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J WEDNESDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS JUNE 7, 1922-
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Some women are painting their stockings
When what they should be doing is washing
to am.
.1 Fame comes to most men after death. And
most of them would have it so had they a
choice in the matter.
'. Since 1908 it is claimed the, duration of
human life has been lengthened five years.
Hare you had yours yet?
'
If
I Samuel Gompers hints that he will quit as
president of the American Federation of Labor.
$ut it is only a hint, you understand.
IS
Samuel Yetter, 98, is the screen's oldest
Sctor, and it looks as though he would take
th last curtain without figuring in a bit of
scandal.
f A woman lecturer wants to know of moth
ers how much they shall tell their daughters.
Many mothers can't tell their daughters
anything.
M;.
f -fA Chautauqua lecturer says the rest of us
Hont see the flapper in the right light. There
Do reason why we shouldn't. She isn't hid
ing, anything from us.
i
i Three prominent European women have ar
rived in the United States to promote peace.
Before coming here they ought to settle differ
ences in their own households.
The last two years England and France and
Germany hare gradually been increasing their
output and have made larger and larger de
mands on the American market. '
The debate on the question as to whether the
Americans shall have their market or" whether
it shall in considerable measure be dominated
by the great foreign Interests is being resumed
with all the former acuteness. This is why the
tariff issue assumes at the present time so large
an importance. It must be recalled that Ameri
can industries have the last year been operating
on a small basis and that their total production
is much behind that of previous years. They
now have to meet the constantly increasing
shipments from abroad. Thus is created an eco
nomic question that is or very serious import, i
to all Americans and especially to the factory I
workers of the United States. ;
It? ufombstmti?
UU CHAaJTV A2TD ITS CKAXITO
rmOTOTYFES IT CO VEILS A
MtXTITCDS OF 6D.S.
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, M. D.
Noted Physician azd Alienor.
A Law for Traveling Air.
Congress has been asked to define the law
of the road as applied y the air. 11. will have
to come to this eventually, for the inhabitants
of no city are safe if unrestricted air travel is
permitted above them. ' The reasons for this are
too obvious to need elaboration. An airplane
that crashes to the. ground in the midst of a
crowded city or of a large assemblage of people
can hardly aroid inflicting damage either to
property or person. That such accidents hap
pen not infrequently one has only to read the
newspapers to ascertain. An accident to the
machinery or a loss of control by the operator
is all that is necessary to cause them.
In the case of the aviator who disturbed the
ceremonies at the Lincoln monument in Wash
ington, last week and showed disrespect to the
president of the nation, there may be some civil
law or ordinance under which he may be prose
cuted for a misdemeanor, or, as he chances to be
an officer in the army reserve, he may be disci
plined by his superior officer, the secretary of
war revoking his commission, but for the of
fense of endangering human life by operating
his machine above and in close proximity to a
field crowded with human beings there seems to
be at present no adequate law to deal with him.
In time, however, this problem will have to be
solved not only by the federal government, but
by the states.
If Chris Columbus should drop in at the
Genoa conference probably the first question
he would ask would be as to what had become
Of the land that he discovered in 1492.
The president of the Illinois constitutional
convention has appointed 15 of the members
as a publicity committee. The convention ap
pears, to have had too much publicity already.
; A producing company is looking for girls
with movie faces. It is no trouble to find those
with movie nerve, but, unfortunately for the
girls, nerve doesn't count for much in a
beauty contest.
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A candidate for the superior bench in
Chicago who had the backing of the Thompson
Lundin political machine was defeated by a
margin of 68.000 votes. You remember what
Abraham Lincoln said about fooling the people.
jS - Henry Ford says he will run for the pres
idency if it be the wish of the people that he
do so, but that he will not 'spend any money
to secure the office. Which makes it very
evident that Henry does not expect to be the
fiaxl occupant of the While house.
' A Democratic senator charges that President
Harding has been attempting to muzzle the
press on the Daugherty case. A newspaper
man himself, Mr. Harding knows that it is im
possible to muzzle the press. Hence we are in
clined to feel that our Democratic friend is
shouting through his Kelly.
Increasing List of Lost Arts.
