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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
.T0mSin1SSuvs.
A wise man never sleep. on

wise man never sleeps on railroad track
or on tho job.
> Out Of sight is not out Of mind. Coal is and
isn't -''
. 1t is hard to tell what or when they world
is coming to.
Movie star usually keeps q diary. Then shs
can look back and tell who her husbands we're.
The man who flares up never shines very
long.
Beethoven composed masterpieces after he
was deaf. Our musicians compose them just
before. A- JUST
Stores advertising easy payments" often
md they are not
Health hint! Never phone your wife and
ask her where she is.
II new stenographer proited BY her mis-
takes she would be rich.
Michigan man who smoked . cixaret
while carrying dynamite will never do either
again.
Three Germans are born for every French
man. Tho alarming part is It tafes more
nerve to be born in Germany
Soft drink maSnate's SON sued for nm at
while drunk should have stuck to a sin Off
the old stock. -
Choose your words well. Some dav vou
may have to qat them.
This may Be an awful country; but there
are Russitns who haven't had good meal in
San Francisco woman disownsd her ~
children. Perhaps they wore bell-bottom
Lloyd George and tn. ez-k.iser 70, ,,r nav
for their mepoirs The pen brings more money
than the sword.
Fashion says mems winter clothes viii ha
eeoss - ~ 1,11sxn9lee1ee.A cleaztue r.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
Seeking Revival of Courtesy.

There is suggestion of campaign for the
conservation Of courtesy among motorists as a
fule of the road. It's good thing. the fact is
it is so good thing that to give the motorist
monopoly OF it is individious discrimination.
Courtesy was once the badge of courtly gen.
tility. Now it is SO rare as to be reckoned a
ctrio Of forgotten fashions long since obsolete.
The motorists may find it on the rural roads
seeking the solitude Of isolation far from the
maddening crowd. 1t is seldom discerned in
street, on highway or elsewhere where the pro-
cession Of people from whence to whittier
PUSHES along restless and resistless stream
Of selfishness.
Now, Of course, that is somewhat of an ex-
aggeration, for sometimes one disposed to
courtesy and consideration does wander abroad
and give demonstration in kindly self-efface-
ment or courtly service in good manners. 1t is
by these testified that courtesy is not dead, but
just out Of form. For these usually find them
selves curiously regarded or indifferently
thrust aside. The campaign is timely for safe
tvs sake as projected by motorists. Most of
them need polishing up In manners, as some Of
them need polishing up in morals. But there
are others. The campaign should be made to
comprehend every branch and division of So
ciety in the broadcast, widest and deepest mean
ing of the term. We certainly need vitality a
baptism Of courtesy and considerateness.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
In Defense of Soup.

Some vulgarian long on dollars and short
on culinary aestheticsm, has risen to sug-
gest that soup be removed from the bills of
fore Of the big hotels because it savors of the
lowbrow and has no place on the properly ap-
pointed menu But little reflection is needed
for use to realize the horror of such sugges-
ton. This is one of those occasions where we
are tempted to resort to calumny. and yet soup
needs no defense; it is well able to protect it.
self on basis Of merit cnly recitation of
these merits borders on superfluity, but for the
benefit OF those who would place their seal of
approval upon a suggestion which. upon its
face is sacrilege. we mention the following
points on the human side OF soup: 1t has with
stood the sings and arrows Of outrageous ex-
pertinent on the part Of housewives for ages
and comes through unskimmed: it has been the
salvation Of the wife who beats the husband
home in the evening BY two jumps and must
have supper waiting; it has cAused more long
ing for home and mother than all the songs
ever written; 1t has saved more waste than all
the kitchen efficiency experts the world has
Known it is the only entree on the menu which
makes its, way naturally through thick and
thin: it. is the only, champion Of the people
winning two starlight falls from gravy. But
why continue: Eliminate soup! Mon Dieu. We
are speechlesa! sometimes believe that the
rs in uAita6 States sta1d for -soun.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05


