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Reasons for Church attendance

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, IN his lifetime was a
l. regular attendant at church. If it was incun.
venient for him to attend the Dutch Reform church
of which he was a member he attended some other
church. The point he made was to attend some
church on the sabbath.
The influence of the church is clearly apparent
in the life. and works of Theodare Roosevelt.
Throughout his public career the church, meaning
all churches, had an important place.
He was an advocate of church attendautce and
laid down a set of nine reasons which seemed to him
to be good and sufficient for everybody to observe.
They are:
In this actual world, a churchless community. a
community where men have abandoned and scoffed
at or ignored their religious needs, is a coAnmu-
nifty on the rapid down grade
Church work and church attendance mean the
cultivation of the habit of feeling some responsible
ity for others.
There are enough holidays for most of us. Sun
days aiffer from other holidays in the fact that
there are ~fifty-two of them every year. Therefore,
on Sunday go to church.
Yes, 1 know all the excuses I know that one can
worship the Creator in a grove of trees, or by a
running brook, or in mans own house lust as well
as in a church. But I also know as a matter of
cold fact that average man does not thus worship.
he may not hear a good sermon at church. He
viii hear a sermon by a good man who is engaged
all the week in making hard lives a little easier.
He will listen to and take part in reading some
beautiful passages from the Bible. And if he is not
familiar with the bible, he has suffered a loss.
He viii take part in singing some good hymns.
neighbors. BE viii come away feeling a little more
charitable toward all the world, even toward those
excessively foolish young men who regard church
going as a soft performance.
L advocate a mans joining in church work for
the sake of showing his faith by his works.
, 1922-06-24

The phase Of the battle thus depict
ed. was that OF about 4 o'clock the aft
rno of July .. the last day OF the
struggie-the hour that witnessed per
haps the supreme crisia in the inter
states war. II was the hour Of Pick
ett's charge. The cause of the Coz
fedcracy had reached the high tide Of
it's military ascendcncy. The fate of
the union was hanging in the balance.
Across h open plain. and up the
slopes of Cemetery ridge. Pickett's
Iegions were surging forward, present
ing a display Of military grandeur and
heroism. sublime beyond description.
Line after line. and column after
column. the Boys IN Blue could be
seen emerging from the woods, or
sweeping down the slopes, TO Join in
the desperate hand-to-hand conflict be-
iow--the dash and valor of the South
met by the rock-ribbed courage of the
North
The federal guns which. as history
records. the union commanders had led
the Confederatee to believe were ST.
fenced by the southern batteries, now
began to speak again. with a terrible
cannonade the federal artillery opened
fire. all along the union front from
CUPS Hill on the right to little Round
Tor. tai on h left. A vcritable temp
est Of shot n shell, grape and CAMS
ter swept the ranks of the advancing
Confederates. Nothing. however,
seemed to check their onset Gaps and
lanes were torn open in their columns,
only to be closed agnin by the brave
men who took their comrades places.
Onward came the men Of northern
Virginia Would the union center
stand the shock?
Such was the situation on the field
Of Gettysburg at the hour portrayed
on the great canva
Many of the distinguished officers
on both sides were pointed out by the
circerone. Dimiy, about opposite the
union center. and mounted on his
white charger. appeared h dashing
Pickett directing the charge while still
further toward hi southwestern hori-
zon. and more vaguely d~iscernibie on
a little knoll, could be seen General
Lee and HE staff. Close to the union
center, and rear the front his black
clearing a rail fence, General
Meade was apparently making his ia
nous gallop acroes the field
Oven on the furnished and m-assort-
cd strips into which the canvas was
cut and sewed together. a few of the
and figures could. untn quite
recently be recognized.
OF course, h huge painting could
hardly be called a great work of art
in the higher, or technical. sense
OF the term. Yet. he grandeur Of the
subject; the vastness OF conception,
fidelity to detail eve failed to
create a profund impression on those
who thronged to e tt It is safe to
say that Of the myriads who paid it
the tribute Of their admiration in its
halcyon Days few would view unmoved
what remains of. its former magnifi-
canoe. un~appreciated, IL not unrecog-
nized. by the casual passer. with none
so poor es to do it reverence"
-EIkhorn Ranch, Wyo.
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Villa the Virtuous