Among the lost arts have been numbered
letter writing, iormal calling among friends and
neighbors and conversation. The telephone, the
automobile and the moving picture are given
the credit for eliminating these ancient accom
plishments from the program of life. Dr. Ralph
Power, a member of the laculty of the univer
sity of southern California, carried on research
work among the women s-tudents to study the
standards of their conversation. He started out
with the academic notion that the young women
would naturally converse about Virgil and
Longfellow, Mrs. Rorer, Mrs. Catt. President
Harding and other notables. He was wise
enough to grant that personalities rather than
problems and principles would be the main top
ics of their conversations. He did not expect
that the college students would discuss history,
science and literature in the abstract.
Dr. Power is now a sadder but wiser man.
His findings are given in statistical form as fol
lows: Talk about men, 57 per cent; dress "and
fashions, 27 per cnt; amusements, three per
cent; jokes, mostly old enough to be pensioned,
one per cent; choice gossip, seven per cent; un
classified, five per cent. Some of the women he
refused to classify as students when he learned
the trend of their conversations. He wondered
why they attended college at all. He estimated
that women students of this last group devote
100 per cent of their conversation to the discus
sion of men.
It is a great disappointment to the public
that the conversational expert did not extend
his investigations to the conversation of men
students. It would be highly interesting to have
their conversation tabulated in statistical form
for contrast or comparison. If Dr. Power's sta
tistics are accurate they reflect the failune of
the university rather than any discredit to the
fair co-eds. It is part of the business of the col
lege to train students how to think and to cul
ture them in their tastes in what to think about.
SOULS.
I am sot anxious - .
Over the whereabouts
Of the souls of men and women, ,
Passed into some spaceless void
From the silent temples
Which were their clay abodes.
Laugi if yon will ...
But i have a strange notion
That yon clump of trees
Jutting the river
And crowning a rising hiU,
Is a group of such souls ...
Come back to laugh
And sing and sigh.
See that gnarled oak:
I have a fancy
That it is the soul
Of some village blacksmith:
Those knots on its trunk
Are like to bard lumps of masela.
From daily pounding of steel
On iron anvils.
And that graceful sycamore,
Nude on the cliff ...
Is it not a school-boy
Poised for a dive
Into the river's clear depths?
That elm ... 1 "
See how it stands, ' i;
Proud of its chastity:
Dignified and a little prudish ...
Perhaps a teacher of children
In some narrow school-room.
I love virginal birches:
White birches . . .
Souls of nuns
Murmuring prayers.
When I have need
Of spiritual purging.
I shall mingle with trees.
Rather than with verbose bigots:
For I have a notion
That trees are souls . . .
Pushing heavenward
From the sod.
JAY G. SIGMITND.
When Castor Oil Kills.
If' my untrustworthy memory is
to be relied upon momentarily it
was Dr. Isaac A. Abt who first
brought forcefully to our attention
in this country the fact that castor
oil when fed to a helpless infant as
a i&xative or physic causes at least
in pouring castor oil into a sick or
ailing child, very real danger.
There is never danger in waiting
48 hours for natural bowel action,
or at least until medical advice can
be had.
Frederick Haskin's Letter
(Special Ciji'i iwiiV nnn at The Arrna
CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION
Washington, D.- C, June 6. How
to keep children out of the mills
and mines of the country is a prob
lem that has worried national leg-
I hope readers credit me with al " . 7. .
modicum of common sense about 17
doctors, specialists, remedies and ! ' ,' C fw.J' j
microscopic bleeding into the intes-, treatments I PPal to the sanity accomplish the desir-
tine. for the unwarranted assault! of the intelligent parent who reads ... Btnt. . n..a
on the child is generally followed j this column. In my judgment no ; guch u js obrjous that tney
by the appearance or rea Diooa cor-ituuu euumu w 6
News Knows No Order in Making.
-f -.Have you ever stopped to think how much
; tie way you start the day depends on the kind
Of news you have been reading? Ksrnard
J, Shw writes plays and labels tben tither
pleasant or unpleasant. If Mr. Shav. re a
newspaper editor he would find it mo. e of a
0b-to separate his news into pleasant and
Unpleasant .editions. News knows no order in
the. making. It comes in streaks. One day
It may be all good and the next all bad. No
newspaper can guarantee pleasant reading on
any particular day.