Throughout the west and south there Is
very general conviction that New Workers. are
hard boiled. Yet that great. sold, heartlsss
city. which is populated. according to song and
story. By the wisest and most self-centered
people in Ill the world. has for number Of
years been contributing heavily to the gasoline
bills and chauffeur hire Of gentleman whose
only claim TO them consisted in the fact that
he was lacking in legs. Sitting on little plank
with rollers under II, he parked himself in var
ious sections OF the buster streets and held out
a hat, into which the soulless denizens of the
metropolis showered nickels and dimes, quar-
tiers and bills At the end Of each perfect day
he rolled himself along to an expensive hotel,
attired himself in gay attire, put on nice pair
Of artificial legs and took dinner with his wife
and two children. After dinner he called up his
chauffeur. who brought his car from q nearby
garage. and the whole family took drive
through the park. This man toiled not, neither
did he spin. Yet he never required to get his
meals at bread line, and he found in the most
VIGOROUSLY cold-blooded city in the world a
handsome livelihood merely for the asking. Tho
apparent moral Of this story is that New
Yorks well-insulated heart can be reached and
that the CITY, after all, isn't so hard boiled as
is generally supposed outside its boundaries.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05

pig that had acquired family and
needed attention and departed.
When he reached Andrews
place, Hattie WAS unhitching her
horse. She had replaced the teeth
in the tumbler behind the pancake
-four where Andrew would be
forced to think he had left them.
Like wise woman, she attacked a
second choice. She took Ezra home
with her. She showed him her Gel
lar of canned goods, the prospects
of we'll filled pork barrels, the cows
and sheep. Then she took him to
the cheerful living room and lad a
heart to heart talk. with him. She
was thinking while she talked:
'Ezra's one tooth will come out
If l have to chloroform him and
hitch old Dobbin to 1t. Really, he
would be a fine-looking man with
some teeth-after he is fatted up
! He will fat up-people always do
who live with me-"
The two couples were married
(, the same afternoon, . week later
But Hattie suddenly refused to
work outdoors. Instead, she used
lemon juice and cold cream and
powdered her nose! She also dieted
and lost 60 pounds, while Ezra
gained 80.
IF the two widGers' are widders
agin, it will be nip and tuck who
gifts the man"
/, If the two widderers are wild
derers agin. Ezra won't git q sec.
ond-hand dinner invitation"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
Primary System Loses Favor.

4 The chief charge against the primary sys-
system pertains in this state and many others,
Is hot merely that it is cumbersome, expensive
to candidates and state and incapable OF awak-
ching interest on The part of the voter. For
these conditions are really but insignificant
compared to the larger allegation lodged
against the system now in vogue That sin is
In It's ability to serve the public welfare. 1t Is
too often a means Of an unknown man riding
into political power. 1t makes wise choice Of
candidates diflcult and sometimes impossible
III demands that the aspiran. to oficial hon
tors neglect his business and at great incon-
iveniDncs ahd expense to himself and his
Ifriends enter upon q canvass whose outcome
lcanlot be accurately forecasted. While this
Ilatt4r RECRUITMENT 10 an embarrassment to the
lonise seeker rather than the people, on its face.
III actually harms the public in greater do
lgree because It deters many good men from
entering public life. Then. too. the primary
lpla4 - nov generally employed does not ac-
soomplish the end which II was chiefly designed
to ssrvs It y NO safeguard against trickery :
The early proponents ora straight primary
ELECTION to determine the choice Of candidates
for public olhee saw In their minds all unit
Imen slinking from such 4 contest. 1t was be-
nisved that no opportunity for corruption at the
polls could exist The dream Of the pioneer
tplsaders Tor the direct primary system was
i9hAt4H vo1A Maka ths cpe1 eitizea .1oxsS
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
THE ACTION OF RADIT]M

Many = 1oulless charlatan cquips
with an ancient or obsolete appar-
atus just powerful enough to show
whether the victim has q coin in
his jeans-vhich is powerful
enough for him--and proceeds to
find out what is the matter with
every victim who calls.
Even the best of modern X-ray
apparatus can practically never be
relied upon to make a diagnosis.
Such information as the physician
obtains from an X-ray examination
is only corroborative OF the ply
sician's opinion or suggestive at
best. Even though X-ray examin-
alton were not necessarily SO ex-
pensive as it is, the foolishest thing
q layman can do is seek an X-ray
examination or picture on his own
initiative and without the advice
Of his physician. OF course the bet
ter X-ray technicians will not give
q layman an X-ray examination ex-
cept by request Of a physician, but
there are plenty of the commercial
kind nowadays who will accom-
modate the gullible as readily as a
photographer viii take your pic
ture.
Radium Is surrounded with even
more mystery and misunderstand-
ing than the X-ray. Like the
X-ray in the earlier days, radium
has been seized upon as. an ideal
means Of exploiting credulity. II
would seem that the average lay
man, at least the type that patron
lie quackery, is willing to believe
that dash of radium will cure
whatever he imagines ails him. This
is cruel and false; if ethics were
not at such a low ebb such false
hoods could never gain foothold
Radium bromide, the form or salt
of radium used in therapeutics
may be purchased now for $3.50 a
milligram, or about $1,000 pei
grain. But radium constantly gives
off carnations or rays which con-
sist of actual particles, and these
smanations may be collected and
Uept for a time in glass tubes. The
radium itself loses only half its
strength in 1900 years; the eman-
alton loses half its strength in four
days, but the emanation is as good
as the radium itself while it lasts
One millicurie of emanation in a
| glass tube left permanently embed.
ded in cancerous tissue, for in.
stance, has the same effect as treat.
ment by one milligram- of radium
Radium rays are divided into
three kinds: alpha, beta and gam.
ma rav Alpha rays, constituting
about go percent of the rays rad.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05

