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THURSDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS OCTOBER 27, 1921.
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THE DAILY UNION
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f t CTUBSPAY, OCTOBER 87, TKB.
In West Virginia 1t4oofc nnaent to forw
'disarmament. And the world is fast an en
larged West Virginia.
I: George Sylvester, Viereck says the former
Gorman emperor is still "Kvery inch a king".
'Marybe so, bat be never was very tall.
A British psychologist says that one way to
avoid apoplexy is to tell the troth. But if we
,' told-the whole truth It might give some other
people apoplexy.
The Illinois program is to Jay 1,000 miles
of. concrete pavement next year, according to
data given the state chamber of commerce at
'Chicago. A thousand miles will go a long way
improperly connected up.
It seems that Joan E. K el lard, the Shake-
i.. x rti-f , i rm n f Inaa Tirif An nil his cn(v. 1
; " . ' . , '. .. , ... . . ... declining prices, and with wages on. the down-
OA;UU J3UMU iwuiumm
jerry 4ecame stranded the other night in Be
(Joit, Wis. Kellard served notice on the city
that if railroad fare for himself and his asso
Vaate actors to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, their nest
pland was not promptly forthcoming, Beloit
ijwould have 21 starving people on its hands.
The railroad fare was furnished.
' Ford and the Courts.
The amusing naivette of Henry Ftrd is
again Illustrated in hie proposal to head a
movement for increasing the salaries of federal
judges- on the ground that this will make them
Independent of all outside influences and in
Bare probity in handling of all cases brought
before them."
It is suggested that the judges will not
thank Mr. Ford for his kindness in raising their
remuneration in order to keep them straight.1
As a matterof fact federal judges almost never
go wrong. If the judge were the kind of a
man who would be false to his trust a few
thousand dollars added to his salary would not
keep him honest, .
Gustvus Myers' "History of the Supreme
Court" is a bitter arraignment of that tribunal,
but the author goes out of bis- way to show
that almost without exception its justices have
been man of the highest personal integrity,
no wfth every chance to make fortune out
of thoir inside knowledge, lived and died poor
men. Judicial salaries should be advanced, if
at all, in order to attract to the bench men of
high attainments, not to remove from Judges
the temptation to be false to their duty.
ganiiatlons. The point for the railroad em-
ployes to keep uppermost 1b miad la that If ',
Cbey strike they are dlsobeyin aa order of i
the federal labor board, an agency acting for j
the government and the people. Their deal- j
lag are with this board, and not with the rail- j
road. Without entering into the merits or
damartbs of the verdict of the board In the I
wage controversies between the railroad and
the employe, the pblie wfll take the position
that this teerd. after hearing both aides, baa
saalved. t decfrieaa that should be mutually
acceptable.
I CoBoedlBs Chat -the employee have been dis
criminated against 1b the board decisions, they
wooH unquestionably obtain quicker and more
edrfactpry reasita through remaining at their
osta and reopening their case before the labor
board, uatmr th prestige of their powerful or
ganizaUaoa to arouse pabiie opinion to their
aide. Fte, after all pabOe opbxtatt J flie all
impoTtant factor lit a controversy of aach wide
spread concern.
The public is not naappreciative of the high
type of men entrusted with the operation of
the railroad trains of this country and would
be prompt to resent any attempt to demoralize
that personnel. The brotherhoods nave been
a great influence, in heightening the standard
of service asd the public would regret to see
these magnificent organixatns broken up.
Bat the brotherhoods must do their part. And
that part is in keeping faith with the public.
And the surest way in preserving that faith
is in remaining at their posts, thus avoiding
possibility of turning the service over to inex
perienced hands, and in the meantime contin
uing their fight for fair treatment in the mat
ter of wages and working conditions before
the federal labor board. The public will com
pel the federal board to give the railroad men
a square deal.
Legislature Makes Mistake.
Judge Smith of Springfield has held invalid
the $500,000 reserve fund, provided the state
administration by the Illinois legislature, but
has approved the salary advance. But the case
Is going to the supreme court. The legislature
tnade a mistake in increasing the pay of cer
tain state officers or department beads. De
velopments show that it was ill-timed. With
ward trend, it is difficult to justify the advance
in pay of any one in the employ of the state.
The farmers, because of the marked de
cline in the prices of their products, are get
ting far less pay for their work. The wages
of an army of railroad employes have once
been reduced. In other employments there
have been reductions. But here we see a de
liberate raise. It is impossible to escape the
conviction that the increases are not judicious
or in harmony with the policy of readjustment
now the demand of the hour. Possibly the
legislature did not at that time fully perceive
how far the pendulum was swinging away from
the policy of increases which had been in vogue
for three or four years.