-S . But any newspaper can and should realize
fchst the public's capacitv for consuming hor
rors is limited. Looking on the bright side of
Ufe never put any man behind prison walls.
In. times of stress and bleak despair a news
paper has a hard and fast duty to perform in
keeping up the morale of the community.
Wkenhe influenza epidemic is raging the truth
should be told but it isn't necessary to send
the' nation into panic on the doleful accounts of
a pessimistic reporter. ' When the divorce mills
are churning and the criminal courts have full
aockets the newspaper should set down such of
the proceedings as present legitimate news val-D-certainly
but it isn't necessary to be too
Xtelodramatic about it
England Making Industrial Strides.
:'.-;lt has some bearing on conditions in this
jfaUntry that 600,000 men in Eugland who were
'out on a strike have returned to their work and
that England is industrially new making great
guides and once more resuming her place in the
vfwe for commerce. The fact that the total ex
ports from the United States is falling off is
4t$ in part to the greater industrial activity of
$th. countries affected by the war. as well as to
the gradual decline in prices. We may be ship
ping perhaps -quite as much In balk, trat the
"7iflr1Mny-grietigat
The Volunteer Entertainer.
You have encountered him (or her) at the
theatre, at the conceit, at the lecture. We re
fer to the public entertainer, an individual who
likes to let the world know how familiar he is
with the play, or the concert music, or the lec
turer's subject, and how well acquainted he.is
with the performer. Or maybe the program is
boresome to him. He has heard it before. Or
he has seen the picture before. At any rate,
what is going on on the-slage is not interesting
to him, so he proceeds to have a good time by
listening to his own conversation, which varies
from criticism to wit, at least he has convinced
himself that he is funny, and the girl who is
with him laughs at his stuff just because she
doesn't wish to offend him.
But if you are seated in the vicinity of this
entertainer you are annoyed and distracted. You
have paid for your seat not to get in out of the
rain, but because you feel that you will be en
lightened or entertained by the program that is
to be offered. If there are any explanations to
be offered, these are ordinarily supplied either
in a program or from the platform. If there is
anything you wish to know about the personal
life of the performer you can get you informa
tion in your own way. You don't expect to have
it sung into your ears by some wise cracker
seated in the row behind you.
Theatre managers have heard frequent com
plaints about these conversational spendthrifts,
and occasionally one of them is admonished to
check his mouthings, but the evil is far yet
from having been curbed, as you will probably
have impressed on you the next time you attend
a public performance. Y.'e are supposed to
shout and laugh at a football game, or a base
ball game, or a boxing show, but when we take
a seat in an audience of people who pay for the
privilege of centering their interest in a play,
or a picture, or a concert, or a lecture, we
naturally feel resentful to the individual who
disturbs us. First of aA, such conduct shows ill
breeding and lack of consideration for your
neighbor, despite that in the majority of in
stances the offense is committed by persons who
pride themselves a their. knowledge of the pro-
A TENNESSEE negress who transported
half boys" of liquor in a baby carriage drew
a fine of $100 and 30 days in jail. Her attor
nev says he will appeal on the ground that a
baby carriage is not a common carrier. Huh;
there's only one carrier more common than a
perambulator and that's a fliwer.
"o, o; Ton Err, My Pear Watson. Merely
a Case of Coincidental Juxtaposition."
From the Monmouth (111.) Atlas
Mr. and Mrs. Charles James of Alexis
are the parents of a baby girl born this
morning at the hospital.
Ralph Tubbs of Berwick was able to
leave the hospital yesterday.
WE haven't read far in "Peter Whiffle",
Carl Van Vechten's book (loaned to us by Jay
Sig.). but we find it an absorbing narrative:
of what, however, we have no idea yet The
abence of quotation marks in such a conver
sational book tickles' our fancy and the pres
ence of a split infinitive in the preface doesn't
deter us from reading on.
OH, WELL, THIS IS THE FISH STORY
SEASON. Y'KNOW.
R. E. M'G.: The following was clipped from
the Chicago Herald and Examiner dated Sun
day, June 4:
The mystery girl who took mercurial
poisoning on the Nicholas Senn high
school grounds Thursday night is a girl
of mystery no longer. She is Eleanor
Jarvis of the Darlington hotel. 4700 N.
