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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
The Daily Short Story

part of all was getting used to the
name of Mile. Pretty.
Mrs, Gibson came first with a
reputation as a professional beauty
to preserve, though her soul perish
Then little Betty Enderhurst, fagg-
ed from last nights late supper
dance. rushed in and demanded to
be made ready for a dinner that
night, where she was to meet some
body quite special" She looked
at me enviously and sighed, and
knew just what was in her heart,
and did my best for her.
But why go over the list? Every
body knows what the right kind of
an advertisement will do There
were eight the first day, not Sc
bad for a beginning.
1t took a heap of tact. l finally
got Mrs. Gibson to leave off wear
ing pink shades and to- wear only
blues. Little Betty had to be told
that haste and too much enthusi-
asm are fatiguing and only make
one look clustered. 1 helped her
cultivate very delightful repose.
l congratulated myself on a very
genuine success, deserved because
l had put my heart into my work
All my visitord thought our
room quite unusual and exactly
what they had thought a beauty
parlor should be like They did
not suspect that on several occas-
ions two girls were hidden behind
the big screen, getting pointers,
and almost choking with laughter.
But did l, in my infancy. hear
somebody whisper through the
darkness of my intelligence, Wat
erloo? Did l ever cringe when the
senior class in history stood be-
fore the august principal to recite
the lesson of that famous battle?
All. shades of my ancestors who
had such narrow ideas about girls
earning their own living, did you
bear down upon me and shout in
my ear that glorious Maykmorning,
six months after my flight in the
good airship Success?
Jim Bryant's married sister had
been overriding hospitality that
winter and Mrs. Gibson brought
her to me, without previous notifi-
cation. Grace Bryant, who had
sometimes called at our office to
steal Jimmy for a tea dance or to
help entertain some girl visitors,
recognized me at once, as was nat
ural, since l am, as 1 said before,
not altogether ugly. Her ideas. like
those of my ancestors. were along
a narrow plane. Mrs. Gibson never
came again, but whenever l saw
her. she was wearing a becoming
shade of blue. l wondered if she
thanked me deep down in her heart. !
Whse Betty Enderhurst got the
reputation for outdoing the Balti- |
more bellies N their lazy ease of !
manner, stood on the edge of fail /
ire, watching my fine, fat bank ac-
count slipping slowly away into the /
laze OF ruin. Then again / awoke /
% the possibilities of even this sit i
lation. inspired to a real fight.
Yes, I've taken two attractive
looms, now. They are hung in ash /.
green and silver. Chevaliat has an
order for beautiful golden wig to .
1t Eva Herrick's dull brown locks. !
md Eva is ready to be nv
assistant. She's got the key to fit
he golden lock. II you'll forgive
he pun. Ny wig is the smartest
White affair you ever saw, and nv
lame is. Oh, we'll. my name is
,qually smart And if you want to
,e beautiful and successful. and
adiantly happy. just look me IN.
Bon Jour, mes6ames! n
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
BEAUTY'S BIDDING.
By Alice j. Forsyth.
Upright, 1922, by Wheeler Sy

