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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY. MAY 1. 1915. The May ,EL Me T HIS U trie May-tune of the year Ih- iliat girls and boys hold acar. Brine out t;.e Po'e with riLbons gay And e cjn dance the time away. New under one. now over go. Tripping lu-Htly heel and toe. The r.bijorn gay float in the air. The ch-ldren skip now here now there. Around the Pc oU on the lawn. Orr.r ;c;n the dance, tie fun is on. A. Grant T. S. CHANT. Ilora April 27. i-2. Dlxl Jiily 20. AW.'Nl'.Al. (JKAXT wk a lovar ftji, c! h-,rsr. The flowing fc S ccau'.c 13 to: 1 ftt'.ul him and V tt way h fell toward a bid tt n:;re - uitver itii) rr.ai-treated a t.rr.i Vre. One day. durin? the Civil War. e arn-.y wa rnar-htr:g al -r the country di4i In Virginia. The men In their 'aJRe.l i:ue-co( icokei tired and r. : i. E-h'.r. i tle marching soldiers eat:. a iruintrr of wnoos that car-r.-1 jroTiitn. T".e h ir9 tt;i'. crew the heavy looked aa tired and fool-sore tr-.e rr.en. Nearly ail of the drivers ... vry klr.d to the pi' r animals T.-.-v icrpt a tharp eye on the road c il- i tr-- b'f.fr. and ..- n.-ry -iv Tied to make things &a .-..- t po.i:.e for the hore. ( .-. ire cf Che waftocs. however. t-.rr ws a crc-m and tired driver. '.5 r-it only f-oldd his horse, but tr'ii tcd tie win;. Finally he came to a rr.arhy rlai-e and It seemed lm praVtle frr the horse to bade the woc The man tecama K anicry I'IM'r S .st.WlMR AHT1TKK Tott .!: rirri leas riKi. tba more ya t.cn.t tr.r cko. Ci. tries V"'-T poo' as well as bll- Toa Uiok chic. Otto, notwitaaiand lac ycr cr'!:te sh!rt. Ton osuit loi k iarp In shooting irure- SiT -ta la," Prcy. and I'll know yjj'U cetn taanW you. WORD PU77.f.r, TVs fo:!owt3j sentences contain wirdi wSrca axe pronounced alike, br. :. .l:frrect;- and with ltf f mt n:eir.l:.;;. 1 Tile iiih a surprise U .: r'n. f-it he needed a Itt- Tf.t looked over ths t- '.-I i- : ,-r.fi 3 'v. r Sii not Pnd the of t r. i.cxrd ia the even! P.. A t t ul was to bo riven t ir.f t ia h Vf-uld 1U X nrcr. K 0 yvzr.l.E : 1. Hcrr and air; 2. : . t. barren; 2 Cd and cairs; 4 t ... : ; f,ir,. .7 ' ? - V'-r;-'7 .rfirlf: Xeedlea, KITE FCZTLK. lis boy h.- ftjwn his k'-te so klgh ..... . it ycu can nnJ a miw j Trer ISflt to Traiplug a Cojcte. Tbe coyote Is one of tl.e sliest and tard.s: of ttl fur bearini? animals to --ap. He dcl.ghts tn digjr-nx tP traps, prtnginr the xi. eating tbe bail and otierwise disJ-.rbing the set jsrtlfcout Such fun you hardly ever Gad As round the Pole you ribbons wind. Now in. now out. keep going 'round. So fast you scarcely touch the ground. Pull tight, pull hard, now dance again. And wind your fancy-ribboned chtin. The Pole with ribbons tightly wound Is such a sight hard to be found. A pretty thing to meet your glance Come then and join the May Pole . dance Anecdote that be raised the whip arid brutally rtruclc the horae, ualng- bad lanruaA'a ail the while. He waa in aucb an excited atate that ; he didn't aea General Grant aa he !nme rld.r.? up on his fine black horae, Orar.t wan horrl:1d arid called out: "You trounJrti: atop beatlnc that poor horae!" ( N'aturaily the whip tell out of the 'man's hand, and he waa ecared to ; death to be caught by his superior ioJTirer. but he never said a word, eager "Too KceTjndrel. Stx.p lieatirijc That Poor II orw 1 " to see what tbe General would do. Tbe Q.-neral gave a signal to one of his officers, who rode forward and saluted. "Send another man to drive this wacon," he ordered, "and have this fellow tied up to a tree for six hours as a punishment for his cowardly ac tion to a horse." TUT IT. sOME.MADE toTs are lots more ' ml un tlan bought ones. First you : I have tbe pleasure of making tbe toy. then you enjoy playing with It. Tou all know how to cut dolls out of paper. Would you like to see these dolls dance? A pan.' of glaea, about 19 by 12 lncbes. will do tbe work. Support this glass on two books about 1 and 1-4 inches from tbe table, placing- these boons as far apart as tbe glass will allow. Now plaoe your tiseue-paper dolls on the table under the glass. With a linen handkerchief rub the glass briskly, rubbing in a circular direction, until the friction causes tbe paper fig ores to dance, hop, turn and tumble. It baa disappeared in tbe clouds. n jkMt v V.I - U rwt? mnA tttn . - -w getting eaueht. His sense of smell is very acute. The best way to trap him is to build a bonfire over the set after the traps have been properly placed. Throw into the embers some bacon rinds, chicken bones or. 