Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-17


should be fctioniZing for the maya
zines. listen to what he SAYS ia q
dispatch il the Chicago Tribune de-
scribing scare due to the presence IN
the thicke1s thereabout of a lion that
is supposed 10 have escaped from q
circus. The excitement can be meas
ured by the fact that one man before
daylight this morning mistook the
lamps Of an automobile for the CLEAN
ing eyes Of the lion and fred q nigh
powered rife into the radiator Of the
machine"
Thu latest is that there is likeli-
hood that the price of ice cream IS TO
ba advanced. This, naturally. is due
to the war. inasmuch as every Amerl-
can soldier who ships for Europe, in
addition to his ammunition allotment.
is rationed with two dozen ice cream
cones. One cant conceive Of a sweet
er or happier death on the firing line
than in having the fatal bullet strike
while one lis muncbiug a cone of the
delicious American CONNECTION Thus
none of us who remains at home
should complain at the small tax I'M
posed on US i we know that IL is nee
essary if the sweet tooth Of our boys
in the trenches is to be satisfied.
THE real trouble is the president
in his heart of hearts does not be
lieve that any woman is the equal Of
men" says Sister Abby Scott. one Of
the picketing Washington suGra gets.
NO woman could look into his face
as have done and believe otherwise
This is the first intimation We have
had that the president has been taking
time to permit the idIInE women to
Perhaps Sister Baker could tell us
whether he has a dimpie, whether he
has an impedimcnt in either of his
eyes or whether he had been eating
onions the day she had her last seance
with him.
"FURS and Frius" is the title of a
musical comedy to be offered the com
ing season. It's 10 be sprung in New
York. Unless the name be mislead-
ing one imagines that it will be a frost
on Broadway. Too much clothes.
CHEWING gum manufacture is now
the ninth industry of the country.
When one looks over a movie audience
one maFvels that it IS SO far down the
line
4 NEW York clergyman has been
sued for divorce by his second wife.
She names q Miss Fish as c0-respoad-
emit whom the defendant, she alleges.
has been introducing as his honest
to-goodness wife. The plaintiff init
mates that it is her notion that there
lis a sucker born every minute among
her sex,
THE kaiser has lost another battle.
"a
in Chicago. The Little American" is
10 be shown there 1t had been yer
boten by Censor E'uukhouser and May
or Thompson, but your old friend, F.
Opinion, aided and aberted by the
news papers. finally battered down the
opposition, The Little American
has been seen ia Rock Island. Pretty
fierce i'm spots. but there is nothing in
II 10 which an American should take
exception. Il does not mjsrepr
Frussiau 1FtEhtLulness. 1t doesn't even
come close 70 giving it. fun credit for
the o0trages It has committed against
humanity
KING AIfouzo says that il SPAN
should declare 3 republic he viii be
an aspLrant for president Proving
that ALI IS q wiser owl than some OF
his fellow crown holders. He long
since shifted the drift Of the wind II
his neighbOrhoOd. and has put himself
on record as being with the people.
ALI does not propose to be q candI-
date for that checker club recently
formed by Nicholas and Constantine.
THE Adameon law, II appears. also
has been declared constitutional bg
the reichstag- The boys there are only
putting in eight hours day now.
RED Fox James Of the BlacEfeet
tribe wants 10 raise a band of Indians
10000 strong for war service. Score
tary Baker has turned down the offer.
1t is likely his verdict is q sound one
Fifty thousand redskins in France
might decide to put on "a party some
moonlight night. If they did it might
take the rest of the American army "a
year or more 20 get the Indians mind
adjusted 10 the real business in hand.
War dances won't win the war in