Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-05
ANOTHER PROTEST.

oblHious to the status Of the
temperature.
ANOTHER PROTEST.
We have another communication
from the Rock Island county Jail.
Here it is: Say, guy, whatinhell are
youse trying to shift over on we men
wot got no place to eat septing at the
suds parlor? Them stewards gives me
a pain in the back Of the ear. They
no not what they do when they take
from US our daily bred. What's a guy
goin' to do when he drops from his
special in the local railroad yds some
chilly a. m. with an APPETITE like a
bear? He may have round nickel
and he may not have one. Well, sup
pose he has? He amt going to the
Harper, is he? Yes, he might, but he'd
be BANNED afore he got seated in the
cushions Of the eatery. What's the
answer? Your new arrival beats it for
the bar where they have hot soup and
a flock Of hot dog. His nick will
draw one and unless the draft artist
has a crouch he can lay in enough to
hold him until evening. In the mean
time, if the softies are thick enough,
he can have got aboard bundle Of
that stuff that drives away all desire
for food. Then he's good till the next
q. m. A mooch then will bring an
other fit. You cut the free swipe and
you work hardship on thousands Of
human souls wot down deep are Jest
as good as other mortals only they
don't work as hard at it as they ought
10. WADDIE B."
THE parents Of a popular Wash
ington girl have decided to postpone
her social debut until after the end
of the war Here is one little heart
that would give good deal TO know
when the horrible old business is GO
ing to stop, for one doesn't remain at
the debutante age more than a halt
dozen years.
LLOYD George Winding the Clock.
Headline. And when the alarm is
/ sprung it will cause Wilhelm to rise
{ earlier than usual. They say that
( these nights, anticipating what is
bound to happen eventually, he is
sleeping with his boots on.
/ THE treasury department thinks
somebody is boarding pennies. Per
haps it is the fellow in Rock Island
whose mania is said to be to save
until he accumulates five and then
| takes a street car ride whether be
needs to or not so that he can sliE
/ the Coppers TO a conductor for whom
he has a peculiar aversion. The joke
is that the con understands, and The
last time his hater handed him The
five pennies he thanked him for them
It was the first such payment he ha(
picked up during the whole day. The
I con says he keeps all the pennies tina
are given him as fare for home use.
THERE is nothing TO prevent an,
Of us satisfying that old penchant fol
spending the winter in Florida Of
California unless it be such littlt
matter as not having the ready casl
to meet the involved expenditures
But that shouldn't worry. Just think
you might be sleeping in the water
filled trenches of France, but YOU
aren't. You are occupying your hom
downy every night. It isn't such
hard life after all.
WE know no more satisfying ex
perience for one who is financiall'
able than in adopting a French or
phan child, Of whom there are man,
thousands in that stricken land And
just think, it costs only few pennie
day TO provide for the youngster
who remains in the care Of its mother
HONUS Wagner vows he is througl
once more for all time with baseball
Wait until the brides begin to warbl
in the spring, Honus may try, bu
he viii prove just as weak as he ha
in previous years when the gobs G
long green are dangled before hi
optics.
ONE way of putting down the new
est revolution in Russia would be 70
some brave soul to sneak up fror
behind with match when the Bol
sheYiki have their heads together an
ignite their whiskess.
, PAT Grove says he likes Rock Is
land arsenal. There is one plac
you've got to like, or say you do, whe
, you are there, whether that be Won
honest sentiment or not. Pat, by th
way, is trying to build q new futur
! for himself at the arsenal. He
l working there as d carpenrerin
=. helper
/ GROUND glass has been found i
: 900 cans of tomatoes in Chicago. 0!
, wald allows it ought to be easy /
ketch up with the villains that De
petrated this dastardly plot again
4 human life.
: KEEP this under your hat. Josep
{ Bonnet is a French organ virtues
3 who has arranged to give series
irecitals in this country. j. III. c.