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HOME EDUCATOR.
Miss Lombard Dirests Work
OF u. S. Division. a

Prominent among the many nj
tional problsms which women cal,
do. much to help untansle and put
into good. smooth running orderr Il
education In its many and varied
phases. Since the possibility of a
vocation for women was first counte-
nanced by the world in general,
teaching has been one OF the most
obvious and most successful of jobs
for them. Opportunities for increas-
ing the scope of work for teachers
and greater finsncial recognition Of
the Importance 6f this work are con-
ing IL a profession, which has many
subdivisions Of highly specialized
and interesting work, OF which the
general public rarely thinks, and the
value of which cannot be emphasized
too strongly.
Among the more recent Of branches
Of educational work being developed
by those who have had excellent
training and experience as teachers
is the home education work, which
10 being carried on through a spe-
cial division Of the United States bu-
reau of education by cooperation
with the state universities extension
departments The reading courses
offered adults and children free Of
charge by this division of the bureau
Of education are on. varied and prac-
tical subjects. Already sixteen state
universities have made arrangements
to cooperate with the bureau, and
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NAMES FOR GIRLS
And What They Mean

Many girls have borne the name OF
Bridget. There is much romance con-
nected with this name, which was
nrst used by the ancient. heather
Celts. The original form of the name
is Brighid. which Indicates strength.
Folklore has it that the first Irish
girl SO called was a daughter of Erse,
goddess Of wisdom and poetry, and
the god Of fire. The Scotch have a
very quaint version Of the name,
Bride"
Another pretty Irish legend states
that after st. Patrick got through
with the job of clearing Ireland of
snakes. he turned his attention to
supplying the people with fit sub
stitute for their heather goddess. He
chose q pretty Irish maid just freed
from a kings bondage and he re-
baptized her Brighid. She became
famous st. Bridget. and, at the time
of her death, she was mother superior
of q convent having 500 nuns. The
LIST Of February is her saints day.
The name Bridget became popular
all over the British Isles. and modined
versions of it are found in all the
European countries. Any one who has
the slightest trace of Irish blood IN
her veins should be proud to be call
ed by this name, and who doesn't
enjoy a delightful. if sneaking sus-
picion,, that she can claim even the
tiniest drop OF that blood. which Is
said to foster the worlds choicest
vpa nf wit?
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Opinions Of the Boys
On Flapper Costumes

Miss Katharine Poindexter, 1919 Oak
street northwest, student of Central
High School. who had an article on
this page a few weeks ago giving a
girls opinion of the iapper and her
dress, has found that not all the girls
and boys of her English class were Of
her opinion, and she writes regarding
this subject. Perhaps there are others
who agree with her. Miss Poindexter
says:
My English teacher asked me to
our class, which did. after which
there was much discussion a4d criti-
cism.
that a girl dressed as much or more
so to suit a boys taste as her own.
took me 7up on that. the teacher say
ing it was all nonsense for boys in
high school. fifteen or sixteen years
old, to be the least interested in
girls dress, makeup, etc. Further
more, she said, girl would not be so
foolish as to ask a boys opinion
about her clothing and to dress the
way the boy she likes liked her to
dress.
II am q girl and I differ with this
teaCn6r As well As the other pupils
who denied it Mr.. John Taylor, who
had q short letter on this page re-
Gently. gave his opinion and ] am
sure nat he is not the only boy who
is Of that opinion and who takes an
interest in our little fapper.
Amy one can tell that a boy would
go with a neat, quietly dressed girl
more quickly than with a slovenTy,
loud one. II you were to ask q boy
why he picked out, say. Helen to 60
with. rather than Louise, he would
tell you. perchance. that Helen Al
ways looked nice, very neat and
sweet; that she was not loud, while
Louise would be untidy and slovenly
in Appearance, and altogether differ
ent from Helen.
"Just by Mr.. Taylor's giving his
opinion 10 . surety that boys do take
An interest in the way girls dress.
their uses Of cosmetics, the way they
arrange their hair and 50 on
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Y. w. c. A. Business Girls
To Give Main Street