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. EPITAPH s-
HEU MAire AJfCTKKT nBR,
M.1X CAB. .
WHO imilNlBM THW OOOTID CTO,
BswAiue:
HEALTH TALKS
- By William Brady, M. D.
Noted Physician and Author.
The Prospective Mother's Teeth. I traction of the tooth.- had reached
The young expectant mother de- the pericardial sac in which the
serves a great deal of sympathy, j heart lies. Mrs. K. died. Would
beca use- it is only natural for her i you eay she died of neglected teeth
to seek information from more ex
perienced mothers who know so
many tmngs mm aro uui hi.
or of saireygampemia?
It la
JUST when -we bad decided to call a, halt
on this Cactns-Willama feud " 80011 one"
miA Bfrfr mar h called a feul the morning
hrhin cio-h . really charming tribute to : human nature to assume wisdom
OWReiTedere of tie Editorial Rooms wtiuih you have not. Don't I know?
that we cannot forbear printing it. In passing i so if we add what these older hands , h, d . ' BOme years with diar-
let ns whisper to wninms, -bparxam nactus i gima assume wttn what tneyi . T?nti I have been taking
es, bane exorna; tempos edax xerum. V. a. s. know toat is not so, the poor nnso- four gralns cf a,im daily and find
pmsticatea niaieur is sure -t -ei.;. my trouble. Will this
to get an earrui oi miemiormauon. d me any particular harm?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Taking Alum.
I am 87 vears old. I have been
A TITAL QUESTION.
Sweet Willums is a chap so fair.
He steals heart by the score;
His fatal beauty, grand and rare,
Once seen haunts evermore.
His kinglv head with jetty crown
-Like some brave knight of old.
His dreamy, wistful eyes of brown.
All necked with spots of gold.
His firm yonng mouth, determined chin,
His voice so sweet and mellow
All hearts about him does he wtn.
This charming, handsome fellow!
Sweet wninms, tell me take this dare
I've wondered from the start:
Do you for some sweet maiden care?
Have yon really a heart?
B. U. G.
One of the wickedest of the
mi&ny wicked superstitions bandied
about from mothers of experience
to expectant mothers is that there
is some risk, some evil influence at
tached to dental work in the period
or expectancy.
In some instances there seems to
be a marked disturbance in the nu
trition of the teeth in pregnancy,
and this faulty nutrition favors
E. A. G.
Answer No, it will do no harm
to one ovr 85 years old.
Fatherly Advice.
I am a Sunday school teacher
with a class of 22 girls in their
teens. I was much interested in
the many helpful articles you have
published concerning "spooning"
and similar subjects, aiany gins
: nwH aftvira of thia character and
rapid decay or canes. Hence it is ; it haxd t0 imow just how to give
all the more important for the well j You offered some one a letter
being and coniiort of the expectant j on snDject. May I have some
motiier that the teeth should be ; fnr ,,, nr mav t nnrchase cod-
The Liberty of the Press.
The-eupreme court of the United States has
sustained the sentence impoacd by a Chicago
judge that a newspaper man must pay a fine
of $500 and costs and serve a jail term for hi
refusal to disclose the source of a story in
volving grand jury proceedings.
Under the law the proceedings of grand
juries are eecret. In this case the newspaper
In question, the Chicago American, published
some of the findings of the grand Jury before
they had been made public by the court author
ities. Summoned before the court, the writer,
Hector H. Klwell, now managing editor of the
Wisconsin News, refused to disclose the source
of bis information and was fined and sentenced
to jaiL The contention of the defendant was
that information imparted to a newspaper man
ia as sacred aa that given to physician or a
lawyer, and is, therefore, a privileged commu
nication, and he refused to give It up. The
Wghest court in the land has decided against
him and has refused to review the action of
the lower court.
The temptation to make a martyr out of
the defendant is strong, bat there are other
things to be considered in this case besides the
rights of the press. No fundamental right of
the freedom of the press was involved in this
case. The Question of free speech was not in
volved, but the proper operation of the machin
ery of the courts was, and for that reason alone
the court decided against the editor. It will
be conceded that the press ougiit to be allowed
the widest latitude possible, but it will also be
conceded that the press should in return for
each privileges evince a proper sense or its
responsibility to the public. An irresponsible
newspaper writer is no more worthy of con
fidence and support than any other irresponsi
ble citizen.
