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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-04
Daily Poem
BY RERT0N RRAHEY.
MAN THE MASTER.
By BertOn BrAsey.

He has harnessed the earth and its forces,
He has laughed at the might of the sea.
He has cha tered the stars in their courses,
He has flown like bird, high and free;
His mind knows no sure limitation,
1t measures the depths and the heights,
He's made himself Lord Of Creation
High Priest of its marvellous rites.
He has builded vast structures Of wonder
And filled them with beautiful art,
He has made him great cannon that thunder
And music that touches the heart;
The desert has bloomed at his order,
The wild has obeyed his command,
From ultimate border to border
All nature lies under his hand.
He has tnnneled deep under the rivers
And stricken the mountains in twain.
The star sprinkled armament quivers
With waves that are made by his brain;
So he dominates earth and its splendors
But somehow, in spite Of all that,
He WILL put on fancy susepnders,
Stfh COLLAR, and hard derby hat!
Copyright, 1922, NEA Service)
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Lowbrows and Intellectuals.

Will Irwin, the writer, gave the world the
harmless. necessary word, highbrow. 1t diff
fused itself over the United States was exported
to England, and, with its antithesis, lowbrow,
has served for rough classification Of the
human species. One is panied to observe an
effort to identify the highbrows of a few years
ago with the small but earnest group Of intel
lectuals. In the New Republic Alvin johnson,
writing of 1.-The Highbrows Ravanche," boldly
assumes this identity. He sets the pale intel
lectual against the lowbrow. In the decade
ending in 1910 the highbrow was modest, it
seems. The iowbrows were making all the
money. They must he the real men. The pale
intellectual did them homage. But beware of
the intellectual when he lapses into humility,
We are warned. Who ever knew Of an intel
lectual to lapse into humility? He is conscious
of his inalenable superiority. He looks with
contempt upon plain ordinary folk, guilty Of
illusions like patriotism
Abraham Lincoln, for example, could never
have been an Intellectual He thought too
much Of the common people, and he had too
many primitive concepts, such as the small but
earnest group clatteFs against with all its type
writer's. Well, Mr. johnson has discovered that
the lowbrows are made unhappy by all that
they have read since 1917 about imbeciles and
morons. Almost everybody is moron. appar-
emily, except the pale intellectuaIs A man may
be prosperous and successful and yet have an
uneasy feeling that he is moron. So the low
brow is depressedaan the highbrow has his
revenge. Much. might be said for the theory
that the contemporary intellectual is a defec-
tive. He lacks some Of the elements not merely
Of the sound thinker. but of the good citizen.
He has moral anesthetic zones Not seldom he
is obtuse. Always he is intolerant OF thu
tribe as it fourishes in the English uniyer-
stiles it has been said that it is characterised
by excitability, blindness to facts, cruelty
blended with sentimentaiity. OF their blind
ness to facts the consuming passion of the in
tellectuals for their soviet darlinss is notable
evidence. The army tests showed that some Of
the drafted men couldn't tell time by watch
What Of it! Are they morons? The sun was
made before watches. But what shall be said
Of an intellectual who can't tell freedom from
slavery and sees In dictatorship liberation and
democracy? trs5
~ 40 eAe lcS1CltdUlc MAUI VI Tue lOWpIOW
that is the ordinary American man or woman
not to care rap. even if he knows about, the
proud pronouncements Of the intellectuals
Anybody who for hts sins or his curiosity il
forced to read the majestic utterance Of thess
Jupiters OF coterie must be puzzled to find
| to what species of the deficient he belongs
Thus the Freeman speaks Of the so-called
political prisoners az unfortunate victims q
dementia Americana; and one Of its contribu.
| tors. the English radical economist. J. Al Hob
son. quotes approvipsH from an Ameriear
war" So We iovbrows are torn BY .. horren
dous doubt. Is this the United States 81
Moronia or the United States Of Dementia,
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The Price of Expediency.

