Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-23
ODD BACHELORS CLUB
President Only Excused From
Duty if Busy Counting.
JEALOUSY NOT TO BE TOLERATED
Should Two Members of kirkwood
(sfo.) Organization Fall In Love
With Same Girl, They Must Fight
1t Ont on Parade Grounds at Mid
nfRht-Any Man Found With Pow

nfRht-Any Man Found With Pow
der or Hair ON His Coat to BE Fined.
The Bachelors club of I\irkwood,
Mo-, has been organized, with stan
of officers from president down to SER
geant at arms, says the st. Louis
Globe Democrat. According to its con-
stitution and bylaws, the club will
work as auxiliary to the Ten Thousand
league of the same city. The Kirk
wood bachelors boast of the longest
name for any club or association In
the state. They style themselves as
the Twentieth Century Amaigamation
of Associated Bachelors of the City of
Kirkwood and Vicinity, but for con-
yenience the members have conde-
scended to permit themselves to be
called the Kirkwood Bachelors club.
According to its constitution, 1.-The pur-
pose of the club shall be to promote
brotherly and sisterly love. to seek to
uplift the downtrodden celibate from
his slough of despond and TO guard
Zealously the welfare of every member
who may thus be encouraged to take
hope"
The organizers and leading spirits of
the organization are Joe Coulter ana
E. z. Kinkead, president and CORE
spending secretary. The other officers
are j. K. Wilson, vice president; Au-
gust Ossenfort, recording secretary; IL.
Luepkin, treasurer, and August Fed
der librarian.
President Coulter and Secretary Kin
kead have prepared the bylaws, which
chol no action nf fhn 0lnh ar
all times. Some of the rules follow:
1.-THE president shall preside at all
meetings unless busy counting a lady
and Is entitled to the first look at all
lady visitors.
"The recording secretary shall keep
record of the proceedings of the meet
ingsand also a record of all names and
addresses of manageable unmarried
ladies of which he may learn.
"The corresponding secretary shall
communicate with all ladies whom he
Is Informed are matrimonially inclined,
setting forth the attractions offered by
this club. He is authorized to formu-
late q series of love letters, which
members may secure by application to
the librarian.
1.-THE treasurer shall dust off the
money at stated periods, upon which
he shall decide himself.
1.-THE librarian shall keep on hand
full supply of copies of soft poetry
and sentimental songs from lukewarrn
to torrid. Members are allowed the
use of such poetry and songs as their
cases may require.
''The sergeant at arms must have
strong arms and shall be on guard at
all meetings of the club to prevent any
rough characters from breaking in
from the outside or rough houses
breaking out on the inside"
The rules for members" provide,
among other things, the following:
"All members must attend all meet
ings unless they have an engagement
with lady. No other excuse goes, and
to prove such engagement the member
must within three days file with the
recording secretary a lock of hair OF
the lady with whom he had the said
engagement Members must attend
all meetings, Furthermore, In their
Sunday clothes and form neat and
attractive appearance. Any one at
tending with face powder or long hair
on their coat sleeves will be fined as
follows:
Face powder. all grades from white
TO pink WV