The business girls clubs Of the
Y. W. c. A. will present their clever
entertainment. Main Street." at the
Blue Triangle. Club, goth and B
streets, Thursday evening II It 10 good
weather. If it should be rainy the
program will be given on the first
clear evening following. The plans
for the "cp'ry house" part Of the en-
tertainment have finally been COM
pieted. and are announced. as follows:
The members Of the Alethia Club.
present the famous 'Susie's Kitchen
Band; the Amicitia Club, Under Mrs.
Mary Strough, will give a short play;
the 7. N. T. Club. Mrs. Wharton.
president. will have a short sketch of
Miss Ethel Wakefield, president. will
give q farcical skit entitled "Poky
Huntus": the Premiere Club, Miss
Grace Brame, president. will give a
series of reproductions of famous
statues: the Girl Reserves will pre-
pills of the Marjorie Webster School
OF Dancing will present, two folk
dances.
The cabin which the business girls
clubs rented out at Cabin John proves
more than sixty girls went out to
Laf-a-Lot Lodge to listen to I. most
entertaining talk by Miss Opal White
ly. author Of the famous and much
discussed diary. THE Story OF Opal:
the Journal Of an Understanding
Heart" which was originally pub
lished in the Atlantic Monthly ana has
more recently been issued in book
form.
The Tuesday Evening Club of girls
will enjoy the privileges Of the cabin
Wednesday evening. Miss Margaret
Justice. president Of the club, is in
charge Of the general arrangements
for the evening.
About fifty girls are expected at the
cabin both on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings for informal good times.
The Burial class of the Calvary
Baptist Church enjoyed q picnic at
the cabin yesterday. when about one
hundred members spent the day and
evening there.
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children Miss L1mbard specialized 1T
first in kindergarten work In, New
Haven and was later appointed dirsctor
q Sts Sc @ III: sissas a q s.S.pt ss. fess s
position Of superintendent Of the prac-
tice department OF private training
school In Boston. where she siso did
considerable settlement work In the
came to Warrington to take up her
present work. &.
Miss lombard has Just returned
from . trip abroad, where she found
conditions very interesting In all the
countries Visited. She was especially
Interested In the McMilian Nursery
school, at Deptfor6, 2 sium section
| tween the ages of two and nine
years are cared for at this school.
which also gives courses in training
to Eiris preparing to teach. The
school is supported partially by funds
provided by the ministry of educa-
tion and partly by moderate fees
charged the parents Of the children
and the student trainees. The chill
dren are taught in open pavilions
and have q two-hour sleeping period,
from ~ to O'Clock, each day. They
are given great freedom in both
work and play and the physical de-
velopment and general health Of the
CHilQE0u 10 cu1pHdBiZSu IdIHSt IMAM
the strictly academic work. One of
the school buildings 10 an old man.
sion of great historic interest 1t
is said that Queen Elixabeth's ladies'
in-waiting lived in IT.
II, found many, conditions abroad
quite different from what I had ex-
pected.' said Miss Lombard. when
asked about her general impressions
and especially about the status Of
women and girls in Europe. 81 spent
much Of my time Sundays. in the
different countries in the parks. as
I wanted to see the people in large
groups and during their hours Of
recreation. I was especially inter,
ested in the young people. In France
and Belgium, and especially in
France, It was pathetic to notice the
almost total absence of young men
among the throngs on the streets.
Belgium seems to have recuperated
from the terrible war much more
quickly than France. In all the
countries. even in Italy and Spain,
where the young people are much
gayer in their amusements. the young
girls and boys go in groups, and
none Of the "petting parties" or park
spooning seen here was observed in
Madrid. Barcelona, Paris or cities
and towns of the British Isles The
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reading coursss for both boys and
girls, thirty books of great nction.
thirty world heroes. Americas litera.
ture, heroes Of American democracy,
What Tssterday Means tor Today.S
reading courses on navigAtion,. man.
lurgy. shipbuilding. machine-shop
work. foreign trade. reading courss
on Dsnte. master builders OF today,
teaching and twenty good books for
parents. The books listed for uAe
In these courses may be obtained
from the travelling libraries. which
most Of the, state libraries supervise
and which carry books to those in
remote rural Districts.
No charge is made for these courses
and a period Of three years is al
loved for completing any course;
& certificate bearing the seal OF the
United States bureau Of education
and aigned by the commissioner OF
education will be awarded.
These courses have already reached
more than 10000 people in the
United states tnrouEh oI,h. 1900 20 rssd.
and spread the interest in the read
ing OF these books among others in
their families and communities. 1t
is estimated. that about 1900 new
names are enrolled every year.
Among the newest of the twenty
one courses offered are courses in ag
riculture and country life and teach
ing. The latter course, meant es-
pecially for those already interested
in this profession, was prepared by
Prof. strayer Of Columbia University.
The staff handling this Important
work In the bureau Of education is small
at present. but hopes to be able to ex-
pand considerably within the next few
years, and there are many opportuni
ties for women and girls interested In
engaging in this type Of work through
the cooperating channels in state uni
versity extension departments.
Miss Ellen C. Lombard is director Of
the home education division in the bu-
reau and Is woman of wide expe-
rience In teaching. She was born and
grew up in Connecticut, where she at
tended both public and private schools
before going to Abbott Academy. Ando-
yer, Mass, which is one of the best
known Of that old type Of seminary
called "a female academy" Miss Lom-
bard received preparatory training for
teaching At the normal school in New
Haven and studied in Boston. She later
took courses in pedagogy. science and
at Yale University. and has
also taken courses at George Washing
ton University of this city.
Because of her great interest in little
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Events of Interest
In Flapper Circles

