Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-12

nave your meals Drought 10 you.
YOU may have complained that it
was too cold last night. Well, how
would you like to be passing the win
ter in Sweden? One town there re-
ports temperature of rs.
THE Cologne Volks Zeitung as
serts that peace will not come until
Lloyd George is gone. Where? To
the country?
WHEN you see restaurant diner
drop bunch of toothpicks in his vest
pocket it is probable that he is accu-
mulating them as a substitute for fur
mace kindling.
THE Republican national commit
tee is to meet in St. Louis Feb. II.
Mr.. Wilcox is calling the committee
together to find whether he is still the
chairman Of that body. Brother Will
cox has not been in very good stand
ing since the defeat of Judge Hughes.
SOME gadder reported to B. L. T.
that Jay E. House had been lifting
bodily from his column and printing
his stuff without giving proper credit.
Jay enters an emphatic denial. Cen
tIemen, let's turn to the files: That's
the surest means of establishing the
facts.
A PERFECTLY sane citizen called
The Argus yesterday and asked how
cold it was to be last night. The
weather editor Stated that Is below
was promised. NOW, look here" said
the citizen, you had better make good.
I'm going to fire up to the limit to-
night, and if l get overheated you'll
hear from me tomorrow"
"MY sweetheart has gone to war;"
writes girl, addressing this column,
instead of taking her troubles to Mrs
| Thompson. land l have been criti-
cised by some of my girl friends be-
cause l have seen fit to accept atten-
tons Of other desirable young men.
still love my soldier boy, but he
wouldn't have me sit at home and
mourn simply because we are sepa-
rated temporarily. l am considered
good looking and 1 don't chew gum
in public places. Do you think l am
doing right?" Let your conscience be
your guide, kid. The chances are that
the girls that talk about you for go
ing about with other boys while your
regular fellow is in the army are en-
vious of your popularity. 1t is we'll
to remember the axiom that those that
are talked about are not soon for
gotten.
MAYOR Hylan, just to make good
his prediction pledge that he would
be the friend of the common people
if he were placed in Office, has recon-
mended that the personal property tax
assessment of John D. Rockefeller be
increased.
OLD Subscriber writes to report
that he has a one-armed neighbor who
keeps his sidewalks clean throughout
the winter, performing the work un-
aided. Invariably he is first out after
a fall of snow, and his premises are
mer he operates the lawn mower and
keeps 1t singing as tremendously as
if he had two perfectly good arms
Our correspondent remarks that when
a man with one arm can take care OF
his walks during the snowy period
those better equipped physically ought
to blush for shame for their appar-
ent laziness in failing to give proper
attention to their premises.
| GOVERNOR Lowden sampled 32s
dishes at the Chicago food show
Thursday before he would admit thai
he had taken aboard allhe could car.
ry. One would be safe in reporting
4 that the governor has a REASONABLE,
healthy appetite.
| COAL troubles?" remarked the De.
troit citizen talking with friends in
the New Harper lobby "You ought
to live. in my town. When you want
a load of fuel you are Obliged to et
to police headquarters and place youl
order. Then an officer is dispatched
to your home to see if you have told
the truth as to the extent of you,
supply. He measures what is on hand
down to the last lump. If you have
enough to last two days YOU dom
get the load that you have asked fol
until the end of that time. You are
lucky If you receive it then. l dom
know what would be happening now
if We had our normal population. De
troit is a changed city since the pas
sage of the CONSUMPTION act. Thou
sands OF young men employed in Thu
factories there have left, the majorit,
of them going to their home cities il
order to spend what time they have
left before called into service witt
their families. The result is tha
many Of the fiat buildings are empty
and therefore there is that much saw
ing in fuel. Detroit. you know, ha.
attracted thousands OF young mel
from all parts Of the country to tax,
work in its automobile factories"
ONE million copies of Presiden
Wilson's address are to be dropped /,
Germany from airplanes. They will
do more destruction than bombs /,
: breaking down the structure of lie,
that the kaiser has built up to deceiy,
his people concerning the purpose O
the United States taking a hand i,
the war.
J. M. C.