Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-18
An Exclamation,

An Explanation.
| Ed wilkinson and Mrs Ed Wilkn-
| son were married last Sunday by the
Rev. Paerker at Bakersville NJ. r..
church. They were no relation to
each other before they were married
-Bakersville Item in the Hoyt (Mich)
Slogan.
CHICAGO has been staging a NOV
ing picture show, presence of screen
| celebrities in the flesh serving as the
magnet to induce fans to pay so cents
| a head at the main entrance. The
movie editors of the newspapers, tax
ing the press agents at their word,
| would herald the visit of nOtables
| in advance of their promised coming
| The publicity would fill the coliseum,
but the stars would fail to show. Re
suit is there are a lot of sore fans
in Chicago. Here is a case where the
newspapers innocently played the role
of cO-conspiratOr with the taking press
agent, working with the promoters of
the show. One movie editor has de-
clared herself. She says the next time
such an exhibition is arranged her
newspaper will mention the star after
he or she has appeared, and not till
then. The surprising thing is that the
press agent, who long ago learned the
resent to a newspaper, would permit
himself to be identified with such
hokum. The moving picture must be
breeding new crop. 1t won't get very
far with that kind of stuff.
OUR notion of waste OF time and
money is in mailing republican pub
LEFTY matter to democratic neWspa-
perS. Republican press agents per-
sist in doing so, apparently in the hope
that accidentally one of their stories
will occasionally slip through. Fur
Their showing the never failing Op-
timiSm of the modern p. a.
OF course your friends who go |
to the seashore this summer will not |
fail to have an experience with a shark. |
1t will hardly be worth while making |
the trip this year unless you manage |
to have story of d miraculous es- |
cape to tell on your return. Some en-
terprising photographer could make |
pile Of money this summer by having /
a few phOny demons of the deep built |
and sell pictures of the victim escap-
ing the jaws of the man eater. Just
like the photos of the strings of fish
you have received so often from
friends. with said friends standing
alongside said string, remarking: I'VE
got these in one day. We wish you
were here"
WHAT has become of the old fash
Toned mother who used to let out
tuck in daughters gown now and
them" asked the Kansas City Journal
She is raising her own" replies the
Chicago Tribune. A very courteous
and proper answer, say we.
POLICE in st. Paul parks have been
instructed not to discourage reason
able spoOning. 1t will be up to the
lovers to prove what reasonable spoon
ing is. For instance, a youth with a
half nelson hold on his loved one would
likely be called upon to prove that he I
was merely teaching his lady friend
new wrinkle in the art of self defense.
THE ambition of the average Swear ,
old urchin OF today is to be an ice ,
wagon driver when he grows up. just
think, then he will get all the ice he J
wants Stree for nothing" where now
he IL forced to follow the wagon and :
beg for the Stingiest little piece, and
then dOeSn'talways get it from the hard .
hearted driver half the time. But when +
he is a man and gets "a job driving ;
wagon he will give all the little bows r
all the ice they want. You know how ,
It is. You were once a kid.
DONALD Cupp and Eva Sasser have !
ust been married in Lancaster, Ohio. .
Now if Donald doesn't break his plate +
With Eva, and vice versa. :
IT looks as though the cement work >
srs' strike at La Sale would be set d
led without any further trouble, y
ihnrA hnn1 CT,
ween the strikers and the state troops =
allied to guard property Here is a n
concrete example of cool headedness n
IN both sides" comments Ignatz. .
BOWLING farmer who was in the =
.ity yesterday vows that when he goes !,
ntO his corn field at night he can hear q
hOrus singing OF something that h
0unds like Eve Don't Know Where @
we're Going, But We're On Our Way" "
lie says it's fact that the stalks are p
rowing so fast it may yet he neces- &
airy to weight them down to prevent v
hem crawling over into the next n
Ounty. -
A
1T seems strange. but you rarely ~
ee the form of a man in bathing beach
ictures printed in the newspapers. Is n
because of the mOdesty of the male n
r the enterprise of the photographer? ir
he latter, perhaps. ir
o,,- u
CERTAINLY all the girls seen wear h,
1g furs about their necks these o,
corching days are not as chilly as one Sc
hight suspect them to be They NAV q;
q using them to prevent tanning OF h,
leir backs. "a
hC
CLARA kimball Young advises girls ca
} stay away from the movies as a pro- ia
'ssion. Personal beauty. a hardy W
anne and training as a gymnast and co
thlete are among the absolute essen in
ais. she says. She might also have m
entioned a jealous husband so
. m
MICHIGAN cObbler has been adj IN
sed he Is To receive 100000 from the su
stHfR OF HPIGF trFpRn. who his ft1