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The Washington herald., 1922-08-20

chief Patriarch Eta c. Royston
4 anuaunces the royal purple degree
for Fred d. Stuart Encampment to-
MORROW evening. with Director
wilfred E Lawson in charge.
Others on the degree staff are Sam
The Washington herald., 1922-08-20
Patriarchs Militant.

Attendance at the Saturday even
Ing. drills of Canton Washington.
No.xL. are being welh attended ano
indfrations are that more than lOO
will fall In" when the great street
pazeant takes place in Detroit next
month. Parade prizes include de-
partment having largest number OF
men in full-dress uniform. regula-
ton canton having largest number
of men in full-dress uniform. reEu-
lation canton travelling longest d.
rect distance and department max
ing best review parade. Capt. Al
fred II. Noakes has issued call
for special meeting Tuesday
evening. when plans will be dis
cussed for the Detroit session,
Chevaliers with and without uni
forms are urged to be present.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-20

New faces will greet Cayety
Thester patrons this season as
ticket sellers. With Miss lillian Bar
low as treasurer and Miss. Flora
Barlow as assistant. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Now that we have Prince Of Wales who is
decidedly princely and Wales-like, it is to be
expected that We shall have dictation as to
dress, and sensible dictation. Can anybody
quarrel with his latest decrees-that the high
silk hat be worn Slightly tilted and that the
tuxedo is all right for evening affairs! 1t is
an accomplishment and hardship to wear a
silk hat straight, anyway. and now that 1t is
legitimate to give it rakish tilt, one rigor OF
life is abated somewhat And the tuxedo or
dinner coats there anybody who will not de-
fend that against the dress suit?
Anybody can own tuxedo, and apparently
everybody does. The approval Of Wales was
all that we needed to complete the disappear
ance of the full dress suit as an important con-
sheraton in our night doings. Men love to be
told how to dress, and the Prince of Wales may
as well tell them as their wives.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
THE HOME MERCHANTS
ENTERPRISE.

Rock Island merchants have united In a
special advertising campaign through The
Argus to stimulate holiday trading. directing
thsir efforts particularly to those outlying Sec
ttnns where the people have been reticent in
thar local trading relationships in recent
Honths because OF unfortunate happenings in
t1e city. Our suburban neighbors ire assured
That conditions have returned to normally in
Rock Island. business WAS never better among
the retail establishments. and the stores have
jast ~ hne and. varied Sucks of merchandise
= are to be found IN any community of its size
n the country. The Rock Island merchants
W making good this approaching holiday sea-
eon % they never have before. Yo6 shouldn't
IAN to evidence at least ~ much interest in your
h0aie town merchant % he does in you.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
THE SCRIBBLINC URGE.

No one alert enough to read the advertise
ments can fail to be amazed at the number of
patent pencils and gigantic new style fountain
pens now on the market. No one can walk in
the business section of any city and fail to no.
tice the large number of show windows dis
playing these pencils and pens. The number
OF portable typewriters is increasing. Adver-
tisements and show window displays tell of the
merits Of the personal" writing machines.
The conclusfon that everybody is writing is
unacceptable. What are they writing? Pub
fishers have their printed forms of rejection
stored away by the thousands; moving picture
concerns ditto. No one has yet computed the
total poundage Of manuscripts the mali car
riers tote from the wielders Of pencil, pen and
typewriter. to the publishers and back again
to the writer's, accompanied by those chillingly
polite printed slips conveying the publishers
thanks and regret that the offerings are not
acceptable.
There is. we believe one selling point that
writer's Of the enticing ads for the pencil pens
and small typewriters have missed. II they
could incorporate in their already alluring
guarantees one more to tho effect that this ar
ticle is guaranteed to produce fiction and seem
arios that will suit the publishers" their fac
tories would be working morning, noon and
night
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
WHAT KIDS LEARN.

