO
great, fat cakes and great kettle
OF vegetables. want to clea
great big houses" she Whispered
want lots of fresh air, and bi
fields. Tom. / want to be you
: extra hand. I'll rake or move
anything. ! won't be cooped up i
city and write about things. II
write simple little stories wit
great hilltops in them. I'm
:. ashamed, Tom Saunders. l neye
knew befoSe-how big little thing
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
LITTLE THINGS.
Copyright, 1922. by Wheeler Syn.
dicate, Incl


By Myrta Alice Little.
Before the big upheaval Betty
Brown was contented as a pink
eyed rabbit in a pink clover patch.
She helped her mother with the
Homework and wrote stories and
sold them to the Daily News, which
was printed in the city, 10 miles
away. They were nice little stor-
les, with sunshine in them. the
smell of green grass and apples
and the feel Of air on hilltops-air
straight from heaven.
| Betty's sweetheart, Tom Saun-
ders, was a farmer. He lived in
the big 2 IL story brick house on
Big Hill. Wednesday and Saturday
evenings he always called on Betty,
and they usually went driving with
the red-wheeled buggy and the
black mare, and talked plans.
| Toms plans were perhaps about
the new Holsteins, or the hay crop,
the yield of corn or the new pota-
to bins. Betty loved the smell of
a farm, so she always listened with
brown eyes wide open, lips parted
and, maybe, sturdy hand tucked
into Toms and one of her molasses
cakes tucked into his mouth. That
is, she always listened until the
time of the big upheaval.
It was one evening the, last week
in August. The. heat of the first
part of the month had cooled down
into fali-like breezy time, with
the chirp Of crickets and the elder
berries turning blue-black along
the meadows. Tom had washed the
wagon with special care that night
after supper and had put on a
brand new shirt with a blue stripe
in it that matched his eyes, and a
new pair of khaki trousers. Ton
had special plans for that night
But-so had Betty.
Tom started leading UP to his
plans first. The second crop was
going to turn out fine. Doubt il
they could get men enough to har.
vest it. Milk checks a third more
now that they were distributing fol
themselves. and-Tom had beer
thinking-the brick house was biz
enough for two families-why
couldn't he and Betty-not wait 70,
spring, but be married. along IL
September some time, take the lit
tie trip they'd planned. and hav,
those long winter evenings tha
were coming with a good book
sugared popcorn. butternuts, corr
troasts and confidences-togsther
Betty's mind being packed full O
her own new, strange plans, sh,
/ probably heard just two words O
Toms eager, shy plannfng-"uar
ried" and together. They CAV,
her her cue. She shook her curl,
head and plunged swiftly into he
own tale. She poked closely
written letter into Toms hands.
"It's an offer to write regular
things for the Daily News. I 20
it YESTERDAY" she said. before Ton
, had read dozen words. wen
to see them this afternoon. NJ,
cousin Nat works there. you know
and he recommended me. They'r,
going to let me write about big cit
} les and touring cars and theatres
I've engaged my room. There1l b,
GRAND work around the office.
suppose, but-I,m almost on III,
! staff Tom. and il ! keep ON / MAJ
be-edisor-so day-and-"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

fAny reader can get the answef - ~
ton Bs,reac. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
co4,ndeubai. the replies being sent d's0
pad to anonymous letterS.l
@. What was the mystery or
story in connection with the fam
Gus question as to who struck
Billy Patterson? A. B.
A. Various versions have been
published Of the Billy Patterson
mystery. A recent one locates
Billy in England and makes him a
victim of a college prank. Accord
ing to this story there was feud
between Oxford students and the
river boatmen Of whom Billy Pat
terson was the leader. One night
Patterson was captured by the col
legians, given a mock trial and
sentenced to death by the guillo-
tine. The prisoner was conducted
to the execution chamber, shown
the beheading block and the heads
man armed with q huge battle-ax
and then blindfolder, bound hand
and foot and forced to kneel with
his head and neck In the block. At
a given signal the victim was
struck on the back of the neck
with a cord that had been wet in
cold water. 1t was only a light
blow, but it proved as fatal as if
it had been delivered with the
headsman's ak. Billy Patterson's
heart would not stand the shock.
The frightened students removed
the body to the river bank and left
it, and who Str6ck Billy Patter-
SON." became a mystery that has
never been solved.
Q. What is thrown pottery?
r. o.
A Thrown pottery 10 shaped on a
rapidly revolving disk. The prepar-
aticn of the clay is a scientific pro-
cess. The ingred!ents-ball clay
flint powder, fellspar and kaolin--
are carefully selected and weighed
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWER

Nervousness
II there any kind OF medicine
that will really cure nervousness:
The kind where the party is easily
excited 80 you can tell by their
voice. Will tea and coffee drink
ing do this?. tMax).
Answer-There is no kind OF Ill
ness which is really attributable to
pervousness. One who takes tea or
coffee excessively will probably
talk too fast-without saying much.
Easy going folk i'll of all sorts OF
things like to ascribe their illness
to nerves" or nervousness or
nervous exhaustion 1t doesn
mean anything. Perhaps that is
why nervous people like the term.
Neurasthenics-most!y self con-
fessed-will be indignant with me
for speaking SO "unprofessionally
about nervousness, but they're al
ways indignant with me anyway.
Stammering.
Recently / wrote to you for ad-
vice about stammering. l received
a letter of instructions from you
and l have faithfully followed the
exercises recommended, with the
result that for the first time in my
life / have not stammered for sew
eral weeks at a time, but this is
only temporary, and now and then
when l become little nervous OF
embarrassed l begin stammerins
again. How can one overcome sell
consciousness? (V. tt
Answer-Follow the instructions
some more. II a little is good more
is better, in this instance.
No Names In the Paper.
/. Is it dangerous to ruff ths
hair? 2. Will cold cream grow hail
on the face. 8. What is a salt BATH
and what is it good for? 4. Have
you . lotion for shiny nose? 5.
am Is years old. 5 feet and 3 inche:
! tall, and weigh 124 pounds. Is thai
correct? 6. / do not wear a corset
Will this make ones hips fat
Thanking you in advance. Do no
print my name in the paper. mis-!
H. B. M -
Answer. No. 2. No. 3. l dom
know. 4. Yes, apply once or twice
daily a solution Of 10 grains o
salicylic acid and 10 grains of re
sorcin in two ounces of toile, wa
ter. 5. Yes. 6. No. Names of CORE
| spondents or their identities ar,
| never divulged.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

The police department might station speed
COP on Twentieth street 10 observe the law
defying procession Of the members of the Rock
Island vice ring in their high powered cars
rotating between their resorts and the roost OF
Tie ring. II you turned your auto loose At the
na0e pace you would be arrested and fined,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

question oy writing The Argus ln.cEHls'
Washington D. G. Give full name aad
10 each individual. No attention ~i4 b
in certain proportions so that they
will fuse properly and weighed IN
certain proportions SO that they
will become suff c e Il
hard when shaped and fired.
The mixture is left to STAND
until thoroughly soaked and then
is lawned through fine linen ana
dumped into plaster box which
absorbs the water and leaves the
clay in condition to be beaten. All
the air bubbles must be driven out
of the ball OF clay before il IS
placed on the throwing wheel.
Workers id pottery delight in the
touch Of the plastic clay as it spins
upon the disk. The thumbs make
the inside OF the object while the
extended fingers shape the walls
After the work of art is properly
shaped it is put into plaster box
to become leather hard" and is
then finished or turned. The PLAIN
objects finally are ornamented and
placed in the fire oven, and stili
later baking process puts on the de-
sired glaze.
Q. Can mating and window
shades be given a coat Of paint?
r. J. S.
A. Both mating and window
ah&des can be painted to renew
them. The secret of success in this
work is to apply two or three yer!
thin coats OF paint rather than d
single heavy coat.
Q. Why are the cedars Of Leban-
on remarkable enough to find a
pla@e in literature? A. L X.
| A! The cedars Of Lebanon were
the tallest trees known in biblical
times and reference 10 them were
on account Of their height ana
strength.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Il You'll bless the day The Argus declared
war on the vice ring when that lechsrous band
ef 6arasites and community villiAers IL broken
rD and prevented from further preyins upon
~ unfortunates whom it has held under it,
Hominaticn through ofncial consent and armed
Intimidation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Before the enforcement Of the Rock Island
ytoe ring fines assessed against gamblers and
prostitutes went into the city treasury Under
- new arrangement the vice controllers don't
teoegats arrests because clients pay for, pro-
sse1tcn against such disturbance. The only
tire the vice ring stands for an arrest in the
Underworld Is when 1t seeks to force somebody
- ecne across with the stipulated assess
nnnts
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Ihs Argus hassg ssti1es Chief d
1ence Thsnas Cox and sheriff Joha
upHes lit fbe tIee ying 10 a1vised he
prstec4ed keepers Of houses Of prsstitu.
!. - m gzmblasg resorts i Rsek Isfas4
- be prssssed - ssssse bssisess with
IN forces Saturday night Chief Cox and
! D1eriG Miller know, Or ought to know,
-. lscstfon Of esery horse Of Drssifta-
~ md gambling resort In Rsek Island.
Z Nsxt Nsaday Tie Argus will advise its
Seadefs whether the vice ring esntisses
! - i'm Rock Island or whether its gov.
A1lnent hes been restored TO the hands
q thsse whSn the people elected - rep.
resent and serve then.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