Harding on the Negro.
Much good should come from the words ut
tered by President Harding at Birmingham.
Ala., yesterday in a discussion of the racial
question in this country. He made it plain that
if the negro had hopes in the direction of social
equality with the white man he was fighting
a losing battle and one that brings nothing
but disappointment and distress to him in its
wake. The president wanted the black man's
aim to be to make himself the best possible
black man, to work alongside his white neigh
bor for the advancement of all causes that had
for the welfare of the nation and all of its
peoples. But he wanted the negro not to for
get there was a dividing social line between
him and his white neighbor, and that if he re
spected it he could do much to promote the
cause of his race among his countrymen.
The president warned that the thought of
racial amalgamation between the whites and
blacks was impossible. He shJid the ad
vantage and contentment the negro would find
in keeping himself in his proper place both
north and south. He did not believe the white
man hated the black and sought his elimina
tion from the nation, as some blacks believed.
On the contrary, the president held the white
had only the kindliest feelings for his black
neighbor, but he didn't want him to transgress
beyond the bounds that nature prescribed for
him. .
OFTEN nave we been chided because our
Sanghter hes been omitted from the columnar
accounts of family doings. We hasten to make
amends. T'other day she came home and had
this to say: "They're painting the Comma hotel
and it looks real nice."
The Delicate Personal Tench in Journalism.
Bushnell Corr., Galesburg Republican
Register. A. R. Jones of Macomb was in out
city Thursday afternoon, transacting im
portant business. Mr. Jones was until
recently a resident of Bushnell, and I
will say that I believe he still has a great
love for Bushnell. and I for one think
that be may come back to his old haunts
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonis Oblander, who
have been visiting with relatives at Col
linsville, Iowa, also taking in St Ixmis,
returned Thursday and yon can all rely
upon it that Mr. and Mrs. Oblander en
joyed their trip.
REFERRING to Rockefeller's gifts of mil
lions to educational, hospital and other public
purposes, the Editor and Publisher wonders
whv so many newspapers "slammed" him in
writing beadlines on the story recounting his
gift of two new dimes to the little girl whose
sin nine oi eased him.
On another paee Editor and Publisher
stresses the necessity, as applied to news
papers, of "a barometric sensitiveness to cur
rent public opinion". That's the answer. The
headline writer's business is to attract atten
tion to a story by condensing in 24 to 35 let
ters the elemental interest therein. He is no
moralist.
John D. was "slammed" because the aver
age reader, who is thoughtless, would have
seen nothing in the story, as carried on the
press wires, save a ridiculous contrast between
Rockefeller's 20-cent gift and his immense
fortune.
Besides, as Kenneth Andrews intimates, we
of the curious triiv called colyumists probably
have influenced copy readers to "call attention
to the flat feet of our national idols".
PERHABS THE SIGD P AIDER 'AD A GOLD.
Oh Mac: Look what I saw at Crofton, Ky
as the train went through:
"Horse shoeing
-ack of I. O. O. P. Bldg.
Sadisfaction guaranteed."
Memphis, Tenn. PAUL.
PAUL'S contribution arrived in an envelope
labeled "Hotel Gayoso, Memphis", but his
whimsy was typed upon a fragment of Old
Hampshire Vellum. We suspect he slipped in
and swiped the container while the house de
tective wasn't looking.
"KITCHEL Weeks Wedding Rites Next
Saturday . . . British Veterans Helped." New
York Tribune society headlines.
Varied are the accomplishments of Tommy
Atkins.
Eb!n Most Be Almost a Physical Wreck.
Clipped by Mac II. from The Argus.
Reynolds, Oct. 25. While on his way
home from Milan Sunday evening, Ebin
Cooper broke one of his rear wheels,
near Taylor Ridge .and rode home in
another car, however, taking off his
spare tires and cushions and hiding them.
When Mr. Cooper reached the scene of
the wreck on Monday morning he dis
covered two front wheels missing and
also three tires. No trace of the rob
bers could be found.
"HIS interment (Karl's) in Hungary is ac
cepted by the allies only as temporary." The
Argus.
But it might have been permanent had not
Zita interfered.
THE SNOOPING REPORTER.
Every once in awhile Solomon Piffle, the
I imuuiuK iei , iiiiui nve persons, picaea
at random, a question,
j Today's Question:
j What would you do should I tell you your
wife and I have planned to elope?