When It Is argued hat lasting
world peace is impossible. let the ideal
lists point to Pancho villa, 1922
model" states the New York Herald.
"A Mexican City Newspaper man has
been out to call upon that once most
noted villain He reports an amazing
reformation The outlaw has become
a tf1ler of the sol. Tho bandit is a
furious advocate of education. The
creature who destroyed churches in
sists on religious freedom for all. The
leader of the toughest band since
Jesse James prohibits liquors and
gambling. ~
Politics? Nay, P1ncno is out OF it.
Why should It interest him. anyway
He saw much politics of the most
practical and tragic variety. He was
with Madero against Dlaz, with
Huerta against Madero. with Carranza
against Huerta, and at the end not
only against Carranza but against the
whole wide world. Not even the pres
idency interests him. Besides, he told
the newspaper man that he wished
Mexico to live in happy accord with
the United States. Would It not stir up
III memories, of the Columbus raid
and ether events. II he were to go
after the presidency?
villa is the same stern disciplinarian
Of yore. his visitor says We fancy
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Another Tangent

GENAFOR LA FOLLETTR having discovered
" nothing but sin and iniquity in oil and high
crimes and Instantaneous in steel has found that
the United States supreme court is committing as:
sault and battery upon the palladium of our lib
critics. The specifications are to-wit:
The court having found acts of congress uncon-
stitutional and so decided. Thereby well-nigh de-
stroying the scheme OF representative government,
the fathers of the republic intended to be preserved
in its Legislative branch.
The fathers had more than one idea when they
drafted the constitution, and at least one was that
the supreme court was designated as the final
power to say what was and what was not law, and
also to interpret the exact meaning of the several
articles and sections which compose the document
defining our rights liberties and duties as citizens.
Congress has passed many laws that have after
ward been found to contravene the constitution and
the courts action has erased them from the stat
ute books. Which is quite right and proper.
It is an advanced idea the senator springs when
he proposes a revision of supreme court decisions
by a two-thirds majority vote of the congress. 1t
is one also that upturns the constitution itself and
is likely to find scant favor with the people.
Senator LaFollette prating of respect for the
sacred document, would tear the corner STONES
from under the edifice of democracy which rests
upon them
tamper with the powers conferred upon the great
est court on earth. Rather viii we insist upon the
profoundest respect for both upon the part of all
our people, born, naturaliEed and alien, including
senator LaFollette, himself.
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M-Aduised Alliance

