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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

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Interest in the tipping question is accelerate
ID BY the story Of an American and his wife
who, through oversight or Misunderstanding.
left a British hotel without tipping anybody
but the hall porter and the chambermaid. The
head waiter Of the establishment sent letter
after the wife foundly denouncing her husband
for having dope - disgraceful thing" and
threatening to post their names with my club
and associations SO that every hotel in England,
Ireland, Scotland and Wales may know your
name and the ungenerous'Yay you treated the
staff of this hotel" Nothing could better illus
trate the degradation Of tie tip and the reason
why SO many people now rebel against it. Time
was when a tip was something gladly given as
appreciation of extra zeal or thoughtfulness in
the rendering of personal service.
Most tipping today is a habit fastened upon
a thoughtless public by fear Of not doing the
right thing The average man hasn't the cour-
age to withhold tip when there is NO service
that deserves it. The result is the debasement
of the tip to level where 1t is not regarded as
the reward of service or zeal, but exactly as a
fixed due. The best thing we could do for the
tip would be to abolish it completely until the
natural feeling that originally promoted 1t had
time to shake off accreticns of stupidity and
bad habit The fact is there's hardly any such
thing nowadays as real tip. 1t has sunk to a
mere irksome gesture.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
The Pope's Automobile.

No wonder the Italian authorities we're a bit
embarrassed in assigning a license number to
the poDe's motor car. No pope ever had an au-
tomobile before; nothing belonging to the oc-
cupant Of st. Peters had ever forced itself so
determinedly into the purview of the civil au-
thorities of Rome. That car left Milan an ordi-
nary machine; now 1t has an international sig
nificance. With true Italian finesse the in
spirsd issuer Of licenses listed the pope's car
among the automobiles belonging to the diplo-
matte corps. Obviously there would have been
trouble. perhaps an incident" if it had been
licensed as belonging to subject OF the king.
So the popes car is credited. as to a foreign
state or monarch. So far 20 good. But Plus
xI is ah energetic person. devoted to mountain
climbing, A long road stretches from the vati-
can to the Alps. The good car that his devoted
Miianese sent him may never break record,
but 1t might break tradition. At the time of
his election It was said that the new pope fay
ored a 'rapproachment with the quirinal, and
certain occurrences then and since lend color
to that view. Perhaps the time will soon come
when the pope need no longer be the prisoner
Of the vatican. but instead will be free to seek
the solace Of rural scenes after Z. days hard
work in the palace.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
TOmSin1SSaVS

We have been expecting to see in the paper
where some coal wagon driver absconded with
a ton.
New York police have dangerous jobs An
The woman who loves every hair on her
husbands head hates every hair on his
shoulder.
It's about equal Poor dodge autos and
rich dodge baby buggies
Truth has it on fiction. The human tongue
has only II muscles.
While driving autos or bargains it is safer
to keep to the right.
When you see a man climbing the ladder
to success you can bet a woman is holding it.
Slit sleeves look as if the dressmaker didn't
have enough goods
Since worry makes one bald, what pity a
man can't worry with his face instead Of his
head.
Beating up burglar is safe compared to
cussing out \ waitress.
| Better national anthem than keep the home
fires burning" would be Darling, am growing
cold".
Skirts are longer; but it is only six more
months until March.
Health hint: II you get sleepy during church
do not try to use pillow Of the church.
! What makes an old maid madden than thu
harvest moon?
| 1Hc ldoI IObe Ol cuu1uoI Ii uUt y0Ii
but our Palm Beach suit looks like It.
serious shortage Of good times II report
ed. Don't waste any.
Zone single word" says AL Apple, has Is.
syllables." It is long enough to be q marriet
word.
A woman putting up preserves tells Us su
gar prices are uncanny
Three's q crowd; two's petting party.
II she doesn't rouge, it is because sh
thinks discretion is the better part Of pallor
Who will temper the winter winds to tn
shorn consumer?
When the worm turns he is looking for
chestnut.
There seems to be NO place like away frou
thome.
Only seven more months until the next eos
strike.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
Impugning the Golfers Honesty.

