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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
Harmful Juvenile Literature.

There have been too many so-called chill
dren's books in recent years Some of these
have been good, worth reading, wholesome and
entertaining. In addition to such juvenile vol
umes there has been flood of books inferior of
text and hideous with Impossible drawings. The
latter serve no good purpose. They merely
lower the chlds sense of proper English. of
humor and of correctness of line and color
Another of the mschevous developments noted
is the grading of chiIdren's books according to
age. There be arbitrary classification of
literature for different Juvenile years any more
than for adults and the chief result of the effort
is to produce a large crop of books lacking in
originality and comprised mainly of repetitions
and variations OF one type.
To feed children's minds with petty COM
monplaces and nick-nacks, slang, pistitudes
and sentimental jingles is to do a permanent
injury TO discrimination and good taste. Lack
ing. as many OF them are, in beauty, poetry and
integrity. they create narrow point of view
slack minds and an apathetic and listless atti-
tude toward all good reading matter. Fortu-
nately there are many excellent juvenile books
The old fairy tales and folk lore which have
been time-tested still exist Librarians, wise
and experienced school teachers and thought
full parents, should cooperate in bringing these
to general attention.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
The Bluff of Fear.

If recent reports are to be believed, TrotZky.
threatening military aggression if everything
at Genoa does not seem to go to suit soviet Rus
STA, is like the boy who whistles when he passes
the cemetery. It's partly to keep his courage up
and partly to show that he isn't afraid. The
coils of famine are beginning to tighten aroun0
Moscow. 1t is said that beginning with this
month it will be necessary to put even the fav-
ored red army on rations and that before the
scanty harvests of next July starvation will in
wade the stronghold of communism itself.
1t is only lately that the soviet leaders have
really awakened to these menaces. and what
their words may be their thoughts not
cheerful. Lenine cannot sleep. TrotZky re-
verts to the old stuff about the capitalists ano
the final conflict. They know that if outside
assistance is not forthcoming their government
will fail and having engineered the fall of
previous Russian government they do not find
the outlook comfortable. Because of this stu
alton the Russian delegates to Genoa already
have been instructed to make any sort of con-
cessions which will secure needed loans and
some form of recognition for the soviet gov
eminent Perhaps the aid will be granted and
recognition may possibly come in time 1t may
be that these traitors who have deceived and
destroyed people will themselves be saved
But they will have no one but themselves to
blame if they not
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

DR.. Charles p. Steinmetz commenting on
his recent experiment with a laboratory model
of lightning storm holds there is little likeli-
hood that the dream of Harvesting the power of
lightning will ever be realized. The reason
he gives is significant of a certain inherent
quality in electrical power, well enough known
to the layman but often forgotten 1t is that
while the energy released in lightning dis
charge is so tremendous as to be impossible of
measurement, its duration is short that if it
could be put to work it would be worth only
few cents at usual meter rate.
The great difficulty with electricity in gem
eral as a power source lies in the fact that it
can not be readily stored. Coal may be put in
bins and kept for months years, ready to
realize it's energy whenever the call comes
Electricity is fluid and will not wait. Dyna-
mos in power houses must be kept spinning
Let them stop for a second and lights go out
There is, of course. the storage battery, devised
to overcome this very vice of electrical machin-
cry, but automobile owner needs to be told
equipment. Expensive, heavy and delicate, it
is depended upon only for uses requiring but
a small amount of power. Orators referring to
twentieth century achievement speak glibly of
our success in Harvesting lightning. but when
the wizard of electricity himself confesses to
belief that the feat is impossible, it is probably
time to relinquish hope that electricity, useful
as it is in a thousand ways, will ever be made to
assume a quality it notably lacks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
Another Delay for Small.

