Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-29
D0ings at the Beach.

Doings at the Beach.
PLAN Bleach, March 2S-(Special)-
Mrs. J. Waddington Dough. who ar
rived in her special car last week, made
her first public appearance today, hay
ing been confined by red Lose. She
was accompanied on her beach stroll
by her prize winning Pommeranian.
The dog, despite a recent hair cut, was
recognized by many of his Fifth ave-
nue. acquaintance, who gave him a
royal welcome.
Miss Lucille Biltvander took advan-
tage of the warm day by playing in
the sand in a bathing suit of her own
designing. Simple little thing" said
Miss Biltvander, glancing artfully at
her left foot. "In fact there is hardly
anything to It,"
The Sylvester Bruce Jayneses enter
tanned in their hotel suite last night
to celebrate the securing Of 100000
900 munitions contract which Mr..
Jaynes closed by wire yesterday. There
were % surrounding the tables. The
decorations were $1,000 bills. The at
tending physician says all the guests
will be able to be out in a week or ten
days.
Mrs. Dalrymple Marbleheart, who re-
Gently obtained divorce and generous
alimony from her paralytic husband,
arrived yesterday from New York. She
brought ~ trunks, nine maids and
four monkeys. The monkeys were the
chief center of interest at her hotel to-
day. They have been invited to the
Washington ball to be given Tuesday
evening. Their dance cards are said
to be almost filled thus far in advance,
proving that they are to be great social
favorites during their sojourn here.
Seeing Things.
Joe Russi will leave Monday even
ing for northern Minnesota, where he
will do some hunting. Joe says he
will bring back some vision.-River-
side Clipper.
Tough Luck.
Zeb Carter had the toothache an a
pair of achin' corns,
An the rheumatic was gittin' in his
knees;
So the veterinary fellers put poor Zeb
in quarantine,
For they swore he had the foot an
mouth disease!
ROBERT REXDALE.
PENNSYLVANIA asked an in.
crease Of wages, giving as grounds
that he had Just become the father OF
bankruptcies. His employer can safely
grant his request without fear of set
ting an expensive precedent
TENNESSEE undertaken has writ
ten General Pershing asking for
Villas body when he is killed. If all
the marksmen who are after the ban
dit get shot at him there will be
about as much Of his remains as there
was Of the apple the small boy was
consuming when he answered his hun
gering chum there hain't going to be
no core"
MISS Gertrude Crosha receives
$4,000 by the terms of the will Of
Thomas j.. Fitzpatrick, DUBUQUE
lawyer, for whom she worked as stem
ographer. She evidently tended strict
ly to her knitting.
YUAN Shi Kai has been invited to
resign the presidency of China. It is
said that Yuan is shying all invita-
tons this season, however.
1T was to be expected that the enor.
nous salaries received by movie stars
would arouse the envy of the trust
magnates. When the film business is
put under one head the first act of the
censor will be to cut the pay checks.
MINISTER'S over the country are
protesting against further prize fight
ing, referring to the Willard Moran
clash as brutal exhibition" WHY,
brethren, it was a mere wrist SIAN
ping affair. The only people who say
it was horrible are the ones that were
not at the ringside.
SGIvE the mayor a show" pleads
Helen $. Macintosh OF Chicago. He
doesn't need one, sister. He's a whole
show himself.
POPULAR diversion among night
hawk Chicagoans is to invade the loon
cafes at the stroke Of IL Sunday night
and put In an hour accommodating a
souse. They imagine they are defeat
ing the law when, In fact, they are
merely cheating themselves out Of sew
eral hours. Aleep. ING