~ V8SA AboAvtA0se4s Nv obsShoSA -
OF the use Of shorthand Is recorded
in Plutarch, who mentions that ID
the debate on the Catilinian con
spiracy in the Roman senate in 81
B. c.. the famous Grafton OF Cicero
was reported in shorthand.
@. Does sound travel faster
when the weather is warm? Il. NJ
A. In undisturbed air, at tenn
perature of 80 degrees F. the We
locity of sound is approximately
1000 feet per second. The velocity
increases about one foot secona
for each degree as the Temperature
rises. :,
@. What are the oldest goia
coins in the world? r. B. E.
A. The skaters" of Croesus arc
generally believed to have been tae
first gold coins ever minted. Thl1V
of these coins were recently I'M
earthed in the buried ruins OF sal-'
dis, in Asia Minor, by an American
archaeological expedition. They are
at least $500 years old. The coius
are all Of the same type, showing
on the diverse the foreparts OF a
lion and a bull facing each otne,'
and on the reverse two squares
stamped in. There are slight var.
iations in the size and weight, pu'
the amount Of gold in each is q NJ,
tie more than in our five-dollar eohs
pieces. Croesus not only coineo
gold but adjusted his system Oh
coinage to a convenient excnanss
basis with the silver and copper
coins Of the Greeks and the BABY
lonians and other orientals. MS
father, Alyattes, made coins OF az
alloy OF gold and silver, but II re.
mained for Croesus to put tne
country on gold basis. He misls
be termed the father of the so'4
standard.
@. For what period can weather
be predicted? n. NJ. B.
A. The Weather Bureau says ~
IS impossible to give practical to.e.
casts Of weather conditions io'
more than three days in advance
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
The Daily Short Story

| 12S ring 4. But Andrew did not
miss the teeth until the next fore
noon. He had had neuralgia for a
week and had worn them only on
special occasions. After looking
about the house for the tumbler,
he went outdoors and looked under
I; the sink window, thinking the cat
might have knocked ~them out. AT
last he returned to the kitchen,
kicked it into very bad disorder,
and said things that would have
caused the widow Davis to consider
before accepting him. Between his
cursing spells he gr9aned:
II cannot propose to a charming
woman, toothless. l can't eat corn
balls, humble my dinner or lisp
my words"
He thought about his big, caved-
in mouth under his big Roman
nose. So handicapped, it would be
disgusting to think of giving a wo-
man a first kiss.
At last, he reconciled himself to
the inevitable and called up 1913
ring 4. The receiver of 123 ring 8
came off the hook also.
In veice that registered sincere
sorrow, he said:
Il never was so disappointed. A
business matter prevents me from
| coming over to dinner, but l will
see you as soon as possible"
While Andrew was adding to his
regrets, Hattie swiftly passed the
widows house, driving her old
white horse. She stopped at An
| drew's house and fasteneda her
team to small maple-a nice, con-
/ spicuous place, in plain view OF the
widows house.
Widow Davis hung up the receiv-
i er in haste. Her face grew red.
That she was angry-she indicated
to the astonished cat that had
squatted in front of the oven door,
! where reposed the steaming chick
en-. The cat scooted to the catnip
patch. Then the widow addressed
the clock that pointed to the hour
when she had dreamed Of receiving
rapturous kisses and honey words:
If that's the kind of man he is,
I'd rather take palmer man and
i make improvements on him."
Promptly she rang 1913 ring 6.
Ezra Rounds wondered who could
be thinking of him On Sunday. He
received the surprise of his life
when the widow Davis invite1 him
right over to dinner, quick, or it
will get cold"
Andrew saw Ezra pass and enter
the widows door. He forced him
self to talk Of the hay deal, wish
ing it were where it would burn,
After while spiteful feeling pos
sessed him. Naturally, he began to
size Hattie up.
She's a-mighty efficient woman
anyway; she can drive oxen to
pillow, run moving machine, dig
potatoes, put on a load OF wood
if she us fat"
| Then he sighed. Suddenly he no.
ticed the clock Ezra had been with
the widow for an hour. At last he
sensed the situation. Hatless, he
left the stunned Hattie and fled
down the street to the widows and
j rushed into the kitchen. Ezra was
placing huge mouthful Of minee
pie behind the overworked from,
tooth. Andrew sat down on the
woodbox and began his confession
i Il have come to tell the truth
about not coming to dinner. l coult
not find my teeth. l don't look very
handsome, but,if there is any din.
ner left shooting a malignan,
glance towards Ezra), I would bt
glad to have some"
;! Certainly" said the widow. 1--WE
could hardly eat six-pound chick
en- with fixings,"
: Ezra muttered something about ;
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Hard Boiled.

