Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-15
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I'm a personal friend of Miss Chris
tine Miller, mentioned in your edito-
rial columns as girl in her early
twenties." said Rock Island woman
over the telephone yesterday in cor
recting an error that was printed with
reference to the age of the grand opera
singer who is engaged to wed Daniel
Nj. Clemson, a millionaire steel mag
nate of 65 The lady did not give her
name. but she seemed anxious that
Christine be put right with the public
hereabout and not have the impress
sion get abroad that she was taking
an old man to nurse simply because
he had plenty of money and had made
her gift of 100000 home in Pitts
burgh. Our informant said that
Christine was As if she was a day,
and she wouldn't be SO sure that she
wasn't crowding SO. But, just the
same" said the voice on the telephone,
she is a lovely girl, and is deserving
of the good fortune that has come
to her" Before we had time to in
quire if it would help matters If we
forwarded to Christine a marked copy
containing the correction the receiver
was hung up.
IF the newly elected chairman OF
the Republican National committee
would spell his name Bill or William
we would regard him more like real
fellow who knew how to talk turkey
to a bunch of wrangling politicians.
We do not know whether he insists
on being called Will, but we will gam
BILE there are lot of the boys he'll
meet up with in his new position who
will refl Sc to address. him by that
dainty cOgnOmen.
THE kaiser has permitted the home
papers to announce that he is 1ndls-
posed and has been obliged to go to
the Spa for a short time. This may be
a tip to the Socialists to start some
thing during his absence; for instance
seize the government, propose peace
and proclaim Wilhelm king already
yet, allthe others who have been as
ISOLATED with him to walk the plank.
The kaiser would be willing to termi-
nate the war any day providing he
was sure of saving his own neck.
ONE Of the Negroes who was in the
local pool room when it was shot up
by another member of the race We'd
nesday night described the occurrence
thusly: well, here is standing, close
to the middle of that air room. Sud
denly gemmin who was handling a
cue rolled his left eye in my direction
as much as to- say to me that there
was somebody a-coming hastily in my
direction and for me not to block his
passage. Then that air cue hit me
in the neck and the gemmin what had
been handling it was going through
the back door faster than his feet wus
travelin'. He was not on his feet, in
fact; he was in the air. He must
shorely have had wings. Well, l took
a second glance at the bandit in the
doorway. When dat pistol of his spoke
there was trouble in both my knees
They wuZ weak. l didn't want to
cave right there, for il l did probably
I would have remained there until the
undertaken carried me out. for the
good reason that l had heard that l
resembled somewhat the colored fell
low what the pistil totah wuz a-look-
in fob. How did / git out of dat derc
room? Well, friend, l CANT jes' tell
you Exactly, but do know dat l didn't
hesitate to calcalate.I l jes moved
rapidly, dat is all. l must have turned
somehow. fob goes through that rear
door face first, hit de alley, and trav-
els. If there was anything going more
rapidly than I was going for the next
half hour or so it must have been
one OF dem Their airplanes, for l only
occasionally touched the ground with
my feet. l shore don't want to be
in the near vicinity when a careless
man begins to talk ugly through a
gun. There is always likely to w
somebody git hurt" 7
A NUMBER of telephone girls have
consented to go to France to aid the
American signal corps. Incidentally
they may succeed in getting the
kaiser's number.
WOMEN'S suits for the coming sea-
son. so the modistes declare, will be
simple. But husbands should not
build too complacently on this assur-
ance. 1t does not necessarily mean
curtailment of cost. Remember. it's
the simple little things that run into
money.
SENATOR Hughes of New Jersey.
who died recently. left a small estate.
Evidently he went to Washington to
look after the peoples business and
neglected personal opportunities to
fatten his personal bank roll. He
was a good senator for the people.
but poor one for himself.
THE American girl sis to be pref
Ter than ever We are advised by the
style experts. We don't believe that
it can be done.
THE press agent is not yet knocked
out, despite the high costNOf print paN
per. AS an illustration: Ina Claire
the actress, occupies more than a hall
column on the editorial page of the
New York Sun in telling how she
keeps buOyant and physically fit Ina