ny Auce y. rOESyIns
Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
discate, Inc.)
Wednesday night, just before l
went to bed, the big idea came,
like an unexpected gift of real gold.
l was leaning on my elbows listen
ing to Eva Herrick dissertating
about her favorite cold cream, and
what Madame So-and-So had told
her was the proper way to rub the
stuff in. Three of US, hard work
erS lodged inthe upper attic room
of the Frletchers' boarding house on
Beacon Hill. This blessed. room
covered half the house, had big
dow seat, and cost each of US not
much more than a song.
1t hadn't taken much ingenuity to
make it a sort of a Paradise to re-
| turn to each evening. Sofa cush-
brought from home, each with a
handsome big green fern, a few
carefully chosen pictures; my tea
table and Eva's lovely Jap screen
with the bright-eyed dragons flat
tened against marvellous land
scapes. and, then, of course. the
three essential touches, covered
with good imitation oriental rugs,
serving at night for regular beds
and during the daytime as loung=
ing places.
We had each managed to acquire
comfy chair, and in these we,
were seyerally reposing prepara-
tory to seeking sleep. Eva declar-
ed that proper attention to ones
looks meant a terrible lot to the
working woman, who got too little
out-of-door exercise to keep the
natural pink in her cheeks She
looked at me critically for a few
moments, her hand poised in the
act of the proper upward rub under
the right eye.
Say, Belle. how do you do it? It
is right mean of you 10 have such
wonderful color. and ME here talk
ing so fast about acquiring it Look
at her, Nell."
1 lunged forward until my face
came opposite the cheval glass, and !
looked at myself We all looked |
hard. We all agreed that l was
mighty lucky. And then things be-
gan to buzz in my head. l had |
worked pretty hard at the office !
that day, besides which l could not !
see that it was getting me any
where. Jim Bryant, a clever young !
clerk, had been shouting around |
all day about a chaps getting out /
on his own, and not working for a |
salary, even if he took to farming |
something the other fellow had /
abandoned. 1t is strang how easy !
this money making sounds when
you hear the other fellow talking
about it.
Make the most of your collat-
eral," Jim Bryant had said. Size
up your assets
Now. if l do say it as shouldn't,
my lonly assets are my beaux ylux.
as Madame So-and-So would call
them. Well, why not? l smiled a
slow, cheerful grin, and somehow
the girls knew that l had hit the
nail on the head. That's the way
1t started, my business of creating
beauty, for others. The following
Sunday mornings papers blazoned
an awful cute advertisement and /
from then on, our delightful nest in
the attic became my place Of busi-i
ness And | was busy, too, strange Il
as It may seem, but the strangesti
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
Amt Nature Wonderful?

* Strange things happen in the jungles. Car
veth Wells, explorer and lecturer, tells US about
the hornbills, lcng-tailed birds so big they Oft
en- measure five feet from tail to beak. In
Malay jUpgles Wells saw the male hornbill
during the mating season drive the female into
a hollow tree then wall up the opening with
Inud. This protects Mama Hornbill against
enemies She remains in her prison until eggs
are laid and hatched. Then papa lets her out
IA the meaatime-hs- has fed her through a
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

. and that they do not fea-
threats of force from the a,I.
which might be made in an o a'ts,
to collect. The allied s,afs s,,o''
find themselves in the position !,
man striking at soft nin h, 1
There is nothing to resist
Reports show that the un5s..
ing causes of the Free W.,
movement are deeper than ~ u.
! questions of the war or the rs,.-,'
tions. The revolt is against ~ ~
tire system of repression OF Wb,s
the militarism which caused n
war was but a part. The worl5 4
familiar with the exacting dis.
line of the German army ana 4
mechanical precision of German 4
ficiency.
From One Extreme to Another
The Free Youth throw OF IL.
entire yoke and, as might he !,
pected, have gone to the oppozf.
extreme of absolute liberty Il 4.
certain that a middle ground win
be found, but it is declared tn \.
equally certain that the Free Yopts
will never return to the Old styir,
discipline. 1t is reported that bsrS,
of them walk through the sprng
fields singing old folksongs. A.
picking up recruits from the fam.
and villages as they pass. Ever.
where throughout the land thsSs
groups of the FTeie Deutscha In.
gend can be found and all Of then
are jolly and happier than ave,
they have been in their lives. Il
is a national lark for a part Of ths
new generation.
Fantastic as it may sound. the
movement has impressed Itself
upon responsible officials so thor.
oughly that lengthy reports hsys
been forwarded not only TO our own
state department at washington
but to the chancelleries and for
eign Offices of all European IA.
lions interested in central Euro,
pean affairs.
The writer has seen an Official
cablegram more than a THOUSAND
words long reporting to Washing.
ton on an aspect of the movement
This is mentioned to indicate that
it is regarded seriously by the
highest officials.
An interesting aspect OF the
movement is that it is being SUP
ported by certain adults Of Ger
many and Austria. College pro-
fessors, leading socialists and 9th
ers of a liberal tendency are giving
it public encouragement. This has
resulted in a charge that the innO-
walton has been stimulated by the
old military regime as a device 70
escape payment of the Preparations
and that, in reality, the old German
idea is skulking behind the frocks
of children. However. the invest
cations which have been made IND
no foundation for such a charge
The movement appears to be 3
spontaneous revolt.
A larger aspect is that its lead
ers, talented young students and
liberals, are seeking to have the
younger generation in all countries
Join worldwide Free YOuh
the purpose Of which
will be emancipation from outwon
and, further, the end Of
war. The members of the Free
Youth say that better under
standing among the new genera
tons in all countries will bring
peace more quickly than all the
treaties in the world
The whole extraordinary phe-
nomenon is being watched closely
3y statesmen, 6Ociologists and 20
iticaI economists in all countries,
Who agree that bOlsheTism is not
he only queer thing in the world
.oday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