DECENT ACTION by miners and railroad men
~ in forming an alliance can be interpreted in
no other way than as an effort to perfect their
joint control over the mines and the railroads, with
a view to compelling the rest of the people to ac-
cept the terms, which the combine may impose. 1t
is a threat of arbitrary power, inconsistent with
the mutual obligations upon which modern society
rests This, of course, is not saying that the miners
and railroad men are an exceptionally bad lot; we
know they are not; as individuals they would be as
kind, considerate and helpful as the average of
other people, but, as with most people, they have
that they do not see the fundamental rights under.
lying all others and which must be respected if or
DERBY society is to endure.
When a relatively small group claims, by rea-
son of its strategic ~rcations to the industrial organ
~ization, the right to put the lives or welfare OF
the population in jeopardy, it aspires to an exer-
else of power that society viii not tolerate. When
rights and interests come IN conflict all parties are
bound to have a voice in the settlements.
Talk in Language of sentiment and lofty ideals
of the stand proposed to be taken in behalf of fam
Lies for a certain standard of living, fixing the
standard for themselves by lowering the standards
of other peoples, can in no sense be justified.
Nearly every class and group of workers in the
country, excepting the miners has taken a reduction
in wages. Even the railroad employees have taken
a reduction of IL per cent. The miners alone are
still receiving wages upon the scale adopted when
abe cost of living was at the highest level. They
are receiving the services of all other trades and
occupations at lower compensation, but insisting
that the others shall continue to pay for mining
coal at the exereme rate. The position becomes
more unreasonable every day as wage reductions
in other lines arc made. 1t is not a contest be-
tween the miners and their employers, but between
the miners and the workers who supply them with
bread, meat, clothing and all the comforts which
make their standard of living.
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that here is brisk stirring on the Dur
anso ranch soon after the chief rises
at Z o'clock IN tho morning. no loliing
in bed until 5 A. m, as so many of the
gringo farm hands DO. After a morn.
ing OF inspecting the tobacco, the
cane and the wheat Pancfio looks over
the schools and asks a teacher
whether 1t be true that one of the
pupils was caught using a bean shoot
err. In the evening at the hacienda
there In a plunge into the wilderness
Of the Spanish first reader. In the
old days. tho bold days. when Villas
name was on the front page, he could
not read or write Now the man who
would not give himself UP to any
body n surrendered to a tutor. He
is trying TO learn English. but Is still
in the o See the Cat stage. With
perseverance he win be able eventual
ly to read the whole story Of his own
wicked life. He is only zS years old
and a stin the pleasure of resosrf.x
Robinson Crusoe" and the Sherlock
Holmes books, not to mention Main
Street"
Twenty years from now may see
villa at Lake. Mohonk lecturing on
the problems of the Mexican Indian.
When n good man turns bad his
friends shudder. but when a bad man
turns good the saints take IN extra
hitch in their halo straps
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Then she must be a Wonder" said
tho Friendly Paste Pot. for the mon
key wrench hasn't siggied since sara.
my Saw cut his teeth"
well. he'll giggie over this: sec II
he docsn'tr' said h understanding
Scissors. And then he proceeded to
make that new raper doll. Polly Prim.
for Bstty. Now whether the monkey
wrench gigglcd o. not / cannot tell
you. for I wasn't there to see. But
II you don't giggie. ove her there is
surely something wrong with your
sigsler and I advise you to have 1t
mended at once.
First. the Polite Pencil marked Dub
on cardboard the different parts of
the dolls body which are shown in
the picture. making two legs and two
arms. instead of one Of each. You
may do the same, using the drawing
as a pattern OF cutting It out sad
passing II on cardboard. Then the
Busy Brush gave her merry red
checks and blue eyes and a dazzling
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precent destination and fallen state,
is an interesting. If not pathetic story.
Exhibited between twenty-five and
thirty year ago in every big city in
the land. its last place of exhibition
was Omaha Here. having become
somewhat d~iplapidated and no longer
a paying proposition, It Was dis.
mounted. and placed in a storage
warehouse, where it lay for some time.
Just prior to the opening # the
Shoshone Indian reservation. nearly 16
years ago. some person OF speculative
turn of mind purchased the canvas
and shipping it to the new town of
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On With the Dance

II SEEMS passing strange in this day of Jazz
l that there is. anyone left on earth who would
raise objection to the recreation of dancing. Yet
such is the case. 1t is none other than the super.
intendent OF public instruction of the imperial
commonwealth of Kansas, Lizzie Wooster by name
She would apply the ultramarine law to one
Gladys White, teacher in a western Kansas rural
school. She peremptorily ordered the teacher ia
forego dancing and revoked her teaching Certificate
when she disobeyed- The attorney general came to
the rescue with an opinion that the superintendent
was wholly without authority for her action and
ordered her to restore the village teacher in the
full enjoyment of her rights and privileges in devo-
ton to the art Terpsichore, which translated means
the pursuit of happiness.
So pleased was the board Of education that a
grand ball has been announced for July 4 at the
school house, when it is assumed all present viii
have a good time and Miss Whites dancing pro
gram viii be more than filled.
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Queer Questions With
Hidden Answers
II You Can't Answer Them. Iook
Among the Want Ads.