Governor Small, who has sought to create
the impression that he is anxious for oppor-
tunity to disprove the grand jury charges that
stand against him, has succeeded in obtaining
another delay of his trial in the Circuit court at
Waukegan. The adjournment is for a month
having been allowed after it was represented
to the court that the presence of the governor
was pressingly needed at Springfield in con-
nection with the carrying on of the leople's
affairs.
Governor Small is entitled to every con-
sideration that the law affords, and If there was
good reason for the present adjournment the
people of the state would have no grounds for
protest or criticism. But the fact remains that
the business of the state of Illinois would go
well with Governor Small absent as if he
were present in Springfield. The state gov
ornamental machinery is organized that it is
not imperitive that every official be constantly
on the job. Waukegan is not in another world,
and it would be an easy matter to communicate
with the governor in the event his counsel were
needed on any matter OF importance requiring
immediate disposition.
The people of the state are beginning to sus-
pect that the governor is trying to evade triaI
of the charges that stand against him. His
actions suggest no other conclusion. If he
were sincere in his announced wish for an i'm
mediate disposition OF his case in court he
would not be jockeying with legal technicalit
as he has been doing for months. The governor
has lost prestige among the people of the state
by his evasiveness.
Governor Small is charged with misappro-
priating public funds while he was serving as
state treasurer. 1t is alleged that he now pos
sesses large sums of money that belong to the
stats. The kovernor entsrs denial and claims
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

the form of roll roofngs and prepared shingles
than all other types of roofing combined An
cient Egyptians used q similar process Their
undertakers wrapped the dead in cloth and
coated the cloth with asphaltic pitch Prehis-
toric hunters made tents and boats OF goat skin.
then water oofed the seams with a coating
of asphaltic bitumen. Today we use the same
principle in the roofing of asphalted rogs, often
with crushed rock ground into the surface. Mil
lions of other modern devices are merely extern
sions or Celebrations of things used far back
In the mists OF history
The steam shovel is an elaboration OF the
fingers and cupped hand with which the ancient
barbarians dug into the earth. Examine
steam shovel and you'll notice its steel fingers.
also that it has a flexible movement base on
districts of China dentists pull teeth with their
fingers, strengthened by practice Of pulling pegs
from wood. The American dentists use for
ceps-steel fingers. An ancient clin dweller
killed heavy beast To get its carcass up
the cliff to his cave he made hosting rope OF
braided rawhde thongs. That was the ancestor
Of the elevator, just his crude ladders or
ropes with knots for foot rests were the orig
inal stairways In all centuries man has had
much the same problems Each generation
handles these problems in a slightly different
sun. but there is always a new and better way
of doing everything. Find that new and bet
ter way. That will be contribution to progress
also wealth for you-provided you have the
genius of organization and craftsmanship.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
With Other Editors
The Family of Man O. War.

bay iliy was born the other day on the
Riddle farm in Lexington, Ky. She is more
Interested now in maintaining a stance on her
rickety young legs than she is in her pedigree
which is a long affair splashed with stars But
horse lovers are concerned nightly over the
young ladys appearance because they know
her dad. She is the first horse sired bv Man
o War
What will the future hold for this unnamed
daughter OF the king of the turf and patrician
mother, Masquerador? Will she upset the an
Gent theory that anthropologists advance in
histories of mankind and horsemen in racing
animals; that the first child is not tht. hest ,
Not only tradition but recent statistics discount
any glowing prophecy for her success-Detroit
Journal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

O. How long have We had acct
dent insurance in this country?
A. S.
a. Accident insurance was first
introduced into the United States
in 1859 and the first accident insuE-
ance company was organized in
1863 at Hartford, Conn. 1t is said
that the first accident policy was
issued when the president or the
company insured citizen OF Hart
ford in the sum of $4,000 for a
premium of two cents against
death by accident while walking
from the postofice TO his residence.
@. Can a burglar be convicted
by the testimony of his pal who was
in with him on the job? X. F. G.
A. 1t is the law in some states
and the rule of practice in others
that a jury shall not convict Upon
the uncorroborated testimony Of
an accomplice.
@. What is meant by overhead
expenses L. I. r.
A In manufacturing the term
overhead expenses is generally
used to include all expenditures
except those for productive labor
and for raw materials, but it IS
used with so many different mean
ings that il is difficult 10 give 4
hard and fast definition.
Q. What is meant by the term
devils advocate" L. T.
A. The term devils advocate
is pop1larly applied to persons
who accuse maIiciously or SANDER.
1t is derived from procedure III
the Roman Catholic church, In
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
Pirquet on tuberculosis.

