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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Visiting Friend.

A very dear friend on his way to
a tuberculosis sanitarium in the
southwest plans to stop and spent
few days at our home. AS he has
entertained US we are under obliga-
tions to him but we have a boy
aged 4 who makes great friends
with everybody. What risk is in
volved if the visitor fondles and
plays with the boy? w. S.
Answer-Grave risk of Infection.
There would be little or no risk
involved for adults in your house,
hold. l would smuggle the boy
away for a visit somewhere until
Young children are particularly
susceptible to repeated or pro-
longed intimate contact with one
having tuberculosis and should
never be subjected to that danger.
Character Analysing.
I should like to have the opinion
of some intelligent person concern
ing character analysing. What do
you think of the course in charac-
ter Analysing. :? D. E. G.
Answer-My notion is that it is
foolish if you refer to analysis of
character by the height or breadth
of the brow or the prominence of
the chin and all that sort of thing
Bleeders.
Is there anything in the mothers
condition that accounts for the
"bleeder" state in a baby?
MRS. J. F.
Answer-Hemophi runs in
families. Usually the condition is
only in males and car
ried in a latent form by the female
offspring of a bleeder. That is,
the females are generally not
bleeders themselves, but their male
children are likely to be bleedTs.
The condition is due to lack of
fibrin ferment which brings about
natural CLOTHING of the blood. Why
this occurs IN certain families s not
known.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
New Monster Lizard in Sussex.

London, March ia new sort of monster
lizard was described to the fellows of the Geo
logical Society Of London by DR.. C. W. And
rews says the Chronicle.
1t is plesiosaur, the skeleton being found
in the weald clay of Berwick (Sussex) by s.
Tooth, who has presented the parts to the Brit
ish museum. These parts include the back of
the skull. some Of the vertebrae and the shout
der girde.
DR.. Andrews told Daily Chronicle repre-
sentative that this lizard creature was about
eight feet long. 1t is characterized BY the dis
tinction amongst plesiosaurs that it lived in
fresh waters and not in the sea-
This specimen lived in England millions of
years ago. said DR.. Andrews, and the pos
session of certain primitive points suggest that
it led sheltered life"
The most characteristic of these creatures
was found in Lyme Regis strata They have A
small head, very long neck, two paddles, and
a wide tail, which was very powerful. Fossilized
stomach contents have shown that they swat
lowed stones to help in the digestion of their
food.
A curious fact about the specimen described
SAID Dr. Andrews, is that it is almost identical
with species examined by the doctor in Soutb
Africa, showing that in this remote period of
the earth's history the plesiosaur was yery
widely distributed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

some recognition of what the science of eugen-
les has discovered relative to physical, mental
and moral fitness for marriage Let us hope
that some day eugenics may be taught in our
schools and colleges and reforms made in mar
riage laws to control the rights of every child
to be well born. The so-called crime waves
and the tremendous increase in racial defective
ness call for practical eugenics. The Scranton
case may have far-reaching effects on this prob
lem that is so vital to human progress.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
Four-Power Treaty Written by
Hughes.

1t matters little whether the Pacific treaty
was written in the United States, England or
Japan. If the treaty is good one it deserves
to be ratified by the United States congress, no
matter whose brain designed it; and if it is
bad one it should not be ratified, matter
where its origin was There was much specu-
lation in the senate, particularly among those
Democrats who are opposed to the four-power
pact, to the origin of the treaty Anti
British senators would not endorse it if it had
been written in London. Anti-Japanese SEN
ators would oppose it if it had been written in
Toxic But Secretary Hughes, who left for
trip before treaty had reached the senate for
discussion, and one of the few men who really
knew the origin of the treaty, informs the
Democratic DIRECTORS through Senator Under
wood that he wrote the treaty and is proud to
admit it. This should set at rest wagging
tongues in the capital which have tried TO bury
the treaty in a deep and dismal mystery.
Hughes wrote the treaty. Others made sugges-
tons, of course, but even these suggestions
were made in negotiations whose limitations
had been defined by the government. England
might have written the same treaty. for there
men in Britain capable of writing such a
treaty. Japan might have written it, for there
are diplomats in Japan who are skillful enough
to develop a treaty of this type But the treaty
written by Hughes, United States secretary
of state, and that ought to satisfy any good
American that there is nothing in it that will
be inimical to the future welfare of this nation
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
Income of the Other Fellow.