How much income does 4 married
man without dependents and with an
income OF $1,000 900 a year have to
pay?
At what 8 may a man marry
without the consent of his parents in
most states?
In what year yer the most strikes
recorded in the United States?
What is the largest average daily
number of telephone messages handled
by any one company
How old does a bee Hive to be7
How old Is the American Red Cross?
How many years of his life does the
average man spend dressing7
In what state is cooperative mar,
'keting of farm produce most general!
How many Americans were killed
In action in the war with Germany?
How many eclipses of the sun were
scheduled for 1927
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and here's where the different" part
came In. The drecs was cut from o.
binary paper by the design shown.
Then the pattern was laid on a scrap
OF Bingham and another dress cut Of
exactly tho same size. without tha
tabs. The Bingham was then pastpd
to h paper. Next. on e tia
dress. the tabs were folded back. the
arms were attached.-the snap ser.
ing TO hold the dress on moro firmly
end a little lace frin was GATHERED
around her neck Then off prancsd
Polly Prim with her pantaicts waving
in the giggley breeze! But she came
back quickly enough when she heard
wkzs Betty was going to make Tue.
day for Kewpie Doll Don't you wnh
you knew,
1donday-Adventure Trail: 'Poiasp
Weeds"
Copyright. 1922. by George Marthss
Adams.
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outskirts of the little town of Sho-
shoni. in h heart of wyoming-er.
haps n OF the last places on the map
to expect it-the nj up, distorted rem.
nants of the formerly mammoth can
vas literally turn the wind away in
the form Of a tent, used as an out
house
Comparatively few of the younger
generation have even heard of this
stupendous product of the painters
brush which, over a quarter Of a cen-
fury ago, millions paid so cents apiece
to see.
How the giant painting came to its
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U~nrecognized

As up and down a water-sids
I walked at days decline,
I met a ghost OF boyhood years
Vas loyal friend of mine,
Now where is he was chum to me
In days of aud lang syne?"
Ills eyes were bright. his cheek,
rcd
As berries ripe in June.
And ever from his rudy lips
Went forth a merry tune;
his laugh to hear was ringing cieal
As bugies blown at noon"
Then answered I that dear. dea,
ghost:
"The gods are kind to thee;
It's thine among thy brother shades
A happy o u to be,
While I, grown old. have naught tc
hold
That stirs thy memory.
Charles G. Bianden.
, 1922-06-24
The Proves of George

The old wheeze about George Wash.
ington tossing a dollar across the Pc
tomac river is going the rounds oncs
o and since the Potomac is some.
thing more than two miles wide at
Mount Vernon. the old explanation,
that a dollar went farther In Georges
day thai it does in the present, must
stin accompany.
Rssenting the allegation that
George was somewhat of a braggart,
oven in view Of the explanation Of the
feat. a friend writes, "Even 90, 1t
requires no great stretch Of imasina-
ton in view OF the weIl-authenticated
fact that he also threw q sovereign
cross the Atlantic
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Interior STATES Interested

MIDDLE WEST politicians are in error in as
LII suming that the people are opposed to ship sub
sidy. 1t was the belief of Mr.. Harding before he
became president and it is his belief today. From
observations made by him while a senator as far
back as 1916 in opposing the Democratic makeshift
for the purchase of ships by the government instead
of encouragement of construction and operation bY
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N~ U~lTcHeeHARm
(RA ADD
l@ H PIKk7
A0~ FOR LITTLE. no S.l
- WHO LIKE ADvEhTURES
MERRY MAKINGS
Built for You b Elzfnoe Croueu
MERRY MAKINGS


The Understanding Scissors was
laughing. And when the Understand
ing Scissor laughed it was a very wide
affair indeed
whats the joker' said the Friend
iy Paste Pot
I've just thought of = new kind of
paper doll" aid the Scissors She's
funny enough to make a monkey
wrench giggie.-
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The End of the Battle of
Gettysburg"
By A. ~oDoNAGHuB.

"Imperious Caeser. dead and turned
to clay, nay stop a hole to turn the
wind away" Few better Illustrations
of the aptness OF these lines Of the
immortal Bard Of Avon. IL applied to
Che inert instead of the animate. could
De cited than that of Philipiteau's once
famous panoramic painting. the Bat
tie of Gettysburg"
Sequestered in a back yard, on the
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WONDER what the factory workers. who former.
w ly made corsets and pettieoats do for a living
nowadays.
, 1922-06-24

1T Maine has not turned against the ad.
"a ministration the Republican senator and all the
Republican congressman have been renominated by
large pluralities.
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green bonnet with a pink rose. Arr
that they cut her out and Joined h.
together with paper snaps. making
the snaps hold the legs firmly r.
either sid OF the body. The arms
yer not aided until the dress wrs
put on. You may use either snaps
bits Of fine wire hairpins bent :.
shown
Then she was ready for her dresa.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-22
200 IN PRACTICE
FOR ~ CIRCUS
Annual Festival to Be Marked by
Varied Stunts and Acts
April 6 and z.

