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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Palestine Sewing Group Meets.

Members of the Palestine Or
phans' sewing group were enter
tanned yesterday afternoon by Mrs.
Rebecca Reuben at her home. 1924
twelfth street. There were "a
members present and a great deal
or work was accomplished during
the afternoon. The group will meet
next Wednesday with Mrs. Sam
Greenblatt, 1107 Eighteenth-and-a-
half avenue, will be hostess to the
group next Wednesday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Farewell Party.

Miss Mildred and DarrolI Wilson
of Moline were the guests of honor
at party given last night by Har-
old Eberle, 1924 Forty-frst street.
There were 35 guests present and
the evening was spent with music,
games and dancing. Refreshments
were served. The Wilson family
will leave Saturday for Ottumwa,
Iowa. where they will make their
future home.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Honor Miss BiShOn.

Mrs. Howard Nelson, Mrs. Harry
Ohms and Miss Florence Kruger
were hostesses at a miscellaneous
shower given last night at the
Kruger home at 1919 Eleventh
street in honor of Miss Frances
Bishop, whose marriage to Herman
Kruger will take place on March
s. The house was decorated in the
rainbow shades, which are the
chosen colors of the bride-to-be.
The evening was spent playing
"cootie,' first prize being awarded
to Miss Irene Mcleod and consola-
ton to Miss Alice Hintz. The
hostess served luncheon late in the
evening. Miss Bishop received a
variety of gifts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Parcel Post Sale.

A parcel post and ported bulb
sale will be given tomorrow after
noon and evening at the Brother
hood building by the ladies' aid So
ciety of the Grace Lutheran church.
Refreshments will be served by a
committee in charge.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
CALENDAR
TODAY,

TODAY.
Girl Scout benefit musicale-tea at home
OF Mrs 1. s., White. The Lindens. .,,h
with Mrs. Fred Soper and Mrs hose
oberholtzer of Davenport. hostess.
PIT. a. council health hlm at 7. W.
G. A.
of womens clubs board meets in Gales
burg.
Knights of Columbus dance.
Health Education film at Y W. Z: A
Helen Gould auxiliary coffee and sew
ing In Memorial hall.
FRIDAY.
Tri-City Art League presents three plays
at Little theatre. Davenport.
st. Cecilia guild dancing party at Hotel
Blackhavk.
Audubon PIT. A.
Harmony Aid society meets with Mrs.
A. H. Ellis 1909 Forty-third street.
Turner Ladies benefit card party al
Harms hotel.
Barbara Frietchie tent No. 81, Daugh-
tiers of Veterans. card party at home of
Mrs. Eta Plosh. 2sooh Seventh ave-
City Union Kings Daughters board
meeting at home of Mrs. J. K. Tuckls,
1903 Fourteenth -and-a-half street.
womans Trade Union league card party
at Harms hotel.
Amoo Caldron sewing circle meets with
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirsch. 1925 Seventeenth
street.
SATURDAY.
Tri-City Art league tea.
Fort Armstrong chapter. d. A. Rs
Washington entertainment.
SUNDAY.
Second twilight musicale by Chicago
Artists trio. Ludwig Becker. violinist Ru-
dolph Reuter-, pianist, and Hans Hess.
cellist. at Outing club. Davenport.
Vesper tea at Y. w. c. A.
TUESDAY.
Music department of Rock Island
Womans club.
Colonel Bracket circle. Ladies of the G
A. R.. all-day meeting
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Coffee VERY Successful.

The coffee sponsored by the Par
ent-Teachers' association council
yesterday at the home of Mrs. H. E.
Sudlow, 1850 Twenty-frst avenue,
proved to be a most charming and
successful affair. Over go people
were in attendance during the aft
ernoon. The hostess and her as
sistants were dressed in colonial
costumes and the decorations were
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Will Entertain Club.

Mrs. ". H. Schillinger, 1920 Thir-
teenth avenue, will entertain the
members of the Past Matrons' and
Past Patrons club of Rock Island
chapter, No. 269, Order of the East
ern Star, next Monday evening, the
occasion being the monthly social
of the organization.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Have Washington Social

A Washington social was given ar
the Centenary Methodist church
last night by the ladies' aid society
A program and special music were
the features Of the entertainment
About $3.50 was cleared from the
event. In the afternoon the aid
held its regular meeting at the
church.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Rev. Chapman to Lecture.