You may not be convinced that Rock Island
3Aas besn under the domination of vice ring,
ybat all Of your doubts will vanish when the
l0ebel murderers have told all they know.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

The Rock Island vice ring would not hest
pate TO besmiroh the good name of your wife
nother or sister if it thought by doing SO il
lcould attain its ends. 1t has done this thing
p Rock Island. and 1t has not yet been curbed
p it, invasion Of the sfnctity Of the homes Of
1ca and your neighbour nor will it be until the
people rise in their indignation and crush ita
koptilian head.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Rock Island will be safer and cleaner city
aIor you and your family after the Gabsi muir
aefers are behind the bars and the Rock Island
sice ring is prisd loose from its strangle hold
~ the city and county governments.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

4 The Rock Island vice ring used everything
bat bullets to silence The Argus on the Gabel
snarder and its other activities. And the ring
Would have used them had it dared.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

The people Of Rock Island want their gov
Sfsnment directed from the city hall and not
rom the roost of<a vice ring. composed Of
mnrderers bandits and grafters.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

II you had some dark deed that you wanted
~ commit without running the risk Of legal
1nelestation all you had to do was make fnan-
hal arrangements with the Rock Island vice
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Y Paui Pofret. famoaa creator OF styles. says
axisian fashions will be driven out Of Ameri-
~ By the new tariff by its 30 per csnt duty on
InDsstsd fsmintns garments Poisst -pesdieas
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

A The Rock Island vice ring wouldn't hesitate
~ ruin your mother. your wife or your sister Il
~ doing so it could serve its heiish purposes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

The necklace, now an ornament,
was formerly something that was a
badge Of disgrace, worn only by
slaves - . symbol Of their servi-
tude.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

Some Of the occupants of the Gabel murder
~ are being 50 haunted by their own shadows
tAat they can't sleep nights.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
WHO killed Bill Gabel?

II you want to ind out who didn't kill Bill
libel ask the members of the Rock Island vice
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21
GAMBLING.

More money has been invested IN the Amer
lean production OF crude oil than has been
realized from sale Of the oil produced.
This is the opinion of R. L. WEIGH, secretary
of American Petroleum Institute. He's prob
ably correct for nearly $1,000, 100000 OF new
Gil and gas securities have been brought into
the American investment market since the
signing of the armistice.
Plungefs keep their attention on few gil
rantic bonanzas. They forget the multitude Of
failures.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-21

~ ,,ll,..,,,,,..,...illa--l Z

4 CLEVELAND poliessn - = asfs Fosnalne
. 1urser. Yong nsa azivnS % - = sSea1ns
- - hack u - frsa1 - sDsssanS ths
,teeuox wheel via NJ fss1 he = arrested
- caseisss drying. bst Dssassts DIT = can
handle the ear . vsll vtth NJ Sses = uaa
his hands.
T1ouSsnds Of years auo. II We believe scae.-
fists. that would have been true Of AZ msn.
toes long and a. usGGul - fingers Cnaneeo
habits and wearing shoes have weoeed ne
lfnot made Il weak and clumsy. Its dormans
powsr ca be called back You fesan i{iI1.
IN the circus sideshow.