, Racine avenue . . .
The girl's plea, from her bed in the
American hospital, that "some one feed
her goldfish," led to discovery of her
identity.
-. Sounds rather fishy to me. I knew a Rock
Island barber who asked to be fed goldfish
ence. He'd been drinking hooch, and not
mercurial poison. TOMBSTONE FAN.
CATCHING sight of a line in big type which
began, "We specialize in bank burglary, rob
bery . . .", we were about to gasp, "Have the
crooks taken to advertising?", when suddenly
we were relieved to see that these words were
qualified by the word "insurance".
HOOT, MOM WE BlXJfA BELIETE IT!
From the Portland (Ore.) Grotto News.
A Scotchman who lived on a loch
Would sit all day on a rooh!
But one day a maid trim.
Doffed her clothes for a swim.
And the poor fellow died from the shbeh.
Duscles- in the dejecta. And Dr.
Abt is a baby specialist duly and
regularly qualified, since he has is
sued a book for nurses and par
ents, with the title of "The Baby's
Pood" (W. B. Saunders company,
Philadelphia) giving detailed direc
tions for preparing food for in
fants up to 15 months of age. No
baby specialist cuts any figure
nowadays until he has published a
book for mothers on "How to Keep
the Baby". There used to be qui to
a demand for such books, but the
times are changing. I suspect a
book entitled "Why Have a Baby?"
would enjoy a tremendous sale
now.
I mention this bloody business,
not to prejudice grandma against
castor oiling the baby every time
the little feller tfie3 out his vital
capacity or t evercises his belly
muscles I mean belly and not ab
dominal but just to add another
worry to the load mother already
carries. My craven purpose is to
implant in the mind of the mother
the disturbing suspicion that castor
oil may not be the harmless thing
it is popularly supposed to be. In
deed' the grannies who so eagerly
ply the puling infant with this ven
erable panacea know not what they
do. Far from being the perfectly
harmless remedy they confidently
assume it to be, castor oil must be j carry it constantly on your back
of castor oil except by direction of
the physician.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Boric Acid for Sweating Feet
My grandson, aged 10, has devel
oped perspiring feet, with a dis
agreeable odor. What to do?
H. D. C-
Answer Wring the feet of all
his stockings out of a solution of
as much boric acid as a quart of
water will dissolve when hot, and
let them dry out. Powder the in
sides of his shoes each day with
borc acid powder. Avoid hot bath
ing of the feet;, tepid or cold water
only, and the less of that the better.
Rather an Advance etioe.
I am 38 years old, five feet and
seven inches tall, and weigh 191
pounds in ordinary summer clothes.
My heart thumps for quite a while
when I hustle a bit and I seem
pretty short of wind. This is not
an ckatuary, but ... L. J. G.
Answer No, not exactly an obit
uary. Rather call it an advance
notice, or, say. a vague sense of
calamity to come. Well, can you
blame the heart and lungs for
grumbling some about toting
around the 40-pound handicap all
the time. Wouldn't you yourself
complain if I handed you 40 pounds
of scrap iron and required you to
credited with its own mortality
rate. It kills some youngsters, be
yond peradventure of doubt. Not
because it causes microscopic hem
orrhage into the bowel, but for the
reason I shall attempt to explain.
Now and then a "stoppage of the
bowels" or an obstinate state of
costiveness in an infant happens
to be due to some actual obstruc
tion, let us say intussusception
(slipping of one portion of intes
tine into the portion next below),
and in such circumstances any
pnysic can oniy aggravate tr.c j
trouble and increase the danger to j
life. In older children a costive
state with some slight feverishness
and upset stomach which the ir
repressible granny promptly as
cribes to worms may possibly in
dicate a serious lesion such as ap
pendiciits, and to administer castor
oil at such a time is indeed a risky
business since the purgative is like
ly to cause the inflammation to
spread and thus place the precious
life in Jeopardy. There is danger
or on your belly, to be more pre
cise? Let s not rush that obituarv
notice needlessly? Plenty of time
later on. Right now. Friend Man,
you had better commence worry
ing along on two meals a day, since
three seem to be driving you so rap
idly toward breakdown. By passing
up the superfluous and really bur
densome mid-day lunch you may
yet come back. Try it for a month
and see how much better you willr
feel.