Rev. ]. A. Chapman, pastor of the
First Methodist church, will give a
stereopticon lecture on Alaska at
the Spencer Memorial church next
Tuesday night The lecture will
start promptly at 1889 o'clock.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

PIogh, 2So01s Seventh avenue. The
games will start at 2:30 O'CLOCK
Prizes will be awarded. All patr1-
otto organizations and friends are
invited to attend.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

president of the Velie Motors cor
poration. Mr.. Velie is also identi-
fed with the board of directors of
Deere & Co., and Deere & Mansur
works.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
vents
KaiI-WaIIer.

n uOAuc WCuuAA6t tAaA hCN W 10
simplicity, took place at high noon
yesterday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Kali, 2719 Seventh ave-
nue., when their daughter, Miss
Helen, became the bride of Freder-
lick Waller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Waller, ST., of Lincoln, Neb.
The single ring service was per-
formed by Rev. c. p. O'Neil of the
Sacred Heart church. The attend
ants were Miss Mabel Smith of
Rock Island, and George Harr of
Lincoln, Neb. About twenty-four
relatives and friends witnessed the
ceremony.
The bride wore a frock of tur-
quoise blue crepe meteor made with
an apron effect of georgette, trim
med with heavy band of brocaded
velvet A deep yolk and sleeves
were of lace. She carried shower
boquet of brides roses, lilies and
baby's-breath. Her slippers match
ed the gown. Miss Smith wore old
gold crepe meteor, trimed with gold
ribbon, with a corsage boquet of
pink roses and varigated sweet
peas.
Following the ceremony a four
coursed wedding breakfast was
served. The decorations were in
orchid and pink, the colors of the
bride. Sweetpeas were used on the
tables
The bride is a graduate of the
Villa de Chantal and attended Au-
gustana college. She has been re-
Gently employed by thee Myers,
Schneider insurance company. Mr..
Waller has just completed a course
at the Chicago Art school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waller left yester-
day for Lincoln. Mrs. Waller wore
blue taffeta frock, trimmed in or
CANDY, a spring hat in the fushia
shade, and her wrap was fur coat.
After March 1 they will be at
home at 1446 South Eleventh street,
Lincoln, Neb. Mr.. Waller is in bus
mess with his father, conducting
the Waller Sign company.
To open Shop.
Miss Grace Murphy, daughter Of
MIR. and Mrs. T. A. Murphy, SCI Elm
street, and Miss Marjorie Velie,
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Velie of Moline, leaders in the
| tri-city younger society set, are go
ing on a business venture.
! The young society women will
/ leave next week for New York city
where they will open an exclusive
lingerie shop. The work of the
! shop will be so divided that Miss
Murphy will handle the business
end, and Miss Velie will design the
lingerie.
| The shop will be opened in an
apartment where the young women
! will reside. with Miss Edna Robe
son of Davenport as chaperone.
The business will be opened March
l and will continue through June /,
and if successful, Miss Murphy and
Miss Velie expect to return in the
| fall and operate the shop on more
extensive scale.
Meanwhile, the girls will send in
vitations to their friends in New
York for private showings of the
lingerie which Miss Velie will de-
sign. Miss Robson, who is the
chaperone, will continue her study
of miniatures in New York.
There are few such shops as the
young women are contemplating.
Miss Velie is talented in designing
and hopes to later extend her work
| to blouses and summer dresses.
Miss Murphy has been active in
| accounting work for the Rock l.
land Welfare association and the
Red Cross, in which Mr.. Murphy is
very active.
Miss Velie is the daughter of the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Talks ON Mission Work

Mission Work of the Church in
Alaska" was the subject of a talk
given by Mrs. P. G. Inter at the
meeting Of the Womans Auxiliary
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Y. W. c. A. Activities.