The Girl Scouts here are very proud
of the fact that Mrs. Calvin Coolidge
wife of the Vice President of the
United States. has just accepted the
position Of honorary commissioner of
the council of the Girl Scouts Of the
District of Columbia.
Camp Bradley. the Girl Scout camp in
Maryland. near the military post at
Edgewood Arsenal. is well filled each
week with little girls. who are eager
TO taste the joys Of the simple life.
camp this week.
The Girl Reserves of the Y. w. C. A.
broke up their camp at AmmendAle.
Md. and returned to town last Mon
day: They were very sorry to have
TO do so, as there were reservations
for all summer that would have filled
the camp each week. However, the
water supply was found inadequate
and IL was thought best not to risk
. possible completely dry spell.
As compensation for not having the
camp. the business girls clubs have
kindly offered the use Of their cabin.
Iaf-a-Lot Lodge. to the Girl Reserves
for the daytime. The Girl Reserves
are planning a program Of all-day
hikes. swimming parties and picnics
camp. Members of the organisation
who are employed in the daytime,
and, therefore. cannot take advantage
of the use OF the cabin. enjoyed a
picnic supper and club meeting at the
cabin last Friday night.
The alumnae chapter of the Merrill
Girls Club Of Eastern High School
held its hrst meeting since It's organ
ization. on July 6, when business
plans were discussed and q constitu-
tion cimilar to that of the original
Merrill Girls Club determined upcn
A picnic was planned for early in Au-
gust and the next meeting was set for
August .. The chapter expects to
give . large dance early in the fall
to raise some much-needed funds.
There are about forty girls In the
alumnae chapter. the officers of which
are: Edna Burrows. president: Eliza
beth Lindsay, vice president; Mar
gerry Black. secretary: Marguerite
smith, treasurer; Nettis Van Doren,
corresponding secretary, and Clara
Kern. editor Of the society's scrap
book"
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The Doomed Damssl.

''The time has come" her father said,
ITO talk Of many things- q ~
OF why you have an auto beau,
Another yet who sings,-
And one who dAnces % your feet \
And one whose jokes hars stinss."
II really believe you're catching on,
Old dear" the dapper said,
ITO what the noble system IL
I worked out In my head,
To set man for every SPORT
And keep him seeing red
The toreador Of sunny Spain
Has nothing over me
In planning % the stupid or
Win stumble to his knAA;
For all my coy little tricks
He prances up In glee."
Her father sadly shook his head
And eyed his stubborn child,
ITO think" he mourned, With rusty sigh,
MY rose should prove 70 Wild.
Some day you'll meet man, NY dear.
Who can't Be % beguiled."s
The aapper Tilted up her nose,
But little did she know
Within the year she'd fall in love;
1t was an awful blow.
He danced Just like an antelope
lin fact, she told him sol.
Yet. fall she did. this happer ray,
And tuned her speed Of life
To grinding out three meals 4 day
And acting like q wife.
But she can hold her own, they say.
In all dom neatfc atrffA
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more have plans partially developed
for doing So, The most active of
the universities handling this work
are those of Iowa, Indiana. North
Carolina, Colorado. Washington, Ore
Eon and South Dakota.
Women's clubs all over the coun-
try. parent-teacher associations and
the American Library Association are
also doing much to cooperate in
making a success of this work of
bringing logical methods of intelli-
gent reading and study to the thou
sands of American citizens through
out the United States who have never
had the educational advantages that
are being increased daily in the large
cities, and who have proved a drag
ging liability when gauging the in =
tellectual standing of our country.
An idea Of the scope Of these read
ing courses which are offered may
be had by consulting the subjects
listed. which include masterpieces of
the worlds literature, reading course
for parents on the. subject Of bring
ing up their children. miscellaneous
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Finished the Sentence,