The subject of the other mans income be-
came of almost transcendent Importance to al
most every class during the latter days of the
world war. Salaried employees and professional
men shook their heads gravely they ex-
changed remarks about the enormous and in
creasing wages received even by common labor.
Factory workers spoke bitterly of the high re-
turns enjoyed by officers of the concern; of the
enviable lot of the railroad man and the build
ing tradesman. We all expressed horror at the
tales of outrageous compensation wrung from
the nation by ship yards workers and other
civilian employees. Had we been in cooler,
more critical mood at the time we might have
been impressed by the curious circumstance
that it was Invariably the other fellows income
that was of such handsome proportions Today
figures are available, and they give little sup
port to the theories accepted unquestionably
in 1918. For the first time in the United States
an authoritative survey OF incomes has been
made. The national bureau of economic re-
search gathered the statistics for the years
from 1914 to 1918 inclusive, and has presented
them IN book that commands the praise of
the leading economists OF the country 1t is
true that in 1913 there were a few mon with
enormous incomes. The report shows that
there were 10 among the 11e,o0o, 900 persons in
the United States who received 100000 or
more in 1918, and a total of $50 who had in
comes OF 81 ,o00, 600 But when one leaves con-
sideration Of the swollen incomes of the hand
full of multi-millionaires and looks for evidence
of the exorbitant returns enjoyed by ordinary
merchants. railroad employees and other skilled
craftsman he h likely to be surprised
To mako up . group containing only one Der
cent Of the total oe income receivers in the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
Preventing Marital Tragedies.

Scranton, Pa, is in a turmoil over an inter-
estng conflict between the law and the prophets.
young woman in Scranton was engaged to
marry a young business man. She asked her
minister if her fance was fit person for her
to marry. She had heard stories about him
that discredited his physical. mental and moral
fitness for the marriage relation. The min
lister advised the girl not to become the wife of
the young man and she accordingly broke the
engagement. Later the young man retaliated
by bringing a court suit against the minister.
The minister admitted in testimony that he ad-
vised the girl to break the engagement to marry
the young man and claimed that he did not
exceed his professional and social obligations
in thus counseling the young woman. A liberal
religious weekly asked a number of ministers
the following questions: Did the minister do
his duty and would you do likewise? Would
you on your own initiative without any inquiry
from the person concerned advise against such
a union? Do you consider it the minister's
duty to advise individual parishioners in con-
templated marriages of physical, mental and
moral disabilities? Do you instruct your young
people on the meaning OF marriage according
to approved knowledge of mental and sex
hygiene? One minister gave affirmative answers
to all but the third question He qualified his
negative answer to the third question by re-
marking that mo minister wishes to be NEEDLE
some, but he has no right to sit by and see
tragedy if he can wisely and tactfully avert it."
Another replied affirmatively to the last ques-
ton, but expressed doubt about the first three
problems.
Many Of the answers pointed out the danger
Of the minister being sued for libel. Some felt
that, if asked. the minister should give his
honest opinion, but should not volunteer it.
Others insisted that it was the minister's bus
mess to safeguard not only his own parishion-
ers, but the community, and whenever he had
reliable information he should use it without
fear for the protection of society. These an
swers did not assume that the physicians were
under any similar obligation. The whole incl
dent indicates more than the problem of the
professional practices of the religious ministry
It is . giartng example of conditions that i'm
press on thinking people the public need of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
The Daily Short Story