More than two hundred members
of the various athletic departments
of the Y. NJ. c. A. are participating
circus in the gymnasium, Thursday
and Friday night, April and 7.
One of the features of the per-
Torrance, which promises to be the
biggest ever held, will be the clown
act led by Rosie" Wright.
The boys classes will have major
part of the program. Their acts
consist of a novel newsboys' drill,
pyramid building, pantomime bas-
ketball game, a gun and wall seal
ing drill, wrestling contests and a
pushball contest. The senior lead
er corps will give a Russian gym
nastic dance, apparatus work exhi-
bition and variety act, consisting
of tumbling, comedy and songs.
called ST Quash's grocery. An ath-
letic posing stunt will also be one
of the features.
The Y. w. c. a. will also have
charge of four of the acts on the
program. The cast will consist of a
Dutch folk dance, by Maurine Ben
nett, and a costume and toe dance.
Boy Scouts will put on the clos
ing act of the evening. The Hi-Y
club Will have a large sideshow
which will exhibit freaks of all
kinds, and menagerie, managed by
A. d. Hermann, will contain a num-
Der of wild and domestic animals.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-22
CALL FINK CASE
TO TRIAL SOON
Alleged Som Artist Is Sehsa.,
to Appear in Court
April ;.

According to present plans d,
States Attorney Ben S. Bell :
Fink. former Rock Island brot. =
will be brought to trial in cirrni,
court. Monday, April 8, on char
of confidence game. Fred Sbs5,
and Donald De Spain, ChicagoarS
are co-defendants. V-'S
The Fink case has been snaciou-
set for April 5, to be followed ny
trial of Edith Ouderkirk and Poy
Ouderkirk for assault and battsrs
and Edward Redola for theft N I, ~
automobile. The Fink and 0n5as
kirk cases Lave been pending SIM
September, when the indictment,
were returned Redola is IN ~
retired by order of the supramo
court reversing verdict of the iprv
which tried Redola in March 10,
The Fink case promises to attract
unusual interest in view of the fact
that a representative of the secre.
tary of state recently conducted a.,
investigation III Rock Island of otb-
er alleged spurious ventures in.
volving the broker, and which II
is said revealed Fink had an inn.
posing list of victims.
He was indicted on information
given by James Moffitt. a farmer
living in Bowling township. Moi
hit asserted he was tricked into
trading valuable stocks for worth.
less stock N Chicago concern.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-22
CAR OPERATORS
BANDITS PREY
Masked R0bber Holds Up Two in
30 Minutes in Davenport;
Gets SAG.

A masked bandit in Davenport
last night held up operators of two
street cars and obtained $46 in
cash and a gold watch.
The robberies were staged with
in 80 minutes of each other While
police were searching after report
of the holdup of Peter Lind at the
end of the Third street line, Forest
park, the bandit fastened to an
other part of the city and made
William n. Besslinger, operator of
a Rockingham car, his second vic
tim.
He secured SIS and a gold watch
from Lind at 9:15 o'clock. Thirty
minutes later he obtained more
than $31 from Besslinger at the
end of the Rockingham line in
Rockingham. Eight months ago
Lind was held up in a similar man
ner.
The police have not a clear de-
scription of the bandit, who worked
in the dark. In each instance he
pulled the trolley from the car be-
fore approaching the operator.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-22
river BULLETIN
WILL Be ISSUED
Rise I'm Mississippi Stage Leads
Bureau TO Get Ont Daily
Report.

In view of the slow rise in the
Mississippi river stage, the local
weather office will begin issuing
daily river bulletins tomorrow.
This is one of the earliest dates on
which the bulletins have been
started, the usual time being
April l.
The river stage this morning was
10 feet, rise of A of foot in the
last "a hours. 1t is rising slowly,
but there is no danger of flood, An
drew Hamrick, meteOrologist, said.
The flood stage is Is feet The bull
letin, which will be sent to many
concerns in this district, gives the
river stage, the amount of rainfall
at various stations, and the state
of the weather. The figures for
other stations will not be received
until the first of the month.
The stage of the river for the
first day of spring was normal, al
though the average stage can not
be obtained exactly, it depending
on the weather. Last year, March
81, it was 3.6; in 1920, CO, and in
1919, 10.5.
The forecast for tomorrow indi-
Gates the spring weather will be
here another day. 1t will begin to
cloud by tomorrow night.