Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-03

Chairman Hays announces that no contri-
button larger than 81 900 will be received by
the Republican national committee from any
corporation or individual for campaign ex-
penses While not wishing to accuse Will OF
any effort to everyday to the galleries, there is
no harm in venturing the thought that there
would be little difficulty in violating his rule
without apparently doing Example: Jones
and Smith are Republicans. Jones is rich and
Smith is poor Both are invited to move some
smackerions to the center of the table. Jones
kicks in with one thou. Smith can't do it,
but would like to. Jones and Smith get noodles
together. Jones slips Smith thou and Smith
sends said thou to Will. Nothing wrong about
that, Is there? Should say not
.
The New York woman who was kidnapped by
an admirer. who took her from her home
dressed only in her nighties, has let the news
papers have her photo. And she is good look
ing But in the photo she has all of her
clothes on So we don't know whether she
sleeps in pajamas or just Ordinary night
gown. The press has failed 1amentab1y in this
case. They should have gotten down to the
bare facts.
Hawker has shaken hands with Read and
congratulated him. Another international
crisis averted.
Blaze is an optician in Youngstown. Ohio.
When his patients need his services they go
to BIazes. This is not original The doctor
uses the idea in his advertising.
Max Stern~of Chicago shipped a consign-
ment of crackers41nto Michigan. The crackers
leaked. Max has been cited by agents of Uncle
Sam
The aim of every Burmese woman is to
elongate the neck as much as possible. The
more neck the better she gets along. That
seems to go in America Also for both sexes.
It is reported the kaiser was shocked when
he was told the Germans had decided to sign
the peace terms And he is the one who told
the boys to do that little thing, Bill
The Germans complain that it is ga treaty
Of violence" What were they expecting. a
treaty of love?
When arrested. a New York beggar had
$49S in his possession. He admitted that he
had had fairly good day Another argument
against working for livelihood.
Major Charles G. Baird a New Yorker, was
killed in France. His will referred to his wife
as the most perfect woman he ever saw Il
am the richest of men," the will reads, ''in that
1 am blessed with the truest, most honorable
and loving wife ina the world" His wife said:
God took him from me because we were so
happy we forgot everything else" And she
refused to weep. because she said that their
separation was only temporary. What beau
tiful world it is to those who really understand.
Jewish women propose meatless days to re-
duce the cost of living. That's the kind of &C
ton that will get the war profteer. Getting
mad and taking aboard another big meal, just
to get even won't turn the trick. Cutting con
sumption is the only system. E
In Philadelphia women dentists are getting
the greater part of the business in that line.
Men prefer to be treated by women practition5
ers Still, fellow can't cuss the woman like
be could the man.
An American boy who slew German civil
ian after the signing of the armistice has been
convicted and given severe sentence by
court martial If the situation had been re-
Versed the murderer probably would have been
decorated with an iron cross.
Toledo is dry. but" postcards 1gnatz,
some claret will flow there on the Fourth just
he same"
One million three hundred thousand aliens
ire planning to leave the United States for
,n0lr nOdnekhR0S. 1ney Will take pack with
hem $4,000 100000. Yet. you will hear it said
here aren't any opportunities left in this eoun-
ry.- The only ones who make that excuse are
Americans. The fellow who comes from the
other side gets Joseph as soon as he lights
Amelia Barr, who wrote so successful nov
lis left an estate of 1855. What she probably
acked was a competent manager. Most writ
rs are merely writer's. They write mostly for
he love of the work. When the money comes
hey don't know what to do WITH what is LEFT
lbove living expenses.
j NC