The Hi-Y held its regular meet
ing yesterday afternoon in the Man
ual Arts building. At the business
meeting it was decided to make and
sell megaphones at the various
high school activities and at the
tournament. These megaphones
have a large "R. l." on one side and
on the other the yells and a place
for the score. They will sell for
ten cents. The girls also decided
to have a birthday party at their
next Hi-Y meeting, to which each
girl will bring as many pennies
as she is years old. The money col
lected will be donated by the Hi
Y towards the world fellowship
work of the Y. W. c. A. The Hi-Y
girls are planning a st. Patrick S
party together with the Hi-Y boys,
on March IS, at the Y. W. c. A.
gymnasium.
The following short program was
given after which refreshments and
a social hour were enjoyed:
Reading-Bessie Schultz.
Duet Dance-Florence Lewis and
Florence Levinstein.
The o. l. C. club held a special
meeting last might at which the
girls made stocking dolls and also
sewed on other novelties and made
plans for the sale which they will
hold just before Easter.
Mrs. Mohr Entertains Ivy 500 Club.
Mrs. J. c. Mohr of Davenport de-
lightfully entertained the Ivy 500
club yesterday at the Terrace Gar
dens. Three tables were surround
ed during the afternoon, prizes be-
ing awarded to Mrs. Henry Gathje
and Mrs. Henry Geisler and the
all cut to Mrs. Charles Gantert, all
OF Rock Island. Dinner was serv-
ed following the card games. Mrs
Charles Harpung of Davenport will
entertain the club on March s.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
To Met With Mrs. Danielson.

Mrs. Alfred Danielson, 9O1 Third
street, Will be hostess to the Ladies
Of Vasa tomorrow afternoon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

of Trinity Episcopal church held at
the parish house yesterday. During
the business session it was decided
to change the meeting day to the
first Thursday in each month. The
hostesses at yesterdays meeting
were Mrs. William L. Essex and
Mrs. Harvey Sangren- The next
meeting will be held on March 2
at the parish house.
First of Series Card Parties.
The first of series of card par
ties sponsored by the Barbara
Frietchie tent No. 81, Daughters of
Veterans, will be given tomorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Eta
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

Second twilight musicale by ChicsE
Artists trio. Ludwig Becker. violinist, Ru
dolph Reuter-, pianist. and Hans Hess
cellist. at Outing club. Davenport.
Vesper tea at Y. w. c. A.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
Tuesday


Music department of Rock Island
Womans club.
Colonel Bracket circle. Ladies OF the G
A. R.. all-day meeting.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23
SATURDAY.


Tri-City Art league tea.
Fort Armstrong chapter. ID.
Washington entertainment.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

They come in the .skades of
mastic, mode, pongee and grey,
with contrasting stitching,
cuffs edged with contrasting
color, still others attractively
fashioned with V inserts of
contrasting color.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-23

literally hundreds of these gdles display in
Among the you'll find
wood beads glass beads vegetable ivory beads cuod and rib
bon, celluloid and metal, steel and oxidzed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
BACK FROM TUSKEGEE

The special party of Chicagoan,
who attended the unveiling Of the
monument to the memory of the lat.
Booker T. Washington e., r4sS-s.
Institute, Ala, have ret..lst g. "a.
city much pleased with IL 'r.9 exc.
cises held and the acco-~o5su1,s
received at the Insti.l'. Amclr
those in this party we've Dos;rs
George Cleveland HaE. elm q
Lewis. c. v. Dudley, c g. Ts---
ton, Bert Anderson, S. 7 E-Hcaat
son and Mrs. 9 E. McDonaldson;
Gentlemen: Claude A. Barnette, Nsgo
Press; John H. Weave,
Hogg Seeley, D. B. HawIey. Rubsn
Brimm, A. L. Jackson, Chicago De-
fender; George R. Arthur, executive
secretary of the Y. N. c. A.; E
Davidson Washington, Mrs. George
w. Holt, Mrs. R. E. R. Cross; Misses
Lila McElroy, Stella Zimmerman, P.
c. Vincent, G. B. Nichols, public
school teachers of Gary, Ind; " 7.
Bailey, c. l. Mckenzie. Col W. R.
Cowan, real estate brokers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
KNOW YOUR NEEDS
By DR.. M. A. Majors

Wanting only what you need and
getting it as YOU need it;
Has some frills ] reckon and society
has decreed it:
But getting always what you want
instead OF what you need,
Hasn't got single frill society has
decreed.
You may not need the things you
want, your taste may get along,
With only just the things you need
or else you may go wrong.
used to think / needed this and that
and so and so.
Until I learned it was my needs and
not my wants to know.
People do not get the things they
think they want so bad,
1t wouldn't do for selfshncss always
makes people sad.
So it's better far | reckon to get first
what you need,
For what you want you'd have to
wait always and not succeed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
HAPPY MEETING