1 Samuel Beeuebrow, blacksmith: . . .
Five minutes after the question was put to
the blacksmith an ambulance conveyed the re-
. porter to tne nospnai. tiopes, nowever, are
entertained for his recover', though at present,
owing to a broken jaw, he is unable to tell
I just wnat tne blacksmith said in answer to
We're All Jokers.
There must be slight acquaintanceship be
tween President David P. Barrows of the Uni
versity of California and his fellows. The
school head maintains that American humor
has petered out. It is plain that he does not
trust himself to half-hour converse with a
neighbor, else the California educator would
realize that in these wonderful modern days
every man has become his own humorist. Fun
is made on the p:Vn"ses. It is the largest"
manufacturing enterprise in the United States
today, and production flags not iu times of
depression.
It is rare that any individual without sense
of humor is found today. There are varvine the ouestion- At times he imagines he is Don
promptly repaired by the dentist,
uid taat means any and all dental
repairs which may be essential to
preserve the teeth.
If extraction of one or more
teeth becomes necessary ia the
judgment of a competent dentist
not the bargain counter dentist, but
one your physician can recommend
then the mother to be should by
all means have the teeth extracted,
with the aid of local or general
anaesthetic, as her physician may
advise. Let her turn a deaf ear to
the gratuitously expressed dangers
of this procedure, for there are no
dangers except in the imagination
of ignorant, superstitious old wom
en of both sexes. The dangers are
just as great as is the danger of
walking past a house where some
one is ill of smallpox or diphtheria
a danger imagined only by unedu
cated persons.
It is for the expectant mother's
own welfare, as well as that of her
child, that she should never neglect
any cavities in her .teeth through
the period of expectancy.
Mrs. K. was more than a mother,
she was an expectant mother. One
day she Had a toothache. Her doc
tor, who was fond of Mrs. K.'s little
boy, happened along. He examined
the tooth, which was "ulcerated"
that is, there was pent up pus at
the root frying for evacuation. He
urged immediate extraction tne
safest treatment in so called "ul
cerated tooth" always. Mrs. K.
promised to go at once to her den
tist. But along came a neighbor
hood gossip who stood aghast at
the very idea of having an ulcer
ated tooth pulled, and in Mrs. K-'s
condition, of all things! Well, the
gossip frightened the unfortunate
woman out of it. A few days later
Mrs. K. developed sore "kernels"
under the jaw. The gossip dropped
in and prescribed poultices. Two
days later Mrs. K. went to bed. Hie
infection, not being drained by ex-
ies for them ? ELIZABETH
Answer No. I should be glad
to send a letter of information on
sex hygiene to any girl over 16 who
wishes to write for it and inclose a
stamped envelope addressed to her
self; or to any girl under 16, if her
parents -wish it. These letters are
not intended- as general pamphlets
or tracts. They are personal com
munications 'from me as a physi
cian. I am mailing you a list of
pamphlets and books which you
may study and recommend to girls
in your capacity as teacher.
Coffee Ealing-.
What harm will befall a person
who is constantly eating or chew
ing coffee grounds and drinking
coffee at every meal ? M. A.
Answer That amounts to abuse
of the nervous system, which will
make the individual irritable and
impulsive. Such excessive use of
tea or coffee seems to impair the
health generally, causing a sallow
complexion, emaciation, chronic
stomach or digestive troubles. The
habit betrays a weak will and lack
of self control.
Eye Exercise.
t or a long time I have worn
glasses (I am 18 years old) "which
enable me to see with ease near and
distant objects. I believe my de
fect is weakness of the focusing
apparatus. Is it not beneficial to
leave off the glasses once in a while
in order to give the weak focusing
muscles some exercise? G. S.
Answer No. No fear. That
muscle gets all and more work than
nature meant it to do, in our mod
ern life. This idea of "exercising"
eye muscles by going without
glasses, if glasses are realiy nec
essary, is based on misunderstand
ing of the work an dfnnction of the
eye muscles. j
Frederick Haskin's Letter
(Special Correspondence of Toe Arena.)
Dope for Weather Prophets.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 25. "We
are going to have a hard winter this
year." .
You hear a lot of amateur prophe
sies to this effect, and a few to the
contrary. Some base their predic
tions on the way the squirrels are
piling up nuts and some on the re
port that muskrats have thick fur,
and some on the fact that ducks
have come south sooner than usual.