fuQueL ON IuOerCuEOtISs
The name OF Pirquet is closely
associated with tuberculosis. An
endermal or skin test for the pres
ence of tuberculosis was introduce
ed by Pirquet and is known by his
name. The test indicates the pres
ence of a focus of tuberculosis
somewhere in the system-and
most OF US have some such latent
or smouldering focus of tubercu-
losis-but il does not tell US wheth-
er the tuberculosis is active or
whether it has anything to do with
the patients present i'll health. 1t
is one of these tests which is of
value rather negatively; that is. if
a child reacts positively to the test,
that doesn't signify much: but if
child i'll whom tubercuiar con-
dition is suspected reacts negatively
to the Pirquet test, that is good
evidence against tuberculosis as an
explanation for the child's condi-
ton.
Recently Pirquet's name has
again come to the fore in the med
iCal profession because of scheme
or plan which he devised for feed
ing infants scientifically, the guam
titles being determined, not by cal
cries. but according To the child's
sitting height accurately measured.
The method has been employed
with great success by the Ameri-
can relief administration in feed
ing the children in Austria.
PirQuet now considers tubercu-
nj in n
sense that the germs of tuberculo-
body of practically every adult in
habitant of city, are not allowed
to spread and overwhelm the or
ganism so long as this is in good
state of nutrition
This is no revolutionary advance
or revision of teaching. Physi-
clans the world over have tacitly
held some such view. as is reflect
ed in the rest and feeding treat
ment for a generation. But Pr
Quet puts the idea in concrete
form
We have no certain food, no
specific chemical substance" he
writes, which protects against tu-
berculosis, but we know that good
appetite for various kinds OF food
and the satisfaction OF this appe-
tite by ample meals are the best
preventive and the best cure" He
believes that all the treatments
which have been used with any
success against tuberculosis cul-
inmate in the feeding idea. Change
of climate, change of scene, rest,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

the sculptor, sittings work of execution. cast
ing, etc--invariably bring it about that the
bust is not ready to put in place until the end
Of the term. Thus it happens that the busts so
handsomely distributed through Frances pub
lie buildings are not those of the presidents
but those of the last ex-president.
During NJ. Poincares presidency, his min
listers drew their inspiration from gazing at
statues of NJ. Fallieres. And now the bust of
Poincare-who was elected president in 1913
has just been finished. When the busts were
ready for delivery the other day. NJ. Poincare
was asked for instructions. 1t was felt that
point of deicacy might deter him from placing
his own bust in the places of honor. After
brief reflection he decided, Follow the Gus
TOM
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady, M. q
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

open air. sunlight, sanatorium care,
etc, not only conserve energy but
improve the appetite and the pa
tent begins 90 eat.
Look out now, Don't run away
with general conclusions from this.
We are speaking of tuberculosis.
What is needed by more invaiids
or near invalids is something to
diminish the appetite,
In his wards in Vienna. Pirquet
has been relying largely on his
method of feeding. He no longer
uses tuberculin, though he thought
highly of it before. He uses no
other specific method. And as he
observes the effect of scientific
feeding he becomes more and more
optimistic in prognosis. For in
stance, he remarks that he used to
consider pulmonary tuberculosis in
girls between the ages of IL and
IA years almost hopeless; now he
sees many of these little patients
making good recoyeries. He even
sees cures in children suffering
with tuberculosis of the brain.
tuberculosis is still the most
durable of all serious chronic dis
eases. have said this many
times. 1t is indeed a pleasure to
find one of the worlds greatest
authorities taking a more hopeful
view.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
FavOrite Myths.
Are so-called nose shapeuers OF
any use in correcting a large or
hump nose? Would the use of an
electric vibrator develop the point
of the chin? DOROTHY IL
Answer-No.
Pimples.
/. If pimples come from impure
blood. why do they appear only on
the face? Why doesn't sulphur
purify the blood? H. S. H.
Answer. Pinlples do not come
from impure blood and pimples do
appear on other parts OF the body
as well as the face. 2. don't know
why not-unleSs the Creator felt
best for it not to.
Magnum Opus Lost
A specialist in your city told me
| had neurasthenia and at the time
he explained precisely what it is,
but l have forgotten just what he
said, so ask you to explain.
E. H.
r-Neurasthenia is very
elusive thing, perhaps even hypo-
thetical. The term literally means
lack Ct nerve strength, whatever
that may mean. Neurasthenia is
going out of fashion as the nerve
specialists retire.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
The Daily Short Story