William Allen White, writing in a weekly
magazine, says rather forcibly: Education as
a palladium Of our liberties should be sent into
the shop for several repairs. Education is not
doing the job. They all have grand educa-
tons, these millions of voters. They can spell
little, write fairly legible hand, and bound
the Ukraine. and toss around logarithums and
make anglefool cake and quarter-sawed music
racks and chatter about the Shakespeare folio
but what in heavens name do the fool kids
know-really?"
Pupils still make music racks in manual
training, perhaps, and angelfood cake in cook
ing. class, but they are learning more than in
former days about civics and economics and
social problems. Through the student council
movement which is spreading through the ma
tion's high schools, they are learning self-gov-
eminent and cooperation for the good of all
and q few other wholesome lessons which will
not be wholly forgotten when they rush to the
ballot box four or five years from now.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29

Two boys, eight and ten PEARS old respsc-
lively. 1T out1on remarkable financial career
~ oehsr any. The younger child had been
cent TO the store with 80 cents to buy a dozen
eeys. He met ths> ten-ye41 and between
them thsy decided to do many things with the
half-dotiar For n cents they bought two
one-way tickets to . neighboring city. With
the remaining three cents they purchased
penny pencils which they sold for five cents
apiece Renewing their stock, they continued
their selling. and when picked up by the local
police had $1.31 and two unsold pencils. They
said they had hoped to have enough money to
purchase pair Of shoes and replace their
mothers 80 cents before starting for home
It il tale at which many grown-ups will
be inclined to laugh. Some even will think the
boys lawfully cute" to do such a thing. In .
way it was just funny little escapade. In a
number Of other ways It was rather serious, and
its graver elements can be blamed chiefly on
the adults with whom those boys had come
in contact.
No responsible person should have bought
pencils from the boys on the street or any
where else. No responsible person approached
as a prospective customer should have over
looked the boys age or ignored the fact that
they were obviously engaged in an unlawful
business
Once the boys were safely back beneath the
parental roof, it is to be hoped that they were
told simply and clearly what they had done in
appropriating the egg money, in running away
from home. in selling pencils at 400 per cent
profit and in trading on the pity or amusement
NJ their customers
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
WHEN YOU SLEEP.

Jack Britton, former welterweight cham
pion, offers $4,000 to any one who can make
him sleep normally. He's had insomnia for
year. Many pugilists have it only in the ring.
"Its nervous trouble" says Britton. Train
ing for 20 years has proved too much. While
l haven't any particular designs on getting the
title back, figure can still box lot if 1
can get sleep. II Ican't, I'll be forced to quit"
Jack, why don't you try reading the Congress
sional Record?
If you have ever tossed at night, unable to
drown this nerve-stabbing life in deep sleep,
you sympathize with Britton. We spend third
Of our lives in bed. And the incalculable value
Of sound sleep is realized only by the chronic
victim Of insomnia. Do you find, on the aver
age, that your waking life is more delicious
than the perfect calm of sleep? Considering
the joy with which we close our eyes and rest
our weary bodies and tired brains at night, it
Is a trife strange how man breads the final
sleep, DEATH
Sir Basil Thomson, former head of Scotland
Yard detectives. has solved many mysteries Of
crime. None of them was millionth as mys-
FERROUS as Sleep Claperede had a theory
that nature makes us sleep to prevent us from
killing ourselves by exhaustion. The Coriat
school of physicians believes that sleep is sim
ply a relaxation of all muscles, necessary to
ridj our bodies Of poisons accumulated while
awake. A third theory, by Dr. Boris Sidis is
that monotony is the cause of Sleep When
life no longer is interesting enough to keep us
| awake we chloroform ourselves with slum-
+; Der. II SO, we sleep because our subconscous
minds get bored at this rather dull life on
| earth
1t is one Of the most battling enigmas of ma
| ture. is sleep. Also. one Of the greatest forms
Of real wealth, Of fortune. Dollars and fame
lose their lure when natural sleep is denied
chemically. What would you not give to
know what happens to your real self when
slumber divorces you from the material world
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29