Do eggs lose their nutritive
value when hard boiled?-(O. d.
Answer-No. In fact hard
boiled egg is more easily digested
than soft cooked egg, if we'll mas
ticated and grated or finely chop
ped, because in this form more
surface is exposed to the gastric
juice. =
A Prophylactist.
Do you think the study of n.y.
giene, with the aim to becoming an
expert on health and prevention OF
disease, a prophylactist, as you call
it. would be too broad an under
taking for a man of rs years who
has a high school education? How
much further schooling would'it re-
quire?-tR H. W.)
Answer-No. 1t would require
not less than two years of college
work and four Of medical school,
then two years of internship, and
five or 10 years of general practice
and special study.
Been Told Is Busy.
have been told that if one eats
a lot of tomatoes they will never
have typhoid fever. Is that so?-
tx. Y. ~
Answer-Do you mean the toma-
toes? The eating of tomatoes con-
fers no immunity against typhoid
fever.
The Left Handed Child.
II child is naturally left handed
and is required to use her right
hand to learn to write, will that
cause any injury?-(E. Pr
Answer-It seems to be RESPONSE
BILE for suffering in some cases
But why interfere? About four per
cent of all children are. naturally
left handed, and should not be fore
ed to use the right hand alone for
fine work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
TEETH AND THE TELEPHONE
by Addie Graves.

by Addie Graves.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc)
The. widow Davis had two admir-
ers-Andrew Wheelock and Ezra
Rounds. Andrew was widower
from shameless causes. "One tooth
Ezra's wife had married the man
she ran away with-a former
bOarder.
Andrew, like the widow, had two
would-be possessions. He, himself,
thought of only one-the widow
Davis. She just suited him. She was
reticent, unassuming and petite, al
though dignified enough to COM
mand the respect of all; model
housekeeper and "crackerjack'
cook. Tom Davis had been a model
husband, who, after 20 years of
faithful labor and thrift, had left
her a good farm, which adjoined
Andrews.
When Andrew called, one bright
September day, to bargain for her
apples, the widow was making
mincemeat and picalilly. The aroma
from the spicy compounds satur-
ated Andrews senses. If the chick
en- lying on the table had been
sending delicious whiffs from the
oven. he would have succumbed
then and thererright beside the
basket of apples at the widow
feet. But he remembered he had
not shaved for week. He could
see her blush-now-as she would
She was a pretty woman, with fine,
silky brown hair, a delicate pink
skin and a trim little figure. And
she powdered her bewitching little
nose-just enough.
In the city, noses were powdered
The widow vowed she would never
slump into slack country ways.
Andrew looked longingly at the
prospective feast and sighed ITS
long time since l had a feed like
that"
-"Well," said the widow, why not
come over tomorrow-it's Sunday
and have dinner-about / o'clock
don't enjoy banqueting alone
Sundays a lonesome day, anyway
l cannot go to chHfch-my coat is
at the tailor's."
Il should be so glad" replied
Andrew.
1t was hard to tear himself away
but he was ashamed of his weeks
beard, while the widows surround.
ings were so immaculate. Other
women> and their kitchens were
mussed up when so much worl
was in nrogress. He wondered how
she managed it.
Now. little way beyond the
widows lived Andrews othel
would-be possessor-Hattie Heller
who, like 10 other numbers, lis
tened in. Hattie was longing fierce
ly for Andrew. When she heard O.
the dinner invitation. it rendered
her desperate, and she started, OF
foot, to have, perhaps, her last fire,
conversation with Andrew. For al
errand, she would try to sell hin
her meadow hay.
When she reached Andrew,
house, she was disappointed to fine
him absent. He had gone over t.
the Dow lot to salt some cattle
a chore he usually did on Sunday.
| Hattie wandered about the kitch
en- and spied his false teeth in /,
tumbler Of water on the shelf be
hind the sink. A vamperish impuls,
seized her. She grabbed the teeth
put them in her pocket. placed tn,
tumbler behind package of pan
4cake flour In q closet nearby, an,
started for home as fast as her leg
would carry her, calculating: "I'l
bet my old Molly COW that Andrev
ldont 60 ter the widder's for Dime
termorrer."
Al the. evening. she listened 70
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05
HEALTH TAL,kS
BY William Brady. NJ. |
Nod PAys,elAa asl Asqor.