eturn postage. De br7ei. Al inquiries =
70 each individual. so StLaHu9H W. "
, specie than the tapewOrm found u
the human body.
Q. What is the largest water
wheel in the world? r. 5. v,
! A. The one which supplies tA5
ancient city of Hama with wafer
! for drinking and irrigation is PROV
ably the largest. Il IS 10 feet u
diameter and is built Of wood upon
an iron axle.
Q. Who said there was higher
law than our constitution
A. In the senate debate on me
admission of California as a sta-s
William H. Seward said; lie
constitution regulates our steward
ship; the constitution devOtes Lls
domain to union. to justice, 10 az.
tense, to welfare, TO liberty. bu'
there is a higher law than the c0A-
stitution which regulates our au-
thority over the domain, and ug'
votes it to the same noble pu-
poses" To Daniel Websters assel-
ton that it was absurd to ree1aC.
the laws of God. Seward Tepilst
that there is no human enacJInel'
which is just that is not reeH-
actment of the law Of God
@. Why are Is eggs called Z SCI
ting? L. X
A. The poultry division says IaS.
a setting of eggs is usually 10 IAS
is the number sold by poultrylns--s.
There is no reason for the hAiug u.
this number except that It IS JUS
about what a hen can cover.
@. How did Wisconsin get IL
name? J. < N.
A. Wisconsin derived its name
from the principal river. naI1s1
Wisconsin by Pere Mar lue,s9
translated wild rushing c6anls5l,
he present spelling is deTl.es-
from a nisprint. All early FTeAc-
documents have Ouisconsing
Mfsconsing. -
Q. Is Decoration day legai
holiday in every state? n r.
A Arkansas. Florida, Louisl-le,
Michigan, Mississippi, Nortn a." a.
lima, South Carolina and Texas az
the only states in which DecoTa'-o5-
day is not a legal holiday Nolsi
and South Carolina have ~. -
holiday on May 10 which is ConioI
crate Memorial d. -
@. Is the Scotch game sn,
the same as our shiny? z. Nc
A. Shinty is the Scotch Aa-a
for hockey. which is also known :.
hurley in Ireland. 1t is not 70
confused with the American s4iA'
Of shiny.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Marking a Child,

am an expectant mother. The
other day my little 2-year-old child
went out in the yard and picked up
the cat, and l ran out screaming
because l was afraid the cat would
bite him (the cat has recently had
kittens. Would that mark my
child? MRS. c. r. G.
Answer assure you there is
nothing whatever for you to worry
about.
Incipient Cancer.
Please tell me what causes a
rough place to come out on the in
side of the cheek opposite the jaw
teeth. They are not sore, but they
bother me some. MRS. S. T. R.
Answer-Such a condition is a
very common precursor of cancer.
The irritation is due to irregular
or jagged edges of decayed teeth.
You had better take immediate
steps to have the teeth repaired or
extracted by your dentist, and also
consult your physician concerning
the adviSa bility of X-ray OF pos
sibly surgical excision of the affect
ed tissue.
IuDPTCulOSISs
Is tuberculosis of the lungs cur
able? If so, will you please explain
how it is cured? Do the lungs heal
and the germs become destroyed?
When a case is arrested does it
eventually heal? Is the climate in
a city such as New York, Boston,
Chicago or St Louis suitable for a
person with tuberculosis?
MRS. NJ. NJ.
Observation-Disclosures is the most
durable serious chronic disease. 1t
is cured by rest, sunlight, correct
food, medicines adapted to the in
dividual case. the constant super
vision of a good physician, and in
general, good hygiene. A pamph-
let 1 have prepared will be sent
you by mail on request-enclose a
self addressed stamped envelope
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady. NJ. D,
Noted Physician ard Aurnor

can absorb nothing through the
sweat ducts, not even an alleged
cold. That is what 1 mean when
l say the human skin has no pores
OF course the skin is supplied with
sweat glands and oil glands, both
of which excrete or secrete their
fluid through ducts which empty
upon the surface through the open
ings in which hairs grow when the
skin has hair, but through common
openings on the palms and soles.
Don't forget to lock the ignition
and lock the garage, but never
mind about your pores, for they
just amt Or if your conception OF
the meaning of the word pore is
not the same as mine, then any
how you needn't worry about your
pores since they are never closed
no matter what trapdoor fancies
grandpa had about them.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