with his sister. After three weeks
of silence his curiosity overpower-
| ed him, and he inquired: What
made you chuck Dizzy?
| Flo was silent fer several mo-
ments, then she slowly explained :.
q guess it was his dancing that
made me like him l always loved
| to dance, and jim did not know
how. Then, Joe looked so nice in
his best clothes, while Jim never
| noticed whether his shoes were
shined, his neektie becoming, or
anything. Joe took me all around
everywhere, and l was so happy
un5jl-one night he asked me if
didn't have anything but that black
silk to wear; said l looked so
dowdy he was ashamed of me, and
that l disgraced him. l felt very
bad, because that was a new dress,
and l had only worn it three times,
but he seemed to expect new one
every time we went out Said he
couldn't be taking a seedy looking
girl around, that he had the repu-
tation Of going with swell look
ers'. told him we would drop
the acquaintance where it was,
then he said he, hadn't meant to
hurt my feelings, but that he want
ed me to look extra nice for next
week l told him l didn't care 10
have anything more to do with
him. So there"
Molly Hoses! I'll wiring his
neck" roared Willie, angrily.
"Gness you looked as good as any
body he ever took out"
i never used slang, or said
amt till l knew him." shifted Flo.
Il know Jim's too good for me. but
I'd do anything to have him back"
Z "Honest?" shouted Willie.
"f-e-sss!" sobbed Flo.
Here l go. Wait'll 1 get back
and out Willie dashed, hatless,
coatless, into the chilly night air.
In half an hour he returned.
dragging by the arm a plain ap-
pearing, but manly looking chap.
Here he is, Flo" announced vii
lie, in a yell. Now go to it, Jim!'
he added, and showing the young
man into the door, tore out again.
There seemed to be nothing else
but to take the advice, so Jim com
the greatest lecture of
F4o's life, while she listened meek
ly, promising to behave in the
future.
Some two hours later, half frozen
from his exile in the outer hall,
Willie opened the door and peeked
in. His sister and Jim were busilv
engaged.
Can [ come in?" asked Willie.
Nobody heard him, so he entered
permission.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
HEALTH TALKS
BY William Brady, NJ. D.
A KarelI Club.
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

A dentists main asset and gen.
eral manager writes: Il received
your instructions on reducing
about five weeks ago. l have lost
% pounds. Now l have started a
club for fat ladies. We have 20
members enrolled. We walk. Each
member is weighed when she en-
rolls, and any member who fails
to show definite reduction pays j
penalty of 10 miles on the hoof. ;"
Well, most of the fat ones need
a club of some sort to drive them
to it. I think this general manag-
er has the right idea. That 10 mile
fine is great medicine. The best
medicine is generally the bitterest.
In the founding of Karrell club
the first thing is to place the accent
on the 'ell-ka-rell, just like that
and not on the club. The average
fat woman would shy off if she sus-
pected a club were to be used on
her.
without any desire to rub it into
the fat women and let the fat men
go scott free, l submit the follow
ing tentative requirements for adj
mission to a Karell club:
1. Applicants should be over 10
years of age.
2. Applicants should have the
certificate of a physician or some
competent physicians approval.
8. Applicants should subscribe
on their word of honor to an agree
ment to cover a minimum stated
daily mileage on the hoof and to a
suitable penalty for any infraction
of this important rule.
There should be two stated
Karell days each week, say Monday
and Friday, and perhaps a social
afternoon on one of these days for
mutual condolences and boasting.
5. No person less than 10 per
cent overweight should be accepted
as an active member of the club.
Here is a table of weights for the
guidance of scouts in quest of ap-
plicants. 1t gives the average nor
NAL weight for each age and height,
with the 10 per cent excess added.
Any applicant who cannot tip the
scales at higher figure than that
here given for a woman of her age
and height should be given the gate
Height. Age Age, Age,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
CLUB FOR WIDOWS
AND WIDOWERS PUT
BAN ON SPOONING

misunderstanding a record of
not one romance started" the
Widows and Widowers' Social club.
Inc, of Cleveland, recently cele-
brated its first anniversary. Ap-
plicants specifically must state
that they do not seek marriage
We do not want mashers," MIS-.
Lldia Wagner, founder and presi-
dent of the club stated. I'VE have
social gatherings but spooning is
forbidden"
Three couples were married dur
ing the year, but Mrs. Wagner
declared, they were counting be-
fore they Joined our club"
The club has so members. so of
whom are widows, Mrs. Wagner
continued. Social parties and
dances are frequently held at the
members homes.
Our success is due to our poI-
icy Of keeping out applicants who
want to spoon" Mrs. Wagner con-
cluded. "Other such clubs have
sprung up and disappeared because
they were founded on the principles
Of a matrimonial bureau"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