Richard Bartholdt Of St Louis, on his re-
turn to the United States after more than
year in Europe. paints woeful picture Of con-
dtions in Germany He tells nothing new. how
ever. Everything he says has been said by
others. Every fear he expresses has been
voiced by others. Unless given assistance. Ger
many. he declares. will collapse. This is not
merely the judgment of an individual: it is the
verdict Of intelligence. official and unofficial.
And the consequence Of such a fall make
thoughtful men everywhere shudder. II won
der how long our great and generous nation
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By William Brady, Nd. !


lpeoperiy regulated may reduce this
or that part Of the body by exercise
particularly selected. It 10 ply
siological rule that superfluous raj
lis 1irst deposited about muscles
which are least used-for instance
the belly, hips, thighs OF corsetea
women. Reverse the rule and It
still works fairly we'll: fat Is nrst
melted away from regions whose
muscles are most used.
No greater or less risk Is in
yolved in exercise for tat folks
than is involved for. everybody.
People who have anything wrong
with the heart or arteries should
take only such. exercise as their
medical advisers may prescribe.
QUESTIONS AND AiaSW1RS.
!. Water n Her Ears
l love swimming, but nearly
every time l 60 in, especially II l
dive much, water gets In my ears
$50 that l. cannot hear for several
day at a time Can you suggest a
preventive for this. F. A. J.
Answer = Perhaps there are
masses Of hardened wax in the ear
canals which swell when water
I enters the ears and cause the deaf
ness. Examination by your doctor
and removal of such accumulatlons'
would prevent the trouble. Swim
lmers bothered by water entering
the ears may insert in each ear can
al before entering the water loose
packing of lambs wool (not cot
toni. Persons with perforated ear
drums should do this as precau-
ton against cold water entering the
middle ear cavity and causing diz-
;xiness, vertigo or helplessness in
the water-possibly an explanation
for some otherwise unaccountable
drowning accidents!
| Pmils in Raw Pork.
! l eat an awful lot Of raw pork
sausage and hamburger when l an
cooking it, and wonder if there is
amy danger in doing so.
MRS. NJ. C.
\ Answer-There is always a risl
iof ingesting the larvae of the tri
, china worm in raw pork or ham OF
pork sausage, about one of ever!
, 60 hogs harboring this parasite IL
Its flesh. Cooking it thorough, a
it always should be for pork Of
. ham, destroys the parasites. Ordi
. nary tapeworm infestation may &C
. cur from eating raw beef. sine
, cattle are the common animal host
! OF this parasite in this country
! the beef being called "measley
.tYours is a dangerous habit.
{ Cold Tea Versus Hot.
t: would be glad if you will stat
whether you consider cold tea NOR
? injurious than hot. make it a
, follows: Pour boiling water owe
, the tea and let it stand 10 minutes
then draw it off and place in
pitcher in the ice box to chill. Adj
( lemon and sugar when cold.
' ]. C.. B.
Answer-It is quite as wholesom
8 as hot tea.
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T0mSif11sSavs

All loaf and NO fight makes Jack DEMPSEY
a dull boy
This summer had more daylight wasting
than daylight saving.
Strikes are like war. Sherman.
Nothing makes a COW hungrier than a man
in an old straw hat
A young bride tells us the optimist who
writes seed catalogs also writes cook books.
wise man never chews dynamite caps or
restaurant hash.
Many chicken acts a goose
A dark past is much better than q dark
future.
There is Sanskrit word Of 152 syllables.
Please do not tell the man who names pullman
cars.
Many one with her ears uncovered still
refuses to listen.
Most fish yerns sound fshy. L
The only thing harder to carly than two
watermelons is three
II lending money makes enemies. We know
man who certainly does want to be friendly.
Health hint: Strangers cussed over the
phone may be fighters.
Shoemakers will mark the real size in wo1o-
ems shoes. Heaven help the poor shoe clerk
II living isn't any fun why is some taken al
for bad behavior?
Writers are arguing over whether Roosevelt,
cussed IN, the White house. Bet Harding Is
interested.
Bandit who cracked a coal dealers safe
knew where the money was
In the parlor isn't enough. Before propos.
ing 30 back and see how she looks in the
kitchen.
Aviator who new 200 miles an hour shouId
have started earlier.
London taxicabs are said to suffer fror
old age The disease has spread to thi,
country
Before you get through paying ON your sum
mer clothes it is time to buy winter clothes.
| Some towns have all the luck In Forf
City, Pa. ham sandwiches only cost a nickel
In this talkative age. It Is strange that tadi.
men bell more receiving than broadcastins sets
"Arplanes are safer than autos." says Ad
miral Mo6ett. who evidently is pedestrian.
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ExerelsA anA QyerrelgAt