=
ium gives of, have no remedial et-
rect because they do not penetrate
tissue. They may be arrested even
by i thin sheet OF paper. The beta
rays constitute 3 per cent OF the
emanation, and have moderate
penetrating power, something less
than half an inch OF tissues or flesh.
It 10 the beta ray that trritates
and causes sloughing, wherefore It
is the ray chosen for treating vari-
GUS superficial and skin LESSONS.
The gamma rays constitute only
one per cent of the entire emana-
ton, but are most penetrating, go
ing through as much as three
inches of tissue. and hence gamma
rays are selected for treatment OF
deeply situated LESSONS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05

I ~

rom.
Nach tan II wall stsest yued Motor eDn-
pany issues financial statement allowing mat
its profits totaled about 8ss.eee.eee u ne y
Henry's company. % tha3 dats, had 314s-
100000 IN cash and debts dus to It nom others
Even in this day Of high Anances Il y rather
staggering to think d. one company. owned by
one femiiy, making sssSeeeeo ysar: Doubt
ful. Il John D. Rockefeller did - we'll
CRnIE.
PsnnsJivania state police, checking mp law
breakers, ind that crime tendencies run IN nve-
year cycles after the aSs Of 80. Inaf y, an
individuals danger years-the periods when
he = most apt to become criminal-afs 90
Can you explain It! Invisible emotional
and mental waves pulsats through people. With
the regularity Of pendulum or Of ocean tides.
10 crime force like electricity!
MONKEY.NEN.
English explorers, headed BY Neal McNeill.
will penetrate the dense tungles OF British new
Guinea, where no white man has ever BEEN
They will look for tabled race OF pygmy
men with tails. In other words, the missing
link between monkey and man.
A. you know in advance. no such beings
win be found But looking for them Is just
as sensible as a good many other quests that
! are made in American politics and economies.
CHANGE.
I Prohibition is making great changes In the
eating habits of hotel guests. This is forcing
hotels to 70 back to the old-time American
plan"-a fiat rate for room and meals So
says c. H. Harrington, New York caterer. 0,
er hotel men at the convention agree with him.
With the passing Of the rumhound and his
midnight suppers Of lobster and other delica-
cies, the chef in the hotel kitchen nnds the gen
eral czy is for a substantial meal Watch this
being-emotions and brain.
GLUrTON.
Peter the Great, Of Russia, and his gang Of
IL stopped at Godalming village. England, in
1898 For breakfast they ordered half sheep
a quarter of lamb, 10 pullets, IL chickens,
quarts Of brandy, 16 quarts OF wine and 81
eggs. The tavern records show that the Is
gluttons devoured this repast to the last crumb
and the last drop.
Compare this with the dainty breakfasts we
eat today. Man has starved his way into civil
ization A gorEed stomach and q stuffy head
60 together.
SUPPER
/ Despite the enormous breakfast eaten by
Peter the Great and his IL followers in an
English inn in 1898, they recovered their appe-
tiles by night.
For supper they ate ~ pounds of beef Sc
pounds Of mutton, quarters of lamb loin
and shoulder of veal, chickens, rabbits and
AZ bottles of Fine. -
It is dihncdlt for us moderns to understand
how they got away with SO much meat sThe
AZ bottles of wine are more easily compre-
| hended.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-05

/ "A Londoner 10 coming to America to tell Us
how to recover our lost liquor privileges, We
would be more interested If he would tell us
how we could. collect the dough that England
owes ID.