Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-22
CH0RDS a M.
ID I S G O r ID S


but usually he comes out victor, and
witholE leaving q bad taste in the
mouths OF those he is negotiating with
neither does he drop any broken heads
at the roadside. Just now he Is ma
neuvering between the lines of the en-
ployer and employed in the railroad
crisis Putting aside prejudice and po-
litical partisanship, none OF us will
admit that we don't admire his conduct
thus far.
THAT boy born I'm a hearse in CHI
cagO the other day is facing the task
of living down being referred TO as
dead one when he grows up.
CHICAGOAN suicided by cutting his
throat with a safety razor. Just to
prove that the razor is not as safe as
| it is cracked up to be, as 1t were.
Some folks are so incredible they will
risk their lives just to substantiate a
| theory.
81 SEE that a Cook county real es-
tate dealer is giving a Hennery free
with each lot purchase" writes d. L. Z.
1--WE may soon expect TO hear Of fiiv-
vers being thrown in as gum pre-
miums The latter move, l take it,
WOulu De SOOu DuolltS51 ihetSlAiuNI do
those owning Hennerys as a rule are
great chewers."
IN Japan newspapers whose sensa-
tional vapOrings tend to embarrass the
government are suppressed. Some of
the yellow newspapers published in the
| United States would last about as long
in Japan as the prOverbial SNOWFALL.
| We believe it was william Howard
| Taft, when he was president, in dis
! senting against legislation that would
permit the recall of judges, who said
/ that there were elements of our people
! that had to be restrained. Doubtless
! he had in mind, although not giving
utterance to the sentiment, some of our
big city daily publications. The free
dom of the press is American, but
| freedom, too, may be abused.
YOU may or you may not have OBJ
/ served that Eugene l. Brow is princi-
| pal of a school at Newport, r. l.
! Tough going for the low brow.
SARAH Bernhard says she wants to
meet Charlie Chaplin when she visits
the United States. Chances are the
/ first thing Charley will do is to tap
/ her wooden leg with his cane. That's
! Charley's idea of funny business, and
| the majority of the American people,
| judging by the manner in which they
| flock TO theatres where he is cavorting
/ on the screen, are of the same mind.
| SEES Shark; Quits Race"-Head-
| line. If it were us we imagine we
would be just about getting under way
/ instead of hating.
EDGAR S. Heller will not return as
captain of the Lombard football team
this season, having accepted a COM
| mission in the Philippines constabu-
| larry Doubtless a Heller is more ap-
preciated, from a salary standpoint, in
the troublous islands that on col
! lege gridirOn.
OPEN air performance of a Shake
/ spearean drama has been prohibited
| by New York health authorities owing
| to fear of spread Of infantile paralysis.
/ Would that an equally effective ruse
could be employed to suppress some
! of the murderOus attacks on the drama
that are made hereabOut during the
winter season. ......... -. 80. -.
IN Moline neighborhood a hive of
| honey gathering bees have been caus-
! ing bad blood due to a habit on the
I part VI SdIu DG6S VI W duu6IluS DeyOuu
the confines of the premises where
their quarters are perched. Result
was that neighboring woman was
| stung one afternoon while she was
| walking among the flower beds in her
yard. She wrote note to the owner
| of the bees in which she complained
! with bitterness and insisted that some
| thing be done to prevent the insects
from leaving their own bailiwick The
]
worried, not knowing whether her
neighbor could invoke the law on her
/ and have her penalized for maintain
/ ing a nuisance. She carried her pre-
| dicament to a man living in the same
! block who is versed in the laws. He
| told her he didn't think she was in
/ danger of prosecution for the reason
! that the bee had as much right to frivOl
about as had the fly. although it took
equal chances with the latter of being
swatted. He advised writing of a note
! to the aggrieved neighbor. This was
/ done. The note said: 81 regret that
one or more of my bees stung you
! | wish l could conceive a way of keep
| ing the little dears from annoying you,
/ but you can appreciate how futile ii
would be for me to attempt to restrain
/ them, that is if I hope them to do their
| full duty as gamers of sweetness
! However, you are not to be blamed if
| you adopt defensive measures. In or
der that there may be a perfect under
| standing between us in the matter you
| have my permission to open fire-with
rifle, pistol or shotgun-on any of the
| bees that invade your premises here
after. If any Of the dears fail to re-
turn in future 1 will know where l may
! find their bodies If | choose to have
| them embalmed and humanely in
| TERED"
THE Bulgars are pushing in on
! Greece. Now if they don't slip.
"WHERE is Teddyl" inquiries an
anonymous correspondent. He's prob
ably lying i'm a hammock under Il tree