The government attaches no sig
nificance to special industry on the
part of squirrels, or to any of these
other things. Nor does it consider
one of the signs of approachinc
cold. As a matter of fact, aninia 3
do not hibernate so much on ac
count of cold as because of their
bodily condition. When a bear has
an inch of fat on his body, 0r
whatever he needs for the winter
he feels, we may imagine, much like'
a person who has eateu a hearty
meal. So the bear curls up in a
protected place and sleeps.
With some animals this desir,
for sleep comes in the hottest part
of the year. Ground squirrels in
the west go into the ground in inl
and stay there the balance of the
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reports of early flight of birds to the
south a true warning that winter ( summer months
wiu set. in sooner man nsuai. 1 ne j An example of how hibernation
irrtvprnmitil hiAlnat anil mat.nr. ... ... w:i
oligist regard these phenomena as
interesting but no more to be relied
upon than the pretty story of the
srouna uog una nis suauow. comine of snrine The
"Th IV, 8ayS, Dr- A'K- that the ground hog comet out of
. v. m u.v..ub"-" ' i nis noie on canaiemas iiav
connected in our minds with weath
er is the ground hog shadow tradi
tion. The ground hog. or wni
j chuck, is supposed to regulate the
The Daily Short Story
SMART CHHJKK?f.
Mary Lonlse Cormier.
(Copyright. 1921, by the Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
"I say, pater, can yon let me have
$50 on account?" There was the
usual solicitous expression on Will
liam Sylvester's face as he made his
familiar request. Old John Penny
nickle dropped his copy of the Ev
ening Gazette and his mild grey
eyes looked out troublously at the
boy from behind a barricade of
shabby, misshapen ed spectacles.
"You haven't spent all your al
lowance this early. Will?" he de
manded. "Why, when I was your
age an allowance like that would
keep me in funds for a year."
"But. pater, this is the twentieth
parental resources. He and a col
lege chum were planning to estab
lish a summer restaurant.
"Mints of money in it, pater " he
confided earnestly. "All I need to
start in with is about $500. You
could let me have that much,
couldn't you?" Pater let him have
it. No sooner was this affair con
cluded than Christine revealed her
plans for an elaborate black and
white frolic.
"JuSt a little welcome home par
ty," she told her father sweetly.
"One of the girls at Wellesley had
a similar frolic this spring, and it
was gorgeous. Please io this for
me, pater darling!" And of course
"pater darling" did.
Christine s little party was a pic-
century!" William Sylvester's turesque affair that cost several
hundred dollars. Meeds flocked to
it and enjoyed itself hugely. But
pater locked himseir in h.s room
and tried to shut out the torturing
strains of the expensive jazz or
chestra. All the dignity of being
"pater" dropped from him like a
flimsy cloak. He relapsed into
plain "pa" again a meek, tired
looking little man, with the eyes of
a frightenej-rabbit, who ruminated
on the days before the children be
gan to study French and Latin and
Carrie took to reading English nov
els. The day after the black and white
frolic pater was knocked down by
auAomooue on outh. Main
degrees in different persons'
Quixote and has inst had a. nrifi o riH
appreciation of 1 miii in hi nnr. fiV,T,oi 1
the merry phases of human existence, just as ; bles painfully something that sounds like "Send
in the sizes of bats worn, the shape of feet ihe I no flowers".
Unions and the Public
Warrea S. Stone, president of the Brother
hood -or Locomotive Engineers, declares that
the interest in control of the railroads of
the tlmted State nave bat one object in yiew
In the threatened strtkef Oh employ, and
? ormed themselves.
ZtZ -: StoD h' brough
mutal.beneflU.lik. to-the corporation.. t
datortHrStane'. harge. fcutl,, ppoar8
to lose eight oCth tact by strtMng the unions
would he only playing into the hands of the
owners, assuming that (ha latter hare as their
taste in marital partners. Nevertheless, when
it comes to joking and taking jokes the Amer
ican who never indulges is hardest of all
exceptional folk to find.
Moreover, present day humor is refined,
delicate, reaL Less of it is forced than in any
past age. Our fun- today is that of informal
natures which explains its decreasing vul
garity as compared to the humor of all yes.
terdays. It is in the words of the child, and
in 'its attitude and its acts. Developing youth
overflows with the charming quality, which be
comes tinctured with a philosophy as years in
crease. And the wit of ripe age is best of all;
it ia the trait of carefully pruned and wisely
sprayed experience.
No, American humor has not petered out.
It Is flowering in the greatest follnius ?