Having larped right much about
exercise In this column, I, feAr so1ne
reAders assume am over entAns-
iastic on the subject. On the con-
'trary. have dwelt almost AZ IN
cessantly on the evil done BY exer-
else in various ailments for which
exercise Is Unfortunately pres
|crihed by drugiess and mail order
healers of every description. For
instance, many : victim Of incipient
Tor early tuberculosis 10 strcaIfng or
walking or lightly playing . little
nearer to the grave each day be-
cause he foolishly fancies that. .
little exercise will Strengthen
him and that rest in bed will
weaken" The average person who
holds that plenty Of fresh air, pure
food and sunshine" will cure tuber-
culosis generally harbors the dan
tgerous delusion that exercise is
!, likewise cure-all and that con-
isumptives should experiment with
these natural remedies and give
doctors Q wide berth. The sad, part
Of it is that lot Of consumptives
follow this poor advice and make
a short job Of it. @t
Should fat folks. exercise? Is
exercise of any value in reduction
regime? May one reduce this OF
that part of the body by exercises
particularly bringing into play the
muscles of the region where the fat
! l. vc n,
,volved in general or special exer'
ciAes for fat individuals? r.
Fat folks should exercise If they
wish to remain with us little long
er. A person who is, let US say
40 pounds overweight, CONSTANT!
subjects his heart to strain pre-
cisely equivalent to the strain
normal individuals heart woul'
have to stand il the normal. tndi
vidual constantly carried 40 pount
pack on his shoulders. That strait
shorteRs life. Therefore fat folk
should exercise religiously. for tn
purpose of burning up at least par
Of the excess fuel or nutrimen
which is otherwise deposited a
superfluous flesh, Stacker flesh
burdensome, heart straining. lif
shortening fat.
Exercise is of little value in re
|. duction regimen. 1t is of great val
| lie in a health building regimen 70
: fat folks, however. Most obese per
sors are flabby from disuse Of tn
muscles, from riding too much an
: walking too little, from sitting a
: work, at the ball game, at church
: in the theatre, sitting instead c
: playing. Indeed, many oveweigh
individuals who cultivate and Re
ligiously follow a system Of dali
exercise enjoy a gratifying gain j
poise and appearance and healt
yet notice little or no loss Of weigh
They Substitute muscular tissue 70
Stacker fat, and their friends thin
. they have reduced" because the
no longer appear flabby.
One whose intake Of nutriment
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Your Valuables.

Are you thinking Of buying the Russian
crown jewels, including the famous Orloff dia-
mond! They are offered for sale by the boil
sheviks. The price is 4 trifling $500 900 900.
The whole cabood1e OF them, pried out OF their
golden crowns and scepters, could be carried
Russian crown jewels are about as valuable as
a peck of broken glass. Their value is entirely
imaginary-no more no less than the imagin-
alton of man makes it, t...t
queer thing is value. The Ford Motor
company's latest statement shows that its as
sets exceed $500 100000 OF this $S1, 626,633 is
invested in real estate. the only imperishahle
form Of material wealth. Patents are listed at
a value of only $110,740. The company's good
will is entered as worth $a1.o00,ooo. This good
will is intangible. No eye can see 1t. No
scales can weigh it. Equally intangible is the
Ford Motor company's greatest value-the
brain of Henry Ford, or, to be absolutely accu-
rate, his intellect Accumulation of values
seems to be a national mania There are fixed
values such as gold, whose price is set by law
There are sentimental values-heirlooms, re-
membranes etc. Value is the most elusive
thing on earth. 1t is the magician of econom-
/! les. You think you have obtained small value
Suddenly it swells to enormous size. This is
increasing value. Henry Ford fell into its EN-.
brace and from poor bicycle repair man be-
came one of the three richest Americans In
/ the far corner are declining values-ones that
are deceptive, look substantial and permanen,
at first, then shrink. Ask Wall street plungers
who have been caught in bear markets. Value
| skips about like flea. Big fortune Genes t.
the man who can guess where it will jump next
| Typical of this is real estate. Values are the
poker chips of uncertainty, And, Of all values
| the only ones that have permanence approach
ing the perpetual are knowledge fame and goo(
deeds. These are the real wealth. No man i
really poor who has created any Of the three
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The Daily Short Story

