Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-04

in succeeding efforts.
REPRESENTATIVE Clark of Flor
ida says those Ripon, Wis, people who
volunteered to give up postoffice ap-
preparation for preparedness are four
f1ushers We believe we said the same
thing the other day, only we didn't en-
pIoy such a homely description.
GENERAL De La o has been seri-
ously wounded in Mexico. If one were
in a musical mood one could almost
yodel that You might try it on your
piano one of these fervid p. ms.
SCULPTOR 10 Davidson takes a
whole column of Chicago newspaper
to say that President Wilson is entirely
human. Gee, gosh, Joe, we knowed
that all the time out our way. More
than three million women who will
vote next fall, together with millions
of men folk, also are aware of that
fact. The women will support him be-
cause of his efforts to keep their coun-
try out of war. For it's the women
the wives and the mothers-who are
the real sufferers in armed strife and
they are for the president who stays
their grief; they don't care what his
politics is.
THEY continue reducing auto fares
in Chicago. 1t will soon come to pass,
if this keeps up, when it will be con-
sidered vulgar to be seen riding in
taXicab.
THE hOldup artists that are operat-
fn-R hnx MT 10 no
playful kittens. They try to inyeigle
you into drOp-the- handkerchief and
everything before separating you from
your coin. Saturday night one of the
rubber-heeled gentry came behind
Frank L. Robbins, "A former alderman,
while he was headed leisurely towards
his home, and placed his hands over
his eyes. giving him a chance to guess
Who he was while his pal went through
the Rock Islanders pockets. Before
they got all the way through Mr.. Rob-
bins clothes they were frightened. All
they secured were a few keys. Taking
it for granted these were keys to the
city they beat il to another neighbour
hood TO stage one of their pranks.
u
friends in Battle Ground, Ind.-Tou-
we supposed all the while Pauline was
in Lunnon.
ANOTHER sure evidence that money
is growing more plentiful is the num-
erousness of oil. mining and moving
picture promotion schemes. How
ever, sensible people will continue to
be guided by the sound counsel of their
bankers.
THOMAS A. Edison says he eats a
quarter what the average man does. In
which the great inventor points the
way, and the only way, successfully to
reduce the cost of living. Edison
doesn't burden his stomach with food,
not because he can't afford it, but for
the good reason that it does not serve
his purpose to live long and happily
The average man, seemingly, eats
more than he needs just to prove to
the food combinations that they can't
keep away from him what he wants.
HAVE you noticed that when we get
extreme heat on a Sunday that it
seems almost unlivable despite all the
efforts you make to gain comfort? The
next day may be even warmer, but il
does not annoy you as it did On the
Sabbath. The moral here is to keep
busy. On Sunday we are supposed to
rest and pray. but most of us have
found that prayers won't keep Old Sol
behind a cloud. Neither will cusses.
Hence we recommend that the prayers
be continued
ONE of the individuals who contrib
utes to the sum total of the newspa-
per mans happiness during the daily
grind Ia he who calls over the teIe-
phone and tells you he's coming down
to spend an hour with you talking over
olden times. If there Is one thing that
men who get out IA daily paper cherish
Ii is the opportunity TO embrace one
OF these delightful personages who i'm
agfne that an editorial office IL a place
where the workers l0ll back In cush-
Toned chairs with long black cigars be-
tween their teeth while q fan whisks
refreshing breezes across their brows,
with nothing TO do but To extend the
glad hand TO old friends seeking COM
plimentary writeups.