I ever known. 'Every man nndorstnnHo , 1;
Possesaee it 80 does the other sex. Even
JBaTra WO,laJlcy' ha-xare gifts of that
kind. Etee be amid not av added, on his
disensmon of this theme: "Nowaday, an col
lege music ia Africanized-and is a peculiarly
aome product- Whm 7 1
vnion-r- wa . . w or woman
- SZ. - - over taat-declxrationl
(Editor's Note:
interviewed today.)
One person was all he
E. W. L-, from his vantage point in Des
Moines, calls attention to an Argus headline,
"Muscatine Council Opposes 10-Cent Street Car
Fare", and its appended story which begins:
"An ordinance providing for a 10-eent fare
on the street cars has been passed by the city
council of Muscatine ..." He wants to know
if we can "beat it". Well, no, not without our
crutches.
"ARIZONA Senator Is Indiqted on Perjury
Charge." Des Moines Register headline clipped
by E. W. L.
That, of course, gave the copy reader his q.
"IRISH Told to Accept King or Face War,"
headlines the Chitrib.
Now. who would have thought England so
greatly desired to be rid of poor George? But
we doubt that Ireland will discard a full hoase
to draw a royal flush.
WE are desolated to learn, that many rural
readers failed to receive their copy of our rev
ered parent sheet Tuesday eve, dne to the
power failore.
IT dctesn-t matter about the news, of cour?e.
BUT missing a colyum is a calamity.
R. e. "are.
stock wail was delivered with the
open exasperation of 17. "Besides,
in a one-horse town like Meeds, $50
a month is barely enough to get
by on and keep up appearances,
I mean!" The boy in concluding
shot an appealing sidelong glance
at his mother. And that lady, whose
ruling ambition was to see her
children firmly and safely estab
lished "in the right class," rallied
promptly to his defense.
"Sylvester is right," she declared
in the judicial tone of one used to
handing down final decisions; "it is
only reasonable to expect that the
son of one of Meeds' leading citi
zens should keep up a decent
front."
"I was thinking of the store."
said "pater," offering a feeble de
fense. "I've had to sell that last
lot of hardware at a loss. Business
is pretty dull just now, you know."
"Bussiness again!" Mrs. John
Pennynickle's crisp voice pounced
upon tie word scornfully. "Do yon
consider business more important
than your children's future? I
must say, John Pennynickle "
"Oh, all right, mother, all right,"
capitulated the old man hastily.
Anything, he told himself, to es
cape another of Carrie's tongue
lashings. "You come around to the
store in the morning. Will and I'll
fix you hp."
"Thanks, pater." William Syl
vester flashed a look of triumph
in his mother's direction. Then he
turned back to his father with an
apologetic grin.
"I wouldn't have asked you for
this." he explained, "if it wasn't
for the fact that Norry and Chris
tine are coming home next week
Theyll probakly bring along some
of their swell" friends and well,
you know what THAT means, pat
er." "Yes," Pater knew what it meant,
well enough. Money! Each time the
children came home from college
he made feverish trips to the bank.
1 He would do so again. If the chil
dren did not succeed in wheedling
family was deeply
street His
shocked.
"But I didn't suppose anything
could ever happen to natfr" ohris-
Itine moaned to Dr. Stanton when
mey went to visit Pennynickle in rlcn Blew "J""" UL "" 5jb,
the Hillside hospital. ' chicken, and peas. Because of the
"Oh T...ii. 1 . . I ...or-. ..rJ phnraptpr nf thn m irturp it
ti,?i- - -1 j responded with
?.ln.1Je,,Ied sarcasm. "You know
have no proof that animals are sup
plied in advance with instinctive
warnings of storms or cold weather.
On the other hand, there is a. good
deal of proof that they do not know
in advance about weather condi
tions. If they did, there would be
fewer catastrophies in the animal
world.
"Weather changes often overtake
birds, for instance, with tragic re
sults. If birds could sense storms
far ahead we would not hear of
3,000,000 Lapland longspurs being
beaten to the ground in a driving
storm in Minnesota. This incident
occurred in the spring when these
birds were flyig north. They were
caught in the gale. After it was
over, ornithologists measured the
area of the frozen lake where the
birds lay dead and then counted the
birds to a square yard. According
to careful estimate, 3100,000 were
wiped out that day. When birds do
seek shelter in a storm it is gener
ally because they can no longer
keep up in the air, not because they
sense the storm s approach.
Early migration of birds is com
monly accepted as an infallible sign
that winter may be expected at
once. Birds really migrate. Dr.