@. What is the meaning of the
title "U. ]. d.? K G.
a. L. ]. D. is the abbreviation
of the title "Utriusque Juris Doc
tor" meaning doctor of both laws
Canon and CiviD.
O. What is the A B C process ?
E Y. H
A. The A B C process is a meth
cd of purifying sewage by sulphate
of alumnia, blood, charcoal and
clay.
Q. Can king quit his job when
ever he pleases? II. d.
A. In monarchies, as a general
rule, the sovereign can abdicate or
relinQuish his title and power at
will, but in England the king can
do this only by consent Of parlia-
ment.
Q. What are three iaments Of
Cato? e. w. F.
A. Plutarch says that Cato de-
clared that in his whole life he most
repented of three things: one was
that he had trusted a secret to a
woman; another, that he went by
water when he might have gone by
land; the third, that he had re-
manned one whole day without do
ing any business of Importance.
Q. Where was the first fort of
the Hudson's Bay company?
E. J.
A A reproduction of an old
Bay fort is now being
built at Invermere Point, Lake
British company, on
the exact spot where the first. one
stood. 1t is to be a memorial to
David Thompson, who was the
pioneer of the Hudson's Bay COM
pany in Canada.
@. How does the New York
Clearing House operate? NJ. X.
A. The operations of the New
York Clearing House are exactly
the same in principle as those of
a bank clearing house, with the ex-
ception that stock certificates are
exchanged (clearedl instead Of
~aecks and drafts. a sheet is
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15
SAM fCs 1V lie
BY Anita Webb.
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl

Gee, he's grand" Flo Willard
gazed after the retreating figure of
Joe Allen, all but dislocaJing her
neck attempting one last gl~nce.
THAT lanky, hair-parted-in-the-
middle goof is-grand!"
Willie Willard, you shut up"
IF he's grand, I'm glad l amt, "
drawled her brother.
He's a gentleman-more than
you are" snapped his sister.
"Aw, he's a jazz hound, an 1 bet
he can't even sew a button on, .
continued the provoking Willie.
Get out, you pest!" shrieked
Flo, and he departed, adding one
last remark, 81 bet the girl he mar
ries1l halter support him"
I'll pound that kid some time"
Flo consoled herself, arranging
the pies, cakes and rolls in their
cases, while Willie, on his way
home, thought: She's daffy over
that jazz-bo, and him as good for
nothin' as ever was
The two lived in a small but
comfortable two-room apartment in
a lower part of the city. Orphans,
they managed to support them
selves nicely, for Flo had charge
Of small bakery, and Willie bell
hoped" in a downtown hotel. He
was rough and ready boy of II,
but possessed more common sense
than did his 21-year-old sister. who
seemed to note only the fiashy pres
ence of young Allen, neglecting
to peer into his faults and quail
h ICE 70
marry some Woodworking, self
respecting young man, one who
would give her love and happiness.
Jim Dawson, for instance, had long,
paid attention to Flo, and she had
gladly accepted him until Joe, with
his swell clothes, jazz and winning
ways" doomed into sight. She HAD
Immediately given Jim the cold
shoulder and turned to Joe with
perfect willingness.
That evening, when the dashing
Mr.. Allen called to escort his sister
to the dance, Willie grudgingly in
vited him in to wait a minute"
which invitation the young man ac-
cepted with a "I'm-doing-you-a-f
vor by = coming into courthouse"
air.
Great night" he remarked TO
Willie.
Yep" came the answer.
Coin out?''
Nope"
"Why?'
Don't wanter," and Willie ex-
cused himself with murmur about |
having something to do"
81
ticed that the handsome Joseph did |
not call, but wisely refrained from |
asking questions. When several |
evenings passed, however, and still |
he had not called, Willie grew !
suspicious and demanded:
Why amt that sap been here
lately?"
IF you mean Mr., Allen he isn't
coming any more"
"Mr. Allen, no less, an she said
isn't instead of ANTI Willie !
said to himself Aloud he answer
ed: "Satso? Why?"
I'VE had a disagreement, and I |
told him he needn't bother to come
again.
Say. why all the good language?
You amt said 'ainH' for week.
How Gomez
Because it isn't correct. and you
must stop saying it, too"
We'll, I'll be gazzooled!" gasped
Willie, and proceeded TO eat his
supper.
For several days the Willard do
main remained peaceful, and calm.
The jazzy Mr.. Allen had not called,
Willie spent his leisure evenings
.lther at home or at the movies |
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