we're thankful in humdrum way.
without much chAttefin8 shout y
That we've hearty meal today.
B We wouldn't care 70 go Without Y;
We're thankful for the sheltertpg roof
which hupdfum labor keeps above "a,
And fox the friends who've INST the PROOF
OF time and trouble, and who love ~.
were thankful that We still md fun.
Yes: fun that shakes the very rafters
IN Just the ordinary run
OF simple Jokes and hearty laughter.
Our tapes may be trifle trite,
And captfous critics might abhor Them
But they give rs q rich delight:
Such as they are, we're thankful for them!
We're thankful that the family
Again is gathered here together.
Deep in our hearts were glad to be
Undoubtedly birds OF q feather.
Tor nur trials past,
n Which, maybe, made Ms stronger. truer;
We're thankful that they didn't last,
And hope, in future, they'll be fewer.
We're thankful that our worldly lot
Is not so bad, and that ambition
still stirs in us, SO we are mot
Quite satisfied with our condition;
We do not whine, we do not crow,
! But each before his headping plateful
lives thanks and hopes next year will s1oW
More reason still for being grateful!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
FOOD INSURANCE.

Pie insurance is the latest. That's the trade
name. but the policies protect restaurants and
other sellers of foods in general, from dam
age suits when the food makes the eaters i'll
or kills them outright Plenty of customers
the insurance people announce. Good reason
A wedding cake, when cut recently in New
York, was found to contain dead rat II ems,
the patsry baker $11 900 damages when sued
Be careful what you eat Food 10 the mos,
dangerous thing in civilization. espectia1l,
when eaten to excess,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29

burning.
I'm afraid what 1 have to say
won't be very pleasant resumed
the older woman, slowly. "One
night, about six months ago, Mich
olas came to me FOR advice and
shelter. You see, I've always been
a sort of mother to him. Life IN his
own home, he said, had been intol-
cradle. His wife had become q
naggeE and a shrew. By coming
here one or two nights week, he
could find peace after the strain OF
business. Now do you see, my
dear?"
"Yes," muttered Leila, unhappily.
What a jealous little beast I've
been! And now it's too late"
Don't say that. please. Your
marriage came. dangerously near
the rocks, my dear, but you have
been able to see the warnig beacon
and can still steer into clear har-
Dor. When Nicholas comes to you
remember that he's the best hus-
band in the world. And like all
good husbands, he's human. he
likes q little affection now and
then and he hates to be nagged-
Especially after a hard days work.
The woman who nags her husband
/ is playing a losing game. l know.
But l never found it out until
until it was too late"
! Leila, uttering a word Of graft
tude, kissed the woman and slipped
away quietly. For several min
! utes Mrs. Randall remained hud
died in her chair, living her men,
cries again. Then she rose, walk
ed to the heavy Jacobson table and
picked up a photograph mounted
in silver frame.
well, old man." she said, look
ing down at it with hope in her
voice and wistful appeal in her
eyes, Il guess you won't hate me
quite 20 much after this, will you."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
DAY OF JOY.

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiv-
ing day? Wait minute. It is falling, char
acteristic Of Americans. to attempt to express
everything a terms Of money. Or. at least, in
terms Of prosperity. Most Of us have tho mo-
don that Thanksgiving day as q national festi-
val was born in much the same spirit-a graft
tude for good fortune To some extent, It was.
The Pilgrim Fathers were thankful for crops
that ensured them against starvation IN the
barren winter that lay ahead. But unques-
tionably their Joy was not confined to food. They
thanked the Almighty for liberty IN gUvesn-
msnt freedom Of vorship aaa><he simple Joys
Of happy homes So. this Thanksgiving day, let
= not b thankful merely IN proportion 70 our
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
4 SynpAsny q senersaalas.