'better yet, bones of sage hen or grouse. Tbe coy v a Til rxin in trv i:.aaJiru Old Knapsack's Plea EITTLE Bobble waa "playing Sol diers" In the nursery- Ha di vided his men and cannon Into two force, on of which be named tbe Allies and the other the Germans. Then a fierce battle en sued, with Master Bobbie as the commander-in-chief of both armies. Of course. In real warfare such a procedure would have been Impossi ble. But Bobble, you see. bad a way of being commander-in-chief to two armies flight leg each other without being unfair to either of them. Really, his plan was quite simple. He stood the Allies In rowa on the floor at one end of tbe nursery, and ths Germans at the other. Each aide had a cannon terrible, dreadful Im plements of war despite the faot that ail they could shoot was a marble forced out of their gaping mouths by a spring suddenly released. Of coarse Bobble would have liked it much better had they been real cannon with real amoks and real bul lets. Hut. lacking these, he aet the spring on the cannon in the Germans' camp, dropped the white marble Into the barrel i of the gun. knelt down and took careful aim at the force of ths Allies standing so valiantly In rows at ths other end of tha room. Then he released the spring and cried out "Bang! Bang'." Straight down the floor the deadly marble sped and mowed down a whole row of brave wooden soldiers. Bobble waited until the "smoke of battle" had clo&red away and then marched over to the camp of the Al lies, to be their commander-in-chief for a while. He set the spring on their cannon and dropped the same white marble Into its barrel. Kneel ing down, he took careful aim at hjs former comrades in arms and re leased the spring, crying out "Bang: Bang:" with Just as much fervor as he had before. A whole row of wooden Germans bit the dust. Just then he espied the morning paper with its Interesting photo graphs of battle scenes In the cruel war now beinir watted in Europe. So he placed his little stool between what waa left of the two armies, and sat down upon it with ths paper opened out before him. Goodness, how tired he was! The pictures were certainly thrilling but why couldn't he hold hia eye open instead of blinking and blinking and "Attention!" cried a curt voice sud denly. Bobble looked around and to his amazement discovered a liny soldier perlng out at him from the center of the open newspaper. "Attention."' cried the small author itative voice again. And Us owner hopped liirhtly to the door and stood, st.ff as a ramrod, and saluted. "I am called Old Knapsack." he said. "I belipxe I have the honor "f sddr-ss-ln the commander-in-chief of these two hostile armies." I'.obbie tried to click his own heelo tocether. return the ealute and reply In the affirmative; but. somehow, he couldn't so much as crook his little finger. "Yes, thy call ro Old Knar.ark." the queer little so Jier continued. His uniform was covered with dust and its gold lice was Badly tarnished, but he was aa erect ar.d alert as any soldier could hope to he. "So you've befn playlne at war. May -Day JJJ ITH the coming of the month esquely dressed. So Ions as the pro n U of May. Sprii.fr is Indeed at j cession is movmir the groitsque nsure M hand: and mankind, as well i conceals himself in the draperies; but vjr as all Nature, wakes up from when It conies to a halt, he steps forth the long Winter sleep and hails with land enacts a pantomime with another Joy the beginning of the season of sweep who is standing on the street flowers and sunshine. land Is usually dressed as a burlesque Ovr !n Knlrd et 1ast in t!me ' actress in a gown elaborately be- He Steps Forth And of peace when there ia no cruel war such aa the one now devastating En rope even to this day tbe coming of May la heralded far and wide; and several of tbe ceremonies are peculiar In London, great, bnsy. up-to-date London, the chimney sweeps bave a snlqae procession wbicb. you may be sure, these little soot-covered lads en joy to tbe uttermost. They array themselves