The French are shocked that the United
States government should insist that Germany
pay the expenses of the Rhineland army before
satisfying any of its repatriation demands. II
this little matter is having such bad effect on
the French, one hardly dares to think OF what
the result will be when Uncle Sam serves notice
on the Paris government that it must liquidate
its own war obligations to this country.
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made out by each member and
presented to the clearing house
every day before : p. N. on one
side is entered the list of stocks TO
be delivered and their full maTHet
value, and on the other side is en-
tered the list OF stocks to be re-
ceiVed and their full market value.
Q. Do wire performers use .
round wire or a fiat wire? J. K
a. The stage manager OF
local vaudeville house says thaI
slack wire or tight wire artists
never use fat wire for stage per
formances.
Q. How many Catholic bishops
and priests are there in the Un''sl
States? NJ. D.
A. There are SO Roman Catho-
lie bishops in the United States anu
21,019 clergy, including bishops.
@. Were former President anu
Mrs. Taft the first TO celebrate
their silver wedding at the WhiIe
House? G. W. II.
A. President and Mrs. Hayes
were the first to celebrate 4 SILVER
wedding anniversary i'll the e1ecu-
tive mansion.
Q. Is the quotation "COmpari-
sons are Odorous" to be found IL
Shakespeare? W. B. S.
A. The old proverb "Compail-
sons are odious" was used in "Mlel
Ado About Nothing where in Ac.
III Shakespeare caused DogpeiIs
to misquote it and say "CompaI--
sons are odorous."
Q. Has the weather bureau ever
been included in the war depart
ment- c. L.
A. The weather bureau was
branch of the war department uh.I
1891, when it was transferred
the newly organized department u
agriculture.
Q. By what name did Geo!ge
address Martha WASH
ington? D. R. A. 49,.
A. Patsy was the name osIen
used by George Washington EHs1
addressing his wife.
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Height taken IN STOCKING feet-
Weights without clothing. Cloth
ing averages pounds.
The weights given are 10 per cent
above normal average weights.
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH IL, 1922.

The governor Nebraska is claiming that the
farms of his state to return profit this
year 1t should be explained that the governor
s is not running for reelection this year.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-15

Kellar, the magician, fooled the world for
years with his stage tricks, but when it came
to passing into the world beyond he had to
take the same route as the rest Of the folks.
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Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-08-24

AT a meeting of the state highway
officials of the forestry department
and the bureau of public roads held
in Helena Saturday, plans for the con-
struction of the Monarch Logging
creek road project were abandoned
and it was decided that the federal
highway officials would recommend to
their departments that the $4,000 for
est highway funds already allotted to
that project be expended in the inn
provement Of the present Kibbey can
yon and Riceville- Monarch roads.
This decision was reached owing to
the fact that the recent survey of the
Logging Creek-Monarch- project had
demonstrated that it was not feasible
because its cost had been estimated to
be $4,000 whereas, the alternative
route, from Monarch through Kibbey
canyon, which is two miles shorter
than the Sluice Box route, if stand
ard, hard surfaced road should be
built this entrie distance, could be con-
structed at a cost of but $685. 900.
In keeping with this decision, S. S.
Crenshaw, chief locating engineer of
the bureau of public roads, and Z. T.
Harlow, district engineer of the
state highway commission, Sunday
made an inspection trip over the newly
route, and on his return to
Great Falls Mr.. Crenshaw stated that
he confirmed the decision of the for