"A 6yMRAo1y Of SonoESAnl1gs
The ffnaI or perfect state Of In
nocu0us desuetude will be achieved
when correspondents take this COL
umn over altogether; and l am
coaching class OF prospective con-
tributors in ''anticipation Of that
happy day. To-day beg Jour in
diligence for two pupils who ofef
little recital. -
Dear doctor:
RI am one Of the Thousands q
readers whom you neither know
nor see but who watch daily for
your helpful talks I'm farmers
wife. having given 50 years to the
brow sweating business inherited
from Adam and Eve. I show the
marks, all right Not q timber
joint in my body.
Il have doubted my ability to do
roll and have tried my best to
muster the necessary grit to do it,
but it all ended in an accidental or
unexpected roll. I tried to put my
head down on my feet and-all of a
sudden, over went. Such q crack
ing Of bones! Such q halo Of
stars! lost a full minute of time!
But presently l got up and did 1t
again, and again until had brought
| out a heavy sweat
Nov l want your symphony,
whatever that may be, and also
! your sympathy, for it takes all the
will power l possess to take your
medicine. MRS. R l. C.
i "Age IS. weight JAG, height g."
Our next number, friends, is q
recitation by member Of the
freshman class.
Dear doctor:
Il am asking you what a somer-
| sault really is. always supposed
it meant putting your head or hands
on the floor, turning over end over
end, and coming up ON your feet
But some say a somersault is put
ting your head and hands on the
floor and just keeling over, coming
down on your back and not your
feet Am writing for correct in
formation. Sincerely yours,
| m. p. E."
And no wonder SO many anna.
tours earn the ill will of the folks
in the fat below. You have the
right idea, except that you should
put your hands and your head on
the floor, then curl mp tight like a
ball, give little push with your
| toes and over you go. At first per
haps from timidity you won't cur
tight enough or push hard enough
and you'll be left rocking ON your
back; but with a little practice you
get the hang of the thing and come
up on your feet every time, smil
ing. Ask any kid to show you how
Or send for diagram
Speaking Of the floor, 1t is hard
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
WRONGS OF LEGAL SYSTEM.

In 1892 Chicago man sued another for
$500. The case dragged along for 80 years, the
litigaRts spending over $4,000 in appealing to
higher courts, or 20 times the amount at stake.
A Judge now dismisses the suit, unsettled Both
litigants are dead So is one OF the original
lawyers. No one is certain what the bone of
contention at the start was. Some think it was
a piano. Something is wrong with the legal
system that permits the spending of $4,000 to
determine the ownership Of $500.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29

@. When were pensions frst
granted to Civil war veterans? 6.
G.
A. The first law pensioning Civil
war veterans was a disability pen
sion law of July IA, 1852.
@. Are as many turkeys raised
as there used to me? c. P.
A. In 1900 the census showed
6,594,695 turkeys in the United
States. In 1910, there were 1885,
7OS. while in the 1920 census, they
stand at 3,627,02S. One OF the rea-
sons for this is that as farming be-
comes more intensive, there is less
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
prosperity. though times have greatly improved

prosperity. though times have greatly improved
in the past year.
Let US remember and be thankful for these
more important elements OF lfe-our families,
our health, our friends. Many a home that Is
irving to make a small chicken serve as
Thanksgiving feast for half dozen hungry
mouths has more Of genuine love and happi-
ness to be thankful for than somAof the places
where buffers serve giant turkeys on silver
platters. And II we are away from. home
forced to dine at public eating place among
strangers let MS be thankful for the love of far
away home folks and friends. Such is the real
Thanksgiving spirit.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29
EASY PICKING.

The song. "Silver Threads Among the Gold, :"
4 still pling up royalties though it was written
- years ago by Hart p. ,DQ6ks. This comes to
light in lawsuit in Brooklyn, N. Y. The fam
co song IL said to have sold 1000 900 copies.
between 1915 and 900. when it had one Of its
periodical popular runs after long sleep. it
tASned royalties Of $4,000. Danks, the COM
per, died in 1903. But his song still lives.
Maybe II you come hack to earth in the year
400. you'd find people still singing it-though
possibly under different name, stolen BY .
Daaeiarist. Mem live On. in their good and bad
dseds, as surely ~ they survive through their
children.
s EAen Danks wrote silver Threads Among
~ Cold. in 1874. hs had mo- idea what he was
starting. He did not evsa dream that, 10
years after his death. his widow would be in
eoart lighting over the royalties. Back Of this
= definite principle The principle is this:
Growth Of success. like growth Of crops, takes
t1nns. Right now We are sowing seed. The
T6al harvest will not como until years later.
Thus the pay We are making today may mot be
- important - the returns we'll gst, later On,
afum experience We are acquiring today. Young
- o. their nrst Jobs. ard younger ones stiil
alA school. should keep tits In mind. Henry
1sga. John D. Rockefeller and nearly all other
eeper-fich men are cashinf in now on early
e&hst
This law Of deferred payment or later har-
8ytst works another way-rsaping the weed
ercD of Dast mistakes Many q "a csrstng our
Dkssent misfortnnss (povsrty. sickness or gen
Res1l wretchedneas). are placing the blame ON
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29