In fantastic costumes ef their own devising and parade through tbe principal streets of the city, lana-hlng and whistling- and cheering. Every now and then certain ones of tbem "pass the hat" among tbe crowd of onlookers; and not many people are unwilling to toss a six pence or two to tbe rogulsb tittle beg gars. Always, tn tbe procession, there la a float built like a Cower -covered bow er, above which waves tbe British flag: and in which is seated a sweep grot- ote habitually searches about camp fires for stray bits of meat and is therefore less.wsry. The fire oblit erates the traces of the set. eliminates the tracks and smell of a human be ing, and the odor of the burned meat will attract bint from a long distance. bave you. my young friend." be said, with a sad shake of bla bead. Bobbie, still staring at him. nod ded. Tbe old. whlte-baired man with the queer floppy bat waa unlike any man be bad ever seen. "I've been in a war," said tbe old man. "Civil War." "What was that?" asked Bobby. "Why," aaid Old Knapsack, smil ing, "that was the time when tbe sol diers of tbe North and South fought." Sitting down by the door-way. Old Knapsack began a atory. "I remember." be said, "a certain night during the last year of the war. We bad been fighting ail day and we had beaten the enemy. A bright moon was shlniag as I walked over the battle-field and by Its light I aaw a man in the enemy's uniform, lying on the ground. "I gave him a drink of water. He bad been shot through the chest and was dying, but he was still able to speak though his voice was very tow. " 'Will you do me one favor?' he asked, aa I bent over him. "I said that I would. He pulled a little pock age from bis pocket and banded It to ma. " 'Go to that address,' he said, 'and tell them that I died in battle.' "It was months and months before I finally reached the dead man's home. The littlo house was badly out of repair Just as most of the houses of the South were In those days. "A beautiful old lady met me at the door. She was the dead soldier's mamma. When I told her that her son had dietf on the battle field she cried and cried as If her heart would break. I tried to comfort her. "And while she was crying a little boy ran Into the room. The old woman stopped crying and shook her head at mo so that I wouldn't aay anything until the little fellow had lift the room. 'Who is he?" I asked her. " 'He he ,' s!ie replied through ifM r( fflflli mm i v r. s- -ra a a v . With the paper opened out before htm. Customs In Enacts A Pantomime. spa ngled. Not infrequently several of tbe Mrcle sweeps will drees up as girls, cover themselves with brick dust and put large gilt crowna on their heads. They also carry their shovels and brushes and even drums and fifes and raise a great racket to which the other sweeps try to dance, in a boisterous fashion. In a few of the quaint English vil lages tbe eld custom of dancing around a May-pole is still in vogue and the children are tbe principal dancers. For a lonjr time beforehand tbe children have bunted tbe nooks and crannies in the woods where wlld flowere bloom. And early on the first of May they go out in bands and gather tbem violets and prtmroees and other sweet blossoms. It Is Interesting to note that the Bower called tbe primrose In England is different from tbe one we call by that name, for It Is of a nch yellow color and not unlike the buttercup. He ts more Hkely to walk Into the trap thus disguised with the remnants of a camp 11 re than any other unless you have a carcass literally surround- J ... ; . U. , v. vith o ,.riirB vrintfr fin I ,UU WfJ3 i ani no other carcasses within miles. W. F. Wilcox In Farm and Fireside. Y- for Peace her tears. Ma my little grandson.' Bobbie looked up at Old Knapsack quickly. "Then tbe poor little boy hadn't any father any longer, bad he?" "No," Old Knapsack answered and shook hia bead sadly. "No. be bad no father. Tou see. Bobbie, It is not all glory and cheers and waving flags and bands In warfare. War Is cruel, war Is terrible; and war not only hurts those who fall on the battle field, but also those who are left be hind. Right now. over in Germany, Belgium, France, Russia and Austria Hungary men are dying by the tens of thousands and they trs bnried where they fall or more horrible