/ Relatives of Mathilde Mccormick are inves-
tgating the record of Max Osor, the Swiss, in
AN effort to prevent his marriage to the Amer
Jean heiress 1t will probably be found that
Max yodels and everything.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

When the heat begins to bother you and you
secretly wish for a return of December
breezes the quickest way to comfort yourself
is to go into the tool house and give the snow
shovel the once over.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
Chr TntthHtnttr
LIKE CHARrTY-AED IT'S GRANITE
PROToTYPES-IT CONEkS A
MULTITUDE OF SINS.

HUGO SHINES says Germany must pro-
duce two billion marks more in order to halt
the process Of monetary imitation. That should
not be difHcult for nation that produced so
many easy marks in 1s14-1S.
NOVEMBER. 1918.
"a Renaissance of the Serbian retreat
through Greece in the Winter OF 1914)
MY friend, Nikolai Krastovitch, and L
He, late of Serbia, walking now with me
Along the lighted, elm-lined avenue
Had talked for hours about hell's avalanche,
Now growing DINNER in a twelvemonth's mists.
Its chilly" and 1 turned my collar up.
Perhaps" he said
Quizzing the street light with half-closed eye.
saw an army marching in the storm.
Forward they struggled fighting with the blast,
Staining the snow with blood from ill-shod feet
Some stumbled now and then, but, rising.
pushed
Up to their places in the broken ranks;
And onward, ever onward, pressed the mass
Night came, Gray skies grew black. At the
command
To halt, some fell down where they stood. The
rest
Spread out to gather fagots for the fires,
Which, though the flames leaped high, dulled
not the edge
OF Winters sword which cut them to the quick.
All night they huddled round the rings of
flame,
Talking in whispers, sleeping now and then,
Whenever sleep would visit weary lids.
Morning Black faded into gray. The fires
Died down to embers charred circles in the
Slowly the little band reused up from sleep;
And gnawing crusts Of bread, their only food,
Set out again upon the weary march,
Leaving behind them, sleeping in the snow
Some who had not reused up, nor ever would
MARK HEILMANN.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

The United States department of agricul-
ture predicts record crops of wheat and other
grains. Bad news for the Democratic party.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

Further evidence that have arrived at
normally is found in the announcement of the
formation of another steel trust
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
WILLIE CAMPBELL'S DREAM.
ITO John Douglas MeDouealL)

IRON hdqs Plllar.I
Concluded from Yesterday
Then Rob held fast untae his breast
The little bairnes ghost;
I'VE manu-" said he, deny ourseIs
Untae the heavenly host"
IF heaven it holds a sweeter BARN,
dinna care tae see;
This little flower o. luckless hour
Is heaven enough for me-
Il wandna tear it frae ma HART
For a that heaven can show;
Enough for me tae be a ghaist
o pity, doom below
The bonnie bairnie cuddled close
Beneath his fauldin' care;
He kissed its cheek; he couldna sneak
Anlther Draw word there.
lump there came intae his throat;
A dew frae cot his eyes
Fast drappit doom upon the clouds,
Like stars O. paradise.
His ghaistly form-it seemed tae glow
Wi blood red as mine;
He lookit like laird o. men
Grown suddenly divine.
Saint Peters wrath was like the sea
That smites headland rock;
His long, white beard was like tae foam
That dashed, but couldna shock.
Saint Peter eyed him wi a stare:
He met a stare as good
o Neither Pits ma fear haze thew
Who live in Brotherhood
And sac, like men, three speerits bowed
And said short guid-bye;
Then Peter signed untae his guards
Tae shut ava the sky. ~
But DOT there came a Hand O. Light
That opened wide the gate.
Coon in, COON m the Master said
fe a be rather late
But I've place for ane and "a"
When, whush. my dream was done
And by the Doom found mysel'.
A-blinkin' in the sun
My mask was empty-not drap,
1t mak's body think
The great Hereafter's no sac bad.
II speerits there may drink.
tRere Willie gied his ane guild leg
A mighty soondin' slap)
II e'er | see those rascals three
I'll gle them a. a rap.
sac saying. aft he went, tae show
The kirk tae ithers there
AND still l hear his wooden leg
Gae humping up the stair.
LAURA BLACKBURN
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