as a crushing blow when she heard
OF it. 1t was Jack who had told me
about it, in his slangy fashion. as l
labored over a pile of his gaping
socks in my bedroom the following
day.
Gee, Sue, you oughta heard that
old hen bawl Marie out when she
learned that the one gilt bar on
Lieutenant James shoulder was in
sigma of a second lieutenant in
stead of a captain, as she had sup
posed"
Every evening after this disap-
pointing discovery Mrs. Weston
drew her daughters arm within her
own after dinner and took her for
walk. It was a week later when
she found ont her mistake concern
ing Lieutenant Dorr. Miss Smith
had just told her about his promi-
nence when he, in a long, black,
glossy car, drew up to the door,
! wearing two silver bars on his
shoulder instead of one, as form
erly. Mrs. Weston made no mis-
take about insignia now. and she
knew that he had been promoted to
captaincy.
| She was so attentive to him at
dinner that I could see that Marie
was embarrassed. l avoided the
gallery afterward in sheer disgust
with my sex, slipping away to the
piano in the parlor. where began
softly to play a Chopin nocturne
II was feeling more pain than pleas
ure from my performance, because
the piano was cut of tune, when
turned to face Lieutenant Dorr, hat
lin hand. asking Jack and me to &C
to drive. accepted for us both
I fear with alacrity. My heart beat
10 suffocation.
We drove to Yseleta, a pictur.
,esque Mexican village %ome miles
from Ell Paso, but to ME it seemed
more like driving to paradise.
was in much too happy a mood or
our return to condemn Mrs. Weston
whom we found awaiting us, sitting
in the couch hammock with hel
feet scarcely touching thu
floor. She waddled forward.
"Oh, Captain Dorr, failed to con
graduate you on your promotion
ALLOW mel" And she thrust fortl
a pudgy hand.
The newly made captain took i
and murmured his thanks, but a!
Mrs. Weston turned to ME will
more effusions he met the eyes O
,Lieutenant James with an inten
tional and deliberate wink of on,
brown eye. ..
"Oh, boy!" exclaimed Jack later
Ibid you see Captain Dorr wink
! Say, thought you said it wa
common to wink, Sue Langdon."
}, well, I suppose it depends OF
the way DONE" l back-watered
h"It you can wink like Captain
Dorr." I conceded, ION occasions
: you may"
ITS a pity Mrs. Weston spoil
her daughters pleasures So"
said insincerely. because for tn
first time in my life l was jealous
Marie has too much pride TO max
any advances to an admirer he
: mother has once snubbed."
Captain Dorr picked up his guI
tar and with laughing eyes on min
he sang You Mean Somebody
Darling, but You Don't Mean Me.
iSdy-y: vdtq. dofco-eg. edc:ya I'd
l received . presentiment then q
!. what meeting Lieutenant Dorr
was to bring to me. Bliss unspeah
able in becoming the first lady {
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MEET LIEUTENANT DORR
BY Charlotte Talley. >.