t'j relate not buried at all. "And for each brave soldier who dies there la someone back home who mourns for him. A father, a mother, a wife, a child or well, each dead man baa some relative or good friend whose heart Is saddened by the news of his death. War, Bobbie, Is not the beautiful, glorious thing you may imagine it to be when you read about its heroes or play with your own toy soldiers on the floor. War " There came a rustling and presto Old Knapsack bad vanished. Little Bobble sat up and rubbed his eyes. He found himself sitting on the floor. He looked around him. There beside him lay the newspaper where it had fallen when he, too, had slipped down from the stool. And there, too, lay the "dead and wound ed" of his wooden soldiers. He knew, of course, that it had all been but a dream and that no such person as Old Knapsack existed. And yet and yet He picked up one of the "dad" soldiers and stood him on his feet again. "Gee:" he said softly. "I'm glad you aren't a real soldier, for you might have a little boy left behind and and " Bngland ! But ;o retu-n to the English chil ! dren and their cIebration: Loaded j down with the flowers and watched by ( their admiring elders, they come to the old. weather-stained May-pole and decorate It with the blooms and dance around it. Lon;r streamers and garlands are fashioned of the blooms and one end of each streamer is attached high up on the pole and the other Is held by one of the children: then, as they dance round and round, the streamers move with them and become inter twined, thus forming a most pleasing picture In the warm May sunshine. And all about them, too, are the haw thorn trees in bloom. There is another English May-day custom in which the child also npurea This Is held hih up in the tower at Magdalen college, Oxford, when boy choristers, in their vestments, meet there at five o'clock in the morning and sing matins while the great bells peal a welcome to May. A short distance from Oxford It is the custom for the children to carry garlands of flowers from door to door. They also fashion a beautiful floral crown of great aiie which Is carried in procession by four children who are followed by a "lord" and a "lady" (a boy and a girl respectively) nicely dressed, with their wrists bound to gether by a white handkerchief. In another part of the British Em pire. Canada, a Queen of tbe May is chosen and a celebration la held around a huge May-pole. By popular ballot a ruler is chosen, robed and crowned. Then, all make obeisance to her. The crown she wears and tbe sceptre she bears are both cunningly fashioned of tbe Spring's cboieeet blooms. Looking back into tbe past, record has been found of a number of queer English May-day customs. For in stance, at one time tbe fair milkmaids of London, early in tbe morning, used to deck themselves in flowers and fan tastic costume and lead their cows, also garlanded with blossoms, through the streets. And they danced around tbe animals and, all together, bad a very merry time. Another queer custom was that of having a man dance with a most pe culiar adornment. Tbe upper half of , bis body was covered by a large frame j which was concealed in blankets of ! flowers. Attached to the frame-work were a number of fiagone or silver drinking cups. Only his legs were visi ble and. as you can well imagine, he presented a most fantastic appearance. To Remove Adhesive Plasters. Every one who has had oceas.on to use adhesive plaster is familiar with the line of adherent, discolored mate rial that ia left on the skin around the edgea of the plaster when the strip ia iPretty Stories of 0 NCE upon a time an old man , was travelling along a mountain side. He was leaning on bis staff; his back was bent and his limbs were weak and weary. "What is this?" be cried as bis eyrs , caught aight of a tiny bhie flower al most under his foot. "Such lovell- j ness in this rugged place," and he i stooped to pick It from Its stem. "Wait a moment," sighed the wind. "Look beyond, and you will see things! really worthy while." The old man raised his head, and lo. two huge rocks separated and CP He filled his knapsack with this new found wealth, there loomed before him a cavern. He entered, and beheld the most won derful Jewels, and masses of gold and