Ambassador George Harvey refuses TO be
flapper, even though in doing so he offends
British royal court customs. He says his
legs are too thin for knee breeches
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

Peggy Joyce Hopkins announces that she
will engage in some profitable business But it
shouldn't be inferred from this that Peggy has
been playing losing game, financially.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

Discussion of the coal strike makes unin-
teresting conversation such days as these.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

HEADLINE referring to Senator Reed
sdys acute Indigestion attacks solon during
speech After having been ATTACKED nv WanI
row wilson the Missouri senator ought NOT r.
.et trning thing like acute Indigestion bother
MohE than FIVE people crowded the Rocl
island nigh school auditorium YESTERDAY aftar-
noon at the class day exercises The
"ea1 US now anr auditorium has shrunk,
R z MIG
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-09

81 AM just back from New York. appends
Mark. - and l am glad to get back to the
calmness of a nine O'Clock community" He
had Che tells us) some good talks with
Mencken and Seldes and Farrar and few
others"
Well, Mark, next time you go to New York
tell John Farrar that for a man of his youth
he's bum sport, else he'd have put us on the
BoOkman mailing list.
Where the Dickens is Washington, d. c.!
From The Argus.
One of the princes is a patient
in Washington, d. c., hospital and
his arrival in the United States DR..
Lambie will take him on his western
journey if his condition permits.
A DIFFERENCE of lopinion (lord, what a
zest that adds to life!) exists in the editorial
rooms.i Not that such condition is new; but
this particular d. of o. has to do with the con-
struction of the foregoing paragraph. The
gentleman who disagrees with US says the
first his refers to DR.. Lambie; our view is
made clear by the paragraphs caption. OBJ
viously the second his" refers to the prince.
That being true, can it be reconciled with the
contention of the G. W. d. W. u? We should
like to hear from any all of the grammar
sharps who occasionally storm this Citadel of
WheeZes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-20
DON'T INFECT MOSPITOES.

Commenting OH printed reports on
mosquito control in such diverse coun-
tries as Spain and the Dutch East In
dies the y. S. Public Health Service
calls attention to the fact that the gov
eminent authorities who are trying to
free a certain region in Spain of ma
laria refuse to allow sufferers from
that disease to remain in the region
ever night lest they infect the malarit-
bearing mosquitoes, which feed only
at night Fee wwhite people live in the
region: and nest Of the sufferers.
come from considerable distances and
seem to have contracted malaria while
working there in previous ears Their
blood is CANNED and they are provid-
ed with sufficient quinine to last them
for two weeks and are told to go home
at once and to report back at the END
G fthat period for another two weeks
supply. ~
The theory is of course, that fmos-
cuitoes cannot find a malaria patient
10 bite they cannot acquire malaria
germs an dtherefore cannot pass them
on to we'll persons. In other words, if
men do not infect mosquitoes. mosqui.
toes will not infect men.
Incidentally, the Service notes that
the American minnows, Gambusia af-
fins, are being impored into Spain
and Italy to help in mosquito eradica-
ton.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-04-20

New York. Whether Greenwich
Village. hat semi-mystical region
ground Washington Square. It to stand
Worth and insist upon being considered
respectable" IL n conventional, sub
term, or whether 1t is TO remain tinged
with Bohemianis moi art. tempera-
ment. and instability is being fought
out right there upon the local field OF
battle Uptowners have scorned or
adorned that district of meandering
streets, studios made out-of barns, and
bobbed-ha maidens, and have dis
puted its worth among themselves and
with the VILLAGERS" But now the dis
pute is raging between the Villagers
. themselves. First there came the
Greenwich Village Chamber OF Com
merce, with announced intention OF
making better business and raising
the commercial standard OF the VII
lage" and of making uptowners realize
that the wild stories of New fork's
Latin Quarter weer Pigments fthe
imagination They even invited Fifth
avenue business men dow nto address
their meetings. The 100 per cent VII
layers revolted Led by Harvey p.
Vaughn litterateur. they formed a sec
ond organization the Greenwich vii
lage BOARD of Trade. ito protect us