After more than twenty years, NJ. 7.
Bailey of Chicago and Prof. Joseph
T. Whiting, teacher at Tuskegee In
stitute, met few days ago at Tus-
kegee where NJ. T. Bailey went to be
present. at the unwilling of a monu-
ment to the memory of the late
Booker T. Washington. Bailey and
Whiting were schoolmates at the "
n. & /. l. of Petersburg, Va, and
members of the graduating class of
that Institute in 1900 Prof. Whiting
is in charge of the Smith-Hayes De-
partment of the educational work of
Tuskegee as we'll as throughout the
State of Alabama. NJ. T. Bailey is
engaged in the real estate business at
1893 South State street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
ARE YOU HAPPY
By DR.. M. A. Majors

There must be a great deal of I'M
happiness in the world because we
see so much criticism and general I'M
rest among the people. The courts,
the prisons, the reforms, and the man
Hesitation of discomfort, scrupulous
ambitions to rise, inclinations to cheat,
a logged disposition to steal, aggra-
waited and disgruntled impulses to go
wrong, and to follow the downward
path of sin and folly. Murder, lust,
ugly touches of degradation in every
fashion and form, spite, jealousies,
the wrath of hate multiplied into
thousand hideous shapes, these all
help tell how desperately the human
heart is assaulted and marauded and
by the ugly and miserable of human
kind. -.s
Why should not every one be
happy. There is more than enough
of every good thing for every person
in the world. If every person was on
the same basis as to truth and right
eousness there would be but very
little misery and unhappiness in the
world. 1t is the work of the church
to bring about this happy condition
To blot out sin and iniquity and
breathe a Christ love into the hearts
of mortals.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
mo you KNOW YOUR RACE
HISTORIC
By DR.. M. A. Majors

The great public Libraries are full
of books that tell the student who
reads what kind of people we are.
When have you been down to get
book to read more extensively
about the great people OF your own
race?
Did you know that every great ma
ton in Europe can boast OF its own
great Negroess You can very well
be proud and stick out your chest
even if we had produced only Phyllis
Wheatley, Pushkin, Dumas. General
Dobbs, Frederick Douglass, Edmonia
Lewis, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Perhaps the greatest thing our race
could do would be to organize read
ing clubs in every city to study the
history of the colored race. OF
course people who do not know much
about any thing care but very
little about anybody. But we are an
intelligent people and we should know
all of the greatest forces that have
given the race distinction in one form
or another.
Henry o. Tanner, the great artist.
and s. Coleridge Taylor, the great
musician, Joseph Douglass, the great
violinist, this should be upon the lips
of our children. knowledge like this
makes them straighten up and fare
back into the faces of adversaries in
bold defiance and indifference OF
their kind. There are a thousand
wonderful questions and answers. that
are to be written about this wonder
full race of yours and mine.
Some of us must make diligent re-
searches in the great archives OF the
worlds progress, and claim every par
ticle of credit that is ours by right |
of blood. We have got to strike
deeply in the pages of history &C
quainting ourselves with its richest
truths that tell of all the great things
we have worked for, struggled for,
fought for, and died for.
Do you want to know the great
men and women of your own blood?
Then go to the libraries and seek to
know the truth about Pushkin, about
General Dobbs of France, s. Cole
ridge Taylor, Henry o. Tanner,
Booker T. Washington. Learn all
hat there is to know about the peo-
pie of your own race and it will make
you hold your head just bit higher,
Ind carry your shoulders a little
arther hack, and your chest farther
out than your chin.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
The Late Judge John E. Owens

age he has resided on the West Side
in the Thirteenth ward. He resides
at 1885 Warren avenue with his dearly
beloved mother, Mrs. Owens, and two
sisters and two brothers. He re-
ceived his early education at St
Stephens Parochial School and at St.
Patrieks Academy, Christian Broth
ers. He pursued law studies at night,
graduating from Lake Forest Uni
versity, and was admitted to the ILL
nois bar, May /, 1896.
Shortly after being admitted to the
bar he was selected one of the assist
ant prosecuting attorneys of Chicago,
his salary being SIS per month. Hon
orably serving in that capacity until
he was elected city attorney of Chi.
cago and served from 1901 to 1908.
While in this Office he destroyed the
ring" which through personal injury
damage suits had mulctei the city of
hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
"He was appointed master in chan
Gerry of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, December /, 1904, by Judge
Edward Osgood Brown. He was
elected judge of the County Court,
November, 1910, for four-year term,
which expired shortly after December
l, 1914 He is a member of the fol-
lowing organizations: Chicago Bar
Association, Illinois Bar Association,
Knights of Columbus, Foresters,
Loyal Order of Moose, Ancient Order
of Hibernians, Irish Fellowship Club,
Chicago Yacht Club, Pistakee Yacht
Club, Gaelic League, United Irish
and he has served with dis
tinction as the first viee-president CT
the County and Probate Judges As
ISOLATION of the State of Illinois.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
cERMAK GETS NUPTIAL KNOT
TIED FOR coLoRED COUPLE