Blackmail has been extended to the golf
links. caddy at q Chicago club threatened to
expose the gentle art Of forgetting stroke or
two hole, of carelessly kicking the ball in to a
lie. temptations to which good golfers and true
are subject He brinss charges against a mem
Der OF the club who says it's hold-up, that the
caddy offered to square things for flyer. He
refused to come across, and means to fight it
ont II 1t takes all summer. 1t probably will
There Is Of course remedy for such ills: With
Lands in BASEBALL a>Hays in the movies, a
Thomas in the theatre, appoint some Grand
Panjandrum for golf, some Jock or Sandy
whose word shall be law, who will correct
these abuses, as well as backmail on the links
from New York to Los Angeles. Work? Why
not? Look how baseball and the movies have
been cleaned up.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

hoanlasy e z16e1nA nsgnlafs wseo rusaed e
- sboe1ss an altsf winters pers1asion 80
eeeaed II ealmins - Mains farners. Who had
leea1sa 70 ssttis he argument With theif rtfies-
a nasvsl q lsss vas nat tie cost q running
~ iaHcnal sov9nment Was less than $so-
eeo,se0 for the year. The national debt then
Ms ! trffls under $l30oo.ooo. Otherwise the
yssr 1sss, vas unevsstfal. except for customary
trod1le with MEXICO. still there's certain
slamor about those old days. and maybe the
reason We moderns sometimes complain that
HE 10 dull il because 90 many sensational
things happes that We are becoming faded.
Lie today is > carnival-very interesting q
nfst, then borssome after while, the specta-
tors wanting to get away where its quiet There
Is such thing p life being 20 super-interest-
ing that it's dull. Extremes meet
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
Daily Poem
By BERTON BRADLEY.
FOOLISH LAND.

kVVLlSH LAND,s
I've been on a journey with Davy and Alfca
To the land of nonsensical fund.
I've seen the White Queen in her ludicropa
palace;
In the hat Of the Goblin I've spun
I've met with the whale that was talking With
Davy,
And the Rabbit that Alice parsued.
And the Mock-Tur1e singing by seas that were
wavy,
And the Duchess-egregiously rude,
I've slipped my cold tea with the Dormouse
70 and Halter,
I've met the White knight in the wood.
I've heard Humpty Dumpty's nonseusical
chatter
And found II exceedingly good.
With Davy I've visited Robinson Crusoe
And Sinbad the Sailor rs well. !.
I've heard all their stories told over ane-r a.
I've many gay stories to tell
With Davy I've wandered, with Alice I've
travelled
A Whimsical fancifui way,
Two seen miles Of magical nonsense unrayeled
In land Of fantastical play;
Two been Tar aaeld tom the world and ID
Altar from It's dust and fts CRIME
Once more I've been reading Of Davy and Alice.
AID I've had wonderful ttnol
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
Improving Church Music.

One Of the important questions to come be-
fore the general convention Of the Episcopal
church of Portland Ore, is that of church
music The effort will be made to improve con-
gregational singing and it cannot succeed with
out the unstinted cooperation of choirmasters,
whose first care is not their own glory or the
ship in the house of God. The Episcopal
church has no monopoly of the musical direc-
tor who regards the congregation as an incum-
brance to the display of vocal art in the choir
loft. 1t sometimes seems as if chants were
chosen and hymn tunes performed with the de-
liberate intent of discouraging the pews from
participation. The professionals do not care to
have their euphonious warblements spoiled by
the inept and maladroit efforts of amateurs,
however well meaning. If they can drown out
the untutored voices they feel that their effort
is not in vain.
Some congregations are at fault in the criti-
cal attitude of mind they bring to service.
Apparently they 60 to church to review not
their own shortcomings, but those of the choir
and the clergymen. They seem to expect from
singers who may not be even getting their car
| fare effects comparable with those of opera
| singers, whose compensation makes one think
Of the exechequer- of film favorites. Better
church music will come through firm under
standing that reaches throughout the length
and breadth Of the church and includes the
congregation. One cannot hope to satisfy the
whims Of every crank who thinks his ideas
should prevail; but if most of the people are
Satisfied most of the time with most of the
music 1t is no mean achievement in this criti
cal and sophisticated age.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
LIVING COST HIGH
IN OSAKA, JAPAN