space suitable for turkeys 10
range. In the middle west where
most of them are raised, few HOOKS
contain more than 50, while III
Texas flocks of several huhdFeu
are common.
@. How many trees are there III
Washington, d. c., and what hiiius
are represented? F. ".
A. There are about 100000 trees
in the national capital. Princlpahy
every kind of tree that VIII gro"
in that climate is found, The man
varieties planted along the streets
and in the parks are sugar inapie'
sycamore maple, red maple, elm
linden, sycamore ash, pin oaa'
honey locust, and horse chestnut
q. What people live in Bohemia
V. B. A.
A. The people of Bohemia ave
So per cent Czech and 81 per een'
German. The country was origin.
ally occupied by the Boil, ron
hence the name is derived. ness
people were compelled to emigfa'e
and in the sixth century the cotn'
try was inhabited by Slavic iihllii-
grants, appearing under the coin-
mon name of Czechs.
@. Where was the Titanic DUN
A. The Titanic was buih W
Harland and Wolff at Queens -
land. Belfast. ga,
O. How many kinds OF fo"e,
bulbs are imported for general sa,J
A. The department Of aslleu
ture says that there are SIX no. .od
bulbs allowed to enter the olis.N
States to be sold for genera pm
poses. These six are the my, nv nv
cinth, narcissus, hly-oi-tAe-'aAs'
tulip and crocus. ,ta
@. Is there such a thing d. NV
Maelstrorn? H. NJ. .;a
A. The Maelstrom is spa
current or tidal whirlpool OF ~
northwest coast of Norway. /. Is ~.
with the tide alternately SIX noa..
from north to south and SIX HUI
| south to north, producing immea en-.
whirls. When the wind Is hu Il
west and opposed to the rehuA ..r
! waves, it attains its greatest lu nsr
but in ordinary circumstances II 90
! be trayersed without dlllicuit ,ss,;,ds
, @. At what age should a dai'D :
training begin. F. 0. N. cha
A. 1t should begin as soon a. -. -.
child is born. Regularity Is ~
; first lesson. Feeding, bathlng' ~
ing and putting a baby in us H.
; at the same times daily lncu'
its first habits.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-29

about Zx6 1oee Tor SOmerS8uitlu8
and general exercises, but OF
course,> m expert can roll EN- on
the bare floor.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Resorcin Question.
It In almost as bad as discover
ing that there is1nO Santa Claus to
feel that anything you write must
be revised. You have occasionally
suggested in your column the use
Of resorcin for dandruff, think
The United States public health
service report No. 3O6, Cosmetics
- Drugs, says:
"ResOrcin is one of the fire.
Quently occurring constituents
OF hair tonics. In common with
the other coal-tar derivatives,
it is highly toxic. because of
the production Of methemo-
glo6in. Some persons are par
ticularly susceptible to its in
nuence and many cases OF col
lapse and even death from the
external use Of resorcin are
on record" w. s. B.
Answer-Nearly always you may
bank on what the United State:
public health service tells you, anG
what the reprint (No. 305 from TIKI
public health reports, obtainable
for S cents from the government
printing Office, Washington, D. c.
and full Of facts about cosmetics
says Of resorcin is no doubt true
But not in, say, one grain doses
daily, applied to the average head
even il the average newspaper
readers head absorbed things read
ily. There is one objection to re
sorcin. and l have nearly Away.