Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-11

mind little suggestion. Having noted
that pig iron was TO be advanced In
price I was wondering whether that
wouldn't cause further squealing in
the country %
Bright Sayings of Children.
George, aged 3, was cut walking
with his parents An old friend OF
the family happened along. He spoke
admiriugly Of George and just before
continuing on his way he slipped the
child a dime. Say, Mister, George in
quired What is your nance The
friend asked The child why he was in
terested in him to that extent. You're.
3 man worth knowing" said the wise
kid.
YOU may be one Of those who say
you would be goose for investing in
a Liberty bond because il doesn't pay
in material returns what YOU can
realize on your money otherwise en-.
gagged Well. If il should SO happen
that there we're enough people Of your
sentiments in this country il is not I'M
likely that the time would come when
ven and the rest Of Us would be doing
the goose step to the kaiser's music.
BERLIN has decreed that German
singers accepting engagements In the
United States during the war shall
be debarred from employment in the
fatherland for five years. Now il the
United States could conceive some OBJ
stacIe that would silence the jrritants
that we must listen 10 on our stage
for even such q brief interval as the
period Of Ehe war most Of rs would
agree that the war though we didn't
gain the ends we set out to attain.
were not in vain
BILLY Sunday and Raymond Hitch
cock are at war. It's a two-man tight
Sunday WHO plays no favorites in his
blaCkEuardiug campaign, has been In
Guiding the stage in his list. Hitch
cock. aside from being q capable ac-.
tor. is also considerable orator. At
every performance he is called before
the curtain II is here that he getg
hack at the evangelist. treating him 10
trimming that must cause his listen
ers to burn Unless he has them Gov
cred with asbestos. Hitchy is not in
the least abusive ia handling Sunday
He goes no further than telling his
audience his personal estimate Of the
reformer and his work that il makes
no difference 10 Sunday whom he hits
10 tae main entrance Of mis- big top
Hitchcock may not have IS large
crowds as Sunday. bat he claims that
he wins equally as many converts.
TIE Swedes are complaining of a
food shortage II they kept at home
the stuff they have been reconsiguinR
10 Germany they wouldn't be in such
q predieament.
SPANISH Government is Totter-
ing. Headline And tbe Berlin gov
eminent is ttt5eriug
HERB C0np. who recently visited
among the stee. bar0us of Pittsburgh
in q fearful plea to induce them 10
ship some of their products west that
the factories for which he purchases
raw materials and such might con
Unue in operation, he found time to
give the once over to q few signs and
name plates with the result that he
reports that Dr. Nurish. a dietician,
and Dr. Ivory, dentist are residents
Of that city.
WHEN q girl tells a friend that she
is going 70 have young onions for din
uer it's Is CiuCG that she's either to
spend that evening knitting for the sol
diers or asvouring Robert Y. Cham
bors latest
NOBODY seems to have learned why
the port Of New York was closed re-
Gently. Ism IT likely that It was done
in order I'd permit the Goddess of Lib
erty to take her weekly bath unob-
seryed2
THE city commission Of course will
be shocked into bushes tonight by the
news that VIII be impaired by those
of our cAurchmeR who are asking that
there he 8 check applied TO the ramp.
aneg OF vice within the confines of our
beautiful city Our officials. occupied
with their divergent duties. haven't
had time to watch the vicious eIe-
ments IS they have burr0wed into their
secret operating places hereabout. and
we predict that they VIII be made ever
so angry when they learn how grossly
they have been taken advantage OF
The churchmen will il we miss not
our guess. VIII be asked to come again.
and they viii have to come again and
again before they shall have obtained
the ideal civic conditions taat they
hope for. Fer be it remembered that
no municipality can be made straight
without long and persistent vigilance.
Strengthening out city. our church
friends should not forget is difficult
For instance both Davenport and Mo
line hold themselves up as model com
munites, Yet we heard man remark
only the other day that there were
crooked streets in both cities.
WILLIAM Howard Taft sees hone
in Russia So, we might venture. does
a " k. European ruler who affects a
pointed m0ustacha
IT has suddenly been discovered that
bananas have rare food value And all
this time SO many Of Us imagined they
we're merely weapons for devIltshly
inclined persons to buy and drop the
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