The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-19

Oh. the world 10 but snare and . delusion,
habitation dismal. dark and dfear!
Happiness 10 but bubble that soon bursts and
showers trouble
Pom everything and spells its nice veneer.
Every single time my bluebird starts his /
warbling
To cheer my soul when it is sick and sore,
Comes that doggoned raven. poking in his bill
<and starts his croaking,
The while he roosts above my chamber dooE. |
Do waken in the morning feeling cheerful
And wearing on my phiz . pleasant smile!
Do l HE forth to my labors, gaily greeting all
my neighbors.
Convinced that life is very much worth
while?
Do hear afar that little bluebrd singing
A song that's like to burst his tiny throat?
Comes that bloody bird. ill-omened, casts a
shadow DER my dome md
Immediately have lost my goat!
Just about month ago wrote poem,
very short and simple little thing;
But chap in New York bought It (Holy Cow!
who would have thought IT'D
And right away my bluebird gan to sing.
In feverish haste l wrote and mailed more
Alas! he sent EN- back to me today
Now again that blasted raven comes to find me,
crushed and craven, =
And "Nevermore" is all that he will sayt
H. G. WELLS who writes a bit now and
! then and is at present doing some of it in
Russia, says among other things. that ''it falsi-
fes the whole world situation to assert
that the frightful restitution Of Russia today
is the result merely Of communist effort" Most
writers who 20 to Russia become to a certain
extent defenders Of so called bolshevism. Why?
Perhaps because nothing's 50 bad as it's paint
ed-and their sense of justice prompts them to
defend something which fundamentally is
iEdefensible.
j HE mentions one practice Of the bolshevik
regime. however, which many of us would not
regret to see in vogue here. "The profteer in
Russia is not fined but shot,"
Why Into1icate Yourseaf7 Let the E. N.
Police Do II.
(From The Argus).
I John r. Anderson of East Moline was
arrested for being intoxicated by East
Moline police Saturday night. He plead
ed guilty to the charge and paid fine
Of So and costs.
PERUSAL of letter in the vox Pop col
lumn OF the New York Tribune convinces the
reader that the writer George W. Truth. is
a seeker thereof.
WILL TELL HOW TO SELECT HEN WHO
pays ,WAY."-Davenport Democrat
Submitted for the attention OF INDECENT
bachelors. <
CAN YOU GET US AN INVITATION
| TO DINNER?
| Sir: And now comes Mr.. and Mrs. Feist as
residents Of our city (Aledo); while Mr.. and
Mrs. Fast have long been with us. What say
brother; what say? e S.
FOR RENT-Large front bedroom, nicely
furnished, suitable for one or two parties
close in. 119 Williams street-Freeport Jour
nal-Standard.
An Illuminating example OF the distinction
between parties" and persons"
WHY does map tell his wife he will b,
home to dinner at q certain hour when HI
knows perfectly we'll he can't make it? We'r,
anxious to know because we've got to thinl
of some sort OF reason.
ANYBODY knowing whereabouts OF Johr
Penny communicate with Mrs. Penny, 202 Wes
11Sth street-New York World
! II he's bad one, Mrs Penny need no
worry
THE Belgian government has presented {
bill to the League of Nations for $4,000 francs
for cigars smoked or carried off by member
OF the various delegations at the Spa con
ference"
SO-that's where the league went!
R. E. MIG