Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-05-03

For Tie night he first espjed her
Why be fell for her of course.
-Tonkers Statesman.
We overheard a Rock Island ctti-
zen utter boast the other day that
he had made some money by ordering
his next winters supply Of coal put
in during the present week. that he
had a pretty good buuch thaG the price
OF fuel bg fall would be far above what
it is now. Then Wholesale coal deal
ar came along We told him what the
citizen had said The wholesaler
laughed, bat he wouldn't be so sure,
when he was pinned down, that the
citizen wasn't doing the wise thing at
that You never can tell said the
wholesaler. He ghG be wrong and
he might be right / am in the bust
ness, and chances are his guess would
be as good as mine / have been in
the game for years, but the longer
remain IN il the less seem 10 know
about it. The operator won't give you
amy Information as 10 the market a
month hence. He says he doesn Z
know. Nhy2 ] only wish I could an
aWar. The operator claims ne is as
much in the dark as the average man
in The street. The labor question is
his chief worry. sport8tiOn comes
next ii lis true that many people are
ordering their next winters supply
right NOW. OF course that has a ten
dency 10 keep prices zap. Demand. you
know. controls quotations. But let
me give you tip. Speaking for my
self. I feel the thing TO DO today is to
sit steady and let matters run their
course. There is plenty of coal in the
ground People with means are doing
their buying now. The result viii be
that I'm the fall the demand viii not be
half what 1t was last year The nat
ural result ought to be that the price
VIII drop. I don't say that it viii. but
doesn't il seem reasonable that il
should2 The trouble with our people
is that they get wrought up at the
first mention OF a scarcity of any nee
essary. Then there Is a scramble to
Lay in a supply. I'll wager there are
thousands of pounds Of sugar stored
away iu Rock Island homes, The sit
uation is no different in other cities,
whereas If we an bought simply as
we needed sugar there wouldn't be
the shortage that we now hear so much
about Coal is no different than sugar.
in my Judgment
PARENTS Told How to Keep Up
With Children. Headline One i'm
AGNES the graudmas enc pipes
at the matinee cafe dances have been
falling for this advice.
OUR notion Of the height of selfish
ness is the husband who pushes the
baby carriage up an inclined street
while friend wife bears the child in
her arms. having shifted the burden
10 make the journey easier for the so :
30 =F-
MOST OF the fellows who are urg-
ing the daylight saving plan in this
country don't permit James TO arouse
them before 10 in the morning. /
ACCORDING to etiquette govern /
ing usage Of the flag. it should be
lowered AT sunset but +. n wants to
know what he is going to do when
there ISM any sunset. as has been the
case Ito these parts for several DAYS .
past. We know some people. that take
u their flags when they hear the sun
set gun fred at Rock Island arsenal,
THERE has just been opened in Chi
-ago cafeteria which serves ham and
egg at Is cents per order. 1t is called
a new idea" Perhaps one is merely
permitted 20 watch the ham and the
egg in preparation for Is cents. that.
being the charge for an eyeful. with
he usual rates for a stomachful.
ISN'T II strange how many persons
-ou meet these days who tell you how
hey were all ready 70 go ahead with
he building Of 3 new house when the
.arpenters' strike annuIled their plans? i
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Fofre Cap. Headline The French
ield marshal IS likely to have some
explaining to do when he returns
}0me
SOME people imagine they are doing
heir bin when they buy collar with
likeness of the American Tag tackled
n the wings.
I'M. c. l.