cate, Inc.
Miss Weston, meet Lieutenant
Dorr." The speaker was the over
dressed Miss Smith. Pretty Miss
Weston bowed, with her gracious
little smile, and again to Lieutenant
James, whom she had met before.
l enjoyed the comedy that I had
anticipated when l saw Mrs. Wes-
ton emerge from the house. She
was a monomaniac on the subject
of social position, and, hoping to
better her own through her daugh-
ter's marriage, she fused terribly
every time Marie made a new &C
guaintance. She was a dumpy,
black haired woman with alligator
eyes and the only retrousse nose l
ever saw that could snub success
fully. She elevated it now, scorn-
fully at the sociable group by the
couch and came over to
me
Now, who do you suppose that
girl has introduced to Maric? she
questioned, throwing out her hands
with helpless gesture. "You meet
all kinds Of people in q boarding
house." -
"You do, indeed" l said to myself.
But aloud, Il don't know this Off
Ger, adding mentally. $50 a ffst
lieutenant won't do for Marie! l
had heard that Mrs. Weston was
looking for at least a captain.
l notice that Lieutenant Dorr
| had the strength and grace ola god,
the manners of a gentleman, ard
4, that the mischevious twinkle in his
brown eyes would make him an
adorable companion.
An Marie would attach him prob
ably as she did all other men. Even
my brother Jack, aged 16 (of whom
l, only three years older, was prin-
cipal guardian), had, as he ex-
pressed it, fallen for, her eyes"
!; AS we riocked in to dinner; Lieu
tenant Dorr was presented to the
rest of us. and, to Mrs. Weston's
displeasure, had been placed
next to Marie, who, without undue
HdSle, UeSdn an lnIeIcStcu COuVcf
satiOn with him. 81.
Marie was not the type admired
/ decided; the black lashes thai
dropped SO modesly over Marie's
blue eyes exasperated; they looked
artificial to me. I was beginning
to suspect myself of prejudice
when. SUDDENLY, my eyes encounter.
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Louisiana, which can care for ~
patients, is filled to its utmost cA1
pacity.
Q. Where is the biggest Se~e]
located? w. P.
A. The Turkey Creek seWe1
now being built in Kansas CITY i
protection against flood Walei
is said to be the largest ever COZ
structed in this country or aDroa.
1t will have a capacity OF aoo.1
1000, 900 gallons per minute. i
G. What will keep cotton quo
from mildewing? W. f. ".
A. A waterproofing and niiut
proofing treatment recommelue1
by ne government is: Amorphos'
mineral wax or crude petrola'u',,
TX pounds; yellow beeswa2'
pound; refined Bermudez Lake q, !,
phalt, ~ pounds. Solvent; 60.
Ions gasoline and . gallons kew
sene. :;
@. Why do vessels go roun =.
Cape Horn instead Of taking -
through the Straits of Mageiia'
NJ. E. r. :. /;
A. Though Magellan STRAIT
generally free from shoals o.,
other distinctions, its west ",
ton is subject to impetuous IN IN
rents and to rough and squass
weather. rendering the pas..ii
unsafe for sailing vessels. ! n's 20
the reason that they generally ~
around Cape Horn. .-,,,
@. Do the midgets that ha =,
with shows belong to any n
race? u. L: AZ.
| A. The Lilliputians or Mug
which are frequently shown i
fairs or museums do not belohe ,,
any particular race. 1t is ~.
by which the pigmies Of many ''s'
are known
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his heart, and then anguish in part
ing. for he went to face the enemy,
leaving me only dew-drops for
memories-those of grief in my
eyes. but one Of hope glistening on
my finger.
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ARMY.

The reg liar army has been cut to an en-.
listed strength Of 125, 600. This is about 100,-
900 fewer than a year ago. =
Until Europe gets the same idea through its
cement head, it will continue sinking deeper
in the mire.
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Argus Information Bureau


confidential the replies being vii
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HAIR.

Marcel, aged Frenchman, celebrates the
5Oth anniversary Of his invention Of the Mar
Gel wave r
Discover anything to magnify the beauty of
woman, and you have shortcut to fame and
wealth. Mrcel, once poor. is a millionaire
Come back to earth 1000 years from now and
Marcel wave still will be part of the Ian
guage.
It's all for the best The beauty of woman
in natures scheme Of things, is more import
ant than science and engineering. Reproduc-
ton OF life is natures first concern. AS side.
line. she lets us erect perishable building pro-
jects and invent false philosophies.
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IIoCjoR.

/. Iltuasya pigsstV straw vote on prohibttion
wo.nts 1esra the million mark. The voting
mn g fSf achievement, - for modification.
is Tor REGAL
I None ef the three factions has majority.
tnonrh a. ! hast resort the out-and-out vets
Vould swing to the Observation-Disclosures
{ cettinx politicians lined up in the same
ratios, u aanther matter. They do not always
represent the people after they are elecesd.
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PRICES.

Senator Capper tells about certain make
of bran, which WHOLESALERS at $23 ton and
costs consumers $500 ton when it reaches
them in pa ,kage form.
The manufacturer would tell you that he
has to get the price to cover the high costs
of marketing
There is only one real problem in eco
nomics That problem is distribution short
ening the gap between producer and consum-
err The gap, however steadily wideps.
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.DEWAR.

Tom Dewar Of London, worlds greatest
WHISKY. king. says England 10 reducing its sa-
looms 1000 year. The British also are cut
ting their whisky drinking $4,000! 600 year.
Viewing our prohibition law with the per-
spective OF long distance, he says: IF the
United States can hold out, even with this un-
popular law, for few years, there is no doubt
the next generation will be much more tenn
perate."
You hear that ON every hand. among "wets.
They'd like frewater for themselves. but are
Elad "the next generation won't know the
taste Of it, II decisive referendum were
taken, many wet father would change his
mind at the Last minute and vote dry.
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HONE.

Rufus H. Gray has lived in the same house
for Is years, In the heart of Boston.
They built to last in those days.
How many modern houses will hang to-
gether 70 years? You have heard Of the new
house, that collapsed because they took down
the scafolding before putting on the wall
paper.