Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-09


Casey" in recognition of the war work OF the
Knights of Columbus And, in case of trouble,
watch Casey go TO bat
In Louisville KY, the other day sister
Of charity celebrated her 40th anniversary as
a member of the order. She is generally
known and beloved in the city by people of all
creeds. The newspapers attempted to lea n
her life's history. She said she never remem-
bered her parents, didn't know when or where
she was born. She could only recall her child
hood in the mountains of Missouri with farm
er family. She rebelled at the tasks she was
called upon to perform and ran away. she was
found on a lonely roadway by a strange man,
who. she says, placed her in a nearby convent.
She was impressed with her new environment,
and there she has since remained. Here IS a
story stranger than fiction, if it were possible
to get the facts.
The former crown prince has started going
to church. More propaganda, likely.
One senator made reference the other day
to the strike disease" His suggested cure is
a union Of members of congress in opposition.
We know a better remedy. Give the boys
what they cry for, just as we do, or the manu-
facturer of a well known patent medicine says
we do, when the babies cry, for, after all, we
are all merely children, seeking to live. All
of our present industrial unrest is traceable
to the profteer. He wants more, and is get
ting it. But if you told him his weakness was
from whom he is exacting his unlawful toll
asks more in order to get the wherewith to
purchase necessities-why, that's disease OF
course.
One of the Vanderbilt boys has become a
newspaper reporter in New York. He says
he observed while in war service, than when
tasks demanding unusual resourcefulness ap-
peared in the fighting zone, invariably news
paper men were called TO perform them. He
believes that he learn more OF human ma
ture and of life generally by course in news
paper grind than in any other life's activity
He is correct. However, most young men en-
tering the newspaper game don't see or appre-
ciate the privileges and opportunities that are
theirs. They think too much OF the job and
the paw envelope. Newspaper training fits
man. or woman, for almost any vocation where
brains, and courage, and versatility are de-
manded. Edna Ferber, one OF the most Ia
nous OF American writers. was the daughter
of poor Iowa parents. They were heartsick
items on the streets. She had only common
school education. Today her people are living
in luxury. She is owner of several business
properties in Chicago and is said to have an
income greater than that of the president of
the United States. The schools may keep on
teaching journalism, but the place to learn the
game from all its angles is in the harness.
who owns the air?" asks New York
newspaper. Well, it's our notion that the
TANNERS who are spouting in Washington
against the peace treaty imagine they own most
of it.
An eastern girl reporter few from Chicago
to New York as an airplane passenger. En-
route the plane tumbled, and it feared all
had been killed or injured, but they weren't.
AS the girl pulled herself together, the first
thing she did after getting on her feet was 20
powder her nose. Write your own wheeze.
1t is said Bill HohenzOllern has had to go
house-hunting. Perhaps the landlords have
tilted his rent. Let's hope
Mrs William HohenzolIern says the Lord
is leading her husband. If this be so he'll get
his just deserts, eventually.
Ostrich feathers are selling at 500 per
pound in New York. You don't have to pay
much more than that for turkey feathers, with
the bird throwl in.
It costs more to have hay fever these days,
with doctors and hotels operating on higher
rates.