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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
Unnecessary Social Panic.

1t is announced that as a result of the SEN
sational suicide of Pauline Virginia Clarke and
Otto Heldor Larsen, the Norwegian consul at
Boston may order the removal to New York of
some fifty students now at Harvard and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The
astonishing reason given for the proposed step
is that while the student life of Paris and Ber-
lin is notorious, it is as nothing compared with
that of the capital Of New England because Of
the presence there of the vamp in her most
aggravated form.
1t will be a shock to all those who have been
in the habit of regarding New York as the head
center of liveliness to find Boston described as
the road to hell for young students" In view
OF the fact that the tragedy which caused all
the commotion was suggestive in some of its
aspects Of an Ibsen play, it is striking coinci-
dence that Official steps should be taken in the
matter by Scandinavian government All
those who keep their heads on the subject of
the habits of the young person will be inclined
to take the view that there is lot of unneces-
sary social panic just now. caused by the ex-
PLOTS of very small minority 1t is no time
for foolish exaggeration
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04

taxation. in two ways There Is the empire
need tax, used TO pay allied reparations. and
the general capital tax. used for government
expenses. The tax is such, based upon the
value OF the mark as compared with the doilar
that, IL $4,000 OF condscated capital were
transferred to Germany its government would
take all but $433 of it 1t is not intended by
the United States that this shall occur. Ger
man nationals owning the property seized do
not want it to occur They want their money
back and the United States wants to give it
back. But how? At the same time the United
States wants its citizens paid their damage
claims. But how? AS compromise the United
States government is working out plan by
which part Of this property would be used to
pay American damage claims, while the rest
of 1t would be used as basis for capital with
which to develop trade with Germany. In the
end, it is hoped, there would be small loss all
around. Doubtless there will be little trouble
in getting the owners OF the property seized
to agree to most any kind of an arrangement
that will prevent such loss as would occur
II the property were turned owe TO Germany.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
A Peace Portal.

Talking about peace makes one think that
clear up in the northwestern boundary between
this country and Canada there was last week
consecrated a peace portal clarifying the
peace that for over century has existed be-
tween this government and Canada 1t stands
there as memorial to peace and comfy, and
is a much better fertilization than would be
a fort armed with modern guns. Passing
through this tranquil portal one knows that
the country into which he enters is one that
has for hundred years maintained peace with
his own, and all sense of fear disappears. He
has more concern than if he stepped over
township line at home, save that the memorial
reminds him how blessed it is for brethren to
dwell together in harmony. He feels this to
his own advantage. He does not have to walk
between rows of bristling cannon or between
lines of guards, but feels at home even though
not in his own land One hopes that the time
will come when all the boundaries of the
nations will have these peace portals and when
they will stand enduring monuments to good
will and friendly relations. There is much in
spiration in thinking about it, and there is an
absence of all that is cruel, bloody and hor-
rible,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
Lincoln's Modest Son.

Facts about Abraham Lincoln, brought be-
fore the public again during recent observance
of the anniversary of his birth, included the
interesting one that his eldest son, Robert
Todd Lincoln, is still alive, being one of the two
men still alive who were with the great
emancipation when he died. Robert is close to
two daughters and three granddaughter, and
while frequently seen driving through the parks
or pouring over old manuscripts and rare
books in the library of congress, few residents
of the national capital know him by sight His
reticence has been attributed to a modesty of
attitude toward his fathers fame. 1t is said
that he has been showered with opportunities
for capitalising his name, but spurned all of
them.
Robert graduated from Harvard in 1854 and
during the last year of the Civil war served on
Grants staff with the rank of captain He ac-
companied Grant to Washington when his
father was shot, and was present when he died.
He settled in Chicago. studied law and began
practice He had natural attraction to pol
iucs and when Garfield became president in
1880 he was made, secretary of war and was the
only one Of Garfeld's cabinet who was re-
tanned by President Arthur Later he was an
pointed ambassador to Great Britain by Pres
ident Harrison Following this public service
Lincoln became special counsel for the Pull
man company and later its president. Though
living In quiet retirement he still takes some
part IN business. He is chairman of the Con-
tt1ouf2 Commercial bank and the Common
vesa2 on-euupa1y Of Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
Railroad That's Keeping Faith.

It's heartening, in the midst of strikes and
other depressing circumstances. to read that
the Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul railroad has
let the contract for 1000 new This is a
large order running into the millions. The COM
pany is emerging from period of the severest
depression in its business history. 1t is clear,
however in the reorganization in its facilities
that it is looking ahead to time of marked
expansion. The most significant of its steps
are its annexation Of coal territory in Indiana,
its acquisition of the Indiana and Gary roads
and the increase in its rolling stock. A policy
that looked no further ahead than the recovery
of the business it formerly enjoyed would not
mean so much. 1t is evident in its new plans
the st. Paul road is laying the foundations for
a future quite overshadowing its past 1t
plainly has faith in the future That's what
every other business institution in the nation
must have if it expects to expand and prosper
And now is the time to show it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
Con6scated German Property.