Girl Versus 3Iother.
I am a girl of 17 and play bas
ketball strenuously two nights a
week, after which I take a warm
and then a cold shower. Will it
harm me if I continue this right
through the periods? Mother warns
me against it but says we mav
abide by your reply. M. D. M.
Answer Continue right through,
surely. I am glad to know that
mother is not incorrigibly obsessed
by the delusion of feminine "delicacy".
The Daily Short Story
SELDOM do we object to persons calling
tne movie roik anytning tney please, but we
don't get the idea when the Davenport Times
refers to Nazimova as "celebated". We refuse
to believe it.
D'Ton Suppose He Means a Rooster?,
Bushnell Corr., Galesburg Republican
Register.) William Cox of North Sperry street,
was catching some chickens at her home
to kill in order to prepare a luncheon
for his daughter, who was soon going
west. As he was doing so, a vicious
male b!rd flew up and struck him near
one of his hands and I am informed that
infection has set in which will be bad
for a man of his age.
"HEAVENS", by Louis Untertnver, in the
latest two issues of the "Broom", is a fan
tastic bit of writing we should be sorry to have
missed. Readers of Dell, Lewis and Mencken
may find entertainment in the closing para
graphs. Which RiTaled the Sahara, X Doubt.
From the DavSnport Times.
Stanwood. Iowa An old - fashioned
barn raising was held at the William
Tenly farm last Monday. About thirty
neighbors assembled and the barn was
raised and the siding and floors put in.
all in one day. It was all old-fashioned
except the keg of beer. In its place good
food was furnished, and desert of ice
cream.
RODOLPH THE BEAUTIFUL has promised
not to assume marital relation with the pres
ent Mrs. Valentino "until the time fixed by the
law shall have expired".
In that ease we suggest that Rodolph take
the text for his next movie "sermon" from
Job xiv:14.
And if be can get any comfort from Milton's
much-quoted line he's welcome to it,
WE see by the paper (the revered parent
sheet, if you must know) that a ladv has died
"following a paralytic strike". That has no
reference to the coal strike. It hasn't paralyzed
anything yet
ADD to jobs for Arthur Davis, the man who
is "financially able to handle anything":
Bribing Grandpa Rockefeller to give his
fettotJiK&uae jnaraage.
AUST IXCRETIA'S SILK GOW.N.
By Mae 'orton Morris.
(Copyright, 1922, by Wheeler Syn
dicate, Inc.)
Martha Redfield pushed a stray
wisp of white hair from her wrin
kled forehead and sighed deeply.
"I suppose it's my own fault,
Betty," she confided to the pretty
girl of 20, who was spending her
summer vacation on the farm.
"Samuel used to ask me to go
with him and I always refused.
The children were small then and
I didn't think I could leave them,
and I never seemed to have a thing
fit to wear. Now I suppose it nev
er enters his head that I would
like to see anything beside the old
farm, but I suppose it doesn't mat
ter much after all." And Martha
sighed again and settled deeper
into the ancient rocking chair.
Samuel Redfield had started for
the city early that morning, wear
ing his "b'iled shirt" and best suit,
a veritable "Beau Brummel," in
spite of his 68 years. Because of
his departure his wife's spirits were
as correspondingly as her hus
band's were high, and now to Betty
she was voicing her mild complaint.
The girl listened sympathetically,
a plan to help Martha revolving the
while in her active young brain.
"Cousin Martha, I've a little
scheme! Will you listen?" Betty
had risen and was standing over
the little old lady. Eagerly she
pressed the toil-worn hands in hers.
"I m going to fix you all up grand
and give that truant hubby of yours the rest.
"Cousin Martha look! Did you
ever see such a thick waistband on
a dress? It looks padded. Hand
me the scissors, please."
Clip-clip, her fingers flew, then
an explanation burst from her lips.
"Of all things! Look! Look!
Martha Aunt Lucretia's money!"
Sewed in with great care were
gold pieces and tightly-folded bills,
each in a small compartment of its
own. not unlike the arrangement of
a cartridge belt. On a yellow slip
of paper were the faded words:
"For my dear sister Mary from Lu-
cretia."
The trembling old lady and eager
girl counted the treasure together.
