Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-02

. AtEfE gEEI& HEANEEk& tF4EE NMA3tAfu " Ataa+ HEhs
pcais over their signatures for funds
with which 10 provide susteuance for
the suffering in She European war
zones have been in II large measure
responsible for the high cost Of food
in their own country, thereby directly
contributing tG conspiracy to starye
their own people. II we could oniy
convince cur modern American piliian-
titF0pist that the thought that charity
begins at home was Born of llu-
name aud knowing Impulse alienation
of condition rapidly growing i'm bur
dens0meneSs In these good old United
States would readily materialize,
Orr Office Comedians
81 see the British are getting closer
40 Bagdad-
Yep. They'll set that old carpet
yeti
Then 5rIl be pretty soft for EN-
Should say So
They can lie down for a spell"
-Oh, the British can lie standing as
well as when they are datteued out"
HARRISON Nj. wild has resigned
as director OF the Apollo club in Chi
caEo after serving in that capacity 19
years. and Maurice Browne. father OF
tA+- t.aA g ttF5s4 tyz4A- afat tire
financial rocks. both occurrences al
trihu5able to lack OF patronage in d
city that constantly boasts OF 5ts love
gf the artistic and whose lumiuaries
I'm tine higher fields of music and drama
are not slow to condemn the smaller
communities when they fail 40 turn
out capacity audiences when some en-
Cerpri5e under one of these heads is
sent inru the provinces TO pick up a
lew stray dollars On the other hand,
seats are selling several weeks in ad-
vance in Chicago for the "Foliies" and
other productions whose chief appeal
is hrazen display OF female pulcbrt-
-llde Those sincere persons vino set
mp late nights figuring ON means of
aT0usIag interest in the better things
among tae general public truly are
performing a tGaukless task. When
Annette keIlarman decided TO become
an expert swimmer and tank perform
er she knew the quickest route 10 the
American purse was not through the
ear but through the optic.
WHAT has become IF ire old-fash-
Toned bog who used TO appropriate
several inches of sausage as Iagnaine
every time ne visited the meat mar
het 10 make the daily purchase for
m0!hcrs7 asks e. II. F. The last
time we saw him he was beating IT
Tor home. sausageIess, and carrying n
black eve, said decoration having been
conferred by the meat market pro
prietor.
In Conventional Chicago.
We have 1t on the authority Of the
always correct Chicago Tribune that
on complaint of her husband Karl
Kruger, 600 North Dearborn street.
Miss Helen Kruger was arrested last
night in rooming house at 742 North
Dearborn street. where she was living
with Carl Sterling"
a COLORADO jeweIer says that the
shorter w0uenis skirts are the better
it viii be for merchants in his line
Bee. USE be explained the sale OF
ankle watches mas been increased from
90 to Is per cent since skirts went up. 50
but this lis not all. There is another
article Of jeWelry affected by brief
dresses II IS known as the vanity +
Dauu ana IS apt to include purse. .
q powder box. mirror and perhaps q +
ci8aret case. 1t is worn-well. where f.
little boys with long stockings wear
carriers. When the skirts get a little
shorter, II is claimed, re will be sur
prised to discover how many Of them
are sold. Seeking confirmation of the
Joloradoan's observations. we sought F.
an interview from Jake Ramser. our +
leading jeWelry merchant He said
there was nothing he cared to add TO
the statement of the westerner aside
from the assurance that his concern
was prepared better today than ever
ID Its history for equippiug those with
44 eeted vision and suggesting that
mere Is promise OF so much to be seen
-he coming summer that now is the
time to get fixed up.
NE author Of bin fer statewide :
prohibition introduced in the IegfsIa-
-ufe OF southern state has dropDed
put OF a site and has caused POSTPONE
neHt 81 vote on his measure
,eader. IN reporting the incident. teIe-
1aones that hell wager he'll be found
u blind pig
THE new governor Of Florida sane
iohed an inaugural ball but he re-
used 70 attend because OF his claimed
opposition TO dancing Probably Tha
'esl explanation is thar lie dfdnt want Is
Q ne placed IN the position OF dis
'iaylng his unfamiiiarity with the lat
ST Lefpsfchorean evoIutious
Hit Alto consumer complains that !
- M longer possible To boil pofa. /
aeS with gas furnished in that cjfv
fe ought go knew that potatoes are r
'at {" be boiled but banked these DAYS. :
J. 8f. G. Il