It never has been the policy OF the Amer
lean government to seize and hold property Of
enemy aliens. During the recent war a great
deal OF property owned by German nationals
was seized and held by the custodian of alien
property and now the United States doesn't
now exactly what to do with it To be consid-
cred is the fact that Germany owes numerous
Americans for damage done to them by uniaw-
full acts during the war. Damage claims have
been fled by the relatives OF passengers who
lost their lives in the sinking of the Lusitania,
and there are countless other claims growing
out of acts on the high seas and in Germany
We're there opportunity to collect the damages
from the German government the property
seized would be gladly turned over to the Ger
man nationals But Germany cannot pay, and
the United States feels. while It is not for the
connscation OF the property held, that, in some
way, the property should remain here as a.
guarantee that the claims Of Americans win be
paid in full There is to be considered, too if
The property is turned over to the owners the
allies win benefit from it and the German gov
ernmeut win Immediately levy heavy tax
aeatmeft
Z It Is found INIT an Che property
1ew going into Germany II subject to heavy
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
The Daily Short Story

is here for a while settling up his
fathers business. He will dine with
US tonight You were a schoolgirl
when l was playing with hearts,
Vii" Mona finished her story with
a sigh. All, we'll, I'm happy, but
I'd like to see Terry settle down"
she added, with a speculative look
at Vivian's fascinating profile.
Vivian gazed at the growing logs
wistfully. She had loved the big,
handsome Terry, endowed him with
the romantic alteration of II. Mona
held his love with her fair rose
tinted beauty of first womanhood,
while Terry regarded Vivian as a
lean and neutral colored school
girl. Her cheeks burned now at
the remembered humiliation and
consequent heartaches.
The morning Mona was sleeping
so surely in the love of Terry Vim
tin, then pacing the Smuggler's
Cave for her answer, Vivian had,
all unconscious of the planned
meeting. decided to get up early to
explore the cave and gather some
moss growing around the entrance.
1t was a brilliant, sunny morning
for the first of April, and she blink
ingly entered into the darkness of
the cave to find herself tenderly
seized and embodied in a pair of
strong arms. Fear and anger made
a mad thing of her as she felt her
mouth kissed. Freeing herself, she
faced her unwelcome lover-to look
into the hurt, astonished eyes of
Terry Vintin. Without a word of
apology, or explanation for his be-
havior, he left her a crushed, hu-
inflated girl She had not seen Ter
ry Vintin since that morning, but
somehow the memory of his kisses,
intended for the woman sitting
placidly opposite her, came back
with the softness of romance.
For a moment she hated Mona for
her conceit-then she hated her
self for being so foolish. Could
she, however, meet Terry Vintin
tonight calmly? He probably had
forgotten. Yet surely he would re-
member April Fools day, and that
it would dawn tomorrow.
Seven years had rounded the an
gular points of Vivian's slender fig
ure. and the girl that smiled into
Terry Vintin's astonished face was
colorful woman, with the COM
posure of the admired child of
wealth. Terry felt the color creep
ing up his neck as he recalled their
last meeting. He lamented the
touch Of gray over his eyes and the
difference of 10 years. He wonder
ed, as Vivian talked 10 him, wheth-
er she had forgotten the tender
kisses he had given her smiling
mouth. He suddenly realized he
had in quiet moments recalled the
vision of the angry girl Vivian, and
how he had, even in his disappoint-
ment, seen the possibilities of beau
ty, now in full bloom.
He took her into dinner, and they
chatted over their travels for
while. Suddenly Terry sighed
Life is SO shorti" he exclaimed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
AN APRIL FOOL.
BY Katharine Glasse Newell

Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Incl
There was something more than
the pleasure of meeting old friends
after seven years in Europe that
whipped the color to Vivian r.
vines cheeks as she stepped from
the train and surveyed the rugged
coastline and the white-capped
waves breaking over the rocks
There was the awakening OF mem
Dry. a memory the girl tried to
hush to sleep for seven years, to
moment it happened.
Isn't it just wonderful to meet
you, vi? Why, you were just a lit
tie girl when your father sent you
to Switzerland-and you don't look
a day older, except, of course, you
are SO grown up! Now, don't say
l am the same Mona you left, be-
cause a wife and mother of two
live wires of children couldn't pos
sibly be expected to keep her
youth" Mona Brandon crushed
the girl to her in delight of having
someone from the outside world to
give her news of mutual interest.
Mona, you are as delightful as
ever - truly - fishing for compli-
ments. Honestly, Mona. though
you are trifie more rounded as to
curves, / believe you are nicer as
wife and mother, but never ex-
pected you to settle down in Win
shipi"
Mona, there is something very
personal l want to ask you" said
Vivian that afternoon, as they sat
in the warmth of the wood fire
talking over the history of seven
years. why didn't you marry Ter
ry Vintin, and what became of him
after the affair was broken OFF,
Mona Brandon's calm eyes shad-
owed for a moment. Didn't YOU
know he wouldn't marry me, Vip'
she replied in a low voice. You
remember how l used to boast of
twisting all the men around nv
fnger-conceited prig that l was. l
thought Terry would eat out of nv
hand before the multitude, he ador,
ed me so-and l honestly cared for
him, too! He asked me to marry
him the last time you visited me
just this time of year, seven wears
ago! I said I'd give him nv an
swer at o'clock the next morning
at the Smuggler's Cave. 1 liked to
tease him. but I meant to say yes
anyway.
i oversight, and the outcome
was l had made an April Fool of
Ierry-at least he thought had.
never even remembered it was
April Fool's day. You know how
sensitive he was-he thought 1 was
laughing at him, and left town that
morning without a word to anyone.
ine war came and swallowed him
up until last year, when he turned
up. the same handsome Terry, and
mas apparently forgotten our ro-
mance-fortunately. He stood as
godfather to Roger last week. Il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
MINIMIZING HEARTS.

va
Murmurs and rumors OF muir
murs are rife in the land. Have you
little murmur in your heart!
When you discover that you nave,
does that cook your goose, does IL
doom you to a life as sweet as 1t IS
short or as sad as it is long? Just
what is a murmur between friends!
A murmur is a musical sound
which a physician delights to hear.
Brooks murmur for poets who
write reams about it, and the rest
of us hear nothing but babble
babble in brooks. Hearts, aortas
and arteries murmur for doctors
who write essays and tones on the
subject, though not such ponder
GUS essays and such terrible tones
as the great masters turned out
few generations ago. The old time
doctors saved themselves consider
able anxiety by arbitrarily dividing
all heart trouble into functional
and Organic" We can't take life
so easily any more. A functional
disease was not yet so far advanced
that it seriously disabled or de-
stroyed, and the trouble became
fully convinced the patient had it.
An organic" disease may be con-
sidered one which is not so diff
ficult to diagnose. On some such
free and easy distinction it was
formerly customary to designate
the condition organic" when a
murmur was audible.
Yet a murmur is commonly heard
over the heart of an individual who
has nothing more serious than
moderate anemia, and a murmur is
frequently absent in cases of I'M
questioned valve leakage. The
presence of murmur in case of
valve leakage is rather a favorable
sign, the murmur being liable to
disappear when the efficiency of
the heart falls below a safe level.
So a murmur doesn't mean there
is anything the matter with the
heart. 1t is nothing to boast of.
You can't inherit a murmur or
heart disease either or anemia.
A good doctor may certainly de-
tect murmur about your chest to-
day which an equally good doctor
may not discover next month, for
IAC ICdSOA IudL .
do come and go like warts regard
less. Be the doctor ever so skilful
and experienced he can form but
tentative opinion of the vital eff
ficiency of your heart by merely
listening with his stethoscope and
examining the pulse Such exami-
nation gives him clues to follow
but does not enable him to deter
mine whether your heart is COM
petent to do the work you want it
TO do.
Suppose you have a murmur and
it really is produced by valvular
distortion and leakage, does that
put you in the invalid class? Not
as general rule, for with a fair
chance which you find by right liv-
ing, the handicap may be perfectly
compensated by enlargement of the
heart and hypertrophy of the heart
muscle. 1t is well, then, to know
whether you have valvuIar leakage
many so affected are unaware of
it-for if you know you are more
likely to live right and avoid errors
which injure the heart and overtaX
the circulation. 1t is the optimistic
plan to have your doctor give you
a physical examination once a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
Aiding the Scout Cause.

For five days, beginning today, the mer-
chants of Rock Island will contribute per cent
of their sales receipts to the Boy and Girl
Scouts organizations of the city. The mer-
chants making specially attractive offer
ings in order to stimulate trade, in the hope
! that their sales will be enlarged to extent
Nhhat will bring generous contributions to the
Fscout organizations, both of which are in need
of funds to carry on the splendid work they are
doing among the young people of the commun-
ity. The cooperative arrangement between
the merchants and the scouts has been thor
oughly advertised in the newspapers and by
crcularization of the homes of the city, the
scouts having employed their idle hours in con-
Quoting the preliminary campaign to arouse
interest in the enterprise.
- Citizens generally are familiar with the
work Of the scout movement The boys organi-
zation was launched several years ago in Rock
Island. with the result today there are a num-
Der of troops in the city, composed OF fine
young fellows who are acquiring knowledge
that will be an important contributing in
fuence in their later life During the past
year the girls scout organization has been
started in the city, and there are already
large number OF young folks interested in the
work
Scouts are taught the essentials of good
citizenship The instruction tends to the
Strengthening of character. making manly boys
and womanly girls. Summer outings are one
of the features provided for members Of the
scout organizations There are expenses to be
met in connection with the scout training. and
tnnsnuch the majority OF the members are
from families of average circumstances the
boys welcome assistance from other sources.
You may help by patronizing your home mer-
chants during the four days mentioned. remem-
bering that per cent Of every dollar that you
spend during the period will be turned over to
the scout fund. It's novel way Of helping
good cause You have your purchases to make,
anyway, and instead Of putting them OF. you
can make them in the time when the scouts will
profit
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04

