Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-04

Uhn.S- is one of the ric lest regions,
agriculturally, that ! was ever at. 1t is
almost one unbroken garden, with here
and there barbed wire fence, upon
which 2-year-old colt is hanging by the
thorax. Corn grows here in great abun-
dance, and in the nighttime the passion
ate anthem of train load of hogs, side
tracked under ones window, teaches us
that all, all are born to die.
Soft coal and its consumption do a
great deal to depress the spirits of. those
who love to live on the sunny side of the
street and keep their hands clean. In
Chicago one must wash his hands every
little while, and then they are glazed in
moment when he touches a stair rail
or window blind. 1t is very painful,
indeed. to neat man like me.
do not as a general thing camplain.
Neatness with me is pleasing recre-
alton 1t is not my life work | have
slept in a third rate hotel with person
who moved in a social circle far be-
meath me, person whom | had never
met before, and who was also drunk, and
who robbed the hotel while | was at
breakfast, and who, as | was going TO
say. was great coarse man. but | for
got about it; and yet VIII IN ! paid my
bill and the clerk-who most always
went armed-asked me If everything
had been satisfactory, told him that il
had almost seemed like home to me.
Yet sometimes | murlnur. Maybe il
is because | want to attract attention,
like critic Sometimes do speak up
because it is necessary almost. and so
state right here in print, knowing that
am answerable at the bir of Eternal
Judgment, that there is hotel in Ark
ansas where a new hall carpet in the
main hall and burnt rag in the recep-
ton room are almost as vital to the pros
perlty of the house rs Il jar of muriatic
acid in the caster to help in cutting the
steak.
Please do not regard me as hypercrit-
zeal, for if am that it is purely because
| do not understand the meaning of the
word as should, bat there is in Arkan-
sas a hotel where the man who can eat
whole meal and not do it under the
influence of stimuants. can go through
more suffering than any man ever
came across.
Yesterday evening a man came to my
dressing room just little behind pro-
fessional card which was lightly covered
with rich black loan. Sinking in the
card for some distance, found the name
of an actor who belonged to the ''Singed
Cat Opera company" which bursted
here two weeks ago with dun press re-
port which You may have heard.
had stepped ont of my dressing room
a moment III order to have room to take
out my watch and see what time it was.
and had just returned when he entered
on the hot trail of his card. He said
that he wanted to see the show, their
company having bust here some time
ago, and would pass one of the profess
sion. Certainly, said |, With a sort of
assumed air of Alvin Joslin affiuence
and pie for breakfast which l can put
on upon occasion.
He had PARKWAY look and some of
the grease paint of a former engage
ment iuterfered with his hearing. He
Wore a Rameses scarf with a wonderful
imitation of boiled egg OF it, and his col
lar proved to me that however his health
might be otherwise his pores had been
open all the time and act We.
He Wore frock coat with a short
waist, and his cuffs acted as though they
were pinned inside the sleeves of same.
Somehow | felt that if lie had thought
lessly removed his coat could have
seen only Prince Teck scarf and the
play of his pectoral muscles.
Possibly did him an injustice Pos
sibly he had a shirt. If not, never saw
a laughter man without one. He said:
I'VE done a rotten business here. When
we started ont we had good paper and
played to S r. o. in South Archey, but
the leading man got sort of multy on his
plates with rheumatism, and before q
week we was stopping ut a one PUNK
houses; the OVene1o got her skates on
and tried to play opposite jag that was
out Of sight, and SO she queered the