, Osaka, Japan.-Osaka, the indus
trial capital of Japan, has the rep
utation Of being the most expen-
sive city of the empire in which to
live. The prices of commodities in
Osaka in June averaged 81 per
cent over the same month last
year. Toxic, the next expensive
city, averaged 6.S per cent. The
general advance in prices in 10
years has been 1909 per cent in
Osaka and 1904 per cent in Toxic.
according to Official figures.
Believing that the high prices are
due to profiteering, the government
recently ordered the. department
stores to make a reduction of Is
per cent In necessities. The stores
replied with bargain sales, at which
they got rid Of their surplus stock.
This did not satisfy the govern
ment, so an order has gone out to
all retailers to reduce the prices OF
soba, . sort Of macaroni. and
"tofu." bean paste, staple foods OF
the people. II present weather con-
tinue. a good crop is expected to
bring down the price Of rice.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
KAY anl Radiun Treatneat.

X.Ray and Radian TreatAeat
The remedial uses and effects Of
radium seem to be very similar to.
il not identical with. those Of the
X-ray. Perhaps radium Is more
mobile and wieldy than X-ray
Treatment and therefore applicable
in situations and circumstances
which make X-rsy treatment diff
cult or impossible. From the ex-
perience Of physicians and sur
geons Of standing. however. 1t
would seem that in certain. in
stances course Of X-ray treat
ment will prove effective or help
full when rodium has failed; and
on the other hand radium treat
ment sometimes brings about
grateful relief when X-ray treat
ment has failed.
Both X-ray treatment and ra-
dunn treatment have proved OF
great value in the common fibroid
tumor in women, and in pathology
icaf bleeding in women past 40, Tu-
NOR il not cancer; many tumors
are comparatively harmless and
call for no treatment unless they
happen to give the individual in
convenience or discomfort. A tu-
NOR is new growth; a cancer is
not a new growth but a degenera-
ton Of the tissues and cells OF
some organ or other structure
which was previously normal
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

@. How tall is that statue of the
Venus of Milo?
A. The height Of the Venus of
Milo is 2 metres IS millimetres, or
a trifle over feet 3 inches.
@. What is the correct version
Of the mountain and Mohammed
proverb? P. N.
it is given as If the hill will not
come to Mohammed, Mohammed
will come to the hill"
Q. Which is the largest bone in
the body? N. P.
A. The femur is the largest,
longest and strongest bone in the
human body.
G. Where does annie Laurie,
the writer, live? w. T. j.
A. Annie Laurie is the pen
name Of Mrs. Charles Bonfils, who
also writes under the name of
Winfield Black. Her home is in
San Francisco.
O. How much is a milliard?
p. A. K.
A A. milliard is a thousand mil
liol-in American parlance, a bill
lion.
@. What was the name of the
other man who rode when Paul
Revere did to spread the alarm?
A. William Dawes was the other
man who rode to warn the colonists
of-she coming of the British,
@. What was the matter with
the child labor law that the courts
decided it was unconstitutional !
S. W.
A. The child labor law recently
held unconstitutional hy the Su-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
The Daily Short Story
and their skirts, too!

and their skirts, too!
Scandalous, but young, yes, much
younger. She wondered how her
hair would look like that, and her
skirts short Gracious! Goodness!
Aunt Susan and all the Bradshaw
aunts would surely turn over in
their graves at her thought.
Anyway, she didn't have to stay
there and be unhappy. She would
TRY to change herself a bit if she
only had some girl to help her; but
she wouldn't ask one of them-no
stree! Not when they had snubbed
her so. But how she wanted to
know! And how she wanted them
to love her.
A big tear splashed on the rock
where she sat; then a shadow fell
before her.
Priscilla looked up, and into the
eyes Of that model Of masculine
ness, Bob Gale. She started. He
smiled.
Miss Bradshaw" he asked.
, Priscilla nodded.
1--WE come out here to ask you an
awfully funny question" he began.
But first I want to tell you l have
MT seen anything SO sweet and love-
ly and-quaint as you for-well,
ever. / want to know you. I want
to be your friend. Will you be my
friend?
/ And Priscilla didn't know Bob
hadn't intended saying anything OF
the kind when his shadow fell
across the rock.
The girls expression changed
completely. An illumination from
inside glowed in her eyes, a smile
beginning with her lips, seemed to
cover her face and dimples appear
ed about her mouth. Then, as
quickly, her countenance clouded
The glow went out, the dimples, dis.
appeared, and Bob sensed chill.
What is it, quaint Priscillar'
i Priscilla thought moment, look.
ing straight at him.
How do l know you aren't thu
devils instrument and that won
land in hades' i'll become fond-o
you"
! Devil! Hades! Oh, no, the,
haven't done that to you! Folk
say they were queer, but they could
MT poison you with untruths Xix,
. that"
Priscilla crumpled down upon tn,
rock and sobbeA aloud.
They tried to, but-they couldn'
haven't! Oh, tell me it ism
true! Tell me l can live and Low
like other girls still be-
, good! Tell me, Robert Gale!"
!, And Robert Gale, the villag
beau Brummel, forgot he had ap
preached Priscilla Bradshaw, tn
village freak, on dare, and becam
2 compassionate.
Il tell you on my honor, you ca
t live, love, and be better than-you
3 aunts! And it's the straight roa
/, to heaven-the straightest! Won
you let me lead you?"
e And she did.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