From the Columbus Dispatch.
The burlssque comedian was deliv-
ering an effective monologue on
eourtship. romance and marriage. He
was waxing very cynical.
Il tell ,you," he shouted, few men
realize what real happiness Is until
they are married"
and divorced" chimed in the pest
IN the rear seat. Whereat Q roar OF
laughter arose from that section, OF
the house.
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Honor Student Leader
In School Activities

One of the most popular girls of
the class of 1922 of Eastern High
School was Ruth L. Smith. class poet
and manager of tennis at the school.
Miss Smith was especially in demand
as coach for dances in the school
plays and other productions. She
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girls of tho European countries are
nicely. but they do not seem to use
the .yamp' methods at ALL" said Miss
Lombard. She added that the long
drsssss fashionable in France seem
much more graceful than the scanty,
short skirts seen in America.
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Shorter and Uglier,

From the Boston Transcript.
"Ferdy, listen to me and I'll tell
you the plain. truth"
"Tm all ears, PeEgy."
That's just what I was going to
say. only I was going to put 1t diff
ferentlyn
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showed promise of decided artistic
ability, particularly in painting. She
was one of the honor students of the
class, having marks of excellence in
rs per cent of her studies.
Miss Smith expects to go to normal
school next fall and prepare herself
to enter the teaching profession.
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Not Hurt Mich.
the Fart worth staryreIesran.

From the Fart worth star5reIegram.
Motorist--I say. 10 my tire hatr
villager-welI, 1t - little nat at
the bottom. but the rest Of it's all
right. -
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-09
Business Topics.

New York, Feb. 9-The steam
ship Northern Pacific, abandoned
in flames off the Jersey coast yes
terday, was to have been rechris-
tened the H F. Alexander and was
to have been put into passenger
service by the Admiral Line be-
tween Seattle, San Francisco and
Los Angeles this spring. The yes
sci was due to sail from this port
for the Pacific on May 81, after re-
conditioning at the Sun Ship Build
ing Corporations plant at Chester
Pa.
st. Paul, Feb. 8. - Plans for a
100000 terminal at Park Falls,
Wis, are being prepared by the
Milwaukee, st. Paul and Sault Ste.
Mar railroad. The project in
cludes a roundhouse, repair shop
and accommodations for 200 cars.
Building costs in the northwest
will be Al per cent less than they
were last year, according 20 archi-
tects and builders here
New York, Feb. 9.-R. H. Macy
& Co. announced today that plans
had been completed for a $1,000
900 twenty-one story addition to
their department store in the
Herald Square section.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-09
CALVA

Members of the Royal Neighbors
met yesterday with Mrs. G. A.
Trunnell at her home on Northeast
Ninth street. There was a good at
tendance and the afternoon was
spent in sewing.
The women's club Of the members
of the Congregational church met
Tuesday at the home of Mrs. E. L.
Streed on 412 Southwest Fifth ave
nue. and spent the entire day sew
ing. At noon Mrs. Streed served
a fine dinner to her guests. There
was a large attendance and much
work was accomplished by the Ia
dies.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Robert Gallo
way of Kewanee were callers here
Monday. They were the guests of
Mayor and Mrs. H. c. Mellow. Mr..
Galloway is the secretary of the
Kewanee chamber of commerce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kewley re-
turned home Monday evening after
visiting Mrs. Kewley's parents at
Geneseo since Saturday.
John Robinson, who is as well
known in this city, is confined to
his bed at his apartments on Ex-
change street.
Members of the Galva poultry as
ISOLATION met at the city hall Mon
day evening and Strengthened up all
of the business in connection with
the holding of their last annual
show. The annual meeting and cleo
ton of officers will take place on
the evening of Monday, March 6,
at the Galva X. of p. hall. The
paid up membership of the Galya
poultry association is $50 mem
bers.
Three men were busy last week
cleaning up the debris and remov-
ing all of the burnt pieces of tim
Der and lumber at the residence of
Mrs. Wiley, which was recently
damaged by fire. Monday morning
Joe Miller who has the contract to
rebuild the residence, started three
of his men to work at the Wiley
residence
Mr.. and Mrs. William Huff and
son, William, who left last fall for
San Antonio, Texas, in a automo-
bile to spend the winter, have re-
turned home The travellers had
a very nice trip both ways. They
stated that "the weather of Cali
fornia has nothing on the state of
Texas" Coming home the tourists
struck some very rough roads
through Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-09
PRESS CLUB To
HOLD BIG FAIR
Newspaper Women Plan Enter
tainment to Raise Fund for
Educational Work.