membered as in a daZe that few
! hours ago he had been happy be-
cause it was their anniversary and
/ because he had good news. Now
everything was changed.
/ Il don't know he muttered froIn
! the depths of his paper.
/ WHY. John Patterson, aren't you
ashamed of YOURSELF"
! No answer.
And after I've worked so hard
/ TO get you present that l earned
all myself"
! No answer.
IF that's all the interest you take
I'm glad I'm no Eleanor Hallowe!l
Abbot, and couldn't afford to buy
/ you sedan for a present"
! Still no answer.
Well, don't you want to know
! what l got you
: Why, of course. What is it," in
a lackadaisical tone
Well, it's on the table beside
you"
He reached out for a much be-
ribboned package, with trembling
hands and started to open it.
Dear, I'm really afraid you're
going to be sick. You look so pale.
Nonsense, I'm all right. Well,
this is just fine. That's my fayorite
cigar, but l can't afford to smoke
them every day. Oh, l have pack
age for you, too"
He went out TO his coat pocket
and returned with a box of choco-
! lates. Then while he smoked she
II mr. h nd nhnnnfnfnC
Don't you want to know how |
earned the money!"
By a supreme effort he managed
! to act naturally.
Yes. of course, and what was it
you said about Eleanor Halloweli
Abbott
Why. she's the author of Molly
Make Believe that you enjoyed so
much"
And what, may l ask, has she to
do with my cigars?"
Well one day l was telling Ruth
l wished l could earn some money
all my own to buy you a birthday
present with and she suggested that
| should try writing stories Then
she told me an anecdote about
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott-how she
got check for a thousand dollars
for her first story. She was SO
pleased she had it casned in one
dollar bills and papered her room
with them
'Oh, l see. You are going to fol-
low her example in interior decora-
ton, but you're going to use cigar
coupons instead of dollar bills"
Not exactly, for I'm going to use
these" And she brought him d
whole package of rejection slips.
We'll, I'll say if I'd gotten 81 900
could have bought you a sedan
and one or two extra tires, maybe.
But l had to content myself with 4
tiny box Of cigars"
Well, how did you finally earn
the money. Were you like the man
who got $25 for his last story He
got it from the express company
They lost it,
We'll, not exactly; but l made up
my mind If l couldn't earn single
penny, l wasn't worth much. Why,
I've actually sent in Household
Hints to numerous papers and even
Hints to Young Mothers but all to
no avail"
Well. I'm getting all excited.
What did you finally do? Take in
Washing"
No in triumphant tone. 4
finally got five dollars from the
Western Tribune
We'll, that's fine What for?
Getting Subscriptions"
NO. for writing love letter.
Mary may have heen somewhat
surprised at the strang, effect of
this news on John and at his great
joy over her literary success" but
he never explained il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
Where the Rags Go.

What becomes of your old clothes after the
rag man and his secondhand customers get
through with them? Teacher taught you in the
little school house, that old rags eventually were
turned into paper That used to be so. Still
is, to some extent. But the chances the
clothes you threw away few years ago are
now covering the roof OF house Old rags,
pulped into a felt and then permeated with
ssnha11 axs conu5ax uaoxa American haupsa in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

nnaily 0eciueQ,
after a moment
of hesitation,
to agree to the
a r r a n g e =
ment. This is
how it came
about:
The custom
of the third
French repub-
lie prescribes
that the bust
of the presi-
dent shall be
executed, a n d
Il number of
casts made and
placed in the
principal Of
fees of the
& o V e I Il =
Inent. But al
t h o u & h t h e
d e s i d e n =
tial I erm is
S e v e n years,
various delays
~ q
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