Washington D. c. Give full name snd
,turn postage. Be brief. All inquiries are
70 each individual. No attenti0a viii b
preme Court of the United States
was intended to prevent the en-
ployment of children under the age
of IA in any mill, cannery, work
shop, factory or manufacturing es-
adjustment and those under 10
years of age in mines or quarries.
To accomplish this it placed tax
OF 10 percent upon the net annual
profits of those employing children
as prescribed. The Supreme court
held that this was use of the tax
ing power of the government for a
purpose entirely distinct from that
Of raising revenue, for as Chief JUS
tice Taft said, "a court must be
blind not to see that the so-called
tax is imposed to stop the employ
ment Of children within the age
limits prescribed" Therefore the
court held it to be its duty to de-
cline to recognize or enforce laws
of Congress dealing with subjects
not entrusted to congress, but lelt
by the supreme law of the land TO
the control of the states, even
though it required the court to re-
fuse to give effect to legislation
designed to promote the highest
good.
Q. Where did EPSON salts gel
that name? S. P. r.
A. EPSON salts takes its name
from its occurrence in dissolved
form in a mineral spring at Ep-
som, a market town in the county
OF Surrey, IA miles southwest OF
the heart OF London. It may De
prepared also from dolomite, oy
accompanying the mineral By tho
] addition of sulphuric acid.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
In NE Long Ago.

Do you ever wonder how modern life COM
parss with long ago in America. when grand
p was Lad? Turn hack. - years and 80
whether you would exchange places. Times
were hard in 1881 The United States bank.
having over-speculsted in cotton, was forced to
suspend operations. The failure involved only
$Aoeo.0oo in deposits. but It precipitatsd .
financial panic In which 400 banks were obliged
70 close. many Of them permanently Con-
sfsss. - usual. shot off on tangent and got
interested In something else. It raised . cy-
clone Of oratory against the barbarity Of i'm
porting pack OF bloodhounds that had been
imported from Cuba to track .down Seminole
Indians In F1oridA. Before the talking subsidized
NE dogs were abandoned as inefficient The
cheer crew told the nation that Its hope for
1rcsperity was in foreign trade There was
great elation when Baldwin. Vail Z Nufty an
nounced that their Philadelphia plant had re-
csavsd orders for locomotives for several Eng
lisA railroads.
It was in 1889 that Charles Goodyear per-
fecfpd his process Of valcanising rubber. An
Nkat invention sensation Of the year WAS turn
ishsd BY sohn william Draper Of The Univer-
stv Of NeN> YORK. Who announced tAat he had
made the nrst photogrsShic portrait syef taken
1rom life. ". r. Marndsn. Boston plqnssr:
STARTED the A1sk express service In 1s3s. carry.
.ng the packases between his city and New
York. The wilderness was far from conquered
In Florida ths Indians ware on the vsspath. ,
lounty Of $500 On their heads. A row brok'
ont between England and America over me
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

The Argus has enough letters Of common
dalton to fill a book on its course in striving
to rid Rock Island of it, underworld and max
tne 1t decent place in which to live These
words Of appreciation are sources Of inspira-
ton and encouragement. They show the red
blood that is in the writers-and red blood is
what counts in battling with evil
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

Rock Island county and city officials ask
you to notify them Of any violations Of the law,
promising to act Immediately on the informa-
don you supply them. Well, here is tip to
the city and county officials: There are several
black and white dives on Third avenue between
Twentieth and Twenty-thi streets that are .
standing insult to every decent person who 10
obliged to pass along that thoroushfara
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