Fisher says, not because they antici
pate cold, but because the food sup
ply is disappearing.
When they migrate sooner than
usual in the fall it may mean that
winter is setting in and destroying
their chances of getting food, or it
may mean that less of the food
needed by those particular birds is
available. Or, as a third supposi
tion, there may be unusually large
flocks of the birds in a locality and
the food supply is not lasting so
late as usual.
What Makes Fur Grow.
By the same specious reasoning,
it is sometimes asserted that ani-1
in preparation for a severe winter.
in preparation fo ra severe winter.
The facts, so far as science has
studied them, are that animals do
have thicker fur in cold winters.
Animals in very cold climates have
thicker coats than similar species
farther south. This is a well-recognized
fact in the fur trade, where
fur from the far north brings much
higher prices than, pelts from
warmer latitudes.
The overlooked fact here' is that
the warmer coat is furnished by na
ture after the cold set3 in, not be
fore. Roughly speaking, the cold
stimulates the skin to produce
thicker fur. Yet reports of thicker
fur on animals in the early fall are
widely regarded as a sure, sign of
heavy weather ahead.
Government scientists have never
made any experiments of changing
animals from one climate to an
other to test their adaptability in
this respect It is believed that a
Louisiana muskrat, for example,
might freeze to death if taken to a
cold climate because his skin
would probably not react quickly
enough to clothe him properly the
hrst winter. If he survived that
year the next year he would prob
ably adapt himself like the other
animals of the region. This is prob
lematical. But it is certain that he
would not grow his thicker fur in
stinctively before the cold weather
struck him.
Hibernation is another misinter
preted animal function. Early hi
bernation is often pointed out as
on Lanaiemas dav Foh
2, and looks around. If he sees his
snaaow ne returns to his hole
thereby informing the world that
winter is not over. If the sky is
cloudy he ventures out to enjoy the
spring days that are coming.
Dont Trust Ground Hog. ,
This tradition got into origin
through the January thaw that sets
in some years. For a week or two
the weather is pleasant and melt
ing. Farmers know by experiencs
that this fine weather does not hold,
and that it is almost invariably fol
lowed by a setback. Spring is apt
to come sooner if there is no Janu
ary thaw, and the temperature rises
gradually a little later. The groun.i
hog comes into the story because he
emerges from his winter quarters
about this time. If he comes ont
and finds the sun shining he is sup
posed to know that the warmth is
too unreasonable to last.
The story would be more reason
able if the fate of the winter rested
on the temperature of ground hog
day rather than the sun. A day of
freezing temperature may be bright
and sunny. Yet the sign would read
that the ground hog saw his shadow
and winter was not over.
Tracing the different traditions
back, it is easy to see how they
originated. Today we merely quote
them without considering their sig
nificance or without making allow
ances for facts that science has
proved since the old weather kire
was evolved.
The conclusion of scientists ii
that lower animals are not better
equipped to be weather prophets
than human beings would be with
out their instruments and scientific
knowledge.
Those of us who are mnoh In the
open learn to gauge veatUer condi
tions a day or two ahead. Clouds,
humidity, and the winds are re!i-
I able signs, though not infallible,
j The most threatening looking cioud
may not De quite neavy enougn to
precipitate its moisture before the
wind carried it far away. Some
persons also claim to know when
rain is approaching by special sen
sitiveness. These are short range predictions.
Human beings cannot be relied up
on to gauge the weather more than
a day or two ahead, so the meteor
ologists insist And the same is true
of the creatures of the animal
world.
The squirrel in the autumn hides
as many nuts as he can find, not as
many as he figures ho will need for
: a long or short winter. Usual activ
ity of bees does not neoessarij?
mean that they anticipate a ix
winter either. In southern Califor
nia bees collect honey all year
round as busily as if a long, co'd
winter was about to set in- any min
ute. More credible is the statemtct
that cattle are restless jnrt before
a storm. Human beings are simi
larly sensitive to the electricity in
the air and the unual wind eithar
hot or chilling which ofU'n pre
cedes storms.
But as far as the coming wiatw,
or any winter is concerned, one
prophet or sifrn is as good as an
other. If you take the advice of
the government experts, yem won't
buy your coal or your winter over
coat on the strength of the squir
rels' antics or the strangely signill
cant acorn crop.