Let me see, isn't it seeVen years
ago since-since-you made me an
April Fool, Miss Irvine?"
II did not-that was just an &C
cident," retorted Vivian, with fam
ing cheeks.
well, then, if it was Just an ac-
cident,' perhaps you will let me pay
the compensation he whispered.
A pair of soft eyes met his.
What will the compensation be?''
"a smuggler's cave, two April
Fools for life-and a kiss" Terry
whispered back, boldly.
Vivian sighed Life is SO short
i will accept your compensation
because, oh, Terry do love you
and 1 don't care if have to tell
wont"
Thank heaven for an honest
woman!" murmured the man, but
there was a look in his eyes re-
assuring Vivian that her confeS-
sion was not misplaced
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04

O. Does the new lmmlgrati'n
law apply to Brazil? F. E. H
A. The three per cent 1mmlgr2-
ton law does not apply to SCUM
American countries. Such 1mml-
grants must, however, meet the
other requirements, such as the
literary and physical tests.
O. Does a fish bite the bait ~
sense of smell or sight? And does
il smell with it's gills or nose? W.
q.
A. The bureau of fisheries says
that fish BIZ bait both by the sense
of smell and the sense of sight
However. they bite most frequently
by the sense of smell as this IS
keenly developed. A fish smells
through its nose.
Q.-What does the slang term "a
quarter horse" mean ?-P. R. K.
A quarter horse" is a term
applied to an individual who can
make spectacular records but can
not be relied upon for a good
steady pace in his undertakings.
The term was originally used on
the race course, meaning a horse
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Throwing a Healthy Scare.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Throwing a Healthy Scare.
1 have a sister that has anemia
and is very nervous. She has had
fainting spells also. but they are
gradually going away. Her phys
ician says they are caused by her
nerves. Her blood test is between
so and 80. Would you give me al
outline for food and exercise for
anemia? She has fallen away about
15s pounds in the last year.-(Mrs.
H. A. j.
Answer.-"Her nerves" is the
physicians polite way of declining
to tell what ails your sister.
Nerves." like ''just a cold" and
"overwork," cover a multitude of
secrets and help to keep many pri-
vate affairs private. Among the
conditions your description sug-
gests are tuberculosis, cancer, dia-
betes, Bright's disease and others
too alarming to mention. So you
see how utterly impossible it is for
a physician to make an intelligent
reply to your question. (Among the
secrets concealed by such fictitious
diagnoses as nerves. "just a
cold" and "overwork" is the secret
of the doctors incompetence in the
caSe.)
No Good On the Shelf.
Since relating to a neighbor lin
the hope she might get the practic-
al good of it, your story concern
ing oxygen as the Dutch Clean
blood, and being solemnly informed
she always keeps it on the kitchen
shelf, I've realized my own need
for a sustaining stimulant as d
brace for future shocks, and there
fore l should like to add the Brady
Symphony to my daily task of try
ing to keep fit, provided it is not
too late to ask for copy of it
IN. F. c. Ed
Answer.-The mail man is on the
way with it. ASK your neighbor if
she ever heard that one about the
Irishman and the Dutchman-weIl,
an Irishman anyway. He said he al
ways kept some good liquor in the
cellar for emergencies and the doc
tor replied, with his W. k. scintil-
lating wit, Good! Always k eep it
there in emergencies and it'll do no
harm"
Lemon and Salts, Lemon and Salts.
l take the juice of one lemon in
half a cup of hot water every
morning before breakfast. l have
heard it is a dangerous thing to
take. Will you kindly tell me
whether there is any reason why l
should not continue taking it
Miss Detroit.)
Is it harmful to take teaspoon
full of salts each day to clear a
persons skin? One with very thick
rich blood.-(Mrs. L. S. c.
Answer.-No harm in the lemon
juice habit, provided you do not
cut your lip on the edge of the cup
better use whole cup half full
or half cupful. The frequent or
daily use of salts of any kind will
spoil the complexion and ruin the
health in time. OF course physics
or cathartics do not clear he COM
plexion OF thin the blood. -
Copyright, National Newspaper
Service.)