Five hundred dollars!
The old farm house was witness
ing strange scenes. Samuel was
coming home on the evening train.
Betty, master of ceremonies, was
putting Martha through a course of
treatment that might have been
prescribed by any idol of the silver
sheet
Amused, scandalized, and feeling
positively sinful, as she glimpsed
herself in the mirror. Cousin Mar
tha witnessed her rejuvenation with
mingled and varied emotions, hot
the least of these being a profound
and guilty satisfaction.
Her white tresses were marcell
ed, piled high on her head and
puffed becomingly above her ears.
A vigorous massage with cold cream
had left her skin amazingly soft
and fragrant, and now a powder
puff, skilfully applied, was doing
would not be uniform, and experi
ence has indicated that there are a
few states that will not enact any
laws whatever dealing with this
question.
Twice federal laws have been
passed that were intended to pro
hibit or regulate child labor, and
twice the supreme court of the
United States has nullified the work
of congress. Years ago former
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of In
diana, who has Just wen a primary
contest for a senatorial nomina
tion again, made a long fight for a
child labor law, and in the end it
was passed. It simply prohibited
child labor law under that provis
ion of the constitution which em
powers congress to regulate inter
state commerce. The supreme court
held that the act was unconstitu
tional. In 1919 another law was passed
that was intended'to regulate the
employment of ehildren under the
age of 14 in any mill, cannery,
workshop, factory or manufactur
ing establishment, or of children
under the age of 16 in any mine or
quarry, by imposing an excise tax
of 10 per cent upon the net annual
profits of those employing such
labor. The constitutionality of
this act was attacked in three cases
in North Carolina. They were car
ried to the supreme court, and in a
recent decision that august tribu
nal again wiped child labor legis
lation off the federal statutes.
The opinion, which was delivered
by Chief Justice Taft, held that the
new law was not merely the taxa
tion measure which it appeared to
be, but was in fact a prohibition.
That is to sy, congress by appear
ing to levy a tax was in reality
seeking to regulate ot to prevent
child labor. "A court must be blind
not to see that the so-called tax is
imposed to Stop the employment of
children within the age limits pre
scribed." said Chief Justice Taft.
Tax Plan a Snbterfnire.
Declaring it was the duty of the
court to decline to recognize or en
force laws dealing with subjects
not entrusted to congress, but left
by the supreme law of the land to
the control of the states, the chief
justice said the court must perform
that duty "even though it requires
us to refuse to give effect to legis
lation designed to promote the
highest good."
"The good sought in unconstitu
tional legislation," added Mr. Taft.
"is an insidious feature because it
turned. Amendments of the con
stitution are proposed in joint res
olutions which must receive a two
thirds vote in both the house anj
senate, a quorum being present in
each body, and must then he rati
tied by the legislatures of threV
fourths of the states.
Necessarily this takes a constf
erable period of time even beB"
there is little or no opposition tc
the desired constitutional china?
and those who hope to see child" l.'
bor abolished are impatient of i(.
lay. The required resolutions havj
been introduced and their speed?
consideration will be urged. Mean'
while, an effort will be made to &t
tain the desired end by a short
cut, and there are those who be!
lieve that it is still possible to
frame a federal child labor ha
tha t will withstand anv constitn
tional attacks that may he made ca
it in the courts.
Federal License rian.
A federal license for al! corpora
tions, partnership"; and individuals
that seek to engage in interstate
commerce is the device ry which it
is claimed that the necessily of a
constitutional amendment can be
obviated.
It is believed that congress, un
der its authority to regulate com
merce between the states, ran re
quire that such a license be taken
out. and can lay down the condi
tions under which the licenses will
be granted. Suppose the nation's
law-makers say to the employers ot
the country: "You cannot engace
in interstate commerce unless w
regulate you. and we require you
to take out a license. Moreover, in
requiring you to take out such a
license we prescribe certain con
ditions, ami one condition is that
you cannot have or hold such a li
cense if you employ children un
der 16 years of aee. if you are op
erating a mine or nuarry, or under
14 years if your establishment is a
mill or a factory. You can take
the license or leave it. If yon want
to engage in interstate commerce
and take the license, ynu will take
it with the conditions attached to
is pointed out that such a law
is decidedly different, from one
which says merely that ' vou can
not engage in interstate commerce
if you employ children under a cer
tain aee," or from one which sav
"the federal government will take
10 per cent of your profus if yon
employ children and dispose of
your products through interstate
commerce."
