The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-28
AUTUMN LEAvEs

80 AUTUMN LEAvIA
The leaves, now turned to russell gold and
casessed and Graded BY the autumn breess.
In ones and twos and threes are waited down
To spread . wondrous carDst meath the
trees.
The trees. bereft. stand stoics IN their grief
The while the wind brsathes softly whispered
s:ghs
Between their branches. marked in bold relief
Against the background Of gray autumn
skiea
| And sobn king winters roaring, icy blast
I Upon the branches bleak and bare will blow.
whiriins tho leaves about until at last
They sleep in peacs beneath . shroud ct
snow.
] AZ behold each Leaf DRIFT down IT seems :
To bring unto my soul poignant pain,
For, like the autumn leaves. my cherished
dreams
| Have fallen from the tree Of Hppe again.
But Spring will come again and Winters
gloom
Will be once more fading memory;
The birds will sing. all Nature bud and
! But will my hopes and dreams return to me?
LOOKING idly through the files of The
| Argus for 1900 we ran across what in our
| trif!ng judgment is the neatest caption for the
daily weather forecast that could have been
devised. We should-like to see 1t again in daily
use. Read It: Weather We May Have"
Sounds Agreeable, What
| (From the Peoria starr.
GIRL OR LADY to look after house
work; can 90 home in the evening or
stay Pleasant, agreeable work. Ad-
dress Agreeable, care Star.
DAINTY refreshments" concludes a. so
ciety note in the Moline Dispatch. were the
climaxing feature" Really, was they!
BUT IT'S ONLY A SMALL SQUABBLE,
Y'KNOW.
Sir: Let's be done with Wiggle and Wabble.
Can we substitute Illinois Bunk and Squabble.
| B. B. s.
/ WHITE FIGURES OUT DEMOCRATS
WILL Bloomington Paragraph.
Yes yes. go on! Will what!
AS Douglas Malloch is to appear in the
midst OF the Masons tomorrow night we. hav-
ing a fellow feeling for toastmasters, feel
moved to reprint, as q timely warning
DOUG MALLOCH'S PREFERENCE.
OF many classic. bearded jest,
The one, think Of all the rest
That really dislike the best,
That would hang upon the chest
Nut tree,
Is that old gag of frequent use,
That shriveled gag devoid Of Juice
Toastmasters frequently let hose
When 1t is time for introduc- ts
Ing me. Il +,
They tell this story bald and bum:
There was dinner time had come
II To speak; the speaker he was glum;
! The guests were clad with vino ar eovnA.
Thing stronger. =
The chairman turned to him bit =
And said with unintended wit:
Shall present you, or permit
Them to enjoy themselves lit
Tie longer?" D.
THE above classic appeared in the Line
several years ago. We trust we have perform.
ed a real service in reproducing it..
SAYS Monmouth clothier "In our efforts
!, to reduce prices, forgetting all about our own
profit. and thinking only of the public good
We are giving = SURPRISING a yawr
We turned to another page
UNDER the caption, New Books at Public
Library" the Freeport Journal Standard lists
this one: 1--WE really must have copyD
BOX HEAD Ell Ell 7E7 E7 Ell
THERE may be "as good fish in the sea A,
ever were caught" but that probably didn'
interest Mrs Nellie Concannon in Dayenpor1
I the other Gay Just before she became Ms. AL
! bert E. Bass. 1t requires skillful angler Il
land a bass.
1T now appears the diagnosis Of article J
= by Dr.. Bourgeois is wrong
THE trouble lies in the heart-not tn,
appendix. RE. MIG.