Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24


tering footsteps wavered still more.
Husky voices began to rasp. Eyes
became bleary. A discolored optic
on one girl showed that the
festivities were starting. Some of the
girls were smoking. All had a bottle of
beer clasped tightly in their right
mitt. None but what had a copper
riveted, brass bound, air tight vocabu-
larry of profanity and took it out and
aired it during the evening until the
green of the beer bottles mixed with
the blue OF profanity. A Keeling girl
seized a foaming bottle and, scream
( ing with laughter, swung 1t about her
/ head and showered those near her
with liquor. One man, having received
more than his usual quota, was slight
~ peeved and attempted to remon-
strate. Hey, d-n you, you drunk
en- slob. Cut that out" The girl few
at him with the fierceness of a tiger
/ in her eyes, and said: shut up yer
face. Who-d'ya think yer talking to.
anyway? II you wanta start somethin'
here | am" and the man, cowed by
this display of fighting blood, skunk
away and the next minute had for
gotten the incident and was "stewed"
I'm the intoxicating delights of anoth-
er bear"
HAVE A PRIZE BEAR.
"Ladeesh and gentlemensh. Atten-
shun. Getshur partnersh fur tn prize
bear" The announcer commanded i'm
mediate attention and each gallant
hunted for the girl with whom he had
been able to do the most eccentric
steps in the passionate dance. Each
was after the prize and if movement
and eccentricity could win the prize,
they all outdid themselves. The judges
watched the seething, surging, pushing
mass. Some left their partners and
"beared" alone, returning TO each
other with a low crouch and the
swing of bear. Slowly they nearod'
each other and then with one wild
lunge threw themselves in each 9TH
ors' arms and clasped each other with
the tight embrace of revelry. Others
varied their swinging dance by stoop-
ing until they nearly sat upon the
floor, continuing the swinging motion
10 the rhythm of the hoochie coochie
; Some lost their balance and fell on
, the floor, keeping their embrace and
precipitating couple after couple upon
their PROSTATE bodies until there was
j writhing heap OF arms and legs
paving the air.
GET A CASE OF BEER.
Finally the judges began TO weed
the more helpless, and therefore
: poorest dancers, from the floor. Often
= times the Beau Brummel resented the
Inference that he and his lady we're
: not as good at the bear" as any one
) else and wanted to fight for place on
, the list. Only the efforts of three
e men took one couple from the floor
2 Gradually they were weedcd out until
= two couples. one man and girl and
/ the other, two girls, were left, each
T couple striving for some more eccen.
= trio effect. Finally the two girls, who
: had been setting terrific pace, be,
? came exhausted with the continued ef
. fort and while they were stooDing, fell
r. TO the floor. Shouts of laughter and
t cries for more rent the air and one
gentleman was thoughtful enough "a
? pull them TO their feet and give them
S q shove as they started out where
{ they had left off. Again they fell and
@ the judges, seeing that they were
P unable 10 continue, either through
q WEAKNESS or booze, rewarded theil
z ability with the first prize. The popu
r lar prize was a case of beer, which
J. was Immediately distributed and each
d with Here's to you, kid" gUlped tn,
o contents.
s EVENING REACHES CLIMAX.
; No girl on the boat haC
c less than eight pints of bee
slowed away by l o'clock ant
many had u, but despite the fac
- that they could not walk a strdigh
K line, they certainly could bear" AM
with each succeeding bottle the.
d seemed to gain in yivacity and passion
d dancing with more life and energy ant
e lollinG In the laps of their admirer
d with more fervor after every dance.
a Such revelry must have an ent
= and the throb OF the engine told tina
the return home was begun. Deter
4. mined that they should wind the ever
N ing with one grand blaze OF glory
n they threw themselves even NOR
N heartily into the fun until the retur
K 70 civilization necessitated the smott
III ering of the piano and the darkenin
Is OF windows. Swirling and screamin;
Is they chung 10 their admirers Xix
al leeches and forced them to "wiggl,
wag'' for all that was in them, takin
last bottle Of beer at the last ca
s. before the blind was again draw
FL and the barkeeper returned TO hi