Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
RaDid Adranceruenf-

Rapid Advancement
f1e told me that he would start me
at 81 per week and that I would adj
vance rapidly If I attended strictly Ia
my knitting
and you did, of course2'
Yes. at the END OF a year, when ]
asked for an increase in pay, I was
/ refused"
Hadn't you made good o.
He said 1 had"
How about the advancement that
/ he promised ."
Oh, ne said he was sorry that he
Z had nothing better TO offer me and
/ when I asked aim what he meant when
! he said I would go forward as a re-
I ward for my efficient service he said
I that after a year with him he was
I convinced Of my ability to take a posi-
ton with some other concern. and he
said he was satisfied that I would be
/ given larger pay than he was able TO
give me-
SENATOR Landee has introduced in
the legislature q bin 10 change the
name Of the WatertOwm hospital TO
/ the Moline state hospital. East Moline
characterizes this as a nutty piece of
legislation inspired by her neighbours
ambition 30 put her brand on every
institution in the community East
Moline protests and says the name Wa
tertOWn is good enough for her.
JULIA Chandler a southern girl. is
I press aEentess Tor William Hodge. The
/ comedian, who is playing at Chi
cago theatre IN Fixing Sister" She
dropped in Tor a social call on Dick
Little, dramatic reviewer for the Her
& al q. 4
that she felt guilty every time she re-
ceJved her pay check because she
wasn't performing the work that she
felt she ought to be doing for her star.
Little wanted to know the WhyfOre
And she claimed that Hodge actually
got fused every time she had a story
printed i'm the newspapers about him.
And Little said, just like that You're
liar. Julia. in which opinion we
wish to share The truth is that the
press agents vocation has been all
most destroyed by the increased value
81 newspaper space occasiousd by the
advance in the cost or news print. II
Julia had succeeded In getting a few
lines about William In the big
beat papers outside The Sunday
editions she would long ago have
been grabbed by some producer who
could AFFORD 10 pay her many times
what she lis pulling down as the pub
hCitg purEeycr for Hodge However,
10 can't be said that she lis SLOUGH
She made such an impression upon
Little that ae gave her close TO O coll
umu on the editorial page of his paper
probably drawing 81 froWn from the
business department But Julia should
worry. We haven't heard that the
spread cost her her job with William.
ADMIRAL George Dewey left a for
tune of S225,090. The admiral was a
great sailor. but Ii appears he confined
his operations chiefly to the water.
WO0DWORTH Clum secretary of
the Greater Iowa committee, wants 10
debate a good roads bill pending before
the state legislature with ID. W kim
berry, DaYeuports representative in
the general assembly. Kimberly de-
ciines. He says he doesn't propose to
take orders from CIum or his commit
tee. He grew q tFIde personal In
communication he addressed to Clum,
charging that the latter was not a tax
payer in Scott county and therefore
was not qualified 70 speak for the peo-
pie OF that locality on good roads or
any other question. Whereupou Broth .
eT CIum hurled q peppery ret0rt
through the press, asserting that he
had been paying taxes in Scott county
Tor several years. and dropping a Sly
reference 10 the fact that "tbe only
thing he inherited was d sound CON /
s lL1utiou." Brother Kimberly. il ap-
pears, has an abundance Of this worlds .
goods, which were passed down to him
by his family. If the press debate
goes on much longer we would sug-
gesl that the legislator engage some .
one who knows better than he the art
OF typewriter sparring, for he is Sc /
rlously handicapped as matters now
stand. inasmuch as Clum is an old
newspaper reporter always primed for
action in an argument such as he has F.
on with Kimberly. If he is given time
and the papers don't shut him OF,
he'll run Kimberly ragged.
Mr.. Duke is iii Of nervous trouble
in New York. 1t is said he fidgets so
that he no longer can roll his own.
MRS. Jones was fin excellent tone
when she sang Carl Hahn's Rain
Song which was dedicated to Mrs.
II. p. Drought of this city.'-Dalas
tIexas) Musical. And the next day it
showered.
II IS reported from Springfield that
William Hale Thompson has quietly
launched his campaign to land the
nomination for United States senator
in 1918. One can hardly imagine Big
Bill pussyfootjng. It doesn't sound
like him Too, We wonder what his
-orical figure he claims he resemb ies.
Our limited knowledge Of the famous
statesmen of old fails 10 locate one on
"nom BIZ could fasten himself, but
we have a sneaking suspicion Of what
he VIII look like after the battle is
over. Like one Of the Gold Dust twins.
tor instance, for Bill viii find himself
Ia the midst OF a sea Of SCOT before
his boom IS fairly under way.
Baby Grand Instead. +,
Through misunderstanding yes
erday il was stated in the Atlas that
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Jones were the par-
snts of baby boy. Mr. Jones is nj