Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-02-26

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Origin Of Scandal
said Mrs. A.
To Mrs. J..
In quite . confidential way.
"It seems to me
That Mrs. B.
Takes too much-something-in her tea"
And Mrs. ].
= To Mrs. X.
That night was overheard to say
She grieved to touch
Upon it much.
But Mrs. B. took-such and such"
Then Mrs. K
Went straight away
And told friend the selfsame day,
"'Tis sad to think"
Here came q wink
THAT Mrs. B. was fond Of drink
The friends disgust
Was such, she must
Inform lady. which she 'nussed.'e
That Mrs. B.
At hah-past three
Was "that far gone she couldn't see"
This lady we
Have mentioned, she
Gave needlework to Mrs. B.,
And at such news
Could scarcely choose
But further needlework refuse.
Then Mrs. B.,
As you'll agree,
Quite properly-she said, said she.
That she would track
The scandal back
To those who made her look 80 black.
Through Mrs. K.
And Mrs. ].
She got at last to Mrs. A,
And asked why
With cruel lie,
She painted her SO deep . dye.
Said Mrs. A.,
In sore dismay,
RI no such thing could ever say:
said that you
Had stouter grew
On too much sugar-which You DO.
with malice toward none.
Decentralization Is the thief Of timer-We'n
say it is, and we second the motion that 'ths
most reckless spendthrift is the one who
squanders time" For instance. there's the
Twentieth street paving. which has for SO long
been under consideration, and so far As we are
able to determine is still under. Waiting toi
the minority and the spring rains to solve thei,
difficulties.
'fNow is the time for all good men to come
to the aid Of the party"
-
ITO push poet this way or that Is to stun,
his growth" says Amy Lowell. We opine thai
most poets, especially those Of our acquaint
ance, do their own pushing. Moreover. they
appear to be still growing rather than grow
ing still.
Footsteps on the sands Of time are soon Il
be superseded by finger-prints as 'politica
issue"
/ Soon cats will no more fare forth in bliss
full reveling. Their hides have taken a rist
along with the other merchandise. And thi!
in ''the land of the free and the home OF the
brave"
All, what would the world be to us,
If the ouija board were no more
We should lose the great adventure
Life would be one drastic bore.
There's lot of romance nowadays wrapped
up in suit cases!
Slow and steady wins the race-proyidet
! speed doesn't get there first
what is me most striking thing about thu
spring suits? The price, of course
o.
| In these days Of H. C. L. some folks hav,
become so conservative they talk through
their nose in order to save their teeth.
We'd like to have some right good grub
But can't afford it-there's the rub.
We'd like to wear some decent clothes.
But-how can We get them? Goodness know
We'd like b. C. of !. to test
And get some things from of our chest
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! During the news-print paper crisis wb,
not substitute real jokes for editoria!sr'.
(Judgelets).
An up-to-date fancee to her devoted lovar
tom, don't bring me any more of thosa OF
pensive bon-bons Get me silk stockings To
made resolution to be economical,
Sometimes we wonder If dyspepsia and e.
attendant diseases are the result of a disaerea
able disposition or vice versa.
Some OF the new spring bonnets ara ,rs
too dear for anything. JUG
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