This law would be essentially a
measure to regulate commerce he
tween the states, and no one aimed
primarily to prevent the employ
ment of young boys and girls. The
conditions attached to the proposed
federal license would undoubtedly
cover many other thine? which it
has been found difficult r accom
plish through national laws. Ft
leads citizens and legislators of
good purpose to promote it without 'example, a law was passe - i under
thought of the serious breach it which it was supposed that the
will make in the ark of our coven- federal trade commission could re
ant or the harm which will come quire mining compaTiies to furnish
from breaking down recognized complete information a? to cnal
standards. In the maintenance of production costs, prices, etc.. bst
local self-government on the one the coal interests went into court
hand and the national power on the jand secured an injunction restrain-
other, our country has been able
to endure and prosper for nearly a
century and a half."
No sooner was this decision of
the supreme court announced than
steps were taken to bring about an
amendment to the constitution un
der which it will be possible for
congress to prohibit child labor.
Advocates of this reform will not
abandon the struggle without mak
ing this final effort. If the courts
say that the constitution says the
federal government cannot prevent !
cniia lanor, tney say
constitution!"
ing the commission from rrqiiinn?
such data. But if these companies
had had to take out federal bar
ters or licenses, an l to cwnplv with
certain conditions before t he v could
secure or hold such farter?, it
would have been a different story,
according to some ronsntmiOMl
experts. ,
As yet a bill has not beei intro
duced that undertakes to cirrv out
this new idea, but it is kip -in that
several representatives an.' sena
tors have such measure:: under
change the consideration. No one denies the
levil of child labor, and everyone
a real surprise, and I'll wager he
will ask you to go somewhere with
him."
Martha's deep blue eyes, unladed
by the years, smiled.
"Don't be silly, child: I'm past
prinking up, and my clothes have
been made over till there's not a
thing left to put the scissors to."
"Please, Cousin Martha," Betty
coaxed, "Just let me look through
your things. I'm sure I'll find
something." And she did. Martha,
looking over her shoulder as she
rummaged through a musty old
trunk, raised her hands in protest
as Betty triumphantly pulled a
black siik dress from its abandon
ment. "Not that, Betty," Martha's voice
sounded ominous "that dress was
poor Aunt Lucretia's."
Betty spread the ancient creation
over her knee. "But why not. Cou
sin Martha? It's a shame to let it
lie there and go to pieces."
"Lucretia was mother's oldest
sister," Martha explained, "and
dreadful peculiar- When she knew
she was going to die she gave moth
er, who was her favorite sister, this
dress. She was afraid flhey would
lay her out in it, and she said it
was too good for that Mother nev
er wore it She said she was afraid
Lucretia would appear to her if
anything happened to it.
"The brothers and sisters thought
Lucretia had a little money laid
by, but they couldn't find a trace
of it Lucretia told mother that
she'd fool 'em if they was figuring
on her leaving them anything."
Betty said nothing. She was in
tently examining this gown of the
peculiar Lucretia's, and she lookedj
puzzled.
; "Never used a bit of that silly
stuff in all my life, Be:ty," this in
Eelf-defense.
"Then it's time vou did. Cousin
Martha."
"But it clogs the pores, and "
Martha Redfield laughed like a girl,
and a tinge of color suffused her
face and blended becomingly with
the pink powder. "I suppose it
can't hurt me much at my age
can it?"
Betty worked on relentlessly.
"You old dear, of course not!"
The girl stepped back to view her
work. "If you don't look like a
dowager duchess!" she exclaimed
with satisfaction.
Then the black silk dress was
donned. Made over in simple and
becoming lines, with a frill of soft,
creamy lace at the throat, it would
have pleased even the exacting Lu
cretia herself.
"Samuel will think I've taken
leave of my senses," whispered
Martha, but she smiled at her re
flection In the mirror with Ill-concealed
pride.
A footstep in the hall, and Mar
tha started with a flutter of excite
ment Another moment and Sam
uel stood in the doorway.
"I swan. Marthy! " he ejaculated.
