Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
cH0RDS ANo'
ID I S O R ID s
A SUMMER VISITOR.


Island, having moved, by easy stages,
from the south, where he found the
heat a trifie uncomfortable. He may
be found any afternoon lounging in
Spencer square regaling his fraternity
brethren with stories of his wander
ings and his adventures He has read
the advertising that has been done in
an effort to boom Chicago as sum
mer resort, but he prefers our beautiful
city to the larger burg on the lake. He
finds the people here live saner; they
are not in such d hurry as one finds
them in Chicago, and this is well, says
j. Henry, inasmuCh as il is not best
that the human body be eXerted during
the heated period. We found j. Henry
while he was enjoying his daily siesta
on the shady end of a Spencer square
bench the other afternoon. We tapped
him gently on the wrist to awaken him.
For some reason he mistoOk us for an
entirely different parsonage.
Pardon me, officer spoke J. Henry
You know | was on my way to Moline
when l became fatigued from the heat
and dropped in the seat here to regain
my feet"
When J. Henry recognized us he ex-
tended his right and apOlogized for
his error. He explained that he had
been dreaming.
when did you arrive in our city,"
we inquired
Let me see-yes, it was a week ago
Friday. Travelling has been very I'M
satisfactory. There has been such
scarcity of Pullmans, due to vacation
t6a 10.
partment for accommodations for our
troops enToute to the Mexican border,
that an ordinary traveller finds it al
most impossible to secure a sleeper.
At my last stop south of here, a mat
ter of a few hundred miles, where l
spent week inspecting the corn and
oats crops, | waited three days to
catch a passenger train that would
carry me, and finally had to abandon
my vigil in disgust. / dare say | should
have been disappointed had | been for
tunate enough to have obtained
sleeper, inasmuch as the closed cars
are so Stuffy in summer. | am fresh
air tiend, you probably realize. That
accounts for the rudy glow in my
cheeks. At any rate, | secured pas
sage in an open faced car, but en- route
encountered a most disagreeable per-
ploye of the railroad corporation over
whose right of way l was riding. He
spoke very rudely to me, but when l
impressed upon him the honor l was
comforting upon his company in per-
hitting myself to ibe borne in one of
its cars he relented, apologiZed and
bid me bon voyage. After that dis
comforting experience my journey to
your city was uneventful, except that
the engineer halted my car before a
clump of weeds instead of pulling be-
fore the station. In this way 1 missed
the reception l invariably receive on
my arrival in a city. The reception
committee always is uniformed in blue,
with helmets to match"
What attracts you to Rock Island
every summer"
I'm the first place, your beautiful
and restful parks. Then your people
are so civil and sympathetic. | love to
sit in the moonlight and gaze into the
honest face of Black Hawk for in
stance. There lies an inspiration for
any human soul. | am intimately ia
miliar with his history He was a
man of strong character While he
was d warrior, he was a son of the
fields, a worker and a plOdder He
fought only when he believed he was
in the right. AS l contemplated his
busy life while sitting in this very
bench as the moon smiled over your
city last night l ran over nv crowded
years, and with the break of dawn I
set out to obtain employment You
see | lave worked. | would not be
idling now were it not for the press
of social demands made upon my time
AS l say, | started out. | have sew
eral attractive offers under considera-
ton. ] am so confused / don't know
which to accept. The offers come from
splendid people and it makes no diff
ference which place I accept | must
offend some very good friends. This
is one of the unpleasant angles of life
We go on trying to be cOngenial and
agreeable to those with whom we come
in contact, and then a situation such
as is confronting me now hobs up. 1t
taxes my very brain to the utmost for
d decision"
Have you given any thought to the
presidential campaign"
"HeS-and no. | endeavOr invariably
in the summer to keep my mind as free
as possible from the more serious
things of life. Choosing a new presi-
dent is question that can't be deter
mined with a wave of the hand Il
might say, however, that what | have
seen OF Mr.. Hughes face like Doubt
less there is more of it than we have
seen. Mr.. Wilson is a good husband
and an adoring father, but | can't con
support him for another term.
Just when we were entering into a pc
riod of national tranquility, he puts
his foot on the busy signal, with the
result that industry has been in con
slant turmoil the past two years. IL
have been over the country and it is
the same everywhere. l believe that
those who are possessed by such mood
should be given opportunity to work,
but those of contrary leanings, too. !
should be permitted to live their lives
as they choose and not be insulted at
every step by proffers of employment. /
Heretofore the fight for the almighty /
dollar has been confined to the capt. |
talistic classes, but now the men who
swing the dinner pail have lost their
heads also. The struggle must cease |