Do not content yourselves, you good people
Of Rock Island, that you have no part to play
in what IL to be done to clean up your city
and rid It Of the undesirables The day is at
hand when every man with red blood will have
his task. 1t cannot be escaped.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

II the local authorities, city and county,
upon whom the people have right to depend
to remove the deplorable conditions now prev
alent in Rock Island. are not bound hand and
foot. why don't they order q real cleanup Of
the underworld instead Of bluffing!. They don't
Mare ia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

Which would you rather be-a cringing vas
nal Of the underworld or free man? 1t is the
free men OF Rock Island who will not hesitate
To be known a. such who are going to free
Rock Island from the srapple of the under
world.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

The whole question in Rock Island is one Of
red-blooded men against cold-blooded assas-
Sins who shoot in the dark. Red blooded men
are afraid neither Of the darkness or the sun
shine. Nor do they hide from duty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

II The Argus were advising the bootleggers
Il would tell them not to pay penny tribute
to the Rock Island immunity ring. Make the
grafters work for their money like the boot
leggers work for theirs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

The straw hat has been stored in the closet
n . paper bag until next spring, at which time
he owner will 90 to the store and purchase
new one.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

This il not q personal tight so far as The
Argus is concerned. 1t Is simply matter OF
slain duty, and not pleasant one At that
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

Capture Of the Gabel murderers will break
the back of the most vicious combination of
murderers. bandits and grafters that ever
spread its tentacles over modern city.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13
he Referee
SILLY.

Z -
An American vonaa tourist nkss spscias
room IN the savoy hotkl, London for . pet dos
trained to 1leep i led. Close On her heels
c0nnes another American, leading Pct g1ranes
Sweet Patootie ty name. for which hs dsmands
lodging and meals.
strong" 70 animals, especially freakish selec-
lions such a. baby leopardS- Taking care OF
these pets il driving hotel managers frantic,
says London Daily Nail. Considering the way
Americans ar drinking abroad, the hotel men
should thank their lucky stars that the visitors
do not insist ON quarters Tor their pink els-
plants. Maybe they Do.
CoLDER.
Coose-bone weather prophets begin % %
EeArd from. First prediction, and It's fof
cold winter, comes from the Yakima Indians
near Wapata, wash. Winter will b cold ana
long. they say because hies and other tnsects
have been unusually, numerous.
Nesther bureau experts claim that the anna
teur prophets usually are wrong. But when
the squirrel lays away lots OF nuts. ana Tree
bark and fox fur are thick. ignore the e1pess
and BET on hard winter What makes the
SQUIRREL know enough to stock heavily with
food /, what makes trees prepare months
! ahead, By growing heavy bark! - nature
merely chemical machine!
RADIO.
About 100000 Apartments N NoW 4VfA S.v
now are Equipped with radio receiving sets'
according to q trade estimate.
One radio maker has orders Tor 25.OOO WIRE
less receivers that can be operated only by
dropping quarter in slot The day 10 close
at hand when all rooms in first-class hotels
will have these slot machines, says the Messen-
ger, hotel trade paper.
G. A. r
| Aged war veterans will attend the 56tn an
nual encampment of the G. A. R., opening Sept
| "a in Des Moines.
This historic organizations membership, al
| its peak In 1890, was 400 ,4S9. Now it has dwin-
died to fewer than $4,000.
| As they march into eternity, one OF their
strongest Impressions must be that the union
they saved has not turned out exactly as they
expected. The nag is about the only tning tna'
| LIVING
Cost of living statistics should b taken
with grain of salt, cautions national INDUS
trial conference board. 1t is impossible to
gather figures that hold good in any two COM
nunities let alone nationally.
For instance, a recent survey showed that
a family's standard Of living that cost $1,5l7
wear in Chippewa Falls, Wis, could not be
duplicated under $1,919 in Bsbee. Arts.
Obviously, it is futile to attempt to set q
figure as a living wage" nationally regardless
of geography.
PRICES
A penny here, a dollar there, prices creel
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-13

The time u coming, and not far distant at
that, whom the sheep will be separated from the
goats and svsry man will be known by the
company 10 keeps.