The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
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lxorHRR YAULT1NG AMBITION,

i AWHILE bAOA4ANU AA0AAkVNs
r1red alike from our work and play.
Ny. little son and
Sat S3de By side st close Of day.
The sand man, hov'ring nigh.
Waited to drop his soothing sand
Upon cur dropping lids,
j While round Us played concert band !.
A troupe Of katydide.
"How will you make your living. son,
when you become . mani"
I asked the laddie, half In fun.
To hear his childish plan.
"Nufnn,,r he said. I'd ne'er have dreamed
OF answer so concise!
He thought he'd find the world. it seemed.
voorhees, paradise!
"But, son." l argued, none may shirk!
Now tell me, I entreat:
What WILL you do? You'll have to work
II you expect to eat"
He frowned: then looked up smiling, glad.
His eyes bright pools Of blue:
IVY, will wife a 'co'yum, dad;
A 'co'wum-just like you!"
"AND then" ne are quoting from the Peo-
pies Pulpit) ''he proceeded to answer it by
giving q few immortal names 1t would be
foolish to deny that these names will ever die y
You can, Of course, disentangle what the gem
tleman means.
And Whats the Charge Against tho
! Defendants!
(From the Davenport Democrat).
The case it is believed, will be one
Of the most sensational in the history Of
this county. An imposing array Of coun-
sci will appear for both the complainant
and the defendants, charged with con-
spiracy to SANDER.
GAZING upon a photograph Of Franklin
Roosevelt and Mrs. George Bass we are stabbed
BY. regret that you cannot look with us. But
YOU can read with u.s. MRS. Bass, as the photo
reveals, is one of those thoroughly modern
women who make no special effort to kesF
their dainty ankles covered Substitute
"patellas" for ankles" and you'll understand
our regret.
Now Amt That Too Bad! Wasn't They
to HOmel
(From the Port Byron, ILL.,, Globe).
Mrs. Mae Heaston and son, MIR. Vic
tor Heaston from Bethany, Mo-, motored
to Port Byron last week to visit her
sister, Mrs. Fred Avery, and also came
to Cordova to visit her cousins, Mrs. W.
X. Armstrong and Mrs. Ed Rathburn
and other relatives whom she never
seen.
CHILDREN FREE AT FAIR TODAY
The Argus.
II you are childless, don't despair; Just 81
to the Aledo fair.
SShe's Only a Bird, etc.
Trom the Aledo, ILL.,, Times Record.
Mr. and Mrs Nelson have gone to
housekeeping in the King property. The
cage was all fitted up for the bird.
"prc q ,cuirrol. u<oro Sn,d for vso IN ,,v;r
ter" is the advice Of the department of agri
culture. And II one disregards the admonitiol
well. half the world are squirrels and tn
other half are nuts" y'know.
Zach Hfmmel! Tie Ne Loose!,
From the Illinois State -Register).
Wilhelm says he is going to make
"heads fly right and left when he goes
back to Germany. Maybe it would be
II good thing to tie a string to him and
turn him loose over there for little
! while.
"LOOk> your troubles square in the eye!
exclaims an opticians advertisement in tn
Detroit News. But suppose the troubled on
is cross-eyed? T
/ In Which the Powers That Be in the H. of H
8. s. Get Their Dates Mixed.
(From the Dubuque Times-Journal).
! pioe."uo1ion s1niCn mas peen 49,
! high social standard, the Is days Of grace
social standard, the Is days of grace
| which was granted for the straw hat
season in Dubuque will positively come
to an end ut midnight Wednesday Aug.
Is. It's days Of usefulness and pleasure
are gone, and after Wednesday it will
1 be in the same class with the fallen
leaves OF autumn.
i AT this distance we seem to rlimpse
smile on the face Of the tiger" R. E. MG.