silver. "My luck has turned." he said. "With these I can do great things." He filled his knapsack with this new-found wealth, and was about to retrace his steps to his humble home, when the two huge rocks closed again. catching the knapsack that the old i man had fastened on his back, inside the cave. There he stood, as poor as before, I but he was grateful, "for," he mum bled, "a little more and I would have , been shut in. too. I'll go home and ; stay there." "Forget-me-not." cried a little , voice from undsr his foot, and the tiny blue flower stretched up its head , in pleading. ' He took the blossom home to his j wife who. after hearing the story of j the lost Jewels, kissed the flower ten- j derly and said: "We still have our little 'Forget-me-nof to cheer us. To this day. the lovely small blue flower is called Forget-me-not. The Greeks had many gods. One of the most important ones was the god of 'the sun. and hia name was Apollo. Apollo loved many maidens, and occasionally he became very fond of good-looklr.g youths. One in partic ular. Hyacinth by name, was loved by this gret god. Zephyr, also, was fond of Hyacinth He was the god of the west wind, ar.d he was bitterly jealous of the favor Hyacinth ?hoTed toward the sun god. One day Apollo Invited Hyacinth to play quoits with him in the garden or tho gods. Oh yis, tho gods were sports, and played all sorts or games Hyacinth was scoring, and Apolio seemed pleased, while Zephyr, who The Circus'll URRAH! and hurrah! I'm as It's the dandiest time of the year. My pennies I'll have to save up carefully. For the circusll soon be here. Just think of tbe acrobats swinging on high Whom the people will gaze at with fear I And the downs Gee ! I'm sure that I'll laugh till I cry When the circus is really here. The freaks and the side-shows I'll visit of course. For they're said to be terribly queer. There's a lady all spangly who rides on a horse In the circus that's coming here. Oh. say! I'm so reKovtd This adherent substance rc sipti scrubbing with soap and all ordi nary means of removal. Even scrap ing with a knife fails to remove the griuie and stickiness completely. But a few drops of gasoline, benzine, ether or cfcloioform on a piece of cloth will Spring Flo wers hovered unseen in a tree. rcored I be revenged. It waa Apollo's turn next, and aa be raised the quoit. Zephyr caused a breese to spring up and tbe quoit Sew ' skyward Instead of down, striking Hyacinth en tbe temple, causing bla death. "My Hyacinth," cried Apollo, heert l roken at the death of bis young friend. And to commemorate him be produced a lovely, fragrant flower be called Hyacinth and wbicb still bloom every spring as the sun's rays become warm and the gentle sephyrs blow. On the banka of the Tweed, so the atory runs, there dwelt a proud chief tain who bad a lovely daughter whom he kept prisoner in a lonely and se cluded part of bla castle, because she had fallen in love with tbe hand some son of his greatest enemy. She was not permitted to leave her cham ber or see any one except a faithful attendant who felt sorry for her young mistress. One day the lover Induced this at tendant to hide a ladder made ol silken rope under her apron, "Give this to your mlstreaa B aid. "with it she can escape from bet prison." At the appointed hour tbe lover waited at the foot of the high wall behind which the maiden's prison was built. He saw her fasten the sllkef He saw bcr fasten the silkeo ladder to the casement, ladder to the casement and commence her perilous descent. In her great hurry to reach the ground she mlased her footing, and fell to be dasbed to pieces on the wall below. On the spot where her body lay lifeless, close to the wall, a flower sprang up, the blooms of which were just like the dark brown velvet in which the hapless maid had been dressed. And thus her sad fate la re called by the Wall Flower. Solution to Kite Puzzle. Soon Be Here glad as can thrilled that I jump up and do j be r or the moment is drawing quite near: Soon the snowy white tents will be pitched ia the town. And the circus'll really be here! remove the stain as If by magic. The basis of adhesive plaster Is rubber, and the four substances' mentioned are rubber solvents. Los Angeles News. All the news, all Argus, the Umev Thi 1 Si