Plans for a public entertainment
to raise funds with which to begin
its educational work were made
last evening at the meeting of the
Tri-City Women's Press club in the
Rock Island Y. W. c. A Members
from The Argus staff weee hos
tesses, dinner being served at $50
o'clock.
The affair will be held in CEN
trail location, the date to be fixed
in about three weeks. The enter
tainment committee named last eve
ming by the newly elected president,
Miss Grace Woodrow, will be in
charge of the event. Mrs. Gertrude
Smith, Argus, is chairman, and her
assistants are Florence Westerdale,
Dispatch; Hanna Rothschild,
Times; and Mabel Wickham, DEM
ocrat. Miss Grace LaValle of The
Argus. will be in charge of the sale
of tickets.
A committee meeting to make
definite plans for the entertainment
will meet Monday evening in the
Times auditorium.
The constitution and bylaws
committee for the year is composed
of: Agnes Abrahamson, Times,
chairman; Mary Wright, Democrat;
Mary l.. Parker, Argus; and Mrs.
Mary Ogden, Dispatch.
Preceding, the business meeting,
program and Valentine party was
held. The table was decorated in
hearts and large red candles. Each
girl drew a valentine from a heart
decorated box. A program of COM
munity singing was given, and vo-
cal numbers by Miss Sarah Samp-
son of Davenport, accompanied by
Mrs. Leo Wynes of Rock Island,
were given. A French toe dance
was given by Goldye Sosna of Rock
Island, accompanied at the piano
by Virginia Smith.
The next meeting of the club will
be held in Davenport Wednesday
evening March s.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-09
DAVENPORT CIVIC
BODIES ASK BOARD
OF MOVIE CENSORS

Backfire from the movie mys-
terry" murder of William Desmond
Taylor and expose of conditions at
Hollywood, Calf, reached Dave1-
port yesterday when at the request
OF a number of civic associations
Mayor c. A. Barewald called a con-
ference which assembled this after
noon in the city hall to discuss the
adyisability of having a board of
censors pass upon all motion pic
lures.
In a statement Mayor Barewald
said that the suggested measures
were to be purely precautionary,
adding that in his opinion dances
should be investigated, too.
There is demand for the ap-
pointment of a woman police sup
ervisor under whose Jurisdiction
would come the regulation Of
dance halls.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-09
Boy Scout News

The executive committee Of the
Rock Island Boy Scout council met
in the Y. w. c. A. yesterday. James
F. Witter, president OF the council.
appointed the following commit
tees:
Camp - Charles d. Rosenfeld,
chairman, C. E. Sharpe and John
Finance -E. H. Dunavin. chair
man, George II. Sheldon and John
Weishar.
Headquarters - ]. r. Murphy.
chairman. Oscar Ohlweiler and J..
F. Witter.
Court OF honor-E. o. Vale. Jr..
chairman, Ben Horn, Allan WEIGH,
z. v. Coulston, A F. Eichelsdorfer.
Arthur B. Duvon, Dr. Harry Frey
and Simon Mosenfelder.
Troop No. rs will meet next week
with a new leader, Harry Davis,
who has been secured by the troop
committee to assume charge of this
group. Mr.. Davis was member OF
the first scout patrol organized in
Rock Island IL years ago by Ralph
C. Smedley. Mr. Eichelsdorfer, for
mer scoutmaster OF troop No. 26,
will serve as a member of the court
of honor examiners.
Troops No. 1B, 6. IL and % will
meet this evening in their respec-
tive meeting places at 1880 o'clock.