Rock Island Argus., 1917-08-16

The Wrong Impression.

The Wrong Impression.
I thought sure ] was sitting near
q dope fieud today
The fat plumber was The speaker.
What made YOU think that2' the
/ thin carpenter inquired
BY the way he acted
How did he aet2'
''He acted kinda nervous like and
kept hitchjnE one arm a lot"
Well"
you see. he would kinda throw one
arm over the other knee. pun mp his
sleeve and then fix his eyes ON it.
well, welj!"
Il was watching blm closely. OK
pecting every minute TO see him try
TO use a needle
Didn't you catch him at itz7
NO. ] misjudged' 'tae chap
How"
once, when he 5erked the arm over
made up my mind t0 take q good
look. and ] did
What did YOU seee
"Ha was just looking to see what
time il was by his wrist watch. .'-
Youngstown Telegram.
MOBs i'm Washington have been
hurting eggs at the insulting banners
carried by White house suffraget pests.
Here is a question that should have
the attention Of Mr.. Hoover before
taken up by the police The lhought
Of anybody employing am egg. even
though il may have grown iDIirm, as
an attacking missile, to be amuuui-
toned away. without the slightest hope
of salvage, Is almost beyond belief in
this age of unheard o5 price quota
tions on foOdstuf5s. or course you
may take the position that an aIliug
egg no longer should he classified as
q m0rsel Of diet and that it is just as
we'll 10 put It out 0t misery before IT
starts a quarrel at some breakfast La-
Bile. bat the fact remains. uevertha-
less, that an egg is an egg nowadays.
and there should be some check
against its Dr0miseuous destruction Tor
other than legitimate requirements
Then. again, you might hold that it lis
wholly within the law to- soak sneer-
ing suf with a totteriug egg. and you
doubtless would have no iuaansider-
able number OF supporters JIM EuUT ass
sumed view. You might take the posi-
uon That tnasmucl as these women
came 10 the national capital to cre-
ate an od0rifeToas atmosphere why
not go them enc better in counter
acting the uauseaus effect Of their
f q
tber2 Most of the American people
have become so impatient with the
women who have been annoying the
president ON the franchise amendment
that they would look at suspected
bad egg twice before they would waste
il ON them
A ROCK Island woman who eatFad
the local army exemption quarters via
the telephone yesterday inquired "T5.
that the obstruction board
IF you have ever. seen a group pic
ture Of a French prisoners camp and
have observed closely you have noted
that German captive always used one
or both his hands a holding ND his
trousers. Sergeant Hanlev aHIfght-# f
ems AS. He says if the German didn't do. .
this his trousers would fail 8H him
That's the reason the French cut the
buttons off as each German is iu-.
termed. The sergeant explains lhat it.
Is done TO prevent the enemy prisoner
from attempting 10 escape. for. il is
argued. man without supports for his
wouldn't get very far until
something happened to interfere with
his maueuTering While we are aware
Of the cruelties of the Prussiaus and
that no reprisaI that their enemies +.
might see fit 10 impose would comueu-.
safe fully, even though the Germans
cut Off an ear for every button that
harmless interned should not be made
10 suffer unnecessarily For instance.
)ne Of the far0rite diversions Of the
Germans who have been taken cap
i've since the outbreak Of the war is
said TO be the tlme-GCugrea game