Argus Information Bureau
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tion Bureau, i'redenfc J. Haakin. Sireetoc Waatunexon. D. C. iie luii a and
address and enclose two-rent atame tor r etura postage. Be bru f. All mquinc n
confidential, the replies bets- sent duect
paid to &uooyiuous lettera.1
Q. What is olla podrida? J. E. C
A Olla podrida is one of the
national dishes of Spain. It is a
rich stew made of meat, sausages,
7 ... . L macnme made is sub
ject to wear and tsar t .
ward the children togered about
itv nZ ror le calam-
eah oth.fr H"1-they blamed
each other. Only Carrie seema!
genumely affected by the accTden
I m ashamed of myself, Johe".
she whispered to the bandaged nk
nre on the cot. "We've Si bee,i
dnv,ng fyou like an old work"
Pater reached up and patted her
"It s all right, mother," he mum
bled weakly. "We we bad to Think
of the children's future, you know
Don't" worry. iTl be rt of hi to
a week." But he was wrone. It
was a whole month before he was
able to leave the hospital. At home
he found two letters awaiting him
One, containing a bill, was from
Christine, who was in the White
iriisuuMiua. 1 t-ufaeraung ironx
nervous Dreaitcown. The
was from N'orris.
a
other
varied character of the mixture, its
name is often used to describe any
jumble of words or ideas.
Q. What animal washes Us food
before eating it? E. R. M.
A. The racoon washes every
thing it eats before putting it in it3
mouth. If water is not at hand, it
will rub the morsel between its
paws until it considers the food
clean.
Q. What variety of strawberry
was first grown for commercial use
in the United States? D, S, N.
A. The Large Early Scarlet was
the leading variety of strawberry
grown from the beginning of com
mercial strawberry growing about
1800 until about 1860. As this va
riety was too soft to ship to dis
tant markets, other varieties suit
able to various climatic conditions
have displaced it
Q. How thin is tortoise shell cut?
A. Tortoise shell is used as ven
eering in fine cabinet 'work. It is
cut for such purpose in exactly
to eacb inoiridaal. a.iemioa vUl M
the same manner as any of the
fine woods. There are two grades
of thickness, the saw cut and the
knife cut The first averaging
from 1-32 to 1-16 of an inch m
thickness, is cut with a small saw-.
The knife cut makes from 60 to l"j
sheets to an inch. The knife us'A
is something like a plane. The ob
ject is fixed on a table and the
knife blade works backwards ar.i
forwards. Tortoise shoil was f"r"
merly cut bv hand about : of 2ji
inch in thickness and then planed.
It may be softened by gentle heat
and mar then be readily cul
Q. How much is a nietric ton?
A. A metric ton is 1.000 kilo
grams, which equals 2.204.tf Poa?'!''
Q. Why are certain cabs ca'd
herdies?
A. This style of cab was. name,
for its inventor, Peter llerdc
Q. How long has taiuoing been
practiced ?
A. It is impossible to say when
and where the custom of tatooine
began, but it is of very ancient or
igin. In the tombs near Thebo
were found painted representation
of white men with tatooed bod.ea.
and in his raimmentanes ca-
writes of Britons being tatooed-
Q. Are any of the trees of i.jr
shot oen 01 uemsemane si:.i n
1
"What fni-" rn-' 1 a
. ovci a uiraii ruu. .
flooded his gray eyes. "Christine a the ,and now known
was dnrttiA r.T-ac!A . i i ' the OaWion of nthsnmane. there
at Wellesley last term. Will made i are 80 very old olive trees, i
rhicli
rh restaurant ia rrr ; .
1 - -. . W1U1UK ctlOU"
him over, Carrie would certainly slowly," be wrote. "Do you think
bully him into subjection. Then.! yon could wire an additional $200
when the important business of j just to see the thing through'"
ciiwa uuumK i;w . Will 11 ICUU9 raiOT BUUWH1 IUC IWH 1CI LPTR tr lw . i. , - . iai il-ltliT ' J .
I was finished, he would have to put! Stanton, who had accompanied him' i w,- ebo1 eleven, too. And ! tradition says were livms !D "
Eis tired shoulders to the wheel" "Well, commented the cvniri ' .!,. Z 7 a neaa Ior business time or L:nrist. ine "",..
oH t, r.-!- t,a.JAW ... 1 .1 . ht .1 ". DOT naS I AKhamufl y ... lir.m r T f.xr-fon nf OUT I-
up the deficit I They should be ashamed of them-thT'iL ,
Norrls was the first to tap the 1 selves- dreai-
Vnt n
If I do say it mvRolf - Armii" was lost and the preset
right smart lot of lul-gite selected as the probibla 1