"I didnt know you. I'm blessed if
I'm not proud of you!" He stoODed
ana Kissea ner wnite forehead.
Constitutional amendments were. would be glad to see it made irn
necessary to bring about woman's j possihle under a federal enactment,
suffrage and tbe prohibition of the if a law can be drafted mat will
liauor traffic. It is by no means f-eret bv or over the cons'itutinnal
an easy task to effect a change in
the organic law of the United 1
States, but once the people have i
been aroused to a belief that a
change is needed the trick can be '
hurdles. Incidentally, the treasure
that has been briefly ouM:rted mi?
be the means of attaining other
ends which legal wi;p;ii r-- here
tofore have found ways to ie.
Argus Information Bureau
t AJrr leader can get Ins aoawer to any question bx wnUtig The Arj-j- Informr
Hon Bureau, frederic 1. Baakln. Director. WutiinKton. C. Give fit:, a-me s
tlrees ai?d ancloae twe-eeat at&mp tor return poetare. Pc brief AH m.i".r:t- n
toDfidential. ttB repUev torxnt aeal direct to eacii utitridual. u .Li.,--a
aid lu aunoymoua tetlera.)
Q. Does rain help people suffer- this is a desert tree ivhif !
ing with hay fever? L. L. A. California, Arizona and
A. continued ram anoras rener
to such patients, for it causes pre
cipitation of the pollen in the air
and prevents more of it leaving the
plants. If the rain lasts long
enough the sufferer finds relief be
cause the effects of the inhaled pol
len wears off.
Q. What is a Manhattan sand
wich? A. W.
A. A New York chef says that a
Manhattan sandwich has a filling
of fried egg, minced ham and onion.
Q. Is our system of weights and
measures the same, as that, used in
A. The prevalent idea that those
in common use here are identical
with the British imperial system is
erroneous. For example, the Unit-.
ed States yard is slightly longer
than tie imperial yard, and this
inequality extends to all its sub
divisions and multiples.
Q. What is a Joshua tree?
H. K. N.
A. The forestry service says that
calculate Betty's been fixin' vou
up." They looked for the girl, but
she had vanished.
"I've been a selfish old fool, to
go off so many times without you,
Marthy. but this is the last time.
You can't say now you have noth
ing to wear."
"I guess you think I'm sillv all
tur bi&hed no like this. Samuel, but room.
the child would do it" Then to
cover her embarrassnient: "And
we found Lucretia's money, Samuel,
five hundred dollars!"
"No! You don't say!"
"Yes, Samuel" this eagerly, "and
I ! now you can have that big foreign
rows m
,-w Mex
ico. It has liorhr. soft, snoosv ,
and is used fur boxes and wrapp'-ng
material.
Q. What is the origin of he Kel
tic cross H A ?.
A. Kelticrrosses are v a as
were found on the Blessed Isle, one
of the Hebrides group known as
Iona. Some authorities believe that
the circular svmbol. which appear5
at the connection of the upr:ghi
beam and the cross hear.., is we
sign of the sun.
Q. Please give examples of words
in which the letter "w" is used as
a vowel. R J. McC
A. In words where w forms the
second element of a dipthnrg, as in
few and how, w is a vowel.
Q. What part of the United ?'e
had more volunteers than i's quota
in the draft for the war? J. f - G
A. Hawaii had the only ;roops
that were so much over 1" Pp
cent that it was not necessary -"
draw men in the first draft These
troops volunteered to a percentage
of 182.
Q. Why is it said that treason
never succeeds or prospers?
C. H
A. When an attack on the estab
lished order has met with success
the victors do not prosecute t hern
selves for treasonable conspir;5CV-
Hence the epigram of Sir John Ha-
j rocker down at Hunt's store that rington: "Treason" never prospers
you've been wanting so long
"Not me! Every cent of that
money is yours, Marthy, and you
can spend it all for yourself when
we take that little trip together one
of these days."
"Bless their hearts," was Bet
ty's silent comment from the next
What's tho ramn' When it iln
prosper, none dare call it treason
Q. What is the cost of burnir?
city garbage? J-
A- The cost of incinerating Kar'
bage in the United States ranze:
from $?30 to $1,000 per 3nnuni pet
1,000 of population, the average be
ing about 600.