Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-09

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day. my memory slipped, and | had
the loreliest steak prepared for din-
ner When he saw it he ordered il
from the table"
What did you do with it?"
My husband fed it to the dog"
1T was the best vacation I have
had in two years. said Colonel House
on his arrival in England after hav-
/ ing passed through the sub zone,
nary an enemy craft having been
sighted. The colonel, who is known
as the White house sphynx, appar-
emily gum-shoed so unobtrusively
through the danger district that the
Germans didn't hear him coming.
/ WE have no way of knowing in
what direction Kerensky is headed
/ but if the news has reached Nick
Romanoff it's likely he's smiling at
| the prospect Of having partner soon
at his sidewalk cleaning exercises.
/ Nick could also lay off solitaire and
+ stage an occasional tilt at pinnochIe
to break the monotony.
TRULY the world is being made
safe for democracy The old iron
fence that has stood for years around
the state house at Springfield as a
/ barrier to the venturesome has been
removed
MRS Vernon Castle has caused the
critics to refer to her as the feature
Of New York show by dancing with
out a partner Most others of her
sex invite comment by dancing minus
another kind Of interference.
/ DOWN in Cumberland. Md. man
who beat his wife was sentenced to
receive 20 lashes across the bare bach
and to serve year in the house OF
correction. Il is hardly necessary tc
remark that Cumberland is singularls
free from wife heaters.
/ A WEALTHY Illinoisan with {
{ wife and grown children has beer
sued for breach of promise damages
by q Mrs Cherry. His friends hav,
told him to cheer up
MAYOR-ELECT Hylan has disap
/ pointed lot of New York disloyal
lists who supported him in the re
cent campaign by issuing a publ,
statement emphasizing his American
: ism and asserting that he refuses t,
: take second position from any mai
: in the loyalty which he bears to hi
flag and country. There were those
doubtless, who thought. following lily
lan's election, that it would soon b
in order 10 pass the hat to raise
= fund with which to erect a statue o
Y the kaiser beside the city hall.
A MEMBER OF the womans wa
council tells the girls that il is IN
d fair OF them 10 firt with soldiers
= And this admonition is sounded i
It the face OF the urging that has com
to all OF US TO be kind TO the man i
khaki. When a girl sees a uniforr
=. she can't be expected to close he
> eyes or turn her head. She does JUS
as any other normal being would do
She takes good look, and if he
good TO look upon and acts as il h
/ might be grateful for a little chinniny
naturally she furnishes the ehil
That's all there is to IT, None Of Il
should be frigid toward the soldie
= There is long winter before US, an
y he viii be far from the home firesid
We're for the girl who says how'd
III to the soldier, for the average boy j
e, khaki is a gentleman who under
Ie stands the spirit in which the sali
g tation is offered.
II
z. ABOUT everybody al any inapol
IS lance except Billy Sunday has bee
l. interviewed on the result of the Cot
" am election. Perhaps he doesn't elail
IN TO reform men politically.
D.
ct SERVICE on Plug Line Abandene
TO for Arsenal Men. Headline in Ia
n export Democrat. This ought TO ste
Dr. some chewing.