which. when a san titled person is
to be canonized. someone Is ~
pointed to scrutinize his past ~
and report all acts mlus@ -Ii'.s
against the proposed honors' Iai.
official is known as he 'adFoC~t -
diaboli," which the official des.s
mated 10 defend the candidate ~ "
honors is termed "advocatus Ds'
Gods advocate
O. Where was the first ag7lcl.,-
tural experiment station ioca'e1 -
this country? J. X. -i,.d
A. The first regularly organIIg.1 ~
agricultural experiment sIali0 N.
America was established at ~"
Ieyan university. MiuuIeI -.
Conn, in 1875. under the dife0'-''
of DR.. w. O. Atwater.
0. What is the extent OF La
is called the cotton belt! n. L. e.,
A. The cotton belt is a strip "
ginning in North Carolina ana g
tending southwestward ana "'s.
ward TO central Texas, lying IL no
eastern end midway between ~ ~
mountains and the sea, WideAiHs
il approaches the Mississippi a..
extending westward until Il f5 80.
the arid belt where lack Of lAolS'1-'
prevents its further spread.
O. How did the acre meas ~
ment of land originate? NJ b. .s I'll, ..
A. Acre, originally ne,
pasture" or hunting sfouu -,--s
later come to be rough IneaSt-.t
of ground and was held to oe N" %,
one man could plow IN one das, ~. an
lin EnelandI what a yoke OF o1ep
could pillow in one day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10

that he will readily disprove the charges against
him when his case comes to trial in court The
people OF the state are not DESTROYS of seeing
their governor discredited but they do insist
on him at least permitting the law to take its
course in the present ugly situation. If the
governor is innocent the people insisting
on having proof to that effect at the earliest
possible date.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
Foreign Comment
Special Dispatches to The Argus from
Paris bureau of The Consolidated Press,
10 re de l'Elysee.
Poincare Follows Custom.

Paris March 9-Poincare is the first prime
minister to have a bust of himself not only in
his own office but in the Offices of all the other
members of the French cabinet. For he has
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-10
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-27
Summer Tourists Season
The following from Mr.. R. B. Pc

The following from Mr.. R. B. Pc
gram: .,
The Summer tourist season Will
be opened by the Southern Railway
system tomorrow when the Land
of the Sky Special" giving over
night service between Asheville and
the Southeast with through sleeping
cars from Wilmington, Charleston:
Savannah, Atlanta and Macon Will
be placed in service. Through car
service to Asheville for this season
will cover a broader territory than
ever before and all the Western
North Carolina resorts are expect
ing record crowds, through sleeping
car lines have been established to
Asheville from Chicago and st.
Louis in addition to which the lines
from New Orleans, Mobile, Mont
gomery. Birmingham and Chatta-
nooga have been re-established for
the summer. Sleeping cars have
also been established between Mem
phis, Tennessee, and Richmond, via
Asheville and between Cincinnati,
Ohio and Goldsboro, ~ c., via
Asheville. In addition to the SER
vice in effect the year round these
new lines give through sleeping car
facilities to Asheville from all sec
tions of the south and from practi-
cally every important city east of
the Mississippi River"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-27

The annual Children's Day pro-
gram of Del Ray Methodist Sunday
School was given Sunday morning
at 1880 o'clock before an audience
which filled the church, and seemed
most appreciative of each number
on the program. The entire school
body participated, all but two OF
the classes having special numbers,
and as each number was exception
ally we'll rendered and interesting,
it is impossible to single out any
for special mention. The pastor,
Rev. J. R. Wood, gave a five min
ute talk taking the word Watch"
for his theme. and emphasizing the
need of watchfulness in character
building and christian living. The
collection of the school for the day
totaled S14.00 and goes to help
with the support and equipment of
needy SUNDAY Schools of the 9alti-
more conference.
Mildred L. Emerson,
Gazette Correspondent.
Phone 1872.