Believing that all aldermen are mag
istrates, a colored couple approached
Aid. Anton ]. Cermak in the alder
manic lounge Monday, presented their
marriage license, and asked him to
marry them.
Cermak hurried to the council
chamber, where a law enforcement
meeting was in progress. He cor
rallied the Rev. Howard Agnew John
ston, president of the Chicago Church
federation. who married the couple,
with Aid. Cermak, Olsen and Cas-
pers as witnesses.
1t was enough to make an old he
black tom cat real sick at the stom-
ach to behold Old Uncle Tommy
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15
WHITTIER ARE WE DR1FTINo9
By DR.. n. A. Majors

It is such a pity that people as a
rule even in very exclusive circles,
people who have enjoyed university
training give so much time to the
frivolous and worthless things. The
cultivation of the intellect, reading
good books, acquainting oneself with
necessary detail, studying history. the
drama, philosophy, a little chemistry,
little botany, a little metaphysics,
perusing the great writings of the
greatest writers is such a privilege,
and from such momentary delights
the noblest nature grows. and feeds
on intellect ambrosia and fattens.
The future of the colored race de-
ponds upon the kind of men and
women we are today. If we are in
tellectually ft, and strive for the high
mark of excellence then it follows
that as the night the day our chill
dren will achieve much in the wake
of excellencies in every thing we
study to learn and know.
Today seems TO have caught every
one in the fringes of gaudy gloss.
The beauty of thought seems to have
become discredited by lazy minds
who struggle for regulations around
card table, or on the ball room floor.
If a worthy man should aspire to
win the hand of a winsome lady,
where in the devil could he go now
days to look for her. who by every
high incentive is. to become the
mother of his children? Conclusive
seizures seem to have gotten the very
best of us by the throat. and so be-
numbed our moral stamina that we
do not think of virtue any more as
being the Gibraltar of our homes and
firesides. We are becoming noted as
champion whist players and lovely
dancers, without any serious regard
for intellectual spirit which is the
very bedrock to race nobility. But
who cares a rap for the men and
women from college, the great whist
angel or the dancing demon wins the
BOBBY.
We have got to get away from
some of these delightful pastimes, and
find pleasure where reward to noble
endeavors invite our talents. We
have got to revive some OF the de-
cencies and respectable notions which
once painted for US beautiful land
scapes, and lured us to things that
our mothers taught us to strive for.
The conduct of other races is not ft
for US to follow. and even if we did
it would prove only to be a mirage,
leading US only to a hell of torture
and despair
The church must ever be our great
refuge. We've got to renew our
covenants, and start anew our jour
ney toward a better prospect than
the fearful excitements that have not
offered much else than silly foolish
ness and gaiety.
The praise that is worthy is only
attained by manly sense and dignity
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-04-15

Last Friday morning former
County Judge John Edward Owens
passed away at the family home
1885 Warren Ave, after long spell
of sickness, combined with pneu-
monia.
At the bedside when the end came
were the former judges two brothers
and two sisters, William and Frank
Owens and the Misses Eleanore and
Ida Owens. They had been there all
through the night
William Owens flashed word of the
death all over Chicago. 1t Travelled
quickly to scores of judges on all the
benches, to lawyers, to business men
and to some who had attended school
with him.
His aged mother, Mrs. Owens,
whom he was very much devoted to,
closed her eyes IN death about one
year ago,
The following short sketch of his
remarkable strides forward in ali of
the affairs of life in this great city is
reproduced from the Christmas or the
Holiday edition of The Broad AK,
December p, 1917:
Hon. John E. Owens has within
very short period of time forced him
self to the front as one of the most
eminent lawyers in Chicago, and al
most every hour in the day some of
his many tried and true friends as
well as many prominent politicians
are urging him to enter the race for
mayor of Chicago IN 1919
Judge John Edward Owens was
born in this city on the Northwest
Side june p, 1875, where he spent his
boyhood days. Since becoming of